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

Eiberpoot tetribarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. TILE ya, ya, at the clubs this week, has been inanimate in the extreme. Every rational member has gone to enjoy his scant Easter holidays. True, you have a few Customs' Commissioners, Inland Revenue men also, and Treasury clerks, who, chained to the oar, cannot leave our Babel of bricks and mortar ; but they are not suffi cient to relieve the tedium of the twaddle uttered by the confirmed club gnid nuns, who never dines six times a year out of it. Such there are, and to he avoided. Hating the perfume of the cigar, they will follow you into the sanctum sanctorunz of the smoking room, where genuine clubbists meet like brothers—never mind the spleen down stairs—nothing but politics with these old men. They were sadly puzzled at the beginning of the week,—but 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 Turemnan—ancient ally of England thouzh 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 fleet. At the Admiralty all is as calm as usual ; the little printing press—manager sworn to secrecy—is at work, but not 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—l 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—wero ventilated, and published in the French papers before they had been communicated to our own naval authorities? It was done, mu; h 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. Eminent scientific travellers, who have left these our shores and returned, have told me that wherever they wandered they have met the agents of Russia—merely " botanizing," of course, quiet creatures, never observing anything beyond a plant or so, all the way from Tobolsk to Samarcand,— plains of Lahore, heights of Delhi,—caviare eating lanes of Constantinople 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, though the young Russian bear Nlenschikoff does play fantastic tricks before the Sultan. The bold outlaw ! ROB ROY MAGREGOR, PAUL JONES, JOSEPII MAZZINI, and a score or more of classic story, 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. HEMP, duly and periodically proclaimed in hall of bankrupt or sheriff! Mr. HEMP—a nasty Old Bailey name, though its owner is a jolly fellow—has proclaimed more outlaws than ever did officer of state in the olden days, when they shone their ugliest ! llEmp's outlaws, for the most part, are tailor-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 lawry. These are the puke-stocking varlets who com prise the feather bed outlaws of the present reign. What's done with them, if they are caught ? Killed out 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 o f 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 almost refuses its office as it 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 nol)le•looking, cost ly attired, much be-ringed, be-ringleted, be-painted, be-whiskered, be-wigged Duke of BRUNSWICK. The DUKE had been proclaimed one of 1 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 DUKE 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 LUKE is, however, only great at night—in the gilded I saloon, or at the opera, when lighted up for the evening, he is resplendent ; but all ! faded, like Vauxhall paste board splendour, " when daylight doth appear." I have jostled the Duke of BRUNSWICK 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 great object of the parties aggrieved—men with unfaithful wives, and vice versa—is not touched at all by the Com missioners. What, I would ask, do the large community referred to, whose habitat is the metropolis, care for the nice distinctions between divorce a rinculo matrimonii, and a mend" et Moro, if they cannot obtain either by reason of the heavy cost ? Not a jot, as Othello says. What they want—so I have heard them declare, with broken hearts, or well nigh broken, and with tears streaming from their eyes, more fools they,—is to obtain a divorce a vincula at a rate of expense within the ; reach of ordinary people. Now it so happens, that though the proceedings in the disagreeable business are simplified, and so forth, by the Commissioners, they don't appear to be much cheapened, for at the end of the report I find the following ominous sentence : " That there shall be only one appeal fro& the decree of the court, and that the appeal shall be carried to the House of Ltrds." Why, this was the monster grievance all through. That when a lord or " ladye fair" went astray, unless there had been criminal winking at the offence on either side,—could go to the House of Lords, and obtain such a separation as would allow the com plainant to marry again—if be or she thought fit. At the lowest calculation, this would cost about £2OO, but in many cases, caused by attendance of witnesses at a dis tance—from the continent—for it is there the sinning parties chiefly go, as many thousands. I think I never was at a more lugubrious party than one composed of injured husbands. Two or three wags just poppedin,—there was no intrusion,—to witness the fun, such as it might be. One by one the poor de'ils sneaked into the room, looking into each other's face in the most scrutinising manner, to ascertain, I supposed, if he were a brother sufferer—" a fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind." They had hard work to get a chairman. The secretary, a • little blear-looking man, put me in mind of the cook's eels, who, it is fabled, care nothing for being skinned, inasmuch as they are used to it. So with Mr. Secretary ; he was perfectly au fait. Ultimately a sufferer was found hardy enough to act as chairman,—under protest that his name was not to be given. Agreed. Then came resolu tions to cheapen the law of divorce ;—mover and se conder there were none, unless the protest aforesaid was allowed. Agreed again. With these preliminaries settled, to it they went. How they did blow up their absent spouses ! One wife had had five children, yet left them, their father, and a nice little business, to run away with a journeyman carpenter ;—another, who had been married three and twenty years, cut and ran with a schoolmaster, —" a little bandy-legged whelp." Sic the afflicted orator. All, all of them complained bitterly that, though they could get a divorce in Doctor's Commons, they could not marry again without getting one in the House of Lords. A great hardship some of them—good-looking men enough—complained of was, that they were " tor mented" when they went out to little parties, by the young women usually found in such assemblies. Speak to one of them,—the mysterious whisper went round— "la ! nonsense—what's the use ? He's a —." This would go on until the poor man became frantic, left the party, took to the tavern and the friendly pipe for solace. The numbers of such persons are incredible in London. Where's their relief ? Ask echo. I once recollect the famous scholar and wit, WILLIAM MAGINN, commonly called Dr. MAGINN, commencing . a leader with the remark that " Rum p steaks" cost a shil ling a pound weight in Farringdon market. Poor MAGINN could say and write anything lie liked at that time might be outre, it was always applicable and scholarlike. Somebody had told him, on the occasion r eferred to, that he should make the attempt to eat a juicy inch-and-a-half thick underdone steak for his dinner. MAGINN was no great eater in his latter days, poor fellow, but he took courage, went to the slaughterer's, came away steakless and horror-stricken at the apparent iniquity of the charge. It was the first, 1 am Buie it was the last time MAGINN knew the price of the raw material. lam led into the relation of this anecdote,—much against my will. Were MAGINN'S pale and shrivelled ghost to revisit the glimpses o f the gas in the city market above-named, or, indeed, any other, it would slink back to its coffin like Teddy of Derry's. Provisions for many a year have not been so high in price as they are at present. Free -trade! Pshaw ! Measled pork from abroad,—l will not say where, because popular there,—poor, wretched, the Standard is raylher p fleshless, fatless, broken-backed cattle, skin, bone, and horn, from Holland and Spain. These are what we have got from Free-trade. Not that I find fault with it, as a loyal subject, it being now part and parcel &c., I give it my support—the support that the sturdy Protestant Peer, WINc H ELsEA, g ives to the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act. Ah ! but, said RICHARD Conozar, the other night, if you had not bad Free trade, rump steaks would have been higher in price. Perhaps. The love of gold (money) is the root of all evil, says an inspired one ; sometimes we are inclined to say the want of it,—if you please. It is the prodigious, the hitherto unheard of quantities of gold coming here which have raised the price of the poor.man's dinner, and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1553. a sad thine it is to contemplate. 'We have ell read the Arabian Nights Entertainments, emeralds growing -on trees thick as blackberries—all the imagined wealth of the the lad Alladin is as nothing compared with the bullion in the cellars of the 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 bit 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. t put me in mind Of ADAM 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 be 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 ease 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 rice Versa. Dr. CUMMING, 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 Scotchman—GlLßEßT ELLIOT, Earl of Minto. CUMMING'S challenge to Cardinal WlSE MAti,—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 ba 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. ins 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 tants. However, Dr. CUMMING and his associate Mr. INl`GuraE will have it all to themselves, and perhaps ano ther grand service of plate will be voted to the Doctor for his labour in vanquishing an absent adversary. Be it so. Dr. 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. 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 for the spring and summe r tr a d e are mos t e ncouraging. 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 _3,626,365 ; Increase 3,917 On the other side of the acco unt— Government securities £13,464,53b ; the same as before. Other securities .. 15,447,272 ; Increase £50,445 Notes unemployed .. 11,132,095 ; 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 DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. £32,596,935 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin& bu1n.18,577,781 I Silver bullion .. 19,154 £32,596,935 £32,596,935 BANKING D Prop.'s eapita1.£14,553,000 Rest 3,626,365 Public deposits. 8,203.555 Other deposits. 12,874,698 7-day, &c. bills. 1,352,498 EPARTNIF.N'T. Gov. 5ecuritie5.413,464,538 Other securities 15,447,272 Notes .... 11,132,095 Gold & silt'. coin 566,211 X 40,610,116 £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, 3;d; Caledonians, 32+ k; Eastern Counties, 12i; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75.-1 1s a ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 93; Ditto Third Shares, 13p • Liverpool and Southport, 171; London Stock, 118 A; Ditto Quarters (C) 1 2 p; Sheffield Stock, 301 ; Midland Stock, 74:1 4; Dover Stock, 23+ 1; York, Newcastle and Berwick, 171 ; North Union A Stock, 251 ; Borough Bank, Ili; Royal Insurance, lip Pacific Steam Com pany, 541; Ditto New Shares, 2.p; Steam Towing Company, s+. 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 18e.. 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 215.. to 225., 1,200 bags Arracan,. at 9s. 6d., 400 bags Madras at 9s. 6d., and a small quantity Bengal at 9s. 6d. to lls. 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 £0 15s to £lO per ton. About 500 tons Bolivian have changed hands at £7 rs. 6d. to £7 106... per ton. Linseed is not so firm. In Turpentine and 1:551„ tt....i...mannted 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 10s., 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„whicb, being Easter Monday, induced very little activity. Of Sugar we have only to notice a small parcel of Bengal, at 395. 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 98.6 d. to 93. 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 31 d.. 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 advises per Cambria, from Boston, have not yet come to hand, but the market closed with firmness. SALES. IMPORTS. Week -----, r ----,,----, DESCRIPTION., PRICES. Week Preri. Week This STOCK. ending ously ending Year. Mar 24 . this yr. Mar 24. ' Mar. 24. -- d. d. Sea Island 164(432 760 4300 Stained 44 12 80 450 2322 168728\ Boweds 42 6a 9220, 109180' 527240 Mobile 44 6* 5850 62830 1} 7064 344782 New Orleans. 4 9 15460 2257901 Pernams, 84c.! 6-a. B Aracati, &c 6* 1 i 1 20801 15254 } 14991 } 15720 .... Bahia, &c. Maranhant Sauginned — , , Demerara, &c ' 3 40 90, .... 1111 180 Egyptian I 5-1 14 1870 300601 .. „ 21839 , 96360 Barbadoes •• • • ••• • l' Peruvian — ••• • ' I 1 Laguayra.. Com. W.I.&C 6* 70 2170 1 .... 752' Cartliagena — ....1 Smyrna.... .... Manilla Surat 111adras Bengal 3i no ..., .... 280 1110 -- -- -- 43540 5169601 9386 614270 768394 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, via., 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. FREE EMIGRATION.—SO successful was the arrange went at Mr. Henry Russell's last concerts, of giving away free emigration tickets to Australia, that he has announced another series, a ith similar advantages, three weeks hen , e. LORD HUNTINGTOWER. The long-pending action against Lord Huntingtower, at the instance of the re lieving officers of Lambeth, for the recovery of £l9B for the maintenance of a lady alleged to be his wife and his three children, for eighty-eight weeks, took place on Saturday. His lordship swore that they had never been married, and that he had never said anything to justify such a supposition. The jury thereupon returned a ver. diet for the defendant. 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 Bent, in his official robes as mayor of this borough—an office which he held on the occasion of the visit to Liverpool of her Mjesty. 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 hi Ali 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 of art to her 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 Balt, 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 suhsequentiy 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.-YESTERDAY. CAPTURE OF COINERS.-At the Police Court, yester day, John Lyon, a miserable looking Irishman, and his wife, Bridget Lyons, were brought up under the following circumstances. About ten o'clock o❑ 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 l"—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 COlN.—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 Darby was charged with stabbing Elvrard 111`Loughlin, on Sunday evening. The prisoner e,terad the house of the prosecutor, whom ho knocked down with a hatc:iet, and then stabbed him in the right leg.—Remanded until M'Loughlin, 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.—MichaeI 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 properly of George Patterson, from the lobby of Mrs. Jane Stevenson's house, Renshaw-street, were each committed for three months to hard labour. POCKET Ptc - sriNG.—JaneWard and Elizabeth Pearson, for picking the pocket of Mrs. Jane Williams, Shrewsbury, of 83. 6d., while in St. John's Market, on Saturday last, were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. THE BRITISH AND. NORTH AMARIC AN MArt-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.—OR Saturday morning, about one o'clock, Mr. Kelly, a collector em ployed by Mr. Hobbs, of Everton, was garrotted by two men, near Burlington-bridge, who robbed him of £4, corn- , 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. EITRAOEtDINNRY PRICES FOR WINE. —A private stock of win^s, sold by Messrs. Winstanley, on Saturday, at No. 26, Abercromby-square, produced the following extraordinary prices :—Moulds sherry 625, E. I. Madeira 87S, port, in quarts, from 45s to 1545, ditto, in magnums, 180 a to 1965, claret from 74s to 120 s, ditto, in magnums. 1965, ditto, in jeroboams, 50s per bottle. COLLISION IN THE 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 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 exe. 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 wrs 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 X 250 Os. Bd. AN IRISH 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, onpawn tickets for property, belonging to Mr. Moss. of Otterspool, Mr. Brocklebank, of Allerton, and Miss Lightbody,of Garston. The robbers were committed for trial on Saturday. MR. WILLIS, clerk in the Craven Bank, Burnley, com mitted suicide an 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 OP. DUBLIN STEAM PACKET CO-MPANY 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 nlleppd gri Punnet' We understand that a meeting of the directors and managers of the company will be held in Dublin to-day, for the purpose of hearing a statement from the men, relative to the grievances of which they are complaining. LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' SOC?ETY.—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 " ott's Commentaries," 6 vols., " Horne's Introduction," 6 vols., and " Gibson's Preservative," 8 vols. The presentation was accompanied with their hearty good wishes and prayersthat God would continue to bless him and make him a blessing. A MELASCHOLY 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 Arley 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 100 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 fo 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- the 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 underlooker. He appeared to have been down in the pit some time that morning, and said that he had been pushing on the men who 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 the draught. After the cage was let loose, eight cagefuls of men, 64 in number, had been brought up. Had the explosion occur red a few minutes 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 of opinion that the ex plosion was confined to one spot, in the north workings, and about eight hundred yards from the furnace, where it was at first thought the damp had fired. The gas app ears t o have accumulated at that place in consequence of the course of ventilation having been chang e d by leaving open one of two air doors immediately adjoining the seat of the explo sion, Thesurviving firemen state that, 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 furn ace lowered or out for the time men tioned, had the a ir-doors been kept closed, and the other stoppings in their usual state. Of course, if Jones be guilty of gross negligence in caus i ng t h e f urnace to b e lowered, this explanation will not free him from blame, because the reduction of the ventilating power would lead to a much more rapid accumulation of gas than would have been caused by the leaving open of the air-doors. Since Friday night four more bodies have been found. Up to the time the inquest closed there were forty dead bodies taken out of the pit, and on Saturday morning Robert Amscough, 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 sad accident, and giving 45 in each Case, THREATENED CALAMITY ! 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 bas 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 inen :" " 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 c"., 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." COMMERCL4L AND MONETARY NET 4 S. MONDAY NIGHT. THE apprehensions of a general embroilment of the great powers of Europe having been set at rest, the Funds have recovered from the slight depres sion under which they suffered, and have since steadily maintained their value. There is, however, but little doing, owing to the holiday time of the year, nor will there be any disposition to embark in new transactions until the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has made his long-expected financial statement. We hinted last week at the probability of some reduction being made in the interest of Consols, and the opinion is gaining ground, that, with the present favourable rate of the public securities, and the large and increasing balances in the Exchequer, the opportunity will not be allowed to pass over without interfering with this important part of the National Debt. The rate of discount on first-class paper is below the minimum fixed by the Directors of the Bank of Englund ; commercial credit was, perhaps, never in a more favourable position, owing to the general absence of undue speculation, and the confident expectations of still larger arrivals of gold from Australia will tend to render the money market easier for all legitimate purposes. These are circumstances which cannot fail to have their weight with a Finance Minister who has any pretensions to ability. Mr. GLAD STONE has shown that he has an eye to the saving of the national expenditure by his reduction of the interest on Exchequer Bills, and this circumstance should not be left out of view in estimating the probabilities of future operations. Among the new schemes which owe their origin to the abundance of capital in this country is that of a railway of 110 miles from Cologne, along the banks of the Rhine to Wiesbaden, to be constructed at a cost of two millions sterling. We perceive that some Liverpool merchants are on the Board of Directors. Another scheme is a Water Company for Berlin, with a capital of £350,000, and the Directors consisting of London merchants. We reported last week the formation of an im portant association of the Corn Trade of Liverpool for their mutual protection and advantage. This is a step in the right direction, and it were well if it led to the establishment, by legal enactment, of Local Boards of apurely commercial character, with authority to decide upon all questions of dispute in mercantile transactions, arising either out of the general law or the custom of merchants. In dis putes affecting the shipping interest, such as salvage, collisions, &c., the case is referred to a special court, in which the judge has the assistance of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, who are usually experienced mariners, and the judgment has, therefore, the chance of being founded on justice. In cases, however, affecting important mercantile transactions, where much may depend on long recognised customs of any particular port or branch of trade, the cause is argued at great expense before - a judge who is incapable of understanding its merits and bearings, by counsel who are equally ignorant; and though the intention of the fiat may be " let right be done," the probability is quite as much the other way. By the establishment of Local Boards, which should combine legal skill and mercantile experience, the commerce of this country would be materially aided, the law affecting it would be placed on a more satifactory footing, disputes would be decided with infinitely less both of delay and expense, and dishonourable dealing would be more seldom perpetrated or attempted, because the remedy would be more readily accessible. In the endeavour to obtain such an object, Liverpool should decidedly take the lead, because, as the greatest commercial town in the world, she has the greatest interest at stake; and now that the LORD CHANCELLOR is busily employed in a praiseworthy attempt to effect a codification of the statute law, a 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 -1 provement of the preview week has not been main. 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 Zs. a-week extra, upholsterers 25., corn-porters 6d. a-day, and plasterers Gd. day. The movement among the night men 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 213. to 243. 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 Gd. 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 245. 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 3)s 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,. was avoided. There are certain ill-founded rumours 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 moni,h'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 " Nobhy," 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 . nest. 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. IL 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 was 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 tf X 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 Cranwerth had a bill before parliament to vest in the county courts the investigation of parochial trusts, it was thought advisable to wait nntil 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 f ac t s . Th an ks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting shortly afterwards separated. FATAL ACClDENT.—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 vet been identified. 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. 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 Last Fight of the Bards," nowexhibiting 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 Marten, appointed Richard Yates Ackerley, Esq., as his churchwarden ; and the parishioners, in their own behalf, appointed Robert Pear son Manger, 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 reappoint ment not only augurs well for the future, but meets with the universal approbation of the congregation. A Fiat 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, outfitter, Great Howard-street, but it was speedily subdued by the fire. brigade, MURDERS IN LIVERPOOL. On the last day of February, John Maskell, a searna?l, aged 35 years, and another seaman, named Charles Wil liams, quarrelled in Roshottom's concert-room, Waterloo. road ; on the following. day Williams was noticed looking for his opponent at Steward's public-house, 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 lie wished to follow him be would soon see a bit of fun. lie 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 se;zed 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. Williams, 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 Norther❑ 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 in Lodge-lane, Kirkdale. The child had died from haemorrhage and exposure to cold. A verdict of " wilful murder against some person unknown" was returned. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. The news from America by the Cambria will be found in our Sixth Page. FIRE LAST NlGnT.—Shortly after seven o'clock, last night, a fire broke out ix . the timber yard occupied by Mr. Leyland, Miles-street, Toxteth-park. The engine from Temple-court, followed immediathly by that belong ing to the West of England Fire Office, arrived in a short time, but, owing to the short supply of water, the fire was not extinguished till half-past nine. The damage will be considerable, but is covered by insurance—in what office we could not ascertain. THE LIVERPOOL PILOTS.-11R. CARDWELL'S BILlio•.° 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 TITEP.TRE-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. 111 e. ArAJEST - eS THEATRE.—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 arrangement has been come to.] M - R. ALDERMAN ALEXANDER TAYLOR,-01 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 CABINET COUNCTL was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street,. on Saturday. The Ministers present wore, 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 Eichequer, .air James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half. WoaTn KNOWING.—To AUTHORS.—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 yon wanted to negotiate a reprint with a publisher—call it Al—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 B. 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 nei:her 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 series, and had to give in return the right to print two distinct editions of " Floss's Adventures in Australia." It i 5 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, MARCH 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. IThe 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 the speech 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,s u e ,P; port, declined before the close. Th e Railway , market t!attisli 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. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. 1 9 , di 100 Bank Stock Do. Money.... / 99 Excheq. Bills, L. & S 8 .12pra Three &Qr per Cents.. FOREIGN Mexicans 2si 6 STOCKS. Spanish Passives 5 L. Turkish .24pi0 Swedish .... 2 id's Do. Threes Spanish New Deferred 24 5i Do. Threes 4B 93 flak LWA Y London Stock llB Do. Quarters — Midland Stock . Do. Halves North Staffordshire 43 4 S. Eastern and Dover. 77i 8 Amberg.,Tottingham, . . -- iind E. Junction Caledonian Do. Preferenze Eastern Counties East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow 73 5 East Anglian Great Northern. Bl 2 Do. A 46 8 Do. B 122 4 Great Western. Caley Preference — Noveau Mode MINING Agua Fria Cordeliera Ave Maria. Carson's Creek Port Philip LAND Australian Agricultural 100 3 S. Australian Invest li 2 Van Dietnen's 23 4 SHARES, Leeds Northern — Lanc.and York s hi re 75 Do. Fifths . London, Brighton, and South Coast lo3i 41 London & S. Western 90 1 Manches., Sheff., and Lincolnshire... Norfolks North British... Do. Preference log 11 Shrewsbury and. Bir- mingham — York, Newcastle, and Berwick Do. Extension 7 disc Do. Preference York and N. Midland 5& 9 Do. SHARES. Preference Nugget B. Australian Freehold Australasian Colonial Mariposa HARES. Peel River South Australian 52 4 CORN MARKET. The show of Wheat is moderate, and having an improved demand, best white realized an improvement of Is per (Jr, and other sorts fully former terms. Foreign is held at quite late rates. Flour is steady, but there is no advance in price. Oats sold pretty freely, and in some instances at rather de ar er prices.trine Beans and white boiling Peas are a shad e higher. Seeds unchanged. ARRIVALS. English. Wheat 4BOB Barley 4983 Oats 2387 6644 Malt 4437 17 Beans Peas .. Flour . Foreign. 9943 8890 4150 1454 4518 aka Sz: O MARKET Stock 33,503 casks, TAL against 48,804 l . ast year. Deliveries 1,171 casks, against 1,339 last year. CATTLE MARKET. Prime Scots maintained last Monday's prices; inferior did not sell so well. Sheep sold at 2s. per head decline, and Lambs were 6d. a stone cheaper. Calves in demand, at Friday's ra tes. Beef 2s 8d to 4s 4d l Veal Mutton..... 3s 8d to 5s 6(1 I Pork .. 3s 6d to 45 4d Lambs, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. Beasts Sheep and Lambs 17766 I Pigs .. - ---• • --- 230 ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts lBOO Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts 6OO Holland Beasts 827 Do. Sheep Do. Calves l4B Spanish Sheep — 370 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations : — Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75a; Nlarr cheater, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, preference. 11 ; ➢lidlan d, 7-ti; South Eastern and Dover, 23k. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations :—Midland, 74i. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. Market very quiet, at 535. 6d. Th ere is very little businee s doing. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1853. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER' OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT THE STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE No. 4, ST, ONORQS'S CREBOINT, Ltvisarocri.. T" the REPR place 7 next, 1 the St Secc 30th i in Tw, MIN 1 and V Mir MIER DERV The Print& for fur secure The the Pe Prig Pit, 3s Sole L Mr. G year his iimi 3,17-.. On WI with UNCI PLAY and a day -1 denhoi Cart. 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