The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

ttbapool :ztanbarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT ~p.. MONDAY MORNING. THE conversation in the House of Lords, on Tuesday evening, was worth listening to : it referred to the fre quency of railway accidents, and the modes of prevention —as far as possible. The Lords are business men—more so, when they set about it, than the Commons. The reason is obvious : a young fellow, with a coronet in the distance, comes from Oxford, goes to a Government office at eighteen or nineteen as a precis writer : if he be sharp, a linguist, good looking, and of gentlemanly bearing, he is sent as an attache to a foreign embassy. Business is business with him. Such was the way with a score of the men now distinguished in both Houses of the Legislature. They return home, get into the House of Commons, are well drilled there ; in due time—the Upper House. Compare this tuition with that of Mr. I‘IiALL, the non conformist min ; Mr. Fox, the long-tongued Unitarian ; Mr. PELLATT, Mr. WILSON, yea, let me add COBDEN, BRIGHT, and a dozen others, without education, manners, their only qualification being the " gift o' the gab," as the Scotch people say, and fictitious and factitious application of figures, leading to wrong results. Not so with the Lords—whom long preserve to us— though I do not go the whole hog with my amiable friend Lord JOHN MANNERS, and say preserve them,—if arts and commerce die. When you find the House of Pecrs or experience— meddle with a business question, they take the shine entirely out of the Commons. So it was with the rail. way discussion I have allu Jed to, when I dropped in on The chief speakers were MALMESBURY (with whom the question originated), Lord STANLEY of Alder ley, Lord BEAUMONT (STAPLETON that was, and is, of Yorkshire), Lord GLENGALL, Lord lIARROWBY, and Lord WICKLOW. Oh, I had forgotten—Lord MONT EAGLE, called once by the " thnnderer" Lord Mount crow. Perhaps you will wonder why Lord BROUGHAM had not a word to say. His lordship travels seldom by rail ; besides, he had his Scotch Law Reform " dodge" to bring on, which he did, and had it read a first time, t ough some good judges say that HARRY'S Scotch law is not worth much. Be that as it may, MALMESBURY led Tuesday off in a rather for him spirited manner, expressing a wish that Government would appoint a Commission of Inquiry as to the best means of preventing the recurrence of those fearful accidents which frighten the traveller, and for pro viding government superintendence. STANLEY of Alder ley said, as the subject was under the consideration of a committee of the other House, it would be better to await their decision. Lori BEAtiMONT was for the inflic tion of penalties—so is your correspondent, and heavy ones. The Earl of GLENGALL—simpIe peer that he is— supposed that accidents on railways might be obviated by the travellers not sitting opposite to each other. His lordship said something—almost inaudible—about horses escaping (which peer was it who inquired asses 1) The Earl of HARROWBY, a perfectly business-man, came nearest to the true state of the question, in my poor He considered there was always too great weight and too great speed. Lord MONTEAGLE forcibly spoke on the want of punctuality at the stations as a fruit ful source of accidents. The conversation, though it led to nothing, on Tuesday night, will, no doubt, be attended with beneficial results. In the course of the talk, a good deal was said about the necessity of having strong car riages. This is mere robbileh, as my old Italian master used to pronounce rubbish. No carriage, were it made by HERCULES, and its iron work forged by VULCAN at Etna's glowing fire, could stand a collision, caused, it may be, by the negligence of a drunken servant. Here is one thinking, secret—there are too few people employed at the stations, and on the lines. Why is it that at some of the most thronged stations, which dot as it were your own county, we shall find one individual officiating as clerk, ticket-porter, in addition to other offices placed under his supervision ? It was but the other day, at one _ _ _ of the stations in a neighbouring county, the poor, under_ paid, slow-writing caitiff—he looked like an old stone breaker—was so busy making out tickets for one set of passengers, others waiting on, that he had not actual time to get out of his office before the next train arrived ; he had to look after it : ribs broken, noses disfigured, lots of concussions, &c., &c., &c., must be the inevitable conse quences. Surely, directors could get intelligent lads of 16 or 17 years of age to be on the look-out at each station. The directors won't do it. No ; if they did, there would he a per centage less dividend to shareholders. They will catch it soon. I know Parliament will pass a measure this session which will make railway directors look sharper. " Codification of the Statutes." These four words were uttered over and over again in the House of Lords on Thursday evening. lam much mistaken if they—the four words—do not prove fruitful parents of much ex to the country, and a long list of legal blunders and used to say, jeeringly, but with too much truth, that one might drive a coach and six through an act of Parliam.nr Now, we are going to'have the thing altered—codified—the language jargon altered—modified,l made more fit for unlearned ears, and the purposes of every-day life, whether as exern lified in the Court of Banco Regis or Police. . Great heights are hazardous To the weak head." Our lawyers may codify, simplify, explain away as much as they please, there are some men who fancy a wide door is now being opened to even greater ob scurities—if such a paradox be understood. Then, a number of " eminent barristers" have been selected for the task of codification, at the expense of " a few hundred pounds a year each." Ten barris- ters at £5OO, is £5,000. Lord ST. LEONARDS said, pithily, just as their lordships were going away, that he hoped the noble and learned lord (the CHANCELLOR) would realise his expectations ; but he (ST. LEONARDO must repeat his caution,°that the alteration of a single word in an Act of Parliament might alter the force'and effect of the act, and no one could predicate what ultimately it would be held to mean. These are sensible observations & and though Lord CAMPBELL affects to draw out an Act of Parliament so briefly that it can be engrossed on the back of a letter,—brevity, though said . to be the soul of wit, may not have the same essence in law. Lord CAMP BELL vindicates brevity thus :—The last sentence of the law, the highest, indeed, is embraced in three - words —no, not three, but abbreviations of two thereof ; the fiat that hangs a murderer is sus. per col. written and initiated by the Judge. Simplify law procedure, codify the statutes, expunge jargon, repetition, pleonasm and what not, ren dering our law-papers insufferable in the perusal ; but unless care of no ordinary character is taken, darkness will only be made visible, and the last error worse than the first. However, the barristers have commenced the Herculean task, and I wish them well out of it. The late Sir ROBERT PEEL produced his law reform in a codifi cation, curiously enough called Peel's Criminal Acts ; Lord JonN RUSSELL, after Sir ROBERT, tried his hand at the same game, and every LORD CHANCELLOR and new made law-lord—your ABINGERS, DENMANS, BROUGH AMS, LANGDALES, LYNDHURST'S, CAMPBELLS, CRAN- WORTHS, &c., during the last five and twenty years ; and after all we find that the job is to be handed over to " barristers of eminence, who are to have only " a fem hundred. r a piece." From what I learn, the work, if not nearly finished, is well begun. The professors of the elegant art of water-colour paint ing are all on the qui vies this week, preparatory to the opening of the annual exhibitions of their charming pro ductions in fruit and flower, sweet domestic scenes, pic tures of English life and English manners, English land scape, too, and portrait—stron g in thi s last department,— after all I am afraid,—for the interests of what is com monly and properly enough termed "high art,"—the most remunerative branch of pictorial skill. A new gallery, called the " Portland," opened its doors this week to the public : it has a goodly array of pictures on its walls, and the members deserve praise for their self-reliance. If one hundredth part of the practisers of the brush and pencil were to hang on the skirts of the Royal Academy for a " lift," they might hang on, hoping against hope, till the end of their days. The Academy, however, is becoming more liberal, both out and in-doors. The associates have no longer to sit on stools at the meetings, like so many dunces, but have their aristocratic red-backed chairs, like the best of the academicians ; and likewise with regard to the "fourth estate"—the press : until lately, that—to artists—most necessary body, had no privileges whatever: all was pay, pay ; and the grand banquet in the midst of the pictures, given on the Saturday prior to opening, was closed to all save the elite. Now and then, it is true. a literary don might be seen here and there,—a poet also —SAM ROGERS and TOM CAMPBELL, - the latter glorious in talk e ven l ong aft e r the dinner. CAMPBELL knew when he had enough, but what with the pictures, the fascination of the exa l te d s company,the conversation, and the countless oth er agr6m of su c h a soc i e ty, the poet's heart became full to overflowing , ' and we know that out of the fullness of the heart the T HO MAS CAMPBELL w ou ld ta lk on such mouth speaketh. How occasions ! Nor was he over-nice of his audit orsam than rnnot quite sure that he has not " held forth" to more one of the plushed servitors of the Academy after some of these fes tive gatherings ;—they had anecdotes enow to tell of " rum old FusELI," who used to say to th e studentsat the foot of the old staircase in Somerset-house, fast by the Hercules Farnese, that they—the students —were bears , and that he—F USE Ll—was their keeper; and so on d ow n to the more recent days of the elegant LAWRENCE, and the prim but learned Sir ARCHER. My introduc. tion to ROGERS was funny. Somebody, I think it was the late Sir JOHN 11IALcotai, either brought or sent a mummy three thousand years old from Memphis ; all the world was invited to see it ripped up, in the theatre of the Royal Institution. TOM CAMPBELL sat next to me, SAMUEL ROGERS opposite, with his fine head and countenance, both as white as the driven snow; the sun-light was streaming through the glass on the roof, full on R OGERS ; it p r oduced an un earthly effect. " Who is that remarkable-looking white man ?" exclaimed one. " That man," said THOMAS CAMPBELL, "is SAM ROGERS." Anon the parties became a little more intimate, I trove. Mentioning ROGERS, re minds me of his portrait in the Portland Gallery, as well as that of THACKERAY, both wonderful heads; the former lofty and quite Shaksperian, the latter broad and massive. You remember THACKERAY published one of his works some time ago, setting forth that it was by MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSH. With that droll nose of his, and the " storehouse of thought " above it, THACKERAY presents the most striking resemblance to tile best busts of the great, the magnificently-minded MicHaELANGELo, BUONAROTTI, I have ever seen. ROGERS, though old, is yet most cheerful, and cracks joke and pun—if not with as much frequency as heretofore, certainly with equal pungency. How in the name of wonder does he sustain that deadly pallor ? He is very fond of living on white food, but that cannot have anything to do with it surely. Another and another is gone to " that bourne," &c. ORFILA, great toxicologist—the French poison -monger, died the other day, and was awarded all but a public funeral. ORFILA was well nigh the last of a great class of scientific men who dignified the literary circles of Paris. CUITIER, DUPUTREYEN, MAGENDI, these, and others about this season of the scientific solstice, used to be visiters ,t our societies. The Royal, the Antiquarian, Astronomi cal, Geologi:al, Geographical, the little, quiet, unostenta tious, but useful and more pleasant than useful, Linnean, held in Sir JOSEPH BANKS'S old house, Soho-square. There these foreign savans most did congregate every night in the week. Splendid fellows for cigars after the meeting ; out with the box was the order of the night, and in a moment a huge regalia, price ninepence at the West Bad, might be seen blazing away, even in the mouth of royalty. The Duke of SUSSEX, when president of the Royal Society, the instant he got out of the chair of NEWTON, doffed his velvet court suit, and had himself shoved into a pair of wide gray trousers, and jerkin, and smoked like fury. Nobody said the smell was vulgar; to be sure, though there were old women present, there were no ladies. The game is all up now : go to any of these so cieties—it is all stiff and square toe. But to return to ORFILA ; he was a great creature, and his compatriots— they used to write papers which were read at the weekly meetings. I remember one very curious, by LUCIEN BONAPARTE, on the migration of swallows, full of in teresting natural history points. Then we had for a change Louis NAPOLEON, Emperor of the French—he had a taste that way when he was here. T recollect him just before he left his lodgings in King-street, St. James's, not expecting the " blushing honours" that awaited him, making one of a party, the first to witness lithotomy under chloroform. It was at one of our public cutting-up shops—hospitals. The operator, young but careful and of a good stock ; the patient, a 'country lad, who never had got drunk; glorious subject for the stupifying effects of chloroform. Your " boozer" may as wed inhale the fumes of cold spring water—if it any have—as try chloro form. However, the young countryman of whom I write, bad been sorely pained with stone for nineteen out of three and twenty of his years, that being his age. We sat down to a capital luncheon during the time the patient was being got ready. The piece de resistance was a huge pie, with venison in it, and a lot of small birds—larks especially. The dainty dish fit for a king (Louis is now an emperor) was made by the young surgeon, the operator ; I trembled for the fate of the poor suffering " hawbuck" as I saw the surgeon eat and eat on, and never stop drinking till he reached his sixth glass of Xeres I " That's my way, my boy," he said,— "it was my father's. I must have my belly full of wittals before I commence an operation. Liston, you know, pre ferred a long ride on horseback." I remembered this, and said my prayers on behalf of the afflicted man, led in by this time blindfolded. In two minutes it was all over. The Emperor had the extracted stone, as large, corru gated, and hard as a peach's, put into his hand. I stood next to him. "It is hot," said Louis." " I should imagine so," said I, as be handed it to me, " it has been nearly twenty years warming." He grunted Bon They are all at sixes and sevens in the victualling department of the Parliament houses. The Roman Catholic members want a Fish Committee ; then, again, comes the confectioner, in the corridor; be don't stick at cherry-brandy with his cates, but comes out like a man, with Old Tom, hollands, whiskey, rum, and other strong waters. So much so, that more than one witness has staggered into the Committee-room, and stuttered in his evidence—groggy, in short. The matter has been brought under the LORD CLIANIDERLAIN'S notice, as well as that of Mr. SPEAKER. They think that they have a right to permit spirits to be " drunk on the premises" —so do not the publicans in the neighbourhood, whose main harvest is reaped during the sitting of Parliament. Let the house-steward or kitcheuman sell spirits to those members and their friends who dine in the rooms set apart for the latter purpose, but keep the retail of spirits out of the passages,—is about what the public-house keepers say. The fact is, any varlet off the street, if he know the way, can walk in, have his " go" or two, look about, and retire as big as a lord. The right of sale is worth something—as much as £1,500 is spoken of. The matter is under inquiry. The metropolitan theatres are closed this week for dra matic representations,—it being Passion Week, the great division of the theatrical season, making a gulf between Christmas and Easter—pantomime and spectacle. The Brothers BROUGH, clever lads, known, if I recollect arigbt,in Liverpool, have concocted a burlesque for Drury lane Theatre, of which great things are expected. I went the other night to D.L. to have a close inspection of the modes operandi of SANDS walking head downwards on the ceiling. I was right under him : it is very droll, but one can only guess at the principle ;—some say it is magnetic, and that Mr. SANDS breaks the current at one foot before he lifts the other; some again fancy that he adopts the exhausted air-pump fashion. He has great apparent difficulty in " putting his beat foot formost."but he does it with firmness and no fear. He is very jealous of the stucco-looking platters he puts over the soles of his sandals ; the moment his feat is performed—not to be encored, you may be sure—he wraps his platters in a handkerchief and double locks them in a trunk. I under stand the maker of the aforesaid platters is under bond, not to make another pair for two years. SANDS is a fine , looking fellow, as wiry as a Bedouin. A French piece by SCRIBE has been got hold of by some of our smart dra matic prigs here—l beg their pardon—ads tars. and is to ca.,. clue or Diarco bpado," at the Princess's and Olympic, as the Easter offering. Mr. WEBSTER, you will have observed, has made his last speech at the Haymarket ;—manly and to the purpose, though pardonably egotistical. If Mr. WEBS TER t a k es care at the Adelphi—always a gaining concern—he will make money. Will he keep it ? There's the rub. Scores of literary and dramatic clever fellows make hundreds of pounds, which they are not up to the art of keeping, like your " dull fools." BUCKSTONE has put his feeler out at the Haymarket —a good company, but a world too numerous ; and herein was a great cause of Mr. WEBSTER laying by so little, or perhaps laying out so much. CHARLES KEAN contrived up to the last night doing well at the Princess's, slipping quietly in now and then to COUTT'S Bank with his book under his belt ; he is some- what more careful that way than was his great father actor. CHARLES KEAN must now be worth £50,000, if a penny. Mr. GYE, the director of the Royal Italian Opera, has been very unwell , for some time past, but edmes to town immediately, having got better, to direct the affairs of his establishment prior to opening in eight or ten days. Mr. CHARLES NUGENT, long the trust worthy and experienced attache of her MAJ ESTY ' S _ _ Theatre, Mr. ROBERTSON, the treasurer, and Signor Puzzt, a well-known and respected musician, are to make an effort to keep this lyrical temple open. Everybody wishes them success. They are going to try to get JENNY LIND to put forth her angelic powers to aid the attempt. If JENNY does this, all will be right. I am afraid, how ever, that beyond scena singing, non-dramatic JENNY Will do no more. Acting lyrical characters on the stage had a dangerous effect on the health of this gifted creature. The excitement was too much, producing results in the circulation to be dreaded. She may have got over this during her absence. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1853. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEIL S. MONDAY NIGHT. THE late arrivals of gold, though larger than or dinary, and the prospect of further supplies almost daily expected, have not had the effect of enhancing the value of public securities ; but, on the con trary, they have gradually declined. If this fall has been occasioned by the demands for commercial operations leading to sales of stock, it is rather satis factory than otherwise, and the continued buoyancy 'of most of the home markets afford a reasonable ground for believing this solution to be the true one. Nothing has yet transpired as to the inten tions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with re ference to the interest of the National Debt; but it may be remarked that the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent stock has for some time past been at least four per cent in price above Consols ; and as the intrin sic difference in value is not more than ten shillings per cent, it may be that the moneyed interest enter tain the belief that the Government contemplate a reduction in interest on the latter stock. Without expressing any opinion on the propriety of such a step, we must admit that the large receipts of bul lion, the heavy balances in the Exchequer, the high price of public securities, and the satisfactory state of the Revenue, seem to present a favourable oppor tunity for making such an important saving in the National Expenditure. If Mr. GLADSTONE really possesses the ability which his friends claim for him, he may present a Budget which will startle by its daring those who have not thought of the possibilities. If he wishes to immortalise his name, he may propose a reduction of Two Millions a year on the interest of the National Debt, and with the present surplus Revenue render unnecessary a re imposition of the Income-tax, except, perhaps, a very small rate on realise 3 property. The returns of the Bank of England show an increase in the stock of Bullion to the extent of only £83,998; but it must be remembered that the account is made up to the close of the previous week, and the late large arrivals of gold have been received since that date. The manufacturers of Manchester seem to have recovered from their apprehension of being over stocked with the raw material; and recent accounts report an improved demand, ;both for yarn and fully manufactured goods. This is, no doubt, owing to the firmness of the Liverpool holders, and the short stocks in the hands of the spinners, and confirms the opinion we expressed a short time since, that the decline in the value of low quality goods was but a slight re-action, which would, probably, be not of long duration, and that the agreement to work the mills short time was but a movement with a view to influence the Liverpool market. The ac counts from America, though agreeing hi the reports of a large supply, by means warrant the concht• sion that it will prove excessive, more particularly when the increasing demand for actual consumption is taken into account. At the same time, it must be admitted that in estimating the prospects for the future, much will depend on the receipts at the American ports during the present month, and con sequently the advices by each mail will be looked for with a considerable degree of anxiety. At Not tingham, the hosiery trade is in full activity ; and the markets for most descriptions of produce display great firmness. There is much agitation now going forward for the repeal or reduction of duties on articles of gene ral consumption, with a view of influencing the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in the prepara tion of his Financial Statement, which is promised on an early day after the Easter recess. The ques tion of the abolition of the Soap-duty has been taken up by influential parties; numerous petitions on the subject have been presented to the House of Commons, and on Friday a deputation, consist ing of Mr. JAMES ASPINALL TOBIN and Mr. GEORGE HORSFALL, of this town, accompanied by Mr. CHARLES TURNER, M.P., waited upon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in order to press the subject upon his attention, with reference to the trade in Palm-oil from Africa. The reduc tion of the duty on Tea, which was promised by Mr. DISRAELI, has also been stoutly advocated, and a London merchant has issued a rather volu minous circular, which he entitles—" A few words on the Tea duties." He advocates a large and im mediate reduction, and confidently predicts that it will cause no loss to the Revenue, by the impetus which it will give to increased consumption. He combats the objection which has been raised as to the difficulty of obtaining increased supplies from China, by stating that the whole amount now im ported does not exceed a fortieth part of the quantity consumed in the Celestial Empire, and that any probable amount of increase could he supplied with the greatest facility, owing to the vast resources of that country. The attempt of some Liverpool shareholders'to repudiate thd Preference Shares of the North British Railway, on the alleged illegality of the resolutions by which the Preference Stock was created, has naturally excited much indignation, as being an act fully as dishonourable as the notorious repudiation of Pennsylvanian Bonds. It has, however, been twice defeated ; for, on the application to the Court of Session in Scotland, the Lord Ordinary gave judgment against the repudiators, and condemned them in costs; and at the half-yearly meeting held in Edinburgh, on Friday, the motion to refuse the payment of dividends on the Preference Shares was lost by a large majority, only three hands being held up for it. A poll was demanded, and the result was a majority of 9,896 to 5,958 votes against the repudiation. This decision does honour to the company, for it would strike at the root of all con fidence in share dealings, if such engagements were allowed to be set aside on a mere charge of infor mality. Another good sign at the meeting was, a vote of want of confidence in the deputy-chairman for his collusion with the Liverpool repudiators. The return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the 12th of March, gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. 7,607,914; Increase £295,163 Other deposits .. .. 13,051,136; Increase 428,835 Rest .. 3,622,448; Increase 4,746 On the other side of the account— Government securities £13,464,53b ; the same as before. Other securities .. 15,396,827 ; Decrease £4,393 Notes unemployed .. 10,665,430; Increase 579,400 The amount of notes in circulation is £21,713,170, being a decrease of £562,700 ; and the stock of bullion in both departmentr is £18,973,310, show ing an increase of £83,998, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEP Notes issued .. £32,378,600 I £32,378,600 BANKING D Prop.'s capital £14,553,000 Rest 3,622,448 Public deposits 7,607,914 Other deposits 7-day, &c. bills 1,292,007 engines Meanwhile the flames extended from the ground-floor up the stair-case, and having entered numerous apart ments in the Prince of Wales' Tower. the whole became ignited. The parties in command of the engines did all they could to confine the fire within that part of the structure, but without the least success ; and in a space of time comparatively brief the destructive element forced its way into the centre of the Brunswick Tower, when the sight that presented itself was such as to ter rify all who beheld the spectacle—for the flames, in huge bodies, were rushing out of the various windows in each tower, threatening to take a complete circuit round the Castle. The military and others laboured in a most praiseworthy manner, hoping to subdue the conflagration. The water, which fell in tons weight per minute, ran down the front of the towers, and in spite of the heat became frozen, and immense icicles could be seen hanging from the window-sille, and as the flames continued to shoot through the casements, the sight presented was one of fearful grandeur, and the reflection of the fire could be seen for miles distant. At Reading, nineteen miles away, it was stated that the inhabitants could see the fire issuing from the battlements of the tower, and many looked upon the work of destruction in the distance with fear and astonishment. During this trying scene her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert betrayed not the least signs of fear, but appeared rejoiced at the willingness displayed by her loyal subjects in mounting the ladders, scattering the water over the fire, and doing all that was possible to subdue the conflagration. At about eleven o'clock the fire was at its height, when several engines were playing on the tower from various directions. An express was also dispatched from the castle to the London fire-brigade, which arrived with two power ful engines, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, at two o'clock in the morning. Ahout this time the fire was partially got under, but it was not totally extinguished before six o'clock. It appears that the fire must have originated from a furnace flue, situated at the basement of the Prince of Wales's Tower, for the purpose of heating the air which warms the Gothicdining-room, and manyother apartments in this tower. The fire was chiefly confined to the tower, and the rooms destroyed are the Gothic dining-room and upwards of a dozen bed-rooms, with nearly all the splendid furniture. The Prince of Wales's Tower may be said to be completely gutted, and even a great portion of the roof is destroyed. The whole of the valuable furniture of the Red draw. ing-room, which adjoins the Gothic dining-rooin, was carefully removed by the soldiers and the Lord Chamber lain's men, and little damage is done to it, with the ex ception of the breaking of some of the glass of the mag nificent chandeliers. The plate-rooms, which contain gold plate valued at between two and three millions of money, are situated immediately under the Gothic dining-room, where the fire was raging ; but it was not considered necessary to remove any portion of it, as the rooms were made fire proof, although it did not appear that they were water proof, from the streams of water which poured into those rooms from the ceilings. Fortunately, there was a plentiful supply of water from the Cranbourne tank, which had only been laid on to this part of the castle in the autumn of last year, or in all probability the whole of the castle would have been a heap of ruins. As no portion of the property is insured, the loss will fall chiefly on the Lord Chamberlain's depart ment.. Prince Albert was present until the fire was got under, as were also the Hon. Colonel Grey, the Hon. Colonel Bidduiph, and the Hon. Colonel Phipps. The Queen and the Royal family, who had retired to their private apartments at the southeast part of the castle, remained there the whole of the night, and intelli gence respecting the progress of the fire was continually conveyed to her by the Prince. THE BLACKBURN ELECTION takes place to-morrow (Wednesday). CONTROVERSIAL LECTURE.—The sixth lecture of the anti-Papal series will be delivered this evening, in, St.. John's Church, by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, M.A. Subject, " Satanic Influence." Ma. JOHN PARRY'S " Portfolio for Children of All. Ages," given at the Assembly-rooms, Great George street, on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday, was attended by large and fashionable audiences. MR. GEORGE BARKER, the London composer, delivered the third and concluding lecture on ballad music at the Collegiate Institution, on. Friday evening. He took as the subject of the first portion of his enter tainment the history of Mary, Queen of Scots ; the second part consisting of a selection of the songs of modern English composers, including Bishop, Barnett, Balfe. Lee, Horn, and Lover. Owing to this being Passion Week, there will be no lecture on Friday ; but an important course will follow. on " The Philosophy of Sensation," by our townsman, Dr. Inman. SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Saturday last, a man named John Dignum, who had been three weeks a prisoner in the borough gaol, charged with an assault, died very sud denly, under the following circumstance :—The deceased was liberated from the gaol on Saturday afternoon, and went direct to his home in Stewart-street. On arriving there, lie was taken suddenly ill, and died the same night. An inquest on the body has been deemed necessary, which will b 9 held to-day.—Yesterday morning, a girl named Anne Mosely, aged fourteen years, residing with her parents in Salisbury-street, was found dead in bed. AUSTRALIAN STEAMERS.—The Royal Mail screw steamer Sydney, which arrived at Plymouth on the 16th instant, occupied in her homeward voyage 102 days 34 hours, of which 77 days 224 hours only were steaming time, and .24 days 5 hours stoppages. Under these cir cumstances, it is hardly fair to compare the steamer's passages with those of sailing vessels, which go right on without any stoppages. When the coaling arrangements are complete, these monstrous stoppages will be obviated. The Sydney's steaming time to Adelaide, the first port in Australia, was only 58 days. COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Among other cases which came before the presiding judge, was the subjoined Selling a " Illeasled" Pig.—The plaintiff in this case, which first came before the court last week, was Edward Bingham, butcher, of Park-road, Toxteth-park, and the defendant was William Madden, butcher of Oldhall-street. The action was brought to recover the sum of £l. 15s. paid by the plaintiff for the carcase of a pig which was hanging in the defendant's shop, and which was ultimately found to be measled. Mr. Hime, for the defendant, contended that it was the plaintiff's business to examine the pig before he bought it, and if he did not do so, he must take the consequences. After looking over the authorities as to the points of law raised, his Honour, yesterday, gave judgment for the plaintiff. TIE EL DORADO.—This fine vessel, 841 tons register, the property of Messrs. James Baines and Co., from Liverpool, under the command of Capt. William Gilbert Jackson, arrived in Hobson's Bay on the 9th January, after a fine voyage of only 88 days, from land to land, with a clean bill of health, and 362 passengers, the same number that embarked at Liverpool. The only casualties during the voyage were one seaman actually drowned, one passenger died, and one birth. It reflects the greatest credit on the officers, seamen, and passengers per the El Dorado, that the latter have, without exception, sub scribed for and purchased a handsome silver cup, to be presented to Captain Jackson, as a testimonial of their gratitude to him for his kindness during the voyage. They have also signed an address to him, expressive of the high sense they entertain of his merits as a seaman and able commander, who, without giving his officers or crew a single opportunity of grumbling, had all his orders carried into effect. It may also be stated that an address to Mr. Thomas Talbot, the surgeon in charge during the voyage, has also been signed by the passengers of the El Dorado, expressive of their sense of his merits as one every way qualified to have the superintendence of the sanitary condition of the passengers and crew of such a vessel as the El Dorado, from any European port to the colony of Victoria,—Australian Paper. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PARIS, SUNDAY.-At the Casino the panic had not diminished. Funds and other Securities had declined. Threes were as low as 76. The greatest consternation prevailed at the Turkish Embassy. The Times corre spondent says, "If any opinion prevails, it is that matters will yet be arranged without hostilities." The Patrie says the English fleet had not left Malta, and that the Russian fleet had not quitted Sebastopol. The journal Du Pays, of Sunday, has an article, evidently with the concurrence of government, on the Eastern question. It expresses decided approbation of the con• duct of England ; her intervention on behalf of Turkey* is in the interest of the peace of Europe. The Du POs leaves it to be inferred that the French government will support the policy of England, but does not say it in positive way. AUSTRIA.—A telegraphic despatch from Italy states that all prosecutions for high treason, connected with the late insurrection at Milan, have been abandoned. HAMBURGH, March 18.—The navigation of the Elbe has again been interrupted by ice. EPARI'MENT, Gov. securities.Cl3,464,s3B Other securities 15,396,827 Notes .. 10,665,430 Gold & silt'. coin 599,710 £40,126,505 I £40,126,505 Our RAILWAY MARKET presents the same features as at this time last week,—a continuous decline and very little business. This is attributed to the many accidents that have occurred of late, the gloomy aspect of continental politics, and the very unsatisfactory state of th e ra il wa y s themselves, as revealed by the evidence on .the tate inquests.. But for the prospects. of the Money Market, the decline would have been much more serious than it has been ; we may not, however, have becii th e worst of it yet. Our local stocks, insurance shares, &c., continue steady and improving —amidst the crash of railways, investors take refuge in these. This day's prices are—Ambergates, 24d Chester and Holyhead, 21A ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74“1 II 5c 44 ; Ditto Fifth Shares, sd; Leeds Northern, 15-1-; Liverpool and Southport, 171; London Stock, 1171 a lc 4; Sheffield Stock, 29-g 1 1. 30 ; Midland Stock, 731 ITT I 4 f 4 ; North British, ; Oswestry and Chester, 141 ; Dover Stock, 23 13 271- 3 } 3 s 3; York and North Mid land, 291 ; Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent. pref., 148 ; St. Helen's 41 per cent. pref., *p. ; North and South Wales Bank, 51-; Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance, new issue, 61p. ; . Pacific Steam Company, 541 ; ditto, new shares,. 2p.; Copiapo Mine, 7 15-16 d. . - COTTON.—There was a decided improvement in the tone of the market on Tuesday last, and on Wednesday purchases were made with more confi dence, and an advance of fully id. per lb. on the previous week was established. The market re tained its firmness throughout the week. On Sa turday the sales amounted to 6,000 bales, of which about one-third were on speculation and for export.. TO-DAY the advices by the steam-ship Arabia ar rived, confirming the short receipts for the week, but pointing to large receipts for the coming week, per telegraph ; the consequence is, there has been less animation, but the sales reach 7,000 bales at firm prices. PRODUCE.-The market for Sugar is firm, but no transactions have taken place in West India, owing to there being none on offer. There has been a considerably improved demand for white Benares, and prices are 6d. dearer; refiners have taken Mau ritius, of the , old crop, at 31s. 6d.; Bengal changed hands during the week. Foreign : 20s. per cwt. for brown Bahia, 20s. 6d. to 228. for yellow Paraiba, and 245. to 245. 6d. for white Maceio; Havana sold at 225. Of Molasses,loopuns. Barbadoes have been sold to arrive, at 19s. per cwt. The market for Tea has been strengthened by the advices by the India Overland mail, and a good inquiry exists from the trade and speculators, at improved rates for all sorts, but sales are in some measure curtailed from want of sellers. For Coffee there has been a fair demand for the lower qualities, of which the sales chiefly consist; they comprise 30 tierces of Jamaica, 1500 bags St. Domingo, at 445. 6d. to 455., and 150 bags Ceara, at 455. to 465. per cwt. Of Rice, 60 tierces Carolina obtained 21s. 3d. to 225. 6d. per cwt.; but in Eas tlndia no sales have been reported. Of Chicory, 60 tons sold at £l5 10s. per ton. Of Rum, 450 puns. Demerara sold at previous prices, and 100 puns. Trinidad to arrive at ls. 90. per gallon. Of Pepper, a small lot of Singapore black realised 34d. per lb. Guano is in more active demand. Madras Indigo, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 3d. per lb.; Saltpetre, 265. to 275. for 10 per cent. ; and 28s. to 295. 9d. for 5 to 21 per cent. refraction. Hides are held for higher prices. The sales comprised a parcel of Brazil, at 61d. • 200 Dry West Coast, at 41d. to 6d. ; 15,000 East India Kips, at gid. for good dry salted; 760 Calcutta Buffalo, at Od. ; and 3,800 Singapore, at 3id. to 3i'd. per lb. for firsts. In Jute little doing. For Olive Oil a moderate demand. Rape is lower. Linseed continues de pressed 31s. 6d. to 325. was accepted to effect sales. Sperm £92 to £94 per tun. For Palm there has been a better demand, £33 ss. to £33 10s. being paid on the spot and to arrive, the sales reaching 1,000 tuns. Nitrate of Soda is lower. _ _ To-DAY there was a good demand for Sugar, both from grocers and refiners, and an extensive business has been done, the transactions, including Saturday's sales, comprising about 1,000 hhds. Demerara, chiefly at 335. to 365., including vacuum pan at 365. to 415., 3,100 bags Benares at 38s. Gd. to 395. 6d., 300 bags Dates at 365. 6d., 300 bags brown Pernams at 19s. 6d., with 300 bags by auc tion, at about the current rates. 250 puns. Cuba Muscovado Molasses, from the quay, sold at 188. 9d. per cwt. Of Coffee, 35 bales ordinary Mocha brought 505., and 500 bags St. Domingo 465. per cwt. We have a good inquiry for Tea, at about prevoius prices. We have also to report 10 chests Shell Lac at 52, 65 bales Bombay Madder Roots at 375. 6d. per cwt., 5 tons Coir Yarn at £27 to £27 15s. per ton, and 1,000 pockets Calcutta Linseed at 48s. per quarter. WooL. l —The imports for the week consist of 1,478 bales ; viz., 123 Irish, 5 Scotch, 953 Russian, and 370 from the Mediterranean ports, the greater part of which have either been sold to arrive, or as soon as landed, at very full prices, leaving the market very bare for future requirements. The prospect for Importers may be considered very en couraging, as prices have still an upward tendency. Skin Wools continue very scarce; and what finds way to the market meets a ready sale at extreme prices. In Scotch, little or none offering. The demand for English and Irish combing Fleece Wool has been very brisk, and some extensive sales have been made at an advance of id. to Id. on former rates. METALS.—The market for Scotch Pig-iron has been more animated, and prices have reached 535. to 545. per ton ; but at these figures there are few buyers to be met with. Manufactured Iron is in good demand, and prices are well sustained. Tin plates are rather easier. In other metals no parti cular alteration. JUBILEE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. of Athes p L e v i al er p p e u e b l l i A c x e d e i ti ar n y g B o i f h t l h e e s s o u e b i e s t c y r i be was r s a h n e I d d f in i e h d e s Philharmonic-hall last evening—the Lord Bishop of Ches ter presiding. The hall was filled by a most respectable and attentive audience. Amongst the gentlemen on the plat form were—the Revds. John Jones, W. Rawson. F. Parry, W. F. Taylor, H. Carpenter, T. Cowan, S. Min ton, H. Marlen, W. Pollock, T. Robinson, J. Bardsley, J. Butler, S. B. Sutton, Herbert Jones, J. H. Wright, W. Maynard, W. B. S. Matthias, R. Carter, J. Law rence, Chas. Lawrence, G. W. Warr, J. Lester, S. Brown, J. Duck, J. Kelley, V. White, J. Edwards, Newsted, F. A. West ; T. B. Horsfall, Esq., A. Hodgson, Esq., T. D, Anderson, Esq., Capt. Anderton, E. Cropper, Esq., J. K. Rounthwaite, Esq., &c. The RIGHT REVEREND CHAIRMAN opened the pro ceedings by reading the 19th Psalm. His Lordship then addressed some preliminary remarks, expressing the pecu liar satisfaction he had in being present on that auspicious occasion, when the society was entering upon its year of jubilee. He-traced the career of the society from the year of its formation ; showed how its operations were being extended, not only at home, but among the heathen, and professed the utmost confidence and hope in the efficiency of the work to the accom plishment of which the society addressed itself. But still, though they had good reason to believe that the blessing of God had accompanied their work, and that they had accomplished much ; still he thought they had not done all that lay in their power to do, if they only bad the heart to do it. If they had cause for thankfulness, he feared they had also cause for much self-reproach and humility; but he hoped that this year of jubilee would call forth a large increased measure of Christian liberality in behalf of the society. so as to supply the hitherto ex isting deficiencies, (Hear, hear.) i He alluded to the quickly increasing amount of influence and power, of which the lower classes of the people were becoming possessed in this country, and said they had only to supply those classes with the Bible to cause their increasing power to be directed aright, and to be a blessing to themselves and others. He next alluded to the objects of the Peace Society ; and, while professing a most cordial sympathy with the motives of the men of whom it was composed, he saw in the distribution of the word of God the power which could make the whole world one grand Peace So ciety. (Hear, hear.) The third point to which his Lord ship drew attention, was that of slavery, and in doing so he paid a graceful tribute to the moving fiction of Mrs. Stowe, and confessed his belief that the most efficient way of effecting the extinction of slavery would be by distribu ting the Bible—that Bible, which, if it did not condemn slavery, in any express terms, still taught us to do un to others, as we would they should do to us, and further more enjoined upon us to love our neighbour as ourselves. (Cheers.) In conclusion, his lordship apologised for the absence of Dr. Raffles, upon whom ho pronounced a very high eulogiurn, as their excellent and tried friend and se cretary, who was unable to attend, in consequence of the domestic afflictions of a friend. The Rev. F. PARRY, the honorary secretary, after apo logising for the absence of the Rev. Mr. Falloon, and the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, proceeded to give an interesting ac count of the proceedings of the jubilee of the Parent So ciety. He reviewed the various speeches delivered on that occasion, and also the sermon preached in St. Paul's Cathedral by the Archbishop of Canterbury.. The Rev. VERNER WHITE said that, by the resolution which he had to submit, the meeting was called upon to " welcome the jubilee of the society as a fitting occasion for commemorating the Divine goodness, shown in the success so abundantly vouchsafed to the society in origin, rise, and subsequent progress." It had been the means of distributing 43 million copies of the Book of God, which were printed in 148 languages. In 1804 the income of the society amounted to £5,000; last year the sum was £lOB,OOO. The motion was carried unanimously. The Rev. JOHN JONES moved the next resolution : " This meeting embraces this opportunity of bearing renewed public testimony to the divine character and claims of the Bible, and to the right of every individual of the human family to possess and read the same ; and pledges itself to promote, by renewed and vigorous efforts, the widest possible circulation of the Scriptures, both at home and abroad." Mr- T. B. HORSPALL seconded the resolution. He sketched briefly the origin of the Liverpool auxiliary. It originated with 71 inhabitants of this town, 26 of whom were ministers of the Church of England, 9 ministers of other denominations, and 36 laymen. Of those 71 indi viduals, three were now alive. Of those three, the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks was one, their excellent friend, Dr. Bunting, was another, and the third was Mr. Bold. Without meaning any disrespect to the committee or the Right Rev. Chairman, he thought it would have been delightful and appropriate to have seen one of those vene reble men either occupying the chair on this auspicious occasion, or at all events moving the first resolu tion. (ffear, hear, and cheers). During the first year or existence the Liverpool auxiiiary contributed £650 per anu0.....,. 1, e donations amounting to £1,400. The year 1811 was, in Liverpool, c. season of great social dis tress. The years 1852 or 1853 were, on the other hand, periods of great social prosperity. In 1811. the population amounted to 94,000; now it had increased to 400,000. But they found that, while the population of 94,000 sent a yearly sum of £650, the 400,000 sent only £Boo,—a sum of course which fell far short of the increase they had a right to expect, considering that wealth had increased proportionately with the population. The Rev. J. KELLY next addressed the meeting. The resolution, on being put by the right rev. chairman,. was carried unanimously. A collection was then made, during which the organ played. The jubilee hymn was afterwards sung. Mr. BOURNE, who attended as the deputation from the Parent Society, was next called upon by the chairman, and proposed the third and last resolution, which was to the effect, that the meeting approved of the measures of the committee for the institution of a jubilee fund for extending the operations of the society in Great Britain and Ireland, the colonies, and abroad. The Rev. Mr. WEST, Wesleyan minister, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, he proceedings terminated about eleven o'clock. ON Wednesday night last, three out of sixty nightmen introduced from Manchester by Mr. Rose were attacked by the Liverpool " turn-outs," and fears have been enter tained since of further violence. DEATH OF A CAPTAIN OF A SHIP.—OH Sunday morning, Captain 'Vincent Antonia, of the Brazilian ship Providence, was found dead on board a vessel now lying in the Queen's Dock. A charcoal fire had been burning in the state room, and during the time the fire was burn. ing, the deceased fell asleep, and it is supposed that the fumes from the charcoal caused suffocation. An inquest will be held upon the- body to-day. AT the meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians, on Wednesday, the Rev. W. Badnall in the chair, Mr. H. B. Far nail, Poor-law Inspector, was present, having been sent down by the board to investigate certain charges made against Mr. B. J. M'Govern, baker, a contractor to the union for the supply of bread. Mr. M'Govern had contracted to supply bread for the out-door paupers, at ld. per lb. ; but he had been accustomed to give the applicants at his shop, when they appeared with the order from the relieving-officer, bread at lid. and lid., when asked by them to do so. The hearing of evidence oc cupied the board on Wednesday and on Thursday. At its conclusion, Mr. Fannin intimated his intention of laying the whole of the proceedings before the com missioners. GAROTTE ROBBERY IN LlVERPOOL. — Yesterday, at the police-court, two men, named Bernard Sloane and James Hughes, were brought before the magistrates, charged with robbing Thomas Falton, accompanied by personal violence. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, who is a cart-driver, that about seven o'clock en Sunday morning last he was walking along Henderson-street, when the two prisoners, together with another man at present unknown, went up to him and asked him for some money ; he replied that he had none to spare ; but, judging from their demeanour that the prisoners were desperate characters, he gave them a shilling in order to get rid of them. After he had given them the money they dragged him into a passage off the street. The prisoner Hughes then seized him by the throat and nearly strangled him, his face being almost black, whilst Sloane rifled his pockets. A labou r e r , w h o h a pp ene d t o b e passing at the time, beating a scuffle in the entry, stopped to ascertain what was going on, and he saw the prisoner Sloane take the money out of the prosecutor's pockets whilst Hughes held him. He gave information to a policeman, and soon afterwards the prisoners were appre hended. This witness, as well as the prosecutor, identified both the men, who were committed to take their trial at the ensuing assizes, COMMITTAL. OF A MARINE-STORE DEALER.—At the police court yesterday, John Madden, who keeps a ma rine -store in St. Martin's-street, and a youth named William Jenkins, were placed before the magistrates, charged by Mr. Miles Newby, with stealing a quantity of brass bushes from his premises, in Woodstock-street. On Wednesday last, on the return of the engineer to the prosecutor from his breakfast, he missed a number of new brass bushes, which he had just made for some machinery his master was fitting up. Seeing the prisoner Jenkins, (whom he had frequently seen banging about the premises,) he charged him with having stolen the articles, when the prisoner denied it ; but a boy who resides in the neighbourhood stated to the prosecutor that, shortly after the articles were stolen, the prisoner went to him, and asked him if he would go with him to sell them. The boy consented, and the prisoner then took him to Madden's store. Madden purchased them from him for 3s.—On Saturday the prisoner Jenkins went to the store with another quantity of bushes, and sold them to a servantin Madden's store, for three shillings and fourpence. The boy above alluded to again went with the prisoner Jenkin. Subsequently, theengineer to the prosecutor, with the boy and a police-officer, went to Madden's, and stated that his servant had been purchasing stolen bushes. Mad den called her, and asked her if she had bought any, and she replied that she had ; and on Madden asking her where they were, the girl took the police-officer to the house opposite to Madden's, where the bushes were found. She then said that her master told her to take the bushes to this house almost as soon as she had pur chased them. At the hearing yesterday, evidence as above w as g i ven , t h e pr i soner M a dd en 's servant deposing to the circumstances, and Madden and Jenkins were bcitti committed for trial, BURNING OF WINDSOR CASTLE. A fire, occasioning great alarm to the Sovereign, and involving a lamentable destruction of property, broke out in the private apartments of Windsor Castle, at a quarter before ten o'clock, on Saturday night. The outbreak was discovered within a very few minutes of its occurrence, but the fire had obtained such ascendancy that its progress was not altogether subdued until six o'clock on Sunday morning. The damage to the rooms in the Prince of Wales's Tower, and adjoining apartments is very serious ; all the apartments in this tower, including the beautiful Gothic dining-room, are destroyed ; indeed th e t ower may be said to be completely gutted, as the fire extended to the roof, which is also destroyed. The precise extent of the damage cannot, at this moment be ascertained, but it is expected to fall little short of £lOO,OOO. The following are the particulars. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert having arrived at the Castle from Buckingham Palace in the afternoon, dined in private, as is their usual custom on the day of their ar rival; the dinner being served up in the Gothic dining room. Her Majesty and the Prince had not left this room scarcely an hour before Mr. Barker, the head cellar man, whose duty it was to be in attendance in the dining roam, observed smoke issuing from the south angle of the apartment; he immediately communicated the occurrence to Mr. Norton, the Deputy Comptroller of the Household, who lost no time in summoning the firemen and commu nicating with the gentlemen of the Royal suite. The tower in which the misfortune commenced, was a splendid piece of architecture, and nearly faced Eaton College, whilst the beautiful terrace and promenade stands immediately in front, and under the battlements is the tastefully laid-out flower gardens and slopes, where her Majesty and Royal children frequently enjoy walking ex ercise. On the ground floor was an apartment of great extent and most beautifully appointed, which was used by the Queen as the dining-room. The roof, or more cor rectly speaking, the ceiling, was inlaid with carved oak, delicately heightened with gold. Over this magnificent apartment were a number of rooms principally devoted for sleeping apartments for the Royal children and attendants ; various other rooms adjoined those just mentioned, and the whole touched, or nearly so, the apartments in the Brunswick Tower. With as little delay as possible the news was communi cated to Colonel Phipps, who, in turn, gave the necessary intelligence to the officers in command of the Castle. General Drummond immediately summoned the Castle Guard, and at the same time Private Turner, the sentinel on duty on the North Terrace, obsel•ving smoke issuing from one of the Tower windows, reported the circumstance to Corporal Guerin, who was going round with the relief, and he immediately conveyed the information to Lieut. Mostyn, of the Castle Guard. The intelligence was then despatched to Colonel Dixon, the officer in command of the Fusilier Guards at Sheet-street Barracks, and in less than seven minutes from that time the whole of the bat talion, 700 men and officers, had " doubled" to the Castle. A barricade was formed by the Castle Guard at the vari ous entrances to the Castle, and shortly afterwards the whole of the regiment of the 2nd Life Guards, under the command of Colonel Williams, arrived with three barrack engines. The soldiers behaved manfully : some mounted the roof of the Tower ; some removed the valuable furni ture, with the utmost care, from the royal apartments contiguous to the conflagration, whilst others were using their utmost exertions at the engine. The frost, how ever, was so intense that on several occasions the water in the hose became congealed, which greatly retarded the exertions of the military, and those in charge of the ARTMENT. Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin& bu1n.18,359,446 Silver bullion .. 19,154 £32,378,600 LONDON. - - - The Standard says the confirmation of the intelligence► relative to the complicated position of Turkish politics , and the movements of the British and French fleets in the Mediterranean, have not tended to disperse the growing anxiety of the public. It is, however, felt to be satisfac tory that the French government has at length moved in the matter, as no doubt is entertained but that it will co perste cordially with the efforts of this country to place matters in the East on a more pacific footing. Ti►e SUn says the opinion in the City is, that an ami• b 1 c settlement will yet be brought about, but that Turkey is steadily losing ground, and will require the united and ♦igorous support of both England and France to keep her up as a nation. The Earl of Aberdeen left London for Windsor at eighteen minutes past eight this morning, and returned at one, p.m. WEST INDIA MATLS SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.—The Parana, arrived here to-day, brings 916,365 dols, in specie on freight, and large cargo. The La Plata arrived out at St. Thomas in 121- days. Advises by the Parana report great discontent at Grey Town and Navy Bay, from an attempt of the authorities to levy new heavy taxes, but amicable arrange ments were expected. At Jamaica there was an improve ment in the export market. West Indies generally healthy. Yellow fever still at Martinique and St. Vin cent, but nearly extinct. The ship Middleton, Maryport, from Liverpool, foundered Feb. 21 ; crew saved, and re turned in the Parana, from Carthagena. The Bengal, screw steamer, with the heavy portion of the Indian mail, arrived at Southampton at three, p.m. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The alarming aspect of Eastern affairs, and the news of the French fleet being ordered to- the Dardanelles, produced quite a panic in Consols, and at the opening quotations rapidly de clined g per cent, but later in the day the feeling of alarm somewhat subsided, prices partially recovered, and finally close at per cent reaction. Railway Shares much depressed on the fall in Consols, but close a little better; a little more activity, arising principally from speculative transactions. Gold Mines, Land and Bank Shares, from sympathy with other markets, were very flat in the forenoon, but, on some purchases, leave off with a healthier appearance. Foreign Stocks, being unfavour ably influenced by the Eastern news, are all lower. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. 1 993 h I Bank Stock Do. Money.... I 994 Excheq. Bills, L. & S 9 ionl Three &QrperCents.. FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans Do. Threes Turkish Spanish New Deferred 24 Swedish .... Do. Threes ...... 48i 9 RAILWAY SHARES. London 5t0ck......... 118 Leeds Northern.... Do. Quarters .... Lanc.and Yorkshire, Midland Stock Do. Halves...... London, Brighton, and North Staffordshire:. 44 4 South Coast — S. Eastern and Dover 77 a London &S. Western 89i 901 Amberg.,Nottingham, Manches., Sheff., and and E. Junction.... Lincolnshire 29 30 Caledonian Do. Preference .. 106 8 North British 35 6 Eastern Counties .... 12/ 13 Do. Preference 109 11 East Lancashire...... 2f Shrewsbury and Bir- Edinburgh & Glasgow 74 6 mingham • East Anglian Great Northern BO 1 Berwick" . 681 91 Do. Do. Extension 7i dis Do. B 123 4 Do. Preference 21 diS Great Western Caley Preference Do. Preference W MINING SHARES. 14 Nugget ......... B. Australian... Freehold ....... I Australasian ... Colonial ... Mariposa LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural 101 4 Peel River S. Australian Invest. It j I South Australian Van Diemen's 23} 4i 51 I li 2 licliS 172 16# Noveau Monde Agua Fria Cordeliera Ave Maria Carson's Creek Port Philip CORN MARKET. There is not much English Wheat fresh up, and trade opened firm at last Monday's currency. Foreign is steady, but there is little business doing. Barley, Beans and Peas are slow of sale at late rates. Trade in Oats very slow, but nO decline. Flour is dull at former terms. Seeds are unchanged. ARRIVALS. English. • 3570 .. 8158 .. 2675 .. 11368 .. 490 .. 392 • 3491 Irish. Foreign Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas Flour . 10936 551 2410 3280 3864 9292 aka 8 1 ; 17060 IniS PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar : Foreign is quiet but firm ; yellow Havana 22s to 255, for export. Refined: Home dealers are fair buyers ;"grocery lumps 46s 6d to 495. Coffee is firm, and in good demand; Native Ceylon 48s to 48s 6d, Plantation 508 to 80s. Tea is in good demand, and prices are well supported, especially for green. Wool : Many buyers; prices firm. Indigo sells mere freely, at a small advance. In Cotton there is less doing, but no•decline. Tallow firm, and in good demand. TALLOW MARKET. Stoek casks, ao94aciait i,s caskssisks,a;3ainst4s 1a5t,143 y ca e s a k r. slast year. Deliveries 2,005 CATTLE ik at M a A dv ß art E ed L The Beast trade is b r prices. Sheep and Lambs sold readily at Friday's q u ot at i ons. Lambs are in demand, Beef 2s 8d to 4s 4d 1 Veal Mutton.. 3s 8d to 5s 6d 1 Pork Lambs, ss. 2d. to 6s. 2d 4046 l Calves.... 17330 Pigs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts. Do. Sheep Do. Calves Spanish Sheep 2s 8d to 4s lOd 3s 6d to 4s 4d Beasts Sheep and Lambs 100 704 850 154 100 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE Closing quotations : — Caledonians, 32 ; Lancashire and York shire, 75 4i 5 4i; London and North Western, 118; Man chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 30 11- i; North Stafford shire, 4 5-16ths dis; South Eastern and Dover, 231-16th I 1-16th LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing q uot ations:—Caledonians, 311; East Lancashire, 18i ; Midland, 74k 4; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75; York and North Midland, 29i. GLASGOW CORN MARKET. Little business doing ; prices nominally, as on Wednesday GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. Market quiet ; warrants 535, cash. BIRTH.—On the 19th inst., at No. 18, Low-hill, Liverpool, the wife of Mr. George Louis Harvey, of the Liverpool •Standard, of a daughter, still-born. DIED.—On the 16th inst., in Back Salisbury-street, Everton, aged 73, Margaret M`Kibbin, relict of the late Robert M`Kibbin, of the county 'Wexford. AFFAIR OF lloNoun.—Colonel Forester, M.P., and Colonel Dickson, were about to make fools of themselves about the Norwich Election affair, but some friends have made it up. WINDSOR ELECTION.—The Committee have reported that Lord Charles Wellesley was duly elected. THE CLAYHIDON AIURDER.—George Sparks, one of the men charged with the murder of Mr. Blackmore, has been convicted at the Exeter assize. Judge Crompton sentenced him to death, but in doing so, the sobs of the learned judge, which could be heard all over the court, prevented his proceeding. He put his head en his hands and cried most bitterly. THE AUSTRALIAN.—The Australian royal mail steam. ship Australian again put back to Plymouth, disabled, on Monday, after having been as far as 200 miles west of the Eddystone. Before starting, on Thursday, she performed a trial trip to the satisfaction of the Admiralty agent; but the next day, when on her voyage, it was found the boilers would not feed. The pipes and valves were then dis covered to be choked, and a leakage was found in the bilges, under the engine-room. The engine -room rapidly filled with water, and the whole of the passengers had to work at the pumps to keep the ship from sinking. She was put about at 11 25, a.m., on Saturday. At 12 45, p.m., the engines were entirely stopped, and she remained several hours in the Bay of Biscay in a dead calm, to the great consternation of all on board. Her engines could not be worked, there was no wind to move her, and the leakage was increasing. On Sunday a smart breeze from the northwest sprung up most providentially, and enabled the vessel to return to England. On her anchoring is the Sound the passengers, among whom were several who started with the Melbourne, gathered aft, and passed reso lutions condemning the ship, and complaining in the strongest terms of the conduct of the company. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1853. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING) BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON 'MACKE% OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT THE STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE No, 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESOV.NT) LivimpooL• ANNUAL SrasciapnoN,, IN ADVANCE 205,, QN CagPVT, ........ 2Z4