The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

-may Lüieepool ~ .F t anbab. o FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. ALL that I said in my last--and more—touching the angry feelings entertained by the Turkish population to wards not only the English but the French residents at Constantinople, has been vindicated during the week by the intelligence received. The Morning Post, unques tionably the best informed of the London papers in all matters referring to the Eastern question, stated that two Ships of war, English and French, have left Besika bay for Constantinople to protect the French and English there ; e., to put a stop to the " slitting of noses" spoken of in lily last. The question is, in fact, once more in a dead lock, the refusal of the CZAR to accept the Turkish modi fication of the note of the four powers having thrown the 'Prospect of a peaceful solution further back than ever. The decision of peace or war now rests with the SULTAN, who, I apprehend, will be sorely pressed by his soi-disant friends to yield all that Russia asks for the sake of pre serving peace. In fact, to such an extent has the paltry, truckling pusillanimity of the Four Powers reached, that, though they first entered into the quarrel on behalf of the SULTAN, as the attacked and weaker party, they are now actually considering the propriety of coercing him, by main 'force, to adopt the identical course which they themselves stigmatised as degrading and unworthy of an independent power. There is every reason to expect that the SULTAN will be forced into °pen hostilities by his own people, as I have already stated, and that the Foreign Ambassadors will before long order up the French and English squadrons from Besika Bay, for—what do you think ? To defend the Ottoman capital from a.Russian invasion? No such thing; but—to take the SULTAN on board one of the vessels, and overawe the Mussulman population, in order that Russia may get everything she asked for at first ; and to prevent her get ting which, these very ships originally sailed from port! I defy the greatest diplomatist that ever was suckled in Downing-street, or who ever took pen in hand, to say more on the subject. Austria has slunk out of the squabble; and France is slinking as fast as she can, with a 'shew of decency; so that England, for ever, will have all the glory (M) Meantime, I regret that there are several say one or two puling prints, weekly and weakly papers, attempting to throw out qualified hints to the prejudice of the illustrious Consort, and stating that he is the cause of these protracted proceedings, for fear of any evil happening, among the small German States. Don't believe a word of it. It is a poor subject upon which to dilate,—the advane ' ing prices of the necessaries of life ; I have already referred to it ; they are, in mercantile phraseology, steadily a dvanc ing. A quiet little bit of business has been going on for some time in the city, the fruits of which will extend to Liverpool, hence I notice it to put your townsmen on the qui vine. The proprietors of the gas companies, some time ago, were compelled to reduce the price of their article, and then toast at the directorial dinner, over iced champagne,— -" Ex fume, Dare thcem 1" (Bravo I Hear, hear !) was for a brief time in abeyance,—with some of them, at all events. There was an agitation on the subject, and the consumers,—dolts, because they got a reduction of price per cubic foot, thought they had gained the day,—l beg pardon—night. They did so, to a certain extent, but the gas became dim, the fine gold was changed, flickerings were seen, bubble, bubble heard, now and then a hiss or two,--sure signs of a deteriorated article. The great gas bashaws have been laying their heads together, chewing the end, of sweet and bitter statistics, and an advance in -the price of—that, to many—to most— a necessary of life,— gas is resolved. Meet ! meet ! meet, oh, Liver pudlians ! Oppose it. The proprietors are determined to make a long pull, a strong pull, and they will pull together to get back their "old original" and most enormous prOfits. To be sure, they are paying more for their coals,—they are getting more for their coke. Allow them to-have an advance of the smallest decimal coinage that ever was thought of in fool's brain, and the gas con sumers are done—brown ! Stand out, never mind threats of euttingoffyour —, they won't doit. They know better. The battle of the registrations has commenced in the city of London, which, in every improvement pertaining to the body politic, should lead the way, and it does so pretty well. Battle of the registrations ! Fiddle-de-dee. Mere chalk and water now to what it was when these really salutary courts were first instituted—perhaps the only good that sprang out of the Reform Bill. There was SO much laxity—everybody, anybody voting—that, with all the humbug of the " great reform measure," one is really reconciled to its boasted advantages by the insti tution of these useful and well-worked courts, though they are now nearly useless, save as turning into some twenty briefiess* barristers—but well-behaved lawyers-0200 for the few Weeks they don the wig, and sit on the bench. How can it be otherwise ? Every point of law—residen tiary—was disposed of during the first and second sittings of the revising barristers. Nothing worthy of remark or record now can by possibility occur. Vexatious points arise, certainly ; for example, that of taking objections, Whig or Conservative —for, let the truth be spoken, the 'latter are as much to blame in this regard as the former. This year hundreds of objections have been taken, and hundreds withdrawn, before Mr. 111`CnmsTrE, the re vising barrister for the city of London alone. One worthy cit. has been objected to ten times in two years. WCIIIINITIE is not a man to be trifled with ; he makes the futile objectors pay the piper, and this is the best remedy he could apply. A sketch of T. Y. MTIERISTIE, Esq., revising barrister for the city of London, is worth the space I shall devote to it. He pre sents a grand example of culture. He is a long-headed Scot, frae Glasgow, I believe ; came to London some years ago, without a " peck o'maut " even ; he was a good short hand writer—first-rate indeed ; reported medical and sur gical lectures, when they were worth reporting—which they are-not now,—for the Lancet. Glorious productions those reports. icEuo, the great father of stenography, Could have done nothing like them ;—they sorely vexed Cubebs, Sarsaparilla, and Squills, the lecturers at the hospitals. The thing had never been done before ; and then, their very words, never mind however much compound— Greek, or dog Latin,—all the same. The reports of those lectures did more for Toe WA KLEY'S Lancet than would have the outlay of ten thousand pounds, which Tom never had. A clinical lecture is the same to-day, yesterday, and for ever; unless, indeed, some quaint man arise, like ABER NETHY, or learned like LA.W,ILENCE, then lectures would be worth giving again_ and again. The lectures reported by MTHRISTIE were stopped as far as he was concerned. The same thing over and over, Tom WAKLEY, M.P., for Finsbury, coroner, and editor of the Lancet, was too knowing a shot to stand that. Anon, therefore, we find M`Cmaisrln, touched by the Lancet's power, with a big brass plate on his hall-door, marked "Surgeon,"—soon after M.D.,—shortly after we find him a kangaroo (short hand man) in the court of chancery, hand and glove with those still splendid exaniplei of humanity,—LYNDMIRST and BnononAm ;—soon after, we find him a kangaroo again in the House of Lords for-,--the, Times ! During this varied period, M`Cnnism was quietly eating his way to the bar,—was called, and TnoMAs, Lord DENmAJT, made him Revising Barrister for the city of London. One man in his time plays many,parts ; M'CunierrE is by no means an old man, and he has gone through all the grades I have stated. As a revising barrister, I have no hesitation in saying that he sees through a sham ob jection very soon ; and avails himself, without " com punctious visiting," of the salutary .power the act gives to him, •by making the objectors pay when they do not prove. Such is a brief sketch of the revising barrister for London. On the bench he shakes his head, and looks like a—Lord Chancellor ! I now and then, when ruralising, look for a minute or two at a newspaper—if I can find one of yesterday, or the day before—in the garden of a thoronghly rural tavern within six or eight miles of Lunun, as all the aristocracy pronounce the name of the metropolis, taking the cue from the dear departed Duke; superadded to the afore said tavern garden, must be a rustic chair, and table to match, with a small bottle of well brewed, and better kept Scottish ale, a planter's cheeroot, burning sun to brown your face and make absent friends believe, when they meet you, that you have been on the heather killing grouse and eating it. .With these agremens and the paper one may have a little passate'mpo, as the Italians say, without anybody knowing much about it. In one of these gamesome moods, the servitor put in my hand a good paper enough, and young enough; but oh, the gobe moucherie, which I hate in a newspaper ; give me politics as hot as fire; raving radical if you like, but no gobe moucherie, "an' ye love me, Hal." Well, in the paper handed to me I read that the people at the mint were working like Pyracmon, Brontes, Steropes of the Cyclo pean race, over the glowing fire, turning out the new decimal coinage, which I- bad branded as false—spurious —no go in a recent communication.. You varlet scribe," I said to myself, "you have not read the Liverpool Standard, or you would not thus have lied." There is no truth in the paragraph going the round of thegobemouches. Our money will remain as it is. I find the Times news paper has had instructions to deny the accuracy of the statement about the issue of the decimal coinage,—thns I am doubly armed; but I did not require even the Times to corroborate the truth of my statement. The metropolis at this moment is crowded by people from the provinces ; though London, in itself, is out of 10 wn, as the phrase is : so are not its exhibitions, and their ITitors. Some how or another, I have postponed going to 'nu e , Places of resort, it may be too long ; better late than f er• Three or four times a literary and physiological lend o f mine invited me to see the people called the Aztcs e • Was ,f .. 1 couldn't or didn't go till the other day. Never t o v i si ii',l ) To surprised in all my life ; and as they are about dese r ib o reraool, and other places, I shall endeavour to doll.lik e "u st :' , , . Two children, ahoy and a girl, of diminutive, formati on ee, of bizarre appearance, of a physical con terly inc o ,,,, Th nughly original, of manner and habits ut ologist, crilensible, and baffling to the acutest physi bearing to a rned adept in ethnological science, and , mit a 0, are placed before —':up, the legendary name of the AZTECS, tare perhaps,— at tl ' a l; e As a diligent student of human na form on op i nion, aa u ti ( Lents as a curious spectator,—let me Aztecs? Whence do live" judgement. What are the humanity could have theybeen come ? What strange types of the l forerunners of their deve lopment ? Is the story to of them true or f a l s e ? Are th e y merely instanc es o f a caprice of nature, of a whimsi cal departure from the ordinary rules of creation ?- Or, are they indeed members of a race hitherto unknown to us ? Children of a family with which we have as yet had no converse, nor of which even, we have had, till within a few months, the slightest knowledge ? In a word—What are the Aztec Lilliputians ? Are they a great human truth : a new page opened in the book of human life, for us to read ; or, are they a clever impos ture ? The first of these questions it would per haps take the profoundest scholars, the most erudite philosophers, the wisest savans of this or any other age, scores of years to answer. The second question is spoken to in a moment ; they cannot be the subject matter of an imposture, for they are here. We have them before us palpably, substantially, in body, spirit, and truth; we can feel their tiny limbs ; we can manipulate their doll-like heads ; we can watch their elfin gambols,— listen to their shrill unearthly voices ; their whole corporeality is existant, tangible to feeling as to sight. They are not, like MACBETH'S dagger, " A false creation!" • proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain. But we have them before our eyes, our hands, our whole senses, in all the mobility and actuality of life to see, to hear, to touch. The true avouch of our own senses. DEMOCRITIIS was once asked, " What is man ?" He answered, "It is that which we all see and know every day." In the same man ner, if I were asked what are the Aztecs, I might answer they are those strange little creatures, whose strange clothing is not a tithe so strange as their strange appear ance—strange gestures—and strange existence altogether, —who frisk and play about with a mysterious unconsci ousness of their problematical condition of being,. in the most affectionate familiarity and confidence in their guar dians, and who, take them in whatever light you will, must ever he a marvel to the most ignorant, and a curious puzzle to the most instructed! I should not have taken up my pen to examine this vexed question, and so shed whatever light I might in my humble capacity be enabled to do, in any other respect or under any other standing, save that of a scholar seeking to discover and elucidate truth. Passing over much of the Aztecs' history, we know that the empire had been in existence for at least three centuries before the arrival of CORTES, that the monumental figures, sculptured on the stupendous marbles and basaltic ruins of American antiquity, correspond in form, in lineament, and in position to the Aztecs them selves, and furthermore that HITERTOS, HA.MMOND, and VELASQUEZ were trustworthy persons. But the strongest evidence after all lies in the children themselves. Whether they are, or are not, the weird children—idols of Ssimaya, ' whether they have, or have not, been worshipped, cap tured, wounded —they are here as a sign —a wonder, and a mark of astonishment ! Original, unique, unrivalled ! I have seen everything worth looking at in London for ( a quarter of a century, but never saw a sight so 1 wonderful and thought-begetting as—the Aztecs. Of their intellect—what ? Here I must talk taperly ; it appeared to me less than their little bodies ; the boy was being put through his toilette, previous to his appealing in the theatre of the Adelaide Gallery adjoining ; he made a great pother, apparently wanting to reach a wash hand basin near him ;—he was thirsty ; he knew the facts, that the basin contained water ;—that water quenched thirst ; these he appeared perfectly to comprehend, hence his efforts to get at the basin, heedless of the suds ! The monkey, we are told, will warm himself by the kindly fire, but will let it go out though there is plenty of fuel within reach ! The creatures appeared to be much attached to the gentlemen who superintend them, in one of whom I recognised an old acquaintance, Mr. ANDERSON, the clever " Wizard of the North ;" the other appeared to be a foreigner ; it may be he was an American, named Moan, or MOYES. Both gentlemen were exceedingly civil and communicative, answering every question put to them anent their tiny charge. It may be to my shame that I. am not an admirer of American literature, even including WEBSTER'S dictionary and BORER'S one incident play, though in five acts, and I do not remember how many scenes—say thirty or forty; tor, like the great incomplete work of PIERCE EGAN, who, before his death, contemplated a play, embracing life in London, life in Liverpool, and life in Dublin; with five hundred scenes, the new American dram ic " The Betrothal," is spun interminably : in truth, it only consists of a pro logue, and a simulated death ' • for, like Irene, the prin cipal character leaves the stage alive —pardon the intrusion, for it is only partly applicable. So much for the dramatic situations, incidents, or what you please to denominate the stamina of the American drama played at Drury-lane Theatre before an audience of two or three thousand people. I need not say that the lessee produced the play for GUSTAVUS V. BROOKE— applause, nothing but ap plause from first to last was the order of its going. The author has had sent to him all the dramas of England ; he has read them with the profit of an imitator. Shall I ,say with my master :- --" 0 imitatores ! Sery u rn peens." Yes, unhesitatingly. He (BOXER) has made the Eliza bethan period his particular " betrothal ;" his style is identified with it. But, oh dear, Yankee swagger, exag geration, and simile, however forcible and amusing, are not the things for an English stage, like that which Drury lane's once was, and may become again. Mr. BROOKE is eminently successful; like a good boy, he has availed himself of many judicious hints and observations I have seen in some of the newspapers. His dying scene in " The Betrothal," which could easily be rendered repul sive, was really a masterpiece,—nothing to offend; much to appal ! The theatre is crowded, as I have intimated; the critics —many of them learned ; some of them prone to encourage the ascerbities, rather than the amenities of life—they are pleased. With regard to the other theatres, their seasons are drawing to a close, but only for a short period. FARREN, the " cock salmon," as he playfully likened himself unto, many years ago, played for his benefit (a bumper) his famous character of Lord Oyleby for the last time. I have seen F /ovum( in this character more times than I recollect ; I don't think he ever sus ' tained it better than on this; the last oceasion ; but he had no one to support him. Oh, BICIIA.RD JONES, and goodly Mrs. GLOVER, how you were missed ! WIGAN, the first Frenchman, especially of mauvais svjet, on the English stage, succeeds FABREN at the Olympic ; with him in that elegant bijou theatre, and BEN WEBSTER at the Adelphi, there will be plenty of fun in the Strand, and its neighbourhood. Young WaLLacic has taken the Marylebone Theatre. It is far away from the centre of civilization ; but in the midst , of a dense population, not very fond of theatres, I am afraid. A FRENCH SQuAnnox passed Dover on Friday, sailing to the northward. ADMIRAL HonTAm, it is stated, has obtained, in conjunc tion with the ministers of Paris and the United States, a treaty which opens to the commerce of the world for ever the rivers Parana and Uruguay. MR. LEONI LEVI returned to Liverpool yesterday morning, and was announced to deliver further lectures of the series on Commercial Law, at the Hall of the Chamber of Commerce, in the morning, and at the Col legiate Institution in the evening : but the notice had been so short that it was deemed advisable to adjourn them until to-morrow (Wednesday) morning and evening. STEAM-MADE CASKS.—The power of steam has been ingeniously applied to the manufacture of casks, not only superseding the ordinary labour of the cooper, but per forming his work with a symmetry and finish superior to the common method. The invention is now employed in making 300, gallon water casks for the Australian trade, and we refer to an advertisement in another column for details of its advantages. CONSECBA.TION OF A ROMANIST BISIIOP.—There is no doubt of the Ecclesiastical Titles Prevention Act being a dead lettea. On Sunday, a Dr. Alexander (loss was. consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Liverpool by Mr. Wise man, assisted by five ROmanist Bishops, at St. Nicholas' Romish Chapel, Copperas-hill. . - ARE THE ENGLISH A SOCIABLE PEOPLE P-Of course they are—if sociability consists in liking to have one's relatives and friends gathered around one, at certain times and seasons. But is that what constitutes a "sociable" people ? We rather think not. Let us look a little fur ther into the matter. If we recollect right, it is in his "Dark Ages" that Dr. Maitland illustrates the utter futility of attempting to establish brotherhoods in Eng land, by adducing the fact, that if an Englishman walks into a public room, to take refreshment, he will, as a matter of course, look out for a table at which no other person is seated. Who has not done this, and seen it done, hundreds of times. Yet what Christian man dares analyze, and defend, the feelings or the principles upon which such a proceeding is founded ? Will it be said that it arises from a wish not to intrude upon others ? Few will have the courage to say this, for very few indeed dare deny that when they thus shun their fellow-men they are thinking exclusively of their own feelings and likings— that whatever theory they may advocate, when retirement from society is talked about in religious controversy, they practically deny. the Divine precept which says that "it is not good for man to be alone,"--a precept which we believe would be as applicable in the one case as in the other. Many a man would be the better, in many ways, if he would, with prudence and discrimination, determine not to be alone, and apart from his brethren, when , placed within reach of them in public places and public conveyances. He would often find a relaxation in such casual conversa tion as such opportunities afford, which would prove an allowable and even necessary relief to anxious thought and care, while he might occasionally meet with and impart useful information and edification. Why should two reasonable beings, professing" Christian fellowship, get as far away as possible from each other, or preserve, utter silence, because they have never ,peen each other before ? It is no satisfactory answer to this question to reply that each of them prefers it. The preference has no Christian foundation, and therefore it cannot be defended. That there may be times when a man is , necessarily employed with his own thoughts and feelings, and would be inter rupted injuriously by conversation with strangers, we readily admit; but then this is. manifestly the exception, whereas the rule is fo: Englishman to hold himself entirely aloof from strangers, unless he is shut up with them for several hours or days, and finds that he cannot get on without them. It becomes an important practical question to ask whether sociability and friendly inter course, especially among the Middle classes, cannot be obtained in England without the costly aid of the wine merchant and the pastry-cook—without, in fact, any other bribes to the body than it would receive in our own homes. For if the intercourse of friends be worth anything to us, surely our bodies must stand less in need of extra stimu lants and indulgences when we are enjoying that , inter course than when we are alone, or in our families. We are not now speaking of dinner-parties—that is a sepa rate question, and not one necessarily involving " so ciability"—but we allude more , especially to friendly meetings of neighbours and acquaintances, in the evening, among the middle classes ;' and we do think that good service would be done if some practical people would confer together, and come to some arrangement, and lay down some rules and limits, by which the English middle classes might meet at each others' houses, especially during the long winter evenings, without two or three days' pre paration, and absorbing two or three days' income, in wine and mere delicacies, which nineteen persons, out of every twenty would gladly exchange for something plainer and more substantial, were they not afraid of being thought "vulgar." Cannot we have plain " Social Even ing Parties," without extravagance, fuss, fine dresses, or late hours ;" but with kind feelings, good humour, and a desire to please and to be pleased ? Surely such parties would have a much more healthy influence and effect, in many ways, upon young persons especially. We commend this subject to the consideration of the mothers and daugh ters of the middle classes. It will be observed that we have treated this branch of the subject upon its own merits, apart from the religious arguments and motives which might obviously be brought to bear won it.— .En,glia.h Churchman. COMMERCIAL 4. MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THERE has been almost a panic in the money market during the week, the Public Funds slightly falling in value every day until Saturday, when the fall was considerable, being more than two per cent., and a similar, if not greater, depression was ex perienced by almost every description of invest ment for capital. This continued and augmenting tightness has naturally excited much attention, and various opinions have been propounded as to the causes which have led to it. Among those which may be considered most prominent, are the continued decrease in the stock of bullion in the Bank of England, as shown by the weekly returns; the unsatisfactory state of affairs in the East ; the increase in the minimum rate of discount, and the demand for money for commercial purposes. All these circumstances may justify a rise in the value of money, but they certainly are not sufficient grounds for that alarm which appears to pervade all monetary and commercial aflhirs. The rise in the rate of discount has been but a prudent pre caution against the drain of bullion, but the latter has not, been to any extent to warrant a belief in there being any serious inroad upon our monetary resources beyond the requirements of legitimate trade. It is true, that the prospects of peace being preserved between Russia and Turkey are daily diminishing, if any reliance can be placed on recent reports, but the danger of the dreaded war is con siderably lessened by the fact that the necessity for English interference is altogether removed. If both these causes, therefore, were estimated at their true value, there would be little ground for apprehension ; but, unfortunately, ever since the Railway mania of 1846 an unnecessary importance has been attached to monetary movements, and the legitimate transactions of commerce have to suffer from the feverish excitement of mere specu lators in the Funds, a consequence also induced by the weekly publication in the London Gazette of the position of the Bank of England. Were it not for this latter circumstance, the public at large would know little, and care less for the movements of the Bank Directors, which often fail to influence the large discount houses, and are sometimes induced by merely temporary causes. In discussing this subject, we notice that many of our contemporaries have entered into laboured disquisitions on the demand for gold for exporta tion, as being chiefly, if not solely, caused by the demands of our continental neighbours, arising from the higher price of gold on the Continent, the speculations in foreign corn, and the require- ' ments of Russia for the anticipated warlike opera tions. These have, no doubt, had some effect, though by no means to an extent to justify the apparent alarm on the subject, when the receipts from our Australian resources are taken into con sideration. There are also the restrictions on the operations of the Bank of England, imposed by the Currency Act of 1814, which have been brought into the argument, but without much reason, when it is borne in mind that, however objectionable the act may be in itself, the simple fact that the Bank of England has even now a balance of unemployed notes to the extent of about seven millions renders it virtually inoperative. The commentators leave out of view the far more important fact of the greatly increased trade of the country, which is more than sufficient to account for all the large demand upon the precious metals which has excited. so many fears. We have added to our importations very considerably, and augmented in an equal degree our exportations, from which we have yet to receive the returns ; every merchant has largely extended his business, and thereby rendered neces sary the employment of a greater amount of capital, while the general augmentation of wages in almost every department of industry, and consequent accumulations of small savings, has inevitably led to an absorption of the circulating medium. Inwhat direction are we, then, to look for any rea sonable ground upon which to base the present ap prehensions for commercial security P It cannot be in the particular circumstances of trade, for it must be acknowledged that, notwithstanding its magni tude, it was never more free from hazardous specu lation. Prices are high, but not exorbitantly so, and with no disturbing causes which it is impossi ble to foresee or controul, there are few com mercial transactions which do not present a prospect of fair remuneration. We are indeed trading to the full extent, if not beyond our capital ; but not to the verge of danger, if a groundless sense of panic be not permitted to interfere ; and though we are sending such enormous shipments of British produce and manufactures to the United States and our Australian Colonies, California in the former and the gold diggings in the latter should banish all ideas of those markets being glutted, at any rate for a length of time to come. There is, how ever, the inconvenience of waiting for the net pro ceeds, and to this circumstance may be attributed that demand for accommodation which seems to have frightened the holders of capital. In attributing, however, the monetary pres sure to what we believe to be the . real causes, we must not leave out of view the unsatis factory state of political affairs in the East, which, from the delay in the negociations, and the uncertainty as to the ultimate result, has naturally excited much apprehension. But the danger has been considerably over-estimated, as, from the turn which affairs have taken,the European powers are absolved from any active interference in the defence of Turkey, which by the refusal to accept the note agreed to by the conference at Vienna, has assumed the offensive and become the aggressor. Another element in the question which must have a counteracting influence, is the recent strike among the operatives in the manufacturing districts and the collieries. They would appear to have selected the most inauspicious time, for a lull in the demand for their labour renders their idle ness of less consequence, and it is to be hoped they will be the sooner convinced of their folly, as the masters have now more inducement to stand out against the attempt at intimidation, owing to the absence of all demand for their products. So far, therefore, the strike is less to be dreaded than if it had occurred in a time of general activity, and while it may operate beneficially as a warning to the men of the folly of their proceedings, it will also help in some degree to diminish the pressure on the money market, by lessening the demands for the payment of wages. The reports from the manufacturing districts show a still greater depression than has prevailed for several weeks previously, owing to the state of monetary affairs and the uncertainty as to Eastern politics. There is greater anxiety to sell, but bUy ers are holding back until something more defini tive is known ; and while many :mills have been stopped, owing to the strike of the operatives, other masters are about to put their hands on short time, and there is greater indifference as to those who are out resuming work. In.the woollen districts, however, there is a steady demand, which is only checked by the high price which the raw,material still maintains. There has been some fluctuation during the week in the price of , corn, but nothing of a decided ten dency, and as the late favourable weaiher has en abled farmers to get in much of their late wheat in good condition,there isno doubt that it will go lower, though it cannot be said that the price has been at any time extravagantly high, when compared with that of other commodities in general consumption. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 17th of Sept., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £6,007,833; Increase £756,823 Other deposits . ... 11,053,873; Increase 191,915 Rest ... 3,658,265; Increase 16,557 On the other side of the account— Government securities £12,527,893; Decrease 239,125 Other securities ... 16,740,682; Increase 1,782,808 Notes unemployed ... 6,977,165; Decrease 691,935 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,421,920, beinc , an increase of £224,240 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,862,398, showing a decrease of £338,954, when compared with the preceding return. 8 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ISSUE DEPARTMENT, Notes issued ... £29,399,076 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.15,399,075 Silver bullion ... -- £29,399,075 £29,399,075 BANKING DEPARTMENT.. Prop. Capital ... £14,553,00 0 Gov. Securities £12,527,893 Rest .. . . 3,658,265 Other Securities 1 6 ,740,682 Public • Deposits 6,007,833 Notes ... 6,977,155 Other Deposits 11,053,973 Gold & Silver Coin 463,323 7-day & other bills 1,435,982 £36,709,053 £36,709,053 , . Our SHARE MARKET has been much agitated all week, and we have had a decided increase of business. There has been a considerable amount of loan sale s , a l arge amoun t of speculative, and some few real sales, with the buying partly real, partly speculative, but chiefly to close open bear accounts. The d ec li ne i n p r i ces has been very considerable, London Stock having been quoted as low as 98, and Midland 544, the former being the lowest quotation that has bee a registered of this stock for many years, it not having receded lower than 991 in the panic of 1846-7. On Saturday a perfect panic was produced on receipt of the intelligence that a portion of the fleets had passed the Dardanelles ; from this the market has but slightly recovered to-day. We annex prices : Aberdeens, 10 ; Caledonians, 241 1 ; Eastern Counties, 114 1 • East Lancashire, 151 ' • Lan cashire and Yorksire, 621 -,Q; 41 s ; Lancaster and Carlisle New Thirds, 101 4p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 16 ; London Stock, 100 991 1004 100 ; Sheffield Stock, 19 ; Midland Stock, 561 gir s , llg ; North British, 61 ; Dover Stock, 17 4 1 4 17-16 1 7-15 5-16 ; Lancashire and York shire Pref. £l6 Shares, Id. COTTON.—The continued uncertainty as to po litical affairs, the panic in the Money market, the strikes of the manufacturing operativps, and the general stagnation in trade, have operated upon this market ; but though the sales have been low, reaching only to 27,030 bales in the week, ending on Friday, the reduction in price has been only Id. per lb. On Saturday the sales were limited to 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export.—To- DAY, there was a better feeling ; and the accounts from the other side by the Europa being favourable, the manufacturers showed more disposition to pur chase, and the sales reached 7,000 bales, including 1,000, chiefly for export. We cannot, however, notice any improvement in price ; but should the accounts from the East prove more satisfactory, it is believed that prices will advance, as the stock of saleable Cotton is low, even for ordinary require ments. DicscßipTioN. , PRICES Sea island Stained .. floweds 14 (3 29 5 10} 3# 4 63 33 7k 6 'B5 64 6i 63 83 SALES. Week Previ tendiwr,ously ISep.23. this yr. 220 16080 80 1350 6740 375140 3310 233940 10670 786090 830, 56000 239, 4200 310 ,33120 Week I This .. ndin g • Year Sep.23.l ' } 035 , 463876 } 12038 i 918281 230 1 44933 265121 27039 1 4951 i 7 .4 01 88812 ▪ 16 ) 5300 51541 225739 , 370 50351 STOCK ISep. 23 510740 Mobile New Orleans. Pernams, Bz(7. Bahia, &c. NTaranloun Demerara, ke ; Surat Madras Bengal 1750, 101350 3i - 10. 8600 2770: 176670 • . 3330 30 , 4490 27030 1838780 152390 SEVERE GALE, AX]) LOSS OF LIFE. Orr Sunday last the town and neighbourhood of Liver pool were visited by a tempest of great severity. For some time past we had been favoured with a continuance of fine weather ; but for a day or two previous to the close of last week, indications of atmospheric disturbance gave prelude to a storm rarely equalled in impetuosity at this season of the year, and which raged with extreme violence during the whole of Sunday. The morning of that day was ushered in by drizzling rain, with a cold wind from the north-west. As the morning wore on, the wind rose ; and, although at different times the weather appeared as if about to clear up, before noon the storm had increased to an alarming extent, and in various parts of the town, falling chimney-pots and detached slates gave unmis takeable evidence of its fury. In the suburbs, particularly in the high-lying portions, trees were broken, and in not a few instances uprooted. Still the gale waxed stronger and more furious, threatening destruction far and wide. At intervals heavy falls of rain appeared to check the im petuosity of the tempest, and during the after part of the day the wild commotion of wind and rain was terrific in the extreme. In the course of the afternoon the vertical post for sustaining the electric time-ball, lately erected above the Telegraph-office, in Castle-street, yielding to the impulse of the storm, swayed from the perpendicular, and was only saved from falling by judiciously applied supports. The river, however, was the chief scene of the elemental turmoil, and, notwithstanding the-dreadful nature of the storm, crowds of people assembled on the quays, at the landing-stage, and other points whence a view of the troubled waters could be obtained. For a considerable time the ferry boats plying to different parts on the opposite shore continued to make their trips with increas ing irregularity and decreased speed. But, with the excep tion of the Woodside boats, the whole had to succumb before dark. The storm continued with little abatement till after midnight, but appeared gradually to exhaust itself between that time and morning. Shortly after sunrise the gale had almost subsided, but still the vexed waters of the Mersey continued - to roll in angry billows over the shifthig and treacherous banks which impede the navigation of the river. Many of the ships riding at anchor in the river were forced from their moorings ; several being driven ashore, sustaining more or less damage according to the favourable or unfavourable nature of the situation and circumstances under which they came ashore; most of them, however, were taken in tow by tug steamers and conveyed out of the reach of danger. A considerable number were not so fortunate, and we regret to add that among the casualties, in addition to many instances of great peril, we must re cord several attended with a distressing loss of lives. Among the less important accidents, soon after four O'clock, a seaman, in a state of intoxication, while endea vouring to pass George's Basin, was blown into the water, and, but for receiving immediate aid, would certainly have perished. While the storm was. raging, and nearly at its height, a boat, moored in the Seacombe Basin, broke adrift, when the owner, being considerably excited, leaped into the water with the intention of securing her, but was overtaken by a heavy sea, and nearly drowned, having by some means become entangled in a rope which was thrown to his assistance. Ultimately, he was rescued from peril by the gallant exertions of Mr. R. M. Walker and a com rade. This is not the first instance in which Mr. Walker has risked his own safety to secure that of others, he having previously obtained the medal of our Humane Society. At an early hour of the day a small plmsure-boat, containing three youths, was capsized off the Rock, near New Brighton, and, but for the timely assistance rendered by Thomas Neil and Joseph Armitage, two boatmen, they would inevitably have been drowned. The American packet-ship Neva; of 840 tons, with 191 passengers, which sailed from Liverpool, on Thursday, for New Orleans, having been overtaken by the gale, was forced to put back, and on Sunday evening, while the gale was at its wildest, she was driven on shore near the en trance to the Sandon Dock. In the confusion and alarm incident to this event, several of the passengers; endeavour ing to effect a landing on the pier, were precipitated into the boiling surge, where many of them perished. By dint of great exertion, and at no small risk, the vessel was at last secured, and the crew and remaining passengers were landed in safety, with the exception of a child, which was discovered near the forecastle, considerably injured. During yesterday, the Neva still lay on shore near the Sandon Dock, striking heavily. Her crew and passengers not having been mustered, the numbers who perished cannot be ascertained with accuracy, but it is feared that a great many have lost their lives. The ship Joseph Walker, for New York, also went ashore, near the Sandon Dock ; she is strained, but will be lightened, and is expected to be got into dock. The Caroline, from Prince Edward's Island for Liver pool, drove alongside of the Sa.ndon Dock Basin, and carried away her masts and bowsprit. The captain, fear ing the vessel was in imminent peril, leaped ashore, and the crew and a woman and five children, passengers, were shortly afterwards rescued through the exertions of Capt. Hoxie, of the Joseph Walker, and Mr. Harker, a gentle man connected with a tug-boat company. The brig remained ashore until high water, when she drifted off and up the river, and again got ashore on Pluckington Bank, where she remains. The Intrinsic, from Prince Edward's Island, is aground outside of the Bramley-Moore Dock, with loss of fore mast, bowsprit, rudder, &c.—The Shooting Star, from Quebec, discharging in the Huskisson Dock, lost fore and mizen topmasts in the gale on Sunday afternoon. The ship American, for San Francisco, Captain Gover, which sailed on Wednesday last, while attempting to put back to Liverpool, got ashore near Southport, and at one time it was feared she would go to pieces. Since the gale has moderated, however, a better result is anticipated. The lifeboat went out to her on Sunday, and remained alongside all night. The William Ward, from Quebec, was put on shore above the" New Ferry, on Sunday afternoon, having parted from both her anchors. The Stephen Glover, from St. John's, N.B. to Liver pool, is at anchor off the Rock, with loss of fore and main masts and bowsprit. _ During the height of the gale, two small vessels, names unknown, were seen to founder off the Northwest Lightship, and all on board perished. A large vessel, name unknown, and said to be water logged, is at anchor in Bootle Bay,: with all her masts cut away. The Hindoo, from Quebec to Liverpool, was in contact with the Elizabeth on Sunday evening, in the river, and both vessels lost bulwarks, &c. The sloop Penrhyn sunk off the north docks on Monday morning. This STORM la CitnsTnn.—The morning of Sunday last was very wet, but later in the day the rain somewhat abated, and the wind rose fearfully. The tempest con tinued through the whole of the day and night, several very heavy showers of hail falling. In the evening, the service was closed much earlier than usual in several places of worship, around which the howling of the wind was so great that it alarmed the congregation as to the safety of their homes. We believe there was no great damage done beyond the partial unroofing of many edifices, and the destruction of not a few windowpanes. Further than this we have not heard of any injury. There was no loss of life. CHILD DPSEHTIONS.—At eleven o'clock on Saturday night, in Phoebe-street, a child, twelve months old, was found lying on the steps of Mr. Fairtcloght, in that street.. Same night a child was found lying on some steps in Warren-street. DESERTION:OII Saturday morning, about six o'clock, the body of a newly-born male child was found wrapped up in some old rags, in a field behind the new gas-works, off Park-street. It was black in :the face, but no marks of violence were to be seen.. 1317RGLARY AT KNowsLET.—A robbery was committed at Knowsley Hall, the seat of the Earl of Derby, at three o'clock' yesterday morning, and. sundry articles of jewellery stolen, including a pencil case, several gold seals, and other articles. A reward of £5 has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders. BORDER MINSTRELSY:OD Saturday Mr. I. E. Edgar delivered his second lecture on " Border. Minstrelsy," in the Mechanics' Institute. The subject was the life of Sir Walter Scott, and was accordingly rather a resume of the principal incidents of the poet's life, or a passing criticism on his many works, than a disquisition on .the character of "Border Minstrelsy." THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Mr. T. C. Archer commenced the Winter Course of Lectures at the Collegiate Insti tution, by a series of two highly interesting lectures on the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, of which he gave a very graphic description, and received the enthusiastic plaudits of crowded auditories. We regret that our want of space prevents us from giving a more extended report. - THE • ORCHESTRAL UNION.—The Liverpool Philhar monic Society seem determined to deserve their reputa tion. Before the'echoes will have died away which wel come Grisi and Mario, the spacious hall will resound with the praises of the Orchestral Union, which has been en gaged for a Mendelssohn Festival and Miscellaneous Concert on the 25th of next month. The programme contains the names of some very celebrated performers. - SHAKESPEARE.-- On Saturday, Miss Glyn read Hamlet, before a crowded audience, in the Concert-hall. The silent attention which prevailed was only broken by the listeners when some climax of powerful effect was followed by a burst of irresistible applause. At the close of the reading, Miss Glyn' received repeated and enthusiastic expressions of admiration. JAMES HIGGINSON, the keeper of a sailors' boarding house, was, on Saturday, charged with cruelly assaulting his wife. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, Mr. Crosthwaite,- one of; the presiding magistrates, re marked that he should sentence every man who was brought before him under similar circumstances in the like manner. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—OR Thursday a man was carry ing a large bottle of vitriol across the Landing-stage to the Woodside boat, when, as he was passing Captain Chaffers, he accidentally let it fall. The bottle broke, and the corrosive liquid flowed on to the stage, its exposure to the air causing it to discharge a dense cloud of vapour, which enveloped the captain like a Scotch mist. He beat a hasty retreat, and although he escaped without personal injury, his clothes were effectually injured. LIVERPOOL STEAM-SHIP ASSOCIATION. — The growing interest of the important steam trade of the port requiring an association to represent their views, a meeting of gen tlemen connected with the trade was held at the Claren don-rooms, on Saturday, for the purpose of passing the necessary rules for the guidance of the association, and for the election of officers. An animated discussion took place during the preliminary arrangements, in the course of which it was announced, by the honorary secretary, that he had received an unofficial communication from the Pilots' Committee, that morning, which stated that the recommendation they (the Pilot's committee) should make to the Commissioners of Pilots, on Monday, would be a reduction of ls. per foot pilotage inwards on coasting steamers ; to exempt them altogether outwards ; and to continue their present rates when a pilot's services were re quired. This proposition was rather favourably received, and it was thought would meet the views of the association. The officers elected for the current year were Messrs. Rounthwaite, Tamplin, Lamont, Fair dough, and M'Elroy, as a committees ; Mr. J. K. Rounth waite, as chairman ; Mr. Frederick A. Tamplin, as trea burcr and Air. B. J. Thompson, as secretary. 23583 1810102. gnst.in PRODUCE.-There has been a quiet market for Sugar, and the demand very limited, but in prices there is no material change. Of foreign there has not been any business in refining descriptions. Molasses in good request, and 800 puns. have been sold, all from the quay. In Coffee no transactions reported. White Pepper sold at 10d. to 101 d. per lb. Para Cocoa 28s. per cwt. Carolina Rice sold at 225. 6d. to 245. 6d., Bengal lls. to 13s. for broken to good white, and Arracan at lls. per cwt. Rum is again dearer. In Tea common Congous continue dull of sale at 11d., but the demand for the better grades from ls. 2d. to ls. 4d. per lb. continues, and a good business has been done at full previous rates. The transactions in greens are limited. Saltpetre is dull, and only 500 bags sold, at 255. for 9, at 275. 6d. for 51 per cent., with fine at 295. 6d. per cwt. Turpentine and Tar scarce and in demand. American Rosin has again advanced. The public sales of Hides on Tuesday were dull, and only a small portion found buyers, comprising 500 salted River Plate Ox and Cow at 51d. to 51d. for sound, 670 dry at 61d. to 7d., 3,000 salted Horse at 6s. sd. to Bs. 5d., 1,700 dry salted Brazil, chiefly at 61d. to 61d., 15,000 East India Kips at 9d. for good dry salted, 61d. to 71d. for common, and rubbed in proportion, and 2,000 Buffalo at 3d. to 31d. per lb. For Olive Oil only a limited demand. About 200 tuns Seal Oil have been sold, pale realizing £33 10s., straw £32, and boiled £3O per tun. Linseed Oil in better demand, at 28s. 6d. to 295. per cwt. Rape Oil without change in price. American Spirits of Turpentine 555. to 58s. per cwt. For Palm Oil the demand has again been upon a very extended scale ; the sales amount to 1,800 tons, on the spot, at £37 to £3B 10s., and about 3,000 tons ' to arrive, at £37 10s. to £ 39 10s. per ton. The Tallow market has been excited throughout the week, and sales to a considerable extent have been made, at 545. to 565. for Petersburg Y.C. and at American.s3s. to 545. 6d per cwt. for good South ;nerican. American Lard 575. to 60s. per cwt. Petersburg clean Hemp £3l to £36 per ton. Jute £23 to £24 ss. per ton.-To-DAY, and including Satur day's business, the operations in Sugar consist of 60 hhds. BarbadOes, at 325. to 365. ; and 5,000 bags Bengal, to the Refiners, at 275. to 355. per cwt., for very low brown to grey Date. Of Molasses, 170 puns. Antigua have been sold from the quay at 17s. per cwt. Nothing to notice in Rum. 150 bags St. Domingo Coffee, to arrive, have been taken at 455. per cwt. The Tea market is firm, at pre vious rates, but no sales of moment to report. A good demand for Arra,can Rice, and, including Saturday's sales, the transactions reach 15,000 bags, at 11s. to lls. 3d. ; 150 tees. Carolina are also reported at 235. 9d. per cwt. Linseed is higher, 1,365 bags Bengal having realised 495. 9d., and 850 bags Bombay, 51s. per quarter from the ship. WooL.-The attention of the trade during the past week has been occupied with our public sales, which commenced here onthe2lst and ended on the 24th, when 16,485 bales were offered, consisting of 5,671 East India, 3,291 bales Turkey, Egyptian, Mogadore, &c., 2,00 3 Portugal, 2,473 Peruvian and Chili, 1,437 Russian, 1,610 Buenos Ayres, Italian and Sardinia, being the larest sales by a considerable amount which ever took place here. The chief feature worth notice in these sales, is the East India Wool, which sold briskly, at a shade above the rate ruling at the late London auctions, viz.,-lst white well bred, 121 to 131 ; middle white, 10 to 111 ; low white, 8 to 9 ; best yellow, 101 to 111 ; middle yellow, 9 to 10,; low yellow, 6. to 81; grey 3+ to di. Oporto. fleece, 12 ; Castelbanco fleece, well washing good color, 13 to 131 . ; Egyptian Ist white, 121 to 121 • 2d ditto, 91 to 111, and part withdrawn. There a being very little competition for Barbary, Mogadore, Russian, Buenos Ayres, and Lisbon, the greater part was withdrawn, but, upon the whole, the result of these_ sales may be considered satisfactory, taking into consideration the large quantity offered, and the unfavourable news from the. East, com bined with the increased rates of discount, which have tended to check the animation previously evincible. IRoN.-This trade seems to be an exception to other trades, as notwithstanding the gloomy aspect of monetary affairs, there has been no cessation of activity, and prices are well maintained. The pre liminary meeting of the South Staffordshire trade will, taka' place on Thursday, and it is believed that an attempt will be made to recover the reduc tion made last quarter. COURT AND FASHION. RETURN OE TIIE COURT .--It is announced that the Court will leave Balmoral on the 12th October, for Wind sor Castle, via Edinburgh, Carlisle, and London. DANGEROUS ILLNESS OP THE EARL OP PORTSMOUTH. — The North Devon papers announce the alarming and dan gerous illness of the Earl of Portsmouth, at his seat at Eggesford, near Chulmleigh. A LONDON PAPER says :—lt is now understood that the Queen will not make much use of Buckingham Palace as a residence in future. Should cholera visit London, as in 1848-9, the desertion of Pimlico swamp would be a measure of prudence, and Prince Albert is said to have fixed upon Hampstead as the future residence of the royal children. TUE GRAND DircuEss OLGA of Russia and her consort, left Torquay for. Ostend on Friday. - THE MARRIAGE of Count Olivier de Larochefoucault with Miss Montgomery, daughter of a New York merchant, was celebrated on Tuesday last, at the Church of Ste. Valere, in the Faubourg St. Germain, in the presence of a brilliant assemblage of fashionables. • COURT MARTIAL. On Thursday, a court-martial was held on board the Duke of Wellington,' 131, on the schoolmaster of.that ship, for mutiny. The offence was striking his commander. It appears the prisoner asked leave to go onshore, and, being refused, struck his officer with a book in the face. The punishment for this offence is death at the yard-arm. THE . EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH, together with the Prince and Princess de Joinville and party, left South ampton, on Saturday, -by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's chartered - ship City of London, for Lisbon. SIR JAMES GORDON, the -present Lieutenant- Governor of Greenwich Hospital, has been mentioned as the probable successor of the late lamented governor, Sir James Charles Adam. _ _ BIRTIL—The consort of Don Miguel de Braganca gave birth to a Prince on Monday last, at Klein-Henbach, in Bavaria. The princess and the infant prince, at the date of the latest accounts, were going on very favourably. DETECTIVE CARLISLE has been promoted to an inspec torship in the police, vice inspector M`Donald. LEICESTER Geol. INQUIRY.—The commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the treatment of prisoners in the Leicester County Prison, opened the commission at the Castle of Leicester on Monday, and then proceeded to inspect the prison. The inquiry commenced on Tuesday morning, and the governor of the gaol, Mr. W. Musson, was examined at considerable length. The chaplain, th Rev. W. Fox, was also partially e xam i ne d as to var i ous entries in his journal. From the examination, as far as it has gone, it appears that crank labour is required to be performed by all prisoners sentenced to hard labour; that that it had been cus t omary to apport i on adults are required to perform 14,000 re v ol u ti ons per d a y, revolutionsboys 9,000; to various p ar t s o f the day, and the meals se of the prisoners were withheld if those revolutions were not performed. Other punishments inflicted in the prison are confinement in light cells upon bread and water, in dark cells and whipping. The straight waist coat, straps, and collars were used in cases of insanity or violence, but only for restraint and not for punishment. THE CHOLERA. Two cases of cholera have occurred on board the hos pital-ship Dreadnought, moored off Greenwic. - One severe case occurred at Woolwich ; but the person ttacked recovered. These three cases are reported in e daily papers, but it is not said whether the cholera Asiatic or not. One singular case of Asiatic cholera ha occurred at Manchester. A woman was taken ill at four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and died at half-past nine the following morning. The peculiarities are, that there was l no diarrhoea, and noting but dry retching of a very violent character. The woman lived in a low and dirty part of the town. The Manchester Town Council is active in repairing bad drains. It has abated the nuisance arising from chemical works in Redbank, Besvrick,lJnion-bridge, and other thickly-peopled ueighbourhoods. At Newcastle the deaths from cholera for the last six days have averaged 95 daily, but it is thought to be on the the decrease. The total of deaths in the town up to the present date has been 1,062. During the same number of days in 1831-32 the deaths were only 161. The general state of Newcastle has been very dirty, but a place called Sandgate has been the worst in the town ; the inhabitants being crowded together without regard either to decency or cleanliness. The London Board of Health peremptorily advised the immediate removal of the population, about four thousand in all. Some have been removed, and are now lodged healthily in tents, lent by the Board of Ordnance : some have dispersed themselves over the better part of the town; while the cholera has fiercely broken out among the people still living in the place. Two of the most over-crowded churchyards in the town were closed on Saturday, and three others are to be closed. The upper and middle classes seem to suffer from the disease as much as the lower classes. The accounts of the mor tality in Gateshead are incomplete, but the virulence of the epidemic seems to be declining : on Saturday last the deaths were 30, but on Wednesday they were only 12. The fatal results for the last fifteen days, compared with the mortality in 1831-32, are 259 to 129. At Hexham, during the last five days, deaths from cholera have occurred, making 11 cases since the first appearance of the disease. Three fatal cases have occurred in Durham. In South Shields several deaths from cholera have occurred. In four of the cases the persons attacked lived in unwholesome houses. The sanatory measures are actively carried on. " The lower parts of the town are being swept with some thousands of tons of salt water daily, and ancient nuisances and stenches which have held their ground for the past quarter of a century, have been swept into the sea. The seamen on hoard the shipping in the . Tyne are in a pretty healthy condition." There is a considerable amount of diarrhea in North Shields, but, as yet, no cholera. North Shields is within 20 minutes' run of Newcastle, by rail, and an immense number of persons pass between the towns during the course of each day. In Edinburgh, on Friday week, a case occurred " presenting all the appearance of Asiatic cholera." In Belfast, one case of Asiatic cholera. The patient, a little girl of fifteen, is goinc , on favourably. The Asiatic' cholera has appeared in Hull, and "four or five" deaths are announced. In Ilawmarsh, Yorkshire, one fatal case of cholera has appeared. Mr. Edward W. Lane, " the well-known. Orientalist," has put forth a specific against cholera. It consists in a "tablespoonful of powdered mustard in a tumbler of cold water," as an emetic, and a wine-glassful of brandy with ten grains cif cayenne pepper as a restorative. " Rest, perspiration, and sleep" are thus to be produced. This remedy is said to hay ebeen usedin Cairo with success in 1848. ARRIVAL OF THE ALBATROSS FROG AUSTRAII..4. Tim ALBA.TRoss, Captain Geves, left Melbourne on the 17th of June, just seven days after the Marco Polo, and arrived here yesterday, thus making the voyage in 101 days. She brought 05 passengers, but no specie, and we have not received any newspapers by her. POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY. A DEPRAVED OLD Womaar.—Margaret Atkinson, an old woman, was char g ed w ith s t ea li ng two candlesticks from the house of Isabella Lurasden, in Bevington-bush, during the absence of the family. The prisoner pleaded drunkenness as an extenuation other crime, but it appeared the had, been sensible enough to dispose of the stolen candlesticks to a broker. She was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. STEALING COTTON.—James M c Donald, and-old offender, was brought up for stealing some cotton from the Bramley- Moore Dock. Three months' imprisonment.—William Hill, for a similar offence, admitted his guilt, but said he was rather drunk at the time. On being ordered for four teen days' imprisonment, he civilly said, " Thank you, sir," and was removed in custody. ROBBERY BY DRUGGING- LIQUOR.—EIiza Marshall and Ann O'Hare were charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from Eliza Wilkinson, under the fol lowing circumstances :—Mrs. Wilkinson, a respectable married woman, arrived from Manchester by train on Saturday, and, being a stranger; she accidentally met the prisoners, when she asked them to show her the way to the pierhead. On their way they called at a liquor shop, where they met a young man whom they called brother, and the brother and sisters were kind enough to volunteer their services to show Mrs. Wilkinson over to Birkenhead, provided she would accompany them to their own dwel ling before starting on the journey. They called at another gin shop, and Mrs. Wilkinson drank only half a glass of gin at one place and a glass of gin at the other. On arriving at their house (but being a stranger she could not tell the name of the street) they offered her a glass of ale, which she drank, and felt a sudden drowsiness come over her. She requested permission to lie down on the bed, where she slept for some time, and when she awoke she missed her reticule, containing some wearing apparel. She missed her brooch also, but found that in an old trunk near the bed. She gave information to the police, and the prisoners were identified as having taken her shawl to pledge at Mr. Hyam's shop, in Dickenson-street. The shawl was identified by Mrs. Wilkinson, and the prisoners were committed for trial. Assivar.—Daniel Owens, charged with being drunk and assaulting Mr. Holmes, publican, James-street, was fined ss. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment. A YOUNG THIEP.—John Tighe, a well-known young rascal, who gets his living by prowling about the docks, was brought up for stealing a bag of canvas. Prisoner said, " I'd as leve be sent to the workhouse, sir, as be knocking about this ere way." He was sent to gaol for 14 days. ALTERING NEW JA.CKETS.—MichaeI Maher, a tailor, was charged with illegally pledging two jackets, which he had taken out from Earp's wholesale shop to make, a twelvemonth ago. Prisoner said the jackets had been returned twice on his hands to alter, after he had made them ; so, the third time he pawned them, as he wanted the money. He was ordered to a pay a fine of 205., with 55., the amount for which the jackets were pawned, or 14 days' imprisonment in default. HOUSE ROBBERY AT EVEltTON.—Margaret Belly was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the house of Elizabeth Newsham, in Victoria-street, Everton. The prisoner admitted purchasing a pawn ticket for a pair of boots (part of the stolen property) of a woman named Atkinson, or Jones, for threepence,. but denied having any thing to do with the other part of the robbery. She was remanded. STREET ROBBERY.—Ann Jane Lloyd and Jane Cun ningham, who had been remanded on a charge of stealing a watch from a sailor in the Waterloo-road, on the 11th instant, were again examined;, but the evidence not being complete, the prisoners were discharged. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE FEETENCES.—A female, about 60 years of age, was charged with obtain ing £2 from the Mayor, under false pretences. His worship appeared in court, and stated that the prisoner called upon him, stating her name to be Mrs. Lloyd, a widow, and having been assisted with small sums by other gentlemen to redeem some of her goods, she applied to his worship for his assistance also. The Mayor gene rously gave her £2, and was afterwards waited upon by Mr. Shand, who informed him that a Mrs. Payne, widow of a plumber and glazier, had called and asked for assist ance, and Mr. Shand had told her to call again. The Mayor told Mr. Shand it could not be Mrs. Payne, as he knew that lady to be in good circumstances, and there fore he would go to Mr. Shand's at the appointed time, and see the assumed Mrs. Payne. His worship did so. when he discovered the woman to be the identical Mrs, Lloyd whom he had himself relieved a short time before. Mr. Shand corroborated the evidence of the Mayor, and the real Mrs. Payne (who attended 'at court) stated that she had no knowledge whatever of the prisoner. The Mayor did not wish to press the charge, but thought that such cases should be made public, that benevolent people might be put on their guard against impostors. After a suitable admonition, the prisoner was discharged. THE STATUE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, for St. George's hall, Liverpool, is, it is said, a finer memorial - of the de ceased statesman than that just erected in Westminster Abbey, from the chisel of Gibson, of Rome. TNsTimoNIAL.—A handsome tea and coffee service, now on view at Mr. Mayer's, Lord-street, has been presented to Captain W. H. Leighton, of the ship Condor, by the pas sengers, for his unceasing care and attention during a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. A SERMON was preached at St. Nicholas's Church, on Sunday afternoon, by Dr. Colenso, Lord Bishop of Natal, South Africa, in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Mayor and the Town clerk were in attendance. The right reverend prelate is the guest of his worship during his stay in Liverpool. AN Lust( SCRIMMAGE. — SeveraI pitched battles of an alarming nature occurred between two bodies of Irish men' in Everton, on Thursday and Friday, resulting from the disputed possession of several new houses in that place. The houses were originally commenced being built by Mr. --, who, however, had to borrow various sums of money from Mr. —, estate-agent. Some weeks ago Mr. —, whose men were at work on the premises, claimed possession ; but on Thursday Mr. —, having, as it would seem, disposed of the property to another person, sent a body of men to dislodge those already in occupation. They succeeded in their object. •On the intelligence being conveyed to Mr. —, he consulted his solicitor, under whose advice he procured a stronger force of Irish roughs, who, that afternoon, retook the houses by storm, after a smart skirmish with the enemy. Their paeans of victory, which, in true Irish fashion, they raised in consequence of their triumph, were cut short on Friday morning by the arrival of a stronger body of their fellow-countrymen, before whose " sprigs of shillelahs" they were compelled to retreat. These various contests, if viewed singly, were formidablq,enough ; but when contrasted with the fierce encounter which took place on Friday afternoon, they dwindle into insigni ficance. A party of 80 Irishmen from that hot-bed of faction fights, Marybone, was procured, and marched to the battle-ground. The doors and windows were fastened, and the citadels seemed impenetrable ; but if there is any headbreaking to be accomplished, your Donnybrook Fair Irishman will know how to set about the work. The storming party raised their awful battle yell, and rushed forward to the attack. The doors were battered, but they held firm; and various other points were assailed but without success. The ladders were then mounted, and the besiegers disappeared down the chimneys almost as rapidly as rats down the holes in an embankment. A fearful struggle •then took place in the interior of the houses, but the Goddess of War strengthened the phalanx of the attacking party, wh o succee d e d i n di s l o d g ing their enemies after an obsti na t e engagemen t. The fight was continued for a short time outside the houses, during which period slates and brick-bats are described as king in every direction; like snow flakes in a rough wind. The routed remnants of the vanquished, however, soon withdrew from the contest, leaving champions in undisputed possession of the bone of !-•so the Pohne r tention—to wit, the houses. Where were _ Why, several were on the ground ; but the as they had a the chimney-pot decided objection to being mixed up in . melie, they remained calm spectators of the fi ght-4100% TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1853. BOROUGH REGISTRATION COUR• 1 TICE court for the revision of the lists of voters for the borough of Liverpool was opened yesterday, at ten o'clock , at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, before Thomas Shaw Brandreth, Esq., the Revising Barrister. Immediately ou taking his seat, the learned gentleman proceeded to the business of the court. The roll of new claims and the lists of objections having been given in, service of notices upon the overseers mid other officials was then proved, an d the court proceeded to dispose of objections to the votes 01- householders in the townships of Everton and Kirkdale* The interests of the Conservative party were attended to b 3: Mr. Henry Bremner, assisted by Mr. Buckmaster ; an a Mr. Bretherton was in attendance on behalf of the rals. One hundred and sixty-four claims were made, of which number thirty-eight in all were established. At five o'clock the court adjourned till ten this morning. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMDEB 20. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR". THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Morning Chronicle's Vienna correspondent write s on Sunday, that the Emperor Nicholas and the Prince of Prussia arrived yesterday afternoon at Olmutz. The details given in the Constantinople letters of the 15th and 16th are tranquillising. The rejection of the Turkish modifications to the Vienna note by Russia was known. The Sultan had refused to sign a declaration of War against Russia. The Globe believes that two vessels from the French fleet, and two from the English, have gone to Constan• tinople simply to be at hand to give French and British subjects the assistance it was not thought improbable they might require. So little is this precautionary measure regarded as involving any question of the well-knovu provision of the treaty of 1841, that the Globe believe the Sultan's Firmer, authorising- the approach of the four vessels of war, was not considered necessary. The Turkish and Russian armies remain in the same position. Galatz accounts of August 28th state that orders haa been given for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth allay corps to march into the principalities. This will mal e over two hundred and fifty thousand men. It would ar pear to be quite decided that the Russians do not quit the principalities for the winter. Owing to the scarcity of shipping, grain was accumulating, and there were at leas t 300,000 quarters in store. At Constantinople, 40 students sent to the council, 01 the 10th, a petition, couched in bold, and almost insolent language, enjoining war, and containing covert threats of disturbances, were it not listened to and complied with. The Minister of War is reported by the moderate party t° have investigated the movement. Russian agents are probably stirring up the fanatics against the Christians} with the view to justify the conduct of the Emperor. Similar petitions were being presented to the Sultan' the Minister of War, and the Commander-in-Chief. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. In the absence of any confirmation of the generally credited intelligence of Saturday, a very natural reaction set in frail the extreme depression, and the value of most securities con siderably improved, but the afternoon news being read un favourably, renewed the distrust, and a general decline en sued. Consols first done at 92 buyers; advanced to 93 receded at 9l buyers, and, after some fluctuation, finally closed at that figure. Railways strictly followed the fluctu ations in Consols, and closed slightly in advance of the lowest point of Saturday. Gold, Land, and Bank shares were stronger in the morning, but have since receded. The foreign market is depressed. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. l 91/ I Bank Stock Do. ' Monet.. ... I 911 Excheq. Bills, L. & S 15.10 dis Three&QrperCents.. FOREIGN STOCKS. 234 i Spanish Passives 4/ 5 Turkish .. — Swedish .... Mexicans Do. Threes ... Spanish Deferred .... 21 Do. Threes 44 5 RAILWAY Amberg.,Nottinghano• SHARES. London & N. Weatet n 99 1 00 London & S. Western 72 4 !blanches., Shell., and Lincolnshire lB 2 0 Midland Stock Midland Halves — North British 24 0 , poolli Preferencelo 2B O s North Staffordshire Norf Shrewsbury and Bir mingham --- Do. L. &N. W. guar ‘ ,l S. Eastern and Dover '' York, Newcastle anti 56 8 Berwick .___ ' Do. Extension Do. Preference -- York and N. Midland 42 4 Do. Preference SHARES. Nugget..* ***** * . . Adis par Par B.Austra lian Freehold ...... .... . Australasian Colonial Mariposa SHARES. • Peel River South Australian it Van Diemen's and E. .Junction Bristol and Exeter — Caledonian Do. Preference lO O. 2 East Anglian Eastern Counties ._ 1 East Lancashire 59 61 Eastern Union A Ditto B and C Edinburgh & Glasgow Great Northern . Do. Do. Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 61 2 Do. Fifths Leeds Northern ll London,Brighton t and South Coast 92 4 MINING Noveau Monde Registered Cordeliera Ave Maria ...... Carson's Creek ...... Port Philip LAND Australian Agricultural 28 30 S. Australian Invest. I 1 Crystals CORN MARKET. We have large supplies of Foreign Wheat, but short of English. At the commencement an advance from 28. to SG demanded. Foreign was held at very high terms. The top price of town-made Flour was 655. Barley was 6d. to ls• dearer. Beans and Peas were fully as high. The Oat trade very firm, at is. advance on last Monday. Since the morufeD the influence of country and Foreign buyers caused excite . ment, and English and Foreign Wheat is 4s. to 58. dearer' Town-made Flour 70s. Other articles as before. English. Irish. Foreign• Wheat 3140 22607 Barley 604 • 10485 Oats 424 2756 10527 Malt 2339 Beans Peas Flour . 239 t); 200 siC e li r 20725 br.-• From Kingsford and Lay's Circular :—Since Friday It has blown heavily from the west, and south-west. TO" , night a perfect hurricane, with occasional heavy shniva l of rain. The supply of English wheat was small, and dis' posed of at an advance of fully ss. per quarter upon th e , prices of this day week. Foreign met a lively inquiry, 1/ ", a similar improveMent ; but the market being excited II " the opening, prices were somewhat irregular. m a lting barley sells at extreme rates of this day week ; grinding and distilling ls. to 2s. per quarter dearer; white Pe ae are scarce, and command our extreme quotations; grey bring an advance of ls. to 2s. per quarter; beans 2 5 . V v. quarter dearer. A few ne w E ng li s h ma • ns brougu" ". 395. per quarter. O a t s sell at an improvement of 18. i f 2s. per quarter. The top price of town-made flour raised to 70s. per sack, and barrels 3s. dearer. After IA" siness hours Consols were quoted 91.1 92k. PRODUCE MARKET. - • Sugar.—Foreign There is a good demand for floa";; ' ; cargoes at stiff prices. Refined is in better demand for home trade; brown lumps at 445. to 445. 6d. The de° 3l1 II 07 % for Coffee is better, but there is no advance. Tea / 1. 10 1 and there is a good business doing at very full prices. jd is in great demand at stiffer rates for East India. it t ioo not lower, but there are few buyers. The demand for is dull at previous rates. TALLOW MARKET. file The market is very firm and the demand acti' r f ' e askft P.Y.C. sold at 48s. 6d. on the spot. The stock is A I L - cask`' against 34,460 same time last year; deliveries 2 ,6 against 2,715 same time last year. CATTLE MARKET. in sonic Beasts sold readily at last Monday' s prices, an d la itered• instances at an advance. Sheep and Lamb trad e Calves dearer. Beef 2s 6d to 4s 2d I Veal 21 6 4 d d t t o o 4 3 8 S ,61,C1 4 Mutton..... 4s Od to 5s 2d I Pork .o' 6 L 250 Lambs, 4s. Od. to ss. 2d. .... . .... nso Beasts 5654 1 Calves ........... 3 Sheep and Lambs 26450 I-Pigs .... . .......... ARRIVALS,. -- Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts .......... .... Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North -200 ampton Beasts .......................... 60 Scotch Beasts ............................ Irish Beasts ............................... Holland Beasts .... ...................... 2 6 7 1 2 10 1 Do. Sheep ........................... Do. Calves ................................. I_l6l Do. Pigs ........................... Spanish Beasts ......................... Do. Sheep ............................ ..... French Calves ...................... MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Cheshire Junction, T 1 dis. ; Bristol and Exeter. 90; Cate" donians, 24; Eastern Counties, 11 7-16ths, z; East W shire, 15$; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 623, 62; 1,0000 and Northwestern, 99/; Manchester, Sheffield, and Linco ln ' 191, preference, 93 ; Midland, 563, i, 56; North British, 51 Southeastern and Dover, 178, 5-16ths, GLASGOW CORN MARKET. The market is dull at 635. to 635. 6d. • GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. The trade is firm, and full prices are demanded. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. A RR IVED AT DEAL, SEPT. 25.—Hooghly , from SYdneY left Sydney 25th May; has on board about 7, 000 ounce s o gold. Medway, and Indiana, from Po rt Philip; amount °I gold on board not known. Prinn, frorn Gambia. . RPOOL Printed and Published LlVE every Tuesday Morning, by the Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER. of ICN7d Percy-street, at the STANDA RD GENERAL PRINT", OFFICE, No. 4, S. GEORGE'S CRESCZNT, LiYerPooV.: Tuesday, September 27,1853.