The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

P HIL HA It .._ _ . MONIC-H ALL EVERY EVENING, THOMAS'S UNRIVALLED BAND. WINTER CONCERT Promenade, Is. Reserved Seats, 2s. Boxes, 2s. 6d tberpoot tattbarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. --..--.410.-- MONDAY MORNING LORD ABERDEEN'S task of allotting expectants to the various offices in his administration, is now well nigh complete. Indeed I believe that with one exception all ancies which are dependent upon a change of Go vernment have been filled up. This last remaining piece of patronage (worth about £2,000 a-year, in hard cash, and two superbly-furnished establishments, the one in Dublin Castle, and the other in the Phoenix Park, within a stone's throw of the celebrated Strawberry-beds), is neither more nor less than the Irish Under Secretaryship. Strange and almost incredible as it may seem, the Cabinet has found a terrible stumbling-block in the selection of an Under Secretary whose appointment will give universal satisfaction to her MAJESTY'S coalitionist advisers. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is working with wonderful vigour for one " faithful servant of the crown" in days when the Whig Family Clique ruled triumphant. The Peelites, who have taken up the cudgels for an Irish veteran member— ANTHONY O'FLAHERTY—stoutly resisted Lord JoaN's nomination ; and so warmly was the matter debated at three separate ministerial consultations in Argyle-house, that the formation of a Coalition Cabinet was for some hours considered impracticable by men who are now themselves leading members of the Administration. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland, with his eye on the bench, has stepped in between the conflicting elements of the Cabinet, and recommended that the Under-Secretary ship should be conferred on a near relative of an Irish judge, who is now over eighty years of age ; and if this " disinterested" piece of advice be acted upon, it is con sidered in political circles rather probable that the venerable ermined administrator will forthwith retire into private life, and make secure for Mr. Attorney-General BREWSTER a berth at once perma- the vac nent, lucrative, and by no means onerous. In my hum ble judgment, the office of Under-Secretary for Ireland should be held by a non-political man, totallOndependent of any administrative change; and until that reform he made in this branch of the Irish Executive, I consider that the duties can never be adequately or satisfactorily discharged. We have standing Under-Secretaries of State in the Home, Foreign, and Colonial departments,—why not in Dublin Castle ? Poor Lord ELDON declared of unsound mind ! I won der what his grandfather, the ever-doubting JOHN SCOTT, first Earl of ELDON, would say, were he alive ? The state that it is thought over-study produced the calamity. Stuff! Collecting materials, too, for a life of his ancestor, the LORD CHANCELLOR. Stuff again ! So well pleased was the present noble Earl with HORACE Twiss's life of the noble and learned Lord, that on the publication of the work he presented HORACE (Twlss) with a bank note for one thousand pounds sterling. The present Earl appeared to me to be always sofeish ; cer tainly so, as compared with the Chancellor. Their voices I remember unearthly likeness to each other, one night in t he House of Peers, the Earl referring to istrious " father ;" " no, no,' said BROUGIIAM, `you mean your great grandfather." BROUGHAM meant prodig t in Inc: ; not in relation p. The laugh was !fit the clubs, I can assure you, that a dissolution of Par is looked upon as by no means a distant object; for my own part, I cannot understand how such an event is to be avoidt Lord JOI-IN R ssF.m., though styled the leader of the House of Commons, es not—as he thinks he ought—play first fiddle elsewhere, as formerl to not hesitate to state, that he holds office only pro tem.; nay, th noble lord Dims were it put to him, would frankly avow as much. In this lite- Not here does he rary labo ) ? sink lower, or retire to his 's on the " Life of Charles James Fox ?" likely. Then again, the members of the United Service Club, one and all, are speaking of the Duke of NORTFIIIM BERLAND superseding Sir JAMES GRAHAM at the Admi ralty. Old naval men certainly say that, in their expe rience, they never had a better first lord than his grace. And it could not well be otherwise; as Lord PRUDHOE, be was a dashing sailor, a man and a gentleman in the most dignified sense of the terms ; superadded were his tastes as a scholar and an antiquarian. There are, it is believed, two or three other hitches in the Government, of which more anon I don't know if many of your readers are well acquainted with the good old Borough of Southwark, where abide stituency of one of HER MAJESTY'S bight Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, the nof the ballot. Southwark is famous for two or three things : among these aro its ancient hostels with their social clubs ; since the election of Sir WILLIAM, the ballot has been freely discussed at these friendly meetings. Now, I do not mean to say that the bal lot is unpopular among the majority of Sir WILLIAM'S constituents ; but certainly some quondam supporters of the system are altering their views, wisely saying to each other, " What's the use of secret voting to you or to me, who have known each other's politics all our lives ? And this will be found the simple state of the case all over the kingdom, even among the most numerous and scattered constituencies. The fact of which way a man will vote, must and does ooze out. In Liverpool is there a single voter, up to the highest merchant, whose politics are not well known ? Not one. 'Why, then have secret voting ? I am not going to " argufy the topic ;" that's not my province. Even in literary and scientific societies Lord BROUGHAM, no mean authority, seems to think the ballot a humbug. The last time I saw the noble and learned lord exercise the ballot-fran chise was at the Royal Society, the first literary society in the world ; the assistant -secretary went round with the ballot-box, containing one entrance for the hand of the voter, with hidden divisions for yea and nay. Now Lord BROUGHAM did not wish even the secretary to know how he voted, as that functionary undoubtedly would have done, had he held the ballot-box in the usual manner. Frequent practice would enable the most obtuse secretary to know which way the hand tended, hence which way the fatal ball, if black, fell. Lord BROUGHAM, like a " knowing shot" as he is, took the ballot-box in his arms, and dropped the ball undetected, as he liked. The scene was very laughable. Of course, ballotting for members of Parliament, should such a chimera ever be called into action in this country, would be managed differently. Perhaps, as it has passed into a proverb that " they manage these things better in France, the late ballot in that staid country may afford a precedent. What is that restless, discontented, deil-ma-care old sailor, CHARLES NAPIER, about ? Depend upon it, Ad miral NAPIER is not now darkening the doors of govern ment offices for nothing. For once in his life he appears Joyous--happy. Though some Whigs are in who used to anno y him, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL too, their wings are clipped, and Admiral NAPIER may yet have some thing to say • Lord JOHN is neither Premier nor at the Admiralty, and this causes great joy in the stout heart of the Admiral. The fact is,—and your shipping and com mercial f r i en d s may rely upon it—that Sir JAs. GRAHAM, after all, is practical at the Admiralty, and knows where he can get th e b est advice ; and though, i n my humble opinion, as well as in that of one or two old sailors, the Sidon steam Government ship, called " Drunken CHAR LIE," it rolled so , PIER at the expense of under the eye of Admiral NA the country—is a mistake, " the old Commodore" can g ive noble a d v i ce ; an d, if I d ar ed tell you all I know, the authorities n i : at the Admiralty have much need of it. In a T pticEll point of view, Sir J. A GRAHM is below zero. he. prac7ismerdi h a lo n weth where it listeth ; and Sir JAMIE, a c hopping and changing, is as uncertain as h the d w m at . p d o aolipcal said• Let him console hims elf as much as he may ly er his e: " doctrine of expediency, fo r w h ich he and divers ot h er placemen have sacrificed consistency, w hi ch used to be considered by sterner politicians, when GE,. 111. was the di s tinguished mark of a sound statesman, afraid, king, to return to affairs nautical :—The Dauntless, I ought to have her name te changed, as the Beel s z m fb u b at suggestion of a rev. had ewelfever scion of an hers sometime ago, I who declined s v a i i s l i i o n n g s u a n n d d er ytehlleo ours aristocratic house, of such a " Prince :"—bad pro, Little INANE, as his friends call require sound advice. him, is o u t- spo k en ; a nd be exhibited this characteristi c too soon and t oo frequently,—a d an gerous error some times ; hence L or d J OHN ' S hints about indiscreetness and that sort o' thing. The Admiral is looking much better than he has for some time past. lie gathers his ancles—apparently failing, though he has not had the gout for forty yea rs —i nto decent Wellington's or good high-low's, which is a great improvement to his under standing. This last is poor. N'importe. A word or two touching the present state of our steam navy. Notwithstanding all the brag of certain authori ties, England at the present moment possesses a better and more available Screw Steam Navy than all the world besides. There are our old friends —b u il t on the old principle—the Blenheim, La Hogue, and the Ajax, at present being adapted to the screw principle, without altering their build. Besides these, in a few months will be ready for sea—all on the screw—the Albert, 120 guns the Wellington, 130, the Marlborough, 130, the Hanni: bal, 90, the Exmouth, 90, and the Royal George, 120; together with half-a-dozen frigates. In emergency we can draw upon our mercantile steam marine —the Ori ental, the General Screw Company, the South American, the Peninsular, the Cunard line, &C. " Think of that, Master Brook." I have been led into these remarks in consequence of the magnificent banquet given at South ampton on Wednesday evening, by the directors of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, probably for rank (mercantile), wealth, and intelligence, never equalled. Of the sights ever seen, the most grotesque and noisy, if not altogether interesting, the exhibition of foreign and domestic poultry now open at the west end, must carry away the prize. To call It a feathered Babel is to say n othing ; a moment the creatures are quiet, anon one of adoptec THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SANITARY 18, 1852. eir nun a distant coop, begins chuck, chi-a ith a hulla-bullo meant for a crow, and are it, until the ears of the unfortunate The individuals which (or who) pleased me most were specimens of our own honest barn fowls—a recollection of favours received, at the expense of several thousands of the species, may have something to do with this p ar tiality—some short-legged "chuckles," the impudent little Bantams, and two or three varieties of foreign pigeons—the latter very curious not only in plu mage but in the sounds they make, the coo being different altogether from those of English woods and wood-cotes. The Cochin-china birds exhibited (beauties they are termed !) are hideous creatures without tails—rudi mentary even—and otherwise vulgar and indecent. They must belong to the ostrich gang, for they are long on the legs and ungainly : their flesh, too, I know, is coarse eating, unless you have a dainty chick, not more than seven months old, in the pot. That consistent man, brave soldier, and good farmer, the Duke of RICHMOND, and sundry other nobs, were present at the time I speak of (the private view) : the Duke piously ejaculated, " pity thepnorman's family withintwoorthree milesof you," as an ancient Cochin China lad came out with his clarion. Talking of the Duke of RICHMOND, his large accession of fortune in Scotland, his residence there during the salutary portion of the year, his " tak o' saumon," and the whisky brewing and selling on his Scotch estates do not seem to improve his looks, poor fellow ! Though a neat personage, and careful of his appearance, the Duke tells an observant eye he has " that within which passeth show." The spent ball—foulest of foes in such a field—which struck his grace when aid-de-camp to the THE DUKE at Waterloo, has descended too near the ancle of RICHMOND, and tortures him every now and then, as if lead were sensible of at mospheric change ! The draw of the pantomimes keeps the theatres in statu quo, if I except Drury Lane, the lessee of which, a spirited fellow, has introduced, as you see by the papers, a domestic drama entitled " Gold," which, as far as it has run, has put gold into the hitherto beggared treasury of the establishment. The term " domestic," describes the character of the piece—referring to life in England, and at the gold diggings. It does not require a KEMBLE or a SIDDONS, a KEAN or a MAcitEADY, not even a VANDEN. HOFT to illustrate its point. The drama is not SHAKES PERIAN, be assured. Sweet WILLIAM'S statue still stands over the principal entrance of Drury, as of old, — yea, there is a military guard to give effect and respect ability to the performances, but SHAKESPEARE has been declared a drug. The committee of the theatre, with Lord GLENGALL at the head of it, though they have not rated the Bard of Avon a bore, unhesitatingly say that SHAKESPEARE now is all - the whole 1 ring again Your intelligent readers may supply the blank with the Persian word " Bosh," the interpretation of which your correspondent, not being, it is hoped, a vulgar one, with holds. The truth is, SHAKESPEARE'S plays cannot be represented in their entirety any where,. not because, as is frequently asserted, that the true SHAKESPERIAN actors are not concentrated—they do not exist. CHARLES KEAN, an actor, a scholar, and a gentleman, does SHAK ' SPEARE. He (CHARLES) is cunning of fence—" a very feather in the cap of youth"—skilled in all that can be acquired ;—is he geniused does he evolve the deeper and darker shades of the moody and philosophic PRINCE OF DENMARK ? No. The ambitious -MACBETH ? Has he grandeur for the Roman heroes ? If he had, who is to support him ? CHARLES KEAN and his gifted wife, how ever, do much to sustain the poor embers of the legiti mate. Go to the theatre of SAMUEL PHELPS—Sadler's WeIIs—PHELPS is good—passing goad—in your Rim- MONDS, and there be many in the field. His taste and lavish expenditure in " mounting" must also be extolled ; but noble SAMUEL is not a S .akspearian Atlas any more than CHARLES KEAN. Oh ! but there's JAMIE ANDER SON, the " celebrated tragedian," who has drawn great houses in Grub- s t ree t th a t was . lone he did it. The prices were small, and Mr. ANDERSON'S having a good salary, as he had until the other day, when pantomime superseded him, certainly proves a popular love for our immortal bard, and that even under constrained circumstances— in the dramatic world—one swallow may make a summer. Of new dramas, many have been on the anvil for the last two months, and several are now being read daily in the green-rooms of the metropolitan theatres, to keep the game alive after the first blush of the pantomimes has faded. Meantime, as a fit pendant to the foregoing, several of the newspapers, daily and weekly, political and literary, have sent in their relinquishment of the " pri vilege" of wilting orders. To the which I say, bravo ! CO:11:11 ?RCIAL 4 iND 3ZONE ARY NEWS, MONDAY NIGHT CONSIDERABLE fluctuation has taken place during the week in the value of public securities, arising, in the first instance, from the apprehension that the directors of the Bank of England would make another advance in the minimum rate of discount. The arrival of the steamer Australian, from Mel bourne, with gold to the value, it is supposed, of about a million, tended to allay this apprehension, and the funds slightly rallied. Thursday passed over without any alteration having been made by the Bank directors, but the market was again depressed, owing, no doubt, to the anxiety of small holders and speculators to realise, through fear of a further decline. The expectation which is now generally entertained that a further advance in the rate of interest by the Bank directors is still con templated, has naturally led to much anxious con sideration as to the present position of commercial affairs, so as to arrive at some satisfactory conclusion as to the prospects for the future. There can be no doubt that there is a considerable amount of floating capital, for which the sources of remunerative investment are comparatively limited, and this state of affairs almost necessarily results in a system of speculation which must prove dis- astrous in some quarters. The large receipts of gold from Australia should have the effect of allaying any apprehension of a deficiency in the circulating medium, but there are various counter acting causes which as yet have appeared to pre dominate. The large shipments of gold to Russia, and also of sovereigns to Australia for the purchase of gold, have tended to lessen the stock of bullion in the bank coffers, as shown by the weekly returns ; while the increased employment and advance in wages and in prices generally throughout the coun try, must operate in the same direction. The in creasing spirit of speculation inducing parties to hold for an advance, must have led to increased re quirements for accommodation, all tending to en hance the rate of discount, and forcing upon the attention of the Bank Directors the necessity of providing against still further demands upon them, before their decreasing resources shall have rendered the application of the screw a measure of doubtful prudence, We have before directed attention to the mania for speculation which prevails in the Iron trade, and for which no sufficient reason has yet been adduced other than that spirit of gain which has been fostered by reports of the large sums realised by those who first embarked in it. We observe, that at the meetings of the iron-masters held last week, they adhered to the recent advance in prices, but the circumstances we have before alluded to could not fail to have a counteracting tendency, and as we predicted last week, this market could not stand long in its unnatural and dangerous position. We have now to record a decline in the value of Scotch Pigs of several shillings per ton, 655. being the nearest figure, though at this decline there could be found but few purchasers. We hear of all being not quite right with a heavy speculator, but it is hoped that the matter may be arranged. We must, however, again warn the public who have been in duced to speculate in this article, to beware of the inevitable consequences, the marked decline being merely a question cf time. In other metals, such as lead, copper, and tin, there has been a considerable advance in value, but much of this may be attributed to the improved demand and the falling off in supplies, owing to the flooding of the mines by the late rains. In COLONIAL PRODUCE the firmness which was apparent at the commencement of the year has not been maintained, but the depression has not been such as to excite any apprehension, while in Coffee especially the opinion is generally entertained that prices will go higher. The Cotton trade has been on the whole of a far more satisfactory character than for some time, as we have not only to note a larger sale during the last week than for many weeks preceding, but the fact that the greater part of the increase in sales has been to the spinners, would show that the consumption is increasing. There is also less apprehension of the market being affected by the great additional supplies which were anticipated a short time since, as it is now more generally believed that the ultimate yield of last year's American crop will not be much, if any, in excess of the moderate computations of it. Exaggerated reports are always to be received with cautio n ; and, when it is known that previous ad vances in value on this side had led to increased exer tions on the other side to take the earliest advantage of the market, the excess in receipts might be ac counted for without referring it altogether to a more This productive yield. received view to-day a e y n further t h theer con firmed by the report s h Ca nada, which tend to show that the yield is likely to be of a moderate character, and the result has been a considerable improvement in our market, the de mand being active both for consumption and for speculation, and prices consequently looking up for the thefollo w i ng up ward. f l r e o m s t theh January Bank o gives England we T ek he e ßrn tind e i t n u g results when compared with the previous week : Public de posits .. £5,771,9 14 ; Decrease£3,494.42B Other deposits .. 14,310, 648 ; Increase 1,316 , 69 6 Rest 3,176,619; Increase 62,695 On the other side of the account— Goveinment securities 413, a 870,796 ; D e crease.. £90,895 e 203 — 0 Other securiti es 15,0 9 5,533 ; Decrease.. ? , . Notes unemploy e d :: 9,809,480; D eer ease . 1,1 5 1,01 5 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,360,685, being an increase of £307,175 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,765,621, show ing a decrease of £762,041 when compared with the preceding return, ISSUE DEP Notes issued .. £33,170,165 I X 33,170,165 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Rest. 3,176,619 Public deposits. 5,771,914 Other deposits . 14,310,648 7-day, &c. bills. 1,489,104 £39,301,285 ARTMENT Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin&buln.l9,lsl,oll Silver bullion .. 19,154 £33,170,165 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY - J (Before Mr. Commissioner PERRY.) IN RE J. G. HARRISON, PATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFE MANUFACTURER.—CertifiCate Meeting.—Mr. Blair, bar rister, instructed by Mr. Lowndes, opposed the bankrupt on behalf of the Messrs. Milner, the patentees of the patent fire-proof safes. Mr. Lloyd appeared for the assignees ; and the bankrupt was supported by Mr. Bardswell. It having been stated that the assignees did not oppose the granting of the certificate, Mr. Blair said that .Mr. Miln r, tee person for whom he appeared in the case, possessed a patent for fire-proof safes ; and, although the evidence of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Milner appeared in court, yet it was necessary that he should speak some what in detail. In 1846 Mr. Harrison entered into Messrs. Milner's service as a salesman, and remained as such until 1849, when -he commenced business on his own account. During the time he was in the service of Mr. Milner, he had frequent oppor tunities of making himself acquainted with the principles of that gentleman's patent. Having left the service of the Messrs. Milner in 1849, Harrison, according to his own statement, began business early in the year 1850, his goods having been provided some months before. It appeared, also, from his own statement, that he had no means of his own with which to carry on the business. He had at one time had a policy upon his life for £l.OOO ; but he had no stock, and no cash except £7OO which he borrowed, £4OO of which he obtained from his father. Having borrowed this money, he obtained from the Messrs. Tann fire-proof cases for sale. This fact was a most material one, because if the business was not upon his own account, and the Messrs. Tann were the real parties, then it would be found that Mr. Harrison had throughout been guilty of the grossest fraud—designed, as the scheme evidently was, to defeat the just claims of Mr. Milner ; but if no such agreement did exist between the parties, then there would be exhibited on the part of Harrison a most reckless disregard of consequences, inasmuch as he knew sufficiently well that he was liable to litigation. He 11 id stated in his examination that all the goods he sold he had received from the Messrs. Tann. In the month of June, 1851, the Messrs. Milner commenced an action against the bankrupt for a violation of their patent, which was ultimately decided in favour of the plaintiffs, and the costs incurred in that action by the bankrupt amounted to the sum of £4OO. The costs of the Messrs. Milner amounted to £335. Although the rights of the Messrs. Milner had thus been established by the action, the illegal proceedings of Mr. Harrison were not discontinued. He still persisted in selling the safes which were the patent of Messrs. Milner, and in consequence of this an injunction was applied for and granted. About this period, however, a very remarkable transaction took place, which would form one of the grounds for opposiii the bankrupt. After the first action had been decided, in the month of December, 1851, he made an assignment of all his property to a trustee of the name of Taylor, on behalf of himself and a man named Thomas, from which proceeding it became evident, that if the case was ulti mately decided in favour of the Messrs. Milner, they should be handed over for their costs to a man of straw. No one could help perceiving that these proceedings were adopted for the purpose of defeating the jest claims of the Messrs. .Milner. If successful, then Mr. Tann would have been responsible ; but if the patent were established Mr. Tann would not be involved, and the Messrs. Milner would have no one to go to for their costs but Mr. Harrison—a man of straw. The battle was, in fact, being fought with the bankrupt, while the Messrs. Tann, .vliose manufactured safes he was selling, were the real party. From all tine circumstances of the case, it was evident, either that the bankrupt had been guilty of the grossest fraud in being put forward as the nominal party, and that even after he had signed away his property, or he had been guilty of the greatest recklessness in pursuing suit after suit in re sisting Messrs. Milners' patent. His business still went on, and from the period of that assignment taking place, he sold upwards of a hundred safes. In consequence of this, it appeared necessary that Messrs. Milner should bring a second action, and that action was brought in the beginning of the year 1852. It was tried in the month of June, and was also decided in favour of the Messrs. Milner. The whole amount to which the bankrupt then became liable was £1.300. Suddenly, in the course of a Monday, the whole of the goods were removed from his shop, and stored in the house of a trustee, somewhere in King-street. Even the whole of his household furni ture was found to have been assigned. In the meantime an execution had been issued, and placed in the hands of the officers, to levy upon the property of Mr. Harrison ; but on proceeding to the premises of that person they found that the whole of the property was swept away, and the shop shut. Since then, Messrs. - Milner had not been able to obtain any redress. He submitted that the bank rupt was not a party who was entitled to the protection of that act, which was meant only for the benefit of the honest tradesman. In this case the party must, in the first place, have been perfectly aware, from the know ledge he had of Messrs. 'Milner's patent, that in so opening his shop for the sellinz of patent safes, he was rendering himself open to litigation. Either Isis conduct had been most dishonest, if Messrs. Tann were the real parties, or most reckless if they were not, in pursuing a course which he must have known would lay him open to an action. It was likewise quite clear that the assignment was fraudulent—a gross fraud, indeed, when taken in connection with the fact that Messrs. Milner's right to the patent had been clearly decided by the judgment in the first action. Having commenced business without having either stock or money of his own --having been perfectly aware of the danger he was run ning —and having still persisted in selling safes on a large scale after the termination of the first action—he (the learned counsel) thought he was fully entitled to call upon the court to mark its sense of the case by a long suspen sion of the certificate ; for Mr. Harrison had gone on incurring law expenses to a serious amount—a course perfectly avoidable by the exercise of the most common prudence. Mr. Bardswell said he appeared on the part of the bank rupt, to support the application for a certificate. He con tended that the bankrupt was entitled to a certificate of the first class. He confessed that he had been a good deal amazed at the statements of the learned counsel for the Messrs. Milner, who had thought proper to indulge in ex pressions ill-becoming the person whom he represented. It was alleged that the bankrupt put himself forward to fight the battles of the Messrs. Tann—that he was a man of straw—that he had recklessly incurred expenses, know ing all the time that the Messrs. Milner would lose their own expenses. But if the Messrs. Milner had been so much injured, as it was alleged, by Mr. Harrison selling the patent safes, why did they not proceed against the Messrs. Tann, the manufacturers ? No ! they elected to go against Mr. Harrison, purely out of a feeling of vindic tiveness, and why ? Mr. Harrison had for some time been in the employment of the Messrs. Milner; but, for some reason or other, he thought he could better himself, and he certainly had a perfect right to do so. The fact was, Mr. Harrison was aware that the Messrs. Tann had a patent for safety boxes. He there fore had an interview with them, and made an arrange ment to become the agent for the sale of their boxes in Liverpool. Was there any harm in this ? He was aware of the fact that for six years the Messrs. Milner had patiently and quietly allowed the Messrs. Tann to manu facture and sell patent boxes without interference. The first action against Mr. Harrison was commenced in 1851, and it was quite true that in this action Messrs. Milner obtained a verdict in their favour ; but they all knew that in the case of a patent the verdicts of a jury were very pre carious. And the bankrupt did not go recklessly to law ; he had the opinions of counsel before he proceeded to defend the actions. The proceedings had ruined the bankrupt ; but that was exactly Messrs. Milner's object, and now they complained of having obtained their purpose. And Mr. Milner, it must be recollected, got an injunction against Mr. Harrison to restrain him from selling, not the boxes which had been bought from the Messrs. Tann, for it was only against selling Messrs. Milner's patents. Moreover, a commitment, which was applied for on the ground of his infringing the injunction, had been refused by the Vice-Chancellor, who said that, as there were questions of fact and law involved, an action at law must direct them. In those actions Mr. Harrison was strongly ad vised that he would succeed. He thought the only objection that could be raised to a certificate being granted was, that he made an assignment of his goods in the month of Oct. 1851, transferring certain portions of his property to Mr. Taylor, as a trustee for himself and the rest of the creditors, who had lent him between £7OO and £BOO at the period of his commencing business, Mr. Har rison having at that time a little property of his own. This deed was executed with the consent of the Messrs. Tann ; and, if the bankrupt had wished to be dishonest, and to deprive the Messrs. Milner of the fruits of their verdict, he might have got rid of the whole of that pro perty in a very different manner from that in which he did part with it. He might have returned all the boxes to Messrs. Tann ; but he had bought them, and what is more he had paid for them, and so they were his own. What, then, did he do with them ? The boxes were re moved to a place of safety, and there was no attempt on the part of the person to whom they were transferred to dispose of them, although they might have been con verted into money if the bankrupt had p;eased. The property was now in the same position in which it was at the time the deed was executed, and so far from wish ing to take advantage of this deed—so far from wishing litigation—so far from wishing trouble and expense—they were willing and ready to give it for the general benefit of the creditors. In his opinion that was not a fraudulent transaction. He hoped his Honour would be of opinion that this was a case in which the opposition was brought forward solely from a vindictive feeling. The bankrupt was then examined in support of certain statements made by his solicitor, in the course of the preceding observations. He stated that Messrs. Tann had a manufactory for their safety boxes in London during the whole time that the Messrs. Milner had a place for the sale of their boxes in London : those safes were the subject of dispute between him and Messrs. Milner. During the suits against him he acted under the advice of counsel at every step. The Messrs. Milner had threatened him for fifteen months before the first action took place. Mr. Hindmarsh was one of the counsel whose opinion he received. An attachment had been applied for against him, which had been refused. A bill of exceptions had been tendered by him at the last action, but pecuniary circumstances would not permit him to carry the case further. He acted under the advice of counsel, in the second as well as in the first action. [Cross examined by Mr. Blair.] The premises occupied by the Messrs. Tann were in Hackney-road. They had no place of business:in Liverpool until he opened his establishment. Their manufactory was in London, and they resided there ; but he did not think they had any place of busi ness in this district. The Messrs. Tann had branch es tablishments at Wolverhampton and Glasgow, and he believed also at Edinburgh and Aberdeen. The place at Wolverhampton is under a person named Walters, who is a lockmaker and makes Tann's locks. After he set up business he did not make any arrangement for the estab lishment of these branches. Before he left Messrs. Mil ner's service he had been sent to London to see the specifications of Messrs. Tann's patent. He could not swear whether he did or did not say that Messrs. Tann were using the principle of Messrs. Milner's non-con ductors. Mr. Blair here put in a letter of the bankrupt to the Messrs. Milner, written while he was in London, stating that he bad inspected Messrs. Tann's patent, and that it " altogether appears clear to me that they are using your principal of non-conductors." Cross-examination resumed :—The list of witnesses examined were substantially the same in both trials. The er had for fully twelve months adv€ that they would proceed against the sellers and buyers of patent safes. [By Mr. Bardswell.] The box on which the first action was founded bore Tann's name, and had been bought from Tann. [By Mr. Blair.] I described myself as proprietor and sole agent for the manufacturing districts : that book describing me as "J. G. Harrison and Co., Lord-street, Liverpool," was issued by me. [By Mr. Bardswell.] The book was issued twelve or fif teen months after I commenced business. Mr. Bardswell remarked that the whole tenor of the letter produced distinctly showed that the Messrs. Milner had sent Mr. Harrison with a view to examine the patent of the Messrs, Tann, and that he wrote that letter in consequence of having been sent for the express purpose. Mr. Blair then replied. In the first place, in reference to the stress placed upon the circumstance that the bank rupt took the advice of counsel, it was well known that the worse claim a man possessed he would be all the more likely to have that advice. But they had not been told, and therefore they did not know what bad been the purport of this advice. Again, with respect to the Vice-Chancellor refusing to grant a warrant to the Messrs. Milner, it must be recollected that the injunc tion had been applied for and granted, and that it was merely in consequence of its not having been adhered to that the warrant had been sought for. And, instead of speculating upon any reason which the Vice-Chancellor might have in not acceding to this request —a request, which, very properly, was never• granted without the greatest caution, let them simply adhere to facts. Mr. Bardswell had taken occasion to throw out some very hard words against Messrs. Milner, and he was really astonished that he could do so. For full fifteen months that man had warning after warning from the patentees, that he was violating their patent; and,if at any time he had ceased to rob Mr. Milner of the proceeds of his own inven tion (to which he wasso well entitled), no proceedings would have been taken against him. As no attention was paid to their warnings, the Messrs. Milner were obliged to defend their rights. They all knew how difficult it was for a man to enforce his patent, no matter how plain it might be. Though Messrs. Tann's specifications might have violated the patent of the Messrs. Milner, still, so long as they did not encroach upon their business, they were disposed rather to put up with the wrong than proceed to extremities. But when a person came to the very town, and sets down his chief establishment there, in oppo sition to the patentees, then, indeed, the matter was changed. And, if the Messrs. Milner had been seeking to oppress and ruin Mr. Harrison, as was in sinuated, would they have warned him and waited for fifteen months ? They were told that Harrison had been ruined, but it did not appear that he had paid a single farthing of the costs, with the exception of some travelling expenses. It was plain, therefore, that all the measures adopted by the Messrs. Milner had been merely in self defence. Mr. Bardswell said the deed of assignment had preserved the property of the bankrupt for his creditors. No thanks to Mr. Harrison for that! Mr. Harrison clearly intended that it should go to his father and Mr. Taylor, and form a stock with which he might again com mence business. Mr. J. B. LLOYD read to the court a letter from a creditor to the extent of £BO, hoping that the bankrupt would obtain a first-class certificate ; and that he knew of no opposition that could be made, except for the pur pose of annoyance. Hie HONOUR said he would look through the examina tions, and dispose of the case on Tuesday (this day). CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. THE MADIAI To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Six, —Rome has added another victim to the long list of those whose blood she has shed for the truth of Jesus. She has added another to the " noble army of martyrs." She has sent the spirit of the sainted F. Madiai to join the kindred spirits of Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley, whom she dismissed to Heaven in their chariots of fire. Whether it be by fire or by torture, by lengthened imprisonment, or by deadly poison slowly administered, her guilt is the same, and " the souls beneath the altar " cry aloud to God for vengeance : Avenge, 0 Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains told. How long, Sir, I would ask in the name of outraged humanity, of our common Christianity, yea, in the name of those principles of justice and charity, which even the wild savage in his wigwam holds sacred, shall England stand by and witness the cold-blooded murder of God's people? England has a high and noble mission from above—let her take care how she fulfils the same. There can be no doubt but that the army and navy of Great Britain would be well and honourably employed in enforcing the demands of Government for the immediate release of the weeping widow of Francesco Aladiai, and liberty for all such to leave Tuscany and depart where they may worship God according to the dictates of their con science. Were it a question of fisheries, or commerce, there would not be this culpable indifference. It is not long since a paltry question of this sort gave rise to serious apprehensions of war with America,—the result whereof would have been, peradventure, the lavish expenditure of the national wealth and of the nation's blood. Let no one say that this would be an undue inter ference with the international arrangements of another people. As well might it be said to be an interference with indi vidual liberty for any passer-by to prevent some ruffian from murdering his own child. True, the parent has authority over his child, but not absolute; and when the limits of that authority are vio lated, and the guardians of the public welfare not present to afford protection to the oppressed, then the main tenance of injured innocence devolves on any individual who may behold it. We recognise the authority of the Grand Duke of Tus cany over his subjects, but he is himself subject to the law of justice and humanity. Tuscany is but an individual in the commonwealth of European nations. Let Great Britain, then, call a solemn congress of the Ambassadors and Representatives of these nations and lay the circumstances of this case before them, pointing out the flagrant violation of every dictate of humanity and the danger of European liberty, civilization and ad vancement, if such conduct be allowed to go on unchecked ; and let her call upon them to co-operate with her in asserting and vindicating liberty of conscience. If they act with her, well ; if not, let her act alone. Were she to stand forth as the avowed champion of oppressed humanity, and in the far nobler character of a witness of the truth of God, He would bless her, and " the fear of her, and the dread of her, would fall on all the nations of the earth." Let her not be afraid of acting on the side of right. God has given her power, and wealth, and position. Let her resolve to use them in his cause and for the promotion of his gFory, and let her back her resolves by an appeal to his written Word. We should then have no open re petition, at least, of such murders as that which has now been perpetrated on the heights of Volterra. If we still remain inactive, without some national in terference, there will be too great cause to fear that, per adventure the time is not far distant when, in righteous judgment, God will permit similar scenes to be enacted in our own land.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, W. F. TAYLOR. _ _ St. John's, Liverpool, 15th Jan. 1£363. - - P.S.—I cannot but think that it would be well to follow the example of the Protestant Alliance, and call a great public meeting on this subject in Liverpool. PAYMENT OF POOR-RATES. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—In December last I took a house in the township of —, and gave due notice that I would not be ac countable for Parish rates in arrear. The day following (such notice) I was served with a paper for three months' rates—reading " Poor-rate, 1852, at," &c., and marked simply at foot " three months," to be paid within ten days from date, or legal proceedings to be adopted for their recovery. _ _ Now would you be kind enough to let me know whether this is the usual way of collecting Parish-rates, or whether a law has been lately passed empowering overseers to enforce the payment of rates in advance? I know that in 1851 the form used was, " The rate payers are respectfully informed the undermentioned rates are now due, and an early payment of the same is re quested."—Your kind attention.willsineerely A SUBSCRIBER. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—As this beautiful exhibition of pictures is announced to close on Saturday next, our readers will thank us for reminding them not to lose the opportunity. Those who defer their visit beyond this week will have themselves only to thank for their dis appointment. A CLYDE SHIPBUILDER AND THE FRENCH GOVERN MENT.—It is reported that Mr. Napier, the eminent ship builder, recently received an order for six first-class steam frigates, which he found emanated from the French Government. He at once communicated with the Admi ralty, leaving it with them to decide the course he should take. He was advised not to execute the order, at the same time being commissioned with an order to build six similar vessels for the British Government. THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING EMIGRATION has published several letters from female emigrants. " J. F." and " M. F.," whose family had been reduced from affluence to poverty, have married in Melbourne— the one a gentleman with an income of £2,000, the other a gentleman with an income of £1,500 a year. "M. M.," formerly a poor dressmaker in Poplar, has had offers from a gold-digger with £7OO, a bushman with £9OO, and who was going for more, and a midshipman : she writes in despair to her mother, asking advice ! EXECUTION OF THE CONVICT BARBOUR.—On Satur day, at noon, James Barbour was executed at York, for the murder of Alexander Robison, a brother packman, of Sheffield. He had been respited fora week in order to institute further inquiries, as he persisted in maintaining his innocence, and even went so far as to accuse another packman named M'Cormick of the crime. The renewed investigation, however, only tended to confirm Barbour's guilt. A fortnight ago the culprit acrosticised his name in some verses for a young woman named Agnes : be was at infinite pains to execute this memorial. Up to Saturday morning Barbour refused to receive the sacra ment, but at ten o'clock he sent for the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Sutton, and requested him to write to his parents; comforting them. He then said :—" Well, sir, lam guilty, and nobody had anything to do with the murder but myself !" Having received the sacrament, he con tinued praying for some time with apparent fervour and sincerity. When he mounted the scaffold all his fortitude forsook him, and be became dreadfully nervous and agitated. Howard, the executioner, performed his duty with great dexterity, and in two minutes after the with- drawal of the bolt the murderer had ceased to exist. The rain fell in torrents during the execution, and there were , not more than 4,000 people present. PA RTMENT, Gov. securities..El3,B7o,796 Other securities 15,025.553 Notes .. 9,809,480 Gold & silv. coin 595,456 £39,301,285 Our SHARE MARKET has exhibited a downward tendency all week. An attempt was made on Thursday (when it was known that the Bank had postponed for another week the laying on of a second half per cent, on the rate of discounts) to get up a reaction ; but this was unsuccessful; and since that day prices have receded more rapidly than before, and we are this evening at the lowest point of the year. We must add, however, that the decline has not been caused by any pressure of real sales, but by the operations of the genus "bears," whose vocation this unprecedentedly wet weather, and the disposition of the moneyocracy to make money dearer, has again called into play. All shares are about equally affected. We annex this day's prices :—Aberdeens, Birkenhead, L. and C., 641; Caledonians, 32Z-; Eastern Coun ties, 13 ; East Lancashire, 18';-; Great Southern and Western, 521; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81i- 4 2 11 *1 1- ditto fifths, 4d; Leeds Northern, 16 7-16 1. London stock. 122 11 4 2 14 2 11 1; Sheffield stock, 29 ; Midland stock, 771 a 8 73' - 1; North British, 91 3-16; Dover stock, 23 4/; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17 - ; York and North Midland, 281; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 7/p. _ _ COTTON.—Although the week commenced with a dull market, and prices having a downward tendency, there had been abetter demand sincelastWednesday, the daily sales averaging 6,000 to 7,000 bales ; 1,500 bales on speculation and for export. Prices of the better descriptions closed rather dearer on Saturday. TO -DAY, on the receipt of the Canada's news with telegraphic advices from New Orleans, of a falling off in receipts and advancing prices, a much better feeling became prevalent ; the sales amounted to 10,000 bales, including 2,000 bales on speculation and for export. Spinners here as well as on the Continent, have only small stocks, and as the tendency of the market is for a rise, we'shall pro bably have a good business doing for the next few weeks, and higher prices than those now current. We cannot quote an actual advance since last week, but prices are decidedly in favour of sellers. The total sales since Thursday are estimated at 27,000 bales, of which 7,000 are taken on speculation. The market closed to-day at sd. to 61-d. for American. PRODUCE.—We have had another quiet week, and, when sales have been effected, lower prices have been submitted to. This remark will apply to nearly every article of produce. For Colonial SUGAR there was less enquiry, the sales comprising 750 hhds. of West India and 2,000 brls. East India, while in Foreign business was very limited. For COFFEE there has been a fair demand, and full prices have been realized. In SPICES there have been few transactions. RICE has been without change in value. The sales of RU AI have been about 130 puns. Demerara, at previous rates. THA maintains its value, for medium qualities, but for low sorts there is little or no inquiry.—To-DAY : The market presented much the same appearance as during the week, there being no disposition to purchase beyond the demands for immediate consumption, and, where sales were effected, the turn was rather in favour of the buyer. In TEA, however, the transactions were at fully previous rates, and COFFEE is not lower, though the business doing is but small. POLICE COURT .-YESTERDAY. " ONE OF THE QUEEN'S OFFICERS."—:I youth from the mountains of Connemara, rejoicing in the patronymic of Patrick Donelly, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with assaulting police officer 725, while he was being conveyed to Bridewell. The prisoner has, it ap pears, been in the habit of haunting various offices in the town, calling himself one of the Queen's officers, to the annoyance of the public. Refusing to desist from the practice, he was taken into custody, when he frantically assailed the officer, who has been under medical treat ment ever since. Sentence, one month's imprisonment. RUNAWAY WORKHOUSE BOYS.—Four little boys, of about fourteen years of age, were convicted before Mr. Mansfield, of breaking into a cellar, on Sunday night, the plea being that they had no place to sleep in, and were thus impelled to adopt an illegal mode of obtaining shelter for the night. It was stated that three of them had ab sconded from the Workhouse, where they were noted for their disreputable habits. Sentence, one month's impri sonment. FEMALE PICKPOCKETS.—Ann Summerfield and Eli zabeth Walker, two notorious characters, were sentenced by Mr. Smith, the former to two months, and the latter to three months' imprisonment, for attempting to pick pockets in Peel-street. WATCH STOLEN.—John Griffiths, for assisting to steal a watch from Margaret Jones, in Falconer-street, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. POCKET PICKING.—John Breather, for haunting the dress-door of the Theatre-Royal, with the design of pick ing pockets, was sentenced to three months' imprison ment.—A young man named Dirkin, charged with robbing Mary Sadleir at the General Post-office, on Sunday even ing, of the sum of 10s., was commited for trial at the sessions.—William Jones, for attempting to pick pockets in Queen's square, was sentenced to three months' im prisonment.—Henry Coffieid, for the same offence, was remanded.—John King, for picking the pocket of J. Muir of a handkerchief, was committed for a month. A RAILWAY TRAVELLER IN TROUBLE.—Charles Jones was brought before Mr. Mansfield, charged with riding from Preston to Liverpool, on the North Union Railway, without a ticket, and with intention to defraud the com pany. It appeared that the prisoner had been booked by the Lancashire and Yorkshire to Bolton, intending to pro ceed thence to Liverpool ; that a guard directed him into the train in which he was subsequently found; that he showed his ticket when asked for it, and offered to pay the difference upon the mistake being discovered. Instead of this reasonable course being assented to, the traveller was taken straight to the office. In answer to the magistrate, it appeared that the prisoner was a stranger, and that he went into the train because he was directed to do so by a railway official. Mr. Mansfield : I think the prisoner might with more reason complain against the company, and that he has been very improperly brought before this court on a perfectly unfounded charge. The prisoner was then discharged. ATROCIOUS STABBING CASE. On the afternoon of Saturday last, a melancholy case of stabbing took place in Peter-street, a locality which has gained an unenviable reputation as the haunt of the vicious and degraded. The culprit is an American seaman, named Thomas Mulligan ; and it is somewhat remarkable that the two stabbing cases which have occurred in Liver pool during the past week should both have been perpe trated by transatlantic sailors, who display a freedom in the use of the most dangerous weapons, fortunately not so common in this country as in the " model republic," and which we have no wish to see imported into this land, which has ever hitherto evinced a hearty hatred of such an unmanly and unnatural mode of assault. The particulars of the case in question are briefly these : On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Mulligan, while in a state of intoxication in an infamous house, kept by one Hardigan, was robbed of £9. Immediately afterwards, discovering his loss, he became infuriated, and went again into Peter-street, vowing that he would take the life of " every prostitute in the town." While he was saying so, a girl of light character, named Baxter, hap pened to wander to the door of her dwelling ; and, ob serving that he was whetting his knife and uttering im precations on the class to which she belonged, she re traced her steps hurriedly into the house, and told her companion, Sarah Anneßurke, what the infuriated seaman was threatening in his wild frenzy to do. These girls, it appears, live in a house closely adjoining that occupied by Hardigan, where the American was, robbed ; but they had no connexion whatever with the theft. When Baxter told Sarah Anne Burke of the man's proceedings,they went out together, and Mulligan, probably supposing that they came from Hardigan's, rushed upon the girl Burka and stabbed her in the face and on the head several times, making some fearful gashes with the formidable weapon which he wielded. She attempted at first to elude his grasp, but she was unfortunately unable to effect her escape. There upon the unfortunate girl was conveyed to her lodgings, where for some time she lay in a state of insensibility. On Sunday evening, as it was supposed she was on the point of death, her last declaration was taken in writing by Mr. Superintendent Clough. She then declared solemnly that she had no hand whatever in the robbery of the prisoner ; that she had never seen him before he made the attack upon her, and that she knew nothing of him whatever. Mulligan was secured immediately atter the commission of the crime, and taken to bridewell, where he now lies. It appears that in addition to the wounds on her head and face, the poor girl was most seriously stabbed in the centre of the back. It was thought that, in consequence chiefly of this wound, she would not have survived beyond Sun day evening ; but, though her death was currently ru moured in the town yesterday morning, she still survives. We believe that she is about thirty or thirty five years of age. Yesterday forenoon she was quite sensible and collected in her conversation, and she en gaged in prayer with affecting fervour. It is not thought that she can possibly survive much longer. POISONING IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT.—On Saturday last an inquest was held on the body of Emma Forty, aged twenty-one years, at Bridlington, near Bris tol. The deceased was a penitent at the convent of the Good Shepherdess, Arno's Vale ; and it was proved that she came to her death in consequence of poison adminis tered to her by Miss Ryder, the sister assistant, in mis take for m e di c i ne. She was' compelled to go to bed in the morning, and when dinner was taken to her room she was found to be a corpse. The sister assistant is the daughter of Bishop Ryder, of the Protestant church, and was 1 enelf formerly a Protestant. The jury, in their verdict, recommended to the convent anthorities that, in future, they should change their mode of dispensing medicines, LATEST INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. AUSTRALIA N (Br THE OVERLAND MAIL .) The arrivals of gold at Melbourne, d ur i ng th e fi r st days of Novemb e r, w e re 90,348 ou nces . E xports f rom 6th to rPIIE 12th of November, by the Flash, Sh amroc k, an d Rok . I EVE: burgh Castle, 162,500 ounces ; of thi s t h e l atter ves, H sel a Morning had 155,000 ou nces , an d wou ld, pro b a bl y, take 50,(AN ounces more. ay s .) From the colony the general news were highly satig" p li i it • i c, :de A ,Tf - H g o h iti factory. in Liverpn Gold had also bee n di scovere d, a l t h oug h not i n con' tni siderable quantities, in New Zealand. produced i Theatre.— RI DAY Christmas MAN ; 0 EAGLE A A Cabinet Council was held to-day. I Miss Flan! LEGAL NEWS. jun. The Mai' QUEEN'S BENCH.—ACHILLI V. N EWMAN .—N ew trill,' the great y Thursday next is fixed for arguing the rule. Theatre, a ROLLS COURT.—Y ORK AND N ORTH Wsident in MIDLAND RA WAY COMPANY V. M R . H UDSON , M.P.—This is a bill ;FlA'r e n' n € filed against Mr. H u d son , t o account f or the proceeds 0 1 l no : day Gun , certain shares amountin g t o £50,000, a ll ege d to have beet' ' misappropriated by the d e f en d an t, i n hi s c h aracter 0 director. The case open e d t o -d ay , an d was part heard' 4 1 Role Les see OXFORD ELECTION— MONDAY CLOSE OF THE POLL LONDON. THIS EV Gladstone Perceval.. Evening;' -- - -----' MA - E DI FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. equalled net The English market opened feebly at the closing ra Inglity-trni of Saturday, and subsequently gave way, owing to thl, z2a n st i o: ti lmri c ab e sc: n i ed t i tia: ll i: anxiety on French affairs, and the very unsatisfactory de , with the ni • a splendid tails of the war in Burmah. The down movement ol . rn ian Railway Shares continues • the supply of stock gretitY, exceeds the demand, and ' fears are entertained that 0 1 ; round of A forthcoming dividends will not be so good as anticipated Adrnissic Gold Mines were considerably better in the morning, 8 18 - Gd• ,_' Pi remained without much change until the close, wh there was a downward tendency. Foreign Stocks open with increased heaviness ; and the market for Buen Boxes , wl, TLEWORTI Ayres and Spanish closed at a consid era bl e d ec li ne . ' to be open CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account } ~,,, Bank Stock .... 225 6 ' past Seven Do. Money " 2 k Exchequer Bills, Three & Qr. per L. & S. Cents. 61 51 COAI lid -MORROW Mexicans .. Ditto Threes Spanish New Def Do. Threes FOREIGN 23.1 STOCKS. Spanish Passives Turkish 5/ • • par AT R . E • • 2 lidlr 221 3 Swedish 46 7 1 RAILWAY London Stock. Do. Quarters . Midland Stock Do. Halves ... N. Staffordshire S. East. & Dover Anaberg.,Notting. ham, &E.Junc.. Manch'ter, Sheff., and Lincolnshire 29 30 Caledonian ...... 641 51 Do. Preference .. 105 7 East. Counties 121 East Lancashire.. 74 6 Edinb. & Glasgow 74 6 Great Northern .. 771 8 Do. A... 40 2 Do. 8... 1 j Orchestras 311 mo t e Inst SHARES. The Ban East Anglian .... I ' lll co'lsis Great Western .. 90 1 Lane. &Yorkshire. 80 Do. Fifths ...... 4 London, Brighton, - 1 Selection s & South Coast.. 102 4 ,, 1 and Quad'. Lond.& S.Weste rn 89 91) York, Newcastle, & Berwick 70, Do. Extensi on .. 71 York & N.lllidland 553 61 Do. Preference par Norfolks „ 53 2 Leeds Northern .. 151 1 6 Caley Preference North British. Do. Preference Shrewsbury, A. 77 Si • Fri Mr. Tut ing been a' Royal ]tali I`u it of P _ Body an Doors of 35 6 F 7 101 7 ~ fi ' NT 11 P 1/ MINING S 3111 par 9p ria HARES. A. Californian B. Australian Freehold lustralasian Colonial Mariposa HERE Symplion) Opera—Se Scherzo _ Night' Tyroliennt Solo—Obo Perfor 'Galop—"l 1673 220 183 967 Tickets—S Doors to o E G ADMis: rPHE I L ' ''' George A Sir John Josias Bo Henry ( James Lip Subscri the Secret Instant, o o'clock pi Exhibit THE WESTER (To BY THE The o L aneashi pr r Ment in li The Rif Grnnd LC6 EN , \Vest Li Sir WATt Shropal HENRY C The Rev STEPH EN MATTHE Lancas THOMAS NtWi GI LiCERT Lancasl The Hon Junior WiLtram Registr Sir Josui E. D. DY G. CRAW mt 0:14: The Pr( . 11e Lanca i tt, TICKET% To be obt T. WARD' Ranelagli Manches CRETARI o'clock. It is de names in Town-li al DoOrso GRIBI3 N. Monde Agua Fria..... Cordeliera .... Ave Maria ... Carson's Creek Port Philip ... . - - - LAND SHARES. Australian Agricul. 230 40 I Van Dieman's South Australian.. 48 52 I Yuba ....... CORN MARK_ _ A scanty show of English Wheat, which sold at atAt vance of Is. per qr. In Foreign a similar eniiancez Flour is fully as dear. Fine Bar!ey rather higher. perk mrce, and Gd. dearer. Whit e b o ili ng Peas Is. per Beans in request higher ; grey unaiter q full terms. Linseed and R a p esee d b r i s k, and prices ay e vancing.—At the close of the m arket p r i ces o f G ra i n we' unaltered. Fine Malting Bar:ev, 365. to 395. ; Grindig° and other sorts, 255. to 325. T o p p r i ce o f Flour, 4'l, per sack. English White Wheat, 445. Od. to 58s. Od. „ Red „ 435. Od. to 545. Od. ARRIVALS. English .... 2182 .... 1400 .... 592 Wheat. Barley Oats .. Malt .. Foreign. 7396 Beans Peas.. 130 4960 605 27 0 25 161 00 & 3190 brlfi PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar : Foreign quiet, and rather cheaper. Refine d—; home dealers cautious ; brown l um p s , 44 5 . 6d. to 40. Coffee dull ; Dative Ceylon, 465. to 47s.—Tea not lower' but sales small.— In Cotton little passing, but no dechir: —Wool firm, with a good demand.—lndigo in brisk 10 mand, and prices risin g .—T a ll ow d u ll ; fine Yellow Ru' l, sian, 465. on the spot. TALLOW MARKET. Stock in hand this week, 44,270 casks; against 60, 53 1 casks last year. Deliveries this week, 2,436 casks ; agaia", 2,858 last year. --- CATTLE MARKET. Beasts sold at a reduction of 2d. per stone. The Sb ee l, trade not quite so good as on Monday last. Calves 4 " per stone lower. Beef .. 2s Gd to 4s Od Lamb.... Os Od to Os ° d o Mutton.. 3s 2d to 5s Od I Pork .... 3s Od to 3 5 Veal .... 2s 8d to 4s 8d 3 01 . 4502 Calves ..... 0 .20,860 I Pigs .... ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts ..........1500 Cambridee, Leicester, Northampton and Lincoln Beasts ....... Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts .. 1860 Calves 256 French Sheep ~ Calves.. 2 Spanish Beasts.... Sheep Beasts Sheep and Lambs MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. O . Closing quotations :—Blackburn, 4' East Lenca9 'lol 18 ; Caledonian, 32 15-16 I ; Cheshire Junction, 6 , 1 4 1 , E 1 2 8 2 811 1 8.01 I ; Sheri° eLrnanCcaosuhnitrieesa,ndl3l2; Yorkshire,l or t d Br o li cri Telegraph g N r a o p r: c - :11 E R a o s t t h e e r r n h Rotherham, and a D n o d ver, G001e, 23 13 ; a t. , , . i ec Midland, 2 pm. ; District Bank, 8 pm. , 1 LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. 6 ; Lancashire an d Yorkshire, 81 1 ; Leeds Northern, 1 1 Caledonian, 32i ; N ort h B r iti s h , 91 ; N ort h Wester n, 8 Midland, 771 ; York and North Midland, 28,1; South Eastern and Duver, 23 1-16. ' GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. ._A Pig Iron panic stricken ; done at 65 5 ., b u t rail'''. little, and sales reported at G6s. cash. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ltli Calphurnia, from Port Philip ; C oun t ess of Seafico and Earl of Chester, fro m Sh ang h a i ; Hope, frornNasg s ce ; , Lavinia, from Monte Vid eo ; A nt ill es, f rom Berb,l4o( and Admiral Browni ng , an d Ri c h ar d C o bd en, f rom York,—all at Gravesend 16th Jan, DUNKIRK, Jan. 16.—The Ariel, or Harriett, IP, Newcastle for Liverpool, was stranded here last DC The coals are being thrown overboard. I: STEAM-SHIP SOCIALITIES.— On Wednesday, a En--up ficent entertainment was given by the merchants. inhabitants of Southampton, to the directors of the Genf; Screw Steam-shipping Company, to celebrate the selectOo of that port by the company as the station for the arr il i t , and departure of their ships. The Mayor (Joseph Land ester, Esq.) presided ; supported by the Attorney-Gen e and Mr. Wilcox, members for the borough ; Mr. 1 1 .,.;' Fox, M.P., managing director of the Screw Steam-v 1 ping Company, Capt. Austin, R.N., &c. There wad reciprocity of compliments between the chartered c° panies. The General Steam Navigation Company dr a t bo 1 to the " Peninsular and Oriental Company," and ,be, Peninsular and Oriental returned the compliment in 7 0 . spirit in which a matron would propose the health o'd promising child. Then the two companies united -7 drink the health of the " Royal Mail Steam Navigat, Company ;" and, finally, this company combined vi` and (Au the two others in jovial good wishes for the prosperitl the " Ocean Steam Navigation Company." USEFUL HlNT.—Simple honesty, the naked truth, P. virtue, and a straight up-and-down-way of dealing v i the world, have as much advantage over the vices, tric... and stratagems i n th e l ong r un, as a good square trottlf ii horse bas over a prancing pony or racer, th a t g oes , P o i, mile or two like the mischief, and is don e f or the rest the journey. ®a THOMAS'S UNRIVALLED BANPI AT THE ' PHILHARMONIC lIALL, EVERY E V E N I N G. WINTER CONCERTS. 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