The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

MARRIED.

Lately at St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. G. Read, Mr.
Alexander Cairns, 01 this town, to Lydia Ropier, second
daughter of the late T. Cogger, of Knowsley.
On the 28th ult., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. C. H.
Burton, W. H. Arnold, Esq., solicitor, Birmingham, to Helen,
daughter of J. Eckersley, Esq., of this town.
On the 28th ult., at Christ Church, Southport, by the Rev.
Mr. Clarke, Mr. L. H ighton, of Churchtown, to Ann, daughter
of Mr. J. Rawlinson, of this town.
On the 29th ult., at Churchstoke, William Holden, son of
the late J. Greenwood, Esq., Palace-house, in this county.
to Julia, daughter of the late E. Paulet, Esq., of Seaforth-
house.
On the 29th ult., at Donington, the Hon and Rev. A. G.
Campbell, rector of Knipton, son of the Earl of Cawdor,
to Charlotte Henrietta Howard, daughter of the Dean of
Lichfield.

On the 29th ult., at Bidstone Church, Mr. Peter Briscoe,
to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Parkinson, Moreton,
Cheshire.

On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, Mr. C.
Trubshaw, %Vest Derby, to Miss E. Banister, Wood-grove,
Edge-lane.

On the Ist. inst.. at St. George's Churcb, Canning-street,
by the Rev. J. R. Welsh, Mr. James M. Bruce to Ann,
daughter of Mr. J. Jones, Hawarden, Flintshire.

On the Ist inst., at Longdon, Staffordshire, by the Rev. B.
Majendie, vicar, the Rev. Matthew Anstis, M. A., fellow of
Exeter College, Oxford, to Maria Elizabeth, relict of the late
Henry Grimes, Jun., Esq., and daughter of the late Sir G.
Chetwynd, Bart.. of Grendon-hall, county of Warwick.
On the 2nd inst., Mr. H. S. Jones, mariner, to Georgians,
daughter of Mr. J. Henderson, Soho-street.
On the 2nd inst. at St. George's Church, Everton, Mr. J.
Richly, shipwright, to Ellen, daughter of the late Mr. R.
Sampson, Strickland-street.
On the 3rd inst., at St. George's Church, Everton, by the
Rev. W. W. Ewbank. John, eldest son of Captain Cowen. of
Harrington, Cumberland, to Mary, seventh daughter of John
Spacie, Esq., Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
On the 3rd inst.. at St. John's Church, Mr. Wm. Hayes to
Miss Mary Madden.
On the 4th inst., at St. Clement's Church, Windsor, Mr. D.
Biddle, of this town, to Mrs. S. Green, of Pendleton.
On the 4th inst., at St. John's Church, Mr. Wm. Owens to
Miss Jane Parry.

On the 4th inst., at St. Stephen's Church, Crown-street, by
the Rev. J. Newton Peile, rector of Newton Tony, Wilts,
John Newton. Esq., surgeon, of this town, to Mary Ann,
widow of the Rev. Thomas Dwyer.
On the sth inst., at Hope-street Church, by the Rev. J. H.
Thom, Leyson, only son of Israel H. Lewis, Esq., of Gallant's-
court, East Farleigh, Kent, to Isabella, daughter of the Rev,
James Martineau, of Park Nook, Prince's-park.
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On the sth inst., at Sephton Church, by the Rev. R.Watker,
W. S. Way, Esq., of London, to Ellen, widow of T. H. Illidge,
Esq.
On the sth instant, at West Molesey, Surrey, by the Rev.
H. Woodward, the Rev. Matthew Woodward, incumbent of
Folkestone, Kent, and fifth son of Mr. Woodward, of Daulhy.
street. in this town, to Rosamond, eldest daughter of Sir
George Barrow, Bart.
On the 6th inst., at Christ Church, John. eldest son of
J. Carter, Redcross-street, to Christiana, eldest daughter of
Alexander Fraser M'Donald, of Dumbarton.

On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, by the
Rev. A. Knox, Mr. William Rankine, of Birkenhead, to Ma-
rianne, only daughter of the late James Gould, timber.
merchant, of this town.
On the 6th inst., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. W. M.
Fa!loon. M.A., Mr. Hugh Owen to Elizabeth, eldest daughter
of Mr. Edward Griffith., Hardy-street.
On the 6th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Newton-le-Willows,
y the Rwr. Peter Legh, M.A., assisted by the Rev. C. Malloy,
M A., Robert Worsley, Esq., of the Heywoo bo, Lancashire, to Emma Jane, eldest daughter ofd theta ate John
Barrow, Esq., of Newton-le-Willows.
On the 6th inst.. at Kirby Church, Mr. Thomas Powell,
second son of Mr. R. Powell. farmer, Lee Brockhurst, Shrop-
shire, to Miss Dorothy Sephton, only daughter of Thomas
Sephten, Esq., Kirkby, Lancashire.

On the 6th inst., at the Pariah Church, Childwall, by the
Rev. A. E. Campbell, M.A., Mr. John Herbert. of the Church
Schools. Gateacre, and organist of Chi!dwell, to Eliza Lucy,
eldest daughter of the late John Giles, Esq., of Battersea,
Surrey.

On the 10th inst., at St. John's Church, Mr. Richard
Chadwick to Miss Ruth Douglas.

o the 10th inst.. at St. John's Church, Mr. Thomas Done
to Miss Margaret Langton.

DIED.
Lately, at Frankfort, aged 35, Madame Mendelssohn , widow
of the great cornpOser.
On the 6th June, at Ballarat, Victoria, Mary, wife of Mr.
W. Corfield, late of this town.
On the 22nd August, at Antigua, aged 43, Captain. Jolla
M`Knight, of the ship Phoenix, of this port.
On the 2Sth August, at Natchez, of yellow fever, aged;;`,
Mr. E. Lyon, sculptor, son of the late Mr, G. Lyon? of tbig
town.

On the 18th ult., at Quebec, aged 22, Mr. Robert Henry
Wainwright, of this town, late purser of the steam ship Lady
Eglinton.
On the 23rd ult., at Stafford, aged 16 days, Edwin Thomas,
youngest son of Charles Stephen ;Morgan, Esq.

On the 28th ult., at London, Lord Anderson, of the Se-
ge
E. E. Clayton,
Esq., of Carr-hall, in this conn y.
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On the 29th ult., at Birkenhead, aged 53, Mary Ann, wife
of William Boydell.
On the
Joseph Sw int 30thon, ultlat.e of this tow at Acton-gn.rnge, near Warrington, :lie.
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On
late oche 30th
font., at Kirkdale, aged 55, Mr, J. Baskerville,
Congle
On the 30th ult., Ellen, daughter of Mr. Edward Herdman.
Canning-street, Woodside, and late of Hornby, near Lan.
caster.
On the Ist inst., Mr. Charles toast, for many years har-
bour-master at Ramsey, Isle of Man.
On the 2nd inst., Wilhelmina, infant daughter of Mr. F.
Stromeyer, Boundary-lane, West Derby-road.
On the 2nd inst., at Manchester, aged 23, Mr. J. Maxwell,
Eve
`eon:engi third son of Mr. J. Maxvvell, St. Domingo-road.
On the 2nd inst., at Paris, aged g 7. M. Francois Aragoi
perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences, member of
the board of longitude, and grand officer of the legion of
honour.
On the 2nd inst,, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Rosbottom,
of
Sandy-lane, Boughton, Chester.

On the 2nd inst., aged 40, Eliza, the beloved wife of Mr.
Atcherley, mercer, Great George-street.

On the 2nd inst., at Brunswick-street, Rock Ferry, aged.
33, Mr. John Thorpe.

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th-street
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On the 3rd inst.,fOnMOrf
On the 3rd inst..
agedaged
Captain Niel Shannon.
On the 3rd inst., at Liscard, aged 19, 'Mary Ann, youngest
daughter of. Mr. J. Herbert, of the Albert Dock.
On the 3rd inst., aged 10 months, William Henry, only
son of Henry Williams, Brownlow-street.
On the 3rd inst., at his residence, Hope-street, aged 6%.
Mr. John Molineux, professor of music.
On the 3rd inst., aged 47, Joseph Atkinson, FAN, of
Notting-hill, near London, and formerly of this town.
On the 3rd inst., Henry Kelsall, Esq., Chester.
On the 3rd inst., at Great Crosby, aged 70, Frances, widow
of the Rev. M. Chester, many years incumbent of Melling.
On the 4th inst., at Birkenhead, in his 65th year, Mr.
Robert Galloway.
On the 4th inst., at her residence, near Melton Mowbray,
the Lady Elizabeth Norman. The deceased lady was daughter
of the fourth Duke of Rutland, and in early life bestowed,
her hand on the late Richard Norman, Esq., whose sort
married, in 1848, Lady Adeliza Manners, youngest daughter
of the present Duke of Rutland.
On the 4th inst., aged 77, Anne, widow of thelate P
Ca talis
Wm. Postlethwaite.

On the 4th inst., at Everton, Mr. Alexander M'Eachen,
brother of Mr. Malcolm M'Eachen, cork-manufacturer.
On the sth inst., after a long and painful illness, in the 25trat
year of her age, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Thos. Bradshavr,
Itainhill, Lancashire, deeply regretted.
On the sth inst., aged 6 months, John, son of Mr- William
Brown, of this town.
On the 6th inst., in her 79th year, Elizabeth, relict of the
late John Henry Maw, Esq., Belle-vue, Doncaster.
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On the 6th inst., at his residence, Chester-street, aged 27,
John, youngest son of the late Jonathan Scott, shiP-breaa
baker.
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On the 6th inst., at Formby, aged 24, Elizabeth, Wife oe
the Rev. Lonsdale Formby.

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On the 7511 inst., aged 23, Mungo M'lntyre, Lime-street.
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On the 7th inst., at Aigburth, Catherine, the beloved wife
Williams, 6 t 6th ii
thirdt., at
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wardOn the
of John Highfield, Esq.
On the 7th inst., at the Infirmary, of consumption, Mary
M`Dougall, neice of Mr. M`Dougall, of Kirkdale.
On the 7th inst., aged 8 months, John Vincent, only childof Mr. John Rimrner, organist of St. John's Church, of this
town.

On the Bth inst., Barnett, infant son of Mr. J.. Atkinson,
15, Chester-street, Liverpool.
On the Bth inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Andrew; Ringland,
merchant, Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland.

of his lordship's Cain, a Mystery, characterised by no less
a good Christian than Sir WALTER SCOTT as a "very grand
and tremendous drama." It—the statue—is still lying in
" cold obstruction, " in ignoble dirt and darkness, in
rotten wood, and more rotten cordage in the cellars of the
Queen's Custom-house. The statue is a noble one; the
Danish sculptor has, as skilfully as truthfully, in happy
union, blended the real with the ideal and the grand. A
junction of qualities which foreign sculptors, it cannot be
denied, succeed better in presenting than our home
artists ; not but that the former are frequently extrava-
gant, sometimes outre ; but the three characteristics enu-
merated they scarcely ever fail to make their own.
THORWA.LDSEN never. PEEL is dead, BUCKLAND worse,
and CAM HOBHOUSE, now Lord BROUGHTON, is what ?
—enjoying himself, and BYRON is forgotten ! What has
become of old FLETCIIER, BYRON'S faithful servant? His
Italian warehouse at the West-end ?—is it still redolent of
Lucca oil and Parmesan ? Asking FLETCHER one
night—some friends lodged in the first floor—mag-
nificently "FLETCHER, is it a fact that BYRON
wrote Don ,Than at night over gin and water,—it is
said so ?" "Well, I don't know," said the wary and
honest Sot. "I know this,- that when his lordship was
writing it, Viave placed a bottle of Hollands on the table
with a vessel of water, and he would say to me,
FLETCHER, you may go to bed now ;' in the morning I
always found the bottle empty." Rejoinder was unneces-
sary. Distinguishing himself very creditably in the
" republic of letters" is young HUNT, described by BYRON-
many years ago as not being then the quietest of children.
Chattering in this way, puts me in mind of THA.CKERAY
and his new work ; it is said he means to give a series of
literary portraits—press people—in it. He will find' the
latter meagre subjects,—all accomplished men, but neither
i inspired nor eccentric, as some were thirty years since.
There are no MARK SUPPLES now—no DAVIE. POIVERS—
that an early meeting of Parliament had been proposed no NICK NUGENTS. The gentlemen of the press —as they
; are not misnamed—are calm—careful—some of them cal-
k. Lord PALMERSTON, and supported by the majority cf culating. That "first person singular present of the in-
the Cabinet, but resisted by Lord ABERDEEN and Lord dicative," the rule laid down by the late Jousa WALTER,
JOHN RUSSELL. The proposition of the ex-foreign mi- of the Times, leaves little time or inclination for " fancy's
sister, who rules supreme at the Home O ice, and which ;let Innacianisar try his hand, or
, sketch."
His yowever, h
has
plume. , first number created no very great 'm-
hos more meaning in it than may strike the uninformed i pression on the readers thereof. The illustrations are neat
eye, led to very considerable discussion, and, strangely ; and sharply executed, unlike the heavy ones in Bleak
enough, met with the countenance of Lord CLARENDON. House, which by the way, I may mention, cost somewhere
about £3O a number i.e., £l5 a piece, no bad pay for
As the war of words proceeded, a telegraphic message was HARLOT BROWNE.
brought to the Council Chamber announcing that the i In matters theatrical I have little or nothing to com-
declaration of mar by the "SULTAN" had been received at municate. BROOKE is filling Drury-lane theatre, the les-
i see having paid the American's " man and horse" one
the Turkish embassy in Vienna; and a special courier in hundred pounds for two weeks as the keep of the latter,
about half an hour afterwards brought despatches from ;in order to give the tragedian the use of the stage. In
the British Ambassador at Constantinople, in which it dramatic circles it is considered that Bnoo ISE does not act a
was stated that hostilities wise part, in leaving England for California. For example.
• would not begin in earnest for Remaining in England, he has searcely any one to contend
four weeks, the grand council considering that the period with ; he will necessarily, if he play at all, play before dis-
of eight-and-twenty days should be given the CZAR to criminating, if not always severely critical, audiences ; he
evacuate the Danubian Principalities. Lord JOHN Rus- has an " improveable" mind, this is evident from the hints
SELL grasped largely at the latter important "pronounce- he has already adopted so that playing in the United
went" as a cogent reason for not carrying out Lord of • • Kingdom he 'has the. prospect raising his. art, by
.his
PALMERSTON'S desire to summon the Senate, and the improvement as an artist If he go to California, escaping
the dangers of the voyage, the still' more to be' dreadedg
Cabinet broke up on Saturday evening without adopting place itself, wh n has' reached it, he must act, not
any resolution or determining upon any practical step. It
is expected, however, that further despatches will reach according to his tastee and judgment,—he must play up
.or down,—they are both the same,—to uneducated, gross,
Downing-street to-day and boisterous audiences ;in short, he must rant, " tear a
-I walked on Friday afternoon from the Admiralty, passion to tatters." He will be hooted else, by the men
Whitehall, to the other branch of the establishment in and women who throw down a paper-full of gold dust or
Somerset-house,—for they are not yet amalgamated,—with two or three nuggets for admission ; I am told they are
a bang-up "Melville interest " boy ;at the Admiralty, once not nice about , legal tenders" and such stuff. The de-
in, the official is not hurried away if he behave himself velopment of deeper and darker shades of Shakspeare's
anything near the mark of good behaviour. My friend great characters, the nice touches—points—in Othello,
had just parted company with Captain INGLEFIELD, a Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard, will be pearls before swine
copy of whose despatches were in his pocket. Before the in California. BROOKE must " rant, ' if he choose to
contents had been breathed upon by the public, we had a please. This will be fatal to his future success here,—
little talk on the subject.. " Great achievement," said my , should he return. He requires a severe, a chastening
friend. "Humph !" said I, "a 400-year old geographical pro- audience, to repress every tendency to the vice referred to;
blem solved; but. cui bona'?" No -answer. The Times, a severe, judicious, learned, chastening, yet kind audience,
afnaost always well informed on such subjects, on Saturday to eliminate the effulgent, the undoubted qualities which
echoed a remark made by your correspondent sense months "he possesses. He may return with fifteen thousand
back referring to Sir JOHN BARROW. To that excel- pounds sterling under his girdle, he cannot return a better
lent and most commonly discreet man was owing the artist. Let us leave BROOKE, and be more discursive—
FRANKLIN expedition. Their lordships could not take a even on "matters theatrical."
snack,"—and they have some good ones in that noble old i "About this time," to quote theveritable words of theeele-
brick building, looking into the St. James's parade ground, brated quack of our boyish reading days —Faasscis MOORE
—"without his—Sir Jon N's—literally worrying them about —about this time there is a great accession of bile in the
,
sending out some of our enterprising and unemployed " dramatic body of the metropolis. Managers and proud
sailors on the " wild goose chase ;"• for, though the prob- lessees have either been starring, like BUCKSTONE or
lem is solved, the achievement is good for nothing—" a CHARLEY MATHEWS, or " enjoying a little repose and
scratch • additional to the map !" I have perused the country air"—every one of these words pronounced with
dreary details ; how could they be other than dreary ? a self-sufficient drawl as broad as Oxford-street. The
darkness much, and thick ribbed ice, are no great : repose and good air manager is one of the well-to-do sort.
communicators,—" On the morning of the 29th of July , Talk of authors alone belonging to the genus irritabile ;
we found a barrier dice, stretching -from shore to shore, I know managers of theatres--have known others—who
and which evidently had never broken away this season. could fritter into impalpability all the authors, gramma-
We followed its edge for several Miles, in the hope of rians, writers, from PRISCIAN to G(EostGE,) P(rince)
finding a lane through, but were eventually obliged to R(egent), JAMES, or LEIGH HUNT. Well, our theatrical
bear up for Dundas Harbour, in Croker Bay, there to demigods have returned to town, to kick actors as stock-
await a change," and so on,, with little alteration, is the fish in their—the managers'—efforts to please the public.
burden of th despatches. I suppose the " gentlemen of CHARLES KEAN is going to stick to Sardanapalus,"
England, who live at home at ease," as the ballad bath it, with his " drinking cup of the period." CHARLES KEAN
will not be much disconcerted to find these ice hummocks ; is bidding fair to have his theatre like the cart of THESPIS
named after the- admiralty authorities, "3elELvisais —two performers and an auxiliary. He will not have any
Sound," " DUNDAS Harbour, " and " CROKER Bay. " one who gains, in the legitimate exercise of his or her
Harmlessvanity! Oh,but on looking furtherintothelNarn- talent, a breath of applause. Hence WIGAN, WRIGHT,
FIELD despatches we read of " some smoking hillocks, and WYNNE—I might alliterate the alphabet--had to leave.
a petrified forest,"—interesting objects certainly. Mean- ; A good actor enough—l believe he is now at Drury-lane—
time, no accounts of old Sir Jonas and his intrepid corn- appeared in a suit of armour at the Princess's, took well in
panions. Though Sir JAMES GRAHAM is expected at the it, was applauded ; straightway he was taken by the gorge,
admiralty in a few days, copies of the despatches were sent and told that the applause was not bestowed ou him, but on
to him at Balmoral, where he is at present with HER MA- "my armour." BEN WEBSTER is about the best-natured
JESTY. And now for the end,—it is anticipated that there manager we have. BUCKSTONE is good enough, but deaf
will be no more expeditions in the same quarter ; and that and fidgetty ; he is " very intelligent," because, though he
the brave fellows out will be ordered home, without wine- t"don't hear a word you say to him in his coulisse, he an-
cessayy delay ; in the absence of the first lord, more is not swers exactly. A warm letter of introduction from an old
known at present.. 11.1.`Cmisn's name will go down to pos- friend will get a " muff" an engagement from WEBSTER
terity, as the achiever of the north-west passage a route play a night or two, and then necessarily shelved; salary
which cannot be accomplished, except at uncertain periods paid all the time. Having more hands than were re-
and seasons—far apart; accomplished too at tremendous ; quired, was one of the reasons he gave up the Haymarket.
peril, and when accomplished,—again I inquire cui Bono t BUCKY is more careful of the money; though not stingy,
Ice eternal anwers ! he is not profuse. CHARLES MATHEWS, son of my an-
-The majority of government clerks had no play on dent friend and brother-cripple, like Skimpole you be-
Saturday afternoon and evening; they had three hours lieve there is such a thing as a ten-pound note,—suppose
.e Ara work and most of them extra pay ; instead of the pit iit is necessary,—but Whether it be better or worse than a
of Drury-lane or the Adelphi with the small fry, game ' five, you neither know nor care. CHARLES MATHEWS
and claret with the larger--as I know are customary on rarely falls out with his actors. They do with him.
Saturdays—they weresittingbehindtheirthickgreenshaded , Enough. I speak not here of his accomplished .sposa
conapos, till a late hour, making out each in his separate not but that she has got plenty of spice left. VESTRIS!
department the necessary returns for the quarter's do you remember the Olympic and LISTON, and the noble
revenue tables to be published this evening. I told you women you had about you? I do; and eke the gunpow-
some time ago of the vitality of the income-tax collectors ; ' der tea and ease de vie, commixed in the little cups in
they are always replete with it, a fortnight before the your laced boudoir :
revenue accounts are made up. I can assure you' that 1 " But woe's my heart these nichts are gaen."

MADA3IE GRISI AND SIGNOR 21 IRIO
THIS EVENING (TvEirIINDS/lil'G), the 11th INSTANT,
AT THE
PHILHARMONIC HALL,

AT A' QUARTER BEFORE EIGTIT.
It?, Tickets to be had at the OFFICE

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-FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDEXT

MONDAY MORNING.
PRECISELY as my peculiar'sources of information enabled
me to communicate last week, has Lord ABERDEEN acted
with regard to the Eaaeen question.. Finding that public
opinion.wasftist becora*raore hot than pleasant, out of
doors, and that the country, from cue cad to the other
viewed with dissatisfaction, if not disgust, the cowardly
conduct of HER MAJESTY'S ministers, or at leak of the
Statesman to whom is confided the conduct of the Foreign
Office, Lord ABERDEEN saw the wisdom and policy of
calling the members of the Cabinet around him at this
dead season of the year, and accordingly there have been
no less than two councils and one conference since Tues-
day in Downing-street, the deliberations of " all the
talents" occupying no less than' thirteen hours, while
another solemn conclave has been summoned for this day.
On Saturday evening, after the Council broke up, it was
very currently reported in well-informed political reunhii,;

though Mr. GLADSTONE has been making plenty of
speeches in the North, and is preparing himself for a dis-
play, in a day or two, at Manchester, he has not forgotten
his clerks in town. The consequence is that the quarter's
revenue account, a skeleton of which is now prepared
will shew a veritable increase not only on the year but also 1
on the quarter,—phenomena seldom found together. Far
be it from me to impute `f forced balances," " cooked
accounts," to make things pleasant to our government
men of bu.aineso ; they have a knack, some way or other,
of summing up a lot of figures to the government side of
the account during the week the revenue table is con-
structed. thought at one time "dot and go one" as I
conceived would be found out, if the system existed ; I am
now constrained -to. think the improvement is bona fide.
The excise and customs returns (true barometers) this
quarter are passing favorable.
-I am persuaded that there is scarcely anything within
the city of London more calculated to inspire a foreigner
with respect for our. commercial institutions, than his be-
ing present at one of the meetings of the Bank of Eng-
land. I shall premise that he has taken a walk—loitered
"lere in cool grot" I might safely quote,—in the garden
part, and listened, amid all the noise and bustle outside,—
Vow reduced to a hum,—to the quiet babbling of the foun-
tain—a decided improvement on the " dumb waiters" of
Trafalgar-square ; the serenity without is only equalled by
the quiet despatch.of business within. Anon the quarter
to twelve o'clock, noon, gives note of the meeting. At
the hour aforesaid, not minute time, but the time itsel;
the foreigner finds himself seated in a spacious and elegant
hall, partly divided, the outer portion like the pit of the
Opera, though' hot partitioned off into particular seats.
A. division at the upper end of. the room, of smaller dimen-
sion, with a long mahOgany table in front; marks the place
tlir the Directors. One or two strokes of twelve of the
clock are heard. ; slowly, and without creaking, a door
opens, behind the table ; the governor steps in, followed
in the utmost regularity by his co-directors, all men of
"-mark and likelihood; you may be sure. Before the
hour has done striking, the governor and directors can
exclaim, like our ancient, in the pantornime, " here we
ate !" I have seen as many as four-and-twenty gentlemen,
thus " all of a row,'? representing in private fortune among
them, probably, eight or ten millions-ef-pounds sterling.
They bow respectfully to the body of shareholders, smile
to some captious country banker, who has come to town
to kick up a row about the "refit ; " all is bland. The
governor and directors remain on their legs all the time ;
a practice which meets two purposes capitally : it invests
the meeting with greater respect and importance, and is
a preventive, in must instances, to tedious badgering ; for
who, in common decency, would hair e kept a late governor,
a twenty-stone man, Standing on his gartered legs more
than a quarter of an hour, the averge duration of the Bank
of England meetings, which affect more or less the mone-
tary condition of every country in Europe. These remarks
have been incontinently madein consequence of the usual
bank meeting held on Thursday, when 'it was resolved
that the discounts should remain at five' per cent. At
this moment the Bank of France, approaching our rate of
discount, have increased theirs one per cent, being still
one below us ; they were two a few days ago. Indeed, on
the continent, all the banks worthy of note,—Frankfort,
Berlin; Vienna,—are following our example in this regard.
Even in Russia the bankers have advanced one per cent,

MACRBADY was'excessively disagreeable behind the cur-
tain, and before it. Three parts a martinet ; the remaining
part Agamemnon or Themistocles ! But very envious of
applause wert thou WILLIAM CHARLES ! I have wit-
nessed him, a whole night, more anxious to keep his rival
on the stage, with his back to the audience, than even to
do justice to his great master, WILLIAM SHAICSPEARE!
The night I refer to, MACREADY had KEAN- for a rival ;
KERN was "up to snuff," and made MACREADY as mad
as a March• hare, by maintaining each "coigne of 'vantage."
EDMUND KEAN knew nothing of the little feelings re-
ferred to ; kind and generous, he was a god in that regard.
Patting the head of a " Newcome," if at all decent. BUNN,
much abused,—more abuSed than abusing,—was hasty
and gruff, but a warm admirer of men and women who did
his work well,—actors, fiddlers, and dancers. Suffering
from a painful disease, at variance entirely with the habits
of a bon vivant, BUNN is frequently short-tempered; but,
as I have indicated, he is not constitutionally ill-natured.
BuEN, after a cold rehearsal of a spectacle ballet, frequently
stood champagne and capital sandwiches to his corps. The
present lessee of Drury-lane, being in a chrysalis state,
I say nothing about his temper ; I think, if he retains
Drury-lane long enough, he will have as much of the fire
in him as any of his predecessors. Give him time, he de-
serves it. He is the most industrious manager I ever
knew ; his rooms —private and green—popular.

. _
iipparently from the mere force of example. Your Dutch-
man is content to let money stand as it is ; he is satisfied
with his two per cent. discount,—three . under us. Much
is said, and it may be said truly, about • the arms—the
honour of England—being a scorn and bye-word among
the nations; what I have said clearly indicates that she
is not so in her monetary concerns. Esto perpetua
• Probably a desire to be very respectable was the cause
of a mistake on Friday evening. A metropolitan meeting
had been announced- for the purpose of discussing the
eastern question, and the delay-holiey of . the EARL OF
ABERDEEN thereanent. The parties having the conduct
of the meeting tried to get the Drury-lane Theatre for a
night, but could not,—why not then have had the melting
in the day time ? on Monday ;—then all would have known
the result of the fiasco Cabinet meeting in Downing-
reet,.- which would have given an additional impetus to
the gathering. Exeter Hall surely could have been had ;
but no, the meeting took place in the long room of the
London Tavern, which was crammed to the doors, and
thousands had to go away, which would not have been the
C se had the meeting .been held in either of the places men-
toned. The meeting was enthusiastic ; LORD DUDLEY
ExtrAnT, at home hi such gatheringi, occupied the chair,
and was supported by his friend and ally, Mr. NICHOLAY,
one of the merchant princes, and whose ancestors, if I
mistakead,' not, Were Prussians ; Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the
Mrn Ira.);g of; Catain MAYNE REID, a smart young fellow, Mand
r.l)Jl.ia several popular works. There were others,
13LAc RxTllce,.4ll,l3lT for example, JULIAN HARNEY, Mr.
were carried M. P., &c. The reSolutions, all tight enough,
Hav•ng nem. con.
minster Abbey_all°ther peep at the PEEL Statue in West-
the other day, and seeing several en-
gravings of
class-fellow 4.l.loltwit.LnsEN's famous statue of PEEL'S
thoughts. • It warro:f, Lord BYRON, came across my
o• atoe
_airused admission within the sacred
4 9 MCCllata CilieflYi 9g the Pr9aucti9l3

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

AT THE TunAtm,: ROYAL, the veteran Farren has
been 'giving a round of his favourite characters, prior to
takinc, leave of the stage. He took his farewell benefit on
Friday evening, which was well attended. The piece
selected for performance was the "School for Scandal," in
which, with his usual facility and truth, he delineated
the high feeling and refined manners of the doating and
fond old Sir Peter. ' He was admirably seconded in his
efforts by Mrs. Phillips, and well supported by the rest of
the company. Mr. Robson continues to win good opinions
of the playgoers for his happy delineations and explosions
of mirth and racy humour; An engagement for six
nights has been entered into with Miss Louisa Pyne,
Miss Pyne, Mr. Borani, and Mr. W. Harrison, which
commenced last night.
THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE has, during the past
week, been well attended to witness the performances of
Mr. Wright, a comic actor of considerable note, and more
merit. He is a humourist of the same school in which
Liston was so great a favourite, and in which the late W.
H. Murray, of Edinburgh, was without a rival. During
the past week Mr. Wright has appeared in a variety of
characters, including Marmaduke Magog, in the " Wreck
Ashore ;" Paul Pry, in the comedy of the same name ;
Billy Lackaday, in "Sweethearts and Wives ;" and
several others. The humour of Mr. Wright is in a high
degree conventional, but it is racy and telling ; its quiet
unobtrusiveness being its chief and very great charm.
In the last named play the acting of Miss Cathcart, Miss
F. Baker, and-Mr. Cathcart, was excellent, the two ladies
in particular acquitting themselves with delicacy and tact.
Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster commenced an engage-
ment for six nights at this theatre last night.
PHILHARMONIC rErv.7--The sixth concert of this
season took place on Tuesday evening last. Madame
Grisi, Madame Doria, Signor Mario, Signor Ceiabatta
and Mr. Hatton, having been engaged to take part in it,
the expectations of the public were high, and the audience
crowded and fashionable. The distinguished musical
strangers were, on their appearance, greeted with a hearty
welcome, and in the course of the evening their perfor-
mances were rapturously applauded. The programme,
which was of a miscellaneous nature, was such as to
afford fine scope for the peculiar talents of the respective
performers,' and their 'exertions were of the most gratify-
ing kind. The orchestra, also, was in excellent drill, and
executed the different pieces awarded to it with judgment
and correct taste.

NEW MUSICAL LIBRARY.--We recommend our readers
who have not already done so, to avail themselves of Mr.
Smith's generous offer, as detailed in his advertisement.
LORD CARLISLE.—News from Smyrna brings the in-
telligence of Lord Carlisle's recovery from a severe attack
of smallpox at Rhodes.
THE ASIA, CAPT. LOTT, British and North American
Royal Mail steam-ship, took her departure hence for New
York on Saturday, at noon, with 160 passengers, a full
cargo, and the usual mails on board.
ORDISKIRIC REVISION, 1853.—The lists of voters for the
Ormskirk division were revised and corrected on the 6th
ult., by W. Forsyth, Esq., Barrister. The Conservative
interest was defended by W. Ackerley, Esq., of Wigan,
and Mr. Armstrong, the secretary of the district ; the
Free-traders by Mr. Moorhouse, of Manchester. The fol-
lowing is the result :—Free-traders, 60 objections, 42 sus-
tained, and :18 failed ; Conservatives, 51 objections, 33
sustained, and 18 failed ; gain to Free-traders, 9
Claims : Conservative, 119, Free-traders, 18 ; Conservative
gain, 101; deduct 9 objections gained by Free-traders, 92.
Free-traders struck off by Free-traders, 5 ; Conservative.
.
dear Pau 9ia the reitical 87 yytegt

THE LIVERPOOL STAND

COMMERCIAL 4 MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
TrrE week has again been one . of fluctuation and
feverish excitement, owing to the number of con-
flicting reports from the East, and the difficulty of
knowing which of them to believe. On Tuesday
last the electric telegraph announced that the
Sultan of Turkey had signed a declaration of war.
On Thursday the report was that he would do so
rather than make any• concessions, and even the
latest reports give no positive information on the
subject. The Fuhds, on the first report being
received, gave way considerably, but soon after-
wards rallied, and have since been less sensibly
affected, as the opinion is gaining ground that the
electric telegraph is being used for mere stock
jobbing purposes. The returns of the Bank cf
England showed another dithinution in . the stock
of bullion, notwithstanding the large receipts from
AuStralia ; but the decrease was not so extensive
as for several previous weeks. On Saturday a
notice was issued that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had increased the interest on Exchequer
Bills from ld. to 2d. per day, from the 11th of
October. This doubling of the interest had the
effect which might have been anticipated, of raising
Exchequer Bills from a heavy discount to about
ss. premium. The other Funds have also slightly
improved, owing chiefly to the absence of positively
unfavourable news.

We cannot yet notice any sensible improN ement
in ordinary mercantile transactions, owing to the
same causes which have produced the stagnation
now of some weeks' duration. The statements
from the East, whether true or false, have no
tendency to induce speculation, and business is
consequently confined to demands for ordinary
consumption. This is particularly the case in the
manufacturing districts, where the turn-out of the
operatives creates a new element in the question
of future prices, and where, also, the high price of
the raw material, which has ruled for some time,
tends still further to check speculation. Reports
are, therefore, almost unanimous in their statements
of dulness, and the absence of any new feature
upon which to offer any comments.
Our SHARE MARKET has been very steady all
week, with the fluctuations less marked than
during the previous week. The indisposition of the
public to sell, notwithstanding the many rumours
afloat, causes stock to be very scarce, and it is with
difficulty that any large order can be executed.
For the settlement just approaching much stock
wanted to supply speculative sales, and the bear
gentry will have either to buy back at a higher
rate, or pay what is called a back, for the loan of
the stock. Local shares are very steady.—
Caledonians, 241; East Lancashire, 151 ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 63 4 2 ; London Stock,
103 2 II 4 2e ; Ditto Fifths, par ; Midland Stock,
60 4 s * 60 591 -R- 2 ; North British, 61 ; Dover
Stock, 171 15-16111-16 s ; Royal Insurance, lip.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the Ist of Oct., gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £6,738,755; Increase £26,490
Other deposits ... 11,885,565; Increase 1,046,380
Rest .., ... 3,682,113; Increase 16,532
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £12,339,083; the same as before.
Other securities ... 19,124,799; Increasel,9Bl,s76
Notes unemployed ... 6,258,520; Decrease 871,915
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,773,375,
being au increase of £837,930 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £15,612,562,5h0wing
a decrease of £68,221, when compared with the
preceding return.

The returns of the Board of Trade for the month
ending sth of September, again show a considera-
ble increase, not only on the amount of exports of
British produce and manufactures, but also on the
quantities of Foreign provisions taken for home
consumption. Upon the exports the increase is no
less than £1,426,500 on the month, or £11,149,583
on the eight months of the year as compared with
the corresponding period of the previous year.
The principal items of increase are as follow :
Month ending 4th Sept., 1851 1833. Increase.
Metals

Cotton manufactures 1,940,734 2,191,239...... 250,505
Haberdashery, &c.... 265,613 494,400 228,787
Hardwares
Machinery
Linen manufactures 382,200 444,022 61,822
Earthenware
Leather
Beer and Ale 47,975 91,586 43,611
Total
The only articles which show a decrease are Cotton
yarn, £90,918 ; Woollen manufactures, L 51,758;
Wool, 216,389; Soap, £7,466 ; and thrown Silk,
£1,991. The increase in the Export of Metals is
owing to the demand for railway iron, chiefly for
the United States, and the other articles are such
as are usually exported to Australia.
As regards importation there is a large increase
on the month's consumption of most of the princi-
pal articles, such as—

1853.
.. 546,925
88,042
_11,600,593

1852
Wheat, quarters
Butter and Cheese, cwts 53,710..............
Eggs, No.
Coffee, lbs.
Sugar, cwts.
Tea, lbs... ..4,593,435.
Cocoa, lbs 258,663

2,970,193
688,380
...... 4,653,090
..... 328,848

Upon raw materials for manufactures there is an
increase upon Cotton, raw Silk and Tallow, and a
decrease on Flax, Hemp, and Wool ; the latter
arising from an excess on re-exportation. There
has also been an increase on the imports of Dye-
stuffs, foreign manufactures, and most articles,
with the exception of Timber, which shows no
particular variation.
The returns of Shipping again show an increase,
both on vessels entered inwards and cleared out-
wards, but the great increase is, as before, on
Foreign Shipping, while that on British vessels is
comparatively trifling, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing statement of tonnage :

ENTERED INWARDS.
Month e►lded sth September.
1852. 1853. Increase.
British vessels.... ..... 485,861 tons 495,225 9,364
Foreignvessels 255,849 „ 424,241 168,392
CLEARED OUTWARDS:
British vessels 466,207 485,648 19,441
Foreignvessels 269,277... 319,935. 50,658
Upon the Coasting Trade there is an increase in
the tonnage entered inwards of 1,043,980 to
1,061,435, and on that cleared outwards a decrease
from 1,166,415 to 1,133,231.
COTTON.—The continuance of the strike amongst
the operatives, the temporary cessation of ship-
ments to Australia, and the high rate of interest
which still prevails in the money market, have ope-
rated to confine transactions within very narrow
limits, and prices of middling may be quoted about
1-16 d. decline. This dulness prevailed all last
week, but To-DAY there was a better feeling,owing
in some measure to the accounts brought by the
Niagara. The sales amounted to about 7,000
bales, of which 1,000 were on speculation and for
export, and prices, particularly for fair qualities,
were firmer—being about *d. dearer than the
lowest prices of last week. The following is a
comparison of present prices with those of the
corresponding period last year :-
1852. 1853.
New Orleans, middling 5 •• •••••• • 5
Fair... 64
Uplands, midddling ...5 4
Fair

It will be seen that while middling and inferior
qualities are id. to Id. lower than last year, fair is
O. dearer.
PRODIICE.—With the exception of the Tallow
market, which has been in an excited state, owing
to the rumours of war with the Russians, and Rice,
which sold largely, the Produce market generally
was quiet last week, Teas, however, maintaining
full prices. TO-DAY there has been more disposi-
tion evinced to purchase Sugar, and, including Sa-
turday's sales, the business comprises 350 hhds.
Demerara at 325. 6d. to 345., 800 bags Dates at
345. 6d. to 365., 330 bags grainy Bengal at 375. 6d.
to 405., and 40 brls. Porto Rico at 38s. to 395. 3d.
per cwt. 120 puns. St. Vincent Molasses (indirect)
are reported at 16s. 6d. per cwt. from the quay.
The sales in Rum are confined to 25 puns. Deme-
rara at previous rates. Of Coffee, 120 bags St.
Domingo have been sold. at 445. per cwt. The Tea
market is firm, and we have to report some few
sales at previous rates. There has again been a
large business done in Arracan Rice, nearly 21,000
bags having changed hands since Friday, at lls. 9d.
per cwt. We have also to notice 20 chests Shell
Lac at 48s. per cwt., and 30 hhds. Cocoa-Nut Oil
at £47 per tun.
WooL.—The reports from all the manufacturing
districts are very flat, and anything like animation
has ceased to exist in this market since the close
of the public sales last month ; there is little or no
inquiry for any description, and until political mat-
ters wear a more peaceable aspect, we cannot ex-
pect to see much doing, prices generally a shade
lower. Imports for the week 2,196 bales, viz., 1,173
East India : 144 Portugal ; 493 Mediterranean
Ports ; 18 Buenos Ayres ; 12 Irish ; 265 Scotch ;
and 91 Coastwise. In Yorkshire a mere retail busi-
ness is being done, and in order to effect large
OgePa much lower rates miut be submitted to,