The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

Instead of which there were col-
lected, after the rate of 21 per
cent., ad val

which shows an apparent loss to
the revenue of..

£125,728 2 10

The following statement shows the quantities of
the most heavily taxed articles which were imported
into Kingston, from the Ist May to the 10th
Octcber, 1853, compared with the importations of
the previous year : 1852. 1853.
Beef, barrels
Flour, wheat, barrels
Pork, barrels 1,061 0,746
Brauiiy, gallons
Cordials, ditto
Gin, ditto
Tea, lbs
Tobacco, leaf, lbs 49,011 420,432
„ manufactured, do 41,421 191,494
Segars, number 996,575 1,559,250

Wine, tons 74 220
The business done on the Liverpool Stock Ea•
change yesterday was not large, and towards the close
of business there was scarcely so good a feeling as
existed at an earlier period. . The pyesent critical
position of affairs evidently exercised a powerful
influence. Th closing prices were as follow:
Caledonians, 288 f ; Eastern Counties 13g I ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 68 ; London and North
Western, 1034 4 ; Midland, 648 1 ; North British,
tif 3; South Eastern, 19 k ; Berwicks, 244 m ; Shef-
field Stock, 251 t.
In Manchester the Goods Market was mode-
rately active, and greater firmness was shown in
yarns of low and middling qualities. Considerable
sales were made, both for home consumption and
for export. A fair inquiry existed for Indian yarns
and light cloths. The diminished production, and
the price of good cotton, cause great firmness ; and
the opinion prevails that we shall have a conside-
rable increase in transactions at the beginning of
the year.

In the Foreign Stock Market there was very
little business yesterday, except on Peruvian bonds
which were fully 3 per cent lower than on Friday,
owing to a variety of circumstances, the unrestric-
ted issue of certain new bonds, to the extent of
nearly two millions, being one of the causes, the
war with Bolivia, and the decrease of the guano
deposits on the Chinca islands being other causes.
The four-and-a-half per cents. 64. Russian four-
and-a-half per cents 081. Granada deferred at 8.
The London Share Market was more active on
Saturday, and a larger amount of business was
transacted : the market closing firmly. Caledonian
561; Great Northerns 85; North Westerns, 103 k
1034; South Westerns 78k; Midlands unaltered at
63t- 64; Norfolks 53i ; North British 34i ; South
Easterns improved to 631; Luxembourg 101, 61;
Namur and Liege 84; Chartered Bank of Australia
24 pm. ; Union of Australia 75; B.A. Land 76 ;
S.A. Land 40 ; Netherlands Land Enclosure 1 dis.
The new steamer, City of Sydney, belonging to
the Australian Steam Navigation Company, is
announced to leave the Clyde for Melbourne about
the 26th inst., taking a mail.
The Emigration Commissioners have advertised
for two more ships, one for Melbourne on the 7th
February, and one for Geelong on the 10th
February.

The Rational. Bank of Ireland has declared a
dividend for the present half-year at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum, payable on the 13th January.
The general position of the Bullion Market
being so favourable, the market for public securities
opened with considerable buoyancy on Saturday.
Consols were first done at 948 to 941 ex.div., and
closed at 941 to 94Z- for account. Reduced Threes
94a. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents 96 968.
India Bonds par; and Exchequer Bills 3s. to 6s.
prethium.

THE MurriA.—The Observer announces that there are
not to be, after the present colonels die out, any officers in
the militia holding that rank. Th.- lieutenant-colonels only
will remain, with two majors, to command that national arm.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE LONDONDERRY
STEAMER.-Yesterday morning, the steamer Maiden City,
from Londonderry to this port arrived in the Mersey, after
a protracted passage. It would appear that at half-past
nine o'clock on Friday night, when the Maiden City was
off the Mull of Galloway, one of the pipes connected with
the boilers burst, and caused the instant death of one of the
coal trimmers, a man named Michael M'Laughlin, by scal-
ding. Another man, named William Kennedy, was also
severely scalded ; but all the other parties engaged about
the machinery escaped uninjured. There was a consider-
able number of passengers on board the Maiden City at the
time of the accident, and the occurrence caused considerable
sensation. After some delay the accident was repaired, and.
the Maiden City steamed to this port, arriving here yester-
day morning, when the body of M‘Laughlin was conveyed
to the dead house, and Kennedy was immediately sent to
the Northern Hospital. Although the latter is severely
sJulled, hopes are entertained for his recovery. This day an
inquest will be held on the body of M'Laughlin, and from
the appearance of Kennedy, who is most dreadfuly scalded,
there are but slight hopes that he will ever recover. There
can be no blame attached to any person for this fatal
casualty, which was purely accidental.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

PROGRESS OF HOSTILITIES

The following is from our Second Edition of
Saturday.

VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING,—The Turkish embassy
has received advices warranting the conclusion that
the combined fleets have entered the Black Sea to
present further hostilities.

SEMLIN, DEC. 11TH.—Official advices state that
the Russians attacked the Turkish entrenchments
at Kalafat.

The Vienna paper Austrian Correspondenz, in a
private dispatch, says—" Persia has declared war
against England."

The Hebe, an English merchant ship, had been
fired into by the Russians, and then boarded near
Trebizond.

The Russians are said to have lost two of their
largest vessels at Sinope. The town was totally
destroyed.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. s.—lntelligence has reach-
ed this capital of a large corps of Circassians march-
ing upon Souchoum Kaleh. The British merchant
vessel Plicebe has been fired upon and searched by
the Russians near Trebisond. Abdi Pacha is laying
siege to Alexandrianople. Four vessels of the com-
bined fleets have gone to Sinope and Varna for in-
formation, but with pacific intentions. They were
saluted by the Russians on entering the Black Sea.
The Porte has prolonged the permission for
Russian trading vessels to pass the Black Sea and
Mediterranean for forty-five days; elsewhere for three
months.

OD E SSA, Dec. s.—An English merchantman was
burnt at Sinope. Osman Paella was severely
wounded. The town of Sinope was wholly de-
stroyed. Accounts from Tiflis state that Prince
Woronzoff had quite recovered from his late indis
position. _

SEMLIN, Dec. 11.—Official advices, received at
Belgrade, state that the Russians have attacked
the Turkish entrenchments at Kalafat.

VIENNA, Dec. 16.—The Turkish embassy has re-
ceived advices that the combined fleets have now
entered the Black Sea to prevent further hostilities.
THE SEA FIGHT OF SINOPE.—The following con-
tains the latest details of the engagement at Sinope :
An Ottoman division, composed of four frigates,
two corvetts, three or four small vessels, and two
steamers, was in port, when a Russian force, corn
prising three line. of battle ships and several frigates
and corvetts, favoured by the wind, entered, and
the fight commenced. The struggle was sustained
with heroic courage by the Turks. The batteries
of the town were brought into play.
The city was burning in two places. The Taif,
which brought the news to Constantinople, reports
that when she left Sanope the fight was continued
with determined obstinacy. They saw on board
one Russian liner go down. The Taif was attacked,
had several bullets through her, and many men
killed and wounded.

Impressed with-the news received, admirals
Dunias and Lyons, with their French colleagues
'admirals Hamelin and Jacquinot, left Beycos for
Pera, on board the Caradoc. Lord Redcliffe, ac-
companied by the British admirals, proceeded to
the French ambassador, General Baraguay d'Hil-
liers, and a conference between the ambassadors
took place, at which the naval officers assisted.
The Caradoc was immediately dispatched to Mar-
seilles, with intelligence for the two governments.
The sth of the month is given as the day on
which the French steam frigate Charlemage and an
English screw steam frigate, under the, flag of Sir
Edmund Lyons, were to proceed into the Black
Sea. It is difficult to suppose that a very active
intervention on the part of the friendly powers will
be longer delayed.
LAND OPERATIONS.—SchamyI is rendering most
efficient co-operation to the Ottoman forces. As
soon as the old Imaum found that serious obstinate
war between Russia and Turkey was a certainty he
collected 16,000 men and 20 guns. His lieutenant,
Daniel Bey, was entrusted with 3,000 and four
guns, the Naib Emir, with 5,000 men as a reserve,
and Abdnul Ghamar with 2,500. Schamyl himself
attacked the fortress of Zahkatala, while Daniel
Bey assaulted Khagetty, a strong position com-
manding an important military road through the
mountains. Zahkatala fell after a most sanguinary
battle, which lasted six and thirty hours. The
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was conqueror, and drove the Russia' ns in the dir •
tion of Tiflis. At Khagetty Daniel Bey encountereeta
a stout resistance, which he endured for several
days, but in the end the place fell into his hands.
After this Schamyl took four other fortress from
the Russians, among them Dischten. He then
divided his little army into three corps, the
strongest of which marched upon Tiflis ; the
second, led by Daniel Bey, marched against Skir-
wan, and the two other leaders remained at the
head of the third division, which was appointed a
reserve. Prince Woronzow sent off dispatch after
dispatch for help. At last General Orlianoff, with
great difficulty, got together 15,000 men, with
which to come to his superior's aid. We are ex-
pecting further particulars respecting subsequent
operations. Daniel Bey subsequently attacked the
second Russian division on the river Mohacz, and
took the fortress of Messer by storm. General
Dolgoruki marched against him in vain. Schamyl
Naib attacked and defeated him. On the shores of
the Black Sea another Turkish corps has taken the
fortress of Seffo, about five miles from Schefkatil.
The Russians lost 400 men, and 200 escaped.

There was a swarm of bees in the Highlands of Perth,
on the 2nd instant.

The Duke of Brunswick, of London notoriety, has been at
law in Paris, and has been defeated.
_ _

Mr. Alan Watts has had a pension of £lOO confirmed
on him.

The 27th, 35th, 82nd, and 90th Regiments are to proceed
to the East Indies, to relieve the 25th, 22nd, 96th, and 98th
Regiments, which are to return home.
The Daily News recommends Lord Goderich for Home
Secretary, and the appointment would give great satisfaction
to the operative classes.
THE CHOLERA IN CORNWALL.—The cholera has raged
violently at Redruth in Cornwall, for some time past. There
have been over 80 deaths there.

The South American steam-ship company's screw steam-
ship Olinda will, we learn, leave Cork for this port this after-
noon.

BIRMINGHAM CATTLT: SHow.—The show closed on Friday
evening. The visitors amounted to 48,000, and the poultry
sales to £1,500. Lord Leigh will be president for next

SMUGGLING.—A man named Peterson, charged with
smuggling three pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco,
which was found concealed on his person, was ordered to
pay thirty shillings, the value of the tobacco, in default to
be imprisoned fourteen days.
Mr. Preece, formerly master of the Hereford union work-
house, committed suicide on Friday morning. He left his
former position with the respect of all those in authority
connected with the workhouse.

PRINCE ALBERT.—" Lord liardinge," says Miles, a writer
in the Daily News, "is far too fond of pleasing a certain
high personage, who is beginning to make to make himself
too busy in the affairs of the army."
Mr. Blexom, a Proctor in Doctor's Commons, London,
has been before the magistrates there for publishing a libel
on a neighbour, Mrs. Billing. Mr. B. has apologised, and
further proceedings are stayed.
BANKRUPTCY OP THE LATE MR. CHAMBERS.--" Clericus"
in the Tfmes asks who was it endeavoured to make the late
Mr. Chambi rs a bankrupt, by which he was kept several
years in gaol, and died in mental vagrancy, his property,
after spending £50,000 in law, paying his creditors nearly
in full ?
THE RESIGNATIONS.— One rumour, says a London journal,
already ascribes the whole affair to a Cobourg intrigue, and
the probabilities are hinted at that Count Walwski (French
Ambassador) may yet leave London in anger before Baron
Brunow.

CLEAN CAUSEWAYS.—The police commissioners of Lon-
don have given notice that all occupiers of premises are
bound to keep the footways and water courses, before their
residences, cleansed thorough'y, under a penalty of 40s. for
each instance of neglect. Owners are to be deemed occu-
piers of uno-cupied houses.
SHAM PARCELS.--A "dodge" is being tried on in London
which ha. met with a good deal of success. A parcel is
fetched from some railway, the messenger states, and a de-
mandi s made of some shillings, from three to five, for car-
riage, which is frequently paid. The parcel, of course, is
made up for the occasion, and generally contains a brick
covey ed with straw.

THE AMERICAN NI-Ans.—The British and North Amer-
rican royal mail steamer Afr:oa, Capp. Ryrie, sailed on Satur-
day morning from the Mersey, with the usual mails for New
York, between 30 and 40 passengers, and a fair cargo.
FIRE. - At an early hour last night, a fire broke out in a
pri •ate house in Bent-street. It was di ;covered in one of
the top bed-rooms, and was speedily extinguished through
the exertions of Inspector Hewitt and the fire brigade, but
not before the bed and bedding in the room were consumed.
The reel was from the Rose-hill station.