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Sir DE LACY EvANS is an old sol ways than one CHARLET under the le weut t DE LA was a re in the Ga with u the valiant of Words of l and r " Put 'money in your d not pay - yottr riven a loaned to re all quiet r EVANS rich wiao been a poor fellow ! i body corpo: who have an always turn LAND W& no avail ) have well as Lout he eve KAPOLEON, whose •orld" of 1 ; but, 1 Jorm ELLI ) India t for Indi e; Lord Auc ,-JAMIE ters Earl of DALHOUSIK, is now nearly home of Seltzer in No. 5, Bennett nswer to their wolfish inquiry The varmintry of tl Let us interests hiindreds eing go- ars of age wind" or leria viE Liow-subjects it the Sr members Prese The measure was reac the mast referred to is the I mee of 1 review at Spitheai lelly Societies Bi: Tes of bills, bearing the same title the institut cries, or persons wed, as Lord BYRON used tt Sunbeams awaken nation I As a - dramatic c MONDAY tion ti nd its a ae when I state that I have eaten 1 COMMERCIAL 4. MONETARY NEWS NIGHT. Inas a piece who said, in THE termination of all apprehensions as to im mediate hostilities in the East—the recent de aly, you can spatches having been of the most pacific character LIVERPOOL ASSIZES CONTINUED PROM OUR SECOND PAG NISI PRIUS COURT,ThIoNDAy, AUGUST 15 Before Mr. Justice Erle. LYON V. CARNE.—This was an undefended case, and judg ment was given for the plaintiff. BLAIR AND OTHERS V. NICHOLS.-ThiS was an action to recover the sum of £67 15s. Si., amount of damaged allezed to have been done by the defendant to premises occupied by him as dye works, in .Hodge.lane, near - Salford. ! It appeared that the defendant, Nichols, had occupied the premises for sixteen or seventeen years. On the part of the plaintiffs, who were tru.tees under the will of the late Mr. Joseph Blair, it I was st I ►►—' - 1 • , ttager its ...atect that dei ~cant hate used co , ,es as depots for chemicals and other matters, and had so deteriorated the floors and other portions of the premises as to render them unfit for habitation or use. For the defence it was contended that the premises were very old ; that they damages sustained by them e were such as arose neces sarily in the ordinary course of business ; and that defend ant was not liable to maintain or leave the premises in a state of repair ; and that he had to leave the premises conseqn !iced to some he case r e of their want of rep on the part of the plaintiff to have t competent parties in Manchester, to, and the case went to trial.—After several witnesses had enancy. The question, he said, arose out of a case of trustees for the late Mr. Joseph Blair. This could only be established by writing, which had not been adduced. —His Lordship could not admit such a relation as that of trus tees. The court could only deal with owner and tenant. That relation was established; by the defendant, who gave notice to plaintiff that he syletnld quit the prernise&—]lr. James Willed a note of his objection taken, which his toil agreed to.—Mr. James nest said there was nu eviden show that the defendant ryas bound to do anything but use the premises in a tenant-like manner.—His Lordship: The presumption of an ordinary tenancy is, that the premises shall be used in a tenant-like canner, and left in a tenant- able condition. The claim in this case - is for wilful damage.— Mr. James then addressed the Jury, contending generally that the damages. arose in the ordinary course of tear and wear, and-that many of the alterations set forth as damage were effected with the concurrence of the late proprietor (Mr. Joseph Blair) who had seen the mode in which the premises were occupied, and tacitly acknowledged the propriety of such alterations and uses. •He also maintained that much of the dilapidation had taken place prior to t fle occupancy of the defendant. Nothing, in fact, had been dome in the premises inconsistent with their legitimate uses. The condition of the premises wa not better when they came into the possession of the p!aintiff in 1849, than they were when , the defendant left them.—A juror was withdrawn, and the matter was settled out of ct,urt. 3,226,701 WILD V. HogSoN.- - This was an action brought by Eliza beth Wild, an unnlkirried woman, who keeps an establishment for teaching millinery in Corporation-street, Manchester, against John Hobson, who is in the employment of Mr. Dun, draper, Newcastle•on=Tyne. It appeared that on the 30th of December last defendant ceed at the establishment" of 'Miss Wild, and having °brained an interview with her, Mid he had called forpayment of theaceount ; on being asked what account, he sail, "Oh, you know very well; it is for money dile to 'lf. Dun, a draper in Newcastle, and I was told you' would He then said that plaint- deny it tvro - years at the instance of 111 r. Dun, on a charge of having forged a bill.! On plaintiff denying this, he said he knew it to be trua, and further, that iti• addition to the charge of the forged- 1 bill, plaintiff had been detained in a top room of Me. Dun's house in Leicester, for a debt of .4'50, from- which she had made her escape: These statements lie repeatedl in the hearing of several parties, and as they were calculated to do seriotar injury to plaintiff in her business, and as she utterly denied the truth of any part' of the allegainons, tile present action was brought to recover compensation for such damages - as she might have sus tained through the misrepresentations. On the part of the defence it was stated to have arisen out of a mistake as to the person , p and it was attempted to be shown that reason able means had been adopted to maii , e such reparation as the case required. It was also admitted that the plaintiff was a highly respectable person, and an entire retractation of the averments as against the plaintiff was read by the counsel for the defence pwritten, however, affkr the present action had been commenced.:--The learned: Judge, in summing un. it nect Boners _ _ dwelt at consideruble length on the reciic;sne;;;ith Wag the charge had been made against Miss Wild in the first in stance, and also en the tardy nature of th e p ro f erre d repara tion. He likewise pointed out tLe prolishilit of some portion of the stigma attaching 0 tht plaintiff, unless the jury, by ,arriint inclinsarda the she•had sas6ined.-7 1 the exci urned a verdict fOr the till; and awarded the sum of damage SitiPTON V. BEAU:SONT AND ANOTHER - , This was an ac ❑rnished by the tion as to the efficiency of some machinery fl plaintiff to the defendant. It having been agt WH - ARTON v. Ilinorrott.—This was an action for the sum of .4 , 280 , , alleged to be due to the plaintiff for work done in erecting some buildings it the city of Manchester: Thecase, as stated by the counsel for the plaintiff, was that, prior to commencing operations, a -contract was entered , lnto between the parties, a condition orwhich was that certairPpayments were to be - made to the plaintiff; from time to time, as the work was proceeded with. In coarse of the operations such alterations-had been ordered-by the defendant as• to. amount to a nulligktion of the original contract, and the plaintiff claimed to•have the work paid- for by measurement, at a rea sonable rate- of charges. Tae amount in all as under the original and• subsequent contracts was to be .' , 1 , 1V-1435. ; by various instalments the sum of .e 407 88. lid. had been. paid, and the disgreuce between the turn claimed and the appa • rent balance arising out of tbz- proposed mode of measuring the work, iustead of having it ruled by the contract. After a lengthened - conference &tweet' the counsel on• the case was• withdrawn, with a view to its set reference both eides, tlament SHAW V. MADSLEY.—This *.vas an action to determine whether the plaintiff was not entitled to obtain poesession of certain goods which he had onchased from one Cliak-Hunt, which goods linnt bad purchased at an auction Sale.. - From the evidence it' appeared that the- plaintiff's fatiler,..vh,;;;;- riled on business in Salford as a painter, having become em barrassed in his-circumstances, sold off his stock-in.-trade and household furniture, for the purpose of aiding him-in liqui dating his debt; ansi that the goods-having been duly-adver tised to be sold by auction, Hunt became the purchaserof the whole, which be bought in one 3Ot. The plaintitr, - ...wh0. is szeontt son to the-vendor, is the course of the same day mrchased the whole from Hunt._ The latter had purchased the lot for .e34,--and the plaintifrallowed him .e-to for it, and paid him in, two instalmeata- of ..e2l and L 9. it also appeared that,:vrior to the sale,. the defendant had ob tained a judgment execution against- the plaintinp.father„ and, under it, he-sought to secure the-goods and furniture- in question.—On theTartof the defence, it was attempted to-be shown that-a col naive arrangementhact been entereil, into be between the plaintiff and his father. This, hole pletely failed:andthejary gave a verdict foithe plalnfiT: - PAIPPS v. was -an. ar - tion to recover the sum , of .e 1,144 lOs. t .the. principal: and interest due by the defendant to the-plaintiff on a promissory note. Va. the-plaintiff by consent. AT.STON V. GattNT AND Alvornma,--This was an action to recover compensation for damage ttieged-to have been done to goods belonging to the plaintiff; through the negligence- or imperfectly constructed works which had. been made and maintained by-thedefendants. The -plaintiff is a grocer at Itainsbottom, an dtbe defendants are extensive manufacturers and:cloth printers-at the same place;-they also are extensive proprietors in the neighbourhood of Ramsbottoin. It was admitted, on the part of the defendants, that the sewer by which the alleged damage was occasioned, was constructed ley them-for their own benefit. One part of the sewer,- near its upper portion, was of larger dimensions than the part below, which was nearly level. The level part was con structed of flag. bottom and top, with what is called random walls at, the sides ; that is, . the walls were loose,- and built without mortar. In February, 185/, and again in February, 1352. extensive tloods took place,- which the sewer was unable to carry off, and in consequence of the loose ness of the walls of the sewer and its small dimensions, a portion of the-water escaped inte- the cellar of the plalsztiff. Inc the flood of 1852 the water rose in the cellar to.a height of about•three feet. In consequence of this access- of water, the plaintiff sustained damage to thearnount of .ttat or upwards on . a quantity of war, and a less of .WI4 12e, sd. cox soap and candles... It had, in addition to the actual loss, occasioned an outlay of £. 15s. for clearing the water out of the cellar. The plaintiff estimated his loss-by comparing the amount he bad in stock. before the floods-with what had been laid in and what had been sold in the interim. [lt wee agreed to refer plaintiff's books for inspection on this point to Mr. Asplin, who : was appointed to exam:ne the books and report.] Subsequent: to the occurrence of the second flood, the de fendants made such improvements in the sewer, as, it was contended,.woeld, if effected earlier, have- prevented the in fliction of the injury complained of.—The Attorney-General, for the defence said no cause of action had b een ma d e o u t . The defendants built the cottages at their,-own cost, and let one or more of them to the-plaintiff. In doing so, they gave no undertaking beyond the existing state of things. The whole was their own preperty, and in their buildings they accommodate the sewer to the property, and the property to the sewer. In doing so, they only did what any one was entitled to do.—His lordship said, if the sewer was not so, constructed as to he of a reasonably perfect kind, the defendants were liable for such damage as might arise from it. He might illustrate this by considering the effects which might arise from the action of another element. If a party wall between Mr. Grant's house and his neighbour's were by him so imperfectlyconstracted as to admit of lames_ passing through it, and burning the adjoining house, ,Mr., Grant would be liable, if it couldbe shown that reasonable care and skill hattnotJmen exercised in its construction. It was, he considered, a continuing duty to maintailLail such works in such a, condition as In be a reasonable security against accidente.to the property of the tenants, in-the same way as if it were the property of a separate party. It might be left-for the jury. to consider whether-the sewer in question was. constructed with due care and For the defence witnesses were called, who proved that under ordinary circumstances the sewer was amply, sufficient to convey away. all the water which was likely to run into it. They likewise stated, that en the two occasions.referred to in the cause,., the floods were unusually heavy,. His lordship then summed up, enforcing his previously intimated opinion as to the importance of settling the proper construction of the sewer, and its capacity for carrying off thewater. The jury consulted for a short time, and returned, a verdict that the sewer was not properly constructed. Judgment stayed till the fifth day of next term. The Court rose at half past six o'clock. CROWN COURT, YESTXRDA.Y. (131C110BE *B. JUSTICE W,IGHTMiaO edict for His Lordship took his seat at sine o'Ciocli.. ALLEGED ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT SALFORD.— Richard Vipond, 21, and Wiliam Brier/Jay, 21, were charged with having, at Salford, on the morning of the 9th of July, violently assaulted William Isherwood, and feloniously stolen from his person the , sum of three shillings and sixpence. Mr. Higgin conducted the prose cution, and Mr. Sowler defended the prisoners. The prosecutor stated that about oneo'cleek on the morning of the 9th of July he was going home along Cannon-street, in Salford, when he was attacked by the prisoners, and after being violently assaulted by them, was robbed of three shillings and sixpence. In cross-examination the prosecutor stated that he had had some liquor during the night, but was not drunl. On behalf of the prisoners, Mr. Sowler denied the charge of robbery altogether, and called, amongst other witnesses, Mrs. Richardson, who keeps a public-house, in Xanchester, and who stated that the prosecutor was at her louse until twelve- o'clock on the evening of the Bth July, and was very drunk. Before he left the house he asked for ► quart of ale,bnt bad not enough of money to pay for it. de turned out all his pockets to shew witness that he had no money. —Mr. Higgin was about to address the jury in repy on behalf of the prosecution, when his Lordship remarked that there was no evidence that the prisoners had robbed the prosecutor. The jury almost immediately acquitted both the prisoners, and on the appli cation of Mr. Sowler his Lordship ordered their discharge. EXTENSIVE BURGLARIES AT MANCHESTER.—WiIIiam Langford, 25, Patrick Delaney, 19, John Buckley, 21, Richard Price, 28, and Catharine Kelly 22, were charged with having at Manchester, on the night o' the 14th of May, burglariously broken and entered the dweling-house of Thomas Turner, and stolen therein three coats, ten waistcoats, ten gowns, ten petticoats, and various other articles, of the value of .e2O. The prisoner Langford was father charged with having, at Manchester, on the 16th of April, broken and entered the dwelling-house of Edward At Loughlin, and stolen therein one shawl, one shirt, one pairof sheets, and other articles, of the value of 44. The prisoner, Patrick Delaney, William Langford, and Catherine Kell, were further charged with having, at Manchester, on thesight of the 30th of April, bur glarionsly broken and entered the dwelling-house of John Leonard, and stolen therein trio shawls, one sofa cover, ten pounds weight of meat, a qtaitity of wearing apparel, and other articles, of the value of O. Langford pleaded guilty, and the others not guilty.--Nr. Monk conducted the prose cution, and stated the Acts of the case in connexion with the burglary at the house of Thomas Turner, from which it appeared that the burglary took place about eleven o'clock at night, cluing the absence of the family from home. Evidence was , thin adduced which implicated the prisoners Langford, Buckby, and Kelly in the burglary, and also the prisoners Delaney and Price in afterwards receiving a portion of the property, knowing it to be stolen. The prisoners, who were undefended, were all found guilty, Langford, Buckley, and telly of burglary, and Delany and Price with receiving the property, knowing it to be stolen. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. thirteen w Tits, name of a Qu ~bilime Obadiah - Jack Marling"—a character y sustained, albeit in all probability a little over acted, Mr. Buckstone. The points to be elicited in unfolding this character .e the involuntary outbursts felt and expressed by the g llant t yoked by what he ( Clerimont ice of Sir Dn, towards his'proteg6 George Marling, yin the worthy quaker has goad reason to believe the I'he emotions this belief giv Ises in tanguagc -deck Ise to he Led he quart finalities of the " 1 this character, with it Buckstone w Society nave nem passed during the last thirty years. They are still rotten at the core, and. i tea - Vaciwtyy tit rc,ti- id ruin prevail—, naT TIDD tenness moth actuary, notwithstanding ATT, the i mono C try, above above and beyond all others, do not bet Friendly ' , carcely to the well-cot ,ed minds of ;e noble fellows to 'mow that, Trhe le hand of sickness i aid on the lave their families provided f yet more hol, vfnl—is a] a more cent burial, when they have shuffled 0: is mortal coil Benefit Etoeieties—th be well fenced about A Divihity ought to .he( not so. Certainly matters trere much a the 1 these sod ties were 1 P. COstrETENA.Y M.P., had his His bill of dain ever order should be c skilled in calculations aimed at the vagaries _ in a manner which convulsed the house with -grater, and excited immense applause from a crowded .nd fashionable audience. Mrs. Fitzwilliam, in the cha racter of Judith Smith, a gipsey, had not much to do, but what she had to do was admirably gone through. The unobtrusive and quiet truthfulness with which she rendered the character of the generous and naturally high-ioned feeling of the woman, despite her adverse antecedents ; was charming. Her performance in this character did not elicit bursts of applause, but it did more, it won and fixed the admiration of the beholders, whose silent and pleased attention spake more eloquently her triumph than repeated rounds of noisy approbation could have done. Of the other characters of the drama it is but justice to say they zo on I were in general most creditably performed. Mr P, Sir Clerimont Waldron, was far above mere respecta bility. His deportment was that of a_ gentleman ; and, considering the very-insignificaut part he had to sustain, w 0 think his maintaining such a deportment throughout was no mean achievement. As Helen Dallaway, Miss Chaplin was pleasing and natural. The comedy,. which, as we hare already stated, possesses no great merit as a 1 drama, was succeeded by the serio-burlesque entertainment to a lof Mr. Buckstone's "Ascent of Mount Parnassus." This. lating the numerous mid extravagant whims by which- theatrical popularity has of late sought to be buoyed up in too numerous instances to the sad deterioration of legi. timate dramatic taste. In the introductory portion of this acted satire, the mystical quality which lent a factitious ) secured : cb- of tb "Cr 11,-others ~arm to the drama of tau ..orsican Brol. -, is happily ridiculed, as are also the elaborate extravagance which characterised the displays, at Drury-lane, and the scarcely less bewildering varieties by which success was sought to be enchained to the performances at the Lyceum. The predilection for the German plays likewise receives a smart, but not unmerited castigation, and the censure is happily wound up by a telling expos 6 of that dramatic abortion "Uncle Tom's Cabin." All this is passed in unstrained review before l‘l]:...Buckstone in his attractively impersonated by Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The re view completed, after some deliberation- on the subject, the manager determines on the " Ascent of Mount Parnassus," and, accompanied by Fortune, sets out on his enterprise. In this portion of the entertainment, it would be difficult to speak in overstrained terms of the illustrative views from the delightful pencil of Mr. Charles Marshall. Riwh individual scene is a picture of high merit ; while so me o f them fully deserve much higher encomium. In particular the " Village of Krissa, near the Gorge of the Pleistus the " Ruins of the City of Delphi, and the " CastalL4n Fountain," are scenes of great. artistic excellence--rich and truthful in colour a nd outline, and brilliant in effect. The " Coryphean Cave" is dazzlingly theatrical, and in it the spectators are treated to a charming ballet, sustained , by the strength of the corps clf ballet led, on and ani mated by the fascinating grace displayed by Miss. Resina Wright. As a whole the spectacle is exceedingly pleasing, and we can hardly wonder at the popularity which greeted its production in the metropolis, or at its success in the provinces. We may be permitted to add that, in our Theatre-Royal, it has been admirably Put upon the stage, and has received every justice from the manner, and from R 0 YAL AMPHITHEATRE Tra lovers of the legitimate drama find their taste well catered for at this establishment, where of late, in addi tion to a resident company distinguished for the respecta bility of its talent, we have had the exertions of the veteran Vandenhoff and his accomplished son, besides other performers of distinction brought before us. On Saturday evening - the favourite tragedy of " Othello" was produced with an unusually, strong cast, the part of Othello being enacted by Mr. E. L. Davenport ; lago, by Mr. Vandenhoff; Cassio, by Mr. H. Vandenhoff; and the " gentle lady, married to the Moor," by Miss Fanny Vi ning. On these, the - chief characters, of course, devolved the burden of the piece, the rest of the dramatis personce meeting with respectable representatives. Of Miss Vi ning's Desdemona it is not hyperbolical to say the character was presented as delicate, gentle, winning—attractive from. its simplicity and truth.. If the lady would listen pa tiently to a word of counsel, we would deferentially suggest the absence of a scarlet mantle, as not unbecoming the unobtrusive modesty of Desdemona's character. In the arduous delineation of Othello, Mr. Davenport sustained his reputation as an actor of discernment and good taste. His elocution was generally correct, and in some of the more tender passages was really happy. His drsss and general bearing did him much credit. The cunning and unscrupulous malignity, and base, yet self-torturing, cre dulity of lago were well depicted in the acting and mas terly elocution of Mr. Vandenhoff. Abjuring the clap trap style of violent and startling contrasts, he contented himself with presenting to his audience a consistent whole. Easy-sitting and well-practised deceit in his. mode of ren dering shone conspicuous through all the machinations of the incarnate fiend. His delivery of most of the telling passages was studiously correct, and in many of them beautiful. The enunciation of the splendid sentiment— " Good L. • ein man or woman, My dear Lord," was admirably earnest and natural, and elicited loud and merited applause. 'ln some portions of the concluding act we seemed well manifested by Mr. Vandenhoff in other instances ; but, as a whole, the performance was of a mas terly order, and one likely to sustain the verdure of his well-earned laurels. As Canto Mr. H. Vandenhoff was highly respectable. Never overstrained, and always easy, his reading of the part was judicious and tasteful. At the conclusion of the tragedy, which was excellently per formed, the audience vehemently called for Mr. Vanden hoff, who, after a brief interval, appeared before the cur tain and bowed his acknowledgments ; being in a favour able humour, the best test of satisfaction, by the bye, the audience bestowed a similar compliment on Mr. Davenport and Miss Vining, and afterwards on Mr. H. Vandenhoff, all of whom in like manner suitably expressed their sense of the honour. The vaudeville of the Welsh Girl" fol lowed, and the performances of the evening were wound up by the petite comedy of " Faint Heart never Won Fair. Lady." In the former piece Miss Julia St. George sustained the character of the Welsh Girl in a vey pleasing manner. Her acting was lively and appropriate, exhibiting good taste and versatility, and the ballads which she sung were given without affectation, and with great sweetness of expression. Mr. J. W. Ray made a highly creditable representative of Sir Owen Griffiths, his demeanour and style of dress being well suited to the character. A VIEW OF LIVERPOOL, as seen from the river, is pre paring for publication, in lithography. It was painted in oil by Mr. J. Butler, a native artist, and embraces the extent of the port from the north docks to the Dingle, all the principal buildings and other objects being represented with great truthfulness. The picture is dedicated to the Mayor, and i* ktighly spoken of as a work of art, and acute mind drawn to then ;rtifted by two ac in these italicised words, oh ghost of .T. P. C., lay much h " skilled in calculations" mid: wide margin c apply to the quack in figures, 1 nose, chef d'ouvre might be a sum in compound division,—nav, not so much ; and who, totally ignorant of the law- - certified—pandered to of mortality and sic' f of rules which pro , . the dishonest mar raised benefits at rates which could never be hence bankru was the c Every ten of these societies There were yet other great evils, though apparently. lesser, working much mischief I refer especially to what was called ," spending money ;' when a member mthly payment he 11941 , as af4ed rule, to part with threepence for drink. Thousands upon thousands of artizans knmi that this money Ras not limited to the , In hedge ale-houses, wi ensued, the brain got fevered, anti short" w aa'snPeradded, to give double action to the du beer, with wl ce sj eeified. Orgies ere the beer was bad, squabbles drop of somethinl the members were much " bemus, " sometbiu g short" being lipid poison made in unentered honses — skros, in the lanes and alleys of WhitechapeL Such places still exist, but. it is not to my purpose at pre sent to _describe them. The stuff imbibed by the now reckless member of the benefit society—more reckless by a pious recollection, even in crapulence, that be had dis charged his duty to hi s wife and family, in keeping clew with the, box hox."—the treasury chest of the society. murders foul, thoigh un premeditated, have arisen out o the threepence " spending money." When T. P. Conn- TENA Y'S bill passed, several thousand societies complied with its.provisions ; the rates of payment were somewhat assimilated to the benefits expected, and the spending money 15718 abolished in most. So, things (cent on for `many Years. " Hearts of Oak Benefit Society !" " The Jolly Good Fellows Friendly Society !" and others, with equallY. inviting names, sprang up like toad-stools, and died- lii lieu of the actuaries or per.o,-g skilled in Trxnewhat ,calcu lations, TIDD PRATT, a thinking autv shre w d barrister, was appointed the great regenerator, under Government, for all Benefit Societies. PRATT did, and does some good. He is. only a half-and-half man. The cancer, the monster poison, is still in the system. Cun n hig,_ lazy, no-workmen art advantage of JoIIN TIDD PRATT, fur eunning,lazy, knaves will establish a society—get monies "--- become dissatisfied ; 11 his i —go on—and_ get mor ilia fault with•worthy men, hard-up, but paying mem bers, who would fain stick to the club : a row is kicked up - -divide—divide — divide the funds. A knot of such per sons a benefit society is to be shunned as a bag full of vipers. A break-up is the consequence ; the good members having been get rid of. Mr. TIDD old boy, I know you well know there should funds no power to break up a society and divide the " smOng the remaining members; when such a pro- POsition is made and carried, let the funds go to the com missioners for the payment of the national debt. Ha, ha Y o liwould - sery soon hear little of the breaking-up cl • 'lousing I could give many melancholy examples of tin Ti, ( l ll lti - of dividing even in highly educated associations 0 " but one lately, a literary one, it was a semi-benevoleni ,„1" - PArtly self-supporting was the dodge. Great name( '..c u seribed ; that merry and well-conditioned.old man, the taC I Mace of CAMBRIDGE," posthumously and not mis• named,—LYNDICUB.ST the LORD CITARCELLOR novi:calGUm also,--Nsided---. - - - onuANnY, a ' 46 in turn pre ter man then that donations. Hug sums mark t4203. e —Rue oi + was a fund for. Met n certainly wrote _ poetry for those g ir d l o te'l44 "-rtise-s who are of that turn ; the poets referrer ing a I,it blacking poetry might begin thei label of Japan Whe n -4, Day star rises, then the Martin sings." Poetry, the bye, which, I have been told, has cheered to 14 a , g the solitary and parched European in en the • d 'Lahor e ! Such litterateurs came in at the _of ion—Benefit Society—not_ very Wll eAsr.soc ICientlt ow_ about bein„ The good, the true, the real, th( and heat a ' f e Promoters, who had borne the burder help themselves thehe ere " scratched " and couldn't funds ; newfangled clique, the divide the .; one whisper'd his coin wbisper'd another, and%nion, who _ us it went round, And then into a hoarse il l ' An ominous and wild and u j in s ur AndWiren his comrades thoUg grew nd pe:lt e te_i3 nt each—each plunder knew ; 2Twas but his own suppressed, tilt ac now he found, And out they spoke—divide 1 divide !" • My dear BYBoN, whose lines came athwart my fancy would , have excused the lib erty I have taken in altering a Ford or twos to Stet my Purvose, and the reader* of the arty a, ...Jut eu 3: v TIDD PRATT under t. 's pet London 1 , " Oh, cert heady state( .dmiral—parted with his ex- I therefore ay that ( 1 Beshrew me - but th . of motion take the I one - c Tititud ~ c 1 wish ; but Ale as if they had I obdurate greater part, now )orn. Is ilways were they at hi fling P hy .ould have My on He certainly made )raying, in tap-room, le lett€ in ; ; The receipt of ondon ; —have tended to restore confidence in the nu , eople— market, and the value of public securities h —the deformed trans- consequently, risen. _ The advance has, hove vious depression, owing s held at a highei. 4iscfc;rie i He bath taken graCe His stand in creation !" rate of interest, and the conti nue d d ra i n u , more Cabby, now, is a gentleman, he shaves oftener, his clothes specie, the returns of the stock o f bullion in the 11 be are less (? more) mended, he is altogether a better man Bank of England again showing a decrease to the life's outwardly. These are superficial changes, produced by extent of nearly a third of a million. This con means come-at-able. The razor and needle of IdEcui ti , • • nuedecrease, d notwithstanding the many receipts ity, , the soap of BE* HAWES, can accomplish them. It is the of bullion from Australia and elsewhere has natu "a bman's new and goo d manners which surprise and de all - "—pg. I resemble Colonel SIBTECORP in, perhaps, r y excited much attention as to the probable • 4 3 -:. , ertainlv. that Tem cause. In tlii AIIQAIIOP of any rAliahlp Fitta+;.l-;,.Q ni,-, _ , ----- -- —upon; the subject, muc h i s l e ft t o conjecture ; but there _.,,,ners, is vast. can be very little doubt that it is mostly to be e men re as bland and polite as tot " they touch the hat, . attributed to the balance of trade being aominst 0 . t tizzy," now called this country, owing to excessive importations, while slan, is abandoned ; pro. a partial cause may be the general - employment _ expressively uttered than throughout the country at higher wages, and thankee" is there, it - l't sumption at higher prices, requiring a greater amount of the circulating medium. The more peaceful toile of political affairs has had its effect in giving firmness to the markets for manufactures, and, coupled with the return to work of the Stockpoit operatives, would have tended to enhance the value of Cotton ; but the spinners having previously stocked themselves, refrained from purchasing, and the market, without having given way, has been quiet. The same circumstances, Coupled with the glo rious weather, have operated to depress the market for Grain. From all parts of the ldngdom we have reports of the promises of harvest, in some places Wheat having been out, and in all cases looking well, with a prospect of being very little below the average. The consequence has been a general fall in the value of Wheat, amounting. in the whole to about a shilling a bushel. toms Act to-day ha; _ furtherguaranteesou reduced duties', By this act prevented the neecsssify of a admitting goods at ti daguerreelypes are admitted duty free. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 6th of August gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : '"- 4 .nosits £a,218,227; Increase C 42,962 528; Decrease 27V,511 [ler deposits 3,342,683; Increase 0 03,980 On the other site of the a' cco'vtnt Government seetnitif 33; Decrease £310,000 Notes miemplo. Inerease 760,4748 Decrease 441,050 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,55,705, being an .increase of £170,505; and the stock of bullion in both department's is £17,434,560, showing a decrease of £304,547, when compared with the preeeAing return :trued £31,052,2. 1 .5 Governmt. Vebt £11,015,100 ,Other Seenrities 2,984,900 Gold coin & b1an.17,033,081 19,154 ver bullion ',I'II,tENT Prop. Capit Rest ... Public Deposits Other Deposit's , 7-day & other Sills 1,576,3611 £14,553,000 Go-. Securities £13,0 ecurities 2,218,22 12,475,52 Silver Coin 382,325 £34,165,7991 £34,105,799 Our SHARE'i i iikiii;Tiias been somewhat more active from the more probable-pacific solution of the Eastern question, but there' has-been no per ceptible increase. of real business in it. In the absence of this, prices, which had advanced up•to. Saturday two or - three per cent., have again reced4d materially, and the market closes this evening with a gloomy aspect at about the quotations of this day week, and in_ some instances lower than, this. We learn that the New Stook Exchange is , to be inaugurated with a grand banquet on TEurs-- day next, and that the business of this department of our trade will be conducted in that building after that day. We annex this day's prices : Chester and Birkenhead, 20 ; Caledonians, 3311-, Eastern Counties, 121; East Lancashire, 18c 18; Lancashire and York Shire, 76/1 / 5-1 661 a 6; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 e; Midland Stock, 711 / 4 ; Dover Stock, 21/ 2 t./ ; Dutch Rhenish, 2d. COTTON.—The market has presented very few features to notice. Prices have beers firmly main tained, and would no, doubt have gone-higher, but spinners not being in want, have held back from purchasing. On Saturday and To-Dg the sales amounted to 15,000 bales, of which about 4,500 were on speculation and for export. PRODUCE.—There: was a good demand for all descriptions of Sugar .at former rates- to 6d. ad vance, and the sales comprise 850 hogsheads 8.P., 2,500 bags Bengal, and 1,000 mats of :Mauritius, the latter from 355. 9d.. to 365. per cwt for grocery quality. The inquiry has continued active for Foreign, and full prices have been realised, the sales comprising 360 cases 3,500 bags Brazil, at 17s. to 21s. for low to fine brown- Bahia, and 17s. 6d. for low brown, to 20s. 6d. fin.,goocl yellow Pernam, 220 hhds: Foreign West India, at 355. for Porto Rico, 355..t0 3'ss. 6d. for Cuba Muscovado, and 335. 3d. to 335. 6d. for Surinam; a cargo of white Bahia is also- reported, at 225, 9d. per cwt. afloat, for a near port. In Molasses but little doing. In Coffee a fair business, and steady prices paid for the ordinary kind's' of Jamaica. Black Pepper realised 4d. per lb.. In Rice little done, the demand having considerably abated. Rum in good demand, and the small stock enabled importers to realise an advance of 3d.t to 4d. per gallon. The transac tions in Tea were again very limited, and prices without alteration. Saltpetre in fair request, and 1,100 bags sold, at 255. 3d. to 265,- for 91 to 81,7, at 275. 6d. to 28s._6d. per cwt. for-51 to 41. per cent. refraction. No sales of TUrpentine, but of Tar, 1,000 brls. sold, '7oo' of which, .being American, brought the greatly advanced price of 20s. to 215.,, and 300 brls... Stockholm, 20s. ,per brl. Americars , Rosin in demand, and 3,800 brls. sold. at 4s. 4d. to lls. per cwt.: Hides firm ; some-salted River Plate made full rates. Olive Oil in -steady demand, prices having advanced on most of the better sorts. About 50 tuns of:Seal Oil sold, at£33 for pale • Cod £32 per tun ; brown Rape Oil 375: and pale 38s. per cwt. American Spirits of Turpentine, 455. per cwt. The sales of Palm Oil amount to 870 tons. on, the spot, at £37 to £3B ; and 350 tons to arrive. at £36 15s. to £37 10s„.per ton. A limited inquiry for tallow :* Petersburgh Y.C. selling at 525.,6d. to 535. Petersburgh clean.ll-emp, £37s. 10s. per ton.. Jute. in active demand;; 1,650 bales on the spot soklat £2l to £22 15s. per ton. On Saturday. and To-DAY there has been a very good inquiry for Sugar, resulting in, the sale of 90 hhds. Jamaica at 335. to 375., 120 bags Dates at 345.,120-hhds. and 350 brls. Porte Rico at 35s 6d to 38s 6d. ' 1850 boxes Havana, afloat, at 21s. 9d., 250 cases brown Bahia at 205., 2300 bags brown and white Pernams at 18s. to 235. 4 550 tons brown Bahi'a, afloat, for an out-port, at 205., 'besides 2900 bags, to' arrive, at 19s. 3d. per cwt. Nothing doing in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. The Tea market is quiet, dealers waiting to see the effect of the China news. A small lot of broken Bengal Rico has been taken at 10s. 6d. per cwt. A better demand for Saltpetre, 850 bags being reported at 275.. 3d. to 295. 6d. per cwt. 800 bags Sago Flour at 19s. to 19s. 6d, chiefly at the former, 900 bags Myrabolams, at 9s, 6d. fore sound, and 9s. 3d. per cwt. for damaged and re-packed, 200 bags Sumatra Pepper at 4d. per 1b.,, and 450 bales Jute at £2l 108 to £22 per ton. FRITIL-There has been very little doing until within the last few days, when an inquiry sprung up for new currants of low qualities, and the market has; been nearly cleared. Raisins are held firmly, but no present disposition to purchase. Wool -There has been a good deal more in quiry, and more business done, particularly in clean, useful descriptions, s uc h as T ur k ey , S myrna, Russian, Egyptian, &c., and prices genera lly are rather firmer ; there is also considerably more inquiry for East India, but as present Stocks are held for next public sales, there are no trans actions of any moment to report from this quarter. Imports for the week, 1681 bales, chiefly Portugal and Scotch. 'There has been a very extensive busi ness done in English and Irish fleece Wools for the Yorkshire markets at id. to Id. per lb. a dvance on recent quotations. Irish Wethers have met with ready purchasers at 16Id. to 161 d. per lb. delivered :in Yorkshire, and Kent Fleeces have realised 16d. to 161 d. per lb. Holders are now wanting more money. The sales concluded in London on Saturday. The biddings during the last few days were very spirited, and the prices obtained were fully Id. higher than the spring. IRON.-There is again great activity in this market, owing to the immense consumption for ma chinery, iron steam-ships, Sze. Scotch pigs have advanced to 675, with a prospect of a still further rise. The demand for Welsh rail-iron is most ac tive, and the Staffordshire iron-trade shows the greatest activity, orders having been received to a considerable extent both for the foreign and home market, THE COMM/TiEj of piliVl - L - EGEI has pronounced that the Earl of Crawford and Balearres has not a just claim to the dukedom of Montrose. olvii that the: IA and scorns of a vile wor 13' is pol on compuLsion. 4 -" o days' an ass of himself by his instead of holding his ribi md new eempet a. Parliament can hardly do more to take latent bluster out of Cabby,—competition will complete what legislation began, and Cabby must e'eu put the result "in his pipe and smoke it." Great numbers of beautiful new cabs are now on the ranks,— springin th he alteration: is for the at they are ready to go t ileantinie, account the cab strike, the omnibuses and Lmers were not nearly so well filled as formerly, and ni shall see half a dozen empty cabs where you In proof whereof, mom: them £3OO a A obtain one befor the row - s. whit hem, be e now takin r.e the Inland R, Led down, with better cabs, and cheaper fares i.01.111.01illORM.R1•1111/ THEATRE-ROYAL Lmusements at this theatre, 3, of t hen tl: had earn have been to highly hich the peculiar talents of those performers splayed. to ➢lr. R as the produc it company was judiciously and s of the week— )f Mount Par for the The Mousetray to be chiefly concentrated in oppor les for displaying the conflicting professions and sen naval officer, who, to secure the in a rich uncle, has been induce to assume the profession, and of a ret In, on Friday evening than in accordance with the st Society." In rendering. anomal 1 he deliv 'ed . many Langford also pleaded guilty to both the other charges, and the learned counsel for the prosecution s;tid he did not think Pieviou - s convictions against all the prisoners, with gang of bar for some time infested the neighbourhood of Manchester. Lang,ford and Price had been twice before convicted of felony, and Delaney and Buckley had already both been convicted summarily cony then sentenced Langford to Price to ten years' transpor sentenced to ten years' transpc Buckley and Delaney each to seven y The female prisoner, Kelly, was senten__ for twelve calendar months. FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT BY A RELIEVING OFFI CER.—PhiIip Barlow was charged with having at Salford, on , e the 17th of December last, feloniously forged and uttered a ears' transportation ed to pe imprisoned certain order for the payment of money with intent to de fraud. The prisoner was further charged with having, at Salford, fraudulently and feloniously embezzled six pounds _ . I conducted the pl nrisrmar —lt ann ecution, and Mr. Sowler defende that on the 24th c relief committee of the g the committee the case eptember last, at a meeting of the ardians, the prisoner brought before botham, residing in Thompson-street having been considered, the commis Rowbotham eighteen-pence a week f the commune s initials, "J. PP in Salford. The case ee decided to allow r thirteen weeks, and the then chairs Williamson, signe '. NV." in tb tliorised the " Appli ,risoner, on production of allowed by the committee prisoner, and the stun of eighteen-penc Doi:, to receive the amount of relief The amount was received by the Rowbotham died, and since• her death no fUrther sum had been paid by the prisoner. At the expiration of the thirteen weeks, however, viz., on the 17th of December licatior, and _ Report-boot um of eighteen pence a week had been allowed Rowboti from the 17th December last. On this the prisimer received the further surer of eighteen•pence a week for the thirteen weeks, and de bittect.the union with the amount. Ori.its being discovered that' the initials "J. W. W." entry on the 17th December was , a forgery; an investigation was made, when it was discovered that the only money which the prisoner had paid to Row botham: Was eighteen-pence a week from the 24th September to the 2Sth'of October, when Rowbotham died.—John Adam son, clerk to the Salford Union, in the course - of his evidence explained tile various duties of the relieving-officers of the• union, and slimed that the prisoner had debitted the union with eighteen-pence a week, paid to Elizabeth Rowbotham from the 24th. of September to the 25th of March last.— Emma Dawson, and Martha Rowbotham, daughter-in-law of Elizabeth Rowbotham, both deposed that they received the eighteen pence- a' week from the prisoner, on account of Elizabeth Rowbotham, during her illness. No money had been paid since the 28th of October, when Elizabeth Row r I botham died. J.-W' 'tte' -‘on dr - 3 depcsea ne was a guardian of the' Salford Union. The initials "J. W. W.," in the' application and report book, under date the 17th of December, were nut in. his handwriti” To substantiate the second charge a embezzlement, relieving.ofticer of the union was culled, who deposed to r_my ing thepaupers in the prisoner's district during his illness; and that whilst engaged in this (104' he discovered that - the prisoner had been debitting the union with the sum of, fve shillings a week, alleged:to have been , paid to a widow named Mary Ann Bateman, Win %las residing' in Regent-road, Whereas the money bad not been so paid by the prisoner,, there being no such person as Mary Ann Bateman residing in Regent-road. A number ofother witnesses were also called, whO vesicle in Regent-road,-and they proved that no such per son as Mary Ann Bateman resided there. Mr. Sowler, on behalf of the prisoner, addressed the :ry at conside length, and urged that thee the evidence. At all event that 11e prisoner was guilty o: cr.+ ho th.r.fnr. hold thug the i there was no evidence to sboi nything beyond negligence, find him guilty of the crime irnputed to nun, ,ordship liaving.summed up, the jury found the prisonerguilty. tence deferred. H0173E-BREAKING AT PEnre.'" - ROIMV:CT OF JEWELLERY.- 30, and-Samuel Bailey, 25, w' AND , EXTENSIVE 31 , , John Roach, loniousiy broken and entered the c three brooches, two gold rings, two ear-rings; and three coral drops, the property of the said Alice Marsh. The prisoner Mr. Oierend prosecuted, and the prisoners were - defers' drd by Mr. Sorrier.—On Saturday morning,.the 23rd 'of April, about at Smithy berton, near house, when the' prisoner, poach,. came 'to the hod's( askedwhere the sAool mas.te The proseml him the house; after which Roach said that 'he was a book seller, when' the prosecutrix said she- wanted to•purchase "Uncle Torn% Cabin." Roach said• he would go • and fetch her a copy, but the prosecutrix requested - him not to do so, as- she was going out of • the house. Soon afterwards she left the house and closed the door, but did not- fasten it. On returning home, ics - about half an hour, she saw the prisoner Roach standirm ne r the house, leaning against a iuide post. On seeing - the prose- Writ he jumped over the hedge, and ran behind the house. On entering the house the prosecutrix:diseovered that during 3senee 'an extensive rc taken pl lace ;..t been away. A neighbour named Greenall, ft - appeared, bad seen three men come from the house, and go along the train road in the direction of Wigan. He pursued them, and on .meeting a poiceman, he told him of the robbery: It appeared that the policeman had met the three men a-short time previous, and, on Greenall communicating the infor- .. • . having mounted on horseback, he pursued thi thre.e men, and overtook them as they were entering the town of Wigan. He succeeded in taking the prisoner Ic:44y:into custody, upou whom all the•stolen property was found. Roach and-Bailey ran away. butswere soon afterwards captured: A chisel was found on Roach, and a cap and some other wearing apparel.. The prisoners were found guilty. There were previous- con victions against Kelly and Bailey, and his Lordship sen tenced them to seven years' transportation. Roach was sentenced to be. imprisoned for twelve months. BURGLAD.7•AT SIANCHESTER.—WiiIiaIu Collins,„l3, was charged with having, at Manchester, on the night of theist of July, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling,house of Ellen Moraine,. and having stolen Therein. a quantity. oi wearing apparel. He was fiiither charged with having at Manchester,. .on the night of the 2d of July, burglariously broken and emend. the dwelling-house of James Knott,.and having stolen therein a quantity of wearing apparel:. The prispnerwaefoundguilty on both charges.—Senteneedeferred.. The court rose at six 'O'clock SECOND COURT.—A second court for the trial of prisoners sat during the day, in the Chancery CGurt, over wbich Bliss, Q.C, presided. OTRSHIRE AND WALES EXEC' behind t TON. —On nesday,John Roberts was Hanged gaol of Carnarvon, for• the wilful murder• of A Scotchman offered his services. as Jessie Pa)be—rts hangman, , and.his employer immedlhtely discharged him. ROBEEB.T BY t POSTMISTREU.— Alice TYsony, the keeper of the poet-office, at Haltm, has been taken into custody on a charge of having stolen letters. A detective officer, en- taking the prisoner into custody at her resi dence,fetuid that she had upwards, of twenty letterainher dress-pocket.. Cnismt. v.. LryzneooL.—An interesting match at cricket was played on Monday, on the Roodeo,.between the Liverpool and Cestrian clubs. The game was not played out ;_ but the advantage was clearly on the Chester side, and. as _they obtained the majgrity in the first innings, they are considered the winners._ CuESTER AND HOLYHEAD .liAlLWA.Y.—Traffic for the week ended. Aug. 7, 1853 : —Railway : Passengers, par cele,.&ez, £4,584 ss. 3d. ; goods, £1,200 10s, _2d. Steam boats : £B6l 7s. 11d. Total, £6,616 3s. 4d; Increase, as.. compared. with the ccxresponding week last year, .6f4,341 2s. lid. THE LATE MAYOR OP CIIESTER.--TllO interment of the remains of Mr. Henry Brown, mayor of Chester, who died-at his residence in Boughton on Saturday week, in the 59th year of his age,..took place on Wednesday. In compliment to the civic office which the- deceased filled, and as an indication of the esteem in which he was per sonally held, the funeral was attended: by an immense number'of the citizens. Tuji CTIESTER REGATTA.—The annual regatta on the Dee is fixed to take pktce on Wednesday, the 31st inst. The total value of the prizes to be contested for during the day is £220. The Earl of Grosvenor has given 50 guineas to be contested for, and there is a champion prize of £lOO in specie, to, be rowed for in, four-oar boats, open to the world. MILFORD HAvrs . .—There is a project for making this port an Australian Packet Station. The Australian Direct Steam Navigation-Company has obtained a Royal Charter of Incorporation, and the directors have determined to " bring into effective operation the means best calculated to ensure the most direct and, expeditious communication with Australia." The route. will be from Milford to., Panama and thence to Sydney., The line of railway across: the Isthmus is now approaching completion, and when. that is done-the time of transit across it will not exceed. two hours. Australia will thus be reached in 55 days. THE CROPS IN NORTH WILES.—The hay harvest throughout the North Welsh district has been a very heavy one, but much has been spoiled and carried, in bad condition, in consequence of the unsettled weather. The swathe-was thick and luxuriant, and the crop would.alto gether have proved. a splendid one had not the severe rains so debarred field operations that hay-making could not be carried on. A great deal has, however, been secured in condition, while much will prove valueless. The cereal crops are looking well, and, should fine weather be granted, good harvest will be secured. The early sorts have not filled so well, bat for the later grain an abundant yield is anticipated. Large breadths of potatoes have been sown, and until a short time ago all: had escaped the disease. This scourge has spread, the hanlins being generally affected. Fine weather will prevent the extension. AFFAIRS AT BIRKENHEAD.—It appears, from a report just put forth by the trustees 'of the Birkenhead Dock Trust, that a reconciliation has taken place amongst all the leading men interested in the prosperity of Birken head, including Sir Isaac Goldsmid, Sir Joseph Bailey, and (we understand) Mr. John Laird; and that they are work ing cordially together to carry out the plans of Mr. Bendel. It is expected that these great works will be completed in two years and a half from the present time, Athongst the principal features of Mr. Rendel's plans are, a depth of water sufficient to enable the largest vessels to enter the Birkenhead Docks whenever they can get over the bar into the river Mersey ; and two magnificent gates, each a hundred feet wide, one leading into the dock, and the other into a lock connected with it, through which the largest paddle-wheel steamers ever built, or likely to be built, will enter with ease. The entrance to this dock and lock will be 20 feet wider than the widest entrance into the Liverpool Docks. The bill giving the necessary powers for executing the Birkenhead works has just received the royal assent. TILE BIRKENHEAD RAILWAYS.—At the Chester assizes, the ease of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company v. the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, was brought before Lord Campbell. This was an action to recover the sum of £14,000, being the balance of an account stated for tolls due to the plain tiffs on goods carried over the railway of the plaintiffs, and for other charges on such goods. Mr. Welsby, Q.C., and Mr. Evans, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Groves, Q.C., and Mr. Bevan for the 'defendants. The case for the plaintiffs was opened by Mr. Evans, and in the course of a somewhat complex statement by him of the position of the parties in reference to the accounts on which the action was brought, he stated that up to August, 1852, a toll of 60 per cent. on the receipts, with other amounts in addition, had been charged to the associated companies, and that a notice had then been given to them that the rate of toll would be increased to 80 per cent., with the same additional amounts as claimed, and. that the charges had been so increased as shown in the particulars of demand rendered. That a further notice had after wardi been given, that the full tellg under the plaiutiffe lose tolls frnrn S given - . The s well as the purchase of I by the chairman and two vs of the plaintiffs' company the corporate seal of the defendants, dat id sealed with over the line of the plaintiffs up to the close of the parlia spssion of 1853, mentor Mn the Charge made to ti Leh were d to have h verdict to be taken for the 'pin fetence. It was agreed to by both ...y _HEAD, LAN( SHIRE, A SI) rCTION RAIL WAY. SHIRE a-v s company was held on 'erry 1-101 kfter the tpairir during the isfaCtioil to obierve wer the ase has r ending 30th mounts to ing half- of intricat( Ur. Groves, for ti was in existence an a railway of the plaintiffs of the dire Snturd the direct that the accounts corresponding period of la arisen from the zeneral tra how a conk 1852, was £4l rapidly increas and. Chest€ nst 16,165 tons en Manchester yer; and bet 1852 ; flie . number of passengers and the - total receipts from the C the last half-year £12,44& 13s. 11d. f at to £1 ding advan the pri] Brassey t of account shows a g r ding a balance of £5 but the di subject to the at Mr. Hue aye for-ti tors har6lo aunt to be.re advised that Le accounts in The proprietors will see; by ref y i 3,01 from Che to Lower Walt( amation, and expires testimate ( ar own ei ie company wi the line for •£2,000 per £2,000. hat the company is paying Mr num for - maintaining the: line e unction Company,. prior It Christmas ni anfirmed by exper he rapidly-increasing track of 'the c vather ; but to maintain this r hus effecting asaving c apany was theaked 'ear pis the five or six lase le weather became fine, t in every department• I necessary to refer to the pro g g great ; and it is-znly aking in the brziness M'Cormick pletion of ihe - mag the Dock anti War ties on thei port, to continued the early and entire-am: lificent docks of Birkenhead. swe propel xtisfy , . - the propriet by fopiomote the trade eLthe xs that the increase will be The proprietors are aware-than early in the year Parlia ment passed_ resolutions suspending all legislation , for leasing or amalgamating railways or canals during the• present session; and that consequently the bills introduced. for the purpose of , leasing the undertaking to the London Western Company were suspended. The it, under the seals of the-* vides that, on t ) companies, however .pro passing. of lie leasing bill, the dividend hall take effect from the Ist of January )f four per ce in the Present dividend paid be provided fc or otherwise. ;ar, and that the difference between the the meantime-and the four per cent.shßil n'the act, either in the form of dividend The following-bills, am( pany were introduced int, tees Bill; the- Dock Warehons( Shrewsbury ant: Chester Bill;. tl the Warrington-ar.d Altrincham BiT Stunenl affecting thy:- com- The Dock Trns- e Company's BM.i the he Great Western; Bill The Dock Trustees consented to strike out of their bill he power to levy tolls,. being the only part of the bill to which this company objected; and, after a contest in coin- mittee of the HOuse of Commons, the Dock and Warehouse Company agreed to withdraw the clauses containing the power to use the lines and, stations of this company ; on which your directors -withdrew their opposition. The Shrewsbury and Chester Company withdrew their bill at the last hour, rather than have their running powers submitted to.the searching investigation whichl,,they; are aware this company will prosecute whenever they again appear in Parliament. The Great Western Bill, which, as originally introduced, proposed to: lay down the broad gauge from Wolverhamp ton to Birlmnhead, to obtain running powers,. and4o con struct a station at BirkenhPwl, was finally submitted to Parliament in the form. of a facility bill, with. Tower to erect a station. at Birkenhead, and, in this forma a severe contest took.place, this. company objecting to .the powers sought, especially to that part which proposed.,to give that company power to erect a station at Birk. - aahead. The bill was ;sown out. The powers granted. to the Warrington. ancl,Altrincham Company are accompanied by conditions which render them meth less objectionable than originally proposed. The act provides that, in fixing the rates, regard shall be had to the cost of the respective lines, and.; that the arbi trator may fix higher rates to be paid for: the use of this company's line than are authorized in, its own act ; and that the. Warrington and Altrincham. Company shall not erect a-station. on any portion of this company's lines. On4hese conditions your directors, withdrew their oppo tiort, protesting, nevertheless, against the injustice of the principle embodied in the bill. From. these statements the proprietors .will perceive that no inconsiderable portion of the tiine,of the directors and the funds of the company have been taxed. in defending their property against these renewed attack ' s; and it is no relief:th this company to know that Other companies having fadvantageons positions in the country have been harrassed in, the same way by companies whose-speculations have not realized the flattering dividends.which their shareholders were led€ to expect. The following directors retire- from. office by rotation, and are eligible for re-election r—Mr. James Bancroft, Mr. Isaac Taylor, Mr. John Rogers, Mr. Henry t Hope ; and Mr. H. C. Beloe, one of the• auditors, ; retires, and is eligible, for re-election. • The directors recommend that a dividend be declared of es.2d. per £27105. share.; 65..3d. per £3l share ; and 4s. eid.. per £22 share, being after the rate of per cent. per an-_ num, and that the samo be payable on the 20th instant. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, adverted to various items in the accounts, and said, the directors were not sure that they were not justified in proposing a dividend of 21- per cent. instead of 2 per cent., still leaving a surplus to meet the contingencies, arising rom the litigation with the Shrewsbury and Chester Com pany. The proprietors would see that there h a d b een a large increase du the receipts of the company d ur i ng th e past half-year ; and if there were no redu c ti on . i n the 'ex pense of litigation, they would continue that dividend at Christmas,. and, perhaps, increase it to 2i per cent., out of their own proper earnings. In answer to a Shareholder, the CitintxAN stated that the claim of the Birkenhead and Cheshire R a il wa y against the Shrewsbury and Chester amounted to £14,000. After some observations from Mr. lEvntE and other shareholders, The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to the traffic on the lbw, he was of opinion that from this half-year to the cor responding half-year in 1854 the gross amount would not be less than £120,000. The adoption of the report was carried unanimously. In reply to some'observations, the CHAIRMAN said the whole of the Holyhead traffic now passed over the Che shire junction of the Birkenhead line; and if anything went in another direction it was accounted for. The directors were re,elected, with the exception of Mr. Isaac Taylor, for whom Mr. Titherington was substituted, Mr. H. C Beloe was reappointed auditor. The dividend, as recommended in the report, was adop ted, and a vote of thanks terminated the proceedings. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, AUGrST 15, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Faith, screw-steamer, arrived here this morning. She left Fernando Po, 26th July ; Sierra Leone, 27th ; Bathurst, 30th ; Teneriffe, Bth Aug. She brings £4,000 worth of gold dust, and a general cargo. The Hope, mail steamer, arrived at Madeira on the Bth, and sailed the same day all well. Business in general was pretty active. The vine crops at Madeira and Teneriffe have totally failed, and at Cape de Verds PARIS.—The military fete of Sunday passed off bril liantly. --• THE EASTERN QUESTION. No later authentic news. The Times' Vienna corre. spondent writes on the 10th that serious apprehensions were entertained that the proposals recently forwarded from Vicuna will be rejected by the Porte. The state• TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1853. ment that, under certain circumstances, the Austrian corps of occupation on the frontier would enter Seri - jai produced a prodigious sensation in the diplomatic world at Constantinople. A manifesto, in the Turkish lan guage, has been published, in which the Porte appeals, not to the religious feelings of the nation, but to its patriotism. In his letter of the 12th, the Times core n diplomatic the 1 circles is that will ac 'our o'clock proposes' the PrincipditieS .he Royal assent was given by commission to 62 The house then adjourned during pleasure, and resoled again at five o'clock. On the motion of the Lord CIIANCELLOII, the Comraons amendments to the Charitable Trusts Bill was considered The - Hackney Carriage Duties Bill was thrown out. The House thenwent into committee on the Pilotage 'mi. F. AIIT. nf T-T fr - o . nx - nrn,r, n n ift the ten Laverpum, iverpool, from t"'7 Le provis, The committee then divided, when the proviso was n e ' gatived by a majority of 14 to 6. then passed t an committee. Several bills, includin g the Sheriffs' (Scotland) Bill, were read a third time, and passed, erchants' Shipping Bill, anskthe Employment Of in Factories Bill, werc - nasthrongh committee• seat vVh r The 'University (Scotland) Bi was passed through cool mittee, after its object and provisions had been explained , the Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Argyle. The Earl of HADDINGTON wished to introduce some important amendment, but failed in the attempt to get them inserted in the bill. Several bills were read a second time, and their lord' ips adjourned at ten minutes to eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ,cainford,• in the place of arvan, ha the place of gr• rits were ordered for G Errs, and for Dr BID XT" CHI £63,9 ceived fr under lit and that, although they ha they has e ciet th if •elAying the ne bet (Mester, au the'Sutton xec rix shall. h.. nt, hitherto The directors hare Itug June, 18 the su former to tt the Shrewsbury and Chester Company commend the proprietors to divide tided in the serve that, in the half year if £3,430 16s. Het actount awe or e half- )eeu made iu the rates ant ence to abst tt D, in the corr I Birkenhead to hirejinctio 513, 10s. sd. Mr. H: MAGunt,t, who have accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. THOMPSON HANKET, jun. to o k th e oa th s and 11l seat for Peterborough, in the place of Mr. WThiLLI3 . S. Mr. GzEusos asked Government whether any stel o ken to improve the postal communicati42 o Aden, acid Bombay. had been between Sr Mr. Co c __ postal communication s t under the control of till' Government,. bit under that of the East India Compall• _ _ between the that t In reply to Colonel BLAIR, Mr. CRADWELL said:GoCerir ment had received no communication respecting the alleged discovery of andsland on the East Coast of Africot ible supply of guano. of the Treasury all which he detailed , et duties in Holland than those otother containing an a Mr. PELLATT Secret 3 number of Briti6 were charged hig aanufacturei favoured notions. Mr. WILSON Sa We - had no commercial treaty witlt most favoured portion ,of vere being made to the bject of the differentiar Holland, which inchided the " the clause," but representations Dutch Go Tnment t „...ve notice that to-morrow he shoull it with respect to the affairs of Russia and and he woulel- then move that the house at its Lord J. RUSSELL Ere a stater isingAo adjourn till Frida, The Lords' amendr ) the Government :of India,' gill were agreed to v lout opposition. tit up the report of the Peter kitteecwhich declared Mr. Whalley r. Tkonwson Hankey duly elected. Several bills were re,aA A' motion by M third time and passed. CBAVFORD, for the production of papers referred to in-the evidence taken by the corn - Anted to inquire into the existence of cor city of Cirmterbury, was, after some rapt practu disc ion, withdrawn. - SooLuac.i.ort obtained t- to bring in a bill to the: bill was read for the regulate Friwaclly Societies. OEI 43.111,. Mr. ikiNNAIIID called attention to the criminal code of Malta, and moved an address, praying the Queon not to assent to -the code until the subject - had received the con' sideration - of Pi After some R SELL contended that it the Maltese 3 w ral e s t h es o e ul u d p p o r n ot t ect The whole code should, hoc' he - .officers of this country. the religim of the country. ever, be cvnsidered by the 1 The motion was then wit A new writ w Otl orderer orduswere then d or theEorough of Clitheroe• posed of,- aud the house ad" six o'clock. j owned tre rainutes r TATTERSALL'S BE' Drift7-TIIIS DA.r. Enoa HAN-WC:AP Adine ; 8 to I a Lieutenant ___.-4 to 1 apt Pantomime; 8 to 1 no t Sally Warfcot- colt , ;: 10 to 1 asst 1414 DO to 7 agst St. Andrew ST. LEGIER.-6. to 5 agst West upwards of :81,500; 4 to 1 agst Cineas, 7 to } laid once. gS t Dervish DERBY.-20.t0 I a to 1 agst Infidelity Colt ttstralinn, 6 to 4 take n t° ,bourne ; 6 tO 1 agst '' 33 to I agst First Lord' 40 FUNDS;' , 'STOCK, AND , MARE MARKET• The English market opened heavily, and owing to sales and the depressiou.in Railway Shares-declined before the close Of business. Railway Shares have been considerably depressed throughout thailay, and leave off , at the lowest. In Mines little done. Foreign market inanimate, and prices generally tend downward: CLOSING rRICES Consols, Account 110. Money_.._.. 101 FOREIGN 264 7ilSnanisli Passives 1k Stock 228 9 beq. Bills, L. & S 3dis pat Three & Qr per tent Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes,. Amberg.,llsTottillgt Walk-RES. London &N. Western 114 i j London & S. Western BSf Mancbes., Sheff., and and E. - Junction. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Do. Preference East Anglian Eastern Counties• East Lancashire, Eastern Union.A Ditto B and C Edinburgh & Glusg,ow. 72 Great Northern.....„ Do. Do. Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. Do. Fifths. Leeds Northern London,Brighton,and South Coast. Lincolnihire Midland Stock North Dritish Do. Preference Norfolks North Staffordshire Shrewsbury and Bir- 4i i diS ming/Inm Do. L 6: N. W. guar. Eastern and Dover 70214 York, Newcastle, and Berwick Do. Extension Do. Preference —•,,, YOrk and N. Midland 59. w. I Do. Preference MINING- SHARES. 1 i Nugget B. Australian Freehold Australasian Colonial i•..dls Mariposa LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural 34 6 'Peel River S. Australian• luvest. south Australian Crystals 5 4t 14 151, Noveau Monde Registered .... Cordel i era .... Ave Maria .... Carson's Creek Port Philip .. CORN 317' -0 14 , 10 MARKET, Heavy arrivals of Foreign Wheat and Oats,._ and, trade opened limy-flat. At present there is nothing doing in Wheal but prices-.offered are 2s to 3s per quarter nitder , those 0 Monday last. Flour very flat, at a further decline of la Pe; , ; sack on country market and samples ex ship.. Harley. is slob of sale, and the turn. against sellers. Beans .and Peas ar e ; about the-same. Oats have further declimd ,6d to. is Ile; quarter. The market became further depressed towards th e close, and English Wheat declined 2s to 4s per quarter frell Monday's prices; holders offering were unwilling sellers, the reduction. Fluter unaltered. Fine white boiling Peas 8 011 ,: at 455. Two or three parcels of new Barley . from. Kent; , fine 4.ls,per quarter asked. Oats declined: Is to is 6d quarter. Beans and Peas about the same., ip floating cagy" of Wheat nothing of consequence reported. English Wheat .. 6739 Barley ... Oats Malt Beans Flour Foreign. 5100 49293 PRODUCE Sugar t Foreign. several transactions, sod 218 6d to 24s 6,1 demand for Refined, low to fine grocery paid for yellow Havana in boud; there is en active home Coffee; larger business; Native Ceylon 45s to 465; Plantatioqr 538 to 70s. Tea : Few buyers but rates are unchanged. Cottol: lumps 46s 6d to 4 . 95. but . no decline. Saltpetre dull, and firm, with several buyers ; supply limited. Rice: Few buYes, prices barely sustain `" Indigo much in demand, at previous rates ; supply small' -- sicS 84 brls. MARK.ET TALLOW AC &TWEE •6S ° Tallow dull : fine P.Y.C. 50 s 9 d. to 5 1s. The stock is ' r ies casks, against 49,2 08 casks same time last ye ar . The deliver are 1,604 casks, against 2,027 casks same time last Ye'o' LE M. Beasts, Sheep, and CA La TT mbs, soId ARKET readily at last Moll prices. Calves at 2cl per stone advance Beef 2s 6d to 4s 6d Veal Mutton 4s ad to 5s 2d I Pork Beasts Sheep and Lambs. Lambs, 4s. 4d. to ss. Bd. 5021 I Calves ..., 32240 I Pigs ARRIVALS. sa 3 2 e s Li to to 4 4 : 4a 35 5 • • ' 360 Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts Do. Sheep Do. Calves Do. Pigs Prussian Beasts Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep French Calves 1 160 60 0 21 62 61 . 7 0 281 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Gr eat Caledonians, 331; East Lancashire, 18 17 13- 16 ; 11 2 4 Northern, 21}; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76i .i 6d 1 1 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 281; 713 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 21 7-16 5-16. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE, Midland, 71i. GLASGOW CORN MARKET. pl iCeS Little or no business doing at to-day's market l nominally the same. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET Market very firm, at 68s 6d to 695. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENC: nee kt rks li e " 213 P Huth, hence at Calcutta, 9th June ; Mary Sra %al, 1 Caldera, 27th June; Eliza Moore, hence at Shang T., the May ; Patria, hence at Hung Kong, 11th June • .-e a . a t po r t May, Royalto, 0 2 d d Marco Polo, 29th, b' eac. - n , an , 6 Adelaide. stbi llri p Arundel, from Bombay, 23rd June; Lancaster, 1 _ ge lt2sts, Jefile,2lst, John Melhuish, and Martaban, ~,,arer Sprague, 27th, from Calcutta ; Don Ricardo, from "' 13th June —all sailed for Liverpool. ________.-----' —__ --------_ tbe LIVERPOOL : Printed and Published every TUeSdaY •b N 1, It ° P Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON TRACK E A o iNTI...:, Percy-street, at the STANDARD GENERAL Li;erpool OFFICE, No. 4 SW. GEORUE'S CAESCS NT ' Tuesday, August 16,1853. MornioPf ot,r4 Lot duly