The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

, sim Diac em igrstr s the le Xibtrpc ZUORND ,erday morning, that TO CORRESPONDENTS, eek to withdraw [lined in )01 x bably to lition g Graham become and his clearly rality, which is observed in 1"1, ;. rl.ll public life _ s mere chattels ; and ought not to be allowed to he used for the pool, are not to ere adva In this ncement of politic tate of r reptprl +.n )inion attention was we have either commerce, manufactures, or a mo nied interest to retain the services of his scurrilous pen. It is the same policy which is being pursued by every rising nation in the world, and which, when there is energy in the people, as in the case of the United States. is rapidly enabling them to approach that condition, in which they will be ena bled to rely for every necessary of life upon their own unaided industry. It is the policy advocated by all the great statesmen of the present and past generations, when this kingdom was ruled by gen tlemen ; before we had learnt to prostrate our intel lect before the politico-economical dogmas of the Scotch doctors, or imbibed the crude and levelling tees be at once theori n of a fitting can- seat, should I to of as if by common consent, ti airman of Uhamber of , Esq. In thi Commerce omas Berry Hors- appy to observe eh have up till now so fatally divided the Te at once ti ative party in the town, e, every section of that rson of Mr. Horsfall the party recognising in ti Candidate most certain tci contest the field success- resent mer rst earnestly, call upon the . Let ,ency to be up assers actively at work s picked up at second-band in commercial rooms, and propounded to the world, as their own discoveries, by quondam bagmen and promoted sweepers of calico warehouses. ar in r Dw is the opportu -of relieving this ,orough from Whig, at the same time, And what, let us ask, is the experience which we have bad of the system which the Times would urge us to adhere to as something superhumanly excellent ? The experience of a period of be five or six years only, during which, one after ano ther, every class of the corn rnnnity has had to pass through a probation of unparalleled suffering ; and at the close of which the very men who inaugu rated such system are compelled to lay down office, because they cannot satisfy the universal " impa tience of taxation" which their policy has caused. The country, it is clear, will not consent to pur chase a safe extension of our free trade policy at the price of a continuation of the income tax. It repudiates the necessity of devoting a portion of its surplus revenue to the liquidation of the na tional debt. To carry out some sweeping change, and to the con- a empire, a great moral twee n No observing man can no% ntertain a doubt that a m ( and in t N\T too, is 'e do not refer to a poll. s country ar, if it may We do not r s, although that, t be said to have trial. or a 'er to an intim- What we r igh both appear ligious be called upor Dint to is a great re iggle; in which the if we o decide, peaceably a hand bared to ff I required, a its Protestant and its inst the insolent is liberties pretensions, and the encroachinf spirit, of a system I to decelope itself n anowe fully i portion of the world thout producing al despotism once men, created by ttle lower than the angels," were prostrated to a position scarcely above that of the unreasoning "beasts that perish." During th and-twenty years we have ing bulwark after bulwark Weak een engaged in rer of the Protestant faith in t ealms rising statesmen have been opening, one after another, the floodgates, and admitting the tide of Popery into our land. Liberalism and Conservatism have vied with each other in inviting sting the insidious aggressions of this power; whilst the bulk of the nation have their danger, and have stood calmly nmersed only in the anxiety to and ten and tole: ig On Drshipping new gods. The - writings of the political economists have been our Bible ' • calicoes and woollens, im ports and exports, h are been nearer to our daily thoughts than the cultivation of religion and lofty principle ; and the true happiness, the healthy mind and body, the temporal and eternal welfare of of our people, have been weighed as a the balance, as compared with the reali heapness. But watchful, and a portion of the community might possibly be in duced to submit a little longer to that inquisitorial tax ; but no safe and moderate financial measure will tempt them to do so. We may, however, assure the Times that what ever men may take the reins of Government at the present juncture, he is not like:y to have his tem per ruffled by anything in the shape of a " protec tionist imposture." Perhaps, however, he will be made to learn that the country will not tolerate a continuance of agricultural persecution. Possibly, too, he may find, before many moons are over, that the moderate men of his own party will not be disinclined to discuss the question whether such a revenue duty upon foreign corn as would not ma terially advance the price of food might not enable a Chancellor of the Exchequer to remit or reduce some other imposts which at present press most severely upon the consuming classes. At all events this will be done when the community shall have come a little more to their senses. THE budget, and that novelty under Whig legis- feather in f our wo roper, is never s never re :ing its effor —in adversity " crawling •pent," and as it gathered is belly like the strength rearing up its head in proud anticipation of coming triumph,—that dark apostacy has been steadily progressing towards the goal of its ambi tion ; and what feeble-minded statesmen have designated as its recent but the challenge—the insolent aggres sion" is gage thrown down— for a lation—a surplus revenue—have been the death . of Lord John Russell's Government. We can imagine the mingled puzzle and delight beaming upon the countenance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he sat down to deal with his unexpected two millions; how gravely he weighed every claim made upon his generosity ; how nicely he divided and subdivided the sum at his disposal ;—laid down a plan and then pulled it to pieces again, until, at length, the happy point was hit, and the great production—which was to immortalize the name of Wood—lay revealed in its perfect proportions before his vision. Proud, doubtless,was Sir Charles of the result of his cogitations ; proud as was that maternal bird, to which the facetious Punch has irreverently likened him, of its one chick. But, alas for the blindness and ingratitude of men ! The world rwned and sd at the fruit of the —.illy do we believe that neither the pre- Chancellor' f s o incubation. coffe Rude people pecked at it dent government—if, indeed, we can at this moment be said to possess one—the present race of states- on every side, as saucy sparrows peck at a stray bird men, nor the great majority of the British nation, of gaudier plumage than their own. Its superlative are fully alive to the real extent of the peril which wisdom was unrecognised by the million ; and the we have brought against ourselves. A small sec- first budget of 1851 is already n u mbered with the tion amongst us—and a very small one it is— unremembered multitude of Whig efforts at legis venture to hope that the petty measure introduced lotion, untimely strangled. Under such circum by Lord John Russell will suffice to meet the pre- stances, need we wonder if Sir Charles Wood were sent emergency . Another set of politi c i ans , o f th e to retire in disgust, not from office alone, but from ultra-liberal class, would have us adopt no measure public life altogether ? The age is not worthy of of repression at all. A third and most pretentious his eminent financial talents. class would attempt to save the land, and the Pro- We would not advise Sir Charles to take so testant church of our p , fathers, from the enc roac h- desperate a step • for, unfortunately ; leis secession i ments of Rome, by infusing into the formula r i es would deprive the world of the valuable services of and the doctrines of that church as much as possi- the Greys, the Elliotts, and their numerous progeny, ble of the mummeries and the erroneous doctrines handy in any situation, and especially punctual in of Rome. The masses of the people , however , and their attendance on quarter days. What could especially the middle classes, are sound at the colonies do without their present sweet-tem heart; but, alas ! they are disorganised, without pered Earl? What would Pio Nono think of -enknised leaders—without a definite policy. The England, deprived of the eminent diplomatic ser al treacheries of the past few years have bro- vices o f Minto ? What, above all, would the brood ..Q„ up all unity of action amongst them , and o f Elliotts do for a living, the doors of office being aught them that it is unsafe to put their trust in irrevocably slammed in their faces ? We almost tatesmen. shudder at the thought. It 'er, too late to repair the past.. The questions, however, of most vital urgency ie Protestant majority of the British nation may now are—to what new hands shall we commit the b tabled t !rcise their just influence in task of governing the country, and what is to be !cting the nation's affairs, an otecting their their policy. The first will probably he solved be . estant church and their civil and religious fore these remarks are placed before our readers. rties, alike from assault from without, and With respect to the second, all that we can make . treachery from within, their borders. To effect sure of is, that their financial measures must he of this, they must lay aside for the moment the ques- a totally different character to those announced in tion of free trade or protection, as mainly intlu- . the recent never-to-be-forgotten budget of Sir encing them in the exercise of political and civil Charles Wood. An obtuse public cannot be made ''nns. They must not allow themselves to be to see the propriety of allowing themselves to be —noningly--devised financial operations, saddled for three years longer with an iniquitous 7,ets. What they require at the income-tax, to enable a Chancellor of the Exche a Government and a House of quer to play at ducks and drakes with the money, sound constitutional men, or to fool it away upon petty reductions of duties au resolute to maintain t he Protestant on chicory, : gricultural seeds; foreign timber, or trumpery modifications of the window-tax. The i nstitutions of the country again st all a gg ression, blic are absurd enough to think that there is still from whatever quarter it may co me. Shall we be room in our fiscal system for . the successful efforts told that such a Parliament must, of necessity, be o f a great statesman ; that, if tolerated at all, the wanting in administrative talent ? Is the intellect income . and property tax ought to he made to press of the Protestant nobility and gentry of this empire equitably upon . those who pay it; that the duty so stunted, that we cannot dispense with men who upon many articles of consumption might be modi have graduated through the hacknied paths of fied, and that the duty on tea, for . example, might be office, in an atmosphere of red tape and sealing reduced at least 100 per cent., without any ultimate wax ? We do not believe that we need jump to loss to the revenue, but with incalculable benefit any of these conclusions. The preSence of sound to the consumer and advantage to the export trade principle is not, of necessity, concurrent with the of the . country. Such is the generally received im absence of talent of the very loftiest order. Sound pression of . what the financial policy of the country principle, en the contrary, is the surest guarantee ought to be, if we . are . to act on the principles of of that straightforward and only safe course of Free-trade ; .an . and it will require to be followed by action in statesmen, which the present emergency whatever ministry may be formed to succeed the of the nation demands; whilst mere administrative defunct government of Lord John Russell. or parliamentary cleverness leads invariabl y to those With respect to another great question,—the utilit a rian and expediency subterfuges , the conse question of the measures to be taken to put down qui nces of which in our recent l eg islation we have the aggression of the Papal see,—we can only ex enuch cause to deplore. press an opinion that it cannot be shirked. Popery may bully as it will ; but the country will not tolerate for an hour anything short of the full car rying out of the will of the Sovereign, as expressed in the speech from the throne. life or death strt politic, is not, howel the Protestant majority of directing the nation or clap-trap bud present Cor ons composed of 'nest a ----- A STRANGER to our country, unacquainted with the political changes of the last few years, on perusing the ribald attacks upon the agricultural interest, which appear from time to time in the columns of the Times, would very probably - be led to the conclusion, that the classes dependent upon the cultivation of the soil were a mere handful of the community, and an incubus upon the energies of the toiling or scheming majority. He would imagine them drones in the hive, seeking to be kept at the expense of the nations' industry ; a ecuzn of filthy and lazy Lazzaroni, claiming to be ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KIRKDALE.—The seventh of the fortnightly sermons, exposing the corruptions of the Church of Rome, now delivering at Kirkdale Church, was preached on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. D. James, incumbent. The subject, according to previous announce ment, was—" The five spurious sacraments of the Church of Rome." The sermon occupied an hour and a half in delivery. Afterwards a collection was made in aid of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, amounting to £l5 4s. Gd. ,he waver ,ons wb to con therefore and stirs organised, an emi-W stituencies of the and co can, bL and r trust ti e " all the at to refer for the dates amongst other the American inasmuch as the the ministerial auestions. The +lll Darb. ~ardwell would pro- members of a coa- Tnmen to be formed by us his seat for Lief r James aterl 3001 would of pyritp- brance member, of his nn his canvas, a what were s settled convictions— Mr. ( nation that, e ministry swell was of Liverpool . nterests into his to draw the same ions as some men draw between the ate life, and that naht by men engaged in that of Liver- such d with our ccurre d fed without the trouble of lifting a hand to earn their bread ; a Pariah class, debased and penniless, steeped in ignorance and idiotcy, and made only to be kicked, and flouted, and spit upon by their j-count a stranger would never imagine that the class in question numbers amongst its members two-thirds of cur population ; that it is connected, by owner ship or occupation, with nearly two-thirds of the realized capital of the country ; and that i butes more than two-thirds of its direct a d indi- rect taxation formed as to the fA,'" of till that he could only arrive at the conclusion of personal or class spite prompt the effusion of venom, which flows daily from the pen of our )rary. He would probably say to himself, man panders to_ the selfishness and rapacity of the monied and trading classe in the metropolis and is bent ,nd the large manufacturing town upon exasperc pOlicy which he advocates s con fessedl3 No tither than one of these s tint for the malignant ting to the utmost those whom the ns can tone whicli characterises his every allusion to the agricult country without the pa are to be reg al masses of the to be kept of the These unfortunate pe . _ . e of legislative consideration rded as aliens in the eyes governing power ; and although utter ruin to the agriculturist be the ult, the money mon 7 , classes will ins It upon ts, and the tradin their bond—cheap brec "The progress of sound legislation, the peace of the country, and the stability of our institutions (!) absolutely requite that all should combine to pre vent even a momentary success of THE PROTEC TIONIST IMPOSTURE. Thus wrote the Times, on Saturday last, on the formation of a new ministry. " Turk, Jew, or Heathen" would satisfy our con temporary, but protectionism must be opposed, at all hazards, as an " imposture." Yet to the policy which is thus designated we owe the very fact that THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. The annual meeting of the Liverpool Female Orphan erday, in the school-room of the FAn._ took the chair; fter a few eon?, yatulatory observations, cane, Harmood Banner, Esq., the treasurer, to read THE REPORT, which commenced by thanking Almighty God for his watchfulness vouchsafed to the asylum ; and congratulated the meeting that, the pressure of the times having been removed, the flow of benevolence had again set intowards the charitable institutions of the town, and enabled the committees to meet the current expenditure, and some of them to make favourable investments of the donations entrusted to them. This society was in this fortunate situation, having been able to invest donations to the amount of £4OO. The committee of the Female Orphan Asylum invited all who take an interest in the welfare of orphans to pay a visit to the institution. They would find that the children continued to be well-fed, well clothed, and well-taught. Miss Davies' excellent super intendence was, as usual, conspicuous ; and Miss Sanders, in respect of the mental culture of her scholars, is also entitled to renewed approbation. Fifteen girls had been apprenticed out during the last twelve months; two had died ; and one hundred and fifty-seven were now in the asylum. The committee alluded with satisfaction to a movement which had been got up, and was progressing satisfactorily, for the establishment of an asylum for orphan boys, a house for the purpose having been taken at 21, Hope-street. Amongst 22 boys thus far admitted, 11 have sisters in the Female Orphan Asylum, and five have brothers in the Blue Coat Hospital. The disbursements for the year had been moderate and were met by the annual subscriptions received. the amount derived from church collections, and the money earned by the needle work of the children. The number of their subscribers had been diminished by death, by which a loss had been caused of £5O, which the committee hoped to replace by increased exertions next year. Mr. BANNER stated that the £4OO which they bad pro posed to invest bad been increased to £5OO by a munifi cent donation of £lOO from the president, Mr. Edmund Molyneux. Mr. Banner then proceeded to read the ac counts. The receipts during the past year bad been— Subscriptions ... £ 905 19 0 Nett amount received for needle-work .. 60 18 3 Church Collections Total receipts, £1167 0 0 Mr. BANNER remarked that the amount received for sewing this year was greater than last year; and that it had enabled the children to pay for the whole of their own clothing. The expenditure amounted to £lll6 lls. Bd., leaving a balance of upwards of £5l. The cost per head of supporting the children had been £7 109., or 10s. less than last year. This included the expenditure on repairs, painting, whitewashing, salaries, &c. The Rev. Archdeacon BROOKS moved the adoption of the report, and stated that the reason why he asked how the expenditure per head was so low was that he was con nected with some other establishments where the cost was much larger. This, however, he was prepared to account for on looking at the trifling expense of their staff. The rev. rector paid a very high compliment to the president of the asylum (Mr. Molyneux) for his munificent conduct, which was usual with him, and to the teachers, Miss Davies and Miss Sanders. After a few remarks upon the formation of the asylum for boys, of which he approved, in order to provide for the admission of orphans who were excluded from the Blue Coat School by its rules, Mr. WINCH seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. Mr. MocATTo moved a vote of thanks to the clergy who had preached for the institution. _ _ Mr. LErcu seconded.—Carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. NORTH moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Winch, the lady patroness, and Mr. Molyneux, the MOCATTO seconded.—Carried unanimousl Rev. Mr. HIGGINS moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Harmood Banner, for his able services as treasurer, which he was entreated to continue. The institution owed a very great debt of gratitude to Mr. Banner; for the prosperity which it enjoyed was, in a great mea sure, owing to his untiring exertions; and the children in the institution regarded him as their father and their friend, almost their playfellow. After some very feeling allusions to Mr. Banner's exertions to improve and to render those children happy, the rev. gentleman con cluded by saying that he could not consent to treat this as a motion of course. Miss LOWE seconded Mr. BANNER returned thanks, and explained that his great motive in devoting himself to the carrying on of this asylum, was his impression of the great good it was calculated to effect. He was satisfied that it was snatch ing from danger a number of otherwise unprotected female orphans, who, he believed, would leave its shelter so in doctrinated with good, that they would become, in their station, ornaments to society. He had three in his own house who were treasures to his family. Mr. Banner concluded by moving a list of officers. Mr. HESKETH seconded the resolution, which was car- tied unanimously SUPERIORITY OF THE BRITISH ROUTES FOR EMI GRANTS, SINCE THE CANADA CANALS HAVE BEEN OPENED. ROUTES AND DISTANCES BROM QUEBEC From Quebec to Montreal by steamers every day at five o'clock, through in 14 hours. To Three Rivers, 81 miles; to Port St. Francis, 90; Sorel, 133; Montreal, 180. From Montreal to Hamilton and Lewiston, by steamers daily, through in 48 hours. To Lachine, 9 miles ; Beauharnois, 24; Cornwall, 78; Williamsburg, 104; Matilda, 112; Prescott and Ogdensburg, 127; Brookville, 139; Gananoyae, 171; King ston, 169; Cobourg, 292 ; Port Hope, 298 ; Bond Head, 313 ; Darlington, 317; Whitby, 337; Toronto, 367; Lewiston, 400; Hamilton, 410. From Montreal to Bytown and places on Rideau Canal, by steamers, through to Bytown in 12 hours. To Canilton, 45 miles; Grenvi'le, 66 ; Longuil, 73 • Bytown, 129; Kemptville, 157 ; Monckville, 175 ; Smith's Falls, 190 ; Oliver's Ferry, 199 ; Isthmus, 216; Jones's Falls, 226. Steamers leave Toronto daily, for Niagara, Queenston, and Lewiston. At Lewiston the rail cars leave twice a day for Buffalo ; distance, 27 miles. Distance from Quebec to Chicago, 1600 miles. Distance from Quebec to Hamilton or Lewiston, say 590 miles: of this dis tance only 35 miles are through canals, the lake and river being navigated for the remaining 555 miles. Passengers can be and are conveyed by steamers from Que bec to all the lake ports, including Milwaukee and Chicago, without transhipment. UNITED STATES ROUTE From Montreal to Boston and New York, twice daily, by the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Company. To St. John's, by steamer and railroad, 25 miles; Burlington, 100; Whitehall, 150; Troy and Albany, 230; Boston, via Burling ton, 320 ; New York, 390. Lake Erie, from Buffalo to Chicago, by steamers, twice daily. To Cleveland, 190 miles; Toledo, 300; 'Detroit, 336; Milwau kie, 931; Chicago, 1011. Distance from Cleveland to Sandusky 70 miles. 9/1 Cleveland to Cincinnati 260 „ „ „ Buffalo to Cincinnati 450 ~ „ „ Buffalo to Sandusky 260 A child named Sarah Ann Taylor, whose parents reside in Southwell.street, Northumberland-street, died in the southern hospital, yesterday morning, from the effects of burns sustained on the sth January. The Welsh Charity Ball will be held this evening under , distinguished patronage. The useful charity for which this festivity has been arranged are languishing for want of funds. The poor man Baker, whom we mentioned in our last, as having been hurt through an accident at Lower Tran mere, expired on Saturday evening last, at the Birkenhead Hospital, shortly after undergoing the operation of having his leg taken off. We understand that the Rev. W. C. Williams, Caled fryn, well known to his countrymen, as a native poet of very high order, will perform service, at Salem Chapel, Brownlow-Hill, on the next two Sundays. OnWednesday the sth proximo, be will deliver a lecture in the Concert- Hall, on Cymru, Cymry a Chymraeg. FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—OR Thursday last a man named Richard Hunt, who resided in Dryden-street, was knocked down opposite the Custom House, by one of Yates and Bath's dock omnibuses, the wheels of which passed over his body. He was carriel to one of the hos pitals, where he died on Sunday morning, from the ef fects of his injuries. POPERY IN IRELAND.—We believe that the meeting announced to take place at the Concert-hall, on Thursday next, will be an unusually interesting one to the protes tants of Liverpool. Dr. Morgan is extremely popular at Belfast, and his congregation is most numerous and influential. His details as to the proceedings of Popery in Ireland will develope facts of the utmost importance. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held last night, at the Royal Institution, J. B. Yates, Esq. in the chair. The following were the papers read :—Ou the " Light Literature of Spain," by Mr. Henry Behrend, M.R.C.S. Some remarks on the Flora of Liverpool and Wirral, by Joseph Dickinson, Esq., M.A., M.D., F.L.S. F.B.S.E. _ . PROTESTANT TEA-PARTY.—A Protestant tea-party was held last night, in the Shipwrights-room, Bond-street, under the patronage of the Loyal Orange Institution. The chair was occupied by the Rev. D. James, who deli vered an able and lengthy address, and whose noble Pro testant sentiments were heartily responded to by the company present. Several other clergymen and gentlemen adaressed the numerous party assembled. The room was conveniently fitted up and beautifully decorated for the occasion. In the centre was a flag of " William crossing the Boyne," and appropriately apart large silken banners bearing paintings of " Charles mounting the oak." " The Duke," &c., &c., while at the head of the room was an emblazoned flag of William presenting the bill of rights. About the hall were mottoes "No cardinals in Old Eng land,"." The open Bible and no surrender," " No Pusey ism. The Rev. Mr. James stated that the meeting had arisen from the fact of his having been applied to about three months since for the use of his school-rooms for an Orange Society, and when he wished to have a tea-party for the benefit of the schools, it was but mooted when he met the support of the mem- bers he saw around hiin. He lauded the Orange societies— ' no man of true religion, he said, need hesitate to be a member ;—and he locked forward to the time when the nobles of England would have to appeal to such societies as their surest supporters. He would join the association heart and soul. After a lengthy address he retired. Mr. Bradley, the grand secretary, explained the true principles of Orangeism, and their beneficial influence on society. After numerous other addresses, the compak.y, which contained a large sprinkling of kdies gifted with the beauties of nature, and dressed in the gayest attire, mixed in the festive dance, and " tripped the light, fan tastic toe" with a joyousness almost enviable. The meeting broke up at a ten.perate hour. The members were dressed in the regalia of their offices. The proceeds of the tea party will be devoted to the support of St. Mary's Schools, Kirkdale. RETIREMENT OF THE RUSSELL MINISTRY PROGRESS MADE IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT The announcement on Saturday morning of a proceed ing, on the part of the Premier, in the House of Com mons, on the preceding evening, and which was generally received as the all but authoritative report of the break up of the ministry, came upon us as a surprise, nothing having occurred, as it was conceived, to render any such step compulsory. The defeat on Mr. Locke King's mo tion was very generally regarded as one of those instances of over-confidence, which had, on several previous occa , sions, placed them in a humiliating position. The debate on the budget, ridiculous and paltry as that budget was, did not indicate any serious intention, on the part of the opposition, to drive matters to an extremity. In our own town there had been little expectation of any very states manlike measure from the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and the effect produced by his bungling proposition was little more than a smile of compassion, or an expression of wonder that the financial affairs of a great commercial country like our own, could be committed to such incapable hands. A few discerning people, however, noted as signi ficant the veering round of the London Times, botlfupon the subject of the budget and the renewal of the income tax. For a fortnight previously our contemporary had been boxing the political compass, and been scarcely two days together pointing to the same quarter. The fre quency and . the long sittings of the cabinet councils, which have been held during the last two months, gave rise to impressions that there was a screw loose somewhere ; that the atmosphere of the cabinet was not that of Arcadia ; that the tempers and opinions of the members of the ad ministration were not altogether in harmony with each other; and the announcement consequently came upon such reflecting parties in our community a little before it was anticipated, but not altogether as a thunder clap. Premising thus much, we shall proceed to lay before our readers as succinct an account as we can arrive at, of the proceedings relative to the event which has occurred, and the movements which have taken place in the endeavour to construct a new administration. The precise reasons which prevailed with Lord John Russell in inducing him to withdraw from the helm of affairs, are not, at the hour in which we write, very clear. Upon this subject the Times of yesterday remarks : " It will be for Lord John Russell to inform parliament and the country this evening of the powerful motives for his con duct, which he has doubtless already submitted to his colleagues and to his Sovereign. But it may here be remarked that what ever those motives were they did not mainly consist in appre hensions of the effect of the Protectionist opposition to the financial scheme of the government. If the First Lord of the Treasury thought that scheme worth anything, and if he hoped to stand fairly . with the country on those important questions of taxation which come home to the universal interests of the community, the budget was at least worth a night's debate and the chances of an adverse vote, which he realised by antici pation. But in point of fact, at the moment when this sacrifice was consummated no such apprehension forced itself upon his convictions. The tone of the Protectionist meeting held on Friday at Lord Stanley's house bad been extremely moderate. The tactics, if not the forbearance, of the Tory leaders taught them that a successful attack on the chief financial resources of the Exchequer would prove a most dangerous approach to office ; and it was known by the government itself, before the House of Commons met that day, that Mr. Herries' amend- ment on the income tax would not assume a very formidable shape. That specific motion, therefore, can have had no more than an indirect effect on Lord John Russell's resolution, though it may not unreasonably be concluded that a budget which every one condemned. and an anti-Papal measure which no-body approved, were matters to give additional impetus to the slight shock on Mr. Locke King's motion, and that but for the general embarrassments of Ministers that untoward incident would not have proved fatal to their stability." The Economist whose proprietor, Mr. Wilson of the Board of Control, is of course in the secret, stated on Sa turday, that " the course pursued by Lord John Russell had no relation whatever, as has been said, to the step which the protectionists had determined to take upon this occasion"—viz.: to propose a modification of the income tax. Other speculations are hazarded, varying according to the bias, and the means of information, of the authors. Our own impression is that, badgered on every side with in his own cabinet, with an incapable Chancellor of the Exchequer, a contentious colonial secretary, and elements of discord of every sort besetting and thwarting him ; with difficulties, too, of no common order presenting themselves out of doors; with Ireland again for the hun dredth time as his difficulty, and the royal will demanding its just claim to' be recognised at all hazards, Lord John met the cabinet council on Friday afternoon, only to insist upon his being liberated from the incumbrances that clogged his freedom of action—the presence in his cabinet of the Grey and Wood clique—and these inert bodies refusing to give way, or to retire, he determined upon the only manly course left open to him—viz.: a resignation of his functions as prime minister. The movements which had taken place in London up to Sunday night we give from the London Times of yes terday morning : The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Buckingham Palace from Bowood on Saturday moning, and had an interview with Her Majesty. Lord John Russell arrived at the Palace shortly after the Marquis of Lansdowne, and had also an interview with Her Majesty. _ _ _ At half-past 2 o'clock, almost immediately after the departure of the Marquis of Lansdown and Lord John Russell, Her Majesty wrote a letter to Lord Stanley, com manding his immediate attendance at the Palace. The letter was forwarded by a special messenger to the resi dence of the noble Lord, in St. James'-square. Lord Stanley arrived at Buckingham Palace at three o'clock, and was immediately admitted to an audience with her Majesty, with whom his lordship remained in close conference for more than an hour. After Lord Stanley had left the palace, her Majesty wrote a second letter to the noble lord, who had not reached home when the royal missive reached St. James's-square. Lord John Russell returned to his official residence in Downing-street, at three o'clock. During the afternoon his lordship had interviews with Viscount Palmerston and other members of the Cabinet. At five o'clock a letter was addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, request ing his lordship's immediate attendance at the palace. Lord Aberdeen was not at home when the letter reached Argyll- house, his lordship having left town for Blackheath at two o'clock. The noble earl returned to town at six o'clock, and immediately replied to the note of the Prince Consort. _ _ _ _ _ . . At half-past five o'clock a '• private and immediate" communication was forwarded to all the members of the retiring ministers by Lord John Russell. At 6 o'clock Lord John Russell proceeded to Bucking ham Palace to have a second interview with her Majesty, with whom his Lordship remained in conference nearly two hours. Immediately after the departure of Lord John Russell, a dispatch arrived at Buckingham Palace from Lord Stan ley in reply to Her Majesty's second communication to that noble Lord. At half-past nine o'clock, the Earl of Aberdeen arrived at the Palace. The noble earl had an interview with her Majesty and the Prince Consort, and remained at the Pa lace until nearly midnight. On Saturday afternoon, a communication was received at the residence of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in Carlton-gardens. from Lord Stanley. In the evening, a special courier left town with despatches for the right hon. gentleman, who was to have arrived at Paris on Fri day last. Mr. Gladstone is expected in town this morning. A ministerial despatch was forwarded to the Earl of Clarendon, at the Viceregal-lodge, on Friday night. A meeting of about 80 of the Protectionist members of the lower house took place at the residence of Lord Stan ley, in St. James's-square, on Friday afternoon. At this meeting the ministerial crisis was not even anticipated. Yesterday morning the Marquis of Lansdowne received visits from Lord John Russell and the Earl of Carlisle, at Lansdowne-house. Sir James Graham paid a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen at an early hour yesterday morning , at Argyll-house. The Earl of Aberdeen visited Lord John Russell on Sunday morning. The noble earl was accompanied by Sir James Graham. At a later period of the day the Earl of Aberdeen visited Lord Stanley, at his residence, in St. James's-square. At five o'clock on Sunday evening a letter was addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, requesting the noble earl's presence at Bucking ham Palace. Lord Aberdeen arrived at the Palace by appointment, at nine o'clock on Sunday evening, and had an audience with her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The Times of yesterday gives a more detailed account of the resignations, which may be regarded as of the greatest importance : "The first effect of the dissolution of the Cabinet was to in duce her Majesty, by the advice of Lord John Russell or of other counsellors, to send for Lord Stanley with a view to the formation of the new government. That nobleman proceeded to obey the Queen's commands in conjunction with Mr. Disraeli; but before many hours had elapsed the protectionist leaders were understood to have renounced their undertaking, either from the invincible difficulty and peril of the task, or because the power of dissolving parliament was not unreser vedly conceded to them by the highest authority in the realm. " At a later hour on Saturday evening Sir James Graham anti Lord Abe-deen were summoned to attend her Majesty, and it was generally believed that those statesmen would take a part in the formation of the new administration. It was, however, desired that the communications at this stage of the negotiation should be made in the presence of Lord John Rus sell himself; and in the course of yesterday a protracted, and we hope a satisfactory, interview between these eminent per sons took place at the residence of the late premier. Loid Aberdeen was again summoned to the palace last evening, but has not, we believe, hitherto consented to accept office." The Times goes on to remark that any attempt to restore to office the Russell ministry would stamp the whole affair with the character of " a despicable intrigue," and that a junctio n of a portion of the members of that government, and of the liberal party with " those eminent men who most nearly represent the opinions and the policy of the late Sir Robert Peel, affords the only prospect of a strong, efficient, and progressive govern ment." He adds, very justly, that " the late ministry bad too much of the spirit and narrowness of a coterie to conduct the people of England in their progress." Lord Huntingtower appeared in the Court of Bank ruptcy, on Monday, before Mr. Commissioner Eon blanque. The fiat was issued in September, 1842, and the bankrupt's debts were, at the time of his failure, £40,000, and bills of exchange fraudulently obtained from him by " bill riggers," under pretence of getting them discounted, amounted to £300,000. The bankrupt is entitled to the reversionary interest in considerable landed property in Kent, Northamptonshire, and several other English counties, upon the death of his father, Earl Dysart. The whole property is estimated to the value of £30,000, but nothing has been received under the estate. The assignee had died since, and hence the necessity of the present meeting. On Saturday, a lady of prepossessing appearance and good address, who described herself as Lady Huntingtower, appeared at Lambeth Police-office, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Cuff, to represent her abject condition, in con sequence of her husband not affording her any relief. She stated that she and her children were starving. The magistrate gave her £2, and recommended her to make another appeal to her husband and his friends. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MINISTERIAL CRISIS (FROM THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE HERALD.) " We can positively state that Lord Stanley has not faield in procuring the adhesion of such persons as would form a strong administration should he be called upon to perform the duty entrusted to him on Saturday. This, however, may not be demanded of him to-day, in consequence of circumstances which have occurred since the interview which his Lordshiu had with her Majesty on Saturday, and over which he had no conizol. At the present hour Lord J. Russell is busily occupied in the en deavour to construct a new Cabinet. Should Lord John Russell fail to make a Government according to the new scheme of administration, Lord Stanley, we have reason to believe, is ready to fulfil any commands which the So vereign may convey to him; and we may state, in addi tion, that Mr. Gladstone is expected in London to-night.'" _ _ A fifth edition of the Herald states that Lord John Russell had been again sent for to Buckingham Palace, but was determined not to resume office, and that Sir F. Baring would not resume the duties of First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir James Graham, it was stated, was master of the office, and associated with him the Duke of New castle, Mr. S. Herbert, Earl of Clarendon, Hon. F. Maule, and others of the Russell government. The London evening papers contain nothing but sur mises as to the proceedings in parliament to-night, and are not worth printing. Of course their anticipations are rendered unnecessary since the sitting of the parlia ment is closed for the evening. We shall announce in an early second edition anything further which transpires, Peb. 25, 1851. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT' ►Monday Night. . Our commercial markets continue exceedingly inactive, and the present ministerial crisis does not improve mat ters, though it is satisfactory to see no pressing of produce, the impression on all men's minds being that any change out of the hands of the Greys and the Woods must be for the better. The family party have enjoyed the loaves and the fishes long enough, and they must now make way for business men. The introduction of the budget caused slight advance in' the value of foreign coffee, and a small decline in colonial, but since the poor chancellor has been sent right about, prices have gone back to their previottS position. 2,000 bags of Bengal sugar have been sold since Friday at easier rates, and also a brand of old Barbadoes at an average of 41s. 6d. per cwt. On Saturday the Cotton market was firm ; and had it not been for the report of the resignation of ministers, a large business would have been done. Through this, little animation existed, the sales barely reaching 4,000 bales, all to the trade. To-day, the advices per steamer Canada, confirming previous accounts from the States, has had the effect of causing 8,000 bales to change hands, at an advance upon our quotations of Friday of 1-16 d. per lb„ and id. upon those of Saturday. 2,000 bales have been taken on speculation. Import since Friday—New Orleans and Mobile, 8,167 ; Maranham, 2,093 ; total, 10,260. The announcement of the resignation of the ministry caused the English funds to open on Saturday at a fur ther decline, but they slightly recovered before the close of business. Consols for money, which left off on Friday at 964, opened at 954 to 96. The last quotations, how ever, were 96 to 4- for money, and 96k to 4- for the 11th of March. Although so complete and sudden a determina tion on the part of Lord John Russell was unexpected, the feeling in the city that some modification of She cabi net must soon take place had been sufficiently strong ~ to prevent the excitement and fluctuation it would otherwise have occasioned. Bank Stock closed 2144 to 2153 ; Re duced, 964 to s ; Three-and-a-quarter per Cents., 984 ; Long Annuities, 7 11-16; India Stock, 265 ; India Bonds, 565. to 605.; and Exchequer-bills, 465. to 495. premium. The increase in the bullion of the Bank, caused by the gold recently brought by the West India packet front California, tended to give stability. to the market. The share market has been steady all week, with a large business. The announcement of the resignation of minis ters on Saturday temporarily lowered prices, but did not cause the panic which might have been expected, buyers being ready to take the stock at the prices of the decline. This may be accounted for from the satisfaction the seve ral reports have given the public. During the week the London and North-western, the Midland and the York and North Midland, with several of the minor Com panies, have issued their statements, all of which are very favourable. In our Stock Exchange to-day,. busi ness has been more active, and the tone indicates another general advance. We annex the quotations :-- Aberdeen, 134 a 4; Birkenhead L. and Chesh. 94d; Ca ledoni an, 114 ; Do. preference, 54 ; Chester and Ho lyhead, 204 ; East Lancashire, 144 ; Qld Leeds, 58 ; Do. Fifths, 7 3-16 d; Do. do. (West R n) 54d; Lancaster and Carlisle Thirds, 84p ; L'pool Crosby and S'port, fp; London stock, 133 4- 4; new Quarters, 64p; Do. Fifths, 6 p ; Manchester Sheffield and Lincoln, 34 ; Do. prefer rence, 114 15-16 ; Matlock and Midland, 34d ; Midland, 614 62.14 2 ; Do. Halves, 14 4 4 4 15 1-16 d ' • North Staf-- fordshire, 7d; S'bu r y an d Bi rm i ng h am B, 53; Shrews bury and Chester preference, 144 ' • Old Dovers, 254 26 4; York and North Midland, 2 43 4e; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 214 d ; Dutch Rhenish, 44d; Bank of Liver pool, 184 4; Gas B, 189 ; Do.. Quarters, 474. The following remarks from the Landon Price Current of Saturday, on the tinkering applied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Coffee duties and to Chicory, will be read with gratification by ourcommercial readers : " The budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so far as the coffee quest - ion is concerned, has not disappointed us. We expected an extremely absurd measure, and he has produced it. He is profoundly ignorant of the subject himself, and he has applied for information, and has got it, from parties whose in crest it is to confirm him in his ignorance, viz, the mixers of coffee with chicory —and who sell the compound as genuine coffee, under the attractive names of genuine old Mocha, finest Turkey coffee, beautiful Jamaica coffee, &c.,-&c. Sir Charles Wood completely misunderstands and misstates the question, when he puts it, as if the grower of coffee and the honest trades man who vends genuine coffee object to the sale of chicory for the purpose of cheapening and increasing the consumption for the benefit of the working classes. So far from this being the case, we do not believe there is one human being in the whole kingdom who objects to the sale of chicory, and fully admits that if the working classes are irclined to drink their coffee mixed with chicory, or to substitute chicory for coffee altoge ther, they have a perfect right to do so. But what the grower of coffee, the honest tradesman and the whole community be sides, with the exception of Sir Charles Wood and the adul terators of coffee, do object to is, that an article composed- of a small quantity of coffee, the other mixtures being- chicory, roasted beans, peas, &c., should be sold (as it is done} as genuine coffee, and at the price of genuine coffee. Let chicory be sold to the consumer as chicory, and at the price of chicory; roasted beans and peas as roasted' beans and peas, and at the price of roasted beans and peas; and if the working classes are inclined to mix all' these substances together, and drink them as coffee, they surely ought to have the advantage of mixing them themselves, and in the proportions that suit their resnective tastes. This would soon put an end to the vast amount of fraud that is perpetrated upon the public. As the law stands at present the vendors of coffee are prohibited, under heavy penalties, from mixing-cof fee with any other substance except with chicory; and yet not one prosecution has been commenced against the infringers•iff this law, while its vengeance has been directed against the in finitely less culpable adulterators of tobacco and pepper-. Wh a t Sir Charles Wood's motive can be for this grossly partial ad ministration of the law eo human being can divine. It is no justification for him to say that the public have a remedy is their own hands—that they need not buy the coffee in its adulterated state, unless they are so inclined—that they can buy coffee beans and grind them themselves—and then they will know that they have genuine coffee. But does Sir mules not know that in many poor districts-of the country thereare no coffee beans to be had—,./11 that is for sate is the viciouS compound of a little coffee, much cbicory,and damaged beans; sold, however, under the name of genuine coffee, and at the price of genuine coffee. To give him a notion to what extent the public, and especially the working classes, are defrauded, for whose interests he professes to have so great a regard, we here-add the value of a pound weight of coffee, which is soldito them as genuine at the price of Is. 2d per lb.—thus 3-lb. damaged beans, at Id. per lb OW. 4-lb. chicory, at 4d. per lb ld. 4-lb. coffee, at Is. per lb. 3d. In all For such gross fraud there ought surely to be some remedy and if he wants information as to the extent of the frauds ) ne should< apply to such houses as Messrs. Baring Brothers, or any of the leading merchants or brokers in Mincing,-Inne; and not to.the mixers and adulterators of coffee, as he actcnowledges• he hasdone." HOUSE OF LORDS.—MosnAY, Their lordships met at five o'clock. After some business of no public importance had been disposed of, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose and stated, that in consequence of the division in the House of Commons on Thursday last, her Majesty's ministers had communicated with each other, and had come to the unanimous decision, that under the present circumstances of their position, it was their duty to the country to tender to her Majesty their resignations. He believed he was correct in stating, that on Saturday the noble lord opposite (Lord Stanley) had had an interview with her Majesty with a view to the formation of an administration under his direction, but that he did not consider himself justified in taking upon himself the responsibility. Under these circumstances Lord John Russell, after mature deliberation, had come to the con clusion that it was his dcty to her Majesty and the country to attempt the reconstruction of a cabinet. He then moved that the house should adjourn until Friday next.—Lord STANLEY said it was perfectly true that he had been honoured with an interview with her Majesty on Saturday. Her Majesty received him with the greatest condescension ; but he did not yet consider him self at liberty to state what had passed on that occasion. When the present crisis was over he should be able to state unreservedly the substance of his advice to her Ma jesty, and give a full explanation of the course which he had thought it his duty to pursue.—The Earl of St. GER MANS hoped the House would not adjourn until after the second reading of the Marriage Affinity Bill, which he had given notice to move to-morrow.—After a few words from Lords CAMPBELL and BROUGHAM, and the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY, the noble Earl's appeal was agreed to.—Their Lordships therefore adjourned, at a quarter to six, till to-morrow evening. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. In antici pation of Lord J. Russell's explanation, the house was quite crowded. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for Harwich, in the room of Sir John Hobhouse, called to the House of Peers. At a few minutes to five, Lord J. Russell entered the house, and was received with cheering. The order of the day for going into cornmittee of ways and means having been read, Lord J. RUSSELL, amidst profound silence, rose. The noble lord said he had now to acquit himself of the promise he had made to the house on Friday. The house would remember that her Majesty's ministry had only a majority of 14 upon Mr. Disraeli's hostile motion—a motion obviously intended to take the conduct of govern ment measures out of the present hands. At the open ing of the session, such a majority was calculated to weaken the ministry ; but if the majority then supporting the government had been united in a determination to maintain the economical policy of the administration, its union might have made up for its smallness ;. but on the 20th February the government had been beaten- by two to one upon the motion of Mr. Locke King. Under ordinary circumstances he might have attributed this to accident, and he accused no member of voting upon that occasion except with reference to the question before the house—(hear)—but the whole of the financial and other measures of the government were before the house, and he had come to the conclusion that her Majesty's ministers were not in a condition satisfactorily to conduct the busi. ness of the country. With the Government in. such a position it was undesirable that the House should enter into financial questions.; it was disadvantageous to be continually liable to defeat. He had therefore assembled the members of the Cabinet, and stated to them his opi nion that they ought to resign. All had concurred, ex cept the Marquis of Lansdowne, whose absence had ren dered it necessary for him (Lord J. Russell) to ask the House for the delay from Friday until that night. He met his noble friend at the Palace on Saturday evening, when Lord Lansdowne concurred in the view he had adopted. Her Majesty sent for Lord Stanley, and he stated to the Queen that he was unable to form an admi nistration. Her Majesty then desired him (Lord J. Rus sell) to re-construct an administration which should pos sess the confidence of the House, and that task he had felt it his duty to undertake. (Hear, and applause.) It would not be proper for him to make any further expla nation then ; and, therefore, he would move that the house be adjourned till Friday, by which time he should either have succeeded in, or abandoned the attempt.— Mr. DISRAELI said, it was a matter of notoriety that Lord Stanley had been rent for,: and when his lordship had her Majesty's permission, 1e would make a constitu tional statement of what had passed;. meantime he (Mr. Disraeli) would only say, that Lord John Russell's asser tion, that Lord Stanley had been unable to form an administration, did not exactly correspond with his (Mr. Disraeli's) information.—Lord J. RUSSELL, interrupting, " Unable then to form one." (Hear, hear.)—Mr. DIS RAELI said tie correction did not touch the point. The noble lord (J. Russell) had given an account of what had passed in relation to Lord Stanley which was scarcely founded upon what really occurred. (Protectionist cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL said Lord Stanley would no doubt make his own statement elsewhere, in the meantime he believed that the noble lord's explanation would. be found to justify the words he (Lord John Russell)-haclused.—(Cheers.)— Mr. ROEBUCK warned the noble lord that as he had to reconstruct the ministry, upon him would rest the respon sibility of the question whether the battle of free-trade was to be fought over again.—The House immediately adjourned at ten minutes past five. The House was crowded to excess, and the lobbies sere thronged with persons anxious to learn the issue of the ministerial crisis. A great number of persons also assembled in the vicinity of the members houses. LATEST BETTING. TATTERSALL'S MONDAY. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.—Paeope, 5 to 1 ; Unity and Little • George. 6 to 1 : Donbt, 7 to 1. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.—Sir John and Vain Hope, 8 to 1 ; Abdel Kader, Maria Day, and Rat-trap, 10 to 1 ; Rescue, 30 to 1. CHESTER CDP.—Rbesus' 12 to 1 ; Lady Evelyn and Wall flower, 25 to 1'; Knight of Avenal, 30 to I ; Seaman, 40 to 1 ; Nancy, 50 to 1. DERBY.—Grecian and Prime Minister. 6 to 1; Mountain Sylph (colt), 12 to 1; Lamartine, 20 to 1 ; Constellation,2s to 1. LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY CLOSING PRICES, Consols Account, 964 ; Ditto Money, 964 ; Three-and- Quarter per Cents., 9811 i; Bank Stock, 215 4; Exchequer Bills L, 47 50 prem. ; Ditto S, 47 50 prem. Foreign Stocks inactive, but rather steadier, closing good. Mexicans, 334 2. Railway Shares—London Stock, 1334 2; Ditto Quarters, ; Midland Stock, 614 2 ; Ditto Halves, 152 # dis, : North Staf fordshire, 7 62; South Eastern, 26 ; Caledonians, 11 Ii; Ditto Pref., 54 2; Eastern Counties, 6i 74; East Lancashire. 14 4 ; Great Northern, 17 I 184 ; Great Western, 91 2; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58 4; Ditto Fifths, 74 7 din.; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 204 1 ; Ditto Extension, 44 4 dis. ; Ditto Pref., a 4; York and North Midland, 24 4 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33 4. The English market continues unaffected by the ministerial. crisis, and it is said a dissolution is the only measure calcu lated to influence Consols. This is not considered at all pro bable in the face of the May-gathering, and Consols close good at the best quotations for the last three days. once. steady, ap y t , h with tle a i ra b t e h s e t r p t i r l in ce a s p o p f e Sa: ai t u Rai l w ay r da y , andStblaierensiargkenetecralolisyeshig LEEDS CLOSING PRICES.—YESTERDAY. The following were the quotations at the close of business : North Western, 12, 11.8.9. 11i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58{ ; East Lancashire, 14.3.9. 144. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Little English wheat fresh up this morning; and though the samples are not improved, the currency of this day week is supported, the market closing dull. Sales in foreign are limited, but at former rates. Barley in short supply, and superior dry parcels fully as dear, but inferior qualities moved off slowly at a decline of ls. per quarter. Town-made flour unaltered, but ship arks the turn lower. Fresh arrivals of oats scanty, but dealers cautious, and terms unaltered. Beans and peas flat anthhe turn lower. Clover seed dull, but not cheaper. English White Wheat Do. Red do 435. to 48s 375. „ 43s LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Sugar: Refined firm and in good demand; brown lumps 48s. 6d." to 495. ; crushed dull; British 28s. 6d. to 29s.—Coffee: Foreign dull and former terms not obtained ; Colonial in good request; Native Ceylon 468.—Tea : Several buyers of common Congou at 1l tl. but few sellers ; other sorts dealt in cautiously. Hemp: sales in Russian small; clean at £3o.—Jute: Little doing; low to fine £ll to £l6.—Cotton: Holders firm and demand improving.—Wool : Public sale of Colonial brisk, and previous rates well maintained.—Hops met with a brisk de mand, and prices have an upward tendency. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—YEsTERDAY Market dull. Fine new Y.C. 375. 6d.,. on the spot. Stock is 43,690 casks against 40,147, being an increase of 2,343 casks. The deliveries last week were 1,911 casks against 1,744 i n th e cor responding week last year, being an increase of 167 casks. SMITHFIF,LIII CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of Beasts is large, and trade is therefore dull, at reduced prices. Sheep did not sell quite so well, although the supply was small. Calf trade unchanged. Beef, 2s. to 35. 6d.; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 46. 6d.; Veal, 3s. 2d. to 48.6 d. ; Pork,2s. 10d. to 3s. 6(1. Arrivals—Beasts, 3,713; Sheep, 19,000; Calves, 70; Pigs, 380. MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.--YESTERDAY. The following are the closing prices :—London and North Western, 133} ; Ditto .elO Shares M. and 8.C., 3* Prem. ; North Staffordshire, 6 13-16 ; Caledonians, 5i ; Eastern Counties, 73-16 *; East Lancashire, 14t1; Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34 ; Ditto Preference, 1113-16 ; Ditto New Pre ference, ; South Eastern and Dover. 263 ; South Wales, 27. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, FEB. 25, 1851 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING , By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grovestreet , and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, at No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. LIVERPOOL. Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. 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ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, 283. lON CitgDlTat a 9l/ RAILWAY LIABILITY. We are glad to find that though some little exception was taken to the decision given by the jury at the County Court here, in the case of Jeffrey v: the London, and North-western railway, a London jury, in the Court of Common Pleas, has given a similar verdict in a case pre cisely parallel in the facts, against the same company. The case we allude to:was tried on Thursday before Lord Chief Justice Jervis, and the following report of it wetake from the London Times of the following day : PARAVAGNA, V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. COMPANY Mr. Montagne Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. 13ovill, 41 peared for the plaintiff; and Mr.. Humfrey, %C., and Mr. Willes, for the defendants. This was an action on the case to recover the value of quantity of coral which had been stolen from a-box en trusted to the defendants for conveyance. Several. pleas were pleaded, the only one on which any question.arose being that the goods were above the value of £lO, and of such a nature that the defendants were entitled to notice in compliance with the Carriers Act. To this the plain tiff replied that the coral had been stolen by the company's servants. Mr. Chambers stated that the plaintiff was-ncoral mer chant, and the only person at present engaged in that trade in London. The sun. sought to be recovered was £lO 10s., being the value of two strings of coral which had been stolen from a box which had been. intrusted to the defendants to convey to Manchester. This box, containing several " bunches" of coral, each. bunch con sisting of 36 strings or rows, had, while in the custody of the defendants, been feloniously broken open, and the two strings abstracted. The box was on the sth of June, 1850, forwarded to an agent of the Plaintiff, who was at the time in Manchester, and on arriving at its destination the loss was immediately discovered, and it was-also apparent that the box itself had met with some very rough usage. A ox witness,was soundwho p w a i f e k e e d deliveredan sen n t te h e t box, he eu s p t r o o d v y e d of that fe t the box and that he had counted the rows previouslY to packing the coral. an F d o h r a t d h a e ct def e it ual e l n y c been w tn a e s s nd h e o d w h n t ys il e a tlto b some eef the ex railway a fa y ult faulty, ser vants, and it. was insisted that na proof of any felony com mitted by any of the railway servants had been or could be adduced, The jury, after a lengthened deliberation, gave a verdict for the plaintiff. CHILD GVERLAlN. — Yesterday mornini a child, eight months old, named Samuel Taylor, whose parents reside• in:Bostock-street, was found dead in bed. FRANCONT'S CIRQUE NATIONAL.—We must remind our readers, that the present is the last week, of this splendid company of Equestrians. TUEATRE.ROYAL.—So great has been the attraction of the playing of Miss Helen Faucit and Mr. Barry Sul livan, in the new play of '` Philip of France," that we observe it is to be performed every evening during the week, except one. Mons. Jullien's band gives a concert on Monday next. The report of the Eastern Counties Railway,, to be submitted on Thursday, states the receipts for the half year ending the 4th of January last at £400,552, and the expenses at £378,822, leaving, with a previous balance of £2,907, the sum of £24,637 only. The directors, there fore, do not recommend a dividend.