The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1852. Eiberpool Ritanbarb. FR 031 OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Monday Morning. THE WHITSI:N FESTIVAL, that Christian resting-tide for the sons of toil, has come and gone. The great, the noble, and the rich,—the leaders in statesmanship, in fashion, and in ostentatious prodigality,—have rushed down to their beautiful country seats, snuffed the fresh air of a morning or two, glanced at the green fields and the bud ding blossoms, assured themselves that they were the possessors of their fine old territorial estates, given a few general orders to their domestics, and then rushed back to fume, and fret, and sweat in the smoky atmosphere of this overgrown capital, and in this turbulent crowd of battling ambitions, and of contentions passions. Jolly visaged rubicund farmers, with their buxom wives and honest countenanced daughters, accompanied by their rustic labourers, have flown up to town on steam-driven wings, and trudged about the streets with a forty-horse power of legs, from sight to sight, visiting museums and galleries, and docks and theatres, and public buildings of all sorts ; and then have flown back again to their corn flelds, their poultry, and their pigs, having gone through double the amount of actual bodily fatigue for pleasure sake, that they would undergo at their ordinary labour, and having exhausted their stock of small savings. Pale-faced artisans and care-worn mechanics have moved rapidly hither and thither in omnibuses, from east to west, from north to south, and up and down the river in steamboats —to Greenwich and Richmond—and have forgotten in the excitement of the moment the hard struggle they have to make for bare existence, and the ruinous compe tition they have to endure with the foreign workmen ; and have fancied, as they sat on the decks of the little craft, that they were sailing, like their betters, on the storied Rhine, on the arrowy Rhone, or the romantic Guadalquiver ; and they have returned to their dingy workshops, their monotonous crafts, and their di urnal anxieties. Dainty milliners, taking a turn perhaps out of robes intended for the proud Marchioness of Los- DONDERRY or the imperious Countess of JERSEY, and coxcombical shopmen sporting their flashy garments bor rowed for the occasion, have strutted through the parks and public gardens, flattering themselves that they were mistaken for the Ladies This, and the Sir Charleses That ; and they have gone back to their needles, their counters, and their ordinary toggery. In a word, the Whitsun holi day has come to a close ; it is past and gone— •` Too like the ►ightning that cloth cease to be Ere one can say it lightens.'" The brief season dedicated to repose—an Englishman's repose, which is not the dolce far niente, but a break-neck steeple chase after something which he facetiously calls pleasure—is dissipated ; and here we are again hemmer and tongs at our usual vocations in the senate, in the halls of fashion, and in the marts of manufacturing and mer cantile industry. The summer month of June has set in with unaccus tomed severity—rain, wind, and cold, with a soupcon of sleet; and our post-Whitsun Parliamentary campaign has opened with more than its habitual intensity of heat, warning us of the near approach of the dog-days. The corporeal presence and the wild vagaries of FEARGUS O'CONNOR were hardly wanting to bring the idea of canine rabies palpably to all the senses of those who " look in" at tLe House of Commons. That marauding moss-trooper Sir JAMES' GRAHAM having snatched down from the armoury of Netherby the famous " bright sword" of his black-mailllevying ancestor, and having drawn it from the rusty scabbard, has audaciously planted himself in the foremost of the fight, has elected himself general of the opposition forces, and has left the little deposed militiaman of the house of BEDFORD to follow the new leader if he will, or, if he does not choose to play second, to retire in disgust, and leave the field to bolder and more desperate men. Truly never was a commander in-chief superseded with less of ceremony—not even Sir HARRY SmlTH—than was Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Thursday night last by his "right honourable friend" the baronet of Netherby. This is the literal fulfilment of what I predicted some weeks ago. Whatever members may enlist themselves under the Whig-Revolutionary banner after the coming elections, it may be pretty confidently asserted that they will not march under the command of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The pres tige that attended his name once has been irrepa rably destroyed, and the Whigs and Radicals have resolved to " get a new master, and have a new man." GRAHAM IS just the boy for their purposes. He will stick at nothing, and is a slashing swordsman, who cares little whether be sabres an ancient comrade or rides over a newly-made friend, so that he gains his immediate end, and who dashes over broken pledges and shattered princi ples with all the reckless levity of a mocking fiend. But will the moss-trooping Sir JEMMY be allowed to ride into the new Parliament at all ? Let the electors of Carlisle answer that question. Let them give as good an account of him as the electors of the University of Oxfcrd will give of the slippery GLADSTONE, and as the electors of the City of London will give of Lord JOHN, and then we may defy the threatened triumvirate of GRAHAM, Con- DEN, and RUSSELL. Above all, let the electors of Liver pool give a good account of CARDWELL and EwART, and put an end to Peelism, Popery, and political humbug in all its moods and tenses. The battle of the Constitution will, indeed, have to be fought at the hustings, and that within a few weeks. On this (Monday) evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce the bills which he intends to proceed with, and those which he will be obliged to forego for the pre sent, in order to admit of early dissolution, which " gen tlemen opposite" were so eager, a couple of months ago, to precipitate, but which they have taken every means in their power, ever since, to postpone, and which very many of them, in their secret hearts, dread as a certain notice of their forced retirement into private life. That many good and really pressing measures will have to be sacri ficed to the tyrant and most unscrupulous opposition, in order to allow the government to redeem the pledge they gave, cannot be doubted ; and I believe I may say that Mr. DISRAELI will defer to another Parliament those legal and other reforms which the government hoped to carry this session, and will clear the way of every bill not indispensable to the due administration of public affairs, and for the due safety and peace of the empire. It will then be seen who are the real obstructives—who are the mere partizans—who are the sham representatives of the people, that are ready to sacrifice the honour and welfare of the country for present objects, and who devote their talents to mischief, and not to the public good, and "To party give that which was made for mankind." It is to be hoped, for the character of our representative assembly, that after this night no more of those "unseemly brawls," those scenes of " chronic disorder," which the Chancellor of the Exchequer reproved with so much just ness and dignity on Friday night last, will be witnessed in the House of Commons, but that its end may be, like that of a penitent sinner, resigned, modest, and decently tranquil. That the Maynooth inquiry debate may be permitted to stand as it does, or, at most, that it will not be pressed further than to-morrow (Tuesday) morning's sitting, I think is highly probable. The government have done al that under existing circumstances they could to bring the question to a division, but they had no power to stop the loquacity of Popish and infidel tongues, and it is quite manifest that the brass band and their abettors are deter mined, notwithstanding their hypocritical pretences that they seek inquiry, to " talk" till doomsday, and make interminable motions of adjournment rather than let the House divide on the main question. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has promised to aid the timorous with a length ened "yarn ;" and REYNOLDS, and SCULLY, and ANSTEY, and, in short, every one of the faithful children of his Holiness PIO Noxo, has sworn to " die on the floor" from pure exhaustion of eloquence, before they permit the question to be put from the chair. It is worse than useless, therefore, for Mr. SPOONER to persist ;he has done his d u ty man f u lly—he has gained a v irtual victory—but let him leave to the unholy alliance the shame and the unpopularity that their conduct merit. Emigration has become a rage am ongs t us h ere : g o w here you will, and in whatever society, you will hear of Persons, the most likely and the most unlikely, the fittest or the least fit, preparing to fly to the new Ophir—to the Australian lands of golden dust, and richer than the golden fleece. The auri sacra fames has sei ze d th e young, the old, the strong, the delicate. Eastward, ho is the cry of all who have the least portion of the spirit of enterprise within them, and the means of setting o ff on this pilgrimage in search of wealth. " Come unto those yellow sands !" is the invitation received in every private family from the pioneers who have cleared the way to the diggings; and it is an invitation that is being responded to in a way that will astonish the world. The Exodus of the Irish to Ame rica was an extraordinary migration, and a great fact ; but the Exodus of the British population to the Australian gold fields will be a yet more e x t raor di nar y migration, and a much more important fact i n th e hi s t ory o f civiliza tion and of the human race. It is sad to say good by e" to to our friend s on t h e eve of their departure for such distant lands. It is sad for the emigrant to leave the soil of his birth, never to return—to be obliged to say, "Adieu, adieu, my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets unon the sea, We follow in his flight ; Farewell, farewell, to' him and thee, My native land—Good night !" But this tremendous emigration has been ordained by Providence, and must not be stopped. Let us then cheer and encourage those who go, and with all our heart v,ish them good speed and happy fortunes in their adopted home ! The poor unhappy Peace Society--one cannot help laughing at it. The visazes of COBDEN and the other preachers of universal brotherhood, must be ludicrously lugubrious as they scan the morning papers, and see the falsification of all their theories—tile demolition of all their fond illusions. Wars in the Burman empire, wars in Klffraria, wars in the north-west of India, prepara tions of wars everywhere ; increase of army and navy, and enrolment of militia at home, threatenings and pre parations for hostilities abroad. Arms bristling, and soldiers marching, and quarrels impending in the old world and in the new. The temple of Janus shut, the influence of Mars perceptible in every region. Verily these prophets of universal peace have been most unlucky in their predictions, and their late cry for general disarmaments was the most malapropos advice ever volunteered since the days of the famous " Wise Man of Goatum." It reminds one of the sagacious moral reflection to be found in the facetious " Cracker Bon-bon," viz. : " How often in this troubled world, Of sorrow and of sin, Short-slit-Med man will buy his skates, J ust as the thaw sets ill." "Unhappy COBDEN would have us lay aside our weapons just at the very moment when they are required for our defence and preservation. Tile exhibition of American plants and flowers at the Botanical Gardens, on Saturday, was subject to most unpropitious skyey influences, and was therefore not so fine in quality, or so fashionably attended as it would otherwise be. The cold, ungenial weather, has kept everything horticultural backward, and until we get a little of that almost mythical thing in the month of June in England, sunshine, we cannot expect to see fruits and flowers in their full perfection ; and more beautiful still, groups of lovely women in their cheering summer gossamer robes, fluttering like butterflies from blossom to blossom, "extracting and giving odour." Nevertheless,thespecimens of transatlantic rhododendrons and azaleas exhibited were magnificent, and the great Berbice water-lily, Nymplieea, was the observed of all observers. This gigantic beauty, with its leaf large enough to protect an alderman from a showerof rain, was not in flower, but it is the grandest specimen of vegetation I have seen, and it is worth a journey to the Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, to examine its fine form and noble dimensions. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal accompanied her Majesty to the German Plays, at St. James's Theatre, on Saturday. This, I believe, is the first time the Prince of Wales has gone to the theatre publicly, although he has witnessed private performances at Astley's. Ile has much grown and improved in looks lately, and now seems strong and healthy. lie was not much amused by the play, Schiller's tragedy of Don Carlos. I think it would have been more judicious to have first brought him to an English play—it would certainly have been more flattering to national pride. The Princess Royal is a beautiful child, and highly intelligent. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. Our share market continues in much the same inactive state in which we have described it to be for the last two or three weeks, No resumption of activity nor any considerable rally in prices is now looked for, until after the elections are o v er. A small amount of business for investment is at present all that occupies the time of the gentlemen of our stock exchange. The abundance of money, and the few channels open to employ it, however, promise a good harvest to come for them. Local stocks, of every description, are much asked for, and are bought at very high prices. We annex this day's quotations :—Ambergate and East Junc tion, 11 d ; Late Chester and Birkenhead, 18; Eastern Counties, 9; East Lancashire, 171; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 714 ; Ditto Fifths, 6-kd ; London and North-Western, 1221 ; Ditto New Quarters, sp; Midland, 66+ 4c 7; North British Preference, 51; South-Eastern and Dover, 201 -; Union Bank, 111._ The activity, which has for some weeks prevailed in our principal markets, was not so apparent last week, owing in part to the canvass going on through out the town, and the occurrence of the Whitsun tide holidays. The latter usual obstacle to business will now be removed; but we can scarcely expect a thorough revival until the elections throughout the country are brought to a close, as most consumers of produce, &c. will be engaged in their own localities. The above remarks apply to nearly every important article. With the present abundance of money, and the prospect of continual accessions to our stock of gold, the general impression is, that in a few weeks we shall witness an appreciation of a very striking character. In SUGAR especially, of which the stocks have become very much reduced, the demand both here and in London seems to warrant shortly con siderably higher prices, although, for the present, business is checked by the refusal of buyers to pay those demanded. The transactions reported since the publication of the Brokers' Circular, comprise 120 hhds. Barbadoes at 325. 6d. to 375., 140 hhds. Antigua 345. to 375., 40 hhds. vacuum pan Deme rara at 325., 1700 bags Benares at 365. to 375. 6d. and 1950 bags ditto at 36s to 375., 1700 bags brown dates at 325., 600 mats Mauritius at 355. 3d. to 365., and 1800 bags brown Pernams at 17s. 3d. per cwt. —No sales have taken place in MOLASSES or RUM. —75 tierces Jamaica COFFEE have changed hands at 425. to 50s. for good to fine ordinary, and SO bags La Guayra at 50s.—The demand for all kinds of TEA is limited. Further public sales are declared for Thursday next.—Of RICE 400 bags Bengal have been taken at 10s. per cwt.—There has been a good inquiry for PIMENTO, and about 400 bags have been sold at sd. to 51d. per lb. COTTON.—The Cotton market during the week has been quiet, yet the quantity sold up to Thursday evening was 62,840 bales, of which the trade took 34,250—a fair week's consumption, speculators 20,580, and exporters 8,010, at prices slightly in favour of the buyer. On Friday and Saturday an increased firmness was perceptible; and 20,000 bales were sold, speculators and importers taking 9,000. The market to-day, acted upon by the Canada's receipts, has been firm, and 12,000 bales sold, of which 5,000 are set down for speculation and export : The following are the comparative prices of the three descriptions of American " fair," as quoted on Friday, and at the corresponding period of last year, with the estimated stocks of all descriptions : 1852. 1851. New Orleans.. .. 61c1 .. 61(1 per pound. , . Mobile Uplands Stocks 532,190 . . 648,320 bales. WooL.—We have been rather quiet in the Wool market in consequence of the greater portion of the Wool now here being held for public sales on the 9th instant. The sales closed in London on Satur- day, and for all descriptions the advance established at the commencement was fully maintained to the end. GRAIN AND FLOUR.—This article has been dull of sale during the week, and prices generally show a decline to the extent of id to 2d per 701bs on Wheat, 3d to 6d per barrel on American Flour, and 6d to 9d per 4801bs on Indian Corn. French Flour is also dull of sale. The business was much impeded by the circumstance of their being no building to hold the market in, since the accident of Tuesday. ACCIDENT IN BIRKENHEAD PARK.— On Saturday last, while a number of persons were p a s s i ng over th e b r idge across the Serpentine, Birkenhead Park, the struc ture fell, and the . consequence was an unexpected and sudden immersi9n in the water, but, unr.ttended, we are with any personal hurt. T OF BANKRUPTCY, YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Commissioner happy coti R to s say, Perry.)—ln re Philip llitchmough.—The bankrupt, who was a corn dealer in this town, applied to the court for his certificate. After hearing Mr. Simon for, and Mr. Townsend, solicitor, against, his honour granted a third-class certificate, subject to two years' sus pension, without protection until further order. NETHERLANDS AND HANOVER JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY.—It is proposed, we learn, by a number of capitalists, to form a company, the object of which is to complete the chain of canal communication between the Zuyderzee and Meppen, on the river Ems, in Hanover, and to purebase about twelve thousand acres of valuable peat-field in Holland. By this project, when carried out, more than two hundred miles of tedious and dangerous navigation will be saved to the shipping of Hanover, which brings the timber and other produce of that coun otrtyhearnpdaPrtrsuosself Le Netherlandstothevarions ; po a r n ts d o g f e t n h t e le Z m u e y n d w er ell zeeand qua lified to pronounce an opinion h ave j o i ne d t h e under taking, from the conviction, not only that it will be pro ductive of imm ense advanta ge to the commercial world generally, but that the return of the capital invested will be certain and more than usually profitable. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PARlS.—Railway shares are reported 2 francs higher to-day (Monday) by the telegraph. Fives were 100 15 on Sunday. No news of interest. AlExtco.—The reports of revolution want confirmation. HAMBRO', June 3rd.—Bills on L9ndon in request at 131, being one quarter better. Money very abundant. The Court left town to-day for 'Windsor. TATTERSALL'S BETTING. ASCOT STAKES.-5 to 2 agst Storyteller; 5 to 1 agst Allegro ; Bto 1 agst Lucio. Lady Evelyn and Exeter are scratched. EMPEROR'S PLATE.-10 to 3 each agst Voltigeur and Hobble Noble ; 7 to 2 agst Mountain Deer, QUEEN'S VASE.-2 to 1 agst Frantic; 7 to 2 agst Nancy. DERBY.-20 to 1 agst Cineas ; 25 to 1 each agst Reiver and Poetess ; 40 to 1 each agst Talfourd and West Australian. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CORN- EXCHANGE. At about twenty minutes fu fWeiVe tt't:locis on Tuesday, the Conservative candidates, Messrs. Turner and Mac kenzie, visited the Corn Exchange, and were introduced to most of the members. They had proceeded slowly up and down the several rows of brokers' stands, accom panied by Mr. T. Bold, Mr. Robert Woodward, and occasionally a friend belonging to the trade, when, on preparing to leave the building, the whole of the flooring of the middle aisle gave way, carrying with it above one hundred of the corn merchants, millers, &c., and with them the two candidates and their friends. The con sternation created was immense ; and but for the cool ness manifested by several gentlemen, particularly by Mr. Jonas Gleave—who were amongst those left in the two sides of the building, a rush to get out would no doubt have taken place, which would have produced most cala mitous results. At first the position of the parties thus left appeared very precarious, the impression being na tural that the remainder of the arches might share the fate of the centre ones ; and it was even feared that the walls of the building itself might collapse, and the roof, which is principally of iron and glass, come down upon the parties present. A few minutes, however, removed most of the alarm which had been felt, and the re• appearance of the parties who had gone down with the floor contributed to reassure all present. Shortly after wards a back door into the Old-ropery was opened, by which an escape from the insecure building was provided. Happily the floor, with its superincumbent mass, went down easily, the whole going at once ; and after the first alarm was over, the scene became more ludicrous than otherwise, as the patties scrambled out, some without hats, and all more or less betraying signs of having been in too close proximity to the flour samples. We are happy to say that, beyond a few bruises sustained in the crush below or with the floor upon some of them, no serious result occurred to any of the parties assembled in the Corn Exchange. Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie, who were near to the door when the accident occurred, were amongst the first to emerge, and were uninjured. The latter gentleman took the jokes of some of his fellow sufferers in great good humour. It was not known for some minutes that any beyond the parties in the room had suffered from the accident ; but it was at length made known by a poor workman, who had extricated himself with difficulty, that two others were under the fallen arches below, having been at dinner at the time. They were got out as quickly as possible ; but, we regret to say, were both dead. The first man whose body was recovered was named Edmund Coleburn ; he was a labourer, and left a wire and two children. The other was a joiner, named John Stevens ; he had no family. Oa Wednesday, an inquest was held on the bodies, be fore P. F. Currie, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury, of which Mr. J. R. Jeffery was foreman. After the jury had been sworn, the coroner referred to the serious na ture of the accident which had occurred, and pointed out what he considered would be the moat important points in the inquiry: He then suggested that the best course to pursue would be to view the bodies, and then to in spect the premises ; the inquiry to be adjourned to a fu ture day. It had been suggested to him that Mr. Edward Woods shou'd sit with him as amicus curicß, to suggest what questions were necessary to be asked. He had is sued summonses to Mr. John Stewart, Mr. W'eightman, and Mr. S. Holme, but as they could not all be got toge ther, the inquest should be adjourned. Mr. Roscoe, of the firm of Lace, Rigge, and Roscoe, appeared on behalf of the Corn.exchange Committee, and Mr. Blenkinson appeared for Mr. Picton, the architect. The latter gen tleman intimated that, so far as Mr. Picton was con cerned, every assistance would be rendered to have the ease fully investigated. The proceedings were then ad journed to Monay (yesterday). Mr. Joseph Naylor, who was summoned on the jury, was fined NS. for re fusing to attend. PROCEEDINGS AT THE INQUEST, YESTERDAY. Yesterday forenoon, at 11 o'clock, the inquest was resumed before the borough coroner at the Sessions'- house. Mr. Lace appeared for the proprietors of the Corn- Exchange ; Mr. Blenkinsop for Mr. Piton ; Mr.. Yates for Mr. P. Code, clerk to the works ; Mr. Harvey for the assignees of Mr. Leader ; and Mr. Dodge for Mr. Mackerel!. Mr. William Hanson, jun., in the employ of Messrs. Jupp and Sons, Castle-street, was the first witness. He said :—I was in the Corn-exchange, on Tuesday last, when it gave way ; it occurred about a quarter past 12 o'clock. I can form no idea of the number of persons then in the Exchange ; there was a moderate attendance only. I was standing near the door, in Brunswick-street,. and first noticed the moving of the floor. It was a sud den movement ; there was no cracking or intimation given in any way ;. it was down in a few seconds ; and the flooring extending between the iron pillars, from Brunswick-street to the Old Ropery, fell in. T should think 15G people or upwards were precipitated into the area below where the rubbish was ; they were thrown amidst the bricks, the boards, and the stands. That part of the building which fell in is entirely new, and has been a few months in use for the purposes of the trade. I don't know whether any sufficient survey was made of the building before it was so used. I have been told that a person named Leader had the contract for the building. I had heard no rumours that it was not in a fit state for use, before it was used. _ . Frederick Elliott, appraiser and estate agent, No. 5, Camden-street, Liverpool, said Tuesday last, a little after twelve, I went into the Corn Exchange. I have seen the building fuller than it was on that day ;_ it was not unusually full. I went in about ten minutes past twelve, and in about ten minutes afterwards the centre part of the flooring gave way, and the persons standing there were precipitated below. Two persons were killed, but one had more the appearance of being killed rather by suffocation than by any serious wounds. By the Jury.—lt all occurred in a minute. Mr. Mac kenzie and Mr. Turner were there twenty minutes before. saw and heard no stamping whilst I was there. Mr. Turner was precipitated with the others below. Mr. Mackenzie was on the opposite side. By the Coroner.—There was no excitement whilst I was in the building. The candidates were merely shaking hands first with one gentleman and then another. The jury, in reply to the Coroner, did 'not consider it necessary to have the medical officer examined, as there could be no doubt of the cause of death. Mr. Hanson, recalled by the jury. —I was in the build. ing from the opening of the market until the accident and there was no stamping at all, or any excitement what. ever, during the whole of that time. James Pollock, joiner, in the employ of Mr. Mackerell, builder, deposed : My employer has a contract to do the carpenter's work connected with the Exchange. I was underneath in the vaults when the accident occurred. I was sitting near the two men who were killed ; they were getting their dinners. Their names were Edmund Goul burn, a labourer, and John Stevens, a joiner, in the employ of Mr. Mackerell. I was myself very much crushed, and both the other parties were killed. Just before we went to dinner, we had been removing the centres of the arches supporting the flooring of the room above. Mr. Code, the clerk of the works, gave me the directions as to the removal of the arches ; I don't know in whose employ he is. He appeared to have the direction of the work as it was going on. I am not aware exactly how long those arches had been made. Myself and the two men killed had been about five weeks engaged in removing the centres, under the direction of Mr. Code ; we were the only parties engaged on the work. I have observed Mr. Picton, the architect and builder, about the works ; he gave no directions to me about it, but was frequently there inspecting it as it went on. I received my orders from Mr. Code. I did not take any particular notice of the condition of the mortar in which the arches were set, nor of the brick work itself. I have never, when engaged in such work before, examined the state of the brick work or mortar. I never noticed that any part of it appeared to be green or fresh, After an arch has been completed I am not aware that there is any particular time allowed for it to stand before we proceed to remove the centres. It depends on the state of the work itself. One arch was removed before we commenced by Mr. Leader, I believe ; but I don't know if there was any survey made previously by any cne. I should think a survey should have been made before we went on with the work. lam not able to answer satisfactorily who should have made that survey. Mr. Code or Mr. Picton would have made it. lam not aware whether any particular survey was made by Mr. Code, but he always examined them after we had taken the timber out. He examined the arches before the timber was taken out to a certain extent, but I cannot say whether he made a general survey. In removing the centres, we commenced first to knock the supports out, having a shorter one to put in. In that way we lowered the centre a few inches ; then we got the sheathing off, and after that we took down the skeletons (the sub-centres) ; this would be con tinuous work, without any interval between the different processes. We took the sheathing off the moment we had slackened it round. The short supports are merely put in for the purpose of lowering it, and not to try the strength of the arch. After we had lowered the centre there was no appearance of weakness in the arch. The first thing that alarmed me was, I saw the bricks giving way under No. 3 arch, and that was the first indication of weakness 1 noticed. By the Foreman : The men proceeded with their work by daylight. There was quite a sufficient llght for our purpose. By the Coroner: I have been engaged in this work for 16 years, under Mr. Mackerell. By Mr. Yates : There are two vaults under the Corn Exchange, and arches had been placed over both. The workmen, at this time, were in course of constructing two vaults to the front of the Corn Exchange. The front vaults were being arched exactly in thesame manner as that which gave way. I believe the centres had remained in all the arches of the two vaults underneath the floor of the Corn Exchange until the work was finished. One single centre was removed from the arches of the lower vault, before we went to work there. As the centres were removed, they were brought into use in the front part of the vault ; and that practice has continued throughout the work up to the time of the accident occurring. We had no centres used for the arches being formed other than those which had been brought from under the arches completed. They were removed one by one as they were wanted. Mr. Mackerell found no centres at all. Mr. Picton was the architect, and took Code, the clerk of the works. It was well known that the same centres were being used for the front as had been used for the back part of the vaults. As the centres were put up in the new part of the build ing, they were perfectly visible. I don't know whether the architect was there when they were removing the centres. I don't think I ever saw Mr. Picton underneath in the vaults at all, but I have about the works. I have seen him standing on the front part of the building where they were forming the arches. By the Coroner.—l consider the centres were removed in a proper and a workmanlike manner, under the circum stances. I mean by that, when proper wedges are under we always slack them first; but through these being nailed to ge th er we had to do as I described before, knock the props out. In this case they had been wedged, and then the wedges were nailed for the purpose of making them more secure. We had taken two entire centres from the upper vaults before the accident o ccurred. I had kn own M r. Code on other worke before this hap. Pena& So far as my observation went, Mr. Code was very careful, and particularly cautious as clerk of the works, By Mr. Blenkinsop ; We were not striking the cen treing of the vaults that tunlbled in at the time of the accident ; they had not be , n touched in a fortnight perhaps. I can't say whether there had been more than one market since. I always like to slack the centreing first, and then allow a short time to test the arch before the centreing is entirely removed ; that will leave room for the brick work to settle. There is no means of seeing the brick work until the centres are taken away. The-cen7 treing to the eye, in both vaults, is all the same, so that when once removed, it could Lot be known which of the vaults it, came from. By Mr. Yates : All the centres employed in the back part of the lower vaults were not used up in the front part of the same vaults ' • there had been better than one third, but not one half, of the centres used, from the back of the lower vaults, in the front part since. By a close inspection, an architect would be able to tell the centres were. the same. By the Coroner : I have not examined the foundation of the building, but I have seen the ruins. I cannot !orm any suggestion as to the cause of the accident. Every thing, as far as it appeared to me, seemed to be done in a proper manner. The Coroner, in the course of the forenoon, repeated his opinion given on the opening of the inquest, that it was highly desirable to have the fullest and most searching inquiry into all the circumstances of this ease, and he threw out a suggestion that probably some of the gentle men belonging to thc Corn Exchange Committee might wish to give evidence. Mr. Lace replied that the committee were most desirous that the fullest examination should be instituted. At the same time, as ulterior proceedings would probably arise out of this occurrence, and as some of those gentlemen might stand in the position of plaintiffs, he thought it would be quite as well that none of the committee should be put into the witness box. After some unimportant dis cussion, it wai ultimately agreed, on the sugaestion of Mr. Lace, that Mr. Picton should be examined after the ad journment of the court, as he could furnish the coroner with every particular as to the contracts entered into and the work done. The court having adjourned far a short time, re-opened at half-past two o'clock, and the investigation proceeded. Mr. James Allison Picton said : I am an architect and surveyor, in Liverpool, and have been 23 years in practice on my own account. At the latter end of the year 1850, I prepared plans and specifications for the rebuilding of the Corn-exchange. The contracts were advertised for. Mr. Leader was the successful competitor. He undertook the erection for the sum of £8,415 ; he having, also, the old materials. The engagement made with him was to com plete the building in several separate portions, it being an essential point. The arrangement being that, as the work was proceeding in one part, the corn-market should be held in another. The property purchased for the Ex change consisted of a warehouse fronting the old Ropery, a warehouse fronting Brunswick-street, and a yard be tween them. We got possession of the back warehouse, but not of the front one. The arrangement then made with Mr. Leader was, that the back part should be commenced first; that, as soon as that was com pleted, the market should be held in that part, and then we should proceed to one-half of the portion fronting Brunswick-street, leaving the other fourth to he completed when we could get possession. The back part accordingly was carried forward to comple tion. As the building, although built in piece -meal, formed one connected and compacted structure when finished, it became necessary to take extra precautions for the stability of that part which was first erected. Extra iron tie-rods were therefore introduced into the arches to resist the thrust,. which we had nothing else to abut against, until all was completed. Cross-ties also were in troduced into the roof to keep all steady until the remain ing part should be finished. Up to the time of the back portion being competed, Mr. Leader carried on his works with vigour. About the time of the excavation for the fourth part fronting Brunswick-street, in March last, being proceeded with, Mr. Leader got into difficul ties. The work therefore slackened, and we did not get on as we ought to have done. 1 gave him the regular no tices under the contract that if he did not proceed I would employ another person. I should say at this time the piers of the front portion facing,Brunswick - street, werebeilt up for the purpose of turning the lower vaults. Mr. Leader's foreman called upon me to ask if I would permit them to take any of the centres out of the vaults already turned, to use in the front part ; and I declined doing so. The work accordingly stood still. Great complaints were made at the time of the very slow progress of the works. Mr. Leader was not in the way, but his foreman called again, said they had no timber to go on with, and again asked for permission to remove the lower centres. After an examination and consultation with the clerk of the works, Mr. Philip Code, T consented to such portions of the lower centres as were necessary being removed ; considering that as they had becen turned considerably longer than the others—they had then been turned nine or ten months; there could be no danger in withdrawing them. A very small portion was ac cordingly withdrawn by Mr. Leader's men. Soon after that Mr. Leader stopped altogether ; and I then had to look out for another contractor to take his place. Mr. Mackerell's was the next lowest tender to Mr. Leader's, and to him I applied. He declined mixing him self up with the sub-contracts, bricks, masonry. &c., but had no objection to go on with his own, the joiner and carpenter's work. We then went into a calculation of the amount he was receive for the remainder of the work. That amount was settled between us. In the original bill of quantities there is an item of 2,8571 yards of cen treing for the whole building, and the money placed oppo site is £825 15s. Od. 1 gave Mr. Leader credit for 1183' yards of worlc done by him in centreing, leaving to be found by Mr. Mackerel' 1674-. yards. It is usual at the end of the contract that timber used for centreing should belong to the contractor, and new timber for the whole of the centreing was to he provided by Mr. Macicerell, except for those arches which Mr. Leader had executed. Mr. Code is in my employ to see the works are properly executed, although he is paid his wages by the committee of the Corn Exchange. In going to the works to an nounce the change of contractor, I told him thetimber in the centreing already executed would belong to Mr. Mackerel]. With regard to Mr. Code, I had the utmost possible con fidence in him, as a steady, faithful servant, intelligent and skilful; and I have still.. He has been in my em ploy 15 or 16 years, and has-superintended the erection of arches on the same principle as the present arches of the Corn-exchange are. The upper arches had been turned Bor 9 months before the accident occurred. Un der ordinary circumstances, I think the mortar would be fully set in that time in those arches. I find, on exami nation. since the occurrence, of the mortar of the arches and the backing, that it is not sufficiently consolidated. There was no means of testing this before, the arches be. ing covered by the floor above, (which had a counter ceil ing under, to prevent the cold draughts up through the boards,) and the centreing below. At the time of those arches being constructed (it was at the latter end of the year, and a time of great rain) the building lay open a long time, waiting for the iron ribs, and the plate glass of the roof. Of course, all the rain that fell saturated the arches and the backing. The effect of this on the mortar would prevent it from harden ing—it had not the same chance of evaporation. Un der these circumstances I think the clerk of the works might have been easilyd'eceived as to the state of the mor tar; I think it very.liitely I might have been deceived myself. I continued my official survey of the building, as architect, as it progressed in all its stages, up to the time of the accident ; I was not there of course every day, and I gave all my orders and directions to Mr. Code, the clerk of the works. I gave no specific directions to Mr. Code, beyond what I have stated, for the removal of the centres. I have heard the mode of the removal of the centres stated by Mr. Pollock. Abstractedly, I do not consider that a judicious mode. Had the same set of men been employed to pull them down who set them up, I think it very pro bable a different mode would have been adapted. I have carefully and closely examined the state of the building since the occurrence. It appears to me the falling in of the arches occurred from the want of consolidation in the mortar, added to the circumstances that some of the cen tres were fixed and rigid, others removed, thus causing an unequal pressure. Under those circumstances the slight est additional 'vibration in any part of the building would cause a fracture, especially at any point of junction between the fixed part and the loose part. I allowed the removal of the centre front lower vaults, and therefore I hold myself responsible for that sanction. Further than that, I gave no directions at all, and that was given in Mr. Leader's time. I did not give any specific directions to Mr. Code as to the removal of the upper centres. I gave him general directions, as I said before, that the whole of the timber in the: upper centres was Mr. Muck erell's, having been measured up to him ; but as to the mode of the removal of the middle centres, I gave no spe cific directions to Mr. Code ; it is not my place to do so. CORONER.—Did not Mr. Code on one occasion point out to you the danger of removing any of the centres in the mode they were removed? No ; never in any instance, or anything approaching to it. In fact, we never had any conversation on the subject. The CORONER said it was only fair to Mr.. Picton to inform him that the reason he pressed this question was because it was represented to him that Mr. Code had pointed out great danger connected with these centres. Mr. YATES, for Mr. Code, said it was no part of his instructions that his client had ever made any such re presentation to Mr. Picton. The CORONER mentioned that lie had received a written communication to the effect that, referring to the removal of the arches, Code had said, " he remonstrated with Mr. Picton on the unsafety of such a proceeding." This com munication came from a source which had been made known to him ; and he should have been doing an injus tice to Mr. Picton had he not asked the question publicly. He did not say it would be necessary, but he might have yet to call the person who had given the information before the jury. He added that he was quite satisfied from Mr. Piston's reply, there was no truth in the communication. Mr. Picton was glad of the opportunity of replying to the statement, and most ready to give every information in his power with respect to this lamentable accident, which no one regretted more sincerely than he did. But, at the same time, lie respectfully submitted whether it was fair that rumours of that sort should be allowed to operate to his prejudice, in a case where his professional reputation, and perhaps something more, might be at stake. By Mr. Wood .—T can mention Tower-buildings, Water street, and Fenwick-chambers, as arches constructed on the same principle as these in question, and which are all now standing perfect, and can be seen by the jury, if ne cessary. The centres have been removed many years since, and the buildings, as is well known, filled with goods. I have also other arches on the same plan, where I was not assisted by Mr. Code. By Mr. Harvey .—The centre taken out by Mr. Leader, was by my sanction. I have nothing to complain of in the workmanship or materials, as far as Mr. Leader is con cerned ; but may mention, as I did before, that 1 think it unfortunate the centre was put up by one set of men and taken down by another: idea By the Coroner.—l was never un d u l y presse d b y th e az e fo ni r an the.completion had c ommittee to get the work no clone. I considered all the orders I the g e o a f t t ee upper work were centres co acre e - tent with safety. By removed until the accident had occurred. 111 r. Philip Code was nex t sworn, an d d epose d : I am a joiner by trade, and clerk of the works at the Corn Ex clianae, under Mr. Picton. I have had a great deal of experience in the formation and striking of the centres of arches ; and during the last sixteen years have been employed as clerk of the works by Mr. Picton alone. • had the superintendence of striking the centres arches in question. Extraordinary and more than u5,..,, 5 caution was taken by me in that post to ensure safe"' Extraordinary precaution was taken in this instances: because it was a building with a large flooring, and a gr e number of people always about. The centres were take_• out in the usual mode. The wedges were not fastened rf„ gether as represented, but there was here and there a ulg of a nail put in merely to steady them. There were wed,g e , under the whole of the centres. About three nus r ` er of an hour before the occurrence I had been in the Yaultg• I do not consider there was any blame attached t„°_ any of the men employed. Before I directed the men remove remove the ceatres, I made such an examination, fro L time to time, as led me to believe that all was secure.._st have examined the building since, and my OpilliOn j 5 t f he the cause of the accident was the walls which sElPP° r !,,,' 3 g floors being placed the wrong way with the arches. " 0. aware of that before I directed the removal of the centr e , I did not apprehend this particular accident as this tiri; but had remarked that I did not like the way in whi si. the walls were placed. The walls were built in that . 0 rection according to the plan. Mr. Picton did not me any particular directions as to the mode in vvh ic :f e , WAS to remove the centres. I never represented to P oe Picton that there was any danger in the mode of ret e st ing the centre of the arches. I mentioned, in a genera ing the centre of the arcbos. I mentioned, a re Co o ' conversation with Mr. Picton when the works were Cody, of till mencing, that it would be desirable to keep all ste a t be and not to remove any of the centreings, either t Iv upper or low,r vaults, until the whole building wa s CO r e. j pleted. This was before any of the centres had hee";ll4 moved from the lower vaults. When the sleeper oat were building, we had them for two or three courses vp, in a contrary direction to what they are nay ; b ut ard. Picton ordered them to be altered, and carried nP act o r, big to the plans, and as they stood before th e ace the Ttie only reason why I placed the walls contrary t ha t I plans, and which I mentioned to Mr. Picton. wa s thought it more convenient for the joining of the h°6 the By the Jury : The centres were removed f ro There arches, as I understood, by Mr. Picton's order. 1 1 ,t1 was no particular order given to me by Mr. Picton , tr ee considered it applied to all the arches, because the, etoef were wanted. The whole of the centres from th e the arches were in use, and then they removed those fr,_° — ga upper arches. No new centres were supplied ol Makerell. They were taken down with the same ca re teti judgment as centres usually are, but only when absoind wanted for the front of the house. Mr. Makerell t° l gra lie had no new centres to find; and Mr. .IEI C' mbersi 1 Picton'a assistant, also mentioned the same stip ule find me. Mr. Picton did not tell me lir. Makerell was the new centreing. tre ia By Mr. Dodge : There is still a great deal of On to ha supplied for other parts of thi'a building. At five o'clock the inquiry was adjourned until the lowing (this) morningite at ten o'clock. aol o The case has excited unusual interest, and t u ': th? was thronged by the leading architects and builders:lino, After the witnesses have been sworn to their ne,rade tions, itis proposed, should no further examinationhrthe of Mr. Picton, Mr. Code, or others connected we ed erection of the building, to take the opinion of Mr,.., a the and Mr. I ,Veightman, who have carefully inePe c "' o°' ruins, as to the security of the erection and the calls he lamentable occurrence. A REPRESENTATIVE'S ACCOtiNT °C HIMSELF. MR. CARDWELL'S APOLOGIV Most potent,. free, and independent citizens, My very noble and approv'd good masters, That I have teen away your Navigation Laws, It is most true ; true, I attempted to increase The existing - Tax, on Incomes ; and to preserve " His Holiness" from rebuke in England; The very head and front of my offending Huth this extent, NO aionE Bland am lin sp eech' er And somewhat bless'd with the sweet words of Pe ec For since this tongue of mine these six years Pes t Was privileged in. Parliament, I have used Its dearest action in your interest ; Fluently of St. Stephen's I can speak, In what pertains to broils and feats of politics; And therefore perhaps I may assist my cause In speaking for - myself. So, by your patience, I will a round, unvarnish'd tale deliver What conjuration,. Ofmyla and whattecourseoflife w mighty hatfreaks:, d w od h g a e t s cj i , areig' (For such proceedings-I am charged withal,) I won your favours with. Your leaders chose me, and invited me; All question'd me the colour of my creed In politics ; the training- and the offices That Thad pass'd. I ran it through, e'en from my Tory days. To the very moment that you bade me tell it. es Wherein I spoke to you. of most mysterious chang e s fat ° From Protection to- Free Trade, that brought pow'i ; Of Irish Coercion Bills that thrust me out again' Of being rejected by th' insolent Clitheroe, And•doorn'd to wander ; of my Oxford failure, And my travel's history thence to Liverpool: Also of " Navigation Laws"' and Income Tar' Of "vital principles,'.' of Church and State, Of that reform'U religion r profess'd, " By birth, by education, and by choice" I was required to speak. All these you heard, And then, well satisfied, you elected me' Your parliament affairs did draw me thence. Well, as my years of service now will soon expire, I've come again " to give account of a not ;, ‘ Q Unfaithful stewardship."—l'll start then b y obsersq; Silence on the Income Tax.—Gcod means were MI To draw from me a vote of earnest heart, To " modify" ? No !—To alter ? No !—To ngrsXl' " The vital principles of the Navigation Laws; Note that distinctly. I also did consent (And through it I beguil'd the Papists of their Vci te9) To that insidious stroke from th' eternal city to ld! Which my Sovereign suffer'd. Thus is my story Perhaps it may provoke a world of sighs ; fraeSe' E'en friends may say, 'tis strange, 'tis passing 5 'Tis pitiful, 'tis wondrous pitiful. I They may wish I had not done it,—still wis, ll ,l,o l c That you would place me in my spat azain; "ito, An -v „mark me, though the " Catholics" stlPP° r " There is nothing Ruuiish in my votes or story ; I never woo'd them, or promise made them. Come, help me through ' the dangers I must Pa s " And ['ll be grateful for your sympathy! Believe me, I have us'd no witchcraft ! MR. MACKENZIE AND MR. Ggr.'"" To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STA,' SIR,—A letter appeared in the Mercury of rr" t rot ti from Mr. Tho mas Green, in which, after staa was canvassed in Burlington-street, by Messrs.*c ogoi: and Turner, he proceeds to say :—" Mr. Mac ke t'se pdhseilecect.mo;no,i diction addressing hAvttoolrtbte. lon e sa , atcaank r tyse e ein q mioa j u ur, ea e requested t t gice e oil.e atdnvsbeeuat,stsot becausel hihai followets ldmi w do s o otiv.s u nfau l ir d tnh. gea n run o cioat ili t aifoitv P ieee rio r ° ljoae ,... : ; :teoo / 1 1 et e o: e orop i ot i or : 0_ he effect of the words, might be in a situation to foLowniktlhre. Tualrner's el t i l b-. 00 and I think it my duty to say that I believe teat all that passed between Mr.M k e" a nd - t• ic' / -Ae and that I have not the slightest ac e en ll ie ctio n being said by Mr. Mackenzie whirchwcoueld Pess",-rveg,: such an impression.—l am, Sir, your obedieefit k e rt - Liverpool, 7th June, 1852. CHARLES Tu ue SUPPLY EDIT 0 O n F of W th A e T L E I R VE A R TT O R:7 . II OI, II;I : O9 I ei t• ,i, 12v• it whichf article ewT ln i o le a a n apvpaeiare(l i n the headed sia ' n ` Waterdard of S Tuu p e p s l ci y a a y ' la , v to ~,rA IrA i. t , 1 a bi e misstatements, s u p w p l l i iveho of water b w e a g te t r o wcoarsrereeti;reenottletitil 60,000 gallons daily. The tank to hold tbig q u gfea t t ot e : stated to contain half a million gallons. p e t illogifilir proportion between the quantity and the tan s 5 01 0 ,0,': the inaccuracy of the statement. The nart ie ' tbe' h ef i ' the information must have guessed more thetbiot".ol° culated. The principal well is not finished r,cgrtl merely a small trial well. The two are, at leg 9 re seO d y p pli fiefrt o bohr f oenerori y chstac l i thii e o,egupe l dnh d adoe i nop n pdtsunr g i titeaaoGy 6 stts o eirti uose , h o ;rneeie O tnb, o obdti flyeaagtnui.nalddyptl hill,iewledi n auso s ptnadowpst d stibo a aayo i uen l frl y std ~0 distanceoph, v iopyei e or ei i n oesi dund i .rb n v.oseaf, t i 7 .brT h loyis e ,t4Eluf i le r :e::::tt. a l t:ett:or : : ts b,ieyng) : 0 1 010 ! 1 1 : 000 cast iron, and will be placed on a tower , , "" t 35 01 4 from the well. The dimensions of the tank ser vie" Preston paper.—En. JOHN . 11 Ormskirk, June sth, 1852. c P ied Ira [The statement alluded to above was -° ~,111 1/ . M'M.A.NL,'-'' f 0 , t he 1 0 "; he r THE "DESERTED WIFE." The case 0 , ' e l r e ibin'o7 o l applied at the Westminster Police-offic e, in 9,1 Ilg v self as the deserted wife of an of fi cer in " t I'7l, über, Guards efint fo übrj ( te o lc, f et rw foril i l i i l C ,pe h ts:b w i ' lg e i ac g t se a yi li m e , a the nactihb a s particularsassumedi sv 1 5 :i: . r t Y 1 j i I; aj e 1 ,70 5 -; krnol 1 0 to - to !) aspect. Se was proved before Mr. - trate, by a l l ost of witnesses, on Wednesil3Y'4oft° el , oldi e° f 0 5 a drunkard and a prostitute, p eveny cornm °3 5 Oa- frs. ing her. 111 5 , .. , l i g , ,_ I v FRIGHTFUL CANCEROUS NVOUND 1 `,.., Fit,i ,- : o OP 4 'OC HEALED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTAIRNT A: 5 7 r her"' icl ' . 0 4 Matthews, of Bridge-street, Southwark, at t , e s he co ll c eto j ment, had such a dreadful bad breast, 0 5 ' , e a Or i ol e , possibly suckle the infant ; four deeelY s e fi a o `j Ol e os ',l l O sores formed in her left breast, which d e 2 , d l t ag 'li exertions of several of the faculty to heal, snofferi.ifitet, cided that the knife should be resorted t° as VTOillst only chance of cure this the lo r n i t o ie l i o " c raY ' ', o fej, objected to, and determined on giving • L';" bas b e lcA le ment and Pills a trial, the result of whi",OO,JIY a su n c d ce si s i s e ft i t s l , e n fo j o r y a i n ll g theti,e bestwou nocifs.beaat .16thn.°w ' BY THE ERA JUNE E : 8, 1852 TUESDAY, EVER PRINTED AND PURLISI-103, I ? - TUESDAY .111WilAcO' F No. 47, CANNING-STRENT, Off IG STANDARD GENERAL PRINTLS'utrooP. iitoinlEYoll, ROBERT PEARSON ,1$ 4' ST. GAORQB'S CAUSCESI., I,ll°- HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. Earl GREY, after expressing his regret that Government had thought proper to break off the negotiation which had been entered into with the Canadian Legislature, for a construction of a line of railway from Halifax to Quebec. asked whether it was their intention to lay upon the table any further correspondence on that subject.—The Earl of DERBY said the project which had been submitted to Government, and the only one to which he was informed the Canadian Legislature would consent, was one very different from that which had originally been proposed, and would not, like that • have the good effect of develo ping the resources of British America. He thought, therefore, they would not have been justified in recom mending the loan or guarantee of seven million sterling without any corresponding advantage being received by the British empire. He should not oppose the produc• tion of the correspondence. After remarks from Earl FITZWILLIAM, Earl Powts, Lord MoNTEAGLE, Lord DESART, and others, the matter dropped. In reply to the Duke of NEWCASTLE, the Earl of i DERBY said the government had no intention of changing the upper chamber of representatives at the Cape from an elective to a nominative assembly. Adjourned at ten minutes to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoND Y. Mr. BERNAL asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps the government intended to take with a view of providing for a proper supply of labour in the West Indies.—Sir J. PAKINGTON said no one was more painfully alive to the condition of those islands than him self. It was impossible to bring forward any measure on the subject during the present session ; but he had given directions that necessary information might be prepared in order that he might devote his attention to it with the view of ascertaining what relief could be afforded. The house then went into Committee of Supply, and a number of votes were agreed to without a division. Upon the estimate of £1,469, for miscellaneous education, and other purposes, Mr. ANSTEY objected to, and intimated his intention to divide the committee against, an item of £4OO, in aid of the Lampeter Welsh College, on the ground that that institution was grossly mismanaged, and its funds fraudulently obtained and misapplied. In reply to Sir 11. VERNEY, Sir J. PAKINGTON in dicated the course which he and his colleagues had pur sued with reference to the proposed North American Railway. Mr. DISRAELI then made his financial statement upon the condition of the public business. After criticising remarks from Sir J. Graham on Thursday last, he pro ceeded to show that the four classes of bills, to which he had then made reference, namely, those relating to law reform, to the colonies, to Ireland, and to miscellaneous subjects, might all, with a fewunimportant exceptions, be carried through the houses and become law this session. In the first class he might remind them that the Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill and the Law of Wills Amendment Bill had both already passed the Commons, while the Common Law Procedure Bill, the Equitable Jurisdiction Bill sand Masters in Chancery Bill had been read second time. In the second class, the New Zealand Government Bill had made great advance in committee, and there was nothing in the other colonial bills which rendered their passing doubtful. The same remark applied to the two metropolitan hills—those relating to the better supply of water and to the intramural interments. He had no objection, however. to the withdrawal of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill. With respect to Irish measures, those upon the important subjects of valuation of land and encumbered estates were generally approved of, and would be nroceeded with. _ _ . Upon the motion for the third readinz of the Militia Bill, Mr. Men', after a lengthened speech in which he repeated his former arguments, in opposition to the mea sure, moved as an amendment that it should be read again this day six months. The motion was supported by Lord H. Vane and Sir H. Verner. and the amendment by Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Headlam, and Mr. Ewart. Mr. B. OSBORNE admitted that it was the duty of the Government to put the country in a condition efficiently to repel any aggression by Louis Napoleon or any other potentate, but contended that the large sums annually voted were amply sufficient for this purposeAlif properly applied, without any enrolment of the militia, or any other increase of the army. He called upon the house to reject this bill, which was not necessary for the safety of the country, but for the political exigencies of the minis try, and which had been concocted in the scramble to office, and discussed in the panic of an expiring parlia ment. After a few words from the SOLICITOR-GENERAL in support of, and from Mr. PETO in opposition to the motion, the house divided, when there appeared for the motion, 220; against it, 148; majority, 72. The bill was then read a third time. Mr. WILLIAMS moved the omission of the 18th clause, providing for the compulsory raising of the required number of men by ballot.—The motion was rejected by 187 to 142. . . Sir DE LACY EvANs moved a proviso to the effect that . the ballot should not be put fn practice, except in case of war, or imminent danger of war. The proviso was nega tived by 178 to 82. The bill then passed. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at ten minutes past one. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. English Market good; consols improved upon ; some buyers brought on by the dollars reported by the Canada, but closing as on Saturday. Railway market very dull, the only dealings are amongst the jobbers them selves. Market closes steady at low prices. Great Northerns very scarce. Gold shares stagnant. Foreign market quiet. Mexican 2 per cents., lower upon bad news, and a small amount remitted on account of divi dends ; they close a little better than their lowest. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account 100 a 4 1 Bank Stock .. 222 4 Do. Money : Exchequer Bills, Three & Qr. per Cents..... 102 FOREIGN Mexicans... 291 30 Ditto Threes 231 a Spanish Actives 211 1 L. Si S. ...... 83 83 pm. STOCKS. Spanish Threes .. 471 8} Do. Passives .... 511 RAILWAY London Stock.— 1211 2/ Do. Quarters Midland Stock 661 Do. Halves N.Staffordshire.. 61 S. East. & Dover.2o} Amberg.,Notting ham, &E.Junc 7 Manchester, Shef field, & Lincoln shire 31 2 Caledonian lBl 19 Do. Preference East. Counties East Lancashire l7 a Edinb. & Glasgow3l 2 East Anglian ' SHARES. Great Northern 204 Great Western 914 2 Lanc.&Yorkshire.7ll 2 Do. Fifths London, Brighton, & South Coast-1041 54 Lond.& S.Western York, Newcastle, & Berwick 174 18 Do. Extension Do. Preference York& N.Midland 234 Do. Preference Norfolks .. .. Leeds Northern .. 154 North British Do. Preference .. - SHARES. I A. Fria. . .. MINING N. Monde i dis par. CORN ARKET. We have had a moderate show of Wheat, but millers act with caution, and trade is dull at barely last Monday's rates. Foreign is unchanged. French Flour brought former terms ; foreign is, however, neglected. Barley is in scanty supply, and steady at late rates. Beans are slow of sale. Fine Peas are inquired for at former rates. The supply of both Irish and foreign Oats is to a fair extent, but trade rules steady at Friday's terms. English White Wheat.. 435. Od. to 48s. Od. „ Red „ 395. Od. to 435. Od. ARRIVALS. English. Wheat. 3390 Barley .. Oats ... Malt Flour ... Foreign 6070 . 1238 2024 . 2222 597 569 12727 12985 67 1350 and brls. 16552 Beans .. Peas ...... .... PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar : Foreign found ready shipping buyers, at stiffer rates. For refined, u brisk home trade demand exists. Brown lumps realise 38s.—Coffee is firm, but there is little doing. Native Ceylon at 445. to 445. 6d.—The de mand for Tea is improving; lowest common Congou, Bd. —Rice : East India in good demand, at previous rates. — Wool, firm.—Cotton in brisk demand, at stiffer prices. TALLOW MARKET. The market is firm but there is little business doing. P.Y.C. realised 375. on the spot. The returns are as follows :—Stock, 40,774 casks. Corresponding period last year, 26,250 casks ; increase this year, 14,524 casks. Deliveries 740 casks against 1114 casks last year, being a decrease this year of 374 casks. CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts is unusually large, and trade is dull at a reduction in rates. Sheep and lambs have sold slowly at a decline of 21 per lb., and calves have suffered a decline of 4d. Beef.. 2s. 6d, to 3s. 101 Veal.. 2s. 4d. to 3s. 101 Mutton2s. 10d. to 3s. 101 I Pork.. 3s. Od. to 45. Sd• Lamb is. 4d. to ss. 4d. Beasts I 4375 Calves Sheep and Lambs... 29170 Pigs ARRIVALS. 460 I Holland Calves 2280 Spanish Sheep 600 star Beasts lOO feasts Holland Beasts „ Sheep.. Scotch Beasts Cambridge and Leice: Norfolk and Suffolk II MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71i ; Midlaad, 6 74: i New Ports, 3i ; South-Eastern, 201. N . o. .---......... ~ - ''EATRE e. * ll l4 ,?esln cc v, dilllpeated 4 anager N T) , °Deted f 44 - le Oat O f Ives( MISS VA t k h 4 1) 4 ci p tl e e i V a 1 cr ou . Ae . ! at t 9e pj' a u 5 aptiYl 4 e -eh 1r 's Icene; 1,1144 repress thr' ee an d AD Prin( fk4 , l ll ece% of ~ C o g th e tf le Pltt,4ida tll n4 e4cl' t, ~ ~ , 1 4 . 1 4 :41 1 , a i 11 t3 IR ' ; 044r 4q t1 tt ttt t . ceAri : 414 t r Zlilien '111) s" ite~, I