The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

S . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND 'GENERAL CO3 , .... v eft t _ i .. 4 . .... , —perhaps they were not so clever ;he was impetuous and ' COMMERCIAL MONETARY NEWS. quiet, but, including Saturday's business, the sales -.) .. 5'44 t gj l* v t 00 t -pic . " oairu. garrulous ; they cool as cucumbers. MICHAEL was ever consist of 100 hhds. Barbadoes at 335. 6d. up to anxious to wipe away from his corporation the medieval 40s. for grainy, 30 hhds. St. Lucia at 345. to 355., ____ __ _ ---- —_— stigma, that butchers were not fit to sit as jurors ; hence MONDAY NIGHT. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. he scarcely ever opened his mouth in public, which was A COMBINATION of circumstances, neither of 90 hhds. Antigua at 325. 6d. to 365. 9d., 800 bags every opportunity he had, but he quoted the famous Benares at 38s. 3d. to 395. 9d and 400 cases good them sufficient in itself to create an alarm, have " • speech about the " quality of mercy." MICHAEL SCALES • brown Bahia at 21s. per cwt. Nothing to notice al - oxnA - 1 - MORNING. bade fair to be one day Lord Mayor; in an evil moment together caused a fall in the value of pu blic securi in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. The Tea market is Is sheer disgust, and—doubt, I may as well add, I have lie listened to the voice —not of the charmer —but of the ties, and a general stagnation of business, both i n steady, but no transactions to report ; a small held my tongue (pen) silent, touching political affairs,— tempter. Science might ha ? ve lia:: i l em so e me . thi t tg e to el d e o with our our commercial marts and manufacturing districts. public sale is declared for Thursday next. Of Salt- Russia and Turkey—to wit. There is not a soul at the jot.urnCeompaanractivele_eranaattom " dressing an an animal,-I nm a ttinl ( :. he Theprotra d cted settlem f ent of the Turkish affair, the petre 1,100 bags are reported at 275. 6d. for 51, clubs can say more. The few Ministers who are here only . was a Spaniard, tall, with tremendous shining black continued__ fE decrease of . the stock . of bullion in the Ba t o with ng n b the b i . n . crease . in the rate . of dis- 28s. for 41, and 30s. per cwt. for 11 per cent. re remain an hour or two in town per diem ; cutting out a moustacbios—grease he had for nothing :in the park, onfraction. 400 bales Jute sold at £23 10s. to £24 55., Sunday, this journeyman had the appearance of a mata- court s the pro a ility of its further rise to five and 80 bales ordinary Bombay Hemp at £2O per ton. bit of work for their moustached precis writers. Every- dor. It was hinted that he cou ld kill and " dress" a per cent., and the uncertainty which prevails as to thing in Downing-street is kept as close as a miser's d on k e y, w hi c h the keenest eye could not distinguish from the future, have tended to paralyze ope ra ti ons . Th e COTTON.—We have already remarked on the fist; and even now, beyond the Ministers, no one knows a calf similarly served. Done. The donkey was slain, Funds have declined, but Railway Shares have stagnation which pervades most commercial opera what on earth made them telegraph for Lord Join; straightway dressed, and hung in Mr. SCALES'S back still more, particularly North-Westerns, owing, tions, and the Cotton trade is by no means an ex shamble. The deception was perfect. CUVIER, ASTLEY to the large sums to be embarked in addi- ception Of the 32 590 bales comprising the sales RUSSELL, all the way from his mourning relatives in COOPER, BRODIE, OWEN, would not have been able to perhaps, up to F * 'd , 2,490 ' were on th speculation, and 5 5, 0 %0 Scotland, among whom he w as ; Lady MINT°, his wife's detect the departed brayer from the succulent calf! tional lines. Exchequer Bills have maintained f export. On Saturdaysales mar e ket w onlywas e till mother, having just been buried. At a club dinner— MICHAEL S CALES did no t wish, far less a e tte d m ee p c t, w t as o palm their value, but it is said that the Chancellor of . bales, exp and TO-DAY the heavier, there the Exchequer has been " Bull-inn" the market there are such things still left in London—say of three or t off a t t h ec e i as g s e f t or veal even twinklingeavnednifnorapo the whole court the sales reaching only 4,000 bales, of which about with Savings Banks' money, an operation not diffi -1,000 were on speculation and for export. four, "Is there to be a war ?" is the first question ;to aldermen were at MICHAEL. From that day he never rose cult considering the small amount afloat. On the which no answer is given. I firmly think that matters a step in the civic ladder, leading, if not to the temple of look more bellicose now than they did three months ago. fame, certainly to the Mansion House. MICHAEL, for a whole, there is not so much ground for apprehen low, time, thought he could get into parliament ; that sion as many seem to imacine • the fluctuations have SALES. ending , ously entn r ___......_, Sept. 9. this yr. Sept. 9". This This hanging-on system don't look cordial. Among the fierye' peer,' and then "fast man," the Earl of MORNING- not been b '' ' IMPORTS. DESCKIPTION. PRICES. Week 1 Previ- Week • STOCK y any means extravagant, and should we Turks the most ardent feeling in favour of a war of inde- TON, had uch to do with MICHAEL, who never got into Year. Sept. 9 have a few good arrivals of specie within the next pendence is everywhere apparent ; while in St. Peters- parliament. few weeks, the Bank returns may present a ver Tomas on a simmer's a ft ernoon, Y Sea Island .. 17 (837 480 15450 509700 burgh they are absolutely raving for onslaught on the A wee before the sun went down"— different aspect. -'n Stained .... 7i 15 20' 1330 y 3449 451332 .... Tiircoman. These are facts which we learn in the City of I found SCALES dozing on his sofa, his arms steeped in The monthly returns of the Board of Trade, Bow e ls .... 4 ,? 3-r 6 3 3 593 30 •• • • London, r ng the merchants of both countries, as you blood up to the shoulders; though with much pelf he had made up to the sth of August, again show a con- Ne o w i jrleans. 43 7i 11730 7g70 9 0 } smell rhu b with the one, or eat caviare w ith th e o th er , b een h e l p i ng hi s men —i n s h or t, it h a d bee n killing day. siderable increase in the amount of our forein Pernams, &c. 63 8 580; 54780 .... 41102 203 0. 2697 892721 '• • • If such be the wish of- the two peoples, it will require MICHAEL was ruminating—thinking aloud, thus—"Oh trade, particularly in exports, and also in the im- Bahia, :: a C 7l 7 59 1 0 2 .3 2 E 2 . 6 . 1 . 0 ;4 1 9 7 3? 2t)g ± g , MICHAEL, MICHAEL! I begin to think you area —." greater strength of mind, action, and utterance, than areports of Wheat and other articles of general con- Demerara,Blc 7 ....1 570 .... I 4951 500 ;Icon gheand cut short the expected anathema. He had to be found in our coalition Cabinet, doubled and doubled ! been dreaming of WELLESLEY LONG POLE TILNEY sumption. It must, however, be borne in mind tit y rrri:i . C. al3 la 1?) Tig 16 ?tii 8 4 5 g0; B,B igg , over again, to quell it. The Ministers are sticking , POLE, &c., now Earl of MOENINGTON. MICHAEL'S bro- that the totals of exports are made up from the Surat .... 3350 j• .... 191206 1 119840 ther tradesman,. the Lord . 11Iyor, is sorely damaged by . returns of the exporters, against whom there is no together, for no other purpose than +hat of keeping theirMa d ra l e .... 4490 .... 4665 1630 that railway accident ; but if it were to happen at all, it possible check as to the correct estimates of value ; uen g a places. ABERDEEN and PALmEnsTos's affections do not could not have occurred more Opportunely—CHALLia's __,l 4.1.---.1. -4- ----4- 4-1,,,,-,, rn.,‘, i-,. 'its ovm.,-.,-.4- I ______ l _____ _____ !mon ,ro7o7ofin. 1111.00 I'7ol nAn 1 Aincin the same way tend; but a mash by-and-bye :0 stay in, they 'urkey. There Y may babble dne.n.t M may twist and Dank Yards. and hold forth about Meantime, you in ;peeially the right as well as in Pall hymenopterous cutlers the one, and a melan- Ithful breeze, for -hat remains arishment I am certain sound as The thin as a lath, appearance as you in a peevis that railway accident ; but if it were to *pen at all, ft could not have occurred more opportunely—CHALLls's well-attended and brilliant gastronomic period having passed ; —all his Mansion House dinners had been given ! It may seem droll to commence a theatrical paragraph with a reference to the price of provisions and the other necessaries of life. Be it so. One thing is certain, that at present food in the metropolis is just one-third more in price than it was a year ago ; and so on with almost everything else Two days clothes especially are dearer the stag: of one of the me vanced in price. The cause ? They couldn't tell,—mut tered something about export trade,—Australia, and so forth. This is melancholy, yet worse remains behind ; employment is not very plentiful, nor very well paid. Yet at no time do I remember to have seen our theatres and places of amusement so crowded, or our working people better clad, or more joyous. Let us take a view of two theatres, one in the East, down among " plucks and jemmies" at Shoreditch. This house has been nearly re built, and nearly doubled in size ; it is crammed to suffo cation every night. SHAKSPEARE and the better class of dramas are played, ANDERSON taking the lead, with an enormous salary. This looks well. I remember what Drury-lane Theatre was on a Saturday night, twenty years and more ago ;—with great actors —a beggarly account of empty boxes, empty pit, empty galleries. What was the state of this once noble temple of MEL POMENE, on last Saturday night, when I went there ? Crammed to the ceiling ! It made one's heart swell with pride, or something bate; to see the galleries packed by human beings as close as they could well be. Standing room nowhere,—excepting here and there a niche in the back seats of some of the boxes. The play was Othello ; DAVENPORT, the Moor ; BROOKE, lago ; GEORGE BEN NETT, Brabantio ; the names of the other persons I do not know. The play was given in a manner which was really an honour to Drury-lane ; careful and scholarlike throughout was it rendered, with occasional gleams of genius. But it was the greedy, the eager attention The monthly returns of the Board of Trade, made up to the sth of August, again show a con siderable increase in the amount of our foreign trade, particularly in exports, and also in the im ports of Wheat and other articles of general con sumption. It must, however, be borne in mind that the totals of exports are made up from the returns of the exporters, against whom there is no possible check as to the correct estimates of value ; and though at present there may be no apparent object to serve in overstating the amount, the return is still open to the objection. At one time a small duty was levied on exportation, which operated in some degree as a check ; but the over care of Sir ROBERT PEEL for the interests of Com- ances in with which my old acquain drank in every measure of the great creature's grand work— Othello ! It is not necessary to criticise the performance of BROOKE ; his lago is good ; but not so good as his Othello. DA.VENPORT gave unmistake able evidences of his being an actor and a Shaksperian scholar, with wonderful physique. BROOKE surprised me a little by his dress. lago was no popinjay. BROOKE bna qmnethirw white on his head, like one of those Protean erce removed this slight obstacle, and a mer taut who is desirous of making out a colourable case of prosperity, or of deterring other merchants from shipping to a particular port, may put what value he pleases on the goods which he exports, and they swell the returns accordingly. Upon the aggregate value of exports during the month ended the sth of August there has been an in crease of £1,405,918, as compared with the corres ponding month of last year. Of this sum the increase was, on Cotton, £328,467 ; Metals, £269,414 ; Haberdashery and Millinery, £263,186 ; or, no less than 116 per cent. ; Woollen Manufac tures, £141,642 ; Linen Manufactures, £90,930 ; Hardwares, £80,454 ; Beer and Ale, £61,459 ; Machinery, £60,794 ; and Leather, £47,703. The decrease was, on Wool, Woollen Yarn, Linen Yarn, Cotton Yarn, and Thrown Silk and Yarn, all partly manufactured goods. Upon the first seven months of the year the total increase was £9,723,083, or more than 24 per cent. over the corresponding period of 1852. Upon foreign goods taken for home consumption there was an increase of— Wheat, 416,497 quarters ; Indian Corn, 196,890 quarters ; Butter and Cheese, 38,735 cwt. ; Coffee, 569,359 lbs. ; and Sugar, 138,000 cwts. Of Wine, the exports increased from 528,502 to 1,119,481 gallons, and the quantity taken for home consump tion from 511,916 to 605,051 gallons. The raw materials for manufactures show no particular al teration except in Wool, of which the quantity re exported was less by about 450,000 lbs. paper hats that dexterous vanew may uu men bumetimes turning into all sorts of shapes and things. This was b a d enough, but to make lago'.v head-gear worse—more pre posterous—if BROOKE had plundered the tails of a dozen parroquets and macaws, the gaudiest that ever screamed Ariatralia_ he could not have made himself, or his hat. The returns of shipping entered inwards and cleared outwards show a small increase of British vessels and tonnage, while that of foreign shipping is enormous. Of the vessels entered inwards during the seven months the increase is as fol- lows :--- more ludicrous. Two feathers in your cap, Master BROOKE—one a rifle green, t'other scarlet. Try mine. The theatre is crowded every evening ; but when I have stated that it was so on Saturday, proverbially the worst in the week, I have said enough to indicate prosperity and an undying appreciation of the immortal WILLIAM. Managers at the other houses are laying on their oars previous to their winter campaigns. HENRY RUSSELL, a clever man enough, is filling the Lyceum with his touches of negro life and melodies; he sings some of CHARLIE MACKIE'S nicely written songs, such as "Cheer Boys, Cheer !" with much effect. ALBERT SMITH, on Saturday, closed Mount Blanc for a short season. He has banked a world of money, and will take care of it too. KEELEY and his wife, JohN COOPER and ALBERT SMITII take the greatest possible care of their assets. TICA.CKE RAY'S first number of the " Newcomes' " is ready for Oc tober ; his fellow-illustrator is young DOYLE, the son of H. 8., who left Punch a couple of years since, for con science sake. Young DOYLE is a Roman Catholic, and did not like to see Protestant Punch " cutting" at WISEMAN. What is the young artist's father about ? For several years he has not sent out one bit of caricature. The library people are losers by the non-appearnce of H. B.'s works ; a guinea a night, for the hire of a copy or two at a party, was not a bad return. 32590'17779901 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. LAST week the Liverpool and Manchester Agricultural Society held its sixth annual show ; and, according to the concurring testimony of the judges and the spectators, the show of animals was better on this than on previous occa sions. At the dinner which took place after the competi_ tion, this gratifying fact was alluded to by more than one of the speakers, in terms of satisfaction. As is usual at such dinners, where the sole object of the meeting is not confined to mere eating, drinking, and mutual compliment, several suggestions were thrown out by gentlemen con versant with the subjects, having for their aim the prac tical development of the objects of the society. Of these speakers the Chairman, in pointed terms, alluded to the superiority of English over Irish labourers, and urged on both landlords and tenants to give liberal encouragement to their own countrymen, bearing in mind, as a leading rule of action, the maxim " Live and let live." Mr. WILSON PATTEN, M.P. for South Lancashire, discussed at considerable length the disadvantages under which agriculturists labour, from the want of statistics by which they can be gaided in directing their operations into par ticular channels; remarking that no one can tell with cer tainty whether the present high prices of agricultural produce are occasioned by a circumscribed supply, or by other causes. 10192 1721060'76198'1 Another point to which Mr. PATTEN directed attention, and on which he laid considerable stress, was the incon venience and uncertainty occasioned by varying and con flicting standards of weights and measures, used for the sale or purchase of agricultural produce, in different parts of the country, and often in different districts of the same county. Some inconvenience, no doubt, arises from the want of uniformity. We are hardly, however, prepared to go to the full length which Mr. PATTEN goes, either with respect to the amount of evil occasioned by the irregular practice, or as to the extent of benefit which would be de rived from the uniformity he advocates so strenuously. Although not uniform in different districts, the weights and measures are not relatively fluctuating ; and a similar amount of application with that required by our mer chants in reducing the weights and measures of foreign countries to the standard of our own, would enable farmers to master the variations in adjoining or even distant counties. It is, however, purely a question of practice, as by act of Parliament all goods are ordered to be sold by standard weights and measures. _ A matter - of more real importance to agriculturists generally than that of uniform weights and measures, was introduced to the notice of the meeting by Mr. GREY, farmer, at Dilston, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. We mean attention to the introduction of those classes of stock best suited to the natural and acquired conditions of the district. He impressed on the meeting, with much cogency of ar gument, the profitable nature of that kind of study which would enable the farmers of a particular district to discover and cultivate those breeds of animals most likely to yield a profitable return for the amount of keep on which they are maintained. In this species of knowledge, he showed the farmers of our neighbourhood, that they are by no means proficients, and erred them to an effort for its im mediate acquirement. L h information would indeed be to them useful knowledge, and we doubt not that their own good sense Till speedily induce them to find out the means of its acquisition. WooL.—No change to note in the Wool market this week ; a full average amount of business has been done at firm prices ; a sale of about 200 bags black Spanish Merino and a small sale of Alpaca is reported at medium quotations. The general aspect of the market on the whole looks favourable, and should the long-disputed question between Russia and Turkey show symptoms of an amicable settle ment, considerable animation may be looked for in this branch of trade. The imports for the week are not very extensive. LECTURES ON COMMERCIAL LAW. British 282 ships, 145,819 tons. Foreign 2,331 „ 804,432 „ The latter being an increase of more that 61 per I cent., and the former being below 7 per cent. Of vessels cleared outwards during the same period the return is as fellows : British...decrease 435 ships, increase 23,876 tons. Foreign.. increase 1,612 „ „ 333,272 „ The latter being an increase of more than 26 per cent., and the former being under 1 per cent. These being the results from official returns, no doubt can remain as the effect of the repeal of the Navigation Laws in promoting the employment of foreign vessels at the expense of our own shipping. We stated last week that the drain upon the Bank of England for bullion might be attributed, in a great measure, to the increase of our foreign trade, by which a larger amount of capital was necessarily absorbed ' • and this view is confirmed by the returns which we have just quoted. It ap pears that, during the seven months of this year, the excess of wheat and flour alone which has been imported amounts to 1,425,453 quarters and 538,144 cwt., the value of which in round numbers may be estimated at £4,000,000, in addition to other articles of general consumption, which may bring the total increase to about the same amount as that on our exports. But while the greater part of the former will have been paid for, the re turns for the latter have not yet been realised, and the amount has therefore, for the time, been with drawn from circulation,—a circumstance sufficient in itself to account for the absorption of all our receipts of gold, and something more, without exciting any apprehensions as to commercial security, as far as this point is concerned. There is, however, the recent speculation in corn, by which prices have been forced up to a higher level than can be justified by the reports of our own harvest, or those from the principal corn-producing countries. A warning voice has already been given in raising the rate of discount, which has partially checked the upward movement, but should this not prove effectual, the Bank of Eng land may apply the screw, as it did in the begin ning of 1829, under similar circumstances, and the result was a fall more sudden than the rise. It is, however, to be hoped, that the appeal to such a remedy will not be deemed necessary, as the consequences will be injurious to other interests, as was the case at the period we allude to, and again in 1837, when the screw was applied to the Ame rican trade. The SHARE MARKET has been in a most despond ing state during the past week. At present there seems little hope of improvement, from the in creasing tightness of money, and the indisposition on the part of the public to act.—Caledonians, 301 30 29+1 + 1 ; Eastern Counties, 121 I ; East Lancashire, 171 S ' • Lancashire and York shire, 701 4 2 f 2 * 70 691 74 691 ; 4 3 ; ; Leeds Northern, 14 ; London Stock, 104 31 3 3c 31 ; Sheffield Stock, 20/ 20 ; Midland Stock, 621 I 4 2 1+ 2 14 4; North British, 6+ • Dover Stock, 19* 9 8i 9 8-1 ; York and North Midland, 24* 4; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln pref. £lO shares, 98; Greenock guaranteed 271 shares, 9; North and South Wales Bank, 54 ; Lancashire Insurance, 13-16 p. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 3rd of Sept., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits £4,701,598; Increase £99,913 Other deposits 11,017,31 3; Decrease 116,043 Rest 3,634,523; Increase 343,083 On the other side of the account— Government securities £12,773,176; Decrease 254,406 Other securities ... 14,546,194; Increase 715,359 Notes unemployed ... 7,696,695 ; Decrease 58,650 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,465,945, being a decrease of £310,360 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £16,500,068, showing a decrease of £462,850, when compared with the preceding return. PBODUCE.—In Sugar there has been a large business done, and for refining descriptions very full prices have been realised ; the sales consisted of 1,100 hhds. 8.P., 4,000 bags of Bengal, and 6,500 bags of Mauritius. The sales of Foreign during the week were 70 cases, 3,500 bags and brls. Brazil, 260 hhds. Cuba Muscovado, and 100 boxes Havanna. Of Molasses the finer descriptions not much in demand, whilst the lower have been required for purposes of distillation. There is a better demand for Coffee, but the limited supply curtails the extent of business. Pam and Surinam Cocoa sold at 30s. to 31s. per cwt. Rice has been in less demand ; Carolina sold at 235. 9d. to 255. ; Bengal at 13s. to 13s. 6d., being rather cheaper ; and Madras, to arrive, at lls. per cwt. For Rum the demand is active, at full prices. Of Tea, Congous have been in request at about ls. ld., but few offering ; medium kinds have found ready sale at ls. 3d. to ls. 4d. ; second class Monings, is. 61d. to is. Bd. per lb. Scented Orange Pekoes and clean Scented Capers in demand ; supply very small. - Rather more inquiry for Saltpetre. No change in Nitrate of Soda. In Hides no sales of moment. Olive Oil in fair demand, at fully pre vious rates. Seal Oil in fair demand, without change in price. Linseed and pale Rape Oil in moderate request. Palm Oil in good demand ; 1,000 tons on the spot sold at £36 10s. to £37 55., and 800 tons to arrive at £37 per ton. Tallow in better request, at 525. 6d. for Petersburg Y.C., and at 48s, to 525. per cwt. for South American. Of Jute the sales amount to 3,000 bales, at very full prices. Manilla Hemp, £42 to £49 per ton. T9-D*X crur Sugar paarliet hag bccQDl6 railer ON Thursday last, Mr. Lxvi delivered the third lecture of his series on Commercial Law, in the Chamber of Cora- This lecture was devoted to a continued discussion of the principles which regulate the practice and formation of partnerships—their nature and varying denominations— The rights and liabilities of partners, and their obligations to each other and to third parties. At the conclusion of the lecture there was a discussion, in which several gentle men took part, ORGAN BUILDING.—It will be seen, by advertisement, that the organ building establishment of the late Mr. Bewsher is to be carried on as usual, by his widow. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER AFRICA, Capt. Harrison, took her departure hence for Halifax and Boston, on Saturday, at 1 30, p.m., with 150 passengers, a full cargo, and the usual mails on board. The SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS are announced to be opened, for the season, on Saturday next, with a Scot tish entertainment by the Misses Bennett and Mr. J. A. Fairburn. LAUNCH OF A LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—Last week there was launched from the building-yard of Mr. Potts, New castle-upon-Tyne, a fine steamer, named the Iron King, intended for an excursion and tug steamer on the Mersey. She is owned by Captain John Murphy and Co., and from her model it is belived she will be a match for any excur sion boat on the river. THE ALARM OF CHOLERA.—NO fatal cases have oc curred since those of the German emigrants reported last week to the Health Committee, and all the German lodging-houses are reported to be in a healthy condition. On Thursday a German family, consisting of five persons, arrived in Liverpool for the purpose of taking passages in the American packet-ship Washington. They went on board on Friday, but were sent ashore again on Saturday, the, head of the family being discovered to be in the second stage of cholera. He was conveyed to the Brown low-hill hospital, where he is progressing favourably. The rest of the family, none of whom are affected by the dis ease, were taken back to the lodging-house. The man's name is John Fisher, and he had arrived, direct from klAuturgh, talk limberly on the will be a glorious at Mechanics' Institutes untwist rope-yarn at the I TII ma image of gold and wood, and bi latter— stand no lc be in the midst of the great d Whatever can the matter be with th lißTlit insect—respa-was_ withstanding his ph other day at Sheffield, he is worn to the b choly sight, not owing to want of the hes he is as embrowned as sun and air can rn of him. It cannot be atrophy—defect o for that would have eaten him un long- a' t is not consumptii Plying Dutchman and his eyes carewor but there he as if they n ) have the sar sleep. They (the e, see in the Zoologi( member of the Simia famil3 toothache. Long may R cleverness in him, and no him _ JouN PooLE, the author of "Paul. Pry," meeting DOUGLAS JERROLD one day, grasped him by the hand, and rather mal apropos, in the fulness of the heart the mouth spoke—" Ah ! JERROLD, I thought you were dead." DOUGLAS paused for an instant, and it mg be saucily answered—even at his own expense sometir —solitary or ill with the 3IICR live, because there is may he live ! long." Everybody at that venomous, till, in the simpli believe he began to think of the old sa body says must be true. Dou( nomous. ROEBUCK has eves have hinted, of that geniu be spared to enliven us, a JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK iS JERROLD as rt, I really do lat ever BOLD is not v fellow, he may i correct th his bitter it melodrama tant, for him to read a chapter of Scripture to the Commons, " to suit his purpc certain antique personage can do. MUCK took out the sacred volume, verhans. b P.OTP. h 44, 1, ouse was ftwar( it esp ose," as we are told a lolls ARTHUR ROE read a verse or two, e what he was about. So it appeared to me. ROEBUCK rend on, solemnly, sono rously, emphatically,—every member uncovered ; that simple act had a rand effect ! The simple but reveren tial act told much for the prosperity of believing England ! As the hon. member read, I remembered RICHARD 111. and EDMUND KEAN ; and then I looked at ROEBUCK, and thought of all three. " And see, a book of prayer in his hand True ornament to know a holy man ; "- ROEBUCK would be right welcome, were he to take a run over for two or three days to Cannes, and see his dear friend, Lord BROUGHAM, who has cut his stick, and gone to his estate in the south of France. BROUGHAM has got a grand work on the anvil. Brnow, or somebody like him, if ever there were such, says that avarice is the vice of age; so LEIGII HUNT prettily says, that polished writing is the virtue of aged authors. Lord 13novarte.m's seclusion at Cannes may yet be made manifest in a work distin guished in style by the finely marshalled phrases of MA CAULAY, and the more colloquial ones of his lordship's other friend, Joicx CAMPBELL. Unquestionably the book of the week is The Pan iropheon, or history of food from the earliest ages of the world, by A. SOYER. I remember the late Sir HENRY HALFORD, the kind and skilled physician, gentleman and scholar, at one of those learned and graceful rAtnions which made lustrous the evening of a long and honourable life, say, that, in the treatment of many diseases, we had not improved upon the system laid down by the early Greek physicians. Sir HENRY adduced several proofs from the time of ARETIEUS to his own day. It is not to my purpose to enumerate these. A perusal of the tome of the great culinary artist, ALEXIS SOYER, bears out the startling fact, that the opinion of Sir HENRY HALFORD, as regarded medicine, is almost equally true with respect to that most important matter—having to do with the preservation of body and soul—the preparation of food, our meats and our drinks ; both of which, doubtless, have great effects, for good or for evil, on our acts and affections. CA STLEREA GU, it was mentioned, cut the carotid artery, from having caused an excess of bile by eating too many buttered muffins (so it was said). The proximate cause of GEORGE CANNING'S death wasthat great statesman's eating too robustly of baked turtle. How much, then, should—not the base gourment, but the diletante, hail with delight the advent of SOYER'S new book, which is written in a most learned yet playful spirit. One heaves a sigh as the classical pages are turned over, and sees that the book— the Pantropheon—is only for the aristocracy. The space allotted to me in your columns, even during this our dullest solstice, forbids me going much into SOYER'S volume, or its savoury contents. I open it hap-hazard ;.I read about servants, for the " knowing" Frenchman touches on everything in connection with his subject. I won't quote SOYER—that would be too formal—in this place ; I shall describe here a little and there a little of the aforesaid chapter. Let us begin with a joke of PLAUTUS, culled and collated by SOYER, in reference to the servants or slaves of the ancients ; they were often marked with a hot iron on the back, the hands, the cheeks, or the forehead. PLAUTUS, whose comic vein respected neither the power of the gods nor the sanctity of misfor tune, called these unfortunate creatures "lettered slaves" (servos literatos). Apropos. The postmen are punned upon much in the same way, by being called men of letters. Among the ancients there was the steward, called the dispensator, who apportioned the labour, the food, and the chastisements. Happily, we have stewards yet for all the pm-poses of the ancients, save and except punishment, Which I really think is an improvement on their social code. The house-porter of the olden time (ostiarius) must have been a "rum 'un"; to make sure of his vigilan ce, h e was chained to his post. The voca tores were great men in their way. The penny-postage among ourselyes has done away with them, except at the opera, the theatres, and so forth. The vocatores carried the invitations. Their functions required a peculiar kind of urbanity and long experience on the part of the person who attempted to fulfil them. The vocatores of the opera know every inch of the metropolis, however fractionally fashionable it may be, however semi-obscure the invited. The nomenculatores still exist in season at the Mansion house, Guildhall, Devonshire-house, when the duke gives a party, and at one or two °thin. places where usages " most consecrate of old" still remain ; they named the guests, and went a step further than we do when festively given—they named the dishes and their qualities. At this migrating part of the year, the nomenculatores are emi nently useful on the Continent. The structor among the Greeks and Romans arranged the dishes symmetrically ; our table-dresser, as he is humbly called, does the same thing. The antique banquet over,—servants with torches and lanterns, called adversitores, conducted their masters home, and pointed out to them the stones that might be lying in their path, and which repeated libations might have'prevented their visual organ from discovering. Our cab is an improvement upon the adversitores. These are but a few of the servitors mentioned by SOYER. He gives also a list of miserable, obscure beggars ; among them the "stokers," not of steam-boat or railway engine, but buffers, who cut the wood, lighted and attended to the fires : they were called foscarii. The sweepers were styled scoparii ; and kept the apartments and furniture clean. The author will excuse me for the liberty I have taken with his text, in superadding familiar applications. As far as he has been tried, his classical allusions, with which the book is crammed, have not been found wrong. The illustrations are numerous, and the finest I have ever seen of the sort. Altogether I do not regret having pounced upon this chapter, since it bri tion a remark made by that amiabl prince, the Consort of the SOVEREIGN . . servants; on one occasion I entitled to our strong reg ceive us, all helpless, and, gs to my recolle; and accomplished when speaking of aid feelingly, that they were 1 1.1 throug and best( When 1 the first to re e, they tended them. But' Co;1-1;e1;ofy to relat the poisonous system of brincinc. an't do without has been, and is are not two in a hundred 71 % last remark, beit un , rrora experience, and not l ' et. '"red to, who ha-, hiss testified every day Paternal roof, Great domestics seemed only Onl y t° bis wishes, but needPane4 hi i not here h y tlie se esita ti placed a 4 °°a l nab nts, that th ;0 those of ), when his of the repre aetrativE kill game, and eat it why sandhould I n o t story the d citizen butcher ? do m t wo or three days ago, at the rip( rubs and turmoil e f for t he Lond 1 ugliness .v..‘,..kable in that MICHAEL was one of three noted bntehers : JOHN the father of the Countess of GLENGALL, and the Right Hon. Tholtes CulLLts, Lord Mayor of Lon bpng the other two, They were luckiv 04131 Saa3,4f4 lICIIAEL SCAT way. 111ELLT LECTURE, YESTERDAY. The fourth lecture of the series was given in the Cham ber of Commerce, yesterday, at one o'clock, on which occa sion the chair was occupied by Mr. EDWARD HEATH, who opened the business by stating his conviction that the value of the lectures was not to be estimated by the limited nature of the attendance; and he expressed a hope that Mr. Levi would not be dis couraged at the apparent apathy displayed. He felt as sured that the merchants of Liverpool would evince their sense of the important nature of the lectures, when. they should have an opportunity of perusing them at leisure, which they would do, as he (the chairman) understood they were about to be published. Mr. LEVI then proceeded to say that in the preced ing lecture he had endeavoured to show the principles on which the law assumed partnerships to be formed, and in some degree to point out the rights and the liabilities of partners. He then went on to say, that partnerships are generally constituted under special contract, by which each partner acquires a determinate share of right in the profits. In the absence of any contract, the assumption was, that all the partners had an equal interest in the partnership; and this, he said,. would-apply where one individual partner supplied the whole of the capital, while the other supplied only the labour. Where contracts did not exist, however, entries in the books of the firm would be found equally suitable in defining the relative shares of each partner, with reference tothe others. By the law of Scotland, an equality of partnership is not, he said, assumed ; and hi France and Spain the assumed relative position of the partners is regulated by laws pe culiar to each of the countries. In all cases it is provided that the interest in profits can only be ascertained after the losses have been provided for. In transactions with third parties, each partner is looked on as the accredited agent of the others. He possesses, said he, an equal right to dispose of the partnership property, by sale, or by pledging. He can effect assurances on that property, and can act in cases of bankruptcy, or of negociation, unless there be a special restriction in the contract, or by agree ment, against his doing so. A partner, however, can only bind his co-partners in a single transaction ; and in case of drawing a bill of exchange, it must be endorsed in the true style, and by the ordinary designation of the firm, otherwise the partnership is not bound by it. If a partner draw a bill in the name of his firm, even if in discharge of his own debt, that would prima facie form a binding do cument, unless a case of collusion could be established; but if collusion or fraud between the parties could be estab lished, then it would not be binding on the firm. Any knowledge acquired by the party receiving the benefit subsequent to the transaction would not invalidate the document. A partner, however, is not at liberty to borrow money in the name of the firm to raise capital for ori ginating that firm. If a partner in a firm wishes to avoid liability, he can do so, but only by express and published notice to that effect. A sale of goods by one partner to another is held to be a sale, not from the individual to the individual, but to the firm. Parties dealing with a firm which has been changed in its constituents, and of which change due notice has been given, are presumed to have exercised the usual precautions fbr ascertaining who they deal with, and they cannot afterwards fall back upon the partners of the old firm as responsible. As an instance, he might give the case of T. C. and his three sons, who carried on business for a long time, but in 1835 T. C. died. After this two of his sons set up another firm, and duly ceased to have any interest in the the other son, continued trade u bill having been drawn on it, previousg a n z d e r t e .( t i he that ol they the drawer sought to recover against the other brothers ; but they were held not liable, as it was considered by the concern.d m n had ; and m, a court the drawer should have made an inquiry as to who he was dealing with. Co-partners may, he showed, be bound by the acts of their partners even contrary to their express declaration of non-responsibility—as in the case of a coach-proprietary, where the firm had posted up notices in all their places of business that they wouldnotberesponsible for goods entrusted to them for carriage, above a certain specified amount, unless particular conditions were com plied with. A woman, who was proved to be a partner, agreed to carry goods and incur the responsibility con trary to the terms stated by the other partners ; and they were found responsible for the damage sustained by those goods, on the ground that she was a partner in the firm, and that it was bound by her acts. He stated other cases illustrative of such responsibility, but also showed that, if It fair ground existed for believing that third parties were in reality cognisant of specially restricted liability of any one who had ceased to be a partner in a firm, the indivi dual so restricting his liability would not be held further responsible. He also showed, by allusion to cases, that individuals becoming managing partners in a firm cannot convert the business of that firm to other objects than those to which it was originally devoted ; neither can they compel disapproving partners to receive back payment of their capital, and so put them out of the firm. The law of Scotland, as it related topartnerships, he said, was much better than that of England, as it was a mixture of law and equity. He next entered into a lengthened examina tion of the mode in which the Court of Chancery acts, in reference to partnerships, and showed that it was dilatory and expensive. He concluded by intimating that his next lecture would take up the subject of dissolutions of part nerships; and intimated his readiness to answer any ques tions, or to clear up any misapprehension which might have arisen in the course of his lecture. A discussion ensued, in the course of which, in answer to Mr. M`Fie, Mr. LEVI stated that, where 'no expressed restriction as to the liability has been made public, the responsibility of partners was understood in law to be of the widest kind. He also said, in answer to a question, that in an English firm, with a branch establisned at. Pa nama, the home partners would be under the operation of the English partnership laws, while the Panama portion of the firm would be under the Spanish law, unless the part ners abroad were also English, in which case all the parties would fall under the operation of the English law. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Levi for his lecture and explanations, which was carried, and the meeting separated. AT TUE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, on Wednesday evening, Mr. Levi gave the first of another series of lec tures on the same subject. The chair on this occasion was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Howson, who, on introducing the lecturer, said, that a knowledge of the main features of commercial law ought to form part of a merchant's educa tion. In a recent tour on the continent he had visited two large and flourishing schools of commerce, one at Leipzig and the other at Paris. At the former the prin ciples of law and political economy, in connexion with commerce, were systematically taught to young men in tended for business. At the latter the mercantile code of France was regularly „learnt by heart, and made the basis of farther comment. In England we had no mercantile code, though some codification was evidently desirable ; and no one bad contributed more towards this result than Mr. Levi, in his great work on the " Commercial Law of the World," for which he had received the most honour able acknowledgments from the Governments both of Austria and Prussia. The purpose of lectures such as these was not to make a lawyer of every merchant. If the gentlemen present were so unfortunate as to get into lawsuits, they would, no doubt, find. it needful to call in the aid of a legal adviser; but, perhaps, the necessity for many lawsuits might be avoided by a little previous know ledge, just as a little attention to exercise, sleep, tem perance, &c., might make it unnecessary to call in the doctor. Mr. Levi then referred to the early systems of legislation of the Greeks and Romans ; to the legis lation of the Italian States, and of France ; to the Consulato del Mare, and other maritime codes. He com pleted his review by comparing the present state of the law throughout the continent and America, and afterwards enumerated the countries which were subject to the law of England, concluding by an epitome of the lectures ili -ou4c t 9 Mi§titutc thB Ccurgcs THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. THE REV. W. F. TAYLOR'S LECTURE. ROMANISM nr RELATION TO ART AND SCIENCE. On Thursday evening, pursuant to advertisement, a lecture was delivered in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson- IIV to th delivered by I/ Mr. Geo. Nickson, warden of Si platform we observed the Revs. ley, Messrs. Brakell, 0. Willi ,nd and J Gwatkin, &c. The hall was filled in every part, and shortly after the for want of accommodation. After a few preliminary re marks, the rev. lecturer stated that he had felt called upon to deliver a lecture on the subject announced by placard, more so, because Dr. Wiseman had lately an )eared in this town, and before a Liverpool audience, and sought to con vey the impression that his church was favourable to ad t and progress in every sense, than which nothing vancemen not the lecturer's intention so much to discuss the various statements in detail, made by Dr. Wiseman in his lecture at the Philharmonic-hall—this had been done in several of the local papers, and with considerable ability—he was more desirous to demonstrate that the character assumed by Dr. Wiseman, as the advocate of education, and art, and science, and commerce—inaugurating a so-called Catholic Institute—was a false position for any Romanist to occupy ; that so far from Romanism being, favourable to progress and advancement, it was notorious and patent to the world that she was identified with igno- ranee, and vice, and poverty, all through Europe, and must be so from the very necessities of the case. The mask, therefore, should be torn from Dr. Wiseman, and the real objects of his visit to this town distinctly appre hended. It was, no doubt, in part, a money-making spe culation. Perhaps he thought that many foolish, curious Protestants would pay seven shillings and sixpence to get a peep at the cardinal and his red stockings—(applause)— but he was rather disappointed. Dr. Wiseman came to this town to make it appear that his church was favourable to education, and to the ad- , - going to take the mere assertion of a Romish. cardinal. (Hear.) Protestants are accustomed to reason, to demand argument ; they will not be content to be priest-led,----and, "my brethren" (said the lecturer), examine what I say— try it—weigh it—test it. If it stands the- test of argu- ment, receive it ;if not, reject it." (Applause.) Now, first, be it remembered that there is a great dis tinction between art and science. These terms have not been sufficiently distinguished ; they have not been used with sufficient discrimination. Art and science are so frequently classed to g ether, that it is usually supposed that where the one is, there is the other also. Rome takes advantage of this loose way of speaking ; and as it must be Ler certain :ations, patronised and music, she would lead you to infer that she is fa vourable to science—(hear) ;—and I know nothing can be more fallacious than this course of reasoning ; for, observe the marked distinction which obtains between art and science. By the arts are evidently meant those produc tions of human genius or skill which are addressed to the sentiment, the taste, the imagination, the fancy ; whereas, science is knowledge,—depends on reason, investigation, experiment, observation, and is addressed to the discussive faculties. Art calls forth the exercise of the imitative faculties. Science the inventive. The one (art) may be in a tolerably high state of perfection, with but, comparatively, little knowledge of the principles of science. Care, attention, repetition, practice, will go far to produce some valuable specimens of art, particularly if a slight acquaintance with the principles of light and shade be added ; but sci ence requires the knowledge of the principles of natural philosophy, the knowledge of causes and ef fects, induction, analysis, separate examination of particulars, and thence a deduction of general con clusions ;—in fact, science calls for the exercise of the higher faculties of the soul, the purely intellectual com bined with oft-repeated experiment and observation. Art depends on the powers of imitation, the imaginative, the fanciful, the sentimental, which, though beautiful and lovely when in strict subordination to the stern requirements of principle and truth, are yet vastly inferior to the former in sterling quality. In fine, art may be found in the in fancy of the human mind—science only in the manhood. It may, then, be easily seen why Popery patronises art under certain restrictions,—that is, as long as she makes its creatures subservient to her own idolatrous purposes.. Romanism is a religion of sentiment and every imagina tion, and she adopts every means to keep her unhappy victims bound in her mystic spells. Hence her beauteous paintings, her chiselled marbles, her noble architecture, her exquisite music, her waving. incense, her gorgeous ceremonial, her priestly vestments, all conspiring to strike the imagination and fascinate the senses ; but, in all this, there is no appeal to the reason or those nobler faculties of the soul. (Great applause.) There is a passage in our Homilies which bears so fitly on this point that it would be well to read a few lines from it :—" Now concerning excessive decking of images with painting, gilding, adorning with precious vestures, pearls and stone, what is it else but for the further provo cation and enticement to spiritual fornification ? which the idolatrous church understandeth well enough; for she being not only an harlot, as the scripture calleth her, but also a foul old withered harlot (for she is, indeed, of ancient years), and understanding her lack of nature and true beauty, doth paint and decorate herself with gold, and pearl, and atone,—that the shining with outward glory and beauty may please the foolish fantasy of fond lovers, who, if they saw her but in simple apparel, would abhor her as the foulest and filthiest harlot that ever was seen, whereas the true church of God, as a chaste. matron, espoused, as the scripture teacheth, to one husband, our Saviour Jesus Christ, is content with her natural orna ment, not doubting, by such sincere simplicity, but to please Him who can well skill to discern between a painted visage and a true natural beauty." (Tremendous. ap plause.) It will be seen that art, such as above described, may exist, aye and flourish too, under Romanism ; but as for science, it may be demonstrated that it can have no footing wherever Popery reigns. In fact, they bear to each other an inverse ratio. Science and Romanism cannot co exist; for this reason, that that condition of mind whereon science depends cannot obtain in Roma countries. Science can only flourish where the mind is free to expa tiate amid the wonders of nature, where thought is un trammelled, investigation unchecked, where the individual is free to examine, to prove, to conclude, without regard to consequences. If the mind be held in leading strings, to prevent it coming into collision with established theories, theological or scientific, then science cannot advance. (Hear, hear.) Now it may be shown that it is the genius of Romanism to repress thought, to fetter the mind, to cramp the intel lect, and thus to destroy that mental condition out of which alone science can arise. (Hear.) Take, for example, her doctrine of unconditional sub mission to the teaching of the Church. The infant mind of the Romanist is taught, from the earliest years, to re ceive with unquestioning credence, unhesitating confi dence, the word of the priest. Thus a habit of mental inactivity is engendered, and that in those matters which, above all others, should occupy the thoughts of an ha mortal being—namely, matters of religion ; a habit which speedily communicates itself to all the other processes of thought ; when the mind is accustomed to indolence and inertness in reference to the greatest of all concerns, it will not be readily moved to concerns which are in com parison but trifles. (Hear, hear.) Take also into con sideration the fact, that their priests are bound to read their Breviary every day. And, what does the Breviary contain ? A collection of lying legends and absurd stories, the constant perusal of which must impart an imbecility of mind to the peruser of them. We all know what effect would be produced on the mind if, from earliest infancy. a child were accustomed to read nothing but the edify ing history of such heroes as "Jack and the Bean Stalk," the story of " Cinderella and the Glass Slipper," &c.; and pray what different effect can be produced on the mind accustomed to read, as its daily aliment, the lying marvels of " St. Dennis, who carried his head under his arm, after it was cut off, for two miles ;" of "St. Nicholas, who, when an infant, would suck only once on Wednesdays and Fridays, and that in the evening ?" The mind, in such case, must be stereotyped in infantile imbecility. (Loud applause.) Once more, the practice of the Confessional has the same effect on the mind. Suppose, for example,' an individual was to investigate the science of astronomy, and even to Arrive at some such discovery as Galileo, that the earth revolved round the sun, and not the sun round the earth —suppose that doubts were excited in his mind as to the way in which this fact could be reconciled with those pas sages of Scripture which seem to affirm the immoveability of the earth—as "He hath laid the foundations of the earth that it cannot be moved at any time ."—that he came to the priest in the Confessional, told his reverence that he had some doubts on the point. Now, if that priest were, as nearly all are, grossly ignorant of science, and unable to solve the difficulty, he would repress the spirit of inquiry, warn the penitent not to indulge these doubts, so that the moment any one doubted, that moment he be came virtually excommunicated from the body of the church, and that, therefore, he had better give over his investigations lest they might lead him to heresy. Simi lar remarks might be made on the science of geology, which, until lately, was thought to clash with the Mosaic account of the creation of the world.—(Hear.) Now, on the other hand, Protestant Christianity gene rates science, because it emancipates the mind, elevates the soul, sets all the faculties of the intellect in active operation, opens a wide field of research, unfolds the broad page of revelation, familiarises the mind with the great and momentous truths therein contained—truths concern ing the Creator and creation ; man—his state, his relation to his fellows and his Maker ; redemption, with all its thrilling associations ;—thus, that condition of soul i s created which most efectually gives birth to true science. The individual who is conversant with these truths, and who is taught to think and judge for himself, becomes distinguished by boldness of conception, originality of thought, breadth of intellect, vigour and manliness of mind. Free to ransack the arcana of nature, he makes it yield to him its choicest treasures. Hence the wondrous inventions of modern times. (Applause.) These conclu sions, thus arrived at by independent, and, so to speak, a priori reasoning from the genius of Popery and Protest antism respectively, are borne out by experience and the facts of European history. How can Science has no - lore sublime dis nursued under the infiu ion."—Wisetnan's Lee- Science was non-existent in the dark a this be accounted for, if it be true that where flourished more, or originated coveries than where it has bt, ence of the Roman Catholic re. e ,— lure at Leeds. In the dark ages, i.e. from the 6th to the 16th cent speaking in round numbers—Rome was sup4ei.me And and the , -,,r Popes trate souls and bodies of had it all her own way. Hildel sat with their feet upon the pro the serfs of Europe. There were comparative tics. Why, then, when this was the condition did not science expand under the genial influences of Romanism and the fostering care of the Popes—those patterns of virtue and learning ? And yet scarce one scientific name can Rome boast in the long: period of a tIiQu I SP.II4 yew, WhYa according tQ Dr, Win g- 0 ,0 1 (speech TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853. at the Philharmonic Hall, even art, which, as has been demonstrated, does not imply the exercise of the higher faculties of the soul, had become all but extinct ! Hear his own words, " Art never took a strong hold on Rome—there was never any great original feeling _ it such as to create a distinct type. _ It was imitative, o _ _ a copyist, of Greek 3 did that And as this declined, so le time of Constantine it Still, it worse, for be adds how its revival was prepared." Now, hOwi the total extinction of art was prevented ? genius of Popery, or any influence emanatii .do you think ' Not by the rig within the bosom of th komist But by t le intercourse which these obtained between the towns of Genoa and Venice in the west, and Constantinople in the east. This is an important admission. Constantinople wls the seat of the Greek Church, a church which has never, even to this day, acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope ; and where the authority of the Pope is ad netians," says Dr. Wiseman, " had ob The Ve- that in Con- there were superior architects v and better workmen." This revival of art, occasioned by commerce with the heterodox Greeks, took place in the thirteenth century, and from henceforward "Italy was supplied in its artistic wants by Greece or by its Italian scholars." So, then, proud Rome, the mistress of the world, that ruled supreme over the religious and political resources of Rum*, was unable even to keep alive the genius of art, which was at length, after nearly eight centuries of decline, verging on total extinction, and was indebted to schismatic Greece for its revival. (Cheers). But it has been said that the entire of Eirope was sunk in darkness and ignorance ; and so it was, vith the excep tion of one only country, Ireland. On the intellectual condition of that country, hear the statements of Mosheim, the ecclesiastical historian :—" The Irish, or Hibernians, who, in this century (the eighth) were called Scots, were the only divines who refused to dishonour their reason by submitting it implicitly to the dictates of authority. Natu rally subtile and sagacious, they applied their philosophy, such as it was, to the illustration of the truths and doc trines of religion, a method which was almost generally exploded and abhorred in all other nations." And in a note this century, were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves in these times of ignorance by the culture of the sciences beyond all the other European nations ; tra velling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and communicate their knowlOge.7 _ Such is the testimony of Mosheim. Now, let it be re membered, that until the twelfth century the Irish Church never acknowledged the authority of the Pope of Rome. It was then forced on them by Henry 11., urged on by Pope Adrian IV.,—the only Englishman who ever as cended the Papal Chair. What does this remarkable fact prove, but that Ireland was superior in learning to other e she refused, whilst they submitted to the which mnt of no other solutic for the fact, that the entire Of Christendom was over shadowed with darkness ; —art, scienee, and literature extinct, save in Constantinople in the east, and Ireland in the west,—neither of which had submitted to the blasphemous intercessions of Antichrist, under whose oppression all Europe beside lay expiring ? (Applause.) But look not only at the history of Europe, but at the present condition of its several countries. Contrast the Romish with the Protestant countries, and the immeasur able superiority of the one in learning, art, science, civili zation, freedom, and morality over the other, will prove whether Popery be favourable to the advancement of the human mind, or not. The testimony of the historian Ma caulay is interesting : " During the last three centuries, to stunt the growth of the human mind has been the chief object of the Church of Rome, throughout Christendom. Whatever advance has been made in knowledge, in free dom, in wealth, in the arts of life, has been made in spite of her, and has everywhere been in inverse proportion to her power ; the loveliest, and most fertile provinces , of Europe have, under her rule, been sunk in poverty, in political servitude, and intellectual torpor, while Protestant coun tries, once proverbial for sterility and barbarism, have been turned, by skill and industry, into gardens, and can boast of a long list of heroes, statesmen, poets, and philo sophers." (Hear, hear.) Dr. Wiseman, in reply to this charge, enumerates, in his lecture at Leeds, the names of many poets and scientific men, who belonged to the Romish communion. He men tions the names of Dante, Petrarch, Armati, Galvani, Volta, and Torricelli ; but it may be replied, that the less said of Dante and Petrarch the better. Their greatness of mind recoils upon himself ; for Dante, in his poem, de picts Pope Anastasius "sunk deep in the abyss of hell, loaded with the crimes of the church. Nicholas 111. also in hell, standing on his head, with his heels upward, wish ing to be relieved by Boniface VIII, who is in his turn to be succeeded by Clement V. ;" and Petrarch, in a well known passage, calls Rome "a temple of heresy,—Babylon false and guilty, —a hell pf the living." _ And as for Galvani, Volta, and Torricelli, it may be re plied that they lived since the Reformation, in the last century, and that whatever discoveries they may have made in natural philosophy must be attributed to Protes tantism; for, were it not for the mental activity originated by: an open Bible, the latent influence of which has reached even to benighted Italy itself, and set in motion, to some slight extent, its long entombed intellect, such men as Torricelli, &c., could have had no existence. (Cheers.) Can Dr. Wiseman show us any scientific men before the Refor- Mation ? Oh, yes, he replies. Armati discovered' spec tacles in the year 1317. Now to this and other instances (if any can be produced) of scientific genius in pre-Refor mational times, let it be answered in general, that the Re formation was not merely the work of the sixteenth cen tury—that the influences which ultimately accomplished the Reformation were at work, yea, and in active operation for three centuries previous. The crusades—the revival of letters—the fall of Constantinople—had stimulated the European mind to activity. The Reformation of the six teenth century was but the development of those princi ples which had thus been long at work; and any instances which might be produced by Romanists must be put to the credit of the Reformational leaven already in operation. (Cheers.) But more particularly Armati may have had the invention from such a man as Friar Roger Bacon, an eminent philosopher, who is said to have approximated to the discovery of the telescope, the camera obscure, gun powder, and the correction of the calendar, but who was imprisoned for many years by the ignorant Romish autho rities on a charge of heresy and magic. His companions (Arnold and Petrus) after death were declared by the Inqui sition to be worthy of being burned for their magic. Bacon died A.D. 1292. (Hear.) The Church of Bome'has always persecuted scientific men. In the year 1337, Cecco Asculi, a philosopher, ma thematician, and physician, having performedsome mecha nical experiments which seemed miraculous to the vulgar, was charged by the Inquisition with magic and dealing with the devil, and burnt alive at Florence ! In the year 1481, Platina and a society of antiquarians were thrown into prison, in ehains, for two years by Paul 11. One of his companions died on the rack. In the year 1600, Bruno Jordan, a philosopher, was burnt on a charge of heresy by the Inquisition at Padua. Campanella was imprisoned for 28 years, and frequently tortured, for opposing the Aristotelian philosophy. And the story of poor Galileo is well known, who was summoned twice before the Inqui sition for his astronomical discoveries—condemned to per petual imprisonment, and only escaped being burnt by abjuring his science. The blasphemy of Dr. Wiseman's statement —" that Galileo might hold and maintain it as a mathematician and a philosopher, but that he must not treat it as a true theory," implying that a thing might be philosophically and scientifically true, but theologically false—setting the God of Revelation against the God of Nature—does not require an answer. (Applause.) The rev. lecturer proceeded to show, from recent sta tistics of the most convincing character, the immeasurable superiority of Protestantism over Popery in promoting the intelligence, the morality, and the wealth of nations ; comparing England with Ireland, and the North of Ire land with the remaining portions, and which satisfactorily proved that Popery and poverty are correlative terms, as are Protestantism and prosperity. In conclusion, he ex horted all to read, prize, and propagate the Bible,—the fountain of all our blessings, the source of all our great ness, social, commercial, and scientific. (Deafening ap plause). The above is a brief abstract of the able lecture, which occupied more than two hours in delivery. We regret that, from the shortness of the notice, we were unable to make arrangements to give it at greater length. Mr. BRAKELL moved, in a stirring speech, and Mr. I. WILLrAms seconded, a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was carried by acclamation ; after which the Rev. Mr. BARDBLET moved, and Rev. Mr. IRELAND seconded, a vote of thanks to the chairman. The assembly was dis missed about 11 o'clock by singing the doxology, and the benediction. HALL'S ANTI-CORROSIVE INK.— It will be seen by advertisement, that Mr. E. T. Hall, of this town, has pro duced a writing ink possessing several useful properties. Among others it professes to be anti-corrosive, and thus to be peculiarly adapted for writing with steel pens. From a trial, we are enabled to say it flows freely from the pen, has a good colour, which appears to be durable, and is an agreeable ink to write with. DESPERATE ASSAULT.—On Thursday evening, two ruffians made a desperate attempt at garotte robbery upon Mr. Lynch, of Bootle, while on his road to his own home. He struggled manfully, and so effectually that he tripped one of them up. While holding him on the ground, and calling lustily for assistance, the other man endeavoured to kick him on the head. He, however, caught hold of his leg, and also threw him down. In the meantime, the man who had first fallen succeeded in tearing himself from Mr. Lynch's grasp, and getting upon his feet. On this, his prostrate companion called out to him to cut Mr. Lynch's throat, in order to release him from his un pleasant position. Fearing that he might endeavour to comply with this r equest, Mr. Lynch raised himself to pre vent it, and both men then made off. Mr. Lynch states that he did not meet with a policeman during his walk, home. Loss OF A LIVERPOOL . SHIP.—The ship Pyth a , 928 tons, Captain Edward Davis, from this port, was destroyed by fire, when lying in the Old Calabar River, on th e 7th o f J u ly. She left this port in February last, with aoo casks oil, 200 casks powder, and other mercl very valuable cargo. She was to be sti bia, where she was to trade with oth lying in the river, at midnight. ( ndise, forming a ttioned in the Gam- essels. While the 7th July, smoke ad a ii 4 hours I blew up at noon timed. The crew diaelion the discovery At the time of the fire .-4,;TiQ. on board. Pre- r 'a v n e d ntY obt o a f hl th ecl e ill be r LARG is in Fe teraay, amounted to upv engagemen lIPPIN s to cross the Atlantic considerable exp, Scots in I opened on the The splendid new off``" aglo inst. Service, eleven o'cic'e'' LATEST INTELLIGENO. VISITATION. — Friday next is the day appointed fo r visitation of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese in LiverP ° .% It will be held at St. Peter's Church, whe re divine 0111' will commence at eleven o'clock. A STEAMER is being built at New York whicY guaranteed to run between New York and Englandwitililir3 six clays, in all seasons, with greater comfort to passe% and less risk to life than by the present conveyances' _Th e numbe, r c 1 in LiverPo' "'. ;;,;..andrpitiehenolirelftev witnessed even in these busy times. Yete CROSSING THE ATLANTIC IN Six DAYS , s 5 t York Herald says :—" A steamer is now on thine ~;eb the ship-yard of John W. Griffiths, at Greenpo, is expected to be ready for sea early in Februal This steamer is being constructed under the placs specifications of William Norris, civil engineer, johndt heir W. Griffiths, naval architect, who have pa tented lice , improvements in this country, England, and Fence, The builders and patentees, as we are informe d, are n , to N e w 'fag England, within six days, in all seasons. no a ittee CHIMES FOR ST. PETER'S CH CH.—The CO e„igi appointed for the purpose of taking s teps to raise ,nlapi rnr the restnratinri the ollirnPg of St. Peter:? ,ur We renurtudou us I,l le CIIIILICS eS. - Church, met yesterday in order to report Proce ew ' e r oberg appeared that, notwithstanding only a few of the toe,_„di had commenced to canvass the town, the .amount collected is nearly £5O ; and, as the work can i l a )e t ,Lte formed for £2OO, every confidence is felt in the. rob success of the undertaking. A list of the priliciPli scribers will be found in our advertising columns, to shall be happy to add the names of any of our reamsthe list. e ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH, HARDMAN-STREET. -- I to p - Dr. Hook, vicar of Leeds, and chaplain in ordinal at St. Queen, is expected to preach, morning and evening: s t ) a i of Philip's Church, on Thursday, the 29th inst. (festi,eata St. Michael and all angels). There is to be an,e'is, iII service in this church on Sundays, at half - P ot . c oul' addition to the present afternoon service, wbie hil mence on Sunday, the 2d October. The gas - fl tt .Vi•o lll4 being completed, and from the manner of fixing , l im inerit appear that three very desirable objects are j fir weer . namely, a non-interference with th e ar chitectunu ',lobesng ; ante of the church • the dispensing with gig and consequent avoidance of much heat ; and ll.'dill"s' MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEIt 12' BY ELECTRIC TELEGR-a-- Pif. ). LONDON. —( From Kingsford and Lay's Circulary w ho The corn market was well attended by country bufe rs l .: nfld expected to purchase at a decline of 2s, per quarLeth,ited bean ;disappointed by the firmness of holders, l'"o"r‘2s. busness only resulted, on the terms of Friday last,coo per qiarter below our highest rates. New Bar l6 tl slowk to hand, and is mostly of indifferent qualitY ; aLl pricesvary from 355. to 425. Old foreign brings s ' n f oore - vane of 6d. to Is. per quarter. Beans sell at rathsr, money. White Peas exceedingly scarce, and , h 6 P; f rel higher. quotations; grey unaltered in value. f;; Jr trgelj Flour I fair inquiry at last week's prices. The O at f firm, aid prices have recovered the depression ° nesday Ind Friday. THE EASTERN QUESTION. ,60 11 No lair news.. The articles in the French a°v e ` — fer organs ttnd to show that the Government will d° n o te 0 thing possible to induce the Porte to accept the2,l,:otte drawn tq at Vienna, giving in return a moral gY' — _,,,„ r apel that Rusda shall not be permitted to take an I A (le; advantage of the concessions made by the Porte, 3!). tbi l " claration calculated to do away with the impressioa.4. the toleration shown to the Christians is due to the , or te. ference of Russia and not to the magnanimity of t ills' re. The Pays hints that France, though per- e , c ,„;pire' solved to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman . - 0 4 4 wil not rashly throw herself into quarrels about lc and phrases. TATTERSALL'S BETTING.—This DO' nothing doing this evening at Tattersall'& FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MAR Ol. .4e t Fears that the increasing stringency of the MoneY ease will nduce the Bank, at no distant period, again to 01 l the rate of discount, coupled with the decidedly 10 ,"; appefrance of Eastern politics, caused a further declin96l, home Funds. Consols opened I per cent lower, toucberen°dli and reurned to opening price. In Railways the iner extensve speculative sales produeed a further seriog s de :diet and prces leave off at the lowest ; the fall in the heavY averageCaledonians, 2 to 3 per cent, and in novas anddnjal,l‘ descriptions about 1 per cent. Gold Mines, La nd ' par' u Shgres very deressed ; Peels repea Foreign Nery flat, p and generally lower. tedly After nder bils ess 11° to Consols chile at 961 for Money, and 931. for Account. CLOSINO PRICES. 4 Consols, Account .. 964 ilßank Stock ........ • . q dis P' Do. Money.... 95* Exebeq. Bills, L. &De " Three& Qr per Cents.. 51 TORSION STOCKS, 251 i Spanish Passives Turkish ....... - .-• 221 i Swedish ............. • 461 7 Si RAILWAY SHARES. and E. Junction.... A mberg.,Nottingham, Bristol and Exeter .. Manches Po"' ... diV •, e .... ix Caledonian .... Do. Preference i Lo Lon n d d o o n n :N__ N. wWoest.tejer:in 1:00s21p2- East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire 67 9 Do. Preferen ..- Eaatern Union A - Norfolks _.. .... e .. .. Ditto B and C — North Staitotdsl4l cDir. Edinburgh & Glasgow Shrewsbury an d .... • Great Northern 74 6x div mingham ........ --' g Do. A — Do. L. &N • W gu v l er 62a Do. B — S. Eastern and P 0 d f Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. Berwick . t z .... 0 . 0 Do. Fifths — Do. tixteng s% nce"ed4l9 jaw Leeds Northern 134 Do. Pr_ ~e%L. O London,Brighton,and (York and N. =I" South Coast 97 9 Do. Preference ... Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes MINING SHARES Noveau Monde — Nugget Registered Cordeli era Ave Maria Carson's Creek — Colonial ..... Port Philip LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural Peellltiver ....... SO S. Australian Invest. i l South Australian .• . •' Crystals ••••• .' .... e" _ pli s CORN MARKET. OP , a The show of English Wheat was moderate, of Foreign Wheat and Oats continue large. The Oa , ie cte''„ heavily; tine Wheat about- the same; other kinds ba t 0 " , but no decline at present; holders of Foreign stead Y , 100 ,01: 4 but tb d e e ope ne i, Purchasers at former terms. Barley,Beans,and Peas sS in tol o i j Notwithstanding heavy arrivals of Foreign, Oats min e . at O s their price. At the close of the market, Englis h 311 „„ e tali ° %; slowly at former prices; Foreign supports previous 'i t ; 53' '0 and floating cargoes in demand ; Odessa 485, O n , l oliii, a Galatz. Oats recovered 64t per quarter, and are li eit us, per quarter lower than last Monday. HarleY , 7, Peas went at full prices. Other articles unchange";o3. Wheat English. Irish. /03 3 27 120 gli 49 Barley l5l --- 0 379 6 Oats 2540 195 Malt 4666 41 55 , Beans Peas _ ...- ho p Flour ... 3471 350 PRODUCE MARKET. ; Sugar: Duty paid foreign not much wanted, bu t !Lin e ; mend for floating cargoes at previous prices. L, e f o j refined; brown lumps 455. Co ff ee much sellers at previous terms; Native Ceylon 4711.6 d. to 0 4 j ° , wa nte l . , , gs , ! low to fine Plantation 575. to 80s. Tea : Deinsigitto 1 11 ; rates well sustained; ordinary sound Congo* 11 00 1 " t 10 1 1 0 Rice: Few buyers, and rates tend downwards W ei . doit e l low to fine white Bengal 12s. 3d. to 13 s. 6d. Di t '" d scfr sio Cotton, but no decline. Cochineal fully as d ear ' clean Honduras silvers ss. to 58. 6d. fie r:•ci The market is brisk, and rates are advsv„, es, 2,15° brought 535., on the spot. Tee stocl. is A . : LA 2, 15° - 5 38,163 casks same ti m e l ast year • deil efl' against 1,751 casks same time last Year. TALLOW MARKET, ----.- at CATTLE /URN O% amts du% - Beasts sold at reduced prices. Sheep and l'nuotatioo 2d. per stone reduction from last 3londaY' s - Calves sold slowly. 4(1 to to " 5 4j 28 4 28 $l:5. Beef 2s 6d to 4s 6d 1 Veal •• • - Mutton 4s Od to 5s 2d f Pork ... Lambs, 4s. Od. to ss. 6083 1 Calves • 28480 pigs .. ARRIVALS. Norfolk geand Suffk Beasts Line al!! ! ............ an d Not r X OO Ca a m m b p r t i o d nllea L s e ol t i s eester, ........... 0 Scotch Beasts . Irish Beasts ... Holland Beasts Da. Sheep . Do. Calves Do. Pigs.. Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep French Calves Beasts Sheep and Lambs, " 104° d Caledonians, 30; Eastern Counties, 12E, ; anc- Loo d°- Yorkshire, 69k, 69, 683; Ditto fifths, 6 (Vs. ; and Northwestern, 103 E; Ditto C quarters, i 0 1 ; ; f e reo ce : cheater, Sheffield and Lincoln, 193; Ditto TOW P,„.% 50' par; Midland, 61k, 61' Dovers, 191, E, 181; P . — Assurance, 2 pm• LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE- MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANCS o d, . 4 (9 Nor th Midland, 24i, * ; Northwestern, 8 ; Dit to 411 sew' Cale donians, 29k; Leeds Northe rn, 14 1-16th ; pm., £ l2 paid. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARICOr* Market flat. Sellers at 635.; buyers at 620. 6d LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIOVIC; Oil ARRIVED AT GRAVE°EIID, 11TH SE pr.—..CalllaY , fol i . , 1%01,1? sco __---.- -------- :ie bnangrn. ARRIVED AT LONDON, 12TH SEPT. 6" bale Portland Bay; left 28th April; h a s 1,7 Cornhill, from Hobart Town. b f. LIVERPOOL: Morni a 't IN O I4O Printed and Published every Tuesda Y . ~, E R, o _„ri . Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON TtAn'it, palrd_l,- Percy-street, at the STANDARD GENE ',weir OFFICE, No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CaESCAP. TUesday, September 13,1553. was seen ascenumg from the for Le was in a body of fla The cargo was entirely a re obliged to leave t on the Bth If the firefor fear of an crew went to the hot assistance. They afterwards fitted om -- - for Fernando Po, a distance of 1 30 mi les, to see the consul. In going down the river they suffered great privations, and were ill-treated by the natives, who threatened to murder them, Six of her crew to ok passage in the Fore runner, but two of them, named Hugh M'Cubbin and H ug h *D av ie, died cii the paws . ; aud Irm Duried at nal