The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

ch 5 , larch .... 5I) sa. , er. ; t _ bales bp audio:l. 3.lMairL uan ,~ ~ 6.C. ONSI , 111: "BBOLD R. BI F O FURNITURE, BUTE.STREET. will SELL by AUCTION, THIS . 0 , 01 0 . h i y, l/ upo lY t; Nth e.ssdiliY)•,) the sth instant, at Eleven o'clock pre gleve.' is qui, e rremises , dreiv_ l N I t mau l i ng , No. 47, Bute-street, Fox-street, St --m° Fal ) Eigh t.d Part of the useful HOUSEHOLD FURNI and . 4 ,,g, I !'elti.,_ , a) , Clock, and other Effects of a Lady declining lo la r e ), l l n et, (I ' la er itt,i'l"B7,..c.onmprising Four-post and Camp Bedsteads, ~,e_gany Chairs. te,d Articles, C y and Dressing Glasses, ers, a •' t l ) , Gilt i t zu, Gl ass .., z•fa, i n • irs, vi loth, Chests of Drawers, R UGS t Y be vie,:, t i n n• Bo , itchen Items, &c. CK of PR Li 1 4 the p t . Prt o the Sale, when Catalogues may be vicuh7ag.,..atatoc_ltKittare. eti l ,or of Mr. BYFORD, at his Rooms, Clay -BiEcesi 1° lio - ---------______.— IRtSRBOLD F URNITURE , CLAYTON -SQUARE .iI ypoRTI ROOMS. L t lev SE J . , by Ac respectfully announces that he will i t ,fti o'clock CT.ION, On FRIDAY next, the Btb instant, , n.„c,ssettbi._e Precisely, at his Rooms Clayton-square, V se .4 , .s„! of.IiOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, fine-toned t : tight.tilauare Piano -forte, by Broadwood and Sons, ca ul, and Y Clock, Chim GI es P rtable Shower ~ % n d 'per Effects, co ney "s* a g7 s Ma ' h ;any Four-post, d n .' 41110..:inted French mPri t ili ds Mattresses, o Feather ;! t th ri e L oo r G l , 4:!el , Cmhaests_ ers, s P e a a int'ed Articles, . Dressing Hair. ,ta N at k , ar a nY-fiamed Sofas and Chairs, in . J Ster a nd other Tables, Mahogany Hall Chairs, Oth r 0, r„. tnbrella Stand Nest Twenty-two Painted 'nsceliT', Fender Fire it t ons, Kitchen Requisites, and Ikv viewans Effects. Ntini.'• ° ll the Morning of Sale, and Catalogues had 4 TE v t , • - .nth, at Biel]: d, 10° iTti % 11J1114 . 1 4 1 iss, Books, his residen._o when Cata Offices, litAl cies Is , :ro Accou l " 41' 9PERTY, he TRSDAY, t A , clock each MIS , f Isew l uantity r i ou s deserivio ;jiver Plate, ofo nd a nam s , b ! t r c bes!, d other S et t t lev ieces, .e. ch Chair destroYed T r y 60 !IlerY, a C PA (ttingS, 8 . n. 1 EngralVo a BAfalo 'reserved D;otis and non3e T 4L E Or p i ,„' CART HORSES, LORRIES, 3, om to _ ~e . 'uFERTY OF A CARTOWNER. 1 1, e rv r ecill'elossr,s. LUCAS and Co., i) 4 ' CAlt,ilep,4 l, ) the 6th instant, at One o'clock, at 114 1•10_ r Y, Great Charlotte-street, tk l • e e 46 ES ot , Three Lorries, One Float, I.q SearBplare \ Ho'rs . years old ; a Brown Horse, tkck !ac ares, a Brown Mare, and a Gray 1 1 ,, rx TI N 't 11 6 working condition, and ve:y useful () 4, • a nd ri v iew rrl e , L iv Two Lorries ; Four Cart Horses ; one Pno qrtß ,-. 1. 1 )0 01. Also a number of other Cart rt o th ~e ars e sale. &c. tad 80, Ey sqp Ps l , , qt. 'S' T'REET , BIRKENHEAD. 1) - 4 Of , (ele t ,LiSso c , Too, large BAGATELLE . TABLE, JOIN -101 si ze ' °, Two Brilliant Single . Plate CHlM lled , ai- ve ' 1 ,50 inches 40 and 40 inches by 30, ORi b q,,?ltNE ss 'lmes, a handsome Shetl . and PONY, I nc thp h,,,r , ir t bA•Th re „ , a RACE BOAT, a brilliant, sweet tii.osewo,,t•quarter Octave COTTAGE PIANO- TtiaiW u ,Cate, elegant Framed ENGRAVINGS, 4ei,• Maael s„,°]. Lord Strafford and Charles the First, kop e nEt4.by'e"%T.er's Dream of Home, &c., several fine • , aold ` by c Mental Artists, including a celebrated 94 Ai • ?trip I , kkit' t Clii ‘ ,l ) lbe and a Pair of Grand . Gallery Land ,,e,nerY, with C ttle Grazing, by Schoen ', Itgp,"aN S.' CUT GLASS, &c., ~NeA to w KEN HEAD. .14 41 ;fler t , SELL by AUCTION, TO -M0R .11044. n his ay,) the 6th instant, at Two o'clock in '4loth re, Rooms, Hamilton-street, leading from lip tele uer E ft Of t ect he alkerihead, alewhiuerke MISCELLANEOUS FURNITURE 1 3 `tti o cl ' t ,• 'lave been removed for immediate and PapNiv s " kor • t r - Sal„. n rng of sale, and Catalogues had at the eet, Li v °oll l, Hamilton -street, Birkenhead, and erPool. TOM ,levee O'CIOCk • - ur ed STOCI..I es excellen t aV004Y91.1:,,,P0r rl Lacbes,bles, fining Toe s th Marble ~cO,ll ;ter Bedsßio )ravvers, 00 01 er b Rose vi nanufacturf.fg, Lobby Coto= e 11th WO °_:_.- OPE-W il'i 9cloc i4 r ig :leven o to pe Pper Stan„,4 URNl f r u ! ` tiall eping , cors w ' s oo l oi solid gosesk, ber Dam' • ma tt ans to w oe 'to alian a pt isomeCire slier. h oop g anY Car e, 0 issels s sert Son ad SALE ,„ tit 7 , 1 8 10e K % AN EXTENSIVE AND VARIED tiOu, 8 4 .4 „,p ROOM PAPERS, tv t4 1 %; Z ELL '"• 7 :, 72, DUKE-STREET. fro uk elt o , o , 4o, mon is instructed to SELL by AUC- A tl lCl Pe et, (Wednesday,) the 6th instant, at Turning precisely, at the Mart, 72, qtriiititßtill,eured ` P eet I,;iirl Bold-street by Slater-street, and ta 4111 ) 1! of H anover -street, tams read h' isei ud rice PAPER HANGINGS, of greatly Claz et i n g som e of the newest and most r ecen t t& z r a les eail Chintz d es, pa. 41 .4 e ll' ' ,4 1. 1 m St Yle , , d ntheartnAuOnt , 1 4r a k q`rr n g-rt Cla p te d for Dr:;wing and ITini a n fi g-ro o o t tn e s r H o _nNE R , rns, Halls, Staircases, Shops, Offices, Szc: b, ! to Nbratj.sekee,e :omits th treTition of the Trade, a ,„, r „,. and e Public generally, to this ea e ali e i r Y ci as ;7 l - ted assortment of Patterns, in rez, e ,„ . eirc u yers, the whole Consigned for Sale s t ock ' l " t e• antes, and must be cleared off without col, an iple at 'n th e 8 Irpay be viewed on the Afternoon kr. HOWELL ' S -Lorrung of Sale, and descriptive Cata- Offices, 72, Duke-street, Liver- Linen. 1302 d Frenc...efl ;d Tables ng n e ed 10 ,1 ( 130 rpets, anr t o Cable an e e/ ;els CarP e „o urners,. Regulat e ,0 nth Os e r from Mr' ar r. !:41 . SIL s Wt, LI, 14) •rip TRADEN - SA LE , tko vit i t tli .913. , a tL, by PRIVATE TREATY,. the Vkrk l i nio le es t: a o n t d. a A P p A pa P r E at ß us ST co A n l n N e E ct it ea cr er p e r w is i v . 1 , 4 Z, ii ) P,Tti, t , k 4, Principally Coppered, and Of modern YL i tti niv ‘ "G t iok , 4 T re ° ? ,, s, Stocks. Furniture, &c., received for ttett h:ti;_cep a g e ,?_r s P_Olic Auction. Wekly Sales of ta rt asuuaboEvlre.ectsAe;perzsThemuernssayi,alaatdEelewvietirl I tr. tp —loll 3r it „ INVESTMENT. CZAY tt tlext "Y Mr. SYERS, that„doriro,otnihes 12th instant, at On e . o'clock, at the 1 (1 1 , 0.1 1 „ Vah aa ,, South John-st et; Liverpool, I.:4 l 4 Vind s - t ule SHOP REMISr;S, being req t kdj o i nir : uate on t outh-west side of Bold-street, '4 4 11V, h ti nclsof, C .„ °l 11. street, now in the occupation of iNg,:ttl:t f • u olsterers, as yearly tenants. The elow o , fo rt r to Bold-street, and at the back to ) t ete eno e feet, and extends in depth about k,l?, tty l e la L ea Vt thQ y e yearachold under the Corporation of Liverpool "4. 1 4 Papti c ,, f rom the 9th of August, 1834. ey . .I.ara apply to MAscra. NORTH and °RILED, "". MATERIALS, &c., WAPPING, 4 tt,, th 'LI, • LIVERPOOL. 11t1 he ill3 trUcted to SELL, on account of tik iq foliTrustees, To AIORROW, (Wednesday,) the 6th P„;ng days, Commencing each day at Eleven 11, , "•2 ,alatst:t; n ° o n Prompt, on the various premises of 1 / 4 41treali x , s , Ving between Tabley-street an Yard,Canuin ,tAltous, boc,!!!'ehouse, Orford-street, Central 111,1Aliito. s rard, I.lason-street 1 11 1 11111 1 g,4" 4earicoAhteehilWßlJe l4 oVer p e l d ng in & Lo c is ' t t o e suit all classes 3a4 Pailbie Purchase and other Jiggers, 34 wnelled Doors, G Shor:"bouse Doors Shop , ' l : N rPots, complete, 33 eil ar 1 7 Cat ti eads l adows and Fronts, complete, N I a 3'2'7 l ititte n VkY Lig , 16 Batteneoutte St e P la dd ° ttire a s 36 Ore se bar re l s 3 ed Doors, rat er Frames, , Sh h ,7. F . ra e ellPhoard Doors 4 0 ch irn, er and Frames, I 4 : e i t ;11121.. _i4uegestse 533 Shutter kirates, ? „, i) itters ra_tes, and Frames, 11 aqles 13 d Frames, fige ac h 44611 " Prarnes Shutters, 'AM %its Orab s tktltit„Af7 e ' l s, ak, Balks, and Jambs, L t Sit t 'll - 4 4 ,1 Pa r lijioulding. , Architraves, Columns, oCuosre tilki. h,' Y N 'gger s I "a., Door Heads, Shop and H kvie w *ork , various Ironwork, and a large quantity tie„ed &c. 'L' s Jard, NVresenting Signed Catalogues at the Salt: 39, Par' Which Catalogues may be had at adise-street, Liverpool. ' 1 t t 44 l t itk i N 4l et ;er,:ttt'llerlaotnhrtehoef gi o e v ig ni rof n n e 'e n t t o;,;: m G p . C . . Seri eani,” !.4 4 )14 Illtheli,,lL9TlON the only effectual Remedy o °4 , the insTrk Rheumatic ' Gout, Sciatica, and Luni -14 :. p,acterrv,roPrietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 7, lA '4.leiitttli4 e 2 rter. , i ,, row, London; and by all Vendors of t0p,. 4 ,, t. t ,kdi "". Per Bottle. •Pc t , i ' , It; ea g c,,ehle, so universally'esteemed, is unat t ti",; i h lai, n ,'anger or inconvenience; hundreds have %' , A v i i tit pt ' 4 l. such anger salutary pets since it was first t t Lio, it h 4 oris i„,," tl?e pro rties of this invaluable ‘ ft ,•NaT Abi eurfiatrouring der the most distressing ik t i liNN e Of as e G9ot, nd Lumbago, and rendered s N t k , ,, I N sigh themselves, have been relieved AlttliN:o,k tile, ItSt't 1 'th t - .Pli e , ess hick has crowned the application !Ile k Nitt , 11 .nh,„"' h the most hopeless and deplorable t 44,, q t 't ii,,lief, sufferer had despaired of ever gaining 14. tp, q , t h is afterthe ablest advice and every Iti"t b ,, i_Pietely failed, most justly entitles it to the itiNk k l °4 ;' wl . i tett i, • t h !‘,lll, h e t, :-.. e- are being daily received are the follow t' 4 l l _,l, t 't,, ; l ii l c ' 4 ,;vt , N . ,. yvi ''tta i'Llttyl3oce. Wandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844. 11,, 1 t , ' t k , k t ,,;orti B, s 9lit . id to acknowledge, that after suffer. ‘Piieti,,, 4 r t , t `i bei,' l atica, or severe Rheumatic affection it: i s tyt io titi or, g deprived of rest, I was persuaded to '44 INp , I I ;.and have the pleasure to say that a ft er itt2ell,,v_ka restored to my usual health ; and, al. `L f, i g passed, I have nurettirn ef the disorder. 7 Yours, EDWARD NOYES. to k fr t l B,, 1,4. , 11.;tr: 1 Eotet strand 48th August, 1846. oei IMO° had a Prejudice against naving recourse ~4 4 4 kit as I h v for years been a severe 'NO tt - °, as well as a Sc e iatiCa, and having tried I ft . h,t11 4 , 4 too T;P,neirt Physicians of London and Paris. I h t t " +r, ,;end to mike a trial of .your liquid, called Ot ) ) 4 1 1 viek,"( o 4 l : # I nil/licit in gratitude due t° you to say, , f t l o o the time I applied-the Lotion. I felt "flut,"u indescribable relief. The immediate i til`4l4"t hit% short but tranquil and most refreshing 44et,* aVVOkil tO enjoy that whico was, from its 44,4aPpiness—perfect quietude And freedom Ni t ;Pt or t he " l of Poor tools that suffer.as I have is tht Lion of this testimony,can induce -- "'Wirk a .l l °n You offer, I shall feel.ehat I have many tharike, I am yours, iIENRI ILLENNEVE. k 1 11 4,1 tai' 44 Ih k coi~'p~aaihatteep `ever Well -street Crippte. ivrfreoek confined t bed b e y gout he o Mihead to my feet free•iom r t ,,_tn easan. .nfant : not even a finger could 4 ' 1 2 , 4(1 ah:!duatton I was informed by my me ir,h.loof a ) y oti unth, gilled all the usual remedies, and that t hie t oiect n'Y the situation. t ) . 1 )1. 1 in dny t; aY co„4 A at made Known to me, or I mi g hl tt:'lothk,ek troubi t° my bed. After cl °so h , }) , ca.ssig.tue companion eg an to dis -444,14e4140 t o l e , Per s 4`` e 2le of calking about my room, 44cr ~.xtondiati.ce in the use of your Medi. Fearful of Strayther atrack ', bottles. —I man, ur obecuent P. W. STONE. 'NGINGS. even o'cl° (j ' fi ZOOg esign, on i ns tant, ' lb° I ' ,n FIJANIA 4LEY- t iete; g i ?.en jo stl e; Sgt, th e on:the - f s. Effects ° "74 Nrrt7g," at e ° frarneu,jt 0 11 ; Cirel76 l fm lieSta l . l .4 o 9 o - ons 17" e, Cl' ou •s, .1%1 at , '" j, Ta;)lo!ter site Cbsw ere, 8,7 c. a<ttrilo IDA Y.,. ° , 0 0 eer, ith ins •A Ito . the Au C° FAVEII -AUCTI(h, at El eve fitC" l f B ‘ c "ild " ,, l rp-jtedtt e orr eti,i w en ei t lih e ? is Fitthil;ettfoj DCaon tbe es talog u . OW -11. 'L ,i At% A ioc k i Ele ven g'forP OLD no p retro, s of fi ti, caraP v Manaki ibleS. Pit , ~d,oo e t ns na,"„00 7.1], CD' '''' XC, M d Irons, 1,00, i t Cbai rB 'co° 9 'arlours, A , 0 082, 1 r and t re-' Thurcb-s ) the 6t a b oti :t' Claren r ma te if,014 7 Yogi 3 1;0' r Mr.Js' reed are e - 4 0— stains t;i e. S. " .t, Ca' n vol )- PO at - 1 0 1 Co• ot it.h tr shall " ai t tY LAND'a•O6 I :LLI N — or - id e .jf ii4 5 ,) t. 5 1 1, veraill fe et 9 ,, A H r s ide s ' bog', there it !s hire OV gP o ' l lei the fif—t 0 1 h , o. ) Ei oi • (No. 1 01 400/ )ool i l y 7 yf j ) er d a wes t s of 0 T r i .stre et o c i ; in the A cd ls tSt Ar 4 , ME- 00 tuat e _o?, , / ,, r tle st 4 (1 and e , (1- 01 1 0) ise i r e d t eset e r o, ides s e tby of Chfloa f theot the .ter,tej, sti e n r 97 h e t C s 0 0 / Lots - De r ' 1 ;e ptelo 'Ss , J• WO / o' Cr l o Ori e jol o o o l rote 0 0 tij v C °ll eject to AI4V4 ther,o o 4 ,ol mess ib e iitt r 7 i rd s , 1101DV/, ;rig ' °`!II beingel, a ineb fee t P o ef th 7 1 s, t e or les o e d Fs's iv ~,,$O4 hob Ytt‘r I) B', lool' ti Nth ii- 0, t o:f e r i ; l o -171 ° tilZBtlV, i rtli, 1 4rY, it u ------- • br e° tO e l i Pit V 3l % l... k er-st rt at 6 .Bll * , treet • • to o 0 0. 0 / , t o ll te ro ad . re et . o rge _ st , Titherigton, Oxford eP Idi f iti•p'%•.. g t I..Ne,i CA,erra . reet; Fisher, Bold-street ; wets Yi t ,:it r - mer • at a ~ s ru, Oldh 11 street ; Parkinaer, 0 Wo, ea. ~.0t 1 ,44 04 ce,flnd road; - le idgis to ly Vt . t,' N4, 41 ,_` 4 x, -- ge-str4i 4 rket • Siruppn, Scotism!, 00.0 „ q, ; re o --e 2. Lo°z-nii.itr_eei ay , . ackow, Vauxhall -rqad; 14, 14 ,Yhiarket ; Smith, G r , st A 6 1 P' , "ICe. iirse. r e ae uh-read 72, Richmond-raw; Low, C! ' 4 rort re Z t rx; e4t rsl, Christian-street ; °Yo 144 rd-street ; Sisal., Co be &on), TIMBER FOR SALE TURNER will receive Sealed TENDERS on or JA, • before the 2nd March, 1850,_for the PINE and OAK TIMBERS now lying at t ime-street Railway Station. Tenders to state the pr d Price per Cube Foot, and Quan tity required of t arious sorts. No Mortices allowed for. All to be rem immediately, at the Contractor's expense. TO be SOLD, FREEHOLD LAND, from 10,000 to 50,000 Yards, in one or more lots, in a highly respectable locality, beautifully situated within three miles of the Liverpool Excharge ; or it would be EXCHANGED for Stock or Shares in the London and Northwestern Ea' ay, for which a liberal Premium would be given, or fo r Property which is unen cumbered. The Price of and is fixed at a very moderate rate. Apply to THgyrld - Wy LIE, Surveyor, Royal Bank-buildings, Dale-street, Merpool. FOR DETACHED VILLAS OR TERRACES. TO be SOLD, in One or separate Lots, the re mainder of the beautiful and well-known ELMSWOOD ESTATE, situate in Aigburtb, in the parishes of Wavertree and Garston, consisting of about 21 Acres of rich and prolific Land, copyhold and freehold. It comprises the Lawn directly in front of the residence of A. H. Kinderman, Esq., with VII Plantation, Avenue, Gardens, choice Wall Fruit, a out 80 Apple and Pear Trees, of the finest cla merits, Green-houses, Kitchen Garden (walled in) mental Piece of Water, end Cottage, with three ad . ' g Fields. Part of the Purchase Money may remain on Mortgage. For particulars, apply to J. CUNNINGHAM, Esq., 29, Seel street, or to Mr. R. G. JACKSON, on the Premises. Co bt ILtt, TO be LET, a most desirable OFFICE, containing three Rooms on the gr oor, i Lancaster Buildings, Tithebarne-street. Li ,00d, and Rent moderate. Imme diate Possessio e had. Apply on the Premises to M. YEARSLEY & CO. ST. MICHAEL'S HAMLET, CHURCH-LANE, AIGBURTH- ROAD. To be LET, a Semi-detached ILLA, complete in its arrangements, and throughout with Gas. A Garden attached. May be vieweilr(aturday excepted,) between Two and Four. Apply to Mr. ABRAHAM, 20, Lord-street. VALE OF GRESFORD, 91 0 be LET, with immediate possession, a Modern built DWELLING-HOUSE, containing two Sitting rooms, Kitchen, Pantry, good Cellar, and four Bed-rooms, all well papered and convenient. A good-sized Garden attached, situate near Rossett Station, on rewsbury and Chester Railway, eight miles from er and five from Wrexham, in the above healthy and ghtful valley. Rent, 30 ; Taxes moderate. Apply to Mr. Was. PRICE, Rossett, Denbighshire. • Co ntrarts. CONTRACT FOR WORKING A RAILWAY THE DIRECTORS of the AMBER GATE. NOT TINGHAM, and BCSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY are ready to receive TENDERS for the WORKING of the RAILWAY between NOTTINGHAM and GRANTHAM, a length of about 23 miles, either by a ' eq, , e, by a Per-centage on the Traffic, or by both. Parties tendering willl o reltisupply all the necess ar y Pl an t for working the abovi e. _ Further c 'parmay be obtained on application to the SECRETARY, the Company's Offices, Saint Peter's Gate, Nottingham, on and after the 7th day of March next. By order, JNO. GOUGH, Secretary. Company's Offices, Nottingham, 25th February, 1850. LIVERPOOL. BOROUGH PRISON, PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for SUPPLYING the LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON and the BRIDE WELL with BREAD, and the Liverpool Borough Prison with the following ARFICLES, from Tuesday, the 26th March next, to 25th Septembetnext, both inclusive, are requested to send Tenders, under cover, to the TOWN -CLERK, at the Town-hall, on or before the 3th March : BUTCHERS' MEAT CLOVE PEPPER, CANDLES, and OX HEADS, GINGER, HARD SOAP, OATMEAL, TEA, SOFT SOAP, PEAS, COFFEE, EARL ASHES, SALT SUGAR, Best NEW MILK. BLACK PEPPER, STAR ,„ The several Arti'cles abo pecified are to be delivered from time to time in such sties and manner as the Governor of the Prison may di ~ and subject to his approval of the qua lity, &c. information - as to the probable consumption of the respec tive Articles, and further particulars, may be obtained from the GOVERNOR of the PRISON. Each Ter der must supply the names of two Sureties for the due performance of the Contract. Borough Prison, 28th February, 1850- BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, A HORSE having been FOUND wandering in Wil braham-street, within this Boron , * he 28th ultimo, has been Impounded in the Comm ound, Rose-hill. NOW, NOTICE IS HER GIVEN, that unless the above Animal is previousl ►med, and the expenses paid, it will be Sold at the Co on Pound, Rose-hill, at One o'clock, p.m., on the 12th ant, according to the statute in that Case made and provid . Dated the sth day of March, 1850. M. M. G. DOWLING, Head Constable. LIVERPOOL, 16th Feb., 1850. IR cry AL BANK BUILDINGS. — Owing—to the unusually early and large Arrivals a this yeses Black Teas, (140,000 packages in the course of a few weeks), we beg to call the immediate attention of the inhabit ants of Liverpool to a quality of Tea which we are enabled to sell at-3/6--per lb. This is a description which we can confi dently recommend, and in many respects it will be found pre- ferable to what is frequently sold at "First Class Congou." A Quarter of a Pound sample may be obtained, by which means an advantage is offered to a Family purchaser, who will thus be furnished with the best ground for reference to our recommen dation. Whilst thus inviting public attention to this quality r included in our recent purchases, and now ready for delivotl;—we revert with pleasure to the fact, that nearly ten oaf's have elapsed since we opened a department of our b • • ess for the supply of Fami:ies with Tea and Coffee—on t principle of charging a small profit on the first cost of im . • ation, observing quality as the primary feature. This s em is calculated to secure to the purchaser the full advan le of strict economy, without sacrificing the legitimate p • is of a business conducted on an equitable basis. The undertaking ich has thus been satisfactorily tested by experience, was rst viewed with a considerable degree of jealousy, by p: ies interested in the continuance of a mono poly, which eviously existed in this branch of trade in Liver pool : nor : s this feeling altogether subsided even at the pre sent mo ent. We continue to be exceedingly unpopular amongst some of the "Importing Merchants," Tea Brokers, and even among Cotton Brokers—the prejudices of these gen tlemen being carried to a very great excess. The secret and origin of this jealousy—it is not difficult to divine. Many of these respective parties have been in the habit of selling Tea amongst their private friends. This was effected generally by dividing Chests, which was made to appear to be a great favour. The price was represented to be the same, or nearly the same, as the first cost of importation. These friendly obligations, however, generally secured a very handsome profit, frequently ranging from 1/ to 1/6d per lb.— and amounting to the large sum of from four to five pounds sterling upon a Chest of Black Tea! When this startling fact is taken into consideration, it is far from astonishing that we have become so unpopular in certain quarters. That the inhabitants of Liverpool have appreciated the faci lities which our establishment has afforded, will be amply proved by the following appeal to statistical facts, viz. In the first month of each of the last three years respectively, the following were the quantities of Tea on which duly was paid by us:— In the month of January, 1848 " the month of January, 1849 " the mont► of January, 1850 The foregoing exhibits a sale of from 300 to 400 chests of 801 b. each PER MONTH ; besides this our sale of Co f fee has been nearly ten tons PER MONTH. These returns, taken from ber Majesty's Customs, are satis factory evidence of the continually increasing amount of our monthly sales, and is the best plea on which we can solicit those families whom we have not hitherto supplied, to favour us with a trial. We have thus every reason to renew the assurance that we shall strictly adhere to our original professson, which was as follows : "Tins Branch of our Traee—the serving of Families, was opened in 1840—vpon a principle ealcutated to afford the great est advantage in Price, with every possible security as to Quality. ROBT. ROBERTS & COMPANY, ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS, (Entrance up the Steps.) NOTE.-WE BEG TO REMIND FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE NO CONNEXION WHATEVER WITH ANY PARTIES IN LIVERPOOL OR OTHER TOWNS, WHO, AS A BAIT TO THE PURCHASER, DISPLAY OUR NAME IN LARGE AND •CONSPI CUOUS LETTERS ON THEIR DOSR-PLATES AND SHOP-WIN OUR PLACE OF BUSINESS IS AT THE ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS. One effect of the repeal of the Navigation Laws is already observable at Newcastle, where several British seamen have recently engaged themselves on board Russian •vessels, there being no chance of their finding employment in the merchant service of this country. THE AMERICAN PHYSIOGNOMY.—From the first hour after our landing I had been struck with the absence of healthy colour in individuals of both sexes, and of all classes.. It is •very rare to see an American with a clear, fresh complexion, and still more uncommon to find one who is possessed of good or white teeth. And as for the children I taking into consideration their pallid faces and generally unthriving appearance, it is almost a subject for wonder that they do not grow up into " humans" still more blighted-looking than the full-gro vn men actually are. I quite longed to bee a rosy-cheeked child, and was still mire anxious to prevent the little miserable animals from eating the quantity of unwholesome food in which their parents and guardians allowed them to indulge. The young free-born citizens of the union seem to be sel dom occupied in any other way than in the devouring raw apples or hictorynuts ; and it is highly probable that, even if it were possible to convince their papas and mam mas, that such a proceeding causes many of the depress ing complaints to which so many of them are subject, no efforts to induce the children to give up the obnoxious habit would be resorted to. The coercive system in Amerca is too unpopular to be used even with their own children, and from their earliest infancy the watch words of " liberty," " equality," and " fraternity," are under stood, as far as they can be, and reasoned upon by the young republicans. I believe that the Americans them selves do not dispute the fact that as a race they are con siderabiy inferior in physical : strength to their ancestors. That the Anglo-Saxon breed has degenerated, as far as outward appearance goes. is undeniable; but why jt is po it is impossible to say,—ffesperot. TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LATEST INTELLIGENT E. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CANTERBURY ELECTION.-Mr. Vance has retired from the contest at Canterbury, and Colonel Romilly will in all probability be returned without opposition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London to-day for Brighton. Sydney papers announce the death of Andrew Hamil ton Hume on the 23d September last. He was known as the father of the colony, having lived in it longer than any other individual. ITALY.—A Florence paper states that the Pope's loan had been annulled by his refusal to allow a guarantee to be taken on the church property. This wants confirca tion. AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND BOSNIA.—A large number of Hungarian refugees have entered the Turkish army in Bosnia. Austrian troops are still being sent into Dalma tia,—one corps consisting of 25,000 men. The insurgents in Bosnia and the Turkish troops have had a pitched battle. Result not yet known. PRUSSIA—BERLIN, lst.—Several mercantile men, whose interests have suffered severely from the precarious state of the relations between Denmark and Prussia, have applied to certain members of the House of Commons to use their influence in endeavouring to obtain a settle ment of the question. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—A courier arrived at the Russian embassy on Saturday, bringing a copy of a note dated St. Petersburgh, ,February 7th, addressed by Count Nesselrode to the Russian minister in London, requesting him to read it to Lord Palmerston, and to leave a copy with him. It is a strong remonstrance made in the Em peror of Russia's name against the measures taken by the British Government against Greece. It begins with the words, " The Emperor, my master, has learnt with surprise, mingled with indignation," and after recapitu lating the recent events at the Piraeus, finishes as follows : —" You will demand of Lord Palmerston to explain to what extent he intends to employ force in support of his claims, in order that the allies of King Otho may be in a position to consider what means may be necessary for them to adopt to guarantee the independence of that monarch and that of his people." Although it is under stood that Sir W. Parker would raze the blockade of Greece on the arrival of the French mediator, yet he would not give up possession of the captured vessels until the claims be settled. It is reported that Prussia has re solved to submit the question of her claims to Neuf chatel to the decision of the federal commission sitting at Frankfort. The French budget for the present year is published. The deficiency of 290,000,000 f. will be added to the float ng debt. A saving of 84,000,000 f. is to be effected. The war budget is reduced by 141 millions. The strength of the army is fixed at 408,600 men. The Moderate party in Paris is actively preparing for the elections. At the So cialist electoral meeting the orators become more violent. HOUSE OF LORDS-LAETNIOwr, Viscount Comsat took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the realm with the usual ceremonies, which were conducted by Garter King of Arms. The noble and gallant viscount was introduced by two peers of the same rank as himself, viz., Viscount Har dmge and Viscount Hawarden, and after the ceremony he was warmly congratulated by the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, and many others. His lord ship afterwards took his seat upon the cross benches.—Earl GRA NVILLE laid on the table a bill for the establishment of an efficient audit of railway accounts. The main principle of the measure appeared to consist in empowering railway companies to appoint delegates from whom the railway depart ment of the Board of Trade are to select three persons who shall form a board of audit. Lord MONTEAGLE, without pledging himself to details, ex- pressed a favourable opinion of the measure as an improvement upon the present system, while it avoided the objections raised to a government audit.—The bill was read the first time.—A discussion took place, which lasted a considerable time, on the subject of education as connected with the National School Society, and the distribution of the parliamentary grants by the committee of the privy council. The discussion produced no definite result.—The Party Precession (Ireland) Bill passed through committee.—The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill wa read the third time and passed. HOUSE OF_COMMONS,7-MoNDAy The speaker stated that he had received a letter from the petitioners against the return of the Baron de Rothschild for the City of London, informing him that it was not their intention to proceed with the petition Many petitions were presented for a reduction of the duty on tea.—Mr. AVGREGOR gave notice that after the annual budget he should move that in consideration of the recent changes in the Navigation Laws, that stamps upon insurance, bills of ladingand charter parties be abolished.—Mr. SANDA RS, in the absence of the noble lord, the Foreign Secretary, asked the First Lord of the Treasury if official information had been received of the fact of an armistice having been renewed between Denmark and Prus sia, and so, what were its terms and conditions ?—Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that he did not think any such information had been received, but certain conditions had been proposed by Denmark, and they had been under the considera tion of Prussia. TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY NORTHAMPTON STAKES.—Osterley and Harriet each 6 to 1 (tkn); Belus 12 to 1; Mahratta 20 to 1 ; 5 to 2 agst Osterley and Harriet conjointly taken. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.—Cheerful 5 to I—taken to £2QO Damask and Eva each 25 to 1 (tkn); Sir Gilbert 20 to I (tkn) ; Eva backed for £2OO. CHESTER CUP.—Glauca 12 to 1 ; Roland 20 to 1 (take 25) Fugleman and Cossack each 20 to 1 (off) ; Ellerdale 16 to 1 (take 20); Sir Richard 2000 to 30 (tkn) ; Vesta 1000 to 15 (taken three or four times); Horn-of-Chase 1000 to 15 (tkn). 2000 GUINEA STAKES.—Bee-hunter 100 to 45 (tkn); Mickle ton 11 to 2 (tkn). DERBY.—Bolingbroke 7 to 1; Ghillie Callum 7 to 1 (tkn) ; Clincher 20 to 1 (22 to 1 taker); Mayors 20 to 1 (tkn) ; Mildew 25 to I (tkn) ; Mickleton 33 to 1 (tkn) ; Hardinge 45 to 1 (tkn) ; Clincher in strong demand. LONDON MONEY MARKET, YESTERDAY The English Market good in the morning, and Consols done at 95,1 for Account. Later in the day, the foreign news brought by the Paris Evening Mail not being considered so favourable, they declined, and closed as below. Consols Account, 95i *; ditto Money, 95-k *; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 972; Ex chequer Bills, 54.57 pm.; Mexicans, 29i i. LONDON SHARE MARKET .-YESTERDAY The Railway Market steady to-day, and closed good for heavy stocks. Other Markets much as on Saturday last, but a little firmer in tone. London and North-Western, 1033 43; ditto new Quarters, dis, par, ex div.; Midlands, 383 ditto Halfs. 253 41 die. ; North Staffords, 113 101; South Eastern and Dover, 173 18 ; ditto No. 4 reg., 53 ; Caledonians, 11 3 ; ditto Preference, 71 & ; Eastern Counties, 7 3 ; Great Northern, 143 14 dis. ; ditto Westerns, 573 83; York, Newcas tle, and Berwick Preference, 63 6 dis. ; York and North Mid lands, 173 ; Mexicacan, 293 I. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET YESTERDAY Coffee Market fair for native Ceylon; and there are strong buyers at 595. for good bold, but no sellers to be met with. About 300 bags have been sold this afternoon at 595. per cwt. —Tea, in prices no change, but little business done. Common sound Congou, 94d. to 10d. per lb.—lron : rather moreenquiry this afternoon for Scotch Pigs, and prices are steady, at 445. 6d. for mixed number cash.—Tallow, steady for P.Y.C. on spot, and fair business doing at 365. 64. to 365. 9d. for the last three months' business quiet at 38s. per cwt. Deliveries con tinue much smaller than last year at this time. The arrivals reported at Lloyd's today are moderate ; and accidents not so extensive as might be expected, although the weather has been very boisterous. West India and North American advices received to-day have had no particular effect. LONDON CORN MARKET. .-YESTERDAY A good show of English and Foreign Wheat. Millers pur chased with caution, and last Monday's terms barely main tained. Flour moved off very slowly without change in price for English, but ship samples rather easier to buy. Sales of Barley, Beans, and Peas ♦ery small, and market had a down ward tendency. Malt in large supply, and met a fiat sale. Good supply of Oats fresh up this morning, trade dull, and only good sweet qualities met a sale at last Monday's terms. ARRIVALS Qrs. Qrs. British Wheat „ Barley ~ Oats ( 7 ) 79,124 „ Malt 20,784 „ Flour 13,935 „ Beans [SECOND REPORT.I English Wheat dull of sale throughout the day, and Kentish White and Red barely maintained last Monday's prices. Top price of town-made Flour reduced 2s. per sack, and trade dull, owing to a large arrival of Fareign. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Peas taken slowly, at late rates. Oats a very quiet sale, at last Monday's terms. English White Wheat, 40s. to 488.; Red. 38s. to 433. Weather fine. WEST INDIES, We have advices by the American and West India mails from Jamaica to the 7th ult. The steamer Bolivia arrived at Valparaiso in 67 days from Liverpool. In the Jamaica Assembly the black members were closely banded together in opposition to the white; but the Assembly terminated its sittings peaceably. A decided movement had taken place in favour of cotton cultivation, and success was expected to follow these efforts, and there was a talk of raising tobacco and cinnamon. Trade was dull. A public meeting has been held in British Guiana to promote immigration, and it was the general impres sion that the colony could not go on without a constant supply of agricultural labourers. The weather had been varied with several heavy showers. Large quantities of American provisions have appeared in the Demerara mar kets, and stocks of all kinds of bread stuffs have accumu lated. prices having reached the lowest point. In Barbadoes there have been several fires, occasioned by the drought, and many acres of the first crop canes had been destroyed in various parts of the island. The manufacture or sugar had .commenced—all the mills were ready for working, and many had already begun. The canes hitherto had yielded remarkably well, and the sugar was of most excellent quality ; the crop was estimated at 40,000 hoghsheads. Provision crops were scanty, and showers were much wanted. _ From Antigua we are informed that the disagreement between the Council and Assembly bad been terminated by the reintroduction, de novo, of a Tariff Bill, in which respect was had to the Council's recommendation of a differential duty of 6d per lb. on refined sugar made from the produce of slave colonies. In this new tariff the duties have been considerably increased, with the desire of meeting the surplus expenditure. In consequence of the deplorable state of affairs in Montserrat, resulting from the prevalence of smallpox, the Assembly of Antigua had voted £2OO from the public treasury for the assistance of that island. The 04server of the 7th of February men. tions that several eases of smallpox had occurred in Antigua. A public meeting was to be held for the pur pose of memorialising the Admiralty to choose Antigua as the packet station instead of the Danish island of St. Thomas. _ _ The smallpox had been raging fearfully at Montserrat, and the mortality was stated to be five or six per diem, with as many as 700 cases in the island. The greatest alarm existed. Contrary to the reports in every other department of business, the Mining Journal says that with reference to minerals, the accounts " from all parts of the country are encouraging and satisfactory." DEATH OF THE REV. EDWD. BICKERSTETH It was our melancholy duty, last week, to record the death of an aged and valued minister of our beloved church, (the Rev. T. S. Grimshaw,) and weregret to announceto• day the demise of an equally estimable reverend gentleman, whose praise is in all the churches—the Rev. Edward Bicker steth, M.A., for twenty years rector of Watton, Hert fordshire. On Thursday last this faithful servant of God was summoned to his rest, after an illness (congestion of the brain) of about a month, which, from the first, but too plainly denoted its fatal issue, and that his work (as he himself repeatedly expressed) was done. Mr. Bicker steth's loss will be deeply lamented by a very wide circle of Christian friends, and to his bereaved widow and chil dren it will be irreparable. The late Mr. Bickersteth was born on the 19th of March, 1785, and had consequently nearly attained his 64th year. His original destination was the profession of the law, to which he was articled iu the office of Messrs. Blendsdale and Holm, of London, solicitors. He subsequently established himself in Nor wich as an attorney, and having married the eldest daughter of the late Thomas Bignold, Esq., he resided there until the year 1815, when an over whelming desire to enter the ministry induced him to apply to Bishop Bathurst for ordination. Mr. Bicker steth had, at this time, published his " Help to the Study of the Scriptures," and some other useful works on divi nity. His admission to the Church was cordially acceded to by the bishop; and he preached his first sermon at the parish Church of St. Gregory, in Norwich, in the month of December in that year. The Church Missionary Society immediately sought his aid as assistant secretary, and he removed from Norwich to the society's house in London ; and also at the same time became assist ant minister to an Episcopal Chapel in Spitalfields. He continued in these parts till the year 1830, when Abel Smith, Esq.. of Watton, in Hertfordshire, presented him to the valuable living of Watton ; in which large parish he laboured with great zeal, fulfilling all the duties of a faithful and devoted minister of his Lord and Master Jesus Christ. The rev. gentleman was brother to Robert Bickersteth, Esq., the eminent surgeon of this town, to the Rev. John Bickersteth, another devoted clergyman, and to Lord Langdale, the present Master of the Rolls, who was ele vated to that high position after a successful career of many years at the bar. It is a rare circumstance to find four brothers attain so distinguished an eminence in their respective professions. Most of our readers having had frequent op.3ortunities of hearing the rev. gentleman, will remember his persua sive and scriptural appeals for the various religious socie ties connected with the Church, for which he laboured to almost his dying day, with singular assiduity and zeal. The committees of the Church Missionary Society, the Jews' Society, the Pastoral Aid Society, the Irish Society, and indeed every association calculated to advance the spiritual condition of his fellow beings at home or abroad have sustained a loss which it will be difficult to repair. It is scarcely necessary to say that the rev. gentleman, during his last illness, viewed his approaching demise with peace. Truly '• he was ready to depart, and fin►sh his course with joy." On his medical adviser announcing to him that there was no hope—" Yes," he replied, " there is every reason to hope;" adding other expressions indi cative of his consciousness of the approaching change, and of his preparation for it. Mr. Bickersteth was a very voluminous writer, having published about twenty volumes on various subjects con nected with divinity, and all of a highly practical tendency. One or two of these works are out of print, another has reached a sixteenth edition, and a third a nineteenth. We may mention that nine of the volumes are on the means of grace, four on the Prophecies, and the remainder on general and practical divinity. Besides these, he recently published, under the title of " The Watton Tracts," fifteen addresses to the Christian public. The names of his more elaborate treatises we need not parti cularise, as no one ought to be unacquainted with them. In the Christian Guardian for the present month there is an affecting sketch of the life of the Rev. T. S. Grim shaw, and we believe that this was an affectionate trinute from the pen of his reverend friend, the subject of our present imperfect notice, and, if we are rightly informed was the last production of his gifted mind. Another of his late works was completed in concert with another Christian veteran—the Rev. J. Haldane Stewart. It is entitled" An Address and Sermons delivered on the occa sion of a Meeting of Two Clerical Associations at Wes ton super-Mare, on July 10 and 11, 1849." Since then, his work on the Baptismal Services has be en pub lished. Mr. Bickersteth leaves an only son, the Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth, curate of Banningham. (married to his cousin, Rosa, the daughter of Samuel Bignold, Esq., of Surrey-street), and five daughters, the eldest of whom is married to the Rev. T. R. Birks, rector of Kelshall, Herts. COTTON CROP, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, • SIR,—In the Economist of last Saturday week is a statement of the probable import, consumption, and stock of cotton for this year. It would require some pages to discuss his estimates fully, but for the, moment I would just advert to one point, in which I think he is in error. He gives the consumption at 27,000 bales per week, which, although I do not admit, I will assume for the sake of argument. The import of American he takes at 1,050,000, having professedly deducted what he thinks a fair allow ance for the export of American cotton from Liverpool to the continent. He then gives 400,000 bales as the import from Brazil, East Indian, and Egyptian, being nearly the same imports as last year ; but he omits to deduct the export, and which last year was 104,000. This is clearly an error ; he gives the full import the same as last year, but he does not give the full import of American, because he has deducted the export from that class of cotton. Then why not observe the same principle in the calcula tion throughout the whole of the table ? It is certainly an error and makes this difference, that it would convert his increase of 50,000 bales on the Ist of January next into a decrease of 50,000. As for his estimate of 2,400,000, a writer may certainly assume any amount he chooses, but it is 150,000 to 200,000 bales beyond the general tenor of the advices by last steamer ; and his only ground is by a comparison of the average arrivals during the last fourteen years, which he himself allows is a dubious criterion, and a comparison also with the arrivals up to the same time last year, which he also allows is a very uncertain criterion. Z. ROLLS' COURT-SATURDAY, DIIMVILL V. THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHE- SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY Mr. Roupell, for the defendants, supported the demur rer filed in answer to the p`aintiff's bill, praying for an indemnity from the directors to protect a certain class of shareholders—£3l shareboldtrS—A which the plaintiff is one, from calls rendered necessary, as it was alleged, in consequence of the directors having had occasion to bor row a large sum of money—X3oo,ooo—to carry out the object of the company's bill of incorporation—an outlay which the plaintiff alleged to be illegal. To this demand of the plaintiff for himself and other shareholders simi larly situated the railway company's directors demurred on the ground of want of proper parties, and, also, for want of equity. Mr. Turner, for the plaintiff, quoted the decision of the Court in favour of a bill of a similar character, in a re cently-decided case, " Bailey v. the Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Railway Company." The Master of the Rollsoverraed . the demurrer, Our talented townsman, Mr. Macbride, the sculptor, is, we understand, engaged upon a fine historical group from British history, to be executed in marble, for the great industrial exhibition to be held next year in Hyde Park. EXHIBITION AT MR. J. R: ISAAC'S OF ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY H. BARRAND, ESQ.—Many of our readers no doubt have admired a set of engravings after this artist,—" We praise thee, oh ! God!" and " Lord have mercy upon us !" The originals of these, with the third of the set—" Gloria Patri"—are for a few days on view at Mr. J. R. Isaac's establishment in Castle-street, and will well repay any of the lovers of painting who may choose to inspect them, whether as works of art merely, or as fine creations of the painter's mind. The group "We praise thee, oh! God," consists of three young choristers, engaged in the solemn service of our Church, in the richly carved nave of one of our noble Cathedrals. The centre figure is full of fine devotional expression; and the more juvenile one upon his left is a touching pourtrayal of innocence and beauty. The painting, as such merely, is of a most finished character. The second of the set, " Lord have mercy upon us," consists of three female Choristers, painted with, if possible, equally felicitous expression and feeling. The petite figure and countenance in the centre of the groupe is particularly beautiful. Tile third, " Gloria Patri," gives us an in creased number of figures, and a greater variety of charac ter and feature, It is finely conceived and painted ; but scarcely impresses so much as it more simple companion pictures. The engravings from these are executed in the first style of art, and would adorn the walls of any lover of the beautiful creations of the painter's genius. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The monthly meeting of this important though only recently-formed body, was held yesterday. The President said that the Vice-Presi dent and himself had had interviews with the Inspector- General of the Post-office, who intimated that the posts office authorities were anxious to consult the wishes of the inhabitants of Liverpool in selecting the situation for the new post-office, and would gladly receive the suggestions emanating from the Chairman of the Committee. It was proposed to the Inspector on behalf of the chamber that government should advertise for tenders of good situa tions for a scite within a limited distance from the Exchange. A petition en the subject of the postal commu nication between England and France, pointing out the advantage of the route to Paris via Boulogne, was read and signed by the President on the part of the Chamber. A report of the committee appointed to consider the provi sions of the proposed mercantile marine bill was consi dered, as was a lettter addressed to Mr. Labonchero on the subject, which was approved. In the latter the forma tion of local boards in all the large seaports of the kingdom, with full power to carry out the purposes of the bill ; and also the postponement of the bill until next session, with a view to its embracing a digest of all the laws referring to merchant sea men, were particularly insisted on. It was agreed also that this committee should continue to watch the progress of the legislature on the subject, and to co-operate, as far as expedient, with the Reformers Association. On the motion of Mr. C. Robertson, a committee was ap pointed to consider a report upon the state of the Postal Commissioners of Liverpool On the motion of Mr. Heath, a committee was. appointed to consider the best mode of carrying out the object of the Chamber, referred to in the last clause of its constitution under the head of bottlemegit of Coaanwolsd Questions and Disputes. LITERARY NOTICE. The Ladies' Companion, at Home and Abroad. By Mrs J. W. Loudon. London : Bradbury and Evans. UNDER the above title a very interesting periodical has lately issued from the press. It is a work, as its name in dicates, likely to be very useful, as well as instructive, to young ladies, containing well-written chapters on the chemistry of every-day life, botany, horticulture, and cookery, with some very interesting tales of fiction, con veying good moral teaching. We regret much, however, to observe that over this work, (like too many others,) published under the sanction of a name so high as Mrs. Loudon's, there is the blight, unhappily too general over our periodical literature. Jesuitical influence, or Roma nising teaching, appears to have crept in even here. We observe in one number of the work an engraving repre senting John Baptist holding a huge cross before a lamb ; in another, the betrothal of St. Catherine to our Lord, with a portion of the legend (and a reference to the lives of the saints for the remainder); and in another, " the Virgin and Child ;" also, in some of the tales, characters are selected who are Romanists. The introduction of these things being quite inconsistent with the character and avowed intention of the wok, can only be accounted for from jesuitical influence—a part o' their _plot to capti . . vate the minds of young English people with the Romish superstition. We cannot think, however, that Mrs. Lou don would lend the prestige of her name in any way to further their nefarious devices ; and we notice the work purposely, in the hope that some kind friend may be in duced to point out this blot upon it—one which, if allowed to remain, will much contract its circulation, and mar its usefulness. GOD'S MEANING IN NATURE (From Fraser's Magazine.) All around us was the dense blank blackness of the night, except where now and then some lonely gleam through the southern clouds shewed the huge cliff tops on our right. It was all most unearthly, dream-like, a strange phantasmagoria, like some scenes from The Ancient Ma riner—all the world shut out, silent, invisible, and we floating along there alone, like a fairy ship creeping through Chaos and the unknown Limbo. Was it an evil thought that rose within us as we said to Claude,— "Is not this too like life ? Our only light the sparkles that rise up round us at every step, and die behind us ; and all around, and all before, t ie great able eternities ? A few souls brought together as it were by chance, for a short friendship and mutual dependance in this little ship of earth, so soon to land her passengers and break up the company for ever ?" He laughed. " There is a devil's meaning to everything in nature; and a God's meaning too. Your friends, the zoologists, have surely taught you better than that. As I read Na ture's parable to night, I find nothing in it but hope. What if there be darkness, the sun will rise to-morrow. What if there seem a chaos, the great organic world is still living, and growing, and feeding. unseen by us, all the black night through ; and even the phosphoric atom there below is a sign that even in the darkest night there is still the power of light, ready to flash out, wherever and however it is stirred. Does the age seem to you dark ? Do you, too, feel as I do at times, the awful sadness of that text,—" The time shall come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Lord and shall not see it ?" Then remember that The night is never so long But at last it ringeth for matin song. And even as it is around us here, so it is in the world of men • the night is peopled not only with phantoms, and wizards, and spirits of evil, but under its shadow all opi nions, systems, social energies, are taking rest, and grow ing, and feeding, unknown to themselves, that they may awake into a new life, and intermarry, and beget children nobler than themselves, when " the day-spring from on high comes down." Even now, see ! the dawn is gilding the highest souls, as it is those Exmoor peaks afar ' • and we are in the night, only because we crawl below. What if we be unconscious of all the living energies which are fermenting round us now ? Have not you shewn me in this last week every moorland pool, every drop of the summer sea, alive with beautiful organisations, multiply ing as fast as the thoughts of man ? Is not every leaf breathing still, every sap-vein drinking still, though we may not see them ? " Even so is the kingdom of God, like seed sown on the ground, and men rise, and lie down and sleep, and it groweth up they know not how." Must I quote your own verses against you ? Must T appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober ? Listen to what you said to me only last week, and be ashamed of yourself:— The day of the Lord is at hand, at hand Its storms roll up to the sky ; A nation sleeps starving on heaps of gold; All dreamers toss and sigh ' • The night is darkest before the dawn— When the pain is sorest, the child is born— _ . And the day of the Lo . rd is at hand Gather you, gather you, angels of God, Freedom, and mercy, and truth. Come! for the earth is grown coward and old Come down and renew us her youth ! Wisdom, self sacrifice, daring and love, Haste to the battle-field, stoop from above, To the day of the Lord at hand. Gather you, gather you, hounds of hell, Famine, aid plague, and war. Idleness, bigotry, cant, and misrule, Gather, and fall in the snare! Hirelings and mammonites, pedants and knaves Crawl to the battle-field, sneak to your graves, In the day of the Lord at hand. Who would sit down and sigh for a lost age of gold, While the Lord of all ages is here? True hearts will leap up at the trumpet of God, And those who can suffer, can dare. Each old age of gold was an iron age too, And the meekest of saints may find stern work to do, In the day of the Lord at hand. The emigrant ship Constance has just made the passage from Plymouth to Adelaide in 70 days, the average period being 110 days. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin of the Ist inst., in the Miner Zeitung, states (as a rumour) that the armis tice between Prussia and Denmark has been prolonged. A dispatch from Berlin expresses conciliatory dispo sitions on the pert of Prussia regarding Neufchatel, but which are somewhat neutralised by the active suggestions of Austria and Russia not to allow any breach in the treaties of Vienna. On Sunday night a fire broke out on the premises of Mrs. Solomons, a furrier, at Little Falcon-court, Lon. don, by which the building was destroyed. Mrs. Solo mons was so much burnt that she died soon after. NARROW ESCAPE. — As Mrs. Chatterton, wife of the gallant member for Cork, was driving on Monday in Hyde Park, one of the brougham horses suddenly com menced kicking in a very violent manner, and quickly de molished the dashing board and driving seat, and hurled both servants to the ground. Luckily, the coachman re tained his reins, and the lady (who behaved with the greatest presence of mind) was happily extricated from her perilous situation without any injury. By the force of attraction, or something :else equally inscrutable, two ships in a calm, and equally affected by the currents, will always approximate, more or less. WILLIAM lll.—William was an ambitious prince. It is puerile to believe that, up to the moment of appeal sent to him from London in 1688, he had been insensible to the desire of mounting the throne of England, or ignorant of the schemes which had long been laid of raising him to it. William followed the progress of these schemes step by step : though he took no part in the means, he did not reject the end, and, without directly encouraging. he pro tected its authors. His ambition was ennobled by the greatness and justness of the cause to which it was at tached—the cause of religious liberty and the balance of power in Europe. Never did a man make a vast political design more exclusively the thought aid purpose of his life than William did. The work which he accomplished on the field or in the cabinet was his passion ; his own aggrandizement was but the means to that end. What ever were his views on the crown of England, he never attempted to realize them by violence and disorder. To his well-regulated and lofty mind the inherent vice and degrading consequences of such means were obvious and revolting. But when the career was opened to him by England herself, he did not suffer himself to be deterred from enterring on it by the scruples of a private man ; he wished his cause to prevail, and he wished to reap the honour of the triumph. Rare and glorious mixture of worldly ability and Christian faith, of personal ambition and devotion to public ends !—Guizot. AN EASTERN STORY,---" The grandfather of Ben Abou, the present Governor of Riff, when Caid of Tan gier, made a great feast at the marriage of his daughter. One of his friends, Caid Mahomed Widden, observed a poor man in mean attire in the court, and ordered him out ; and he not obeying, pushed him so that he fell. That same night the keeper of an oven (there are no sel lers of bread, every one makes his own bread at home and sends it to the oven) had barred his door and retired to rest, when some one knocked at the door. He asked, Who is there ?' and was answered, ` The guest of God,' which means a beggar. ' You are welcome,' he said, and got up and unfastened the door; and having nothing but some remnants of the koscuossou from his supper, and the piece of mat upon which he lay, he warmed the kos coussou in the oven, and after bringing water to wash his guest's hands, he set it before him ; he then conducted him to the mat, and himself lay down on the bare ground. In the morning when he awoke, he found the door un barred, and the poor man gone ; so he said to himself, He had business and did not wish to disturb me, or he went away modestly, being ashamed of his poverty.' On taking up the mat, he found under it two dubloons ; so he was afraid, and put the money by, and determined not to touch it, lest it had been forgotten, or lest the poor man had stolen it, and put it there to ruin him. Some time after an order came from Fez for Mahomed Wid den and the baker to repair thithei. They were both conducted to the place before the palace, to await the Sultan's coming forth. When he appeared they were called before him, and, addressing the first, he asked him if he recollected the feast at the marriage of the daughter of the Caid of Tangier, and a poor man whom he had pushed with his left hand, and kicked with his right foot. Then Caid Mahomed knew whom he had treated, and trembled. The sultan said, ' The arm that struck me, and the leg that kicked me, are mine : cut them off.' The baker now said to himself, If he has taken the leg and the arm off the caid, be will surely take my head,' so he fell down upon the earth, and implored the sultan to have mercy upon him. The sultan said to him—' My son, fear not; you were poor, and took in the beggar when be was thrust forth from the feast of the rich. Ile has eaten your bread, and slept on your mat. Now ask whatever you please ; it shall be yours.' The caid re turned to Tangier maimed and a beggar, and his grand wbaaskelatelyThet returned n s ed i keeper, the sultan's host.' " Urquhart' s Pillars of Her - riding in at g t o h n e agate fine m f theu lmu l e. Sicilian richly clothed, consul and possessed of the wealth of the other ; and the p eo p le mkt, used to say as he passed by — ' There go e s the oven. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. Monday Night. Politically speaking we have had rather an unquiet week, the accounts from the continent from day to clay bringing something disastrous —either which had occurred or might occur; but we are glad to be able to state that the accounts, whether from Switzerland, Turin, or the Piraeus, where an Austrian man-of-war was said to have attacked an English man-of-war, are all greatly exagger ated, or without any foundation. On the other hand— with regard to produce—we have had an exceedingly quiet week, but prices have been well supported. The con sumers hold light stoci.cs of nearly 'very article, and have purchased only for it wants. _This fiature has been most palvathy mai,ites►, hi the article of cotton, where spinners are taking from day to day only their 20, 10, and even 5 bales. Since Friday there has 1 n more inquiry for sugar and saltpetr have been sold at full rates, for the. lower d____ Benares under 40s. ; and 500 bags of the latter a rates. Jute has also been more inquired for, bales have changed hands at rather higher prices. The decline in the Share-market noticed in our last caused by sales chiefly speculatir reduced div 1000 bags of the former ions of xtreme d 1000 id Nort ....stern— continued until about Wednesday evening, when London stock was done at 101 (ex dividend) and the quarters at 8/9 discount. Since then prices have been gradually be coming firmer and slowly advancing . Sales by the p u bli c (never very great) have altogethr ceased, and a fair amount of buying orders are in the course of execution. Several meetings have been held during the week, in all of which we think can be traced the germ of better days for shareholders. An examination of the traffic returns gives good hope that, with ordinary economy and pru dence, and a better understanding between shareholders and directors, a reasonable return on the outlay may be expected. e do not notice any particular feature in any of the meetings excepting, perhaps, a little of the old spi- rit, that has proved so ruinous, nrinifested at the Great Northern meeting. This company, instead of continuing their own line from Doncaster to York, have made art agreement with the York and IN their line already made, which I. and-a-half miles further than a direct tine what the sharehuldc:: ' the resu tion, it might have been exp iat no or. to so reasonable an arrat., yet, we lom- a Mr. Hutchinson, and some lan( lders int th Midland to run over not more than three 's) 1 of the result of competi that no one could object zement treited in the direct route, actually got up a motion to upset this as ment, and to haveadirect line madefrom Doncaster to York, to save this three-and-a•half miles distance between, London and Edinburgh, at a cost of nearly a million of money, which motion was only negatived by 7,000 out of 47,000 votes. We are happy in believing that parliament never would sanction any thing to think that shareholders hay from experience. Our market and a large business has been done. The following are the railway d:vidends declared up tc Saturday, with date of payment : grieve much e not yet learnt wisdom ly is decidedly good. Eastern Counties, 3s. per shar Oldham Alliance, ditto. Chester and Birkenhead, 16/6 Ditto, .e 22 shares, 9/3 February 28, March 7. Ditto, £3l ditto, 4 per cent London and Sootll-Western, 3 Ditto, .t5O shares, 13, Ditto, , t() ditto, Ils Ditto, Preference, 3/6 Man Chester and Sotithport, l Wear Valley, 30s. per £5O Oa Middlesborough and Whitehaven Junction unp - aid Notthern & Eastern, 255. peV.:4 (late quarters) 21/6 Great Western, 40s. per elOO, Leeds and Bradford, 50s. per x5O London and Blackwall, 1/6 per sliai Hull and Selby, 49/6 per £5O, 24/9 Midland, 255. per It'100,:i 11/3 per .t'loo 30s. per £5O (Er York and North Midland, Dublin and Drogheda, 4s. per Leeds and Thirsk, .e5O shar Preference, 6 per cen Great Northern, 5 per cent. share Norfolk, 15s. per - 100, 2 / 3 per .E2l London & N.-Western, 50s, per cer April 1 : share February paid] 25 50. March 7 } February 28, CI Preference ) } March } Unknown. ,er annum Unknown 5 / 1 0 i March F/9 4 per i Leeds and} " heater February 28 Dewibury, & Huddersfield & anc South Yorkshire, 6 per cent. per annum St. Helen's, 17/6 per old share 8/9 . _per half. :. Unknown. IMarch 1 6 . 7/6 . per cent. on Preference 6/3 per t The Europa arrived this morning, and though the ac counts by her are the strongest we have yet received regarding a short crop, they seem to have had little effect with buyers, as the sales are only estimated at 5000 bales, without change in prices. The receipts are now nearly 200,000 bales less than they were same time last year ; the shipments for the fortnight are also very small, being only 37,000 bales, and prices high, although kto cent below our lastladvices. Cotton shipping would lose to ld. per lb. The estimates of the crop are generally put down at 2,100,000 to 2,150,000 bales. If these should turn out to be correct, present prices are safe : if, on the other hand, we are deceived, prices will then rule in proportion to the extent of the crop. On Saturday buyers had in some instances a slight advantage. Sales were estimated at 4000 bales, including 1200 for export, and 300 on spe culation. On Friday last the stock round numbers at 520,000 t time last year. But with r tion of some importance has b At the end of the year s of Cotton were put down in rates against 380,000 bales this ul e j a ques- Jay on 'Change, he estimates of nearly 100,000 bales was discovered, and of these it is sup posed that spinners held no small quantity, say 50,000 bales; and as this year they have bought exceedingly sparingly, it is reasonable to suppose that they may have taken delivery of the amount held by them, and not de ducted it frorn the stock, thus making present estimates appear considerably heavie The most sanguine among tho from time to time, for months coming," when corn markets we] kinds of grain realize a price rem are dwindling down to an almost we were certainly amused b one of our correspondent they really are. who have prophesied,. ast, " the good time to rule higher, and all erative to the grower, v'sible minority ; and timatum arrived at by 10, having caug ht succei— sively at every shadow of lic that the current low prices by the amount of foreign in despair, and tells us till be some other cause in operation, t is affecting the trade just it( be felt hereafter." Mean in power, and this w have further declined, wit extent of 2s. per qr. on Wh In Brunswick-street, since Friday, the trade has remained inactive as heretofore, but few transactions having taken place, and those much in retail ; prices, therefore, remain nominally the same. We have imported from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive 15,000 qrs. of Indian Corn. 15,000 sacks of French Flour, and upwards of 14,000 barrels of American ; 6,000 loads of Oatmeal, 4,000 qrs. of Beans from Egypt, but very little Wheat from any quarter. We have been f avoure d, b y antici pation, with the following remarks, which will appear to-morrow in the circular published by Messrs. Robert Makin and Sons : nd repeatedly contended altogether unjustifiable Sts, at length gives up onsequently there must the anticipation of which which possibly may not he impetus is increasing iglish and Irish markets exception, some to the " In the Baltic and nearer ports of the Continent, the stocks of Wheat are reported by no means large, and supplies into those markets not coming forward freely, prices there, having been buoyed up by speculative investments during winter, are stated to be too high to encourage extensive shipments imme diately, with the prospect of any profitable result, in tin' fare of declining rates and dull accounts from this country. . reference to the advices from New York, it will be observe.: that, in the American States also, the value of bread-stuffs is, rela tively, so nearly upon a par with the existing currencies here, as not to admit of exporting thence to Fug'and with advantage at present. We are meanwhile. however, receiving large supplies of Flour from France, which have an influence upon the trade with us for the moment, although, from the great decline that has taken place in our market recently, no profit would now accrue from further importation." On Friday the following Wools were offered by auction in Liverpool :-384 Australian, 71 Spanish, 242 Lisbon and Oporto, 51 Canadian, 1,174 East India, 424 Buenos Ayres, 172 Cordova, 104 Egyptian, 320 Turkey and Smyrna, 581 sundry, making a total of 3,523 bales. There was a very numerous attendance of buyers, and the greater part found ready purchasers. The quality, it is true, is not fir well for mixing, and, or quantity of our own grow to meet such prices I 4 Chronicle th. H ENORMOUS AND WELL FED BErF.—For the last few days some immense " Barons of Beef" have been exhi bited in our leading market. From their enormous size and excellent quality they have attracted great attention, more particularly as they were part of the produce of the famed Cheshire feeders, Messrs. Littledale and Torr. Each " baron" was ticketed " For the Merchants' Dining Rooms." We learn they will be cooked on Thursday and Friday next. A NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Gibson, the eminent sculptor, is now occupied in making a design in his studio at Rome, for a national monument for the House of Lords, which affords high promise of beauty, and is most rich in poetical allusions. It consists of the statue of her Majesty, supported by two figures, one representing Wisdom, the other Victory, who makes Queen Victoria's name speak really the truth, when we look to events which render her reign glorious. On the pedestal are three has-reliefs, representing Commerce, Science, and Agriculture, the triple root of Britannia's unrivalled grandeur.—Art Journal. i pceers , gar. f7 w , i p t o h s a ts fi s .o h i i g c l e it , of f a correspondent, '• received advises, FREE-TRADE PRICES.—" A neighbour of mine," sa ys a lot of wheat being bought for him at Alexandria, to cost free on board there s• a 2d dv . 6s. 10d. per qr., which, with insurance duty and other expenses, will make the cost. here 275. per qr. It is soft white wheat, and will weigh about. GOlbs. per bushel. ate, kit it does very displaces the same English growers are derstand. t—Lineoln MR. BITNIC ON THE STAGE.—On Tuesday evening, at the St. dames's Theatre, Mr. Bunn delivered what he. called "a literary and dramatic monologue," consisting of an outline of the history of the English stage, from its origin down to the present time, with anecdotes of emi nent persons connected with the stage, strictures on the merits of various dramatists and actors, and reflections on, the causes of the present depressed state of the drama in this country. This lecture contained many shrewd re marks, enlivened by a vast variety of amusing matter u the shape of anecdotes, jokes, :and bon mots, delivered with great point and spirit.