The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

Etbapoot 5--,tanbarb, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING THE two main incidents of the week were the celebration of Her MAJESTY'S birth-day on Tuesday, and running for the Derby on Wednesday. On the first-named day, London was alive ; on the second, dead and deserted. A stranger would not believe how thin the Derby makes the metropolis of company, until about six in the evening, when the dust-covered carriages roll home with their thousands of jolly lads and lasses,—choice specimens of English breed. Bad as we are, on such a day, we can turn out men and women, and cattle, the like not to be seen in the world. Louis NAPOLEON and his suite ride fine horses, beautiful creatures in hide and symmetry ; but then the Emperor and his toadies have not so many as we can show. For fire, vivacity and caper, the French beasts take the shine out of most of ours. It is all edu cation. Prank. English gravity, respectability of de meanour, are taught our horses by our skilful masters of the rnani;ge. Never was monarch's birth-day celebrated with greater glee and gusto than VICTORIA'S last Tues day. Prodigious was the consumption of green turtle, turbot, salmon, in prime condition at present, together with the smaller fry of mullet and dory; prime venison also not a little was spitted ; lots of it at the venerable fishmonger's opposite the admiralty; and a droll fellow is he, though blind as a bat, he is not to be done ; it is he who supplies the Cabinet fish-kettles. Say that you are a bachelor, your friend the Duke of R. sends you his bi yearly H. of V., you are going out of town—Pegwell Bay, perhaps, on a shrimping excursion,—you send your haunch to our friend the Ministerial fishmonger,—blind, he ma nipulates with skill ; another friend has a haunch from that plucky old soldier the Marquis of L. ;—it goes the way of all (such) flesh ; and so with the products of half the deer parks in England, and let me couple those im mense wilds of Scotland where the red deer and the roe abound. Well, it is not considered shabby for a bachelor, or a man with a limited batterie tie cuisine, to send his haunch, as aforesaid, just as you would send a heap of your parliamentary papers in exchange for DICKENS or BULWER ; only your fishmonger stumps. I was quite astounded to note the rich blind tradesman with a haunch on his lap, one day, which the glorious old Duke of R. sent to a poor acquaintance once ; the venison-dealer knew not whence the article had come,—he manipulated, as I have said, drew his fingers kindly over the fat, felt for the " alderman's walk ;" and, without hesitation or moral reservation, mentioned the park where the venison had been reared. So he would with SEFTON'S or any one. Nice discrimination. Pardon this episode. All the Ministers gave banquets on the birth-day,—the grandest being P MERSTON'S ; the merriest, Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN'S, the QUEEN'S Attorney-General, which, he being a ba chelor in a double sense, he gave at a decent public house, where I have dined many a time, and oft, yclept the Albion, in Aldersgate-street. The guests were all lawyers, poor and rich ; for little " Cockey" don't value the sixpence a cowrie. The dinner, I need not tell you, was of the right sort ; the arrangement of the dishes and entremets being according to the last and best authority, each morsel having a " chromatic relation" with its an tecedent ; no condiment without a studied specific pur pose ; and every glass of wine was either harmonic or in proper discord with the particular entremet to which it formed the accompaniment. After dinner, in approval of the said great authority, there was the cliasse (cognac), then a rincette (old Port), then sur rincette (Burgundy) ; next, the Gloria—any liquid but water. Then each bibed ad lib. Bluff Sergeant WILKINS boozed, and kept bur on each side of him in a roar. Sir ALEXANDER is a choice lad enough over a caraffe of punch, and does not hurry ; on the present occasion he had better not. FRANK MURPHY, Q.C. and M.P. for Cork, had just got " his character" all right from the Parliamentary Committee ; he came down to the Albion, determined to have a night of it. MURPHY, though a Whig, and having, like all that class, a tendency to forget old acquaintances, unless, in deed, he meet them on Salisbury plain, or the top of the monument, is not a bad table companion, though not nearly so good in this respect as he was twenty years ago, when he and Baron MAULE, and —, and —, used to see two or three hundred " goes" of OFFLEY'S brandy, and as many pairs of kidneys disposed of at a sitting. By the-bye, Baron MAPLE did not go to either of the legal banquets in honour of the day ; he was in the Court of Common Pleas in the morning, apparently well ennuel, with JOHN JEavis, the Chief Justice, " chaffing" the Queen's Counsel, who came in without their full-blown honours, big-bottomed wig, &c. PALMY had all the cracks at his dinner, and it need to have been recherche; there were among the learned guests more than one, whose " feeding" has puzzled me much to ascertain whether it was that of the epicure or the mere glutton. Upon my life I lean to the latter belief. Oh, Noos TAL FOURD, how you do enjoy a good dinner, and—amiable trait—how you like to talk of it afterwards The illumi nations were very brilliant and numerous, and thousands of artisans, with their wives and little ones, perambulated the busy streets till midnight, cheering themselves every now and then with a grateful pull at BARCLAY, PERKINS and Co., as Madame MALIBRAN used to call London porter. There was a raggamuffin debate in the House of Com mons on Thursday evening, the cause of which—abolition of Church-rates,—drew together a great number of new members, not the most aristocratic, by which I mean good-looking, in the world ; for men of sour aspect go to the conventicle ; several of such, by hook or by crook, have got into Parliament, and, of course, we must put up with them. But for a man bearing the time-honoured name of PHILLIMORE to rise in his place, in the House of Commons, perfectly sober, (he rarelygoes to BELLANIY'S,) and move, or as good as move, the abrogation of Church rates, appeared to more than one in the house too much of a good thing. And then the Clay baronet, refining the motion, as the late Mr. HUSKISSON used to talk of clayed sugars, came in to have a shy for a little Tower Hamlets popularity—by moving an amendment, pew rents, vice Church-rates. The motion and amendment, thanks to the good sense of Parliament, were lost. I hesitate not to affirm that the parishioner who refuses to pay Church -rates, sometimes they only amount to fifteen pence a year, as bad as denies the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Who with any heart would grudge a few oboli, even for the sake of his boyish acquaintances, the rooks and jackdaws, to keep the dear old belfry of the parish church in order ? The decent edifice still stands there: you—boy —now man,—may have traversed this world of care from one end to the other ; you like to come home again; don't you like to see the old church ? I believe you, my boy ! Yet, if lank-sided Mau, had it all his way, the parish church might go to —, and I mean the worst place one can mention. Oh, but say tile oppo nents, we object on the score of principle ; I dare say you do. Some points of the motion, amendment, and debate, were absolutely profane to my poor thinking ; higgling about necessaries for body and soul, as if each was no better than a bundle of old do',—anvbody by signing a statement that he—anybody—was a Dissenter, should be exempted from Church-rates ; but, then, the anybody so exempted would have " short shrift, I trow." Here it is in the vernacular—that he should not be enti tled to the performance of any rite or ceremony by the .clergy of the Church of England. Sir WILLIAM CLAY had a long palaver, and the next day strutted about town to find out what people thought of him. He is essen tially vain, tall—l mean long. If he dressed with better judgment he might, in a crowd of Radicals, pass for a gentlemanly-looking man ; but he always has such a " large stock of linen on hand"—l suppose he calls it wristband, and so much long cloth about his feet, that he by no means looks so smart as when I remember him a young Water-company's Clerk. Ur -M R HUNT, I think it is, who, in one of his graceful papers, writt.n about this time of the year—tile Chimney sweeper's Holiday- mprry month of May—in a happy moment, when writing about tiso iuvenile portion of the sooty brotherhood, characterised them oz anodecimos in black letter. Those were the days when the poor littlo creatures, all soot and nakedness, with bag and brush, used to sound their childish pipe in the cold winter morn ings, disturbing the occupants of the eider beds in May Fair. That nuisance was stopped ; so, likewise, lead the horrible ascent of the five-storey chimney. Still it appears that the fraternity are ill-used : little boys, with n wills of their own , are apprenticed to the trade ; and the o Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in his place in the house of Lords, the other evening, in a speech fraught with goo d feeling, came forward to mitigate the evils of the class ; but it is not to be done at least for a hundred years. Salutary acts are passed, but not_ a creature looks to their being carried out. I beg pardon —two or three police. men are certainly on the qui clue visiting the "common lodging houses," most of them worse accursed cities. The Building Act is than dens of the is evaded every day o yl chimneys are still constructed narrow elbows which no machine can touch. and W . 73g,u h a t is the occu pant of a house, with a decent kitchenin it, to do but employ the poor sweep. " Yes," says Lord SHAI. TES 81, Ry , ‘4 get chimney doors." Fudge ! my lord —fudge ! that plan will never cure the evil. What's the use of a door of any kind if you don't enter ? I felt for the Earl of SHAFTESBU RY ; he is a well-minded man—a serious youth, it you will. He got a precious drubbing, in a quiet way, from MILES STAPLETON, a shrewd Whig lord, who sits as Baron BEAU MONT ; I believe his father was a doctor—a horse one, perhaps—in Yorkshire, not very long ago, for the peer is not more than five or six and forty. The title had been in abeyance many years ; and I dare say the blood of the first peer, Sir HENRY DE BEAUMONT, temp. Ed. 11., became slightly degenerate; ich events do happen : be that as it may, the present ron is a very cranky, common-looking, but clever flow, who has travelled much, is fond of letting the iorld know it : he talks about everything and everybody, vert in the uttermost ends of the earth ; can tell the price of rough sulphur in Sicily or uncut blubber in the arctic circle. He began snapping SHAFTESBURY, who can't stand that sort of thing, and told the amiable earl that but for his good character he would say that his chimney sweep legislation was the pitiful cant of pseudo-philan thropy. SHAFTEsnuay winced, and the bill was sent to the tomb of all the Capulets—a select committee; like a petition, ordered to lie on the table. What cellars-full of the people's petitions they have somewhere ; the petitions never find their way to the cheesernonger's or the trunk maker's. It is said they are to be filed and placed in the baron is Victoria Tower, or thereabouts. Vain attempt ! It strikes me they must be burnt on the sly ; perhaps they light the House of Commons fires with them ; the "man wot lights the fires" keeps a little buggy, and hasn't smelt lucifer matches for years; he gets lots of money for his cinders—they are worth buying ; ANGUS CROLL, good gasman, and Sheriff of London, would give something for I hem in the way of business. LEIGH HUNT, with whom I began, is now iron-gray, enjoying his quiet with his bit of a pension—£2oo a year; not so bad when we recollect how he used to snarl at every government in his young writing days : a wonderful change has come over the crea ture within the last two years ; he is now as amiable as he was heretofore currish,—delightful in all he says and writes. To our foreign and country friends now beginning to visit the metropolis—for the visiting season, like the west wind and the " sweet south," has really commenced, as those who live in London know—l could not recommend a greater treat than a visit to the House of Lords in the day time, during the hearing of an appeal. Go in and go tidy, that's all you have to do—nothing to pay; and, for the foreign visitor, there is a little funny German engaged, who would make a fortune were he to try monopologue, , for he can speak any tongue from Tooley-street to Tim buctoo, right and left. I think the little varmint is a German ; he has been everywhere, can describe the place of one's birth, whether in an obscure nook at the foot of the Alps, or Grampians, or great Pyramid, Peak of Derby shire, or among those sweet roving blades, the " boys of Kilkenny," —a song, by the way, which the youth in question can sing very well. The present Earl of SHAF TESBURY'S father, who was long their Lordship? chair man of committees, was vexed, good man, to see so many foreigners come for admission to the House, some of them offering money,and making themselves but little understood, ordered that all decently-dressed foreigners should be ad mitted during debate without peer's orders; and to aid them still further the worthy old Earl got the polyglot shepherd, referred to, always to be in waiting to answer the com ment tots porter vous ? of the Frenchman ; the wie be finden sie sich ? of the German ; the musical come sta ella ? of the Italian, and so on, for I believe, if a stinking Hindoo, in his greasy turban, had presented himself, our worthy friend, with all befitting courtesy, would have ad dressed him, ap ka sni:d kaisa hai The amazement of these foreigners at this period of the year is not a bit greater, scarcely less drolly expressed, than by most of our own country people who visit the gorgeous chamber in which the peers of England meet. lam now speaking of it in the day-time, when an appeal, probably, from the Court of Session is being heard. If one judges of the litigious character of a people from their number of law suits, the Scotch must be the most law-loving people on the face of the globe. Three-fourths of the appeals heard in the House of Lords are Scotch, of the remainder a few are from Ireland, the rest from the LORD-CHANCELLOR'S own courts. An appeal from PHILIP in Westminster hall or Lincoln's Inn to PHILIP in the House of Peers. An appeal to the House of Lords sounds magnificently ; it is hollow, meaningless, almost. In such cases, three peers make a house; one of them, the youngest bishop, comes for no other purpose—and it is enough—than to implore Divine Wisdom on their councils. The bishop may stay, if he like ; most commonly he retires ; that leaves the house in possession of the CHANCELLOR and one lord, knowing, perhaps, as much of law as I do of low Hebrew. The young peer, however, is busy ; he sits at the table—writes notes—three-cornered several of them, sonnets to his mistress' eye-brow, or directions about dinner. Meanwhile old rusty black, in his metallic wig— for the harsh invention is driving meal from the heads of the learned in the law—is going on at the bar spinning, far more ignobly than spider or silkworm, quiditities of no use except to the owner,—thus Mr. Brief goes on till within a few minutes of five o'clock, when the pleasing intimation is given, " Brother 8., we will hear the re mainder of the argument next week." Books are bagged, counsel are off, the CHANCELLOR has doffed his wig to cool it, and in a twinkling is eating his minced veal with a glass of sherry to help him. This is in the room, within a jump of the woolsack, which he must occupy in five or six minutes. Numbers of Chancellors I have known, mostly all of them with good teeth, take a mouthful or two of the article named as dinner when they were pressed,—l asked the reason—it was because they had not time to masticate ; I laughed, and said that some of them ruminated long enough. After the appeal visitors can walk round and round the house. I assure your readers it is quite refreshing to see the attention paid to foreigners and other country people when they visit the upper cham ber of the Legislature. RAILWAY CONIPETITION. - We hear that the London and North-western and Great-western Railways have or are likely to come to such terms as may enable them to do without the Shrewsbury lines. A PLEDGE.—On Saturday, at half-past nine, a live female infant, a month old, was left in the shop of Mr. Siddles, pawnbroker, Brownlow-hill. As this was a pledge not calculated to return interest, it was at once trans ferred to the workhouse. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We understand that Mr. Percival, who was educated at the Upper School of this institution, stands first in classics, in the second year, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and that he has been elected a scholar. THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM-SHIP CANADA, Stone, commander, took her de parture hence for Halifax and Boston shortly after one, p.m., on Saturday, with the usual mails and a fair com plement of passengers. Mr. C. P. R ,NEY, to whose exertions the success of the Dublin E c hibition may be attributed, will receive from the I.o:merriment, early in autumn, a well-merited recognition of the services which he has rendered to Irctand, and the cause of industrial progress throughout Great Britain and our colonies. On the occasion of formally closing the Dublin Industrial Temple, either in October or November, the Lord-Lieutenant will confer upon him the honour of knighthood, as an evidence of the high estimation in which his energetic labours for the benefit of Ireland and the intellectual advancement of the Irish people are held by the government. Mr. Roney, we believe, will sail from Liverpool on Saturday next, by the steamer for America, to assume his duties as managing director of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway. ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS.—The four-masted screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, of Liverpool, Commander Thompson, from Australia and the Cape of Good Hope for Liverpool, put into Plymouth on Saturday through stress of weather and want of coal. She left Melbourne on the 14th of February and arrived at Table Bay on the 31st of March, having nine days previously encountered severe westerly gales, which detained her at the Cape until the 10th of April. On her passage from the Cape to Eng land she again experienced contrary north-east winds, which compelled her, on the 18th of May, to put into Fayal for supplies, whence she sailed on the 20th for Liverpool. Strong gales from north and west have obliged her to put into Plymouth for coals to proceed to her des tination. The Sarah Sands reports having seen, at four a.m. on Friday, the 27th, 18 miles off Brest, seven Eng lish men-of-war under sail, standing south-west, supposed to be Admiral Corry's fleet, which left Plymouth on Wed nesday. The Sarah Sands has a large number of passen gers, there being 300 souls in all on board. Her cargo is —from Sydney and Melbourne, 80,000 ounces of gold dust ; and from the Cape, 20,000 ounces in silver. WRETCHED ECONOMY IN THE POST-OFFlCE.—During the past week a most distressing affair has occurred in the Post-office of this town, which has excited the utmost sympathy from every official connected with the depart ment. A poor bag-collector, named Wright, died on Friday morning under very deplorable circumstances. He had for some time past been in a very delicate state of health, and symptoms of a consumptive tendency were becoming quite palpable. Not long ago he appeared on duty in a state of intoxication, and, it being the second offence of the kind, he was reported to the Postmaster- General, and the result was his lordship ordered two weeks' wages to be stopped ; but he was to continue to perform his duties notwithstanding. As a natural conse quence, this reduced the poor fellow to abject penury, and almost literal starvation , and has doubtless'been'the primary means of bringing him to an untimely end. He has left three helpless orphans in absolute poverty ; and were it not for the sympathy of the clerks and letter-carriers, the parish would have had to consign him to the grave. He was employed in the Post-office about fifteen years, re ceived but Ids. per week, and was only twice reported for drunkenness. In connection with this, it may not be out of place to mention that the senior letter-carrier, a man of irreproachable character, has lately been absent through sickness nearly three months, and during that time he has received on an average only about eight shllings per week ; and had he not been able to resume his duties a few days ago, even that miserable pittance nuuld ha-re been withdrawn. His wages are twenty shillings per week, which is precisely the same amount received by the man who was appointed but a few weeks since, although be has been in the service nearly thirty years. The above are two fair specimens of that wretched eco nomy which is obtaining a firmer footing every year in the Post-office, and which has no parallel in any other department of the civil service. THR FIRST VESSEL FROM THE FRESH WATERS OF CANADA TO ENGLAND.—By the Toronto papers of the stl. inst., we perceive that a handsome compliment was paid to Lapt. Govizin. prior to his departure in command of the Cherokee, to Liverpool. The citizens of Toronto invited him to dinner, at which the Mayor presided, and which was attended by a large number of the principal merchants of the city. A general feeling of respect for Captain Gaskin appeared to have pervaded the assembly. He was spoken of in high terms by all the speakers. The Mayor, in proposing his health, said very few who were pioneers in any new enterprise, either in this or any other country, but had lost money. It was their successors who reaped the benefit of the experience of such pioneers who, as a general rule, realise the profits ; under these circumstances Captain Gaskin was entitled to the respect, sympathy, and support of the merchants of Toronto, as well as those of Kingston. It was due to any man who exerted himself to promote the interests of this country, that he should be encouraged, and every exertion should be made to promote the interest of Captain Gaskin and his good ship, the Cherokee. The cheering which fol lowed the toast having subsided, Captain Gaskin said he was a sailor, and could not make a long speech. He had for ten years hoped to get a vessel to trade between Toronto and England, and now that his first wish was gratified, he hoped to see it followed by many others. He was sorry that he had to go to Oakville for cargo, he had hoped to have got a cargo in Toronto ; but he would bring his vessel to Toronto and clear from that port, and hoped in three months to see them again. Fresh -water sailor as he was called, he intended to show some of the fast sailors how to work up the Channel. He was glad, very glad, to receive this compliment of a public dinner from the citizens of Toronto. On resuming his seat, the captain was again greeted with loud bursts of applause. PERSONAL BEAUTY. —Among the most valuable attri. butes of Beauty, whether regarded as conducive to manly purity and grace of aspect, or as auxiliary to Feminine Loveliness, a Beautiful Set of Teeth must ever rank amongst the most important elements of a favourable personal appearance. The embellishment and preserva tion of the Teeth and Gums have therefore ever bee❑ re garded with peculiar interest ; and among the mass of preparations suggested for these desirable purposes, we could particularize " Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Denti frice,' as unrivalled for its excellence in purifying, em bellishing, and preserving these important and attractive objects.—See Advertisement. PRODUCE.-For Sugar the demand continues steady, but being fairly met by holders, no change in prices can be quoted ; the sales consist of 100 hhds. 8.P., 9,500 bags Bengal, and 2,000 mats Mau ritius. The transactions in Brazil have been insig nificant, but about 500 hhds. Porto Rico and Cuba Muscovado have been sold. Of Molasses, the sales are 700 pun., including 600 Barbadoes at 188. to 18s. 3d., and So Trinidad at 16s. 6d. per cwt., for arrival. Coffee.-The sales comprise 30 tcs. Jamaica, 180 bags ordinary Riu, 30 bags Ceara, and 150 bags St. Domingo. Rice.-300 tcs. Carolina have been sold, chiefly at 245. 6d. to 245. 9d., and 3,000 bags Ben gal, at 10s. 9d. to lls. 6d., being rather dearer, and one cargo of Arracan, to arrive, at gs. 6d. per cwt. Rum.-The business is 100 puns., at the full rates of last week. The market for Tea has not been so active, but prices are maintained. The accounts from China may probably give a further stimulus to the demand. In Saltpetre, only a small parcel sold, without change. In Guano, a good business has been done at the quotations. The demand for Ame rican Rosin is extensive ; 3,500 brls. sold at 4s. 6d. for common, to 10s. 6d. per cwt. for fine quality. Of Hides, a few salted Buenos Ayres Horse have been sold at 7s. each. For Olive Oil the demand is nearly suspended, and for the few sales made a slight decline has been accepted. Seal and Cod Oil are in limited request, without change in price. Small sales of Linseed Oil are reported at 2Ss. 6d. per cwt., and pale Rape at 355. 6d. Spirits of Turpentine are in fair demand at 18s. per cwt. There continues a limited demand for Palm Oil, but the price is steady at £35 per ton, at which about 150 tons on the spot, and 250 tons to arrive, have been sold. The Tallow market is steady at 475. 6d. to 48s. for Petersburg Y.C. ; 100 hhds. North American sold at 47's. 6d., and about 200 pipes South American at 455. to 47's. per cwt. American Lard is dull of sale. Nothing worthy of notice has taken place in Baltic Hemp. The sales of Jute have been at prices in favour of the buyer, and only 400 bales taken at £lB to £2l for good common to very good, being adecline of 10s. per ton. TO-DAY the Sugar market is without change, the transactions since Friday consisting of 170 hhds. Barbadoes at 345. to 38s. 6d., with 1,200 bags mid dling white Be nares a t 365. 6d. to 375. per cwt. '!'here is nothing to notice in Molasses, Rum, or Cofiee. The Tea market is quiet. Of Jute 2,000 bales have been sold to arrive, but the price has not transpired. 200 bags Sago Flour have realised 20s. per cwt. WooL.—There is nothing new to report in this article. Business here is not so animated, and in the absence of any particular transaction prices may be considered nominal, yet holders are firm. In the manufacturing districts prices are a little easier. The attention of the trade is chiefly occu . pied with the public sales in London, which are progressing steadily, with a full average attendance of the trade. Any great amount of activity cannot be looked for until the close of thi sseries, which is expected in about a week. Public sales are fixed here for the 9th and 10th of June, when about 2,000 bales Buenos Ayres, and 2,000 East India, Turkey, and other descriptions will be offered. Imports for the week, 1,049 bales, viz :- 467 Buenos Ayres, 221 Mediterranean ports, 248 Portugal, 61 Irish, 48 Coastwise, and 4 sundries. GRAND CRICKET MATCH.- LIVERPOOL OLYMPUS v. ALL ENGLAND. Yesterday, a match between twenty of the Liverpool Olympus Club (with Crossland and Armitage given in), and eleven of All England, was commenced on the ground of the Olympus, in Prince's Park: The earlier part of the day being unfavourable, there was some delay in commencing the play. Notwithstand ing the somewhat unpropitious state of the weather, there was a numerous and highly respectable body of spectators present. All England having won the toss, went in first to the bowling of Crossland and Armitage, and, after some splendid batting, the last wicket was bowled for a score of 127, out of which, it will be seen from the sub joined particulars, that Cwsar obtained 44 runs and An derson 26. The bowling of both Crossland and Armitage was much admired. Liverpool then went in for their first innings, and when time was called (at seven o'clock), two wickets only had been lowered for 17 runs, leaving IS to go in in addition to Gardner and Clare, who had posses sion of the bat when time was called. The following is the score : - ENGLAND. FIRST INNINGS. Arnold C Armitage, b Crossland.... 2 Caesar Caffyn c Lee, b Paget ll Parr c Paget, b Armitage lB Guy c Paget, b Crossland 4 Box Anderson S. Parr Hurt A. Mynn, Esq... ... Not out Clarke c Armitage, b Crossland.... 2 Diver b I, 1 b 2, sv 2, n b LIVERPOOL. FIRST INNIINTOS J. Fairclough h Arnold J. Lee P. Gardner ... Not out W. Clare Not out HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. —The eighth ordinary meeting of the session will be held in the board-room of the Collegiate Institution, Liver pool, on Thursday next, at seven o'clock in the evening.: COLLECTION.—On Sunday the sum of £lB 14s. was collected at St. John's church, Liscard, after a sermon on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, by the Rev. W. Rawson, M.A., of Seaforth. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man named Alexander Coombe, was placed before the magistrates charged with smuggling slbs. of tobacco from a vessel in the Waterloo Dock. The officer stated that on Saturday night he met the prisoner coming out of the Waterloo Dock, and, on :examination, found him in pos session of the above-named quantity of tobacco. Part of it was concealed about his person, and the other in a box containing a false bottom.—The defendant was fined £5 and costs, and in default of payment, one month's im prisonment. THE MILITIA.—The following commissions have been signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster :-Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia : Lieut. J. Kirkes to be Captain, vice Parker, resigned ; Ensign A. W. Munro, to be Lieut., vice Cary, promoted ; Ensign C. E. Knowlys, to be Lieut., vice Hansard, promoted ; Ensign G. Robinson, to be Lieut., vice Oughton, resigned ; Ensign J. W. Whitle, to be Lieut., vice Brown, who exchanges ; Ensign I. S. A. Herford. to be Lieut., vice 'Marshall, who resigns. -2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia : W. H. Manifold, Gent., to be Ensign and Assistant-Surgeon. —3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia : Lieut. J. Bayly, to be Captain.-sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia : R. Lomax, Gent., to be Ensign.— Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia : G. Hall, Esq., late Capt. and Brevet Major of Artillery, in the Hon. East India Company's Service, to be Captain, with Brevet Rank of Major ; J. Hay, Esq., late 15th Foot, to be Captain ; W. G. Furnivall, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. [ADVERTISEMENT.] To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—A paragraph in to-day's Albion having appeared, stating that a firm, named " Taylor and C 0.," have ab sconded, and the police are after them, you will oblige by inserting in your paper to-morrow, the fact, that our con cern has been established thirty years in Liverpool as Printers and Stationers, and that we have no connexion, either directly or indirectly, with the missing firm in question ; such a statement, unless contradicted, being calculated to do us a serious injury. We are, Sir, Yours respectfully, T. TAYLOR and CO. 37, Dale-street. Monday Evening, May 30, 1833. A MONSTER SALMON.—The largest fish of the above description captured for many years past out of the waters of the United Kingdom was taken a few days since from the River Tay, on the estate of Lord Gray. This prodi gious prize weighed 59 pounds, being three feet nine inches in length, and one foot in diameter across the shoulders.—Kelso Chronicle. REPORTED REINFORCEMENTS TO THE MEDITERRA NEAN.—It is not true, as reported, that Vice-admiral Deans Dundas's fleet will be reinforced by the 25th. It is a matter of impossibility, for the only ships available for reinforcement to the Mediterranean fleet are not yet out of the channel. The force under the gallant admiral's command at present is —Britannia, 120 guns, 1,000 men ; Trafalgar, 120 guns, 960 men ; Albion, 90 guns, 820 men ; Rodney, 90 guns, 820 men ; Vengeance, 84 guns, 750 men ; Bellerophon, 78 guns, 650 men ; Arethusa, 50 guns, 500 men ; with as many steamers, including a screw sloop. CONVENTUAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN IRELAND.—The recent proceedings in both houses of Parliament with respect to the necessity of legislative interposition in the case of conventual establishments have disturbed the tem porary repose of the heads of the Roman Church in Ire land. The Ultramontane organs of Dublin publish a " pastoral" from the pen of Archbishop Cullen to the clergy and laity of that city, " on the attempts now being made to interfere, by legislation, with the rights and inde pendence of Catholic convents." He defends the nun neries and their inmates from the charges brought against them, and enters into an elaborate vindication of the rules and observances in those establishments. MINERAL WEALTH OF IRELAND.—An extensive and very valuable copper mine was discovered some time since on the estate of Mr. Arthur Guinness, late Lord Mayor of Dublin, in the vicinity of Cong, county of Mayo. The mine has been leased to the Mining Company of Ireland, who are already working it with energy. The copper lode is described as one of the richest and most productive in the United Kingdom, and it promises to become a source of wealth to the company as well as the landlord. This property was purchased in the Encumbered Estates Court last year by Mr. Guinness, who has since effected great improvements, and built a fine residence on the estate. ANCIENT STONE COFFIN.—On Tuesday, while some workmen were excavating some ground in Haydon-square, Minories, they came upon a stone coffin at a considerable depth below the !surface. It was fivefeet in 'length by two feet one inch in width, and 20 inches deep. The outer coffin of stone inclosed an inner one of lead, which con tained dust and the upper part of a skeleton of a human being, supposed to be that of a female, and about four feet nine inches in length. The body is conjectured to have lain there for several centuries past. especially as on the ground where the discovery was made the monastery of St. Clair formerly stood, but has been removed up wards of 400 years. It is said that on the very spot that portion of the monastery denominated " The priory for minor nuns" stood, from which the minories derived its name. AN OLD BATH El,Vvvvozr. mr. tiarrington, who sat to roe Long Parliament, 1640, has left a singular diary of his personal canvass among the electors of Bath :—" Sa turday, December 26. Went to Bath, and dined with the mayor and citizens, conferred about my election to serve in parliament, as my father was helpless and ill able to go any more. Went to the George Inn at night, met the bailiffs and desired to be dismissed from serving ; drank strong beer and metheglin ; expended about 35., went home late at night, but got excused, they entertaining a good opinion of my father.—Thursday, 31. Dined at the George Inn with the mayor and four citizens, spent at dinner 6s. in wine. Laid out in victuals at the George Inn, lls. 4d., laid out in drinking 75., laid out in tobacco and drinking vessels 3s. 4d.—January 1. My father gave me £4 to bear my expenses at Bath. Laid out in all Ss. for victuals, drink, and horse hire, together with divers gifts."— Willis's Notes. EXPLOSION.—An explosion of a most alarming charac ter took place in the vicinity of Louth on Thursday morning, which resulted in the death of a Mr. John Matthew Barnett, a young operative chemist, and manu facturer of an improved fog signal for railways. His factory was in Maiden-row, and it appears that he had received an order from the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway Company for several gross of " Nelthorpe and Barnett's fog-signals." He proceeded to the shed, and having filled some fifty of them, he went to breakfast. Shortly after his return the explosion took placa. The factory was blown up, and the fragments hurled in all directions, and the unfortunate deceased was discovered in a frightfully mutilated state. He was heard just to articu late, " Oh, take me away. Lord have mercy on me ! Oh, take me away !" but his sufferings were speedily termina ted, as in a few minutes he expired. At the coroner's inquest, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned by the jury. MOVING TABLES.—A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, who is described by the editor as a person who stands second to no individual in that city in point of social posftion, intelligence, and personal honour, says : " I, with three others, utterly disbelieving the reports about moving tables, tried the experiment. A common painted small tea-table, having one stem and three feet, was placed on an oilcloth, on which also our chairs were placed. We sat placing the palms of our hands flat on the table, near the edge, each person joining the tips of his own thumbs, and also joining the tips of his little fingers with those of his neighbours, thus forming a circle round the table. In fifteen minutes there was a move ment of the table from right to left, which continued until we were obliged to leave our seats to follow our hands, which wore kept fixed on the table. The motion increased in rapidity, and we became both dizzy from moving round, and tired with the circular length of our walk, or rather run. I tried to stop the table by pressing very heavily, and succeeded. It would not go on again, and it was some time before we discovered that the jerk of stoppage had disunited two little fingers. In a minute after these were rejoined, and the table re-commenced its rapid motion. We then agreed to wish the table to turn round the opposite way, and it did." MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TURKEY.—No later authentic news. The general im pression is that peace will not be disturbed. WEST INDIA MAIL, SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 30.—The La Plata steam-ship arrived at Southampton this morning, with the West In dian and Mexican mails. She brings $139,000, of which $7,526 are on account of Mexican dividends. Dates : Jamaica, 12th ; Barbados, 13th ; Vera Cruz, sth ; St. Thomas, 17th instant. JAMAICA.—Th 6 general health of the country was much the same as by last accounts. There were a few fatal cases of yellow fever. The weather was extremely sultry, and much more rain was wanted. Some com plaints from the agricultural districts. Barbadoes was healthy. At Dominica the troops were being moved higher up the mountains, the town being sickly. At St. Thomas several cases of fever, but principally amongst coal ships. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1853. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NE it S. MONDAY NIGHT. The Public Funds, during the week, have experi enced some slight fluctuations, owing to the uncer tain and contradictory reports as to the relations between Russia and Turkey. In other respects, the tendency has not been unfavourable, though money for commercial purposes has not been so easy, owing, probably, to the more active resumption of trade after the Whitsun holidays. Some influence may also have been created by the recent large failures in the iron trade, as well as by the continued drain of gold, as the weekly return of the stock of bullion in the Bank of England shows another decrease to the extent of £265,000, notwithstanding the previous large receipts. The financial scheme of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer for the conversion of the Three per Cents. into a stock bearing a lower rate of interest has proved such a miserable failure, that it is difficult to predict what may be the result of it. His plan includes the compulsory conversion of about ten millions into three new varieties, with an additional permission to other holders of stock to accept two of the new species of security to the extent of 30 millions each, and of the third to an un limited extent ; but so little has the scheme been appreciated that the whole of the acceptances, up to Saturday last, amount to only £2,000,000. The reports from the manufacturing districts show a considerable improvement in prices since the termination of the holidays. In Manchester, the manufacturers appear to have opened their eyes to the folly of waiting any longer for that fall in the Liverpool market, which seems to have been in definitely postponed, and the increased rates for almost all descriptions of Cotton goods betoken a continued demand, and a prospect of industrial activity, which can only be interfered with, should the operatives persist in their absurd threat to turn out for higher wages. Accounts from other manu facturing towns are of the same favourable charac ter ; and as there is no reason to believe that specu lation has been carried beyond the verge of safety, we may fairly calculate upon a continuance of com mercial prosperity. The mania for emigration, which was somewhat checked a short time since, owing to the unfavourable reports from Australia, has, in some measure recovered, from recent ac counts being of a Letter character, while the incli nation to emigrate to America, as a shorter, cheaper and less perilous voyage, has lately considerably in creased. This has given activity to the Shipping trade, and the number of vessels already announced to sail leave no reason to doubt a busy season at this port. Tlie delay which has taken place in passing the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget, has na turally induced a lull in those articles more directly affected by it ; but as no apprehension seems enter tained of its ultimately receiving legislative sanction, at least as far as commercial transactions are con cerned, there has been no perceptible re-action, merchants preferring to wait the turn of events, rather than speculate further on probable effects. The return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the 21st of May, gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. £5,815,477; Increase £719,786 Other deposits .. 11,953.498 ; Decrease 57,904 Rest .. 3,156,577 ; Increase 4,831 On the other side of the account— Government securities £13,124,653 ; The same as before. Other securities 14,368,263 ; Increase 354,087 Notes unemployed .. 8,724,030 ; Increase 305,610 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,638,755, being a decrease of £524,050 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £17,950,524, show ing a decrease of £268,493, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEP Notes issued .. £31,372,785 I ARTMENT. Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & buln. 17,353 ,631 Silver bullion .. 19,154 £31,372,785 BANKING DEPARTMENT, £31,372,785 Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Rest Public deposits. 5,815,477 Other deposits . 11,953,498 7-day, &c. bills. 1,326,133 Gov. securities.Xl3,l24,6s3 Other securities 14,368,263 Notes .... 8,724,030 Gold & silt'. coin 577,739 £36,804,685 I £36,804,685 Our SHARE MARKET has been somewhat more active this week. A large speculative business is springing up in the new London light shares, which are considered very low in price in comparison with the stock. Other shares present no new feature. The day's quotations are :—Blackburn, 6.1-; Cale donians, 35; Eastern Counties, 13,4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 79:1 :1; Midland Stock, 74.. Royal Insurance, lip. COTTON.—A fair demand from the trade, a little buying for export, and some investments on speculation, with increasing confidence on the part of holders, have given additional firmness to the market, and, in some instances, in the middling and better sorts of American and Surats, a slight turn of advantage to the holders. The low and inferior dirty qualities are still heavy. All other descriptions than American are without change, varying, however, in some degree, as to their tendency. For instance, Brazils fully support themselves, while Egyptians, especially the common quality, are freely offered in every quarter.— TO-DAY the prices of cotton continue firm, with a steady demand, the sales being 7000 bales, includ ing about 2000 on speculation and for export. DESCRIPTION Sea Island Stained Boweds Mobile..., New Orleans Pernarns, &c Aracati, &c Bahia, &c. Maranham Sawginned Demerara, &c Egyptian Barbadoes — Peruvian Lag,uayra 3i Com.W.l.&c. Carthagena S►nyrna Manilla Surat Madras Bengal PRICES d. d. 21 (4 40 870 10350 10 15 10 820 1 30151 280563 5 6i 7620 195150 497750 4i 7 5670 126730 )34077 563768 3* 84 26220 432420 61 7 } 1810 29020 } 2213 22777 9850 61 61 1120 249601 .... 16764 12310 6 6 7 1 1020 17110 1 ) .... 12051 18070 43, 3271 240: 41395, - - i .... i 220 i 680 6 Ili 3440 , 56750 1 87900 h ' • ... 1 -- 6 . 6 . 0 I __-... ... ... ... .' ) . 4040, 2696 3969 , 5600 j•.• • • 2i 5 3340, , 89190 . 1 , 4237 3* - i 200 3i 4i , 560, 1990 1 1 450 1 .... 116079 7 110580 1580, 2380 54540 1 9892011 83G57 1059282 745120 SALES. IMPORTS Week Previ- Week ending; ottaly ending Nlay27.; this yr. May 27. Year. I May 27. .---, 1 This STOCK. CLITHEROE ELECTION. The polling took place on Saturday, with the following results : Aspinall. Fort. Majority for (Conservative.) (Liberal.) Aspinall. 9 o'clock .. 51 .. 39 .. 12 10 „ 54 • • 13 11 .. 135 .. 113 .. 22 12 „ 179 .. 178 .. 1 1 195 .. 193 .. 3 2 „ (no return) 230 „ .. 204 .. 201 .. 3 3 30 „ 211 .. 207 .. 4 4 „ 213 .. 208 The Radicals issued no statement of the poll, and at two o'clock, in the absence of any published list from either party, it was rumoured that the Radical was in a majority of one. The presence of a large body of county police, to prevent a recurrence of such scenes as were witnessed at the Blackburn election, had the effect of keeping order, and the only strong expression of feeling by the crowds near the two polling-places was when Henry Taylor, the man who acknowledged before the Parliamentary commit tee to having taken a bribe at the late election, went up to vote. An attempt was made to lay violent hands on this man ; but the police protected him, and his vote was given for the Conservative candidate. There was no great assemblage of people, owing to a heavy fall of rain in the morning, but during the afternoon the people from the out-townships of the borough poured in, and a crowd of 5000 or 6000 persons blocked up the one thoroughfare of the little town of Clitheroe, called Castle street. Charges of bribery were also freely made in the afternoon. The official declaration of the poll was made at half-past four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, by Mr. Edmund Thomp son, Mayor of Clitheroe, when this charge of bribery was openly repeated. His worship stated the final poll to be, For Mr. Aspinall ......... 215 votes. For Mr. Fort Majority for Aspinall He then declared Mr. Aspinall duly elected, and here upon a legal agent of the other party came forward and protested against the return on two grounds—firstly, that Mr. Aspinall was ineligible in consequence of bribery and corruption at the late election ; and, secondly, because his return on the present occasion was the result of bribery and corruption. Mr. ASPINALL attempted to address the electors, but could not obtain a hearing. Mr. FORT said a few words, thanking his friends for their support. This closed the proceedings. THE QUEEN V. DR. NEWMAN.—This notorious case has been finally closed by the payment of costs by the de fendant. The cost of Dr. Achilli were made out at a large sum, and the Master of the Court of Queen's Bench taxed them at £1034 19s. Bd. The fees to counsel, 100 guineas each, were reduced on taxation ; and in the sum mentioned the costs of the rule for a new trial were in cluded. The costs for the defence were much larger than the costs for the prosecution. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRALIA PLYMOUTH, MAY 30.—The ship Blackwall passed up channel during the night. Left Melbourne on the 25th of February. Made her passage in ninety-four days. Brings 67,000 ounces of gold. Gold found in as great abundance as ever, and at the diggings things in general are getting better. The Bombay was to leave Melbourne two days after the Blackwall, with a great quantity of gold on board. LIVERPOOL ELECTION COMMITTEE. rA Full Report will be found in our Second Page.] The committee met at eleven o'clock this morning, for proceeding with the petition against the return of Mr. Turner and Mr. Mackenzie ; all the counsel engaged in the case were present. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake opened the case as one of bribery and treating, and in a speech two hours long, described the circumstances under which it was sought to void the election. He detailed cases of bribery, sheaving that, in many instances, freemen had received sums of ss. each for their votes. He also de scribed the means adopted of bringing up voters, and concluded that they disclosed an organised system incon sistent with the idea that the election was pure. He mentioned names of parties by whom several sums of ss. had been paid, and argued that if these circumstances were proved to the satisfaction of the committee they would have no other alternative than to unseat the pre sent members. Mr. William Rathbone, jun., one of the petitioners against the return, was, after formal evidence from the Crown-office, the first witness in cross-examination. He said he had had some conversation with Mr. Bold, in re lation to the Petition being withdrawn, on the condition of one scat being given up, so that the members might be Turner and Cardwell. Mr. Ronald, the other petitioner, stated that this was the first time he had heard anything of a compromise, and he had only consented to sign the petition on the understanding that it should be prosecuted. On a witness, named Dodds, being about to be called to support the allegation of bribery, it was objected to by Mr. SMITH, for sitting members, that he was not suffi ciently identified by the list which had been put in of cases of bribery, as there were two Dodds upon the elec tion, and that the lists, as put in, did not vie with the committee's own resolution. A good deal of argument having taken place on this question, the room was cleared for the committee to deliberate. When parties were called in, the CHAIRMAN said the committee had passed a resolution, to the effect that the counsel for the sitting members should now state the names of all the voters on the list alleged to have been bribed, as to whom they required further information, and that the agent for the petitioners should identify such parties by the register before the rising of the committee, and that no such votes should be inquired into before Wednesday next, (to-morrow.) Felix M`Levy, a freeman, was next called. He had received ss, for loss of his day's work at the election. Robert Cook was next called. There were three men of this name called, alleged to have been bribed, and the committee resolved that this was a case which must be identified under the above resolution. Two or three others who had voted for the sitting mem bers, and received 55., were then examined, and the com mittee adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS The House met at five o'clock. The Earl of HARDWICKE put a question to the Earl of Claarendon whether instructions had been sent to our admiral commanding in the Mediterranean to hasten his departure from Malta for the Dardanelles. The Earl of CLARENDON declined altogether to give any answer to the question. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from Kingston, Jamaica, complaining of the importation of slaves into Cuba, and said he wished to put a question to the Secretary of Sr.te for Foreign Affairs *o.pectlng the observation of treaties by the Government of Spain. The question was, whether the Government could lay upon the table any despatches upon the subject The Earl of CLARENDON, in reply, admitted the im portance of the question, and referring to his answer to a question the other night, said further communications had been received from the court of Spain on this subject. They were to the effect that the Captain General of Cuba had rather exceeded than otherwise his power in endea vouring to put down the slave trade, and that the govern ment of Madrid had sent him still further instructions to continue and increase his efforts in this respect. At all events, the attention of the government of that country would continue to be directed to that subject, and our cruisers would not relax in their efforts. The Bishop of OXFORD attributed this extension of the slave trade to the existence of free trade in sugar, and said he thought the noble earl almost repented of the step he had taken in that measure. Lord BROUGHAM expressed some doubt whether the assurances given by the court of Spain were sincere : at all events he should suspend his belief of them until he had some proof of the fact. Lord \VHARNCLIFFE, on the contrary, thought these assurances were a great step gained ; for it was the first time they ever had been given. The subject then dropped. The Earl of ABERDEEN moved that the house agree with the House of Commons in an address to the Crown, to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices at the last election for Maldon. The motion was opposed by Lord ST. LEONARDS, who, being met with some adverse cheers, complained of the interruptions to which he was exposed. The LORD CHANCELLOR supported the address, and whilst he was speaking Lord St. Leonards l e ft th e h ouse apparently under some excitement. The Earl of DERBY took the same vie w as L or d St . Leonards, and said that, looking at the high position of his learned friend and the importance of the subject, the interruptions he had met with were very unseemly. He was surprised that the noble earl at the head of the Government should permit his subordinates to meet the case with sneering laughter. The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had listened to the noble and learned lord with unfeigned respect, and he did not know what the Earl of Derby meant by " permitting his subordinates to interrupt with sneering laughter." Every noble lord in that house was at liberty either to laugh or cry. (Laughter.) Lord CAMPBELL said the object of the address was for a further inquiry merely, for which a prima facia case had been made out. The motion was then agreed to, and the house ad journed at a quarter to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS The House met at a quarter to four o'clock. The SPEAKER, stated that he had received a letter from the agent, stating that it was not intended to proceed with the petition, complaining of the return of Wm. Greene for Lancaster. . . _ Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a number of manufacturers apd others in Manchester, engaged in the printing trade, complaining of the establishment of a dic tatorship of taste, at Marlborough House. Sir J. TROLLOPE brought up the report of the Com mittee of Selection, appointing a committee to inquire into the circumstances of the prosecution of the petition against the last return for Berwick-on-Tweed. The com mittee are Mr. Edwin Lascelles, Chairman, Mr. Mitchell, Sir F. Thesiger. Mr. C. W. Howard, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Raikes Currie, Lord Montague, and Mr. W. Grahame. Mr. DISRAELI, alluding to the departure of the Rus sian Ambassador, Prince Menschikoff, from Constanti nople, inquired whether her Majesty's Government had issued directions to the British Admiral at Malta to pro ceed with the British fleet to the Dardanelles ? Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply, said that in the present state of the relations between Russia and Turkey, he should decline answering the question, but it was quite competent for the right hon. gentleman to make a motion upon the subject. The House then went into Committee on the Income Tax Bill. On the 31st clause, Mr. SPOONER moved a proviso, to the effect that no tenant should be compelled to pas arrears of Income-tax due by any former tenant, or to deduct out of his rent such arrears The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed:the pro viso on a variety of grounds, —one of which was, that it was unnecessary. After some discussion, the Committee divided. For the proviso, 69 ; against, 145 ; majority against, i 6• The proviso was consequently rejected, and the clause agreed to. On clause 33, Mr. LOCKIIART proposed an amendment , that allowance and deductions be made for all rate on lands in Scotland, which are payable by the landlord. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the amendment. For the amendment, 42 ; against it, 101 ; majoritY against it, 59. The amendment was rejected, and the clause agreed to. Several other clauses were agreed to. The clauses having been gone through, the committee reverted to the clauses in the bill relative to Ireland, which had been postponed, when The CILNELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, at some length , described the effect of a series of clauses which he intended to substitute for those postponed. The principal altera tion was, that the assessment for the income-tax should be made upon the immediate lessor. He suggested that the bill should be reprinted with these clauses, and the discussions upon them be taken upon the third reading. Lord Naws warmly opposed the proposition. The clauses of the right hon. gentleman involved a total alte ration of this bill, inasmuch as they proposed a new mode of assessment. After a long discussion, the clauses were brought up► and the bill was ordered to be recommitted to Thursday. Mr. BLACKETT moved three new clauses, having rela tion to deductions for losses and bad debts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQPER could not assent to the clauses, as they departed from the principle upon which the profits were computed. After a lengthened debate, the clauses were withdrawn. Mr. J. BALL also proposed a clause, but on its being opposed by the Government, it was withdrawn. The House then went into committee on the Customs Bill, when only the unopposed clauses were taken, but there was considerable Giscussion upon those relating to duties upon tea. Report ordered to be brought up to-day (Tuesday). The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to two; TATTERSALL'S—Turs DAY. ASCOT STAKES.-3 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn, offered; Bto 1 agst King Pippin, offered. E - 3;trZlionis PLATE.—Even on Stockwell and Teddington against the field ; 6 to 1 agst Pelion. ST. LEO ER.-7 to 4 agst West Australian, taken. FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. English Securities have declined, on the positive announce ment of Prince Menschikoff's departure from Constantinople; there is little doing, operators being cautious. The RailwaY Market, especially for lighter descriptions, has been very lan guid, the uncertainty on the Eastern Question greatly hindering business. Continuations are somewhat lighter. Gold, Land, and Bank descriptions rather firmly supported. A reported discovery of gold on the British American Land Property , caused some excitement in those shares. Foreign Stocks, in fluenced by the Turkish news, close at a decline. CLOSING Consols, Account .. l 1004 Do. Money..../ 100 i Three&QrperCents.. 102 i FOREIGN 26 Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes . 23 . 48} 9 RAILWAY PRICES Bank Stock 229 3 0 Excheq. Bills, L. & S 3dispra STOCKS. Spanish Passives Turkish Swedish Amberg.,Nottingham, and E. Junction Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Do. Preference East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire Eastern Union A B and C Edinburgh & Glasgow 73* 41 Great Northern BB 9 Do. Do. Great Western Lane. and Yorkshire. 79i son Do. Fifths Leeds Northern London, Brighton, and South Coast lOl 5 MINING SHARES. London &N. Western 117 i London & S. Western 89 9 0 Manches., Shelf., and Lincolnshire 29# 3 9 Midland Stock North British Do. Preference Norfolks North Staffordshire .• Shrewsbury and Biz.' 69} 70 minghani Do. L. & N. W. guar S. Eastern and Dover York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension PreferenCe York and N. Midland 63 Do. Preference HARES Noveau Monde Registered .... Cordeliera .... Ave Maria .... Carson's Creek Port Philip Nugget B. Australian Freehold Australasian • Colonial Mariposa '4 A RES. Peel River South Australian British America. 4 par I LAND S Australian Agricultural C 7 70 S. Australian Invest. Van Diemen's — , COR N ARKET The show of English Wheat is very limited, and trade opened steadily at Monday's currency. Foreign is in fair supply, and prices are well maintained. Flour and Malt are unaltered; town-made Flour 445. Full rates are obtained for Barley , Beans, and Peas. Oats are steady, at former terms. Th e Wheat trade closed firmly, at full prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas are also brisk, with a good demand for Spring Corn. English. Irish. Foreign. . 1798 26410 171 8640 6460 6015 16970 4709 77 103 Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Beans Peas • . Flour . 2830 1443 ~ 970 BM c. 1286 brls• PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar: Several buyers for export at full prices; yellovi Havana 22s to 265. Refined quiet; grocery lumps 47s 6d to 50s. Coffee: Few buyers; rates are barely supported, publi c sales being declared. Tea is very firm; many buyers, sound Congou Ilid to Is. Cochineal is brisker; sales at previoti s terms. Cotton : Sales small, but no decline. LONDON WOOL SALES. The sales continued with the usual quantity and assortmen t ; no alteration in prices. The sales will be prolonged to the 7t l : June, and it is rumoured that they may now be extende d beyond that period, owing to the recent heavy arrivals. TALLOW MARKET, Prices are firm. Many buyers; P.Y.C. 47s 6d on the spot' The stock is 24,383 casks, against 41,834 casks last year. T he deliveries are 792 casks, against 789 casks last year. CATTLE MARKET. A good demand for Beasts at Friday's prices. Sheep trad e dull. Lambs and Calves a brisk sale. Beef 2s 8d to 4s 4d f Veal Mutton__ 3s tid to 4s Bil Pork Lambs, ss. 2d. to 6s. 6d 4398 Calves.... 25680 f Pigs ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North ampton Beasts Scotch Beasts... Holland Beasts. Do. Sheep . Do. Calves . Do. Pigs... Prussian Beasts Spanish Sheep French Sheep.. 2s 10d to 5s 3s 6d to 48 Beasts Sheep and Lambs MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, East Lancashire, 189 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 79i 8 ° 79 Midlands, 719 ; North Staffords, 41 ; South Eastern a ' Dover, 22 5-16 9 ; District Bank, 9i pm. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE London and North-Westerns, 8,1. GLASGOW CORN MARKET. At to-day's market there was little business passing. rJ change in priees. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET. Numerous buyers at 51s 3d, nett. Sellers now ask 5 15 9el „ and 325, cash, f o r Mi xe d N um b ers . M ar k e t fi rm ; Warrants 51s 6d. • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. • Inconstant, William, and Jane, hence at Galatz, ISth 3 1E' ' Alarm, hence at Galle, 18th April ; Mary Stuart, and Step hano hence at Sincapore, Sth April. l 6tll Fanny Chapman sailed from Straits of Sunda; Tonsan"'„ )l April, and Zarah, 13th, from Sincapore; Lady Bute, ' fo ; from St. Helena; and Recorder, 2nd, from Akyah---aii this port. 16t 11 1 ! Rhoda, and Princess Victoria, 15th May; J enn y Jones , Carthaginian, 17th ; and Fields, 19th—all cleared from Gibra tar, for this port. Templar, from Demerara, for London, spoken IStli with cutwater carried away. POINT DE GALLE, Apri harbour struck nvo e Madras ; makes(s),f from a C n a t l i C t ij y,' t o t to Suez, in coming into . water, and must proceed to Bombay for repairs. 11cr will be forwarded by another steamer. -40.-- u MARRIED.—On the 26th i ns t., a t St. Andrew's , i4b, rell, Plymouth, by the Rev. John Hatchard, Mr. Joll n hte r of Skelton, of this town, t o Ad e l a id e , s econd da u g" Mr. John Rowe, brewer, of Plymouth. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1533 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNIN9' BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACKRibt Of No. 7, PERCy-STREET, AT THE STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFIvP' No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT* LiVERTOOL*