The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

ktberpool tatitiatb, RON OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING THE almost interminable and consecutive sittings of the House of Commons give fair indication that a prorogation is not far off. Already the feathered and finny inhabi tants of " muir and loch" may anticipate the beginning of their endhad they the power. The debate and the divi- sion in daylight, on Friday morning, on the second reading of the India Bill, will be among the last of the severe sit- of the session. The debate was not worth half an hour's purchase; the best characteristic of it was in the eans concealed or suppress ;sed yawns of the young men in white waistcoats, who came in " fresh" about midnight (as Mr. GLADSTONE said to one of these the other evening). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rarely tries his tongue at a pun ; the present one told re markably well, for the honourable member alluded to looked fresh and clean, while, at the same time, from the r in which the CHANCELLOR pronounced the word, he meant it to be taken in the slang sense of the term stem is wearing out of use now ; some of the first statesmen of the present time have come into the house as " fresh" as the honourable member referred to by Mr. GLAnsrosE, and have been fain to slink up to the gallery tosnore it off. JOHNNIE RUSSELL has sometimes been rin that way himself. PEEL, rarely; yet he took his Muleira on a pinch well enough ; but he was very cunning with it ; it was chiefly by his quietude you found cut that he bad had a bottle—quietude, and a custom which he never gave over of rubbing his nose until it became as red as Bardolph's. DISRAELI primes himself with the finest of BELLAMY'S particular old Lisbon, to the extent often of a whole bottle ; it is, certainly, glorious Port, well worth half a sovereign a carafe. When DIZZY means to play the deuce with an opponent, he takes this god-like liquid freely ; if he means to be extra savage, he has the decanter full placed before him at once ; in two s worth listening to. DISRAELI, however, That s artin's hours he omes the moderate dodge now and then ; one glass—lips smacked—another—then a third—no more. On such occasions it is not worth the trouble of going down stairs to hear him ; the full bottle of ruby port before the ex- CHANCELLOR is sure sign of mischief. The debate on the. India Bill, which brought out DISRAELI, was one in the glass, not the " bottle departrcent "—hence his speech, though of intolerable length, had only one idea, one pervading feeling—FAßlAN—delay, delay ; and be was right, though by no means brilliant. I did not think there were so many " seedy" members in the house. Three or four o'clock of a July morning, after a twelve sitting, takes the shine out of a man as much as a masquerade amidst the pasteboard splendours of Vaux hall. A late Irish Viceroy walked before me in full twig—tight dress pants, silk stockings, and lacquered pumps ; a treacherous loop of the silks had given war, and oh, horrible ! there was the ex-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with his red heel like a potato, making sad ork of grandeur. In the early part of the night, there a 3 a clever little scene. Tom DUNCOMBE, who begins take a little more liberty with himself (Cave Tom !), h a deal of mock gravity gave notice that he would, on 'ollowing night, ask if it were the intention of Minis to do anything for the Jews this session ? " Oh, I ant your notice," as good as said Lord JOHN— •er you—No." I'll at once ans Mr. BELL also gave ntimation of the commencement of an attack on the British Museum, by moving for certain returns in regard to the never-likely-to-be-finished Catalogue. There is not a reading man or woman in or about London—l say nothing of those hacks who make a livelihood out of litera ture,—the boys who crib a defunct author's ideas,—as JERROLD said before the Dramatic Committee, robbing and murdering the aurhor—l say nothing of the large numbers of the clergy, episcopal and dissenting, who are compelled to run to the library of the Museum, let them bear their grievance —they are to the manner born. Not so hundreds of distinguished foreigners—scholars. Talk of looking for a needle in a bottle of hay—that's easily and successfully accomplished. Go to-morrow to the Britism Museum, and ask for a book a little more rilchP , ^he" perhaps than " Blackstone's Commentaries" or 's Modern Housewife," I'll bet a Spanish dollar, nd all, with Sir HENRY ELLIS, the principal, you . „ don't get it. Appeal to the working librarian—a worthy book-worm he is—" Have you look'd at the rides 7" is his never-failing interrogatory. " Oh, yes, till lam blind nearly !" is the answer, and there an end. But the volun - le sought is not foxind. I would undertake to eat every book in the British Museum, sh o uld eac h vo l ume turn out as " bitter in the mouth" as the book of anti quity, if I did not finish that Catalogue in three months. Hundreds of splendid scholars are at this moment tumbling in the hayfields, having nothing to do ; two score of such men, and the nation would soon have a catalogue of its unsurpassed collection. However, Mr. BELL'S motion w a s a gree d t o , an d we s h a ll see if any good comes of it. I notice the dreary debate on the Income-tax Bill in the House of Peers, the other night, chiefly to introduce JOHN CAMPBELL, Lord Chief Justice of England, to your readers. JACK, as he is yet sometimes called by his old acquaintances—most of whom, by-the-by, he has cut,—is the son of of a decent Presbyterian minister in the unpre tending, unambitious town of Cupar, in Fife. He came to London, a yellow-hair'd vulgar-looking Scottish lad, with scarcely a 'nag; he had, however, a long head, set right on his shoulders, a good constitution, and some ser viceable education ! He worked as a reporter on the Morning Chroincle, when it was a high honour to belong to that old Whig newspaper. JOHN CAMPBELL will now meet in the streets of London men who sat alongside of him in the gallery of the House of Commons " taking notes," and give them the cut celestial. While JOHN was receiving his five guineas a week as a reporter, he was not sleeping ; he entered for the bar, in due time was called, practised, gave over reporting, and his good for tune began to make itself. Sir JAMES SCARLETT was great at the bar as a counsel, not for knowledge of his craft, but for his giant way of dealing with matters of fact ; he had briefs by the bushel, endorsed ten, twenty, fifty, aye, two hundred guineas ! he could not attend to them all ; he had taken a notion of the " douce" and sagacious CAMPBELL, asked him to dine with him one day—then another. and JOHNNIE, like his father, the meenister, before him, "improved the occasion," cast love-glances at SCAR LETT'S eldest daughter. Thus matters went on. JOHN CAMPBELL was making several thousands a year ; in a crack he married Miss SCARLETT, and rose rapidly otherwise. Member of Parliament, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, Lord Chancellor for Ireland, and I don't remember how many other grand characters he became. Meantime his father-in-law had become Lord ABINGER, a surly judge, and gave little satisfaction to the bar ; but that don't signify much, provided just judgments are given. Lord ABINGER was miserable on the bench ; poor but rich man, his peace of mind was eaten away,— daily corroding as the little speck which caused his death ; he had cancer, or something of that sort, in the eye ; his father, a West Indian, died of the same disorder. So thought Lord ABINGER, the son, would be his case. It was. Painfully I have seen that otherwise burly old lord take from his waistcoat pocket a small mirror, confronting it with the deadly spot from day to day, hour to hour, watching its damning progress. His daughter, made Lady STRATH EDEN, produced a little family to Lord CAMPBELL. His eldest son and heir to the title is no beauty, neither is he scorchingly brilliant. Except on the bench, Lord CAMPBELL is thoroughly Scotch,— " land'art," I think, Room BURNS calls it, as when he first came to town ; though I am not prepared to , that he still takei off his spoon, and sits in a boa at the theatre, in the dog-days, in his stocking feet, which I have seen him do. I think also that he finishes the combing of his hair, such as it is, at home ; time was when JOHNNIE would walk up the floor of the House of Commons, combing his head all the way. On the bench his appearance and conduct are those of a model judge ; it is clear that he knows the case better than the barrister who has to argufy, which might cause the attentive observer to suppose his Lordship was slightly impatient, which he is not. He likes a glass of toddy, with such a man as HARRY BROUGHAM; THOMAS, Lord DENMAN, though he could give a " merry troll" at one time, is now too old and too cold for that sort of thing. Lord CAMPRELL is terribly wroth about the lnconae-tax for Ireland ; he thinks it hard to be com pelled to pay income-tax upon fruitless acres, fruitless as regards rent. He'll have to pay it for all that ; the bill, with all its " imperfections" on its head, has passed. Lord CAMPBELL would get rid of his Irish estates, if he could. There is an annual gathering of the good and great at this season of the year, which I rarely miss,—l allude to the distribution of prizes at King ' s - College School , f o unded I might almost say, by old WILLIAM HOWLEY' the late Primate of all England. The primate was a mild mannered man, " quite serene," in the true meaning of the phrase, though it be sadly perverted by sons of 1317r1A r. in midnight street. The archbishop lent a hand g King's College, beginning with the Bible as -e class book, because the rival establishment, the Lon lvereity, would have no religion. At the recent ..ibution, the KING Of HANOVER. was present ; he caving' been the pupil of Dr. JELF, the principal of the The KING shook hands with the pupils, with , in short; I began to think he ought to have a wooden hand with him, like Old BLUCHER, nen he was in London. Next to the KING of HANovER. a " lion" was—a coal-miner, the greatest mathemati an in the world—Professor HANN. Heaven-born genius regnant ! Of all human studies, none comes nearest ur conceptions of the god, than mathematics. Truth -eat and inalienable,—but study won't make you a ma lmatician no more than it can add a cubit to one's ure. Then it is the more godlike inspiration. HANN -o attached to mathematics that, while yet a coal at work far below the earth's surface, he would his back in a dark coal-pit, problemising with Th 1 physicked pain; he got above ground, pelf acquainted with the world, and was chosen man y professors. Yoinca, SEYMOUR (SO -ci EY (WELLINGTON). and such slips of in foundin college 'erF one he once coal- miner, HANK cl with a love of the or less of the late __f an eculate, he bought 'l;.take s off their bonne't's are few persons at , who did not kr 11 imbue WOODBURN, of Si ,and able and Willlllg knowledge of a good picture was unques ias his acquaintance with all the old masters ; •iost obscure of whom he could distinguish as easily as ;oast artistical amongst us can tell an Etty from a instable. I have made use of the above abominable cord " speculate," abominable, certainly, in combination with art. Mr. Woonnunic bought and sold. I remem ber him laying out a fortune on the matchless—but by the pitiful government of the day, disregarded—collection of the late Sir THOMAS LAWRENCg•••II9 i 9 never called .r of art I. RS W, the la'e Sir THOMAS, na more than the editor of " Punch" is Mistered or 'Squired. Mr. WOODBURN had vast num bers of the original designs, sketches, thoughts for pic tures, &c., done most of them in bistre, of nearly all the great works of the greatest masters. Each bit was worth more than a hundred times its weight in gold, as study for our boy-artists. Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, with an eye to the beautiful, knew what he was about ; he was the painter of portraits, and plenty of them he had to paint ; he died poor, though making a mint of money. Oh, he gambled of course, did they not say, the funeral scarcely over. Elegant Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, you never lost a groschen ; beyond a hand of cards—not over clean, thumb-daubs of ultramarine on some of them ; with SARAH SIDDONS, the President of the Royal Academy played not : how, then, could he be so poor? enquired certain mercenary men. They soon found out. Sir THOMAS bought everything good in art he could lay his hands upon : he paid for them all ; hence he had so little at his banker's. Poor• Sir THOMAS ! He thought the nation would purchase his selections. Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE was very soft; I saw him weep the last time lie delivered the biennial prizes to the Academy students; he thought it would be the last time hg ever would meet them again; soft, indeed, to think that SPRING RICE, and rubbish of that sort, would sanction the purchase of such inestimable stores for the nation. SAM WOODBURN bought them, and sold them with advantage. Old SAMUEL bad in his collection. besides, many things not so good, but as veritable. I condescended, in these dithyrambic epistles, to notice a purchase the other day of a picture " for the nation ;" I stated that the purchase, or picture, was done in bad treacle : never mind, it will be hung some of these days in the National Gallery. That purchase was a shame, but that shame is outshamed by the Purchase from SAMUEL WOODBURN'S collection, of an old, worn-out, bolstered up, daubed and redaubed daub, botched in canvass-unending, cracked, and otherwise disgraceful Gioryione. The picture is not worth a " damn." Yes it is. Be it known to our non oriental readers, that the apparently bad word last quoted is an Indian coin of the smallest value —less than a cowrie. If the government had purchased sone of the sketches referred to, they would have been worth looking at and studying. I have mentioned SPRING RICE—Lord MONT EAGLE that is. When England had him for CHANCEL LOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, his patronage of the fine arts was of a very inexpensive kind. He turned everything to account. The marble slab he found in one of the Go vernment stone-yards, of NELSON, with his right hand presenting HARDY with his sword, was a capital go. Great soul, (NELSON.) had lost his right arm at Tene riffe long before his death. The sculptor had made a mistake—an anachronism—and SPRING RICE did not find it out, and made a brag of prese►►ting it to the Royal Academy, because the bug-bole is built in Trafalgar square. The nation, however, has got the Giorgione, another piece of patchwork, to add to our collection of the old masters. Mr. UWINS, I think, gave five hun dred guineas for it a day or two ago. lam certain there's not three pawnbrokers in London would advance five hundred farthings on it. Without at all affecting to be deep read in Ministerial secrets, I am in a position to inform you, that Russia and Turkey occupied the consideration of a fully-attended Cabinet Council, on Saturday last, the best part of seven mortal hours. Such a circumstance has not occurred for the last thirty years in Downing-street. The fact is, things are coming to a head ; that fearful man, NicuoLAs, with all Europe against him, is determined to go on ; and, though war at the outset was not his intention, events superinduced, seem inevitably to lead to hostilities ; and before the publication of your paper, it would disappoint no one at the clubs to hear a telegraphic communication to the above effect. Meantime, as far as events have re sulted, intelligence remains in stain quo, for there is not a particle of truth in the rumour flying about, both at the clubs. and the Opera House, on Saturday night, that Baron BRuNow, the Russian Minister at the Court of St. James's, had received instructions to limit his inter views with Lord ABERDEEN to official ones. BauNow, I need hardly state, is a remarkably social man; fond of English society ; is out much, and is exceedingly popular in our aristocratic circles,—dining frequently . with PAL MERSTON and ABERDEEN, for no other purpose than the praiseworthy one of dining. PALMERSTON had barely time on Saturday to cab it to Carlton-terrace, so walked across the park to dress, and eat Plover's eggs—they are still to be had—at the Thatched House, with the Harrovians. The Opera House was crowded with the whole heap in the evening, and NICHOLAS was only wanted to complete a picture of cosmopolitan peace and good will. I feel certain, had he been there, he would have taken a sniff of brandy, and let Turkey alone. BauNow has been sending his dog-hocked messengers to St. Petersburg more frequently than usual. His mes sengers beat ours all to nothing. Give the beggars a flask of brandy, and a bag of roubles, or an equivalent—off they cut. and run without sleep to the end of the jour ney. Some of our own QUEEN'S messengers will go as long out of bed, but it is towards the " sweet south." HuDsoN, who went to Rome for PEEL, surprised every body by his rapidity. But the travelling of government messengers is bagatelle, compared to what it was ; and I suspect they do not take a friend in the caleche with them now as heretofore,—a double blessing,—safe company and good pay. The res gest& of Parliament have prevented, perhaps, a fuller and more frequent notice of literary men and lite rary works than I ought to have bestowed. Literature of some sort or other we have always with us ; happily not so Parliament. Hence an excuse. Tom TAYLOR'S life of HAYDON, the painter, has just made its appearance. Poor HAYDON ! I knew him well. Many a time arid oft we sat on chairs placed next to each other at the elegant repasts of an eminent sculptor, so that I had opportuni ties enow of enjoying the painter's sallies of learned wit and ascerbity. We first felt into each other's arms (►ite rally) and good graces at the private view of his Napoleon missing, familiar to everybody from the engraving. As most commonly was the case with HAYDON, the days selected for the private views of nearly all his great pictures were wet. NAPOLEON'S was not an exception to the rule. About five o'clock in the afternoon I toddled up a long darkish and heavy-smelling passage in a house in Bond-street, wondering where the artist could gain a gleam of decent light. Without let or hindrance, I found myself, ticket in hand—no porter even to take it—in the centre of a room on the ground floor, with a dome light. I thought aloud—" Well, the artist, at all events, has succeeded in getting a capital light"—l said to myself as I looked around, not a living being to be seen ;by artifice—cunning disposition of calico—a nice, tempered light from above streamed on the picture; my exclamation had been heard, on turning round I startled at finding the artist at my elbow. He had a sort of " DioNysirs' ear," made by draping off a small angle of the room, where the vain artist stood, on the sly, listening to every remark. I blest my stars that I had said nothing worse. HAYDON was a grand illustration of a sometimes disputed fact,—that intense vanity and undisputed talent are compatible and co-existent. I believe his beautiful widow and children are doing pretty well. The late Dr. MAGINN, it is said, consoled his wife, on his death-bed, that she would get on better without him ; does the re mark apply to Mrs. HAYDON ? She, like RUBENS' mis tress—of the golden hair and hooked nose,—was his pet copy in all pictures where female beauty was required. The truth is coming out bit by bit about the Royal Academy. Mr. HURLSTONE, the English MURILLO, gave some splendid (unpublished) evidence last week before the parliamentary committee, and told them to their teeth what every rational man, with an educated eye in his head will admit, that it is not the situation of the National Gallery that is to be found fault with—that the pictures are less injured by smoke than they would be by damp air out at Kensington. I believe that the authorities will be compelled to submit the building to an operation in architecture performed with the greatest effect on Stafford House, the mansion of the Duke of SUTHERLAND. For its dimensions, it was foolishly low ; without disturbing the first and second floors, the noble duke capped it with a third. Now do this with the Academy or National Gallery, and it may remain on " the finest site in Europe," as Sir ROBERT PEEL said. In hot days, especially holi day ones, the fine picures—those which charm the masses—HocaaTn's series, for example—always get crusted by dust and human breath—thus, the dust impal pable is tumbling about, and the visitors eager to catch HOGARTH'S minute touches lean forward, their breaths fall humidly on the surface of the painting, and the dust combines. The authorities, some time since, seeing the beautiful HOGARTAS become clouded, fancied the " co lours were fading." Not so ; a little soap and water, and a silk handkerchief afterwards, made them all right. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE ICE TRADE: A CHALLENGE. THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1853. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR, —Our attention has been called to an advertisement, in the form of a letter, in your paper, of the 28th instant, in which a party, representing themselves as O'Neill and Co., are en deavouring (as they have been for the past year) to injure our long•established reputation in the Wenham Lake Ice trade in England, by false representations ; but their whole tirade of abuse is evidently got up to force upon the public an article they last year condemned as impure, their present pretended large stock of pure ice coming from the same source as that which they condemned last year. This is, indeed, strange con sistency, but it is nevertheless true, as any one, who will com pare their advertisement of last year and this, will readily perceive. They have the audacity to state, that they are in a position to prove that we have no Wenham Lake Ice. Now, sir, in order to bring their pretended honesty to a test, we challenge them to prove it ; and should they be successful in their case we will forfeit our whole stock of ice; and, should we be unsuccessful in proving that they have not only imported no Wenham Lake or other American Ice, but that their whole stock is from the same source as that which they pronounced impure last year, we shall expect them to meet us upon the same terms. In the meantime we beg to inform our numerous patrons and friends, should any be desirous, we shall be most happy to submit to their inspection our large stock of pure and only genuine Wenhain Lake Ice in Liverpool, as also our small ship ment of Norway and Rough Ice, such as they exclusively deal in, or have dealt in, since the few tons of the pure article they had from us in November last. As regards their assertion of our supplying hotels and others with English Ice for W.L.I. is false. It could not be substi tuted as Wenham Lake, or any other American, I ce; f or ever y one, who ev er saw American and English Ice, would at once see the diff erence. Therefore we say that it would P be against the interest of any one to sell the latter for the former. No person would take English Ice the second time for American; and we furthermore state that they know, by practical experi ence, that English Ice d oes not answer for the use of steamers to pack their provisions in. For the satisfaction of the public we take great pleasure in submitting to their perusal the foe lowing certificates : y lt g e e sbh ship and e C o o r . g , e of Kendall,N o North 5, India-buildings, Wafer-street, Liverpool, I s a b. rge cargo of Wenham Lake June 29, 1853. This may havelce f t r i oj f certify that sct i l nv e ,e s da s Only cargo of Ice to this port this year, American tr:jcl°'eal : rn '' t-enSr ` it--erteti .. lelbt l ' .,„,!..,i here in fine condition. TRAIN _ and CO. 6, Tower-chambers, Liverpool, June 29, 1853. This is to certify that _Messrs. Ropes and :Co., of North seived by one of our ships, the George Boston, a large cargo of Wenhant , e in fine condition. KENDALL BROTHERS. J ohn - street, nave ju.i. Kendall, Captain rarley,fr Lake Ice, which was Wide, Liz opool, June 29, 1333 Op 4.0 &&&&& R - • - This is to certify that the ship George l‘enuall, commanded by me, was loaded at East Boston, by Ice from the Wenbarn Lake, under the superintendence of the manager of that com pany, with the most brilliant, pure, and magnificent Ice I ever beheld, each block weighing fully 9 i cwt., and has just been landed here in fine condition to Ropes and Co. (Signed) Captain VHILIP FARLEY, of the George Kendall. TrENHAM LAKE ICE OFFICE, 28, North John-street, Liverpool, June 29, 1833. H. T. ROPES and CO. I COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NETT S. MONDAY NIGHT. THE monotonous dulness, relieved only by de pression which has prevailed both in monetary and commercial affairs, has been mainly, if not solely, owing to the continued uncertainty as to the termi nation of the dispute between Russia and Turkey. The Emperor Nicholas refuses to abate any portion of his demands, and threatens occupation of the Danubian provinces in the event of refusal. The Sultan of Turkey avails himself of the time allowed for deliberation, consults his allies, and receiving assurances of support from France and England, refuses to accede to the demands of Russia. So the matter rests, and until something definitive has been ascertained, it is not likely that we shall experi ence any resuscitation of activity. Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of affairs, if we may judge by the recent account of the movement of large bodies of Russian troops, we still adhere to our previously expressed opinion, that the dispute will be brought to a termination without a resort to the last appeal. The English and French fleets have both reached Besika bay, where they await the in telligence of Russia having invaded the Turkish territory, in order to pass through the Dardanelles, into the Black Sea; but of what avail will they be as a protection against operations on land ? Russia also denies that the occupation of the Danubian provinces would be a declaration of war, as she claims to do so by treaty; and as this could not easily be resisted, it seems not improbable that Russia will fulfil her threat by going thus far, and that means will be taken by some of our clever diplo matists to prevent any further explosion. That this view is generally entertained, may be judged of by the general firmness with which the public secu rities have been maintained, Consols having but slightly varied until the close of the week, when there was a sudden fall, owing to a doubtful report of the Russians having entered Jassy. Prices have, however, since rallied, though we cannot expect to see any sensible improvement until affairs have been placed on a more satisfactory basis. The re turns of the Bank of England again show a small increase, and money for commercial purposes has been easy, so that business on the whole may be considered satisfactory. In the manufacturing districts, notwithstand ing the continuance of the strike at Stockport and Blackburn, and the discontent which pre vails among the operatives on the question of short time, prices have been firmly maintained, and the unsettled state of political affairs has not prevented even a rise in Yarns and wholly manu factured goods. The Manchester spinners have now discovered the folly of trusting to the advice of their Guardian, and are compelled to come to a rising market in Liverpool, owing to their short stocks. This accounts for the large sales in Cotton and the firm prices, which would have been still higher but for the causes already alluded to. In the Woollen districts the complaint is still of the high prices of the raw material, and business is confined to actual orders, which, however, are to a fair extent. Reports from other seats of industry are as favourable as might have been anticipated. The Quarterly Returns of the Revenue will be made up to Tuesday evening, and published on Wednesday morning. It is anticipated that they will show a considerable increase on the Quarter as compared with the corresponding period of last year, and arising from Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Post-office, tempered by a slight falling off in Taxes and Property Tax. Upon the year's account there is expected to be an increase in all the items, and the general results are counted on as moat satisfactory. Some increase in Customs has, no doubt, been occasioned by the large amounts re cently paid on Tea, while the general commercial activity has added to the receipts fur Stamps and Post-office. Our SHARE MARKET has again been extremely dull all week, with prices ranging in a very narrow limit; in fact, the real business has been all but nominal, the few quotations made having been those of dealers almost without exception. To-day the more alarming intelligence from the East has given boldness to the bear party, who have made some rather extensive sales. We annex the quota tions :—Caledonians, 331 ; Lancashire and York shire, 761- 761 1 ; London Stock, 1141 141 14; Midland Stock, 70% o ; Dover Stock, 20i. The return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the 25th of June, gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits £5.532,113; Increase £916,282 Other deposits .. 12.3.32,410 ; Decrease 642,109 Rest .. .. 3,116,211; Increase 1,679 On the other side of the account— Government securities £13,118,010; Decrease 5,900 Other securities 13,705,389 ; Decrease 4,418 Notes unemployed .. 9,563,325; Increase 143,110 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,631,560, being a decrease of f 64,220 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,665,289, show ing an increase of £29,463, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. INotes issued .. £32,194,885 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold c0in&bu1n.18,175,731 1 Silver bullion .. 19,154 X 32,191,835 £32,1g4,885 BANKING D Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Rest 3,116,211 Public deposits. 5,532,113 Other deposits . 12,332,410 7-day, &c. bills. 1,323,394 X 36,857,128 the resolu more Ve.,.1- his life had after, aotico made by his es teemed friend Mr. Eyre Evans. (Loud cheers.) That very night last year they were met in the same building to advocate the same noble principle of Free-trade; they were opposed then, as now, by men of faction—men who had not the boldness to come forward and say what they meant. (Hear, hear.) The two last members had been unseated to give way, he hoped, to better members. How did Messrs. Forbes Mackenzie and Turner act upon their principles—the first as an avowed supporter of Protection, and the latter advocating reciprocity. When they had the opportunity of bringing for ward a policy, did they do so? ("No ! no I") Those of the constituency here who sent those gentlemen were clearly de ceived; for. sent to obstruct Free-trade, they ultimately as sented to it. (Hear, hear, and loud applause.) When he had last addressed an audience like this, he ventured to mention the benefits which had arisen from free trade ; and he was told by several voices that the prosperity was only tem porary; but twelve months had now !elapsed, and what did they see? Why, that the increased state of prosperity was still more fully developed than ever. The dock space was doubled under free trade. The number of ships in the graving docks for the year 1352 were 1119; in 1853, there were 1315—an increase which mu s t b e b ene fi c ial to the ship carpenters, seeing that there were four ships a week more in the docks. (Cheers.) The wages of the workmen had been advanced to 6s per day. Was it free trade or protection which bad done that? (Cries of "Free trade Did they wish to perpetuate that state of things or not : Ift hey wished to continue that state of things he asked them t o exam i ne th e c l a ims of the candidates now before them. H e th en p rocee d e d to recapitulate what he con sidered the qualifications of the candidates. And first he would speak of M r . Lidd e ll, w ho, in his (Mr. Jeffery's) opinion ought to be called Mr. Diddle; for he decidedly meant to diddle the electors of Liverpool. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Liddell believed free trade to be a fact accomplished ; he (Mr. Jeffery) did not think it was. It behoved them therefore to see who they sent to consummate that system of free trade, which had conferred such blessings upon the country. Would they once more send men to Parliament who had opposed every measure that was for the benefit of the artisan and the great body of the people? (" No.") He, as a citizen of Liver pool, felt humiliated that such men should be sent. He alluded to Mr. Liddell having long since gained for himself, even among his own friends, the name of "Young Duplicity ;" and concluded his delineation of the hon. gentleman's character by quoting Lord Durham's opinion of Mr. Liddell, which gave him credit for being an accomplished drawing-room man, but one very ill-qualified to be a member of Parliament. He then proceeded to criticise the character of Mr. T. B. Horsfall, whom lie stigmatised as having disgraced his mayoralty by a speech which he was alleged to have delivered at the table of the mayor of Manchester. With regard to the conduct of Mr. Horsfall during the short period he had been in Parliament, he showed that he had voted for the imposition of the window tax, in favour of Mr. Disraeli's budget. and also in favour of the house tax. (Hear, bear.) The third candidate was Mr. John Bramley-Moore ; hut, from his address, be appeared to be neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring. So he would pass on to their respected candidate, Sir Erskine Perry; who had claims upon them—embodied in his judicial career; in his labours to promote education ; and in the fact that he was thoroughly conversant with Indian affairs, and was therefore well fitted to aid in providing a remedy for the misgovernment of that coun try. Liverpool was deeply interested in India; and would they not do well to send to Parliament such a man as the present candidate? Let them " plump " for Perry at the coming elec tion. Let them place him at the head of the poll: not by intoxication, and other immoral means, but let them go up fearlessly and purely to the poll to record their names, and prove that Liverpool was not so degenerate as recent proceedings would lead the world to believe. (Cheers.) On the resolution being put to the meeting, only four hands were held up against its adoption. Mr. WHALLEY; M.P. for Peterborough, as a neighbour re siding within half-an-hour's ride of Liverpool—as one inte rested in shipping—and desirous of seeing Liverpool re trieve its character, came forward and made an appeal in behalf of Sir Erskine Perry, whom he did not know per sonally, but who, he was well assured, would be a worthy representative of this great town. (Cdeers.) He mentioned that, at a recent dinner of law reformers, at which he had been present, one of the most honoured guests was Sir Erskine Perry, whom Lord Brougham singled out as the first object of his warm eulogium, stating that Sir Erskine bad, in the reform of the law in India, set an example which they might do well to imitate in England. (Cheers.) Mr. BOULT then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was unanimously carried ; and, the honour having been duly acknowledged, three cheers were given for Sir Erskine Perry, for the Chairman, and for the Queen, and the proceed ings terminated at about half-past 10 o'clock. SERIOUS OUTRAGE IN REDCROSS-ST.- MURDEROUS ATTACK ON THE POLICE. Yesterday four men. named Richard Thomas, William Beresford, William Reed, and John Leatherby, were brought before the magistrates at the Police-court,charged with an aggravated assault upon the police, whereby the lives of two members of the force have been placed in jeopardy. Sir. SNOWBALL, solicitor, defended the prisoners. It appeared from the statement of police-officer 43, that shortly after twelve o'clock on Saturday evening, he was on his beat, and met two of the prisoners, Thomas and Reed, in Redcross-street, in company with another man who was drunk. He was in company with officer 553. On telling the prisoners to go home, they knocked 553 down and kicked him ; and whilst 553 was on the ground they made their escape. About an hour after wards witness got the assistance of two other officers; 522 and 609, and having learned that the prisoners resided in a cellar in Murphy's.court, Redcross-street, they pro ceeded thither, where they found Thomas and Reed in company with the two other prisoners Beresford and Leatherby. On entering the house the prisoner Beresford came to the door with a poker in his hand, and struck officer 553 a violent blow on the head with the poker, which knocked him down and rendered him insensible ; and he was now lying in a dangerous state and unable to appear in court. A struggle took place, and officer 522 was also dangerously hurt, and was also unable to appear. In cross-examination by. Mr. SNOWBALL, Officer 43 stated that morethan an hour elapsed between the first row in Redcross-street and the time when the officers went to the prisoners' house in the cellar, and that he (witness) was aware that in the meantime the two prisoners,Thomas and Reed, had reported witness and officer 553, _ _ Officers 609 and the inspector on the beat corroborated the previous witness's statement. IVir. SNOWBALL addressed the bench at considerable length on the part of the prisoners, contending that they were not responsible for what had happened to the police. officers. They had no right in law to enter the prisoners' house as they did. The only legal process was by warrant, and the prisoners were justified in forcibly resisting their entry even to the death. After some conversation amongst the magistrates, during which Mr. Wybergh gave it as his opinion that the police had certainly no right to enter the house, except aimed with a warrant, the prisoners were remanded for a week. BAPTISM OF PRINCE LEOPOLD; The baptism of his infant Royal Highness took. plane with much ceremony, on Tuesday, in the private chapel of the Palace, in the presence of the Belgian,. Saxon, Prussian, Portuguese,. and Hanoverian Ministers, all-the Cabinet Ministers, the members of the household, and a most distinguishedvarty. The holy rite was administered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops of London, Oxford; and Chester. The Rev. H. Howarth was present as Rector of the parish, the Hon. and Rtv. Gerald Wellesley as Private Chaplain to the Queen, the Revs. Lord Wriothesley Russell and H. G. Liddell as Chaplains to Prince Albert. Previous to the service, the 89th Psalm, with-music composed by the King of Hanover, was performed.. Ork,reaching that portion for the naming of the child, the Archbishop demanded of the sponsors how it should be named, when the King of Hanover answered in a-clear sonorous voice, LEOPOLD • GEORGIC DUNCAN ALBERT, and his Grace baptised it accordingly. Some three columns are devoted by the Court Newsman to the account of the ceremony, but the other sponsors are not named. An anthem by Costa, and the Hallelujah chorus, from Beethaven'sMount of Olives, concludedthe ceremony. The Royal infant wore a Honiton lace dress over a white satin, trimmed with lace and narrow, white satin riband, cap of Honiton. lace, and mantle of Honiton lace over white satin. . . The Queen wore a dress of white-pros de. Naples, with silver stars, trimmed with Honitou lace and white and silver ribands. Her Majesty wore a diadem of diamonds, with a raised - centre, in which was set the large diamond known as the Koh-i-noor. The Queen wore the riband of the Order of the Garter, with a ,diamond "George " suspended, and the Garter as au,armlet. The- Ministers of State and the °facers of the Royal Household wore their full-dress uniforms, and the Knights wore the collars of their respective- orders. Her,Majesty afterwards gave a.grand State banquet to all present, including the King and Queen of Hanover, VleCnabmurbgrhid-C:gl:ltehreedDituaktye the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duchesses of Kent, Gloucester, Cambridge, and , Caroline of Mecklenburgh- D St u r k el e it a z ina the D P u r e i h n o c s e s ss o A f Mary and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha,. Prince Edward of. Saxe-Weimar, Prince Hohenlohe Langenbourgh, Princess.. Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess. of Sutherland, 84. SHOCKING CoLLIEHy, AC,CIDEXT.--On Friday after noon a most fatal explosion of gas occurred at the coal mine of Mr. Butterworth, Bent Grange Colliery, Oldham, resulting in 17 deaths.--15 of the colliers (men and boys) having been killed at once, and two having died subse quently. The accident occurred about 3 o'clock,_ and was accompanied by a very loud report. The gas is be lieved to have been fired in a level running in a westerly direction from the main road, and about 300 yards from. the shaft. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS Several Private Bills were advanced a stage. The Lord CHANCELLOR stated, in reply to a question, that the committee appointed to inquire into the best mode of amending and improving the Criminal Law had suspended its sitting for the convenience of the Lord Chief Justice, who was obliged to go on circuit ; but on his Lordship's return the inquiry would b e resumed. . , . The EARL OF DERBY presented several petitions pray ing for the remission of the duty on the importation of salt into India. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mer chants of the city of London, trading with Scotland, and also petitions from Carlisle, Huddersfield, Glasgow, Brad ford, and several other places, praying for an improvement in the administration of the Bankruptcy and Insolvent Law of Scotland, so as to assimilate with the same Law in England.--The petition was ordered to lie on the table. The Church Building Act Amendment Bill was passed through Committee. The other Bills upon the paper were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the tqation of Mr. HAY ES, a new Writ was issued for the Western Division of Cornwall, in the place of Mr. l'iaclarves, deceased. In reply to Mr. TOLLNuAcar, Uri CARDWIILL Stge4 his Pilotage Bill to- that he should certainl morrow. Mr. TOLLENIACHE thereupon gave notice that in that case, as Liverpool, which was greatly interested in this measure, was unrepresented, he should move that the matter be postponed for a week. The CHANCELLOR of the E XCHEQUER , in reply to Mr. SAUNDERS, said that the C omm itt ee u p on th e Savings Bank Bill would not come on till the week after next. Mr. HUME understood that the Lord Advocate had left town for Scotland. Ile therefore wished to know who Lad charge of the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill, in his ab sence, as he had been informed that the presence of the learned lord was necessary. Lord PALMERSTON replied, that if the presence of the Lord Advocate was really necessary, the Bill must be postponed until his return. (A laugh.) The House then went into committee on the Succession Tax Bill, resuming the consideration of the 29th clause. Mr. WALPOLE moved the insertion of words in clause 33, to make its operation prospective instead of retro spective. After a brief discussion the committee divided: for the amendment, 116 ; against it, 124 ; majority, S. Sir J. PA KINGTON said he felt so strongly the injustice of the clause, that he should divide on the question that it do stand as part of the bill. The committee again divided for the clause, 108 ; against, 92; majority, 16. The clause was consequently agreed to. Clauses up to 42 afterwards agreed to, with amendments. On clause 44, which prescribes the course to be taken by those who are accountable for payment of duty in res pect of any succession, Mr. MILANGs moved the omission of the provision, that if the duty assessed should exceed the duty assessable, according to the returns made to the commissioners, it should be in their discretion to discharge the expenses in cident to the collecting of the accounts. The Committee then divided when there appeared for the amendment 139, against 164,—majority against, 25. The amendment was rejected and the clause agreed to. On clause 46, Mr. HENLEY moved that the Chairman report progress, and asked leave to sit again. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion. Mr. DISRAELI would suggest that the Government of India Bill, which stood for committee on Thursday. should be postponed till Monday, and then the Bill could be resumed again in committee on Thursday. After some discussion, Sir C. WOO 9 had no objection to the clause ; and the Chairman having reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday, the House then went into committee on the Customs. &c., Acts, and agreed to resolutions reducing and continuing stamp duties in Ireland, which would otherwise expire in October next, and sanctioning the proposal of the govern ment for the conversion of the laud-tax. To be reported on Tuesday. _ _ _ The Se%ings' Bank Bill was carried proforma, with a view to its being reprinted and recommitted in a fortnight. The Stamp Duties Bill passed through committee. On the University Tests (Scotland) Bill, the LORD ADVOCATE stated that it was postponed to take the next stages of this and the Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax Abolition Bill, at twelve, on Thursday, the 14th inst. .Mr. LOWE, in moving the second reading of the Assis tant-Judge (Middlesex Session) Bill, explained that its object was to state the salary of the Assistant-Judge of the Middlesex Session from £1,200 to £1,500 a-year.- By a recent alteration in the law, no less than 750 cases had been transferred from the Central Criminal Court to the Middlesex Session, thereby saving the county no less than £2,7oo, as the average cost of an indictment was £4 193 10d at the former court, which at the latter was only £1 Ss. Lord DUDLEY STUART found fault with the conduct of the present judge of the Middlesex Sessions, and objected' to the proposed increase of salary. Mr. - BOTVYER moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. After some debate, the house divided—for the second reading, 61 ; against it, 47; majority, 14. The bill was then a read a second time. On the motion that the Savings' Bank Annuities Bill be read a third time, Mr. COWAN objected to Government becoming traders, and entering into competition with Insurance Companies, and moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. WILSON explained that the bill had no reference to competition with Insurance Offices. The house then divided—for the third reading, 47; against, 19; majority, 28. - The bill was read a' third time and passed. Public-houses (Scotland) Bill, as amended, was con- sidered. The house adjourned at two o'clock TATTE RSALL!S BETTING.-313NDAY JULY STAKES.--2 to 1 agst Astolfo, sto 2 taken; 3to 1 agst Calliope, taken ; 4 to 1 agst Masyas, taken. CHESTERFIELD STAuns.-4 to 1 agst Brother to- Mountain Deer, taken LIVERPOOL Cur.-4 to I agst Goorkah, taken; to 1 apt Daniel O'Rourke, taken; 10' to 1 agst Harbinger, taken; 12 to 1 agst Waterfall. GOOD*OOD STAKES.-9' to 1 agst Little Harry, taken; 10 to 1 agst Sextus and Hobby Horse, taken; 12 to I agst Teddington, taken. Sr. Esaiu.-9 to 8 agst , West Australian, taken &to I agst Sittingbourne 8 to 1 apt The Reiver, 20 to 1 agat Honeywood. DERBY.-12 ' to I apt Autocrat, taken; 20 to lagst Wood cote, taken ; 22 to 1 agst Prince-Arthnr. PAILTDIENT, Gov. securities.£l3,llB,olo Other securities 13,705,389 Notes .... ... 9,563,325 Gold & silt'. coin 470,404 £36,857,128 COTTON.—The demand for consumption has only been checked by the fears of war and a further turn-out by the operatives. The sales, on the whole, have been large, and prices have been well supported, the advices from the other side of the Atlantic confirming the previous accounts. Stocks in the hands of spinners are very short, and when confidence is restored, there is no doubt that prices will go much higher. On Saturday the sales amounted to 8000 bales, of which about 3 . 000 were on speculation and for export. TO-DAY the Canada's advices were still more in favour of holders, and the sales reached 10,000 bales, of which 4000 were on speculation and for export, at very steady rates, and the market closed firmly. PRODUCE.—There has been a steady demand for all descriptions of Sugar, at full rates, but the de mand has been limited for foreign. No sales in Molasses. For Coffee the demand continues steady. Rice rather dearer. Rum has been in demand ; further advance of id. per gallon, including high strength, of a favourite mark, at 35., and Leewards at is. 11d. per gallon proof. In Tea only a limited business by private contract; at public sale of 7000 packages, 3000 with all faults sold at full prices,. but the sound portion was withdrawn at much beyond market rates. Saltpetre remains dull; Nitrate of Soda rather lower. Olive Oil without demand. Seal Oil rather lower. Seed Oils a little more inquired for. Oil of Turpentine lower. Palm Oil dearer; the sales amount to 690 tons on the spot at £34 15s. to £36, and 1000 tons to arrive at £35 to £36 per ton. For Tallow the de mand is good, and Petersburg Y.C. has advanced to 518. per cwt. Petersburg clean Hemp £35 to £35 lOs. per ton. Jute £l7 5s to £2O. per ton. Tins DAY there was no particular change to notice in Sugar; the demand was steady, the sales com prising 90 hhds. Barbadoes at 335. to 385., and 220 hhds. vacuum pan Demerara at 345. 6d. to 375. per cwt. A small cargo, consisting of 200 puns. Cuba muscovado Molasses, has been sold from the quay, at 17s. 9d. per cwt. Of Rum, 35 puns. Demerara realized very full prices, and 40 puns. Surinam, is. 11 Id. per proof gallon. Nothing of moment to report in Tea; the public sales which were adver tised for Thursday next, are postponed until Mon day next. 900 bags Bengal Rice are reported at lOs. 3d. per cwt. 300 boxes Pearl Sago sold at 20s. per cwt., 2,500 bags and 1,000 pockets Cal cutta Rapeseed at 465. per quarter. WooL.—The transactions during the past week were very limited, and the market altogether lan guid, yet holders are firm, and show little anxiety to force sales. Prices may be quoted a shade in favour of the buyer ; but as the consumption in the manufacturing districts is still very extensive, there is little to fear as to any material decline in prices, particularly if an amicable settlement of political disturbances in the East be shortly accom plished, as this matter has had a very injurious effect on this branch of trade. Imports for the week, 3,248 bales ; average for the preceding six salesro eotlook e d t of °dt f Fr the o b r y e i r g teh n e s months, 1,486 bales. The n ex t series of public are fixed to commence on th e 14th inst., when and he ofa guide e t ab establis hing series anxiou sly trade, as t u p re ri n ce p s er:t n ion a s. firmer footing, Messrs. ....REA'mE and Co in their ir• c: — settled aspect of pol i tical affairs nassorneg:ry e regards the c the wool smsiaarkanetd, T a u n r d k t e i l e , hecatsivheaddeamnainnd jEeariseteersneffpio eeettenn he noticed in our circulars for the last few months has for thQ moment received a check, the kansaetions for Ch@ past month have been to a limited extent, the manufacturers confining their purchases chiefly to the immediate re quirements of their trade ; we do not make any material alterations in our quotations of foreign wools and for some kinds, of which the market is bare;y supplied, full prices are firmly supported, in English and Irish combing wools, the new clip of which at the date our last circular had just commenced, prices have given way a little, and we may now quote id. per lb. reduction since the opening rates; the wool market generally however continues in a healthy state, a large consumption is going on, stocks are light, and many of the manufacturers have considerable orders on hand for future delivery." RADICAL DEMONSTRATION AT THE AMPHITHEATRE, LAST NIGHT. -•• LAST night, Sir Erskine Perry's supporters met at the Amphitheatre. The building was crowded, al though, of course, many of those present appeared to be non-electors and youths. Upon the stage we observed the local leaders of the " Liberal" party, including : Messrs. James Stitt, Alexander Sleigh, Frederick S. Hull, Alexander Macrae, Wm. Duckworth, Dr. John Rogerson, Robinson Duckworth, Henry B. Sitt, J. P. G. Smith, Daniel Powell. Smith Harrison, J. R. Jeffery, John Finch, jun., Wm. Downing, Thomas Blackburn. James Steains, W. F. Macgregor, J. Hampshire Eyre Evans, James Harrison, Wm. Jeroms, Thomas Hampshire, E. Lawson, G. H. Lawson, Edwd. Vance, Wm. Wal thew, J. Martin, John Downing, Thomas Barley, R. W. Ronald, Geo. Maxwell, Wm. Hadfield, George Holt, Jos. Pollock, Geo. B. Shute, Francis Boult, John Stitt, Edwd. Bradley, John Daniels, Peter Youd, WM. Hay dock, A. C. Stewart. Before the hour at which the proceedings of the even ing began, the audience amused themselves by bestow ing rounds of cheers upon some of the most noted of the Radical party. Among those who were thus honoured were Mr. J. R. Jeffery, draper, Mr. Ronald (the petiti oner with Mr. Rathbone against the ex-members), Mr. George Holt, and others. The lion. candidate came upon the stage, amid deafen ing shouts of applause, accompanied by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. J. R. Jeffery, and other members of the party. The chairman of Sir Erskine Perry's committee, Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, took the chair, and, in intro ducing the proceedings of the night, delivered a speech which was frequently interrupted by the con tending parties in the theatre. He said they were aware they were assembled for the purpose of hearing the sentiments of the candidate who would appear before them on the Liberal interest for their suffrages at the coming election. (Hear, hear.) At this particular stage he should say very little upon that point, because there were matters to which he must allude, and which would form a preamble to the precise business of the evening. He called upon all those present to lend their ears—to listen respectfully and attentively to what the speakers might say, and to offer no obstruction to the business of the evening. (Hear, hear.) Precautions, he would tell them, had been adopted ; and if there were those present who had it in their mind to obstruct the meeting, there was a provision which would not only oppose any interfer ence, but which would rendersuch an attempt quite fruitless. He then gave a detailed account of the origin of the elec tion petition, and stated that the examination before the election committee had not revealed all the bribery and immorality which they knew perfectly well was brought into play at the election to secure the return of Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner. This)he could partly account for by the fact, that the counsel for the petitioners had thought propor not to call the principals, in consequence of the fear that the whole truth could not be extracted from them. (Cries of " Oh, oh !)" He denied that the five shillings in the shape of day's wages had been given from any other motive than to secure thevotes of theparties paid; and read portions of the evidence to prove that only the working men who were voters had received the five shillings ; that they received the cash in consideration for their votes ; that the money was not paid by the employers; and that it was this large number of small bribes which was the most to be dreaded —the numerous small-bribe system forming what lie con sidered the chronicdisease. In conclusion he unhesitatingly avowed that not one-fifth part of the iniquity perpetrated at the last election had been brought out at the inquiry. He said no party knew this better than those against whom the petition was directed ; and contrasted the nervous anxiety of the members and their friends, previous to and during the trial of the petition, with the loud and indig nant expressions as to injured honesty and wounded honour, which had been heard since the committee gave in their report. And, after the result of their petition against the ex members, he could conceive nothing more anomalous than the Liberal party not bringing forward one or more candidates, who, if returned, would under take the sacred trust of preserving the cause of free trade. Mr. GEORGE MAxwEr.f, then moved the first resolution —" That this meeting desires to record its opinion that this great commercial town should possess a representa tive in parliament who was prepared to give a free and independent support to the liberal and enlightened policy of the present government.' The motion, seconded by Mr. GEORGE HOLT and sup ported by Mr. STEWART, was put from the chair, and carried almost unanimously,—only a few dissentient hands being held up against the resolution. The CHAIRMAN, after pronouncing a warm eulogium upon the Hon. Sir Erskine Perry, and referring to the services which he had rendered the native population of India,. and to the estimation in which he had been held in Bombay, introduced the candidate to the meeting. The Hon. Sir ERSKINE PERRY said the reception with which they bad honoured him was quite overwhelming ; and numerous as had been the pleasures which he had enjoyed since his return, about six months aco, to his native land, after an absence of more than twelve years in India, next to those of his domestic circle, which every family man present would appreciate, the pre sent reception of the electors of Liverpool was de cidedly the most gratifying event which had occurred. He had come at a moment's warning to stand as a candi nate for the representation of Liverpool ; and, while he had listened to the speeches which had been delivered that evening, the thought had been suggested to his mind what a satisfaction it must be to be chosen by a constituency having such heads. (Applause.) And, if there was one circumstance more than another which could add to his satisfaction, it was the fact that he had been introduced to their notice by the honourable gentleman in the chair, (cheers,) the brother of that illustrious man, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the greatest financier, he believed, who had lived in their day. (Tremendous cheering, the vast assemblage rising to their feet, end giving " Three cheers for Gladstone !") He (Sir Erskine Perry) was not a Peelite ; neither was he one of those who had come over to the Liberal ranks at the twelfth hour. (Hear, hear.) As he aspired to be their representative, and expected to occupy a favourable posi tion on the poll—(A. Voice : " Don't flatter yourself !") he thought it was proper that there should be no secrets between them. He accordingly: gave an account of his " antecedents"—passing an eulogium upon the character of his father, James Perry, the founder of the Morning Chronicle, the unflinching and resolute advocate of rational progress, when to be such was no holiday. work —a man who had refused the most tempting offers of his friend, William Pitt, and allied himself to opinions which brought imprisonment, persecution, and even threatened exile; but who, originally an adventurer from beyond the Tweed, had, by his sterling honesty of pur pose and perseverance, succeeded at length in gaining for himself and his family a respectable competency, and, what was better, , the respect and friendship of the best men in the country, including all those members of the Royal family who were most inclined to favour the cause of the people. The speaker then briefly re ferred to his academical' and university career.; to his study of the law ; to the .time when he stood for Chatham, and lost the election by the improper proceedings of the government, who sent down a nominee, and influenced the workmen in the dockyards to.support him ; and to his appointment as a Judge in Bombay, where, besides making himself thoroughly acquainted with tht state and government of that great empire, he had from day to day watched the political progress,of the mother country—being placed, perhaps, at a greater advantage in this respect,---to form a sound judgment thereon, than if he had. been at home, subject to all the minor move ments of party which were continually, distraccting the mind of the politician, and leading him from the true study- of his country's condition and requirements. He had heard with interest the chairman's recapitulation of the great reforms which had been effected during the last twenty years by the Liberal, party, especially the Reform Bill,, which was a revolution effected by pacific means, and which had conferred great justice, previously withheld by the Tories, on the working classes. They had the Catholic emancipation, the new poor law, and, above them all,, that great free trade measure, the adoption of which was due to the intelligence of the people. (Cheers.) It was needless to go into those retrospective glances,, if they did not deduce something from them as to the course for the future. The extraordinary triumph of liberal opi nionawas the most marked featurein this country whichhe had perceived since his return, The second feature wasthe marked improvement in, the manners and character of the people in all ranks, (Cheers.) Wherever he went he was surprised at the degree of intelligence among all classes, down even to what their opponents used, to. call the " lower classes." He did not hesitate to state that His R. H. Prince Albert was pre-eminently accountable for the change, so far as the working classes were con cerned. There were many in this country, even among the Whigs, who thought that the Liberal, party were going too fast. They complained of the rising democracy ; thinking that, like a runaway railway train,. it would carry all, state and church, to one eternal smash. He spoke as a thoughtful man—one who had a stake in the country —and he distinctly avowed that be had no fear of the people. He disclaimed this bugbear entirely. When the people were advancing in intelligence—when they heard such speeches as that made by Mr. Stewart, which would have done credit to the House of Commons, and when he found that Mr. Stewart belongecloriginally to the working classes'-(" Never!")—he said he might well have no fear of the people. (Loud cheers.) It might be said that early predilections accounted for the opinions which he now expressed ; but when he had the testimony of such a man as Lord Aberdeen, leading the party of pro gress, he held that the man who would oppose the sending such men to parliament ought not to have the franchise. (Cheers.) He was a stranger to them ; but he was surprised to find that. Liverpool allowed itself to be re presented by men who would do all in their power to rip up every liberal measure that had been passed during the last forty years. He had come forward on the invitation of the leaders of the Liberal party, to give Liverpool an opportunity of rescuing itself from this state, and as an independent candidate to be placed, he trusted, at the head of the poll. (Great cheering.) It had been truly said, that he was independent, and he had no favour to ask from prince or peer. He was much touched by their attention and approbation. He would conclude with one remark, that he was de lighted with their reception ; and one question. Are you satisfied with me as a Liberal member ? (Loud cheering, the audience springing simultaneously to their feet.) One more reflection he would add— Every man of you plump for Perry on Friday next. Every one of you who has influence with a Peelite or a Liberal Conser vative, get him to split with Perry, whoever the other may be for whom he intends to vote. (Cheers.) Mr. EYRE EVANS moved, "That Sir Erskine Perry is a fit properand com m o n person House of Parliament." t o a r represent liam e borough of Liverpool in the Mr. I. R. JIMERY (who Trasvery wvraly received) liCCol4eq MONDAY EVENING, Juvx 4. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ST. PETERSBURG.—On the 22nd, the Emperor of Rus sia, in full uniform, surrounded by his staff, proceeded to the Church of St. Isaac. He wore the Grand Greek Cross on his breast. This cross is one of the distinctive signs of the head of the church. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 20.—Any shipowner sending out vessels to arrive in Port, would obtain enormous. freights ; and considering the presence of the fleet, there would be no risk. Coals for the fleet are in great demand. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. Some doubt being expressed as to the accuracy of SaturdaY's telegraphic news, English Funds opened at an advance, w hack, however, was not long maintained, prices receding again, and remaining quietly at the decline, no reports circulating to dlS turb them. The Railway market was somewhat brighter at opening, but declined with the Funds, and showedlittle- ani mation to the close. French , descriptions are a shade-better- Gold, Land, and Bank Shares are at the lowest prices of Saturday.—Since official hours, a change for the better has oc curred. The Paris Bourse has been reported healthier,. and prices better. Consols,. 972 .3 ; Great Western, 88 A; North Western, 110 3; Great Northern, 21f 3; Caledonians, 333 The Standard's city article says the Continental advices-repre sent commercial affairs as being extremely unsettled. Later accounts from St. Petersburgh assert that the order to wove the troops had become known, or was rumoured, and. that much confusion prevailed, in consequence of business men not knowing which way to act. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. 1 971 Bank Stock 2291 91 Do. Money.... I I Excheq. Bills, L. St S-;- I s.prn Three & QrperCents, looi 1 FOREIGN STOCKS 264 7 Spanish Passives 454 si Turkish . 22 4 Swedish .. . 454 64 RAILWAY SHARES. Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes Amberg.,Nottingliam, _ London &N. Weatetn. 114 i and E. Junction London &S. Western 88i 9 Bristol and Exeter — Manches., Sheff., and Caledonian Do. Preference .. 107 9 Midland Stock east Anglian Eastern Counties .... 124 i Do. Preference East Lancashire. 7l 2 Norfolka Eastern Union A .... North Staffordshire Ditto B and C — Shrewsbury and. Bir- Edinburgh & Glasg,ow mingham .......... Great Northern B4i 5 Do. L. &N. W. star.. Do. A — S. Eastern and. Dover 69 70 Do. B- Great Western Lanc. and Yorkshire. 76 i Do. Extension Do. Fifths 4i i Do. Preference 21 i Leeds Northern l4 15 York and N. Midland 57 8 London, Brigltton,and. Do. Preference South Coast . lo3i 41 MINING . i 1 283 9f 691 70i 33 3 Noveau Monde Registered Cordeliera Ave Maria. Carson's Creek . Port Philip SHARES. Ngget .. It r B. u Australian ....... Freehold ........ Australasian ..... Colonial Mariposa . ..... • • HARES. Peel River South Australian British America.. N 70 LAND Australian Agricultural 67 70 S. Australian Invest. Van CORN MARKET. In partial iustances, fine fresh sansples,brouslit an advance of 4s.to 5s .per. qr. for English Wheat. Foreign, 4s per qr. dearer.. Other articles are as before. Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas .., Flour ~ English. 2221 Irish. Foreign. 53 11,48 3420, 4a PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar.—Foreign : Floating cargoes. are wanted. Refilled; qrocery lumps brisk at 465,. to 48s. 6d. Coffee : Plantation Ceylon is. in demand, but the market for Native is dull. Tea is, unaltered. Rice is in demand ; white Bengal 11$. to U.3d. . Cotton firm. TALLOW MARKET There is a speculative demand in the market ; Y.C. brought 535. to 535. 6d. on the- spot. Stock, 21,483 casks,, against 43,183 casks same time last year. Deliveries, 2,317, caskSa against 576 casks same time last year. CATTLE MARKET. Beast, Lamb, an.d.Calf trade same as on Friday. Sheeps 2cl per stone dearer. Beef 2s 10d to 4s Sd Veal Mutton 4B Od to 5s Od I Pork 2s. 8d to Ss Oi 33. 6d to 45 4' Beasts Sheep and Lanabs Lambs, 4s. 6d. to ss. 10d. .; 4040 27000 I Pigs . ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and Nortl ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts Do. Sheep Do. Calves Do. Pigs Prussian Beasts Spanish Sheep French Calves 240 1084 3830 560 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. e Eastern Counties, 12i ; East Lancashire, 17i ; LiancaP — .; and Yorkshire, 761 a ; London and Northwestern % 1112, s ; Manchester, S. and Lincoln, 214 a preference 10 1371 6 t" Midland, 7f ; South Eastern and Doyer, 20 15-16ths i• LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. use & Caledonians, 33-a ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76i 7 , 6 4 d, 2 9 ° Northern, 10 Midland, 70i 70; York and North Miaw GLASGOW CORN MARKET. At to-day's market holders firm from an advanc, !ss done; waiting advices from Marii-ine The market closes dull at 5Gs GLASGOW PIG IRON 11A.IIKT LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE Belina, hence at Galatz, cons, 22nd ; Margaret, hei Hong Kong ...g, from Carcutta. Severn, from Colombo ; CI 31.1r1 J Julia, from Shanghai • DEAL, 4TH JUL`_". Callao; William Simphin, fi LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1853• PRINTED AND PUI3LISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THAMER, RINTINGprza OF NO. 7, PEECY-STREET , AT THE OF FICE, STANDARDT. OEOROli'l L CRESG P NNT, LrQO4; GENERA