The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

W.iberp.oot 'tanbarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. " FOR unto us a child is born." The booming of the Park and Tower guns, between one and two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, gave joyful interpretation of the text. Shortly after the auspicious birth of the PRINCE, I met His Grace the Duke of NORFOLK, one of the great officers of State " present on the occasion ;" I quote the words from the official announcement. His Grace the premier Duke intimated that all was " as well as could be expected," household words happily applicable to HER MAJESTY and the illustrious stranger at this present writing. Uneasy rests the head that wears a crown—to this effect at least has been said by a great master of human nature—to indicate that the Sovereign has more care than the meanest subject. " Present on the occa sion,"—of those in the royal bedchamber I say nothing,— in the adjoining apartments, within ear-shot of every breath from the royal couch, were upwards of twenty individuals. Such is State etiquette—State precautions, most necessary, doubtless, at certain periods of our country's history. The " calls" at Buckingham Palace since the event have been unprecedentedly numerous. The Duchess of KENT, HER MAJESTY'S august mother, looks remarkably robust, and is in almost constant atten dance on HER MAJESTY. lam led to believe that after a few days there will be no more bulletins exhibited. It has been communicated to me, by an authority whose sources of information during an acquaintance of some twenty years' standing have proved highly reliable, especially in matters political and financial. that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contemplates in his I , forthcoming budget a considerable reduction, if not the total repeal, of the duty on paper. According to the statement of my friend. who holds a responsible position in immediate connexion with the Finance Minister's department, Mr. GLADSTONE put his colleagues on Friday in possession of this portion of his scheme, which, by the way, is to be unfolded to the House of Commons on Mon day next, and they unanimously awarded it warm and hearty approval. Of course, the repeal of the paper duty will give very general satisfaction, especially to newspaper proprietors, who feel the pressure most severely, and it is to be hoped that the CHANCELLOR'S determination to grapple with the injustice and oppression is a vindication of his desire to abolish all taxes upon knowledge. You will learn with regret that your excellent repre sentative, Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE, is about being sub jected to some annoyance by the Irish SOLICITOR-GENE RAL and Lis ABERDEEN allies ; that in all probability he will have to undergo an ordeal somewhat similar to that imposed on Major BERESFORD in connexion with the Derby election. The Athlone election petition, by which it is attempted to deprive Mr. KEOGH of his seat, and to Secure the representation of that pure and immaculate borough for Mr. L AWES, is now being prosechted. The inquiry commenced on Saturday, and was resumed to day, when some very curious disclosures were made regarding government patronage and other matters, which you will find in the newspaper reports. The petitioner's case will close this evening, and Mr. KEOGH opens his defence to-morrow. Among other matters, I have heard that he intends alleging and endeavouring to prove that some members of the late Government unduly interfered with the electors, for the purpose of assisting Mr. LAWES in his representative aspirations. Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE is one of those whose conduct is to be impugned ; and, if rumour be well founded, the Irish SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who has more brains, tact, ability, and undaunted perse verance than all the other members from Ireland put together, intends producing a letter written to Mr. LAWES by Mr. MACKENZIE in his capacity of Secretary to the Treasury, promising an appointment in the Customs to one FALLoar, an elector of the borough of Athlone, who, in consequence of this promise, it is contended by Mr. KEOGH, either abstained from voting for him, or voted for Mr. LAWES. I forget, indeed, which course the elector took ; but that Mr. KEOGH, through the exertions and skil fully-laid plans of a well-known London correspondent of an Irish journal, is in possession of Mr. MACKENZIE'S letter, there can be no doubt whatever, and that it will be used to damage Mr. MACKENZIE and the late Govern ment, those who know to what desperate lengths Mr. KEOGH is in the habit of going to sustain his own party and injure his political opponents, will not hesitate for one moment to believe. It is to be hoped that the plot laid to become possessed of Mr. MACKENZIE'S letter may be inquired into by the committee, and that those who were the actors in it may be introduced to the public. You announced last week, on my authority, that the Cabinet was at sixes and sevens, or, rather, to speak more accurately, at fives and sixes, on the subject of our future Government of India. I told you that no measure had been prepared on the subject,—that one section of the ABERDEEN Administration peremptorily refused assent ing to propose permanent legislation for another year, and that the Whig clique battled strenuously to have Lord J. RUSSELL'S views carried out, by renewing the charter at once, and arming the East India Company with addi tional powers of monopolising and absolute terrorism. My information was corroborated in the House of Com mons on Tuesday evening. DISRAELI inquired when there was to be a declaration of Ministerial intentions regarding India. Lord J. RUSSELL, looking the very embodiment of spite, passion, and venom, answered, amidst some tittering, that when the Cabinet had made up their minds they would lay their plan before the House. Now, in addition to the curt reply of the leader of the Commons, I can state that within the last week the most unusual step has been taken of ap pointing a Committee of the Cabinet, consisting of five members, to determine upon some mode of reconciling the differences which exist among Her MAJESTY'S ad visers, and of preparing such an Indian measure as the Cabinet can agree on presenting to Parliament. The India meal riots in Ireland, during the famine years, are described as mere trifles when compared with the stand up fights which have ornamented the four last Cabinet Councils, when the topic of the Indian Charter was brought under discussion. Out of doors the feeling against allowing permanent legislation to pass this session decidedly increases, and should it be attempted, the defeat of the Ministry is just as certain as that they went to the Treasury last Friday, and took up their quarter's salaries. Mr. RICH will persevere with his motion, but in the following terms :—" On going into committee of supply on the Miscellaneous Estimates, to bring under the notice of the House, the approaching termination of the period of government of India by the East India Company, under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 83, and the deficient state of information in which the House stands as to the operation of that Act, and more especially as regards the natives of India." LORD JoHN RUSSELL'S Education Bill will never be carried. Does he mean it ? No. He spoke his speech on Monday evening, from beginning to end, as claptrap ought to be spoken. Besides, he came down to the house, RS we are told RICHARD THE THIRD made his appear ance in this breathing world—before his time—not half made up. Lord JOHN as bad as confessed he had not got his materials, was twitted by more than one member for not waiting for the Education Commission report, and laughed at by a whole league of dissenting ministers, including JOHN BURNETT, of Camberwell, who occupied seats in the gallery. Far be it from me, as. I hope, a discreet correspondent, to animadvert in a spirit of ridi cule on any of HER MAJESTY'S subjects; but knowing, as I do, the great lack of real education among dissenting clergymen—many are true scholars—l could not help smiling when I noticed the phalanx of black coats and indifferently washed white " chokers" around ; their owners sitting, as it were, in judgment on the noble lord's remarks, as he went along propounding a scheme of na tional education with only one point in it, namely, a money rate, agreed to by two-thirds of the payers, to d e f ra y t h e expense of the educatio n to be given. Lord JOHN eulogized the exploded systems of BELL and LANCASTE R , told the house glibly enough of what his father, the Duke of BED FORD, did, and what Lord BROUGHAM, and his old friend, Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY. He then made a few references to the statistics of schools, and fairly ended on the horns of a dilemma,—between the Church system and that of the Chapel. No man can serve two masters,—Lord JO HN this RUSSELL was oppressed with a sense of belief. Wide as the poles asunder, no system of education palateable to the Established Church will e ver be received by the Dissenters. The significant shrugs—the nods and becks — I saw not the wreathed smiles—of the dissenting people present, testified to that. The Education Bill may pro duce some good debating,—interesting speeches,—but it will end in nothing. Vox et, S I T. Your BURNETTS and HOWARDS, the loud speaking-trumpets of the Dissenters, care not so much for the quality of the educa tion, or the quantity either. Why should they ? It suits the part JOHN BURNETT has to play or preach, to quote MELANCTHON, Jams CALVIN, or the venerable BEDE— it may be, for a contrast, SCALIGER and BELLARMINE ; JOHN'S education (I mean JOHN BURNETT, and not JOHN CALVIN or JOHN RUSSELL) is most innocent of " He brew, Greek, and Latin." His knowledge of the sweet sympathies of the subjunctive , mood i s scant, nor does he care to exclaim Formose past or C orydon. " What JOHN B UR NETT, on the part of the dissenters, wants, is to keep the educational purse-strings out of the fingers of Churchmen. JOSEPH HUME, Mr. BURNETT'S countryman, must needs come out with some of his non sense in his old age, and forgetting the religious education which be had at home sixty years ago, told the house that Lord JoHN's plan would never do, because it did not sepa rate religious from secular education. Bah ! JOSEPH, I am ashamed of you, to say this when you ought to be looking out for another and a better world. JOSEPH, JOSEPH, let us have our schools open and close with prayer—divine recognition—and they who do not choose to stay (prayers) may remain away ; nothing compulsory LI hold that re ligion Li the backboug of 011 education. WILLIAM EIYAAT TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1853. said something in his usual style, giving his support in general to the plan. I have for many years considered Mr. EWART ambitious, yet shallow ; in the more elevated questions that come before Parliament he is sure to put his beak—and says nothing either to instruct or amuse— certainly nothing worth remembering. Fox, too, the Unitarian orator, and by far the best living critic of SHAKSPEARE I happen to know, said to Lord JOHN that he liked the rate principle—(of course he does)—lent— he feared the noble Lord's scheme in other respects would not do. With what delight has Fox, when the dramatic critic of the old Whig Chronicle, watched MACREADY'S glorious interpretations of several of WILLIAM SHAIC SPEARE'S great creatures. There the hon. member— critic only then—sat generally with a lady on either side— he, Fox, squat as a Madagascar bat—vulgar in aspect, but how rarefied the mind ! Bother Fox.—The Educa tion Bill was read a first time. A curious conversation took place in the House of Lords during the discussion of the Education Bill else where. It appeared to give deep satisfaction to nearly all the Peers present, save and except the Earl of MALMESBURY, the apologist of Lours NAPOLEON, and the Earl of CLARENDON, the apologist of certain City Peace Deputation people, who went with the address in Easter week to the Emperor. Lord CAMPBELL, as sound a lawyer as ever sat on the bench, denounced the whale proceedings as illegal. contrary to the law of nations, and altogether unseemly and uncalled for. The Earl of ELLENBortouon said the address and its presentation was quite disgusting. The Government, however, managed to get tolerably well out of the mess, and CLARENDON espe cially was lucky in causing Lord COWLEY, our ambassa dor at the French Court, to withhold his countenance when the deputation went to court. Had Lord CLAREN DON not done this, there would have been a tremendous storm in their lordships' house. The city people feel rather soft on the subject ; however, as nothing lasts long wonderful with them, in a day or two the whole affair will blow over. Meantime, persons of weight, respectability, and experience in mercantile circles, do not hesitate to declare that a desire to participate in certain share profits had as much to do with the getting up and presentation of the address as a love for the preservation of peace between the two countries. Mr. Alderman Alooer has been somewhat annoyed in connexion with the depu tation. Some wag gave out that the alderman was to write a history of the great civic demonstration. Now, it so happens that the alderman was not of the party—argal he cannot write on the subject. The discussion on the reduction of the wine duties, brought forward by Mr. OLIVIERA, though it led to no thing, was interesting to every poor man's friend. But alas and slack a day—in Indian parlance no bad things— I am certain it will not be in our time that such a reduc tion of duty on really good wine—which we are told in Scripture rejoiceth the heart of man—will take place, so as to allow its purchase by the artisan, the clerk, or skilled mechanic. TIieCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER may be, nay is, a learned man, representative of the " dandy" University, but he knows little of the statistics of human nature—the propensities thereof as regards the working men—workers with head as well as hand, when he said, certainly in substance, that there must be 36,000,000 of gallons of wine annually consumed before the deficiency caused by the proposed reduction would be made up • that could not be done until the national taste was so altered and modified as to be completely trans formed. He thought there could not be so great a change in the taste of the people in so short a period. The time mentioned by the mover—two years, when the reduced duty was to come into operation. GLADSTONE, Chan ce ll or of our ever " flourishing" Exchequer, why don't you take a stroll round some of the streets of the wine-shops of the metropolis ? Say on a Saturday,—the after part of the day,—if Cabinet Council, deputation, &c., do not prevent you, with your own eyes you would see the transformation —the " deformed transformed"—of public taste already accomplished. Your intellectual workers—skilled men I mean, head and hand workers, as I have stated, eschew heavy beer ; it makes them unfit for their labours, if these are beyond those of the coal-heaver. Not that the English workmen repudiate beer when their work is done. They dislike alcohol for various reasons, which I may refer to by-and-bye ; they do now generally prefer what is called wine, but, ah me ! brain-poison —worse infinitely than malt liquor, and more absurd in its drunken developments than those of gin and water. Three public-house or tavern keepers were mentioned as having given their evidence in regard to the prodigious quantity of wine they sell in glasses over the counter. I know them ; have seen the wine drank ; there was little harm. But go to certain resorts, by me nameless, where the manufactured stuff is vended ! CYRUS REDDING, a tolerable judge of wine, certainly a pleasant writer enough thereanent, was quoted during the discussion ; but he does not, as far as I am aware, say one word on the philosophy of drunkenness produced by cheap-manufactured wine-drinking. For me it is enough now to state that there is a strong, a pre valent desire among our better workpeople to take the wine if they could, but then they cannot get it ; and-, unless the duty on good wine is taken off, verily the new and praiseworthy attachment to wine-drinking will soon be heard of no more, the cheap stuff is so bad. I need not tell our intelligent readers that port, sherry, and champagne, are made sometimes, nay frequently, without a particle of the essential elements in their constitutions ; claret, also, has its main stock in elderberries, sold by the bushel in our public market-places for the wine-press of the adulterator. Of the effects produced by drinking sham claret I shall say little further than thatitproducesintestinal disorder, but scarcely affects the brain. Our working people care not for it. Try a fourpenny glass of the port and sherry for the most part vended at present,—try another, or, rather, try neither, but sit quietly in a corner and observe in the infatuated drinkers the workings of this " perilous stuff." They are temperate, remember ; they wish to avoid beer and spirits—they have heard of cheap wine. a liquid some of them have sang about, " Wine, mighty wine I" few of them have tasted it a dozen times in as many years, On they drink—another fourpenny glass—only two ; anon the pupils dilate, a dirty rabid froth appears at the corners of the mouth, they begin to make faces at each other,—moe and grin like apes and chatter also; curious the drink don't make the parties wicked, not even mischievous; the appearances superin duced after two glasses are those of a harmless idiotic character ; the drinkers, now in the third heaven, forget they have only thirty or forty shillings a week, become soft, swear eternal friendship, " babble o' green fields," those of their boyhood, and fairly end in crying ! These are a few of the results of cheap and bad wine drinking observed by a rather wide-awake eyewitness. All of these developments would remain inexperienced, if cheap and GOOD wine were substituted, because I know there is a growing and unmistakeable taste for wine among our working people, though Mr. GLADSTONE avers to the con trary. Were wine come-at-able by the poorerof our friends, it would necessarily put an end to the hellish traffic in " jigger spirits," now carried on in the metropolis to an incalculable extent. I refer to illicit distillation, de frauding the Government of thousands of pounds sterling per annum. The spirits illicitly made in the Highlands of Scotland, and in most parts of the sister country, for excellence of quality cannot be sufficiently eulogised ; but oh ! the jigger stuff! I have tasted it—jiggered gin, whisky, rum, and brandy—the sale of it is frightfully pre valent in the metropolis, especially in the humbler parts of it. Drinking this demon-cup destroys all the better affections of the heart, substituting the rage of demons, to it is attributed by physiologists—friends of mine, great observers of human nature and human vice—the till now almost unheard-of frequency of assaults—murderous—on helpless and unoffending women—wives for the most part hard-working :and careful. If gin-drinking softens the brain, the jigger hardens the heart. But to return to Mr. OLIVIERA and the wine duties. Banish the present cheap wine out of our streets—to say ports would be a gross mistake. Let the poorer classes stick to a moderate allowance of good porter and ale, but beware of the jigger. Good wine, with reduced duty, Mr. GLADSTONE will never give us. On subjects musical, dramatic, artistic, and literary— a few words. The Royal Italian Opera—sole temple of the lyric muse—you will have seen, bas opened with " Alasaniello," a French spectacular melo-dramatic opera. AUDER'S magnificent work, out of place on Italian boards, has been superseded by " II Barbiere di Siviglia," with the finest cast in the world. RoNcoNI, with a temper short as schist, is a great artist, and the greatest Figaro living as regards musical qualifications, via comica, mise en scene, or what you will ;—in one English word, Roe:- corn is perfect. Bost°, a nice woman enough, was the Rosina. Her musical education is good ; she is accom plished in every sense of the word, while nature has blessed her with a magnificent voice ; but she don't vin dicate her author. She sings her own music; throws Rossi's', the best and last of composers, to the dogs ; and runs riot in her own fioriture ;—a vile fault in a singer. " Vat is dat, Sere GEORGE ?" said the immortal WEBER, as he sat in the orchestra of Drury-lane Theatre, on the first representation of the " Frieschutz" there, when he heard, in ear-agony, the prima donna of the evening trilling " shakes" to no end, where WEBER meant all to be plain, simple. " It is an accident, CARL," said Sir GEORGE—he knew better. The great German threw up his tremendous nose in disgust. So it is with Bosto—a gifted creature, who appears not to care a rush for her author, but electrifies while she destroys. I have said thus much, because the Liverpool musical people may have a visit from the syren. The Ballet, intro duced for the first time, might as well have been spared. At the Haymarket a new full-blown five-act play has been introduced by Mr. BUCKSTONE. The author, Mr. SULLIVAN, has taken much pains to make the story as un intelligible as possible. The piece was saved by the droll acting of BUCKSTONE and HENRY COMPTON. Don't speak to our artists at present, if you please; they are all as busy as bees, touching up for the Great Exhibition of the R. A., which I am afraid will be poor : lots of pie tures—genre— " What's this dull Academy to me, Erry's not there." And I might go on, and so travestie with half a dozen great names. However, after the dinner on the first Saturday in May, we shall know more about it. Some good pictures are on the easel ; who is to engrave them ? or what is, perhaps, of more importance, who publish them ? Alderman MOON leaves business. £15,000, it is said, has been paid for hia magnificent stock of engravings —John Knox Preaching, and many other splendid works included, alike creditable to the Alderman's liberality and British art. There will be an opportunity now afforded for every body, so minded, of having specimens of the rarest productions of the burin. They are to be disposed of by auction. This will cause a glut, which will affect the print trade for the next two years. Sir BULWER (excuse the French mode of naming the literary baronet) is in poor health ; he is in town at present, and shows none of that jaunty air for which he was long distinguished ;—his lips, no longer compressed, but apart, as if he were gasping for air ; his countenance is eager ; his step feeble and slow. Let us hope he may recover, for, after all his harmless eccentri cities, lie is one of the right sort—one whose works will live for ever. DISRAELI is looking well,—for him, —waspish,—and apparently full of sting. A new weekly paper, to be called " The Press, principles,Press,"of Opposition- Conservative principles,—ThzzYtop writers are en in h, v g makes ,aged it a s n a d p p b e u a s r h a e n l c s e n o e f x i t wee n a the . rriPop banker's. BAD MA cAuLty, the gr eatest historian we have , is also ill—.face yellow as a guinea. Do these grea t creatures eat opium ? Government has given DOUGLAS JERROLD'S son another lift; he has just been removed from the Treasury to the War-office —Commissariat, I believe, and he toddles to Canada forthwith, a promising lad, with the best pros pects in the world. Duggy himself—Pere, I mean—is, as usual, chirruping away like a grasshopper,--bent be is. but Young-Woking. /tut imult stop. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. AMIDST the various speculations which have taken place on the long-expected Financial Statement of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, which he has promised to make on Monday next, we may take credit to ourselves for having been alone in predicting that he would interfere with the Interest of the National Debt. So far he has anticipated the Budget ; aq, on Friday, he proposed a series of resolutions with the view of reducing the Interest upon certain portions of the Three per Cent. Stock, with permissive powers for the voluntary conversion of a further amount. The first part of the scheme provides for paying off the following Stocks, which unnecessarily at present form distinct features of the public liabilities, namely— Debt due to the South Sea Company, at 3 per cent. £3,662,784 Old South Sea Annuities, at ditto .. 3,010,378 New South Sea ditto, at ditto 2,137,984 South Ses ditto, 1751, at ditto, 480,200 Bank Annuities, 1726, at ditto 709,292 £10,000,638 And that the holders of these are to have the option of £lOO in money for every £lOO stock, or of takino instead— £B2 lus. New 31 per cent. Stock guaranteed against re duction for 40 years—namely, till the sth Janu ary, 1894, and which will yield an annual interest of £2 17s. 9d. ; or, £llO .o-r.,,d-a-half per cents., guaranteed till sth Janu ary, 1894, and yielding annually £2 15s. ; or, £lOO Exchequer Bond, hearing 21 per cent. for 10 years —namely, till Ist September, 1864, and 21 per cent. for an additional 30 years—namely, till September, 1894. Another of the resolutions provides that all holders of Consols or Reduced (the aggregate amount of which is £494,098,474), are to have the power, by giving notice any time before the 10th of October next, to commute those stocks for either of the three descriptions of new secu rities now to be created, but a subsequent resolution states that no amount of Exchequer Bonds shall be issued, exceeding, in the whole, the sum of thirty millions; so that, in the event of this becoming the favourite mode of conversion, it will be necessary to apply to Parliament for new powers. Upon the plan becoming known, it was so far favourably received that Consols advanced in value; a fact which may be accounted for by the proposed conversion of a portion creating a scarcity of the floating amount on the present basis. The proposal to create a new Three-and-a-half per Cent stock at £B2 10s., and that for Exchequer Bonds at Two-and-Three-quarter per Cent for ten years, are thought to be advantageous, though unneces sarily favourable to the public creditor ; but the second proposal, of giving £llO for a Two-and-a- Half per Cent stock, though paying the same amount of interest, is thought to be injudicious, because it will virtually be adding to the capital stock, and may render the future dealing with it a matter of greater difficulty. The scheme, on the whole, displays considerable ingenuity; but it would have been considerably simplified had it been confined to the creation of a new stock bearing interest at 21 per cent for a guaranteed term of years, which would have made it an acceptable bargain, with the addition, perhaps, of a limited amount of Exchequer Bonds, on the terms proposed. The activity which was prevalent in all depart ments of the Home trade during the previous week has experienced a slight lull, which is no more than might ordinarily have been expected ; but nothing has occurred to destroy or even weaken the general feeling of confidence in the maintenance of prosperity, which has prevailed for some time past. The intelligence brought by the Africa hav ing been acted upon by anticipation, there was no further impetus given to the Cotton trade in this port, but prices have been well maintained, and holders have, as yet, shown no disposition to realise, except at full rates. Even Manchester has re frained from its late grumbling tone; and the reports from the other manufacturing districts con cur in representations of continued activity in every department of industry. Nothing has yet occurred to mar the predictions which we ventured to ex press a short time since, and we entertain no doubt but that Cotton will reach even a higher figure before a falling off in the demand will show that the supply has been in any degree excessive. The returns of the Board of Trade for the month ended sth of March, have just been published. In the declared value of British goods exported, there is an increase of £919,097, as compared with the corresponding month of last year. The increase is principally upon Metals, £325,087 ; Cotton Ma nufactures, £251,485 ; Haberdashery, £162,237 ; Woollen Manufactures, £90,037; Leather, £80,682; and Silk Manufactures and Thrown Silk, £88,545; while there is a decrease in Cotton Yarn of £125,417, and Woollen Yarn, £18,715. In imports of raw materials there is a decrease in Hemp, Silk, and Tallow, and an increase of Flax, Cotton, and Wool. The quantities of Provisions, &c., taken for home consumption, shows an increase in Wheat, Flour, Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Spirits, Tobacco, and Spices ; and there is a decrease in other Grain, Indian Corn, Butter and Cheese, Eggs, Tea, Wine, Opium, and Fruits. The return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the 2nd of April, gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. £8,234,115; Decrease £234,643 Other deposits .. 12,690,203 ; Decrease 31,579 Rest _3,635,929 ; Increase 5,291 , On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,464,536 ; the same as before. Other securities .. 16,383,120 ; Increase £453,673 Notes unemployed .. 10,182,860 ; Decrease 607,450 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,387,170, being an increase of £593,475 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,007,449, show ing a decrease of £115,547, when compared with the preceding return. in Molasses or Rum. The Tea market is quiet : holders, however, demand full rates, and in several instances Teas have been withdrawn. 700 sacks and 600 bags Bengal Rice brought 9s. 6d. to 10s. per cwt. for broken to ordinary yellowish white. 15 tons St. Domingo Fustic sold at £6 12s. 6d. per -ton, and 600 bags Cutch at 275. per cwt. COTTON.— The advices per Canada, which steamer arrived yesterday, from Boston, confirm the late accounts of the falling off in the receipts at the Cotton ports, and also brings tidings of higher quotations. It is now pretty generally believed, both here and in America, that certain prices who have had an interest in running parties down, to enable them to execute their orders on moderate terms, have greatly over-estimated the crop, and that it will fall far short of their extravagant anticipations. With the present enormous con sumption going on,not only in the Cotton districts, but in the Woollen districts likewise, anything short of a large crop would be a national evil. The general estimates now vary from 3,100,000 to 3,200,000 bales. The weather was also exceed ingly wet, and preventing the planting in many districts. There were no less than seven mails due from the South, owing to the impassable state of the roads.—The trade during the week was steady, there being evidently a disposition to wait for further advices. The sales on Friday and Saturday amounted to 6,000 bales each day, of which about 3,500 were on speculation and for export. TO-DAY the sales reached 7,000 bales, at very firm prices ; and the market closed with an upward tendency. WooL.—Little offering here at present of any description, consequently the transactions are not extensive, the late arrivals are principally held for the public sales, which are advertised for the 20th instant, when about 4,000 bales will be offered for public competition. The demand continues good, and prices very buoyant. Imports for the week, 1,720 bales, namely :-381 Australian and Cape of Good Hope, 255 East India, 114 Portugal, 371 Buenos Ayres, 5 Peruvian, 464 Mediterranean ports, 106 Irish, and 24 Coastwise. English and Irish are very scarce. The farming districts have not been better cleared for a great number of years ; and, if the present large consumption continues, prices may be expected to range even higher for the new clip. IRON.—there is nothing particular to note in this market. To-day being a holiday in Glasgow, there are no quotations of Scotch pigs. SAM SLICK IN LIVERPOOL. England is to have the honour of receiving in 1853 an unusual number of the greatest literary celebrities of the United States. Mrs. Beecher Stowe, the first novelist ; Judge Haliburton, the first wit; and Mr. Nathaniel Haw thorne, the first prose writer (if we except Mr. Washing ton Irving, perhaps). Mrs. Stowe is, even while we write. in our immediate neighbourhood ; Sam Slick is not out of Lancashire ; and very soon we shall have the author of " The Blithedale Romance" settled amongst us as Ame rican consul. Mrs. Stowe's visit to this country has been for some time past the subject of much conversation and eager anticipation ; but, even in the midst of the uni versal enthusiasm, which her arrival on our shores is so well calculated to create, the visit of the witty and the wise Judge Haliburton, author of the amusing and Instructive " Sam Slick," will not be deemed unworthy of note. Mr. Haliburton has, we believe, left Liverpool, though he has not yet taken his departure from Lancashire. He goes at first on a visit to his relative, Mr. Haliburton, of Whitby, near Wisan. MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN LIVERPOOL. The author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," who was unable to leave New York by the Glasgow screw-steamer, which arrived in the Clyde on Friday last, arrived at Liverpool by the Canada, on Sunday morning. Having recovered partially from the severe indisposition which prevented her from leaving Andover, U.S., at the time originally fixed for her departure, she made all haste to proceed by the next vessel. During the voyage Mrs. Stowe suffered from sea-sickness, and the result is that she is almost entirely prostrated, though it is to be hoped that a few days' rest in Old England will restore her to her wonted strength. She is accompanied by her husband, the Rev. Mr. Stowe; and also by several of the Beecher family, of which she is so distinguished an ornament. From some misunderstanding, perhaps, no party proceeded in the tug to receive Mrs. Stowe. On landing she pro ceeded to the Dingle, where she is at present the guest of our townsman, Mr. Cropper. Her stay, will, however, be necessarily short, as she will hasten to Glasgow, from the Anti-Slavery Society of which place she was first in vited to this country. It is understood that Mr. Stowe accepted the invitation to visit this country with the view of attending the approaching May meetings. In Glasgow a public soiree is to be given to the distinguished lady whose name, unknown a year ago, is now to all ears " familiar as a household word." We learn from the Greenock Advertiser, that the committee of the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Association in that town have been making arrangements for a soiree in honour of Mrs. Stowe. The committee had transmitted to the secretary of the Glasgow Association an invitation to be presented to Mrs. Stowe on her arrival. She and her husband, Professor Stowe, are to be the guests of John Scott, Esq. of Finnart-house, during their stay in Greenock, and Provost Martin has kindly consented to preside at the soiree. We understand that a party of gentlemen and ladies breakfasted yesterday morning with Mrs. Stowe, at the Dingle, and among the clergy present to meet her were the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Richard Burgess, rector of Upper Chelsea, &c. WEST DERBY UNION. GUARDIANS. of the elections of guardians tested : LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION. THE third annual meeting of the above institution was held in the society's rooms, Bold.street, last evening. Among the gentlemen present we noticed Harwood Banner. Esq., the Revs. W. F. T a yf or , G. W. W arr , Thos. Moore, P. Mitchell, Brake!, Saltier. Wm. Roulston, Cropper, Mallett, Pickering, Gardiner, &c. The chair was taken by E. Heath, Esq ,who stated generally the objects of the institution, and remarked that the great difficulty was to secure permanence. The difference between this institution and others with which he had been connected was, that it had a prominent feature, the religious element, which would serve as a bond of union, and promote its per manency. The lectures and discussion classes would also serve the same object. The importance of concentrating our powers on one or two objects, and pursuing these with steadiness, was forcibly set forth ,and its application to the institution clearly stated. The Honorary Secretary then read the THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. In presenting the third annual report, the committee have to congratulate the members on the steady progress of the insti tution, and the experience of the past year gives them reason to hope that the society, if judiciously managed, will be able to carry out with success the objects for which it was formed. To the list of life-subscribers have been added the names of the three following gentlemen—viz., The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., and Thomas Littledale, Esq., ex-Mayor. During the last five months, 70 new members have been enrolled. The increase for the year at this rate would have been 170, but, through the negligence of the late librarian, many members did not renew their subscription when due, and numbers who could easily have been induced to join, were never made aware of the advantages of the institu tion. The present librarian, whose zeal and intelligence the committee duly appreciate and desire to acknowledge, has im proved mattErs much since his appointment, and bad the same energy been applied during the entire twelve months, the number of members would have almost doubled, and the ad vantages of the institution proportionably increased. It has, however, more than maintained its ground, and the basis on which it rests is more secure than before. The committee desire to express their regret at the death, during the past year, of their treasurer, who was one of the earliest members who watched over the origin of the institution. The members will see what kas been going forward during the year from the following summary : Lectures.—The public lectures, which during the two past years formed such a prominent feature, have not been supplied to the same extent this year. Great efforts were made to secure distinguished and popular lecturers, but much difficulty was experienced in making the necessary arrangements. Only two public lectures were delivered, and a third, which was an nounced, did not take place, owing to the ill health of the lec turer. A loss of nearly .elO having been sustained on the first two s the committee did not think it desirable to have any more dunng the present year. The lectures in the rooms to members and their friends have been well attended, and have given much satisfaction. They were ten in number, arranged into two courses, of five lectures each. They treated of the history and doctrines of the Church, and of such important subjects as ragged schools, emigration, and natural history. The committee, on the part of the mem bers, desire to th nk the clergy and other gentlemen for their kind and valuable aid in these lectures. Neirsroom.—This department has been well supplied with papers, and every effort has been made to meet the suggestions and wishes of the members. Several important magazines and periodicals have been added. The average attendance of mem bers is large. Library.—About .e2O has been expended on the library dur ing the year. The members are indebted to the liberality of Mr. Brakell, one of the life-members,- for the catalogue of the books, which he presented to the institution. The committee were most desirous of increasing the usefulness of this depart ment. A voluntary subscription was made, which amounted to a small sum, and an attempt was made to have a soiree on a large scale, for the express benefit of the library. They beg to recommend this part of the institution to the particular atten tion of the new committee. Classes.—One important object of the institution is to afford its members an opportunity of improving themselves in any branch of knowledge they may wish; and for this purpose class-rooms are at their service, and classes in French, Italian, &c., have been in active operation. The Mental Improvement Class, which meets weekly, and which is now in its third ses sion, deserves special notice. Its aim is the mutual improve ment of the members, who meet together to train and mature capabilities and powers to do good to mankind, which, but for such co-operation, might have slumbered in inaction. Several highly interesting and instructive subjests have been discussed during the year, and. in the study and discussion of these, members have instructed themselves, and mutually improved and encouraged each other, and the result, which we may fairly anticipate, is, that each member may increase in such' useful knowledge as gains man weight of character, procures for him respect. enables him to form an opinion correctly, state it with clearness, offer it with confidence, and enforce it with argument. This class is deserving of the special attention of the members of the institution. Gymnasium.—The use of an excellent gymnasium has been added to the other advantages of the Institution during the past year. It is in Colquitt-street, under the management of Mr. Harrison. Annual and half-yearly subscribers can avail them selves of it by the payment of' ss. per quarter. Some members have availed themselves of the privilege, and it has been the means of procuring new ones for the Institution. It is hoped that this notice may direct the attention of members generally to the fact, that there is a Gymnasium• in connexion with the Institution. Finanees.—The treasurer's abstract will not show as large an amount of receipts and expenditure as in former years, owing to the absence of public lectures. The accounts have been examined monthly, and an exact statement hid before each monthly meeting of the committee. These statements show that the Institution is now all but self-supporting, and that, were it n..)t for the public lectures and other causes mentioned above, there would have been a considerable balance in favour of the institution. The Committee would suggest that guinea subscribers have the privilege of giving each a ticket not transferable to a non member. A special effort bas just been commenced by those members who are engaged in Sunday-school teaching, to bring the insti tution more prominently before the great body of Sunday school teachers in the town. Your Committee most cordially and strongly approve of such a movement, and trust, by the blessing of God, it may be crowned with success.. They have long felt that the institution has a strong claim upon that im portant class of young men, a very small proportion of whom have participated in its advantages. Its principles and objects are such as.must commend themselves to the support of every one who is in any way labouring for the promotion of God's Clory and the good of his fellow - men. As there is now no hurch of England Sunday-school Union in town—no associa tion in existence specially devoted to those amongst whom there should be a oneness of principle, of motive, and of action—no society in which the inexperienced teacher may gather knowledge, the young encouragement, and , the despond ing spnpati.y,—your Committee would earnestly impress upon the minds of Sunday-school teachers the desirability (they had almost said the duty) of connecting themselves with us, and making the Church of England Institution the very centre and basis of such union. When the committee consider the vast numbers of young men engaged in business in such a town as Liverpool, who have neither home nor connexions, the importance of our in stitution, which can in some measure supply this deficiency, and introduce them to the acquaintance of those who will direct them to useful and improving pursuits, cannot be over estimated. They trust, therefore, that all the members will exert themselves in gaining others, and they venture to express the hope that the clergy and gentlemen of the town who are possessed of influence will give their aid cordially, as promoters of the objects of the institution. The Treasurer having read the abstract of accounts, The Rev. W. F. TAYLOR moved the adoption of the report. He discoursed on the advantages of the Institution as a bulwark against error. He pointed out the evils of Socialism, Mor monism, Chartism, and Infidelity in general, and showed how the institution might act as a remedy, by instructing its mem bers in the best way of meeting these evils. He dwelt, also, at length, on its adaptation to meet the great evil of the:age—the assumption of Popery. The advantages which Sunday School teachers would derive from connecting themselves with the institution were clearly shown. r. MITCHELL seconded the resolution. He explained the causes of some drawbacks during the first six months, and showed the present state of the society to be most favourable. The second resolution—thanks to th eofficers of the past year, was moved by Harmood Banner, Esq. He said it was very en couraging that the number of members was continually in creasing, and spoke well for the lasting prosperity of the Institution. Mr. Banner referred to the importance of Ragged Schools. He alluded to the various institutions in the town for preventing juvenile delinquency, and bringing up the rising generation in the fear of the Lord • and showed the impor tance in this respect of efforts on the part of the members of the Church of England Institution. The Rev. G. W.:WAnn seconded the resolution, and remarked on the importance of concentrating the mind on one or two objects at most. The main object of the institution was that it was especially for the young men of the town. The clergy felt deeply the responsibility of the charge when young men were committed to their care. The institution was in all speciality intended for the young men, and the fact that it was a Church of England institution was an additional fact of great impor tance. _ _ The REV. THOMAS MOORE moved the thanks of the mem bers to those gentlemen who have lectured for the Institution, which was seconded by Mr. ELLIS, and carried unanimously. 51n. GARDINER proposed, " That the year close with the 31st of December; and that the annual meeting be held in January." Seconded by Mr. SALTIER, and carried. The officers were then reelected, and the vacancies in the committee were supplied ; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. Ma. RICHARD DOWN, formerly of this port, and lat terly of London, has been selected for the office of Comp. troller and Lhnding Surveyor of Melbourne, South Australia, at a salary of £BOO per annum APOTHECARIES.—Amongst thenames of those who have just passed their examination at Apothecaries'.hall and received certificates to practise were those of Mr. Thomas A. Moore, of Preston, and Mr. W. E. Vaughan, of Crewe. THE OLD PEAL OF BELLS AT WALLASEY, cast in 1730, by Mr. Luke Ashton, of Wigan, have been tuned and rehung by Mr. W. Thistlewood, of Liverpool. They were hung on Easter Tuesday last. THE SCREW STEAMSHIP GLASGOW (the one in which Mrs. Stowe was to have sailed) arrived at Glasgow on Friday, after a passage of 12 days 20 hours. She brought three days' later news than received per Africa. THE GOLD ON BOARD THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Tha weight of the gold brought in freight was 3 tons, 131 cwt. and 11 ounces. Many of the passengers were also in pos session of large quantities of gold dust and nuggets, pro bably 10,000 ounces more. One of the passengers brought £15,000, made in a public-house in Melbourne. Two others £30,000, made by keeping a circus. A carter brought home £2,000. and one man on board had a nugget of pure gold, weighing 8 lbs., which he picked up himself. THE WELSH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT LLAN DOVERY.—Our talented young townsman, Mr. Robert G. Williams, has been appointed mathematical tutor and professor of chemistry, &c., at the above institution. When a boy he entered the lower school of the Mechanics' Institution of this town, from which he obtained a free scholarship to the high school, where he distinguished himself, and received the highe st honour i n classics, mathematics, English, chemistry , natural philosophy, and drawing, and obtained the Rev. James Yates' scholar ' ship of £2OO to graduate at the university of London. During his career at the University College, London, he received three prizes, and eight certificates of merit, for proficiency in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, mathematics, natural philosopy, and English history, and finally graduated at the university in the first division. THE REV. R. WHISTON.—Our readers will recollect the long and trying litigation in which this gentleman was engaged with the authorities of Rochester Cathedral, re specting the disposal of the funds under their control. As master of Rochester School he laboured incessantly to expose the abuses of the system under which the funds had been diverted, and having freely commented on the conduct of the Dean and Chapter, was by them dismissed from the office of schoolmaster. Against this he appealed to the Court of Queen's Bench, but that court having no jurisdiction, he was compelled to appeal to the Bishop of Rochester, who had already expressed an unfavourable opinion of him. After a lengthened investigation, the Bishop of Rochester ordered him to he reinstated, but without awarding to him the arrears of his salary for about three years, or the heavy costs to which he had been put, and which are said to amount to about £1,500. In order that some compensation may be made to him for his arduous exertions to restore a portion of the Cathedral revenues to their original object, a committee has been formed for the purpose of raising a fund, and an appeal is made to the public for contributions. Some particulars will be found in our advertising columns. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON. - -- • • .THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.—MONDAY, 9, A.M.—Her Wl' jesty's recovery goes on favourably. The Infant Prince continues well. The next bulletin will be issued on Wednesday next. A Cabinet Council was held to-day. VIENNA, APRIL 7. Marshal Radetsky has declined to leave Italy. The consequences of the hostility sigl in to Englishmen in Austria already begin to be felt. 1 1 Lloyds' steamer, which brought the last t w o Overkill mails, had no English passengers on board. SICILY.—The movement at Palermo was confined t . .. ° the lower classes ; some of the numerous prisoners a re priests. BERLIN, APRIL B. The renewal of the Zollverein. 11 , 1 already given a great impetus to manu f ac t urers .—Aol The Leipsic Fair was unusually crowded, and bnsina l brisk and satisfactory. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 28.—The Times' c 0 . 11.6 : 0 spondent writes the following in a postscript:—" 1 Da'f just learned, on the best au th or ity, th a t th e o bject Prince Menschikoff's mission is neither more nor le° than a treaty of alliance, similar to that of Unkiar SO.; lessi. This has hitherto been, and is yet a profotl o 7 secret. The Turks resist u n til th e y rece i ve th e a d v ice ° f England and France." ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. £32,E70,60 6ovrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu1u.18,550,876 I Silver bullion .. 19,154 £32,570,030 £32,570,030 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Rest Public deposits. 8,234,115 Other deposits . 12,690,203 7-day, &c. bills. 1,356,690 :PARTMENT. Gov. securities.il3,464,s3B Other securities 16,385,120 Notes .... 10,182,860 Gold & silt'. coin 437,419 £40,469,937 I £40,469,937 Our SHARE MARKET has been roused to some extent during the week from the stagnation in which it has long lain dormant, by the projected measure of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. This, upon its first promulgation, induced several speculative operations, which caused a considerable advance in prices; these, however, not being followed up by any purchases on the part of the public, have had but a transient effect upon the market, and we close to-day, with a preponderance of sellers, decidedly weak, at lower prices. We annex the day's quotations :—Aberdeens, 14i; Chester and Birkenhead, 211 2; Caledonians, 32+; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 21p; Dublin and Drogheda, 70; Eastern Counties, 13+; East Lan cashire, 181; Great Southern and Western, 541; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 771 61 * 764 ; Ditto Fifths, 44d ; Lancaster and Carlisle Thirds, 131 p ; Leeds Northern, 16*; London Stock, 1191 1 -1; Ditto Fifths, Zip; Sheffield Stock, 30* 30; Midland Stock, 741 1I 1 ; Dover Stock, 224 . ; York and North Midland, 294; East Lancashire Pref. Fifths, 2nd issue, 5 1-16; North Union Stock, 2531; Dutch Rhenish, 2 1-16; Quebec and Richmond, 1 1p; Royal Insurance, lip; South Eastern Steam Company, 10. PRODUCE.—The market for Sugar has not been so buoyant, owing to the depression in the London market, and the Sales have been confined to 100 hhds. West India, 5,000 bags old Khaur, 700 bags Mauritius, and 500 bags Madras. In Foreign, also, very little doing. Coffee dull, the sales being only 600 bags St. Domingo at former prices. Of Rum, 600 puncheons, mostly Demerara , sold with out change in price. Tea in good demand, me dium Congous having sold at full prices, and green at advanced rates. Of Rice, 3,400 bags Arracan sold at previous prices. In black Pepper, the sales were 150 bags, at 31d. per lb. Of Saltpetre, only 100 bags sold at 28s. 6d. to 30s. for 61 to 21 re fraction. For Guano a good demand ; 200 tons Peruvian, in several hands, realised £ll 2s. 6d. to El 1 7s. 6d. per ton, and 800 tons of lower kinds sold at full rates. Little or nothing doing in Hides. An active demand for Palm Oil; 550 tons on the spot sold at £33 ss. to £34 per ton, and 1,250 tons to arrive at about the same rates. In other Oils but littl e d o i ng , w ithout change in value. Spirits of Turpentine dull. In Tallow, a con siderable business has been done at 465. to 465. 6d. for new, and 455. 6d. per cwt. for old Petersburgh Y.C. The ‘lemand for Jute steady; but, owing to short supply, only 500 bales sold, at £2l ss. per ton. In Baltic Hemp little doing. Linseed is lower; Bombay, 48s. and Calcutta. 475. per quarter. American Rosin is declining.--To-DAY : The trans actions in Sugar by private contract consisted of 100 hhds. Demerara at 345., and 400 bags yellow Dates at 335. 6d.; 255 hhds. Surinam sold by auc tion at 335. 9d. to 365. 6d., and 200 hhds. Porto Rico at 384. 2d, to 424. 3d. per cwt, Nothing doing ELECTION OF The followinz is the result of this union which were con TOXTETH PARK. 1. Joseph Harrison lOB7 7. Horace S. Alpass 6BB 2. David Craig 971 8. Richard Miller 660 3. William Mountfield .. 912 9. Jos. Dickinson Carter. 659 4. Abraham Horsfall .... 879 10. Samuel Siddeley 556 5. Thomas Smith 847 11. William Smith 549 6. Gilbert Harrison 696 12. George Craggs 341 The first nine were elected. Messrs. Batten, Kidd, Grindrod, and Lathenry retired from the contest after nomination. KIRKDALZ. Thomas Fleetwood Roskell 316 Thomas William Medcalf Thomas Winstanley Taylor Two first elected. ORRELL AND FORD. William Knowles 4B Edward Brint Barton 3O The first elected. _ _ The election for the township of West Derby is not completed. THE LIVERPOOL CONVICTS LEFT FOR EXECUTION. The sentence of death pa — ssed at the recent Liverpool assizes on Terrell and Williams, the unfotrunate men now in Kirkdale gaol, will probably be carried into effect on Saturday week. Since their sentence, the wretched men have been placed in separate cells, under the usual sur veillance, a turnkey remaining with each, night and day. Both of the convicts appear fully sensible of their deplora ble position. They appear penitent, and their conduct is spoken of as orderly and becoming. Terrell is under the spiritual direction of a Romanist priest ; Williams is ministered to by the Rev. Mr. Appleton, the respected chaplain of the gaol. Terrell, who is only eighteen years of age, has led an irregular life, having, within the last five or six years, been several times in prison. He has been once before confined in Kirkdale, and more than once in gaol in Manchester. He asserts that he did not intend to murder his victim when he inflicted the stab ; and his friends are about to get up a memorial in his favour to the Secretary of State. Williams, who is twenty-five years of age, is a Welshman by birth. He has sailed for about ten years in the American merchant service ; and would appear to have no friends in this part of the country, as he has not been visited by any one since condemnation, nor has he yet communicated with his relatives, if he have any, by letter. He is supposed to belong to the neighbourhood of Carnarvon. It is a curious fact that he appears in mistake to have murdered the wrong man, the deceased not being the person who had given the provocation. NEW MAGISTRATE.—On Monday, at the Lancaster Sessions, R. T. Gillow, Esq., of Leighton Hall, qualified as a justice of the peace for this county. - - -- ELECTION COMMITTEES.—The elections at the follow ing places are now undergoing investigation before com mittees, neither of which have yet come to a decision : Athlone, Cockermouth, Dartmouth, Leicester, and Taunton. -- - - THE INVITATION of the Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool to the British Association, asking them to hold the meeting for 1854 in Liverpool, will be laid imme diately before the president and council of that body by Professor Phillips, of York. THE REV. R. H. LUNDIE, delivered a lecture on Tuesday last, at the Holy Trinity Church Institute, Birkenhead, relative to the objects and working of the Protestant Refuge for orphan and destitute children, at Dusselthal Abbey, near the Rhine. THE OPENING OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S SCHOOLS, Ever - ton, will be an interesting event, several distinguished persons interested in national education having promised to attend. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese will advocate their claims to support on Sunday next, in St. Augustine' s Church. LANCASTER ELECTION.—The election for a represen tative of this borough, in the room of Mr. R. B. Arm strong, unseated on petition, took place yesterday (Mon day), in the Town-hall. The candidates were Mr. John Armstrong, brother of the unseated member, and Mr. Thomas Greene, wbo represented the borough for 28 years, till the last election. The mayor declared the show of hands in favour of Mr. Armstrong, and a poll being demanded, it will take place this day (Tuesday). DEATH OF GEORGE TAYLOR, ESQ.—Mr. Taylor, the surveyor of inland revenue at this port, has departed this life, much and deservedly respected, and, we regret to say, unexpectedly, as he was attending to the important duties of his office on Wednesday last. Mr. Taylor has long been known in Liverpool as a gentleman and an officer of the crown ; and few men either in or out of the service of the revenue were more generally estimated. His aptitude for business, coupled with his ease and polite manner, eminently qualified him for the responsible situation which he held; and we believe there is but one feeling amongst the officers under his inspection and the merchants of this port,—and that is one of general regret. HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met at five o'clock. —— Lord MALMESBURY said that, having received several CO,: munications with respect to questions put in the other boll' regarding diplomatic appointments, he wished to state that e t he , late government had not had any intention of alteri n g the , sent system. tit Lord ABERDEEN moved that their Lordships do agr ee cr o f the Commons in an address to Her Majesty, on the subject, be bribery at the Canterbury election. He severely.condemned l at system of bribery and corruption which had existed latelY " elections. Lord LYNDHURST cautioned the house against making te precedent which could not be followed out. The report of t et Commons was not in accordance with the act, and did warrant their Lordships in agreeing to an address. After some conversation, in which the Lord Chancellor, U r i St. Leonard's, Lord Campbell, Lord Red es ti a l e , t h e D u ke Newcastle, Lord Malmeibury, and Lord Beaumont took pad' Lord LYNDHURST said that, seeing th e f ee li ng o f the hou ses , he would not press his amendment. The motion . cf Lord Aberdeen was then agreed to. Adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at 45 minutes past three o'clock. Letters were read from the agents of petitions complaining s ' { undue returns for the counties of Carlow and Leitrim. a l ' boroughs of Cashel and Salisbury, stating that it was not tended to proceed with those petitions. Mr. H. DRUMMOND gave notice that whenever the 1 1 °, ° ,1 member for Meath brought forward his bill for the repeal, the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, he should move that the house called over. Mr. WiLsoN gave notice that on Thursday nex t lie shen,li i , state the intentions of Government with respect to the Der ment of Customs. In answer to a question from SirJ. PAKINGTON, LordJ.l ll " SELL said, that in the opinion of the law-officers of the crof°' if the Legislature of Canada secularised the reserves, now gre propriated to the clergy, they would have no c l a i m u pon , Consolidated Fund. f. The LORD ADVOCATE, in reply to a ques ti on f r om 6 DUNDAS, stated that an inquiry had been ordered into causes of the loss of the Duke of Sutherland steamer, in tti harbour of Aberdeen. A new writ was ordered for the county of Carlow, in place 01 Colonel Bruen, deceased. On the motion for the third reading of the Canada Clerg Reserves Bill, Mr. WALPOLE moved that, as an amencluiell;: the third reading be put off for six months. The right b° o ", gentleman supported this amendment in a speech of O ttie siderable length r in the course of which he contended that bill would enable the Legislature of Canada to deal with 1!:,, investments in this country, under the plea of local legislate e He further contended that the effect of the measure would te rr this: To secure the Roman Catholic endowments from ir!... h e ference, except by the Imperial Legislature, whilst those or .„i Protestant Church might be dealt with by the legislature e , Canada. He also dwelt upon several other inconsistenct anomalies which,. he said, showed that government bad Pv duly considered the question. Mr. HUME considered that the bill would have a heali as rather than an irritating effect. free Mr. DRUMMOND thought the measure was a bill to a „de Church plunder. It was a mistake to suppose that free er a could be confined. to corn and cotton. It must extend to 1 "4 colonies; and the house might rest assured that the passiogf the bill would lead to the separa ti on o f ever y E ng lish col 0" from the mother country. i t Mr. YORK SEYMOUR supported the bill, believing that would preserve and consolidate the union between England a" Canada, rather than break it asunder. be Mr. LIDDELL was opposed to the bill. Church La n ds ne De belonged to the Canadian people; and no injustice coin" done to them by reserving lands for their original purpose' Sir EDWARD DbRING supported the bill. TATTERSALL'S—Tms DAY. No betting this evening. NEWMARKET RACES—Tirrs DAY. SWEEPSTAKES, 100 SM.—William Rufus, Ist; Filbert, 211 j. Won easy. CRAVEN STAKES.—AriOStO, ISt ; Feverslutut,.2nd. Fire r ap ' HANDICAP.—NutsheII, Ist. All ran. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. freeJ; NEWMARKET HANDICAP.-2 to 1 agst Ethelbert, 0.- ; 7 to 2 agst Contentment, taken ; 6 to 1 agst Llanforda, offe7 100 to 7 agst Lord Glasgow's lot ; even on two agst the fiel u DERBY.-11 to 1 agst Pharos, taken. CHESTER CUP.-20 tO , l agst Scarecrow,. taken. FUNDS. STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET.. t es English Securities are st ea d y i n tone. Railway St?_.d drooping all day,. closin g , p er h aps, a s h a d e better. Gold, L $ d l and Bank Shares greatly in f avour o f b u yers, but meet iflr, little demand. Foreign markets generally active. Spanish, if CLOSING PRICES. 220 Co Do . nsols, Money . t Accoun 100 1 .. I Bank eq Stock .1 Exch. Bills,. L. &S 2 0 Three&Qr per Cents.. 1081 ti FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans 271 8 I Spanish Passives a i Do. Threes ..... Turkish ........ Spanish Certificates .. 7 ft Swedish ..... 2iv Do. Threes 4B 9 RAILWAY London Stock 1191204 SHARES. Leeds Northern l6 1 1 Lanc. and Yorkshire., 6i • • Do. Fifths 43 London, Brighton, and South Coast London Sr S. Western 9°l Manches., Sheff., and 30 i Lincolnshire Norfolks Do. Quarters Midland Stock Do. Halves North Staffordshire S. Eastern and Dover 7G Amberg.,Nottingham, and E... 1 unction... : Caledonian _ 63i 4} Do. Preference — Eastern Counties l3 East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow 73 5 East Anglian Great Northern Do. A 47 9 Do. B 123 5 Great Western Caley Preference MINING B- 2 North British lO I. Preference 10 8 Shrewsbury and Bir mingham York, Newcastle, and 69 10 Berwick . Do. Extension Do. Preference . '„ 4 60 York and N. Midland Do. Preference SHARES. .1 4 Nugget B. Australian ' .... Freehold ...... -..' Australasian Colonial Mariposa ,HARES. 6 r Peel River South Australian Noveau Monde __ Agua Fria Cord el i era Ave Maria Carson's Creek — Port Philip i par LAND Australian Agricultural 93 6 S. Australian Invest li 2 Van Diemen's 2O 1 CORN MARKET. lid I The supplies of English Wheat are moderate. Trade s „et , at last Monday's prices. Foreign heavy, but not chesro Barley, Beans and Peas are as dear, but there is little 0 59 0 1 ! Fine Oats brought full terms. Clover Seed is flat. knte, white Wheat, 445. to 535.; red ditto, 435. to 50s. The `V i is , trade closed very slowly, in some instances at a decline 0 per quarter. Other articles unchanged. English. Irish. Foreigll. Wheat 3564 17273 Barley 1942 8257 Oats 2030 12075 4322 Malt 4353 Beans Peas 179 Flour ... 2929 199 122 0 $ 13310 s 0. 5371 IS. PRODUCE MARKET. fof Sugar : There is little passing in foreign ; yellow Havana, to, export, 235. to 255. Refined hom e - ma d e g o o d s q uiet 0 0 " 0 1 fine grocery lumps, 468. to 48s. Coffee : Sales tritliliof native Ceylon, at 475. 6d. to 48s. There is a good demsa l ea Plantation, at 50s. to 808. Tea is quiet, but firm ; low to' o do common Congou, 104 d. to 10$d. Rice: Improved devan c ell and few sellers at previous rates. Brandy dull, andr: e o depressed. Wool is in good demand, and terms are weol 7., 0 up. Cotton : Little passing, but full prices asked. Tallo” in limited demand, at 458. to 435. 3d. here. TALLOKET. Stock, 29,609 casks, agains W M t 43, A 058 R last lear • Deliver/ 2,363 casks, against 824 last year. CATTLE MARKET. 0 The supplies being small B eas t s , Sheep and La m bs A te. readily at advanced prices. slowly a s t Fr 4 i d da t y o 4 , 51; o a4 Beef 2s 8d to 4s 4d 2 Mutton 3s 8d to 5s 6d Pork .... 3s 6d to 49 Lambs, ss. Bd. to 6s. 10d . 1 5 1 Beasts Sheep and Lambs l9lOO Pigs ......... .. . ...... ARRIV Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts s. ........ 170 0 Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts.... Holland Beasts.. Do. Sheep .. Do. Calves .. Spanish Sheep . 30 0 46 0 47 0 97 0 117 1200 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. 00 Australian Freehold, par • Caledonian, 32k; Lancashire,dia Yorkshire, 77 ; name 6t ; 'ditto Fifths, * prem. ; West 1 1 . 1 , 41 Union. 3 3-16 dis.; Midland, 74i ; North Staffordsh o, '' cash, * dis.; South-Eastern and Dover 22 13.16. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. York and North Midland, 29g. GLASGOW CORN MARKET. There was no Corn market held at Glasgow to-day. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. To-day being a holiday, no Pig Iron market was held. LATEST SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE . i..:1 00 Maid of Orleans, March 26th ; Pilot, Medea, Warrior , A n ne, 28th—all hence at Galatz. n or" M ar ianne, and Lady Bass e tt, f rom S m y rn a for this, 'Or March 26. MALTA, April 2. —The Niagara, from Alexandria t o s i i - UP pool, which put in here on the 21st of March, with cargo is discharging, her pumps he . ng choked. th e bY MARRIED.—On the "th inst. at Walton-on-the-F. l nr iollt of Rev. Thos. Hornby, vicar, Mr:Alfred Dowdall, of EY'oup Mary Elizabeth, daughter of th e l a t e M r . Th o mas Da' ,irer Liverpool. chea""Dit DIED.—On Sunday, the 10th inst., at Qlaughton, n , Jo aged eight months, Henry Nicholas, infant son Nunns, LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1853. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED / EVERY TUESDAY MoRINI Ma lt ' BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THA— OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET. AT THE,,,lia, STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING v' No. 4, Sr. G LSO R lea CRISSCNNTs LiYSBrOOL• NT ~ u -LN . , te Lessee ai The Manazen Di stinznislu HENRY TI eln; now a state that it responded t. accorded bY Presentati on nightly fin t 1,1 a style ol ti Liverpool VANDENII I,4tcured expl . I . Id IS pr( April Inst Presented Shal Ring Hen The nriginc r e e n a t , bWrnice a l l e i i. rue h: P a t: a eu d n s yr( has:Pnbe °scre:l( express. 0 and New Mac splendid Costt fated MSS. a ani the Mann; blin Webster, several compl Period. The been made ft accuracy. TI source, and. NI by and under ness and Tabl whole will be , A ir- W. R. Col AL. J. R. Wet ,To conclude D AY, in whict Admission is 61 .; Galle vßoxes, is. 6d. `°4securing commence Box-offi r h ad d t n e GRAN hi THIS EVE 2 Conti Madame C HORUS A Ti (1 , 1 !: 11 erY 2s. .)e] TO rim Arz NOTICE IXN IAPPVT I 1 1 P ELEc T O tilliaeir" Peru inat,g l, ttr ll eati trider °_tre . Institution, Liv Eßpo ASSOC] 8E COQ LIT ERAItY SE ,nt Nyith A ed to givn e ;lon flsociation,f are tak le B q U are, on I .4n :titution, LIVE Rp 0 0 SOCIETY APUBLI be held 'he Annual Re April, 1833. ST. A SERAI TINE'S 'next, the 17th TIE CHESTS] Schools. The New Mor Public 1s reakf Hoe ß C T e ic othr Clergyn ks, ss. AturoetN and / 'ttrr Jc: x x Ew • ES, EN HAMAs , the num TO'THE MY Lc A VACAI STAFF .11,4,the electtion l!ett mos re; Town /•' • e u 'irag vi es ti I In T O THE LADIES I B EG res NO RTHER hg 7 w i nef,-le) tE ozs th e Offi kinrjl u osPit: vst! I .. llt P u P r o elt % Ping, r Itlterests I 11 TO TR] LA.D,E! A VACA ~,0 7. 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