The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY,

their number, in a distant coop, begins chuck, chi-ck-
chuck, ending with a hulla-hullo meant for a crow, and
the whole lot are it, until the ears of the unfortunate
auditors ring again. The individuals which (or who)
pleased me most were specimens of our own honest balm-
fowls—a recollection of favours received, at the expense
of several thousands of the species, may have something
to do with this partiality—some short-legged "chuckies,"
the impudent little Bantams, and two or three varieties of
foreign pigeons—the latter very curious not only in plu-
mage but in the sounds they make, the coo being different
altogether from those of English woods and wood-cotes.
The Cochin-china birds exhibited (beauties they are
termed !) are hideous creatures without tails—rudi-
mentary even—and otherwise vulgar and indecent.
They must belong to the ostrich gang, for they are
long on the legs and ungainly : their flesh, too, I know,
is coarse eating, unless you have a dainty chick, not more
than seven months old, in the pot. That consistent man,
brave soldier, and good farmer, the Duke of RICHMOND,
and sundry other nobs, were present at the time I speak of
(the private view) : the Duke piously ejaculated, "
pity the phor man's family wi thin two or three miles of you,"
as an ancient Cochin China lad came out with his clarion.
Talking of the Duke of RICHMOND, his large accession of
forte in Scotland, his residence there during the salutary
portion of the year, his " tak o' saumon," and the whisky
brewing and selling on his Scotch estates do not seem to
improve his looks, poor fellow ! Though a neat personage,
and careful of his appearance, the Duke tells an observant
eye he has " that within which passeth show." The spent
ball—foulest of foes in such a field—which struck his grace
when aid-de-catnp to the THE DUKE at Waterloo, has
descended too near the ancle of RICHMOND, and tortures
him every now and then, as if lead were sensible of at-

mospheric change !
The draw of the pantomimes keeps the theatres in
:tofu quo, if I except Drury Lane, the lessee of which, a
spirited fellow, has introduced, as you see by the papers,
a domestic drama entitled " Gold," which, as far as it has
run, has put gold into the hitherto beggared treasury of
the establishment. The term " domestic," describes the
character of the piece—referring tolife in England, and at
the gold diggings. It does not require it KEMBLE or a
SIDDONS. a KEAN Ora MACREADY. not even a VANDEN.
HOFT to illustrate its point. The drama is not SHAKES.
PERIAN, be assured. Sweet WILLIABI's statue still
stands over the principal entrance of Drury, as of old,—
yea, there is a military guard to give effect and respect-
ability to the performances, but SHAKESPEARE has been
declared a drug. The committee of tl.e theatre, with
Lord GLENGALL at the head of it, though they have not
rated the Bard of Avon a bore, unhesitatingly say that
SHAKESPEARE now is all

ISSUE DEP
Notes issued .. £33,170,165 i

Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bu1n.19,151,011
Silver bullion .. 19,154

Z-3,1707165 I

£33,170,165

BANKING DEPARTMENT

Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Gov. securities.£l3,B7o,796
Rest 3,176,619 Other securities 15,025.553
Public deposits. 5,771,914 Notes .. . 9,809,480
Other deposits . 14,310,648 Gold & 595,456
7-day, &c. bills. 1,489,104 I

1'39,301,285

£39,301,285

Our SHARE MARKET has exhibited a downward
tendency all week. An attempt was made on
Thursday (when it was known that the Bank had
postponed for another week the laying on of a
second half per cent, on the rate of discounts) to
get up a reaction ; but this was unsuccessful; and
since that day prices have receded more rapidly
than before, and we are this evening at the lowest
point of the year. We must add, however, that
the decline has not been caused by any pressure of
real sales, but by the operations of the genus
" bears," whose vocation this unprecedentedly wet
weather, and the disposition of the moneyocracy to
make money dearer, has again called into play.
All shares are about equally affected. We annex
this day's prices :—Aherdeens, 14* i; Birkenhead,
L. and C., Ord ; Caledonians, 32i ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 13 ; East Lancashire, 18k; Great Southern and
Western, 521 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 814 a 2
It *1 * 2* i; ditto fifths, 4d ; Leeds Northern,
16 7-16 2; London stock, 122 114 2 It 2 11
1.1 ; Sheffield stock, 29 ; Midland stock, 77f / 8
1 I; North British, 91 3-16; Dover stock,
231 1i; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17i ;
York and North Midland, 28i; Liverpool and
London Fire and Life, 7ip.
COTTON.—Although the week commenced with a
dull market, and prices having a downward tendency,
there bad been abetter demand sincelastWednesday,
the daily sales averaging 6,000 to 7,000 bales ; .1,500
bales on speculation and for export. Prices of the
better descriptions closed rather dearer on Saturday.
To-DAY, on the receipt of the Canada's news with
telegraphic advices from New Orleans, of a falling
off in receipts and advancing prices, a much better
feeling became prevalent ; the sales amounted to
10,000 bales, including 2,000 bales on speculation
and for export. Spinners here as well as on the
Continent, have only small stocks, and as the
tendency of the market is for a rise, we shall pro-
bably have a good business doing for the next few
weeks, and higher prices than those now current.
We cannot quote an actual advance since last week,
but prices are decidedly in favour of sellers. The
total sales since Thursday are estimated at 27,000
bales, of which 7,000 are taken on speculation. The
market closed to-day at 51d. to 6id. for American.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-JA

(Before Mr. Commissioner PERRY

IN RE J. G. HARRISON, P.OENT FIR!

MANUFACTURER.—Certifica.te`Meeting.—Mr. Blair
rister, instructed by Mr. Lowndes, opposed thektankrupt
on behalf of the Messrs. Milner, the patentees of the
patent fire-proof safes. Mr. Lloyd appeared for the
assignees • and the bankrupt was supported by Mr.
Bardswell. It having been stated that the assignees did

not oppose the granting of the certificate, Mr. Blair said
that Mr. Milner, the person for whom he appeared in the
case, possessed a patent for fire-proof safes ; and, although
the evidence of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Milner appeared in

court, yet it was necessary that he should speak some-
what in detail. In 1846 Mr. Harrison entered into
Messrs. Milner's service as a salesman, and remained
as such until 1849, when he commenced business
on his own account. During the time he was in
the service of Mr. Milner, ha had frequent oppor-
tunities of making himself acquainted with the principles
of that gentleman's patent. Having left the service of
the Messrs. Milner in 1849, Harrison, according to his
own statement, began business early in the year 1850, his
goods having been provided some months before. It
appeared, also, from his own statement, that he had no
means of his own with which to carry on the business.