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

Eibrrpoot --ztanbarb+ FRO.II OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING THERE is no doubt whatever that the junior Treasury Lord's defeat at the hands of an Irish constituency, over which, for so many years, he exercised almost magical control, has caused considerable annoyance and disap pointment in Ministerial circles, and led to more than 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 Mr. 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 RI:SSELL-ABERDEENITES, 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 WHALE, thought it high time to upset the Ministerial chariot, and they certainly succeeded with a vengeance. As a matter of course. Masters COPPOCK and HATTER intend getting up petitions againstALExANDEß's return. The subject was dis cussed at the Reform Club, in secret conclave, on Friday night, when Join( SADLEIR made his appearance among his political friends, and recounted the various devices by which he had been robbed of his honoured 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 friends, the Beresford-place Tenant leaguers. Lord ABERDEEN thinks an example should be made of that section of the Irish people who offered insult to his Government, by rejecting their newly-installed Treasury Officer. When Parliament meets, ail the cir. cumstanccs connected with tilt 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 less an important step than the disfranchisement of the borough of Carlow, on charges of the grossest bribery and If the gossip at the clubs be true, corruption something to the tune of £20,000 changed hands between the nomination of candidates and the wind ing 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 the current price for plumpers. Strange statements these ; they form the leading topic of conversation just now in Whig political circles, and if their truth can be established, the chances are at least twenty to one, that within six weeks after Parliament re-assembles,Carlow will be blotted out of the electoral map of Ireland, and the independent gentlemen of the immaculate borough left to exercise their wits in feathering their nests by some more credita ble pursuit than the barter of their constitutional privi- Lord JOHN RUSSELL is announced " slightly indis posed," so saith the ministerial movement Chronicler. To-morrow or next day his malady will assume a more decidedly serious aspect. In about one week hence you may expect to find it recorded, on high medical authority, that the labours of the Foreign-office have completely undermined his nervous system, and that Lord JOHN must no longer spend his days in Downing-street, dictat ing despatches at the desk from which, with great bad taste and acid venom, he succeeded in bundling poor Lord PALMERSTON neck and crop. This sickness is neither more nor less than sham. The FOREIGN SECRE TARY is just as well as I am—able to master all the delicacies of the season, and a good bottle of hock into the bargain. But Lord CLARENDON, who was promised the office when the ABERDEEN administration was in pro gress of formation, kicks against acting the part of walking gentleman any longer ; and some excuse is deemed ab solutely necessary for Lord JOHN'S retirement. Indeed, I understand that Tuesday week is named for the transfer of the office, and the perpetuation of a job in the concep tion and carrying out of which, the force of Whig-cunning has completely baffled the wily diplomacy of mon cher Aberdeen and his Peelite associates. You will be the first to announce that Lord ABERDEEN and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, by the command of the Sove reign, have given instructions to Sir JOHN YOUNG, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to the Irish Attorney and Solicitor-General, to prepare with all possible expedition, so that it may be complete by the third week of the ses sion, an extensive measure of land reform, which will recognise to the fullest extent the rights of the tenantry of Ireland, and place within their grasp redress of those grievances which they have long suffered, and which have impeded the prosperity and marred the happiness of the country. It is high time that something should be done to take the wind out of the sails of the mountebanks con- stituting the Tenant L LORD ABERDEEN'S finishing stroke in the construction of his administrative body-guard 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 press, 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 Department, and Deputy chairman of the Board of Works. In my letter about a fortnight 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 has taken the hint, and I should not be at all surprised if it proves a step for abolishing, at no very distant period, the office of Lord-Lieutenant, which (as it has been car ried out by the Liberals) has done more to wards de nationalizing and degrading the Irish people than the mob-legislation of the last half-century. " How d've do, Mr. PANIZZI ?" " Bohn ! Bohn !" A vile, a cruel pun, Mr. P., after the bothering you gave that worthy bibliopole the other day at Bow-street. And you, too, Mr. BALLANTINE, learned in the law, to say before his Worship and Mr. PANIZZI that " Englishmen knew how to treat each other, and by no Englishman would Mr. Boux have been exposed to the annoyance and trouble which he had lately had to endure after so many years of public utility." Englishman, forsooth Is not Signor PANIZZI as much an Englishman as you, Mr. 8., for all your British name ? May not the fingers which now manipulate the pages of Poiybius, in the noble library of the B. M., have helped to make and mould Polonies in a jolly English ham and beef shop under the shade of St. Paul's dome ? Yea, verily. May not an English Archbishop have taken Mr. P. under his lawn, and made him an early protege? There is no harm in all this ; but let us ask Mr. PANIZZI, "Is your catalogue getting on ?" " Will it ever be finished ?" A great portion of last Thur sday was passed in the fcetid atmosphere of Bow-street Police-office, tormenting a man who has contributed thousands of volumes to the national library ; a large fee out of the nation's purse must go to counsel ; might not the day have been better occu pied in going into another letter in the catalogue, and the amount of the fee laid out in books which neither Mr. Bosh nor any other English bookseller publishes, a plenti ful lack of which characterises the national establishment ? This same tax upon the publishers is an intolerable bore. I remember when the publishing trade was better worth belonging to than in the present year of grace '53 : then 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, Zion 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—l beg pardon, Gallery, has not y e t b een g i ven over —l e t us hope that a commis sion of real practical men will look after the Museum. would nearly occupy the space of a Standard to touch upon all the monstrosities of art during the last twen t y five. years which we have had t o ittho for ; monstrosities called into being by a committee of taste , mostly all the members of which a f fected to love a nd , kno w p. Art. Now we have scholars and fine art men at their head, looking after these things. T he ALBERT the British Museum a re too few, and too exalted in ptraosi tion—Lord Chance llors, Archbishops, Chan cellors of e Exch eq uer, and so forth — to g iv e m ore than formal attendance. Put in two or three working men, and there will be no occasion for troubling Mr. BOHN, or the Bo w . 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 BISHOP of LONDON'S nose was put out of joint, j u d g ing by its unnatural elevation, as Sir GEORGE SMART called upon THOMAS HARPER, with good lung and elo quent lip, from the floor of the abbey, up to far begone, &1 Male§ bighCit pipet t 9 lON Pv9 9f the 21 IlArt! THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1853. DEL's divine notes, just to try the effect. They were note!: worthy of being repeated the next day before the pride and pomp of the civilized world, when they touched every ear and heart. The Bishop, at the rehearsal, was anxious to ascertain the acoustic qualities of a little golden pulpit he got erected in a corner of the nave. HARPER blew like an artist. Sir GEORGE SMART applauded like mad, as I really thought the Bishop would have 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 ehilly. 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 SOYER'S Modern Housewife. Most of us dine once a ' day ; in the good old 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 SOYER touching his stock for all kinds of soup, his stewed eels, sauce matelote, fowl pillau, 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 different 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 Theatre, or more recently to his shipping facts uttered on the floor of another house, which were easily and speedily demolished there. Yet RICHARD COBDENiS passing honest, probably because he firmly believes that he is so. He makes, however, a sad mess of it when he travels—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 1853, 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. RICHARD COBDEN is a man of peace, granted ; let us not however call out in sacred accents " Peace ! peace ! while there is no peace." Why expend the capital of the country ? Why tax her so inordinately to support a standing 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 Lotris 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 malgri, we see a deserter " shaking hands with himself" now and then, walked to quarters you can tell, from the uniform of his attendants, that he is only a " fraudulent militiaman," who has taken the ten bobs, boozed them likely, and run away for no other pur pose than that of making himself one of the twelve or 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 CHANDOS— 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 remarks 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 u3ed to run down to Stowe, and stay two or three days, with bis 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 hunting-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,—tho 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 thegambling in the funds in Paris, and in Iron in England; proved no check to legitimate has it com merce, and the increased supply of gold will yet have the effect anticipated when it comes to be ac tually realised, which has not yet been the case. lie the n proceeds to argue, with an increased degree oft absurdity, surdity, that we only imp ort g old like an y ; and says, if we receive more in g old we ort c e o d mmodity in exchange for o ur manufactures exp receive less in Sugar, Cotton, Wool, and other commodities. Such an assertion is almost too pre posterous for seriousreit of d refutation. Has Australia, in e doubt of th e England, withheld any of her supplies of Wool, for which there is here such a ready market, from fear that b in sending gold also the balance of trad e would e too much in her favour ? She has been anxious to send all she can realise, and many a co ns i gnment of gold will be 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 too 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 : Public deposits .. .. .£4,998,754; Increase £58,876 Other deposits .. .. 13,727,637 ; Increase 443,479 Rest .. .. .. .. 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 f 256,412 when compared wit': the preceding return. ISSUE DE. Notes issued .. £32,918,040 ARTMENT. Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu1n.18,898,886 Silver bullion .. 19,154 £32,918,040 £32,918,040 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Rest Public deposits 4,998,754 Other deposits 7-day, &c. bills. 1,438,699 £37,932,296 FRANCE. MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR LOUIS NAPOLEO-N. THE CIVIL CONTRACT AT THE TUILERIES. The civil or state ceremonial of the marriage of the Emperor 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 Elys6e, 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 Empresq,. nreempanicd 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 laver, and= the other chief officers of the household. At the entrance of the first saloon Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde received Mdlle. Mentijo, and conducted her to the Emperor, in the salon de 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, upcn , 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, ant elegant table was placed, on which was deposited the civil register of the Imperial family. Upon the entrance of the Empeior 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 Master 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 Elysees, a rocket signal having been given from the Court of the Tuileries. The Empress was shortly afterwards reconducted to her residence with the same formalities that had been observed on her arrival. THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AT NOTRE DAME. 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 vacancy 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 carriages 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 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 " Vive 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 Tuileries, 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 w ith 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 Foss6s 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 Gener a l o f the Army of Paris; with the. First Military Division. District Officers (on horseback). The General Commanding the Division of the Seine. Band of the Military School. The 7th Regiment of Lancers. Baud of the 12th Dr 0809113. General Partonneaux, commanding the First Brigade of Cavalry. Three Squadrons of the 12th Dragoons. Carriages, 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 Squadron of 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 Sir. Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon, in a Carriage and Six. General Officers, not in command of the day. The Grand State Carriage, Drawn by eight beautifully-caparisoned Horses, 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 6th Regiment of Cuirassiers. The Ist and 2nd Regiments of Carabiniers, commanded by Brigadier General Feray. 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 Archbiship, 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 prestige and Royal tradition. A canopy of silver bro cade was held over their Majesties' heads by two bishops, the choir repeated several times the " Domine Salaam ; " the Archbishop presented holy water, and chatted the Te Deum, which was repeated by the orchestra and choir. At the conclusion of the Te Deuna, 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 ffourish 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 2mperor 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 paviliened, 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 Jerom3 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 CATFIEDRAL 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 fccade 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 Napoleon 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 by an 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 Dieus. 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 : 1-117mn 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, by Cherubini. s—Domine Salvum (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 1., the Vote of Dec. 2Q, 1851, and the Marriage of Napoleon 111. THE TROUSSEAU O THE 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. Fetish', 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 he 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, wits those of the morning, and Madlle. Palmyre, 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 robesdeschambres—one in black 1 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 fall 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 e ven i ng a queue entiere, and the greater part a corsage drapes. For the civil marriage, Mdlle. Palmyra made two dresses, one in rose-coloured satin, covered with point d'Angleterre, ornamented at the hot, 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 marriage was made by Mdme. Vignon ) it is in velvet epingle, with a train, and is covered with point d'Angleterre; the cortage 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'Alengon. 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 Napoleon (Jerome) is definitively broken off. Had the Emperor made a proposal for the hand of the lady, it is more than probable that there would have been no objection ; but in the case of his cousin, after some time vainly spent in overcoming the objections of the lady's mother, 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. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.' MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FRANCE. PARIS, Monday.—The Moniteur announces that the Emperor has just pardoned more than 3,000 personss amongst those who were the objects of the measures for general safety in December, 1851. Their names will shortly be published. EPARTMENT Gov. securities £13,830,407 Other securities 14,170,745 Notes Gold & silt'. coin 486,879 £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} 20 4 20 ; Midland stock, 76i i; Sheffield stock, 29:I; Do. £lO pref., 11c; Chester and Birkenhead, 2111 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 773 8 7i 4 i; Do. fifths, 41 5-16; Old Dovers, 23/ 3 4 4 ; York and North Midland, 27i +; Caledonian, 32 1-1-1..; Eastern Counties, 123 i; Great Northern, 183; North British, 8 11-16 *; L'pool and Southport, 171; Dutch Rhenish, 2i 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 Is. 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 lls. 6d. 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 los. per ton. TALLOW is dull of sale at 465. to 46.5. 3d. per cwt. for Petersburgh, Y.C. JUTE realised at auction £l4 10s. to £l9 78. 6d. 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 6d to 36s 6d, 50 hhds vacuum pan Demerara 36s to 39s 6d, and 100 hhds Barbadoes 36s up to 40s for grainy, also 800 bags Pernams,lBs for brown, 19s 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 9id per lb, being a lower quota tion.—Of Rice, 1,000 pockets old Bengal brought 12s 3d, and 50 bags Saltpetre 26s 6d per cwt, 13 per cent. refraction.—A speculative demand has appeared for Castor Oil, upwards of 1,200 chests having changed hands at 41d 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. SALES PRICES. Week Previ- Week ending ously ending Jan.2B.,this yr. ,Jan.2B. i IMPO STOCK. IJan. 28 d. 11.1 19 @2B 230 850 i1 ,1 6 12 50 70, 10140 4i ii. 11690, 308301 41 6 4490 104101 ) 11022 41 8-1 26590: 63460 64 1 } 1060! 4460 1 6i 7 } .... 1 6 63 1 1850 4780] .... 6 7i I } 60G 1 12901} ..‘. 1 44 10051 346300 ! 81552 8010 18520 85711 } 19360 111 290 12328 104250 6 - \si 15 4870' 5981 1 1506 -- -- ...H •••• 54 54 . . 3 : 2 b i 1050 50 . 3.3.7 1 4620 21 41 3a ,Q 3840 13090 60, 720 j 1 4918 J 11617 78510 .... 1010 55650' 1369901 T - 62587! 7 -93530 DESCRIPTION Sea Island Stained Boweds Mobile. New Orleans. Pernams, &c. Aracati, &c.. Bahia, &c. Maranham Sawginned. Demerara, &c Egyptian.... Barbadoea Peruvian Laguayra.... Com.W.l.&c. Cartnagena.. Smyrna .... Manilla Madras Bengal 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, 181 d. ; Ditto Ewes and Wethesr, 16id. to 161 d; Irish Hogs, 15,d. to 151 d.; Ditto Wethers, 140. to 14:1d. 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— " 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 30. The import of deals has very much increased on 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 loading 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'atid 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." 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 268,960 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 off 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 has been known for many years." Messrs. DUNCAN and EWING hold out a prospect of greatly increased supplies from North Ame r ca - - - • owing to the quantity of pine timber remaining over at Quebec, and recent rates at St. John's being 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. MeSSTS.EARNWORTH audJARDINE 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 and correspondingly higher prices here, the consumption of wood goods gene rally has greatly exceeded that of former years, and the operations of both imparters 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. HOLME, SLATER and CROOR, of Bir kenhead, concur in these favourable reports,- and publish some interesting statistics- of last year's transactions. LONDON. The Express says the stock markets have worn a verf depressed appearance to-day; some impression appearing to be produced in the house by political complications on the Continent. The Montenegrin difficulty and the attl• tude of France towards Austria are referred to with uneasiness, the more especially as the French funds have given way heavily, notwithstanding Government pUt' chases. VAN DIZMEN'S LAND.—GoId has been found upon the territory of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and 6 fine specimen of quartz has been received. QUEEN'S BENCH.-MONDAY. THE ACHILLI CASE. SENTENCE ON DR. NrOrmAN.—The court was denstlf crowded. Dr, Newman occupied a seat in front of tb. Queen's Council. Sir F. Thesiger moved the judgment of the court. A number of affidavits, in mitigation of the sentenced were handed in and read,—one from Dr. Newman, staftil that he had no personal knowledge of Achilli, an d co uld not have any personal feeling in the publication of the alleged libel ; and be denied any knowledge of the article in the Dublin Review. As Achilli had made statemente strongly affecting the church to which he had formerll belonged, he thought it right to inquire into the accu9S° tion made in that article regarding Achilli's character. He then stated his inquiries abroad, with the view of show' ing that he (Newman) had reasons for setting up the dif' ferent pleas put upon the record. Sir F. Thesiger objected to these statements, but the court declared them admissable. The - affidavit of Mr, 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 being proved, if all the witnesses had been in attendance. Mr. Babington, the medical adviser of Dr.- New m an, stated that the defendant was in bad health, and impri' sonment would produce a degree of feebleness, frbrn whicb he probably would never recover. Similar affidavits-frooi other medical gentlemen were also read. The Attorney-General addressed the court in mitiga• tion, showing that defendant was not actuated by-I:oldie 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 , ffne of £lOO to the Queen, and. to be confined in the Queenl Bench Prison, in the first crass of misdemeanants, r.ntil the fine be paid. _ The lenient nature of the sentence appeared to occasiaa considerable sensation. FUNDS, STOCK, AND> SHARE MARKET. Consols lower on speculative sales for account. Railway shares heavy and town, from the same cause: nothing doing. French shares were lower in the morning, but recovered $ little on better prices from Paris. Gold Mines dull and steady. although a shade lower. Land shares without alteration. CLOSING Consols, Account .. l 9911. I Do. Money ...-.I Three &Qr per Cents 103 FOREIGN Mexicans 22i 3 I Do. Threes PRICgS Spanish New Deferred 22k 2 Do. Threes ....., 462 RAILWAY London Stock., 119 20 ' Do. Quarters _ 105 6 Midland Stock Do. Halves 293 0- North Staffordshire S. Eastern and Dover 77 8 Amberg.,Nottingham, and B. J unction 6i 2 Caledonian Do. Preference 104 6 Eastern Counties ..., 124 2 East Lancashire 74 6 Manches., Sheff., and Lincolnshire 81 90 Edinburgh & Glasgow 76 8 Great Northern 74i 5} Do. Do. 8..... 117 - 19 East Anglian •..- " 4 Noveau Monde Agua Fria Cordeliera Ave Maria enrcnn , a Port Philip par ipsn LAND'S Australian Agricultural 230 40 South Australian Bank Stock• 2271 Si Excheq. Bills, L. R. 557 61p11, STOCKS: Spanish PAssires. Turkish Swedish 54 i I idis 2 lit:Lis SHARES Great Western Lane. and Yorkshire.. 154 Do. 77 S London,Brighton; and South Coast ....... 104 i London &S. Western York, Newcastle, and Berwick Do. Extension 684 9s Do. Preference 7i 4 York and N. Midland _ __ Norfolks ...... Leeds Northern...., 88 9 North British Do. Preference 34 5 Shrewsbury, 103 5 Caley Preferenee...,. SHARES. Nugget B. Australian Freehold Australasian Colonial' Mariposa r pU HARES. I Van Dieman's Yuba CORN MARKET. The supplies of foreign Wheat, Barley, and Oats, are- veil large, and trade opened heavily. Fine sorts are unaltered r but foreign Wheat sold at Is. per quarter decline. Fine Flour is dearer. Beans and Peas slow of sale. Oats 6d. per quartet lower. Seeds dull. Barley Gd. cheaper. Closing report : Trade opened fiat, and towards the close the market for both English and foreign Wheat declined is. to 2s. per quarter. Oats and Barley 6d.to Is. cheaper. Beans and Peas unchanged. Flour dull ARRIVALS. English. .. 4896 4734 .. 542. 6692 .. 7193 21 .. 860 .. 516 .. 2450 Foreign. Wheat .. Barley .. Oats .... Malt .... Beans .. Peas .... Flour PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar: Several export purchases were made in foreign ; brown Brazil, 18s. 6d. to 19s. 3d. Home-made goods of refined were more in demand; brown lumps, 455. Coffee firm, will' several buyers ; Native Ceylon,.47s. Tea was in larger demand, but no decline ; ordinary Congou, 101 to 104 d. Cotton brisk, and prices are advancing. Wool firm. Little doing in Tallefts fine YX. 455. on the spot. TALLOW MARKET. t00k,.43,664 casks against 55,770 casks last year; `•338 casks, against 2494 casks last year. Deliire. CATTLE MARKET. The supply of Beasts was large : prime Scotch with diffiCult/ maintained last Monday's prices, and inferior qualities were cheaper. Sheep and Calves in demand at Friday's quotations. Beef 2s 4d to 4s Od f Lamb Os Od to Os 04 Mutton..... 3s 4d to 5s 2dl Pork Veal 3s Od to 5s Od• .. 4645 Calves ..•• • 000 236 .. 177201 Pigs .. 250 Beasts. Sheep and Lambs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester,. Lincoln, and North. ampton Beasts . . Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts Do. Sheep Do. Calves ...... ........ French Sheep 800 1050 539 1160 198 110 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. - - - - Closing Quotations :—Eastern Counties, 12i ; East Lanca shire, 181 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7721 ; London and North Western, 120 19},; Ditto C. qrs., 19-16 i 7-16 par ; Alan• cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, pref. 11 ; North British' 81346 ; South-Eastern,and Dover, 23 1-15 5-16 5-16 i. LEEDS• STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations :—Caledonian, 311 ; Eastern Counties, 12k; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77}; Leeds Northern,l s 11-16 i ; Midland, 76i ; North-Western, 1g; York and North Midland, 27i. SH/PPING. INTELLIGENCE. The Faith (screw steamer), from Plymouth for Africa, lISS put into Falmouth, with machiaery damaged. Trafalgar, hence at Calcutta 11th Dec. ; Tay, 12th ; Louis XIV., 13th ; Tippo Saib, and Mary Ann Johnston, 14th ; Kon gen, of Denmark, 18th; and Mary Stoddart, 20th. Ailsa, hence at Bombay 16th Dec. Senator, sailed from Bombay for this port Dec. 16th 'PhoS. Hamlin, 25th; Ferozepore, 30th; Jamsetjee Kursetjee, 31st; and William Penn, Ist Jan. Spoken :—Aug. 24th, El Dorado, hence to Australia,; Nov 11, Clymene, from Calcutta to this port; Sept. 23, Marmioet hence for Australia, LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.—ANNUAL MEETING.—The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Liverpool Exchange was held, pursuant to act of parliament, in the Cotton Sale-room, yesterday, .at 12 o'clock. Harmood Banner, Esq., occupied the chair. The treasurer read the, statement of the accounts of the company from the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1852, showing a dis-, posable balance of £7, 080 , after carrying the sum 0 1 £224 4s. Id. to the reserve fund. It was resolved that 0 dividend should be declared of £8 17s. per share, and 0 further sum of three guineas in lieu of nomination to the news-room after the present year. It was stated to the meeting that in future the dividend shall be paid by war' rants, as is customary with railway companies, which would be sent to the proprieto r s. The election of fiae new directors, i n lieu of the like number who have retireof was then agreed to, and the proceedings terminated' Messrs. David Wrigley, Robert Giles, Charles P. MellYf F. J. Eaton, and Arthur Henderson were elected in the room of Messrs. Barry, Bolton, Titherington, C. " Newman, jun., and Hen r y Newman, who reti re by rots' Lion. Mr. George Holt was likewise elected in the room of Mr. Stolterfoht. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1853. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER► OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT THE -STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFI NO. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENTA LIVEAPOOL• ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: IN LDVANCE 2OO. 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