The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 20, 1855.] I one of' the par a d oxes t o which Free Trade has given u - se. S omething cll may be oingthe improved cir- ms tances of the farmers, w who t ae no longer driven by necessity to sell, and can better afford to keep wheat in ricks than speculators can afford to pay warehouse rent. Something also may be owing to th e large mote of Greek capital invested in this e°llllllo dity, by which the holders are enabled to make a Profit out of the demand created by necessity. Itis one of the unforeseen consequences of Free Trade, a nd perhaps it is but a fitting retribution that, as the e manufa cturers sought to b ene fit th emse l ves a t the thexpense of th e agr i ciiltur i sts, the latter should der i ve e Profit, and th e f ormer exper i ence th e l oss f rom e ch ange. The ordi nary effect of war has been to restrict our t , t co mmerce, and, by i mpos i ng on i t h eavy c h arges for pro tection against the enemy, to enhance prices ; but the e xport s War has had almost a contrary effect, for our as., instead of diminishing have rather increased ; o i r so far from the war having lessened our supplies thi e ' ven the produce of Russia, they are brought into moe s i e t ountry 1. Lreugh Prussia, in open defiance of the ade of the Russian ports in the Baltic, which the k misterscase told Parliathent was rigorously maintained. niagi se occurred but last week before a London police tql ov strat l e, in which a man was charged with stealing r egal a ';: t. en the wharfinger declared that tallow was Paid fo r bou ght in Petersburg on English account, P iti i russi a ; so English gold, and forwarded through Put , a sten that+ all the expense of the Baltic fleets to be cause pc,: o P ‘nssian commerce is literally wasted, 11 ,entraiii, - ' BBi a is allowed to preserve a convenient E nglish '' an d the extra cost has to be borne by consumers. , We l ia , ° ' t he eee tl , witnessed a monetary Y Which ,n ,) also doubl e d ; been nearly ordinary rate of discount has . pre v i ous '• and though such a circumstance has in ket s ,_, instances been accompanied by a fall in mar eernill uearness of money causing cheapness of other nlOte: di i, ties — we have here another paradox, for as com modity h as advanced in value almost every other t a ti e has risen in price in an equal if not greater C on : 8 ° as to bid defiance to ordinary calculations. th e 'lllners may well complain, as well as wonder, at qtrti t aPid rise which has lately taken place in the price a ltd gar, with advances also in the value of tea, coffee, t all Other articles ; but, we believe, that the extreme ),,th at bee n Passed, an d it i s not at all improbable but i , t he descent may b e as rap i d as t h e r i se , an d th a t c ' e Who have been counting on large profits from tta ea lised stock may soon discover their anticipated 8 only represented upon paper. Sugar is no h t . so h p ti el l a necessary of life as to be indispensable ;t. high t at e % will not only diminish consumption but hi s h im has air° lra portations, so that the reaction, which but e not r z eadY co mmenced, may not only be rapid, r dist ant. thWhen, about twenty ye since, the alteration in A ast Indi a Company's ars the threw open charter trail h a- e l wit h China, the English merchants rushed into ~1 —a rket, and, competing with one another for sup zeds of tea, actually bought in the dearest market ; following up the sa me spirit of competition at thehome,vausnotldain the cheapest market ; thus reversing that p . e Policy of S ir ROBERT PEEL, and proving iee-trade is not l ate • . rise in the sugar always productive of profit. The r esult, i , unless our gar market may produce a similar which the hi gh merchants operate with caution, to ment. We have rat e of interest may act as an induce ore On P unfortu t 1 been too much depend - forei gn „._ na e y own colonies • PP ' ° , l lies to the neglect and ruin of our l abour is lowed ' and so long as the produce of slave ef f ree. ,_, to wed to enter into competition with that . ce_ were accomplish which such heavy sun were Tr , 4 il sudden made_ canntot expect to be exempt from ar,..fluctuations as that lately experienced. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. is a certain kind of restless activity in some r epos , which renders it impossible for them to endure 0 4 to e ; and every opportunity is,therefore, gladly seized lob t ""ire some degree of notoriety. It is not very lia h , lan ce Lord J OHN R USSELL, a f ter a career i n Par alii;eli t i ° Nearly forty years, and after having occupied tr ek tl , ev ery ministerial office, was compelled to retire %/I Government, from the overwhelming convic ativi: t he public mind of his political treachery in b een ' B l' inglorious conditions of peace when he had i t ki Z a t to Vienna to maintain the national honour. l 6 : t have been thought that, at sixty-three years Iva pale day for re-constructing a political reputation to s t ;: , and that the wisest course would have been rtti re -eu I nh to the storm he had himself provoked, and into the private life to which he must have so 1 54 ja ea n a stranger. He seems, however , to be tll ll v e of rest, preferring rather the smallest mo di - 1 14. 4 e. -: Popular notice, of however questionable a 4 ol i t ti Le r, to being altogether unforgotten. It bi was b , tlp o : e88 , this morbid feeling of restlessness w e , ed him to the bitter mortification of beinghissed l 'te 4 - h °a vivial banquet by his own constituents, whose NI:or decorum, so unusual on such an occasion, 1 4 .v e been excited solely on account of his pea whet `ions, so foreign to the temper of the people, ` l ' the merchants of London or the inhabitants I ltt e ()-141 'Y places. But the few remarks which he did rokerawere scarcely less absurd than those which pro t h is condemnation. He congratulated the citizens tri °ll4o ll upon the election of th e L or d M a y or a s a 0 1 . : 1)11 of principle, and a b ru ptly resume d hi s sea t, 1 ) 1 e 'night perhaps have been informed what princi ov 4,1.' though o uad th us triumphed. R was an old-fashioned perhap s hi was an exploded fallacy in th e pinion o f modern ° I the country p osophers, that the of Ch recognition Of th e t ruths based undti upon an especial C o nstitution the fo ristia n it y on of our belief and, ; tie i n d e ed, the only eipl e a - -the basis of our laws, which society is or can be bound. Yet the onl y -nvolved in the election of the Lord Mayor b elu'Zlon is a practical denial of Christianity, l by f t in e ite of a man who avowedly ignores his belief Whi e h °et tines, Is indifferentism the great principle t -m Lord JOHN RUSSELL was about to laud, had no 8 p c „ cave Predilections imbittered his audience again st 4 p r h s - h would be difficult to discover in what way 4 414 - geiPle can be involved in the election of such a aa the chief magistrate of the metropolis, unless gnali t "nee to religious principle is a commendable the Y. Be it remembered---for it is important to hirthA l uuent---that the Lord Mayor is only a Jew by day rear a nd, theref ore , i n i m p ug ning his election, we J el ; vin from any remarks whatever upon those 41 1 4 W ho cons c i en ti ous ly b e li eve an d act up to the to pre i n which th e y h ave b een e d u cated. It is absurd th end that the L or d M a y or o f London is a Jew, at e l J ewish s ense o f th e wor d ; f or h e was p res iding litewa"anquet on the Sabb a th, e n gaged in a peculiarly it 1. oc cupation, and eating with those with, whom toh - 1 , 5 1113 t lawful fo r hi m t o ea t, w ith forbidden vivands IN 4 e table, at the very time when the ex-Minister Ar~ c 4.4 4 udin g his being there as the vindication of a, ple It trB 8 is absurdity number one, of which Lord Joni , / Po Du rra , has b een gu i lty i n hi s f u til e a tt em pt t o cour t tow ar itY ; but, as if to leave no doubt of his in kett•steneY, he app eare d , on W e d nes d a y last, before a 1, 044 1 g of the Young Men's Christian Association in as a lecturer on civilization ; and there, after t hat et ( nieeted string of hi s t or ical references, declared N eial — ' l ' istl anity was the only basis of national and he eolll welfare. If the one argument be true, what h ot ]i of the other P The citizens of London would 40 he ' c 'eu to his laudations at theLordMayor's banquet, th e h anged hi s ground, and attempted tp enlighten 11 48 a l t lli g luen on the blessings of Christianity. He qiv ,an3r rate, sh own th e versa tilit y o f hi s genius : lif e 04 n; has v i rtually closed the door of his political ate,,linigelf, he m a y, no d ou bt , come ou t w ith e c ld t favottotal lecturer, varied w ith occa s io n al add resses ur of the beer-sellers, who are just now suffer- ing from a rigid application of the billeting system ; while an advocacy of the right to open places of amuse ment on the Sunday may be diversified with lectures on the sanctity of the Lord's-day. The self-sufficiency that would undertake the com mand of the Channel fleet, or perform an operation in lithotomy, at five minutes' notice, can find no difficulty as to choice of subjects, nor as to their ap parent incongruity ; and as the reception at the mayoralty banquet is no doubt a notice to quit as far as the representation of London is concerned, with perchance no convenient borough to supply the deficiency, it is commendable prudence on the part of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to prepare himself for a new walk of life, in which, though his auditors may not be legislators, nor his theme the rights and interests of nations, he may contrive to keep his name before the public. THE COLONIAL SECRETARYSHIP. THE PREMIER has at length been enabled to fill up the vacant office of Colonial Secretary, after its being refused by Lord STANLEY and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT. It has been offered to Mr. LABOUCHERE, and accepted; so that, having coquetted with Con servatives and Peelites, Lord PALMERSTON has been obliged to fall back on a Wig, and nothing more. Mr. LABOUCHERE was President of the Board of Trade, from July 1847, till March 1852, under Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and since then has been out of office, having refused to join the Coalition. He is favourably known to Liverpool, for the interest he took as Chair man of the Committee in the amalgamation of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks. The office of Postmaster-General is still vacant, but it is said to have been offered to the Duke of SOMERSET. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH, BOUNDARIES. THE usual no) of the intention of the Corporation of Liverpool to apply to Parlia ment, in the next session, for an Act to carry into effect the proposed enlargement of the boundaries of the borough. The details may, of course, be subject to various modifications before receiving legislative sanction, but the proposal goes to the full extent suggested, and, should it be realised, will render Liverpool one of the most spacious municipal areas in the 'United Kingdom, comprising both sides of the estuary of the Mersey, and including a population of more than half a million. The Bill proposes to include within the boundaries of Liverpool the whole, or certain portions of the several parishes or townships of Bootle, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Litherland, Sefton, Orrel, Orrel-with-Ford, Walton, Walton-on-the-Hill, Fazakerly, West Derby, Child wall, Wavertree, Allerton, Garston, and Toxteth-park, all in the county of Lancaster ; and Birkenhead, Claughton, Claughton-cum-Grange, Oxton, Poulton, Poulton-cum-Seacombe, Liscard, and Wallasey, in the county of Chester ; so that the whole of this vast area, extending from Garston to Bootle Bay, on the right bank of the Mersey, and from Monk's Ferry to New Brighton, on the Cheshire side, will become a portion of the Borough of Liverpool, its public works under the management of the Corporation, and its interests represented in the Council Chamber, by Aldermen and Town Councillors returned from the several wards into which it will be divided. The bill also proposes to empower the Corporation to purchase the works belonging to the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas and Water Company, so as to place the supply of these important necessaries under efficient management. The notice which has been given is of course but a preliminary step, in order to comply with the standing orders of Parliament ; but the details will require much careful consideration not only by the members of the Corporation but by the inhabitants of those places immediately interested, whose consent to the terms must be obtained before the Bill can receive legislative sanction. The most important feature of the measure is that which relates to the amalgamation of Birkenhead with Liverpool ; and this will, most probably, be the least difficult of adjustment, inasmuch as so little difference exists in the present average of local rates. It will be by far the most valuable acquit sition to Liverpool, rendered more important by the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks ; and it is to be hoped that no petty differences on minor details will be allowed to interfere with the arrangement. &ice has een given BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. THE Corporation of Liverpool has so far proved the sincerity of its intention to carry out the agreement made last session, by giving notice of a Bill to sanction the proposed alteration, and unite the property at Birkenhead, purchased by the Corporation, with the estate of the Liverpool Dock Trustees. It is un necessary to argue on the necessity of this valuable addition to the Dock accommodation of the port—for this point has already been admitted, and proof of it is also afforded by the increasing number of large vessels. The Bill proposes to authorise the alterations sug gested in the report of Mr. JOHN HARTLEY, with certain modifications, in order to render the Great Float available for ships of the largest class, and also to take in part of Canning-street and Freeman-street, Birkenhead, for dock purposes. It also proposes to place the Birkenhead Docks, when completed, under the management of the Liver pool Dock Trustees, subject to the existing Acts of Parliament for the regulation of the Liverpool Docks, so that the whole shall constitute one property, and, at the same time, to equalise the rates and tolls, and apportion them in respect of vessels using the docks on both sides of the Mersey. Another provision is to enable the Corporation of Liverpool to borrow money from time to time for the purpose of effecting the proposed alterations, and to confer upon the Corporation full powers over that portion of the property which will become vested in the said Corporation. It will thus be seen that the necessary preliminary steps are being taken to give full effect to the agree ment which was entered into when Parliamentary sanction was given to the purchase of the Birkenhead Dock property. MURDER ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP. AN adjourned inquest was held yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner, on the body of Andrew Ritchie, a seaman on board the American ship Assyria. From the evi dence it appeared that the deceased shipped on board the Assyria in New Orleans, on or about the Ist of Oct. last, as an able bodied seaman. On the voyage from New Orleans to Liver pool, be was very severely beaten and kicked by William Wil son, the second mate, and the boatswain, John Hanson. Im mediately after the vesssel arrived here, the deceased was taken to the Northern Hospital. This was on the 12th Nov., but, notwithstanding. every care bestowed on him, he died on Saturday last. Mr. John Hodgson Waterhouse, surgeon at the Northern Hospital, said the deceased was brought to that Hospital suf fering under very great debility. He was severely bruised all over the body, including two abscesses, one do each side of his head. He had a compound fracture on the bridge of the nose, and had also a fracture of the inner bone of the right fore arm. Besides the injuries referred to, he had also an abscess on the right ankle joint. Mr. Waterhouse had since made a post mor tals examination of the body, and found five ribs broken on the right side. The causes of death were the injuries which be received, and which were proved to have been sustained on board the Assyria. In the course of the inquiry it was shown that the deceased, who had been shipped as an able seaman, but who was not, had been most barbarously treated on the voyage by the second mate and the boatswain, and that cruel treatment had been inflicted on other members of the ship's crew during the voyage. The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Wil liam Wilson, the second mate, and John Hanson, the boat swain. Immediately on the arrival of the vessel in Liverpool, the second mate and boatswain left the ship, and they have not been seen or heard of since, notwithstanding the vigilant search of the police, who have exerted themselves to the ut most to secure their arrest. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia,—With reference to a statement in the Northern Daily Times of this morning, that Mr. Sudlow is a relative of mine, I beg to say that I am not in the remotest degree related to or connected with Mr. Sudlow. I would feel obliged by your being good enough to insert this note in your publication to-morrow.--I am, Sir, yours, Liverpool, Nov. 19, 1855. CHARLES TURNER. PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN DEVEY, OF THE SHIP MERMAID. ACCORDING to previous arrangements, a meeting was held yesterday morning, at eleven. o'clock, in the Underwriters' Rooms, for the purpose of presenting Captain Devey, of the " White Star" line of Royal Mail clipper ships, between Liverpool and Australia, with a testimonial. The object of the presentation was to signify public approbation of Captain Devey's conduct in respect to his having prosecuted his voyage homeward from Pernambuco, in the ship Mermaid, in oppo sition to the injunctions of Mr. H. Augustus Cowper, Her Majesty's Consul at the above-named port. The meeting was numerously attended by the principal merchants and ship-owners of Liverpool ; and among those present we observed the following gentlemen, viz.:— Charles Turner, J. P. Palmer, P. Rawson, James Beazley, H. Halhead, Thomas Robinson, [jun., Thomas Robinson, J. Pilkington, H. T. Wilson, Robert Dirom, B. Darbyshire, T. M. Blythe,—Black, William Moon,Thomas Morris, A. E. Byrne' T. D. Anderson, Martin, Sutton, Kirkby, J. K • Rounthwaite, and P. Maxwell, Esqrs. The testimonial, which was a very elegant set of breakfast silver-plate, consisted of two massive salvers, a superb and beautiful tea-kettle and stand, a coffee-pot, a sugar basin, and a cream ewer, of the Watteau pattern, all elaborately chased and engraved. [An elegant silver teapot, of a somewhat similar pattern, had been previously presented to Captain Devey by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sidney, and the other cabin passengers, who were conveyed to Melbourne by the Mermaid on her last voyage outward.] Each of these pieces of plate bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Captain Edward Devey, of the ship Mermaid, by the ship owners and merchants of Liverpool, in testimony of their approval of the course he pursued in prosecuting his voyage, under the trying circumstances in which he was placed at Pernambuco. Liverpool, 1855." The plate, which had been manufactured by Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, in this town, was displayed on a table in the centre of The room, and at a few minutes past eleven Captain Devey was introduced by Charles Turner, Esq., chairman of the Dock Committee. Mr. TURNER then proceeded to address the meeting. He said that, in . the absence of Mr. Mann, whoee health, they were all aware, was in too delicate a state to permit him to be present, and whose absence he extremely regretted, he had been requested, as occupying the chair of the Dock Committee to say, on behalf of the ship-owners of this port, a few words to Captain Devey on this occasion. In doing so, (continued he), I must say that I never appeared before the public with more pleasure to myself than now, when about to present, in' the names of the subscribers, to Captain Devey, a memorials accompanied by this handsome present, from the shipowner of Liverpool, as a mark of their high appreciation of the ability, judgment, and firmness displayed by him in prosecu ting his voyage from Pernambuco to this port, under the' very trying circumstances in which he was placed. Those circumstances have been lately so fully displayed in the form of a judicial investigation that I need not go into details. It is not for me to make any remark on the conduct of Her Ma jesty's Consul in the Brazils ; but this much I may be al lowed to observe, that this case affords ample proof that it is most desirable that the question of remuneration to be de rived from the misfortunes of shipowners should be in quired into, and the custom abolished, in reference to. Her Majesty's representative at that port ( Pernambuco). Ido not say that the consul, in this matter, has been actuated by im proper motives, or that so large a sum as £lO,OOO, ( and from that to £12,000 or £14,000, which might have devolved upon him,) had any influence upon him on that occasion, (A laugh.) It must, however, have been observed from the investigation that the remarks addressed by the consul to Captain Devey were calculated to have a great effect upon a man of less firm- I ness and judgment than Captain Devey has proved himself to be. ( Hear, hear.) Had he yielded to those representations, the loss to the shipowners and underwriters would have been extremely heavy : indeed, there is good reason to fear that if the vessel had once gone into port there, she would never have left it again. ( Hear, hear.) With these few remarks, and heartily concurring, as I do, in the universal testimony borne by every mercantile man and shipowner to the integrity of Captain Devey's conduct, I feel great pleasure in reading a o t e w s i t l i e m r s o / a l n i a d l which b e h r a s s o b f e t c h ' e i v u e n ry d e n r numerously s s s i o g c n i a e t d i o by. n . s l h t i p i s as follows : Liverpool, sth Nov., 1855. To Captain Edward Devey, Master of the Clipper Ship Mermaid. SIR,—We the, undersigned merchants, shipowners, and others, of the port of Liverpool, desire to convey to you our hearty concurrence and congratulations on the decision which has been come to by Captain Robertson, R.N., the Inspector- General of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, after the full and lengthy investigation which has just taken place into your conduct, in consequence of the charges brought against you by Mr. H. Augustus Cowper, Her Majesty's Consul at Pernambuco, and now proved to be unfounded.—Jas. .1. Bibby, Chas. Turner, Cunard, Brett and Austin, P. Magee, John M. Walthew, G. H. Fletcher and Co. John S. De Wolf, John Lockett, Thomas C. Wilson , N. Waterhouse and Sons, W. P. Fernie, Samuel Bright, Thos. Sands, James Aiken, James Beazley, J. R. Groves, W. J. Lamport, T. M. Blythe, Thomas Harrison, Benj. Chisholm, Henry Fernie, John Jardine, James Alexander,`James John son, J. Longton and Co., Joseph Robinson, Holderness and Chilton, Rankin, Gilmour, and Co., David Jardine, Hilton Halhead, Owen Jones, Henry Sharpies, W. H. Anthony, Thos. Robinson, jun., John Farnworth, Miller, Houghton, and Co., L. H. Macintyre and Co., Benjamin Derbyshire, Brice, Friend, and Co., W. Sinclair and Co., Charles Moore and Co., Willis and Co., David Cannon, Sons, and Co., Andrew Byrne and Co., Geo. P. Oxley and Co., Charles Wigg, Edw. Higgin and Co., Edw. Thompson, Dirom, Davidson and Co. Having presented the elegant and valuable coffee service to Capt. Devey, Mr. TURNER continued :—I trust, sir, you will long enjoy the approbation of your fellow-townsmen, as it has been thus expressed, and that you will long continue in command of the vessel in the navigation of which you have proved that you are capable of attending to the interests of the mercantile community. (Cheers.) Captain DEVEY, in acknowledging this handsome recogni tion of his services, said he humbly thanked the merchants and shipowners for their kindness, and the owners of the Mermaid for their approbation of his conduct, which in them selves would have been ample reward for the anxiety and misery he had endured on the passage from Pernambuco to this port. He did not, he confessed, anticipate so valuable a testimonial in addition to their approval. It was quite un looked for. In the course he had adopted, he had nothing more in view than the proper discharge of his duty, and be cause it was incumbent upon him to pursue that course. The knowledge that he was discharging a duty had been the means of carrying him through. (Hear, hear.) As the case had already had so much publicity, he need not refer to the facts as they bad transpired; but he would point to them as proof; that it was the duty of shipmasters generally to use their own discretion and judgment, and to do all in their power to attend to the interests of the shipowner. (Cheers.) Mr. TURNER requested to read the annexed letter which had been received that morning from the manager of the Western Insurance Clubs : Topsham, Nov. 17th, 1855. Captain E. Devey, Ship " Mermaid," of Liverpool. Sin, —Although we have no Insurance on your ship, we feel it a duty to acknowledge your praiseworthy conduct in oppos ing the authority of the British Consul at Pernambuco (a andplace bringingk known y t o o m all h i underwriters t o n f ot h o e r r iou d s eg f t o in r a i t m io p n o , si t t h io e n r s) e. by saving a large sum which must otherwise have been ex pended. As a testimony of the estimation in which we hold your conduct, I enclose a cheque for £lO, which please accept. I am, sir, yours, very respectfully, • JOHN HOLMA ?f, Manager, Western Clubs. _ Mr. TURNER, in conclusion, stated that the underwriters with whom the ship was insured had determined to present Captain Devey with £l,OOO. This might seem a very large sum, but when they reflected that the Underwriters had been saved' ten, perhaps more than twenty times that sum, by his conduct , on this occasion, he was sure they would feel that it was not undeserved by Captain Devey.— (Cheers). This terminated the interesting proceedings here; but we learn that the Society of Underwriters in Glasgow, to mark their approbation of Captain Devey's conduct, have voted a gold medal to him. COMMERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. IF the value of the Public Funds be taken as a test of the state of public feeling on monetary affairs, the week has been characterised by quietude, for the fluctuations have been but slight, and prices have, on the whole, been fairly maintained. This quietude may be partly attributed to the uncertainty which continues to prevail as to the turn which affairs are, likely to take, so that most, persons are deterred from speculating, either for a rise or for a fall in prices, and something may also be attributed to the contradictory influences which prevail. On the one hand, the speech of the Premier at the Lord Mayor's banquet led - to the inference of a continuance of the war ; and the present high prices of foreign and colonial produce will, no doubt, stimulate increased importation, and thereby lead to a demand for money. On the other hand, advices have been received of more than a million sterling in gold being daily expected from Australia, which, in the absence of further demands from the continent, may tend to lighten the pressure upon the Bank of England resources, and relieve the Money-market. The accounts from Australia are also favourable as to the further supplies of gold, and, as in a short time we may anticipate a return through the ordinary trade channels of the large quantities of specie which have been lately sent abroad for the pur poses of the war, it is not surprising that considerable doubt should exist as to the state of monetary resources for a little time to come. We have recently commented at some length on the injurious influence upon mercantile interests of the Bank Charter Act, which has been not inaptly compared to a man being compelled to wear a suit of clothes which were made for him when a boy. Were it not for this, there would be nothing in the state of commercial affairs, or even in the requirements for the purposes of the war, to excite any feeling of appre hension ; but so long as the operations of the mercan tile community are fettered by restrictions which were only meant to apply to a very different state of affairs, there exists a grievance which demands the serious attention of the legislature. On Wednesday 'last, the Governors of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, and it is rumoured that the object of the conference was to authorise the Bank of England to increase their issue on securities beyond the present limit of fourteen millions. By the act- of 1844, the government is empowered to authorise the extension of the issue to two-thirds of the amount of the issue of other banks, which may have been withdrawn from circulation either by failure or the substitution of Bank of England notes. This amounts to about £700,000, so that the increase will come to something under half-a-million, a sum far too little to have any sensible effect. The Bank returns, published on Friday last, present but few changes of importance. There is a decrease in the stock of bullion to the amount of £65,196, but as there is also a decrease in the circulation to the extent of £333,765, the reserve of notes unemployed has increased £238,740, so that the total is £4,883,205; a margin which, in the face of expected receipts of gold, might be considered ample for purposes of ac commodation, without imposing such heavy rates of discount. The Bank directors may, however, have over-reached themselves, for the returns show a de crease in private deposits and private securities of upwards of a million, from which the evident inference may be drawn that discounts are found easier else where than at the Bank of England. In the considera tion of this subject it must always be remembered that the stock of bullion in the Bank is by no means a safe criterion of the position of monetary affairs. An excess is sometimes caused by a dulness of trade, and a de ficiency by increased activity, as well as by demands for exportation ; while the latter may be influenced by a fluctuation in the state of exchanges, which may be merely of a temporary character ; and, at the same time, it must not be forgotten that steam navigation offers facilities for the transmission of specie which were not possessed during the last war, and which must materially influence the fluctuations in bullion, as far as our foreign trade is concerned, as the cost of transmission constitutes an important element in the question. The arrivals of specie during the week are estimated to amount to about £300,000, and it is computed that the exports are fully equal to that amount. Business at Manchester has been tolerably active during the week, the demands for export being to a fair extent; and prices have experienced little altera tion, notwithstanding the commencement of a strike of the operatives, which, it is hoped, may be averted by a timely concession of the masters to what may be owned a fitir request on the part of the men. In the Woollen trade there is an average amount of business doing, and late prices are firmly maintained. In the Hosiery and Lace trades, though no improvement can be noticed, there is a fair extent of business done, at previous rates. ' The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 17th November gives the following results, when compared with the previous week Public Deposits ... g 3,605,358; Increase ... £235,374 -Other Deposits ... 11,166,069 ; Decrease ... 528,131 Rest ... ... ... 3,208,587; Increase ... 30,414 On the other side of the account : Government Securities.. £10,124,848; Decrease... £76,428 Other Securities 17,879,564; Decrease... 475,984 Notes unemployed ...... 4,883,205; Increase ... 238,740 The amount of notes in circulation is £19,763,090, being a decrease of £333,765, and the stock of bullion in both departments is £11,234,438, showing a decrease of £65,196 when compared with the preceding return. VARIATION OF THE COMPASS. TILE following letters from the Board of Trade and Trinity house have been received by the Secretary of the Liverpool Compass Committee, in reply to one from the Committee to each of the above boards, enclosing copy of a letter addressed by him to Mr. Court, Secretary of the Liverpool Underwriters Association, Which we published last week respecting the variation of the compass in the Irish Channel : " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, " Marine Department, 16th Nov., 1855. " SIB,—I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing copy of a communication addressed, by the Liverpool Compass Committee, to the Un derwriters of that port, on the subject of the variation of the compass in the St. George's Channel and Irish Sea; and I am to resquest that you will acquaint the Compass Committee that my Lords entirely concur in their suggestion, and that' measures will be taken for giving further publicity to this information, so important to mariners.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, T. H. FARRER. " W. W. Rundell, Esq., 40, Tower-buildings East, Liverpool." "Trinity-house, London, 15th November, 1855. Sra,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing a copy of one which has been addressed, by direction of the ` Liverpool Compass Committee,' to the `Liverpool Underwriters' Association : ' respecting the proper correction for variation to be allowed in navigating the Irish Channel, and having laid the same before the Board, am directed to return the thanks of the Elder Brethren to the Committee, for that communication. " I am further directed to observe that the Elder Brethren regard the subject adverted to as being both interesting and important, and they request that the Committee will obligingly inform them in what manner the observations were made, both in Dublin and Liverpool, and whether the result arrived at was consequent upon many observations. " I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, "J. HERBERT. "W. W. Rundell, Esq." PRODUCE.—The excitement prevailing in the Sugar market during the last fortnigh continued unabated up to the early part of the week t ; since then the mar ket has become quiet, and purchases can now be made on lower terms. The transactions are large, and com prise 500 hlids. 8.P., 8500 bags Bengal, 9550 mats Mauritius, 1500 bags Brazil, 80 cases Havana, all on the spot ; besides 1,100 bags Bengal, 2,000 bags Per nams, to arrive, and 100 casks, 7,240 bags from France. For Coffee a brisk demand, and prices have advanced 2s. per cwt. In Rice an extensive business has been done at 9d. to ls. per cwt. higher prices. Rum in great demand, at a further advance of 2d. to 3d. per gallon. In Palm Oil large transactions continue to take place; the sales during the week amount to 1,300 tons on the spot at £4B to £5l, and 3,500 tons to arrive at £47 to £5O 10s. :per ton, Tallow has further advanced, Petersburg Y.C. having been sold as high as 755., but on Friday there were sellers at 7 4 5.; some small lots of South American brought 745. 6d. to 755. per cwt. 25 tons Cocoa-Nut Oil are reported at 525. to Ms., and 100 tons Lard at 665. to 675. per cwt. There is a dearer market for Jute, closing prices establishing an advance of 20s. per ton. TO -DAY, we are still without any transactions to notice in Sugar or Molasses, and the market remains in the same un settled state. There is a fair inquiry for Rum, but not much disposition to purchase at the late extreme rates ; 400 pipes Havana, in dock, have however been sold, but the price has not transpired. The sales in Coffee are confined to 50 bags Rio at 50s. per cwt. The Tea-market continues steady ; in prices of com mon Congou there is no alteration. 8 , 000 bags Arra can Rice were taken on Saturday, at 13s. 6d. per cwt., but nothing has been done to-day. 400 tons Bengal Rapeseed, to arrive, have been sold at 68s. 6d. to 695. per qr. delivered. We have also to notice 150 cases Castor Oil at 7d. per lb. for low seconds, and 30 tons Ceara Fustic at £6los. per ton. WooL.---During the past week the Wool market has been almost inactive, manufacturers and staplers thinking that the price of Wool must be lower, hold back as long as possible from purchasing more than will satisfy immediate wants. On Friday about 600 bales East India, damaged by sea water, were sold, and brought fair prices. Stocks remain very light. The imports for the week are, 1,687 bales East India, 187 Mediterranean, 116 Portugal, 10 Irish, and 3 coastwise ; total, 2,003 bales. ISSUE DEPARTMENT, Notes issued ... Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.10,646,295 Silver bullion ... £24,646,295, £24,646,295 BANKING DI Prop. Capital ... £14,553,0001 Rest ... ... 3,208,683' Public Deposits 3,605,358 Other Deposits 11,166,069 7-day &other bills 942,750 :PARTMENT. IGov. Securities £10,124,818 Other Securities 17,879,664 Notes ... 4,883,205 Gold & Silver Coin 608,143 £33,475,7601 £33,475,760 Our SHARE-MARKET is again in a state of depres sion, and very inactive. Th public buy but little and sell less, and the consequence is that prices are left to the dealers to alter at their pleasure. Local stocks are very steady and in demand for investment. Dutch Rhenish are very heavy and declining. This day's prices are—Caledonians, 28 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 242 ; Great Western, 498 9 ; Lancashire and York shire, 744 ; London Stock, 93 4 ; Sheffield Stock, 211 ; Midland Stock, 62 t—} 8 4 ; South Eastern, 16 15.16 s 17 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £lO pref. shares, 121 ; Dutch Rhenish, 11 1 3-9 dis. COTTON.—The market has not been so buoyant during the week, owing to the continued pressure on the Money-market, and the threatened strike at Man chester, which has already commenced, although it is yet believed that some arrangement may be come to. There is, however, no alteration in prices, which have been firmly maintained, the falling off being chiefly in purchases by the trade. The sales for the week, up to Friday, amounted to 48,730 bales; of which 9,110 were taken on speculation, and 6,600 for export, leaving 33,020 for the trade. TO-DAY the advices by the Africa were to hand, but they had, but little effect. The sales were 6,000 bales, including 1,500 for specula tion and export, and the market, though, quiet, was firm. The following is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period last year :- 1854 1855 New Orleans, middling „ fair Upland, middling fair.. 5i 5i sn Lcs. IMPORTS. a isr io v c . : 6 ---------------.iKscnipriox, i • ea i c vs. e : - N i N io ---A F .n k igo rP ioi r tila e s % yi 7 y i r - . eN r- A no - ' dv e i e .n k l : 6 - 7 irrebai : s. - ----- , ' - ,- Sea island Stained Boweds ..... . Mobile 5 64 6910 307230 1 237 9 0' 847165 New Orleans 4 74 12150 1030620 J 1 Pernams, 8.:c.. • • Bahia, Bm. Maranliain DeITICrara,SLC 74 30 660 1301 831. 390 Egyptian ..... " 80 6660 139' 614 G 2930 13990 . 426070 150 5000 } 11275 249803 ' 116080 50 2840 ....I .... 900 S C BMu o ear i nd n agr . ta i tt : 5.. . ... ... &... ....e ... . .... .... .... 33 : 11 _44 1 - -- -- -- - 48730 27342801 57924 •'1908513 442160 MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES. 31.A.NCHESTER. — As at the close of last week, so during the present, has this market experienced a more limited inquiry. The stocks of the descriptions of goods and yarns most in de mand having been cleared off, producers, countenanced by a rising cotton market, have been disposed to hold for gradually advancing prices, but the demand being for the moment pretty fully satisfied, there is less disposition to give out orders, and more especially at the quotations now asked. On Tuesday there was a fair amount of business transacted, but with less buoyancy and a greater degree of hesitation. Since then there has been no improvement; but, on the contrary, the cautious proceedings of buyers seem to be confirmed. Prices, which at the opening part of the week were very firm, are gradually becoming easier, and though no decline can be quoted, buyers have the turn in their favour ; and only for small transactions, which will not bear delay, are the full prices asked obtained. In yarns, on Tuesday, great firmness was manifested, and in many instances advanced rates were asked, which the aspect of the Liverpool cotton market seemed to justify. Since then cotton has been easier, and though spinners have not accepted any decline from the prices actually realised, they have somewhat moderated their preten sions as regards the rates they ask. Water yarns continue very firm, and though the demand for China and Germany is more moderate, there is still business doing. India yarns continue steady, though not so much inquired for. Warps and cop yarns are firm, at full prices. Goods are not so much in de mand as last week, the advance in price having materially affected the inquiry. Shirtings (40 inch) are scarce ; and manufacturers, having orders on hand, are very firm ; the news from India being but indifferent, has checked any urgent inquiries. The Greek houses continue inactive, and the in quiries, which at the beginning of the week led to expecta tions of renewed purchases, have not so resulted. T cloths and domestics are only in moderate inquiry. —Manchester Courier. HUDDERSFIELD.—This market continues without altera tion, the few buyers about having been buying for their im mediate wants only ; and as these are not likely to increase for the next two months, it is not likely we shall have any improvement before that time. But, with wheat at an average of 30s. per quarter, after a rather lengthened range of what may be called very high prices, the wonder still is, how even our present degree of prosperity is maintained. Wools at the sales are going higher than at the commencement—another of the anomalies that everbody is wondering at. LEEDS.—There has been quite as much business transacted as can be expected so late in the season. Prices about the same. The stocks are low for the season, and the mills con tinue well employed. Business has been dull in the ware houses for the home trade ; but there is a little more doing than of late for the American Spring trade. BRADFORD.—WooI : The spirited buying of colonial wools has given a tone of confidence to the holders of English, and has tended still further to lessen the sales, for the spinners buy with great caution. Noils and brokes are not so ready sale, and the prices are in favour of the buyer.—Yarns This department of the trade rules very unsatisfactory ; the price of wool is quite incommensurate with the current prices for yarns ; this causes a continual stoppage of machinery, and the production is materially curtailed.—Pieces There is no im proved demand for goods, all seem to buy on a very limited scale, and the business of the week is contracted. NoTTINGnAm„—The lace trade remains much in the same state as last reported. Several American buyers have con tinued giving out orders, and the trade generally may be considered in a healthy state. The hosiery trade still con tinues in a healthy state, several American buyers having given out orders during the week. The home trade is dull. LEICESTER.—There is less doing in the departments for our home trade, and evident indications of a still further falling off of employment for the working classes. Thili arises from the determination of manufacturers not to accu mulate stock, even to the usual amount, there being less occa sion to do so through the improved machinery now in opera tion. Price of wool is generally firm, and yarns remain as last quoted. : MEETING OF GROCERS; LAST NIGHT. A MEETING of the Liverpool grocers was held last night, in the large room of the York Hotel. The meeting was well attended ; and Mr. Tate was called on to preside. On taking the chair, he remarked that the first business which would come before the meeting was relative to the question of weights, by which the public were to be supplied ; and as he saw reporters present, it would be for the meeting to consider how far it was desirable to have those gentlemen present. Several members expressed themselves in favour of having the meeting private, but the majority ruled that its proceed. ings should be public.. Mr. TAYLOR then in a discursive speech alluded to the opinion which, he said, was abroad, to the effect that the pro ceedings of the Grocers' meeting, on a former occasion, had not been reported with fidelity ; he, however, expressed his conviction that the press meant to be fair and impartial. He then proceeded to say that, in his opinion, the public had every reason to be satisfied with the terms and with the manner in which they had been served by the grocers gene rally. He said an idea had gone abroad that the price of sugar was now lower than it had been, and that in conse quence of this its price ought to be reduced. He, for his own part, was not an advocate for either the advance or the reduc tion of prices. The CIELIRMAN reminded Mr. Taylor that the first business before the meeting was to consider the propriety of forming an association of the grocers for their mutual protection, and for the protection of the public. This, he said, would proba bly be most effectually done by taking care to establish a uniformity in the weights by which goods were to be sold to the public. Mr. TAYLOR proceeded to state that, certain averments had appeared in the newspapers, to the effect that here sugar was cheaper than in London, and that, consequently, it should be sold here cheaper by retail. This was partly true ; but as the ready transit from Liverpool to London was well known, that presented the inequality of price from continuing. Indeed, he understood that a quantity of loaf sugar had been sent from this town to London within a day or two, a thing pre viously, in all likelihood, unknown. The CRAIRMAN said, the business on which we have met this evening, is to consider the propriety of forming an as sociation of grocers, for the purpose of mutual protection, as well against underselling, as to insure the use of due and legal weights. By the formation of such a society great ad vantages would be gained by the public, as well as by the fair-dealer. Through the watchful influence of such an as sociation, the obnoxious practice pursued by some individuals of selling 15, or it might be 151- ozs. to the lb. would be got rid of. He felt himself warranted and called on to say that in most, indeed in all of the respectable shops in Liverpool, 16 ozs. to the lb. were invariably given (hear, hear). The unfair dealer, it would be seen, had thus an advantage over the fair trader, which was mainly to be attributed to laxness on the part of the authorities, who left the law, to all ap pearance, entirely in their own hands. The business, he re peated, was in the first instance to form an association, and then to appoint a committee to frame rules for its guidance. Several gentlemen present expressed their reprehension of the practice which they knew to exist of individuals selling only 15s ozs. to the lb., some of them adding that even paper was included in this diminished weight, and one said he knew a gentleman who pointed out to him an individual who gave only 14 ozs. to the lb. Ultimately a resolution declaring the propriety of forming an association was passed. A committee was then named to frame laws for its government; and, after the discussion of some desultory matters, the meeting adjourned. ROBBERY BY A DRAPER'S PORTER.—Yesterday, a man named Edward Maddock, who had been a porter in the em ployment of Messrs. Rogerson and Woodward, drapers, in Church-street, was brought before the sitting magistrate, charged with having robbed his employers. to a very con siderable extent. It appeared that for some time back Messrs. Rogerson and Woodward had missed some property out of the shop, and which circumstances led them to suspect had been stolen by their porters. Consequent on this suspicion an investigation took place, and on the prisoner being ques tioned he unhesitatingly gave up the key of his box. On opening the box, a large quantity of goods, consisting of a shawl, a quantity of silk, some flannel, half-a-dozen pairs of stockings, and other articles, the property of Messrs. Rogerson and Woodward were found in it. When this dicovery was made, the prisoner was given into custody ; this wason Saturday last. The goods, which were• stated to be worth between £8 and £9, were identified by Mr. Potter, one of the shopmen em ployed by Messrs Rogerson and Woodward, who stated that they had not been sold, nor had the prisoner any right to have them in his possession. Maddock, who made no defence, was committed for trial. SEAMEN'S AND EMIGRANTS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—A meet ing of the friends of this society was held last night, at the Independent Chapel, Great George-street; the Rev. Dr. Raffles in the chair. The secretary read the report, which entered at great length into the operations of the society, stating the number of tracts distributed and visitations made during the past year. From the financial report, it appeared that there was a balance due to the treasurer of £ll9 16s. 10d. The usual resolutions were proposed and agreed to; and, a collec tion having been made in aid of the funds of the society, the meeting separated. J S ENV S . . ", THE A R lansErLLEs, N. 17. The Loncisor, which left Constantinople on the Bth of No vember, has arrived. She brings advices from the Crimea to the 6th of November. Despatches leave at 1 p.m. The frigate Algerie, with 157 invalids on board, has arrived from Kamiesch. FRANCE, PARIS, Nov. 18, 9 p.m A fire broke out this evening at the bakery and bread and flour stores for the military at Chaillot, opposite the Champ de Mars. At eight o'clock the flames were got under. It is impossible, as yet, to estimate the damage. (BY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.I LONDON, Monday Night. A mob of three or four thousand vagabonds met in Hyde park yesterday, but the police arrangements again prevented any disturbance, and the nuisance will now probably abate. THE WAR. Letters from the Crimea to the 6th inclusive have arrived The Tintes' correspondent's letter of the 3rd is chiefly filled with speculations on the advisability of a bombardment of Odessa. It appears that, owing to the construction of the houses, and the width of the streets', the bombardment would produce very little effect. DISASTROUS EXPLOSIONS OF FRENCH MAGAZINES AT SEBASTOPOL. A. despatch from Sebastopol of the 16th inst. states that the French park of artillery at Inkerman has been partly destroyed, by the explosion of three magazines, containing 30,000 kilogrammes of powder, 600,000 cartouches, and 300 shells, the fire even gaining the English park of artillery. The French loss consisted of 30 killed, including two officers ; 100 wounded, including ten officers. The English losses were nearly as much. The cause of the explosion is unknown. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Lord Panmure has received the following telegraphic dis patch from General Sir William Codrington, dated Nov. 16 : " A very heavy explosion of a store of powder at the French siege train took place about three, p.m., yesterday. It com municated fire to our siege train close to it, where there was no powder, but some naval live shells, most of which were removed ; and the loss of life and the damage done is consider able. The great explosion threw shells over the camp of our siege train, the huts of the Ist Brigade being entirely damaged, but not by fire. All officers and men were on the spot at once, and worked with good will and energy, and I saw all safe when I quitted at seven, p.m. " KlLLED.—Deputy-Assistant Commissary Yellow, R.A., and twenty-one non-commissioned officers and men. " WOUNDED. —Lieut. Dawson, R.A., lost his leg below the knee ; Lieut. Roberts, dangerously wounded in the arm Lieut. Eccles, and Assistant-Surgeon Reede, Second Battalion Rifle Brigade, slightly; 116 non-commissioned officers and men, of whom 47 were slightly. " MISSING. — Four rank and file." The Paris Moniteur of to-day contains Gen. Pelissier's des patch, dated the 16th, at 6 p.m., announcing the partial destruc. tion of the park of artillery. The Marshal adds, that the cause of the first explosion is not known ; and that the stores are so inconsiderable, that the resources of the army are not in the slightest degree affected. THE SEA OF AZOFF. The following telegraphic dispatch from Sir E. Lyons, dated NotaSth, has been received at the Admiralty : " VAnNA; 7, 15, p.m.—Capt. Sherrard Osborne reports that On the sth and 6th instant . a flotilla, under his orders, in the Sea of Azoff, destroyed enormous quantities of grain and forage, of this year's harvest, which was compactly packed in six tiers, extending two miles along the coast, near Gueisk liman, ready to be conveyed partly to the Crimean army, after the formation of the ice in the Sea of Azoff, and partly to the army of the Caucasus, and which the enemy thought secure from any naval attack. By the skilfulness of the arrange ments and the manner in which they were executed by Capt Osborne, in which he was ably seconded by Commander John . P. Kennedy, the enterprise was effected in the most brilliant manner, by landing on three points, under cover of the gun boats of the inAhe face of not less than 4,000 cavalry and infantry. Our loss amounted to only six wounded." Letters from the camp state that it had been decided at a Council of War, that the Allies should abandon all further operations against the enemy for the present winter. The weather was very fine, and the health of the men excellent. The cavalry were embarking for their winter quarters. Sir Colin Campbell's departure caused much comment. THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The English Funds have been inanimate throughout the day at the closing prices of Saturday. Railways moderately active, but quotations bend downwards. Caledonians show a further decline. In Land, Bank, and Foreign Stocks, less stability, but business is limited. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account B7B Bank Stock 2OB 9 Do. Money 872 Bxqr. Bills, LS., Three &Quar. per Cents 878 if Omnium FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans l9# gTurkish I Russian __ Do. _ (new)_ _ . 79it 80 . 03i . 214 i • i t Do. Canada Land RAILWAY SHARES. Ambergate,Nottingham, London, Brighton, and and E. Junction 3l i South Coast 93 5 Caledonian •-••..- • ""`"Do Preference Eastern Counties East Lancashire 67 8 Lincolnshire 2li Edinburgh Si: Glasgow.. 49 SI Midland Stock Great Northern B4 5 North British 26 7 ' Do. A. 6B 70 Do. Preference 96 8 Do. B. llB 20 North Staffordshire n 8 Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire 741 York, Newcastle, and Do. Fifths — Berwick Leeds Northern lli 12 York and N. Midland..' 44} 5e LAND SHARES. - lPeel River 'South Australian ... 2} Van Diemen's Australian Agricultural S. Australian Invest.... Crystal Palace After official hours, owing to the news of the large destruc- tion of grain in the Sea of Azoff, Consols finally close 88i- for Account. Railways proportionately firmer. On 'Change, two cargoes Rio Coffee reported at 445. 6d. for one, and 465. the other. About 4,000 tons Rice sold at full prices. 300 bags Saltpetre, at 38s. Cd. for S per cent. Sugar dull. Tallow, 725. 6d., sellers. Linseed Oil, 445. to Ms. 3d. Pig Iron, 765. 61 LONDON Cous MAIIKET.--(From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.)—The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent is weremoder ate,t aken a i a l t d athbeouctonldasittionof week'sa g r r a e t a c t s, d b ea u l t po fi o t rd ors, best n inclined to submit to any reduction upon the remainder, it o s t am being le was unsold at a late hour. In Foreign very little business, and value unaltered. Barley brings an advance of is to 2s. with a good demand for the finest qualities. Peas una lt er i s i in value. Oats dull, but fine is 6d. dearer. For Flour but little demand, and prices are as last quoted. ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Scotch. For.htn Wheat 9353 5 5135 Barley 3353 20 Malt 10755 60 45 Oats 1555 3930 5 14577 Beans Peas — Flour 5852 brig. & 1802 sacks. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Beasts sold readily at Friday's prices; Sheep and Calves 2d dearer. Beef, 3s 4d, to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 6s 10d ; Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 2d. Beasts, 4,760 ; Sheep an d L am b s , 23,850 ; Calves, 249 ; Pigs, no. Arrivals : —Holland Beasts, 1;918 ;. Ditto Sheep, 4,110; itto Calves, 201 ; Ditto Pigs, 30; Spanish Beasts, 143 ; Scotch Beasts, 60 ; Cambridge,. Leices ter, Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 1,800. LONDON PRODUCE MARRET.—LittIe done ill.ooloDial pro duce, but Coffee, Tea, Rice, and Spirits brought full rates. Some decline in Sugar. Cotton : Sales small, but no reduc tion. Tallow firm but quiet. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—FIat market; ; sellers 77s 6d. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHINGE.-11011d011 and No r th Western, 92i ; Midland, 62t WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. -- Lonclon, Gloucester, Brighton, Lowestoft, N.E., Dublin, POrtsinonth, Ipswich, E., Yarmouth, E.S.E., Amsterda m , N.W., ram ;•.. Stoke, N.E., Dundee, S.E., Cambridge, Aberdeen, S., Exeter, N.W., very cloudy; Lancaster, N.E., cold, windy ; Poole, N.E., Boston, E., fog; Bristol, Derby, Scarborough, Whitby, N.E., Glasgow, E.N.E., Manchest er , E. , c l oudy ; Swansea, Plymouth, Notting ham, N.E., Whit c h aven, Cowes, E., Berwick, Gainsborough, S., Haverfordwest, N.W., fine ; Carlisle, E., cloudy, cold; Maryport, E., cold ; Southampton, E., unsettled. T a i g r ot ig Tre l n i- t . worth DERBBYE.79ItNoGI agst Fly - 1 11 to 1 agst Ellington ; 15 to 1 agst Coroner; 28 to 1 agst Bird-in-nd ; 30 to 1 agst West ',Wigton; 30 to 1 a,;st Milton—all taken. Two THOUSA.NE GnINEAS. --4 to I agst Fly-by-Night, tk. n e g et of deputies I . l:er A s t of a Co m m e m et er i from the Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Hull, Staffordshire Potteries, and usefulness, of_ the local Chambers of held at Bir- mingham on Monday, the 12th inst., for the appointment of a London agent to act on behalf of such chambers in Parliamen tary and other matters of public interest, Mr. Leone Le v i was unanimously appointed to that office. It is expected that most of the chambers of the united kingdom will concur in such an appointment, as the best means of promoting the Commerce. :V F ore C es ° t 3 er m e E l ß ia c n E interest and extending the itlS. I. Pr i Ott' ~ G ~~~p. ;uinQ9' ,Ter• Sti l i~~~ ,~ ~ 11,5'', sC`' 'C be of „)) P". the 30 1 ‘ e o°s " l ' o ic b e 3 1 )0' 1, tPt to V I I f tf ° step et] 0 art; • 0 t' ra te n o sor • 1C r 01, kg I f' .10 Al 51 111 , thi s fe