The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-07 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ... £29,517,025 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,981,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.15,517,025
Silver bullion

£29,517,0251 •
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

£29,517,025

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000'G0v. Securities £13,232,716
Rest ... ... 3,339,394 Other Securities 13,988,622
Public Deposits 2,515,384 Notes ... 7,168,640
Other Deposits 13,486,234 Gold & Silver Coin 706,189
7-day & other bills 1,202,1551

£35,096,1671 £35,096,167
The SHARE MARKET has gradually improved
since our last report until Saturday, when it took
quite a start from the more peaceable news and
the favoure.hle divirlend rumours. -Higher prices
may reasonably be expected, should the prospects
of peace be confirmed. Stock is very scarce.—
Aberdeens, 10+ ; Caledonians, 261 ;
Chester and Holyhead, 16: East Lancashire, 161 1;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66 *65*658 6 51 ;
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 151 ; London
Stock, 1031 3 4 1 ; Sheffield Stock, 22 1 3 ;
Midland Stock, 631 1 2 82 a; North British,
81 5-16 1 ; Dover Stock, 181 9-16 Hi- 1 9-16 1;
Poltimore Copper and Gold Mines, b.
COTTON.—The amount of business transacted
during the week was larger than the previous one,

Sir JOHN BURGOYNE, though the papers of Saturday I the sales up to Friday hiving amounted to 42,570
say nothing about it, received orders to start for Constan- bales
, of which about 35,000 were taken by the
tinople on Friday. The commands of course came from
Lord RAGLAN at the Ordnance. Sir Joss BURGOYNE is trade, but prices were by no means well supported,
no ordinary man. Neither was his father. Sir JOHN'S and late arrivals being freely offered there was a
departure means something; he is a major-general in the decline in Middling Uplands of about id. per lb.,
army, colonel of engineers ; has served, I was going to say, while for other descriptions the turn was in favour
everywhere—Malta, Egypt, Corunna, Peninsula, North
al. L..
buyers. On Saturday the sales amounted to
America, &c. He is a crack engineer, and is despatched
—good soldiers are always ready—at an hour's notice to 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American, and 500
examine the fortifications of Constantinople, and make Surat wore on speculation and for export.
them " bomb proof" if need be. Who has not heard of To-DAY the advices per Europa were received,
the " Lord of the Manor ?" one of the few but real English and the accounts from the southern ports showing
operas to be found in our National Repertoire. The short receipts, the effect on our market was to aug-
present Sir JOHN BURGOYNE, off red-hot to Constantinople,
ment the demand and enhance prices. The sales
is the composer of the above named pretty ballad opera.
HOWARD PAYNE'S tumid Roman nonsense, Lucius amounted to more than 10,000 bales, of which
Junius Brutus, or Brutus Lucius Junius,—Fall of above 4,000 were on speculation and export, leaving
Tarquin, or anything you like, has attracted vast crowds about 6,000 for the trade. Low qualities may be
of really grown-up and educated people to Drury-lane quoted *d. higher, whilst other qualities are at
Theatre since my last. BROOKE, of course, is Brutus. least 1-16 d. over the rates of last week. The fol-
So was EDMUND KEAN many years ago; he and KEN- .
lowing is a comparison of present quotations with
ELE made the play illustrious. The Romans must have
been a green set, if we take HOWARD PAYNE'S estimate. those of the corresponding period last year.
I BROOKE sustains the character—the only one in the 1853. 1854.

play—happily, with great verve ; but not so well exactly
as KEAN (CHARLES'S father) ; the drama, however, is
most magnificently got up—so much so. that lam certain
EDMUND KEAN, five and twenty years ago, would not
have played in it, seeing that painter, carpenter, and
machinist would have had the lion's hare of applause.
Mrs. CHARLES KEAN, poor lady, is getting better : why
don't she retire • and go down two or three times a week
to that exquisitely-rural abode of which she is so fond ?
Her lord and master, C, K., is getting very crusty—
though he is making plenty of money. BUCKSTONE is,
shall I say, vice versa ? He is doing, as usual, pretty
well. CUSHMAN, who was not remarkably attractive
either as Bianca (severely classical) or as Mrs. What's-
her-name (awfully sentimental) Haller, in" The Stran-
ger," is likely to do better in such characters as belong to
the real melodramatic school. The opera houses are be-
ginning to :tune their oaten straws ; we shall certainly
have new costumes at the elder house, and old favourites
at the younger.

New Orleans, middling Sid.
fair
Uplands, middling
fair 6Ad. .... 6 5-16 d.

SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Weekevi- Week This _
. Feb. 3.
ending ously ending Year.
Feb. 3. this yr. Feb. 3.
Sea Island 8 @32 370 1910 ....
Stained 7l 8 60 21) 1 3104 51497 . .
Boweds 34 7 9150 26650 3201140
Mobile 3 }
64 18518' 104576 ' •
New Orleans. 31 8 1173791 109
6759030
Pernams, &c. 5/ 9 1520 4070 1171 7627 24.4.00
Bahia, &c.
Maranham
Demerara,&c 7* 7/ 20 80 .... 104 250
Egyptian 5 10* 1330' 11810 .... 1965 70750
Com.W.l.&c. 6 30; 140 429 654 4090
Surat
Madras
Bengal — .... 210 .... 565 3540
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-42570 150650 23222, 210458 642320

CONVERSIONS PROM POPERY.—On Sunday evening
last, nine persons publicly renounced the errors of Popery
in St. James's Church, Latchford, near Warrington, and
were received into the Church of England, by the Rev.
James Wright, Incumbent of St. James's. This is the
tenth time within the last two years that the same Rev.
gentleman has performed a similar ceremony.
THE EXTENSIVE COTTON ROBBERY CASE.— Isher-
wood, a damaged cotton-broker, Thomas Paul, a porter,
and a woman named Doyle, were brought up at the
borough gaol, yesterday, on remand,. charged with being
concerned in the robbery of fifteen bales of cotton, from
the warehouse of Messrs. Seddon, in Regent-street. Evi-
dence was adduced which proved that the prisoners
Paul and Doyle had taken cotton from the warehouse of
Messrs. Seddon to that of the prisoner Isherwood, in
Highfield-street, and that the latter was present when
the cotton was delivered. All the prisoners were com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The eighth
ordinary meeting of the session was held last night, at
the Royal Institution, in Colquitt-street, Dr. Dickenson in
the chair. The following were elected members :—Ald.
Bennett, Mr. R. Rees, Mr. W. Lidderdale, Dr. Robert
Gee, Mr. F. D. Fletcher, and Mr. F. Prange. The names
of the Rev. W. Bannister and Mr. George Melly were
proposed for election at the next meeting. Several curious
fossils were exhibited. Dr. Ihne then read a second cri-
tique on Milton's poem of Paradise Lost, the subject
being the diction, considered with respect to grammatical
structure, lexicological pduliarities, and metre. He re-
ferred to numerous passages, showing that they were only
grammatical in Latin, and that Milton had evidently en-
deavoured to force the English language into a construc-
tion similar to the Greek and Latin poets. Several of the
members took part in the discussion.
DESERTION BROM A SHIP IN A FOREIGN PORT.—Yes-
terday, two black men, named Augustus Frances, a native
of Antigua, and W. J. Shaw, a native'of Trinidad, were
brought before Mr. Mansfield, charged with deserting from
the schooner Pandora, of Liverpool, on the 24th Septem-
ber last, in the port of Islay. The men had been sent
home prisoners by the British consul at Islay. Captain
Dawson proved their engagement and also their desertion.
In defence, Frances said he had been engaged as steward
on board the Pandora, and admitted he had deserted, but
said he was compelled to do so in consequence of the bad
usage he had received from the captain, who flogged him
and put him in irons, and had likewise refused to give him
medicine when he was ill. Shaw said he had been engaged
as cook, and had always done his duty till off the Horn ;
on account of severe weather, he was unable to make the
men's dinner ready, for which he was punished by the
captain. From similar causes, he, on another occasion,
was unable to get the men's coffee ready, and was again
punished. He complained further of general bad treat-
ment. The captain produced his log-book, in which
entries were made against both prisoners for bad conduct.
They were sentenced to be imprisoned Pm weeks each,
with larcl lalnur

PRODUCE.—The markets for Colonial produce
during the week have been dull, with the exception
of Sugar, for which there has been a good demand
both from Grocers and Refiners. Saltpetre and
Brimstone have also been in good demand. On
Saturday the business done in Sugar was limited,
but to-day there has been a general and extensive
demand, the sales consisting of 300 hhds. Demerara
at 335. to 355. including vacum Pan at 355. 6d., to
425., 1,000 mats Mauritius, chiefly at 365., a small
lot f Porto Rico at 365. 6d., 3,500 bags low Per-
nams at 19s. 6d. 1,100 bags Paraiba at 20s. 6d.,
and 200 cases Bahia: at 19s. 6d. per cwt. Of Coffee,
40 bags St. Domingo have been sold at 495. 6d.,
and 50 bags washed Rio at 655. per cwt. In Tea,
we have to notice the sale of between two and three
thousand chests of Congou, ex " Crisis," at prices
ranging from ls. 21d. to ls. 4d. per lb. The new
green Teas by this vessel are not yet sold. There
is nothing to notice in Rice. 130 bags Madras
Saltpetre are reported at 21s. per cwt., 27 per cent.
refraction, and 200 bags Pimento, at sd. for
damaged, and 51d. per. lb. for sound.
WooL.—ln the present inactive state of the
Wool Market, there is very little to report this
week, the warlike aspect of affairs in the East, and
the high price at which Corn is now ruling, con-
tinues to produce anything like an active demand
in this branch of trade. Manufacturers and
Staplers are acting with extreme caution, and only
supplying themselves on the " Hand to mouth"
principle, yet prices have undergone no change,
and unless holders begin to press sales, we see no
other prospect but their bemg fully maintained.
Public sales commence in London on Thursday, to
which the trade is looking forward with great in-
terest. Import for the week 1213 Bales, chiefly
from the West coast. Irish Wool ism moderate
request at from 15d. to 1511 per lb. for mixed par-
cels of Hogs and Wethers.
Messrs. W. GREAME and Co. say

" The chief feature to notice in the trade during the past
month is the sales by auction. Since that time the market
has been quiet, the continued uncertainty of the Eastern
question and the further rise in corn during the past
month has checked anything like a speculative demand,
and buyers will only operate for their immediate require-
ments, at the same time good useful true bred Wools,
EgYPtiana Coratoa 43 &n Iratcda P•l4

pretty saleable at our quotations, but for inferior and bad
bred Wools there is very little demand, and prices for some
descriptions are at present quite nominal."

Messrs, HUGHES and RONALD say :

" The transactions by private contract have not been
extensive, still there has been a steady demand, and at the
recent public sales, from the 17th to the 21st ultimo, when
13,278 bales Colonial and Foreign Wools were brought
forward, advanced rates were obtained for the most current
descriptions, which were then chiefly cleared off ; there
has, consequently, since been less doing, but for all useful
qualities, which are now light in stock, prices are very
firm."