The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

We have again to notice another increase in the bullion
of the Bank of England. At present the amount of un-
employed capital reaches the enormous sum of £18,948,030,
a trifle below £19.000.000 sterling. The public treasury
account goes up in consequence of the progress of the
quarter, and the private lodgments increase, owing to the
abundance of capital. No extra demand having arisen for
cash, the discounts are lessened as bills fall due, and the
large sum in bullion which is pressed upon the bank
brings its notes into fuller play.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 21st of February gives the following results
when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits £6,392,181 ; Increase .. £466,875
Other deposits
Rest 3,280,870 ; Decrease .... 55,616
On the other side of the account—
Govei nment securities. 13,550.532 ; Increase
Other securities

of the MA ! There must have been a yearning for his
native air, on the part of Father David, or Dewy, for we
next find him returning to Menevia, his native district,
and founding twelve convents. He was the patron of
industry, charity, and temperance, for the members of all
these convents were to support themselves by manual
labour, in the cultivation of vegetables; and all their
surplus productions were to be given to the poor. The
monks were also to be teetotallers, (we do not know the
Welsh word); not even an occasional cup of cwrw dha
was to cheer their hearts ; their bread and vegetables must
be moistened by water, or on occasions of special festivity
by milk.
It is not necessary to follow the footsteps of the holy

26,141
145,557

Notes unemployed .... 12,229,325 Increase 843.425 I man throughout the whole of his useful and distinguished
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,187,420,
career; it is sufficient to say, that when he was a young
being a decrease of £521 075 ; and the stock of bullion in
both departments is £18,948,030, showing an increase of man of 61 (A.D. 519) he was greatly distinguished for
£351,863, when compared with the preceding return. his elcquence at a provincial synod. He rebuked the
A steady feeling has marked the proceedings in the heresy of Pelagius, and, as one narrator says, with great
markets for all descriptions of public securities; and during
"
the week there has been an entire a' sence of fluctuation, modesty and politeness confuted the infernal monster,
so that the value of Consols, which stood at 97k to when and silenced him by his learning, eloquence, and mira-
we last wrote, may to-night be quoted at about the same cies." The venerable Archbishop of Caerleon felt that
figure. We barn, by electric telegraph, that they closed
to one so distinguished he might with propriety resign his
this afternoon at 97i for money and account.
own mitre ; and accordingly he became the metropolitan,
Our share market during the past week has been—
almost without reaction—good. The prospect of a strong though the diocese is now called, and indeed has been
government with some decided policy appears to have since his own times, " St. David's."
inspired confidence, and the capitalists have been large
buyers of the old stocks (Londons, Leeds, and Midlands), According to one account, be died in 544, that is to
all of which have materially advanced. There has been say, at 86 years of age ; but this is evidently set down to
also a considerable rise in Eastern Counties, East Lanca- meet the improbabilities in the minds of moderns. The
shire, and Caledonians. The rates of contango at the
ordinary accounts all follow the Annales Cambrice, from
account just passed were easy, and in some stocks a back
was paid for the loan of it. Gold mining shares have been which it would appear that he died in 601, at the advanced
less dealt in ; the dealers in these are waiting for further age of 143 ; hut others say he died in 642, which would
accounts from the mining districts, to set at rest all dis- make him 184 ! The lenten diet of the monasteries must
pate as to the titles. Some further assays of ore from the
have suited his constitution ; or, perhaps, when he became
Agua Fria mine have been made during the last few days,
the result of which has been most satisfactory—the pro- Archbishop, he was able to take more care of himself.
duct averaging £213 per cwt. Our market opened to-day At any rate, it is a well known fact that saints were very
very good, and went quite wild at mid-day •, it, however,
tough in the olden time : St. Patrick, of Ireland, for in-
closed at some slight reaction from the highest prices of
stance, was cut off at this
comparatively early age of 120.
the day. Business has been done at the quotations fol-
lowing :—London stock, 16k 17; new quarters, 3gp ; We might institute an interesting comparison between
Lancashire and Yorkshire. 69,1 A s k; fifths. 619-16 Id; the advantages of living to fast, and living too fast.
Midland stock, 571 ; Slat ffield stock, 30 ; East
There are, of course, numerous miracles alleged of St.
Lancashire, 16k : North Union stock, 243; St. Helen's
5 per cent. pref., 1451 c; Dover stock, 20,1 12. Great David, many of which, no doubt, were invented in the
Southern and Western, 35; Caledonians, 161 i; pref., middle ages. One of the hills of South 'Wales, on which
88 ; Aberdeen. 11k; Eastern Counties, 71 ' • Birkenhead a church is now built, rose miraculously, it is said, under
L. and C., 12d ; Borough new £lO, par ; Pacific Steam
Company, 70,1. the feet of the saint ; a snow-white dove flew to rest its
Much firmness has characterised the Cotton market wearied wing upon his friendly shoulder; an aged saint
since this day week ' • and holders feeling more confidence from the Orkneys was made young and handsome, and
in the future, supplied the market sparingly, so that the
better qualities of American advanced about id. per lb. thenreturned to his original shape and years; his own death
Egyptian and Brazil were also id. per lb. dearer; and was foretold by angels; and a troop of angels bore his
Surats brought more money. On Saturday a fair inquiry spirit to heaven, while his earthly remains were laid out
prevailed, at full prices. To-day the market has been in a church below. We confess to have some doubts on
very firm, with an advancing tendency.
There is nothing new as regards the position or pro-
spects of the Grain trade. Holders manifest great firm-
ness, but buyers do not show much anxiety to purchase to
any extent. Under these circumstances the price of
Wheat and Flour is very steady. There is still a great
paucity of imports from abroad, and, according to the
Europa's advices, there are only small quantities to be ex-
pected from the United States. Mr. F. R. Grote's cir-
cular, dated New York, Feb. 17, supplies the following
account of shipments from that port during the week then
ended. They were to Liverpool, 7967 barrels of flour,
22,623 bushels of wheat, and 4830 bushels of Indian corn.
To London, 1579 barrels of flour. and 5000 bushels of
Ine.ian corn to Glasgow. As to the deliveries from the
farmers, we may remark, that, now being about to com-
mence spring sowing, they will have little leisure for
thrashing, so that from them we cannot expect large sup-
plies during the next month. Taking these facts into
consideration, the probability is that rather higher prices
will prevail during March and April.
The state of trade in the manufacturing districts has
not altered materially from that noticed in our last
remarks. At Manchester a good business has been done
in yarns and cloths, and buyers have paid full prices. The
demand for woollen goods, at Leeds and Huddersfield,
has been limited. Business at Halifax i 3 represented as
being dull. The silk trade at Macclesfield is steady, but
the hand-loom weavers complain of insufficient employ-
ment. Goods and yarns are firm at Glasgow.
During the week some few failures have taken place,
but they are not of much moment. Among the names
mentioned are Messrs. Rossetto, Carati and Co., a res-
pectable firm in the Greek trade, with establishments at
Constantinople and on the Danube. Their debts amount
to about £30,000, and their assets, at present values,
appear, it is said, to exceed that sum ; but the house
having sustained considerable losses from depreciation of
property and the failurs of other parties, they have deemed
it prudent to stop. Messrs. Keith, Shoobridge and Co.,
shawl-printers. Their liabilities amount to about £40,000
or £50,000, and as the difficulties of the firm have not
been of recent growth, it is feared the assets will prove
small. The house of Cosgrave, Conolly and Co. has also
stopped payment. Their liabilities are said to be about
£6OOO, and it is stated that they have made an arrange-
ment to pay 12s. 6d. in the pound.
Notice has been issued by the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company of the commencement of their semi-monthly
mail service between Panama and Valparaiso, and that
letters, &c., for this line will henceforward be despatched
by the West India steamers, from Southampton, on the
2nd and 17th of each month.
The Colonial Wool sales, which commenced on the
19th ultimo, have approached their close, and have pro-
ceeded with increasing spirit, at an average advance of
id. to Id. per lb., as compared with the last series. The
only exceptions to this rise were Skin Wools, of which
there was a disproportionate supply, and Wools in the
grease, of which a large importation is anticipated in
consequence of the reported state of labour in the colo-
nies. The attendance of foreign buyers, particularly from
France, was more numerous than has of late been usual

these subjects; for the carrying to heaven is said by some
to have been witnessed distinctly by St. Kentigern, and
by others it is said that an angel divulged the celestial
secret. Some, who incline to the latter opinion, explain it
by saying that an enthusiastic historian was told the story
by his wife.

It will be seen that the whole of these facts occurred
in the Ancient British Church ; that is to say, in the Chris-
tian Church, which was planted in this country by the con-
querors of the world. The Papacy was not then acknow-
ledged, as in after times ; for Augustine had not come,
nor was Rome acknowledged to be the mother and mis-
tress of all churches. The facts of the early times are
still discernible under the mountain of fiction with which
the Romish monks overlaid them ; and it is with these
latter only that we venture to be at all facetious.

The custom of the leek originated, we are told, as fol-
lows. In the year 610, "in good King Arthur's days,"
a bloody battle took place between the Saxons and the
Britons, the latter of whom, under Cadwaladyr, had
wandered so far from home as Yorkshire. The scene of
the fight is laid at Hethfield Chace ; but it is not always
called by the same name. In those days, even Bishops
used to buckle on their armour (carnal, we mean) ; and
we are not quite sure whether the Prince Bishop of Dur-
ham has yet been divested of the military character in his
own Palatinate. In this battle, however, the Saxons
turned their swords against their fellows ; but St. David
having instructed each Welshman to stick a leek in his
hat, they fought only against their antagonists, and
gained a complete victory. We cannot now discover on
what authority the story originated, but it was current
with corruptions in Sbakspeare's times. Ile represents
Fluellyn as attributing the circumstance to the field of
Cressy or Poictiers

" Fluellyn. Your grandfather, of famous memory, an't please
your Majesty, and your great-uncle Edward the Black Prince,
as I have read in the chronicles, fought a most prave pattle
here in France.
"K. Henry. They did, Fluellyn, _ . .

" Flu. Your majesty says very true; if your majesties is re-
membered of it, the Welshmen did goot service in a garden
where leeks did grow, wearing leeks in their Monmouth caps ;
which, your majesty knows, is an honourable padge of the
service; and, I de, believe, your majesty takes no scorn to
wear the leek upon St, Tary's day.
" K. Henry. I wear it, for a memorable honour : for I am
Welsh, you know, good countryman,"
A fretful antiquary says, " In these our unhappie daies,
the greatest part of his solemnitie consisteth in wearing
of a greene leeke, and it is a sufficient theme for a zealous
Welshman to ground a quarrel against him that doeth
not honour hie capp with the like 911W:ilea that day,"