The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

Etberpool *tanbarb, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING.. • EVERY hour is big with events. Yesterday, especially in the evening, the Clubs presented a scene of excitement and bustle rarely exhibited on a Sabbath, even at the West end. During the day the parks were deserted, owing; doubtless in part, to the unpropitious weather—wet , cold, and gusty—by so much the more were the Clubs crowded, and the most important secret papers connected with the project of the CZAR for the partitioft of Turkey, produced by the QUEEN'S commands, late on Saturday, formed ample subject for dis' cnssion. These documents are, un questionably, the most interesting parliamentary papers laid before the country for many a day ; and, let the truth be told, really do not reflect anything but apparent discre tion on the part of our Ministers with a wily antagonist, and apparent duplicity on the part of the CZAR. His -intentions with regard to Turkey are evident from the statements of his own mouth ; and it is curious to observe how candid the AUTOCRAT becomes in the progress of his conversations with that able Minister, Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR. Haman nature, we are told, is the same all over the world. These conversations exemplify the fact. The comparison, by NICHOLAS, of Turkey to " the sick man," is capital in its idea. The fear of Constantinople falling - Into the hands of the French leans naturally enough on the part of the CZAR, but that fear as far as regards his communications with the British Ambassador is assumed; however, he had his answer from Sir HAMILTON, who told him that he felt confident that HER MAJESTY'S Government could be as little disposed as His Imperial Majesty to tolerate the presence of the French at Con stantinople. I have no doubt at all of the CZAR'S sincerity in his expressed wishes to stand well with Eng . land; that, in shorttqwith us, he would not care as he almost says a straw for the rest of the world. But then there is this difference : NICHOLAS must needs "play the first fiddle in such an arrangement, which, of course, JOHN Bum, will always prevent, if he can. The nonehalance with which the Emperor Russia treats Austria must be galling to that recrea " state. " Oh," replied NICHOLAS to the British Ambassac .'sfeeler,"Oh you mast understand that, when I speak of Russia, I speak of Austria as well; what suits the one, suits the other; our interests as regards Turkey are perfectly identical." Altogether, as I have said, the papers are deeply interesting. Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, who plays so important a part in the drama, well sustains the renown of his illustrious name; and the CZAR found a match in his equally far-seeing, without the Emperor's cunning, Sir HAMILTON could grapple with it. To his courtesy and manly bearing the nation is indebted for these expressed sentiments of the Emperor of all the ,Rusiias, who never would have committed himself, if he had not been drawn out so nicely by the English Ambassador. Another topic. of conversation has been the rumour— that. the EMPEROR had refused, what is, in diplomatic language, called the ultimatissimum—that he had re fused to evacuate the Danubian provinces of Turkey. Knowing pretty well every inch of telegraph from Vienna, I cannot think that this intelligence could have arrived so early as Saturday afternoon, as stated. Coming events, I am aware, are said (poetically) to cast their shadows before; with respect to telegraphic events, poetry, I imagine, will have the whole to herself. Though lam free to confess, that rumour, with her thousand tongues, has travelled from Vienna, from Berlin, and from Frankfort hours before the telegraph, and yet both were true. This was neither more nor less, than a lucky guess—a coinci dence. One thing is certain, that the CZAR'S formal re jection is expected here this day, and then " up guards and at 'em," though WELLINGTON never used the words. NA.PIER'S last telegraph to the fleet before sailing— " Ships for the Baltic, a double allowance of chloroform," is as significant as some people think quaint and inappro priate. The last munition—if, indeed, they come within that category—shipped was—mirabile dietu I One can hardly refrain from laughing even at the sorrowful cause —about a thousand wooden legs ! A large quantity of improved scaling ladders was also taken on board the Wel lington and other ships under sailing orders. The debates in both houses this evening are looked forward to with immense interest. In foreign affairs the old game of the bulls and bears Is in the ascendant ; one day's telegraph is merely the precursor to its contradiction by the following flash, both, perhaps, to be proved mere " inventions of the enemy" of truth, by the arrival of the regular correspondence in the ensuing third or fourth day. Thus, at the beginning of the week, they took Kalafat for the —th time, I am not sure of the figure or figures that should be written here. Of course, we, since, as well as before, were convinced it was not taken at all. The like dreadful fate, with the massacre of its inhabitants, and the capture of stores, guns, and munitions of war, befel Matschin, at the oppo site eastern extremity of the map of Turkey in Europe. This, too, was very sad, but Matschin, like Kalafat, was used to being taken, with the addition of being burnt ; accordingly, the last news tells us that the Russians, in stead of taking Matschin, very nearly got taken them selves. They were repulsed, with a loss of three officers, half-a-dozen subalterns, and some three hundred men, and, had they not been covered by their flotilla, would have been captured by the Turkish cavalry. This re minds us of poor JOHNSON'S laconic explanation to Don Juan, in the slave market at . Constantinople, of how he came there, namely, by failing to do what he went about : _ " Who, taking lately, by Suwarrow ' s bidding, A Turkish port, was ta , en instead of Widdin." The Russians, however, did not come in for the polite at tentions of " Six Tartars and a drag-chain," but may yet find a hotter reception from the combined and emulous soldiery of the two greatest nations in the world, whose glittering bayonets and silken ensigns will soon be seen on the Danube ; while Britannia's thunder shall again awake the echoes of the Baltic on the northern shores of the common disturber of Europe. Of course, it would be here surplusage to give you the force and quality, the size and number, of the first division of the fleet that left Spit head on Saturday week ; but I may state that Kiel, or the Sound of Wingo, will be their joint rendezvous. The latter, lately reported on by the Hecla, is the more probable. In the Indian world, we know, by the arrival of the Nile at Marseilles, that all is tranquil in Persia and Affghanistan. Though old DrNDAs is still at Beicos, a cruize to the north of the Black Sea, and operations on the shores of the Crimea, are confidently spoken of. Au reste, Austria and Prussia are still endeavouring to " hold with the hare and run with the hounds." The latter has sent Prince HOHENZOLLEICS-SIGMAILINGEN to Paris, where the Emrcaon has adroitly given him his answer before hearing his question, in this point resembling, in some measure, the young lady known as "The forward Miss Baxter, Who said yes to the gent afore ever he axt her." When the prince with the unpronounceable name was in troduced, His IMPERIAL MAJESTY congratulated him warmly on his visit, expressed his delight at seeing him— bat, oh, cruel kindness ! finished by saying that, if he had brought any bases for negotiation, " he was, unfortunately, too late." General GROEBB27, who has brought the counterpart of these propositions to London, has not found such promptness and candour here. He went down to Osborne to see the QUEEN, and the "good ABERDEEN" will give him time to see the lions en attendant the answer of His IMPERIAL MAJESTY the autocrat, de tante.? les Rus(s)es which is hoped for by him on the 26th. To those who have time, a rainy day on hand, and a little knowledge of the French language, a perusal of either, or of all, the French papers will produce immense fun, by reason of the numerous and absurd blunders made. I am not about to cite many examples. The Earl of ABERDEEN, we were gravely told the other day, after the delivery of one of his long speeches on the Russian ques tion, hurried to the Argyle-rooms ; and that it was the no ble earl's usual custom to repair to that Terpsichorean temp l e ! Rather a curious resort for a staid minister of the Crown on the verge of threescore years and ten. Argyle-house, the Earl of ABERDEEN'S residence, of course was meant. One of the last numbers of the Siecle naively fills up an omission, made by the London reporters of the late banquet given to the Admiral of the Baltic fleet, in the Reform Club ;—it is an exquisite specimen of a full fledged French canard. The correspondent of the Siecle, writing upon the NAPIER dinner, says there NAPIER, and was an inte resting wager offered by Sir e l registered in the books of the Reform Club. Sir CHARLES proposed to lay 212,000 (300,0 — OO francs) that he would, on the day following that on which the first cannon shot was fired between the Russians and Anglo-ec Fr n h forces, bombard Cronstadt ; that he would take it within twenty t hours, or within five days afterwards woul d anchor off s Petersburg. The wager was accepted, and I need not say how happy the gentlemen who accepted it will pay if they lose. The pride of JoRN BULL will, indeed, be gratified when his flag floats on the Neva. This heats the COBDEN wager all to nothing. Since the never-to-be-forgotten-but-somewhat-inconsi- derate-and-harsh adjective applied to a Hants clergyman by Mr. CANNING, the application of the word " reverend" has not caused so much mirth in the House of Commons, as it did on Monday, when applied by Lord PALMERSTON to JOHN BRIGHT. I told you in my last, that there was to be a spree about Naprzz's remark, that if he did not find war in the Baltic, he would make it. In the course of the debate, Mr. BRIGHT delivered a lugubrious lecture to the HONE Sncarrinv, who was chairman at the din ner. PAL3xnEsrorf was laughing, not merely in his sleeve, all the time, and got up to answer the honourable member for Rochdale, commencing, "the honourable and rev. gentleman who has just been lecturing"—laughter stopped the remainder of the sentence. It was in vain that Mr. COBDEN came to the rescue, by rising to order ; Mr. SPEAKER held his gloved hand over his nose, laughed like the rest, said nothing, and allowed PALMERSTON to go on at a "slashing" pace. Both the peace members were nettled, for even their own friends on either side of them could not help joining in the cachinatory chorus. I surveyed the Houses of Parliament a day or two ago, much to the annoyance of my vertebral column , albeit a stiff and strong one. This is, undoubtedly, the age of gingerbread architecture. They are chipping away at splendid specimens of oolite—for those who are not geologists, this is a kind of lime-stone, and in England is a considerable formation ; it is called, sometimes, and very properly, freestone, for it does not hesitate to make itself more free than welcome in breaking. There the masons are at work; they have just succeeded in raising into sight and obloquy a screen of the above stuff or stone all the way in front of the " palace," up to the Victoria Tower : every inch of this elaborated screen, in a season or two after it shall have been finished and exposed to our weather, may be easily comminuted betwixt the finger and thumb of a tolerably masculine hand — broken up, made impalpable powder, like the stone of the £lOO,OOO arch of GEORGE THE FOURTH. The masons, some of them smart fellows, and rare carvers of heraldic mons trosities, and things pertaining to enscript floor of abbey or cathedral—the masons know this of the stone they cut ; else why those unseemly cowls which cover the tops of the ornamented pillars, to protect their fret-work from rain and atmospheric action generally ? Rubbish ! is that the way England should build ? No. The great tower which is to take twenty years in building, is certainly going on magnificently; no stone from the oolitic district is here to be seen,—good long-during Bolsover, and in the plainest, chastest style of ornament. The arch is the finest in the world; the largest, and quite geometrical. But here's the plague of the business: if there be a breath of air stirring, above and about us, the upper current is sure to be impetuous and bullying; the height, even already, of the great tower breaks this current, and }Bolus, enraged, blows down, in perpetual gusts, all the painful distempers in noseology, commencing imme diately with that which learned physicians describe as a deflexion of sharp serum from the glands about the head and throat ; together with catarrh rheumatism, &c. Until the Victoria Tower rose so high, the archway under a past DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S house, in Lincoln's Inn fields—a fine building, occupied by the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge, only a brick and a half from the Duke-street Roman Catholic Chapel,—used to be considered the coldest place in London or Westminster; the coldest now is the spot by the tower referred to, where the peers enter the house. It is a fact —the cold of Nova Zembla, with the whistling wind of the " vexed Bermoothes," a fine old sturgeon of a peer must encounter, and in two minutes he has the sultry and skin-parching air of Lahore, without the expanse of its plains. Is not this too bad ? But tbey are both beautiful houses ; yes, when there's nobody there to speak, and when the weather is clear. Toz WAKLEY, or some other radical —no matter—said, after sitting in the old house he spat black ; they will find the present no improvement ; the ventilation could not be worse if it were contrived on pur pose; a cold shiver at one corner, a sweat at the next. I was so glad to get into the " panthers" that I invoked the shade of Sir Jonx VANBRUGH, whose church is hard by, to give BARRY a hint, and vowing almost not to enter the house until I was—summoned. The sudden and lamented death of Mr. Justice TAL FOURD, at Stafford, the very place where he, about four years ago, received his appointment as puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, has left a blank in the truly social and literary circles of metropolitan society not likely soon to be filled. The deceased judge was an elegant scholar—an Oxonian—severely classical, vide lon—pas sim; he was also an elegant gourmet, a character, be it observed, which he did not repress, though he never car ried it to excess, because the embodiment was accessory to much refined enjoyment. TaLvotran's parties were not distinguished by: the merely rich—the vulgar rich. On the contrary, perhaps with the exception of his old brother law student, WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY, the actor, there was not a man at the judge's table with a money-bag worth carrying away; yet all were, and most of them still are, " prosperous gentlemen "in their vocations. MA CRRADY was the first:lon, HELEN TREE (Mrs. C. Klux) was the second, and far and away the best that ever tried it. CRESWICR, of the Surrey, is good in it. Mr. Justice TALFOURD was fond of the theatre; and in this respect it is curious to observe many capital lawyers, who, after a hard day's work in a fetid court, snap a hurried dinner, and in the evening are seen enjoying the mimic scene with a gusto worthy of a ploughboy, though doubtless with more intelligence. Look at the Attorney-General, Sir A. COCKBURN, in the side box of the dress circle, sit out a whole evening's performance; THESIGER in the bend; PARRY in the stalls; and old Sir Joinf OWEN, the" tub barrister," up to the last at the play every night. I think a penchant for the theatre has been encouraged when they were students in solitary chambers, and that they have never got rid of it, as dignitaries of the Church, who have been first educated at the Blue Coat School (Christ's Hos pital), have ever afterwards a partiality for halfpenny buns. Lord BEAUMONT, of whom I lately gave you a " picture in little," was found in the city, the other day, presiding at a meeting of the Peace Society—no, the Arbitration Society—more generally known in the neighbourhood of Threadneedle-street, and more appropriately, perhaps, as the Society for promoting Tribunals of Commerce, and thus place the heel on the gorge of law and lawyers. The society has been established about two years ; is as amia ble in its object and end as the Arbitration Peace Society of Mr. COBDEN ; they are entirely the same in principle, and are likely to go the same way. Mr. COBDEN'S Peace Society and arbitrating brotherhood is but simply ridicu lous ; the Tribunals of Commerce establishment is on an infinitely smaller scale, and much more workable in its character. Lord BEAUMONT eulogised these tribunals in a great commercial country like England; tribunals of mercantile men, his Lordship contended, being parties immediately acquainted with the subject in dispute, were much to be desired ; for it would be better at once to be gin to decide, leaving out the discussion of preliminary details. After all, however, his Lordship seemed to have a certain class of cases in view, where appeal might be ne cessary. Were we in a doric state of society, the tribunals ought to be hailed with satisfaction and gratitude to their founders ; but we are not so situated. Beyond this, however, there is a small, but formidable band of lawyers, with Lord BROUGHAM at their head, calling themselves " The Law Amendment Society." This institution, it appears, looks with jealousy, it may be alarm, on the inci pient proceedings of the arbitration people, considering them as rivals. Perhaps this is a good sign. Certainly the lawyers and the Law Amendment Society would not have much to do were the tribunals referred to estab lished, and in working order. At all events, opposition from such a quarter indicates the existence of an appre hension that damage may be done to the learned profes sion by such an institution. Unfortunately, I have heard of no mercantile case, or case of any kind, having been re ferred to it, though the secretary states that it had suc ceeded in obtaining the countenance and support of the traders and merchants in the city. The case of Malta was cited, to show the practicability, ease, and efficiency of these courts, if I may venture to designate them as such. Various recommendations were made, suggestions thrown out, and resolutions carried, for the promotion of Tribu nals of Commerce throughout the country, and for com municating with the Chambers of Commerce of Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, &c. The promoters are certainly hearty in the cause. A measure of much importance to Liverpool, and to every part of the United Kingdom, passed a second read ing in their Lordships' House, on Thursday night. The bill was ordered to be committed—its all but penultimate stage—under such circumstances as fairly to warrant its final acceptance. I refer to the Coasting Trade Bill, in the conduct of that shrewd peer and business man, Lord STANLEY, of Alderley. The measure last passed in Par liament, effecting so great a change in our Navigation Laws, and which was so fiercely opposed at the time, had notoriously many defects. The present bill removes some 4 restrictions especially those which prevent foreign vessels being employed in the coasting trade, to remedy as far as may be the deficiency of British shipping, more particularly at the present juncture. A curious argument used by the noble lord in proposing the second reading of the bill was, that in passing it into a law, it would thereby prevent the railways getting the lion's share of the home trade. Lord COLCHESTER, a sailor of many years' experience, viewed the bill as a very harmless affair, seeing what m i sc hi ef had already been committed. It appeared, as alleged, that the resat of the act of 1848 wail an increasing ton' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. nage in the foreign trade to the amount of 700,000 tons 1 the increase of sailors was 20,000; at the same time the home trade had suffered from an actual want of shipping to carry on the usual traffic ; freights and wages, indeed, had risen nearly 50 per cent. The consequence, Lord STANLEY argued, was that the public had to pay a great increase in the price of coals and other articles, inde pendently of loss and inconvenience to manufacturers, farmers, and others. Here let me say that the increase in the price of coals was mainly attributable to the strikes ; for at the time there was plenty of craft unem ployed ; and that the great increase in provisions was owing to the deficient harvest, not only here but on the Continent, and also to certain advantages taken by the unprincipled, as is always the case under such circum stances. A striking anomaly was mentioned, that, during this demand for shipping, thousands of foreign ships, which had arrived in English ports, bringing the produce of their own countries, were obliged to go in ballast to other English ports to obtain return cargoes. The noble lord, as far as he went, made a very good case in favour of the bill; so did those opposed to it, if the phrase opposition really could be applied. It was by others stated, that the increase of the foreign shipping trade of the country was entirely attributable to the discovery of gold in Australia, and the increase of emigration to that colony. As the law at present stood, a British ship, either in the foreign or the coasting trade, might be commanded by a foreign captain, and manned by a foreign crew ; hence, no great harm could arise from the present measure, especially as all admitted that the home trade had suffered more or less by the deficiency of British ships. Mr. CHORLET, one of the critics of the day, has had another failure in the production of a full-blown play, at the Haymarket, called the Duchess Eleanour. The beaver, naturalists tell us, is wonderful in the art of con struction. So is not Mr. CRORLEY in the construction of a play. There are clever dramatists equally characterised. JERROLD, for example, is not highly distinguished for depth or cunning in the plots of his numerous plays ; but, then, all his dramatis personnce are characters drawn from nature; he bites vice through and through; snaps at folly, and makes it hide its head, cap, bells, and all; his sentiment also is pretty, and by no means tawdry or wea risome; hence his plays always please, though without distinguishable plot. Mr. CIIORLEY'S excellence in the Duchess Eleanour is as a felicitous copyist of Elizabethan blank verse, a thing that can never serve or save gentle dulness. The author shows himself to be what nobody disputed,--a scholar and grammarian. The Herculean periods he adopts, without masculin4ipd point, fall worse than vapid on the ear and and COMMERCIAL 4 , MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE effect of preparing for war is beginning to be felt in monetary affairs, and must shortly tell with far heavier pressure. The Bank returns, on Friday, showed a decrease in the stock of bullion to the extent of more than half a million, arising from the shipments of specie to the Continent ; and it is expected that the next return will show a still greater decrease, owing to the continued shipments to the Continent, particularly to France, where the new loan has been eagerly taken up. Others loans will also be required, so that a tight ness in money affairs may reasonably be anticipated for some time to come. The Bank of England, at the half-yearly meeting, last week, declared a dividend of 4k per cent. Notwithstanding the near approach of the anti cipated warlike operations, the departure of the fleets for the Baltic, and the hostile tone of minis terial declarations, the value of the public funds has been well sustained, and the fluctuations have been very slight Money for discount has been more difficult, owing to the anticipated demands for foreign loans, and the rate of interest instead of being reduced has been rather higher._ _ Without anything occurring of particular moment to shake public confidence in general mercantile security, the length of time to which negotiations have been protracted on the Eastern question has had an injurious effect upon some houses, and a few failures have occurred in Man chester and the neighbourhood. The whole extent of liabilities is not, however, of large amount, and no very serious consequences are entertained. The state of trade in the manufacturing districts has been far from satisfactory, the demand being con fined to actual wants ; but holders, on the other hand, have not been inclined to press sales, so that prices, though on the decline, are not greatly depressed. The corn trade has suffered a general depression, not only in the markets of the United Kingdom, but also on the Continent, notwithstanding the near approach of a European war, a circumstance which might be supposed to operate in a contrary direction. The fall in prices is supposed to be owing to the recent large arrivals, the prospect of still further large supplies from Canada, and the favourable appearance of the growing crops. Some, however, are of opinion that prices will rally, and attribute the depression to monetary difficulties, and the necessity of some large holders preparing to meet their engagements without relying upon accommodation. The news from Australia, by the Sydney, are not many days later than those brought by the Great Britain. Without any new discoveries of gold to excite speculation, the state of trade was steady, and the improved communications with the interior will tend considerably to improve the demand for imports. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 11th of March gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £2,899,597; Increase £157,746 Other deposits ... 10,887,396; Decrease 357,243 Rest ... •.. ... 3,718,228; Increase 4,313 On the other side of the account— Government securities £11,747,728; Decrease £3,827 Other securities ... 13,054,655; Decrease 187,166 Notes unemployed ... 7,626,655; Increase 26,935 The amount of notes in circulation is £21,014,415, being a decrease of £543,535 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,396,685, showing a decrease of £512,218, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £28,641,070 Goyernmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.14,641,070 Silver bullion ... £28,641,0701 £28,641,070 BANKING DI Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000; Rest • . 3,718,228' Public ' Deposit ' s 2,899,597 Other Deposits 10,887,398 7-day & other bills 1,126,432 IPIRTMENT. Gov. Securities £11,747,728 Other Securities 13,054,655 Notes ... 7,626,655 Gold & Silver Coin 755,615 £33,184,6531 £33,184,653 The SHIRE MARKET continued languid all week, the business being almost altogether speculative, with a gradual decline in prices. On Saturday the intelligence of the rejection of the ultimatum by the Czar caused a further decline of about half per cent. To-day prices have again fallen, to the extent of about one per cent. in addition, which appears to have brought in some real buying, and has produced a steadiness of tone at the close. We annex the prices of the day :—Aberdeen, 111-d ; Caledonian, 261-1- I- 1 1 -1 ; East Lancashire, 15f,-; Great Northern A, 91 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62-1- 2 1 1 -4- 2 1 * ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 11 11 1-16 11; London Stock, 991 49 7 • Sheffield Stock, 202 Midland Stock, 58 71 878 4 f i 4 -, 7 - 3' • Birmingham and Derby, 33t; Dover Stock, 18+ 3-16 * 3-16 t i 1-16 ; York and North Midland, 22..1; Midland 42 per cent. pref., 1-1-. ; Royal Bank 383 ; Royal Bank pref., 7 per cent., 114+ ; Royal Insurance 138. p. PRODUCE.—The market during the week pre sents few features worthy of notice. The sales of Sugar have been chiefly for refining purposes. To- DAY the sales in Sugar, including Saturday's busi ness, consist of 60 hhds. Demerara at 355. ; 1,500 bags Pernams at 225. ; 14 cases Bahia at 20s. to 235. ; and 1,400 mats clayed Manilla at 21s. 6d. to the refiners, with 1,276 boxes Havana at 235. to 245. 3d. per cwt. for export. There is nothing to notice in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. In Tea, transactions have been to a small extent at former rates. Nothing has transpired in Rice. Of Salt petre,, 400 bags are reported at 345. per cwt. 5-1 per cent. refraction. Of 400 tons Logwood, offered by auction, this morning, only a small part sold at £6 10s. for Jamaica ; £6 12s. 6d. for St. Domingo, and at £8 ss. per ton for Carnpeachy. A small lot of Bombay Hemp has realised £3O per ton. COTTON.—The market during the week has been very dull, owing to the uncertainty which prevails as to political affairs, and prices have been a fraction lower, but holders generally have been firm. There has been a general disinclination to purchase beyond immediate necessities, owing to the flatness which prevails in the market for manufactured goods ; and this dulness has been increased by the reports of several failures in the neighbourhood of Manchester, which, however, are not to a large amount. The sales of the week, up to Friday, amounted to 32,450 bales, of which 2,620 were taken by speculators, and 2,172 for export, leaving 27,658 bales for the trade. The advices by the Baltic were received to-day, but had very little effect on the m ar ket, which closed heavily,heavily,without, however, any alteration in prices. The sales to day were between 5,000 oncl a,OOO. bales, ThQ following is a comparaison of present rates with those of the corresponding period of last year : 1853. 1844. New Orleans, middling . 51d. aid. fair gam, 6td, Uplands, middling bid. 51d. fair WooL.—There having been some extensive government orders given out, a little more business has been doing in short Wools this week, and prices are a little firmer. Combing descriptions are very difficult to sell. In foreign there is no alteration to notice ; the market still continues in the same inactive state as noticed for some time back ; and, in the absence of demand, transactions are so trifling that prices are quite nominal. Public sales will commence here on the 29th instant, when about 9,500 bales will be offered. Imports for the week, 3,113 bales, viz. :-187 Buenos Ayres ; 153 Mediterranean ports ; 392 Portugal ; 675 East India ; 1,536 Peruvian and Alpaca ; 148 Irish, and 22 coastwise. NOTES, NOTICES, AND OPINIONS.; BY JOIIANIM RIISTICITS. XXIII.—CHURCH ACCOMMODATIOR 108 TRB POOR. —ln this as in most other large towns, we can hardly with propriety speak of the Church of England as " the poor man's church ;" for, though it is true that he is at perfect liberty to enter any church without let or hindrance, and even invited so to do, yet so little accommodation does he usually find within, that we can scarcely wonder at his staying away altogether. The whole system of Church accommodation for room wants revision, and a better adaptation to the wants of large populations. There is wanted-1, more edifices ; 2, a different system of seating; 3, more frequent services on Sundays ; and, (as a necessary consequence) 4, more clergymen. I know no reason why a town church must necessarily bel l a large and stately edi fice, costing thousands of pounds, and claiming a wide space to show off its architecture, though all this is very desirable when circumstances warrant it. Look at the old city churches in London—see how they were adapted to a dense population—small, plainly, but enduringly built, within a stone's throw of each other, and for the most part occupying that prominent position in the streets which in this and in all our modern towns is appropriated to dram palaces—the conspicuous corners Then look at Liverpool, see especially the thickly populated tract bound ed by Scotland-road and Kirkdale on the one side, and the Waterloo and Regent roads on the other, probably cover ing more ground than the City of London, and having but four or five churches instead of a hundred. Can we wonder that Popery and Infidelity should flourish in such a wilderness ? Build more churches ! not costing thou sands but hundreds, not decorated but durable, not occu pying a square but a corner, not bearing a tall spire but a turret, -not repelling poverty but inviting its entrance. And when poverty has entered let it find a bench —a neat and comfortable bench—in the best part of the building, where it may sit or kneel unquestioning and unquestioned, as a right as well as a privilege. How can we expect a poor man to look for accommodation in a church where every square foot is pewed and parcelled and let for an annual rental, and if there be any free seats they must be hunted up in some ont-of-the-way corner. Bench the churches, or if people must have exclusive pews, let them be placed in the remotest parts of the building—their occupants can afford ear trumpets better than the benchers. But besides these,we want more frequent Sunday services, taking in this matter the example of the Romanists, and we want, too, shorter services—a morning prayer at one hour, a litany at another, and a communion service at another, as was intended by the compilers of our liturgy, and after each, if you will, a fifteen minutes' sermon. In the afternoon let us have the catechising revived; which; if properly conducted, would be most instructive to old as well as young. Then we want more clergymen, active; zealous young men, who, for a small salary—a bare liveli hood—are willing to devote themselves to the most honour able as well as the most laborious duties of their profes sion, that of seeking and saving the souls of the perishing poor. What would it cost to provide fifty such churches and fifty snail clergymen—say £60,000 to begin with, and £5,000 a-year to sustain them afterwards—perhaps about one-third of the cost of St. George's Hall. Liverpool can do it ! Let our leading Churchmen stir themselves and' try ! Ten new churches this year, ten next, and so on. Offers of sites are wanted immediately ! ST. SAVIOITR'S CIITTECIT, FALICNER-SQIIARB, is to be immediately closed, for the purpose of undergoing exten sive alterations and repairs previous to its consecration. Strenuous efforts have• been made during the past year to purchase and endow the church ; and £4OOO has been contributed for this purpose. The collection of such a large sum in a period so short reflects the highest credit on all who have been concerned in it. Upwards•of three hundred free seats are about to be erected ; and the church is to be thoroughly ventilated, lighted, and painted. As the committee yet require to raise above B 200„ in order to bring their work to a satisfactory close, it is hoped that many will be found ready to give a substantial proof of their high appreciation of the zeal and liberality which has so signally marked this•important undertaking. _ LITEI:1;12Y AND PNIZOgDPHICA.L SOCIETY.—An ordi nary meeting of this society was held last night, Joseph 8.. Yates, Esq., in the• chair. Mr. Thomas- Rigge was elected an ordinary member of the society ; after which the following donations were received, viz., Proceedings of the Royal Astronomic• Society, XIV. 3, from• the society; two Ballads on the Battle of the Boyne, edited by Dr.. Hume, from the editor ; Educational Uses of Museums ; by Professor Forbes. The• Chairman then read a letter written in 1709, from London, giving an account of - ' the. trial of Dr. Sachaverel, and of the indications of popular feeling in connexion with that• trial. The Chairman, explained that he had accidentally discovered the letter, among some broadsheet& in his possession, but he could give no information as to the writer. The Rev. A. Fischal next read. a paper on the life and writings of the Dutch poet Joost Van Vondel, known as the Dutch Shakspere. In. the paper the reverend gen tleman, after remarking that the Dutch minstrel,. lived at the period when the Low Countries were. passing from despotic- to constitutional government, proceeded to show, from some extracts, that one of the Dutchman's poems indicated him to have furnished Mil ton with the plan. and many of the materials for• Ida " Paradise Lost," the Dutch poem having been written fourteen years prior to Milton's great work. Dr. Heine expressed his surprise and regret that the Dutch poets had not met with more attention than they had done, and been more extensively translated. Some conversation followed relative to the prevailing dialects of the German language. Dr. Heine made a few observations as to the probability of Milton having being indebted to the Dutch poet for not only the plans, but also many of the details of his great epics. The meeting then broke up. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Tits NEW MUSIC-HALL in Bold-street was again open on Saturday evening, when a second concert of vocal and instrumental music was given by the same artistes con cerning whose performances we last week spoke in favourable terms. The selection was on the last even more attractive than on the former occasion, commencing with the favourite glee " Blow gentle gales," which was given in fine style. The various pieces, which were generally of sterling character, were executed in an excellent manner, and elicited hearty as well as merited plaudits from an intelligent and numerous auditory. The vocalization of Madame D'Anterny and Miss Jessie Hammond was a theme of general remark and approbation ; while the instrumental execution of the Male performers added to the favourable impression they had created on the previous occasion. The entertainment as a whole was highly grati fying, and such as fully to justify the partiality of an enlightened community. THE THEATRE ROYAL has, during the past week, been greatly attractive, through the interesting performances of an English operatic corps of high standing and ability. The chief vocalists are generally established favourites, and include the names of Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Signor Borrani, and Mr. Horn castle; together with Mr. Bowler, who is new to us. The chorus, from the Italian Opera, Covent-garden, is emi nently respectable and efficient; the operas have been produced under the direction of Herr Nauman, whose skill and ability as a conductor have been fully attested by the admirable style in which the several operas have been got up; and, in aiding and sustaining the general effect, Mr. Allwood has displayed both tact and talent as a leader, and the efforts of all have been ably seconded and supported by a well-trained orchestra. The performances during the week have included the " Maritana" of Wal lace; Auber's "Crown Jewels ;" "The Enchantress," by Balfe ; " The Bohemian Girl," by the same composer ; and Auber's " Fra Diavolo ;" besides the favourite semi-operas of " The Waterman," "No Song, no Supper," and the second act of "Guy Mannering;" the names or these latter conjuring a sigh of regret that of late we• have not had opportunities of witnessing such entertainments as "Love in a Village," the "Poor. Soldier," et id genus, a regret which we are glad to learn is about to be removed. Having on previous occasionsoffered detailed remarks onthe performances of the leading artistes in most of theoperaa named, it is somewhat unnecessary to go over the list of characters again, aad we shall therefore confine ourselves. to a few general observations. Of the fine, full, and flexible organ of Miss Louisa Pyne, it can never be other wise than charming to speak, suggestive as any remarks must necessarily be; of that gushing and brilliant flow of mellifluous harmony which she pours into the ravished ears of her auditory, without stint in the bounty or seem ing effort in its regulation. In her presence the very air seems musical, and all around appears filled with thrilling melody ; if we could wish anything added to her charming gift ofwarbling, it would be a little, and but a little, more distinctness of articulation. Miss Pyne sustains her repu tation as a cultivated singer of a high class. Less gifted by nature than her eminently talented and favoured sister, she is a pleasing and winning vocalist, whose merits and abilities become more and more appreciated as they become better known. Mr. Harrison's attainments as a singer and actor are well known and highly rated. To natural ease of manner and pleasing deportment, he adds no small amount of graceful action. His voice is a tenor of good, if not of very superior, quality, and his execution is at once forcible and expressive. In such song as "When the fair land of Poland," and "Let me like a soldier fall," he makes a decided and deservedly a great impression; while his execution in concerted pieces is telling, sweet, and effective. The besetting sin of his style is his prodigal, lavish use of the falsetto. In one less naturally gifted than he is, this might be tolerated as a necessary subter fuge to cover a want of compass in his voice ; but such allowance cannot be made in his case. He has a natural' voice of extensive range, and when in even the middle or his compass we find him running away into a squalling falsetto, we are constrained to charge it to the score of a defective taste. Signor Borrani sings with much steadi ness and judgment; his voice is a good though not a very powerful one, and he manages it with such skill as to render it equal to the performance of not a little which we have heard others with superior organ incapable of executing. Both as a singer and as an actor, Mr. Horn. castle is eminently useful and efficient. His style of vocalization is certain, and in delivering the music• he mparts to it expression and significance. Of Mr. Bowler's claims to public notice, we cannot say so much. His voice is thin and weak, particularly in the lower notes ; in its middle and upper range it improves, and in general he sings with much correctness. As a whole, the company is an excellent one, and its performances such as tojustify high encomium. We are glad to understand these dis tinguished vocalists are to continue with us throlighout the present week, and we venture to hope they will meet with that encouragement their talents and exertions so fully entitle them to expect. AT Tna ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the entertainments have generally been, during the early part of each night, such as to give scope for the histrionic talents of Miss Anderton, who has been supported by M r .. Villi er s and Mr. Loraine. On Friday night the first piece was "Evadne ;" it was succeeded by the performances of the Chinese jugglers, whose engagement terminated on Satur day evening. The play of Evadne" was so well received as to lead to its repetition on three successivenights of the present week. The pantomime of " The Butterfly's Ball," or the Grasshopper's Feast, which met with such sustained success at the Theatre Royal, has been trans ferred to this house, at which it was produced last night. FUNERAL OF TILE LATE ALDERMAN MOLYNEUX. ON Wednesday last, the mortal remains of this respected gentleman were interred in the family burial vault at Childwall Church. The mournful procession was on foot from Childwall Hall, the late residence of the deceased.. In addition to a large number of personal friends, Worship the Mayor, and about twenty members of the Town Council, were also present to testify respect to the memory of Mr. Molyneux. As an additional tribute to his memory, the North and South Schools belonging to, the Corporation were closed on Wednesday. WE have to record a sickness and mortality in the local newspaper press, which, it is to be hoped, may not prove infectious. Last week our juvenile contemporary, the Birkenhead Advertiser, met with a premature death arising, it is supposed, from atrophy, or perhaps a disease of the heart, owing to defective circulation and a shrink ing of the sinews. Our more mature contemporaries of Liverpool have also suffered, though the disease has not yet proved fatal. The supplements, which only a short time since they promised should be permanent, have gra dually diminished in size and frequency, and in a little while it is expected will vanish altogether, affording a melancholy instance of the discrepancy too often found between promises and performances. We would, in all friendliness, suggest that self-interest might be better served by the exercise of a little more community of feeling than seems lately to have prevailed. A rivalry in extent of surface and cheapness of advertisements is not appreciated by the public to an extent which renders it remunerative, while it is suicidal to those who adopt such means. The only rivalry should be in quality, not quantity, or the rivals will prove themselves to be destitute of that political wisdom which they profess to teach to others. INQUEST s.—Yesterday, inquests wereheld in the Borough Coroner's Court in the following cases :—On the body of Van Osten, the cook of the Dutch ship Cornelius Hoffman. Deceased had been ashore, and was returning to the vessel, rather the worse for liquor, when he slipped off a plank in stepping on board, and was drowned.—On James Boal, a child aged ten months, whose parents key a spirit vaults in Rose-place. The child was in good health when put to bed on Saturday night, but found dead by the side of its mother on Sunday morning. —On the body of Samuel Horrocks, a child five weeks old. On Saturday morning the child's mother went with her husband to the docks, carrying the child in her arms, wrapped in a shawl ; and when she returned to her lodgings in Great Crosshall street, the child was dead.—On Elizabeth Slater, a girl six months old, whose parents reside in Gibraltar-place. The child was subject to fits, and was found dead by its mother's side on Saturday morning last.—On Andrew Farrels, aged 27, a labourer, who lodged with Peter Bren nan,who had been drinking, went to a back Shaw's Alley. It appeared that on Sunday night Sparling-street, and whilst standing on the the door gave way, and he fell into the dstcellar,threeredtoefcwrahuit cellar,nj ured his head and caused his death. ST. MICIFAELS BUBYING-GROUND.—Last night, an adjourned meeting of the owners of graves in St. Michael's Burying-ground, was held in the School-room. The Rev. H. Carpenter, who presided, stated that since the last meeting the prospects of the owners of grave s in St. Michael's had considerably improved. On consulting with the Town-clerk, it had been found that power had been taken in an Act of Parliament for providing burying-ground in the parish. This pre vented, it was thought by Mr. Hughes, the operation of the act to St. Michael's parish. An application to Lord Palmerston, as Home Secretary, stating this circumstance, was recommended by Mr. Hughes, who farther advised that, if unsuccessful with Lord Palmerston, a memorial to the Lords of the Privy Council, setting forth the same facts, should be presented. The Rev. Gentleman also intimated that, in the case of St. John's, which was some what similarly circumstanced to St. Michael's, though not so favourably, Lord Palmerston had agr ee d t o exempt t h a t parish from the operation of the recent act ; an d he then fore thought there was good reason to hope for 14 satis factory answer to their application. Mr. Pemberton read a copy of e, letter which had been forwuded to Lord Pal merston, and 04 meting was adjou;ne4 till p ex t 4 ou da 7 rfez.illft AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. By the British and North American Royal'Mail steam ship Europa, Captain Shannon, which reached' the Mersey this morning, wo• have intelligence from New York to the 9th instant.. The• Europa saaed from New York at 4.10 a.m. on the 9th, having been detained by a dense fog. On the 12th she. encountered a field of ice, in which she was detained 45 minutes.. On the 17th, at 5 p.m., boarded the barque Rose of Aberdeen, from Callao for Liverpool, having lost her rudder in a heavy gale from the N.W. ; but she had a temporary rudder, and required no assistance. On the 19th j at 2 pm., passed Cape Clear, and at 3.15 p.m. passed the steam-ship Canada, outward bound. On the 21st, at 1.19 a.m., made the Rock Light, having been detained 4 hours. The Europa brought thirty-seven passengers and $127,614 in specie. The steam-ship Andes, hence, and the steam-ship Glasgow, from Glasgow, arrived at New York on the 4th instant. The steam-ship Nathville, from Ilavre,via Southampton, arrived at New York on the sth instant. The ship Middlesex, and the Jan Rutledge, hence, ar rived at New York on the Bth instant. The Queen of the West and the Saratoga, hence, arrived' out on the 7th instant. There is no political news of any importance. Another very destructive. fire broke out about two, o'elock on the morning of the 7th inst., in the basement of No. 8, Spruce-street, and notwithstanding that the engines were soon on the spot, and the firemen worked with untiring industry, property to the value of upwards of $300,000 was laid in rums before daylight. Less than one-half of the property was insured. A venerable citizen of . Baltimore, Jacob Albert, died on the sth instant. His estate is estimated to be worth two millions of dollars. Thomas Devin Reidy, one of the exiled Irish rebels, died in Washington, of apoplexy, on the sth instant. Some rogues, on Sunday night, set fire to the house of Mr. Concoran, the banker, in Washington, and also de stroyed the beautiful block of marble sent by the Pope of Rome for the Washington monument. Jamaica papers to the 26th ult. state that eliolera had reappeared at Kingston, in the Lunatic Asylum and in the public hospital, and seventeen deaths had occurred in both institutions up to the last date. Dates from Belize (Honduras) come to the 18th ult. Cholera had almost disappeared. Isabel and San Thomas had been visited by the epidemic. Advices from Havana are to the Ist inst.; but, with the exception of the announcement of the formation of a body of eight hundred civil guards, there was nothing new. The ship Middlesex, arrived from Liverpool, experienced heavy weather, and was for five days in the ice, from lat. 51, long. 47, to lat. 46, long. 51, during which she passed through 300 miles of ice, and 30 icebergs were counted at one time from the vessel. The Middlesex had her false stem and a portion of the main stem carried away while passing through it, and the vessel would have been cut through but for the precaution of fixing some boiler iron on her bow. COMMEIICIAL.—There was a slight re-action in the money market, owing to the desire of some speculators to realise. Cotton closed with a very firm market. Flour opened rather quiet, but closed somewhat buoyantly, at a slight improvement in value. Wheat was held higher, but ruled inactive. Corn advanced a shade. Pork tended downwards. Beef was held firmly. Freights to Liverpool: Corn 15d., Wheat 151 d, per bushel ; Cotton id. to 11-16 d. ; Fl our 4 5 . ; L ar d ; per steamer, 60s. ; sailing vessel 455. LLB ov MAN.—The Manx Sun says, "Upwards of eighty young men belonging to the neighbourhood of Peel have engaged passages to Australia, incited by the glowing accounts brought by some returned emigrants. The Douglas Steam-packet Company intend commencing the increased communication between this port and Liver pool next month. The sailings will be more frequent than has formerly been the case in April, the vessels leaving each port three times one week, and four times every alternate week." LITERARY THIEVE,9.-At the Police-court, on Satur day, three lads, Wm. Davies, Wm. Lawrence, and John Jenkins, were charged with stealing a book from the shop of Mr. Blevin, in Leece-street, on Friday evening. Jen kins and Davies stole the book, and were showing it to the other prisoner, when they were taken into custody by a Mr. John Hewitt, whom Mr. Wybergh designated "an amateur detective," and who said he had been watching their movements. Jenkins, an old offender, was sent tr prison for a month, and the other two prisoners for fouo teen days. A PROSPEROUS COLONY. The Lieut.-Governor of Prince Edward Island, in opening the session of the Le gislature on the 9th ult., was able to announce that the financial state of this colony is very satisfactory. The balance of the debt against the colony, which, in 1850, was £28,679, is now only £3,028 ; and the revenue, which, in 1849, was £18,615, had risen in 1853 to £35,315, in eluding £2,800 the produce of an education-rate. The Governor announced that he should have to bring under the notice of the Legislature, by message, some matters of a local nature, and among others the proposed withdrawal of the PRINCE ALBERT attended a meeting of the " Welling ton College" committee on Saturday, at the new Houses of Parliament. SIR CHARLES HOBART, the new governor of Victoria, is to take his departure from England in the Queen of the South, which will convey out the Australian mail of the 4th of April. oAxiNoToN.—On Monday five families, forty-three in number, left this village to go by the Joseph Rowan from Liverpool to Adelaide, South Australia. About 40 more are prepariug to go in a few weeks. Parents are going after their children, and children after their parents. 20 out of this number are young men from 18 to 25. This makes nearly 200 since April, 1852, out of a population of 600 persons.— Cambridge Chronicle. THE PRESTON STRIKE.—On Sunday last week, there was an immense demonstration of operatives from Chor ley, Bolton, Wigan, Witherell, Walton, Bamber-bridge, Blackburn, and Preston. Upwards of 40,000 were present. After the singing of a hymn, speeches, enjoining strict obedience to the law, and warning the people against anything which might lead to a breach of the peace, were delivered, and the meeting dispersed, some to return home, and others to saunter about the coun try. On Monday the masters imported into Preston about thirty-five Irish people from Manchester. On Wednesday, at noon, nineteen of Messrs. Swainson and Birley's hands returned to work at the " big factory," saying that they preferred that course, whatever the con sequences might be, to breaking up their houses, and the dispersion of their families. In the evening, about eighty factory operatives arrived from the neighbourhood of Ken dal, and will at once be able to perform the labour for which they are wanted, without the training which most of the other importations will require. The power-loom weavers had a meeting on Ribbleton Moor, about two miles and a half from the town, on the afternoon of Wed nesday. Mr. Walton, the chairman, announced that the hands in the' employ of Mr. Edge had made an arrange ment with that gentleman. ST. DAvrp's ennucar.—We understand that the morn ing as well as the afternoon service will be in English at this church on Stniday next, and that two very eminent clergymen are• to preach on behalf of the " Society for Promoting the Employment of Additional Curates h► Popu lous Places." This excellent society works at home. It is under the patronage of her Majesty the Queen. The two Archbishops are'the presidents, and the Bishops are the vice-presidents. It helps to support from three to four hundred curates. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL.-4:1 Sunday last, two Ser mons were preached at St. Mary's, Birkenhead, in die morning by the Rev: Francis Bryans, M.A., vicar• of Backford, Cheshire; and in the evening by the Rev. A. Knox, 8.A., incumbent of Birkenhead, when collections. were made in aid of the funds of the Birkenhead Hospital' and Dispensary, which amounted to the very handsome' sum of upwards of £45. GRATITUDE FOR FIDELITY..— Mr. William Drury Chidson, on retiring from business, has presented Mr. William Harris, who has lived in the Golden Eagle Establishment for more than a.quarter of a century, with a silver tea and coffee service,. bearing the following in scription :—" Presented by William Drary Chidson to William Harris, in grateful remembrance of his long, faithful, and much valued services: Liverpool, Feb. 15, 1854.4.!' SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Four o'clock,. a.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1854. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BT ELECTRIC TEZ,BGRAPH. MONDAY EVENING, bfWeen 20. LONDOM—The Commercial Daily _gist says that on 'Change the opinion that war is inevitable is becoming general. Russian and other produce Midi* to be affected are advancing. Tallow, 645. 6d. on the -spot, and 665. 6d. forward delivery. Few sellers of Hemp at` 260 for Peters burg clean. Saltpetre, 365. 6d. to 375. [linseed Oil, 355. 3d. Scotch Pig Iron, 78s. to 78s. 6d. Spotter, £24 per ton. A cargo of Sugar reported—sold for Sweden, at 21s. 6d. TIENI WAR IN THE EAST. A telegraphic report is said to have been , received from Hamburgh by a London firm, to the effect that the Baltic fleet was reported to have arrived in the Sound. At Hamburgh the-banks were giving out less gold in their payments. No later telegraphic news from Turkey. The Russians in the Principalities are receiving great reinforcements of troops, who were marching to strengthen the garrisons at Sebastopol and Odessa. The Moniteur announces that General Prurobert and the first division; of the troops destined for the army in the East left Marseilles on Sunday evening. MALTA, March 17.—The Banshee, which left Constan tinople on the 13th, had arrived, and would start imme diately for Marseilles with despatches for Government. Nothing new from. Constantinople. No engagement had taken place either by land or sea. The fleets were to enter the Black Sea again shortly. The 44th and 62d Regi ments have arrived. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tins • D.A Ir. WILLOUGHBY. HANDICAP.—Even on the field agst Bourton ; 3 to L agst Stamford ; 6 to 1 agst any other. WARWICK HANDICAP.-3 to 1 agst Cleveland, tk; 5 to 1 agst Selina; 6 to 1 agst any other. WARWICK STEEPLE CHASE.-3 to 1 agst Needwood 7 to 2 agst Trout ; 6 to 1 agst Oscar. Two THOUSIoND GUINEAS.-3 to 1 agst Boiardo, tk ; 7 to 1 agst Phaeton, tk; 8 to 1 agst Champagne; tk. GREAT NORTHAMPTON STAKES.-5 to 1 agst. Defiance, tk freely ; Bto 1 against Lamprocles ; 12 to Lagst Marc Antony; 15,t0 1 agst Red Lion, tk. METROPOLIMAN HANDICAP.-7 to 1 apt , Jonathan Martin, tk ; 15 to 1 agst Ariosto ; 16 to 1 agst Annie Sutherland, tk. CIIESTEIi CUP.-20 to 1 agst Brown Brandy; 1,000 to 35 agst Baalbec, tk freely; 35 to 1 agst Doctor O'Toole, tk ; 50 to 1 agst Horatio. DERBY.-100 to 6 agst Wild Huntsman; 20 to 1 agst Marsyas, tk ;, 1,000 to 36 agst Andover, tk,;: 40 to 1 agst Bessus, tk ;, 50 to 1 agst Phaeton, tk ; 60 to. 1 agst Old Noll, tk. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, MARCH 20. Their Lordships met at five o'clock.. The Earl of HARROWBY moved the second reading of the Registration of Bills of Sale Bill. Lord BROUGHAM supported the motion,. The•Luun CHANCELLOR concurred.. The bill was read a second time. The• Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny. Bill, and Exche quer Bills (£1,750,000) Bill passed through committee. The• Earl of GLENGALL presented several petitions pray ing for additional postal arrangements.between the south of Wales and the south of Ireland. Some discussion ensued, in the- course of which Earl GILBY complained of the high charge•for letters to officers in the Baltic fleet,—namely, ls. 6d4.tlae half-ounce. Lord CANNING said the rate would be reduced to 61, whilst those for soldiers and seamen would remain at ld. Earl GREY thought the Goverinnent ought to apply to rarliament for power to reduce the postage to an uniform nate of ld. The Coasting Trade Bill was read a third time and passed. _ _ Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table a bill, which was read a first time, for facilitating- proceedings in arbitration,. Their Lordships adjourned, at six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY, MARCH 20t, The house met at four o4lioek. After the presentation, of numerous petitions, Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to a, question, said it had been thought the best course that the Attorney-General should prosecute the parties implicated in the report on the-Sligo, election. _ _ _____ Previous to reading, the orders of the day s Lord J. RUSSELL announced that the second reading of the Settle ment and Removal Bill would be postponed to, Friday evening,and the Committee on Stamps to thi s d ay f or t n i g h t. Mr. LAYARD rose to postpone the motion of which he had given notice, relative to any proposals which may be offered by Russia for the settlement of the Eastern ques tion, until the house, had had time to digest the remark-. able correspondemelust published. The house then went into a Committee. of Ways and Means, when the Clerk read the resolution: of the CII4N CELLOR of the , EXCREQUER on the subject of the Income Tax. The resolution was put from the Chair, and declared to be carritd. No debate on the resolution took plaee evidently to the surprise of the majority of the house; nor was the amendment announced to be proposed by Sir H. WlLLononaly submitted to the house. Much cheering followed from the ministerial btnehes, followed the announcement of the Chairman. On idle second reading of the Ministers' Money (Ireland) Bill being moved,—Mr. MIALL moved an amendment that the bill be read that day six months. He denounced the impost as impolitic and unjust,, and peculiarly objection able in a country like Ireland, _ Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. The House then divided. For the second, reading, 203 ; against it, 97. Majority, 106. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, who then entered the house, apologised, amidst much laughter, for not having been present to move his resolution when the house went into committee on ways and means. CLERGY DISABILITIES RILL The second reading of the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill having been moved, Mr. HADFIELD, moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months ; if legislation was desirable on this subject, it ought to embrace the whole of our eccle siastical system, but not to be dealt with by a side-wind measure. _ _ _ Mr. AP&LEY PELLATT seconded the amendment. Mr. WALPOLE described the bill as an unsatisfacto ry measure, and open to serious objections. The clergy themselves were afraid of it, and seemed not to know what would be its operation. The bill introduced last year w a y, a better bill than the present one. When the bill should go into committee, he would propose several important clauses. Mr. R. PHILLimouF defended the objects of the bill, and considered it applicable to the condition of the colonial clergy. Sri G. GREY thought it desirable that the house should be put in possession of more inf orma ti on, and what pecu liar disabilities the bill was to remove. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained the purpose of the bill. It was intended to remove disabilities under which the colonial clergy laboured with respect to their meetings, and with a view to making any alterations that might be deemed necessary. The bill did not define what a public meeting was, and one of its objects was to exempt them from the operation of a particular statute, but not from the law of the land, whether common or statute law. Mr. T. CHAMBERS was in greater doubt as to the objects of the bill after the explanation of the Solicitor-General. He could not discover whether it was intended to make a Colonial Church a Free Church or an Established Church, or some impassable compromise between the two. The bill was uncall for for if the supremacy of the Crown existed now, t h ought to exist. If it did not, they did not want the bill. Aftersome - observations from Mr. MOWBRAT in fAVQI,Ir the bill, and Mr, liiarfazu Aphid it, Mr. NA.piun declared his inability bill, despite the explanation offered by t he General. Is real:Lir e( ' Mr. WiLrora contended that the measure w. , c h som e of ww for the removal of existing grievances, enumerated. bill wss • t of the Lord Jonzr RussuLL said the ob ject which vreiv, simply to give certain powers to the Clerg (00 7 enjoyed by members of other denominations: He denied that the connexion between the Colonicconsi to enders i t the Established Church was a political one, and 'eat dered that the legislature had a right to rep so ceg• disabilities which were influenced bY i o the co n lo e n re ies was whi n c o h r e e xis aso t n ed to in m this aint co ai un n the sa me contro The house divided, when there appeared" reading, 196 ; against it, 62 ; majority, 1' Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice that pone his amendment on the subject of the the bringing up of the report. BRIBERY AT ELECTION The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved bring in a bill for the pro secu tion of bribe! to the city of Canterbury a n d the borough; Barnstaple, Kingston-upon-Hull, and ma a history of the corrupt transactions in disclosed in the report of the committee, declared to be of a most scandalous the case of Maldon. The bribery Nv , flagrant, and was greater at the last preceding election, more than £2,000 spent in beer alone. At Hull, £B,• in bribery at the last election—the num being 1153. At Cambridge bribery was more systematically than at any other IN was the ease at Barnstaple —on the who, these constituencies was scandalous to theL House of Commons. He did not think tha , legislation would be found adequate to recourse must be had to special legis , particular exigencies ; at the same time, h it would be just to disfranchise th( therefore, he should propose to take awa: rupt portion of the constituencies. He that any objection could be taken to this not consider that any compact was enter house with the corrupt portion of voters from disfranchisement, if they gave full h he thought so, be would not press for their chised. Believing, therefore, that special required for these special cases of corrupt move for leave to bring in a bill for preven l in the places referred to. Mr. CAIRN argued at considerable lent demnity had been promised to the witn( therefore, the house ought not to entertain for disfranchisement at all. It might be ni other commissions ; and did the Attorney any witnesses would come forward when 1 faith was so flagrantly broken by Park occasion. Sir J. HANMBE urged similar arrangem tion' to the proposition for disfranchisemen Mr; PAINIT considered the question one on general principle, and not on the special slightly affecting particular constitueneb rather that the voters, convicted of being go unpunished, if he thought a promise of been made: and the honour of parliament by the words of the Act those persons were from any penalties to which they were th( this had'no.reference to future legislation. the height of absurdity to maintain! that separate the innocent from the guilty,. or tbs , be obliged to disfranchise the whole oonsti , the entire number unpunished. Mr. NAPIES, in opposing the proposa l chisement, relied mainly on the clause which, he contended, completely exempted v t . by the commissioners from any further puni: n. m a Mr. KENNEDY and Mr. MASSEY supP ° and maintained the right of the house rigb`:i• the voters convicted of corruption. had iye,, l e Mr. WHITESIDE submitted that the no. -..,1 to . t disfranchise those voters who had been inda l ptage , dence before the commissioners, and that' tlie. l 7 eo ftb i ; act was wholly in opposition to such dePrivan e obje t teri . , 4 s l The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that • " ply ol'i n er" commissioners was to obtain evidence and . supp ly f t' for future legislation ; but while the act ren e ten ded woist from all penal consequences, it was never o f d i s fran o .D cP elude the house from adopting any measio".. c lause , ment. He analysed, minutely, the terms of th e , 4 90! he considered fully bore out this contradiction.. ci.„ to Mr. WALPOLE strongly opposed d p is 9 f rt ra a a n cl i ce ts ..t l ,ol and maintained that it was of more im the fundamental principle of not convictnlip Pr A u pee o any man upon evidence furnished by hitneel; of indemnity, and actually to punish thos d 0 4 guilty of bribery. SST After some observations- from Mr. F. ec tia STANLEY, reAP 'oe oi The ATTORNEY-GENERAL briefly rep , ." . 5 10. 4 01 A statement that he would not for a moment pre s s franchisement of corimpt , voters if the house thraere " te r tn; sort of compact existed, to exempt thetni - - f et ly P r % evidence of that fact, or of anything which .... v - ert on lyth house with future legislation. He would, 1 001 % c ept ; t Ol O l,, pose to go back to. a single election, e 8 cool s ", case of Cambridge, in which special ' a ny r ii ,fot existed ; but he did not think there Yra , for " 0 0);,'„, faith towards the corrupt voters in the prop os tba c oo chisement, and after the evidence collected bY•4 I d sinners the house ought not to be afraid to,,pun, ‘sa htk, had been guilty of these corrupt practices. he llo' e rso° time . t, n p • o rff Sir F. KELLY said this was the first ti o been called upon to inflict pains and pertaß i co ur."„ /ye t i who had never been heard or convicted by sq. e iectOqual E , and who yet were about to be deprived of t ',. l ,noPP ° ' OP' chise on ex parte representations, and without t i e deOjelli' being afforded of making any defence whatever. , a s A ed the bill as exhibiting a wan t o f good. faith, an d sion and a fraud. The house then divided. For the motion Against 118 fit ' Majority n o. 0 ,1 first " ad The bill was then brought in and read' the,,, ro to e s t A bli• Mr. EWART obtained leave to bring it's Ni to e extend the act for enabling. Town, 0: 1811 10' Libraries and Museums. ting Leave was given to bring i n t w o local bitl e a l fee the 11°W The remaining orders were despatched, an d journed at a quarter. to twelve.. ......................................t , fAßo r. bei n e l FUNDS, STOCK, AND . SHARE 3-- oar - 0 , ap T pa h r e e r n e t p ly or c t o o n f fi t t. h m e erdef,uEsanlgolfisthheFuultnirrs teuxmpebriethee recocltere&r, depression. Consols, buyers at 90, and immediart3ichitotill * ; subsequently the prices were 90, sellers , ' a fell is ilifa. mained to the close of business. Owing to the th e W i tr ev and continued pressure of speculative s ales• jac ios d DsS i ; market has further seriously declined. The Pliidlsl a 'err i i, actions were in London and North Westerns, ,_,, Dot es,. cashire and Yorkshire, and Great Northern at per st elly which description the decline averaged al o reiga roe r Land and Bank Shares dull. Mines fist cen t.; generally heavy; Russian receded 1 to 2 Pe r guese, 1 per cent, lower: ,• ,.6 PRICES. .• , Consols, Account .. 1 0 89$ 90 u illank Stock ... :.. ...... O Do. Money.... 1891 90* Excbeq. Bi lls, i a ''• 4 ThreelkQrperCents 5i / FOREIGN STOCKS. . 0 .... 0 - Mexicans Spanish Deferred a • • " •—• ": 'iii;lVe s. 75.* Do. Threes 3O 7 Do. Four 44 " .... RALLWAY SHARES. ........ ~.i. 1 1 Amberg.,Nottingham, Leeds NortherX,,tein r' and E. Junction 4/ / London &N. W o ol I Caledonian Do. Preference ..... 04 eastern Counties .., l2 it t Lincolnshire.....,..• q pi '• East Lancashire 6O 1 Midland Stock • ...,.. - I s l Edinburgh dz Glasgow 56 8 North British;:iiire•• 14* Great Northern Great Western .. - Lanc. and Yorkshire: 61f 2* York, Do. Fifths_ ... _ . 7/ i Berwick • • I t •ti c j . London, Brighton, and York and N . r etie' prefe South C0a5t.......„ 97i gi Do. MINING SHARES. I: dli i: i Noma Monde. ................... l ,-• • ‘ll l LAND SHARES. ~.. , Australian Agricultural 38 40 Peel River •,•: ... , i li' S. Australian •... — Van Diemen ,s.•: fl , ~... S. Australian, Invest. N. B. Austraill— fats OS °P 80 11 CORN M A mod ET - botoe -DO The supply of English Wheat isratef.. ,jes tic k of foreign Wheat and Flour are to a fair extenit't pop to d to Newcas le ..,• 4,4: Wheat trade opened very heavily. At pres, e , o art,„.e 10,1 ed: been effected, but a decline of Is. to 25. Per gr ealTsCrf,eo l ' pated. Ibreign is less firm owing to heap ben pint effect sales a similar deduction would ha ag ed • i f, S i afeP The top price of town-made Flour is unch s .,,ey d i : Aoa American, is. per barrel lower. Oats arg ' LOP to Is. 6d. cheaper. Barley is Is. lowgr• obtainable at 6d. per quarter cheaper., roe ARRIVALS. Isiah' English. ~, Wheat 3106 1 017 ' Barley 7441 •-"" _., Oats 2164 934 30 1 463 ; F Malt 4592 I- ti• ...- _ t 0..." Beans Peas 93k - 210 r ‘in ell y te Flour 163 0, t r ce e 6; • • ,‘,. m arice.. o 0 OC 4 I SECOND REPORT.—At the clone a t-- f fore l ' per, ; 0 4 dined about 3s. per quarter,. Holders 1: 1 ' t t o 7 04 '0,1. a similar decline. Town-inade floa t u rrlelt Il e's& P American, 38s. to 405. per barrel. ..-' 2 " ne t. 4- - quarter lower. Oats declined fid• to la• r" it Beans and Peas sold at a similar deCliae• ite 4439 S 85,6 a dd g u a t r toy : 4p8 F sa o .i—d re bo ig r n eftu , ea Fc bat za eit I vt 7 e b ree ut o e y r mio s .: d: e i r o eTZ: an E a d r ; 46 e l f,ek ° l ° c . ol : 4: o 6°' PR 0 DU'C E 31 A i ll ow l i pe d o . t —Tea dull, prices with difficulty suppa u r iteeta*--it-le ' iil;141". last terms . — Rum, much wanted.— uotton: ill r a/ 0 40 1 no decline. --- ,r TALLOW MAR a 3401-0, b Tallow firm ;, sto P.Y.C. 64s on'the spot.veVet against 3 5,091Icasks same time last yea r '.. casks against 2,005 cas k s sa me time la st Y Al 9 tra tl ' e # ll brisk a s t uP ac p i l v y an o ced f CABeaprrartisceLasEn.4v eß e e r ; e el:4l4terdlllll ;: g t :fi rl a rAA quotations. Beef. ....... 9s 10d to 4s 8(1 Veal ...... _ L a fki to la/ MUtton..., 38 4d to 58 2d I Pork ...• .•• • „••• ,• ~, • r ARRIVALS. Beasts 3631 Calves •.... . • ' ..6° / Sheep and Lambs Holland Beasts .... ....... . ....... .. .••• • ~ 0 Do. Sheep .................. .• •• • 4 90 Do. Calves. .......................... •" ~ .s 0 Spanish Beasts ............• ..• • av, ..... •• tip " Do. Sheep ..................... .. . .... . Scotch Beasts . . .................. • • • ' Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts ..... • _,GO• , sf i am' 0 51 1 -4 MANCHESTE,R STOC ,z. E x 2i 1 opo . jp . boo "30 ii 4 2 -'" Caledonian 26 4 1 ; Great Northern, - ' O ,l --- - 1 ; Yorkshire, 62fr ; Manchester, S heffield, a , "i. 3. 36 Bank, Mid Midland, psm.7j; South Eastern and Dover, 0 0 ......--- ...,,., v. vo , LEEDS STOCK EXCILAiW , "i i; 1 syclland Lancashire and Yorkshire, 612 • , • -I , 1 6 • North Midland, 23 ; North-western, 7 • 0 . , v E L I J e- 0 0 s o. f d PHILHARMON IC .„0, 0 4 -------- 0 be er g r ell ;" MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH WI 'th 'O , ("3 , EVENING (Tuesday), the 21st instant, W A ' s 0 0 .14 ~, Chorus of the Society, consisting of UPWar" ts llo, ' Performers. GallerY ' Boxes and Stalls, 2s. 6d. ,• G a llery, 1s•; „0. ALL, RESERVED rLA- to 1 ' ;o f ila LIVERPOOL, • tr gan g , o ci; /1 0 4 Printed and Published every Tul a ACIVI II ' Pro„ Prietor, ROBERT PEASSOOOA Of Pero -s treet, at the STANDARD r , vs giorri OFFICE, No. 4, ST. Grottcla'A v44* Tueulay, lima 21, 104. —For the second \ 1.34. he s hould I to , e Income 04 t t° lt,, NS. . I ed for leave : 3 ery i refereDce Itit„ hs of CambritigeeP Ijc; aldon. Ile gal Of 05 - n Canterh.ar3l, ° yti i , and wine ,_ t s deseriptieo:f, Alt vas still 00, b. t than at 7. !l O having beel; , ;IS ,721 was SP e o . g t , aiber of persoA 1 ;:,,I carried oosss; 'o i ?lace. Th e of ; Lole the statde,,, , emselaes an ...'5 ,1,44, that an)" g e t; 4 44, meet the e,e64 ji. slation to ,ri.j, hii he did not tJ'101111; lie 4 he plog', or 4 4 ay 001 l °loot a did notue course. b y th e re d into 4 . t he s to e%elllP.',, if inforeo,lerfta- :1) if hely!, 04 0 . d legislation id i , 1, 9 bot u 7 17, ,ptioql, P e riper/ 'l4 mtien a b •,,. 1141t1.1 t all IP il ' lug* it° a that, t;' nesse; 0 .tio 5„,, ! a the PrO°l44o 01 needfu!,.3l"to ini 3y-Gen.--a dot I 1 1 4 1 / 1 they fou,- liaroent °P i• nen ts ill' Me , nt. 3esto ;ht to be t ; v erg 1 al eiretuaso.oo ies. g i e 4bo old g bribed, ~4 of If indellrY. Dot G oncerot op L4lill , re onlY e 130 henliabl 100 S 4 lie troe'll 01 N, they 00 1 tha t theforove ; 0 ituencf, die sa l for deotli R, e of ill o tie. t c voters est. n uish nier:he bill' 1 vorteu oclii-4 kit to Off' .. ii gb t to :;, ‘l.l