The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

'4 .14. 44. ay.4' st=,*tiler*l tOOt , r-- --2- '41 1 .1 , 4, 4),+ 4 54, A*) FROM OM ONDON CORR ONDENT. wear copious red robes, barred with ermin their rank ; the Lord CIIANCELLOIL Sits each peer has on his head '—no uniformity, Sc I fiercely over the bridge of the alder, sometimes ove ied to be p: you have read ; upon the whole, it ha o'clock SPEAKER in twenty minutes I found my pagne, with BOLD, PETER CUNNINGHAM, SHIRLEY B: HAZLITT, &c., like so many schoolboys. time so long as the I and the study of y shall two HUNTS nephew brothers,—the two COOPERS, incle an STLEY COO being turned to the wea times it is brou. exhibition. The throne is un the SOVEREI4N is s the occasion of it and re [s all round. y DOUGLAS J )as, You caught in JOIIN HUNTER, sup superb ; a little le , sser than the JOHN HUNTER, and the nephew of Sir ASTLEY COOPE The HUNT s a lega dOIIN CLIFT, of the College of Sur m, s matchless collection, he has gone with his Path last of the COOPEILS went three dap rude health the day before, full of wealth and practic dropped off his perch at my favourite club, the Atheuxin Of what diseas An affection of the tin% epidemic, infection, contagion—for I I ,nt, yet the same— -killed DR:INSET COOPER in litt more than mid-time of his days did 808 Li The very same attael cal mechanic that ever removed a jaw or sawed a le These men, Bon LISTON and BRA.NSBY COOPER, 111 ev ery comfort that could be d also, and cleanly ; insidious d 1; the, were car professional career, laid hold of them by the throw There they were hob-nobbing daily with the king ( id his di dead bodies h LISTON every window in his house open, but screened I have dons 41 - cams fhivvY rrifh Sir AI All are doubt that Mr. CoOpiu's death arose from the ea, eferred—the virus had been take in by t vessels, and di Yet, another great man has departed- SALTOII ning of a class that muw extinct in a year or two. SILTOTIN GEO. IV. was a famous violoncello cultivated, a: matter of course, nobs of the ti Now . that Lord SALTorN is dead, I believe Sir GEORGE CLERK is coterie The Lords are seldom wrong ; they ny humble opinion, mischievous: on a bill of much importanc e to th adverted to in So'. xried on by two miner twain peel, and which youhave frequentl well-read House had gone into committ I refer to the Pilot little bit of s - pari:in,otoOkPlac stiff old sailors and a civilian the Earl of HARDNPICKE and Lord COLCIIEST latter, Lord STANLEY of Alderley. The Earl of yriCKE, who ha is a sound ( servative thora git a ret'orme one if plague tc isiotis Whigs, half-a-dozen spars or when they existed for, one of your " no- ever, that cause of complaint - is removed.' HAiDWIFI sensibly and in a straightforward manna the operation at least for a year of, as far as regarded bad clause in the bill ; forasmuch as tl d by many neculiarith wished to de rer haraeter such a Mersey was belonged to no other river—shifting - sands rendering it; navi"ation very difficult ; argal, the safe pilotage of vesselsrequired the skill and aid of men acquainted with thl changes constantly occurring. I have been on th( Mersey—may I never say Mersey on me ! I con alder his lordship's remarks mo .. t applicable. it cleverly, though briefly, showed the absurdity of th measure, by allowing, in the payment for license tors of foreign vessels, American vessels, ves, 1,11 sorts and of all countries, to navigate the sey, it may be without having been in it befo Moreover, the bill struck a fatal blow at the pilots o 'Liverpool. By the bye, they almost deserved what they have got by their yaw-yawing all this time; I would have got the bill kicked into the middle of next session for a keg of tobacco, and another of Hollands, as parliamentary fees. Lord STANLEY, of Alderley, rather a smart man made a good hit in opposition to the amendment ; he said the Liverpool authorities had conceded the whole principl of the bill, for they had expressed their willingness t allow vessels trading with Scotland, Ireland and London to have the new licenses. These vessels might have occasion to be away for a time, say at Boulogne, Bourdeaux, &c., and come back equally ignorant of the state of the Mersey. Lord STANLEY said a good deal, but the above is the gist. Lord COLCIIESTER, rather a 'quiet man in the house, is a sailor, heard on thequarter dick ; he is of the same age as HARDWICRE, a Conservative soul also ! He is the son of Mr. ABBOTT, who was speaker of the House of Commons for 15 years, retiring with his title in 1817; the same speaker whom the then well-known JACK FULLER denominated "the little man with the big wig." _ _ He was one of the last celebrities of the last age politicians —grey hair, grey powder on it, grey coat, grey waistcoat, grey tight pantaloons on his spindle shanks — he looked like an animated pen wiper ! His son, the present Lord, ably backed HARDWICK; but the ARERDERICIANS had it, and the original clause was carried. Had a good fight been made in the Commons, CARD WELL'S drivelling might have been " squelched." As far as regards the majority of the London newspapers, daily and weekly, the abolition of the advertisement duty does not as yet show a great increase in the olla podrida advertisement columns. Most probably the salutary abro gation of the tax has not had time to make its operation felt. There is one remarkable fact with which I have made myself acquainted, namely, that the sixpenny adver tisements—the want places" description of announce ments—do not seem to " tumble in" so fast or so nume rously as was expected by the projectors. Two of the daily metropolitan papers, I believe, take advertisements at the above figure, and, as I have intimated, take literally nothing by the motion. " There is reason in roasting an egg,. clitioth the old proverb ; we are all workers, but where is e servant worth having that would grudge a shilling to advertise her or his " wants," and get a place in conse quence ? Then why reduce the charge so low as sixpence , Which "pays nobody ; and, as far as the newspaper is con cerned, it turns out a bait that don't take—a cock that won't fight, as the two papers I refer to now find. Sir JA:NrEs GRA-RAM'S paper, the old Whig Morning Chronicle, is tryi ng hard to get on,—good reporting— good but heavy writing in its leaders,—criticisms, musical and literary, light sometimes and thoughtless : but always smart; they could not well be - otherwise, considering who does them ; early intelligence and so-forth—all may do much : JAMTS GRAHAM and Admiralty influence may do more during the ensuing dead period,—the no-Parliament period, when editors, I suppose, and scribblers gasp for news, as landed trouts for water. The Times managers certainly do their business in no mean, no niggard man ner. I say nothing about their giving pensions to their - retired litterateurs, bonuses to their parliamentary re porters after a hard session; they (the managers) are absolutely, among other "improvements," going to build a public-house of their own, in order that the men, from the editors down to the porters and printers' devils, all have honest " witteLs aril drink" during the night—their hours of work, without having recourse to night taverns, where bad liquor is too frequently vended. " Whitehea ded Bob" (Lows) will get the Times proprietors a license in twenty-four hours. The green curtain dropped for the season at the Royal Italian opera on Saturday, at midnight, after a brilliant evening ; the opera was " William Tell," which never went so like Italian. TAMBERLIN ably vindicated his position as the first tenor now in England. The house was very crowded,—the artists were demanded and rede manded ; to crown all, COSTA had his ovation on the stage. Kim° and Gaisi had cart loads of bouquets and floral wreaths cast at their feet on Thursday. We may not hear them again. "O ! Patria dolce." The Italians, when well to do, like to en their opera in fair Italia ; the love of country is vastl d y strong in them. " God save the Queen " was given as usual—not very well, but very loyally. ZOOLOGICAL GAILDENS.---If these gardens are not filled, it is not the fault of the enterprising proprietor, who seems determined that he will not lose public patron age for want of attractions. In addition to the many we have already noticed, he has now announced a new Grand eomic Pantomime, by M. Le C' ' ISTODTII AND SOITTII WAS tenth annual meeting on Fri , the ch • air, the directors' report kNK.At the seven r. Richard Griffith in :fated ti of lc, for 0- t l nounted to £11,479. 7s " er e Paid a dividend, for e ceniber last, at the rat the reduced capital (E 1( and. anaonnting to £3,2 half -Year ending the 301 per cent , , •-• )th of June last, eh the proprietors Idinz the 31st of t. per annum on • per annum, amOuntin two divide n d, ki ng £7,271. Bs the dividends there remained a Si 19s. which the directors ha the reserved f und, previously at the Cailledd 'sum of thatof fn OM . ied Tto the cm tory and enc ou , rotation, but we were Mx 1 to oe circulated. among the p r were re-elected; the usv I the Pr9Mciing CO.IOIE.RCIAL MONETARY noNDA.Y NEWS NIGEIT THE confident impression entertained at ti part of last week, that political affairs in the Au., had been brought to a peaceable settlement, led to an improvement in the Funds which operated bene- ni the money in discounts having subsided, a tone of confidence was partially restored, and still further confirmed when Thursday passed over and the Bank Directors made no advance in the minimum rate of discount, a step which had been anticipated. Towards the close of the week, however, rumours became rife of fresh difficulties having been started with refe rence to the Turkish question, and the advance in Consols was barely maintained, although there was evidently a disposition to keep up the market. The weekly re turns of the Bank of England show mother decrease in the stock of bullion, a result which cannot altogether be attributed to higher prices and increased employment in this country, which must before this have been pretty well lrovided for, but must, in a great measure, be -ing to demands from abroad. The la[,,tions of late have led to a considerable balance trade against this country, even greater than apparent by a comparison of imports and exports, as by far the greater part of the increase on the latter is to distant places from which no adequate return has yet been received. The ill effect of this continued decrease has, however, been much allayed by the receipts by the Harbinger, which are sup posed to amount to nearly £600,000, and the other consignments arrived and daily expected. The tone of the market for Foreign and Colonial produce has in some measure improved, particu larly with reference to sugar for refining purposes, but there is an evident disinclination to enter into any extensive transactions until all doubts with reference to political affairs are definitively removed. It is satisfactory, however, to observe that nothing has yet occurred to disturb that confidence in com mercial security which generally prevails. The reports from the cotton manufacturing dis tricts show a general inactivity and unwillingness to enter into any engagements beyond demands for immediate consumption. This is owing chiefly to the difficulties in the money market causing higher rates for discounts , and also to the greater cost of production from working the mills short time, and the demands of the operatives for in creased wages, by which the margin for profits is considerably diminished, and less encouragement a to speculation. Prices, however, are fairly i .stained, and there s no immediate prospect of iy falling off in legitimate business. In the woollen districts a fair amount of . trade is doing, but not at prices sufficient to realise great profits at the present high rates for the raw material. In the hosiery trade activity still prevails ; but foreign orders for lace goods are not quite so numerous as were anticipated. The Government do not seem very willing to adopt the conclusions of the Committee on Decimal Coinage, which was obtained by Mr. WILLIAM BuOwN, M.P. for South Lancashire, without fur ther deliberation. The Committee recommend tl- 't —f-.vving shall be taken as nat the present pouna sterun6 unity, and that other coins shall form decimal pro portions of it, thereby rendering necessary a sup pression of the half-crowns and a total alteration of the present copper coinage, with the additional and still greater inconvenience of revolutionising the whole system of weigh ts and measures. In hesitating to adopt such a theoretical scheme, the Executive have exercised a sound discretion, for it will be found far easier to devise such a plan upon paper than to put it into actual practice. If we compare the advantages and disadvantages, the former will be confined to the mere additional faci lity for keeping mercantile accounts by saving the labour of reducing pence into shillings and shillings into pounds, and something more in the calcula tion of cwts., quarters, and pounds ; whereas the evils are beyond all power of estimation, rendering it necessary for a whole population to go to school again, and then making it more than doubtful whether it was worth while going through so much to gain so little. By the present system, we have the intelligible fractions of halves, thirds, quarters, and eighths, which are practicable both in quantities and values ; but by the Decimal sys tem divisions must be fifths and tenths, and exact itude would be in the majority of instances all but impossible. Indeed, the value of the system of decimals has been considerably overrated, being chiefly applicable to abstruse calculations, and but little to the business of every-day life. If we sup pose, however, for the sake of argument, that the system had any value in itself, its adoption would still be an evil, for a new generation must arise before the common people would comprehend it, or be able to adapt themselves to the change. The Committee have referred to the examples of France and America as proofs of its practicability, but they are instances by no means applicable to Great Britain. In the one case it was a new people, ready to adapt themselves to any system, having all their habits to form ; and in the other instance, it was a nation who had destroyed everything old during the horrors of a Reign of Terror, and who acce pted the new system for the simple reason that it was new. We are, however, an old people, having ancient customs and long-formed habits ; and such a change would produce a greater revolu tion than that which altered the succession from the male to the female line of the Stuarts. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 13th of August gives the following results, when compared with the previous week :-- Public deposits ... £3,315,392; Increase £1,097,165 Other deposits ... 12,190,020; Decrease 285,508 Res t 3,344,226; Increase 1,543 On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,027,582; Increase £249 Other securities ... 13,611,721; Increase 385,020 Notes unemployed ... 7,863,225; Increase 333,785 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,100,015, being a decrease of £422,780 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £17,309,574, showing a decrease of £124,986, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT ness has 2,000 ba Notes issued £30,9 . 63,240 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 l Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.16,944,086 Silver bullion ... 1%154 £30,063,240 £30,963,240 BANKING DEPAILT)IENT. Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £13,027,682 Rest . . 3,344,226 Other Sec urities 13,611,721 Public Deposits 3,316,392 Notes •• • 7,863,225 Other Deposits 12;190,02 Gold & Silver Coin 346,334 7 -day & other bills 1,416,22 £34,848,8621 £34,848,862 The same inactivity still is the characteristic of the SECARE MARKET. The members of the Stock Exchange are certainly not at present participating in the general prosperity ; we are assured that very few of them have any real business at present ; this, however, might have been looked for after the excitement which has prevailed so long in this market. The present calm,we doubt not, will be but of short duration. Our local stocks continue firm, and there are buyers at the nominal quotations. We add this day's prices :—Caledonians, 331 - Eastern Counties, 12 15-16 ; Lancashire and York shire, 754 61 6 ; Ditto Fifths, ; London Stock ' : 112 12 ; Ditto Fifths, lip ; Midland Stock, 711 * - 7 - 8 4 2 1 ; Dover Stock, 4 2 ; 21 1 1 1 Dutch Rhenish, 2 d. 8 COTTON._ The market during the week has been very quiet, owing to the manufacturers refusin g to purchase more than for their immediate necessi ties, and having recently wells upplied themselves, their orders are not large. peculators have also been quiet, and both parties have been in a great measure actuated by the higher rates of discount. As the news from East was, however, more pacific, and money became easier, there was a slightly improved tone, but holders throughout have been firm, and prices, therefore, have expe rienced very little alteration. The accounts from America, as to the state of the growi n g crop, have been somewhat contradictory, and ha v e had little or no influence on this market. Stocks here are much reduced, and it is the opinion of some well informed men that prices must go higher. To- DAY the sales amounted to only 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were on speculation and for export, at about previous prices ; and the market, generally, was inactive. SALES. IMPORTS. ,---&---, ,---A., DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week , Previ- Week , is STOCK Year. ending 1 ously ending Aug.l9. this yr. Aug. l9 . Ang.l9 —.— —.— : Sea Island l9 @3B 200 1 14490 Stained 915 301 1140 3410 424789 Boweds 4 01 9090, 335 0 7 0 530050 Mobile 4i 61 41701 212990 11436 866454 New Orleans. 4 8* 10900 ; 724733 } Pernams, Bm. 6.i 8-i 1220 52340 1850 39843 9430 Bahia, &c. Maranham Demerara, B‘c .... 440 •• . 495 630 Egyptian 6 15 2140 92190 1360 77297 92180 Com.W.l.&c. . . 8060 4834 2790 Surat Madras .... 1 3230 Bengal 3l 40 4450 34900!1674410 2868 185899 131410 . 4356 1440 ; 22961 1646307 786250 PuoDva,..-For Sugar there a very general and extensive demand, bus to refining descriptions chiefly confined ''out 6d. advance. The 2,000 bags Bengal and 15,500 bags auritius, of which 6,000 bags ire to arrive, at 345. 9d. to 355. per cwt. For has prevailed, wing large busi- Foreign a very extensive inquir, the folic iv from refiners )een done s brown Bahi it) cases, I s Pernam and Maceio, at s. for: low white, and 350 hhds. 400 brls. Foreign West India, including Porto Rico at 345. 6d. to 395. 3d., and Surinam at 325. 6d. to 355. 6d. ; a cargo of Havanna is also reported at 21s. 9cl. to arrive, and three cargoes brown Bahia, at 20s. per cwt. landed. Molasses in increased demand ; Cuba Muscovado at 175., and Barbadoes at 17s. Gd. per cwt. Coffee : A steady demand for the lower qualities of Jamaica, an ex port demand has sprung up, and 6,000 bags St. Domingo changed hands, at an advance of ls. per cwt. Of Rice the sales consist of 1,400 bags Arracan at 9s. 9d. to 10s. ; 1,500 bags Bengal, at 10s. 3d. to 10s. 6d. ; and 120 tces. Corolina, to arrive, at 255. per cwt. Of Rum the sales small, owing to the absence of stock. For Tea there has been a better inquiry for good to fine Congous, but sales only on a small scae, and common descrip tions quite neglected. Saltpetre in steady demand, and 1,300 bags disposed of at 275. to 295. Gd. per cwt. For Nitrate of Soda an improved demand at 17s. 6d. per cwt. American Rosin in demand ; 3,000 barrels sold at 4s. sd. to 10s. per cwt. Hides : About 6,500 dry salted Brazil sold at Rd. for common, and 6d. to 61d. for fair to good Cerea, which is a slight advance. Olive Oil: Steady buyers, and prices an upward tendency. Seal Oil without change in price ; Cod, £32 to £32 10s. ; and American Sperm Oil, £BB per tun ' - Rape Oil, 38s. to 395. for pale, and 36 5. 6 d. for brown ; 40 tons Linseed realised 295. Gd. per cwt. Of Spirits of Turpentine, 200 barrels American to arrive brought 455. to 465. 3d. per cwt. Palm Oil steady, although for arrival a little decline has been sub mitted to. In Tallow the sales have not been ex tensive, and prices without alteration. No change to notice in Baltic Hemp. 600 bales Jute realised full prices.-TO-DAY. Sugar has been rather quiet, the sales, including Saturday's business, being confined to 60 hhds. Barbadoes at 335. 9d. to 38s. 3d. ; 315 bags Madras at 31s. 3d. • and 1,600 bags Pernams at 19s. per cwt: Nothing doing in Molasses or Rum. Foreign Coffee continues in fair demand, 1,200 bags Rio having been taken at 395. Gd. to 435. 6d. per cwt. There is more acti vity in the Tea market, and some parcels of fair to good Oopack kinds have changed hands from is. 4d,. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; for common, holders are demanding lid. per lb. An active inquiry has appeared for Rice, 3,000 bags Arracan having realised 10s. 3d., and 3,600 bags Bengal lls. 9d. to 12s. 3d., being an advance of 3d. to 6d. per cwt. Of Saltpetre, 1,050 bags sold at 265. to 265.. Gd. per cwt., for 81 to 6 per cent. refraction. 400 bags Sago Flour are reported at 205.. per cwt. Some considerable sales have been made in St. Domingo Logwood at full prices, and a small lot of Siam Sapanwood has brought £l4 per ton. W00L..-We have a full average amount of busi- ness to report this week ; buyers are now coming into the market more freely, partly from necessity, and partly actuated by the improved feeling-which has characterised this branch of trade since the close of the London sales ; prices generally are very firm, with a slight inclination in favour of the seller - prospects, on the whole, look favourable. Imports for the week, 4,076 bales—viz., 923 from the Mediterranean ports ; 140 Buenos Ayres • 334 Portugal ; 315 Russian ; 442 Iceland ;. 4 4 9 Alpaca and Peru ; 1,130 East India ; 299 Scotch ; 12 Irish, and 32 Coastwise. English : There is con siderably more enquiry for combing skin, which seems to be recovering from the depression expe rienced for some time back. Irish : The reports received present no new feature ; farmers are firm at 225. for mixed. parcels, and very little can be had under. Some- very large sales of English and Irish Fleece have been made for Yorkshire, at +d. per lb. higher rates than were current a week Stocks are not heavy, and prices have an upward tendency. Thumi.—The demand for Timber has been so great that it has exceeded the supply, and recent sales have shown a considerable advance in prices, with no immediate prospect of any decline. We extract the following from the circular of Messrs. A. F. and. D. Mackay, just published : " The tonnage employed carrying Timber and Deals to this port since the Ist of February last, exceeds that of the previous year by 10,582 tons, although from the.• Ist of August, last year, to the 18th of the same month, sixty two vessels arrived, against ten vessels to same date this year ; and to the present time, it is not difficult to place cargoes on arrival, and in many instances before arrival, at considerably advanced rates. The impression being that the consumption this year will be hereafter, as heretofore, correspondingly extended with the import, a fresh impetus has been given to trade in almost every branch, within the last three weeks, owing in a great measure to the favourable weather for harvesting, and a general impression in the minds of the public that the Eastern question will ultimately be peaceably arranged." THE MAHOMED SMUT, which sailed from. London with emigrants. for Australia, in the early part of the year, was burnt to the water's edge on the 18th April. Crew. and passengers taken off by a ship, and conveyed to Hobart Town. The ship Winchester, which sailed from Mel bourne on the 18th May, for Newcastle, took fire on the following day,:and was totally destroyed. The crew and passengers were saved in the boats. LIE DONCASTER. Cnunon Rums. —During the past week the workmen engaged in preparing the site of the ruins of the late church for the foundation of the new edi fice have turned up a great number, of, tombstones which, front their purely symbolical character, are ascribed to a period not later than the fourteenth or. fifteenth century. They are generally of small dimensions, and are sculptured with crosses (most of them decorated), heraldic devices, and various emblems of professions, guilds, and.trades. • THE CLERGY ORPHAN CORIORA.TION which was es tablished in 1809, held a quarterly court last week. The Rev„ Dr. Russell, who presided, annonuced several sub scriptions to the fund for building a new school at Canter ' bury, and urged upon the clergy the necessity of exertions to obtain the amount still needed to carry out the objects contemplated. This fund was set on foot by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilson Warneford, who gave £3,000 to purchase a site for a new boys' school ; 4,000 towards building a school for 100 boys ; and £6,000 to found six scholarships, three scholars to be elected annually for two years each, at £3O per ann um, from the date of their regular superan nuation. A Sroprnnors Cza_tar.—A western Pennsylvania com pany have set up a claim to the whole of the western reserve of Ohio, under a grant from Connecticut, alleged to have been made after the year 1682, when Charles 11. granted to that colony a patent for the reserve. In 1795, it will be remembered, she sold the reserve to another com pany, relinquishing all claim to jurisdiction over the ter-. ritory to the United States in 1800. These Pennsylvania parties to-day applied, to the general land office to make to them patents for all the reserve,! The office replied, we learn from parties interested in the " speculation," that the government never having had a claim to, or proprie, torship over, that territory, they cannot entertain the application ; and that the state of Connecticut is the party to whom the Pennsylvania company must look for redress, if they really have rights involved in the case.—Washing- ton Star. A PANIC.—An Orleans (France) journal has the follow ing :—On, Wednesday last a well-dressed stranger arrived in this city by railway. He went to the Frere-Directeur of the Ecoles Chretiennes, and, representing himself as a dentist, stated that he intended to stop some time at Or leans, to exercise his profession ; and, in order to make himself known, was ready to examine the teeth of all the children in his schools, and do what was necessary gratui tously. As he produced papers proving his respectability, and as he suggested that the parents of the children should be present at any operations he might perform, the Frere gave his consent. The next day he went to a school in the Rue de rUniversite, and examined the mouths of the chil dren. Having ascertained that several had teeth which re quired drawing, he asked them if they and their parents would consent to the operation, and, on receiving a reply in the affirmative, he extracted the teeth. Some children, influenced by the example of their companions, wished to have their teeth drawn also, and the thing was done. The total number of pupils was about 400, and the dentist extracted from them about 200 teeth. When the children went home with their mouths bloody and their faces bound up, the parents of many of them began to suspect that there had been foul play. In conversing with one another they became excited, and when it was known that nearly 200 children had been operated on, the most extravagant ru mours were spread. The rumours gave rise to a panic after a while, and parents rushed in dismay to the different schools, and demanded that their children should instantly be given up to them. Some mothers seized large sticks, and threatened violence in the event of the children not being immediately restored. A crowd of both sexes went to the Maison de la Visitation, and as some hesitation was shown in giving up the children, they broke open the doors and carried them off. At the school of Sainte-Croix the Sisters of Charity endeavoured to convince them that their fears were unfounded, but they cried, " The man is coming ! give us up our children!" Similar scenes took place at the house of the Sisters of St. Paul, at St. Marceau, and St. Laurent. Even the board ing-schools of Mad'lle. Mauguin and Mad'lle. Grammont were evacuated ; and as to the schools of the Freres of the Doctrine Chretiennes, not a single pupil was left in them. The mob next went to the Salle d'Asile, in the Cloitre Saint Pierre-le-Puellier ; and though a commissary of police em ployed all his efforts to convince them that there was no reason whatever for their terror, they carried off all the children. They also attempted to cause the Ecole Normale to be evacuated, but M. Monvel, the director, firmly resisted them. The next day the agitation continued, and the most alarming reports were spread. One was that a child who had had eleven teeth extracted had died,_ but it is scarcely necessary to say that this was perfectly fase. The depart mental commissary and the commissaries of police employed all means in their power to dissipate the ridiculous fears of the parents, and it was hoped that they would eventually succeed.. By their request the unfortunate dentist left the eitY. Had he fallen into the hands of the people at the moment the panic was at its height, lie would u 9 doubt have been tern te THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. LIVERPOOL ASS. ZES rCONTINUED PROM ODE SECOND PAGE CROWN COURT, MONDAY. (Before Mr. Justice WightTg; e took hi: seat at nin the follow evicted Willia;7i Royle and William Hill, turn-c _ maliciously and unlawfully wounding Mr. James Cromp- Lt Pendleton, seven years' trans; William Demeza, on three indictments for forgery, ten years' transportation on the first indictment, and one month's imprisonment on each of the other two. Samuel While ' for burglary, twelve months' imprison ment. with hard labour. Mary Sullivan, for bigamy, six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Elizabeth Fisher, for bigamy, twelve months' impri sonment, with hard labour. Saint. Smith, for burglary, seven years' transportation. John Ainscow, for manslaughter, two months' im prisonment. . r---- ----- Wallicam Collins,l3, for burglary, six months' impri sonment, with hard labour, on the first indictment ; and two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, on the second indictme Thomas Wil limns, for burglary, twelve mouths' im prisonment, w. h hard labour. James Hewitt, for burglary, twelve months' imprison -1h hard labour. Philip Barlow, relieving officer of the for embezzling the funds of the Guardians, eight imprisonment, with hard labour. Daniel Leigh, for cutting and wo +roi do grievous bodily harm,: six mouths ment, wi' Salford Unio' cling, with intent imprisolimen with hard labour. John McGarry, for larceny, six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. David Smith, for bigamy, nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Eliza Wriyht, and Jas. Cook, for bigamy, two months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Thomas Ratctiffe and William Curtis, for bigamy, four months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Ellen Plumpton, for perjury, twelve months' imprison ment, with hard labour. This closed the Crown business, and his Lordship pro ceeded to try civil causes. EATON v. Coosa.—This was an action to recover the sum of 245 lls., the value of ten casks of American linseed cake, sold to the defendants. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Aspinall were foi the plaintiff, an& Mr. Overend and Mr. Millward for the defendants. The plaintiff, Mr. Joseph Eaton, is a general broker, residing in this town, and the defendant, Mr. Jas. Cooke,. resides-at Shrewsbury. In January in the' present year, the plaintiff had a quantity of linseed cake for sale, and employed a person named Rowbotham, a commission agent, at Birmingham, to dis pose of the same. Rowbotham went to Shrewsbury, and agreed with the defendant to sell him ten casks of the oil cake, on behalf of the plaintiff. On the 31st of January the goods were delivered at the wharf at Liverpool, accord ing to the defendant's directions, and would be- delivered at Shrewsbury on the following day. On the 9th-of Feb., the plaintiff received a letter from the defendant, to the effect that the oil cake was damaged, and he would not take it. The letter further stated that the oil cake was lying at the wharf at Shrewsbury, at the plaintiff's risk. Evidence having been adduced on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Millward addressed' the jury for the defendant, who was afterwards examined, and stated that on the oil cake arriving at Shrewsbury, it was examined and found to be damp, and not according to sample. Other witnesses having been examined, Mr. Atherton replied, after which his Lordship carefully went over the evidence on both sides. The jury, after a-few moments' deliberation, founil a verdict for the defendant. DIGLISH AND OTHERS V; RANSON.— IMPORTANT QUESTION ON THE STATUTE OP LIMITATIONS. — The plaintiffs in this cause were Mr. Robert Daglish, sen., Mr. Robert Daglish, jun., and Mr. Thomsen ; and the defendant was Mr. Ranson. The action was brought on an agreement, and to recover compensation for breach of such agreement on the part of the defendant. The damages in the declaration were laid at £3,000. The defendant had put in several: pleas ; but the de fence was based mainly on the statute of limita tions, which, it was alleged,. barred the plaintiffs' right of action. Mr. Attorney-General Knowles and Mr. Millward were counsel for- the plaintiffs ; and Mr., James, Q.C., and Mr. Manesty, appeared for the defendant. In the absence of Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Millward stated the case on behalf of the plaintifil, wlio were engineers and boiler-makers, residing at St. Helens ; and the de fendant was a cotton-spinner in Wigan. On the 19th of September, 1845, the plaintiff& entered into an agreement to make and erect two condensing steam-engines for a new cotton-mill, which the defendant was erecting at Wigan. The engines were to be equal to thirty horses' power, and the cost of each of them was to be £l,lOO. The first of the engines was to be proceeded with at once, and the second in the spring of the following year, 1846. One-half of the first engine was to be paid for on-the delivery of the boilers, and the remainder inthe following March. Under the terms of this agreement the plaintiffs proceeded with the first engine, and in doing so certain castings were made, and several of the most expensive parts of the second engine were proceeded with; and delivered to the de fendants simultaneously with the first.. The portions of the second engine so completed were fixed up in the de fendants' mill, along with the whole of the first engine, and the plaintiffs were ready to put up the other portions of the second engine whenever the defendant was ready to receive them in the mill. Whilst the plaintiffs were going on erecting the first engine a letter was received by them from the defendant, to the effect that he did not wish them to send any more parts of the second engine until the first was completed and set up. In answer to this letter the plaintiffs stated to the defendant that they had prepared all the material parts cf the second engine, and that it was desirable to have them set up along with the first engine, but the defendant still refused to allow any fur ther portions of the second . engine, to be sent, on the ground that, according to his . agreement with the plaintiff, the second engine was not to be delivered until the machinery in the mill was ready to receive it. The first instalment of £550 for the first engine was paid by the defendant on the 4th of June ; 1846, and subsequent payments were afterwards paid, covering the full amount for the first engine; but with reference to the second engine, the defendanthad committed a breach of the con tract, by refusing to receive it, at least only a part of it. A part of that engine remained in the hands of the plaintiffs, and the other part of it in the hands of the defendant, and the plaintiffs had not been able to obtain a settlement, even for that pail of the engine which had been delivered to the defendant. Whilst the , learned counsel for the plaintiffs was proceeding in his statement of the case, his Lordship remarked that it was quite clear that the statute of limitations was the ground, upon which the action should be tried, and he had understood that the learned counsel on both sides agreed in, that. The question, there fore, was this,—from what time did the statute of limita tions in the ease run f—Mr. Millward, in reply, said it was from the time when the breach was first made by the: defendant. A writ was servedon the defendant on the 15th March last.—The Judge : The objection under the statute of limitations, then, must da beforethelsth;March,lB47.7-- Mr. Millward said that was.so, and he would show that the breach was not made until after that period. On the 2:50. of February, 1847, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant setting forth the state oftbn account. The second engine was then completed, and. the greater portion of it on. the plaintiffs' premises, and in their way. On the 4th of March the defendant wrote to the plaintiffs stating that he would forward• them a check on the general. account, and on the 17th of March he forwarded a check for £250, which was acknowledged on the 18th—the following day. On the 23d of April the plaintiffs again wrote to the defendant, asking him to forward £550, according to the agreement, for- the second engine. On the- 27th of April the plaintiffs received an answer from the defendant stating that he could not receive the second engine until the first was loaded—that is, until the fall- quantity of machinery which it was to turn was in the,mill ; and he stated that the gloomy prospects of the trade had obliged him to give up all idea of carrying on the. business he had intended, but that as soon as there was such a revival of trade as to justify him in prudence to receive the second engine, he would write to them. Some time after this a letter was sent round to.the defendant's cre ditors, stating that he was not ablato.meet his engage ments ; and subsequently the plaintiffs were consenting parties to an arrangement allowing the defendant to go on, and make as much as he could, for his creditors and himself. He did so, and since that time had relieved himself of all his difficulties. He (the learned counsel) named this in order to chew the reason why the plaintiffs had allowed the matter to stand over for such a length of time. If, then, he proved that the plaintiffs had good ground of action on the question of the statute of limi tations, he should then ask the jury for the damage the plaintiffs had sustained for that, part of the second engine which had been sent to the defendant, as well as for that part of it which had been. thrown useless on their hands. — Mr. James, for the defendant, observed that her proposed to go into the question of the efficiency of :the first engine, as well as avail himself of the question of the statute of limitation.—The Judge here expressed his opinion that the question was not one for the jury, but was rather one of law on the point raised by the defen dant under the statute of limitations.:—A conversation then took place between the learned counsel, which ended in his lordship's suggestion being adapted ; and, after the examination of a witness on behalf of the plaintiffe, who deposed to the circumstances under which the contract took place, Mr. Milward put in a number of letters which had passed between the plaintiffs and the de fendant, commencing on the Bth of September, 1845, and ending on the 27th of April, 1847, in order to prove that the terms of the contract were under stood to be in force up to the last-named date, and that the' plaintiff's claim could not, therefore, be prejudiced by the statute of limitations, which had been set up as a bar to the action.—The Judge : Now, you rely on these letters, and the parole evidence you have given as an answer to the defence set up under the statute of limi tations.—Mr. Millward intimated assent.—Mr. James then stated that his argument was, that the operation of the statute of limitations must date from the date of the con tract originally ; secondly, if not so, it must date from the first breach on the part of the defendant.—The Judge : Then you agree it must date from the breach ?—Mr. James : In the first place, I say it must date from the date of the contract. But, in order to meet the effect of the court above ruling that I am wrong on this, - point, then I say that the breach was committed more than six years before the action was brought, that is, in June, 1846. On the face of one of the defendant's letters, dated June, 1846, he then receded from the contract, and, therefore, that was a breach of the contract. And from that time he would never afterwards consent to con sider the terms of the contract any longer in force.—The Judge : Then the point for the consideration of the court above would be, whether the objection raised by the learned counsel for the defence could be sustained. If the opinion of the court should be with the learned counsel on the statute of limitations, a verdict would be given for the defendant. If the opinion of the court should be against thedefendant,thenthe amount ofdamages which the plaintiff had sustained would be leftto reference.—A verdict was then taken forthe plaintiff for £3,000, the sum named in the declaration, subject to the opinion of the court above on the point of law, and to reference on the question of damages, which both parties agreed should be submit ted to Mr, Fairl,4llT: of MAnchotcr, wigat' veri-_-Attorueys the plaintiffs For the HUGHES Wismn, Messrs udant, Mr. -This was an action on a promis- Le by the defendant three months w the defendant, paya- Dte was draw ned Collet hat Collet mmodatiOn tained consequence of corning into contact with a gate belonging to the defendant, which was in a defective condition. The broken. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages, £2O. BUCKLEY V. TICE KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAIL WAY COMPANY.—The plaintiff was a clerk in the Tele- HORT ON onnexion with the d lost during its conveyane A. verdict vas given for t BREMNER A - ND ANOTH for 'towing the slip - Lord A from Beaumaris to Liverpool. of the Lord Ashburton off tl 'endant's Company e of the comps 's trains. lamages, plaintitt - E v. OLIVER this town, claiined £llO .burton, in January last an - etgagement with team-tug was sent in search found her near Beaumaris, to Liverpool. After one or examined it was shown._ that £l6 _ I paid fi shin ; ultimately, how , -ever, sh from thence and towe two witnesses had towing vessels of the Env ne Lord Ashburton, from Beaumaris to Liverpool, Sin e' defendants had already received £B5, his lovishii was , of opinion that they had. been well paid. Plaintill nonsuited was the usual s' art rose at hal AUGUST 22. and a Special Jury NISI PRIUS COURT, MONDAY Mr. Justice Erl v.TH )u relative to a right of way. In this case a verdict was by consent given for the plaintiff, each party paying his own costs. DA.IINT V. SCHLISENGEE , AND this action a verdict was; by consent, returned for the dlaintiff, subject to such terms as might be ultimately agreed on between the counsel for the parties. JENNINGS' AND 'OTHERS' V. BECREM—ThiS was an action of trove to have it found that certain goods which had been seized by defendant, belonging ,to one John Johnson, a cabinetmaker, in Wakefield, who had become bankrupt, ought to be given up to the creditors. The plaintiffs were assignees for the creditors of John sen. The defendant had carried on business as a cabinet-maker andauctioneer in Wakefield, and in January 1860, he relinquished the cabilet-making basin_ farour of Johnson,- who was to take the stock, as far as that should amount. to £5OO. On a valuation the stock was'found to be worth £550, and according to agreement a power of attorney was drawn up as security for the money, and given to the defendant. Johnson continued to carry on the business, and the defendant confined his attention to the busir Less in Combe ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. curacy c death of ss of an auc George Dover, to the perpetual curacy of Sf. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, in the county of Lancaster, void by the resig nation of the Rev. David James. Patrons, the Trustees. due, DIOCESE OF CHESTER Ts.—The Rev. R. Kc residence to the Rev. Frederick } f ord, rector of St. Peter's, in the city of Chester, until the 31st day of December, 1854, on account Rev. F. A. Baker, M.A.. to the C Leonard's, near Stroud. Rev. C. B. Barrow, M.A., to the Leicestershire 51 ill healtl petil.al curacy ENTS AND APPD Rev. C. H. Carr, M.A., church and district of St. Jc at Grasseudale. Rev. P. V. NI. Filleul, M.A., to be Warden of Christ's College, Van Diemen's Land. Rev. E. Hanson, M.A. to the Vicarage of Thaxted, Essex. Rev. L. H. Hog:, Curate of Cranford St. Andrew and St. John, Northamptonshire, to the Rectory of those parishes. Rev. R. C. Hubbersty, M.A., to the Vicarag Northamptonshire. to the ,hn, Li arnabas Churd acy of Stanley St Rectory of Damell, mbency of the new Rev. E. James, 8.A., to the curacy of Peahirk, North- amptonshire , f Helpstone, Key. T. James, MA., Honorary Canon of Peterborough, Vicar of Sibertoft, Northamptonshire, and one of his Lord ship's Domestic Chaplains, to he Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Rev. R. Kent, 8.A., to the near Nantwich Rev. R. Lowe, M.A., to Vicarage of Ki'town, Roscommon. Rev. W. H. Milner, Vicar of Penrith, to the Vicarage of Hmncastle, Lincolnshire (and not the Rev. H. Gipps, as erroneously stated). Rev. G. D, W. Ommanney, M.A. r to the Curacy of Aid bourne ' Wilts. Rev. J. F. Pizey, M.A., to the Vice -- Rectory of Strixton annexed, nee- - Rev. W. , S. Prout, to the Vicarage Brandon Ferry, Suffolk. Rer-J. SedgWick, M.A., of Magdalen. College, Oxford, to be one coV the Dbmestic Chaplains to theitarl of Guildford. Rev. S. H. Sherard, to the Curacy of the Chapelry of Chideock r with occasional duty at the Chapel of Stanton St. Gabriel, in the parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset. Rev. R.- Sorsbie, 8.A., to the Curacy of Oakhant, Rutland. Rev. C. P. Stumble, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mark's, Gloucester Rev. E. 1 Dorchester, TICE RE nd valuator The wife of Johnson assisted him in- keeping his books and accounts, but as the business increased, Parkinson, a clerk of the defendant's, was engaged to keep the books at his leisuretime. In doing:this, Parkinson ingratiated him self into the favour of Mrs. Johnson, and early in March last she and Parkinson eloped, - ; the former carrying off what money was in the house, and also some property. Beckett having become acquainted with this fact, and being, as it would seem ' _desirous of securing his own interest, advised Johnson to keep out of the way, lest his creditors should take steps for recovery of their debts, as that, he said, would be a serious thing. In the meantime, Beckett took immediate steps to secure payment of his own claim. For the purpose of doing so, he obtained a judgment, and ex ecution on his power of attorney, and under it seized goods to the amount, as it was alleged, of about £9OO, but which, under the execution, were sold to the sheriff's officer, who levied in execution, for the' sum of £614. It was contended, that Johnson having gone out of the way, con stituted of itself an act of bankruptcy ; and that the defen dant,having possessed himself of the goods in question,was to the detriment of the creditors, and the plaintiffs, as their assignees, sought to have the goods, or the value delivered up to the general estate, for behoof of the creditors, in cluding, of course, the defendant himself. Johnson, it should be stated, has passed through the bankruptcy court, and has obtained a. certificate of the first class. Evi dence was heard for the plaintiff, at great length, from which it appeared that Johnson went out of the way at the instigation of the defendant ; and.- that on his recom mendation, Johnson had stated that he had obtained some clue to where his wife was, and was gone in search of her. This, however, was not. true, but was done in consequence of the advice given to Johnson, by the defendant, whom Johnson understood to. be his friend. The case for the plaintiffs having been concluded,:the:defendant agreed to a verdict for the plaintiffs• of £450, subject to certain con ditions, to be subsequently agreed on. VAN BAGEN v. BAINES.—This was an.. action brought on a case of chartering. In this instance the defendant entered into a contract for chartering from the plaintiffs, who are extensive shipowners in Amsterdam, the ship Wassenaar. In terms of the charter the .ship was to be despatched from Amsterdam some time in March. The evidence, which was nearly all in writing, .was very vo luminous, and from it, it appeared that the ship was of 600 tons burden, of five-sixths confidence, and she was to carry a cargo from Liverpool to Australia, at the rate of LU per ton. The defendant is an emigration agent, in Liverpool, and in terms of the charter the ship was to be in Liverpool by a certain time. On the part of the plaintiffs it was stated that the vessel having returned from a voyage to Batavia, was as speedily as possible put into proper sailing condition for passing through the Canal, and on the 30th of March she was -ready for sea, with the exception of a small quantity of ballast, which was not put on board that she might pass through the canal with greater ease and. safety; she also bad to receive two additional seamen. This,. it was stated,. was a cus tomary proceeding. A day or two thus elapsed in getting in her remaining ballast, after which she was detained by severe weather till the 9th of April. Ultimately she arrived in Liverpool on, the 17th .of April, by which time the defendant had made up his mind to have nothing to do with the Wassenaar. After her arrival, in Liverpool, the. Captain reported himself to the defendant as having arrived. In a day or two the defendant made application for the log-book ; and subsequently, in answer to a notice from the captain, stating that he was on a quay berth in the Victoria Dock, and was ready to take in- cargo, he sent a note intimating that he must decline to have anything to do with the Wassenaar. He subsequently alleged as a reason for declining the charter, that the ship had not been despatched "in all March." In the log it had been entered by the mate, on the instruction of the captain, that the ballast and the crew were all. on board when the vessel left Amsterdam. This was not true, but it was ex plained that the entry was made because the captain la, soured under the impression that ballast could not legally have been put on board after leaving the port. It was likewise made a ground of declining the charter on the part of the defendant, that the vessel had not been truth fully described as a five-sixths confidence ship. A great deal of evidence was adduced to prove that due diligence had been used to , get the ballast on board, and that if sufficient ballast had been on board to qualify her for going to sea when she left Amsterdam, she could not, have passed through,the canal ; the pilot alone stating that he could have taken her through the canal, although all her ballast had been on board. Surveyors belonging to the bureau verit.as of . Paris proved that her classification as a five-sixths confidence ship wasia true classification. For the defence it was contended that an essential, element in the contract was, that every reasonable expedition should be used, in order to have the vessel despatched to Liverpool, in order that she might be loaded and sent on her voyage. . •It was indisputable that freights were at the time falling, and continued. to fall, both before and after her arrivalna Liverpool_;, and the detention, which it was contended was unnecessary, was thus the means of sub jecting the defendant to increasing loss. On investigation, it was.farther found that a false representation on an im portant point had, been made in the ship's log, and also that minor misrepresentations had been entered on the same register. This was sufficient to shake the faith of any_ one in the honesty and fair dealing of the parties having the management of the ship. She was to have gone on a long voyage, and it was of the first consequence that good faith, in every respect, should be maintained by those to whom she was to be entrusted.—His Lord.- ship summed, up with much care, remarking, minutely, on the various points of evidence,. as these bore 011 the facts in dispute. The question of law would, he said, be left for decision by the court above.—The jury having consulted, found that the ship was at the time spoken of five-sixths confidence. The jury again consulted, and found for the plaintiff £1,440, which was amended to £1,500, to cover expense of brokerage under the second chartering. ONIONS v. CROWLEY.—I 4 this case the plaintiff sought to recover compensation for an infringement of a patent invention by which the plaintiff was enabled to manu facture what is called the. "Byer," an instrument used in the spinning of cotton and other fibres, of annealed cast-iron in stead of maleable iron as was the previous practice. In de fence it was maintained that the process in question was no invention of the plaintiff's, but was, in fact, an infringe ment of a previous patent process, known as Fletcher 's patent, which, it was contended, was essentially the same process as that laid claim to by the plaintiff. It was ad mitted that defendant had made and sold " flyers" made of cast-iron, rendered maleable by annealing. The case for the plaintiff having been concluded at half-past six o'clock, the court adjourned till nine o'clock this (Tuesday) morn ing. Incumbency of Burteydam, of to Lanark, t Re of Bozeat, with the °rough. eilingb, L Whitehead, to the Rectory of Go third to the A CAiTONADE.—The Carlisle Patriot states that the Rev. Canon Gipps is about to resign the living of Cor bridge, the best piece of preferment in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, but has attached this IN 77 L. aids, Lg the land, ,f the Lon( lauritius Mission in Glasg DERICTON .eaneath, near imanstone, near Missionary It COD- zentlen trifling condition t( living shall be made scarcely admitted to priest's orders MR LORD BISHOP 01F - MANCHESTER, on Thesda, the Diocesan Registry, St James's-scinare, licensed t that. the Rev. •] Church, Preston,) to the stipendiUry curacy of St. P6ter': Church, Preston, on the nomination of the Rev. W. M Parish, the incumbent. The Rev. Walter Nicol, MA (late curate - of Denton Church) :e curate of the perpethal curacy of that Churc the patron, the same being )een nominated 'to Ouncrow.—Gold has been found on the Santiam river, and there was considerable excitement in Portland with of 'Wilton vacant by the resignation of ell, the las actuntent regard to it. THE YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS. A letter from Dr. Hawks, a clergyman of New Orleans, gives a lamentable account of the ravages of the yellow fever in that city :--" Others may endeavour to make people abroad believe there is no danger, while there is really at this moment raging one of the most fearful epidemics that was ever known. The fever is of a frightful type, nearly every case black vomit in eight or ten hours after the attack, and the mortality is unprecedented. Dr. L., who, you know, is one of the most eminent o f ou r p h ysicians , told me t h il: day that there were more deaths than he ever knew at any other period, and the suffering exceeds anything I have ever witnessed. I have this day visited forty-four persons sick with the fever, and by to-morrow do not expect to find ten of them alive. lam going from house to house, from one scene of the most appalling wretchedness only to see another worse, if that be possible, than the last. Death is all around me in his most frightful form, yet my duty is a kDVERTISINC Beamish, 178 Tug VAJt well to ponder the following sensible remarks coat a cheap little book, entitled "H( to Get Money iometimes to who has no friend, Get what you e Association (you know all rL and the poor will bless MRS. WARNER, the once c is dying of a most painful di table assistance she would be a pauper. BIRMINGAM GAOL.--A commi ss i o n has bees 41 3 ' H pointed to inquire into the alleged cruelties practised this gaol. Lieutenant Austin has, it is said, resided appointment. TWIN' Simi brateductress, it is sty► Ise. and that but for chin., Jour at t 0, land has been bY on gIiPS f; scare Len have bC on the roads between Hamilton an( seen plying the shovel with masculine dexterity. . iso A FRENCIIMA.N, M. Theodore Tiffereau, says that has discovered the means of making gold. In a r i t: laid before the Academy of Sciences, entitled, Metals are not Simple, but Compound Bodies," he 7 A . put forth his views, and asserts that he has atuallY 1) duced gold by artificial means. DECREASE OF METRODISM.—The Wesleyan Confereh.,llc, had to report an annual decrease d;. Tt is officially reported to th e , oci e • • ty ranks of etfiodism ference now in session that the have fallen off to the extent of u .numbers of the re than 1,000 nieniveL.' during the past year. • An lie• FATAL ACCIDENT' WITTE A CAMPIIINE LAMP cident has occured from the incautious falling of a l ' b with the spirit of camphine, which resulted in the deilrit, of a little child and the, serious injury of ar --""- aidßitson, a shopkeeper at Dalston, near this city , plenishing a camphine lamp, when a portion of the. ran over the table and upon a girl who was nurs ulg t he r • : little child, about four months old, and who was nea r , o f table at the time. The spirit ignited with the rapicuito gunpowder, and was almost as deadly in its effects., 0 1' infant was so seriously burnt that it has since diet', re, the nurse is suffering severely from the burns she ceived.—Carlisle Patriot. AN ENGLISH COLONY.—A parliamentary Psi r • been printed, containing an extract from the • ' code for the island of Malta and its depende° relating to the punishment to be inflicted for offe against the respect due to religion. For offences the worship of the Romish Church; the punishment from a few months' imprisonment to two Yea: s 4A : stealing from- a Romish Church hard labour from cip_ months to three years. Further it is declared that the thing stolen shall be or shall contain the most F o ot eucharist, the: punishment shall be hard` labour fr°_ to six Years, to which punishment it shall ' be lawful to that of solitary confinement for not more than six term s ' APPLICATION POR DISCHARGE BY A' TIIIR II. I YEARS' PRISONER.—At the Judges' Chambers, Lo last week, an old man, named Richard Candlin , No ,° , Been thirty-six years. in prison, was brought uP ";01' writ of habeas corpus before Mr. Justice 0 1 applied for his discharge. He complained that be,,,,, e d unlawfully detained= in the Queen's prison. It aPPor that he • was committed to a Welsh prison hi t he hz 11811, and when the- Court of Session was abolishe',`,,,t was brought up to the Fleet prison, and when LtTle nc u ana, on prisms was_ demolished he was transferred t° „ . . i. „., _ ____ _ . ,vay to Madagascar, to ascertain whether missionaries Queen's prison, where he still remains. A ,v`",,,rt, will be allowed. to settle on the island.—Cape Town Mail. order had been obtained in the Insolvent Debtors e l) be THE BISHOP' 07 GLASGOW AND GALLOWAY has and he was called upon to file his schedule, but t i l e ordained Messrs. Crabbe, Weldon, and McKenzie, Students refused. The present application was opposed, °,,.° (le ” Trinity College; Glenalmond, and has licensed the first ground that the original: debt still existed ; butt . P. e t he '' - ..cored to St. John's, Anderton, and the fendant could get , his discharge by filing a E 't O ao vent de iins°, _ ____" -........0 uuer 111141 1/Cc.. --- ~,.. _.. -A.ne consecration of Fre- I so, free of expense, but he would not allow it to be I f t i c e dericton Cathedral is to take place on Tuesday next. Dr. Medley, the Bishop ofFredericton, has contributed a . large. I The applicant denied the latter allegation. Mr. lie i Williams told - him he could •do nothing for him ; b e — ae portion of the funds- from his private resources, - but a un istli stie e I file his schedule. The applicant said he was heavy debt still remains. I tamed, and he would not file his schedule. Mr• l e t be 11 / 4 T- G . -.' —Th. i' -..-- I Williams : " Then if you are-obstinate you must tak , e , tiv _NEW ,SURCII. - „ mundation-stoue of a new &arch 1 . was laid on Monday, at, Bollington, in Cheshire; by the consequences." The old man contented that w Ils ; tis t daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hordern, Vi car o f R cs th erne justly in prison, and further urged his case. gr. Jot the parish in which Bolfington is situ a te. Th e new c h urc h ; Williams decided that he could not assist him ;h e t ,- be -commodate about:3so persons, and will be built by 1 file his schedule. The old man left in custody e_'o ,' gaoler, and was taken to hik , old quarters in the Q"''' - ' prison. LATEST INTELLIGESO' MONDAY EVENDTG, AUGUST 23, ELECTRIC I'ELEGRAP -11 ' tbe The weather in France has become very fine; hum rill be considerable the Rev. William Parr Gri Cn - cxcn OF SCOTLAND.---The annual Synod of the united diocese of Argyll and the Isles was held on the 3rd instant, at Lochgilhead. In the course of the proceedings the bishop laid before the Synod the proposed constitution of Cumbrae Church and College founded by the Rev. J. F. Boyle, and placed by him in the hands of the bishop. The bishop is to be ex-officio-visitor. The resident clergy are to consist of a provost and at least six clergymen, two for the-service-of • the church and tuition in the college, two at the disposal of the bishop, and two aged clergymen taking part in the church service. The bishop intimated that he had for a time accepted the office of provost, and the Synod gave its, sanction to the proposed constitution of the foundation, with a vote of thanks to the founder. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLEE-G•SMAN.—A very handsomely chased silver inkstand has been presented to the Rev. C. T. Pizey, 8.A., late assistant curate of Bedworth, tearing the following inscription r---" Presented by the congre gation of Bedworth Chum- to the Rev. C. T. Pizen:B.A., being-a slight testimonial: of their regard and respect for him, as late assistant curate. August 6th, 1853. Mr. Pizey also held the office of second master of an endowed grammar school at some •distance from Bedworth, and therefore was not parochially connected with it ; but this must enhance the value of the testimonial that, although not personally acquainted with his charge, yet tninisteri allN and in a few months, Mr. Pizey gained the , esteem of those among whom he-laboured. It is a most interest ing- feature in this subscription, that very many of the poor have contributed.—Coventry Standard. INlEunsa or ConvocAmoN.—On Thursday,at eleven o'clock, a number of clergymen, members of the lower house, assembled iu convocation in the Jerusalem Cham bft., but at half-past eleven the Rev. Canon Wordsworth entered the room and, intimated that three o'elock was the hour fixed upon, and that the Archbishcp of Canter bury would not be present until that time. 'l.lns took the rev, gentlemen very:much by surprise, and,. considerable discontent was manifested ; but after an interview with the Dean of Ely, as. Prolocutor, at Dr. Wordsworth's re sidence, an adjournment took place until a quarter-past two o'clock, when the reverend gentlemen reassembled at Dr. Wordsworth's .and at three o'clock thaentire body of clergy in attendance, including the Prolocutor and the Rev. Canon Wordsworth, again appeared in the Jerusalem Chamber, and there remained standing, in groups dis cussing the state- of affairs until a quarter past three o'clock, when the Archbishop arrived, attended by Dr. Twiss, the vicar-general, and Mr. Dyke registrar. There was no other bishop present. The Dean of Ely, on behalf of the clergy present, complained that• no intimation of the change , from the usual hour of cmeetiug had been given, and, their hope that his grace would give such orders as might prevent a similar occurrence in future. His grace replied,believing that it was generallyunderstood that the meeting was only for prorogatien, I did not expect any one would attend, otherwise I wouldhave eausedthe hour te be generally known. lam very sorry that it has happened so, but I never. had any idea that there would be any busittais at the prorogation ; that it was, in fact, the same as the prorogation. of Parliament, and I never expected any one to attend. Mr. Dyke then formally prorogued the Convo cation to Saturday, the 10th of September next. No time was., fixed, and notwithstanding, that the omission, was pointed out his grace bowed at the conclusion and_with drew. The members remained a few minutes in conver sation• with each other, apparently in no complacentimood ; but one by one, or in groups of two or three, they also withdrew, and the Jerusalem, Chamber was deserted. The following notices were intended to have been giyen for diS eussion at next meeting of Convocation by the Rev. Chan dos Pole, had a house been formed :—Motion to take into consideration at next meeting of Convocation the neces sitous state of remote hamlets, and also of denselypopu lated districts, and in what way they can be, ameliorated in their religious wants, either by the erectien of chapels subordinate to the existing church, or by what other means ; also to take into consideration in what manner the church can be benefited by deacons in remote places subordinate to the, incumbents, and at what age they should be admitted to the office, and what trainirg is necessary. A FATAL ACC DEFT AT THE CETSMAL PALACE occurred on Monday week, through the sudden fall of a scaffolding in the interior about 180 feet high. Ten men were killed on the spot, two have died since at the hospital, and another is without hope of recovery. The jury returned, a verdict of accidental death. DURING THE LAST QUARTER of the year there were received in the Dead Letter department of the General Post Office, at Washington, two thousand and eighty-one letters which contained money. The aggregate amount was 12.,000 97 dollars. Tux DUEGARVAN EL.ECTION.—The nomination for Dungarvan is fixed for this day, Tuesday, and the polling for. Thursday. The ministerial papers here are loud in their praises of Captain Brabazon, and consequently op posed to Mr. J. F. Maguire. CORK CITY ELECTION.—The po lli n g commenced on ' Friday at eight o'clock. At seven o'clock, the constabu lary were tolled, off to the booths in the several wards, For the first two hours Colonel Chatterton led by a large majority, amounting to over 100. The next three hours the majority gradually decreased ; and from ten o'clock to the close of the poll the majority increased for Mr. F. B, Beamish, The gross poll which will bc, will be—Beamish, 1,183; Chatterton, 1,005 ; leelared to-day rity for Advertisers will do ed in " liThatever your occupation or calling may be, if it needs support from the public, advertise it thoroughly and effi ciently, in some shape or other that will arrest public at tention. I freely confess, that what success I have had in my life, may fairly be attributed more to the public press than to nearly all other causes combined. There may possibly be occupations that do not require advertising ; but I can- dvertising is done Lc doses of adver- half a potion of permanent __— this country the cheap e st to vitae ; Le appearance (Before. 1 NO mF y then( blaan odily the poor suite remit it to me for the Hoviarc about for you are here found - D - 1 - 11 — y - four days old, to he 4, the I. ) be its mother suffering, but I forbea 8 400 W9r driug croturo, norning I went intea lonely little 1 striving to nu taming from her mouth Veil I plead oit ,ill, I kno'iv, help ug to heir TUESDAY, AUGUST Q 3, 1853• your wive I business, and never woulu , I tigtemeut Pppeariug in the newspapers: While you -are 'r your Adver- with one SHE EASTERN' Qtr 1 04 ' 5 tmation of thf,,,,revoa ESTION. that the Portehas accepted the propositions 01 1 " WO Powers ; and the. Paris paper Alsentlrle Nationa le, is ofl has generally been pretty correct in its statenaeolip. matters connected with the question, says th e C°lis tionnel has been misinformed. TATTERSALL'S BETTDIG.—Tivs 1 ) - 4-1 '' ince. „ 0.1 SURREY AND MIODLESEX STAXES.—EVen °- Frantic was scratched at 4 4.5 this afternoon. , , g st SAWS ST. LEGER.-5 to 4 on West Australian ; 5 to to 1 l i e r bourne; 6to 1 agst Cineas ;6 to agst nataPla n, ° The Raver, taken. De' DERBY.-20 to 1 agst Boiardo, taken ; 22t0 1 agst taken ; 35 to 1 met Papageno, taken to FUNDS,. STOCK, ANlif SHARE MARKET' _ 4 a English Securities advanced slightly in the forenoon, 0 " op to dealers securing stock for the large purc h a se of Sattlruing but before the termination of business returned to °PO price. Railway Shares are generally quoted a shade bits but remain inactive. Land, Bank, and Mining Shares steady without change. ForeiguStocks active and firm tO.-. Bank Stock ... . . • • 228 PO Facheq. Bills, &S: Par 3 CLOSING PRICES Consols, Account .. 98j Do. Money .... I 98i Three &Qr per Cents.. 101,V Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes FOREIGN STOCKS. • 26 UlSpanish Passives . (Turkish • 23i Swedish .• •• " • 4i4 / a i RAILWAY SHARES. ton 11,- Amberg.,Nottingbain, Loudon &N. li • ea n and E. Junction :.... London &S. wester d Bristol and Exeter .. Mulches., Shelf. , a n 8 i t Caledonian 67/. i Lincolnshire. ••• • ' 72 "g# Do. Preference East Anglian — (Midland Halves ...... ...., Eastern Counties East Laueashire 72 • 4 Do. Preiefeac Eastern .IJnion.A .. , — Norfolks ......•.. •• • 41 Ditto Band C ---, North Staffordshire :• . Edinburgh & Glasgow Shrewsbury and JO' , Great Northern B4 5 toingham ........ • • , I Do. A — Do. L. &N. W. gua r ' . 71 Do.. B — S. Eastern and Dover,,, Great,Western Lanc.and Yorkshire l5 i Berwick . ~... ..... :• • Do. Fifths 76' i Do. Extenssa ...., Leedo Northern B9 6 Do. Preferenefi ,•• Lonclon,l3righton, and . York and N. slidian 59 Sonth Coast _4. 5 I Do. PrefereuCe ..• Noreen Monde Registered .... Cordeliera Ave Maria .... Carson's Creek Port Philip .. r.uNimi SHARES. fNugget ........ B. Australian... Freehold Australasian .. • , Colonial Mariposa ....... LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural 35 7 Peel River S. Australian Invest. :17 9 South Australian Crystals CORN MARKET., ,01 The supplies, of English Wheat are moderate' pd aE of all spring Corn.; the arrivals of foreigp. Wbe" are large. The trade is very firm, and a further 3. veOl e r, 2s. per quarter is demanded, making the total illoreis+' since Sion lay. fully 48. per quarter on . English to ,ro The top. price of town Flour is 50s. Ship sarr-Ple" t" 5 , per sack., dearer. Barley. Beans and. Pens ar e o 6 a, 0 :0 higher. The Oat trade is steady at an. advaace c " per quarter. Towards the close Wheat. was quo te o ' li o quarter. higher since Monday, and 3s. for foreiV l ' rt io o %, made Flour 555. per sack, and in other sorts a P° l ° . to oats u advance. Fine new English Barley 424. dever.. Peas unaltered. Beaussather lower English. Irish. 3022 Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas .. Flour. fore i ,V . '3Bl' 25 1° 32 9 ! 4 1 " 1 14 '0.. 0 9?" Sugar is inquired for at 21s. —,- - prr 3o' PRODUCE ArA'" -- ,1 15. li Refined more in request at ass. 6d. to 48s. 5d..„.0 Pao, to 245. for yelloi , co ffee 0 745. Tea: Good Congou wanted ; Native Ceylon 46s- 6d. to 468., Planal7orts , d ,,,, Rice is in large demand; prices are dino cjfl 1:c iell) f a si• .„,,, 9 inquired after; otll!, Colittund. Previous terms are sustained. Cochineal i ll scetcli 1 0 Wool: Former Prices are supported, Iron. 665. 6d. to 675. _ tifi TALLOW MARKE'r- 516- tol e The market is arm ; P.Y.C. sold at 505. 9 d. tO casts , 4 4 spot. The stock is 17,025 casks, against 41, 15 S c o lnAt i?' time last year. The deliveries re 1, 1 1 c as ' at' casks same time last year. CATTLE AIARNET . tg Inferior Beasts did not sell so well; pritn eS ,tver. a a/ Friday's prices. Sheep, Lambs, and Calves e'' 6c l to a 0 45 Beef 2s 6d to 4s 6d I Veal ...... g; 6d t f Mutton 4B Od to 5s Od I Pork .. •.. • • Lambs, 52 t. 9 d da t l o v : s s . 2 30910 j Pigs ......... ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts .......... iO Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and r+w ..• 11r n ampton Beasts ....................... Scotch Beasts ...................... • . 2'.!•',7, ..... Co u " Holland Beasts . - - ....... Do. Sheep . Do. Calves. Do. Pigs... Prussian Beasts Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep French Calves Beasts Sheep and Lambs MANCHESTER STOCK EXC II kila tivi /11 L ancas hire and Yorkshire , 76i - • •A 1 South-Eastern and Dover, 21 7-16 LEEDS STOCK EXCHAN GI ' sa , ire, Grea t Northern, 21i; Lancashire and Yoalc daY 6i There is more business doing in t he marketr wre; ore' and Flour, and prices are 6d per boll and ba' c ies last Wedneaa- in O ther art' Midlanc GLASGOW CORN ~ItIR~ET is no as LLIOVS°; Veif uS• ; verc,leof, lience . at Santander, 16th ; Pelican (at), 'leo" at tiiiool' Felicite, sailed from Santander, 16th Aug.) Or LATEST NG Ii Rattler (st), hence at Opc ~ 15th A l/f O ,.A LIVERPOOL : g0r,11 05 ,;i ri,rov Printed and Published every TuesdaTAci,%o4ol,l Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON li.siFitAL 1..0rr Percy-street, at the STANDARD OD' cs T, se , OFFICE, No. 4 Sr. GEORGE'ti clifi4Ce Tuesday, Aupst 33, 1031 •