The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA STEAM-SHIP. The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Capt. Shannon, arrived here on Sunday night, after a fine run from Boston of eleven days. A few hours after leaving Boston she met the Hibernia steam-ship, only eleven days on her ourward passage; also on the 20th, in lat. 48.13, lon. 47.2, the Canada steam-ship. The steam-ship America arrived at New York on the 9th, in twelve days. Money, at New York, continued to be abundant, and there was a fair demand for sterling Exchange for the Cambria at 100 to 109 k. The bulk of the business was, bowever, done at 109 k. There has been a further arrival from California, with some interesting but depressing particulars, which we have detailed at length elsewhere. President Taylor has been visited by a severe attack of diarrheas, and at the last account was very ill. He has issued a very important proclamation relative to an armed expedition, reported to be fitting out in the United States to invade Cuba. The proclamation warns all the citizens who " connect themselves with an enterprise so grossly in violation of the treaty that they will subject themselves to the heavy penalty pronounced against them by our acts of Congress, and will forfeit their claims to the protection oe their country. No such persons must expect the inter ference of this government in any form in their behalf, no matter to what extremities they may be reduced in con sequence of their conduct." The expedition was fitting out at New York, New Orleans, and other large cities, and was kept as secret as possible. Large sums of money had been subscribed. The cholera continued to decline, the deaths for the week having been 283. A proclamation issued by General Riley,United States'. offices, advises the people of California not to expect to be tolerated in any effort to establish an independent govern ment ; that he has orders from Washington to have elec tions held to send delegates to a convention to draft a state constitution ; and that he is determined to carry out the wishes of his government. The total number of persons arrived at Panama, en route to California, since the 9th of July, was 929, of which 610 bad sailed for San Francisco. Canadian affairs present no feature of interest. Rumours were very prevalent that Lord Elgin was about to resign. The latest telegraphic account from Montreal is to the • 13th instant. It says :—" The delegates to meet the friends of the Champlain Canal, at Saratoga, have been named. All of them are in favour of the project, though some little difference prevails in regard to the ter minus. Judge Bedard expired on Saturday, His funeral took place to-day, and was numerously attended. The interments from Saturday noon to Monday noon, were of cholera, two, and of other diseases nineteen. The disease has almost entirely left the city. The cholera in Quebec is still on the decrease. Last report was thirteen deaths for the day previous. Advices from England state Mr. Rinks has passed off a large amount of Canadian deben tures at par, redeemable in twenty-five years, interest six per cent. per annum. Weather cloudy." The Halifax bank was robbed of a very large amount of treasure on the 10thillnstant. The robber was supposed to have come to England in the ship Europa, which sailed on the following morning. We have Jamaica accounts to the 7th instant. The sugar canes on the island looked exceedingly healthy. The favourable accounts from England had produced ad vanced rates for sugar, and had given a stimulus to busi ness. On the 19th ultimo Barbadoes was comparatively healthy and fine. Intelligence from Maracaibo to the 19th ultimo de scribes Venezuela as being in a state of revolution. Gen. Paez landed in Coro from Curacoa about the Ist, when the whole of that province at once declared in his favour. There bad been some fighting, in which the government troops were defeated. On the 9th instant a terrific fire broke out at Plattsburg, which consumed nearly all the village. Thirty-eight stores, one hotel, and several dwellings were destroyed. The damage is estimated at 300,000 dollars. The accounts in hand of the state of the harvest repre sent it as being most gloomy. The grain, where it had not been in a forward state previous to the heavy rain, was very deficient ' • and in other places the rust and drought combined had done much harm. The cotton had suffered still more, and in almost every district the yield is lighter than heretofore. Several planters had been com pelled to throw out from 100 to 200 acres of cotton, being unable to manage the grass. The rice crop looks well, the late rains having scarcely affected it. STATE OF SOCIETY IN PANAMA.—The following de lightful description of the state of society in Panama is given by a correspondent in the New York Courier : The weather is oppressively warm, and the atmosphere entirely devoid of elasticity, causing in all a degree of lassitude, rendering quite apparent one of the causes which contribute to place the natives of the Province of Panama among the laziest and most worthless population on the face of the globe. Nothing can ever be made of them, and nothing but Yankee enterprise will restore Panama in any degree to its original grandeur and impor tance. Even the priests, Spanish though they are, are sunk in the depths of degradation, performing service in their churches on Sabbath morning, attending cock-fights in the afternoon of the same day, and passing the evening at the " Monte" Banks and " Faro" tables. And this is not the practice on Sunday alone, but throughout the week. It is alleged, indeed, by some of the Americans here, that service in the Cathedral was performed an hour earlier on Sunday morning, to enable the priests to act as judges at a cork-fight at noon. Certain it is that they attended the Monte Table, opposite the American Hotel, in the evening, were respectfully assigned the best seats, and bet their money successfully and with good judgment. This is no fiction, and no uncommon occurrence here ; and yet at church this morning I was informed by one of the attendants, in Spanish, that the " Padre was very good"—and desired to contribute " one real, (ten cents.) for Padre !" LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From Boston: Mr. and Mrs. Doid, Miss S. P. Rogers, Miss S. L. Rogers, Miss E. Tuckerman, Mr. E. Tuckerman, Miss E. Edes, Mr. W. Miln, Mr. Baird, Mr. J. Coolidge, Mr. L. Hunt, Dr. J. W. Wright, Mr. J. C. Swett, Mrs. Molson, Mr. Molson, Mr. J. L. Stock, Mr. Beason, Mr. R. Burns, Mr. W. W. Montgomery, Mr. R. M. Gibbes, Mr. John - Brown, Mr. W. H. Stevenson, Mr. J. Kirk, Mr. G. De Horponar. Mr. Strange. Mr. W. Quirk, Mr. E. A. Towse, Major Unett, Rev. W. White, and Mr. Blank. From Halifax : Capt. Smythe, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Eaton, Capt. Kenny, Mr. Laing, Mr. John Godfrey, and Mr. James Doyle. COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK, Tuesday, Aug. 14. Since the sailing of the steamer on Wednesday last, we have had a good demand for cotton, notwithstanding the pause that took place in Liverpool during the latter part of the week end ing 27th July, as made known to us on the arrival of the Ame rica. About 2.500 bales have been taken for export to Havre, 1,00 for the North of Europe, and about 1,000 bls. for other places. The great hulk of the sales, however, have been on speculation, and total sales since Wednesday last have amounted to 14,500 bales. The immediate cause of this has been the very disastrous nature of the accounts from nearly every section of the cotton-growing region. The rains have been incessant, causing the forms and bolls to drop off, and in the low grounds and swomps, causing a complete inundation. No amount of favourable weather for the future can repair the damage, and it is difficult at this moment to foresee the price cotton may reach during the next four months. FLOUR.-The market is still on the advance, and good brands are firmly held at our quotations. Since the sailing of the last steamer there has been much buoyancy, and,with light supplies and a good Eastern and home trade, the advance may be quoted at 25c. to 37.3 c. per bbl. The export demand is light. The range now is, 84 to .84 50 for sour ; 84 124 to .84 87* for fine uninspected ; .85 25 to .85 31* for common Western and State ; .85 31* to .85 37f for straight State and good Western ; 35 44 to .65 56i for pure Genesee; Baltimore. Georgetown, Brandywine, Szc., are held at 85 25 t 0.85 50. Rye flour is higher, and brings 83 23. Corn meal has become quite scarce; and readily sells at .33 25 to .83 31i for Jersey, and .83 50 for Brandywine. GRAIN.-Wheat of good quality is wanted. White Genesee is held at 130 c. ; the last sales were at 122 c. to 126 c. Good Ohio sells at 110 c. to 115 c. Rye is of moderate sale, at ssBic. to 359*c. Corn is in light supply,*and in good demand, with sales of round yellow, at 63c. to 631 c.; white, Mc. to 64c. ; and mixed Western, 61c. to 64c. Oats are held at 43c. to 44c. The rates of freight are-to Liverpool, for Cotton, *d. per lb.; Flour, Is. 3d. per brl. ; Grain, in bulk, 30. to 4d. per bushel for Corn and Wheat respectively. To London, ls. 6d. per brl. for Flour. THE PA PAL STATES. The Genoa Gazette, of the 18th instant, quotes a letter from Rome of the 14th, stating that the Government Committee had instituted a Central Board of Censorship, composed of 10 members residing at Rome, whose mission would be to inquire into the conduct of the officers of the different departments of the state, no matter what their rank might be, and ascertain if their acts during the late political events entitled them to confidence. The board was likewise to examine the conduct of the pensioners of the Government during the same period, to know if they had preserved a right to those pensions, and if any of them were capable of being replaced on active service. Similar boards of censorship were to be established in each province for the same purpose. Orders have been sent out to Rome to General Oudinot to institute an investigation into the case of Dr. Achilli, who has been so shamefully imprisoned, and to obtain his release. The Pope has conferred on General Oudinot the title of Duke of St. Pancrazio, with a pension of 6000 crowns, chargeable on the property of the State. Revolting out rages have been committod by the Spaniards on the defenceless population. HUNGARY. • The unexpected news of the termination of the war in Hungary was received on Wednesday. General Bern was defeated in Transylvania on the sth of August, it appears, by General Haynau, with a loss of 2,000 prisoners, and 2,000 killed and wounded, and 15 pieces of artillery cap tured. The General himself narrowly escaped being taken prisoner. He was seized by a Russian soldier, but was rescued by an Hungarian, who cut the Russian down. Bern and Dembinsky, as well as Kossuth, had all taken to flight, and have, it is supposed, effected their escape into the Danubian provinces. ' On the 11th of August, Georgey, acting upon an autho rity which had been given him by the Hungarian assem bly, made submission at Arad to the Austrian government, through the Russian Commander-in-Chief, Prince Paske witsch. Georgey made submission, not only for his own army, but for the whole of Hungary. He did not surren • der at discretion. He laid down two conditions—first, that he should surrender to the Russians, and not to the Austrians, as his brave army had declared that, rather than that he should surrender to the Austrians, it would defend him to the last drop of its blopd ; and, secondly, a ' complete amnesty as regards the troops. With respect to himself, he did not demand or stipulate for any amnesty, declaring that he gave himself up as a holocaust for the rest, and would submit cheerfully to all the severity of the Jaw. The despatch giving this important announcement is dated from the Russian head-quarters of General Pas kewitsch, at Groswardein. Commissions, each consisting of one Austrian, one Russian, and one Hungarian, were to be sent to the se veral Hungarian divisions, to inform them of the termin ation of the war. Intelligence from Vienna to the 19th instant, announces the surrender of the fortress of Arad to the Imperialists, on the 16th instant. The Austrian capital is in a state of great excitement at the unexpected good fortune which has come in aid of the Imperial arms. Nothing certain is known of the movements of Kossuth and General Bem. They are pro bably at Orshova, or perhaps in Wallachia. Father Ventura is at present at Montpelier. He has been refused passports to Paris. The following advertisement appears in all the Paris papers :—" A debt of 14,000 francs, owing by the Prin cess Letitia Bonaparte, to be sold." Signor de Begnis, the celebrated vocalist, died in New York, of cholera, a few days before the sailing of the Europa. The coloured people of Boston have presented William Lloyd Garrison with a silver pitcher, in testimony of their appreciation of his devotion to the cause of emancipation. The Hon. George Tibbitts, of Troy, United States, has died at the advanced age of 87 years. He died worth two million of dollars, but commenced the world as a hod carrier. The American papers mention that several stone ham mers, wedges, and other mining tools, evidently used by some extinct race of men, have lately been found in the copper mines on the shores of Lake Superior. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.—The barque Liberia Packet, sailed from Baltimore for Monrovia, Libetia. The packet takes out 20 emigrants, 10 for Cape Palmas-, and 10 for other ports of Liberia. A returned colonist also goes out in the vessel.—American paper. THE NATIONAL FAST IN AMERICA.—The national fast was strictly observed in New York and vicinity. The shops and banks were closed as on Sunday, and people appeared abroad only in their holiday attire. Sermons were preached in the various places of worship ; the Post office was only open during those hours which it is kept open on Sundays. The royal mail steamer Avon arrived off Southampton on Tuesday, with the West India and Mexican mails. Accounts from Jamaica extend to the 23d of July. The island was entirely occupied with the general elections. Eight members had been already returned, six of whom declared themselves favourable to retrenchment. Similar results were expected feom the remainder of the elections. Business had been a little brisker during the week prior to the sailing of the packet. Sugar was scarce, and quoted 16s. to 20s. per 1001bs. POISONING BY MISTAKE.—Prince Nicholas of Hol stein-Glucksbnrg, a lieutenant in the 2d Regiment of Dragoons of Prussia died on the 18th at Berlin, from having taken poison in mistake. He was under treat ment for a disease of the skin, for which internal and ex ternal remedies were ordered. On returning from the theatre, he, by error, took a dose from the phial contain ing the remedy to be applied externally, which was a vio lent poison. All the assistance of the physicians was of no avail ; his sufferings lasted 48 hours. _ _ Advices from Labuan to the 22d June are of the most gloomy nature, owing to the prevalence of fever, which was general. . In the list of persons attacked, and still suffering when the Nemesis quitted the island, were the officials, excepting the lieutenant governor, the European non-official residents, and the natives employed in govern ment works or on the coal seam. Her Majesty's ship Royalist, acting as guardship, had suffered severely ; the commander and three officers, and twenty of the crew were on the fever list, and one of the crew had died of Labuan fever. The Governor, Sir James Brooke, had returned from his visit to the island of Sulu, where he had succeeded in making a treaty of amity and commerce with the sultan. THE PEACE CONGRESS.—The Congress of the Friends of Universal Peace was opened in the Salle de St. Cecilia, in the Rue Chaussee d'Antin, on Wednesday last. The Archbishop of Paris had becn solicited to preside, but excused himself. Shortly after twelve o'clock some of the leading members of the Congress, M. Visschers, Mr. Cobden, and others, having entered the salle, were re ceived with acclamation. The Belgian, English, French, and American secretaries read the list of members who had attended, the names of many of whom were received with applause, especially those of Victor Hugo, Cobden, and Elihu Burritt. The chair was taken by M. Victor Hugo, and business was opened by the appointment of secretaries and officers, and naming delegates from dif ferent countries and associations, after which the pro gramme of resolutions was read. The Paris papers speak very coldly of the Congress. RENTS, &C., AT CALIFORNIA.—The whole North Pa cific is swarming with ships and cargoes from every island in the ocean, and the harbour of San Francisco, spacious as it is, can hardly contain the arrivals. Consignments are daily refused. Captains of vessels obtain £7O a month, mates £5O, and sailors £3O. Clerks on shore get £BOO per annum and their board. Nothing is said about lodgings, a reserve which is perhaps but prudent consi dering the notorious scantiness of sleeping-houses in the new settlement. There is, however, an hotel which is underlet for £9,000 a year, a portion of which very mo derate rent is made up by judiciously letting off a small apartment for a tap at £2OO a month. One gambling room lets for £3,500 a year, two smaller ones for £1,200 each. There is even a French cabin the place, the ave rage receipts of which, night and day, have been accu rately calculated at one dollar per minute. It is only from an incidental remark that we infer that the tastes of Anglo-S ,xon emigrants have been consulted by the esta blishment of a brewery. A drayman, we are told, is in the receipt of £1,300 a year salary. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. -4--- The friends of the late Mr. Buller intend to erect a monument. in Westminster Abbey, to the memory of the deceased. THE RUMOURS OF WAR IN INDIA.—We are glad to have it in our power to state, on good authority, that the rumours of a " third war in the Punjaub" are entirely groundless. The Times says it is rumoured, and with good grounds, that the pageantry of an Irish Court is ddomed to aboli tion, and that the viceroyalty of Ireland will terminate at the expiration of Lord Clarendon's tenure of office. CORRUPT VOTERS.—The Daily News says of the pre sent state of parties in Rochester :—" There are about thirty vagabonds, notoriously open to bribes, who can turn the scale at any election when the Whig and Tory parties in the city are fairly at an issue. The cost of these men has been as high as ZIS ; but thirty guineas is about the average price per head." FINANCE AND FRANCIIISE.—The doubling up Or roll ing together of these two subjects of grievance, has an noyed the friends of the former; for the two questions " progress," " Like ill-matched hounds, lugging on one another." The clubbed amateur Chancellors of the Exchequer wish the suffragists to wait in abeyance on the reform as ren dered " complete" by Sturge, or " universal," as advo cated by Feargus O'Connor. But the suffragists will not pull in the finance team, unless the financiers will put on the harness and work with Feargus. While the Times calls the aggregated group a mob of chaotic differences, the London correspondents of the provincial radical Press tell us that the reformers were never so beautifully har monised ! COURT AND FASHION. _._.__. Her Majesty and the Court still remain at Balmoral, and Prince Albert has been enjoying the sport of deer stalking. We are haypy to add that the whole of the royal family continue to enjoy excellent health. Prince Albert completed his thirtieth year on Sunday. Her Majesty is expected to return to London about the 20th of September, travelling homeward, as last year, by the Caledonian Railway. THE QUEEN AT CRATHIE CHURCH.—The royal family pursue here the life of a country squire's household, with this distinction, that they create apparently less stir and commotion in the neighbourhood of their abode Her Majesty's excursions have been confined within the limits of the pleasure grounds attached to the mansion. Since her arrival she has gone but twice beyond them. On Saturday she visited Birkhall, where Sir James Clark is now residing with his family. On Sunday last her Ma jesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, attended divine ser vice in the church of Crathie. As proprietors in the parish of course a pew in the church has been allotted to them. It is in the front of the gallery, and tastefully trimmed with scarlet cloth. The whole edifice has undergone a beneficial purification, in anticipation of their presence. The building, which is by no means large, was filled, but not to excess. Precisely at twelve o'clock the royal car riage drove up along a new pathway that had been made for the purpose, to the western door, by which her Ma jesty was to enter. Those assembled drew aside respect fully, and made way for it ; and as the Queen passed all bowed to her. She seemed much delighted, smiled, and bowed her acknowledgments, as did also his royal high ness. On entering her seat, her Majesty and the Prince — in accordance with the English form—spent a few minutes in silent devotion. The incumbent of the parish officiated. The whole service was soon concluded, the sermon being very short. Before the benediction was pronounced, the collection was made through the congregation, and the elder who had that part of the church—a grave, intelligent looking man—with all formality of demeanour, shoved his "ladle" before the royal party —a phenomenon, however, with which they last year made acquaintance, so that their wonder was now abated. The like propriety marked the departure of the Queen as was displayed on her arrival. — Glasgow Mail. BALMORAL. — BaImoraI has been much improved since her Majesty's last visit. The pleasure grounds about the house have been laid out anew in an exceedingly tasteful style, and are now in complete order and luxuriance. A large addition has also been made to the castle itself—an entire wing having been joined to the north side. The effect has been to give it in an increased degree, an " Abbotsfordian" appearance. Almost immediately on alighting, the Prince and the royal children entered the house. Not so with her Mrjesty. She remained a mo ment, apparently to survey the altered appearance of the mansion, and then skipped lightly away to a particular flower pot, perchance to discover how some favourite rose had thriven in Eer absence, or to ascertain if the seed she had last year deposited there had germinated. In a very short while after the Queen was walking about with her children, and welcoming those members of her suite who had not made equal speed with her own carriage, as they successively arrived. In reply to some remark from a spectator, an old man who is employed in some capacity about the grounds, and who wears a peculiarly " knowing' expression on his face, said, " 0, man, she's an active cratur ; it would be naething wonderful though she went to the tap o' Craig Gowan the night yet." Lord John Russell has been on a visit to the Archbishop of York. His lordship arrived at Balmoral on Thursday, on a visit to the Queen. Sir Charles Taylor and Mr. Roebuck, M.P., and lady, are at present on a visit to Lord and Lady Brougham, at Brougham Hall. Till LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. The anniversary sermons and meeting for the Church Education Society for Ireland have just been held in this town. The proceedings were reported in detail in our last publication. It is very obvious that, notwithstanding the decided opposition with which the advocates of this cause are met in high places, it is nevertheless making steady and certain progress, taking every day firmer hold of the affections of the people. This is proved abundantly by the amount contributed to its support, as well as by the number of schools in connexion with the society, and the increasing number of scholars on the roll of each school. The amount of income last year was £39,000, of which £37,000 was contributed in Ireland, leaving the small remainder only as the return from this country. The two principles, paramount and essential to the rege neration of Ireland, are bound up in the wellbeing of this society,—viz., the Scriptural principle and the Church principle, each of which, moreover, is essential to the effi ciency of the other. According as this is better under stood, the society will meet with a warmer and more generous support in England. This, too, is felt and looked upon with alarm by the abettors and supporters of the National (?) system. One of the most influential amongst them is known to have expressed, in private, some time ago, his fears and misgivings, to this effect — that, if the Irish Clergy maintained for a little longer their dignified opposition to the National Board, the Govern ment must be compelled to some modification of the system, which, we must be permitted to add, as at present worked, and in open contravention of Lord Stanley's letter to the Duke of Leinster, is alto gether an instrument in the hands of the Church of Rome. Other symptoms also shew themselves, which, though but straws on the surface, indicate the direction in which public opinion begins to set in. An article in the Athenceum of the week before last, that savours strongly of the Castle workshop, and another in the Spectator, ascribed by some even to the foreman himself of that shop, on the subject of Irish National Education, attempt to mystify and misrepresent the real bearing of the ques tion upon the Church and the country at large, and even go as far as, by implied threats, to affright the clergy from their propriety ; these are tokens unmistakeable of a fallint cause, and of a conscious insecurity of the resting place that is thus attempted to be propped up. The appeal of the Irish Church is at this moment, from the despotism of a government that has sold itself to the Romish priests, to the manly honestyand straightforward justice of the Bri tish nation. The difficulty hitherto has been to procure a hearing : the late anniversary here fills us withconfidence as to the result. The deputation was, indeed, well chosen : the Rev. Dr. Singer. so long known, so universally regarded, the distinguished ornament of the University of his country, the scholar, the Christian, the gentleman, whose praise, we may truly say, is in all the churches ; the Venerable the Archdeacon of Waterford, thoroughly familiar with the real question at issue, and acquainted with the successful operations of the Society he advocated, and whose eloquence was only the more persuasive by reason of its mild tone and gentle manner; and Dr. Mor timer O'Sullivan, who, as was so gracefully expressed by the Rev. Frederick Parry, in moving the first resolution, although pronounced a stranger in Down, and repelled from the pulpits of Belfast, was well remembered, would be instantly recognized, and warmly welcomed by the Churchmen of Liverpool. The result of the anniversary was in every respect such as might have been anticipated from the advocacy of such a deputation. We are happy to be able to state that Dr. O'Sullivan will preach on Sunday morning next, Sept. 2d, in Aigburth Church, and in the evening at Bootle; and further, we are sure our readers will be glad to learn, that since he came to Liver pool, his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland has presented him to the living of Ballymore, with a prebendal stall in he cathedral of Armagh. The Rev. Doctor, being already domestic chaplain to his grace the Duke of Manchester, is by this move, made his pastor also, as the castle and town of Tanderagee are within the parish of Ballymore. This is to make a proper use of the honours and emoluments of the church, as did our own venerable Primate of Canter bury lately, when he rewarded Mr. Goode with the rectory of All-Hallows for his most seasonable and erudite work on baptism. Let but this rule be more generally followed, and we have no fear for the stability or efficiency of the church in either country. THE CROPS IN IRELAND.—We have received letters from all parts of Ireland, of last Saturday's date, which state that the weather is now all that could be desired for ripening and saving.the harvest, and checking the po tato disease. With regard to the latter, the reports are very conflicting ; a letter from Belfast asserts that " there is now no question of the existence of disease in the tubers, but the accounts are very contradictory as to the extent." A Waterford correspondent speaks more positively of the spreading of the affection, which he says "is more extended, if not more virulent, than the past two years ; yet if what are now sound, keep so, there will be much more available for human food than since the rot first appeared." We are very sceptical, however, as to the extent of the dis ease ; we were told last year that there would not be a sound potato at Christmas, which we thought a mis take, and it proved so. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived in Dublin on Wednesday, on a visit to the Lord Lieutenant. Her Majesty has sent £l,OOO to be distributed amongst the poor of Cork, Dublin, and Belfast. The Rathdown Hospital, at Kingstown, has received £25 of this money. The Liverpool Journal has good reason to believe that it is the intention of the government, in deference to her Majesty's wishes, to pardon all the Irish state prisoners. MORTALITY IN DUBLIN.—The proprietors of two cemeteries in Dublin received for interments from July 13th to August 17th, 1848, £196. In the corresponding period of 1849 they received no less a sum than £520. An official circular from the general post-office notifies, that, in obedience to the commands of her Majesty the Queen, the town of Cove, in Ireland, will henceforth bear the name of Queenstown. DIMINUTION OF DESTITUTION.—Last week there were 11,000 persons in the receipt of out-door relief in the Tra lee union, besides having the workhouses full. Now the numbers on the relief list are reduced to little over 4,000, and there are over 1000 vacancies in the workhouse. The Tipperary Vindicator gives an account of the disco very of a conspiracy hatched by the convicts in the gaol of Nenagh, which was mainly frustrated by the zeal of one of the hospital nurses, who, fortunately overhearing the conversation passing between the prisoners, communicated the fact to the governor. At the late Royal review, in Phoenix-park, Dublin, a beggar, who stood in the first line with his child in his arms, refused to give place to a gentleman and his wife behind, though offered a handsome bribe for his berth, saying he would not lose sight of the Queen for all the half-crowns the gentleman had. A MONSTER BONFIRE.-A fir plantation of fourteen acres, belonging to Mr. Roche, M.P., for Cork, was acci dentally set fire to on the night of her Majesty's arrival at Cove. The illumination was very magnificent, and the hon. proprietor of the plantation had all the credit of the monster but involuntary bonfire. _ _ Mr. Macaulay, who is at present in Ireland making inquiries connected with his History of the Operations of William the Third and James the Second, in Ireland, in 1688," visited the battle-field of the Boyne on Tues day, accompanied by Captain Larcom, Dr. Wilde, and Mr. Mahony. Mr. Macaulay has since left Dublin for Cork and Killarney, from whence he is to proceed to Limerick, Aughrim, Belfast, and Londonderry. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. # The Maidstone Journal announces the postponement of the re-opening of the parish church, owing to the indis position of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, is staying with Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., M.P., at Le!gh Park, previous to his embarkation for his distant and interesting diocese. The Rev. John Wallas, curate of Aikton, Cumberland, was killed on last week, through his gun accidentally going off whilst he was out shooting on the moors. Dr. W. B. Carpenter, son of the Rev. Dr. Carpenter, formerly minister of George's meeting, Exeter, has been appointed Professor of Medical Jurisprudence to King's C•illeq,:. London University. The lev. Dr. Carter, Dean of Tuam, died of cholera yesterday week, at Salthill, near Kingsto. The rev. gentleman had reached an advanced age, an 4 was incum bent of Ballymore, in the diocese of Armagh. A site has been chosen at Oxford for the erection of a new university museum, which is expected to cost more than £50,000, of which part will be raised by subscription, and the remainder supplied from the university chest.. The Builder states that Wilton Church, built at the expense of the Hon. Sydney Herbert, cost £36,000, and that its length from the western porch to the chancel apse, is 120 feet ; the width, 53 feet ; height of nave 57 feet ; of tower. 100 feet. The Rev. Dr. Mortimer writes that he has been com pelled. to part with his chapel, in Gray's Inn Road, in consequence of ill health, and that he would not have sold it to Mr. Baptist Noel could he have found a member of the Church of England willing to buy it. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Rev. W. Goode, the literary antagonist of the Bishop of Exeter on the subject of baptismal regeneration, to a valuable living in the metropolis. It is hence inferred that his Grace's opinion is in unison with that of the Archbishop of York on this point of doctrine. Charles, the son and pupil of the Rev. Wm. noutledge, M.A., of Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, was last week elected a " King's Scholar" of Eton College. This, we understand, is almost the only instance, since the scho larships were thrown open to the competition of all Eng land, of a boy, ten years of age, having attained this dis tinction. It is intended to add another to the two dioceses of which Canada is composed, and a bishop's see will be erected at Quebec as well as at Montreal. It is expected that the first appointment to the new bishopric will be conferred on the Rev. Isaac Heilmuth, M.A., Professor of Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Montreal. CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY.—Last week but one at Watton, Herts, a meeting in behalf of this Society was held on the rectory lawn, the Rev. E. Bickersteth in the chair. The speakers were—Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Revs. Messrs. Dury, Chomley, Birks, Lloyd, Olive, Prowett. The amount contributed, including the collection of a sermon on the Sunday previous, reached the large sum of £225 12s. 4d. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The biennial meeting of the Hertfordshire Reformation and Protestant Associa tion was held on Tuesday week. A sermon was preached on the occasion at All Saints'Church, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D. The preacher, in the course of a very powerful and eloquent discourse, referred to the question of baptismal regeneration, which was at present agitating the Church. The meeting was held in the Shire-hall at the close of divine service. The chair was taken by the Rev. M. M. Preston, Rector of Chesbunt. The meeting I was numerously attended. Amongst those present were I —the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, D.D. ; Revs. E. Bickersteth, J. Olive, C. Jollands, R. H. Webb, T. R. Birks, R. W. Morice, J. W. Birch, T. Dury. C. Prowett, H. F. Skrim- I shire, Franks, C. Thornton, E. H. Bickersteth. J. Raban, C. S. Chauncey, S. H. U. Heathcote, and J. Lord, Esqrs., &c. The collection at the doors amounted Ito £3lBs. 4d. Subscriptions to the araount of £2B 3s. 6d. were also received at the table. The collection after the i service at the church amounted to £l6 7. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. MIDLAND RAILWAY.—Ai the meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Wylie moved an amendment to postpone the consi deration of the report of the Committee of Investigation to the general meeting in September, but ultimately with drew it. ' The shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion Railway are about to present to E. J. Mozley, Esq., three splendid pieces of plate. They consist of a splendid candelebra and two ponderous wine-coolers. The cost of the whole is about £BOO. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.---Traffic for the week ended 19th August, 1849: Coaching Traffic, £2,324 10s. 10d.; Parcels, &c., £56 lls. 4d. ; Goods, Cattle, &c., £240 7s. 3d.; Steam Boats, £258 lls. 6d. ; Total, £2,880 Os. 11d. A person at Halifax has constructed an improved ma chine for the printing of railway tickets, &c., and giving a consecutive number from 1 to 10,000 to each ticket as it passes through the machine. The speed at which the machine throws off the tickets is almost marvellous, 15,000 being printed in the hour. MR. HUDSON.—The York, Newcastle, and Berwick railway intend to file a bill in chancery against Mr. Hudson, for money owing by him to the concern. It is stated that that gentleman, and his brother-in-law Mr. Nicholson, have drawn dividends without having paid either calls or deposits, and that Mr. Hudson has, in many cases, drawn the whole dividend without even deducting the interest. SUNDAY TRADING.—On Friday, the magistrates at Bath delivered their judgment in the case of the railway porter charged with exercising his business as a luggage porter on the Sabbath. The Mayor said Km magistrates had set aside altogether the question whether or not it was desirable or necessary to run trains on the Sabbath. That was a question upon which almost every bench of magistrates would be found to differ, and it was in no way necessary to be decided in order to enable them to come to a decision in this case. They were of opinion, then, that a conviction should take place. It was sufficient now to say that they fined the defendant ss. and costs. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—The meeting at York, on Thursday, was numerous. The directors' report was unanimously received. It was re solved that all the old directors retire, except Mr. Wood and Mr. Plews. The Committee of Investigation, with Messrs. Wood and Plews, to be directors pro tem. The question of dividend was Postponed till the 4th of October. After some discussion it was announced that a bill in Chancery will be filed against Mr. Hudson to recover, and that an offer had been made to arrange, but the terms were deemed too low. The meeting ordered publication of the names of those who had received dividend when their calls were unpaid. BURN'S MONTHLY COLONIAL CIRCULAR. This is the title of a new statistical publication, just issued by Mr. Burn, the able compiler of the Commercial Glance, under the patronage of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Manchester Commercial Associa tion. It is intended to be published on the 18th of every month, in time for the Overland Mail ; and will, no doubt, from the known accuracy of Mr. Burn, be extensively patronised, and regarded as an authority in our colonies. Its object is chiefly to give monthly the exports of cotton yarns, plain and dyed calicoes, silks and silk-mixed goods, linens, woollens and woollen mixtures, to our various cotton markets, comparing them with the exports of the previous two years ; the movements of raw cotton, the prices of cotton and cotton goods, &r. It also contains the prices of colonial produce corrected to the latest date, and from the most authentic sources. There is appended a table of the imports, entries for consumption, stocks average prices of foreign grain for the three years. We extract the following from the last-mentioned table as interesting at the present period. The imports of foreign wheat imported up to the sth of July were, in 1847, 712,447 qrs. ; in 1848, 692,768 qrs. ; and this year, 2,240,761 qrs. The entries for home consumption, were, in 1847, 912,852 ; in 1848, 609,446 ; and in 1849, 2,780,329. The imports of foreign flour were in the three years re spectively 2,406,910 brls., 236,502 brls., and 1,666,428 brls. The entries for consumption were 2,870,830 brls., 234,399 brls., and 2,090,404 brls. To show the influence of priCes in inducing importations, we may add that in 1847, sth July, wheat was 755. 6d. per quarter, and flour 335. 3d. per brl. In 1848, wheat was 48s. Ild., and flour 295. 6d. Yet in the face of these reduced prices we have had the immense import of the six months 1849; and prices on the sth July were 495. for wheat, and 245. 6d. for flour. The stocks in Great Britain on the sth July, as given by Mr. Burn, comprise the limited quantity of 128,566 qrs. of foreign wheat, and 119,260 brls. of foreign flour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Friday a man named Gittimer, one of Mr. Frey. berg's omnibus drivers, was fined 20s. and costs, by Mr. Rushton, for abusing his horses. Mr. James Newlands, the borough engineeer, as the official defendant, was summoned on Tuesday before the magistrates, for permitting an excavation at a sewer in Rumford-street to be so unprotected that a child fell into it and injured its back. A penalty of 20s. and costs was inflicted. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—A woman named Jane Keenan was placed before Mr. Rushton on Friday, charged with stealing an immense quantity of property from the Queen's Hotel, consisting chiefly of sheets, blankets, and table cloths. The prisoner was employed at the hotel as a washerwoman. On searching her house, thirteen pawn tickets were found by the officers ; all the articles had " The . Queen's Hotel" marked in the centre of them. Mr. Rushton severely reprimanded the conduct of the pawnbrokers in taking the goods from the prisoner, when they saw they were marked. The proprietress of the hotel stated that she had missed no fewer than 105 sheets alone in the last two years. Mr. Rushton remanded the prisoner. On Saturday, the prisoners were fined £5 each for illegal pledging ; three months' imprisonment in default. LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS, WEDNESDAY.—Letters were read from the Rev. Thomas Moore, accepting the office of chaplain to the Workhouse ; from Mr. Peers, re signing his office of committeeman of the Fever Hospital and Workhouse; from Mr. Walker, resigning his guar dianship of the township of West Derby, because he dis approved of the principle now acted upon, " that members of Boards of Guardians can elect each other to places of emolument ; " and from the Rev. Hugh Montgomery Moore, sendng in a claim for three months and twenty one days' salary, as chaplain to the Workhouse. A com mittee was appointed to inquire into some inattention to and dereliction of duty on the part of Mr. Gilmour, one of the medical officers for Toxteth-park. Ho USEOWNERSY GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening last, a meeting was held at the house of Mr. Thomas, Golden Lion, Scotland-road, for the purpose of forming a northern branch of the Houseowners' Guardian Society. Mr. William Duckworth was called upon to preside, and stated the object of the society to be to pro tect the members against bad tenants, such as those who removed frequently from house to house, contriving con tinually to live rent-free, to protect themselves from unequal and unnecessary local taxation, and to be pre pared to resist any attempt to lay the taxes on the owners of one class of property, unless every species of property was fairly taxed. Another object was to secure a plentiful supply of water at the lowest possible rates, and to resist any threatened attempt of the Water Committee to over rate the present expense, and to defend themselves from any undue interference of the local authorities. UNITED GASLIGHT COMPANY.—The half-yearly meet ing was held on Tuesday, Mr. William Fosbery in the chair. The net profits of the year were £35,556 Is. ld. ; a dividend for the half-year at the rate of £4 10s. on each £lOO share and £1 2s. 6d. on each £25 share was recom mended. There being only £16,488 Bs. Od. of profits now applicable to the payment of the dividend, it was recom mended that the balance of the reserve fund should be applied to this purpose. Although the consumption of gas had been checked by the depression of trade, there is now a progressive increase in the company's rental. It was recommended that 940 £25 shares should be sold by auction. The report was adopted, excepting that part which related to the sale of shares ; but an instruction was given to sell the shares, with a discretionary power as to the time, and with liberty to the directors to borrow £65,000, should they deem it expedient to do so. The dividend recommended was declared. SELECT VESTRY.-At the meeting on Tuesday a long report from Dr. Sutherland was read, on the measures required in conformity with the regulations of the General Board of Health for the relief of cholera. It mentioned as one of the most important facts in the local history of the epipemic, that about forty per cent of the deaths from cholera had occurred in houses in which more than one person had died of the disease; referring chiefly, for the cause of this fact, to the over crowding of the population, and recommending the establishment, in a healthy neigh bourhood. of a house of refuge, into which infected fami lies should be removed till their own dwellings were thoroughly lime-washed and dried. Another important fact was stated to be, that a large proportion of cholera cases were preceeed by premonitory diarrhoea, while a good deal of diarrhcea was also prevalent in the affected districts. The preventive measures recommended in this case were open dispensaries and house to house visitation. It was also remarked, that usually, in an advanced state of the epidemic, a considerable increase took place in the cases of diarrhcea, many of which did not appear to in volve danger so immediate as at present existed. Should such a period arrive in Liverpool, Dr. Sutherland was of opinion that a well.trained body of lay visitors, to seek out the cases, might be advantageously employed. There were other points embodied in the report, which will be understood from the subsequent remarks of Mr. Harbord, who stated, that Dr. Duncan had been appointed super intendent of the medical staff, without any extra remu neration ; that the thirteen medical officers, the regular staff of the parish, were to receive .£2 10s. per week each, in addition to their usual emoluments ; that ten assistants had been engaged at £2 per week each ; and twenty house to house medical visitors at £3 3s. ; with other appointments at the different dispensaries and hos pitals. In round numbers their present staff must cost at the rate of £9OOO or £lO,OOO a year. He made this statement in order to let the public know what expense the parish was incurring, in order to relieve the sufferers from cholera, and to prevent its spreading. Some con versation took place on the subject of the report, and the proceedings were ultimately confirmed. THE MANSELS: A TALE OF THE LATE MONETARY CRISIS. CHAPTER in. The misgivings of William Mansel, noticed in our last chapter, require, to account for them, some explanatory remarks, which may perhaps, to the general reader, ren der the present chapter a little dull. It is a necessary one, however, and, although it may be passed over without de tracting greatly from the interest of the mere narrative, it will materially add to the usefulness of the succeeding chapters if the kind reader will bestow upon it his careful attention. In the first instance we must, as briefly as we can, state the nature of the business in which our merchants were e gaged. Mr. Mansel, on his first entry into mercantile life, had confined his transactions to what may almost be called a retail scale. His dealings were principally in East and West Indian produce, which he bought in the open market from the importers, and sold, in smaller lots, to consumers throughout the country. As his reputation became established, however, he became the consignee of various planters and mercantile houses both in the East and West Indies, as well as in several of the South Ame rican markets ; and, at the period of our history, the firm had been for some years carrying on the legitimate busi ness of merchants, exporting British manufactures and receiving in return the produce, both on their own and on foreign account, of the markets to which they traded. In these transactions they had strictly confined themselves within what they considered their means ; or in other words, they had exposed themselves to no risks which, under an ordinary reverse, could affect their credit or their ability to meet their engagements. They were, in fact, re garded in the commercial world as a house under-trading rather than over-trading ; and their bills were looked upon in every market in which they were negotiated as what, in mercantile parlance, is styled first-class paper. In addition to the capital embarked in his ordinary busi ness, it was well known that Mr. Mansel, sen. was pos sessed of a little property of a tangible character. The house in which he lived was his own ; and, besides some similar investments, he was the proprietor of a few thou sands invested in the funds. Notwithstanding this firm basis for their operations, however, it would be absurd to conclude that the house could, in an emergency, meet every claim upon it, at the moment, in cash. All mercan tile transactions are, to a certain extent, carried on through the agency of credit, both given and received; and it would be utterly impossible to conduct the vast im port and export trade of this country without the creation of a large quantity of money, in the shape of negotiable bills, to represent the value of produce in transitu from the buyer to the seller. To the extent of the engagements thus entered into, Messrs. Mansel were, of course, liable to the effect of any reverse, which would interfere with the facility of procuring discounts, or depreciate the cha racter, for solvency, of the parties whose bills passed through their hands. Otherwise their legitimate specula tions were such as could not, however unprofitable, pro duce serious results, or endanger their commercial stand ing. _ _ Mr. Manse!, senior, and Mr. Williams, his clerk, had regarded the disturbance of credit, then existing in the mercantile world, as the effect merely of the recoil which had taken place in the value of railway property, combi ned with a failing harvest and the withdrawal of a large amount of money to be expended in giving employment and food to the Irish people. William Mansel, however, took a more extended view of the matter; and hence the misgivings which he had betrayed with respect to an early return of commercial prospeiity. We had been compelled to import large quantities of foreign grain, to make up Vie deficiency created by the loss of the potatoe crop at home and the short yield of our harvest ; and the young merchant saw in prospect, in addition to the feeling of in security, which was already inducing capitalists to with draw their money from circulation, a probable large drain of specie to pay for our unusual importations. Already the exchanges were against this country in nearly every foreign market ; and to the United States in particular, from which we had drawn the bulk of our supplies, every packet had lately been taking heavy remittances in gold. as being more profitable than investments in our neglected manufactures. The effect of a continuance of these opera tions for any length of time he conceived would be to bring upon the commercial world, for the first time, the stringent operation of the amended monetary law of 1844 ; and to reduce the Bank of England to the necessity of increasing the rate of discounts, and thus putting a stop for a time to the commercial enterprise of the country. In the distance of this gloomy picture was presented to his eye heavy sacrifices to be made for the purpose of meeting engagaments already contracted ; and the possi ble stoppage of some of the sources, upon which, in ordi dary times, implicit confidenca would have been placed for supplies. With these views, it is not to be wondered at that, whilst Mr. Mansel, senior, looking only to the ex ternal surface of things, was regarding the depression in the commercial world as merely one of those dark passing clouds, which so often follow periods of undue commer cial excitement, his son, regarding the new machinery which had been recently introduced into our monetary system, and dreading the stringency and non-elasticity of its operation, had already made up his mind to prepare for the possible crisis which he saw approaching. With Wm. Mansel, to resolve was to act ' • and accord ingly the week following, the o ccas i on on which we have introduced him to the reader, saw him actively engaged in the endeavour to prepare the house against the coming storm. Instructions were sent to their various correspond ents to realize whatever stocks of goods they might have on hand, and to remit in gond bills instead of produce. Cautions were also transmitted against entering into any new operations, beyond what were absolutely necessary to enable them to preserve the valuable connexion of their friends. At home, although in a falling market, the vari ous stocks of produce which they held on their own ac count, were gradually disposed of, at prices which excited the marvel and the frequent expostulations of the old clerk, Mr. Williams ; and which at length startled that worthy individual into doubts of his young master's sa nity. Steadily, however, Wm. Mansel pursued his course, combating the opposition offered by his father, as well as his clerk, both of whom seemed to have been thrown into a state of utter confusion by the events which were occur ring around them. CHAPTER IV. Three months have passed away ; and harrowing, ago nizing [months they have been to the Mansels. The old man is bent as if three times that number of years had passed over his head. His eye is dim and dull ; and his features, once glowing with ruddy health and vivacity, are haggard, and, at times, may almost be termed vacant. Although long before this he has been satisfied of the necessity of the prompt course of action adopted by his son ; although he had long ago nerved himself to the thought of becoming once more comparatively a poor man; yet each successive sacrifice made had smitten him deeply ; and as document after document came before him daily—advices of ruinous sales in foreign markets, of forced remittances under adverse exchanges, or of dis counts paid at home, which he had imagined could only be submitted to by desperate arid needy profligates—he would still for the moment ask of his young fellow-sufferer —sometimes only with an appealing look—have we not yet passed the worst ? Is not our position at length secured ? Occasionally he felt an almost savage bitterness, as he contemplated the strange and unnatural struggle in which they were engaged. And what wonder? It was the struggle of madmen. Staid sensible men,—reputed pru dent men—men, whose mere word a few months ago would have commanded thousands,—were throwing from them the accumulation of years of industry to get possession of a few bandfulls of gold, which its holders were as eagerly striving to send out of the country. Hundreds of thou sands of pounds of this yellow metal were weekly leaving us ; and hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of British skill and labour weekly sacrificed to bring it back again. The country was rich in every commodity and every means, by which greatness could by achieved and enjoyed. We had labour in abundance, capital in abundance, mate rials, agriculture, science, and energy to employ these successfully in competition against the whole world ; but the foreigner had for a brief time extracted our gold ; and suicidal legislation bad decreed that, without gold retained in the country, we should have no money to carry on our industrial and commercial pursuits ; that when this fickle idol deserted us for a time, however brief, the whole social fabric should be broken up in wreck to purchase back its gracious presence. The old man mocked at himself, mocked bitterly at the folly which could have fog years tolerated such an insane system ; yet he knew that he was in its meshes, and that its machinery was crushing him and his. William Mansel, too, was changed,' fearfully and sadly, in body and in mind. But he struggled on man fully ; and the struggle was the more severe, because he had to maintain others in the task. He saw that the vi sitation was striaing his revered parent to the earth ; that it had already bowed his frame, and was rapidly paralizing his faculties. When at home, amid that circle lately so happy, he felt that 'strange and anxious looks watched him. His fond mother, he was certain, suspected at least that all was not well; and her tearful eyes tortured him as they glanced from his father's face with a questioning look to his own ; and it was a relief to him when he could escape again to his hard contest with the world. He had still hope that, in part. he might be successful ultimately ; that he should be able to save those whom he loved from utter wreck ; but that hope was dependent for its realiza tion upon many contingencies, which he knew that he could not himself control. It was now the early part of April, a period which will be long and vainfully remembered in the commercial world. Mr. Mansel and his son had walked that morning together the greater portion of the way to town, and for the first time for months something resembling cheerful ness had characterized their conversation, Spring had begun to spread her garlands on the hedge-rows, and her verdant green upon the fields. The air was musical with birds, even in the very vicinity of the busy town. There was an exhilarating freshness in the atmosphere, which gave elasticity even to the toil-worn and the care-worn. Yet it was not the freshness of the spring, the music of happy birds, or the exhilarating effect of the morning air. which had imparted spirit and vivacity to our merchants. On the day preceding a heavy pressure had been removed, An important financial operation had been effected, at a heavy cost it is true; but it had lightened materially the task before them, and was the more gratefully felt, because its successful completion had not been confidently hoped for. For some weeks previously, commercial facilities had been closed to all, except the most extensive houses. Bankers feared to discount, not because they had not confidence in the security of their customers, but because they durst not part with money—such whose trade was in money ! The Bank of England itself was was par alized ; and its hands were tied up by the necessity of regulating its paper issues by the now greatly reduced stock of bullion in its coffers. Strange inconsistency ! with millions of money in its possession, which the mer cantile community would have gladly accepted ; with the spectacle presented around them of commerce and indus try, prostrate for the want of money to restore them to Any , 10,6 their t w no o t nt t e a d ke ac a tiv st it e y p ; itnhitshegredairtecntaitoinonaolf el,ftarsiiol:ge Like Prometheus, commercial Britain was o,ii rock, by a rigorous and insensate tno netar i ; cr ek il either the legislature, nor the bank, W er e fr would stir to drive away the Vultures that the o r upon its vitals. Under these circumstancei,,_:ol', tion made in Messrs. Mansel's favour by a ''' be tio# italist, who bad long known and respected ntl:e,,,ioo to Cheerfully o fu o l o ly ot t i li n e g y . the probity and general prudence of its tra _tdo a boon well calculated to infuse renewed e''''' il hearts of Mr. Mansel and his son. w bil s f/ the 1 110- b ,iO. 4 o f the , b g , - 0 1 t gion of the town. Cheerfully they returned,' d irb‘'tt of many an old friend and connexion. l o n r 9 counting- house, in ed th th e m b u ea g r h t length they arrived there, it was a 0100 ktb° , is hearty pressure with which Mr. Mansel sh° 0 . .,)ti of his old clerk, Mr. Williams, as he passe d thlneie private o ffi ce. Alas ! this little gleam O f su,n„ne!? the fortunes of the house was only a transier;,6l+l was sad turmoil and consternation in COn;r a : t be V on the afternoon of that fine April day, w` le "opel''.o of a foreign mail brought the account of the '' ijoh,ilt a leading house which had been in the habit, ° ,,, e nt9 exchanges ? and happy were they who that da) ur o ies`r business leterswithoutfindingsomeof its no.s s. „ c o g 0 0 '20 1 remitted them, in payment of sales, or consiP r ocistv t , tunate they, too, who bad not ahead , ' I ti it il l 0 strong boxes. There was whispering it? t " Ti e d tbo t ,/ paper of the fallen house, or did not III: - oti f ; on 'Change; surmises of evil results to this a h , ,ria , ominous shakings of the head, and unt l rt e ' v erYl dalous rumours. Panic and doubt precan` - eko e " er The beginning of the end had come, and lo n- f the V° that end would be. One of the lofty villars c' t oo , flit , mercial fabric had fallen, and time only s' .3s ., ° ,falh d yfaii i, m srlia n atturnr r uflo e daruisnt h nett u endhd d m oehhwb b iory l rm e he; , ;ese hab w ttruhh o tbtea. u rst 1 I l etb d derei iza,rebeydktelehwancasnrattudfiatiscnlethedefeeei fl rsrae i ; u; ! ra,, ' ll:::re i .oirtio ( 00ot l t ; son cinbmorning, Mmheaaaeineuno d ykstd i ie not e e s a P c B 11 i 3 1 that night. - The past week has been marked by sug -t t, tb st e us , t 7 ~ en- o r in this article. O n M on d a y, th e 20th instanbsd weft Ey rican steamer brought f ur th er a ccounts e n and ° l and consequent injury to the growing 6 2' c oinrs4 , same day we received by " telegraph" 1 '%111 0 '4 summary of the India markets, which, bei n g - ne able qoahnue adittvheypnesraoitelcueuetrpstepe,ar supplies favourable,icausedadvanced d c ta o lhrt it d s so i ii d manw e ga r t yifbdre out,ol. e mpt o a r n t ene. ationi n ) 11 T e sections in manufactured goods had bedPet:aci'aernc:nblgf„n:Dttilblls Re 0 : 11 11 e rgt. l °4l: parties had shewn a dispositiot to r ealig ": o ,oo`o/ which had prevented their obtaining a oot °- 'o l ' 6l ,lt vance with prices now ruling in Manchester. os hear of the advance on goods in this N en vt, c :O 4 decided upward tendency of the cotton Ins r .„01" it' with an almost entire cessation in the sliir" w eeV' o ce, has been the case for the last three or font. r oc tr e only natural to suppose that they will see lb rilte d ,, e iS 4 clearly and demand an adequate advance-• a pt°W; for the home trade is improving, and front "' se d io appearance of an abundant harvest being hot... bro tl et 4 lent condition, there is every prospect of tr o 'bot e i el trade increasing. The last few days slni ln- con s , i , comparatively aloof from our market, and th e ,. ce has been that a few weak and timid h o lders 'L e t ocr disposition to sell, and prices now rule Pre ti, clIP' par with what t on ic s d a week ago. , e ( 1 , 4 Our stock of co now within a wee ks 6 104511 of what it was this time last year ; and 'sr, arn l , r ;,ifi sumption and extremely limited import , l 'dese n ft r er r 4 the past week being only 5,100 bales of al` . 1 . ti e; must very soon begin to grow beautifully less'oje9:4o' that has been said regarding the late riseh l ,odev„ ty cotton, we repeat again that the article is Yei ' o nel comparison with former years. Last Y el) t i be American crop was hurried forward in n iant e o cr months and sold for what it would bring' „ p eas let, holders being acted upon by the promising s a r o iti fer an unusually bountiful crop for the °- son ; and the anarchy and revolutions ' f ee a t taking place each week on the continenti jet,1175 tend is no criterion to be guided by. p 16 4 j y s fe ll o i how the matter stood in the previous S ear B o a fr find that at this period in that year middling 50 , 01' worth 7d., whilst to-day they are only sc ath e h ol further, in the spring of the same year, t r ,tb e l money panic, and were on the point of anOt" - if ith,rist o l severe which this country ever experience("xeren' sions at almost famine prices. But bow di' to , l; . orr position of this country now ! Wheat a t 45 5 -. 0 01 0 4 0 Indian corn at 265. to 28s. per quarter, Anif i ri ,,ofigef, 245. per barrel, and indeed every other art ! ' guns et!, proportion, with every certainty of their bel l en'd bly cheaper—(by the bye, a bad look out f 0 o) to but that is not the question)—money at r e! dest,:e,, lll cent., and large supplies of bullion and g e ir ' u isteu d tfr; way from South America and California , e a ' - orta fr err million sterling; and, what is of more ini,.P 4 0 0 0 7 01 ,, everything else, the present harvest, whicu,:itie fe att!' 4 fourths carried, perhaps the most abundant' o cl P e „,. of man, particularly as regards, wheat, oats , e re g ray r ,l, We hear that our manufacturing friendsjoe a ce febetr . , 4 lustily that they cannot get an adequate a rr u b ;...is t r io s, goods and yarns with the rise of cotton • lieft er A - e t a' gretted, but it is an evil which will right its e c on , : o tri lapse of time. For them to suppose that theYejust-vie price of the raw material after the facts we IT: n o 5 1111 , 10°, coupled with the knowledge that tnere can ": hr ee 0 ( 14 any moment from America for the nest ' hu ttbef r er months, would be the height of i n f a tuation , b "oint o pf`;( hitherto acted on their only safe course, by 0 res;• 0 0.1 and keeping up their stocks, and we have L n q ue' l l ow, which supposingo hi t c o h n, w in e t t h h he e a y yper w eps i le l a l nete a ds d ta o b p te t l a irs n ep y tehe o el t lm il i c a r rfiryo mc : 1 ;;; .. tebt f :so o . ! :to i& eec tl n i, demand, and any of them who will examin e will very soon see how matters will stan;, s o lr ,, hence. It is stated that they hold ';„ie s i, A o o `, Granted that they do ; but is it for their inVi f elY;6 l back upon them now, when cotton is cornPe rn ,het Inc,4C rate, and prices lower here th a n in any ,vie The pinching time for spinners will be tow e ,. o nswps. , and November next, when our stock will st e ,,,tr„ l reduced ; and well will it he for them if the y t'' - tt It with their loins girded, and plenty of cotton : e terld The worst feature could happen to the coll°,oo/; the manfacturers, and throe gh them to tU e of o oll) large, would be a temporary fall in the ca:::, or i et for they may depend upon it that the capita"ii ,itv o i speculator, whichever they think proper toe!' a te pick up the cheap cotton, and that their ultnecijellotitw would be aggravated ten fold. It is quit e flaj th that whatever trivial fall may happen i n - orog";es't market, the value of cotton must steadilUon, ' f wards in the long run ; and with this itnntv'"oo! furnish to our readers ,any information w e , from week to week on so important a subjee''3Whrrifig: %1° The Cambria steam-ship arrived last ev e n lif 3 ;o '°,v dates from Boston to the 15th instant, an ° :O , ; the 17th. The weather had continued col , '' o te' parts there had been heavy rain, and the growing crop crop were generally unfavourable . O 4 ry MR. AND D W T L H AN E D su 'S R N R E O W UN P D L I A N N G S D O I FX1C 1 : . 0 h hg,ty We have before us two beautiful maps w " le h e' e been compiled by Mr. Newlands. the borontoterotii,.. and published by Mr. Wareing Webb. Th e ,,,o- 11 0 t w'' is a map of Liverpool, within the parliatnetT" lienftlye drawn on a scale of ten chains to an fee l iro4 map are laid down contour lines at every t°"„ p et tude, from an examination of which the pr o f be;01040 of the town is readily seen, and which anu a ,6: l assistance in the perfecting of our sewereg`' builders, in providing for their house dra in 9. O il ef is a map of Liverpool and of the KownshiPst iech f e et tr e adjacent. It is drawn upon a scale of fo e eig 14 ,11 5 a o mile, and has contour lines laid at every g ivi,°„v e t , i; altitude. This is a most inter e sting ga l ijOr t hr whole of our neighbouring outskirts at ; - - ti bt•o; plans for the first time of such rising Pla ce '; d ° f et e i o° Wavertree, West Derby, &c., and we have ;se ssaj, it will have an extensive sale. Both these.: Ore tifully executed by Messrs. Maclure, •T t bis Macgregor, lithographers and engravers 0 ' c l,:et , 1 4 if THE FANCY FAIR MONSTER RA111::;eilOri„ sold by Mr. Warburton, master of the rAr , room, for ss. each, and they are now be l ; sir e° : posed of. Upwards of 1,100 entries bac" uri c ' ' made. The ; At THE COVENTRY GAOL CHAPLAIN...." he c e State, Sir George Grey, has signified to t r ev pen tices of the Coventry gaol his entire con„ e r t e s es fle ( ' course pursued by them in the iminen' n 'f the i: with a view to the subsequent removal, " ter.er Chapman, chaplain to the gaol. ho kep t :11 ' l :4 On Saturday evening, Mr. Allen, w, to so; t he • able seminary at Southsea, wen t out ' n ut of with six of his pupils. When stepping ° tbe 0 0 ,1 1- . 17 into a punt, about a hundred yards Cron., th e P , latter upset. Boats ere put off, and an 0 .00. out alive, but Mr. Allen died shoal) , aft er 0 it ( the/ left a widow and four girls. bleb , THE DIFFERENCE.—The mode bY 0 ,1‘ A Sel l re a A land is tried in parts of Hindostan is u e bo les . 11 6 t he tion in more civilized countries. Tw o ',in n f aa the disputed spot, in each of which the : pa r ein sto i9 fendant's lawyers put one of their leg s, bei ng I r Y till one of them is tired, or complains °I tea. Po • the ants, in which case his client is defe r, a 110 tej country it is the client, and not the lawle an foot into it. t iss m . 1)1, .1 ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENCE. --- .,,,,01e •r 7 when the distribution of prizes was "' o f it' o tr .ll ) Highness Prince Albert at the Socictld to last, that the Society hoped to be enaloi i n 11 great national exhibition of manufactur,_u;ire oclX have reason to believe that since the has belic.ll,o" t f ew Highness, neapdsreePvserei devising g d t e ha n e t prl o ar f ne s t e h on e ft S an c n : i ne e ux t ifi )lt iecbalt i u ti pr o li tl on eil l i ti o ot f t i s t sl;o6 l t , this country. We hear that it is coo , ' jo tit r e t the first time in the annals of simile as f l l e ctP e A exposition shall be not national only' t 5, ble universal, embracing the products, zootervef our color' P manufactures of our own country, wo n!, 50 r ife ) nations. It is proposed to give large trih nn '' POP 4 ",( medals, which shall be awarded b rit s ion as to 01111 5 1 above all the interests of con3Pe--- dertai ii°% t t h ljt i utmost confidence. The whole lin to it , " fe l way to have a national sanction gie; up on to P tion of the country is not to be calla' "r funds. THE CO T TON TRADE' % A il. 21 - CRO e foll ow i n tour' to six motg Ye sh P' f ontli s , joi -N nsPort 11 N es & • at ° war , nzth, koti, m, at R oc . e . h,"e, or appe ar Ke ordered t, sfoii to receive ° , ?ter k Gar cia A aka- 20, we niackw r, t t , c 2oh last. !I *ere to to six mo t J • °44 quitted,4 ere damesin Jo, cap ao uict e d for 1 1 44 t ha , SeC * 8 , it %e a ° -orne h O . te e , d k t ee ' pu „ . Ortg th e havi o " ln g ' pri ,Pri sones. s stat rs h.3ito iz2uretieasvo'fig4l o t O t o a _ e twoer prisonersPyar 4 0. s tiseti eof t i a t htli i e s !lienry aw n voPris o 401,, and ai tyre w as r °f this no suet