The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

MADAME GRISI AND SIGNOR MARIO WILL SING AT THE PHILHARMONIC HAI THIS EVENING (TURSI).II !e 4th INSTANT, - '~_ L THE actual position of the British Cabinet, with regard most impenetrable m id those who, g speakir intentions four hoi after the Council 1 policy the adviser follow inz, profess f the Crown have det fined upon themsel which the Ai Administration means to adopt toy .ds preserving the and dc DEEN'S intended r More than or journal of semi- Ministerial ch, to the rumor the same wake successot Ministry someti the honour of this Ibt ; but I do not believe nature, and that it threat country in the man can, for one i indeed, I have the Crowr s to of ,f affairs i aportant crises, never one entered the head of Lord ABERDEEN Believe me ced a diplomatist would look twice before o fraught with damage to his According to very good auth gement of ttested domatists, than ac- country, so experien he made a maistatx own honour and chara , rity, he has more ent any affair, actor by the approi. to the genuine feelings of I glorious preced ABERDEEN will not leave the Cabinet, at all events, until the Eastern itestion presents an apps So much, however, I will not and meu who take a leading part in the It is just beginnin CLAI checkmated meditate se to be whispered about that Lord ncils of the aid Lord PALMERSTON, fin purpose of hastening this event, it is belie First Lord of the Traasury will; in the cours themselves ved that ti week or ten days, summon a Cabinet Council. • These are the on dits of political men, whom at all seasons I find best up to the mark, and whether they be well or ill founded, I can assure you that they have obtained no small share of credit . 4- reunions. ad other West-end As if in the most insolent contempt for the storm of indignation which the persecution of the MA DIAL excited in every enlightened part of Europe, and disregarding alike the promptings of reason, the sympathies of huma nity, and the energetic remonstrances of the agents of the British Government, the GRIND DUKE of TUSCANY has ventured upon a fresh exercise of his arbitrary Rower,, in allest desire to the most odious form in which that polvc played. Without evidencing t 1 establish himself in the favourabl could be dis- opinion of the world — without even allowing time to soften the deep feeling of reprobation which swelled every recital of I and to aggi rocities bosom, at-tge -he tics hastened to -confirm to the sinister impressions of himself and his government which they gave rise to: and the more completely to demonstrate that the liberal views of the present day are incapable of balancing in his judgment bigoted and servile adherence to laws and sentiments the bequest of a barbarous period, he has British subject for the object of his resentment Were the facts of the case not completely authenticated, we could hardly bring ourselves to believe that a prince occupying so low a place among the Sovereigns of Europe, would thus gratuitously offer an insult to a r ation so powerful to visit him with a terrible retribution and we might equally wonder that he should ag selected a soon fly in the very fa'ce of the public censure of Europe, which at least informed him that his principles of action were wholly unsuited . progressive for the spirit of the age _ . in which his and our lots laave r been cast. But there is no room for doubt. A benevolent and pious young lady, zealous and active as she should be in spreading far and wide around her the glad tidings of salvation, has been suddenly dragged from a bed of illness to answer an accu sation, drawn up against her for having given a copy of the Holy Bible and an Italian version of Bunyan's " Pil grim's Progress"'to a Tuscan peasant, eager for religions instruction. Untouched by the youth and innocence of the so-called offender, unmoved by the entreaties of her Mends, and deaf to the remonstrances of the resident English Minister, the barbarous administrators of the law of Tuscany consigned Miss CUNNINGHAME, their victim, to the prison of St. Georg . ; at Lucca, whither she was con veyed in a van, under a strong escort of yens d' armes, and where she now remains. These are the chief features of this new example of papal tyranny, and though not aggravated by incidental harshness, they need no addition to them to awaken in the people of this country the most determined resolution, first, for prompt and effective re dress, and secondly, while execrating the miserable priest ridden policy of Tuscan rule, to obtain, through the con stituted diplomatic channels, adequate guarantees for the future security of British subjects resident in, or travelling through, the territory of the GRAND DUKE, so attractive to the tourist by the profusion in which nature has scattered her beauties through it, and so inviting by its vast stores of art, but unhappily cursed by the intolerant bigotry of man. To consider the bearings of the question involved in this unfortunate matter is almost superfluous. However Miss CUNINGHAME mayhave violated the public law of Tuscany, under which, for the time, she was living, common sense will suggest to every one that her punishment has been shamefully disproportioned to her offence. What has she done ? She has given a copy of the Bible to a poor Italian peasant—doubtless in want of one. Is that an act which ought to receive the praise or the censure of any state in which it took place ? A little consideration ought to show that the Bible so given—or indeed any other book —should be allowed to do its work of confirmation or con version, as the case might be. Truth is only to be at tained by the gradual elucidation of error ; and if the means of elucidating it be withheld, or if the natural food for reflection be diverted, the human mind will remain for ever sunk in the darkness from which it is even now only slowly being emancipated. As far as I can discover any tendency in this act of the Tuscan Government, it is to maintain in its now fortunately crippled state the de 'testable remnant of that persecuting spirit which, in by gone and less happy days, forced the philosopher GALILEO to abjure a declaration which he had made in opposition to priestly teaching, when convinced before the mighty majesty of truth. In its essential principle, the proceed ing in both instances is precisely identical, amounting simply to a forcible repression of thought and teaching. It is not to be supposed, however, that, in this enlightened age, these narrow-minded prejudices and the barefaced tyranny by which alone they are sustained, can withstand the impulsive effort of events. Italy, though compara tively removed from Anglo Saxon influence, is gradually being brought within its sphere, and the dominion over the minds which its priests have long held with ruthless rigour will not survive the first shock of the coming encounter. In the meantime, however, oppression and suffering still mark its slow and tottering footsteps? An amiable young lady is unjustifiably detained in a foreign prison, under circumstances of extreme hardship, and for her immediate restoration to her friends the English nation will cry with one voice. Headed by that excellent nobleman Lord SHAFTESBURY ' ever foremost in the work of humanity, a deputation hasalready attended the Foreign Minister to urge upon him the necessity of immediate and vigorous action on behalf of our imprisoned countrywoman. The favourable reception which Lord CLARENDON bestowed upon this deputation, and its spirited declaration of true British feeling, would create in us the most lively feeling of satisfaction, and encourage us to look forward to a speedy and substantial vindication of offended national dignity, but for the sad illustrations we have recently had before us, of the little anxiety displayed by the Govern ment to sustain the honour of the British name. I am willing to believe, however, that Ministers will readily apply themselves to the redress of this intolerable act of oppression, surrounded as it is bycircumstances which make :it repugnant to us beyond all endurance : and than they will humble the wretched little Tuscan tyrant into a true estimate of his power. But should our hopes and expecta tions be unfounded,—should our Government, in this case too, let the world see that despotism advancing over the continent with its great strides might possibly be wel comed by it on the shores of England—we fearlessly en trust the issue to the well-formed resolution of the people. It is gratifying to know that the health of London has not been better for some time past, especially so for the last four or five days. The weather has much to do with this : it is drier and colder, and sunshine has enlivened us. The Board of Health sits daily, and Mr. c -HADWICS receives his deputations like a minister of state. The parish surgeons also report favourably ; and I might almost venture to state that cholera does not exist, save in a mo dified form. Provisions are still rising in price, and from certain movements among the bakers, I believe it is ar ranged that the quartern loaf shall be a shilling before many days are over. In some sort to compensate for this untoward state of prices, wages in most trades are better. This is the result of the recent strikes : nearly all the trades have gone to work, masters and men meeting each lutary view taken way, as the phrase is strikes by the magisl diamond ring. BROOKE stays and plays another Led. A troupe of Americans, who had taken the theatre for a time, have been arranged with, so as to leave the tragedian hi possession of the stage. The theatre is crammed nightly, and there were notices stuck on the when prepa: eessary ; ni Wen t inguished guests present could travestie the immortal WILLIA.M— I have dined not wisely, But too well. • I am no admirer of what SUTER denominates " ridiculous gastrophagy," neither appeared the guests at the BROOKE gathering, for they did such justice to the eating and drinking as indicated robust health in each of the artists BENEDICT, the :11-known .compjished musician; undertaken to give a series of Wednesday evening !erts in Exeter Hall with first-rate artistes :VES, with a heap of al and Sims as, go to Drury-lane, for the Purpose of giving Opera in English JAMES ANDERSON, the actor, leaves London instanter fo Liverpool to embark for America, where he has 'got engage ments of a liberal kind. The last time he visited the United States he cleared upwards of £lO,OOO, and lost very penny of it in no time at Drury-lane. The little -some—some opening with much pro in short, the theatres are all alive. mice of excellenc DISASTER TO THE ISAAC wieiGffi EMIGRANT SHIP. ♦ THE packet-ship Isaac Wright, Captain Abeel, which took her departure hence for New York on the 20th ult., with 600 passengers on board, composed chiefly of German and Irish emigrants, struck on a rock, about 40 miles south of Cork, on Tuesday last, when seven days out. Sne had experienced very rough weather, severe squalls, with heavy storms of hail, from the time she parted with the steam-tug, which had been a dense fog for several days, bet every thing had gone on well until about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, when it was found she was close in shore. The captain, who was on deck, celled to the man at the wheel to put the ship about; but it was too late, for, as she was wearing, her stern struck against a rock, unshipping her rudder, and doing such damage to her timbers that she began rapidly to make water. They succeeded in getting her into deep water, and the sails having been reefed, all hands were called to the pumps. The ship remained in this position until Thursday, no vessel going to her assistance, although several passed at a distance, when the Ocnasta, Budfield, from St. John's N.B. hove in sight and immediately bore down to her. On being asked where he thought he had struck, Captain Abeel said he believed it was Cape Clear; but Captain Hadfield told him that could not be, as he was only forty miles off Cork and thirty off the Head of Kinsale. They consulted as to the best means to adopt, and it was decided that the Ocnasta should make all sail to Liverpool, and send a steamer to the assistance of the Isaac Wright, her captain being of opinion that he should be able to keep her afloat in the meantime. Although there was no accommodation for passengers on board the timber-ship, Captain Hadfidd took off the cabin passengers, of whom there were ten in number, including two Misses Harvey, of Cincinnati, U. S., Mr. Moore, Mr. Neigbt, (a Welsh gentleman,) two servants, and four children. When the Ocnasta left the Isaac Wright, she was very deep, the water being up to her port holes. The Ocnasta experienced rough weather until she reached the Mersey. On Sunday night Capt. Dixon, master of the Fidelia, belonging to the same line of packet-ships as the Isaac Wright, left this port in the steam-tug Constitution, in search of the unfortunate ship, with a view of rendering assistance. By telegraph we learn that the Isaac Wright was seen off Holyhead yesterday afternoon, in tow of a steamer. of these +rates In the adjustment of the qUestion. Where intimidation was attempted, punishment followed: "Stopwork," saidthe „Th,La, gistrate, "if you like, but you must not coerce_others. great movers in many of are to be fount lint of agitation m a set of cunning , lazy fellows, who, 1, _ beco me secretaries, delegates, and what not, receiving tw( or three pounds a-week from the The room in which I have RE&IT, where, indeed, he used day the scene of an ovation. A Mr. Itnoolcm, the tragedian ; the tavern i n which the meetii so not the there w same as it was thirty as enough of vitality drama is yet at EDMIINI was provided for And though the Coal-hole— show - that ti vrneeiateu among us, and that good acting is as eagerly followed after as ever. The meeting was all heart. Mr. Buo ort was grateful to the press, and SMITH, the lessee, was grateful to BROOKE, the press, the public, to everybody in short, and presented the actor with a Air i lliroo ll o494 ClitgaCri plc, f 4 Ofachth, lath 'd PALM ET is rathe THE CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL FOR some days past rumours have been afloat to the effect that several cases of cholera had occurred in Liverpool, and these rumours, as might have been conjectured, gave rise to feelings of great uneasiness in the public mind. On Thurs day, however, all doubt upon the subject was put an end to by an official declaration that three fatal cases had occurred river, and chartered for the conveyance of to Boston, U.S. The Silas Greenwood is a fine packet-ship, be longing to Messrs. Rathbone Brothers and Co., and the emi grants, we believe, were chiefly foreigners, who have come from infected ports in Germany and other parts of the con tinent. The vessel was inspected ten days ago by the Govern ment emigration-officers, and : would have taken her de parture, had she not been detained by stress of weather. The whole of her passengers then appeared in tolerably good health. but yesterday week the cook, and afterwards several of the Germans, were attacked with premonitory symptoms, and the three fatal cases were the result. On Saturday seven more emigrants were reported ill of the disease, two of them seriously so, and a meeting of the Sub-health Committee was called to take the state of the ship, and other matters respect ing the sanatory condition of the town, into consideration. On the recommendation of the acting medical officer of the Union, (Dr. Cameron), it was decided that the best measures to adopt would be to remove the sick to the sheds appropriated to such cases at the Workhouse, to bring the whole of the passengers on shore, and thoroughly to cleanse and fumigate the vessel. Mr. Rathbone, who was in attendance, showed the greatest desire to meet the wishes of the committee, and the ship was cleared of the passengers on Saturday, the Irish portion going to their respective lodging-houses, and the Germans being conveyed to the Emigrants' Home, Moor fields, whence they had been shipped. On Saturday night and Sunday morning eleven cases of diarrhoea were removed from that place to the Workhouse. They included the cook of the establishment, a German woman, seven German emi grants, one Austrian, and one Prussian. They were not severe cases, but were wisely removed, on the first attack of diarrhoea, by the orders of the medical officer. The sub-health committee has held several meetings, and one important result of their deliberations has been a deci sion as to the necessity of having some depot, entirely apart from any other place to which to remove the emigrants among whom cholera breaks out, as in this instance. The parochial authorities have been advertising for such a place for some days, hitherto without success, but endeavours are now being made to obtain the use of one of the lazarettes lying in the river. Fitted with iron bedsteads, and supplied with the requisite fixtures, it will be better than any other depot that could be selected. Captain Schomberg, the active chief emigration officer at this port, was in attendance during the deliberations of the committee. On Sunday, the Silas Greenwood was fumigated and thoroughly cleansed by the officers of the Health Committee. Immediately on the cases being reported to the Health Committee, means were adbpted to obtain accommodation in the government hulk, moored in the river as a quarantine vessel, whereby the parties taken out of the intected ship might have been treated without coming into the town; on inspection, the hulk was found to be useless for such a purpose, being without fittings or other accommodation. In these circumstances the Health Committee had no alternative. We regret to add that on Sunday seven cases were reported from the Emigrants' Home, and received into the Hospital ; of these three of the patients died the same day. Yesterday, a man named Roberts, a patient in the medical ward of the Hospital, was attacked by omptoms of the malady, and died in six hours after being taken ill. Seven new cases were also yesterday admitted from the Emigrants' Home. IRELAND THE LORD LIEUTENANT and the Countess St. Ger mans, accompanied by the Lord Chancellor and Sir John and Lady Young, visited Limerick on Monday. It is stated that the Viceregal party will next visit Galway. COMMERCIAL AFFAlns.—The Mercantile Advertiser says :—General trade in Dublin and in the country towns has become dull, in consequence of the threatening aspect of foreign affairs, and the increased rate for discount charged by the banks,i which are acting with much greater caution. The retail trade in provisions is also much more limited, on account of the very high prices of food, which press severely on the consumers, although, of course, they greatly benefit the growers of agricultural produce. As yet, the staple manufactures of Ulster do not appear to have been materially affected by the causes that have led to so much depression in England ; and this may be con sidered as an evidence of the sound principles upon which the linen trade is conducted, without anything in the shape of wild speculation. The employers and workmen seem to be upon the best terms, and there has not been a single " turn out" in any department. There is a fair demand for linen yarns, without, however, any general advance in prices. The stocks of linens are very moderate ; prices are well maintained by a very active demand, and the bleach-greens are in full activity. There has been, however, an increasing business for Australia, and a con tinuance of the check in that quarter, which has already commenced, would, of course, in some degree, affect the imports from Ulster. The cotton and muslin trade is also brisk, showing no symptoms of re-action, although the demand for sewed and embroidered goods is not, we are told, altogether so active as heretofore. The northern flax markets are very buoyant, with a tendency to ad vanced prices. THE RIOTS IN LISBURN.-31r. Thomas Mussen, of Lisburn, in whose house the committee of the Conservative candidate were sitting when it was wrecked by the par tizans of the Radical candidate, died on Thursday night. He had been slightly ailing on the day of the attack ; but the shock which his nerves sustained, and the alarm which seized him on seeing his residence besieged and half ruined by the assault of a cowardly mob, produced a dangerous access of excitement, from which he never recovered. He was a person of peculiarly gentle manners, and unoffending disposition, and his loss is greatly deplored by all who knew him.—Belfast News-letter. FALL OF A HOUSE IN FRESTON-STREET, WH ITECHAPEL. Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, as police constable Liddle was making the round of his beat, on passing along near the bead of Preston-street, be had his attention arrested by a sound as of something breaking. On looking about he discovered that the noise proceeded from the falling in of the roof of a di la p idated fabric inhabited by a broker. He immediately proceeded to awaken the inmates, consisting of an old man, his wife, and one child, and to offer such assis tance as was in his power, to rescue them from the impending peril. Of the fallinc , fabric they had already been made aware, and had retreated back portion of the premises for safety, and from which tu,y refused to stir. While the constable was endeavouring to persuade them to leave their veryinsecure place of refuge, a portion of the front wall fell into the street, a quantity of the debris falling on the unfortunate policeman, who was severely hurt about the back. Fortunately, the in jury occasioned by the falling masses was confined to the policeman, no other person being in any way hurt, although the broker and his better half with their infant kept pos session of the ruinous and tottering domicile till an advanced period of the afternoon. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN.—At the police court, on Saturday? a charge of shooting with intent to kill was preferred against Captain Natrass, of the British ship Matanzss. On Sunday, the 26th of June, as the Matanzas was lying in Bahia preparing for sea, being bound for Trieste, two of the men, named M'Kendall and Macdonald, refused to go to their work, and, while the men were at breakfast, the the mate, who - told them , to go aft, as the captain sem eak to them. All the men went except cap t a in wanted to sp M'Kendall and Macdonald, who remained in the forecastle. The men were met by the captain at the mainmast, who as ked them if they would heave the anchor. On this George Wake, one of the seamen, said they could not, as they were short-handed. The captain asked him again several times, saying that the two refractory men would work when they got out to sea. Wake said, " No, they would i..•caei that they would die sooner than not, as they had stateu work." The capt ain then said, " Do, George, for my sake;" but still Wake refused. On this the captain took a pistol trom the breast pocket of his coat, and fired it at Wake, sav ing, "Take that !" Wake fell back and said, " I'm shot." The captain then went forward, and, presenting another pistol at several others of the men, asked them if they would heave the anchor. They said they would, and several of them hailed a vessel lying near them, called the Annie, but no one came from it. Soon after the captain sent Wake ashore : he was very weak, and bleeding from a wound in the shoulder. He was taken to an hospital kept by Dr. Patterson, where he was left in a dangerous state. Information of the matter LAMP ws given to the Britisu consul, wno sent ine pribii in a the Viscount Sandon. The dispute relative to the vessel being short-handed commenced several days before the captain shot Wake, and one of the witnesses stated he saw the captain loading a pistol the day before. Mr. Mansfield cot:emitted the prisoner for trial, and rertmeu to tioic PRODUCE. — The market for Sugar has again been dull, and in some instances slightly lower prices have been accepted, but in the general market no change can be made in quotations. There are no sales to report in Foreign. Molasses.--There continues a good inquiry, and prices recently current would be readily paid, but holders being very firm, the sales are limited. In Coffee no sales of Jamaica:are reported; Maracaibo sold at auction with spi rit at 48s to 595, and St. Domingo at 45s to 45s 6d per cwt . Black Pepper sold at 42d. Para Cocoa 28s per cwt. In fluenced by the state of the Corn market, a very extensive business has been done in Rice, and the sales reported amount to 10,000 bags Bengal, at lls ed for broken to 14s 6d, and 45,000 bags Arracan at 10s 6d per cwt. Rum— The market is very firm ; the only sale reported is 40 puns. Demerara, to arrive, at 2s 9d per gallon proof . The market for Tea continues very firm, but there is not so much doing in the blackish leaf kinds from is 214 to is 5d ; a little more inquiry exists for common Congous at 11d per lb, but sales are limited. Saltpetre steady. Nitrate of Soda, 18s. 3d to 17s 7d per cwt. American Rosin in good demand, at 6s 9d to 7s for common, to 12s 6d per cwt. for fine. Linseed in increased demand, at an advance of is per quarter. At the sales on Tues day, about 7,000 dry salted Brazil Hides sold at nd to 64d, and 1,000 wet salted at lid per lb. Olive Oil in fair demand, at about previous rates. Seal Oil, pale £34 to £34105, brown £3l 10s, Cod £33 per tun. Linseed Oil in active demand at 29s to 31s per cwt. ; pale Rape in moderate request at former rates. A good busi ness done in Spirits a Turpentine at 59s to 61s per cwt. Large transactions have again taken place in Palm Oil, principally to arrive ; the sales are 560 tons on the spot at £3B lOs to £4O, but fully 4,500 tons to arrive have been sold at £39 to £4O per ton. Tallow has further advanced, but the business in Petersburgh Y.C. has not been exten sive, the price ranging from 56s to 59s ; 550 pipes South American are reported at 54s 6d to 57s per cwt. Extreme rates were maintained for Jute at £22 2s 6d to £24 7s ed. To-DAY there is no change_ to_ notice_ in Sugar, the business being confined to 60 hhds. Barbadoes at 35s to 41s 6d, and 80 hhds. Porto Rico at 34s to 36s 6d per cwt. A large business has been done in Molasses, the sa l es amounting to 1800 puns. St. Vincent Rum has been sold from the quay at 2s 9d per proof gallon. The Tea market is firm, but we have no transactions of moment to report ; common Congou continues heavy of sale at lld per lb. A very extensive demand still continues for Rice ; Bengal 14s 6d, Arracan, lls 6d on the spot, and lls 3d to arrive ; Madras to arrive 12s 6d; and Carolina 25s per cwt. Of Saltpetre, East India refined realized 30s per cwt. St. Domingo Logwood £5 2s 6d, Jamaica £s,.Campeachy . £B per ton, Shell La( 62s per cwt., and Castor Oil at lid per lb. WooL.—The market has been excessively dull this week, and prices are rather in favour of the buyer. En glish Wools have participated in the depression, and can only be sold in quantity at lower prices. META.r..9,--At the preliminary meeting of the South Staffordshire iron -masters, it was resolved to maintain last quarter's prices of iron. Tin remains scarce and dear. Copper is without alteration ? but the tendency is ;Abu slywayfigi, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, ANT) GENERAL CO 11 COMMERCIAL 4 MONETARY NEWS THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY. it wou on a more belligerent aspect than hey have main- —Rev. Dr uty which brougl might not great a privili the Gospel ha ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT. DAY evening, at half-past six o'clock. and frig nnicated ; that the ugh eke the chair ; and )y the Rev lark Cooper M.A. vicar of Branshaive, Hants, the deputation from the parent society ; the Rev. Drs. MN - elle and Dixon ; the Revds. C. M. Birrell,W. Graham, and other ministers ad gentlemen. Admission, except to the upper gallery, was by ticket, and there was, as usual, a brilliant attend ance, the house being crowded to excess in every part. Punctually at the appointed time, his Lordship and the 1 other leading promoters of the meeting made their appear ance on the platform, and were received with a burst of ant to five per cent. enthusiastic applause. Amongst those present we ob- a:Neile, Rev. Dr. Raffles, Rev. Jones, Rev. W. Rawson, Rev. F. Barker, Rev. C. M Birrell, Rev. F. Parry, Rev. T. Carter, Rev. E. Gabriel Rev. H. Hampton, Rev. F. Gell, Rev. Mr. Vernon, Rev Mr. Newenham, Rev. H. Marlen, Rev. W. Hughes, Rev W. F. Taylor, Rev. C. W. Lawrence, Rev. J. England, Rev J. West, - Rev: W. Reade, Rev. J. Holmes, Rev. Dr. Hirsch, Rev. Mr. Robinson, Rev. Mr. Baggaly, Rev. J. Ogden, Rev. W. Cooper, Rev. Dr. Dixon, Rev. T. C. Cowan, Rev. W. London, Rev. J. T. Willink, Rev. D. Barry, Rev. John Kelly, Rev. John Edwards (Wesleyan), Rev. William Henry Wright, Rev. J. Lee, Rev. John Macnaught, Edwd. Cropper, Esq., Johu Cropper, Esq., 31, W. Collett, Esq„ Anderson, Esq., Charles Inman, Esq., W. Crossfield, Esq., Thomas P. Pick, Esq:, Richard Griffiths, Esq., Lang, Esq., Edw. Jones, Esq., Wm. Jones, Esq., Jeffreys, Esq., R. A. Payne, Esq., Francis Mill, Esq., H. J. Webster, Esq., J. K. Rounthwaite, Esq., John Eden, Esq., W. H. Moore, Esq., Jas. Parker, Esq., D. Davies, Esq., James Howell, Esq., W. Maples, Esq., D. Lewis, Esq., D. Leather, Esq., A. Hodgson, Esq.,. G. Mills, Esq., J. J. Glazebrook, Esq., and the Rev. John Carter. The meeting, pursuant to custom, was opened by the Right Rev. Prelate reading a portion of the 119th Psalm. His LORDSHIP then said, before he proceeded to what was the proper business —to call upon the Secretary to read the Report—he wished to express the great pleasure he felt in meeting them again on that occasion, and seeing them assembled in such numbp- He was sure they were all full- 'lce of the rs as they were. sensible of the vast imps it them there sensible of the greatness of their privilege in meeting thus together, and for that object. It was' only when we compared other countries with our awn, that we became fully sensible how but per lines equa Lege it was to live in a land where free course, and where liberty of con •otected, both by authority of the laws, science was and by hear, and applause.) When we looked abroad, when we looked to the continent of Europe, we did not find that the same was the case in every country there. Very recently, at dom of Tuscany a very painful instance of the liindrances that still continue there to be thrown in the way of the circulation of God's Word. Now they must bear with him in the few words that he was going to say. He was aware that it was a very delicate point to raise any question as to the right of independent states to form their own laws for their own internal government. Speaking in the abstract,- such• a right seemed to be essential, and necessarily implied in the very idea of national independence. Let him, also, draw their attention to another particular, and that was, that he be lieved the law in Tuscany was not in express language, whatever its spirit might be, directed against the circula tion of the Bible at all, but against circulating the Bible in any other versions than those - which their own Church approved. But without dwelling either on that distinc tion, or on the delicate question of international law, which was a matter, he begged to say, foreign to the pur pose of their meeting there,—he thought that they might all say with safety this, that a policy of any government who attempted in these days to inflict civil punishments on a person for distributing the Bible, was a policy which, in the end, would recoil upon its authors, because it would enlist against them the moral sympathies of all liberal and enlightened minds in every country of the world. Happily in this country of ours there were no hindrances ; there were no impediments ; we had a clear field open to us, if we were but willing to act up to the standard of our duty. Not only so, but what did these meetings of the Bible Society in our own happy country show ? Why they showed this, —good men, though differing from each other on minor points and forms, there met together in concord, to co-operate together for the great objects of that society, and thus give a noble proof to all the world, — not only to England, but to wherever English transac tions were.read and known, they gave a noble proof that, notwithstanding their differences, they knew how to pre serve amongst themselves the spirit of Christian charity— they knew how to recognise as Protestants, in the circulation of God's word, a common ground on which They could stand side by side, and a centre of unity in which they could show to the whole world that as Christians and Protestant Christians they were all still bound together. (Applause.) Now these were things for which we could not be sufficiently grateful, and it was only when we were reminded by the painful contrast of other countries, we became sufficiently sensible, he thought, of our own great privileges, under God's providence, in having this great liberty of conscience and action among ourselves. He met them, last time when they were ushering in the year of jubilee, and a very large- and very I. successful meeting they had on that occasion ; but he recol lected well that the Secretary of the Parent Society who was kind enough to come as a deputation felt himself's° cir cumscribed in point of time that he was not able to set before them a great many interesting, particulars of infOrmation which he had intended to do. Now, as he hoped they had commenced in good time that evening, and as he (the Right Rev. Prelate) was not going to make such a sad mistake as to occupy any more of their time himself, he hoped the gentlemen who had come there as the depu tation would have an opportunity' of addressing them more at length. The Rev. Mr. Cooper had kindly come there from a very great distance, and had been travelling all day to reach them at that hour,. and he was sure they would give him that kind, hearty welcome which they never failed to give friends of that society. (Applause.) There were many friends around him, amongst the rest the Rev. Dr. MasTeile,—(applause)—whose views they were always glad to hear, and whom they would - have-the gra tification of hearing that evening;- and there • were many other kind friends around them. There was• their kind friend, Dr. Raffles ; — (aPPlanso — he did not know whether they were to hear his voice in making any speech, but if they did, he was sure it would be delivered in the spirit of Christian charity and good will to all mankind (Applause). • The Rev. F. PARRY, the secretary, then read; the report of the society, which stated that— During the last year alone itsissues amounted to one million, one hundred and sixty - eig h t thousand, seven hundred and ninety-four copies; being an increase of f our t een th ousa nd, one hundred and fifty-two over those of th e p rece di ng y ear . The total issues during th e fi ft y yearsuf its past existence have amounted to twenty-six millions, five,hundred and seventy-one thousand, one hundred and three. The total receipts have amounted to £109,000,160105. Bd., being £7ll 9s. 10d. more than those reported in the last year. It is a very gratifying and encouraging circumstance, that the chief increase of the year has been in the tree contributions from the Auxiliary Societies-, which were £2,422165. 11d. above those of the preceding ye ar; It is important to remark that the sums thus specified are altogether exclusive of the Jubilee Fund, and properly belong to the report of the next year. As, however, the friends who are present may wish to know what progress this Auxiliary is making, as it respects Jubilee contributions, we may state that they amount to about:6l,ooo. The annual subscriptions of the Liverpool Auxiliary during the past year have amounted to £405.25. Od, being £2 19s Od. more than in the preceding year; and the sum of £13135. Od. has been received since the accounts were closed on the 31st of December, (being arrears for 1852,) making the total of that year £4lB 15s Od. The donations have been £20615s Od. The contributions of the Ladies' Branch have amounted to £224 6s. 3d,—an increase,, as compared with the preceding Year, of £Bl2s. 4d. Your Committee have also the pleasure of announcing an increase in the receipts from the associations connected with this Auxiliary of £29 18s. The particulars were stated in the Treasurer's report.. The Welsh Branch has raised during the past year '4SQ 16s. id. ; contributing (after- supplying the wants of their own countrymen, resident in Liverpool) £699175. 7d. From the Mechanics' Association among the w Irkmen of Messrs. Haigh and Co., have been received .4'4 12s. sd. The proceeds of the sale of books in Liverpool have been £699175. 7d. Up to the time of closing the accounts for the year 1852, the total receipts of the year (including sales), were £2,768 ss. 4id.; being £22313a. sd. more than in the previous year: The number of copies of the Word of God distributed by, this Auxiliary, either in whole or in part during the past year, has amounted to 20,886, being 1,293 less than in the prece ding year, viz Bibles. Testament* To the Ladies' Branch Society 636 351 - ~ St. Helens' Ditto 416 334 „, Prescot Ditto 117 138 „ Mechanics' Association 6 2 ~, Southport Branch 414 472- „ Ormskirk Ditto 139 77 - If Chowbent Ditto „ Egremont and Wallasey Ditto} 62 5 (Ladies' Association) „ Orrell Ditto „ Chorley Ditto 3BO 259 „ Wavertree Ditto „ Rock Ferry Ditto 107 63 „ Welch Branch 259 215 To Subscribers, at reduced prices Cost prices and claims 5385 3762 Grants 653 853 Sold by the English Colporteur 158 l 2691 ~ Foreign Colporteur 64 405 Egremont andWallasey (Gentleman's } 4 _ Branch) Schools (Sales at cost price) 228 214 10641 10225 To the system of colportage, your committee attach great Importance. In no department of its labours has the Society been encouraged by a more decided and signal manifestation of the Divine blessing. By the employment of two colpor teurs a new, and it is hoped it may prove a great and effectual door of usefulness, has been opened to this Auxiliary. The total number of copies of the Holy Scriptures, either in whole or in part., issued from the depository of this Auxi liary since its formation in 1811, is 468,727. Mr. JOHN CROPPER, the treasurer, read next a de tailed statement of the accounts. The Rev. C. M. BIRREI4, was called upon to move the first resolution, which was for the adoption of the report. He said that document was not long, but it contained much that an infallible historian would retain as of higher value than often much that obtained greater notice. It was said by an eminent French writer respecting Robert Stevens, the great printer of Bibles, that Francis the First obtained greater honour from that one man's labours than he did fr - om all his great enterprises in peace and war ; not excepting his patronage of the arts and sciences. HE the distribution of so large a number of copies of the inspired Word of God, that it would obtain an imperish able record somewhere when ti transactions of this great corn floated down the stream of obi community was agl Branch Association that, although the mere enthusiasm which attended the birth of that society must have so long since passed away, there were a great many who con tinued the task of disseminating copies of the Scriptures amongst the homes of our neglected population. (Ap plause.) And while many of those who entered at first vu thiA Arclum errand 114 ic i cslllo tv tinic roTacl, MONDAY NIGHT, such an unsettled state e cause to prevail as to the ever, and the funds sunk lower than they have been for many years being fully ten per cent. below what they were before the Chancellor of the Exchequer tried his hand at conversion. On Thursday they began to recover, and had assumed a respectable elevation b; he afternoon when the an- of the I ,nk of Eng. had a depressing then t tamed the previous rate, consols being quoted at 931, both These fluctuations, combined with another diminution in the stock of bullion, and the for me went of the Turkish question, have tende to paralys, almost Ell commercial operations, and business may be said to be confined to demands for actual consumption. The weekly diminutions in the Bank of England stoci of bullion having operated so injuriously on commer credit, public attention has been more directly called to the subject, and the opinion is gaining ground that the Bank Restriction Act of 1844 ought to be repealed, or at iderably modified. For all beneficial pur- any rate c poses it is useless, while it is positively injurious in cases like the present. It may be satisfactory to state, that since the last published account was- made up there have been several large arrivals of specie. Among them are the Oriental, from Sydney, with 1131 ounces of gold, valued at about £4,500; the Essex, from Port Philip, with 52,000 ounces, valued at £205,000; and the Typhoon, from the same place, with 37,700 ounces, or about £150,000. The above arrivals, together with those pre five (lava. making a total iously reported during tho L of £955,000. From Manchester, ad the other seats of the Cotton mannfacture, t reports are of a general stagnc fluenced chiefly by the difficulties in the money market, and by no means relieved by the unsettled state of the operatives, thousands of whom are out on strike is little, howev 6vith the exception of attairs in the tost, to create any uneasiness for the future ; and as the latest accounts report the resumption of negotiations by the allied powers for the preservation of pe: activity is confidently anticipated. Our SnAnE MARKET closes the week to-day very tame and quiet after the late excitement. On Wednesday prices took a start, from large orders having been received to buy, on London account, which was scarcely checked by the bank's raising the rates on Thursday ; in fact, since that day prices have again reached the highest point of the week. This has arisen from the great scarcity of stock, and the preponderance of real buyers over real sellers. We are told that there the bears had so large an account open as at present ; may therefore look for all sorts of alarming political rumours, circulated in the endeavour of these gentry to lower prices to enable them to get in their stock before the next account day. Londons, which receded to 98, are 104. Leeds, Midland, and others have advanced in about the same proportion. Our Local Stocks are very steady, and in all the changes have fluctuated very little. Consols fluctuated during September between 904 and 974 ; London and North-Western ranged from 98 to 1101 ; Brighton, 92 to 1011; Great Northern . , 681 to 82 ; Great Western, 771 to 864 ; York and North Midland, 204 to 284, wfth others in about the same proportion. Latest prices :—Caledonians, 254 4 I 4 ; Eastern Counties, 121 1-16 ; East Lancashire, 16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 64/ 4/1 el cf 4 66/ /4/ a 4 ; London Stock, 104 34 41e 1034 4e; Ditto Fifths, 1p; Midland Stock, 604 60 59/ 4 4 ; Dover Stock, 18 17 15-16 I 13-16. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 24th of Sept., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £6,712,265; Increase £704,432 Other deposits ... 10,839,185; Decrease 214,788 Rest ... 3,666,681; Increase 7,316 On the other side of the account — Government securities £12,339,083; Decrease. 188,810 Other securities ... 17,143,223; Increase 44)2;541 Notes unemployed ... 7,130,435; Increase 153,280 never was a time when The amount of notes in circulation is £21,935,445, being a decrease of £486,475; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,680,783, showing a decrease of £181,615, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT Notes issued ... £23,ols,B£3o'Goveriimt. Debt £11,016,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bull'n. 16,086,880 !Silver bullion ... £29,065,880 £29,065,880 RANKING DEPARTMENT, Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £12,339;083 Rest . . 3,665;581 Other Securities 17,143,223 Public Deposit's 6,712;265 Notes ... 7,130,435 Other Deposits 10,839,185 Gold & Silver Coin 614,903 7-day & other bills 1,457,613 £37 3 227,644 $37,227,644 COTTON.—The market during the week has been.more than ordinarily dull, and prices in consequence were lower to the extent of -Ad on Brazil and Egyptian, and , id;to on American and. Surat. This dulness was owing. in a great measure to, the inaction of the manufacturers; and the unsettled state of the money market. To-Dmr the accounts by the Asia were received, and the reports•of the new crops being mare unfavourable than the• preceding ones, the business done was of greater extent than for some time past. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken on speculation and for export, at firmer rates.. SALES. DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Prey). ending ously Sep.3o. this yr. Sea Island —l2l @ 361 200! 163001 ~_ I Boweds 32 6f 6000 381880 Mobile ,41 61 5450 237250 1430 New Orleans. 31 8/ 14600, 7967 60 Pernams, &c . 61 71 8801 56880 Bahia, &c. 6l 61 450 42420 Maranliam 6* 7* 520; 33433 Demerara, &c 14 141 50, 580 Egyptian., . 51 10* 1140 ; 103130 Com.W.l.Bic. 6f 320 8610 Surat Madras Bengal 3* 100, 4520 ---I—_ 1 34050 18658101 IMPORTS. Week STOCK ending Thi s Year. Sep.3o. Sep. 30 - - 491500 4351 468230 } 5931 918E474 1063 46046] 1 - 08811 1464 27976'.13830 ..,. 27039 i 21680 .... 495; 510 2570 91,412 1 91380 1612 6912 4850 } 7181 236920 1 155990 50351 1970 1829010' 795590 IMERCIAL A.DVERTIstn. and the shades of the serene evening were gathering above us, it might be hoped that the young would press into their places, and continue in the field till there should not be a family in England whn had dwelling. (Loud applause.) rily a report of local exertio which fell upon his ear whi lorious fac The re ns, but fi Light in its )rt was necessa- as one item Lt in an in- rid, in res- lublished the ~han in any previous year, wan Inc tsuab.v tion of the year 1845-6. He next traced the progress demand for the Bible, remarking that Bishop Bon placed six copies of the Bible in the Cathedral of St. Pat bel t- an am l- --wsl v for the populatior resent t ;ty was ae laity reiding the Bible. She [gate version, because it was the language of the peo- She gave it to them because they could read it; she would iiot give it now because they could read it (Applause.) But the' Bible Society had determined, in the strength of God, that every nation should have its own Vulgate. The State of . Tuscany might make a law tathe effect that any person circulating works hostile to the _ _ than ten, and a Scottish young lady applause)—who save alvEtv Diodati blessings on herl VPrsinn of the Ni ie hostile version, had been surrounded by gens-d'-armes and sent off to prison. But England must speak to Tuscany on that—(loud applause)—and not let the - Great Duke suppose that by those means he would keep the Bible out of his domi nions. He might as well attempt to fathom the blue depths of the ocean, or shut out the light of the sun which gilded Italy with its glbry. Why, we were told that' there are already 20,000 Protestants in his dominions. (Applause.) And what was the fact with regard to the wholeof the Italian Peninsula, ineludino. the States of the Church; which, notwithstanding the• strictest espionage, and the' sight of the most horrid dungeons ? The book entered• by every point. (Hear, hear, and loud ap plause.) The same was the case in.: Fiance. There had been two million copies of the Scriptures distributed there, and last year the issue was 90,000 copies. (Ap plause,) Yes, and what was the state or things in that, alas ! one of the most Romish countries of the world, poor Ireland ? The Irish version of the Scriptures was now extensively distributed there, and the priests were about, in opposition, to print their version in the - Irish tongue. Mr. Birrell, in highly figurative language, then refer red to the marvellous results of the distribution of the Scriptures in the Chinese language, and said that events in the Eastern world seemed at pre sent as the prelude. to a like state of things as existed at the Reformation. In the 250 years that had followed that event, there had been put in circulation 5,000,000 copies of the Scriptures in 22 languages ; but mark, in the last 60 years there had been put in. circulation 20,000,000 of copies, and that not in 22 but 164 languages, of which 130 had never been printed before: (Loud ap plause.) In conclusion, Mr. Birrell urged them not to rest till all the nations of the world were in possession of the Word of Life, and resumed his seat amid loud cheering. The Rev. Dr. M`Nrner, who was received as msnal with enthusiastic applause, then spoke for upwards of an hour, and was listened to with the deepest interest and atten tion. He contended that as the Bible was our most valuable law, so it could only be understood by what it said of the Jews. He then at some length adverted to various passages having reference.to that sacred people, "because unto them were committed the oracles of God.!' The law which the Jews had contrasted with the laws of other nations was Divine wisdom contrasted with human; it was that which was perfect from the first and could-not be im proved to the last, compared with that was imperfect to the last. 'Where were all the laws men had made for the regulation of themselves? Where were the laws of the wise men of the East, Solon, Lycurgus ?—where the Institute of Numa, where the code of Justinia-n--where were the provisions of our own Alfred, and of our statute book from his day to now ? Some of them in being, some of them neglected, all of them imperfect. And where was the Jewish law? Why there it was (holding up a Bible),per feet in the letter,unchangeableas the God that gave it. The rev. gentleman then referred to some of the advantages resulting from this law, as shown by the year of jubilee, the providing of cities of refuge, &c., and said, there was another advantage resulting from it,—the commandment not to cultivate art so as to introduce into the worship of God graven images. (Applause.) God saw the tendency in fallen man to multiply visible objects of worship, and so gave his ,positive precept " thou shalt not ; " making it equally binding with the other commandments. He said from heaven, and wrote it with his own. finger on a table of stone :—" Thou shall not make to thyself any gra ven image ; or the likeness of any thing," &c. The Jews were hindered by this law from cultivating the arts in connection with their worship; but the thing prohibited reached its climax amongst the cultivated heathen. Juno, Jupiter, Diana, Apollo,— what beautiful: statues they were !—all the ideal. of what was perfect or ought to be found perfect in the human form was, condensed and stereotyped iu those beautiful images. Art was culti vated, images were multiplied, man as an artist among his fellow men was. multiplied—man as a worshipper of God was debased and degraded. (Applause.) It was true the Jews had their cherubims, but they were placed behind the veil, that they might be hidden from the people. If a Grecian artist had gone to Jerusalem, he would have been disgusted at the plainness of their worship, and he was sure if a Jewish or Christian worshipper went to Athens, and saw the temples there,. he would have no heart for their worship, and would., exclaim " the people are wholly given up to idolatry." (Applause.) There were both spiritual and temporal advantages connected with the possession of the oracles off God, but as all Israel were not influenced by them, and as a people they became apostate, so England might become apostate, but the church would, remain, and' " the. gates of hell would not prevail against it." (Applause) After commenting on the responsibility involved in the possession of such a treasure, Dr. M'lsTeila then referred to the-hindrances in the way of its circulation. There were the hindrances arising from the apathy and covetousness of man; but there were super added antagonists. Now, whom- did they mean ? (Laugh ter and applause.) He need not name—he would rather describe. Who was it that in the Bth century quenched_ the light that the venerable Bede rejoiced in kindling, . when he gave to his fellow-countrymen not indeed the. Holy Scriptures, but the Gospel of St. John ? Who was it that, in the 14th century- sealed up the fountain of life that Wickliffe had opened; and raised a cry against him and his followers, and prevented that translation into the Vulgate which he would have given to his country men ? Who was. it' that persecuted the devoted Tyndal, burned his Testament at St. Paul's Cross, in veigled him by treachery into a prison, and then.sacri ficed him as a martyr ? Who was it drove Coverdale from England, and then from Hamburgh to Denmark ? Who was it, in every age, in every nation, where power was supplied, objected to people reading the Bible and hindered • them from possessing it in their vernacular tongue ? Who ? They all knew who. (Laughter , and loud applause.) It was an old story, and she was at her work still, The rev. gentleman then gave other and more piquant instances of the same spirit of persecu tion and hatred of the light, and said that in . spite of all this, the Bible had taken wing, and millions of copies had found their way abroad. Referring- to the case of Miss Cunninghame, he asked who present would not gladly take the place of that dear young lady, for she had more enjoyment in her narrow, dark and . damp cell, when offering up tier heart to the Lord Jesus,.than the Grand Duke of Tuscany in his purple and fine linen, who was not his own master, but a slave, as every man must be who opened his heart to a vile, curious, prurient priest: (Loud applause.) People were now gradually finding.out in this country what the Papal system was, and said some of his Dissenting friends who had, lately gone over to Ireland on a mission must have• changed their opinions on the matter. They used to tell him he, was uncharitable and said unkind things, and that all would be right, if no reference was made to Popery, and if the people of Ireland were spoken to in a mild, Christian spirit. 'Well, there was nothing like experience. They had stood up to preach, and were hooted, pelted, and in some places merely escaped with their lives. After dwelling with happy effect upon this subject for some time, he contended that it was not the people, but the priests who had done this, and gave several pleasing instances of theprogress of enlightenment amongst even children in Ireland now. He concluded by a very earnest appeal to all classes to give energetic support to • the efforts of the society; and after a brilliant address, which we regret that the lateness of the hour prevents us from giving more at length, sat down amid loud and long. continued cheering. IA hymn was here sung, and collection mead,s_.] to peasants, t The - Rev, MARK CoorEn, vicar 01 . Bransiawe, Hants, deputation from the parent society, moved the second resolution, pledging the meeting to an approval of the proceedings of the society, and to use every exertion for forwarding its objects. Prior to explaining the pur pose of his visit, he begged to offer his thanks for the kind the notice of the r enormous number of three Bibles every minute of the year, including even the minutes of the sacred Sabbath. That issue, extensive, as it no doubt is, was not all : let us look at the number which are individually circulated thr( reckoned as incti these tc Luat at tne same rate of shelving as that employed in the library of the British Museum, it would take 1400 miles of shelving to contain them. (Loud cheers.) Mere multiplication of Bibles however, had not been the only object of the Soci labours ; they had also been devoted to translating Scriptures into 99 languages directly, and int guages indirectly. Looking at the gig-at society, he felt it would fully justify ti the poet's expression, wh y, for the other Bible socie ectly connected with it, an familiar idea ( h was, Like some tall cliff that rears its awful form Swells from the vale and midway le Though round its breast the rolling Eternal sunshine settles on its head Loud cheers.) A remarkable It seemed indeed %hours of th hive not been impoverished by t to be the real cruse of oil which never fails demands on it may be. It migi those Bibles goi alone had atever the He should ausw that, in England ween sixteen and seventeei millions of copies circulated. This, he might be allowed to say, safety. It explained and confirmed the expression of a foreigner who, on being made acquainted with the extent of the Society's operations, said he could see the strength of England did not lie in her her power was not in her sci my, it was not in her navy ence, nor tc arts but she was great and powerful because she was a land of Bibles. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Cooper) would enlarge the expression, and would say, instead of "an open Bible, Eng land's safety," "an open Bible, the world's safety." He did not pretend to be a politician, and would be thelast togive to the society or its proceedings a political bias ; but he , could not help thinking that the Chancellor of the Exchequer might find it an economical scheme to encourage the so ciety, as by its means he might be able materially to diminish the expenses of the army and navy, as the Bible would be . found the best peace-maker. Much had been said in that meeting and elsewhere in reprobation of the aggression of he Pope. He would not waste•his breath on that subject,: that 450,000,00 P ye did .)e the lames. at least speaking foreign languages thousands of emigrants from the continent of Europe pass through our streets, and lodge for a few days in our great boarding-houses before their embarkation, it was rather singular they should not earlier have awakened to the responsibility that fact involved; but when they did so in some measure, it was .found 'that multi- from Protestant coun- tulles of strangers who came ;erly destit countries were in entire ignoranc any existence. "Sold )f copies so distributed, if follow German family on its ?art of that assembly the great had parted foreign colportems 128 Bibles I item, the way across t and 1,592 faction Atlantic to much needed money perhaps to obtain the volume which they now found it a pleasure to possess ;—the poor tar from Sweden, Denmark, or the Gulf of Finland, at tracted by the book of his mother tongue, had diminished countries where the Bible Society had met resistance, the book had found its way across the sea, safely enough lodged in the capacious jacket of the sailor. Yes, th( Portuguese and Spanish seamen prized the books for the first had been known to come back to 'tl mrchaseed and and Italians e Colporteur and say they must have other copies, as those they obtained on a previous voyage they had left at home amongst their friends. (Applause.) And the Greek sailor, too . , had from the hands of their messengers read the glad tidings in the very characters, and almost in the very words in which they were at first enshrined by the Holy Ghost. (Loud applause.) Rome dared not give the bread of life to the hungry natives, but they should have it in spite of her. (Loud applause.) Nor could she say they_ were not thereby following her own ancient ex- noobjection tot: but wom content himself witlfremarip of bibles were 450,000,000 r ons why the supremacy of the Pope cannot be continued. Loud cheers.) As an instance of the disinterested way in which the society's operations were carried on, he might state that 145,000 Bibles had been distributed in the Vale of Taff, and Ireland has had 2,000,000. Never, he might be per- country till every family, from ti aseway to Cape Clear, was - furnished with a Bible. (Cheers). So deeply was this felt to be true, that the Society made it a le that every app] Lication from tended to. In conclusion, he urged onrsthe meeting the im portance of using every exertion to forward , the Society's objects. ,He concluded by reciting a quotation from a popular poetical effusion, the burden of which was, " Men of action clear the way." The Rev. Dr. Dxcicsox briefly seconded:the•resolution ; which, having been put from the chair s was carried by acclamation, The-Rev. Mr. GIMIIAM moved as the thiid.resolution, that the. thanks of the meeting be conveyed to the office bearers and committee of the Liverpool auxiliary Branch of the Society, and that the after-named gentlemen (here a long list of gentlemen was read)—be appointed the com mittee and , office-bearers for the ensuing year. The Rev..ll. HAMPTOIi briefly seconded the resolution, which having. been put from the chair, was unanimously adopted. The Rev.-Dr. RAFFLES moved that the thanks .of the meeting be given to the Right Reverend the Lord , Bishop of Chester, president of the society, for his kindness in presiding on• that occasion. He passed a high encomium on the readiness with . which, at much personal inconve nience, his lordship had attended the meeting, and, be stowed his countenance on the society on all occasions. If he (Dr. Raffles) had a hundred hearts, each one bigger than the one he had, he should have the Bishop of Chester enshrined in each one of them. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. WEsT - expressed himself much gratified in being honoured by seconding - the resolution, which was carried with loud acclamations. The BISHOP OP CHESTER, in , acknowledging the com pliment, said he had always experienced the most lively pleasure in forwarding the objects of the British and Fo reign Bible Society, and felt it no trouble in attending such a meeting.. He concluded by bestowing a benediction on the assembly, after which the meeting broke up. POLICE' COURT v _-_ESTEIIDAY. A SPOONEY.—James Adam:, a sailor, was brought up for stealing a large gravy spoon, from Mr. Murphy's boarding. house, Frederick-street. Prisoner said he took •he spoon for a lark, but was advised to keep his fingers from taking spoons in future. This being his first offence, he was di , icharged. STEALING BA.RllELs.—Thomas Wharton, and George Bu chanan, two well-known "gaol birds," were sent to prison for three months, for stealing two empty barrels from the pre mises of Mr. Samuel Hunt, in Harrington-street. COOLING A MAN'S HEAD.—Mary - Cubbin was charged with taking a man's hat from his head, a few minutes after 12 o'clock, on Sunday night. Prisoner had been drinking with the man, and on getting into the street. coolly ran away with his lint. As her name did not appear on the black list" of previous convictions, she was admonished and discharged. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—EIIen Fallon, William Fall( n and Elizabeth Preston, were charged with beating a sail( r near the Clarence , Dock gates, about three o'clock on Sunday morning, and robbing him of about £7. The sailor's face bore marks of- severe ill-usage, and as the prisoners were well-known bad characters, they were committed for trial. PICKING Poauurs.—This nefarious business has been ex ceedingly brisk, as will appear from the following list of "operatives" who appeared, in court this morning :—John Brannon and Mary Bateman were charged by Detective Povey with attempting the pockets of several people, in St. John's Market, on Saturday night last, when he at length took them into custody. They were conimitted for fourteen days.—Thomas Tynan, a little boy who also pursued his thievish occupation, having been in company with the two previous prisoners, on Saturday night, in St. John's Market, was committed for one month.,-,James Nicholson, for a similar -offence in the same market, was committed for two months.—Annabella Robinson, a middle-aged woman, charged with stealing a half-sovereign from a man on Satur day night, was discharged, the evidenc-e being incomplete. The half-sovereign was returned to the owner.—lsabella M'Cormick was also charged with stealing a half-sovereign from a man in Whitechapel, but this bng her first appear ance, she was discharged - . ROBBERY.,,IN A DWELLING-HOUSE.--John Tatty, a youth who has been previously before the court, was charged by Mrs. Mary Elliott, 5, Camden-street, London-road, with being found concealed in her house,. on Saturday night, under the following circumstances. Mrs. Elliott hearing sounds as.if some one was up-stairs, about dusk, called her servant girl, and proceeded to her bed-room ; she found her jewel-box.had been upset on the toilet-table, and soon after wards discovered the thief hid under-the bed. The two fe males scuffled with him, and he made considerable resist ance, but they succeeded in detaining him until the arrival of a policeman. He threw away a brooch which he had taken from the box, and it was afterwards-found upon the stairs. The prisoner was committed for trial. . ROODERY ON BOARD SHlP.—Joreph Wallace, a sailor on board the Stephen Glover, was charged with stealing a jacket from.another of the crew ; but the evidence being incomplete, he was remanded till next day. A. HUNGRY DRUNKARD.— Elizabeth Cummins, an old woman, who cried and said she got " very tipsy," was charged with stealing a piece of beef from, a butcher's shop during her drunken freak.—She was committed for two months. STAKET ROBBERIES.—Ann, Jennings was charged with stealing a watch from a sailor, in the street, as he was pro ceeding to his vessel on Sunday. night. The watch was recovered, and the prisoner committed for twenty-one days.— Griffith Jones, charged with robbing James Conway, of fis. at,Edge-hill, on Saturday night, was committed for trial. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.- YESTERDAY. • M'VAY 11. DICICINSON.—.LIABILITY OF PUBLICANS.—TO this case the plaintiff, who is a female, sought to recover the sum of £l5, the alleged- value of a trunk and its contents which had been left a Sanctity or two previous in the hew of the defendant, who keeps a. tavern. On the day stated, the plaintiff and her brother, called at defendant's, where they had some drink, and on going away they left a trunk and a parcel, the latter of which was taken up stairs and the•forrner was placed in the bar. When the plaintiff called for them it was found that the trunk and its contents had been taken away, and no trace of it could be found. The action was raised to obtaincompensation for the loss.—Mr. Greatley, who appeared for the defence, contended that his client was not liable; and he farther disputed the correctness of the alleged value. Evidence was. adduced, at the conclusion of which his Honour held that no proof of negligence or.,the part of the defendant had been proved; he, therefore, gene judgment for the defendant,but without costs. _ _ . MOSES, LEVY, AN.O.CO. V. FITZ PATRICK.—In this case the plaintiffs sought to recover .e 3 178. 6d., the balance of an account for goods furnished at different times, amounting in all to £26 105... which amounts had by eleven different pay ments been reduced to the sum now claimed.. The defend. ant, who did not dispute the accuracy of the original account, averred that he was entitled to discount on the sums paid, which would amount to 178. 6d., leaving hint indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of .t'3 only, and this.sum he had paid into court.. On the part of the plaintiffs it was shown that the length of credit which the defendant bad taken was so long as to exclude him from any claim to discount. Judgment for plaintiff,' for the full amount claimed. REYNOLDS th CHEESE.—SERVANTS' WAGES.—ID this case the plaintiff, Bridget Reynolds, a girl fifteen years of age, sued Joseph Cheese, beersel ler, in Albert-street; for the sum of 33.9 d., being five weeks' wares due to her at the rate of 9d per week. Mrs. Cheese, who appeared for the defence, said that on the morning on which the plaintiff was to leave her service,, she (the plaintiff) took a quantity of beer without leave, and with which she had made herself very drunk, and, therefore, she had withheld payment of the wares. This was not denied, and his Honour, after reprimanding the plaintiff for her grossly improper conduct in getting drunk, said that in consequence of that misconduat he should not allow her anything for the last week's service. He gave judgment for 3s. and 2s. costs. STuuss v. RODERTS.—II3 this case tl plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 205., for wages as a monthly nurse, in which capacity she attended defendant's wife, during &ter confinement. Defendant and his wife, it appeared, live sepa, rate, and, at the time referred to, he allowed her 19s. per week, to maintain herself and two children. Oat of thiasum she averred she could not afford to defray the expenses of her confineme , t. The defendant stated the plaintiff was sister-in-law to his wife, who was, he said, a very dissipated and bad character, who had been in gaol for stealing, and had involved him in so many pecuniary - difficulties, that he was safty of idvertisink ald not be re- instances were well known to the plaintiff. BRENNAN V. M session of a bea sign-board, and- o recover pos gas-piping, a id been, as he Low refused to alleged, lent_ to the •store dealers, left Liverpool re whether he and went to Dublin, at whici would ever return to Liven), creditors, 'tsand plaintiff went Our Ortce ' w ' a u y "" to ' Cloie l it i rbr; creditors;- the de fendant agreed to aid him in this, and now endeavoured to cheat the plaintiff, while it was clear both parties bad en deavoured to cheat the public by false weights. however under the circumstanceslof the case, give Judgment fn. 41.- 2. • ._ . .. _,_ •—..,ir,,tion of certain ..dieving that to De = I London. Now,the production of the Bible under the was- I_o l s . the plaintiff, in so far as ordering PiGeg Qt tu g D r Ai t * vi wA r 9 reigu, 1ND1,9 §9v.cty rcached the art i c l es , yil e al e m r o c tl a n 4 t4ng { i i n or v e ar lv e c t 9 o vs l9s. t Were not of Eeneral intend. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1853. BRAZIL.-By the Swordfish, which arrived in the Tlitutnitel., on Sunday, we have advices from Pernambuco toy he August. 13abia to the 31st of Auzust. and Rio to the 25tof . The general news is devoid Of interest. The Prospero I.l"vs_u,'. Liverpool arrived at Rio on the 16th of August. -There I.!!! material change in commercial 'natters. Sugars were sa , i v a L . '" be getting scarce at Bahia. Freights at Pernambuco . e 9 .1 457 for cases, bags in proportion. Cotton for Liven:ooi 5' to s t igr v 3 c .„4 0 2 c1 n . rt i e B ri x a h n c i il e a a a : t n i g i : e 2 C i l d i t ' .ttosionolit looking d i oiv 7.:. 8 . 110 United ~ INTELLIGENCE. Rio: f MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER BY ELECTRIC TEL LONDON. —From the Commercial Daily List.-011 'Change to-day, Tallow was quoted 575. &I. on totes DI he se! and 565. to 565. 6d. for the last three months. Sc Iron reported sold at 64s 6d per ton sellers. A Mu l ti that the Turks had declared war against Russia, c 3,9"" many of the Greek merchants to withdraw their 1 from the market. From the Corn Exchange the rel found its way to the Stock Exchange, and Consols cloe. heavily at a slight reduction, and after business Wu! were done at 928 3. Floating cargoes of Wheat we'' Marionele, 68s ; Azoff, 595. to 60s• Per q r. —A large portion of Rotterdam bag , bee 4 owing, it was stated, to the breaking, 01,1 h,,, an unfinished winter harbour. Aol',,,,v`' breaking of the dykes of the Ilaarx inquired for HOLLAND, mmdate embankment account mentions Lakes. ITALT.—There had been a r evolt at Civita "Sreechi caused by the announcement that the Government Pre' posed to suppress the free port. Upon the declaration ha! the project was abandoned, order was immediately at THE EASTERN QUESTION. , PARIS, SITNDAY.—The Times' correspondent ts on good reason, to hope that means will be found Of 3 .,, r d ing hostilities on account of the Turkish question. °nor Lansdowne was to leave Paris on Sunday evel ii ?' 7 ;ters London, to be present at a Cabinet Council, the rainli vo i having been all summoned for the purpose. The •g e o f a continental advices speak hopefully of the possibility,_ that peaceful solution, but Constantinople accounts rePe e , + t h irg the Turks loudly avow that they will not yield in fo r .r i , e 0 . unless forced to do so by France and England. pital was quite tranquil on the 2'2d September, though pital the feeling in favour of war was unabated.. Th e f the tian population were reassured by a declaratie n , e , , ards Ulemas ; that, far from feeling hatred or hostility tot, See them, they (the Ulemas), on the contrary, hePec l ,,.ia be arms entrusted to them, persuaded that they w e ,5,.. c on used in favour of their country. The Russian Os' ta co the Danube had been withdrawn to a distance, J ed by marches from the banks of the river a nd was relNeer the Cossacks and infantry. Desertions were the caus e iyis change. Cholera prevailed in Bessarabia. The BilA s ios . were preparing to make a general• attack on the Schamyl had sent envoys to Constantinople nranding further assistance against the Russians. , n o f ti on PASIIBi MONDAY MORNING.—From the 2nd ..T .J pona ie the Morning Chronicle.—The irssemblee Iva Ti ce announces in the most positive manner that intelligteeen from Olmutz states that the Vienna Conference hoeeu re-established by the four powers. Negotiations liaN"eesi%t. received, and a speedier and more happy solution of ing difficulties is anticipated than hitherto there had v'., reason to hope for. The King of Prussia, left Berlin Yle, terday week, for Warsaw, accompanied by two Aid eS Camp. TATTERSALL'S BETTING.—Tnis DO' CHESTER HANDICAP.-3 to 1 agst Hongerford. 15.10. CESAREWITCH STAKES .- 6 to 1 agst King P e r s,",' „ of taken; 14 to 1 agst Nabob. taken ; 14 to 1 agst Joe tior, taken ; 16 to 1 agst Torment, taken; 100 to 6 ar' ec9' iort Miller; 18 to iragst Nancy, offered; 20 to 1 agstNutp 22 to 1 taken; 20 to 1 agst Songstress, taken; 20 to 1 Weatliergage,.taken ; 25 to 1 agst Mr. ykes. t oter , CAMBRIDGE/IMRE STATE ES.-25 to 1 agst MistietOer.oo. 25 to 1 agst Balrownie, taken ; 33 to 1 ag , s tConstantit e "ima, DERBY.—; to 1 -- ao'st Autocrat, taken ; 10 to 1 agst gint es stait taken; 25 to 1 agst Marley Hill, taken; 35 to 1 ags t taken and offered, FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MAR T ' . English Securities-were steady in tone, and in the after n b 7d ) . experienced an upward movement ; the feeling on Tor''e.- affairs is one of considerable confidence, and strong hoPes....— expressed that means will yet be found to avert war., transactions in the - Railway market are rather nusteo,o" prices were well pported, with, at the close, an raP °ll o . tendency. Land andßank Shares firm. Mines evinced On sitlerable animation. The Foreign market inactive; 5 . have somewhat improved. The news from Mexico 0 - ' 4 ' ig considered satisfactory. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. 1,93 k k Bonk Stock ....... . • 1 3 8 diS Do. Money.— I 93k k Excheq. Bills, L. & Three&QrperCents.. . 6 Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes FOREIGN STOCKS. 242 5 Spanish Passives. .••• Turkish ... 224 3 Swedish • .... •• .... 454 6 RAILWAY SHARES. lO4 41 Amberg.,Nottingham, London &N. Wes tern 76 a ° and E. Junction.... London &S. Wes tei Bristol and Exeter .. Manches., Sheff., an d 19 lie Caledonian 60 I Do. Preference East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire 62 4 Do. Preferenc Eastern Union A Ditto B and C — North StaffordShir,e Edinburgh & Glasgow 60 2 Shrewsbury and D" Great Northern 744 54 min ham ..... Do. A — Do. L. &N. W got % Do. B — S. Eastern and DoVet Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 64 Berwick . Do. Fifths Do. Leeds-Northern ll2 134 Do. e. i s a ni° ,. cn d e 41 South Coast 4 6 9 London, Brighton, and Yorkpao. Preference n d N. MLNING SHARES. 1 iNugget ......... •• • • B. Australian Freehold .. • • Australasian . Colonial ..... dis . ariposa ...... LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural 33 5 Peel River ..... S. Australian Invest. 1 2 South Australian Crystals Noveau Montle Registered Cordeliera Ave Maria Carson's Creek Port Philip CORN MARKET. tses The allow of English Wheat is moderate, and the °P i c for of Foreign are under theaverage. The trade opened stes ;iiel 4 Englisbibut no actual advance is established; Fefeig gl ;lb 0 at very , high terms. Flour brought former Pric es ' h 'igber: steady demand. Barley, Beans, and Peas are the tall",;,000 The Oat trade is firm at the late advance. The . tilde quietly-at the rates of this day week ; Foreign, held en s on, terms, but sales only in retail. Barley, Beans, sad 0 0 `- e altered from the slight improvement of FridaY• trade is dull, but the late advance is maintained. English. Irish.. re s r 6 e F n. - 797 Wheat Barley Oats-.. Malt .. Beaus Peas .. Flour. iP 11 "ir 1 P 413 1 " if o' Nom Kingsford and Lav's Circular.—The English Wheat is small, and the qtthlity.being g ene " ile different, a slow sale on terms of this-.day se'ri nigbl l;o oo ,: market totally attended by country m il lers, NO ° 00P r 4 , 1 5 , Foreign in retail. A good supply of English Barley , sold readily. at last week's prices; ordinary and4nt erl .:cal ae ; lities di ffi cult of sale. Beans and Peas unaltered ," d Oats sell slowly, at 6d to Is 6d advance. The d e 'lliz ed ‘ Flourrnot exlensive, but extreme priees.of last wed' .. 798 .. 197 .. 1027 PRODUCE MARKET. bett er : ' Sugar firm, but few sales. C o ff ee „ The deman d -4 Tea; Native Ceylon, 458 6d to 478; Plantation, 548 to 4 bi~e Gal Sales arelimited, but prices are well maintained; P u 001 I declined. Rice is quiet, but &nu Cotton : Th e de not better. TALLOW MARKET. , g ca sks, Tallow dull, and prices declining. The stock is 4o- 35 0 against 83,519 same time last,- year; deliveri es 3,1 against 2,345 same time last year. CATTLE MARKET. ea e Beasts sold at advanced prices. Superior- ghe n ot J O ' fully maintained last Monday's quotations; 1ofe" d i ti f sell so well 2s 64 t to " Beef 2s 8d to 4s 6d Veal ...... - 6d .• .•' Mutton 46 Od to 5s 2d I Pork ..... • • 30 Beasts 5421 I Calves ...... Sheep ARRIVALS. O Norfolk and Suffolk 8ea5t5......... .... m , ......... Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and , ...* lu" ampton easts Scotch Beasts 023 Irish Beasts O5 Holland Beasts .... Do. Sheep Do. Calves Do. Pigs., Spanish Beasts . Do. Sheep French Calves Bris o to r l ks a MANCHESTER STOCK V- ca t riu ii,os,C4V.. spire ki nd re, Exeter, 92; East Lancashire, h and 1 4 / ° r •- ifeld , and y Eastern and Dover, 3 :7 104 Lin ; ditto quarters, pm. 9-16; Mancheste, o ots . colnshire New Pref., pm.; Midland, 391 6° 1 ig 1 ,51 13131. 2 1: 4 :6 BLI London Dan o r E.r t LEEDS STOCK EI,CIIJ,--- ;so Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63-1 4i; Midland. Western Pref., 15; York and North Midland, 231' GLASGOW PIG IRON MARIaI Market very firm; buyers 648. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGVNCV., 00 0 011 FOLKsTONE, Oct. 2.--The C atalina, of Bilbao, fro _f_talt for Antwerp, got on the rock s westward of this harbOw;to came off and ran on the Maine. Having discharged a IA nIP portion of the cargo, in go od condition, she has bee lie s and brought into harbour with loss of radder. , dile . 0 GIBRALTAR, Sept. 25.—The Nicol°, from Aiocao been surveyed and must discharge. ~./Otle ' ELSINORE, Sept. 29.—The Walkington, from Ne". 000, was in contact on the 27th ; hull, &c., damaged. Tl'eroceetl' and Warren Packet, in contact, both damaged, will P. The Arnold, from Hartlepool, put in leaky. ult., at Arnow, _msg., UL ter of Jas. Eckersley, Esq., of I' -4 William #avarc .—On the 18th ult., at eathe resid ester ence u Isaac Rilon, Esq., nr Man her br°,7, A miss /- ----- LIVERPOOL : M , l 'T -1. Printed and Published eve r y Tuesdayforn„, o f 11. ERAL, ,TO Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON LBTEIACMIE%iT ~,,, Percy-street, at the STA NDARD GENorpoQ" OFFICE, No. 4, S. GEORGE'S, CitEscura, Tutlday, October 4, 1853.