The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 31 1853:

upwards of 900 tons to arrive at £35 to £36 per
I ton. For Tallow there was a steady demand at 475.
to 475. 6d. for old, and 48s. for new Petersburg
Y.C. Some fine South American sold at 475. to
485., and about 600 pipes to arrive at 455. per cwt.
For Lard there was a brisk demand, and 300 tons
to arrive sold at 535. to s'3s. 6d. per cwt. Hemp is
slightly lower, 250 bales Manilla sold at 11 to £42
per ton. Of Jute the sales amounted to 200 bales.
TO-DAY there was a very good inquiry for Sugar
from the refiners, and rather higher prices were paid,
the business, including Saturday's sales, comprising.
2,500 mats Mauritius at 255. 6d., 3,750 bags Per-
nams and Paraiba, at 18s. 3d. to 18s. 6d. for brown,
19s. 6d. to 20s. for yellow, and 235. for low white ;
160 bags Benares have also been sold at 3Ss. per
cwt. There are no sales to notice in Molasses. Of
Rum, 70 puns. Demerara are reported at about pre-
vious prices. 50 bags red Bahia Cocoa were taken
at 255. per cwt. In Tea a moderate amount of
business was doing, at last week's rates. Small
sales are advertised for Thursday next. 700 bales
of Jute were sold for arrival.
Wool.--The recent advices from Australia state
that large quantities of this year's clip had arrived
at Melbourne, and were being shipped for this
country, so that further supplies may very shortly
be expected. The business of the week has not
been so active, principally from the reason that
manufacturers have supplied themselves pretty
freely; there does not exist that speculative demand
which has characterised the market for some time,
as prices are now beyond speculation. The market
still continues to wear a very healthy aspect, and
the demand for all sorts of low clean useful Wools
continues good ; but the want of supply precludes
any great amount of activity. A sale of Peruvian,
about 1,000 ballots middle quality, is reported at
the medium quotations, ruling at the auction sales
of 21st ultimo. English and Irish prices very firm,
but not so much activity. The opinion seems to
gain confidence, that unless great competition rule
for the new clip, prices have reached the summit.
Skin very scarce.
Messrs. W. GREAME and Co., in their monthly cir-
cular, say :--" The same excitement and buoyancy in the
wool market as noticed in our circular of the Ist ultimo
has characterised the trade during the past month. A
considerable amount of business has been done both by
public sale and private contract ; and in the early part of
the month several cargoes, including 400 bales of Donskoi
fleece which arrived about the end of March, were 531 d
on the quay as-landed at improved rates. In Alpaca we
have no alteration to note ; the stocks are light, and
prices the same ;- the late arrivals were chiefly sold for
delivery. In English and Irish combing Wools the late
advanced rates are• fully maintained ; there is now very
little left in the growers' hands, and for the few lots re-
maining in the country a further advance is demanded.
The trade are looking forward anxiously to the opening
of the new clip the' latter end of this month and begin--
ning of June ; higher prices are expected by the farmers.
For Scotch Wools there is a good enquiry ; no stocks on
the market."

Messrs. HUGHES and` RONALD, in their circular, say :
" There has been a continuous and active demand for
all descriptions of Wool, and, owing to the lightness of
stocks, even the less current kinds have enjoyed more
favour. In all cases higher prices may be quoted, but
this is more particularly the case in English Combing
Wools, which, from the brisk demand, have advanced
considerably. The great difficulty the trade have at pre-
sent to contend with, is the want of stocks ; and never
at any former period do we remember them reduced to so
low a point. It is now quite evident that at our approach-
ing English clip there will be considerable excitement ;.
there seems no reason to expect, notwithstanding the in-
creased supplies which will then be available, that Wool
will be bought on more favourable terms ; but, on the
contrary, more firmness will be given to prices. There is
little change to notice in the-value of fine colonial Wools,
and much uncertainty still prevails as regards future sup.
plies. The accounts just received seem more favourable
as to the probable receipts, although it is generally ad-
mitted they will be subject to greatly enhanced cost.
Irish Wools have been in good- demand at extreme prices,
and are now very scarce. Scotch are more in request,
and prices are looking up : some parcels have lately been
contracted for to be delivered as soon as shorn, which is a
most novel feature in the trade."

rnoN.—The market has suffered considerable
depression during the week, arising from the report
that the acceptances of Mr. Jbhn Attwood to a very
large amount had been returned dishonoured. It
is said that they will be ultimately met by a sale of
landed property, but the event has alarmed the
speculators, and Scotch Pigs are quoted this day
in the Glasgow market at 493. per ton, a result
which we predicted some time since would he the
consequence of a speculation which no circumstances
seemed to justify. Other metals have also experi-
enced a considerable decline.

THE PEW QUES HON AT WALTON.-
MEETING OF THE PARIS-H.YESTERDAY.

At the last Vestry meeting held in the parish of Walton,
a number of claimants appeared to certain pews in the
gallery of the Church ; and it was resolved to appoint a
deputation to wait upon, and receive the opinion of, the
Archdeacon. In compliance with the wish of the deputa-
tion at the Easter Vestry meeting„ the Rector and Mr. R.
Ford North, Churchwarden, waited'upon the Archdeacon
on the 4th ult., and, after reading to him the resolution
and the other documents in their possession relative to the
erection of the galleries, and the titles by which the re-
puted proprietors claim a right to the pews in such gal-
leries, they entreated from the Archdeacon, on the part of
the deputation, in the words of the resolution, " his
opinion and advice as to the best means of bringing this
matter to a just and amicable conclusion." In giving his
opinion, the Archdeacon had no hesitation in saying, that
the faculty granted under date of the Ist of September,
1809, as a personal grant to individuals, according to the
extract from it, recited in the titles of the respective pur-
chasers of the pews, was, " as a title, of no value," and
that, consequently, the rights of the parties to these pews,
being thereby conveyed as mere personal claims, were, in
fact, from the first, merely conventional, having no legal
foundation whatever. At the same time, it being evident
that these parties, having subscribed their money for a
laudable purpose, and in utter ignorance of the want of
legal validity in the faculty under which they were acting,
were entitled to be treated with that courtesy and con-
sideration which the peculiarity of the case naturally,
called for ; and that although, officially, he could not sug-
gest any mediative plan, yet, speaking non-officially, he
was of opinion that, after looking into the details of the
matter, weighing the sums originally given for the pews,
and the rentals they had yielded, it would not be difficult
for the parishioners (either by some modified compensa-
tion to such as, from their position or circumstances,
might be desirous to receive it, or by any other mode
which might suggest itself,) to arrive at a conclusion
which, while it would still reserve to the parties in ques-
tion such a preference of occupancy, in the re-appropria-
tion of the pews, as their respective positions might seem
to warrant, would, at the same time, restore and preserve
to the parish that inalienable right to the seats in the
Parish Church which has always, and must always belong
to it. That it was above all things most important, that
all parties should come to the consideration of this ques-
tion with that liberal and amicable feeling, and in that
Christian and reverential spirit, which should pre-emi-
nently animate and control all discussions in any degree
relating to the House of God.
For the purpose of receiving this opinion a meeting of
the parishioners was held yesterday morning, at ten
o'clock, in Walton Church, the Rev. Thomas Gerard
Leigh, rector, presiding. It was moved by Mr. North,
seconded by Mr. Tristram, and unanimously agreed to,
that a committee be appointed for the purpose of receiving
and investigating the nature of any claim to pews which
may be made by their reputed owners, and to draw up a
report for consideration at the next meeting of the parish,
it being understood that all those who fail to present any
such claim to the chairman on or before a certain date,
be interpreted as a voluntary cession thereof. Another
resolution was moved by Mr. Roskell, seconded by Mr.
Musker, and unanimously adopted, to the effect that the
resolution be advertised once in each of the Liverpool
newspapers, together with the notice of the next public
meeting. The following gentlemen were then appointed
a committee :—The Rev. Rector Leigh, and Messrs.
Tristram, Roskell, Pitts, Morrish, Johnson, and Charles
Musker. On the motion of Mr. North, a vote of thanks was
accorded to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated.

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE IN LIVERPOOL,

YESTERDAY.

Yesterday morning, a man named John Slattery, who
had only arrived in Liverpool from Ireland on Sunday,
committed suicide in Sherwood-street, being at the time
under the influence of delirium tremens.. An inquest
was held on the body yesterday afternoon, when Thomas
Ronan, who keeps a lodging-house in Sherwood-street,
gave the following evidence :—The deceased came to my
house yesterday about nightfall. I knew him in Ire-
land. He was a native of Clonmel, and thirty years of
age. When he came to my house he appeared quite
deranged in his conversation. He was raving about
" Peelers," (police-officers) in Liverpool, hunting him
for drowning his brother, and he wanted me to go bail
for him. I made arrangements to send him back to his
friends in Ireland, by the packet of to-morrow ; put him
in bed with a young man, a returned emigrant, and went
to bed myself in the same room. He was raving all
night, and wanted to jump through the window. He
said his mother and brother were hunting him. Between
six and seven o'clock this morning, an alarm was given
that the deceased had cut his throat. I had just then
dropped asleep, having had no sleep during the night.
As soon as I was called, I jumped out of bed, and found
deceased with his throat cut. I held him up, and he
died there and then in my arms. A small knife covered
with blood was found by the bed. Yesterday evening,
about eight or nine o'clock, I was asking him what made
him rave in that way, and he said it was from the horrors
of drink. He said he had been drinking whiskey on
board the steamer on Saturday, and he got nothing yes-
terday. He said he had been tee-total for seven years
before he broke out. James Kenely, a returned emi-
grant, who slept in the same room as the deceased, cor-
roborated the last witness's statement, and added that
about six o'clock yesterday morning he went down stairs
to light his pipe. In about half an hour he returned, and
then found the deceased lying in the bed with his throat
cut. Before witness got out of bed, he saw the deceased
go to his waistcoat and take something out. A verdict of
temporary insanity was returned.

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday last week, when near
the Mansion house, London, Mr. Thomas Dax, taxing_
master of the Court of Exchequer, was seized with an
apopletic fit and expired. Mr. Dax had been connected
with the court for half acentury. The appointment is in the
gift of the Chief Baron, and the salary Is £1,200 a year.