The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

15,272 bales ; to the North and South of Europe
244,673, being an increase of 35,514 bales, and to
the United States ports 266,696, being an increase
of 10,250 bales.
The reports from the Cotton manufacturing
districts show a slight tendency to improvement.
owing to the more favourable account of the East
India markets, and the reduced amount of manu-
facture caused by the strikes of the operatives.
Yarns have advanced in price ; and, notwithstand-
ing the drawbacks from the still unsettled state of
the Turkish question, and the uneasy state of the
Money market, the trade may be considered in a
comparatively healthy state, as shown by the
improved demand in our own market. In the
Woollen districts, however, there appears to be
considerable depression, and it is expected that
prices will go lower.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 15th of Oct., gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £3,700,859; Decreaseg3,ls6,s39
Other deposits ... 12,664,226; Increase 1,030,539
Rest ... 3,161,161; Decrease 529,958
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £12,455,161; Increase £116,078

Other securities ... 17,425,089; Decreasel,sl6,46o
Notes unemployed ... 5,012,490; Decreasel,349,4lo
The amount of notes in circulation is £23,667,385,
being an increase of £826,820; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £15,271,474, showing
a decrease of £477,615, when compared with the
preceding return.
There has been no new feature in our SHARE
MARKET this week, with the fluctuations of prices
very slight. Stock continues very scarce, barely
sufficient to supply the small demand for invest-
ment that exists, while speculative sellers have still
a very large account open; in the hope of a calamity
in the shape of war or extreme prices of food.
Guaranteed stocks are rather more offered ; local
stocks very steady. We annex this day's prices
Caledonians, 214 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61-1-i ;
London Stock, 1011 c 1011 ; Midland Stock, 58t- ;
Dover Stock, 171 17 5-16 I.
COTTON.—The market has shown considerable
impros ement, owing to the advices from America
being still unfavourable as to the present crop, and
the necessities of manufacturers compelling them
to purchase ; while the quantity taken on specula-
tion has been more than a fair proportion. In the
week ended on Friday last, the total sales were
4:5,720 bales, of which 8,120 were on speculation
and 4,690 for export, leaving 32,910 for the trade.
The advance in prices may be quoted at 1-8 d to
3-16 d dearer since the departure of the Arctic. On
Saturday the sales amounted to 6,000 bales, in-
cluding 1,000 for speculation and export. TO-DAY,
the market was quiet, notwithstanding the advices
by the America were still unfavourable as far as
concerned the new crop. The sales reached 6,000
bales, of which about 1,000 were on speculation
and for export, and prices are without change.
The followinc, is a comparison of present rates
with those which ruled this time last year

New Orleans, middling
fair
Uplands, middling .
fair

1852.
6d.
6id.
sid.
6-id.

1853.
6d.
7d.
5 13-16 d.
d._

PBODUCE.—The market during the week has
been very steady, and prices of most staple articles
have been fairly maintained. TO-DAY the holders
of Sugar having submitted to rather lower prices,
the sales have been more extensive, consisting of
250 hhds. Trinidad at 325. to 335. 6d., 80 hhds.
Barbadoes at 325. 6d. to 375. 6d., and 50 hhds.
Antigua at 325. 6d. to 35s 3d., chiefly for outports,
and 75 hhds. Cuba Muscovado at 325. 3d. to 345. 3d.
per cwt. There are no transactions to notice in
Molasses. Of Rum, 65 puns. Trinidad have been
sold, to arrive, at 2s. 6d. per proof gallon. We
have had a large business doing in most descrip-
tions of Congou Tea, at full prices ; common is
quoted firm at llid. to 111 d. per lb., with few
sellers. Arracan Rice continues in demand, the
sales since Friday amounting to nearly 14,000
bags, at 12s. to 12s. 3d. per cwt. Of the Dye-
woods offered by auction this morning, only 80
tons Campeachy were sold at £8 ss. per ton..
WooL.—The business of the week has again been
very limited, consequently there are no transactions
of any moment to report, and, as holders are not
over anxious to force sales, prices may be considered
nominal. Until the warlike aspect of the political
world becomes more peaceable and settled, we can-
not expect to see any particular reaction from the
" hand-to-mouth principle." Stocks of all descrip-
tions are now very extensive, and likely to continue
so for some time. Public sales will take place to-
morrow, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, when
about 3,000 bales, chiefly East India and damaged
Alpaca, will be offered. Imports for the week 4,192
bales. The last series of London Colonial Wool
sales for the present year commenced on Thursday
last, with a full attendance of both home and con-
tinental buyers, and for good Wools there was a fair
competition, but inferior kinds sold heavily. The
prices obtained are lower than the July sales by
lid. to 21d. per lb. The quantity.; which it was
expected would be offered was 58,000 bales, subse-
quently it was agreed to withdraw 10,000 bales.

hold of witness by the clothes, and she supported him
from falling. She did not see, the foreigner's face. He
was dressed differently from what Montero now is, but
she thought she would know his back, and was almost
sure the prisoner Montero was the man. She followed
the wounded man to the hospital, and saw him die ; she,
by leave of the surgeon, closed his eyes and his mouth.
It was the tall man. [This last statement being contrary
to the fact, she was re-examined, but maintained stoutly
that it was the tall man who died, and whose eyes and
mouth she had closed after death.]
James Thompson, grocer and provision d.paler, 74, White-
chapel, corner of Charles-street, was startled a little after
twelve o'clock on Saturday night by a noise, while he was
balancing his books. He opened his door to see what it
was, and perceived a fight going on opposite his door. He
went to separate the combatants, one of whom was the
prisoner Montero ; he and a tall man were fighting. As
he (witness) was about to go forward, a woman called out,
"They've got knives—don't you go forward." He stopped,
and observed the tall man strike Montero with the back
of his hand in the face, and then step back a pace or
two. The little man who is killed was urging the tall
one to go and strike Montero again. Montero then walked
forward and struck the little man in the belly, in doing so
witness saw the flash of a knife: Montero then stepped
back and struck the tall man also in the belly. Witness
saw the flash of the knife in both cases. Witness at first
thought Montero had used the handle of the knife to
strike with. He afterwards saw the little man, who had
• been struck by Montero, lying in the street. The little
man was taken away in a cab.
No further evidence was offered on the present occasion,
and the case was remanded for a week.

been apprised of the tree state of the case by Mr. Morrall,
who was quite content to leave it to time to clear up mis-
apprehensions. The above is merely a hasty and imper-
fect sketch of the proceedings which have taken place, but
they are in all respects essentially true. The whole scene
on Sunday morning was certainly most disgraceful, be-
sides being a serious desecration of the house of
God. Doors were violently closed, and a perfect up-
roar occasioned in the sacred building. No sermons
have been sent to the present Bishop of Chester, but,
some ten years ago, something of this sort took place
before the then Bishop of Chester, but on quite ti different
occasion to the present. It has been stated that in the
evening service Mr. Morrall left the church on the con-
clusion of the prayers. This was occasioned by his having
to take the train to Bootle, where he has been obliged to
remove on account of the serious illness of one of his family."

The following is a copy of the placard which has been
extensively posted in the neighbourhood of St. Michael's
Church:—

LOST,
STOLEN, OR STRAYED,
A
PROMISING PREACEER,

FROM
ST. MARTIN'S.

ANY ONE FINDING THE SAME, AND BRINGING HIM TO
ST. MICHAEL'S PULPIT,
ON OR BEFORE SUNDAY EVENING NEXT, OCTOBER THE
16TH, 1853, SHALL RECEIVE, AS AN EQUIVALENT,
AN EMPTY PEW
IN THE GALLERY.

N.B. THIS REWARD WILL NOT BE BBPEATED

PIISEY AND CO., PRINTERS.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY
FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY
AMONGST THE JEWS.

LAST night, the 34th anniversary of the Liverpool
Auxiliary of the Society for the Promotion of Christianity
Amongst the Jews was held at the Collegiate Institution.
The attendance was very nemerous and respectable. The
Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of CHESTER occupied the
chair, and amongst the other gentlemen on the platform
we observed :—Rev. W. Ayerst, Rev. J. Keeling, Rev. J.
Scott, Rev. Dr. McNeil% Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev. W.
Rawson, Rev. F. Parry, Rev. Dr. Kerns, Rev. S. Minton,
Rev. W. Pollock, Rev. G. London, Rev. D. Barry, Rev.
I. Matthews, Rev. G. Reade, Rev. A. Knox, Rev. J.
Harrison, Rev. W. M. Falloon, Rev. D. Anderson, Rev. W. F.
Taylor, Rev. W. J. Jones, Rev. Newsham ; W, Jones,
Esq., Edward Jones, Esq., W. J. Webster, Esq., W. Hall,
Esq., &c., &c.
The meeting was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr.
Parry, the secretary.
His LORDSHIP said, many of their friends were aware
that the annual meeting, for the transaction of ordinary
business, was held in the spring of the year, when the
financial accounts were audited, and a report printed, and
circulated among the friends of the society. There would,
therefore, be no report to read that evening, and it was
attended with this advantage,—it would leave ample time
for the gentlemen who had undertaken to address them ;
and, though in Liverpool they never failed to have a
choice of good speakers to present, one after
the other, yet it was seldom that they had so. many as on
the present occasion. (Applause.) They were attended
also by a numerous deputation from' the parent society,
consisting of the Rev. Wm. Ayerst, Rector of Egerton,
Kent, formerly missionary to the Jews in Poland ; the
Rev. John Scott, M.A, London Secretary to the Society;
the Rev. Dr. Kerns, Association Secretary; and the Rev.
James Keeling, M.A., Secretary of the Irish Church Edu-
cation Society. They would also hear with pleasure that
Dr. M`Neik had kindly promised to address them.. (Ap-
plause.) Whether other gentlemen would address them
in the course of the evening, would depend. on the
time they had within the limits in which the
meeting must conclude; but he was sure, with God's
blessing, there would be interesting information
supplied to them. The first speaker would be the Rev: Mr.
Ayerst, who had been for many years the zealous friend of
the society, and its assiduous and successful a&gocate.
What they had to look to was not so much the measure of
their success. It depended upon the blessing and' the
wisdom of AlMighty God, to determine whether its rate be
slow or be rapid ; but what we were to look to was the•
measure of our duty—(applause)—and that was to spare no
exertion that was in our power to act in the spirit of God's
command that His gospel might be preached to all. the
world, Jew or Gentle, and pray that He might be pleased
to make us- instruments in His hands to bring back His
ancient people of Israel, and convert them to the faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ. (Applause.)
The Rev-Mr. AYERST commenced by showing the won.
derful position the Jews occupy in_ the world at large. We
find the Jews already located in the wideness of their dis-
persion in places, where we, as Englishmen, with all
our enterprise and intelligence, cannot follow them. In
Timbuctoo; in the centre of Africa, there was a synagogue.
They were on- good terms, as kindred, with the Arab
tribes, and could:hence penetrate where other travellers
would be put to death. This showed,.if converted, of what
value they might become, in spreading the Word of Truth
where at present all access was debarred. The Jews were
also spread throughout China. We had received from the
very centre• of China not only the rolls of the law, but also
their prayer-books, which could be read in any synagogue
in London. What a wonderful identity ; it made us re-
joice in the evidence of God. Another point to which he
solicited their attention, was this, not important in itself,
but because,:though very obvious, it had been very much
overlooked,. and that was when people asked them as to
the amount of success they met with in the Jewish mis-
sion. They were too apt to compare the result they
thought had been arrived at with the statements that
could be made in some other cases; thus arguing against
the favourable result they spoke of 'as following their en-
deavours. The results of the mission were not so immediately
apparent, because the converted were scattered, and not
collected into churches. They could not be tabulated.
As an instance, he adduced the labours of Mr. Moritz,
who was employed by the late- Emperor Alexander to
preach to the Jews in Russia ;. and many pleasing in-
stances of the good effected, by whom- had come to light.
Through the machinations of the Greek priests, Mr. Moritz
was forbidden by the Emperor to continue his labours, and
was engaged as a missionary by this society ; and although
he was an aged man, only lately two Jewish ladies in Co-
penhagen departed this life, full of glory and peace in the
prospect of death, owing to his labours. Mr. Ayerst then
referred to the conversion of Bishop Alexander, who was
educated as a Jewish Rabbi, and yet who, when twenty
years of ageAdid not know there was a New Testament.
Evidences of the good effected-by the voice in the wilder.
ness were evident on every hand ; still it was a work that
maw could not fathom, and God' could only understand.
But there were cases in which there were some con-
gregations of the converted collected together, and
these should be mentioned. There was his own
sphere of labour, in Berlin. In Prussia the Empe-
rors had allowed the Jews to enjoy, the privileges of
citizenship, and thus there was much intercourse between
them and members of the Christian community. He
preached a course of public lectures there, and during that
time had 200 candidates,for baptism, of whom he baptised
43 ; and others had twice as many. In Berlin, from the
Lord Chancellor down to the humblest servant in the-
Courts of Justice, we ibundmembers of the Jewish society.,
There were 2,000 converted Jews in Berlin ; and there
must be nearly 2,000' of the House of Israel in London;
united with them. The speaker mentioned some circumr
stances in private life-as illustrating further the utility of
missionary labour in, casting bread upon the waters, which
was found after many days. They had got cause to be
thankful that they had been permitted to commence their
missionary work—lie mentioned the word commenced
advisedly ;—thank God they had a Church on Zion.
They had 600 baptized. in London, and 600 Jewish chil,
dren being taught in, schools there. In the Duchy
of Posen there were 6,000 ;—(applause)—and they had
missionaries labouring, besides other places, in Prussia,
Palestine, and the Coast of Africa. They had made a
beginning, thousands had been brought to a knowledge of
Christ, but there were- millions remaining behind; and
they mourned over those who see nothing of Christianity,
except as distorted by the corruptions of Popery, or
which was lost sight of in the chilly ice which had per-
verted tbe soundness of views held by our Re-
formers. They must succeed. The history of • their mis-
sion showed it, and be should conclude by requesting
their prayers. In the eighteen blesssings or prayers of
the Jews, which were, no doubt, the model of our Litany,
there was.a special petition offered up for proselytes, and
he entreated those present, when repeating the Litany, to
think of the same. They prayed in the. Litany for the
weak-hearted. Many a poor Jew was weak-hearted, and
the converted Jew had much to struggle with. He had
the opposition of his relatives, the bigotry of those in
darkness, and the contempt of the world.
The Rev. Mr. KEELING was the next speaker, and in
neat and eloquent terms enlarged upon the good effected
by the mission, and mentioned an instance in which he
had- himself been called in to officiate in his ministerial
capacity to a young Jewess, lying on a sick bed, who had
been converted by reading her Testament, and who had
left her father's home and mother's care, with good
worldly prospects, rather than abandon Christ. It was
not only in its direct results that the Jewish Society had
done good. It had awakened Christian hearts to search
more into the glorious promises of' God. They were in-
debted to the Jews' Society for fixing their hearts
upon those blessed truths, so that they had realised the
words, " They shall prosper that love thee ; I shall bless
him that blesseth thee What had the Jewish Society
done ? Its blessings upon ourselves and those around
would tell us so many interesting, touching motives why
we should be more deeply anxious, more perfectly devoted,
and more generous still in our efforts to spread Christi-
anity among the Jews. (Applause.)
The Rev. Dr. M`Nene was then introduced, and re-
ceived with cheering. He said—My Lord, We are much
indebted, and I hope I may add sincerely grateful, to our
reverend friend who has just sat down, for the interesting
particulars he has laid before us of the operations of this
society. We anticipate other and similar particulars,
from the other gentlemen who have come to us from a
distance, to render us their valuable aid at our annual
meeting. And as the Secretary has urged upon me his
own request, and that of the committee, that I should say
something, I may, perhaps, be permitted to offer a few
remarks upon some of the more general principles involved
in the fact, and, as I think, the Christian duty of a special
society having reference to the Jewish people. Our society
is a missionary society, and, as such, makes use of instru-
mentalities similar to those employed by other missionary
societies—Bibles, Testaments, tracts, preachers, readers,
and visitors and schools. It is a Churchi missionary so-
ciety, and, as such, it adds to its other means of usefulness
the circulation in Hebrew and Judeo-Polish and other
tongues the Book of Common Prayer, and conducts all its
operations with a due regard to the subordination and
consequent order of our ecclesiastical constitution. So
far well. On this ground alone we might reasonably
claim for it cordial attachment and liberal support.
(Applause.) But, though truth, this is not the whole
truth. Viewed thus, and only thus, we must candidly
confess that our society is comparatively trifling, and cal-
culated to excite a comparatively trifling interest. It
aims at promoting Christianity among the Jews, scattered
among the nations. Other missionary societies aim at the
nations themselves of the heathen world, in all their
masses. The peroon4 whe are the immediate objects of