The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPAETMENT

Notes issued ... £28,620,635 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
'Other Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin bull'n. 14,620,635
ISilver bullion ...

028,620,685

£28,620,636

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Prop. Capital ...114,553,0001G0v. Securities £15,0,13,730
Rest ... 3,181,81710ther Securities 16,525,237

Public Deposits 10,027,166 Notes ... 7,575,175
Other Deposits 10,910,077 Gold & Silver Coin 720,659
7-day & other bills 1,192,741

£39,864,8011 £39,864,801
COTTON.—The business during the week has
been to a large extent, the amount up to Friday
being no less than 55,700 bales, of which 35,910
were sold to the trade, 15,860 to speculators, and
3,930 for export. Prices of good ordinary and
middling sorts were about 1-16th dearer, whilst
the better grades being in better supply, in conse-
quence of the new arrivals, are without change. On
Saturday the sales were 7,000 bales. To-DAY the
advices per Canada were received, but had no
other effect than to maintain the firmness which
previously existed. The sales were 8,000 bales, of
which about 2000 were on speculation and for
export. The following is a comparison of present
rates with those of the correspending period last

year :

New Orleans, middling

1852. 1853,
6*d. 9-16 d Ofd.
6M-
51d.
51-d.

Uplands, middling

SALES.
IMPORTS.
--.A.---N
ONSCRIPTION. PKICEs.i Week Previ- Week ~,,, STOCK
'Dec.
"16g. this"i ysl'Yr. Dending
. ' " Year.
Dec.l6
-- --
Sea Island .. 10.1e25 180 19200 ....
Stained .... 5 9 30 1750 1 2497 517032
Boweds .... 3 64, 9520 473050 i 280630
Mobile 4j 621 4270 279450 } 2247; 934606 •• • '
New Orleans. 3* 9 16350 907810
Pernains,&c. 64 si 880 65040 672 61079 16970
[labia, &c 6l si 1250, 50990 ....1 32039, 5170
Maranharn

- 720
5i 10 338.0, 12561 G
11820

Detnerara,&c!
Egyptian....
Corn.W.l.Sre

5721 520
1039311 80930
80321 3620

411 17480: 24743 C

3118691 184050

Madras
Bengal.

- 240 50701 1
- 120; 5530 .... 7421 3480

55700'22975301

5416120126851 597560

ST. SIMON'S CHURCH SCHOOLS.
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THE annual meeting and-festival of the congregation of
St. Simon's Church, in support of the schools, was held
last night in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, which
was very gaily and tastefully decorated for the occasion,
with flags and banners, evergreens, and flowers, arranged
in devices and appropriate mottoes. Tea was laid on
tables, not only in the body of the hall, but also in the
galleries, while some members of the school, with really
sweet voices, formed :a juvenile orchestra, and sung the
grace before and after meat. The Rev. John R. Conor,
M.A., the incumbent.of St. Simon's, was in. the chair, and
upon the platform were the Rev. James M'Alister, the
curate of St. Simon's, Rev. Ormsby Powell, Rev. T. C
Cowan, Rev. H. Maslen, Rev. Sheldon, Rev. J. J.
Butler, Rev. D. Barry, Rev. S. B. Sutton, Rev. Dr. Hume,
&c. At the conclusion of the repast, after an anthem by
the choir,

The CRAIHMAN addressed the meeting, and stated that
having had two tea-meetings that year, it might be sup-
posed they were fond of tea-drinking. They had, how-
ever, work to do, and when they wanted funds for a school
or any other good purpose, they had a tea-meeting. He
alluded to the exertions which had been made not only by
collecting cards, but •by farthing contributions from the
children, which amounted to £7 6s. 314., and boxes at the
church, in which the amount received was £7 ls. 10d.
He had added up the various sums which had been con-
tributed by members of the congregation, and found that
£316 had been received, and with promises would amount
to about £7OO ; but they wanted between £2,000 and
£3,000. It had, however, been a bad year for begging,
for they had elections ,in 1852 and 1853, and petitions
which cost money ; bat he hoped they had an end of them.
Their funds were in a bad state, for on the Ist of Oct. they
were in debt to the treasurer £2l 4s. 6d. ; since then he
had £22 7s. 74d., leaving only £1 3s. 11-d. out of
which to pay salary and the quarter's rent, to say nothing
of the other expenses. He, however, relied upon their
assistance to enable him to face the difficulty.
The Rev. T. C. COWAN gave credit to the Chairman for
the honesty with which he acknowledged that they had
not enough to pay the next quarter's bills. He was sorry
to say that the burden which too often weighed upon the
minister, was the difficulty of maintaining the schools ;
and it was a state of things which ought not to exist, and
would not much longer be submitted to, for the poor must
do something more than they had hitherto done, towards
1 the education of their own offspring. He was told a
short time since, that, in a certain district, the wages of
working-men had been raised to thirty-six shillings a week,
and on expressing his satisfaction at it, he was assured
that the effect was no improvement on the condition of
the working-man, who only worked three days a week, and
spent the rest of his time at the public house. He rejoiced
to be able to refer to the prominent lead which the
Church maintained in the instruction of the people in the
truths of Christianity. _ _ . _ _

The CHAIRMAN said he feared at one time that they
were not so numerous as on the previous occasion, but
on looking round he was glad to see that every space was
filled. _ _

The Rev. Dr. HUME addressed the meeting, and en-
larged on the importance of education in training the
habits, thoughts, feelings, and inclinations of the people.
He alluded to the distinction between the education of
the intellectual faculties and the training of moral habits,
and related several anecdotes, illustrative of the distinc-
tion and also the advantages from the application of learn-
ing. Much had been said of the genius of Protestantism
for education, and the tendency of Romanism to keep the
people in ignorance. He could tell them that great exer-
tions were made by • the Romish Priests in this town, and
that in a few years, if they progressed at the same rater
they would have almost all the poor under their
influence. Upon the clergy were thrown the burden of
education, and it was one which was greater than
they ought to be expected to bear, but he trusted that
Parliament would shortly throw the burden upon the
shoulders of all, in the shape of a rate ; so that they would
pay for instructing the children of those who could not
pay for themselves, in the same way as they now paid
rates for water, poor relief, and other purposes.
The Rev. J. J. BUTLER, of the Sailors' Home, next
addressed the meeting, and said that so long as Mr. Conor
had such friends around him, and relied upon his heavenly
Father being at the helm, there was no fear of his being
able to weather the storm and surmounting all his diffi-
culties, to attain his desired object. He said that as the
time for collection was drawing near, he would tell them
a tale of a tea party, with which he concluded amidst loud
laughter.
A collection was then made in behalf of the school funds,
after which the Rev. DAVID BARRY addressed the meet-
ing. The children then sung the anthem, " Lord of all
power and might." The other speakers were —the Rev.
Henry Marlen, Rev. S. B. Sutton, and the Rev. O. Powell.
The refreshments, which were excellent in quality and
abundant in quantity, were supplied by Mr. Milburn, of
Clarence-street, and gave general satisfaction ; the hall
was well filled, and the whole affair passed off with great
success.

ONE OF THE HORSES in a Garston omnibus fell down
suddenly on Saturday, and died, opposite the Aigburth
Hotel.

PRIZES.—In Dr. Fisher's educational establishment the
various prizes were awarded, on Saturday last, to the suc-
cessfultcompetitors in Classics, Mathematics, Science, and
Commerce.

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ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday a man, named
John Hughes, a smith, employed in Messrs. Neill's works,
in the Park, after eaaawhearty dinner, when he had
tea over himself, by w • he was so severely scalded as to
cause his death +On% last. An inquest was held
yeaueruny uu t,L uvuy, RTha'a vertueu to an ine,uma.o
returned.

IT will be seen, by advertisement, that the annual sale of
clothing, made by the Scottish poor, takes place this week.
The proceeds of these sales, we are glad to learn, go to
relieve distress and furnish employment to poor females
during winter.
DEATH BY SCALDING.—John M'Clusky, a child eleven
months old, residing in No. 11 Court, Smithfield-street,
with its parents, on Tuesday, the 29th ult., whi'e sitting
on its mother's knee, pulled a vessel containing boiling
just resumed work, fell down and instantly expired.
SUDDEN DEATII.-011 Saturday Henry Bolton, aged 23,
a joiner, in the employment of Mr. Major, ship-builder,
Brunswick Dock, while engaged in carrying some planks,
in company with another man, was observed to spit
blood, when he requested to let down the load. He sat
down, and almost immediately expired, after vomiting a
large quantity of blood. A verdict of died from natural
causes was returned at the inquest yesterday.
STEALING CiffvAss.—Mary Jones was brought before
the Police-court yesterday, charged with stealing a bolt of
canvass, containing forty-one yards, from the premises of
Messrs. Coltart. It appeared that Jones went into the
warehouse in the morning on some frivolous pretext,
when, watching her opportunity, she seized the canvass,
and was making off with it. She was taken into custody
with the property in her possession. She was committed
for trial. Previous to which, on being questioned as to
what she had to say, she denied having stolen the canvass,
and said while in the warehouse an old man who was in
charge of it made an improper proposal to her, which she
resented, and while she was in conversation with him,
some other person came in and attempted to take the
property, for which she was taken hold of.
Ireland

COURT or Cs.uscrarr : ex parte NEILSON, in re ED-
MOND, Bankrupts This appeal was argued on Tuesday.
The petitioners are brokers, at Liverpool, and the defen-
dants are the assignees of Messrs. Edmond, for whom
the Messrs. Neilson sold a number of shares in the Royal
Insurance Company previous to their bankruptcy. Mr.
W. Edmond, the subscriber for the shares, had not at the
time of the sale executed the deed of settlement, although
he did so afterwards; and the question was, whether,
under the true construction of the 26th section of the 7th
and Bth Viet. c. 110, the brokers could establish the
legality of the ;ale and claim against the assignees to have
the shares they had sold, and which they had made good
to the purchasers by other shares, transferred to them.
after the bankruptcy. On Thursday the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Bruce decided that the transaction was contrary
to the policy of the law, and affirmed the order of Mr.
Commissioner Skirrow, who refused to grant the peti-
tioners the relief they asked.
FATAL ACCIDRNT AT rnE NEW DOCK.—On Sunday,
Martin Dimond, a man about 40 years of age, was employed
in taking down a wall on the edge of the Old King's Dock,
a part of the wall having been previously removed, and
some of it still standing in a dangerous condition. He
was cautioned to keep out of the way, to which he care-
lessly replied, " Oh, there's no danger," when the wall
gave way, hurling him to the bottom of the dock, a depth
of thirty feet. He was extricated as speedily as possible,
and conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where he died A
a little after seven o'clock, being-two hours after the period
of his admission. An inquest was summoned for yesterday
and adjourned till to-day. During the investigation it
was stated as a reason for having the work continued
on Sunday, that the wall had been ordered to be removed
on Saturday ; but the men refusing to work after dark,
operations were resumed on Sunday, to prevent the cer-
tainty of a great number of men and horses being thrown
idle on Monday.

TICE ARCTIC Snlrs.—Letters for officers, seamen, and
marines serving in the undermentioned ships, will be in
time to be forwarded, if sent to the Admiralty on or
before the Ist of January, 1854 :—Her Majesty's ship.
Enterprise, Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, and Her
Majesty's ship Plover.
ROBBERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—A lady, who
arrived in Glasgow, on Saturday, by the five o'clock
train from Edinburgh, had a bank check for £2,000
abstracted from a leathern reticule which she carried
along with her. The reticule was slung over her arm,
and was locked, but the thief had most adroitly cut it
open with a knife, and extracted the document without
her being aware of it till some time after. The check has
been stopped at the bank on which it was drawn, so that
fortunately the thief will be disappointed.—North British
Daily Mail.
IN PARIS, they have now an " Umbrella Great Coat,"
which is intended to serve as a great coat and an umbrella
at the same time. It is made of any impervioas material,
and has, running along the lower edge, an airproof tube.
Under the collar is a little blow-hole communicating with
this tube. The wearer applies his mouth to this hole, and
with a few vigorous exhalations, he inflates it with air.
of a hoop, the great coat
and the drops fall a long
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NEAPOLITAN MERCY.—We find the following in a letter
dated Naples, Dec. 4:— I am sorry to inform you that
Baron Poerio, who has now worn the chains of a galley
slave for more than four years, is subject to fresh seventies,
which, if continued, will ere long remove him from the
troubles of this world. Hitherto the police authorities
have permitted the ex-Minister to spend ten ducats (£2)
per month for such necessaries as his state of health
demands. Orders have now been issued that henceforth he
will be permitted to receive from his family only one car-
lino (4d.) per day. Now the prison in which the victim of
the Neapolitan Constitution Is confined at Montefusco, is
so exposed that without fire the prisoners would perish of
cold, and the 4d, per day will scarcely pay for wood ; in-
dependent of which M. Poerio is in such a wretched state
of health as to require many comforts ; such as are ac-
corded to the very worst criminal are refused to the late
friend and adviser of his Sicilian Ikesty,"

LORD PALMERSTON' SRESIGNATION

ON FRIDAY, the two morning organs of the Coalition
Ministry startled the town by the intelligence that Lord
Palmerston had tendered his resignation.

." It was rumoured last night," said the Chronicle, in
conveying the doleful intelligence, " and we fear with too
much truth, that Lord Palmerston has taken a step which
will excite the deepest regret on the part both of his col-
leagues and of the public. This distinguished statesman
has, it is reported, tendered his resignation of the office
which he has so ably filled since the formation of Lord
Abeideen's administration ; and it is stated that the
Premier's present visit to Osborne has reference to the
lamented withdrawal of one of the most popular members
of his Cabinet'"

The Times, more certainly informed, it would appear,
went right to the point:—" Viscount PALMERSTON has
tendered his resignation of the office of Secretary of State
for the Home Department, and has therefore ceased, within
the last forty-eight hours, to form a part of her MAJESTY'S
Government, if that resignation has been accepted by the
Crown. Upon the receipt of a communication from Lord
Palmerston, announcing the resolution he had been led
to form, the Prime Minister left town for Osborne
House, yesterday, for the purpose of laying the resignation
of the Home Secretary before the Queen."

The Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the members of the
Cabinet who met at 'Sir J. Graham's official residence, at
the Admiralty, on Friday night, did not separate until 2
o'clock, a.m., on Saturday.
Sir James Graham had an audience of the Earl of
Aberdeen early on Saturday forenoon, at Argyll-house.
The Earl of Aberdeen, soon after his arrival at his
official residence in Downing-street, received Lord Pan-
mure, with whom the noble Earl remained closeted
upwards of an hour._ .

'The resignation of Lord Palmerston and the summoning
of the Cabinet Council, on Thursday last, has prevented
several of the members of the Cabinet from proceeding
on visiting tours. Lord Granville left London only on
Wednesday, with the intention of being absent four or
five weeks. His lordship returned to town on Saturday
from the seat of Earl Bruce, in Wiltshire, and arrived at
the Foreign-office soon after two o'clock. Sir Charles
Wood had only recently arrived at his seat near Don-
atster, and returned to London early on Saturday
morning, and was present at the meeting of his col-
leagues. Mr. Sidney Herbert arrived in town early on
Saturday morning, from Wilton-house, Salisbury, and
attended the Council. The Marquis of Lansdowne is
entertaining, at his seat, Bowood, Wilts, a large-circle of
distinguished guests. Lord Palmerston was among the
number from Thursday until Saturday, when the noble
viscount left for London. The Marquis of Lansdowne did
not travel from Bowood on Saturday to attend the Council.
On Thursday morning summonses were issued to the
Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council, on Saturday, at the
Foreign-office, Downing-street, One o'clock was the hour
appointed for the meeting, and soon after that time the
following members assembled, namely :—The Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Clarendon, Sir James Graham, Lord John Russell,
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Sidney ,Herbert' and Sir C. Wood.
Lord Granville arrived soon after two o'clock, having
travelled to town from Marlborough in order to attend
the meeting. The Ministers remained in deliberation
until near six o'clock.

The Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, and the
Earl of Clarendon had audiences of the Earl of Aberdeen
on Sunday, at Argyll-house.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and his Excel-
lency Count Walewski (the French Ambassador) arrived
in town on Saturday, at half-past three, from Bowood, the
seat of Lord Lansdowne.

Sir James Graham left town yesterday, on a visit to her
Majesty at Osborne, and will return to-morrow (Wed-
nesday) morning.
With reference to Lord Palmerston's successor, the
Times of yesterday says :—We understand that, upon
Lord Palmerston's resignation, Lord Aberdeen offered the
Home-office to Lord John Russell, and we regret to hear
that the offer was declined, mainly from the fear that
his acceptance of it might be misconstrued. The office
has now been offered .to Sir George Grey, and awaits
his acceptance or rejection. Whoever is destined to be
its future occupant will, we trust, be prepared to advocate
and carry through a fair and substantial measure of par-
liamentary reform, and to consider his official situation as
a great trust held for the benefit of the country, neither to
be undertaken rashly nor flung aside hastily, and least of
all when the welfare of the state exacts every sacrifice in
order to preserve in the presence of foreign nations the
appearance of unity and harmony in our councils.
The Morning Herald says that Sir George Grey will
probably be the new Home Secretary. It is known there
is a serious difference between the Whig and Peelite
sections of the cabinet, and that each party held a separate
meeting in the course of yesterday.
Two messengers have been sent to Lord Lansdowne
from Osborne.