The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

LEGzIL INTELLIGENCE. Ihre's4:slaY REFORM.—Th e Morning Chronicle gives a celi niel arY of the doings of Lord Truro as Lord l i n e t ri l Lord Cottenham twice during his office got at t. e ,aPaeals; his illness caused an arrear, but th to Lord Brougham got rid of, having but ho_ea,lon the paper when he left office. What is the . aty th :• Since November, 1850, Lord Truro has tried Ltteigeal.S, petitions, and motions, and there are now icthe ; n se appeals waiting judgment—the longest records of the court ; and yet his lordship, C o r n t„the se a t of Hard wicke and Eldon, presents a itittf" most perfect s e lf- sa ti s f ac tion, and goes on dhe L day, to th e ev id ences o f hi s i nc o m petency 4on as °lle of th e i r wort hi est successors . H e even 041144 letters h e rece i ves f rom w id ows an d orp h ans , hi tt ast iks e of the del a y s o f th e cour t, as if th ose l e tte r s i e Mach reference to his own tardiness or incom -11 as t e • he re 0 the nature of the proceedings. We might e ta, as the consequences of his lordship's ele tii;;, felt as seriously elsewhere, we think the picture I ,..ktui 4 Incomplete without a short reference to the state ‘704 88 ,in the House of Lords. Before that high nave been heard, during the present session, L i si l oy t e h a ls: Four of the ' se, from the statement of the Z g r;b ' ,Judges, may be considered as i virtually dis k:44;4. there remain for judgment twe.ve. W f th e assertion that few know the extent e of the kt the, reform ; and when we remind our readers lbSt; l 3 ,,l er tY-one cases, heard at great cost, are depend r k2of conclusion on the activity of a man of seventy 14 the•?, iii te „. and e continuance f aadminis 'oink we may say we hav o ricket e proved t our case." k0,04.0rk assizes, no fewer than thirteen men have 4 11 „lin,• 1 „ e ,, t e,d of hkliwa robbery. seven of the cases 61'4 by Personal v y iolence. Mr. Justice Williams b-viiilis-utne had become so frequent as to be a " com k:ikeaner the convicts will be transported. 11 t11:1 8 ,"erY, on Monday, Mary Rogers, a servant koy of i °use of a farmer at Church Stretton, and l pre-_ kttpOderrreProachable character, was found . gut %o a f 04 - ed her illegitimate child, by drowning it Yin f l e ,, e s, sentenced to death. Ik e l atb ' e Land that the unhappy man, Henry Groom, titl e cast! °kh e under sentence of death, for the murder lifepteem,lins acknowledged his gnilt and the justice l 4tf I h lc e• He appears desirous in every way to avail 4 1 'itat t e assistance of the rev. chaplain, who is daily k ki t 7 os orf o t ik he G nati z r e w e 'se of preparing him for his awful , 4 14 te sti ie i s h ` en Saturday. Maria Cage, the mother of gttil'iddren, the eldest twenty years of age, was SL l stti b , l 'lf Poisoning her husband, their father, under yq led" of considerable atrocity. For three years 4t4e;apiost dissolute life, in company with !mother 4 4, 4 hei.‘"anghter was one of the principal witnesses tt~fte o i 420 sevdeath eral of her children were in court when passed. liiiittirtlott.titSutheralsand Mackenzie, a baronet, who has knot o e Propensity for strong drink, from . which k llCapo B , eon duct and attacks upon the police,. in the ltiVii ti : ° ,u of Brompton, had been in prison since the lit t Z i r"h default of securities' for his good behaviour; htrell, the Westminster magistrate, this week AN 1 ,1",. ; ea his own recog,nizances for £2OO, giving Vas a ace as to his future conduct. scl e nter f % . .rom the office of the Secretary of State wi o ti t espir t logha rn on Tuesday morning, taking k"h e her Sarah Barber. under sentence of death th e : i t her husband, to extend over fourteen days „ t 'a W 4 „, t , i e at which her execution was fixed to take f .`"nE'sday last, the 6th instant. Facts which VIO L 13 light since the trial, tending to show that L' a lia` e cessary to the murder only after the fact, V t iltj h e i led to this respite. I, L l l,,, ? ` P ate",:',„atth hasbeen bound over in sureties by the lveka;",,trreenivich to answer a charge of assaulting ' 1 1),' 11) wi t ? the S nth' Ristern Railway Company. His . `g Lord e Alfreil Spencer Churchill, Colonel fcs r `:,,Ptain Jennings, and others, forced open Ir o g „it. ° o „,`e,e station, wishing to get to a train about L ondon. The policemen tried to prevent - lie."`see r ' who then struck him some severe blows th 1, on e marks of which were still visible. Some • , sire ,11L•elti k one or two others, were positive as to the !D alki str uck. This was emphatically denied by his s e l ' a rtY, and the magistrate, unable or unwillicg lit the case to the sessions. ~-~. Vltokb GREAT EXHIBITION. It ,- h ll le B , l 'ne nun,ber of season tickets disposed of etl ie ..m.of £22. The money taken at the doors I ,4th s oip t ' c t r lsitors amounted to £3.006 183., making I'Veraf £3,028 184. The police return makes 1 "kr ''sitors 62631. 11 4 10 1 he sale • 0 2 g and of season tickets produced the sum the,, money taken at the doors amounted Ws,, , liqnrt st „, a Kmg the total receipts £3,247 19s. The vas red the:number of visitants to be 68,069, Or t pli atm 1 : gatherinc , of Teetotallers, to the number ya v i e s t i t t ir k 01 1 . 4 "ri.o•ds. The Teetotallers, who were well 10p eee er s w r,l i ncialmusic, regaled the ears of the rest l i Q t °ll ' etl Y eisti song, which produced a sen 4seNs,,,of th_ auditorse in this place, and had the effect of !Ned th q e s e i c to such a degree that he made I th . Th i n d e three women, and in his frantic fit e wo before he could be secured by the .ee tn • , Committee have, in consequence i4 l, 4er p ra t e ar n s uic e , g l i s n sued an order requesting all persons ti t '` l i4 ll4t Y ‘ C.Zl,ing g tlie visitors were alarmed by the Ite'ns as a S hekel of a respectably-dressed man, who 14: t ere t :tilt c lile h that he had seized, threatened some k -1 1. Of ‘; gentleman near him, and, but for the trfol tie k nie police, would havejumped from the sad 43 b e7lo a desperate resistance, and was so I with difficulty restrained and removed lttp l 'uOt l f"ntendent's office. A board having been a tti etith intimating that a medical man was wanted ‘ 1 4 4 54 : s rid r.risept, Dr. Badeley, of Chelmsford, stepped I L ION t ,was conducted to the patient, and at once t, 4 a, :let b e was suffering from a violent paroxysm Celli t 'dfp„,_d required to be carefully watched and hi doing any injury to himself or others. On Tour sovereigns and a half, with some silver 1ti, 4 4,:t as ':, r e found on him, and a small memorandum ti:pa..it,iiel'_eontained nothing that indicated his name It o aid taken to St. George's Hospital. There kti` s oep. `e of inebriety, and it is believed that he is r i k 'eth b il'th 11 1 ,i -e p a , - e receipts for season tickets amounted to Nlip.tot a l'lnent at the doors realised £2,833 4s. 6d re to theDA £2,855 4s 6d. The number of visitors, '' th .Police . repor . t, was 59,139. the r r .ecelets for season tickets amounted to e L eelpts for admission at the doors were ,I lt, t ‘ l it baa '' 6 a o i't sl3 4 ;:: a total of £2,873 6s. From the po -14141'1' t1;668. s that the number of persons who en h joke e of N o a ta ta maleth season tickets produced £27. The sZsi the doors amounted to £1,920 lls. 6d.. ql lat i l lt A :Wed ,?f £194/6d.. The retum of g er number of visitors was 18,466. Ylta sense thed Prince Albeit, after a 0042, wha visited Crystal Palace, attended 1:4 0 1 0 10 ',!. T he nad returned from the Paris fetes to o.ttl ts 'etin, y were chiefly occupied during their t i q tu Q' tile departments of the Zollverein and ) 'totes of y k et a , edGermany. The receipts at the th 155., the number of persons t as inen t ~,,cuilding being 18,348. This was the INksyi 3 l 3 , we ': the reduced entrance fee on Saturdays k e e.re gar e d _Ppbably not aware of the fact, the 4180eu „ a d s satisfactory. From the sale of e ta State s department 24 packages have just ''') a rld jl a - A nT l e ali,,,, novel mode of preventing the loss of t,7l, l l o tiqf i n e T2l two tied together with a long scarf, bvi o g„qiu g t `, l she held in her hand, but the diffi- V41 11 1)0, a nd ", Party all in the same straight line si e .app ate the obstructions so frequent, that we 4 tit t ii n t he plan would be very generally th,at the qerakz. th e r e, imperial Austrian commission has 4'oseut 49.collec!ion of minerals at present in tit to of 4 ,5 1 remain . in this country—we giving ° tll:!_es r e of especially our carboni 'ne.....3;,,?! y l i l o value to us, though of much y Chronicle. li i l i t ' 4 t' t it t t A nd 1 1 , 1 ,t1tux L s a b new star of the first °riz o , l a ucY has just appeared on the Len . 1. 4 habids fair to ecli se all the lu 'N'td taa,,,!ght v e shone f with - y 4 l :tVqq t less. eor many years vaimus Barbieri Nini is indeed one of the 4 Sing er AL.she ()lee 0 , ever heard in this country. Sr singular sweetness, power, and ill e nlist, 3 it with an ease quite astonishing 11: l' o e c s , s s (i n_f the bravura and cantabile style. ' F r Va," w aY, at Her Majesty's Theatre, in No ti til e 4 1 he r a ' S no ovation seldom achieved by k i o a ,l' ces se _ lirst song to her last, she obtained iZ, l F,„a tss _ar a ,. e , which gradually increased and grew ; 4 : ,, 5 . u After the air, " M'odi, in'odi " the tl‘ t h,t e u'ee .he GP' waving hats and kerchiefs for' se q i ,oli t is T : 11 th;" of the Lind mania seemed about ve- N at disci ?erson of La Barbieri Nini. Th 1; t1 11 104 1 ti t i 'tautnghd by graces of . form r .feae kit v) og , a 0 beaut y i s NOt o at , t at d t h e overlooked in the artist's ts t t 44 ,, ev AL fire and grandeur of her acting. asaize HIGH SHERIFF.—At the v r ati on w s last week, one of the chief sub 411,4temace St as the mode in which the High S.Vthen 4' Of 'aul) thought fit to receive the e •-Aigh very handsome . equipage with t t ltieldg e Sheriff s N ou t 9 , r this county have usually t u % t ,lll, li ty cry plain if not shabby Clarence nh ', l l wh i °filament whatever and having a 4'4 t parade Were two footmen lire- V 11 1 " 0 4(1 Pp li ntlr* Mr. Justice Vi hams c . tok t leti - eal e egretted that 4 ;1 1 ,,e eihib. of thi s c the usual garniture k 6• i s lth ounty showed their loyalty disiourbatio„ The High Sheriff, rising in 4st Ast. ". said,--I have been directly It) Jti It a nd Y• I Publicly 04.)sirtt4114°Y Co p unfou n d ed declare that the seen tOntY in the •lam as loyal a subject vl t h ey e th at. as kingdom.—His lordship I.olii t _h Cro w a gentleman of ample means ). nOt been a and respect for her Majesty's , ''ti`is t I °ti tl e / 1 4u exhibited This little episode t;‘,.)!, .%11,¶181e;onurisnetohcecouri—, and was the subject IL I d flesh. . the day • and in accordance ‘l lll 4l °ll r. au a lt is said the 4t ur , Stie e e trumpeters were t ti 404t131tevUeraYbthey Williams to the court on his preceded the carriage to the Pat it; urea means mended app earances , . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1851. OUR PRESENT COMMERCIAL POSITION. According to the return of imports and exports for the first six months of the year 1851, just published by the Board of Trade, there is an increase in the value of our exports, as compared with the same period of 1850, of £2,300,000.. This is treated as a "great fact" by the ultra-free traders, and much is made of it. We undertake to show, that instead of being a strong proof in support of the vaunted success of free trade, when analysed, it is a strong proof just the other way. There is- a very consi derable decrease in our exports to corn-growing countries ; and notwithstanding this, our imports of corn have largely increased,—the inevitable conclusion from these premises being, that instead of buying our products-as an equivalent for the grain which we purchase from them, they are actually draining us of our gold,—a fact which is firmly established by that other fact, that notwithstanding the amount of specie which we are constantly receiving from America, the gold in the coffers of the Bank is gradually diminishing. By the following table, which we have compiled from the useful and well-timed Supplement to , Burn's Monthly Colonial Circular, we find, that so far from free-trade having in the least contributed to the much-vaunted increase of £2,300,000, to all the countries from which we import grain there is a decided decrease of exports. In the first place, in order to render the statement more complete, we will give the total exports in the first six months of 1850 and 1851 : Cotton Goods Exported from England first Six Months of 1850 and 1831, Calicoes Printed and Plain. in Twist. ,-________,- • r.---......,.._-___Th 1830. 1851. 1850. 1851. Total exprtd Ist yds. yds. lbs. lbs. 6 months.. 540,987,141 603,659.798 56,412,678 60,325,760 540,987,141 56,412,678 Total increase, 1851 67,672,657 3,913,082 This shows an increase in calicoes printed and plain, in 1851 over 185 U, of 67,672,657 yards. We will, by an analysis of the returns, now show where this increase has arisen : Cotton Goods Exported from England first Six Months of 1850 . , and 1851. Calicoes, Printed and Plain. Twist. . . . 1850. 1851. 1850. 1851. yds. yds. lbs. lbs. To British Colonies 49,950,757 51,680,459 329,221 352,708 49,959,757 329.221 Increase, 1831... 1,120,702 23,487 To Neutral airkts. 283,656,724 371,598,816 10,330,354 14,769,952 283,656,724 10,330,354 Increase, 1851 87,942,092 4,439,598 To Grain-exporting Countries: 207,370,660 185,080,523 45,753,103 45,203,100 185,980,523 45,203,100 Decrease, 1851.... 21,390,137 550,003 The demonstration is this : that there is an increase to our own colonies of 1,120,000 yards; and ;,o countries which do not export grain, of 87,942,000 yards. Then how stand the exports to the grain exporting countries ? Thus : they present a decrease of 21,390,000 yards ! These countries consist of all the principal portions of Europe and the United States. We are thus furnished with a decisive proof that . free trade has not stimulated the increase in our exports of cotton goods,—the particular products of skill in which Manchester and the surrounding district are chiefly inte rested, and chiefly rely upon for their wealth and the employment of labour. Whilst our exports of Manchester calicoes to the corn-growing countries have decreased, our imports of their produce (corn) have increased. Here are the proofs : Foreign Grain and Flour Imported first Six Months of 1850-51. 1850. 1851. Wheat 1,553,518 qrs. 2,200,747 qrs. Barley Oats 568,815 „ 490,242 „ Rye Peas Beans Indian Corn 4,551,858 „ 3,799,378 ~ 452,480 ~ CORN MA RKE T S.—Continued, ~.. AtiliPflig *Wel 1111 Ur. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 9.—The trade has presented an 10. aspect of utter listlessness since the date of our last r .port; dealers or all grades being disposed t o f a ll b ac k u p on th e ir TUESDAY, AUGUST s.—Wind S.S.B. to E.S.E. stocks ; however small—and all transacti ons h ave b een on th e ARRIVED.—AIfred, Christove, Cuba—Sardinia, Plight.endleton, most limited scale, at price s ra th er i n f avour of the b uyer. New York—Napan Belle, Abbott, Alexandria—T res Henna , Oats are scarce, and realise near ly l ate pr i ces. Beans w i thout nos Porto Rico—Lady Hobart, Rogers, Quebec. change. Malt is more enquired after, and stocks are getting SAILED.—Lady Milton, Frith, for Quebec—Cerro G or d o, low. No alteration in Peas or oth er art i c l es. Chandler, and Java, Perry, Philadelphia—Three Sistets, Scott, WAKEFIELD, AUGUST B.—Since this d a y wee k we h ave Paraiba--Matilda, Buckland, Monte Video--Sarah, Cobb, PC lure, AP Clure, Marva—Windsor Castle, had flue ripening weather. To thi s d a y' s mar k et there is Odessa—Elizabeth a A large supply of Wheat and few buy ers; a d ec li ne of I Sampson, Mobile—Millbay, Henson, Zante—Ville d'Ost en d, business. to 2s. Denys, Antwerp—Emilie, Le Merle, Villa Viciosa—Union, Den per qr. is submitted to without ind uc i ng much- business. ~ Oats and Shelling are offered rather cheaper. Beans Is. per duyts, Ostend---Fancy, Fox, Prince Edward Island--Great qr. lower. In other articles no change. Western, Shearman ; Lady Franklin, Yeaton, and Scioto, WISEECH, AUGUST 9.—There has been only a small supply Skolfield, New York—Highlander, Stephenson, Oporto—lndif of Wheat, and but little disposition to purchase at a, reduction ferehte, Gorgiglm, Alexandria, E.—Giovanni, Cacace, Rio de of ls. to 2s. per qr. A good quantity of Rapeseed, and prices Janeiro—S. Andrew, Arthur. Montreal—Athens, Plumer, New from 4f,s. to 435. per qr. Beans and Oats negleeted. buryport—Mary Gillespie, Bennett, Africa—Florida, Luphis, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 9.—At our market • • Alendria—John Taylor, Hawkins. Bombay—Beraza, Camp thisxa morning, there was a very small supply of Wheat from the bell, Pernambuco—Columbia, and Dinapore, Wilson, Calcutta farmers, which sold at nearly last Saturday's rates. The _Antarctic, New York—Osprey, Honeymoon,Sydney, N.S.W arrivals coastwise from abroad are to a very fair extent; but • —v ictory, Evans, Ri ga. owing to the very favouranle state of the weather this week, sales .are exceedingly difficult to effeet, millers merely pur chasing. for their immediate requirements. Where sales were forced, a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr. had to be submitted to. Grinding Barley in fair request, at late rates. Malt of fine quality finds buyers at the quotations. English and Scotch Oats, also the best descriptions of Foreign, maintain their Value ;: other sorts are neglected. Peas and Beans sell in retail on: y, at former currency. Flour a dull trade, and to effect sales of any quantity lower rates had to be accepted. CORK, AUGUST 9.—There being an abundant supply of goad Potatoes at low prices, the consumption of Breadstuffs is much reduced, and our trade is very dull. Prices of Flour are little changed. Wheat receded 6d. per barrel, and Indian Corn 2s. 6d. per ton. DUBLIN, AUGUST B.—ln consequence of the continued fine weather and the depression in the trade in the British markets, a general dullness still prevails with us. We do not wake any alteration in our quotations of Tuesday, but, from the paucity of transactions, they must be considered as in some degree nominal. New here, 9s. to 165.; New Oats, Its to 12s. 6d.; New Rapeseed, :7s. to 19s. per. White Wheat 22s 6d to 25s 6tl I Oatmeal.. Red do 21s 6,1 to 24s 6d I Rapeseed Barley 00s 0 ,7 , os Od i rt— .. Lady of the Lake, Smith, from Magazuavadic,off Queerstowa Greenwich, Knight, hence for New York, at Newport. Cora, Morris, hence at St. John, N.B. Victoria, Walsh, hence at Aricliat. John, Menott, sailed from Trieste for this port 23rd July. Titbit, Steel, hence at Lisbon. Killiow, Willis, hence at Oporto. Arnon, Fowler, from Kertch, and Hampshire, Hopkins, from Alezandria, at Falmouth. James George,,on, from Demerara ; Argo, Dix. from Rio Grande ; and Tottenham, Evans, from Quebec, at Queenstown Elizabeth and Susan, lloistock, and Traveller, Darnell, hence at Helvoet. YARMOUTH, N.S., July 21.—The Zenobia, Anthony, from St. John, N. 13., for Cork, ran on shore on Seal Island on the 11th Ju:y, bilged, and will probably be a total wreck, PwLEti ELI, Aug. 4.—The Victoria, from Laguna for Liver pool, brought in here, after being on shore on the Causeway, with loss of false keel and some of her zinc sheathing, is ex pected to be ready to proceed to Liverpool to-morrow. Us Od to 133 ad 17s ad to 19s Od WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6.—Wind E., moderate. ARRIVED. —Colonist, Sinnot, and Glenlyon, Quebec—Gre- LA. Flour, second . 9s Od to lOs Od I Indian Corn, 12s Gd to 14s Od 4SO lbs 2s 0(.1 to 1 is Everireen; Hardie, Cons Mills, Quebec antinople ; left Alalta 25th July -Old England, New Orleans—Sir 26s Od to 2Ss Gd Richrd Jackson,Alticosti SAlLED.—Pilgrim, Richardson, Quebec—Mercury, Peter, and Ariel, Ritchie, Pernau—CElus, Bartlett ; Emanuel, Bis choff; Zosteaia, Goodwin ; Helena, Schauer; and Clara Maria, Partinke, St. Petersburg—Pomatowski, Lolseau, Bonin— Jenne Emelie, Deux, Morlaix—Edward Everett, Gunby, Balti more—St. Andrew, Harkin, and Amicitia, Heyn, Steltin— Lancashire, Hadley, Havre—Margery, Hay, Narva—Melita, Debarrow, Malta—Stein Bilie , Morgensen, Elsinore—Rambler, Hodge, Dordt—Nile, Whannel, Constantinople—Damana, Ce ballas, Barcelona—Commodore, Pratt, Syra--Commerce, Larns, Ostend—Dart. Archer, Malaga—Vittoria, Englienlo, Palermo—Dearr.ark. Thompson, and William, Witt, Sampson, Boston—Australia, Neil, and Baltic (s.), Comstock, New York. CATTLE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 11.—We had a full market of Beef this week, but the supply of first-class Heifers was rather limited, and they sold well, while for anything else the market ruled very dull. Of Sheep and Lambs the supply was conside rably less than last week, with a tolerably good demand. SINKING THE OFFAL. 4id. to 5 d. per IS. 43d. „ 4gd. „ 4.4 d. „ -d. „ 34d. „ 4d. „ sid. „ 6d. „ sd. „ -d. „ 4d. „ 41d. „ sih. „ 6d. „ Beasts, 2270; Sheep and Lambs, 8687. SALFORD, AUGUST 6.-Beasts, 1,500 ; Sheep, 10,883; Calves, 80. Best Heifers, sd. to 51d.; Middling Ditto, 41d. to sd. ; Inferior Ditto, 41d. to W.; Cows, 311. to 4ift. ; Wethers, light weights, 54d. to 50. ; Ditto, heavy, WI. to sd. ; Ewes, 4d. to 4id.; Calves, 4d. to 50. per lb. WAKEFI ELI), AUGUST 6.-We had at this day's market an average show of fat stock, and a good attendance of buyers. Business rather flat in the fore part of the day, but at the close of the market a good clearance was effected. Beef sold at from ss. to ss. 6d. per st. of 141 b.; Mutton, 4id. to sd. per lb. There was a thin show of lean stock, and a good show of Pigs. DUBLIN, AUGUST 7.-Large supplies and brisk business, holders with few exceptions effecting sales. Beef, in sink, 455. to 465. per cwt.; Mutton, 53d. per lb.; Lambs, 15s. to 245. each. Pigs a very poor show and little doing, prices remaining much the same as last quotations, viz., 38s. to 40s. per cwt. Prime first-class Heifers Second-class H eifers First-class Oxen Old Cows and half-fed Oxen Prime Nether Sheep Second quality Ditto 01(1 Ewes Lambs Marion Mclntyre, hence at Camaroons. Charles Souchay, Thomas, from Oporto and this port, at Chester. Swan, Corner, and Alice Jane, Miller, hence at Jamaica. Johannes, hence off Fayal, and sailed 20th July for Baltimore Cheviot, Farran, hence for the Danube, at Constantinople. Alfred Adelaide, Quinn, hence at Bordeaux. Hortense, Moat, hence at Morlaix. William Hutt, and Druid, hence at Benin. British Queen (s.), Bell, sailed from Constantinople for this port 19th July. A small ship, dismasted, waterlogged, and abandoned, with N.S. on her stern, was Passed 23d Juiy, in let. 45, long. 53, by the Arthur, arrived off the Lizard. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 —Wind E.S.E., ARRIVED.—Henry Ware, Mason, from Apalachicola—Harr Hale, Rollins, and Carnatic, Rogers, Charleston—Gladiator, St. Stephen's—Margaret, Patagonia—Elizabeth, Alexandria. SAILED.—Raven, Scott, for San Francisco—Stirling, Hender son, Wiscasset—Richmond, Grayson, Buenos Ayres—Euclid, Bainbridge, Quebec—A spatria, Thompson, Demerara—Lovely Mary, Potter, Newfoundland—Turk, Harding, Malaga. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, AUGUST 8. Beef sells slowly, and only in retail parcels, at irregular and lower rates for ordinary sorts, but at about former prices for the better qualities. Pork has again been rather more inquired for, but the light stock of American restricts transactions. For Bacon there is a moderately steady country demand, which is fast consuming our stock ; still, present prices are paid with great reluctance. Except for the lowest sorts there is scarcely an inquiry for Hams. Shoulders move slowly. The sales of Lard reach 70 to 80 tons, holders meeting buyers more freely than last week. Cheese continues dull, and difficult to sell. The market is now getting bare of good Grease Butter. William Punton. Sharp, hence at Newfoundland. Rattler, (s. 5.,) Carter, hence at Gibraltar. Rossendale, Handyside, hence at Monte Video. Victoria Rosina, Barharov►ch, hence at Rio Janeiro Admiral Grenfell, hence at ditto. Robert Finnie, hence at Pernambuco. Rachel, from the Clyde at ditto. Alexander Baring. Wilkinson; hence for Bombay, put into Kingstown on the 2d instant, with loss of a kedge anchor, hav ing been ashore on Arklow Bank for six hours previous. She was surveyed and ordered to proceed, no damage being apparent. PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN ST. JOHN'S MARKET, AUGUST 11. s. (1. s. (1. I S. (1. a. d. Beef 3. IF 0 5 to 0 7 Grapes,Eng.4 , ll, 2 0 to 0 0 Nlutton ~ 1 Do. Eng. 0 5 0 7 Ditto, Foreign 1 6 0 0 Veal Lamb I fore-qr 0 6 0 3 6 0 0 thind-qt. a Peaches.... each 0 6 0 0 Fresh Pork - 0 0 Bret Salmon 0 6 0 10 Gooseberries .. 0 2 0 3 Soles Cod Fish Turbot Fresh Butter Salt Ditto 0 8— 0 10 Fowls, 4s couple. 2 6 3 3 Filberts 0 0— 0 0 Ducks 3 9 4 9 Eggs 14. 124 5 4 0 0 Pigeons Potatoes,l , peck 0 8— 0 10 Green Geese 4 0— 5 0 Peas .... s peck 0 8— 0 0 Partridges,brc 0 0— 0 0 Cu(umbers,each 0 4 0 6 Black Game 0 0— 0 0 Apricots, 4s doz. 3 0— 4 0 Rabbits, s cple 1 10 0 0 FRIDAY, AUGUST B.—Wind E.S.E., light. ARRIVED.—Queen, from Callao—Woodstock, Jamaica— Hungarian, Patterson, New York—Cora, Morris, Port Stephen. SAILED--William Peile, Bell, for Buenos Ayres—Jersey, Day, New York—Waltron, Musters, Windsor, N.S. Jane Catherine, Wilson, from Valparaiso for this port at Rio Janeiro. Sophia, Moffatt, from Port Adelaide at Falmouth. Hesperus, hence for Bideford, is at anchor in Holyhead Bay with master's wife dead. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET, AUGUST 9. s. d. a. d. Hay, old, st 0 7@ 0 91 Potatoes, New Clover Ditto, Green Vetches 0 li 0 24 Blacks Straw, Wheat .. 0 4i— 0 5i Turnips, vp ton . 0 0 Oat 0 , ti— 0 641 Carrots Barley ......0 4 0 0 'Manure 3 6 n. d. a. d STATE OF TRADI MANCHESTER.—The market since our last report has kept steadily improving in tone, and a fair amount of business has been transacted in almost all denartments_ the Liverpool cotton market, any ;trice as compared with the loxes he slight enhance. men of rent, have caused spinners to assume a very firm attitude j ; and in the case of those yarns most in demand, they have in some instances succeeded in establishing id. p er lb. in advance of the rates of last week. Orders in low and middle numbers for home consumption, as well as export, are plentiful, and con siderable difficulty is experienced in netting them placed for Lerately ear Ine yarn and doubled yarnsare more quired after, ntimprov ing prjecs: and other yarns suitable fur their markets. The German ship: pers, too, are giving out a moderate extent of orders ; but their movements are characterised by much caution, the advices trom some parts of the continent not being considered such as to warrant purchases on too extensive a scale. In yarns for India there is not much doing, but prices are more steady than they were. In the cloth market, 26-In. light printers are in very good demand, at full rates ; 27-in. 66 reed also maintain their value, and are in fair request, but finer qualities are not so active. Stocks of T cloths and longcloths are extremely light, and makers are so well engaged for several weeks to come, that they are able to command very full rates. The home-trade houses are buying domestics with considerable freedom, and prices are well supported. Narrow skirtings are firm, and the demand fair. 40-inches are without any material change; prices are not so low as they were a few weeks ago, but the demand is languid. MACCLESFIELD.—The silk trade begins to wear a more cheerful aspect. A considerably greater number of weavers are in employment now, than there were a week or two ago. The throwing mills are almost without exception working full time. and every day adds to the number of the employed. There is, however, still a large number of persons entirely un employed. ROCIIDALE.—We have had a steady demand for flannels, without any change of prices. Wool is firm, at the last week's quotations._ _ L , ;EDS.- The amount of woollen goods sold in t neiow an average, yet t Dere is no perceptible slackness of trade. Manufacturers continue to be steadily employed, and stocks do not accumulate. Prices much the same as of late. notice lately still continues, and in most departments a fair business is doing, with a prospect of further improvement as the autumn approaches. We have every reason to suppose the price of yarn is as low now as it is likely to be on this side of Christmas.—Hosiery : There is very little change in the state of business in our trade this week ; if anything, there is rather less selling than there was last month. There is not any vari ation in the price of yarn. LONDON GAZETTE. TUESDAY, Auo. S.—PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—Prust, Morison, and Co., Liverpool, ship chandlers—J. White, Cater, and Co., Liverpool ; and J. W. Cater, Collet, and Co., London, merchants ; as far as regards M. W. Collet—Covvgill, Jones, and Marsden, Liverpool, brassfounders—Tilston, Smith, and Co., Liverpool and Manchester, and elsewhere, general mer chants. DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND.—T. and J. Horsfield, Whee lock, near Sandbach, Cheshire, coal dealers—div. of Gs. 6d., on account of first div. of 6s. Bd., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Mr. Morgan's, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS.—Edward Agar Wynne and John Lmnsden, East-street, Manchester-square, London, builders—Thomas Marriott, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, seed merchant— George Stringer, Chamber-street, Goodman's-fields, London, wholesale Italian warehouseman—John Luscombe, Llandulph, Cornwall, miller—Edwin Parke Quadling, Ipswich, railway carriage builder—George King Matthews, Paternoster-rosy, London, bookbinder. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—T. Roberts, Edinburgh, mill- master—D. Drummond, Glasgow. wholesale provision mer chant—G. Stewart, Hag - Aill, near Glasgow, distiller—J. Camp bell, Glasgow, wine merchant. FRIDAY, AUGUST B.—PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—J. Marshall and Co., Liverpool, ship store merch an t s —G r iffiths and Cornish, Liverpool, linen drapers. BANKRUPTS.—SamueI Churchill and Thos. Claden, Church row, Limehouse, London, builders—Joseph Beaumont, Leman street, W lutechapel, London, engineer—Joseph Cundall, Old Bond-street, London, publisher—Henry Hayes, Regent-street, and Stafford. row, London, draper—lsaac Isaacs, Swan-street, Minori es, London, jeweller—William Edward Follit, Chenies place, Somers-town, London, carver and gilder—Jas. Parkins, Cheapside, London, clothier—John Franckeiss, Portsea and Aug. I h. m Landport, woollen draper—Hodgson Lewis and James Hervey, Tuesday.... 12. 11 51 Halifax, spirit merchants—William Speak, Halifax, snuff ma- Wednesday .13, 0 7 nufacturer—John Newton, sen., Watlingborough, Lincolnshire, Thursday .. 1 041 boatowner—Wm. Cloughtorl, Kingston-upon-Hull, auctioneer Friday .... l 5 1 13 —Constantine Phipps Henville, Chideock, Dorsetshire, miller Saturday .. 16 1 44 —John Percival, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, innkeeper. Sunday .... 1. 217 SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—J. Crawford, Glasgow, MUM- Monday.... 181 252 facturer—Urie and Co., Glasgow, merchants—A. Scott, Kil dary, Rossshire, factor. and dma d A e N o D u t . T p o a t X i e T n Et out-patients, H 0; H O irregular,S P l T A L . 1 — ; MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL _________ August.Y - 12, Forster and Dodgson (proof and div.) District Court, 11 11 port, 6th August.)-IN-PATIENTS : — Discharged cured, 15 ; relieved Ditto, 11 14, Charles Roope (audit) 14, John Horrocks (audit) Ditto, 11 tered, under treatment, 56.-00T-rAnum-s:—Cured, 14, Patrick Adair Black (audit) itto • 11 HOSPITAL.—(WeekIy dead, ee k O l ; Re e n - 14, Andrew Peacock (audit) 14, Morrell and Borland (audit) Ditto 11 ADMITTED Accidents, 44; Medical and Surgical Cases upon 14, Hamilton and Graham 14, Robert Gordon Roberts (audit) , recommendation, 15; Total, 59.—DISCHAROED: Cured, 34 ; Ditto, 11 - - Relieved 15, Henry Buckmaster (audit) Ditto, 11 and at own request, 3; Attending as Out-Patients, 34 -' irregular, 5; Died,2.—Remaining Hospital, 81 in the . 15, C. Humberston and S. Frodsham Ditto, 1 1 15, John Calvin Dreaper (audit) 15,RosE.HILL Wee Robert Gordon Roberts (proof and div.) Ditto, 11 TUTION, , . fcly Report, 7th August.)—Pa ( IC- Ath Dispensary, 131 ;at • • ham (proof and div.) Ditto. 11 tients attended during the wee . t e 15, Black and Whitting 15, Charles Roope-(proof and div.) Ditto, 11 their own dwellings, 39; total, 170. 15, John Horrocks (proof and div.) 18, Isaac Wakefield (2d) Ditto, 11 (Weekly Report, 6th Aug.)—On the books, 73 boys, 50 girls ; 18, John Bibby (2d) Ditto, 11 average daily attendance, 63 boys, 43 girls ; sick list, 5 boys, 2. 18, Jahu.Welch.(2o:••••• Ditto, 11 girls ; obtained situation, 1 girl. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9.—Wind S.S.E., light AnitivEn.--Sbannon, Ware, from St. John, SAILED.-Prix ilia, Crone, and Golde❑ Fleece, Palethorp, for Bahia—Washington, \Vilkie, Mobile—Hartley, Morrill, New Orleans—Arcadia, Jordan, New York—Berlin, Smith, Philadelphia—Canada (s.), Harrison, Halifax and Boston— Emma, Irwell, Newfoundland, &c.—Belle Kate, Crowder, Halifax—Seaflower, Day, and Canton, Nicoll, Quebec—Lac tura, Jarvis, Gibraltar. Lady Milton, Firth, hence at Queenstown, leaky, and sailed for Quebec. Elizabeth, Thomas, hence at Maracaibo, in 34 days. James Wright, Clarke ; Universe, Bird; and Tyringham, Howes, all hence at New York. Living Age, Snow, and Athene, Chase, hence at Baltimore. Moses Wheeler, King, hence at Boston. Gambia, M'Cullock, hence at Castine. Tell Tale, Legg, hence at Gibraltar. —. Rebecca, Sawyer, from New York for this port, off Baltimore. Atala, sailed from Bahia 12th June, for London; Manchester, 18th June, and Andes, 23rd, for the Channel ; Gipsey, 23rd June, for the North ; and James Moran, 21st, for this port. Anion, from Quebec for Preston, off this port. NEW YORK, 23rd July.—A large brig, painted black, with lower mast standing, and a wrecker near her, was seen ashore on L lie i,noraao neer .Ith J uly.-25th July. The barque Duke of Wellington, from Cardenas, put in here yesterday, in dis h ess, leaky, and with forty hogsheads of molasses stove. SUNDAY, AuoUST 10.—Wind S.S.E., light. ARRIVED.—Judah Touro, Luce, from New Orleans—Sophia, Poe, Laguira—Sophia, Bosustow, St. Domingo—John and , ry TAlLED.—Darinn . , Milligan, for Curacoa — Victoria, Ave, Newfoundland—lndia, Willis, Quebec—Dickey Sam, Power Buena Ventura—John Black, Mit c h e ll , St. Petersburg. , Asia (s.), Judkins, from New York, at this port; sailed 30th July. Has £128,300 in specie on freight. Arabian (s.), Walker, hence at Malta, and left 28th July, for the Levant. John G. Coster, Churchill; Probus Church, Goodell, all hence at New and Thos. ;ia, Buntin, hence at Bot On. Saiah Parker, Friiser, and Coronation, Russell, hence at Panama. Hewer, Hansen, hence at St. Thomas. A rno (s), Haram, and Clementina, Swindell,bence at Leghorn. Michele, Porchich, hence at Trieste. Hawk, Collins, sailed from Smyrna for this port 23rd July. Zeitun, Abelo, sailed from Malta for this port 23rd July. Palli°, Caminari, sailed fm Cephalonia for this port 27th July. Sarah Birkett, Flood, sailed fm Panama for Valparaiso 3d July. Mariga, Valica, and Nile (s.), Rodger, from Alexandria, both at Malta. Christiana. from Barbadoes, and Eliza, from St. John, N. 8., both at Crookhaven. Devonshire, from , off New York. PORT GALLANT BAY, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, 14th May.— A British barque was see❑ ashore near Possession Island. Two of her crew had been murdered by the Patagonians ; the remainder made their escape in the boat, and got on board another vessel. NEW YORK, 30th July.—Tlie Probus, arrived here from Li verpool, saw a barque ashore, near Cape Race, 20th July, witl r all llnr cnile _ nace, saw a large ship ashore; she remained a short time, and then got off. A large ship, bottom up, apparently having on new copper, was seen 19th June, in lat. 40, long. 32. MALTA, 2nd August. —The Zuleika, Holmes, from Galatz for Queenstown, pu in here 29th June, with foremast sprung. The lticardo, Azzopardi, from Alexandria for Queenstown, put in here 31st July, leaky, and to repair slight damages. MONDAY, AUGUST II —Wind S., light breeze, New ARRlVED.—Epaminonclas, Ken, from N Orleans—British Queen (s.), Constantinople—Harmonie, Rotterdam—Uni, Jo selin, Bordeaux. SAILED.—New World, Knight, and Philadeiphia, Taylor, for New York—Magnolia, La Matta, Manilla—Bonita, Wilcox, Pernambuco—Caledonia, Gourley, Quebec—Earl of Lonsdale, Hughes, Lima—Octiv, Brandt, and Catherine Hodges, Lewis, Riga—Caroline, Norrie, and Hercules, Smart, Narva—Zampa, Fischer, Bergen. The Whitehaven (s.) took fire last night in the Clarence-dock, but it was subdued without doing much injury. Mary Worrall, hence at Vera Cruz 30th June; and Bertha, hence at ditto 7th July. Alahaica, M`Unley, hence at Demerara. _ . Herschel, Robertson; Chatham, Vinnes; York, M'Birnie; and Clara Symes, Duncan, all hence at Quebec. PWLLIIELI, August 10.—The Victoria, Reay, from Laguna. that was ashore on the Causeway, and was assisted off by the smack Margaret, sailed this morning for Li verpoo l . Th e sal vor's claim is not yet settled. PARA, July 3.—the Princess Victoria, late Perry, from Li verpool to this port, ran on shore 23rd June, between False Salinas and Point Ataiia, and is fast breaking up. Very little of the cargo saved. Capt. Perry died at sea ; remainder of the crew saved. TELEGR IPH OFFICE, AUGUST 11. Wind at Holyhead, S.W., gentle breeze. OFF HOLYHEAD.—Pursuit, ship, from Quebec, at 10 a.m.; Victoria. schooner, from Laguna—Spray, brig, from Paraiba— Corsair, schooner, for Galatz—and Wreath, barque, from —, all at 3 p.m.; Branscombe, ship, from Montreal, at 5.30 p.m. OFF THE PORT, at 7.30 p.m.-1 ship, 1 brig, and 1 schooner. TIDE TABLE. MORN. IEVENO. HGHT.I HOLYDAYSOITC ft. in 15 6 15 11 16 0 15 11 15 6 11 10 14 0 Dog Days end 9th Sund. aft. Trinity THE CHARITIES 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3,799,378 ~ Increase, 1851 Flour_ Oatmeal 1,152,961 cwt. 2,664,900 cwt. 2,541 Of 915 Indian Meal 7,404 ,-; 4,416 ~ 1,162,906 ~ 2,670,231 st 1,162,906 ~ Increase, 1851 1,507,325 ~ Thus we have an increase in the imports of foreign grain in the first six months of 1851, over the same period of 1850, of 452,480 quarters, and of flour of no less than 1,162,906 cwt. Then arises the question, how has all this extra quantity of breadstuffs been paid for ? In goods ? No ! for these countries have taken 21,390,000 yards less of Manchester calicoes this year than they took in the same period last year ! In gold, then ? Yes, to a very considerable extent,—which fully accounts for the diminution in the coffers of the bank, and this notwith standing the large imports of gold from America. — Manchester Courier. MISCELLANEOUS. A splendid banquet was given on Saturday at Tyne mouth to G. F. Young, Esqr., M.P. M. Guizot, it is rumoured, is in favour of Louis Napoleon's candidature for the Presidency,. . The Germanic Diet intends to suppress'all the gambling houses in Germany from the Ist ofJanuary next. A Philadelphia journal records the recent observance in that city of the phenomenon of rain without clouds. A New York journal records the death of a horse from fright produced by the sudden proximity of an elephant. Tho Wicklow assizes held last week, only lasted two hours and a half ! There are already nearly sixty candidates for the vacant post of governor of Wilton Gaol. The Leeds Gas Companies have reduced the price of gas from 4s. 6d. to 4s per 1,000. Marble of a very excellent kind and polish has been dis covered in El Dorado county, California. Mr. Hudson, M.P., has taken £lOO,OOO shares in the Paris and Lyons Railway. The meal sellers in Barnsley reduced their flour 2d. per 141bs, on Thursday. Mr. Thackery, :the novelist and lecturer, is about to visit the United States on a professional tour. The regular oyster season has commenced at Hungerford and Billingsgate Markets. The enormous quantity of four hundred thousand dead letters have been received in Washington from California. There is quite a demand, in some of the states of America, for educated female physicians. The Aylesbury assizes occupied Mr. Justice Cresswell only four hours. __ The young men and boys in the United States are sign ing an " anti-tobacco pledge." aggregate The measurement of the ships now buildin g at Sunderlan amounts to 33,500 tons. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered two new screw ships to be laid down at Pembroke Dockyard. There are £95,000,000 of property shut up in Chancery, awaiting adjudication. A few days ago, no less than 7,400 persons visited Northumberland-house. A. New York physician lately gave a certificate to the effect that a child had died of deficiency of life." John Williams, Esq., M.P. for Macclesfield, has offered a prize of £lO for the best essay on the subject, " Wales as she is, and as she ought to be." The Hereditary Prince of all the Russias and the Grand Duke; Constantine, have become members of the society for visiting the poor in Petersburg. THE CROPS.—The accounts from all parts of England represent the crops as in a most healthy state, and pro mising a very large yield. . __. . The Laxey lower paper mill, in the Isle of Man, was totally destroyed by fire last week. A very large number of passengers were landed at Douglas last week. They were mostly excursionists by the cheap trains from Yorkshire and the potteries. A clause has been introduced into the County Courts Extension Bill, raising the Judges' salaries to a maximum of £l5OO a year. The lighting of the General Postoffice with gas cost £3047 in 1847; last year it only cost £lBl5, owing to the reduction of price, from competition. It is stated in a New York journal that wooden posts planted in inverted order, not as they grow, will remain sound, whilst others fast decay. A heavy storm, in the department of the Cote D'Or, France, has destroyed the grape crop, and the price of wine has risen in consequence. The yacht America, from the United States, has arrived at Cowes, and has excited considerable interest amongst the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Since the passing of the Church Building Act, 58 Geo. 111. c. 45, there have been 304,062 free sittings appointed in churches erected under the act. _ The magistrates at Lancaster have determined to pro secute parties selEng exciseable liquors on the race moor on the Sunday before the races. .. ... .. _ _ The turnip in Russia is eaten as fruit by an classes. In the houses of the nobles sliced turnip with brandy, is offered to the guests. On Monday the contents of the Artillery Forage Stores at Woolwich were destroyed by fire. The cause of the conflagration is unknown. The herrings caught in the Wick district alone, in two days of last week, realised in hard cash to the fishermen engaged in their catch no less a sum than .CIO,OOO sterling. The Hull Dock Company have resolved to make the very liberal reduction of twenty per cent. in their dock dues. The municipality of the commune of Urzel. France, has refused to vote a grant to a Jesuit school establishment in their commune. A gentleman recently travelled from New York to St. Louis, traversing a distance of 1,600 miles, in 114 hours. The cost was 261 dollars. One thousand one hundred and fifteen acres of land are now under culture with tobacco, in Algeria, against 21 acres in 1844. The great lunatic asylum which has just been erected at Colney Hatch, Middlesex, is said to have 1,045 rooms, 7,845 windows, and 1,470 doors. .- - Two young skylarks, besides several snails and worms, were found inside a large eel, which was lately caught by an angler in the Far pool, near Broughton-in-Furness. Mr. Mein, of Glasgow, has obtained a patent for ren dering the fleece of sheep, while on their backs, impervious to moist. We are sorry to see no less than 25 sales of growing crops of corn advertised in the Oxford journals of July 26, as well as a number of farms to be let A partridge has built her nest in a farmyard, at a dis tance of not more than four yards from a stable door, at Langthen-en-le-Morthen, Yorkshire. The arrival at Copenhagen of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on business connected with railways, is announced by the Danish papers, Letters from Jamaica, of the 10th ult., report the arrival of a cargo of coloured immigrants from the United States, on an expedition, it was believed, connected with the culture of cotton in that island. Among the elephant tusks placed in the Great Exhi bition are three tusks, each measuring eight feet six inches in length, and twenty—two inches in circumference, and each weighing 1641b5. A brewer in Cincinnati took the pledge from Father Mathew, and immediately closed his establishment, dis charged his hands, and then turned his attention to other business. A company of fifteen persons, Syrian Libanese from Syria, have arrived in London, for the purpose of giving representations of the manners and customs of Syria. The company have travelled through France. Letters from Constantinople, in a Berlin journal state, that the Turkish Government bad again been deterred from setting Kossuth free from the protests of the Envoy of Austria. The late Mr. Brame, of Ipswich, has, by his will, devised to trustees the large sum of £60,009, the interest of which is to be annually expended for charitable pur poses in that town. The Perthshire Advertiser. speaking of the fishing in the Tay, states that a few fish are still being taken at the various stations; ; but the takes are nothing like an average,, and are far from being remunerative. There is a rumour amongst the Roman Catholics in. Leeds, that the Emperor of China has become a convert to the Romish faith. We know not on what foundation the rumour rests.--Leeds Intellipencer. _ The Messrs. Marshall of Leeds, flax-spinners and manufacturers, are about to erect factories at Nottingham, and other wealthy firms, from Lancashire and Yorkshire, are said to be also selecting sites for similar purposes., A farmer's man at Ilfracombe carelessly tossed a hay fork from a cart. Unfortunately a child was standing by, and one prong entered its left eye and appeared on the other side- of the face. The child still lives. The total quantity of wheat imported into the United Kingdom during the second quarter of 1851, was 1,097,569 quarters; of wheat flour, 1,359,400 quarters; of barley, 314,878 quarters; of oats, 359,853 quarters. The fatal collision with the Unionist brickmakers, at Manchester, has been brought under the notice of govern ment, and the Home Secretary has offered a reward of £lOO on the conviction of the offenders. Letters from Athens announce, that workmen employed four miles from the city, in draining the field of Marathon, found the place of sepulture of the warriors who fell there in the memorable battle 400 years before the birth of Christ. Mr. Paxton states that highly respectable parties are ready to take the Crystal Palace on a lease of 21 years, and to submit their tariff of admission to the control and supervision of Government, so that no public grant would be necessary. A medical gentleman in Glasgow has a cat which may be seen lying in the midst of a litter of Newfoundland whelps, along with the bitch, suckling as many as she can take under her care, and manifesting the greatest uneasiness when separated from her charge. A dinner was on Wednesday evening given by the inhabitants of Derby to Mr. Paxton, in appreciation of his genius as the designer of the Crystal Palace. About three hundred persons were present, and the Duke of Devon shire was amongst the guests. An extraordinary bunch of red currants was gathered a few days since in the garden of E. T. Perrott, Esq., of Avon-field-house, Stratford-upon-Avon, having the un usual number of 53 berries attached to a single stem. The fruit was perfectly healthy. Mr. Bunn has once more become lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. Not only the musical portion of the profession, but the patrons of the drama at large will hail the reacces sion of this gentleman to this house, as an able and inde fatigable manager. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have established for their servants a life assurance and a weekly allowanc e in case of accident. The payments will be secured _ .._ by a fortnightly deduction from he wages of each servant. On Sunday morning last, a large number of labourers employed on the South Yorkshire Branch Railway, at tended St. George's Church, Barnsley, each wearing a new white smock frock. They attended church together as a mark of respect to one of their feliow labourers, whom they had interred a few days previous. A committee of the ladies of New York are arranging for a floral festival in September. They are all to be dressed in " the Bloomer costume," addresses are to be delivered by eminent divines, physicians, and ladies, and a procession of ladies, all dressed in the new fashion, is to take place at the close of the meeting. A man in Paris, last week, got into an omnibus with a bottle of nitric acid in his coat pocket. A jolt of the vehicle broke the bottle and not only was the poor fellow dreadfully burnt, but some of the passengers had their clothes destroyed by the acid which set them on fire, and the omnibus was a good deal damaged. These are the final results of the Chess combats :—Herr Anderssen is the victor, beating his four antagonists ; Mr. Wyvill second, having been three times victorious, but beaten by Anderssen ; Mr. Williams third ; Mr. Staunton fourth ; Messrs. Harwitz and Mucklow, who have not played off, seventh and eighth. The high sheriffs of Cumberland have been accustomed to contribute £looto the Carlisle race fund. but the pre sent sheriff, George Head Head, Esq being of the So ciety of Friends, has sent a do na ti on o f equal amount to the Cumberland Infirmary, in lieu of a subscription to the Carlisle races. According to the returns to parliament there were 26,813 persons committed for trial in England and Wales in the course of last year. The number in the preceding year (18-19) was 27.816. Of the number committed last year 2,578 were ordered to be transported, and 17,602 to imprisonment. The number sentenced to death was 39. A bed of fungus has been discovered, breaking from beneath the brick floor of the kitchen of a public-house, near Ely. The fungus has attained such strength that it has actually loosened and lifted the brickwork of the flooring in question, which has been laid upwards of 18 years. _ _ Milbank prison cost half a million sterling, and the new prison at Pentonville cost £83,000, or £162 per cell ; the gaol at Chelmsford cost £3OO per cell ; Reading. £2OO per cell ; Birmingham, £l2O per cell ; Leeds, £132 per cell; Aylesbury, £152 per cell; Winchester, £156 per cell ; Wakefield, £125 per cell; and York Castle, £l2OO per cell. A few days back, in a printing-office in Vienna, a Ham burgh compositor refused to set the types of a manuscript, because he found it utterly impossible to decipher it. The factotum complained against him to the director, and the latter denounced him to the military authorities. He was forthwith arrested, and after a month's investigation sent for one week in chains to the blockhouse. We understand that Bolton is honoured with a real " wise man," who, somewhere in the classic locality of Bolton Moor, is reaping a rich harvest, his house being constantly besieged by detachments of weak-minded simpletons, including, it is affirmed, some who, from their educstion and station in life, might have been expected to be above such folly.—Bollon Chronicle. Another case of poisoning has occurred in the ill-famed county of Norfolk. Hannah Neale, who had left her husband to live with another man, was prevailed on, however, to return home to the village of Outwell, near Downham-market—a success her husband has had to repent of obtaining, for she now stands committed for his murder by poisoning. Captain Maconochie has been dismissed by the magis trates from the keeping of the Birmingham gaol in consequence of his theories on reformatory discipline in prisons. The captain intimates that the resolution was come to at a very small meeting of the magistrates, against which he shall appeal by offering himself for re-election. The Times, in speaking of the new House of Commons, says, " The unfortunate reporters are subjected to the currents, which are certainly anything but airs fiorn heaven ;' whilst the extreme coldness forbids the supposi tion that they are blasts from another quarter.' Where the element comes from is a mystery ; but it is ' above, below, and all around.' " We regret to state that the potato disease has unequi vocally manifested itself in this neighbourhood. We have seen a patch of potatoes in which the haulms were de stroyed in a few hours, and other instances have been re ported to us. The grounds about Ilminster, we bear, have suffered rather severely. Happily these are exceptional cases.—Bath Chronicle. In one of the parish church yards of Plymouth, last week, a calculating retired licensed victualler, upon the principle that a shilling saved is a shilling earned, with the help and instruction of a mason's labourer, constructed his own grave. The worthy Boniface is in excellent health, and there is no appearance of his soon requiring the last tenement. On Saturday afternoon a large party of emigrants, to the number of nearly 200, and principally from the High lands, left Granton-pier, Edinburgh, by the steamer Clarence for London, where they are to embark for the Australian colonies. They appeared generally to be people in the prime of life, and took with them a great variety of farm implements. Given the price of potatoes per sack, and of Wheat per bushel, the Registrar-General will calculate before hand the number of bridal parties who will go to church within the quarter in England and Wales. Major Graham's last report affords another proof of the correctness of his induction. Provisions have been cheap, and marriages numerous in proportion. The cabmen are making a rich harvest from the visitors to London at the present season. At Vauxhall Gardens, it is said, they refuse all fares at night, unless a party of foreigners hail them ; from whom they manage to exact a good round sum. That the lieges fare little better when they succeed in hiring a vehicle in any part of the metro polis is proved by the numerous cases of extortion that are brought before the police magistrates daily. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT happened on Friday last, at Arras, in a half-moon near the Polygon of En gineers. The guardhouse in that work, which was used as a workshop to make up the articles used in mining, blew up with a terrific explosion. Nine soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of Engineers, and the sergeant who had the direction of the operations, were blown to pieces, and their limbs scattered in every direction with the materials of the building. Four other men were seriously wounded, and taken to the hospital. The cause of the explosion has not yet been, ascertained. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT AT BEDMINSTER.—SIX LIVES Losr.—The extensive coal district of Bedminster was on Saturday morning the scene of another terrible colliery aceident, by which six unhappy fellow-beings were, in consequence of the rope by which they were decending into the pit breaking, hurried into eternity. The accident ()mired at the Malago Vale Fit. A. CASE OF AFFILIAT/014.—A few months ago Mr. H. Richards, of Veanol, near Towyn, Merionethshire, ob tained possession of a leveret, and having at the time a birch, whose puppies he had just destroyed, he put the peer creature to this bereaved mother, and, strange to say, the•affections of the latter were at once transferred to the former, and she brought her up with all care, so much so, that the poor little hare used to follow its foster-mother with all affection to the fields. when the maid went to milk the cows, and even all the other dogs and cats of the family looked upon and treated the orphan stranger as "one of themselves." We are sorry to say that " puss," having followed her foster-mother too freely about the fields a few days ago, was lost, and most likely fell a victim to some strange dogs.—North Wales Chronicle. FIRST APPEARANCR OF THE BLOOMER COSTUME IN LONDON.—Two ladies were to be seen promenading Oxford-street on Saturday afternoon, attired in the Bloomer costume, anti escorted by a crowd of ragged urchins, and a number of the curious of both sexes. They were said to be mother and daughter, of the name of Jeffers, recently arrived in the metropolis to attend the vegetarian soiree. The ladies, who appeared to be respectively about thirty-seven and eighteen years of age, were attired in black satin visites and an inner tunic, reaching a little below the waist; the inner garment being loose pink-striped pantaloons, fastened round the leg a little above the ankle; the head-dress was of the usual kind worn by females. The mob at last got troublesome, and the ladies entered a cab, and were driven off, amidst shouts of laughter. A SAMARITAN.--in the course of a case heard before the Bedminster magistrates, last week, an instance of the true Samaritan was incidentally displayed. A man, named Thomas Warren,. of London, having been convicted in the penalty of 15s. and costs for insulting the Rev. Mr. Ingle, a clergyman of the Church of England, while travelling by the third-class train over the Bristol and Exeter Railway. On the conclusion of the case, Mr. Mirehouse asked Mr. Ingle why he had travelled in the third clas3 Mr. Ingle replied that he was only a curate, and being applied to by a poor parishioner for assistance, which he could ill afford to give her, he resolved upon going by the parliamentary train, and giving her the dif ference between that and the second-class train fare-from Exeter to Oxford. Oat ets. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, AUGUST 8 Sugar: The business this week has been chiefly confined to refining qualities, of which 530 hhds. have been sold at a de cline of about 6d. per cwt. ; 2500 bags of Bengal have also been taken, at former rates. Foreign : Two floating cargoes of Brazil have been sold, one of 4000 bags white Paraiba at 235. per cwt., for the Mediterranean, the other 3800 bags ordinary brown Pernambuco, at 16s. 6d., deliverable here; 400 Foreign West India, chiefly Porto Rico, on the spot, have brought 345. 60. to 38s. 60. per cwt. duty paid.-There have not been any sales in Molasses.-Coffee: There is a decided improvement in the demand for all deseriptions, but the ad vance of Is. to 2s. per cwt. is chiefly on ordinary qualities; the sales comprise 220 tces. Jamaica, at 365. for low ordinary, to Ills. for a few casks very fine, 700 bags Native Ceylon at 395., 450 bags Costa Rica at 435., 800 bags St. Domingo at 375., and a feW bags Riu at 38s. per cwt.-200 ba'rs Para Cocoa- are re ported at 245. per cwt.-Rice ; 4000 ago of Bengal sold, at Bs. 6d. to Bs. 90. for broken, and 9s. 9d. to 10s. 9d. per cwt. for tniddling to very tine white, being rather dearer for the latter quality.-Tea: A good amou n t o f business bas been done in common to good Congous; by auction yesterday 1500 packages, chiefly Greens, all sold at very full rates.-In Saltpetre no change, the sales being only 10J bags, and of Nitrate of Soda 100 tons, at 13s. 3d. per cwt.-The demand for Ashes continues limited, and prices are rather lower, 275. 6d. having been ac cepted for Pot, and 295. 6d. to 30s. per cwt. for Pearl.-For Tallow there has been a better demand, at 3Ss. 6d. for Peters burg Y. C., and 575. 9d. to 38s. for Taganrog; nothing done in American.-About 60 tons Lard brought 435. to 455. per cwt.- The sales of Jute amount to 1500 bales, at previous prices. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 8. A large business has again been transacted during the week, at an advance of id. per lb. upon the middling qualities of American ; the lower classes (which were previously so much neglected) have been in increased demand, and are about 4cl. per lb. dearer. The better descriptions are in less request, and may be purchased on rather easier terms. Brazil and Egyptian have participated in the general activity, but, in con. sequence of the good supply on sale, are rather cheaper. The sales in Surat have been extensive, and most kinds are fully per lb. higher, the greatest advance being observable in the common and middling qualities. Speculators have taken 6050 American, 70 Pernam, 540 NI aranham ' 330 Egyptian, and 1590 Surat; exporters, 7100 American, 530 Pernam, and 1450 Surat SALES. I IMPORTS. PRICES. Week Previ- Week This ending) ously ,endino• • Aug. B. i this yr. Aug. 8. Year._ d. d. 8 @2l 740 15640 1 1 11 4 8 10 870 7354 432979' I 34 58 16600 313050 524800 31 1 7880 138390' 41 19288 638578 i I 3 74 21770 367290 DESCRIPTION Sea Island Stained .. Boweds Mobile.... Alabama, &c New Orleans Pernams, &c Aracati, &c.. Bahia, &c. .. Maranham Sawginned Demerara, &c Barbadoes Peruvian .... Laguayra.... Corn. W.I. &c. Carthagena.. Smyrna .... I Manilla Surat . Madras Bengal STOCK. Aug. 8 5 6 i l }2 lB5O 33980 1 9531 28078 13420 1 54 64 1100 1 19620 5 / 7 } 1960: 24170 } 4k -- 7i 9 100 280 ....I 351' 5 8 1850' 46100, 1431! 46676 1_ ....I 6511 - E 74 40i 2960 . 1 64 . •••••••• I I 2/ 4 5160 128750 1 34- - 30: 5660 I "' • n - 100: 1020 .... 114351 9540 23161] 32390 2970 If 1140 1027631 76000 59190 109778 C CORN 188756: 693280 MARKETS LIVERPOOL, AUGUST B.—With as fine weather as possible the harvest is now reported to be progressing favourably in the southern and many of the midland counties of England, and in this immediate neighbourhood, on early soils. several fields of Wheat and Oats are being reaped: in some of the Irish markets a few samples of new Oats and Bere Barley have ap peared, but the reports of the prospects of the Wheat crop in that country are less encouraging than in this, certain locali ties appearing to have suffered from blight and other causes; the breadth of land under this crop being at the same time of limited extent this year, whilst that of Barley is said to be good, and Oats very abundant. Of Potatoes within the last few days the accmmts thence are more conflicting than here tofore, the disease in many directions having reappeared in rather a virulent form; in several of the English districts similar complaints also prevail, yet we do not learn that the tubers have been already seriously affected, or the blight so general as to excite much alarm. Depending on the weather and the result of harvest, the British and Irish markets are still invariably kept in a state of suspense, and prices generally reported on the decline. We have received very scanty sup plies of English, Irish, and Foreign produce into this port since Monday last, as will appear on reference to the particulars subjoined. Having in the present anomalous state of the trade little intercourse with the interior, and very few country millers at our Corn Exchange to-day, the transactions in Wheat were altogether trivial in amount ; importers, however, seeing no occasion for pressing sales on lower terms, continued to require Tuesday's rates, which were scarcely but nominally maintained.—Superior brands of States or Candian Flour, meeting an improved demand, were taken more freely by con sumers, with some for investment, and fully supported the annexed quotations ;. heated and inferior parcels moving slowly at irregular prices, and French on the terms last noted. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, upon a very moderate demand, merely sustained their previous value. Oats and Oatmeal, although scarce, were little noticed, and the turn cheaper. Indian Corn on the spot was taken sparingly again to-day at a decline of 6d. per qr. ; in the course of the week, however, several cargoes for future arrival have changed hands. The following are the prices current published on Tuesday : Wheat, .11; , 70%. English, red Ditto, white . Irish, red .... Ditto, white ... Rye, English, 'I) , qr .... —— IrsliCOlb —— Barley, English, icfr qr.. Chevalr, —— Scotch & Irish, 14. 60lb ; 3 4 3 8 —.— Malt, English pale, :pqr.!s2 0 —56 0 — Irish do. do. '42 0 —4B 0 Oats, per 451 b. English & Scotch.... 3 0 3 3 .... —— Welsh Irish, fine sorts 3 1 3 2 General do. Black ', 10 2 11 — Beans, English, li , ryr... 34 0 —36 0 small 36 0 —37 0 Scotch& Irisli,,e4Bol6 32 0 —34 0 — - ' Pease Eng. white, Tqr..32 0 —34 0 blue Do. & Irish maple grey.. Flour,per 28011, English & Irish,2nds! Ditto, superfinoo 0 —32 0 Oatmeal, :I& Id. of 2401 b.! Irish, 1850 Canadian ... Bran.*24lb. BRITI3II. 6. d. s. d. 59@ 6 0 62 6 4 52 5 6 s. d. s. d. 5 11 @ 6 2 6 4 .a 6 7 5 3 5 7 5 5 5 8 25 6 --26 6 line.... extra .. 32 0 —34 0 old 25 0 —25 6 do. 25 0 —25 6 1 0 1 3 FOREIGN Wheat, v 701. a. d. a. d Canadianonixed& red 5 7 5 10 U. States, do. do. 510 6 1 Danzig, do. do. 510— 6 4 Pomeranean, &c. do 5 10 6 3 Stettin & Silesian, do. 5 9 5 11 Danish, &c., do. 5 5 5 7 Riga & Petersbg. do. 4 10 5 2 French,Rhnish,&c.do. 5 7 5 10 Spanish & Italian, do. 5 4 5 7 Odessa, Polish, do. 5 2 5 5 Ma rianopoli Russian, &c. hard 4 8 4 11 Rye, V 601, Baltic, &c. 3 6 3 9 Harley,' Golb,Grinding 3 4 3 8 Aralting 0 0— 0 0 Oats, v 4516 Beans,vqr. European 3O 0 —35 0 V 4801. Egyptian 24 6 —25 0 Pease, v qr., Baltic,&c., white 3O 0 —32 0 'Canada.3o 0 —3l 0 Indian Corn, v 4801 b. American yellow French, &c. do 26 0 —27 0 d 0..... 26 0 — 27 6 Ibrail and Galatz I. Corn Meal, V 1961 l3 6 —l4 0 Flour, v brl. 196th, Canadian sweet 20 0 —2l 0 U.S. West. Canal.. do 19 0 —2O 6 Philad. & Bltimore.do 20 0 —2O 6 Do. &Canadian.. sour 15 0 —lB 0 French, fine & super fine.... V sack 280th 29 0 —3l 0 !Extra .. 33 0 —34 6 s. d. s. d. white.. 5 10 6 0 5 11 6 2 highmix 6 7 7 0 Hambrg 5 8 5 10 white .. 6 0 6 2 white.. 5 8 6 0 Archngl 4 7 4 10 white.. 5 10 6 1 white.. 5 8 6 0 common 5 1 5 2 Danube. 4 7 4 9 Egypt'n 3 10 4 2 Ohio ..20 0 —2O 6 N.Orlns2o 0 —2O 6 PRESTON, AUGUST 9. —Throughout the past week the wea ther has been as fine as possible, and the crops are making rapid progress towards maturity. The Corn trade has in con • sequence been depressed, and the dealers acting on the reserve, our previous currency could not be sustained. The few sam ples of English Wheat that appeared at our Corn Exchange to-day met a slow sale at rather less money, and Foreign de clined 2d. to 3d. per bushel. Flour 6d. to Is. per sack cheaper. Oats are offered at a reduction of ld. per bushel. Upon a more limited demand for Oatmeal, this• article must be noted as de. pressed in value 6d. per load:. PIO 4 10 rdri f 001. ;de l 001 oTor 'of f