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

few days

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
those in the immediate neighbourhood of the

c, as was expected

and so
Hot

e 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

r own, though, it is 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-

mile of tl

ing 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.
All the past

Of course this evil will work its own cure

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 SIBTHORPE, who appears to live, move—
certainly move—and have his being in cabs, who gets on
ery well. SXBBY is not looking well, though Punch has
Is that the cause of his sor-

m alone for some time,

rowing eyes ? They appear as wo-begone and rheumy as
if he held his nose over a pan of smoking arsenic, poor
fellow ! I wish, from the bottom of my heart, he would
Citing, 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.
SIBTHORPE. 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.

succeed

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-

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

suckers

" meet to sympathise.
FRANK MURPHY, commonly calledo erjeant M e
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-
quired is a knowledge of that simple branch, comprised
in meum et tuurn—debtor and creditor. Everything c.on-
sidered, the serjeant ought to be satisfied : the appoint-
ment is another sop to our Irish 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 aaremens 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 offindulgingin the fragant weed.
He used to shine much in that way some years ago, when
after a night's boozing at Ofiley's, and breakfast of tea,
coffee, cresses, 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 MOORE'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."

friends

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

his convenience : his court rises most commonly about
three or four o'clock ; plenty of time for a stroll before
dinner, which he likes as much as his now brother-com-
missioner and compatriot, CHARLES PHILLIPS.
JULLIEN, you will have seen, has had a " double go "
before leaving us for America ; his testimonial concert
was crammed ; not so his bal masque', the following
night, which went off flat. A great many people, who are
not musicians, call Jullien a humbug ; he is not one. I
would not condescend to praise him on the threadbare
theme of his success in improving the musical taste of the
million ; as an artist his talent is first-rate : the little
fellow was one of the band on board the French admiral
De Rigny's ship at the " untoward event" of Navarino.
I am not going to say, with some stubborn statesmen—
radicals of course—that the science of Legislation is a
mockery, and a fraud, but I am prepared to prove that it
is a farce, and a popular one, if we judge by its repetition
every session " till further notice." in the early days of
my political strife, the farce was better, stiffer, and stronger.
Statesmen then declared—calling their Maker to witness
the truth of their assertions—that ruin certain would de-
vour the country, if such and such a measure were not
carried. Statesmen on the other side of the house said
quite the reverse, with equal solemnity, and, I suppose,
with equal sincerity. Was not this eminently the case
with those most monstrous hallucinations,— Parlia-
mentary Reform, and Catholic Emancipation ? Old
and wise lawyers declared that if the former were
not passed into a law, street fighting, civil war,
would be the fell result. Others apin declared that, if
carried, we might bid adieu to all that was sacred in our
constitution ; chartered institutions would become so
many dissolving views. Now, with regard to this same
reform, a grain of dust infinitesimal in the balance would
have made as much attraction in the pound avoirdupois,
as the Reform Bill has effected in our political and social
systems ! Catholic Emancipation—Oh! said old and wise
lawyers again, nothing short of it will pacify, satisfy
Ireland ; give the Irish people that, and then we shall
find them happy and free ;—" first gem," &c. Don't
concede Emancipation—no one could foretell the extent of
the calamity which would ensue, said the other side.
Now, beyond sending a number of blathering men to
Parliament, what has Emancipation achieved ? Nothing.
But legislation is a farce in another way. At the beginning
of a session—middle of a session—no further—debate,
debate continued interminably ' • all is promise. Budgets
' break down, are remodelled by different hands—the world
wags on. Measures of great import are propounded ;
night after night debate follows debate, and then some
puny bill is passed : a cab one for example. Then comes
the annual " massacre of the innocents," and measures
supposed yesterday to be of vital importance are quietly
inurned. The massacre this session began about the
middle of last week. The County Rates Expenditure
Bill had proceeded to that ripening stage, the committee—
a wink and a promise from PALMY—Presto ! and it is
sent to the tomb of all the Capulets. Seamen's Saving
Banks' Bill, a really good measure—another wink—
ahem—and a hint—this is also shelved. Probates of
Wills and Grants of Administration Bill—up gets PALMY,
the prime juggler, and this measure in a minute follows
the others, all— _ _ _

•
" In the deep bosom
Of the ocean buried."
Simony Laws Amendment Bill comes next, with quick
lime in its stomach. This also is coffined.

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 should add, "and nasty"
—preponderated in its representatives over the goodly
quarto or three volume writers. But if we did not meet
the greatest historian, BABBINGTON MACAULAY, there
was the amiable and accomplished author 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 eves 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 LUDOVICO SPHOR and our
best living English composer, Sir HENRY ROWLEY
Bisuor. Painting all to nothing swallowed up her
ulster, Your EA CTLAICII.S. PICICRIA.GTILLQ, Coolazna2
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 conversaz:one 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 !" I exclaimed to my button-holder, " what
a flux is here." Who perpetrates ? No answer. I finished
my thimbleful' of Mocha, and I was informed, sotto voce,
that it was a new work by the Rev. J. RicnAnnsow,
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
Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.
Et quando überior vitiorurn copia? Quando
Major avaritim patuit sinus? Alea quando.
Hos animos ? Neque enim loculis comitantibus itur.
Ad casum tabulx, posita sed luditur arca."
The rev. author of the promised volumes has 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. RicnARDSON'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'.uvre, 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 Favorita—most melancholy—was presented, and
the house crowded. 4' 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.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NE lf S.

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE protracted negotiation of the dispute between
Russia and Turkey has induced a continued inacti-
vity in monetary affairs, and the value of Public
Securities has fluctuated in a very slight degree,
owing to the increasing belief that the proffered
mediation of England and France will finally be
successful in averting an appeal to force. It is
pretty generally admitted that the mere occupation
of Moldavia and Wallachia, by the Russian forces,
will not of itself be a sufficient cams belli to justify
the passage of the Dardanelles by the combined
fleets ; and, as Russia has disavowed any intention
to take further steps to enforce her demand, the
whole affair may prove an exercise of diplomatic
ingenuity to reconcile the conflicting claims of what
is called national honour. It is evident that some
such view is taken by our leading Capitalists, if we
may judge by the price of Consols, and none of the
explanations, which have yet been made in parlia-
ment, though contradictory in themselves, will jus-
tify an opposite conclusion. Money has not been
easy for discounts, owing chiefly to the operations of
speculators for opposite results, and Exchequer Bills
have not maintained the buoyancy which the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has calculated upon
to render his financial scheme successful. The stock
of bullion in the Bank of England is decreasing,
the weekly returns showing a further diminution of
nearly £ 300,000, but there is a probability of a re-
action, owing to the prices of Wheat and Flour
being higher in France than in England.
Notwithstanding the presumed effect of political
affairs in the East upon our manufacturing trade,
prices are well maintained in the Manchester dis-
trict, and the amount of business transacted may
be considered satisfactory. For Yarns, especially,
there is a brisk demand, and the activity which pre-
vails is fully as great as might have been anticipated.
The same observation will apply to other manufac-
turing districts, and the prospects for the future may
be considered most cheering, unless, indeed, the
folly of the operatives should accomplish their own
destruction.

The promise of a reform in the laws relating to
the collection of Customs duties has been partially
realised in the appearance of a Bill to amend and
consolidate the laws relating to the Customs, trade,
and navigation, which has just been printed. It
contains no less than 356 sections, and proposes
to accomplish, by this one measure, all that some
few years since was scattered over 1500 Acts of
Parliament. The main heads of the Bill are divided
into twelve great portions, which relate to regula-
tion for the appointment of ports, offices, &c. ; the
importation and warehousing of guods; the exporta-
tion of goods ; the coasting trade; the Isle of Man ;
British possessions ; bonds and other securities;
false declarations; smuggling; reciprocity; the
acquisition of lands and property by the Customs ;
and special provisions. These again are sub-
divided into several heads, in order to render the
whole clear and intelligible. It remains to be seen
how far it will be successful in providing against
every contingency, but such a condensation and
classification of complicated legislature will, at
least, have the good effect of rendering the law
easier of comprehension. _

The returns of the Board of Trade of the amount
of tonnage entered inwards and cleared outwards
during the month of June afford a still further
proof of the injurious effect of the repeal of the
Navigation laws upon British shipowners. Of
the entries inwards the tonnage of British shipping
has increased from 303,218 tons to 351,166 tons,
o'r about 16 per cent. when compared with the
corresponding period of last year; whereas Foreign
shipping has increased from 196,838 tons to
292,448 tons, or nearly 50 per cent. The com-
parision on the clearances outward is still more
striking, for while British shipping has decreased'
from 430,068 tons to 423,549 tons, foreign ship—
ping has increased from 20,1,329 tons to 242,867-
tons.

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 £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 .. 8,101,820; Decrease 1,102,440
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.17,889,646
1 Silver bullion .. 19,154

X 31,903,800 l
BANKING DEPARTMENT

£31,908,800

Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Gov. securities.£l4,497,333.
Rest.
Public deposits. 3,953,330 Notes .. . 8,101,820
Other deposits . 13,508,613 Gold & 354,874
7-day, &c. bills. 1,409.150
£36,634,230 £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,
76*; Lancaster and Preston Three-fourths, 491 4p ;
Ditto Twelfths, 9 1-16; Midland Stock, 701 g 1;,
Dover Stock, 21i- 4 ; St. Helens Pref. 4i per cent.,
ip ; Quebec and Richmond Debenture 6 per cent.,
107. _ _

COTTON.—There has been a fair amount of bu-
siness done during the week 1 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
class 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. On 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.