The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

Ettierpoot taitharb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNEIG AFTER a brief sojourn in the quiet and sylvan se.e.'_us of Osborne House, Her MIJESTY and PRINCU ALBEET attended by the members of their Cour" returned to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, and, on Wednesday, the QusEN granted an audience of leave-taking to Chevalier BUNSEN, who has been recalled from England. On the same day, the Royal Household was thrown into a state of considerable alarm, by the attempted suicide of the Clerk of the Kitchen, who was discovered in his own room, at Buckingham Palace, with a frightful self-inflicted wound in his throat. The alarm and consternation created by the event was, of course, great ; and it was at first thOnght that the unhappy man had injured himself beyond the possibility of recovery. Medical aid, however, was speedily procured, and Mr. N 0 TON is now considered in a fair way of recovery. He was in the enjoyment of a salary of COO per annum, and is said to have been promoted from a very menial station to the lucrative post referred to. HER MAJESTY, on Wednesday evening, visited the St. James's Theatre, on the occasion of M. LA.PONT'S benefit. The QUEEN was accompanied by his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT—Her 'MAJESTY and her Royal Consort thr3 paying a marked and graceful tribute to the zeal, judgmeilt, and good taste which have prevailed in the representation of the French Plays. At the beginning of last week, rumours were rife, at the West End, as to an impending Ministerial crisis, and an entire re-arrangement of the Administration. More screws than one are known to be loose; and even minute details of the proposed re-construction were freely talked of—all accounts concurring in the general "shakiness" of the Government machine. Prominent among the topics—besides the crisis alluded to—which have engaged the political gossips and quid nuncs for some considerable time past, and which are now engrossing a large share of public attention, is a proposal for the appointment of a Minister of War —the functions of which office are, at present, anoma lously wedded to, and wielded by, the Noble SECRETARY for the COLONIES. The creation of this new Member of the Executive is, it seems, now fully resolved on by the Cabinet, and the resolution., it is expected, will be formally announced to Parliament at its re-assembling on Thursday, after the short Whitsuntide recess. Several parties are named as the putative claimants on the new office; and, among the free distributors of public patronage, who are always to be met with in con siderable numbers lounging about the Club-house coffee rooms and lobbies, more members of the Government than one are freely invested with the insignia of the incipient dignity. The favourite among these critics, who are generally " strong upon the strongest side," is Lord PALMERSTON, who, in addition to what aid he may derive from the silver mustachioed dandies of the Reform Club, is powerfully backed by the self-constituted representative of the fourth estate. According to these authorities, his Lordship would be quite in his element when directing our fleets and armies against the CZAR, whom the Times, and some of its allies, seem to regard as his natural enemy. That he would be less offensively employed in directing measures for the humiliation of an open and accre dited foe, than permanently engaged in concocting superci lious homilies for the purpose of snubbing parochial vestries, may be so true as to admit of no contradiction ; but it does not necessarily follow that personal predilection for re ducing to narrow compass the overbearing disposition and dangerous pretensions of the Russian autocrat is a suffi cient qualification to direct the movements of our fleets and armies. On the contrary, many people assert that personal feeling in the matter is likely to interfere with that sobriety of judgment and clear perception .of results from certain combinations, which are indispensable for the due discharge of an important public duty. Another set of these dispensers of good things can see in the appoint ment nothing beyond a place in all respects fitted for the versatile genius and irrepressible pugnacity of Lord Joan RUSSELL, founding, in all probability, their opinions on the readiness with which his lordship is believed to be gifted for the undertaking of all 'manner of odd-and-end jobs, and which, according to a great Whig authority, would at once induce him to take command of a fleet, or write an essay on the longitude. The Duke of NEWCASTLE is also hinted at as a " fit and proper person" to represent the warlike sagacity of this great country, or at all events of that section of it which believes in the infallible wisdom of the " Talents" now at the helm of affairs. A more conclusive evidence of abundant " talent" of the kind and in the place referred to could not be adduced than the alleged fact set forth by the partizans of each, that his favourite is both able and willing to undertake and execute the duties of any office, which may be vacated by the re arrangement of places consequent upon the new appoint ment. Happy administration, which is so replete with able men ! thrice fortunate country, which is blessed with such an abundance of patriotism and capability ! In so enviable an embarras des riches, it is singular that Lord ABERDEEN should find himself puzzled as to the disposal of the vacant garter, which is said to be literally going a begging, having been, it is affirmed, refused by Lord Sues- TESBITBY, although pressed on his acceptance with consider able urgency. Can it be that such an abundance of talent as is embodied in the ministry, is found to be top-heavy and unstable from want of the ballast of a little character ? If not, why is the unappropriated dignity not placed in the way of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who, after the sufferings he has already endured, on account of the coalition, surely would not shrink from the responsibility and sacrifice implied in its acceptance, more particularly if a pretty current rumour prove a true one, that the commencement of next parliamentary campaign will find his lordship enrolled among the " pillars of the state" in the Upper House. In the House of Peers, during the past week, the most remarkable matter brought under observation was, when, in answer to a question by Lord CAMPBELL, Lord LYND HURST intimated his belief that the time is not distant when the legislature will assent to a measure for the com plete relief of the Jews in reference to Parliamentary Oaths. An impression which I stated some time ago continues to gain ground, that the parliamentary session is drawing rapidly to a conclusion, and will terminate somewhere about the first week of next month. One thing is cer tain, viz., that most of the ministerial measures have been disposed of for the session, and that Ministers make no secret of their dissatisfaction with the questions asked of them is becoming daily more obvious, and they show unequivocal symptoms of a desire to escape interrogation. The war fever, which is obviously the epidemic of the day, spreads with much rapidity, and the ravages of the malady, as well as the manifest symptoms of its incipient stages, are to be met with among all classes. The bellige rent spirit has long displayed itself among the multitudi nous masses who constitute the sons and daughters of toil, and, under that designation are, by their flatterers, denominated " the industrious classes," as if, forsooth, industry were confined to the laborious operations per formed exclusively by bone and muscle, and no account were to be taken of that more harrowing and harassing labour which, by overtaxing the mental faculties, prostrates at once the body and the mind. Adverse feeling between employer and employed has, unfortunately, too long existed, and has been marked by hostile declarations, and deeds, if possible, more strongly still, betokening the active presence of a warlike disposition. From the factory this spirit spread with wild vehemence to the mining population ; and it has now evinced, in unmistakeable form, its presence among the upper ranks of public life. One at least of the performances in Parliament, last week, was so marked by the contentious temper of the day, that even the Times, which always seems to lead, by merely following fast upon the heels of prevalent opinion, has deemed it prudent to announce that " war has broken out in Parliament." The fact intimated in such oracular and startling terms set the metropolis, and, after the metropolis, the country, agape to watch the coming indications of conflict thus portentously heralded. A little reflection, however, was sufficient to show that, like many ether vaticinations of the "Thunderer," it was an ex post facto prophecy ; and, like the fabled Phoenix, had arisen out of the ashes of its own accomplished fate. The fire of war, it was discovered, had been long burning in the Parliamentary ranks—smouldering, it might be, under the concealment of a hollow truce—but ever and anon giving indications of a vigilant and combative activity which only awaited the opportunity to blaze up into a destructive conflagration. That opportunity, in greater or less degree, has been afforded, from time to time, throughout the session, and has been made available to the extent, at least, of showing the disposition of the opposing leaders. On Monday last a fierce encounter took place under circumstances, which, to the casual observer, presented no warning features leading to the expectation of such strife. Not being deeply versed in military tactics, or having a more exact knowledge of the strategy of wa r th an may be obtained in repeatedly wit nessing a respectable review, or attentively observing the modus operandi at any other sham-fight, my narrative, or my opinions on the subject, must not be too much canvassed or too minutely criticised ; but such infor mation as I have been enabled to pick up inclines me to the belief that the M on d ay evening's battle was conducted as most other general actions are gone through. Ori • gi nating in what is called a smart brush with the skirmishers, it is speedily succeeded by what is known as a brisk affair of outposts; the movements and the operations increasing i n i n tensity of importance, and gathering i n complexity, fury and involved in gradually the whole telligerent armies becom e in the fray, which the n ra g es with vacillating and varying success, till the resources and the courage o f one or other of the parties are exhausted or overpowered. Su c h was precisely the course of events i n the House of Com mons, on Monday night. The grand . attack was_ preludiz . ed by slight skirmishes relative to the administration of affairs at New Zealand and the Vienna protocol. The ministerial skirmishers being speedily driven in from their distant points, fell back for support on the advanced guard, followed by the enemy, when a sharp affair of outposts ensued, in which the assailing party drove their opponents from the positions they attempted to maintain, on the untenable grounds of interference in Greece—letters to the fleet —and the ungentle treatment threatened towards the gallant and übiquitous corps of " our own cor respondents." Feints were made, but unsuccessfully, to draw the attacking party off into the morasses of statute law commissions—the fetid marshes which surround the metropolitan sewers—and the impracticable defiles which intersect the question of county-rates. The chief object of attack was persevered in, the " coalition cohorts' were borne back upon the main body, and a general and decisive action took place on the extensive field provided by the " bribery prevention bills," on which the A TTORNEY-GENERAL, " acting as commandant of division, endeavoured by MCCOWN► of raw:Lyres to mask the weak points of his position. His utter ina bility to hold this ground, which with recklessness and uncalculating presumption he had assumed Kans. sion of, was long before observed, and the conflict com menced by a resolute effort to dislodge him. In vain he endeavoured to cloak the squalid' and disabled condition of the battalion of deserters, upon whose unscrupulous style of warfare, and brigand hardihood of assault from behind entrenchments, he had mainly depended for support—whose wavering fidelity he had sapped--yet whose allegiance he had expected to secure, by promising to bear them harmless through the battle. Of course the sullied banners of this "ragged regiment" were speedily trodden in the dust. After this encounter the attack was gallantly led against the united phalanx of "all the talents," by the intrepid generalissimo the member for Buckinghamshire, who, gathering into one mis sile a concentration of all the disingenuous strategy prac tised against the Derby army, hurled it with telling and destructive effect in the face of the ministerial squadrons. This deadly assault was met by Lord JOHN, who com manded the troops of ABERDEEN, with a characteristic carelessness of consequences which has caused the discom fiture of many a gallant warrior, and has oftener than once imperilled his own political existence : he thought only of repelling the present shock, and rolling back the tide of battle on his opponent. In this he was momen tarily and partially successful; but his wary antagonist, concentrating his fire, and making a most skilful use of the position the false move of his adversary had enabled him to attain, mercilessly riddled his ranks by shot and shell poured from the guns and mortars captured from the enemy's batteries. The discharge consisted chiefly of the bombs of hollow pretence and the scathing rockets of factious hostility and unfulfilled promises, followed by a perfect storm of the grape and small shot of evasion and subterfuge, all of them seized from his own stores. This well-directed and destructive shower of missiles threw the phalanx into irretrievable confusion, at the same time smirching and dismaying its leader. The discomfiture was perceived, and its fatal effects were endeavoured to be averted, by an attempt to change ground by Sir CHARLES GREY, who tried to regain the abandoned position of parliamentary corruption. While this diversion was being made / Lord JOHN , having partially recovered from the dis may into which he had been thrown, offered a stout resist ance, though purely defensive and of a merely personal character,which was met and overthrown by Mr.WALPOLE, who, by a well-executed flank movement, put to flight the wavering ministerial array. At this point of the battle a charge of the irregular cavalry, fighting under the BRIGHT banner, of Manchester, completed their confu sion, and all their points of defence were hewn down right and left by Sir J. PA.CKINGTON. As a dernier ressort, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hung out a flag of truce, under cover of which the beaten ministerial army was permitted to march off to their entrenched camp, leaving the field in possession of their assailants, and strewn with the wreck of their war ensigns. Exhausted by the exertions of the previous night, honourable members evinced no alacrity in resuming their places on the scene of conflict, and Tuesday resulted in "No House." Wednesday, " The Derby Day," is, of course, a holiday by prescriptive usage, so that the legis lative business of ithe week, in the "people's house," was represented by a stormy " war of words" on Mon day, followed by two blank days; and the transaction of business on Thursday and Friday. On the former, Sir Joirw PAKINGTON succeeded in obtaining the sanction of the House to all the resolutions proposed by the com mittee for facilitating the business of the House, with the exception of one, which proposed to establish a regular adjournment of the House from Friday night till Monday. This was withdrawn. Several clauses in the Oxford University Bill were agreed to, as far as clause 28. Lord I JOHN RUSSELL having intimated that ministers intend to introduce considerable alterations into the remaining parts of the bill, the House was adjourned. At the Thursday's sitting it was made apparent that common sense, backed by a pretty loud expression of popular feeling, has begun to operate at the Horse Guards, and the clothing and equipments of the army are to be revised. In particular, the inflexible stock will, it is said, be made to bend to the force of circumstances, and soldiers, it is presumed, will now be furnished with such articles of clothing as will enable them to maintain a uniformity of appearance, without necessarily encoun tering the risk of strangulation. The same evening, Mr. HUTT obtained leave to bring in a bill for affording greater facilities for the establishing of institutions for promoting literature, science, and the fine arts, and to provide for their better regulation, which closed the legis lative week, and honourable members were freed from attending to public business till after they have enjoyed a short breathing-time during the Whitsuntide holidays. The contingeEcies and conduct of the war continue to furnish fertile themes for the discussion of those who, in matters warlike, occupy a place similar to that which in social habits is accorded by our Scotch brethren to the children of bachelors. A man, That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster— will harangue you, for hours together, in minute criticism upon the conduct of the war—will show you most con clusively how Sebastopol should have been bombarded and taken—how the allied fleets in the Black Sea have been "wasting their time in strenuous idleness :" can demon strate, to a hair's breadth, the exact channel which Sir CHARLES NAPIER must follow in his progress with the capture of Cronstadt, if along with the fortress he would also gain the good opinion of the warlike critic. The same gentleman—for he is representative of a class, and that class being of the grumbling order finds many lis teners—is peculiarly eloquent upon the sufferings and privations endured by our gallant soldiers in the East. He sympathises most deeply with our distressed country men, deprived of the privilege included in a swinging draught of llsatcr,ky, PERICIINs, and Co.'s Entire, and of GUINNESS'S Stout, grudged even the bitter palliative of BASS'S Beer, stinted in his rations, and denied the last comfort of a soldier, " a feather bed." In spite of his lugubrious whining, however, it is gratifying to know that some progress has been made at almost all points where operations have been undertaken. From the Baltic we have accounts of an affair, trifling in point of the re sults immediately flowing from it, but of the most grati fying and satisfactory description as demonstrative of the spirit, gallantry, and intrepid daring of our naval arma ments. On the 19th of May, the Arrogant, Captain YELVERTON, and Hecla, Captain HALL (NEMESIS HALL, as he is called), in pursuance of information, proceeded to cut out three large Russian merchant ships which had taken shelter under the guns of the fort of Hango, an enterprise in which they were as successful as the state of the navigation would permit,—Captain HALL bringing away one of the ships as a prize, and three of the enemy's guns, in the face of a severe cannonade from the fort. The affair is described by Sir CHARLES NAprzit as one reflecting great credit on the officers and men engaged in it ; and, by less cautious applauders, as worthy of the palmy days when NELSON and his gallant confreres trod the deck of fame. _ From the Black Sea we learn that Admiral DIINDAS feels himself annoyed at the remarks of the press which censured him for having laid up his ships during the winter. He states that, if he had not done so, his ships would have suffered severely, without the possibility of doing the slightest good. He also denies, in emphatic terms, that any Russian steamers or other ships left Se bastopol and landed troops or anything else. The Russian fleet blockaded in Sebastopol has been ascertained, by the blockaders, to consist of from fourteen to eighteen sail of the line, with fifteen steamers and seven frigates. Our tars are looking on, in eager anticipation of the large " swag" of prize money to be realised by the capture of this great assemblage of war ships. Our land forces in the East are being conveyed towards the scene of conflict, in the vicinity of the Danube, and the best understanding fortunately exists between them and their French and Turkish allies. The officers and men are represented as in good spirits, and notwithstand ing the Bullish grumbling which has been so freely indulged in at home, there is no room to doubt that our troops will join the main body of the allied army—when they do join it—in excellent condition. The authorities here are busying themselves with the preparation of "meat cakes," a species of concentrated food which is ex pected materially to aid as an auxiliary to the ordinary commisariat. At home, preparations, if not for ultimate and speedy victory, at all events for triumphs, are in progress. Properly authorised agents are inspecting the different localities in which, during the great continental struggle, prisoners of war were kept, with a view to the accommo dation and safe detention of Russian captives. Our coast defences, at Dover and elsewhere, are also being put in a more efficient state for resistance. On Saturday M.LAvoyr closed his short but brilliant and successful season of French Plays, at St. James's Theatre, and betakes himself to the provinces, opening, as I understand, in Liverpool this week. His company has been excellent, and the selection of pieces, and the style of their performances, have given general satisfaction; his own good conduct and display of gentlemanly feeling having been themes of frequent commendation to those frequenting the theatre. At the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, on Thursday night, Madam GRIST com menced a short farewell engagement. The opera was " Norma," and the fair cantatrice sung and acted as none but GRIN could sing and act. She was rapturously wel comed and applauded by an overflowing and highly fashionable audience. This celebrity has sustained the highest and most arduous round of characters in the musical drama for twenty-one successive seasons, and retires from the laborious duties of her profession amidst the universal and loudly-expressed regrets of the musical world. Her appearances are limited to twelve. CHARLES MATTHEWS, having passed his last examination, once more assumes the dramatic sceptre in the Lyceum to night. Many of his friends believed that, having found theatrical royalty was compelled to rest on as thorny a couch as ever denied repose to a monarch of real life, friend Cannata would have abdicated the throne, and relinquished the diadem of mimic sway, and contented himself henceforth with the • character of a gentleman commoner, in which he would have reaped a more golden harvest, and worn a wreath of as verdant laurel as any which has yet graced his brow, apart from the respom-i -bilities, the hazard, and the ruin which have tracked and hovered over his more ambitious and less satisfactory career of management. On Thursday, the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham, was opened to receive company, and was crowded by a large and fashionable gathering, including among the gay assemblage the Duchess of KENT, and the Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS. The royal and distinguished party occupied nearly two hours in inspecting the different objects of interest by which they were surrounded. They examined the arrangements with interest, and listened with obvious pleasure to the explanations given by Messrs. WYATT and OWEN JONES. The same day was rendered remarkable by the directors receiving a deputation of remonstrance from the Temperance Society, headed by our old social and quizzical friend GEORGE CRUIRSHAN R . The object of the pictorial m ora li s t an d his confreres was to protest against the management for permitting the sale of wines and beer. within the building. I conf ess it would seem more i n keeping with th e vu l gar not i ons entertained concerning a palace, to have these beverages distributed gratis among the visiters, than disposed of for pelf; but as this is understood to be a people's palace," it is but right the peppl e s h ou l d defray the ex pense of their own housekeeping, includin g b o th kit c h en ad buttery. The sale of tickets goes on with speed, and independently of the " tee-total deputation ;" so no doubt will that of creature comforts, when the establishment has thrown open its hospitable doors. COMMERCIAL 4 MOIVETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE money market during the week has been gradually improving, and the public funds have been advancing in value from day to day, and have now reached 921 for consols. The bank returns on Friday showed an increase in the stock of bullion to the extent of nearly a quarter of a million ; and the change in the other departments were of a more satisfactory character than of late. Money for commercial purposes has been fully as dear, though no difficulty has been apparent, owing to the confidence in mercantile security which con tinues to prevail. The state of the exchanges has also been more favourable, which, with the change that has taken place in the fluctuation of gold, have operated to produce a more satisfactory feeling, although nothing definite has yet transpired in warlike proceedings to justify any decided opinion upon the probable issue of the contest. Trade in the manufacturing districts has much I improved, owing to the more favourable advices from the India and China markets ; and the spin ners by their recent large purchases appear to have become convinced that the raw material has reached its lowest point for this season at least. In the woollen, hosiery, and lace trades the im provement is not so striking, but the tendency is upwards. THE returns of the Board of Trade for the month ended the sth of May, show a decrease on the declared value of exportations of £747,527, as compared with the corresponding month of last year, amounts being, respectively, £7,578,910 and £6,831,383. The principal items of decrease are Cotton manufactures, £376,841 ; Cotton Yarn, £214,838; Woollen manufactures, £102,151; Linen manufactures, £80,868 ; and Silk manufactures, £33,920 ;so that the falling-off is chiefly in textile fabrics. There is an increase upon Coals, of £106,899, or more than 80 per cent., arising pro bably from the exigencies of the war ; Cordage and - Cable, £21,538 ; Metals, £18,661; and Machinery, £17,870. Upon the four months there is an in crease of £222,081, as compared with the corre sponding period of last year. With regard to articles for food, taken for home consumption, we perceive that the month's ac count shows an increase in Wheat from 343,401 to 476,111 quarters, and Tea from 2,359,165 to 12,927,303 lbs., and Rice from 65,232 to 89,235 cwt. In most other articles there is a slight de crease. Of raw materials for manufactures there is an increase on Flax, Hemp, and raw Silk, and a decrease on Cotton, Wool, and Tallow. The impor tations of other articles have not been comparatively large, except Glass manufactures and Timber, which have considerably increased. The returns of Shipping for the month show an increase in the foreign trade of vessels entered in wards from 509,402 to 664,889 toes ; of vessels cleared outwards, from 691,900 to 769,646 tons; and of those in the coasting trade entered inwards, a decrease from 1,200,554 to 1,127,208 tons. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 27th of May gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £2,489,944; Decrease £185,607 Other deposits ... 10,283,180; Increase 136,752 Rest 3 2 0 7 045 - Increase 1,314 On the other side of the account— Government securities £9,856,309; Decrease £550,000 Other securities ... 15,441,966; Increase 16,685 Notes unemployed ... 5,552,710; Increase 452,680 The amount of notes in circulation is £20,459,510, beinc , a decrease of £219,525 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is 212,740,849,5h0win0• an increase of £226,880, when compared with the preceding return. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £26,ol2,2soGovernmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu1rn.12,012,250 Silver bullion ... £26,012,250 1 £26,012,250 BANKING D Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Rest ... 3,227,045 Public Deposits 2,498,944 Other Deposits 10,283,180 7-day & other bills 1,026,415 £31,579,58 is very light, and the consumption, owing to the high price they are held at, is limited ; but, under present cir cumstances, the price of this article will be fully main ained. Other descriptions ara being exported freely to he Australian markets." WooL.—Nothing new this week, nor do we ex pect to see any reaction before the next public sales, which are advertised to commence on 20th instant, when about 5,000 bales East India and 5,000 bales other low descriptions will be brought forward. The market continues to wear that quiet aspect which has characterised it so long, and, in the absence of any transctions of any moment, prices remain nominally the same. The accounts from the Yorkshire markets are still more dis couraging. Middle wethers have gone down from ss. to 10s. per pack during the past week, while the accounts from Ireland show a little more acti vity, at prices a shade in favour of the buyer. Im ports for the week, 1,939 bales, viz., 1,774 East India, 101 West Coast of America, 10 Spanish, 2 Mediterranean ports, 42 Irish, and 10 coastwise. AMERICAN DACIIIERREIN GALLERIES.—From an ad vertisement, it will be seen that Mr. Edmunds continues the practice of daguerreotype art as applied to portraiture. Having recently had occasion to visit his galleries in Bold-street, we were much struck by the number of choice specimens of this art, all of his own taking, which he sub mitted for inspection. If surprised at the number, how ever, we were charmed with the life-like fidelity and delicate artistic finish which characterised all the speci mens. To well-defined expression, Mr. Edmunds' portraits add minute tenderness of finish, and an artistic arrange ment of details, which render the pictures as pleasing in aspect as they are truthful in likeness. THE ALL ENGLAND CRICKET MATCH.—The annual contest between the chivalrous eleven and the twenty of Liverpool, will be played on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday, next week, on the ground of the Olympus Club. The local amateurs will be selected chiefly from that club, with the assistance of the Liverpool and Roscoe Clubs, and with two professional bowlers given on the Liverpool side. The match will be under the immediate patronage of his worship the mayor ; and if the weather proves fine, a numerous and brilliant company will no doubt be at tracted to the grounds. FORGERY OP GERMAN BILLS.—On Saturday, a German was apprehended in Liverpool on a charge of forging a number of bills on a bank in Hamburg. He deposited the spurious bills which the Hamburg agent of a Liver pool house, to be payable in Liverpool, where he intimated his intention of applying for the cash. Soon after the deposit the forgery was discovered, and a telegraph mes sage to the house in Liverpool ensured his apprehension, when application was made for the money. Some diffi culty having been experienced in the prosecution of the ease, it was yesterday removed to London, where the prisoner will be brought up for examination. WORKING. MEN'S CHURCH ASSOCIA TION.—On Thurs day the Rev. Dr. Baylee, of Birkenhead, delivered an ad dress on behalf of the objects of this association, in St. Silas's school-room, Pembroke-place. The Rev. Mr. Gough, the curate of the church, presided, and commented on the fact that there were only 100 clergymen in Liver pool to provide for the spiritual wants of a population of 400,000. Dr. Baylee then proceeded with his address, explaining the object of the society to be the erection of churches in the poorest districts of the town, which should be commenced, and permanently endowed, by the penny and twopenny subscriptions of the poorer classes them selves. He had begun it three years ago, and, when £4OO had been thus raised, Mr. John Shaw Leigh gave a piece of land of the value of £3,000 for the site of a church in what was now known as St. Aidan's district ; and an ap peal to the merchants had produced £3,000 more—so that a church there had been secured. An effort was then made at the south end of the town, in St. James's district. They had got the site for a church, and a large sum to wards building it. There was a third district in Liver pool, near St. Anne's Church, where they had not as yet the same success to record; but what was all this com pared with the work to be done ? Dr. Baylee concluded by making a powerful appeal in aid of the association. CONCERTS OF THE COLOGNE CHOIR AT THE PHIL HARMONIC HALL.—On Thursday and Friday evenings, the Philharmonic-hall was crowded to hear the splendid performances of the celebrated Cologne Choir, whose wonderful execution has excited great enthusiasm in Germany, Belgium, and London. On Thursday night, the performance was well selected, and calculated to dis play the powers of the choir. The performance was excellent. On Friday, the performances were equally well adapted to the capabilities of the choir. The words of the various pieces were chiefly in the native tongue of the singers, and the music was rendered conamora. Exceptions to this were established in the " National Anthem," and in " Rule Britannia," both of which were given with fine appreciation of the sentiment and ad mirable effect. SUSPECTED INCENDIARY FIRES. —On Wednesday evening, about half-past nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. James Consterdine and Co., merchants, Cannon-street, Manchester. On the arrival of the fire-brigade, with several engines, they found a small quantity of cotton on fire, which had been thrust through a ventilating grating under the front of the stairs. For tunately, however, a window prevented this cotton from getting into the warehouse, so that neither the build ing nor any portion of its contents caught fire. The cotton had either been blown in by accident, after it had been thrown away by some one smoking, or it had been introduced wilfully for the purpose of setting the building on fire.—On Thursday morning, at half-past three o'clock, an alarm was given that a cotton-waste warehouse in Ancoats-street, occupied by Mr. Baker, was on fire. Mr. Baker, who lives near the warehouse, was alarmed as soon as the fire was discovered, and on entering the place he found that some woollen rags were burning just under the cellar window. A portion of this window was quite open, and, as there had been no light in the place for some time, there was reason to suspect that the ignited matter had been wilfully introduced. Manchester Guardian. ZOOLOGICAL GAIIDENB.—The success which has at tended the proprietor of these beautiful gardens, so far as the season has advanced, must be highly gratifying to him ; and the various entertainments which he has pro vided should be equally so to those who have patronized them. The advent of the delightful month of June, with its flowers and leaves, clothing the hedgerows and fields in the vernal livery of summer, will be hailed with plea sure by those who, unfortunately, have few opportunities of visiting the country. The rural appearance of these gardens are alone a sufficient inducement to visit them, especially to those whose lot it is to reside within the close and smoky atmosphere of the town. But what must that enjoyment be when combined with the host of amusements which the proprietor has provided for the Whitsun-week A new comic pantomime was produced yesterday, and it will be repeated every evening during the week. In addi tion to Herr Duelin and his sons, who will appear as clown and sprites, the whole of Mons. Leclercq's popular ballet company will appear in the pantomime, including the admired danseuse Miss Louise Leclercq, who is engaged for a few nights only, previous to her debut at the Prin cess's Theatre, London. There will also be an extra dis play of fireworks, and a ball every evening ; and many other entertainments will be introduced for the amuse ment and gratification of those who may feel disposed to visit the establishment. THS RA.MBIIA.Y LUNCHEON.—SAITINDERS v. TSB COUNTY TREASURES.—In the Queen's Bench, on Wed nesday, the following points on behalf of the County Trea surer were argued by Mr. Joseph Kay, barrister-at law :-1. That the Court of Queen's Bench had no juris diction to grant the writ of certiorari. 2. That no defect is apparent on the face of the proceedings removed into this court, and that, therefore, the court will not quash them, or any of them. 3. That the justices had no jurisdiction to disallow the original order of the 28th Nov. 1851. 4. That the justices had jurisdiction to make the original order of the 28th Nov., 1851, and to defray all necessary expenses of holding the sessions out of the county rate ; and that nothing appears on the face of the said original order to show that it was not made for the defraying of such necessary expenses, and that, therefore, the treasurer was justified in paying it. 5. That the said original order could not be removed, and is not removed into this court, and that without such order before it, the court cannot interfere to quash any of the proceedings. 6. That the writ of certiorari lies to remove judicial acts only, and that the proceedings sought to be quashed are not such acts. 7. That :the effect of quashing the pro ceedings of the 30th June, 1853, will be to render the treasurer liable for the whole sum, without any remedy remaining to him, ; and that the treasurer has acted in obedience to rules made by the justices, which prevented his seeing the original order of the 28th Nov., 1851, until after it had been paid at the bank.—The points argued on Saturday, by Mr. Cowling, in favour of Mr. Saunders, were :—The order of sessions of 30th June, 1863, is con tended to be bad, because the sum of es. 7s. 6d. was improperly allowed, not being for any matter or considera tion chargeable against the county, or any part of it ; also because the circular sent to the justices prior to the ses sions did not mention or give notice that any matter rela ting to the said order would be taken into consideration at those sessions ; also, because the order was as to that sum contrary to a former one ; and also, because the order was made after the accounts had been sent to the Home Secretary, and closed under the statute, 15, 16 Vic., cap. 81, sec 50. Mr. Justice Erle said, he was of opinion that the rule to quash the order of session must be made abso lute. It was clearly illegal to order the payment of a sum of money which ought not to be paid out of the county rates ; and therefore the order must be quashed. Mr. Justice Crompton was of the same opinion. Order of sessions quashed. MORE CHARGES AGAINST THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. — The accounts from the continent are unfavourable. Aus tria, as we have always warned the readers of the Press, declined to join in any active co-operation with England and France. Prince Metternich observed, a few days back, that "the solution of the question is at Vienna ; and that the present is not to be looked upon as a state of war, but rather of a disorganized diplomacy." All this means another campaign of protocols ending with the status quo. We hear from Vienna that the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen is on this subject in as thick a fog as Napier in the Baltic. The recall of M. Bunsen elicits the revelation of fresh scan d a ls. It appears that a secret agent of the King of Prussia visited this country at the commencement of the year, and placed himself immediately in communication with Lord Aberdeen, who was well acquainted with him. According to his custom, Lord Aberdeen kept these com munications secret from his colleagues, till it became ad visable that Lord Clarendon, who represents the credulity of the Cabinet, should unconsciously assist in the conniv ance. Lord Clarendon, perplexed and alarmed, whispered the, circumstances to a colleague who was anti-Russian. The colleague betrayed the affair to M. Bunsen, who in a panic telegraphed to M. Manteuffel, the first minister of the King of Prussia. There was a great esclandre. The a ff a i r was hushed up, as such affairs always are. The secret agent was disavowed, and privately recalled. Had he remained and succeeded, there would probably have been no war. The anti-Russian party in the Cabinet was triumphant. M. Bunsen walked on tiptoe and drew up plans of a new territorial arrangement, and Lord Aber deen remained irritable and moody. The Prussian pleni potentiary, however, received in due ti me hi s reward, and ig Bunsen's very fine collsctiozi of bronzes is ROW k Press, ALLEGED THEFT OF A THOUSAND POUND BANK BILL, BY A LIVERPOOL SHAREBROKER. YESTERDAY, Mr, George Forster, carrying on business as a sharebroker, in Liverpool, but residing in Clifton park, Birkenhead, was arraigned before Mr. Mansfield, on a charge of having stolen a bank post bill for £lOOO from a desk in the Borough Bank. The case having obtained some publicity, it attracted much attention, and the court was crowded throughout the hearing, which occupied two hours and a half. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Raffles, in structed by Mr. Rigge, solicitor; Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Lowndes, appeared for the defence. The prisoner is a young and respectable-looking person, and throughout the inquiry deported himself with propriety. Mr. Raffles stated the nature of the charge, and in doing so said that the prisoner had been in the habit of keeping an account at the Borough Bank, which he had overdrawn, and was paying up his overdraw by instal ments, and that on the occasion to which the present charge more immediately relates, he had been making a payment of £9O. This was on the 22nd of April last. He might also state that, on the 19th of the same month, a bank post bill for 91,000 was paid into the bank by Bailey Brothers This bill, when received, was placed in a bill-case, in which such documents and bank notes of large value were deposited. He also explained that in ordinary circumstances it would have devolved on Mr. Finney to balance the amount of these bills, and take note of their destination; but, in the ab sence of that gentleman on business of importance con nected with the bank, the charge of the bill-case came, as usual, under the care of Mr. Kershaw, one of the cashiers. The business of the bank requiring the use of some notes of considerable value on the 22nd, and Mr. Finney being absent, Mr. Kershaw gave out the bank bill in question, along with four notes, each for £l,OOO, to Mr. Williams, another cashier. These notes and this bill were the moneys given to Mr. Williams, and he placed them on his desk for the purpose of using them when required. The desk was situated at the end of the counter, and in connexion with it was a swing-door, which, on being pushed open, would admit any one within tlw counter, and allow him access to Mr. Williams' desk, on which the money was placed. It would be shown that the prisoner was at this swing door, and seen pushing it inwards, while Mr. Williams was engaged with other customers of the bank ; and that the bank bill was stolen from the desk. He might also state that possession of it had been clearly traced to the prisoner, who did not deny having had it. On being missed, payment of the bill was stopped at the Bank of Eng land ; but the bill was presented there by Messrs. Glynn. Subsequent inquiry made it clear that the missing bill had been paid a second time into the Borough Bank, and that on its second presentation it had been by Mr. Eccles, cotton broker, and by the bank trans mitted to Messrs. Glynn, their correspondents in London, by whom it was paid into the Bank of England. On being inquired of, Mr. Eccles at once said he got the bill from the prisoner, to whom he gave two bank notes of £5OO each in exchange for it. The prisoner, on being questioned, admitted the transaction with Mr. Eccles, and said he got the £l,OOO bank bill from a Mr. Harris, whom he did not know, except by meeting him on 'Change, which he had done for several months. On searching the office and lodgings of the prisoner, Inspector Bates had foundmoney to the extent of £9OO. The learned gentle ! man then called _ _ _ Mr. James Finney, sub-manager of the Borough Bank, who stated that on the 19th of April he got a bank post bill for £l,OOO, which had been paid into the bank by Messrs. Bailey Brothers. He put it into the bill case on the evening of that day. The case is used for the recep tion of Bank of England notes of large amount, and other large notes and bills. The amount contained in this case is balanced every Friday. On the 21st of April the bank bill in question was in witness's possession. I never saw it after the 19th ; was away from the bank on other business on the 21st. It was Mr. Kershaw's busi ness to balance the bills in my absence. On the 28th, I balanced the bills, and discovered they were short £l,OOO. On the Tuesday following I looked at the book and dis covered that the loss consisted of the £l,OOO note referred to. We stopped payment of it, as it was not marked off as paid away in the bill-book. On Monday week, I learned that payment of this bill had been refused by the Bank of England. We found that the note had been sent up by our bank on Friday, the 26th May, to Glynn's. We had on that day received it from Mr. Jose p h Eccles. I did not get it, but saw it on that day. [ The bill was here produced and identified.] On the Monday I communicated with Mr. Eccles on the subject, and he brought the pri soner to the bank the same day. Prisoner said he had received the note from a Mr. Harris, whom he had known about three months, but he did not know his address. Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall.—lt was stopped on the 3rd of May. The press of business was great, and we did not notice anything about it on the second presentation, and it was sent to London without observation, on the day on which it was received ; all the particulars are received on the second as well as on the first occasion; I received the bill from a clerk on both occasions. Wm. Kershaw, one of the cashiers in the Borough Bank. —I attend to Mr. Finney's duty in that gentleman's ab sence. He was absent on Saturday, the 22d April ;he had also been absent on the day before, and I had ba lanced the bills in his absence so far as Mr. Finney does. The bills in the case were then correct. On Saturday, the 22nd, Mr. Williams, a cashier, came to me for a supply of notes, and I went to the bill case. 1 gave him all the bank notes (four of £l,OOO each), which were in the case ; he wanted more, and I gave him a bank-post-bill for £l,OOO. I cannot say from express knowledgelbat this (the bill shown) is the one. I gave it to Mr. Williams, and he put it on his desk—this was about twelve o'clock on Saturday. His desk is nearest the entrance to the bank—there is a swing door close to Mr. Williams' desk attached to the counter ; several people were in the bank at the time, but it was not crowded. The prisoner was there ; he was there about a quarter of an hour, or longer, and opposite to Mr. Williams' desk in the first instance, but afterwaads at the swing door. While he was at the swing door I noticed it open. He was leaning on it and moving it forward—any one doing so could see on to Mr. Williams' desk, and it was quite possible for any one so swinging to take away anything without being observed. Mr. Williams was at the time at his counter engaged with customers, and had occasionally to go away from his desk. Cross-examined —Mr. Williams required the money to meet a demand of £14,000, but other money coming in the £5,000 was not needed and I took them out of Mr. Williams' drawer. I mentioned to Mr. Williams at the time that I had taken the notes. It is not surprising that he did not miss the £l,OOO bill, as it would only have Passed into his cash when it was paid away. He might in this way have them in his custody for a week without any entry of them appearing in the bank book. The fact of having seen the prisoner swinging the door first occurred to me in the course of last week, and I first mentioned it two or three days ago. It first suggested itself to me on hearing that the note had passed through his hands, but did not when I first heard the note was missing. Joseph Eccles, of J. Eccles and Co., cotton brokers, of this town.—l know the prisoner. Last Thursday week he called on me in the Exchange-room, and requested to have cash for a £l,OOO bill. I said I was not sure whether I had it, and he asked what time I should be in the office ; I said about five o'clock, and he came about five minutes past five. It was after bank hours when he first spoke to me about it. He put down the note on my desk in the private office. I then remarked it was a bank post bill. I gave him two £5OO notes for it. He took it up, and saying " thank you," went away. About eleven o'clock next day I endorsed the bill, and sent it to the Borough Bank. Heard no more of it till last Mon day, when I was sent for, and spoken to about it. I went to see the prisoner, whom I met in the newsroom. I asked him if he remembered coming to my office for change of a £3,000 note, and he said he did. I asked if he knew from whom he got it, and he said " I do ;" from Mr. Harris. I asked him to go with me to the Borough Bank and tell them so. He said he would go with plea sure. He went with me, and we saw Mr. Finney, who asked if he had given me the bank post bill, and Mr Forster said he had. I left Mr. Forster with Mr. Finney. Cross-examined.—The £5OO notes must have come from the Borough Bank or the Royal Bank of Liverpool, but I cannot be sure which. Inspector Bates, of the Liverpool detective police, said, On Thursday last I received information about the rob bery of the £l,OOO bank bill, and went in quest of the prisoner, whom I met in Dale-street, at the corner of his own office. I then told him my occupation, and that I was come about a bank bill for £l,OOO which he had given to Mr. Eccles, and got two £5OO notes for. He admitted that he had done so, and I asked him where he had got it. He said he had got it from Mr. Harris. He said he had known Mr. Harris about three months, but he did not know where he lived, nor was he in the habit of meeting him at any place, and he said he had not met him but on 'Change on the day he gave the bill to Mr. Eccles, (the 25th) but that he had met him in the street, and handed the two £5OO notes to Harris, whom he had not seen since. I then told him I would afford him every assistance to find Mr. Harris, and go with him wherever he liked to find him, but I would not leave him till he was found. About noon on Friday we set out in search of Mr. Harris. We went on 'Change, in and about the rooms, till about five o'clock. We then took a cab, and went to between twenty and thirty persons named Harris, up to about eleven o'clock at night, without finding him. We then went to the Queen's Hotel, where we slept in a double-bedded room, which I locked and kept the key of. He said he had about £l6O in the office, and had some more at home, at Clifton-park, Birkenhead. At the office there was £ll5 in notes. We went to his lodgings. On opening the cupboard in which he said the money was kept, he had his left hand in his pocket, and sud denly put his left hand into the cupboard, and with. drawing his right hand in which he had a bundle of notes, three £l4OO notes and twelve £5O notes. I saw he had papers in his left hand as he put it into the cupboard. He retained the notes in his own, hand and said be would put them away. I charged him with putting the money into the cupboard with his left and receiving it with his right. He said " I thought of deceiving you, but I can't." I then said he must come up stairs and show me where he got the money from, as I suspected there was more, and I did not believe him. He showed me a wardrobe, and said he had kept it on a shelf there, The wardrobe had no lock or key. I left the £9OO in his possession, and went again with him on Saturday to his lodgings, and told him I must have the money. We went up-stairs to a front bed-room, not the one we had been in the previous day, and he then pulled some carpets which had been stopping up the chimney, and put his arm up the chimney and took down an erselope containing the money. Cross-examined.—The prisoner said he had received £B7B from the Secretary of the Exchange, and that was true. £1,015 in all is the amount of cash I found on him. He went willingly with me. He appeared very desirous of finding Mr. Harris, and was particular in his inquiry; as yet I have not been able to trace any connexion between him and any £5OO notes Mr. Raffles intimated that was all the evidence he was prepared to offer at the present time, and requested that the prisoner might be remanded for a week. This was complied with, and the court adjourned. EXTENSIVE COTTON ROTIBERT. - At the Police-court, on Saturday, an elderly woman, who gave her name Catherine Melia, was charged by detective offices. Eaton with being concerned In an extensive cotton robbery fro m the London and North Western Railway. Several bales of cotton were found in the possession of the prisoner, some samples of which were exhibited In court, but the necessary tiridchn u9t Inil3s oppllted, the Primer !PAIITMENT Gov. Securities £9,856,309 Other Securities 15,441,966 Notes ... 5,552,710 Gold & Silver Coin 728,599 231 1 579 I 584 Our SHARE MARKET has been steadily advanc ing all week, and prices are to-day from two to three per cent. all round higher than on this day week. A demand for guaranteed and preference stock has sprung up, which indicates a better state of the money market than for some time. Stock, too, of all kinds is scarce, and there is yet a large bear account to settle, which, in the absence of any real selling, must materially aid in promoting the advance. We annex this day's prices :—Cale donians, 291 1-1 i• Lancashire and York shire, 63 328 21 ; Ditto Fifths, 72d ; London Stock, 100 e 100 ; Ditto Eighth, id ;;Midland Stock, 62 4- 2 4 • North British, 8f 9-16 ; South Easterns, 19* 1-16 19 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 171 ; North Union A, 230 ; Dutch Rhenish, 3fd. COTTON.—There has been a considerable improve ment in the business of this market, owing to the greater demand from the trade, and in consequence an increase of speculative operations. The money market is easier, fears for the interruptions to com merce from the war are considerably allayed, and consumption is on the increase. The sales of the week up to Friday amounted to 56,470 bales, of which 12,830 were on speculation and for export, leaving 43,640 for the trade. On Saturday, the sales were 11,000 bales, including 5,000 on specu lation and for export ; and TO-DAY the transactions reached the large amount of 15,000 bales, of which 6,000 were on speculation and for export. Prices of middling and lower qualities have advanced from 3-16 d. to -id. per lb, ; but there has been very slight improvement on better qualities. The fol lowing is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period of last year :- 1853. 1854. New Orleans, middling 6d. 51d. fair Uplands, middling 6d. sid. fair 61d. PRODUCE.—The markets during the week have been steady, with a fair amount of business doing, and but little variation in prices. TO-DAY there is no change to notice in Sugar, which continues in fair request, the sales, including Saturday's busi ness, comprising 200 hhds. St. Vincent at 325. 9d. to 345. 9d., 40 hhds. Berbice at 31s. 6d. to 325., 60 hhds. Trinidad at 335. 3d., and 200 bags Benares at 38s. 3d. per cwt. Of Molasses, 280 puns. Bar badoes have been sold at 16s. 6d. from the quay, and 300 puns. old Antigua at 15s. 3d. per cwt. The business in Rum comprises 70 puns. Jamaica and 70 puns. Demerara, at about previous prices. There is some little disposition to purchase country green Teas for investment. Congau of medium quality continues firm, but common descriptions are not active, and prices remain nominally at 101-d. to 11d. per lb. Including the business by auction, the sales in Rice consist of 2,500 bags Bengal, at 12s. 3d. to 13s. 71-d. for middling to very good, and 500 bags Arracan at 12s per cwt. Of Salt petre, 120 bags on the spot are reported at 375., and 50 tons for arrival at 31s. per cwt., 6 per cent. refraction. 500 pockets Bengal Linseed have brought 625. per quarter. Messrs. W. GREAME and Co. in their monthly circular, say : " The same state of uncertainty and depression noted in our circular of Ist ultimo has characterised the trade during the past month, the business done has again been to a very limited extent, and we are sorry we cannot report any improvement in the tone of the Wool markets ; the reduced prices are, however, beginning to bring orders for export, and some considerable sales have been made in Buenos Ayres, Cordova, Mogadore, and the better classes of Turkey Wools; sales have also been made to some extent in Mohair and Alpaca for the Yorkshire markets at our reduced quotations. Considerable uncertainty still prevails as to the prices likely to be paid for the new clip of English Wools, which is now coming forward; some small parcels of fleeces, which at this period last year commanded 16id. to 17id. per lb., have been sold at 12d. to 124 d. per lb., but as the fares have not yet com menced nothing decisive is as yet fixed as regards future average rates.' Messrs. Jos. ROBINSON and Co., say : "The extreme depression in the Wool market, alluded to in our previous circulars, has continued to the present time, and it seems evident, that until a decisive blow is given by the Allied Powers to Russia, no improvement is likely to occur. The English clip is now on, much anxiety is shown both by growers and buyers, as to the opening prices of this season ; sales have not yet been made, but farmers must expect a deeline, at the least of 30 to 40 per cent., on the exclusively high prices last year, otherwise they will have to hold for higher rates." TritßEß.—From the monthly circular of Messrs. HOL3fE, SLATER, and Co., of this town and Birken head, we quote the following : " The arrivals from British North America into the docks of the Mersey during the month, containing Timber deals, &c. ' • are nine vessels, 8,037 tons,against one vessel, 335 tons, for the corresponding period last year. The demand for consumption is quite equal to last year, and no doubt, before the arrival, of the fleet from Quebec, the present stock of Quebec Yellow Pine will be nearly all done. Of Baltic Timber the arrivals during the month are—five ' 'vessels, 1,241 tons, against four vessels, 740 tons, for the corresponding period last year. There has been rather more inquiry latterly for this description of wood. The stock of common on the market is sufficient, as there is a short supply of the better qualities. Of Deals awl Batten§ : The fitQck Qf rsti Potervixrg ancl Aryl t~gel WRESTLING IN LIVERPOOL. THE annual Whitsuntide wrestling in Liverpool, after the fashion of the northern counties, commenced yesterday in the riding ground attached to the Derby Arms, near the Zoological Gardens. The prizes were of a more valu able character than usual, consisting of £5O, and a gold and silver lever watch. The weather was beautifully fine, and the concourse immense, from 1,000 to 1,200 persons assembling to witness the efforts of the athletm. The umpires were Mr. Willis, late of the Life Guards, in Lon don, and Mr. Taylor, of Hawkshead,—the referee being Mr. James Little, of Seberg,ham, the veteran of many rings. Most of the celebrated wrestlers from the North were present in honest contention. _ _ In the light weights, after many clever feats, the final struggle lay between James Scott, of Carlisle, and Jonathan Whitehead, of Workington. Scott, who obtained three falls out of the three, was the victor. The next class of sport was confined to men who had been two months resident in Liverpool. Only the first and second " rounds " were gone through, and the sport continues to-day,—the chief interest of course centering in the heavy weights. THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. THE last monthly meeting of the present board was held last night, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Hamilton-square. Mr. J. H. Greene, the chairman, presided, and the other members present were Messrs. Henderson, Curry, Gough, Bailiff, Hughes, Watson, Whittingham, Bradley, and Willoughby. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, Mr. WARTNABY, the assistant law-clerk, read the proceedings of the LIGHTING AND WATCHING COMMITTEE. Three constables, it appeared, had been promoted from the third to the second class, and one had resigned. Mr. BAILIFF moved the confirmation of the minutes, and asked for a letter from Mr. Statham, solicitor, in re ference to the proposed erection of a dead-house, to be read. It was read accordingly, and said that Mr. King wished to be distinctly informed whether the board in tended to erect the dead-house on the site selected by the committee (at the corner of Cleveland-street) ; for they might rest assured, :to use the words of a commissioner at the last meeting, there was " a person on earth so foolish as to bring an action against the commissioners." (A laugh.) There was, and that person was Mr. King, who was wise enough to take care that his property should not be damaged.—The CHAIRMAN asked what they did at the last meeting in reference to the matter ?—Mr. BAILIPI said, as some of the committee would die a natural death before it could be resolved on, it had been left to their successors.—The proceedings were then confirmed, as were also the proceedings of the Health and Market Committees, which contained nothing of special interest. THE ROAD AND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. This committee recommended that, in consequence of the high price of provisions, &c., 4d. a day be added to the wages of the able-bodied men employed on the roads of the township, and that the able-bodied men employed in the Park should receive 17s. a week during the present high price of provisions. An application from the inhabitants to change the name of Back Chester-street into Egerton-street had been acceded to. Mr. Charles H. Gough's offer to renew his tenancy of the refreshment-rooms in the Park, at the rate of £25 a year :the first three months, and £3O a year afterwards, was recommended for acceptance. After some explanatory conversation, in reference to the latter matter, the proceedings were confirmed. THE FERRY COMMITTEE, Mr. W. C. Beggs, it appeared, had been appointed goods manager, at a salary of £l2O a year. Mr. John Laird's tender for the construction of a new iron boat had been accepted. Permission had been given to a German band to play on the Woodside promenade on Thursday evenings. The ferry receipts for the month ending the 31st of May last were £2438 Bs. against £2334 14s. in the corres ponding month of last year. The receipts from the 25th of April to the 31st of April inclusive were £2850 12s. An application had been received from the boats' crews for an advance of wages, and it had been resolved that the consideration thereof, and of the previous application of the captains of the luggage boats, should be deferred for a fortnight. The proceedings were confirmed, on the motion of Mr. BAILIFF ; and this closed the ordinary business. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE CHAIRMAN : PROGRESS OF THE DOCK WORKS. Mr. BAILIFF, in complimentary terms, then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, whom he eulogised for his invariable courtesy and kindness. Mr. HENDERSON seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIR3fAI, in returning thanks, stated that he had not been absent from his post during the two years he had held the office of chairman one single meeting, nor had he kept them waiting one single minute. After saying that, he begged to congratulate them on the position in which Birkenhead stands. They were pro gressing most rapidly in prosperity. He believed that there was no interest in the township which was not prosperous, whether it was the manufacturers on the pool, such as the Canada Company, or the tradesmen and shopkeepers of the town, and he was certain that the labouring classes had no cause of complaint. Of the class of houses called cottage property, there was not one uninhabited, and a largely-increasing proportion of the better class of houses was now occupied. If they wished him to say anything as to the docks (Mr. Greene is one of the dock trustees), he should be happy to do so Since their appointment in August last, contracts had been entered into with Mesons. Brassey, 111`Cormick, Peto, and Betts, to carry out the full completion of the docks ; and although there was not now apparent probably that progress which the public would wish to see, their names were a sufficient guarantee that the works would be com pleted in the time that they had stipulated. They were not favourable contracts for the township, but the pre sent state of the country, so far as money was concerned, would produce some effect at first, but the ultimate result would be the same. As to the present position of the docks in operation, he should just give them an instance. In 1852, when they entered into office, in the first five months of the year the dock revenue was about £700; in the five months ending the 31st of May, in the present year, it was something like £2,500. He thought that was a reflection which they could not fail to be proud of; and not only that, but so far as they were themselves concerned, they had paid every penny for which they were accountable. (Mr. Henderson : " And arrears.") Also some arrears, the poor-rate, and all arrears of salary arising tillthe time that they took: office. So far as the town ship was concerned, they were not in debt. Then, he begged to say that the state of the docks would have been different, if they had not had an. unfortunate legacy of £40,000 in small debts to pay. Mr. Greene proceeded to state that Parliament had authorised them to issue bonds to that amount, but complained that the parties had refused them, and caused increased expense and embarrassment by their litigation. Mr. GOUGH said there was a report current that the Liverpool people were about to purchase the docks. Was there any truth in it ? Mr. GREEN said that, so far as he was concerned, or acquainted with the dock trustees and the bondholders of Wallasey and that township, he did not believe that there was one man who entertained the idea for a moment. He asked what benefit Birkenhead could derive from being under the surveillance of Liverpool ? Such a con nection would be an injury to Birkenhead, he thought; to the dock trust it would decidedly. It must be effected by an act, which would meet such an opposition that it never could be carried through. Moreover, government had been generous to them at Birkenhead, and had given them property of the value of £150,000 that they might create a rivalry on the Mersey; then he would ask any man of common sense, if he thought that government would sanction an amalgamation with Liverpool ? He thought not ; and therefore he would like to undeceive the public, and say decidedly, so far as the present trustees and the great majority of the bondholders were concerned, that they would not enter into any contract with Liverpool. In answer to Mr. Hughes, the CHAIRMAN explained that, by the word bondholders, he meant the dock bond holders only. Mr. CURRY, appealed to by him, confirmed the Chair man's statement, and called attention to the fact that the apparently slow progress of the works was owing to the foundations of the sea-wall having to be dug three times the depth that had been anticipated. The late accident, too, had caused delay, but when that breach was repaired, where 50 men were employed now there would be five times that number. Mr. HUGHES said there was a report out of doors that day that Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and others had agreed to the transference to Liverpool. The CHAIRMAN.—There has been no negotiation at all. Mr. fluGnEs.—None on foot ? The CHAIRMAN.—Not at all, except in imagination. He said Mr. Brassey had stated that the accident should not ultimately delay the completion of the docks beyond the specified time. He was sure it would be so, and when they were completed they would be the most perfect in the world. He believed that if they had ten times the dock accommodation they now had, they could find use for it, but the great difficulty was to have an entrance. Mr. HUGHES did not doubt one word that had been said that evening, but the great difficulty was in getting the public out of doors to believe it ; they had been so often disappointed. The board then adjourned. LADY HALL (of Llanover) had a small reception, on Wednesday, and a performance of genuine Welsh music. About twelve of the most beautiful ancient national melo dies were executed by the Llanover harpers Gruffydd and Watcyn on the triple-stringed harps of Wales ; they also sang with their harps. Gruffydd is the same harper who a few years ago had the honour of playing before Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, with his master, the late celebrated Jones ; and Watcyn is the pupil of Gr uffydd. CAUTION TO SHIP STEWARDS.—At the Police -court yesterday, Thos. Fleming, steward of the steamer "Prid e of Erin, ' trading between Liverpool and Dundalk, was charged with removing 9i gallons of whiskey without per mit or certificate. Mr. Sharp, collector of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Lucas, import surveyor, appeared to prefer the charge, and called Mr. Bower, officer of Inland Revenue, to prove the charge, which was clearly established. The magistrates, under the act 11 and 12 Vic., o. 121., sec. 25, imposed on Fleming a fine of £3O, or three moths' im prisonment in default. THE KING OF PORTUGAL, accompanied by Prince Louis Philippe, Duke of Oporto, and attended by the Duke of Terceira, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Saturday. The King of Portugal is sixteen years old, having been born in September, 1837. His brother, Don Louis Philippe, was born in October, 1838. His Majesty and the Duke of Oporto remained with the Queen and Prince Albert until half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, when the King and his Royal Highness quitted the Palace in one of the Queen's full-dress carriages, for the purpose of paying complimentary visits to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and other members of the Royal Family. In the evening her Majesty and her Portuguese visitors attended St. James's Theatre. On Friday next Her Majesty will hold her fifth levee this season, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty, it is expected, will shortly afterwards leave Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, accompanied by her illustrioup gAellts, miez to be preseut at the Ascot paces, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1854. LATEST INTELLIGENC E= THE EASTERN WAR. --•-- VIENNA, SIINDA.Y EVENING.—It is credibly assete r , that all personal relations between the Austrian a nd , sian Courts have been interrupted during the last P". night. On the 29th the Russians made a combined att ack the south-east, south, and west fronts of Silistria• A cce , ing to the Russian accounts, they were repulsed islw e loss of 1,000 men. The allies are advancing with all speed to the si t war, by way of Varna. ba CONSTANTINOPLE, Mir 25.—Marshal St. Arnau d been chosen Commander-in-Chief of the combined all 60,000 Russians are advancing on the two roadaie w i i from Silistria to Shumla ; and 40,000 are investing tria. 600 Russians are reported killed in an affair at rS covan. They burned the bridge at Slatina. The Paris Moniteur says, orders have been trans—,, to the Ottoman authorities in Albania to receive the s' trian troops. GREECE. —The Moniteur of Saturday states that - 1( Otho, on the 26th, addressed the English and f rell o c t, envoys as follows :—" I declare that I will faithflaV e; serve a strict and complete neutrality towards TY that I will, without delay, take every necessary me t to effect the same, and, with this object in view, summon to my assistance new ministers, best clu' v : a . ? , by their reputation and intelligence, to fulfil my Or o . ment." The independence of Georgia has beeqi claimed, and the princes banished will be rec': c e The Russian army, since its communications P . O , been interrupted by sea, is threatened with star" The greatest dismay prevailed among the partis al3s 3 Russia in Greece. The Queen, in particular, was 4 to a pitch of frenzy that made her husband fear that mind was disordered. She is said to have repe 3fr 3 declared that, if the occupation took place, she would 1 f moment mount on horseback, place h erse lf a t the lle 3 :j the Greek army, and lead them across the f r ontiers rouse the population to arms. Her Majesty's b a g r, had been ordered to be prepared, and everything a 0 tended her speedy departure. At length s he yiel d ed 0 1 the prayers, entreaties, and even, it is said, to the te * ". the King, who conjured her not to take so r eckless e 51 ;`; and in his supplications he was powerfully aided by ladies in waiting and the servants of the palace. ATHENS, May 28th.—The new Cabinet has re-osil e " y U insurgent chiefs. It will re-model the court, dis 1-65 0 1 public functionaries who may have been comprornis eu ' require that Athens shall not be occupied. The White Sea squadron, under the command of 2 e Ommanney, consisting of the Eurydice, 26, Capt. °nl, ney ; Miranda, 15, screw, Capt. Lyons ; and Bl o t' Commander F. B. P. Seymour, arrived at Lerwi ck' land Islands, on the 25th ult., and left on the 26 ' , the North Cape. BY ELECTRIC TELEG.R4PIL MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 5. P ie LONDON.—After official hours, Consols became g. 71 firmer, and finally closed at 92f for money, o ld 0 0. for July, being an advance since Saturday of i per t 1 Railway Shares have not materially altered since o'clock quotations. On 'Change—Scotch Pig Iroold to 91s. 6d. ; Tallow, 635. to 635. 6d. on the spot, an D o , to 655. late delivery ; Hemp, nominally £6O to ob s ' seed Oil, 375. to 375. 6d. THE W A R. 6 There is no later telegraphic news from the - slO Turkey, or the Black Sea. A rumour is current in Paris of the c a pture of se , o i , topol, but it scarcely deserves notice. The adnlir als „; ceive in opinion that it must be taken by a colub i° isit and land movement. There seems to be no dou bt the Russian operations before Silistria will be g od)" 5 peded by the rising of the Danube, which has 3114 done great damage to their siege works. be e ° Scur&ai.—The body of Lieutenant Macnish had found. The Herald's Constantinople correspondent wri_tietis.otl:( the finances of the Porte get into a worse cond i t y possible, every hour. The same writer complains ,5)11 tardy dispatch of the English artillery to TarkeY , ' " which the troops are comparatively useless. ti; BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tuise' No betting. _ ll o' „ te FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE Ral it osstio English Securities, influenced by the report 21 1 0 0, - t tee le verses at Silistria, the large arrival of specie Ir." t b e' DO: and the prevailing scarcity of Stock, opened W e i w inF , o o l, buoyancy, and Consols rapidly advanced to 92i ; o.,(ne ever, to the suddenness of the rise, a reaction qu'' a fter ' oo o , and Consols declined to 924, buyers, fluctuation, they closed. Railways, during toll / I ' o lr experienced a decided improvement, business be,At. in leading stocks at an advrnce of about a t fc res ee 4 Pe r points ` t ` v o ness was subsequently exhibited, and the big . 1 & desCriP .00 oinks not supported to the close. Land and Bs „ m ss. s o were active. and quotations exhibited Palace further receded per share. Foreign c onsul mated, and principal descriptions experienced improvement. great iStocic vFurable Do. Money.... I 9 9 1 CLOSING PRICKS. Consols, Account .. 1 Bank Stock ....... Three & Qr per Cents 1 SORB I 0 N STOCKS. 4t 0 Mexicans 24* Spanish Passives .••• 9 9 1 6 Spanish Deferred Do. Threes 4o* 1* Do. Four & Halves , i RAILWAY SHARES. : lixqr. Bills, L. & 5... 13i 1 ) Amberg.,Nottingham, Leeds Northern ....•• n ee I L I and E. Junction si London &N. Western 7- 0 Caledonian Do. Preference Eastern Counties East Lancashire 6l 3 Midland Stock ••• • • • 99 1 Great No Edinbu rg rthern B9 90 h & Glasgow North Do. Brit ish Pref .eren u .... •_•` . 41 ) Do. B 123 5 North Staffordshl r ti Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire 62* 3 York, Newcastle, I `o 14 li Do. Fifths 7* * Berwick _,..• • : ( ii i ;nd ... London,Brighton,and York and N. Sol South Coast. lo4* * Do. Preferell MINING SHARKS. I i Noveau Monde. .. . ................ i 1 Nugget, Registered ................ I i 0 . LAND SHARES. . i d i° A ustralianAgricultural 45i 61; Peel River ...... . f l , S. Australian — ;Van Dieman'i• •••• ' .. I S. Australian Invest 2l IN. B. Australian ". 6 2056 P 0 1 C Ol/1. CORN MARKET. , r ins ices; We have a scanty show of English Wheat and 1011 h P e r cV Q . The English Wheat trade opened steadily at hic ii c; t eiall; Holders of Foreign demanded high terms, °,01,11A, OA business. Beans and Peas unaltered. Flour a nu o iectN . Fine Malting Barley inquired after ; inferior neb 6d. to ls. below the rates of Monday last. O . ARRIVALS. 74 English. Irish. FO' 30 2 , 0 Wheat Barley Oats 426 4123 •'" Malt — it _ Beas - o p Peas n 20 1 0 / 5 Flour ... 1256 1 685 •43 DriTot ,70 'et a d SECOND REPORT.—English Wheat closed ste„l,d toi. IP 0a t, Monday's rates. Foreign held firmly. Sour,; 0 0 0 quarter cheaper. Barley, Beans, and Peas, WIC' ley the turn lower. CATTLE MARKET. a 1 i s st. i t ilieli t er- - t Beasts: Trade is not so brisk as on Mond ay .. v - _, and Lambs sold better than on Friday. Call tr - to v" Tv fid t 065 Beef 3s 2d to 511 2d I Pork ..... .• ,-„- 9il Mutton 35 10d to 55 Od Lamb ...... v• . 3 17 Veal ... 0 ' 31 0 ARRIVALS. ..••.. •*-.. Beasts 4149 I Calves • " . ..... '764 Sheep and Lambs Holland Beasts .... .. -'' .. . ..... .. 154 0 Do. Sheep .............. ••'' . • • " so Do. Calves .................. •.. • . 4 Scotch Beasts . . ................. .• •• • ''. 2 0 Norfolk and Suffolk Baids .. .. •• .. :.... . k • I;- Cambridge, Leicester e Lincoln, and -Gi l 1 0° ampton Beasts ..... ~.......... • • " *' . . • . M PRODUCE ABI" T. anes a°• The Colonial Pro R duce Market is close d till We e If o TALLOW MARKE T. m e til - t11.0 6 Stock, 35,592 casks, against 24,300 casks s Z, Ealr e year. Deliveries, 923 casks, against 1035 cas last year. a -- GLASGOW CORN MA" 1-11. ~ no o°r The market is quiet for all articles, and in prices since Fnday. ./ ANGE• it; MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIu.-- 1 61 e „, 3 'WOW 'VA( Manchester. She ffi eld, and Lincoln, 2e , , „„ rff iclt J" South Eastern, 201; York, Newcastle, and D. sion, 12 7-16. , ..,,,-•-•-• 5 04 there ) LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. we, Leeds Northern, 14 ; North Westerns, 7 7-1 6 ; North Midland, TI L,,.. insjO lA -..r, BY JOSAPHAT AND CO.'S CONTw TELEGRAPH. Or C ellt. VIENNA, MONDAT.—CIOBIII/Z p r ices this &h. , • t Metaliques, 80; Exchange on London, 13 6 . per cc° . Renter, 8 90 11 . ? lp p e A r Y ee; t Ci t n7go p . rii3caeisilnardaeYs: g. A„ry afford Ol d p 'tef' THEFT FROM A SHOP-DOOR.—Jane Tr..t y- ° ,,, , ,, Hayders, were convicted before the Police-cou:lajor, day, of stealing a shawl from a shop-door in Whi w t o-co" on Saturday night. They were each sentenced to lv one days' imprisonment. • nosA l i.,' 10' THE ARABIA British and North American 41 0.0.7;F, steam -ship, Capt. William Harrison, sailed on Sa_ 6 , l l Ow New York, with about 150 passeugers, the 10 ' and a large cargo of merchandise on fret LJVERPOOL : bi Printed and Published every Tun Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON 'THWACKf7iBO3QI,d Percy-street„ at the STANDARD, GENEit'si'•Disere OFFICE ) No. 4, Sr. GEOROIC ito 5 Cgg TtletdaY, Ime 6,155!. Mornningo,f THE i t . TI i„ . _ h r L 9 11 4: le4tati'oc T 1 t iou The F ednes %c c 4„_tedii Ong t A 4l eacl 1 4 6 L 1 iti. , . foi P [c p 4, b : , %to