The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

the ensuing season, seeing two Italian houses are
spoken of as certain of being open.
Meantime we have French poodles and Borneo mon-
keys "playing their fantastic tricks" where GARRICK and
KEAN evoked and vindicated the genius of SHAKSPEARE.
Crowds nightly make the welkin ring with laughter,
loud and long, at the antics of these creatures. They
are very clever, but the cleverness is the result of the
whip. One little blear-eyed fellow enters from what used
to be the prompter's side, attired as a waiter, carrying. a
tiny bottle of wine in one hand and a candlestick in the
other ; he looks suspiciously around, and unperceived, as
he appears to imagine, takes a stolen swig at the beverage;
but if he chance to let his candle fall, as is sometimes the
case, he has not intellect to pick it up. Altogether they
are very funny. On Wednesday, though the fog was so
thick that it might have been felt, the house was crammed.
Mentioning the fog induces me to state that nearly all
the past week, we, in the metropolis, have been wrapped
in it (the fog). Yet, to the wonderment of those who
were in the secret, HER MAJESTY, with her illustrious
visitors, drove all the way from the warm hearths of
Windsor Castle to Westminster Abbey, and had a walk
and meditation among the tombs. The noble pile was
illuminated, and had a remarkably grand and sombre
effect ; but for the cold, it was a very interesting mode
of examining the hallowed relics of the sanctuary. The
waxen effigies of departed greatness, now excluded from
public view, were shown to the Royal party. Apropos,
what has become of the long array of sculptured kings
and queens —painted and gilded also—which used to repose
in the Guy Fawkes' cellars of the old Houses of Parlia-
ment ? I remember seeing a great number of them on
the morning of a fifth of November, when the usual
search was made. The statues were curious. HER
MAJESTY and suite left the Abbey by Poets' Corner.
On the same day, H.R.H. Prince ALBERT and the
DUKE DE BRABANT visited the venerable seat of learn-
ing, Cambridge, of which the PRINCE is chancellor; and
the following evening found himself nearly lost—if the
Irishism be allowed—in the yellow fog of Shoreditch.
Some score sturdy fellows, belonging to the Eas-
tern Counties Railway, bearing flaming links, preceded
and attended the Royal carriages, all the way to Padding-
ton. The PRINCE was much pleased at the loyal
attention paid to him, and soon afterwards rewarded his
torch-bearers.

In the gossip of the week, the rumoured matrimonial
alliance between the Princess MART, sister of the Duke
of CAMBRIDGE, and a nephew of Louis NAPOLEON, has
found a place. From what I learn, the alliance is far from
likely. The 'parties have scarcely ever seen each other,
and wooing by pictures is falling into desuetude. The
Princess MARY has just entered upon early womanhood;
in features she perfectly resembles those exquisitely sweet
and simple portraits painted by CAELo DoLa, seldom
met with, but always admired.
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There are four illustrious individuals—one of whom is
mentioned as likely to have the late Duke of BEA UFORT'S
Ribbon of the Garter—the COLONIAL SECRETARY, the
Earl of ELLESMERE, the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, and
Lord JOAN RUSSELL. I believe Her MAJESTY of her
own royal will and pleasure has offered the distintguished
honour to the Earl of CARLISLE ; now, I believe, in Italy
with a lot of English noteable for rank or talent.
I notice a case in one of our superior courts, the other
day, as the judgment shows a liberal interpretation of the
Licensing Act, and must be worthy of attention by nume-
rous of the good folks of Liverpool. Mine host of one of
the large hotels in Covent-garden for many years has had
music—singing chiefly and piano-forte in his house, with-
out having taken out a license therefor. An action was
brought for penalties. The judge said, or as much as said,
that people went into the place for refreshment ; they paid
nothing at the door for music, and nothing inside, save for
what they ate and drank. The jury found for the land-
lord. Now we have hundreds of such houses in and about
the metropolis. There are not a few in other chief places
throughout England. Query they drop their
licenses, seeing they are not amenable, as shown by the
case referred to ? It certainly is puzzling to the uniniti-
ated to think the expense attending the musical staff of
most of these houses. Twenty pounds a week, indepen-
dently of victuals and drink, to eight or ten musical people
employed, can't cover the charge. Are the profits prodi-
gious ? No doubt !

COMMERCIAL 4- MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE protracted quarrel between Russia and
Turkey has so wearied the public mind, that less
and less interest appears to be felt in the daily re-
ports, by electric telegraph, which few people now
believe, and whether they have declared the victory
to be onone side or the other,verylittle effect appears
to have been produced on the public funds, which
are usually considered the pulse of public opinion,
The funds have been gradually progressing up-
wards, and are now higher than they have been
since the first alarm of disturbances. The Money
Market for commercial purposes has been compara.
tively easy, though the rate of discount is still
high, and the bank directors have as yet shown no
sign of reducing their limit. The bank returns in
the London Gazette present little worthy of com-
ment. There is a decrease in the stock of bullion,
but only to the extent of £36,756. The active cir-
culation shows the large decrease of £649,608,
while the other securities have also decreased to
the extent of £442,801, an evidence that the
amount of accommodation has been considerably
lessened. There have been several large arrivals
of specie from the United States, but at the same
time there have been large shipments of gold to
Russia, and of silver to the East Indies. The loan
of £280,000 to the Sultan of Turkey, by the house
of Baltazzi and Co. is said to be merely a renewal
of annual advances on the security of the Egyptian
tribute. The Bank of France appears to have
taken alarm at the drain of silver, and it is said in-
tend to confine their payments to gold, which will
have the effect of withdrawing silver from circula-
tion.

Trade in the manufacturing districts appears to
be by no means brisk, the business being confined
to the execution of small orders for actuafconsump-
tion. This dulness has been attributed to various
causes, such as the insurrectionary disturbances in
China, the unfavourable reports from the India
markets, the monetary difficulties in the United.
States, which are, however, approaching a termina-
tion, and the, political troubles in the East of
Europe. The latter circumstance, however, can
have had little to do with it, but has rather pro-
duced a contrary effect, if we may judge by the fol-.
lowing extract from the .Manchester Courier :
The general operations of the export houses have, doubt-
less, been limited lately, to some extent, by the apprehen-
sions entertained of the result of hostilities between
Russia and Turkey, but the idea, which we find pretty
generally prevalent, that the exports of goods this year to
Turkey and the Levant have been seriously reduced is
certainly based on no sufficient data, the reverse happen-
ing to be the case, as will be seen by the following return
of the exports of goods, up to October 29th, this year,
compared with a similar period in 1852 :

EXPORTS TO TURRET AND THE LEVANT.
CALICOES.
Plain—Yds. Printed—Yds.
60,352,987
48,053,081

Increase, 18453 2,299,906

5,377,904

What is still more extraordinary is the fact, that the
increase has been since last June, and to a greater extent
than is shown by the above table, for during the six
months, up to the end of June, there was a positive
decrease to the extent of about 3,000,000 yards. We have
no doubt that this is a statement for which our readers
will be but little prepared ; it is, nevertheless, perfectly
accurate,—and we may mention in addition, that the
steamer Teneriffe, for the Levant, which left Liverpool on
Saturday, was obliged to refuse no less than 120 tons of
cargo, for which stowage could not be found, whilst the
Arabian steamer, which is about to sail, or has sailed more
recently, has also had to shut out goods.
It may be, perhaps, that the manufacturers are
anxious to show their operatives, who have turned
out, that they have no necessity for their services
so as to induce their submission.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 19th of Nov., gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £7,034,154; Increase£l,o24,932
Other deposits 11,632,208; Decrease 149,561
Rest ... 3,217,322; Increase 5,862

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £12,477,425; Increase £711,182
Other securities ... 15,989,650; Decrease 442,801
Notes unemployed ... 7,559,980; Increase 554,230

The amount of notes in circulation is k 21,590,735,
being a decrease of £590,690 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £15,819,357,5h0wing
a decrease of £36,756, when compared with the
preceding return.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ... £29,lso,7lsGovernmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bull'n. 15,150,715
Silver bullion ...

£29,160,715

£29,150,715

BANKING DI
00
Prop. Capital ... £1.4,553,
Rest ... ... 3,217,3224
Public Deposits 6,034,1
Other Deposits 11,632,208
7-day & other bills 1,269,0131

EPARTMENT.
Gov. Securities £12,477,425
Other Securities 15,989,650
Notes ... 7,559,980
iGold & Silver Coin 668,642

£36,695,6971

£36,695,697

Without any great amount of business, prices in
our SHARE MARKET have been well supported
during the past week, and in general are quoted
higher than for some time. London stock alone is
very heavy, from the great amount offering for
sale ; and, while others have advanced nearly two
per cent., this has barely moved. A large amount
of this stock has been sold and exchanged for
Midlands and Leeds. Our local stocks continue
much asked for, and all show a tendency to rise ;
the Insurance Shares being most in demand.
Royal Assurance asked for at £4 155., and Fire
and Life at st pm. for the old, and 7 pm. for the
new. We annex this day's prices :—Caledonians,
281 1; Dublin and Belfast Junction, lip ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 671 11; London Stock,
1023, ; Ditto Quarters, ip ; Sheffield Stock, 231
Midland Stock, 631 1 1 1 11; North British, 71;
Dover Stock, 181 Liverpool and London Fire and