The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

hence, arrived

ber, and

reach Calcutta about the 18th ; the mail of 24th Septem-
ber took out accounts of the failure of Reid, Irving, and
Co., Gower, Nephews, and Co., and Geminell Brothers;
and that of the 7th October announced the failures of
Cockerell, Larpent, and Co., Lyall, Brothers, and Co.,
Samuel Phillips and Co., Perkins, Schlusser and Mullens,
and Fry, Griffiths, and Co."
It is stated, however, that although the failure of
Coekerell and Co. was not announced until the day after
the sailing of the mail of the 24th September, the fact
was telegraphed to Marseilles in time to reach her there,
and would consequently be known in India when the
mail due to-morrow left Calcutta.

Although we have no _ fresh failures of large amount to

notice this week, we have sufficient evidence in the
Gazette to warrant the correctness of an opinion ex-
pressed by us a few weeks ago, that the effects of the
recent pressure upon the large houses and the banking
interest, throughout the country, had yet to be fully felt
by the minor mercantile houses and the trading classes.
It is to be hoped that, in such a crisis, every possible
forbearance will be exercised towards the trading classes,
and that no sudden limitation of credit, which can only
tend to bring on a general crash amongst them, will be
resorted to. The wealthy will do well to act with greater
consideration than usual when their various Christmas
bills are presented. A little promptitude in payment
may save many an honest and industrious family from
ruin.

The commercial advices received from America, per the
Acadia, are, on the whole, of an encouraging character.
The distrust with which bills on England were still re-
garded had been, by forcing up the exchanges for paper
of an undoubted character, directing towards this country
specie as the cheapest remittance. The certainty, how-
ever, that by this time, more favourable accounts have
been received, warrant us in expecting a speedy com-
mencement of shipments of cotton, breadstuffs, and other
produce, as remittances, of which large stocks are held
back at the ports; and the more so, as money in the
United States was becoming extremely scarce. The cold
weather had at length set in ; but the cotton crop, which
is estimated to produce at the lowest 2,250,000 bales, was
considered safe.

In our own cotton market we have had a quiet week.
The business done in the early part was at lower rates.
Prices, however, stiffened a little after the arrival of the
Acadia. The sales were 21,600 bales, of which 500 bales
American, and 250 Surat and Madras were for export.
A still further slight improvement is noticed in the
manufacturing districts; but although by some parties a
good spring trade is anticipated, caution is the order of
the day.

The corn markets throughout the country are firm, and
in some places an advance has been obtained.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 11th of Dec. gives the following results when
compared with the previous week :
Public deposits
Other dcpvaita

£430,232
0,M3

On the other side of the account :
Government securities,Xlo,946,s94; the same as before.
Other securities 17,630,931 Decrease, £439,478
Notes unemployed 6,448,780 Increase, 865,760
The amount of notes in circulatiol is £18,320,905, being
a decrease of £462,160; and the stock of bullion in both
departments is £11,426,176, showing an increase of
£393,577, as compared with the preceding return.
The receipts of specie from the continent during the
week exceed £50,000. The Acadia brought £BO,OOO, on
Thursday, from America, and the packet-ships are bring.
ing daily large amounts.
The Bank Directors have made no alteration in their
terms for the discount of paper. The Lombard-street
firms are doing business at a fraction under 6 per cent.,
and the supply of money in the market leads most per-
sons to believe that there is every probability of its shortly
becoming easier.
The market for English Securities has not varied in any
great degree this week, and prices up to Friday showed
much steadiness. There was then a little flatness in Con-
sols and Reduced, occasioned by sales partly speculative
and partly otherwise, so that at the close of business,
quotations stood nearly one quarter per cent. worse than
they opened. Exchequer Bills have gradually improved
lately, and on Friday were quoted at the better price of
10s. pm. Consols closed on Friday at 85 tow for the
January account ; Three per Cents., 841 to ; new Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 86k to 1.
On Saturday Consols were quoted at from 841 to 85,
and closed at those prices.

POPERY AND SUPERSTITION STILL ALLIED,

We gave in our last an extract from the Berne corre-
spondent of the Times, shewing that in the Swiss quarrel
-
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atsuthese:fmf.
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we ieao,s
spied to all who fought in the church's cause. Amongst
wa3 an assurance of especial divine protection, vouch-
.,. were ems: so

at aL nail-a-crown each, which were represented as
efficacious to turn aside bulleti from the person of the
wearer. The purchasers were also presented, along with
the medal, with a card hearing a Latin inscription, which
is, in English, as follows :—" Oh Mary ! conceived with-
out sin—pray for us who have recourse to you. Any one
carrying a miraculous medal, who recites with pity the
above invocation, becomes placed under the immediate
protection of the mother of God. This is a promise made
by the mother of God herself." (!)
The reader will scarcely be prepared to learn that we
are so sunk in superstition in this couatry that the same
blasphemous amulet can find circulation amongst us.
Yet we have one before us at this moment, found lately
in an empty house in Birkenhead. One side has a figure
of the Virgin, with the inscription round the edge, "Oh!
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us who have recourse to
you." On the reverse is the cross, with an M. and two
hearts. There is a hole at one end for the string or rib-
bon, by which it is intended to be worn round the neck.
The date of the medal is not in the dark ages, but no
further back than the year 1830. Of course, this useless
bit of brass has been worn as a charm against evil or harm
of some sort.

ROBBERY IN HOOD-STREET.—On Sunday afternoon,
while a man named Lister was walking down Hood-street,
with a companion, two youths, James Carleton and Fre-
derick Parry, went up to him, and while one of them put
his hand against his mouth, the other rifled his pockets of
seven shillings and three sixpences.
BASE COIN.—A woman, named Ann Hughes, was yes-
terday brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having
in her possession a quantity of base shillings, twenty-nine
of which were found near the fireplace in the house she
inhabited. She was remanded.
Mr. Reynoldson delivers the last lecture of his course
on mesmeric science applied to the cure of disease, to-
night, at the Concert. Hall. In the two lectures already
given he has presented some startling propositions, and
maintains them with an energy that leaves no doubt of
his sincerity on the minds of his hearers.

STREET ROBBERY.—At the police-court, yesterday, a
young man named Dogharty, was charged with picking a
man's pocket. Late on Saturday night, complainant was
passing along Vauxhall-road, when prisoner thrust him
into an entry, and began to rifle his pockets, taking from
him 51-d. in copper. He had been sentenced to three
months' imprisonment in March last, and was committed
for trial.
GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.---Yesterday (Monday),
the inmates of the Workhouse, Brownlow-hill, presented
their chaplain (the Rev. Wm. Banister, who leaves at
Christmas), with a beautiful prayer-book, and bible,
bound in one volume, "as a token of respect, for his un-
wearied zeal, and self-denying labours amongst them."
In addition to this, they_ presented him with an address,
signed by almost all the inmates, "sincerely offering their
best thanks for his very kind attention, and laborious ser-
vices among them. The address alludes also to the
heart.rending scenes of sorrow witnessed by Mr. Ban-
nister, who for a length of time "had been with them, daily
living among the worst cases of fever, and, like a Chris-
tian warrior, braving the danger ; conducting himself
bath as a Christian and a gentleman, never allowing the
dignity of his office to prevent his condescending kindly
and affectionately to converse with them and answer
1 every inquiry .P)

THE MASTER COOPERS AND THE DOCK
COMMITTEE.

The master coopers of this town have presented the fol-
lowing memorial to the worshipful the mayor, aldermen,
and councillors of the borough of Liverpool, in council
assembled :

" That your petitioners—who occupy, generally, large
and centrally-situated premises, contending with an ex-
isting and legitimate competition—h,ve lately been much
injured by a committee of your body having obtained
powers, by which the coopering required for the cargoes of
vessels discharging in the Albert Dock is conducted under
their own superintendence, and is not placed, by contract
or otherwise, within the reach of the tradesmen of the
town.

" That your petitioners would not object to a fair corn'
petition; but whilst the Dock Committee ( who now be-
come their opponents) are paying neither rates nor taxes,
and commanding, by act of parliament, a large share of
the business, they are labouring not only under rents from
which the dock trustees are free, but also under heavy
taxes from which you must be aware this borough is now
suffering.

" That with these few facts, your petitioners pray you
will appoint a committee to inquire into the effect on the
trade—which ought to be a leading one in a commer-
cial community—and to hear a deputation from their
body prior to your sanctioning a clause in an act for
dock warehouse extension, by which they will be de-
prived in any way of an honest existence from that bu-
siness to which they have devoted a servitude of maul
years.

" And your petitioners will ever pray."
We understand that another meeting of the master
coopers was held yesterday, at which those present ap-
peared determined to further, by every means in their
power, the object of their memorial. We cannot but
think that the Dock Committee would act wisely, in re-
specting, as far as possible, the interests of so important
a class of the community.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON CORN MARKET

,-YESTERDAY

The millers bought more freely of English Wheat, and a
clearance was effected at an improvement of Is. to 2s. a qr. on
the currency of this day week. A similar advance was gener-
ally demanded on Foreign, which checked business, though
buyers displayed more disposition to buy, and were willing to
give the full rates of last Monday.
Barrel Flour 6d. to Is. dearer.

of several

We had to-day the largest show of Barley this season, and
the late advance was not maintained; buyers had the turn 111
their favour, but some quantity remained unsold.
Malt was dull, but not offered lower.
The principal supply of Oats continue to arrive from the near
foreign ports, and are pressed off quickly to save landing
charges, at our previous currency, checking the leastimprove-
ment in Irish or Scotch, which were only in limited request
at former prices.
Beans and t r as are again Is. per qr. lower.

THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE STEAMERS TYNWALD
AND THE PARSBOROUGH.—We are requested by Captain
Quayle, of the steamer Tynwald, to contradict the state-
ment erroneously made in the Mercury of Friday,, that
his vessel ran into the Parsborough and occasioned
the (

image to that vessel. The Kct, Captain Quayle
states, was quite the contrary. The Parsborough ran
across the bows of the Tynwald, which vessel at the
time had sternway upon her. The Captain and cre w
a the Parsborough then deserted her, with the exceP"rl
of a boy ; and Captain Quayle immediately on their
coming on board his vessel, lowered a boat and sent theta
back again.

Dr. M'Hale has addressed a letter to Lord John Russell,
defending the Roman Catholic clergy from the charged
brought against them by both Houses of Parliament.
A paragraph appears in one of the American papers,
headed " Arrest of Prime, Ward, and Co." It aPPea"
a process has been issued against the firm, and they have
been brought before the court under a warrant.
A Man named St, John, a small farmer was murdered
on Saturday week, near Lisnamroch, south Tipperary
His murderers entered his house at night, dragged his
wife out of bed, and then seizing on S.. John, ripped WS
body open and cut his head off. They proceeded to even
more brutal atrocity than this, but we forbear to print it.
THREATENING LETTERS.—On Sunday morning, three
threatening letters were left at the hall door of BishoPs-
court, Leinster, the residence of the Earl and Countess
of Clonmel ; one addressed to his lordship, one t°
Lady Clonmel, and one to the steward. These letters
were left on the steps of the hall door, with a stone laid
on them to secure them.

GRATIFYING DISTI NCTlON.—OnTuesday the d_ire':t°, ra
of the East India Company visited their college at " a!'eY.-
bury, for the purpose of receiving the report of the princi-
pal (the Rev. Henry Melvill) on the progress of the term,
and of distributing to the most successful students the
prizes. The directors repaired to the council-room, where
they received the Principal's report, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to the examination-hall, in which the students and
professors were already assembled. The chair was taken
by Mr. Henry St. George Tucker, Chairman of the Court
of Directors, having on his right the Duke of Cambridge,
and on his left Major-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.B.
The directors present were—Sir J. W. Hogg. Bart, M.P.,
Mr. John Cotton, Major-General Galloway,C.B., Mr, B.
M•Nagliten, Mr. J. C. Whiteman, Mr. W. J. Eastwick,
Sir Henry Willick, K.L.S., Major James Oliphant, Mr.
W. H. C. Plowden, M.P., and Lieutenant-Colonel W. H.
T., th ..a *4", Iti,heet name. on
the list is that of Mr. Forsyth, whose family has been long

from that document that Mr. Forsyth is about to depart
for Bengal, and held, on leaving the college, the first
place in the first class. The report mentions him as "highly'
distinguished, and entitled to the medal in classics, law, San-
scrit, Persian, Hindustanee, and prize in Hindee." On
Mr. Forsyth presenting himself to read his Oriental transla-
tions, he met with a generous appreciation of his rare
acquirements in the languages of the East from his fellow--
students, in repeated rounds of applause. Mr. Forsyth
read a translation of the character of Aurungzebe, from
Mr. Forsyth den read a translation, :by
Dow's History of Hindustan, into Hindustanee, by him-
self.
into Persian, of the description of the Toorkoman tribes
of Khorasan, from Baillie's Travels in Khorasan. Isir•
Forsyth next read a translation, also by himself, int?
Sanscrit verse, of the description of Satan, from the first
then
book of Milton's Paradise Lost. The Chairman
delivered the various medals and prizes to the suc-
cessful competitors. In handing to Mr. Forsyth his five
medals, witk the prize in Hindee, the Chairman said--
" I congratulate you, Mr. Forsyth, on your splendid suc-
cess." (Received with loud cheers.) The Chairman
afterwards delivered a long address to the students,
which is reported in the Times, from which we extract
himself,
these particulars. The Duke of Cambridge also addressed
them at the dinner, which took place afterwards, and ad-
verted " to the extraordinary success of Mr. Forsyth, and
expressed a hope that he would live to obtain one day
seat at that end of the table." _ _

The performances— at the Adelphi are as attractive SS
ever. A splendid pantomime is in preparation.
Mr. Johnson has imported some beautiful Scotch geese,
which he sells by weight.
Now that winter is here, ladies should be prepared with
the warmest furs, and where can they be procured better
than at Mr. Ireland's ?

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
DECEMBER 18, 1847.
s. d. s. d.

Hay, old, 2016
New

0 71@ 0 9 'Potatoes
0 7 0 8 Kemps

Clover
Grass 0 0— 0 0 Cups
Straw, Wheat .. 0 3 0 33 Cattle 0 0— 0 0
Oat 0 3 0 4 Manglewurzel .. 0 0— 0 0 0
Barley .. - 18
Carrots.. 27 0 —3O 0 Manure 4 6 6 6