The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-13 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN.

Arabella, hence for New York, in 43 N, 57 W.
Almelo, hence (Jar San Francisco, April 5, in 19 W.
Alexander, hence for Quebec, April 30, on Grand Bank.
Alfred, hence for New York, May 4, in 43 N, 54 W.
Bostonian, New Orleans for this port, May 14, in 29 N, 79 W.
Brevet, hence for Australia, April 22, in 26 S, 26 W.
Champion, New Orleans for this port, May 13, in 39 N, 65 W.
Contour, hence, April 22, in 46 N, 26 W., with loss of topmast
and bowsprit.
China, June 2, in 50 N, 8 W.
David Cannon, bound north, May 22.
Duke of Wellington, hence for Valparaiso, March 25, in 33 S,
45 W.
Ellen, hence for New York, May 3.
Elizabeth Bentley, May 29, off Kinsale.
Flora, hence for Custine, May )0, in 43 N, 53 W.
Grenada, New Orleans for this purt, May 13, in 3S N, 69 W.
Greenfield, hence for Quebec, in 49 N 43 W.
Great Western (s.), Southampton for Rio Janeiro. May 3, two
hours' sail from Bohai.
Hinds. bound avec June 1, in 50 N, 8 W._
Hindu°, hence for Quebec, May 1, in 491%, 51 W.
Home, hence, in 45 N, 55 W.
lijoeinintuAelnyd,"*CshoanheiTtuoinidfowretshtis3plaoYrt3,l3fahyl 483, iN, 9
W.
n 37 N, 56 W
Mary Catharine. hence for Quebec.
Mary Caroline, hence for Quebec, Slay 5, in 45 N, 51 W.
Marseilles, hence for Sydney, March 19, in 28 8, 21 E.
PhilaCelphia, Philadelphia for this port, May 15, outside the.
Capes.
Panther, New Orleans for this port, May 15, in 32 N, 79 W.
Pedestrian, hence for Malta, off Trafalgar.
Rhone (6.1, May 29, off Cape Finisterre.
R. K. Page, Apalachicola for this port, May 5, in 28 N, 28 W.
Rattler, London for Melbourne, May 11, in 5 N, 25 W.
Success hence for Barbadoes, April 21.
Star of Empire, Boston for this port, May 12, in 42 N, 57 W.
Turnbnll, New Orleans for this port. May 21, in 38 N, GG W.
Win. Hitchcock, Mobile for this port, May 1, in 24 N, 80 W.
Webster, April 28, in 48 N, 23 W.
Wm, Sorlie, hence for Trinidad, May 5, in 24 N, 37 W.
Wreath, hence for Ceylon, April 15, in 3 S, 90 W.
%V Young Brander, New Orleans for this port, May 19, in
28 N,
78 .
Yorkshire, for this port, May 21.

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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAN MORNING.

WHITSITNTIDE week, proverbial though it he as a
period devoted to those enlivening sports and for the
enjoyment of those rural pastimes which appropriately
welcome the advent of summer, has this year, for the
denizens of London at least, aye, and for many miles round
it, presented but one event, and that event took place on
the day of its close. No one pursues the business of rural
pleasure-seeking with an avidity of aim and a seriousness
of purpose so peculiarly sui generic, as your thorough
cockney ; and in this respect the example he. sets is fol-
lowed out by many who affect to deride his factitious joys
and disclaim all sympathy in the hearty zest with which
he literally revels in them. Yawning, itself never was
more infectious, or spread with more unconquerable rapi-
dity in a company devoted to conventional hilarity, than
does the epidemic desire to escape from the burning brick
walls and seething streets of London, and

view the face

Of Nature in all her liveliest grace,

beset the indweller of the modern Babylon. Having
accomplished this annual achievement, and stuffed as
much enjoyment into the performances of one day as the
few hours of its duration will admit, how cheerfully do the
sons and daughters of toil resume their arduous struggle
in the "battle of life," and concentrating their physical
and mental labours on a few points, lend their valuable
aid in raising the name of Englishman to its proud pre-
eminence in moral and physical improvement. The event
of last week was singularly significant in one and all of
these directions. It was the ceremonial inauguration anti
public opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham ; an
institution designed for the purpose of combining recrea-
tive amusement with mental culture. Its construction
and establishment having appropriately devolved upon
popular enterprise, its completion, inauguration, and
encouragement have with equal appropriateness been
countenanced by the most popular Sovereign who ever
received homage or accepted duty at the hands of a devoted
and loyal people.

The rearing of the noble fabric, the progress of its
various departments, and the aim and objects of its gene-
ral intention, have for many months constituted fertile
and not unprofitable topics of popular discussion, not only
in every quarter of Great Britain, but they have furnished
themes of speculative pleasure to the people of every civi-
lised country on the face of the earth ; and in all quarters
of Europe, as well as on the other side of the Atlantic, the
day of its opening has been looked forward to as one which
should mark a new era in the progress of human improve-
ment. The idea of concentrating in one spot tangible
representations of every step in human advancement, and
accompanying those with a systematised collection of the
natural products of every country and clime; and still
farther tracing the progress of creative wisdom by com-
bining with these, symbolical representations of those
monstrous forms of animal and vegetable life, which
preceded the flora and fauna over which our pri-
meval parent was set as the intellectual though short-
lived lord, was, and has been, felt to be a vast and an
ennobling one. It has accordingly met with the warm
and lively approbation of all classes—the prince and the
commoner—the peer and the peasant—the wise and the
simple—the learned and the illiterate have vied with each
other in their expressions of anticipated delight and
instruction to be enjoyed amid the accumulated wonders
of'the Crystal Palace.

The inauguration having been fixed for Saturday last,
and it having been extensively announced that the cere-
monial would be participated in and graced by our beloved
SOVEREIGN and her Royal CONSORT, and attended by a
large assemblage of the aristocracy, the wealth and the
intelligence of the land, preparations for the august event
were made on a scale of grandeur and magnificence com-
mensurate with its importance. The day was fine, and the
inauguration ceremony an imposing one. The royal party
arrived at a few minutes past three o'clock, when HER
MAJESTY, ascending the dais, took her seat on the chair
of state, and was greeted by the performance of " God save
the Queen" by an orchestra of 400 instrumentalists and
800 voices, producing an effect of the most elevating gran-
deur. The chairman of the Crystal Palace Company then
addressed HER MAJESTY, briefly describing the origin
and objects of the project ; after which, she was presented
with copies of the medals struck in commemoration of the
event, and was next presented with descriptive guide-books
b the various departments. Han MAJESTY then, heading
a noble procession, preceded by the directors of the com-
pany, and the officers of the royal household, proceeded
through the various courts, returning to the chair of state,
when the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, having offered up
a prayer and besought GOD'S blessing on the institution,
the Hallelujah chorus was performed, HER MAJESTY de-
clared the Palace opened, and retired from the building.

- - _
Having briefly glanced at the very imposing inaugura-
tion ceremony and its august associations, I am tempted,
notwithstanding the completeness and excellence of the
departmental hand-books, prepared under direction of the
managing committee, and unawed by the avalanche of
guide-books to the Crystal Palace which has poured upon
the metropolis for the last few days, to offer a rapid and it
may be desultory sketch of the leading features by which
the institution—for it is an institution—is characterised.
The grounds, with all their varied beauty and classical
decorations, being still in an unfinished state, may for the
present be left without particular remark, although it
would be unpardonable, if it were possible, to avoid allu-
sion to the charming variety furnished by their terraced
walks, their shaded avenues, sunny lakes, and sparkling
fountains—their Italian gardens and classic sculpture—
their noble English landscape, anomalously, it may be,
guarded by Egyptian Sphinxes—their antediluvian ponds
and marshes, serbonian bogs and thickets. The grounds,
indeed, challenge first remark, and inexorable they are in
this demand ; but, before yielding it, I must pause a
breathing space, during which my eye is caught at once
by the magnitude and general beauty of the stupendous,
glittering, and transparent fabric, to which all around are
adjuncts. This " wondrous fane" differs in several parti-
culars of importance from that which was its prototype.
In the original Crystal Palace there was a combination of
the bazaar with the manufactory ;—in the present it has
been sought to unite the museum with the class-room, the
Academic Grove with the workshop. At Sydenham the
aim has been to afford means of comparison, if not of con-
trast ; and in it the civilisation of the past is symbolized
in contact with that of the present—and here, also, the
artificial is contrasted with the natural. In the Hyde-park
collection everything was resolved into the triumph of
progressj—in the new one that progress is traced in
its details, and its march is measured step by step,
and recorded from age to age. The fabric itself
is more lofty in its structure, and more symmetrical in
its form. It is possessed of more variety in its parts, yet
it is more compact, and covering less ground, it yet affords
more space available for the display of its contents than
that from the ruins of which phoenix-like it has arisen.
The entire length of this new palace is 1,608 feet, that of
the former extending to 1,848 feet ; the full length of the
central transept is 384 feet, that of the previous one lima-

sured 456 ; in' height, froni the floor to the highest point
of the arched segment of the nave in the present structure
is 110 feet, that of the former was 66 ; the height from
the floor to the highest point of the middle transept reaches
180 feet, while in the former building this transept was
only 108 feet high. The actual space covered by the
present fabric is 542,692 feet, or 132 acres, the former
covering 767,150 feet, or about 19 acres. It possesses
external features which considerably differ from the
aspect of our old favourite in Hyde-park, but which, while
adding to its charms in point of variety, without in any
way destroying the general simplicity of its outline, are
yet in numerous instances made happily available for
adding to its grandeur of appearance. Conspicuous
among those diversities is that occasioned by the ground
falling towards the park, whereby on that side the altitude
of the palace is raised to 194 feet, an increase in elevation
which tells very favourably on the appearance of the
structure when viewed from the park. This difference in
the ground level has been judiciously made available for
the Purposes of the institution, and, under the name of
PAILTON'S tunnel, is made to furnish admirably appropriate
space for the disposal of working machinery, and the
arrangement of boilers for 'heating water to raise the tem-
perature of the building, and for the conveyance of which
upwards of fifty miles of iron piping, seven inches in
diameter, are had beneath thefloors, and connected with
valvular
andorifices, other
for dispersing
of the
warmth throughout the
galleries
structure. This hydro-
heating apparatus is ingenioudselefeonstricted on the prin-
ciple which is so beautifully in thee arterial and
venous systems of the animal economy.
the boiler inwithbraitnselealliniffict:libswater is con-
ducted fromtubes like
up by
arteries, and, after parting
pipes, •
a concentrating series of which, acting like the veins,
return the gelid water to the boiler to be heated, and again
distributed throughout the building. The furnaces
employed in this operation, and also in raising steam
for driving the machinery, are on the most improved
smoke-consuming
generated in the various operations are projected thronggh
central shafts in the water-towers at each end of the
building.
A slight glance at the exterior will be found to delight
as well as to edify, and for the purpose of
otaining
broad
b it
I start from the upper terrace, and, descending three
flights of steps, reach one on a lower level, and of larger
dimensions, whose area extends to thirteen acres. The
flights of steps referred to are flanked on either hand by
colossal sphinxes, resting on ponderous granite bases,
overlooking the terrace, which is laid out as an Italian
garden, ornamented with tasteful and well-arranged foun-
tains, and gradually losing itself in the graceful outlines
Of a glowing English landscape,—producing, in fact, a
classical wilderness of horticultural beauties in combina-
tion with artistic triumphs. From this British Trisculum
the pedestrian finds little difficulty in wending his way
towards a depressed corner of the grounds, close by the
Penge Road, where he will find himself enshrouded by a
geological model of the earth's crust, in which the vege-
table and animal inhabitants of our earth, as they existed
during the primary, secondary, and tertiary periods of
geological nomenclature, are represented in picturesque
combination, and with startling fidelity of magnitude and
9lltlille, Here be will perceive without difficulty, although

not without wonder, that the frog, which the fable tells us
burst itself in a vain effort to assume the magnitude of
the ox, was only following the suggestions of a family
instinct, and that its pre-Adamite ancestors required not
the modern aid of puffing to shoW them off in all the
dignity of bovine bulk. In this place also he will find
that the antediluvian toad was as big as a hippopotamus
of our degenerate days; and that the screw-propeller of
modern invention has been borrowed from a fishy monster,
whom the learned in such matters delight to call an
icthyosaurus, whose body was enveloped in impenetrable
mail. Here, too, he will learn that the iguanodon, an
extinct animal, of gigantic magnitude and hideous form,
had a paunch so large that the cavity of his chest formed
a dining-room big enough for twenty gentlemen to dine
and to carouse in. These strange and uncouth monsters
are singularly suggestive of the various mutations which
our earth and its inhabitants have undergone long ante-
cedent to the creation of man, and, being arranged in the
natural order of their succession, they form most inte-
resting points by which to trace the progress of creation.
A single visit being altogether insufficient to examine
with minute attention any single department even of the
wondrous whole, I shall linger no longer about the outer
court barbarians, but proceed at once, with rapid pace
and eye alert, to scan the wonders of the vast interior.
Being a stickler for " the order of our going," and having
now left the pre-Adamite monsters out of sight and
out of call, I shall not, I think, be out of place in
beginning with the most ancient of our human pro-
ducts, and for this purpose opening, as it were, the
door of history, proceed with a survey of the EGYPTIAN
COURT, the entrance to which is appropriately guarded by
recumbent lions ; the corridors being lined with massive
pillars of every kind of Egyptian architecture, crowned
with capitals of varying but highly characteristic design,
the lotus flower and leaf holding conspicuous places in
their ponderous ornamentation. Memnon and monarchs,
sphinxes, sarcophagi, and idols, are ranged along the walls
and placed under the different canopies, or entablatures
suited to their historical arrangement. On the right hand
side of this court is placed a miniature reproduction, little
more than one-third of the original in size, of the entrance
colonade to the famous palace of Karnak. This colonade
consists of twenty-two massive pillars. The ruins of Kar-
nak are admittedly the most ancient and, at the same time,
the most splendid and gigantic in the world. They occupy
a portion and formed part of the ancient city of Thebes,
and date from a period at least fifteen hundred years before
the Christian era. The portion of the palace here repre-
sented is not the most colossal in its proportions, although,
when all its features are considered, it is probably the most
characteristic of its period and style. Besides this portion
of the palace of Karnak, the court, beyond this colonade,
contains subjects illustrative of the conquests of Sesostris,
and descriptive of domestic life in ancient Egypt. In one
of these symbolical compartments, Sesostris is represented
grasping the hair of a group of kneeling captives, with
his hand raised and holding a short broad dagger, as if
about to slay them; below are representations of conquered
cities praying for mercy with halters round their necks.
The whole of these interesting sculptures, and the scarcely
less interesting architecture by which they are accompa-
nied, are finely harmonized, and by that means are emi-
nently suited for creating and sustaining the mysterious
and awe-breathing feeling which so pecuarly attaches to
the unbending and stately grandeur of Egyptian art : the
oppressive sense of permanence, placidity, vastness, and
eternal repose.
The Court most kindred to the Egyptian, though not
contiguous with it, is the ASSYRIAN. Here, reared under
the direction of Mr. FERGUSSON, assisted, it is said, by
suggestions from Mr. LAYARD, we are treated to a hypo-
thetical reproduction of the audience chamber of an Assy-'
rian monarch, in the bold and primitive grandeur which
three thousand years ago distinguished the courtly halls of
Nineveh. This audience-hall measures one hundred feet
in length by a width of about fifty feet, its walls enriched
by historical emblems of the first empire as it existed when
Sennacherib ruled and Ezekiel prophecied—a history traced
in sculptured stone, and which, after having been buried
under the dust of thirty centuries, have been once more
drawn forth in our day to bear incontrovertible witness to
the artistic greatness of the world's youth, and to point
out undeniably the truth of prophecy. To the biblical
student, this restoration of an Assyrian hall of justice
must be productive of the most profound emotions, and
from its contemplation the student of history will also
derive much gratification, and both will imbibe instruc-
tion, mingled with delight. As regards artistic merits the
labours of the Assyrian artists occupy a place midway be-
tween those of Egypt and the early Greeks. In correctness
of form and boldness of general conception, apart from
mere size, they generally surpass the Egyptians, yet fall
short of the flexible grace and truthful delicacy of Grecian
art.

Following the chronological order, I shall next peep
through among the numerous beauties and innumerable
graces which adorn the GEE COURT. On entering this,
the spectator feels at once that he is in a reqicin over
which a pure and simple taste presides. The visitor, fa-
miliar with London and its thousand attractions, will also
at once feel himself surrounded by old familiar friends.
Here he finds himself unconsciously adoring the spirited
and graceful sculptures of the Parthenon; and on looking
round finds his easy admiration reproached by the sterner
charms of the world-renowned Theseus, the idol of artists
and the rex deli of sculptors, of every age and country.
Here also he is arrested by the pathetic tenderness and
mental agony of the Dying Gladiator; the patient forti-
tude and dreadful resignation of the Laocoon ; the bewil-
dering beauties of a score of Venuses, Niobes, Proserpines
and Ceres ; Wrestlers, and Herculeses, Flora, Illysus and
Nox, with groups of busts and statues ; painted ceilings,
and, oh, horror frightfully ingrained basso relievos.
The ROMAN Couirrs stand nest in order of chronological
sequence, and, with the boldness characteristic of that
great and noble people, claim while they reward attention.
In the style of its architecture, less pure, though more
seductive than the Greek, the Roman is happily charac-
terised. Roman sculpture differs from that of Greece in
such a way as by comparison greatly to enhance the mani-
fold charms of the latter. The great characteristic of
Roman art is its more everyday and less idealized spirit ;
it is more allied to historical and mythological illustration
than to that spiritual essence and abstraction which ren-
der Grecian art as independent as poetry itself. Among
the most celebrated sculptures to be met with here is the
famous Appolo Belvidere, the Young Hercules, Diana
with the Fawn, the Tortona Hercules, and a large col-
lection of busts, including the celebrated Jupiter Serapis.
The collection likewise contains models ,of the Roman.
Forum, of the Colisseum, and of the Neptunian temple at
Pmtum.

In close proximity of interest and association to the
Roman Courts, is the PDXPEIAN, which is nothing more,
and very little, if anything at all, less, than a fac simile
of the restoration of a Roman mansion in all the brilliancy
and luxurious beauty in which it existed, and was over-
whelmed by the relentless lava-streams which poured
from the throat of Vesuvius eighteen hundred years ago.
As it stands here, the edifice is complete in all its ornate
elegance, and ministrative luxury. In design it combines
studied simplicity with unobtrusive art ; each apartment
is covered but not loaded with ornament, and all are
adorned with delicately executed pictures of moderate
dimensions, mostly representing mythological, or marine
subjects, and all open into the comprehensive or open
court, in the centre of which is a tasteful fountain.

The pilgrimage through these courts (and I have only
enumerated a few) is, I discover, no trivial draw upon the
patience of your readers, and I must consequently hurry
somewhat more speedily through the remaining ones,
catching first a dazzled glimpse of that in which the cele-
brated Court of Lions, or Hall of Justice of the Alhambra,
is made typical of Arabic architectural and decorative art.
The centre of this gorgeous hall is occupied by the famous
fountain, supported on the backs of twelve lions, and de-
corated with all the dazzling splendour which can be con-
ferred by an admixture of gold and positive colours,
arrayed and intermingled with a prodigality which mocks
the radiance of the rainbow. Besides the departments
enumerated, there are others devoted to Byzantine and
Romanesque art ; to German and Italian, and French
Gothic art ; to .Mediaeval art ; to National art, including
Elizabethan and other subdivisions ; to English and Ger-
man modern scalpture,conspicuous amongthe contributors
to which is Guisorr, who shows several works ; and the
Historical Portrait Gallery, in itself constituting an ex-
haustless treasury of mental wealth.

The profusion of statuary, both in the building and in
the grounds, forms a marked and graceful feature in the
adjuncts of the People's Palace, and produces effects at
once pleasing to the eye and elevating to the mind. As an
educational institution, if backed by a reasonable amount
of public support, it must be productive of benefits which
ought not to be lightly estimated. It offers unprecedented
facilities for the study of art in all its industrial applica-
tions—for acquiring accurate knowledge in geology and
other branches of natural science—for the study of natural

history and botany; and for duly estimating theyalue of

manufactures and-the various branches of mechanical skill.
Having, as the lawyers phrase it, travelled a good bit
" out of the record"—as that is usually observed in the
communications of your metropolitan caligrapher,—it is
time T should, if possible, resume the ordinary course.
The deviation from it, however, will have caused the less
regret on account of the paucity of public topics.

On Monday night, HER MAJESTY, Prince ALBERT, the
two eldest of their royal sons, and their guest, the
youthful King of PORTUGAL, attended by an unusually
numerous retinue, which was swelled considerably by
the attendance on the Lusitanian Sovereign, attended
...

the Philharmonic concert. The illustrioas—pariiwas
enthusiastically received_ by the auditory, and welcomed by
the National Anthem, which was played through by the
full band. A splendid ball was given on Wednesday by
the Marquis of BREADALBANE, at his residence, in Park-
lane, which was honoured by the presence of HER MA-
JESTY and Prince ALBERT, the King of PORTUGAL, the
Duke of OPORTO, and a swarm of foreign princes and
ambassadors. Among the Britons present were the Earl
of DERBY, Lord STANLEY, Mr. DISRAELI, Lord Joint
RUSSELL, and Sir E. B. LYTTON. The affair was a very
splendid one, and it was attended by about a thousand
members of the hard ton. The last levee of the season
was held by the QUEEN on Friday : the attendance was
very numerous. Both houses of parliament have been
sedulously holding holiday during the greater portion of
the week ; and, though it might be as difficult as it would
be unprofitable to guess the nature and value of the va-
rious matters which have occupied the attention of our
legislative corps individually, if the head of the house
my be taken as its representative, "war's alarms" may
be Presumed to occupy a prominent portion of their
thoughts ;—at least I find Mr. SPEAKER has been apply-
mg his spare time to commanding the Hampshire yeo-
manry, in all probability a less troublesome set than the
body he has had to deal with " in the house."
During the holiday time a considerable shuffling has
taken place among the ministerial cards, which has ended
in finding a stool in the cabinet for Lord Joini RUSSELL
as President of the Council; and in granting leave of ab-
sence from the care of Lancaster to the Right Hon.
EDWARD STREIT, the somnolent representative of Not-
tingham) .being _ succeeded by Lord GRANVILLE, pro tern.,
as it is said. The ostensible cause of these shifts has been
the creation of a fourth. principal secretaryship, that of
war, which has beenretTned by his Grace of NEWCASTLE,
although the place is said to have been sorely coveted by
Lord PALMERSTON, who, although Home Secretary, is,
by his friend and admirer, the Examiner,
does
not said "not to
be at home in his present office . it
ce .suit him, and
he does not suit it."
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course, sends him back to his " friends" in the city, some
of the influentials among whom are understood to enter-
tain no genial feeling towards him for his fast and loose
game of brag" on the Jew Bill, which it is considered
may jeopardise his seat, and so create a necessity for his
long-talked-of elevation to the Peerage. It is currently
rumoured that " the talent" has been wanting in the
upper house to set down the querrulous criticism of Lord
GREY, connected with our colonial administration, and
if that were evident in the self-confident hands of the
Duke of NEWCASTLE, it is felt that an accession of
prating power will be doubly wanted when our colonies
are left to the safe-keeping of Sir GEORGE GREY, who
now takes the seals of that department. A feeling of this
necessity has, in all likelihood, originated the rumour
that Sir W. MOLESWORTII is about to be called to the
Peerage as Baron PADSIOW, Sir WILLIAM being pre-
sumed to be familiar with the ministerial management on
colonial affairs.
Among the notabilities which have turned up during
the past week has been a twinge of conscience which is said
to have affected the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, relative to the
newspaper-stamp laws. That astute functionary has, it
seems, discovered that to enforce the law as it now stands
would inflict gross injustice on a great number of respect-
able people ; and having winked hard at infractions of
those laws ever since he has been in office, his conscience
has become troubled, and he must either enforce the law
or have it altered. So it is said the penny stamp on news-
papers will not much longer swell the money-bag of Mr.
GLADSTONE. Another sham has also come again to light
in the simulated patriotism of KOSSUTH. That gentleman
has been haranguing the Sheffield sabre-grinders on the
" solidarity of peoples," the " nationality of Poland," and,
of course, the magnanimity of Loris Kossuni ; and,
what is more, he has been applauded to the echo for his
nonsense.

COMMERCIAL 4, MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE past week being Whitsuntide, which
is usually devoted to popular recreation, business
has necessarily been much at a stand still ; but,
notwithstanding this, a more than usually active
trade has been done in Cotton, and towards the
close there was much animation in other markets.
The reports from the seat of war have not shown
any particular changes,and nothing having occurred
to disturb general confidence, the public funds have
maintained their value with but slight fluctuations,
having reached the highest point which has ruled
for many months past. No alteration has taken
place in the value of money for commercial pur-
poses, which has been comparatively easy, and
foreign exchanges have remained the same, with
the exception of that with Austria, which slightly
improved. The Bank returns, on Friday, showed
very trifling changes, there being an increase in
the stock of bullion to the amount of £9,300, and
an increase in the actual circulation of £111,465.
It would appear that the drain for gold is now but
moderate, and there is no immediate prospect of
any change in either direction.
We have noticed in a leading article the arrange-
ment by which the London Joint-Stock Banks have
been at length admitted to the privileges of the
London Clearing-house, and this will, no doubt,
have the effect of rendering a large amount of
capital available for discounts, and thereby exer-
cising a favourable influence on the rate of interest.

Tire Corn trade has presented little alteration
during the week. The downward tendency has
been slightly checked ; but as the supplies are
sufficient for the present rate of consumption, no
reaction can be confidently calculated upon.
From the following table of the quantities of the
several articles upon which Excise duty has been
charged during the three months ended the sth of
April last, compared with the corresponding quarter
of last year, there appears to be a steady increase
in the consumption of paper, and also a large
increase in the exportation of this article, the ship-
ments within the quarter having been 1,949,406
lbs. in 1853, and 3,378,448 lbs. in 1854. Spirits
also show a large increase ; and home-made Sugar,
which is that manufactured by the Irish Beet
Company. Malt, however, shows a decrease of
about a million bushels :

THREE MONTHS ENDING THE STH OF APRIL.
Quantities
Articles. Quantities charged retained for home
with duty. consumption.
---- ----
United Kingdom. 1853. 1854. 1853. ---
1854.
Malt, bushels 18,533,210 17,514,018 18,533,210 17,512,998
Paper, lbs.
Spirits, gallons 6,073,796 6,678,045 5,992,077 6,566,913
Sugar,home-made
cwt. 731 987 731 987

The African Steam-ship Company, at their meet-
ing, on Friday, declared a dividend of five per cent.,
and held out a prospect of larger returns from the
reduction of expenditure by the employment of
smaller vessels more suited to the trade. The
report stated that their two largest ships, the
Charity and the Northern Light, had been sold
to the Canadian Steam Navigation Company, and
that the Hope had been chartered by the Govern-
ment for the Commissariat service in the Mediter-
ranean. They had, therefore, devoted the vessels
intended for the Mogador trade to the mail service,
and deferred the opening of the Mogador line until
their new vessels are completed. The accounts
showed a favourable result after making an ample
allowance for wear and tear and other contingencies,
and devoting £7,236 10s. 11d. to a guarantee fund.
Our SHIEEMASfiET has been extremely steady all
week, and prices generally have continued to show
an upward tendency. Midland, York and North
Midland, and Berwick have been much in demand ;
the former from the expectation of an increased
dividend and a very favourable report, and the two
latter from the extremely good traffics. But, the
settlement just commencing, stock of all descriptions
.
very scarce, and commands a back in almost every
instance. Midlands have been bought in to-day for
cash at £63 2s. 6d., and Caledonians at £3O 2s. 6d. ;
the market price for the current account being only
£62 12s. 6d. and E 2 9 ss. In our local stocks
Bank of Liverpool have been done at 21, and
several lots of Insurance at the quoted prices.
The Liverpool and London Insurance Company
have issued a circular proposing a return of 10 per
cent. per share of their paid-up capital to their
shareholders on the Ist of September next, in
consequence of the rapid accumulation of their
reserved fund. In ordinary times this would have
caused a considerable advance in these shares, but
at present it has merely incited a few purchasers
at current rates. We annex prices of business done
to-day :—East Lancashire, 15 7,16 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 624 ; London and North Western,
100; Midland, 624 2 ; St. Helen's R and C 5 per
cent. (B), 991 ; Liverpool Borough Bank, 11-1 ;
Royal Insurance Company, lip.
PRODUCE.—The markets generally have been
dull, particularly for Sugar, Coffee, Rice, &c. Tea
has, however, been in better demand at an advance
of ld. to 2d. per lb. Palm Oil has been in better
request, and tallow a little more animated to-day.
Sugar continued in moderate demand, both from
grocers and refiners, the sales since Friday com-
prising 160 hhds. Jamaica at 335. to 365. 9d. ; 70
hhds. Barbadoes at 335. 6d. to 375. 6d ; 120 bags
Dates at 335. 3d. ; 80 bags low white Pernams at
235. 6d. per cwt., and 20 hhds. Porto Rico at pre-
vious prices. We have no sales to notice in Molasses
or Rum. There has been more doing in Coffee, the
transactions consisting of 200 bags Rio, from the
quay, at 455., with 650 bags (all faults) at 41s. 6d. ;
100 bags Bahia at 465., and 130 bales of Mocha at
455. to 565. ; a small parcel of Trinidad Cocoa is
also reported at 365. per cwt. In Tea the sales are
not large, but prices are well supported ; the chief
demand continues upon the medium kinds of
Congou. 1,800 bags middling white old Bengal
Rice have been taken at 12s. to 12s. 3d. per cwt.
COTTON.—Last week there was considerable
animation in the Cotton trade, although the great
demand had not much effect upon prices, the
advance upon middling being only *d. per lb. from
the previous week. This has been in some part
produced by the greater activity in the Manchester
market, where yarns have advanced from !gd. to
Id. per lb., and to the greater confidence in the
maintenance of prices. The sales for the week, up
to Friday, reached the large amount of 72,920 bales,
of which 19,190 were on speculation, and 7,450
for export, leaving 46,280 for the trade. The stock
of American is now only 518,280 bales, against
628,940 bales at this time last year ; and the total
stock of all sorts, 831,560 bales, against 880,560
last year. TO-DAY the advices per Europa were
received, but had little or no effect on this market,
which is experiencing the reaction consequent on
such unwonted activity. The sales amounted to
about 5,000 bales ; prices were slightly easier, and
the market closed steadily. The following are the
current rates compared with those of the corres-
ponding period last year :

1853. 1854.
New Orleans, midd1ing......... 6d. sfd.
fair ...... . ......
Uplands, middling , ed. 5 3-16 d.
fair ...... ...... 6d. eid.
Wool.—There has been more inquiry in this
market since the close of the London sales, but
business still continues on the same limited scale
as we have had to report for some months back.
Prices remain unchanged. The announcement of
several failures in and about Bradford, last week,
has had a decided effect in that quarter. Combing
and clothing fleece and skin wools are ruling from
10s. to 15s. per pack lower there than in this mar-
ket. The English clip is now coming freely to
market, and farmers appear disposed to meet the
times, although thy reductiell Qn lost year'o prim.