The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-15 00:00:00

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TUESDAY

MORNING,

THE supporters of her Majesty's government
do not appear greatly elated by their majority of
ten in the House of Lords, in favour of the repeal
of •the Navigation Laws. Such a majority, on a

question on which the fate of the minority was
expressly staked, in a house known to be at all
times unwilling to inconvenience the sovereign,
is not one to be regarded as decisive of their
lordship's impartial judgment ; and, coupled with
the fact of a largely decreased majority in the
Commons, it is not one that should embolden
the ministry to rush upon a great change, which
is protested against by an influential majority
of the mercantile classes throughout the em-
pire. In the two night's debate, the preponderance
of ability, experience, and information upon the
subject was on the side of the advocates of a more
temperate and cautious policy; and from all thesa
considerations we can very easily account for a
little irritation existing in the minds of the sup-
porters of the government bill, and an inclination
to throw dirt at Lord 3tEtulcy, whose linv”intable
truths they find themselves unable to overthrow,
and of those constituencies whose remonstrances
have strengthened the bands of his lordship and
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nis party.
We are not at all surprised, therefore, at the
• lent ill-temper displayed by the London limps_

in discussing .the question in his publication Yof
Thursday—an ill-temper which has driven him to
drop a few admissions which, in his cooler mo-
ments, he would probably have kept in his own
breast. Thus our contemporary is disposed to
admit, with Lord Stanley, that our commercial
marine, against which a heavy blow is to be dealt
by this bill, " employs nearly 230,000 seamen ; and
in the trades connected with it there are embarked
from £50,000,000 to £60,000,000 of capital; that
these trades employed, besides the seamen, 80,000
artificers; that these 80,000 artificers divided
amongst them about £5,000,000 annually in
wages; and that the freights earned by the vessels
of this country, by British shipowners, and paid in
wages to British seamen, artizans, and artificers,
were no less than £28,600,000." He admits, also,
with Lord Stanley, that the operation of the bill
would be to reduce freights some 25 per cent. Of
course this would be to reduce the value of the
shipping, and of the capital of trades connected
with the shipping, 25 per cent, and to throw a large
portion of our seamen and artizans out of employ-
ment ; but then he says, these people are only " a
class." Though they may suffer, the consumers at
large will be benefitted by cheap freights ; and our
foreign trade will also be increased. But we may
remind our contemporary, and those who reason
after his fashion, that society is formed of classes ;
that if we prostrate these classes one after another,
we shall shortly have paupers for our only class.
We have knocked down the agricultural class. We
have abstracted 25 per cent from the profits of all
interested in the soil and engaged in its culture, to
"benefit the consumer ;" we are abstracting 25 per
cent from the profits of the shipowner, the wages of
the sailor and the artizan, "for the benefit of the
consumer." We must proceed—for these are days
of progress—and weaken other interests, "for the
benefit of the consumer." But in the advanced
stages of this process, where will the consumer be
found ? Certainly not in this once happy and
prosperous England !
We are partly in error, by the bye. We shall
still have two classes of consumers, although not
the consumers to whom the Times refers ; and
these will be large consumers. We shall have the
pauper class above mentioned, on the one hand,
eating up the diminished profits of industry; ab-
sorbing gradually the capital of the tradesman and
the shopkeeper ; and, on the other hand, we shall
have the class which the Times so feelingly repre-
sents—the large capitalist class, the Jones Lloyds
and Sir Robert Peels of the world, the "men made
of money," with the fundowners, the annuitants,
the mortgagees. and people of fixed incomes.
Woe, in those days, to the men who owe a debt !
These two classes will be our consumers ; and
bonsume not only our goods, but our substance—
the profits of our toil both of body and mind.
These men are not to be touched in their secure
positions. Oh no ! The Times will not admit
them to be "classes," but only "consumers,"
for whose benefit mere classes are to succumb !

But does our contemporary imagine that, in such
a state of society, with a fourth of the reward of
every man's industry and enterprise sacrificed to
the foreigner, by our insane pursuit of our idol—
cheapness—the taxes, the interest of the national
debt, the poor and other rates, or the engagements
between private individuals, will continue to be
paid, at their present amount ? It is preposterous
to expect such a thing. We are, at the present
moment, evidently verging towards a popular agi-
tation of the same question—the propriety of
cutting down the public expenditure to the lowest
scale, and of applying the sponge to the national
debt, which—in the years from the close of the war
to 1819, nearly precipitated an insurrection in
Great Britain. Our present financial reform asso-
ciations are only the forerunners of confederations
of more violent and determined men. It would-be
well then for the advocates of progress, and espe-
cially for the fundholders and the monied interests,
to study deeply this feature of the system which
we are, as a nation, at present pursuing.
The Times, like all sir oracles of his class, seems
disposed—most excellent liberal !—to sneer at
anything like an expression of opinion by the
people upon this or any other question. He con-
tends, for instance, that the, remonstrance which
went up from our own town against the bill—or,
to use his own language, "the 47,400 signatures,
scraped together as old women scrape chips in a
chip-yard, in a town so peculiarly situated and so
exceptionably interested W as Liverpool"—ought
riot to weigh with the legislature and the nation
upon the question of the navigation laws. Upon
the same principle, a criminal at the Old Bailey
would object to the evidence of the man whom he
has robbed on the highway as that of a " man ex-
ceptionably interested." Surely, however, the
opinions of one of the most influential communities
in the empire, upon a question affecting not only
their property, but their very existence, are far
more worthy of being received than those of the
mere red tapists and hangers-on of office, or the
Times himself—the former of whom, by their
votes, and the latter, by his furious and ignorant
diatribes, have contributed so materially towards
the success of the measure up to its present stage:

THE great extent which the important proceed-
ings in the Council yesterday occupy in our co-
lumns prevents our making any lengthy or de-
tailed remarks upon them.
At the outset of the debate upon Messrs. Simp-
son - and Newland's Report, it was announced by
the Mayor that he had received a letter from Mr.
Hawksley; and it was accordingly read by the
Town-clerk. In this document the important fact
was. disclosed, that the estimates for the Rivington
Pike scheme were only framed for giving a supply
for the existing population of the town, although
the Parliamentary plan embraced works for giving
a supply to a popultinon of 800,000. To accom-
plish. this a considerable future outlay for filter
beds, pipes, mains, &c., would have to be added to
the £480,000, the amount of his parliamentary es-
timate.

The Council having, on the motion of Mr.
Procter, resolved itself into a committee, that gen-
tleman proceeded to move a series of resolutions.
The first four merely affirmed the principle that
the head reservoir system should be adopted ; that
a duplicate engine was wanted at each station ;
that a greater supply of water was required ; and
that it could be got by improving and extending
the present stations, hut that such exertion and
improvement should only be made at Green Lane.
The fifth, upon which the main question was de-
bated, affirmed the advantage of taking powers to
carry out the more extended scheme of Messrs.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON MONEY MARKET.YESTERDAY.
The English funds have improved this morning, and there
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Consols opened at 91 to }for money, and 91} to 4.,Aenan for next ac count; they speedily advanced to 91} to 4 for money, and 91
to ft for account, at which they now stand. The Three
Cents. Reduced and quoted at 891 to ; and the New

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.....a-Quarter per Cents., at 901 to 90i._ Bank Stock is quoted
192 i to 194; and Exchequer Bills at 465. to 495. prem.

imam 'ruin auroaa the supply continues
nd although no reduction can be made in general
quotations, secondary qualities could hardly be sold so well
as last week. Beans unaltered in Price. Peas rather gave way
in value than otherwise. The town millers did not alter the
top price of Flour; bat country marks and households were
procurable at Is. per sack, and 6d. per barrel reduction.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The supply of Beasts is considerably smaller; the dead mar-
kets are also pretty clear; consequently trade is brisk, at an
advance of nearly 4d. per Blbs. The number of Sheep is mo-
derately good ; the demand, however, has increased ; the trade
is active, at advanced rates. Lamb meets with a ready sale at
late prices, and in a few instances of choice descriptions,
rather more money is obtained. Choice Calves are dearer, but
middling ones are a heavy trade.

EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM, MONDAY.
The increasing complexity in the aspect of affairs on the
Continent keeps us commercially in a very unsettled con-
dition, and brings our transactions within limits too con-
tracted to be contemplated with anything like feelings of
satisfaction. All parties are disinclined to enter into con-
tracts or involve themselves in business of any consequence
with such a mass of uncertainty before them, as at present
characterizes the nature of our intelligence from nearly all
parts of Europe.
The Share Market has shewn symptoms of improvement
several times during the week, but the rumoured excite-
ment on the Continent—very much exaggerated by papers,
in the bear interest—has prevented any very material rise.
This evening, however, prices of several stocks have ad-
vanced—the bears finding it difficult to get stock to close
their accounts. London Stock closes 126 8; Midland,
65 651.

During the first four days of our last Cotton week, the
sales amounted to upwards of 32,000 bales, and an ad-
vance was obtained upon the middle and common quali-
ties of American, with full prices for the better sorts,
which were in request for export ; but the unsettled state
of the Continent again affected the market, by checking
the demand, and the closing prices were much upon a
par with the currency of the previous week. On Satur-
day, however, a better tone was imparted to transactions,
6,000 bales were disposed of, and the prices of American
were somewhat more regular. To-day, the sales were es-
timated at 6,000 bales. 1.500 on speculation and for ex-
port, at Friday's quotations.

In the Wool trade. business by private is exceedingly
flat here, but the public sales of Australian now proceed-
ing in London are going off favourably, at February prices.
Our market for Scotch Pig Iron is a little more ani-
mated, and No. 1 Gartsherrie may be quoted at 455. ;
mixed numbers, at 435. Bars at £5 in Wales, but are
offering at £5 2s. 6d. to £5 ss.

A geed demand has been manifested for Sugar since the
circular, and about 1,500 bags Bengal have found pur-
chasers at rather better prices, ranging from 41s. to 435. ;
and with regard to this article, we may add here, that the
Dutch sales just concluded have gone off better than was
expected, and nearly the whole sold at within a trifle of
the highest point of the market. There is also a rather
better feeling for Coffee, of which large sales are adver-
tised for next week. In Saltpetre, we have no change to
report.; but there has been somewhat more disposition to
sell Nitrate of Soda, at lls. 3d. 120 tons of Gambia
have bhen disposed of, at 9s. 6d. to 10s. per cwt., chiefly
the former figure.

Brunswick-street, Monday.
Many of the letters which have come to hand this
morning from various parts of this country and Ireland,
forwarded on Saturday last, complain of the want of rain,
which, so far as this district is concerned, has been sup-
plied in refreshing quantities during the last twenty-four
hours; the prevalence of cold easterly winds is also spo-
ken of, and vegetation generally has been somewhat re-
tarded ; but evert the most unfavourable accounts state
that there is no feature in the character of the season cal-
culated in the least to excite anxiety or alarm for the
growing crops, all of which appear healthy. The only
exception we find mentioned in our Cork letter, which
states that in rare cases Wheat is thin on the ground, not
having planted satisfactorily. The markets throughout
England and Ireland during the past week have been
pretty evenly balanced. Indian Corn, however, is still
going up in Ireland, In fact, the tendency of the trade in
that country leans more and more to foreign produce, and
in some cases the prices of Irish Wheat and Flour are
quoted as merely nominal, American descriptions of the
latter article coming so low into the market as greatly to
interfere with the sale of home manufacture. The follow-
ing remarks, made by a correspondent writing from New-
castle-upon-Tyne, give a prospective view of the future
bearing of the trade, the correctness of which will of course
in a great measure depend upon our American supplies :
" Looking at the unsettled state of Europe, the pressing
wants of Ireland, the diminished stocks in the hands of the
growers as compared with the average of seasons, and the
high price of potatoes (the best descriptions of which are re-
tailing at the extravagant rate of Is. 3d. per stone), we can
come to no other conclusion than that the value of all bread-
stuffs must improve, the extent of which will be mainly depen-
dent upon the character of the weather from henceforth; hi-
therto it has been anything but genial, and the country, though
looking healthy, is more backward than usual in this district."
The favourable alteration in the weather, which always
has an important effect upon our Corn markets at this
season, has had rather a depressing influence on the trade
here, but little business having resulted this morning ;
and with the change of wind a number of grain-laden
vessels got in yesterday, which, added to the prospect of
further large arrivals shortly, has induced purchasers to
pause ; so that, with the exception of some demand for
Indian Corn, we have nothing to report since Friday.
Our imports for the first five days of the week com-
mencing Tuesday last have been very light, as will be
seen by the following return :
Imports :--Wheat, 527 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, 814
qrs.; Oats, 829 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; I'ease, 16 qrs.; Indian
Corn, 4864 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, brls. ; Oatmeal, 20 lds. ;
'Flour, 36 sks,jo94 brls.

Exports :—Wheat, 1218 qrs. ; Barley, 179 qrs.; Malt, 40 qrs.;
Beans, 80 qrs. ; Pease, 22 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 21,548 qrs. ;
Indian Corn Meal, 872 brls. ; Oatmeal, COO Ids. ; Flour, 86 sks.
5904 brls.

THE NAVIGATION LAWS-LETTER FROM

SIR J. GLADSTONE

"London, 6th May, 1849.
"My dear Sir,—You see this fatal, mad, and destruc-
tive measure has, by most active use of power and of
undue influence, however improperly applied, been car-
ried by a small majority,—that majority including every
placeman and member of the present destructive govern.
ment. This will, I doubt not, be most warmly and in-
dignantly felt in Liverpool, where I should hope a town's
meeting will be immediately held for the purpose of
petitioning the Queen, not only to refuse the royal as-
sent to the bill, but also to dismiss her present minis.
ters. If Liverpool strongly, and I should hope, unani-
mously adopted this course, I am persuaded it will spread
like wildfire over the country. Every one connected
with our colonies and possessions—every
—every one who feels
an interest in the substance and soil of the United King-
dom—must take and feel aninterest in this most vital
question, and will, I doubt not, everywhere follow the
Liverpool precedent. It embraces the best interest and
future prosperity of the country. Believe me always, my
dear sir, yours faithfully, " JOHN GLADSTONE.
" Samuel Holme, Esq., Liverpool."
[The worthy baronet is no doubt aware that a towns-
meeting—and that a most numerous and decided one—
has already taken place on the subject of the ministerial
bill, but we should be glad if Sir John's recommendation
for an additional meeting were carried out. Her Majesty
ought to be fully apprised of the deep and wide spread
feeling of hostility entertained against the measure by all
classes of this important commercial community.]

LIVERPOOL MAY SESSIONS,

Simpson and Newlands, and the driving of the
tunnel from Green Lane three miles toward Mel-
ling. This would cost, according to the estimate, iHeThese sessions opened yesterday morning before G.
£300,000 in round numbers, which would, how n
- weredYlitsron, Ri.'
y-nine the Recorder for the borough. There
cases of felony, and two misdemeanours •
ever, be lessened in case (as was expected) they got none of which presented any remarkable features. The
a sufficient supply from a shorter length of work- most important case, probably, is that of Mary Gregory
ing ; and it was remarked that whilst, in their and William Anderson, the two persons charged with a
series of robberies on the Select Vestry, the particulars of
estimate, Messrs. Simpson and Newlands include
which have already been published. The following is a
£130,000 for the cost of new mains and pipes in ist of the gentlemen sworn as
the town, Mr. Hawksley's does not, and, therefore,
this sum and the eost of the additional filters, &c
would I-- - be ad'

GRAND JURORS.
Mr. raniel Mather, gentleman, Mount-pleasant, Foreman
. nave to ,ailed to his estimates, in coin- Mr. Samuel Beckwith, broker, Chapel-street.
Mr. Thomas Arthur Bushby, broker, Dale-street.
paring the two. An amendment was moved by Mr. James Bold, merchant, 7, Water-street.
Mr. Nicol, to the effect that offers to execute the Mr. Thomas 13rocklebank, merchant, 17, Rumford street
Pike works should, previously to any further steps Mr. William Claxton, corn merchant, 27, Lower Castle-1
Mr. Thomas Cliffe, merchant, 8, Clarence-street, Everton
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'wing ',Am.., uu uuverbiseti ror, which, alter some mr. Jno. Fox, wine merchant, 12, Rumford-place.
discussion, was negatived by a majority of 29 to 20. Mr. Edmund lore, corn merchant, George's Dock Gates.
Mr. W. Jno. Marrow, corn merchant, 8, Brunswick-street.
The Rivington scheme is, therefore, abandoned,
Mr. R. Aked, merchant, Rumford-place.
and the principle of local supply fully adopted b Mr. Henry Krebs qaypole, merchant, 8, Goree Piazzas.
Cr"- 1. _ _., y Mr. John -Knowle:. ' Mok-street,

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merchant, meralant 16, Co,
the ounc The public, however, will, no doubt, Mr. Gerard Lynch, l4, James'-street.
rejoice at being informed that, althOugh powers are Mr. Robt. Makin, jun., corn merchant, 12, Brunswick-street,
Mr. Guy
Thomas Husker, draper, Lord-street.
given to the Water Committee to carry out their
reporting engineers plan, if required, nothing will The CLERK Of
be done until the capability of the present wells against vice and immorality,
are tested, with new engines and an improved mode The RECORDER delivered his charge, addressing the gen-
tlemen comprising the grand jury ury • he said,your duties on
of distribution. The works, Mr. Scott's resignation this occasion will be light , the calendar' contains the
having been accepted, are to be placed in the hands names of forty-one prisoners.sent for trial, and although a
of Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, few more cases may come in since it was made up, I have
no doubt you will be able to bring your labours to a close
this evening, or early to-morrow morning. A change
has been made in the law, by a statute which came into
operation in the present month, by which simple larceny—
stealing unaccompanied by circumstances cf aggravation—
is no longer punishable by transportation ; there is an ex-
The barricades are augmenting in number and in formidable
ceptio as to cases where oenders have be n twice sum-
trength. Immense use is made of the church confessional
_, which, being ponderous articles of furniture, are found mar
n y convicted under the Larceny Act, or have been
quite suitable for blocking up the progress of a "retrograde" concerned in cases of malicious damage. It frequently
enemy. The mint is coining silver and gold plate night and happened that prisoners sent for trial for simple larceny
day. Ugo Bassi, the regimental chaplain of Garibaldi's legion, had been three times or more convicted, and had expiated
having been made prisoner, was exchanged, against the tam • their offences in gaol ; in such cases he regarded the par-
hour-major of the 20th regiment of the French line. Six more
cardinals' carriages were burnt last evening- but they only ties as confirmed thieves, no longer fit to mix among
burn the body, keeping the axle, wheels, and frame-work for society, and he. therefore, in such cases, had adjudged trans-
carrying beams of timber to the barricades; the gilding and portation ; there were also cases in which dangerous
scarlet finery of these new carts is one of the features in this offenders were only convicted of simple larceny : he (the
remarkable scene.
learned Recorder) remembered such a case. Two thieves
went into a bank, one of them presented a bill regularly
endorsed to the cashier, and while the latter was

Se PEACE having read the proclamation

,:iworsca signatures, the second man most
adroitly contrived to abstract two one hundred pound
4 1 notes from the open drawer at which the cashier
Der stood. So little did the cashier think that he could
he robbed—because the counter was of such a width
as to render the supposition of any party at the out-
side reaching the drawer apparently impossible—that
LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. he did not give information of the robbery to the police.
The thieves, judging from this that no suspicion was
land carriage samples from the near counties, was very
The supply of English Wheat at market this morning, by
entertained, returned the next day, and, in the same way.
short
nevertheless, it was not without difficulty that factors were as before, abstracted another £lOO note, and again de-
enabled to dispose of it at the rates of Monday last. The bulk parted unmolested. In the afternoon of that day one of
of the foreign arrivals reported at foot came to hand in the the men went to a jeweller's shop, where they purchased'
early part of last week, since which the receipts have been but a gold watch, and presented the £lOO note in payment
small; the demand, however, was far from hrisk, and former Some dispute arose between the parties - and the shop-
prices were barely sapported. English Barley, being scarce,
keeper, who happened to be a Jew, conceiving himself
commanded its late value; foreign, unless of choice quality,
was easier to purchase. Oats of home
_ growth came very insulted by one of the men, sent for the police and gave
him in charge, having first taken the number of the note..
When the man arrived at the police-office the note could
not be found, but its identity was ascertained from the
Jew, to the satisfaction of the cashier, who came forward,
and eventually the two other notes were traced to the
prisoner. But, when he was tried, neither he (the
learned Recorder) nor the jury- knew anything about the
manner in which the abstraction of the notes had been
accomplished. He had afterwards reason to think that a
little twig which the man carried in his hand was the
instrument used ; that this twig, having been furnished at
the end with birdlime, was dexterously introduced into
the drawer, and thus the notes were transferred. This
man was convicted of simple larceny, so that, by the law
as it now stands, the thieves, supposing they' had stolen
£3,000 instead of £3OO, could not have been transported.
The Learned Recorder concluded by. expressing his belief
that some further legislation would be necessary before
this recent act can be satisfactory. He dismissed the
grand jury to their duties, after stating his conviction that
the intelligence of grand juries at Liverpool rendered any
special ebserva.ions to them superflnous.
The following were the sentences passed yesterday :
James Wright, ten years ; Thomas Smith, six weeks, one
week solitary; Sarah Simons, seven weeks ; Catherine
Walsh, five calendar months, one week solitary ; William
Deane, two calendar months, one week solitary ; George
Beddows, four calendar months, 14 days solitary ; Thos.
Price, seven calendar months; Hugh. Roberts, six calen-
dar months ; James Smith, acquitted ; Eliza Haywood,
and Laura Williams, two weeks ; Catherine Murray, two
calendar months; John Williams, twelve days, three days
solitary, and once whipped; James Brown, five calendar
months; and Jane Clayton, six weeks imprisonment,

THE BIRKENHEAD, FERRY.

We learn, with some regret, that the negociations which
have for some time been pending, between the corporation
and Messrs. Willoughby, on the subjectof the renewal of
the occupation, by the latter, of Birkenhead Ferry, have
been definitely broken off, Messrs. Willoughby declined
to accept the terms offered them. It has therefore been
determined by the committee of the council to enter at
once themselves into the business of carriers, and to con-
tinue the ferry with spirit and energy. Two additinnal now
boats will be put on ; and other arrangements made with
a view, by promoting the comfort and convenience of the
public, to restore, if possible, the Birkenhead Ferry to
its ancient prosperity.

We repeat that we regret this issue of the negotiations
in question ; for we greatly object to the corporation, or
any public body, engaging in competition with private
traders. In this case, however, the course, which they
are about to adopt, seems to be the only one left
open to them. We possess at Birkenhead a property
which has cost the corporate estate of Liverpool little,
if at all,, short of XlOO,OOO, far too much to allow us even
to think of abandoning it to delapidation, by ceasing to
maintain the efficiency of the ferry attached to it. By
judicious management this estate may in time be brought
into profitable action ; and may even be made to add
greatly to the attractions of the Cheshire side of our
noble river. Such a happy contingency, however, de-
pends for its early realization upon the ferry being con-
ducted with spirit ; and in bare justice to the gentleman,
Mr. Jones. who has become the Corporation's tenant for
a part of the property—the Birkenhead hotel,—and to
the excellent manner in which he is carrying it on, a more
liberal management than the present is required.

ORDINATION AT CHESTER

On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of this Diocese held
an ordination in the Cathedral, Chester, when the follow•
ing gentlemen were admitted into holy Orders

DEACONS. College.
Abbott, Robert Harris, B.A. Trinity, Dublin.
Brown, Robert, B.A ..... .......... Ditto.
Cavell, Robert Corry Birkenhead.
Fearon, Samuel Hall, B.A Queen's, Oxford.
Haworth, John Gorell ..
Hockin, Frederick, B.A. ..... ... St. John's, Cambridge.
Humphrey, Francis Saint Bees'.
Hodgson, George Courtenay Ditto.
Joly, John Plunket, M.A Trinity, Dublin.
Kynaston, John, B.A. Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Kewley, John Wood. B.A.
Lester, John William, B.A Christ's, Cambridge.
Lutener, William, RA. St. John's, Cambridge.
Lovely, George, B.A. Trinity, Dnblin.
Macnaught, John, 8.A........ Wadbam, Oxford,
Mc. Mahon, Thomas, RA. Trinity, Dublin..
Merry, Samuel Williamson, 8.A..... Jesus', Cambridge.
Newcombe, Benjamin Arthur, B.A Trinity, Dublin.
Rowell, Frederic Thomas. 8.A.. Emmanuel, Cambridge.
Rudd, Thomas, ILA Trinity, Dublin.
Salusbury, Gco. Augustus, S.C.L., Magdalen, Cambridge.
Willink, Arthur, B.A. . St. John's, Cambridge.
Welsh, John, William
Williams, Frederick Henry, B.A. Trinity, Dublin,
Whately, Edward William, M.A. Christ's, Oxford.

PRIESTS,

Bell, Alan, B.A,
Bridgeman, Edmund Wolryehe 1
Trinity, Cambridge,
Orlando, B. A.
Bushby, John Stubbs, B A Brasenose, Oxford,
Burke, Arthur Netterville, 8.A.....,... Trinity, Dublin,
Govett, Thomas Romaine
Gregory, James
Gregory, Maze, William, B.A Wadham, Oxford.
Hunt, Robert .... Church Missionary College, Islington.
Jackson, Thomas Molyneux, 8.A.... Brasenose, Oxford.
Judge, John
Lawrence, William RoLert, 8.A.... University, Durham,
Milner, James Walker, B.A Lincoln, Oxford.
Mosse, Henry Moore, B.A.
Sutton, Stephen Brain, B.A ..... .. , University, Loudon,
Seymour, Edward, B.A. Jesus', Cambridge.
Slater, Henry, 8.A..... St. Catherine Hall, Cambrfdge,
Simpson, John Foster, B.A Trinity, Dublin.
Snowball, Gilbert Francis, M.A.. St. John's Cambridge,
Thomas, Charles Lomax, B.A Trinity, Dublin,

Vernon, William Henry, Roqsall Hall,
Williams, Frederick Edgell, M.A.. University, London,
Wright, Charles, B.A Trinity, Cambridge
Watson, John, L.L.B. ... Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

We extremely regret to say that his Lordship experi-
enced great difficulty in administering the service, and so
completely was he overcome that he fainted twice during
the ceremony. When his lordship was observed to re-
cline on his throne, it caused great sensation, and the
parties present evinced the greatest sympathy for their
beloved Bishop. His Lorship was advised not to attempt
to preach the usual sermon after the ordinance. We
were glad to hear yesterday that his lordship was better.

MEETING OF WAREHOUSE OWNERS.—A very nume-
rous and highly influential meeting of the owners of
warehouse property in this town was held yesterday, at
the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration " the alarming state of depression to which the
warehouse property in the town has become reduced, ren-
dering it absolutely necessary that some steps should be
taken to counteract the existing evils, and to determine
upon the measures necessary to put a stop to the ruinous
rates at which goods are now warehoused, and to place
this description of property upon a more remunerative
footing." As reporters were not admitted to the meeting,
we cannot publish the result of its deliberations.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—Lane's patent, for the preven-
tion of accidents, is now exhibiting in Islington Market,
and as the object is one in which society is interested ge-
nerally, it should meet the patronage not only of the man
of science, but of the public at large,

LATEST FROM AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP EUROPA,

The Royal Mail Steam-ship Europa,' Captain Lott, arrived
here last night about seven o'clock. She left New York on the
2d inst., and Halifax on the sth, and has therefore made a most
excellet passage, her arrival not, in fact, being anticipated by
any one before to-day. She has brought no fewer than 154
passengers, a list of whom is given below.
The Cambria arrived at Boston on the 27th of April. and the
America, which left here on the 21st ult., arrived at Halifax on
the 3d inst. On the 24th ult., the latter steamer passed the
American Steam-ship Washington, which left Southampton on
the 20th, and ran her out of sight in three hours. The steam-
ship Sarah Sands arrived at New York on the Ist inst. The
packet-ship Constitution arrived at New York on the latter day
in twenty days.

The demand for sterling exchange was not very active, and
drawers were firm at a slight improvement in quotations. The
best bills on London were held at Bto 84 premium, but there
were good bills on the market selling as low as 6 to Q.
The most interesting advices brought by this arrival are those
from Canada, which are of an unusually exciting character.
The intelligence from California is also important.
Advices from St. Domingo to the 13th of April state that
President Soulouque was within sixteen miles of the city, with
an army of 20,000 well disciplined troops. He had taken all
the towns on his march, and was expected to attack the city,
which all the inhabitants that possibly could had left. The
city was almost entirely deserted of women and children, and
is no doubt by this time in the hands of Soulouque, and from
the character of the man it is feared much blood will be shed.
The recent cold weather had destroyed great quantities of
corn and cotton in America. It Is stated that the injury in
South Carolina is so great that more than one half of the cotton
must be replanted. The same applies to Georgia and Virginia.
In the North the damage is confined to the peach.
General Hilario Lopez has been appointed president of New
Grenada.

LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From New Foy* :—Mr.. Field, Lady,
infant, and nurse; Mr. J. A. Fannin and Lady; Mr. Jessup,
Lady, child, and servant; Mr. Wm. Clappand Lady ; Mrs, and
Miss Booth ; Mr. Wilks, Lady, four children, nurse, and man
servant ; Mr. Felden and Lady ; Mr. Morgan, Lady, infant, and
nurse; Mr. Langdon ; Mrs. Oppenheim, two children, and
servant; Messrs. Pallaz, Jos. Fardar, F. 'l'. Schwend;er, Geo.
Nathan, M. de Argennanez, Levois, Feyht, Kirkpatrick, Laurie,
Philander, Ruggles, E. Gillot, F. Prosser, Jos. Battersby and
Lady; Messrs. J. H. Reynolds, Cerf Beer, Livingston ; Capt.
Hammond; Mr. C. Van Galpen and Lady; Messrs. R. Ryle,
E. Tucker, L. Ginter, Tanis, F. Bonis, S. Alcock, R. W. Bon-
lage, E. Vrtille, H. S. Wyckoff, W. H. Flemman, Evans, Laisin,
Stephan and Lady; Mr. C. W. Moore, Lady, and child ;. Messrs.
Hartley. Molsom, Schell, Smith, J. H. Dallis, jun., Zallikoffer,
Banndahl, Grasman, Millis, B. Bramhall, Al. Kennard, C..
Grugan ; Hon. C. A. Hanncgan and servant; Mr. Colt; Capt.
List and servant; Messrs. J. A. Bannister, H. N. Casey,
N. Casey, H. Schirnper, G. J. Kraft, R. H. Divev. r' lel.

den, J. 14nninFtentrit:ii
Brig, H. Drought. Stitt.

Harris A. 13uelta. a"L•trn.

. ULM, 1 11•JS. 1-1111,. V. H.
Sala', 1). INl•Datgail, S. Ko an.
hnstann, M. Seligman, Jna., Sitar,
C. Poulson, C. F. Van Biankensteyn, Ayers, T. Wilsow;- Mr.
aad Mrs. Hoyt and servant ; Count aad Countess de Mons;
Mr. Eno and Lady; Messrs. J. A. Redmort, Jno, Anasaay E.
G. Canpo, T. T. Tolon; Jno. Hatton, D. Fold, E. G. Roberts;
Potts, Haos W. V. Wicht, A. F. Stewart, English, Sherwood,
D. Straus, J. Cassidy, C. T: Bradford', H. 0. Von Bour, J. COW,
din, J. W. Hancox, J. Kershaw, Winterbottom, Jno. Whitaker,
E. Baker • Miss Trull, Mrsi Slagg ; Messrs. Constable, B. G.
Wainwright, Cushing, jun., J. C. Barstow, Ettlinger, Megneli,.
G. Jorda, Jas-. Gutnez. From Halifax Crowdy.

TUEAY, MAY
The comparative receipts. of Cotton in the ports,l,
exhibit a
still greater difference than existed at the date of my last
report, on the 17th ultimo.. At-New Orleans the receipts keep
up astonishingly, the difference on 21st ult. not exceeding
34,000 bales. The season has now reached a point that we may
look shortly with some reasonable probability to a diminution
of this excess, and, possibly, in-the course of this month, to a
rapid decline of it—this will doubtless be aided by new causes
which have lately excited the minds of operators in this mar-
ket, as appears by the review below. On the night of the 15th
ultimo, a frost sufficiently severe to kill the young cotton
plant,, occurred in Georgia, South. Carolina, Alabama. Misais-

11115514-
and Louisiana,--least severe, howev-er, in the latter
s—and which was felt partially also on the nights of the

I', 411 411(1 iii answer io a telegraphic despatch from me,
my correspondent at Mobile writes, under date of the 23rd ult .
" 1 apprised you of the frost, in due course. In a few words,
Limy, say that wherever the plant- was above ground, it has
been.entirely destroyed. In most places the season having
been backward, the cotton had not yet come up, and it is gene-
rally. believed, if we could have rain, of which we have had
none for nearly a month, at this most critical period of the year,
that sach:seed will yet come up. The corn being-killea at the
same time, many planters are now planting-the latter in pre-
felence,ln.consequence of its security, for the support of their
stock.. Nearly all the parties who have cotton in our bands,
have ordered it to be withdrawn, at present. Unless we
hare warm rains, we may look for another short crop in this
section;"' My correspondent at New Orleans writes The

growing.orop•was injured by frost on.the night of the 15th
instant, the extent of which is imperfectly known; but the
plant is believed to have been killed in all the country,where
it was up, north of latitude 32 degrees; What effect a destruc-
tive frostat•so late a period will have on the product eventually,
will depend on the weather hereafter, and on
seed the planters possess, or may be able-to procure.
attaching undue importance to this occurrence, it must be ad.
milted that the chances in favour of another late crop are di-
minished."

le quantity of
Without

On Friday, the 27th, we received the telegraphic despatches
per Cambria to •the 14th ultimo, from Liverpool, which,exlii-
biting a decline, and being less pacific than the previous
steamer; our market again uroopeil ; but as holders evinced no
anxiety to realise the sales were nominal. The letters of Sa-

•
turday placed the•decline there at 4d., my correspondent-ad
vising me that " Good Middling Mobile has•been sold at 4d, to
day." The sales this day were 1500; bales, at 4c. decline,
placing rumuotations barely a shade over those of my last.;
Yesterday, the sales were 809 bales.

Inferior
Ordinary

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1,144,671
760,281
586,760