The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-11 00:00:00

Ebt Eibtrpool gPtanZiarb. TUESDAY MORIcING,, NOV. 11, 1845 To rise to an eminence amongst our fellow men is a feat which only requires determination and perse verance to accomplish. To bear our honours meekly, however, and at length to descend gracefully into the position from which we rose for a time, carrying with us, in our retirement, the undimi nished confidence and respect of our friends, is not so easy. Our imperfect nature too often leads us to forget ourselves in the hour of our elevation ; and to excite jealousy, when we might win affection. This difficult achievement has been signally ac complished by the gentleman who has just, on the expiration of his year of office, vacated the civic chair of this borough. Mr. Alderman Lawrence ascended to that high office with many eyes strain ing to watch and criticise his conduct. He has fil led it with judgment, with liberality, and with dig nity; and has descended from it, not only without having made an enemy, but with an increased host of friends. As chief magistrate he has been firm and discreet, amidst many trying circumstances. As the representative of the wealth and intelligence of this great mercantile community, he has so borne himself on all occasions as to sustain and even ad vance our position amongst the other communities of the empire. Whilst he has dispensed the hospita lities of the Town-hall with a liberal hand, and without a leaning to party or to class, his private munificence, which is a leading feature in his cha racter, has been unostentatiously, but bountifully, exercised ; and in days to come, which we trust will be many and prosperous, he will be enabled to look back upon the year of his occupation of the highest dignity which his fellow townsmen could confer upon him, as one of which he has just reason to be proud, and with which his friends have equal reason to be satisfied. Of the gentleman who is selected to succeed Mr. Lawrence in the mayoralty—Mr. David Hodgson— we entertain sanguine expectations. In every respect —as a merchant, a gentleman, and a Christian, Mr. Hodgson has shown himself worthy of this crown ing mark of the approbation of his fellow-townsmen ; 4nd we have no doubt that he will justify the confi dence which they repose in him, and maintain the dignity of his high office, and the credit of this great community. We derive additional satisfaction from the eleva tion of Mr. Hodgson to the civic chair, from the fact that his straightforward honesty and firm advo cacy of Protestant principles has subjected him to more than his fair amount of Radical objurgation. Almost alone he stood forward to protect the Pro testant and Orange members of the police force. In his place in the Watch Committee he has dis countenanced the proceedings taken against the licensed victuallers of the town. Hence, in a great measure, the malignity with which he has been assailed by the remnant of the Radical faction in the Council, and the Radical press. On these grounds particularly, we look upon the election of Mr. Hodg son to the Mayoralty as a declaration, on the part of the majority of the Council, of their disapprobation of the mode in which he has of late been assailed, and their admiration of his consistency as a politi cian, of his staunch maintenance of Protestant prin ciples, and his honesty as an Englishman. The course—some call it a hasty and ill-consi dered one—resorted to by the Bank of England, for the purpose, it is assumed, of checking tli re dundant growth of railway speculation,—has cer tainly been most effectual, whether resorted to for that object chiefly, or not. It has swept the market of a multitude of the new projects : and will pro bably spare our senators a world of trouble on committees. It has, however, we fear, like all simi lar remedies, been far too indiscriminate in its ac tion ; and, whilst extinguishing the mushrooms, has, at the same time, cut down the sound fruits. The mass of hastily got up schemes, whose pro jectors have had time to bring them out at pre miums, and reap the temporary prolit of which they were alone in search, are he effects. Their nece 'ond the reach of its ry amount of deposits is paid up. Their shares are in the hands of the good easy public, who know as much of the merits of the undertakings, in which they are embarked, as they do of the philosopher's stone ; and solicitors, engineers, secretaries, and provisional directors are left to spend the money of the unfortunate share holders, in the mad attempt to bamboozle a com mittee of Parliament into the adoption of concerns, from all connexion with which, or nearly so, they have absolved themselves, and are now chuckling at their good fortune, in getting rid of things so rotten and worthless, In the mean time, the best devised schemes are subjected to the same depres sion ; and many an excellent undertaking, because got up at leisure, and with time allowed to enable its supporters to make it complete in its leading fea tures and its details, is likely, from its late appear ance before the public, to be thrown back and sti fled in its birth amongst the mass of rubbish with which the market is glutted. To the promoters of such good schemes, the answer of Parliament will, in all probability, be, "You are not in a position to comply with our requirements; and you must be content to look on, as incomplete projects, without a Parliamentary standing, whilst we legitimatize un dertakings which we and you know to be almost worthless. Such must, we fear, be the result of the present monetary crisis, upon which we have fallen. It will be a disastrous result to well regulated and honestly directed enterprise, whilst, at the same time, we admit it is checking, and has already checked the growth of many useless and fraudu lent projects. The indulgence of idle grief how ever, is not the course into which manly English man ought to allow themselves to sink. The mis chief done is palpable; and the question is now— how are we to repair it ?—how are we to preserve the country and the community from its injurious effects ? One course we can warmly recommend to every holder of stock in legitimate schemes, who can, by any efforts, manage to sustain the present pressure for money, viz., to hold on for a few months at least. There is infinitely more harm to he done by exces sive fear than undue boldness. The thirtieth of November, bear in mind, is the last day allowed by the standing orders for the deposit of railway plans with the various clerks of the peace, which doubt less a whole host of companies will fail in doing, and thus far clear the market of their idle projects, and perhaps awake their shareholders to a convic tion of the prudence of demanding back their money—or so much of it as is left—for the purpose of embarking it in legitimate undertakings. Another word of advice we offer to the directors of valuable lines, who have unfortunately delayed the allotment of their shares too long. To them, we say extend for a month, if found practicable, the time allowed for paying up the deposits. By pres sing for money during a panic, with the Bank at the same time applying the screw, they will effect no good purpose, but rather damage themselves than otherwise. The election of a gentleman to supply the vacancy in the Dock Committee, vacant by the removal of Mr. Eyre Evans to a seat in the Council, is just now creating great interest amongst the Dock rate payers, and the mercantile interests generally. The candidates at present in the field are three—Mr. Rankin (of the firm of Rankin, Gilmour, and Co.), Mr. Ritson, and Mr. Benn, formerly an Alderman of the town, and a member of the Committee in which he again seeks a seat. The first named gen tleman is one of the most extensive of the ship owners of the port—we may say the most extensive —and, from his great practical knowledge of its commerce, and the requirements of its shipping, is eminently fitted for a share in the management of this important branch of its affairs, Speaking of Mr. Rankin, w e must b eg to correc t a misstatement which appeared in a paragraph of yesterday's Albion. Our contemporary says, "The supporters of the warehouse interest intend to nominate Mr. Rankin, of the firm of Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour and Co. ;" the inference being evidently sought to be conveyed that he is opposed to the erection of warehouses on the Dock Quays. So far from this being the case, we are assured that Mr Rankin comes forward with out the slightest connexions with that interest, and that, if elected, he will enter the Committee with a determination to provide warehouses on the Dock Quays to the fullest practicable extent, and to give every support in carrying out the efficient working of the warehouses now erecting round the Albert Dock,. and with every disposition to afford the mer cantile interests of the port a judicious extension of the system. A . n address fr om M r . Rit son a ppears in our Ad vertising columns. We have much pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to our report of the proceedings of the Highway Board, by which it will be seen that, at length the town is promised that grand deside ratum of health and cleanliness,—a plentiful supply of water. The motion of Mr. Cooper, is one bold and large enough in its views to meet the public emergency; and whilst we give credit to the Board for having adopted it, we must say that nothing less would have met with the approbation of the public. The anxiety, however, which we expressed last week, that there should be no colli sion before parliament, between this Board and the Council, remains unremoved. We give no opinion —although we may entertain one—as to the ques tion, which of the two bodies ought to seek the act for carrying out the views of public improve ment, which they have in common; but must continue to urge the necessity of its being settled out of parliament. Whilst upon this subject we must correct an im pression, to which our remarks gave increased circulation, that any real slight could be cast by the health of the Town Committee upon the High way Board, by the omission of the former to com municate their views or intentions to the latter body, before reporting to the Council. Such com munication we are now convinced would have been improper; the committee being bound in the first instance to lay its views before the parent body and receive its sanction. We understand that the great Protestant meetins, which we announced to be held on Monday null, at the Amphitheatre, is postponed, for a short pe riod, owing to circumstances not known at the time to the gentlemen to whom the preliminary arrangements were confided. In a week or two, we trust we shall be able to announce the day fixed upon for giving expression to the Protes tant feeling of this great community, and its sin cere sympathy with the sufferings of the Irish Pro testant population. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Aberdeen, 7i; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 71 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 26 ; Ca ledonian, 10 9i ; Extension, 3 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4,1 4 ; Extension, 3/ ; Chester and Birkenhead New £2O Shares, 9 ; Eastern Counties, 20 191 ; Glasgow and Dum fries, 21; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 14; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 9; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 151 ; Leicester and Bedford, 2; Liverpool and Manchester New Shares, 52; Liverpool. Orrnskirk, and Preston, 4 ; London and Birmingham, 214 ; Loc - rdon and York, 48 1; Leeds and Thirsk, 71; Manchester and Birm. / Shares, 131; 'Manchester Midland and Great Grimsby, 21 41s. 6d. 2; Midland, 133, ditto £4O shares, 20; North Stafford shire, 5, ; North Wales Mineral New Shares, 41 ; Not tingham and Grantham, 31 ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 31 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 161 1; Runcorn Gap, 34; Sheffield and Manchester Quarter Shares, No. 3, 51; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, 3-1 ; South Devonshire, 35 ; Scottish Central, 161; South Midland, 51; Dutch Rhe nish, 6k MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET-YESTERDAY (From Mr. J. B. Locke's List) The few sales reported in this market are, Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 31; Dudley, Iron Brdg., and S., 21,1 ; Edinburgh and Perth, 41; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 21; Grand Union, 1 15-1 G; Halifax, Huddersfield, and Bradford, 81 ; Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, 91, 81 c.n. ; Leads and Thirsk, 13 ; Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, 3/ ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4, 3'l; London and Manchester, (Remington'r) 3; London and York, 4/; Manchester and Birmingham, (new quarters) 121 c.n. ; Manchester and Leeds, 130 x.n ; Manchester and South ampton, 3/ ; Manchester, Wigan, and Southport, 2 ; North British, (Carlisle Branch) 4 : North Staffordshire, ; Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 1 ; Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 17; Shropshire Mine ral, 2/ ; Trent Valley and Midland Grand Junction, 21 ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, lt. WILLIAM RATHBONE AND THE PUBLICANS' DEPUTATION. An amusing story is current respecting that very " liberal" personage, the new member for Vauxhall Ward. Previously to the day of election, it appears, he was wait ed upon by three influential members of the Licensed VictuallPr.,' Protective Society, to represent to him the oppressive nature of the persecution to which their trade was subjected, and to ascertain his sentiments towards them. The parties in question, do not seem, in the first instance,:to have announced themselves es licensed victu allers ; and Mr. Rathbone—not conceiving, perhaps, that members of that body could appear with decent coats upon their backs, or conduct themselves like respectable men—having heard a portion of their story, interrupted them to express his surprise that men of their appearance could think of taking any care of the interests of such a body ! When made aware of his mistake, and that be was addressing three licensed victuallers, the amiable and "liberal" gentleman was not a little taken aback; and had no slight difficulty in floundering out of the dilemma into which he had brought himself! Surely, this little incident ought to shew to the publicans of Liverpool, in what light they and their business are regarded by the radical faction. DR. BUCKLAND ON THE POTATO DISEASE A short while ago, this eminent chemist and geologist recommended, as a mode of preserving potatoes from in fection, their being pared and sliced and dried in the air. In the Times of Saturday, however, he has published a letter stating that be has found, by subsequent examina tion, that the disease is not thus prevented spreading, unless the sliced potatoes are placed in an oven and ren dered as hard as biscuits. His latest recommendation is, that potatoes touched with disease should be boiled, and then rammed down air-tight in casks or jars, covered at the top with a layer of fat, like potted meat. For this process, he suggests the application of a Pappin's digester, or other boiler, to the bottom of casks filled with potatoes and placed upright, so that the steam emitted may circu late through the mass, thus killing the obnoxious fungus. The potatoes thus steamed or boiled may be stored in casks of any size, from sugar hogsheads to butter firkins, and a little salt should be sprinkled on the potatoes as they are put into the casks; but it is essential that they should be rammed quite close and air-tight throughout, and that the top and bottom of the casks, and every joint and crack, should be rubbed over and filled with grease or pitch. If this be done, the potatoes will keep like meat and vegetables potted in air-tight tin cases, which are sent to India and back quite fresh. This process may be performed in all cases where the potatoes are short of rottenness, and is better than paring. When they are rotten, the starch still remains, and is all that can be saved. The Great Britain steam ship had not arrived when we went to press. She was advertised to leave New York on the 25th ultimo, but it is thought she would not leave that port for several days after that date. HUNGERFORD BRIDGE COMPANY.—The adjourned meeting of this company was held oa Thursday, Mr. Hawes in the chair, when the contract with Mr. Jackson's party for the purchase of the bridge, was confirmed by a very large majority. £lO,OOO deposit money has been paid ; £lOB.OOO is to be paid upon the royal assent being obtained, and the remainder within six months after wards. COURT OF ItEQUESTR.-CAUTION TO DEFAULTERS.— Ou Saturday last, the Commissioner of the Court of Requests, in this town, committed a debtor to Lancaster Castle for twenty-one days, for refusing to pay an instal ment due by him in liquidation of a debt. This is the first instance of the exercise in this court of the power given by the clause in the new act, which authorises the judge to imprison a defaulter, (as for contempt of court) for any period not exceeding forty days. EFFECTS OF SPECULATION.—The circular of Messrs. Colmann and Stolterfobt, of this town, says :—" Railway speculations have been indulged in to an incredible ex tent amongst all classes, down to the most humble ; and there is some reason to apprehend that the great home demand which existed for the consumption of produce as well as manufactures, has been partly caused by the country shopkeepers extending their orders to larger amounts than usual in order to gain additional sums for their share speculations. Thus we find the wholesale dealers unable to get their outstanding debts paid, and they limit their own purchases in consequence." TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—On Friday last, the Rev. Evan Jones, curate of St. Bartholo mew's Church, Liverpool, was presented, 'v the congre gation, with a handsome copy of Bagster's Comprehensive Bible, rcyal 4to, bound in Morocco, together with Hoo ker's works, a c companied by an address, expressive of their regret at his leaving the district, and of their affec tion and esteem for him as "a faithful preacher of the Gospel of Christ, as a warm advocate of the doctrines of our established church, (and what is to us refreshing in these degenerate days,) as a strenuous opponent of Po pery." Mr. Jones, a few months since. published some valuable statistical tables showing the moral destitution which exists in the district of St. Bartholomew's. CHARGE OF STEALING LEAD WEIGHTS.— Yester day, at the Police Court, three men, John Might, James Lawrenson, and John Marrow, were charged on suspi cion, the two first with having stolen, and the other wlth having received a quantity of leaden sash weights. The evidence went to show that Alight (who had been em ployed by Messrs. S. and J. Hoime, for thirteen or four teen years in situations of trust as a sort of foreman), had latterly been placed by them to superintend what is called the prison-yard, near the borough gaol, where his masters deposited old building materials, &c., some of which be had the occasional power to sell and account for, but was especially restricted from selling lead. The old Northern Hospital in the vicinity was, under Messrs. Holme, being pulled down, and be had there got the weights in question, and given them to Lawrenson to sell. There was nothing elicited to show that the store-keeper (Marrow) knew they were stolen, and he was discharged. The other two were committed for trial at the sessions. The weights were the property of R. B. Hollinshead, Esq. A GLANCE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, YESTERDAY. The first meeting of the Council, after the annual elec tion on the Ist of November, is generally one which ex cites a more than usual amount of interest amoi , g,t the constituencies. A new chief magistrate has to be elected; new members have to take their seats ; and the note of preparation is often sounded, which enabes the discerning to ascertain what will be the leading questions of conflict for the coming year, and what the relative strength of parties. The meeting of yesterday was especially interest ing, as re-introducing to the Council Chamber three of the shining lights of Radicalism, who have been for a time " chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancy in re tirement, viz. :—Messrs. Wm. Earle, Wm. Rathbone, and Eyre Evans. From the former of these gentlemen some of the fun and buffoonery which he carries about with him, and from the second some of his superabund ant bitterness, were anticipated. Nor was the Council doomed to be disappointed, as our report of the proceed ings given elsewhere will prove. But to our glance at the day's proceedings. The first business, the election of the Mayor for the en suing year, brought on by Mr. Shand, who, in a very neat and appropriate speecb, proposed that tried and fearless champion of true Protestantism and civil and religious liberty, Mr. David Hodgson. This nomination was se conded by Mr. Bramley-Moore, in equal terms of enco mium, which:those of his fellow- townsmen who do not allow themselves to be blinded by party rancour and spite, must admit were most deserved by Mr. Hodgson. Out of doors, we believe, it was generally anticipated that the election of that gentleman was a settled thing, and that no opposition was to be offered to him. Sir Thos. Brancker, in opposition to his usually judicious conduct, afforded the small Radicai clique in the council an opportunity of showing their teeth, by bringing before the council the conflicting claims of his friend, Mr. George Hall Law rence. The speech of Sir Thomas was not much calcu lated, in our opinion, to place Mr. Lawrence in a digni fied position, in the eyes of his fellow-townsmen. Its tone was partly beseeching and partly dictatorial. It was a prose edition of " pity the sorrows ;" and said in behalf of his protogee, almost as well as words could have said it —" Oh, make him Mayor, and Heaven will bless your store." The able chairman of the Finance Committee, whose valuable services in that office none are more ready to acknowledge, or have more frequently acknowledged, than ourselves, possesses many recommendations which might have been urged in his behalf more powerful than tbo'e brought forward on this occasion. The motion of Sir Thomas having been seconded by Mr. Lace, it was the general expectation of the council that on a question, involving the personal qualifications of two of its members, they might at once have gone to the poll. But not so thought the new member for Vauxhall Ward,—and rejected of half-a-dozen others,—Mr. W'm. Rathbons. The past year had been a year of business in the council ; its proceedings had been conducted with courtesy, and had not once been sullied by personal attacks and indecorous language. But this halcyon calm was to cease; and Mr. ttathbone, as his first act since his new elevation to office, promptly offered himself to throw in the apple of discord. In an insulting speech, which could only have emanated from so bitter a spirit, he objected to the election of Mr. Hodgson, on the ground that " in the ensuing winter it was important, and involved even the peace of the town, that they should not elect as mayor a man in declared hostility to any portion of the community." For the credit:of the council, we are happy to be able to say this ebullitirn of acid bile was re ceived with disgust. On a division, Mr. Hodgson's elec tion was carried by a majority of 35 to 25, the minority being swelled by the votes of the whole of the Radical body in the council. The standing orders of the council were next read and confirmed, after which Mr. William Earle, who, through out the proceedings, has evidently been labouring under a new idea, rose—jumped up would be the more appropriate expression—to propose an additional standing order; and, from the amiable and bland expression of his features, we really thought he was going to propose that he should be tied in his seat during the deliberations of the council, furnished with filberts and a pair of nut crackers, or by some mode or other restrained in his ebullitions to pro mote the order and decorum of the council, which he is in the habit of disturbing. The first few sentences which be uttered, however, satisfied us that he was not so peaceably disposed ; that William was still himself—the same of whom it can be said, "None but himself can be his paral lel ;" and when, after a few of his usual offensive person alities, he at length propounded his new standing order, we verily believe that there was scarcely an individual in the council that was not petrified with its mingled hoper tinence and absurdity. The purport of this precious fruit of his recent leisure hours was a proposed exclusion from seats on the Watch Committee of all gentlemen dealing in wines, spirits, or other strong drinks ; and the grounds of such exclusion, the possibility that such dealers were not likely to treat with proper impartiality and rigour that horrible class of men, the licensed victuallers of the town. Mr. W. Preston seconded the resolution. The motion was indignantly denounced by Mr Procter, Mr. Alderman Nicol, and others, the latter gentleman pointing out the fact that, if fairly carried out, it must extend to Mr. G. H. Lawrence, who, as a West India merchant, imported and sold spirits; and Mr. Bushby, and others, who also dealt in them, as brokers. Mr. Parker denounced the proposition as a direct attempt to thrust the tradesmen of the town out of the council; and after enduring some good natured ridicule, and cutting a very sorry figure, the motion of the irrascible member for St. Anne's was re jected by a large majority. The Ball was next taken up by Mr. Vincent Higgins, who, on the nomination of Mr. Harbord, as a member of the Watch Coalmittee, objected to him, on the g round of his being the chairman of " an illegal society," viz. the Orange society. This petty attempt, the emana tion of a little and cankerous mind, was defeated by an overwhelming majority. NH-. Higgins does not seem likely to be an acquisition to the council. Like all frothy subjects, he will very speedily become flat. After ano ther exhibition of pompous inanity on the school ques tion, from Mr. T. Chalmer, whom we should strongly advise to correct both his grammar and pronunciation before he next obtrudes himself upon the council, to the evident annoyance and dismay of his own party,—the business was at length got through, and the council separated. We ought, by-the-bye, to notice a most uncalled for and offensive attack made by Mr. Earle, on one of the most valuable but unassuming members of the council — Mr. Mann—which we were glad to see that gentleman treated with a smile of contempt and pity. In conclusion we must say—and the exhibition of yesterday proved the fact—that the council is not at all improved in its com position, by the accession of the new radical mem ere, who clearly indicate their determination to obstruct, rather than forward , the business of the town. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MERCURIAL INSOLENCE Our contemporary of the Liverpool Mercury, appears at length to have made the discovery, which his readers have done long ago, that pompous tediousness and inflated and silly garrulity are not what his party expects from him ; and, with a view to remedy his errors, has just made a dash into Billingsgate, and distributed the mud and filth of that classic locality with a vigour worthy of an established practitioner. The recipient of the un wholesome shower is Mr. David Hodgson, the Mayor of this borough. We cannot withhold the following speci men from our readers : " Of his intended successor, the Rev. H. M`Neile, who will not preside himself, but in the person of his neophyte, Mr. David Hodgson, we have little more to say, than that no promiscuous assembly of men who know him—the residents of no one street —would choose such an individual es this said very small minded, bigoted, i:l•tempered neophyte, to occupy the post of chief magistrate of this or any other town in the world. But we understand that, as a climax to the besotted deeds of our be sotted Council, the absurdity is decided upon ; and he, the once Liberal and once Quaker, since the creature and tool of design ing partisan priests, the Tory, the fanatic, the supporter of Orangeism, the excluder of poor children from schools main tained out of funds belonging to all, the parader of the wooden Bilge, the designator of the civic chair as a convenient but nameless piece of domestic furniture, and the only man among the borough magistracy who has acted under political feeling among his brethren, and who has l ersevered in showing it, even when his brother Tories have opposed him in so doing! this strange specimen of human nature is to be Mayor of Liver pool ! and to be seen as such by em , neut strangers ! and to en tertain such company as will condescend to visit him! and to take the chair at town meetings ! Well may we ask, as our neigh bours are asking—what next ? We shall leave our sweet-tempered, sweet-mouthed, contemporary to enjoy undisputed the palm of superiority in the use of such insolent objurgation. A fishwoman might envy him his proficiency; we do not. Our con temporary, however, would do well to remember that bed language, like kennel mud, often dirties the hands of him who throws it, whilst the object against which it is directed walks scatheless away. Mr. David Hodgson will not be affected by all that the poor feeble Mercury can do or say. FIRE IN PARK LANE LAST NIGHT. A few minutes after ten o'clock last night, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Garniss, woollen draper and Outfitter, Park-lane ; and on the alarm being given, a number of the fare brigade, with the engines and water carts from the central fire station, were promptly on the spot. From the first breaking out of the flames, how ever, it was evident from the mass of fire within, that little hope could be entertained of saving more than the shell of the building ; and serious fears were entertained of the safety of the next house, a spirit vault, and a book seller's shop adjoining. By great exertions, however, by about a quarter to eleven, the fire appeared to have been mastered, notwithstanding the engines having been sup plied by the water carts from the station in Temple-court, the constant passing and repassing of which, and the crush thus occasioned, rendered it a matter of no little difficulty, and even danger, to arrive at any particulars as to the origin, or supposed origin, of the fire. We learnt, however, that the watchman who passed the shop on his beat, half an hour before it broke out, discovered nothing to indicate the existence of fire in the premises. Mr. Garniss and his family, it appears, did not live on the spot. By a quarter to twelve the firs was completely sub dued, without having communicated with the public house on the north aide, or a bookseller's shop on the south. Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Maxwell were quickly on the spot, and rendered efficient service, and we believe the fire was prevented cammunicating with the adjoining premises, through Superintendent Leverett's promptness in having an engine placed at the back of the building on fire. Inspector Quick was very active. The stock, we under stand, was a very large one, and we have heard the da mage to the building and stock roughly estimated at £2OOO, but we have been unable to ascertain whether any portion was insured. We believe between thirty and forty minutes elapsed before any water could be procured from the plugs. The premises are completely gutted, nothing but the bare walls remaining. i PRESENT MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN. The extreme suddenness, with which this kingdom has been plunged from an extreme of prosperity into a posi tion of difficulty and suffering, has not as yet permitted those embarked deeply in the whirl of commercial activity or of speculation to consider very attentively, so as to ar rive at an accurate knowledge of the country's actual po sition. One class of men jump to the conclusion that over speculation has done it all ; another talk of the hasty proceedings of the Bank, as having overthrown the rising fabric of our social prosperity. Others again point to the operation of a deficient harvest ; the existing uncertainty as to what is to be done with the Corn-laws, and the step' to be adopted to obviate or to alleviate the suffering threatened by the partial loss of the potatoe crops. In this uncertainty, we rilturally turn our attention to an endeavour to ascertain what is the opinion of observant and practical men, who holdini, themselves aloof from the fever of speculation and inflated prosperity, have leisure and candour to weigh facts and to give an honest (pinion. The first of these witnesses from whom we shall quote, is the circular of an eminent London firm—Messrs. Trueman and Cook—prepared for the last India mail. Messrs. Trueman and Cook comment upon the unusual buoyancy which was experienced in all departments of trade up to within the last two months, which have been checked by the great advance of money on the continent, which, in Hamburgh, has been from three to eight per cent, arising from deficient harvests, and discouraging importation of manufactured goods from this country. An aggravation of the difficulty, thus created, they con ceive to have been the large withdrawal of money from legitimate business for the purposes of speculative invest ment. To put a stop to this, they recommend Govern ment to assume a firm position ; and particularly advise, that only the railway bills postponed from last session should be entertained in the coming session. This course, they think, would assist in bringing back business to its proper course; whilst future proceedings, with respect to new railway schemes, could be regulated by the pro ductiveness of the harvest of next year. In the meantime, the opinions of this firm as to our prospects is not one of very great gloom, as will be seen from the concluding paragraphs of their circular:— " The foreign exchanges are favourable to this country, and. our stock of gold is large. To Hamburgh shinraents of dollars and silver, and a small quantity of gold, have been recently made to the extent of about 400,0501.; but whether the whole amount of dollars sent has been bought bone fide, or an applica tion was originally made to the Bank of England fora quantity of silver, and subsequently carried out by private individuals, to be returned in specie, has sot transpired. "The balance of trade being so entirely in favour of this country, there is every probability that we shall keep a large stock of gold, and considerable arrivals of silver are expected by the next Mexican packets ; and although foreign railroads may relieve us of some little surplus, the export..tion of iron and machinery will to a certain extent counterbalance it. Dealers in money look with some anxiety t• corn for a derangement of the monetary ystem, but this result is not much to be appre hended, as the stocks on the continent are comparatively light There is, moreover, rather a deficiency of grain, not only in the west and south, but even in the east of Europe and parts of Asia. During the last twelve months the countries bordering the Black Sea, the Sea of Azof, and the Danube, exported through the Straits of Constantinople 2,25. ,000 quarters of corn, but of this quantity not more than 250,000 passed the straits of Gibral tar, which is directly the reverse of the customa. y course of that trade, and is evidence of an extraordinary deficiency of food in the East. The Bank rate of discount is 3 per cent, but it Is from to I per cent higher in Lombard-street for long dated paper. At the Bank branches the rate is 31 per cent., and money generally is dearer in tl - e country than in London ; a large amount of paper, consequently, finds its way here for discount. "The daily clearances are just now enormous. On the 31st ult., the last settling day on the Stock-Exchange, one of the leading banking-houses in the city had checks to arrange to the extent of 2,001,6001., the whole of which was liquidated by the payment of a balance of 260,0001." The passage, by-the-bye, which we have placed in italics, goes far to dissipate the fears entertained as to any difficulty to be experienced from the transfer of the rail way deposits into the hands of the accountant-general. Another similar document, from which we shall quote, is the circular of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co., of Man chester, dated the sth instant, and principally refers to the state of the manufacturing interest. Messrs. Gibson and Co. state that— "Since the 4th ultimo, the aspect of affairs in the menu facttp ing districts, and in the country generally, has undergone a serious change, not only threatening a stop to the progressive improve, ent which has been going on for the past two years, but furnishing, we fear, well-grounded apprehension that our prosperity must, for a time at least, be on the wane. During the first 14 days in last month we had a tolerably good demand in our market, when the announcement of an increased rate of interest by the Bank of England and a realization of the damage sustained by our potato crop acted like magic, and produced such a stagnation to business as we have never before witnessed. For the past fortnight we have literally no price for our staple productions, and until the question now being agitated as to opening of the ports for the free admission of foreign grain is decided, we must remain in this state of itn.ctivity. That this step will sooner or later have to be resorted to appears inevitable, and, although to be regretted as more immediately disturbing our monetary system, now peculiarly sensitive from the effect of railway speculation, and the amount to be extracted for the construction of such undertakings abroad, would do much to restore confidence in commercial affairs, and produce a calm in the minds of men generally, from the conviction that such a step would avert the horrors of famine and pestilence, now vivid in the minds of no small portion of the community. Our belief is, that if the ports be opened by an Order in Council, spreading over several months, the drain of specie will be much less than is apprehended, by affording o portunity of returns being made in the production of the country; and this will more par ticularly apply to the United States, whence we must look for a considerable ,mount of our supplies, and where, for the last 18 months, her own manufacturing production has been inadequate to the wants of her increasing I) , pulation, and her imports from this country only restricted by her inability to make returns." '• Until the announcement of the increased rate of discount by the Bank of England, no difficulty was experienced here• Money was abundant and cheap for all commercial purposes; and although more stringent measures have since been adopted by oar banking institutions, for legitimate objects the supply continues ample. The transfer of the deposits on new railways to be made to the Accountant-General for a time caused con siderable uneasiness, but it is now comparatively little thought of; still we are 01 opinion that it cannot be effected without produci - g a temporary derangement, for, undoubtedly, a very large amount of the circulating medium must be absorbed in the process of collecting and paying over; and we cannot but anticipate considerable embarrassment during the first two or three months of the ensuing year, and a gradual increase in the value of money until that time." The fact maintained in the last paragraph of the supply of money for commercial purposes still continuing ample is encouraging, and leads us to hope that the stagnation in the goods market, caused by the cessation of the usual continental demand, owing to deficient crops, will pass off as soon as we receive, as we are certain to do, an equivalent demand from those countries which are hap pily enabled to afford us the required supply of bread stuffs. Altogether, we do not think it will be maintained that these documents hold out the prospect of more than a temporary check to the healthy prosperity of the country. They assuredly do not bear out the views of the ultra alarmists. A DILEMMA During the past week, a tavern, situated not a hundred miles from Ranelagh-street, was visited by two of those smooth and oily-looking gentlemen, whose garb and un mistakeable brogue betoken a Maynooth education, and an attachment to the order of Jesuits. After indulging in more than the canonical number of potations, the gen tlemen intimated to the worthy host a disposition to sleep at his house ; and, leave being given, they betook them selves to bed. In the morning, one of them departed early, having paid his bill, whilst hia companion deter mined to breakfast; and having fortified his inner man, his next business was to pay for the meal. This, how ever, was found a task too much for the state of his fi nances; and the landlord having be en summone d, t h e state of affairs was explained to him, and, after some de mur on his part, it was ultimately agreed that his de faulting guest should leave with him a " valuable book" as security. Previously to fulfilling this part of the con tract, the reverend and penniless customer walked to the door, and after awhile it was discovered that he had bolted. Indignant at being so treated by " the cloth." Bonifece gave chase in pursuit ; and after some hunting up bye streets and alleys, discovered hia truant debtor, and re proached him with his perfity, brought him back, and insisted upon receipt of the promised pledge at least. With some reluctance the landlord got deposited in his hands a handsomely bound Popish Breviary, bearing on its fly leaf the name of the Rev. COME, BUY an' MERCURY !-Our puffing contempo rary, in his last week's impression, throws out the hint that " a few active men and boys might make a good thing of it weekly by selling the Mercury." So say quacks, of every kind, of their commodities. We pre sume, from this appeal of our contemporary, that itine rant men and boys find galvanic rings, lucifer matches, and halfpenny ballads quicker of sale, and easier to carry, than his heavy lucubrations. This objection, however, the addition of a donkey cart to the staff of " active men and boys" might in part remove. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A boy, named John Morris, was yesterday committed for trial, at the police-court, charged with having received the money (1) for a load of pota toes, sent through him, on Friday, to a gentleman in Edge hill, and with which he had disappeared. The po tatoes were the property of Catherine Lamb, a green grocer in Pownall-square market. THE LATH ELOPEMENT.—We have given in a para graph in another column the particulars of the elopement of Lady Adele Villiers with Captain Ibbetson. It is a singular fact that the maternal grandmother of Lady Adele Villiers also eloped with her husband, the late Earl of Westmoreland, in the spring of 1782. Mr. Child, the opulent banker, father of the lady, pursued the fugitives on that occasion, and was on the point of overtaking their carriage, when Lord Westmoreland, from the window of his post-chaise, shot one of Mr. Child's leaders, and in the confusion arising from the fall of the horse pushed on, and was married to the lady at Gretna before her father reached that place. Lady Adela is seventeen years of age, and Captain Ibbetson six and twenty. The young lady succeeded in re moving a great portion of her wardrobe, but she left her jewels on the bed. The Earl of Jersey has received a letter from the commander-in-chief, and his Grace speaks highly of the character of Captain Ibbetson, which, in some degree, softened the grief of the noble parents of the lady. Captain Ibbetson is the son of Mr. Henry Ibbetson, proctor and notary, London. It is impossible to deny that Lady Adele must have been possessed of tolerably strong nerves to venture upon encountering the difficulties and inconvenience of a position at once so novel and trying as that in which she appears willingly, and of her own free choice, to have placed herself. A railway trip of nearly 400 miles across the country to a young and delicate female is of itself enough to make the boldest droop, even when not attended with the excitement consequent on being one of the principals in a runaway match. Her ladyship is, however, stated to enjoy very high spirits, and we can only suppose that their buoyancy sustained her throughout. STATE OF THE LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET A feeling of intense gloom has prevailed in our Share Market throughout the week, which the announcement of the additional turn of the screw by the Bank of Eng land, deepened on Friday and Saturday into a complete panic, which was even increased yesterday, as the transac tions will show. All kinds of stocks, good, bad, and in different, have felt the shock ; whilst the newly projected and suspicious schemes are utterly unsal able at any price. . . _ In the meantime the evil has been materially aggravated by the reckless and absurd conduct, towards each other, of the brokers themselves. We refer to the ruinous ex tent to which the practice of selling out and buying in stock against each other—a process with which most per sons acquainted with share transactions will be familiar. Such intemperate conduct must eventually bring ruin upon those who resort to it, and by the effect which it produces upon the market, and the alarm which it creates, is grossly unfair towards the community at large. In such a crisis as the prevent, a little leniency towards each other would, in the end, be the safer policy for all; and by its adoption we should be much more likely to see things once more assume a healthy aspect. Long ago the Manchester brokers have discontinued the practice ; and if their Liverpool brethren be wise, they will follow their example at once. Our views on this subject are so well put by a cor respondent, that we make no apology for publishing his letter in this place. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—For its own safety, it is necessary that something be dose by the Share Brokers' Association, in the present state of affairs. In Manchester, the principle of " selling out" is totally dis continued, because the expulsion of an individual f•om the Stock Exchange does not furnish the "seller out" with the dife,•ence, This awful work is bringing ruin upon many. who are con sidered and consider themselves strong. But one is dependent on the other, and like a set of bricks, when one gives way the others shake, and are at last precipitated from their position. The Brokers, the whole of the body, are in frightful danger; the means of safety are in their own hands. Let them look to it. Yours, A BROKER, With the cessation of this hot-headed and suicidal practice, we feel assured that we should shortly see a fair and healthy amount of confidence restored. The following paragraph, which we quote from the Morning Herald of yesterday, satisfies us that if brokers would only be prudent and forbearing, we have already seen the worst of the crisis : "The decline in the Railway Shares seems to have reached its limit, and to-day it will be found, on reference to the list, that in several cases there was an upward reaction. People begin to think, as in all cases of the kind, that they have been too rash and indiscriminate in their sales, and it is also found that several of the newly-announced 'companies have strong local support, notwithstanding the efforts made to place all alike hors de combat. Amongst others the Hull and Holyhead is so represented, and a dispassionate view of their respective merits is not yet hopeless." This opinion is also borne out by the city article of the Times of Saturday, as well as by most of the influential railway papers. ADDRESS OF THE ORANGEMEN OF IRELAND. An address from this persecuted and maligned body of men, to their Protestant brethren in Ireland, suggested by the address of Lord Roden to the Protestants of the empire, has just been published, which is so admirable in its tone, and contains such an array of convincing facts and reasoning in defence of the order, that we make no apology for presenting a portion of it to our readers. After replying most convincingly to every charge which can be alleged against them by their enemies, and cor recting the false views of friends, by quoting from their book of laws and ordinances the principles by which they are actuated in their associations, they proceed to ask : " What quarrel, then, have her Majesty's Ministers with the Orangemen of Ireland ? Why do they overwhelm us with un merited obloquy? Why seek to malign us? Why do they pol lute the statute-book with harsh, severe, and undeserved enact ments, against the most religious, the best behaved, the most peaceable, and withal the bravest, the most powerful, and the best armed portion of her Majesty's Irish subjects The truth is, we are too loyal, we are too religious, we love our country too well. We are too loyal to our sovereign, unmoved to see her surrounded with evil counsellers. We are too sincere in our attachment to our , eligion to submit tamely to behold it 'crushed by the heel of the despot of Rome.' And we love the peace and prosperity of our country too well to stand by with cold indifference and seo it, as it is, all but rent from its crn nexion with the British empire, torn by intestine broils, and convulsed by the struggles of those parties which her Majesty's Ministers, in their unconstitutional policy, have ranged one against the other. Thus we are too unchangeable in our loy alty, too uncompromising in our opposition to Popery, too sin cere in our attachment to the religion of the Bible, the Protest antism of our martyred forefathers, and to those principles which seated the house of Hanover on the throne of these realms, to please those upon whose perfidy in religion, whose tergiversa tion in politics, and sentiments, and acts form too severe, be cause too faithful, a commentary—and hence arises the bitter hostility which is exhibited against us." This is undoubtedly a just, and, at the same time, a bold statement of the cause of that " discouraging" po licy, which is directed by Sir Robert Peel's government against the Orange order. Orangemen stand in the way of concession to Popery and concessio❑ to repeal and re bellion. They are an advanced guard planted between Sir Robert Peel and the institutions which he would be tray. They present a nucleus, around which in the hour of danger, come when it may, come whence it may, from the weakness of false friends or the wickedness of decla red enemies, the Protestants not only of Ireland will, we doubt not, be prepared to rally in defence of the monar chy, the religion, and the constitution of their fathers. That the Orangemen of Ireland feel their position and the dut;es which it imposes upon them, the following ex tract from their address will show : "Protestants of Ireland, to you we appeal ! We assert calmly and deliberately that we, and we only, under God, stand be. tween you and the loss of all that is valuable to you in this world. Protestant landlords and nobles of Ireland, we stand between you and the confiscation of your estates. Protestant bishops and clergy of Ireland, we stand between you and the overthrow of that most holy faith which you venerate, and the confiscation of the temporalities of that church to which you be long. Protestant gentlemen and yeomen of I.l'ster, we stand between you and the bullet of the noonday assassin, the dagger of the midnight murderer, and the torch of the ruthless incen diary. Protestants of Ireland of every rank and station, of every name and denomination. we, and we alone, stand be tween you and the repeal of the legi,lative union, and with it the dismemberment of the British empire. No power on earth could keep the union unrepealed for one month did the Orange men desert you. Do not look on us, then, with the averted as pect with which of late years you have been so prone to do. Do not join in that senseless and unfounded prejudice which has been so sedulously raised against us by open enemies and treacherous friends." ALTCAR COURSING MEETING, Nov. 6 AND 7 The Cup was won by Lord Sefton's Senate—Mr. E. G. Hornby's Mersey ran up. The Sefton Stakes were won by Mu. Clowes's Collector —Mr. Ridgway's Ratan ran up. The Croxteth Stakes were divided between Mr. Ridg way's Rowena and Mr. Standish's Shoveller. The West Derby Stakes were won by Mr. Standish's Sir Thomas—Mr. Swan's Sparks-of-Fire ran up. SOUTH LANCASHIRE COURSING CLUB Nov. 5 AND 6 The Chatsworth Cup was won by Mr. Barnes's Blucher; Mr. Bake's Butterfly ran up. The Devonshire Puppy Cup was won by Mr. King's Miss Sarah; Mr. Robinson's Sam ran up. The Burlington Cup was won by Mr. King's Blossoms; Mr. Deacon's Dement ran up. The Cavendish Stake was won by Mr. King's The Baron. The Edensaw Stake was won by Mr. Chewin's Black ley Lass, beating Mr. Williams's Suffolk. The Bakeweli Stake was won by Mr. Thomson's Tiny beating Mr. Jepson's Peter. The packet-ship Oxford arrived on Sunday with one day's later news from New York, but the intelligence is unimportant, It is said that the Directors of the Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston Railway, intend to make their terminus in this town on land in the vicinity of the George Hotel. It is said that the man is alive, or was three years ago, who remembered the first bale of cotZon imported into Liverpool from the United States. Now £15,000,000 is annually embarked in that trade. On Sunday morning last, the sum of £64 was collected at St. Andrew's Church, after an excellent sermon by the Rev. John Jones, in aid of the funds for maintaining the Infant School attached to the church. We understand that the report which has appeared in some of our contemporaries, stating that the Theatre- Royal, Williamson-square, is again to let, is a mistake, — such not being the case. STEALING BOOTS.—A young man, Patrick M'Donald, was yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton with having taken from his employers several pairs and parts of boots, which he bad pledged without authority and appropriated the money. He was ordered for trial. FATAL - ACClDENT.—Yesterday week, at Mr. Jump's flour-mill, Vauxhall-road, a bundle of sacks tell from a considerable height upon a man named Robert Rigby, by which his leg and thigh were broken, and he was other wise so much injured that he died on Sunday. A gentleman of Bristol has offered to contribute the munificent sum of £5OOO towards the erection of a more commodious building than the present Bristol General Hospital, provided the like amount could be raised for that purpose, and a further sum of £5OOO as an endow ment for the future support of the hospital. ASSAULT.—A man named John Morris was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton for having frequently as saulted and maltreated his wife, to whose support and that of her family he had contributed nothing for upwards of five years. He had before been imprisoned for four months for the same offence. The case being proved, he was required to pay £5 for the assaults, or be imprisoned for two months ; and, further, to find bail to keep the peace in two sureties of £25 each, or be imprisoned for four months. IRISH SOCIETY.—In our advertising columns will be seen a notice of the intended sermons and meeting for the Irish Society, whose object is to teach the Irish scrip tures to the Irish-speaking population of the sister Coun try. The deputation on the occasion will consist of the Rev. H. H. Beamish, well known in London and else where as the faithful minister of Trinity Chapel, in that city. The name of the Rev. D. Brown is known to many in Liverpool, and therefore nothing need be said of that excellent man. Mr. Moriarty comes from Dingle, where so many have renounced the errors of Romanism, and have embraced the doctrines of the English church, and where persecution against the co nverts is now s o f ear f u ll y carried on. Mr. Moriarty ministers to the converts in the Irish language, and is himself a convert from the Romish church. We trust a society so interesting at the present moment as the Irish Society, and represented by such clergymen, will be cordially supported by our fellow townsmen at its approaching anniversary. OY. 11, 1645._ LAST NIGHT'S ,-. PO' MARK LANE CORN MARKET—YsT°, The supply of English Wheat by land carriage sati?l%,, nr. morning was p w r a i s , e n: moderate, e t r i a , i t s e , d a b y u e g s h lr slowly Free at Fore'd e c g l i e s o 4 ot v e value, the inquiry for bonded limited, but in the busT_ .., r i t tett late prices were fully supported. M alting Barley must D e : ..4 7 s is per quarter cheaper ; grinding is in demand, and suPl7,7e quotations. Beans and white Pease are each 2s chesPer,y al9 pie are without alteration but secondary qualities an' e'ductioa difficult of sale, at Is decline. The Oat trade is dull at ar e of is per quarter upon the price of last Monday. - - ____.------_ SMITHFIELD odorMARKET—YESTEgnAII' to from Rotterdam have been composed of 66 cows. 35 wnoSt a t 2 6 1: u . h r i e n e g p the n p d a s f t i. week, il a the bu i r m g p: rt s of lice stock in ° oh° excellent condition. To-day we 2 h o ad ox o e n n' Offe 16' . and 240 sheep, the whole of which found buyers at ftw bee n hav° currency. At the r utports, lou beasts and sheep ts fr t) ceived from the Continent. of bell s— d From our own grazing districts, the arrivals ow up this morning were consider , bly less than those rep,,, owl: this day se`nnight ; nevertheless they were seas buyers bet/ sive. Th:: attendance of both town and country buYn, at _ large, the demand for the primest Scots, itrc., ruled:4:s.l)e' r slbs. advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of ‘ a _:,,,g do" . In other breeds a fuil average amount of business .., 0; and the rates must be considered the turn higher- woo From the northern counties we received 1, 60 s frog from the eastern districts, Sue Scots and short-horn%,. ruo7l, western and midland counties, 500 Herefords, De s ' e d", • fri The numbers of she? &C. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various bre ,s ' ild, s Scotland, 150 horned and polled Scots; and from U s ' beasts. wer e tIOP than adequate to meet the wants of the trade; un__,", Ow' sale for that description of stock was heavy, at, in s.'" SP ces, a decline in the quotations of 2d. per Sibs. _jfered offer i7 O I), though not to say large,. ..,, The veal trade was very inactive, and the rates ss" abatement of 2d. per Sibs. the 4'l° In pigs only a moderate business was doing, yet tions were supported PRICES OF STOCKS, Sze.—YYSTCll°l:Ong tranga cb The pub:lc securities have been better, and the _is O A are to a more limited extent, so that at present ther. 9s/ to .5 less excitement apparent. Consols have been Wert h „„, q uef 13 2, 11 9 S 4 at o u t r 0 d: 4 3; l 0 g Bank An S n t u o i c t for present transfer, and 05i to 06 for account. Exc",.;,ereera'",,4 have been quoted 22s to 26s premium, being an in 1 1 3:" 2 , 13. ir., New tAk per Cents. have touched 961 to 97, and the 5 1 .- nttedt Stock has Ai per ts, The Fore'gn investments have been veil W - 1 s ner tA". as rates. 1 t e although the dealings are but limited. Spanish 0 ; io g bee — have been 2S I, and the New 3 per Cents. 3711 , ha u ese I gradually on the advance for some days past. b e es °a l per Cents are up to 55a to 56. Grenada Stock has t he Fe . an and Colombian at 17. Dutch 21t per Cents are 9 , per Cents 93i ebleoen7.76:oted 200 ~o, r co. LONDON SHARE MARKET—YEsTE ADA ee, pr lh:_ i i The markets for Railway Shares has had rather a B l ° n . h. T e hs re; 1 6 9 0 i tot . 6 2 1 0 ; i ; Bl G a r c k e e w r i ance to-day, but the transactions are not extensive. 1 ers quotations are about these :—Eastern Counties, 20i to 2 P rA aterit Great Western, 65 to 70 ; and the New, 35 to 37 prem.; ,c7,ydoei Counties, 135 to 140; and Northern and Eastern, 67 t° 69 P pitto Na South Devon, 3 to 5 premium ; South Eastern, 3 5 03 ,, 6; ersb stl 4 ; 1, 3 to 4 premium; York and North Midland, 100 to le. , Pi aie„ , a w ll i , ch 9 , to 9 O to i Birmingham.;southweste2rl.o, to 2 , / ; 0 72 ; t i tteo i li al sre seo ; Rastrick's London and Manchester, i dis. ; Boulogne a, ; r t 1 to 14 premium ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 to 4 1 Prern tu e r O t t and Lyons, i to $ premium ; Do. and Orleans, 44 to 4 5 P— _,.,, 9 Do. and Rouen, 37 to 38 per share ; and Rouen and Bs , 11 premium. -------- - The Bishop of Carlisle is alarmingly ill. ill r e ' It is said that all the members of ihs Cabinet a. nt. pa assemble in Town at the close of the present 0 30- n i f 4 Lord Stanley left town early on Saturday eler-sashili join Lady Stanley, at Lathom House, where be la"' and family are staying with Lord Skelmersdal e. re,_Reed Lord Francis Egerton has been unanimouslY 044 lord rector of the University of Aberdeen for the e a year. nalesrl a fi An unknown gentleman committed suicide on A w ee' by hanging himself to a bedstead at the Ship . ln a ' ness, where he had arrived the previous evening. res igned The Observer states that Lord Lonsdale hag Levee° the Postmaster-Generalship, and that Earl S t. has been appointed to succeed him. b ee : POTATOES.—We understand many potatoes as i ° ,, etra saved from decay in Staffordshire, by putting 0 " , or stubble upon them during their sweating.. :to ted On Saturday, the Commissioners of Exc ise /a ed stt seizure of a large quantity of spirits of nitre, be e n re' exclusive of the duty, £2,000. The spirit had d tveg moved from an illegal distillery at Stepnel , ,l n e , stored, in various quantities, in warehouses , et a " at Battersea and other places. b, t) " The wall of the south aisle of St. John's Chill dc ta* in course of erection at 'Woolwich, (from the r e° sa d wards), fell with a tremendous crash on Saturday jured severely several workmen. p a blia CONTRACT FOR POTATOES.—On Facial - 11 .,, e nr ice City Grand Jury took a contract from Mr: the b ee ' supply the city prisons and the penitentiaries with oral potatoes at the of 3s. 2d. per cwt., which ra akes t nearly sd. per stone. tb The fine estate of Echt was sold, on ThursclaYtioabla price of £117,000, to the Earl of Balcarres. 11° 1 eel estate of East Barns, near Dunbar, was last we e vea , 0 Railway, Peon n s ' u s an into passenger S some o o t n i e p ttrr q ,uicn e k r so . chased for £53,000, by John Mitchell Junes, Sunday e m station,L awrence.uch b bruised. s which ßed.N T. hadhsee several e dh r i l ; er s ri h g s e hy e at p s wereal shoulder so s k e i v l p l e e ur d et , , ojauetd,n„at • as d i 11 , 0 1 !: A carriage in which Captain Lawrence was sitting was several yards into the air, and fell into a ditch• der aral n at tb t e h E e MORE BLOODSHED.—A verdict of wilful 0 1 1 iiketiel' on Thursday returned by the coroner's jury of Kin Lu g against James Flinn, who caused the death of "„de . cal, by striking him a blow on the head with a a raeas Mlle. The act was deliberate, and committed at a al io ox the unfortunate deceased was unaware of the inter al his murderer. Flinn has absconded. e His Royal Highness Prince George of Canabrl fool present on a visit to Sir W. M. Stanley, hart., a t ba roll e Park, and during his residence with the hospitable v isiting his Royal Highness has taken an opportunity o a f ig atie se the improvements at Birkenhead. His Roy al ' l 7d, and Sir William, accompanied by Mr. John Le.,liidiar spected the new docks, the park, Mr. Laird's hi' f as of aws te a r t a th C l oo : cp tl ro t : i s s o sl yard, and the Prince frequently expressed him se o. , tremely pleased and gratified with everything he ; 1 0 .0 4 An alarming riot took place at Windsor o 'l is io t „") night, caused by about a hundred private solchise'oraugi," regiment of Col. Reid, (the new member for tha t "d eriee,"; going about the town in a state of intoxication, ea,„, e in in g down men, women, and children, as they e a ".: c lose ,; way. The shops in the principal street were 500eud,.....ti1; and several persons were very seriously ieei u dge ell e e having had their heads cut open by the soldiers „ibtrat The assailants were to be brought before the Ilia° __The yesterday. arS• t ine p RODUCTIVENESS OF EXISTING RAIL -, l i n g London Times of yesterday, gives a list of ext!'," p echr e o of Railway showing, that of the thirty-eighbr, pal lade fifteen pay less than 5 per cent.; twenty-rr-0019,:or. than 6 per cent.; and of the remaining num" - ",.once pay , at or above the rate of 9 per cent. Oaf_ ' e tet , ' rary, however, has not informed U 9 as to tu e m . e atite. benefit derived by the proprietors from ne w : pal s u ch Shares and other circumstances, or how wa n ' e porl' - dends, not upon the amount of money paid uP. ta i, se a new creations, but upon the entire nominal eaPil be ael PROTESTANT ORPHAN SOClETY.—lt.r'oCie t i,.b bed bfreohmeladn this evening, and that a m advertisement that tameeting o n f r b - e prell'oe areglP thing, to-morrow evening, by the Rev. Thomas - do object of the society is to provide diet, lodgirt o s 0 : to t and scriptural education for the destitute 00 ro te. th e ceased Protestants, and to aren ti ce them unclasp masters or mistresses. There are 335 chilere:tiaed. o gie care of the society, and 186 have been aPPe,"oleot cordially de rate n t h e recommend prnt e t t a h n e t society p l ie . to the be o' is 00e r a e tt a i QUEEN'S PLATES.—The thirty-six Roy al for Ati ceo given c al o l n y tes . Theby the Duke Sovereign h Richmond to o n d b e h r a a e s e; r r. pro finer Britain, have in all cases save one this Y e ;ad e u t aiel‘ t M hr r e . e ll , l s ei r kl j a . m ß f . o A u i r i , lle M t r w . o C , o N o i k r. fcmrtirt,ehLieoyr.atriwuoto, b&ecr., slatfout Meiklam's Inheritress has won the largest three' th n r ee i i four; the TF ei amt rop Duke laennl aiolnafa four, R ri i d e e m a nn o d n t A d h Richmond's D R ic ai e ny d nteh D rra e e e ee r .f 0 %. l e l : 0. g have been won by three years olds, six by by five years olds, three by six years 010 , a" ho pes. t he by a fo l i vo y li a e ars r si oit i i , si,," go e n d a horses. Seventeen plates have been earn c r ee d e Ta w nineteen by mares. Laat year Agee has o nly a;l l greatest number, six,but this year she ear in carrying off England nd 00e,A n nao uthse - DIED.—On the 10th instant, a aged months' only son of Mr. Peter Hilton. SHPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, NOVUMBEIt to.—Wind East,.Zur79 l'ovvieto; SAlLElL—Panthea, Lave, for New York—t,lerro°-;er, for Sierra Leone—L'lmmaculata, Trapan, f or Cres geo sfs , ria, Caithness, for Monte Video—William Br,nicrl--"ostan,,, Santa Cruz—Dorothea, Schwerten, for Pr e d. for Schaur, for Swinemunde—Donna Maria, Mall ar G r° tinople— Hercules, Lundgi est, for Elsinore -- Touzell, for Santa Martha. Grande, has put in here leaky, ftt o Parthian, hence at Virginia ,„ ol 1,10. 1 Zephyr, from Malaga, at Cove L ife,r ° o t 0- WATERFORD, Nov. B.—The Themes, from fgeP „ as „se4f, cargo. , vlo—.. n Iv. 0 MADEIRA, Oct. 22.—The Pusey, Hall, of ',.°, Oct. ; he bo a t lying by the derelict Glenview, of Belfast, 1 5 ',. as I "„acla s ' long. 14, and apparently taking out her carg.l,l4,nresS,,, made several trips between the vessels —by the ." arrived here. and Will diEcha 1 0 ' to Nov !,_o9_, • LIVERPOOL COTTON MARgblc ,i o .dar 0 0 13 w There has been a large business done in Cottop talte_.tii the extent of lo,coo bales of which speculators rclosing half, tbe remainder to the trade,—the inar ke one p t ' much better feeling than it has done for some 10 , h , LIVERPOOL PROVISION MOOT' de, b u l t- to There is much less animation in . our Butter tro wel gus io p prices are tolerably supported. Belfast 9 6 s ; 98s; The Carlow 96s to 98s; Bainbridge 94s to 965• market is very steady 9. A , LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, Pri:arereg; The supply of Beasts st market to.day has been a 1; surpllio which met with dull sale. We have had a very enia`,l,l per Sheep which met with a brisk demand• Be 5d to 04 Mutton 6ad to 7d. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 11, 045. PR INTED AND PUB LISHED BY att JOS HUA FLETCHER LAC E, of 53,Gr0 ve-street , d-street, LEON ARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orforoo, At N 0.4, ST.Gsoacni's CABSCONT, L i _ E R —er the li o Lksi TthillE sL Estes "Rtit, for Or th e ,,M . adarn kY?)ZITB: t adY Tela'l2 lii ii: pre Tii Andrew V v ri ez n ee S 0' . Try 6a ' iii ?ors to lum Br) 11 11): 4N, e N ". W ' ° Bon e n in 1: 11 N o m l io done Ned l irl d ilili( TKE T ~ lollense su 41 ERCH fery E v 4 41 S pri AI will be 1 4 of k tarbil Pr ~o rs op Pitren 0 111.1.'. 6d. 1t 'dine, Actin It 6 y 44 Plit'lll T 11 e 'l4 . SU e ttiniuct h e T or s tisely. Itese f\ Co UNc . N Tt 1 , ,4 1 _L L 1 t o , 14 ._N CI Pt., EI ki.E ( L. tutio 1 ) 4 A1) I: ft.'tSST "nd Th e i ; 4:,3 haksi TEI EA icice th c ! ke- s t A g tt,, 0: Prii Re ~ O l o de o i r l, LINT ot, E I T Ar ttrnzr 4ts , Ithi_Nl 6 y 1 to