The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

Eit rrpool tailbarl). 72031 OUR LONDON ay th 6 c CORRESPONDENT. .--.00.- MONDAY MORNING ignorance on the part of some of our legislators, ABER nong the rest, whom up to that moment I had .coked upon as a • sensible gentleman, who knew and ad- mitted that a cup of coffee was a cup of coffee, Viscount TonancaroN, your readers may remember, left the great c'ofree garden, Ceylon, some time since in as tangled a —Politic for of the island in its natural aspect. He was followed an official capacity also by that splendid—l was going -hum} the island long Tot TEN E 3 Legislature had heard pc threadbare Radical rer the put people say through the •es that chicory and coffE capital mixture ; in the name of adulteration, 1€ have coffee with their chica Within the last th months there have been more than twice thr le mixture as one, and nnhbeiled. Coi good. C Let us Nlinister's bill for t half the coffe If the I in..Europc was cl: quoth ABER- Preferred their cofte.--pure ; but he could Res, :hem that s of tl the Thistle, antiquarian an' a' that, you like a ad so do the " great masses of the ✓onsumer I could not hel orris spoken—after a venison d by Englan mier Duke—NonFoLic, in praise of a pinch of curry pow . in hot Itater for the poor man's belly at ni tole e in the extreme. The of ARG! and his edn Lom, from his youth, his endowment! gs, absolutel ion, I had e his hand. Chicory ! If the wild endivc Another celebrit nas passed away from among a-s t —Jou," 13 of educa Well did the three BRITTEN, f itself, v mind ? MICHAEL BUITTEN was. k, found himself a Salisbu 1. It was well that not seen its elegant The daily contemplation, of that edifi, like twenty-four caret gold sorlcl. Th sordid multitude of Aus n BRITTEN'S Salisbury ; he BRITTEN said I to Londor —Dugdale'sMonasticon to which BEITTEIV Afterwards Caine aughout England. G1o• went on t ,n of himself. I saw him well last He is now driving ICENNEY, the as Widow HOLCROFT Old HOLCBOFT, the d rd and left this widow, Seems brimoOranni n - rn sff i co., playvvriters • she r 1", the successful author of farces and plays al school. His wo; popula of given t 4 Drury-lane, but poor tees were over. His Lion I stated that before the pub- xt brow kg definite in ould be laid before Parlia. .erring, the day of A real casus communicated to louse by Lord CLARE ent of the SULTAN'S tril' Ted ; we demand an explanatiO ney by Rossi Our Ambassda ithstand the treaty infraction. War now rial delay has does seem likely. The Doi been much questioned. I the Continent It has be ?art of F ,nstrued into a charge of cowardice on the and England. I need not here state that dons; at the same time we conjur ith France, have been all along tuitil the arse of all others which the Emperor of RUSSIA Those who are te cupior people of the last thirty gears will remember, if they try back, a cunning " foggie" Ice the bearer of it abject c period. I refer BORG°, the then Baron BRtrNOFF Minister of Russia at the Court of St. James's, id abou ;sia and Turkey - en-and-twentys m a meers, affed with coarse tobacco Into his hand—though a perfect gentleman Bosco would smoke and sputter, and take his infernal neat brandy— . . _ which I rt --Cr could do—much—and bow wow about Tur ,eY; by the beard of the Prophet; as if it were the un doubted land of the CZAR. Were I to attempt to spell Po4zo DI BORGO'S English as he pronounced it, I might s Well el Howev mien of bad Sanscrit and how applicable it i! "`"" ,10 /1 to Turkey; because she could always be disposed of whenever they (the Russians) liked, by ex hausting her resources by means of an ARMED PEACE. I'll go bail that I have as good a memory as there is any use for, and the Russi an M inister uttered the above words . . if the site of the Old Traveller's Club in y letter, indicates trairs in Anions. What is ;k for the rotten Lfa.t.,_of nasty untutored B"a4es ara 'not Itaaa'. mercantile marine even —come aboard bit of breakfast, ;, and sneak ,f fat, which they prefer. R oosition to mak a °I my own senses ; and if I have sometimes I have always been ready to render justice to 1 the eitrpet. vivid to Nor do I , e tied down ver3 s vulgar person at the vain, the arro- Taut, the proud, the disdainful, the boaster worn—not in my r. , Turning, after re all know whict r a illustrious per views of that [me Minist ardly delay with which the —hall I .y except Lost ?—of those ir 1 for fun, turned over every Europe, North of >louies,—nearly all honour, on Saturda e crying 1 be if two wills of all this world- .hter of NICIIOLA salt--curi gin the hiunediate Canada ever Jows, when he began t Ig, would not brooli was hustled into life, and afte )f it, in Salisbury. Who I Ea and a aog Lati td taken lerwarcl widow K Aist, anti belli w DOW,--pa Lep affa b and f )nsumed boyhood married KENITE Otter, whic Tand benefit KEN-ZTET died hi my lase [cation of s ptibliqle,i the arm e ; once I think shandy York9l nce of nearly all the members of the Royal Family for the first time visitor—measles since the d Isar as alabast€ 3 rinee ALBERT healtillE t of that unc him ; the Prince of WALES I The QUEEN looked in perfect health— always a sure test of soundness than ever I have seen Indeed, the The Prince of WALE m—the unmistakeable .ncl is there ; but he is 'es no promise of bE I may not be considered, in these and similar remarks, to go beyond the fair margin allowed a correspondent. If the Prince of WALES be little for his years, he has plenty of mettle—pluck and spirit—about him, which I fervently hope may not be too much curbed. A plucky Prince of WALES is a great blessing. The QUEEN, before she went last to Osborne, told the PRINCE that she would take him encampment at Chobham when she came back Humph saidtheroyal boy, and made a grateful obeisance. ;ht at the Palace that the young PRINCE took )onement more coolly than was thing, however, went well enough ; he got on with his EN and Prince ALBERT satisfied GIBBS. The Qu ,orne ; it •y uwo or uiree hours elapsed. The Prince of WALES, as I have said, had parently earnest request of a deputation—one good mem ber is worth fifty deputations of five hundred members each. And if any of our Lancashire friends have claims on the present government, I strongly recommend them to avoid the deputation system just as they would the Upas tree. There appears to be an servative as well as Libe semble f the Rtrs short se /BERDE repression in the Clubs, Con 1, that. Parliament will as- such a and that autumnal he the view of rendering unnecessai rolongation of the ordinary sesgion beyond the first eek in July. A declaration in favour of such a project has been got up by Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, one of the Government whips, and it has already received the signature of nearly three hundred members. Some prac tical men have given it as their opinion that the expe riment will fail, but in my mind the success or failure will depend very much on the use to which Government will put the short preliminary session. Of course, if the Com mons are to be called together in November for the pur pose of indulging in speechmaking up to Christmas, Mr. BERKELEY'S plan will do more harm than good ; but if it be devoted by Ministers to making substantial advances with a series of measures, then great must be its advan tage; and I hope it may be adopted, if for no other reason than that it will save us from the agony of sitting in the pestilential atmosphere of the House during the sweating nights and mornings of July and August. Glancing through the parliamentary reports, yea will not have failed to observe that many of the measures which are under the immediate care ,of the Home Office, have been introduced into Parliament by white-headed 808 Low, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Board of Control, and by him conducted through the respective stages. This circumstance has given rise to a good deal of speculation, and the majority of people, either in doors or out of doors, can't understand why the business of one depart ment should be transacted by the subordinate of another. The fact of the matter is simply this,—Lord PAtatsssToN, the. Secretary of State for the Home Department, won't work. Since his return to power he has become mon strous lazy, seldom or ever going near his office, and, if the story which his friends tell be true, absolutely falling asleep at Cabinet Councils, when Russian aggression on Danubian Principalities forms the subject of deliberation. The sub-Secretary for the Home Department is labouring under a treacherous malady, and his physicians having some regard for his life, peremptorily impose absence from the House of Commons. His conflict with the London cabmen, and the excitement consequent on the strike which his legislation brought about, have rendered him more than ever a fit subject for the skilful and watchful physician's hands; and hence it is that 808 LOWE, one of the Times' leader-writers is obliged to represent the Home office in the House of Commons. It strikes me very forcibly that, as the CHANCELLOR of the DUCHY of LANCASTER has nothing in the world to do but eat, drink, sleep, and take his salary, the office should be conferred on Lord PALMERSTON. In the Home office he is out of his element, and in the Foreign department he has already proved himself no faithful minister of the Crown. JOHN SADLIER, the Junior Lord of the Treasury, and recently returned to Parliament as representative for the pure borough of Sligo, is a lucky bird. There have been no less than three petitions presented against his election, each alleging various acts of bribery, corruption, intimi dation, Hanlyism, and I know not what beside, but the recognizances in hl three cases are insufficient in point of value, or defective in point of form, and therefore fatal to the progress of the inquiry which Mr. SOMERS, the defeated candidate, seemed bent on prosecuting. Mr. SADLIER'S seat is therefore secure, and Messrs. Lucas, DUFFY, and GRAY, may now bark until they are black in the face. POLICE-COURT, YESTERDAY. WATCH ROBBERY IN BitowNLow-hiu..—A young man, named John Walker, was charged by William Roberts with robbing the prosecutor of his watch, on Saturday evening last. The prosecutor stated that, whilst he was walking up Brown low-hill, on Saturday evening, he was attacked by the pri soner' who held him whilst a woman, who w a s i n company with the prisoner, took his watch. The woman ran away. and was successful in escaping with the watch. The prisoner also made off after the robbery had been effected, but was pursued by the prosecutor, and was ultimately taken into custody. Mr. Bluck, solicitor, defended the prisoner, and endeavoured to prove that the prisoner was- not the man. The magistrates, however; considered the charge proved, and committed the prisoner for three months.. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE POLICE-COURT.—Yes terday, a young man, named Troy Wallace, was brought up at the Police-court, in the magistrates' room, charged with stealing two mantles. After the hearing of the case, the magistrates decided to commit the prisoner for trial,and the witnesses repaired to a table at one end of the room, for the purpose of having their depositions taken down- in writing. This is always done in the presence and hearing of the accused ; and the prisoner in the present case accompanied the witnesses to the table, in charge of police-officer 34. Whilst the depositions were being taken, the police-officer, much to the astonishment of the bench and others present,. wildly rushed out of court, when it was discovered that the prisoner had coolly walked out of the room, and made his es cape, unobserved by the officer, who at the time was attend ing to one of the witnesses' statements. The officer's endea— vours to discover the prisoner within the precincts of the court were fruitless. The "gaol bird" had flown, and up to the time of our goimr to press last night, had not been recaught. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—A young woman, named Ann Shepherd, a servant in the employ of Mrs. Robinson, residing in Duke-street, was charged with stealing a quantity of jewel lery and wearing apparel, the property of her mistress.. The stolen articles were found in the prisoner's box.. The pri , goner had nothing to say in her defence, and, as the prosecu trix was about to sail for Australia, the prisoner was com mitted for two months. GAROTTE ROBBERY.—Thomas Sampson was charged by a person named Richard Morgan, with attacking him on Satur day night, along with another man and a woman, and robbing him of a gold watch valued at -els. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that, about ten oclock on Satur day evening, he went into an entry in Camden-street. At the time, the prisoner and the other man and woman were at the bottom of the entry. The prosecutor had not been in the entry many moments before the prisoner and the other man rushed upon him, and, whilst the prisoner held him, he felt the other man take his watch. The prosecutor seized. the prisoner, and succeeded in detaining him until the police came to his assistance, when he gave him into custody. The in spector on duty stated in his evidence that when the prisoner was taken into custody, and charged with the robbery, he stated that it was nothim, but the other man who had taken the watch. The prisoner's accomplices both escaped, and the watch has not yet been recovered. The prisoner was re manded for seven days. PuoToGnA.pur.---At the recent meeting of the Liver pool Photographic Society, Mr. Burgess exhibited and described an instrument for taking pictures, and which was considered to possess many advantages. It will be inte resting to the members of the society, many of whom have a great love for• photography, but have comparatively few opportunities of practising it to the extent they could. wish ; and particularly to those who are able to • pro duce good negatives but have not time to print them, to, learn that they may obtain assistance, as well as materials, from Mr. Keith, a member of the society, who has re cently opened an establishment at Birkenhead. Mr. Keith, who has practised photography for the last eight • years as. an amateur, and whose productions have been much ad mired not only by the society, but elsewhere, is worthy of every encouragement, now that he has commenced pro fessionally: We• understand that he undertakes to print. either from glass or paper negatives ; and he has certainly turned out some of the best pictures of this description we have seen. SILULEN'S STRIKE.—On Tuesday, a public meeting o seamen, the first of a series which is being held in. thef North-East ports, took place in the Seamans Hall, North Shields, in reference to the clause in the Merchant Shipping Bill, which Provides. for, the manning of ships, andt on which question the seamen of the North-East ports are at present agitating After some discussion a resolution was agreed to, ' That no British seaman, a member of this association; sail on board of a ship . , where a foreign seaman sails, after the passing of the act!' COLLISION AT GILEENOCK.—On Wednesday afternoon, a little after four o'clock, whilst the Victoria, 1 10 , mb/ugh steamer, was moored at Greenock Quay, landing : he r pas carrying away the com panion sengerson her upward voyage, she was run into by the Lyra, which hailjust arrived from Liverpool. The collision ib p ny e:ce til i re v el ed LYY L a time to, enable all the 's.cutwater. The ap fppoarortniacunaoini for f tunately the e eventuat ed Ly Victoria was passengers to retreat forward before the collision took A COURT-MARTIAL assembled on board the Victory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth, on Wednesday,. to try Mr. John Tresemen, Second Lieutenant of H. M. steamer Vulcan, Commander Von Donop, on the charge of having been, whilst officer of the watch on board, that ship, asleep, the ship being then in tat. 46.23 N., long. 42.51 W. Com mande,r• Von Donop ; prosecuted, and Mr. James Hoskins, solicitor, was permitted to act as the prisoner's friend. The Court found that the charge was fully proved, and severely reprimanded the prisoner, and admonished him to be more circumspect and vigilant for the future. THE GLOUCESTER DOCKS, at the present time, exhibit a greater appearance of business than probably they ever before manifested. . The basins and wharves are literally crammed with ships—British, French, Dutch, Italian, and Greek ; but one cannot but contrast the cleanly appear ance of the English sailors with the dirty and wretched condition of some of the foreigners. The new graving dock at the basin, is now completed, and has already been occupied. The dock is constructed of Forest stone, is in length, at the bottom, 156 ft., at the top, 107 ft., in width . _ at the bottom, 361 t., at the top, lift.—Gloucester Chronicle. ROBERT OWEN ON SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS.— Robert Owen, who some years ago proposed to regenerate 'the world on Socialist and Rationalistic principles, exclud ing Christianity and Revelation as unworthy a place in his Utopia, has started a periodical which he calls the Rational Quarterly Review. The third number contains the fol lowing letter to Her Majesty, which exhibits at once the absurdities of the Rationalist and the credulity of the Infidel. It relates to conversations he alleges he has had with the spirit of Her Majesty's illustrious father, the late Duke of Kent :—" P erm i t me the liberty to present to your Majesty the second number of the Rational Quarterly Review and Journal, which, at its conclusion, opens sub jects deeply interesting to the human race through all future time. I am now permitted by the spirit of your Royal father to inform your Majesty that we have had two conferences, which to me have been most important and gratifying. In the first, held a short time before your Majesty's late happy confinement, I inquired, ' If I should inform the Queen of this conference between us ?' The re ply was, Not yet, I will tell you when will be the best time to introduce it to my (Laughter.' In the second conference, held subsequently to -your Majesty's recovery, I asked, Should I now introduce the subject to Her Majesty ?' The reply was, Just as you please.' I have waited some days since this interview, or rather conference, to learn that your Majesty's health was fully established ; and I may now state that my questions on both occasions were numerous, and the answers beautiful, and quite in character with lily knowledge of his Royal Highness when in his early life. These questions and answers I reserve for the present, except, as I think it will gratify your Majesty to learn it, that his Royal Highness informed me that he was m the fourth sphere and first circle, and that he was, as 0..01 spirits were in his sphere, happy in a very high degree.' I may also add, that I asked If these conferences were agree able to him ?' The reply was ' Very much so.' And 'Would it be pleasant to come at a future time ?' Yes.' In my first conference his Royal Highness was in company with Prisident Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, with both of whose spirits I had been some time in conversation when his Royal Highness joined them , precisely at the • _ minute which on the previous day he h&c promified to be present. The three agreed in all their answers to the general public SuC§t l9l 4 WlliclA 0440§94 t 9 tlgm."gsgo PuoDucE.—There has been a good demand for most descriptions of Sugar, but no further change has taken place in prices ; the sales consist of 850 hhds. 8.P., 12,000 bags Bengal, 550 bags Mauri tius, and 1,200 bags Madras. The market for Foreign continues steady, with a fair demand, and the sales comprise 170 hhds. Cuba and Porto Rico, at 35s to 37s 9d, and 5,000 bags Pernam and Paraiba, at 18s 6d to 19s 6d for average brown to middling yellow. Without any change in value of Molasses, there is rather more disposition to buy. The business in Coffee is chiefly confined to the public sales of Jamaica, when 250 tcs. were sold with fair spirit, the good and fine middling descrip tions realising full prices. Of Rice 600 bags Ben• gal sold at ;J.§ to 12s f and 10,000 bags Moulmein and 8,500 bags Arracan at 9s 9d per cwt., being former prices. For Rum the market remains very firm, and the demand good ; Jamaica, chiefly favourite marks, have realised extreme rates. In Tea a few common Congous sold at 11d, which is id per lb. decline on the previous week's rates ; several parcels of the blackish leaf kinds were taken by the trade, at prices slightly in favour of the buyers. Transactions in greens limited. For Salt petre a steady demand, 1,500 bags sold at former prices. For a small parcel of fine Turpentine 12s per cwt. has been obtained. Some large parcels of American Rosin sold at 4s 6d for common, and at 9s to lls per cwt. for fine quality. Ashes in good request. Hides : At public sale only a small por tion of the East India Kips found buyers ; dry Buenos Ayres Hides sold at 60 to 74d, dry salted Ceara at bid per lb, and salted River Plate at full prices. Olive Oil in steady demand ; nearly 100 tuns have been sold, prices being a shade higher for middle qualities. Pale Seal Oil £32 lOs to £33, Cod £32, and Sperm £BB ;per tun. Refined Rape has been selling readily at 37s 6d to 38s 6d, and 20 tons Linseed Oil are reported at 29s 6d per cwt. Of Oil of Turpentine 150 brls. have been sold at 45s per cwt. Palm Oil has been in good demand, and 450 tons have been sold at £36 5s to £37 on the spot, and 1,650 tons at £36 lOs to to £37 10a per ton to arrive. Tallow has been in better demand, Petersburg Y.C. having been sold freely at 52s to 535, North American at 535, and South American at 50s to 52s per cwt. Higher prices are asked for Hemp. The sales of Jute con sist of 2100 bales at £2O 15s to £22 lOs per ton, being dearer for the lower qualities. TO-DAY there has been an improved demand for Sugar, the busi ness, including Saturday's sales, comprisinc , 220 hhds. Trinidad at 33s to 33s 9d, 180 hhds. and 150 brls Antigua at 32s 9d to 34s 9d, 120 hhds. Deme rara at 32s 9d to 33s 9d, and at' 37s to 40s 3d for vacuum pan, 1,000 bags- Cossipore at 42s to 435, 1,500 bags Benares at 37s 6d, 200 bags Dates at 365, 65 hhds. Cuba Muscovado at 35s 64, 40 hhds. Surinam at 33s to 33s 6d, IBo' cases and 300 bags Bahia at 17s to 20s, and a cargo of white Bahia, afloat, for a near continental port, at 22s 9d per cwt. Onlolasses, 80 puns. Antigua sold at 16s Gd per cwt., and a small lot of Demerara Rum at full prices. In. Coffee the business is• confined to 100 bags Rio at 43s 6d to 44s 6d per owt. The trans actions in tire Tea market have been limited, and at previous rates. 30 tees. Carolina. Rice are re reported at 24s 6d to 255, a small lot of Saltpetre at full prices, 30 chests Shell Lac at 425, 800 bags Cutch, to arrive, at 38s per cwt., 250 bales Jute at £22 lOs per ton s and 1000 bales, affbat, the price of which has not transpired. _ _ WooL.—The business of the week has not been quite so active, and holders are more inclined to meet the market ;. this may be accounted: for partly from the warlike appearance which the Russian ques tion has presented, and which, added to the tighten ing of the money market, have produced , a more cautious disposition among manufacturers, who are still consuming at a full average rate, and will very shortly be compelled to come into the market more freely. Some small sales of Alpaca are re ported at full prices stocks on the market only moderate, and held firm. The public sales of Colo nial Wools in London are progressing steadily at an. average decline of ld per lb on May prices, common and inferior flocks sharing most in the.re duution: East India,. Donskoi, Egyptian, &e., are also ruling at a decline of 2 to ld on previous our rent rates ; the sales are expected to close on; the 13thinstant. The latest - news received gives a more favourable account of the Eastern question, whieh twill have its effect on the market. got fl GIBBS, the ever vigilant, had, perhaps, remembered th e classic fact about HOMER becoming " Old Dozey." Be as it ma the Prince of WALES was not missed from the Palarp for several hours. When the discovery of his absence was made, I believe you, there was a hubbub. " No, he wasn't there"—' on with half-a-dozen messa Nor there"—' No"—and so ges. The fact is, the Prince of WALES wasn't to be found. " Stop till we return from Osborne, and you shall go to Chobham." " Humph !" quoth the PRINCE. The telegraph was set to work. ": Have you heard anything of the Prince of WALES ?" " Yes, he is here, all alive and jolly." The little fellow had " cut his stick," and went to the camp at Chobhani unattended and unknown to anybody—staid all night under the canvass, and went home in the afternoon of the following day. His Queenly mother, you may be sure, did not rate the boy very severely. But he is not to do that or anything like it again. Won't he ? If the Prince of WALES do not turn out a clever musician, I have no skill in the future ; he has all the peculiar developments— cranial—of the musician. In the evening, the Royal box at the Opera-house was occupied by the QUEEN, Prince ALBERT, and the two elder of the Princes ; and here I have no hesitation in saying that the Prince of WALES, excepting in the entre-actes, never took his eyes off the stage. The opera was the hand work of LUDOVICO SPOUR, Prince ALBERT'S friend, the greatest living musical composer. ROSSINI, though he yet live, is ignobly dead ; METERBEE is too heavy and sanctified—ecclesiastical in style—to please my musical palate. DONIZETTI daft and dead ; BELLINI dead ; VERDI, who ought never to have lived— or at least to have scored —anything but a milk bill, is well ; MENDELLSOHN dead ; all gone, indeed ! but learned, a great creature, graceful, intelligent LIIDOVICO thrives ! Every musician is familiar with the morceaux d'ensemble of " Jessonda." Concerts, sacred and profane, for the last twenty years and more, have had them in the bills, but never as a whole, on the Italian stage, was it presented till Saturday. In the earlier part of the season I was told that Spoors was to conduct. He did not. lam not going to interfere with the cause. I am not sure that the public has any. thing to do with it, seeing that COSTA was at his desk, and conducted as he only can. The new opera is a great work, greatly, gloriously rendered. Old and cold Musicians, critics, noblemen of musi- cal eminence, in heaps, all about, and under th e Royal box, were not sparing in their applause. " Jessonda" is the closing novelty, and well it will sustain the reputa tion of the house, though it is more an opera for the musicians than the general public. The many-headed monster —never far wrong in the long ran—will, however, appreciate and make " Jessonda " its own. It is a splen did addition to the first repertoire in the world. The QUEEN, you have heard, does not prorogue Parlia. sent in pers is to be a week in Dublin, the Corporation of which are to be invited to dine with Han MAJESTY at the Vice-regal Lodge ; after that—Balmoral. Mine host of the Trafalgar, of Greenwich, will have his charcoal and stewpans in order for next Saturday, the Ministerial fish dinner day—the usual prelude to prorogation ; but I have been at the fish dinner a full fortnight before the close of Parliament could be accomplished. Never did a Ministry more thirst for relief than the present. A couple of weeks ago, I tobi you that the 25th of August wtg the day appointed for the finale. Some of the papers say the 20th. I still hold to the 25th. Two or three days signify nothing, and the fact of the SOVEREIGN'S not proroguing always leads to uncertainty as to a day or two. The fish dinners now are poor, cold—mean, dull affairs. During all the long rule, or mis-rule, whichever you like, of the Whigs, their magnificent white bait dinners were enough to redeem their evil doings for a Session. Fox MAULS, now Lord PANMURE, and " Yes and No," " Matilda" NORMANDY, as near fast-livers as prudence would permit, generally faced each • other. Fox MAULE in the chair. For three hours fun and frolic was the order—a bit of a song also—the interests of the country were left to them selves. The Whig Ministers used to stroll about the garden of the tavern, playing all sorts of tricks ; I verily think they would have had pipes and baccy, but for de cency. I remember, at one of the feeds, during the usually dismal half hour in England before dinner, NORMANDY and Fox MAITLE got hold of a huge buffer of a turtle, which was creeping lazily about the garden ; a child was enjoying the fun, MAULE took the lad up and placed him astride the turtle, touched the latter under the raw—he has his tender parts even out of the pot—and made Master Turtle wriggle a triumphant circle of the garden with the boy on his back. Now, these Whigs are getting old ; NORMANDY is obliged to go to Germany to drink the stinking water there, and PANMIIRE, long kept out of his patrimony, is in Forfarshire killing rabbits, or time, or a nything. The Conservative fish dinners are dearer and duller (I am sorry 4 say) than— those of the Whigs, but far more respectable. They have always plenty of carriages to take one home. The I'Vhigs 'bus it back. Every one connected with the business of parliament, ministers, peers, commons, newspaper-men, even little rundy-tundy, turnip-headed WILLIAMS who guards the ; entrance to the commons chamber, is ' heartily sick and tired of the unprecedentedly prolonged session, now, thank the Fates, fast , drawing to a close. Many of the most 'active and valuable members of the representative body have left town already, in anticipation of the prorogation, the great majority of those remaining at their posts, with all the appearance of faithful sentinels, having no. Other businessbe in view than the arrangement of a little "on their own account" with Mr. 1-I.4.•xxzE, the immaculate Secretary to the Treasury and dispenser general of patronage for the government. This is just the happy moment for knocking some good things out of the aforesaid good-enough HAYTER, and according to that gentleman's own account he receives more pressing applications for appointments during the fort night immediately preceding the " break-up " than in any six or seven weeks throughout the session. Young members especially, just at this time, are to be found in hot pursuit of the Government whip, reminding hi m of the number of votes they had recorded on divisions where Ministerial defeat would have been death or disgrace, and pressing their claims for berths in the Inland Revenue, Stamps, Post-office, Customs, Excise, or Income Tax de partments. " It's no use refusing, Mr. HATTER," sa t es one oily-tongued senator, from the manufacturing districts. " I can't return to my borough, without appointments for five or six of my committee-men, and their sons." " Make a vacancy in your own office," exclaims a second. A third pinions Mr. HATTER in the corner of the library, or in one of the nooks of the corridors, and positively won't let him stir one inch until he sees "booked" the asked-for favor. This individual -boring for places is bad enough ; but it is sweet as honey, delicious as seltzer water and Chablis on a sunny summer's day, when compared with the depu tation -hunting to which unfortunate Mr. HATTER is sub ject. An applicant for place comes up to town, and happening to have eight or ten parliamentary friends, he solicits the favor of their interference. They all promise, but none of them will weaken their chances of success for other parties about whom they are interested, by making separate personal applicati on for the latest arrival. They will join in any request, or back up any recommendation which any other member chooses to originate, but to put in i personal demand for the fulfil ment of the country individual's requirements, is just the thing which none of them will do. In this dilemma, the place . -hunter fancies it would be a master-stroke of policy if he could bring all his friends together, and persuade them to wait on Mr. HATTER in a body. The idea he conceives to be, a grand one, and success now appears cer tain. Down he goes to the Central Hall of the House of Commons, through which the members must pass on their way to the chamber or to the library. After waiting there four or five hours, he sees the most of his friends, and they agree to wait on Mr. HAYTER en masse. In the secretary's little room behind the Commons post-office the interview takes place, lasting some ten or fifteen minutes, each deputationist saying something commonplace for the candidate, and Mr. HAYTER declaring that " he will give the matter the most favourable consideration." One day last week, while engaged in looking for confirmation of some important political news I had heard, when breakfasting at the 'Reform Club, I saw no less than nine of those deputations formed, and the same number of interviews sought with Mr. HAYTEE. But these deputations are the veriest shams in existence, and the man whose solicitation for government place is laid before Mr. HATTER, or any • other member of the executive, in that manner, has-not • the most remote chance of success. Mr. HAYTER thinks the whole affair a right good joke. He knows that the ceremony is performed to satisfy the jlace applicant, and when the deputation withdraws, he thinks no more about the matter ; indeed, I believe there is no instance on record of an appointment having been conceded to the ap. COXILTERCIAL 4• _MONETARY _NEWS MONDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH the commerce of Great Britain may be considered in a most satisfactory state, owing to the steadiness of prices, the continued demand, and the absence of all tendency to feverish speculation, the long-protracted negotiation on the affairs be tween Russia and Turkey, and the uncertainty which still exists as to the issue, have had rather a serious effect upon monetary affairs. This is owing in some measure to the various contradictory re ports received by electric telegraph, which have tended to weaken public confidence, and the conse quence has been a decline in the value of Public Securities to a lower point than they have reached for a considerable time past. Somethin,,c , is also owing, no doubt, to the continued demand for specie as shown by another decrease in the stock of bullion in the Bank of England, arising, probably, from the arrivals from. Australia being smaller than were anticipated: The uncertainty as to the productive ness of the approaching harvest has also not been without its effect, and these combined causes have led to an increase in the rates of discount. It was by some expected that the Directors of the Bank of England would have raised their minimum rate of discount from 31 to 4 per cent., but Thursday passed over without any change being announced. While we allude to these various causes as having probably operated injuriously on monetary affairs, and thereby tended to restrict commercial opera tions, we-are of opinion that many of them may prove to be groundless. We have endeavoured to show, in a leading article, the reasons for believing that political affairs in the 'East will not result in a resort to hostilities ; the favourable change in the weather must have removed many of the apprehen sions as to the coming harvest, and in the next place the subsequent receipts of gold and the arrivals expected will, no doubt, speedily place the 'resources of the Bank of England upon a more satisfactory basis. A few days more may serve materially to alter the aspect of affairs, and the money-markets, relieVed from the pressure of doubt, exhibit a buoyancy which will more than counteract the present depression. The attempt of the CHAN CELLOR of the ExcH2QuEn to partially retrieve the failure of his financial scheme by givinc , to trustees who are bound to invest,. the power to accept his proposed conversion has met with more opposition than it seems to deserve. There is no doubt that in the present position of affairs any attempt at conversion is utterly hopeless, but a reaction might enable him to rally so far as not to render his pro posed savinc , a positive loss. The reports from Manchester state that al though there has been some 'inaction, owing to the unsettled state of affairs in the East, prices have been, firmly maintained, more particularly for the home-trade goods and yarns. Indeed, business appears to be on a most satisfactory basis, and the settlement of the Russo-Turldsh question, which is now immediately anticipated, will no doubt add ma terially to the buoyancy of the market. The turn out at Stockport is at length brought. almost to a conclusion, owing, in a great measure, to the de mands for manufactured goods leaving the masters no alternative than to submit to the demands of the operatives.. From the other manufacturing4istricts the reports are of a similar character, prices being steadily maintained, notwithstanding a temporary inaction. The official returns relating to the trade 'and na vigation of the United Kingdom have been made up for the month and six months ending. July 5. In all the principal staples there has been a large increase of imports, taking the months, as com pared with the correspondinc , period of last year, but flour is one exception. corresponding month's iinports of rum, tobacco, wine, and sheep's wool are - larger; but in cotton, brandy,.tea, and tallow there IS a de crease. The exports show a great increase upon the month in cotton. manufactures, linens, metals, beer, and ale, coals,. and some other articles. The result is, that during the month ended July 5, the exports were £6,772,733, being an increase of £1,003,637. The six months' exports amount to £41,866,557, an augmentation of £8,317,165.. Tp.e , vessels engaged in the-foreign trade gave a tonnage of 697,311,.being, an• increase of nearly 100,000 tons, and in this increase the ships in the United. Kingdom and its dependencies count for about 63,000 tons. These are the entries inwards, and the outward clearances are almost equally large, although the scarcity of shipping has enraged the increase to be.less conspicuous in British . vessels. It should, however, be borne in mind that this vast amount of exports has hen ontiroly owing to the discovery of gold in our colonies, and the conse quent tide of emigration which has set in from this country, as also from many European states, thus creating an almost inexhaustible demand for articles of general consumption. The return from the- Bank of England for. the week ending the 30th of July gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits £2,175,265; Increase £325,607 Other deposits 12,755,038; Decrease 424,800 Rest • • • 3,248,703; Increase 5,122 Oh.the other side of the account — Government securities.Ll3,337,333 ; Decrease R 200,000 Other securities .... 12,466,213; Decrease 86,800 Notes unemployed ... 7,970,510; Increase 137,515. The amount of notes in circulationis £23,352,29t being a decrease of £274,800; and. the stock. of bullion in both departments is £17,739,107, showiiig a decrease of £90,172, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPART3IENT, Notes issued ... £.3L,822,800 Goverrunt. Debt £ll,Ol X IO4 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'U.17',303,646 Silver ... 19,154 £31,322,800 f.31.32it,800 /I.2I*KJNG DEPARTMENT. Prop. Capital 214,553,000'G0v,. Securities £13,337,333 Rest . . 3,248,703 Other Securities, 12.468,213 Public D eposits: 2,175,265 Notes ... 7,970,510 Other Deposits. 12,755,038 Gall & Silver Coih 416,307 7-day & other bills 1,458,357 £34,190,3631 £34,190,363 Our Sruzg MARKET continued extremely dull all week, with,prices " on,thedwindte,7 and scarcely any real business until< this morning, when an article in. the Times of a pacific nature, giving alarm to the Bears, caused some extensive buying from that fraternity. We cannot learn, however, that there has been any increase of real business, the public not readily believing that so important a matter can be so easily settled, and being without confidence in Russian promises. We close this evening flatter than at the best of the day. Annexed are the prices.: —Chester and Birkenhead, 201 ; Caledonians, 34 ; Chester and Holyhead, 221 ; London Stock, 1151- • Manchester, Sheffield„ and Lincoln, 29 ; Midland' Stock, 71/ ' • North British, 8 3-16 ; York and North Midland, 29/, CorrTom—The fears of war, the deprqssion in the publi4 funds, and the tightness-of the money market have operated to produce a slight re-action, owing to the manufacturers, who have. purchased freely of late, having withheld their orders for a time, in order to watch the effect of circumstances upon holders. The latter, however,, have not felt inclined to give way, though for American the turn is in favor of the buyers, but Brazilian may be quoted rather dearer. The sales during the week ending Friday were only 44,210 bales, of which 3,960 were for speculation and 6,860 for export. On Saturday the demand continued limited, the sales amounting only to 5,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation and for export. To-DAY there has been a much better inquiry, the transactions reaching 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 are on specu lation and for export, with a firmer market. I SALES DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Previ ending , °ltaly Ang. 5. this yr. ---- Sea Island .. 14 @A 270 , 1 14090 Stained .... 7 8 20 1060 Boweds .... 31 7 10400, 316020 Mobile 4l 7 3930 203660 New Orleans. 31 8 16270 693653 Pernarns, &c. 61 8 1880; 48960 5: Bahia, &c 6l 61 37100 Maranham Demerara,&c 61 20 420 Egyptian 6 1 0 1 2320 87440 Com.W.l.&c. 51 8 1 7850 Surat Madras Bengal. 44210!15887101 IMPORTS. ,—.—, Week ending Aug. 5. (STOCK Year. Aug. a. 8924 421379 576000 4527 849443 2967 37048 8160 20013 5650 .... 19399 15930 .... 495 630 2277 1 74188 94600 71 4884 3270 2368 183031 139990 .... 4356 3440 210701614236 847670 COURT AND FASHION. A DONATION or £lOO has been forwarded to the-Elx eterdiocesan training school, in the names of His Royal' Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. THE MINISTERIAL WfurnnArr dinner—the invariable forerunner of the close of the Parliamentary session—is , fixed for the 13th instant. THE MARQUIS. OF WESTMINSTER has for several days: been confined to his bed, at Grosvenor-house, by illness, which has been the cause of his lord Ship's absence fromthe. recent debates and 'divisions in the House of Lords. HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, accompanied by Her Royal Consort, the Crown, prince of Wurtemberg, arrived off Woolwich, on Thursday, in l3er Majesty's steam-packet Vivid, from Ostend. ROYAL - MAILItIAGE.-:- 1 •It is rumoured in continental diplomatic circles, that at no distant period the prelimi naries of a matrimonial alliance will be arranged between the royal families of Great Britain and Prussia.—Herald. MAIIIIIAGE IN HIGIa LIFE.—The marriage of Lord Hobart, eldest son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, with Ansa Carr, daughter of Bishop Carr, of Bombay, was cele braked on Thursday, at All Sou Church, Alarylebone, in the presence of large circle of friends. Tits QUEEN'S VaIT TO IRELAND!—It is expected .that his Grace the Dulee of Newcastle will be the Secretary in attendance upon the Queen during the royal visit to Ire rand, and that his.:" reliever," to use Sir Thomas Picton's term, will,, on arrival in Scotland, be Lord Palmerston. THE EARL OF EtLESMEIZE AND SUITE, it is not impro bable, will come to England in Medea, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Bailey. The Medea took Mr. Crampton, the British minister, to Boston from Halifax, and by the last accounts was to•proceed ag a in. from Halifax to Boston, to fetch the Earl of Ellesmere. MISS LOUISA PYNE.—This, celebrated vocalist has re turned to England from the Continent, (whither she went at the suggestion of her medical adviser,) in renewed health, and with voice unimpaired, having entirely reco vered from a temporary hoarseness, caused by a severe cold, caught at the Oxford installation. Miss Giik.psroils, who has for some time been a Ro manist, entertained Dr. Wiseman at luncheon# on Sunday, after mass, at her house in l Mount-street, Berkeley-square. We believe , that the temporarily-famous Mr. Gawthorn, who was Mr. Gladstone's secretary, is now secretary to the Cardinal. Two IL STRIDES PHINCES of the Royal family of Prussia, are expected shortly to visit England, namely,— Prince Frederick William, heir-apparent toithe throne, and. Prince Adelbert, lord high admiral of the Prussian navy, who wilLvisit Portsmoath, to inspect a small squadron,, of that nation about to re6t at that port. THE RON. HENRY, GEORGE ELLIOT, brother of Lady John PAssell, has beem accredited as cliargi d'affairea at the Hague, during the absence of they Hon., Ralph Aber cromby, who is on the eve of leaving London on a visit to his venerable parentl, Lord Dunfermline, at Colinton-house, New Birtmswick., TiTAB QuxEx and,Prince Albert, with their Royal. High nesses the Prince, of Wales, Prince Alfred, the. Princess Helena, and the .Princess Louisa, arrived at Buckingham Puttee on Tuesday, from Osborne* Isle of Wight; The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice remain at Osborne, attended by Cot Wylde. • 11.-GEwv.A.A. JACKSON in to be commander-in-chief of the Qape,viceM.-Generalithe Hon. George Cathcart, )those time has expired. M.-General Stavoley, from Bombay, is to suc ceed Lieut.-General Sir Richard Armstrong at Madras. M.-General Anson is to be appointed to the staff in the P-gst Indies. • CHRIBTaNING. — Her Majesty was pleased to stand spon sor to the. infant son of the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, on Wednesday,. in the private chapel in Buck ingham Pa/ace. There were present the Duchess of Suth erland, the Duke and Duchess . of Argyll, the Marchioness of Westminster, Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lady Agnes. Grosvenor, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait ing on ; the Queen. Her .Majesty namßd,the infant " Victor Alexander.' .ROYAL NAVAL RA-yiEw.—lt has , been officially notified that a review of the fleet at Spitliead by Her Majesty has been decided upon, and that it will take•place on Thursday next. There are now twenty-three men-of-war at anchor age, and other ships are expected.. Her Majesty will re-. turn to Osborne on Tuesday, aid• on Wednesday the Lords of the Admiralty will, it is understood, arrive at Ports mouth to take part in the naval review. The fleet will proceed to the. back of .tho,lsle of Wight, and perform a variety of evolutions of a most imposing character. The review of the fleet is to be• on a scale of magnitude and, splendour never before witnessed. As at present arranged, the different vessels composing the fleet will move into action at eleven. It is stated that the Admiralty will place steam-vessels at the disposal of the members of both Houses of Parliament, and other eminent peysons ; and from Gosport an ample supply of boats for the general public will be provided, to enable them to view the manoeuvres to advantage. Every facility, in the shape of early express trains between the metropolis and Gosport and other parts of the line, will be provided by the South western Railway, so that the immense mass who will con gregate to see this unparalleled spectacle may do so with every convenience to themselves. AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American mail steam-ship America, Captain Leitch, took her de parture hence for Boston on Saturday morning, with a large number of passengers, a full cargo, and the usual, mails. The pressure at the docks, arising from the brisk , ness of the American trade, still continues. PANIC IN THE METROTOLIS.—There was a panic in the city on Friday, arising from two causes, one was the re ceipt of a telegraphic communication from Vienna, stating that the negotiations with the view of obtaining a peaceful settlement of the Eastern difficulty were not progressing favourably. The other cause alleged was an expectation being generally entertained that the Bank of England would be compelled to raise their minimum rate of interest at their next meeting to £4 per cent. Some apprehensions are also felt about the Chancellor of the Exchequer's ability, in the present state of the money market, to pay off the dissentient holders of South Sea Stock. POST-OFFICE DELIVERY EXTRAORDINARY.—The clerk of a mercantile establishment in town, when getting his letters the other day, received among the rest rather a bulky parcel wrapped in a piece of newspaper, and without either address or postage labels, Acting on the principle of " take all you can get," he brought the suspicious parcel along with him, and delivered it, in the absence of the masters, to the senior clerk, who generally opened the letters of the company. The sight of this one, however, rather dismayed him ; and, accordingly, a consultation was held as to what should be done with it, when it was sug gested that as it was only tied with string and not sealed, it should be opened, and if private could easily be tied again. This was accordingly done, and the contents being exposed to view presented, not a file of East India news papers, nor a bundle of prices-current, but a veritable slice of bread and butter ! The laughter occasioned by its appearance could only be exceeded by the dismay of the unfortunate Wight who had placed his lunch in such d§ngerous grouud.--Olasgyw Citizen, IRELAND. . CLITHEROE ELECTION.—On Thursday, the witness committed by the Clitheroe Election Committee to New vas released from Newgate, ou payment of the required fee, £l4. LARGE CAPTURE OF WHALES.—On Tuesday week, two boats and twenty men captured, off the Wexford coast. gate for prevarieatior. B ROYAL Vlst ier Majesty wi ly announced n on the 29th recepti( THE CONVICT KinwAX.--:The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has appointed G. W. Creighton, Esq., Q.C., and F. White, Esq., barrister, commissioners to inquire into the forfeited estates and chattels of William B. Kirwan, convicted of the murder of his wife. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. The Com mission Grand Jury have found a true bill against Mr. George Birch, " one of the attorneys," for the embezzle ment of 835,000, the property of Mrs. Sarah Kelly, of great will case P Eficulty of treat that recruits for the army his been I e been received from the Horse Gt he standard for enlistment, which is farther nECRIIITIN( procuring orders hi towering t at five feet five inches BARON RICHARDS.—Owing tit, the delicat health, Baron Richards has, by theb advice of his physician left Ireland for a visit to the Pyrenees. The laborious• duties of Chief Commissioner of the Encumbered Estates Court have well nigh made shipwreck of the learned baron's constitution. The returns from the country, particularly respecting the potato crop, are looked to with much interest, the vast bulk of them are highly favourable. That the blight has appeared in a few districts is fully proved, but it is apparently in a very mitated form as compared with that of last year. STATE OF . THE C HARVEST PROSPECTS. — We have had set extremely fine weather, and if no untoward• change sets in, harvest-work will probably commence something ear lier than was anticipated a few weeks since. The agricul tural reports are all favourable, with the exception of a few isolated complaints of the " appearance" of blight in the potato. MunnEu.—At Galway assizes, John Hurley sva, found guilty and sentenced to death, for the murder of Katherine Kendrigan, a fellow-servant, at Dunsandle, in revenge for the young girl, a mere- child, having caused his dismissal by giving evidence of a series of dishonest practices on his part. When sentence was-passed upon the hardened mis creant, he declared he would have s and the prosecutors, "either hi- this al days of f the jury le next AlrlYrlfEß SYNOD AT ThlnitES:—The Tipperary Free Prese—bigh Romanist authority—announces that, " in compliance with the instructions of the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen,. delegate of the Holy See, a provincial Synod, under the presidency of the Most Rev. Dr. Slattery, of Cashel, NVII be held at Thurles in the ensuing month. The preliminaries have not been. as .yet finally arranged, but in all probability the sittings-of the , Synod will com mence about the Ist of September." The " Apostolic delegate" is , determined not to do. his work by halves. The Romanist Primate (Dr. Dixon) is now, it seems, a mere cypher as : regards spiritual at the govern- ment of Irish" Church." ATTEMPT TO. ASSASSIN ATE A CLEILGYMAN.-011 Friday night, a little after eleven o'clock, the Rev, Wm. Turpin, vicar of Clara, was fired at in his own horse, about three miles from the town. He had just enteredchis study, with a lighted candle in his hand, when a shot was discharged through the window - , the shutters of which -had not been closed. He escaped unhurt, although the assassin fired in the direction of a desk at which Mr. Turpinis in the habit of sitting. Mr. Turpin is of a singularly gentle and un offending disposition; and had only recently taken posses- sion of - the vicarag He succeeded• the Rev Skelton Cresson, whose life vas attempted in a s manner about twelve years ago. - A MASONIC BALL was given, on Wednesday, in the Rotunda, at Dublin, for the purpose of raising. a fund to liquidate the cost of erecting the Masonic Female Orphan School, recently built in that city. Among the distin guished personages present were :—The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans, the Duke and-Duchess of Leinster, Sir Edward and Lady Blakeney, Viscountess Gough, Earl and Countess of Bective, Lord and. Lady Castlereagh, Viscount and. Viscountess Avomnore, Earl and Countess of Lucan, Lord and Lady Rossmore, Lord and Lady Howth, Lady Dormer, Lady Elizabeth. and Louisa Cornwallis, Ladies Mary and Emily St. Lawrence, Sir E. and Lady Elizabeth:Borough, and Lady Redington. ATTACKS ON PROTESTANT STREET-PREACHERS IN. IRE LAND.—Two missionaries, the Rev. Messrs. Dickenson and Lewis, were assailed by a mob, in Limerick, on Sunday evening, in consequence of Mr. Dickenson having com menced preaching in the street ; and it was with difficulty that they were rescued. When some of the persons- eon cerned in the assault on them were brought up at the Police-court, it was stated by the police that the pwee of thecity was seriously endangered by street preaching,.and the rev. gentlemen consequently promised not to attempt again to preach in the open air. Disturbances of a similar kind have taken place in several other towns in the south of Ireland. It is stated that. }:00 missionaries have gone or are going from England anth.Scotland, for the purpose of open-air preaching. IMPERTINENCE REBIIKE'Do—A lady, plainly dressed, went a short time ago, into , a shop in Dublin, ancl pur chased several articles, which she was about to pay for, when the shopman teased her to look at some other things, which she did not inquire for; After wasting his eloquence in vain for some time, he at last said, "Oh ! if you would but buy this dress, you would then look like a lady indeed." The inference to be drawn from this was anything .but complimentary, and the patience of the lady being com pletely exhausted, she resented the fellow's impertinence by refusing to purchase the articles already selected. The shopman stormed and talkedof legal proceedings, to corn pel her to complete her b to her solicitors, or to LH similar terred him Lord Lieuteuant Had a (not the present, but a rother, t e -Lord Lied _ thunderbolt fallen at the feet of the shopman, he could. not have looked more frightened. His insolent demeanour vanished in an instant. He,- was now all humility;. he begged, he prayed, he entreated the lady to say nothing about it ; as it would ruin. the concern. She contented herself with writing to the:principals, but the affair .got wind sufficiently to injure the establishment considerably LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. A Privy Council was held to-day at Buoldngham Palace. STOCK EXCIIANGE.- - After the regular hours-of busi ness Consols were quoted 981. On 'Change to-day -Tallow was done at 51e-...t0. 51s. 3d. In other artides a fita demand at fair prices., In.,lron no alteration. THE .X&STERN QUESTION PARIS, ScrxDAY..-:-The announcement in the Moniteur, that the Emperor of 'Russia had accepted the.note for warded to him from , Vienna, produced an immediate effect upon the speculatoreassembled on the Boulevards. Threes, which closed 77.29 on Saturday, rose to 79.20. A despatch, dated Vienna, eight p.m., Sunday, confirms the report that the-acceptance of the Porte,is alone want ing to the propositions of the Four Powers. PARIS, SITNDAT EVRNIN G.—The Globe's correspondent says :—The news in the Moniteur does not inspire full confidence, .03k. account of the condition attached by the Emperor of: Russia ; there is, however, he thinks, no ground of apprehension on this point. ccording to what is said in the ministerial circles, there is no direct stipula tion on this_ subject, of the evacuation, of the Principali ties, but it was fully implied, and the evacuation will be a natural, consequence of the acceptance of the propositions of the Four Towers. _ _ The Times' correspondent says,—" It is not probable that much difficulty will be foundan , that quarter, and he believes•that no serious objection was raised by the Turkish ambassador in Paris, to whom the propositions had been previously submitted." The Times' correspondent now sees- no serious obstacle to a Ratifi solution, except in an insurrection at Constantinople._ No mention is made respecting the important point of the evacuation of the Principalities, and the Herald's Paris, correspondent remarks that the- /Ifoniteur's silence is IT ng means satisfactory. The Standard's city article says the pacific nature of the news from St. Petersburgh has exercised a very con, sideralle influence upon, the corn, tallow, and other markets for the staple commodities of northern produc tion, but until more decisive intelligence be received, the variations in prices might be considered as the result of speculation. The Standard, alluding to the statement that the Em peror of Russia accepts the project of mediation upon condition that the Porte makes no alteration in it, and will receive an ambassador at St. Petersburgh, if the Porte sends one, says :.—" Why not send a Russian ambassador to Constantinople or Vienna to treat, if there remains ate* subject of dispute the whole affair is far too plainly a mere dilatory device ; the statement, however, has pro duced some little reaction in the Funds, and further information is, of course, anxiously expected." The Sun. says it appears that up to. this moment no positive information has been received in, reference to the ultimatum decided upon by the English,. French, Austrian, and Prussian representatives. No news even to the effect that 5 had reached its destination ; yet, we are informed, that matters are already brought to .a satisfactory settle. ment. The Sun awaits more explicit intelligence. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their lordships met at five o'clock. The Earl of WICK LOW presented a petition, signed by sixty of the principal supporters of the system , of National Education in Ireland, complaining of the alterations recently made by the majo rity of the board, the object of the dominant party was either to destroy the system altogether, or to get the whole grant into their own hands, to neither of which would parliament ever consent. The Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill passed through committee pro forma, and ordered to be printed. The Naval Coast Volunteers Bill was read a second time. The Public Libraries (Ireland and Scotland) Bill was re ported with amendments. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked what information had been received by Her Majesty's Government as to the pro ceedings of the Russian authorities in the Danubian pro vinces of Turkey, and what steps had been taken by them in consequence of such proceedings. He hoped he should be told that this country bad taken a decisive step upon this subject, and that the British fleet was at least before Con stantinople at the present moment ; for if the facts were true, as stated in the public journals, there was no explaining them away, seeing that they were in entire contradiction of the circulars voluntarily issued by Russia. The occupation of these provinces was either war or piracy. Good news had,:how ever, arrived this morning, to the effect that the proposals sent from Vienna had been accepted. Unfortunatelythe house did not know what those proposals were; but he was sure no proposition would be recognised by their lordships which did not include the immediate evacuation of the Byrn cipalities. At the same time news had arrived of the Russians being in command of the inner navigation of the Danube. This was a matter of the utmost importance to . Europe.. The Earl of CLARENDON said he had no information to give materially different from that which he had given five days ago. in reply to a similar question. He agreed with his noble friend, that the permanent occupation of the Pinn eipalities, or any thing like the permanent occupation of them by Russia, was a very grave question; but tier Majesty's Government had received no official information of the nasup alluded to by his noble friend. His noble friend had said the Russians had crossed the Danube; but he had seen letters 01 the latest date, which contained no allusion to the subjeq; Nothing had been done at Vienna, but with the consent 01 France and Austria. The Earl of MALMEsBURY hoped the noble earl wonldno‘t refuse on a future day to explain definitely our r elations lIT'L the Russian Government, and whether the evacuation of the Principalities was to be a sine qua non. The Earl of CIARENDON had no hesitation in at once sal: ing that he looked upon the immediate evacuation of . tx Principalities as the sine qua non of agreement with Russia. The Earl of ELLEsnonouott asked whether It were aware of the demands lately made by Russia OP the govern: me.. Persia. sonmeedEe m a r l a n o d f s allesgaeezt n o ori have sa b i d e e h n e m b i g e, s b e eunt he e s b t a a t d e re in c e no official information on the subject ) but he should say ius none such bad been made. The subject then dropped. m Their f lordships lndia B havi ngill, all t gonee clausesi nto w co e m re m a i g tt r e e e ed on clause in the bill was that added in the Coiranons on.t: SON' motion of Sir J. PAKINGTON for the abolition of the ~;0 0 noply, and the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved its ern on revenue grounds. se O S The Earl of GRANVILLE concurred, and the . clee consequently thrown out. the ir Other orders of the day were then disposed off lordships adjourned at 12 35 a.m. to.th e The the HOUSE OF COMMONS, The house met at twelve o'clock. fOr• The house went into a committee of supply on the fort civil contingencies. Mr. HUME objected to various items on which e 344 ,,,, ati a e 1 ; tions were given. On the item of £200,000 for the elP— of the Caffre war, it °l/1a Mr. ADDERLEY expressed • a hope that an assuran ceon be given now that this contest has been brought to elusion. d at ° Mr. F. PEEL said the constitution had been received Cape as a boon, carrying out the'pledges given by the ~.11 by and he had every confidence, from the measures ti `lt sit General Cathcart, that war was almost impossible. ..,„ § s. events, the colonists, having now the opportunity of e%); t isr big their opinions constitutionally, Would be require the responsibility of their own defence; h /fere After some debate both votes, as wereall the ot- e a t foar agreedto. Progress was then reported ; , and thehoire e , , ,eoclt• o'clock, adjourned till six. The house resumed at S 1 1" TURKEY AND RUSSIA-. RCI SSeII Sir JOSINIA WALMSLEY wished to aek Lord -• whether, before the prorogation, the noble lord would be the pared to submit to the house any statement' relative to gn u communications which had passed between this countr ) , 3 of Turkey and; t he hg the aggressive preceedo,loo the latter towards Porte; and, secondly, if the nobl, e , was prepared - to name a day when the house would 14; n o. opportunity of discussing this important question, aou nouncing sn opinion upon it ? 4a+it Lord J. Russgiat• said, with regard to the first quest l . o lsl would be his duty before the prorogation of parlitimeat: e be. such informationvbefore the house respecting the disl>L i ` a blic tween Russia and Turkey as was consistent with 'Ps I),,, ta t duty. With respect to the second question, he did'not ludo it would be advisable for the public interest that . 1(0 should be appointed fordiscussing the question. Lord DUDLEY STUAVT wished to know if there -, 7„09 truth in the rumour that Russia had accepted the:a o s, agreed to at the conference of the four Powers held in for , the Lord J. RUSSELL said there was a foundation f,T•tisll rumour, as a despatch had been received from the , P r t l a tect minister at Vienna, whicliwas so far satisfactory that it ,s o , nt eil there was reason to bedere that the terms would bet e `7oo by• Russia. The messenger who carried the terms - ta illf Vienna to St. Petersburgh-only left Vienna on the 2nd term , t be andite formal reply, therefore, of the autocrat cola , ' received so early as was originally anticipated. m' t° Mr; PAYARD_pressed the noble lord to allow a disclo— take place on the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that it would not be for the riF interest that such a discussion should take place. The subject then dropd.- NUNNURIES DEBATE.— pe Lord'S. RUSSELL moved that ttlr government orders take precedence on Wednesday. e el? Mr. NIIWDEGIATE, Mr. StOCrNKR, and Mr. CRAM-13P objected to the motion, as it would shelve the NunnerieS,oll' Lord J. RUSSELL and Mr. LUC#A9 said there was no iluTor their part to shirk the question; tut at this late period o' session it would be impossible to proceed with it. 50 The house divided :—For the motion, 105 ; aga inst it , majority, 53 AND RUSSIA Mr. DISRAELI wished TURKEY to know•whether . governmen t t i l3 oo s4 ..ny objection , to state now the nature of the proPo s ' offered to Russia. Of ~i r e Lord J. RUSSELL was not prepared ta declare the 1 13 ' s far them now; but, before the prorogation, he would do so " as his public duty would permit. " tl st it 5 0 5 Lord J. RUSSELL stated, in reply to a question, I „ ;1 1;111 not intended to press the Registration of Assurances ."` .„ session. 0 ' The house then went into a committee of 'supply, il l ' e remaining miscellaneous estimates were voted. The Ciiitoms Bill passed through committee. f ollY The Customs Piet Consolidation Bill passed through mittee. W Ch i The Charitable Trusts Bill, after a number of ne had been proposed and negatived, was read a third ti. passed. Mr. Titoura.Ey - having moved that . . . c eS' all the colleges file M • nected with the universities of London be exempted f r° operation of the bill, e iait The house divided—For the motion, 64;,against it, 79 • jority, 13. The bill then passed. The Lunatic Asylatri Bill was read a third' time and jel l ; The other orders of the day were then disposed o 6 : house adjourned at twenty-five minutes-to four o'cloci, TATTERSALL'S BETTING.ft—Tnis DO' if; caPs Elwin HANDICAP :. ---7 to 1 agst Adine; to 1 ag_st teo nt . • S to 1 agat King of Trumps; 8 to 1 agst Lord bleu' ts 8 to 1 agat Pantomime. gittin ST. LEGER.-5 to 4 on West Austra'ian ;4 to 1 ar t bourne, 9 to 2 taken ; 7 to 1 agst Cineas. t gir-ra rnes ' DERBY.-I,oooto 30 apt Dervish; I,NX/to 1:0 8 0 Graham ; 25 to 1 agst Ruby. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HANDICAP,-. taken. WOLVERHAMPTON PRODUCE STAKES 4 filly by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 2. TRIAL STAKES.—CaIOI, 1 ; May-day, 0 ; WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES . —Doub (Pe Black Doctor, 3 ; Mexican, 4. 9 ran. t'2Jll-;l:ll:gail:et'tba3l::nreSi:CT::::. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE' MARKET. , 5 The Eastern news being so much more favourable o 'e morning, Consols opened at per cent. improvement on th e closing price of Saturday, and remained pretty steady till 1 ", close. Railway Shares considerably easier in the morns vii but prices were not fully maintained. In Mines and 13 %,i Shares more doing, at advanced prices,- foreign steadY' rates improved. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. 97i S Bank Stock .......... 141011 Do. Money.... J' 97i 8 Excheq. L. & 5. 1 " Three&QrperCents... 101 Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes FOREIGN STOCKS.. . 26/ - k Spanish Passives . Turkish . 23/ / •- 471 2 RAILWAY SHAUZS. 1 15 1 Amberg.,Nottinghatn, London & N. Western ~.. and E. Junction.... London &S. Western °"" Bristol and Exeter .. Mulches-, Sheff., and 01 Caledonian Do. Preference .. 103 7 Midland Stock ...... 42 4 East Anglian ........ North British ........ " Eastern Counties .... 123 13 Do. Preference East Lancashire Eastern Union A...... North Staffordshire .• Ditto B and C — Shrewsbury and Bir- , , Edinburgh & Glasgow 72 4 mingham .......... ...., Great Northern B4i 5 Do. L. &N. W. guar. fli Do. A — S. Bastern and Dover, et i, Do. B — York, Newcastle, and 6 0 4 ' Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 774 ' Do. Extension , Do. Fifths — Do. Preference t h i Leeds Northern — York and N. Midland ~. London,Brighton,and Do. Preference South Coast lO2 4 MINING Noveau Monde Registered .. — Cordeliera Ave Maria Carson's Creek Port Philip . - SHARES, Nugget B. Australian Freehold .. . Australasian Colonial ..... Mariposa ......... •••••- 1 SHARES. 1. 9 Peel River ....... • •,- s'/ South Australian .• •• 16 ' Van Diemen's.....••• > Australian Agricultural 33 4 S. Austra,ltan , Invest. l 2i Crystals-. — COI=N MARKET. o f The , show• of-English Grain is small, but tlia fot Foreign :Wheat and Oats are heavy ; trade opemedle ll ioote d a ° Wheat; up to the present time no sales have been fortr, market, nominally. quoted 2s per quarter lower ; ig r d reduction is expected. Flour very dull. Oats 64 im a ge quarter lower. Barley 6d per quar t er cheaper. Ne` - ,I a Beans and Peas. The clo se o f th e mar k et establis o gl l6 " afrom 2s to 4s per quarter from the highest price 0 1 7 b is Wheat, but holders of Foreign would not accede t r ° 4 aart duetion. Flour dull, but unaltered. Oats . 6d to is P r n. lower. Barley dull. In Beans and Peaelittle alte ratio English. Iltsh. 1V,747 4285 51 2 ° 37921 Wheat Bark , / .... Pews . Flour., ..... „, P 2230 Pii. SSO2 V PRODUCE bt4l : 9" ir. , t o o 4 s6, a; Sugar : Yellow liayanna in denaands at 20a uu `" '0" Refined in active request; Iow, to fine Grocery Ltria:tfitil to 485 6d. Coffee : Native Ceylon 45a 6d. to 465; f i l ; 1 „,, wanted, 528 to 705 6d. Tea : Common Congou s tel i ;lo .- to Md. Cotton in demand. Rice dull, and f ilti Indigo and Cochineal in demand. TALLOW MARKET. Tile st, Tallow: Less demand, but the rates unalter o3. ' ye sr ioe 'll. 15 i s 18,258 casks, against 41,383 same time 15 4 deliveries are 1,661 c as k s , aga i ns t 1,308 casks 503 e t CATTLE MARKET. at P‘ There is a demand for Beasts, Sheep, and day's prices. Calves sold at reduced prices Beef 2s 6d to 4s 6d Veal Mutton..... 4s 2d to 58 2d I Pork .• Lambs, 4s. 4d. to ss. Bd. 4832 I Calves 26700 Pig 5....... ARRIVALS, Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts. ......... 1 4 , and 1409 N ort Cambridge, Leicester, Linc o ln, ampton Beasts ................ 223 Scotch Beasts ............................ 2376 Holland Beasts ...................... 3lt! 2 5, Do. Sheep . - ........ Do. Calves. Do. Pigs... Prussian Beasts Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep French Calves 6i 4d t ° 4 4 5 5 4 ' l :0 to ~•~ Beasts Sheep and Lambs, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIO G I Cheshire Junction, 8 dia. ; Birkenhead 422 sba r r i d, East Lancashire preference quarters, 94, Tli Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 281 i ; Sou tb OP and Dover, 211 it; York and North Midland, 2 " 5 Bank, Pi pin. - LEEDS STOCK EX CHANGE. ~ Not"" Lancashire and Yorkshire, 78 ; Midland, 7 " ' Westerns, 81. --- 'le g GLASGOW CORN MARKET. _ a te 0 Wheat and Flour dull, and less money, take n to t o Spring Corn of alt sorts steady GLASGOW PIG IRON M AR ' b us` The market was very active to-day, an d B,lllbifYost was done at 59s to 59s 6d to 60s cash, ancloseu sellers at 61s, to a small extent tD c bi LIVERPOOL Dior fl ing , f ".04:6 Printed and Published every Tuesag c is Pi Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON Tr,,, pllrooo Percy-street, at the STANDARD GENPliit Likv' OFFICE, No. 4, ST. GEOROE'S CAZ C4 Tu9sclay, Austusi 9, Itin• THE LIVERPOOL TANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1853.