The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.

7'o THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
St R,—Being at the Conservative meeting, which had been
convened for the purpose of forming a separate association
for the above-named weld, I regret, for the sake of the good
cause in which we are engaged, that there was a division
amongst them. The proceedings were nearly as follow:
It was moved and seconded, that Mr. A. Smith be president
to the association for the ensuing year; hut there was an
amendment, duly seconded, that P. Petrie, R.N., be chair-
man_ Before the vote was put, them was great altercation,
in which Mr. Smith's friends behaved in a very unbecoming
manner, stating that it was a Gladstone faction," &c., and
expressing their disapprobation of Mr. Cooper's being deputy
chairman fur the evening, but which was ultimately agreed
to unanimously. Mr. Cooper accordingly put the vote to
the electors of the ward only that were present, as to who
should be their chairman, when there appeared—for Mr.
Smith, 16; for Mr. Petrie, 31. As soon as Mr. Smith was
relieved from the chair, instead of unanimity prevailing for
the good of the cause, his friends manifested great jealousy ;
per4saps thinking that if Mr. Smith was not chairman, or a
candidate for the ward, the cause would not flourish. In the
course of the proceedings, his party could not be conciliated
by the most impartial measures. There was sue proceeding,
in particular, which they considered partial; but when the
tine feature of the circumstance is considered, the matter is
fully justified :—ln the above-mentioned voting for chair-
man, one of the electors told his friend near him not to vote
for Mr. Smith, because he had not supported the cause at
the last election: the man left the room with Mr. Smith's
small party, and said he would vote for Mr. Smith; but it
appears he retracted his opinion, and came back and declared
for Mr. Petrie. The majority of the Conservative electors
of the ward do not approve of Mr. Smith's lukewarmness in
the cause, and if he wishes to gain their confidence, he must
come forward and express his opinions and principles boldly,
unalloyed from everything but the genuine principles of
Conservatism. They also consider, that partly through the
unjust striking-off of the electors, and through Mr. Smith
and his friends' promising to vote for Mr. Cropper, they lost
the election. Mr. Sheppard said that he would go 500 miles
to support the cause, and thii gentleman declined voting at
the election! This is not -working„ but boasting. I should
be doing injustice to the cause if I was not to mention the
impartial and deliberate manner in which Me. T. M. Glad-
stone addressed the meeting. He said that, for the sake of
unanimity, he would retire, if it was agreeable to the majo-
rity of the Conservative electors of the ward, and assist Mr.
Smith to elect any gentleman who was pi oved to be a true
friend to Conservatism. The electors of the ward ,have, at
various times, heard Mr. Gladstone express his unbiassed
and unreserved sentiments, and believe him to be one of
those staunch friends to Conservatism, who will not compro-
mise one iota of their principles, or sacrifice them to pre-
tended friends. Mr. Cooper also behaved himself very im-
partially, using his best endeavours to obtain unanimity.
Mr. Smith's plea for not voting at the election is because
Mr. Cropper voted in the ,council against the corporation
schools. It was a good action of Mr. Cropper to do so, but
otherwise it served as a bait to catch the unwary, and conse-
quently to add one on a division to the deceptious Liberals.
While Mr. Cropper votes against the Conservatives on other
vital interests, it is plain to be seen that the Conservatives
have no interest in supporting him, or apology for doing so.
Let Mr. Smith and the Conservatives unite to do away with
petty ambitious differences, and nominate men to serve in
the council who express their opinions boldly, and purely
conservative as to beneficial reform, and without reserve.
By these means they will defeat the deceptious Liberals as
cleverly as they did in Scotland and other wards. The ex-
ample of Mr. Isaac boluses is worthy the imitation of many
of our lukewarm churchmen, and more especially of dis
seaters

I beg to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Non. 28th, 1838. A CONSTANT READER,

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION

LECTURES ON PAINTING.

On Saturday evening last, B. R. Haydon, Esq. delivered
his second lecture, in which he considered the human figure
in all its bearings, anatomically and phreuologically. As
the chief value of this lecture consisted in the able illustra-
tions which Mr. Haydon delivered on the spot, it is impos-
sible to convey an adequate idea of its practical importance to
students and young artists. We have no hesitation in saying
that a better knowledge of drawing may be acquired from
one of these lectures, than from half a dozen ordinary lessons
in the art.
The human figure has been beautifully adapted by its crea-
tion for the various duties which it has to perform, and affords
to every reflecting mind a convincing proof that it is the
likeness of God. There can be no doubt that the science of
phrenology is founded upon correct principles, notwithstand-
ing all the ridicule with which it has been assailed; indeed the
lecturer was willing to forfeit his faith in the science if the
most prejudiced opponent were not convinced of his error,
upon submitting his head to the examination of a good phre-
nologilt. The size of the brain collectively is no more to be
taken as evidence of intellectual power than size of person,
of health or muscular power. In well made individuals the
head and the foot are of the same length, and the size of the
head determines the appearance of the height of the body,
for a man with a small head will look very tall, although in
reality he may be very little, whilst the contrary will be the
case if the head is large. Children have straight foreheads,
and receding heads, while men have a protruding sinus and
rounded heads. The face is always more beautiful when it

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is broadest across the cheek bones, a little below the eyes;
and the loveliest females are those whose.faces arc an irregu-
lar ellipse, the upper portion of which is wider than the lower.
If the eyes are placed too close, a knavish expression isgiven
to the face. In antique heads there is always a slight angle
at the conjunction of the nose with the forehead, although
modern artists frequently give to Minerva a perfectly straight
nose and forehead. Artists have a difficult task to perform
in giving a maturely air to a beautiful woman. When
women begin to grow old, the first symptoms are the sinking
of the eyes, but the portraiture of this would not be agreeable.
The author of the Niobe has effectually overcome this diffi-
culty, by the addition of a slight double chin, which, while it
presents the appearance of maturity, does not diminish the
beauty. Indeed, the Greek sculptures are the best studies
for young artists, as there they will see the human figure in
every position, and learn to give grace, where apparently it
is beyond the reach of art. The Royal Institution in this
town, as now arranged, is the best school in Europe for astists.
The lecturer had never seen the Elgin marbles under such a
favourable arrangement of light, shade, and height, as that
in which they are placed in the Royal Institution, except at
the mansion of Lord Elgin. They are placed much too high
at the British Museum., Every young artist who wishes to ex-
cell could not have a better opportunity of obtaining a correct
style, as the choicest specimens of Grecian art are there placed
before his eyes. Nothing mote is wanted except a school of
design in this town; and if such an institution were esta-
blished, a very great improvement in art would be the result.
A young man should master the d iferent parts of the scull,
so as to be able to draw them with his eyes shut; for unless
he does so, he never will be able to shine in his art. 'The
eyes of the Chinese slope downwards, whilst those of the
European nations slope in a contrary direction. The spine
is the most important part after the head, upon the correct
formation of which our health depends. The commencement
of the lumber vertebrae is opposite to the navel. Some men
have four, and others six, of these. lumber vertebrae. Ani-
mals have nine. Gully, the member for Pontefract, beat
Gregson because he had more flexibility in his lumber ver-
tebrae. We always have an awkward aciion if we depict the
bending of the human body as taking place at the hip : but
if we introduce a bending of the lumber vertebrae front their
commencement, it is always graceful. The arm of a man at
ease never hangs sit-eight, in consequence of the resistance
which the ulna affords. When the lecturer first beheld the
Elgin marbles, he sate a figure in which the hand was placed
upon the knee, more exquisitely and faithfully executed than
he had ever before seen in the antique. Until these marbles
came, 'not one artist would have dared to have depicted A
bone in the female wrist. Hands with bones in them were
seen every day, and people were to be represented as they
had never been before, in order to make them pictorial!
The construcion of the knee joint is notproperly.attended
to by British artists. There is no expansiveness given to it,
from an absurd tear of rendering it ungenteel. For forty
yeats alter the death of Sir Joshua Reynolds, in every full-
li,ngt h portrait painted in London, the person was represented
standing upon tiptoes. Mr. Haydon asked Sir Thos. Law-
rence why he painted in that manner? and the reply he re-
ceived was, that any other mode of representation would not
be so genteel. The lecturer painted a portrait upon one oc-
casion, which was exhibited in London, in which, according
to his custom, he painted the feet in perspective: but he was
told that, although he had painted a good portrait, he had
represented the person as standing upon his heels. This cir-
cumstance was used by his opponents to his disadvantage,
and, in consequence, he got no more custom for a year. Se-
veral first-rate painters, including Wilkie, now represent the
feet in perspective. The French artists praise our skill in
portrait-painting, but invariably- ask why we make our figures
stand upon tiptoes.
The English people have a strange desire for immortality :
hence they cut and carve their names upon all matter which
is in the least likely to hand them to posterity. They have
likewise a strong love of fact, and this pervades all classes.
A short time ago the lecturer purchased an old book at,a
second-hand book-stall, in which he found a small piece of
canvas carefully enclosed in paper, upon which was written,
"This is a piece of the Cartoons of Raphael." Supposing
every visitor were to have the same itching for a relic, what
would become of the Cartoons! We have a wish likewise to
touch everything we see : thus, if the pillar of a shop is
painted in imitation of marble, unless it be carefully pro-
tected, it is sure to be studded with some scores of finger-
marks, occasioned by a curiosity to know whether the marble
be real or the paint dry. These weaknesses are not confined
to the lower classes • they pervade all society. A genteel
woman actually tasted the water in which the Italian Boy
was diowned. A man of high rank, whilst he laughed at
the follies of others, actually showed the lecturer a bit of
wood, which he said he had cut off from the chair of an emi-
nent individual in Germany. The poorest man in France
would rather cut off his own hand, than mutilate a statue or
cut his name upon anything. In this country there is not a
statue exposed to the public which is not sure to be muti-
lated. An excellent example of this is afforded at the new
church in Aigburth, where all the noses of the heads which
surround the pillars to which the gates are attached have
recently been knocked off. When the French army was in
Egypt, where they remained fur two years, a sarcophagus
which was exposed to view remained untouched; but the
English army had not had possession for two months' before
it was found necessary to issue orders to prevent the English
officers from breaking off bits of the marble to shew to their
friends. It must not be forgotten, however, that during the
few days on which the British Museum was opened to the
public, they did not (Lord Stanley stated) touch or injure a
single thing; therefore it may be fairly questioned, whether
this habit of mutilation would not cease if the public were
allowed to see works of art more freely than at present, so as
to abate the spite with which they seem to view everything
which is beautiful.
Mr. Haydon concluded by exhibiting a number of anato-
mical studies executed by Mr..Wilkie in his younger days,
in which the muscles were coloured red, and the tendons
white. This is the way in which painters must attain emi-
nence; and the lecturer recommended the same course to
young artists.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ASSAULT.—PhiIip Sampson, a man who has for many
years been known as a member of the prize-ring, was placed
before the magistrate on Tuesday, having been taken into
custody that morning, by police-officers 76 and 140. It was
stated, that he had been charged with felony, but the com-
plainant did not appear. As the magistrate was about to dis-
charge him, the officers said they had a charge of assault
against him. He was remanded till the arrival of a second
magistrate, when police officer 140 stated, that on that morn
ing, at an early hour, he received information from Mr. M.
Robinson, that the prisoner had stolen a watch belonging to
him. He went witti officer 76 to the house of the prisoner.
The latter asked what they wanted. He (witness) told him
that he was their prisoner, as he was accused of having stolen
a watch from Matt. Robinson. He immediately ordered his
wile to bring his pistols,-saying he would shoot them if they
attempted to take him. Retreating to a room, he took up a
brass candlestick, and, seeing the officer's stick, he struck
him with the candlestick. lie (witness) sent his comrade
for the inspector, and told the prisoner to remain quiet, as
he did not intend to molest him till the other returned. The
moment the other was gone, the prisoner rushed at him, and
struck him a most violent blow on the side of his neck.—
Police-officer 76 deposed to the violent conduct of the pri-
soner, who told them lie was able to kill them both, at the
same time demauding his pistols from his wife. Both wit-
nesses said they went very quietly into the bowie, and pro-
ceeded altogether in a most respectful manner, Sampson,
being culled on for his defence, said—" Welt, this morning,
I went home rather late—it was between six and seven
o'clock. 1 had been drinking champagne, and one thing or
another, all night long. I had previously won some money
of a man, and we played on till I won all the money he bad;
and then be wanted me to play him at knowey, but I wouldn't,
because—that is, I iwouldn't play without he'd stake his
watch : and he said his watch was a capital good watch, and
how it cost him eight pounds. We was two particular friends
you see;—why, there's no better friends i' the world than
Matt. Robinson and me."—Mr. Hall: " Confine yourself
to the beating ; we have nothing to do with the watch. No
person has appeared to accuse you of having come by the
watch improperly." The watch was at this time in the
hands of one of the officers. Sampson proceeded:—" I
didn't go to my own room when I went in : I never do when
Igoin at these late hours. 1 went and got into bed in an-
other room. Soon after these men came and knocked at the
door, and Mrs. Sampson let 'em in. She came up stairs to
me, and tapped at my bedchamber door. 'Sampson,' says
she, here's two policemen—they say you've been stealing
a watch,' I said, What did you let 'em in for ?—I shunt
go with 'em.' And when I saw 'em I told 'eta the same: I
said, " Where's the man that accuses me ?"lhey said Matt.
Robinson had seen 'em in Whitechapel and informed 'em.
Where's your inspector,' said 1; is it to be expected that
I'll go with you when you've got neither Matt. Robinson
nor an inspettor•here ? They hadn't even got an inspector
with 'em. I did resist, I aek.nowledge it, and I was right in
resisting, as they had come to take me without an inspector."
Officer: "Mr. Robinson did give us the information in
Whitechapel, and we went very quietly to do oar duty. We
only wanted him to go quietly with us to Bridewell."—
Sampson : "'That furthest one (76) drew a long dagger upon
me. When I saw that I said, fetch me my pistols, shoot
him dead." Mr. Hall explained to the prisoner, that when
an officer received information that a person had committed
a felony his duty was clear. Ile had nothing to do but go
and take the accused. 'l'he prisoner had himself admitted
that the officers entered the house in a peaceable manner.
'l'he officers had no occasion to take an inspector with them
every time they received information against a person, nor
could he (Mr. Hall) see why the prisoner wished to be taken
into custody by an inspector. Ile supposed that next time
nothing less than a head constable would satisfy him. The
assault was a very brutal and a very cowardly one, as the
moment he found the policeman alone he struck him, he
being a powerful man, and one of the prize-fighters of this
town. The prisoner was ordered to pay £2 10s. and costs,
or in default of payment, to be committed to the Borough
gaol for five weeks. The money Was instantly paid.—amp.
son: "Am I not to have the watch ?" Mr. Hall: "Oh
yes, give hints the watch ! We have nothing to do with it, as
no person appears to bear witness against him." The watc
was delivered to Sampson, and he left the court

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RUBBERY OF A PIG JoanEn.—Julia Doyle, who repre-
sented herself as a married woman, was placed at the bar of
the Police-court on Wednesday, charged with havingrobbed
Charles Waters, an Irish pig jobber, of the sum of £37. The
prosecutor stated that his residence was at Dundalk, in Ire-
land. Ile had been in England since the month of August
last, and hail recently sold a number of pigs at Manchester.
On Monday last he went from his lodgings in Lumber-street,
to call upon a person who wished him to carry a message for
him to Ireland. He had in his pocket a purse containing
the sum above mentioned. A little after two o'clock he was
returning home, when he met the prisoner near the corner
of Pall-mall. He entered into conversation with her, and
ultimately took her to Mr. Gore's public-house, at the corner
of Smithfield-street, where they had some liquor together.
Here the prosecutor took out his purse, in the presence of
the prisoner. They left the house together, and the woman
requested him to give her some money, as she had not a
halfpenny to buy any breakfast next morning. He said, " I
have no change." She replied, "Yes, you have plenty,"
having seen the purse in his possession in the tavern. He
took her back to Gore's, and gave her some liquor, after
which be again left the house with her. She repeated the.
request that he would give her a trifle. He took out his
purse for that purpose, when she snatched it from him and
ran away. lie pursued her, but -soon lost sight of her. He
gave information to the police, who apprehended her the
following morning, at a house in a court in Milton-street.
Mrs. Gore.conlirmed the, prosecutor's statement in relating
to what happened at her house. James Lynch, officer No.
37, who took the prisoner into custody, stated, that when he
entered the house he saw a bonnet lying on the table. The
prisoner ran up stairs after denying the charge, and the
bonnet was afterwards found hidden up the chimney. The
prisoner, having been cautioned, wept and said she never
saw the man in her life till he was sent for by the officer to
identify her. She was committed for trial,

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PEETENCES.—Matthia
Bell, was placed before Mr. Hall on Wednesday, charged
with having obtained a sum of money from Mr. Jones, grocer,
21, London-road. The prisoner was in the service of Mr.
Obadiah Arrowsmith, tallow-chandler, Cheapside, as a soli-
citor for orders on commission. Mr. Jones stated that about
ten o'clock ou Monday morning last, the prisoner called
upon him and asked him it he were in want of any candles.
Mr. Jones told him he was fully supplied. The prisoner re-
mained in the shop about a quarter of an hour talking on
sundry matters. At length he said, by the by Mr. Arrow-
smith requested me to have that account settled. I looked
at him, said Mr. Jonas, and asked him if he were sure that
Mr. Arrowsmith told him that he must have that account
settled. He replied yes—l saw Mr. Arrowsmith ►ate ou
Saturday night and he told me then to call on Monday mm n-
ing, and have the account settled. Mr Jones said very well,
and threw him a twenty pound bank of England note. Ile
said, I have not change. Mr. Jones then paid him a five
pound note and n►ne sovereigns, and thirteen shillings.
Witness had previously lent the prisoner seven shillings, and
the latter gave a receipt for fifteen pounds. Mr. Arrow-
smith stated that the prisoner was not authorised to receive
any money for him, as he always collected his own accounts.
On Saturday last the prisoner asked him (Witness) if be
could give him a collecting job. Mr. Arrowsmith replied—
no, Ido not allow you to collect anything for me. On Mon-
day night the prisoner called upon him (witness) and took
from his pocket a five pound note and some silver, saying he
had received Mr. Jones's account. He said—l have lost nine
sovereigns. Mr. Arrowsmith replied, that will not do for
me, you have no authority to receive money for me and I will
not take it. The prisoner was given into the custody of
police-officer Hughes. On his way to Bridewell he ex-
claimed, there's nothing but misfortunes. He was searched
and a £5 note and 9s. 2id. were found in his possession. On
being cautioned and asked what he had to say, the prisoner
said he had lost the remainder of the money. He was com-
mitted fur trial, with an intimation that he might be liberated
on giving good bail.

THE WRITINGS, SPEECHES, AND CORRESPON
DENCE OF TITUS O'FLAHERTY, ESQ.
No. 11.

BROUGHAM' AND O'CONNSI.L.
The following anecdote is in common circulation in the
west end of the metropolis:—Afriend meeting Lord Brougham
the other day, remarked, that in his recent precursor speeches,
O'Connell had attacked him (Lord B.) in the coarsest terms
of blackguardism. "So I find," replied the noble and learned
lord, " and I consider his abuse a new patent of nobility con-
ferred upon me. The one I already owe to princes' favour,
it is well known, I set no extravagant value upon; but I
confess the one. I derive from the censure and abuse of a
Popish poltroon like that, I do covet and richly prize."
There, Dan, take that,—and at him again!

The following PATENTS were lately granted:—
To Lord Normanby,—For an improved mode of emptying
ails, and filling them again.

To Mr. O'Connell,—Fora new mode of manufacturing
ransparent falsehoods, at the rate, in speaking, of three a
minute.

lb the Corporation of Liverpool,—For manufacturing, or
malefacting Aldermen out of the refuse of Common Council-
men.

To the Oxibrd Tract Company.—For a new paint, intended
for the embellishment of the altars of the Church of Eng-
land ; a compound of Popish black and Protestant white.
To Me. Horace St. Paul,—For fastening a just name upon
a certain Irish gentleman who wears a tail.

CARICATURE OF LORD GLENELG.
A humonrous and clever H. 8.-sort of pencil-sketch has
just been shown me by a young friend. It is the effigy or
portrait of the Scotch Owl Glenelg,
,fast asleep, perched on
she Colonial Branch of the Tree of Government. The visage
of the " bird" is admirable, and laughably droll. There he
sleeps, " sound as a door post," notwithstanding the tree is
violently shaken, and cracked by fierce and angry winds, and
seems in momentary danger of being torn np and eaten by
the tempest. Underneath this flourishing section of the tree
are seen captivating and happy'dreain-provoking scenes of
colonial felicity and prosperity,—Cani.da in rebellion, New-
foundland in revolt, Barbadoes, Jamaica, &c., ,in the stage
next convulsion, &c.

SOLILOQUIES OF CONTEMPORARY STATESMEN.
It happens, unfortunately for my fame and glory in after
ages, that another individual of my name flourishes at the
present period, and I am terribly afraid posterity will con-
found the two. It is a distressing thing, and a hard case,
that a great statesman, whose " junps about and wheels
about" have involved the financial affairs of a mighty empire
almost in ruin, should be in danger hereafter of being mis-
taken for, or confounded with, a Yankee, whose theatrical
" turns about and do's just so," have merely hat med nobody,
and amused thousands ! THE HIGHT HON. T. S. Rica.

Of the multitude of judgments I hate delivered as a states-
man and Lord Chancellor, I apprehend the only one that is
likely to go down to posterity, is that in which 1 pronounced
" History has nothing higher in value than an old Almanack."
But whether that dictum will gain the admiration of poste-
rity as a bold truth, or its contempt as a piece of egregious
ignorance and impudence, I will not determine.

LORD PLUNKETT.

Not lung ago I ventured, iu my place in parliament, to
pronounce the deliberative voice of the House of Lords the
"Whisper of a faction ;" and I recollect I gave it with all the
dignity and emphasis I could muster. Now, when I witness,
as I do with pain and choler, the growing strength and as-
cendancy of Conservatism in the Lower House, aye, in the
Russell-purged House of Commons, I am inclined to think
the time is not very distant when it will be my duty to em-
ploy the same language to the people's representatives, and
stigmatize their voice likewise as the " whisper qf a faction."
Let the present government be outvoted and kicked nut of
ntfic.., and, upon my life, 1 will brand them with the same
designation; the only difference in the lan cases being, that
in the former I stood up as a pert official, and in the latter 1
should mouth it in the character of a rabid oppositionist.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

THROWING ASHES.-At the Police-office, on Wednesday
a uumber of poor people, inhabiting back streets, were sum-
moned before the magistrates, charged with throwing ashes
in the streets. Most of them pleaded not having any place
where to throw them. Mr. Hall said he could not help that:
they must make their landlords find some place. The ashes
and filth thus thrown out blew about the streets, and made
them filthy. They were severally fined 3s. 6d., or to be com-
mitted for three days to the Borough Jail. Mr. Hall said he
musrput a stop to it.
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Mt. Hamilton Dowdall, through the influence of the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, is to be new secretary to the Education
Board. —Ministeral Paper.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard o.ffice, Three o Clock.

LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30.
In aid of the small arrivals of Grain noted in our circular
of last Tuesday's date, we have received very little augmen-
tation of any article since: but the wind now blowing strongly
from the west, and many vessels being near, the millers and
dealer's, in anticipation of better supplies, have been rather
inactive within this day or two; during which, however, the
general quotations previously stated have remained unvaried,
attended with equal firmness on the part of holders as before.
Having very few either local or distant millers at this day's
market, and those disinclined to purchase until the extent of
the approaching arrivals are more clearly ascertained, the
transactions in every description of free Wheats were upon
a very limited scale at the current rates of Tuesday, the
sellers still refusing to submit to lower terms. Flour, although
the supply fresh iu is trivial, was likewise in slow request to-
day at late prices.

Barley, remaining scarce, supported its former value; and
Malt, upon a moderate demand, was Is. to 2s. per quarter
dearer. Beans ruled precisely as last noted. Pease, with
but feW offering for sale, would command Is
more than on Tuesday.

;. per quarter

Oats and Oatmeal, although the stock of each is reduced
into a very moderate compass here, were, in the absence of
country buyers, taken off sparingly at our last quotations.
In Bonded Wheat no recent sales have transpired; but of
Flour, a few parcels have moved off at Is. per barrel ad-
vance; and Oats under lock, meeiing some inquiry, have
realized rather higher prices.