The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

H ILHAR2tIOII HANOWS SUBLIME OH "SAMSON THIS Er.F.v.Lva (TUESDAY, L. 41 To commence at a Quart. MADAME GARCIA. will sing "'I. ith Trumner 4,_&,,„ ir Avtki s ,, 3j OU4, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDA MORNINC t been the deipat in monetary specting a )e wha ristmas Si :h one hears m that ti MAJESTY'S Minister seat of ABERDEI Immed g opini. embryo Prime Minister of .1 _ . 1 i hou several to HE to fix t' I instructions t this knotty vy Cour the legisla Zold themsel ;Auur, in the interior of Westmin3ter Palace pat as 1 have 'ned by MI :he ilex in represent able," and hif, al, there ?ALMESST r.. I am Latour SOVEREIGN Irst vacancy zorousl s also an object of his Royal Mist Genera'. Slr. CARDW f Trad nd both men Viscount CANNIN Lt President of th ss's solicited certain, at no very remote period from the and to the Turkish q d Saturday Inc ;ion from ats at the Council stion, messages on Fri ing passed and repassed only know this, that host' Ld Russians suppose' 7 sed " e Danube .etired for rea- of strategy has issued a notice for a contract the Turk can do the ships, from Cons+ France __sea, from and iter the 16th instant, during the whole period of the sojourn of the Med and in the Rack & ly looks as if Franc Ransack every club London, sou litterateu political re- Friday morn determined to be in the thick of it, if it be not all over before issue of the Livetpool Standard, one ( United 1- glom—London especiall -shall have I refer to the moribund pests,—BETTING OFFICES. Never was a more stringent act passed since OLIVER CROMWELL had a hand in the Government or ProteCtorate. Every penny held by the varlets, in deposit on races however distant, must be diso.o , ices, for the most ten or twelve scamps, have been on the wane for the - months ; the city magistrates, well piloted by WinTrLi HARVEY, the Police Commiso them, as they had ruined many city 'prentice, porter and clerk. The betting offices are pretty well all closed ; the keepers of them know the " doubly did much to ruin azardous" game of pg money, and those who have deposits to any amount —cut ; I use their own language. lam not here to betting ',etch fo] space and time for perusing d houses on Saturday nights. gaming, when facilities pr I have known I ;seriptions of these Such is the fatal at themselves, that glily educated is the world goes— moral gentlemen, pay one of their last few sovereigns for a bit of pasteboard, and high hopes of winning, which i are qammoned (I again es), shall we caused. If such mt use the appropriate language of the parts. wonder at the juvenile clerk, the heretofore trustworthy porter, the messenger, or servant doing the same ? No. But betting houses are not to die; Boulogne's the word ! In brief, I am well informed that betting lists, even on a more prodigal scale, are to be opened in that resort of and other vagabonds. However, the Pest is driven from our walls. mongrel poodi "re we never to have done with effigies of Sir d their attendant absurdities ? ROBERT PEEL porters of the Right Honourable Baronet's policy—a strange mixture—do not imagine that I would, could, or should, breathe (a sigh ?) a word to the deterioration of his posthumous fame ! It is art,—high art, in the city— save the mark,—that now induces me to ink my thumb. Most of your readers, who do not reside within the bills of mortality, have visited the metropolis, and as certainly have walked along Cheapside eastward. In the known world, —world pre-adamite ultra-mundane—anything, —there never was a more monstrous absurdity in art than the equestrian statue of the great Duke of WELLING TON. I apply "monstrous absurdity" not to the com position, not to the execution—the details of the horse and rider. The latter, as a portrait, is faultless ;—the former, notwithstanding CIIANTRET'S sainted name—in art canonized,—might have been more appropriate. The poet who lisp'd in numbers" the effect that —says some pretty words to "Honour and shame from no condition riae." This I know,—if I judge from the tenor of the Royal A A car cademy, lectures, delivered by li v i ng professors, Royal ipow ev• TrromAi; remark teuverea by Sir Josuue, and Sir acle by that eccentric genius, Fusnu a VIII. ha Matte oy that heavy artist, Sir Joirx V;NBURGH: the best draper of architecture that ever tried it ; remarks made by that gentle creature DAVIE WILKIE, who would have been P. R. A. if he had not been so anxious about it ; this I know from these, that a bit from the chisel of PYGMALION, of PurnrAs, of ALcAmANEs or his associates, all of whose sandals CHANTREY would have been glad to unloose--I say, were a statue from such hands to be placed in the position of CILANTBEY'S one of WELLINGTON in front of the facade of the Royal Exchange, it would at once become a wart—supremely or simply ridiculous ! But referring to our friends proceeding eastward through Cheapside, they are presented with the most remarkable example of "fore -shortening" extant, either in stone, bronze, or canvass. In short, the DUKE and his horse are bundled up • nothing being seen but the head of the four-footed anin;al. But the DUKE and his charger are PEEL'S effigy—that is to be. I went into the city two or three days ago, having been apprised that certain " effects, " in theatrical slang, were to be tried. There was TITE, city architect, Curt limartA.:st, clever fellow, BEHNES, the sculptor, and two or three others. Oh, Dome of St. Paul's !in a few minutes, a number of Irish labourers succeeded in placing a piece of deal board, or pieces thereof attached, havine a ) Sir Rc tiro' words, the eff ered Dr ,—he on horseback. In was triumphantly ridiculous ; not in lath; but simply iron' hers from the Mansion nd both the Exchan •cl b es, policemen, rs in bullion, bank ;, and, as a climax, ith loud and long chequer tallies, cads, cab d orrespondent, inaugurated gh to make THOMAS GRE: ip his spindle shanks and hop d. You will now have two en. •re preposterous than that of HAYDON'S Curtius, an boy, who sprung, horse and all, into the gulph ; as called Curtius lacus, as all classical scholars, f LEMYRIERE, are aware. Super the bareheaded Senator foremost. s time" riding behind want of room in the Idded. to the abi a nd the " foren What is th e eal mostly ti ?vie authorif ad uneducated eyes of certair sorts of nude figures—mos but do let the statues of public with al 'lle ISialusionohous, eotarnonlY abominations tol4 T._l public places be in prop,- ''' B‘),re—sast of the Exchar '"', of the commmmittee, negatived, - vatam thnnAt it wou vas pri vi-i;nTox and in proximit -b " 4 ""Of two men riding on ho; .buck one Most I arrive, which -HALL.--• I behind IATORIO, The Times has —reefing , wretched condition of the great hive of government clerks, especially the Admiralty ones. lam not sure that there is any class of Her MAJESTY'S subjects, save the " very poor," more to be pitied than those Her MAJESTY'S ser vants. I have known some well paid ones at the War office, some at the Admiralty, next door, more over the way in peaceful Whitehall-place, at the Woods and Fo rests, a great number at Somerset-house, several at the public attention to tit seeks relief in Portugal-street, and don't get it - He ha's set apart a portion of his salary—already too small. Money lenders—there are lots of them all about Somerset- —and a " fruitful vine" are the ruin of the govern clerks for the most part. Within the last few dent " were up," as it i goes to be whitewas t I liarly called when an; on they are better paid—it may be closer looked after, They deal in checques, we all know. Are greater checks placed on they of the Old Lady in Threadneedle-street, than on n Somerset-house ? I believe so. It is by no not of the enemy—but of the k of England, to have those masques for British 506,407 380,688 652,216 phrase is not very applicable, unless one were I COMMERCIAL 4' MONETARY NEWS, rg at the " effects" referred to. Enough of this, how- Therefore, to something else. GEORGE HUDSON has contradicted the report that he no more to be member of parliament. That noble fel v, VALEwsKr, has taken Gibraltar House, so called because the rock of that name was never taken. GEORG house, more like a New York hotel than any h MONDAY NIGH APPARENTLY unaffected by the conflicting tele graphic reports from the East, the Funds have maintained their value, and have even slightly ae scarcity of ;ock, which is K of E: the diminished amount of the "other securities" in the Bank returns. The returns of the Stock of Bul lion again show an increaseto the extent of £176,568, notwithstanding the recent exports, which have been been very large, particularly to the East Indies. The speculators in Corn have managed, as yet, to maintain prices, though with some difficulty ; but there can be little doubt that in a very short time prices must give way, owing to the large stocks on hand, the diminished consumption, and the recent favourable weather for sowing, which has been carried on to a greater extent than ever before remembered. The manufacturing districts are still seriously affected by the turn-out of the operatives, and there is an evident disinclination to enter into any trans actions beyond those for immediate necessities. Raw materials, both of cotton and wool, have been comparatively high, and with advanced rates of wages there has been no encouragement to exceed orders, which have been comparatively light. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade, for the month ended 10th Oct., show a considerable increase in the amount of tonnage, particularly that entered inward, but, as will be seen by the subjoined, the increase is much greater in Foreign than in British 'shipping : beans a weak invention— ever peering over the clerks as they tell their almost untold gold ! To seethe a kid in its mother's milk I have always held to be symbolical of the ne plus ultra of cruelty. I _ _ never go into the Bank of England but the beaUtiful saying about the kid is brought to my mind. Let me be understood to refer to the mural sculpture of the place. Might not the contemplation of a cast of the head of ABICAMI3I NEWLAND" prove an incentive to honesty and punctuality on the part of the Bank of England - 'eh that face wit' tr - ' 1 -ed e•"- as much as a its wicked eyes con tinually leering and peering over the fingerers of gold in the bank? It is an excellent device to have MERCURY, "the god of thieves, pickpockets, and all dishonest per- sons," stuck on the inner - walls of the bank ! Methinks a Y clerk must be a bold man to steal a rouleau of sovs. under a such auspices. Sir ROBERT PEEL, when Home Secretary, e began to find that the threat of discharging all government , clerks becoming insolvent RUSSELL and was empty PALMERSTON have also found it so. - The clerk may now toddle to Portugal-street, and come back to his govern- and from day today lead his SisYruus-like life. Poor fellow, he is allowed to keep his situation ; under such circumstances who could " fardels bear P" The demi-lion of the week, in our literary circles, has been—that is, he would have been, had his common sense not prevented it—the last made knight by Ireland's Lord Lieutenant, Sir CUSACK PATRICK RONEY, who with WILLIAM DARGAN—Arcades ambo —originated, com pleted the Great Dublin Exhibition. Sir CUSA.CK RONEY returned to Europe a few weeks ago, and received the justly-merited, the well awarded honour of knighthood, at the close of the exhibition. In him we have a splendid example of what a warm heart, a cool and clear head, and indomitable energy can achieve. Some twenty years ago RONEY came toLondon,little more than a lad, well educated —his father, a physician in Dublin, took care of that, and young RONEY'S mind did not waste the blessing. He settled him down in the quiet street opposite Her Ma jesty's Theatre in the Haymarket ; MACREADY was a next-door neighbour, and the famous JAMIE JonNsoN, M.D., lived opposite. RONEY then had his quiet dinner parties, fine-art men, musicians, and musicians' sons, critics also,—not very severe some of them ;—one I knew a little of, who for a quarter of a century criticised every play, play-actor, opera, and opera singer, male and female, musician—vocal and instrumental—never found fault — directly—and yet gave satisfaction. During the season it was pleasant,—very,—to dine with RONEY, — his dinner was elegant, but suited to his means ; and then there was no necessity for cabs or carriages of any descrip tion ;—hop, step, and jump, you were in the Haymarket Theatre or the Opera House. Initiated into the mys teries of the healing art, RoNET did not follow them. 'Tis well he did not ; he never would have looked after his fees. Anon, we find him Secretary to the Literary Fund, then, as now, a tip-top establishment. This brought our young knight into first-rate society. It was when RONEY was Secretary that that harum-scarum man WILLIAM JERDAN, the iconoclaust, father now of London journalism, and royal pensioner of £lOO a-year, with a penknife played havoc with DAN MACLISE'S sweet portrait of a sour man—old Sir JOHN SOAVE. He was vain ; he disinherited his son more for the vanity of leaving his things to the nation ' than for all the evil the discarded lad ever compassed. The picture was painted for the Literary Fund Committee; SOANE, crabbed, lived near, came to the meetings, and supported the institution. He thought the portrait frightfully like—so it was, ha! ha He was al _ ways grumbling at it, while the members were praising it. DANIEL MACLISE didn't like this on the part of Sir JonN ; the accomplished artist never got so much as a tumbler of hock for painting the old cynic— i an end to the strife by Cutting the canvas into something like ribbons : JERDAN was not quite a destructive, he also knew something of the line of beauty, or what it means, and cut accordingly. The damage appeared irre parable ; so does a young black eye, a swollen lip, a bruised cheek, when one " spars" without the gloves ; a few bandages and the portrait " wash ash goot ash new." - RONEY acted most discreetly in this deli cate affair. Soon after we find him head man at the Eastern Counties Railway—making it, indeed, and keep- in beautifying—popularizing, that healthy place Lowestoft then at Chester and Holyhead. Next came the most brilliant combination of all in RONEY'S eventful history —only yet in the first chapter,—WlLLlAM DARGAN and the Great Dublin Exhibition. Following in its "blaze of trnimph" came RONEY'S appointment to the controul of the Great Canadian Trunk line of Railway, destined under his management to work wonders in that land of wonders. His able reports on the gigantic project disclose a power, perspicuity, and perspicacity of mind well vindicating the choice the authorities made in Sir Cusacic PATRICK RONEY. Her Majesty the QUEEN, with as much good taste as love of fair play—a homely English phrase and applicable- has commanded the drama of " Money" for the next royal representation ; the principal characters to be sustained by the managers of four different metropolitan theatres, viz.:— Mr. CHARLES KERN, Evelyn ; Mr. WEBSTER, Graves ; Mr. BIICKSTONE, Mr. Benjamin Stout ; and Mr. WIGAN, Captain Dudley Smooth. Several dramatic novelties have been successfully presented during the week ; nor is music less attractive, the Wednesday Evening Concerts, under the management of Mr. WILLOTT, now, or lately, the proprietor, editor, and so-forth, of a Sheffield or Birmingham paper, attract vast crowds; and the Sacred Harmonics, one of them under the direction of COSTA, the other under that of SIIEMAN, the founder, have their thousands of auditors. Both societies ought to be in formed that it is unworthy of them to exaggerate their choruses,—said to be 700 or 800 ; they are by no means so efficient as they ought to be, and I am afraid that there are mutes among them—a vile practice filling the eye and not satisfying the ear ! Independently of these musical gatherings, there are dozens of other attractive places of entertainment, each having a fair share of patro nage ; at least 20,000 people left their homes on Saturday evening in search of such amusement; and 10,000 more attended the various sing-song clubs—under the music and dancing licenses act; so that really one would think we never were more prosperous or happy. The lessee of Drury-lane is going to superadd dancing and other dogs to the horses. He is turning away money from his doors. Young BLANCIIARD, the son of the once well known comedian of the same name, is cutting out jokes for a new pantomime, to be presented at Drury. BROOKE comes back to fill up the blank after the 'osses. That most accomplished actress, Mrs. CHARLES KEAN, has been far from well for some time past ; indeed, she has not acted for the last fortnight. Why should such a delicate creature remain on the boards, after having de lighted so long ? The KEA.NS are immensely rich ; they always had the wit to keep the money they made. Mrs. WARNER—poor lady—is not left in obscurity to pine. Actors and actresses, for the most part, are poor. I scarcely ever knew a cold-hearted one. _ _ ALBEST SMITH is preparing for a renewal of his Mont Blanc, which was but indifferently well received, I am told, in Dublin. The Dublin people—(l know them well ; a day of fnrtv.eipht hours is far too short for their kindness) are the most fastidious in the world; no one can tell what will please them until the trial is made. The remark applies with equal force—histrionically—musically—and picto rially. Our grim enemy has been busy among the "upper classes" since my last. The gallant Duke of BEA.IIPORT, one of WELLINGTON'S fearless aides-de-camp, died on Thurs day afternoon. The late noble DUKE was manly in form and feature,—stiff built and broad shouldered ; but the endurance of almost constant pain from gout invested his fine countenance with a plaintive aspect, if I may use the expression. The DUKE, to the close of the last fashionable season, stuck to his old habits,—preferring the omnibus box at the Opera to his own up-stairs ; and a merry set they were in that same box, now nearly all gone ! Gout flew from the extremities to the stomach,—fatal resting place ; and the Duke of BEArvouT died. LADY PANMIIIIB, too, an amiable creature, died last week, at Pitfour Castle, in the Carse of Gowrie. She was only 46 years of age ; and when Fox MAULE, her lord and master, got into place, she was not ashamed to brush up her French with him; three lessons a week over a patter and clatter breakfast. She was Lady PA.NNTIRE scarcely a year. MR. WILLIAMS'S advertisement should be read by those country residences. LIVERFOOi COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. — appointed for the certificate meeting of M dough. The bankrupt did not appear, howeve J. W. Fair and the meeting was adjourned sine die. - FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Charles Shaw, a sea man belonging to the Niagara, whilst working on board the vessel in dock, fell from the mizen yard, and received such injuries as to cause his death in the Northern Hospital, about two o'clock in the afternoon. The inquest will be held to-day. lin, ALLEGED DEATH PROM BEING RUN OVE R: Willis, an old lady residing in the neighbourhood of Lou- suffering from injuries said to have - been inflicted by her being run over with a carriage. She died about mid-day, on Saturday, but owing to some neglect the case was not reported to the Coroner's-office till eleven o'clock yester day, and the facts consequently are as yet but imper fectly known. DEATH Or MR. DOWLIN( —Mr. Matthew Morris Ge( v years commissioner and head-constabl in this boron h, expired at his resident Wavertree, on He hai of paralysis, which had destroyed the use of one side, and almost deprived him of the power of speech. He had been gradually declining since his removal from office, period of nearly twenty years ; and there is that that circumstance had a material Orel health. Ile was sixty-eye years of age, t upon his THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Foreign. 292,933 tons. 230,378 ~ 357,703 CLEARED OUTWARD 404,816 456,169 269,248 tons. 292 - J6B 1853 The following are the returns of the coast trade for the same periods : 1851 1852 1853 1,028,95'2 1,124,531 1,217,221 1,273,394 tons, 1,273,688 „ 1,321,700 „ The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 12th of Nov., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week £5,009,222; Increase £932,063 11,781,769; Decrease 389,263 3,211,460; Increase 27,185 Public deposits Other deposits Rest ' On the other side of the account — Government securities £11,766,213; Increase £261,091 Other securities ... 16,432,451; Decrease 317,248 Notes unemployed ... 7,005,750; Increase 585,865 The amount Of notes in Zircidation is £22,181,425, being a decrease of £146,020 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,856,113, showing an increase of £176,568, when compared with the preceding return. Notes issued ISSUE DEPAUTMENT, £29,187,175 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,000 !Gold coin Sr bairn. 15,187,175 jSilver bullion, ... £29,18',175 BANKING DEPARTMENT. £23,187,175 1 Prop. Capital ... X 14,553,00 Gov; Securities 211,7'66,243 Rest .. ... 3,211,460 Other Securities 16,432,451 Public 'Deposits 5,009,222 Notes ... _ 7,005,750 Other Deposits 11 ; 781,769 Gold & Silver Coin 668,938 7-day & other bills 1,317,931 £35,873,3821 £35,873,382 „ . Our SHA R E MARKET continues not very active, but buoyant in prices and good in character, with an increasing business daily. The Local Stocks, Insurance Shares, and others are in great demand for investment, and have been readily taken as offered at advanced prices. Money, too, is becoming much more easy in the Share Maakek; in fact, we may say everything has a brighter look, both as to amount of business and range of prices. We annex this day's quotations :—Caledonians, 28 ; Eastern Counties, 13 3-16 4 ; East Lancashire, 162 ;Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65-1 6 k 4-1- I ' , 64d;Ditto Fifths, London Stock, 1038 1 ; Ditto Eighths, 1d ; Sheffield Stock, 21; Midland Stock, 63 8 3 8 33c 8 1 North British, 78 : Dover Stock, 18a- 9-16 11-16 ; York and North Midland, 241 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire £lO pref., 3-16 p ; Preston and Wyre, 461- ; Royal Insurance, 1 , 4 1 -p. I Corrox.—The market during the week has been steady, the demand being fair for good qua lities, while the lower sorts remain difficult of sale. To-DAY, the advices by Niagara were received, but had very little effect on this market. It would appear that some damage has been done to the crop, but it is generally believed that some of I the statements have been exaggerated in order to influence the market. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, of which about 1,000 were on specu lation and for export. The following is a compari son of present prices with those of this time last year : New Orleans, middling, Uplands, middling DESCRIPTION.I PRICES. Week Prey'. ending °Ludy Nov.lB this yr. 1852. 185 a ... 6d. ... sd. ... 6d. ... 6td. Sea Island ll @mil 240 17810 Stained .. 1 4 04 70 1530 Boweds ' ! 31 61 10420 437530 Mobile 't 3a 61 2530 266910 New Orleans.! 3 7 13950 892050 na Pernas,Fic.l 61 I 8 1260 61560 IMPORTS. Week STOCK ending t,"'' Nov. 18, I e "' iNov.lB 4SO . 471301 3296! 498614 JJJ 3 . 3 . 680 .... 926047 560 39570 20i 690 1740 ; 116420 •20 10940 6050 i 225870 501 3660 101 4850 37370!21335401 51262 i4iio 31374 12620 .... 30529 18980 535 490 577 9812 2 85040 7629 1 "iv 3564 271228 1 162080 125 63161 3050 7562h92165& 653720 Bahia, &e Maranliam ..1 0 Demerara, &c 9 Egyptian Ciiiii.W.l.&c. 74 Surat Madras Bengal 34 PRODUCE.—The markets during the week have assumed a firmer tone, particularly for Tea, Sugar, and Rice. Palm-oil has also been in more request. To-DAY there has been a fair inquiry for the refin ing qualities of Sugar, the sales, including Satur day's business, consisting of 20 hhds. grainy Demerara at 36s 6d, 70 hhds. Jamaica at 33s 3d to 34s 6d, 1,100 bags Khaur at 28s 6d, 200 boxes brown Havana at 20s 3d, 1,500 bags Pernams and Paraiba at 18s 9d to 19s 6d, and 30 cases Maceio at 19s to 20s per cwt. Of Molasses, 90' puns. very ordinary St. Lucia have been taken by a dis tiller at 16s per cwt. ' • a small Parcel of Demerara Rum is reported, at full prices. There continues a good demand from the trade for most descriptions of Tea, together with further speculative inquiry, and prices for all kinds are decidedly higher ; com mon Congou is in request at is 2d, and a con siderable parcel of fair quality changed- hands on Saturday at is 22d per lb. 200 bg6 Arracan Rice are reported at 13s 9d, and 500 bags Ben gal at 15s 6d per cwt. We have also to notice 300 bags Saltpetre at 29s 6d for 5 per cent. refrac tion, 1,000 bags Sago Flour, to arrive, at 21s, and 120 bags Plate Lac at 34s per cwt. WooL.—The improved feeling noticed in our last week's report has continued to characterise the market this week, and a fair amount of busi ness has been done at rather improved rates. A portion of the East India Wools withdrawn at our last auction sales have found a market this week, at much better prices than were then ruling ; the general opinion is' that the wool market has seen the worst, and we now look for more activity in this branch of trade. The London sales closed very firm last Thursday evening, since which this market has been much more active. Imports for the week 1015 bales. In English there is not much doing • prices are without change. 1 Messrs. W. GREENE and Co. in their Circular of Friday, say : " The London sales, which closed last evening, have recovered a little from the extreme depression noticed in our last report, and closed firmly at about opening rates ; about 53,985 bales Australian and Cape, 5,243 East India, 530 China, and 5,256 sundry low Foreign Wools were offered. So large a quantity put on the market at' one time, in face of such adverse circumstances, both political and commercial, had, as was to be expected, a very depres sing effect on the market ; and the reduction in prices, as compared with the August series, is very considerable, averaging at one period of the sales, from id. to 2d. on clean first-class Australian wools, 2d. to 3d. on medium, and 3d. to 4d. on ill-conditioned and burry wools, of which there was an unusually large proportion." TIMBER.—We extract the following from the recently published circular of Messrs. A. F. and D Mackay : Since our last printed circular, of the 14th ult., wood goods have still further advanced in price, more from a conviction in the mind of purchasers that the stocks at the end of the import season will be moderate than from any immediate extra demand for consumption. Judging, . • • of the trade, it is reasonal article of spruce deals, which are now below their relative value, when compared with the wood in the log. " BALTIC.—Since Ist February to date, 79 vessels, 22,301 tons rerister. wood laden. have arrived, against to cor- I responding date last year,'s6 vessels, 17,126 tons register. i The stock of Baltic timber is now reduced to a few lots in the hands of the dealers, and early arrivals of this cannot miss a good market. 359 logs from Jacobstadt, ex Enter prise, sold yesterday at 2s. Id. for clean straight but small wood,with 4,707 pieces red wood, deals, and battens at £l6 10s., and white at £ll5 per standard ; the last sale of common Dantzic was made at 2s. 2d. per foot. LIVERPOOL COUNTY YESTERDAY. - ' --- --.1. , --- Court opc COURT- rday, before THE LIVERPOOL ADELPIII LOAN ASSOCIATION V. HOWIE AND OTHERS.—His Honour gave judgment in this case, which had been previously heard, and the cir cumstances made public. He decided for the plaintiffs. The question was whether sureties for loans could be held responsible for fines levied for non-payment, in the same respect that they were for the original amount of the loan. In this instance the borrower had by his own act sanctioned such appropriations of money, and therefore he held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover. It seemed to have been the custom of those parties to charge fines against others than the borrower. They admitted, if he recollected rightly, that they had no legal right to do so, and he thought it an exceed ingly improper proceeding that they should make such a claim. Whenever a case came before him in future, in which they had endeavoured to obtain these fines from sureties, he should always consider that an important element in the determination of the other matters which were left to his discretion. SHIPPING. DISPUTE : PERRY V. SPENCE.—This was a claim set up to deduct as against the consignee of good 1; certain dues payable out of the Ramsgate Harbour Act. He had looked through the statutes at large, but could not discover any reference to that act, but the collector of customs had promised to supply him with a copy, and he should defer his judgment till then. It had been said in the case that the bill of lading contained the words— "that the goods shall be delivered to the consignees in Liverpool, on payment of 10s., freight in full," and the question was, whether "in full" was meant to include harbour dues, or whelier it was meant to include " hat money," and other charges. Upon that he should be willing to hear evidence, if any, of the custom, and should then give his judgment, after a reference to the Act of , Parliament. Fawn SUMMONSES.—Orders of committal for thirty days to Lancaster Castle were made against the following parties, for neglecting to comply with previous orders of the court :—John Birch, clerk, railway station, Wapping, at the suit of Messrs. R. and W. Fort, coal merchants, Crown-street, for a debt of £2. 10s. ; Fanny Wilson, Tra falgar-place, out of Russell-street, described as a "house keeper," for £2 2s. 6d., owing to Joseph Myers, of Chesnut street, for jewellery ; Thomas Spencer, clerk with Messrs. Brownout and Co., Exchange-alley North, for a debt due to Mr. G. J. Aspinall, chemist, Fairview, Park-road ; Richard Taylor, porter, at the Great Howard street- railway station, for a debt due to Henry Beckett, grocer, of Burlington-street ; John Davies, Harrison street, ship-scraper, for a debt due to James M'Carty, gro cer, Mary bone ; Josiah Wedgewood, of Lord-street, for a debt due to Thomas Clarke; and Thomas Kimpton, small parcel deliverer, for a debt due to Messrs. Parnell, - printers, of Russell-street. In this case the Judge asked,. " has thisman Kimpton no place or house where you could serve upon his property ?" Mr. Parnell : He has a sort. of office where parcels can be left, in Sweeting-street, but he cannot be seen. The Judge: I see him very often. (A laugh.) There were several other fraud summonses heard. One against Ebenezer Owins, dock-gateman, at Brunswick-dock, for a debt of £3 16s. fo a flour dealer, in Carnarvonshire, was adjourned for a fortnight, that defendant might prove, as he had stated, that he had sent off £1 10s. in a post-office order. There was a summons against Mr. Hudson and Ellen Hughes, his wife, at the suit of Mr. Pennington, surgeon, Pembroke-place ; but- it was stated, amid some laughter, that the defendant had sailed to Australia five weeks ago. A summons against Oliver Shannon, 122, South Chester-street, lumper, at the instance of John Johnston, joiner, Upper Haigh-street, was adjourned; as was also one against William Doolan, sawyer. Michael Egan, of Henry Edward- s t ree t, described as a musical instrument maker, was summoned by Thomas Denton, Chapel-street, spirit-dealer, for a debt of £5 9s. ld. The defendant pleaded that he had been unable to meet the former order, owing to the slackness of trade, and to his having five orphan children. The Judge : Why, the order was only 2s. ld. a-week, and you are a musical instrument maker. Defe n d an t : A ye, b ut t h ey are only bagpipes ; consider what sort of instruments they are. The plaintiff said that his business could not be bad, if he could go off drinking for a fortnight or three weeks, as he was informed he was in the habit of doing. The case was adjourned till the second court in December, when his Honour said he would grant an order for com mitment, provided that the payments were not made good in the meanwhile. INSOLVESCY CAIIES.—Mr. John Turner, late chemist and druggist at Runcorn, but now a clerk in the office of Messrs. Eyre and Co., of this town, dry salters, appeared for his final order. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Simon, on account of Messrs. Roberts and. Co., tea merchants, Royal Bank Buildings. It appeared that he had paid £l7l, being 18s. 6d. m the pound, to the creditors who had signed the deed of assignment, but there were about thirty-six other creditors, the aggregate amount of whose debts was £240, who had been paid nothing.. The case was adjourned to the next court.—Samuel Hulse, fur niture-broker, who was unopposed, obtained his final order.—An adjourned audit meeting was held in the case of Dennis Sullivan, clerk, and late a flour dealer, &c., in Crown-street. It was urged against him that since he had obtained his final order, he had disposed of the good-will of the baker's shop he held, for £6O. His Honour said he saw no reason why he should not have parted with it before for the good. of the estate ; and he thought that he ought to account for the expenditure of the money to the assignees, other wise their proper course would be to apply to him for re scinding the final order.. He ordered the case to stand over a fortnight for the purpose.—ln the case of Mr. Lawrence Holden, plumber and glazier, of 66, St. Anne-street, Mr. Blackhurst, solicitor, called attention to the fact that Mr. Fazakerly, who had been appointed trade assignee ; had received on his own account £27 10s., the proceeds of an action which had been brought -against Mr. Cribbin, one of the insolvent's debtors. It appeared that the• defendant, who had bee n appo i n t e d trade assignee, had not acted in that capa c it y . Th e petition of the insolvent had been dismissed, Mr. Fazakerly being a consenting party to that through his attorney; and on the very same day the insolvent had given him an order to receive the amount of the action when brought. His Honour,. from his remarks, appeared to think that this had been a cor rupt arrangement, Mr. Fazakerly consenting to a dis missal of the petition that he might himself pocket money, which it was his duty, as assignee, to see should have gone to the estate. He did not like to seen man ap pointed assignee at the request of his legal adviserone day, and withdrawing from it the next, and he thought that this was a daring attempt to make use of the pro cesses of the court for the pnrpose of enabling one creditor to put money into his pocket at the expense of the rest. He (the Judge) had been called upon to exercise his powers to make the insolvent appear in the action, and he had done so, but felt keenly that he had been made a tool of, and that the processes of the court had been diverted to serve a private purpose. It was such a contempt of the court, that, for the first time in his life, he could. not trust himself to give judgment at once, but should postpone it for a fortnight. Mr. Fazakerley stated that he was not cognisant of the dismissal of the petition, and that the insolvent, on leaving the court on that day, had come down to him to ask him what he should do. He had told him that if his debt were not paid he should send him to Lancaster, and it was then that he had given him the order. At the urgent request of Mr. Toulmin, who appeared for Mr. Fazakerley, his Honour consented to hold that no imputation rests at present upon that gentle fortnight.t man_ _ ; and then adjourned the inquiry till that day f 'MASTER PORTHR'S CLA.I3I.—Mr. John Welsh, master porter, summoned- Messrs Grimshaw and Co., shipbuilders, &c., for a sum of £25 6s 6d, for labour done. of which £l5 had been paid into the court. Mr. Hime appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Almond for the defen dants. It appeared, from Mr. Hime's opening statement, that in the month of October, 1852, Mr. Milligan, who was one of the acting pa r t ners i n t h e h ouse of Messrs. Grimshaw and Co., employed the plaintiff to unload one of the Black Star line of packet-ships, called the "Joseph Walker." In the usual course of business the vessel would have taken some little time to discharge, but it being to the interest of Messrs. Grimshaw that it should be got ready as rapidly as possible, Mr. Milligan instructed Mr. Welsh to get the goods out with haste, and they would pay the expense. Consequently, a great number of men were put on, who worked from seven o'clock in the morning until dark, and by that means the ship was discharged in three days and a half, where it would otherwise have occupied seven or eight days. Mr. Wick stead, clerk at that time to the plaintiff, deposed to these facts ; and Mr. Welsh himself was then called in cor roboration, and in cross-examination stated that Mr. Milligan had told him he had been paid enough by them, and that he ought to look to the consignees of the goods for the balance. In answer to the judge, he said that all extra charges in such cases were paid by the consignee of the ship, and not by the consignees of the goods.—William Beatty, a master porter, was called to prove that this was the custom. In cross-examination he stated that when goods had been landed on the quays, they were there at the consignees' of the goods own risk.— Mr. Almond then addressed the court for the defence. He contended that the residue of the claim beyond the £l5 ought to be paid by the consignees of the goods ; and read the by-laws of the Dock Committee for the regula tion of master porters, one of which declares that all goods shall be removed from the quay within 48 hours of being landed ; and that when any goods ready for de livery shall be left on the quay, the expense of watching them shall be paid by the consignees of the goods pro portionately. Now, amongst other items, the plaintiff was claiming from Messrs. Grimshaw 445. for eleven night's watching, at 4 e . a n i g ht . —Hi s H onour sa id he entertained much doubt about the general doctrine. He could not be persuaded that if it became the interest of the owner of a vessel to get their vessel ready rapidly . for another voyage, and they employed mon all night in dischargin g , they could call upon the con signees of the goods to pay a double price to get the goods with equal speed away. The consignees of the goods appeared to him to have a right to have them re tained in the vessel as in a warehouse, for a reasonable time ; and in his opi n i on, i f the Dock Trustees were to fine parties under such circumstances for not removing their goods within the limited time from the quay, they could recover the amount a ga i n from the consignee of the ship.—Mr. Milligan was th en called, and stated that when the plaintiff applied to them for his bill containing the extra charges, he alleged as a reason for charging it on them (the defendants), that he could not get the con signeesvgo°thtowhich could probably be settled out pay.—His Honour suggested th a t th of court ; and both p ar ti es concurr i ng, M r. B eatty was a ppointed on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. M`Lea.n, a master-porter (whom M r . Al mond had i ntended to call to a the custom), on th e part o f t h e d e f en d ants, to go dispute p o u f tes the las one the accounts. They retired for the purpose; but, on _ return, stated that they had not been able to agree, but that they were mutually willing to appoint a third party, Mr. Wright, as referee. This was then agreed to. COLLISION AT SEA. —I MPORTANT D ECISION .—Hi S Honour gave j udgment in an action brought at the last Court to recover damages for a collision, sustained by the brig Oceana, in the Channel. The plaintifr (Juan de Eche varria), was the owner of the brig in question, and the defendants (Messrs. John and William Strong) owners of the steam-tug Gleaner, which, at the time of the colli sion, had the Oceana in tow ; and it was alleged that, in consequence of those on board the steamer not obeying the commands of the pilot on board the Ocean; that brig was run into by a schooner, named the Elise. The facts of the case may be sufficiently gleaned from his Honour's remarks in giving judgment. He said he had g case the best attention that he could, and he wa nion ou the whole that the plaintiff v ver. He was of opinion that the rightly throughout -- that the pilot in charge of her was entitled, according to the regulations of the Admiralty, to hold the course which he did, she being then close hauled and on the port tack. He thought that the steamer ought to have given way, but he did not hold that, because he assented to the proposition that had been laid down, that a steamer having a vessel in tow was always to be consi dered as going free. He found th a t Dr. Lushington, than _ n there - was no better authority, had intimated a strong- opinion against that doctrine, and he went fully with him. He could not think that a steamer going with a vessel in tow was to be considered as a steamer without any vessel, and whether she was to give way or go free must depend upon the circumstances of wind and tide, the condition of the vessel she had in tow, and other circum stances. But, in his opinion, this steamer having seen the schooner cross her bows about a cable and a halfs length in front, she must have been aware of the spot at which that schooner put about, in so narrow a channel, and he thought it was the duty of the steamer not to go into the course that she should have known the schooner must take. Now, the only doubt on his mind had been whether the fault might not be attributed to the pilot. It seemed to him in all probability, that the pilot of the Oceana would have been justified, nay, have been called upon to have moderated the speed of the steamer, but he thought on consideration he was relieved from the diffi culty that that view of the case suggested, by recollecting that the orders of the pilot were given and not obeyed by the steamer. It was said that the persons on board of the steamer could not hear distinctly, in consequence of the freshness of the breeze, the commands of the pilot; but he had it in evidence that the commands were given— that the pilot ran forward, and hailed the steamer to give way and pass astern the schooner. Now, either the per sons on board the steamer were negligent in not attending to that order given by the pilot, or they had disobeyed it. In either case they were responsible. It was clear in all cases, that although the responsibility was first on the pilot, yet that responsibility might shift to the masters or crew who failed to attend to his orders. He was not prepared to say that a steamer was to be considered as always going- free, and that it was bound, when it had a vessel iu tow, to give way to a sailing vessel, but he was not without authority for the opinion he had expressed, because he foundthat in the case of the Bartlett against the Europa, it was distinctly laid down that a vessel keeping her course, as in this case the schooner did, was only bound to keep her course without watching what else was coming - ; she had a right to expect that a steamer would avoid and give way for her, and if it did not the steamer must be held responsible for any consequent damage.—Mr. Hull, soli citor, said his Honour's observations were very important, as they were likely to come into collision with the usual practice of the pilots here. The Liverpool pilots at pre sent acted on a notice to , the following effect, issued to them by the Pilots' Committee :—" As steam vessels may be considered in the light of vessels navigating with fair wind, they should give way to sailing vessels on a wind on either tack. It only becomes. necessary to provide a rule for their meeting other vessels when at large." The Li verpool pilots construed that rule that steam vessels under all circumstances should be treated as vessels with a fair wind.—His Honour thought that rule must apply only to steamvessels when not cumbered with a vessel in tow. The opinion of Dr.Lushington, in a case which hehad referred to, was as follows : It was to be found' in ' the Kingston-by-Sea, 3 Robinson, Admiralty case, page 15 , 24'—" Gentlemen, it has been urged in the argument that, as a steamer is always to be considered as having the wind free, the con sideration applies whether she has another vessel in tow or not. To that proposition I cannot accede. It is true, a steamer is considered always to have the wind free, but it does not, in my opinion, follow that a steamer having a merchant-ship in tow is always free. That will depend, I conceive, upon the state of the wind. and weather, the direction in which the steamer is towing, and the nature of'the impediments she may meet in her course." His Honour said he thought, under the peculiar circumstances of this case, that when the schooner passed in front of the bow, and was known to have a given point, at which, from the narrowness of the Channel, she must put about, the steamer was bound to moderate her rate, if she did not pay strict watchfulness to the orders of the pilot. He was not prepared, however, to go so far as the case in the House of Lords of the Bartlett and Europa, that a steamer should be able to stop at her own length. He took it, that what their lordships meant to say was, that at whatever rate a vessel was going, she ought so to regulateher speed as to be able to stop at a fair distance at which she could see danger a-head. The verdict must be for the plaintiffs ; at the same time he should like to have hisopinion confirmed by a jury composed of men of nautical experience, and he should grant to the defendants a new trial on Thursday next, provided they were willing to pay the costs, and appeal to a jury. —It was intimated that they should take that course.—The court rose soon after three o'clock. TUE LUSITANIA., South American and General Steam Navigation Company's screw-steamer, will take her de parture on her first voyage to the Brazils, on Thursday next, with a full cargo and a fair number of passengers. THE EUROPA, British and North American royal mail steam-ship, Shannon, commander, sailed from the Mersey at 11.40 a.m., on Saturday, with the usual mails and a large number of passengers. ABSCONDED.—About a fortnight ago, a young man in the employ of the London and North-We s t ern Railway Company, in this town, named George Kirkby, absconded with about £1,500 belonging to the company. A reward of £2OO has been offered for his apprehension. SOUTR-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The question of this. Company extending their line from Dorchester to Exeter, was submitted last week to a poll of the shareholders, which resulted as follows : For the extension 13,911 Against it Majority against —3 BURNED TO DEA Tn.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, the coroner, on the body of Mary Ann Ratty, a little girl about four years of age, whose parents reside at Mersey View, in Bootle. On Saturday week she was putting some toys on the chimney-piece, when , her clothes caught fire, and: she: was so severely burned as to die on Saturday last.—Verdict, " accidental death." CHIMES FOR ST. PETER'S CHURCH.-It will be seen. by the list in our advertising columns that great progress has been made in the subscription for the restoration of the chimes of St. Peter's Church. A larger sum is, how ever, required, and it is hoped that those who have not yet contributed will speedily do so, in order that the committee may make arrangements for the object being effectually carried out. It will not be the least interesting feature of Liverpool when the chimes of St. Peter's church resume their attractive melody. THB 111saGanEm Diaxs.—Owing to the prevalence of the easterly winds keeping back the tides, it was found necessary to defer the. launching of this ship from. Satur day last to Wednesday, the 30th instant, when the. water will be sufficiently high to ensure the safe launching of this beautiful vessel, when she will be taken at once into dock, and receive cargo for the Brazils. Of course, there was considerable disappointment experienced by the-delay, but the vessel will now be launched at the time stated, namely, the 30th instant, at two o'clock. ACCIDENT AT TUB AMPHITHEATRE.—A, few minutes before the commencement of the performances at the Amphitheatreon Saturday, a young man, named Connolly, who was in the gallery with his sister, fell over into the pit, alighting o n one o f th e f orms . The house was nearly filled at the time, but, although the distance he fell is very considerable, sustained no external injury. In a few minutes he again entered the theatre, and witnessed the performances. - TSB BLA.C.KBURN BOILER EXPLOISION.—The inquest terminated on Friday. The Coroner, in addressing the jury, said, " The awful circumstances of the occasion imposed upon them a serious responsibility, for without a full investigation public anxiety could not be satisfied. With respect to the responsibility of the employer, he said he considered that, as the master generally left the management of his machinery to some person whom he might consider competent, he agreed to some extent with the argument of Mr. Backhouse, that the person so en trusted was to a great extent the responsible party." He then proceeded to read over the voluminous evidence, coin- . menting upon the statements of the various witnesses. The Coroner finished his summing up at nine o'clock, when the jury retired to consider their verdict. At twenty: five minutes past ten o'clock the jury returned into court, and, on answering to their names, delivered the following verdict:—" The jury find a verdict of `Manslaughter' against William Hesketh and Edward Sharpies, con jointly, relating to the death of Edward Sharpies and others, caused by the explosion of a steamboiler under their care, in Starkie-street. The jury entirely exonerate Mr. James Pickop from all blame. The jury recommend the inspection of boilers, and suggest that the mayor call a meeting of the millowners and proprietors of steam boilers of Blackburn to consider the matter as early as convenient." The court then broke up, Mr. Hesketh being given into the custody of the police to await his trial at the next Liverpool assizes. ALLEGED ROBBERY OF 1.11,200.—0 n Saturday informa tion was given at the police-office by Peter Ball, of 7, Wilton-street, who keeps a fruiterer's stall in St. John's market, that his house had been broken into, a box forced open, and £l2OO stolen therefrom. Ball stated that the sum was all in Victoria sovereigns, some wrapped up in brown paper, more in writing paper, and that it was made up in twelve parcels, each containing 100 sovereigns. He also stated that an entrance had been effected into his house by parties getting over the back wall, into the yard, then breaking a square of glass, and by this means raising the window, and getting into the house. The money was stated to be in a box, the lock of which was picked, and the contents carried off. Some bundles of wearing apparel were also found tied up, but not removed, and the robbery was stated to have been committed during the absence of Ball's daughter, who had left the house at six o'clock to take her father and mother's tea to the market. She returned home about seven o'clock, and then found that the robbery had been committed. Immediately on information of the robbery being given, several of the detective officers were despatched to the scene of the alleged robbery. A critical examination of the premises at once satisfied the officers that professional thieves had nothing whatever to do with the robbery ; and if robbery there had been, it must have been committed by some one belonging to Ball's household. This surmise was con firmed by the fact that the window by which the entrance was alleged to be effected had been broken from the in side, the glass falling outwards rather than inwards, which would have been the case had the window been broken from the outside. A ininute search was then instituted, a sum of £3OO in sovereigns was found concealed in a cradle, and after a further search an additional sum of £6O was found in the ashpit, making altogether £360. From inquiries instituted by the officers it was then ascer tained that Ball and his wife had had a dispute iu the early part of the week, and from the nature of Mrs. Ball's remarks they were led to believe that no robbery had taken place, unless she and her daughter were parties to it. It is also believed that the sum actually taken is far below the amount stated by Ball to have been taken from the box, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1853' Till? GUIDING STAR.-BREACH OF THE PASSENGER ACT. YESTERDAY, Captain R. D. Robertson, of. the Guiding Star, emigrant ship, from. Liverpool to New York, ap peared before Mr. Mansfield, in answer to a summons, at the instance of Lieut. Charles F. Schomberg, Government Emigration Agent. There were four charges against Captain Robertson ; the first was for not furnishing to the passengers a sufficient quantity of cooked food, which con stituted a breach of the 19th section of the act. The other three were for having, after leaving this port, removed a number of water-closets ; for demolishing. the 'tween decks bulkhead for separating the unmarried passengers from the married couples and unmarried females; and also for removing the after-under-deck hospital, consti tuting breaches of the 21st, 22nd, and 33rd sections of the act, and each of them incurring a penalty of not more than £5O, nor less than £5. Mr. Almond appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Schonberg conducted the prose cution. James Opie, a steerage passenger, stated that he sailed in the Guiding Star, for New York, on Thursday four weeks, and on this day fortnight he only got half a week's provisions instead of a week's. The provisions were given out once a week, and the water once a day. After leaving Liverpool all remained right till the Sunday morning, and as they were off Cape Clear, when the wind rose, and they got wrecked there. The ship was much disabled, and after putting about she got into Belfast Lough. That was on the Friday week after she had sailed. She lay in Belfast Lough till the following Tuesday. Witness never left the ship while at Belfast ; on the Saturday the Mayor and some others of the authorities came on board. On the Monday provisions were given to witness for half the week, at which time he did not know that they were to be taken back to Liverpool The provisions did not last till they got to Liverpool, and they were short. Lauded on the Friday, having reached Liverpool on the Thursday. Witness made no complaint, and did not know whether other passengers complained or not. The provisions were sometimes cooked and sometimes they were not; when they were not cooked the passengers dressed them. If they had not had provisions of their own they should have starved before they got back to Liverpool Robert Allan, another steeragepassenger, said, until the time referred to by the last witness, they had plenty ; but the provisions were sometimes uncooked. Witness would rather have his victuals cooked than uncooked. There was not regularity in the cooking. Witness complained of this to one of the mates, but did not know whether it was the first, second, or third mate. Ile never complained to the captain. There was a deal of sickness on board, and the ship was surveyed after her arrival at Belfast. The captain left the vessel when she got to Belfast. They had not there their regular allowance. This closed the case as to the 19th section of the act, Lieut. Prior, second Government Emigration Agent,. cleared the Guiding Star before she sailed filam. Liverpool. She had 618 souls on board, including 442 adults. Visited, her again on her return, on the 11th November. Then found the female hospital had been removed ; the bulk head for separating the unmarried men: from the. married couples, and from the unmarried females, had been knocked down ; and a number of the water-closets had, been re moved, reducin g the number to less than is required by the act for such a number of passengers. When she sailed she had ten water-closets, being one more than the regu lation number : when. she returned she had only six. When she returned she was in a very dirty state. and; on inquiry, witness was , told the bulkhead had been removed to improve the ventilation, as recommended by the' suN The passengers were on board, and witness landed For the defence, Mr. Almond contended that the points established by the witnesses for the prosecution did not come within the penal meaning of the act, which contem plated wilful neglect or culpable carelessness on the part of the captain. In this case; however, the whole of the charges arose out of unforeseen misfortunes, which the captain or any others had no control over. They had been overtaken by a storm, and the ship had been dis abled. In addition to this misfortune, the cholera broke out among the passengers ; and, all the circumstances of the case- left the captain no. alternative but to do as he had done. At the earliest opportunity he put into a place of safety, and had the vessel reported to and surveyed by the proper authorities, at Belfast. He then proceeded to Liverpool to consult with his consignees as to what was best to be-done ; and, if any irregularity had occurred in serving out the provisions to the - passengers, it was during this his necessary absence, and without his knowledge. Even if it were true that half a week's provisions were all that was given out to them on the Monday before leaving Belfast it must be recollected the ship was at Liverpool on Thursday night, which was only half a week ' • and, as to the provisions not being cooked; it mu s t b e borne in mind that that took place after the vessel had been dis abled, and when everything was necessarily in confusion. The removal of the bulkhead and water-closets had been done for the safety of the passengers themselves, and under the direction of the surgeon. He called Alexander Stewart, who was surgeon on board the Guiding Star.—After leaving LiVerpool they encountered a gale on the. Saturday, on Sunday the vessel was crippled in her rigging, and was otherwise injured. On Sunday morning he found symptoms of cholera on board. That might bE when they were off the Skerries, but he could not be sure of that. It was before the disaster occurred to the ship which damaged her. Under the circumstances he advised the captain to return, as he considered it would be very unsafe to proceed. If they had gone on be did not believe twenty of their number would have been alive when they got to New York. He advised the removal of the bulkhead, as from the practice, persisted in by the steerage passengers, of drying wet clothes on it, it greatly interfered with the ventilation of the ship. He had him self ordered the discontinuance of this practice, and had cut the drying lines ; but hie remonstrances and orders were disregarded by the passengers, and he therefore applied tathe captain to have the bulkhead removed. He did not at first consent, and witness had to apply to him again, as he (witness) considered it necessary to the safety of both the crew and passengers. If the wind had per mitted, they would have come direct to Liverpool. The ship was- regularly surveyed in. Belfast. He had himself occasionally gone for and procured.provisions for some of the passengers. The water closets were taken down, because they were filthy and very offensive, and no vigilance or effort could induce the German pas sengers to keep them clean.. They were the dirtiest set he (witness) ever saw. The female hospital was removed because the passengers, becoming alarmed at the proximity of patients ill of cholera, refused to re main in their berths. The passengers were greatly alarmed, and would not assist in. removing the dead from among the living. The other hospital, which was on deck, was invariably used, and was found sufficient for the- wants of the ship. Other witnesses were examined, who corroborated the evidence of Mr. Stewart. The magistrate held that the charges had been made out, and established infractions of the statute as regarded. the removal of the water closets—the removal of the bulkhead—and the removal of the hospital. On each of. which charges he awarded the smallest penalty allowed by the act, viz., £5. The charge relative to the inade quacy of food was withdrawn. Tire MARQUIS OF NORMANDY, according to the last ac counts, continued in rather indifferent health, at Florence, his lordship having suffered much from an attack of paralysis previous to leaving England. THE QUEEN, hearing of the heavy drain upon. the funds of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal. Benevolent Society, consequent upon the late disastrous gales, has presented, this valuable institution, of which she is patron, with, the sum of £lO5. THE COURT is to leave Windsor for Osborne this day. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant will accompany the royal family, as they do not take their departure: until the second week in December. ROYAL TREATRICALS.—The second dramatic- perform ance at Windsor Castle this season took place on Thurs day. The pieces selected were a comedy, in three acts, entitled the 'Game of Speculation," and a comic drama, in one act, entitled " Little Toddlekins." THE ADMIRALTY.-It is confidently rumoured, and we have reason to credit the report that Vice-Admiral Parker, C. 8., will succeed Vice-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy as commander-in-chief at the Nore, and that Vice-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., will return from the Mediterranean to re sume his fbrmer place at the Admiralty. The Nore com mand, however, will not be vacant until June next. — United Service Gazette. PANORAMA OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS.— This very interesting panorama is now on view at the New Music-hall, Bold-street. It is in all respects an exhibition which will afford satisfaction to the visitor. Commencing with a series of what may be termed fare well views of " Old England," the picture proceeds with file various scenes and objects of interest which arrest the attention of voyagers on their route to the antipodes. Having Conducted the spectator so far, the views are devoted to the " Gold Digger's Life," as that is represented in Australia. The views are clearly delineated, and the progress of the scenes and events is described in a lucid and instructive manner by Mr. Prout himself; an artist whose reputation as an accurate delineator has long been familiar to the lovers of art. TILE INQUISITION.—Last night a Romish lecture was delivered at the Concert-hall, in praise of the Inquisition ! The lecturer was a Mr. F. S. Northcote, " late of Corpus Christi College, Oxford." The gas, which was deficient in so many parts of the town, refused to burn at all in the lecture-hall on the occasion. A few candles were lighted, and held in the hands of individuals, scattered here and there, gave a very dim, Guy Fawkes-ish appear ance to the whole proceedings. The lecture may be sum med up in a few words (the lecturer's own) :—That the Inquisition was political in its objects, just in its mea sures, beneficial in its results, and that the popular prejudice on the subject was based on falsehood! _ SERIOUS STABBING CASE BY A WO3IAN.—On Sunday night, at about half-past twelve o'clock, an unfortunate young woman, named Margaret Murphy, was severely stabbed on the head and face by another unfortunate girl, whose name is Rose Ann Kelly. It appears that .at the hour stated, Murphy, accompanied by another girl of the same name, but no relation, opened the door of a public house, in Park-lane, for the purpose of going in, when the two were met by the girl Kelly, between whom and the other two an old grudge appeared to exist. Kelly im mediately assailed Margaret Murphy with a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse, following up her invective by taking a knife from her pocket, and rushing forward, stabbed her on the forehead and. in the left eye. The girl, Margaret Murphy, was instantly bathed in blood, and, from the wound in her eye, rendered incapable of seeing. Kelly immediately took to flight, and ran off in the direc tion of Gilbert-street, followed by Elizabeth Murphy, railing for the police to secure Kelly. While she was doing this, Elizabeth Murphy was knocked down by a man who had been in Kelly's company, and both made their escape. Kelly was pursued to her lodgings in Gil bert-street, and there app re h en d e d . I n th e mean ti me th e wounded girl was taken to the Southern Hospital, where the injuries she had received were attended to by Mr. Charles Royston, the house-surgeon. The wounds, though serious, were not considered immediately dangerous, and she was removed to her lodgings. Kelly was brought before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court, y es terday, and committed for trial. Sh e a d m itt e d having struck the prosecutrix, but said the wounds were inflicted by an oyster-shelf, and denied that she had any knife. The magistrate directed a warrant to be made out for the apprehension of the man who had knocked down Elizabeth Alurphy in his endeavour to let Kelly escape. ------ lc, an. LETTERPRESS, LITHOGRANI„ ovi,la COPPERPLATE PRINTING and EN u sualll ESTABLISHMENT, Id, CANNING - Castle-street and Sot!) John-street.) the Lte • eill. l HENRY GREENWOOD (late Manager of d fro Ist' Journal), begs to announce that he has purchase ~. ?ably Benjamin Smith the Copyrights and Goodwill o.tOrpoty, cations, namely, Smith's Liverpool Convegancel;,T,,pitlP. Weekly Mart?, ecc., together with his Old-establisl s e t o s th e se ING and PUBLISRISG BUSINESS amountand tru f patroasfes will be favoured with the same large o w , e a hl which, for the last sixteen' years, has been besto predecessor. 4 . ino clera ffice all the Mos , exec ute H. B. has added to his Printing-0 i t i on to __, Th i e gs varieties of Type, and is therefore, in a posl rocecv" ti. the Printing of Books, 'ppo S* , P er s, Cs , of Literary and Scientific Societies, Brokers' C:rcu s „„oue o ll PLAOS (between PRINTING, in the bet style , logues, Price Lists, Placards, Handbills, Lowe o ra _ e l' p li o o_ o l and Address Cards, Cheaues, and every rites, 0 1 u the shortest notice. • d Fog ° f ed H. 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' HENRY GREENWOOD'I6. 16---CANNING-PLACS--- 121fOirSth elf:11 DEATH of the QUERN o f pOrtiv rta ges' po The following telezraphie message, frora fact g o t tbz Minister at Paris. announcing the mour u-R ,ived death of the Queen of Portugal, has been Portuguese Legation : " PARIS, oa,u, -daY ce o rP ll3. I have the honour to inform you, with w o f found regret,. that her Majesty the Que elt oe. died in childbirth on the 15th, at noon. declared Regent. " Lisbon is tranquil." le"a v THE CITY OF MANCHESTER screw stea 15 j the Mersey on Sunday forenoon, after a inhe 6“, i 'f o rtf from Philadelphia. She left Philadelphia chid 31)0' has brought on freight $103,000 in specie , all 11011 passengers. THE SOCIETY OF AHTS.—On '"" - vv ednes 6l3 -' v. tli c e ov" 111 ' 8 ,1 11 0 1e dreth session of this useful society Was 'tool "olic Harry Chesten, Esq., gave a review of the t he ``l ) t i j er society, in the course of which he stated that otibro,, spirit" of William Shipley, a drawing master , so ciell' o o. to the Bishop of St. Asaph, "gave rise to thf o i sla'pr ,{ 1753. Mr. Shipley first obtained the aPP, r 'wbev t Wor: currence of Jacob Viscount Folkstone, 0 , . 130 p of Romney-, and of Dr. Isaac Maddox Lord 131 ' The 0 caster ; and then proceeded to enlist othel l iwill ei v , meeting was held on 29th March, 1751, at ro yalf o of Coffee-house. In 1847 it was incorporated "J to e ter. The chairman then proceeded to giv e s op erotTo the very miscellaneous nature of the societY's Aca the promotion of arts and sciences. The' ll° he said, sprang from the Society of Arti. LATEST INTELLIG! MONDAY EVENING, NovvaDO. 21. BY ELECTRIC TELF O-6 a at 7 CABIN= COUNCIL.—A Council will - Foreign-olice b e l mi to-morrow (Tuesday) afterilocie* sa d On 'Change, to-day, Tea was inquirel of ter ' c i f ooPi ll 4 were effected at rather higher prices. Tana' tyei" 565. 6d. on the spot, and 575. 3d. to 575. 641- fora e, gelb° arrivals. Scotch Pig Iron, 80s. to 81s. to AIISTRALrk.—The ship Port Wallace, fr° 731 ,,,, of gt af brings accounts of July 4th, and 10,1 00 4 ° l— H of The Childe Harold, from Sydney, has ilee et f;01 (111 ; 20th, and 2,300 ounces of gold. The Surg e, "j i landed her mails at Falmouth this morning, a for London. THE EASTERN WAX i serv e VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING. (Frfs s ‘ _,...h t-e 3t If 4. t edition of the Morning chroaded......“ Gorts* - t i ° 3 illi . "' to Bucharest on the 14th inst. On th e b P t We re the Turks. attempted a surprise on Tur nel ' -1 repulsed . The affair was unimportant. 2 end "From oft Kalafat the Turks had advance' German.mile r and fortified themselves. " A portion of the Turkish fleet has eutere4 4, P v e +p ier Sea." i 1.4 •h ' 0 rya i e d No later news from the Danube. The to St , had crosssed . the Georgian frontier, and ha d , 000 il 'edbY 1 ' ' ' • Besiffe,. the stronghold of Atriska, occupl Afol r ''' of sians. Friad Effendi, ex Minister of Foreig ° Affoir s A l 'o' appointed Director of the Chancery of Poh 6 OR' r. , e ,r tY the Army of Roumelia. He will draw uP a w oe Constitution for the Principalities, which riliq . inhabitant& to take up arms against Russia. ------ PO d prr S- i MUTERSALL'S BETTliga• -- „ - 0 1 „ : la t, c ", 0 DKROT, 1854.-6 to 1 agst Autocrat, tlx;, - , - ,',, aS ~14 taken ; 25 to a Hesse Cassel, King Torn , taken: 14 to 1 a , -..st Wrv i.h.. token ;. 40 t',:lo Acrobat. taken ; 0 t g ar syas, .- ~„ t u Neville. gE'r• e re FINDS, STOCK, sHARE MA.- o d e v English Funds showed undiminished - flrtn ne r'o, lll 4l slightly. better. Apart from political conaiderst le o 0, 0 1, tinned importation of specie from America, erg o t, de died generally improved aspect of the Money air. , d' A n cl: e r,, beneficially; Assented Two-and-a-Half per so - escv . isgst Ruby, taken ; ..). Railways supported with increased buoyg;apU„o generally. better. Gold Shares firm. Land an ~,,,r au' tions itv. active demand, and slightly far" - 1 1 Foreign, a shade stronger. 11.4 CLOSING PRICES. • Or ...• 5 Consols, Account .. 1 95} i Bank Stock • ••;-• '•/!% 0. Do.. Money .... .i 95* i Excheq. Billspo• 5 Three & Ctr per Cents.. 951 6k 41 $ , 1 FOREIGN STOCKS.O,.•' . 1I• 34i h Spanish Passive.., , • Russian.. , • ..- -"...,.• ~ . 221 i Swedish. ••• - • ' IP . 46 1 0 9 o RAILWAY SNARES. we ste r 4 I Amberg.,Nottingharn, London Br.N- ziresteri f and E. Junction.... 43 3 London & 5 ,-4, alo s 0 1 i Bristol and Exeter .. Mulches. .....t` ' ...• 02 , Caledonian Do. Preference East Anglian — IMidlantiP alfe6. . •'• Eastern Counties ..., 13i 3 North Britisit'r e r;o o /, i East Lancashire — Do. F re : '' DI Eaatern Union A Ditto B and C — North,Stesior.und 0." " , Edinburgh & Glasgow Shrewsbury - •••• 1P • Sr' 6 1 Greet Northern B5 6 miugham • iir .. go.,e• ~ Do. A . Do. L. & Nand .I P -4 " Do. B — S. Eastern ells, so Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 661 t, Berwick • • 'ieps. ° o nr Do. Fifths E% re p 0 7 6,11 Do. rreff ind , Leeds Northern l3i 3. Do. bitc ll ,.,, London, Brighton, and York and r" N. fe re. - , South Coast ' 97 8 I Do. Pr e . . Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes MINING sttAitEs• . .....:,, , i Nugget .. ... ~.• • .. B. Australia ..,•. . : Freehold ••• • ' ~..... Australasian ••...,•.. . Colonial ..... :.,..• llaripnaa "'. ~• LAND MANES. _ ••••• „• Australian Agricultural 44 5 Peel Bive` tra liall '',. S. Australian Invest. if -south Aug' ion '. stra Crystals Noveau Monde Registered .... Cordeliera .... Ave Maria .... Carson's Creek Port Philip .. froro gT. •of CORN MARK - t (O d ds „ftcelge The show of English Wheat is small, bn ,,ol o ,'"t PytetS the trade opened firm, , at the full currency e. ll Py. is steady, but not higher. Barley dull Of! b ut . 00;g1 maintained. The Oat trade is rather lII' , seed' ffety realised. Beans and Peas are unchangen•Digher* fish Wheat closed 6,rm • , Forei g n the tur n lower. Other articles at full prices. English. 2029 9192 7142 5981 543 437 2476 reiP i ' f0., 4 9 01 4 '4 04°1 ,••• 41 p 1 0" 1,5 t. lur. n 3e s ' e t 0 v I,o4liC li r 0 g e C 1 g C at '''' 11 0 {0f LEI'" Wl,e- eat, fil FROM KINOSFORD AND . fish vie t or to There was a very small supply of Jog ~.,•5 claY 1 01 6 1 oe'ri of t.. 1 oo! at ~,irC,, a ready sale at the extreme rates . A v iit iesi t otiF,Del, a large attendance of country bufer,,Zi app's a oa;,, 11 1 11 1 " Foreign Wheat. but chiefly internae u Ts. o.: r ei• prices of last Monday. Barley in got . t er. t'ir'cle— slow, at a decliine of Is. to 2s. per (I .;„tr te r Oats fair sale; Russian 6d. to 15. v -- 0 1 price of Flour and Peas unaltered• le dr e y, T. AIM ~ , A ----",Br ,elow quid ; i5,,T",15 PRODUCE ; is , :1010 , ' s ia d is" Sugar.—Foreign : Several blTe l 'ry i 3 ~ A iw g l 22s 6d, and 265 in bond. b ut inCla"' t iers A " - a,,14 C m see a lyl n elo d rsn a a4 t t6 4 4l 4 3 s ta . o 43 C 7ds o . ff to e T e le i 3a s s Marasfiis9ramfir:mlleritiewwi,i,iiitteroeooo:oo - Is Lid to Is 2d. Rice ' : sa les °` tin e lel' s mall low t° . Oa' Hs 24 to 16s. Cochineal is brisk f sa l e s 5 1 '. silvers 48 to 45 10d. Cotton firm , b ut rr n th e Tallow is slow o T f A s L al L e? 17 : - Y -3 • CIA ' 54t-icn.esl7lsl°Cit'e.i'- Stock 33,605 casks, against 41,83 1 son t ime 10 P I O liveries 2,277 casks, against 2,9 17 58°1 4 0° 0/ TT t as t Is 4 Superior Beasts and Shee p l eE l‘ AB -E p are iu T d—e it a g il'fat-rs66 - prices ; inferior did not sell wen • l B e e fu go od. Mutton..... n.. . . . 32552 d I Pork ''• • • • Beasts 5628 1 Calve s • • '.• . 4d6d t o o 5 4 s s Sheep A R, RI VALS • .. .......t,,, Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts..... ~ soi 1 . ,1 0 • coin, an , Cambridge, Leicester, Lin .. .... • • • ........ ..• • 282 6 6 ' 0 1 I I l' p r i e g a: ... .... . . ampton Veasts. ............. • Scotch Beasts ....... . .............. .... Irish Beasts ............. ..• ... Holland Beasts .... ........... Do. Sheep .............. Do. Calves ...........• Do. Pig 5........... Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep ... French Beasts Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas .. Flour. e ltv 35 :j ~,.,,-af t Na t er ei r, MANCHESTER STOCK x-420-vinder 9; 9 ,1 0 Eastern Counties, 13 3.16 ; Kendal anc c i rttO V r p e . 4 411 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 661 i3i i i; 1 0 r i o.i.' Midland, 624 i 63 } ; chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 21i; .la , 16. Quarters, i pin. ; South-Eastern and Dover, ~ ior A 1 4 0" 181; LEEDS STOCK ENCI ,-- r - 1)::e> Midland, 63i • London and North S' ester , s ii. ii South-Eastern an d Northern, 14. ' TAO'. / GLASGOW PIG IRON 3-- Market quiet. Sellers, 795. 6d. to SOs. LIVERPOOL • gorlroVli! Printed and Published every _Tuessl.lltcf‘ti, 01,140 Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON„,t.itiOtI, Dice" Percy-street, at the STANDARD OFFICE, No. 4, ST. °HOBOS'S CO" Tuesday, November 22, 103. " 11 i % a, t e )ler ,-, 44 1t % ) k-fIW tr