The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-31 00:00:00

Ribrrpoot Ritanbarbi FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING/. My silence—hitherto — with regard to rumours and statements affecting an illustrious personage, will be per fectly understood—perhaps appreciated. It was expected, towards the end of the week, that some official notice would be taken of the subject, which was in everybody's mouth; indeed the necessity of some such notice appearing in one of the leading journals on the Saturday, was spoken of. Such a notice in part appeared. Those acquainted with the etiquette of the Court, and as regards the higher personages of the State, officers of the Crown, and so on, are aware that a wide margin is allowed for public discus sion, ere the parties referred to take up the pen either by themselves or by deputy, to disclaim or avow. It was considered by many that notice was necessary before Tues day next. I write with great caution, and I believe I have sound authority for stating that, on that all-important day, both military and police force will be more effective than usual. Meantime I can state that one of the High Law Officers of the Sovereign impugns the authenticity of the rumours referred to. The preparations at the House of Peers for the reception of Han MAJESTY and her Con sort, for the opening of Parliament, are all but completed. I was in Downing-street on Saturday, during the sitting of the Cabinet : the street was as dull, deserted, dirty, and the windows as dingy as if there had not been a minister within a hundred miles of it. The ministers looked well ; so much so, that one might have imagined that the meeting was preparatory to the breaking up of a peaceful session— that grouse were on the wing, and Manton s in request. The coalition must wait a bit for these ; and there is no doubt that long before the " bonnie birds" above-named incline to pair, the majority of the pie-balds will have " nothing else to do" but wait for sport. The ministerial dinners this year are more numerous and magnificent than heretofore. The four movers and seconders of the Address to the Speech from the Throne, you will have seen, are named. Like their nominees—the ministers—their character is 0 motley." They comprise a protectionist, a free trader, a Roman Catholic, and a dissenter. The Earl of CARNAR. VON is quite young : his father was remarkable for his literary talent; entirely original in his views, but orthodox; delicate in person and studious in the extreme, he died not long ago, a son of genius indeed ! The grandfather of the present peer was a staunch Con servative. I remember a Whig lord, of some stand ing, twitting CIRNARVON, in the house, one night, in ''the "who are you ?" style; the noble earl had only been created in 1793. In a voice of thunder, Causreavoie retorted that the title he bore was conferred by the Sovereign for loyalty exhibited in the Lord GEORGE GORDON riots. Lord Ducia's father died but recently ; he was a great farmer, and a greater genius in the inven tion and construction of farming implements. So much for the mover and seconder in the Upper Chamber. Young Viscount CASTLEROSSE is of a good Irish family ; he is eldest son of Lord KENMARE; right loyal have they always been. Mr. T. 'JANNEY is a well-known London banker. If my memory serves me rightly, not one of them has ever opened his mouth in Parliament. Most commonly the moving and seconding process, in both houses, is a dull affair ; the parties selected are always green members, and, as they have to appear in full court or military costume, while all around are clad in sober black, or blue, &c., the embarrassment of the neophytes is sometimes painfully apparent. However, they are always cheered on ; a hearty burst of " hear, hear, hear," is sure to fill up each hem—ha—and hiatus ; and thus the unfledged speaker is lured on, and wings his way. The members next to him shake him cordially by the hand, when he resumes his perch ; and if he have made a sparkling debut, he continues throughout the debate to receive the same congratulations. The whole affair has a truly generous and English-like look about it. It would be worse than foolish amusement to write one line about the affairs of the East, and what has taken place there since my last. Statement and counter-state ment have followed each other, " Thick as autumnal leaves," &c. All our intelligence from the " seat of war"—l may use the ominous words—comes to us through a most polluted channel, and is frequently commented on here by writers who know nothing of the geography of the places men tioned, though they write and talk as glibly of them as of Poplar or Paddlugtkm. Alt.. a.: a aa,vac, aa.aa auLlactlatll K must come out, though, from what I learn, the Coalition ists mean to be as chary in their statements as possible ; they intend to " argufy the topic," rather than to dis close new points. But it won't do beyond a week—if so much. All must and will come out. Ministers are now blamed right and left —more, day by day, for their Fabian —their peace-at-any-price-policy. Soldiers and sailors— the latter especially—eager for the fray—lift up one huge voice and declare that they would have smashed Russia's " pickling tubs" at the first broadside. At the Russian Embassy—and it is worth while to keep one's eye there— Baron BRUNOW, the head of it, is on the qui vine. I think I stated last week he would leave us probably in a few days ; he is still here, but his " plate and jewels," of which he has an immense quantity, are safely stowed away in lare iron-bound chests, ready for starting. He proceeds to the Hague, should he have his recall ; there the Russian Minister at Paris joins him. Further in the way of diplo matic chit-chat, I can state that the Hague is mentioned as the 'place for holding the Congress—should such an assembly be - deemed fit. From the first I felt assured that Sir WILLIAM HEATH COTE would be successor to Sir ROBERT INGLIS at Oxford. Conservatives of every hue are always gentlemen. What a scramble there would have been, had the parties whose names were mentioned as in the field been Whigs ! Sir JOHN PAICINGTON and Dr. Twiss never intended to op pose Sir WILLIAM. What has Oxford gained ? A few years more of active life in her representative. Sir Ro- BERT INGLis was by no means old; younger by some years than PA.LBERSTON—the active ! Yet Sir ROBERT has retired, and in him one of the best Christians, most loyal subjects, and social of men. Sir ROBERT has been about thirty years in parliament, during the whole of which time he has made many good speeches, and never knew when he was to make one ; he would come down to the House with the intention of speaking night after night, and, when he least expected it, he had an opportu nity of addressing the House, taking it by surprise. Hence the most acute observer, the most frequent at tender, could not say with certainty anything about the right hon. baronet. In questions of constitutional law, his legal education—reading—shone conspicuously; on such subjects he spoke so firmly, that his opponents said he was obstinate—the more coarse among them—bigot ! Sir ROBERT cared not a rush. He was invulnerable : the truth of his statements could not be questioned; he was satisfied that his views were honest, and he never spoke with a double purpose,—a great element in success. In committees he was most useful. For all the grand qualifications of an English 31. P. he has not left his like in the house. Bigotted they said he was. No such thing; a little child might have led him. He had the portly appearance of an easy-minded man ; one whose creed couldn't be wrong, seeing his life was in the right. We have had examples, even among Radicals—take LUTHER for example—of serious men having . a good cask of wine always on tap in their cellar ; and enjoying it occasionally. Such a one was Sir ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, late M.P. for the University of Oxford. The cordial, the social mahoany of Sir ROBERT, about seven o'clock—" no house of course—will ever be remembered by those who participated around it. His dinners, which he always appeared personally to enjoy, were elegant; his wines faultless, and wonderfully well kept. Referring to Sir ROBERT in the House of Commons, the indications he presented of intending to speak, were probably his coming to the house in the old " rumble-tumble" coach, guiltless of varnished leathers, the honourable Baronet having a fresh plucked red camelia in his button-hole ! Then as now, indeed, though not to such an extent, members of note, when they had anything great before them, on the " notice paper" for the night, always distinguished them selves by more than ordinary attention to their toilette ; the camelia aforesaid was Sir ROBERT'S badge. Even the great DUKE condescended to points of dress on memorable occasions. He mounted a " spick and span" new green, extremely green Genoa velvet waistcoat, during the second reading of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill ; it was in compliment to the " Emerald Isle" the peers said. The DmEX was never seen in it afterwards. The late Earl G n sy—the Earl GREY—tall and shade-like, was also remarkable on great nights ; take the second reading of the Reform Bill; the star and garter, the dress-coat, the w hite vest were donned. So Sir ROBERT PEEL—the late —when he had anything on the tapis, he to a hair fol lowed the costume Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE put him in, when he sat for his picture to that matchless portrait painter. ABERDEEN does so to the present day; uniformly con fi n i n g himself to the Star and Riband of the Thistle Probably there never were three distinguished men upon as PEEL, whom dress made so wonderful a transformation d AB ERDEEN. Vis count MELBOURNE (the minister), an . count MELBOURNE, on ordinary occasi . ons,.d ressed, _ rolled about gloveless, with a penny ashen stick in his hand, like a yeoman ; see him in the salon; he_ was searcelytobe , recognised. In one sentence , he was elegance pe rso nified Mr. GLADSTONE, the present Chancell or l of the Exchequer, loses by dressing. Has the right honourable gentleman no friend to tell him this fact ? He looks like an insect °f larger growth ;" his dress black coat is very spare, and, ay. m ocke ry of BRIIMMELL ! he wears tight black " pants," describe thel.worse oddit y of Mr. GLADSTONE'S appearance in such habiliments ; thev are capp'd, however, by his prede cessor when he went to co urt was vastly fond of his eourt co or court ball. DISRAELI dress • else why put himsel f in it, when finer-looking ' to this. men dm' pensed with it ? But a truc e The name of TRAvERS a mong the merchan t s o f this great country is well known, and is destined, I opine, to b e perpetuated with honour. I was the earliest, some short time ago, to notice the first-fruits of the efforts made for a reform in the Customs, when a large grievance— incubus.like—ljad long pressed heavily c o n the mercantile communities of Lontion, Liverpool, Bristbl, Glasgow, and, indeed, of every port' of consideration in the United King dom. Cause of complaint permeated every portion of the Customs. I hsvewitnessed it. Grievances affecting, not merely the transTerof merchandize, bonds, warrants, and so forth, but as regarded the mere traveller—the foreigner arriving on our shoves. I have no business at present to refer to grievances on the Continent, which sometimes appear greater - than our own. I referred to the first day's sittings of the new Customs Court. Questions of no mercantile sinuosity—difficulty--had arisen ; as the Court continues its operations, such questions demanding inti mate acquaintance with-mercantile law have arisen. Who is to adjudicate.? Certainly not in all cases satisfactorily the chairman, for the most part at best but an educated gentleman, chosenbecause hehas interest, without reference to forensic lore, and least- of all to that most difficult—be cause most detailed, most complicated, most varied among nations—part of it,—mercantile law. The want of such a functionary in the -new court of Customs during one little month has been felt. It will be remedied, and the chairman of the Commissioners of Customs (take my word for it—as yet alone) will be relieved by a barrister of known talent, who will preside as judge at these new sit tings. Two .or three quiet re-unions have been held in the city within the lastlew evenings on the subject of a testimonial to Mr. TRANERS, for the success which has so far crowned his efforts. Who, of sterling worth in a great cause, now cares for•testimonials of silver or of gold, can delabra, and all that sort o' thing ? To my certain know ledge, even in the act - of presentation, amid speeches flowery as the ornaments which surrounded the gift, in terruptions, such as " 06, my prophetic soul—my uncle !" have been experienced by the too grateful speaker. " Proudest moment of my life ;" " heir-loom in my fa mily," all disturbed sotto voce, by reference to the rela tive above named, as likely to be soon the custodier of the tribute. And even so it has been ! My uncle ! That energetic man, the late JOHN WALTER, was among the first to put aside such testimonials ; he was a thoroughly practical man ; with his apron on, and his sleeves tucked up, he has traversed the printing-rooms of Printing-house square at all hours of the night—years, many ago, when, then as now, in the very heat—whirlwind—of publication, all was quiet as a summer's afternoon—serene ! The Times had achieved greatness in following up a swarm of organized swindlers planted all over the continent, from Frankfort right and left to London—destroyed the " var mint." The merchants were in raptures—subscribed. No ! said the Times people, silver and gold we shall have none ! What have they got ? Two marble slabs and a couple of scholarships, in good places—the latter for ever. Sure as the Bank of England. TRAVERS after the same principle. With a sigh, he remembers simple-minded, confiding, good Sir THOMAS-GRESHAM. What mockery that merchant's fortune has perpetuated ! Lectures on every subject nearly but the right one ; lectures delivered by owls—semblanees to bats—four or five in number. One could have tolerated the Gunsulm lectures, had they been well attended. Nobody cared for them. What has astronomy to do with the use of the scales ? I beg par don, Libra. TRAVERS goes rightly about it, and the other evening stated his views to a few friends. He suggested that the proceeds of the testimonial, incommemoration of Customs reform, should be applied to the foundation of an annual series of lectures in the city of London on those important subjects connected with commerce and commer cial law. The city has hitherto been entirely destitute of established means for the advancement of commercial learning, as important, Mr. TRAVERS contends, as the learning of our Universities. He further suggests that the intended lectures shall comprise—the migration of nations—foundation of leading races—rise and fall of States—spread of enterprise—beginning and growth of mechanical invention—changes in the entire spirit of mankind—the relations of one nation to another, and so forth. The lectures he proposes should be delivered by the most able and distinguished men of the day, whether men of business, lawyers, or statesmen. Mr. TRAVERS con tends, like a merchant, that, from the want of general commercial knowledge, we have periodic outbreaks of speculation, scattering in the wildest schemes the fairly gathered fruits of years of legitimate trade. Mr. TRA VERS still insists for further reform, in fulfilment of Trea sury promises. RICHARD COBDEN! RICHARD COBDEN! though neither witty nor funny thyself, thou hast caused much of the latter " article"—fun—in club Conservative, Reform— Athenwum, where old and some of them Russia-travelled scholars, most do congregate—yea, at the Athenaeum's younger brother club Erecthium ! It was RICHARD COB DEN'S speech the other day at Manchester which made the clubites gape and guffaw. He rose with his brother out spoken, blundering). JOHN BRIGHT, to speak of reform— the new bill, of which he knows nothing—nor anybody else, except a coalition man or two ; it may be also that constitutional Conservative, FITZROY KELLY. RICHARD rose to tell his auditors, men of Lancashire, what they ought to expect in the way of reform, and off he dashed in a tangent, for the sake of a handful or two of Gossypium —cotton—he eulogised the EMPEROR or Russis as a fatherly pattern of every virtue. Even Radicals as rabid RICHARD laughed, and one or two of the order intend to to have rod in pickle for him when he comes to Parlia ment ; and but that BERNAL OSBORNE is tongue-tied, by his pay at the War-office, he might lay it on. He has the will, and it is not his poverty that makes him consent to spare the "unadorned" RICHARD COBDEN. But Mr. COBDEN believed all he said ; it was a flourish—zeal—be it without knowledge—carries one through sometimes; men of sense and experience, sober minded, truth-talking people, matter of fact men— JOE HUME if you will—listen, and wonder why they have listened, to RICHARD, when he has had done. The statements he has advanced will not hold the unstable element,—they are erroneous,—so Ptini he h .age o s u i r i a A le r. n ct i p e iM a a i ii g know that out of St. Petersburg and Moscow there are neither school nor teacher scarcely? Does Mr. COBDEN not know that no Russian, however high his rank, can leave his country, without finding heavy bail—in rouble—for his return at the very hour stipulated in the bond? The money goes into the Imperial till, should the absentee not have returned. RICHARD C. make a mistake—on purpose —some evening, and drop into the Traveller's Club, next door to your own, ask that bent old man, sometimes with a very small glittering order on his breast, if what I have just stated is not the fact. You may not find it in books on Russia; it is not the less true. However, Mr. COBDEN has the questionable honour of holding an exclusive opinion in a company of six hundred and fifty-eight , gentlemen, more or less. Baron BRUNOW himself would smile, albeit not given to that delightful mood at this present period. More of that gentleman diplomatist and his movements by and bye. JOHNNIE JONES is here just now, blushing with the highest honour that a Sovereign can bestow on British artist—aye, or Irish either ! Who is JOHNNIE JONES ? A round, punchy man, for all the world vastly like a cheesemonger when he walks abroad ; you would not know that flaming son of genius from one such cheese monger, if, indeed, you did not look into his eyes, having optics of your own. Of artists MICHAEL ANGELO is my greatest ; PIIIDIAS PRAXITELES, ALCAMANES, and six or seven other stonecutters, I could name. Of painters, first the "divine-minded" RAPHAEL, and that painter of an tiquity who " did" SERVATIUS ; all these were " replete with vitality"—just the phrase, though it smacks of Hackney Marsh. Give me that before-named simple hearted Irish wag JOHNNIE JONES, in the van of all these names "most consecrate of old" for telling expression. JONES is a sculptor—an Irish one, and an Irishman. JOHNNIE was somewhat startled the other morning as he chipped—not his marble, but his questionable egg—at breakfast. You must come to Windsor Castle, JOHNNIE ; the QUEEN is going to sit to you for her own beautiful bust, to give it in marble to WILLIAM DARGAN, the Great-Heart of the Irish Exhibition ! The sculptor could scarce believe it. He does now. The QUEEN, graciously, has given two sittings to Mr. JONES, and I can, with best authority, state, that he can have more, if need be, for the bust intended for presentation to that humbly-born, but noble, DARGAN. This is most honourable to VICTORIA — what else could she suggest ?—most honourable to WIL LIAM DARGAN and to JOHNNIE JONES. To the latter especially so. The QUEEN'S sittings for portraits are not only few and far between, but they are short. WINTER HALTER, with his famous full-lengths, had the longest sittings. In fifty years after this the work of the Irish artist will be appreciated. Two busts are, I understand, to be executed—one to DARGAN, 'tother to the Sovereign. No more. For a long period of theatrical reminiscence, the reign of pantomime has not continued with so much eclat as during the present season ; it still draws at every house, except one, where it was withdrawn ; and, to crown all, morning performances, let the day be wet, raw and gusty, dry and sunshiny, the houses are crowded. Of novelties there have been none. Miss CUSHMAN, to be sure, has re-appeared, and attracted vast numbers to the Hay market, by her spasmodic violence in MumAN's "violent" play of "Fazio," and in KOTZEBUE'S unnatural play of the Stranger." In the former, her earnest energy and won derful physique startled the people, without touching the heart : in the latter she was not so successful,—more deli cate shading being required. She appears, in a night or two, as Meg Merrilies, a character which Miss Cusnacur sustains with terrible emotion. The portrait is Miss CUSIIMAN'S—not Sir WALTER SCOTT'S. If BUCBSTONE pays attention to the ballad-music of the melo-drama, it will do for a time. The Preston boys had Drury-lane Theatre on Saturday night ; they paid the lessee, it is stated, £l5O for the house, and had the receipts for the benefit of the " strike." FlRE.—About four o'clock on Friday morning a dwel ling-house in Minshull-street was discovered to be on fire. The brigade arrived, and in a short time mastered the destructive element, but not until three of the inmates had been placed in imminent danger. ST. GE oRGE's-HILL.—A meeting was held at the Town hall on Friday, at which, the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, the Rev. Rector Campbell, and other gentlemen, were present, for the purpose of making arrangements for the grand musical festival with which it is intended to celebrate the opening, in autumn, of St. George's Hall. LIVERPOOL VESSELS AT AUSTRALIA.—By the last accounts from Australia, the following ships had arrived at Melbourne from this port :—The steamer Great Bri tain, in 65 days ; the Wild Wave, 139 days (having had to put into Rio Janeiro for repairs) ; the Admiral Juan Ever stern, 116 days ; the Goldfinder, 87 days ; the Tasmania, in 90 days ; and the Maria Elise, in 115 days. SutcxnE,—On Friday morning, John Guthrie, an engi neer at the Newton Junction of the North-western Rail way, who had been lodging for a week at No. 74, Leeds street, in this town, and had been drinking all the time, was found suspended by his neckerchief from the bed-post. He was cut down by a policeman, but life was quite extinct. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMEES.—The Pacific, Capt. Nye, sailed for New York, on Wednesday afternoon, with a full cargo and fair complement of passengers. The Africa, Capt. Harrison, sailed for New York on Saturday, with a full cargo and about 40 passengers. The America will start for Boston to-day, having been chartered on account of the United States government to carry the troops rescued from the San Francisco. She will take cargo, but no other passengers. The Baltic, Capt. Comstock, with dates from New York to the 21st inst., may be looked for to-morrow. THE SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN TTOOPS.—The Ame rican consul chartered the British mail-steamer America to convey the troops from this port to Boston on Friday. They were . disembarked from the Antarctic, and placed on board the America, which will sail to-day. The troops will be accompanied by Captain Watkin and three of his principal officers. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. CO3I3IE'RCIAL 4. MONETARY NEWS MONDAY NIGHT. Mtn increasing apprehensions of a warlike ter mination to the Eastern question, have tended to misettle monetary operations, and the Funds have been as low as 891 but have since rallied, and are now only 90k. The Bank Returns on Friday showed an increase in Bullion of £27,134, but •another decrease in Public Deposits, which are only f 2,646,783. The imports of bullion into London 'last week amount to about £950,000 entirely in gold. The expOrts have been chiefly to the con 'fluent, and are estimated at not less than £450,000. The Emigration Commissioners have advertised ,for two vessels to carry emigrants to South Aus -tralia and to Victoria. One is to be ready for Adelaide on the 14th, the other for Geelong on •the 17th of March. Telegraphic accounts from Odessa of the 22nd inst. mention a further extra ordinary rise in freights, the rate having advanced - to 120 s. This movement is supposed to have been attributable to the eagerness , of exporters to avail themselves of ships that could get away before the I weather rendered it wholly Impracticable. The uncertainty prevailing as to the probable -termination of the Eastern dispute, has operated in a very considerable degree to cheek business in the manufacturing districts, and this feeling of distrust has been increased by the fall in the value of railway shares and other investments. Trade has, consequently, been very inactive, orders, except for immediate consumption, being withheld until some more decisive opinion can be formed as to the future. The woollen districts have been affected from the same causes, and the high price at which the raw material is maintained, affords little inducement for manufacturers to buy more than they immediately require. The hosiery and lace trades are also dull, and there seems a general absence of all speculation. The importance of a more rapid and regular postal communication with our Australian colonies has, at length, excited attention, and from the steps which have already been taken, it is to be hoped that it will soon be placed on a more satis factory footing. The Legislative Council of Mel bourne have made the liberal offer of £3,000 to any and every company which shall engage to carry a regular monthly mail from England to Melbourne, during the whole performing the journey within sixty-five days the first six months, and within sixty days afteawards. The following is the reso lution which was agreed to in a committee of the whole .of the Legislative Council of Victoria, on the 12th of October last : " That is the opinion of this committee that £3,000 per month be paid from the public revenue to any and every company which shall engage to carry during the whole year, from the Ist of March, 1854, to the Ist of March, 1855, a regular monthly mail from England to Melbourne within sixty-five days for the first six months, and within sixty days for the last six months, the time of the voyage to be reckoned from the time of departure from England to arriving in Hobson's Bay, and that such sum of £3,000 be paid only for those months in which the voyage may have been successfully performed within the time specified." In furtherance of this object, a public meeting of merchants and others interested in the trade to Australia, was held in London, on Thursday, when resolutions were passed, affirming the necessity for increased facilities for steam communication with that country, and a petition to parliament on the subject was adopted. There can be little doubt as to the object being practicable. The Great Britain has already performed the voyage in sixty-five days, and, as every improvement tends to the increase of speed, the proposed sixty days may reasonably be anticipated. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 21st of Jan., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £2,646,783; Decrease £567,210 Other deposits ... 13,894,599; Increase 245,893 Rest ... 3,333,780; Increase 37,967 On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,537,638; Decrease £106,387 Other securities ... 14,297,849; Decrease 366,446 Notes unemployed ... 7,135,195; Decrease 307,820 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,271,495, being an increase of £330,670 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £16,069,266, showing an increase of £27,134, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMBNT. Notes issued ... £29,406,690:G0vernmt. Debt £11,015,100 (Other Securities 2,984,900 iGold coin & bu1rn.16,406,690 iSilver hellion _ _ £29,406,6 BANKING £29,406,690 iSP./31TILENT. Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £13,537,638 Rest ... ... 3,333,7 Other Securities 14,297,849 Public Deposits 2,646,783 Notes ... 7,135,195 Other Deposits 13,894,599 Gold & Silver Coin 689,676 7-day & other bills 1,232,096 £35,660,2581 £35,660,258 Notwithstanding threatening appearances, the SHARE MARKET continues pretty firm. The con stant tendency to depression is solely the act of speculators, which they are allowed to create in the absence of any extensive buyers. Stock was very scarce for the settlement just paid, and a back had to be paid on most stocks. We annex this day's prices :—Chester and Birkenhead,lsl; Caledonians, 251 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62 • London Stock, 10014 1-; Midland Stock, 61 60Z- 1; North British, 71. PRODUCE,—The markets generally during the week have been very inactive, without much altera tion in prices. Rice, Palm Oil, and Tallow, were, however, dearer, and Tea ld. per lb. lower. To- DAY there are no transactions to notice in Sugar, but on Saturday the sales consisted of 50 hhds. Antigua at 335. to 345., 95 hhds. St. Lucia at 335. to 345. 6d., and 70 hhds. Trinidad at 345. 6d. to the Refiners, with 100 hhds. Antigua at 355. 6d. to 365. 9d., 2,500 bags good middling to fine white Benares at 38s. 6d. to 415., 1,100 bags low to fine yellow Dates at 335. 6d. to 375., and 200 hhds. 70 brls. Porto Rico and Cuba at 375. 6d. to 395. 6d. per cwt. to the grocers ; 50 puns. St. Lucia Mo lasses are reported at 16s. per cwt., and 50 puns. Demerara Rum at previous rates. The Tea market continues active, and there are buyers of common Congou at former rates. There is nothing to notice in East India Rice, and only 20 tces. Carolina at 235. 6d. per cwt. We have also to report 300 bags Sago Flour at 235., 60 bags Plate Lac at 555. per cwt., and a small lot of green Ebony at the ex treme rate of £lO 7s. 6d. per ton. COTTON.—The business during the week has been very irregular, owing to large arrivals and apprehensions of war, inducing some holders to realise. Prices were, in consequence, rather lower, varying from -id. to id. per lb., but chiefly on the better qualities. The weekly sales up to Friday were 36,620 bales, of which 7,280 bales were taken on speculation and for export, leaving below 30,000 for the trade ; but this is not a correct test of con- sumption, as several parcels of recent imports are on spinners' account. To-DAY the advices per Ca nada were received, *but had little effect on this market, which is quiet. The sales were 6,000 bales, of which about 1,000 were on speculation and for export, and previous quotations were unaltered. The following is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period last year 1863. 1854. New Orleans, middling 6 13-16 d.... 60. fair -1 Uplands, middling. fair DESCRIPTIONJ PRICES AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. BY the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Ship Canada, Captain Stone, which arrived here yesterday morning, we have intelligence from New York to the 17th and Boston to the 18th instant. The Canada also brings $232,539 in specie on freight and 108 passengers. PASSENGERS.—From Boston : Mr. Store and Lady, Mr. John Kay, Mr. Robert Roy, Mr. J. R. Macdonald, Mr. Johnson, Mr. P. Valin, Mr. L. Maros, Mr. S. Levi, Mr. James Hewitt, Mr. F. Boisvers, Mr. Latulippe, Mr. David Gilmond, Mr. R. Leckie, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. W. Steward, Mr. Lemontagne. Mr. George Knox, Mr. Robert son, Mr. W. Bradreaux, Mr. Boyviu, Mr. S. Gilbert, Mr. D. Aikin, Mr. Frederick H. Leaf, Mr. W. G. Kingston and Lady, Mr. James Burns, Mr. H. Ramsey, Mr. L. Africain, Mr. Gerome Grienio, Mr. P. B. Badeaux, Mr. J. Beandry, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Crozin, Mr. Pilarim, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Ranard , Mr. Authee Ayres, Mr. Polak, Mr. Waugh , Mr. Muzard, Mrs. Seddon, Mr. Weippert, Mr. Ravencroft, Mr. Francis Mill, Mr. Rudolph Reid, Mr. Macklin, Mr. David Jones, Mr. Baylis and lady, Mr. I. Fuchs, Mr. J. Hickey, MrKnowles, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Gran ger, Mr. Millitage, Mr. Tobin Mr. Kearman, Mr. Kemp, Mr. Joseph Dison, Mr. Dick i nson , R. B. Myhes, Mr. D. Richards, Mr. Readman, Mr. Berger, Mr. Hardy Mr. Crawford, Mr. John Sennant.—From Halifax : Mr. R. Vassey, Mr. Harris and lady, Mr. Beatty, lady, three children, and two servants, Mr. Stone, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Martineau, Mr. Steinhauser, Mr. Burke, Hon. Mr. Robert son, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Hegan, Mr. Rennie, Mr. J. de Wolfe Spurr, Mr. Wisswell, Mr. King, Major Byles, 56th Regiment, Mr. John Firth, Mr. Payne, Mr, Hayes, Mr. Constance, Mr. Shannon and lady, Mr. King, Mr. Thom son, Mr. and Mrs. Duggan, Mr. Crocker, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Muirhead, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Richar dson, Mr. Riddle, Mr. Kendall. The Canada sailed from Boston at 0.15 on the 18th, and from Halifax at 2.40, a.m., on the 20th. On the 21st, at 3, p.m., in lat. 45 40, lon. 66, 30, she passed the Niagara, hence for Halifax and Boston; on the 27th, at 1 a.m., signals were exchanged with a steamer supposed to be the Arabia, hence for Boston ; and on the 29th, at 2 p.m., passed the Africa, hence for New York. The steamer Nashville sailed from New York for South ampton and Havre, on the 16th, in place of the Humboldt. The royal mail steam-ship Europa, hence, arrived at New York on the 16th inst. _ _ _ The remaining survivors, with the exception of sixteen soldiers and two seamen, of the wrecked steamer San Francisco, had arrived at New York in the ship Lucy Thompson, having been transferred from the Kilby. The Kilby, with the remainder, arrived at Boston on the 17th. The Brazilian consul at New York had given notice that, in consequence of a company having been incorpor ated for the alleged specific objects of transporting passen gers and freight between the port of New York and the various ports on the river Amazon, no foreign flag is per mitted to enter the said river Amazon. Galveston advices of the 6th state that Caravajal had been acquitted by the United States Court. Colonel Sloo had effected a contract with the firm of Sykes and Co., of England, for the construction of a plank road across tb,e Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Further violation of the revenue laws came to light upon the arrival of the Europa at Jersey city, the re sult of which was the arrest of the surgeon and the bar- ' tender of the Europa, and the seizure of a large amount of goods—probably not less than s3,ooo—found in their pos session upon which no duties were paid. The Custom house authorities have been stimulated to greater vigi lance by the late discoveries. In addition to that, Mr. Cunard, the agent and part owner of this line of steamers, came into possession of information received by the last steamer that goods had been received at Liverpool, by steamers from Glasgow and Greenock, to be sent to the United States by the Europa, by parties engaged in smug gling. Mr. Cunard communicated this fact to the proper person, and measures were taken for the detection of the smugglers. In the Senate, Mr. Pearce offered a resolution instruct ing the committee on naval affairs to report measures ex pressive of the estimation entertained for the gallantry of of the captains of the ships Antartic, of New York, Three Bells, of Glasgow, and bark Kilby, of Boston, in rescuing the officers, crew, and passengers of the wrecked steam ship San Francisco, and advocated at some length the pas sage of the resolution, paying an effective tribute to the noble heroism of the act which, after some debate, was adopted. In the course of the debate allusion was made to the manner in which Captain Nye, of the Collins steamer, Pacific, had been rewarded for his exertions in saving the crew of a British vessel. The steamer Texas had arrived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz, bringing dates from the city of Mexico to the 6th instant. An important treaty had been concluded between Mr. Gadsden, the American minister, and the Mexican Government. The Mexico treaty agreed to give 39,000,000 acres in Mesilla Valley for $20,000,000, of which $5,000,000 were to be reserved for paying claims, including the Garay grant, &c. It was understood that Mr. Sloo pays the Tehuantepec Company $2,000,000 for the relinquishment of all their rights. The Trait d' Union notices the Gadsden treaty favourably, and says it was received with joy by the public. General Lombardini was dead, and General Almonte had succeeded him in command of the army. General Alcosta, the Minister of War, had resigned on account of ill health. The details concerning the destruction of the Walker expedition to Sonora were received, but nothing later except the reported capture of the Caroline. The packet-ship America, arrived from Liverpool on the 15th, and had very bad weather. On the 27th a wave broke over the deck, washing away James Quenet, sea man of Dundee, and damaged the ship so badly that she had to lay to and repair. On the 4th inst. she was again washed. She had been four days getting in from Fire Island. The packet ship Continent, arrived on the 14th from Liverpool, lost 54 of her steerage passengers by cholera. The continent had a boisterous passage of 42 days. The ship Great Republic proves, upon examination, to be in not so bad a condition as was at first supposed. The hull is entirely good, and all her timbers as sound as when she was launched. Havanna advices of the Bth state that a decree was passed on the 29th ult., regulating telegraphic despatches, obliging all employees to' observe an inviolable secresy, but reserving to the Governor the right of stopping this mode of correspondence whenever:he may choose. Very little business doing in sugars, owing to the small stocks. The stock on hand was about 35,000 boxes. No material alteration in other products. f ' SALES. IMPORTS. ( -A- 7 (...---,..---, DESCRIPTION) PRICES. Week Prey'. Week This STOCK ending ously ending Th is . Year. Jan. 27. this yr. Jan. 27. Jan. 27 -- Sea Island .. 9 4)33 780, 1130 •••• Stained .... 4 10i 120' 80 1 3215 48393 .... Boweds .... 4 7 6190' 20460 325030 Mobile 4l sa 1530 9420 } 8303 86058 "' • New Orleans. 3i sa 166201 50970 •—• Pernams, &c. 6,1 8 720, 3350 1247 6456 24650 Bahia, &c. Maranham Demerara,&c .... I 80 .... 104 280 Egyptian 6 11 1930 1 9860 838 1965 73970 Com.W.l.Bic. .... i 100 225 225 3700 Surat Madras Bengal — ....I 210 442 565 3540 -- --- 36620 ' 114030 18163' 187236'656460 WooL.—Since the close of our public sales, on - - -- •- - COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ____ _ NEW YORK, JAN. 17. MONEY AND STOCK—The demand at present for ex change for remittances is by no means large, and the quota tions on London have been irregular. The best banker's bills have been done at 109.1. The stock market on Satur day exhibited a lowering aspect. On Monday there was a better feeling at the board, and prices were maintained as at the close on Saturday. To-day business to a fair amount was done, without change to note from yester day's rates. COTTON.—(From W. P. Wright's. Circular, of Janu ary 17.)—0n Wednesday and Thursday last week this market was dull, with a tendency to decline. After the arrival of the Baltic, however, more activity prevailed, and holders were unwilling to accept the low offers of buyers. Yesterday a fair business was done. In mid dling to good middling there has been no change in price, but for middling fair they are lc. to lc. per lb. lower than last week, owing to our increased stock of these descrip tions. The total sales for the week have been 11,312 bales : namely, export, 4,914 ; home use, 3,862 ; specula tion, 1,674 ; in transitn, 862. The export during the same time has been,- to Liverpool, 5,872 ; Havre, 1,158 ; Bremen, 66 ; Antwerp, 180. Total, 7,266 bales. The receipts at the ports, owing to a fall in the southern rivers, are again light for the week under review, and the total deficit, as compared with last year, now amounts to 558,000 bales. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist September last, as compared with the pre vious three years : the 21st instant, there has been but little anima tion manifested in the market. Manufacturers having stocked themselves for the present, do not seem anxious to operate further ; prices, however, continue very firm, with every prospect of being firmly maintained for some time to come. The next series of auction sales in London are fixed to commence on the 9th proximo, when about 40,000 bales, foreign and colonial, will be brought for ward. In English and Irish there is a little more doing, and prices are looking up. Scotch, for the moment, is neglected ; prices nominal. Imports for the week, 2,234 b a l es, v i z. , 1,488 Pernam and Alpaca ; 584 M e dit erranean por t s ; 55 14144 India; 40 Portugal; 20 Scotch ; 25 Irish ; and 22 coastwise. TIMBER.—We give the following extracts from the annual circular just published by Messrs. A. F. and D. MACKAY 1854. 1853. 1852. . 1851. Receipts at the Ports, 1,036,000 1,594,000 1,141,000 1,037,000 Exports to Gt. Britain, 299,000 641,000 394,000 309,000 France .. • . 91,000 105,000 134,000 144,000 , other For. Ports, 66,000 9 4 , 0 00 58,000 78,000 Tot's! Exports ........ 456,000 840,000 586,000 531,000 Stock on hand ...... 516,000 570,000 422,000 489,000 BuElnsTurps,—There has been considerable excite ment manifested since the arrival of the Europa. Report ing increased rates in Liverpool, flour has in consequence advanced considerably. Prices went up to ',eight dollars • With regard t) Mils' Wood, the business at the commencement of the,season was in a fair condition. There was a good average demand:, stocks moderate, with I for common state brands, and even higher, say 8 dots. 121 no immediate prospect of excessive importations, owing to cents. The rise on wheat was comparatively greater, say the scarcity of tonnage. This state of things continued 10 cents per bushel. for some time, prices of St. John Spruce Deals ruling at PROVISIONS. —Pork firm : sales 700 barrels ; mess, $l4 about £lO per standard. In the beginning of July there to 14 , 25 ; new prime, $ 12,75 to 12,87 . Beef firm : sales was an indisposition on the part of buyers to lay in stocks 400 barrels ; country mess, $8,25 to 11 • prime, $5 to 5,50; at the rates which then prevailed, and for a short time repacked Chicago, $l3 to $13,50. Lard steady : sales 400 prices were somewhat lower, one cargo having been sold kegs, at 11c. ; barrels. at 9c to 10c. Cut meats heavy. as low as £9 14s. per standard. There was, however, an Hams, Bic. to 81c.; shoulders, 61c. active consumption going on through the country, build- FnEinnxs.—Shipowners and consignees were firmer in ing being pretty general, and towards the close of the their views, which checked transactions. About 1,000 month confidence revived, and the attention of the trade barrels. Flour were engaged at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d., and was directed towards the necessity of providing for the 15,000 to 18,000 bushels grain were taken at 12d in bulk. evidently increasing wants of the community. By the NEW ORLEANS, January 14.—Receipts of Cotton for middle ofAugust, Deals commanded £lO 15s. per standard, the week, 40,000 bales. Sales for the week, 26,000 bales. which was an advance on the opening prices of the season ; Middling, 94c.. Freight to Liverpool, id.—dull. Exchange but so active was the demand both for shipping and home on London, st to st per cent. Decreased receipts at all consumption, and the importers being firm in their deter- the ports, 562,000 bales. urination to hold—as the first cost and freights had in the i MOBILE, January 14.—Middling, Bc. per lb. Freight meantime considerably increased—the prices here conti- to Liverpool, eleven-sixteenths of a penny per lb. Decrease nued to advance, and by the middle of September several by table to day, 571,000 bales. Decrease in total export. large cargoes were sold as high as £l2 10s. per standard, 389,000 bales. Decrease in exports to Great Britain and before the close of September the highest point of the 351,000 bales year was reached, St. John Spruce Deals having been sold at £l4 10s., with Yellow Pine at £l7 per standard, or an advance of 45 per cent. from the commencement of the season. The price of Deals from other ports being governed chiefly by those from St. John, they experienced similar fluctuations. The price of Quebec Pine, at the opening of the season, was about 20d. per foot for 70 feet average. After various fluctuations, it reached the highest point in the month of November, when 80 feet average sold at 2s. 3d. per foot. St. John Pine at the commence ment was 6d. per foot over the average girth, owing to the short stock, and gradually advanced until the month of September, when it reached the unprecedented figure of 10d. per foot over the average, or equal to 2s. sd. per foot for 19-inch average girth, being the highest price ever attained in this market for an entire cargo of like average. Of Baltic Timber the stocks held over from the previous year were very small. In the month of June, notwithstanding the small increase of arrivals as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, the supply was insufficient for the demand, and prices in con sequence continued to advance from 18d. to 20d. per foot for common Timber, which were the current rates in the early part of the year, until they reached 2s. 3d. per foot in the month of November. This continuous rise of prices, and the large profits which had been made by importers, excited attention towards fresh imports and large increase of shipments, particularly from the Baltic ports ; and owing to the long continuance of easterly winds, the arrivals were very numerous within the last two months. This unprecedented quantity, which was altogether unexpected, amounting to nearly fifty cargoes, has operated in a very material degree to depress the market value for this description of Wood, and common Timber has been sold this month at 21d. per foot. EXTENSIVE FORGERY. APPREHENSION AND COMMITAL OF THE FORGER. YESTERDAY, a well-dressed and respectable-looking man, about thirty years of age, was brought up at the police court, charged with forging a cheque for £1,500 From the investigation, it appeared the prisoner, who gave his name as John Timpson, went to the Bank of Liverpool yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, where he presented a cheque for £1,500, purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Glynn and Co., bankers, London. To ac count for presentation of the cheque without previous advice of it having been made, Timpson said Mr. Ledger Glynn had occasion to be in the north on some business, for the purposes of which he had taken funds with him ; that Mr. Glynn, senior, being afraid that some mistake might happen ' had sent him, Timpson, with this cheque. Such was the tale he told to Mr. G. M. Brown, sub-ma nager of the bank. That gentleman having gone to consult Mr. Langton on the subject of the cheque, Timpson became evidently uneasy, and endeavoured to leave the place. This being observed, he was stopped, when he immediately confessed the forgery of the cheque, adding that he should adhere to the statement all through. He was then given into custody, and at the Bridewell he re peated his admission of being the forger of the cheque, stating, further, that he was glad he had not got the money, as, in that event, he should have been miserable all his days. When before the magistrates, he once more admitted his guilt, and was committed for trial at the next assizes. THE SCREW STEAM SHIP CHARITY. THE Charity (s.s.) Paton, hence for Portland (Maine), put into Greenock on Saturday morning, last week, decks swept. The Charity left the Mersey early on the morning of the 17th instant, and had proceeded as far as 15 west longitude, when she was overtaken by the terrific gale of the 20th and 21st. Captain Paton writes : " The sails were reduced gradu ally until very stitch was taken in, and the ship hove to under bare poles, with engine going dead slow to keep enough way on the ship, to keep her head up to the 'sea. She was in this position, and about four points from the wind, when an immense sea struck her, and swept almost everything off the decks, including the funnel, three boats, taking several davits with them, the galley, companion, &c., &c." Much water, of course went down into the cabins and engine-room, causing considerable alarm amongst the passengers. The donkey engine was set to work to pump the water out. Although without a funnel, the engineers succeeded in raising as much steam as kept the engine moving slowly. Captain Paton put about, and the wind being from the southward, made for Greenock, where they arrived on Saturday morning at three o'clock. The Sarah Sands, (s.s.) which should have sailed yester day for Portland, is detained in the river for the passengers ex " Charity," who are to arrive here from Greenock by railway early this morning. It is intended that the Charity shall come round here for repairs to the deckwork, &c., as soon as a funnel has been fitted to her in the Clyde. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.- YESTERDAY. (Before JOSEPH POLLOCK, Beg., Judge) CLAIM BY A DOMESTIC.—HALL v. CHURCHOD.— Margaret Hall, a domestic servant, residing at 45, Great Crosshall-street, summoned Mrs. Churchod, of the Queen's Hotel, Lime-street, for 19s. 2d., a month's wages. It ap peared that plaintiff had been engaged as chambermaid, at £lO a-year wages, but after she had been there a week she was dismissed, the reason being according to her own statement that "she could not answer two bells at once." Nothing had been said on either side as to any notice, although evidence was given that the defendant generally engaged servants subject to a week's notice. Plaintiff had been offered 3s. 10d. as a week's wages, but had refused the money. In the absence of any specific agreement as to a notice, his honour held that the plaintiff was entitled to a month's notice, and directed a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. ALLEGED BREAKAGE FROM NEGLIGENT DELIVERY.— Mr. Edwin Salt, baker and flour dealer, Soho-street, (at the corner of Queen Anne-street,) preferred a claim against. Mr. Samuel Radford, corn merchant, of £1 18s. 3d., owing to his window having been broken through the iiegllgunce tit dcfetiklaut'a earlier. I 4 appeared mat xne plaintiff dealt with defendant for his supplies of flour. A lorry containing fifty barrels had been sent up to plaintiff's shop, and they were in course of being discharged on the footpath, when the first lot having been piled up, the ladder-slide was placed from the top of the first tier to the cart. The carter was delivering them to a person in the employ of the plaintiff, who stood at the foot of the slide, when, as the latter was stooping down (according to the evidence for the plaintiff), the carter let one barrel slip, and it went right through the window into plaintiff's shop, causing damage to the extent sued for. The defence was that the barrels should have been hoisted up into an upper room at once, but that the plaintiff had not sufficient hands engaged for the purpose, and that the carter had no further responsibility than simply delivering them from the lorry, leaving on the servants of the plaintiff the onus of seeing that they were safely received. His honour, after carefully sifting the evidence, and attaching evident weight to the equivocating manner in which the carter himself had given his testimony, directed a verdict for the plaintiff, with costs out of pocket. SPOILING A CHRISTMAS DINNER.—James Leicester, whitesmith, of 14, Byrom-terrace, Byrom-street, sued Thomas Turner, public bake-house keeper, of Primrose hill, Fontenoy-street, " for having," according to his sum mons, " spoiled a goose of the plaintiff's, whereby he has sustained damage to the amount of 55." Mrs. Leicester said that the goose, which was the interesting subject of dispute, was bought for Christmas. She took it to the defendant's to be baked, and asked him when it would be done. He said at one o'clock. She went for it at that time, and found that it had been converted to a cinder, " so that it was not fit to be placed upon a table at all." She added that she had cautioned him on leaving not to do it too much. In answer to the Judge, she said she did not take it away : she left it there, and did not know what had become of it. She had pieces of the bone which she had broken off, to show that it had been reduced to a cin der. [A small package of calcined remains was here opened and produced.] Her husband had paid ss. for the goose. She had witnesses present, one of whom could speak to the goose before it went into the bake-house, and a second,.who was a cook, that had immediately seen it after it came out. Witness No. 1 was called. The Judge : Was it a fine one ? (Laughter.) It was as fine a goose as ever I saw. I saw it afterwards ; it was burned, and not fit to go to anybody's table. I saw the journeyman at the bakehouse, and showed him that it was spoiled, when he said it could not be helped, that it was not done a bit too much for any one, and that it was not spoiled. Witness No. 2 was then called. She said " she saw the goose after it was cooked." The Judge : Was it well done ? Witness : It was done too much for any one ; it was as dry as a stick. I said this is such a goose as I never saw before. (Laughter.) He said none of your im pertinence. The gentleman who officiated, (the foreman) shoved his peel at a woman who had a child in her arms, and he refused to apologise, as he said it was Christ mas time. The goose was not fit for any one ; it was not worth a penny. The defendant : You were very tipsy when you came. Witness No. 2: No, sir, bat you were. (Loud laughter.) The defendant said the goose was done very properly, but as a disturbance was made about it, he had offered to pay 45., which he considered its fair value. Plaintiff's wife, however, had gone on that it was not eatable, but the goose was in court. (Sensation.) The Judge : I shan't eat any part of it. Defendant : But it is here, properly done, and very sweet, too. The Judge This was in December. We are now at the end of January. I shall be very sorry to eat any of it. The foreman was then called, who said that the goose had been "done" the same as other people's, and that there had never been any complaint. The Judge (to Mrs. Leicester) : What did you do for your dinner': that day ? She said they had to do without. His Honour said : I think you are entitled to a verdict for &s. If it is a little above the value of the goose, no doubt you lost your dinner for some time. Verdict for plaintiff. The case created considerable amusement in court. An action, by Mr. T. J. Halton against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, for damage caused by water percolating from the railway on to the premises of pursuer, in which a carious question of law will be raised, was adjourned till the 21st of February. RABBIT COUOING.—A WAGER..—John Rowbottom, labourer, of No. 125, Upper Mann-street, brought an action against Joseph Orme, beerseller, of Clive-street, to recover £3, which had been deposited in his hands as a stake to depend the issue of a wager. It appeared that in the course of last month the plaintiff made a match with one John Dwerryhouse, of this town, who undertook to run his " Jack," at rabbit-hunting, against plaintiff's " Rose," for £3 a-side. The match was to come off on on the 2nd of January, at some place to be agreed upon, and the stakes were deposited with the defendant. The dog that caught and held the first five out of nine rabbits was to be held the winner, "the rabbits to have 4.5 yards law." Each dog to weigh 19 lbs. There was a condition that the match should come off between one and two o'clock on the day appointed. The plaintiff stated that it was mutually agreed that they should go and ask Mr. Tilburn, inn-keeper, Cattle-market, for a field. He got to Mr. Tilburn's at five minutes to two o'clock, when a boy told him that the others had been, and had gone off to the field. On his way there, he found them returning. They had let a rabbit loose, and killed it, and, as he was not present at the time, claimed the wager. He contended that he was there in sufficient time, and that the other parties had no right to act, according to the articles of agreement (a long, formal, printed document), till the field had been mutually agreed on. It also appeared that the matter had been referred to Bell's Life (but plaintiff said without his consent) and the money paid over to Dwerryhouse.—Mr. Grocott . , who appeared for the defen dant, pleaded non-liability, first, under the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 109, for the suppression of betting, &c. ; but his honour, however, decided that the stakes were held for an " event" which had not come off, and therefore that the clause was not applicable. He thought the only real point in the case was, whether or not the plaintiff really reached Tilburn's before two o'clock, Henry Edwards, who was called on behalf of the defend ant, said he had waited till two o'clock for the plaintiff, at Tilburn's. The _plaintiff, on the other hand, reiterated that he was there five minutes before two—both parties appealing to Mr. Tilburn's clock. To have more satisfac tory evidence on this point, his Honour adjourned the case till Friday. MISSING PLATE.—Catherine Cornell, a domestic ser vant, sued Mr. Rigby, publican, St. James'-street, for £1 14s. 6d., which had been stopped out of her wages on leaving, in consequence of two silver spoons and a fork having been missed. The fork had been lost some time previously, but the two spoons about ten days only before she left. She had nut till then told Mrs. Rigby of the loss, as she had still thought they would turn up. The defence was that she was, by the agreement made on her entering the service, to be held responsible for the plate and linen, but that was not satisfactorily proved. His honour thought she was to blame in not having told of the lost spoons sooner, as otherwise they might have been recovered, but as she had been paid wages after the fork had been missed, directed a verdict for her of its stated value, 4s. 6d. with costs. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1854. POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY. STEALING A MAN'S DINNER.—James Pollard was con victed of stealing a working porter's dinner, at ten o'clock that morning. He was sentenced to twenty-one days' im prisonment. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Ann Cowie, who bad been servant with Mrs. Ellis, in Mount-pleasant, was charged with opening a drawer in the bedroom of a nephew of Mrs. Ellis, and stealing therefrom a purse containing £2 155., on Saturday, the 21st inst. It appeared that the prisoner, who had, at a former time, been in the service of Mrs. Ellis, which she had left, but lately returned, with a character, which she ill-deserved, and on the strength of it she was re-engaged. Having effected the theft by means of a false key, Cowie made her escape. On Saturday last she was discovered secreted in a house in Duckworth street. She denied all knowledge of the theft. No part of the stolen property was found on her, although she had made the purchase of some articles of dress, having pre viously been known to be very poor. The case was re manded till to-day. UNGRATEFUL THIEVES. Thomas Flanigan, James Lang, Thomas McManus, Bridget Flanigan, and Mary Flanigan, the two latter being the wife and sister of the first-named prisoner, were brought up charged with robbery. The male prisoners were represented as Preston operatives out on strike. It appeared that on Wednesday night the operatives went to the lodging-house of Mrs. Hogan, at Innfield, near Accrington, and repre senting thatthey had no money to pay for their lodgings, were permitted to remain without charge. Having thus obtained entrance, they contrived to open a locked box by means of a false key ; from the box they took 7 sovereigns and 16 half-sovereigns. After securing the booty, they took the train from Preston and came to Liverpool. They were traced • and, on being taken into custody, it was found that Flanigan and Lang had taken passages to America, for which they had paid the sum of £lO. 2s. 6d. The females were not, so far as the evidence went to show, connected with the robbery, and they were discharged. The three male culprits were ordered to be given up to the authorities at Accrington. DASTARDLY AssAuLT.—John Bradley was convicted of striking and knocking down a young woman, on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, in Simpson-street, she not having given the slightest cause of offence. The prlsoner said he was so drunk he did not recollect anything about it. Sentenced to pay a fine of 20s. and costs, or to suffer fourteen days' imprisonment. STABBING CASE.—Bernard Shepphard, a black man, was charged with stabbing Edward Edwards on the night of Thursday last. The prisoner made his escape at the time, but was subsequently apprehended, and taken, for identification, before the wounded man, who was lying in the infirmary too ill to attend. Prisoner was remanded for seven days. PASSING BASE COIN.— Joseph Ward, charged with being concerned in several cases of passing counterfeit shillings, was remanded for a week. AssA.uLTING A WlFE.—David Thompson, a labourer, was charged by Police-constable 62, with committing an assault on his wife, whom he knocked down, and treated in a very brutal manner, on Saturday night. Prisoner denied the severity of the assault; and said that his wife was very drunken, and spent his wages in drink. The wife did not appear. The prisoner was sentenced to be impri soned for three months, with hard labour. DRUNK AND DISOIIDEILLY.—Joseph Thornhill was fined 10s. and costs, or to suffer seven days' imprison ment, for being drunk and creating a disturbance on Saturday night. THE AINTREE CHARITY BALL will be held on Wednes day the Bth of February, and not to-morrow, stated in a contemporary. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We are glad to observe that two pupils of the Upper School of this Institution, Mr. Whiteside, and Mr. Kershaw, are placed among the senior optimes in the Cambridge list of honours. MASONIC BALL.—The fifth grand Masonic Ball for the western division of Lancaster will take place on Tuesday' next, in the Liverpool Town-hall, under noble and dis tinguished patronage. The proceeds will be devoted to the West Lancashire Masonic Institution, for the education and advancement in life of the children of distressed freemasons. -.GERMAN CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—RECANTATION. — An interesting occurrence took place on Sunday last, when the Rev. D. Hirsch received an Austrian medical gentle man into the church, in presence of a numerous congrega tion. We understand that several others are under Mr. Hirsch's instructions, and are likely soon to follow the above example. NORTH-WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. —lt is rumoured that, in consequence of the high rate of interest for money, and the difficulty of raising it from the prospect of war, these companies have agreed to withdraw their Parliamentary bills for new works. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—It is believed that this company will have a dividend of 9s. ; and that, as they are approaching the ten per cent. limit, they will gradually capitalize their debentures. A COINCIDENCE. —On Tuesday, two couples were united in the bonds of matrimony at the Preston Parish Church, and, as a rather singular coincidence, we may mention that the females were both landladies, and each was bind ing herself to a third husband.—Preston Pilot. POACHING.—On Monday morning an affray took place on the preserves of Mr. Pudsey Dawson, of Hornby Castle, Windermere, between the keepers and some poachers, in which the former were worsted. One of the poachers threatened to use his gun, They were afterwards identi fied and arrested. WIGAN.—The Vice-Chancellor has refused a motion for an injunction to restrain the Corporation of Wigan from making a rate to pay a solicitor's bill incurred in opposing the passage of the Liverpool Waterworks Bill, and for which an action had been brought. Costs to be costs in the cause. THE BEARD MovEwsNr.—A very large meeting, con vened by a small placard, was held in the Lyceum, on Tuesday, to promote the adoption of the beard and mous tache among the working classes and others, and after a good deal of talking pro. and con., the resolution was car ried in favour of the beard and moustache, with very few dissentients. Manchester Courier. EDMOND'S (LATE WOMBELIAO MENAGERIE. - It will be seen, by reference to our advertising columns, that the above very extensive collection of birds, animals, &c., has arrived in Liverpool, and is now exhibiting in the Old Haymarket. Lovers of zoology will hail this announce ment with much pleasure. ST. JOHN'S CHITRCH TEA PARTY.—Of Wednesday last the first congregational tea party in connexion with this church was held in the Concert-hall. The decora tions were very beautiful and significant. The banners represented Cranmer revoking his recantation, William the Third crossing the Boyne, and one containing a large open Bible, with the words " Protestant Ascendancy, &c. The likeness of our gracious Queen, set in the centre of these Protestant banners, was significant of the con nexion of the Church with the State. The Rev. W. F. Taylor, M.A., the respected incumbent, occupied the chair. Above an hour was passed in friendly conversation over tea ; after which Mr. Taylor gave a detailed statement of their progress during the past year, and made suggestions for consideration with reference to future plans. The choir of St. John's led the singing, which was generally taken up by the people, who sung several appropriate sa cred pieces. The Rev. George L. Ireland, curate of St. John's, made a short, but very effective speech on educa tion, and threw out many valuable hints to the teachers present. The Rev. G. F. Mathews, curate of St. John's, made a few remarks, chiefly on the importance of united prayer for God's blessing upon the means and instrumen talities used in the work of the Lord. Mr. Thomas Wor rall, special missionary to the Roman Catholics, was then called upon, and made a very energetic and interesting speech, showing the nature and success of his mission. The report stated that the total amount collected for the year 1853, at St. John's Church, was £541105. CV., which, considering the circumstances of the people connected with St. John's, was very encouraging to their excellent pastor. After some further remarks by the chairman, the proceedings concluded with the national anthem. The refreshments were provided by Mr. Milbourn, and gave great satisfaction. A social and friendly feeling was pro moted between the pastor and the flock, and by The members of the flock, one towards another ; and thus the object of the meeting was fully realized. AN ACCIDENT TO THE MIDLAND NIGHT MAIL took place at Cudworth (Barnsley) station, on Wednesday evening, to the up night mail, from Leeds to London. The town of Barnsley is three miles from the Cudworth station, and the traffic to that town is worked by omnibus, and the letters from the town are conveyed to the station in a small cart, placed in a net, and picked up by the mail train without any stoppage, the train not being appointed to stop at that station. On the evening above-named, the south letter-bags were conveyed to the station about ten o'clock, in the small cart, and placed in the net to await the arrival of the mail. The driver of the cart put the horse and vehicle near the station on ground level with the rails, and during his absence the horse and cart got on the line, and remained there until the mail arrived, when the train, which was proceeding at full speed (forty miles per hour) dashed into the obstruction thus occa sioned, killed and mangled the horse, and smashed the vehicle to atoms. The engine and three of the carriages were thrown off the rails, and the line was completely blocked up. The passengers, as might be expected, from the suddenness of the collision and the rate at which the train was proceeding, were all thrown from their seats, and most of them suffered from superficial bruises. The rails were torn up, and all trains were delayed for several hours. A BED OF AMBER.—In digging for a well in the coal mines near Prague, the workmen met, between the bed of gritstone which forms the roof of that mine and the first layer of coals, a bed of yellow amber, apparently of great extent. Pieces weighing from 21b. to 31b. have been extracted. ROMISH PIETY.--The Espana of Madrid states that, as Queen Maria Christina was passing along the Calle de Alcala, she met a priest carrying the sacrament to a poor sick man. Her Majesty immediately got out of her carriage, made the priest enter it, and followed the vehicle with a wax candle in her hand, through the dirty streets, to the sick man's residen ce ; after which she proceeded on foot to the parish church. THE LORDS or TUE TREASURY have, for the pent, refused the application for establishing bonded warehouse/ in the Isle of Man. LIVERPOOL CORN EIDE/SW-B.—The original L °rri t market in Liverpool was held in the open street in "Z . ; I f of the exchange. In 1807 a scheme was set on foe l ' the erection of a covered market by the issue of t go shares. A building was accordingly constructed o n tu south side of Brunswick-street, which was opened , f° i : business in August, 1808. The plan succeeded adininl, as a pecuniary speculation, the original £lOO shares kiwi", advanced to the value of £350 and £4OO. The inersr"_„, of business, especially in the import of foreign gril having led to the inconvenient crowding of the marks'', new erection was determined on. The old stracture 7 7 1 taken down, and premises adjacent purchased suffices to enlarge the Exchange to nearly double its orig),,n, extent. The present building was commenced in I.` ° _ . :, t but, owing to the di ffi culty of getting possession of Po' of the property, it had to be erected piecemeal. T l 2 e d facade was commenced in the spring of the past year, o' is is rapidly approaching to completion. The ground 0, 11 e a little irregular, owing to the nature of the site. situation being in the centre of the commerce of Lis;e r ; pool, the front portion of the building is prepared ° offices or commercial chambers, of which there are ei F b it suites. The area of the Exchange itself is about 10 0 Iv: —t by 98 feet, which is divided into three aisles by two row of iron columns. The centre avenue has a raised clerest ol / carried up, lighted from the sides. The two side a venue' are lighted by continuous rows of plate-glass squar e ?' forming the upper portions of the planes of the rool/ The roof itself is supported by cast-iron curved rit segmental in the side avenues and semicircular in ha centre one. Two ranges of vaults for storage exte n e under the Exchange. The number of stands for th • let accommodation of the dealers is 170, each of which for £l5 15s. per annum. The front facade is built ell white Runcorn stone, which is of beautiful colour al excellent quality, but very limited in supply. The to bat cost of the building, exclusive of the land, will be a -211,000. The architect is Mr. J. A. Picton, F.S.sr Civil Engineer's Journal. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH• LONDON.—After official hours, Railways recovered t° about the closing prices of Saturday. Consols fisil li ? quoted 904. On 'Change, little alteration. Scotch 14 Iron, 765. ; Tallow, 635. ; Saltpetre, 365. Other articl e ' about the same. THE EASTERN WAR. No later news. There is no doubt that the reply of t ile French and English Governments to the last Ruse Notes is of a firm and decided character. An authentic private letter from Bucharest, of the 13 0 ; states that the advanced guard of Osten Sackro arri , 'e u at Bucharest on the 4th, and the main body on the 10 1 ' The soldiers were in a miserable condition, having be e f forced to march 50 days over the worst roads, under Pel:' ing rain. The mortality was enormous in every regiment. The rear guard is not expected before the 20th. The position of the troops was rendered worse by t he orders received to continue their route to Kalafat, 0 05 rest of only three days. General Gortschikoff havO g A received his final instructions from St. Petersburg, 111/ : sent forward his heavy artillery, was prparn ° leave Bucharest for Little Wallachia. The campaign not assumed a favourable appearance, and it was generPg believed that Gortschikoff would not have undertaken the proposed operations, had he not had orders to do so from t he highest authority. Numerous waggon loads of wound' troops arrived at Krajova. There are fresh insurrect o3 : amongst the Wallachian population, notwithstanding ° li the Russian Generals had shot several persons taken with arms fighting for the Sultan. TATTERSALL'S BETTING.—Tars DAT. LIVERPOOL STEEPS CHASE.-8 to 1 agst Miss Movibriy:, taken ; 17 to 1 agst Peter, taken ; 20 to 1 agst La Gazza Lac ! '" taken ; 23 to 1 agst Burnt Sienna, taken. METROPOLITAN.-15 to 1 agat Royalist. taken. 1 to CHESTER Cur.-33 to 1 agat Nabob, taken freely ; 33 •-,,e agst Star of Surrey, taken; 40 to I agat Peggy, to sti r money ; 40 to 1 agst Llanforda, taken ; 40 to 1 agstSandha" taken ; 60 to 1 agst Royalist, taken. THE DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Autocrat, taken; Bto 1 agst Torn, taken; 25 to 1 agst Acrobat, taken; 25 to 1 agst taken; 35 to 1 agst Scythian, taken ; 100 to 1 agst Wingue' taken. THE OAKS.-4 to 1 agst Meteora, to ..6100. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. d, English Funds showed less firmness, and slightly dec/in„ e ti g Consols first quoted 94; buyers receded } per cent. , " $ blaeciengtowards theclose. L ind ..i s o , closed rather better. The heaviness on Paris Bourse operlis, unfavourably. Railways generally depressed ; heavy stor_o most influenced; a r eact% 4 from owing th to e LI,: eesxtcperinotf took p la c e Bank Shares moderately active and steady. In yoPz d Spanish and Dutch lower; Mexican in sound dement' , "" n nearly I per cent. better. CLOSING TRICES. Consols, Account .. I 901 Bank Stock ... (115 16 Do. Money.... I 903 fiExcheq. Bills, L. ... 12 P Three&QrperCents 913 II FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans 231 1 Spanish; Passives .... 32 105 Do. Threes Russian ... Spanish Deferred .... 391 401 Swedish ..... .• • "- Do. Threes lB3 193 RAILWAY SHARES. Amberg.,Nottingham, N . and E. Junction — I London London && WesternWesteni 113 ° 7611 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Do. Preference .. 99 100 Midland Stock East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire Do. Preference Eastern Union A Ditto B and C North Staffordshire .. Edinburgh & Glasgow 60 2 Shrewsbury and Bir- Great Northern mingham Do. A..... Do. L. &N. W. guar Do. 8..... S. Eastern and Dover 5 8 Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 611 2 Berwick ... Do. Fifths 73 3 Do. Extension Leeds Northern — Do. Preference London, Brighton,and York and N. Midland 4.5 South Coast 9B 9 Do. Preference.. MINING SHARES. B. Nget •••• ug Australian Freehold .... Australasian - Colonialnyti Mariposa SHARES. Peel iver Van Di ß eman's l3idt N. B. Australian dIS Noveau Monde — Registered Co rdel i era Ave Maria Carson's Creek — Port Philip LAND Australian Agricultural 39 41 S. Australian 33 7 B. American — CORN MARKET. The show of English Whe it is scanty, but business inact6 although pz ices are maintained. Holders of Foreign demanT; fall rates, but sales are rest r i c t e d. Town-made Flour nr: a t tained late rates. Barley, Beans and Peas sold slowly, ni are not cheaper. The arrivals of bats are short, but there no advance. The v a l ue o f M a lt i s unchanged. Toward s oe , close, the finest whit e Whe a t br o u g ht Is. per quar ter advs Foreign firm, but little passing. Flour and Malt stes,',l Beans and Peas are rather cheaper. Oats are very firm, not cheaper. _ ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Foreira• Wheat 1574 9 63 Barley 4051 924 400 Oats BB4 170 191 8 Malt — -- Beans Peas 499 60 P -_ 1 Flour . 2198 3009 bbl,. 0952 PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar : Several buyers of F ore i gn , an d pr i ces w ell 10 64: tained ; Refined in large demand, brown lumps '4s' e.' Coffee : Demand increasing ; Native Ceylon, 495. to Rio, 475. to 51s. Tea firm; ordinary Congou ls,kltr e Is. lid. Rice slow of sale, and r a th er c h ea p er . Slot 000 sells slowly, at barely previous terms. The demand for Co is increasing, and prices are well supported. TALLOW MARKET. In Tallow little passing; rates barely sustained. stcic ' t#f 39,700 casks, against 43,664 same time last year. Delive r 1,927 casks, against 2,338 same time last year. CATTLE MARKET. ( 6 ' The Beast trade is better. Sheep sold at Monday's Pr i , Calves at an advance on Friday's rates. Beef 2s 8d to 4s 6d I Veal Mutton..... 3s 2d to 5s 2d 1 Pork .. 35 8d to 5° ARRIVALS. Beasts 4141 1 Calves Sheep and Lambs .... 18750 1 Pigs • Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts 2ooo' Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts ... .. 250 Scotch Beasts Irish Beasts Holland Beasts Do. Sheep lOBO Do. Calves 35 Do. Pigs -- Spanish Beasts -- Do. Sheep — French Beasts - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. 0 6 Caledonians, 25k; East Lancashirea, 154 ; Lancashir e Yorkshire, 614 62 614; Manchester Assurance, 161 plo• LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Dovers, 17i; North-Western, 8/. GLASGOW CORN MARKET. f Wheat and Flour held stiffly. but a disinclination O business. All Spring Corn unaltered. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. al.: Hoico Komi. DEC. 11.—The rortuna, from Aln o Y,:leo plundered by pirates, who abandoned her, offering no to the crew. 140" DEAL, JAN. 29.—Arrived: Royal Albert, from o° o l % Sierra Nevada, from Havana. 30th : Old Hickorp, fro' Shanghai; Sunbeam, from Callao ; Sir John Ray Rei d ' St. Kitts. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 29.—The Adroit, from Liverpool , damaged. tg Peony, hence, at Galle, Dec. 13. l; tti Loch Loman, from Calcutta, Dec. 2; Security, froii; or Kong, Nov. 17; Antilla, from Singapore, Dec. 9—all port. YARMOUTH, JAN. 30.—The Romeo, from Hartlepo° l 5$ , off the Gudgeon. DEAL, JAN. 30 . — Arrived : Abe r g e ldie, from Chin a bjes 6, CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 12.—The Derby, front .0, , lost.— Antionette, Joachim, Te o f r a s tis, America, N• Miseracordia, and San Nicolo, lost in the Black Se& LIVERPOOL: b 11 Printed and Published every Tuesday Morning' 0. 1 , Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON TRACKER, wol f, Percy-street, at the STANDARD GENERAL ...,P l 'l. r por OFFICE, No. 4, ST. GEO RGE ' S C RESCEN T, 4 0 ' Tuesday, January 31,1854, ~\ 0, PO4 4As t , ; I.ot Pl 11 , Of tip' f 6 (1.. 'c eit i : 5t..!111 1 1 kd 'AL eri r ,rri ; ; 41 11Z lirj e e \ ti` cj u I '4l I ° ;0 ] lOr 8, OJ r (ir t arid