The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-17 00:00:00

mind once vigorous and active, but overthrown and pros- CO2I,IMEACTIL AND MONETARY NEWS. I A GLANCE AT TBHRIETASTINE
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MONDAY NIGHY.
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FRO-11 OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. and, if need be, Parliament must vindicate its own cha- been less active than at the date of our previous remarks. IN the comparative infancy of s 1
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Monday Morning. stigma which may appear to rest upon their integrity. colonial produce. The sales going forward recently in a full complement of passengers, o
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andany exteentisfobrustolmitteletiemveidence that prices will advance to
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time of Louis XIV.
was, perhaps, a more significant comment upon the mea- tlt may afford. your readers material fora moment's ran- The stream of bullion continues flowing rapidly towards were the hopes of her owners as to
sure than any of the criticisms that have since appeared. l!o4 though it is merelyd allassase from an oldthhoolfc, the this country. The last returns of the Bank of England, beforenard her, and and equallyfl high thel.
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moved rather by curiosity to learn what the Premier Cardinal says, speaking of a certain political adventurer any former period. The return alluded to shows the fol. lation, which has never yet been
would be able to make of his last year's promise, than by of that period. "He made a foundation of all the evil lowing general results when compared with the previous Great Britain did not get beyond the
intentions and all the ignorance of the two preceding week :—„ which, in endeavouring to make t
any ardent zeal to aid or oppose him. It was a sort of centuries, on which to build up his personal irate- Public deposits £5,263,972 ; Increase ...e417,000 was stranded. After months of
show—a Reform field-day ; the author of the great bill of rests. In the most legitimate of monarchies he Other deposits
1832 reviewing the forces he had raised twenty years ago, formed the most scandalous and the most dangerous Rest
side 3,341,859 ; Increase .... 87,277 brought to task, she was at length,
On the other of the account—
tyranny which had, perhaps, ever been established in athis port. On examination—wl
and had been engaged ever since in drilling, passing sen- Government securities. 13,420,923 ; the same as before. State. Habit, which has been strop enough in some strength. of her construction—.she
Other securities
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upon his own corps. endure things which our fathers would have apprehended The amount of notes in circulation is £20,347,990, and after having been offered for
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at the commencement of Lord John's very flat and prosy punished for advancing those truths, for the maintenance is but natural that the money market should continue easy, between Liverpool and New -17.
harangue. The Whigs and Radicals confessed that they (i)ifvews hic tlry*wve litoisndthbeyptellteiraivantheswtioinexepaonsesutirt and the rates of discount very moderate. Loans have i_sernattetached to this gigantic s
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Scheme had emanated from a crotchetty friend, instead of rated by the laws fall immediately into anarchy." Here we the sums required for the extension of steam navigation London wherry, but still partaking (
a mob-courtin foe. have at once a description of France at this moment, and and mining enterprise, there is no direct feeling in favour in her lines that will prevent her ca
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Out of doors, the utter lukewarmness manifested a warning as to its future. of joint-stock speculation, and this is the more to be re- and at the same time throw clear wi

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE general tone of business affairs during the week has
been less active than at the date of our previous remarks.
This observation applies to the markets for foreign and
colonial produce. The saieS going forward recently in
Ougar have been made at ruinous losses to the importers,
and there is but little evidence that prices will advance to
any extent for some time.
The stream of bullion continues flowing rapidly towards
this country. The last returns of the Bank of England,
published in the Gazette of Friday night, show, that the
amount of specie in both departments was not less than
£18,281,643, a sum considerably in excess of that held at
any former period. The return alluded to shows the fol-
lowing general results when compared with the previous
week :
Public deposits £5,263,972 ; Increase .. £417,000
Other deposits
Rest 3,341,859 ; Increase .... 87,277
On the other side of the account—
Government securities. 13,420,923 ; the same as before.
Other securities
Notes unemployed
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,347,990,
being a decrease of £390,975 ; and the stock of bullion in
both departments is £18,281,643, showing an increase of
£66,471, when compared with the preceding return.
With such an excess of bullion in the Bank of England, it
is but natural that the money market should continue easy,
and the rates of discount very moderate. Loans have
been made on Consols at 1 to 11 per cent. for rather a
lengthened period. Of course, it is the increase of bullion
in the Bank coffers, the total of which has now reached
£18,281,643, together with the prospect of further sup-
plies from California and Australia, that tends in the
main to produce this effect on the value of money. It is
noticeable at the same time, that, with the exception of
the sums required for the extension of steam navigation
and mining enterprise, there is no direct feeling in favour
of joint-stock speculation, and this is the more to be re-
garded with satisfaction when it is remembered how fre-
quently in previous years such an accumulation of trea-
sure has promoted a career of rash adventure.
The market for English securities has been favourably
affected, and the value of leading stocks underwent a con-
siderable improvement. The settlement of the account
passed off satisfactorily ; and on Saturday Consols were
done at 871 to for both money and account. To-day.
we learn by electric telegraph, that they closed at 97-+
for account, and 971 for money.
The stringency with which the authorities at the
Mint are enforcing their rules respecting the receipt
of gold ingots inferior to the standard has induced a slight
change in the rate at which the Bank of England pur-
chase American and French gold coins. The price here-
tofore has been £3 16s. 24d. per ounce for American
eagles, and £3 16s. 2d. for French 20-franc pieces; but
these left no margin except the insignificant and insuffi-
cient one of Id. in the latter for the expense of the refining
process which is necessary before they can be coined into
sovereigns. That expense is about Id., and hence, under
the prospect of continuous arrivals, such as to render the
point one of importance, the future purchasers' rate will
be reduced to £3 16s. 11d., which will be applicable to
American eagles, French pieces, and Dutch guilders.
In our Share market, at the early part of the week,
business assumed more activity, and an advance took
place, especially in those stocks noticed in our last as
having issued, or being about to issue, favourable reports.
Some disappointment in the reports of the Great Northern,
East Lancashire, and one or two other companies, (the
dividends not fulfilling the expectations of the share-
holders,) caused these stocks to recede, and to be heavy
in the market. The rates of continuation, at the account
just passed, have been easy, and the deliveries of stock
light. In Mining Shares there has been less doing, the
large number of new schemes having had a depressing
effect upon the general business. The shares of the
Agua Fria Company have been most dealt in, and steadily
maintain their price. A report was circulated, in the
early part of the week, that £22,000 worth of ore had
been received from this company. The contradiction of
this rumour, " on authority," while it furnished a further
evidence of the high respectability of the company, at the
same time caused the shares to decline some ss. per share.
The report arose from the knowledge of the fact that a
great quantity of ore, which has been shipped from Cali-
fornia, may be daily expected. The assays already made
of some of the ores received from Agua Fria have realized
the enormous return of £5,500 per ton. Our market
closes this evening very firm, after an average
amount of business. We annex this day's prices :
London stock, 119 ; new quarters, 34p ; fifths, 31 ap ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 661 a illk; fifths, 61 15-I6d;
fifths W. R. U., 418 d ' • Midland stock, 58 78 la4Ha 1 ;
Sheffield stock, 301 30 291 1; York and North Midland,
211; Eastern Counties, 71 13-16; Berwick pref. unpaid up,
; Newry and Enniskillen, 51c1 ; Liverpool United Gas
new quarters, Op.
Cotton has been purchased to a fair extent during the
past week, but without causing any material advance in
the price of any description. The value of fair Cotton
was declared by the brokers' committee, on Friday, to
stand as noted on the previous week. The America's
news appears to have given holders more confidence at
the market to-day. The receipts at the Atlantic ports up
to the 4th instant were 1,348,912 bales against 1,354,385
bales same time last }ear; the export to Great Britain,
was 451,666 bales against 378,5b8 bales at same time in
1851; and the stock, 509,285 bales against 580,083 bales
at this time last year.
The corn trade has passed through a week of inactivity,
and although sellers were unwilling to reduce the prices
previously current, still as no sales of moment could be
made thereat, a slight concession was the consequence.
The recent advance has induced the farmers to be more
liberal in their supplies, so that there are fewer country
buyers at the great import markets. As to the future
range of prices, there is still much uncertainty, seeing
that we are without any reliable data as to the stocks on
hand and the probable extent of supplies which we may
expect from the Continental and American ports.
The report of trade in the manufacturing districts is
more encouraging than for some time past. The demand
for both yarns and goods has considerably improved, and
the market presents a more settled aspect as to prices;
stocks are low.
Respecting the iron trade in Staffordshire, the Birming-
ham Gazette of to-day supplies the following information:
" Although every expectation of improvement has hitherto
been doomed to be disappointed, and the trade is on all
bands acknowledged to be in a truly deplorable condition,
some dawnings of hope for Staffordshire are said to be
discoverable from the events of the last few weeks. The
price of Scotch pig iron has receded to that point that no
possible saving that can be effected in wages can render it
remunerative, and a reduction of make to a serious extent
is said to have been begun, while the safety of the specu-
lation is bringing buyers more freely into the market. In
Wales the disclosures consequent upon the late banking
disasters, and the significant fact that a large first-rate
establishment, with machinery admirably arranged upon
the newest and most approved principles, has lately been
parted with, for the sole consideration of undertaking its
liabilities, seems to indicate that the struggle has reached
a crisis there, and that it will scarcely be continned for
the mere sake of discovering who has the broadest back.
By the Overland Mail which reached London on Satur-
day, we hear of the failure of Messrs. D. C. Mackey and
Co.' at Calcutta, for £200,000. The London branch of
the firm stopped on the 22d ult. for £300,000.

towards the proffe

,red boon to democracy

evinced a dis-

CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION

position to treat the matter as unworthy cf serious consi

No mobs gathered in the streets or in Palace-

Last evening a lecture was delivered in the Concert
Hall, Lord Nelson-street, in this town, by the Rev. G.
W. Warr, incumbent of St. Saviour's, on " the Church
of England ; Her practical claims upon our affection and
gratitude." The chair was taken by R. W. Preston, Esq.
The meeting having been opened with prayer by the
Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A., lion. Sec., the CHAIRMAN
observed that, in taking the chair, no remarks were neces-
sary from him to illustrate the subject which was to be
brought before them. The Church of England com-
mands the attention, the affection, and regard of every
true-hearted Protestant, and calls forth respect from all.
She stands forth a giant power against Popery on the one
hand, and infidelity on the other : she is founded on the
pure truth of God, and forms the great bulwark of that
truth. Such are her pure principles ; sound in doctrine,
she is sufficient for the comfort and the happiness of
millions. The Chairman concluded by introducing the
Rev. Lecturer to the audience.
The REVEREND LECTURER, having explained the sub-
ject of the lecture, said that the magnitude and importance
of the theme upon which he was about to dwell compelled
him to bespeak no small share of the kindness and indul-
gence of his hearers. And yet he felt encouraged by the
peculiarity of the assembly. They were not there as a
jury, to take into their charge the culprit constitution of
a supposed ecclesiastical delinquent, and pronounce upon
the evidence given in proof of guilt, or offered in attesta-
tion of innocence. Nor was he there the fee'd or feeling
pleader in a cause shrouded in doubt or transparent in
iniquity. No : the scene of this question was not laid in
the solemn halls of justice, but in the stately portrait gal-
lery of a long and noble line

o greet the " Reformers" who were bidding for

se and popularity

No overwhelming pressure of

nging the avenues of the house to learn the
intentions of the government, and craving to be enfran-
chised, as a means of regenerating the realm. But the
few sight-seers and news-gatherers who assembled in the
purlieus of Parliament, talked of the project about to be

übmitted to the

❑" with as much phi-

Losophica,

it had been a measure to

medle

said of it

" Of sires departed to the skies."

LATEST STATE OF THE LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
CorroN.—At the close of last week, the cotton market
was languid ; but the accounts by the America have given
more life, and the sales reach fully 10,000 bales, at rather
better prices. Among the sales to-day were 550 Pernam
and Maranham, at sd. to 6d. ; 1,100 Bahia, at sid. to
6d.; 500 Egyptian, 6d. to 84d. ; and 2,000 Surat, 3d. to
*d. per lb. Speculators took 1,500, and exporters 1,000.
SUGAR.—The demand keeps pretty steady, and prices
are slowly advancing. The sales on Friday were 180
hhds. Barbadoes, at 325. to 38s. ; 50 hhds. vacuum pan
Demerara, at 375. to 40s. ; and 520 bags Benares, at 355.
to 365. 6d. On Saturday and to-day the transactions
were 90 hhds. Antigua and Barbadoes, at full rates; 420
hhds Trinidad, at 30s. ; 100 hhds. Porto Rico, at 335. 9d.
to 345. 9d. ; and 2,050 bags Benares, at 325. 6d. to 375.,
including a few extra fine, at 395. per cwt.
COFFEE continues neglected ; a small lot of Jamaica
has brought 465. per cwt.

Rum.-About 150 puns. Demerara have found buyers
at very full prices. _

_ .
TEA.—There has not been much passing in this market ;
about 200 chests of blackish leaf Congou are reported at
Is: Id., together with a few medium greens at previous

JUTE is in better request ; 1,000 bales have been sold at
.£9 15s. to £l3 per ton.

SUNDRIES.—Of sago flour, 3,500 bags have been sold,
at 14s. 6d. ; 140 bags cutcb, at 18s. ; 180 cases castor oil,
at 3d., and 3,000 bags Calcutta linseed, at 41s. to
41s. 6d. per quarter.

STABBING AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Sunday last, as a
Swedish sailor belonging to one of the ships in the Bir-
kenhead dock, was squabbling with an artizan who lives
in the locality, the former drew a knife and stabbed his
opponent. Alarm was instantly given, and the sailor
finding the dangerous position he was in, took to a boat
with the view of getting on board his ship. Meantime an
immense crowd commenced pelting the sailor with stones,
who, however, made good his retreat, and got on board
the ship, but was subsequently captured and taken off to
Birkenhead bridewell to answer the serious offence which
he had committed. We understand that the person
stabbed is not seriously wounded. The greatest excite-
ment prevailed in the locality for some time.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM A PAWNBROKER'S
SHOP.—On Thursday night, thieves entered the pre-
mises of Messrs. Healing and Powell, pawnbrokers,
Scotland-road, and stole a large quantity of goods. Egress
was effected through the roof. The thieves succeeded in
carrying off no less than 25 watches, ten or twelve guar*
chains, between 200 and 300 gold wedding-rings, a num-
ber of gentlemen's rings, with an extensive variety of
other articles of jewellery, to the value of upwards of
£2OO. We learn that the robbers, however, are likely to be
brought speedily to justice. Intelligence of the burglary
having been promptly forwarded to Manchester, a man,
who has given the name of Thomas Clarke, with a male
and two female associates, named respectively Isaac
Foulkes, Sarah Ann Mee, and Jane Pattison, have
been apprehended there, and were brought to this town
yesterday afternoon, to undergo an examination this
morning at the Town-hall. Clarke, we understand,
is well known to the Manchester police, and, suspi-
cion lighting upon him, he was taken into custody in
Stockton-street, with a box in his possession containing
the whole of the stolen goods, with the exception of a
number of the wedding-rings.

A GLANCE AT THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT

IN the comparative infancy of screw propulsion, there
sailed from this Itoit, freighted with a valuable cargo and
a full complement of passengers, one of the finest vessels
that ever was produced by the united skill of builders and
engineers. That vessel was the Great Britain : and high
were the hopes of her owners as to the triumphant career
before her, and equally high the confidence of all on
board, in her successful accomplishment of the vov- ge
before them. Those hopes, however, were destined to be
dashed to the ground. By some unfortunate miscalcu-
lation, which has never yet been clearly explained, the
Great Britain did not get beyond the coast of Ireland, upon
which, in endeavouring to make the north passage, she
was stranded. After months of arduous exertions in
which every appliance of ingenuity and science were
brought to task, she was at length, released and towed to
this port. On examination—sit:l was the excellence and
strength of her construction--she was found to be unim-
paired in any material portion of her frame or plating ;
and after having been offered for sale on two or three
occasions, she at last found purchasers in our townsmen,
her present spirited owners, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and
Co., by whom she is being refitted to resume her sta-
tion in the carrying trade of goods and passengers
between Liverpool and New York. Such interest
is attached to this gigantic ship, that we readily
devote a portion of our space to a description of the
increased capabilities with which she is shortly about to
commence, what we venture to predict will be a suc-
cessful career on the ocean. The Great Britain is un-
doubtedly one of the finest models that ever floated. End
on, her entrance, at her now draught line (only 13 feet),
" she looks like a knife," being clean and sharp as a
London wherry, but still partaking of that slight rotundity
in her lines that will prevent her carrying "dead water,"
and at the same time throw clear without a second break-
ing any troubled sea, that she may not part without a
rippled foam. From her draught-line upwards, the bows
of this noble craft swell out gracefully, but boldly, thus
giving her not only great deck room forward, but preventing
her " christning those on the look-out." Following aft
from the break of the bow, her sides round handsomely,
and her upper works falling in-board from about the bends,
she is plump as an egg,—the eyesore of wall-sidedness
is perfectly obviated. From this peculiarity, the dead
weight on the upper deck is brought to the centre, and
her greatest beam being on the lower deck, there can be
no fear of her being crank, a desideratum of importance
in either side-wheel or propeller boats. The run is clean
and gradually attained, so that the water may pass un-
broken to the screw. The exterior appearance of the
Great Britain,—although her high proportions are some-
what hidden by being brested up to the quay,—is most im-
posing. The rig, clipper like, is that called hermaphrodite,
with four masts. Two of similar dimensions, called the
fore-mainmast and after-mainmast, are tubes of malleable
iron, square rigged, while the foremast and mizen-
mast are fashioned for fore-and-aft sails. The other spars
are proportionately rakish, and being calculated to carry
at least 39,000 square feet of canvass, their dimensions
are by no means small. The stem of the Great Britain is
headed by a curved shield of England, supported on one
side by the lion, on the other by the unicorn, relieved
with deep cut scroll work, and interspersed with emblems
of "Arts, Commerce, and Manufactures." In the internal
arrangement, the former plans have been completely
altered. The 'tween decks, where the saloons formerly
stood, are now principally converted into state rooms.
Entering by a bow port, formed of a massive pair of iron
doors, is a large mess room, and further forward are store
rooms, running through the whole decks, the rise from
the foot of the apron being occupied by a fitted tank for
5,000 gallons of water. In the centre of the mess room is
a hatch for receiving cargo, all of which is to be passed
through side ports. Abaft of this is a large space divided
by two passages, and fitted in rooms for second-class
passengers ; while in the centre is an opening to
the boiler-room, round the galleries of which are berths
for the engineers and firemen. Adjoining is another venti-
lating hatch, by which cargo for the fore hold is passed by
patent doors in the water-tight bulk head. This hatch,
which runs to the hurricane deck, being continually open,
will convey an enormous stream of cold air below. For-
ward of the fore main-mast is the engine space in the
centre. On either side, are rooms excellently arranged, well
lighted, and efficiently ventilated. Immediately adjoin-
ing, larboard and starboard, are cabins devoted exclu-
sively to ladies. Again there are apertures for receiving
cargo, and immediately astern are the first-class state
rooms, all separately lighted by side ports and ventilated
in every possible manner. They are principally calcu-
lated for two persons each, but there are a few family
rooms of larger dimensions. In the " counter stern" is a
retiring or vestibule room fitted with double rows of sofas
and lighted by glazed stern ports.' Ascending to the upper
deck, up a spiral stair, we find a complete change. A
spacious house running from the topgallant forecastle to
aft of the stern post is erected after the plan adopted in the
large Halifax steamers. First is an elevated wheel house.
Adjoining is a smoking room capable of seating forty per-
sons, next which on the starboard band is the captain's
room, on the larboard the chief officers, the intervening
space being devoted to a music room which is entered
from a saloon, seventy-five feet long, and calculated to
accommodate at dinner 160 persons. Next comes the
steward's pantry, on either side of which are the old saloon
entrances, now providing excellent access to the dormito-
ries. Again we reach the engine space, which will be
glazed round to give ample light to the side berths and to
the contiguous officers' mess-room. Over the boilers,
where, by the bye, the decks are all iron, are the galleys
for cooking for the various departments of the ship's offi-
cers, crew, and pass.lngers. Passing the fore hatch we
reach the second saloon, which may be measured as 70
feet long by 22 feet wide, but which may, if required, be
divided into two apartments. Beneath the forecastle,
separated amidships for the "watches," are the quarters of
the crew—comfortable berths for about forty seamen.
There is a gangway on each side the monster deck house
ten feet wide, which is well protected by a heavy bulwark
that has been carried fore and aft to reduce her " sheer."
Over the deck houses is a splendid promenade 270 feet
long

The Great Britain registered 3,500 tons, but by the
alterations made her stowage capacity will be greatly
increased. Her length overall is 322 feet ; her beam 51
feet ; and her depth, measured from the promenade deck,
is 40 feet. We have already stated that the Great
Britain is nearly totally rebuilt,—in fact she is so far
strengthened that " she is a better ship than ever." The
principal part of the work having been executed by Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s own men, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Croome, is a guarantee that all is of a
substantial character.

The propeller of the Great Britain,—a section of a screw
with three blades,—is 15 feet 6 inches in diameter, and
has a pitch of 19 teet. The shaft is 105 feet long. It is
driven by a pair of oscillating cylinder engines, of 500
horses power collectively. by Messrs. Penn and Co., of
Greenwich. The multiplying driving wheels,—so large that
they are cast in sections,—will increase the revolutions of
the screw three-fold. The machinery is now nearly all
on board. The boilers, six in number, are ranged
lengthways of the ship, three on each side, and are fired
from amidships, the funnels being athwartships. The
boilers are so arrranged that they can be worked sepa-
rately. The decorations, by Mr. A. White, are rapidly
progressing, and the appointments are being daily con-
cluded with officers of experience—Captain Mathews,
whose connection with the Great Western, the City of
Glasgow, and other noble craft, is universally and credi-
tably known, is appointed commander. A more suitable
gentleman could not have been selected. We trust that
his experience in ocean steaming, his urbane manners, and
the attractions of his mighty charge, may enlist that
amount of public confidence and support that will render
this enterprise truly successful. For ourselves we cannot
doubt that she will be one of the fleetest craft afloat.