The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

Eiterpcoi 6"-itc-afoarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MOANING NOTWITHSTANDING the near approach of Christmas when, in ordinary years, everybody is eager to get out of to enjoy the hospitalities of country cousins, and ties of the season,—when all, but those whose the ge •eations consist in going from theatre to theatre to exhilarate their spirits, and expand their imaginations ness as the blu cold, ix essing the pantomimes, rush out of London to with as mu, h haste and earnest- they crowd the steamers to the Rhine, or to r take the rail for the C timberland Lakes, or s of Scotland at midsummer;—at this moist, uddy moment, everybody is chained to the metro- ms to have forgotten that the highest English festival of the year is close upon them The only theme tercst ; the exclusive topic of club gossip ; the sure to e upperm t in every mind where two or three are met together, in pa our or hall, or at the of the streets, is the " Ministerial crisis rd DERBY, and the t atened advent of a A.dministratio: as the crisis s been a triumph s of ti erable amount of pa! tronage a ood or ssitous heir for, de elec. " Irela allowe' of the country into or humii. .s they used to That not only have the followers Of DANIEL ELL accomplished their leader's wish of obtaining for the Iris' 1 ' " but that they have succeeded in ,nd and Scotland to the and of their heritage isiness of the long debate on the budget was not finish without a brilliant encounter which most intense interest on both sides of the house, and was also listened to by the Earl of DERBY and )ers of the House of Lords. I replying on question, Mr. DISRAELI took the opportunity of defending his be get, but of exposing, with arcasrn, the individual weakness and inconsis e chief speakers opposed to him. Sir C. Woo]) lashing to which his COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS MONDAY NIGHT. THE buoyancy of the Stock and Share markets during the past few days, notwithstanding a minis• terial crisis, is claimed by some parties as showing a feeling on the part of capitalists adverse to the Derby Administration. It seems very doubtful, however, whether this is the correct interpretation of the fact; and probably we should be nearer the truth if we attributed it rather to the easy state of the money market, allowing something for the confidence entertained by capitalists, that under no circumstances is it likely that we can be afflicted with a purely Whig Administration, or one in which the Manchester and ultra parties will be allowed to predominate. Upon business in our own port the defeat of the Government has been productive of very depressing effects. Should Lord Aberdeen be able to patch up a Peelite Administration, any finan cial statement must be postponed until spring, which will leave several important questions in a state of suspense. The Returns from the Bank of England for the week ending the 11th December give the following results when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. £ 7,955,077; Increase .. £317.367 Other deposits .. .. 12,507,244 ; Decrease.. 192,059 Rest .. 3,077,217; Increase .. 2,206 On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,962,688 ; the same as before. Other securities .. 12,620,203 ; Increase.. £209,382 Notes unemployed .. 12,415,100 ; Decrease 108,640 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,555,570, being an increase of £167,580 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £21,510,155, show ing a decrease of £298,177, when compared with the preceding return. Notes i ISSUE DEPARTMENT. sued .. £34,970,G70 j Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin 1kbu1n.20,951,516 I Silver bullion .. 19,154 £34,970,670 BANKING DEPARTMENT ,053,000 Gov. securities.Xl3,962,6BB 3,077,217 Other securities 12,620,203 7,955,077 Notes .... 12,415,100 12,507,244 Gold & silt'. coin 539,485 1,444,938 I £39,537,476 I £39,537,476 The Radice' sight of sending for him on his name old supporter of ti n existence 'e appointed Gold S the Royal Nurser BRIGHT, elevat Life of Thom 'tory of the C e defeat he Governmen Pander to tt And if it occurred that any ,LLs did suggest that wer has been that Waiting Chamberlain, or died out' rank of Chance "Don Carlos Moore" made Prime Minister .et to be of quite arrived Brigade carr: of the United Kingdom it man Catholics, and a to their o listen to th r prete the pries 'action, a o balance parties, and ndon IT t people II COMMOT t we are rt ood. It i the " Emerald Is cas of the Tablet, a g tneir called hierarchy, but t their disposal, eels of Government will revolve smoothl ons ; take meas d overthrow the most might establish for her he return of such men as Ir. Duffy of the Nation; weight into ion, can thr evolved Peelites profess to regard the matter as a a of feeling in res for the , t to their ver (temple s licy been adopt( made co tensions tion to stane by the altar and the throne—we But w PA LMERSTOII now with having " done it all.' longer act ncum bra anchester peculiar erions crotchets ; and the Tories, with consi- ew of reason, say that had a definite line of po ed and maintained ; had the aristocracy moron cause from the first with the working gland—with the men who overthrew the pr the Republican leaders of the commonwealth teenth century, and who, on the 10th April, .awed the followers of Mr. FEARGU S by practically evincing their determine- who, for many years past, dared to make a rhich, while it did bare justice to the middle 'used to oppress the poor, or to rob the affluent. say the Whigs—the members of that effete ernment which has fallen to pieces from internal a and inherent imbecility ? They charge Lord as they once charged a more august He shattered , as a pots- I in the desert when it becomes an empty he rendered the Mi- :e; and, more than that, ontemptible, th - at, in the arrangements whicF 3 about since the majority of TI rd JOHN RUSSELL'S name has scarcely been 3—never but as that of a subordinate. The late indeed, must have found his own level in the :citement and heartburnings which have the rejection of the Budget. The QUEEN The public have n forget the merciies. ad exposed him, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM a for a share of the of the indignant who seemed determineC on the eve of his 1 COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY, at his intellectual strengt: speech was ffective that it was mmediately replied to by salient points, and ' IMPORTANT TO CARRIERS AND RAILWAY COMPANIES. was the excitement that the house refused to RIMPTON V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY npression weakened, and proceeded at once to COMPANY. His Honour gave judgment in this case, which was tried ght imagine that all Nature weeps, or, at any in the above court some time ago. The Darned Judge com menced by regretting that the sum in dispute was so small ws a sympathy with the cloud which has been that the question could not be submitted to the correction the hopes of the Conservative party. In corn- of a superior court. The plaintiff is a common carrier, a the rest of the country, we have been deluged and collects small parcels in Liverpool, which he makes in one large parcel, and forwards them in such form to , and the greater part of the low lands round the up London, Birmingham, and elsewhere, to his (the plain lis are under water. It is difficult to predict what tiff's) agent or correspondent, for the purpose of distribu the consequence of such a continuous soaking of tion at such places, making a considerable profit by doing so. The package thns made up was called " a packed but many are entertaining serious apprehensions parcel," and for the conveyance of such the defendants text year's harvest. It may, however, like the charged double the ordinary charge. These double ''ng of the Nile, add to the fertility of the land, charges the plaintiff paid under protest, and now brought accidents have occurred through the giving way his action for money had and received, for the amount of .... )f sewers, and the foundations of many buildings are very trespeoeixnttreaocfhtmgecs. case , Asfutedr statingrevieng at great length all wi the nature of the law and the various decisions bearing upon it, his Honour concluded by saying .—" For one parcel, charged by mis take against the plaintiff as a " packed parcel," but proved said that Mr. Wallis, not to have been so, it is admitted there must be a verdict nodern works of art is well for the plaintiff for the extra amount charged. Upon all in Liverpool. This is the other parcels I allow, in addition to the single charge, ..,, and ought to be which never would have been made for them if not coming n the patronage accorded to him as a dealer. originally from or intended finally for different persons, c,unday night, about ten per cent. upon such single rate of charge, as a reason d broke out in the premises able remuneration for the extra risk and responsibility the provision-stores of Messrs. Carnes and (whatever that may be) incurred by the company in carry in Chapel-street. Fortunately the fire, which ing such packages. This allowance of ten per cent., posed to have been occasioned by a Congreve however, must not be taken as a precedent for any future a tobacconist's shop, was confined to that place, decision. Should the question come before me I shall must have been very great, as the premises expect to be furnished with evidence on this point, which -- , Pcted with stocks of highly valu a bl e an d may more accu r at el y g uide m y judgment." A verdict It was extinguished principally was then entered for the plaintiff. FRAUD SUMMONSES. ,;TS' DINING Rooms.—The sale of the There were about fifteen summonses upon unsatisfied os in Tithebarn-street, judgments heard, in several of which the parties came to Rooms, Messrs. I terms, and in others they were ordered to be committed • - After 1 for periods varying from ten to thirty days. who took the most have t WORKS —lt is sive collection of n It to the taste o L-STR. en o'clock, a fir, property e local main sive prernis :officiat Tish and Feeny proprieto it was knocked down to Mr Joseph Greetham came before the court for his final for Mr. James Morrish, order. He was supported by Mr. Frodsharn, and opposed This sum was solely for by Mr. Jones, on behalf of the assignees. Mr. Simon, stock and the fixtures to the barrister, also appeared to oppose, on behalf of a __. We understand that Mr. creditor named Taylor, but as Mr. Taylor had not opposed acing arrangements for opening a similar on the second hearing, and as his attorney had endea nt, on a larger scale, in the immediate vicinity voured to make terms with Mr. Greetham, his honour lunge. refused to hear Mr. Simon. i OT ENGLAND TRAINING SCHOOL—The Mr. Frodsbam stated that his honour bad decided at annual meeting of the Liverpool Church of the last hearing, that half the salary of the insolvent should Training School, Cornwallis-street, was held be set apart for the creditors. This amounted to £l5 per ter the patronage of the Lord BISHOP of month, and two payments had been made, but as the , enerable AnCHDEACON of LIVERPOOL, the insolvent had been discharged from his situation he was .ter. CAMPBELL, &c. His Worship, S. HoLmE, unable to pay more, and in fact had been obliged to i ., the mayor, occupied the chair, and the large borrow the money to pay his last instalment. It was school-room was filled with ladies and gentlemen, objected on the part of the assignees that the discharge of who partook of tea to celebrate the occasion. the insolvent was merely colourable, it being intended to Mr. J. Veacock ably presided at the piano -forte, again take him into the service of the gas company after and a collection of most beautiful pieces were sung his final order had been obtained ; but on its being proved during the evening. His Worship addressed the assembly to the satisfaction of the learned judge that. the discharge in eloquent terms, setting forth the usefulness and ex- was absolute, the final order was granted. cellence of the institution, an concluded by calling upon The following parties had their final orders granted : Mr. W. Clark, the master ands ecretary of the school, w h o John Martin, Thomas Brownbill, William Lancaster, delivered a forcible and lucid speech, showing the goo d Richard Walsh, William Jones, Henry Brookes, and John which had been done in the way of tuition, more especially Tunstall. in the training of masters and mistresses. Mr. H. Banner ' next addressed the meeting, dwelling more particularly EGYPT AND THE NILE.—As this interesting panorama on the advantages of the Orphan Schools for girls and will shortly close, those who have not yet seen it should boys ; the former, he observed, had now 150 parentless not lose the opportunity of doing so at once. It is a children under its care, and the latter, although the really beautiful painting, showing the most important foundation stone was only laid by the late mayor, had no relics of ancient Egypt and the mysterious Nile from less than 40 boys ; and it was a remarkable fact that, out Grand Cairo up and down, including the Great Desert, of the number of children in those Institutions, all the Pyramids, the Sphinx, &c. of whom bad been deprived of their natural guardians, EXHIBITION or PAINTIN GS.—TheLiverpoolAcademy's there w as not one whose parents had ever applied for Exhibition will, it is announced, be closed on the 24th pariah r elief. (Applause.) Mr. Banner was followed by instant. The lovers of art who have not visited this Mr. Alderman Dover, the Rev. H. H. Higgins, the Rev. fine collection, should lose no time in doing so. On the Mr. Fleming, and others ; and a very harmonious and 27th it will be re-opened to the working classes, at re highly delightful evening was passed. duced prices ; and with the usual liberality of the A RETURNED C ALIFORNIAN sa y s he lived f c r ten days 1 Academy, an invitation will be sent to all the charitable on the broth ha made of an old door-met. I achools of the town, ,o bougi for £1 leaving the Rev. R valuatio e instant ans, Prop.'s capital.£l4 Public deposits Other deposits 7 -day, &C. bills Our SHARE MARKET has been very quiet, but very firm, all week. Prices receded a little on the receipt of the news respecting the defeat of Minis ters, but the check was of short duration. Increased orders were received at the lower rates; a reaction to a point higher than before the decline was the consequence. To-day, the market has been very good; and a large business would have been done, had there been stock to supply the demand. Much attention is being given to the great excitement in Mining Shares, the speculations in which, however, are almost altogether confined to the London market. We annex the quotations of this day :—Caledonians, 35 4i; Chester and Holyhead, 24 ; Eastern Coun ties, 131; East Lancashire, 191; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85/ * I; ditto E. 16, *p; London stock, 126/ 6 ; Sheffield stock, 31 ; Midland stock, 801 I * ; North British, 10 1-16 1- Dover stock, 244 a a a a 5 4i; York and North Midland, 30 *; Dublin and Belfast Junction, lid. PRODUCE.—Our produce market during the has been dull, and prices of some articles a shade lower, the uncertainty as to the formation of a government depressing the spirits of speculators. To-DAY there has been rather more inquiry for SUGAR, and, including Saturday's business, the sales comprise 500 hhds. Demerara at an average of 335. 6d ; 100 hhds. Jamaica at 355. 3d. to 375. 6d. ; 1650 bags Dates at 345. 6d. to 375. 6d. ; 500 bags yellow Cossipore at 40s. 6d., and 1250 bags Madras at 31s. 6d. to 31s. gd. per cwt. —Of MOLASSES, 110 puns. Demerara have been sold, deliverable from the quay, at 15s. 9d. per cwt. — Nothing has taken place in Rum or COFFEE.—We have had a steady business doing in TEA to-day ; the accounts received from China to the end of October are in favour of a further advance in the article, exports having fallen off materially.-2,000 bags good middling Bengal RICE have realised 12s. gd., and 650 bags SAGO FLOUR 18s. 9d. per cwt.—By auction, 15 tons LIMANVOOD, with all faults, went at £l4 ss. to £l4 7s. 6d. ; 35 tons Puerto Cabello FUSTIC at 158. per ton, and 37 casks Oporto red ARGOLS at 293. 6d. per cwt. COTTON.—The advices per Asia on the 13th instant, being more favourable than anticipated, imparted more steadiness to our market, and 36,870 bales were sold, including 6,020 bales to speculators and 1,300 to importers. There was no material change in prices, although, American sorts having been neglected during the previous week, an advance of Id. to /.d. per lb. was realised over previous nominal prices. The accounts per Asia tended to a belief in a larger crop than last year, which must ultimately depress our market. Though spinners have now only small stocks their imports are coming in, and, with large receipts and ship ments, their purchases will continue small. The arrival of the America to-day brings advices of falling markets, which are met and counterbalanced by the effects of increased rates of frieght—those of cotton being quoted at -Id. per lb. from New Orleans, and id. from Mobile. By telegraph from New Orleans the price of middling was reported at 81 cents. per lb., which brings it nearer to oar rates here. TO-DAY the market continues steady, the business on Saturday and to-day amounting toge ther to about 10,000 bales, nearly all to the trade, at very full prices. WooL.—The greater part of the Wool now here being held for public sale, on the 22nd and 23rd instant, there has been but little doing in Foreign Wool this week ; prices are without change. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER qi, 185 Q. DECREASE OF OUR EXPORTS OF MANU FACTURED COTTON TO AUSTRALIA. orary expresses some surprise at the fact that, notwithstanding the great influx of population into Aus tralia, the imports of manufactured cotton goods have decreased during the past month, as shown in Burn's Co lonial Circular, published yesterday. We believe that, on a careful inquiry being instituted, it will be found that there has been a smaller increase in the recorded imports of all other textile fabrics than might have been expected to these colonies. This may be accounted for by the fact that emigrants generally take out with them an abundant stock of ready-made wearing apparel, and other necessaries. The settlers have also, it is most probable, been extensively supplied from the nearer markets with articles known to be suitable for their wants and peculiar pursuits. The increase of the population, it should also be borne in mind, is composed of males. who require woollens more than cotton goods. A conten NEW OCEAN STEAM-SHIP ARABIA. new steamer, forming a splendid addition to the fleet supplied by the Cunard Company for the transmis sion of the royal mails between this country and North America, arrived in this port from the Clyde, on Tuesday morning last. after a most satisfactory run from the Cloch light, near Greenock, to the Bell Buoy in the Mersey, of 121 hours, against a moderate head wind. She left Greenock on Monday afternoon, at 4h. 5m., passed the Cloch lighthouse, about three miles down the Clyde, in a quarter of an hour, and shortly afterwards was put to her full speed. The rapidity of her passage, however, will be best shown by the following notes, out f which an allow ance must be made for stoppages : Cloch Light Cumbrae... 4 57 even 541 „ .. h. m. Port Patrick .. 930 even Mull of Gallowaylo 29 ~ Pladda Point of Ayr .: 11 52 ~ Ailsa Craig .... 746 ~ I Bell Buoy .... 547 morn. During the voyage the Arabia carried about 240 tons of coals, and was drawing 16ft. 7in.aft, and 16ft. sin. forward. The distance accomplished in the .121 hours specified is no less than 200 miles, giving an average rate of 16 miles an hour, which, we scarcely need add, was much higher than is usually maintained by Ocean steamers. Nearly throughout the trip the vessel's engines made about 18 revolutions per minute, and were sometimes as high as 18k. Her motion was easy and pleasant, and several nautical and scientific gentlemen on board expressed a confident opinion that she would prove one of the fastest, if not the fastest vessel afloat, and that she would cross the Atlantic in less time than ithadever been crossed by any other steamer. _ _ _ The Arabia is commanded by Captain C. H. E. Judkins, late of the Asia, the able commodore of the fleet, to whom has been entrusted the command of most of the new ships of this line, as they have been brought out. Nor could she well have been placed in charge of a better, more skilful, or braver officer, or one whose intelligence, urba nity, attention to passengers, and success in overcoming all difficulties are so well known or so highly appreciated. The model of this vessel has been greatly admired by competent jndges of naval architecture. It gives her great stowage capacity, and seems likely to impart more than ordinary comfort as a sea-going boat to her passen gers. Her hull, in appearance, resembles the Asia and Africa, as she has like them extreme sharpness fore and aft, a gracefully-curved stem, and an elliptical or round stern. She is somewhat differently rigged, however, hav ing two masts and two funnels—the latter fore and aft of the machinery, and the former sparred like a brig—man of-war fashion. The following are her dimensions : Extreme length, 310 feet ; keel, 285 feet; beam, 41 feet ; depth of hold, 28 feet ; registered burthen — custom-Louse measurement, 2,393 tons ; old measurement, 2,292 tons. Her machinery, which has been supplied by Mr. R. Na pier, Glasgow, consists of a pair of side-levers, with an aggregate power of 950 horses. They are believed to be the largest marine engines afloat, and the principal parts are of the following dimensions :—Diameter of cylinders, 103 inches ; length of stroke, 9 feet ; diameter of paddle wheels, 36 feet. During the passage from the Clyde, they worked with wonderful smoothness, at a maximum speed of 181 revolutions per minute. The most ponder ous masses of metal, as well as the minutest portions, are all beautifully finished, and their details include every appliance for ascertaining and regulating the speed of the engine, the amount of water and pressure of steam in the boilers, and even the quantity of saline matter in the " hot water." The boilers are four in number—two at either end of the machinery—and of tubular construction. Between each pair of boilers there is a passage, with fur naces on both sides. The coal bunkers are placed round the engine -room, whence the coals are "shunted" into e chamber convenient for " firing." Apart from the pro pelling machinery, and having separate boilers, are two " donkey" engines, with hard work of a multifarious nature—such as heating the ship, pumping the bilges, condensing fresh water, working the fire hose, and other et ceteras. The Arabia has a handsome figure-head, carved by Mr. A. Robinson, of this town, representing an Arab chief in the flowing costume of his race, and in an attitude of war like defiance. Her stern is elliptical, adorned with carvings in the Tloresco fashion, and such as might have orna mented the Arab Palace of the Alhambra. The paddle wheels are 37 feet in diameter, with fixed wooden floats, 11 feet long by about 3/ broad. A striking feature in the ship is the immense promenade deck, extending over the deck houses from stem to stern. This can be kept clear, as the working of the ship can, for the most par'r, be performed on the main deck. lip's boats, hung in improved tackling. ____ the arrangements for navigating the vessel we ob _ _rveetwo compasses in the wheel-house, and one on the promenade deck, all on dolphin binnacles, and made by Messrs. Gray and Keen, of this town. Nearly amidships, and inside what at sea will be covered in and made into a smoking-room, there are two patent capstans with multi plying power, the design of which is registered by Messrs. Ogden and Barnes, of the Brunswick Foundry, but in vented, we were told, by one of the engineers of the company. At the fore end of the promenade deck were two of Porter's patent anchors, of the same design as that which attested its superiority in the late trials, manufac tured by Messrs. H. Wood and Co., of this town. There is a topgallant forecastle for the seamen, in the centre of which is a powerful capstan and riding chocks for the cable, instead of a windlass, the capstan being worked on the roof of the forecastle. There are numerous closets on deck, mess rooms and berths for the officers and engineers, a large cook-house, cow-house, surgery, and ice-houses. The crew consists of about 26 able seamen, 40 firemen, and, including the numerous hands in the engineers', stewards', and cooks' departments, a complement altoge ther of about 130 persons. The deck-houses extend the whole length of the ship. Their after-part - is occupied by the wheelhouse, with the captain's cabin on the starboard, and the chief officer's cabin on the larboard side, each of which is a spacious apartment, ornamented with paintings on panels. For ward is the chief or dining saloon, entered from the fore end, 60 feet long by 20 wide, and calculated to accommo date a " party" of 160. The wood-work is beautifully polished bird's-eye maple, the panelling marked by gilt moulding, and containing a chaste design of inlaid ebony. There are spiral columns between the panels, also of maple. The furniture of the saloon is splendid and costly. The seats are covered with crimson Utrecht velvet ; the floor with a rich tapestry carpet; and the windows are hung with crimson damask curtains. The saloon is lighted by square windows and by a handsome cupola or louvre, with frosted panes, on which are appropriate designs in stained gloss. There are handsome mirrors at each end, the frames adorned with carvings of camels, horses, and other designs appropriate to Arabia. The steward's pantry is fitted up in the most liberal and costly manner, with plate, glass, china, and crockery of every description, which cost upwards of £2,000. In the en trance lobby, between the pantry and the saloon, are a pair of handsome oaken bookcases, containing a well. selected library of about 200 volumes. Below are the state rooms ; those attached to the after-saloon con taining 75 berths, and there being 64 forward — all fitted up and upholstered in the most com fortable and tasteful style. The ladies' boudoir is the most beautiful room in the ship ; lined with satin-wood, and fitted with panels of Arabesque filagree work and paintings of Arabian scenery on glass ; the floor covered with a rich velvet pile carpet, and the seats resembling eastern ottomans in their luxurious softness. The whole of the fittings up, except the wood-work, have been executed by Messrs. M'Murray and Boyd, of Glasgow. There is among the deckhouses a neat fore saloon 30 feet long, and below it more sleeping berths and ; dining room fo;second class passengers. 'throughout the ship, light and thorough ventilation have been most successfully combined, the apparatus for the latter so arranged that the draught of air may anywhere be cut off without in the least affecting the general supply. Very little is required to prepare the Arabia for sea. She is announced to sail for New York on New Year's day —next Saturday week. May she have a prosperous voyage on that occasion, and Walk the waters like a thing of life, for many years to come, of pleasant, peaceful, and profitable intercourse with our Transatlantic brethren. CRICKETING.—The cricketers of this town will be glad to learn that " The All England Eleven " will pay Liver pool another visit next summer. The match will be " Eleven of All England against Twenty-two of Liverpool Olympic Club and Ground," and will come off about the end of May or beginning of June. The proceedings will be under the management of a special committee, of which Mr. Lennox—who so ably superintended the last match — is secretary. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR WORKS.—In addition to the ravages made by the recent floods, a fearful thunderstorm raged at Holyhead on Thursday evening, which has caused much damage in the locality. At the old harbour William Hughes was engaged on the landing jetty, when one of the cranes, being too heavily laden, fell with terrific violence, and hurled him into the sea, though picked up in a few minutes, life was extinct, the head having been nearly severed from the body by the force of the blow. At the new harbour works on Tuesday two men were at work on a stage nearly 30 feet high, when the end of one of the planks on which they stood gave way, precipitating both to the ground. One escaped with little injury ; but the other, a young man named Griffith Williams, has since died. Serious differences continue to exist between the contractors for thes&works and the men in their employ. INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Sunday, an atrocious act of inceadiarism was perpetrated at Anslow, near Burton-on- Trent, which resulted in the destruction of twelve stacks of corn and hay, the produce of nearly 300 acres of land, belonging to Mr. Sutton, a farmer. Two men, one of them a son of Mr. Sutton, with whom he has been on bad terms, have been taken into custody on suspicion, and remanded for further examination. NEW SPECIES OF LOCOMOTION.—GaIignani informs us that a number of persons were collected on Saturday on the esplanade near the Church of St. Vincent de Paule, viewing a small carriage with two men in it, moving about with the utmost facility in every direction, without the aid of horses. The motive power was air compressed by means sufficiently economical, it was said, to allow its employment in most of the cases in which steam is now used. MUSIC AND THE DRAM paration " Three THEATRE ROYAL.—The pantomime in prey here, to be brought out next Monday, is called ' Legs ! King of Man ; or, Harlequin Lord Stanlie an Eagle and Child." The piece opens in the Isle of Man. but the scene shifts to. Liverpool and the neighbourhood as the plot progresses. The curtain will rise upon the diplomatic retreat of Lord Kneebone, prime minister to his majesty Three Legs. A cabinet council is being held, the premier surrounded by Lords Anclebone, Shinbone, Thighbone, and other ministers of the King of Man. The cause of deliberation is that which has of late occupied the honourable Commons House of parliament very much, namely, the means and manner of raising the supplies. The cabinet is in a regular quandary, when suddenly the postman comes in with a letter from Lady Latham, enclosing the prime minister a £2O note, and promising him as much more if he will do a good turn for her. Her ladyship has only a daughter, and her hus band Sir Thomas being very desirous of a male heir, and great domestic comfort being the consequence of the want thereof, she is very solicitous of having one. Jr. _ . Shallalaballah, the court physician, undertake - s to pass off a suppositious child, and the waters then commence rising, and the ministry disappear, so that the deluge is not altogether after them. The next scene will open in our own county, where , from the midst of a hush, appears the Genius of the Red Rose of Lancaster, who is propi tious to Isabella, the daughter of Sir Thomas Latham. The Genius declares that she will protect in her birthright the young lady who once saved her from the gardener's knife, when amongst the flower beds of Latham-house, and the surrounding roses acquiesce in her determination. Then comes, in due order, a ball at King Three Legs' palace. The suppositious child is here produced by Dr. Shallalaballah, and the monarch determines to start at once to Latham-house, which he does, watched by the detective Genius of the Red Rose. The audience will accompany them on their voyage from Douglas to Liver pool, and will be allowed a peep into the fair Isabella's chamber. But her lover, Lord Stanlie, will soon appear with little delicacies, in which the wares of the Everton tof fee-shop will not be forgotten, Great will be the perils of the loving pair, and numerous their adventures—a friendly eagle, in the course thereof, tearing the suppositious child, with whom, and Dr. Shallalaballah, they come in contact. The wicked Three Legs at last brings nothing less vicious than a Manx cat to torment them ; and Lord Stanlie is about having himself considerably scratched by the unamiable grimalkin, when the transformation takes place. So far Mr. Buckstone is the author. Then comes the business, by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, which, doubtless, will consist of the usual description of facetite—the pelting of fish and vegetables, &c. We may add that Mr. Cope land has secured the services of the Lauri family for the occasion, when Harlequin will be repremited by Signor Lauri ; Columbine, by Miss Mansell ; Clown, by Mr. Appleby; and Pantaloon, by Mr. Mackay. - - - ROYAL AMPAITHEATRE.—During the past week Mr. McKean Buchanan, the American tragedian, has repre sented two or three of Shakespere's heroes to average audiences. We saw him in " Lear," and although some of his acting was excellent, especially in the last act, we cannot help thinking that he has much to learn and unlearn ere he will become a great favourite in this country. He strives too much after new readings to render, naturally, the sense of his author, and his enunciation is exceedingly thick and indistinct; and when aroused to energy, he generally mistakes rant for passion, and adopts exaggerated gesticulation as the beat exponent of the mind's workings and the emotions of the heart. Applause was seldom and faint during his performance, and by no means hearty at the fall of the curtain. In the farce of " Popping the Question," Mr. Tilbury, an old favourite, put the audience into excellent humour ; and the ballet of " Punch," in which we have a foretaste of the way in which the Christmas pantomime is to be sustained, brought down immense cheering upon Signor Lauri, who went through the tricks of the Italian Puck to perfection. • PARK TIIEATRE. — This theatre has an excellent pan tomime in rehearsal, an antique and comically doleful " Legend of ye Fayre Mayde of Toxteth, and of Leverpole its trustie Squire ;" from a rare old M.S., imprynted by Caxton hys successor, wherein we are informed it has been said :—" At ye tyme those wicked and rude clamours did exyste bet weene ye Cavaliers and Rounde-heads, (which a wagge or funnie fellowe bath called ye civil warres,) and this favre c3untrie was a scene of eville doings, from ye north to ye south, and from ye easte to ye weste, there did lyve in ye noble parke of Toxteth a mayden, whose much lovelinesse did cause her to be yclept ye Fayre Mayde of Toxteth. Being possessed of a great estayte and much wealth—which is like as sugar is unto flyes—she did attract manie gay lovyers, about whom she did not care two bodkyns, excepting one. This was William Bernulph, of Leverpole, a squire of goodlie mein, who made ye fayre mayde think that he did tneane her well. They were about to be joined in Matrymonie (which is too often a mere matter o' movie) and ye weddynge cake was given to be made unto Master Pykles, in Poole-lane (over against ye Castell) when ye warres aforementioned did call ye squire away to join ye Kynge hys master, to ye sore griefe of Anne, who would have hym to join her. When he was gone Cromwelle hys forces did take ye goode olde towne, and ye chattels, and properties of Mistresse Anne were siezed by one Make peace Barebones, an arrant old knave, who did desire to sieze her hearte also; but that she did much despise hym, and did tell hym hys suite would not fitte, upon which he did persecute her sore. Now it was that Prynce Rupert and ye cavaliers, amongst whom was William of Ber nulph, did drawe nighe unto Everton to besiege ye Rounde Redd varlettes, and gette back their own towne. Poor Bernuiph could not content hymself in his tent for thought of hys fayro Anne, and ye cake at Master Pykles, but did trye to comfort hym wits ye toffee, for which Ever- tone was even at that tyme most faymous ; untille, after a monthe of hard fyghting, when Cromwelle hys men were routed and greatlie discomfvted. When Rupert found hymself in possession, he straightwaye tooke hys bagge and did bye unto Crooked-lane and ye sygn of ye Kynge's Head, where he did hold a joyous court. Here it was that hys hyghnesse did see ye fayre Anne of Toxteth, and wynked hys eye upon her (for ye prynce was uncommonlie fond of ye fayre), which greatlie payned Bernulph, her lovyer, and did cause ye gossips to whisper and frowne one unto ye other, whereatte hys highnesse, who was just and wyse, did wynke no more, but had hys joke upon Master Barebones—for that he did hang hym up on a high tree (for high treason), and then did giveaway ye fayreAnne untoe ye devoted William of Bernulph, whereatte there was greate joye and much wine, as ye chronicler of ye event could testyfye." In the transformations Bernulph is meta morphosed into Harlequin, Rupert into Clown, Barebones into Pantaloon, and Anne into Columbine. PHILHARMONIC HALL.—The oratorio of the " Messiah" was beautifully performed on Tuesday night ; and we are glad to learn that the proceeds were highly satisfactory, and will enable the committee to distribute about £7O each to the Northern Hospital, the Southern and Toxteth Hospital, and the Infirmary. The next subscription con cert is fixed for this evening, the programme of which is highly attractive. Mrs. Alexander Newton, Miss Eyles, and Mr. Lockey will be the principal vocalists ; and Herr Nabich, from Weimar, will give a sample of his extraor dinary performances on the trombone. CONCERT AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The half-yearly concert of the pupils at the Collegiate Institu tion took place on Tuesday evening last. There was a large and fashionable audience on the occasion, and the selection of pieces—from the compositions of Auber, Callcot, Hullah, Glover, Mornington, Meyerbeer, Cima rosa and others—was excellent. The pupils acquitted themselves in a most creditable manner, and so as to afford abundant evidence of what may be done in the cultivation of singing, where teachers and learners are actuated by the same desire for improvement. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—These popular en tertainments, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, are generally well attended. On Saturday night last, Mr. H. Phillips gave one of his melanges to a crowded auditory, who were liberal in their plaudits. The chair was occupied on this occasion by the Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton, Lord Lieutenant of the connty, who was ac companied by the Countess of Ellesmere and his two sons. There were also on the platform Messrs. W. Rathbone, J. Smith, R. V. Yates, and T. Yates. A vote of thanks was unanimously given to the noble Earl for presiding, to which he eloquently responded. WomewELL's MENAGEILIE. — This valuable collection of beasts, birds, reptiles, &c., is now located at the bottom of Shaw's-brow, where it has been for several days past, attracting crowds of spectators. The Chimpanzee, from South Africa, is the nearest approach to the human species of any inferior animal hitherto discovered. THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP MARS.—It was currently rumoured, on Sunday night and yesterday morning, that the above vessel had been lost, on her passage from Waterford. She had struck, it was said, on the Skerries, without leaving a hope of getting her off. Yesterday, however, brought the Mars into the Mersey uninjured. She had anchored inside Tuskar on Friday night, and remained there till next day at one o'clock. She after wards anchored in Wexford Bay, and left there on Sunday morning. • „,, , A M ENDED POOR-LAW ORDERS.—The Poor-law Com missioners have issued an amended order for the regula tion of out-door relief. They say, " since they issued the order of the 25th of August. they have receiued various representations as to the difficulties which, as it was con ceived, would be experienced in carrying the order, as then framed, into full operation. After stating that the commissioners had fully considered all the objections urged against the various clauses, the document continues, "The result of their deliberations has been to determine the board to modify considerably Articles 1,2, and 10 of that order, and they have consequently deemed it expe dient to rescind it, and to issue another order, embodying the modifications which they propose to make in those articles. In Article 1 they have omitted all words which relate to any other class of destitute poor than able-bodied males ; and, as it is now framed, the guardians have, there fore, full discretion as to the description of relief to be given to indigent poor of every other class. * * 'Words have been introduced in article 2, limiting the obligation to ad minister the relief weekly to cases of poor persons resident within the union or parish, so as to avoid any inconvenience or difficulty which might be experienced in extending the application of the regulation to non-resident poor. Article 10 is now in substance to the following effect, namely, that in any case in which the guardians deem it expedient to depart from any of the provisions of the order, with one exception, and to report the fact of such departure, with the reasons for it, within 21 days to the Poor-law Board, the relief given by them in the interval between the date of such departure and the receipt of an answer from this board shall not be deemed to involve any violation of this order. Article 5 prohibits the giving relief to able-bodied male paupers while employed for wages. The evils of such a system of relief have been found so great in practice as to be almost universally admitted. * * * The board desire, however, to point out that what it is intended actually to prohibit is the giving relief at the same time as that at which the person receiving it is in actual emeloyment and in the receipt of wages, unless he falls within any of the exceptions after wards set forth, and that relief given in any other case, as, for instance, in that of a man working for wages on one day, and being without work the next, or working half the week, and being unemployed during the re mainder, and being then in need of relief, is not prohibited by this article. 1 LATE MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20. f INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH Pym has deter- SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.—Sir W mined that vessels and passengers shall remain in quaran tine for the present. No fresh cases of fever. LONDON. HOUSE OF LORDS.-44oNDAY. The house met at five o'clock. - MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. The Earl of DERBY rose to announce that the Ministry under the present circumstances, bad considered it would be most conducive to the interests of the country, and of Goverment, to tender their resignations ; and, in doing so, he, at considerable length, reviewed the proceed- ings of his administration, and the cause which had led to He compared the relative strength of the parties in the Houseof Commons, and stated that, although as an united body the supporters of his administration were the most numerous, they were defeated by a combined effort of the other parties in the house ; and his lordship, in some degree, complained of that opposition. He stated that Her Majesty had sent for the Earl of Aberdeen, who had signified his readiness to construct an administration. He then passed some encomiums on - the zeal and ahility of his colleagues, and referred with great satisfaction to the measures of Law Reform and the defence of the country which they had been enabled to pass ; and he expressed his hope that his successors would act upon the principles of the great Conservative party ; and it was his conviction that they would meet with a more favourable opposition than his ministry had experienced. He then moved, in compliance with a request from the Earl of Aberdeen (who, however, wished the adjournment should be until Monday), that their lordships should adjourn until Thurs• day; and in the event of Lord Aberdeen not being then prepared, he should then move the further adjournment of the house till Monday next. its termination After a few words from the Duke of NEWCASTLE, who complained of this unusual proceeding on the part of the Earl of Derby, and indignantly defended his friends in the House of Commons from the charges insinuated by the noble earl of the motives of their opposition, the motion was agreed to. The house adjourned at ten minutes to six HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAY The house met at a quarter to four. In answer to a question from Sir R. INGLIS, Lord STANLEY said the attention of government had been called to the official notice issued by the government of Spain requesting all foreigners resident in, or passing through that country to conform to the Roman Catholic religion. The wording of the notification was rather am biguous ; but government had called the attention of Lord Howden, our minister at Madrid, to the subject. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered the house exactly at half-past four o'clock, and soon afteswards arose and said that, after the vote which the house arrived at on Thursday night, the Earl of Derby and his colleagues had thought it their duty to tender the resignation of their offices to Her Majesty, and Her Majesty had been most graciously pleased to accept the same. It had reached him that the Earl of Aberdeen had undertaken the office of forming a new Administration ; it only remained, therefore, for him to say that the present Ministers only held their offices until their suc cessors were appointed. He hoped the house would not think him presumptuous if, under those circumstances, he tendered them his grateful thanks for the indulgent and generous manner in which he had been supported on both sides whilst endeavouring to conduct the business of the house. If, in maintaining an unequal struggle, any words had escaped him which had hurt the feelings of any gentleman, he deeply regretted it, and he hoped the im pression of it upon their part would be as transient as the sense of the provocation was upon his own. (Hear.) He begged to move that the house, at its rising, do adjourn until Thursday Lord J. rz USSELL, Sir J. GRAHAM, and Sir C. WOOD expressed their satisfaction at the explanation of the right hon. gentleman with regard to expressions which had fallen from him in the heat of debate, and said the brance of any unpleasant feeling upon late subjects remen] would now pass away Colonel . SIBTHORP made a few observations, in which ed with the late Miuieters for throwing up office Mr. HUNIE felt proud to say that the late Government had shown him every courtesy, and urged that Govern ment would endeavour to strengthen popular interests by After a few words from Mr. CAYLEY, the motion was carried, and at half-past five o'clock the house adjourned till Thursday. THE MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS, (From the 2nd and 3rd Editions of the Observer,) Lord Aberdeen has arrived in town, and has set about the task of forming an Administration. Immediately on his arrival, he had an interview with Lord John Russell, and intimated that he could not hope for a successful issue to his important mission, unless he were to have the aid and concurrence of the former Prime Minister of the Liberal party. Nothing is known up to this moment of the arrange ments in progress, beyond the fact that Lord John Rus sell will be the leader of the House of Commons. At a meeting held this morning at the official residence of Lord Derby, Lord Derby addressed the meeting at considerable length, stating his determination, at all sacrifice of personal convenience, not to abandon the powerful party of which he is at present the leader. The most gratifying unanimity prevailed, and we believe he was fully justified in stating that an unqualified resolution was expressed by the meeting to continue their un• diminished confidence in their leaders in both Houses of Parliament. (From the Sun.) The various departments of the new Ministry are in course of formation, the particulars of which will be given whenever they assume an anthentic shape. (From the Globe) The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town at ten o'clock last night, from Osborne. Yesterday, Lord John Russell had two long interviews with the Marquis of Lansdowne. Sir James Graham and other prominent members of the Peel party also had long interviews with the Marquis. Lord John Russell called on the Earl of Aberdeen this morning, and had a long interview. During the day, Sir James Graham, Mr. Sydney Herbert, and other leading members of the Peel party had interviews with the Earl of Aberdeen. A meeting of the Earl of Derby's supporters was held to-day in Downing-street; not more than 130 or 160 responded to the invitation. The meeting was private. The Globe understands a meeting of the Irish Liberal members will be held in the course of the week, to confer upon the line of policy with regard to the new Ministry, towards carrying out which the important numerical strength of the party will be directed. (From the Standard) othing upon which any reliance can be placed has been allowed to transpire with regard to the members of the new Cabinet. A most important and influential meet ing of the Earl of Derby's supporters was held at noon to-day in Downing-street. Nearly all the Conservative Peers now in town attended. A most numerous body of the members of the House of Commons were also present. We believe that the present condition of the Conservative party, and its future policy with regard to the Earl of Aberdeen's Cabinet, was the subject discussed. Of course, all the members of the late Administration were present. The meeting lasted about one hour. TATTERSALL'S BETTING. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 30 to 1 agst Muscovite. CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 12 agst Confessor, taken ; 1000 to 12 agst Car dinal Wiseman, taken ; 1000 to 15 agst Ethelbert, taken. DERBY. 13 to 1 agst West Australian ; 100 to 6 agst Cineas, taken ; 17 to 1 asst Umbriel, taken ; 100 to 30 agst Ninnyhammer. taken ; 1000 to 30 agst Brocket, taken ; 1000 to 20 agst Rataplan, taken ; 1000 to 20 agst Lord Fauconberg, taken ; 1000 to 20 agst Orinoco, taken. CORN MARKET The supplies of English \Vheat are scanty, but trade opened dull at last Monday's prices : Foreign unaltered. Barley, Beans, and Peas are steady at last Monday's prices. Oats are firm, but not dearer. Seeds unchanged. Fine fresh Flour as dear. The market closed without change. ARRIVALS. English. ~ .. 2172 ~ .. 2939 .. .. 899 .. .. 2862 .... 291 .. .. 269 .. .. 2197 Wheat.... Barley Oats .. Malt ..... . Beans Peas. Flour Irish. Foreign 4077 170 350 1055 50 1837 420 1685 ks TALLOW MARKET & 4640 brl Stock, 49,549 casks, against 63,471 casks last year. Deliveries last week, 2,123 casks, against 3,108 casks lest year. FUNDS, STOCK; AND SHARE MAR Consols firm in tone, without the slightest alteration in prices. Business in Railway Shares increasing, and prices high. The meetings of the North-Western and North Stafford Companies on Saturday have had a favourable effect on their respective stocks. Speculations in Gold Mines ; business done at fluctuating prices, but closed at the highest. Australian Agricultural Shares scarcely so high, but much firmer in tone, closing at 290 to 300. Australian Banks done at 86, hut closed at 83i 4i. New Banks well supported. In Foreign Securities, Dutch and Spanish have an upward tendency. CLOSING PRICES. I Consols, Account Bank Stock .. Do. Aloney 1 100 ' I Exchequer Bill 2233 41 Three & • Qr. per L. 8c - S 60 62pm Cents. 1044-I FOREIGN 24 1 1I Mexicans.... Ditto Threes STOCKS. Spanish Passives Turkish ..... , Swedish ..... IPra 2 ].-2dis Spanish New Def. 24 4 Do. Threes .. 50t 14- RAILWAY 125 i London Stock. Do. Quarters . Midland Stock .. Do. Halves ... N. Staffordshire .. S. East. & Dover. 82 Amberg.,Notting ham, &E.June.. Manch'ter, Sheff., andLincolnshire 30414 Caledonian . 69 70 Do. Preference .. East. Counties .. East Lancashire.. Edinb. & Glasgow Great Northern Do. A Do. B SHARES. East Anglian .... Great Western .. Lanc. & Yorkshire Do. Fifths .. 841 5} London. Britton, & South Coast.. Lond.&S.Western 92 3 York, Newcastle, 108 9 & Berwick . Do. Extension Do. Preference .. York &N.Midland 59i 604 Norfolks Leeds Northern Caley Preference North British . Do. Preference Shrewsbury, A, 391 40i Monde MINING lf ipm SHARES. A. Californian I Australian ... Agua Fria..... Cordeliera .... Ave Maria ... Carson's Creek Port Philip ... li ipm i liPni 9} 101 i aPra 1k kpm 3i Opii% tip"' 11 - i-pm 4 trim 1 Anm Freehold .... B. Australian Colonial .... Mariposa .... 24 3pm PRODUCE MARKET Sugar : Several buyers of foreign for export. Yellow Havana at 21s. to 245. Refined : Large demand for home-made goods ; low to fine grocery lumps 455. to 48s. Coffee more in demand ; native Ceylon 463. to 475. ; plantation 48s. to 80s.—Tea dull, and a shade lower.- - Rice : Demand more active, at previous prices.—Rum Several buyers ; prices advancing ; proof Leeward Is. 10d. to ls. Dd.—Brandy tending downwards.—Cotton : Brisk demand ; prices firmer.—Tallow sells more freely; P.Y.C. 355. on the spot. _ CATTLE MARKET The supply of Beasts is small; trade dull Calves have sold readily, at advanced prices. Beef .. 2s 6d to 4s 2d Lamb.... Os Od to Os 03. Mutton.. 3s 4d to 5s Od I Pork .... 3s 01 to 3s Sd Veal .... 2s 10d to 4s 6d Sheep and Beasts ... . Sheep and Lambs .2776 1 Calves 15,150 I Pigs ARRIVALS. Cambridge, Leicester, Northampton and Lincoln Beasts 1500 Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts . 3OO Scotch Beasts ... .. Holland 8ea5t5....... Sheep and Lambs Ca1ve5....,..... French Calves, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE ClosiWgl;rieWST ' Aistraiian Freehold, preni. ; Bir kenhead, £22 shares, 21 dis. ; Birkenhead, 6 dis. ; tol and Exeter, 107; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Sat A . : East Anglian Six per cent, 3 7-16 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 24 13-16 1. • LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE Closing Prices :—Ave Maria, 12; Australia' : British Australian, 2:2-; East Lancashire, 19 Northern, 184- ; Carson's Creek, lls. pm. ; Midland, SUS' Nouveau Monde, 3; Lake Bathurst, 1,4 ; York 1 13 1 North Midland, 304; Port Philip, 4 ; South Eastern and Dover, 21-1-. Freehold, T..eds PERFORMANCE BY THE WAVERLEY DRS" MATIC SOCIETY LAST NIGHT, A performance was given at the Royal Amphitheatr ati e last night, by the members of the Waverley Dram c Society, the proceeds of which are to be presented to the Blue Coat Hospital. The house was full in every pa rt except the boxes—a circumstance which ought not occur again, when performances are given by amateurs for charities of so high a character. an We must confess that we expected to be amused , °- we were so ; not, however, by any glaring failures on the part of the actors, which are usually anticipated on such occasions. There were a few breaks down, it is true , throughout the evening ; but, upon the whole, the P ieces selected were gone through very creditably. In the first piece—the play of " Wallace"—the chara e : ter of the hero was excellently sustained by Mr. Mitchell, the treasurer of the society; and that of Monteith sr 4s also well played by an amateur, with whose name we we re not acquainted by the bills. The gentleman entr uste d with the part of Douglas was unequal to it. The second piece was " The Three Singles, the amateur who __personated the three characters eahi" ~ in which t:nro s , Tvant, and Romer in this piece was an excellent we_ by her naivete elicited much applause. The performanc e ' throughout were most successful; and we .have seld oul seen an audience better pleased than on this occasion. CROMWELL AT THE DEATH-BED OF HIS DAUGHTER.-- A fine, historical picture, bearing the above title, by Ni l. ' Charles Lucy, is riow on view at 21r. J. R. Isaac's , C as t t' l e ' street. The portrait of Cromwell, equal, as a mer e ness, to any we have seen ; the expression thrown in r° his features exceeds all that has come under our obse vation—even Paul de la Roche's representation of b ia2 lifting the lid of King Charles's coffin. The precis e has ment of the scene is well chosen. Mrs. Claypele Th,„B reminded her father of his past career of remorsele ss aw e bition, and her solemn exhortations to repentance h?Tig entered his soul. The placid resignation of the dYlit, woman is admirably contrasted with the perturbed c°ll.A.ll tenance and agitated frame of the stern P r otector.. the accessories of the picture are in beautiful keePilij,tji truthful, and so arranged as almost to cheat the eye an appearance of reality. beeli DREADFUL FIRES AT VALPARAISO.—We vsl favoured with an extract from a private letter, date paraiso, 30th October, detailing the destruction ' 3 ' ot is vessels, supposed to have been occasioned by spontane ..,) combustion. The City of Pittsburgh, (American steam 1,600 tons, took fire on Sunday, the 24th of October:twig three, a.m., and, having burnt to the water's edge , ( 1 A t eleven hours afterwards. Her value was e stimat e 01, kr400,000 dollars. She had on board 1 ,7 00 tons eincapd 1,300 of which were taken on board in Salcauheen:dss, Corrouel, and the remainder in Rio Janeiro. The .02" fire• 1.200 tons, is also supposed to have been destroyed yap Her cargo was for Mr. Edwards. Markets dull. ttle" 46 for 60 days' bills. beell EARTHQUAKE AT MANILLA.—A private letter .a s a f o rd, received in Liverpool, by the owners of the ship S° ll 4 e pt-0 from Captain Callan, the coma.ander, dated IStho:, fro from which the following is an extract :--" We 11 , 81 7, 1 the the last three days, had a great deal of alarm ' ro c f the constant recurrence of earthquakes on the evening wtt 15th. The first shock was the most fearful I everrred; ne ssed ; I was dining with Mr. Ker at the time it oee-there, we were all obliged to fly into the street,and the see° and was really alarming. Several buildings partly dole'oral the people on their knees in all directions- !etc!): churches much injured—l believe, two almost con 3 ,P ano destroyed. Mr. Ker's house has had a severe shir,, e ,:isti i would not stand a repetition. In fact, ever since 1 '; cell the earth has been in motion. This Morning t' s t at ° sensible shocks have been felt, and business aloao:cit 0 0 stand in consequence. The shock was felt very r° board the shipping." a " OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" IN TROUBL:-.of th Friday, the 10th instant, the Vienna corresp ond ) disp atch, Morning Chronicle, when about to post his usual u n w here f was seized by agents of police and taken to Pr is° V one It he remained locked up, with four other Persee'consn whom was in chains, without being allowed to When with his friends, until noon on the following daY,: p vih e liberated ho was accompanied home by th e . outragePolie'' seized his papers. The reason alleged for ths The_ that his communications were hostile to Austri!,' be for e circumstance will doubtless be brought at lengkoing. the British public. The corresponden t of the olic! says , th r e brut be Chronicle, in describing his arrest , , wanted him to disclose the name of the cditoo,o, theY, would not ; and, when they took him to Pri s t he 0 1 4 searched his cloes, and then striped him fof , a bo e n, pose of seeing whether he had anything concee s u o rra to his body. He was thrown in a dungeon, whiett„ising with vermin, and he waa only liberated on Pry orde r s e r t t o P c l appear again when called upon. •.r) 11 ' . HORRIBLE CRUELTY ON BOARD A MERCIIA' t he &P p In the course of the trial of Launcelot Harrisonill'osao, tain of a merchant vessel, at the Old BaileY,° fl 1 - I° )e be for wounding a Lascar seaman, a witness , na ve w hich „, 0 gave the following account of the cruelty to d to t'p was subjected by the prisoner:—" 1 was flogged. I had thirteen lashes on the thickisPootr stgog thigh : it was with a gutta percha whip - Pr no t hi t o t. over the boy while he did it, and, the b o c o for big hard enough, he said he would give two f 0 bile and taking the whip from him passed)t '' sa c " tbe finger. Prisoner used to call me Fancy oladowo I was being flogged, he walked up and „, di ; on side of me, and, putting one of the sonr.., h a y ' la t work to his own words, sang , ' Fancy irV a d W I ill Strong,' and said it was a teazel. for me. pisto:ws night in his cabin, and sat there drunk, ke pt w tvr° one hand and whip in the other. I was for thre: rae, e days without food. He ordered me to have jahiP and he then told Brennan to give me six '!l....tisensi of l t hat running. I complained that it did not g o re „ e s oil with the next dose, and make me take it. receive, ba d My legs swelled so from the treatment I titter at so 1 could not get my shoes on. Some time _" crossed the line I was called up from rnY ` Th e cq, t he there found all the preparations for shaving- _, tar o no o f ordered me to b 3 ducked, which wasone,sa,',,,ut int° usual filth was rammed down my mouth and pu t hair and beard." The prisoner was foun d TUESDAY; LDlNErEcitrEomor,B: E it 21, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ~., 1 IN T 01 EVERY TUESDAY 'MOR I\ . 5 R OPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON ,rOA Br THE P C$ CO OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT 1.1.1,,,F1 STANDA RD GENERAL PRINTING u`-' . No. 4, S. GEOR GE ' S CREscEsT, LIVERPOOL, ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE...... 208. ON CREDIT ......