The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

to her lord , Last week I—are enjoying a series of magnificent invites. the classic walls of Hatfield-house, the resi. dence of the Marquis of SALISBURY, entertained the right hon. gentleman and his alter ego ; this week he tial abode of the Duke of NORTHUMBER- So you see Mr. DISRAELI keeps AND, Sion- ic from very good company ; but this was his Character boyhood, There be those in my eye at this moment who sat at the same lawyer' force of 1, of his 1 's desk with him, and who wel n reveries. Heedl he would frequently make the dusty I—ring again by At that ence and gesticulation th prophetic earnest ness that he was certain at one time of being a ministe less of mine to animadvert on the quarterly nue-table just published. I have had these return: :s no bu: placed under my no 'se for mo than a century of quarters. est people on the face of glit to be the ri the earth, for the returns almost always show "an increase S comp acting qua r." Bow-wow ! 'n the present return I like not to see a decrease in t 1 excise, the latter 'specially, for it is the bsro- icu the poor man's enjoyments can only be guaged. The increase on what is called " property tax"— I say income tax—is upwards of £lOO,OOO. The simple reason of this is to be found in the extra badgering— dunning it you will—of the income tax collectors (by special order from Somerset-house) during the past five or six weeks, and not from a rise in the earnings or incomes of those who contribute to V e obnoxious impost— entially a war tax Apropos thereto, it is the on of some politicians—the Times seems to be same way of thinking—that our new CHAIV- CELLOR Of will demolish PEEL'S „,,.. LU was maw a private view, and was such as far as private views now-a-days are considered. The company, though numerous, was select. There is a history replete with interest attached to almost every object within the walls of Apsley House, from the CANOVA sculpture to the last painted picture of the departed warrior's dearest daughter-in-law, the present gracious duchess. It will strike the visitor that among so many precious gems of admiration there are so few souvenirs of THE DUKE him self. WILKIE'S famous ” Chelsea Pensioners" may per haps be considered the main one. I looked in vain for that other less famous, because less known, picture of the despatches after a battl e , a l so b y WILKIE a B aANDTrsn chef d' , :euvre. WIL KIE had fi d n uk e e ßE writingm com mand from THE DUKE to paint a picture. " The sub ject ?" inquired the painter. " Choose for y ourse lf," re plied his grace. " Enough I" In good time DAVID WILKIE wended his way to Apsley House with the pic ture; THE DUKE was charmed with it, hung it himself, went to a box, pulled out, not a cheque, but a Bank of England note for £5OO. I have reason to know that, on the assembling of Par liament, the attention of the House will be called to the important question of Gold in Australia, and others of our colonies, and its anticipated effects on the currency of the realm. It is well known that numerous companies have been formed in the metropolis, whose stated objeCts have been to obtain and work gold fields in Australia, under charter from Government, and that many millions of pounds sterling have been obtained from the public under such pretences. I myself have perused with sur prise, if not with indignation, some of these prospectuses. They bear the names of men of the highest mercantile character, great experience, honour and probity unques tioned such, indeed, as becomes our " merchant princes." They state that they are incorporated by royal charter, by which they are empowered to p urc h ase, take, and hold, mines and mineral grants and lands in any part of the Australian colonies. To test the truth of this state ment put forth to the public, an " old mi ner ," a f r i en d of my own—a man of Ith, position, experience, and high intelligence in all that concerns our mercantile interests— applard to the authorities just prior to the last Govern ment going out. I have perused the original letters from the Colonial-office, in which I find the following passage : " HER MAJESTY'S Government is not prepared to grant to any individual or company any special privi lege in working the gold in Australia, and that no exclusive right can be conferred on any company of settling la bourers upon particular lands in any of the Australian colonies." Here, on the one hand, is the direct. denial on the part of the government ; on the other, the equally positive assertion of the merchant princes aforesaid. I will go further, and whisper to those who wish to specu late, caveat emphr ; for, from what I learn in the above regard, the present colonial administration will be the same as the last. I believe an improved system of licens ing will be adopted ; meantime our Canadian merchants and others connected with those colonies are in high glee at the reported discovery of cold in their regions. Without wishing to " snatch a grace " beyond the reach of my respectable and discreet friend the Court Newsman, I may be permitted to say a word referring to the play—or part thereof—represented by Her MAJESTY'S servants on Friday, in the Reuben's Room, Windsor Castle. It was altogether a family affair. The QUEEN and the PRINCE ALBERT formed the centre of a circle semi ; before them, and much below, sat their children, — the variegated stuff of auld Scotia, tartan, being predomi nant in their clothing. The children laughed heartily at Bull Calf. The whole of the characters were sustained with the nicest attention ; CHARLES KEAN took care of that. At the termination a supper was furnished forth to the players, most of whom were in town the same night. The QUEEN looked remarkably well, exhibiting an almost irrepressible gaiety of heart. .0N1=......M1.......EUN1NC11M1 itbarb+ OUR LC CORRESPONDENT MONDAY MORNING FAR be it from me, in these communications, to cram your readers with any political disquisitions as to the of this Government compared with that ; whether it is wise or unwise, or neither, to have what is called a "open question" in a cabinet—a pure political fiction—a salve merely to the superficial thinker—far be it from me, hese and other homo- stions ; yet there seems to be some character . in the pre nt Ministry, blended as it . were, which readers of the present generation have not hitherto met with, and which may vindicate an allusion to them in this department of your paper. We have read of an image, whosecomponent parts wereheterogeneousin the extreme— "' and iron, and gold and brass, if I recollect aright,— it , then. Not that I mean to augur evil, ~uepresentMinistry, Coalition Cabinet, or like to term it. Certainly " the great idol Pro- did not hold to unnecessarily, of t What you tection," as it has been called, appears to have fallen before wlat the Manchester politicians .designate `' the more luminous and liberal manifestations of Free Trade," and , se stumbling blocks were concerned—l write there is now no bar to Whig and Tory as far as ti in the past tense ocngorurn" together, to An inti- dance" the reel &Tull, borrow a little at random from ROME BURNS mate knowledge, however, of every man in the present lqinistry, and some little acquaintance with human na ture, induce me to liken the members of the Government to those lines known to mathematicians, called asymptotes, which, though thpv ---'• each of -y continually approach per, never unite. What ! the cold, dignified, of Prince METTERNICH aristocratic A , BERDEE/k a lifetim long at the same council-table with dical WILLIAM MOLESWOIITII ? Jamais ! I and the old Constitutional Whig, LANS.. can under DONNE, the more juvenile and limited Reformer, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and JAMIE GRAHAM, once more at the Admiralty to lisp about spars, round sterns, and so forth, as if he had been a sailor born and bred. I can well understand th pulling together ; but the elements of others of their colleagues are so antagonistic, that, I fear me much, they must ere long explode. They will not bear in mind the time-honoured injunction not to fall out by the way : otherwise there is strength among them, political experience, and some amount of character. Tractarianism, it is considered by many, will form a ,tible ; and on the other aide of the Channel, and his friends, who are out, are not to be trifled with,—of all men living, Lucas least will not let that I Conservative soul," the Right Hon. WILLIAM SADLEIR, and MONSELL, the green Clerk of the Ordnance, breathe quietly under their new The last appointment is awkward Mr. Mox. an know but little of shot, shell, and—the long But nous verrons, as SOYER says )ISRAELI—the latter intensely attached the EXCHEQ greatest monument Startle not, gentle reader : luments to the memory of the late cian Sir ROBERT PEEL, of a verity that same in- of all the mo x is the one that makes him most remembered— )t endeared ! On the ill-fated night when Sir Ro countenance radiant with health and generous cess—proposed that abominable tax, he Beira, not in e approached it cautiously—declared in his conscience that he had mad ,e, and intended to make, orking man more good than the impost harm. Besides, it was on .ome hon r three years :—s members smiled credulously Ministers there were, ex- Load JOHN nong the number, who smiled also, but not credulor ,iy,—expressed a well-feigned hope that it would only be for three years. Ah, JOHNNIE, JOHNNIE ! at that moment T am afraid you were looking for the reins of government, and, in your own mind, con sidered that the tax would be no bad thing for an incoming minister, and he, too, a Whig. The tax has been con tinued, and will be continued, notwithstanding anything said to the contrary. The country, however, may expect —and that ere long—to see a more sensible and equitable tment of it- Of literary and theatrical gossip, there is always enough snare at this season, though I admit, with others Ti s lieg,s, being nearly su r f e it e d b y the litions of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." produced __'ion of the Christmas folks. The theatres I, cl nightly, the pantomimes being on the whole One is surprised at the breadth of cal allusions, after what has been recently loings of the licenser's pruning knife. -JEW'S, one of the most versatile and Sc. an of Her MAJ delc:ct r than usual complisliedacioi; of the day, as your readers are aware, has run a - muc k— not w i se ly, I think,—with the critic of the M orn i ng Chronicle, a paper long famous for the ex cellence o f it s mus i ca l an d d rama tic notices. It appears that the aforesaid critic—mentioned by name by Mr. MA TnEws—found fault with the scenery, or something of that sort, belonging to a piece recently produced at th e L y ce um. Now, when one recollects the house, the great care and taste with which the dramas are "mounted," Madame ITESTRIS herself being guarantee for excess of splendour, such a charge might seem unwarranted, es pecially, too, if the glowing pencil (? brush) of BEVER LEY, one of the best scenic artists, be taken into account. ANGUS REACH is the critic referred to by Mr. MATHEWS; one of the most pophlar light literature boys of the time, and beyond a smart remark, intended to do good, would not, it is b e li eved, say or write a word in opposition to a manag. ement. rl owe7er, it is a very pretty quarrel as it stands ALB, SMITH is in dudgeon at the immense glut on his free list—Mont Blanc—he now finds that the area of his exhibition room is a world too small for his paying customers, so out he issues a circular saying as much, with what taste, good or bad, your correspondent saYelh not. This of course will get ALBERT angrily spoken of, for whitthe bye, he will not care very Apropos, AtnERT_ SmITH much. must hive made, and is still making, a fortune by his reunions. My own opi founded on a quarter of a century'si experience, is nion, ought to be no free list at a except to the that there London has long been infested churches. b e of whom, on the most slendYerPaY-order hunters, any one in tion, knocks at y our door at all hours —at the dinner hour ic •-•—and all patience,—there' s ere' °s no clans you out of especially shaking off such cattle— ‘‘ He best can paint 'em who shall feel 'em most." Of books, the crack one , of T t o l r, e n l i a y st batch i‘ioo R is, .0 In Glorious,q u e s t i oti ably, JOHNNIE RUSSELL perennial-singing Lord JOHN is a scholar Tnom.assAl.oortE has had justice done to him by the ex-Whig premier. of the right sort—ripe and graceful ; there is not a line of humbug i n hi s noble prefaratory notice to the poet's f l o ife i Why should th ere b e, when such a man is treated Once in his society, his presence was never forgot ten ; and to hear him sin g l -s own songs o f course. It vra s perfect hi vocal enchantment. I well remember the simple mu sical nights,—when th e H ouse of Commons was happily "counted out,"—of the late Speaker, SUTTON, afterwards Viscount CANTERBURY —an elegant bon vivant in every sense of the phrase ; all the Italians at the Opera—Lum- LEY'S then, of course—LABL ACRE , a lust, MARIO, and a dozen others in good note, were not preferred to Tom MooRE and his touching lyrics by the dilettanti, who were welcome within the cloistered walls of MANGERS . will have seen that the Duke of WELLINGTON. , the other day, returned to the QUEEN the garte r worn by the illustrious Duke his father. The Duke's gart er was an antique article, so seedy and threadbare, that were a chamber-ma'd to fall in with such a concern, among th e floss and fallen cobwebs not unfrequently the charac. teristics of a bed-chamber in the best regulated families, she would certainly consign it to the dust-bin. The late Duke of WELLINGTON, too, from his peculiar position, appeared in the garter more frequently than the other knights of the order, hence, no doubt, its worn-out and tawdry appearance. It is believed that the Marquis of LONDONDERRY will be prouder Of THE OLD DUKE'S Old garter, than of all his other orders and distinctions put together, and LONDONDERRY has not a few. A n d we ll he may, for it was a fine appreciation 'on the part of Her MAJESTY to give the vacant garter to the Marquis, a soldier of unsmirched honour and unquestioned heroism, though by no means a S OLOM ON i n the Senate. The only event of the week was the private view given of the interior of Apsley House by the Duke of WELLING. TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, ing a decrease of £221,528 when compared with the preceding return. EXTRAORDINARI ISSUE MENT. Notei issued .. £34,014,005 DEPART ovr Gnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin &bu1n.19,994,851 I Silver bullion .. 19,154 -- -- £34,014,005 £34,014,005 CONVICTION OF A BAPTIST MINISTER FOR OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRE TENCES. A somewhat extraordinary trial, which possesses pecu liar local interest, took place at the sessions at Hull. on Saturday, the Ist instant, before Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C., the recorder of that borough. Alfred Thomas Wood, (35), a man of colour, dressed in black, with white cravat, and having very much the appearance and manners of a minister of religion, end who represented himself as the incumbent of the Provi dence Protestant Church, in the city of Monrovia, in the £41,311,599 1 £41,311,599 republic of Liberia, was placed at the bar charged, " That , the W, the , un- The trade and navigati on re t urns s h ow a great la he wfully, sa fra d udulently, ood and on faliely 9th pret N end ovem to ber one did John increase in the value of British and Iri s h produce King (the Rev. John King, of Christ Church, Hull), and manufactures exported from the United King- that he, the said A. T. Wood, had been requested on the dom. In the month ended Dec. 5, the declared 17th June, 1851, by . the h conFreg c a fo t value of such exports was £6,102,694, and in the re public Protestant Church, like period of the preceding year, r u ia rch to , in t h e city acd collect con tributions ibnu t h e 1-1 £5,188,216. In aid of the completion of a house of worship for the said eleven months ended the same time there was an congregation, and that by means of such false pretence he increase to a great extent. In the eleven months of did, on the said 9th of November, unlawfully obtain from 1851, the value was £63,314,272; and in the eleven the said John King the sum of one pound, with intent to defraud." There were two other counts in the indict. months of 1852, £65,349,798. ment. Our SHARE MARKET during the past week has Mr. Hunter and Mr. Pearce appeared for the prose- I been unusually inactive, business having been cution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Seymour almost altogether confined to the dealers. We do and Mr. Cross. ill‘Llitcotonfrcootvir:ie Providencel BANKING DEPARTMENT. Prop.'s capita1.X14,553,000 Gov. securities.£l3,96l,69l Reg` Public deposits. 9,266,342 Notes .... 10,960,495 Other deposits . 12,993,952 Gold & silv. coin 513,657 7-day, &c. bills. 1,384,381 I not remember a week for some time back in which so very small an amount of property has changed hands. As to prices, the tendency is decidedly to improve. That present holders are quite indisposed to part with their shares, is evident from so little stock having been brought to market after the banks having raised the rate on Thursday, an act which has .generally caused a small inundation. On a resumption of activity, therefore, it is probable that new buyers will have to pay higher prices to induce sales. We annex this day's quotations :—Birken head, L. and C., 60 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 22i 1; Bristol stock, 108 ; Caledonians, 34-i ; Eastern Counties, 13 7-16 ; Lancashire and York shire, 83k; Liverpool and Southport, 181 ; London stock, 1241; ditto fifths, 34p; Midland stock, 801; ditto 4f per cent pref., } g yp; North British, 9 13-16 , North Union A, 263 ; Dover stock, 24. f. St. Helens 5 per cent pref., 1831; York and North Midland, 291. PRODUCE.—In Colonial SUGAR, both East and West India, there has been considerable firmness, and full prices have been realized, particularly in sorts for refining purposes. The sales during the week amounted to 300 hhds. and 10,800 bags, but nothing was doing in Foreign. No transactions in MOLASSES, and very little doing in COFFEE. For RICE the demand was not so good, and prices have slightly given way, Bengal realising 10s. to 1 ls. 6d. In RUM the transactions were almost confined to 250 puncheons Demerara, for which former rates were hardly maintained. In TEA the business was limited to the supply of immediate wants, but full prices were readily given. The TALLOW market shows a slight improvement, owing to an increased demand, and Petersburg Y.C. sold freely at 455. 6d. to 46-8.61 per cwt.—To -DAY, there was a fair inquiry for SUGAR, for grocery purposes, the sales comprisin g B ar b a d oes, Deme rara, and East India, to the extent, including Sa .turday's transactions, of 230 hhds. and 1,550 bags. There was a moderate business done in COFFEE, and 50 puncheons Demerara RUM realised previous prices. In TEA there was but little doing; but previous rates were well sustained. At public sale, Campeachy LOGWOOD realised £6.175. 6d. per ton, and Jamaica, by private contract, £4. 15s. per ton. SAGO FLOUR commands attention, some large sales having been effected at prices realising 23s per cwt COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. WE have been favoured with several of the annual circulars published by the leading brokers of this town, and we rejoice with them at the satisfactory results which seem to have attended the commercial enterprise of our merchant princes. Doubtless the comparatively unshackled state of trade—com monly called free trade—has had something to do with increasing our imports and exports ; but Free traders must not forget the enormous and unex ampled supply of gold which they have received during the past two or three years; and, we aver COTTON.—The news by the Niagara steamer again, that had it not been for this timely aid, this having been received after the close of the market country would ere this have been visited by a corn- on Monday last week, we could only briefly notice mercial crisis without any parallel in its disastrous the fact as having a tendency to the improvement consequences. But it has been averted : and of prices here. This firmness continued until fur may prudence govern the future, and prevent ' ther intelligence was received by the Arctic, which undue speculation. The Directors of the Bank were of a less favourable character, and easier terms of England raised their rate of interest, on have since been accepted, although quotations are not lower. The demand has since b een very li m i te d , Thursday last, from 2 to 2 1 .- per cen t. , a s t ep which we cannot but consider a judicious one, for some days averaging only 4,000 bales per day. Opinions are necessarily divided as to the immediate The total sales during the week amounted to 34,900 reasons which have induced the Directors to take bales, of which 2,220 were taken on speculation, this course at a time when, from the largeness of against 44,765 last year. TO -DAY, the accounts the stock of bullion and the increasing receipts of i received from America, by the Africa, confirm the gold from Australia, the money-market appeared to previous reports of a large crop, and continued be in a healthier state than in Ap r il l as t , w h en the heavy receipts at the ports. P r i ces were rather rate of discount was reduced. By some it has easier, as also freights and shipments then making been attributed to the state of the weather, which would pay. As, however, we are without any fur has excited apprehensions as to the yield of the ther telegraphic news from New Orleans, they are next harvest; but the realisation of this fear is ;of less interest, and had produced little effect on the rather too remote for it to operate at the present 1 , market. There being little or no Cotton at New time. Without pretending to be in the secrets of , York, the movement in that market has had conse the Bank Parlour, we should be inclined to believe quently little effect in ours. It appears that the it to be a precautionary step against an apparent weather during the last two months has been much tendency to over-speculation, ind uce d by th e extra- the same in the Cotton dist r i c t s as i n t hi s country, ordinary accounts of the still undeveloped gold- , In consequence of this, the Cotton lately picked fields. On former occasions the Directors have , turns out badly, and it appears the larger part of been blamed for del a yi ng t o i n t erpose a c h ec k the crop will be of inferior qua li ty . Th e country ; being partly inundated, and th e roa d s b a d , it was until too late to avert th e ca t astrop h e . Thi s was the case in 1837, when the course pursued by the expected that Cotton would arrive slowly at the pan i c w hi c h i n l an d mar k ets and interior shipping places, and Bank was believed t o p rec ipi ta t e th e prostrated so many commercial firms ; and again ' this would reduce the later receipts materially. in 1847, when the applicati on o f th e screw was !These advices ha ve , i n genera l , rather steadied the deferred so long, that the Bank of England was market ; and, notwithstanding the gloomy state of only saved from sharing in the crash by a direct the weather, the sales were 5,000 hales, of which interference of the Government, in suspending the about 1,000 were on speculation and for export, Restriction Act of 1844. No such blame can attach without change in price since Friday. on the present occasion, for, being given thus early, it can in no case operate injuriously, while it may FIRE.—On Sunday, a destructive fire broke out in the have the effect of deterring from rash speculation, West Strand, London, in the house lately occupied by which is sure to have disastrous results. Mr. Wyld, map-seller, and considerable damage was done Although the transactions in TEA. have been to many of the adjoining hous e s. limited in extent, prices have been well supported, I CAPTURE OF A GANG or BURGLARS.--One of the owing no doubt to the belief which is generally most formidable gangs of burglars that ever infested this committedount thoaschbeese members of broken Castle up, or t ar!d l. var4 pusl li This entertained of a reduction in the duty being con- Part templated by the new ministry. This measure gang has been the terror of Cheshire and Lancashire for bers thsc formed the least objectionable item in the Budget some months. of Mr. Disraeli, and would have been carried by d THE LATE FEARFUL CALAMITY ON BOARD THE general consent. There is no doubt, therefore, LILY.—On Sunday morning last, after an eloquent and that, though for the time suspended by the change powerful appeal at St. Paul's, Prince's-park, by the Rev. which has taken place, it will form an item in the opnr.bielli;all'-fejoirttl:ele w tn e d w so s m a e n s d um of h £62141 ; was collected financial statement of the present Chancellor of the men who lost their lives by the orphans recent n explosion e un on unfortunate Exchequer, and more than probable to a greater he brig Lily, in the Calf of Man. extent than was proposed by his predecessor. It is Loss OF THE NEW SHIP VANGUARD.--Intelligence now clear that at a time when the tendency of re a ched Liverpool on Sunday last of the total loss of the commercial policy is to reduce the duty on articles new ship Vanguard, of and from St. John's, N. 8., for in general consumption, the maintenance of a tax Liverpool, timber laden. The Vanguard had experienced which amounts to two or three hundred per cent. very tempestuous weather for several days, which caused on what has become a necessary of life, is altogetherl her l t e o d leak Th ve e r e y re bad i lz a , d ahnedeushaet tellie"m u ately became water vmespsseilliwneasdzsie, fallen in indefensible. Under these circumstances the market were ngg completely e w xhausted when the for Tea displays considerable firmness, and as there with by the ship Lady Sale, from New Orleans, which is no prospect of any large additional supplies from took off the crew, and brought them to this port. We China, owing to the reports of a deficient crop, the Vanguard belonged, and was consigned understand the to, Messrs. Garnock, Bibby, and Co., of this town. inclination to hold is in a great tlegree strengthened. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, EVERTON.D Wednesday We cannot f orego thi s opportunity of warning the evening a tea meeting of the congregation and friends of public against the frightful position of the IRON market, more particul ar ly as regards Scotch the above church was held at the Concert-h a ll, L or d N e l - Piga ; son-street. After tea, Thomas Eccles, Esq. was called to and we notice that Messrs. T. and H. Littledale the chair. He briefly stated the purpose to which the and Co., in their summary, give a few facts con- proceeds of the meeting would be applied, namely, the netted with this article, which ace well worth seri- erection of a tablet, inscribed with the ten command zernetrsa,l t o cle b r e g p y l m a ceend addressed e eas t u r e d m o e f e ll n . g P e a t e n r d ' s t Eeh ere c e of attention. The production of thi s d escr i pt i on of Iron seems to be unlimited in amount, and tion of a school-room adjoining the church w a s s t rong l y in axcess of the demand for legitimate purpos es . recommen d e d. D ur i ng the intervals of the speaking, The stock in Glasgow is greater by 100,000 tons several pieces of sacred music were_ sung by the choir. than ever before known—the make i s a l so l arger, About 1200 persons were prese n t. and for the ensuing year is estimated for Scotland THE FRENCH EMPIRE hiss robesclothing itself, with all the at 930,000 tons, or just double the shipments, which of of s t t l a ie te lem p pe c r re o e f s t a lli - s have been actually less by 26,000 tons than in 1851. eagerness of a cr i e l a u ri v n e g nu eir defiancee matter-of-fact age, which barely tolerates such things Yet, notwithstanding this, the price has risen more even where historical usage has consecrated them) Grand than cent. per cent., the present quotations being Huntsmen, Grand Equerries, Arch-Treasurers, Grand 755. to 78s. per ton, for three months prompt, Masters .f of he rt Cere A rtiionies,.a i r l icl h all the living parapher ar k e nglis r ts u o is f buyers paying a small deposit, when it is well known 1 () salaried na l a Senators, inclu n d n i g ng w s it tran t g e e ni na a m pp e e s by those connected with the article that it can be de Pastore], most Legitimist of Legitimists, the Comte' de produced at 40s. to 425. per ton, and pay everybody Flahault, an Orleanist of the purest water, and M. de La concerned. We have had a dull week generally, rochejacquelin, of whose actual position it is difficult to and prices have been barely supported. The con- give .. any precise account. At the same time—as if tojus tiretphee, conduct i of haveth e three h coalesced Powers e of au e r a i st c e ii r s n . tinued unsettled state of the weather, with n w o eo immediate prospect of abatement, has created some trust by keeping back the credentials of their Ministers— uneasiness, and the raising the rate of discount by pamphlets advocating the wildest projects of conquest and the Bank of England has had a tendency in the annexation are distributed in the barracks.—Guardian. same direction. This last step has been freely can- The Brazilian barque Remorino, from Baltimore, had va put into 'Pernambu co , th ree or f our of the crew having sae(' on 'Ch ange, w h ere we h ear i t i s generally approved of. The cause is there attributed to a stabbed the captain, in a mutiny. They were sent to desire England in irons. to check the unparalleled sp eculation in iron which we have alluded BLOCKADE OF MONTENEGRO.--A letter from Con- With to above. stantinople of the 18th ult. states that the Porte has offi- With reference t o the present state of the ship- d a ily announced to the foreign ambassadors there that i ping interests, Messrs. Tonge, Curry, and Co., in has given orders for the blockade of the coast of Monte. their annual circular, sa "This • probperous state of things (alluding to the enor- WEST TNDIES.—The steam-ship MAGDALENA, with rains emigration to Australia) we believe will continue the West Indian and Mexican mails, brought up, on for twelve months, or it may be somewhat longer, when, Saturday, at the buoy off Netley Abbey, Southampton. perhaps, it is not too much to expect some means will The Magdalena has had much sickness on board ever have been found for freeing a large K number of the ships since she left St. Thomas, having lost two passengers, that are now lying unmanned and incapable, at the various both of whom were from Mexico, besides Mr. Duke, the Australian ports, amounting, by the last returns, to two purser, stewardess, end five of the crew, all of whom, hundred sail, equal to about 110,000 tons, and which, when with the exception of two, died of yellow fever. She fre e d. w ill return upon our market about the same time brought 850,000 in specie. Her news has been anticipated. the large fleet of colonial ships, now in the course of con- CHANCERY COURT, JAN. B.—GRAHAM v. ACKROYD.— strueti on , will have found t heir wa y her e , and which b ear Sir G. J. Turner gave judgment in the above case (a bill a proportion of five to three over those built in 1852, and in h )whichoutofcertain c ancery , arose five to four in 1851." 1846, between the plaintiffs, merchants at Liverpool, and The Return from the Bank of England for the the defendants, who were inspectors under a deed of trust week ending the Ist January gives the following for creditors, executed by Edward Rawson, who had results when compared with the previous week : carried on business at Halifax. The bill prayed that the of that deed might be performed under the direc- Public deposits .. tro u n s £9 266 3-lo• De crease.. , £31,384 of the court ; that an account might be taken ; that Other deposits . , •.; 1 ' ' -' 2,993,952 ; Increase .. /29,609 it might be declaredthatthe plaintiffs' I d t were entit e obe Rest .. *" • • • 3,113,924; Increase .. 29,955 put on an equal footing as to their debt, which was of On the other side of the account— considerable amount, with other creditors who had re ceived dividends. The bill Goveinment securities £13,961 11 also prayed an injunction, 691 ; Decrease.. £997 and sought to Other securities • • 15,875,7 56 . I ase 1 739 804 , Notes unemployed .. 10,960,49 _ , Decrease.. .. , , . ba.ance of £5,748. The learned jndge, after going ° ' Decrease.. 9 885 2a , through the facts of the case, as set forth on both sides, The amount of notes in circulation is £23 053 510 decreed for the plaintiffs, according to the prayer of the being an increase of £828,005 ; and 3 3 3 bill,the c os ts t o b e paidoutof the stock of bullion in both departments is £ 20 ,527,662, show. must have their costs as between solicitor and client. Mr. HUNTER stated the case at great length, remarking that it was a very complicated one, and that the evidence was not such as would be adduced in ordinary cases. The prosecutor in the present case was the Rev. John King, incumbent of Christ Church, in Hull, to whom the prisoner went on the 9th of November last, and on the strength of representations which were fraudulent, succeeded in obtaining from the prosecutor the sum of one pound. The learned counsel detailed the course pur sued by the prisoner, from which it appeared that he shewed the prosecutor a document setting forth that he had been requested by the Providence Protestant Church in Monrovia to solicit subscriptions in England; and also another document of Liberia, authorising him (the pri soner) to receive subscriptions in England in aid of the Providence Protestant Church. The document also con tained several other signatures of government officials and others in Liberia, ail of which he (the learned coun sel) should prove to be forgeries. Another document which the prisoner produced to the prosecutor was a book of subscriptions for the completion of Providence Protes tant Church, in the city of Monrovia, and republic of Liberia. The signatures in this book, he should also prove, were forgeries. He should call before them Mr. Anson, who at the date of these documents was her Britannic Majesty's consul to the republic of Liberia, and he would prove that the• signatures of Mr. Roberts, presi. dent of the republic, of the vice-president, and others, upon these documents, were not genuine signatures. The prisoner had represented to the Rev. Newman Hall, an " Independent" minister at Hull, that his (prisoner's) congregation consisted of 2,000 persons, at Monrovia ; whereas the entire population of the place was not more than 1,500. Mr. Anson would tell them that, as a part of his consular duties, it devolved upon him to count the houses, and to make an estimate of the people of Monro via, and send the account home for the information obthe government; and that there was a Baptist congregation, of which the prisoner officiated a& pastor, consisting of about 40 or 50 persons. The prisoner bad variously re presented himself as an Episcopalian Protestant, as an Independent, or as a Baptist, just as it suited his purpose. He also told Mr. Newman Hall that the Baptists in this country would not assist him because he was an Inde pendent, and yet he (the learned counsel) should prove that he told a gentleman in Liverpool that he was a Bap tist, and that he was introduced to a Baptist by that gen tleman in Liverpool. He also told Mr. Newman Hall that George and Eliza Harris, in ".Uncle Tom's Cabin," were members of his congregation at Li beria, and that he attended the death-bed of Cassy. Now, when he (Mr. Hunter) showed them that George and Eliza Harris were fictitious characters, and that the report of the existence of such a book as " Uncle To in's Cabin" had not reached Liberia at the time when the prisoner left, they would judge what credit was to be placed upon his statement of having been requested by any church whatever in Monrovia to collect subscriptions. Another gentleman in Liverpool, acquainted with the signature of the President, and the seal of the Republic, would state that the alleged signature of the President in the document found upon the prisoner, although a close representation of the genuine signature of the President, was not his. Having gone over the various facts of the case,the learned counsel concluded by observing to the jury that if, after hearing the evidence which he should submit to them, they should be of opinion that any of the documents were not genuine, it would be sufficient to find the The fact of the money prisoner guilty. having beet. received fro,n the prosecutor was not disputed. If the jury believed that the prisoner made to Mr. King the representations which he (the learned counsel) had stated, and that by such representations he induced Mr. King to part with his money, they would convict the prisoner. The Rev. John King, the prosecutor, was then called, and deposed to the facts named in the opening statement of the learned counsel. Witness gave the prisoner the sovereign in the full belief of the truth of his statements, - ";nPness of the documents produced by and of the JANITAIZY 11, 1853. " The sentence of the court upon you is, that you be im ' prisoned—and I regret to say I must add, kept to hard labour—in the House of Correction of this borough, for the term of eighteen calendar months, the first month and the last month of such term to be in solitary confine ment. And I never passed a sentence upon any one with greater pain, and never closed a day with greater desire than that which I now feel that these melancholy pro ceedings may have a salutary effect upon you." On Monday morning the prisoner was again placed at the bar, and pleaded not guilty to two further similar (*urges. A verdict of not guilty was returned, Mr. Hunter, on behalf of the crown, declining to offer any evidence. The RECORDER, in dismissing the prisoner on these charges, said that since he had passed sentence upon him on Saturday, he bad been put in possession of information respecting him which if he had previously known, would have induced him to have transported him beyond the [ln March last, when this arch imposter was in Liver pool, levying contributions upon the credulous, we cau tioned the public against him, as follows : " A WARNING, NOT BEFORE IT IS NEEDED.—We have been requested to put the charitable public on their guard against a man of colour, who is canvassing for sub scriptions among both the clergy and laity. He is a man of good address, and has a plausible story, especially if not cross-examined. He has been a Baptist minister, but now represents himself as a clergyman ordained by an American bishop in Western Africa, and desirous of affiliation with the English Church He is unable, how ever, to produce any letters of orders. He was lately a banker, still more lately a merchant, and somewhat more. His shipments of gold dust and ivory are long of landing in England; or, perhaps, it was impossible for him to look alter the interests of the merchants who had befriended him while in Lancaster Castle. He has several testimo nials from some of our local clergy • who, with a fatal facility, appe n d th e i r names to the Claims of impostors, without any evidence but the testimony of those impostors themselves." For this notice we were afterwards called upon by the prisoner, and received several letters from a solicitor of this town, who, on behalf of the prisoner, threatened us with an action for libel. A proposal was made to us to pay a sum of money, in order to settle the matter, which we at once declined. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the impostor's threat was not carried out.—Ed. L. S.j THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION PETITION. -~- THE Liverpool Chronicle, with elaborate minuteness, makes the astounding assertion that Mr. FORBES MAT KENZIE has offered to give up his seat; that the Consti tutional Association had intimated their wish to receive • Mr. CARDWELL as his substitute, an arrangement only prevented by the return of the latter for Oxford ; E.nd that Mr. CHARLES TURNER has declined to defend his seat, as he came forward on the distinct understanding that his election was not to inrolve him in any pecuniary liebili ties:- The inference from all this is, that the Petition is to have the effect of unseating both meMbers. We have full anthority for giving the most unqualified contradiction to this elaborate statement, the absurdity of which should have carried with it its own refutation. This is a conclu sion, indeed, to which every man must have arrived who was in the slightest degree acquainted with the facts. Th e statement is not only untrue, but it never had the small est particle of fact upon which to found our contempo rary's superstructure, except the bare fact of the petition having been presented--a circumstance upon which we commented last week. MEETING AT THE ROYAL INFIRMARY. The annual meeting of the Trustees of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, Lunatic Asylum, and Lock Hospital, was held in the Board-room of the Infirmary, yesterday morning, at ten o'clock; Edward Molyneux, Esq., in the chair. Mr. ALFRED NORTH, the treasurer of the institution, entered into a lengthened and lucid statement of its posi tion and prospects, from which we gleaned the fol lowing facts : In the house. Ist January, 1852 Patients admitted during the year . D ischarg,cd Do. relieved and at own request Made out-patients Irregular 1175 364 317 Rcmaining in house, January, 1853, Total Average weekly ..... Admitted out-patients Surgical casualties ... LUNATIC ASYLUM In on Ist January, 1852.... Admitted during the year .. T0ta1.... .. The Rev. Christopher Newman Hall, minister of an Independent congregation at Hull, was next called, and stated that the prisoner called upon him on the 9th November, representing himself as a minister of the Inde pendent congregation at Monrovia, and that he had been sent over to England to collect money for their church, and wanted £2OO. He then showed witne-s documents which he at the time believed to be authentic. He said. " I have a congregation of 2,000 persons in Monrovia. George and Eliza Harris, mentioned in Uncle Tom's Cabin, are members of my congregation. George Harris is an engineer. They live in a house.like the houses in England. Cassy, mentioned in the same book, died six weeks after ber arrival in Monrovia ; I visited her during her illness. She died a very happy death." Mr. John Needs, an inspector in the Manchester police force, deposed to apprehending the prisoner in . Liverpool in February last, on the c h a r ge o f h av i ng obtained £l5 from Mr. Fender, shipping merchant, at Manchester, under false pretences, having represented himself to be a missionary from Liberia. Oa that occasion he said he was connected with the Commercial Banking Company of Monrovia. He was discharged because evidence could not be procured in consequence of the distance of Liberia from this country. Mr. George "Wright, of this town, was next examined, and said :—" I am a general merchant and shipowner at Liverpool. I know the prisoner at the bar. He arrived at Liverpool in the autumn of 1851. He arrived in the barque Clyde-side, Captain White. This vessel belongs to the firm in which I am a partner, Messrs. George Wrieht and Co. She came from Western Africa. The usual passage money home Ido not know. I should say the captain ought to ask £5O for a single passenger from Liberia to England. There was a person in his company said to be his wife. He called upon me and stated that lie was the passenger in the Clyde-side. The substance of what he said was that he had come out as a missionary of a Baptist Society, to collect funds for the repairs or re-building of a chapel. I did not introduce the prisoner to any gentleman in Liverpool. lam acquainted with the signature of the President of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, and know him personally. I know his writing, and have seen him write. He is a man of colour. I believe that the signature attached to the document pro duced, is not the signature of President Roberts. The reason why I doubt the signature is, because I have seen many letters from President Roberts, and there is a wide difference between the " R." here, and any that I have seen. lam acquainted with the seal of the republic of Liberia. Ido not believe that the seal attached to this document is the true seal of Liberia. Indeed I may say Ido know that it is not. I have a document, sealed by President Roberts, in my presence in London, in 1848.' , The Rev. Augustus William Hansen, a Clergyman of the Church of England, who resided in Monrovia, from the 11th of November, 1850, to the 2d of May, 1852, and acted as British Consul, stated that he knew the prisoner, who was the pastor of Providence Baptist Chapel. His congregation would not exceed 200. Prisoner told witness that he was coming to England to solicit funds. He (witness) refused to give him any testimonials. There was no such seal in Liberia as the one attached to the document produced. Mr. Hanson, the British Consul at Monrovia, during the time the prisoner resided there, deposed to his knowledge of him, and said that the prisoner was at one time chaplain to the Senate of Liberia, while witness was there. The signature of the President of Liberia, as wall , as the other signatures on the documents produced, were all forgeries. There was no church in Monrovia called the Providence Independent or Protestant Church of Christ. Did not know that there was £2OO required by any religious body there. If there had been any edifice constructing for the purposes of any religious body in Monrovia during witnesses stay there, he could not under any circumstances have failed in knowing it. Prisoner came from America to Liberia with immigrants. When THE JOHN KNOX, AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIP.— witness went to the colony the prisoner was there. Had S ome rumours having been industriously circulated of been in prisoner's church, but not during service. The disaster having occurred to this vessel, we have authority entire population of Monrovia was not more than 1,500. for stating that, since her departure from thi s po r t, w hi c h Mr. SEYMOUR, in a jury for the prisoner, contending speech of two hour s ' an d a h a lf I was on New Year's Day, no intelligence of her whatever duration, addressed the I has been received, and th ere i s not t h e s li g h test reason for that the evidence on behalf of the prosecution ha i l failed supposing otherwise than tha; she is pursuing her voyage. in and establishing erefore the n ega ti v e of the acquit him. and was in every respect we ll p rov id e d. The RECORDER having summed up, the jury retired, and in about half an hour returned into court wi th a I FATAL ACCIDENT.—On S a t ur d ay last, several seamen verdict of guilty on each of the three counts. belonging to the Arctic stea m - s hip went ashore for the The RECORDER was about to pass sentence upon the I purpose of spending the afternoon. The ship was then lying in the Huskisson Lock, which had been let dry, but prisoner, when he asked permission to make some as a warning to passengers, three fires were lighted on remarks. Permission being granted, . the quay. One of the seamen, named Daniel M`Kenny, The prisoner addressed the court as follows :—" Feeling ' went to one of the fires for the purpose of lighting his conscious that . I have acted in accordance with m . y duty, I , pipe. Whilst he was applying the light he had obtained and with the dictates of my conscience, and having left , to his pipe, he walked forward, and incautiously went too the republic of Liberia to seek in this country that aid I far, dropping into the lock. He was picked up bleeding which my poor suffering people were unable to afford . for very much from the head and conveyed to the Northern the completion of their house worship ; and the jury Hospital, where he died of the injuries at eight o'clock having now pronounced their opinion that I am guilty of , one hour after his admission. a crime for the way in which I have acted, I have only to say, that howe ver var i ous an d c ompli ca t e d may h ave b een , LECTURE IN LIVERPOOL BY THE Rev. T. D. GREGG. that testimony upon which they have re cor d e d th e i r —lt affords us grea t p l easure in being . enabled to verdict, and whatever may have been right in the eyes of announce that the Rev. T. D. Gregg, of Dublin, the cele brated controversialist, and eloquent expounder of . sound this honourable court—(placing his hand upon his heart, and elevating his voice with earnestness)—no pain or Protestant principles,. has consented to lecture . during the present mouth in the town,. .on the " Heroism of the remorse lies here. Under these circumstances I have but sacred character, as contradistinguished from that of the one word to add. It is simply in the discharge of a duty to my poor church that I have come and endeavoured Co profane, illustrated . by the life and acts of Jeremiah," solicit aid from those who in England could give it. We anticipate seeing . one of the most crowded . meetin g s Upon that I have been convicted. I humbly submit, and that have been held in this town, on the occasion of the merely crave your lordship's mercy." rev, gentleman's lecture. We shall be in a position to , name the exact d a te and pl ac e in ou r nex t. I n the mean - The RECORDER, i n p a ssing senten ce up on th e pr i soner said that, with one exception, it was the most distressing time we may say that is expected the Rev. D r . Bl a k ene y, case which h a d come b e f or e hi m , s i nce h e h a d sat as re- of Cl aug ht on , will preside. corder in that court. He would not harrow the prisoner's BURSTING or A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.—An extraor feelings by dwelling upon what he concluded to be a most dinary accident occurred on Saturday on the Midland heinous offence in the ejes of God and man. He had Railway, about two miles and a half from Bristol. The come to this country to prey upon the religious feelings goods train, which starts at eight o'clock in the evening, of the benevolent of this land, and by taking upon himself happened to be unusually light, carrying only 74 tons and a name entitled to our profound reverence, Ile bad made , a few empty pickle-trunks, but it was drawn by two it merely an inst r um en t of unprin c ipl e d money making. engines, the boiler of one o f w hi c h exploded with terrific He (the recorder) sh o uld not d w ell a t grea t er l eng th upon I violence, shattering everything connected with it to atoms. his case. He felt deeply his degradation, and he would Both the engineer and the stoker bad jumped off the fain hope that the prisoner might feel it too. After a engine to chock the wheels, or they must have been blown feeling and suitable admonition, the learned recorder said, to atoms, Discharged cured .... Do. at friends' request relieved Dead .. ......... In house Ist January, 1833 Average weekly number LOCK HOSPITAL In house Ist January, 1852 Admitted during the year .. Discharged cured . : - .1 :: :1:: Relieved and at own request Sent to Workhouse Do. Penitentiary .. .. Do. Benevolent House De a d.. In house Ist January, 1653- --- 188 Mr. North said the accounts for the year were not yet made up, owing to the early period at which the annual meeting was held, but there was a falling off in the sub scriptions, amounting to about £4O. The subscriptions now were £423 less than they were seven years ago ; but the total amount of money received during the year was greater than usual, owing to some large donations and a legacy. These, however, it had been deemed advisable to invest for the benefit of the institution, as being a source of income which did not usually occur. The balance last year in the hands of the treasurer was £5OO, this year it was £350. The usual resolutions (for which see our advertising columns) were then moved and passed unanimously. ALTERATION OF LAWS.—The Rev. J. B. Monk then rose, for the purpose of bringing forward a motion of which he had given notice, for an alteration of the law, the object of which was to determine the appointments of the medical officers, at the end of twenty-one years from the date of their appointments, but such officers to be eligible for re-appointment. This was a subject which had oc cupied his attention for nearly twenty years, but circumstances had occurred which prevented him from going on with the matter. Afte r referri ng to the satis factory working of a similar law at the Northern and Southern Hospitals, and to the advantages likely to arise p we n t l of as theto t t l o w y t o n u w n n g g g e e n n e t r l s e I m l y e , n an o d f e talent s s a i n n gd his d highust r y 0 , p a i s n present medical officers, and the valuable services they had rendered the Institntion, Mr. Monk concluded by moving his resolution, to the effect that the law be so altered that in any future election of either physicians or surgeons, such elections should determine at a period of twenty-one years from the date of such appointmenst. Mr. E. GinnoN, jun., conceiving that such a measure would be of advantage to the town at large, as well as to the Institution, had great pleasure in seconding the motion.. Mr. HARMOOD BANNER said be believed all were a7reed that such an alteration was required, but he was about to move an amendment with regard to the time at which such appointments should terminate, and also with respect to their being eligible for re-appointment. The great object of his amendment was to limit ,the time to fifteen years, and to prevent the physicians and surgeons from being eligible for re-election. Mr. CoioN - seconded the amendment, and after some conversation it was put and lost. • Another amendment was then moved by Mr. Langton, anti seconded by Mr. Shand, to the effect that the term should be fifteen years, but that the medical officers should be eligible for re-election. This on being put was also lost, and the original motion, which will be found in our advertising columns, was carried. After a vote of thanks had been passed to the commit tee and to the president, the meeting separated. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, JAN VARY 10, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY.—A fair amount of business done in the Funds, at the Casino, at prices rather shore those of Saturday. Three per Cents are quoted 80.85 to 80.90. No news. ~,.__ ITALY. DEATH OF ONE OF TILE MADIAL—The Opinione of Turin announces the death of Madiai, caused by his suf ferings in prison. His wife has not been liberated. LONDON. OXFORD ELECTION, CLOSE OF THE POLL-MONDAY. Gladstone Perceval.. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The English market opened at an advance, but without any assignable cause beyond the pressure of money sales' but returned to Saturday's prices. The Railway market in the absence of business, lower. The Gold Mines and Land Shares are a shade flatter, chiefly from the want of support. In Australian Bank Shares there is scarcely anything dding. No material change in Foreign Funds. Mexicans have not moved, the bondholders' committee having had no advice that the remittance by the mail is on account of overdue dividends. CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account 1 1001 1 Bank Stock —.. Do. Money I Exchequer Bills, Three & Qr. per L. & S. . Cents.. 225 6 67 70p m ipi; *dig RAILWAY SHARES. 1231 4 East Anglian ... • 5 6 Great Western .. 93 4 Lane. & Yorkshire. 83k. 4 Do. Fifths ...... London, Brizhton, & South Coast.. -- Lond.& S.Western 91 92 York, Newcastle, & Berwick Do. Extension Do. Preference .. York &N.illidland 584 94 Norfolks .. 55 7 Leeds Northern 174 18 Coley Preference, North British . Do. Preference Shrewsbury, A. SHARES. A. Californian B. Australian Freehold MINING N. Monde Agua Fria.. Cordeliera Ave Maria .... • • a I Carson's Creek Port Philip LAND S Australian Agricul. 260 70 South Australian.. 67 9 COR N Australasian Colonial Mariposa (HARES. Van Dieman's Yuba ....... lARKET. 721 3f 7 6} The show of Wheat was moderate ; dry. lots brought full terms, but other runs are unchanged : foreign held stea dily. Flour sells at former rates, but the demand is in- active. Choice Malting Barley is in request, but other sorts are slow of sale. New Beans, being soft, moved off slowly Peas are unaltered. Seeds stead Scarcely any Oat Wheat, Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas... ,s on off y,. at late rates. but really fine fully as dear, ARRIVALS English. Irish. . 3123 . 5032 Foreign 5020 5000 1361sks & 7010 brls PRODUCE MARKET More demand for West India, except yellow Havana, 21s. 6,1.t0 265. ; Refined, good home demand ; brown lumps, 455. to 455. 61 Little passing in Coffee ; Native Ceylon, 475. to 48s. The demand for Tea is better; Common Congou, 101 d. Rice sells more freely ; White Bengal, 11s. to 12s. A large demand for Indigo, at 2d. to 4d. per lb. on last quarterly sales. Cotton is not cheaper, but little doing. The demand for Tallow is good ; Y.C. 465. 9d. to 475. on the spot. TALLOW MARKET. Stock, 46;676 casks, against 61,216 casks Deliveries last week, 1,737 casks, against 2,313 casks last CATTLE MARKET, last year Beasts sold better. Sheep trade firm. Calves 241. per stone advance. Beef .. 2s 8d to 4s 2d Lamb.... Os Od to Os Od Mutton.. 3s 2d to 5s Od f Pork .... 3s Od to 3s 8d Veal .... 3s Od to 5s Od 3736 Calves 20,500 I Pigs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts . Cambridire, Leicester, Northampton and Lincoln Beasts Scotch Beasts .. Holland Beasts.. „ Sheep and Lambs Calves French Sheep . . Beasts Sheep and Lambs MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing quotations :—Bank of Manchester, 10 ; Birken head and Cheshire Junction, 6a dis. ; Caledonians, 34k ; Fleetwood, 455. per shar-.) . i London and North-western, 125 ; Midland, 80; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 841/ ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 301 New Pref., pm. ; North British, 91 ; West Riding Union, n dis ; London and Dover, 24 15-liths LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. Closing quotations: Caledonians, 34 : Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83i; Midland, 791 p m . ; North Western, pref., 15; ; York and North Midland, 291. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. THEATRE ROYAL.—The interest created by the panto mime continues undiminished, the house being nightly crowded. We perceive that the first day performtnce will take place on Saturday next, when there will doubt le_s be a numerous attendance of the juveniles. ROYAL PARK THEATRE.—D ur i ng the _ p3st week Mr. Richard Younge, the talented tragedian, appeared at this theatre in several Shaksperian and other leading charac ters. This evening Madame Boleno takes her benefit, and we have every reason to believe that the house will be a bumper, thus practically recognising the abilities of the fair danseuse, who is decidedly one of the best Columbines of the day. On this occasion the pantomime will be played as a first piece, and the pantomimic corps will afterwards appear in a popular comic ballet. ROYAL ADELPIII THEATRE.—The pantomime at this deservedly popular house is still " all the go," and pro mises to have a protracted run.. On Thursday evening it will be played as the first piece. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The equestrian perform ances at this establishment continue to draw highly re spectable, but we cannot add crowded, audiences. MR. THOMAS'S CONCERTS.—The first of a series of concerts, announced for every evening during the month, took place last night at the Philharmonic-hall, and was eminently successful. The effect of the solo on the harp of " The Dance of the Furies" was extraordinary, and elicited a torrent of applause. The singing of Madlle. D'Anterry was warmly encored, and the whole passed off with the greatest eclat. SOCIETA ArtmoNicA.—Thefirst conc er t o f thi s soc i e t y for the season took place on Wednesday night at the Me . . chanics' Institution. THE EBONY MARIONETTES.—We have authority for stating that the ebony marionettes, now said to be per forming at the Colosseum, in this town, are in no way con nected with the company which lately appeared at the Theatre Royal. THE HUMAN FAMILY.—From a statistical digest jus published, it appears that the human family numbers 700,000,000 ; and that its annual loss by death is 18 ,000,000, which produces 624,000 tons of animal matter, which, in turn, generates by decomposition 9,000,000,000 cubic feet of gases, which are cleared away by the atmos phere by vegetable matter decomposing and assimilating them for their own uses. This is an interesting subject for philosophy. DIED.—On the 10th instant, James, infant son of Mr. William Pollard, reporter, Field -street, Everton, aged 14 months. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.--WC had not received the report of yesterday's Cattle Market when we went to press. Vie shall give it in our Second Edition. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1853 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT THE STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE NO. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: IN kavaNcE 2Ol. ON CREDIT...4,t•t•I2/4+ 1041 FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans.... - g Spanish Passives Ditto Threes — Turkish Spanish New Def. 231 4- Swedish . e Do. Threes .. 48$ 9+ London Stock, Do. Quarters . Midland Stock Do. Halves ... , N. Staffordshire .. 4 31 S. East. & Dover. 82 3 Amberg.,Notting- 791 80 han3,B4E.JunC:. Manch'ter, Sheff., ._. and Lincolnshire 301 t Caledonian - Do. Preference East. Counties East Lancashire Edinb. & Glasgow Great Northern Do. A. Do. B. 131 I 76 8 81 2 42 4 Ital cell nin; Da% Alaj Ope ram Pair. Pres mad BO: and IRe will ISK MA dire Syk( Tith Cart Job! ring Syti( stre( den, the 1 tion, ~.Masi ,an, Ties To hi T. W Ran( Man the I CRE O'CIO