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

ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA.

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

FIRE LAST NlGHT.—Shortly after seven o'clock, last
night, a fire broke out in the timber yard occupied by
Mr. Leyland, Miles.atreet, Toateth-park. The engine
from Temple-court, followed immediathly by that belong-
ing to the West of Eggland Fire Office, arrived in a short
time, but, owing to the short supply of water, the fire
was not extinguished till half• past nine. The damage will
be considerable, but is covered by insurance—in what
office we could not ascertain.
THE LIVERPOOL PILOTS.—MR. CARDWELL'S BILL.—'
The Liverpool pilots have had meetings, during the last
week, on Mr. Cardwell's new Pilotage Bill, now before
parliament. They met again last evening in the Clarendon-
rooms, but we are unable to communicate the proceedingo,
as our reporter, on applying for admission to the meeting,
was told that it was private, and that in consequence the
representatives of the press could not be admitted.

THE THEATRE-ROYAL, closed during Passion Week►
was re-opened last night with the French plays. The
performances commenced with Lockroy's comedy of
" Le Chevalier du Guet," and concluded with the "Vau-
deville of Catherine of Austerlitz." The other nights of
performance will be to-morrow, (Wednesday,) and Friday-
The performers are amongst the most distinguished on
the Parisian stage.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The question about this
establishment is now definitively settled. Mr. Frederick
Gye, director in chief of the Royal Italian Opera, has
become the lessee.—[This last assertion has been denied,
but there is no doubt some arrargement has been
come to.]
MR. ALDERMAN ALEXANDER TAYLOR, Of Oldhaffit
destroyed himself on Wednesday morning by cutting his
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 Office,
Downing-street, on Saturday. The Ministers present
were, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Earl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Chitties
Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William
Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half.
WORTH KNOWING.—To AUTHORS.—Since the inter-
national copyright between England and America was
signed at Washington and London, authors and owners
of copyright will be in a very different position than be-
fore. For instance, if you wanted to negotiate a reprint
with a publisher—call it A—he would say, " Oh, I admit
that your book has been highly successful in Enzland---
highly so ; but then there is a book, so my agent writes
me, which has been equally so in America, called B;
Now, of course, I can get the copyright of it for nothing-
Well, if the author of B had gone to an American pub-
lisher and popped to him a similar question, he would
have at once chopped him with the same intelligence
respecting the English book A ; so that in nei:her case
does the author receive one penny. It is evident, then.
that now the publisher in both cases will have to pal
they may exchange afterwards, but both must first oleo,
Mr. Howell wanted two American books for his series.
and had to give in return the right to print two distinct
editions of " Floss'§ Adventures in Australia." It is
obvious that this is as it should be; and also that the
public should be aware that publishers, now, have to Psi
for American copyrights.—Liverpool Mercury.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The political news from the continent is not important.
In Paris, the Eastern question appears to be considered ag
settled.

GERMANY.—A large number of vessels have been
placed in a perilous position on the coast, near Cuxhaven,
by the immense masses of ice drifted out to sea from the
inland waters. Two steamers had put into Gluckstadt•
The cold was most severe, and the ice fast accumulating
nothing like it had been seen on that part of the coast for
some years. Higher up, towards the Sound, all navigation
is stopped. _ _

iThe Sun says that, in the Stock Exchange this morn-
ing, considerable sensation has been produced by the
report that the home government will grant no more
charters to colonial banks or other undertakings, a deter-
mination that might have been anticipated after the speech
of the Duke of Newcastle, made a short time since in
parliament.