The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

heard in the 1

magnificent dinner, presided over by the Chirman of the
Company, at which 1;500 persons were assembled. On the
right of the chairman was the Lieut. Governor, and on the
left Commodore Shubrick. The evening's entertainments

KCIIEc

cft town

yesterday morn

rHE PENSIONERS.—The

(bled Tester(

under the command of Capt

Swan, for

week's-exercis6

STEAM-ENGINES SENT ABRCLII).-It 1S shown by
official returns that in the month ended the sth ult. the de-
clared value of steam engines and parts of steam-engine's
exported Was £63,928, while at the like period of the last
year the amount was £36,710.

IMPORTATIONS OF POTATOES.—It appears from an
official document just issued, that in the month ended the
sth ult, there were 9,838 cwt. of potatoes imported against
1,896 cwt. at the same period of last year. .They are free of
duty.

• FUNERAL OF MADAME MENDELSSOTIN:---ThD Widd\S
of the late Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who expired at
Frankfort some days ago, at the residence of her mother,
after a fortnight's illness, was buried on the 28th Alt., with
great ceremony. Madame Mendelssohn was only thirty:
five years of age. She has left four orphans to lament her.

The Minister of Finance .has uat.holised. M. Bil-
laud, the syndic of, the ageris-de-change, to make an ar-
rangement with the chairman of the stock brokers of Lon-
don, for the simultaneous publication the same day, daring
Bourse hours, at Paris and London, of the public funds.
These quotations will be officially placarded.. -:The measure
commenced being carried into execution from this: day.

ACCIDENT ON THE' GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—
On Saturday morning, as a coal train. from Doneastv was
proceeding to the south, the axletree of one of the carriages
broke near the Bawtry station, trt I several. of the, trucks
were thrown of -the line, some of them very much sl4attered,
and the others more or less damaged. The rafts were torn
up for a considerable distance, and the road -being also
covered with coals and the debris of the carriages, it was
quite blocedup..._
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TAE' .PEA6E CONFERENCE-The• Peace Qonfer-
enee, which meets at Edinburgh to morrow, is to extend over two
days. In addition to Messrs. Cobden )and Bright, and the other
members of Parliament already announced) the following names
have been sent in :—Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Hindley, M.P.,
Mr. J. B: Smith, M, P., and Mr. L. Heyworth, M.P. The
principle on which the conference will be constituted, and which
those who become members of it will be' assumed to acknow-
ledge, is the following That an appeal to arms for the
settlement of international differencies is a custom conderined

by religion, reason, justice, humanity, and the interest of
peoples." Resolutions will bo submitted to the.conferenc-e on
the tollowing topics :—The use of moral and social influence,
by means of a better' education of youth, by the pulpit; the
platform, and the press,-in order to eradicate international
prejudices and animosities. The reference of national misunder-
standings to arbitration. The adoption, by the Goirernments
of Europe, of a system of mutual and' simultaneous disarma-
ment. The strict observance of the principle oftion-interVei-
tion, on the part of one State, in the affairs of another. The
revisal of the present colonial system of this country, so tending
to augment our military expenditure, and to involve us ine a
constant succession of distant wars. The necessity of revising
those treaties which bind this country tto interfere by force of
arms in the affairs of other nations.

ROBBERS SCARE) BY A COCKATOO —An attempt
was made to rob a house in Rutland Crescent, Glasgow, on
Saturday last, before daybreak,.admisSion having been cained
by placing a ladder against a window.to the rc

The rob-

bero, after entering the hot
-
room. in which there was a quantity of Over plate, were
alarmed by the cries of a cockatoO, and compelled to' beat a

theix way t. 9 a

precipitate retreat without touching au artic

AGENTS IN
Mr. Kerrigan
Mr. Cooper.
E. & C. Mulls
*fr. Luteliffe.

THE . COUNTRY
!Preston

I essrs. Wort

Birmingham

).-
Walker

Burnl'y

Bolton

800t1e....
Barnsfeu

Samuel Gardn
Mr. Ewati.
Richard Pybu!

'Horatio Lawson

I Roach
;3

Crewe..
Chester

Mary. Cotton.

Dovglas
Holyhen,

Huddersfield,

Hyde..
Macclesfield
Orvzskirk
Prescot„, ,
Preston

t. kelen.

Stock :port

%Viliiam Mills.
Isaac Sharpe.
Thomas Butler
It. Johnson.

Samuel Bailey
R. Riley,

Mrs. Quigiins.
H. G. Hughes. Wigan
Edward Clayton. Woo/to
George Booth. Wigan
. Mr. Shuttleworth „
. Williatp Garside.
. Thomas Traverse
, Jona Lamberts

Strickland.
Messrs. Hutch.
ings & Roberts.
Mrs. Ramsdale.
13, Beck*,