The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

TUESDAY, , MAY 17, 1853.

were taken on speculation and for export. TO-DAY
the advices per Arabia of a still further decrease in
stocks on the other side had a favourable effect on
the market, and the sales reached 8,000 bales, at
full prices, of which 2,500 were on speculation and
for export. The market closed very firmly.
PRODUCE.—There has been a good demand for
all descriptions of Sugar, at an advance of from 6d.
to is. per cwt. The sales consist of 850 hhds.
B. P., and 6000 bags Bengal. Of Foreign the
sales were 3000 bags Pernambuco, and 40 hhds.
and 150 brls. Porto Rico, at public auction. Of
Molasses 90 puns. Trinidad, to arrive, sold at
19s. Gd. per cwt. In Coffee not much doing. Tea
was firm during the week ; but little business was
doing until Friday, when, owing to advices from
China, some considerable sales took place of medium
Congous at full prices, the quotations being at lid.
to Is. Id. for common to fair. In Cocoa little
doing. Of Rice 6000 bags Bengal sold at 10s. 6d.
to 1 s. per cwt. for low middling to good white.
Of Rum only 100 puns. Demerara sold at fully
previous rates. 400 bags Black Pepper realized
4d. per lb. Guano was not in good demand, and
barely 200 tons sold. In Hides little doing. Of
Rosin the sales amounted to 1700 brls. American.
Nothing doing in Turpentine or Tar. Of Saltpetre
100 bags sold at 28s. per cwt. for 44 per cent.
Olive Oil in moderate request, and 50 tuns sold at
previous rates. For Rape Oil little demand. Lin-
seed Oil 2Ss. per cwt. Spirits of Turpentine dull
at 50s. per cwt. Fur Palm Oil, on the spot, a
limited demand, and for arrival an easier market,
about 900 tons having been sold at £35 per ton.
Tallow rather lower in price, and a dull market,
Petersburg Y. C. selling at 475. to 475. 6d., and
about 200 casks South American at 445. to 17s. Gd.
per cwt. Of Hemp a small parcel of Petersburg
sold at £39 per ton. For Jute a fair demand, the
sales reaching 1500 bales, at £lB 10s. to £22 7s. 6d.
for common to fine. TO-DAV the Sugar market
has been quiet, and the only business reported since
Friday consists of 2,500 bags Bengal, at 395. to
395. Gd. for Benares, and at 41s. to 418. 6d. for
Cossipore ; 25 hhds. Porto Rico at 38s. to 38s. 9d.,
and 400 bags Maceio at 19s. 6d. per cwt. Nothing.
done in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. Since the de-
livery of the China letters, holders of Tea have
shown increased firmness, and sales have been
made to-day both to the trade and on speculators'
account, at fully previous rates, to a slight advance
upon blackish leaf of strong descriptions ; common
Congou of sound quality is in demand from 11:"1d.
to ls. per lb. A small parcel of Bengal Rice is
reported at 1 ls. 3d., and two tons African Red
Gum Copal at 1255. per cwt.
WooL.—The business of the week has not been
so very active as is generally the case here for a
short time previous to the opening of the colonial
sales in London, the actual business being on the
" hand to mouth" principle, manufacturers only
supplying themselves for pressing and immediate
requirement ; yet holders continue very firm, and
the few sales made have been at very full rates,
with every prospect of being firmly maintained.
Imports for the week: —1,321 hales, consisting
of 429 bales Buenos Ayres, 613 Alpaca and
Peru, 18 Portugal, 189 Mediterranean ports,
43 Irish, 22 Scotch, and seven coastwise.
The next series of public sales in London, being the
first of the new clip from Australia, will commence
on Thursday next, when about 40,000 bales of
foreign and colonial will be brought forward ; as the
demand is pretty active, and the market generally
very hare, a satisfactory result may be anticipated.
No arrivals of Spanish or Lisbon, except a small
parcel of greasy Spanish, from Santander, not yet
on the market ; Frontier and Alentejo continue
much inquired for, as also Oporto and Castellrando,
all of which would meet a ready sale at extreme
quotations.:

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE REV.
SAMUEL MINTON, THE REV. JOSEPH
BARDSLEY, AND MR. J. NIACDONALD.

A Mr. Macdonald, a Roman Catholic layman, is en-
deavouring to cover the retreat of his Priests from the
numerous challenges which have been sent them, by in-
viting several clergymen of the Established Church to
meet lihn in oral discussion. With what success, the fol-
lowing replies, from the Rev. S. Minton and the Rev.
J. Bardsley, will sufficiently show :

GRAND PROTESTANT TEA-PARTY,

LAST NIGHT.

A grand Protestant tea-party, in connexion with Lodge No .
22 of Loyal Orangemen, was held last night in the Concert-
hall,Lord Nelson-street. There was a very numerous attendance.
Letters of apology, regretting their inability to attend the
meeting, had been received from the following clergymen :
R. P. Blakeney, D. James, S. B. Sutton, H. Marlen, S. Fenton,
S. Minton, &c. Tea being over,
The Rev. G. L. IRELAND, one of the Curates of St. John's
Church, proposed that the Rev. W. F. TAYLOR take the chair.
The Rev. J. WOODHOUSE, Curate of All Saints, seconded the
motion, which was carried with acclamation.

The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by calling upon the
company to sing a hymn appropriate to the occasion. After
the singing of the hymn, the Chairman said it gave him very
great pleasure to have the privilege of presiding on the present
occasion, at a meeting for the most part, he perceived, coin-
posed of loyal Orangemen. (Cheers.) He knew of nobody
more loyal than Orangemen. They were the very impersona-
tion of loyalty. When we looked into their book of laws,
rules, and regulations, we could there find nothingbut the purest
principles of devotion to the Crown and the Church, attach-
ment to the Constitution, and the country at large. (Loud
cheers.) And although there might be some present whowere
not formally connected with the body, yet he did not believe
that there was one amongst them who was not an Orange-
man in heart and principle; for he was prepared to prove that
no man could be a sound Churchman—yea, he might use a
wider designation, and say that no man could be a sound
Englishman and a really true Briton who was not in principle
an Orangeman. The principles of Orangemen were essentially
British. What were the principles which made this country
great and free? those of attachment to our Bible, and a deter-
mination to resist all foreign jurisdiction, all foreign usurpa-
tion and dominion, and a determination to avow for ourselves
and our children, and our country at large, the inalienable
right of every free-born Briton to read in his own tongue the
wonderful works of God. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) These
were the principles of Orangemen, and a man must have pro-
fessed them before he could be admitted into the body. Why
was it, then, that such a body as this was not more supported
than it was ? Why was it that many were so apt to charge on
the society principles which they abominated and dis-
avowed? (Hear, hear.) It was because there was so
much ignorance respecting them, and because there were
men who gave distorted views which they laid to the
charge of Orangemen, but which were not held by that body.
(Loud cheers.) As he had said, every man who was devoted to
the Church and the Constitution, was essentially in his heart
an Orangeman. (Cheers.) Would that those principles were
in the hearts of our legislators when they were called upon to
govern this kingdom. The principles of the bible had made
this country what she was; and, just as those principles were
held dear to our hearts and carried out in our lives.
and manifested by our legislators when they were called
upon in their places in parliament, to legislate for
our country, in that proportion would our country ascend
in the scale of nations, and continue to be the envy
of the world. (Cheers.) Bilt much was to be done before we
could expect to find matters in that state. It was true there
had been some steps taken in the right direction of late, but
no thanks to those who were at present guiding the affairs of
the country. (Loud cheers.) It was true that the Jew Bill had
been rejected by a large majority of the House of Lords—a
larger majority than before—(hear, hear)—and he trusted it
would now be laid aside for ever, and that no more attempts
would be made by those who wished to unchristianize the
nation, by doing away with the words required to be affirmed
by all our legislators on the true faith of a Christian." (Hear,
hear.) There was another measure of importance, which had
been carried despite of the Government—(loud cheers)—and
that was Mr. Chambers's motion to institute an inquiry into
the state of nunneries in this country. (Hear, hear.) It
was said in the newspapers that before Mr. Chambers
brought the bill forward in the House of Commons
he sent a copy of it to Lord John Russell, in order that he
might read it, but that Lord John Russell refused to read it,
as he said he was going to oppose it. (Shame.) The princi-
ples of that Bill had also been supported in the House of Lords
by an Archbishop, who had not been particularly forward in
opposing Popery, but who had come forward at last. That
dignitary had made a speech in the Muse of Lords on nun-
neries, and had stated that they should be open to the inspec-
tion of the Magistrates. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The
speaker, in continuation, pointed out the monstrous evils con-
nected with the existence of nunneries; and having made some
appropriate remarks on the abominations of Maynooth, con-
tending that it was inconsistent to spend the money of a free
Protestant people in endowing it, he concluded by a few prac-
tical observations in connection with the festive occasion
which had called them together. He resumed his seat amidst
loud cheering.
Air, " Rule Britannia," the company joining in chorus.
The Rev. W. SHEPHERD next addressed the meeting, and
remarked that the body of Orangemen was a scriptural body,
which had been much misrepresented. (Hear, hear.) Speak-
ing of Oxford, Mr. Shepherd said he was a native of Oxford,
born and educated in that fallen city—(hear, hear)—and he
could assure them that it was melancholy to see the Jesuit-like
manner in which young clergymen were now trained there, for
the Protestant Church of England. (Hear, hear.) In illustra-
tion of what was going on at Oxford, the speaker said lie had
seen (what was generally not known) in that city clergy-
men, belonging to the Church of England, coming from
the colleges in their canonicals, and going to the Roman
Catholic chapel there to celebrate mass. (Senpation.) It
was true that many of those clergymen had had the honesty
to leave the Protestant Church, and gone where they were
wanted, to Rome, but many treacherous ones still remained
amongst us. (Hear, hear.) But, in speaking thus of Oxford,
they could not but weep over her when they reflected that she
contained the ashes of Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, who
shed their blood in defence of the Protestant faith, and were
executed at Oxford. (Hear, bear.) Mr. Shepherd concluded
by an eloquent defence of the loyalty and strong Protestant
Mr. CLARK then addressed the meeting in a truly loyal and
patriotic speech, which frequently elicited enthusiastic ap-
principles which were the leading characteristics of Orangemen.
plause during its delivery.
Other speeches were delivered, and the proceedings were
brought to a close a little after ten o'clock, after a vote of
thanks to the chairman, which was acknowledged in suitable
terms.