The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

tiberpool FROM OUR LONDON 'tanbarb + CORRESP ONDENI tainments. Her MAJESTY'S last state ball was brilliant beyond precedent. The invitations, or, popularly speak ing, " commands," amounted to two thousand. Never did Buckingham Palace receive such a distinguished com pany, and never did a Royal residence display such magni- 4. . , ficence and good taste. The noble state apartments — Monday Morning. T lately added to the palace, under the superintendence of THAT honesty is the best policy, is an aphorism eq uall y Sir CHARLES BARRY, the architect of the new Houses applicable to public as to private transactions. Sooner or later the knave in politics, as in morals, is sure to meet of Parliament—looked superb, with their gorgeous furni with his deserts. The time is fast coming when insince- tare, their fine statuary, their beautiful pictures, their rity, double-dealing, and paltering with sacred principles, glittering throng of lovely women and of gallant men — will be signally punished throughout the kingdom—when the observed of all observers, the QUEEN herself, with many a victim will be sacrificed to the manes of disho- her Royal Consort, being in every sense the presiding noured professions, broken pledges, violated engagements, genius that diffusedlight and spirit and majestic dignity \f London is taking the over the whole spectacle. One thing is remarkable in the _nd is preparing an altar state balls given by the SOVEREIGN of this realm, which RS a holocaust tothe Nemesis of genders them a striking contrast to the assemblages at .:ourts—the absence of military uniforms. The of our beloved SOVEREIGN is surrounded by men ' illustrious for their warlike deeds as any sited tru is necessary expiation serve to flourish in the f genera' v.see-sawing an with the hare a' ake a two h ve policy, and t or to any other most pr " political fanc erafl full of born 3 pro-J and ;11 in the world, but they, come not to the royal presenceir THE INCREASED SUPPLY OF GOLD, AND ITS PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES. THE altered condition of the supply of the precious metals is beginning to excite the anxious attention of the commercial world. A correspondent of the London Times on Friday last, has instituted a comparison between the produce of the mines throughout the world in 1846—twe years previously to the discoveries in California, — and 1853, two years after such discoveries, which presents some striking results. In 1846 the total yield of the mines, so far as can be ascertained, was, gold, £5,846,752 ; silver, £6,615,925 ; total, £12,362,677. The quantity of gold and silver annually added to the stock in existence was thus nearly equal in amount; and the value of the two metals, as compared with each other, was in a fair way of being'preserved uniform. In 1850, however, the yield of gold was £18,654,5 9 2 ; of silver, £8,788,416 ; total, £27,422,938 ; gold having increased 300 per cent, and silver only about 30 per cent. The letter in question gives another table, shewing the increase in a still more striking form : " The following is the estimated produce of the precious metals, in tons, in 1801, 1846, 1850, 1851, and the proba ble amount of 1852 : Gold Silver Year. Tons. Tons. 1801 .. 19 .. 856, or llb. of gold to 451 b. of silver. 1846 .. 42 .. 727, 171 b. 1850 .. 134 .. 978, 71b- I 1851 .. 180 .. 1,002, , I 51b. 1852 .. 242 .. 1,027, 41b. Here is obviously sufficient to warrant the conclusion that a speedy change in the relative values of the two metals, such as must call fora readjustment of the monetary sys tems of all countries using them as standards, is inevit able. The writer sass on this feature of the question . " Yet, notwithstanding the great increase in the produce of gold relative to silver, it is a curious fact that the price of silver has not risen ; on the contrary, it has fallen in value. In the course of the week ending April 17, 1852, £580,000 worth of silver was sold at ss. an oz., British standard, which is only equivalent to 645. 9d. per lb. Troy for pure silver. At that rate llb. of pure gold is worth 15 (15.74) pounds of pure silver. In January, 1851, gold was only 154 (15.3) times more valuable than silver." Many other parties have used the same sort of reason ing upon a fact which they treat as refuting practically those who contend that gold is in course of depreciation. They have omitted, however, to take into their considera tion the circumstance that a large quantity of silver has recently been thrown upon the market in the shape of bullion, its use as money having been terminated by the substitution of the cheaper metal, gold. Silver, more over, is not the one metal, or the one commodity, against which the exchangeable value of gold can be correctly tested. So long as it serves for a monetary instrument in any country, its value is fictitious, and cannot rise materially above the standard or fixed rate. By being reduced to the character of a mere commodity, it may very possibly fall in price for a time, even as measured in gold, from the fact of the supply being in excess of the demand for purely commercial purposes. The true test of depreciation must be labour, or its products. We shall witness shortly such a general revolution in the prices of all commodities—such a universal inflation—as will very sufficiently prove that the purchasing power of gold money has decreased. In connexion with the recent discoveries of gold in our own colonies, a correspondent suggests that the British Government might have taken possession of the mines, and worked them for the benefit of the treasury of this country. Possibly such a course might have been desi rable ; but its practicability is rather questionable. It presupposes, too, that the national creditor will he con tent to take, in payment for his advances to the public, a metal which may shortly become of little greater value an lead or iron. EVIRKENHEAD DOCKS IN PARLIAMENT. MONDAY, MAY 17. The investigation into the comparative merits of Mr. Rendel's and Mr. Abernethy's plans for the completion of the Birkenhead Docks was proceeded with ; and Mr. Abernethy cleared himself of the imputation of having, in his cross. examination, committed discrepancies in his previous examination in chief. Captain Luce, of the Arctic, United States steam-ship, Captain Bunting, of the Constantine, American sailing ship, expressed ' their decided preference o f the half tide basin, in Mr. Aberne thy's plan, over the low water basin iu that of Mr. Rendel. Mr. W. Hadfield, secretary to the Birkenhead Dock trus tees, gave some curious revelations as to the alterations made in the various estimates of Mr. Rendel, which he stated had been influenced by the requirements of the conservancy of the river, and, his evidence not having been completed at four o'clock, the committee adjourned. TUESDAY, MAY 18. The continuation of Mr. Hadfield's examination was principally as to the financial affairs of the trust, and the negotiations pith the Board of Works, and with contrac tors for the completion of the docks. Mr. John Stewart, of Liverpool, spoke to the accuracy of the drawings and the computations of cost made from them. He could not speak as to the comparative merits of the two plans. The committee adjourned to twelve o'clock on Wednesday. WEDNESDAY, MAY 19. A proposal was made to take powers to alter the plans subject to the approval of the commissioners of woods and forests ; but this was rejected by the committee. Mr. Robertson, C.E. to the Shrewsbury and Chester Com pany, considered that Mr. Abernethy's plan afforded superior accommodation to the railways of that district, for which Birkenhead was the natural outlet to the Mersey. Captain Maugham, principal dock master of the London Docks, condemned Mr. Rendel's principle of lowering the water in the great float as dangerous to shipping ; and considered that portion of the scheme should be kept as a dock. Captain Lawson, dock master of the Commercial Dock, London, and Captain James Matthews, who as a master had known the Mersey since 1822, gave similar evidence in favour of Mr. Abernethy's plan. THURSDAY, MAY 20. - - - Alexander Shand._Esq., 'chairman of_ the Liverpool Pilots' Committee, Mr. John Watkins, of Liverpool, an owner of steam-tugs, Captain Tuit, of the East India Dock, Captain Worsall, of the West India Dock, Lieut. Hookey, harbour-master of Birkenhead, Mr. Cooke, superintendent of pilots, Liverpool, Captain Brown, a commander of large steam-boats to the Mediterranean and South America, and Mr. Stevens, traffic-manager to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, gave evidence as to the superior advantages of Mr. Abernethy's plan. FRIDAY, MAY 21. Mr. Stevens, in re-examination, Mr. H. Kelm.ll, soli. citor to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, and Mr. Meaken, who had' contracted to complete the works, spoke in favour of the revised plan. Mr. Bailey, M.P., (chairman of the trust,) stated that he held upwards of £90,000 of bonds. That, prior to becoming chairman, had taken no active part in ma nagement ; but, since he became chairman, had paid much attention to the affairs of the trust, its condition and works. Considered that both financially, commercially, as well as in an engineering point of view, Mr. Abernethy's plans are superior to those of Mr. Rendel. That, if the committee pass this bill, all existing disputes and squabbles will be terminated ; but, if the bill should not pass, the disputes would continue. Would not give a preference to carry out Mr. Rendel's plan. In reply to Mr. Burke, Mr. Bailey stated that much of the opposition from the bondholders had arisen from the proposal by the trustees to grant preference bonds to complete the works, and which they had since been able to dispense with. This closed the case for the promoters. Mr. DRAKE, parliamentary agent for the opponents, said that, as he expected the case of the promoters would not conclude so early in the day, he must beg the com mittee to adjourn, being anxious to expedite this tedious inquiry by continuous early sittings and long hours. The committee fixed eleven o'clock on Saturday to proceed ; but Mr. Rendel, who here entered the room in a great hurry, earnestly stated that he could not attend on that day, as he was going to Great Grimsby, and pleaded for an adjournment till Monday (yesterday.) Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM backed the application by stating that Mr. Rendel was his first witness, and he could not proceed on Saturday. The room was then cleared, and the committee after wards adjourned till eleven o'clock on Monday (yesterday.) Mr. DRAKE wished the chairman to move the house for an order to examine Captain Denham, R.N., and the head dock-master at London. _ _ On the meeting of the house, on Friday evening, Mr. Hutchins, one of the committee, reported that the parties opposing the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill had stated to the committee that the evidence of Captain Charles Rowland was essential to enable them to establish their case, and, it having been proved that Captain R.'s attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the house, be had been instructed to move that the Captain do attend the said committee forthwith. Ac cordingly it was ordered that he do attend the committee upon Monday (yesterday). FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN IN STAFFORD SHIRE.—An accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon last, at Burntwood, near Lichfield, resulting in the almost instantaneous death of the Rev. R. Errington, incumbent of Burntwood and Hammerwich. The garden connected with the house had been very much infested with spar rows, and the unfortunate deceased had ascended a ladder for the purpose of destroying some nests in a pear tree, growing against his residence. The tree in question was a wall tree, and the deceased incautiously stepped off the ladder on to it, when the branch which he held gave way, and he was precipitated backwards headlong to the ground, a height of some fifteen to twenty feet. Mrs. Errington. who had just come to the spot to warn her husband of his danger, witnessed the accident. A mes senger was immediately dispatched for Mr. M. B. Morgan, surgeon, who was promptly in attendance ; but some time before his arrival life was extinct. We understand that the deceased's neck was dislocated, and that his collarbone and several of his ribs were fractured.—Stafford shire Advertiser. AN AMERICAN GENERAL.—A New York editor, ban tering his countrymen on their passion for mou military titles, says that General W been " figuring largely in the London I 'o rightfully wear their I , who has s amongst THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1852. LI common s frantically labou and his queer d, in a sort of Mali sth heaven of Wh ness of terrene to Canterbury Furious rhet doubtful TO tard his fate. It is all up e ng, anti-manslaugixterin to resort to the duello to ma' recorded in the division lists, the brainsof antagonists,—; not re nstituents enus irritabile vatarn ORGE SNIYTHE on the "When Rom ILLY'S And BERNAL OSBO o doubt such as laughter; but I don't think they will be ling to elect him as their -d by this valorous proc champion in the Parliament that is coming ms. In three little weeks the moribund Parliament be dead and gone—and the sooner it is forgotten, the better for its reputation— " then we s' 'hall see—what we shall see," as the showman's phrase runs. Whatever be the nature of the parliamentary forces in the next campaign, and whatever the relative strength of ou may be LATEST INTELLIGENCE. I MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24 BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY.--The Constitutionnel has a grumbling article about French possessions on the Western Coast of Africa, and a furious tirade against English merchants and missionaries, who, under pretence of putting down slavery, are, it says, trying to destroy French trade, and secure monopoly for themselves. LON DON. At Hambro', on Friday last, bills on London were lower, being 13-6.1. No commercial news of interest to-day. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. The Stock in Trade and the Highway Rates Bills were read a third time. The Earl of DERBY, in moving the second reading of the Property Tax Continuance Bill, briefly stated the peculiar circumstances which compelled government to make this proposition, but added that if it could be shown that the public credit could be maintained and public finances upheld without it, he should be the first to rejoice if it should fall to the lot of his government to propose the reduction of a tax which he believed to be not only unpopular, but intrinsically unjust. (Hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE in a lengthened speech adduced a va riety of statistical evidence in proof of the great prosperity of the country resulting from the Free-trade policy of the last ten years. A long discussion upon the general question of free trade, in which Lord Berners, Lord Wodehouse, Lord Albemarle, Earl Grey, and others took part, in the course of which, in reply to remarks from Earl Granville, the Earl of DERBY admitted that he did not think that the approaching general election would chew such a great ma jority in favour of the reimposition of a duty on corn as wonldjustify the Government in proposing such a mea sure.—The bill was read a second time. The house adjourned at half-past ten o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY, Mr. Grenfell took the oaths and his seat for Windsor, in place of the late General Reid. In reply to a question from Mr. CAYLEY, Mr. WALPOLE said the attention of the government had been directed to recent explosions in collieries, and that the inquiries into them were going on, and he should have no objection to the appointment of a committee upon the snbject. Lord CASTLEREAGH, in reference to the question of the appointment to the vicarage of Frome, said he had received a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bennett, assuring him that there was not the slightest truth in the state ment in Battersley's Roman Catholic directory that he had joined the Church of Rome. On the motion that the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill be read a third time, Col. SIBTHORPE moved as an amendment that the third reading be postponed for three months. The amendment was supported by Mr. HUDSON and Mr. SYDNEY, but the original motion was carried by 281 to G. Mr. DUNCOMBE moved that counties and divisions of counties be included in the bill. Lord J. RussELL thought there was no reason to believe that extensive bribery had occurred in any county consti tuency, and objected to the introduction of so important an amendment without previous notice. Mr. DISRAELI hoped the amendment would not be pressed. He believed that, generally speaking, the coun ties were pure ; and that the prevalence of corruption in boroughs had been much exaggerated. The amendment was supported by Mr. Hume, Mr. Bright, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Horsman, and other members. Sir A. Cocit RASE approved of extending the principle of the bill to counties, and it was with reluctance that he opposed the amendment, on the ground that it had been proposed at an inconvenient stage. On a division the amendment was carried by 109 to 71. On the question that the house go into committee on the Poor-law Board Continuance Bill, Lord D. STUART moved an instruction to the commit tee, giving them power to make provision for amending the bill, should they think fit. His lordship intimated, that if this motion should be agreed to, it was his inten tion to propose a clause, exempting from the jurisdiction of the Poor Law Commissioners such parishes as are re gulated by the guardians under local acts. Sir J. TROLLOPE opposed the amendment. The proposition was supported by Mr. Hume, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Wakley, and others ; and opposed by Mr. Hen ley and Lord Ebrington. On a division it was rejected by 112 to 33. The house then went into committee upon the bill. Lord D. STUART moved an amendment, limiting the continuance of the bill to one year. After some discussion, the amendment was negatived upon a division, and the bill passed through committee. The house then resumed, various other bills were ad vanced a stage, and the house adjourned at twenty mi nutes to two o'clock. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The market is very steady for English stocks. Generally it is unchanged, and little business doing. The Railway market opened better. Midland stock strong ; there has, however, been some little fluctuation, and prices close lower, with rather a heavy appearance. North Staffords are better. The Foreign market is dull. Mexicans very flat CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account 994 t Bank Stock .. 220 1 Do. Money 904 Exchequer Bills, Three & Qr. per L. & S Cents. ....101 STOCKS Mexicans.... Ditto Threes 24 5 Spanish Actives 20.11 Spanish Threes .. 46i 7 Do. Passives .... 72 75 pm RAILWAY 1221 3-1 SHARES. London Stock..., Great Northern ..193 20} Do. Quarters Great Western .. 91 1 Midland Stock 6B} i Lanc.B4Yorkshire.7ll I Do. Halves N.Staffordshire.. 6,1- 1 dis. London, Brizhton, S. East. & Dover.2oi i & South Coast-104i 51 Amberg.,Notting- ham, &E.Joinc..6l- 7k Manchester, Shef field, &Lincoln shire .. 321 31 Lond.& S.Western -- - York, Newcastle, & Berwick ... 171 184- Do. Extension .. 71 7 Do. Preference .. Caledonian .. l9 Do. Preference Bl 9 East. Counties Bl 9 East Lancashire 163 17k Edinb. & Glasgow3l 2 East Anglian 4k a York&N.Midland23l 4 Do. Preference .. pm. Norfolks .. Leeds Northern .. 161 North British .... Do. Preference .. MINING SHARES. A. Fria .. dis. I N. Monde ..... i l dis. par CORN MARKET. Not much fresh Wheat at market, but a fair quantity coastwise. At the commencement higher prices were asked, but sales were restricted in consequence, and no advance was obtained. Foreign firm, and prices unaltered. Fine fresh Flour is in request at late rates. Barley, Beans, and Peas, sold pretty steady at former prices. The arrivals of Oats are liberal, and only fine corn supported former value. Other articles are unchanged. English White Wheat.. 435. Od. to 48s. Od. „ Red „ 395. Od. to 445. Od. ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Foreign 5591 11343 480 750 Wheat. Barley Oats .. Malt .. Flour . Beans Peas . .. 3227 sks. 250 brls. 2790 736 - PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar (Foreign) : Free buyers for export at stiffer rates. Refined found ready buyers for home trade pur poses. Low to fine grocery lumps, 475. 6d. to 50s. — Coffee is firm, but sales are to a limited extent ; Native Ceylon realises 445. to 445. 6d.—Tea has suffered no decline, but there is little business doing.—Cotton in less active demand, but there is no variation in prices ; the supply is more plentiful.—lndigo in good demand, and prices are advancing.—ln Cochineal there is more business doing, but prices are not better. TALLOW MARKET. The sales are but to a small extent. Fine new Y. Russian at 365. 9d. to 375. on the spot. The stock is 42,054 casks, against 36,343 casks last year, being an in crease this year of 5,711 casks. The deliveries 956 casks, against 766 casks•—an increase of 190 casks this year CATTLE MARKET, The supply of beasts being small, trade is very good. Lambs fully maintain Friday's quotations. Beasts,sheep, and calves are 2d. per stone dearer. Beef .... 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. I Veal. Mutton 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. I Pork 2s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. 2s. Od. to 3s. Bd. is. 6d. to ss. 6d. 3681 Sheep and Lambs I 221 Pigs ARRIVALS. Holland Beasts ~ Sheep ..... 1300 I Spanish Beasts Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Scotch Beasts ....... Cambridge and Leice Beasts Calves Lamb !ster Beasts 2100 600 160 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72; Fifths, 6 1-16 dis. ; Mid land, 681 ; Sheffield Preference, 131 ; Cheshire Junction, 101 dis. ; South Eastern, 20 15-16. LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. Gannet (s.), hence at Helvoet, 20th inst. Dwina, Secret, Rapid, 7th inst., and Tribune, 10th inst., all hence at Galatz. Caroline, sth inst., hence at Ibrail. Albanian, 15th inst., hence at Vienna. Forester, 11th inst., and Pregno D'Amicizia, 13th inst., hence at Trieste. Tiber (s.s.), and Indian Princess, hence at Genoa, 19th instant Havannah, Starling, Argo, Otho, and Edward, all at Coxhaven, sth instant. Lowranese, cleared for Liverpool at Cuxhaven, 12th instant SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. —The steamer Jupiter has just arrived at this port. She left Gibraltar 15th, Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto 20th, and Vigo 20th instant. She brings a general cargo and 64 passengers, amongst whom is the brother-in-law to GenerE - 1 Ross A HIN —ln a letter from Cuba, the writer, after de scribing some of the customs of the people, says—" By the way, I must, en passant, mention one thing. The Spanish cooks pour down the throat of any tough old sol dier of a fowl a spoonful or two of vinegar Aust before killing him. This is, they say, a certain means of cask. N MEETING OF SAILMAKERS LAST IIGO -• held ill Last evening a meeting of the sailmake rs wss, 4ice the Sailmakers' Hall, Circus-street, the object 0 1 . ; _.,a was to secure the return of Messrs. Ma ckenil ; . 11 0 The British and North American Royal Mail Steamer Niagara, which sailed from Boston on the 12th, and enthusla- Halifax on the 15th, passed Lynes at 4 p.m. yesterday large room was well filled, and all were most ~,,pOlO Turner, as supporters of the Derby Administration.. 4., afternoon, and enteeed the Mersey at 830 p.m., after a in their expression of approval of the speakers '''' somewhat protracted run, occasioned by unfavourable in favour of the candidates. winds. She brings 83 passengers, but no specie. ,she Or' The Canada, (s.) which sailed from Liverpool on the Ist, Mr. WM. HEWSON was called to the chair. e''. s . e et reached Halifax at 9 p.m. on the 11th, and Boston on the man opened the meeting by reading the 13th. would suPP° calling the meeting and said he hoped all tin% Nothing had been heard of the Great Britain at the ' the roe the chair, and give every party who addressed last date of our Halifax advices. By this arrival we have four days' later intelligence a fair hearing. Oi l eget ° from New York than those brought by the Franklin. Mr. ROWETT on rising to propose the first r , biol Preparations for the Presidential election were going w • • . • feerdeu. o s as received with loud cheers. He said it a forward with great vigour in most parts of the American f basi ll ' Union. At New York a meeting of Mr. Fillmore's great pleasure to meet so many of one branch u to ber , friends had been held, but it was said to be a tame affair. in that room, but he certainly anticipated a larger73f there The Mexican minister appointed in place of Rosas had That, however, was to be attributed to the fac t 0 srl reached Washington. P In Congress a resolution had been offered directing the being that evening a meeting of feeemen in ano ther 000 0 Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire into the of the town, and as most of the sailmakers were „Of expediency of providing for the payment of the indemnity that would account; for it, and also be an et el ' a d r eel to Spanish subjects in America, growing out of damage more influentialgentlemen notp resen t to a tl O were _ elu tion , o il to their property by any outbreak of the multitude, in them. (Hear, hear.) Having read the Nee, leis consequence of events attending the late Cuban expedition. speaker proceeded to observe that Lord Jua ll eoo sti lV A resolution was also offered to the Senate directing an had just published an address to his i v ; iiitt ° ,:f inquiry into the expediency of abolishing the deduction ents, in which he declared that, since t a " eig ' of 20 per cent. from the wages of seamen in the rner d t' of free trade, b een a tellsavi dis rec ton there had , to “ A o chant service, for the fund commonly called " hospital £12,000,000 to the country, but he f o rgot , the tre;, fund," which was adopted. people how much would have been saved had • ! I t 0 The Senate had been engaged discussing the question trade measures not beenresorted There WI : „ jet respecting increased aid to the Collins steamers ; but, been £ 9 O 000 000 This to. . 1.1 , w iteeeeen - , . , . country contal t e , ",, e Ole o s contrary to the advices brought by the Franklin, no de three great interests, viz., the agriculture. the to 01,,e cision was had thereon. The general opinion was that it and the manufacturing; and it must be clea r to One would be carried. that when two of these interests were combine son, The health of Mr. Clay had not improved, and he was ear was fsc" one, the other must suffer. (Hear.) eee elanunet gradually sinking.the ito adverti eln tt find that the mercantile interest had joined e t ee, o f The circuit court of the United States for the eastern turiee against the agricultural • end althone" (Pe f' district of East Pennsylvania had refused the injunction -et . e.. p was tistressed what had the othersgain ed bg' against the Atlantic and Ohio and the Pittsburg, Cin- hear. ' - ' called the 0 tb, cinnatti, and Louisville Telegraphic Companies, to restrain ear.) It was true they had what was , y es 4. but were they content with it, knowing , ro n j e jest fr • re •-# them from using Morse's Telegraph Patents. ust expense h of their fellow-men, and did ti ! ne r9,4 , Miss C. Hayes had returned to New York, after a very (Hear, !an) Now, suppose they had os• r ee f Pee successful professional tour to the South and West, where It ' WhY' ev ortret she sustained the brilliant reputation she had acquired upon grain, what would be the result . es , 0 „el_ bread would cost them ld. more than tu L efeloi e se in Europe and New York. She had set out for Niagara of Was tat of consequence to them, vrhilst t'll (n e e Falls, where she would remain forms week, and afterwards any . proceed on a tour through Canada, New England, and New it was the destruction of their neighbou rs g ;i e ultf;tl York, during the summer. ande ar . ) 11, inlaTlonelt:i and then ttuihs, weregreatest t s u r a tnh n rdroo thrown oi fallacy a outanddt s osoaf o yr f o,ebol the pp I,,eo ; frypti ti:eyeoos t i Iflo , obi ! Jenny Lind, now Madame Goldschmidt, had arrived in New York, and was to remain until after her three fare wlcahabesoauiptr.bread ?" (Hear, hear, and cheers.) he Sari, 6 0 1 6 I 11 a • ..A well concerts, which were advertised to take place on the llth, 14th, and 17th instant. A letter , from Washington, in one of the New York then proceeded to prove that the repeal of te co ontr:2o Laws had produced great mischief to this , t het , ', f er papers of the 11th, says--" It is understood that the re more especially to Liverpool, and he showe d J fool til cent letter of Chevalier Hulseman will shortly be corn- e aseu ) v British shipping in 1850-1 had only incr „ To e 4 ,0 rnunicated to Congress. Its contents will be found to be cent., foreign shipping had increased 94. TA.lnote a courteous farewell to the President, complimenting him emitte" .. e or o 9 also showed that whilst this country a . _ t i 0 t etee, upon the friendly personal relations always existing produce, according to the approved mettio ts frol , et between them, but intimating that the conduct of the rulers, free America charged upon the exe° r sethea,3 l ) , diplomatic relations of the United States by the Secretary country and from our colonies as followso , pots to ti sOf rState —especially as regards Austria, and himself as her epresenttive—had not been of a character to commend per cent., flour 20, Indian corn 20, barley 2 . eft, ° a gl cotton goods 30, 25, and 20, malt 20, ' itself to his imperial Majesty, and was wanting in the attri- 1 cordage 25, canvas 20, salt 20, iron 30, a 0 11,/ h e " r tli t r li iS e lii butes of neutrality and comity which had always hereto- I ~ fish, all kinds, 20, tea in British ships 20, t , Pe teil fore fore marked the relations between the two governments. Several fires had taken place at Cleveland. On the Sth, kinds, 30, West India produce 40 to 20 t en Per ee c eoerheit' a conflagration broke out, which consumed a great amount not quarrel with America. They took t o. u` e nee°,„pes' of property. It was first discovered in a plane manufac- country ought to take—that of protectine f; er fal:rell ( i (Cheers.) The speaker concluded with a Pu_ e _. l o o ! of' tory in Seneca-street, and spreading to the adjoining , in behalf of Messrs. Mackenzie and Turr .o d, ty buildings, reached Superior-street, burning the entire block from the corner of Superior and Seneca, and walls would support the Derby administration, f.„„theuits) porting it, the true interests of the conu t t li (Che e irti / of the Forest House. The buildings were severally occu and firesides of the working men of they 01 ' ° ten* pied as shoe stores, plane factory, marble factory, sad- Mr. J. THORPE, on rising to second th e 5 00 0 leries, &c. Loss unknown. have felt 1 the s The large woollen mill at Rock Bottom village, Massa- received with loud cheers. He would ha _, fee _tw i t[ chusetts, owned by Gleason and Dale, took fire at eight dence in seconding the motion, if he did e:',:ea rage o'clock on the 9th instant, and was entirely consumed, was identified with the trade of Liverpooie s 3er• Son together with the machinery and stock ; also, the dye and pecially with the sailmakers of the town• ."'' e nriet' a 0; had so ably proposed the resolution, it wag e , 0 3 ° I- deti dyeing houses, and one large dwelling-house adjacent. The lose is estimated at =830,000. for him to trespass at any length on their tr , e,_ d pro, d ps The Governor of Maryland had appointed James 111. pecially as he, like Mr. Bramley-Moore, i r e! , coll o ' eel Buchanan and Richard Carmichael as commissioners to figures to shew the fallacy of free trade, !,, e n blbef e ;he gainsaid.—(loud cheers)—figures, not ta ken ,fti%f, confer wi h Pennsylvania about the fugitive slave killing cooked aecounts of the Board of Trade , bu t _or' ell case. suit of hie own labour. (Apple, se) Tie 9 1: 11 ` e 01, 0 0 1 referring to the speech of Mr. Cardwell " ' d e tedoil sl theatre, said he held in his hand a circula r d t eat sg fst New Orleans, 17th April last, which sheave & leo 0 0 there were 26 American ships loading at 14 ' Ie s ,the; e s 4l Liverpool, comprising a tonnage of 19,627 tu ri r ,5., e , only nine British ships, comprising a tonnage o c _ , it W h o Mr. Cardwell said Free-trade was like Ine r t ? . PlUt e ef. ) , those who gave, as well as those who receivl e f e er, ,:'tlit was one of the blessings we received• n o ols' te g, Another blessing we received from Free-7 s a t t ee a re al" we admitted all American produce free, wb l t 30 P e . o pf e i duty they charged upon our goods was eh° r re etuo N 0 t e 1 OP (Hear.) The speaker then called upon b, con° sent, as they valued the institutions of thelr ges stl• ,t their own rights and privileges, to suPP° 2.l 10 ° kenzie and Turner. (Loud cheers.) to re' wl'i l at p w e • r a s s o specting Free-trade and the Maynooth Gra! ) , esS e .io t n i , me w o h p o in sa io id o he of was the nDoet rahyvtri,Lilsrontallol, the evening made several interruptions ; but t 'i n f o rai s i i io' that his intention was interruption, anti li t loyal (S°6 and it was surprising the good humour shore " The resolution was passed unanimouslY• r es t Mr. WHATHAM proposed the second r_ es t a }o `' o tk it our advertising columns), in a speech of F et ing , ' ll5 and ability, in which he urged upon time rne` to trfi d tr e valued the Protestant institutions of the e e l , .... „ 10_, tIP; own privileges, (which, had the Ewart ftitu_l ( ; . ) 7 0 01' own way, would have been destroyed long 'Jo: sod) or, wished to see their own firesides prospero ove rS: s pj to support Mackenzie and Turner. (Lond im ocer a f r,j The motion was seconded by a .."--„,,a and life CASEMENT—in a speech which, for s ? - t eose " e common sense, deserves a place am ongst ,el by persons in a much higher walk of life. e ePpt , The resolution having been carried, of the T;;,,ASO Mr. ROWETT proposed the thank s , l e r . lie ,bft the Chairman, which was seconded leY " i lr;le and carried by acclamation. P l 'o ' for to s ' After giving three cheers for the Queen , r b e ir for Mackenzie and Turner, and for the meeting separated. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. , The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that President Fillmore is about making public a letter declining to be a candidate for re-election unless the Baltimore Convention will adopt strong resolutions in favour of the finality of the compromise. Lola Montes was to appear at one of the Buffalo Thea tres. Considerable desire was manifested to see her perform. From Mobile advices of the Ioth instant we learn that the Whigs of the fourth district of Alabama, in conven tion, have appointed a Fillmore delegate to the National Whig Convention at Baltimore. From Texas advices state that a riot had occurred at Fort Merritt between the soldiers and a number of gam blers, in which two of the former were killed. Fifteen of the men attached to the Rifles had deserted to Mexico with their arms and equipments. Accounts from Yucatan to the 27th of March mention that great fears were entertained with regard to General Lavenga's command, consisting of six hundred men, which left some time ago, and had not been heard from since. It is thought he may have fallen into an ambus cade, and his whole force been cut off. The Indian war is far from being ended. Canadian advices of a late date say :—The retrench ment bill of last session, for cutting down the salaries of the Judges to £9OO, and the Ministers to £BOO, has received her Majesty's assent. It is a pitiful piece of candle-end economy, utterly unworthy of a sensible cabinet, and ought to remain a dead letter. Men of talent and learning will always fetch their price; the crown cannot buy them cheaper than the public. Alluding to the prospects of the business year, a Que. bec letter of May sth says :—" The business year has begun in earnest; upwards of sixty sail have arrived from sea. and the summer boats are plying with tl.eir usual regularity between Quebec and Montreal. Merchants expect that this will be what is technically called a' good year.' The contracts for timber in England have been made at remunerative prices, and the quantity which is being or has been got out, is unusually large. It is stated that upwards of twenty millions of white pine will this year leave the Ottawa, chiefly for summer deliveries. There will be little done in red pine, I imagine. Ship pers of that article, last year, lost as much as Sd. and 9d. a foot." '- ------, ~cerg _,. f, - HERR STAUDIGCS second grana co.. tre. ' asno t dm ow ae n l place at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson'b e rl' t t ' 1 e iwa m at a ye n e (Tuesday) evening. mean' 6 el; THE PRETENDER'S WATCH.—ATI en d opt - i rii graph has been going the rounds, stn t teb 1 41 / 4 worn by Charles I. in 1645. It should be itorol was worn by Prince Charles Edward in 17 45 1 ' ) , oe, s tu c be I honed in the erroneous account was taken iirsb". e colo t which occurred at Charlcote-park in WIT'," been the by a member of the Lucy family,who he' nouncement in the metropolitanpapere . , be i ,, ti ci e l ed r e e t i t s s e p r e w c o e t gets answering rialgsowiterhyrei n p g i vr a _ l t i nobt. i i t i b h e s:• t : r v o THE QUEEN'S B ar te del,' a l ,- ,tiv.,4 BIRTHDAY. . es r ~ or rr.,, , e; anniv • ersar) of the Queen's natal day, b e ',3o ol ',fve, in this town, as in other parts of the 105 4 tb'„otlriro their respectandattachment. The bells," be 'P I n t d AO' churches rung merry peals; and the shi,n 9 d . a " de r g dior? on the river displayed flags. The roYa',; Elskr., ° f ee, over the front of the Town-hall; and ot"`"pert 'lrst e „jil ing the union jack, the St. George's blinilol.,biNo exhibited at various public buildings. 'Vi e .; es, n wptie' sons, at their houses or places of bugn,, e 'the I '" 10 like manner their gratitude and .ipY a ' 01 1 ;ft health and happiness of their sovereign. _The i'd 0 MR. MAYER'S EGYPTIAN 11117sKust."-: intere-iteo andsMueum, Colquitt-street, is increasing In to eee n tle d il has had visitors who came speeb llli It i i,:te;" Manchester, Birmingham, and Dublin. i n Itito,4 d i from Manchester remarked that, if it We r l n ornWlf, 1 1/ would be crowded daily. The proprietor, t he &l or d '', the wishes of the numerous visitors do r , i led ni nic ° ( l/11 week, has determined, in the most sPIII.O, .',Ol bi t throw it open during that week at half. pia town it will be available also to those of our On he , ; t e o of wish to blend pleasure and instruction 'n • clel ell' occupation of their holidays. __op f ri g rel l c ol, COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND' 101.,te10,),:i ing, an influential meeting of nobleinelde u e r t, ~0 0 ,A was held in Palace-yard, London, to Prrijer,.bch Ilitt o ' numication with the sister country. f ,el I ll ' i tertst:i said it was proposed to construct a vesi - oith i d tPdpi A '' sail at the rate of 20 miles an hour , l'n",, s'o,,, u ' r iar fer motion. It was thought that many ° i their .."-esafolifol induced to visit Ireland, and to invest ; ri g r 0 d A letter to Robert M'Calmont, ,634- ' inioing," 6 ' Oliver W. Lang, 'PO - t long eye' jun., of Chatham , , A n fee A of le d ji an hour at least. The vessel to be • 1 "'" Or 0° tr i l feet broad, with 13 feet draught of vreteriso totti:e .00 6 minal power of 1600 horses. Mr. Ln n g. ri o ne 1 %0/3 0 explained his plans, after which resol' ougge„co the f Abe' c o seconded, and adopted approving of ; 4 o PI 1 appointing a committee. The Margo .- i ree idv , Lord Monteagie spoke on the occasion. v ine, '6 b of a 4. 0 4 A KENTUCKIAN DIFFICULTY. --A ,Tri l. t h e '''„g e Ol o ti two brothers named Shelby, and F..',,,, ° ,.. 9 0f 0 0 : d ', A O rencontre about a young lady. s ister an al l ire - f r iO Cowan was charged with sending " - w ere `,l o . r e eto; letter. Meeting in the streets, pistols s one lei Shelby fired first. Cowan had three ° rold l° 60„ ,1 pistols. Shelby fired all his barrels, one t hirei r i 01 09 the fleshy part of Cowan's thigh. T, a ssingio o l"7o Cowan took effect on Shelby, the ba1L,P 3 06% th et o i l t, side of his neck and out on the other , T o brn h eie e 1f .4 9, Shelby staggered into a store whe re e 'd 0 h oot r i ll was, and fell. The latter then seiz. ei wit * , 1 0 0 advanced on Cowan, and threw it at hli e 0 4 lin t , 1 Cowan then Pursued Alfred with a bo" for th' oli o when several persons interfered, and Il° oe s 0 fC r ti til done.—Cincinnati Inquirer. do 0 o tbod, MILTON'S RIB-BONE.—Mention iS O H ! IO w ais t s/1 , 4i skull • so it may not be out of place to tell 001 handled one of . 111* • C viP er `" ele' d oil :Milt ribs. 0 t ,, ge c leol t ee 0 of the desecration of our divine poe o re . .d eo il l,g. shameful occurrence some of the of 0 0 P, 5 , tip distributed. One fell to the lot of vo r s, 0029 watcha risn agtohi n; i s friend, and between forty-five and forty I bal ,i o c, Joe n don , lo g = a J 0 ;,, house, not many miles from Lo ii i 5 fi e f „t , mined the said rib-bone. That frien_ iires,be of O/ but his son, now in the vale of Year7ot 00,01,11 not, from the reverence felt to the S ly p res. : to ! F e' o ol radise Lost," that he has religiouye b to Il ie iefc't°, cious relic. It might not be agree% 10 --40 1 0 cd , " name published ; but from his ta4te 0,..i5,j,00,i0V of some distinction in literarypu a rs, i FtO :-. 0 q,„0. reader of " Notes and Queries," ° ° ou so l3l o j 0 P / his eye, he may be induced t o send t ) er b es° I know he is able to place th e mat Notes and Queries. ..---- --- tq , AI LIST OF PASSENGERS. — From Boston: Mr. Cham berlain and lady, nurse, infant, and four children ; Mrs. Rollins and sister ' • Mr. Putman ; Mr. F. W. Sargent and lady ; Mr. F. H. Bradley, lady, and daughter; Mr. George B. Blake and lady ; Mrs. Seaver; Mr. G. W. Warren ; Dr. A. Russell ; Mr. W. Albo ; Mr. H. W. Domett ; Mr. J. Chandler; Rev. Dr. Abro ; Mr. W. Rollins; Mr. W. Channing ; Mr. R. C. Elives ; Mr. C. de Blaguera ; Mr. A. Plummer ; Mr. Rotheram ; Mr. Segrave ; Mr. Holland and lady ; Mr. J. Oxford ; Mr. J. Hossock ; Mr. P. Conlay ; Mr. Doherty ' • Mr. A.. Bra ham ; Mr. J: W. Woodward ; Mr. J. Syrnes ; Mr. W. Frost; Mr. Boyle ; Mr. Elini ; Mr. E. Graser ; Mr. S. Smith Mr. F. Paturel ; Mr. J. Woods ' Mr. J. J. Dog hue; 11Ir. J, Schruff ; Mr. V. Schruff ; Mr. Clavadelschu ; Captain Godwich ; Mr. Bloomfield ; Mr. J. Donaldson ; Col. Howard ; Mr. R. Tennant ; Mr. C. Guzfie ; Miss Bernardi' ; Miss Pattison ; Mr. Nelson. From Halifax: Sir Edmund Head and lady; Miss Ren tish and three children, and two female servants ; Mr. Duncan and lady ; Hon. Mr. Hay ; Mr. A. Hodgson ; Mr. Beasley, Mr. Goodzeur, lady, and three children ; Mr. Mackison ; Mr. Havard ; Mr. Bernard ; and Mr. Metztlu. COMMERCIAL, NEW YORK, MAY 10. COTTON.—The market was steady • a fair inquiry pre vailed, and prices had advanced fully 4c. from the point of depression. Sales on the 10th, 4,000 bales ; and on the 11th, 600, the market then drooping. BREADSTUFFS.—Since the advices per Asia, Flour has remained without change, but freights have declined 2d to 3d per barrel. There prevails an impression that receipts will be light for the next thirty days, and the decline in freights to England as well as those on the canals would bear out that anticipation. At Baltimore Flour has ad vanced to S4l to £'4.7 26. The present prices are $4,1 to $4 3-16 for good superfine, and $4l for the best brands of Ohio and Western Flour. New Orleans sells at SAI per brl according to quality. Canada is difficult to sell at above -&43 per brl for common brands, at which there are many buyers ; fancy brands 4541 per barrel ; Southern Flour is steady at S-f t ' i to S'4l per barrel.—Wheat con tinues in very small supply, and the few lots arriving are taken at improving prices. Canada, on the spot, has advanced to =Si per bushel for prime quality. Ge nesee prime white is selling at 109 to 110 cents per bushel for domestic use, and of other kinds the market is bare, though samples of good Michigan are exhibiting to arrive towards the end of this month. The last sale of Machigan was made from store here at £l, but the new arrivals will probably bring a higher price.—The clear ances last week were 1872 bushels for London. 35,201 bushels for :Liverpool, and 11,883 bushels for Glasgow. —lndian Corn is held rather higher since the late decline. Yellow and white are worth 63 to 65 cents per bushel. There were cleared last week 18,254 bushels for Liverpool. —Rye has declined 5 cents per bushel, and the price is now 71 to 72 cents per bushel. There were cleared last week 14,481 bushels for Rotterdam. 450 PROVISIONS exhibited more animation, the movements comprising 400 brls. new prime and mess Pork at £'l6l, S4Ba, and -B`lBl ; 270 pkgs. sugar-cur6l Shoulders and Hams at S to 9 cts., and 10i cts ; 200 brls inferior and 200 brls. prime lard at 91, 10, and 101 cts. ; 450 ditto prime and mess Beef at $6 to 41'71, and B'lo to S'l3 75 ; and 100 ditto Beef Hams at $l6. FREIGHTS.—Rates to Liverpool were dull ; Cotton was at 3-16 d. 1000 to 1500 brls Flour were engaged at ls. 4d. Grain was nominal at 4(1. to sd. To London 1700 brls. Flour were engaged at 25., and 6d. was demanded for Wheat. There was no alteration to notice in rates to Havre or California. A small lot of Cotton was engaged for Bremen at 4- cent. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 10, The Cotton market was very firm on Saturday, and the demand active: sales 5500 bales, at an advance of i over the quotations of Friday. LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.—On Satur day last, a special meeting was held at the Euston-square Station, to consider a bill now before Parliament, to en able the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to ex tend their railway to Birkenhead ; and also to consider an agreement for the working of the railways of the Birken head, Lancashire, Cheshire Junction Company, by the London and Northwestern Company. On the motion of the chairman (Geo. C. Glyn, M.P.,) it was agreed to postpone the consideration of the bill, till the 2nd of June. He then explained that the nature of the agree ment was to obviate the necessity for making a new rail way from Birkenhead to Chester ; and if it were approved, the bill might be withdrawn. He mentioned the various negotiations which had been held out at various times, urged the importance of healthy union with Birkenhead, act part of Liverpool, and recommended the which had been made. Mr. Stewart, the - LIVERPOOL,: TUESDAY, MAY D PRINTED U NittArTti: S ..71111":„.091°Sr 11:,11:4140:AC EVERY BY THE PROPRIETOR,voIt OF No. 47, cANN,,,..0.,-. ` r STANDARD GENERAL PR II L 9 No. 4, S 'q Cgcsel7;:rny T. GEORC INNUAL I' 4 '4 Is of the agreement, after which vas adopted unanimously. Approval v upon which to offer up, —.tun, honour, and honesty, the t 1 grant deceiver forei of the Jews, the hypocritical betrayer of the Church, and Pers tution. Should the as the reckless tamp little Prime Minister again e to appet their re ;imentals, hustings of the ci be made to clanking of swo or his tergiversation Notwithst. esses in a superemi•:ent rayed and deluded yen th Lstituen , litary and d rgh turn up their noses im. He may beat a or Bandon, or Tavis- rnment is tock, or Devon—places whic ,uccess Another thing will may " and had to fly fro in the House of Lords, if he old ace I Pres ga i n I tissues o old and into it ; but London disca and the ringing of spears and the , But he won't. , :ds do not mar the soft music, or intro his admirers boast duce confusion in the mazes of the graceful dance. At Lord JoHN Rus.. Buckingham-palace all is harmoniously ordered, and the j , on . peace-loving Queen is encircled by her peaceable subjects, life is ended No ihabited in rich but peace-denoting robes—a strong and an agreeable contrast to the barbaric splendour of foreign courts, whose grim-looking warriors s instruments show the sort of force upon which based, and by which it is maintained. strike the eye of the observer in the nt court festivities—the variety and richness of the silver, and all that riles and sets off and never were the forms of the robes so graceful and so critically becoming to the the gobemouches of London till the day of trio comes, found to adopt the rest CO:II3IERCLI L AND indut, clearly v n in these pe g days, when be is obliged n his reputation d not bits of lead fired into Drts of speeches in Parlia- f pistols on Wimbledon Common,— ook to. Poets are proverbially fire- —and the spectacle of pistol met ould move the good folks New Orleans, Mobile Uplands.... Stocks .... criptions there the past in the num Truly, a ball-room now is a fair scene, and of lovely women is a group of the graces st occcurred of vital interest to the operatic and musical world. A meeting was held a day ; but it will not do. It or two azo of the patrons and supporters of her Majesty's )1 his dupes, and amuse Theatre, to consider the best means of restoring it to its wistime glory and supremacy. It is pretty generally known that the present "management" is not fortunate, under pecuniary c 3 on the establishment amounted to the; considerable figure of £30.000. The Duke of WELLINGTON, who is passionately fond of music, and who has ever been a chief supporter of her Majesty's Theatre, munificently proposed to stand zodfather to half the debt, £40,100, provided others can and to put the establishment becoming the greatest lyrical theatre in the )rld. Such an offer cannot fail to find seconders, and erefore we may confidently hope to see this splendid )use soon restored to its former high and palmy state— ie elopement of the Wagner, and that " calculating ay," her pa, to the contrary notwithstanding. MONETARY NEW S. MlN____.L_lllM.iiii. A. WATCH THAT GOES ON A DUPLICATE MOVEMENT e know a medical student, who when he allud tot), calls it affectionately " hi,s popp-i MONDAY NIGHT THE reduction of the rate of interest allowed upon Exchequer Bills from 11d. to 11d. per day, and the announcement that a similar reduction is about to be made in the interest upon India Bonds, has given a further indication of the abundance of money in the market, and of the confidence enter tained in its continuance. There has been also an increase in the stock of bullion in the bank, since the last return, of £73,869; and from the accounts received from all quarters there is every probability of further accumulations being received. It is a curious fact, however, not very easily accounted for by those who contend for the existence of an active and prosperous business throughout the country, that the circulation of notes does not increase with that of gold ; but that, on the contrary, there has been a decrease during the past week of £2 31,8 10. This circumstance may probably be accounted for on the supposition that a portion of the bank's stock of specie has been caused by the withdrawal of gold coin from domestic circulation, owing to an absence of active business to employ it profitably. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 15th of May gives the following re sults when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. £4,265,675 ; Increase £739,224 Other deposits .. .. 13,686,289 ; Decrease 444,478 Rest .. .. 3,126,621; Increase 1,663 On the other side of the account — Government securities X 13,451,657; Increase 113,634 Other securities.. .. 10,765,581 ; Decrease 122,914 Notes unemployed .. 12,148,865 ; Increase 261,850 The amount of notes in circulation is f 21,670,2 35, being a decrease of £174,880; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £20,304,906, show ing an increase of £7 3,8 69 when compared with the preceding return. The accounts from the Continental money mar kets continue uninteresting. In Paris it has been stated that the reimbursement of about £1,200,000, demanded by the Emperor of Russia on account of the Five per Cents. held by him, has already been effected. At Hamburgh money has again become rather more in demand, and the rate of discount is 4 per cent. From St. Petersburgh it is mentioned that milder weather had set in, and that the opening of the navigation might soon be expected. Several shipments of gold to England will then take place. The week past has been characterised by the same lack of business in the share market as was observed of the preceding week. The tendency of prices until this morning has been downwards throughout, not, however, from any pressure of stock, but altogether from the morbid habit of " the bears" to lower prices whenever the public are (inlet. In this instance, from the increasing current of bullion into the kingdom, there is every appearance of their having to pay the penalty of their folly. The " Crystal Palace" Company's shares have excited some interest. We have not heard, however, of there having been transactions in them inside our own Stock Exchange, though elsewhere they have been much dealt in, and quoted as high as 1- prm. Gold mining shares continue very flat. This day our market opened extremely , buoyant, prices generally advanced, but the im provement has scarcely been maintained to the close. We annex quotations : Late Ches. and B'head, 17 1 3-1 6 ; Cadedonian 19T; Ditto, preference shares, 81 ; Eastern Coun ties. 9 1 5-1 6 ; Old Leeds, 721 11 1; Lancaster Carlisle Thirds, 9lp. ; Leeds Northern, 16 ; Lon don stock, 1234- 122 - ; Midland, 68i a 2 ; North Staffordshire, 61d ; North Union A shares, 254 ; St. Helen's Rail. and Canal, 70 ; York and North Midland, 24i ; Union Bank, 11 111. The Produce Market during the week has been moderately active, a good demand continuing for SUGAR, of which both refiners and consumers have bought freely at full prices.—COFFEE has been less in request • but prices cannot be quoted lower.— The market for TEA has been quiet, and most articles of Dryselteries have been dull of sale. COTTON.—Since our last, the excitement which prevailed previously to the arrival of the Asia has subsided, and the advance upon prices of about Id. has been lost upon all qualities below middling. Middling was also easier to buy at the close of the week. For all qualities above, the market remained tight. The total sales, as made up for the circular, were 89,480 hales, of which speculators took 28,780 exporters 14,260, and the trade 4 6,4 60. The sales on Friday were 7 000 bales, of which 2000 were on speculation : and on Saturday 8000, of which 3 000 were for speculation. The market closes steady, but without animation, the advices per the Niagara, which is now off the port, being waited for. The following are the latest prices :- 1852. 1851. . 6kd. 6.1-d. per pound. . ktd. .... 6d. ft 51d. 601,750.... 701,220 „ It is possible that the disposition to advance prices has been, to some extent, checked by the dullness I prevailing in the Manchester market, both the continental and East Indian demand for goods being unpromising. WooL.—The Wool sales in London, which com menced on Thursday afternoon, have been exciting unusual attention, owing to the apprehensions res pecting the supply from Australia. The quantity declared is only 25,000 bales, a considerable portion of which was reported as being unfit for fine cloth ing purposes. The competition was very active, and prices, compared with those obtained at previous auctions, shewed an advance of VA. to 3d. per lb. I R ON.—There has been a lively demand during the week for rails, which have been wanted for railways in India, America, and the Continent, and prices are quoted 10s. per ton higher, upon which terms some contracts have been made. In other is an improved feeling, and prices are gradually creeping up. A failure which occurred at Dundee on Tuesday L O : last, and which was scarcely thought to require no " tice, proves more serious than was anticipated. ch The establishment was that of Mr. John Birse, a m* flax-spinner, and there is said to be only 2s. in the ;d. pound for liabilit n- £30,000 Ntween £25,000 and to his him from that condign punishr GLADSTONE xt would put hiff reng nd CA rid MILNER GIBSON GEORGE Poor C scription of his queerer pos' asiveness and nd in support of a be drilled out of t lc of " The Rov; )t particular to a shad i an in-odoured rat of the in and Cant e repug- , at opposing armies, of one thing cite certain, ther cordiality or ustained co-operation among the leaders of the several divisions. At this moment, distrust, disunion, and disruption, reigns in the enemy's camp. Lord Jotis RUSSELL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, however they may that there will not be e ompliments and call e :h other endearing names and only want the favourable opportunity to give each other a clawing, after the fashion of the celebrated Kilkenny tabbies. As to GLADSTONE as jealous as two cats, and NEWCASTLE, there never was even the pretence of cordiality between them and, the minions of the house of RUSSELL. Their temporary - alliance was similar to that between sharp attornies and equally sharp Jew clients, to suit a common purpose for the moment, and then " to do" each other on the first convenient occasion. PALMERS TON'S hollow show cf reneweciamity with his former chief deceived nobody, least of all the brace of worthies them selves. The proud and self-satisfied ex-Foreign Minister the man who ignominously kicked him out of office to satify the spleen of such a snipe as Lord GREY. Lord JOHN'S preposterous pretension to the premiership, ever forgivl under all contemn' own followers, and I lea of joining co ted combinations, has disgusted even s caused the PEELITES to give Ktny with his ragged regiment. ort, there is no bond of union between them ; and whoever be the commanders in the new House of Com mons, there will be irreconcileable jealousies between the disciples of PEEL, and the pupils of RUSSELL. Last week I predicted that there would be a course of obstructive tactics pursued by the POPE'S light and heavy forces of an unusual character on the Maynooth Committee question, and the proceedings of that infatuated band has even exceeded my anticipations. One is at a loss to know whether to pity or abhor most the free-born Englishmen who thus do the bidding of the Vatican so slavishly, and roll themselves in the mire at the command of Dr. WISENIA.N. But there is a point of degradation and tyranny to which of Pio NONO will not sub- e sacerdotal " niggers mit. Luckily there is no living thing in nature, however abject and vile, that will not turn on its oppressor if driven to the last extremity. The tail of the new Romish hierarchy has, scorpion -like, rebelled against the head, and, turning round, has dug its fangs into it with a ven geance. Dr. HocanTn, the Pope-made " Bishop of Hex and his clergy, have resolved no longer to endure without a at: espotism, the soul-destroy- ry that C WISEMANWOUId inflict upon them ramontane Their vigorous protes system attempted to be established in all its force in is a promising sign of resistance to Romish England forged to bind bodies and souls to superstition and ignorance ; it is le commencement de la fin ; and amounts to a vote of thanks to the Protestant people of Great Britain for their noble and enthusiastic repression of the first insolent a Pontiff" and his audacious f the Roman Catholic clergy of chains usurpatio of the " Sovereig This protest o Newcastle is a cheering r went, which awakens Dt far distant when our Roman and clerical, will bless us for intolerable thraldom which AN, and Dr. PAUL CULLEN Noso, Cardina. ned for them dissolution, and the short-lived season, and the breaking-up of old ties, and the forming '<Ale, and the scheming, and Despite the in of new connections, and the t alculations appertaining to the coming general elec- tion, London keeps up the dance of pleasure and amuse ment into which she has lately entered with unabated rit and unflagging zest. Carpe diem is the motto of hionable life ; and in proportion to the briefness of the tted to the enjoyment of mask and revel, is the taries of social pleasure to One reads in ever lloratia nciple FOREIGN A \~ i i " f a ?fillal vp klsl 011),1 i 0 14 • ti tbkS V il 1