The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA.

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The news from America by the Cambria will be foulld
in our Sixth Page.

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FIRE LAST NlGHT.—Shortly after seven 0 MOE let
night, a fire broke out in the timber yard occupied.e
Mr. Leyland, Miles-street, Toxteth.park. The ene,
from Temple-court, followed immediathly by that beloq,
ing to the West of E•igland Fire Office, arrived in a sliE
time, but, owing to the short supply of water, the 111
was not extinguished till half-past nine. The damage WP.
be considerable, but is covered by insurance—in iftlP
office we could not ascertain.

THE LIVERPOOL PILOTS.—MR. CARDWELL'S Mal
The Liverpool pilots have had meetings, during the leg
week, on Mr. Cardwell's new Pilotage Bill, now before
parliament. They met again last evening in the Clarendell:
rooms, but we are unable to communicate the proceeding°
as our reporter. on applying for admission to the meet%
was told that it was private, and that in consequence
representatives of the press could not be admitted.
THE THEATRE-ROYAL, closed during Passion Ni.„"he
was re-opened last night with the French plays.
performances commenced with Lockroy's comedy
" Le Chevalier du Guet." and concluded with the "VIII
deville of Catherine of Austerlitz." The other nights°
performance will be to-morrow, (Wednesday,) and Frids
The performers are amongst the most distinguished 0"
the Parisian stage.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The question about thia6,
establishment is now definitively settled. Mr. Frederic'
Gye, director in chief of the Royal Italian Opera, !I,
become the lessee.—[This last assertion has been dente
but there is no doubt some arrangement has bee
come t 0.3

MR. ALDERMAN ALEXANDER TAYLOR, of (Nabs;
destroyed himself on Wednesday morning by cutting
throat with a razor. It is said that he had become
violent political partisan at the last two elections.

A CABINET COUNCIL was held at the Foreign Officei
Downing-street, on Saturday. The Ministers presetti
were, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, PI,
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, tP
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan',
for of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Chap!,
Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir
Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half.

WORTH KNOWING.—To AIITHORS.—Since the inter;
national copyright between England and America 116
signed at Washington and London, authors and °win'
of copyright will be in a very different position than r,„;
fore. For instance, if you wanted to negotiate a reprli
with a publisher—call it A—he would say, " Oh, I adni,;
that your book has been highly successful in Englaocro
highly so i • but then there is a book, so my agent writil
me, which has been equally so in America, called ,
Now, of course, I can get the copyright of it for nothingi„
Well, if the author of B had gone to an American pnia
lisber and popped to him a similar question, he wc)uo
have at once chopped him with the same intelligeoo
respecting the English book A ; so that in neil her es!,
does the author receive one penny. It is evident, tbe";
that now the-publisher in both cases will have to Psi;
they may exchange afterwards, but both must first ot!is
Mr. Howell wanted two American books for his serleci
and had to give in return the right to print two dis,t,eo
editions of ''Floss's Adventures in Australia." 11'1,0
obvious that this is as it should be; and also that t',,
public should be aware that publishers, now, have to PI
for American copyrights.—Liverpool Mercury.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE•

MONDAY EVENING7NrAnca 28.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM
The political news from the continent is not important'
In Paris, the Eastern question appears to be considered
settled. bee°
GERMANY.—A large number of vessels have
placed in a perilous position on the coast, near Cusbal),B
,
by the immense masses of ice drifted out to sea from lit,
inland waters. Two steamers had put into Gluckstn,
The cold was most severe, and the ice fast accumulatit;
nothing like it had been seen on that part of the coast ro
some years. Higher up, towards the Sound, all Davigati°
is stopped.
I iThe Sun says that, in the Stock Exchange this ra°rtv
,4,0 e
ing, considerable sensation has been produced by '"
report that the home government will grant no ?3or.0r.
charters to colonial banks or other undertakings. a deter
As
urination that might have been anticipated after the spec
of the Duke of Newcastle, made a short 'time SinCe
parliament.

_ FUNDS. STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET.
Consols: Boyers at par in the morning, but, wanting Bur,
port, declined before the close. The Railway market has:
flattish tendency; thin attendance or dealers, owing to tlid
Easter holidays, and few orders on public account.
Mines, Land and Bank Shares dull at former quotation
t
Foreign, with the exception of Sardinian, not so well sustains'

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CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Account .. l 944 100 I Bank Stock
Do. Money.... I 992 Excheq. Bills, L. &S 8 12P'
Three &Qr per Cents..

FOItEIG
Mexicans _ 252 6

STOCKS.
Spanish Passives si to
Turkish
Swedish 2 13—

SHARES.
Leeds Northern
Lanc.and Yorkshire 75
Do. Fifths
London, Brighton, and t4l
South Coast lO3/ 1
, London & S. Western 90
Manches., Sheff., and
Lincolnshire
Norfolks
North British 35 "
Do. Preference 109 11
Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham
York, Newcastle, and 91
Berwick
's
Do. Extension 714
Do. Preference 9
York and N. Midland 58
Do. Preference
SHARES.
• 2i
INugget
B. Australian
Freehold . .
Australasian
Colonial
Mariposa
;HARES.
Peel River
South Australian .. • • 52