The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1853. a sad thin it is to contemplate. We have all read the Arabian Nights Entertainments, emeralds growine• on trees thick as blackberries—all the imagined wealth of the Alladin tars of as nothing compared with the bullion in - Old Lady in Threadneedle-street. Gold ! gold ! gold ! Old Spanish dollars, too—pillar dollars the usance men call them ; but gold chiefly. I sickened as I looked at the piles of pelf. My attendant, hoary and respectable, observed that he never remembered so much gold in the coffers of the Bank of England. " Nor I, anywhere," T dryly observed. " Surely this ought to make us all happy." " Not a hit of it—the greatest curse you can have is too much gold"—" in one's purse," I interjected—" No, in the country : it raises prices, and don't wages." This was not so bad under the dangling cobwebs of the Bank of England. It put me in mind of AD AM SMITH and WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, our present Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has stated that the government is to wait—to do nothing, let the gold increase as much as it may. Fatal mistake ; the evil is neither to be stemmed nor taken into consideration. The Coalition Cabinet will find that this plethora of gold will force consideration, though mon cher ABERDEEN, who grows his own beef and mutton, perhaps, don't care about the price of rump-steaks. If our theatres have been closed during the past week, so have not our churches and chapels, especially the latter; and I hope the serious reader will pardon the con junction—the sacred and secular. The Wesleyans have had their numerous meetings ; divided among them selves, they seem to east a doubt upon the well-known text, that a house divided cannot stand. One party charges the other with a persecuting spirit ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been appealed to, for he is looked upon as the great friend of the dissenting classes, and his lord. ship unhesitatingly answered that he did not believe the Wesleyans would persecute if they had the power. So far this is satisfactory ; but it cannot be doubted that there is great acrimony among the members of this nu merous and otherwise highly-respectable body. On Good Friday the Rev. Dr. CUMMING, the great Scotch Protes tant champion, had an audience which crowded his church ; among them several nobles of the land. To be sure this used to be the case with the reverend doctor's countryman, the late EDWARD IRVINE ; but there is this difference between the two preachers,—the deceased one had more " sail than ballast" in his discourses, the living one vice versa. Dr. CUMNIING, though eloquent, is more ardent than eloquent • which, in a preacher, I hold to be the more winning characteristic. The doctor is a great favourite among nearly all the Scotch families of distinction in the metropolis ; with Lord and Lady JOHN RUSSELL markedly so. Lady RUSSELL iS the daughter of a Scotchrnan—GlLßEßT ELLIOT, Earl of illinto. CUMMING'S challenge to Cardinal WISE MAN,—the combat to " come off" in a few days,— upon the relative merits of the two faiths, is excit ing considerable interest in the religious world. The CARDINAL, though he is to have half the platform roped round for himself and suite, is not to show. There are two reasons : the CARDINAL conceives it would be infra dig., and he might probably be vulnerable to the pointed shafts of his well-known opponent. Apropos of his Eminence, he has received communications applicable to this peculiar period of the year from the Vatican,—in these he is simply styled " WISEMAN "—neither Doctor, nor Eminence, nor Cardinal. Does this imply acqui escence on the part of the POPE in the " Ecclesiastical Titles Bill ?" The CARDINAL has been spiritually work ing hard, like his rev. brethren, among the Protestants. I am not sure that the good taste—apart from the ques tion itself—of throwing down the gauntlet to Cardinal WISEMAN is altogether approved of by moderate Protes- However, Dr. CUMMING and his associate Mr. gill have it all to themselves, and perhaps ano ther grand service of plate will be voted to tne Doctor for his labour in vanquishing an absent adversary. Be it so. D. CUMMING deserves much at the hands of the metro politan Presbyterians. The court in which is situated his church was, at no distant period, not high in the odour of sanctity. Drury-lane and Covent-garden Theatres on either side, flanked by public-houses, and houses of a more objectionable character, were there. Neither were the architectural beauties of the spot of an elevated order. Now the aspect of the place is changed, and all accom plished by the preacher. Up to the time at which I write there is not a whisper— ministerial, political, or of any other character—to enliven the dull equanimity which always pervades the week before Easter. True, yon may have met a seedy and un shaven actor returning from a cold rehearsal to a colder dinner, but that is nothing new. All is gaiety and pink ribbons among the Easter-Monday people—the ladies I mean. May they be happy ! The steamboats yesterday had scarcely a creature on deck, the afternoon was so cold, raw, wet, rough, and windy. 111`GuIR good opportunity is afforded for demanding a con cession to which the Commerce of England has an indubitable right. The accounts from Manchester state that the im provement of the previous week has not been main tained, and that at the meeting, on Thursday next, it is confidently expected a renewal will be made of the agreement to work the mills on short time for another limited period. The remarks, however, as to the depression do not apply to yarns for exporta tion, for which there is still an active demand, nor to the better descriptions of manufactured goods. Such reports should be received with caution, so far as their influence on the Liverpool market is con cerned ; as, notwithstanding the fears of the Man chester manufacturers, no sound conclusion can be arrived at until we have more definitive accounts from the other side. At Bradford, . Nottingham, Leicester, and other seats of manufacturing industry, great activity prevails, and the prospects fur the spring and summer trade are most encouraging. The Leicester report states that the hosiers are well employed with cotton orders,*the demand for which, perhaps, never was greater. The complaints in the wool districts are as to the high price of the raw material. Messrs. BUSHBY and Co., in their Tea Circular, notice the increased symptoms of activity in the tea market, in which both trade and speculative pur chases have been entered into with considerable spirit at an advance upon their last quotations. With reference to the question of duty, they believe that the reduction will not amount to more than 51d. per lb. this session. The stock in the United Kingdom on the 16th instant was 60,931,000 lbs., against 57,004,0001b5. last year. The return from the Bank of England, for the, week ending the 19th of March, gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. 8,203,555; Increase £595,641 Other deposits .. 12,874.698 ; Decrease 176,438 Rest .. t . _3,626,365 ; Increase 3,917 On the other side of the account— Government securities £13,464,53b ; the same as before. Other securities .. 15,447,272 ; Increase £50,445 Notes unemployed .. 11,132,093 ; Increase 466,665 The amount of notes in circulation is £21,464,840, being a decrease of £248,330 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,163,146, show ing an increase of £184,836, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEP Notes issued .. £32,596,933 I ARTMENT. Govrnt. Debt.. £11.015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu1n.18,577,781 Silver bullion .. 19,154 £32,59G,935 £32,596,935 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Rest.. 3,626,365 3,626,365 Public deposits. 8,203,555 Other deposits . 12,874,698 7-day, &c. bills. 1,352,498 £40,610,116 RTS. 1 SALES. IMPON Week Previ- Week -,;„ • STOCK ending ously ending year. Mar 24. this yr. Mar 24. Mar. 24 614270' 768390 PRESENTATION TO LADY BENT OF THE PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN BENT. • On Wednesdey evening, the committee appointed by subscribers, met at the house of Sir John, and presented to Lady Bent, through their chairman, James Parker, Esq., a full-length portrait of Sir John Bunt, in his official robes as mayor of this borough—an office which he held on the occasion of the visit to Liverpool of her Majesty. In the discharge of his duties on that impor tant occasion he sustained, with dignity and with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public, the exalted position in which, by the kindness of his fellow-townsmen, he had been placed. The CHAIRMAN, in a feeling speech, alluded to the high estimation in which Sir John is held by his fellow-towns men, and the satisfaction _it gave him, as chairman, to present so masterly a work d'art to liar ladyship. The MAYOR, SAMUEL HOLME, Esq., in an eloquent speech, expressed the pleasure it gave him to take part in so interesting a ceremony. He eulogised the painting, considering it a most faithful likeness, and as such he was, sure it would be treasured not only by Lady Bent , but also by others who are near and dear to him. R. C. GARDINER, Esq., handed to Lady Bent a list of the subscribers, stating that it contained the names of nearly all the members of the council, and concluded by a speech full of kindly feeling towards Sir John and his family. The handsome present was courteously acknowledged by Lady Bent, and the company was subsequently ad dressed, in the most feeling manner, by Sir John Bent. The portrait, which is of full life size, reflects the highest credit on Mr. Westcott, who has shown, in this instance, that he is not simply a portrait painter, but an artist. The position and attitude of the figure are striking and appropriate, while the unobtrusiveness of the acces sories concentrates the attention of the spectator upon the principal object. There are few large portraits which display so much genuine taste and skill, and Liverpool may be proud of both the painter and his subject. POLICE COURT :ESTERDAY CAPTURE OF COINERS.—At the Police Court, yester day, John Lyons, a miserable looking Irishman, and his wife, Bridget Lyons, were brought up under the following circumstances. About ten o'clock on Saturday night the male prisoner attempted to pass a base sixpence at the shop of Mr. Wells, Curry-street. He was secured and given in charge. The police at once repaired to his lodg ings in Eldon-street, and in a poverty-striken and dirty room they found several counterfeit shillings and six pences, a plaster mould for casting the spurious coin, several files, and a bottle containing a liquid used in the finishing. process. The female prisoner being found in the room, was also apprehended. When called upon for his defence, the husband said the sixpence, which he attempted to pass, was given to him by his wife ; and " he didn't know no more than that, not a hap'orth, good, bad, or indifferent." The woman declared that " her man was innocent as the babe unborn ; for the money, which she thought was good until she saw it was bad ; an' the mould, an' the files, an' the bottle, were all left, sure, by Joe Clich, who had gone away, the Holy Virgin knew where !"—Committed for trial. ASSAULT.—A respectably dressed man, named Thomas Murray, was convicted in the penalty of £5 for violently assaulting Ellen Malloy,in Tithebarn-street, on Saturday. PASSING COUNTERFEIT COIN. - - Mary Carroll, for attempting to pass two counterfeit sixpences at the shop of Mr. Richardson, Scotland-road, on Saturday night, was committed for trial. STABBING.—Denis airby was charged with stabbing Edward M`Lou,ghlin, on Sunday evening. The prisoner entered the house of the prosecutor, whom he knocked down with a hatchet, and then stabbed him in the right leg.—Remanded until M'LDughlin, who is at present confined to his bed from the effects of his injuries, is able to attend. STREET ROBBERY.—A disgraceful woman, named Ann Jones, was committed to hard labour for three months, for stealing a watch from the pocket of John Malloy, while in Camden-street. CAUTION TO HOUSE- KEEPERS .—Michael Kennedy, for stealing two coats, a vest, and a handkerchief, the property of Mr. John Steele, 23, Stanhope-street, from the lobby of his house, on Saturday night ; and George Boyton, for stealing two top-coats, the property of George Patterson, from the lobby of Mrs. Jane Stevenson's house, Renshaw-street, were each committed for three months to bard labour. POCKET PICKING.—JaneWard and Elizabeth Pearson, for picking the pocket of Mrs. Jane Williams, Shrewsbury, of 83. 6d., while in St. John's Market, on Saturd iy last, were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. THE BRITISH AND NORTH AAIARICAN MAIL-SHIP EUROPA, Shannon, commander, took her departure for New York, on Saturday morning, with fifty-three passen gers, and a full cargo, besides the usual mails on board."' GARROTTE ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday morning, about one o'clock, Mr. K?Ily, a collector em ployed by Mr. Hobbs, of Everton, was garrotted by two men, near Burlington-bridge, who robbed him of £4, com posed principally of half-crowns. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday afternoon, Mr. Henry Latham, of 6, Benson-street, fell down in a fit, in the yard adjoining his own house, and died in a short time af terwards. He had long been ill of rheumatic fever, and his death had been expected. EXTRAORDINARY PRICES FOR WINE.—A private stock of wines, sold by Messrs. Winstanley, cn Saturday, at No. 26, Abercrocoby-square, produced the following extraordinary prices :—Moulds sherry 625, E. I. Madeira 87s, port. in quarts, from 451 to 1543, ditto, in magnums, 180 s to 1965, claret from 74s to 1203, ditto, in magnums, 1965, ditto, in jeroboams, 50s per bottle. COLLISION IN TIE RIVER.—At the Admiralty Court, on Thursday, the question as to whether the owners of the Montreal, which came into collision when in charge of a pilot, in the river Mersey. on the 26th , November last, were, under the Liverpool Pilot Act, released from responsibility, was decided in favour of the owners, the 32nd section of the Act holding the pilot responsible. MURDER ON SHIPBOARD.—The brig William Thrift, took her departure hence for Constantinople on Tuesday. Early the next morning one of the crew murdered his companion on the watch,. by shattering his skull with the cook's axe. The murderer then jumped overboard, taking with him a studding-sail boom. In the darkness and confusion on board it could not be ascertained what wits his fate ; but the natural conclusion is that he was drowned. THE PROCEEDS OF THE. FREEMASONS' BALL,. which took place in the Town-hall in February last, for behoof of the West Lancashire institution for the relief and as sistance in life of the children of poor and distressed Free masons, amount to the handsome and unprecedented sum of £250 Os. Bd. AN Inisn LABOURER and his wife were apprehended on Tuesday last, charged with stealing servants' livery and other clothing, carried off some months ago from several houses in the neighbourhood of Woolton. Pro perty was found in their possession, or pawn tickets for property, belonging to Mr.. Moss, of Otterspool,. Mr. Brocklebank, of Al lerton, and Miss Lightbody, of Garston. The robbers were committed for trial on Saturday. MR. WILLIS, clerk in the Craven Bank, Burnley, corn. mitted suicide on the morning of Saturday week. He was found lying on the floor of an outhouse at Bank-hall, an open book lying near him, his throat cut, and a loaded pistol, a razor, and some poison upon his person. Mr. Willis had been suffering from severe organic disease of the bowels, accompanied with extreme depression of the spirits. THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY AND THEIR SERVANTS.—About a week since, the servants-in the employ of the City of Dublin Steam Company, struck for an advance of wages, and also complained of other alleged grievances. We understand that a meeting of the directors and managers purposeof theco o m f p h a e n a y rin w g ill a b s e ta h te e m ld en in t Dublin to-day, for the from the men, relative to the grievances of which they are complaining. LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' SOCIETY.—A second room, in connexion with the inquiring class for Roman Catholics and Protes tants, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Bardsley, was opened on Friday. We understand that the average attendance of Roman Catholics is about 500 a week. The Protestant operatives who have also been accustomed to attend the meetings, being anxious to show their appreciation of the services of the Rev. J. Bardsley, presented him, on Fri day evening, with neatly-bound copies of "S• ott's Commentaries," 6 vols., " Horne's rntroduction,"' 6 vols., and "Gibson's Preservative," 8 vols. The presentation was accompanied with their hearty good wishes and prayers that God would continue to bless him and make him a blessing. A MELANCHOLY COLLIERY EXPLOSION, by means of which between forty and fifty human lives have been lost, took place on Wednesday last, in a coal mine called the Ailey Mine, one of the pits belonging to the Ince-hall Coal and Cannel Company, at Ince, near Wigan. Between five and six o'clock on Wednesday morning, the colliers (about 160 in number), were lowered into the Arley Mine. At noon, about sixty of them assembled to get dinner, and, whilst these were absent, a terrific explosion took place, followed by a great rush of air up each shaft ; and, such was the violence of the shock that, though the workings are more than 400 yards below the surface of the earth, the furniture in different houses, at a distance of more than 300 yards from the pits' mouths, was shaken. It was two o'clock, the explosion having occurred at twenty minutes after one, before the state of the air ena bled any person to descend, at which time, Jones, the underlooker, and H. Burrell, underlooker of an adjoining mine, with some other men who volunteered, went down. A dreadful sight presented itself. Dead and wounded • men lay in different directions; the air-doors and other stoppings were blown down, and everything seemed a per fect wreck. About half-past four, Mr. James Darlington, with a large body of men, descended to enter the work ings. All who were found alive were twenty-seven ; and the number lost is supposed 10 be from forty to fifty. Of the survivors, some were bruised, others burned, and all in a state of exhaustion. With one exception, they were all able to walk home afterwards. One of the poor men who was brought out of tile pit, named Taberner, a fire man, was in a state of great grief. He said that he had two sons in the pit : one had just expired on his knee, the other he believed to be dead. It is supposed that the accident arose from the carelessness of one of the men in charge of the ventilation of the pit. On Thursday even ing another man, greatly exhausted, but still alive, was taken out of the pit. The inquest was opened befere Mr. Driffield on Friday, when the only witness examined was Mr. Darlington. The most important feature of his evi dence was the following :—" Soon after the accident, 1 saw Jones, the underiooker. He appeared to have been down in the pit some time that morning, and said that he had been pushing on the men with were repairing the guide rods of the upcast shaft. I said to him, What has happened ?' He replied, The pit has fired.' I asked him what they had been doing. He said that the cage in the upcast shaft had got fast, and remained so three hours ; that he had had the joiners to set it right, and that the furnace had been down. I said, • How came you to do such a mad thing as to let down the fur nace when the men are in the pit, when you have no steam jet, as they have at the Pemberton pits ?' He said that the cages and ropes would not work, and it was not safe to get the men out. I asked him why he did not send word to me. He said, ' I thought there was no danger, sir.' I asked him if he had fired up the furnace without having a report upon the return current. and he said that the man who attended to it had done so. The man could not execute the repairs in the shaft without the fur nace being allowed to go low, so as to diminish thedraught. After the cage was let loose, eight cagefuls of men , 64 in number, had been brought up. Had the explosion occur red a fewminutes sooner, all these would have been killed." The inquest was adjourned until Thursday. During the whole of last Friday night and Saturday, .a large num ber of men have continued working in the mine, repairing the air-ways, removing rubbish, and searching for the missing bodies. The main air-ways have been penetrated to the extreme ends. The search on Friday night has thrown much light on the cause of the explosion. We learn that Mr. Darlington is now at' opinion that the ex plosion was confined to one sp ot, in the north w orkings , and about eight hundred y ards from the furnace, where it was at first thought the damp had fired. The gas app ears to in h aveacc umulated atthat place consequence of the course of ventilation having been chan ged by leaving open o ne o f two air doors immediately adjoining the seat of the explo sion. Thesurviving firemen statetbat, from th e i r k now l e d ge of the pit, they are of opinion that the natural ventilation of it would have prevented an accumulation of gas to an extent sufficient to cause such an explosion at that point, even with the furnace lowered or out for the time men tioned, had the air-doors been kept closed, and the other stoppings in their usual state. Of course, if Jones be guilty of gross negligence in ca us i ng th e f ur nace to be lowered, this explanation will not free him from blame, u ee c n h e m a o u r s e ed r b ap y id th a e cc le u a m v u in l g ati n e n n en of n g f a t s h t e h a a i n r.d w n e o u r l e d . because the reduction of the ven til a ti ng p ower w ould lead Itsloni Since e Friday night f our more b o di es h ave been found. mb Up to the time the inquest closed there were forty dead bodies taken out of the pit, and on Saturday morning Robert Ainscough, one of the injured men, died. He was unmarried and twenty-three years of age. There are . thus forty-one dead bodies, besides the four who were last found in the pit. Most of the bodies were interred on Sunday. We are informed that the company are find- Ing coffins for all killed in this X sad acc ident, and giving 5 in each case, MURDERS IN LIVERPOOL. _ _ On the last, day of February, John Maskell, a seaman, aged 35 years, and another seaman, named Charles Wil liams, quarrelled in Rosbottom's concert-room, Waterloo road ; on the following day Williams was noticed looking for his opponent at Steward's public-Louse, Denison street, and on being asked what he was doing, he answered that he was looking for a Dutchman whom he was going to knife. Shortly after this Williams called a little lad, who earns a livelihood by blacking shoes in the neigh bourhood, and told him if he wished to follow him be Would soon see a bit of fun. He then went over to the footpath, stooped down, and sharpened his jack-knife on the edge of the curbstone. The unfortunate Maskell and two companions left Steward's house about this time, and were passing down the street, when a companion of Williams's, known as " Big Scottie," went over to Maskell and struck him a blow on the face. A struggle ensued, in the course of which Williams seized Maskell with his right hand, holding his open knife in his left, with the intent to strike his opponent, but could not do so, lest he might stike his companion.GWilliams, how ever, subsequently turned shortly round, and struck Maskell a back-handed blow with the knife, which entered the thick part of his thigh. The wounded man was con veyed to the Northern Hospital, where he died on Tuesday. Williams was taken into custody immediately after the blow had been struck. The wound was an in cised one, five inches in depth ; the larger veins of the thigh had been divided by the blow, and the wound was the cause of death. On Thursday an inquest was held before the borough coroner. A verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against Williams, who was commit ted for trial at the assizes now being held.—On Thursday an inquest was likewise held by Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on the body of a new-born female child, found dead is Lodge-lane, Kirkdale. The child had died from hmmorrhage and exposure to cold. A verdict of "wilful murder against some person unknown " was returned. THREATENED CALAMITY 1 The Evening Post, the organ of the Irish government, makes the following alarming remarks on the probable departure from Ireland of the " good shepherds " who manage the political as well as the religious affairs of the Roman Catholic population. In short, the poor fellows, like the gardeners in hard weather, are being frozen and starved out. The Repeal agitation is dead ; the " Religious Equality " movement is also defunct ; " the country has been sold to the Whigs ;" and so there is no exciting the people to hand out their money for prayers, parliamentary petitions, or other of the ordinary objects so long kept in view here. To the diggings, then, they must go, to incul cate " good-will amongst men :" " There is another country (quoth the Post). which need not be named, that imperatively demands the inter position of the state with regard to its Catholic clergy. In that country these were hitherto maintained by the volun tary contributions of their flocks ; but these are departing from the shepherd with a rapidity unparalleled in the annals of the human race. The priests, except in the cities and great towns, are left without any income what ever; and if government do not speedily step forward to their rescue from utter destitution, we see no other end to it but that they will per force be compelled to join in the Exodus. We confess we are only surprised that this course has not been already taken to a very considerable extent. It has not, however. Very few Catholic clergy men have left for America or Australia, but we may be quite certain, if means be not found to keep them at home, that the young and healthy must betake themselves to exile." COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. great object of the parties aggrieved—men with unfaithful wives, and vice versa—is not touched at all by the Com- THE apprehensions of a general embroilment of missioners. What, I would ask, do the large community j the great powers of Europe having been set at rest, referred to, whose habitat is the metropolis, care for the the Funds have recovered from the slight depres nice distinctions between divorce a vinculo rnatrimonii, sion under which they suffered, and have since and ir mensd et there, if they cannot obtain either by steadily maintained their value. There is, however, reason of the heavy cost ? Not a jot, as Othello says. but little doing, owing to the holiday time of the What they want—so I have heard them declare, with broken hearts, or well nigh broken, and with tears year, nor will there be any disposition to embark streaming from their eyes, more fools they,—is to obtain in new transactions until the CHANCELLOR of the a divorce a vinculo at a rate of expense within the EXCHEQUER has made his long-expected financial reach of ordinary people. Now it so happens, that I statement. We hinted last week at the probability though the proceedings in the disagreeable business are ; of _ some reduction being made in the interest of s i m plified, and so forth, by the Commissioners, they don't appear to be much cheapened, for at the end ' uonsols, and the opinion is gaining ground, that, of the report I find the following ominous sentence : with the present favourable rate of the public " That there shall be only one appeal from the decree of securities, and the large and increasing balances in the court, and that the appeal shall be tarried to the the Exchequer, the opportunity will not be allowed House of Lords." Why, this was the monster grievance a ll through. That when a lord or " ladye fair" went to pass over without interfering with this important astray, unless there had been criminal winking at the Part of the National Debt. The rate of discount offence on either side,—could go to the House of Lords, on first-class paper is below the minimum fixed by and obtain such a separation as would allow the corn- the Directors of the Bank of Englend ; commercial plainant to marry again—if he or she thought fit. At credit was, perhaps, never in a more favourable the lowest calculation, this would cost about £2OO, but in • position, owing to the general absence of undue many cases, caused by attendance of witnesses at a dis speculation, and the confident expectations of still tance—from the continent—for it is there the sinning parties chiefly go, as many thousands. I think I never larger arrivals of gold from Australia will tend to was at a more lugubrious party than one composed of render the money market easier for all legitimate injured husbands. Two or three wags just poppedin,—there purposes. These are circumstances which cannot was no intrusion,—to witness the fun, such as it might be. One by one the poor de'ils sneaked into the room, fail to have their weight with a Finance Minister looking into each other's face in the most scrutinising who has any pretensions to ability. Mr. GLAD manner, to ascertain, I supposed, if he were a brother STONE has shown that he has an eye to the saving sufferer—" a fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind." of the national expenditure by his reduction of the They had hard work to get a chairman. The secretary, a interest on Exchequer Bills, and this circumstance little blear-looking man, put me in mind of the cook's should not be left out of view in estimating the eels, who, it is fabled, care nothing for being skinned, robabilities of future operations. i na smuch as they are used to it. So with Mr. Secretary ;he P was perfectly au fait. Ultimately a sufferer was found Among the new schemes which owe their origin hardy enough to act as chairman,—under protest that his to the abundance of capital in this country is that name was not to be given. Agreed. Then came resolu- of a railway of 110 miles from Cologne, along the tions to cheapen the law of divorce ;—mover and se- banks of the Rhine to Wiesbaden, to be constructed conder there were none, unless the protest aforesaid was allowed. Agreed again. With these preliminaries settled, (at a cost of two millions sterling. It is said that to it they went. How they did blow up their absent some Liverpool merchants are on the Board of spouses I One wife had had five children, yet left them, Directors. Another scheme is a Water Company their father, and a nice little business, to run away with a for Berlin, with a capital of £350,000, and the journeyman earpefiter ;—another, who had been married three and twenty years, cut and ran with a schoolmaster, Directors consisting of London merchants. Some —44 a little bandy-legged w help." Sic the efflictj would have thought that Englishmen had had orator. All, all of them complained bitterly that, though sufficient experience in foreign investments to deter they could get a divorce in Doctor's Commons, they them from embarkin co uld not marry again wlthuut g etting vile In the N ouse g any more money out of the reach of British protection. of Lords. A great hardship some of them—good-looking im men e nough—complained of was, that they were " tor- We reported last week the formation of an me nted" when they went out to little parties, by the portant association of the Corn Trade of Liverpool young women usually found in such assemblies. Speak for their mutual protection and advantage. This is to one of them, —the mysterious whisper went round— a step in the right direction, and it were well if it "la ! nonsense —what's the use ? b e , I " ',t —." This led to the establishment, by legal enactment, of would go on until the poor man became frantic, left the Local Boards of apurely commercial character, with party, took to the tavern and the friendly pipe for authority to decide upon all questions of dispute in solac. The numbers of such persons are incredible in London. Where's their relief ? Ask echo. mercantile transactions, arising either out of the I once recollect the famous scholar and wit, WILLIAM general law or the custom of merchants. In dis- Ma.oixer, commonly called Dr. M A GINN, cemmeneing putes affecting the shipping int eres t, s u ch as leader with the remark that " Rum p steaks" cost ashit- salvage, collisions, &c., the case is referred to a special court, in which the judge has the assistance lin g a pound weight in Parringdon market. Poor MAGINN of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, who are could say and write anything he liked at that time • it might be outre, it was always applicable and scholarli'ke experienced mariners, and Someb o d y h a d t o ld him, on the occasion referred to, that . usually s, the judgment he should make the attempt to eat a juicy inch-and-a -half has, therefore, the chance of being founded on thick underdo ne s t ea k f or hi s di nner . MAGINN was no justice. In cases, however, affecting important great eater in his latter days, poor fellow, but he took mercantile transactions, where much may depend courage, went to the slaughterer's, came away steakless on long recognised customs of any particular and horror-stricken at the apparent iniquity of the charge. It was the first, lam sure it was th e last time MAGINN port or branch of trade, the cause is ar g u e d a t k n ew the price of the raw m a t er i a l. l am l e d i n t o the great expense before `a judge who is incapable of relation of this anecdote,—much against my will. Were understanding its merits and bearings, by counsel who MAGINN's pale and shrivelled ghost to revisit the glimpses are equally ignorant; and though the intention of the named, or, indeed, ~ l 'of the gas in the city market above.et right be done," the probability is any other, it would slink back to its coffin like Teddy of way. B , the establishment high Provisions for many a year have not been so quite as much the other ) net may be " high in price as they are at present. Free -trade! Pshaw ! Measled pork from abro ad, —I will not sa y where, because. of Local Boards, wh ich should combine legal skill the Standard is ray/,her popular there, — poor, wretched, and mercantile exp erience, the commerce of this fleshless, fatless, broken-backed cattle, skin, bone, and co untry a more satifactory footing, would be it horn, from Holland and Spain. Th ese are what w e haveplaced on got from F ree - tra d e , Not that I find fault w ith it, disputes would be decided with infinitely less both of as a loyal su bj ect, it being new part an d parcel &c., delay and expense, and dishonourable dealing would I give it my support—the support that the sturdy , Protestant Peer, WINCHELSEA, gives to the Roman be more seldom perpetrated or attempted, because Catholic Emancipation Act. Ah ! but, said RICHARD the remedy would he more readily accessible. In COBDEN, the other night, if you had not had Free- the endeavour to obtain such an object, Liverpool trade, rump steaks would have been higher in price. should decidedly take the lead, because, as the Perhaps. The love of gold (money) is the root of all greatest commercial town in the world, she has the evil, says an inspired one; sometimes we are inclined to greatest interest at stake ; and now that the LORD say the want of it,—it you please. It is the prodigious, CHANCELLOR is busily employed in a praiseworthy the hitherto unheard of quantities of gold coming here I . attempt to effect a codification of the statute law, a which have raised the price of the poor man's dinner s and THE STRIKES IN LIVERPOOL The labour-strikes have been continued during the week, and, in most instances, they have been successful in obtaining the advances demanded. The cabinet makers are now receiving 2s. a-week extra, upholsterers 25., corn-porters 6d. a-day, and plasterers 6d. day. The movement among the nightmen has not been so successful, owing to their want of funds ; most of them have returned to work at the old wages. The strike of the porters at the goods stations of the London and North-western Railway was resumed on Tuesday. As stated last week, they struck work on the previous Thursday, on a demand to have their wages advanced from 245. to 275. a-week, for the first class, and from 21s. to 213. for the scond class porters. The superintendent, Mr. Cochrane, pro mised to represent their propositions to the directors, agreeing in the meantime to pay the advanced wages. They also demanded a diminution of the hours of labour, and the payment of 6d. an hour for over-work. The company then advertised for a large number of extra porters in order to carry out the wishes of the men by per forming within twelve hours that which was not done in less than fifteen or sixteen. The porters took offence, and struck work ; the firemen, bookers, deliverers, loaders, cranemen, breaksmen, and others followed their example ; and the entire work of the stations was stopped. On Thursday the porters assembled at the King's Pierhead, and adopted the following resolutions :—That the wages of the porters be 245. a week ; hours of work from six, a.m., to seven, p.m., with no half hour for tea ; that the shipping clerks be paid 275. a week ; that the goods re ceivers and goods deliverers be paid in proportion ; that the sheeters be paid 243. a week, and a quarter allowed them in the morning to make up for the excessive work in the evening; that foremen be paid in proportion to their stations ; that the wages of the men should be paid weekly instead of fortnightly, as the latter system often involved men with families in difficulties ; that all work after seven o'clock in the evening should be paid for at 6d. an hour, and portions of hours to be charged as full hours. That no notice to quit the employ of the company be given on either side. On Saturday the men congregated at the King's Dock Pier, and appointed a deputation to wait upon Mr. Poole, who told them that they were act ing illegally and improperly in leaving their work, and explained the folly of striking for wages first and asking for an advance afterwards ; that he would advise them at once to return to their work, and then submit their wishes in a proper manner, through him, to the directors ; that any man was at perfect liberty to leave the company's service on giving due notice, but not otherwise ; and that, whilst in the service, he was equally at liberty to apply for an advance of wages if he thought proper. Mr. Poole then received their propositions in writing, and promised to lay them before the Board of Directors at their next meeting ; and, in the meantime, to pay them the rate of wages agreed to by their superintendent until the decision of the directors was known. This arrange ment being satisfactory, the deputation withdrew, and the men, upon its being made known to them, instantly and cheerfully proceeded to their work again. We are informed that the wages paid by the London and Northwestern Rail way Company have been quite as liberal as those paid by other companies, if not more so, to the same class of men for similar services. No porter received less than a guinea a week, and the most of them were in receipt of 24s per week. The cranemen and foremen were paid from 24s to 30s per week, many of whom are not at all dissatisfied with their stipends, but they complain, with just cause, of the very late hours imposed upon them by the public shippers and receivers of goods, whose carts are employed at the docks and warehouses during the day, and only use the railways at night. The advance demanded by the goods porters of the East Lancashire, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, was acceded to on Thursday last, and thus a second strike, which was to have taken place at one o'clock that day, wag avoided. There are certain 111-Nunded run -tome in circulation to the effect that a strike is contemplated by the borough police. We believe there is no truth in the report, which may probably have arisen from the fact that a considerable number of men have given the usual month's notice to quit the service._ _ . . Yesterday (Monday), the men in the employ of the master carmen of Liverpool struck for wages, and in the afternoon a numerous meeting of them was held on the Pier-head. It would appear, however, from the proceed ings, that the whole affair arose out of a determination to enjoy the Easter holidays. One of the speakers, who had evidently been sacrificing to the jolly god, and who answered to the call of "Hobby," proposed, as a resolu tion, that their wages should, in future, be twenty-four shillings a week and a pint of ale every night. This was carried by acclamation, as was also a resolution that any one working for less should have his nose broke. Those assembled seemed more disposed to enjoy themselves than to complain of any substantial grievance, and it is believed that the whole affair will be over in a day or two. TOWNSHIP OF TRANMERE. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of this district, in the parish of Bebington, was held yesterday (Monday), in the Assembly-room of the Britannia Hotel, Lower Tranmere. Mr. E. G. Willoughby in the chair. The first business was the choice of a list for overseers, to be submitted to the magistrates at Great Neston, on Friday next. The retiring overseers were Messrs. E. G. Wil loughby and C. Woodward, who have been put in nomi nation as guardians for the district. After some little discussion, the following list was approved :—Messrs. J. H. Barry, Blyth Brown, W. W. Perry, John Williams, and Joseph Blundell. For surveyors of highways : Messrs. Samuel Lightbound, and J. Routledge, having given general satisfaction during the past year, were unanimously re-elected. Messrs. William Prowse, jun., and William Webb, were re-elected assessors. Messrs. W. Webb and J. Langley were re-elected auditors of the highway accounts. The next business was the appoint ment of constables. For Clifton-park and Holt-hill district : Messrs. George Spencer and James Kenan were re-elected; for Higher Tranmere district, Messrs. G. Mil ler and Samuel Jones were re-elected;. for Limekiln-lane district, Mr. H. Addison was re-elected, and Mr. Kenan was appointed in the room of Mr. Wm. Evans; and for Lower Tranmere district, Messrs. Edward Gorris and William Jackson were re-elected. The committee appointed last year to assist the overseers wa s re-appointed, with the addition of Messrs. Willoughby and Woodward, the re tiring overseers. A claim was made on behalf of Mr. Thomas Dawkins, to be re-paid the sum of £3 55., the expense which he had incurred for securities for collecting the highway rate some time since, but as no rate was levied they had been rendered unnecessary. Upon the motion of Mr. Woodward, it was agreed that the amount should be refunded. In answer to an inquiry respecting a gift of bread to the poor at Tranmere church, it was stated by Mr. Woodward that there was a gift of £5 year arising from a field in Tranmere, and which for some years had been divided between the parish church at Bebbington and the district church. It had, however, been lately discontinued, and some inquiry would be made about it at the Bebington vestry meeting ; but as Lord Cranworth had a bill betore parliament to vest in the county courts the investigation of parochial trusts, it was thought advisable to wait until the bill became law. After some discussion it was agreed to posptone the case for a time, but in the interim the overseers and guardians were requested to make them. selves acquainted with the facts. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting shortly afterwards separated. DR. SHERIDAN MUSPRATT has a portrait of Shak speare, at the College of Chemistry, which was painted by a contemporary artist of the bard of Avon. FATAL ACCIDENT. —Yesterday morning an office boy was run over by a cart, in Park-lane. His head was so fearfully crushed, that death was instantaneous. He has not yet been identified. FREE EMIGRATION.—SO successful was the arrange ment at Mr. Henry Russell's last concerts, of giving away free emigration tickets to Australia, that he has announced another series, with similar advantages, for three weeks hence. CONVERT FROM POPERY.—On Sunday evening last, an intelligent young man, about 20 years of age, abjured the errors of Popery in the Church of St. James's, Latch ford, near Warrington, and was received into communion with the Church of England by the Rev. James Wright, the incumbent. MEETING OF SHIPWRIGHTS.—A meeting of ship wrights, unconnected with the Liverpool Shipwrights' Association, was called for last night at the lecture-room, Tuton-buildings, Lime-street. A considerable time after the hour appointed very few attended ; no business was proceeded with, and those present did not seem to be aware for what purpose they had assembled. THE ANCIENT BARDS.—The fine historical picture of "The Laat Fight of the Bards," now exhibiting in Church street, may be seen this week for the last time ; and, in order to give the working-classes an opportunity of im proving their acquaintance with the fine arts, the exhibi tion is open in the evenings up to ten o'clock. AT A VESTRY MEETING, holden in the new Parish Church of All Saints yesterday, (Easter Monday,) the minister, the Rev. Henry Marlen, appointed Richard Yates Ackerley, Esq., as his churchwarden; and the parishioners, in their own behalf, appointed Robert Pear son Zinger, Esq. The above gentlemen have already held office in this church for three- years, during which period, under their prudent management, it has been blessed with increasing prosperity, and their re-appoint ment not only augurs well for the future, but meets with, the universal approbation of OP congregation, t 4 flisV~ 31 OUR LO MONDAY MORNING ya, at the clubs th. enjoy ins s s' Commissioners, Gusto Treasury cl our Babel of Ytanbarb, )N CORRESPONDENT :ek, has been inanimate extreme. Every rational member has gone to nt Easter holidays. True, you have a few , but Inland Revenue men also, and ho, chained to the oar, cannot leave ricks and mortar; but they the tedium of the twaddle uttered by the .e not suffi- ub quid nunc, o never dines ix times a nd to be avoided. Hating f the c 11 follow you into the oking room, where genuine clubbists meet like brothers—never mind the spleen down ut politics with these old men. e sadly puzzled at the beginning of the weep stairs—nothing with them wonders do not last nine days,—to find out the disposition of the ships ordered afloat. Was there to be a war ? Russia and Austria v. the Turk. All to nothing, of course, the latter must be beaten. Prussia necessarily will join against the Turcoman—ancient ally of England though he is. 'What will France do ? Of course, stand by England in defence of Turkey. Then there will be a general row. Such, and such, has been the trash uttered at the clubs this dullest week in Fifty•three, Certainly great secrecy is maintained ; for even the Thunderer " is silent about the intents of the sailing kt the Admiralty all is as calm as usual ; the little printing press—manager sworn to secrecy—is at work, but rot a word oozes ; and there have been no first lord's dinners recently ; capital gatherings those. When your Lords Commissioners, tars or landsmen, take dinner in that quarter—after it—i do not think they care much about letting the cat out of the bag. How was it that not long ago certain improvements in our screw steam navy, described in little other than in diagram, and lithographed by their lordships' own printer under their noses, as it were, got wind—were ventilated, and published in the French papers before they had been communicated to our own naval authorities? It was done, much to the annoy ance of the Lords of the Admiralty, though little was wisely said about it. These French jockies ought to be looked after. Ditto ditto Russian in the East. Eminen t scientific travellers, who have left these our shores and returned, have told me that wherever they wandered they have met the agents of Russ —merely " botanizing," of course, quiet creatures, never observing anything beyond a plant or so, all the way from Toboisk to Samarcand,— plains of Lahore, heights of Delhi,—caviare eating lanes of Cot tantinople and Smyrna. There was the Russ, making the air redolent of the above-named dainty. It is not likely, however, that England will be embroiled, g Russian bear Menscbikoff does play fantast tricks before the Sultan The bold outlay ! ROB ROY :VAGREGOR, PAUL JONES AIAzzINI nd a s re or more of elm not now to be enumerated. What an association of names might be culled, and what a contrast would the list present as compared with the bloodless, the milk-and-water list of Mr. HEasP, duly and periodically proclaimed in hall of Mr. }TEMP —a nasty 0 I jolly fellow—has proclaimed state in the olden when they shone their ugliest ! HEMP'S outlaws, name, though ils owner is than ever did office for the most part, are tai!or-made ; others are for the use of an idle tongue —a too busy gall-dipp'd pen—libel— action at law—damages, and so forth, closing with out- the puke-stocking varlets who com- prise the feather bed outlaws of the present reign. What's done with out- them, if they are caught right, of course. Not at all. Simple arrest, off to that too good-natured soul, SLOMAN'S, in Cursitor-street, at a guinea more or less a day, and in a week—arrangement— and the outlaw is as good as ever. There were a heap of outlaws proclaimed the other day as I passed the Sheriff's Court. The ceremony was pompous enough, especially when the unfortunate beggar had a lot of names, as CHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAM GUELPH ! My pen writes the last time-honoured patronymic—our gracious QUEEN'S, in short. The out lawry referred to is that of the eccentric, rich, magnificent, the at night noble-looking, cosily attired, much be-ringed, be-ringleted, be-painted, be-whiskered, be-wigged Duke almost refuses its office as of BRUNSWICK. The DUKE had been proclaimed one of HEMP'S, or some such officer's outlaws, for the fifth time, at the suit of his second cousin, Regina. There was not much in it, after all. The Deis got into a scrape with Alderman HARMER, of The Despatch newspaper ; the DUKE went away, would not stand the brunt as he had done before, and manfully, too—after a fashion. The DUKE is, however, only great at night—in the gilded saloon, or at the opera, when lighted up for the evening, he is resplendent ; but ah ! faded, like Vauxhall paste- board splendour, "when daylight doth appear." I have . _ jostled the Duke of BRUNSWI - CK in the Opera-house, bear ing on his person £lO,OOO worth of property : his kid gloves, they were nothing—less than vanity ; but then he wore thousands of pounds sterling worth of diamond, emerald, and ruby, over them, like a fop, as he was. He was fond also of gold. At one time he had in his coffers, at his house, in the New Road, two hundred and forty thousand sovereigns. I don't think he liked the Bank of England paper. And yet he was outlawed, with a dozen other individuals, of no mark or likelihood. . Let me turn my attention to a dreary volume published this week by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the law of divorce. My " withers are unwrung, ' and so, I trust, are those of all the readers of the Standard. The ,PARTMENT. Gov. securities.£l3,464,s3B Other securities 15,447.272 Notes ..... 11,132,095 Gold & sihr. coin 566,211 £40,610,116 The SHARE MARKET during the past week has been unusually quiet. In prices we have little change, real business being so trifling. The bulls and bears have the market in their hands :—Chester and Birkenhead £22, 31d ; Caledonians, 321 Eastern Counties, 123-; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75 -1 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 93; Ditto Third Shares, 13tp ; Liverpool and Southport, 171; London Stock, 1181; Ditto Quarters (C) 11p; Sheffield Stock, 301 b ; Midland Stock, 741 ; Dover Stock, 231 1; York, Newcastle and Berwick, 171 ; North Union A Stock, 251 ; Borough Bank, 111; Royal Insurance, 1p; Pacific Steam Com pany, 541; Ditto New Shares, 2p; Steam Towing Company, 51. PRODUCE.—Notwithstanding the occurrence of Good Friday shortened the business time of the week, the amount transacted was, on the whole, a full average. For Sugar there has been a steady ' demand, and 1,200 hogsheads West India and 7,000 bags Bengal, sold at full prices. For Foreign Sugar the demand has not been quite so active, but a good business has been done, the sales consisting of 1,700 bags Pernambuco and 2,700 bags unclayed Manilla, at previous rates. Of Molasses 250 puns. Cuba Muscovado sold at 18s. 9d. per cwt. In Coffee the home trade is dull, but for export there has been a brisk demand, the sales amounting to 80 tierces Jamaica, 150 bags Ceylon, 250 bags Brazil, and 4,000 bags St. Domingo. Of Tea there is not much offering, but good congous are in request, and fine greens are improving, and holders are firm. In Rum and Spices little or nothing doing. Of Rice the sales amount to 50 tierces Carolina at 21s. to 225., 1,200 bags A.rracan, at 9s. 6d., 400 bags Madras at 9 , . 6d., and a ,small quantity Bengal at 9s. 6d. to I is. 9d. per cwt. In Guano, the trade in Peruvian has been confined to second hands, owing to the importers declining to make further sales, and prices have ruled at £9 15s to £lO per ton. About 500 tons Bolivian have changed hands at £7 7s. 6d. to £7 10s. per ton. Linseed is not so firm. In Turpentine and Tar little doing. In Hides, the sales amounted to 2,540 Buenos Ayres. In Olive Oil little doing. Sperm Oil in moderate request. Of Seal and Cod Oil the sales were 50 tuns. Of Palm Oil 200 tuns on the spot, sold at £33 ss. to £33 108., and 300 tuns to arrive, at the latter rate. In Tallow a small trade, at 465. for Y.C. ; other kinds scarce. The sales of Jute amounted to 800 bales, at £lB 17s. 6d. to £2l 10s. per ton.—The occurrence of Good Friday caused a close of the markets on Thursday, and business was not resumed until TO-DAY, which, being Easter Monday, induced very little activity. Of Sugar we have only to notice a small parcel of Bengal, at 393. 6d. for Benares, and 375. per cwt. for Dates; and no sales in Molasses or Rum. No thing doing in Coffee; but several parcels are adver tised for public sale to-morrow (Tuesday). Very little activity in the Tea market, but prices are unaltered. No offer was made for the Java Rice brought to auction this morning, but by private sale 450 bags Bengal are reported at 9s. 6d. to 9s. 9d. per cwt. for broken. A small parcel of Saltpetre sold at 255. 6d. to 265. 6d. per cwt.; 50 tons Cam peachy Logwood, at £7. 17s. 6d to £8 per ton ; and 35 cases yellow Castor Oil, at 31d. per lb. COTTON.—The firmness which was apparent in the early part of last week was not maintained throughout; yet, though the market was brought to a close on Thursday, the total amount of sales was a fair average. American, particularly of the lower qualities, was freely on offer, and prices, in some instances, slightly gave way. Surat was also dull, but Brazil and Egyptian without change. To-DAY the market opened with an improved demand from the Trade at prices fully equal to those of last week. The sales amounted to about 9.000 bales, of which about 3,000 were on specula tion and for export. The advices per Cambria, from Boston, have not yet come to hand, but the market closed with firmness. DESCRIPTION.I PRICES d. d. 1 I Sea island l6i@32 760, 4300 Stained 4i 12 80 , ' 450 J y 2322 Boweds 4a 61 , 9220, 109180 1 ' Mobile 4k 64' 5850 62830, i 7064 New Orleans. 4 9 15460 225790 Pernams, &c. 62 8 I f } } 2080 15250 .. Aracati, &c 6i 8 " Bahia, &c. Maranham - 4 71 }- / 1300 6730 } .... Sawginned — Demerara, &c 8 40 1 90 .... Egyptian 5-1 14 1870 30060 .... Barbadoes 1 Peruvian ••• • . Laguayra . 51- 5f 180 Com.W.l.&c. 6i 70 i 2170 .... Cartbagena — .... Smyrna Manilla , •• • • Surat Madras Bengal 3i 230 .. • • •• • • 43540 516960 9386 WooL.—The anticipated short supply, for the want of labour, from our Australian Colonies sub sides on every account which reaches us ; the influx of emigration from all quarters creates more abun dant labour, and it is now confidently anticipated there will be a full average amount brought forward at the next series of public sales in London, which is expected to come off in May. During the past week we have had a tolerable amount of business doing in this market, considering the lightness of stock and the very small amount of Imports, which fall considerably short of the demand, viz., 266 Bales Irish, 13 Portugal, and 131 from the Medi terranean :ports : there is scarcely any description coming to the market but finds ready sale at very satisfactory prices, particularly low useful wools, suitable for combing purposes, such as Egyptian, Bosnia, Scopia, Oporto, &c. Stocks of English and Irish very meagre ; of the latter the country is almost cleared : good farmers' parcels of one third Hog are now worth 21s. per stone; Skin, little offering, and prices have still an upward tendency. IRON.—There has been very little doing, and no changes worthy of note. Scotch Pigs were quoted to•day, at Glasgow, at 535. 6d. A FIRE broke out on Sunday afternoon, about two o'clock, in the cabin of the ship Asia, lying in the San don Dock. It was extinguished before much damage had been caused.—Soon after five p.m., a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Ganiscwthryth, out-fitter, Great Howard-street, bit t way speedily subdued by the fire , brigade, ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. The British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Cambria, Captain Miller, with advices from Boston to the 16th instant, was telegraphed off Holyhead, at 2 30 p.m., yesterday (Monday); but owing to being short of water at the Bar, her mails had not reached Liverpool at the time of our going to press. We shall publish the intelligence received by her directly after it reaches us. THE EARL AND COUNTESS of DERBY and Lady Emma Stanley have left town for St. Leonard's, near Windsor, where they intend to pass the recess. THE LIVERPOOL PILOTS.—NR. CARDWELL'S BILL.— The Liverpool pilots have had meetings, during the last week, on Mr. Cardwell's new Pilotage Bill, now before parliament. They met again last evening in the Clarendon rooms, but we are unable to communicate the proceedings, as our reporter, on applying for admission to the meeting, was told that it was private, and that in consequence the representatives of the press could not be admitted. THE THEATRE-ROYAL, closed during Passion Week, was re-opened last night with the French plays. The performances commenced with Lockroy's comedy of " Le Chevalier du Guet," and concluded with the "Vau deville of Catherine of Austerlitz." The other nights of performance will be to-morrow, (Wednesday,) and Friday. The performers are amongst the most distinguished on the Parisian stage. HER MAYESTY'S TIF.ATRE.—The question about this establishment is now definitively settled. Mr. Frederick Gye, director in chief of the Royal Italian Opera, has become the lessee.—[This last assertion has been denied, but there is no doubt some arrargemeut has been come to.] MR. ALDERMAN ALEXANDER TAYLOR, of Oldham, destroyed himself on Wednesday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. It is said that he had become a violent political partisan at the last two elections. A New PEER.—The title of Sir Thomas J. Burke, Bart., M.P.. when raised to the Peerage, is, it is said, to be Lord Killoran. A CABINET COUNCIL was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street,. on Saturday. The Ministers present were, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half. WORTH KNOWING.—To ACTT-MRS.—Since the inter national copyright between England and America was signed at Washington and London, authors and owners of copyright will be in a very different position than be fore. For instance, if you wanted to negotiate a reprint with a publisher—call it A—he would say, " Oh, I admit that your book has been highly successful in England--• highly so ; but then there is a book, so my agent writes me, which has been equally so in America, called 13 ; Now, of course, I can get the copyright of it for nothing: Well, if the author of B had gone to an American pub lisher and popped to him a similar question,. he would have at once chopped him with the same intelligence respecting the English book A; so that in neither case does the author receive one penny. It is evident,. then, that now the publisher in both cases will have to pay ; they may exchange afterwards, but both must first own. Mr. Howell wanted two American books for his serieet and had to give in return the right to print two distinct editions of " Floss's Adventures in Australia." It is obvious that this is as it should be; and also that the public should be aware that publishers, now, have to paY for American copyrights.—Liverpool Mercury LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, MARen 28. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH The political news from the continent is not important. In Paris, the Eastern question appears to be considered as settled. GERMANY.—A large number of vessels have been placed in a perilous position on the coast, near Cuxhaven, by the immense masses of ice drifted out to sea from the inland waters. Two steamers had put into Gluckstadt. The cold was most severe, and the ice fast accumulating ; nothing like it had been seen on that part of the coast for some years. Higher up, towards the Sound, all navigation is stopped. I 'The Sun says that, in the Stock Exchange this morn ing, considerable sensation has been produced by the report that the home government will. grant no more charters to•colonial banks or other undertakings, a deter mination that might have been anticipated after thespeech of the Duke of Newcastle, made a short time since in parliament.. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. Consols Buyers at par in the morning,.but,wanting sup port, declined before the close. The Railway market has a flattish tendency; thin attendance of dealers., owing to the Easter holidays, and few orders on public account. Gold Mines, Land and Bank Shares dull at former quotations. Foreign, with the exception of Sardinian, not so well sustained. PRICES, Bank Stock Excheq. Bills, L. & S 8 1201 STOCKS. Spanish Passives Turkish Swedish ii 2ippi 2 lidis SRARES. Leeds Northern.... Lanc. and Yorkshire. Do. Fifths v . - London, Brighton, and South Coast lO3l 4i London & S. Western 90 1 Munches., Sheff., and Lincolnshire Norfolks North British 35 6 Do. Preference 109 11 Shrewsbury and Bir mingham York, Newcastle, and Berwick . 6Bi 9i Do. Extension 7 dis Do. Preference York and N. Midland 58 9 Do. Preference SHARES. Nugget B. Australian Freehold Australasian Colonial • . • Mariposa SHARES. I Peel River South Australian CLOSING Consols, Account .. l 99i 100 Do. Money .... I 90i Three &Qr per Cents.. FOREIGN 252 6 I Mexicans Do. Threes — Spanish New Deferred 24-1 5 Do. Threes 4B/ 9/ RAILWAY 118 London Stock Do. Quarters Midland Stock . Do. Halves North Staffordshire 44 4 S. Eastern and Dover 77i 8 Ainberg.,Nottingliam, and ErJunctiOn Caledonian Do. Preference Eastern Counties . East Lancashire ...... Edinburgh & Glasgow 73 East Anglian Great Northern . Do. A Do. Great Western . Caley Preference Noveau Monde Agua Fria Cordeliera Ave Maria Carson's Creek Port Philip 81 2 4G 8 122 4 90i 1 MI,NINQ 1~ ~ LAND Australian Agricultural 100 3 S. Australian Invest 2 Van Diemen's 23 4 havingmbiotedebroaitleinganPdeaSare a. shade .. higher. COR N MARKET : an, improved demand, best white realized an improvement of Is per 9r, and other sorts fully former terms. Foreign is held at quite late rates. Flour is steady, but there is no advance in price. Oats prices. T le show Fine o sold pretty freely, and in some instances at rather dearer l f 3e W an h s ea a t nd is w Seeds unchanged. ARRIVALS , English. 4808 4983 2387 4437 515 Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas .. Flour . Foreign 9943 8890 4150 4518 3ks TALLOW MARKET. Stock 33,508 casks, against 48,804 last year. Deliveries 1,772 casks, against 1 ; 339 last year. CLLTTLE MARKET. Prime Scots maintained last Monday's prices; inferior did not sell so well. Sheep sold at 2s. per head decline, and L a mbs were 6d. a stone cheaper. Calves in demand, at Friday's rates. Beef 2s 8d to 4s 4d Veal Mutton..... 3s 8d to 5s 6d 1 Fork, .. 3s 6d to 48 40, Beasts dd. to 6s. 6d. Lambs, Calves 17760 I Pigs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts..... Do. Sheep Do. Calves Spanish Sheep • Sheep and Lambs 300 600 827 840 148 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75-a ; 1 " 31. c h es ter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, prefer ence . 11 ; Midland , 74i; South Eastern and Dover, 23k. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations :—Midland, 74k. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. Market very quiet, at 535. 6d. There is very little busine ss doing. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1853 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNIN G' BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, OF No. 7, PERCY.STREET, AT THE STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFIC NO. 4, ST. GEOROE'a CEEscara, LIVERPOOL. Tsei the Fr RFPRI Dlace next t' the St. . „ In MIN Two I and Tr 6 Thin DERN Sole L. Mr. G years pis r The . PriateO for fur secure) The the P ei Price Pit, 38, Shah on M a compl, Adn. 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