The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

44, BOLD-STREET.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.
President—The Right Hon. the Earl of RODEN.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the LIVERPOOL
ASSOCIATION auxiliary to the above Society, will
be held in the AMPHITHEATRE, THIS EVENING, (Friday,)
the 30th instant, when the Rev. FIELDING GOLD, A. 8.,
Liverpool; Rev. Dr. BYRTH, of Wallasey; Rev. ROBERT
GAGE, A. 8., of the Diocese of Derry, Ireland; Rev. WM.
ARCHER, A.M., Rector of Newcastle, Ireland, and others
will attend, and give some important information connected
with the progress of Scriptural Education in the Sister
Country.
Chair to be taken at Half-past Six o'clock.
Tickets of admission to be had at Mr. CRISP'S Office, 38,
Church-street, and the OPERATIVE PROTESTANT DEPOT,
26, Elliott-street, between the hours of Ten and Four.

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY EvErtiNG.—The funds improved again today,
which can only be attributed to the fact of prices having come
over better from laris. Consols were 874 for money and 874
buyers for account. Zeta( Stock was 1601 to 11. Exche-
quer. Bills 2 discount to par.
A slight advance may be noted in some of the foreign secu-
rities. Spanish Active with the Coupons were 211 to 4 ; Por-
tuguese Five per Cents 321 to 3, the Three per Cents 211 to
4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 494 to 50, the Five
per Cents 941 to 5. Belgian 95 to 7. Brazilian 731 to 41.
Mexican 261 to 7. Colombian 22 to 1.
London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 66 to 8,
Great Western 12 to 13, the Half Shares 31 to 41 premium.
South Western 501 to 11 per share. North Midland Old
Shares 23 to 1, the New 3 to 1, Brighton 131 to 13, Black-
wall 51 to 4, Eastern Counties 14 to 131 discount.
TUESDAY EvENlNG.—After some fluctuations the funds
remain nearly the same as the closing quotations of yester-
day. Consols were 874 to - for money, and 871 to 4 for ac-
, count. Bank Stock 160/ to 11. India Stock 242 to 4. Ex-
chequer Bills 3s to Is discount.
Peninsular securities remain without alteration. Spanish
Active with the Coupons 211 to 1; Portuguese Five pes
Cents 321 to 3, the Three per Cents 21/ to 4. A alight ad-
vance may be noticed in Dutch and Belgian stocks. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents 493 to 501, the Five per Cents
944 to 54. Belgian 97 to 9. Brazilian 73 to 5. Mexican
261 to 7. Colombian 22 to 1.
London and Birmingham 66 to 8, Great Western 12 to
13 premium. South Western 50 to 1 per share. North
Midland Old Shares 23 to 1, New 3 to 1, Brighton 131 to 4,
Blackwall 51 to 1 discount.
The exchanges were not so favourable to-day as on last
foreign post-day. On Paris the rates were 25 40 to 45 ; on
Amsterdam 12 2 ; on Rotterdam 12 21; on Hamburg 13 61
to 7: on Frankfort 148 to 1; on Antwerp 12 11, all at three
months.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Some inconsiderable fluctua-
tions occurred in the funds to-day, but they closed the same
as yesterday with the slightest possible difference. Consols
were 871 to 1 for money and 874 sellers for account. Indian
Stock 243 to 4. Bank Stock 1601 to 11. Exchequer Bills
4s to 2s di count.
In Dutch and Belgian stocks there was a tendency to ad-
vance, the effect of manoeuvre perhaps to favour some Dutch
' and Belgian financial operation said to be in progress. Dutch
Two and-a-Half per Cents were 501 to 1; the Five per
Cents 931 to 6. Belgian 971 to 81. Brazilian 731 to 41.
Mexican 264 to 7. Colombian 221 to 1. Spanish Active
with the Coupons 21/ to 1 Portuguese Five per Cents 321
to 4, the Three per Cents 214 to 1.
London and Birmingham railways wer 76 to 8, Great
Western 12 to 13 premium. South Western 50 to 1 per
share. North Midland Old Shares 23 to 2, the New 3to 1,
Brighton 131 to 13, Black wall 54 to 4 discount.

EASTERN QUESTION.

DESPATCH ADDRESSED TO LORD PONSONBY BY THE
RIGHT HONORABLE THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN
AFFA IRS.
We are enabled (by the obliging aid of a Paris correspond-
ent) to lay before our readers the following copy of a despatch
recently forwarded to the British ambassador at Constanti-
nople, conveying instructions to that functionary, in exact
conformity to the sentiments which we lately stated to pre
vail at the foreign-office, relative to the exorbitant stretch of
the Sultan's power in proclaiming the deposition and excom-
munication of Mehemet Ali. The cautious verbiage in which
the foreign secretary wraps up his recommendation to the
Sultan to withdraw his late proclamation against the Viceroy,
renders this document a remarkable state paper :
" My lord,—her majesty's government have taken into
consideration the act by which the Sultan deprived Mehemet
Aii of the pachalic of Egypt, the bearings of that act upon the
present state of pending questions, and the course which it
may be expedient to take thereupon, have invited the repre-
sentatives of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, at their court, to
. submit to their respective governments that undoubtedly
there is much force in the reasons which, according to your
• excellency's reports, induced the Sultan to take this step, and
that, while on the one hand, this measure in no degree pre-
vents the Sultan from reinstating Mehemet Ali, if he should
speedily make his submission to his sovereign ; on the other
hand it may act as a powerful instrument of moral coercion
upon Mehemet Ali, by making him aware that, if the contest
between him and his sovereign should be prolonged, and the
issue of that contest should be unfavourable to him, he might
lose everything by his too obstinate resistance.
" That in this view, and in order to make the recent exer-
cise of the sovereign authority of the Sultan useful towards
effecting an early and satisfactory settlement of pending
questions, it is the opinion of her Majesty's government that
it would be expedient that the representatives of the four
powers at Constantinople should be instructed to proceed to
the Turkish minister, and state to him that their respective
governments, in pursuance of the stipulations of the seventh
article of the separate 'act annexed to the treaty of 15th
July, beg strongly to recommend to the Sultan that, if Me
hemet Ali should at an early period make his submission to
the Sultan, and should agree to restore the Turkish fleet,
and to withdraw his troops from Syria, from Adana, Can-
dia, and the Holy Cities, the Sultan should not only rein-
state Mehemet Ali as Pacha of Egypt, Wit should also give
him an hereditary tenure in that pachalie, according to the
conditions specified in the treaty of Jul', and liable, of
course, to forfeiture by any infraction of those conditions on
the part of Mehemet Ali or his successors.
" Her Majesty's government have reason to hope that this
suggestion will meet the concurrence of the Governments of
Austria, Prussia, and Russia, and your Excellency will ac-
cordingly take the steps pointed out in this despatch, as soon
as your colleagues shall have received corresponding instruc-
tions.
" If the Sultan should condescend to act upon this ad-
vice tendered to him by his four allies, it would be expedi-
ent that he should take immediate steps for making his gra-
cious intentions in this respect known to Mehemet Ali, and
your Excellency and Sir Robert Stopford should afford the
Turkish Government every facility which they may require
for this purpose.
" London, Oct. 15.
" To his Excellency Lord Ponsonby, at
Constantinople."

A new suspension bridge has been opened at Fribnrg, in
Switzerland. It extends between two rocks, in the valley of
Gotteren, at a height of 250 feet above the ground.—Ga-
lignani's Messenger.
EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—The wife of Daniel
Barker, weaver, at Coghill, in Clayton, has lately been de-
livered of twins. She is only 19 years of age, and in the
course of three years and a few months has given birth to
seven children.

Mr. William Powell, a brass-founder at Birmingham, has
been committed to the county prison at Warwick, for trial at
the next assizes, charged with forging bills upon the bank of
Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner, and Co.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—THE ALMOND
Vaanucr.-L-This magnificent structure, the most important
work on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, is advancing
towards completion. When finished, it will be one of the
greatest works of the kind on any railway, consisting of up-
wards of thirty arches, which are connected by an earthen
embankment with another bridge of ten or a dozen arches
more. The height to which these arches tower forms not.one
of the least singular features of the structure ; and when it is
remembered that they are all constructed of substantial ma-
sonry, some idea of the cost incurred in the erection may be
formed. In its present state, the viaduct presents a most
singular appearance, exhibiting the work in all its stages of
progress. Here the foundations of a pier may be discerned,
just appearing above the surface of the ground—there the
piers, some broken and unfinished, others perfect and com-
plete, shoot up their points to the sky, reminding the specta-
tor of the ruins of Palmyra. In other parts, the wood frames
on which the arches are to be laid, connect tower with tower
—while in others again, the arch itself is completed, the
parapet erected, and the bridge appears to be complete. The
solid buttresses thus erected present a singular contrast to
the embankments of forced earth which are thrown up on
each side of the viaduct. Hundreds of carts are seen travers-
ing along the carriage-way, and when arrived at the end, the
eardi i. thrown out of them, with little apparent regard to
its regularity, and at times to the imminent danger of the
pa • • •ssen,s -er-. To one who had surveyed these works for the
first time, it would appear altogether incredible that such ap-
pareiviv rue and primitive operations should be intended CO
complete a work which is the triumph of mechanical science,
and the glory of the present age.—Scottish Standard.

INGENIOUS MODE OF ESCAPING FROM PRISON.—On
Friday an untried pi isoner of the name of Alexan-
der, better known by that of the " notorious Elshender,"
made his escape from Lanark jail, in which he was incar-
cerated on a criminal charge. He was permitted to go into
the court for some article, when, finding a rope, he tied it to
the hamile of a spade. which lie also got hold of in the court.
He then threw the spade over the wall, twenty feet in height,
the top, fixed the spade to the other side of the cope, and
swung himself down to the bottom, which having gained, he
made a good run for it, and has not since been seen or heard
of. He is described as a dangerous character, and is charged
and it fastened to the cope-stone, when lie easily ascended to
with a great many crimes, the conviction of any one of which
would incur the punishment of transportation. He broke
out of the old jail. and was captured only a short time ago at
Carnwath, where he was put into a school-room, his hands
tied behind his back, and a couple of sentinels placed over
him. By rubbing the cord against the chimney-piece, he
succeeded in disengaging his hands, and immediately dashed
through a window, and would have affected his escape ; but
a troop of yeomanry, who happened to be ready mounted,
immediately started in pursuit. He held out even then,
until he became alarmed on seeing an officer belonging to the
corps marching forward with a pistol, and another with his
sword drawn, when he surrendered.—Glasgow Courier.
THE INSTRUMENT OF DESTRUCTION ! !—Having had an
opportunity of becoming acquainted with the operation of
the fearful instrument of destruction, the discussion relative
to which has almost led the public to doubt the existence of
the engine altogether, so marvellous has been the account of
it, we are bound to state that no description can adequately
picture its most awful power. It is small, about twice the
size of a cricket-ball, and somewhat pear shaped ;—it is fired
without either flash or smoke, and without the aid of gun-
powder. In the case of which we are cognizant, it was pro-
jected, at a distance of three miles, into a vessel prepared
and strengthened by iron girders and clamps and extra tim-
bers. The effect was instantaneous : the vessel was blown
into a thousand fragments in less time than it takes us to de-
scribe it ! And thus would it be with even the largest ship
of the line. Yet the inventor of this tremendous weapon of
war is absolutely denied admittance at the Treasury and Ad-
miralty, although he most nobly refuses £400,000, which has
been offered to him by Louis Philippe. Were he not one of
the most honourable, as well as one of the most gallant of
her Majesty's Naval officers, he would have accepted the
French King's munificent offer, especially when it is consi-
dered that he has spent .E 30,000 in perfecting his invention.
But he who has served Sir Sidney Smith does not revenge
himself upon his country for the wrong done him by its go-
vernment —We have called attention to this subject because
we now know it to be as fearful as it is real; because we
firmly believe that were an enemy to get possession of the
secret, our dominion over the sea would be at an end ; and
further, because we are persuaded that even for the sake of
the interests of humanity the inventor's silence ought to be
purchased at any cost.--Age.