The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN.

Enterprise, hence for New York, April 27, in 48 N, 28 W.
Atlantic (s.), hence for New York, May 4, at four p.m., off
Cape Clear.
Caston, from New York, May 4, in 51 N, 11 W.
Invincible, hence, in 2 S. 20 W.
Red Jacket, hence for Melbourne, May 7, in 49 N, 7 W.
Watkins, hence for Sincapore, April 13, in 8 N.
Indian Queen, bound S.W., April 20.
Kangaroo, from Australia for London.
Matilda Wattenbach, hence for Melbourne, March 9, in 22 5'
31 W.
Joins Snow, hence for Philadelphia, April 26, in 39 N,
Peltoma, from Bonny for this port, May 6, in 45 V.
W.
Emma Colvin, hence for Calcutta, April 1, in _ 20 W.
Eclipse, from London for New Zealand, April 1, in
Admiral Boxer, bound south, April S. in 4 N, 23 W.
Vali, bound west, May 1, in 44 N. 33 27 W.
Eagle, hence, bound east, March 1, in 24 rt,v.
George, of this port, April t 9, in " 11177, off Libor].
Monteagle, hence for Melbourne, AP

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- so much as to the origin of the combined movement, I MONDAY NIGHT.
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must now glance at its ostensible parent, as that indivi- THE tendency of the money market during the
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. dual appeared before the country and the legislature. The
was brought forward by the LORD ADVOCATE, the bill week has been to advance, owing, in some measure,
of a distinguished Scottish divine, and the son to the scarcity of stock, and partly to the restored
MONDAY MorteriNG.
grandsonof an eminent Scottish judge. The father' of the Lord
•feeling of confidence, now that the measures for
THE past week has been fertile in rumours, and not un- Advocate, Sir JAMES MONCRIEFF, Bart., more eaten- providing for the expenses of the war have been
prolific in incidents. It opened with a charming display of sively known as Lord MoseniEer, was the author of the propounded. The Funds were gradually rising
horns pocus, as amusement is understood
ofrious veto-law, which was in accordance with the views
8, that until Thursday, when the announcement that the
the party dissenting from the church, and was the im-
mediate cause of the dissent-his lordship and, so far as I Bank directors had increased the rate of discount
arid practised by Mr. GLADSTONE. The evening was
Monday ; the scene, as every one was prepared to know, know, his whole family joining in the secession. Thus we from five to five-and-a-half per cent. had a de-
ate House of Commons. Amended financial measures, find his lordship the proximate, though I believe the unin- pressing effect, from which, however, there was a
tentional cause of the disruption, and his son the leader of speedy rally. This step on the part of the Bank
and explanations of explained budgets, have of late years
that array by which the church of their fathers, and at has been rendered necessary by the continued
been so common a ministerial divertissement, that any one time their own, is sought to be denuded of its status, decrease of the stock of bullion, the returns pub-
✓elish which the mat-adroit display might be supposed to and stripped of its power. A propos of this Free Church
lished on Friday showing a further diminution to
derive from novelty has long since been exhausted, and
vmaocavne,tlseaamt
onha happily retmtlanielle;.3l.onfeitptafaacehteehant grecl.ecnepntly
by the extent of £307,847, arising from the state of
the unpleasing operation comes now before the legislature the appointment of CHARLES NEAVES, Esq., to that the exchanges being against this country. The
and the public unrelieved by a single attraction, except honourable office. This gentleman, if fame be not unduly latter circumstance may be attributed to the im-
the very limited one it may derive from such peculiarity partial to him, played an honourable and a distinguished mense amount of imports, which have considerably
ot blundering as the latest professor of the art may be itrinr te ino
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roßwe inn fnaktohte. exceeded the exports, and gives rise to reflections
enabled to embellish it with. Under these circumstances land, he was appealed to, it is said, as one of the Crown as to what might have been our monetary condition
it is scarcely to be wondered at that the promise of a new lawyers, by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, then Secretary of State at the present time, had it not been for the huge
trick in fiscal legerdemain is not a taking event in the for the Home Department, to answer a claim of right set influx of gold, which appears to have been absorbed
up by the seceding party, founded in a great measure on
parliamentary programme. Monday's exhibition, how- the principles embodied in the veto law, but advancing by -
the great extension of commerce following upon
a generally
ever, presented several new features ; foremost among claims subversive of the ordinary rights of property. This deficient harvest. It is rather -a
sin-
which was the knowledge that some new taxes must answer, promulgated in the name of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, gular circumstance, that, at the very time when
be imposed, or that some of the old ones mast be
but in reality prepared by Mr. NEAVES, was a masterly the Bank of England was raising the rate of dis-
solution of all the difficulties involved in a very intricate count, the Bank of France reduced it from five to
greatly augmented,-a sort of matter which, besides spur-, and comprehensive dispute. It was at once adopted and four per cent., and declared an increase in the
ring the curiosity of individual members, was of a kind acted on by the courts of law and maintained by the ex-
stock of bullion to the extent of about four mil-
which honourable gentlemen on both sides of the house eecdeleytievoen;fiirtnis peciiitlivciptlee s
ig
and
conclusions have been repeat-
h h hest legal tribunals, and actine lions sterling. This circumstance may have the I
coast be prepared to talk about to their constituents, and on the obvious inductions from those principles peace has' effect of reversing the flow of bullion back to this
accordingly a good gathering of them was assembled. been restored to the members, and harmony to the pro- country, and thereby induce the Bank of England
Probably attracted by the antagonism which Mr. GLAD- ceedings of that Church. Besides this claim on the grati- to reduce the rate of discount, though it is thought
STONE'S financial policy had received in the upper house tatindde of flip
eacournner re,
ellillra.raNeEteAlTEosfhaas
slootnienedmalianwtaieneda by some that the Bank of France will shortly se-
at the hands of Lord MONTEAGLE, a few evenings pre- judiciousycounsel, and an able pleader ; and his elejation trace its recent step, in order to prevent the efflux
Timis, a considerable array of the peerage was mustered to the bench is hailed by his professional brethren and by of gold. There is no immediate cause for any
on the occasion, conspicuous among whom was his lord- all ranks of his countrymen as a circumstance as fortunate serious apprehension, whichever turn the affair may
ship, who planted himself just behind the clock in front of for them as it is honourable to himself. take, for business generally may be considered in
the peers' gallery-thus, as it were, challenging reply In every circle and class of society the progress and a healthy state though little has been doing,
and
from the right hon. gentleman who was about to unfold prospects of the war are all-prevailing topics of conver- '
the mazes of what he calls his plan. As no one is wholly satiou, and the hopes and fears-the wishes and surmises prices have experienced but slight fluctuation.
indifferent to the incident pressure of taxes, the strangers' arising out of the varied conversations being little less This is particularly evident in the great markets I
gallery likewise presented a numerous display of that protean in shape or discrepant in character than the ru- for colonial produce, and also in the Corn trade, 1
audacious public who have sometimes been accused of mours out of which they originate, are diversified in colour where, notwithstanding the recent large iniporta-
labouring under an ignorant impatience of taxation." and conflicting in result. An ironical proverb assures us tions the rates both for Wheat and Flour have
Induced by the largeness of the auditory, and incensed that " all men are born critics, while for practising every ' been •
probably By the imperturbable nonchalance of Lord other profession a certain amount of initiatory instruction steadi maintained.ly
MONTEAGLE, in placing himself conspicuously before the is required." Judging by a pretty wide experience, lam From the manufacturing districts both of Cotton
house, Mr. GLADSTONE launched bolt after bolt of what almost tempted to believe that the spontaneous crop of and Woollen goods, complaints are general of dul-
be intended to pass for sarcastic invective against the noble full-fledged generals and admirals is as extensive and ness of trade and unremunerative prices. Buyers
lord's own financial policy-when, as Mr.SPRING RICE, he quite as natural, at the present moment, as critics are on operate with great caution, owing to the uncertain
had the honour of mystifying an inquiring public, as its ordinary occasions. One feature appears common to both feeling - •
leading financier,-without producing more effect upon classes of those natural products, and that is the invete- eeeling which prevails as to monetary affairs, and
his lordship than inducing him to look now at one point, rate habit of fault-finding; another, probably peculiar to the resumption of labour by the operatives of
DOW at another, of the ministerial benches, as a timid the militant race, is a certain celerity in bringing about Preston, Stockport, and other places, has had the
"hear-hear" or a furtive and dubious laugh rewarded and results without the slightest reference to means. In the effect of increasing the supply at the very time
endeavoured to cheer the labouring orator, in his hopeless recess of the saloon, or at the corner of the market-place- when it-is less needed. There are, however, signs
effort to defend and exalt his own policy, by attacking and in the dress circle of the opera, or in the gallery of the of .
improvement in wholly manufactured goods,
depreciating that of his noble predecessor. Throughout theatre-at the coffee-room of the club, or on the floor
and, as the season advances, there is no doubt that
the dreary tedium of that long introduction, which con- of the House, the case is still the same, and the
seated almost the half of his address, met the whole of tardiness of DUNDAS, or the proscriptively regulated affairs will present a much more cheering prospect. i
his defence, Mr. GLADSTONE was listened to with that re- movements of NAPIER, are discussed with an amplitude The chief drawback will arise from increased taxa- I
signed and listless air of attention which says plainly, of details and precision of result which are truly astonish- tion causing diminished home-consumption, for the
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"elleet him go on; let us hear his own account of his own inn. Of a verity, with so exuberant a redundancy of
Board of Trade returns, which we published last 1
failures ;" but no approving cheer ever broke upon the military and naval genius abroad among our population, it
monotony of his unechoed strains. At the close of his de- is no matter for wonderment that Britannia should rule week, show that our exports continue to increase, i
fence, the general feeling was palpably that of disappoint- the waves, and rule them well too; now-a-days one cannot The imports of foreign Wheat and Flour have I
meet; and that disappointment rose to a climax when he meet with a coal porter who is not fit to command an been very considerable, notwithstanding which
announced his intended plan for raising the means to pay army, and Lord JOHN is not by any means now the only prices have been steadily maintained. This is so 1
for the additional supplies. On intimating his intention man ready at a minute's notice to " perform the operation - •
far advantageous, that it will tend to allay any
of donbline the income-tax,-a measure to some extent of lithotomy or take command of the channel fleet." Our
anticipated by the "knowing few,"-he was received with utilitarian friends have long impressed on us the belief fear as to mercantile failures, which too often result i
a silence of the most ominous character. As he went on that the occasion makes the man, and we are only tardily from any sudden re-action in the Corn trade. Large 1
the growing discontent became more and more marked, arriving at the conviction of its truth. In so absolute a holders have had a fair opportunity of securing I
till it reached its climax on his announced intention of the plethora of public wisdom, it is singular that no one ever, themselves from heavy losses, and,. no doubt, most .4
proposal for adding fifty per cent. to the malt-tax. Every publicly, at least, steps forward and shows how the "sinews
wea-
one felt that here he was tearing open the scar of a wound of war ' are to be provided, without the aid of the tax- of them have availed themselves of it. The
but very imperfectly cicatrised, and one which will produce gatherer. Such a one at the present moment would he a they is still favourable for harvest prospects, and I.
an incalculable amount of irritation. paragon indeed, and fully deserving of an ovation if he should the hopes of plenty be realised, even the i
Out of doors the Exchequer scheme is keenly canvassed, could be found. But alas !so it ever is, that which is most war will prove but a slight drawback to a favour-
and severely commented on. The CHANCELLOR and his wanted is never to be met with; and in consequence our able season. E
friends, all of whom may be said to have " a fine healthy merchant princes must submit to the inquisition of the
appetite for support," are drawing around themselves a income-tax commissioners,-our tradesmen content them- The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for I
meat incoherent and chaotic mass of abettors, in the press selves with thinner beer-and our puddings must be the month ending the sth of April show again a 1
and out of it. The Times sees nothing in the schemes stinted of their sugar. Never mind, if we cannot find large increase in the arrivals and departures to and ,
but wisdom, nothing in the situation but success. The men to carry on the war without money, we have plenty
Advertiser grumbles at any interference with the rights who can reduce its duration to any limit they please-if from all countries, excepting Russia, as compared
of beer, and is hostile to an inroad on the privileges of their views are only carried out ! with the corresponding month of last year.. From i
spirits ; but, on the whole, considers the projects eligible, If war is to be carried on amidst and even in the face Russia the arrivals were only eight vessels, of :
because, by enhancing the price of sugar, it will lessen of a scantily furnished exchequer, it would be indeed sin- 2,278 tonnage, against thirty vessels, of 9,450-
the (.(
consumption of tea, and so stimulate the appetite for gular, if, with a healthy and powerful people like the tonnage, in April, 1853 ; while the clearances i
more stimulating beverages. The Globe meekly enun- English, it had not its accompaniments of pomp; if, by
thither were two vessels, of 730 tonnage, against s
elates the fact of its approval, not having energy sufficient their bravery and conduct in action, it had not its imme- •
nineteen, of 4,450 tonnage in April, 1853. Sub- (
to say more upon the subject. The Examiner advocates diate exhibitions as well as its final triumphs. It has had
the increase of the imports as proposed, and seems almost its pomps, and it has already furnished grounds of jubila- joined are the general totals : 1
t
to regret that, under the present favourable circumstances, tion. Notwithstanding the dilatoriness of DUNDAS, and
there are not more augmented or new impositions to the procrastination of ABERDEEN, have we not prizes ENTERED INWARD.
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defend ! In spite of the approbation he meets with from taken at sea and delivered into our ports ? have not more Tonnage for Month ending April 5. t
these journals, the feeling in the city becomes stronger captures of the enemy's ships been effected than those 1852. 1853. 1854.
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against the' CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER every day, which have reached our shores ? and has not Odessa been a
.
-
and the opinion among the practical men there gains bombarded? It is, indeed, I believe, true that Cronstadt Britishvesselsl63,76B 347,884 356,544016 200,647 276,639 C
vessels ....... 243 d
round that it is unsafe to entrust tbe finances of the , has not fallen before NAPIER'S broadsides, as h Foreign
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country in the hands of a man whose projects the public 1 rumoured ; but that gallant admiral and sagacious war- 406,784 548,531 633,183 ,
verdict has again and again declared to be empirical, un- I rior has declared his belief that that fortress, on which t
safe, and, worse than all, in a financier, unsuccessful. \ Russian pride and autocratic obstinacy so greatly depend CLEARED OUTWARD.
'They are indignant at the free-and-easy manner in which for their support, is not invulnerable, and with such a 1852. 1855. 1854. 1
this gentleman harangues the nation on the necessity for declaration to its disadvantage, were the fortress mine, I . -- -- -- .-
making each current year of the war pay the current ex- ; should look on its days as numbered; and, so let me tell British vessels ....... 404,771 359,989 495,879 ;
penes of that year's war, and clinches the argument by : you, do many others, whose means of judging are of a Foreign vessels ....... 137986 195,683 248,817 '
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first bringing down the Income-tax to parties receiving more practical character than any I can individually 562,757 555,672 744,696
£lOO per annum, and then doubling the amount of that advance. A telegraphic despatch from Stockholm of the f
tax, and declaring it permanent-who, proclaiming the 9th bids us " expect important news from Admiral With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show ' t
moral and political beauty of treating all classes alike, NAPIER in a few days;" and few people who know him that the tonnage entered inward was 1,080,337 in s
illustrates his proposition by fixing on a small class of doubt that so soon as opportunity serves Sir CHARLES the month ending April 5,1852 ; 1,184,368 in 1853; r
native producers-the growers of barley-and calling on will attempt, in his country's phrase, "to make a spoon,
them to furnish a large proportion of the extra necessary or spoil the horn." and 1,124,674 An 1854. The clearances outward t
in •
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enne-commits next an injustice upon another class of Among the fashionable world the past week has been a were 1,181,892* April, 1852 ; 1,234,966 1853 , el
producers, the West Indian cultivators, and calls upon i busy and a gay one : the most magnificent of the displays and 1,193,938 in 1854. c
them also to contribute in an undue degree to the same being HER MAJESTY'S Drawing-room, the third of the
extra contingent-and who, lastly, resorts to the plan of season, held on Thursday afternoon; on which occasion In our SHARE MARKET there has been great , r
borrowing, which at first he affected to denounce-who St. James' Palace was resplendent with more than even inactivity, but the week on the whole shows an ' I
condemns a " loan," but has no objection to "borrowing" its customary lustre. The presentations were a hundred advance. The raising of the rate by the bank ,
on Exchequer Bonds. Such conduct they designate, and and twenty-nine in number, and included numerous took the operators by surprise, and caused a tem- r:
freely designate, as rash and arrogant. Many who, in foreigners of distinction of both sexes ; and a large number
e similar, or ever harsher terms, condemn his policy, and of the female aristocracy and gentry of the United King- porary decline of one per cent, but from this prices 1
meta his mode of pursuing it, look with hopeful antici- dom. HER MAJESTY'S first state ball for the season ,
have since recovered. A portion of the business
ip lion to the further discussion of the same subject in the takes place on Wednesday, at Buckingham Palace ;it is nas been speculative, but there has also been pur-
lsuse
to-night, and expect that the hollowness of his pre- Itobe on a scale of unusual splendour and magnificence, chases to a small extent for investment, while there :
tensions will be clearly displayed, and that the pertness of and no fewer than twelve hundred invitations have been is very little real selling. French shares continue ,
Lis sophistry will be denuded of its mystical robes. issued. On the following morning, HER MAJESTY Will
In the House of Lords several matters less or more per- hold a Drawing-room, and on Saturday another, this latter very firm, and show a tendency to improve. Our 1 i
local stocks are also good, especially gas shares, !
taming to the conduct or consequences of the present war in celebration of HER MAJESTY'S thirty-fifth birth-day.
have been discussed, foremost among which, on Tuesday By far the most imposing spectacle of the week, or at all which are much, in demand at higher rates. We
night, Lord CAMPBELL'S bill for the prevention of un- events that which has proved most fertile to the lovers of annex this day' n
prices :—Caledonians,.
27A 7ii
/7. ;
authorised negotiations, occupied their lordships' atten- small talk, has been the bah costume- given on Friday 1. 1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 601. ' 5
4 60 S 4 I
lion. On this subject "plain JOHN CAMPBELL," as he evening at the French embassy at Albert Gate by the London
l ie '
ndon.Stock, 96 ; Midland Stock, 58Ic it- 8 7-1 .
delighted to proclaim himself, when soliciting "the sweet Count and Countess WALEWSKI. This fete has been 8 North British, 714 c ; South Eastern, 171; , I
voices" of the ' Auld Reekie" whigs, gave unmistakeable I looked forward to with intense interest, not by Bl 8
evidence of his truly whig predilections. No sooner is the parties immediately concerned alone, bat by many East Lancashire pref. fifths second issue, 4 13-16.
yonl
whigling confronted by an unusual circumstance, or to whom such an event is personally of little con-
met by a seeming difficulty, than he at once resorts to the sequence. It was attended by Her MAJESTY and The return from the Bank of England for the ,
week ending the 6th of May gives the following-
expedient of having "a law made" to provide against all Prince ALBERT, and all the Corps Diplomatique ; by results, when compared with the previous week:--
similar contingencies, forgetful of the fact, that to legis- , most of the Ministers, mane, of the leading members
Public dosits .. £2,338,822; Increase £320,329
- late for individual cases is only to encumber the statute 1 of both branches of the legislature, and a large circle
Other deposits • . 10,688,531; Decrease 628,2745
book. His lordship discovers that certain ci-devant bank- of ladies of rank. The scene, as might have been ex-
Re t • • 3 204 862- Increase 32,673
ers and would-be-great merchants of London having a petted, was a gay one ; but, under present circumstances,
• t view to personal benefit, and a burning desire to the attendance of Her MAJESTY is looked on as of more On the other side of the account—
occupy a large space in the public eye, make a pilgrimage than usual significance, and inferences are drawn from it Government securities £12,566,607; Decrease £414,012
to Paris, and misrepresent themselves to the Emperor; which are in all probability greatly in excess of the truth. Other securities ... 14,749,4,60; Increase 311,268
and the wisdom of STRATHEDEN'S oracle is shaken; yet, Among the coming events to which expectation points Notes unemployed ... 3,900,430; Decrease 40,710
a little time, and a deputation of "friends," under the and revels in anticipated pleasure, is the opening of the
The amount of notes in circulation is £21,974,300,
leading of the great PEASE, waits upon the AUTOCRAT of Crystal Palace at Sydenham, which has been fixed for the
Russia, and in the imperial palace at St. Petersburgh they 10th of June. The inauguration ceremony will be a grand being a decrease of £273;020 ; and the stock of
instruct him as to the opinions of war in general, and of and imposing one, and will be honoured by the presence bullion in both departments is £12,608,079,5h0wing
his conduct in particular, as entertained by the mobocracy of Her MAJESTY, who has intimated her intention of Ink-a decrease of £307,847, when compared with the
of quakerdom, and lo ! the Fifian lawgiver can endure ing a part on the interesting occasion. The arrangements p
ding return.
the impropriety no longer, but will "have a law made" to and preparations for the opening ceremony are already in
prohibit such proceedings till time shall be no more. The an advanced state of progress, and million-headed London ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
countryman of "Aikin Drum," a worthy, who, according is now busy in calculating the means most readily within Notes issued ... £25,874,730 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 ~
to tradition, is said to have "rode upon a razor; reach, for securing full enjoyment of the magnificent Other Securities 2,984,900
cannot be brought to understand that if virtue is occa- spectaclewhich will be presented to the admiring multitude. Gold coin & bu11'n.11,874,730
Clonally its own reward, folly and presumption are certain Silver bullion ... ...
to produce their own punishment; nor to see that the
DEPARTURE OP THE LIGHTNING.—This magnificent
amount of ridicule incurred by the members of both depu- ship, belonging to the Black Ball line, which has created £25,874,730 £25,874,730
Cations was sufficient castigation of their folly. The bill so muchi interest among all classes in this town, left the BANKING DEPARTMENT.
propoted by Lord CAMPBELL was read a second time in Mersey on Sunday, on her first voyage to Australia, under Prop Capital ... £14,553, Gov. Securities £12,566,607
opposition to the remonstrances of Lord LYNDHURST,
the most favourable auspices. She had on board 416 adult Rest. .. 3 204 862 Other Securities 14,749,460
and referred to a select committee ; so that, unless some . ... „
second and third class passengers, and fifty in the saloon,_ Public Deposits 2,338,822 Notes ... 3,900,430
fortunate accident should intervene, the self-conceit of who were in the most joyous spirits, and delighted with Other Deposits 10,688,631
531 Gold & Silver Coin 733,349
those would-be deputationists, instead of being chronicled the arrangements which had been made for their accom-
among the follies of the day, will be embalmed, and pro- modation. As the Royal Mail steamship Asia entered 7-day & other bills 1,164,
e
bsbly buried in that unfathomable sepulchre " The the river she saluted the Marco Polo and the Lightning, £31,949,846 £31,949,846
statutes at large." The other questions referred to arose
which compliment the commanders of both vessels duly
more legitimately out of the proceedings of the war. On COTTON.—During the early
.part of the week
acknowledged. The Lightning was towed out to sea by
Thursday Lord ELLENBOROUGH drew attention to the two steamers, which will accompany her to Cape Clear, the trade was comparatively brisk, strengthened,
large sum appropriated to the transport service-con- weather permitting. As she passed down the river she in some measure, by the reports from the other
basting the largeness of the sum voted with the exchanged compliments with the Marco Polo, belonging side, of higher prices and limited supplies. The
small number of troops and horses conveyed. He like- to the same line. An additional steamer accompanied
w ad
arise commented with some severity on the inequacy
- the Lightning as far as the Ormshead, and then returned advance in the rate of discount, and the dull state
of means provided for landing the troops, together with of the Manchester markets, have, however, had a
to Liverpool. Should the Lightning make the passage in -
the artillery and horses. These queries were flippantly the time expected, less than 70 days, advices will have
put aside by the Duke of NEWCASTLE stating that an- depressing effect on this market, though no alte-
been conveyed to and, from Australia by the ships of the ration has taken place in prices. The sales during
swering them would be detrimental to the public service ; " Black Ball" line in 153 days, or five months and three the week, up to Friday, amounted to 54,560 bales ;
his grace gave a similar conge to the Earl of MALMESBURY, daes.
in answer to a question relative to the cause which imme ea CASE /A vIN BANKRUPTCY-On Friday Mr. Commissioner of which 4,560 were on speculation, and 7,570 for
diately led to the bombardment of Odessa. When such
Stevenson delivered an important judgment in the bank-
treatment is accorded to the `'rnptcy of George Pearson, who had been a grocer at Bir-
brave Peers of England,export, leaving 42,430 for the trade. TO-DAY the
advices, per Asia, were received, with accounts of
the American ,
"Mars of the state," men are tempted to exclahn kenhead. A question arose at the certificate meeting of lower prices in - markets'. but these
---Can such things be ! yesterday week as to the validity of a power of attorney,by have now less influence than formerly on this
And overcome us like a summer cloud, which goods, to the value of 2179, were faken from Pear-
Without our special wonder?
Our educational institutions appear to have received son, prior to the bankruptcy, by Mr. William Duckworth, trade in Manchester and the state of affairs in the
market, which is chiefly affected by the state of
acoffee merchant, of this town, to whom the insolvent
some protective attention at the hands of the Commons . in reviewing the
was indebted the amount
named. After
during the past week. On Thursday, the Oxford Univer-case, the Commissioner con- and the market was steady. The following are
East. The sales to-day amounted to 6,000 bales,
city was protected from an intrusion f the illiterate de- whole circumstances of the
merit at the instigation of Mr. JAMES HEYWOOD who eluded:-" Taking therefore every view of the petition, it present rates compared with the corresponding
tried hard to secure the future promulgation of the IT • appears to me clearly that this must be deemed to be a
versity statutes in English, instead of in Latin
as at m-
for North LancashirePe- case within the provisions of the section in question, and period of last year :-
1853. 1854.
sent. Of course, the hon. member petition, leaving therefore lam bound to dismiss this - 5 15-16 d. 51d.
received the aid and countenance of all the advocates of parties to pay their own costs, the costs of the assignees fair 6l.d. Old.
a /owning made easy, who could be mustered within the
ted invasion for behoof of to be paid out of the bankrupt's estate." An application Uplands, middling 5 15-16 d. sed.
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walls of the house.was r
the unlearned that the certificate meeting might be adjourned, in order
that Mr. Duckworth might have an opportunity of proving SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
lowing evening witnessed. the defeat of the Scotch Ed
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for happily it is now numbered with " the years heyon
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the flood; scarcely less notable day next. May 12 thisyr. May 12
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?Scotland was greatly age.
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large and active body of its members,
fact that as an antiquity, and called attention to the Maranham
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rents, as well as the privileges of the Church, as y objects, or rather the materials, of human industry, into Egyptian.' 5 11 25001 41160 1327 14665 57100
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defeated, ever since which period they have been unceasing was a combination
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in their efforts for the overthrow and utter annihilation of
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showing how the word "chaffer" had become "chopper"
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• other dissenting bodies, from which at first they held dis-
in the present day. The Rev. Dr. Hume then read the
dainfully aloof, and, being aware of the power that PRODUCE.—The Sugar trade has been quite
church derives from having controul of the parish schools, paper of the evening, which was the second part of one on unsettled, owing to the change of duties proposed
the whole of the dissenting bodies in Scotland have made the Dialects of England. All present acknowledged ies
common cause in an endeavour to cripple the church, value, and, after a very in • teresting discussion,•
in which
rather lower, and Tallow by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Palm Oil is
is dull, Other markets
which they would destroy, by wresting from its ministers particular expressions were carped Bt, the proceedings
, . •
eeeeeteernent and superintendence of , closed. ' present few features worthy of note. TO•Dber

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

there has been a considerable business done in
Sugar, chiefly for refining, the sales comprising
600 hhds. Demerara, at 325. .pd. to 355. ; 90 hhds.
Jamaica, at 325. to 365. 6d. ; 50 brls. Antigua, at
355. ; and 500 mats Mauritius, at 335. 3d. to
375. 6d. per cwt. There has also been a much
better demand for Molasses at the recent reduc-
tion, the tranctions comprising 400 puns. Barbadoes,
at 168. ; 265 puns. Antigua, chiefly at 15s. 9d. ;
and 30 puns. St. Vincent, at 15s. per cwt. Fifty
bags Porto Rico Coffee have realised 555. per cwt.
We have to notice the sale of several small breaks
of fair Country Green Teas, at somewhat easier
rates ; in Congou there is not any change to re-
port. At the public sale, 3,150 bags Bengal Rice,
of the new crop, brought 12s. 6d. to 14s. per cwt.
for middling to fine white. We have also to re-
port 70 tons St. Domingo Logwood, chiefly at
£5 15s. to £5 17s. 6d. ; a few tons Bombay Hemp,
at £25 to £3O per ton ; 400 bags Bombay Linseed,
at 665. per quarter ; a few chests of Cassia Lignea,
at 1275. 6d. for pile No. 1; and 120 bales Munjeet,
at 325. 6d. per cwt.

Wool.—The disturbed state of political matters
and the advance on the rate of discount by the
Bank of England, has given a check to the little
animation which had become manifest in this
market ; and this week the business is so meagre
and scant, that there is little or nothing to report
in this branch of trade, manufacturers making
nothing but " forced purchases" for very pressing
and immediate requirements : prices remain nomi-
nally without alteration. Public sales in London
commenced on Thursday last, and are progressing
steadily at a decline of Id. to 11d. per lb. on thee
February series. This decline is not to so great
an extent as the trade expected, and in this dull
state of business a further decline may be looked
for towards the close ; about 50,000 bales altoge-
ther, foreign and colonial, will be brought forward.
The little doing in English and Irish Wools has
been at very low rates, and for immediate wants.
In Skin nothing to report—lmports for the week,
1,053 bales • say 431 Buenos Ayres ; 60 Portugal ;
431 East India ; 53 Mediterranean Ports ; and
78 Irish.

METALS.—The Iron trade is still in full activity,
owing to the large demand for exportation, and
though no alteration in prices has yet taken place,
it is expected that such an announcement will very
shortly be made. In Brass, Copper, and Tin-
plate there is also a large amount of business
doing, stimulated, in some degree, by the demands
for the war, as well as the continued increase of
exportation.

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

Jane Turner, charged with stealing several articles
from the house of Mr. Williamson, in Vermont-street,
was remanded for seven days.
STEALING A MANTLE.—Mary Ann Thompson, Cathe-
rine Davies, and Mary Parkinson, were charged with steal-
ing a mantle from the house of Mrs. Richardson, milliner,
in Richmond-row, on Saturday afternoon. They were re-
manded for seven days.

STEALING v FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE. A young
woman, named Ann Clarke, was brought up by Detective
Officer Povey, charged with the theft of a shawl from the
house of Robert Thompson, butcher, residing in Sussex-
street, Torteth-park. Povey met the prisoner in Paradise-
street, on Saturday afternoon, and being aware that she
was a suspicious character, he followed her during the
afternoon, and at last saw her go into Thompson's house,
and as she came out with a shawl in her possession, he
took her into custody. The prisoner, who had been twice
previously committed, and who was well known to the
police, was committed for trial.

STEALING ON SHIP BOARD.—Gustavus Schutz, a fo-
reigner, was charged with stealing a watch and guard-
chain, the property of Captain Lemon, from the French
ship Chevalier, in Queen's Dock, on Friday afternoon. The
prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been in the habit
of coming about his ship since she came into dock, for the
purpose of obtaining any spare portion of victuals there
might be to be had. On Friday, he came, as usual, when
the prosecutor was at dinner ; but on that occasion he was
told there was nothing for him, the captain at the same
time going on deck, where he was wanted. His watch
was hanging in the cabin when he left, and on returning
in a few minutes he found it was gone, and he, suspecting
the prisoner, intimated the theft and his suspicion to the
police. From the information given the prisoner was
taken into custody, but he at first denied all knowledge of
the watch and the prosecutor. On searching the prisoner
a pawn-ticket for the watch was found in his possession,
purporting that he had pledged it and the guard-chain for
30s. Further search in the place where the prisoner
lodged showed that he was in correspondence with parties
in London and abroad, from the tenor of which the corres-
pondence was thought to relate to stolen property, and to
be held with thieves. On being questioned as to the watch
and guard-chain, the prisoner admitted that he had taken
and pledged them for the sum stated', but said he was
impelled to do so by hunger, he having had no victuals
for several days, nor any money to buy them with. The-
prosecutor having stated that his ship was ready to sail,
and that it would be very detrimental if he were detained,
the magistrates agreed to treat the case as one of illegal
pawning, and ordered the prisoner to pay 30s. to redeem
the watch and guard, and 10s. of fine, together with costs,
or be imprisoned for three months.
AN UNGRATEFUL THlEF.—William Kean, who had
been apprehended at Chester, on a charge of stealing a
coat from the publie-house kept by Stephen Jones, in
Williamson-square, and also on a further charge of steal-
ing a watch, the property of Robert Thomas, residing in
Back Renshaw-street, on the 18th of March- last, was
placed at the bar. From- the evidence of Mrs. Jones, it
appeared that the prisoner had been known to them
slightly through having lodged in their house while they
lived in Lambert-street, and that on the 14th of BRlrch he
came to their house, and representing that he was-in des-
titute circumstances, was treated in a kindly manner; and
permitted to remain in theirhouse till he could find work.
Immediately on receiving thik hospitable treatment;- the
prisoner took the opportunity of stealing her husband's
coat, and shortly after, it would seem, contrived to steal
the- watch belonging to the other prosecutor, Thomas.
On being- asked what he had to say, the prisoner admitted
that he- had stolen the articles; He was committed for
trial at the present sessions.
STENLVNG COALS EROM A CANIL BARGE.—Bridget
Brice and Mary Tierney were charged with stealing about
four cwt. of coal from a barge in the new lock of the canal
near Sandhill-bridge, on Saturday Ist. A police-officer
said he. saw the two prisoners, along with four others,
furnished with sacks, proceed towards the barge, but
being unassisted, and knowing them to be dangerous
characters, he was constrained to watclAjheir movements
instead of offering more active interferMe; and in doing
so he saw the two prisoners carry off about four cwt. of
coal, and hide- them in a brick-field. Ire told the parties
in charge of tile barge what he had seen, and on the pri-
soners returning to take away the coal he took them into
custody. Tierney, being an old offender, was sentenced
to fourteen days'imprisonment ; but Brice, being unknown
to the police, was discharged. [ln course of the investi-
gation it was stated that from the number and boldness
of the depredators of a similar kind to the two prisoners,
it was a dangerous matter for the owners of the property
or single constables to interfere in the prevention of such
robberies.]
ASSAULTS ON THE POLlCE.—Several parties were
brought up on charges of assaulting the police, and fined
in sums varying from 21s. to ss. and costs.

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS.
YESTERDAY.

TICE general quarter sessions of the peaee for this
borough opened yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq.,
recorder. The calendar was comparatively light, there
being but 45 prisoners charged with felony, and 4 with
misdemeanour.

The court sat at ten o'clock, and, having-been opened
with the usual formalities,
The following gentlemen were sworn on
STIR GRAND JURY.
George Badenach, broker, North Jolia_aueet, foreman.
George Brown, rectifier, Vemoa-street.
John Best, mercl..nt, renwick-street.
William Latham Bailey, iron-merchant, Water street.
James Jenkinson Bibby, merchant, Tower-gardens.
John Bateson, broker, Oldhall-street.
Andrew Ewing Byrne, merchant, Rumford-place.
Tyndall Bright, merchant, North John-street.
Charles Booth, merchant, North John-street...
William Darning broker, Edge-lane.
William Purser ireme, gentleman, Netherfeld-road Soutb.
Alured Gibson, merchant, Church-lane.
Hugh Perkins, merchant, Brunswick-street.
James Ryder, merchant, Fenwick-street.
Henry Bell S.itttmerchant, North John-street.
William Tarbet, Junior, merchant, Tower-buildings.
Bow, r Tristram, hide-merchant, Dale-street.
William Watson, merchant, Fenwick-street.
James Williams, merchant, Tower-buildings.
Percival Witherby. merchant, Rumford-place.
John Penson Whitaker, broker, Rumford-street.

The RECORDER, hi his charge, said :—Gentlemen of the
grand jury, after a lapse of six weeks, I find a, list of fifty
names in the calendar, and this seems ta warrant a hope
that the commercial' activity which has happily prevailed
during that time in the port of Liverpool has not been
attended with any increase of crime. At the same time,
when I know that there are no less than 430 persons im-
prisoned under summary convictions, and that upwards of
300 of those persons have been committed within the last
six weeks, it is clear that there is a mass of crime to deal
with that requires the utmost exertions of the intelligence
and discretion of those who have to administer the law in
this town. Gentlemen, the cases to • come before you are
generally light, There are two cases of plundering ware-
houses,
but the property taken is in neither case con-
siderable. In one instance a quantity of flour is stolen :
in another a quantity of Indian corn, and in this last
case, if the• facts come out before you as they appear to
me on the depositions, you will probably think that the
conduct of the parties who dealt with the thieves for the
stolen property was extremely reprehensible. In neither
of those cases was there any dishonesty on the part of the
warehouseman. A case was discussed before me at a
recent Sessions, in which property of a very large
amount, several hundred pounds in value, was stolen,
and sold in the country, and the robbery had been,
managed with the assistance of the warehouseman. Now
this man had property in his custody and under his
control to the amount of many thousands of pounds, and .I
confess it was a matter of surprise tame to find that a man,
so trusted was receiving, as proved upon oath, the salary
of 10s. a week ; because it does seem to me that a man,
with so small a salary, having the charge of such large
property, does expose•his honesty to a constant and severe
trial. Probably if more liberality had been used with
regard to his salary, the property would have been saved,
and what is perhaps equally important, if not more so,
four persons would have been saved, two of them from
long terms of imprisonment, and two from terms of
penal servitude, sentences which they are now serving..
Gentlemen, the calendar contains two'cases in which knives
have been used,, and. I think for that reason that I should
repeat my opinion that every case in which, an assault is
committed andwounds inflicted by a knife ought either to be
sent to the Sessions or to the Assizes. That would show
a determination to put the thing down, without which, I
am afraid, the cases will continue as frequently as before.
I believe such a course would diminish the number.
Gentlemen,, the cases are fewer now, -if I may judge from
the present calendar, and lately, in which felonies are
effected by stealing goods from shop-doors and the out-
side of shops. lam willing to believe that the attention
of the police has been called to this, and that they have
brought cases before the magistrates, but I think it is to
be desired there should be a more vigorous enforcement of
the law and the bye-laws than there does seem to have
been. Gentlemen, knowing well the great experience and
intelligence comprised in the grand jury-box at present,
I think it quite unnecessary to offer any directions or
suggestions to you as to the manner in which your duty
must be performed. I am in hopes you will not be de-
tained long, and I shall not detain you any longer by any,
further remarks.
The trials then proceeded.

CHELTENHAM FLORIO:TETI:TEAL AND FINE ALT EXHI-
BITION.—ProbabIy in no town in England have greater
exertions been made to unite all the attractions of elegance
with salubrity than at Cheltenham ; and the result has
justified in a high degree the trouble and anxiety incurred.
It has long been celebrated for the beauty of its floral exhi-
bitions, and these have attracted pleasure-seekers from all
quarters. This year an undertaking of a more comprehen-
sive character is projected, and it is intended to commence
an exhibition, as novel as it will be unique, which shall
include everything that can trace a connexion with flori-
culture. The exhibition will open on the Ist of June, and
will be arranged in a spacious and elegant crystal building.,
400 feet long, constructed for the occasion. The exhibi-
tion will continue open for three weeks, and Tuesday and
Wednesday, the 20th and 21st, will be the great days.
There will be several fountains, and these have been
entrusted to the management of Mr. Freeman Roe, the
hydraulic engineer and conductor of the fountains at the
Sydenham Crystal Palace. Messrs. Bach and Co., of Bir-
mingham, will have the superintendence of the steam-
power which will be employed to work the fountains and
various articles of machinery comprised in the exhibition,
Mr. R. Lambert, of Liverpool, will supply and take charge
of the numerous and spacious tents which will be erected
in the grounds. The charm of music will be added to the
other beauties of the scene, splendid military bands hav-
ing been specially retained, and on the opening day there
will be a public breakfast, a cEmplete choir, as well as the
band of the Coldstream Guards, which has been procured
to " assist" at the inauguration of the exhibition. Spe-
cial trains will run from all parts of the kingdom, and
the prices have been so arranged as to suit all parties.
On the grand opening and flower-show days, the admis-
sion will be 55.; every Monday during the exhibition,
only ls. ; and every other day it will be 2s. 6d. What
effect the Cheltenham Exhibition may have upon its own
locality, or what influence it may exercise materially in
the development of taste and the furthering of art, it is
impossible for us to say. All we know is, that it is a step
in the right direction, and as such we wish it every
success,