The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

rti*iarh #l4 lie 4) + - 1 1. j 31 OUR LO VD 0 IN 'ORRESP DENT. MONDAY MORNING. THERE is no doubt whatever that the junior Treasury Lord's defeat at the hands of an Trish constituency, over which, for so many years, he exercised almost magical control, has caused considerable annoyance and disap- to more than pointment in Ministerial circles, a one Cabinet consultation. Lord ABERDEEN is very sore indeed at the result of the Carlow electon, and the diffi culty of finding out a seat for .I.lr. SADLEIR is said to be so involved, that even the boasted talents of the great coali tionists fail to master it. Up to last Wednesday week all went on swimmingly with the RUSSELL-A=ERDEENITES , who accepted office and presented themselves on the hus tings for re-election ; but the good old Tories of Carlow, aided by the "great Bishop of the West," as that huge quack Quaker, FRED. LUCAS, designates AP HALE, thought it high time to upset the Ministerial chariot, and they certainly succeeded with a vengeance. As a matter of course,Masters CorrocK and HATTER intend getting up petitions against ALEXANDER'S return. The subject was dis cussed at the Reform Club, in secret conclave, on Friday night, when JOHN SADLEIR made his appearance among his political friends, and recounted the various devices by which hehad been robbed of his ho-^ parliamentary ti. tle. But it seems, according to rather authoritative rumour, that we are to have something more formidable than com monplace pellets pelted at the chosen of the Carlow Tories and their new frier' -a-place Tenant- the Beresfo suers. Lord ABERDEEN thinks an example should be de of that section of the Irish people who cffered insult his Government, by rejecting their newly-installed , asury Officer. When Parliament meets, ail the cir- cumstanccs connected with th, recent contest are to be brought under the consideration of the House of Com mons, as the basis for demanding the appointment of a committee of enquiry, with a view to no lers an important bLe k , tuts.. LUG Car of the -.0 f 1 1 a If the gos to the tune of linrrtri ail of ssest bribery and clubs be true, changed hands dates and the wind- V 4 69611 V 44 Jvc, on p at t n the nomination of ca irg up of the poll. Wives, it is said, in eight or ten instances, have received £3OO each for sending their franchised husbands to an adjoining county, and £6OO was statements these ; the current price for plumpers they form the leading topic of convert Whig political circles, and if their truth can 1 Strange Lion just now e established, the chances are at least twenty to one, that within six erParliamcnt re-assembles,Carlow will be blotted , and the independent nth left to exercise e more credita- t of the electoral map of Ireton mnmilate bo n of the i their wits in feathering their nests by so :t than the barter o onal privi- Lord Jou.); RussELL is anno need " slightly indis- with the mi went Chronicler ow or next day his malady will assume a more erious aspect. In at t one week hence you decidedly pest to find it r uthority that the labours of the I .e completely kined his nervous system, and that Lord JOHN o longer spend his days in Downing-street, dictat patches at the desk from which, with great bad acid venom, he succeeded in bundling poor Lord' P. This sickness is The FOREIGN SECRE good bottle of hock into RSTON neck and crop more nor less than shat: ust as ln. and bargain. But Lord CLARENDON, who was promised ration was in pro- the office when the ABER' f formation, kicks against acting the part of vctil gentleman any longer ; and some excuse deemed ab- solutely necessary for Lord Jo .ement. Indeed, I .stand ti Tuesday 1. the transfer ab in the conce nd carrying out of which, the force of Whig-cunning d the Sri ompletely b 'y of mo 7 and his Pi associates .1 be the fi L")rd ABERDEEN LI JOHN RUSSELL, by the con: and of the So reign, have given instructions to Sir JOHN YOUNG, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to the Irish Attorney and tor-General, to prepare with a' ble expedition, so that it may be complete by the third week of the ses sion, an extensive measure of land reform, which will znise to the ful ,st extent the rig' ;lits of the tenantry of , and place within their which they have long su grasp redress of those 3, and which have impeded the prosperity and marred the happiness of the It is high time that culd be done to take the wind out of the sai!s of the mountebanks con- tint: the Tenant I LORD ABERDEEN'S oke in the construct administrat ve body-guar is one of those clever bits of artistic statesmanship which are occasionally to be found among the chef d' ouvres of our political old masters. Disregarding the advice of the Leviathan of the London 3, and implicitly following the course pointed out by your correspondent, the PREMIER has just conferred the office of Under -Secretary for Ireland—an exceedingly important position as regards the government of the sister country—on Major LARCOM, for a long time honourably associated with the Ordnance D4artment, and Deputy_ chairman of the Board of Works. In my letter about a cortr t or three weeks ago, I stated reasons for suggest ing that political services should not be made the test of competency for the Under-Secretaryship. Nay, more, you will find prominent among my recommendations the good policy of conferring the appointment on a non-political man, and rendering it altogether inde pendent of Ministerial changes. With the shrewdness of an old and wary diplomatist, the Earl of ABERDEEN and I should not be at all surprised if has taken the hint, 'es a step for abolishir, at no very e tant period, the office of Lord-Lieutenant, which (as it has been car ried out by the Liberals) has done more towards de- people than the ob-legislation of the last half-centur, d'ye d Arr. PANIZZI a cruel pur Mr. P., after ,t worthy bibliopole the other day a' , Mr. B \Vorsh " Bolin t Bow-street. ou gave And ! Bohn the law, to say and Mr. PANIZZI that " Engt before knew how to treat each of would Mr. BOHN have been e 'Lich he and by no Englishman ,ed to the annoyance and .ely had to endure after so many Englishman, forsooth ! Is not 6rs of public utility man as you, Mr. 8., much an Engl Signor PA.NIZZI ' or all your British name ? May not the fingers which now the pages of Po P yLitts, in the noble library of M., hare 1 )ed to make and mould Polonies in a "-- - I, adeof St. Paul's sh ham a )eef shop under the St. nt an , and made I but let us on of last Thurs- day was passed in the foetid atmosc Police-office, tormenting a man who has contributed thousands of volumes to the national library ; a .c of Bow-stree the nation's .rse must go to the day have been better occu in going into another letter in the catalogue, and the el ; might f the fi I out in books whic neither M k of whi ,me tax belonging acterises the national establishment on tho publish s an intolerable bore en the publishing trade was bettf ear of grace '53 o than in the present y luen I have known a publisher, with tears in his eyes, see £6O worth of books carted away, in a single day, to the British Museum, Z.. 311 College, Oxford, Cambridge, &c. As we are beginning to look after the proper administra tion of the Fine Arts —though the skinning of the old masters in the National Nuisance —I beg pardon, Gallery, bas not yet been given over—let us hope that a commis- sion of real pract I: would nearly o, k '+r the Museu al me,n will 10,,_ 1 2y the space of a Vandard to touch upon all the monstrosities of art during the last twenty five years which we have had to pay for ; monstrosities called into being by a committee of taste, mos tly all the members of which effected t o l ove and to know Art. NYw we have scholars and fine art men, with Prince ALBERT at their head, looking after these things. The trustees of the British Museum are too few, and t oo exa l ted in posi tion—Lord Chanc ellors, Archb ishops, Chancellors of the E xc he q uer, and so fort h—t o give more than f orma l attendance. Put in two or three working men, a n d there will be no occasion for troubling Mr. BORN, or the Bow. street magistrate. THOMAS HARPER, the world's greatest trumpeter, is dead. " I knew him well, Horatio ! HARPER was mag nificent, whether at coronation or civic feast. I remem ber being in Westminster Abbey at the rehearsal, the day previous to the crowning of WILLIAM and ADELAIDE, when the Bisnop of LONDON'S nose was put out of joint, judging by its unnatural elevation, as Sir GEORGE SMART called upon TuomAs HARPER, with good lung and elo quent lip, from the floor of the abbey, up to far beyond the organ's highest pipe, to gin two 9r tlirce 9f 1-1.4. N. DEL'S divine notes, just to try the effect. They were notes worthy of being repeated the next day before the pride and pomp of the civilized world, when tl ey touched eve: 1, was anxious ear and heart. The Bishop, at the rehears to ascertain the acoustic qualities of a little golden pulpit he got erected in a corner of the nave. HaarEn. blew like an artist. Sir GEORGE SMART applauded like mad, as I really thought the Bishop would hare gone. Mr. HARPER'S trumpet—mantle, if you wish—is well disposed on his son. Apparently well and hearty, at Exeter-hall, at the commencement of a rehearsal the other day, the father complained to one or two of his confreres of being chilly. He was carried home, and died before the per formances next day ! In the literary world books enow have made their ap pearance since my last communication, many of them bearing the bloom of the " Minerva press," soon to be brushed away. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S new book has been postponed for a time by that prince of publishers, RICHARD BENTLEY ; and I really don't know of anything deserving of " our special wonder," if, perhaps, I except SorEß's Modern Housewife. Most of us dine once a day ; in the good oil Conservative times, one might have diced twice a day ; however, dining once a day is good, and I have endeavoured to eat two or three of SOYER'S recipes before the important meal. Talk of oysters, as a whet ; a page or two of SUPER touching his stock for all kinds of soup, his stewed eels, sauce matelofe, fowl pillau, qc., every day before dinner, will get the veriest valetudinarian such an appetite, that he or she, as the gender may be, will abandon roasted butterflies for dinner, and take to tigers, even stuffed with tenpenny Another, though a tlifferent book. I have long much more admired the " unadorned eloquence" of RICHARD COBDEN than the soundness of his arguments and cor rectness of his views. Argue he cannot, and his mental vision—save on one, but important, subject—is oblique. Nor is he very careful to enquire anent the character of the " facts" he sometimes brings forth, provided the state ment of them answers his purpose. I need but refer to his statistics enunciated on the stage of Covent Garden .i.nearre, or more recently to OIS snipping tams utterea on the floor of another house, which were easily ar speedily demolished there. Yet RICHARD COBDENi3 passing honest probably because he firmly believes that he is so. He makes, however, a sad mess of it when he trave —as he has a desperate desire to travel—out of his own particular sphere. I have been incontinently led into these appa rently harsh remarks, from a perusal of the Hon. Gentle man's Three Letters 1793 and 1353, just out, as the phrase is. The most superficial thinker,—yea, SHALLOW, must pronounce this work to be almost entirely beside the question,—not to the purpose. RICITARD COBDEN is a man of peace, granted ; let us not however call out iR sacred accents " Peace ! peace ! while there is no peace." Why expend the capital of the country ? Why tax her so inordinately to support a standin. army of such di- mensions ? A navy useless,—rotting, indeed, in every sea? There is to be no war, quoth RICHARD, therefore, down with the army—down with the navy—to the lowest possi ble point. Turn the left-off ships to the purposes of mer chandise. LOUIS NAPOLEON invade us ? Pooh ! Non sense ! This is the bulk of the THREE LETTERS. There are other persons who have (happily) more authority than respected RICHARD COBDEN, who think otherwise. I do not mean to say—and I know their sentiments— that they fancy Loris NAPOLEON, as the next exploit after his marriage, will try an invasion of Perfide Albion; not a bit of it ; but they do think, somehow or other, that both army and navy would be no worse of a "leetle" touching up, a " leetle" strengthening. To which con- summation, from twelve to fifteen thousand men are to be added to our land forces; and Jack need not be long ashore for the other. Sergeant Kite may be seen at the corners of our streets, and his young blades, with streamers of many-coloured ribbons flaunting from their hats and caps ; and ffnalgr6, we see a deserter " shaking hands with himself" now and then, walked to quarters you can ten, from the uniform of his attendants, that he is only a " fraudulent militiaman," w•ho has taken the ten bobs, boozed them likely, and run away for no other pur. pose than that of rnaki. g himself one of the tsT fifteen thousand aforesaid,—"food for powder," as CHARLEY MATHEWS says. Of books to come we are promised a few. " What's in a name ?" is a query put by the gentle JULLIET, " sweet William's" love-child. I answer, all and every thing. The DUKE of BUCKINGHAM and CFIANDOS— poor man—is about making an honest penny by the Me moirs of the Court and Cabinet of my old friend GEORGE IV. The present Duke is unquestionably the finest man in England, six feet in his stockings, as BEN CAUNT says—dark in aspect almost to ferocity ; he carries you back at once to the bang-up feudal times. His father's personnel was quite different ; immensely obese, yet re plete with vitality —a twenty stone man he was, if an ounce—as nimble as a bee. In the House of Peers, the old Duke " pitched" right and left into the scaley Whigs. He was a noble SHAKSPERIAN scholar ; and, when the Great Seal was in commission under the Whig dynasty some years since, he smartly twitted the Government, concluding his biting remirks by quoting the " immortal WILLIAM," in reference to the pie -bald commission. It was formed of "Eye of newt, and toe of frog, "Wool of bat, and tongue of dog." What a pity he was so extravagant. His money-agent aped to run down to Stowe, and stay two or three days, with his parchment all ready in his pocket, before the burly DUKE could muster courage to affix his name. After a fine day's hunting, his retainers welcomed his return with a hurrah ! having formed themselves into a lane, as it were, in front of the mansion. When his grace got near the end of the avenue of dependents, he threw into the air his buntin7-whip ; happy the man, girl, or boy who caught it ! The parchment was then signed, and—all the world knows the rest. The present Plantagenet was lately living in furnished lod gings—his old valet's—at a few shillings a week. Another book is " Three Years of the Private Life of the Duke." Private life!! Greater than WELLINGTON'S public life ; and surely that is saying much. WELLINGTON, in private, followed the amenities—not the ascerbities—of life. Soft almost to silliness in this regard—and I speak with bound less respect for the great man's memory—l have known him times innumerable take his seat in the House of Lords at ten minutes to five o'clock in the afternoon, and remain there till two o'clock the following morning. Nine mortal hours, during which time he had four relays of horses in Palace yard ; he never allowed his horses to remain more than two hours out of doors at a time. The old saying, " Jack's as good as his master," was followed up by the Duke ; though he sheaved kindness and consideration for his beasts, he made his man,—the trusty iron-favoured groom who led the horse caparisoned with the empty boots to St. Paul's—remain all the time without flinching. I remember one raw and gusty morning, about the hour I have mentioned, a lot of us, peers, commoners, &c., were making our way through the carpetted passages of the House of Lords, giving, of course, THE DUKE prece dence ; arrived at the then little shabby Norman gateway, the Duke was heard to exclaim, " What have you done with that coat I gave you ?" The honest groom touched his hat, bundled the Duke into his cab, and was dumb. The Duke at the beginning of that boisterous season, — boisterous in and out of doors—had ordered his man an over-coat with a score of tippets to keep him warm. The servant forgot to put it on. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. IT is now pretty generally acknowledged that the advance in the rate of discount by the directors of the Bank of England was simply a measure of precaution, and this view is further confirmed by the continued steadiness of the public funds, and the absence of all alarm as to commercial security. Indeed, the general state of trade may be considered more than ordinarily satisfactory, especially in our staple article Cotton, the market for which has maintained its firmness without showing any undue tendency to extravagant speculation. With refe ference to monetary affairs, our attention has been drawn to an article in the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last, which displays the utter incompe tency of our contemporary to treat upon a subject upon which he assumes to be an authority. A short time since we exposed the folly of his con clusions on the extraordinary speculations in the Corn trade, and we have now a further proof of his verdant ideas. He commences with a wholesale accusation against the Protectionists of having pre dicted a reduction of the rate of interest as a ne cessary consequence of the increasing supplies of gold,—a belief which he admits was largely shared in by many others, and then exultingly refers to the late advances in the rate of interest as a complete falsification of the hope. There is an old proverb, " Do not halloo until you are out of the wood ;" and our contemporary would have done well if he had followed the advice. The rise in interest was a precautionary measure especially directed against the gambling in the funds in Paris, and in Iron in England; it has proved no check to legitimate com merce, and the increased supply of gold will yet have the effect anticipated when it comes to be ac which has not yet been the case. proceedstiuhaltlyhenrealised, to argue, with an increased degree o only import gold r goldlikeany other manufactures absurdity commodity r int exchange exported ; and says, if we receive more in g old we receive less i n S u gar, Cotton, Wool , and other we commodities. Such an assertion is almost too pre posterous for serious refutation. Has Australia, in doubt of the credit o f England, withheld an y of her suppli es of Wool for which there is her e such a ready ma r k e t, from f r that in sending gold al so the balance of trade e would be too much in her favour ? She has been anxious to send all she can reali4e, and many 4 C9n§ignmcnt of gold will be Public deposits .. Other deposits .. Rest .. .. .. ISSUE DEP. otes issued ...L32,918,040 j £32,918,040 I Sawginned. Demerara,&C Egyptian.... Barbadoes .. Peruvian.... Laguayra.... Com. \V.I.&c. Cartnagena.. Smyrna .... Manila - - 21 4i' l ao-iu 13090, 3/ 41 60 i 72& Madras Bengal . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAV, FEBRUARY sent for investment here without any regard to the theory of our Manchester contemporary. Apply the case to America, and it will not be much al tered ; for the United States is only tco glad of a market for her Cotton, as the Manchester men are desirous of a market for their produce. Our con temporary cuts down his own argument by refer ring to the payment required for the large impor tations of foreign corn ; so that, according to his own showing, had it not been for the gold supplies from Australia, the rate of interest would have been much higher than it is, and, therefore, they have had the effect predicted. His concluding remark about gold being only capital in the same sense as Cotton, or Wool, or Sugar, is much of the same character as the foregoing, leaving us little surprise at the mental calibre of Manchester men when re presented by such an organ. The latter articles constitute the materials for actual consumption, and vary in market value according to the comparative supply and demand ; whereas gold, as the standard of value and medium of exchange, circulates from hand to hand, being in a very slight degree actually consumed, serving over and over again, and finding a market everywhere for any article that may be required. Our contemporary has much to learn before his value as a commercial oracle will be com mensurate with his pretensions, and he should con tent himself with inflated laudations of the theories of the Manchester School. The Return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 22d January gives the following results when compared with the previous week : .. £4,998,754; Increase £58.876 .. 13,727,637; Increase 443,479 .. 3,214,206; Increase 5,328 On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,830,407 ; Decrease 40,389 Other securities 14,170,745 ; Increase 13,197 Notes unemployed .. 9,444,265 ; Increase 440,080 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,473,775, being a decrease of £187,595 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,404,919, show ing an increase of £256,412 when compared with the nreceding reLui ,iRTMENT Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,954,900 Gold coin & bu1n.18,598,886 Silver bullion .. 19,154 £32,918,040 .....--A--. 7 , ~---..---, SALES. I IMPORTS. ‘ DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Previ- 1 Week ., This I STOCK. lJan.2B..thisyr.'Jan.2B.ending ously lending Year. Jan. 28. d. d. Sea Island l9 @2B 230 850 Stained 612 50 70 1 10140 40051 . Boweds 4/ 61 11690, 30830 1 346300 Mobile 4/ 6 4490, 10410. - J } New Orleans. 41 81 26590 63460. 110' , 2. 815 52 , Pernams, &c. 64 i I 1 7 :1 10,60 1 4460 }BOlO 1 1852 r .... Aracati, &c 6l 7 i ..,_ . ~.- , Balls, &c. llaranliani 6 ' I eoo' 1290 1 ) .... ....1) 1936 1 I 1 I the average of other descriptions of wood ; this is owing to various causes, but principally to the fact that logs, out of which they are manufactured, are easily procurable by all classes in the colonies, and preferred as cargo by American ships to square timber. In fact, Liverpool being the principal loadin; port outwards for ships from the United States, they will submit to a reduction in freight, in consequence of which deals are carried by them in such quantities, and so cheaply, as to force the Baltic shippers to resort to the Hull and London markets; This will account for the great deficiency in the imports of all kinds of wood from the north of Europe this year. Not withstanding the enormous quantity of deals brought hither, the consumption has fully kept pace with the sup ply, and the stocks at present on hand, though larger than usual, will barely meet the extended demand until the import season recommences. St. John pine has this year been imported sparingly, its cost at the port of shipment being unusually high, and the stock at present, on both sides of the Atlantic, is but limited. The rates now paid for this article exceed all previous quotations, i❑ which Canadian timber, to a certain extent, participates." Messrs. CHALoNER and FLEMING allude to the difficulties sustained by the trade of this port, owing to the excessive rate for inland carriage, amounting to 7s. 6d. per ton for 33 miles, whereas on other railways timber is carried at 10s. per ton for 100 miles. They, however, add— "This year we have had relief from pressure, in some degree, through the facilities afforded by the new Hus kisson Timber Dock, which has yielded partial accommo dation, although not of that extensive character that had been expected." - - • -. 1 .. •. ! 1111 290 5i 15 4870 5980' 1506 , 12328; 104250 •••• •••• 5i • .320' IL I - 1050. 1 N 337 4620 4918 11617 78510 1010 I 55650 1369901 27680, 162587 593530 With reference to the state of trade, they give the following report : "The timber trade of this port in the past year is the largest on record, employing a larger tonnage than on any previous occasion, the tonnage of colonial and foreign timber loaded vessels amounting to 272,771 tons against 263,960 tons in the preceding year, and exhibiting an in crease of 30,067 tons. as compared with the average of the last seven years. The year under review also exhibits some distinctive features, as compared with the previous year; for while the import of fir timber, in the log, has fallen cff to the extent of about 320.000 feet, the import of planks shows an excess of 1,216,000 cubic feet; and yet a higher range of prices has been maintained on all articles than bas been known for many years." Messrs. DUNCAN and EWING hold out a prospect of greatly increased supplies from North Ame r ca t).1",„, #ho rivianfitv of nine timber remaining over at Quebec, and recent rates at J onn - s oeing likely to stimulate a large yield in that quarter. They, however, do not anticipate that freights will rule lower than at the close of last year. Messrs. FARNWORTH MICIJARDINE publish some elaborate and interesting tables, containing some valuable information as to the state of the trade for the past year. Mr. JAMES HOUGHTON gives equally favourable accounts of the Timber trade. He says : With higher prices in the shipping ports in our North American colonies, higher freights anal correspondingly higher prices here, the consumption of wood goods gene rally has greatly exceeded that of former years, and the operations of both importers and shipowners have, in most cases, been attended with favourable results. As regards stocks they are much higher than for many years past. In the Baltic trade the early imports of Fir timber were on the usual scale, but not proving remunerative, shipments were suspended, and the ships obtained other employ ment. Afterwards, when a better prospect presented, the scarcity of tonnage interposed, and thus the importa tion has been curtailed. The, consumption has been larger, and the stocks, on the whole, are remarkably light. In woods from the West Indies, and other places, a larger amount of business has been done in mahogany, pitch pine, teak, and greenheart, though the consumption for shipbuilding has been extremely limited, partly owing to the extended use of iron for that purpose. Shipbuilding woods, however, are likely to improve, and there is room for considerable supplies, as the stocks are, in many cases, nearly exhausted. Messrs. HOLATE, SLATER and CROOK, of Bir kenhead, concur in these favourable reports, and publish some interesting statistics of last year's transactions. FRANCE MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR LOUIS NAPOLEON. THE CIVIL CONTRACT AT THE TUILERIES. The civil or state ceremonial of the marriage of the eror of France took place on Saturday, at the Palace of the Tuilleries A few minutes before eight o'clock the grand master of ceremonies, accompanied by a master of ceremonies, left the Tuileries with two carriages, and proceeded to the Elysee, in order to conduct the affianced bride of the Emperor to the former palace. At a quarter-past eight, two ladies of honour and the master of ceremonies entered the first carriage, and the future Empress, accompanied by her mother (the Duchess of Penaranda), the Marquis of Valdegamas (Spanish minister), and the grand master of ceremonies. occupied the second carriage. The cortege having arrived at the gate of the Pavilion of Flora, the Imperial bride was received there by the grand chamber lain, the first Icuyer, and the other chief officers of the household. At the entrance of the first saloon Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde received Aidlle. Montijo, and conducted her to the Emperor, in the salon tie famille. Here there were in attendance upon the Emperor Prince Jerome, and several other members of the Imperial fa mily ; the cardinals, marshals, and members of the ca binet ; the officers and grand officers of the household ; and the foreign ambassadors and ministers at present in Paris. The ceremony was performed in the Saloon of the Marshals, where a platform had been erected, upon which were placed two fauteuils, both alike ; the one at the right for the Emperor, and that at the left for the Empress. At the foot of the platform, and a little to the left, an elegant table was placed, on which was deposited the civil register of the Imperial family. Upon the entrance of the Emperor and his bride into this saloon all the ladies and gentlemen present arose, and remained standing until the ceremony was concluded. The Emperor having taken his seat, the Grand Mpster of the Ceremonies invited the Minister of State, in the exercise of his functions as officer of l'Etat Civil, and assisted by the President of the Council of State, to pro ceed to the fauteuil of the Emperor. The Minister of State then received the declaration of his Imperial Ma jesty Napoleon 111., by the grace of God and the will of the nation, Emperor of the French, and also that of Madlle. Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Theba, and formally declared them to be united in marriage. The President of the Council of State then presented the pen to the Emperor, and afterwards to the Empress, whose signatures were followed by those of the Countess de Montijo (mother of the Empress), the Spanish Ambassa dor, the Imperial Princes and Princesses, and other wit nesses appointed by his Majesty. The conclusion of the ceremony was notified to the Parisians by a Royal salute from artillery placed in the Champs Elys6es, a rocket signal having been given from the Court of the Tuileries. The Empress was shortly afterwards recondncted to her residence with the same formalities that had been observed on her arrival. THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AT NOTRE DAME. WooL.—There still continues to be a very active demand for all descriptions of wool, but the small ness of the stock has precluded anything like large operations during the past week, the imports from all quarters have been very limited, and are taken off on arrival at very satisfactory prices. For Eng lish and Irish fleece Wool the demand continues brisk, and as the quantities offering are small hold ers are asking more money. The following are the late rate :—Down Tegs, 18Ad. ; Ditto Ewes and Wethesr, 16.}d. to 161 d ; Irish Hogs, 15 to 151-d.; Ditto Wethers, 141 d. to 14-1-d. per lb. IRoN.—In the value of Scotch pigs there is little change to notice, the price being nominally 60s. per ton. We have little to say on this subject this week, further than the outsiders seem to have come to a correct notion as to the folly and dangerous position of the late speculation in this article; and we shall now most probably see the market settle gradually down, under 50s. per ton. TIMBER.—The annual circulars of the Liverpool timber brokers have just been published, and they bear testimony, generally, to the prosperity of this branch of trade during the past year. We have barely space to quote from each of them to the ex tent which they deserve, but the following extracts will show the opinions of those most competent to judge of this important article of commerce. Messrs. A. F. and D. MACKAY state that— As early as nine o'clock on Sunday morning crowds, consisting mostly of workmen and women, began to collect about the Tuileries, the Elysee, and the Place de Carrousel, and as the hour approached for the Empress and her suite to leave the Elysee, throngs of people were seen streaming down the Boulevards, the Rue Rivoli, and all the other principal thoroughfares, until the whole neighbourhood of the palace, and the various streets through which the Imperial procession was to pass, from the Tuileries to the Cathedral, presented one dense mass of human life, the only vscancy being the middle of the streets, reserved for the procession, on each side of which was a double line of troops of the army and the National Guard, extending throughout the entire distance. _ _ The . two state - carriaies which had been despatched to the Elysee for the Empress arrived about half-past eleven ; and after a very brief delay were on their return to the --- " The business done in sawn wood exceeds all previous years on record, and profitable alike to the importer and dealer. At the commencement of the import season stocks were extremely light and prices moderate ; but later on, and as freights advanced from 30 per cent. to 40 per cent. in consequence of the increased tonnage required for the Australian trade, prices rose, and have still continued to do so. The import of deals has very much increased on Tuileries, with their Imperial charge, in nearly the same order of attendance as was observed on the occasion of the civil ceremony. Now, however, Senator the Count de la Pagerie, Grand Master of the Emperor's Household, ac companied her Majesty in the same carriage, and the escort duty was performed by heavy cavalry. The weather was exceedingly favourable. On the first appearance of the Empress the liveliest curiosity was exhi bited by the crowds, who pressed forward as far as the vigilant guard would allow them, to obtain a sight of their Emperor's choice, respecting whose beauty the whole thousand tongues of Rumour had of late been incessantly occupied. Cries of " Viva l'lmperatrice" were vocife rated, to which the Empress, apparently somewhat agi tated, replied by two or three very graceful bows, as the Imperial carriages moved onward. The procession passed at a moderate pace directly to the Tuileseies, entering as before by the gate of Flora's Pavilion, and proceeding to the Pavilion d'Horloge, which was splendidly decorated for the occasion. The reception of the Empress was conducted precisely in accordance with the previous official programme ; and a few minutes afterwards the Emperor appeared, leading her Majesty by the hand. Attended as before by the great officers of state, their Majesties entered their car riage ; a signal was given from the flag-staff on the palace to the park of artillery, and the imperial procession started for Notre Dame amid the thunders of the cannon and the cheers of the people. Although the entire line of route from the palace to the cathedral was so strongly guarded, the double line of mili tary had hard service in keeping the eager crowd within their prescribed limits. Every window, nook, and corner commanding any kind of view, was crammed with specta tors, who greeted the Imperial bride and bridegroom with repeated " Vivas" and waving of handkerchiefs, which were acknowledged by her Majesty and the Emperor. From the Place du Carrousel the cortege moved forward through the court of the Louvre, the Fosses St. Germain, Rue de Rivoli, Place de l'Hotel deVille, the Quay Pellcher, over the Bridge of Notre Dame, to the Quay Napo leon, and thence to the great door of the cathedral, in the following order : Band of the 7th Lancers. Squadron of the National Guard (mounted). The State Major General of the National Guard. Other Squadrons of the National Guard (mounted). Squadron of the 7th Lancers. General Korte, in place of Marshal Magnan, Commander in Chief, whose post was appointed for the left of the Imperial carriage. Major General of the Army of Paris, with the First 1, 1853. General Partonneaux, commanding the F Carriage ;ade of Three Squadron Dragoo of the 12 s, containing the Civil and Military Officers of the Imperial Establishment. squadron of the 12th Dragoons. Carriages of the. Imperial Ministry. Other Carriages, containing respectively— Ladies of the Princesses and Officers of the Princes. Chief Personages in the Household of the Princess Mathilde. Ladies of the Empress's Palace. The Grand Master and First Chamberlain of the Empress Squadronof the New Company of Guides. _ _ Carriage' and Six occupied by the . Chief Officers of the , . . Emperor's Household. The Princess Mathilde, in a Carriage and Six Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon, in a Carriage and Six General Offi.:;ers, not in command of the day. The Grand State Carriage, Drawn by eight beautifully-caparisonedliOrses, and con- taining The EMPEROR and EMPRESS, Surrounded by the Imperial Aides-de-Camp and Chief _ _ . Ordnance Officers. A Squadron of the New Company of Guides Band and Squadron of the 6thhßegime j nt of Cuirassiers. The Ist and 2nd Regiments of Carabiniers, commanded by Brigadier General Foray. The Procession was closed by the Gendarmerie of the Seine and a Squadron of the Mounted Horse Guards of Paris. The distinguished guests who had been invited entered the cathedral at the side doors ; the grand central entrance was reserved exclusively for their Majesties and the corps diplomatique, the latter of whom arrived in a body, and with a grand military escort. The tout ensemble now became strikingly gorgeous. The splendour of the attire of the ladies, and the rich uniforms of all services, together with a brilliant array of foreign civilians of note, and many officers of the English army. _ On the announcement of the Emperor's approach, the Archbishop of Paris, attended by his clergy, 'proceeded to the grand entrance of the cathedral to receive their Ma jesties. The great doors suddenly opened, and the Em peror, apparently in the best health and spirits, conducted her Majesty to her seat on the throne, near the altar; and it was remarked, that the Empress looked indeed very beautiful as she took her seat by the side of her imperial husband. The Archbishop, having saluted their Majesties, pro ceeded at once to the ceremony of the marriage, which was conducted according to the solemnities of the Romish Church, and accompanied by all the pomp of Imperial smd Royal tradition. A canopy of silver bro cade was held over their Majesties' iieatis by two bishops, the choir repeated several times the " Domine Salvurn ; " the Archbishop presented holy water, and chanted the Te Deem, which was repeated by the orchestra and choir. At the conclusion of the Te Deurn, the Emperor and Empress descended from the throne, and the Imperial cortege having formed as in the order of arrival, their Majesties returned to the Tuileries by the Rue d'Arcole and Quai Napoleon, to the Place de la Concorde, passing to the palace by the garden entrance. The Archbishop of Paris also accompanied their Majesties, and conducted them to the door of the Tuileries ; the return, as had been the departure, being celebrated by the roll of drums, the flourish of trumpets, the roar of the artillery, the shouts of the people, and, heard above all, the deep boom of the Bourdon, or great bell of Notre Dame. Telegraphic despatches were immediately forwarded to all the chief towns of France, instructing the prefects and mayors to make known to the inhabitants the completion of the religious ceremonies of their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, and their safe return to the Tuileries, amidst the enthusiastic greetings of the people. The Empress wore a white dress, with coronet and diamonds. On their arrival at the palace, the Emperor and Em press appeared on the balcony, whereupon the air was rent with the cheering of the multitude which filled the gar dens of the palace. His Majesty wore the uniform of a lieutenant-general, decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour of Napoleon. The Hotel de Ville was elegantly pavilioned, and exten sive platforms were erected, both there and at the Hotel Dieu, for the benefit of distinguished people not invited to the Cathedral. Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon were placed near the throne on the right of the Emperor, in the Cathedral, and the other Princes and Princesses present were sta tioned on the left of the Empress. THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME The exterior appearance of Notre Dame was magnifi cent. The splendid pavilion, which had been erected at such immense cost, occupied the whole facade of the noble structure, and was emblazoned with the armo rial bearings of the Emperor. The material of which it was constructed was ancient tapestry, representing the most illustrious men of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, enriched by gorgeous hangings, embroidered in gold. Above the grand portico were two gigantic paint ings in relief, representing equestrian statues—one of Charlemagne, the other of Nspoleon I. Between the two towers which enclose the famous Bourdon was a co lossal statue of our Saviour. Oriflammes floated from all the towers, and at their four angles were colossal eagles with outstretched wings. The interior, magnificently decorated, and resplendent with the light of a myriad candles, presented an aspect of splendour surpassing description. The high altar, which had been removed to the front of the choir, was covered by a gorgeous canopy, united to the lateral columns bran elegant Gothic gallery. A plat form, overhung by a canopy decorated with eagles, and surmounted by an Imperial crown, stood before the altar, and was occupied by the throne and the two Prie The seat of the Archbishop of Paris, also splendidly canopied, was at the right of the altar. The choir was illuminated by about 15,000 candles, shedding a whole flood of light over the building and heightening the effect of the scene beyond description. The orchestra consisted of 500 musicians, under the direction of M. Auber, the grand organist to the Em peror, and the following pieces were played during the ceremony : I—Hymn to St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris—(the Urbs Beata of Lesueur.) _ . 2—The Consecration'Credo of Cherubini. 3—The Sanctus for Mass of St. Cecilia, by Adolpe Adam. 4—An 0 Salutaris, I?y_Chc.rubini, s—D . omine Salvun; (after benediction) 6—The Te Deum of'Lesueur, The latter composition has now in turn been chanted at Notre Dame, to celebrate the battle of Austerlitz, the Consecration of Napoleon T., the Vote of Dec. 20, 1851, and the Marriage of Napoleon 111. THE TROUSSEAU OF TIIE EMPRESS.—The jewellery and toilettes of the Empress are very magnificent. M. Lemonnier, the jeweller, has prepared a parure of white pearls and rubies of a beautiful design, consisting of. a small closed crown to be placed on the back of the head, of bracelets, and of a necklace a plaques; and another parure, in very rare black pearls, consisting of a bracelet ornamented with three large pearls, a necklace sitting close to the neck, in the Louis XVth style, with, in the centre, an enormous pearl pendant, and a brooch with four black pearls pendant; also a bracelet, consisting of precious stones of all colours, and a brooch in diamonds of oval form, the centre of which, 'formed of a very thin large diamond, covers the portrait of the Emperor, and a pure diamond is pendant from it. The marriage coin is of massive gold, with the rim in diamonds. On one side are the initials of Napoleon 111. and Marie Eugenie de Guzman ; on the other is inscribed in diamonds the date of the marriage. The wedding rings are of thick solid gold. M. Fossin, another jeweller, has been intrusted with the arrangements of the diamonds of the crown, and he is to make a crown similar to that of Charlemagne, of great beauty. He is also to supply some very fine bracelets and brooches. It is be who prepared the ornaments of the prayer-book of the Empress; the book is bound in white velvet with silver ornaments : and on one side is an eagle surmounted with the imperial crown in diamonds, on the other the initials of her Majesty surmounted with an imperial crown also in diamonds. Two dress-makers were charged with the dresses—Madame Vignon, with those of the morning, and Madlle. Palmyra, with those of the evening. The former is making 34 of exquisite beauty. Among them are three morning peignoirs, richly embroidered, decorated with Valenciennes and Mechlin lace, and lined with silk, of a rose, blue, and white colour ; two robesdeschainbres—one in black velvet, with facings of watered silk, of a sky blue colour—the other in gross de Navarre, lined with white silk; a full dress of rose coloured watered silk, with very long basques, ornamented with fringe and lace; and one of green taffetas, with flowers, ornamented with plumes frisies. Mademoiselle Palmyre made 20 full dresses ; one is in wide brocade, with flowers of silk and gold, orna mented down the front with flowers of different colours ; another, of velvet, is ornamented with flounces of blond lace decked with bees, and crowned eagles in gold ; one of blue velvet, ornamented with Alencon lace; one of black velvet, with flounces of gold guipure ' • one of pearl grey satin, with nine flounces of Brussels lace ; three court mantles of silk, watered with gold and silver —rose, blue, and white, in colour—one ornamented of gold blond, the second with silver blond, the third with white blond, and all three decorated with tufts of flowers and feathers ; another dress, in tulle and satin, blue in colour, with fea thers and roses; another, white, with tufts of violets and riband, ornamented with roses. The day dresses are a basques a tailes very long, and a demi-queue arrondie ; and those of the evening a queue ezztiere, and the greater part a corsage drape's. For the civil marriage, Mdlle. Palmyre made two dresses, one in rose-coloured satin, covered with point d'Angleterre, ornamented at the bot tom with agrafes of white lilac, with a corsage drape, ornamented in the same way ; the other, in white satin, covered with point d'Alencon, and ornamented with diamonds. The dress for the religious marriaee was made by Mdme. Vignon ; it is in velvet e'pingle, with a train, and is covered with point d'Angleterre; the cortege is a basques, decked with diamonds. Paint d'Angleterre has been chosen for this dress, on account of the veil, which could not be obtained in point d'Aleneon. The head dress was confided to Felix. It consisted of a diadem, and a crown of diamonds and sapphires, mixed with orange flowers. At the dinner the Empress wore a parure of diamonds and rubies. Some little inquietude is at present manifested In Paris on account of several cases of decidedly Asiatic cholera having occurred in various parts of the city. The Empress has written a letter of thanks to the Mu- nicipal Council of Paris, for the kind offer they made of a rich diamond necklace and other costly presents (parure), intended for her Majesty. The Empress, at the same time, preferred that the sum should be applied to some charitable purpose. The Municipal Council have accord ingly decided upon the founding of a house of education for poor young girls. The marriage between the daughter of the Prince . of Wagram and Prince Napol eon (J er ome) is definitively broken off. Had th e E mperor ma de a proposal for the hand of the lady, it is more than probable that there would have been no o bj ec ti o n ; but in the case. of his cousin, after some ti me va inly spent in overcoming the objections of the l a dy' s mo ther, a final refusal was given. THE HOPE, new African mail iron screw steam-ship, was launched from the building-Yard of Mr. John Laird: Birkenhead, on Saturday. ?et:o Ireland BANKING DEPARTMENT Prop.'s capita1.X14,553,000 Rest. ...... 3,214,206 Public deposits. 4,993,754 Other deposits . 13,727,637 7-day, &c. bills. 1,433,699 Gov. securities..Cl3,33o,4o7 Other securities 14,170,745 Notes .... ... 9,444,265 Gold & silt'. coin 486,879 £37,932,296 £37,932,296 Our SHARE Market has continued to droop all the week, prices each day having been lower than on the preceding one, and we close to-day with a gloomy look at the lowest point of the year. This is accounted for by large operations on the part of the bears, induced by unfavourable anticipations of the half-yearly meetings. Our local stocks alone remain firm. We annex to-day's prices :—London stock, 120:1- 20 a 2O ; Midland stock, 76i +. Sheffield stock, 29'1 ; Do. £lO pref., 11c ; Chester and Birkenhead, 21 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77-ZL S7l ; Do. fifths, 41 5-16; Old Dovers, 234= I+l7l-; York and North Midland, 27+1; Caledonian, 32 1- 8 7 -:7- ; Eastern Counties, 121 ;1-5 ; Great Northern, 181 3 -; North British, 8 11-16 n ; L'pool and Southport, ln; Dutch Rhenish, 2e d. PRODUCE.—The market for SUGAR, although it has not experienced any decline, has been almost confined to the demand for refining purposes. The sales have amounted to 900 hhds. 8.P., 4,240 bags Mauritius, 100 bags Bengal, and 1,600 bags and brls. Pernambuco. In Molasses a large trade has been doing at an advance of ls. per cwt. In COFFEE the business has been limited at 565. per cwt. for Mocha. The trade in RICE has reached 3,000 bags, at 1 ls. Gd. to 12s. 3d. for Bengal. The market for Rum is firm at previous rates. In TEA there has not been much doing ; the lower qualities of Congou continue firm, while fine Pekoe kinds are lower, but greens have sold at full rates. For SALTPETRE the market is rather easier. DYE WOODS are without alteration. TURPENTINE in good demand. CLOVERSEED is held for higher ' prices. In GUANO little doing. The demand for OLIVE OIL has been less active. LINSEED OIL in fair demand at 325. per cwt. In PALM OIL a good business has been done on the spot, and to arrive at £33 to £33 10s. per ton. TALLOW is dull of sale at 465. to 465. 3d. per cwt. for Petersburgh, Y.C. JUTE realised at auction £l4 10s. to £l9 7s. Gd. per ton, and some has since been sold at higher rates. TO-DAY there was a better feeling in the Sugar market, 200 hhds Antigua having realised 32s Gd to 36s 6d, 50 hhds vacuum pan Demerara 36s to 39s Gd, and 100 hhds Barbadoes 36s up to 40s for grainy, also SOO bags Pernams,lSs for brown,l9s 6d for yellow, and 22s per cwt low for white.—Tea, no change to report, dealers are indisposed to operate, having bought largely out of the late arrivals; a small parcel of ordinary to good ordinary Congou has been placed at 9,1 d per lb, being a lower quota tion.—Of Rice, 1,000 pockets old Bengal brought 12s 3d, and 50 bags Saltpetre 26s Gd per cwt, 13 per cent. refraction.—A speculative demand has appeared for Castor Oil, upwards of 1,200 chests having changed hands at 4-:'01 to 51d per lb. COTTON.—The improved tone of this market, which we noticed last week, has continued since without interruption, and the demand has been good for almost all descriptions. In American, owing to the demand being principally confined to the new crop, which has barely supplied the mar ket, an advance of id. per lb. was realized. Egyp tian was also rather dearer, and Brazil and Surat commanded extreme prices. Up to Friday, the quantity taken on speculation was 14,200 bales, of which 10,720 were American, and 4,570 were taken by exporters.—TO -DAY : The advices received by the America gave a still firmer tone to the market. The sales amounted to about 10,000 bales, of which about 6,000 were taken on speculation and for ex port, and the market closed with much spirit, at an advance of Id. per pound on American from the rates of Friday, and all other descriptions a point dearer. The advance on the other side is the more surprising,. as it is immediately on the receipt of the Arabia's mail, which left this port when the discovery was made of the excess in the stock here. Such an advance tends to confirm the impression that the crop is not so excessive as was at one time anticipated. Military Division District Officers (on horseback). The General Commanding the Division of the Seine. Band of the Military School. The 7th Regiment of Lancers. Band of the 12th Dragoons, LATEST INTELLIGENCE.-! MONDAY EVENING, JANUAIY 31. BY ELECT RIC TELEGRAPH FRANCE. PARIS, Monday.—The Monifeur announces that the Emperor has just pardoned more than 3,000 persons , amongst those who were the objects of the measures for general safety in December, 1851. Their names wiu shortly be published. LONDON. The Express says the stock markets have worn a vets depressed appearance to-day; some impression appearing to be produced in the house by political complications on the Continent. The Montenegrin difficulty and the atti• tude of France towards Austria are referred to with uneasiness,. the more especially as the French funds ha/ 0 given way heavily, notwithstanding Government put• chases. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—GoId has been found upon the territory of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and fine specimen of quartz has begin received. QUEEN'S BENCH.-MONDAY. THE ACHILLI CASE. SENTENCE ON DR. NEWMAN.—The court was densel9 crowded. Dr, Newman occupied a seat in front of the Queen's Council. Sir F. Thesiger moved the judgment of the court. A number of affidavits, in mitigation of the sentence , were handed in and read,—one from Dr. Newman, stafsle, that he had no personal knowledge of Achilli, and could not have any personal feeling in the publication of the alleged libel ; and he denied any knowledge of the article in the Dublin Review. As Achilli had made statements strongly affecting the church to which he had formerlc belonged, he thought it right to inquire into the accusw tion made in that article regarding Achilli's character' He then stated his inquiries abroad, with the view of short' ing that he (Newman) had reasons for setting up the dif l ferent pleas put upon the record. Sir F. Thesiger objected to these statements, but tbel court declared them admissable. The affidavit of 111 e ,: Harding, of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, who collected evidence abroad, stated he had no instructions but to elicit the truth. He believed defendant's pleas were capable of heist proved, if all the witnesses had been in attendance. Mr. Babington, the medical adviser of Dr. Newmarif stated that the defendant was in bad health, and impri' sonment would produce a degree of feebleness, from which he probably would never recover. Similar affidavits frote other medical gentlemen were also read. The Attorney-General addressed the court in mitige' tion, showing that defendant was not actuated by malice or ill-will. The counsel on the same side followed. Sir F. Thesiger was then heard in aggravation of the punishment, also Sir F. Kelly. Justice Coleridge sentenced Dr. Newman to pay a fine of £lOO to the Queen, and to be confined in the Queenl Bench Prison, in the first class of misdemeanants, untii the fine be paid. _ The lenient nature of the sentence appeared to oceasioll considerable sensation. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. Consols lower on speculative sales for account. RailwaY shares heavy and lower, from the same cause: nothing doing' French shares were lower in the morning, but recovered 1 little on better prices from Paris. Gold Mines dull and steadP although a shade lower. Land shares without alteration. PRICES Bank Stock Exact'. Bills, L. & 5.57 6ilo Spanish Passives Turkish . Swedish .... SHARES. Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire 154 Do. Fifths 77 6 London, Brighton, and , South Coast lO4l London 8: S. Western York, Newcastle, and Berwick ... Do. Extension 6S — ri Do. Preference York and N. Midland Norfolks Leeds Northern • North British 53 Do. Preference 34 , Shrewsbury, A... Do. 8... Caley Preference. SHARES B. Australian, Freehold Australasian Colonial ' Mariposa ARES. Van Dienian's. Yuba ARKET. CLOSING Consols, Account .. r „ Do. Money.... " Three&QrperCents 103 i 1 FOREIGN 22! 3 1 Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish New Deferred 22-b Do. Threes 462 72 London Stock..., Do. Quarters Midland Stock .... Do. Halves.... North Staffordshire RAILWAY . 119 20 I 103 t 3 ; S. Eastern and Dover 77 8 Amberg.,Nottinghain, and E. Junction 6i Caledonian Do. Preference 104 6 Eastern Counties 124 East Lancashire 74 6 Mulches., Shell., and Lincolnshire .., B9 93 Edinburgh & Glasgow 76 8 Great Northern 74. 5i Do. Do. East Anglian 8..... HI 19 5i Noveau Monde Agua Fria Cordeliera Ave Maria Carson's Creek Port Philip MINING par 4prii LAND Australian Agricultural 230 40 South Australian COR N The supplies of foreign Wheat, Barley, and Oats, are tier! large, and trade opened heavily. Fin e sorts are unaltered, foreign Wheat sold at Is. per quarter decline. Fine Flour dearer. Beans and Peas slow of sale. Oats 6d. per qua rt !! lower. Seeds dull. Barley 6d. cheaper. Closing report' Trade opened flat, and towards the close the market for 10t1' English and foreign Wheat declined Is. to 2s. per quarter' Oats and Barley 6d.to is. cheaper. Beans and Peas unchang ed ' Flour dull Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas .. Flour . mtaivALs. English. Irish. Foreign 4S9G 53256 .. 4734 15456 .. 542 .. 7193 s6O .. 516 .. 2450 PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar: Several export purchases were made in foreign; brown Brazil, ass. 6d. to 19s. 3d. Home-made goods of refine to were more in demand ; brown l u mp s , 45 5 . C o ff ee firm, v il ij several buyers ; Native Ceylon, 475. Tea was in larger tlero o , but no decline ; ordinary Congou, 10d. to 104 d. Cotton Uri, and prices are advancing. Wool firm. Little doing in Tall °/If fine Y.C. 455. on the spot. TALLOW MARKET. Stock, 43,664 casks against 56,770 casks last year. Deli° ries, 2338 casks, against 2494 casks last year, CATTLE MARKET. The supply of Beasts was large : prime Scotch With diffiCUltle maintained last Monday's prices, and inferior qualities wet cheaper. Sheep and Calves in demand at Friday's quotatiovs' Beef as 4d to 4s Od 1 Lamb Os Od to 03 04d Mutton..... 3s 4d to 5s 2d 1 Pork Veal 3s Od to 5s Od. Beasts Sheep and Lambs 4645 Calves 17720 Pigs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts.... Do. Sheep Do. Calves French Sheep MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Land Closing Quotations : —E as t ern Counties, 127 ; East Lali" shire, 18 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 772 1 ; London 013 1 j, North Western, 120 191 ; Ditt o C . qrs., 19-161 7-16 par ; chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, pref. 21 ; North 13rit ,6 813-16; South-Eastern and Dover, 23 7-16 j 5-16 1 5-16 If. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations :—Caledonian, 31 # ; Eastern Coantic=' 12a; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 771 ; Leeds Northern,l s I' Midland, 70-3 ; North-Western, 1 ; York and North 3lidland' SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Faith (screw steamer), from Plymouth for Africa, 1i put into Falmouth, with machinery damaged. Trafalgar, hence at Calcutta 11th Dec. ; Tay, 12th ; Lot , ' XIV., 13th ; Tippo Saib, and Mary Ann Johnston, 14th; gen, of Denmark, ISth ; and Mary Stodd ar t, 20th. Ailsa, hence at Bombay IGth Dec. Senator, sailed from Bombay for this port Dec. IGth ; Th y Hamlin, 25th ; Ferozepore, 30th ; Jamsetjee Kursetjee, 315 and William Penn, Ist Jan. Spoken :—Ang. 24th, El Dorado, hence to Australia ; 14°. 11, Clymene, from Calcutta to this po r t ; Sept. 23, Marrni °o hence for Australia, - - .3 LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.—ANNUAL MEETING.--", 01 annual general meeti ng o f th e p ro p r ietors of the Liverrg Exchange was held, pursuant to act of parliament, in t'd Cotton Sale-room, yesterday, at 12 o'clock. Ilaral ° ,oo Banner, Esq., occupied the chair. The treasurer read statement of the accounts of the company from the 15,,Di0, January to the 31st of December, 1852, showing a posable balance of £7,080, after carrying the sura t £224 43. Id. to the reserve fund. It was resolved th s ao dividend should be declared of £8 17s. per share, 6 13 ,0 further sum of three guineas in lieu of nomination to : 1 ,0 news-room after the present year. It was s t a t e d to meeting that in future the dividend shall be paid bY ° c ol) rants, as is customary with railway companies, vit,to would be sent to the proprietors. The election of Y e e, new directors, in lieu of the like number who have retiree, i w as then agreed to, and the proceedings termina t o room Messrs.. EaftDoMnavea and A ssrs. Barry, B o lt on , Titherington, C• rthur Henderson were elected in ntg' Wrigley, Robert Giles, Charles P. Woo F j Newman, jun., and Henry N ewman , w h o retire bY f 'o4 / tion. Mr. George Holt was likewise elected in the 0 of Mr. Stolterfoht. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1853, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED Ci EVERY TUESDAY MORNI g BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACIa .-t OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT THE ,10 STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OF F' No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOD ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: IN rLDVANCE 205. ON CREDIT .......... "►-- T"E EVE a Mornin THIS I To-mortrt HERCUL PANTO' FORTUN —Conclur EVENItili Pantomin OR, HAI AND CH Mansell ; The Ma the great Theatre, sident in arrangerm ATION or day durim DORO gI TH Douas command 13 in preps M AIN THIS EN magnific Wonders ENGLISE Guineas. FRANKL will contei of the two modern A for the CI Match con EVENING, taking Dial to count ai each party conclusion The above known woi formers in produced 1 thing but Performan No further sibly b e a Instant. and unriva represent, tation, The f ull Arena will M R. I GRAN. And "L TO-1101 Overtures, On THI 3IENDEL: On FRI] a Grand SE celebrated On SATI at:a Quart( Admissi Tick BENEFIT PHILRARN: AT Th THIS -11- fora s gypt] E n ow] The iMv Mips exhib Painted by President s made duris BONOMI, and Fellow CHARA The PAD Seven o'clo The Lect embrace ev ference to t TO-310R11 next, the 5t illustrating Scriptures. Admissio Half-price. THE WESTERN (To BY THE P THIS (TUE The proci Lancashire ment in life Thi Thu Th( Thu The Right of Englan The Right Grand ME The Right I Master, E The Right Grand MI La GENDRE West Lan , Sir W ATKII , Shropshir HENRY CEL cestershir The Rev. G I West Lan( RICHARD J Grand Lo , STEP HEN E East Lan, J.. ire Lieut.-Color Senior Ws MATTHEW Lancashir THOMAS L West Lan , ALBERT H. Lancashir The Honour Junior WI WILLIAM Registrar, Sir JOSHUA t i '• H. • DYmO , Or "'inure. The 4:4' hen, the e G 4l( Masters p Lancashire a TICKETS, I,' To be obtain T. WARBUR' Ranelagh.pl l ‘lanchester the MASTER CRETARIES O'clock. It is desire ij.annes inll fa _lt i s aiso press Clothi Dancing' to kind.GRIBBIN' Pe • 11°YALIra Cononittee. JHE A/N , yEAIAI ty-tei RITIES -"e Mayor an next, the 7th Mrs, cH Tickets Alessrs II Places, ' " Doors will vvili AI. A GRAIs VIE, ivlll be given I at the COLT EVENING, ti: ors on Th en , tience at Hal , Admission +try . , 6 , i. SCI Tickets ma, essrs. Zookseller B street ; the Sr ( ' tt Si Nether C 3. there COMM This Fami of FE