The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

.8 FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. IT IS not at all improbable that at a late hour to-night, or early to-morrow morning, the electric telegraph will bring you the result of the debate and division on the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER'S Income Tax reso lution, DISRAELI having given Lord JOHN RUSSELL an extorted promise that the Conservative section of the House of Commons would not prolong the discussion beyond the period I have indicated. If Lord JOHN me nages to keep in check his oratorical friends on the Treasury benches, and should the ultramontane admi nistration-destroying representatives from Ireland, who are working hard to manufacture political capital out of the present important crisis, be compelled, by some mi raculous interposition, to abandon the resolve they have long since formed, of submitting to the Legislature, at wearying length, an alarming array of Irish griev ances, from the time of the Union downwards, then, indeed, there shall be no further adjournment of the debate. But if the English Whigs and Radi cals and the Irish declaimers must speak out for the satisfaction and amusement of their constituents, then I fear that the issue of the contest on which the Conserva tive followers of DISRAELI have so chivalrously entered will not be known before Thursday evening. In my letter last week, I calculated, with good financial assist ance, the majority for ministers at a point ranging from twenty-eight to thirty-fire votes. Since then. some members returned by Conservative electors, Colonel HARCOURT, Sir THOMAS ACLAND, Mr. SANDARS, and Mr. HERBERT among the number, have given their adhesion to Ministers, and this contemptible conduct, coupled with the pressure and manoeuvring which have been brought to bear on ten or twelve of the Irish members, will, I have heard, give the Government a larger number of sup porters than even their most sanguine friends believed possible early last week. At the Carlton Club yesterday, the majority was estimated at 45, while the Reform Club men confidently " book" the ABERDEENITES to win in a canter with fifty or sixty. The threat of an immediate dis solution, in the event of " an unsatisfactory division"— unsatisfactory, meaning insufficient for Ministerial pur poses—has not been without its effect, and the reported promise of a considerable modification of the Income Tax in its application to Ireland has induced some of the Irish representatives to determine, either or not voting against the measure, or to go into the lobby with Minis ters. A deputation of the latter " Emerald Gems" had an interview with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,' who, by the way, is very ill, on Saturday, to protest against the injustice of, at present, imposing the Income Tax on Ireland, and to suggest the propriety of reconsi dering the proposed Budget on the basis that the Conso lidated Annuities and all arrears—only five millions—be remitted, and that, if the Income Tax is to be forced upon Ireland, it should be confined to those four sources of income, which belong to the more opulent classes, and do not involve inquisitorial inquiries or unproductive expenses, viz., public funds, shares in public companies, public salaries, and landlords' rents, according to Mr. GRIF FITHS' valuation, with due allowances for encumbrancers, annuitants, and rent-chargers, who shall also bear their proportion of the tax. The CHANCELLOR promised to give the propositions every consideration, and I am told appeared to regard, at least one of them, with favour. Indeed, so anxious has he been to meet the views of the Irish representatives who waited upon him, that he sent Lord JOHN RUSSELL a copy of his minutes of the inter view, accompanied with his own observations, and they were submitted by the leader of the House of Commons to a council of his colleagues, at which Mr. GLADSTONE'S indisposition prevented his attendance. The decision of the Cabinet has not yet been made formally known, but I should not be surprised to find some of the demanded conceasions " most graciously granted." Until Monday night, since the memorable closing of WILLIAM the FOURTH'S first Whig Parliament, there has not been a spree or row in the House of Lords worth noticing. On the evening last mentioned, Lord DERBY came down to the house as fiery as Hotspur—fiery in to to, as a poor punster said, for his lordship is sorely plagued, especially at this season, with gout in his pedal extremities—the toe toe. The noble Earl at no time manifests a very bland expression of countenance ; and he knew, to begin with, that he would not be able to Barry his amendment, which, if carried, would have rendered naught the Coalition Canada Clergy Reserves Bill, about which not one in five hundred of the QUEEN'S lieges know anything, and not one in five thousand of the same catalogue care a rotten straw, or a grain of Canada maple sugar, two of the most worthless things I can at the moment remember. The debate, wearisome in the ex treme, " dragged its slow length along," until, late in the evening, the Bishop of OXFORD'S lawn rustled a little, after which he began to pitch into Lord DERBY with " drum ecclesiastic." Opposing the amendment, the Bisitor said something about chicane, and smiled ; it was not a ghastly smile—neither ironical—neither jocose— though the BISHOP, beeping his pardon, said it was. Lord DERBY got up, and with some bitterness of expression, and in menacing attitude, as good as told OXFORD, " Ah ! to be sure you did smile, but " A man may smile, and smile, and be a villain." The Earl of CLARENDON, usually a mild-mannered man, jumped up immediately facing DERBY; the table was happily between them. I am sure that BEN CAUNT never " set to" with so much tact and defiant pluck. CLARENDON screamed ungrammatically in C alt. " Its me ! its me !" The papers, I perceive; put itotherwise, probablylest they should he visited by LINDLEY MURRAY'S ill-used ghost. The row was terrific : hod it taken place in a tavern, the police office would have been the beginning of the end in bail for two. Of course the Bishop of OXFORD smiled when he applied chicane, trick, artifice, to Lord DERBY ; it was :only in joke—" poison in jest," as the :nan in the play says—and of course my Lord DERBY merely quoted a poet when he uttered the word villain. The Earl of DERBY lost his amendment. This row was fierce, but ended in nothing outside the walls of the house. The only other breeze in the memory of the oldest habitue of their lordships' house was far more peppery. BROUGHAM was Lord Grizzle—l beg pardon—Lord CHANCELLOR; hut he looked a great deal more like the late JOHN LISTON, as Grizzle, than any other person I have ever seen. BROUGHAM was Chancellor, and kick ing up a dust about the Reform Bill. The real lords would have nothing to do with it, and intimated that they would not read the bill a third time. " Won't you ?" said BROUGHAM. " GREY, create more peers !" The idea was soon ventilated. "If you do," said WIN CHILSEA, " and a batch of new Deers come in at one door, I shall go out at another." This was poor revenge, and never had occasion to be put in practice. The Earl GREY—the present's father—was a gentleman, though a thorough Whig, and did the business after a different way. " Dissolve," said the Lord HARRY. GREY left the House, and sounded the KING about nine o'clock in the evening. WILLIAM had closed his arm-chair nap— " his custom in the afternoon," and received his minister like a king. The MASTER OF THE HORSE was spoken to ; he did not much like the rig ; said the state coach and the cream-coloured's could not be ready by the morrow. "Never mind," said the KING. " I'll go down, if it should be in a hackney coach ;" and down the sailor- KING went in gallant style to the House at little more than half a day's notice,—bells ringing, cannon roaring, people hurrahing, with all the other demonstrations. HENRY HARDINGE, hearing the cannon, said " the next time they are fired they may be shotted ."' The House was at boiling-over heat ; the W i bigs and Tories were all wrangling ; the House was crowded with beautiful wo men, who stared—some of them drop'd a diamond-tear, fearful of the result ; the yellow-clouted ambassadors (I speak of those some years ago, when dirty gloves did the honours) stared also, but they did not understand what was said so well as their confreres of the corps diplomatique of the present day. The shrill but most musical sound of the silver trumpets indicated that the KING was in the House. Lord MANSFIELD, a clever man, though he seldom spoke, was denouncing the jugglery of the Whigs in closing Parliament at a moment's notieL ; the Marquis of LONDONDERRY was sitting behind MANSFIELD, and though deaf as a door nail, knew the KING had entered the house in regal state. LONDONDERRY pulled MANS FIELD by the tail of his coat, he lost his balance, but found himself all right on the front bench of the peers. He was told the Sovereign had arrived ; all was hush ! Loyalty swallowed up every angry feeling. The foreigners looked awe-struck. They even yet do not know how England loves and respects her Sovereign ! King WILLIAM heard his brawling peers and laughed ; patted them afterwards on their be-robed shoulders, told them to be good boys, and go home to their abodes in the country, and look to the administration of justice th ere ; which they did. HARRY BROUGHAMis not Chancellor now, though he seems as lively, as eccentric, droll, and irrepressibly gay, as ever. Sometime or other I will describe HARRY at the opera. Having met Lord WROTTESLEY frequently at the mfet logs of the Royal Society on the Thursday evenings during the season at Somer set-house, and being aware that his lordship had been very properly . chosen the medium of communication between the Society and the House of Peers touching certain c orrespondence mo valuable to the navigation of " the hi g hway of nations," which had taken place in a tripartite manner between the American Government, our own Government, and the Society aforesaid, I paid some attention to h is lordship's i observations the other evening. The noble lord spoke n an exceedingly i n di s ti nc t manner ; owing to this cause, and probably to the profound and scientific character of his remarks, little of them have appeared in the papers. The utmost good-will and hearty co-operation in the course of the experiments have been maintained by the two Governments, piloted by the Royal Society. The experiments and observations refer to soundings. oceanic temper ature, currents, tidal wa ves , an d so forth. The only peers present were the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who cheered much ; the Earl of ABERDEEN, who coldly sat out the conversation; the Earl 9RANVILLE, who warmed up and spoke nobly on the subject ; L or d R OSSE, the president of the Roya l Society ; Lord M ONTEAGLE, a t and three or four others . The p eers I h ave enu merated are all F.R.S. j n eed scarcely tell your intelligent readers, that the Roy al Society is years all he most distinguished in the world ; for the last 200 ye the great names have been enrolled in its archives. JOHN ABERNETHY , the famous and eccentric surgeon, thought himself insulted if addressed by any other appendage to his name than F.R.S. For some years past—until lately— the fellows were accused of doing nothing, vexing them selves and those who attended their aristocratic reunions with papers on tiuxions and kindred subjects ; the most acute,--astute, could not carry away an atom of intel apers read. A Bi s hop snored, a ligence from the P THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 3 1 1853: upwards of 900 tons to arrive at £35 to £36 per I ton. For Tallow there was a steady demand at 475. to 475. 6d. for old, and 48s. for new Petersburg Y.C. Some fine South American sold at 475. to 485., and about 600 pipes to arrive at 455. per cwt. For Lard there was a brisk demand, and 300 tons to arrive sold at 535. to s'3s. 6d. per cwt. Hemp is slightly lower, 250 bales Manilla sold at 11 to £42 per ton. Of Jute the sales amounted to 200 bales. TO-DAY there was a very good inquiry for Sugar from the refiners, and rather higher prices were paid, the business, including Saturday's sales, comprising. 2,500 mats Mauritius at 255. 6d., 3,750 bags Per nams and Paraiba, at 18s. 3d. to 18s. 6d. for brown, 19s. 6d. to 20s. for yellow, and 235. for low white ; 160 bags Benares have also been sold at 3Ss. per cwt. There are no sales to notice in Molasses. Of Rum, 70 puns. Demerara are reported at about pre vious prices. 50 bags red Bahia Cocoa were taken at 255. per cwt. In Tea a moderate amount of business was doing, at last week's rates. Small sales are advertised for Thursday next. 700 bales of Jute were sold for arrival. Wool.--The recent advices from Australia state that large quantities of this year's clip had arrived at Melbourne, and were being shipped for this country, so that further supplies may very shortly be expected. The business of the week has not been so active, principally from the reason that manufacturers have supplied themselves pretty freely; there does not exist that speculative demand which has characterised the market for some time, as prices are now beyond speculation. The market still continues to wear a very healthy aspect, and the demand for all sorts of low clean useful Wools continues good ; but the want of supply precludes any great amount of activity. A sale of Peruvian, about 1,000 ballots middle quality, is reported at the medium quotations, ruling at the auction sales of 21st ultimo. English and Irish prices very firm, but not so much activity. The opinion seems to gain confidence, that unless great competition rule for the new clip, prices have reached the summit. Skin very scarce. Messrs. W. GREAME and Co., in their monthly cir cular, say :--" The same excitement and buoyancy in the wool market as noticed in our circular of the Ist ultimo has characterised the trade during the past month. A considerable amount of business has been done both by public sale and private contract ; and in the early part of the month several cargoes, including 400 bales of Donskoi fleece which arrived about the end of March, were 531 d on the quay as-landed at improved rates. In Alpaca we have no alteration to note ; the stocks are light, and prices the same ;- the late arrivals were chiefly sold for delivery. In English and Irish combing Wools the late advanced rates are• fully maintained ; there is now very little left in the growers' hands, and for the few lots re maining in the country a further advance is demanded. The trade are looking forward anxiously to the opening of the new clip the' latter end of this month and begin-- ning of June ; higher prices are expected by the farmers. For Scotch Wools there is a good enquiry ; no stocks on the market." Messrs. HUGHES and` RONALD, in their circular, say : " There has been a continuous and active demand for all descriptions of Wool, and, owing to the lightness of stocks, even the less current kinds have enjoyed more favour. In all cases higher prices may be quoted, but this is more particularly the case in English Combing Wools, which, from the brisk demand, have advanced considerably. The great difficulty the trade have at pre sent to contend with, is the want of stocks ; and never at any former period do we remember them reduced to so low a point. It is now quite evident that at our approach ing English clip there will be considerable excitement ;. there seems no reason to expect, notwithstanding the in creased supplies which will then be available, that Wool will be bought on more favourable terms ; but, on the contrary, more firmness will be given to prices. There is little change to notice in the-value of fine colonial Wools, and much uncertainty still prevails as regards future sup. plies. The accounts just received seem more favourable as to the probable receipts, although it is generally ad mitted they will be subject to greatly enhanced cost. Irish Wools have been in good- demand at extreme prices, and are now very scarce. Scotch are more in request, and prices are looking up : some parcels have lately been contracted for to be delivered as soon as shorn, which is a most novel feature in the trade." rnoN.—The market has suffered considerable depression during the week, arising from the report that the acceptances of Mr. Jbhn Attwood to a very large amount had been returned dishonoured. It is said that they will be ultimately met by a sale of landed property, but the event has alarmed the speculators, and Scotch Pigs are quoted this day in the Glasgow market at 493. per ton, a result which we predicted some time since would he the consequence of a speculation which no circumstances seemed to justify. Other metals have also experi enced a considerable decline. THE PEW QUES HON AT WALTON.- MEETING OF THE PARIS-H.YESTERDAY. At the last Vestry meeting held in the parish of Walton, a number of claimants appeared to certain pews in the gallery of the Church ; and it was resolved to appoint a deputation to wait upon, and receive the opinion of, the Archdeacon. In compliance with the wish of the deputa tion at the Easter Vestry meeting„ the Rector and Mr. R. Ford North, Churchwarden, waited'upon the Archdeacon on the 4th ult., and, after reading to him the resolution and the other documents in their possession relative to the erection of the galleries, and the titles by which the re puted proprietors claim a right to the pews in such gal leries, they entreated from the Archdeacon, on the part of the deputation, in the words of the resolution, " his opinion and advice as to the best means of bringing this matter to a just and amicable conclusion." In giving his opinion, the Archdeacon had no hesitation in saying, that the faculty granted under date of the Ist of September, 1809, as a personal grant to individuals, according to the extract from it, recited in the titles of the respective pur chasers of the pews, was, " as a title, of no value," and that, consequently, the rights of the parties to these pews, being thereby conveyed as mere personal claims, were, in fact, from the first, merely conventional, having no legal foundation whatever. At the same time, it being evident that these parties, having subscribed their money for a laudable purpose, and in utter ignorance of the want of legal validity in the faculty under which they were acting, were entitled to be treated with that courtesy and con sideration which the peculiarity of the case naturally , called for ; and that although, officially, he could not sug gest any mediative plan, yet, speaking non-officially, he was of opinion that, after looking into the details of the matter, weighing the sums originally given for the pews, and the rentals they had yielded, it would not be difficult for the parishioners (either by some modified compensa tion to such as, from their position or circumstances, might be desirous to receive it, or by any other mode which might suggest itself,) to arrive at a conclusion which, while it would still reserve to the parties in ques tion such a preference of occupancy, in the re-appropria tion of the pews, as their respective positions might seem to warrant, would, at the same time, restore and preserve to the parish that inalienable right to the seats in the Parish Church which has always, and must always belong to it. That it was above all things most important, that all parties should come to the consideration of this ques tion with that liberal and amicable feeling, and in that Christian and reverential spirit, which should pre-emi nently animate and control all discussions in any degree relating to the House of God. For the purpose of receiving this opinion a meeting of the parishioners was held yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, in Walton Church, the Rev. Thomas Gerard Leigh, rector, presiding. It was moved by Mr. North, seconded by Mr. Tristram, and unanimously agreed to, that a committee be appointed for the purpose of receiving and investigating the nature of any claim to pews which may be made by their reputed owners, and to draw up a report for consideration at the next meeting of the parish, it being understood that all those who fail to present any such claim to the chairman on or before a certain date, be interpreted as a voluntary cession thereof. Another resolution was moved by Mr. Roskell, seconded by Mr. Musker, and unanimously adopted, to the effect that the resolution be advertised once in each of the Liverpool newspapers, together with the notice of the next public meeting. The following gentlemen were then appointed a committee :—The Rev. Rector Leigh, and Messrs. Tristram, Roskell, Pitts, Morrish, Johnson, and Charles Musker. On the motion of Mr. North, a vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE IN LIVERPOOL, YESTERDAY. Yesterday morning, a man named John Slattery, who had only arrived in Liverpool from Ireland on Sunday, committed suicide in Sherwood-street, being at the time under the influence of delirium tremens.. An inquest was held on the body yesterday afternoon, when Thomas Ronan, who keeps a lodging-house in Sherwood-street, gave the following evidence :—The deceased came to my house yesterday about nightfall. I knew him in Ire land. He was a native of Clonmel, and thirty years of age. When he came to my house he appeared quite deranged in his conversation. He was raving about " Peelers," (police-officers) in Liverpool, hunting him for drowning his brother, and he wanted me to go bail for him. I made arrangements to send him back to his friends in Ireland, by the packet of to-morrow ; put him in bed with a young man, a returned emigrant, and went to bed myself in the same room. He was raving all night, and wanted to jump through the window. He said his mother and brother were hunting him. Between six and seven o'clock this morning, an alarm was given that the deceased had cut his throat. I had just then dropped asleep, having had no sleep during the night. As soon as I was called, I jumped out of bed, and found deceased with his throat cut. I held him up, and he died there and then in my arms. A small knife covered with blood was found by the bed. Yesterday evening, about eight or nine o'clock, I was asking him what made him rave in that way, and he said it was from the horrors of drink. He said he had been drinking whiskey on board the steamer on Saturday, and he got nothing yes terday. He said he had been tee-total for seven years before he broke out. James Kenely, a returned emi grant, who slept in the same room as the deceased, cor roborated the last witness's statement, and added that about six o'clock yesterday morning he went down stairs to light his pipe. In about half an hour he returned, and then found the deceased lying in the bed with his throat cut. Before witness got out of bed, he saw the deceased go to his waistcoat and take something out. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday last week, when near the Mansion house, London, Mr. Thomas Dax, taxing_ master of the Court of Exchequer, was seized with an apopletic fit and expired. Mr. Dax had been connected with the court for half acentury. The appoi ntment is in the gift of the Chief Baron, and the salary Is £1,200 a year. Prince laughed, an Ambassador took snuff. Silently, however, the Council was doing something ; not a tra veller of any character has left these shores who has not gone out under the auspices of the Royal Society. It was here I last saw poor FRANKLIN. Observatories are now placed in every part of the habitable globe. and the pith of Lord WROTTESLEY'S speech in the House of Peers was mainly derivable from the impetus given to science by the society. Here rank and title count nothing. " Who are those two plain-looking little men, yet instinct with genius, sitting on the front crimson bench ?" One is thin, sicklied o'er With the pale cast of thought." "Eh! Why there's PrinceALDEßTcome in—he is fain to sit between the two little men—they laugh—shake hands, — they are apparently at home in each other's affections." Who are these two little men ? They must he Saxs: Go• THA'S, SAXE WEIMAR'S, MECKLENBURG STRELITZ'S, Or something that way. Not a bit of it. The twain are English. The paler of the two was a bookbinder's apprentice ; he who afterwards eliminated the first electric spark in England. Great MICHAEL FARADAY. The other, son of a music seller—skilled in phonics—doctrine of sounds. The youth improved many instruments which he was not ashamed to sell in his father's shop. Jew's harp twanging he would make to twang less; harp of King DAVlD—the young man would have attempted to improve, could he have laid hold of the sweet psalmist's golden wires ; certes, our young friend had afterwards to do with " wires" of another kind. In conjunction with FARADAY and others, I admit cantankerous men he perfected, made manifest— as near as mortals can make manifest—the voice of the most High and Omnipresent ! To them we owe the electric telegraph. Without a penny to begin the world with, they are now the companions of princes. All hail, Kossurx ! The rocket affair has been again before the magistrate this week, since which it has been in every body's mouth, and I understand, on unmistake able authority, that the " great Magyar patriot and nis i trious exile" is himself somewhat perplexed. I intimated to you, in last week's communication, what Mr. HENRY, the Bow-street magistrate. has since confirmed ; he has sent the lot to the Old Bailey, and finds that powder is powder, though its granulation be as coarse as onion seed, or as impalpable es meal on butterfly's wing, or pollen of wild flower on thigh of bee. No great weight is paid to the evidence of the foreigner, who said he was introduced to HALE by KOSSUTH • but then KOSSUTH had publicly denied that he had anything to do with the rocket people. I believe that the whole affair will exit inferno, like a had made squib on GUY FAWKES'S day. Again, people say bow un-English for the detectives to watch KOSSUTH'S house. I say nay to that ; I hate espionage with a perfect hatred, but there cannot be a doubt that peace, goodwill, and good understanding with a great nation is of far more importance than squeamishness on account of the feelings of an individual, though they even in the humblest, are to be respected. Let KOSSUTH be right or wrong, his name and that of JOSEPH AIAZZINI are blown upon throughout three parts of Europe,—dangerous to mention them in friendly accents, and it becomes England to be wary —a little spark sometimes makes a great fire; and however un-English it may appear, it may just be as well quietly to look after Louts Kossurx a little longer, though he has nothing to do with HALE'S rocket factory. KOSSUTH certainly recommended to HALE Hungarian refugees who were starving ; they were sent to the HALES, having been in the service of Hungary in those departments where a knowledge of guns, gunnery, and gunpowder was required. Give KOSSUTH his due, he recommended others of his compatriots to establishments in town, where they are now employed in the peaceful art of folding and stitching religious tracts ! Not much of fire and cannon in them. Meantime, let the friends of KOSSUTH deny, if they can— palliate they will—the fact that English, Scotch, and Irish travellers in Austria have their wings clipped, because KOSSUTH is here. This is great inconvenience ' • may lead to broils ; we cannot help it. KOSSUTH has tasted our 'constitutional salt; he is sacred in person; quietly " bide your time," Kossurx, as you say you will—no more—while you are here. But I hold, and so do better lawyers, that one letter written, stirring up revolutionary strife, and dated London, is warrant sufficient to cause a discreet Government to say Cave to and if need be — Go to New York, KOSSUTH. This result, however, is not anticipated ; Kossurx is out of the HALES' affair. You may depend on it " there is a hair of good wool" in English character after all. The frank and manly way in which the public were admitted, on Thursday and Friday, to hear the startling evidence in the " AuGusrus STAFFORD" inquiry, told every one that JOHN BULL will " tell truth, and shame the devil." Oh, AUGUSTUS STAFFORD ! I remember you, my boy, when you rejoiced as STAFFORD O'BRIEN, M.P., and a nice amateur play actor with lords and ladies fair in ancient hall, at Yule time ; but when I recollect at the Admiralty, where you now sit, JOHN WILSON CHOKER. the eloquent, the scholar, the experienced ; Sir JOHN BARROW, the earnest, the infatuated—on one subject only infatuated—the north-west passage. When I remember such men secre taries at the Admiralty, and see you there, and contem plate the figure you make, I heave a sigh, and say that times are altered. When STAFFORD O'BRlEN—pardonnez Mi.—AUGUSTUS STAFFORD got his appointment, about the first thing he did was to get measured for a pair of large blue sailor's trowsers. He wears the same sort, slightly modified, at present. Life and fortune ! that a young fellow, neither without brains nor money, should have made such mistakes ;—" there's no use blinking the question ; I am pressed by Lord DERBY and the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER." Fine admission for a political jobber—a member of the Coalition Ministry ! Mr. AUGUSTUS STAFFORD did very wrong to interfere, for " political purposes," in the appointment of blacksmiths to do government work for their votes. Having men tioned JoHN WILSON CROICER'S name, some of your elderly Conservative readers will be glad to learn that in his old age he lives with " honour, love, obedience— troops of friends." Sir JOHN BARROW, the other Admiralty Secretary, has gone to that bourne whence there is no return, without knowing the fate of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his brave men, whom Sir JOHN BARROW, main agent, despatched on the worthless errand to the arctic regions. Sir JOHN dunned into the ears of each succeeding ministry the propriety of sending out explorers. The Board of Admiralty yielded, though they as good as told him, were the passage possilale, it could, in the nature of things, only be accomplished once in two or three years—what was to be gained ? Scarcely a grampus. I have heard Sir JOHN BARROW, at nearly four score years of age, dilate on this hazardous journey with enthu siasm—it was his hobby—had he not agitated, FRANKLIN would not have been sent. WILFUL MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. At the Police-court, yesterday, a seaman named Daniel Miller was charged with the wilful murder of Peter Marr, the carpenter on board the packet-ship Lady Mary, of London, during her passage from Demerara to this port. The charge was preferred against the prisoner by the , captain of the vessel, on her arrival at this port, on Friday. Detective officer Murphy said that, from instructions which he received on Friday evening, he went on board the Lady Mary, lying in the Brunswick Dock. He found the prisoner in the cabin, and told him he was an officer, and that he (prisoner) was charged with killing a sailor named Marr, by striking him on the head with a stick. Prisoner said, "he said he was going to strike me with it, and I took it from him. He then drew his knife, and I struck him on the head with a stick." Witness asked prisoner if they had been quarrelling before, and he said " No, I don't recol lect ever having had a wrong word with him." Witness then took him into custody. The captain then came into the cabin and pointed out a stick, and said that was the stick. Witness examined it, and found marks of blood upon it. [Stick produced.] Alexander Young said—l am master of the English brig Lady Mary. The prisoner was one of my crew. He was an able seaman. About the hour of seven on the morn ing of the 28th of February, we were on the homeward voyage, a little to leeward of Demerara lightship, at sea, when the prisoner came to me on the quarter-deck, and said, " Captain, I have come aft to give myself up to you." I asked him what he had been up to, and he told me he had struck the carpenter with a stick. I asked him if he had killed him, and he said, " I believe so, or nearly." I went forward, and found the carpenter lying on his bed, on the deck of the forecastle. He was insen sible, but alive. I called all hands, and secured the pri soner. I examined the wounded man, and found it was Marr, the carpenter. I found two wounds upon his head, from which blood was flowing. There was one wound upon the forehead, above the eye, and another higher up nearer the top of the head. One of his hands was smashed as if with guarding off the blow. The deceased never spoke after we saw him, and died in about two hours. I inquired from the mate and crew if they had seen or heard anything of it, and they said they had not. I saw the mate find the piece of wood now produced. It was lying in the cabin, about twelve or fourteen feet from the deceased. I exa mined the wood, and found blood and hair upon it. I had seen that piece of wood in possession of the prisoner when he came alongside in the pilot boat. We had only been 12 or fourteen hours at sea when it occurred. Immediately after I found the deceased insensible, I asked the pri soner if that was the stick he struck him with, and he said it was. I asked him what he struck the deceased with it for, and he told me that the carpenter had a knife, and said he was going to stick him or kill him with it. I then said to hitn, Was it in self-defence that you struck him ?" He said it was. The prisoner appeared to be under the influence of liquor when he came on board the ship. I examined the place about where the carpenter was lying, but did not see any knife. The body was thrown overboard. A seaman, who assisted the mate in sewing the de ceased up in a sheet, before throwing him overboard, stated that, on examining his clothes, they did not find any knife. Mr. Francis Ayrton, a surgeon at the north dispensary, said he had examined the prisoner, and from that ex amination he believed him to be sane, but from his own account of this transaction he believed him to have been labouring under delirium tremens at the time of the occurrence. On the prisoner being asked what he had to say, after receiving the usual caution, he said—" It was not my in tention to kill the man. I should never have struck him, if I had not thought that he was going to kill me." He was then fully committed to take his trial at the assizes on a charge of wilful murder. MRS. HILES' CONCERT.— On Tuesday last this lady, i n c onjunction with her daughter, gave a concert i n th e Hall, Lord Nelson-street. Miss Hiles went through the usually difficult task of a fie st appearance very satisfac torily. Her voice is a contralto of rich quality and good compass ; not, as has been stated, " a sort of mezzo soprano." The first song selected for her debilt was, however, but ill calculated to produce a favourable im pression. the words and music being of a very mediocre description. The same remark will also apply to other portions of the programme. When it is considered Miss Hiles has had but little opportunity - of instruction, there is no doubt, under the judicious training of an able master, she will be eventually a very great acquisition to our local concerts. Mrs. Hiles is a soprano, possessing considerable talent, and was much applauded in her songs and duetts ; in the latter she was ably assisted by her daughter. The old and favourite songs—" Should he upbraid," and " Tell me my Heart," were capitally ren dered. The other portions of the concert call for no especial rem ar k, th e per f ormers b e ing well known, and their exertions bei ng auditory. fully appreCiatCd by a very crowded CWDIERCIAL AND MONETARY NE 11 S. MONDAY NIGHT. THE adjourned debate on the proposition of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to perpetuate the Income Tax for seven years, not having been brought to a close, the week has presented very little fluctuation in the money market, there being a natural disinclination to speculate until some decision has been arrived at, as the tone of the debate offers little upon which to found a confident opinion. The value of public securities has been rather depressed than otherwise, owing probably to the reduction of interest about to take place, but money for mercantile purposes has been easy, and consequently the tone which has generally pre vailed has been of a favourable character. The weekly returns of the Bank of England show a further decrease in the stock of bullion to the ex tent of nearly a quarter of a million, so that the fears of a plethora of gold and a consequent dis arrangement of monetary transactions arising from the gold discoveries in California and Australia have not, as yet, been realised. It will be remem bered that a short time since, when the directors of the Bank of England raised the minimum rate of discount, it was said to be owing to the fears of a drain from France to meet losses in Bourse specu lations. The check for a time was effectual, but it is now said that the exportations of gold to France are still going on, though in small quantities, but with more frequency. Since the Bank account was made up there have been several arrivals of gold from Australia, viz. :—The Clifton, 27,507 oz. ; the Brilliant, 15,183 oz. ; the John Taylor, 10,847 oz. ; the Sir Robert Sale, 13,836 oz.; the Vimiera, 45,000 oz. ; and the Admiral, 22,000 oz., making altogether about £530,000, besides what may have been in the hands of passengers. The whole, however, is no great sum against the drain which seems constantly going on. The state of the Cotton market is now exciting considerable interest, and the reports from America are looked forward to with great anxiety, as the future value will much depend upon the final reali sation of the last crop. The attempts of the Man chester men to depreciate this market, by with holding all purchases beyond immediate require ments, have had the effect of limiting speculation, and preventing a corresponding rise to that which has taken place on the other side the Atlantic; but they have not succeeded in producing the fall which was anticipated. The advices received by the steamer Atlantic on Wednesday show a still further dimi nution in the receipts at the shipping ports, and on Friday the firmness in this market was secured by the account that the actual stock taken that day showed a deficiency o 4 65,300 bales, as compared with the estimated stock, the discrepancy arising in consequence of carriers forwarding Cotton imported by spinners direct from the ships, and withholding any return of them from the brokers. The effect of this discovery is considerably to alter the aspect of the weekly consumption, which, instead of being 2,300 bales per week below that of last year, as pre viously shown, is now proved to have been more than 1,000 bales above it. In estimating the pro babilities for the future, it is necessary to take into account not only the now diminishing receipts, and also the increased consumption, which, in spite of the Manchester reports, ooze out from some of their trade circulars, but also the easiness of the Money market, which must tend to inspire confi dence. The spinners are known to be very light in stock even by their own admissions : Yarns, except ing perhaps the lowest qualities, are in good demand at firm prices, and a continued advance in the value of Wools,, the supply of which is below the demand, must have the effect of improving the value of Cotton manufactures, with which in many descrip tions of goods it enters into competition. We see, therefore, no reason to lower that confident opinion which we have previously expressed as to the pros pects of holders in our market. Although the uncertainty as to the fate of the Budget has prevented any decided operations, yet no doubt is entertained of the proposed reductions in duty on Soap and Tea being carried into effect, and the market throughout the week has presented a considerable degree of firmness on almost all de scriptions of produce. In Tea some large pur chases for speculation have been made in sorts most likely to enter into general consumption, and the tendency to a rise may have been further in duced by the reports of the rebellion in China having assumed a very formidable appearance, although by some it is considered that it will not have any very sensible effect upon the Tea trade. We have, however, so little information on the internal affairs of the Celestial Empire, that it is difficult to prognosticate the consequences of any movements in which we have no direct concern. As increased consumption of Tea will, no doubt, lead to a corres ponding increase in the consumption of Sugar. this latter article has experienced an active demand, particularly in qualities for refining purposes. The materials for Soap have also experienced considera ble improvement, and an active business has been done in Palm Oil and Tallow, both on the spot and for arrival; and now that an efficient line of steamers has been established between this country and the coast of Africa, a very extensive trade in the former article may reasonably be anticipated. The return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the 23rd of April, gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. £3,712,989; Decrease £67,227 Other deposits .. .. 13,206,923 ; Decrease 416,045 Rest .. .. 3,114,339 ; Increase 3,868 On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,221,382 ; the same as before. Other securities .. 13,632,497 ; Decrease 452,540 Notes unemployed .. 8,584,145; Decrease 322,575 . . The amount of notes in circulation is £23,408,330, being a decrease of £204,835 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,551,181, show ing a decrease of £238,815, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. I Notes issued .. £31,992,475 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin& bu1n..17,973,321 0 I Silver bullion . 19,154 £31,992,475 £31,992,475 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.X14,553,000 Rest.. Public deposits. 3,712,989 Other deposits . 13,206,923 7-day, &c. bills. 1,412,479 £35,999,730 EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK.—A young man, named Thomas Allen. was charged at the police court, yesterday, by Messes. Jabez Rayner and Co., cotton-brokers, Ex change-alley North, with embezzling the sum of£lolos I I d, the property of his employers. The prisoner had received from 'Messrs. H. Farrer and Co., of York-buildings, Sweeting-street, the several sums of £2 Be. 5d., £6 35., and £1 19s. 7d., for which he had not accounted. Mr. Joseph Dickson, one of the prosecutors, said that the prisoner had been in their employ between twelve and fourteen years, as a bookkeeper. It was his duty to pay and receive cash up to about six o'clock in the evening. Some time ago witness found that the prisoner was ad dicted to drinking, and he avoided, as much as possible, allowing any money to pass through his hands ; but he never gave any positive orders that the prisoner should not receive money. The three bills now produced were in the prisoner's handwriting, and were due to their firm by Messrs. H. Farrer and Co. Mr. 'Wm. Austin Code said lie was cashier in the firm of Messrs. Farrer and Co. On the 11th of April the prisoner came to the office, and presented the bills tor payment. The money was given to him, and he gave witness a receipt for them. Subse quently another person presented the bills, when witness told him they had been paid. Police-officer Carlisle said that on Sunday morning last he apprehended the prisoner at his lodgings in Bixteth-street. He told him that he was taking him on a charge of embezzling about £l2. The prisoner replied, " It is all right ; I expected it be fore this. I did it to get transported." The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say in answer to the statement of the prosecutor, remarked, with careless in difference, " Oh, its not necessary to ask any questions about it." On receiving the usual caution before com mittal, the prisoner said it was quite true he had commit ted the offence ' • but he should not have done it, had it not been that he was much perplexed in consequence of the small salary he had received from the prosecutors, and the way in which they had used him during the last few months. They had asked him, amongst other things, to go• to the brokers' offices, and take samples of cotton, which was a breach of principle, as sampling was the duty of brokers. This had led him to drinking, and to doing what was not right. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. EXPIOSION OF GUNPOWDER NEAR WIGAN : THREE LIVES LOST.—On Friday night, an explosion of gun powder, which caused the death of three persons and imperilled the lives of several others, occurred at New Springs, near Wigan, in a small grocery shop, kept by Hugh Smallshaw. Behind the shop counter was a par tially-filled cask of gunpowder, and, in a store-room up stairs, there were three full casks. About half-past eight o'clock, while Mr. Smallshaw was waiting upon Mrs. Lever, a neighbour, the powder behind' the counter ex ploded, owing, it is thought, to a spark from a candle fall ing upon it. The shop and back-room fell in, burying Mr. and Mrs. SMailshaw, the servant, and'three children, and Mrs. Lever in the ruins; the room above was lifted up and carried behind the house, an infect in the bed being hurled to the margin of a small brook,. where it was found unhurt; the store-room containing the three casks of gunpowder also came down ; and the wall dividing the shop from the adjoining cottage was blown through, but the inmates were uninjured. A crowd speedilf collected ; and, the flames having been subdued, a search was made for the bodies. Mr. Stnallshaw and Mrs. Lever were taken out dead, the latter being almost in a state of nudity, her clothes having been torn away by the force of the blast ; Mrs. Smallshaw was found horribly disfigured, and just alive, but she died soon afterwards; and the ser vant and three children were rescued before they had sus tained serious injuries. The three full casks of gunpowder were found among the ruins.- Had they exploded while means were being used to rescue the bodies, a lamentable sacrifice of life would no doubt have followed. An inquest was held yesterday over the bodies, before Mr. Rutter, the coroner for the district. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The advent of the geatle month, bringing with it flowers and leaves, and clothing the hedgerows and the fields with the vernal livery of summer, is by none welcomed - so heartily as the busy dwelrer in the town, who has unfortunately the fewest opportunities of enjoying the fragrance of the country. It is-with pleasure we notice that Mr. Durandu, the pro prietor of the Zoological Gardens s is preparing many at tractions-for the approaching season ; knowing that, lack. ing the opportunity of penetrating far into the country,- manyofeur townsmen will b e induced to spend a leisure . hour these delightful recreation grounds, where music, painting, and science combine with nature to charm and instruct. From a visit paid to the gardens the other evening, we are enabled to promise a rich treat to those of our readers who visit them. Although the late spring has retarded the progress of vegetation to a most unusual etxent, still the buds and flowers are quickly bursting into life, as if anxious to make amends for their delay, and al ready the grounds are assuming an attractive and winning aspect. lb the mechanical, as well as the natural, world of the Zoological Gardens progress is- perceptible. Over the great lake rises the ancient temple of Janus in the Eternal City, surrounded by statues,and backed by beau teous hills, which look surprisingly natural in the day time, and must be still more effective when lighted up after dark. Then there are among the list of new, ex pensive, and notable things a transparent panorama of the Wars of Wellington ; a maze or labyrinth, a fac simile of that at Hampton Court ; a commodious gymnasium, at which we hope to see young Liverpool exercising itself in vigorous and manly fashion ; a mechanical contrivance for the shooting gallery by the ingenious Mons. Voger ; fresh and pleasing entertainments in the great hall; and a new gallery from which the spectators may survey the fire works on the lake. Time, ingenuity, and capital have all been expended by Mr. Durandu in prospect of the ap proaching season ; and we hope to see the public do him and themselves justice by patronising adequately this de lightful rural retreat. GALVANISISD laow TowNs.—Tha- establishment of Mr. Hemming, at Woodside, Birkenhead, for the manu factory of a novel article, no less than portable towns of galvanised iron, will render interesting the following description of Mr. Hemming's works at Bedminster, which we extract from a Bristol paper:—" When first we were led by curiosity to pay a visit to the establishment, the manufactured stock consisted of a single model cot tage—the first that had been made-. Its completeness, its promising durability, its lightness, the facilities it pre sented for erection, dismemberment, package and removal, and the evident care which had been taken to adapt it to the climaterial and other peculiarities of its destination, were apparent, and we feel no hesitation in recommend ing it as `What was wanted.' We were induced, a day or two ago, uninvited, to give a seconehlook in at the manu factory, and it was impossible to fail being struck by the extensiveness of the operations there going on. Not only are there enough emigrants' cottages in progress towards completion to form a little town, but there are stores,. villas, a hotel, parsonage-houses for missionaries, and, last of all, a church, which has been ordered by the right rev. the Lord Bishop of Melbourne, and which it is be lieved is only the first of several, which will be sent out to supply the means of public worship to the diggers. Ow ing to the eagerness with which every completed erection is caught up, Mr. Hemming finds it impossible to retain one for many days in a thoroughly finished state; but a glance at those in progress cannot fail to be interesting. The smallest house made is the " cottage for the millicn." It comprises two neat rooms, measuring 16 feet by 12, and can be purchased as low as 35 guineas. A house, in course of completion for Mr. Brooks, the auditor of Mel bourne, is upon a more commodious scale. It comprises four rooms. of 14 feet square, with an entrance-hall,closets, and a detached kitchen, and will be fitted with Venetian blinds to every window, and , a verandah running all round the villa. A parsonage-house, making at a cost of 250 guineas, to the order of the Bishop of Melbourne, pro• mises to afford a very comfortable dwelling. It will con tain a sitting-room 17 feet by 11 feet, a kitchen, 11 feet square, a servants' room, store-room, pantry, and water closet, and four bedrooms, measuring each g•feet by 10 feet. One of the stores,, which had been contracted for at 170 guineas, consists of a shop or wareroom, 22 feet square, fitted with safety-shutters, &c. ; a sitting-room, kitchen, and bedroom- The hotel or lodging-house is being erected with a view to the peculiar wants of the colonists, and will comprise 14 bedrooms, so constructed as to divide, almost at will, into four compartments . each, thus enabling the occupier to make up fifty-six beds. There will also be a first and second class coffee room, each 20 feet square ; a housekeeper's room, the requisite pantries and closets, a detached kitchen, and a luggage-room, which is to be fitted with 56 numbered compartments, each having a lock and a key, so as to en able every occupier of a bed to deposit and secure his personal luggage. The church will comprise a nave and two side aisles, with pulpit, reading-desk, baptistry, vestry, and a tower ; it will cover an area of 70 feet by 48 feet, and will contain sittings for COO worshippers. An interesting, and, indeed, most important part of Mr. Hemming's manufactory is the seasoning stove, a large building in which the doors, sashes, &c., are, before they are fitted together, exposed until thoroughly seasoned to a higher temperature than they will have to stand in the colony, thus providing against futuresshrinkage, which would otherwise inevitably take place. Some of the porta ble furniture for the houses is remarkable for its ingenuity." COUNCIL MEETING.—At the usual monthly meeting to-morrow the following proceedings, amongst others, will be discussed :—The proceedings of the Finance Com mittee, comprising a recommendation to grant an increase to the salary of the Town-clerk of £5OO per annum, &c. ; a recommendation, in accordance with resolutions of the borough justices in consequence of the resignation by Mr. M. D. Lowndes of the appointment of clerk to the jus tices for parochial business, that the additional duties be performed by the present clerks to the justices, and that they respectively be paid the additional salary of £lOO per annum, and that one of the clerks lately employed by Mr. Lowndes, be engaged permanently in the magis trates' clerk's-office, at the salary of £lOO per annum ; the whole arrangement effecting a saving of £lOO per annum to the Borough Fund. The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire. prevention Com mittees, comprising a recommendation that the wages of all the officers in the police force, under the rank of in spectors, be increased 2s. per week to each man, and that the pay of inspectors be increased from 30s. to 335. per week each man. The laying of the watch -rate for the year 1853-4. The making of the fire-police rate, not ex ceeding one farthing in the pound, for defrayi ng th e costs, charges, and expenses of maintaining the fire-poli ce o f th e borough. The proceedings of the Gaol and H ouse o f C orrec ti o n Committee, comprising a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. J. M. Wade, chief clerk,*from £llO to £l3O per annum : The proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising a resolution directing the chairman to request the Council to lay the various rates previous to an adjournment of the council meeting of the 4th of May next, in order t o avo id t h e expense o f f res h advertisements,. and the l oss lik e l y to accrue i n t h e collection of the rates, in the event of the making thereof being postponed ; a report on the rates under the sanitary act for the ensuing year, and a recommendation to bor row the various amounts therein mentioned, on the credit of the paving -rates for the several districts within the borough; a report as to railways crossing highways on the level; and a recommendation to increase the wages of various workmen employed in the borough engineer's department. The making of a sewer-rate, a paving -rate, a water-rate, and a general rate for the parish of Liver pool and the townships of Everton, Kirkdale, West Derby, and the extra-parochial place of Toxteth-park. The proceedings of the Water Committee, comprising re commendations to increase the wages of several clerks, &c. ; and a recommendation to accept the offer of Messrs. Case and Morris, of land adjoining Audley-street, as a site for the Everton Reservoir, and isle() the tender of Messrs. A. and G. Holme, for the cgilstruction of tLe re-. aerToir and welts connected therewith on thg site. :PARTMENT. Gov. securities.Xl3,22l,3B2 Other securities 13,632,497 Notes 8,584,145 Gold & silt'. coin 561,706 £35,999,730 Though we have not had much business in our SHARE MARK ET during the week, yet prices have shown a decidedly upward tendency, and there has been an advance of from one to two per cent, all round. The buying has principally been that of bears closing their accounts, some of which have been open for some weeks, but this may be con sidered a sure precursor of buying on the part of the public and a more active market. Our local stocks are in demand for investments, but are very scarce. The quotations of this day are :—Birken head, Lancashire and Cheshire, fild ; Chester and Birkenhead, 21i; Caledonians, 331 Chester and Holyhead, 24; Eastern Counties, 13 7.16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80* 80 79 aBO 80; Ditto Fifths, 4id ; London Stock, 1191 a ; Sheffield Stock, 301 a ; Midland Stock, 761 6 6 -1-; North British, 8* 15-16 9 ; Dover Stock, 23 2* 3 ; York and North Midland, 301 1 ; Sheffield pref. £lO shares, 11 ; Dutch Rhenish, 15-16 d; Copiapo Mine, sd; Lancashire Insurance, 11-16 p. COTTON.—The market, though steady, was with out animation, notwithstanding the favourable ad vices from America, until Friday, when it was discovered that the actual stock was 65,300 bales below the number at which it had been estimated. This discrepancy from the quantity imported by spinners being sent direct from the ships without being reported. On Saturday the market opened with greater firmness, and the sales reached 7000 bales, of which 2000 were on speculation and for export. To-DAY the advices by the Andes and the Europa confirmed the previous reports, and the sales reached 8000 bales, including 2500 on specu lation and for export, at steady prices. PRODUCE.—The market for Sugar has improved particularly in refining qualities, which being scarce, have commanded rather higher prices. The sales amounted to 850 hhds. 8,P., 2,500 bags Bengal and a small parcel of Madras. For Foreign there was also mare enquiry, and 3,200 bags and 250 brls. Pemaurs and a small lot of Porto Rico sold at full rates. Molasses has again given way, and 600 puns. sold at a decline of 6d. per cwt. Coffee was in fair request, and the first sale of new Jamaica went off with tolerable spirit. Rum is rather easier. For Cocoa there was a good demand, and the sales reached 1,300 bags. In Tea a large business has been done chiefly on speculation for Congous at lid. to ls. 7d. per lb., and greens have been taken at full prices. Of Saltpetre 1100 bags sold at 275. to 28s. for 01 to 41 refraction. Hides were dull, and at public sale of East India Kips only a small portion found buyers. For Guano there has been an active demand, the sales amounting to 1,000 tons. Of Olive Oil 25 tuns sold at previous prices; Linseed Oil was in moderate request. For Palm Oil there has been a brisk demand at improving prices, 500 tons on the spot sold at .€35 to or l 10s., and NEW SCREW EY A LIVERPOOL ENGINEER.--SOM e experiments were tried at the Great Fioat, Birkenhead, on Saturday, to test the pawers of a new screw, invented and patented by Mr. Fisher, a working engineer of this town. The scale on which it was tried was necessarily limited, out the result was most satisfactory, an increase of speed equivalent to above twenty per cent. on the ordinary screw, having been obtained. The experiments were repeated yesterday. SHIP FIRE-ENGINE.—There was a trial, on Saturday, at noon, on the Exchange flags, of Merryweather's 5 1 4 fire-engine, " The Prince of Wales." The result was highly satisfactory, a continuous stream of water beini thrown between 80 and 90 feet in a horizontal, and la feet in a vertical direction. The engine was worked by portion of the fire brigade, under the superintendence!' Mr. Hewitt, who expressed a favourable opinion of ltS qualities as applied to ships, and even to mansions wher e a good supply of water could be procured. Mr. AndeP son, of the Norwich Union, and several members of °ther fire brigades, spoke in terms of admiration of its great power. One of its chief reconamenJations is, that case of need it can be taken into a boat, and worked fro m a distance. It has already done essential service is the preservation of ships from fire. ALLEGED INTIMIDATION OF WORKMEN.-At th, e , Police-court, on Saturday, before M r . Mansfield, tf' stipendiary magistrate, and Mr. Sands, Neil M' *" John Gregory, Willia m C ass idy, William Nuttall, Bo' tholomew Backhouse f Joseph Foulkes, and F ranc is Bells operative cabinet-makers, were charged by Mr. WI Turner, of Islington, cabinet-maker, with intimidating four of his workmen because they had not joined the OPe d rat ive Cabinet-makers' Association. Detective-office! Russell deposed that on Saturday, the 16th, he went atuo°, B the defendants, disguised a s a carpen t er , an d that WI entered into statements to dissuade him from under taking employment with the complainant. One of the men, who was said to have been• intimidated, said," answer to Mr. Mansfield, that since the strike he had coil' tinned to work with Mr. Turner without molestation' The case was dismissed. The announcement was gree t ' with an outburst of applause. AN AMERICAN MOTHER.—A Boston paper of thelOth April says, a woman in Dutton, N. H., recently becas l6 the mother of four live, bouncing boys, at a single birth' At the last advices, the whole crowd were doing not 001 l " as well as could be expected," but rather !fetter. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY EVENING, MAY BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The London Stock Exchange was closed to-day. The Eengal, which arrived at Southampton this morn; ins, brings the heavy portion of the East Indian- !lit' China mails, and mails from the Mediterranean. tiF dates are—Alexandria,. April 19; Malta, April 2.3;• braltar, April 27. She brings 170 passengers ; a nd on freight r specie value .E12;000. Her mails were despatsbd to London by the 11 30 a.m. train. PAR4S, SUNDAY.—The Globe's correspondent s a Fg-the presence of the Pope at the coronation is spoken of ° certain, and apartments are stated to be in preparatio n for him at the Tuileries. AusmArtA.—Melbourne advices of the 25th of Jan" received by the Admiral, which left Hobson's Bay on th e 27th of January, report commercial affairs as satisfactorf' The yield of gold continued. Ptodnce market high. PO I vision market rapidly falling, espe c i a lly fl our . P r ice 0: labour rather lower. No political news. The Admill' brings 22,000 oz: in gold dust. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AlAnctr Ef.—The pacification the Colony was progressing. A. formal proclamation 0 ' peace was expected at Cape Town- by the next post. HOUSE OF LORDS. The house met at five o'clock. Lord WHARNOLIFFE presented a petition from th e master cutlers and other inhabitants of Sh e ffi e ld, o n the subject of forwarding the internal improvement of Incl ol ' The noble lord made a lengthened speech on the subject' After some remarks from the Earl of ELLENBOROLO and the Earl of AIJBETMARLE, the subject dropped. On the motion of the Earl of ABERDEEN, an address,tv the Crown was agreed to, for a commission to inquir e f into the practices at the late election for the bo rou gh ° Cambridge. After some conversation the South Sea and other At nuities Commutation Bill passed through Committee. The House adjourned at 8.35, p.m. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The house met at four o'clock. Mr. LASCELLES reported, from the Totness Election Coe'' mittee, that Thomas Mills, Esq., had been dilly elected. 0 Lord R. GROSVENOR reported, fro m th e B o l ton El e ction Committee, that Thomas Barnes, Esq., and Joseph Crook; Esq., had been duly elected ; and that the petition against the' return was frivolous and vexatious. (Hear.) In reply to a question from Mr. T. Baring„ the Sir J. GRAHAM said that instrnctions h a d b een g i ven to Admiral commanding on the Singapore station t o p r ottl O . British interests on the coast of Borneo but before tis!,, u 2 force he must have distinct evidence of ac t s o f pi rac y havr a 't been committed. The Admiral had also been instructed t. . it was not the policy of the government to establish any colony in those parts. MR. WILSON, in reply to a question, saiddt was the tion. of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to-bring in a 13 "', 6 , the course of the present session, fo r th e regu l a ti on o f Savinb Banks. 'TH E BUDGET. s , as; The House then went into Committ e e of W a y s an d NI by when , the adjourned debate on the Income.taxmas resumed SIR W. CLAY, who supported the Governmentpropositicrhad Sir FITZROY KEL LY co n t ende d t h at Mrs. Gladstoun'aind, shewn that the landed inte res t pa id n i nepence in the v - tr while professions and trades o n ly pa id serenpence and •, instead of proposing a means of re d ress i ng the inequality, ,e).p proposal was to add another, large burden upon the landed In" terest in the shape of the legacy duty. He opposed the resole' Lions on the ground that they were part of a scheme which Mt: posed a new burden upon the alreadyoppressed landed interest, , and sought to extend to Ireland the income-tax without anYin,% reason. He had no faith in the pledge that the income-taxin WOW,. A refe come to an end in 1860, for, after what had occurred cl er gy rence to the guarantee in. the matter of the -Canadian , Reserves and other matters. his faith was s h a k en iu the Ple" , '` of public men. Mr. LOWE supported the propositions-of the Chancelloro,.: the Exchequer, and replied at some length, t o Sir F. Telly arguments. ng Mr. J. BUTT thought there were n o grounds for supPos i that the Income-Tax would be repeated afte r th e term of _4 years. He considered, if the House voted.for its continualge for that time, that they would be voting it rupermanency should oppose the propositions entirely. Mr. BUTT saw no reason why Irish members should not Pee with English members in resisting s o un j us t a p ro p os al as l' o f continuance of the Income-tax in England; and an extension it to Ireland. He was opposed also to theotber proposition s ,. Mr. Sergeant M cunt v would not vote for. the amendal s i as it would turn out a ministry whi c h h e h a d so l a t e ly as December assisted in bringing into office. Mr. COOLLY would oppose the resolution. 5 ;, , After some remarks from Mr. ROCHE against the Budget!, Mr. DISRAELI said, that he had much pleasure in stay% that, after consideration, lie could give- his entire concurretta to the leading proposals of the Budget, inasmuch as he they were entirely the same as those which he (Mr. Disraeli) h" ,f upon two occasions brought before th e H ouse. U pon 01 1 c,. those occasions, Mr. Gladstone had stated th a t i t wa s 1 . - „ 8 possible to attempt. to legislate for a great country even OP t ,. year in advance, and yet the right hon. gentleman was atteloF 4 ing to legislate far seven years, and fix the rate of interest fo',* half of century. He then proceeded to explain the grotlf`,7 6 upon which the late Government had proposed to charge 'y i p upon precaricas than upon real incomes. He thought-w- [LEFT SPEAKING.] TATTERSALL'S—TiIIs DAY. 1 CII ESTER Cu to 2 agst Trifle; 5 to 1 agst taken ; 15 to 1 agst Talfourd, taken ; 20 to 1 agst Black Mar i ) taken; 20 to,l agst Missive, taken; 20 to 1 a sst Boarding:SCP Miss, taken. DERBY.-3 to 1 agst West Australian ;7to 1 agst °reel! taken ; 10 to 1 agst Honeywood, taken ; 15 to 1 agst VOID(' taken; 23 to 1 agst Brocket, taken. C 0 R N MARKET. Very, large supplies of !foreign grain, and trade .eery d a English. Wheat slow of sale,, and both English and Fiareign fered. a decline of Is. per quarter. Flour is the turn 1 0 " . "; Very fine Barley about the same ; F ore i gn i s 6d, per Va t , cheaper. Oats very flat, and Foreign 6d to Is per quar ter lovi e " ; Beans and Peas are ver y d u ll , a t l ate rates. In Seeds doing. Red Wheat, 425. to 505.; white, 425. to 525.; t°ll . flour, 445. ; distilling Barley, 26s to 285.; Malting, Xis; to 335 ' 1 grinding, 245. to 27. a. English. Irish. Foreign. Wheat 3599 28219 Barley Oats Malt 6159 Beans - 1081 Peas lO 461 1. , , . Flour . 9Bl 1461 sks 1081 brlS , PRODUCE MARKET. Market closed to-day. TALLOW MARKET. Stock 25,108 casks, against 42 4 906 same time last dear: Deliveries 2,256 casks, against 930 same time last year. CATTLE MARKET. _,„10 Beasts sold readily at Monday' s prices. Reel) rmla, l. did not sell quite so well. A demand for Calves, at FOOS , quotations. Beef 2s 10d to Is Gd Veal Mutton,.... 3s Gd t o 5s Gd I Pork Gd to as Beasts Lambs, 3s. 2d. to 6s. 4d. 1 0 , 1 . , ........... 4303 1 Calves Si" Sheep and Lambs 24300 1 Pigs Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts ARRIVALS. 2100 Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotchßeasts 460 Holland Beasts 7 73 Do. Sheep Do. Calves 152 Spanish Sheep MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. hir e. Chester and Holyhead. 24*; Lancashire and Y0001'6.00 SOD, 4, -g ; London and North-western C quarters, 1 g-litt prem ; Sheffield, 30*, D, cash; Midland, 761, IL 4. 4, ; eastern and Dover, 23 ; York and North Midland, 31. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. No business transacted to-day. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. 0 o Very little business doing at to-day's marker In pri ce s change. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• ce at Eugene, hence at Antwerp, 29th April; Neptune, bel3 joa' Bremen, 28th ; Aiza, hence at Honfleur, 25th ; Nouvelle u e xel, hence at St. Nazaire, 27th ; Maria Besfina, hence at ro le 27th ; Amelia, Martha, T r y, h ence a t H e l voe t, 27 11, „pal' fort (s s), hence at Genoa, 24th ; Taurus (s s), hence at it tar, 27th. qnd Ap r Dulce Nombre de Jes us , sa il e d f rom S an t a nder, 2- Sara, sailed from Messina, 9th—for this port. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1135 3 . PRINTED AND PUBLISHED INT EVERY TUESDAY MOR NI-, By THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACIOI" OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET. 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