The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

8 THE LIVERPOOL STANDA
ii- ETTERPREss, LITHOGRAPHIC, and ! success of which might be greatly promoted by the efforts decrease on Indian Corn, Animals, Sugar, and
.41 COPPERPLATE PRINTING and ENGRAVING ;of Her Majesty's ministers. When I heard these parsnip
ESTABLISHMENTCurrants. The following are the principal items
•• , 16, CANNING-PLACE (between South , words-or nearly the words-I said Barn! to a clean- Of •
..,, increase :- 1852. 1853.
Castle-street and S •th John-stre't.)
HENRY GREENWOOD (late Manager of the Liverpool ' eating foreign person who sat next to me, covered all
Journal), beds to
announce that he has purchase.l from Mr.„ little English, and. his, French Benjamin Smith the Copyri ,lits and Goodwill of his Publi. I perhaps, Flour, cwts. 298,663 464,392
, for he knew very
106,049
cationseek ,
„namely. Smith's Liverpool Conrefance List, Smith's I was execrable. I believe he was an Ottonnte, ' though ' Butter &Cheese, cwts. 56,048
" 'li i)iarr,&c ttr.eftee --ti I ' Old st bliled PRINT 'he boozed a good deal, and, like a sensible man of an
ING and pup/ /...;pb•a-.„':-..) 11--.`"e`.° '`.. . '." ! . . . Coffee, lbs. 3,192,416 3,382,294
, , ..
.1 aar a LaIN leaa ; and trikts that he ; e•-• ening, at this season of the year, in our hyperborean Cocoa, do.
will be faro '
'which, for' tluteredwit., the same large amount of patronage I region, he preferred pert. I was doing the same ; hence ' Tea, do. 5,496,224 5,535,723
last sixteen years, has been bestowed on his ißice, cwts.
we " cushioned" so well. CLARENDoN's speech was even '
Predecessor. I 487,777 523,398
varieties of Type, more tepid than AnnitrirEN's. RUSSELL'S, "worser," as . Spirits, gallons
H. G. has added to his Printing-office all the most modern .
IlAnaY BROUGHAM says. PALMY could have done Wine do. ••• • • • 684,000 762,838
and is, therefore, in a position to execute
the Printing of Bulks, Pamphlets, Reports, &-..c. proceedings better, but would not-he uttered unmitigated trash. Tobacco, lbs. 2,777,991 2,874,944
of Literary and Scientific Societies,Brokers' • Circulars, Cata• I Then came Lord CAMPBELL, who, like many a glorious The importation of raw materials for manufac-
lques, Price Lists Placards, Handbills Law Font s, Business Scot, took the goods the gods provided, and tried to be 4 a considerable increase on every article
and Address Cards, Cheaues, and every other Description of
• PRINTING, in til,. besist 'eat moderate rites and on humorous. Altogether, within our me , mory there never but raw Silk, on which there is a decrease from
the shortest notice. YI ' • - ' - was a better or a duller dinner in Guild-hall.
H. G. has constantly in Type all the authorized Forms now A word, en passant, on the doings within the walls of 57 ,
5 926 lbs. in the month ended 10th of October,
used in her Majesty's Customs, together with other Shipping. King's College, London, may not be amiss. First, it 1852, to 463,069 lbs. in the corresponding period
Excise, and Commercial Forms for general use. Licensed was founded a few years since, to counteract the lax of 1853. The following is a comparison of other
Printer of the Mercantile Marine Forms and Logbooks. principle adopted at the London UniverSity, of giving a articles :-1852. 1853.
Every description of Paging and N umbering executed by
Patent Machines. mere secular education. Religions•instruction is the basis ,
Flax, cwts.
"Oh no, we
South's Liverpool Conveyance List published on the Ist of at King's, while at 'tother establishment,
.„ Hemp, cwts , 221,020 324,986
every month. Subscription Is. 6d. per annum. never mention her," without too much familiarity, may
Raw silk, lbs.
Smith's Weekly Diary puhlished every Saturday Morning. be applied. At King's College the students are not
Cotton, cwts.
Subscription 4s. 4d. per annum. allowed to proceed in_ the acquirement of knowledge "so .
16-CANNING PLACE-16. fast" as the Radical boys of the London University. Wool, lbs 7,806,614 14,919,871
Tallow, cwts.
Hence the former are better grounded, and, in the long
A BOLITION OF THE ADVERTISEMENT • • wiser Dr. There is also a considerable increase in the in"-
run, are sounder scholars-it. may be,
.men.. .
ill DUTY.-ADVERT IS EM EN TS received for the London
Gazette, and all other LONDON,PROVINCIAL,and jr,EL who was tutor to the King of Hanover, is Principal portations of Palm Oil, Metals, Glass, and Leather
FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS and PERMDICALS, by
of King's, and, of course, will one day be a bishop, if he
manufactures and Timber.
HENRY GREENWOOD, live long enough, he having a Pisgah view of the see. He Our SHARE MARKET has been much more steady
is---(;ANNING-FLACE-16. guards, with jealous care, honest old orthodoxy. Professor
during
EMPORIUM
week, and the advance noted in our
1/IAURICE, a clever man, had filled for some time the chair
of FOREIGN and BRITISH of ecclesiastical history. We are told, on the highest last has been well maintained. Stock at the settle-
SHAWLS and MANTLES, 44, BOLD-STREET.-J. authority, that man occasionally seeks out for himself ment.now in progress is scarce, but, perhaps, not
MAC LENNAN, begs to intimate that he is now Showing his I many inventions, so with ro. P f - essor MA.URICE. His quite so much so as on the last account day.
NEW STOCK of WINTER SHAWLS and MANTLES, and " Theological Essays" were thought to have smelt of this ; and the
There are a preponderance of buyers,
would draw special attention to the MANTLE Department, tits ' t - lit brought before the council at
y were s raig waya. . .
which is unusually large and well assorted, both in STYLES tendency of prices is decidedly upwards. We
and MATERIALS, having made arrangements with a Fiiisr. King's, and Professor MAURICE is now without a gown .
CLASS PARIS Housa to send all NOVELTIES as soon as as regards K.C. annex quotations :-Caledonians, 27* ; East
they appear in Paris. A banquet of a very .different description as compared cashire, 16'4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 641 La-
ni 1;
N.8.-An inspection is invited, and on no account wilt with my LORD MAYOR'S, at Guildhall, was given on Lancaster and Carlisle Thirds, 11.1 p ; London
any lady be importuned to purchase, but will meet with the Saturday evening to Lord ELPIIINSTONE, on his appoint- Stock, 1023 • Sheffield Stock, 201 ; Midland
greatest civility.., ,
meat to the Governorship of Bombay, by the East India -1- 4 Dover Stock 18 3-16 -I 3,- ;
_ - - Company, at the London Tavern. These banquets are the .„, Stock, 61 1 = - ; '.
,
Etb,,,..p...,,N1
hnt.) tato ~....,.‘s, most recherche in the
.metrop9lis ; select in. number,. the 2/1-
_ an_c_hester,§heffield and Lin • colnshire £6 pref., "g-p;
1011 • Sheffield
a L Aug 4 parties to a man are either distinguished in the cabinet, St. Helens R. and C. 5 per cent., •, ,
4' 4" A44P41 the senate, or the camp. The speeches are always valua- R. and Goole, .211 ; Quebec and Richmond
___ _ _
- - -•-- -- -- -- - --- - - ble-they are brief, indeed; the banquet rarely exceeds Debenture 6 per cent., 104 ; Royal Insurance,
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.
land half in duration; the charge head
two lours a-
1 9-16 p.
varies from two guineas and a-half to three or four ; every-
MONDAY MoRNING. thing in season and out of season is found on the tables. COTTON.-The sales during the week were to a
THERE appears to be a very general impression among Lord ELPHINSTONE, who is at the matured age of forty- much greater extent than during the preceding
well-informed political and Stock Exchange men, that we six or seven-but he has been in India before, so he is a week, averaging about 5,500 bales each day to the
are to have an early meeting of 'Via:anent. Rumours 8
seasonedbe add cask,-Hifehe yedilleexechnestUhesi mile- simile-made
eafsea trade, and prices have also improved, the current
have prevailed upon the subject for many days past ; but to develops the resources of the country-to endeavour,irtpart sound, qualities of America being about *d. dearer. This
yesterday the report was circulated on the Dourse with an practical,
secular education to the natives and to advance improvement has taken place in the face of the
Y, and those who are gene-air of such apparent authenticity,and promote, as opportunity offered, those natives who had continued strike in the manufacturing districts,
rally most incredulous seeming to attach more than oadi- qualified themselves for situations in the public service. and the many conflicting reports of warlike opera-
His.lorgship held his tongue about the administration of tions in the East. The weather has, however,
nary importance to what, I confess, at first
of struck me as a justice in the presidencies, and was equally mute touching been
fine, and the corn-markets the
throughoutb the
In piecegambling gossip, that I determined u n •iseer. the claims, real or pretended, of divers native princes.
_ taming if any substantial ("rounds existed forth t JAMIE GRAHAM, who appeared to be in capital spirits, .country are deClining.-TO-DAY the advices y e
e s ory. took upon himself to refer to the services performed by Asia showed lower markets on the other side,but
In one quarter I was told that
after the last Cabinet Sir WILLIAM PARKER and Commodore LAMBERT, and to there were contradictory statements respecting the
Comicil-that held on Thursday, from which Lord PAL- descant on the sinuosities of the Chinese seas-to the crop, and very little effect was produced on this
MEEsToT absented right hon. baronet all "hearsay," of course. If Sir J.
- himself until the close of the ministe-W. market. The demand here was brisk, and though
rial deliberations-lord ABERDEEN was understood to .-1 0 G lat 11E? gat speak
Ds p e ac,il:
di about
uslenh'e
cob:air he could, Sir We cannot quote higher prices, the market was
intimate to some of the higher officials connected with the HAler the dinner, I found myself sitting side by side much firmer, as current rates were more readily
Privy Council, that certain state papers, which are not with Tom LANDSEER, SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN, obtainable. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales,
JOHN FOSTER, my old dramatic friend. GLENGALL, in *including about 1,000 on speculation and for ex-
usually prepared until within one month or five weeks of
the opening of Parliament, would be required almost im- the Haymarket
new farce
7.71771: screaming 'e
corned
t thefirstuc ic sr eT
epsr
Ee -, port ; but this quantity was limited by the unfa-
n a ion of vourable weather, there being a thick fog over
mediately. A little more in •• in the Downing-streetlookedn'remarkably y.andwell pleased
quirh.
dis • Liverpool nearly the whole of the day. The fol-
trict, brought me in contact with an old friend, to -the house was crowded.
whom lam indebted for many pieces of political intelli- There will be two Italian opera houses in the ensuing lowing are the comparative prices between present
season, so, at all events, I have it at present on th e b est rates and the corresponding rates of last year :-
Puce from ' , and him I learned that the entire correspon- authority. LumLET,the old impresarioof HerMAJEsry's, 1852. 1853.
dente of the British Government on the Russo-Turkish is to have a sort of management, without responsibility, New Orleans, middling
question is at the present moment in the hands of the but with a handsome stipend-say £1,500. FREDERIC fair 6 3-Bd. eid.
QI:EE x's Printers-that day by day copies of various des- GTE who has been " skirring " the Continent, has re-
turnk to town with some new engagements for the Uplands, middling
fair
6-kcl. 60.
patches from the Foreign-office, and the communications of "Royal," at Covent Garden. His friends wish him well
our Ambassadors, Plenipotentiaries and Diplomatists, are through the VAGNER affair (I spell as pronounced). The I SALES. IMPORTS.
poured into the same establishment with instructions Berlin commission will cost £3,000 if a penny,-three, and i„.____........_____, f_____aa,
,
"immediate six already paid, make £9OOO, a heavy drag upon the re- op.sc al PTION. PRICES.I Week Previ- Week 1 This STOCK
-proofs"-that the material fora monster blue • t thou h Iremember £ll 000 being cleared one
cell) s ; oug ,ing
l If'otivi nil this yl Ir.. 'N'Podv . t 1 I Year.
Nov.ll
• book are already conglomerated-and that, acting on Lord season at Her Majesty's Theatre, but it was before those I__ - -i-_ --
CLAREND ' being monstrous things-Free-trade, Reform-bills, and Income-
- us s urgent instructions, every exertion is Sea Island .. 14 @ 341 220 17590
used to keep tax-were thought of. Stained 1540 1 795! 495318 .•
the work what is technically called " close SAMUEL PHELPS on Thursday evening received the 80Nt's •..• .:
46* ;a 108-Ig, 426690 380790
tip," so that almost at a day's notice a presentation copy gracious thanks of his Sovereign for the excellent manner Mobile • 4 6/ 4330. 202380 1 ,64. 926047 •• ••
of the volume may be got ready. M friend •which Henrythe Fifth was represented, a most diffi- New Orleans. 3i 7i 16950 882200 -
in enry • • • •
y tells me thatsl262 11640
thisproceeding • • too, in repeating the Pernams, &c. 64E 8 320, 61240 ....
__. a indicates an intention on the part of cult undertaking.
chorus before Ire.alAßTLEwY,as
also
honoured with ,illallia,lB,c• • • 6* 61 1030' 46100 •• ' • ;114 1:912443
Aimisters to present the Russo-Turkish papers to the thanks ; the players " were well-bestowed ;" a good sup- iieamraegraamir•c 0 8 11401 38430 :::. i
535 510
Senate immediately on the opening of Parliament, with- per awaited them in a room close by the stage, and most Egyptian 51 10 - - 1.650, 114770 ...•. I 9:122 8678. 0
out waiting far any DUDLEY „ of them were in town the same night. The play cost Coin.W.l.&e. .5f -
.loi 10900 .... I 7052 3520
STUART or BENDY HALL t
call for them; and he argues . . - the ivy purse about £250; and PHELPS paid every body Surat
3011 i 267664, 162900
that the Foreign-office pres- inhis Madras - 30, 3,30 I
sure on the
Bengal 5O. 4800 ....I 6191 2940
printing-office displays a determination to take lane continues crowded, and even on Wednesday morn-
that stel 21 - _i-H-.--1
p certainly before Christmas. Lord ABERDEEN, ing the Lord. Mayor's show did not prevent a 45060'2036480, 9170 1914094 651060
it is added, will not sanction the active interference of our cram. The Duke of YORK'S scholars were present p their
fleet without band-capital-executed several pieces of music in a spirit- PRODUCE.-The markets during the week have
the distinct command of Parliament ; and stirring during act e, manner. The boys, an entre ac e, had presented very little deserving of notice, with the
• as matters are daily „ becoming less rosy, the sooner, for buns and ale, I think, given to them, the band playing all of • which has been conside-
exception Tea, in there
intelligence
the honour andglory forget the first
' trombone's sorrow
Senate of this country, that the British ttetnime.f
-I; e hlnd shalla
;Leery blowinge away long, all the bun; Table excitement, owing to the from
send forth their resolve the. better. These things when
; the little fellow aspleni musician-fairlyso cried. China of the patriot party having got possession of
indicate the probability, if not the certainty, of an early He had something afterwards. Shangleae. TO-DAY there has been a better feeling
meeting. If further confirmation were necessary, I may Sir EDWIN LANDSEF.R, this week, came out with a pair in our Sugar market, and the sales effected have
state that I have seen a letter from 1,,,,a jo,u, R-&53m..i. °l:l2r icaolont'lltetufre;,tl"leFlraeset lerarilve7.l.,va,Tratteetd sound,; been at prices not previously obtainable, the busi-
to a Member of the House of Commons, in which he states of them asevic•olorksaof art. Poor, broken down PuiroetecsPgn ness comprising 140 hhds. Barbadoes at 32s to 395,
- that "the work of legislation will almost to a certainty be is drawn with great skill-like a horse going to the 500 bags white Benares at 37s 6d to 40s 6d, and
resumed before the close of the year." knacker's. DIZZY and DERBY are truthful likenesses. 450 bags dates at 33s to 33s 6d per cwt. 80 puns.
There is a simple " Free Trade-warranted sound" (? the latter words, Sir St. Lucia Mdlasses have been sold at 15s 6d per
old English ditty, which begins- EDWIN) is a fine punchy animal-lots of such in Lanca- cwt and a small lot of Demerara Rum at previous
"Said the old jackdaw shire-bedizzened with ribbons. As works of art, they . '
To the young jackdaw," are matchless • but, with our quartern loaf at a shilling, ' the • arrival of the letters this morn-
prices. Since
morn-
which I wonder me much city the less Free 'Trade n his hoofs and snorts his own ing we have had a large inquiry for both common
some lyric poet, like the P
late THOMAS H facetious praise the better. Any decently :iressedprson, . ~ I believe, and blackish leaf Cougou, the former at is ld, and
UDSON, of memory or the t
, . . resent can see the pictures at JENNINGS , Cheapside, by goingin. the latter at is 6d to is Bd, .but with few sellers,
placid .T.,,,,, 1::?•••. -- - _ • . . - . •• . . 1-- - -

THERE appears to be a very general impression among
well-informed political and Stock Exchange men, that we
are to have an early meeting of Parliament. Rumours
have prevailed upon the subject for many days past ; but
yesterday the report was circulated on the Bourse with an
air of such apparent authenticity, and those who are gene-
rally most incredulous seeming to attach more than ordi-
nary importance to what, I confess, at first struck me as a
piece of gambling gossip, that I determined upon ascer-
taining if any substantial grounds existed for the story.
In one quarter I was told that after the last Cabinet
Comicil—that held on Thursday, from which Lord PAL-
MERSTON absented himself until the close of the ministe-
rial deliberations—Lord ABERDEEN was understood to
intimate to some of the higher officials connected with the
Privy Council, that certain state papers, which are not
usually prepared until within one month or five weeks of
the opening of Parliament, would be required almost im-
mediately. A little more inquiry,. in the Downing-street
district, brought me in contact with an old friend, to
whom I am indebted for many pieces of political intelli-
gence, and from him I learned that the entire correspon-
dence of the British Government on the Russo-Turkish
-question is at the present moment in the hands of the
QUEEN'S Printers—that day by day copies of various des-
patches from the Foreign-office, and the communications of
our Ambassadors, Plenipotentiaries, and Diplomatists, are
poured into the same establishment, with instructions for
"immediate proofs"—that the material for a monster bltte
book are already conglomerated—and that, acting on Lord
CLARENDON'S urgent instructions, every exertion is being
used to keep the work what is technically called "close
up," so that almost at a day's notice a presentation copy
-of the volume may be got ready. My friend tells me that
this proceeding indicates an intention on the part of
Ministers to present the Russo-Turkish papers to the
Senate immediately on the opening of Parliament, with-
out waiting for any DUDLEY STUART or BENJY HALL to
call for them ; and he argues that the Foreign-office pres-
sure on the printing-office displays a determination to take
that step certainly before Christmas. Lord ABERDEEN,
it is added, will not sanction the active interference of our
fleet without the distinct command of Parliament ; and
as matters are daily becoming less rosy, the sooner, for
the honour and glory of this country, that the British
Senate send forth their resolve the. better. These things
indicate the probability, if not the certainty, of an early
meeting. If further confirmation were necessary, I may
state that I have seen a letter from Lord Jogs B.'&s3Ei I.
to a Member of the House of Commons, in which he states
that "the work of legislation will almost to a certainty be
resumed before the close of the year."
There is a simple old English ditty, which begins—
" Said the old jackdaw
To the young jackdaw,"
which I wonder me much some city lyric poet, like the
late THOMAS HUDSON, of facetious memory, or the present
placid JACOB BEULER, whose harmless rhyming and
"reaming" wit and humour make city halls vocal at this
period, did not venture to embody the sentiments of the
municipal authorities at their great festive anniversary,
within the enscript walls of Guild, on Wednesday last,—
the almost ludicrous proceedings of the City Corporation
Reform Commission, of which I believe Lord JOHN Ens-
situ, by this time, is sick, would have formed a fine
theme. The new song might have begun thus—
Said the old Lord Mayor
To the new Lord Mayor—
Not that I liken either functionary to the chattering bird
—certainly not the one of Minerva—referred to at the
commencement hereof. As far as the said commission has
gone, it has acted in a very soft manner. With one of the
best ex-judges as legal director—Sir J. PATTESON —poor
fellow, being deaf, he was compelled to leave the bench in
mid-time of his career. Sir J. PATTESON—notwith-
standing his remarkable likeness to the late JoHN REEVE,
the best comedian of his sort for the last fifty
Years—is dignified, calm, and sober always in his
judgment ! Well, the City Commissioners have this
great legal authority pretty well at their head—cer-
tainly at their elbow. They meet and sit wide-mbuthed
in their stately chamber, lent to them for the nonce, and
hear any antiquated, one-eyed, and spiteful gander, who
chooses to offer evidence touching city iniquity. Copious
word, which embraces within its ample and pendulous lip
Bribery—Gluttony—Nepotism ! together with a thousand
concomitant vices. Pshaw !- Sir J. PATTESON don't believe
it. Why do you not inquire into the character of your
witnesses ? The old Lord Mayor, the new Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Sheriffs, past, present, and to come, Com-
mon Councilmen, full blown and in embryo, were all
laughing at you during the Guildhall banquet. Their
withers are unwrung ; it would not suit their books, they
say, to act as witness ACLAND says—yea, swears. Mr.
ACLAND, before he vouchsafed a word, begged he might
be sworn—awfal ceremony for a loose evidence-giver—a
uobe-mouche, who easily believes, swallowing all, and
having succeeded in imposing on himself with an earnest-
tle,BB which none but your yobe-mouche can pourtray—not
assume _makes other people believe in like manner. Re-
markable to analyse Acnaaan's evidence ; in all the start-
ling points he is monstrously wrong. So-and-so is nephew
to an alderman—no, he ain't. That peaceful man HENRY
CHILD, " friend and partner" of Alderman and Sheriff
WIRE, is returning officer for Finsbury. No, I ain't,
says Mr. Camp ! Touching the election of Alderman
CARROLL to the civic chair;;—gross bribery there,
, swore Mr. ACLAND. Not a sixpence, answered Sir GEORGE
CARROLL 1. The election of Alderman LAWRENCE, too, IS
charged to the top with bribery; it cost £6,000, swore
witness ACLAND; the Alderman denies that his election
cost so much as half a pint of beer ! These are only a few
samples which, by-and-bye, will form a blue book to cost
the country more than the £6,000, mentioned above, in hard
cash. The Times newspaper, always " pitching" into the
Corporation, sucks in this evidence. The expressed dislike
—contempt, indeed--of the Times' people for the city is
marvellous, for one and all of them receive uniformly
invitations to the best places at all the city banquets, and
the parties referred to,—with their wives and duagliterS,
when they have any,—as uniformly avail themselves of the
opportunities of gulling and guzzling,"
as WILLIAM
COBBETT used to say.
Don't suppose, from the foregoing, that your Correspon-
dent holds the Corporation of London free from spot or
blemish, or wrinkle ; the Corporation is marked by them
all; it is not on that account that the BARINGS (sic
ACLAND) do not belong to the Common Council and aspire
to be Lords Mayor; but we'll let that puss; meantime to the
show ;—" the play's the thing"—the Lord Mayor's Show,
doomed to last, it may be another year or two. Until nearly
seven o'clock in the evening all was sham. About the hour
mentioned there was reality—real turtle hot ; but I am for-
getting the show. Never speak ill of the absent, is a sound
English saying. How my grim and erst time-honoured
friends, rouye et carmine, men in armour, were missed ;
bah ! they were sham, but not so much sham as that poor
young woman,-r-the figure of " Justice" in Lord SYDNEY'S
show. Poor little girl, 'twas a pity she had not ASTLEY'S
gas-light as usual with her ; your day-light and Sol, even
on a 9th of November, are great detectors of pasteboard
and other sham splendours. Figure of Justice! She had her
scales, but she appeared—nay, was—wide awake. Justice
hasalways been represented as blind or bandaged ! Our city
friends are not nice. Justice is justice, with or without her
eyes. The best j eke of the lot was the gold cart.—Australia, of
course, with a real digger,—red flannel, black whiskers ;
these were real,—so was the lump of quartz in the cart,—so
were the quarts of BA.RCLA.Y, PERKIN PERKINS, and Co., which that
honest gruff, Tom —, has milled away at for the last
twenty years in Southwark, and who now, if he were to
have a civic crown or gown, could not spell Australia.—
` ,1 ,",raporte. FENTON, the scene-painter at Sadler's Wells,
"a CooKt, of Astley's, did their work very well. About
wthoasand pockets were picked; ten thousand blackguards
ta loose ; ten thousand pounds sterling were lost to
aaila,:rehants and brokers ; some were lost, and
were in request at good Bartholomew's and Guy's.
was a,7_111 never occur again. The ride up the river
briegr".., ". I left them at the foot of Westminster-
It was trio went to don as loud as possible for the dinner.
Aapataz'ae ilullest affair I ever witnessed in Guild-hall.
wine he comma s at his old habits, drinking the poorest
you NIA, 10 catch, and speaking to match. What do
ing the pro: runel minister saving that, notwithstand-'
interests, and
aTnrarf:tute r condition of the country in all its great
_2"nderful advances it had made in
(rite alTare tuat ,arts, science, and industry, he was
"' much Yet remaiuvl tc, dOne, and the

PRODUCE.—The markets during the week have
presented very little deserving of notice, with the
exception of Tea, in which there has been conside-
rable excitement, owing to the intelligence from
China of the patriot party having got possession of
Shanghae. To-DAY there has been a better feeling
in our Sugar market, and the sales effected have
been at prices not previously obtainable, the busi-
ness comprising 140hlids. Barbadoes at 32s to 395,
500 bags white Benares at 37s 6d to 40s 6d, and
450 bags dates at 33s to 33s 6d per cwt. 80 puns.
St. Lucia Molasses have been sold at 15s 6d per
cwt., and a small lot of Demerara Rum at previous
prices. Since the arrival of the letters this morn-
ing we have had a large inquiry for both common
and blackish leaf Cougou, the former at is ld, and
the latter at is 6d to is Bd, but with few sellers,
otherwise a larger business would have been done ;
there is also more inquiry for low and common
greens, at improved rates. There has again been
an extensive demand for Arracan Bice, 30,000 bags
having changed hands since Friday at 12s 9d to
13s, besides 800 bags Bengal at 15s to 15s 3d per
cwt. We have also to report 300 bags Sumatra
black Pepper at 41d. per lb., and 40 tons Lima
Wood at £l2 12s to £l2 17s 6d per ton.

COMMERCIAL 4 MONETARY NEWS,

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE returns of the Bank of England last week I
again showed an increase in the stock of bullion to
the amount of about £400,000. This has no doubt
arisen from the diminished demand for discounts
as 'shown by the decrease of £506,191 in " other
securities." There were numerous reports during
the week of hostilities between the Turks and
Russians, but notwithstanding this apparent cause
for depression, the Funds maintained their value
with very slight variation. This firmness is owing
to the scarcity of stock while money has been so
abundant that the quantity on offer for advances
on stock has not all been accepted. The Bank
Directors have intimated that they will now discount
the amount of the various petty stocks due in
January, at the rate of three per cent., instead of
r four per cent., as originally proposed. From the
manufacturing districts the reports are of continued
dulness, owing to the turn-out of the operatives,
,the apprehensions as to war in the East, and the
disinclination to operate until- some definite con-
, elusion can be arrived at. - - - -

WooL.—No change to notice this week : the
transactions are again very limited, and prices
without alteration. Since the improvement in
the London sales, npticed at the commencement
of last week, a rather better feeling has been
manifest in this market ; and we hope to see more
animation shortly. Import for this week, 1,042
bales.

METALs.---There is still great activity in the
Ron trade, owing to the large demand for all
descriptions for exportation, and prices have ad-
vanced, Scotch Pigs having reached £4 per ton.
Copper has increased in value no less than £9 10s.
per ton, and a further rise is expected.

THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—A design for the
testimonial, proposed to be erected in Liverpool to the
great Duke of Wellington, has been made by Mr. Thorpe.
It represents a portion of the globe, upon the apex fof
which, elevated on a pedestal, is a figure of the Duke in
an animated attitude, and surrounded by ten of his prin-
cipal companions in arms, including Lord Combermere,
Lord Hill, the Marquis of Anglesey, Sir Thomas Picton,
&c. ; and on the front of the pedestal is an inscription,
" Glory to God on high : on earth peace, good will towards
men." 'The design is left for inspection at Mr. Walmsley's,
in Castle-street, and it is proposed that it shall be erected
on the vacant space at the top of Shaw's Brow, so that,
when the improvements are completed, it may form an
elegant termination to the vista from the Town Hall.
NEW PLANET.—Mr. Hind has discovered a new planet
in the constellation Taurus, about two degrees south of
the ecliptic. It is rather brighter than stars of the ninth.
magnitude. This planet is the ninth which he has dis-
covered since the commencement of a systematic search
in 1£346, and raises the number of that extraordinary
group of worlds between Mars and Jupiter to twenty-
seven.
OCEAN STEA3IERS, &c.—At the last meeting of the In-
stitution of Civil Engineers, a paper was read " On the
Speed and other Properties of Ocean Steamers, and on the
Measurement of Ships for Tonnage," by Mr. A. Hender-
son. After alluding to a paper brought before the insti-
tution in 1817, by the same author, in which the fallacy
of using registered tonnaffe and nominal horse-power, as
the index of the capabilities or speed of steamers, was
shown, by a comparison of their relative proportions and
elements of resistance with the steam-power employed, the
present paper referred to a tabular form, containing
copious details of dimensions and of general information,
as to the form, proportions, and speed realized by ocean
steamers, compiled from documents emanating from the
department of the surveyor of the navy, and from
the returns made to parliament, by the Post-office
and the Admiralty ; showing that, between the years
1845 and 1851, on an aggregate mail service of 1,271,000
miles, the speed realized only averaged 7.945 knots per
hour, which was far short of the speed generally sup-
posed to be maintained by mail steamers, the highest
speed being 84 knots per hour, between Marseilles and
Alexandria, by H.M. mail packets, and the lowest 7iknots
per hour, between Ceylon and China, by contract steamers.
Reference was then made to a tabular statement, published
by the Committee on Steam Communication with India,
showing the station of each steamer, including six
packets of the Indian navy, running upwards of 325,000
miles, at a speed of B'oB2 knots per hour, and eleven
contract steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany, running above 533,720 miles, and averaging
7192 knots per hour. By the same table the speed
of the iron steamer Pekin was shown to be 7133
knots per hour; the old timber steamers, Lady Mary
Wood and Braganza, realizing only 7'378 knots and
7'249 knots per hour respectively. Some observations
were offered on the various proportions, forms, and resist-
ance of ocean steamers, and the difficulty of obtaining a fair
criterion of relative efficiency ; with suggestions, that the
information might be obtained by recording the particulars
required in the columns of a table, similar to one which
was exhibited, from which it appeared that the proportions
of vessels varied from five-and-a-quarter to eight times
their breadth to their length. That the length of the five
steamers realizing 84 knots per hour averaged less than
six times their breadth. while that of those which realized
less than 8* knots averaged upwards of seven-and-a-half
times their breadth. The second part of the paper was
"On the measurement of Ships." It was contended that
the present register of particulars, by omitting the depth
gave less information than the old register ; that calcula-
tions of tonnage deduced from internal measurement must
show discrepancies of ten, or even fifteen per cent. between
the computed tonnage of timber and of iron ships, of the
same size or external bulk ; therefore, it had become neces-
sary to introduce a method of computation, deduced from
both internal and external measurement, so as to combine
the capacity for stowage, and the weight or the load, and
the displacements.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the sth of Nov., gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £4,077,159; Increase £.41.8,350
Other. deposits ... 12,171,032; Decrease 151,640
Rest ... 3,184,275; Increase 8,782
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £11,498,152; the same as before.
Other securities ... 18,749,699; Decrease 506,191
Notes unemployed ... 6,419,885; Increase 748,385
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,627,445,
beinc, a decrease of £359,905 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £15,679,545, showing
an increase of £408,861, when compared with the
preceding return.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ... £29,047,330 Governmt. Debt £11,014,100
Other Securities 2,98,1,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.15,047,330
Silver bullion
•
£29,047,330
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

£29,047,330

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000p0v. Securities £11,498,152
Rest ... 3,184,27510ther Securities 16,749,699

Public Ijeposits 4,077,159 Notes ... 6,419,885
Other Deposits 12,171,032 Gold & Silver Coin 632,215
7-day & other bills 1,314,485

£35,299,9511

£35,299,951

The returns of the Board of Trade for the month
ended 10th of October have just been published,
and they again show a considerable increase both
in imports and exports. The total increase of
exports-on the month, as compared with the corres-
ponding month of last year, is no less than
£1,446,708 ; while for the whole nine months of
the year the increase amounts to £12,596,291.
The articles of British produce and manufactures,
estimated according to the declared value of expor-
tation, upon which the principal increase arises in
the month's account, are as follow :-
1852. 1853. Increase.
Metals.. .064,182 £1,577,949 £613,767
Haberdashery
Woollen Manufactures 901,090 1,008,457 107,367
Leather
Hardwares 303,779 392,168 88,389
Machinery 186,728 249,571 62,843
Silk Manufactures
Fish

Linen Manufactures 434,981 483,426 48,445
Beer .. ..... 49,410 97,740 48,330
Glass Manufactures
Oil and Seeds 36,286 64,737 28,451
Stationery ... ...... 46,263 72,921 26,658
Butter 35,157 59,475 24,318
Woollen Yarn
Upon Cotton manufactures there is a decrease of
£153,647, being from £2,399,646 to £2,245,999,
and upon Cotton Yarn a decrease of £107,474, or
from £653,910 to £546,436. The only other
articles which show a decrease are—Earthenware,
£3,066 ; Salt, £2,832 ; Thrown Silk, £3,088 ; and
Refined Sugar, £5,439.
Upon articles imported and taken for home con-
sumption, there appears to have been an increase
on most of those chiefly used for food, but a