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

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. THE ye, ye, 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 quid none, who never dines six times a year out of it. Such there are, and to be avoided. hating the perfume of the cigar, they will follow you into the sanctum sanctorum 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 Turcoman—ancient ally of England though he is. What will France do ? Of course, stand by England in defence of Turkey. Then there will be a general row. Such, and such, has been the trash uttered at the clubs this dullest week in Fifty.three. Certainly great secrecy is maintained ; for even the " Thunderer " is silent about the intents of the sailing fleet. At the Admiralty all is as calm as usual ; the little printing press—manager sworn to secrecy—is at work, but rot a word oozes ; and there have been no first lord's ,inners recently; capital gatherings those. When your Lords Commissioners, tars or landsmen, take dinner in that quarter—after it—i do not think they care much about letting the cat out of the bag. Ilow was it that not long ago certain improvements in our screw steam navy, described in little other than in diagram, and lithographed by their lordships' own printer under their noses, as it were, got wind—were ventilated, and published in the French papers before they bad been communicated to our own naval authorities? It was done, much to the annoy ance of the Lords of the Admiralty, though little was wisely said about it. These French jockies ought to be looked after. Ditto ditto Russian in the East. 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 Menschikoff does play fantastic tricks before the Sultan. The bold outlaw ! ROB ROY MAGREGOR, PAUL JONES, JOSEPH MAzzam, 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 ! HEMP'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, Steam aN's, in Cursitor-street, at a guinea more or less a day, and in a week—arrangement— and tae outlaw is as good as ever. There were a heap of outlaws proclaimed the other day as I passed the Sheriff's Court. The ceremony was pompous enough, especially when the unfortunate beggar had a lot of names, as CHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAM GUELPH ! My pen 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 noble-looking, costly attired, much be-ringed, be-ringleted, be-painted, be-whiskered, be-wigged Duke of BRUNSWICK. The DUKE had been proclaimed one of HEMP'S, or some such officer's outlaws, for the fifth time, at the suit of his second cousin, Regina. There was not much in it, after all. The DUKE got into a scrape with Alderman ILkamEn, of The Despatch newspaper ; the DUKE went away, would not stand the brunt as he had done before, and manfully, too—after a fashion. The DUKE is, however, only great at night—in the gilded saloon, or at the opera, when lighted up for the evening, he is resplendent ; but all ! faded, like Vauxhall paste board splendour, " when daylight doth appear." I have jostled the Duke of BRUNSWICK in the Opera-house, hear ing on his person £10,009 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 vinculo matrimonii, ; and a mensd 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 vinculo 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 from the decree of the court, and that the appeal shall be carried to the House of Lords." 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 he 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 popped in,—there was no intrusion,—to witness the fun, such as it might be. One by one the poor cle'ils sneaked into the room, looking into each other's face in the most scrutinising manner, to ascertain, I supposed, if lie 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 roan, 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 th.2s2 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 cut to little parties, by the young women usually found in such assemblies. Speak to one of therm—the mysterious whisper went round— .la nonsense—what's the use ? He'e a —." This wou ld go on until the poor man became frantic, left the party, took to the tavern and the friendly pipe for solace. The numbers of smell persons are incredible in London. Where's their relief ? Ask echo. I once recollect the famous scholar and wit, WILLIAM MAGINN, commonly called Dr. Maotees, commencing a leader with the remark that " Rum p steaks" cost a shit. ling a pound weight in Farringdon market. Poor MAGINN could say and write anything he liked at that time ; it might be outre, it was always applicable and scholarlike. Somebedy had told him, on the occasion referred 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 ewer 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 sure it was the last time MAGINN knew the price of the raw material. lam led into the relation of this anecdote,—mu c h against toy will. Were MaGINN's pale and shrivelled ghost to revisit the glimpses of the gas its 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 the Standard is rayther popular there,—poor, wretched, 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, WriecnaesEA, gives to the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act. Ah ! but, said RICHARD COBDEN, the other night, if you had not had 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 hare raised the price of the poor man's dinner, and Eiberpoof ':>'-talitlarbf THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1853. a sad thing it is to contemplate. We have all read the Arabian Nights Entertainments, emeralds growing on trees thick as blackberries—all the imagined wealth of the the lad Alladie is as nothing compared with the bullion in the cellars of the Old Lady in Threadneedle-street. Gold ! cold ! 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," I 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. It put m e i n mind of'AD AM SMITH and WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, our present Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has stated that the government is to wait—to do nothing, let the gold increase as much as it may. Fatal mistake ; the evil is neither to be stemmed nor taken into consideration. The Coalition Cabinet will find that this plethora of gold will force consideration, though mon cher ABERDEEN, Who grows his own beef and mutton, perhaps, don't care about the price of rump-steaks. If our theatres have been closed during the past week, so have not our churches and chapels,- especially the latter ; and I hope the serious reader will pardon the con junction—the sacred and secular. The Wesleyans have had their numerous meetings ; divided among them selves, they seem to cast a doubt upon the well-known text, that a house divided cannot stand. One party charges the other with a persecuting spirit ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been appealed to, for he is looked upon as the great friend of the dissenting classes, and his lord ship unhesitatingly answered that he did not believe the Wesleyans would persecute if they had the power. So far this is satisfactory ; but it cannot be doubted that there is great acrimony among the members of this nu merous and otherwise highly-respectable body. On Good Friday the Rev. Dr. CUMMING, the great Scotch Protes tant champion, had an audience which crowded his church ; among them several nobles of the land. To be sure this used to he the case with the reverend doctor's countryman, the late EDWARD IRVINE ; but there is this difference between the two preachers,—the deceased one had more " sail than ballast" in his discourses, the living one vice versa. Dr. 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 Jotter RUSSELL markedly so. Lady RUSSELL is the daughter of a Scotchroan—GlLßEßT ELever, Earl of Minto. CUMMING'S challenge to Cardinal WISE MAN,—the combat to " come off" in a few days,— upon the relative merits of the two faiths, is excit ing considerable interest in the religious world. The CARDINAL, though he is to have half the platform roped round for himself and suite, is not to show. There are two reasons : the CARDINAL conceives it would be infra dig., and he might probably ba vulnerable to the pointed shafts of his well-known opponent. Apropos of his Eminence, lie has received communications applicable to this peculiar period of the year from the Vatican,—in these he is simply styled " WISEMAN "—neither Doctor, nor Eminence, nor Cardinal. Does this imply (acqui escence on the part of the POPE in the " Ecclesiastical Titles Bill ?" The CARDINAL has been spiritually work ing hard, like his rev. brethren, among the Protestants. I am not sure that the good taste—apart from the ques tion itself—of throwing down the gauntlet to Cardinal WISEMAN is altogether approved of by moderate Protes tants. However, Dr. CUMMING and his associate Mr. M`GurrtE will have it all to themselves, and perhaps ano ther grand service of plate will be voted to tne Doctor for his labour in vanquishing an absent adversary. Be it so. 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.l 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, you 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 fur the spring and summer trade are most encouraging. The Leicester report states that the hosiers are well employed with cotton orders, the demand for which, perhaps, never was greater. The complaints in the wool districts are as to the high price of the raw material. Messrs. BUSHBY and Co., in their Tea Circular, notice the increased symptoms of activity in the tea market, in which both trade and speculative pur chases have been entered into with considerable spirit at an advance upon their last quotations. With reference to the question of duty, they believe that the reduction will not amount to more than 5.1 d. 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 account — Government securities £13,464,538 ; 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 £243,330 ; 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 £32,596,933 £32,596,935 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.X14.553,000 Rest... ...... . 3,626,365 Public deposits. 8,203,555 Other deposits . 12,874,698 7-day, &c. bills. 1,352,498 X 40,610,116 SALES. 1 IM PORTS. 1,—..-- 2 , r ----.----, DESCRIPTION., PRICES. Week Previ- 1 Week This STOCK. Nla d \ ening ousl endin ,----- Mar 24. this yr y . Mar24.g Year. , Mar. 24. -- (7 .-- . d. 1-- ---- Sea Island 1164(4 32 7601 4300, Stained 44 12 80; 450 2322 16872 i) Boweds 44 64 9220 109180' 527240 Mobile 44 64 5850, 62830; 1 7 064 3 4 4782 New Orleans. 4 9 15460 225790 I Pernams, &c. 6a 8 } 2080' 1550 14990 15720 Aracati, &c 6i 8 - , --, •" •• •• Bahia, &c. , i Maranliam Sawginnetl... -- ; } Demerara,&c 8 ! 40 90, .... 1111 180 Egyptian.... 15i 14 1870 30060: .... 21839 96360 Barbadoes .. i— .... 1 I Peruvian.... .... 1 1 • I Laguayra..... 54 5f 180 i Com.W.l.&c. 64 70 I 2170 .... 752, Cartnagena.. -- ...., Smyrna .... .... Manilla .... .... , Surat Madras Bengal 34 230 ....1 .... 2801 1110 - I ,---, 43540 516960, 9386 614270 768390 WooL.—The anticipated short supply, for the want of labour, from our Australian Colonies sub sides on every account which reaches us ; the influx of emigration from all quarters creates more abun dant labour, and it is now confidently anticipated there will be a full average amount brought forward at the next series of public sales in London, which is expected to come off in May. During the past week we have had a tolerable amount of business doing in this market, considering the lightness of stock and the very small amount of Imports, which fall considerably short of the demand, viz., 266 Bales Irish, 13 Portugal, and 131 from the Medi terranean :ports : there is scarcely any description coming to the market but finds ready sale at very satisfactory prices, particularly low useful wools, suitable for combing purposes, such as Egyptian, Bosnia, Scopia, Oporto, &c. Stocks of English and Irish very meagre ; of the latter the country is almost cleared : good farmers' parcels of one third Hog are now worth 21s. per stone; Skin, little offering, and prices have still an upward tendency. IRON.—There has been very little doing, and no changes worthy of note. Scotch Pigs were quoted today, at Glasgow, at 535. 6d. F REE EMTGRATION.—So successful was the arrange ment at Mr. H e n r y Russell's last concerts, of giving away free emigration tickets to Australia, that he has announced another series, vi i h sinni;ar 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 1:198 for the maintenance of a lady alleged to be his wife and bii three children, for eighty-eight weeks, took place on Saturday. His lordship swore t h at they h a d never been married, and that he had never sa i d anyt bi ng t o j u stify such a supposition. The jury thereupon returned a ver. diet for the defendant. PRESENTATION TO LADY BENT OF THE PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN BE'. 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 Majesty. In the discharge of his duties on that impor tant occasion he sustained, with dignity and with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public, the exalted position in which, by the kindness of his fellow-townsmen, he had been placed. The CHAIRMAN, in a feeling speech, alluded to the high estimation in which Sir John is held by his fellow-towns men, and the satisfaction it gave him, as chairman, to present so masterly a work 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. Ile eulogised the painting, considering it a most faithful likeness, and as such he was sure it would be treasured not only by Lady Bent, but also by others who are near and dear to him. R. C. GARDINER, Esq., handed to Lady Bent a list of the subscribers, stating that it contained the names of nearly all the members of the council, and concluded by a speech full of kindly feeling towards Sir John and his family. The handsome present was courteously acknowledged by Lady Bent, and the company was subsequentiy 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 COINERE.-At the Police Court, yester day, John Lyons, a miserable looking Irishman, and his wife, Bridget Lyons, were brought up under the following circumstances. About ten o'clock on Saturday night the male prisoner attempted to pass a base sixpence at the shop of Mr. Wells, Curry-street. He was secured and given in charge. The police at once repaired to his lodg ings in Eldon-street, and in a poverty-strikcn and dirty room they found several counterfeit shillings and six pences, a plaster mould for casti ng th e spur i ous co i n , 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 a ll l e ft, sure, by Joe Clich, who had gone away, the Holy Virgin knew where !"—Committed for trial. ASSAULT.—A respectably dressed man, named Thomas Murray, was convicted in the penalty of £5 for violently assaulting Ellen Malloy,in Tithebarn-street, on Saturday. PASSING COUNTERFEIT 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 Edward APLoughlin, on Sunday evening. The prisoner etiterad the house of the prosecutor, whom he knocked down with a hatchet, and then stabbed him in the right leg.—Remanded until M'Laughlin, 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 Stevie, 23, Stanhope-street, from the lobby of his house, on Saturday night; and George Boyton, for stealing two top-coats, the property of George Patterson, from the lobby of Mrs. Jane Stevenson's house, Renshaw-street, were each committed for three months to hard labour. POCKET PlCK!NG.—Jane Ward and Elizabeth Pearson, for picking the pocket of Mrs. Jane Williams, Shrewsbury, of Bs. 6d., while in St. John's Market, on Saturday last, were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. TAE BRITISH AND NORTH AMARICAN MAIL-SHIP EUROPA, Shannon, commander, took her departure for New York, on Saturday morning, with fifty-three passen gers, and a full cargo, beaides the usual mails on board. — ' GARROTTE ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL.—On 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, com posed principally of half-crowns. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday afternoon, Mr. Henry Latham, of 6, Benson-street, fell down in a fit, in the yard adjoining his own house, and died in a short time af terwards. He had long been ill of rheumatic fever, and his death had been expected. EXTRAORDINARY PRICES FOR WINE.—A private stock of wines, sold by Messrs. Winstanley, on Saturday, at No. 26, Abercromby-square, produced the following extraordinary prices :—Moulds sherry 625, E. I. Madeira 87s, port, in quarts, from 453 to 1543, ditto, in magnums, 180 s to 1965, claret from 743 to 120 s, ditto, in magnums, 1963, 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 the river Mersey, on the 26th November last, were, under the Liverpool Pilot Act, released from responsibility, was decided in favour of the owners, the 32nd section of the Act holding the pilot responsible. MURDER ON SHIPBOARD.—The brig William Thrift, took her departure hence for Constantinople on Tuesday. Early the next morning one of the crew murdered his companion on the watch, by shattering his skull with the cook's axe. The murderer then jumped overboard, taking with him a studding-sail boom. In the darkness and confusion on board it could not be ascertained what wr.s his fate ; but the natural conclusion is that he was drowned. THE PROCEEDS OF THE FREEMASONS' BALL, which took place in the Town-hall in February last, for behoof of the West Lancashire institution for the relief and as sistance in life of the children of poor and distressed Free masons, amount to the handsome and unprecedented sum of £250 03. 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 Wootton. Pro perty was found in their possession, or pawn 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. Witi.fs, clerk in the Craven Bank, Burnley, com mitted suicide on the morning of Saturday week. Ho was found lying on the floor of an outhouse at Bank-hall, an open book lying near him, his throat cut, and a loaded pistol, a razor, and some poison upon his person. Mr. Willis had been suffering from severe organic disease of the bowels, accompanied with extreme depression of the spirits. THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY AND THEIR SERVANTS.—About a week since, the servants in the employ of the City of Dublin Steam Company, struck for an advance of wages, and also complained of other alleged grievances. We understand that a meeting of the directors and managers 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' SOCIETY.—A second room, in connexion with the inquiring class for Roman Catholics and Protes tants, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Bardsley, was opened on Friday. We understand that the average attendance of Roman Catholics is about 500 a week. The Protestant operatives who have also been accustomed to attend the meetings, being anxious to show their appreciation of the services of the Rev. J. Bardsley, presented him, on Fri day evening, winh 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 prayers that God would continue to bless him and make him a blessing. A MELANCHOLY COLLIERY EXPLOSION, by means of which between forty and fifty human lives have been lost, took place on Wednesday last, in a coal mine called the 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 160 in number), were lowered into the Arley Mine. At noon, about sixty of them assembled to get dinner, and, whilst these were absent, a terrific explosion took place, followed by a great rush of air up each shaft ; and, such was the violence of the shock that, though the workings are more than 400 yards below the surface of the earth, the furniture in different houses, at a distance of more than 300 yards from the pits' mouths, was shakeu. 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 to 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. Driflield 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 thedraught. 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 appears to haveaccumulated atthat place in consequence of the course of ventilation having been changed by leaving open one of two air doors immediately adjoining the seat of the explo sion. The surviving firemen state that, from their k nowledge of the pit, they are of opinion that the natural ventilation of it would have prevented an accumulation of gas to an extent sufficient to cause such an explosion at that point, even with the furnace lowered or out for the time men tioned, bad the air-doors been kept closed, and the other stoppings in their usual state. Of course, if Jones be guilty of gross negligence in causing the furnace to be 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 Ainscough, one of the injured men, died. He was unmarried and twenty-three years of age. There are thus forty-one dead bodies, besides the four who were last found in the pit. Most of the bodies were interred on Sunday. We are informed that the company are find ing coffins for all killed in this sad accident, and giving £5 in each case. THREATENED CALANIITY ! The Evening Post, the organ of the Irish government, makes the following alarming remarks on the probable departure from Ireland of the " good shepherds " who manage the political as well as the religious affairs of the Roman Catholic population. In short, the poor fellows, like the gardeners in hard weather, are being frozen and starved out. The Repeal agitation is dead ; the " Religious Equality " movement is also defunct ; " the country has been sold to the Whigs ;" and so there is no exciting the people to hand out their money for prayers, parliamentary petitions, or other of the ordinary objects so long kept in view here. To the diggings, then, they must go, to incul cate " good-will amongst men :" " There is another country (quoth the Post), which need not be named, that imperatively demands the inter position,a t countryo thlstate with were h regard tierto to its maintainedC atho by clergy. gy ln volun tary contributions of their flocks ; but these are departing from the shepherd with a rapidity unparalleled in the annals of the human race. The priests, except in the cities and great towns, are left without any income what ! ever ; and if government do not speedily step forward to their rescue from utter destitution, we see no other end to it but that they will per force be compelled to join in the Exodus. We confess we are only surprised that this course has not been already taken to a very considerable extent. It has not, however. Very few Catholic clergy men have left for America or Australia, but we may be quite certain, if means be not found to keep them at home, that the young and healthy must betake themselves to exile." COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS, MONDAY NIGHT. 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 England; 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 he " 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 l ess b oth of delay and expense , and dishonourable de a li ng 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 provement of the previous week bas 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 2s. a-week extra, upholsterers 25., corn-porters Gd. a-day, and plasterers Gd. day. The movement among the nightmen has not been so successful, owing to their want of funds ; most of them have returned to work at the old wages. The strike of the porters at the goods stations of the London and North-western Railway was resumed on Tuesday. As stated last week, they struck work on the previous Thursday, on a demand to have their wages advanced from 245. to 275. a-week, for the first class, and from 21s. to 245. 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, hreaksmen, 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 fur the excessive work in the evening; that foremen be paid in proportion to their stations ; that the wages of the men should be paid weekly instead of fortnightly, as. the latter system often involved men with families in difficulties ; that all work after seven o'clock in the evening should be paid for at 6d. an hour, and portions of hours to be charged as full hours. That no notice to quit the employ of the company be given on either side. On Saturday the men congregated at the King's Dock Pier, and appointed a deputation to wait upon Mr. Poole, who told them that they were act ing illegally and improperly in leaving their work, and explained the folly of striking for wages first and asking for an advance afterwards ; that he would advise them at once to return to their work, and then submit their wishes in a proper manner, through him, to the directors ; that any man was at perfect liberty to leave the company's service on giving due notice, but not otherwise ; and that, whilst in the service, he was equally at liberty to apply for an advance of wages if he thought proper. Mr. Poole then received their propositions in writing, and promised to lay them before the Board of Directors at their next meeting ; and, in the meantime, to pay them the rate of wages agreed to by their superintendent until the decision of the directors was known. This arrange ment being satisfactory, the deputation withdrew, and the men, upon its being made known to them, instantly and cheerfully proceeded to their work again. We are informed that the wages paid by the London and Northwestern Rail way Company have been quite as liberal as those paid by other companies, if not more so, to the same class of men for similar services. No porter received less than a guinea a week, and the most of them were in receipt of 24s per week. The cranemen and foremen were paid from 24s to 30s per week, many of whom are not at all dissatisfied with their stipends, but they complain, with just cause, of the very late hours imposed upon them by the public shippers and receivers of goods, whose carts are employed at the docks and warehouses during the day, and only use the railways at night. The advance demanded by the goods porters of the East Lancashire, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, was acceded to on Thursday last, and thus a second strike, which was to have taken place at one o'clock that day, 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 month's notice to quit the service. . . Yesterday (Monday), the men in the employ of the master carmen of Liverpool struck for wages, and in the afternoon a numerous meeting of them was held on the Pier-head. It would appear, however, from the propeed ings, that the whole afflir 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 " Nobby," proposed, as a resolu tion, that their wages should, i❑ future, be twenty-four shillings a week and a pint of ale every night. This was carried by acclamation, as was also a resolution that any one working for less should have his nose broke. Those assembled seemed more disposed to enjoy themselves than to complain of any substantial grievance, and it is believed that the whole affair will be over in a day or two. TOWNSHIP OF TRANMERE. —.— The annual meeting of the ratepayers of this district, in the parish of Bebington, was held yesterday (Monday), in the Assembly-room of the Britannia Hotel, Lower Tranmere. Mr. E. G. Willoughby in the chair. The first business was the choice of a list for overseers, to be submitted to the magistrates at Great Neston, on Friday next. The retiring overseers were Messrs. E. G. Wil loughby and C. Woodward, who have been put in north. nation as guardians for the district. After sumo little discussion, the following list was approved :—Messrs. J. H. Barry, Blyth Brown, W. W. Perry, John Williams, and Joseph Blundell. For surveyors of highways : Messrs. Samuel Lightbound, and J. Routledge, having given general satisfaction during the past year, ware 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 53., the expense which ho had incurred for securities for collecting the highway rate some time since, but as no rate was levied they had been rendered unnecessary. Upon the motion of Mr. Woodward, it was agreed that the amount should be refunded. In answer to an inquiry respecting a gift of bread to the poor at Tranmere church, it was stated by Mr. Woodward that there was a gift of £5 year arising from a field in Tranmere, and which for some years had been divided between the parish church at Bebbington and the district church. It had, however, been lately discontinued, and some inquiry would be made about it at the Bebington vestry meeting ; bet as Lord Cranworth had a bill before parliament to vest in the county courts the investigation of parochial trusts, it was thought advisable to wait until the bill became law. After some discussion it was agreed to posptone the case for a time, but in the interim the overseers and guardians were requested to make them. selves acquainted with the facts. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting shortly afterwards separated. 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. Ile 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," now exhibiting in Church street, may be seen this week for the last time ; and, in order to give the working-classes an opportunity of im proving their acquaintance with the fine arts, the exhibi tion is open in the evenings up to ten o'clock. AT A VESTRY MEETING, holden in the new Parish Church of All Saints yesterday, (Easter Monday,) the minister, the Rev. Henry 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 re-appoint ment not only augurs well for the future, but meets with the universal approbation of the congregation. A FIRE broke out on Sunday afternoon, about two o'clock, in the cabin of the ship Asia, lying in the San don Dock. It was extinguished before much damage had been caused.—Soon after five p.m., a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Ganiscwthryth, outfitter, Great Howard-street, but it was speedily subdued by the fire. brigade. ;PA RTAI ENT. Gov. securities..£l3,464,s3B Other securities 15,447.272 Notes .. 11,132.095 Gold & ..... 566,211 £40,610,116 . _ The SHARE MARKET during the past week has been unusually quiet. In prices we have little change, real business being so trifling. The bulls and bears have the market in their hands :-Chester and Birkenhead £22, 31-,d; Caledonians, 324 t- ; Eastern Counties, 12i; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 751 4 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 93; Ditto Third Shares, 13*.p • Liverpool and Southport, 17-1-; London Stock, 1181; Ditto Quarters (C) lip; Sheffield Stock, 301 -a- ; Midland Stock, 743- 1 ; Dover Stock, 231 1; York, Newcastle and Berwick, 174 ; North Union A Stock, 251 ; Borough Bank, 11 ; Royal Insurance, 11p; Pacific Steam Com pany, 541; Ditto New Shares, 2p; Steam Towing Company, 51. PRODUCE.-Notwithstanding the occurrence of Good Friday shortened the business time of the week, the amount transacted was, on the whole, a full average. For Sugar there has been a steady demand, and 1,200 hogsheads West India and 7,000 bags Bengal, sold at full prices. For Foreign Sugar the demand has not been quite so active, but a good business has been done, the sales consisting of 1,700 bags Pernambuco and 2,700 bags unclayed Manilla, at previous rates. Of Molasses 250 puns. Cuba Muscovado sold at 18s. 9d. per cwt. In Coffee the home trade is dull, but for export there has been a brisk demand, the sales amounting to 80 tierces Jamaica, 150 bags Ceylon, 250 bags Brazil, and 4,000 bags St. Domingo. Of Tea there is not much offering, but good congous are in request, and fine greens are improving, and holders are firm. In Rum and Spices little or nothing doing. Of Rice the sales amount to 50 tierces Carolina at 21s. to 225., 1,200 bags 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 £9 15s to £lO per ton. About 500 tons Bolivian have changed hands at £7 7s. 6d. to £7 10s. per ton. Linseed is not so firm. In Turpentine and Tar little cluing. In Hides, the sales amounted to 2,540 Buenos Ayres. In Olive Oil little doing. Sperm Oil in moderate request. Of Seal and Cod Oil the sales were 50 tuns. Of Palm Oil 200 tuns on the spot, sold at £33 ss. to £33 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, which, 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 378. per cwt. for Dates; and no sales in Molasses or Rum. No thing doing in Coffee; but several parcels - are adver tised for public sale to-morrow (Tuesday). Very little activity in the Tea market, but prices are unaltered. No offer was made for the Java Rice brought to auction this morning, but by private sale 450 bags Bengal are reported at 9s. 6d. to 9s. 9d. per cwt. for broken. A small parcel of Saltpetre sold at 255. 6d. to 265. 6d. per cwt.; 50 tons Cam peachy Logwood, at £7. 17s. 6d to £8 per ton ; and 35 cases yellow Castor Oil, at 31d. per lb. COTTON.-The firmness which was apparent in the early part of last week was not maintained throughout; yet, though the market was brought to a close on Thursday, the total amount of sales was a fair average. American, particularly of the lower qualities, was freely on offer, and prices, in some instances, slightly gave way. Surat was also dull, but Brazil and Egyptian without change. To-DAY the market opened with an improved demand from the Trade at prices fully equal to those of last week. The sales amounted to about 9,000 bales, of which about 3,000 were on specula tion and for export. The advices per Cambria, from Boston, have not yet come to hand, but the market closed with firmness. MURDERS IN LIVERPOOL. On the last day of February, John Maskell, a seams ' aged 35 years. and another seaman, named Charles W t l' quarrelled in Rosbottom'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 geof to knife. Shortly after this Williams called a little lit' who earns a livelihood by blacking shoes in the neigh' bourhood, and told him if he wished to follow him " would soon see a bit of fun. He then went over to the footpath, stooped down, and sharpened his jack-knife ol the edge of the curbstone. The unfortunate Maskell se a two companions left Steward's house about this alo e ', and were passing down the street, when a companion?' Williams's, known as " Big Scottie," went over ff. Maskell and struck him a blow on the face. A strufg"ii ensued, in the course of which Williams seized MOO with his right hand, holding his open knife in his left' with the intent to strike his opponent, but c ould not so, lest he might stike his companion4Williams, ho W c i ever, subsequently turned shortly rou n d, an d ern, Maskell a back-handed blow with the k n if e , w hi c h entere d the thick part of his thigh. The wounded man was co veyed to the Northern Hospital, w h ere h e die° Tuesday. Williams was taken into custody immedist, ' after the blow had been struck. The wound was an in cised one, five inches in depth ; the larger veins 01 _ 4 ' . thigh had been divided by the blow, and the wound toe cause of death. On Thursday au inquest was be ll before the borough coroner. A verdict of " wilt murder" was returned against Williams, who was cant; tech for trial at the assizes now being held.—On Thurel an inquest was likewise held by Mr. Curry, the borout i coroner, on the body of a new-born female child, NM dead in Lodge-lane, Kirkdale. The child had died frog haemorrhage and exposure to cold. A ver di c t o f " murder against some person unknown" was returned. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. ______....._____ The news from America by the Cambria will be fou lld in our Sixth Page. k FIRE LAST NlGHT.—Shortly after seven 0 MOE let night, a fire broke out in the timber yard occu pied. e Mr. Leyland, Miles-st ree t, T ox t et h. par k. Th e ene, from Temple-court, followed immediathly by that beloq, ing to the West of E• ig l an d Fi re O ffi ce, arr i ve d i n a sliE time, but, owing to the short supply of water, the 1 1 1 was not extinguished till h a lf-p as t n i ne . Th e damage WP. be considerable, but is covered by insurance—in iftl P office we could not ascertain. THE LIVERPOOL PILOTS.—MR. CARDWELL'S Mal The Liverpool pilots have had me e ti ngs , d ur i ng the leg week, on Mr. Cardwell's new Pil o t age Bill, now befor e parliament. They met again last evening in the Clarend ell : rooms, but we are unable to communicate the proceeding ° as our reporter. on applying for admission to the meet% was told that it was private, an d th a t i n consequen ce representatives of the press could not be admitted. THE THEATRE-ROYAL, closed during Passion Ni.„" he was re-opened last n i g ht w ith t h e F renc h p l ays . performances commenced with Lockroy's comedy " Le Chevalier du Guet." and concluded with the "VI I I deville of Cathe r i ne o f A us t er li tz. " Th e ot h er n i g hts° performance will be to-morrow, (Wednesday,) and Frid s The performers are amongst the most distinguished 0 " the Parisian stage. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The question about thia6, establishment is now defi n iti ve l y se t t l e d. M r. F re deric' Gye, director in chief of the Royal Italian Opera, !I, become the lessee.—[This last asser ti on h as b een d e nte but there is no doubt some ar rangemen t has bee come t 0.3 MR. ALDERMAN ALEXANDER TAYLOR, of (Nabs; destroyed himself on Wednesday morning by cutting throat with a razor. It is said that he had become violent political partisan at the last two elections. A CABINET COUNCIL was held at the Foreign Offic e i Downing-street, on Saturday. The Ministers presetti were, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, PI, Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount P a lm e rston, tP Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan', for of the Exchequer, Sir James G ra h am , Si r Chap!, Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney He r b er t, a n d Sir Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half. WORTH KNOWING.—To AIITHORS.—Since the inter; national copy r i g ht b e t ween E ng l an d an d A m e r ica 116 signed at Washington an d L on d on, au thors and °win' of copyright will be in a very different position than r,„; fore. For instance, if you w an t e d t o negot i ate a re prli with a publisher—call it A—he would say, " Oh, I ad ni ,; that your book has been highly su cc e ss f u l i n Englaocro highly so i • but then there is a book, so m y agen t wri t i l me, which has been equally so in Ame r i c a, called , Now, of course, I can get the copyright of it for nothingi„ Well, if the author of B had gone to a n A mer ican pn ia lisber and popped to him a similar question, he wc )u o have at once chopped him with the same i n tellige o o respecting the English book A ; so that in neil her es!, does the author receive one penny. It is evident, tbe"; that now the-publisher in both cases will have to Psi; they may exchange afterwards, but b o th mus t first ot! i s Mr. Howell wanted two American books fo r his serl e c i and had to give in return the right to print two dis,t,e o editions of ''Floss's Adventures in Australia." 11 '1,0 obvious that this is as it should be; and also that t',, public should be aware that publishers, now, have to PI for American copyrights.—Liverpool Mercury. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY EVENING7NrAnca 28. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM The political news from the continent is not important' In Paris, the Eastern question appears to be conside r e d settled. bee ° GERMANY.—A large number of vessels have placed in a perilous position on the coast, near Cusba l ),B , by the immense masses of ice drifted out to sea from li t , inland waters. Two steamers had put into Gluckst n , The cold was most severe, and the ice fast accumulatit; nothing like it had been seen on that part of the coast r o some years. Higher up, towards the Sound, all Davigat i° is stopped. I iThe Sun says that, in the Stock Exchange this ra° rtv ,4,0 e ing, considerable sensation has been produced by '" report that the home government will grant no ? 3 or. 0 r . charters to colonial banks or other undertakings. a de t e r As urination that might have been anti c ipated a fter the spe c of the Duke of Newcastle, made a short 'time SinC e parliament. _ FUNDS. STOCK, AND SHARE MARKE T. Consols: Boyers at par in the morning, but, wanting Bur, port, declined before the close. Th e R a i lway m arket has: flattish tendency; thin attendance or dealers, owing to tlid Easter holidays, and few orders on public account. Mines, Land and Bank Shares dull at former quotation t Foreign, with the exception of Sardinian, not so well sustains' . - CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. l 944 100 I Bank Stock Do. Money.... I 992 Excheq. Bills, L. &S 8 12 P' Three &Qr per Cents.. FOItEIG Mexicans _ 252 6 STOCKS. Spanish Passives si to Turkish Swedish 2 13— SHARES. Leeds Northern Lanc.and Yorkshire 75 Do. Fifths London, Brighton, and t 4l South Coast l O 3/ 1 , London & S. Western 90 Manches., Sheff., and Lincolnshire Norfolks North British 35 " Do. Preference 109 11 Shrewsbury and Bir mingham York, Newcastle, and 91 Berwick 's Do. Extension 714 Do. Preference 9 York and N. Midland 58 Do. Preference SHARES. • 2i INugget B. Australian Freehold . . Australasian Colonial Mariposa ;HARES. Peel River South Australian .. • • 52 Do. Threes —: Spanish New Deferred 241 5i Do. Threes 4Bl 94 RAILWAY .. 118 London Stock.. Do. Quarters — Midland Stock Do. H alves North Staffordshire 4l 4 S. Eastern and Dover 774 8 Amberg.,Nottingham, and E. J unction — Caledonian Do. Preference 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 — MININO Noveau Monde Agua Fria — Cordeliera . Ave Maria Carson's Creek — Port Philip ... LAND Australian Agricultural 100 3 S. Australian Invest li 2 Van Diemen's 23 4 CORN MARKET. The show of Wheat is moderate, and having an improlO c i demand, best white realized an improvement of Is per qr, ° P o other sorts fully former terms. Foreign is held at quite li l y rates. Flour is steady, but there is no advance in price. 01 . 1 4 sold pretty frevly, and in some instances at rather des , ;, prices. Fine Beans and white boiling Peas are a shade higb e ' Seeds unchanged. ARRIVALS. English. Wheat 4BOB Barley 4983 Oats 3387 Foreign• 9913 SS9O 4130 Malt 4437 Beaus Peas Flour ~ - 4518 ~,,''' , • • .. 1454 TALLOW MARKET. 071 Stock 33,508 cask LOW against 48,804 last year. Deliveries , casks, against 1,339 last year. CATTLE MARKET. • r til l Prime Scots maintained last Monday's prices; inferio ye not sell so well. Sheep sold at 2s. per head decline, and La l c e s. were 6d. a stone cheaper. Calves in demand, at Friday's 0 gd I Beef 2s 8d to 4s 4d Veal Mutton ... 3s 8d to 58 6 d Pork .. 3s 6d to 4 s Lambs, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. 1 61 4188 Calves I 17760 Pigs . Beasts 'rigs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts lBOO Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts Do. Sheep Do. Calves Spanish Sheep iheep and Lambs IS SOO 600 827 840 148 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE- von closing Quotations:—Lancashire an d Yorkshire, 751,,i11a04' cheater, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, pr e f erence . n ; 74k; South Eastern and Dover, 23i. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing Quotations :—Midland, 74i. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. me g ' Market very quiet, at 535. 6d. There is very little bus doing. 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