The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-12 00:00:00

Pell, 12, Ha balto bp cturtion. ~ R 41 / 4 1P RRIO S TOCK OF WOOLLEN AND LI N EN • DRAPERY. hi s r, By Mr. BRANCH, (Tuesday,) the 12th instant, at Eleven o'clock, st the Hanover.rooms, A I i A ,,,RGE a.nd valuable STOCK of LINEN and tin ge , ',ALEN DRAPERY, of excellent quality, which citn. g m bAoite superfine West of England and Yorkshire Broad tilr ‘4lllCloths, in Blacks, Blues , Greens, Olives, Oxford Mix tikee,lledleys, and o ther fashionable Colours • Cassimeres, peni:Uns Doeskins , Vestings, Harringtons, I tlPerior'Pilot Cloths ; I'llitney Blankets, of.sittnost all siva, real Llan en, 11-!1.1 Lancashire Plum , ' extra Fine Saxony Ditto, byie, blurting and oth alicoes, Bill - ached and Half eight Sheetin ithout SeatOß ; most capital Seven- Rus e 4 ,Ild Ward- Irish Linens s Scotch Linens, Real kukinett She ga, Three Yards wide ; Hoyle's best Print c;oth.., Rolla , Checks, Ging,l'iams, Orleans, sze t i l l!nd . general Assortment of Drapery . Goods, Furs, _ t and Coburg llogi , V;.' liludity and description, with a quantity of in T ,iickontes, Culls, tc. ' frern il r i E e w aA ed sc p u ri:or to the sale, when Catalogues may be had tteti LL , "iV HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, VINE. T 0.,. STREET. ' C ' T ratt V , rct, By Mr. BRANCH. k ~ ednesday,) the 13th instant, at Eleven o'clock, Pritt, on the Premises, No. 90, Vine-street, ~.:4;letffellent HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE of a C l l - 7Z raln• declining Housekeeping, comprising Ma- Ch en ,ill Pembroke and Loo Tables, Balloon Pattern 1.4 0 - v 7 l l H an P. Drawers, Four- oat Bedstead, with Damask *.o ta ' , SwhAngo, Loungin ...aairs, in Moreen and Hair c ern of ch il l_ lasses, &c. pital Eight-day Hall Clock, a few %%and p g ,. and Gl , the Chamber Purniture, including li..rtlitag fi ch edsteads, Dressing Tables, Washstands, 1448 an 4 _,, eather Beds, Hair Mattresses and 13 . 11ing, rud te 'q tl other Carpets, together with the Kitchen ti,tkaop th e p e . Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may remises, or from Mr. BRANCH, Hanover rittetlr - ..„, i . ) , „ ir ArODERN CARPETS, FLOOR CLOTHS, Vittl b AND ROOM PAPERS. .3._ 4 bAI. B BRANCH. -. next, the y Mr. 14th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at BOUT the Hanover Rooms,— (ti t t.,,On e Thousand 'les of BRUSSELS ,87,,ra'S, of modern erns, 1700 Yards of London k i plyCpT LOBBY C S, in Squares of five yards by %2/11,„ - ". 8 , , and in g,tlis yard wide, three-quarters, and -'ll Pa •-, an 00 Pieces of London ROOM PAPERS, of To h. tt ' -- w- p,,,• :rna;Satin Grounds. leatired To MORROW (Wednesday), the 13th instant, e‘'N---- qlles may - be had from Mr. BRANCH. 442,4------4 COLLECTION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN PICTURES. By Mr. BRANCH, 4 kl t next, the Isth instant, precisely at Twelveo'clock, V AT , at the Hanover Rooms Gallery, r hio' u i ABLE Collection of PAINTINGS, of a 1.014 eb _ass, amongst which will be found many of a highly p_e . fo rei 2racter and superior quality. ;,, 4 tor I t gArtists will include fine examples of ", I Dee Heem, I Maas, Cannalletti, BourgOgnOne, lOstado, - Vandervelde, Eve Bingen, Carlo Marratti, It i lll eb e s r , eci a ni rld others in,„the various Schools . of Art. arc w ., . ens of nrlern Artists comprise the W orks of C , ...1 . ti1d e, 11,0 h,,,- - Wilkie, Anderson, "`' Watts, I Carmichael, Gainsborough, Fraser, Harlowe, I Henshaw, Stausfield, H enley, &c .h .vsen, t t it ettif""f' T O 4tee o. tes - Oil ,ATranAy next, the rnay be had from Mr. BRANCH 16th instant, when 41 , 0 BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. LYTURES OF A IT7NE AND SPIRT 44 / 4 z e , 11,1 -Y 7; 5c., SHIPS" STORE DEALER, GOREI 0 11'r t - By Mr. BRANCH_ % -kY next, the 19th instant, at Eleven o'clock, on the H E ~ ,a _ Premises, No. 12, •Goree ;i niazz E as N 'and SPIRIT ti a iitvitclunaAbNleT ST I OC H K o STORE DEALER, consistin 14tioraPtity of ' Al'l n l.S ' ''' SPIRITS, Duty Paid and Bond, tobac' ercserved Pro •• ions, Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Lime Juice, og ° , , ickles V' omrs, Fruits, &c., &c. ),. 414 YI" with t_ire W'AREHOUSE and OFFICE FIXTURES -4elltg "I NGS;' Weigh Beams, Scales, and Weights, Imple- C at ,,; s f tath Z. ° PleS NI Vili We ready for delivery on MONDAY next, the 11(1 may then be had on the Premises, or at Mr. lees, in Hanover-street. Po h ,„ - " l4 N7' SALE OF COSTLY FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, EAST HA.lf HOUSE. 0 1111 t By Mr. BRANCH, 2 2d, a ri t ,":,'' s snAv the 20th, THURSDAY, the 21st, FRIDAY, the aIoND'A lc, the 24th instant, punctually at Twelve th e , each day, on the Premises, Eastham-house, Eastham, E. Fashionable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, 1 „Itljiyery superior manufacture, valuable - MODRN - Lik're'GS, Superb BRONZES, SCULPTURE, SILVER arid other costly Effects of FREDERICK WHITTALL, e ,no has gone abroad. tals, tekr ' , AWING-Room and BOUDOIR are Furnished in very Vver Gift mask, with rich Amber-coloured Satin, and Blue , and Leh G i ,:llask, and includes Curtains for a Bay Window, and Ztta ll .„"' Cornices. with a Conversation Couch, Semi-circular 4 n!l Six Reclining and Lounge.Clairs covered to cor rop(„3,' Four fine Plates of Glass, on'e 62 inches by 56,. one old - p" e s by 42, and two 70 inches g'2o, all-in superb burnished Retab s t r i a rues ith White and d Supporting Brackets; Two ,'ate wtosew''ood Wiged C • nniers, with Marble Tops and , lacksr e o i s ,a t s a s nhri ; Loo and Sofa Tables, Couches, I . 47 c . gen cood Itor'PPorte, b y t u nd Canterbury • fine-toned Cabinat brilliant Cut Glass Chandelier the I r Lights •r" Tapestry and Brussels Carpets ; .several N4sl,att_scul ' red Ornaments, Ornamental Tables, Pedes qthaa, and andelabra,' Lounging Chairs in Morocco, Eliza tr,t-ancy Chairs, modern Fenders and Fire-irons. Yo-uon NT FU_RNITURE is of choice Mahogany, and or eleza nt Pedestal Sideboard, 7 teet long, rich Plate ; Set Of Sliding Frame Dining Tables, 12 feet lon . g; chive Chairs in Morocco, eltgant Side Table, Crimson Silk 4- 0" C urtains valuable Fifteen-day French Clock, finely et ti a , ` €(l Bronze " Figures ; India and China Vases, Brussels ape to the valuable "MODERN PAINTINGS, consisting of Two Lieee'Peciniens of Richard Ansdell, viz., a very spirited Battle „,er l 4r d a Group of Pensioners Reading the News; .. with An.qa,vius E n ' elegant Mahogany Winged Bookcase, ia,isc o rl , y of Alison's Europe, Lingard's England, and other aneous Works • several fine Bronzes, Mahogany Couch, 11 gs,l e T . a ble, and Easy ' Chairs, Chiffonnios, a few fine Engra l'rThe ~,,etc h not o- noo MS include lofty Mahogany Four-posl', i"th re, a nd Canopy Bedsteads of superior quality, fitted up. I.'retil,-,:en Printed Chintz and Damask Furniture, Hair Mat 31,.thQ a nd Prime seasoned Goose Feather Beds, Two capital ~,,- 41 10_,,:t rY 'Wardrobes with Wings, Single Wardrobes, superior f latteira,Y Toilet Tables and Basin Stands, with Toilet Sets to tor n ,L'arge Cheval and Dressing Glasses, Chests of Drawers, 'arhi t „, and modern Brussels Carts Rooms together vithp . aint d „."te to toe Secondary Lodgingand Nurseries. ViNie 4l i s k r ,LL, VE ' STIBULE, l and STAIRCASE are fitted with rich SCR Carpets, Suspending Lamps, a pair of . superb Mar zideultlired Ornamental Ewers, about 5 feet high ; a Parr of Vu t , Bronze Groups of Horses and Figures ; capital Bags "thetaaYle, 9 feet 6 inches long; Tables with Marble Tops, Ba -h_Th, and handsome Pedesat Stove. 84...,NER PLATE iS modern, and comprises sets of Table d '°rks, Table Dessert Tea and Gravy . Spoons, Coffee o e e P.sif k r'ots, and Waiters. Plated Goods in Fish Knives, vegetable Dishes with Covers, Epergne and Peateau, Itllte - c .'"g Dish Covers, &c 4 ,41 1:NA and GLASS co 4 mrise richly gilt China Dinner, 7 , and Tea Services, and p the various other descriptions id Articles. BILLIARD TABLE, with iron bed, by Sharp, Th e k sized and Co., an d th e Fitti n gs of the Room. relso l TellENT REQUISITES, and other Household Effects. . Mall Stack of HAY, a Shandry, a Cart, Ladies' and - sladr,, - ", e na' Saddles, Greenhouse Plants, Yard Dog, and 14' ' l. ,gricultural and Garden Implements. tir2 tc, le may be viewed on MONDAY, the 18th, and TUES bj.,,l9th instant, when Catalogues, price Sixpence _each, `uti, Had on the Premises; and to prevent improper intro *it Ettm° P e rson will be admitted without a Catalogue. NOtr. ° Y . , ti es may be had on the SATURDAY prior to . the sale, 4 Se c t ~- R ANcit's Offices in Liverpool, or they will be for b,f.sath Per post on receipt of nine postage stamps. g,l 4,., a ut is situated about one mile from the Bromborough ILatio t sC)t ou Stations, and about two miles from the Sutton Cist ,I', l l the Birkenhead and Chester Railway, .a wl fromih eerp o , e Passenger trains stop. There is an Ommlitis ss ere n . o lirld from Chester each Morning, botkos which pa I 4 " B * 14-41/- likt,„l7! IMPORTANT SALE OF FAT CATTLE AND l'lt Lb 'l' AT MESSRS. LITTLEALE AND , TORR'S BANK SB, ' ARNI NEAR EASTHAM, ON FUESDAY NEXT, I-Z 1 9th 1 . 1,-.4;,, it & NS PANT, AT ONE O'CLOCK, SEVENTY-II:1TE -A PRIME SHORT-HORNED BULLOCKS, HEIF -4411ri ir.M2 O COWS, ONE HUNDRED FAT SHEEP, AND s,,,AffPIGS. Ir, i , t o S. T. and H. BANKS, of Liverpool, beg treatt V r aounce to Butchers and Cattfe Dealers, Flat . they Cr Ana 0 3' AUCTION, at the Bankfields Farm, wine-11s one ett, r a half from Brombroie Hooton Stations, on the ti e . r_ty and Birkenhead line. half a mile from the Eastham V:1 TuESDAY next, the. 9th instant, at One o'clock pre h`L„Lecialle a bove-mentioned STOCK, the property of Messrs. I 1 !ey ,!and Torr,-by_whom it has been selected and fed, and , l 6 t,sae 1,,,..:. t tWO of the most nractical gentlemen ix the country t o r ecTalgement and feeding of Stock, the . advertiscr e s a h tt a e v n e , , t„,ence in very strongly recommending it to th •I' f „, 4, CT trade, as extra prime Stock. "` 4 l , ,n _ei til l t , tle will be Sold separately, and the Sheep in Lots of I thrlat a 141 4 1 r il , - I 1 ,(1 Conditions of Sale will be given in Catalogues, _ li,fttri,,°,,,bad on the Premises, or at toe Office of TtromAs Astigan.C: tiA N KS, Trowbridge-street, Liver pool. 's itud 'Us will leave George's Fierhead at Ten and Twelve, ilk.44.2eturn in the Evening. Z44IISIC 4 tIt OF STRAYING IN AN AMERICA I; N is F u e a R m E p ST. t — ur A n )41 haill go but a few paces from Mi n atn g the trees , an d no more beableto e r r ea h ch av i! Zt in,,,Witbout learning its direction by whooping . MCmaterbornuar.k toguide him, than a to point out ,th i fu without a compass d line in t h it l' e'lli e t i . - -• A settler a g venuning beyond a blazed 4 :4 1 1 a* - 4°17 '3 particular wood, will get bewildered z and 0, 4, 1 ,!,' way, and wander day after r da re y e d e i v s e tr r ac th t e ed t , r f a a c mi k.a s u h d - Meh:', random. §hould l ir e n e g ve faue y, il like one rt . sen e ;r p o tt a il Zn . g i inrasveelf he t can tell P y a ou what it is to be lost; to 1 1 4 1,, t rl i ke a drunke a n man in an endless circle, to . fir n',„ 7 " 4 joy upon tracks which turn . out, alas !. to up Liisn ; to lie down at night bruised, and to rise stiff , hu e 11 ‘- rou nd -ngrY, and hopele tr ss e ; es to tn p r u t r u s r u e e d t w he ith sa t m h e e --Qtyt4t t hrough the eternal , ketw, of a lingering miserable death, and haunted, linicirer, bY sonie Ideal phantom conjured up by Plisrtturbation of mind ! He alone can tellou what want In the O ne One friend of ours, after fasting for three a days . 3 ' 4 4, %ds, imagined that he was followed by blue 141 " 814 t old his companion to drive it away. Another. luirWanderd foodlessand shoeless for five days inan a i ti with is is .A 8 hands and feet frozen, saw distinctly . man "ecken ing to him from among the trees ~ane c ia d110041113,ea following this spectral guide, and s nin f tim f a er ering unconsciously on, he reached the bans and lay doaltlast, hung his handkerchief upon a tree, r*ander!, die--when relief came. Children hilv a e n . o a f n te d n , taile:. beyond the clearings, as poor Annie . did , m ngaged in gathering flowers and berries,. suddenly t hcr a et ed that the terrible wilderness_ k. had seized upon 144_, and that they Only a few years %,„zi. two such eY could not go back. a,. at a 1 a u nfortunates were discovered lying dead I,l"..ulietthtlertS'ffßenbf snow, with thei h r .c onc' the y 111!I little sister ; had taken ca " coat„ry severe, so peklah..i. sister ; but the cold WM , arms and encircling wra p wrapped d it —vm Aver, -'"',.. P. It 4 molt EEY Boa ani i t 00 , belt TAO., pLATspo, Framed ro 1g se/e1 ,AL ', ill "' 0 4 to mn rise `.;V_Franni d wiTathbles' Olge'f let and Rd on te, on Tell' 5, Wa de pe Carpet' 1i [ a Stan."' voSt 13 e r f / r-y- d s e i 0 wasl ,o A )0t ables of It“, [ h srr s s , e 12 0 1 0 and at m rif BEY a od rf ! stre et, to coicPo 0 WOO or for the — io aair,- c sale• Nrl o ,' EY a na ' n ext, tt ie I`° RE, f:111,1. • hive, , rfrpi LRN • e t, good Coo 300 ; 1 0 ,; arPem „, h, a nd f ahogei j 'Mom' ZEBU t 5 jO~ e HIP e, an d at 'Ty -st reet y r STE II "' EY 01 0 4, it On Jo' outh ced. s f south 51 5 4 f 1.11 061 , nab, a° ) f they of.; and r o f/ cc ie now the n fie ears a _- :reett pr sviti` tb t e b of C.1)21;r le!! tOv And u ,f 0 rpool c; the 1 ) 8 di a the 11" AOIT s'l l) ,d :Y 14- 1 c tt - t sto?' f , I O stia ~po~ iStSI a i of P tit " A TALI Or BEEP TRA."-4 Scotch minister, who cared about no , sublunary things (except now and then a visionary tale of bawbees might cross his mind), on one occasion being taken seriously ill, called in the doctor, and. admonishing him first " not to draw a lang bill, for ouldna afford it," asked him the nature of his com plaint. After feeling the parson's pulse, looking at his tongue, tapping his chest, &c., the doctor declared that he was starving himself. " Lord, doctor," said the minister, " ye're a witch ; for Jeannie (his housekeeper) gaed away twa days since, and I've no had a pickle of brose since !" " Why minister, man, ye maun have some beef tea." " Lord, doctor, I hae nae tea in the house, nor beef either; ye maun be a feul to think of finding ony here." " Weel, weel, minister, I'll sen' ye some beef tea doun." " Na, na, doctor, ye'll put it in the bill." " Minister, I'll send it doun free of charge, and mind ye talc it." The doctor sent down the beef tea, and next day called to see how his patient was getting on. " Weel, minister, how are ye the day !" " Hegh, man! I'm awfte bad ; of a' the pheesick I ever teuk in ma' life, the beef tea beats a'. Why, man, it widna stay wi' me ava; it made me worse than ony mittick." ".Why, minister, I'll try the tea mysel." So putting some in a skillet, he warmed it, tasted it, and told the minister it was excellent. " Man," says the minister, " is that the way ye sup it." " What ither way should it be suppit ? It's excellent, I say, minister." It may be gude that way, doctor, but try it wi' the cream and sugar, man! try it wi' that, and then see how ye like it!" It is needless to say how the doctor laughed at the simple minister fancying that all tea should be taken with creamland sugar. THE DILIGENCIA.—Tired of gazing upon the placid features of the valley through which the road continued, I turned to examine with some minuteness the diligence and its equipments. These, whatever might be their other merits, unquestionably possessed strong claims to origi nality. On a low seat in front of the coupe sat the driver, grasping in one hand sundry ropes that represented reins, and in the other wielding a stunted whip. His voice, how ever, was in more frequent use than the lash, and truly that tongue found no rest. From the moment of starting, a series of yells, whoops, and shouts, were poured forth in a way a Red Indian might have envied, and were em ployed to urge forward the team : were these ineffectual, then a few blows of the whip, smartly applied, never failed to encourage the flagging animals into a canter. But then the foremost mules, whom the lash could not reach—how are they to be stimulated ? What is this ? Whiz goes a pebble at one with unerring aim—and lo ! the driver and zagal are seen to be provided with bags of this ammuni tion, with which, from time to time they assail the sleek animals, who, on their part, receive the shower with much shaking of their long ears. At the foot of a steep accli vity we found five additional mules in waiting to drag us up the ascent ; these were harnessed to the others with all sorts of tackling, aad being attached without the slightest attempt at method, some in front, some at the sides, or wherever fancy thought proper, the whole mass had pretty much the appearance of what in Australia is called a " mob of cattle." This, however, was the time for our driver and his man to come forth in all their strength. While one rains a pitiless storm of missiles, the other leaps to the ground in a half frantic state, rushes up to the mob, dashes right and left a whirlwind of blows upon their hides, hallooine , and screeching at the same time with all his might. Away,' then they go up hill in a gallop, half hid in dust, kicking out at each other and their tormentor, who runs by their side. Behind follows our lumbering ark, pitching and heaving among the ruts, and its timbers creaking at every plunge.-212urray's Cities and Wilds of Andalusia. A THRILLING SCENE.—In the midst of the routed enemy when the mass was dissolved into separate fights, I witnessed a scene which made a very deep impression upon me. As something ili , ,at my saddle-girth wes broken, I stopped to mend it, and was thus left behind in a small meadow, through which ran a wide ditch, that could not be leaped with a horse, the edge being so slip pery with the frost. All at once I saw one of the enemy's hussars, closely pursued by two cuirassiers, rush from among the brushwood at a little distance on the other side of the ditch. As this ditch parted me from them, and I had a loaded pistol, I continued to stand quietly by my horse, awaiting the issue of the affair. When the hussar came nearer, I recognised in him a man who was formerly a subaltern, and had long been in my company. He was a fine, handsome fellow, when he enlisted, six years ago, into our regiment, a genuine Cumane from the environs of Debreczin, wild, disposed to all sorts of mad pranks, but brave and trusty in service, at the same time a particularly good horseman ; not wholly uneducated, ' for lie was the son of the overseer of an estate-•-in short, an ideal of the Hungarian hussar. * * Iwanka, on his part, recognised me, and lowered his sword as he galloped past, by way of saluting me. Obstructed by the ditch, lie faced about resolutely against his two pursuers. Then ensued a fight than which nothing finer or more pictu resque could be exhibited in a circus by an equestrian company, -only that it was bitter earnest, and for life or death. The hussar, who rode a handsome stallion of the best Hungarian breed—and many of the insurgents were well mounted—managed his swift steed with wonderful dexterity. He turned him so short upon his hind legs, and dodged so quickly to the right or left, that for a long time the cuirassiers, on their clumsier horses, could not come at him, though they had dealt many a tremendous blow. The Hungarian, too, had aimed many a one at them with his glistening blade, but it had always glided with a loud droning sound from the impenetrable breast armour, at length the hussar's tschako was struck off and he was covered with blood from a wound on his forehead. " Nimnz pardon !" (take quarter !) repeatedly cried the cuirassiers in their Bohemian German ; but, raising himself upright in his saddle, he replied, " En Magyar wagyrk ."' (I auk an Hungarian !) anti iovelipd fresh blows at his antagonists. His very horse seemed to participate in his master's ardour for fighting. His black hide was dotted with white flakes of foam ; his red nostrils were widely distended ; his long mane flickered widely in the wind; his large eye seemed to flash. * * As the hussar dashed pest, and prepared himself for a desperate blow, one of the cuirassiers, seizing the right moment, thrust the long, pointed, glistening blade of his pallasch into the right arm-pit of his antagonist with such force that it came out on the other side. With a loud exclamation of Jesus Maria ! the hussar sank from his horse, and was instantly dead.—Scenes of the Civil War in _Hungary. THE REVOLUTION AND THE BANK OF FRANCE.—That France, ever since the revolution of February 1848, has been in a state of almost hopeless monetary embar rassment, is well known to all the world. In fact, noth ing but the most consummate prudence, and the adoption of the wisest measures on the part of the Bank of France, has saved them from a general public and private bank ruptcy. What those measures were, will immediately be explained. In the mean time, to show the magnitude of the difficulties against which they had to make head, it is sufficient to observe, that in twenty-one months the Revolutionary Government has incurred a floating debt of £22,000,000; and that the deficiency for the year 1849, wholly unprovided for—and which must he made good by Exchequer bills, or other temporary expedients--is no less than eleven millions and a half sterling. It is not surprising it should have swelled to this enormous amount ; for the very first demand of revolutionists, when they have proved victorious, is to diminish the public burdens and increase the public expenditure. And they did this so effectually in France, that in one year after the revolu tion of 1848, they had increased the public expenditure by £162,000,C00 francs, or about £6,500,000 ; while they had caused the public revenue to fall by 248,000,000 frames, or nearly £10,000,000 ! This dreadful prostration of industry which such a state of the public revenue implies, would have proved altogether fatal to France, had it not been rescued from the abyss by the surpassing wisdom with which, in this crisis, the measures of the Bank of France were conducted. But the conduct of that estab lishment, at that trying crisis, proved that they had taken a lesson from the archives of history. Carefully shun ning the profuse and exorbitant issue of paper which, under the Dame of assignats, effected so dreadful a de struction of property in France in the first revolution, they imitated the cautious and prudent policy by which Mr. Pitt surmounted the crisis of 1797, and brought the nation triumphant through the whole dangers of the war. They obtained an act from the legislature authorising the issue, not, of £6,000,000 sterling of notes, as in 1793 and 1794, but of £400,000,000 francs, or £16,000,000 sterl ing, not convertible into gold and silver. This, and this alone, it was that brought France through the crises of the revolution. Specie, before this aid was obtained, was fast disappearing from circulation ; the Bank of France had suspended cash payments; three of the principal banks in Paris had become bankrupt ; the payment of all bills was suspended by act of government—for this plain reason, that no debtor could find cash to discharge his engagements. But this wise measure gave the French people that most inestimable of all blessings iu a political and monetary crisis—a currency which, without being redundant, is sufficient, and, being not convertible into the precious metals, neither augments the strain en them, nor is liable to be swept away by foreign export. In con sequence of this seasonable advice, the crisis was sur mounted, though not without most acute general suffer ing; and industry, since a government comparatively stable was established, in the person of Prince "anis Napoleon, has revived to a surprising degree over the whole country. Indeed, it may be doubted whether the general misery which prevailed in France, desolated by a revolution, but sustained by a moderate inconvertible paper currency, was greater than was felt in the manu facturing cities of Great Britain, saved by the firmness of government and the good sense of the nation from a political convulsion, hut withering under the fetters of a contracted currency, and unrestricted admission of foreign produce.—Blackwood's Magazine. ORIENTAL ORIGIN OF A HIGHLAND CUSTOM.—At a Jewish marriage I was standing beside the bridegroom when the bride entered : as she crossed the threshold, he stooped down and slipped off his shoe, and struck her with the heel on the nape of the neck. lat once saw the im pression of the passage of Scripture, respecting the trans fer of the shoe to another, in case the brother-in-law did not exercise his privilege. The slipper in the East being taken off indoors, is at hand to administer correction, and is here used in sign of the obedience of the wife arid of the supremacy of the husband. The Highland custom is to strike for good luck," a they rry, tale hide with an old slipper. uittio no uw, 1 , 1•4,411‘1.6 plied.—Urgithart's pillars of Hercules. No BUSINESS OF His.—A correspondent says, "Com ing from Aberdeen one day by tliie Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway, I was amused byla laughable incident which occurred in , the carriage in which I had taken my seat. An old woman was sitting opposite me ; and as we came • near to Montrose, the guard looked in as usual, and said—" Any one here for Montrose ?" There was no answer, and we were a good way on our road to Forfar, when this old woman inquired at the gentleman who sat next her if 'phe was near Mont rose yet ? ' Near Montrose !' see he, !We're nearer Forfar. Did you not hear the guard asking if there was any one for Montrose ?" Hout, laddie,' said the lady, 'wha was gaen to answer thou impudent scoundrel ? Fat bolus@ led he fear I woe gam '.—Perth Advertiser. SINGULAR MEETING OF THIEVE% A meeting of an unprecedented character was held at the British Union School-room, Shakspeare-iralk, Shad well, on Monday evening. It was convened by the Met• ropolitan Correspondent of the Chronicle, for the purpose of assembling together some of the lowest class of male juyenile thieves and vagabonds who infest the metropolis and the country at large ; and although privately called, at only two days' notice, by the distribution of tickets of admission among the class in question, at the various haunts and dens of infamy - to which they resort, no fewer than one hundred and fifty of them attended on the oc casion. At first their behaviour was very noisy and disorderly, but before the close they became peaceable, and even respectful, in their demeanour. Nineteen had fathers and mothers still living ; thirty-nine had only one parent; and eighty were orphans in the fullest sense of the word, having neither father nor mother alive. Of pro fessed beggars there were fifty, and fifty-six who acknow ledged themselves to be habitual thieves. The announce ment that the greater number present were thieves pleased them exceedingly, and was received with three rounds of applause. When it was announced that one, though only nineteen years of age, had been in prison as many as twenty-nine times, the clapping of hands, the cat-calls, and shouts of " brayvo," lasted for some minutes, and the whole of the boys rose to look at the distinguished individual. Some chalked on their hats the figures which designated the sum of the several times they had been in gaol. The boys were interrogated as to their manner of life, &c., and their answsrs should be read by all who are en gaged in the work of Ragged Schools.' Our limitel space will not allow of much extract. A lad about twenty was about to volunteer a statement concerning the lodging-houses, by which he declared he had been brought to his ruin ; but he was instantly assailed with cries of " Come down !" " Hold your tongue !" and these became so general, and were in so menacing a tone, that he said ho was afraid to make any disclosures, because if he did so he would have, perhaps, two or three dozen of the other chaps on to him. [Great confusion.] The correspondent of the Chronicle :—Will it hurt any of you here if he says anything against the lodging houses ? (yes, yes.) How will it do so ? A Voice : They will not allow stolen property to come into them if it is told. Correspondent : But would you not all gladly quit your present course of life ? (yes, yes,) Then why not have the lodging-house system, the principal cause of all your misery, exposed ? A Voice. If they shut up the lodging-houses, where are we to go ? If a poor boy gets to the workhouse he catches a fever, and is starved into the bargain. Correspondent : Are you all not tired of the lives you now lead ?—(Vociferous cries of " Yes, yes, we wish to better ourselves," from all parts of the room.) However much you dread the exposure of the lodging-houses, you know, my lads, as well as I do, that it is in them you meet your companions ; and ruin, if not begun there, is at least completed in such places. if a boy runs away from home, he is encouraged there and kept secreted from his parents. And do not the parties who keep these places grow rich on your degradation and your peril ? (Loud cries of " Yes, yes.") Then why don't you all come forward now, and, by exposing them to the public, who know nothing of the iniquities and vice practised in such places, pnt an end to these dens at once ? There is not one of you here—not one, at least, of the elder boys, who has found out the mistake of his present life, who would not, I verily believe, become honest, and earn his living by his own industry, if he could. You might have thought a roving life a pleasant thing enough at first ' • but you now know well that a vagabond's life is f u ll of suf fering, care, peril, and privation ; you are not so happy as you thought to be. and are tired and disgusted with your present course. This is what I hear from you all. Am I not stating the fact ?—Renewed cries of " Yes, yes, yes ; " and a voice—" The fact of it is, sir , we don' t see our folly till it's too late.") Now I, and many hundreds and thousands, really wish you well, and would gladly do anything we could to get you to earn an honest living. All, or nearly all your misery, I know, proceeds from the low lodging-houses—[" Yes, yes, it does, master, it does !"] —and i am determined, with your help, to effect their destruction.—(A Voice,—" I'm glad of it, sir; you are quite right, and I pray God to assist you.") The elder boys were then asked what they thought would be tlw best mode of effecting their deliverance from their present degraded position. Some thought emigration the best means, for if they started afresh in a new colony they said they should leave behind them their bad characters, which closed every avenue to employment against them at home. Others thougLt theris, would be difficulties in obtaining work in the colonies in sufficient time to prevent their being driven to support themselves by their old practices. Many again thought the temptations which surrounded them in England rendered their reformation impossible; whilst many more considered that the same temptations would assail them abroad which existed at home. During the course of the proceedings one of the most desperate characters present, a boy who had been twenty six times in prison, was singled out from the rest, and a sovereign given him to get changed, in order to make the experiment whether he would have the honesty to return the change, or abscond with it in his possession. He was informed, on receiving it, that if he chose to decamp with it, no proceedings should be taken against him. He left the room amid the cheers of his companions, and when he had been absent a few moments all eyes were turned towards the door each time it opened, anxiously expecting his return to prove his trustworthiness. Never was such interest displayed with any body of individuals. Many mounted the forms in their eagerness to obtain the first glimpse of his return. It was clear that their honour was at stake; and several said they would kill the lad in the morning if lie made away with the money. Many minutes elapsed in almost breathless suspense, and some of his companions began to say that so large a sum of money had proved too great a temptation for the boy. At last, however, a tremendous burst of cheering announced the lad's return. The delight of his companions broke forth again and again in long and loud peals of applause, and the youth advanced amidst triumphant shouts to the platform, and gave up the money in full. EFFECT UPON PRICES OF THE GRAIN CROP OF 1849. —The fluctuation of the two last seasons was not pecu liar to Britain, but extended to the continent of Europe. We do not mean to aver that the fluctuation was the same in England, Denmark, Germany, Russia, and Poland. No doubt it was experienced in different countries in widely different degrees. But, if a valuation of cereal produce had been taken all over Europe, in 1848 and 1849 respectively, and if an average had been struck, we have good grounds for believing that the yield of the former year would have been pronounced indifferent, and cer tainly greatly inferior to that of the latter. Now this at least we know, that from the foreign harvests of 1848 we have received many millions of quarters of grain, whereby the price of wheat has been reduced below 40s. per quar ter. The fall commenced long before harvest time, and therefore no calculations as to the amount of the crop of 1849 could have contributed towards it. The bulk of our last harvest has not yet come into the market; and that bulk, unless Mr. Gladstone has committed the most egre gious exaggeration, is sufficient of itself to supply our whole population for a twelvemonth. If we got even eight or nine millions of quarters from abroad in a bad or indifferent year, what may we expect in a good one ? Is it likely that the supplies will be lessened ? It would puzzle the whole race of political economists to suggest a reason why. We anticipate that, so soon as the naviga tion shall be opened, the produce of 1849 will be poured into this country ; that our farmers will then be compel led to bring forward their crop at any sacrifice, and that the result will be lower prices than we have seen for up wards of a century. Two thunder clouds meeting toge ther must necessarily dissolve in rain. Two harvests of such magnitude, competing in a limited market, muse necessarily bring down prices.—Blackwood's Magazine. A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SOLOMON: THE BALM OF GILEAD. — To my great satisfaction, wo had in our com pany one of the most celebrated c haracters existing at this day; a man whose name is as widely known as that of any human being, except, perhaps, Bonaparte. He is not above five feet, but, notwithstanding his figure, soon became the most important personage of the party. " Sir," said he, as soon as he set foot in the vessel, " I am a unique ; I go anywhere, just as the whim takes me. This morning, sir, I had no idea whatever of going to Dublin ; I did not think of it when I left home ; my wife and family know nothing of the trip. I have only one shirt with me besides what I have on; my nephew here, sir, has not another shirt to his back : but money, sir, money—anything may be had at Dublin." Who the devil is this fellow ? thought I. We talked of rum, — he had just bought 100 puncheons, the weakest drop 15 above proof : of the west of England,—out he pulls an Exeter newspaper from his pocket : of bank paper,—his pocket-book was stuffed with notes, Scotch, Irish, and English ; and I really am obliged to him for some clues to discover forged paper. Talk, talk, everlasting ;—he could draw for money on any town in the United Kingdoms ; aye, or in America. At last he was made known for Dr. Solomon. At night I set upon the doctor, and turned the discourse upon disease in general, beginning with the Liverpool flux—which remedy had proved most effectual —nothing like the Cordial Balm of Gilead ; at last I ven tured to touch upon a tender subject—did he conceive Dr. Brodum's medicine to be at all analagous to his own? " Not in the least, sir ; colour, smell, all totally different: as for Dr. Brodum, sir,—all the world knows it—it is ma nifest to everybody—that his advertisements are all stolen, verbatim et literatitn, from mine. Sir, I don't think it worth while to notice such a fellow." But enough of Solomon, and his nephew and successor that is to be—the Rehoboam of Gilead—a cub in training,—Southey's Life and Correspondence. A BIVOUAC IN A CRITICAL POSITION. — The cannon ade had scarcely ceased when rain and wind again com menced, and made our condition most uncomfortable on the spongy clay soil, without protection from the weather. However, with the long watching, and agitation of mind and body, sleep asserted her empire as the night drew near. We had lain down behind an elevated part of the ground, which protected us from the cutting wind, when it occurred to somebody that for this night we should bury ourselves in the earth, and cover ourselves with our cloaks. Preparations were immediately made for this, and sea ei•al l_oles were dug with tools supplied by tho horse artillet y. The Duke of Weimar even aid not despise this kind of premature burial. Here I demanded, on payment of eight groschen, the blanket mentioned above, wrapped myself in it, and spread my cloak over me, with out feeling much of the dampness from it. Ulysses, I am sure, did not repose with greater comfort and satisfac tion in the cloak which he obtained in a similar way. All these preparations were made contrary to the wish of the colonel, who made us observe that the French had a battery standing upon a hill opposite to us, behind a copsewood, with which they could bury us in real, ear nest, and annihilate us at their pleasure. Put we - could not abandon the sheltered spot and our sagaciously in. vented snuggery; and this was not the last time that I remarked that people do not shun danger to escape from jnconvnicuoce—g9fihe'P Campaign in Prancc, in 1792. THE TEN HOURS' BILL DEFEATED. The friends of humanity will learn with pain, that the efforts which have for years been making to ameliorate the eondition of our toiling factory operhtives, and which they trusted had been at length crowned with success, haue just been rendered abortive by a decision of the Court of Exchequer, legalizing the practice of working by relays. Manufacturing selfishness and chicanery combined have defeated the just intentions of the legislature. Ca pital is still to be allowed to chain down the human being to the insensate machine, until nature faints by its side. Nay, it is to press harder upon him—to be more exacting in its tyranny—and to revenge upon his head the crime of having attempted to release his limbs from its cruel bondage. _ _ _ _ • _ The following comments upon this decision, which appeared in the Manchester Guardian of Saturday last, betray too palpably this revengeful spirit The effect of this decision, and of the act for limiting factory labour to ten hours per day, will probably be to increase the time of adult male labour in factories to an extent which has been almost unknown for severa! years past. It is pretty well known that one of the motives—perhaps the leading motive—of the promoters and advocates of the Ten Hours Act amongst the factory workers, was the shortening of their own labour, in the belief that, owing to diminished production, the the prices of goods and yarn would advance, and thus cause an increased demand for, and a better remuneration of, their own labour. That a very general impression prevailed amongst the men employed in factories that they shoWd be able to command at least twelve hours' wages for ten hours' labour, we have no doubt ; and now, one striking effect of the measure which they promoted seems likely to be an extension instead of a curtailment of the duration of their emplopment. Such is frequently the result of human schemes, especially when they are founded on vague notions of speculative philanthropy rather upon a careful consideration of the reai interests of the labouring classes." Our contemporary is exulting in the fact that the time, during which adult labourers are to be worked, may now be increased. We neither admire his taste, nor think very highly of his philanthropy. A day's work for a day's pay is what most men consider a reasonable arrangement. It leaves a fair allowance of time for bodily rest, enjoy ment of domestic comforts, and performance of a parent's duties. But the steam engine requires no such rest. The millowner sleeps all the sounder from the knowledge that, whilst he refreshes the body, his poor drudges are con verting sinews and bones, health and happiness, into money for his use. It was of him that Horace wrote— "Populus me sibilat ; At nihi plaudo, simul ac Contemplor Nummos in arca." Our contemporary, we suspect, is a little premature in his self-congratulations upon this decision. He says:— " We cannot help thinking that the decision which has just been pronounced in London, must make some of our contem poraries feel a little uncomfortable. When decisions in accord ance with the law, as it is now establisded, were oronounced in Manchester and elsewhere, the most unmeasured abuse was noured upon the heads of the magistrates, especially if they Happened to have any connection, direct or indirect, with the manufactures of the district. We are told by the poet, that " Fools rush in where angels fear to tread ;" and it happens, somewhat too frequently, that persons with the most limited knowledge,—or perhaps the most consummate ignorance,—of law, undertake not only to decide, offhand, legal questions, which task to the utmost the knowledge and experience of the most accomplished lawyers, but to pronounce them so clear and so easy, that any magistrate who views them in a different light to themselves, must have had some corrupt motive for his decision. There has been a good deal of this sort of remark in certain oaarters ; and we can only express a hope that the parties who nave so freely indulged in it, will now make suitable apologies for the injustice which they have com mitted." _ ki truth, to have Although we may ourselves he said, wit been amongst the " fools," whilst the Guardian obviously has been all along one of " the angels " in the case, we must distinctly state that we have little of apology to make. We conceived the intention of the legislature to have been distinctly and honestly to restrict factory work. ing to ten hours per day; and that it never contemplated the relay system. The factory inspectors so understood the law. The Guardian himself opposed its enactment, on the supposition that it was bona fide to limit the hours of lybour to en hours. The achievement, therefore, of the mill owners, has been only such na one as an Old Bailey lawyer would be proud of. They are enabled, by a flaw in the wording of the act, to defeat the intention of the legislatuce. Let the operatives, however, take good heart They have stanch friends left yet. The veteran Oastler still lives, with Lord Ashley for his colleague in the good work ; and we have no fear that parliament will readily be ineuced to sanction an amended measure—a a measure so framed that were the Guardian's " angels," who we presume ale the mill-owning magistrates of this county, will not be able to prevent its provisions. MEETING OF OPERATIVE PORTERS LAST /NTIGFIT A meeting of the dock and other porters was held last evening in the Music-hall, Bold-street, to take whatever steps might appear feasible for aiding the progress of a bill now before Parliament ; the object of which is to re peal certain clauses in the Dock Act, by which merchants are prevented employing porters to discharge their own cargoes from vessels entered in the Albert Docks. The question is a life and death one to the numerous porters of this town, and for a long time that class have been in stituting the most energet measures to procure the re moual of the obnoxious clauses. Several meetings have, on different occasions, been held, and much sympathy has been expressed by many of the merchants for the hard working class whose interests have so materially suffered from the system of " lumping." Long before the usiness of the evening commenced every seat was occu pied. Sir Francis C. Knowles, Bart., Tindal Atkin son, Esq., Mr. A. Jones, Town-councillor, and Mr. Wheeler, solicitor, were present. Mr. JNO. LANCASTER was called to the chair. He said it was unnecessary for him to read the placard calling the meeting, as the purpose for which they had met was too well known. They thought it desirable they should hive another public meeting in the midst of the struggle in which they were engaged. He thought they were entitled to better treatment from the Dock Committee and Town Council than they had hitherto received. (Hear, hear.) He went on to reprobate undue legisla tive interference with the working man's capital labour. On Wednesday last their case was taken into considera tion by the Town Council—there were many right-minded and right-hearted men in the Council,—(hear, hear,) — and an instance was related in which thirty-five days had been required to discharge the cargo of a vessel ; he remembered a large American ship, under the old system, being discharged in about as many hours, although nearly the whole cargo had to be weighed ; but these were extreme cases. He admitted that vessels could be discharged in less time now than formerly; but what was this to be attributed to ? Why to the altered circumstances of the tariff, for a ship might now be discharged from both hatchways without let or hindrance ; it might also be in part accounted for by the slovenly and rough way in which the work was done. But to return to the council meeting ; one member of that body had said that the porters were taught to believe that they were ill-used ; that gentleman also said he had made inquiries, and found that the master porters never paid less than 3s. per day to their workmen. He (the chairman) thought any person present could contradict this. (Hear.) He referred to the year 1848, when the objectionable act was passed, and assigned as a reason that prompt measures were not taken at that time by the parties to prevent the measure becoming law; that they, as working men, did not clearly see their course, nor were they aware, to the full extent, of the threatened evil. Since that time the system had developed itself, and they now knew the inconvenience of their position. In this respect they were no more chargeable than certein parties concerned in opposing the water scheme, the evil character of which was not fully seen when the application to parliament was made. Having referred to several gentleman who op posed their efforts, he concluded by contrasting the part taken by Mr. Brown, M.P., who had taken their case in hand, and to Mr. Parker, who defended them in the Council. The question was a merchant's and a rate payer's question, as well as a porter's. Mr. JOIIN SCHOLEFIELD, secretary to the association, and an operative, came forware to move the first resolu tion. He believed it was now about two years since th' first met within these four walls to devise means to obtr‘in the repeal of the act referred to : that legal friend entered the room and lent them his assistance, and had since stood by them.—(Cheers.) Since that time, he (the speaker) had been before the Dock Committee, a commit tee of the Council, and other committees, and on some of those occasions he had heard it laid to their charge that they were, as a body, one of suspicious character; he had heard gentlemen intimate this, who, he considered, did not bear very good characters themselves. In the course of his remarks, he said that the merchants generally were averse to the present system, by which their goods were seriously damaged, owing to the reckless manner in which they were handled. The resolution was as follows : "That this meeting being strongly opposed to unne cessary legislative interference in the employment of labour pledges iteelf to use its utmost exertions for the success of the measure now before Parliament to repeal a clause in the Dock Act, which operates as a restriction upon the free disposal of labour on the dock quays." Mr. PETER KEHOE, another working porter, seconded the resolution. He addressed his brother labourers in rather a humourous vein, which elicited considerable mer riment. He said he had found out that in all their meet ings they had been looking after the little fry ; they had not looked after the big fish. He was working in the Al bert Dock on one occasion, when a man came up to him and demanded what he had done with thirty-seven bags of corn which were missing ; he knew nothing of them, but was told to look. He did look during two or three days, but without success, until asked by another official what he was looking for, and on being informed, this man at once pointed out fourteen bags which had been warehoused without ever having gone through the scale, and told him that he could strew him as many more which had never been weighed ; so this at once accounted for the deficiency, and gave him an insight into the mode of conducting the business of the warehouses. —(Applause and laughter.) But that was not the only instance he could relate of a similar kind. Upon discharging a ship load or cott,m, tl.reo bales were missed, and it was found Afi - 2 , a lapse of about rwo hours one was found, in another two hours the second, and after the same length of search the third. These were not the only instances he could adduce of the unsoundu as of the Albert Dock system. [Sir Francis C. Knowles, Bart., was left speaking.] It ha's Deen discovered that Mr. Jardine, who, with his father, have been actuaries of the Dartford Savings Bank, and hitherto carried on the first drapery establishment in the town, is, by his own confession, A defaulter to the institution to the amount of X 2OOO . His property will produce about X7OO, and he gave a bond for XlOOO. The barque Jubilee, of Sunderl and , was wrecked near Girvan, Scotland, 0 Wednesday. The mate (04d 'our Pemep perished. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) nediAßx.—The Globe says the prolongation of the armistice between Prussia and Denmark, which was liable to suspension since the 2nd of January, for a further period of six months, is stated to be due to the exertion of Lord Palmerston. HAMBURG'S, sth.—The ice in the Elbe is beginning to break up. PARIS, SUNDAY.—The official journal Napoleon denies positively that there is any foundation in the rumour of a change of ministry. It also says that the riot in Paris on Monday was in virtue of orders from Louis Blanc. Immense numbers of families continue to arrive in Paris, owing to the dread of outbreaks in the provinces. A Marseilles letter of the 7th states that there is great agi. tation in that city and the whole of the department. The troops had received orders to be ready for action, and ball cartridge had been supplied to the National Guards. The Red Republicans are said to have formed a plot to take the arsenal and prefecture by surprise, but it had been denounced in time to take precautions. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The English Market quiet to-day, with very little doing. All Foreign Stocks beeter, except Russian scrip, which is heavy and lower. Russian Loan, I/ 2 pm.; Mexicans 292 30; Peru vian, 72 80. Consols Account, 953 ; ditto Money, 95 i; Exchequer Bills, 55 8 pm. ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 981 1. LONDON SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The Railway Market also very quiet, but prices close rather lower than they opened. Caledonians, at one time, 112 12, closed sellers at 11i; London and North Western, 1141 ; ditto New Quarters. pm.; Midlands, 44 5; ditto Halfs, 232 die. ; North Staffords, 10i die. ; South Eastern and Dover, 194 ; Caledonians, Ili ; ditto Preference, 71 ; Easteon Counties, 7i ; Great Northerns, 13i dis. ; Great Westerns, 65i 6i; Leeds Fifths, 72 dis. ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick Preference, 5i 5 dis.; York and North Midlands, 191. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, SACKVILLE- S rREET, EVERTON. Since last February a beautiful new church has arisen on the vacant land between Great Homer-street and the Netherfield-road. It is now nearly completed, is to be , opened next Thursday, (as will be seen by an advertise ment,) and dedicated in honour of St. Peter. Unlike the majori4 of episcopal edifices recently erected in Liverpool, this church does not owe its existence to the aid lent by any society, but has been raised entirely by private sub. scription, Charles Inman, Esq., being the chief and a most munificent subscriber. St. Peter's is a Gothic structure, of the decorated or middle pointed period, and consists of chancel, with south aisle and vestry ; nave, with north and south aisles ; en gaged tower and spire at west end of north aisle, and north porch. The length of the nave is 87i feet by 26, aisles 73 feet by 131, chancel 38 feet by 21, chancel aisle 21 feet by 14, vestry 13 feet square. The height of the nave to the ridge is 57 feet. The height of the steeple is 152 feet, and of beautiful proportions ; the tower of four stages, the last being octagonal, with belfry windows on the four cardinal faces, and the other four strengthened with buttresses. The harshness of outline generally ob served in spires is in this instance beautifully relieved by three stages of lucerne lights, and surmounted with gab lets and Ileurs de Es, the finial being a gilt cross and weathercock. The west entrance is finished with double doors, within the thickness of the walls, and is to have besides an iron gate and padlock, so that, in fine dry wea ther throughout the week, the church may be exposed to a thorough ventilation. The entrance to the tower is deeply moulded, of three orders, and is very effective The north porch is open, and forms a fine feature in 11 is Ifi side elevw be filled with a figure or St. Peter. The vestry door is on the north side of the chancel, double doors being formed in the thickness of the buttress. The angles of the chancel are treated in a peculiar manner, being sup ported by buttresses thrown over in a semi-arch, like a flying buttress. This is accounted for by the limited na ture of the grdund, and to give a clear passage all round the building without sacrificing any part of the chancel, or doing without buttresses altogether—an instance where necessity, or peculiarity of site, in the hands of a good architect, originate peculiar beauties. The crosses which surmount the various apices of the gables are all of beautiful form and most varied design. The tracery of the windows is very beautiful, and in each instance varied in form. There is a gradation maintained from west to east; the large west window, pouring a flood of light into the interior, is geometrical in its tracery, and of four lights ; the side windows partake more and more of the flowing principle, until we arrive at the chancel ea. window, in five lights, which is purely flowing and of exquisite beauty. It is eventually to be enriched with stained glass. The church is built of hard red sandstone, pointed with black mortar, and very well executed ; the ridges of roofs are all finished with crest tile, of fleur delis pattern. Workmen are now fixing up the beautiful iron railing on the low wall which surrounds the whole building. On entering the church by the west door, ,the interior has a very striking effect ; the nave separated from the aisles by arcades of five bays , the pillars and afehes all of polished red sandstone, the finely moulded chancel arch, the deep and spacious chancel beyond, with the rich and intricate east window filling up the centre in the vista, form a most chaste and dignified tout ensemble. The floor is laid throughout with red and black tiles, the chan cel and aisle with a superior description of tile, from Min ton's manufactory : the richest and choicest of fine har mony of colour and. design forming the floor of the sacrarium or space within the altar rails. The benches are all open, with kneeling and foot-boards, and all mova ble, for the convenience of thoroughly cleaning the church. The galleries,—kept behind the pillars, areas unobtru sive as possible, and the front is finished with panels and tracery. A gallery, although objectionable for various well-founded reasons may yet result in giving greater effect of apparent space and loftiness to the nave, which forcibly struck us in this edifice. The chancel is raised one step above the floor of the church; about half way down the chancel two other steps are shown ; and east ward of this another elevation or dais, upon which stands the communion table quite clear of the east wall. In the western half of the chancel are finely carved benches for the accommodation of the choir. The organ is to be placed in the chancel aisle. This is a great departure from the usual modern custom, founded apparently on the belief that one of the organ's appro priate uses is to block up the west windows of a church. Against this Mr. Hay has strong and well grounded tech nical and scientific objections. Mr. Bewsher has very generously granted the use of a small organ for twelve months, when the committee expect to be in a position to purchase one suitable to the situation. The pulpit is fixed on the northern side of the eastern bay of the nave ; and from its happy position the preacher will be seen without difficulty from the most remote corners of the galleries, as well as in every part of the body of the church. The reading desk is on the opposite side, and, like the pulpit, of careful and chaste design. It is raised only one step, and is formed simply of an open traceried frost supporting a book-board, wisely adopted by the committee and minister, in preference to the huge square box commonly used, and which is anything but sightly. The interior timbers of the roof are exposed, the prin cipals having moulded ribs, supported by shafts with caps and bases ; all the wood-work throughout the building is of fine Baltic timber, slightly tinted and varnished. The regulations for heating and ventilation have re ceived due attention. The church contains about 1,200 kneelings, and will cost £4,100, exclusive of the railing around it. On Thursday next, on the first opening of this beautiful structure, a sermon will be preached in the morning by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, when the Mayor and several members of the Council are expected to be present. In the evening, the Rev. W. W. Ewbank will occupy the pulpit ; and on Sunday next the morning sermon will be delivered by the Rev. D. James, and that in the evening by the Rev. S. B. Sutton, the talented and eloquent in cumbent of the church, who, we are persuaded, will be a great blessing to this rapidly increasing district. We need only say, in conclusion, that the architect em ployed is Mr. John Hay, to confirm our assurance that this fine building is as elegant and symmetrical in appearance as it is substantial in all its requirements, complete in ell its proportions, and consistent throughout with the strict est ecclesiastical order. It affords another proof of a remark which we have previously made, that it is marvellous bow Mr. Hay can accomplish so much at comparatively so small a cost. The chief contractor for the building was Mr. Wells, on whom the masonry devolved ; plasterer, Mr. Goodall ; joiner, Mr. Leader; plumber, Mr. Holt; and the whole work is of a very superior description. The church has been licensed by the Lord Bishop fo: the performance of divine service for the period of twelve months, before the expiration of which it is fully expected that the endowment fund will be provided and the church ready for consecration. NEW ZEALAND. — Her Maje sty's . ship Acheron, Captain Stokes, has discovered a magnificent harbour to the south of Queen Charlotte's Sound. TURN-OUT.—The throstle piecers at Messrs. John Bright and Brothers' mills, Rochdale, turned out on Fri day week, in consequence of a threatened reduction of wages, and yet remain on strike. The Lord Chancellor will, prior to the next circuit, confer the rank of Yueen's Council upon the following learned gentlemen :—Messrs. Grainger, Greaves, Peacoek, and Edwin James. Lord Shaftesbury has desired to be relieved from the duties of Deputy Speaker of the Lords, to which he had been appointed in conjunction with Lord Denman. A warrant under the sign manual has accordingly been issued, appointing Lord . Denman and Lord Campbell to preside in the House of Lords, as Deputy Speaker in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. TRAGEDY AT MALTA.--111 the house of the Prince Leonforte, at Sleima, a desparate attack has been made by the cook on the coachman, both Palermitans. It seems that during the absence of the former at market the latter had forcibly assaulted his wife, and went even to the ebtent of threatening to cut her throat if she would not yield to his embrace. The husband learned his disgrace, and, resolved on revenge, stabbed his enemy seveh times. He is not yet dead, but lies in the greafest danger. LIVER THEATRE.—We have had at this favourite establishment a treat during the week, in the perfor mances of Mr. Dillon, an actoz new to the boards of Li verpool, and his wife also a stranger amongst us. Mr. Dillon appears to great advantage both in tragedy and comedy, and has won many admirers during his short en gagement in both. He possesses a good figure and voice, and promises to become at no distanst period an ornament to his profession. Mrs. Collins is also excellent in genteel comedy, but is not so well fitted by nature for tragic act ing. We learn that the very obliging box keeper, Mr. Briscoe, takes his benefit; and that some of our best tunateig ievoi 41.04 iril be cliepleiyed on the occasion. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. Monday Night There is not, any material change in our Share Market this week. The prices of the heavy stocks are a fraction higher than on this day week, and the transactions in them have not been numerous nor important. The public are on the tiptoe of expectation for the London and North-western report, to be out on Thursday. This is expected to be highly satisfactory ; but as to the divi dend, the knowing ones differ. Some say only 5, a greater number 51, and a still greater 6 per cent. We ourselves are inclined to the latter opinion. As to other lines, the amount of dividend is pretty well known, and the effect_ upon the value of the shares has taken place accordingly. The accumulated be ar accoun t i s causing this fraternity to smart severely just now. They are paying very high rates for the loan of shares ; and, should the meetings be of a kind to give an impulse to prices, they must some of them be annihilated. There is no change in local stocks. Our markets have been generally quiet during the past week, the Cotton trade particularly ; but this is in a great measure to be attributed to the unpleasantness which occurred in our relations with Greece, and the slight effort at disturbance in Paris. Both these affairs, however, have proved only transient difficulties, for not only has the Parisian business turned out to be a momentary flash in the pan, but the mediation of the French Govern ment has been accepted by Great Britain in the Greek difficulty, which may thus be considered as good as settled. The buyers of Cotton are at present placed on the horns of a dilemma. They have left purshasing to the last moment, and every fresh arrival of news from the States brings spinners into the market with avidity ; but the activity only lasts for a day or two. In fact, each fresh reduction in the estimates makes them desperate ; and still,,having postponed the evil day so long, they are afraid to come forward to any extent, and the result may be that, with orders in abundance, they will actually find themselves unable to manufacture goods without loss if further reductions in the estimates should send prices still higher. With regard to the news from India, the improving rate of exchange is spoken of as the best feature. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Some of the Corn markets in England have made a slight stand against the declining tendency so long noti ced. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, fully last week's prices were realized for best Wheats, and other kinds had not given way : at Wisbeach ls. advance was obtained for general runs of Wheat, and other markets show a disposition to be steady : we must not, however, hide the fact that the majority still look downwards. In Ireland, with the exception of Waterford, which is a trifle higher for Wheat, rather lower prices have prevailed. Indian Coro, although holders have done their best to keep to previous prices, has gone further bac,c, and 2s. 6d. per ton less money is quoted from some of the principal markets. The Messrs. Sturge state, in their circular of the 6th instant, that the general'average price of Wheat the first week in February, 1849, was 455. Id January 19, 1850, 41s. ; so that taking this authority as our guide, and making a further deduction for declining markets since this latter date, we may fairly state the present average at 40s. The question of the amount of imports likely to arrive in this country in the coming spring is now fairly under discussion. The free-traders anxious to make as little mischief _as possible from the operation of the make it appear that, v vaunted measures England parent as low as 40s. per quarter, we may expect very little from abroad; but we have seen a circular this afternoon from a German house in London, supplying information from several of the principal exporting markets of the Continent, which shows that pretty generally the reduction in prices here ”e produced a corresponding result there, and that, in "here is P l - - hatever act, L.__ imost a positive certainty that w. course our markets take, theirs will immediately follow. Added to this, we know, as we said last week. of nume rous cargoes already on their way from the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Arrivals into Liverpool and Runcorn on Friday and Saturday :-1516 qrs. Wheat, 5 qrs. Barley, 1179 qrs. Otits, 1000 qrs. Beans, 440 qrs. Indian Corn, 681 brls. Indian Corn Meal, 2111 Ids. Oatmeal, 82 scks. 3026 brls. Flour. The sales of Cotton on of which were taken by sr firm. To-day 5,000 ball trade, including 800 Br mained steady. Since the publication s, 2,000 : the market w )Id, nearly all and 500 Surati : I markets have been exa at the same time firm :Iy_ quiet in everything, but incr there is scarcely a report. The Wool market still continues active, but as there so little stock on the market (on account of the bulk recent arrivals being kept back for the sales which are tc take place here on the Ist of March), we have nothing of moment to report. The sales in London, which cow. mence on the 14th instant, are expected to realise price! above the last series. Imports for the week ending tin 11th inst. :—Foreign 348, Irish 64, Scotch 6. The arrivals of timber from British Ame past week consist of one ves deals, since sold ; price not port deals has been sold at transactions in Timber ar prices nominal at our last quotations During the week the Iron market declined a little ; but to-day Scotch Pig Iron is firmer-48s. 6d. to 49 the quotation for mixed numbers The small supply of Iris the decreased stocks, hat part of holders, which, he end of keeping prices stat anything like an extensive tend upwards : long mid( quoted at 38s. to 41s. (land( _ At this season of the year, circulars connected with the American provision trade are only published once a fort night ; and as we consequently omitted any notice last week of this branch of trade, we subjoin the full par ticulars to-day, as quoted from the circular of Black, Whittingham, and Co Bacon : The stock of old havii higher prices have been obtaine are 900 boxes, leal ing about 500 has been made for low, and `, New was in fair demand last week at 355. to having demanded an advance of ls. per cwt merely in retail at 365. 6d. to 375. for fine, 345. for good to 325. for ordinary.—Beed: Old has been in active del the sales about 2000 tierces, from 50s. quality brought 655. to 705., good 75s Pork : There has been a speculati western P.M.. 2000 barrels having found buyers at 31s good 365. 6d. to 375. 6d. in small parcels ; new moves freely at 565. for good brands. Irish is offering at Cos.—Hams : A retail business doing in new at 455. to 475.; no de Shoulders have been inquired for, and con " of fair quality at 195., 205., is now asked.---1 last week was good, the sales being over prices ; but there has been les ' without alteration.—Lard: TI about 120 tons, at lower price accepted for fair quality, shot last £8 2s: 6d. per stanaarc The d the site unimportant Butter to our market ed a firma Is merely a and has not resulte is. The prices of B gee from bone, new become still further red ; Baltimoie extra 80s. — e business doing in old ; for the las d. to 335. 6d. a decline of is. ( POLICE COURT YESTERDAY, UTTERING BASE COIN.--Ann Grundy was charged with uttering a base half-crown, to a shopkeeper named Sarah Bentley, and there had been a subsequent utterance of a similar coin. The prisoner was sent for trial at the STEALING MANURE.--. •William P, lor, were charged with havi premises of Mr. Kelly, surge, and having carried off from in Great nure, without leave or I be imprisoned for t pal - de) for 21 days. THEFT AT CHI 11)1e yard a - lo Powell was ordered to cul- months, and the c brought up, charged wi the week before Christmas, tak boys' school attached to Christ Church, Hunter-street, on the plea that be had been sent for it by the maker to take it and clean it. Mrs. Elizabeth Horrocks, a fern ' plowed on the premises, not suspecting anything delivered the clock, which the prisoner promised tc on Monday. He, however, never made his reapp( and had pledged the clock. Other similar charge preparation against the prisoner for receiving cl other parts of the town. He was committed for trial but will again be brought m) as regards the other semeneagnawamaz=zzareasomm.T-_ ices, in —This PABLO FAN Q S EQUESTRIAN COMPANY. excellent company is, it will be seen, about to leave our town. The arrangements and programmes for the pre sent week are, it will be seen, of a first rate charactc- THE FLUTE AND PIA. Percival—whose exquisite a. on the flute we have frequents, many of our readsrs have hat, delighted, has established himself fesfional teacher. Rio rich reward. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—In the district of Vain hall (with a population of 13,028) there is but one dis senting chapel, and in it the services are in Welsh ; yet there are but 510 Welsh, many of whom cannot speak the language, in the district. On the contrary, in Beving ton district, where there is a better paying population, there are nine dissenting chapels for an entire population of B,ooo.—Missions al Home, by Dr. Hume. THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. —During the past week, Mrs. Warner, the celebrated tragic actress, has appeared in a succession of favourite pieces, assisted by Mr. R. E. Graham and the strength of the local company. The pantomime has wound up each evening's entertainment. This week it will be seen that the " Fairy Minstrels," who had the honour, a short time ago, of displaying their musical abilities before her Majesty, are engaged. They are well worthy of support. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S LECTURES.--We are glad to see that Mr. J, Silk Buckingham, whose great powers of description are so well known and appreciated, is to de liver a course of lectures for the Sunday-school Institute, and that, for the first time, perhaps, the great body of Sunday-school teachers in this town will have an oppor tunity of heating him. We think the Mayo r an d t h e other gentlemen who are to preside at these l ectures d, themselves great honour in giving y names to thlti Important xtraordinary apport of their ve trust the i l l o§ o do their pait. G7lnnliatt, in its remarks on Mr. BuckingkaufE nbl;tties, says of his Oriental o s n cen P e a r l y e , st h in ie e, " His graphic descriptions of sketches a e i s llu e s f trations of Eastern man ners,narratives, his striking elucidations ofS his picturesque Scripture eri i p n t c u i r d e e ndti difficul ties, eaunld ties, and his interesting expositions of the fulfilment of prophecy, especially in regard to Tyre and Sidon, rendered this lecture one of the richest intellectual feasts that cart well be conceived. His thorough acquaintance with the whole subject, his well-furnished mind and,varied , learning, combined with his facility off .4 son, his clearness of statement, and his high-taied.enthusiasm, secured at once the confidence and the admiration of his hearers, and impressed them with a deeper conviction of the reality and truthfulness of the vorrious scenes and events which were depicted ages ago bfthe pen of inapt. Wiwi! ; „ will be seen that Mr equalled performances •aised, and onPortu len es of being I deserve a 7,-z t i e: to t ai the WAD )ItS l3 ;I'o at rr° yi p? et , [ll SCI EN C ! ' , 0 Iva yo Tgsgok' e ; 1 1gf CeP t i' 1, frit (rf)e e d V.' h et