The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1848: SINCE Our last, the neirociations in progress for the purchase of the. Birkenhead Dock Estate by the Dock Trustees of ,Liverpool, have assumed an altered aspect, arising. from the rejection of the bill, empowering the Coinmissioners of Woods and Forests to advance £150,000 for the comple tion of the works. Previously to this decision, there appeared little prospect of a decision of any kind heini' arrived at. the leading bondholders asking- terms to which the Dock' Trustees could not possibly agree. Since the rejection of the bill, however, the bondholders, it is said, have become more rcaitonable ; and the negociations have been resumed, with a greater prospect of agreement be tween the parties. So many ru mours, however, have been cir.ulated as to the precise basis upon which they are conducted, that we do not think it safe to state what has come to our ears with respect to them upon what wc conceive ;to be good authority. Probably, from what may take place to-day, we may be able to do so in a second edition. THE case of the gentlemen, whose meeting on 'Wednesday, in the Scssiors-house, is reported in our columns, is an undoubtedly good one. The income of the nation is not equal to its expendi ture. We are living above our means; and every prudent man will admit that our first duty, in such a state of things, is to economize.—to overhaul our housekeeping accounts, and to set about the reduc tion of our establishment. Having • done this, perhaps the next best thing would be to ascertain what has been the cause of our inability to meet our engagements ; and whether we cannot by • exertion, or by a change of system, increase our incomings to their wonted amount. This, at all events, would he the case ,in individual cases; for however proper it may be to take care that we do not wantonly sqnander—and the time when we are driven to such thrift is generally when we find that we can no longer afford to squander—it is equally wise, and especially when we see that the lessening of our earnings has precipitated the difficulty upon us, to direct our attention earnestly to this branch of the subject. With these views, we complain of the logic of the majority of the speakers at the meeting in question. They draw so closely together their narrative of suffering and their remedy as to lead us to infer that the suffering has been caused by the absence of the treatment proposed to be re sorted to. For example, Mr. John Taylor reminds us that for the last two years the trade of Liverpool has been carried on at a loss; that cotton has de clined in price 40 per cent. within the last six months, and that manufacturing operatives in Manchester are almost at a stand-still. He might have gone further and told us that the prices of all commodities have declined, and that every industrial interest in the country has been pros trated. But over-taxation has not been the cause of this ; and even a " large efficient retrenchment" will not remove it, or prevent its recurrence. The sources of our suffering lie deeper than this. They lie beyond the last few months of revolutionary movements upon the Continent ; for they were felt as acutely as now, commercial disaster was as rife two years ago, before we bad ever dreamed of revolutions, and whilst the crown of France appeared as securely fixed upon the head of Louis Philippe as the crown of Great Britain upon that of her Majesty, Queen Victoria. Judicious re trenchment of our expenditure, we repeat, is a good thing. It is galling, at a time when the commercial and industrial body of the nation is enduring the throes of mortal disease, to watch the complacency with which a set of conceited inca pables lavish its heart's blood in rewards amongst themselves and their useless followers—galling, as it is to the dying lion to listen to the chattering of the birds of carrion, assembled to prey upon his carcase ;—but we must not, in meditating an onslaught upon the selfish perpetrators of this pilfering, allow ourselves to be led for a moment away from the real and vital cause, which has rendered this last featherweight of the burthen no longer endurable. We have been paying, for the last few years, two, three, or even we may admit ten millions per annum more for the maintenance of the machinery of the state than is required. But how much more have we paid in another shape, and from other causes! Will two' hundred millions pay for the depreciation which has taken place within the last few years in the value of the national and other securities, of produce, mills, mines, land, houses, ships,—in fine, in every man's property. from the peer's to the artizan's, whose only estate is his labour, now unemployed ? Will the most sweeping re form in Downing-street, the most wholesale cutting down of places and salaries, army and navy, diplo matic and otter expenses, restore the fortunes which have melted away in the hands of our ruined merchants, or bring back a single stick of the fur niture, or a rag of the clothing, which has been snatched from the working man's cottage ? The cause of this wholesale ruin is the first and great problem, to solve which the intelligence of this important community should be directed. What is this unseen power which, in a moment, prostrates the work of years; which robs us of the results of toiling days and sleepless nights; against which the most prudent cannot guard, and the day of whose coming the wisest amongst us cannot fore see? It will be found in a false system of legis lation ; and chiefly, as pointed out by Mr. Church warden Ferguson, at the meeting on Wednesday, in an erroneous and cruel currency law. It is this law which alternately raises us to the height of prosperity, which leads us on headlong to all the extravagance of speculation, and then dashes us down again, involving in one common abyss the prudent and the imprudent, the man of capital and the man of straw; which renders unavailing the exercise of caution, of saving, of industry, and of enterprise, and offers instead a premium upon improvidence. It is not at all difficult now to trace the opera tion or rather the combination of operations by which we have been reduced to our present posi tion. Two years ago, we were at the fever height of prosperity. We might almost be called insane in our anticipations of the permanence, and even of an m:rease, of the national wealth. We had just entered upon a new fiscal policy, had opened our ports to the produce of the world, and were about to increase vastly our foreign commerce and our home manufactures. Whence caused the cheek upon our exertions ? What hand at one blow stopped our railway making, and swept away at once one half of the visionary property which we had fabricated ? The unseen hand of our vicious system of currency. We had been attempting to carry on a double trade with a restricted capital. We had created paper money to ran enormous amount; and, when we were required by the stern action of the bill of 1844 to base it upon real value, to make it convertible, and to deposit gold in the coffers of the bank to meet its increased issues, the whole fabric came down at one crash. The mer chant, the manufacturer, the speculator, and the holder of railway shares, were then reminded that it is not in them to fix prices or the rate of profits; that direct their enterprize or make their invest ments with what forecast they will, the directors of an irresponsible monopoly, the Bank of England, has the sole authority to determine the result. It was the application of the screw by this body, and the sudden contraction of monetary supply, which ought never to have been allowed to be so largely and recklessly expanded, which gave the first shock to commercial confidence. The conse quences, which we are now enduring, followed na turally, and have been aggravated by the recoil created by our free-trade policy. We have ruined our West Indian colonies ; damaged materially the position of our East Indian sugar colonies; struck a heavy blow against the Canadas, and brought the cheep labour of the continental manufacturer and artizan into competition with the highly taxed labour of the British artizan. Hence the falling off of our export trade to these possessions, and the stagnation which is spread throughout our manu facturing districts, facts teaching us the wholesome truth that we cannot touch injuriously any interest in this great community without bringing down a retributary punishment, which is felt by every class, and often most by those wh ose se lfi s h ness has sdic tated the blow. It is towards this broad view of our position that the attention of the people, and especially of the mercantile body of a town like Liverpool ought to be directed: Economy in conducting the affairs of Government, we repeat again, is a good thing in its way : but we must arrest the working of the great sources of our disordered ccreition, if we wish to redeem ourselves This is not the first time in which we have had periods of disaster similar to the present : they have come upon us periodically ; and they will re-visit us periodically, so long as we keep up the iniquitous machinery—the Bank Acts — which seems to have been devised especially to produce them. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE IN AID OF THE FUNDS POR THE ENDOWMENT OF A PER PETUAL CURATORSHIP OF SHAKSPEARE'S HOUSE. Last evening a performance for the above object was given in the Royal Amphitheatre, on which occasion pieces selected were " The Merry Wives of Windsor," and Mr. Kenny's farce of " Love, Law, and Physic." The characters were filled by the eminent literary gen tlemen advertised in our last, with the exception, that for Mr. John Leech, who was announced to appear as Master Slender, was substituted Mr. Compton, an actor favourably known to the frequenters of our Theatre- Royal during the lesseeship of Mr. Webster and Madame Celesta. The house was a bumper. The spacious pit, converted into stalls, was filled, as were the boxes, With the rank and fashion of the town and neighbourhood : and we heard of numerous cases in which large premiums had been given for seats. The rest of the home was equally well filled, notwithstanding the greatly advanced prices charged for admission. The arrangements were under the management of the box-book-keeper of the Amphitheatre, Mr. Shuttleworth, and were conducted most excellently throughout. The costumes, of the time of Henry IV., were furnished by Messrs. Nathan, of Tichbourne-street, LoOdon. We have seen the play many times put on the stage, but we do not ever remember seeing it so excellently sus tained throughout, even by the best company of nrofes sional actors. Of course, considerable interest was ex cited to witness the persons of the gentlemen who played on the occasion. The identities, however,. of the parties were lost on the occasion. Mr. C. Dickens, it struck us, was peculiarly unfortunate in this respect. Excellently as the character was performed, there was no chance of recognizing the author of the " Pickwick Papers" •in Justice Shallow. Mr. George Cruick shank was an excellent Pistol, dressed the part ad mirably ; but as an ordinary man, divested of the prestige of his name, would have achieved nothing. The Sir John Falstaff of Mr. 111 ark Lemon was, indeed, a first rate impersonation. It was clever throughout. Next to this was the Dr. Otitis of Mr. Dudley Costello ; and perhaps the best of all was the Mr. Ford, by Mr. John Forster. The scenes in which this gentleman ap peared, with Falstaff, as Master Brooke, were most pow erfully sustained. With respect to the acting of Miss Montague, as Mrs. Ford, we need say nothing in praise. Mrs. Page was very excellently personated by Miss Ken worthy, a lady we have not had previously the pleasure of seeing. Anne Page was well played by Miss Ann Romer, who gave us besides some excellent singing. In the afterpiece of " Love, Law, and Physic," George Cruikshank and C. Dickens in particular shone. We have not, however, space to enlarge, as we should have wished to do, upon the acting of all engaged The or chestra was full of the best talent of the town, and worthy of a metropolitan stage. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (By EXPRESS.) NORTH CHESHIRE ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL, MONDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. Leyh (C.) Astley (R.) Macclesfield, 4 o'clock .... 706 Knutsford, 11 „ .... 343 Grappenhall, 1 „ .... 317 Altrincham, 1 „ .... 365 Runcorn, 12 „ 182 Stockport, 4 ~ .... 516 Mottram, 4 „ .... 213 2642 2057 2057 Majority for G. C. Legh, Esq. bB5 The poll will close this afternoon at four. Cape of Good Hope papers, to the 13th April, report that severe hurricanes had been experienced by various vessels arrived in port outside to the eastward. Among those most damaged were the Sutlej, the True Briton, and the Prince of Wales. We have received the Madrid mails of the 30th. Ano ther diplomatic expulsion bas been effected. The Count Hamal, the Belgian minister, received his passports on the 28th, and a post carriage was ordered the same evening to take him to Bayonne. The cause assigned for this was, of course, a plot to upset the government. CHARTIST RIOTS.-It appears from the returns made to the Secretary of State, that upwards of 100 chartists were arrested on Sunday night. It is reported that meetings would be held in various parts of the metropolis last night. Precautions have been taken to maintain order, and it is understood that the police will have the aid of detachments of military. MEETING ON THE CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE FROM FURNACES. A meeting took place yesterday afternoon, at the Cla rendon-rooms, (adjourned from a preliminary meeting held last week,) of gentlemen, owners of manufactories, mills, steam-ships, &c., who considered themselves ag grieved by the mode of administering the new local act, requiring owners of steam-engines to consume the smoke from their furnaces, under Certain penalties; which have been enforced with, in their opinion, a rigour not contemplated by the framers of the bill. There were upwards of forty gentlemen present, nearly all principals in respectable firms. The object was to consider certain resolutions, which had been prepared by those who attended the former meeting, for the consideration of all parties interested. Mr. WALTER F. MACGREGOR was called to the chair. He stated that the fines imposed upon them bad become a great annoyance, and the object of the meeting was to ascertain whether they could meet the views of the Town Council, which they had a wish to do as far as in them lay. He then read the resolutions which had been pre pared, and which (as amended) will be found inserted in another part of our paper. On inviting discussion upon them, Mr. M'IvER, (of the Transatlantic Mail Steam-ship Company. &c.,) stated that he thought the resolutions were rather wanting in point. He knew that no effectual smoke-consuming apparatus had yet been discovered. It was in fact utterly impossible for them to consume the whole of their own smoke - . He knew this from his own experience. He and his partners had tried two of the apparatus, and Mr. C. W. 'Williams's own man in that department had superintended their own construction, and placing in the vessels. One of the ships was the Admiral, and there was certainly but little smoke; but at the same time little steam. It was still believed, however, that the desideratum could be accomplished, and his friends in Glasgow had put another similar smoke consumer (as it was call 0) into a smaller vessel at Glas gow. After a trial of twelve months, (as he thought) he found the apparatus had been removed, having proved to be of no advantage. They had tried the apparatus on this cold air principle, and it was defective and would prove deleterious to the boilers, so that accidents might in time be the result. He declared that the evil of the smoke might be much mitigated by care and attention on the part of the stokers He and his friends had not employed Mr. Joseph Williams's plan ; but they had fully carried out the principle of using hot air and found its advantages to be little or nothing They had it in their American ships. The speaker here quoted a letter from a Liverpool paper, signed J. 8., author unknown, evidently written by a scientific man, in reply to other letters in the newspapers, and which bore out his (Mr. M'lver's) opinions. It was to the effect, that numerous inventions had been brought out, and seemed to answer to some extent on a small scale, but not in extensive practice. An improvement had certainly been effected by reducing the smoke from fur naces, but this was not due so much to any apparatus as to care in stoking, and to the proper and proportionate construction of the boilers, flues, &c., which would do it when no apparatu s c o u ld do it so well, for none of the latter were certain. All who used Liverpool coal must make smoke. some description of Welsh coal emitted much less smoke, but none was altogether free from it. The public had erroneously been led to think that great results would be attained ; but he was convinced nothing would reduce smoke so effectually or so well as well con structed boilers. The CHAIRMAN said they would willingly adopt the Corporation plan, provided it were really practicable, and would relieve them from the responsibilities laid upon them. A gentleman remarked that the bill was overstrained in its construction, and was never meant to be so severe against them. Mr. NORTH (of the North Shore Cotton Mill) said that the difficulties of smoke prevention were gretaer in steam vessels than in engines on shore. In the concern to which he belonged he had used every known plan, at great ex pense. All depended upon the stoker. He had made alterations for admitting air at the back of the furnaces, which had cost £l5OO. He had also given up the use of slack, and used coal alone. He believed the additional cost would be £5OO a-year. The furnace bars were, by the new plan, consumed much more rapidly then by the old. Mr. Grantham had said that he could for £2O cure any furnace of smoke ; but this appeared to him prepos terous, for how could a furnace with several boilers. and of varied construction, be fitted at the same cost as one simple one. He thought Mr. Williams, too, was in error when he stated that there would be a great saving in coals. In fine, under the present construction of boilers, much more smoke might by care be consumed, but that would be at the expense of the boilers, the fire-bars and the steam. A gentleman stated that one of his reasons for removing his works to Wales was the grievous operation of the new law. Mr. MgvER remarked that he had gone to the Clarence Dovk to witness the operation on board the Dublin boats in the Clarence Dock, where some of his own Glasgow boats were ; and he found that the Dublin boats emitted fully as much smoke as the others. On that clause of the resolutions being discussed which required " that the best practical means" should be used by owners of furnaces to consume their smoke, and which words had in the police-court been construed to mean that the consumption could in all cases be effected, so that parties were fined for not accomplishing an impossibility, Mr. NORTH said that these words had been introduced by the parties who framed the bill—one of whom he had conversed with—for the purpose of protecting parties from an arbitrary administration of the law. A GENTLEMAN said that when Mr. McKinnon, who had for years given his attention to the smoke question, brought in his bill two years ago, Sir Robert Peel (and this was on the Parliamentary record) had opposed the measure, on the ground that he had consulted the most scientific men in the country ; and that they were of opinion that it was a thing impracticable, and that to endeavour to enforce it would be an injury to trade and manufacture. _ Mr. M'IvER said that no apparatus could be applied to well-constructed boilers that would reduce the smoke, without decreasing the creation of the necessary steam, besides insidiously injuring the boilers. He considered that it would be quite fair were any party compelled to use the apparatus, and a blow-up took place, where there was no accounting for it in a scientific way, to turn upon those who had insisted upon the change, and tell them,— " It is all your own doing: you compelled us to use your destructive and dangerous apparatus, on the plea of con-' suming smoke which it did not accomplish !" Mr. SHAW said, with respect to police summonses, served long after the alleged offence, he had called upon Mr. Dowling and remonstrated, along with two other gen tlemen. He was afterwards called upon at his works by an officer, who told him he had just seen his chimney smoking most densely. He said, in reply to the charge,—" Let us go out and look at it." The inspector said,—" It is of no use to go now, for it is all out !" (A laugh.) Mr. BANKS suggested an addition to one of the reso lutions to the effect that manufacturers and others would be compelled to move their works to other localities if the system were persisted in. They had quite enough to pay in taxes and rates without being subjected to fines at the whim of the police. The suggestion was in substance adopted. Mr. Ross said, that in March last Messrs. Fawcett had been fined for an alleged offence, committed in the pre vious October. The several resolutions were moved, seconded, and passed unanimously, without a show of hands. On moving the Bth resolution, in which the engineer employed by the Corporation as against parties charged with infraction of the new law was alluded to, Mr. M'lver stated that in doing so he entertained no feeling of personal hostility whatever towards Mr. Grantham. The question was a public one of great importance, and he but wished to do as he would be done by. In like circumstance:he should expect, were their places changed, the allusion to be conveyed to himself by that gentleman, who should at all times have free access to any of their vessels upon application to him. Neither would he pro pose the motion as conveying any imputation upon the decisions of Mr. Rushton, or the convicting magistrates, who were merely performing a duty according to the act. The appointment of the deputation to the Mayor hav ing been moved by Mr. NORTII and agreed to, thanks were voted to the Chairman by acclamation, and the meeting, which was unanimous throughout, dispersed. Another meeting, to communicate his Worship's decision when it becomes known, will be called by Mr. Macgregor. THE FERRIES.—The Finance Committee of the Cor poration have recommended the reduction of the ferryage at Birkenhead to one penny for each person, with a like reduction in respect of cattle, carriages, &c. The subject will be taken into consideration at the monthly council meeting to-morrow. STEALING MONEY IN A SHOP.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a woman, named Catherine Ellis, was charged with having, in the shop of Mr. Cummins, in Byrom street, p3ssessed herself of a halfcrown, which another woman had put on the con r ter in payment for some butter and bacon. She was sent for trial. THEATRE ROYAL.—This establishment was opened last evening for a period of six nights. Van Amburgh was, with his trained animals (which are certainly highly tu tored), the principal attraction. The piece went off well, and the house was tolerably filled. SCOTTISH MINSTRELSY. — Mr. Sherers will deliver a lecture on Saturday at the Concert-hall, on the general Minstrelsy of Scotland, illustrated by a selection of several favourite Scottish songs. We observe that Mr. Sherers is highly spoken of in the Manchester, Bristol, and other papers, as presenting his illustrations with much power and discrimination.' His songs are given with great taste and feeling. His voice is a beautiful tenor, of great vo lume and compass. THE CENTRAL-FIRE GUN. — The shooting season will soon be here, and our sporting friends will do well to call on our neighbours, Messrs. Bentley, of South Castle street. Prince Albert, last July, had a gun made by them on their patented principle, and they have, in consequence, recently been appointed gun-makers to his Royal Highness, a proof that the Prince, who Is an excel lent shot, must have been pleased with their work. We repeat, our sporting friends will do well to call on Messrs. Bentley. THEFT OF MONEY FF.OM THE PERSON.—At the Police court, yesterday, a man named Samuel Caulfield, a car driver, was charged by the captain of a vessel, named Mawdsley, with having forcibly taken from his person the sum of 193. 6d. The complainant it appeared had in some frolic got into the car driven by the prisoner, and after a long route from place to place, left him without paying his fare, but giving him a reference. Some days after; prisoner met complainant, who treated him, and while the latter was in the back yard of the public-house, and unwell, prisoner forcibly took from him the money stated. He was sent for trial. ARCHES' COURT, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. (Before Sir H.. 1. Fust.) GORHAM (CLERK) V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. This was an application to the Court to decree a moni tion to issue under its seal to the Lord Bishop of Exeter, to show cause why he refused to admit the Rev. George Cornelius Gorham to the vicarage and parish church of Bramford-sperce, in the county of Devon, diocese of Ex eter, and province of Canterbury, vacant by the death of the late incumbent, Mr. Gorham having been duly pre sented to the vacant vicarage by her Majesty, the true and undoubted patron thereof. We Lave already given the particulars of the case. The judge directed the motion to stand over till next session. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY FREELAND V. NEALE (CLERK.) This was a proceeding brotwlit to this court by letters of request, against the Rev. Mr. Neale, for having read prayers, preached, and administered the holy ordinance of the Lord's Supper, in an unconsecrated chapel con nected with Sackville College, East Grinstead, notwith standing the injunctions of Bishop of Chichester to desist from the exercise of his clerical functions in the diocese. A libel was given in, charging, the offenc.• to have occurred on th e 9th o f M a y, 1847, and to have been repeated to the present time. No defensive plea was offered by the rev. gentlemn ; but interrogatories were addressed to the witnesses examined in proof of the libel. After the advocates of the respective parties had ad dressed the Court, the Judge said, that the question was one not confined to Sackville College, hut of general importance. He should like to have had some authority stated to him upon which the court could rely, for saying that any clergyman had a right to perform Divine offices, save to his own private family, without the license of the bishop. There was nothing to satisfy him that the inmates of this college formed one family establishment. There was, however, something in this case behind what appeared on the face of the papers. He collected it from an interrogatory addressed to one of the witnesses, who stated in reply that the parishioners of East Grinstead were composed of two parties, the high and the low cLurch ; that by the former Mr. Neale was highly esteemed, and by the latter equally disliked. The 71st canon was conclusive on the point before him. There was nothing to satisfy him that the inmates of this col lege formed one family establishment. There was, how ever, something in this case behind what appeared on the face of the papers. 'He collected it from an interroga tory addressed to one of the witnesses, who stated in reply that the parishioners of East Grinstead were corn posed of two parties. the high and the low church ; that by the former Mr. Neale was highly esteemed, and by the latter equally disliked. The seventy-first canon was conclusive on the point before him. There was no proof whatever that there was in this college any chapel dedicated and allowed by the ecclesiastical law of the realm. Mr. Neale, according to the evidence, was the warden of the college • but why the Court was not to have laid before it in the usual course of pleading the foundation of the college, and why Mr. Neale claimed to himself a right to officiate in spite of the bishop, he (the learned judge) could not conjecture. After some further remarks, he said that the Court would be satisfied with admonishing Mr. Neale; but he must be condemned in the cost of the proceedings. THE WATER QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR-Mr. Dawson, the councillor for Lime-street Ward, states, in a published letter to his constituents, that " the quality" of the Rivington Pyke water, " according to all able and unprejudiced persons, is undeniable." The good quality of the Riv i ington Pyke water is not so " undeniable" as Mr. Danson, a thorough-going " Pyke" man, would wish to make it appear. Carried away by his enthusiasm in its behalf, he stated at the last meeting of the Polytechnic So.iety, that it was " the finest water in the world," though two gentlemen, members of the so ciety, had just stated that they had been, a few days before, over to Rivington Pyke, to see and taste the water and judge for themselves, and they found that the water of the running streams had a strong odour, and was any thing but what they would select for themselves to drink. They also stated the remarkable fact, which is worth more than a whole host of theoretical arguments to the contrary, that the inhabitants of the district will not drink of the water of these streams, even when passing their very doors, but will invariably go " fields off" to obtain the water of any chance spring there may be in the neigh bourhood. The opinion of the resident inhabitants is worth some thing; and an opinion which they prove by their practice is surely worth more than that of a London geologist and an Edinburgh professor, both strangers in the district, and will be considered by most persons as " an able and unprejudiced opinion of the qUality of the water which is undeniable."—l am, sir, &c. A MEMBER OF THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. Ettirrpool ettanbarb. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY. The same inactivity of business in the funds is still to he observed. We have Consols all the morning quoted from 832 to 4, both for time and money, with scarcely a variation, and very few bargains. Reduced Threes, 82i to I. Three-and-a quarter per Cents., 831 to 3. Exchequer Bills, 34s to 38s pm. Bank Stock, 191 to 3. SHARE MARKET. - YESTERDAY. - - ESTERDAY. The share market is again very heavy, Brightons, 31 to 4; MirUands have been done at par; Great Northern, North Staf fordshire, &c., about the same as on Saturday. LONDON CORN MARK ET.-Y ESTEUDAY Our market was tolerably well supplied with Wheat this morning by land carriage samples from the near counties, but the arrivals coastwise during the past week have been light. The trade opened heavily this morning, and a reductidn of Is. to 2s. per qr. had to be submitted to, before any progress could he made in sales. Foreign Wheat must be quoted Is. tower than Monday last, at the same time it could not be bought on quite such good terms as on Wednesday and Friday last. Bar ley was not a brisk sale at a decline of Is. per qr. Oats were in fair request, and their value was well maintained. Beans and Peas were each Is. cheaper. SMITHFIELD cATTLE MARKE T.—Y ESTERDAY. The supply of Beasts is ngain very large, buyers are nume rous, but 4s is quite the top price of the best qualities. The number of Sheep and Lambs is large, and trade decidedly worse ;. our quotations are with difficulty obtained. There is a great c eal of inferior Lamb on offer, which makes very low prices. Good Calves are scarce, and rather dearer. Trade is heavy for Pigs. From Holland there are 404 Beasts, 1,550 Sheep, and 131 Calves. From Norfolk and Suffolk about 2,200 Beasts. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. As regards the agricultural districts in Lancashire and Cheshire, we have to be thankful for another week, up to this day, of the most glorious growing weather ever expe rienced even at this season of the year. Almost every day copious showers have fallen, with bright intervening sun shine, and a temperately warm atmosphere. On Wednes day night, we were visited by a summer storm, with heavy ram, and the wind from the N.E., continuing till broad day ; but good to the crops, not injury, was the result. Sunday was a charming day, with no downfal in this im mediate vicinity ; from two o'clock till five in the after noon thunder was heard, in repeated peals, for the S.E. quarter, distant from Liverpool 15 to 20 miles, judgingfrom the appearance of clouds, which evidently discharged much water. All the crops in this vicinity look well and healthy. The wheats which scmeweeks ago bore ayellowish hue, have amazingly improved, and that tinge has been nearly given place by a bright green colour. It has greatly increased in height ;. oats look fine, in some places, indeed, too thick on the ground. The same may be said of barley. All the hay-grass fields have thi'kened, and sprung up to a promising height. It is yet too early to say anything about turnips or mangels, beyond the fact that those sown appear to have come up well. All well-managed gardens are in their prime of verdure, and we have heard few com plaints of insects. Potatoes never looked more vigorous and large in the plant. At Wallasey and its neighbour hood (a great potatoe growing country) no symptoms of disease are visible, and it is hoped the general crop will this year escape it. Some early potatoes of an extraordi nary size were gathered ten days ago by Mr. Blundell, of Woodbine Cottage, Wallasey village. Thunder, and some times hail showers have been flying about in this and the adjoining counties for the last few days. On Saturday at noon, very heavy rain fell at Newton-in-the-Willows, Wigan, Sze., and on the same night similar downfalls were experienced in the neighbourhood of Rufrord, Croston, &c., but all advantageous for the land. Our vegetable market is abundantly supplied. Yesterday morning about nine o'clock, a very smart shower fell in this town, which was immediately succeeded by bright sunshine, though much rain fell afterwards during the day. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET.—On Sunday a man named George Dixon, being suddenly taken ill, was re moved from Meadows-street (leading out of Rose-place) to the Workhouse, in a van. He was observed to be alive shortly before reaching the house ; but on being taken out at the gate he was found to be quite dead. An inquest will be held this day. FATAL ACCIDENT IN BRUNSWICK ROAD.—On Sun day evening last, as a gentleman accompanied by his wife and daughter of four years of age in a gig, were coming into town from West Derby, they had occasion to alight at Tae Brook, when as the father of the little girl was about to take h er f rom t h e ve hi c l e, t h e h orse su dd en l y t oo k fright and started offat a rapid pace towards town. The child remained safely in the vehicle until it reached Bruns wick-road, when unfortunately, she was thrown out with such violence, that she was killed on the spot. CLUBS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ABMs.—The Leicester Chronicle states that numbers of workmen in that town are enrolled in clubs f or th e p urc h ase o f fi re -arms, with whatintent may be easily surmised. Of th e w h o l e o f the . workmen engaged a large public establishment, it is said there are not six who are not members of these com binations. It was reported on Tuesday that de clubs had been provided with a specimen of a fire-lock and bayonet, from Birmingham, which might be had (whole sale) for 12s. 6d. COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE -COURT YESTERDAY.— A girl named Mary Brannon, charged with steali ng a quantity of loose cotton, was committed to gaol for a month..—Catherine Williams and Joseph Graves, two persons well known as thieves , were committed for three months, for having been found lurking about Ranelagh street during the night..—Michael Horrocks, a boy, charged with stealing two or three cwt. of coals, from Mr. Johnson's coal-yard, near the canal. was cemmitted f or two months.—Mary Jones, for stealing, on Saturday, three pieces of ribbon from the shop of Mr. Briscoa,. Old hall-street, was committed for a month. — William Bates, for stealing a fowl, the property of an old woman—second offence of the kind—one month.—Ann Burns and Ann Eccles, for knocking a man down in Bent-street, and robbing him,.near his own door, of two crown pieces. TNT; LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SALT D BRANDY. TO THE EDITOR (JP 7'llE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The generality of medical men having a strong prejudice against salted brandy, I feel very desirous of removing it ; because, if I could succeed in such an at tempt, the medicine would have the advantage of being administered under their enlightened practice, with the happiest results in, I doubt not, a groat majority of cases. In reading a short account of the life of the celebrated physician Herman Boerhave, I found that he had expe rienced the efficacy, if not of salted brandy, yet of the nearest combination to it, salted wine, as will appear from the following extract. : " About the twelfth year of his age, Herman was afflicted with a malignant ulcer i❑ his left thigh, which seemed to baffle all the art of surgery, and occasioned such excessive pain as greatly interrupted his studies for five years together; but at length, after all the vain efforts of physicians, he himself by fomenting it with salt and wine, effected a cure; and thereupon he conceived his first thought of studying physic." I would remark that, at the neriod when Boerhave lived, ardent spirit had but just been discovered ; and I believe that that kind of it called brandy w..s not then known; but was in wine, like the spark in the flintstone, until elicited,. in after times, by the cunning hand of chemistry. In the case reported in the above extract we have a malignant ulcer of long standing cured by the ex hibition of salted wine, and this experiment was the cause which gave to the world so eminent a medial character as Herman Boerhave ! I trust that by shewing salt in connexion with wine, the basis of brandy, adopted by so great a man, the prejudice of the faculty against salted brandy may be diminished if not quite removed. I feel convinced that, if medical men would condescend to test the efficacy of salted brandy by experiments of internal as well as external application, they would arrive at such results as might perhaps afford them very great surprise at the unaccountable effects of this mysteriously operat ing medicine. Hoping on a future occasion to he again permitted to recur, in your columns, to the subject of salted brandy, I remain, sir, your faithful servant, Wavertree, 4th .Tune. SAMUEL FENTON. MORE CHARTIST DISTURBANCES.—On Sunday last, great excitement prevailed in Bethnal-green, Hack ney, &c., through large assemblages in the streets of Chartists and Repealers. On hearing a cry.of "police," they at first appeared inclined to run off, but some desperate fellows incited the crowd, and a number of them commenced throwing stones at the officers,, which was continued for some time. A brick was thrown at Inspector Tarleton, who was knocked down. Serjeant Moore was served in a similar manner. The police then went to work with their truncheons, and many of the mob were severely in jured. In Turtle-street, and Castle-street, in Bethnal green, the inhabitants (who are the lowest characters) threw brickbats, and ginger -beer bottles at the police. One of the constables was severely cut in the mouth by a brick bat, and was obliged to be taken away to the station house. Though the mob rFceived a very rough handling, crowds continued to assemble in Virginia-row, and other places,.when a party of mounted constables came up with swords drawn, and by using the flats of their weapons succeeded in getting the streets tolerably clear. They had barely done so and gone off to another part of the neighbourhood, when being informed another attack was made on the officers, they set to work again, and many heads were broken before the mob would disperse. In Victoria Park a most determined attempt was made at an early part of the afternoon, by a desperate gang, to mur der two constables in Virginia-gardens. They had forced them on the ground and were pressing their throats, no doubt intendingto murder them, when a section of the K division, by using their truncheons, succeeded in beat ing off the mob, and taking two or three of the ring leaders. The officers, on passing by one of the houses in Virginia-row, had a pike pointed at them by a man, who said, "A. little of this will do you good. They were watching for this man to come out when they were so brutally attacked.—At a meeting in Bishop Bonner's Fields a Mr. Jones said,—" On Whit-Monday we shall have another display ,-,Another Kennington-common meeting, but not at Kennington. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Will London do its duty ? (Cries of " yes, yes.") Mr. Jones concluded by advising them to organize, and in a few days the green ,flag would float over Downing street. Mitchel and John Frost would be on their way to England, and Lord. Joh- Russell and Sir George Grey on their way to Baffin's 'Bay." (Loud cheers.) Mr. Jones and the other leaders then left the ground. The sight of a policeman crossing the fields towards the church arrested the attention of the mob, who made off towards him in a body, evidently resolved to avenge the attacks which had been made upon then. in the morning. From a newly macadamized road in front of the church the mob procured a large supply of stones with which they attacked the constable, who managed, however, to make his escape after receiving many severe injuries. Their attention was then directed to the church, the win dows of which were speedily broken, the mob having become impressed with the idea that the sacred edifice was filled with soldiers and policemen. The police were now called into action, and having emerged from their various places of concealment they marched off in sec tions into the midst of the people. Many scampered off in various directions, but several hundreds refused to go, They were loud in their complaints. The men baying been commanded to clear the ground, a severe conflict took place. The truncheons were used with full force, and in the space of a very few minutes several dozen men and boys were knocked flat upon the ground and were trodden on by others in their anxiety to escape, whilst many had their heads broken, arms fractured, and were otherwise seriously injured. Notwithstanding the vio lence the police were obliged to use, many refused to leave the ground, and showed the officers the arms they had about their persons. Determined not to be put down by the exhibition of weapons, the police set to work with renewed vigour, but although very hard blows were dealt, no fatal case occurred. An officer of the K division seeing a fellow in the crowd about to stab him in the abdomen, put down his hand to ward off the blow, when the instrument penetrated completely through the fleshy part of the hand. The constable was immediately removed to the London Hospital. Several persons were taken into custody. . GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. The most important feature in the past commercial week is the presentation to the House of Commons-of the report of the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting, which is given in full elsewhere. The report recommends a protective duty of 10s. per cwt. in favour of British plantation sugar • at the same time Lord John Russell declares that he will not sanction any change in the act of 1846. All parties interested in the welfare— nay, the existence—of our Colonies are far from satisfied with the position in which our trade in these two most essential articles of colonial produce is thus placed, anti rest their hopes on the motion which Mr. Hume is to bring forward in their favour on the 22nd instant. The settlement of the eternal Schleswig-Holstein affair, which has been so often nearly accomplished, has not progressed so favourably as we anticipated, and the other European broils are in as unsatisfactory a state as ever. But, the flight of an emperor or so, or two or three bloody battles fought, seem to have very little ilfluence upon the money market here, and consols, which have been tiuly termed the Bank pulse, have again been steady throughout the past week ; and trade generally has not suffered any further depreciation, although shares, as will be seen below, are rather lower. The SHAUE Market has shewn signs of weakness since our last, and a great deal of stock has come to market at the late advanced rates. The calls are now going on nearly as extensively as last year : those advertised for this month have increased £1,300,000, being at present £2.800,000, which makes the half-year's total £19,000,000, against £21,000,000 last half-year. This, and the issue of preference shares by the Leeds, Brighton, and Eastern Companies, are regarded with uneasiness by the holders of railway property. London stock, which has been during the week 132, is barely worth 126 to-day. Mid land, which has been done at 105, can be bought at 101. There are good buyers of Royal Assurance shares, the affairs of that company being reported to be in a most prosperous state : the annual meeting takes place in July, before which time a considerable advance in the stock is looked for. The Corrow market, which was buoyant at the com mencement of the week, subsided on Wednesday, and up to Saturday night, although the demand had been good on that and the previous day, the trade had scarcely re covered from the depression. A good demand has been experienced TO-DAY, which has been freely mut by holders. The sales reach 5,000 bales, speculators taking 500 and exporters 500, at prices similar to those of Friday and Saturday last. We are still without any active demand for foreign Wool., and in all probability there will not be much doing before the public sales on the 20th inst., when about 7000 bales Australian, and about 2000 bales Low Wool will be offered A large sale of Alpaca was made last week— prices about former rates. Imports for the week : Fo reign, from Alexandria 108, Port Philip 1495, Smyrna 51, Adelaide 1921, St. Helena 79, Arica Haiku) 1452 ; total 5106: previously 29,225. Scotch, 420: previously 5705. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, in their monthly circular of the Ist instant, report more activity in the. trade this month, but without any improvement in prices, which, on the contrary have been more in favour of the buyer, and state that the general impression seems to be that the lowest point has been passed ; and, while we ourselves incline to this opinion, we have more confidence of an increasing demand than of any material advance in prices. The market for Sugar is in a very quiet stare, and for mer prices cannot be obtained ; the sales since Thurs day last are about 200 hhds. West India, and 1100 bags Pernams. 70 puns. Antigua Molasses have been sold at 20s. per. cwt. Rum and Saltpetre very flat. There has been rather more inquiry for Bengal Rice. —The business transacted in the London markets has not been large, and prices of some descriptions of produce have fallen. The demand which previously prevailed for sugar has subsided, and the tone adopted by Lord John Russell in relation to the recommendations of the Commit tee on Sugar Planting having created surprise and disap pointment, the market has given way—the reduction, al though holders have acted in the best manner to support prices, being about ls. per cwt. on the week. The continued showery weather being as favourable as possible for the coming crops, a general depression in the CORN markets throughout England has taken place. The Irish markets have not been much affected, on account of the smallness of the stocks in that country. About fifty grain-laden vessels, however, arrived at Cork last week, upwards of thirty containing Indian corn ; but as many of the vessels have made a long passage, their cargoes have come to band in a damaged and unsaleable condition. In our own market. although no definite reduction has taken place since Friday, the price of every article has a down ward tendency, with very little business doing ; in fact, there have been literally no sales to-day. There is no change to report in the Scotch Pig Iron market ; the demand has been limited. Prices may be quoted at Glasgow. 445. 6d., prompt cash. The price of Irusn BUTTER (of which the arrivals, for the week ending this day, are 10,767 firkins and 1,013 crocks) has receded Is. to 2s. per cwt., with a limited demand, owing to plentiful supplies of fresh English having been brought into our country markets. Irish Bacon, although there is but little on the market, meets no attention, dealers preferring to select from our present large stock of American, at 10s. to 20s. per cwt. less money. Irish Lard, for the same reason, is neglected. Prices this day, landed in Liverpool :—Butter : Waterford, 88s. to 90s. ; Carrick, new, 88s. ; Cork Dry, thirds, 80s. ; Wexford, Carlow, 86s. to 88.,. ; Ballymoney and Coleraine, 86s.—Bacon : Long Middles, free from bone, new, 565. to 58s. ; Short Middles, ditto, 58s.—Fine Keg Lard, 50s. to 525. Most articles in the AMERICAN PROVISION Trade have slightly deteriorated in value this week. Beef, however, is in fair demand, at previous rates. Pork being more plentifully supplied, prices are easier. There were up wards of 2000 boxes of Bacon brought forward at public sale on Tuesday., about half of which quantity was dis posed of, at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per cwt.; a fair busi ness, however, has since been done by private, at, in some instances, an advance on sale prices. About 200 casks of Hams, in dry salt and pickle, sold at 30s. to 355. 6d ; 100 casks of Shoulders, at 20s. to 265. 6d. ; 100 casks of Pigs' Heads, at 18s. to 19s. 6d. ; and 16 half-bar rels of Pigs' Tongues, at 265. 6d. per 112 lbs. At the sale of Lard on Tuesday, inferior qualities scarcely sup ported previous prices, and a reduction of Is. to ls. 6d. per cwt. was submitted to for better descriptions. Cur rent rates are : _ _ - Cheese — (duty paid)—Fine, 48s to 52s per cwt. ; middling, 43s to 465; ordinary, 33s to 425. Beef—U.S., (free)—Prime mess, per tree. 3041 b., 85s to 92s 6d; ordinary, 76s to 83s, old 60s to 68s; extra, India, family, &c., 97s to 105 s; ditto, per half-barrel, 30s to 35s ;—mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 50s to ses ; ordinary, 40s to 4Cs, old 36s to 40s; prime, 34s to 365. Pork— U.S., (free)—Prime mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 55s to 70s, old 48s to 56s ' • prime, 40s to 455, old 35s to 40s; mess, family mess, &c., 50s to 60s old 44s to 50s. Bacon—(free)—Eastern, 48s to 52s ; Western, to 48s ; Shoulders, per cwt, 24s to 265, old 205 to 255. Hams—dried, per cwt. (duty-paid), old 20s to 30s ; in salt (free), 32s to 48s; old 2Cs to 325. Lard (free)—Fine, in kegs and barrels, per cwt, 42s to 44s ; good, in ditto ditto, 39s to 40s; ordinary to middling', 37s 6d to 38s; inferior, and grease, 28s to 345. Butter—Grease (free), 40s to 455. Pilot Biscuit, per cwt. (duty paid), 158 to 20s. Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming state that, "The pres sure under which the TIMBER Trade is now suffering is clearly traceable to the general depression of trade con sequent on last year's monetary derangements, by which the numerous railroads were brought to a stand, and the demand from the manufacturing districts reduced to the lowest point, and the loss to importers has been greatly aggravated by the enormous and unusual rates of freight which had been forced on them by the abstraction of so much tonnage for the carry of corn. Before the question of the alteration of duties was mooted, Quebec yellow pine was sold at 15d. per foot, when the Baltic ruled at 2s. 2d. per foot. At present the latest sales have been at 134-d. to 14d. per foot for the former, and 16d. to 18d. for the latter. If this position be preserved the full object of the reduction has been obtained." We copy the following particulars respecting the East India trade, from Messrs. T. and H. Littledale s monthly circular. published on Saturday : " The Coffee market has been very flat, and prices for the better descriptions of Jamaica, owing to the low rates now ruling in London for Plantatien Ceylon, have declined 2s to 3s per cwt. As we remarked in our last monthly circular, if the Coffee trade is to be carried on in this town, we must have a regular and constant supply of the Plantation descriptions of Ceylon. If a portion of the crop each season were more distributed, and a part sent to this Port, the London market would not be glutted, and prices would be better maintained. " The London Indigo axle was a complete failure , . Out-- of 7400 chests declared for auction, the who'e were with drawn, with the exception of about 3000 chests, the greater portion of which were in second hands. The total quantity sold was 1700 chests, (1000 for export, and the remainder for the home trade and resale,) at the fol lowing decline on the February Sale prices :—Good and fine shipping Bengal 6d. to 9d. per lb., ordinary ditto 3d. to 6d, and on Madras, Kurpah, and Plant Oude 3d to 4d. The next sale in London is fixed for the 11th of next month. Here, there has been a limited demand for the home trade. _ _ " As is generally the case, after a sudden rise, a reaction takes place, and this is the position of Saltpetre. The arrivals during the month have been considerable, and the importers have shown a desire to effect sales ; the quotations are further reduced is per cwt. Nitrate has been heavy of sale at 12s 6d per cwt. " There has been a good demand for the common de scriptions of Rice, ruling from 8s to 9s, chiefly for export, and prices have been supported. Tne late rise in the value of Indian Corn and Meal for Ireland leads us to anticipate a steady demand for Rice. The following general items from the same source, are also of importance : " SUGAR.—Throughout the past month there has been • n excellent demand for Sugar, and prices for all refining descriptions, West India and low to middling white Benares, have advanced 2s per cwt., fine Benares being little if any dearer. The consumption is going on most satisfactorily, considering the dulness in trade generally, and this, aided by some purchases being made in Benares Sugar on speculation, in the anticipation that government would make some alteration in the duty in favor of Colo nial, has considerably relieved the market. The imports into the kingdom have greatly fallen off, and the total stock now shows a deficiency of 6,000 tons, being 98,000 against 104,000 tons. The increase in consumption for the five months is about 2,500 tons Sugar and 2,300 tons Molasses. 8,000 mats Manilla brought 38s to 38s 6d, and three cargoes of Pcrnambucco an average of 38s per cwt. duty paid. The last day or two the market has been quiet, and prices have been barely supported. " SILK.—The position of our Silk manufacturers may be considered in a good and healthy state, being fully em ployed—the demand arising at present is entirely for our home trade. Notwithstanding the improvement in this branch of our manufacture, prices still rule low, owing to a large production of every description of Raw Silk coming to this kingdom which was formerly consumed in other states. The supply is still considerably beyond the de- June 6, 1848. mand, and importers generally have been free sellers. The imports of China Silk here for the month are 57 2 bales, and the deliveries at this port are 545 bales. In Corahs and China Silk Piece Goods there has been but little business done : Corahs are 6d per piece lower than the previous month. "VooL.—The business in Wool has been confined mostly to public sales. The quantity offered of Colonial and Foreign Wool was large : prices declined hi to lid on Australian and id to id on East India and other in ferior descriptions. Public sales are advertised here for the 20th instant, consisting of 2,000 bales New South Wales, besides a large quantity of East India and other Wools. The imports are 7.854 bales, of which 1,495 are New South Wales and 275 East India." The return from the Bank of England for the week end ing the 27th of May gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ...€4,866,035 ; Increase .€448,8 53 Other deposits .. 9,135,479; Decrease Rest On the other side of the account : Government securities.. £11,751.215 ; Increase £37,585 Other securities 11,524,726; Decrease ... 105,797 Notes unemployed The amount of notes in circulation is £17,811,955, being a decrease of £283,445; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £13.514,739, showing an increase of £135,520, when compared with the preceding return. The letters from Brussels this morning announce the su'pension of the banking house of A. I. Adan, " in con sequence of the political and financial embarrassments of the period." _ The returns of the bank of France for the past week are somewhat more favourable as regards the bank itself; while in relation to the accounts of the government, they are more than usually discouraging. The accounts from Valparaiso reach to the 29th March. Business was reviving, and sales of manufactured goods, though at fallen prices, had been effected to a larger ex tent than for some time past. Considerable shipments of copper ores, copper in bars, and saltpetre to Europe,'had' also been made, and would continue to be made in propor tion as freights declined. The latest rates for England were from £4los. to £4 ss. with five per cent. Exchange on London was quoted 431 ; hard dollars, 12 ; and bar silver, 10. 62. The Mauritius advices received by the Overland Mail came down to the 30th March. Trade was then exceed ingly dull, and it was said that the GJvernment B a nk would not be established until the opinion of the home authorities was known respecting the reservation made by the Commercial Bank in renouncing its right of issuing paper. Between 10,000 and 12,000 tons of the sugar crop remained to go forward, which would be distributed at least throughout the next four months ; it was, therefore, anticipated that great difficulty would be encountered in raising the necessary means to defray the expenditure of estates till the next crop shall arrive at maturity. THE RATES AND VOTES,—Lord John Russell has give n notice of his intention to move f or l eave t o b r i ng i n a Mu to repeal so much of the " glorious" reform bill as makes it necessary to pay the asssessed taxes in order to be on the register as an elector in boroughs. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—A private letter was received here yesterday from Dublin, which stated that on Saturday night, Mr. Smith O'Brien was arrested under the nog act for the better protection of the crown, and by virtue of which, Mr. Mitchel has been transported. We are not ourselves in possession of any information on the subject. It is said that the alleged offence is the issuing of the manifesto which that ge n tl eman signed last week, recom mending an appeal to arms. FOREIGN THEATRES IN LONDON.—The present deser ted state of the English stage has at length awakened the attention of actors and managers to the necessity of taking some steps towards calling public attention and sympathy to the situation of the professors of the dramatic art. This movement has been accelerated by the announce ment of the company attached to the Theatre Historique• Paris, who have made public their intended appearance at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane in a few days. They propose giving 25 representations, at the rate of three nights per week, and the celebrated novelist, Alexandre, Dumas, is engaged to su p et i n t en d th e pro d uct i on o f h is own romance " Monte Christo." For many days the walls of the metropolis have been placarded with handbills inviting the co-operation of the public and profession to the neglected state of our national drama, and the alarm ing increase of foreign actors in the various London theatres. At present we have the two Italian Opel (Haymarket and Govent-garden), St. James's Theatre? Drury-lane (announced to open for French dramas), a nd a negociation has been on foot at the Olympic Theatre for the appearance of the Opera Comique company, from Paris. It will be seen from this that it is probable five of our first-class theatres may be occupied in a few daYs,', continental artistes. This threatened occupation of. L' o, London houses by foreigners has called forth a 0 1° 1- intended to be presented to the Legislature by the z n r - st agement and members of the Lyceum Theatre, as elee e '%. musicians, machinists, &c., employed, praying of Pa r : he meat to restrict the number of foreign theatres in '" metropolis to those already established. TRIP TO THE ISLE OF MAN.—W e k no w no m o re de lightful short trip by steam than hence to the Isle of at this delightful se a s on o f t h e y ear . The isle its pic turesque and beautiful, the wa lk s an d rides mo s t e t iti steam-boatsaud t he ex p n e o n w s e plying ef livingtt h ence are splen did vessels of large size, and fitted u) with every elegance anticonvenience. l e y ra e. The kmdoadi MODEL OF THE BIRTH-PLACE OF SHAKSPERE.—Th e success that has already attended the view of New York, at the Zoological Gardens, has induced the spirited pro prietor to add to the numerous attractions a model, e xact, of the house of Shakspere, at Stratford-upon-Avon—an object that, during the present age, must b e highly jute: resting to those who have not personally visited it ; as no; only the exterior, but the interior, the furniture, am; every peculiarity is most faithfully pourtrayed. The model will be first publicly exhibited on Monday next. PRICES OF PROVISIONS 1N BIRKENHEAD MARKET, JUNE 3, 1848. s. a. s. d. i a. O 6 to 0 74 Strawberries 1 O 6 0 7,1 Filberts O 61— 0 7 Red Currants O 8— 0 0 Black Ditto O 6 0 6,1 New Potatoes O 7 0 8 Peas.... le , Peck 1 O 9 0 10 Chickens 1 0— 1 6 Fowls, 14, Couple 3 O 8 0 10 Ducks 5 0 0— 0 0 Turkeys.... each 0 1 0 0 0 Geese, c'ntry fed 0 0 0 2 Partridges,vbrce 0 4 0 6 Plovers 0 10 1 0 Grouse 1 0— 1 I Black Game 0 0 10 1 0 Pheasants 0 5 2 0 0 Hares ...... each 4 1 6 1 8 Pige3nsiwouple 1 0 0 * Rabbits 2 Beef Mutton Veal Lamb, per lb Fresh Pork Bacon Hams Salmon Soles Cod Fish Turbot Haddocks . Whiting Lobsters Fresh Butter Salt ditto If) , 120 Potatoes,' , Peck Gooseberries, qt. d. s• d . 6 to 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 o 2 - 0 0 ! i 6- - 8 1 0 - ° 0 0 -- 3 6 0- 0 0-- 3 0 0-- - 0 0 --- - ° 0 0- - - ° 0 0 - ° 0 . 0 - 0 v 0- 0 0 0- 0 0 v 8- 0 ° 0 - 2 6 METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD -STREET. ATMOSPHERIC Daily Direc- Temperature tion in Humidity at Fall of 0 Pressure at shade by self- Noon. of . Wind p registering 1 at :1 Nine six thermometer Dry j Wet Rain. Noon. I a.m. p.m. Max. Min. bulb. bulb. y 0 In. In. Deg. Deg. Deg. In. 'ln 57 30 30'19 30'17 68 56 6 8 31. 29'80 29'80 64 57 58 56 0'46 1 29'78 29'59 58 52 55 52 o'2B N.W. 50 1 45 2, 29'33 29'27 57 49 55 52 011 W. 5-; 1 3129'24 29'27 58 50 58 52 S. 58 4 . . 8 6 0 41 ' 60 52 o'l2 ‘„, a -- . 5' 29'58 29%4 60 57 W.N." THE WEATHER.—May 39: fine.-31st: heavy showers.;-; June Ist: squalls, light sho w e rs; n i g ht, h eav y ditto. -2" noon, heavy rain and h a il ; afternoon, bright.-3rd: brightc. 4th: forenoon, light showe r; a ft ernoon , h eav y ditto, thunder' —sth : heavy showers. LAST MONTH'S REGlSTER.—Atmospheric pressure, WO' in,, 3) 39: min., 29 28; average, 31 03,—Temperature , lure deg., 75 ; min., 43; average, 60 19.—H um idity difference , and dry bulb, max. deg. 11; min., 2 ; average, 6 74.—Fa1l of rain during month, in., 1 28. THE WEATII, June Ist : smut, noon, heavy rain 4th : forenoon, li —sth : heavy sh, LAST MONTH in., 3) 39: min., deg., 75; min., 4, and dry bulb, m rain during mon, w ax. inaX• DIED. On the 30th ultimo, highly . respected, PETER HAD-O N SHAW, Esq., of Otley, Yorkshire. On the 4th instant, in her 76th year, ANN, relict offi.,:a GEORGE GROOM, Lord-street, having survived her - only 10 ditys,7--7 the O RI- Visitors and res idents in Liverpool should visi.,c4TAlF• ENTAL DIVAN, CLAYTON-SQUARE. fashionable o' - nr ietor RANT and SUPPER LOUNGE. The object of the Pr o p want in entering upon this establishment was to supply u nique universally acknowledged, and to concentrate, in one Lon don establishment, all the superiorities of the leading Lu, u n did Houses; in fine, to combine with economy the most sPl e od arrangements, the greatest accommodation, punctuality, npin civility. Scale of charges : -Soups of all kinds, 6d. each' a tiad ners from one to seven o'clock. Joints to cut from, withs with and cheese, is. ed.; Dinner from ditto, lid. ; small Steak', V er all etcs., Bd.: Dinner ditto, Is. Id. ; small Chop, BcL ; "" i f fi n e ditto, Is. 2d. Tarts and Puddings 4(1. each. Half-pin s 0 1,-ood Amontillado Sherry, Is. ; pint, 25.; quart, 4s. ; half-pint o ti d ied old Port, Is. ; pint, 2s. ; quart,4s. A Private Room for lATett alwaysready. Chops, Steaks, Kidneys, Welsh Rarebits, P ol "„.ith Eggs, &c., every night for Supper. Cup of Coffee, 4d. ; nid Cigar, 6d. Fine old Irish and Scotch Whiskey. Two sple"" Billiard-rooms. Smoking room up stairs. rietornd OPINIONS OF THE LIVERPOOL PRE I ne suppers cannot be excelled for varlet har —Albion, "It consolidates the reputation of the proprter; a caterer for the public.”—Mail. " Suitable to all class wines are of undeniable quality."— Times. 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