The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-07 00:00:00

volume of transactions for the past session alone, or which
pretends to issue an annual volume, is this Society ; and
the one for 1851-52 is before us. It is a beautiful Bvo.,
of 236 pages in all, including the lists of plates, members,
&c., and an index of twelve pages in double columns.
The papers and communications, large and small, are by
nineteen different persons ; but Sir Edward Cust's con-
sisted of documents forwarded for exhibition, Mr. Board-
man's is a letter explanatory, and Mr. Brooke's are seve-
ral minor miscellaneous communications. The papers
also of the Rev. Thos. Moore and Mr. Gawthrop have
been much abridged, with the consent of these gentle-
men, and two others partially so; thus there are only fif-
teen formal papers, by fourteen gentlemen, printed. Of
these, seven are beautifully illustrated ; and there are
illustrations also of several of the articles that were
merely exbibitcd at, the meetings.

The first paper in the volume is by Mr. Mayer, on the
alleged royal visits to Liverpool, suggested, it is said, by
a personal inquiry of Colonel Phipps, whether the inscrip-
tion on the box was right which called our Queen's " the
first" royal visit. Mr. Mayer has vindicated his view by
several documents, and by the historic probabilities of
the case. This paper is illustrated by four beautiful wood
engravings of scenes in Cheshire; it has also a print of
the boxes, containing the royal address, from the drawing
on the stone, which the society requested Mr. Mayer to
lend for the purpose.
Dr. Kendrick's paper on the siege of Warrington is
illustrated by four etchings, and contains several docu..
ments. At the first day meeting, on the 15th of April,
this paper was selected as a suitable specimen of the
society's intellectual materiel, to be recapitulated in its
principalpoints. Mr. Rimmer's paper on Samlesbury-hall
is illustratel by two tinted plates from drawings by
himself.

A long and interesting paper, by Mr. Harland, of Man-
chester, on the grant of Free Warren to Thomas Gresley,
sixth baron of Manchester, is accompanied by a shorter
one by Dr. Hume, describing a frescoe painting lately
discovered in Gawsworth Church. It represents the
judgment scene, in which one catches a glimpse of heaven,
earth, and hell, as they were understood in medieval
times. This paper ought to have been accompanied by an
illustration, but as the rector of the parish is publishing
enlarged ones to assist in the repairs of the church, the
society did not wish to interfere with their sale.
Mr. Stonehouse's paper on Everton brings us home
again, and gives us a great deal of pleasant detail, some
of which we did not know, and much of which we had
forgotten. It is illustrated by two spirited etchings from
original drawings by Mr. Herdman ; and is accompanied
by an abridged memoir on Southport, by Mr. Gawthrop,
of Birkenhead.
One of the most curious papers in the volume—curious
both in subject and illustration—is an account of a Lan-
cashire Charm, by Mr. Harland. It is written in cipher,
which is a sort of mongrel Greek, with capricious symbols ;
the whole of which were deciphered by the late Mr.
Garnett, of the British Museum. The illustration is a
fac simile, showing the manner in which the original
had been folded, coloured, injured, &c. The paper which
accompanies this is by Mr. W. W. Mortimer, the his-
torian of the Hundred of Wirrall, on the Norman earls of
Chester.

At the next meeting, a paper was read by the Rev.
William Thornber, of Blackpool, on the traces of the
Britons, Danes, and Saxons, is the foreland of the Fylde.
This is accompanied by several minor communications,
among them an extract from Mr. Boardman's letter. The
latter is illustrated again by a fac-simile of the very agree-
ment between Nelson and the Messrs. Woodhouse, much
of it being in the autograph of the hero.
We are next presented with two papers, one by the late
Mr. Just, on the Danes in Lancashire, more special in its
details than the general treatise of Worsaae on the same
subject. The other is by Mr. Dawes, of Westbrooke,
Bolton, on the discovery of certain primeval burying-
places near that town. It is elegantly illustrated, from
some drawings by the antiquary Sir Henry Dryden, Bart.
Among the articles exhibited at this meeting was the wolf
tankard, of which a beautiful folding plate is given, of the
full size of the original.

The last meeting of the session, held by day in the
Royal Institution, was the richest of all, both from the
papers read and the vast number and interest of the arti-
cles exhibited. Three of them are illustrated, and of the
three papers read,—Dr. Thom on Liverpool churches,
Mr. Hibbert on Cheshire documents, and Mr. Middleton
on West Kirkby church,—the last is illustrated by four
beautiful plates. Dr. Thom's is a long and interesting
paper, embodying a vast number of local and per.
sonal facts ; and it is worthy of remark, that a dissent-
ing minister, writing on English churches and English
clergymen, has glanced slightly at those subjects only
on which scandal delights to fasten.
As a whole, the volume is extremely creditable to the
gentlemen who have superintended its production ; and
we trust it will stimulate some of the other societies to do
something similar.,

ROYAL DINNER HOURS.—Kings and queens generally
set the hour of dining in the countries they govern. It is
whispered that the Queen of Great Britain dines with her
children at two o'clock, and that the state dinner at eight
is a mere pageant. Louis Philippe dined generally at se-
ven. The Queen of Spain dines. or used to dine, at five ;
the Sultan at sunset : the late King of Sardinia dined at
three : the Emperor of Russia eats when he is hungry—
the state dinners are between five and six ; the Emperor
of Austria dines at five; the King of Prussia at three ; the
King of Sweden at five. The hour of five seems to be the
most general, as it is the most convenient. On the con-
tinent, especially, as every one goes to the theatre, which
opens at seven—a later hour than five would interfere
with the projects for the evening.

THE DAMP UMBRELLA.-A man named Couscoussou
was tried last week, by the Paris Tribunal of Correctional
Police, for having beaten Madame Couscoussou his wife.
" It appears that you thrashed her with great brutality ;
what have you got to say for yourself ?" asked the Presi-
dent. " Pray, Mr. President, if your wife wouldn't let
you carry an umbrella, what would you do ?" " Oh, the
monster ! oh. the brigand !" chimed in Madame Coucous-
sou. " What he says there is not true, Mr. President.
He was drunk when he beat me." " Who doesn't get
drunk now and then ?" asked M. Couscoussou. " But
you get drunk always," answered the wife. " And, Mr.
President, when he's drunk he insists on going to bed
with his boots on, and with his umbrella ; that is his cha-
racter." "I wear my boots in bed to keep my feet warm,"
observed the accused. " I don't so much object," said
the wife, to the boots, though they dirty and tear the
sheets. But Ido object to the umbrella. Think of a
wet umbrella in bed, Mr. President !" "Itis in the wet-
ness of the umbrella," related the husband, " that I find
my excuse. A prudent man is never without his umbrel-
la when it rains : and, as it was raining when I arrived
home and went to bed, I took it with me !" " Oh, you
drunkard 1" shrieked Madame Couscoussou. " But I ap-
peal to all women here present," she continued, turning
round to the auditory, " if it be pleasant to be in bed with
a damp umbrella ?" "It was raining, I tell you, and I
was afraid that I might have dreamt that I was getting wet,
and, as I have a great antipathy to water, I took the um-
brella with me as a precaution !" " Yes, and you beat
me when I wanted to remove it from the bed." The tri-
bunal cut this discussion short by condemning M. Cons-
coussou to two days' imprisonment.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE CHASE

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet

Tomorrow (Wednesday), Dec. Sth, at
Thursday, Dec. 9th ......... ....

Saturday, Dec. 11th

.... Astle
.... Arley

Crewe

Each day at half-past ten o'clock, except Thursday, the
9th instant, when they will not meet until eleven.
The NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS will meet
To-morrow (Wednesday), Dec. Bth, at........ Seighford
Friday, Dec. 10th .. Tunstall Hall, near Market Drayton
Each day at half-past ten o'clock.
Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet

To-morrow (Wednesday), Dec. Bth, at...... Hawkstone
Thursday, Dec. 9th....
Friday, Dec. 10th. . .
Each day at a quarter to elevon o'clock.
The SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS will meet on

...... The Kennels
Strawberry White Gates
..... .... Acton Burnell

Thursday, Dec. 9th, at
Monday, Dec. 13th ....
Thursday, Dec. 16th..
Each day at half-past ten o'clock.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY

WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Thorne's Vengeance—taken.
6to 1 Captain Brooke's Carrig—taken.
7to 1 Mr. Osborne's Ahd-el-Kader—taken.
Bto 1 Mr. Hutchinson's Half-and-Half--taken
Bto 1 Mr. Wainwright's Heroine—taken.

WOLVERHAMPTON HURDLE RACE
5 to 1 agst Mr. Lister's Tomboy—taken.

CHESTER CUP, 1853.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Brown's Nancy—taken.
66 to 1 Mr. Osborne's Merry Bird—taken.
66 to 1 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor—taken.
66 to 1 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken.
66 to 1 Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames—taken.
66 to 1 Mr. Meiklam's The Hatchet—taken.
66 to 1 Mr. Arnold's Little Harry—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. Barber's 'Woolwich—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Bit of Blue—taken.
100 to. 1 Major Marten's Convulsion—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. Arnold's Pitsford—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. T. Parr's Sanita—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer—takn
100 to 1 Mr. Davies's Butterfly—taken.
100 to 1 Georgey—taken.
100 to 1 Ethelbert—taken,

THE DERBY,
_1853

16 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's The Reiver—taken
16 to 1 Lord Derby's Uruhriel—take 20 to 1.
16 to 1 Duke of Richmond's Pharos—offered.
20 to 1 Mr. Howard's Elmsthorpe—taken.
25 to 1 Lord Clifden's Constantine—taken.

TATTERSALL'S.—THURSDAY.
CHESTER CUP, 1853.
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Greville's Muscovite—taken.
1000 to 15 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage--taken
1000 to 15 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken.
1000 to 15 Mr. Brown's Nancy--taken.
1000 to 15 Mr. Osborne's Merry Bird—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Howard's Little Harry—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Barber's Woolwich—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Austin's Madeline—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Hesse] tine's Unity—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Merry's Hobby Noble—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Nichol's Newminster—taken.

The disputed Selling Plate, at Northallerton, has been
decided in favour of Jack Looming.
Quiz, by Worlaby Baylock, aged, died at Malta!), a few
day§ ago, from the effecte of a rupture.

MARKETS.

MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES.

MANCHESTER.—In this market, since Tuesday, there has
been an increased demand generally. Buyers who previously
held back the orders they had to execute have brought them
into the market pretty freely, the more especially as they have
not been met by any exorbitant demand of higher prices. For
Yarn the demand has improved, and the extremely low prices,
and much of the irregularity which was previously noticeable,
has disappeared. Inquiries have been more general both for
India and the continental markets, and prices which would
have been accepted before in the instances where the greatest
depression prevailed, are not within id. to id. of what would
now be accepted. Yarns for home manufacture are also bet-
ter, but prices that were quoted in the heat of Tuesday's
excitement are not now asked. The market has been decidedly
better throughout the week. In goods there is less disposition
to accept low prices, manufacturers being desirous to await the
result of the next arrivals before entering into protracted en-
gagements. As in Yarns, much of the irregularity that existed
has disappeared, and for some descriptions higher prices have
been obtained.

RocnnALE.—We have had a sluggish market, with prices
little different from those previously ruling. There has been
a fair demand for wool, and good prices obtained. Broke
wools are scarce, and in good demand.

MACCLESFIELD.—We have little further progress to report
in sales of manufactured goods. The piece trade is also slacker
than it was.

LEEDS.—The market for woollen cloths have been mode..
rately active, considering the season of the year. The ship-
ping houses are stirring for the spring trade, and the houses
in the home trade are assorting stocks and doing a fair season-
able business. Stocks continue low and prices firm.

NOTTENGHAM.—Most branches of the Lace trade are dull,
as is usually the case at this period of the year ; and, with
few exceptions, little inquiry is made for our goods. Americans
still continue to purchase a few things, and silk Laces meet a
fair demand in the home trade. For Hosiery goods there is a
brisk trade, in nearly every department, consequently full em-
ployment for all hands. The price of Yarn remains unaltered.

LIVERPOOL GENERAL PRODUCE

MARKET,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

The demand for all descriptions of Sugar has been very
limited during the past week, and the sales do not exceed 250
hhds. 8.P., 2,000 bags Bengal, and 3,700 bags Mauritius ; the
latter from 365. to 365. 6d. to the grocers, and without any
material change from former rates. The export demand for
Foreign has ceased for the season, but refiners continue buyers,
and have taken 2,800 mats clayed Manilla at 18s., and 70 cases
brown Bahia from 16s. 6d. to 18s. per cwt. in bond.—Molasses
are extremely scarce, importers having sold on arrival.—The
business of the week in Coffee is confined to 50 tcs. Jamaica,
at 38s. to 128 s. for ordinary to fine, and 400 bags Rio at 345. to
455. per cwt.-600 bags Malabar Pepper have realised 3id. to
3id. per lb., and 50 bags Para Cocoa have obtained 265. per
cwt.-4,000 bags Arracan Rice have been disposed of at 10s.
3d., being an advance of 3d. per cwt., and small parcels of
Madras and Bengal at previous prices.—There is a brisk de-
mand for Rum, and 290 puns. Demerara and 100 puns. Jamaica
have been sold at an advance of Id. to 2d. per gallon; the quo-
tations are raised accordingly.—A fair business has been trans-
acted throughout the week in most descriptions of black and
green Tea, at full previous rates, but little done on speculation.
—At a public sale of 48 serons Guatimala and 6 serons of
Caraccas Indigo, held on Wednesday, the whole sold at very
full prices, ranging from 3s. 6d. to 4s, 9d.—The public sales of
Hides on Tuesday were dull, and only. a small portion found
buyers.—ln the early part.of the week some la►ge transactions