The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

Etberpoot tanbarb, FRO:11 OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. 4. MONDAY MORNING. I TROUBLE you as little as may be with politics; nor shall I much in this paragraph. There was a long sitting of the Cabinet on Saturday, and ditto repeated, with the ad dition of " Cabinet pudding" (the best of them all) at Argyle House (ABERDEEN'S) in the evening. Russia and Turkey again the subject. Let me place the present position of affairs in a nutshell. Since my last communi cation, out of the Foreign-office nothing has transpired. The Coalition Ministers are waiting the arrival of a messenger from St. Petersturg with the EMPEROR'S note in answer to the expressed feelings of the QUEEN of ENGLAND, through her Ministers, signed by the Great Powers, including—though last not least—Austria, im ploring NICHOLAS to go home again. Meantime our Turkey merchants here are crying out bitterly, their houses abroad are going to " the dogs" (literally no no velty) from doubt what to do, and consequent stagnation. At the clubs three sentiments prevail, one condemnatory of the Government, for not long ago erecting the crest of England against Russia ;—another condemning the taciturnity of Ministers ; and the third, perhaps after all the most sensible, to the effect that a few days—be it weeks,—passed in mediation, will be much better than the bluster of war with such a power as Russia. All sorts of rumours are flying about, traceable from the Continental Bourses ; that one, about the Rus sians wintering across the Pruth, and sending for their families, is supremely absurd. Several gentlemen con nected with literary and artistic pursuits, who left Lon don about three weeks ago, are enjoying the hospitality of the Turk, who is a deuced fine fellow in the evening, though rather slow all the day ; but even at night drink ing taperly—in this respect entirely coinciding with the French officers ; in the still silvery evening, the unmis takeable English laugh is heard on both sides of the Bosphorus. Some exquisite sketches I have seen of the fleets of France and England in the Turkish waters, all as quiet as the craft of the T. Y. C. below Woolwich. I am not sure that Mr. FITZ ROY'S new Cab Bill, with its famous sixpenny fares, which came into operation a go, is working so well, and beneficially for the few days Matters may mend, however. A person heretofore could make a bargain with a cabby, say from a centrical part of the metropolis to a given point in the suburbs and back, at a comparatively reasonable charge ; now this can't be accomplished. Placards with the sixpenny rates of fare are placed in many of the most frequented parts of London and Westminster ; the Tower, for example, Bank, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey those in the immediate neighbourhood of the c, as was expected and so Hot e of Commons have had " curses not loud but deep" from the sons of JEHU, who appear to a man determined to have their revenge on the makers of the law. To make use r own, though, it is cutting off the nose to be revenged on the face. Several times during the week Palace-yard has been crowded with cabs, no doubt brought thither in spite; the instant a division is an nounced as beginning, off they drive, never mind the pour- mile of tl ing rain—so much the better—and in no time the cab stand has not a single vehicle on it. The old members who had been waiting to give their votes, worn out, are obliged to creep along at one, two, or three o'clock in the morning ; before they can catch a cab they are near home. All the past Of course this evil will work its own cure week, save on Wednesday, it has been most annoying to the whole house, if I except my honourable and gal lant friend, and the poor man's friend, and the cabman's friend—Colonel SIBTHORPE, who appears to live, move— certainly move—and have his being in cabs, who gets on ery well. SXBBY is not looking well, though Punch has Is that the cause of his sor- m alone for some time, rowing eyes ? They appear as wo-begone and rheumy as if he held his nose over a pan of smoking arsenic, poor fellow ! I wish, from the bottom of my heart, he would Citing, not his militia, but his precious health, for there is not a more honest man, or a more sen sible, sometimes, in the House of Commons than Col. SIBTHORPE. Well behaved both in the house and up stairs; frank and free, paying BELLAMY'S waiters and waitresses like a man, eating, it is true, little, and drinking less. The fact is, that his zeal for the house is eating him up, and if he go on in this way much longer, there will not be a scrag of him left. succeed There are few men living who have greater affection for their children than that brave and smart old soldier, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY ; as a soldier his character is unquestioned ; the long peace, and a spice of vanity, have given him an opportunity of taking a turn at politics —a different game quite from soldiering. The noble Marquis's displays in Parliament have most commonly been failures ; lamentably so, laying himself wide open to his Whig opponents. I speak not altogether of the present period, but running over twenty years, when CHARLES, Earl GREY, was at the head of the blood- At that time Lord LONDONDERRY took it into his head to have a shy at the alleged demolition of the Belgian fortresses, raised, as he patriotically said, by British blood and British money. The noble Marquis went on at an awful length croaking very loud,—he, like his chief that was—WELLINGTON,—is deaf, consequently LONDONDERRY is " a bould speaker," as they used to say at the Cobourg Theatre. In the demolition of the fortresses referred to, he was oftentimes geographically and topographically in error ; he was not very nice about some of the names either ; for his friend, the Duke, de clared with a smile, he had never heard of such and such a fortress. N'importe, take the noble Earl VANE as we find him ; may England never have a worse soldier. If a peer(Whig) wants to take the shine out of LONDONDERRY, the way to do it is to style him " the noble Earl," which is taking him down a peg, as he does not sit as Marquis or Earl, but as Baron STEWART. Earl GREY and Lord BROUGHAM ruined his peace of mind by the simple appli cation of the subordinate title. One is almost sorry for him at present. His youngest son ERNEST, named after the late King of Hanover, is certainly one of the finest looking lads in the United Kingdom ; he is close upon six feet, stiffly built, and no more than eighteen years of age. He took it into his head the other day to enlist in an Irish Dragoon Regiment. The Marquis, lam given to under stand, is to allow ERNEST to rough it for a while. If the lad means to be a soldier, this is the best way. He is sure of a commission in the end, and drill is good. However, it annoys the Marquis, who has scarcely got over his lovely daughter's running away with her reverend tutor. Lord CASTLEREAGH, the eldest son, has now settled down a quiet married man, apparently neither thinking of GRISI, nor her spouse MELCI, nor duels, nor poignards, nor prime donne. The noble Marquis is a wonderful man ; he has fretted and fumed—sometimes about nothing— nearly eighty years, and a prettier horseman is not to be met with in Rotten Row or on the Corso di Roma on a Sunday afternoon. At the Opera he is as neat as a fop can be. I remember, about eleven o'clock one Saturday evening, we found ourselves vis a vis in what used to be called " Fops' Alley." I confess being dressed up to the highest point ; my trowsers, however, were black doe skin, made by a Parisian Schneider. It had been a raw and gusty afternoon, and I had to eat ortolan at the res taurant, close to the Opera-house. So, after dinner, here goes : the attraction of the ballet brought me down stairs ; I was standing in the alley aforesaid, like a civilian. The Marquis wished to pass. Addressing me with the utmost courtesy, he said " Will you be pleased to dres s ?" I looked instinctively to my doe-skins. " I don't mean you allow me to pass ?" was meant. A that." " Will laugh was given me for my ignorance of military phraseo logy. The enlistment of the Marquis' s son afforded for a couple of evenings a theme for conversation, a minute or two, in the scandal coterie, where " d—d good-natured suckers " meet to sympathise. FRANK MURPHY, commonly calledo erjeant M e vacant commissionership in the Insolvent Debtors Court, which means that he has set himself down quietly for life on his £l5OO or £2OOO a year, as a judge, where all the law re quired is a knowledge of that simple br anch, comprised in meum et tuurn—debtor and creditor. Everything c.on sidered, the serjeant ought to be satisfied : the appoint ment is another sop to our Irish friends, who really ought to be grateful. The serjeant is rather a smart lawy er, with . strong t en d enc i es t o be f a t, f as t, and forgetful of old friends. At table he takes his glass freely, and is some times seen knocking at the Temple-gate at three in the morning. Without being a wit, he affects the hazardous character even before dinner is over, which he takes care to eat every day. 1 omit all not i ce o f t h ose aaremens i n such a man's life before he goes to bed—stewed kidneys and champagne—which I look upon as " unconsidered trifles" in the dietary of a man upon town. The serjeant, since he was elected a member of the Refo rm Cl u b, has pretty well left offindulgingin the fragant weed. He used to shine much in t hat wa y s ome years ago, when after a night's boozing at Ofiley's, and breakfast of tea, coffee, cresses, round of English beef, ribs of Hamburgh beef, Westphalian ham there was no occasion for tongue, each man supplied that—oysters, eggs, double stout, brandy, soda water, red herrings, and anchovies— the latter for the far-gone—a cool row up the river and down to Temple Stairs laid in a stock of healthful im pudence for the day. On such occasions FRANK MURPHY would defend Tom MOORE'S poetry against the pedant's malevolent charge, that it was a mere melange of pretty conceits. Conceits, indeed ! " Orient pearls on a string of gold." friends I don't think the insolvents could have got a wiser or a better man than MURPHY; the appointment will suit his convenience : his court rises most commonly about three or four o'clock ; plenty of time for a stroll before dinner, which he likes as much as his now brother-com missioner and compatriot, CHARLES PHILLIPS. JULLIEN, you will have seen, has had a " double go " before leaving us for America ; his testimonial concert was crammed ; not so his bal masque', the following night, which went off flat. A great many people, who are not musicians, call Jullien a humbug ; he is not one. I would not condescend to praise him on the threadbare theme of his success in improving the musical taste of the million ; as an artist his talent is first-rate : the little fellow was one of the band on board the French admiral De Rigny's ship at the " untoward event" of Navarino. I am not going to say, with some stubborn statesmen— radicals of course—that the science of Legislation is a mockery, and a fraud, but I am prepared to prove that it is a farce, and a popular one, if we judge by its repetition every session " till further notice." in the early days of my political strife, the farce was better, stiffer, and stronger. Statesmen then declared—calling their Maker to witness the truth of their assertions—that ruin certain would de vour the country, if such and such a measure were not carried. Statesmen on the other side of the house said quite the reverse, with equal solemnity, and, I suppose, with equal sincerity. Was not this eminently the case with those most monstrous hallucinations,— Parlia mentary Reform, and Catholic Emancipation ? Old and wise lawyers declared that if the former were not passed into a law, street fighting, civil war, would be the fell result. Others apin declared that, if carried, we might bid adieu to all that was sacred in our constitution ; chartered institutions would become so many dissolving views. Now, with regard to this same reform, a grain of dust infinitesimal in the balance would have made as much attraction in the pound avoirdupois, as the Reform Bill has effected in our political and social systems ! Catholic Emancipation—Oh! said old and wise lawyers again, nothing short of it will pacify, satisfy Ireland ; give the Irish people that, and then we shall find them happy and free ;—" first gem," &c. Don't concede Emancipation —no one could foretell the extent of the calamity which would ensue, said the other side. Now, beyond sending a number of blathering men to Parliament, what has Emancipation achieved ? Nothing. But legislation is a farce in another way. At the beginning of a session—middle of a session—no further—debate, debate continued interminably ' • all is promise. Budgets ' break down, are remodelled by different hands—the world wags on. Measures of great import are propounded ; night after night debate follows debate, and then some puny bill is passed : a cab one for example. Then comes the annual " massacre of the innocents," and measures supposed yesterday to be of vital importance are quietly inurned. The massacre this session began about the middle of last week. The County Rates Expenditure Bill had proceeded to that ripening stage, the committee — a wink and a promise from PALMY—Presto ! and it is sent to the tomb of all the Capulets. Seamen's Saving Banks' Bill, a really good measure—another wink— ahem—and a hint—this is also shelved. Probates of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill—up gets PALMY, the prime juggler, and this measure in a minute follows the others, all— _ _ _ • " In the deep bosom Of the ocean buried." Simony Laws Amendment Bill comes next, with quick lime in its stomach. This also is coffined. One evening towards the close of the week, the LORD MAYOR had an illustrious and non-illustrious gathering in the Mansion-house. Upwards of two thousand indi viduals connected with " literary and scientific" pursuits had been invited, and a vast number availed themselves of the chief magistrate's politeness by being present. Whether by accident or design, as far as literature was concerned, " thecheap"—forbid I should add, "and nasty" —preponderated in its representatives over the goodly quarto or three volume writers. But if we did not meet the greatest historian, BABBINGTON MACAULAY, there was the amiable and accomplished author of the "Comic History of England," Mr. GILBERT A. a BECKETT ; if Lord BROUGHAM, the translator of " Demosthenes," —in sound criticism smashed by a newspaper-man— was absent, there was Dr. BOWRING, the man of many tongues, who can sing a Magyar song like a native ! If we had not Coningsby DISRAELI, there was 'HORACE MAYHEW. What more was wanted ? This was as it should be; cheap literature has now for a good many years driven the three half-guinea volumes nearly out of the market—l beg pardon for the vile phrase—out of the library. Certainly a great revolution in the literary world has occurred in our time. Lately, in the largest publishing establishment in town, one of the partners said, "Do you see these men at work ?" I cast my eves along a vista, walled on both sides by pam phlet-looking publications, stitched, some in blue, some in grey, some in green, and so on ;—about thirty well dressed clerks were behind the long counters, folding, packing, and booking these parcels ;—" that's the way we are compelled to do business now." My eyes were opened, and saw that the despatching of forty sixpenny—yea, threepenny numbers, costs as much labour and money as works ten times the price. Among the company at the Man sion-house were not a few of the"ancient people,"no doubt well able to vindicate literature, if not science. Take the " leading journal," for example ; is not ROTHS CHILD a proprietor thereof ? Yea. Is not SAMUEL PHILLIPS its critic ? Yea. Is not its Southampton correspondent Mr. WOLF ? Yea. Is not its city editor Mr. SAMPSON ? Yea. These are all Jews ! About eleven o'clock there was very little room to spare in the Man sion-house. The " scientific" portion of the meeting appeared but poorly represented ;—a civil engineer or two, and one or two gasmen. Music, however, evidently had charms; for there were LUDOVICO SPHOR and our best living English composer, Sir HENRY ROWLEY Bisuor. Painting all to nothing swallowed up her ulster, Your EA CTLAICII.S. PICICRIA.GTILLQ, Coolazna 2 REDGRAVES, STANFIELDS, &C., &C., came in capital force. There was no stint of champagne, which ought only to be tasted at such assemblages and at such hours. I observe that this liquid very soon makes city ladies wink. About two in the morning I found myself with my back to the city, fairly through Temple-bar, home wards. " Recollections, political, literary, dramatic, and mis cellaneous, of the last half century." These words startled me at a conversaz:one on Saturday night :—more words were added,—"Anecdotes and notices of several hundred persons, of various ranks, who have stood forth promi nently in their vocations before the public." " Good life and fortune !" I exclaimed to my button-holder, " what a flux is here." Who perpetrates ? No answer. I finished my thimbleful' of Mocha, and I was informed, sotto voce, that it was a new work by the Rev. J. RicnAnnsow, LL.B. And who is this same reverend bachelor ? Your correspondent ought to know,—he would be a poor cor respondent else ;—not to know " the Doctor" is truly to argue oneself unknown. Whether this be an unenviable notoriety or no, signifies but little to the learned subject of these lines ; that he is a gentleman by birth, parentage, and education, to quote the Minerva page, is most true; he is moreover a wit and a satirist. Says he not with JuVENAL, the ragamuffin of our boyhood— " Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor ira, voluptas Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. Et quando überior vitiorurn copia? Quando Major avaritim patuit sinus? Alea quando. Hos animos ? Neque enim loculis comitantibus itur. Ad casum tabulx, posita sed luditur arca." The rev. author of the promised volumes has long been foremost in our literary circles; occupying a prominent position in periodical literature—journalism, if you like— he has had ample opportunities of gathering materials for his work ; and those who know him are at once glad and surprised that he has garnered them for the delectation of the intellectual. RicnARDSON'S eminently social quali ties, his erudition, his non-display of it, his contempt— by no means concealed—for those who cannot take wine without whimpering and talking indifferent Greek; some of whom disgrace our belles lettres, and disgust its better members, are known. In short, the author of the forth coming melange is not one of those "literary dustmen" who spell Iliad with two hells, or suppose malachite synonymous with the Amalekites of Scripture, With regard to the theatres, little this week need be said. MOZART'S chef d'.uvre, Il Don Giovanni, was produced for the first time this season on Thursday—the most unmusical night in the week—at the Royal Italian Opera. With such artistes it was impossible the great work could not charm ; it had, however, not been sufficiently re hearsed ; hence a twitch or two. It ought to have been given on Saturday ; but, since the days of JOHNNIE EBERS, no impresario cares a scudi what is produced on Saturday ; on that genial night, elegant people—women especially—go to the opera to talk and receive visits ; hence Il Favorita—most melancholy—was presented, and the house crowded. 4 ' Little BuCKEY," at the Hay market, has given a short vale, to come out strong at the close of autumn. By jingo, you Liverpool people must have treated " Mr. JAMES ANDERSON, the celebrated tragedian, and late lessee of Drury-lane," passing well ; he turned out splendi , ly in the Mall, on Sunday after noon,—cab and cattle no trifles. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NE lf S. MONDAY NIGHT. THE protracted negotiation of the dispute between Russia and Turkey has induced a continued inacti vity in monetary affairs, and the value of Public Securities has fluctuated in a very slight degree, owing to the increasing belief that the proffered mediation of England and France will finally be successful in averting an appeal to force. It is pretty generally admitted that the mere occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia, by the Russian forces, will not of itself be a sufficient cams belli to justify the passage of the Dardanelles by the combined fleets ; and, as Russia has disavowed any intention to take further steps to enforce her demand, the whole affair may prove an exercise of diplomatic ingenuity to reconcile the conflicting claims of what is called national honour. It is evident that some such view is taken by our leading Capitalists, if we may judge by the price of Consols, and none of the explanations, which have yet been made in parlia ment, though contradictory in themselves, will jus tify an opposite conclusion. Money has not been easy for discounts, owing chiefly to the operations of speculators for opposite results, and Exchequer Bills have not maintained the buoyancy which the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has calculated upon to render his financial scheme successful. The stock of bullion in the Bank of England is decreasing, the weekly returns showing a further diminution of nearly £ 300,000, but there is a probability of a re action, owing to the prices of Wheat and Flour being higher in France than in England. Notwithstanding the presumed effect of political affairs in the East upon our manufacturing trade, prices are well maintained in the Manchester dis trict, and the amount of business transacted may be considered satisfactory. For Yarns, especially, there is a brisk demand, and the activity which pre vails is fully as great as might have been anticipated. The same observation will apply to other manufac turing districts, and the prospects for the future may be considered most cheering, unless, indeed, the folly of the operatives should accomplish their own destruction. The promise of a reform in the laws relating to the collection of Customs duties has been partially realised in the appearance of a Bill to amend and consolidate the laws relating to the Customs, trade, and navigation, which has just been printed. It contains no less than 356 sections, and proposes to accomplish, by this one measure, all that some few years since was scattered over 1500 Acts of Parliament. The main heads of the Bill are divided into twelve great portions, which relate to regula tion for the appointment of ports, offices, &c. ; the importation and warehousing of guods; the exporta tion of goods ; the coasting trade; the Isle of Man ; British possessions ; bonds and other securities; false declarations; smuggling; reciprocity; the acquisition of lands and property by the Customs ; and special provisions. These again are sub divided into several heads, in order to render the whole clear and intelligible. It remains to be seen how far it will be successful in providing against every contingency, but such a condensation and classification of complicated legislature will, at least, have the good effect of rendering the law easier of comprehension. _ The returns of the Board of Trade of the amount of tonnage entered inwards and cleared outwards during the month of June afford a still further proof of the injurious effect of the repeal of the Navigation laws upon British shipowners. Of the entries inwards the tonnage of British shipping has increased from 303,218 tons to 351,166 tons, o'r about 16 per cent. when compared with the corresponding period of last year; whereas Foreign shipping has increased from 196,838 tons to 292,448 tons, or nearly 50 per cent. The com parision on the clearances outward is still more striking, for while British shipping has decreased' from 430,068 tons to 423,549 tons, foreign ship— ping has increased from 20 , 1,329 tons to 242,867 - tons. The order from the Lords of the Treasury not to admit Soap at the low rate of duty, which had been exported in order to gain the high drawback, has been withdrawn, and Foreign Soap may now be imported upon payment of the duty named in the new tariff'. It is also ordered that Soap from Ire land may be imported into England and Scotland duty free. The return from the Bank' of England, for the week ending the 9th of July, gives the following results. when compared with the previous week : Public deposits £3,953,330 Decrease £1,662.032 Other deposits .. 13.508,613 ; Increase 1,003,993. Rest _3,210,137; Increase 60,348 . , On the other side of the account— Government securities £14,497,333 ; Increase 1,380,336 Other securities 13,680,203 ; Decrease 692,128 Notes unemployed .. 8,101,820; Decrease 1,102,440 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,806,980, being an increase of £959,160; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,263,674, show ing a decrease of £290,231, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. £31,908,800 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin &bu1n.17,889,646 1 Silver bullion .. 19,154 X 31,903,800 l BANKING DEPARTMENT £31,908,800 Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Gov. securities.£l4,497,333 . Rest. Public deposits. 3,953,330 Notes .. . 8,101,820 Other deposits . 13,508,613 Gold & 354,874 7-day, &c. bills. 1,409.150 £36,634,230 £36,634,230 Our SHARE MARKET continues in a state of extreme languor. During the week (excepting perhaps during a slight ebullition on Thursday, which was only for the hour), business has been transacted to an extent so small as scarcely to be worthy a passing notice. Prices are pretty firm, and rule this day as follows :--Caledonians, 34 Eastern Counties, 12i; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76*; Lancaster and Preston Three-fourths, 491 4p ; Ditto Twelfths, 9 1-16; Midland Stock, 701 g 1; , Dover Stock, 21i - 4 ; St. Helens Pref. 4i per cent., ip ; Quebec and Richmond Debenture 6 per cent., 107. _ _ COTTON.—There has been a fair amount of bu siness done during the week 1 the sales averaging 8000 bales each day, of which a fair proportion has been on speculation and for export. There have been some slight fluctuation in prices, owing to po litical accounts of affairs in the East, but the general tendency has been in favour of holders; but this refers principally to good Cotton, of which the sup ply does not equal the demand. All sorts below 6d are dull, and difficult of sale ; the supply of this class is increasing, but not the consumption in the same proportion. Spinners find it more convenient and profitable to spin good Cotton, they have less difficulty with the operatives, and obtain better prices for the higher numbers of Yarn. The present export to Russia also consists chiefly of the better qualities. The general tone of the market may be considered favourable, and speculation has only been checked, owing to the uncertainty which prevails as to affairs in the East. The prevalence of westerly winds has caused the arrivals to exceed the consumption, and stocks have consequently increased. On Saturday there was a very firm market, and the sales realised 10,000 bales.—To-DAY there was likewise a steady market; but though the news by the Niagara was considered in favour of holders, it had no sensible effect on prices. If, however, as telegraphed from Dresden, the Emperor of Russia has accepted the mediation of England and France, the market will doubtless improve. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1853. MURDER OF A SAILOR IN LIVERPOOL. One of the most savage murders which have lately taken place in this town was investigated before the coroner on Saturday, when the following facts were evolved from the examination of the witnesses. On Tuesday evening William Goodfin, a sailor, was drinking in Taylor's public house, Pall-mall, with two other sailors, and a woman named M'Grath, when the prisoner, Susan Campbell, a girl of the town, residing in 4 Court, Pall-mall, joined them. She came up to Goodfin and asked him to treat her. This he refused to do, and tapped her slightly with his fingers. Shortly afterwards he left the house with his companions, bidding the prisoner good night. She im mediately ran after him into the street, and stabbed him with a knife in the neck, whence the blood rushed out profusely. He was being conveyed to a druggist's, when some police-officers came up and took him to the Northern Hospital, where he gradually sank, and ulti mately died on Friday morning, about three o'clock. In the course of the investigation it was proved that on Tuesday morning the prisoner had threatened to kill some one with the knife (produced) which was found on the Wednesday morning near the scene of the murder, by a lad named Morris. A Mrs. Edwards, in whose house the prisoner resided, identified the knife as one which had been left in her house by a seaman, and which she bad several times seen in the possession of the prisoner. Mr. B. Wall, house-surgeon at the Northern Hospital, said that the deceased had died in consequence of the internal carotid artery being divided. It might d un e by a knife similar to th e one produced. of death. The prisoner, after being cau tioned, stated that she had nothing to s a y i n Thathave been wound was the cause " h er defence, and th e j ur y , after a brief c onsideration, re turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against her. Sh e was then removed to Kirk s dale .Ghaocmmence early nextl,o where she will re main till the next assize, whlc month. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday forenoon, Patrick Marrow, aged fifteen, who resided at No. 6 court, Cockspur-street, while crossing St. John's-lane was run over by a spring cart and killed on the spot. ISLE OF MAN. - Our town has been well filled with visitors during the week, the steamers having landed greater numbers than in any previous wee k during the season. There is also a favourahle feature in the class of arrivals this season, there being more than double the number of cabin passengers than in the corresponding p l d at e y e ear, and consequently a better class of visitors a up r a e r r t iv o arri ving. su f &- A b t a a thg l , nr i n u_od K re a d r4 s x da s i u ly n. take adveutsge Qt the SALES. I IMPORTS. Week Previ- Week ending ously ending Julyls.,this yr. ! July 15. 130 13480 1 10 970 121984 , 11990 272920' 6000 1 172920 , 1 24 18980' 606310 i } .} 760 ` 41920 1021 1 850 32760 1 578 } 790 1 1 24320 } .... 20 1 , 390 1730 75580 .. . . , . 10 6280 .... •• 1 . 6 . 3 . 20 124150, } 8047 30 2880 150 26701 600 This 1 STOCK YeaT (July 15, 3863651 I 1600700 792925 1 1 33029, } 9950 17342! 5900 19399 1 , 1 19220 46770 13775501 63071 377 540 64539 95280 6 4403 4450 168922 - 139540 4356 1 3880 1491651 879490 PRODUCE.--For Sugar, there was a limited demand, and the sales amounted to 750 hhds. 8.P., at previous rates, and 500 bags Cossipore, at 41s gd per cwt. But little inquiry for Foreign, and sales confined to 100 hhds. Surinam, at 32s to 345, a small lot of Porto Rico, at 39s 3d, and 2,500 bags Paraiba, at Igs in bond. Molasses difficult of sale. For Coffee, very little demand, and only 80 tces. Jamaica sold, with a small parcel of fine ordinary St. Domingo, at 44s per cwt. Of Rice, 250 tees. Carolina sold at 24s 6d to 255, w ith 7 ,500 b ags Arracan, at 9s 9d, chiefly to arri ve , an d 2 , 000 bags Bengal, at lOs to lls 9d per cwt. for broken to good white. Rum in good demand, but limited sales at steady prices. Tea: The trade shows more disposition to purchase blackish leaf Congous from is Id to is 3d; the extreme firmness of holders has, however, restricted operations; transactions generally have only been to a moderate extent; quotations for all descriptions, except common Congous, are well maintained. Saltpetre in better demand, and fully 2,000 bags sold, at 25s to 278 for 81 to 5 per cent. refraction, being 6d per cwt. higher. Of American Rosin, 1,200 brls, have been taken, at 43 6d for common, to 9s 6cl per cwt. for the better descriptions. Hides : At the public sales on Tuesday, a fair business was done at late prices. Olive Oil has been more inquired for, and about 70 tuns have been sold at irregular prices. Small sales of pale Seal and Cod Oil have been effected at former rates. Pale Rape Oil continues to improve. For Linseed Oil there is more demand. Spirits of Turpentine 48s per cwt. Of Palm Oil 400 tons on the spot sold at rather irregular prices, ranging from £36 5s to £37 10s, and 300 tons to arrive at £37 to £37 lOs per ton. The Tallow market a little flatter, without any material altera tion in prices, Petersburg Y.C. selling at 545, North American, at 535, and South American at 50s to 535, according to quality. An active demand for Jute, at an advance of 20s per ton.—TO-DAY we have little to report in Sugar, the business, including Saturday's sales, comprising 150 hhds. Barhadoes at 33s to 375, and 2550 bags Pernams at 18s 6d to 19s 3d per cwt. There is nothing to notice in Mo lasses or Rum. Of Coffee, 225 bags Rigo have been sold at 43s per cwt. We have no change to report in the Tea market; common Congou is unsaleable at the late quotations. 1000 bags Madras Rice, at auction, brought lOs 6d per cwt. A small lot of Saltpetre (LC per cent. refraction) realized 30s, 10 chests good orange Shell Lac 50s, a trifling lot of Cutch 39s per cwt., and 430 bags Bombay Linseed 50s per quarter from the quay. WooL.—We have had rather more inquiry during the past three or four days, and a bettor feeling is generally manifest. Stocks in the manufacturers' bands are now considerably reduced, and we may very shortly expect a re-action from the almost in active state which has prevailed in this market for a considerable time back : prices are a little easier. The public sales in London are progressing steadily, at an average decline in price of about 5 per cent, on the series in May last. Considering the very large quantity offering at these sales, and the dis turbed state of this branch of trade, caused by the unsettled state of foreign political affairs, the de cline is not so great as was generally anticipated. In English and Irish Wools not much doing ; prices are again a shade in favour of the buyer. Skin, very dull sale. IRON.—There has been a considerable tone of firmness in the market since the recent quarterly meetings of ironmasters. The old quotations have been adhered to, but many are in favour of an ad vance of 10s per ton. Glasgow Pig Iron is quoted to-day at 54s per ton. The steadiness which has now been maintained for some time has tended in a great measure to restore confidence, which a short time since was considerably shaken. LIEUT. WrLLIAM HUTCHINSON, of the Royal Ma rines. has been cashiered for passing his commander in a contemptuous manner and not saluting him. LAND Tivi REDEMPTTON.—On Saturday the bill of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was printed to reduce the terms on which the land tax in Great Britain may be redeemed or purchased. It is intended to provide that the consideration for the redemption of the land tax be less by £l7 10s. per cent. than the consideration fixed by the 42nd George Hr., chap. 110. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—WhiIst some miners were driving an adit in the hill at Hills Coppice, Buck fastleigh, Devon, last week, they came against the walls of a house, several feet under the surface of the wood. They are clearing around the walls to ascertain what the building consists of, as no person living ever heard or has known of any house in the wood. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—The first half-yearly meeting of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Company took place on Friday, when the report brought forward was unanimously adopted. The prospects of the undertaking are described as encou►aging, and the directors state that the communications they have had with parties engaged in the Australian trade confirm them in the belief that they have selected the best route.. DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday a dreadful explosion took place of a boiler in connection with the Herbert Park. ironworks, between Bilston and Darlaston. There were about thirty men employed, and as soon as the steam had cleared away, it was discovered that two were killed, and eleven injured more or less. One of the injured men expired on Thursday, and three others are not expected to =coy er.:— Birmingham Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH DEVON LINE.—On Friday, the 50th Regiment arrived at the Plymouth sta tion, the train, which did not arrive from 'Windsor until about eleven o'clock, having been much delayed on the road. On its arrival a man, named Saunders, imme diately jumped down between two of the carriages for the purpose of unhooking the chain by which they are con nected together, when his body: was caught between the " buffers," and he was almost instantly deprived-of life by the pressure—the train, it is presumed, being set in motion ere the deceased could guard against the accident. FIRE AT AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—On Saturday evening, a fire broke out at Abercorn Mews, Violet-hill, St. John's Wood , London. It originated in one of the houses belonging to Mr. Ponsford, but who the occupier was is unknown. The fire was caused through the head of an illicit still being blown off; and the spirits becoming ignited, set fire to the loft, over a coach-house fitted up as a distillery. The alarm having been given, the parties renting the premises, during the confusion which pre vailed, effected their escape. The brigade and parish engines were soon in attendance, but considerable damage was done before the fire could be extinguished. The con tents, of course, were uninsured. LANDSLIP AT Brusron.—Owing to the heavy rains of Wednesday and Thursday, a large portion of land at the extremity of Brandon-hill, which overhangs Jacob's Wells, Bristol, gave way on Thursday morning, and fell down on the houses beneath, causing a very considerable destruction of property. At the back of those houses are courtledges, and also behind them a wall had been erected for the purpose of protecting them from the floods front the bill, but the rain fell in such tremendous tor rents, and gained so much force in descending the hill, and being augmented by some waters from a super-surface drain in connection with the National Schools, which are in. the immediate vicinity, that it overbore the wall, and carried it away for the length of six or seven houses. The amount of the damage must be considerable. THE INDIA PATRONAGE at, the disposal of the Leaden-. hall-street Board during the year 1852-53 is thus set forth in a return just obtained by Mr. Bright : Civil Assistant Nominations.. Cadets. Surgeons.. Chairman ..... ... . ... . 4 14 2_ Deputy-chairman 22 Directors each) 44 (fi;uch) 154 (1 each) 22: President of Board of Control 56 196 28 The number of proprietors holding Tndia Stock on the 3rd ult., was 1,785, consisting of 1,374 males and 411 ; females. Of the males, 1,055 were entitled to 1 vote, 235 to.avotes, 50 to 3 votes, and 34 to 4. votes. Of the females, 320 were entitled to 1 vote, nto 2 votes, 12 to 3- . votes, and 7 to 4 votes. A Siinsw.—At the Worship-street Police-court, Lon don, last week, Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael, a young mar ried woman, was charged with assaulting her husband, a sedate, middle-aged ironmonger, at Upper Clap.ton. The plaintiff deposed that, on the 6th instant„his wife, after charging him with inconstancy, threw a basin, three heavy pieces of iron, and a heavy hammer at his head, that when he fled. from her she pursued, and, having caught him in the street, she twisted his cravat till he was almost strangled, ultimately ripped up his coat tails, and would, in his opinion, have torn him to pieces bad he not escaped. A short time before this she flung a live kitten at his face in, such a vindictive manner that, though for tunately for him be succeeded in escaping it, yet it came against the brick wall with such force that it was in stantly killed and its brains dashed- out. She was con victed in the penalty of £5, and on being taken to prison in default of payment she became perfectly frantic. She was again conveyed before the bench, and an arrangement was entered into that she should receive a weekly pe cuniary stipend from her husband, from whom she pro mised to live apart. BREACH OF PROMISE.—At the Huntingdon Assize, on Saturday, the case of Jackson v. Hart was tried before the Chief Justice.—This was an action for breach, of pro mise of marriage, to which the defendant pleaded that he did not promise. The plaintiff is the daughter of a farmer, who in the year 1846 went to reside with his family at Cockayne Hatley, in the county of Bedford. Shortly afterwards the defendant became acquainted with the plaintiff's family. ; he was not apt in penmanship, and used to get his letters written by the plaintiff's father. In the year 1848 the defendant, who was then 41 years of age, made proposals of marriage with the plaintiff to her mother, who reminded him that the plaintiff was then only 17 years of age, and would have no fortune ; but, at the same time, she said she would not interfere with her daughter's wishes on the subject. The plantiff and defendant then became engaged to one another. The de fendant introduced the plaintiff to friends of his as his in tended wife, addressed her sisters by the name of "sister," and twice fixed the wedding day, which was twice post pened—once on account of a fire having taken place on the defendant's premises, and causing considerable damage. The defendant then fixed the month of February in the present year. The plaintiff's father, however, i hen removed, being in an ailing state, to a village in the neigh bourhood of St. Neot's, and shortly afterwards to St. Neot's, where he died. Before his death the plaintiff's mother observed appearances which, on inquiry, con , firmed her fears that the intimacy between the plaintiff and the defendant had been taken advantage of by the defendant to effect the ruin of the plaintiff. The father being dead the defendant refused to marry the plaintiff, and eventually married a lady, a relative of his own, and a member of a family in apparently comfortable circum stances. On the 29th of June the plaintiff gave birth to a child, which lived only a few days. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £5OO. In discharging the common jury, the Chief Justice, alluding to the state of this county, which is almost entirely under water, caused by the continued rains, expressed a hope that in going home they might not meet their bey floating toyrucla MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE EASTERN QUESTION. EAR'S, SUNDAY EVENING.—A private telegraphic despatch from Dresden, of Sunday, says :—"TheDresden official journal confirms the news that Russia had accepted the offices of mediation of England and France. A despatch from Constantinople, of the 9th, says : ' No ministerial crisis- had been caused, as was antici pated, by the passage of the Pruth.' A general convic tion of a pacific solution prevailed. Negotiations con tinued regarding the affairs of Costa at Smyrna." At Constantinople a conspiracy against the Sultan!S life had been discovered. Fifteen Mussulman students were executed. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. THE TURKISH QUESTION. v The Earl of MALaeESBUnY wished to put a question , to s s i b G I e o from Govern as n- Government on,the subject of the affairs of the asLancl li m t u o ch em a b s a r p r o a s s is saying doing y s o t h i h n e g should c a o b u s ment in the matter. The question, however, arrived at ld tain te a n s such a crisis,,that it was no longer for the dignity of the country that he should remain silent; and since the French government had not only announced, but pub lished, their answer to the Russian " note "• of Count Nesselrode, he wished to know if her Majesty's Govern ment had made any, answer, too ? The Earl of CLAREN DON sa id h e mus t rem i n d t h e i r lordships. that there was a wide difference between the constitutions of Russia and France and that of England ; and that while the former facilitated the early publication of state documents, the latter required that such a pro cedure should only take place through the medium of the two Houses of Parliament. He could state, however, although the negotiations now going on must he viewed somewhat in the light of a private correspondence, that Government did not feel themselves called upon to reply to.the first note, but they had replied, to• the second note in similar terms to the French answer. In due course this answer, together with the other- documents, would be laid before. Parliament ; and in the meantime he could assure their lordships that Government had no apprehen sions of the affair ending in open hostilities. The Earl of MALMESBURY was not disposed to treat this correspondence as private. The notes from Russia were an appeal to the whole of Europe, and great injury would he done to the Turkish cause by allowing the an swers to remain unpublished. Lord BEAUMONT wished to know when the production of the correspondence might be expected. The Earl of CLARENDON hoped the negotiations now going on would be brought to a close in a few days ; but, at all events, whether that was so or not, he could have no difficulty in promising that the papers should be forth coming within that period, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said it was reported that the Russians bad not only entered the Danubian principalities, but actually taken upon themselves the functions of managing their civil and public affairs, and he should be glad to know if there was any truth in this report. The Earl of CLARENDON had certainly seen such a report, but the Government had received no information tending to confirm it. It was stated in the newspapers, indeed, that the Russians had seized the post-offices in both provinces, but, according to the latest intelligence which had come to the hands of the Government, the Hospodars were still discharging their functions of civil government. The subject then dropped. DESCRIPTION. PRICES d. d. Sea Island 22 Gr 30 Stained 8 12 Boweds 4 7* Mobile 4i 7 New Orleans. 32 9i Pernams, &c. 6 8 Aracati. &c 6/ 7i Bahia, &c. 6} 7 Maranham 7i Sawginned 64 6/ Demerara,&c 9 Egyptian 6 14 Barbadoes Peruvian Laguayra Coin.W.l.iiic. 64 Carthagena.. Smyrna .... Manila ... • •• I Surat 3i, Madras,,,, 4i Bengal 3 3a WARRINGTON FIRE.—On Wednesday a fire was discovered in some premises belonging to the London and North-Western Railway Company, at Dallam, and used for drying timber, previous to is preparation for railway purposes ; however, it was soon subdued. FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The following gentlemen, educated at this school, have obtained honours at the recent examinations at Cambridge:—George Bostock, a scholarship at Trinity Hall, for classics and mathematics ; H. Sharp, a scholarship at Jesus College, and the first mathematical prize ; H. N. Bayley, the prize for divinity, at Trinity College. ORANGE CELEBRATION.—On Tuesday, the Grand Pro testant Association of Loyal Orangemen, Lodge 143, held their anniversary dinner at the Black Boy Inn, Bridge street. There was a good attendance on the occasion, his Worship the Mayor, Mr. Joseph Perrin, and some other members of the council, being present. The usual loyal and local toasts were followed by several glees and songs, and the evening was spent with the utmost hilarity. LLANELLY RAILWAY.—At the special meeting of the Llanelly Railway, on Saturday, a bill for making a railway to Llandilo, seven miles in length, at an expense of £50,000, in shares of £25 each, at a preference interest of 5 per cent. per annum, was agreed to. SAILORS' HOME.—The indefatigable founder-general of sailors' homes, Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., has just returned to town from seeing the foundation stone laid of a splendid sailors' home at Cardiff, by the young Marquis of Bute. Seamen of all nations were present with their respective flags, &c., and Admiral Sir George Tyler, M.P., delivered a characteristic address on the occasion. A PEACE CONGRESS.—SeveraI of the real guardians of the peace of the world being now assembled at Spithead, it is proposed to transfer to them the duties of the defunct Peace Society. The ships might all be painted drab, and double-shotted guns with the plugs kept in would much resemble Quakers.—The Duke of Wellington might then be called the Joseph Sturge, the High Flyer, the John Bright, the Arrogant, the Richard Cobden, &c.; and we should have a more influential peace congress at Ports mouth than ever assembled in London or Paris.—The Press. Deem Ar. COINAGE.—The committee have concluded the examination of witnesses, and it is understood the re sult will be an unanimous report in favour of the adoption of the decimal system of coinage and currency, making the pound sterling the integer, and dividing it into 1,000 units or farthings. Before the committee Dr. Bowring produced the instrument (abacus) by which arithmetic is taught in all the schools of China, and stated that a Chinese youth, after a month's instruction, is far more competent to apply all the rules of arithmetic to the busi ness of life than a learner on our plans of instructiom would be after the teaching of years. It was suggested in the committee that the use in all our elementary schools of the abacus would greatly facilitate and popu larise the introduction of a decimal system of currency and account. RUMOURED' OFFICIAL CHANGES.—It was currently rumoured at the clubs on Saturday that an important change is about to take place in the administration, in consequence of the difficulties in which the eastern question is still involved. It is stated that the Earl of Clarendon, who does not feel at home in conducting the negociations which are pending, and who has throughout been in the habit cf consulting Lord Palmerston on the subject, and acting anon his advice, will take the home secretaryship, Lord Palmerston succeeding him at the Foreign Office. It seems that on the formation of the recent administration, Lord Aberdeen objected to Lord Palmerston going to the Foreign Office, his policy having been antagonistic to that of the Premier in that respect, but that the pressing circumstances of the present times have induced Lord Aberdeen to waive the very strong ob jections he originally had to the direction by Lord Pal merston of the foreign policy of the country.—Ministerial paper. AN EXPERIENCED Lavcsron, of foreign origin, and decorated with divers foreign orders and ribbons, styling himself Colonel Count Seardka Demicki, appeared at. Westminster Police Court to answer a charge of levying contributions on the public by fraudulent representations. It was shown that the defendant presented false lists of subscribers, and told conflicting tales of distress, and in other ways imposed on charitable persons, among whom he commonly selected the most distinguished on whom to practise his arts of victimisation. His career of imposition, as detailed by Horsford, the • officer of the Mendicity Society, presented a curious series of attempts and detec tions : He had known the accused for ten years as a begging-letter impostor. In March, 1845, he was com mitted for a month ; and in January, 1846, he was again apprehended, but, owing to the non-attendance of the person charging, escaped. In 1847 he was committed for three months ; in 1848 for fourteen days ; in 1830 for three months ; and in 1851 discharged, through the non attendance of the prosecutor. Witness had seen him with girls at casinos, drinking wine and smoking repeatedly. Some further information respecting his adventures was communicated by Lieutenant Szulcxewski, resident secre tary to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland : The prisoner had arrived in this country in the year 1837, from France, and applied to be put on the list of Polish refugees. He was provided with papers, which there was but little doubt had belonged to another person, but, by some means, had fallen into his hands, and representing that he had been a major in the Polish army, and bad taken part in the latestruggle against Russia, receivedrelief from the fund. It being found that he was going about imposing upon the benevolence of the friends of Poland, his conduct was investigated, and he was struck off the list. He then went about from country to country, there being scarcely one that he had not visited, wearing deco rations and assuming titles to which he had not the slightest claim. Inquiries being afterwards made respect ing him, it was found that the " colonel count," and some times marquis, had formerly been a forest-keeper,had been imprisoned at Strasburg for swindling, wearing decora tions, assuming titles, and other offences ; had been expelled France, and was found in possession of a forged passport. He had at one time absolutely pretended to be cousin to the late King of Poland ;. but, as the assump tion was too impudent not to be discovered, he was obliged to abandon his claim to relationship. Recently he had been in Rome and Spain practising his arts,and had been im prisoned and turned out of France for his disgraceful prac tices. The prisoner, who can speak English well, but who pretended that he was thoroughly unacquainted with it, and also feigned deafness, abused the witnesses in ex tremely bad French, in preference to. using good English. Mr. Arnold committed him for three months to hard labour,.and said he would take good care the conviction was returned to the sessions. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, praying that the mono poly of salt, exercised by the East India Company, in India, may be abolished, and that, if it should be con sidered still expedient to levy a tax on this necessary of life, that it should be in such a form as to press less heavily on the poor of India than the present system of taxation. The noble Earl also presented a petition from the East Indians of the presidencies of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, at present residing in London, complaining of the grievances under which they, and the community to which they belong, labour, in the existing state of the law. Toe petitions were ordered to lie upon the table. Lord DONOUGHMORE called the attention of the house t t i o o n t h i e n p i r r e e s i c a n n t d o a n n d d i t i m o n o v o e f d th f e or sy a s c te o m py o o f f N t a h t e i o na resolutions l E duc a lately adopted by the Board of National Education, excluding the use of certain hooks from the schools under their management. The noble lord asked whether in consequence of such read:glens any? and whet nimbus had resigned their seats at the hoard. He thought some distinct rule ought to be laid down with respect to the management of these schools, so that the public should know upon what footing they stood. At present they were principally made use of for spreading the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, and he thought rather than they' should be made such use of, they ought to be separated from religion altogether. The Earl of ABERDEEN defended the existing mode of management, and contended that the best system of com bined secular and religious education, as practised in the National Schools of Ireland, were the books in use, whic h could be read either by Roman Catholics or Protestants. Nothing had proved such a blessing to the people of Ireland as this Natioual System of Education, lu lu he hoped that everything would be done to fostq and encourage it. With regard to the motion, there wo k q be no objection to produce the resolutions, while he hoped that matters would ultimately be so arranged at the board, that no resignations would be felt necessary. After a brief discussion, in which the Earl of Harrogate, Lord Monteagle, and the Earl of Derby took part, the motion was agreed to. The Transportation Bill, the Public-houses (Scotland), Bill, the Copyholds Bill, and the Land Revenues 13i1 passed through committee. The Colonial Church Regulation Bill, and the Parish Vestries (No. 2) Bill, wore read a second time. The Taxing Officers' Common Law (Ireland) Bill " read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at a quarter past nine. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The house met at a quarter to four o'clock. Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL took the oaths and his se a for Tralee, and Mr. CORNELIUS O'BRIEN for Clare. In reply to Sir J. WALMSLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL stated the circumstances under wi'l 0 a Hungarian refugee, named Costa, had recently b ee i i seized by the Austrian Consul at Smyrn a ; b u t he add , a that government had no information as t o a ny alleg e to intention on the part of the Austrian governmet io demand the expulsion of all Hun g arian refugees D" Turkey. , Mr. BRIGHT moved for a select committee to inquire into the allegations of a petition of certain elector ;r i Peterborough, complaining of the i n t er fe r ence of Fitzwilliam, a peer ot the realm, at the election in , Dec`7; ber last, and at previous elections of members to. serVe - parliament for that city. Mr. FITZWILLIAM seconded the motion, as a dirty 1/6 owed to Lord Fitzwilliam's character. After some discussion, the committee was agreed to_ f • On the notion for the third reading of the SuceeSe l°- Tax Bill, Mr. LIDDELL delivered a speech against it, in which 11 1 condemned the measure. The bill was then read a third time. On the questiell that it do pass, The Mr. SPOONER moved a proviso to clause seconcl. -- " proviso was opposed by the S o li c it or -G enera l and io. ; 1 Chancellor of the Exchequer, and suppo r ted by Mr. De e lings, Mr. Malins, and Sir J. Pakington. • The house then divided—For the p r ovis o , 100; agate it, 138 ; majority against, 38. A number of other amendments, principally verbal, w ere next made by the CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEctuEs• Mr. MALINS then moved, after a long speech, at , omission of the 23rd clause,. w hi c h i m p o s es the succeeei" tax upon growing timber.. Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the motion, and said the Olaf cellor of the Exchequer had exhibited too m uch cousiw" ration for gentlemen opposite. Lord J. MANNERS spoke warmly against the clause' s e After a few words from Mr.. DRUMNION94 the M u , divided—For the clause, 112';. against it, 77:.maj•oritY , Clause agreed to. s SirJ. PAKINGTON next moved an amendment to o n e of the clauses, which would have the effect of making t' operation of the act entirely prospective. 10 0 After considerable discussion,. the amendment wee by a majority ot 41 ; the numbers being—for the aroe ment, 93; against, 134. Mr..MALINTs next moved an amendment to 2 ,511 ,1 5e n i quent clause, exempting title descent relating to '" from inspection by the commissioners. • el The house divided—For the amendment, 110;' agoi it, 146. Majority against, 36. Several amendments were proposed and negatived l".; 18 0 after they had been disposed of, the bill passed ge l cheering. A division was afterwards taken upon the question t ba s t the bill do pass—For the passing of the bill, 176 ; ag e ' . it, 104 ; majority, 72. Bill passed. • ern' The committee resumed di scuss ion upon the Go v- 2g; ment of India Bill. Progress was made as far as clause and the House resumed. • Other orders were then disposed of, and the House journed at forty-five minutes past One. TATTERSALL'S BETTING.-1/1. oNDA I- • ta ken; GOO-DNS-00D STAKES.-9 to 2 agst Hobby Horse—ii to 1' Bto 1 agst Joe Miller ; 11 to 1 agst Haricot—take n ; f r eely; agst Muscovite—taken ; 12 to 1 agst Vindex—tak en 12 to 1 egst Trifle—taken l5 to agst Goorkah. DERRY.-12 to 1 agst Autocrat; 2O to 1 agst DervAs 9 agst Huntstnan ; 23 to 1 agst Boiardo. was pre' THE LIVERPOOL CUP.—The required certificatea its the duced to-day, it was submitted to Mr. Payne. but waits tb duced to-day, it was submitted to Mr. Payne. but a ent l the forma} recognition by the other stewards. ConseW } Y 9 under ChlenY Unu settlement which took place this afternoon nag protest. ; b • 22 tOI FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. , English Securities opened steadily, at the late st price 0.! Saturday, and towards one o'clock improved slightly , a r utrung being.circulated that the mediation of Austria in the Easter° dispute had been accepted by Ruud. , later, however, on salt pressing,. Consols returned to the opening prices. Raihlsl Shares, owing to the bad state of the weather, opened beavilf' reviving with the Funds, and closing geed, though not at th e strongest. Gold, Land, and Bank Shares are buoyant , bn ' . quotations are not materially altered. In Foreign Stocks thcru is nothing of importance doing. CLOSING Consols, Account .. 1 98 x div Do. Money.... 198 x div Three&QrperCents.. 101 PRICES. 225 9 Excheq. Bills, L..& S. Idis 2P'm_, FOREIGN Mexicans . . 26i 7 Do.. Threes Spanish Deferred 22a Do. Threes 464 RAILWAY Amberg.,Nottingham, STOCKS. Spanish Passives Turkish Swedish. .... Ln SH o A d it on ES : & S. Western 59 London .& N. Western 114011 Manches., Sher. ' and and E...lanctiOn Bristol and Exeter Caledonian GS i Do. Preference lO7 9 East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire Eastern Union A Ditto Band C Edinburgh & Glasgow Great Northern Do. Do. Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. Do. Fifths Leeds Northern London, Brighton, and South Coast Lincolnishire Midland Stock North British. De, Preference Norfolks North Staffordshire Shrewsbury and Bir mingham . Do. L. &N. W. guar „oi S. Eastern and Dover York, Newcastle, and 69 Berwick ..... , )Do. Extension Do. Preference 9 ICOrk and N. Midland Preference MINING I Noveau Monde Registered .... Cordeliera Ave Maria .... Carson's Creek Port Philip .. SHARES. 1 r 1 Nugget B. Australian ........ ....• Freehold ...... ...... -,, 1 Australasian ........ Colonial .... ..• Mariposa SHARES• if Peel River ......... . „ A 4 0 I t r: South Australian .. • • "As 0 British America..... LANDL Australian Agricultural 31 5 S. Australian Invest 1 ;2* Crystals CORN, MARKET. a ° There is not much English Wheat offering, but the aff'-tiol Foreign are fair ; trade is.excited, and prices have ad" oft fully 3s per quarter. In Foreign: there is a similar riS e- 0 401 top price of town-made,•Flour is expected to be put ul }t et 3s 6d per per s l a u c a k rt b e y r th ell 4 r o S a . i B r ßarley, ein demand, Beans, al a d t a Peas n a d a v a li r e 0 0 t higher. mi 3d to 6d per quarter. . _ Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas .. Flour. English. 3225 Irish. Foreign• 36219 17 /64 16559, 4131 6935 3796 56 0 SC 14 15 ° 7lO. u 4694, u. PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar: Foreign is. in improved demand; yellow 0 8 _jg afloat, brought 20s. 6d. to 24 5. 6 d. Refined: Home goods are mush wanted; low to fine grocery ltiMps.at 46 6 ' no s to 495., brown, 455. 6d. to 465. Coffee : The demand. 11 6 0. better; Native Ceylon 455. 6d. to 475., Plantation. 52 5 * A c tive Tea is firrn,,but there is not much doing. Rice is CO jaw. demand s and prices tend upwards; white. pe l tipeal i 5 its. 3d. Cotton : Little doing, but not cheaper. not muckin demand, and rates are firmer. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs., Sinus sold 2,000 bales to-day, without 0. 010 0 TALLOW MARKET. th 3 Tallow market is dull; fine Y.C. brought 303. to 5 6d' 01 for the last three months. Stock 19,44.3 casks, ag ainst .. „,e same time last year. Deliveries 1,567, casks, again st 467 s l`..- time last year, CATTLE MARKET. Ofi Trade brisk, at advanced prices. 28 s a tO O 5 40 4 4 Beef 2s 10d to 4s 8d I Veal • Mutton..... 48 4d to 5s 4d Pork Ss 6d t Lambs, 4s. 6d. to. 6a. Od., 3909. Ca1ve5............ 25470.1 Pigs ............• ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts ................ Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts Do. Sheep Do. Calves Do. Pigs Prussian Beasts Spanish Sheep French Calves Beasts Sheep and Lambs 80 0 83 0 16 3 ' 31 1 ° 291 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE' 31511 Dublin and Drogheda, 69 ; London and N o rtbviest era ; pi* Southeastern and Dover, 21 4 5-16ths ; York and North land, 291 LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE• Great Northern, 21i. - GLASGOW CORN MARKET. vc e ' Y adv il Since the last market prices have had a tendencY „Ida and to-day the fall on Wednesday's prices was barelY r" GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.o wed The market firm, an d an a d v ance of 6d. has been bta - LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1853. PRIN TED AND PUBLI SHED EVERY TUESDAY MON 11 10) cl t. BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON TIM O F No. 7, PERCY-STR EET, AT TOR „Of STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OP' • No. 4, Sr. Gsames Cguscsrcr, i i, vsgroom