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

pii ILITARaON IC-HALL HANDEL'S SUBLIME. ORATORIO, "SAMSON," N, " THISEVENING (TUESDAY), the 22nd bastant. To commence at a Qnarter before Eight. MADAME GA RrIA will sing " Let the Bright Seraphim," • with Trumpet Obligato. Boxes and galls, ss. ; Gallery Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. , irr'mot tanbarb. PROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. NOTHING definite has yet been arranged with regard to the period when Parliament will meet for the despatch of business, although the rumours in monetary and political circles which I noticed last week, respecting an -early convocation of the Senate, have been again revived, the Government brokers, among others, taking an active part, for reasons best known to themselves, in giving -currency to the report that there will be what your old 'politicians call a pre-Christmas Session. It was stated in some of the clubs on Saturday night, that the subject had exclusively occupied the deliberations of Ministers at their council in the course of the afternoon ; and if there be any truth in the gossipping which one hears in the saloons of " The Reform," the ranks of the ABERDEEN Coalition Cabinet are pretty equally divided on this knotty point. Another council has been summoned for to-morrow (Tuesday), and the question must then be decided, for on Thursday or Friday the QUEEN will hold a Privy Council at Windsor Castle, to fix the day to which Parliament shall stand further prorogued from the 26th inst. I may mention that the SPEAKER of the House of Com mons has come to town rather unexpectedly —that all the officers connected with both branches of the legisla ture have received instructions to hold themselves in readiness for " active service," and that BARRY, the architect. has been directed to expedite the works which were commenced in the interior of Westminster Palace immediately after the close of last session. These certainly are somewhat significant facts, and give indication of an early gathering of the People's Tribunes—but as I have already said, nothing has yet been determined by HER MAJESTY'S Ministers, and much will depend on the au thentic reports which reach Downing -street from the seat of war during the next forty-eight hours. Lord ABERDEEN'S friends are vigorously occupied in represent ing the PREMIER'S health as "quite deplorable," and his physicians, well-informed men assert, have prescribed immediate abandonment of the cares of office. Upon whose shoulders the Premiership is to fall, there are ,various conflicting opinions some say PALMERSTON, others CLARENDON, others again RUSSELL. I am not 'sufficiently versed in political prophecy to fix upon the embryo Prime Minister of England, but I believe I am not far wide of the truth in asserting that our SOVEREIGN has expressed her royal desire that the first vacancy which occurs in the Cabinet should be filled up by calling to HER MAJESTY'S Councils your ex-repre sentative, Mr. CARDWELL, the present President of the Board of Trade. Viscount CANNING, the Postmaster- General, is also an object of his Royal Mistress's solicitude, and both men are certain, at no very remote period from the assembling of Parliament, to occupy seats at the Council table of the ABERDEEN Cabinet. With regard to the Turkish question, messages on Fri day afternoon and Saturday morning passed and repassed in rapid succession from minister to minister. The pub lic only know this, that hostilities have taken place be tween the Turks and Russians, and, it is supposed, with advantage to the former, who have recrossed the Danube —or, in more diplomatic language, " they retired for rea sons of strategy." The French and English Fleets are looking on, it is said, judtging that the Turk can do the business himself; meantime the Government of France has issued a notiee for a contract, to furnish provisions to their ships, from Constantinople to Odessa, from and after the 16th instant, during the whole peribd of the sojourn of the Mediteranean squadron in the Bosphorus and in the Black Sea. This really looks as if France meant something. Ransack every club or political re union in London, youcan gather no more. One or two litterateurs and artists started for the seat of war on Friday morning ; they are determined to be in the thick of it, if it be not all over before they arrive, which they rather anticipate. In eight or ten days after the publication of the present issue of the Liverpool Standard, one of the plague-spots of the United Kingdom—London especially—shall have ceased to exist,—ln these realms at all events. I refer to the moribund pests,—Bwrxtme OFFICES. Never was a more stringent act passed ainoo cwis ±,E, CROMWELL had e Lexie L. tue Government or Protectorate. Every penny held by the varlets, in deposit on races however distant, must be dis gorged --: returned to the :apples depositing. The betting offices, for the most part kept by penniless scamps, have been on the wane for the last ten or twelve months; the city magistrates, well piloted- by WHITTLE HARVEY, the Poliee Commissioner, did much to ruin them, as they had ruined many city 'prentice, porter and clerk. The betting offices are pretty well all closed ; the -keepers of them know the " doubly-hazardous" game of taking money, and those who have deposits to any amount have —cut ; I use their own language. lam not here to occupy space and time for perusing descriptions of these betting houses on Saturday nights. Such is the fatal fetch for gaming, when facilities present themselves, that I have known highly educated and—as the world goes - moral gentlemen, pay one of their last few sovereigns for a bit of pasteboard, and high hopes of winning, which were never realised. If such men are gammoned (I again use the appropriate language of the parties), shall we wonder at the juvenile clerk, the heretofore trustworthy Porter, the messenger, or servant doing the same ? No. • But betting houses are not to die; Boulogne's the word In brief, I am well informed that betting lists, even on a more prodigal scale, are to be opened in that resort of mongrel poodles and other vagabonds. However, the pest is driven from our walls. Are 'we never to have done with effigies of Sir ROBERT PEEL and their attendant absurdities ? Sup- Porters of the Right Honourable Baronet's policy—a Strange mixture—do not imagine that I would, could, or should, breathe (a sigh ?) a word to the deterioration of his posthumous fame ! It is art,—high art, in the city— • save the mark,—that now induces me to ink my thumb. - Most of your readers, who do not reside within the bills of mortality, have visited the metropolis, and as certainly have walked along Cheapside eastward. In the known world, —world pre-adamite ultra-mundane anything, —there never was a more monstrous absurdity in art than thi equestrian statue of the great Duke of WELLING TON. I apply " monstrous absurdity " not to the com position, not to the execution—the details of the horse and rider. The latter, as a portrait, is faultless ;—the former, notwithstanding Cuelernex's sainted name—in art canonized,—might have been more appropriate. The poet who " lisp'd in numbers " says some pretty words to the effect that—. " Honour and shame from no condition rise.. This I know,—if I judge from the tenor of the Royal Academy lectures, delivered by living professors, Royal Academy lectures delivered by Sir Josnue, and Sir THOMAS ; remarks made by that eccentric genius, FUSEL! ; remarks made by that heavy artist, Sir JOHN Venni:mare the best draper of architecture that ever tried it ; remarks made by that gentle creature DAVIE WILKIE, who would have been P.R. A. if he had not been so anxious about it ; this I know from these, that a bit from the chisel of PYGMALION, of PHIDIAS, of ALCAMANES or his associates,. all of whose sandals CHANTREY would have been glad to unloose—l say, were a statue from such hands to be placed in the position of CHANTREY'S one of WELLINGTON in front of the facade of the Royal Exchange, it would at once become a wart—supremely or simply ridiculous ! But referring to our friends proceeding eastward through Cheapside, they are presented with the most remarkable example of "fore-shortening" extant, either in stone, bronze, or canvass. In short, the DUKE and his horse are bundled up ; nothing being seen but the head of the four-footed animal. But the DUKE and his charger are there. Pass to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S effigy—that is to be. I went into the city two or three days ago, having been apprised that certain " effects, " in theatrical slang, were to be tried. There was TITE, city architect, Cox -ISINGHAM, clever fellow, BEHNES, the sculptor, and two or three others. Oh, Dome of St. Paul's !in a few minutes, a number of Irish labourers succeeded in placing a piece of deal board, or pieces thereof attached, having a horrible likeness of the late Baronet, bareheaded, and on foot, in front of the revered DUKE,—he on horseback. In two words, the effect was triumphantly ridiculous ; not because the effigy of PEEL was in lath, but simply from its Position, which beadles, ushers from the Mansion house, Guildhall, and both the Exchanges, policemen, charity boys, bankers, merchants, dealers in bullion, bank and exchequer tallies, cads, cab drivers, and, as a climax, your correspondent, inaugurated with loud and long " 611 frawe "—laughter—enough to make Tuomes GRE 'MAX'S grasshopper gather up his spindle shanks and hop away from the neighbourhood. You will now have two en samples of foreshortening in the City of London, a thousand -t ittles more preposterous than that of HAYDON'S Curtius, the Itrnnen boy, who sprung, horse and all, into the gulph, ~,,i;trwards called Curtius lacus, as all classical scholars, , d ,l l ,'_,leed the perusers of LEMPRIERE, are aware. Super , '''t to the absurdity, the bareheaded Senator foremost, ekitb? "loremost man of all his time" riding behind! city_..„;,',..•l;e cause of this ? Partly want of room in the ced e a — nt ",7 l s; the gross and uneducated ees of certain the leatemoorities. They may fill the niches, the corners of mn iraeule it a itn.ge, with all sorts of nude figures—most men hi. nunations—but do let the statues of public to be se c,ue '" Places be in proper ones. A decent—little, some o f t,e7liPot, ea s t o f the Exchange, was proposed by because eommittee, negatived, as a matter of course, wzLLl2,4oB.xabans thought it would be better to have ° a 4 I O I 'EMI, in proximity—forgetting their %cl l riding on horseback one must ke behind. The phrase is not very applicable, sinless one were. looking at the effects" referred to. Enough of this, how ever. Therefore, to something else. GEORGE HUDSON has contradicted the report that he is no more to be member of parliament. That noble fel low, VALEWSKI, has taken Gibraltar House, so called because the rock of that name was never taken. GEORGE'S house, more like a New York hotel than any house in England, was for years considered impossible to be let unless alone. It will now cease to be called by its former name. Do you remember the time, GEORGE, when two or three of us co:11 not take a stroll, but some scurvy sur veyor fancied that we were devising a new line ? The Times has been directing public attention to the wretched condition of the great hive of government clerks, especially the Admiralty ones. lam not sure that there is any class of Her MAJESTY'S subjects, save the " very poor," more to be pitied than those Her MAJESTY'S ser vants. I have known some well paid ones at the War office, some at the Admiralty, next door, more over the way in peaceful Whitehall-place, at the Woods and Fo rests, a great number at Somerset-house, several at the Tower. At the two latter places the poor clerk generally seeks relief in Portugal-street, and don't get it.. . He has set apart a portion of his salary—already too small. Money lenders—there are lots of them all about Somerset house—and a " fruitful vine" are the ruin of the govern ment clerks for the most part. Within the last few days three from one department " were up," as it is fami liarly called when any one goes to be whitewashed by their honours, Messrs. LAW, PHILLIPS, and Mustrar. At the Bank of England the clerks are better off, because they are better paid—it may be closer looked after, They deal in checques, we all know. Are greater checks placed on they of the Old Lady in Threadneedle-street, than on those in Somerset-house ? I believe so. It is by no means a weak invention—not of the enemy—but of the directors of the Bank of England, to have those masques for ever peering over the clerks as they tell their almost untold gold ! To seethe a kid in its mother's milk I have always held to be symbolical of the ne plus ultra of cruelty. I never go into the Bank of England but the beautiful saying about the kid is brought to my mind. Let me be understood to refer to the mural sculpture of the place. Might not the contemplation of a cast of the head of " ABRAIIA.3I NEWLAND' prove an incentive to honesty and punctuality on the part of the Bank of England clerks, as much as that face with its wicked eyes con tinually leerinr , " and peering over the fingerers of gold in the bank ? It is an excellent device to have DlEncuitr, "the god of thieves, pickpockets, and all dishonest per sons," stuck on the inner walls of the bank ! Methinks a clerk must be a bold man to steal a rouleau of sous. under such auspices. Sir ROBERT PEEL, when Home Secretary, began to find that the threat of discharging all government clerks becoming insolvent, was empty. RUSSELL and PALMERSTON have also found it so. The clerk may now toddle to Portugal-street, and come back to his govern ment desk, setting apart £2O a year out of £9O or £lOO, and from day to day lead his Sisvpuus-like life. Poor fellow, he is allowed to keep his situation ; under such circumstances who could " fardels bear ?" _ _ _ The demi-lion of the week, in our literary circles, has been—that is, he would have been, had his common sense not prevented it—the last made knight by Ireland's Lord Lieutenant, Sir CusAcK PATRICK RONEY, who with WILLIAM DARGAN Arcades ambo —originated, com pleted the Great Dublin Exhibition. Sir Cusacx RONEY returned to Europe a few weeks ago, and received the justly-merited, the well awarded honour of knighthood, at the close of the exhibition. In him we have a splendid example of what a warm heart, a cool and clear head, and indomitable energy can achieve. Some twenty years ago RONEY came toLondon,little more than a lad, well educated —his father, a physician in Dublin, took care of that, and young RONEY'S mind did not waste the blessing. He settled him down in the quiet street opposite Her Ma jesty's Theatre in the Haymarket ; MACREADY was a next-door neighbour, and the famous JAMIE Jonssos, M.D., lived opposite. Rowrr then had his quiet dinner parties, fine-art men, musicians, and musicians' sons, critics also,—not very severe some of them ;—one I knew a little of, who for a quarter of a century criticised every play, play-actor, opera, and opera singer, male and female, musician—vocal and instrumental—never found fault— directly—and yet gave satisfaction. During the season it was pleasant,—very,—to dine with RoNEv,—his dinner was elegant, but suited to his means ; and then there was no necessity for cabs or carriages of any descrip tion ;--hop, step, and jump, you were in the Haymarket Theatre or the Opera House. Initiated into the mys teries of the healing art, RONEY did not follow them. 'Tis well he did not ; he never would have looked after his fees. Anon, we find him Secretary to the Literary Fund, then, as now, a tip-top establishment. This brought our young knight into first-rate society. It was when RONEY was Secretary that that harum-scarum man WILLIAM JERDAN, the iconoclaust, father now of London journalism, and royal pensioner of £lOO a-year, with a penknife played havoc with DAN Meciasn's sweet portrait of a sour man—old Sir JOHN SOANE. He was vain ;he disinherited his son more for the vanity of leaving his things to the nation, than for all the evil the discarded lad ever compassed. The picture was painted for the Literary Fund Committee; SOANE, crabbed, lived near, came to the meetings, and supported the institution. He thought the portrait frightfully like—so it was, ha ! ha! He was always grumbling at it, while the membersi were praising it. DANIEL MACLISE didn't like this on the part of Sir JOHN; the accomplished artist never got so much as a tumbler of hock for painting the old cynic— forgive me, I was going to write—sinner! JERDAN put an end to the strife by cutting the canvas into something like ribbons JERDAN was not quite a destructive, he also knew something of the line of beauty, or what it means, and cut accordingly. The damage appeared irre parable ; so does a young black eye, a swollen lip, a bruised chock, when one " spars" without the gloves ; a few bandages and the portrait " wash ash goot ash new." RONEY acted most discreetly in this deli cate affair. Soon after we find him head man at the Eastern Counties Railway—making it, indeed, and keep ing it all right. Shortly he is heard of busily employed in beautifying—popularizing, that healthy place Lowestoft: then at Chester and Holyhead. Next came the most brilliant combination of all in RONEY'S eventful history —only yet in the first chapter,—WlLLlAM DARGAN and the Great Dublin Exhibition. Following in its "blaze of truimph" came RONEY'S appointment to the controul of the Great Canadian Trunk line of Railway, destined under his management to work wonders in that land of wonders. His able reports on the gigantic project disclose a power, perspicuity, and perspicacity of mind well vindicating the choice the authorities made in Sir CUSACK PATRICK RONEY. Her Majesty the QuEEN, with as much good taste as love of fair play—a homely English phrase and applicable— has commanded the drama of " Money" for the next royal representation ; the principal characters to be sustained by the managers of four different metropolitan theatres, viz.:— Mr. CHARLES KEAN ' Evelyn ; Mr. WEBSTER, Graves ; Mr. BUCKSTONE, Mr. Benjamin Stout ; and Mr. WIGAN, Captain Dudley Smooth. Several dramatic novelties have been successfully presented during the week ; nor is music less attractive, the Wednesday Evening Concerts, under the management of Mr. WILLOTT, now, or lately, the proprietor, editor, and so-forth, of a Sheffield or Birmingham paper, attract vast crowds; and the Sacred Harmonics, one of them under the direction of COSTA, the other under that of SURMAN, the founder, have their thousands of auditors. Both societies ought to be in formed that it is unworthy of them to exaggerate their choruses,—said to be 700 or 800 ; they are by no means so efficient as they ought to be, and I am afraid that there are mutes among them—a vile practice filling the eye and not satisfying the ear ! Independently of these musical gatherings, there are dozens of other attractive places of entertainment, each having a fair share of patro nage ; at least 20,000 people left their homes on Saturday evening in search of such amusement; and 10,000 more attended the various sing-song clubs—under the music and dancing licenses act; so that really one would think we never were more prosperous or happy. The lessee of Drury-lane is going to superadd dancing and other dogs to the horses. He is turning away money from his doors. Young BLANCHARD, the son of the once well known comedian of the same name, is cutting out jokes for a new pantomime, to be presented at Drury. Baooxz comes back to fill up the blank after the 'osses. That most accomplished actress, Mrs. CHARLES KEAN, has been far from well for some time past; indeed, she has not acted for the last fortnight. Why should such a delicate creature remain on the boards, after having de lighted so long ? The Knins are immensely rich ; they always had the wit to keep the money they made. Mrs. WARNER—poor lady—is not left in obscurity to pine. Actors and actresses, for the most part, are poor. I scarcely ever knew a cold-hearted one. ALEERT SMITE( is preparing for a renewal of his Mont Blanc, which was but indifferently well received, I am told, in Dublin. The Dublin people—(l know them well ; a day of forty-eight hours is far too short for their kindness)—are the most fastidious in the world; no one can tell what will please them until the trial is made. The remark applies with equal force—histrionically—musically—and picto rially. Our grim enemy has been busy among the " upper classes" since my last. The gallant Duke of BEAUFORT, one of WELLINGTON'S fearless aides-de-camp, died on Thurs day afternoon. The late noble DUKE was manly in form and feature,—stiff built and broad shouldered ; but the endurance of almost constant pain from gout invested his fine countenance with a plaintive aspect, if I may use the expression. The Dunn, to theclose of the last fashionable season, stuck to his old habits,—preferring the omnibus box at the Opera to his own up-stairs ; and a merry set they were in that same box, now nearly all gone ! Gout flew from the extremities to the stomach,—fatal resting place ; and the Duke of BEAUFORT died. LADY PANMURE, too, an amiable creature, died last week, at Pitfour Castle, in the Carse of Gowrie. She was only 46 years of age ; and when Fox MAuLE, her lord and master, got into place, she was not ashamed to brush up her French with him ; three lessons a week over a patter and clatter breakfast. She was Laady PANMUBE scarcely a year. MR. WILLIAMS'S advertisement should be read by those who want to purchase country residences. LIVERPOOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. --Yesterday WaS appointed for the certificate meeting of Mr. J. W. Fair dough. The bankrupt did not appear, however, and the meeting was adjourned sine die. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Charles Shaw, a sea man belonging to the Niagara, whilst working on board the vessel in dock, fell from the mizen yard, and received such injuries as to cause his death in the Northern Hospital, about two o'clock in the afternoon. The inquest will be held to-day. ALLEGED DEATH FROM BEING RUN OVER.—Sarah Willis, an old lady residing in the neighbourhood of Lon , don-road, was taken to the Infirmary on the 13th instant, suffering from injuries said to have been inflicted by her being run over with a carriage. She died about mid-day, on Saturday, but owing to some neglect the case was not reported to the Coroner's-office till eleven o'clock yester day, and the facts consequently are as yet but imper fectly known. DEATH of Mu. DOWLING.—Mr. Matthew Morris Geo. • Dowling, for many years commissioner and head-constable in this borough, expired at his residence, Wavertree, on Sunday forenoon. He had recently had several attacks of paralysis, which had destroyed the use of one side, and almost deprived him of the power of speech. He had been gradually declining since his removal from office, after having been connected with the police force for a period of nearly twenty years ; and there is little doobis • health, He was sixty-five years of age, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. COMMERCIAL 4. MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. APPARENTLY unaffected by the conflicting tele graphic reports from the East, the Funds have maintained their value, and have even slightly advanced, owing: to the scarcity of Stock, which is unequal to meet the demand. The Bank of Eng land maintain their high limit for discounts, but money for commercial purposes has been more plentiful, and less in demand, if we may judge by the diminished amount of tit* "other securities" in the Bank returns. The returns of the Stock of Bul lion again show an increase to the extent of £176,568, notwithstanding the recent exports, which have been been very large, particularly to the East Indies. The speculators in Corn have managed, as yet, to maintain prices, though with some difficulty ; but there - can be little doubt that in a very short time prices must give way, owing to the large stocks on hand, the diminished consumption, and the recent favourable weather for sowing, which has been carried on to a greater extent than ever before remembered. The manufacturing districts are still seriously affected by the turn-out of the operatives, and there is an evident disinclination to enter into any trans actions beyond those for immediate necessities. Raw materials, both of cotton and wool, have been comparatively high, and with advanced rates of wages there has been no encouragement to exceed orders, which have been comparatively light. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade, for the month ended 10th Oct., show a considerable increase in the amount of tonnage, particularly that entered inward, but, as will be seen by the subjoined, the increase is much greater in Foreign than in British shipping : 1851 1852 -1863 British. Foreign. 506,407 380,688 552,216 CLEARED OUTWARD. 1851 • 404,816 1852 1853 The following are the returns of the coasting trade for the same periods : Inward. Ontward. 1851. 1852 1853 The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 12th of Nov., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £5,009,222; Increase £932,063 Other deposits ... 11,781,769; Decrease 389,263 Rest , 3,211,460; Increase 27,185, On the other side of the account— Government securities £11,766,213; Increase £261,091 Other securities ... 16,432,451; Decrease 317,248 Notes unemployed ... 7,005 ; 750; Increase 585,865 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,181,425, being a decrease of £446,020; and the stock of , bullion in both departments is £15,856,113, showing an increase of £176,568, when compared with the e preceding return. ISSUE DEPAACTMMTT. Notes issued ... £29,187,175 Goverrunt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 'Gold coin& bu11'n.15,187,175 !Silver bullion. £29,187,175 £29,187,175 BANKING Al Prop. Capital ... £14,553,0001 Rest .. ... 3,211,460' Public - Deposits 5,009,222 Other Deposits 11,781,769 7-day & other bills 1,317,931 miss a good market. 359 logs from Jacobstadt, ex, Enter prise, sold yesterday at 2s. ld. for clean straight but small wood,with 4,707 pieces red wood, deals, and battens at £l6 10a., and white at £l5 per stand ar d ; th e l as t sa l e o f common Dantzic was made at 2s. 2d. per foot. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT YES'TERDAY. THE Second November Court opened yesterday, before Joseph Pollock, Esq., the Judge. THE LIVERPOOL ADELPHI LOAN ASSOCIATION V. HOLME AND OTHERS. —His Honour gave judgment in this case, which had been previously heard, and the cir cumstances made public. Ite decided for the plaintiffs. The question was whether sureties for loans could be held responsible for fines levied for non-payment, in the same respect that they were for the original amount of the loan. In this instance the borrower had by his own act sanctioned such appropriations of money, and therefore he held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover. It seemed to have been the custom of those parties to charge fines against others than the borrower. They admitted, if he recollected rightly, that they had no legal right to do so, and he thought it an exceed ingly improper proceeding that they should make such a claim. Whenever a case came before him in future, in which they had endeavoured to obtain these fines from sureties, he should always consider that an important element in the detefminatiou of the other matters which were left to his discretion. . _ SHIPPING DISPUTE: PERRY V.- SPENCE,—This was a claim set up to deduct as against the consignee of goods certain dues payable out of the Ramsgate Harbour Act. He had looked through the statutes at large, but could not discover any reference to that act, but the collector of customs had promised to supply him with a copy, and he should defer his judgment till then. It had been said in the case that the bill of lading contained the words— " that the goods shall be delivered to the consignees in Liverpool, on payment of 10s. freight in full," and the question was, whether in full" was meant to include harbour dues, or whe:her it was meant to include " hat money," and other charges. Upon that he should be willing to hear evidence, if any, of the custom, and should then give his judgment, after a reference to the Act of Parliament. FECAND SITXXONSES.—Orders of committal for thirty days to Lancaster Castle were made against the following parties, for neglecting to comply with previous orders of the court :—John Birch, clerk, railway station, Wapping, at the suit of Messrs. R. and W. Fort, coal merchants, Crown-street, for a debt of £2. 10s. ; Fanny Wilson, Tra falgar-place, out of Russell-street, described as a "house keeper," for £2 2s. 6d., owingto Joseph Myers, of Chesnut street, for jewellery ; Thomas Spencer, clerk with Messrs. Browneut and Co., Exchange-alley North, for a debt due to Mr. G. J. Aspinall, chemist, Fairview, Park-road ; Richard Taylor, porter, at the Great Howard street railway station, for a debt due to Henry Beckett, grocer, of Burlington-street ; John. Davies, Harrison street, ship-scraper, for a debt due to James M`Carty, gro cer, Marybone ; Josiah Wedgewood, of Lord-street, for a debt due to Thomas Clarke; and Thomas Kimpton, small parcel deliverer, for a debt due to Messrs. Parnell, printers, of Russell-street. In this case the Judge asked, " has thisman Kimpton no place or house where you could serve upon his property ?" Mr. Parnell : Hellas a sort of office where parcels can be left, in Sweeting-street, but he cannot be seen. The Judge : I see him very often. (A laugh.) There were several other fraud summonses heard. One against Ebenezer Owens, dock-gateman, at Brunswick-dock, for a debt of £3 10s, to a flour dealer, in Carnarvonshire, was adjourned for a fortnight, that defendant might prove, as he had stated, that he had sent off £1 10s. in a post-office order. There was- a summons against Mr. Hudson and Ellen Hughes. his wife, at the suit of Mr. Pennington, surgeon, Pembroke-place ; but it was stated, amid some laughter, that the defendant had sailed to Australia five weeks ago. A summons against Oliver Shannon, 122, South Chester-street, lumper, at the instance of John Johnston, joiner, Upper Haigh-street, was adjourned; as was alsoone against William Doolan, sawyer. Michael Egan, of Henry Edward-street, described as a musical instrument maker, was summoned by Thomas Denton, Chapel-street, spirit-dealer, for a debt of £5 9s. ld. The defendant pleaded that he had been unable to' meet the former order, owing to the slackness of trade, and. to his having five orphan children.. The Judge : Why, the order was only 2s. ld. a-week, and you are a musical instrument maker. Defendant : Aye, but they are only bagpipes ; consider what sort of instruments they are.. The plaintiff said that his business could not be bad, it he could- go- off drinking for a fortnight or three weeks, as he was informed he was in the habit of doing. The case was adjourned till the second court in December, when his Honour said he would grant an order for com mitment, provided that the payments were net made good in the meanwhile. INSOLVENCY CASES.—Mr. John Turner, late chemist and druggist at Runcorn, but now a clerk in the office of Messrs. Eyre and Co., of this to wn , d rysa lt ers, appeared for his final order: The insolvent was-opposed by Mr. Simon, on account of Messrs. Roberts and Co., tea merchants, Royal. Bank Buildings. It appeared that he had paid £l7l, being 18s. ed. in the pound, to the creditors who had signed the deed of assignment but there were about thirty-six other creditors, the aggregate amount of whose debts was £24A who had been paid nothing. The case was adjourned, to the next court.—Samuel Hulse, fur niture-broker, who was unopposed, obtained his final order.—An adjourned audit meeting, was held in the case of Dennis Sullivan, clerk, and late a, flour dealer, &c., in Crowmstreet. It was urged against him that since he had obtained his final order. he had disposed of the good-wilt of the baker's shop he held, for £6O. His Honour said he saw no reason, why he should not have parted with it before. for the good of the estate; and he thought that he ought to account for the expenditure of the money to-the assignees, other wise their proper course would be to apply to him for re scinding the final order. He ordered the case to stand over a fortnight for the purpose.--In the case of Mr. Lawrence Holden, plumber and glazier, of 56, St. Anne-street, Mr. Blackhurst, solicitor, called attention to the fact that Mr. Fazakerly, who had been appointed trade assignee, had receivednn his own account £27 10s., the proceeds of an.action which had been brought against Mr. C r ibbin, one of the insolvent's debtors. It appeared that the defendant, who had been a p po i n t e d t ra d e ass i gnee, had . not acted that capacity. The petition of the insolvent had been dismissed, Mr. Fazakerly being a consenting party to that through his attorney; and ou the very same day the insolvent had given him ainorder to receive the amount of the action when brought His Honour, from his remarks, appeared to think that this had been a cor rupt arrangement, Mr. Fazakerly consenting to a dis missal of the petition that he might himself pocket money, which it was his duty, as assignee, to see should have gone to the estate. He did.not like to see a man ap ' pointed assignee at the request of his. legal adviser one day, and withdrawing from it the next, and he thought that this was a daring attempt to. make use of the pro , cesses of the court for the purpose of enabling one creditor to put money into, his pocket at the expense 'of the rest. He (the Judge) had been called upon to exercise his powers to make-the, insolvent appear in the action, and he had done so, but felt keenly that he had been made a tool of, and that the processes of the cou r t had been diverted to serve a private purpose. It was such a contempt of the court, that, for the first time in his life, he could not trust himself to give judgment at once, but should postpone it for a fortnight. Mr. Fazakerley stated that he was not cognisant of the dismissal of the petition, and that the insolvent, on leaving the court on that day, had come down to him, to ask him what he should do. He had told him that if his debt were not paid he should send him to Laneaster,.and it was then that he had given him the order. At the urgent request of Mr. Toulmin, who appeared for Mr, Fazakerley, his Honour consentectto hold that no imputation rests at present upon that fortnight.gentleman ; and then adjourned the inquiry till that day master porter, suPomilLEßn'edt3 Messrs Grimshaw ha Jo w hn an 7 We lsh, shipbuilders, &c., for a sum of £25 Os 6d, for labour-done. of which £l5 had ben paid into the court. Mr. Hime appeared for the- plain tiff, and Mr. Almond for- the defen dants. It appeared, from Mr. Hime's opening' statement, that in the month of October, 1852, Mr. Milligan, who was one of the acting partners in . the house of Messrs. Grimshaw and; Co., employed the plaintiff to.unload one of the Black Star line of packet-ships, called the " Joseph Walker." In the usual course of business the vessel would have- taken some little time to discharge, but it being to the interest of Messrs. Grimshaw that it should be got ready as rapidly as possible, Mr. Milligan instructed Mr. Welsh to get the goods out with haste, and they would pay the expense. Consequently, a great number of men, were put on, who worked from seven o'clock in the morning until dark, and by that means the ship was discharged in. three days and a half, where it would otherwise have occupied seven or eight days. Mr. Wick stead, clerk at that time to the plaintiff, deposed to these faets ; and Mr. Welsh himself was then called in cor roboration, and in cross-examination stated that Mr. Milligan had told him he had been paid enough by them, and that he ought to look to the consignees of the goods for the balance. In answer to the judge, he said that all extra charges in such cases were paid by the consignee of the ship, and not by the consignees of the goods.--William Beatty, a master porter, was called to prove that this was the custom. In cross-examination he stated that when goods had been landed on the quays, they were there at the consi gnees ' o f th e goo d s own risk.— Mr. Almond then addressed the court for the defence. He contended that the residue of the claim beyond the £l5 ought to be paid by the consignees of the goods ; and read the by-laws of the Dock Committee for the regula tion of master porters, one of which declares that all goods shall be removed from the quay within 48 hours of being landed ; and that when any goods ready for de livery shall be left on the quay, the expense of watching them shall be paid by the consignees of the goods pro portionately. Now, amongst other items, the plaintiff was claitiung from Messrs. Grimshaw 445. for eleven night's watching, at 4s. a night —His Honour said he entertained much doubt about the general doctrine. He could not be persuaded that if it became the interest of the owner of a vessel to get their vessel ready rapidly for another voyage, and they employed men all night 'in discharging, they could call upon the con ascnihoncir, i e f u t m h s e ta D li z s k equal speed away. The consignees of the s gg i oooods gn do ees awp o ipe f tho t r h e e goods to pay a double price to get the d tohim to in ha a n v , e ar a eh rig ons ht e, o fo h r a a ve rea th s e o m nah re le ; their goods within the limit e d ti me f rom th e qua y,.th ey fo T if us no te t e ie w m e o r v e in t ; could recover the amount again from the consignee of the time e tanned; partiesandn the in under vhes s eO s lp u i ship.—Mr. Milligan was then called and stated that when the plaintiff applied to the m for his bill containing the extra charges, he alleged as a reason for charging it on them (the defendants), that he could not get the con signees of the goods to pay.—His Honour suggested that the dispute was one which could probably be settled out of court ; and both parties concurring, Mr. Beatty was appointed on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. M`Lean, a mas ter-porter (whom Mr. Al mon d had i ntended to call to prove the custom), on the part of the defendants, to go over the accounts. They retired for the purpose ; but, on their return, stated that they had not been able to agree, but that they were mutually willing to appoint a third p ar ty, Mr. Wright, as referee. This was then agreed to. COLLISION AT SEA. ---- IMPORTANT DECISION. — His Honour gave judgment in an action brought at the last Court to recover damages for a, collision, sustained by the brig Oceana, in the Channel. The plaintiff (Juan de Eche varria), was the owner of the brig in question, and the defendants (Messrs. John and William Strong) owners of the steam-tug Gleaner, which, at the time of the colli sion, had the Oceans in tow ; and it was alleged that, in consequence of those on board the steamer not obeying the commands of the pilot on board the Oceana, that brig was run into by a schooner, named the Elise. The facts of the case may be sufficiently gleaned froin his Honour's remarks in giving judgment. He said he had given the case the best attention that he could, and be was of opi nion on the whole that the plaintiff was entitled to reco ver. He was of opinion that the schooner had acted rightly throughout —that the pilot in charge of her was entitled, according to the regulations of the Admiralty, to hold the course which he did, she being then close hauled and on the port tack. He thought that the steamer ought to have given way, but he did not hold that, because he assented to the proposition that had been laid down, that a steamer having a vessel in tow was always to be consi dered as going free. He found that Dr. Lushington, than whom there was no better authority, had intimated a strong opinion against that doctrine, and he went fully with him. He could not think that a steamer going with a vessel in tow was to be considered as a steamer without any vessel, and whether she was to give way or go free must depend upon the circumstances of wind and tide, the condition of the vessel she had in tow, and other circum stances. But, in his opinion, this steamer having seen the schooner cross her bows about a cable and a half's length in front, she must have been aware of the spot at which that schooner put about, in so narrow a channel, and he thought it was the duty of the steamer not to go into the course that she should have known the schooner must take. Now, the only doubt on his mind had been whether the fault might not be attributed to the pilot. It seemed to him in all probability, that the pilot of the Oceana would have been justified, nay, have been called upon to have moderated the speed of the steamer, but be thought on consideration he was relieved from the diffi culty that that view of the case suggested, by recollecting that the orders of the pilot were given and not obeyed by the steamer. It was said that the persons on board of the steamer could not hear distinctly, in consequence of the freshness of the breeze, the commands of the pilot ; but he had it in evidence that the commands were given— that the pilot ran forward, and hailed the steamer to give way and pass astern the schooner. Now, either the per sons on board the steamer were negligent in not attending to that order given by the pilot, or they had disobeyed it. •In either case they were responsible. It was dear in all cases, that although the responsibility was first on the pilot, yet that responsibility might shift to the masters or crew who failed to attend to his orders. He was not prepared to say that a steamer was to be considered as always going free, and that it was bound, when it had a vessel in tow, to give way to a sailing vessel, but he was not without authority for the opinion he had expressed, because he found that in the case of the• Bartlett against the Europa, it was distinctly laid down that a vessel keeping her course, as in this case the schooner did, was only bound to keep-hercourse without watching what else was coming ; she had a right to expect that a steamer would avoid and give way for her, and if it did not the steamer must be held. responsible for any consequent damage.—Mr. Hull, soli citor, said- his Honour's observations were very important, as they were likely to come into collision with the usual practice of the pilots here. The Liverpool , pilots at pre sent acted on a notice to the following effect, issued to them by the• Pilots' Committee :—" As steam vessels may be considered in the light of vessels navigating with fair wind, they should give way to sailing vessels-on a wind on either tack. It only becomes necessary to provide a rule for their meeting other vessels when at large." The Li verpool pilots construed that rule that steam vessels under all circumstances should be treated as vessels with a fair wind.—His Honour thought that rule must apply only. to steamvessels when-not cumbered with a vessel in tow. The opinion of Dr.Lushington,-in a case which he had referred to, was as follows : It was to be found in the Kingston-by-Sea, 3 Robinson, Admiralty case, page 152 :'—" Gentlemen, it has been urged in. the argument that, as a steamer is always to be considered as having the wind free, the con sideration applies whether she has another vessel in tow or not. To that proposition I cannot accede. It is•true, a steamer is considered-always to have the wind free, but it does not, in my opinion, follow that a steamer having a merchant-ship in tow. is always free. That will depend, I conceive, upon the state of the wind and weather, the direction in which the' steamer is towing, and the nature of the impediments she may meet in her course." His Honour said he thought; under the peculiar circumstances of this case, that whemthe schooner passed in front of the bow, and was known to-have a given point, at which, from the narrowness of the Channel, she must put about, the steamer was bound to moderate her rate, if she did not pay strict watchfulness to the orders of the pilot. He was-not prepared, however, to go so far as the case in the House of Lords of the Bartlett and Europa, that a steamer should be able to stop at her own length. He took it, that what their lordships meant to:say was, that at whatever rate a vessel was going, she ought so to regulate her speed as , to be able to stop at a fair distance at which she could-see danger a-head. The verdict must be for the plaintifS; at the same time he should like to have his opinion confirmed by a jury composed of men of nautical experience, and he should grant to the defendants a new trial on Thursday next, provided they were willing to pay the costs, and appeal to a jury. —It was' intimated that they should take that course.—The court case soon after three o'clock. THE Ia.rstTANIA, Sorih• American and General Steam Navigation Company's screw-steamer, will take her de parture on he: first voyage to the Brazils, on Thursday next, with a full cargo• and a fair number of passengers. THE EUROPA, British. and North American royal mail steam-ship, Shannon, commander, saned from the niersey at 11.40 a.m., on Saturday, with the usual mails and a large number of passengers. ABSCONDED.—About a fortnight ago, a young man in the employ of tho London and North Western Railway Company, in this town, named George Kirkby, absconded with about £1,500 belonging to the company. A. reward of £2OO has been offeredlor his apprehension. SOUTIE.WESTERN RAILWAY. — The question of this Company extending their line from Dorchester to , Exeter, was submitted last week to a poll of the shareholders, which resulted as follows : For the extension 13,811 Against it 13,014. Majority against BrruivEn TO DEA,Tll.—Yesterday an • inquest was held before Mr. Curry, the coroner, on the body of Mary Ann Ratty, a little girl about four years of age,, whose parents reside. at Mersey View, in Bootle. On. Saturday week she was putting some toys on the chimney-piece, when her clothes.caught fire, and she was so severely burned as to die- on. Saturday last.—Verdict, " accidental death." CurxEs FOR. ST. PETER'S CHIIRCIL—It will be seen by the list in. our adrertising columns that great progress has been made• in the subscription for the restoration of the chimes of St. Peter's Church. A larger sum is, how ever; required ; and. it is hoped that those who have not yet contributed will speedily do so, in order that the committee may make arrangements for the object being effectually carried out. It will not be the least interesting feature of Liverpool when the chimes of St. Peter's church resume their attractive melody. _ . _ THE MA.HGABET Di&NB.—Owing to the prevalence of the easterly winds keeping back the- Aides, it was found necessary to defer the launching of this ship from Satur day last to Wednesday, the 30th instant, when the water will be sufficiently high to ensure-the safe launching of this beautiful vessel, when she will, be taken at once into dock, and receive cargo for the Brazils. Of course, there • was considerable disappointment experienced by the delay,. but the vessel will now be launched A the time stated,, namely, the 30th instant, at twee'clock. ACCIDENT AT THB AMPHIT.REATRE.--A few minute& before the commencement of the performances at the Amphitheatre on Saturday, a young man, named Connolly, who was in the gallery with his sister, fell over into- the pit, alighting on one of the fo rms . The house was nearly filled at the time, but, although the distance he fell is.v.ery considerable, sustained no. external injury. In a few minutes he again entered the theatre, and witnessed the performances. THE BLACKBURN BOLDER EXPLOSION.—The inquest terminated on Friday. The Coroner, in addressing the jury, said, " The awful circumstances of the occasion imposed upon them a serious responsibility, for without a full investigation public anxiety could not be. satisfied. With respect to the responsibility of the employer, he said he considered that, as the master generally left the management of his machinery to some person whom he might consider competent, he agreed to some. extent with the argument of Mr. Backhouse, that the person so en trusted was to a great extent the responsible party." He then proceeded to read over the voluminous evidence, com menting upon the statements of the various witnesses. The Coroner finished his summing up, at nine o'clock, when the jury retired to consider their verdict. At twenty five minutes past ten o'clock the jury returned into court, and, on answering to their names, delivered the following verdict:—" The jury find a verdict of `Manslaughter' against William Hesketh and Edward Sharpies, con jointly, relating to the death of Edward Sharpies and others, caused by the explosion of a steamboiler under their care, in Starkie-street. The jury entirely exonerate Mr. James Pickop from all blame. The jury recommend the inspection of boilers, and suggest that the mayor call a meeting of the millowners and proprietors of steam boilers of Blackburn to consider the matter as early as convenient." The court then broke up, Mr. Iresketh being given into the custody of the police to await his trial at the next Liverpool assizes. ALLEGED ROBBERY GP £1,200.—0n Saturday informa tion was given at the police-office by Peter Ball, of 7, Wilton-street, who keeps a fruiterer's stall in St. John's market, that his house had been broken into, a box forced open, and £l2OO stolen therefrom. Ball stated that the sum was all in Victoria sovereigns, some wrapped up in brown paper, more in writing paper, and that it was made up in twelve parcels, each containing 100 sovereigns. He ' also stated that an entrance had been effected into his house by parties getting over the back wall, into the yard, then breaking a square of glass, and by this means raising the window, and getting into the house. The money was stated to be in a box, the lock of which was picked, and the contents carried off. Some bundles of wearing apparel were also found tied up, but not removed, and the robbery was stated to haste been committed during the absence of Ball's daughter, who had left the house at six o'clock to take her father and mother's tea to the market. She returned home about seven o'clock, and then found that the robbery had been committed. Immediately on information of the robbery being given, several of the detective officers metre despatched to the scene of the alleged robbery. A critical examination of the premises at once satisfied the officers that professional thieves had nothing whatever to do with the robbery ; and if robbery there had been, it must have been committed by some one belonging to Ball's household. This surmise was con firmed by the fact that the window by which the entrance was alleged to be effected had been broken from the in side, the glass falling outwards rather than inwards, which would have been the case had the window been broken from the outside. A minute search was then instituted, a sum of £3OO in sovereigns was found concealed in a cradle, and after a further search an addit ional sum of £OO was found in the ashpit, making altogether £3OO. From inquiries instituted by the officers it was then ascer tained that Ball and his wife had had a dispute in the early part of the week, and from the nature of Mrs. Ball's remarks they were led to believe that no robbery had taken place, unless she and her daughter were parties to it. It is also believed that the sum actually taken is far below the amount stated by Ball to have be( n taken from the box, IPARTMENT. 'Gov. Securities £ 11,766,2 43 Other Securities 16,432,461 Notes ... 7,005,750 Gold & Silver Coin 668,938 £35,873,3821 £35,873,382 Our SHARE MARKET continues not very active, but buoyant in prices and good in character, with an increasing business daily.. The Local Stocks, Insurance Shares, and others are in great demand for investment, and have been readily taken as offered at advanced prices. Money,. t00,.1.4 becoming much more easy in the Share Maalret ; in fact, we may say everything has a brighter look, both as to amount of business and range of - prices. We annex this day's quotations :—Caledonians, 28 2-; Eastern Counties, 13 3-16 1; East. Lancashire, 161 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 658 6 -, 1 3 -1-4-ii; Ditto Fifths, 61d ; London Stock, 1031 4 ; Ditto ' Eighths 1d ; Sheffield Stock, 21 ; Midland Stock, 63 3133 c 1. 1 • North British, 71 :.Dover Stock, 1.4,1 9-16 -1 11:16 ; York and North. Midland, 241 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire £lO pref., 3-16 p; Preston and Wyre, 46-a ; Royal [ Insurance, Ip. CoTTox.—The market during , the week has been steady, the demand being fair for good qua lities, while the lower sorts remain difficult of sale. To-DAY, the advices by Niagara were received, but had very little effect on this market. It would appear that some damage' has been done to the crop, but it is generally believed, that some of the statements have been' exaggerated in order to influence the market. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, of which about 1,000. were on specu lation and for export. The following is a compari son of present prices with those of this time last year : New Orleans, middling... fair ...... 61d. ... 6d. bid. ... 61d. Uplands, middling fair ... SALES. IMPORTS. DRSCRIPTION. PRIORS. Week Previ- Week T his STOCK ending ously ending ;`,,,': -- Nov. lt3,this yr. Nov.lB ''''`' Nov.lB —l Sea Island .. 11 Q 314 240 17810 .... Stained .... 4 94 70 1550 1 3296 498614 .... Bowels .... 3i 6i 10420 437530 358980 Mobile 3} 64 2530. 266910 .... 926047 '• • • New Orleans. ai 7} 13950 892030 } .. . Pernatns, &c. 61 8 1260 61560 .... 51262 10410 . Bahia, &c. Maranhain Demerara, Scc 9 20 690 .... 535 490 Egyptian 5 12 17401 116420 .... 98122 85040 Com.W.l.&c. 74 20 . 10940 577 76291 4070 Surat Madras Bengal 34 10 4850 125 6316 3050 -- 3737012133540 7562 1921656 655720 PRODVCE.—The markets during the week have assumed a firmer tone, particularly for Tea, Sugar, and Rice. Palm-oil has also been in more-request. To-DIY there has been a fair inquiry for the refin ing qualities of Sugar, the sales, including Satur day's business, consisting of 20 hhds. grainy Demerara at 36s 6d, 70 hhds. Jamaica. at 33s 3d to 34s 6d, 1,100. bags Khaur at 28s 6d, 200 boxes brown Havana at 20s 3d, 1,500 bags Pernams and Paraiba at 18s 9d to 19s 6d, and 30 cases Maceio at 19s to 20s per cwt. Of Molasses, 90 puns. very ordinary St. Lucia have been taken by a dis tiller at 16s per cwt. • a small Parcel of Demerara Rum is reported, at full prices. There continues a good demand from the trade for most descriptions of Tea, together with further speculative inquiry, and prices for all kinds are decidedly higher; com mon Congou is in request at is 2d, and a con siderable parcel of fair quality changed hands • on Saturday at is 2-id per lb. 200 bags Arracan Rice are reported at 13s 9d, and 500 bags Ben gal at 15s 6d per cwt. We have also to notice 300 bags Saltpetre at 29s 6d for 5 per cent. refrac tion, 1,000 bags Sago Flour, to arrive, at 21s, and 120 bags Plate Lac at 34s per cwt. WooL.—The improved feeling noticed in our last week's report has continued to characterise the market this week, and a fair amount of busi ness has been done at rather improved rates. A. portion of the East India Wools withdrawn at our last auction sales have found a market this week, at much better prices than were then ruling ; the general opinion is that the wool market has seen the 'worst, and we now look for more activity in this branch of trade. The London salei closed very firm last Thursday evening, since which this market has been much more active. Imports for the week 1015 bales. In English there is not much doing ; prices are without change. " Messrs. W. GREENE and Co. in their Circular of , Friday, say : " The London sales, which closed last evening, have recovered a little from the extreme depression noticed in our last report, and closed firmly at about opening rates ; about 53,985 bales Australian and Cape, 5,243 East India, 530 China, and 5,256 sundry low Foreign Wools were offered. So large a quantity put on the market at one time, in face of such adverse circumstances, both political and commercial, had, as was to be expected, a very depres sing effect on the market ; and the reduction in prices, as compared with the August series, is very considerable, averaging at one period of the sales, from id. to 2d. on clean first-class Australian wools, 2d. to 3d. on medium, and 3d. to 4d. on ill-conditioned and burry wools, of which there was an unusoall large proportion." TIMBEE.—We extract the following from the recently published circular of Messrs. A. F. and D. Mackay : " Since our last printed circular, of the 14th ult., wood goods have still further advanced in price, more from a conviction in the mind of purchasers that the stocks at the end of the import season will be moderate than from any immediate extra demand for consumption. Judging, however, from the stocks at present in the market, and the general healthy state of the trade, it is reasonable to seek a still further advance, more particularly in the article of spruce deals, which are now below their relative value, when compared with the wood in the log. " 11u:rm.—Since Ist February to date, 79 vessels, 22,301 tons register, wood laden, have arrived, against to cor responding date last year, 56 vessels, 17,126 tons register. The stock of Baltic timber is now reduced to a few lots in the bawls of the dealers, anti early arrivals of this cannot THE GUIDING STAR.-BREACH OF THE PASSENGER ACT. YESTERDAY, Captain R. D. Robertson, of the Guiding , Star, emigrant ship, from Liverpool to New York, ap peared before Mr. Mansfield, in answer to a summons, at the instance of Lieut. Charles F. Schomberg, Government Emigration Agent. There were four charges against Captain Robertson ; the first was for not furnishing to the pas,sengers a sufficient quantity of cooked food, which con stituted a breach of the 19th section of the act. The other three were for having, after leaving this port, removed a number of water-closets ; for demolishing the 'tween decks bulkhead for separating the unmarried passengers from the married couples and unmarried females ; and also for removing the after-under-deck hospital, consti tuting breaches of the 21st, 22nd, and 33rd sections of the act, and each of them incurring a penalty of not more than £5O, nor less than £5. Mr. Almond appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Schomberg conducted the prose cution. James O , pie, a steerage passenger, stated that he sailed in the Guiding Star, for New York, on Thursday four weeks, and on this day fortnight he only got half a week's provisions instead of a week's. The provisions were given out once a week, and the water once a day. After leaving Liverpool all remained right till the Sunday morning, and as they were off Cape Clear, when the wind rose, and they got wrecked there. The ship was much disabled, and after putting about she got into Belfast Lough. That was on the Friday week after she had sailed. She lay in Belfast Lough till the following Tuesday. Witness never left the ship while at Belfast ; on the Saturday the Mayor and some others of the authorities came on board. On the Monday provisions were given to witness for half the week, at which time he did not know that they were to be taken back to Liverpool. The provisions did not last till they got to Liverpool, and they were short. Landed on the Friday, having reached Liverpool on the Thursday. Witness made no complaint, and did not know whether other passengers complained or not. The provisions were sometimes cooked and sometimes they were not; when they were not cooked the passengers dressed them. If they had not had provisions of their own they should have starved before they got back to Liverpool. Robert Allan, another steerage passenger, said, until the time referred to by the last witness, they had plenty ; but the provisions were sometimes uncooked. Witness would rather have his victuals cooked than uncooked. There was not regularity in the cooking. Witness complained of this to one of the mates, but did not know whether it was the first, second, or third mate. He never complained to the captain. There was a deal of sickness , on board, and the ship was surveyed after her arrival at Belfast. The captain left the vessel when she got to Belfast. They had not there their regular allowance. This closed the case as to the 19th section of the act, Lieut. Prior, second Government Emigration. Agent, cleared the Guidi fc Star before she sailed from LiverpooL She had 518 souls on board., including 442 adults. Visited her again on her return on the 11th November. Then found the female hospital• had been removed ; the bulk head for separating the-unmarried men:from the married couples, and from the unmarried females, had been knocked down ; and a number of the water-closets had been re moved, reducinc , the number to less than is re qu i re d by the act for such 'a number - of passengers. When she sailed she had ten water-closets, being one more than the reguz lation number : when she returned she had only six.. When she returned she was in' a very dirty state. and, on: inquiry, witness was told the bulkhead had been removed to improve the ventilation, as recommended by the sur geon. The passengers were on beard, and witness landed them. For the defence, Mr. Almond contended that the points established by the witnesses for the prosecution did not come within the penal meaning of the act, which contem plated wilful neglect or culpable carelessness on the part of the captain. In this case, however, the whole of the charges arose out of unforeseen misfortunes, which the captain or any others had no control over. They had been overtaken by a storm, and the ship had been dis abled. In addition to this misfortune; the cholera broke out among- the passengers ; and all-the circumstances of the case left the captain no alternative but to do as he had done. At the earliest opportunity he put into a place of safety, and - . had the vessel reported to and surveyed by the proper authorities, at Belfast. Hethen proceeded to Liverpool to consult with his consignees-as to what was best to be done ; and, if any irregularity had occurred in serving out the provisions to the passengers, it was during this his necessary absence, and without his knowledge. Even if it were true that half a week's provisions were all that was given out to them on the Monday before leaving Belfast it must be recollected the ship was at Liverpool on Thursday night, which was only half a week ' • and, as to the provisions not being cooked, it must be borne in mind that that took place after the vessel had been dis abled, and when everything was necessarily in confusion. The removal of the bulkead and water-closets had been done for - the safety of the passengers themselves, • and under the direction of the surgeon. He called Alexander Stewart, who was surgeon, on board the Guiding Star.—After leaving Liverpool they encountered a gale on the Saturday, on Sunday the vessel was crippled in her rigging; and was otherwise injured. On Sunday morning he found symptoms of cholera-on board. That might be when they were off the Skerries, but he could not be sure of that. It was before the disaster occurred to the ship which damaged her. Under the- circumstances he advised the captain to return, as he considered it would be very unsafe to proceed. If they had gone on he did not believe twenty- of their number would have been alive when they got to New York. He advised the removal of - the bulkhead, as from the practice, persisted in by the stoerseo DRAIRPTIgATS. of drying wet. elothes on it, it greatly interfered with the ventilation of the ship. He had him self ordered the dkeontinuance of this practice, and had. cut the drying. lines; but his remonstrances and order were disregarded by the passengers, and he therefore applied to the-captain to have the bulkhead removed. He did not at first consent, and witness.had to apply to him again, as he (witness) considered it necessary to the safety of both the crew and passengers. If the wind had per-. mitted, they would have come direct to Liverpool. The ship was regularly surveyed in Belfast. He had himself ' occasionally gone for and procured provisions for some of the passengers. The water closets were taken down, because they were filthy and very offensive, and. no vigilance or effort could induce the German pas-. sengers to keep them dean. They were the dirtiest. set he (witness) ever saw. The female hospital was. removed because the passengers, becoming alarmed at the proximity of patients ill of cholera, refused..to re main in. their berths. The passengers were greatly alarmed, and would not assist in removing the dead, from, among the living. The other hospital, which was on deck, was invariably used, and. was found sufficient for the wants of the ship. Other witnesses were examined, who corroborated the evidence of Mr. Stewart. The , magistrate held that the charges had been made out, and established infractions of the statute as regarded the removal of the water elosets—the removal of the bulkhead—and the removal of the hospital. On each of which charges he awarded, the smallest penalty allowed by the act, viz., £5. The. charge relative to the inade quacy of food was withdrawn. TIIE MARQUIS OP NORMANDY, according to the last ac-. counts, continued in rather indifferent health, at Florence, his lordship having suffered much from an attack of paralysis previous to leaving England. TILE QUEEN, hearing of the heavy drain upon the funds of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, consequent upon the late disastrous gales, has presented this valuable institution, of which she is patron, with the sum of £lO5. TIIE COURT is to leave Windsor for Osborne this day. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant will accompany the royal family, as they do not take their departure until. the second week in December. ROYAL TnEA.T.RicALs.—The second dramatic peribrm ance at Windsor Castle this season. took place on. Thurs day. The pieces selected were a comedy, in three acts, entitled the " - Game of Speculation," and a comic- drama, in one act, entitled " Little Toddlekins." THE ADMIEALTY.—It is confidently rumoured, and we have reason to credit the report that Vice-Admiral Parker, C. 8., will succeed Vice-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy as commander-in-chief at the Nore, and that Vice-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., will return from the Mediterranean to re sume his firmer place at the Admiralty,. The Nore com mand, Isawever, will not be vacant until June next. — United Service Gazette. PA.NORAHA OF THB AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS.— This very interesting panorama is now on view at the New Music-hall, Bold-street. It is in all respects an exhibition which will afford satisfaction to the visitor. Commencing with a series of what may be termed fare well views of " Old England," the picture proceeds with rho various scenes and objects of interest which arrest the attention of voyagers on their route to the antipodes. Having Conducted the spectator so far, the views are devoted to the " Gad Digger's Life," as that is represented in Australia. The views are clearly delineated, and the progress of the scenes and events is described in a lucid and instructive manner by Mr. Prout himself; an artist whose reputation as an accurate delineator has long been familiar to the lovers Qf art. Tun InguisxTioN.—Last night a Romish lecture was delivered at the Concert-hall, in praise of the Inquisition! The lecturer was a Mr. F. S. Northcote, " late of Corpus Christi College, Oxford." The gas, which was deficient in so many parts of the town, refused to burn at all in the lecture-hall on the occasion. A few candles were lighted, and held in the hands of individuals, scattered here and there, gave a very dim, Guy Fawkes-ish appear ance to the whole proceedings. The lecture may be sum med up in a few words (the lecturer's own) :—That the Inquisition was political in its objects, just in its mea sures, beneficial in its results, and that the popular prejudice on the subject was based on falsehood! SERIOUS STABBING CASE BY A WOMAN.—On Sunday night, at about half-past twelve o'clock, an unfortunate young woman, named Margaret Murphy, was severely stabbed on the head and face by another unfortunate girl, whose name is Rose Ann Kelly. It appears that at the hour stated, Murphy, accompanied by another girl of the same name, but no relation, opened the door of a public house, in Park-lane, for the purpose of going in, when the two were met by the girl Kelly, between whom and the other two an old grudge appeared to exist. Kelly im mediately assailed Margaret Murphy with a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse, following up her invective by taking a knife from her pocket, and rushing forward, stabbed her on the forehead and in the left eye. The girl, Margaret . Murphy, was instantly bathed in blood, and, from the wound m her eye, rendered incapable of seeing. Kelly immediately took to flight, and ran off in the direc tion of Gilbert-street, followed by - Elizabeth Murphy, calling for the police to secure Kelly. While she was doing this, Elizabeth Murphy was knocked down by a man who had been in Kelly's company, and both made their escape. Kelly was pursued to her lodgings in Gil -1 bert-street, and there app re h en d e d. I n th e mean time the wounded girl was taken to the Southern Hospital, where the injuries she had received were attended to b y Mr. Charles Royston, the house-surgeon. The wounds, though serious, were not considered immediately dangerous, and she was removed to her lodgings. Kelly before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court, yesterday, and_ e committed for trial. She admitted having struck th inflicted by an prosecutrix, but said the wounds were was brought out for the oyster-shelf, and denied that she had any knife. The magistrate directed a warrant to be made apprehension of th 6 man who had knocked down Elizabeth Murphy in his endeavour to let Kelly escape, TUESDAY, NOVtAfBER 22, 1853• MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMOEir 91' BY ELECTRIC' .ttie CABINET COUNCIL.—A Council will be Foreign -office hey , -t to-morrow (Tuesday) afternoon. Se .416 On 'Change, to-day, Tea was inquired. after , 311 - fill,i l were effected at rather higher . prices . Tallow' clf°°',:ii 565. 6d. on the spot, and 575. 3tl: to 575. gcl. for nest arrivals. Scotch Pig Iron, 805..t0 81s. 1,0 06 Atrsra.iLTA..—The ship Port Wallace, from 31e1 , 41d. brings accounts of July 4th, and: 10,10 0 ounce °` j 111.9 The Childe Harold, from Sydney, has acco wits 0f , 20th i and 2 , ounces of gold. The Surge , fron3 Ogeoleane, t i 300 landed her mails at Falmouth this morning , an d P ro c for London. ' THE EASTERN WAR. see' VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING. (From th e toi c re r edition of the Morning Ohroniele.)—"Gor tsch :h O' turned to Bucharest on the 14th inst. On t he l'" ere the Turks attempted a surprise on Turnel, bu ' °. repulsed. The affair was unimportant. ._ ,A , o rie "From Kalafat the Turks had -advanced 5 . 111 ' 114- German mile,.and fortified themselves.. A.1.,A.- 13 1 J 141 ~A portion of the Turkish fleet has entered b"" Sea." 0 0 ° No later news from the Danube .. The Turh" - e a 0 had crosssed the Georgian frontier, and had illa,,arc- Besiffe, the stronghold of Atriska, occupied by 12 . sians. Friad Effendi, ex Minister of Foreig,T l A 43 17,...,; of appointed Director of the Chancery. of Politic , -" 1 the Y Army of Roumelia. He will draw up a neVl,,,e l' Constitution for the Principalities, which ina9 A inhabitants to take up arms against Itissia* DERBY,TA TTEIBS4.R.26AtIoLI'S RET 73OI"--TlBrls DA.I.' '4l t oli s . I agst Autocrat, taken ; to 1 t Acrobat, taken; ; 14 to 1 "get Dervish, taken ; 25 , n 0 1 s ett 33 to 1 spit NlAreyas, token ; 1"„ t o 1 a , Hes.. Cassel, taken ; 25 to 1 agst Ruby, taken ; Neville. - ------ tFT• w ere FUNDS, STOCK, AND-SHARE - m 2 RK a nd English Funds showed undiminished firmness, 5, . I , e c 0,,, slightly better. Apart from political consideratiooee do li tiL i tinued importation of specie from America, cotTlet:operts7, generally, improved aspect of the Money tar done s lo seti beneficially ; Assented Two-and-4-Half per Cc': i oa C e or Railways supported with increased buoyaues, .40 „ e d. generally. better. Gold Shares firm. Land and lisdvaa' tions in active demand, and slightly further Foreign-a -shade stronger. IS CLOSING PRICES. 17 . P 8 Consols, Account .. 1 95k *rank Stock ...... 4• 4 t Do. Money.... I 93fr k Excheq. Bills, 1 , •°""'" Threetatr per Cents 95/ 61 I a . FOREIGN STOCKS. 1, Mexicans 24/ 5* Spanish Passives•,•• 01 Do. Threes - Spanish Deferred Do. Threes 46 4 _ s o Si IP* 9 and h. Junction 4 11 AIL:A; SHARES. W e s tern I Bristol and Exeter Amberi.,Nottingliam, m L L London %vote 4 % Caledonian o o hn n es iz .: N ssi .. i.e . :e t a urn 9 7 1 i Do. Preference - • • •'' 1" - Soo East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire — Eastern Union A Ditto Band C — N or th s ta ln • rdshirt;.% A NI. .... Edinburgh & Glasgow Shrewsbury an ... •. „...• Great Northern B5 6 mingham- .... ear. 611 Do. A...., , Do. L..itt N. W-L„ e r , Do. B — S. Eastern and vu:;,:i ~ 0 Great Western ... Lanc.and Yorkshir; . . 664 f Berwick • ,„.-• • • lion ;S i Do. Fifths ~ 7 811 Do. hxte n ' co , 9 SO Leeds Northern . 13i i Do.. eters ° d Pr owls! , -' London,Brighton,and York and N. --- a ce South C0a5t.......„, 97 8 Do. Prefere nce .0 , Do. Preferea.. ~61 MINING SHARES. - i /Nugget ........ ... .. ...• ..,.''. B. Australian.. ... . .., f Freehold ••• • • ' ..... .• 1 Australasian •• • • .. ... .... Colonial .......... ... Mariposa ........ ..0 ii MARES. .N. B. Australian .., W I; The show of English Wheat is small, but fo rmu lat e s A' r , CORN MARKET • ii . o f fo r floo,, the trade opened firm, at the full currency of I " b us Pi l o s Peel tn, u t h R A i s t . t e s r t r a . .. ia ' n . . 56 1 I is steady,,but not higher. Barley dull of sale. o il rt. SI . maintained. The Oat trade is rather flat, butdifir°'lo,l realised. Beans and Peas are unchanged. .5.. et,. . Oar Bah Wheat closed firm ;, Foreign the turn IMP''' lowers Other articles, at full prices. gere i g °' Wheat - 647' 1 Barley l 6O 20 4 ° English. 29 Irish. 242 9 ? 9192 63 63 Oats 7142 112 42 2 Malt 5981 Beans s . ' _ 110 1),1- Peas 437 50 Flour 2476 .g, ,net ••• ~ ci acvlf yi nicl i , ia it FROM KINGSFORD AND LEY u wties ,, ek , ho fo r There was a very small supply of Eng.% da d f n eig full a ready sale at the extreme rates of ' -- i t g0.,,, 5 , at t i ' - cerY a large attendance of country buyer. s i o qual'`;„‘i tra l •„ber , Foreign Wheat, but chiefly intermedisopply, an, ls.lll-111, p ei r o i w ces a o t f a la d s e t e l% li l i o n n e d o a f y i . s. B to ar 2 le s y . pienrgOrter. 15e dearer. quar ter Oats'fair sale; Russian 6d. to Is• Pet price of Flour and Peas unaltere d- „ at ----- v p gf T. o a vap- de. PRODUCE 3 1 A - "f yelloW in fall t ive Sugar.—Foreign Several buYers., °,, iumPS io il; Na on d 22s 6d, and 26s in bond. Refined : Pr- tiir y is i d; s ° 0 4 mend at 445. Coffee is firm, but the 1111..,,e dented.t a nd 1 0 Ceylon 46; to 475. Tea is firm, Madrasa large waengs 0 4 Congou Is lid to Is 2d. Rice': o f white ~0,11. sellers at 13s 3d to 13s 9d ; small saleS fine 14s 9d to 16s. Cochineal is brisk; sales a re • k • l'" v `" lid V te " silvers 40 to 4s 10d. Cotton firm, bu t - 55te: TALLOW MA RICET :o 5 75 °II ti'e • Tallow is slow of sale • P.Y.C. 565 od t . ro ` o l a st Yr Stock 33,605 casks, against 41,831 same timel last y ea liveries 2,277 casks, against 2,9 17 same f§ --.----- CATTLE prices; inferior did not sell well. The Calf "" ,0 5 3 ' O 5 Superior Beasts and Sheep a3lre*'itjtcli!mEl;.n!2idstellis°llri „A° good. Beef Mutton.-- 3,3 4d to 5s 2d l Pork ..... .. ... .. ... ...... 3 7 Beasts 5628 1 Calves .......... .. Sheep ~. 2s 6d to 4s 6,1 I Veal ...... P, t a d 1 0 . 0 . 9 6 1 ARRIVALS. a No rth' Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, ......... .. e9tf, ainpton Beasts ..................... Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts .......... t ... Scotch Beasts ................. ... 2 - ,7 0 Irish Beasts .......................... . ... , r_ Holland Beasts .... ................. . 4 ; DDoo .. CalvesSli eep ......................................... ..... : .,,,,. Do. Pigs Spanish easts Do. S B heep , iT TO'CIY" e 13 6 1; r.., ft ,. • MANCHESTER STOCK - EX ,,,-- : - derwe 1k t •,' French Beasts ...................... . .... : Eastern Counties, 13 3.16; Kendal and W l 7„ re f., 9; 9 9., 0 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 661 i 1 i i i 1 ditto_ p r ef., . ji. chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 214; ditto,.: 1 031 , Midland, 624 1 63 1 ; London and North WesterN.l6, Quarters,' i pm. ; South• Eastern and Dover, 18 ii J 5 Midland, 6L3pDsoSatShr ----- I , ° Northern, 14. ----- 11 ...11. GLASGOW PIG IRON .11 14, - -Is ' Market quiet. Sellers, 795. 6d. to sos. , O S -- . 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Ache ( ' - THE CITY OF MANCHESTER s erer/ vier r e o f la Ao / the Mersey on Sunday forenoon, after $ t from Philadelphia. She left Philadelphia an d ,ebollt forty has brought on freight $103,000 in specie , passengers. one 11111. THE SOCIETY or ARTS.—Oir Wednesday the whetl dreth session of this useful society was 01 , ! 11 ., of tb„ e Harry Chesten, Esq., gave a review of the lusteli:„01e1 society, in the course of which he stated that the 1) ;: o rt spirit" of William Shipley, a drawing master, an u • e ty, to the Bishop of St. Asaph, "gave rise to the ais°6od coed 1753. Mr. Shipley first obtained the aPlo ci° ,,, bert currence of Jacob , Viscount Folkstone, of P' °- o fil' ° •; Romney, and of Dr. Isaac Maddox Lord BisboP e tester ; and then proceeded to enlist others. 1011'5 meeting was held on. 29th March, 175 4 i at W ol ell ' ir i Coffee-house.. In 181,7. it was incorporated by idea ? ter. The chairman then proceeded to give 5° Pie tie llslil the very miscellaneous.nature.of the society's 01;er4atie$0 the promotion of arts and sciences.- The RAYw he said, sprang from tho Society of LATEST INTELLIGE