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

QUEEN'S HEAD DINING-ROOMS WILLIAM FRANKLIN, GEORGE-STREET, OLDITALL-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. tair The Culinary Department, beinc , under the especial Superintendence of Mrs. FRANKLIN,VII be found to main tain its high reputation for the character of its Viands. THE STEAM-SHIP Ngik, GOLDEN A E ti V 'X -N&' FOR AUSTRALIA. - Is now ON VIEW in the HUSKISSON DOCK; She is largest and most magnificently fitted steam ship in the world.—For Cards of Admission apply to MILLERS & THOMPSON, 4, Drury-lane, Liverpool. COAL AND CANNEL. TAYLEUR, DELEMERE, AND CO., COIL PROPRIETORS, SREVINGTON, NEAR WIGAN, BEG to recommend their Best and Second Quality House COALS and CANNEL, STEAM COAL, Large and good SMITHY SLACK and COKE, FOUNDRY COKE, FURNACE STOCK, &c. 63, OLDHALL-STREET, LIVERPOOL ; `'brie" : LITHERLAND-BRIDGE WHARF, SEAFORTH. ShiPping orders executed promptly in the Stanley or other Docks. filuttirbat election. ro THE ELECTORS OF PITT STREET WARD, NOT TOO LATE THIS TIDE TN consequence of the Election of THOMAS TOULMIN, Esq., as an Alderman, you will in a few days be called upon to exercise the INVALUABLE PRI VILEGE of an ENGLISHMAN—that of returning to the Town Council a man of your own free choice, as a Guar dian of the PUBLIC INTERESTS. ELECTORS !—Exercise this privilege of an English FREE Man, Conscientiously and Fearlessly, without solici tation, and in defiance of Temptation, or INTIMIDA TION. JOHN SMITH, for many years connected with the Liverpool Mercury, is still willing to undertake the duties of a Town Councillor, if freely appointed to an office of such honour and responsibility. He will again be nominated, as worthy of the trust, and able to discharge its duties. Neither Canvassing, nor Treating, nor Coaxing will be used, or sanctioned by the Committee, to secure his return as YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. • A Voting Paper will be sent to each Elector, and it is hoped that a large Majority will cheerfully record their opinion in favour of PURITY of ELECTION and EFFI CIENT REPRESENTATION, by VOTING EARLY for JOHN SMITH, the ABLE, HONEST, and VETERAN ADVOCATE of every LOCAL and SOCIAL REFORM. By order of the Committee of the Pitt Street Ward Re form Association, . WM. M'MILLEN, Chairman Committee Room, 4, Surrey Street, and, on the day o Election, at wiSTONS, 95, PARK LANE. Nov. 9th, 1863. tir The Election takes place to-morrow, Saturday November 12, 1853. The poll opens at Nine o'clock. WM. M'MILLEN, Chairman. Committee-room, Friday, November 11 TO THE ELECTORS OI WARD. ABERCROMBI GENTLEMEN.—A highly influential deputation, composei amongst others of my own particular friends, have called upon me to request that I would allow myself to be put it nomination on SATURDAY NEXT, to represent your interests in the Town Council. The request has quite taken me by surprise, but I am not the person to refuse such a comphment, though I dare say I shall hear a wonder expressed in some quarter that I should have the audacity to shay my face. Should you, however, do me the honor to elect me, I will support every measure calculated to promote the welfare of the Town at large, not by employing the simple monosyllable of " yes" in its favour, but by using the best reasoning I may possess to secure its adoption. ain, with much respect, Your faithful humble servant, WILLIAM EARLE The COMMITTEE for conducting -the Election of WILLIAM EARLE, Esq., meet at the house of Mr. CRAIG, MULBERRY STREET, where every information will be communicated to the Electors. GEORGE MAXWELL, Chairman. GLENACHAN MALT WHISKEY. ROBERT LITTLE, Wine & Spirit Merchant 5, Vernon-street, Liverpool, Sole Agent. WILLIAM ROBERTS & CO., Ship Store Dealers and Export Bottlers, 10 and 12, Cooper's Row, Liverpool. GALVANIZING IRON WORKS, 13, New Quay. All kinds of Iron Work Galvanized promptly. Galvanized Sheet Iron, &c. ALEX. SMITH & CO TEA. —The entire advantage arising from the Reduction of the Duty on Tea,—from the lowest cash buying,—and from the best and most extensive selec tion of the article, is secured to Purchasers at the Establish ments of BINYONS, ROBINSON, & CO., Tea Importers, Manchester. JAMES HEVEY, ACCOUNTANT and GENERAL AGENT, 13, CAMDEN-STREET. MERCHANTS' DINING ROOMS, LANCASTER BUILDINGS, Liverpool, close to Exchange, Tithe barn-street, Railway Station, and Prince's Pier-head. Fresh Native OYSTERS, TURTLE, and GAME. Commodious Private Rooms for Ladies, and large Smoking Room F. E. MORRISH, P 'ROPRIETOR TO COFFEE DRINKERS COMPARE SHARPE and CO.'S COFFEE 14, EXCHANGE-STREET EAST, With any other, and you will admit it to be the best you have ever tasted. Only one quality.—ls 6d per lb. No other article sold. PAPER HANGINGS, DECORATIONS , &c. London, French, and own Manufacture.—W. SHIERS and Co., Proprietors, 3, Deansgate, (Old Church-end), Man chester. ARESPECTABLE HOUSE can be regularly supplied with good Engine Coal. Apply to Box C. A. this office. Liverpool, 8 Nov., 1853. PORT. —J. MOTT & SONS have now ready for bottling the choicest WINES, of 1847 and 1851. Samples may be tasted at their counting-house, or sample bottles forwarded to the country. SHERRY.—J. MOTT & SONS have recently imported several varieties of very splendid SHERRIES, which they can offer to connoisseurs at 50s. per dozan. SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARBLE WORKS, 32, NORTON-STREET, LIVER POOL—J. BItANSON begs to announce that he has 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. Fr HE STRANGWAYS-HALL COAL COM PANY, WIGAN.—The above Company, have Re moved their Offices, from 41, Oldhall-street, to DERBY BUILDINGS, Fenwick-street, and are in a position to supply the best quality of steam or house Coal without delay. Vesselsloaded in GarstonDoek, if required. Orders also taken for Rock and White Salt, for shipment in Liverpool or Runcorn. JAMES H. JOHNSON, Agent. Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, Liverpool. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1853 WE are enabled to give to-clay those Returns of Trade and Navigation which we were compelled to omit in our publication of yesterday, owing to the crowded state of our columns. In discharge of this duty we feel no small pride and satisfaction at the strong testimony they bear to the correctness of tkose views and opinions we have so repeatedly advanced on the subject of our import and export trade. When alluding to the fiscal and other monetary affairs of this country, we have instanced the growing prosperity of trade generally in sup )ort of those arguments we have used in opposition ,o the sudden interruptions and tamperings with the currency and circulation which have taken place within the last few months. The increased influx of bullion into this market having become a paramount, commercial necessity with nearly all the gold producers, we have contended that the imports and exports of that metal can no longer be taken as a basis whereby we can form anything like an estimate of the actual stability or instabi lity of trade. The only true test we have now remaining is the actual state of production. If we go on producing continuously, and receiving the productions of other countries in exchange to the full extent of our internal and external demands, then trade and ommerce may be said to be in a prosperous con- dition. And as it is from the excess of our exports of production over our imports of those of other countries that we derive our largest profit., the tables under review give a clearer insight into the real condition of trade, than the banking returns which show merely the state of the bullion market and the vast ramifications of the monetary trans actions of the community at large The aggregate value of our exports during the first nine months of the year has been 66,987,7291., against 54,391,4381., in the like period of 1852, showing an increase of 12,597,291/., or upwards of 23 per cent., which has occurred in the following order : Month ending Increase. February 5 £1,410,060 March 5 April 6 1,486,818 May 5 2,309,995 June 5 1,187,558 July 5 August 5 1,405,918 September 5 October 10 As compared with the same period of 1851, there has been an increase of 13,482,7511. But we lament to say that, owing to the constant agitation of the war question, and the disordered state of the produc tive labour-market—these returns show a consider able decrease in the export of Cotton Manufac tures. This is, however, made up from the increas ed exports of haberdashery and ready-made cloth ing of all kinds. These have been met by a corresponding increase in the articles of food imported and taken for consumption. The quan ties of wheat and flour have been large, and the consumption of all other items of food, with the ption of sugar and spices, which show scarcely any alteration, has been considerably in excess of former years. Coffee maintains the advance it has shown ever since the adoption of the regulation against surreptitious use of chicory. Subjoined are the specific quantities imported and taken for home consumption : _ Taken for Rome Imported. Consumption. Month ending Oct. 10 Month ending Oct. 10 1852. 1 553. 1852. 1853. Grain, wheat, qrs. 315,504 468,468 315,654 468,888 Grains of other de- scriptions, qrs... 233,586 263,806 234,936 263,836 Indian Corn, qrs. 192,863 125,512 192,863 125,612 Flour & meal, cwt 298,563 464,092 298,563 464,392 Provisions. —Ba con, pork, lard, &c., cwt Butter and cheese, cwt 21,270 32,211 Free. Free 62,942 111,825 66,048 106,049 Animals, N 0.... 60,361 47,608 Free. Free. Eggs, No 7,175,676 10,724,170 7,193,616 10,724,170 Cocoa, lb ...... .. 324,185 967,951 333,228 356,820 Coffee, British,lb 6,733,895 4,633,042 2,427,760 2,631,911 Do. foreign. lb.. 395,007 3,631,094 764,656 750,383 Total coffee.. 7,128,902 8,264,136 3,192,416 3,382,294 Sugar— West India cwt 315,761 395,897 434,909 297,278 Mauritius, cwt. 49,078 63,540 93,843 72,609 East India, cwt 93,250 102,269 136,605 85,722 Foreign, cwt.. 108,636 279,418 81,438 263,692 Total sugar... 566,725 841,124 745,795 719,301 Tea, lb 3,072,372 4,862,989 5,496,224 5,535,723 Rice, cwt....... 151,618 197,084 42,922 91,206 Spirits, gallons 950,465 876,847 487,777 623,396 Wines, gallons.. 227,918 848,601 684,000 762,838 Opium, lb 23,863 36,759 7,072 7,330 Tobacco, 1b....2,608,242 5,652,037 2,777,991 2,874,944 Currants, figs, & raisins, cwt 107,495 86,005 82,270 39,155 Spices, lb 1,222.744 1,089,666 498,207 493,870 Ditto, cwt....... 2,128 128 446 613 The comparative statement of imports and ex ports of raw materials are not quite as satisfactory as the foregoing, considering that they embrace THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. large imports of flax and hemp which might be ? nostrums, the after-dinner speeches of the former grown in increased quantities to the greatest advan• can only be so much dangerous folly, which would tape both in England and Ireland : allow an avowed enemy time to collect his forces, Imported. Exported. Las hostile and throw up entrenchments, which would render Month ending Oct. 10, Month ending Oct. 10, b • • 1852. 1853. his position daily more formidable. If Flax, cwt 181,775 321,340 1_852. 1853. Russia needed an ally, she could ask for no more Hemp, cwt 221,020 324,986 than a Ministry that would preach peace, and Raw silk, lb 575,926 463,069 60,070 47,426 Cotton, cwt 296,527 395,772 99,807 143,763 people who would remain passive while she was Wool, lb 7,806,614 14,919,871 514,555 434,378 replenishing her treasury, recruiting her army, and Tallow, cwt 91,021 173,599 concentrating the whole of her available force on Of silk manufactures the totals stand thus : the point of attack. Taken for Home' Victory is more than half accomplished in a Imported Consumption. Month ending Oct.lo, Month ending Oct.lo. campaign commenced under such advantages. 1853. Fortunately for humanity the Ottomans have not Silk, manufactures suffered themselves to be deluded. They see the of Europe, lb.. 77,530 111,698 75,956 104,395 marauding enemy on their soil: The know his Do. of India pi eces 74,967 29,374 13,411 10,218 y Great activity is al so s h own i n th e imports of character, and with a noble e n th us i ast i c l ove o f metals, glass, leather manufactures, palm oil and country and creed, they hast en on even t s , an d timber, and the increase in each of these commo- marched forward to battle, and with no mean pros dities is unusually large. The returns of breadstiiffs pectS of success ! But we repe a t th e ques ti on we imported are equally satisfa c t or y, an d we h ave here have so emphatically urged b e f ore . H ow w ill Europereceive the defeat of eithe r R uss i a or T ur k ey the comparative imports of g ra i n an d fl o u r for th e Continental countries h ave vas t i n t erests pend i ng first nine months of 1851, 1852, an d th e present on their success, and here lies the danger of defeat Eight months ending Oct. 10. on either side. If R uss i a ga i ns a v i ctory, the 1851. 1852 . 1853. sympathies of liberal Europe will be aroused to Wheat, quarters 3,377,208 .. 1,994,734 .. 3,770,920 v e ngeance i n f avour of the Turks. And if Turkey Indian corn, ditto 1,435,094 .. 1,006,239 .. 1,408,062 sustains her cause by victory, the despotic states, Other grain, ditto 2,165,853 .. 1,668,609 .. 1,914,471 Flour, cwt 4,461,517 .. 3,197,587 .. 3,802,745 must, in self-defence, take up the Russian flag, and r Taken as a whole these returns show a degree of reinstate it in all its p ower . L oo ki ng at t h ese dangers, as they ha n g a t thi s i ns t an t over t h e des stability and prosperity which it is difficult to un tithes of Europe, l e t _ us h ope t h at t h e s i lence of derstand when we consider the intensity with which t the great " screw" of the Bank has been employed the British Cabinet i s no t a t ame f ee li ng o f som for the express purpose of limiting trade and nolency, but that it is the resu lt o f s t a t esman lik e checking production, which is the r u ling c roch e t considerations, which will bear the st r i c t scru ti n y Of of our Threadneedle-street money-mongers. . Parliament, as well as of Time itse lf. ____ • The Navigation returns also exhibit very favour—. HONOUR among Thieves !—So the proverb goes. able results. The number of vessels and amount And we only wish that a similar commendation of tonnage, employed in our foreign trade and could •be legitimately bestowed upon Town Coun entered inwards for the nine months ending the cillors—not, however, so much for their own sakes 10th of October, are ships, 26,677; tonnage, as for the public welfare. 5,869,701, being an increase over the same period A Town Council meeting was held on Wednesday, of 1852, ships, 4,804; tonnage, 26,860. The num- ostensibly to transact the business of the Borough, a ber of vessels and amount of tonnage cleared out- lengthy report of w hi c h a pp eare d i n our co l umns wards, for the same period, are, ships, 27,056 ; of yesterday; but as to the manner in which that tonnage, 5,880,745 ; being an increase of 1,573 business was performed is quite a different thing. We think we may safely asser t, th a t t h e conduct ships; 427,836 tonnage. The returns of ve s sels employed in our coasting trade, exhibit about the pursued by some of the Councillors on that occa same ratio of increase. The number of ships and sion is without a parallel in modern times. Ii amount of tonnage entered inwards, are as follows: Billingsgate had been transferred to the civic —vessels, 103,369 ; tonnage, 9,905,042 ; being an Olympus, and the fishy declaimers had uttered increase of 2,163 ships; 403,151 tonnage. The some of their coarsest tropes and ribald rhetoric, figures relating to the outward clearances, are ships, we could not have well had a more scaly or be -112,731; tonnage, 10,317,291; being an increase of grimed oratorical display. The chief actors were 183,327 tonnage; and a decrease of 2,126 ships. Messrs. BRADLEY and HODSON, who haplessly veri fied the truth of the adage that " two of a trade AT a moment when the whole empire is waiting in breathless anxiety, to hear something really comprehensible on the subject of the War, now actually raging in all its horrors in Eastern Europe, and which threatens to spread over the Continents of Europe and Asia, her Majesty's Ministers appear at the public banquet of the Lord Mayor of London. They again speak on public topics, but not a word is suffered to escape their lips on this vital imperial question. After heaping a great deal of twaddling flattery on the vain-glorious mul titude assembled at the civic feast, Lord ABERDEEN goes on to say :—" My Lord Mayor, some time ago, and when I last had the honour of being the guest of your predecessor in office, I declared—, perhitps in the hearing of some who are here can never agree." One gentleman aspersed the character of the other, and that other retorted, by characterising his opponent as being " nothing more than a gamblei• and blackleg on the town." Then indescribable confusion ensued, whilst the efforts of other members to restore order only made " confusion worse confounded." Altogether it was a rare sight, which BURKE would conclude partook more of the sublime than the beautiful ; but in our opinion savoured more of the ridiculous than either ! LUCIAN paints the belligerent philosophers of his day as wiping the perspiration from their brow with a bent finger while uttering their vociferations, and as separating after having done little else than present—that the policy of her Majesty's Govern ment was a policy of peace. "My lord, I desire on this occasion to repeat that declaration. I would go farther, and say that no other principle of policy will ever be announced by me. But, my Lord, emphatic as these words may be, they are not to be understood as signifying that it is im possible we should have war. On the contrary, we know full well that this cannot be the case; but they signify, as far as I am concerned, that war will never be undertaken by me but with reluctance, and never but when it is demanded— plainly demanded—by a sense of what is due to the honour and interests of this country. This I believe to be the duty of an English Minister—l am quite certain it is the duty of a Christian man." abuse each other to the utmost; that man being generally regarded as the victor who had exceeded in the boldness and loudness of his denunciations ! It is plain that our Town Councillors have faith fully copied their " manners and customs" from this classical original. Tiny mortals ! " dressed in a little brief autho rity." How they thunder ! " Si quotics peccant homines sua fulmina mittat. Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit." They will, most assuredly, bark, and foam, and abuse each other to death, ere long. What a splendid opportunity for the Peace Society to test its practical utility—in a small way. Surely, if it cannot effect some good in such a quarter, it had as well been given up as a bad " spec." But, in grave earnestness, let us ask, How long is the character of the Corporation to be disgraced, and the respectability of the town compromised, by such unseemly, unwise, and unpardonable oc currences ? In such cases, unfortunately, the belligerents themselves are not the only individu als who suffer in reputation and position. The innocent share in the opprobrium as well as the guilty. In all public and corporate bodies the mis conduct of a few becomes reflected on the whole— so that all the members suffer together.. Doubt less, there are manifest advantages, as well as the reverse, to be gained by this. And it only shows how extremely cautious constituencies should be, in placing municipal power in the hands of unworthy, quarrelsome, or disreputable parties. All men. learn best by experience. We trust that the Burgesses of this important town will profit by that which has just been afforded them. Here the Premier seems to forget that it is the duty of every Christian man to deplore the calami ties of war when they actually exist; and he goes on speaking of what his individual policy would be in case war was " demanded—plainly demanded — by a sense of what is due to the honour and, inte rests of this country." This is simply a most painful evasion of a question in which both the honor and interests of this country have already suffered, and which are at this moment most dis tinctly and disastrously threatened. In preparing the toast to which Lord CLABENDON was to respond, care was taken not to couple our Foreign Secretary's name with the diplomatic affairs of Europe. Such a course must have com promised an unwilling minister. His name was, therefore, proposed in connection with the House of Lords, whose high attributes he very appropri ately extolled, when the able propounder of diplo matic mysteries makes a hurried bow and resumes his seat. O Tempora! 0 Mayor! So the ex-chief magis trate of Liverpool, upon his own testimony, had not, until Monday evening last, been aware of the existence of the NORTHERN DAILY Tams ! The first daily provincial newspaper ever published in this country, to be circulating far and wide for nearly two months,—drawing forth encomiums from its London, Irish, and even American, con temporaries—and yet the very Mayor of the town wherein it is published, to be ignorant of the fact !! ! And this in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-three,—when Mayors do read and Aldermen can sign their names ! Incredible ! Really " charity" which " believeth all things," can scarcely accredit this. It is always wise to be prudent. It would appear, it was:sometimes imprudent to be wise ! i. e., if one confess it. No doubt We next find Lord JOHN RUSSELL on his legs, responding to a toast in which his Lordship's name is linked with " every measure of public improve ment ;" and in order to keep as far away as pos sible from matters which interest the whole commercial community of the United Kingdom, he travels back to the foundation of the Corpora tion of London, and concludes a remarkably short speech, for a leader of the House of Commons, by stating, that he thought his hearers " should pro ceed upon the principle on which the Corporation was founded—the free election by the citizens of their own magistrates." The next, and indeed the last, of the Ministers who spoke, was Viscount PALMERSTON, who, after dealing somewhat facetiously with the American Minister's assumed amazement at what he saw before him, passes by Turkey and Russia as if he had never heard of those countries, and, being struck by the galaxy of beauty around him, he calls on "the gentlemen present, to join him in drinking the health of the Lady Mayoress and the ladies." Thus in these few lines we have given a perfect review of the speeches of the Cabinet Ministers of this country, who, although they have not gone through the mere form of declaring war,—have taken steps which nothing short of a state of actual war could justify. When the Peace Conference talked of peace, as a result which might be attained at any time by the employment of moral means, they were absolutely scouted by the most rabid of the Ministerial journals, and now, when our fleet is in the 'Dardanelles, merely waiting upon some trifling accident to bring it into action—while the territory of an unoffending and allied power is threatened with usurpation, and while our honor, trade, and industry have all been disregarded by the perfidious AUTOCRAT, Lord ABERDEEN comes forward with a second hand addition of " the whole duties of man," and endeavours to make the world believe that he is more a peace-man, than any member of the Peace Congress itself. To exclude the Premier of Peace at a moment when the country is really at war, from the castigation which was bestowed on the Congressional peace makers, would be acting unfairly towards both. If the arguments of the latter are merely so many "Where Ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise," and 'twould be a pity to disturb the calm quietude of mortals so disposed ; but we have grave suspi cions that, in the present case, the language:of the jolly Duke of BUCKINGHAM . to his boon companion, CHARLES 11., would neither be inapplicable nor misplaced : " He could know things if he would !" On the day preceding the civic banquet at the Town Hall, one of the gentlemen from our office waited upon the Mayor, at his official residence, to request the privilege in such cases generally con ferred, without being put to the trouble of asking. His civic majesty then replied, that invitations had been sent to the Courier and Mercury; that it would not be convenient to extend them further, and confessed his unacquaintance with such a journal as that gentleman represented, until by mere casualty, on " the previous evening," he had acquired the information ! The refusal of such an ordinary priVilege on the part of the ex-Mayor was most unusual, evidently partial, and manifestly unjust. Ours being a daily newspaper we could not,—if we would,—copy the report of the proceedings from our local contempo raries, and hence the paper which possessed the intelligence would certainly have the advantage over our own. In the metropolis, the daily papers are the most favored on such occasions. But we only asked to be placed precisely on an equality of privilege with the other journals of the town—a privilege respectfully asked ; but very improperly denied: We had no object in view beyond that of serving the public—a most laudable one, truly. Had we received an invitation we could not our selves have accepted it—having more important business to perform than drinking and dancing a Mayor out of office—the most we could have done, under the circumstances, would have been to send one of our police reporters, and let him give as graphic a description as he was able of " Such a row, such a rumpus, and a bobbery :" though, probably, we may feel disposed to deck it out, like the tale of PSYCHE, with a little meretri cious ornament of our own, as few things now-a days—from " Lord SID-NEE'S show" to a Mayor's Soiree, can meet the public eye, in puris naturalibus, without eliciting sentiments anything but laudatory. Nevertheless there are " CHING-BANG-BUNGS" in the world, and plenty of them, ever ready to observe carefully, and report fully; and " LoLLum SQUINNYIS . " in abundance, who will afford a ready ear to every particle of information thus conveyed. Tomfooleries are not rare things in this planet of The present time is like the foreworld. " Punch and Judy" are types of many a reality, which we have only to open our eyes to see. GOGS and MAGOGS are to be found outside of the Guildhall; and those divinities have other worshippers beside the London Aldermen ! But " none are so blind as those that will not see." When DEMOSTHENES could.not prevail upon the Athenians to give atten tion to him when their safety was concerned, he at once abandoned his seriousness, and told them a story about an ass! Thus has " humbug been successful, and shadows and " shams " taken the places of substances and realities. But there is little use in ta,lking over the past. The ex-mayor, and his banquet, are of no manner of importance to us now—" What is honour to him who died o' Wednesday ?" Nor should we have noticed either, were our individual tastes to be consulted. As it is, we feel grieved that Liver pool should have possessed a chief magistrate, so deeply bound up and interested in the general progress and welfare of the borough, as to be un acquainted with one of the main agencies calcula ted to promote them, although that power had been a considerable time in successful operation. But, " better late than never!" and we trust that, in the exercise of his aldermanic functions he will not be so slow to learn, or so dull to hear ! Unfortunately, it is to be feared that, in too many instances, public men cause Truth itself to " make court'sy to their will ;" and under the mask of specious ignorance, - would fain hide miserable party feelings, and contemptible petty prejudices. The language of ANGELO, in Measure for Measure, is not an inapt illustration of the duplicity of office— How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit, Wrench awe from fools, and tie the wiser souls To thy false seeming ?" THE NEW MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—We stated in our impression of yesterday the probability of Mr. J. H. Brancker becoming a candidate for the representation of Abercromby Ward, rendered vacant by Mr. R. C. Gardner having been appointed an Alderman. We are now, however, enabled to state that Mr. William Earle will be the candidate in the liberal interest. A highly respectable and numerously at tended meeting of the Electors of the Ward was held last evening, at the house of Mr. Craig, Mulberry-street, when Mr. Earle's candidature was unanimously agreed upon. His address appears in our advertising columns, and we have much gratification in referring our readers to the purely straight forward and independent sentiments there enunciated. We understand that Mr. Thomas Lee is to be brought forward by the Conservative party. In Pitt-street Ward we leans that Mr. John Smith is to be opposed by Mr. William Mann, an ultra " Protectionist," who comes forward under the cry of the old protective hulk of " ships, colonies, and commerce," his opponent, Mr. Smith, being, on the other hand, captain of the :free-trade barque, which has brought prosperity and happiness to all classes in the country. The elections will take place on Saturday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign Office, at two o'clock. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday morning, from Windsor, to attend the Council, and returned to the Castle in the evening. Despatches were received at the Colonial Office, yesterday morning from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. DISCOVERY OF A NEW PLANET.-Mr. J. R. Hinde, of Mr. Bishop's Observatory, made the following announcement yesterday :—At 7h. 50m. mean time last evening, I disco vered a new planet in the constellation Taurus, about 2 dg. south of the ecliptic. It is rather brighter than stars of the ninth magnitude. This planet is the ninth which I have discovered since the commencement of a systematic search in 1845, and raises the number of that extraordinary group of worlds between Mars and Jupiter to 27. VEGETARIAN BANQUET.—The members of the Liverpool Vegetarian Society assembled in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, last night, to partake of their first vegetarian dinner for the season. Mr. James Simpson, president of the society presided, and h e was su pp or t e d by Mr. James Larner, Framlingham, Suffolk. There were upwards of 200 persons, male and female, present. After dinner, the com pany was addressed by the chairman and other parties in support of the system. THE LIVERPOOL V: LONDON MUNICIPALITY.-Mr. John Dillon, of the firm of Morrison Dillon, and Co., whilst under examination, yesterday, before the London City Com missioner, stated that many of the London merchans would not devote themselves to city matters. There was a great difference between the municipality of London and that of Liverpool, for what reason he could not say. THE LATE FAILURE OF AN INTENDED BALLOON ASCENT. —We gave in our Saturday's publication, a report of the particulars of this case, which came on for heanirg last Thursday, before Robert Brandt, Esq., Judge of the Man chester County Court. The plaintiff, it will be remem bered, was Mrs. Graham, the well-known aeronaut, and the defendant was Mr. Beardsley, of the Pomona Gardens. The action was brought to recover a sum of money for fog two intended ascents, and expenses. The case was re sumed yesterday, when the learned judge gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Joseph Acton, Esq., a country magistrate, was elected Mayor of Wigan, on Wednesday. . In the London civic tableau, on Wednesday, of "Peace and Prosperity," the chief features were two ladies, seated almost in mid-air, over the representation of a globe—a sleeping lion reposing below them. The exigencies of threatrical life may be judged from the fact, that one of these ladies, who was expected to be all " smiles and sun shine" to the world, was actually secretly mourning the loss of a husband, whose corpse was scarcely buried. The Rev. Dr. Aspinall, late curate of St. Matthias' church, Liverpool, has been licensed by the Bishop of Moray and Ross to the incumbency of the Episcopal Church at Duffus, Morayshire, vice the Rev. D. W. Cameron. THE LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS.—On Wednesday, Mr. S. R. Graves and Mr. Fernie, of Liverpool, on behalf of the Shipowners' Association, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, at the Board of Trade. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM AND STOUR VALLEY RAILWAYS. —The question of tolls and station accommoda tion between these companies has been referred to the arbi tration of Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer of the Lancashi r e and Yorkshire Company, w h o is deputed to hear both parties. DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM OVERLAYING.— A child named Margaret Hamilton, only 3 weeks old, whose parents live at 14, Back Parliament-street, was found by its mother in a dying state yesterday morning, and soon afterwards expired,_by suffocation from overlaying. .THE . Nivc , MAYOR OF MANCRFIEE b t; Benjamin Nicholls, Esq., qualified yesterday morning as Chief Magistrate of the city. THE NEW MAYOR OF SALFORD, William Ross, Esq., qua lified as the Chief Magistrate of the borough, yesterday morning, and then took his seat in the Borough Court. DEATH BY DROWNING.—Between nine and ten yesterday morning a man named Hugh Johnson, whilst trawling his flat in the locks, picked np kthe dead body of a man, name unknown, floating in the canal locks at the entrance to Stanley Dock. He appeared to have been between 40 and 50 years, was 5 feet 7 inches in height, with sandy whiskers, and had on an oil skin coat. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—Catherine Boland, who was taken to the Northern Hospital on Monday, suffering fiorn injuries caused by a blow inflicted by her husband, Thomas Boland, at 19 court, Chisenhale-street, as: detailed in our issue of Tuesday, died at half-past tour yesterday morning. The operation of trepanning was performed before her death. The unhnppy husband was yesterday arrested in bed at his lodgings, and was conveyed to the Main Bridewell to 'await the issue of a coroner's inquest, to be held this day. pOSTING BILLS, in Black or Coloured Ink, executed in the best style on the shortest notice, by CHARLES WILLMER, at his General Printing Office, 19, South John-street, Liverpool. DOUBLE DEMT BILLS in Black Ink, Ss. per hundred. BLUE -COAT HOSPITAL.—On SUNDAY MORNING next, the 13th instant, a SERMON will be preached in St. PETER'S CHURCH, by the Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, M.A., Rector of Liverpool; after which a COLLECTION will be made in aid of the Institution. Divine Service will commence at Eleven o'clock. MEDICAL ADVICE ir‘ll,. LEWIS, Author of several Medical Works, LJ may be consulted for the speedy and effActual cure of Nervous Debility, Depression of Spirits, Indigestion, Illusions of the Mind, Scorbutic, Skin, and other diseases, &c., &c. Attendance from ten till two, and from four to nine. Sundays till two. Address 44, Nelson-street, Great George's-square. Private entrance to surgery, 1, Bailey-street. Comintrtiat A)aIN. THIS DAY, On account of whom it may concern. This day, (Friday,) the 11th inst., at half-past One o'clock, at the Corn Sales-room, 14, Brunswick-street, 605 Barrels Western Canal FLOUR, all faults, per " Continent," New York, Wellington Dock ; 100 Sacks Spanish FLOUR, all faults, just landed. Apply to FREDERICK LYON, Broker. On account of whom it may concern. This day, (Friday,) at half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's-office, No. 10, Brunswick-street, About 6000 Bushels WHEAT, damaged by lea water, per " Continent," from New York, on her voyage to this port. Apply to DANIEL POWELL, Merchant, or WILLIAM PARSE, Broker. This day, (Friday,) the 11th inst., at half-past One o'clock' at the Commercial Sale-room, Temple-court, 225 Firkins French BUTTER, 25 Firkins Ditto DITTO in bond, for export, 53 Firkins GREASE BUTTER. Apply to Messrs. BARUCHSON, MAKIN, & CO., Merchants, or to WILLIAM GARDNER, & Co., Brokers. MONDAY NEXT AUCTION. On Monday the 14th November, at One o'clock. at the Commercial Sale-room, Temple-court, 100 "Barrels Newtown Pippin APPLES, of the celebrated brand I H I packed in sawdust 26 Barrels Dried PEACHES, ex " Atlantic " mail steamer from New York. Apply to CHARLES HUMBERSTON, Esq., Merchant ; or GEORGE BADENACH, Broker. THURSDAY NEXT. On Thursday, the 17th instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker's Sale-room, Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, The very beautiful new British built clipper Brig AMAZON. t-dala,, Length, 108 feet ; breadth, 19 feet 8-10ths ; depth, 14 feet 1-10th. 250 tons 0.m., 237 7-100 tons N.M. ; built at Northam, near Southampton, under particular inspection ; launch e d this year, and classed A 1 for ten years. She is constructed from lines calculated to ensure very fast sailing and good stowage properties ; has a round stern, raised quarter deck, is copper fastened, and sheathed with yellow metal to the bends. Her outfit is of the best description and abundant, cabins neatly fitted, and for the River Plate, West Indies, or Mediterranean trade she is admirably adapted. Lying in Birkenhead Dock. For particulars apply to JOHN WATKINS, Esq., or to TONGE, CURRY, & Co. MOIVETARY AND CollinfEliahi LIVERPOOL, THURSDA I The political advices from the Couti,.ll' state that Persia intends to regn il I neutral, although the Czar has odeattenlltß her by the offer o f severa l of the P. 1 fol Eastern Turkey, an d an inderanifieauoilto expenses of the war. The Emperor of Aef now said to be try ing his hand to induce k w; 0 1 of Montenegro toaid him in his a ttae Ottoman Empire. His efforts, howev er 'o quarters, seem as una va ili n g a s his prey otio tempts to sow strife among the o l powers.. It is very possible that h e be find more foes on his frontiers tha n , n ol calculated upon. The general aspect 0. , F jt affairs, had h owever , cause d eV: ' agitation on the Londo n Stock Consols after opening at 04 to • nt r 931 to 94 for the 6th D ecem ber accoun t ' from that price t o t o 041 till t owar ds the a when the shortness of stock for delivery b o le now apparent, in order to complete the se „ 01 of the monthly account, a backwardat ioa was demanded, and ran up to 941 to 2 f ° , rp p ri delivery. The other funded s ecurities u - st e: sympathetically with Consols. The ° li no' character of the intelligence f r om the E` ls '•fei no perceptible effect, and the publiC valc s e continued confidence in the Funds by. o ur purchases. Bank stock was' higher in Pr e c lJ --India bonds fell to a discount of about a and miscellaneous shares were less dealt the quotations were lower. Railways close with little alteration fr° Th,4 mid-day prices. Consols for mone y closes t i e l and 94 2 for the December account , being solely owing to the scarcity of st °c t e.o dealings in Railway shares have not been et re l to-day, and the p r i ces i n many i nstanc es 1 . fol l to 1/. lower —some few leading stocks iv e ,'7" fi , supported. Transacti ons t oo k p l ac e le d Northerns at 81,1 to 821 yesterday's bang $ tV; ing been at 84 ; N or th W esterns were done no tli and 103; Midlands, 60i t o 61i , b e i n g, a„ b „;1; r 5 lower than yesterday. L ancas hi re an d 1 " dropped upwards of 1/. Great Soothe ~ Westerns of Ireland we re 10 s : hi g h er . r te way traffic returns r e ce i ve d up t o this tl a 'eel the following increased ,receipts over th e pending week last year :—G - reat NorthetaV Great Weste rn , 3436/. ; London and 2220/. ; London and South Western, 23 6 'P Berwick, North Midl an d, & c., 3096 1 .; JO Eastern, 18191.; London and North-Wester n '. Caledonian, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 12 3 4 British, 626/. ; Scottish Central.' 3831. 1 for none` Perth, &c. From our California pap ers t o the 1S 0J learn that the shipments o f g o ld dust Francisco for the months of Sept. had been August For first six months of 1853 $4 , 340; 4, 1- 0 5 1, 6 0 , ahi Total for the nine months . At the same rate the shipments i 6 31 for the next 3 months will be 1 1,1,,y 544,6 5 ' Total shipments by steam ers for 1853 During the year 1852 there was shipped... 855,85918 1 5 1 559 2 17 ' ~.... 4 0 °1 610,3›, The following is the number of vessels still' entered for loading at this port for the •A tis Colonies : ToNg• 5 for Geelong • 2, 311 13 for Adelaide 8 145 ff f foo o : r r r. PNHLoaeornlbtvlcaaazrnstedt Zealand Irßa o i l ai v yd n .. • : 8 7 0 : 1, 46° 30 for Port Phillip 26,1 3 for Perth, W.A. **** 571 466 20 for Sydney l3,# _____....." / 5, 9 , the v 0 fon q Estimated increase 89 Vessels, aggregating The Continental Telegraph furnishes - Be 4 prices of the Bo urse: Amsterdam, IsTu l ,' ; p e - per cent. Dutch, 92 -'; Two-and-a- 1 , 14 ,• a ditto, 61 7-16; One pe r cen t. S pa i n , :j 6 5-10 , 4 - t' and-a-half Spain Exterior Cotte r ' . ' -4('" nada deferred 8-k • New Peruvians WA i ' r lg wail01111:e d t i a::: q t u p e a s rt , i . , 24 ; we, , 1,...t‘......n i ; pre Mice' American Bank, 3,5,_ t he re t „ ' - Austrian of the Imports and Navigation• h are 5 a' which c t ile i , ict 7 ll 6 :r ; at G te l n e t n i a o ti nte sc.- ice another column, as conclusive evidence o ' n troi impotency of the Bank of England in ce ,T o cle r , the trade and commerce of the Empire existing circumstances. The extraordina l l t io , which has taken place in the active circuit' c lt ls and in the money power of the trading 00 1 ' generally, within the last three years, 1135 aitfe r the country through a crisis w hi c h nude'', to e° circumstances might have been too fearfu l template. As it is, however,.the greatestloo ope in both our exports and impo r t s occu rs at t s e c period the banking restrictio ns wer e 105 This is a memorable fact. co ds An improved demand e x i s t s f or all I ~ elf' green fruit,--Madeira Oranges have sold 11 ,• 0 5 parcel sold by Keeling an d H un t, a t pul'h i so' sustained the prices obtained last week „fa; prime apples sent as specimens o f the g' e o Madeira, affords a proof that the fruit cat., ll) ; !co,, l)' vated to advantage for consu m pti on in to' pr i , try. Black Spanish nuts are 2 s . p er barrel ' 0' The shipments of Lisbon grap es h as cease , an unusually short supply. P - te it ' The Liverpool Cotton Market w as ve,.'"., e s, to-day. The sales amounted t o 600 ouc i d which 1,500 were taken on speculation $ .4 export Our Share Market opened rather bett er 'd prices subsequently improved, and closed s:0 The business done, however, was - very l l 5t The improved condition of the London Market will, in all probability, lead in er business at higher prices. STATE OF TRADE. s it MANCHESTER, THIIRSD AY .—O ur mar ket O tt o steady since our l as t report. A small Dave( has been done at th e pr i ces current ont,„fe last. Buyers are holding off as much as ti7di and are only executing the most pressing, ' pri,' India and China Yarns a re neglected, a are barely supported. For Germany, trn et continental markets, very little doing, o ' s o l Yarns or Goods. For the h ome -t ra d e , the 1 of the year is against much business, IV the prospects of lower prices, there is a° to order largely. Cf A COMPLIMENT TO LONDON LORD MAYORS."'" V :, . nor of the Bank of England was examined ye s 7its' , fore the City Corporation Commission of E.q,,,„id stated that in his opinion, no e m i nen t merc h a nt . 0 ! the office of Lord Mayor under any circumstances' or OPENING OF THE BELGIAN CHAMBERS.—TVA session of the Legislative Chambers was opennestil King in person, on Tuesday afternoon. His P i ' to his speecn referred in terms ofwarm cong , ratulatio a ie marriage of his son, the Duke of Brabant, : wit 4 duchess Marie Henriette, of Austria. (19 MR. GALLAHER, THE VENTRILOQUIST, SO Well 11.,.ofe5tfr, ably known in Liverpool, is at present on a t o o visit to Cork, where, on Monday eveninc , , he It of gross proceeds of the performance to the bell i e d O r id sufferers by the flood. The house was creso l a rcid ceiling. He had generously announced a se cc lalce mance in aid of the same object, which was to o i last evening. rf c P THE PILOTS' COMMITTEE AND MR. CARDWEL T L o . 'S Aar.—Since the passing of Mr. Cardwell's Pil7,ore`: t , Pilots' Committee of this port have practically 'glie tr e i l refusing to license pilots under the provisions of t jO ie would now appear, however, that they are dispos2Bs 100 the act with a little more favor, and no longer to iS f 'lo Cardwell to carry out his bill," for we find that, 0 3filliS day, Mr. J. Nelson Wood ( c h a i rman ) , M r. for 0 Mr. Joseph Mondell (commissioners of pilotag e ,4) bod pool), together with Mr. David Rowland (secre t 6' 0 0 interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, at Trade." TO THE AMERICAN MINISTER ON D IPLO MA As P i ris" ,--, lv ed ee, TERN QUESTION.—At the city banquet, ° l s l ter . re l ' evening, Mr. Buchanan the American 3 P; i ni a;ist . o , l , that "he, did not profess himself to be a die d rend er ati s li far from it. But in this age diplomacy' h a ,-„.best. te o , a diplomatist was to exercise all his fac an d toS . portant services to the world. The first a ti n it d ie li s : b co o l .o 0 1 ,0 with his instructions, to preserve peace, the ealtid o t friendly relations among the nations of to P . '0 . 1, task, though less glorious, was far more s ui e u , to bon ra t h that o f the. successfully wa r i performed matists who were at present entrusted Atli, (Loud which the peace of the world might dep9 u ' • r;formdedhebyvtehnetqls:itinnrelotaeteillce°;4