The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-10 00:00:00

know it has not, and yon dare not whisper to ABBEDSEN
—it ought. However, the President of the Board of
Trade made his speech, drank toast and water, and came
off with Eclat.

Two great Customs' grievances, as far as the port of
London is concerned, were remedied on Friday last. Those
acquainted with the Customs' management know well that
the landing-surveyors were a hard-worked class of public
servants, because they were so few. The mercantile inte-
rest also suffered by delay. Butter, fruit, and many other
articles, till within a few days ago, might be seen on the
quays, and no landing-waiter, perhaps, for forty-eight
hours, to relieve them. By the new rale three landing-
surveyors are in future to be stationed at the London
Docks ; two at St. Katherine's, and two at the East and
West India Docks. The remainder of the officers go to
the quays and wharves on both sides of the Thames, down
to Greenwich. If the " shoe pinches" at Liverpool, the
above is a good precedent for relief.
I had intended sooner to give an account of a visit to a
house in Newman-street, the place of worship of the
strangest sect of religionists it has ever been my good or
bad fortune to know anything of, in this country at least.
Your mere enthusiast followers of SOUTHCOTE, JOB
&Amu, and such " small deer," I leave out of the question
as simply vulgar. I had an opportunity of noticing the
folks above referred to, as they, on New-year's Night,
opened a splendid place of worship—l have no other term
than worship to use—which they call a cathedral, in one
of the new squares in the north-west quarter of the metro-
polis—Gordon-square. They seem to be a harmless, rich,
and, to me, infatuated people. Yet men and women too
of " birth, parentage, and education" are found among
them. An M.P., an Admiral of the fleet, a Major of fame
in the army, a Royal Academician, and others of mark
and likelihood are of the congregation. In Newman-
street they met for worship as early as six o'clock in the
morning, rhapsody appeared to be theorder of themeeting;
—unknown tongues ! In these displays neither derivative
nor affinity of language could be traced. The party mak-
ing the sounds was deeply affected, the upraised eye, "like
some saint in a picture," the streaming cheek, the hectic
flush, the hysteric gasp, surely indicated sincerity. In
this manner do they worship. The leader, called " the
angel," came into the place—l speak of the early morning
meetings—clad in vestments all lustrous, diamonds and
pearls of great price here, and other precious gems there,
on the garment ! Poor demented defunct EDWARD In-
VING, these be thy followers ! EDWARD IRVING,who, at
one time, preached before the high and mighty—short
only of sovereign power—lords and ladies of high degree
—statesmen and orators, fain to get a nook in a pew of
his humble church in Hatton-garden, that they might
take lessons in grace and eloquence from his lips ! Poor
human nature, in a brief period the situation was changed
—the gold had become dim, and EDWARD IRVING might
be seen on a Sunday afternoon, all embrowned by exposure
to sun, and wind, and rain, preaching under an umbrella
in Islington-green, to a handful of followers, and strangers
passing by. EDWARD died—spirit-broken, but un-
daunted in his belief, leaving a legacy of "unknown
tongues" which are now in vogue among these worship-
pers in Gordon-square. This is unquestionably one of the
signs of the times, much more than " table-turning" and
" table-talking," as would appear to be argued by another
reverend Scottish divine. The Irvingites, who firmly be-
lieve in the " tongues," have many places of worship
abroad, the one in Gordon-square being the chief. It is
grand in the extreme; so was the opening service on
New Year's night. Vocal music lent her charms to aid

"The organ's swelling peal 1"
The active personage in this mummery was, not long
since, a lawyer's clerk, who had " a call." He certainly
is clever, after a fashion ; wonderfully self-possessed.
There are other officers ; I may not call them by their
assumed titles of " angels," " prophets," " bishops." These
men, mostly all uneducated, and of humble origin, derive
good incomes; more a hundredfold than could be made
by "law-writing" or tailoring. The bishop was a bone-
grubber, or engaged in the bone trade ; he, too, had " a
call," and it is confidently stated that he receives a stipend
from the sect of not less than £1,500 per annum. Can
the force of ignorance, imposture, and self-deception go
further ? It has not yet in England.

CO3f3f_ERCI4L 4 MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

ALTHOUGH the resumption of business after the
Christmas holidays has led to increased activity in
the markets for most descriptions of produce, the
same influence has not been visible in the public
Funds, which have been gradually drooping, owing
chiefly to the length of time to which the negotia-
tions on Eastern affairs have been protracted,
and the growing impression that the result will be
a war in which England will be involved. The
Funds appear to have been gradually declining in
value, but the payment of the dividends, which
will commence to-morrow, may have the effect of
increasing the demand. The Bank returns, on
Friday, show no great change ; there is a small
increase in the stock of bullion, but the increase in
the " other securities" is very large, amounting
to nearly a million.
The returns of the Board of Trade for the
month ended sth December again show a consi-
derable increase in the exports of British produce
and manufactures, as compared with the corre-
sponding period of the previous year. The follow-
ing are the items upon which there is the principal
increase :

1852. 1853. Increase.
Metals 837,422...1,239,883......402,461
Cotton Manufactures _2,045,735_2,240,902 195,167
Woollen Ditto ... 627,912... 786,674 158,762
Haberdashery 161,359... 306,228 144,869
Hardwares
Machinery
Linen Manufactures 34.3,477. 448,473 104,996
Cotton Yarn
Leather
Coals
Earthenware
Beer
Stationery
Glass Manufactures

The only items upon which there appears to be
a decrease are Woollen Yarn, £27,753 ; Linen
Yarn, £21,102 • Wool, 220,023 ; Thrown Silk,
£8,394 ; and Silk Yarn, £1,496. The total in-
crease upon the month's account is £1,595,730 ;
and upon the first eleven months of the year
£15,504,381.

The returns of imports taken for home con-
sumption show an increase upon some important
articles of food, and a decrease upon others, as
follow :

Wheat, qrs
Flour, cwt.
Indian Corn, qrs
Eggs, number
Tea, lbs.
Coffee, lbs.
Cocoa, lbs.
Sugar, cwt.
Fruit, cwt.
Tobacco, lbs.

1852. 1853.
405,446 411,128
169,887 307,236
211,209 46,714
.5,836,118 7,151,181
3,920,539 4,707,287
3,509,150 3,000,328
240,777 414,642
522,606 590,647
76,331 77,627
2,381,719 2,611,542

In the imports of raw materials for manufac-
tures, there is a decrease under every head except
hemp, deducting the quantity re-exported :-
1862. 1853.
227,713
118,436
561,655
341,376
6,719,952
346,435

Flax, cwt
Hemp, do
Silk, lb
Cotton, cwt
Wool, lb
Tallow, cwt

With respect to other articles there is not much
to call for remark, except a large increase in the
quantity of timber imported and used, and also in
glass manufactures of all kinds.
Subjoined is a table of the fluctuations in the
stock and share markets during the year 1853 :
Throughout the whole period the extreme range of
Consols, which was per cent. in 1852, has been
10-1- per cent. In railway shares the fluctuations
have also been extremely heavy. Wheat has expe-
rienced an almost continuous advance. The price
of white Wheat in January was 535. to 545., and
after having touched 48s. to 50s. in May, it com-
menced an upward movement, which, with one
temporary interruption, was unchecked to the close
of the year, the quotation on Saturday having been
85s. In cotton, the lowest prices were at the com-
mencement,.when middling Orleans was at 54(1. to
64d. per lb. In July it touched 7d., and it is now
about 61d.
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE STOCK AND SHARE MARKETS DURING