The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-03 00:00:00

1 0 CORR ES PON DENT'S. We shall be obliged by a rerusal of the pamphlet referred to by " NI: • A Tradesr man of South Castle-street s improvements in that streel ggests to the contracts and those leading troll few apprentices, who i rtising bound for five y would p. Of theisork proceeds at Is pres, ent marvellously rapid rate, be able to celebrate the don of their servitude on the completion of the con- We have been almon inundated with letters and pamphlets fr m all parts of the country upon the currency question— a fact which to ourselves affords satisfactory plea of the progress which that question is mating. The gist of the whole of the communications made to is is. that whilst our present one-sided free-trade system is incompatible with a restricted curre❑cy, protection is impossible without such a amendment of our monetary laws ns will _give an imrulse to legitimate commerce and increased ernpliiyment to the labouring masses. One of the pamphlets , Aliich we base received (a letter to Sir E. BUIIN er Lytton, Burt.) shall receive a notice in our next publication. Ritnrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY few words will suffice in reply to the remarks of the Manchester Guardian of last Wed- icn resolve themselves into a charge against those merchants of Liverpool who attended Mr. Duncan's lectures, that they are seeking an ex the currency in order to bolster up their speculations. In the first place, nay notice, as a singular fact, that whenever the raw material, upon which Manchester depends, pansion of Cotton and other is enhanced in price, it is invariably set down as the result of speculative operations in Liverpool. Now, we venture to assert, first, that the high price of Cotton at the commencement of this year was by no means unwarranted, and was certainly not caused solely by speculation in Liverpool; and secondly, that the almost unprecedented decline, which has recently taken place, is not attributable to any great miscalculation on the part of holders either here or in the United States. We com menced the year ISSO with a stock of 557,760 bales. We imported during the year 1,744,729 bales, being the greatest quantity in any year except in 1845 and 1849. Yet ►he stock on hand on the Ist of January, 1551, was only 521,119 bales, or in round numbers, 35,000 bales less than the Ist January, 1850. It is true that we have since in creased our stock on hand, and there is an increase of, at the most 150,000 bales in the estimates of the crop. The former circumstance is fully ac counted for by the arrivals having come forward at an earlier date than usual. Now, there is nothing in these two facts, taken together, and as we have explained the first above, to warrant a panic which, within a very few weeks, sent Cotton down upwards of four pounds per bale, and caused a sacrifice of capital to the amount of X 3,000,000 sterling in that article alone. A pound to thirty shillings per hale was the utmost decline which ought to have arisen from the increase in the estimates of crop. The fact is, that in part, it rose from a money paralysis, if we may not say panic ; from the bank returns, sheaving week after week an abstraction of gold from the country to pay for our unprecedented imports of grain and flour; and in part, from the discovery made by holders, that the state of the Cotton manufacturing districts had been grossly misrepresented, for the purpose of deceiving parliament—by none more actively than the Guardian himself—and that al. though we were boastfully told in the first three SINCE the British nation allowed itself to he h months of the year, the gross amount of exports hurried into the adoption of the system of free had increased by two millions sterling, it was con- trade, no powerful organ has more perseveri ng ly sealed that the home trade was greatly depressed, and effectively exposed the baneful eff e cts w hi c h it is calculated to produce than Blackwood's .Naga_ and the total manufacture of the country de creasing. With a prosperous home trade and o ur tine. The agricult ur al pa r t o f th e ques ti on it set enlarged exports, we should not have at this rno- tied long ago. There is no man now, not utterly d ment a hale of Cotton too much, or witnessed anyishonest or blind, wh o ha s th e s h ame l essness t o decline in price, of consequence. deny that the fa rmers o f G rea t B r it a i n are b e i ng That a few parties in Liverpool have purchased rapidly borne down t o th e s l oug h o f d espa i r an d speculatively is not to he denied—parties too who pauperism. Haying achiev e d thi s t r i um ph i n th e bad no business with the trade. But have such cause of truth, our va l ue d con t emporary procee d e d cases been confined to Liverpool ? Not at all. to expose the lying stat emen t s o f th e min i s t er i a l and league press, as t o th e ex i s t ence o f prosper i ty This year, perhaps, Manchester people may have kept more aloof than oursel v es. Th e y knew a little amongst the mercantile and manufact ur i ng c l asses , better than we did the r ott en s t a t e o f things in the for the advancement of w h ose assume d i n t eres t s the agricultur e and i n d us t r y o f th e coun t ry i s b e i ng manufacturing districts, a n d th e u tt er ly f a l se cha racter of their prosperity reports. B u t i n a ll pas t sacrificed. The number before u s (f or J une ) con seasons of speculation the men of Man c h es t er h ave tains a paper on " Ou r C ommerc i a l an d Manufac been as active as any oth e r men,— as rea d y t o ra i se toting Prosperity," which mus t carry conv i c ti on I the price upon themselves; and thi s ver y y ear th e i r to every thinking man th a t th e b oas ti ngs o f th e cum direct orders, at high limits, i n th e A mer i can 'free traders of the s uccess o f th e i r po li cy, i n pro markets, have materially aided hold er s th ere i n doting the large and sound trad e w hi c h was p ro _ exacting the enhanced rates at w hi c h C o tt on h as ! mised as its result, are ridi cu l ous an d f a l se i n come forward to us. the extreme. The evidence adduced by the But we must repeat again what it is which many of the merchants of Liverpool seek in a reform of the currency. They see that the whole superstruc ture of credit and money in this country, composing perhaps three hundred millions, is an inverted cone, based upon thirty millions of a commodity (gold) which can be withdrawn from us by circumstances over which we have no controul, thus plunging the whole commerce of the country into confusion. They seek to have a money based upon the entire property of the country, a cone of which gold may be the top, not the bottom; a currency which the foreigner cannot so withdraw from us ; a currency which will free the range of prices from dependence - upon the supply of the limited article—gold ; a currency which will place commodities in their natural relations towards each other, and no longer render it inevitable that a panic in the cotton mar ket shall depreciate prices in every other market. They seek, in short, practically to get rid of the system of bullionism, and no longer, as the holders of the imported produce of the world, to stand between two great powers—the money power and consumers—to be shot at and ruined whenever it - pleases those powers to pull them down and divide between them the accumulations of their industry and enterprise. With these few explanations we leave the Guardian to sneer away at his leisure. writer is taken from the circulars issued by our mercantile and manufacturing houses; and cannot he overthrown unless it is first admitted that these documents are pure fictions. We extract the con cluding portion of the article, in which is shewn the ruinous condition of our shipping interest, whether engaged in the long voyage or the coast ing trade : " And now, a few words with respect to the condition of our shipping interests, as affected by the double in fluence of Freetrade in grain, and the repeal of the Navi gation-laws. And here again I must respectfully decline to receive, as a correct reflex of that condition, the statis. tical tables of the Board of Trade. Ido not refuse such evidence merely because it has been proved, over and over again, to have been ' cooked,' in order to serve the pur poses of its authors; and those just published for the past month, and indeed for the whole quarter, are espe cially fallacious. They shew a large increase in the ton nage both inwards and outwards ; but the authors forget to tell us that, as the result of the late mild spring and unusually early opening of the navigation, both in Europe and in the United States, we have been supplied witA our spring imports at least two months before the average period. The following brief extract from the return will exhibit this : IMPORTATIONS, FIRST THREE MONTHS. 1850. 1851. 197,184 498,954 206,750 480,890 3,298,270 14,838,620 276,609 576,032 1,563,447 3,144,044 498,298 893,983 261,821 884,113 2,717,426 3,495,949 It must be clear that the ' prosperity' thus indicated is the result of exceptional circumstances. I conceive, how ever, that a mere comparison of ' entries inwards and outwards' would at any time be inconclusive as to the profitable nature of the shipowner's business. Men are not supposed, at the outset of any change, to abandon at once the trade in which they have embarked their capi tal, and in which they have been brought up from their youth. The shipowner is not likely to burn his ships, any more than the farmer is likely, after a few years only of trial of a new system, to sacrifice his stock of imple ments in the event of that system being unsatisfactory, and to abandon at once all chance of regaining the capital which he has sunk in the soil—in the shape of manure, expensive drainage, &c. The only correct mode which we can resort to, in order to test the actual operation of these and of similar changes, is to examine carefully their effect upon the returns of profit to those engaged in the trades legislated for ; ar.d it such an examination shews, instead of profit, a ruinous loss, it becomes only a question of time as to how soon we may expect to see them retire in despair from the struggle. " In pursuing such an inquiry, I will furnish, first, a few facts and figures connected with the present condition of the shipping engaged in the trade with distant coun tries. I have had these carefully collated from the freight-books of an eminent ship-broker's firm in Liver pool, (whose names I hand you privately for your own satisfaction ;) and I may explain that the ships, the result of whose voyages I furnish, are all first-class ' regular traders,' and some of them of the clipper build. With these vessels the rates of freight vary very little outwards, the number put on for loading being always regulated by the quantity of goods offering, which can easily be as certained. With respect to the return voyages, they must take their chance,—having, however, generally a preference of about 2s. 6d. per ton over casu 1 vessels, owing to their sailing qualities, and the abilities of their captains, being favourably known in the foreign ports to which they are accustomed to trade. Wheat, qrs. Flour and meal, cwts Tea, lb. Sugar, cwts. Tobacco, lb. Raw silk Cotton, cwts. Wool, lb THE writers and the spouters of the League were wont to expatiate upon the low wages of labour paid in some of our agricultural counties during the existence of a protective policy. " Look," they said over and over again, " at your bold peasantry living in miserable hovels, and having doled out to them the paltry pittance of eight or nine shillings a week, wherewith to keep a family !" We grant that there was too much ground for the reproach. The agricultural labourer has always been, in many parts of Great Britain, an overt o il e d an d ill- pa id drudge. But, in his worst s t a t e , h e en j oye d bles sings denied to the operati ve p opu l at i on of the manufacturing districts. His was a healthy occu pation. He toiled under and breathed the pure air of Heaven. He was not pent up all day in the suffocating atmosphere of the factory or the loom shop, and housed at night in a filthy court or cellar. His life was not an artificial life. He was not driven by exhaustion to resort to the gin shop for a stimulus to enable him to bear up under his wearying toil. The agricultural labourers, as a class, had fewer vices, less expensive habits, and were more happy and contented with their lot than their higher paid brethren in the manufacturing districts. Up to this moment we have been assured that Free Trade had redressed the grievance of the low wages of the agricultural labourer. He has been represented to us as enjoying the full benefit of a cheap loaf ; and as able to consume more largely every manufactured article, and every imported ' product. This flattering picture, however, has just been rudely stricken from before our eyes by an unimpeachable authority—the land-steward of a free trade peer and landowner. The Earl Fitz bardinge, it appears, has been compelled, by the notoriously depressed condition of the farming business, to remit a portion of the rental formerly paid by his tenantry upon the Berkeley Estate ; and, in announcing this concession to the parties, his steward remarks that, in his daily communica tions with them, he has found many labouring under erroneous notions of the extent of the claims which they have upon the landlord for relief. They ought to look for such relief from other sources; and be reminds them of a few advantages, which they possess under Free Trade, which will assist them in paying the highest possible rent. The firat of these advantages is stated as follows : " With'respect to outward voyages, therefore, during the period over which I shall extend my observations, the reader will be prepared to find that there has been little change. To East Indian ports, for example, the rates are at present about 20s. per ton for tine merchandise, (cases and bales,) and coarser freight and dead-weight in pro portion. Five or six years ago, however, the average range was from 30s. downwards. The decline which has taken place during the past two or three years will be found to have been very serious. The rates, remember, which I give below are those actually received by vessels whose names and characters I have before me. Date of Arrival in Liverpool March, 1848. 3 0 per tOri 0 0 „ " The wages of each agricultural labourer are already lower by at least £5 per awnum for each able-bodied labourer employed on alarm." Now, suppose that Bs. per we e k was the sum paid to the labourer on Earl Fitzhardinge's es t a t es previously to the adoption of free trade polity, that would make an aggregate amount of £2O 16 s. per annum for each man. How any human being, in receipt of such a paltry sum, could afford to have £5, or 25 per cent., deducted from it surpasses our comprehension. The fall of wheat from 545., as an average, to 40s. does not account for his being able to give up this amouLt, even supposing his entire income to be spent in the purchase of bread. But it is not so. His rent is a fixed sum. Rig clothing has not been material:3r cheapened. His tea, co ffee, anti svge.r, if fit COMsWaeli any, may ISSO. Jute 3 5 0 ritom BOSt K.t Arrival at Liverpool. Freights paid. March, 1848. Rice *3 5 • per ton Nigrabolams 2 10 0 (This article is dead weight,) May, /850. Rice __ .. Linseed Cotton 1 12 6 1 12 6 3 5 0 and ..4 •ROM WEST COAST OF AMEBIC May. 1848. Wool . Bark Cotton ... 610 0 and f 7 10 0 per tcb.r •.. 6io 0 and JO 0 0 „ 6 W 9 per ton, Yesterday morning, the Rev. H. Carpenter delivered a scriptural address to the pupils of Dr. Fisher's educa tional establishment. On inquiry, we learn that the statement, to the effect that on Tuesday last Lord Derby was able to resume his short airings, is incorrect. Though his lordship is going on favourably, and all untoward symptoms have disap peared, he has not been able to leave his room since the first day of the attack. Mr. Welsby, of Prescot, his lord ship's medical adviser, is in frequent attendance. SMUGGLING.—Sweeney, an officer of the Inland Reve nue, complained that a gentleman who arrived here by the Europa on Saturday had brought 311bs. of cigars on shore. He was apprehended as he left the Satellite. The gentleman, who is an American, and was accompanied by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo, urged his ignorance of the law. The amount of the cigars happened to be just a quarter of a pound under the £lOO penalty. Fined forty shillings. THE SAILORS' HOME BAZAAR.—It is proposed to dispose of the articles remaining unsold from the bazaar recently held in the Sailors' Home, by raffle, tickets for which are now on sale at the Home. Already eight hundred tickets have been disposed of, and it it intended to hold the raffle next Friday week. It is expected that 1200 tickets, at least, will have been disposed of by that time. This sum will realise £3OO, though it is considered the articles for disposal are worth at least £4OO. They comprise marine paintings, portrait of the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, a beautiful junk, formerly in the possession of the late Mr. Rushton, and worth £3O, a schooner, six feet long, and a selection of books. DARING RORIIRRY.—Joseph Brown was yesterday com mitted to the sessions for felony under the following daring circumstances :—Mr. Jonas Reis, the proprietor of a bullion and exchange office in Waterloo-road, stated that he was sitting in the private office behind his shop, about a quarter past five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when he was alarmed by a sudden crash, and running out, he saw that the shop window, which consists of large squares of plate glass, was smashed ; and, upon a hasty examination, he ascertained that a £1 Irish provincial note had been abstracted. A lad named Richard Hughes saw the act committed just as he was leaving the shop, and he pointed the prisoner out to Mr. Rais's shopman, who went after him. The man did not appear to be very anxious to escape, as he merely walked off, and was taken about fifty yards from the shop. When asked by the magistrate's clerk whether he had anything to say, he replied lie wanted to be sent to Australia. SEACOMJSE FERRY HOTEL, AND CARDERS.—Messrs. sugar 3 0 0 and 43 5 0 per UAL J. and R. P arry, proprietors of this establishment, have Borax 3 10 0 per ton. commenced the experiment of running their boats for a Saltpetre It will be observed that the articles brought are mil- to do during the summer months, or as long afterwards as dom precisely alike in different vessels. The rates, how- the public encourage so kind a concession to strangers and ever, are generally by weight—the ton of 20 cvvt, When to the inhabitants of both sides of the river. We need they are by measurement, it is specified. scarcely remind our local readers of the attractions of Seacombe as the most rural of our Cheshire Ferries, or the excellence and beauty of Messrs. Parry's Hotel and gardens. We may, however, state that the route by Sea combe to view the Birkenhead Great Float, lately opened, is the nearest, the walk from the slip being barely one of five minutes; and that it affords a direct and short ap proach to the Birkenhead Great Park. The boats, four 6 per ton. in number, have been recently put into excellent working order ; and one of them,—the Britannia,—which last week came out, after receiving a thorough repair and new boilers and engines of 70-horse power, is scarcely second, if at ail, in speed, to any on the river. Thus far the AKIX. Periamt of the penny fore has been moot euecoesful. have been cheapened a little. His potatoes are twofold the price which they used to cost him six or eight years ago. Obviously, therefore, the labourers on Lord Fitzhardinge's estate have bad wrested from them, to enable the tenantry to pay his lordship's rent, considerably more than the whole saving which has been effected for them by free trade in the food and articles of their daily consumption. Copper The missive of his lordship goes on to remind them that tithes are becoming gradually lower, and that poor rates, highway rates, &c., will follow, and states, that " in stocking a farm £6OO will go as far as £lOOO would do under the system of artificial high prices." He forgets, however, to add that the produce of this stock will only sell for the same low prices i 4; is to be bought for. He further " suspects that many of his dairy farmers will yet live to learn that they can produce cheese at two guineas per cwt. at a profit." The concluding paragraph, however,is the cream of the document:— MORNING, JUNE 3, 1851 Arrival at Liverpool. May, 1848 " In conclusion, I have only to remark, that a landlord can in no degree be held responsible for fluctuations in the marksts : he may fairly be expected to meet a per manently depressed state of agricultural affairs, and to let his farms so that tenants may be enabled to live by their exertions one year with another; but for variations in the value if stock, bad seasons, kc., no landlord can be expected to interfere." \Ve suspect very strongly that if his lordship lets his farms so that his tenants `• may be enabled to live one year after another," and to sustain the effect of had seasons under a system of unrestricted imports from the foreigner, he will have to live himself upon a very slender income, if he secures one at all. At the last monthly meeting of the Council a suggestion was brought forward that the refresh ment, lunch, Szc., formerly provided for the petty jury, summoned to try cases at the Sessions, should be again allowed. The cutting down of the trifling expenditure incurred by this practice was one of those short-sighted acts of petty economy resolved upon by our " liberals," immediately after the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill. Gentlemen of ample means have since found no scruples in voting the payment of the expenses and luxuries of deputations to London and elsewhere to advance schemes of doubtful utility. But the small trades men and shopkeepers, who compose our petty juries at Sessions, must be mulcted of their time, and, in addition, be compelled to watch their op portunity, in the middle of the day, to snatch a meal in some neighbouring tavern, at their own expense, and at the risk of a fine, if they are not present to answer to their names, should a new jury he required whilst they are absent. All those who have had occasion to he present during Ses sions trials, know that much inconvenience has frequently been thus occasioned ; and we believe our respected and learned Recorder is strongly in favour of a more generous course, on the ground: , of the better advancement of justice which would result. The expense would be a mere trifle; and even if it be urged that such expense would be illegal, which we are not convinced can be shewn, it is perfectly notorious that the Council does very many things every day which, if the law was strained to its strictest limits, could not be justified. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Valparaiso. Oct. 1848. Copper Skins Coquimbo. March, 1851. Bark £4 0 0• per ton. - - 3 7 6 Lima. March, 1831. Guano 3 12 0 „ Buenos Ayres. March. 1851. Tallow &hides 1 15 0 There is a considerable diversity here in the articles carried, and in the ports from which they came. With respect to the former, •bark, wool, and cotton may be regarded as reaulating the rates of produce of merchan dise, and copper that of dead weight. We have therefore bark, cotton, and wool, in 1848, paying from £6 10s. to £7 104. per ton ; and in 1851 paying only £4. Copper in 1848 paid £4, and in 1851 £3 7s. 6d. With respect to the diversity of markets, they are so in little more than in name, lying along the same coast, and the great expense of the voyage to and from the whole of them consisting in the long and tedious navigation round Cape Horn. FROM SINGAPORE, Freights. Sago ''-1 15 0 per ton. Hides 5 0 0 per 16 cwt. Pepper July, 1850. Ti, Sapanwood 2 10 0 „ Valonia Linseed Cotton 3 5 • „ The falling off here is large, as will be acknowledged by parties acquainted with the comparative rates of freights paid for, and the relative space occupied in a vessel's bold by different articles. •' One of the greatest competitors which we have had in all these ports has been the American shipowner, who possesses an incalculable advantage over us, both in the ports of the West Coast arid of British India. t his ad vantage he derives from the extensive commerce now carried on from the ports of the Atlantic to his newly achieved California. American ships are constantly sail ing with goods and passengers, at high rates, to the gold diggings. Thence they can well afford to run in ballast to the ports of South America, British India, or China, and underbid us there for a cargo for England, or any part of Europe, whence they are certain of a very lucra tive return freight of goods and emigrants to their own country. The British shipowner, however, is stopped by the American laws from this advantageous business. He cannot take a cargo of either goods or passengers from an Atlantic port of America to California, because the Go vernment of the United States persist in regarding that distant settlement as included in the regulations which secure for its citizens the exclusive possession of the coasting.tradel The result is seen in the immense in crease in vessels of the largest description, and splendid build, adapted pecnliarly to this trade, which is now tak ing place in the United States, and which threatens to render Great Britain only a second-rate maritime power, " There is no portion of the trade with this country which has felt more severely the effects of our mad policy than the coasting trade-that oft and truly boasted nur sery of our naval and maritime strength. It is the repeal of the Corn-laws, however, by which it has been most ma terially damaged. A few years ago a large amount of this class of our tonnage was employed in the transport of wheat and flour from port to port along our coasts. It was the great agency by which the abundance of one por tion of the kingdom was allowed to supply the deficiency of other portions. The repeal of the Corn-laws has al tered all this. The foreigner brings his grain and flour to Cork, or to the Nore, " to wait for orders ;" and in what ever portion of the kingdom a demand has been expe rienced, thither he is at once sent to glut it with his sup plies. As the result, a coasting freight of grain cannot be had ; and the vessels formerly employed in that trade are, driven to underbid each other for the conveyance of mine rals, coals, salt, &c. The disastrous effect will be seen at once by the following comparison of freights now ruling, with those which were being paid two years ago :- Feb. 1849. Feb. 1851. Per ton. Per ton. Liverpool to Tralee (Ireland) 9s. 6d. 7s. 6d. Dingle B ,y (Do.) los. 6d. 7s. 6d. If Westport (Do.) los. 6d. Bs. Od. Londonderry (Do.) 6s. 3d. 4s. Bd. to ss. Waterford (Do.) 6s. 6d. 4s. 6d. Dublin (Do.) Galway (Do.) Limerick (Do.) Belfast (Do.) Newcastle (England) Bs. ed. ss. Od. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT. " The same ruinous reduction of freights is observable in the whole of the coasting trade, and especially between the various ports along the eastern and southern coasts, except in those cases where the owner of the vessel is also owner of the freight, as is the case with many of our large millers and maltsters. In such cases the old rates are charged, thus crediting the ship's account to the detri ment of the mercantile operation itself. The precise figures relating to this portion of the kingdom, however, I find it almost impossible to ascertain. But with respect to the entire coasting trade of the kingdom, and the far greater portion of our sea-going ships, the estimate I believe to be a fair one, that there has been a deterioration of at least thirty per cent. within the past three or four years. " I am quite prepared to find these facts, and my mode of arriving at them, unpalatable to the Free-trade party. If they are true, however, and I wait to hear them dis proved—what a lamentable picture do they present of the result of that policy which was to have raised Great Bri tain to the highest pinnacle of commercial prosperity, and to have carried peace, happiness, and plenty to every fire side throughout the land ! We see around us, instead, a prostrate agriculture, a depressed shipping interest, com plaining shopkeepers, and a mass of abject poverty in the bye streets, alleys, and courts of our large towns, grovel ling in squalor and ignorance, and already becoming ini tiated into the beginnings of crime, which ought not to exist in any Christian country. Why, if the success of our Freetrade policy is a fact, have we been told, by Free trade organs, of men toiling in fever-tainted cellars and garrets for eighteen or twenty hours per day, to earn only a miserable subsistence ; or of women plying their needles during the long and weary watches of the night, and yet only enabled to exist by the sacrifice of their virtue ? Why are outrage, incendiarism, and murder stalking abroad throughout the land ? Why are our gaols and union workhouses not emptied, and a prosperous and con tented population not lifting up their hands to Heaven, in praises and thanksgiving for blessings conferred ? Free trade was to have brought about this result. Under its humanising and beneficent influence, there was not to have been an unemployed man, woman, or child within these realms. It has failed, however, in realising its pro fuse promises to these and other classes; and I more than fear, I believe, that before very many months pass over their heads, its selfish authors will have to confess, in humiliation before the world, that it has failed even in bringing what worldly minds consider a blessing to their own doors." On Tuesday evening last the Society gave one of the most attractive concerts of the season, composed of se lections from " Semiramide" and " Masaniello." The vocalists originally announced were Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Dolby, Mr. Rafter, and Mr. Weiss. The former young lady, however, had received the compliment of a command to sing before the Court; but the engagement of Miss Catherine Hayes amply made up for the disap pointment which the first announcement of her absence excited, and even added to the attraction of the concert. Miss Hayes occupies a very high place in the estimation of the musical circles of Liverpool, which she has won not alone by her rare talents, but as well by the grace and purity of her private character. Her appearance on this occasion was the more welcome after the successful career which she has lately run in Rome, where she has crowned herself with laurels. Miss Dolby is also a fa vourite, and Mr. Weiss has claims upon us not only from his abilities, but as a townsman. The first part consisted of selections from " Semira mide," the effect of some portions of which was a little marred by an obvious unpreparedness on the part of both the orchestra and the chorus. This was particularly apparent in the quartet and chorus " Kings, Princes, Nobles." In some of the solo parts, also, the accompa niments shewed want of rehearsal. The singing of Miss Hayes was excellent throughout, as was also that of Miss Dolby. The second part comprised selections from the well-known and favourite opera of " Massaniello," which was well received throughout. A brilliant song by Miss Hayes, substituted by her for another which had been set down for her, elicited an enthusiastic encore, and was responded to by the delightful air of " Ah, Mon Fils,'; from " Le Prophete," which brought down thunders of applause. The duet with Miss Dolby--" 'Tis well, my Life I tender"—was beautifully sung by both ladies. Miss Dolby also sung a cavatina—" Ah, that Day I well remember"—very prettily ; and, in two duets with Mr. Weiss, both parties were loudly applauded. The im pression made by Mr. Rafter was not great. As a whole the concert was a very successful one. CURIOUS CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—A very pretty and well-dressed young woman, named Ann Clarke, was yesterday placed at the bar of the Police court on a charge of having robbed an Irishman, named Peter Kirwin, of £4 17s. 6d. Complainant stated that he met the prisoner about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, in Lime-street, and was induced to accompany her to a house in Skelhorne-street, where she robbed him of the amount stated. The girl stated that she was coming from home on Sunday, when she was apprehended by the complainant on the charge of robbing him ; she knewnothing of him, nor was she ever in the place where he seld he was robbed. She called two young men, one of whom is a porter in the employ of Mr. Higgs, of Lord -street. Both had been in her company on Satur day night, and both deposed to her respectability. The girl's mother, and several female friends, came forward to rebut the charge. They stated in whose employment she was, and furnished other information, which gave the charge the character of [improbability, and Mr. Booth dismissed the case. IRON -RIBBED AND WOODEN-PLANKED VESSELS.— Messrs. Jordan and Getty have now a fine vessel upon the stocks, building upon their new principle, and which is to be launched in July next. The dimensions are 164 feet between perpendiculars, 33 feet beam, and 21 feet 6 inches depth of hold. Her register, new measurement, is about 840 tons. The iron frame-work and wooden planking of Messrs. Jordan and Getty we have before described. The timber used far planking in this case is rock elm in the bottom, and Indian-teak and green-heart above that. The ship will be coppered, and to prevent the galvanic action of the copper upon the iron, the builders have made a cement of a simple material to cover the bolt-heads which come through the plank, and which will prove a perfect non-conductor. Besides this, the vessel will be sheathed with one-and-a-half inch, on felt or gutta percha. Messrs. L. 11. Macintyre and Co. are the owners of the new ship, the firm for whom the Marion Macintyre, also built by Messrs. Jordan and Getty, was launched some time since. The keel of another vessel, intended for the China trade, has been laid in the same yard of 400 tons. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The monthly meeting of the council was held yesterday, at the offices, T. B. Hors fall, Esq., president, in the chair. The president stated that he had had some conversation with one of the di rectors of the London and North-Western railway, and was satisfied that there was a mis-apprehension existing on the subject of the rates which were charged to ship pers of goods from Manchester, by way of Liverpool and London respectively. The directors naturally looked to the interest of the proprietors in the first instance ; but he was satisfied, from what he had heard, that there was no intention on the part of the directors to give undue favour to the shipments via London.—After the routine business, a report was brought up from the special com mittee on the patent laws, containing observations on the bills now before the House of Lords. The report was received, and memorials on the subject ordered to be prepared.—The communications comprised letters from the Foreign-office, on the Sound dues ; from the General Brokers' Association, and the Warehouse-keepers' Asso ciation, on Customs reform • and others upon the Russian Company, and various subjects. —A special committee was appointed to carry out the resolution of the general meeting on the subject of commercial laws. TRIAL OF A STEAMER.—On Thursday last, a neautiful paddle-steamer, lately launched from the build ing-yard of Messrs. John Reid and Co., of Port Glasgow, was tried in the Clyde, and attained a very high rate of speed, having steamed from the Clock Light to Cumbrae Head, a distance of 161 statute miles, within one hour. She is named the Herald, and is intended to ply between Glasgow and Dublin, with mail and passengers, under the command of Capt. Stokes, who has been for fifteen years in that service. The Herald is 200 feet long, 25 feet beam, and 15 feet depth of hold ; her burthen about 650 tons. She is propelled by engines on the side-lever principle, the beams or levers of which are formed of wrought-iron plates, bolted together at each end, and by which greater security from fracture and less dead-weight is gained, and also metal economised. Her paddles are fitted with the patent feathering floats, and she has every modern improvement to insure speed and safety. Tile Herald is fitted with a saloon on deck, similar to the Cunard boats, but quite a novelty in steam ers of her class. This will add greatly to the comfort of her passengers, who may thus enjoy a delightful prome nade, even in the wettest weather. Altogether, she is a model of naval architecture that will fully support the fame of her err inent builders. Her machinery was manu factured .by M.tsrs, Thompson : of Clyde-hank Foundry, .Ciaegow. How long we can, or will, submit to go on under such a state of things as these figures exhi bit, he must be a bold man who can predict. To ourselves it seems certain that a persistence in that disastrous policy, by which it has been brought about, cannot hut be fatal to the mercantile marine and the naval supremacy of this once great empire. Another excellent article, " The Experiences of Free Trade," in which the working of the system upon other branches of industry is further exposed, we commend to the serious attention of the public. DISGRACEFUL ATTACK ON THE REV. R. W. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. WOLSELEY. Monday Night. An Irishman, named Fitzpatrick, who resides in Great The late low prices of Sugar have caused rather more Crosshall-street, was charged at'the police-court, yester- inquiry from our grocers, and the sales of Saturday and day, with having assaulted the Rev. R. W. Wolseley, cu- to-day consist of 150 hnds. Barbadoes, at 355. to 415.; rate of St. John's Church, on Sunday afternoon, under 100 hhds. Demerara, and 1500 bags of low to middline the following circumstances:— white Bengal, at 403. to 41s. For the latter description Our readers are aware that several clergymen have of Bengal there is literally ne market, though for good recently set the example of street preaching ; and though, and fine Compore there is a fair inquire, 48s. 61. having as yet, the practice has not been very extensively carried been refused for 1000 bags of the latter. In Tea and into effect, we believe the results, in every instance where Coffee there is no change, and the market continues flat. it has been adopted, have been very satisfactory. By the Europa steamer, arrived yesterday from New On Sunday afternoon last, the Rev. R. W. Wolseley York, we have a week's later news. The weather in the went to Standish-street, a street leading from Great States was generally cold and uncongenial, and the re- Crosshall-street, for the pu r pose o f addressing the people ports from the South confirmed the late appearance of in that neighbourhood. The Rev. Gentleman knowing f r ost ; but, on the other hand, the receipts at the ports he was in a neighbourhood densely populated by Roman were again some 18,000 bales in excess of those for the Catholics, intimated before he commenced his discourse, same week last year, which, coupled with the unsatisfac that he did not wish to say anythina that would be tory accounts from this country, had caused a decline in calculated to give offence. He accordingly abstained from prices. The estimates of the present crop now rule from touching upon any controversial subject ; his text being 2,300,000 to 2,350,000 bates. The sales sum up 7000 from the sth chapter of St. Mark, the 22nd and succeed- bales, at Saturday's prices, except for the lower sorts of ing verses. He proceeded fora considerable time with his American and Surat, which are again rather lower. subject, when a drunken fellow, named Michael,Kelly, The commercial advices from Bombay, received to-day, commenced making use of insulting and abusive language, state that the money market had not been greatly relieved and endeavoured to incite the mob to a breach of the peace, by the large imports of bullion. Freights to Liverpool which in the event succeeded. The chair on which the were £2 17s. 6d. to £3 per ton. There was no improve rev. gentleman was "standing was pulled from under him, m eet in the import market during the fortnight. The and a man named Fitzpatrick attempted to s t r ike him, export market had also exhibited less animation. The but was prevented by Conolly, 460, who received Mr. l ar ge sales reported in cotton piece goods had had a dull Wolseley in his arms, and, with the assistance of Rim- effect, and no improvement was looked for during the mer, 142, bore him through the crowd to a coffee-shop. present season. The officers, to effect this, were compelled to fight their We have had more business doing in our Share Market wap step by step, through a dense mass of people • and during the past week; and prices, under the influence of while in the coffee-shop the mob threatened to pull the considerable purchases. have in a great measure recovered place down. They succeeded in procuring further assis- from the depression of last week. A portion of the pur tance, when Mr. Wolseley was conveyed to a place of chases have been on the part of those closing accounts ; safety, and Fitzpatrick, the man who was seen to strike but a larger portion have been for real investment, as the at the rev. gentleman, was apprehended on the charge of abundance of names, principally received from the London assault. In his evidence before Henry Booth and David market, (having been received there from the provinces) Hodgson, Esqs., Conolly stated that he saw Fitzpatrick sufficiently prove. It is said that Mr. Hudson has been rush from the parapet into the crowd and strike at Mr. buying Yorkshire, Midland, and Berwick, for next Wolseley ; there were seven or eight hundred people account to some extent. Great Westerns are in strong congregated, and the assault was of the most violent kind : demand at higher prices, and look like again touching par. he was compelled to use his staff most vigorously to Our market to-day has been very good, and considerable protect Mr. Wolseley. Mr. Davenport, who appeared purchases have been made. The prices at the close are for the prisoner, endeavoured to shake the witness's testi- not the highest of the day, but the tone of the market is mony with regard to any blow being struck, but Conolly decidedly healthy. We annex the quotations :—Birken persisted in saying he distinctly saw the man strike at head L. and Chesh. 10iel ; East Lancashire, 15ic ; Old Mr. Wolseley. Rimmer, 142, corroborated this testi- Leeds, 58 952 ; Do. £2O F shares. lAd ; London stock, monv, and also said he heard Fitzpatrick threaten to kill 126 4 64 6; Do. new Quarters, 4411111 t, -. 2 1p •, Man- Mr. Wolseley; he deposed to the difficulty they expe- chester Shef & L'coln, 31i 1 ; Do. pref. 12; Do. £6 new rienced in protecting the clergyman from the frantic fury pref.9-16p; Midland, 56 -.1; Do. Halves, 151 al,-1.1 id; of the mob. Officer 557 further confirmed this evidence. Old Dovers, 25k s's 4-1 5 44c; York, Newt. and Ber- The Rev. R. W. Wolseley, on being called on , b r i e fl y w i c k , pre f erence unpa id up, 241 ; York and North Mid stated that on Sunday afternoon he went down to Stan- land, 232 c ; Great Western, 87. dish-street, which is situated in St. John's district, for In transcribing from the monetary article of yesterday's the purpose of imparting religious instruction to such as Albion, a free trade paper, the following remarks, we might be inclined to listen to him, a course which he may remind our readers of the fact, that the writer is in a deemed to be no more than discharging his duty. He position to enable him to obtain the most accurate corn then went on to describe the scene as of the most alarm- mercial information ; and whilst affording the Conser ing kind, and stated that, under God, his life had been vative public an opportunity of perusing his arguments preserved by the officer Conolly. and conclusions it will be noticed that his reasoning is In reply to Mr. Davenport, the rev. gentleman said he precisely the same, in some instances almost in the very did not receive a blow, nor could he see the prisoner aim words, as that repeated again and again in these columns one at him, as his (Mr. W.'s) back was to war d s hi m . I for the last dozen years : Miles Lambert, James Nolan, and a woman named "As at present understood, free trade means modified free M`Kinsey, were called as witnesses for the prisoner. They imports and nothing more; for instance, it levies is. per quarter all agreed in saying that they saw no blow struck ; but I on foreign corn, is. 6d. per cwt. on foreign tallow, and admits considered that the prisoner had been very harshly treated cotton duty free. This is free trade. Now, to term such a sys by the police. tem free trade is altogether a misnomer. What! admit the Another man, who gave his name M'Galligan, with I wcttonnv,o.efsthend it United States into this country fa without ic duty, and, e back to them worked into brs. have a heavy great warmth requested that he might be heard. His advalorem duty levied upon the raw material produced there, evidence had for its object the exculpation of the prisoner which we have admitted free, as well as upon our labour ! We and the crimination of the police; but as it turned ou t admit the product of American labour free, but, when we send that, like the rest of the witnesses, he knew little or noth- it back to her increased in value by our own labour, she taxes ing about the matter, his warmth went for "nothing." li r o e t e h t t r h a l e raw o n u i r at l e a i r la e l s a t nd our i labour p p farinaceous and t t l o d o Zc e o t m e r e in s from Mr. Aynesley, an inspector of nuisances, who happened France, yet she heavfly taxes su iron, one of the prodactions of this to be present, observed that a more disgraceful scene could country; and this we also term free trade. We admit the ships not be conceived ; he never before heard such horrible of all nations into this country, and the cargoes they convey, on language made use of. As he did not see the blow struck, equal terms.with our own, yet Spain levies a discriminating his evidence was not taken. duty upon the cargoes by British ships, both in the mother Several other witnesses who were present corroborated country and her colonies; and this also is recognized as free trade. Free trade with all the world is a noble principle, as it i nvo l ve s this statement. that of equal justice, or in other terms, reciprocity, but to term Mr. Booth told the prisoner that his cond uc t h a d b een th e emasculated system of the present day free trade is an out very disgraceful. There could be no doubt he had struck I rage upon commonsense. W:iy should the productions of the blow ; such conduct could not be a ll owe d. A s t o th e America be admitted free into this country and the productions officers, they were quite justified in usi ng th e i r s t aves. of this country be subject to a heavy duty in America? the pro- Fined 20s. and costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. ducts of` ur skill and labour ought to enter as free into the United ates as theirs do into England. Why should the planter of Mississippi have an advantage over the manufac turers of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Birmingham, or Sheffield? Labour is the basis of the productions of each, and though it is skilled labour in our own case, that is no rea son why it should be taxed in America, for, if it be, the princi ples of free trade are violated." We quote the following report of the wool market from the circular of Messrs. J. Robinson and Co., of this town, issued to-day : "Considerable improvement has been manifested in the Wool market throughout last month in the demand for most descrip tions, which not only confirms the general expectation of no further deterioration in value, but also is an evidence of the soundness of trade in the consuming districts. In whatever direction the eye is turned in the manufacturing towns, the consumption is going rapidly onward ; whether remunerative or otherwise, is a question that those concerned must deter- mine ; therefore, as long as the mills are working, and stocks in the hands of the producer light, there seems a great proba ility of the new clip, now in progress, selling much higher than last year's prices at the same period. The chief business here has been in low Wools, and all by private treaty. Notwithstand ing the public sales in London, the demand ! ere has been somewhat animated, and an advance is notified in some classes, causing a firmness which is likely to endure. The transac tions of the month have been in East India Oporto lambs and shorts, Oporto skin, Russian, half fine Servia, Albanian, Egyptian, Lisbon, Peruvian, and Alpaca, &c. Egyptian, Rus sia, East India, and Oporto lambs are scarce, and much wanted the markets generally being indifferently supplied with most kinds of good useful low Wools. All the Alpaca is sold, and numerous buyers are ready for fresh arrivals; the same remark app hes to Mohair. Hayes and Tetlow have been again matched to run four miles, at Aintree, on the 29th September, for 1100 a side. A beautifully executed bust, in Parian marble, of the Rev. Dr. M`Neile may be seen in the window of our publishing office. The price at which it is sold is very reasonable. The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Master Commander Robert Salmond, arrived at Woolwich at noon on Satur day, after a remarkably short passage of only 131 days from Halifax, Nova Scotia. There were 355 officers, non commissioned officers, and men, with 120 women, and 124 children—all well. There were no deaths on the passage, but two births took place on board. SERIOUS ASSAULT.—A lad, named Abel Moore, who supported himself by a crutch, charged another lad, named Conway, at the Police-court, yesterday, with having stab bed him in the legs. The outrage occurred about a week since, in Milton-street, since which time Moore has been under surgical treatment in the hospital. The prisoner was fined 20s. and costs. SUDDEN DEATHS.--A woman, named Price, who lived in a cellar in Garden-lane, Edge-hill, expired, suddenly, on Sunday, under circumstances which have induced the coroner to direct an inquest to be held on the body, which will take place to-day.--A man, named Mills, who resided in Vernon-street, also died yesterday morning ; his habits were not very regular. An inquest in this case will also take place to-day. _ GEORGE HOTEL.—The following distinguished persons were among the fashionable arrivals yesterday at this well-known establishment :—Earl and Countess of Arran, General Withehead, United States, Colonel Law, Capt. Eccles, Capt. Yates (Lancashire Hussars), Capt. Dean and lady, Capt. Pritchard and lady, Capt. Dalrymple, Rev. S. Palmer, and about thirty other passengers by the steamers from America. ROME'S ALLIES.—A. ballad singer was yesterday de prived of his stock-in-trade by a policeman. The fellow was singing a doggrcl in the neighbourhood of Fontenoy. street. The burthen of the precious rhyme was laudatory of the Roman Catholic religion, and denunciatory of the " tyrants" who are opposed to it. It represents Dr. Cahill " calling on all," and says that in Erin " there's ten hundred thousand ready to march to the field." The effusion was altogether of such an inflammatory nature that the police interfered, and took the man's stock from him. THE LATE SUICIDE OF MR. J. POWER.—It is now ascertained that the cause of suicide was the receipt of a solicitor's letter announcing prompt proceedings against him as security for £lO,OOO for a receiver, whose debts, however, did not exceed £2,000. He insured his life for £5,000, which he assigned for a valuable consideration some years ago to a bank, and which will be paid by the Royal Exchange Insurance Company within three months. Mr. Power's amiable widow has £l,OOO a-year marriage settlement. He has left seven children. NEW SHIP FOR AUSTRALIA.—In making arrangements for our increasing trade with Australia, one firm in Liver pool—Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.—have eminently distinguished themselves by their enterprise, and the ex cellent manner in which they provide and sail their ships, of which they have formed a line expressly built for the trade. They are now about to bring out a new clipper built ship called the Eagle. She is of colonial build, and has been constructed under the instruction of their own agent. The Eagle is one of those ships which, from her description, appears exactly suited to the trade. Her length from stem to taffrail is 185 feet ; between perpen diculars she is 178 feet; and has a keel measuring 164 feet ; which, with a beam of 36 feet, and a depth from the main-deck of 22 ft. will give no ordinary dimensions of car rying capacity. In point of strength she may be classed as British built, for there is a faithfulness in the workman ship as well as in her material which will give her, as the Yankees say, a stability to last from " June to Eternity." Her kelson, of white oak, is 36 to 42in. deep. Her sister kelsons, of heckmatack, sided 16in., and moulded 12in. The bilges are equally large in dimensions. Her princi pal frame-work is oak ; the keel is 15 inches, moulded 18 inches. The stem and stern posts are 14 inches by 17 inches, The timbering of heckmatack varies from the first floors, where eaeh piece is 14 inches by 17 inches to the futtocks, which, first, second, and third are on the average 14 feet square. The planking, commencing at s inches;at tl at bilge she is 7 e wales, while h er inches,the gu aand b o t a h r e d sa s m tre e a d k i , m i e s ns t n top sides are 6 inches. In fastenings the Eagle is all that can be desired ; she is cross, verti"ally, and horizontally bolted wherever the timbering will allow, and her beams are said to be (of southern pine) the largest ever put into any previous ship. She is handsomely sparred of course, as a full-rigged ship, and, from her model, she will carry any amount of canvas. She has a neat en trance, a very round bilge, and a fine run ; she falls nicely home on deck, gathering ern i ( n xiii the main inn m n a hb i er n roka a ep n np d tl)ii t nn o te p : breadth line, to a stern remarkably light and ne a t, an d ucted solely for pass e n g e r s, carryingappoint ments. er fore tas and d aft.ihi e e Cs The i a i rn Eagles planknre ewill br l ab the main saloon being fitted gorgeously in St. Domingo Mahogany and Black Walnut ; while those for the ordi nary class.of emigrants, though lessdecorative, are equally, yea, more spacious and comfortable. The Eagle will be about 1,100 tone register, a most admirable size for the service, in which we trust she may be ever successful, She may betzpeeted t941:11 /I'M here early in July. June 3,1851, EXPRESS NEWS• BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON, MONDAY NIG/IT , EXHIBITION.—Her M a j es t y an d P r i nc e Albert visite d the Exhibition this morn i ng, an d up t o four o'clow' 45,440 persons had been admitted. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—Up to Friday eveningl resolution respecting a revi s i on o f th e cons titution, agre e to by the Parliamentary Club of the Rue des Pyramidegt had received the signature of 220 members of the Assam' bly. So numerous are the petitions for a revision that six persons are daily occupied in counting the signature* , The President h as b een ent h us i ast i ca ll y r eceived at T on : nese and Digon. Th e Fi ves are higher, being _ done at 91 francs. The Dutch advices, by the steamer arrived this after' noon, notice firm ne s s i n co ff ee, b ut no advance. 504111,. quiet at Amsterd am an d R otter d am. Ri ce i s flat. POP."',," pimento, and ginger are neglected, and prices rattler lower. BERLIN, MAY 31sT.—The King has issued a terial decree, establishing a Provincial Diet, as it existe d before the rev o l u ti on o f '4B , an d comman di ng t h e In°• bers who were then in office to resume their duties. sH i AMBRO', 29TH MAY.—Exchange on London, 13 steady. Coffee still in demand. MADRID, MAY 2 7. — Symptoms of discontent had sPr un t up among the people at Saragossa, but no open outbr.eB The o ,, cc c u e r h re ee d r ; de t t h , e , h a e u t t w ho ee ri n ti t e h s e ha G d ev ta e k rh et m i eevhetraynpdretrptieopen: is the cause of this bad feeling ; and the Times corresP i l, dent writes that the Concordat affair will spread trou ble and disquietude throughout Spain. The stipulation s 0 ' behalf of the Papal Government are extremely unacce-P -table. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. bat The Calcutta jou rna l s were received today, from t presidency, they having been sent on board the Preen" or on the 21st, which had not reached Suez when the PS °. bay mail left. The Bombay Telegraph of the 3d ofMag contains the followin g ex t rac t f rom a S idney paper of early part of February :—" The Brothers had made a "I,', quick run from Honolulu of 29 days, which is one of t L " st quickest passages on record. Captain Stayers stated t: d the day prior to his departure the British Consu l , P ;), received intelligence of two vessels discovered wreckeu,l. St. George's Sound, supposed to be Sir John Franklin, 5 4 ; and that two of her Majesty's brigs were dispatche d ascertain the truth of the assertion. HOUSE OF LORDS.--L AST N IGHT. Their Lordships met at five o'clock.—Lord L YN 1)11 , e ferring to the bill abo u t t o h e i ntroduced for reforming 40 Court of Chancery, c a ll e d th e L ord Chancellor's attentionti;e an act which had be en p asse d perm i tting proceedings ;nand Irish Court to be instit u t e d b y petition instead of hit' , a ct mentioned various facts t o s h ow t h at the working of t he de. had been most satisfact or y, b ot h to the plaintiffs an d 00 fendants, and to the Hi g h J u d ge of the court.—The CHANCELLOR said he did not thi n k th e present ex peller s would warrant him in i n t ro d uc i ng i nto his bill so grea„ffie "hang" as that rec ommen d e d b y t h e noble lord.—After sv„A. observations from Lord BR O U GHAM , th e matter was droP c" vitsr r u t; (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—LAST NIGHT. . 00 The Speaker took the Chair at four o'clock.—On the MI% for the second reading of the New Forest Deer Removal the Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY moved, as an amendment, t. 1 1,i 0 0, second reading be put off for six months.—Upon a 11, '' 2 8; the numbers were, for the second reading, A 2; against , ,.„„ majmty, 54.—The bill was con4eqw.ntly read a second ti o "; e ., and ordered to be committed The Manchester 10 0 P r re Bill W e merit Bill, and the Manchester Water Works re read for the third time, and pa.sed—Mr. SPOONER then I t ) cist tented a petition from a p erson o f the name of Edvrtf who had been committ e d t o N ewgate for contenl P. an order of the house concerning certain proceedings coon with the late election for St. Albans, and gave notice tlut. o . Friday he should move th a t th e pr i soner, who expresse d 0 " . .„, trition for his offence, h e di sc h arged.—Lord NEWPOR T ented a petition from the Earl of Bradford and another S73g complaining that, owing to conscientious objections to tilno the oaths of suprema c y, th ey were v i rtually prevented ,_'lof enjoying the pri v il ege t o w hi c h t h ey were otherwise entitled sitting and voting in the upper House of Parliament. [LEFF SITTING.] TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY. t NEW STAKES.-2 to 1 agst B rother to Elthiron ; 3to 1 ag6 Queen Anne colt; 4 to 1 agst Eclat. to 1 ASCOT.-9 to 2 agst V a ti can ; 7to 1 agst Ballet Gir,, - ; agst Abderhaman. QUEEN'S VASE.-5 to 1 agst M on i ca C o l t; 6to agst Little Jack. 65 ' EMPEROR'S PLATE.-7 to 4 agst T rouncer ; ato 2 ag st R° j borough, taken. ST. LEGER.-15 to 1 agst Exeter and Mountain Deer. ..„, n ; DERBY,-16 to 1 agst Elc o t ;20t o 1 agst Brother to Elthund 33 to 1 agst Queen A nne co l t; 40 to 1 agst Homebrewe d 4" Houlakin. LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS.—YEszE I W ir. CLOSING PRICES. d Consols Account, 98 ; Do. Money, 971 8 ; Three-uer an Quarter per Cents, 983- ; Bank Stock, 2103 11} ; Exche9. - „e, Bills. 41 4 Prm. Engli s h M ar k e t steady, but very little clalb —Foreign Stocks neglected ; M ex i cans, 343 53 ; Actives, 303 tl ; Ditto Threes, 403 ; Ditto Passives, 5 6 and Railway Shares better, but prices close scarcely 80 at. ° d London Stock, 125 3 ; Do. Quarter Nor Prin. • ma° Stock, 56 3 ; Do. Halves 16 153 Oise; th Staffordab.., ir t e l; 73 4 Dis. ; South Eastern, ; London, Brighton, and stern Coast, 963 73; Caledonians, 13$ ; E as t Anglian, 3i 4; Ea e rin Counties, 63 73 ; East Lancashire, 15i 164 ; Great Northern, 18} ; Great Western, 873 83 ; Lancashire and Yorkshirel:; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21 3 ; Do. Extension, 4 i York and North. Midland, 23 3. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At our market to-day there is but a scanty show of Enb s t wheat, and millers are cautious, b u t th e rates of Monday 'To are supported ; for Foreign flit terms are asked, b ut the stop are small. Barley, beans, and peas are taken steadily, at fi t , former prices. Oats, 6d. to I s . p er qr. dearer. Flour, b o il English and Foreign, in mod era t e demand, at the terms or .ri day se'night. English White Wheat „ Red ARAIVALI, 425. to 4 80 ' 375. to OF Qrs. English Wheat „ Barley „ Oats „ Malt „ Flour „ Beans „ Peas Irish Wheat „ Oats . „ Malt.. Qrs. 8144 3479 248 896 9889 1740 409 Foreign LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—IrEsTERnkr• e d: Sugar.—Foreign rather cheaper, with few buyers ; RO I ! or Market trade dull ; brown lumps, 47s.—Coffee. neglected ! no d dinary native Ceylon, 3 8s.—Tea.—Common congou 01 p; demand, at I Id. per lb., b u t o th er sorts dull.—Rice.—Ea° opo dia firmer, and demand better.-oil.—Linseed in brisk d el" .oe' at 208. 9d. to 31 8 . —I n di go .—E ast I n di a dull, and ratbercbe'fA rv.ef Cotton.—Demand better, at d sa l es ma d e were at f u lly fo rates. TALLOW RETURNS. bei rig The stock is now 36,533 casks against 25,729 last year,,, 00 1 an increase of 10.809 casks. The deliveries last vs:ee' vi eeic amounted to 723 casks against 1,224 in the corresponding , for last year. The market co n ti nues fi rm at ; 37a. 9 d. to 3 8 ' fine Y C on the spot, but the demand is small. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YEsTER.k:.effIII' The supply of Beasts being l ess , th e t ra d e i s more . co , ar ge• Sheep and lambs are rathe r l ower , an d th e quantity hey Calves are in demand, at Friday's prices. Beasts, 3482 t ,200. and Lambs, 31,540; Calves, 334 ; Pi gs , 480 ; Scotch Ber. ires l, Beef, 2s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. ; M u tt on , 2 s . 1 0d . to 38. 10,..""64. 2s. Bd. to 4s. ; Pork, 3s. to 3 s . Bd. ; L am b , 3s. I d . t o 55. The Banshee, steamship, arr i ve d a t M a rseijJ s e "- Thursday, in fifty-five hours, from Malta' tardaY l ill London was splendidly ill um i na t e d on Ss.- honor of her Majesty's birthday. de for O N n e • of without the aid e artificial peas, grown near London, WWI F w r r i y da u y n , o A p l p r o . s H ed a . lliwell, protectionist, was rettli° artificial heat, were exhibited for sale in Coveut-g market last week. An influential meeting was held in Exeter on Saturd -I J Y : to protest against the proposed Diocesan Synod. Sir Kennaway, Bart., presided. A fire broke out, on Saturday ni g ht , on the re mises of pr Mr. Caplin, Bridle-lane, Lond on . A ll the furniture /I to destroyed, and Mrs. Caplin was unfortunately burped death. and A I jl r . r J . . FB.r Peelight,, /members of Rome," against the first clause of th e E cc l e siastical T 1 t voted e( r o r . n E Friday .Glad w s i t t o h ne tile Sir ,, J. G# lllB of Bill. Mr. Cardwell and Sir T. B. Birch were abseet'f o is In the ca se o f M r. C o l e, who was assaulted at the i: ce , of Wight election, an d di e d so su dd en l y i n consequeltoi the jury have returned a verdict of " manslaughter sga divers persons unknown." A 00 0 Two females, one 22 an d th e o th er 40, jumpe d Blackfriar's bridge on S a tu r d a y l ast , b u t w ere ret ere after being in the water some time. Both of then V era• dissipated characters, and had agreed t o destroy t" selves together. V ie° DIED.—On the 29th i n st an t, age d 10 months, •itop• Lund, daughter of Mr. R. L. R o b erts, Little 147-'' TELEGRAPH-OFFICE, .TtrNE 2. Wind at Holyhead, W.S.W., fresh breeze. tts, t B l OFF HOLYHEAD.—Jen n y J ones , b arque, f or culct s oefj, a.m. ; Othello, schoone r , f rom L aguna, at 7 a.m. ; r 4, fro' barque, from London, at 1 30 p. m . ; L ance fi e ld , sc hoon' Lisbon, at 6 30 p.m. 011' the Port at 8 p.m., 1 brig and 2 schooners. - LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, YEsTEaDia v o ' 001 There was a large supply of both b eas t s an d sheep S t eep S t e this day, fully 200 more beasts, an d 2,400 morel o ! c es lambs than last week, the co nsequence was t h a t Pr' way SINKING Trlll Of f _tti • 42d. to sd. 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