The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

MONDAY, JULY 18.—Wind W., moderate breezes

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DIED.
Lately, at Slough, near Windsor, aged 82, General Boyle
Travers.

In September last, at Carlshrue, on his second journey to
the gold fields, Mount Alexander, in his 51st year, Mr. David
Clark, late of this town.
In March last, at Maryborough, New South Wales, aged 33,
John Came Bidwill, Esq., commissioner of crown lands for
the district of Wide any, eldest son of L. G. Bidwill, Esq., of
Exeter.

On the 3rd ult., during his passage up the Red Sea, on board
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Precursor, in
his 31st year, William Richard, youngest son of John Roose,
Esq., of Everton-brow.
On the 6th inst., at Brighton, aged 71, Eliza Kennedy, relict
of Duncan Campbell, Esq., Bengal Civil Service.
On the 7th inst., at Prospect-vale, aged 76, Mrs. B. Holford.
On the 7th inst., at Strathallan-lodge, Douglas, Isle of Man,
aged 52, Sarah, wife of Major Pollock, J.P.
On the Bth inst., at Park-street, Toxteth-park, aged 1G
months, Wilfred Henry Burton, infant son of Mr. M. A. Johns.
On the Bth inst., at Ruthin, aged 15, Harriet Owen. The
deceased was deaf and dumb, but had received a good education
at the Liverpool Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
On the Bth inst., at Delarnere Rectory, Cheshire, Frederick
William, aged 8; and on the 13th inst., Zachary of _ b Glar.iger,
aged 10, eldest children of Zachary Mudge, Esq., y Une y,
Plympton, Devon.
Eagle, on her pas--
Edward James, second son ;
On the 9th inst., aged 5 years,
V' toria inf t daughter
and, ,d on the 10th inst., aggd is months, ic , an aughter
steam-ship
ofo.lnohtohefiBotrhieisntosto.,LaotooChaer,dEeneq-p.ark, Cheshire, Caroline, wife
of Mr. William Evans, chemist, Islington.
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and daughter of the late Major-General
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t., at his residence, Bootle, aged 41, Mr.
Craven.
On the 12th inst., on board the
sage from Newry to this port, aged 14, Jane Wiseman.
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Kilkenny,
On the tOth inst., at Parker-terrace, Crosby, aged 42, Sarah,
relict of the late Mr. J. Bleakley.
Joseph Rigby.

On the 12th inst., at his residence, Bootle Grange, aged 41
Mr. Joseph Rigby,

sister of daughterlo\frinth.e
RI aattehJboohnne,REastglib, barrister-at-law,
On the 12th inst., at Shrewsbury-villa, Oxton, Harriet, eldest
Temple, London.
On the 13th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, Boundary-street,
Kirkdale, sister of the late Mr. Joseph Storey, Crown-street.
. aotf4aw Manchester,
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Innera nd
On the 13th inst., aged 16th months. Ella Sidney, youngest
daughter of %V. C. Fosberry, Everton-terrace.
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On the 13th inst., aged 2 years, Margaret Euphemia Stuart,
daughter of Mr. John Hannan, Rupert-street.
On the 14th inst., in the 77th year of her age, Cecilia
Susanna, beloved wife of K. D. Mackintosh, Esq., M D
of Dix's-field, the
-field, Exeter.
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On the 15th inst., at his residence, Higbfield, in his SOth year,
Robert Hopwood, Esq., of Blackburn. Deceased was the father
of the present Mayor of Blackburn, and was himself an alder-
man.

On the 16th inst., at Seacombe, aged 48, Henry Winch, Esq.,
one of H.M.'s justices of the peace for the county of Chester.
On the 17th inst., aged 2 years and 8 months, Edward Hunter,
son of W. Bennett, Esq., of Shaw-street.

I am not sure that Mr. FITZROY'S new Cab Bill, with
its famous sixpenny fares, which came into operation a
few days ago, is working so well, and beneficially for the
public, as was expected. Matters may mend, however.
A person heretofore could make a bargain with a cabby,
say from a centrical part of the metropolis to a given point
in the suburbs and back, at a comparatively reasonable
charge ; now this can't be accomplished. Placards with
the sixpenny rates of fare are placed in many of the most
frequented parts of London and Westminster ; the
Tower, for example, Bank, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey
and so on ; tbose in the immediate neighbourhood of the
House of Commons have had " curses not loud but deep"
from the sons of JEHU, who appear to a man determined to
have their revenge on the makers of the law. To make use
of a simile of their own, though, it i 1 cutting off the nose
to be revenged on the face. Several times during the week
Palace-yard has been crowded with cabs, no doubt
brought thither in spite; the instant a division is an-
nounced as beginning, off they drive, never mind the pour.
lug rain—so much the better—and in no time the cab-
stand has not a single vehicle on it. The old members
who had been waiting to give their votes, worn out, are
obliged to creep along at one, two, or three o'clock in the
morning ; before they can catch a cab they are near home.
Of course this evil will work its own cure. All the past
week, save on Wednesday, it has been most annoying
to the whole house, if I except my honourable and gal-
lant friend, and the poor man's friend, and the cabman's
friend—Colonel SInTLIoRPE, who appears to live, move—
certainly move—and have his being in cabs, who gets on
very well. SIBBY is not looking well, though Punch has
let him alone for some time. Is that the cause of his sor-
rowing eyes ? They appear as wo-begone and rheumy as
if be held his nose over a pan of smoking arsenic, poor
fellow ! I wish, from the bottom of my heart, he would
succeed in recruiting, not his militia, but his precious
health, for there is not a more honest man, or a more sen-
sible, sometimes, in the House of Commons than Col.
SIBTRORPE. Well behaved both in the house and up
stairs; frank and free, paying BELLAMY'S waiters and
waitresses like a man, eating, it is true, little, and drinking
less. The fact is, that his zeal for the house is eating him
up, and if he go on in this way much longer, there will not
be a scrag of him left.

There are few men living who have greater affection for
their children than that brave and smart old soldier, the
Marquis of LONDONDERRY ; as a soldier his character is
unquestioned ; the long peace, and a spice of vanity,
have given him an opportunity of taking a turn at politics
—a different game quite from soldiering. The noble
Marquis's displays in Parliament have most commonly
been failures ; lamentably so, laying himself wide open
to his Whig opponents. I speak not altogether of the
present period, but running over twenty years, when
CHARLES, Earl GREY, was at the head of the blood-
suckers. At that time Lord LONDONDERRY took it into
his head to have a shy at the alleged demolition of the
Belgian fortresses, raised, as he patriotically said, by
British blood and British money. The noble Marquis
went on at an awful length croaking very loud,—he, like
his chief that was—WELLINGTON,—is deaf, consequently
LONDONDERRY is " a bould speaker," as they used to
say at the Cobourg Theatre. In the demolition of the
fortresses referred to, he was oftentimes geographically
and topographically in error ; he was not very nice about
some of the names either ; for his friend, the Duke, de-
clared with a smile, he had never heard of such and such
a fortress. N'importe, take the noble Earl VANE as we
find him ; may England never have a worse soldier. If a
peer( Whig) wants to take the shine out of LONDONDERRY,
the way to do it is to style him " the noble Earl," which
is taking him down a peg, as he does not sit as Marquis
or Earl, but as Baron STEWART. Earl GREY and Lord
BROUGHAM ruined his peace of mind by the simple appli-

cation of the subordinate title. One is almost sorry for
him at present. His youngest son ERNEST, named after
the late King of Hanover, is certainly one of the finest
looking lads in the United Kingdom ; he is close upon six
feet, stiffly built, and no more than eighteen years of age.
He took it into his head the other day to enlist in an Irish
Dragoon Regiment. The Marquis, lam given to under-
stand, is to allow ERNEST to rough it for a while. If the
lad means to be a soldier, this is the best way. He is sure
of a commission in the end, and drill is good. However,
it annoys the Marquis, who has scarcely got over his
lovely daughter's running away with her reverend tutor.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, the eldest son, has now settled down
a quiet married man, apparently neither thinking of GRISI,
nor her spouse MELCI, nor duels, nor poignards, nor
prime donne. The noble Marquis is a wonderful man ;
he has fretted and fumed—sometimes about nothing—
nearly eighty years, and a prettier horseman is not to be
met with in Rotten Row or on the Corso di Roma on a
Sunday afternoon. At the Opera he is as neat as a fop
can be. I remember, about eleven o'clock one Saturday
evening, we found ourselves vis a vis in what used to be
called " Fops' Alley." I confess being dressed up to the
highest point ; my trowsers, however, were black doe-
skin, made by a Parisian Schneider. It had been a raw
and gusty afternoon, and I had to eat ortolan at the res-
taurant, close to the Opera-house. So, after dinner, here
goes : the attraction of the ballet brought me down stairs ;
I was standing in the alley aforesaid, like a civilian. The
Marquis wished to pass. Addressing me with the utmost
courtesy, he said " Will you be pleased to dress ?" I
looked instinctively to my doe-skins. " I don't mean
you allow me to pass ?" was meant. A
that." "Will
laugh was given me for my ignorance of military phraseo-
logy. The enlistment of the Marquis's son afforded for a
couple of evenings a theme for conversation, a minute or
two, in the scandal coterie, where " d—d good-natured
friends" meet to sympathise.
FRANK MURPHY, commonly called Serjeant MURPHY,
and M.P. for Cork, has just been appointed to the vacant
commissionership in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, which
means that he has set himself down quietly for life on his
£l5OO or £2OOO a year, as a judge, where all the law re-
lm is a knowledge of that simple branch, comprised
in meum et tuum—debtor and creditor. Everything con-
sidered, the serjeant ought to be satisfied : the appoint-
ment is another sop to our Trish friends, who really ought
to be grateful. The serjeant is rather a smart lawyer,
with strong tendencies to be fat, fast, and forgetful of old
friends. At table he takes his glass freely, and is some-
times seen knocking at the Temple-gate at three in the
morning. Without being a wit, he affects the hazardous
character even before dinner is over, which he takes care
to eat every day. 1 omit all notice of those auremens in
such a man's life before he goes to bed—stewed kidneys
and champagne—which I look upon as " unconsidered
trifles" in the dietary of a man upon town. The serjeant,
since he was elected a member of the Reform Club,
has pretty well left off indulging in the fragant weed.
He used to shine much in that way some years ago, when
after a night's boozing at Offley's, and breakfast of tea,
coffee, creases, round of English beef, ribs of Hamburgh
beef, Westphalian ham there was no occasion for
tongue, each man supplied that—oysters, eggs, double
stout, brandy, soda water, red herrings, and anchovies—
the latter for the far-gone—a cool row up the river and
down to Temple Stairs laid in a stock of healthful im.
pudence for the day. On such occasions FRANK MURPHY
would defend Tom MooßE's poetry against the pedant's
malevolent charge, that it was a mere melange of pretty
conceits. Conceits, indeed !

" Orient pearls on a string of gold."

I don't think the insolvents could have got a wiser or a
better man than MURPHY; the appointment will suit

One evening towards the close of the week, the LORD
MAYOR had an illustrious and non-illustrious gathering
in the Mansion-house. Upwards of two thousand indi-
viduals connected with " literary and scientific" pursuits
had been invited, and a vast number availed themselves
of the chief magistrate's politeness by being present.
Whether by accident or design, as far as literature was
concerned, "thecheap"—forbid I shouldadd, "and nasty"
—preponderated in its representatives over the goodly
quarto or three volume writers. But if we did not meet
the greatest historian, BABBINGTON IIIACAULAY, there
was the amiable and accomplished taithor of the " Comic
History of England," Mr. GILBERT A. a BECKETT ; if
Lord BROUGHAM, the translator of " Demosthenes,"
—in sound criticism smashed by a newspaper-man—
was absent, there was Dr. BOWRING, the man
of many tongues, who can sing a Magyar song like
a native ! If we had not Coningsby DISRAELI,
there was HORACE MAYHEW. What more was wanted ?
This was as it should be; cheap literature has now for a
good many years driven the three half-guinea volumes
nearly out of the market—l beg pardon for the vile
phrase—out of the library. Certainly a great revolution
in the literary world has occurred in our time. Lately,
in the largest publishing establishment in town, one of
the partners said, "Do you see these men at work ?" I
cast my eyes along a vista, walled on both sides by pam-
phlet-looking publications, stitched, some in blue, some
in grey, some in green, and so on ;—about thirty well-
dressed clerks were behind the long counters, folding,
packing, and booking these parcels ;—" that's the way we
are compelled to do business now." My eyes were opened,
and saw that the despatching of forty sixpenny—yea,
threepenny numbers, costs as much labour and money as
works ten times the price. Among the company at the Man-
sion-house were not a few of the ''ancient people," no doubt
well able to vindicate literature, if not science. Take
the " leading journal," for example; is not ROTHS-
CHILD a proprietor thereof ? Yea. Is not SAMUEL
PHILLIPS its critic ? Yea. Is not its Southampton
correspondent Mr. WOLF ? Yea. Is not its city editor
Mr. SAMPSON ? Yea. These are all Jews ! About eleven
o'clock there was very little room to spare in the Man-
sion-house. The " scientific" portion of the meeting
appeared but poorly represented ;—a civil engineer or
two, and one or two gasmen. Music, however, evidently
had charms; for there were Lunovico SPHOR and our
best living English composer, Sir HENRY ROWLEY
BISHOP. Painting all to nothing swallowed up her
sisters. Your EASTLAKES, PICKERSGILLS, COOPERS,
REDGRAVES, STANFIELDS, &C., &C., Came in capital
force. There was no stint of champagne, which ought
only to be tasted at such assemblages and at such hours.
I observe that this liquid very soon makes city ladies
wink. About two in the morning I found myself with
my back to the city, fairly through Temple-bar, home.
wards.

" Recollections, political, literary, dramatic, and mis-
cellaneous, of the last half century." These words startled
me at a conversazione on Saturday night :—more words
were added,—"Anecdotes and notices of several hundred
persons, of various ranks, who have stood forth promi-
nently in their vocations before the public." " Good life
and fortune 1" I exclaimed to my button-holder, " what
a flux is here." Who perpetrates ? No answer. I finished
my thimblefull of Mocha, and I was informed, sotto voce,
that it was a new work by the Rev. J. RICHARDSON,
LL.B. And who is this same reverend bachelor ? Your
correspondent ought to know,—he would be a poor cor-
respondent else ;—not to know " the Doctor" is truly to
argue oneself unknown. Whether this be an unenviable
notoriety or no, signifies but little to the learned subject
of these lines ; that he is a gentleman by birth, parentage,
and education, to quote the Minerva page, is most true;
he is moreover a wit and a satirist. Says he not with
JUVENAL, the ragamuffin of our boyhood—
" Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor ira, voluptas
Gaudio, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.
Et quando überior vitiorum copia? Quando
Major avaritin patuit sinus? Alea quando
Hos animos ? Neque enim loculis comitantibus itur.
Ad casum tabate., posita sed luditur arcs."
The rev. author of the promised volumes bas long been
foremost in our literary circles; occupying a prominent
position in periodical literature—journalism, if you like—
he has had ample opportunities of gathering materials for
his work ; and those who know him are at once glad and
surprised that he has garnered them for the delectation of
the intellectual. RICHARDSON'S eminently social quali-
ties, his erudition, his non-display of it, his contempt—
by no means concealed—for those who cannot take wine
without whimpering and talking indifferent Greek; some
of whom disgrace our belles lettres, and disgust its better
members, are known. In short, the author of the forth-
coming melange is not one of those "literary dustmen"
who spell Iliad with two hells, or suppose malachite
synonymous with the Amalekites of Scripture,
With regard to the theatres, little this week need be said.
MOZART'S chef d'ouvre, Il Don Giovanni, was produced
for the first time this season on Thursday—the most
unmusical night in the week—at the Royal Italian Opera.
With such artistes it was impossible the great work could
not charm; it had, however, not been sufficiently re-
hearsed ; hence a twitch or two. It ought to have been
given on Saturday ; but, since the days of JOHNNIE
EBERS, no impresario cares a scudi what is produced on
Saturday ; on that genial night, elegant people—women
especially—go to the opera to talk and receive visits ;
hence Il Favorila—most melancholy—was presented, and
the house crowded. " Little BUCKEY," at the Hay-
market, has given a short vale, to come out strong at the
close of autumn. By jingo, you Liverpool people must
have treated " Mr. JAMES ANDERSON, the celebrated
tragedian, and late lessee of Drury-lane," passing well ;
he turned out splendi .ly in the Mall, on Sunday after-
noon,—cab and cattle no trifles.

The order from the Lords of the Treasury not to
admit Soap at the low rate of duty, which had been
exported in order to gain the high drawback, has
been withdrawn, and Foreign Soap may now be
imported upon payment of the duty named in the
new tariff. It is also ordered that Soap from Ire-
land may be imported into England and Scotland
duty free.

The return from the Bank of England, for the
week ending the 9th of July, gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. .. .Z 3,953,330 ; Decrease £1,662,032
Other deposits .. .. 13,508,613 ; Increase 1,003.993
Rest .. .. .. .. 3,210,137; Increase 60,348
__. . . .. .

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £14,497,333; Increase 1,380,336
Other securities .. 13,680,203 ; Decrease 692,128
Notes unemployed .. 8,101,8201 Decrease 1,102,449

The amount of notes in circulation is £23,806,980,
being an increase of £959,160; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £18,263,674, show-
ing a decrease of £290,231, when compared with
the preceding return.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .. £31,908,800 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin& bu1n.17,889,6,16
I Silver bullion .. 19,154

£31,908,800 I
BANKING DEPARTMENT,

£31,908,800

Prop.'s capita1..£14,553,000 I
Rest
Public deposits. 3,953,330
Other deposits . 13,508,613 1
7-day, &c. bills. 1,409,150 i

Gov. securities.) 14,497,333
Other securities 13,680,203
Notes .... ... 8,101,820
Gold & silt'. coin 354,874

£36,634,230 I

£36,634,230

Our SHARE MARKET continues in a state of
extreme languor. During the week (excepting
perhaps during a slight ebullition on Thursday,
which was only for the hour), business has been
transacted to an extent so small as scarcely to be
worthy a passing notice. Prices are pretty firm,
and rule this day as follows :—Caledonians, 34;
Eastern Counties, 12i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
74; Lancaster and Preston Three-fourths, 491 4p ;
Ditto Twelfths, 9 1-16 ; Midland Stock, 70i 1;
Dover Stock, 211 4; St. Helens Pref. 41 per cent.,
; Quebec and Richmond Debenture 6 per cent.,
107.

COTTON.—There has been a fair amount of bu-
siness done during the week : the sales averaging
8000 bales each day, of which a fair proportion has
been on speculation and for export. There have
been some slight fluctuation in prices, owing to po-
litical accounts of affairs in the East, but the general
tendency has been in favour of holders; but this
refers principally to good Cotton, of which the sup-
ply does not equal the demand. All sorts below 6d
are dull, and difficult of sale ; the supply of this
elms is increasing, but not the consumption in the
same proportion. Spinners find it more convenient
and profitable to spin good Cotton, they have less
difficulty with the operatives, and obtain better
prices for the higher numbers of Yarn. The present
export to Russia also consists chiefly of the better
qualities. The general tone of the market may
be considered favourable, and speculation has
only been checked, owing to the uncertainty
which prevails as to affairs in the East.
The prevalence of westerly winds has caused
the arrivals to exceed the consumption, and stocks
have consequently increased. Ott Saturday there
was a very firm market, and the sales realised 10,000
bales.--To-DAY there was likewise a steady market;
but though the news by the Niagara was considered
in favour of holders, it had no sensible effect on
prices. If, however, as telegraphed from Dresden,
the Emperor of Russia has accepted the mediation
of England and France, the market will doubtless
improve.