The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-28 00:00:00

TRUSTEES

R. 8.8. H. Blundell, Esq,
;TORS.
Esq. Chairman.
and Esq.,
Turner, Esq.,
%airmen.
James Lawrence, Esq.
Thomas Lee, Esq.
Francis Maxwell, Esq.
Robert M'Andrew, Esq.
Edmund Molvneux, Esq.
J. Bramley Moore, Esq.
Henry Moore, Esq.
:TAarnic leisl2wnnclairs,ctsq.
John rr, Esq.
AUDITOR.
William Titherin -
PHYSICIAN.
Richard Formby, M.D.
•
SURVEYOR.
Samuel Holme, Es
KENHEAD BRANCH,
Ha tltott Buildings, Hamilton-street.

In, Esq.

SURGEON.
Hugh Neill, Esq.
SOLICITOR.
Sentimus Booker, Esq.

SUROEON FOR BIRKENHEAD,
James Theodorick Vale, Esq., Hamilton-square.
SURVEYOR FOR BIRKENHEAD.
William Cole, Esq., Architect.

The Directors beg to announce that they continue to RE
CEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSURANCES.
The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in-
fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to take rank with the most
eligible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages
offered to the Public.

FIRE INSURANCES
Will be effected at moderate rates of premium. The Company,
having the advantage of a resident Directory, will he enabled
to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of
Claims.
No Charge matte for the Policy.

LIFE BRANCH.
Extracts from Rates of Premiums for the Whole of Life.
Age. With Profits. Without Profits.
s. d. s. d.
20 1 19 4 1 14 11
30 2 9 9 2 4 10
40 3 4 l 2 18 6
50 4 8 3 4 1 7

The. Company likewise assure Lives on any of the following
contingencies, v 4..

,
For the term of ONE YEAR, SEVEN YEARS, or any other de-
finite period.
For the WHOLE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums to
cease after a LIMITED NUMMI:. OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS.

On Two Jot NT LIVES.—The sum Assured to be paid on the
death of either.

On the longest of Two OR THREE LIVES the sum Assured to
be payable at the death of the last Survivor
• On SURVIVOnsm es to secure payment of the sum Assured,
if a Life A die before another Life B, or
For a Sum to be payable at age 60, or at death.
The important advantages offered in; the Company in the Life
Branch will include the following, viz:—
ME GUARANTEE OF A NAMPLE'CAPITAL AND EXEMPTION
OF THE ASSURED FROMp LIABILITY OF PARTNERSHIP.
MODERATE PREMIUMS.—Avoiding, on the one hand, an UN-
NECESSARILY HIGII RATE OF PAYMENT BY THE ASSURED,
and, on the other, THE DANGER RESULTING FROM INADE-
QUATE CHARGES.

LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE ASSURED,
amounting to Two-Tutans of its net amount, which may be
applied at the option of the party effecting the Assurance.
lst,—By an immediate payment of the sum so apportioned;

2d.—.Bp an equivalent reiluction of the future premiums; or
3d.—By an equivalent increase of the sum assured.
SMALL. CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT.
PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.
RESIDENCE IN ANY PART OF EUROPE allowed without Any
additional charge.

POLICIES LAPSED BY NON-PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM,
may be renewed within three months, by payinc, the premium
with a fine of 10s. per cent., on the production of evidence to the
satisfaction of the Directors of the good state of health of the
Life Assured.

The Company will always be prepared to PURCHASE the Po-
LICIES Of this Office at their EQUITABLE VALUE.
Assurances may be effected when needed with the UTMOST
SECRECY AND DESPATCH.

No ENTRANCE MONEY, nor any charge except for the Policy
Stamp.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors.

PERCY M. DOVE, Manager:
N.B. The Directors are willing to receive applications from
Persons of INFLUENCE, INTELLIGENCE, and ACTIVITY,
to undertake AGENCIES throughout the Counties of Lancas-
ter, Cumberland, Chester, and elsewhere, it being their deter-
mination only to appoint Agents possessing those qualifications.
Policies falling due at MICHAELMAS, should be renewed on or
before the 14th of October next.
25th September; 1847.

The following AGENTS, among others, have been appointed :
Audletn - . Fdward Bays.. Combermere Abbey.
Bolton Thomas WarburtOn..
Blackburn John Matthews 4, Paradise-Oreet.
Bury T. A. Weston District Bank.
(Morley George Houghton.... Stamp-office.
Chester Samuel Brittain, jun.. Solicitor.
Do. Ducker and Bayne .. Eastgate-row.
Edgehill John Grierson, 3, Olive4treet.
Haslinoden Thomas Woodcock, solicitor.
Knatsjord William Taylor Ironmonger.
Lancaster Yeats Welch lO, Penny-street.
Low-hill Tames Wensley Gloucester-place.
Manchester Houghland & Leese.. 51, King-street.
Do. G. V. Ryder lOO, King-street.
Macclesfield John May Solicitor. •
Nesto 3 Fdward K. liollingshead.
Northwlch George Beckett Draper.
Old Swan & Stanley Samuel C. S.n,,alle .... Church-road.
Ortnskirk Robert Wars i-ig Solicitor.
Present I'dward Brown Market-place.
Rockdale Matthew Weston .... 172, Yorkshire-street
Scotland-road, Liverpool.. Wm. Roxburgh, 23, Great Nelson-
Feaconzbe set North.
1,-.7h Banner Estate Agent.
Stockprley ort 'MOMS Cartwright.
Tarpo
Wil 1 iam Aston Grocer. &Tea Dealer.
Torteth-park
Teeepb Harrison .. .4, St. James's-place.
UlveYee+i T. I'r ars".,,n Postlethwaite. :Solicitor.
Wigan . WocAcocli, Lart, and Scott. , Solicitors.

TARVIN HALL SCHOOL,
NEAR CHESTER,
For the Education of One Hundred resident Pupils,
under the superintendence and tuition of the
following resident Masters
Master of the Grammar
NthellUßniNivDerLsiEtyYl'9l
Ass STANT—CH ARLES,
SENIOR CLASSICAL
WADDINGH9I
bridge.
P ntblrilNedC(..4.lePd;ASWLii nirsOfoolirfd Hospit3;
ASSISTANT CLASSICAL MASTER—H. C. LEAVER, BA.,
Pembroke College, Oxford.
ASSISTANT MATHEMATICAL MASTER.—W. J. REYNOLDS,
8.A.. Queen's College, Cambridge, in First Class Mathe:na-
tica: Honours.
FOREIGN MASTER—JOSEPH DEMPSEY, formerly of Paris,
and of the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg.
PROFESSOR OF MUSlC.—Vacant.
COMMERCIAL MASTER—R. KEARY.
ENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN—WM
LIAM HOBDAY.
PRACTICAL SURVEYINU—RICHARD DAVIES.
FENCING AND DRILL MASTER—JOSEPH DEMPSEY.
Attendant Masters.
DRAWING MASTER—Mr. T. BAILEY, Chester.
DANCING MASTER—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, Chester.
VISITING SURGEON—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, Chester.
TERMS :
Including instruction in Greek, Latin, French, German, Ma-
thematics, Navigation, English, Singing, Drawing, Dancing,
and Drill; also the charges for Stationery, Drawing Mate-
rials, Seat in Church, and ordinary medical attendance—
Under 15 years of age Fifty Guineas per annum.
Above 15 years of age Sixty Guineas per annum.
Private Pupils.. One Hundred Guineas per annum.
Payments in advance either Quarterly or Half Yearly.

cstraren College, Cam-
sedusen ; formerly Second
Brigg, and Head Master of
qidowed School, Worcestershire.

NES, Trinity College, Dublin.
MATHEMATICAL MASTER—THOS.
1.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cam-

THE SHAKSPEARE MEMORIAL

AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF ' GREAT

BRITAIN.

The especial object of the subjoined Meeting being under the
Patronage of
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER,
H.R.H, THE PRINCE•ALBERT,
Right Hon. the Earl Delawarr, Lord Brooke,
RightHon.theEarl of Warwick, I-lon. C. B. -;
Right Hon. the Earl Denbigh, Sir R. , Bart., M.P.,
Right Hon. the Earl Howe, Sir rockmoiton, Bart.,
Viscount Villiers, . Skipworth, Bart.,
Lord Lifrord, it Charles Douglas, M.P.,
Lord Redesdale, E. J. Shirley_, Esq., M.P.,
Lord Leigh, W. Collins, Esq., M.P.,
The Mayor and Co ation of Sti atford-upon-Avon, &c.

In accordance Vtlfthe Advertisements, a PUBLIC MEET-
ING, duly conve ed, took place on FRIDAY EVENING, the 13th
of August, 1847,at Eight o'clock, at the Hanover-square Rooms,
London, his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE having
been prevented from taking the chair, owing to a pre-arranged
departure for the Continent, the Right Hon. Lord DUDLEY
STUART, M.P., had been invited to preside.
Previous to the resolutions being submitted, the Original
Oration upon the Life, Character, and Genius of the Poet, was
pronounced by the Author and Originator of the Meeting; after
which the following letter was read from Lord Dudley Stuart,
M. P.:—

_ .
" St. .Tanies's-place, August, 1847.
" Lord Dudley Stuart presents his compliments to Mr. Geo.
Jones, and thanks him for his very kind and obliging letters ;
and begs to say that be cannot possibly have the pleasure of
accepting the honour Mr. Jones so kindly proposes conferring
on him, viz., that of taking the Chair at the Public Meeting to
be held this week, for the purpose of preserving Shakspeare's
House' to the Nation, previous engagements causing his ab-
sence from town."

Whereupon it was moved, seconded, and carried by accla-
mation—
That GEORGE JONEF, Esq., Historian, and Honorary Mem-
ber of the Royal Shakspearian Club, be the Chairman of this
Meeting.
Moved by the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. JEFFS, and
carried unanimously—
That the Right Honourable Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., be
invited to be the Honorary Treasurer of the proposed Memorial
Fund.

Moved by C. DE LA PRYME, Esq., seconded by Mr. RAM-
' say, and carried unanimously—
That the Founder and Chairman of the present Meeting be
appointed Chairman of The People's Central Committee of the
k!hcaspeare Memorial Fund.
The following Resolutions (drawn up and read by the Chair-
man) were then submitted to the Meeting for its approval ;
when, after discussion, and a motion for adjournment being
lost by a large majority, they were
Moved by T PURLAND, Esq., seconded by Mr. RAMSEY,
and carried unanimously, with only one dissentient, viz. :
RESOLUTIONS :

Whereas it is officially announced that the House at Strat-
ford-upon-Avon, in which the great Dramatic Poet of England
was born, is to be sold at Public Auction, this meeting views,
with profound anxiety, even the possibility of the House of
Shakspeare being mutilated, removed, or destroyed by the
hands of avaricious speculation, when it is regarded by the Na-
tion as an heir-loom of the people of England L,and, if permit.
ted to be destroyed, or even removed from tire possibility of
receiving the devotional respect from the future Pilgrims of
Poetry, the present age will receive from posterity a lasting re-
proach which no time will cancel —will be charged with a
criminal inaction which no excuse can even palliate.
Therefore, it is Resolved,
That this Meeting form itself into a Committee, to be called
The People's Central Committee of the Shakspeare Memorial
Fund, and that the said Committee consist of the following
Gentlemen, with power to add to their number :
Sheridan Knowles, Esq., Albert Smith, Esq.,
•
Dr. Partridge, G. K. Huxley, Esq.,
T. G. Margary, Esq., C. H. Case, Esq.,
T. Tyler, Esq., A. Richmond, Esq.,
J. Morgan, Esq., J. H. Hand, Esq.,
R. Williams, Esq., T. P. Healey, Esq.,
Chas. de la Pryme, Mr. E. Evans,
T. Purland, Esq., Mr. George Harris,
H. W. Pearson, Esq., I Mr. R. Jeffs,
T. B. Lacy, Esq., Mr. Ramsey,
• Mr. F. T. Fowler, 8:c.

Resolved,
That a Public Appeal be hereby made to the People of Great
Britain for a National Subscription (even by the smallest coin
of the Realm) for the purpose of purchasing the Shakspeare
House and Property, and vesting it jointly in the name of the
People of England in the Trusteeship of the Royal Shaksperian
Club, and the Corporation of Stratford-upon Avon for ever :
the former A..sociation having been originally established for
the express purpose of preserving the Relics of Shakspeare,
and rendering an annual tribute to his memory.
Resolved,
_ _

That this keeting views with the most fervent admiration,
the Patronage accorded at this time to the Royal Shakspearian
Club by His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, which, together
with the munificent donation of .250 towards the especial ob-
ject of this Meeting, cannot but increase the profound respect
and esteem already entertained for the Prince-Consort by the
People of Great Britain.

'Resolved,
That the munificent donation of £lOO by Her Majesty, The
Queen Dowager, towards the same National Object, merits the
respectful and fervent thanks of this Meeting; and being called
forth upon this—the anniversary of the Queen Adelaide's birth-
day—they are conjoined with the devotional wishes of this
assembly, for the continual health• and happiness of Her
Majesty.
Resolved,
That this Meeting recommends that the surplus funds arising
from the National Subscription (either from the People, Asso-
ciations, or otherwise) atter paying the purchase-money of the
Shakspeare House and Property, (and incidental expenses,) be
disposed of as follows, viz.:-Ist, To the erecting of a Public
Statue to the honour and memory of the Poet, either in London
or at Stratford. 2dly, To the founding of a Shakspeare Scho-
larship at either the University of Cambridge or Oxford. And
3dly, To the establishing of a Shakspeare Charitable Institution
for the Poor and Infirm of the Poet's Native Town.
•
Resolved,

,
That this Meeting regards the intended sale of Shakspeare's
House by Public Auction with abhorrence, and as a disgrace to
England and an insult to the memory of th,! Poet ; and that the
rejection of the generous offer (at private tiale) of Two Thou-
sand Pounds, made by the originator of this Meeting—George
Jones, Esq.—plainly indicates the final determination of the
parties interested : and therefore this Meeting does not hesitate
to proclaim, that anv person,_ or party, who would wantonly or
avariciously sport with the Property, so as to endanger the per-
manent safety of the Birth-place of Shakspeare, deserves to
receive from the people of England the lasting infamy which
such conduct would justly merit.
Resolved.

That this Meeting earnestly recommends that a Branch Com-
mittee of this—the People's Central Committee of the Shak-
speare Memorial Fund—be established in every City and Town
of Great Britain, founded upon a Public Meeting of the People,
to do honour to the Great Poet who arose from among them-
selves; and that the said Branch Committee (when formed)
arc hereby respectfully invited to communicate (with the result
of their Subscriptions) with the Chairman of the People's Cen-
tral Committee in London.

ReBolved,
While this Meeting, from its early announcement, justly
claims the priority of the first
_public movement to rescue
Shakspeare's House—) et it gratefully recognises the efforts that
are being made by the several Societies and Associations, to
collect Subscriptions among themselves; and since all must be
actuated by the same generous impulse—this Meeting, through
its Committee, offers its fervent co-operation in the good cause,
and expects the same courtesy in return.

, Fes 'red,
That Subscriptions (either by Cheque, Postoffice Order,
Stamps, or otherwise) be authorised to be receivedat the fol-
lowing Banks (permission having been kindly granted to open
Subscription Books and to receive Donations) viz. :—The Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, St. James's-square; the London
Joint Stock Bank, Pall-Mall ; Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill,
City ; the London and Westminster Bank, Lotbbury, City ;
the London Joint Stock Bank, Princes-street, City; and also
by George Jones, Esq., Chairman of the Committee, 15, Mad-
dox-street, Hanover-square; and that all Subscriptions, with
the donors' names, be recorded in an especial book for public
inspection, and kept in Shakspeare's House at Stratford-upon-
Avon.
I'. P. HEALEY, Esq., accepted the appointment of Honorary
Secret ary Jiro tem.
A vote of thanks was then proposed, seconded, and carried
by acclamation for the Chairman ; also a vote of thanks to the
Proprietor of the Ilanover-square Rooms, for his liberality in
aiding the cause by granting their free use.
GEORGE JONES,
Chairman of the People's Central Committee, Sze.
*** All communications to be ad.lrei zed to the Chairman of
the Commiioe, 15, Maddos-t.trett, ilanovu-square, London.

MILNER'S PATENT FIRE RESISTING SAFES.—We fre-
quently hear and read of discoveries and inventions that
come before the public, some of which are of unquestion-
able utility, while many more have but a transient practi-
cal exi,tence, and arc applicable, if at all, in only isolated
cases; but the tent safes and boxes, the invention of
our townsmen, Messrs. Thomas Milner and. Son, for the
preservation from fire of books, and all descriptions of
valuable deeds and documents, have progressively attained
increasing public estimation—to such an extent, indeed,
after the severest proofs of their value in numerous de-
structive fires throughout the country, as to entitle the
inventors to the reputation of being national as well as
individual benefactors. A recent extensive fire in Man-
chester has added an additional proof of the efficacy of
these invaluable depositories. We have before us a copy
of a letter addressed to the patentees, by Mr. Thomas
Haigh, woollen merchant, New Brown-street, who occu-
pied a portion of a stack of buildings, consisting of ware-
houses, offices, and shops, in the street named, and also
in Pool-street and Pool-lane, in which every other safe
(some of them called fire-proof) was burnt out,—the
whole of the buildings being completely gutted by the
fire ; while out of Mr. Haigh's property, amounting
in value to £BOOO, the only salvage was the contents of
his (" Milner's") safe, containing his books, a quantity
of valuable papers, watches, &c., which were recovered
uninjured. Mr. Haigh handsomely acknowledges the
excellence of these fire-resisting safes, and strongly re-
commends them to the public. The principle upon which
these safes are constructed, and with unerring efficiency,
as we have before explained in detail, is the generation of
steam in proportion to the intensity and duration of the
fire—keeping the combustible contents in an adequate
degree of moisture to prevent ignition. In such estima-
tion are these depositaries held by our public offices, after
their utility has been proved so repeatedly in many towns
in the empire and abroad, (confirming the strong recom-
mendations of our Polytechnic Society and other scientific
bodies, after they had severely tested them experimentally
in red heat,) that upwards of 20,000 safes are in use.
Nearly all the register offices in the kingdom have been
supplie:l with them by order of the registrar-general. Oer
own Select *Vestry 1. ,e just ordered ten additional safes
to the thirty already in the use of that department.. The
patentees are fitting a strong room for the custo;ly of the
valuable deeds and documents of the Bridgewater Trust,
at Manchester ; and every nobleman in England should
follow the example of the Earl of Ellesmere, as well
as every public establishment. The room is double
matted and chambered throughout—the door is Milners'
" holdfast" and fire-resisting door, consisting of half-inch
thick wrought iron outside—the same as their " holdfast"
safes—shooting out fourteen bolts, five on each side and
two each top and bottom, secured by Milners' impreg-
nable lock. In the construction throughout numerous
improvements are introduced well worthy of minute in-
seection—really 2naking this one of the strongest seffe-
doors in the world—lined throughout with the fire-resist-
ing chambers, defying alike tire and violence. Inside the
room the books and deeds are to be arranged alphabeti-
cally in twenty of Milners' safes. At a cost of from £3OO
to £4OO the invaluable title-deeds, books, and valuables
of one of the largest and most valuable estates in the
country will lie rendered secure and impervious to any
fire that can approach them. This extraordinary door
Messrs. Milner will be glad to shew at their works, 50A,
Lord-street, where it will be on view until Friday next, at
four o'clock. In fine, from what we have for years past
observed of the excellence of Messrs. Milners' fire-resist-
ing safes, the principle of which. they can readily adapt to
the wants of all parties, that is, on a small or an extensive
scale, we feel assured that merchants, bankers, and others
who may lose valuable papers by adhering to the ordinary
(so-called) safe, derive little sympathy from the dis-
cerning portion of the public.
PIGOT'S PLIEET
. Onr.—This admirably got up and in-
dispensable work now pubUied lw Mr. Slater, of
Manchester. It is at once a history to the nation as it
is—a great . tribute to commerce and civilisation in
England.

IiOYA T. AMPHITHEATRE:. Although many novelties
were bronght out last week, the public have been graticHd
with the reproduet ion of several established favourites. The
beautiful and correct representations of the exterior and
inter:or of Sllnkspeare's honse have formed the great at-
traction, cud have been much adwired.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

The city capitalists appear to be under the impression
that the pressure upon the money-market is about to de-
crease, and a slight rally in the price of the public secu-
rities has been the result. A few more failures have takes
place—one in Liverpool, to the extent of .f..-300,000; bat
such cases, unlike those of houses in the same position as
Messrs. Sandersons, do not really affect the general tone
of our monetary affairs. Many more similar failures of
parties who have speculated beyond their means, and out
of their proper business, are doubtless to follow. These,
however, will only affect the individual means of those
houses with whom they have bad business.
The real difficulty of our position, however, is only be-
ginning to show itself. Tied down, as we are, to the for-
tunes of the old lady in Threadneedle-street, the following
statement, which we extract from the city article of the
London. Times of Saturday, is pregnant with matter for
anxious consideration :

" The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 18th of September, gives the following results
when compared with the previous week :
Public Deposits.. £8,749,178 Increase.... £583,395
Other Deposits .. 7,185,073 Increase.... 204,080
Best 4,020,878 Increase.... 20,874
On the other side of the account :
, Government securities£ll,636,34o thesameas before
Other securities .... 18,740,486 Increase 937,102
Notes unemployed .. 4,372,940 Decrease 193,635
The amount of notes in circulation is £17,932,465, being
' an increase of £91,900; and the stock of bullion in both
departments is £8,880,490, showing a decrease of £34,582
when compared with the preceding return."
The decrease of the month, however, amounts to
£370,000. We have also to take into consideration the
probability, amounting' almost to certainty, of approach-
ing large imports of cotton and corn from the United
States. The forthcoming crop of cotton is set down as
large ; and the result even of such an anticipation must
be the pressing forward of the stocks of last year, known
to be kept back. We have, moreover, no confidence in
the opinion expressed that the American farmers will hold
back their immense stocks of grain. Both must come for-
ward ; and they must be paid for principally in bullion,
whils;, the state of the exchanges between this country and.
America is not such, or likely very shortly to become
such, as will attract much gold to this country. Upon this
subject the Manchesier Guardian, of Saturday, contains
the following calculation, which is a tolerably correct
statement of the case :

" Our attention has been called to a typographical error
in the calculations as to the rate of exchange at which gold
will begin to return to this country, which appeared in
our number of Saturday last. The price at New York of •
100 sovereigns, at kr4 83c. was printed s-488 33c. instead
of .8483 33e. Corrected, the calculation will stand as
follows :

Supposing the exchange goes to 110— ,8' c,
Xl6O, at 110 per cent. would produce.... 488 88
100 sovereigns, at :84 83c (the New York
price), would cost 483 33
Freight to Liverpool, 1 per cent
Commission and other charges, ate per cent 2 41

Cost, laid down in England S'4BB 15
S 9 that it would really require an exchange of above 110
t ► bring specie back."
A still further contraction of the currency, therefore,
may be calculated upon, to take place in the course of the
next three months, which will severely try the stability of
commercial men.

Our cotton market is acted upon by the recent advice:
from America, which hold out hopes of an increased crop,
and by the state of the money market. Prices this week
have declined N. per lb. for American, and id. for Egyp-
tian, Brazil, and Surat. The sales have been 24,700
bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation, and 3,200 for
ex port.

The state of the Manchester market we give in the
usual place; and in addition we subjoin the following
extract from the circular of Messrs. Gibson and Ord,
.of
that town, dated 22nd instant:—

" Our last circular gave you but a gloomy aspect of
affairs, and we regret now to be obliged to state, that,
great as were the feelings of depression and apprehension
then existing, they have been fearfully aggravated by the
events of the past month. Failures to an enormous and
almost unheard-of extent .have taken place, involving in
the aggregate an amount little, if anything, short of five
millions sterling. Under such circumstances, it could
not be expected that anything short of an almost total
suspension of business would take place, and that the
ordinary channels of discount would be closed, During
the present week, no further disasters have been reported
from Landon ; the funds show son►e improvement, and
generally there is manifested a better feeling. Still, so
great is the prostration of mercantile credit, and cor-
responding difficulty in obtaining money facilities, that
we fear many more suspensions must take place; more
particularly, as in many cases the acceptances of the failed
houses will come back on parties whose resources are
abroad, and who will thus be unprepared to meet such •
an emergency. The year will probably close upon ns •
without any very material improvement; the ordeal we
shall have passed through will have been so searching,
that our progress to a better state of things, marked as it
will be by the greatest caution, must be slow, but not the
less certain and continuous on that account. We have
many elements in existence calculated to produce this
change, and we look with confidence to its being brought
about, when the effects of undue speculation and over-
trading shall have passed away. The result of our har-
vest, and consequent reduction in the price of food—the
improved end improving state of the exchanges, with the
almost certainty of an import of specie both from the
United States and the continent of Europe—the probable
increased supply of cotton—together with the enhanced
demand for our manufactures which must follow the
cheaper food on the continent, and to supply in foreign
markets the deficiency's of this year's exports—all com-
bine to place our prospects in a very different position to
That they were at the same period of last year. To these
ingredients we hope at no very distant day to be able to
add that of a suspension of calls to a large extent for rail-
way projects, as this matter is now engaging the attention
of the mass of business men, and will, we think, be so
brought to bear as materially to, lessen this incubus on
the commerce and industry of the country."
The corn markets throughout the country have declined
during the past week, and there seems every probability
of further depression. Undoubtedly prices are at this
moment held up by the fact that large stocks are kept out
of the market by various bankrupt firms; and when these
come in, along with the imports which may be expected,
we look for very materially reduced prices of all descrip-
tions of bread stuffs.

The Bank Directors separated on Thursday, after corn-
ing to the decision of extending the minimum rate of 5/
per cent. interest to bills not exceeding two months. Oa
bills of more than two mouths, and not exceeding three
months, the rate of discount will be 6 per cent. The in-
creased accommodation afforded to the mercantile world
by this extension, has been, of course, very satisfactory
to the trading interests. In the general discount markets,
the rate of accommodation continues unchanged, and the
brokers and private bankers are in some cases rather ad-
verse to doing much business. Other discount houses
manifest more disposition to render assistance where they
consider they can safely do so.
The variations that took place in Consols last week,
amounted to nearly one per cent.—fortunately on the right
side for the fundholder, prices having advanced to that
extent. The market has, however, been far from steady,
owing to the aspect of political relations, which stand in
anything but an agreeable position. For the last three or
four days the arrival of the continental mails has been re-
garded with extreme anxiety, the intelligence from Italy
and Austria. at this juncture, being of the highest impor-
tance. Had it not been for these considerations, the value
of most Stocks, under the beneficial influence of a calmer
state of things in the commercial world; would, we have
reason to believe, have yet further improved. 011insoIs for
Money left off, on Friday night, at tl6k to I, and for the
Account at BR to a. Exchequer Bills were not so grod
as in the early part of the week. They closed on Friday
at 4s. to Bs. pm.

THE CRICKET MATCH AT KNOWSIFX.—This match
came off on Saturday between the Edge Hill Club and-
the Knowsley party. The Edge Hill first took the bat
and scored 80. The Knowsley party then went in and
scored 59. The second innings was not quite so fortunate'
for the Edge Hill gentlemen, the Knowsley side display-
ing much more activity than in the first innings. The
last wicket of the Edge Hill gentlemen being lowered,
Knowsley again went in, and after some fine playing, six
o'clock was called, and he stumps drawn, when the Edge
Hill claimed the game, as having been previously arranged
that should the second innings not be concluded by that
hour, the first innings should decide the game. The crack
members of the Edge Hill Club were selected for the
occasion, and the Knowsley party consisted of Lord Clive,
the lion. Mr. Herbert. Pisitrym, Esq., °swell
Per Ecq., Geoll'r,w Esq., James Hornby,
Ei.q. the Rev. 4r.. M)rahams, and four men' in the
employ
of the Knowsley family.
A BURIED WOMAN ALIVE. " Truth is strange,
stranger than fiction,' and the following story is not
more extraordinary than true :—Two or three weeks ago
the daughter of an old soldier, who resides in Miller-street,
in the north-eastern part of the city, was seized with
fever, and was conveyed to one of the hospitals. The old
man, of course, made frequent inquiries at the hospital as
to the progress of the disease, and was pained to learn, on
every visit, that his daughter was gradually getting worse.
At last he received the melancholy information that she
was dead. The necessary arrangements were made for
the funeral, and the body was interred in Sighthill Ceme-
tery, on Tuesday of last week. On Tuesday last, while
the mother of the buried woman was engaged in her
usual household avocations, the door slowly opened, and,
lo ! there entered, pale and emaciated,' the figure of her
dead daughter, which uttered the word "mother." "Ye
canna get in here—ye canna get in here !" exclaimed the
affrighted mother, "your father buried you last week."
And having thus endeavoured to lay the ghost, fainted.
On corning to her senses, and observing the unwelcome
NiEltor sitting, in the house, she rushed down stairs to the
workshop of her husband, and exclaimed, in the same
voice of extreme terror, "Oh, the daughter ye buried last
week is sitting up stairs !" and she went off in another fit.
while the husband in terror and surprise dropped the im-
plements of his craft, with which at the time he was en-
gaged. When the old couple lead recovered a little self-
possession, neighbours were called in, the haunted house
was entered, ant there sat—riot an intrusive, ill-lrel
ghost, but the veritable daughter, pale and thin, but as
truly in life as ever she was. Here was a mystery not
easily to be solved at the moment, but subsequent in-
'
quint showed that the daughter anti an Irishwoman of
nearly a similar name lay in the hospital next bed to each
other. - Hence the mistake of the father, being misin-
formed as to the state of his daughter's health; and
when the Irishwoman died her body was given to the
supposed father, and, from the circumstance of the viru
knee of the disease, intrred without identification:—
Glasgow Examiner.

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Etteraturr.

POETRY.

ON PSALM CXXXIX.

On angels' wings I soared on high,
Heav'n's utmost bounds to tra'e ;
To find a place where I might flee,
Shut from my Maker's face.
I reached the great and glorious arch,
So calm, sereue, and fair;
• Loud, loud hosannalis burst on high,
And showed that God was there.
Then down to hell's deep, dark abyss,
r,Ty search I pressed with care:
The `‘ devil; trembled and obeyed,"
And showed that God was there.
I took the wines of morn arrk fled
(That I no pains might spare)
To furthest ocean's utmost hound,
Yet still that God was there :
For in r the tempest strong He rode;
His thunders shcok the sky;
The lightning's flash, the raging sea,
Proclaimed that God was nigh.
I said, " Let darkness he my cloak
From His all-seeing eye ;"
lo ! the darkness turned to light,
And showed that God was nigh.
• Since, then, from Thy pervading sight
I cannot, Lord, depart,
Renew in me a mind that 's clean,
Grant me a contrite heart.
Nth September, 1817.

NOTICES.

LIVERPOOL, PAST AND PRESENT.

- The Land We Live In. No. 19. London : Chas. Knight.
The present month's number of this interesting publi-
cation contains an accurate descriptive history of Liver-
pool, illustrated with wood-cuts of a high order of merit.
W 6 subjoin an extract or two, as a specimen of the pro-
auction :

COMMENCEMENT OF THE DOCKS OF LIVERPOOL.
It was in the year 1561 that a circumstance arose, which
may be said to have been the commencement of dock ope-
rations. A dreadful storm occurred, which destroyed the
enly haven of which Liverpool could boast ; and imme-
diately after this, the creek, or pool, from whence the
town had in part derived its name, was turned into a
much better haven than had before existed. The town
seems to have advanced a little after this; for Camden,
writing in 1586, says :—" The Mersey spreading, and pre-
sently contracting its stream from Warrington, falls into
the ocean with a wide channel, very convenient for trade,
where opens to view Litherpole, commonly called Lirpoole,
from a water extending like a pool, according to the com-
mon opinions, where is the most convenient and most
frequented passage to. Ireland : a town more famous for
its beauty and populousness than for its antiquity."
-What the evidence may have been for this character of
" beauty and populousness," we are not told ; but Cam-
den must have judged by an humble standard. In the
commencement of the next century, Liverpool had a cause
of dispute with Chester, in which her insignificance was
made very apparent, contrasted with the position of her
ancient and proud neighbour. Even in 1634, when ship-
money was levied, the High Sheriff wrote to the Govern-
ment to the effect that, " if you shall tax and assess men
according to their estate, then Liverpool being poor, and
now goes, as it were, &begging, must pay very little.
INCREASE OF THE CUSTOMS AND SHIPPING OF

LIVERPOOL.
The amount of the custom's receipts at Liverpool is one
of the most marvellous features connected wiih its com-
merce. Going back to a period just one century ago, we
find those receipts to have amounted to about £200,000 :
they have since risen more than twentytold : for the last
doien years, the Liverpool customs' receipts have consi-
derably exceeded four millions sterling annually ! Nothing
can more strongly illustrate the extent of the commerce
than this fact ; for these dues are a million more in
amount than all the customs' dues of Scotland and Ire-
land put together; a million more than all the outports
of England, excluding London ; and equal to one-fifth of
the whole customs' duties of the entire empire ! It was
estimated, some years ago, that the import and export
trade, in respect to which these duties were realized,
amounted to about thirty-five millions sterling ; that is,
twenty millions of exports and fifteen millions of im-
ports. Raw cotton amounted in value to about a
third of the whole imports, and manufactured cotton
amounted to more than half of the entire exports.
The number of vessels belonging to the port is
another index of its greatness. In 1650 there were only
fifteen vessels owned by the Liverpool merchants ;
in. 1710, when the first wet-dock was constructed, the
number had risen to eighty-four ; in 1716 there were some-
what more than a hundred. After this period, the in-
crease of shipping went on more rapidly. But the extent
of commerce is better shown by the number of ships which
actually enter and leave the docks, than by those simply
which belong to Liverpool. We find, then, that the whole
of the ships entered outwards and inwards at Liverpool, at
the commencement of the reign of George 111., was very
little above a thousand ; whereas, in recent years, the
number has frequently been twenty-four thousand, com-
prising a tonnage of nearly four million tons It is said
that, including coasters and small craft, the vessels be-
longing to the port of Liverpool amount to very little short
of ten thousand. It is also calculated that about fifty
millions hundred weight of goods are annually exported
from the docks. One can really hardly follow in the mind
the immensity of these quantities.

•
VARIETIES.
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together
for talking and thinking are two quite different faculties.
and commonly there is most depth where there is leas)

noise.
THE BIBLE.—Take a plain man with an honest heart,
give him the Bible, and make him conversant with it, and
I will engage for him he will never be at a loss how to act
agreeably to his duty in every circumstance of life.—
Poynder 8 Literary Extracts (New Series).
LADIES' PAGES.—Ornaments by this pretty name are
now in fashion in Paris, consisting of a gold thumb and
finger suspended by a chain to the waist, and constructed
with a spring, by vihich they hold up a. lady's dress in
crossing side walks from shop to carriage.
TIIE ADVANTAGE OF SICKNESS.—I may say one good
thing of sickness, that it is the best cure in the world for
ambition, and designs upon the world, or fortune ; it makes
a man pretty indifferent for the future, provided he can bat
be easy, by intervals, for the present.—Poynder's Literary
Extracts. (New Series.)
.ON THE SIGHT OF AN OLD I.INTHATCHED COTTAGE.—
'There cannot be a truer emblem of crazy old age ;
mouldered and clay walls ; a thin uncovered roof ; bend-
ing studs ; dark and broken windows ; in short, a house
ready to fall on the head of the in-dweller. The best
body is a cottage • if newer and better timbered, yet such
as age will equally impair, and make them ragged and
ruinous ; or before that, perhaps casualty of fire, or tem-
pest, or violence of enemy. One of the chief cares of
man is to dwell well. Some build for themselves fair, but
not strong—others build for posterity, strong, but not
fair, not high ; but happy is that man who builds for
eternity ; as strong, as fair, as high as the glorious con-
stellations of heaven.—Bishop Hall.
NAPOLEON'S ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.—" From
the time of my retreat from Russia (said he) I had con-

stantly carried round my neck, in a little silken bag, a
portion of a poisonous powder which Ivan had pre-
pared by my orders, when I was in fear of being carried
off by the Cossacks. 11ly life no longer belonged to
my country : the events of the last few days had again
rendered me master of it. Why should I endure so
much snaring ? And who knows that my death may
not place -The crown on the head of my son ? France was
saved—l hesitated no longer, but springing from my bed,
mixed the poison in a little water, and drank it with a
sent of happiness. But time had taken away its strength ;
fearful pains drew forth some groans from me ; they were
heard, and medical assistance arrived. It was not heaven's
will that I should die so soon—St. Helena was in my
destiny."—Blackwood.
THE BIBLE SOCIETY:—When the first bull of the Pope
was issued denouncing this society, an aged member of
the committee rose, after it was read, and quietly addres-
singLordTeignmouth, the chairman merely said—" I wish,
my lord, his holiness would only read the second Psalm!"
This was felt to be conclusive, both as to the Pope's igno-
rance of Holy Scripture, and as to the folly of his attempt
to defeat the divine counsels by keeping the Bible from
the world. It is impossible, however, to record this simple
fact without observing upon the guilt contracted by many
of the national clergy in issuing Protestant bulls, in the
form of printed pamphlets. denouncing the Society as in-
jurious to a Church which is founded upon Scripture, and
to a country which owes its greatness and glory to an ad-
herence to scriptural truth, and to the maintenance of
moral principle. Such was the course universally pursued
by the followers of the heresy named after Dr. Pusey ;
who yet, with the infatuation peculiar to false doctrine,
called themselves " the High Church," of which Church
there is no doubt his holiness considered himself to stand
at the head, when he issued his bull against the Bible So-
ciety. "Be wise, now, therefore, 0 ye kings ; be in-
structed, ye judges of the earth. Kiss the Son, lest He
be angry, and ye perish from the way."—Poynder's
Lile-
yary Extracts (New Series).
How TO MAKE GOOD SERVANTS.—" Good mistresses
make good servants. Human nature can only be ruled
through its love.or through its fears. The one leads our
fellow-creatures to serve us as milling friends, the other
forces them to serve us as unwilling slaves. It is for you
. and . ther mistresses to choose between the two—remem-
bering that it is the natural disposition of kindness to be-
get kindness, and of tyranny to beget rebellion." " Oh,
indeed," I replied; " then I suppose you would like your
system of kindness carried out in the kitchen ? and nicely
they'd treat you for it :" " Indeed I think not. At any
rate, the stake is so little that it is worth the risk ; and I,
• for one, have such faith in the power of kindness, com-
bined with firmness., that though I don't mean to say but
that you might occasionally meet with ingratitude, still
that would merely he the exception that proves the rule.
The heart has been so wonderfully constructed that it has
. not been left us to choose whether we would be thankful
. -or not for benefits received ; but gratitude has been made
an animal instinct. The very dog licks the hand that
fosters it, and I do not think servants worse than dogs—
though' you aml many other ladies T know seem to
do so. Do you not expect from your domestics that
they should consider your interest theirs ? and yet you
forget that the first step in the process is to make their
happiness yours. How did they manage in the olden time?
There was none of this hubbub about bad servants then,
and none of this continual changing and changing ; but
the old servant's son grew, like his father, to be grey in
the service of the same family. And why was this ? Be-
cause he was looked upon, and treated, and loved LIKE
40 NE OF TiE FAMILY.—TIee Greatest Plange if Life.