The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-22 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY EVENING.—The funds show a furtherimprove-
ment to-day, and Consols left off 90'to for money and for
account 901 sellers. Bank Stock 168 to 9. India Stock
251 to 3. Exchequer Bills 8s to lOs premium.
Foreign Securities improved slightly. Spanish

be Coin:

Active
s 32 to

is ;Ju to Dutch Two-and-
ive per Cents 984 to 94. Belgian 9_
Mexican:2Sl to 9. Colombian

to i, th
li to

Brazilian

London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 82 to 4,
Great Western 271 to 81, the Half Shares 13 to 14, Gosport
5i to 61 (ex div.) premium. North Midland 22 to 20, East-
ern Counties 14 to 4, Brighton 64 to 4, Blackwall 4 to 31
discount. New North Midland 2 discount to par. South
Western 57 to 8 psr share. In general the share market
was flat to-day and shares' lower. It will be observed that
Gosport are quoted as having paid a dividend. This is a
curiosity of the sort, al the railway is not finished, nor are
there any returns from which as understood the dividends
are derived. It seems to be a novel sort of scheme for pay-
ing dividends now before the capital is all expended on the
works lest perchance the profits when the railway is com-
plete should not lie forthcoming.

TUESDAY EVENING.—A slight re-action may be noticed
in the Funds to-day, Consols being at the clOse 894 to 90 for
money, and 904 to 4 for account. Exchequer Bills 8s to lOs
premium. Bank Stock 169 to 171. India Stock 250 to 2.
In foreign securities there is scarcely any variation except-
ing in Brazilian which advanced again to day, and may be
quoted 72 to 3. Mexican 284 to 9. Colombian 234 to 4.
Spanish Active with the Coupons 244 to 1. Portuguese Five
per Cents. 324 to 4, the Three per Cents. 204 to 4. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per. Cents. 504 to 4, the Five per Cents.
984 to 94. Belgian 914 to 9. Danish 78 to 4.
London and Birmingham Railways were 83• to 5, Gosport
6to 7 premium. Eastern Counties 144 to 4, Blackwall 4
to 31, Brighton 64 to s discount.
The rates of foreign exchanges negociated to-day wetc as
follow :—on Paris 25 524 to 574 ; on Amsterdam 12 2-4 to 4 ;
on Rotterdam 12 24 to 3 ; on Antwerp 12 24 ; on Hamburg
13 7 to 4 ; on Frankfort 1484, all at three months.

,WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Some small sales of stock pro-
duced an unfavourable influence on the Consol-market, but
they do not appear to have been prompted by any political
cause; for money the last price was 898 to 4-; and for the
account, 89-i, buyers. Exchequer Bills also declined from
Bs. to 10s. premium to 6s. to Bs. premium. Bank and India
Stocks are again rather better. Bank Stock was finally
quoted 170 to 171 ; and India Stock, 250 to 252 ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 90 to ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 981 to 8;
Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 13 3-16 ; Ditto,
30 years (expiring October 10, 1859), 13 ; and Ditto, 30
years';(expiring January 5, 1860), 121 to 15-16; and India
Bonds, 8 discount.

The lower prices from the Paris Bourse caused flatness in
the Spanish market, the Actives falling from 24+ to to
24i to which was their closing quotation. A demand for
Belgian and Brazilian stock has brought a rally in their
value, and to-day Belgian closed at 98 to 99, and Brazilian
73 to 74. Portuguese 5 per Cents. left off at 32 to k ; Ditto
3 per Cents., 20 to ; Columbian, 231 to 1; Mexican, 281
to + ; Dutch 23 per Cents., 501 to I ; and Ditto 5 per Cents.
98+ to 994.
In the share market business was done at rather lower
prices, which is attributed to there being more sellers than
buyers. Birmingham left off at 82 to 84 premium ; Great
Western, 26 to 28 premium ; Ditto Half-shares, 113 to 123
premium ; South Western, 57 to 58 per share ; Gosport, 51
to 6-1 to 64 premium, ex. div. ; North Midland, 22 to 20 dis-
count ; Ditto New, 2 discount to par ; South Eastern, 151
to 14+ discount ; Blackwall, 4 to 34 discount ; and Brighton,
64 to 4 discount.

THE COURT

WINDSOR—TUESDAY.—This afternoon the Queen and his
royal highness Prince Albert walked on the terrace and the
slopes. _ _ _

The Duel
to-day.

;s of Kent did not take her accustomed walk

Lady Portman arrived at the castle this morning, and suc-
ceeded ;the Ducliess of Bedford as lady in waiting on her
majesty. _ _ _

the'Earl of Listowel has succeeded the Earl of Fingal,
and Mr. Rich has succeeded Admiral Sir R. Otway, as the
lord and groom in waiting.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl of Fingal,
and Admiral Sir Robert Otway, have taken their de-
parture...

The following personages will be included in the royal din-
ner party this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, Earl Listowel, Lord and Lady Leveson, Lady
Portman, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. C. A. Murray, Lady
Fanny Howard, Hon. Misses Pitt and Paget, Captain Sey-
mour, Mr. Rich, Colonel Bouverie, Baroness Lehzen, Hon.
Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, Lord and
Lady Kinnaird, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Paget, Lord George
Paget, and the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —The Queen's private band at-
tended after dinner yesterday, at the Castle, and her Majesty
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the distinguished
guests, danced quadrilles and gallopades in the course of the
evening. The company separated about 11 o'clock.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Swinley Park
this morning to enjoy the sport of shooting, attended by
Colonel Bouverie, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. C. A. Murray,
and Lord Alfred Paget.

Her Majesty and Pritice Albert, attended by Lord Alfred
Paget and Colonel Bouverie, rode out in a pony phaeton this
afternoon, and after the return of the royal party, her Ma-
jesty and his Royal Highness walked on the terrace of the
Castle mid the slopes.

The Earl and Countess of i Erroll and Lady Ida Hay
arrived this evening on a visit to her Majesty.

The Duchess of -Kent, attended by L4adyFanny Howard,
walked on the slopes for some time to-day.

Sir James Clark arrived this mornineat the Castle, and
took his departure inthe_evening.

The Right Hon. Sir W. Frem-antle, the Earl of Uxbridge,
the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, Lord Paget,
Lord George Paget, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson,
will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this
evening.

AYTON ESTATE.—The estate of Ayton has been purchased
by Mr. Mitchell Tunes of Stow, for the sum of £170,000.—
Scottish Guardian.

There was an excessive flood in Canterbury on Friday, and
the houses in the neighbourhood of Westgate were inun-
dated.

Portugal and Spain have accepted the mediation of En-
gland in respect of the navigation of the Douro.—Govern-
ment Evening Print.

It is said that on the new organisation of the army, six more
lieutenant-generals and eleven more major-generals are
to retire on pensions.—Globe.
A witness, in his cross-examination before the Lewes
Bench on Tuesday se'nnight said, " He was no more drunk
than a man ought to be on a cold night."
Mrs. Catlin, wife of Mr. J. Catlin, a respectable farmer
of Felden, was safely delivered of three fine boys, by Mr.
Merry, surgeon, of Hemel Hempstead, on Tuesday last.
The Archbishop of Dublin has presented £lOO to the
funds of the school at Lucan, for the education of the sons
of the clergy. The Earl of Roden and the Bishop of Elphin
are donors of £3O respectively.
In the event of a new election, the names of the honour-
able Skeffington Foster, son of Lord Ferrard, and Major
M'Clintock, of Drumcar, are mentioned as candidates for
their native county, Louth.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN ALSAGER, M.P.—We regret ex-
ceedingly to state, that Captain Alsager, M.P., for the eas-
tern division of the county of Surrey, expired on Monday
morning, after a tedious illness, in the 60th year of his age.

FARNHAM.—A marriage was celebrated at our church on
Tuesday, between William Harmsworth, late of the 66th
regiment, to Widow Nevell, being the 7th happy wedding
between the parties, he being her third husband, and the
happy bride, his fourth wife.—Sussex Express.

We understand that by the conclusion of peace between
France and Buenos Ayres, British property locked up at
Monte Video, to the value of £1,000,000 sterling, will be
rbleased. This property was of a perishable character, and
therefore the most liable to suffer from the continuance of
the French blockade.

THE MELBOURNE ADMINISTRATION.—It iS a govern-
ment kept up by abusement ; preserved from death by daily
dying ; tolerated by the inactivity of contempt ; borne with
as below the dignity of active hostility ; kept alive by a rapid
succession of kicks ; bandied like a shuttlecrck from partisan
to partisan; pitied by none, used by a few, and despised by
all.—(From a clever pamphlet, just published, entitled
" The Premier Dissected."

The Board of Directors of the Great North of England
Railway having heard that Sunday Working has been con-
tinued on a part of the line, notwithstanding the positive
orders given to the contrary, the sub-engineers have been ex-
pressly informed that such Sunday work is not to be repeated.

REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.-We are en-
abled 'to announce that Mr. Octavius Morgan has come
farviard as the conservative candidate for Monmouthshire,
with a good prospect of success.— Worcester Guardian.

The Hon. Mr. Smythe has gone through the great portion
of his canvass, and with the most triumphant success. The
honourable gentleman who left the city on Saturday after-
noon, returned last evening from a visit, to Lord Beresford,
at Lamberhurst, in West Kent—Kentish Gazette.
The Earls of Harrowby, Bradford, and Dartmouth have
respectively given £2O, and the Bishop of Lichfield, Earl
Talbot, and Viscount Sandon, M.P., £lO towards the form-
ation of a society for morally instructing the boatmen and
others employed in the navigation of the Staffordshire canal.

The most splendid royal christening upon record is that of
Henry the Sixth's only son, Edward. It took place in West-
minster Abbey, and the mantle in which the babe was re-
ceived cost a sum equal to £6,000 of modern money, being
embroidered with pearls and precious stones.

In the Secondary's Court, London, a verdict, with £127
4s 6d damages, has been ohtahsed against Mr.. Rogerson, a
surgeon, for having given a good character to a clerk engaged
on his recommendation by Messrs. Maltby and Otter, solici-
tors. The clerk stole the sum claimed ; and it was after-
wards found that he had been previouslyfconvicted of robbery
to the defendant's knowledge.

REPRESENTATION OF REIGATE.—Lord Eastnor, son of
the present Lord Somers, has declared himself a candidate,
upon conservative principles, for the representation of this
borough. Mr. D'Arcy, it is generally understood, has retired
from the field. If this be the case, Lord Eastnor will, no
doubt; be elected without opposition ; as there is no chance
of any whig-radical offering himself.--Morning Herald.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A circumstance of a nove
nature occurred on board the barque Armata, Captain Jack-
son, which arrived at Swansea a few days since, while lying
at St. Jago de Cuba. A swarm Of bees took possession of
one of the berths in the cabin, and built the major part of a
honeycomb. Captain Jackson fed them regularly with sugar
and water, and had brought them many hundreds of miles
to sea' with him, but a strong gale of wind coining on, they
left the ship. The honeycomb may still be seen on board the
ship, in the state the bees left it.—Cambrian.
ROBERT OWEN AT A DISCOUNT.—At a sale one day last
week, of some effects at Stoke-upon-Trent, among other
articles of furniture was a likeness of Robert Owen, in a rich
gilt frame, very much prized by the late owner of it. The.
auctioneer having having put it up for sale, a penny was
offered,.afterwards three halfpence, and two pence. It was
ultimately sold for two shillings, but before the purchaser
could get it in his possession, the likeness was taken out of
the frame, and with great ceremony committed to the flames.
—Wolverhampton Chronicle.

PRACTICAL JOKING.—WHITTLESRY absurd,
v mischievous rumour, gained considerable circula-
tion in Cambridge and its neighbourhood on Tuesday last,
that upwards of one hundred lives had been lost•on the pre-
ceding day, or Sunday, on Whittlesey Mere. The rumour
stated that there were several thousand persons on the ice,
and that two of them fighting, a great number crowded round,
and the ice broke from the pressure. On making immediate
inquiry into the matter, we found that no person in Cam-
bridge, connected with Whittlesey, had received a line on
the subject, although several persons were alarmed for the
fate of friends and relatives ; and we further ascertained,
from our correspondents in the neighbourhood of the Mere,
that no accident whatever had occurred.. There are two par-
ties very much to blame in the affair—the individual who
amused himself with the practical, but very cruel joke, of
originating such a report, and the local newspaper which
gave it circulation.—Cambridge Independent Free Press.

but ver

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET,

Re-engagement of Mrs. WAYLETT and Mr. ALEX. LEE.
Mr. RAYMOND. Mrs. WAYLETT in Three Charac-
ters. Mrs. RAYMOND in a new Interlude.
THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 22d instant,
and TO-MORROW (Saturday), the Entertainme is
rill commence with the new Drama, called
TRANSFORMATION;
OR, MY SISTER KATE.
Charles Unit, Mr. Higgie; Tom Chaff, M . C. F. Mar-
hall ; Mrs. Kate Moreton, Mrs. Waylett.
Mr. Charles Bland. The Highla.. Fling, by Miss
De Blaquiere.
ro which will be added, the new lau e Interlude, called
WOOING A WI I'Lff ;
OR, LOVE UNDER A LAMP-POST.
Daniel Dowgate, Esq., (Bachelor and Drysalter,) Mr.
Tilbury ; John,' (his Servant,) Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Arthur,
IVlrniggie; Widow Bloomley, Mrs. Waylett.
Mr. Mungall will Dance his popular Sailor's Hornpipe.
Mi. C. F. Marshall will Sing a new Song, written expressly
for; him, by Mr. Higgie, called " The Royal Proclamation;
or,: You mustn't Kiss the Baby !"
In the course of the Evening, Mrs. Waylett will Sing the
admired Irish Ballad of " Nora Creina ;" " Pretty Star of
the Night ;" "- When Night Elves Dance;" and, with Mrs.
Barton, the Duet of " Evening Bells."
To be followtd.by a laughable Farce, entitled
THE :VALET DE SHAM.
Mr. Tweezer, Mr. Tilbury; Captain Trivet, Mr. Higgie;
Wigler, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Clipper, Mrs. Raymond.
To conclude with the splendid Romantic Drama, entitled
PETER WILKINS ; 9
• OR, THE FLYING INDIANS!
Peter Wilkins, Mrs. Waylett ; John Adams, Mr. Tilbury;
Nicodemus Crowquill, Mr. Higgie; Phelim O'Scud, Mr.
Raymond ; Wild Man of the Woods, Mr. C. F. Marshall ;
Yourakee, Mrs. Barton.
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.—Second Price, Half-
past Eight : Boxes,' 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; no Second Price to the
Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform-
ance to commence at Seven precisely.