The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

MURDER AT WATERFORD.—John Brien, convicted of
the murder of his wife on Thursday, was sentenced to be
executed on the 7th of September next.
The Stamp-office authorities have, by direction of the
government, refused to ngister the proposed new series
of the Nation newspaper, or supply stamps for it.
MunnEn. AT KlLMORE.—Charles Monaghan was sen-
tenced to be hanged on the 15th of August next, for the
wilful murder of his child, a boy of three years old, whom
he destroyed by drowning in a quarry hole.
Ann Forbes was at the same place sentenced to death
for the murder of her infant child. The punishment will
be mitigated to transportation.
HARVEST PaOSPECTS.—There has fallen a good deal
of fine refreshing rain this week, which must be most
serviceable to the growing crops if the weather were to
remain as settled as it is this day; hut according to the
glass and the appearance of the sky, more rain is expected.
However, the crops would not suffer by another week such
as we have nearly passed over. The reports from the
country continue to be very cheering. Potatoes have
again become the faveurite food of the peasantry, who are
revelling over them to the exclusion of the sour ungene-
rous Indian meal, with which they have been fed tor se-
veral months past. From the county of Cork the cry of
" disease" has again issued. Bearing in mind the ground-
lessness of the reports which issued from that county three
months ago, we are justified in hesitating to credit the
only unfavourable account we have-of the potatoes this
day.—Dublin paper.
MORE CONVICTIONS FOR MURDER.—Already public
attention has been attracted to the extraordinary trials ands
convictions for murder which have taken place at the pre-
Sent Summer Assizes—the heavier calendars being still
unopened. The reports to-day give no fewer than seven
additional convictions for wilful murder. The case of
John Fogarty, which was tried at Limerick, on Thursday,
is peculiarly horrible. Think of the wife of a comfortable
farmer deliberately conspiring with five men to murder
him. Their meeting and discussing the matter, which
appeared to be known to a great number of persons in the
neighbourhood. One of the murderers details the whole
crime, He denies that he helped to kill the man—he did
not strike a blow—he only held him /round the waist,
while his accomplices battered out the brains of the vic-
tim with stones.

MURDER.—COUNTY FERMANAGH.—Thomas Wilson,
Thomas Kerr, and Robert Cathcart were put on their
trials for the murder:;of John Wilson, at Glencunny, on
the morning of Sunday, the 10th of S:liteinber last, by
inflicting divers wounds with a gun, a pistol, and a
bayonet, of which wounds he then and there died—Wil•
son for the murder, and the other two for aiding and
assisting. From the evidence it appeared that the de-
ceased was a woodranger, at Glencunny, in the employ of
Lord Enniskillen. One of the prisoners, Thomas Wil-
son, was his brother, and the other two were servants.
Some quarrel existed between the Wilsons, and they
had no intercourse. Thomas Wilson, knowing that his
brother had money, entered into a conspiracy with the two
prisoners to murder him, and then procure his money and
divide it among themselves. Accordingly, on the morn-
ing of the 10th Dc,ccmher last, everything having been
previously arranged, the prisoner, Robert Cathcart, awoke
his master with the preten.'e that some of his corn on the
hill was being stolen. The unfortunate man immediately
arose, and was not long outside his door until he was shot
down by his brother and Kerr. He fell on the first shot
being tired. Kerr then went over and stabbed him in
several parts of the body. They went into the house,
procured all the money they could find, and divided it.
After this, they dragged the lifeless body to the river al d
flung it in. It was found there a week after, in water
ten feet deep, with a stone tied to the body with ligatures
to sink it. After a lengthened trial, in which Mr.
Peebles defended the prisoners, the jury found a verdict
of guilty against all the prisoners, who were sentenced to
be hanged on the 9th of August.

The QUEEN'S VISIT.—We learn, on what we deem
competent authority, that his Grace the Duke of Hamil-
ton has placed Hamilton Palace at her Majesty's disposal
so long as she may be pleased to remain in the west oi
Scotland.—Glasgow Coueier.

We direct attention to an aivertisement relative to the
wine and spirit establishnvw of Mr. T. F. Ash South
Castle-street, and we need but state that, from our Oval
experience and that of many of our friends, we can pro-
nounce his brandy, &c., to be unadulterated, and of the
best quality.
A bed of oysters forty miles long and 8 or 10 wide has
recently been discovered in the Channel about 50 miles
S.S.W. of Shoreham. The oysters are large, delicate,
and delicious. A fleet of smacks are constantly dredging
on this bed, and many of the vessels bring their cargoes
into Shoreham harbour, largely benefitting the town.—
Brig him Guardian.

Well, beloved subjects (said Henry VIII,). we thouzlit
that the clergie of our realm had been our subjects // holly ;
but now we have well perceived they arc but half our
subjects—yea, and scarce our subjects ; for all the pre-
lates at their consecration make en oath to the Pope, clean
contrarie to the oath they make to us, so they seem to
be his subjects, not ours.—Hall's Chron. 205.

How THEY DID AT GOOJERAT.—In this battle, as
well as at Goojerat, there was rough work. In the heat
of the engagement no quarter was given, and the Sikhs
were slain as fast as they were overcome. At Goojerat
the author was with his regiment on the storming of the
village, so nobly carried at the point of the bayonet. For
a short time the men were unsupported, and the subal-
tern's description of those moments gives a vivid idea of
a hot tire. We captured three of their standards in,
the village, and then leaving the left wing to keep pos-
session, we defiled to the right ; and found ourselves under
a hot fire of grape and canister, totally unsupported, as we
had advanced in front of the whole line to storm the vil-
lage, and the troop of horse artillery obliged to retire,
being temporarily disabled. This was the most deadly
fire we were exposed to during the cay, the balls hissing
about like winged serpents, I was talking to Sprot,
and made some remark about the fire, and he answered
me with a smile, mid I turned my head to watch Fordyce's
troop of horse artillery coming up again to our support;
when I looked round Sprot was lying at my feet in his
blood. I tried to raise him, but he was stone dead. A
ball had struck him on the back of the head, and had
entered the brain. And there he lay—the finest fellow in
the corps--the life and soul of the mess, beloved by all—
struck down in his prime. The smile was still on his lips as
when he spoke to me last ; and but for the blood that clotted
his curling hair, and the cold blue hue about his lips and
eyelids, you would have fancied him in a peaceful sleep—
so calm, so painless was the expression of his countenance.
He was one of my chief friends ; but it was no time for
lamentation ; and, after taking one lone gaze at his pallid
face, a moment agoso full of lifeand manly beauty, 'rejoined
my company. A troop of horse artillery dashed past at a
a gallop, drew up, numbered, and returned the eigrny's
fire. The whole line of infantry was seen advaTaing ;
our guns poured in a withering fire; the enemy left theirs
and fled. The cavalry charged in amongst them, and the
horse artillery rattled on at a gallop, mowing them down
in heaps, while we took possession of their guns and camp,
leaving the cavalry to deal with the fugitives; and awful
execution they did amongst them, as we afterwards heard.
The 3rd and 14th Dragoons, oth Lancers, Scireie Horse,
and all the regular and irregular cavalry, pursued them
with the horse artillery for ten miles, and cut them down
by. hundreds. Not a rein was drawn tin the horses
could go no further; their sabres drank deep of blood that
day, and they returned wearied and jaded, and glutted
with slaughter. No attempt was made at rallying- -the
rout was complete; and long will the Sikhs have to re-
member the battle of Goojerat. The whole line of their
flight was strewed with dead."

Ktterattirc.

P 0 E T It Y.

SHELLS.
Far out at sea, a tiny boat
Has set her tiny sail,
' And, swifty, see it onward float,
As freshens still the gale.
A rainbow in it must have slept,
To give it tints so fair;
Or loveliest angel in it wept,
A pearl in every tear:
• More bright than pen of mine can te11,..
on that little fearless shell.:
Deep in the chambers of the sea,
Where Ocean's mermaids dwell,
A palace stood; it seemed to me,
Its every stone a shell :
And, oh, what glorious hues were they
That struck upon my eye,
Of blue, and green, and cold, and grey,
• That there unnoticed lie :
As violets sweet, in loveliest dells,
So blush unseen there beauteous shells.
Thus, on the sea, and 'neath its waves,
These painted sea-gems lie,
As tomb-stones o'er the many graves
Of low-born men and high ;
And when they rest upon the shore,
In wealth's luxurious ease,
They sound to us the solemn roar
They learned beneath the seas:
As exiles, though afar they roam,
Still 8111 g the songs they learned at home.
Burlington College, May 22, 1849.

NOTICES.

Ouseley's Poems.
This is a volume of poetry with which the poetical mind
of the public ought to be well pleased, and in any other
times but the present the author would have been ac-
cepted as a hero in the poetical art. He need not despair,
even now, of meeting with much reward ; and greater will
be bis triumph in the future than at a period when, owing
to our railroad and other business engagements, poetry is
unfortunately so much at a discount. It is well that
poets are not di-heartened (and both the Literary Gazette
and the Athenceuni dilate with praise on the unworldly
character of poets) ; for in them, at least, nature will out ;
—aye, as a prince of poets saith,—
" Naturam expellas fun& tamen usque recurret."

It may be well said that the love of poetry marks posses-
sion of mind,• whether that mind be cultivated or uncul-
tivated. The peasant who sings " Lord Bateman" or
" Admiral Benbow," shows mind as well as the great
Dr.. Johnson, who wept on reading Beattie's " Hermit,"
and in his old age sent out for Goldsmith's " Deserted
Village," to read perhaps for the hundredth time, as a
solace, refreshment, and gentle elevation of his mind.
All nations have loved poetry ; many have been almost
entirely taught by itS and all people of mind and heart
love it ;—yea, the very Bible itself is almL.st a volume of
poetry.
But come we to Mr. Ouseley's poems. We will not
compare him with this or that poet—with Byron. Shelley,
Southey, Wordsworth, Campbell, &c. ; but we will say,
that he has written many poems of which not one of these
illustrious writers would disdain to own the paternity.
Indeed there is the true genius and spirit of poetry in his
compositions; and, what is the best test of true poetry,
all readers who rise from the perusal of them will feel
themselves benefitted by the elevated and moral tone that
pervades their sentiments and diction.
Let us point out some of those which have made an
impression on our minds. At page 15 we have been
struck with a short, but sweet and reverent poem, com-
mencing—

" Mother, thy name is holier far,"—

a lof household poem, which not only would become
thb lips of Dr. Johnson, Adam Clarke, Walter Scott, and
all tEbse great men who have stated themselves to have
been so indebted to maternal affection and instruction.
but it ought also to be learned by each child in every pri-
vate family of the kingdom—in this kingdom wherein
" Honour thy father and thy mother" is ever the pre-
vailing sentiment.
At page 19, beautiful is the " Dream of the Dying
Girl." How soft and subdued the scene!
" It was eventide,

Just as the sun sank panting from his toil;
The woodbine through the latticed window crept,
To feed upon the rival blush that stained
That maiden's cheek ; a tall laburnuin shook
Its golden bell-cups in the fragrant air;
The very pulse Gf nature seemed to beat
Subdued, serene."
And then the description of the mother:—
" Near that fond girl there stood,
Pale as a marble statue in the shade,
Her widowed mother; grief had bowed her soul.
The girl's eye flashed bright from its depths of blue;
Her soft lip swelled as the full crimson tide
Rushed to its sweetness, and a gentle smile
That spoke of hope, to cheer the mourner's heart,
Moved o'er her features, as the moonlight moves
Upon the summer waters."
She then tells her dream, spiritual indeed, to her weeping
mother ; we can give but two of its comforting stanzas :
" And then before me stood
Two figures, clothed with a transparent cloud ;
I thought, fond mother, of thy widowhood ;
My faint heart beat aloud ;
When, lo! the mist dissolved, and I beheld
You and my father; and my bosom swelled
With joy extatic, never yet excelled.
" You and my father, drest
In garments fairer than the untrodden snow;
A pure immortal beauty did invest
Your being, and a flow
Of light, and music, poured on all around,—
Light, such as mortal eye bath never found,
And harmony, the essence of all sound."
The five following stanzas are very touching; but we
must pass on, leaving also " The Childless Widow" to
the gentle discernment and sympathy of our readers.
At page 71, the lines entitled " What are the sweetest
Flowers ?" are perhaps as perfect as any in this charming
volume:—
" What are the sweetest flowers ?
Not those that Fleck the beautiful, the bright;
Nor those that bloom in rapture's blissful bowers ;
That crown the ball,
or thld's, not ourf."
uet o the night—
Such are the worlds,
Neither are those the most beautiful that youth and love
may wear at the festive scene, or such as deck the bride,
for

" The rose on beauty's breast
May look more lovely 'neath the loved one's glance,
But flowers that shine above the dead one's rest
A hallowed thought for those we love enhance—
We feel them with the blest."
Flowers, truly, are not only symbols of many things to
us, but they seem, as it were, to speak a language and to
look gaiety or mourning. Those who have Teed a new
book called " The Penscellwood Papers " know -how
earnestly it is sought to be proved that animals have
souls ; and surely the author might have carried his
theory still further, and have invested flowers with sensa-
tion and soul—for what of the living works of the Al-
mighty can be said to be without soul ?
At page 110. different in character from those we have
already noticed, appears " The Last of the Brigands" ;
and well does the author depict and sustain the love of
freedom, the martial bearing, the attachment to moun-
tain scenery, when,
" Bounding with blithesome heart from rock to rock,
He carols to the sweetness of the morn,"
which oftentimes characterise the better ones of these
sons of Nature. We cannot but think that the author
has thrown peculiar force into this composition, and went
con amore to his vigorous work. Take this noble de-
scription—and as we read it, we fancy ourselves more
than excited by the manly-looking Wallack on the boards
of Drury-lane, for our heart rushes to the Alps at once,
and beholds the genuine Massaniello, albeit we cannot
spare room for the " gentle Zitella" chat is no mean por-
tion of the poem. But take the hero alone :
" See, see, how proud the forest outlaw stands,
With folded arms, and eyes upturned to heaven ;
With pouch and dagger, and with carbine slung
Athwart his martial form, he dares the world!
A single feather placed within his cap
Crowns him as masterless! That feather dropt
From off an eagle's wing while in the moult;
He caught it as a prize, a valued prize,
And set it there to deck his state withal;
No hand dare grasßit, for he swears it fell
From Freedom's height, and slaves should ne'er profane
The shrine of Liberty with their base touch."
A fine poem this would be for recitation. We would that
such, together with speeches from Shakspeare, Cowper,
&c., were more attended to in our schools ; yes, even in
our National Schools, where the eternal system of writing
and cyphering bids fair to dull the edee of the mind,
deaden the heart, and make our boys at once dull and
worldly, rather than put life and energy into their souls,
and give them heroic hearts.
Recommending the " Sabbath Day" for perusal, we
hasten on to a truly exquisite effort, entitled " The Lone
One." We have read this some dozen times over, and
like it better every time. It is like Miss Drury's " An-
nesley" in one respect—namely, its perfectness. Not a
word would we alter ; not a sentiment would we change ;
little would we wish to add ; nothing would we take away.
Unlike the hymns of John Wesley, which is the very
worst collection of poetry extant, there is no faulty
rhyme ; it is sweet and polished, and neither a Campbe
nor a Rogers could have written with more care and corll-
rectness.
At page 160, the " Stanzas on seeing a Daisy in full
bloom on a Grave in January" contain many affecting
thoughts, and put us in mind of Burns in one of his re-
flective moods. " The Wedding Ring," page 164, we
might be tempted to give in full. 4* Silence and Night,"m
page 191, has all the sombre splendour of Young, co-
bined with the quiet earnestness of Montgomery, com-
mencing—

" SILENCE and NIGHT,
Watching your younger, placid SLEEP,
How beautitul are ye!
and we only regret that two such epithets as " beatic"
and " sunlit " should appear in the fourth stanza, for we
think such tinsel words deform noble thoughts. If there
be any soul in Shrewsbury alone—to say nothing of the
world at large—to a second edition this volume must
come, and then this slight defect can be quickly remedied.
" A Vision of Death's Destruction" crowns the volume,
and we forbear to speak of this splendid creation of the
intellect, simply because others have largely and widely
done it that justice which we ourselves hardly feel equal
to accomplish. In taking leave of Mr. Ouseley, we cor-
dially thank him for these splendid proofs of the genius
of poetry Quit is within him ; we thank him for the strains
that have 'Ton many an hour from the weary ways of the
world ; we thank him for the elevation of mind, and
goodness of heart, which his muse delights to implant ;
and we trust that blessing, intellectual, moral, and reli-
gious, will follow him all the days of hie life :
" A woman's love to cheer his dawn of day,
A good man's prayer to soothe his dying hour."
Let us all remember, both young and old, learned and
unlearned, rich and poor, that
" Time, but a little more, will toll the bell
That calls my few friends to my funeral."

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Nine o'Clock, a.m.
LATER. FROM AMERICA.
Arrival of the Steam-Ship Hibernia.

The Hibernia, mail steamer, arrived in our river at a
few minutes before two o'clock this morning, after a pas-
sage of a little over twelve days. She brings sixty-ore
passengers from New York and twelve from Halifax. The
following is the list :—From New York—Rev. Mr. Jen-
kins, Mrs. Carthe. Mrs. Equira, three children, and ser-
vant, Messrs. Edwin Barnett, George Reid, James A.
Sabine, Herman Boker, Francisco J. Foxa, Jacob Hen -
richs, Charles Heorichs, Joseph Thomson, Black, J.
E. Hernandez, S. C. Caring, Lieut.-Colonel Goodman,
Massrs. J. Rohl, A. F. M. Horn, J. P. O'Niel, Equira,
Armrngol, Fernandez. Leon Le Bondider, Leon
Pierre, J. Pavey, Dr. Lemott, Messrs.— Pepin, Loly,
Barthe, James S. Hupt, Dalton, Dr. Ross, Messrs.
Tank, M. J. Collins, R. Leech, C. Atkinson, Gore;
J- S. Hanford, Max. Maretzik, Mrs. Kendall. Messrs.
Mier, Lewis Meek, James Williamson, J. F. Johnson,
Wm. Battersby, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, Joseph Whel4n,
Geo. Hill, L. Southon, A. Cordend, —Fraser, Binder,
A. Bain, James Sinclair, Lockhart, Louis Cheviot; G.
M'Allister. From Hai fax--Dr. Foaker, Messrs. Cullo-
den, John Gilles, two children, and maid servant, David
Wack, Bonsneuf, R. Armstrong, Dawe, Cal-
lender.

The Niagara arrived at Halifax on the 12th, and was
met by the Hibernia near to New York.
The cholera was rife over the whole of the American
continent. At St. Louis. where it was most prevalent at
the time of our last arrival, it is stated, under date July
10th :—" The partial daily reports for the week ending
Sunday noon were 884—of which 678 were deaths by
cholera. There are about 300 emigrants from below at
quarantine, who are unable to come up, owing to the
quarantine laws being in full force. It is impossible to
picture the distress the epidemic has occasioned among
our citizens and emigrants arriving at this port ; in a num-
ber of instances whole families have been swept out of
existence by this awful disease, and hundreds of our mer-
chants have fled from the city, leaving their business very
frequently in an unsettled condition."
The disease was said to be increasing, the weather being
wet, with a good deal of thunder and lightning. It was
also very fatal at Cincinnati, Albany, Baltimore, and other
parts of the union. Tn the south-west its ravages
amongst the slaves are frightful, and the hitherto healthy
regions of the Carolinas are beginning to experience its
fatal ravages. In New York the cases are about 150 per
day, of which a third are fatal. It has also made its ap-
pearance in the north and in Canada, but not in so de-
structive a form.

The National Festival of Independence passed off the
fourth of July without any event specially worthy of
notice.

The New York Tribune reports that :—" In Canada,
nothing of moment bas happened, though our correspond-
ents advise us of coming difficulties. The Tories now
boldly advocate separation from Great Britain and annexa-
tion to the United States. The Montreal Herald, the
chief organ of that interest, has taken that ground in the
most decided terms, and there is no reason to doubt that
the whole party is of the same way of thinking. In
Canada-West the Orangemen are organizing as if for a
conflict to be decided by force of arms. They are to
meet in large numbers on the 12th inst. (to-morrow) to
celebrate the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. The
place of meeting is at Port Hope or at Cobourg, and the
men are to be there under arms. The government has in
that quarter no means of resisting them. The weapons
they are to bring are those distributed among them in
1837 to put down the rebellion then existing, and may now
now serve to carry on another revolt, which will be less
easily subdued. We trust, however, that the matter may
be settled without bloodshed."

We have nothing new from California. The reports of
great disoreer there are now regarded as fabrications.
Another and a richer gold country has, however, been
found in the srate of Sonora, in Mexico, which would pro-
duce an ample harvest to the Mexican people it they could
get rid of their troublesome neighbours, the Apache In-
dians, who are committing many outrages and murders.
From Mexico we hear that the rebels of Sierra Madre
have taken possession of the city of San Luis Potosi, but
that they soon found it necessary to evacuate it. The re-
volution to bring back Santa Anna is talked of, but noth-
ing has yet been done. The Indians are reported to have
beaten the Mexicans in Yucatan. .

We have," says the New York Tribune, " advises
from Buenos Ayres to May 23. There was at that time a
better probability of the settlement of the difficulties be-
tween France and England than has existed at any time
since its commencement. The decree of Rosas prohibit-
ing every kind of communication with the British and
French ships-of-war, has been suspended, and the long-
delayed exequatur of the British Consul bas been made
out."

_
The political news report a split amongst the opponents
of the present administration, the Free-soil and South-
erners. The extension-of-slavery question is the point of
difference.

A riot had occurred at Boston, the contending parties
being American and Irish,. Two of the latter were killed.
Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, died of cholera on the Bth
instant, at Quebec. He was announced to sing in Mon-
treal on the following afternoon.

COMMERCIAL.
(From the New York Tribune.)
Since our last issue there has been no change in our Money
market. The rate of interest is still low, and the supply of
capital abundant. First-class paper goes at sto 6 per cent.,
and loans on best collaterals are negotiated at 4 to 5 per cent.
The Banks are full of coin, and cannot employ all their means
safely and profitably.
The Exchange market has been dull and heavy for this
steamer, and closes without activity. Good Sterling has been
sold at 81 to 82, although some leading drawers obtain 82 for
small sums. Francs are 535 to 5 30, and are dull. The sup-
plies of Sterling are large.
Freights to Liverpool and Ireland are steady and rather ac-
tive—Corn, 61d. to 61d. in bulk; Flour, Is. 64. to is. 71,1. ;
heavy goods, 20s. to 225. 6d. ; Cotton, *d. ; Naval Stores, 2s.
to 3s. To Ireland—Corn, 7d. to Bd. To Havre—Cotton, ic.
There are large quantities of Corn going forward to Liverpool
and Ireland.
Business generally is quite dull in all branches except pro-
duce. This condition of things, however, is to be expected at
this season of the year. The dry-goods business is quiet, and
prices are sustained with difficulty. Cloths, however, are
doing better.
In Breadstuffs there is a good demand, and for Flour the
market is improving. Best Western Canal sells at 4 621 to
475 per brl ; sour, 350 to .84 ; fine, 406t0 4 12. The sales for
export are large, mainly of fine. Corn is in large demand for
export, with sales of 8,000 to 10,000 qrs. per day, at 53 to 551 c.
per bush. for mixed, 56 for flat yellow, 54 to 56c. for white, 58
to 581 c. for round yellow: Wheat is heavy and dull. Genes9e
is nominally 120 to 123 ; Western, 73 to 102—the latter for
prime Ohio, and the former for Illinois and Wisconsin red.
The Provision market has not been very active. but Pork has
improved to 9 25 for Prime and 10 75 for Mess; the stock here
is about 120,000 brls. Beef is scarce and firm ; Prime Mess
sells at 16 50 to 317 per tierce. Lard is heavy at 6/ to 62c. for
good and prime ; Grease 5* to 51. Cut Meats are firm. Shoul-
ders, 41 to 41; Hams, 51 to 6/; Sides, 6to 7 ; Grease Butter,
61 ; Cheese, 2to 5c., according to quality.
The late news from Europe has given an impulse to Cotton,
and the qualities have advanced fully a Ic. per lb. since the
last steamer. The demand has been active, and the sales reach
2,000 to 4,000 bales per day, partly on speculation but mainly
for export. The stock here is 65,000 bales, of which 10,000
bales are on the market. Holders are very firm.
Uplands. N. Orleans i• Mobile.
Inferior
Ordinary 7l to 71 7/ to Si
Middling B* to 82 82 to 81
Good middling
Middling fair B2 to Si 9 to 91
Fair

BUFFALO, July 10.—The market for Flour is firmer, with a
fair home and export demand. Freights unchanged.
ALBANY, July 10.—In Flour there is a good business doing.
Oats continue buoyant, the transactions reaching 10,000 bush.
at 33ic.
The MONTREAL advices are firm.

[We should have been enabled to give the news by this
steamer in our Town Edition, but for one of those unac-
countable freaks of authority, of late practised by the
Custom House officials of this port. It has always been
the practice of the messengers from the London and
local press to land by the steamer which brings the mails
ashore. On this occasion, however, by the authority of
the landing-waiters on board, they were prevented; and
their bags of papers submitted to a search, by which they
were detained two hours. The result is that not only our
local subscribers are deprived of important news, which
it it was quite in our power to give, but that the metropo-
lis and hundreds of towns in the empire will be similarly
delayed in receiving information from one of the leading
markets in the world. We can find no excuse for this
insulting interference; for we do not know that a case
ever occurred in which anything like smuggling was
charged against the members of the press boarding these
boats.—Ed. L. S.]

The Railways of the United Kingdom statistically con-
sidered. By Harry Scrivenor, Secretary to the Liver-
verpool Stock Exchange. London : Smith, Elder, and
Co., 65, Cornhill.
In our last publication we quoted from the columns
of a London contemporary, the Morning Herald, a flat-
tering notice of the above work, which at that period we
had not seen. We have since, however, had an opportu-
nity of examining it for ourselves ; and must candidly ac-
knowledge that the opinion of our contemporary is fully
justified by the work itself. Mr. Scrivenor has brought
to the task which he has imposed upon himself great in-
dustry and acumen, combined with a thorough knowledge
of the nature of his subject ; and the result is a volume
affording all the information necessary to guide parties
seeking investments in railways to a correct knowledge of
the position and prospects of the various companies. To
give our readers an idea of the kind of information con-
veyed, we will briefly state the various particulars given
with respect to one great company, the London and
North-Western. Mr. Scrivenor gives us first a list of
the various lines opened composing the company, with
their lengths ; and also those in course of formation.
He proceeds to give us a history of the formation of each
1 ne : the date of its act of Parliament, the amount of ca-
p ital authorised to be raised in shares, and the amount to
be borrowed ; the amount received, and that remaining to
be called up ; the dividends so far paid, the rate at which
capital has been borrowed, &c. The terms upon which
amalgamations, leases, purchases, &c., have been
arranged, are given in a very intelligible shape ; and the
reader cannot fail to rise from the perusal' of his explana
tion without a perfect knowledge of the position and
actual value as an investment of every portion of the
company's stock. The work is invaluable as a book of
reference; and it is interesting besides as conveying accu-
rate details with respect to a branch of modern enterprise
gigantic in its extent and most impoitant in its bearings
upon the future progress of this great commercial nation.