The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 1853.

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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT,

MONDAY MORNING.
4‘ FOll unto us a child is born." The booming of the
Park and Tower guns, between one and two o'clock on
Thursday afternoon, gave joyful interpretation of the
text. Shortly after the auspicious birth of the PRINCE,
I met His Grace the Duke of NORFOLK, one of tbe great
officers of State " present on the occasion ;" I quote the
words from the official announcement. His Grace the
premier Duke intimated that all was " as well as could be
expected," household words happily applicable to HER
MAJESTY and the illustrious stranger at this present
writing. Uneasy rests the head that wears a crown—to
this effect at least has been said by a great master of
human nature—to indicate that the Sovereign has more
care than the meanest subject. " Present on the occa-
sion,"—of those in the royal bedchamber I say nothing,—
in the adjoining apartments, within ear-shot of every
breath from the royal couch, were upwards of twenty
individuals. Such is State etiquette—State precautions,
most necessary, doubtless, at certain periods of our
country's history. The " calls" at Buckingham Palace
since the event have been unprecedentedly numerous.
The Duchess of KENT, HER MAJESTY'S august mother,
looks remarkably robust, and is in almost constant atten-
dance on HER MAJESTY. lam led to believe that after
a few days there will be no more bulletins exhibited.
It has been communicated to me, by an authority
whose sources of information during an acquaintance of
some twenty years' standing have proved highly reliable,
especially in matters political and financial, that the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUF.R contemplates in his
forthcoming budget a considerable reduction, if not the
total repeal, of the duty on paper. According to the
statement of my friend, who holds a responsible position
in immediate connexion with the Finance Minister's
department,,Mr. GLADSTONE put his colleagues on Friday
in possession of this portion of his scheme, which, by the
way, is to be unfolded to the House of Commons on Mon-
day next, and they unanimously awarded it warm and
hearty approval. Of course, the repeal of the paper duty
will give very general satisfaction, especially to newspaper
proprietors, who feel the pressure most severely, and it is
to be hoped that the CHANCELLOR'S determination to
grapple with the injustice and oppression is a vindication
of his desire to abolish all taxes upon knowledge.
You will learn with regret that your excellent repre-
sentative, Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE, is about being sub-
jected to some annoyance by the Irish SOLICITOR-GENE-
RAL and his ABERDEEN allies ; that in all probability he
will have to undergo an ordeal somewhat similar to that
imposed on Major BERESFORD in connexion with the
Derby election. The Athlone election petition, by which it
is attempted to deprive Mr. KEOGH of his seat, and to
secure the representation of that pure and immaculate
borough for Mr. LANES, is now being prosecuted. The
inquiry commenced on Saturday, and was resumed to-
day, when some very curious disclosures were made
regarding government patronage and other matters, which
you will find in the newspaper reports. The petitioner's
case will close this evening, and Mr. KEOGH opens his
defence to-morrow. Among other matters, I have heard
that he intends alleging and endeavouring to prove that
some members of the late Government unduly interfered
with the electors, for the purpose of assisting Mr. LAWES
in his representative aspirations. Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE
is one of those whose conduct is to be impugned ; and,
if rumour be well founded, the Irish SOLICITOR-GENERAL,
who has more brains, tact, ability, and undaunted perse-
verance than all the other members from Ireland put
together, intends producing a letter written to Mr. LAWES
by Mr. MACKENZIE in his capacity of Secretary to the
Treasury, promising an appointment in the Customs to
one FALLoN, an elector of the borough of Athlone, who,
in consequence of this promise, it is contended by Mr.
KEOGH, either abstained from voting for him, or voted
for Mr. LAwEs. I forget, indeed, which course the elector
took ; but that Mr. KEOGH, through the exertions and skil-
fully-laid plans of a well-known London correspondent
of an Irish journal, is in possession of Mr. MACKENZIE'S
letter, there can be no doubt whatever, and that it will be
used to damage Mr. MACKENZIE and the late Govern-
ment, those who know to what desperate lengths Mr

ICE9Ga is in the habit of going to sustain his own party
and injure his political opponents, will not hesitate for
one moment to believe. it is to be hoped that the plot
laid to become possessed of Mr. MAcKEN Z LE'S letter may
be inquired into by the committee, and that those who
were the actors in it may be introduced to the public.
You announced last week, on my authority, that the
Cabinet was at sixes and sevens, or, rather, to speak more
accurately, at fives and sixes, on the subject of our future
Government of India. I told you that no measure had
been prepared on the subject,—that one section of the
ABERDEEN Administration peremptorily refused assent-
ing to propose permanent legislation for another year, and
that the Whig clique battled strenuously to have Lord J.

RUSSELL'S sierra carried out, by renewing. the charter at

once, and arming the East India Company with addi-
tional powers of monopolising and absolute terrorism.
My information was corroborated in the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday evening. DISRAELI inquired when
there was to be a declaration of Ministerial intentions

regarding India. Lord J. RUSSELL, looking the very

embodiment of spite, passion, and venom, answered,

amidst some tittering, that when the Cabinet had

made up their minds they would lay their plan

before the House. Now, in addition to the curt reply
of the leader of the Commons, I can state that within the

last week the most unusual step has been taken of ap-

pointing a Committee of the Cabinet, cansistiug of five
members, to determine upon some mode of reconciling
the differences which exist among Her MAJESTY'S ad-

visers, and of preparing such an Indian measure as the
Cabinet can agree on presenting to Parliament. The

India meal riots in Ireland, during the famine years, are
described as mere trifles when compared with the stand-

up fights which have ornamented the four last Cabinet
Councils, when the topic of the Indian Charter was
brought under discussion. Out of doors the feeling
against allowing permanent legislation to pass this session
decidedly increases, and should it be attempted, the defeat
of the Minietry is just as certain as that they went to the
Treasury last Friday, and took up their quarter's salaries.
Mr. RICH will persevere with his motion, but in the
following terms :—" On going into committee of supply on
the Miscellaneous Estimates, to bring under the notice
of the House, the approaching termination of the period
of government of India by the East India Company,
under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, and the deficient
state of information in which the House stands as to the
operation of that Act, and more especially as regards the
natives of India."
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S Education Bill will never be
carried. Does he mean it r No. He spoke his speech
on Monday evening, from beginning to end, as claptrap
ought to be spoken. Besides, he came down to the house,
as we are told RICHARD THE THIRD made his appear-
ance in this breathing world—before his time—not half
made up. Lord JOHN as bad es confessed he had not got
his materials, was twitted by more than one member for
not waiting for the Education Commission report, and
laughed at by a whole league of dissenting ministers,
including JOHN BURNETT, of Camberwell, who occupied
seats in the gallery. Far be it from me, as, I hope, a
discreet correspondent, to animadvert in a spirit of ridi-
cule on any of HER MAJESTY'S subjects ; but knowing, as
I do, the great lack of real education among dissenting
clergymen—many are true scholars—l could not help
smiling when I noticed the phalanx of black coats and
indifferently washed white " chokers" around ; their
owners sitting, as it were, in judgment on the noble lord's
remarks, as he went along propounding a scheme of na-
tional education with only one point in it, namely, a money
rate, agreed to by two-thirds of the payers, to defray the
expense of the education to be given. Lord JOHN eulogized
the exploded systems of BELL and LANCASTER, told the
house glibly enough of what his father, the Duke of BED-
FORD, did, and what Lord BROUGHAM, and his old friend,
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, He then made a few references to
the statistics of schools, and fairly ended on the horns of
a dilemma,—between the Church system and that of the
Chapel. No man can serve two masters,—Lord JotlN
RUSSELL was oppressed with a sense of this belief. Wide
as the poles asunder, no system of education palateable
to the Established Church will ever be received by the
Dissenters. The significant shrugs—the nods and becks—
I Saw not the wreathed smiles—of the dissenting people
Present, testified to that. The Education Bill may pro-
duce some good debating,—interesting speeches,—but it
will end in nothing. Vox el, &C. Your BURNETTS
and HOWARDS, the loud speaking-trumpets of the
Dissenters, care not so much for the quality of the educa-
tion, or the quantity either. Why should they ? It suits
the part JOHN BURNETT has to play or preach, to quote
MELANCTHON, JOHN CALVIN, or the venerable BEDE—
it may be, for a contrast, SCALIGER and BeeemissiNE ;
JOHN'S education (I mean done: BURNETT, and not JOHN
CALVIN or JOHN RUSSELL) is most innocent of " He-
brew, Greek, and Latin." His knowledge of the sweet
sympathies of the subjunctive mood is scant, nor
does he care to exclaim " Formose pastor Corydon."
What JOHN BURSETT, on the part of the dissenters,
wants, is to keep the educational purse-strings out of the
fingers of Churchmen. JOSEPH HUME, Mr. BURNETT'S
countryman, must needs come out with acme of his non-
sense in his old age, and forgetting the religious education
which he had at home sixty years ago, told the house that
Lord JOHN'S plan would never do, because it did not sepa-
rate religious from secular education. Bali ! JOSEPH, I am
ashamed of you, to say this when you ought to be looking
out for another and a better world. JOSEPH, JOSEPH,
let us hav,?. our schools open and close with prayer—divine
recognition—and they who do not choose to stay (prayers)
may remain away ; nothing compulsory • I hold that re-
ligion is the backbone of all education. 'WILLIAM EIYABT

said something in his usual style, giving his support in
general to the plan. I have for many years considered
Mr. EWART ambitious, yet shallow; in the more elevated
questions that come before Parliament he is sure to put
his beak—and says nothing either to instruct or amuse—
certainly nothing worth remembering. Fox, too, the
Unitarian orator, and by far the best living critic of
SRAKSPEARE I happen to know, said to Lord JOHN that
he liked the rate principle—(of course he does)—but—
he feared the noble Lord's scheme in other respects would
not-do. With what delight has Fox, when the dramatic
critic of the old Whig Chronicle, watched MACREADY'S
glorious interpretations of several of WILLIAM SHAK.
SPEARE S great
' . creatures. There the hon. member—
critic only then—sat generally with a lady on either side—
he, Fox, squat as a Madagascar bat—vulgar in aspect,
but how rarefied the mind I Bother Fox.—The Educa-
tion Bill was read a first time.
A curious conversation took place in the House of
Lords during the discussion of the Education Bill else-
where. It appeared to give deep satisfaction to nearly
all the Peers present, save and except the Earl of
MALMESBURY, the apologist of Louis NAPOLEON, and
the Earl of CLARENDON, the apologist of certain City
Peace Deputation people, who went with the address in
Easter week to the Emperor. Lord CAMPBELL, as sound
a lawyer as ever sat on the bench, denounced the whole
proceedings as illegal, contrary to the law of nations, and
altogether unseemly and uncalled for. The Earl of
ELLENBOROUGH said the address and its presentation was
quite disgusting. The Government, however, managed to
get tolerably well out of the mess, and CLARENDON espe-
cially was lucky in causing Lord COWLEY, our ambassa-
dor at the French Court, to withhold his countenance
when the deputation went to court. Had Lord CLAREN-
DON not done this, there would have been a tremendous
storm in their lordships' house. The city people feel
rather soft on the subject ; however, as nothing lasts long
wonderful with them, in a day or two the whole affair will
blow over. Meantime, persons of weight, respectability,
and experience in mercantile circles, do not hesitate to
declare. that a desire to participate in certain share profits
had as much to do with the getting up and presentation
of the address as a love for the preservation of peace
between the two countries. Mr. Alderman MOON

has been somewhat annoyed in connexion with the depu-
tation. Some wag gave out that the alderman was to
write a history of the great civic demonstration. Now, it
so happens that the alderman was not of the party—aryal
he cannot write on the subject. _ _

The discussion on the reduction of the wino duties,
brought forward by Mr. OLIVIF.RA, though it led to no.
thing, was interesting to every poor man's friend. But
) alas and alack a day—in Indian parlance no bad things—
, lam certain it will not be in oar time that such a reduc-
tion of duty on really good wine—which we are told in
Scripture rejoiceth the heart of man—will take place,
so as to allow its purchase by the artisan, the clerk,
or skilled mechanic. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
may be, nay is, a learned man, representative of the
" dandy" University, but he knows little of the statistics
of human nature—the propensities thereof as regards the
working men—workers with head as well as hand, when
he said, certainly in substance, that there must be
36,000,000 of gallons of wine annually consumed before
the deficiency caused by the proposed reduction would be
made up ; that could not be done until the national taste
was so altered and modified as to be completely trans-
formed. He thought there could not be so great a change
in the taste of the people in so short a period. The time
mentioned by the mover—two years, when the reduced
duty was to come into operation. GLADSTONE, Chancellor
of our ever " flourishing" Exchequer, why don't you take
a stroll round some of the streets of the wine-shops of the
metropolis ? Say on a Saturday,—the after part of the
day,—if Cabinet Council, deputation, &c., do not prevent
you. with your own eyes you would see the transformation
—the " deformed transformed"—of public taste already
accomplished. Your intellectual workers—skilled men I
mean, head and hand workers, as I have stated, eschew
heavy beer; it makes them unfit for their labours, if these
are beyond those of the coal-heaver. Not that the English
workmen repudiate beer when their work is done. They
dislike alcohol for various reasons, which I may refer to
by-and-bye ; they do now generally prefer what is called
wine, but, ah me ! brain-poison—worse infinitely than
malt liquor, and more absurd in its drunken developments
than those of gin and water. Three public-house or tavern
keepers were mentioned as having given their evidence in
regard to the prodigious quantity of wine they sell in
glasses over the counter. I know them ; have seen the
wine drank ; there was little harm. But go to certain
resorts, by me nameless, where the manufactured stuff is
vended ! CYRUS REDDING, a tolerable judge of wine,
certainly a pleasant writer enough thereanent, was quoted
during the discussion ; but he does not, as far as I am
aware, say one word on the philosophy of drunkenness
produced by cheap-manufactured wine-drinking. For
me it is enough now to state that there is a strong, a pre-
valent desire among our bettor workpeople to take the
wine if they could, but then they cannot get it ; and,
unless the duty on good wine is taken off, verily the
new and praiseworthy attachment to wine-drinking will
soon be heard of no more, the cheap stuff is so bad. I
need not tell our intelligent readers that port, sherry, and
champagne, are made sometimes, nay frequently, without
a particle of the essential elements in their constitutions ;
claret, also, has its main stock in elderberries, sold by the
bushel in our public market-places for the wine-press of
the adulterator. Of the effects produced by drinking sham
claret I shall say little furtherthan that it produces intestinal
disorder, but scarcely affects the brain. Our working
people care not fur it. Try a fourpenny glass of the port
and sherry for the most part vended at present,—try
another, or, rather, try neither, but sit quietly in a corner
and observe in the infatuated drinkers the workings of
this " perilous stuff." They are temperate, remember ;
they wish to avoid beer and spirits—they have heard of
cheap wine. a liquid some of them have sang about,
" Wine, mighty wine 1" few of them have tasted it a
dozen times in as many years, On they drink—another
fourpenny glass—only two ; anon the pupils dilate, a dirty
rabid froth appears at the corners of the mouth, they begin
to make faces at each other,—moe and grin like apes and
chatter also ; curious the drink don't make the parties
wicked, not even mischievous; the appearances superin-
duced after two glasses are those of a harmless idiotic
character ; the drinkers', now in the third heaven, forget
they have only thirty or forty shillings a week, become
soft, swear eternal friendship, " babble o' green fields,"
those of their boyhood, and fairly end in crying ! These
are a few of the results of cheap and bad wine drinking
observed by a rather wide-awake eyewitness. All of
these developments would remain inexperienced, if cheap
and GOOD wine were substituted, because I know there is
a growing and unmistakeable taste for wine among our
working people, though Mr. GLADSTONE avers to the con-
trary. Were wine come-at-able by the poorerof our friends,
it would necessarily put ma end to the hellish traffic in
" jigger spirits," now carried on in the metropolis to an•
incalculable extent. I refer to illicit distillation, de-

frauding the Government of thousands of pounds sterling
per annum. The spirits illicitly made in the Highlands
of Scotland;and in most parts of the sister country, for
excellence of quality cannot be sufficiently eulogised ; but
oh ! the jioger stuff ! I have tasted it—jiggered gin,
whisky, rum, and brandy—the sale of it is frightfully pre-
valent in the metropolis, especially in the humbler parts
of it. Drinking this demon-cup destroys all the better
affections of the heart, substituting the rage of demons,
to it is attributed by physiologists—friends of mine, great
observers of human nature and human vice—the till now
almost unheard-of frequency of assaults—murderous—on
helpless and unoffending women—wives for the most part
hard-working :and careful. If gin-drinking softens the
brain, the jigger hardens the heart. But to return to
Mr. OLIVIERA and the wine duties. Banish the present
cheap wine out of our streets—to say ports would be a
gross mistake. Let the poorer classes stick to a moderate
allowance of good porter and ale, but beware of the jigger.
Good wine, with reduced duty, Mr. Gt. knsToNE will never
give us.
On subjects musical, dramatic, artistic, and literary—
a few words. The Royal Italian Opera—sole temple of
the lyric muse—you will have seen, has opened with
" Masaniello," a French spectacular melo-dramatic opera.
AUBER'S magnificent work, out of place on Italian boards,
has been superseded by " Il Barbiere di Siviglia," with
the finest cast in the world. RONCONI, with a temper
short as schist, is a great artist, and the greatest Figaro
living as regards musical qualifications, vis comics, mise
en scene, or what you will ;—in one English word, RON-
CONI is perfect. Bosco, a nice woman enough, was the
Rosina. Her musical education is good ; she is accom-
plished in every sense of the word, while nature has
blessed her with a magnificent voice ; but she don't vin-
dicate her author. She sings her own music • throws
ROSSINI, the best and last of composers, to the dogs ;
and runs riot in her own fioriture ;—a vile fault in a
singer. " Vat is dat, Sare GEORGE ?" said the immortal
WEBER, as he sat in the orchestra of Drury-lane Theatre,
on the first representation of the " Frieschutz" there,
when he heard, in ear-agony, the prima donna of the
evening trilling " shakes" to no end, where WEBER
meant all to be plain, simple. " It is an accident,
CARL," said Sir GEORGE—he knew better. The great
German threw up his tremendous nose in disgust. So it
is with Bosco—a gifted creature, who appears not to care
a rush for her author, but electrifies while she destroys.
I have said thus much, because the Liverpool musical
people may have a visit from the syren. The Ballet, intro-
duced for the first time, might as well have been spared.
At the Haymarket a new full-blown .five-act play has
been introduced by Mr. BUCKSTONE. The author, Mr.
SULLIVAN, has taken much pains to make the story as un-
intelligible as possible. The piece was saved by the droll
acting of BUCKSTONE and HENRY COMPTON.
Don't speak to our artists at present, if you please; they
are all as busy as bees, touching up for the Great Exhibition
of the R. A., which I am afraid will be poor : lots of pic-
tures—genre—

" What's this dull Academy to me, ETTY'S not there."

And I might go on, and so travestie with half a
dozen great names. However, after the dinner on
the first Saturday in May, we shall know more about it.
Some good pictures are on the easel ; who is to engrave
them ? or what is, perhaps, of more importance, who
publish them ? Alderman Moox leaves business.
£15,000, it is said, has been paid for his magnificent
stock of engravings—John Knox Preaching, and many
other splendid works included, alike creditable to the
Alderman's liberality and British art. There will bo an
opportunity now afforded for every body, so minded, of
having specimens of the rarest productions of the burin.
They are to be disposed of by auction. This will cause a
glut, which will affect the print trade for the next two
years. Sir Butwea.(excuse the French mode of naming
the literary baronet) is in poor health ; he is in town at
present,
and shows none of that jaunty air for which he
was long distinguished ;—his lips, no longer compressed,
but apart, as if he were gasping for air ; his countenance
is eager ; his step feeble and slow. Let U 3 hope he
may recover, for, after all his harmless eccentri-
cities, he is one of the right sort—one whosel works
will live for ever. DISRAELI is looking. well,—for
him,—waspish,—and apparently full of sting. A. new
weekly paper, to be called "The,Pres.s,". of Opposition-
Conservative principles,—Dizzy s principles,. in short,—
makes its appearance next week. Tip-top writers are en-
gaged, and bushels of tin at the banker's. B.AII ;VA-
CAULEY, the greatest historian we have, is also 1117—face
yellow as a guinea. Do these great creatures eat opium ?
Government has given DOUGLAS JERROLD'S son another
lift; he has just been removed from the Treasury to the
War-office—Commissariat, I believe, and he toddles to
Canada forthwith, a promising lad, with the best pros,
pects in the world. Duggy himself—Pere, I mean—is, as
usual, chirruping away like a grasshopper,—bent lie is,
but young-looking. I 3 ut I must atop.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
AMIDST the various speculations which have taken
place on the long-expected Financial Statement of
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, which he
has promised to make on Monday next, we may
take credit to ourselves for having been alone in
predicting that he would interfere with the Interest
of the National Debt. So far he has anticipated
the Budget; as, on Friday, he proposed a series of
resolutions with the view of reducing the Interest
upon certain portions of the Three per Cent. Stock,
with permissive powers for the voluntary conversion
of a further amount. The first part of the scheme
provides for paying off the following Stocks, which
unnecessarily at present form distinct features of
the public liabilities, namely—
Debt due to the South Sea Company, at 3
_ per cent._ £3,662,784

Old South Sea Annuities, at ditto .. 3,010,378
New South Sea ditto, at ditto 2,137,984
South Sea ditto, 1751, at ditto, .. .. 480,200
Bank Annuities, 1726, at ditto .. .. 709,292

£10,000,638
And that the holders of these are to have the option
of £lOO in money for every £lOO stock, or of
taking instead—
£B2 104. New 31- per cent. Stock guaranteed against re-
duction for 40 years—namely. till the sth Janu-
ary, 1894, and which will yield an annual interest
of £2 17s. 9d. ; or,
£llO two-and-a-half per cents., guaranteed till sth Janu-
ary, 1894, and yielding annually £2 15s. •, or,
£lOO Exchequer Bond, bearing 21 per cent. for 10 years
—namely, till Ist September, 1864 „,,and 2 per
cent. for an additional 30 years—Mamely, till
September, 1894.
Another of the resolutions provides that all holders
of Consols or Reduced (the aggregate amount of
which is £494,098,474), are to have the power,
by giving notice any time before the 10th of
October next, to commute those stocks for
either of the three descriptions of new secu-
rities now to be created, but a subsequent
resolution states that no amount of Exchequer
Bonds shall be issued, exceeding, in the whole,
the sum of thirty millions; so that, in the event of
this becoming the favourite mode of conversion, it
will be necessary to apply to Parliament for new
powers. Upon the plan becoming known, it was
so far favourably received that Consols advanced in
value; a fact which may be accounted for by the
proposed conversion of a portion creating a scarcity
of the floating amount on the present basis. The
proposal to create a new Three-and-a-half per Cent
stock at £B2 10s., and that for Exchequer Bonds
at Two-and-Three-quarter per Cent for ten years,
are thought to be advantageous, though unneces-
sarily favourable to the public creditor ; but the
second proposal, of giving £llO for a Two-and-a-
Half per Cent stock, though paying the same
amount of interest, is thought to be injudicious,
because it will virtually be adding to the capital
stock, and may render the future dealing with it a
matter of greater difficulty. The scheme, on the
whole, displays considerable ingenuity; but it
would have been considerably simplified had it
been confined to the creation of a new stock bearing
interest at 21 per cent for a guaranteed term of
years, which would have made it an acceptable
bargain, with the addition, perhaps, of a limited
amount of Exchequer Bonds, on the terms-proposed.
The activity which was prevalent in all depart-
ments of the Home trade during the previous- week
has experienced a alight lull, which is no more
than might ordinarily have been expected ; but
nothing has occurred to destroy or even weaken
the general feeling of confidence in the maintenance
of prosperity, which has prevailed for some time
past. The intelligence brought by the Africa hav-
ing been acted upon by anticipation, there was no
further impetus given to the Cotton trade in this
port, but prices have been well maintained, and
holders have, as yet, shown no disposition to realise,
except at full rates.. Even Manchester has re-
frained from its late grumbling tone; and the
reports from the other manufacturing districts con-
cur in representations of continued activity in every
department of industry.. Nothing has yet occurred
to mar the predictions which we ventured to ex-
press a short time since, and we entertain no doubt
but that Cotton will reach even a higher figure
before a falling off in the demand will show that
the supply has been in any degree excessive.

_
The returns of the Board of Trade for the month
ended sth of March, have just been published. In
the declared value of British goods exported, there
is an increase of £919,097, as compared with the
corresponding month of last year. The increase is
principally upon Metals, £325,087 ; Cotton Ma-
nufactures, £251,485.; Haberdashery, £162,237;
Woollen Manufactures, £90,037; Leather, £80,682;
and Silk Manufactures and Thrown Silk, £88,545;
while there is a decrease in Cotton Yarn of £125,417,
and Woollen Yarn, £18,715. In imports of raw
materials there is decrease in Hemp, Silk, and
Tallow, and an increase of Flax, Cotton, and Wool.
The quantities of Provisions, &c., taken for home
consumption, shows an increase in Wheat, Flour,
Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Spirits, Tobacco, and
Spices ; and there is a decrease in other Grain,
Indian Corn, Butter and Cheese, Eggs, Tea,. ine,
Opium, and Fruii.
The return from the Bank of England, for the
week ending the 2nd of April, gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. £8,234,115; Decrease £234,643
Other deposits .. 12,690,203 ; Decrease 31,579
Rest .. _
_3,635,929 ; Increase 5,291

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,46.1,538 ; the same as before.
Other securities .. 16,385,120 ; Increase £453,673
Notes unemployed 10,182,860 ; Decrease 607,150
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,387,170,
being an increase of £593,475 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,007,449, show-
ing a decrease of £115,547, when compared with
the preceding return.
Notes issued .. £32,570,030

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin& bu1n.18,550,876
Silver bullion .. 19,154

X 32,570,030

£32,570,030

BANKING D
Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000
Rest.
Public deposits. 8,234,115
Other deposits. 12,690,203
7-day, &c. bills. 1,356,690

;PAR7'NIZiNT.

Gov. securities.£l3,46l,s3B
Other securities 16,385,120
Notes .... 10,182,860
Gold & silv. coin 437,419

£40.469,937

£40,469,037

Our SHARE MARKET has been roused to some
extent during the week from the stagnation in
which it has long lain dormant, by the projected
measure of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.
This, upon its first promulgation, induced several
speculative operations, which caused a considerable
advance in prices; these, however, not being
followed up by any purchases on the part of the
public, have had but a transient effect upon the
market, and we close to-day, with a preponderance
of sellers, decidedly weak, at lower prices. We
annex the day's quotations :—Aberdeens, 14 ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 213- 2; Caledonians, 321;
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 21p; Dublin and
Drogheda, 70; Eastern Counties, 13+; East Lan-
cashire, 18+; Great Southern and Western, 541;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 771 6i 761; Ditto
Fifths, 4d; Lancaster and Carlisle Thirds, 13-p;
Leeds Northern, 16}; London Stock, 1191 *
; Ditto Fifths, 21p ; Sheffield Stock, 30A- 30;
Midland Stock, 742 + i *; Dover Stock,
221 t 41 ; York and North Midland, 29:1; East
Lancashire Pref. Fifths, 2nd issue, 5 1-16; North
Union Stock, 253+; Dutch Rhenish, 2 1.16;
Quebec and Richmond, 1p; Royal Insurance, lip;
South Eastern Steam Company, 101.
PRODUCE.---The market for Sugar has not been
so buoyant, owing to the depression in the London
market, and the Sales have been confined to 100
hhds. West India, 5,000 bags old Khaur, 700 bags
Mauritius, and 500 bags Madras. In Foreign,
also, very little doing. Coffee dull, the sales being
only 600 bags St. Domingo at former prices. Of
Rum, 600 puncheons, mostly Demerara, sold with-
out change in price. Tea in good demand, me-
dium Congous having sold at full prices, and green
at advanced rates. Of Rice, 3,400 bags Arracan
sold at previous prices. In black Pepper, the sales
were 150 bags, at 3fd. per lb. Of Saltpetre, only
100 bags sold at 28s. 6d. to 30s. for 6 to 21 re-
fraction. For Guano a good demand ; 200 tons
Peruvian, in several hands, realised £ll 2s. 6d. to
£ll 7s. 6i. per ton, and 800 tons of lower kinds
sold at full rates. Little or nothing doing in
Hides. An active demand for Palm Oil; 550 tons
on the spot sold at £33 ss. to £34 per ton, and
1,250 tons to arrive at about the same rates. In
other Oils but little doing, without change in value.
Spirits of Turpentine dull. In Tallow, a con-
siderable business has been done at 465. to 465. 6d.
for new, and 455. 6d. per cwt. for old Petersburgh
Y.C. The demand for Jute steady; but, owing to
short supply, only 500 bales sold, at £2l ss. per
ton. In Baltic Hemp little doing. Linseed is
lower; Bombay, 48s. and Calcutta. 475. per quarter.
American Rosin is declining.--To-Day : The trans-
actions in Sugar by private contract consisted of
100 hhds. Demerara at 345., and 400 bags yellow
Dates at 335. 6d.; 255 hhds. Surinam sold by auc-
tion at 335. 9d. to 365. 6d., and 200 hhds. Porto
Rico at 38s. 2d. to 42q. 3d, per cwt. NQthing doing

in Molasses or Rum. The Tea market is quiet :
holders, however, demand full rates, and in several
instances, Teas have been withdrawn. 700 sacks
and 600 bags Bengal Rice brought 9s. 6d. to 10s.
per cwt. for broken to ordinary yellowish white.
15 tons St. Domingo Fustic sold at £6 12s. 6d. per
ton, and 600 bags Cutch at 275. per cwt.
COTTON. •—• The advices per Canada, which
steamer arrived yesterday, from Boston, confirm
the late accounts of the falling off in the receipts at
the Cotton ports, and also brings tidings of higher
quotations. It is now pretty generally believed,
both here and in America, that certain prices who
have had an interest in running parties down, to
enable them to execute their orders on moderate
terms, have greatly over-estimated the crop, and
that it will fall far short of their extravagant
anticipations. With the present enormous con-
sumption going on,not only in the Cotton districts,
but in the Woollen districts likewise, anything
short of a large crop would be a national evil. The
general estimates now vary from 3,100,000 to
3,200,000 bales. The weather was also exceed-
ingly wet, and preventing the planting in many
districts. There were no less than seven mails due
from the South, owing to the impassable state of the
roads.—The trade during the week was steady, there
being evidently a disposition to wait for further
advices. The sales on Friday and Saturday amounted
to 6,000 bales each day, of which about 3,500 were
on speculation and for export. TO-DAY the sales
reached 7,000 bales, at very firm prices ; and the
market closed with an upward tendency.
WOOL.—Little offering here at present of any
description, consequently the transactions are not
extensive, he late arrivals are principally held for
the public sales, which are advertised for the 20th
instant, when about 4,000 bales will be offered for
public competition. The demand continues good,
and prices very buoyant. Imports for the week,
1,7'20 bales, namely :-381 Australian and Cape of
Good Hope, 255 East India, 114 Portugal, 371
Buenos Ayres, 5 Peruvian, 464 Mediterranean ports,
106 Irish, and 24 Coastwise. English and Irish
are very scarce. The farming' districts have not
been better cleared for a great number of years;
and, if the present large consumption continues,
prices may be expected to range even higher for
the new clip,

IRON.—there is nothing particular to note in
this market. To-day being a holiday in Glasgow,
there are no quotations of Scotch pigs.

SAM SLICK IN LIVERPOOL.

England is to have the honour of receiving in 1853 an
unusual number of the greatest literary celebrities of the
United States. Mrs. Beecher Stowe, the first novelist ;•
Judge Haliburtonr the first wit ; and Mr. Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, the first prose writer (if we except Mr. Washing-
ton Irving, perhaps). Mrs. Stowe is, even while we write.
in our immediate neighbourhood; Sam Slick is not out of
Lancashire ; and very soon we shall have the author of
" The Blithedale Romance" settled amongst us as Ame-
rican consul. Mrs. Stowe's visit to this country has been
for some time past the subject of much conversation and
eager anticipation ; but, even in the midst of the uni-
versal enthusiasm, which her arrival on our shores is so well
calculated to create, the visit of the witty and the wise
Judge Haliburton, author of the amusing and Instructive
Sam Slick," will not be deemed unworthy of note.
Mr. Haliburton has, we believe, left Liverpool, though
he has- not yet taken his departure from Lancashire. He
goes at first on a visit to his relative, Mr. Haliburton, of
Whitby, near Wisan.

MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN
LIVERPOOL.

The author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," who was unable
to leave New York by the Glasgow screw-steamer, which
arrived in the Clyde on Friday-last, arrived at Liverpool
by the Canada, on Sunday morning. Having recovered
partially from the severe indisposition which prevented
her from leaving Andover, U.S., at the time originally
fixed for her departure, she made all haste to- proceed by
the next vessel. During the voyage Mrs. Stowe suffered
from sea-sickness, and the result is that she is almost
entirely prostrated. though it is to be hoped that a few
days' rest in Old England will restore her to-her wonted
strength. She is accompanied by her husband; the Rev.
Mr. Stowe ; and also by several of the Beecher family,
of which she is so distinguished an ornament. Fiom
some misunderstanding, perhaps, no party proceeded
in the tug to receive Mrs. Stowe. On landing ahe pro-
ceeded to the Dingle, where she is at present the guest
of our townsman, Mr. Cropper. Her stay, will, however,
be necessarily short, as she will hasten to Glasgow. from
the Anti-Slavery Society of which place she was first in-
vited to this country. It is understood that Mr. Stowe
accepted the invitation to visit this country with the view
of attending the approaching:May meetings. In Glasgow
a public soiree is to be given to the distinguished lady
whose name, unknown a year ago, is now to all ears
" familiar as a household word." We learn from the
Greenock-Advertiser, that the committee of the Ladies'
Anti-Slavery Association in that town have been making
arrangements for a soiree in honour of Mrs. Stowe. The
committee had transmitted to the secretary of the Glasgow
Association an invitation to be presented to Mrs. Stowe
on her arrival. She and her husband, Professor Stowe,
are to be the guests of John Scott, Esq. of Finnart-house,
during their stay in Greenock, and Provost Martin has
kindly consented to preside at the soiree.
We understand that a party of gentlemen and ladies
breakfasted yesterday morning with Mrs. Stowe, at the
Dingle, and among the clergy present to meet her were
the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Richard Burgess, rector
of Upper Chelsea, &c.

WEST DERBY UNION.

ELECTION OF

The following is the result
of this union which were con

GUARDIANS.

of the elections of guardians
nested

TOXTETIS PARK.
I. Joseph Harrison lOB7 7. Horace S. Aipass 6BB
2. David Craig 971 8. Richard Miller 660
3. William Mountfield .. 912 9. Jos. Dickinson Carter. 659
4. Abraham Horsfall .... 879 10. Samuel Siddeley 556
5. Thomas Smith 549
6. Gilbert Harrison34l
696847 121 ..
GweiourigaemSm Craggsitlt
The first nine were elected.
Messrs. Batten, Kidd, Grindrod, and Lathenry retire&
from the contest after nomination.

EIRKDAL%.
Thomas Fleetwood Roskell 316
Thomas William Medcalf
Thomas.Winstanley Taylor
Two first elected.
ORRELL AND .FORD.
William Knowles 4B
Edward Brint Barton 3O
The first elected.

The election for the township of West Derby is not
completed.

THE LIVERPOOL CONVICTS LEFT FOR
EXECUTION.

The sentence of death pZ-sed at the recent Liverpool
assizes on Terrell and Williams, the unfotrunate men now
in Kirlidale gaol, will probably be carried into effect on
Saturday week. Since their sentence, the wretched men
have been placed in separate cells, under the usual sur-
veillance, a turnkey remaining with each, night and day.
Both of the convicts appear fully sensible of their deplora-
ble position. They appear penitent, anil their conduct
is spoken of as orderly and becoming. Terrell is under
the spiritual direction of a Romanist priest ; Williams
is ministered to by the Rev. Mr. Appleton, the respected
chaplain of the gaol. Terrell, who is only eighteen years
of age, has led an irregular life, having, within the last
five or six years, been several times in prison. He has
been once before confined in Kirk.dale, and more than
once in gaol in Manchester. He asserts that be did not
intend to murder his victim when he inflicted the stab ;
and his friends are about to get up a memorial in his
favour to the Secretary of State. Williams, who is
twenty-fivo years of age, is a Welshman by birth. He
has sailed for about ten years in the American merchant
service ; and would appear to have no friends in this part
of the country, as he has not been visited by any one
since condemnation, nor has he yet communicated with
his relatives, if he have any, by letter. He is supposed
to belong to the neighbourhood of Carnarvon. It is a
curious fact that he appears in mistake to have murdered
the wrong man, the deceased not being the person who
had given the provocation.

NEM MAGISTRATE.—On Monday, at the Lancaster
Sessions, R. T. Gillow, Esq., of Leighton Hall, qualified
as a justice of the peace for this county.
ELECTION COM3iIITTEES.—The elections at the follow-
ing places are now undergoing investigation before com-
mittees, neither of which have yet come to a decision :
Athlone, Codiermouth, Dartmouth, Leicester, and
Taunton.

THE INVITATION of the Worshipful the Mayor of
Liverpool to the British Association, asking them to hold
the meeting for 1854 in Liverpool, will be laid imme-
diately before the president and council of that body by
Professor Phillips, of York.
THE REV. R. H. LUNDIE, M.A., delivered a lecture
on Tuesday last, at the Holy Trinity Church Institute,
Birkenhead, relative to the objects and working of the
Protestant Refuge for orphan and destitute children, at
Dusselthal Abbey, near the Rhine.

THE OPENING OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S ScHooLs, Ever -
ton, will be an interesting event, several distinguished
persons interested in national education having promised
to attend. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese will advocate
their claims to support on Sunday next, in St. Augustin& s
Church.
LANCASTER ELECTION.—The election for a represen-
tative of this borough, in the room of Mr. R. B. Arm-
strong, unseated on petition, took place yesterday (Mon-
day), in the Town-ball. The candidates were Mr. John
Armstrong, brother of the unseated member, and Mr.
Thomas Greene, who represented the borough for 28
years, till the last election. The mayor declared the
show of hands in favour of Mr. Armstrong, and a poll
being demanded, it will take place this day (Tuesday).
DEATH OF GEORGE TAYLOR, ESQ.—Mr. Taylor, the
surveyor of inland revenue at this port, has departed this
life, much and deservedly respected, and, we regret to say,
unexpectedly, as he was attending to the important duties
of his office on *Wednesday last. Mr. Taylor has long
been known in Liverpool as a gentleman and an officer of
the crown ; and few men either in or out of the service of
the revenue were more generally estimated. His aptitude
for business, coupled with his ease and polite manner,
eminently qualified him for the responsible situation which
he held; andwe believe there is but one feeling amongst the
officers under his inspection and the merchant! of tiii3
port,—anvil that is one of general regret;

LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND
INSTITUTION.

THE third annual meeting of the above institution was
held in the society's rooms, Bold.street, last evening.
Among the gentlemen present we noticed Harmood
Banner, Esq.' the Revs. W. F. Tayfor, G. W. Warr,
Thos. Moore, Messrs. P. Mitchell, Brakel, Saltier, Wm.
Roulston, Cropper, Mallett, Pickering, Gardiner, &c.
The chair was taken by E. Heath, Esq , wbo stated generally
the objects of the institution, and remarked that the great
difficulty was to secure permanence. The difference between
this institution and others with which he had been connected
was, that it had a prominent feature, the religious element,
which would serve as a bond of union, and promote its per-
manency. The lectures and discussion classes would also serve
the same object. The importance of concentrating our powers
on one or two objects, and pursuing these With steadiness, was
forcibly set forth, and its application to the institution clearly
stated.
The Honorary Secretary then read the
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.

In presenting the third annual report, the committee have to
congratulate the members on the steady progress of the insti-
tution, and the experience of the past year gives them reason
to hope that the society, if judiciously managed, will be able
to carry out with success the objects for which it was formed.
To the list of life-subscribers have been added the names of
the three following gentlemen—viz., The Right Hon. Lord
Stanley, Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., and Thomas Littledale,
Esq., ex-Mayor. During the last five months, 70 new members
have been enrolled. The increase for the year at this rate
would have been 170, but, through the negligence of the late
librarian, many members did not renew their subscription
when due, and numbers who could easily have been induced to
join, were never made aware of the advantages of the institu-
tion. The present librarian, whose zeal and intelligence the
committee duly appreciate and desire to acknowledge, has im-
proved matters much since his appointment, and had the
same energy been applied during the entire twelve months, the
number of members would have almost doubled, and the ad-
vantages of the institution proportionably increased. It has,
however, more than maintained its ground, and the basis on
which it rests-is more secure than before.
The committee desire to express their regret at the death,
during the past year, of their treasurer, who was one of the
earliest members who watched over the origin of the institution.
The members will see what has been going forward during
the year from the following summary :
Lectures.—The public lectures, which during the two past
years formed such a prominent feature', have not been supplied
to the same extent this year. Great efforts were made to
secure distinguished and popular lecturers,but much difficulty
was experienced in making the necessary arrangements. Only
two public lectures were delivered, and a third, which was an-
nounced, did not take place, owing to the ill health of the lec-
turer. A loss of nearly £lO having been sustained on the first
two, the committee did not think it desirable to have any more
during the present year.
The lectures in the rooms to members and their friends have
been well attended, and have given much satisfaction. They
were ten in number, arranged into two courses, of five lectures
each. They treated of the history and doctrines of the Church,
and of such important subjects as ragged schools, emigration,
and natural history. The committee, on the part of the mem-
bers, desire to th..nk the clergy and ther gentlemen for their
kind and valuable aid in these lectures.
Newsroom.—This department has been well supplied with
papers, and every effort has been made to meet the suggestions
and wishes of the members-. Several important magazines and
periodicals have been added. The average attendance of mem-
bers is large.
Library.—About .t'2o has been expended on the library dur-
ing the year. The members are indebted to the liberality of
Mr. Brakell, one of the life-members, for the catalogue of the
books, which he presented to the institution. The committee.
were most desirous of increasing the usefulness of this depart-
ment. A roluntsry subscription was made, which amounted:
to a small sum, and an attempt was made to have a soiree on a
large scale, for the express benefit of the library. They beg to'
recommend this part of the institution to the particular atten-
tion of the new committee.

Classes.—One important object of the institution is to afford
its members an opportunity of improving themselves in any
branch of knowledge they may wish ;•• and for this 'purpose
class-rooms are at their service, and classes in French, Italian,
&c., have been in active operation. The Mental Improvement
Class; which meets weekly, and which- is- now in its third ses-
sion,deserves special notice. Its aim is the mutual improve-
ment of the members, who meet together to train and mature
capabilities and' powers to do good to mankind, which, but for
such co-operation, might have slumbered in inaction. Several
highly interesting and instructive subjests-have been discussed
during the year, and, in the study and discussion of these,
members-have instructed themselves, and mutually improved
and encouraged each other, and the result, which we may
fairly anticipate, is, that each member may increase in such
useful knowledge as-gains man weight of character, procures
for him respect, enables him to form an opinion correctly,
state it with clearness, offer it with confidence, and enforce it
with argument. This class is deserving of the special attention
of the members of the institution.
Gymnasium.—The use of an excellent gymnasium has been
added to the other advantages of the Institution during the past
year. It is in Colquitt-street, under the management of Mr.
Harrison. Annual and half-yearly subscribers-can avail them-
selves of it by the payment of ss. per quarter. Some members
have availed themselves of -the privilege, and it -has been the
means of procuring new ones for the Institution. It is hoped
that this notice may direct The attention of members generally
to the fact, that there is. a, Gymnasium in connexion with the
Institution.

Finances.—The treasurer's abstract will not show as large an
amount of receipts and expenditure as in former years, owing
to the absence of public lectures. The accounts have been
examined monthly, and an exact statement laid before each
monthly meeting of the committee. These statements show
that the Institution is now all but self-supporting, and that,
were it not for the public lectures and other causes mentioned
above, there would have been a considerable balance in favour
of the institution.

The Committee would suggest that guinea subscribers have
the privilege of giving each a •ticket not transferable to a non-
member.

A special effort has just been, commenced by those members
who are engaged in Sunday-school teaching, to bring the insti-
tution more prominently before the great body of Sunday-
school teachers in the town. Your Committee most cordially
and strongly approve of such a movement, and trust, by the
blessing of God, it may be crowned with success.._ They have
long felt that the institution has a strong claim upon that im-
portant class of young men, a very small proportion of whom
have participated in its advantages. Its principles and objects
are such as must commend themselves to the support of every
one who is in any way labouring for the promotion of God's
glory and the good of his felow-men. As there is now no
Church of England Sunday-school Union in town—no associa-
tion in existence specially devoted to those amongst whom
there should be a oneness of- principle, of motive, and of
action—no society in which, the inexperienced teacher may
gather knowledge, the young encouragement, and the despond-
ing sympattly,—your Committee would earnestly impress upon
the minds of Sunday-school teachers the desirability (they had
almost said the duty) of connecting themselves-with us, and
making the Church of England Institution the very centre and
basis of such union.

When the committee consider the vast numbers of young
men engaged in business in such a town as Liverpool, who
have neither home nor connexions, the importance of our in-
stitution, which can in some measure supply this deficiency,
and-introduce them to the acquaintance of those who will
direct them to useful and improving pursuits, cannot be over-
estimated. Theytrust, therefore, that all the- members will
exert themselves in gaining others, and they venture to express
the hope that the clergy and gentlemen of tha• town who are
possessed of influence will give their aid cordially, as promoters
of the objects of the institution.
The Treasurer having read the abstract of accounts,
The Rev. W. F. TAYLOR moved the adoption of the report.
He discoursed on the advantages of the Institution as a bulwark
against error. He pointed out the evils of Socialism, Mor-
monism, Chartism, and Infi telity in general, and showed how
the institution might act as a remedy, by instructing its mem-
bers in the best way of meeting these evils. He dwelt, also, at
length, on its adaptation to meet the great evil of the:age—the
assumption of Popery. The advantages which Sunday School
teachers would derive from connecting themselves with the
institution were clearlyshown.
Mr. MITCHELL seconded the resolution. He explained the
causes of some drawbacks during the first six months, and
showed the present state of the society to be most favourable.
The second resolution—thanks to th eofficers of the past year,
was moved by Harwood Banner, Esq. He said it was very en-
courasing that the number of members was continually. in-
creasing, and spoke well for the lasting prosperity of the
Institution. Mr. Banner referred to the importance of Ragged
Schools. He alluded to the various institutions in the town
for preventing juvenile delinquency, and bringing up the rising
generation in the fear of the Lord ;_ and showed the impor-
tance in this respect of efforts on the part of the members of
the Church of England Institution.
The Rev. G. W.:WA RR seconded the resolution, and remarked
on the importance of ,concentrating the mind on one or two
objects at most, The main object of the institution was that
it was especially for the young men of the town. The clergy felt
deeply the responsibility of the charge when young men were
committed to their care. The institution was in all speciality
intended for the young men, and the fact that it was a Church
of England institution was an additional fact of great impor-
tance.

The REV. Tfloiwas Mooms moved the thanks of the mem-
bers to those gentlemen who have lectured for the Institution,
which was seconded by Mr. ELLIS, and carried, unanimously.
51R. GARDINER proposed, " That the year close with the
31st of December ; and that the annual meeting be held in
January." Seconded by Mr. SALTIER, and carried.
The officers were then reelected, and the vacancies in the
committee were supplied ; and after a vote of thanks to the
chairman,-the meeting separated.

M.R. RICHARD DOWN, formerly of this port; and lat-
terly of London, has been selected for the office of Comp-
troller and Lhnding Surveyor of Melbourne, South
Australia, at a salary of £BOO per annum
APOTHECARIES.—Atriongst thanames of those who have
just passed their examination at Apothecariee-hall and
received certificates to practise were those of Mr. Thomas
A. Moore, of Preston, and Mr. W. E. Vaughan, of Crewe.
THE OLD PEAL OF BELLS AT WALLASEY, cast in
1730, by Mr. Luke Ashton, of Wigan, have been tuned
and rehung by Mr. W. Thistlewood, of Liverpool. They
were hung on Easter Tuesday last.

THE SCREW STEAMSHLe GLASGOW (the one in which
Mrs. Stowe was to have sailed) arrived at Glasgow on
Friday, after a passage of 12 days 20 hours. She brought
three days' later news than received per Africa.
THE GOLD ON BOARD THE GREAT BRITAIN.--Tha
weight of the gold brought in freight was 3 tons, 13+ cwt.
and 11 ounces. Many of the passengers were also in pos-
session of large quantities of gold dust and nuggets, pro-
bably 10,000 ounces more. One of the passengers brought
£15,000, made in a public-house in Melbourne. Two
others £30,000, made by keeping a circus. A carter
brought home £2,000. and one man on board had a nugget
of pure gold, weighing 8 lbs., which he picked up himself.
THE WELSH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT 'ALAN-
DOVERY.—Our talented young townsman, Mr. Robert G.
Williams, has been appointed mathematical tutor and
professor of chemistry, &c., at the above institution.
When a boy he entered the lower school of the Mechanics'
Institution of this town, from which he obtained a free
scholarship to the high school, where he distinguished
himself, and received the highest honour in classics,
mathematics, English, chemistry, natural philosophy, and
drawing, and obtained the Rev. James Yates scholar-
ship of £2OO to graduate at the. university of London.
During his career at the University College, London, he
received three prizes, and eight certificates of merit, for
proficiency in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, mathematics, natural
philosopy, and English hit9r and finally graduated at
the university in the first divisio y, n.
THE REV. R.
wlipToN.--Our readers will recollect
the long and trying
litigation in which this gentleman was
engaged with the authorities of Rochester Cathedral, re-
specting the disposal of the funds under their control.
As master of Rochester School he laboured incessantly
to expose the abuses of the system under which the funds
had been diverted, and having freely commented on the
conduct of the Dean and Chapter, was by them dismissed
from the office of schoolmaster. Against this he appealed
to the Court of Queen's Bench, but that court having no
jurisdiction, he was compelled to appeal to the Bishop of
Ro.clpster,, who had already expressed an unfavourable
opinion at, nim. After a lengthened investigation, the
Bishop of Rochester ordered him to be reinstated, but
without awarding to him the arrears of his salary for about
three years, or the heavy costs to which ho had been put,
and which are said to amount to about £1,500. In order
that some compensation may be made to him for his
arduous exertions to restore a portion of the Cathedral
revenues to their original object, a committee has been
formed for the purpose of raising a fund, and an appeal
is made to the public for contributions. Some particulars
will be found in our advertising columns,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, APRIL -- 1 1 .

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

LONDON.

THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.—MONDAY, 9, A.M.—Her Ma-
jesty's recovery goes on favourably. The Infant Prince
continues well. The next bulletin will be issued on
Wednesday next.
A Cabinet Council was held to-day.

VIENNA, APRIL 7. Marshal Radetsky has declined
to leave Italy. The consequences of the hostility shown
to Englishmen in Austria already begin to be felt. The
Lloyds' steamer, which brought the last two Overland
mails, had no English passengers on board.
SICILY.—The movement at Palermo was confined to
the lower classes ; some of the numerous prisoners 'arc
priests.

BERLIN, APRIL B.—The renewal of the Zollverein hag
already given a great impetus to manufacturers.—April 9.
The Leipsic Fair was unusually crowded, and business
brisk and satisfactory..
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 28.—The Times' corre-
spondent writes the following in a postscript :—" 1 have
just learned, on the best authority, that the object of
Prince Menschikoff's mission is neither more nor less
than a treaty of alliance, similar to that of Unkiar Ske•
lessi. This has hitherto been, and is yet a profound
secret. The Turks resist until they receive the advice of
England and France."

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The House met at five o'clock.

Lord MALmEs:B LT Rl' said that, having received several com-
munications with respect to questions put in the other house.
regarding diplomatic appointments, he wished to state that the
late government had not had any intention of altering the pre-
sent system.

Lord ABERDEEN moved that their Lordships do agree with
the Commons in an address to Her Majesty, on the subject of
bribery at the Canterbury election. Ile severely condemned the
system of bribery and corruption which had existed lately at
elections.

Lord LYNDHURST cautioned the house against making a
precedent which could not be followed out. The report of the
Commons was not in accordance with the act, and did not
warrant their Lordships in agreeing to an address.
After some conversation, in which the Lord Chancellor, Lord
St. Leonard.% Lord Campbell, Lord Redesctale, the Duke of
Newcastle, Lord' Malmesbury, and Lord Beaumont took part,
Lord LYNDHURST said that, seeing the feeling,of the house,
he would not press his amendment.
The motion of Lord Aberdeen was then agreed to.
Adjourned at seven o'clock.