The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

HAPPY ENDING OF A LAW SUIT.

It will be in the recollsctinn of our-readers that at the last assizes
for this county an indictment which had been removed by certiorari,
was to have been.tried by a special:jury under the Htellop'of Oxford's
Act, against a Mr. It. E. Smith, of Finch ngfield, and M r John Cutts.
his attorney, for being. parties to the procu in, and prevailing upon
Miss Hit% a yoongl..dy under ttlehaeot 21, to live with the defendant
Smith, but in consequencetof the delica'e state, of the lady's health
the trial was adjeuri.ed. At tile same time it was kdown that an
action- had 'b,!en."comalenced,' the, 'damages being 'laid at .e 5,000,
against the defeedant Smith, who is supposed
,to be very rich, for a
breach of promise of marriage at the suit of the same young lady.
In a few'dAy6 the jury was to have assess ,d the real damages, to
which sh 3 was entitled, brit on Wednesday last. we hear, the Wend.
ant Salth, in propria pers4na, clatra-d to lulfil his con rite% :How
or in what manner he had bap operat, d upon it is impossible to say ;
it is rum,ured that 4 highly re,pectablegentlemln of the profesSion
had been engased by 'th to endeavour to arrange terms of settle-
ment with Mr. Sheph- ,of Halstead, the,yonhg ladyslegal adviser,
anti that tAn.,tinf.t, Offni of "pecuniary` reparation" were iej ,coed
,ith a firmness waich rendered the task hopeless. 7ha lady, it Is
said, took care to let the defendant timith know "that it was not-the
mower, hit the man alone that would tempt her to forea.to the right
of 'appeal t a-jury ; and. the: efore, it may he fairly surmised that
the defendant Smith could no longer withs:and.such an unequivocal
pro-if of her ate aahment and conataticy. Be that, h ,wever, as it
may, a westing, it'in sad, (too piece the same evening at Mr. She -
heed's"office. where Cert Lin coates4lons aril caneessiOns" were
made which led to the " pail " be'n4 tiulv-married on Fdday
last, by I:censa, by. the Rev. D. Frazor, at Hole Tr pity church,
Halsted, in the
Pl',,*e'ice of oeveral genre who witnessel the
•:eremany. The defendant vies' heard loudly and heartily to repeat
the solemn vows and obligatioas i 7 fait'ainliy kept by Leith
parties, will not fail to produaa that true lt qapinces wh,ch those who
-witrieSsel the ceremony most lasartdy de ire they may b.:,th long
live tea.enjoy..— Essex Herald.

Tits PCAR.L ExerrEmesT.— rho ed finding of real pcarls in
the. she 13 of innssets near Paterson, N.J., is cleating no little excite-
ment: A friend.assnie us thp.t.one pearl al Urge At is small marble
(dot a iece of clia.lo hal bcen shawn to T Ifloy and Ellis,. the well
known Broadway je,can's, who eslims ed its va!tie 1000 dots.,
an i fferad to advance7lo do's. on it. It lacks the peeu.i?..r tint of
the Eastern pearl; otherwise its value would be alMost incredible.
?the 'Van who owns.it has al,ealy sold small pearl, to ;he amount of
220 dots.. Everybody is on the t.e..reh, aryl whatever "may be the
result, 'there is evidently no lack of "enus,zit.,? at the diggings.—lfew
York Tribune.

SECOND SALE OF TBERuINS OF COVENT-GATIDENTNEATRE.—On Tues-
day, on the pr raises, CoveutgatTlen Theotee, Measls. Eve rsfiela & Co.
auctioneereedisp used t.,5'.,55-10.tleri of th , materials in the runs, wh ch
incladed several miilions of irriekte•tae ashlar, the Portasad stone
pestles, in Bow-street, paving and' kerb'. iron rsili gs and ga es, doers,
sashes and.woodwork, Iron cal umnsS•etoves. wrought and east iron,
gas and rain wet r p'pes, and ethyl materi Is. The prices obta ned
for the several lote varied much, ma-se of them eoing considerably
above thi3 Hrarkst :value oc' heir niaterisls; whilst ethers sold at very
low sat ces : among the latter was the entire of the ,Portland. et me
portico, with four, large Doric columns tied pilasters, which sold at
£25 the cost of such an ereetisti being at least l'aoo. &me portions
of the reins are to be taken twee harour -dam while o;htrs, such as
the brickwe k, n ed re t he removed for eight weeks.
HS VISHOP-OF ExETEViI CLIADGE TO MS Cagacif,--The charge
which the Bishop of, Factor-wee unable, fete:a illness, to deliver at the
triennial viattalotopf hie diecesee last .week has bean welted.... The
rev. prelate congratulates the clergy upon the decielon in the case of
Westerton v. Lidde 1, expressing, nevertheless, the hope that "in the
naatter 'of eriiimaets-there wilLba.no atte aapt toexceed the measure
n,s on
wilt earth,htiwv weakness,
, ckenaessesd Li ; e:ltees.: ,
of saered.solemity, Aill leaa ueneeessarilysto, anioy the, feelings of
any mimereitia Itiertibb. Oflhosti Who would wish to attend upon your
ministry." A considerable portion of. the charge is oderiplea w 1•11
arguments:intended tit prove that the doctrine of baptisinal regene-
ratiou is net. an."ap se question", in. the ehtirch ; he had Tefueed
• licencss to clereyn:es ilia UOlLOVillir it, and we'll do so, if a neanimous
resolution of liiitti Housei of Parliatitent end the jiliicial comniittee
of the privy coancilnombieed, declared him to be wrong. The ope-
rations of teat committn , ought .not to be extended to spiritual
matters, for the members of it cannot be eXpecte 1 "to have acquired
matter with
nt
:wl,l
itiythh.
the theeingical lemming which isneesseary ,or the pr 'pc decision of
inch mutes." '.ln referent!, to the deearat!oniqf the Catechialt upon
tho b.ptisffiel question, he a eye: " This is a plain stattan nt of a very
plain matter, which the. Judicial Committee, have eo laittiveh-
mye
ist
raiee:rodedd,
aeCmhinriPsittei
seat." On a tether po nt closely cenneeted' with ihe same s i bjeet,
rt
ahsepi
their e:otnionit
,honour,
• ,:aini
higher
ygrih—leletfir.i.orrsrtdettstf repos
erts,canpitirsii:unriirldsdeet r s t a it cl ,n . andi;r hng thanr y_
which it is bard to know -how to deal. I have, I need net
he says :—" This caring of' 'their
vialieln—nrdelit:tieiPo:nofifsj:4,
say, a great respect, for all. of them otliciylly, a d veyi -Street
analsseil the charge of the late B shop
tbfhnaa:thileahpinarevsFernmetatil:',,hsetance the court must be, teldnrith •va much civility
eludes; " And now, my friena 'I diii you
'7l/11sa7t ini aottli en gee': cannot 9eNfplilat otfitent'' :Da: knien.:
, .
4anbna.otyuhete.
(, case ai
(Lincoln),
The
()hlne admits,rsthh 0
apt;
hca4ao
nit .n.ii
sterlY, we: all Meet in
tLih'aPltrr°,:bloaY'rlfi we:ltivthe, rl lai's e oaAurr hilltdniNtient:lntin.4
: oinfa:utam:e:tat:sain9du soften-the ourh hearrit to receive
. ~ , eoccupy 4 -,r .gder
...%nditlah b:hraloteu:enciihruatrae.an7 . f
h. many
rank thin y ur err ng blehdp• • Meanwhile I Wipe I have not Opine d
stmooo:si
rdYee:ticui declare
itehii4e,.:,inf.
tat:
nooitohyle,
z,unta:l
unto it. whole cotiaseinfelrod. •
~.:-The ee g
~0 fail as my paer lights canal '.teen unto it. AI y
together with' thet orille'St Janes
.$
He :,aiel:t: with
mercy every atter:Slot' 6 set forth liii truth. an rni Tth • ' ly
it in lOwliness, n peace, •n love."• .- • , -
Tr/ewe/tame llattArea AND FTA-NDARD
two daily hewsptipers,
publiehea three.daya a week, ware offered for Palebyptinlie stectiVitel,
on Tuesday, at the Anetim Mart, ;City, by Messrs. Christie and
sVhorfbtrihie"
Simeon. -The proPerty was, , ' ' ire pi, up one lot and was. offered for
Sala under the crd3rs of the re-lie...lees of Ar.- Edward Bildt i
Pa.rileriipta and With the Consent haelliahnertgageek"B a nclaucfh '. tie - n'
a
. e
of thepublic was both humeroureand influentlaletnd in,ludeit itaveral
eapitahste in Gm qt.!, newspaper proptietors,- paper manufacturers
and printers. Tao auctioneete'Mr. Ceristie, opt-real the prooceedine;
• by observing that the property that he it id to offor' f-r s ile wai. of 'a
rather morel el-wider: With tho'exe'sptien of ninete.ea'sharesen the
Glo4e. which were soli by his.friend, the late Mr. George Rohner,- in
4d46. this was the first occasion within his memory on„w niches London
, newspaper had bean offered for publle Sale. l'he eeposit to be paid
ander the conditions of sale, viz., twenty-five per ceint. on the ailment
. of the purehase-money, Wse •soenwhat large, and perhaps it Might
be thought desirable for him to state what was to. be done with it,
pending the completion of the contract. The amount would be in-
vested in Exchequer-bills,ned the 'securities themselves deposited
with slessra. Hoage, ;the bankers. The pureheser of the copyrights
would liave also to purchase the leasehold premises -and the plant, at
the valuations which he would now announce. The plant including
steam-engines, machinery, prieting-presSesetypes, end other chattels
: and effects, was veined' by' Miliml4: Efarril 1 and Sons on the 21st of
April, at 6,1,90/. 3s. fad. and thelsaseholdS -were vaned by Mr. Charles
Harding, the eminent survey tit, at 631/., m ikipg, the total valuation of
-the plant end 'the lelieholde 6,831/. S 3. (iii., and that amount. would
have to be added to the price of tee copy ti ,ht. The present moment
was singularly favourable for tee purchase of Copyrights of this kind.,
floe country was entering upon a new era of great political interest to,
the conservative party. t was true that the party was in. a /Mee:vita ;
neverthelesi they were powerful in humbles, haWerful' in Influence,
• powerfal in wealth, and that partywas theleappersei of this property.
these papers were necessary to, the existence of that great party, and
formed part ef their political life. Ile bad before him :the amounts
paid for advertieetnentaln the three papers durieg the last five ye es,
and the total was 146,1431. 5s , giving an average of nearly 30,00 if. a
year. In 1951- the amount was "31,F901: II e ; in 1852,',"•5,7301 lie: ;•
In 1853, 30,(03. 2s. ; in i 854, 26,494/. 44. ; and in 1655, 21.758/. I Os.
Re had no returns for thh last year, uer ceuld ha t urnish any informa-
tion for that period. The pattera came Into the possession of the assig-
nees on the 180 ofFebruary last, mid since that period they had been
tarrying them on at a. small profit-e something like '7OOl. The assig-
nees hid determined toput the property in at a fixed price—namely,
13,5001., -and an aivance • of 1001. upon that amount weal eff et a
. bona fie purchase. :The . cost to • the Mirchaser would then to, in.
eluding the valuatl'on of the plant and leaseholds, 30,451/. 3s. ea.
yr. Christie then,. formally put stile .copairights
,na at 10,500%, A
langthehedpatise ensued. A per •en peeient a.eltad ivieat th a banknipt,
ita,e for the property? Mr2Chri.tie albite COCild not tell, bat thin'
he could, hey that. the .Warre;ri-e 118,414, atone cost' 2'),0501. After
waling some minutes it became evident that ;no riublic , sale would,
.take place ; not a single bid wee offered. and eveetualy.the auction-
eer said he had.no alternative tut, id Withdraw the property. • ' • - •

AO:fru/rricroirrhrtsipsoitnilpet4t,aet Tt444rri:,awtril
otifu g
eyounr
,telthee2w3 tiha shaayvse:
opportunity of, atypdtog the ;;Heather while the exA,ng,
discu-siion on Spezi;a is toking place. lie lotAs;in bettfr
health, and is, [ believe going to spend some tithe in the
neighbourhood of LIR) Mevinrei"
A. SUMMONS TO ROME.7-PUt the Belfast papers
announces that Dr. Dennis;S Roman 'Catholic Bishop of
Down and Connor, has been summoned to Rome " on
basinessof Importance connected with his ~diocese," and
that he7is to take, his depurture in a few 'days for the
Eternal City. The,right rev. prelate is an old and warm
supporter ofthe systemof national education, and, indeed,
of every measure likely to promote the welfare and ad-
vancement of the pe Re is, of course, no especial
favourite of the fanatics.

ALLEGED DROWNKNO BY. A . 'MARINF. —On Monday an
adjourned inquest -Aasdit l t _-at the :Canterbury Tavern,
the,heely,-oft,Ctiarlotter Sweet. It appeared
that on Thursday last the deceased, and a marine naated
ba4 been thinking at .va.iOUR Olefin
houses, end uliintately, nearly midnight, went on the
;tea rrihaatwhArf..-, ,The,de,ceased, wars beard to shout, and
it wns then found that she bad fallen into the water from
a helot. o.!-,,,,fee.ti? death ,hhing almost instantaneons.
Nlai tin, who was seen to hasten from the spot, was appre-
hended, Ind it, is 'now proved; that the, d ceas:d by some
means fell into the water . whilst ;Martin was several feet
from the spot. Ver.F.nt--.--"Aneidental death."

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF SILK. —A burglary was committed
during the night, of Tuesday, in the premises of Messrs.
Samuel Smith and Sons, silk mercers, corner of Biackfriazs
street ancl,l4eansga4e, Manchester, when property to the
value of about £3OO was carried off. The burglars- got
over a wall behind the, premittel, thew through an outer
door into the shop. Once in the building,. the. burglars
ranged over several rooms unheard,.although many persons
sleep on the premises. When the tervauts came down
stairs in the Morning, they found the kitchen in unusual
disorder; they next. saw a robe droes in the yard and a
quantity of wrapper.. The manager was then called, and
he discovered that the doors had been forced,•aud that the
tnieves had carried off silks, satins, and ribbons to the
value ab )ve stated. Information was immediately given
at the detective office, and steps were taken, whieh proved
effictual. A bout two o'clock, three men were apprehended
at the Pendleton station, in charge of a large new box.
This was broken open, and. was found to contain nearly the
-
whole of the stolen goods.
Moan POISONING —About a week ago a family residing
in the west end of the town pirates et and cooked a fresh
cow's tongue of uuusuelly
"ergo size. It was regarded as
a kind of rarity in the house, and the first, portioumf it was
given to a young female relative who had ac!iden'ally
dropped in previous to the evening meal at which the
tongue was to be consumed. Oa
woman was seived with severe headeche, sickness, pains
over the whole bady, purging and vomiting. Being
naturally We-3k., her indisposition excited no unusual notice,
ard after taking some medicine she was better next day,
thouga- still indisposed It
going home the young
Was ascertained, howev,r, on
th. following day, that all the msmbers of the family who
• had partaken of the tongue had been attacked in she same
wey,—hushand, and wife, and family, unable to get cut of
bed. A Medical man had been brought,• who prescribed
emetics, but the husband was so unwell that he was unable
to resume work for a whole week after. The tongue was
bought at the shop of a respectable flesher. A small
potion of the tongue was left, but we regret to say that
steps were not taken to have this analysed, so as to throw
some light on the singular affair.—Greenock Correspondent.

THE GREAT MODERN BABYLON.

Think of what London is 1 _ At.the. last census ther
were 2,362,236 persons of it;, 1,106,558 male;
of whom 146,449 were under five years of aee. The' in
married males were 670.380, ditto females, 735.871 eto
married men were 399,098; the wives,. 409,731 ; t 1
widowers were 37,080, the widows, 110,076. On the nisi
of the census there were 28,593 husbands whose wives'evei
not with them, and 39,231 wives-mourning their iabsel
lords. Last year the number of children born in Londe
was 86,833- In the period 56,786 persons died. TI
-e same •
Registrar-General assumes that with the addition.
births, and by the fact of soldier's and sailors returnin
from'the seat of iv:ir, and persons engaged in peaceful pie
suits settling in. the Capital, sustenance, clothing, an
'house,aceommodation must now be found in London fi
above 60,000 inhabitants more than it contained at the en
of 1855. Think of that-the popelation of a large city al
sorbed in London, and no perceptible inconvenienc
occasioned by it ! Houses are still to let; there are still ti
usual tickets hung up in windows in quiet neighbourhood
intimating that apartments furnished for the use of sing
gentlemen can be hal within ; the country still supple
the town with meat and bread, and we hear•of no stare
lignin consequence of deficient supply. London is tl
the annual deaths have been on the average 25 to 1.000 i
the last ten yea:
" a -.of this, half of the deaths that happen on a
yet, in spite
20 and 40, a
average in London, between the_ alms of .
j'srPoitelor;:igon .was 22 to 1,001
,The Registrar traces this to the state o. the streets
silk
says :-There can be no doubt than the' dirty
breath,
'• led in- the air-that the. people of London
pen( .....,
• iratory organs. The di.
often-excites .diseases of the respiratory IhtabeoearniPti:l;oirienisisitatt:mii°tp:3innt.ahle:esd6w.d°tirisileeses of the respiratory organ
of the streets is produced and - ground now by
horses, omnibuses, ancloarriagea, and then beat innume.n up i
dust, which fills the mouth and inevitably enters the e
passages in large quantities.. The dust is not remove
rafibt
every day, but, saturated with water in the great tht
rouehfares, sometimes ferments in damp we Alms' ; anti c
other times ascends again under the beer of the sun
atmospheric dust. "London,'' says Henry Mayeev
" mey, be safely Asserted to- be the most densely pop::
lated city in all the world; containing one- fourth niOri
people than Pekin, and two thirds more than Paris, mor
than twice as many 23 -Constantinople, four times a
St. Petersbnrg, five times as: many as Vienna; or Nei
-York-or Madrid, nearly seven Aimee as many as Berlin
eight times as many as Aousterdarn, nine times as many a
teeny as Rome, fiaeen times as 'many as Copenhaeen, an
.seventeen times as many as Stockholete" "London," say
lloeae 3 Jay,-" caist eine province couverte de _meisons.
It corers: an area of 122 square miles, in extent, or 78,02
statute 'acres; and contelus 327,391 houses: Annuale
' 4,0:00 new houses are in course of erection, for upwards c
40,000 new coulees. The continuous line of building
stretching from Holloway to Cernnerwell is - said to be 1
miles long. It. is computed that if ate buildings were to
an a row they would reach acrosa, the iviole of Eeglan•
and Prance, from-York to the Pyrenees, Lena 'a ha
10,500' ' distinct streets, svares, circuses?. creeeeat
terraces, villas; rows, buildings, places, lanes, coarse
'alleys, mews, t yards, and route. The paved street
of London, according to a return : published in 185 E
number over • 5,000, and exeecel2,o4), miles in. length
the cost of this paved readingawea-ofoesteen million
!and the , repairs cost .e1,850,Q00--- part eanam. ' Lor
don contains 1,900 r miles
of nearly .£4,ooo,oata spent in Die- pabfaration of ga
The cOetSof gas lighting is heitiemillienn It has 360,017
lights ; and 13,000,000 cubic feetoagas are • burnt ever
night. List year along. Cheese • streets the einormou
qUantity of upwards of so,oo,4o9tialloni of Water rushe
for the supply of the inhabisaets, being nearly doubl
whit it was la 1845. Mr. Malhew says aa-Ir the entire
people of the capital? were -to. be drawn Up' in Marchin
order,. two and- two-a •,the length of-thegreat army , of. Lor
doners would be no less. than 670ernites, andesupPesit
them
.to move, at 4. neseanotatteree, mils an hour, it, vvoul
require nioee thatearldAyetilaridenilg s- for the aierag
population topasa b . 71`, d••actschnah date this' crowd
125,000 vehicles pa-ssa ttiadiikh 'Wet% oieiughfares in th
`private and jebtarriageteand beret", ply dallyin the street'
3,000 conveyances enter, the metropolis daily
,from, th.
16t
course of 12' hottest; d.„oooltable 11,f100 omnibuses, 10,00
-surrounding country. Tennyson tells us :- ,
" Every ir inut,: dies a non,
'-i I `lad •' • XVery minute one is born."
In London, IVai'.l4'Mayhew calcultit-eie 169 people di
daily; and a babe lei latirn edery five. - iabtese- The number
116 public institeitaseal
of persons says the Registrar General, who,died in 1856, u
was ,10,381. It ilealty , eheeking,, :tq think that
people cireathenaned in the Thames evert
aearly,l person out, o -,s;avaio ' ell Wet yeer,'CloSed
.hiE
days Under a roof pit' •do by,lomnie Patilie Chirity. It
.
the sfirst week of the preSent year there wen
five deaths from intemperance alone. How much wretch
edness lies in these tees facts-for the deaths from actua
intemperance bear but a sneell proportion to the death
inducael-be the indmoderare use of intoxicating liquors
ated of the 500 drowned, by far the larger class, we hay'
every reason tubelicaa, are of *bean' Heed wrote:
ievacaf,lelant ,
..
101iouistiehZ
'thene • Were in 'London
. ' "Mad with lifea history, • •
Grind to death's mystery,
Swift trbs hurried,
Anywhere, an where
kern,
into
jog the ea: casual
Out of the wand I " ' • .
Aceorrling to the last neports,
admittedinl4i3;33ootoio7gi:•lair:tisar,,,. i
' wards of the workhouses.. Here we have always in our
bens, 773 ick ocaets ' s .
__
0, , P • P , • , 3,6a7 sneakstnen or °neutron thieves,
it h rse stealers, 141 •
dog stealers, 3 forgers, 28 coinera
317 utterers of base coin, 141- Swindlers, 182 cheats '9
, 343
receivers of stolenegoods, 2,763 .habit ual, rioters, 1,205
vagresits,,sobegginge letter writers, 86 bearers of begging
teeters, 6,371 prostitutes, besides 470 not otherwise de-
scribet malting altogether a total of WOO criminals'
known to the police. These persons are known to make
away with £4l,ooo'per annum ; the prison population at
any particular time is 6,000, costing tor the year 4170.000.
Our juvenile thieves cost us 4"300 a piece., Mr. Tirnbs
calculates the number of, professional beggars in London
at 35,000, two-thirds of whom are Irish. Thirty thousand
men, women, alifel children, are employed in the costee-
monger trade; besides, We have, according to Mr. May.
hew, 2,009 street 'sellers of green stuff, 4,000 street sellers
of eatables and drinkables, 1000 street sellers of stationerYs
4,000 street sellers of other articles, whose receipts
are
three millicns •t I 1 whose
, ser eie, are :Incomes may be put
• down at one. Let us extend our survey, and we shall not
'wonder that the eiutetcliouse., a. tti ' •
s and e gin palaces, and the
casinos; and the theate•se and the'pentijegaffs, and the low-
est
,aree esieas places of resort in Lontron are full. In Spital-
Pelds these -ere 70,000 .weavers with but lOs •per Meek S
there are 2,2 479 tailors' ' *''.
, ; 30,a0a shoemakers.; 43,928 mielia
tiers; seamstresses, 21.210 ; bonnet makers, 1,769 ; cap
makers, 1,277. ' What hard, wretched work is `theirs !
Th re. are two worlds in Lendon, with a if gu between,
the rich ,and the poor. ..We_ have glanced- at the latter ;
for the sake, of contrast let look f
,esat the- ormer. Etner-
son says the *earth of Landon -determines" prices all over
the globe. In 1847 the money coined in the mint was
.E.5;158,440
.in gold, X 125,730 'I 'le ' dXB 960 •
er,
_an, . In
ooppeica; Thiebusinees of 0-4 Bank olEdisland is conducted
by _ . about 800, 'clerks, whiesis'afrilarlea anaohrit to •'about
A:190,000. The Bank in 1850 had about 20
million
of bank
notes in circulation. In the same year there were about
five millions deposited in the savinge:hanks-of- the -inetroe -
peas., , The gross customs revenue of the port of London
in 1849 svgs 411,070,176 - 65-millions is the estimate formed
by Mr. M'Cullocli Oftli9,totalsie 1
, veyed into and froth London.
vide value of the produce eon-
, rental, as assessed
by the peoperty and income tax,g_., is lak millions. The
gross property insured at 4'166,00,001i, and only two-fifths
of the houses are insured; '-The amount of capital at the
corm-nand-of the entire London bankers may be estimated
at 64 millions ; the insurance .companies have 1 a ways 10
millions of deposits ready for investment 78 ,
•millions are
employed in discounts. In .041, the transactions of one
London house alone amounted 30 millionSeln'lB39, the p y-
haente made in thoclearing house were 954 milli - a.-
ens-an
enormous sum, evhich will appear still greeeer wheneve re-
member stuns 'uncleraealeo ere omitted from this statement,
The population core.sdfrada'aenually 277,000 'bullocks, 30,000
oalyeee 1,480,000 sheep, '34',000 pigs. 1,600,000 quarters of
wheat, 310,464,000 lbs of potatoes, 89;672,000 cableiges. Of
fish the returns are almost incredible.- Besides, it eats
2,742,000 fowls, 1,281,000 game, exclusive of those brought
from the different _parte ofS the United Kingdom, from 70
to 75 millions of ergs are annually imported into London
from France ased ether, countries. Aboue 13,000 cows are
kept in the city and its environs for the supply or rnilk and
creim ; and if We add to their value that of the cheese,
end. butter, ,and milk brought froiia. tfio country into the
city, the expenditure on produce: must be enormous.'"
Then London coasumes...6s,ooo -Pipes of wine, 2.000,000
igalions of spirits; 43,200,000 gall'";°f porter and ale, and
burns 3,000,000 tons of coals; and I have seen it estimated
that one-fourth of the commerce of the -nation is carried
'on in its Port. (in boxing night _it was estimated that
60,000 persons visited the various, theatres and places of
ansesement in London. In London, in 1853, according to
Sir la Mayne, there were 3,613 beer shops, 5,279 public
houses, and 13 wine rooms. And now, to guard all this
wealth, what have we? 6,367 .policer costing, .ea 73,968 ;
13 police courts, elating. £45,050; and about a* dozen
crlminal prisons,.69 union relieving officers 316 officers
of local boards, and 1,256 other local • officers. We
have 35 weekly magazines, 9 daily newspapers,....s
evenings, and 72 weekly ones. . Independen'tly of the
meehanicsainstitutiene, colleges, anti endowed -schools, we
have 14,000 children of both ,sexes clothed anti educated
gratis, in the National, ' and various other schools.
Direct religious agency may be estimated as follows :-In
the " Hand book to "name of Wership," published by
Low, in 1851; there is a list'of 371 churches and chapels
in connection - with the Establishment; the number of
church sittings, according eh Mr. Mann, is 409;184; the
Indepeude,nts haye about 140 , places of worship, mid
100,436 sittings ; the la ,e4lstists,l3o chapels,: and accommo-
d atiotinn for 54,234; the Methodists, 154 chapels, 60,606
sittings ; the Presbyterians, 23 chapels, and 18,211
'Sittings ; the Unitarians, e chapels, and about 3,300
sittings: the Roman Catholics, 33 chapels, aro 35,994
sittings; 4 Quaker chapels, with sittings for 3,151. the
Moravians have 2 chapels, with 1,100 sittings ; the 'Jews
have 11 synagogues, anti 3,692 sittings. -There are 94
chapels -belonging. to the New Church, the Plymouth
Brethren, the Irvingites. the "Latter-day Saints, Sande.: menial's.. Lutherans,. F: ench Protestants,: Greeks, Ger-
mans, Italians, which chapels have sittings for 18,833.
We thus get ee1.723 attendants on Divine exercises.-
From Ritchie'i "Night Side of London.'

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Friday Evening.

The advices- per Ariel •and City of Manchester,
whose letters tvere• delit,ered this morning, have
not had any effect upon our Cotton Market to-day,
which closed rather dull. The sales to-day were
6 000 bales, of which 1,500 were on speculation.
Messrs. Wright, jun., & Co., in their circular,
issued for transmission by the Asia, make the fol-
lowing remarks upon the movement of the trade
throughoit the past week :
Our C Aten M trket closed heavily on the 24th ultimo,
under which date we issued our circular advices per
taropa, The prevailing gloomy feeling seems to increase
as time progresses, notwithstanding the very strong con
firmatory advices of a crop not exceeding 3,000,000 bales,
and reports adverse to the prospects of a large yield next
season. During all the present week the daily demand
has been of that limited character for so long past
forming the- ruling feature, and prods are offered so
freely that inducements have to be held out in order to
influence sales. Prices are consequently irregular, and
almost imperceptibly recede until ti e closing qaotations
establish a decline. The difficulty to realise quantity is,
b,uwever, more complained of than the rates current,
although •attended with loss to the imp irter, which, on
the' low grades, is a serious item. Too much importance
Is probably attached to the high interest rates now current
for money accommodation. The accompanying restrictive
Measures however, induce more than ordinary caution,
and, as the indications tend rather to increased stringency
than early relaxation, their effect is to narrow down
operations of every description, and in which trade in the
manufacturing districts sympathizes. The elements are
otherwise in favour of improvement, although time must
elapse before their influence will be apparent. The
Weekly business is swelled in amount by retu-ns of
Parcels forwarded during the month from the ships side.
The total sales of the week (exclusive of 7,930 forwarded
direct from the ship) amount to 45.440 bales, of which
31,540 are American. Speculators have taken 4,780, and
ePorters 6,180, leaving 35,610 bales of all kinds to the
trade. Tne import for same time is 18,492 bales, of
Which 8,189 are American. The quantity known to be
Itt sea from American ports is about 200,000 bales.

PRICES TO-D
new Orleans Pair.. 80 Madling..ad Ordinary 53cl to el.
mobile „ ..735 ~ • •71(1 „ 50 to 63d.
Atlantic • • 731 ~ ..733 53d to 635.
Total tak'n for Conslatim, 1857., 618'690 bale). 18;6-803,440 bales.
Export (actual) „ 64,883 „.. 56,935 „
American Brazil Egypttin E Indies W Innies Total
Stock this day .392,390 46,230 18 431 84,810 670 512,430
Same time 18)6.391,380 6u,260 35,300 56,350 1,060 544,350
To-day was a dies non on the Stock hxchange,
both in. London and Liverpool, it being the day for
the half yearly balance at the Bank of England.
The Manchester market responds in tone to the
depression existing here. Goods are lower in
valae, and the turn of prices is also against pro
(keens of yarns, more particularly where contracts
require to be renewed or are drawing to completion,
the indisposition to extend business occasioning a
Progressive increase of dulness, and inducing
manufacturers of domestic and heavy fabiics to
curtail the working of their mills to forty hours'
labour per week, thereby considerably diminishing
consumption of the raw material.
The weather has been cold for the season, which
checks- vegetation, but to-day there was a decided
improvement, with genial sunshine. Our Grain
Market has been well attended, and a good
business has transpired. Wheat has been taken
freely at an advance of 2d to 3d per 701bs. Flour
Participates in the improvement, and is is per
barrel dearer. Indian Corn has fluctuated, but
closes about 2s to 2s 6d per quarter higher in value
The import of all articles is expected to be limited
for some time.
At the Glasgow weekly Hide and Skin Market,
the following prices were yesterday obtained by
auction :—Market hides, 84 lb to 92 lb, 6d; 75 lb
to, 83 lb, 511; 65 lb to 74 lb, 5i.1; under 65 lb, 5d ;
heavy cows, 411; light cows Sid; bulls, 4d ; calf
skins, 7 lb to 12 lb, 60 ; light calf skins, 3s 7d ;
dried calf skins, is 10d to 3s 3d ; N. C. hides, 51-d
bild to 4d; horse hides, 11s each ; salted
West India Hides, Old.

The Liverpool Wo-ol Sales are proceeding, and
both yesterday and today there was a large attend-
ance buyers, and good prices were obtained for
all descriptions.
From the circular of Mr. Joseph Whittaker,
tfssued this afternoon, we learn that the departures
froth Liverpool for. Australia, during the month
4-Pill, were 15 vessels, of 14,489 tons, with 4,424
'engers, against 5 vessels of 6.208 tons, with
i
,i,t"7 passengers, corresponding month las: year.
?tele are 15 vessels on the berth for Australia,
advertised to leave Liverpool during the present
1340W11, The present rate of freights may be
quoted fr.olll this port at 355. to 40s. ; to Sydney,
''Zs. 6d. to 455. to Melbourne, to be delivered in
the bay, and 40s to 50s. at the wharf; and 30s. to
408- per ton to Adelajde•
Very little is now heard of the Russian Railway
olletne, and the parties iniorested in its success
lust be extremely disappointed at the universal
condemnation which it has received: The press
has so completely unveiled the tricks kifiOPted,
10 order to create a market for the shares, .-hat
Public prejudice, if possible, has increased.
The following are the closing rates of
Foreignll l 71;
Exchanges:—Amsterdam, short, 11 1.61 to
I7A; Do. 3 months, 11 191 to 11 191 ; Rotter-
21ti
411, do ,11 191 to 11 191; Antwerp, do., 25 45 to
fi 50; Brussels, do , 25 45 to 25 50 ; Hamburg
IT., 13 81. to 13 81; Paris, short, 25 65 to 25 70 ;
3 months, 25 65 to 25 70; Marseilles, do.
V. 674 to 25 721 ; Frankfort, do., 1191 to 1191 ;
leona, do., 10 31 to 10 34 ; Trieste, do., 10 34 to
t 035; Petersburg,•do., 37 to 371 ; Madrid, do., 49
A
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BANK UP ENGLAND RETURNS.
do Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap.
32, for the Week ending April 24, 1857.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
Government
Debt
Other securities 3,459,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion

Debit.
Notes issued . , £23,308,485

8,833,485

£23,308,485

Total £23,308,485

lEPARTMENT.
Credit.
Government se-
curities L11,333,126
Other securities 17,729',004
Notes 3,519,830
Gold and silver
coin

Total .... $33,303,710
'n of the previous week, we