The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

PARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.

THE past week has been a singular one, as exhibited
through the sayings and doings of the metropolis : one of
its remarkable peculiarities being the general propriety
manifested by all classes in observance of the day of
national humiliation. All the shops were closed, even in
those districts most open to the charge of Sunday trading ;
the churches and dissenting places of worship were gene-
rally crowded by attentive congregations, and the cus-
tomazy concomitants of a cessation from labour—pleasure-
seeking and dissipation—were less prevalent than on most
similar occasions. The outbreak of an eventful war can-
not be other than a suitable season for a Christian nation
to approach with feelings of self-abasement and humilia-
tion to that throne of grace and source of power whence
it nationally looks for aid and hopes for pardon, and whence
alone efficacious support in the day of trial can be derived.
To know, then, that the solemn fast was characteristically
observed throughout the metropolis and the country, is a
ground of satisfaction, scarcely, if at all, impaired by a
knowledge of some proceedings little creditable to the
parties under whose auspices they occurred. An announce-
ment having been made that the Lord BISHOP of LONDON
would preach in St. Paul's Cathedral, and that the Lord
MAros and Corporation would attend the service, an
immense crowd was attracted to the church, the arrange-
ments for receiving and accommodating which were
unfortunately defective. Thousands of persons were per-
mitted to congregate round the doors, which were not
opened till within a few minutes of the time when the
services were to commence, and the opening of the means
of entrance was followed by a rush of people more fitting
the avenues of a theatre than seemly in the entrance to a
Christian temple. Several parties, among whom was the
LADY MAYORESS, were hustled and knocked about in a
most alarming manner ; indeed, it was said her ladyship
was in imminent danger of being trodden down and
trampled on. The subject of general misarrangement on
the occasion was brought under notice of the Common
Council, on Thursday, by the LORD MAYOR, who com-
plained in strong terms of the incivility, inattention, and
rudeness of the vergers. It was resolved to bring the
matter formally before the Dean and Chapter of St.
Paul's. What the representation may result in, it is no
easy matter to conjecture ; only one opinion, however, can
be formed as to the lamentable impropriety of such un-
seemly displays. In such cases it is not easy to accord
the exact degree of censure to which the parties are re-
spectively open. If the vergers were inattentive and rude,
their conduct is not easily justified, even on the plea of
an over-pressure upon their resources ; but it is at least
equally difficult to exonerate from blame those who seize
the opportunity of converting a solemn religious observ-
ance into something bordering closely on the curiosity
ith which they would survey a secular spectacle. If the
parties who are represented as inconvenienced, if not
indeed injured, in the scramble, had contented them-
selves with the observance of such religious ordi-
nances as were celebrated in their respective places of
worship, instead of endeavouring to participate in what
many of them must have regarded as a display at St.
Paul's, the evil complained of would not have occurred.
On Tuesday last, just as the weekly meeting of the
'Board of Directors of the Crystal Palace Company was
about to break up, intimation was unexpectedly received
that HER MAJESTY was approaching to view the struc-
ture and the grounds at Sydenham. The QUEEN was
accompanied by PRINCE ALBERT, the PRINCE OF WALES,
the PRINCESS ROYAL, PRINCESS ALICE, and PRINCE
ALFRED. The bustle and excitement occasioned by the
surprise having subsided, HER MAJESTY was waited
upon by Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, Mr. LAING, Chairman of
the Board, Mr. FULLER, Managing Director, Mr. SCOTT
RUSSELL, Mr. BELSHAW, Mr. MILNER, and others.
This being the first occasion on which HER MAJESTY
had an opportunity of inspecting the transept, since
the scaffolding was removed, it attracted her special
attention, and she appeared to be much gratified by
the boldness, magnitude, and orderly beauty of this
portion of the edifice; the Royal party expressing
their satisfaction in terms of warm approbation. HER
MAJESTY and the Royal party visited in succession the
various courts of ancient art, and made a prolonged in-
spection of the numerous objects of interest which fill
without crowding the Assyrian Court and Ninevite
Palace, now nearly completed under the superintendence
of Mr. LAYARD and Dr. FERGUSON. Of these PRINCE
ALBERT spoke in terms of high and cordial commenda-
tion. Crossing the nave, Mr. DIGBY WYATT conducted
the Royal visitors through the court devoted to Christian
art, and briefly explained the most remarkable objects
with which it is adorned. HER MAJESTY, with the
laudable spirit of inquiry by which she is possessed, having
intimated her desire to inspect the grounds, irrespective
of the difficulties by which such inspection is beset, was
conducted by Sir JOSEPH PAXTON and Mr. WATER-
HOUSE HAWKINS, along the upper and lower terraces, and
with obvious delight surmounted the difficulties expe-
rienced in traversing rough walks, uneven tramways,
deep cuttings, unfinished slopes, heaps of loose earth, and
hollow basins, until she arrived at the spot on the lower
margin of the lake, which has been selected as the locality
of the antediluvian monsters, by which the geological
section of the institution is to be illustrated. These pre-
adamite wonders having been duly, though in brief terms,
explained, the Royal party prepared to retire. On return-
ing to the building, HER MAJESTY was presented by Mr.
P. DELAMOTTE, the distinguished photographist, with
two beautifully executed collodion representations, one of
the exterior of the building, the other of the interior: of
the nave. With these, which are 24 by 18 inches, (the
largest yet taken,) HER MAJESTY expressed herself much
pleased, PRINCE ALBERT also condescending to make
inquiry as to several practical points in their mode of
manipulation. After having spent a considerable time in
the inspection of the varied departments, and in peram-
bulating the edifice and the contiguous grounds, the Royal
visitors departed, evidently much pleased with the inspec-
tion. Whispers of HER MAJESTY'S presence having cir-
culated rapidly, a large concourse of people awaited her
departure, and the royal cortege was loudly cheered as
they drove off.
Apropos of the Crystal Palace, at their meeting on the
day referred to, the directors of the company decided that
they shall hold the supply of refreshments in their own
hands. It has also been resolved, if possible, to open the
building by a public inauguration, on Saturday, the 27th
instant, of which circumstance there seems little reason
to doubt the accomplishment, as -the works are now very
far advanced, and the remaining preparations are being
vigorously pushed forward.
Parliament, which re-assembled on Thursday after the
Easter holidays, has not, as yet, evinced great eagerness in
the pursuit of business. In the House of Lords attention
was called by Lord ELLENBOROUGH to the alleged want
of provision and accommodation for our troops on their
arrival at Gallipoli. His lordship founded his inquiry on
the information conveyed by the correspondent of one of
the daily newspapers, in which the preparations for the
reception of our brave troops, and the means for lodging,
feeding, or attending to their necessities of any kind, are
represented as of the most wretched possible description ;
neither mattresses nor blankets being provided for the use
of the sick. The allegations were denied by the Duke of
NEWCASTLE, in a great degree, on his own knowledge,
supplemented to a considerable extent by conjectures
founded on that knowledge, and on collateral circum-
stances. His grace summed up by admonishing newspaper
correspondents to be careful in ascertaining the truth of
their reports before giving them publicity. Of the whole-
someness of such advice the parties lectured will, no doubt,
feel the full force ; and if, at any time, any of them should
stand in need of such sage counsel, they will not fail to re-
member that it derives additional value as coming from a
member of that cabinet which has acquired a reputation
at least as wide as it is deemed creditable through its con-
nexion with the famous "secret correspondence." In
common with every other Briton, I rejoice to learn that
the state of matters at Gallipoli has not been so shame-
fully bad as the Times' correspondent represented them to
be ; but even his Grace of NEWCASTLE'S assurance does
not amount to a demonstration that those accusations
were " entirely destitute of foundation." In the mean
time the conduct of the war continues to afford much
matter foe cogitation, and is the subject of remark in every
circle of society. One allegation connected with the con-
duct of the war will be found too hard for even the united
efforts of " all the talents" to suppress or alter, and that
is its dilatoriness. If Russia could be persuaded to take
a lesson from our mode of management, there would be
no haste to cross the Danube, or to push their approaches
to doubtful results ; her generals, like some at least of
ours, would be innocently partaking of entertainments,
and amusing themselves at shows. As often happens with
barbarous opponents, the Russians appear to have little
respect for the measured suavity of our movements; they
do
not seem to understand or reciprocate the graceful
tardiness
of our hostile minuet but have, with savage
energy of Purpose, set about the steps of their war dance as
if upon its movements depends the ultimate success of
their undertaking,
is unbecoming
and obstinacy like this, is
as provoking as
patiencebecoming ; if they would only
mingle a little morewith their stupid method of
conducting the war, they would that about autumn we
should be ready to commence the:
bring it to a conclusion about the timecampaign, and
winter snotwiss
begin to whiten the summits of theni Carpathians.e the
hopeless to look for so much rationality from them. I
In-
deed, it seems very doubtful if they will have as much
politeness as to wait for the gathering of our troops • and
he would be a bold speculator who should venture' to
should opportunity offer, to re-
say they would scruple,
enact the massacre of Sinope, although they are aware
that our generals are proceeding by easy stages to meet
them.
The simulated wisdom of
.the owner of Clumber Park
wide digression from the business
has led me into a on Thursday , HER
of Parliament. On re-a9SeMbling
MAJESTY'S IBOSt faithful Commons had their visual
organs attracted by several little objects, which, dn-
gling in the air between the galleries, are blown_
about by every zephyr, as readily as a radical by a
wind of doctrine. Various surmises were freelyi
hazarded as to the end and objects intended. to e
forwarded by this unusual display. At first, it was con-
jectured that they were puff-balls, in some nlYsterioo
manner connected with Mr. GLADSTONE'S financial policy,
and in this light they attracted considerable and rather
awe-inspired attention from Sir CHARLES WOOD;. Mr.
Dispe.ELl labouring under a similar delusion, was also
observed to bestow on them a quizzical as well as an in-
quiring glance. At last Lord JOHN, sorely puzzled as to
their meaning, applied to that veteran solver of difficulties,

the HOME SECRETARY, and he, with his customary bland-
ness, informed his lordship they were merely meant to act
like straws thrown up to show how the wind blows ; in
other words, that they were placed to indicate the cur-
rents to which the House is subjected by the numerous
new and infallible means which have from time to time

been adopted for its ventilation. ' The explanation was
generally admitted, although not a few were heard still
hinting a connexion with the experimental kites,
which, it is conjectured, the CHANCELLOR OF THE Ex-
CHEQUER is busy flying among the pigeons of the Money
2,Tarket. An impression is pretty general, and seems to
gain credence rather than to lose ground, that the legisla-
tion of the present session will not be very extensive,
although the intimations of intended legislative schemes
—projets des lois, as our Gallic friends term them—are
more numerous than usual. On Tuesday evening, Ministers
were constrained to grant a postponement of four days in
proceeding with the Universities Bill—Mr. BRIGITX ob-
serving that they have been so accustomed to have their
measures postponed, that it was impossible for them to suf-
fer additional injury or inconvenience from such matter-
of-course delays. Friday's proceedings brought Mr. COB-
DEN to the surface, who, with characteristic modesty, in-
quired whether any papers would be laid on the table of
the House relative to the Greek insurrection. While on

his legs, he forgot to inform the House on what particular
day he means to beat the conjuror who could not go into
a pint bottle, by " crumpling up Russia like a soiled news-
paper." When, in sporting parlance, this affair " comes
off," it promises to be indeed a wonderful performance !
In reference to coming legislation, it is stated that Lord
PALMERSTON will shortly introduce a measure for esta-
blishing an efficient police in all the counties throughout
England and Wales.
_ _ _

On Thursday, HER MAJESTY held a drawing-room, the
second this season, at St. James's Palace. HER MAJESTY
and PRINCE ALBERT arrived from Buckingham Palace at
two o'clock, escorted by a party of Life Guards. The
attendance was very numerous and brilliant ; ninety-one
presentations took place; and among the foreign celebri-
ties present were Prince Gitotam MAHUMED and Prince
FEROZE Snail, who were presented to the QUEEN by the
President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India.
HER MAJESTY, who looked uncommonly well, was, as
usual, attired with great simplicity and elegance. She
wore a train of lilac and silver moire antique silk, trimmed
with white tulle and silver stars ; her head-dress consist-
ing of a diadem gemmed with emeralds and diamonds, and
adorned with feathers. This day HER MAJESTY receives
s juvenile party in Buckingham Palace, where the Royal
Family arrived on Monday last, from Windsor. On
Wednesday, the QUEEN will hold a levee in St. James's
Palace; and this year the royal birthday will be cele-
brated on Saturday, the 20th instant, by a drawing-room
at Court, and numerous state banquets will be held that
day in honour of the auspicious occasion.
On the morning of Friday, the venerable Marquis of
ANGLESEY died at his residence, Uxbridge House, Old Bur-
lington-street, in his 86th year. This venerable nobleman
and gallant soldier was senior in years though subordinate
in command to the Duke of WELLINGTON, with whom he
shared the glories and the dangers of Waterloo and other
severely contested fields. At Waterloo, the noble mar-
quis, then Earl of UXBRIDGE, commanded the English
cavalry, and behaved with the most heroic intrepidity ; in
the repeated charges made throughout the eventful day
he headed his men with a resolution and gallantry ex-
ceeding all praise. At the conclusion of this memorable
encounter he lost his leg by a cannon shot, one of the last
fired by the French on their defeat and dispersion from
the field. The following account of this somewhat sin-
gular disaster is given by M. de LAMARTINE: "The dense
mass of fugitives issuing from all the hills and all the
gorges of Waterloo towards this hollow, and interposed at
this point between the English cavalry and the guard,
embarrassed the enemy. WELLINGTON'S regiments of
heavy cavalry could not penetrate it, but drove on heavily
before them these unarmed masses, like a flock of sheep
which allow themselves to be crushed by the feet of the
horses for want of space to disperse themselves. The
EMPEROR observed before him some pieces of French
artillery, abandoned and overturned by the road-side.
`Raise and fire these pieces,' said he to GOURGAUD; and
GOURGAUD obeyed. Assisted by the grenadiers of the
guard, he discharged some of them on the English
cavalry. These were the last cannon shots fired in the
battle. One of the balls carried off the leg of the Earl
of UXBRIDGR, who commanded these regiments, and up
to that period had escaped being wounded, in the midst of
a carnage of twelve hours." As all the world knows, the
leg thus wantonly sacrificed was buried on the field, and
was honoured by a monument. From the date of that
wound till within a brief period of his death the noble
marquis was a martyr to neuralgia, his sufferings from
which were frequently excruciating. On the solemn
occasion of the late Duke of WELLINGTON'S funeral, the
Marquis of ANGLESEY excited much interest as he ap-
peared bearing the Field-Marshal's baton of his deceased
commander and brother-in-arms. His lordship was Vice-
Admiral of North Wales and Carmarthenshire, Constable
of Carnarvon Castle, Ranger of Snowdon Forest. and
Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. He was also a Knight
of the Garter, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. -
The week, if rendered remarkable by the demise of a
hero, has also been signalised by the death of one whose
qualities in civil life were not less valuable than those
which distinguish the statesman or the military chief. On
Wednesday, last Henry Lord COCKBURN, one of the sena-
tors of the Scottish College of Justice, died at his house
in Edinburgh. Of Lord CocKBUBN it might be safely
said, that, as in the case of Professor WILSON, although
at one period an active and effective political partizan, he
had ceased in a great degree, if not altogether, from poli-
tical association, and devoted himself with genial cordia-
lity to the prosecution of those objects which, from their
thorough catholicity, are divested of party association. He
was a zealous and enlightened supporter of art in his
native country, as that could be made the means of eleva-
ting the national character. Simple-minded and earnest
of purpose, he was a painstaking and intelligent adminis-
trator of justice, and as one of the judges in the Supreme
Scottish Courts, he was at once respected and admired.
Within a few days also, another of the Edinburgh illu-
minati, has been gathered, a ripe ear in the human har-
vest, in the person of ROBERT JAMIESON, Professor of
Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. He
was the disciple and personal friend of WERNER, the
celebrated cosmoganist, and lived to be almost the last
eminent supporter of the great German crystalographer.
" The merrie month of May" is always looked forward
to as a season of hope and anticipated joy. In its balmy
breath the invalid expects returning health—the old pro-
mise themselves renewed pleasure under its azure skies
and sunny weather, and even
" The throng, in populous city pent,"
see pleasure in its advent. To the religious and sober-
minded it offers the attractions of its annual meetings, at
which the progress of religion and true philanthrophy are
recorded and enforced in strains of glowing eloquence.
Those who delight iu the refining influences of Art, wel-
come with May the Exhibitions of the Royal Academy,
and the other artistic societies. On Friday last Her MA-
JESTY, and a large party, honoured the private view of
the Royal Academy s eighty-sixth annual exhibition with
their presence. About two o'clock, the royal visitors hav-
ing left, the public portion of private visitors was ad-
mitted. This was, as usual, so numerous a body, that
the spacious galleries were crowded, and even stolen
glances of the chief pictorial attractions were obtained
with difficulty. Foremost in the competition for homage
was MICLISE'S large and powerful picture" Strongbow's
Marriage with the Princess Eva," occupying nearly a side
of the middle saloon. It is characterised by most of the
artist's peculiarities; ambitious daring in design, bold and
clever drawing, intrepid grouping, and his usual leatheri-
ness of texture. WARD, LANDSEER, FRITH, STANPIBLD,
FROST, and ROBERTS, together with LEE, CaEsswicx,
and COOPER, contribute each charming specimens. In
portrait, the invaders from the North carry off nearly all
the honours. Sir John WATSON GORDON and F. GRANT
in that walk distancing all competitors. In the sculptu-
ral department also two men from" Auld Reekie" stand
pm-eminent; these are W. C. MARSHALL and J. BELL.
As a whole, the exhibition is an exceedingly good one,
being less marked by striking and individual excellences,
than distinguished by general superiority. The Society
of Water-colour Painters this year display their fiftieth, or
jubilee annual collection, and a highly creditable one it is,
comprising dainty sea pieces and landscapes, from the
pencil of COPLEY FlELDlNG—truthful views by RlCHARD-
sox—fresh breezy coast scraps by BENTLEY—architecture
of almost more than natural richness by NASH, and cha-
racteristic gems from other veteran members of the
society.
The Royal Italian Opera, and the Royal Opera at Drury-
lane continue their rival claims on public attention. At
the former Madlle. Soria CRUVELLI forms the chief at-
trastion. On Thursday Her MAJESTY and Prince AL-
BB= honoured the performance of Rossner's " Otello"
with their presence—Madlle CRUTELLI sustaining the

rdle of Desciemona with great taste and judgment: As
Otello Signor TAMBERLIX was great, and his delivery of

the music-admirable. At old Drury the houses have been
excellent, and Madame CARADORI and HERR FORMES
have been able to sustain and justify their fame.

AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the entertainments
during the past week have been enhanced by the .per-
formances of Miss Swanborough, who has appeared as se-
veral of Shakspeare's heroines. Mr. Honey has likewise
lent his able assistance in depicting some of the leading
characters in our most popular comedies. Miss Grattan
and Mr. G. Melville have also been performing in a num-
ber of our most popular dramas. The latter is an actor of
considerable talent, and has made creditable appearances
in Othella and some other of Shakspeare's most favourite
characters.

~AT TEE
THEATRE ROYAL, which has been shut up
since, we learn with much satisfaction that the perfor-
mances given by the members of the Literary and Dra-
matic Society, on Monday last, were eminently suc-
cessful. As previously intimated, the proceeds were in aid
of the fund for the wives and families of soldiers abroad
on foreign service ; and the sum available for the benefit
of the charity amounted to £BO. Between the pieces Miss
Baker was presented with a valuable diamond ring, by Mr.
Millward, on behalf of the gentlemen amateurs. His wor-
ship the Mayor was present, and highly eulogized Miss
Baker upon her admirable impersonation of Lady Teazle.
The whole arrangements of the house were under the
superintendence of Mr. Shuttleworth, the obliging box
bookkeeper, and gave entire satisfaction.
TEE AZTEC LILLIPITTIANS.—These singularly interest-
ing members of the human family are now in course of
exhibition in the Music-hall, Bold-street, where they will
remain for only a short time. No small amount of con-
flicting statement and speculation has been expended in
reference to these extraordinary strangers ; but whether
concurring in the theory that they are representatives of
an antient and nearly extinct race, or are merely speci-
mens of the freaks of nature, they are, nevertheless, ob-
jects of deep interest. They are beautifully formed,
although small, and, in defiance of the receding meaFre-
ness of their foreheads, they present most of the indications
of lively intelligence. We understand that Mr. Morris, who
has charge of the Lilliputians, has intimated his willing-
ness to admit the children belonging to the various cha-
ritable institutions in Liverpool, on arrangements being
made with him as to the time at which they shall visit
the Music-hall. This generosity is highly creditable to
Mr. Morris, and we doubt not it will be duly appreciated.
THE TROOPS IF TtruirEr.—The following is an extract
from a letter received by a gentleman in Liverpool from an
officer in Constantinople :—" We have arrived here, having
on our arrival at Gallipoli been ordered to proceed here ;
we are comfortably quartered iu a barrack, but have
nothing to eat,

THE LIVERPOOL STAN

COMMERCIAL 4. MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE money market during the week has pre-
sented few changes worthy of notice, the value of
public securities having been but slightly affected
by the intelligence from the seat of war, and
monetary affairs generally appearing to be under
that state of apathy which has prevailed for some
weeks past. Thursday passed over without any
alteration having been made in the rate of dis-
count by the directors of the Bank of England,
and the returns on Friday, though showing another
diminution in the stock of bullion to the extent of
£196,780, were deemed to be less unfavourable than
had been anticipated. It was naturally to be
expected that the actual commencement of hosti-
lities, involving the necessity of additional taxes
and the export of specie to the Continent, would
seriously affect monetary arrangements in this
country, and, therefore, the steadiness of prices
and the little fluctuation which has taken place in
the price of stocks, must be considered as rather
favourable than otherwise. In searching for the
probable causes which have operated to produce
this state of things, we must bear in mind that
high prices have now prevailed for more than a
year, and that the activity which has been evident
in almost all descriptions of commercial and manu-
facturing business have rendered necessary the
employment of a much larger amount of the circu-
lating medium than ordinary. This was sufficient
to account for the steady drain upon the resources
of the Bank of England which has existed for a
long time past ; and now that the demand arises
from another quarter, the stagnation in the home
trade, by setting free a large amount of floating
capital, tends to render the demand from abroad
less oppressive than it otherwise might have been.
Our merchants, with exemplary prudence, have
been preparing for the anticipated pressure, so that
now it is less felt, and unless some unforeseen
circumstances should occur to disturb commercial
security, there appears at present no prospect of
any serious derangement.
The scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to raise six millions by Exchequer Bonds, bearing
interest at three and a half per cent., is now before
the public, and as the time for receiving tenders
expires to-morrow, it will soon be seen how far
the demand has been responded to. Should the
Minister be successful in raising the amount at
par, it will be but a sorry proof of his abilities as
a financier, for the money which this loan is to re-
place paid off obligations bearing only three per
cent. interest, so that the country will have to
pay about £30,000 a year for a mere ministerial
crotchet, which was to save twice the amount.
There have been several arrivals of gold from
Australia during the week, amounting to about
half a million. This will have a favourable effect
in the present juncture of affairs, when further
supplies are so much needed. We believe, how-
ever, that the evils to arise from monetary demands,
owing to war, have been considerably exaggerated,
and that, with the exception of a diminished de-
mand for home consumption, caused by additional
taxation, the part which Great Britain has engaged
to perform in the strife, may be undertaken with
far less exhausting effect upon our resources than
is commonly supposed.
The trade in the Cotton manufacturing districts
has been very inactive during the week, arising
in some measure from the lower prices of the raw
material, and influenced also by the prospect of a
speedy termination to the long-protracted strife of
the operatives at Preston, and to the recent dis-
turbances at Stockport, where many are returning,
to work on. the masters' terms. A notice of reduc-
tion in the rate of wages has also been given by
the millowners at Blackburn, and, in the face of
these reductions, buyers are withholding their
demands for Yarns and goods, with the expectation
of obtaining them upon easier terms. In the
Woollen districts,trade is in a very depressed state,
manufacturers still complaining that the present
low rates will not remunerate them for the high
price of the raw material. In the Hosiery and
Lace trades there is also great depression, from an
evident disinclination to purchase beyond imme-
diate requirements.
The Corn trade has been no exception to the
general dulness, and though prices have been
generally pretty steady, this is owing chiefly to
the firmness of holders and the recent unfavour-
able weather keeping vegetation backward. The
supplies, however, are fully equal to the diamond,
and, should warm genial weather set in, it is• ex- ;
pected that prices will go lower.. There is still
great complaint as to the high price of bread,
which is not warranted by the present rates of t
Wheat and Flour.

Our SHARE MARKET during the week has been
steady, the transactions having been few and
small in amount. There is an evident disinclination
to speculate, as neither a rise nor fall can be safely
calculated on. .Fo-DAY, being the let of May,
was kept as a holiday, and no business was done.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 22nd of April gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £1,767,723; Increase £2,359
Other deposits ... 12,053,525; Decrease 741,676
Rest ... ... 3,166,463; Increase 5,727
On the other side of the account—

Government securities £13,345,067, Decrease £337,529
Other securities ... 14,336,835; Decrease 426,421
Notes unemployed 4,291,815; Increase 13,690
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,270,195,
being a decrease of £220,160 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £13,314,093, showing
a decrease of £196,780, when compared with the
preceding return.

/MITE DIMARTMEN-T.

Notes issued ... £26,s62,oloGovernmt. Debt £11,015,100
loather Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.12,562,010
!Silver bullion ...

£26,562,010'
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

£28,662,010

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £13,349,067
Rest 3,166,453 Other Securities 14,336,835
Public Deposits 1,767,723 Notes ... 4,291,815
Other Deposits 12,053,525 Gold & Silver Coin 752,083
7.day & other bills 1,189,099
£32.729,800

£32,729,800

COTTON.—The amount of business done during
the week has not been large, owing to the dulness
of trade in 'Manchester, and the unwillingness of
spinners to purchase beyond their present wants.
The sales of the week, up to Friday, amounted to
37,470 bales, of which 7,060 were taken on specu-
lation, and 2,030 for export, leaving 28,380 for the
trade. Owing .to the scarcity of better qualities,
" Fair" was raised *d. in price, but " Middling,"
which is rather in over-supply, was about 1-16 d.
lower. TO-DAY, the advices per the Europa were
received, with accounts of lower rates on the other
side, and this, coupled with recent large arrivals
at this port, had the effect of still further depress-
ing lower qualities about 1-16 d. per lb. The sales
reached 5,000 bales, of which 10,000 were on spe-
culation and for export. The following is a com-
parison of present rates with those of the corres-
ponding period of last year

1863. 1854.
New Orleans, middling 5 13-18 d. Old.
fair ON- aid-
middling • 5 13-164. 5 5-164.
fair .......... - eid.

Uplands,

SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
r_......
This
.....—......., ,--.....--.., —.
DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Prey'. Week ,
ending ously ending Year. Apl. 28
Apl. 26 thisyr. Apl. 28
Sea Island l2 (426 2901
Stained — 709
5800 111371 199513
Boweds 3* 7 7200, 130330
Mobile 3l 6* 4370 61610 } 10270 360613 405520
New Orleans. 31 71 13320 277920
Pernams, &c. 61. 6, 290, 14650 356 10804 18010
Bahia, &c Si 6f 390 9560 •• • • 9669 10870
Maranham
Demerara,&c 11 20 240 .—. 124 140
Egyptian.. .sf 10* 3130 36130 291 10642, 57030
Com.W.l.Sic. 100 1990 3 1177 3270
Surat
710 0 }
311676 99626' 205380
Madras
974' 3690
Bengal — .... 880 .• • .
--- ---
37470 645930 24867 707100 723290

PaoDtroE.—No alteration to no tice in Sugar,
Coffee, or Tea; in Rice, little doing; prices of
Saltpetre nominal ; in Brimstone more doing ; Olive
Oil in more request ; a fair business in Palm Oil
as well as in Tallow. To-DAY, although the quan-
tity of Sugar on offer was moderate, yet the
demand was limited, and the business since Friday
is confined to 400 bags Madras, for refining, at
295. 9d., and 60 hhds. Cuba Muscovado, to the
grocers, at 345. 3d. to 345. 9d. per cwt. Nothing
has taken place in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. A
fair inquiry exists for common and medium Congou
Tea, at former rates ; in other classes there is
not much doing. 650 bags middling Bengal Rice
have been taken at 13s. 3d. ; 800 bags Saltpetre,
4 to 5 per cent. refraction, are also reported at 38s.
to 38s. 6d. per cwt., being a considerable decline
on previous prices. We have also to notice 1,000
pockets Calcutta Rapeseed, at 575. per quarter.
WOOL.—Manufacturers have manifested more
disposition to buy during the past week, and the
transactions have been a little more extensive
than for some time pads but at very low rates ;

yet the business has not reached anything like a
fair weekly average, nor is any great amount of
activity expected so long as the war remains in
its present state. Imports for the week, 786 bales :
viz., 363 East India ; 33 Portugal ; 150 Mediter-
ranean Ports ; 187 Buenos Ayres ; 38 Irish ; 6
Scotch; and 9 Coastwise.—ln Ireland, farmers'
parcels are being bought at 16s. per 161b5., and
Skin 15s. per 161bs. ; but it is not expected the
new clip will open quite so high.
TIMBER.—The market presents but few features
worthy of special comment.—Messrs. HOLME,
SLATER, and Co., in their monthly circular, say :
" The arrivals from British North America into the docks
of the Mersey during the month containing Timber, are
6 vessels, 6,262 tons, against 4 vessels, 3,047 tons, for the
corresponding period last year. The consumptive demand
is as good as can be expected under the present circum-
stances, and it will no doubt increase considerably, espe-
cially in the article of Spring Deals, which are far cheaper
than anything in the shape of logs. The arrivals of
Baltic Timber during the month are, 5 vessels, 1,241 tons,
against 4 vessels, 740 tons, for the corresponding period
last year. There has been rather more inquiry latterly
for this description of wood. The stock of common on the
market is sufficient, but there is a short supply of the
beter qualities."

THE FOREIGN AID SOCIETY: MEET-
ING LAST NIGHT.

LAST night the annual meeting of the Liverpool
auxiliary of this valuable and interesting society was held
at the New Music-hall, in Bold-street. There was a
highly respectable attendance, the beautiful hall, however,
being only about half filled.
The Rev. Dr. M`Neile occupied the chair, and the Rev.
Dr. Burgess, of ChelSea, attended as the deputation from
the parent society. Amongst the other clergymen present,
we observed : —The Rev. W. M. Falloon, D. Anderson, T. C.
Cowan, J. Bardsley, J. B. Lowe, S. Minton, H. Carpenter,
and Leveson.

The Rev. Dr. AVlSTeims said, amidst the many and
various objects claiming our attention at the present
time, and so well calculated to engage our sympa-
thies, it was pleasant to perceive that amongst some at least
of our great community the persecuted Protestants on the
Continent of Europe were not forgotten. Mr. Burgess, who
was the secretary of the parent society, visited them, and
came year by year to detail interesting information. We were
happily free from religious persecution in this country. So
far from persecuting, or in any way hindering the religious
worship of those who differ from them in this country, our
authorities encourage, endow, and educate those who are most
vitally opposed to them. This might be the other extreme.
Some thought it was, but that was not the present subject.
Mr. Burgess would, no doubt, fully explain to them the state
of circumstances in respect to then persecuted brethren
which existed in -Italy and France. Dr. M'Neile then pro-
ceeded to narrate some of the leading features in the present
position of French Protestants. As the meeting were aware,
they were few in number, and scattered throughout the coun-
try. They desired to meet in small numbers and hold their
spiritual worship. They claimed for liberty to do that—a part
of the constitution granted to the country when Louis Philippe
was king. In opposition to that part of the constitution
which granted liberty of Protestant worship, there existed
a clause er article of the old Code Napoleon, which left
the matter at the option of the local authorities, the
naaires or prefects. Many places of worship had lately
been closed in consequence. and an appeal to law had resulted
in a decision confirming this power of the local authorities.
The prefects were almost universally Romanists, and under
the dominance of Romish priests. The effect of such a
power, so vested, might easily be conceived. One important
circumstance had arisen out of this altered state of things.
In one department in the centre of France, the people were
all converted from Catholicism to Protestantism.- Upon that
an application was made twister the existing law that the
parish church should be given up to them. It was given up.
The statue of the Virgin was taken down, and the Ten Com-
mandments put up. The high altar was taken down, and a
communion table substituted : so that the pariah church be-
came Protestant; but the inhabitants, being Protestant, had
no right to meet for religious worship without the authority
of the prefect. He had refused his permission, and so the
pariah church was closed ! The Rev.. Dr. M'Neile then pro-
ceeded to show, by historical reference, the debt of gratitude
which the Protestants of this country have owed in past ages-
to the French and other foreign Protestants. The Protestants
of France, Germany, and Switzerland,. were in frequent cor-
respondence with our Reformers, and to what extent
their influence had moulded and given colour to the
English Reformation it was impossible to say. After
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the estimated number
of French expatiated Protestants who settled in this country
was 80,000. They brought with them their arts, their civili-
zation, and their silk-weaving ; they brought literature; they
presently got among men of political station and rank; and
some became merchant princes-in London, and the founders
of some of our most noble and distinguished families. It
was not generally known, either, that at the memorable Battle
of the Boyne, General Schomberg had-under him three regi-
ments of infantry and a squadron of cavalry, composed of
French Protestant refugees, who contributed no little by
their daring impetuosity in breaking the lines of the enemy
to the fortunes of the (lay. He claimed a debt of gratitude,
then, on behalf of French Protestants, and he wished those
arguments could be brought to bear upon the whole British
nation. We were engaged now in a critical struggle, in a
harmony with France marvellous in the history of England.
We were united with France in one arm to uphold the Turk—
France who with the other arm upheld the Pope. We were en-
gaged in one arm with France against the aggression of Russia,
to maintain the integrity of Midges', and the balance of
power in Europe. What it might lead to, God knows. What
our leaders intended, he doubted if they themselves knew.
What was this war for? What was to- be done ? We knew
the cause of it, to some extent ' but what was to be the end
of it ? Suppose that our fleets-were to abolish the Russian
fleets in the Baltic and Black Sea—suppose that the proud
anticipations of England were realised, and that the whole
Russian Navy was annihilated, what then? What had we
done ? We could not get at him.. He had an immense ter-
ritory. lie retired into the interior, and aggression into
Russia was impossible for her marshes and snows, and the
vast extent of country. What was to be done? We bom-
barded her towns on the coast, and stopped her trade, and
what then ? She might keep-us for years at war, and what
then ? As soon as we disbanded-our men, and withdrew our
ships, she would come out as before from her fastnesses and
forests and inaccessible tracts. of land. What could
we do ? It was a very serious question. He did not
know how far our diplomatists had forced it forward
in their own minds, or what they anticipated as the result of
a treaty to be forced upon Russia by her adversaries;.
but suppose they bad not been able to see through that, and
that with an honest enthusiasm they had taken up the cause
of the oppressed against the oppressor, saying we cannot see
what is to be the end of it, but trust in God for the end be-
cause we have a righteous beginning. Be it so, and the Lord
grant his blessing! Bat in the meantime don't let us forget
that, while the Emperor of France was taking part with us. in
the grand struggle,. in the great war which now engaged-the
attention of the world, he was not in a condition strongly to
interfere for the Protestants of bis own empire. His Majesty
was too much indebted to the priests to be able with safety,
policy, or politeness even, to interfere with their reverences'
desires ; and they were not the men, without pressure
from without, to relax their grasp on the Protestants of
the country. Still in some places the local authorities
gave them power to meet, and nothing would go further to
secure them their liberties than the sympathy and support
of England. The rev. gentleman concluded by reading a
letter from an eye-witness of thepresent state of things in that
country, who said "the authority of the Popish hierarchy
was no longer restrained, even by what were known as the
Gallican liberties, and it was urging the government to renew
the persecutions of Louis the Fourteenth. Journalists and
writers of eminence were not ashamed to defend the massacre
of St. Bartholomew's Day, and refer to the dragonade as a
rigorous, but well concerted scheme, to restore- unity to the
Church of France. The bodies of Protestants were exhumed
by orders of the prefects. and the bones of the heretics buried
with malefactors near cross-roads. Religious meetings were
forcibly dispersed by gendarmes and police, and every thing
threatened a renewal of those dark times which were unpa-
ra leled for their inhumanity in the history of the human
race." Dr. M'Neile then resumed his seat amid considerable
applause.
The Rev. Dr. BURGESS, of Chelsea, the deputation from
the Parent Society, was then introduced. He began by re-
turning thanks for the support rendered by Liverpool. The
great danger in the time of war was that the warfare between
religion and Satan would be neglected or forgotten. He was
anxious to give a little information about Italy before he went
on to France. There was one kingdom in Italy that profited
by the convulsions of 1848,—that was Sardinia, which
gained a constitution, by which toleration was granted to
other forms of worship than those of the Romish faith.
In that kingdom, as they were aware, there was an
ancient people that existed in the valleys of Piedmont,
and whose history could be traced to the 12th century.
They had !always been subject to persecution, and were
prohibited from having any place of worship out of their val.
lies. The revolution of 1848 removed that restriction, and a
magnificent Church bad been erected at Turin. 1,500 persons
were present on the day of opening, and in one winter 200 young
men of Turin had joined the Waldensian Church. and many
of them were becoming missionaries. A church was also
being erected at Pignerol. At Genoa there were Protestants
who desired a like privilege, and an old building was pur-
chased for 4'2,600, which had once been dedicated to the
Virgin Mary, but bad been latterly used as a warehouse. A
Romish archbialsep (Carves) had interposed to prevent them
taking possession of the building, and had appealed to the
king; but to his credit that monarch had never departed one
iota from the constitution to which be swore in 1848; he
therefore said that he could do no more than use persuasion.
They were going on with the building, and he hoped when
he came next year be would be able to congratulate them on
there being a Protestant church capable of bolding 1,000 per-
sons in the flourishing town of Genoa. (Applause.) One who
had formerly been a .Capuchin friar was now Protestant
schoolmaster at Favali. In the year 1853 there bad been
4,600 copies of the Scriptures sold in Turin and circulated
in various parts of Piedmont. This was a great event, and
had excited of course great opposition. The Romish bishops
of S ivoy and Piedmont had drawn up an address to the senate
and king on " the propagation of Protestant heresy." They
charged the Protestantswith" using the seduction of money. '
This seduction of money was an old story. In Piedmont,
France, and Ireland, evangelists were accused of buying
converts. Now, if the evangelists were the purchasers,
who brought them to the market? Who brought these
souls into the public market? They were all Roman
Catholics. If any man were so base, the system which
brought a man into that state of degradation was to blame.
lie saw bright spots in Italy. There were hopes for it, and
he could not but think that God had preserved that people
for centuries through fire and sword, to light the Gospel on
the Alps, so that it rbight shine over the plain of Marengo,
and even illuminate the very gates of Rome. (Applause.)
iThe to see that there could be no
ibcrtpyeloipulte were beginning
what was based upon the Gospel. They began to
see that the priests were not only the enemies of their souls,
but of freedom and social order, and that there could be no
such thing as constitutional freedom where priests are in the
y. (Applause.) Dr. Burgess then referred to the
ne;aegelization in France, and said he had good reason
that the present ruler did not persecute the Protestants,
though
lots,
kpteunetg
that he neglected the matter was possible. Several
Baptist chapels were closed in the department of the Aisne,
a aacoi iiodosh
tt, af.
char,
and one of their pastors sought an interview with the
Emperor at Compeigne. When the Emperor heard the facts
It was the old spirit of persecution which had
of the case, he said, " Certainly I like liberty of worship."
France, and from which the Church of Rome,
by its very nature, could never cease. To ask the Church'
of Rome why she did not cease to persecute, would be to
ask the wolf to cease to make the lamb to bleed. It
was only the circumstance of their being restrained by
c(Aomppelauu p (Applause.)
laws which prevented us from being in the same
position. He could enumerate eighteen places of
Protestant worship at this moment in France, where
the churches and chapels were closed. This was a dreadful
thing, and be hoped the power to persecute would be taken
from them. Either we must conquer the priests, or they will
conquer us. In some instances, when the ecclesiastical and
civil authorities are at variance, Protestants are allowed by
the latter to meet and preach when they please. On the prin-
ciple that the people cannot be made worse, our missionaries
are allowed to work. In Lyons and around it 139 agents in
all are at work, and these, added to students and scripture
readers, amount to 380 in full employment; but this requires
much maintenance. A deficiency has been experienced in the
money of maintaining this agency to the amount of more
than .41,000. In Lyons and the neighbourhood there are
eight congregations, mostly silk weavers, and nearly an
converts front Popery. These men contributed nearly 4'Boo
last year to the general fund. In what part of our country
could we give a parallel to this ? If France knew where her
strength lay, then might we feel confidence in those armies
which has gone forth in aid of our own. The time, he trusted,
was not distant when the Gospel shall be preached over the
continent. Then we shall have a peace such as Christ came
to disseMinateover the nations. If,through the cataract of war.
we can see the iris of peace rising over Or pry trhich towers

above the roar of battle, then will we have reason to bless
even the miseries of war.

The collection was here made, during which a hymn
was sung. - - .

The Rev. J. B. Lows rejoiced to witness the order as well
as the interest of the meeting, which had been, indeed, a mo-
del one. They had had the advantage of hearing one in all
respects conversant with the subject he treated of, without
being intruded on or hampered by the remarks of those less
acquainted with the subject. He could not deny himself the
opportunity of expressing satisfaction with the aid offered to
this society, notwithstanding the numerous home and gene-
ral societies whose claims upon all of us are so imperative.
This cause had some of the strongest claims upon our sympa
tides. It was to maintain Protestantism on the continent,
similar to our own exertions at home. How much of Popish
principle and practice, he might ask, come back upon Eng-
land from the continent of Europe? Have we not, then, an
interest in aiding the spread of true religion on the continent?
Even politically this is a matter of great importance. The Pro-
testants of France always manifested a wholesome sympathy
with English feeling, and never joined that ferocious anti-
English spirit, which from time to time had broken out in
France. The old watchword of the Bible must be our motto
of action, blessing God for all true Christianity. Heconcluded
by moving that this meeting desires to renew its expression
of Christian sympathy with the persecuted Protestants of the
continent.

The Rev. S. MINTON seconded the resolution. In doing so
he alluded to the insidiousness of Dr. Cahill and others of his
coadjutors in their efforts to obtain concessions, on pretext of
the services rendered by Popish soldiers in their alliance with
the French.

The meeting, after a benediction from Dr. M`Neile, broke
up.

AT ST. AIDAN'S DISTRICT CHAPEL, Regent-road, on
Wednesday, the collection amounted to £3 75., after ser-
mons by the Rev. Richard Dandy.
THE FAST DAY was observed at Manchester in the usual
way, the churches being open and most of the shops being
closed. The collections at the various places of worship
amounted to £952 16s. 92 d.
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following passed their
examination in the science and practice of medicine, and
received certificates to practise, on Thursday last —Henry
Pratt, Montreal, Canada; John Williams Hayward, Liver-
pool ; Charles Beresford, Congleton, Cheshire.
THE LIVERPOOL AND ST. JOHN, N. 8., packet-ship
John Barbour arrived hence at St. John, N. 8., all well, in
twenty-seven days—the quickest passage of the season.

Was MOVEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL.—The Cunard screw-
steamer British Queen sailed hence on Saturday morning,
with eighteen horses, and five staff and several ordinary
cavalry officers, under the command of Major Macyolt.
After receiving about 500 troops on board at Cork, she
will proceed direct to Turkey. The screw-steamer Baal-
bee also sails hence for Cork this morning, to embark
troops for the East.
THE MILITIA.—On Sunday the militia, now assembled
for drill, at the barracks, Everton, attended divine service
at St. Simon's Church, Gloucester-street. They marched
to and from the church in regular military style, with
band playing, &c.
PREVENTION OP SMOSE.—On Friday, a series of smoke-
annihilating experiments took place at Mr. Molyneux's
mill, Bootle-lane. The method tested was that patented
by Mr. C. W. Williams, director of the City of Dublin
Steam-packet Company, to whose vessels it is now applied.
Air is admitted through small orifices in front of the boiler
into the body of the furnace, which, being mingled with•
the gases, causes the smoke to be so reduced as to occasion
no inconvenience. The plan was put to severe tests.
Heavy charges of fuel were placed in the furnace- and:
ignited; dense volumes of smoke were sent from the
chimneys, but, immediately upon the apparatus being
brought to bear, the smoking- ceased, and the effect was
produced several times with equal success.
COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.—The upper school has been
highly honoured during the past week by the award, at
Cambridge University, to two of its late pupils of scholar-
ships in Trinity College, a distinction of the highest
character, and one which cannot fail to exercise a salutary
influence upon the exertions of both masters and pupils in,
the Collegiate Institution. The• names of the prizemen
are Webster and Rigby, both belonging to Cheshire, to
whose friends the intelligence must have been extremely
gratifying. They are the holders of the Gladstone and'
Canning exhibitions, awarded by the. Collegiate Institu-
tion to its most distinguished pupils, the-value of which is
£4O per annum.
MAIL FOR AIISTRA.LIA..—Notice has been given by the.
owners of the Red Jacket, that arrangements have been
made to delay the sailing of this vessel until to-morrow,
Wednesday, in order to afford merchants an opportunity
to forward duplicate letters of those• dispatched by the
Great Britain.

TIIE AMERICAN MrmsrEß, Mr. Buchanan, was on.
'Change on Thursday, with his worship the Mayor. He
had been stopping since Tuesday at the Adelphi Hotel,
his visit to Liverpool being. for the purpose of receiving his
daughter,. Miss Buchanan, who arrived on Friday, by the
Atlantic. Owing to questions of delicacy pending between
Englaiad and America, he wished his visit to be private ; and,
in,avoidance of all nationaLorpolitical displays, he declined,
with reluctance, to accept the Mayor's hospitality. He
went out only once, to meet a few select friends at dinner,
at the mansion of Mr. Bramley-Moore, who eagerly reci-
procated the kindness he so amply experienced on his re-
cent visit to the United States.

NEW STEAMERS.—On Thursday, Mr. John Laird,
Paunched from his Birkenhead yard the beautiful screw
schooner, built for Mr. Macgregor Laird, under contract
with the Admiralty, and intended for the exploration,
during the ensuing summer„ of the African rivers Niger
and' Tchadda. The ceremony of naming was performed
by the daughter of Mr. James. Bristow, banker, of Bel-
fast. The Pleiad is one of the-prettiest vessels afloat,resem-
blingsomewhat in appearancethe celebrated yacht America,,
and reflects great credit on her designers and builders.
She is 260 tons, old measurement,is fitted with engines of4o
horse power, by Messrs. Humphreys and Co., of Woolwich.
Oh Saturday Mr. Laird launched at the Birkenhead Float,
a beautiful screw vessel called the Tchadda, intended for
the exploring expedition to. survey the interior rivers of
Western Africa, during the ensuing summer. The Tchadda.
is, from her style of mould. and rig, a great novelty on the
iron vessels usually built here. She is, in fact, a schooner--
rigged yacht, of about 150 to 200 tons, very much resem-
bling in form the celebrated yacht America, but, of course,.
having a less depth of hold, to fit her for the shallow waters.
of the African rivers..

ACCIDENTS.—On Thursday night, George Johnson,
living at 23, Chapel-walks, went home in a state of intoxi-
cation, and lay down, near the fire. His wife left thelouse
for a short time, and during her absence he rolled so near
to the fire that his clothes ignited, and he was speedily in
flames. His cries brought assistance, but he was so fearfully
burnt all over before the flames were extinguished that he
died at the Northern Hospital on Saturday morning.r-On
Saturday Wm. Turner, Rose-place, Scotland-road,. plas-
terer, while at work at a building behind the Northern
Hospital, was struck on the head by a portion of falling
scaffolding, whereby concussion of the brain waaproduced.
He was carried into the hospital, where he is not expected
to recover. On the same day John Youds, of Collingwood-
street, a porter employed at the East Lancashire. Railway-
station, was assisting to discharge a case of machinery,
when it fell upon him, crushing his head, and literally
tearing off the scalp. He was also taken to the Northern
Hospital, where he lies in a dangerous state,.

SUICIDE. 'UNDER SINGULAR CIRCIIMSTANCES.—On
Sunday morning a young woman, named Mary Done,
servant to Mr. John Palin, butcher, Trafalgar-street,
committed. suicide under the following circumstances :
The deecased, who was about 19 years of age, was servant
in the family of Mr. Palin, who had on several occasions
missed sums of money, which he could. not account for,
and fbr the abstraction of which he had begun to entertain
suspicions of the deceased • but nothing of a very confir-
matory character occurred till Saturday. On that day,
having to pay a sum of money, he went to a repository in
which he had lodged £32, principally in silver, when he
found a very large deficiency, On this discovery he
asked the servant if she knew anything about it ; but she
denied all knowledge of it. Subsequently, however, un-
der the belief that the police were to be employed in
investigating the matter, the deceased confessed that she
had taken a portion of the missing money ; but would not
confess what she had done with it. A search was insti-
tuted, and, after much trouble, the sum of £2O, all in
silver, was found secreted in the chimney of Mr. Palin's
brother's bed room. It was then resolved by Mr. Palin,
that Mary Done should be sent over to her relatives in
Chester, as he did not wish to expose her. Overcome by
the sense of shame, and the dread of discovery, it would
appear the unfortunate girl committed suidide. She was
found lying dead in the pantry adjoining Mr. Palin's kit-
chen. A rope was found attached to a hook in a beam,
the other end, which had broken off, being about her
neck, which was dislocated. She was quite dead. No
other cause could be assigned for the rash act. An in-
quest will be held on the body this day.

BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A HUSBAND UPON HIS WIPE.—
On Thursday, Thomas pyres, a strong-built man, was
charged by police-officer 431 with having assaulted his wife
on the previous evening. Mr. Brooks, a gentleman who
was passing at the time of the outrage, said that about
seven o'clock he was proceeding up Brownlow-hill, when
he observed a crowd collected. On going up to ascertain
the cause, he saw the prisoner strike his wife a violent
blow. Mr. Walters, of the magistrates' clerks' office, said
he was passing at the time ; the prisoner kicked his wife
most severely behind; knocked her down, and threw her
on the pavement like a sack, and then dragged her by the
neck up an entry. The prisoner wished that his wife,
who was not present, might be called. It was stated that
the woman was confined in gaol on the charge of drunken-
ness. Mr. Wybergh explained that by the new act it was
not necessary that the wife should be paesent,—the act
made the case of as assault upon a wife an exception to
common assaults. Sentence : one month to prison, with
hard labour.

AZT UNION OF GLASGOW 808 1854.—1 t xlicr not be
generally known, that the committee of the nion of
Glasgow are extending the advantages derived from the
possession of a large number of subscribers to Liverpool,
for which a highly influential local committee has been
formed. A number of very valuable paintings, which
will be distributed as prizes this year, are now on view at
the Exhibition-rooms, in Postoffice-place. Amongst them
is a splendid painting by L. Hague, " The Audience-
chamber at Bruges," valued at £350; and some fine spe-
cimens by G. Hering, H. McCulloch, R.S.A., G. Harvey,
R.S.A., Gilbert, Saul, C. Vacher, Boddington, Copley
Fielding, &c., which will well repay a critical inspection.
An excellent engraving on steel of Landseer's " Return
from Deer Stalking," is presented to each subscriber.

JAMES MONTGOMERY, the poet, died on Sunday after-
noon, at his residence, The Mount, Sheffield, aged 82 years.
MAY DAY.—Yesterday being the Ist of May, most of
the horses in the streets of Liverpool were gaily decorated
with ribbons and streamers. The Wavertree and Gate-
acre omnibus had a team of six smartly caparisoned horses,
which attracted much attention.

LIKELY ENOUGH.—" Hallo !" said Mr. Rathergreen,
"what's this ?" pointing to the telegraph wires, " a clothes
line ?" " Yes," replied the friend who was with him
" here is where they hang the sheet lightning." Mr.
Rathergreen was struck, but he thought it might be true.
A LADY'S REFLECTIONS.—What a pity it is that men
keep their politeness and gallantries as we do our best
silks—for wearing before company.—How can men object
to our being so fond of looking in the glass, when they
fall into raptures about the Mirror of Nature ?
SETTING man RIGHT.—A lady passing along the street
during the frost, noticed a little boy scattering salt far the
purpose of clearing off the ice. " Well, lam sure," said
the lady, " this is real benevolence." ”TO, Am. 1,
ma'am," replied the boy, "it's salt,"..

THE EASTERN WAR.

VIENNA, APRIL 341—1 t is officially stated that the
only practicable harbour of Odessa was attacked on the
23d by nine steamers, when a battery of four guns was
destroyed, and one Austrian and eight Russian ships were
burnt. The city was bombarded with shells and rockets
for 10 hours.

The Oesterreichische Correspondence considers the
arrival of the Duke of Cambridge as an agreeable proof of
the friendship which exists between the two courts, and
expresses an opinion that the Duke has been convinced
that the maintenance of that friendship is sincerely
wished for here.

It is rumoured here that the- Austrio-Prussian treaty
has not yet been ratified, and apprehensions are expressed
lest the Russian party at Berlin should get the upper-
band, and persuade the King to refuse to sign the treaty
after the Emperor has done so.
ORSOVA, APRIL 26. The Turkish cavalry had
advanced to the river Schyl, without seeing the enemy,
The-Turks had not advanced beyond. Kalafat and the
neighbouring villages, but the greatest consternation pre-
vailed in Krajova.
It was fully expected that the Russians would under-
take-important operations against Rustchuk, Nicopolis,
and Rassova in a few days.

On,the 23d the fortress of Silistria remained uninjured..
It is not doubted that Omar Pasha will be able to
maintain himself until the allies arrive.
It is confidently affirmed that a Russian detachment
was completely defeated at Czernavoda on the 20th, but
reinforcements were seen advancing, and the Turks
retreated.

The• Trieste Zeitung says, "that up to the 16th inst..
three-steamers had taken 15 prizes in the Black Sea."
" One French steamer had run aground near Odessa, but
was got off in 20 minutes."
BERLIN, APRIL 30.—Baron Manteuffel, in his speech
at the closing of the Chamber, said that the credit voted
had enabled the Government to proceed on the course
which it had hitherto pursued. In perfect unity with
Austria, and in unison with the Western Powers, the
King would direct all his endeavours to restore peace,
and to obtain security for the future.
According to advices from Stockholm of the 24th,
Admiral Napier had had an interview with the King of
Sweden.

BELGRADE, APRIL 29.—0 n• the 24th, the Russians
evacuated in great haste their hospitals and magazines at
Kmj ova.

General Liprandi, and the division under his com-
mand. were expected the day aft.- at Krajova. which town.
he was to leave on the 27th.

The Turks from Kalafat have already occupied Mug-
Gunia, Pojana, and Palechti. They were expected
at Krajova on the 28tk or 29th.
According to advices from Constantinople of the 20th,
10,000 men of the combined French and English, force
had reached that city.
The 33d, 41st, 49th, 7.7 th, 47th, and 88th English, regi-
ments of the line were stationed at Scutari.

On the Sunday before the Patriarch published a procla-
mation to the Greeks, in which he advised them to remain
tranquil.
There was some talk of the return of Mehemet Ali
Pasha to the Government as Minister of War..

The 44th, 60th, 93d, 4th, and 28th English, regiments,
with the rifles, were still at Gallipoli,

Intelligence from Malta states that Lord Raglan arrived
there on the 25th, and left the same day by the Emu. Tha
Caradoc left on the 26th for Corfu, to convey the Duke of
Cambridge. The Masterman had arrived with artillery
horses, and several transports had also arrived.
The latest news from Berlin states that the treaty be-
tween Austria and Prussia having been signed by each
sovereign, it was expected that the ratifications would be
exchanged immediately.

DRE4DFUL COLLISION IN THE

CHANNKT.

TAR Bremen bark Favourite, Captain Hoegeman, with
180 passengers on board, from. Bremen to Baltimore,
which sailed on the 23rd ult., came; in contact at two
o'clock a.m. on Friday, when, off the• Start, with the
American barque Helper, Captain Jones, from Charlestown
for Antwerp. The Favourite was struck on the starboard
bow, cut down to the water's edge, and foremast carried
away. The captain, mate, and four of the crew got on
board the American barque during the collision, and the
crew, consisting of eight, are supposed to have got into
the boat; but the Favourite, with the whole of the pas-
sengers, must have sunk immediately, since nothing
could be seen of her at daylight. The American barque
proceeded on her voyage, but, as we are informed, also
sustained damage, The captain, mate, and four men of
the Favourite, who got on board the American barque,
were landed at Portsmouth on Saturday by the Agenora
pilot boat, and are now under the care of Mr. Vander-
bergh, the Bremen Consul, and as they only escaped with
what they stood upright in, will be supplied with the
necessaries and sent on to Bremen. The remainder of the
crew, supposed to have taken to the boat, have not as yet
been heard of.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY EVENING, MAY L

LONDON.—The Commercial Daily List states that
Consols were nominally, quoted at about 88. To-day the
Stock Exchange is shut. On 'Change, P. Y. C. Tallow
465. 6d. on the spot. 15,000 bags Muscovado Manilla
Sugar sold at 17s. 6d. Scotch Pig Iron, 825.; Spelter,
£23. About 2,000 bags of Rice sold at full prices.