The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-YESTERDAY.

Monday Evening.
The past week evidences a further progression to im-
provement, and with a better trade, every description of
public securities having attained higher prices than have
been realised for many previous weeks. The only draw-
backs of any importance are the extensive failures in
Scotland, more especially that of Messrs. Eccles, Burn-
ley, and Co., West India merchants, of Glasgow, as
shewing the abiding effects of the Sugar Duty Act of
1846 upon the commercial relations of Great Britain and
her colonies. The prospect of a peaceable termination of
the Danish war, by the intervention of England, the
favourable auspices under which the French National As-
sembly has opened, together with the fine weather and
quietude at home, have effected a restoration of confidence
which we hope to see not only permanent but progressive.
Consols have risen again this week, and reached 84* on
Wednesday ; since thn they have ranged rather lower,
but on Saturday were steady, and experienced an advance
of a quarter per cent., the effect of the further large di-
minution of £349,675 in the bullion of the Bank having
been counteracted, probably, by the extensive insurances
known to have been made on account of anticipated
supplies from Russia. The first quotation of Consols,
both for money and for time, was 831 to and they closed
at 831 to k. The business of the day was chiefly in con-
nexion with arrangements for the settlement to-morrow.
While we were writing, important news arrived from
Rome, to the effect that, unless the Pope concedes to the
wishes of his people, by declaring war against Austria, a
provisional government will be appointed. Whatever the
Pope's answer may be, it is possible that the feature of
the war may be entirely changed by this proceeding, and
we anxiously await the result of his deliberations, which he
will have to communicate on the expiry of 24 hours from
the time of the demand being made.
The SHARE MARKET of the week has been again uni-
formly good, without hardly a momentary decline. Prices
have steadily advanced, and considerable purchases have
been made daily by a good description of buyers. Prices
at the close last night were higher than for some time.
MR. SPENCER AND THE WATER QUESTION. London Stock, 132.4 ; Midland, 102 4.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The advance .n the price of COTTON noticed in our last
SIR,-I noticed the extracts of a letter from Mr. Thos. publication, consequent on the extensive demand on Mon-
Spencer published in last week's STANDARD, on the day, has scarcely been supported during the week ; the quality of our Liverpool water. daily business has been more moderate, and with a less
Mr. Spencer, in his attempt to excite groundless alarm animated market, buyers have found greater facilities in
in the public mind, states that our water is contaminated, making their purchases, which, in most cases, have been
in its passage through the earth, by the solution of certain effected on more advantageous terms. On Saturday, the
chemical ingredients used for agricultural purposes, the sales amounted to 4,500 bales, 500 for export, prices re-
principal part of which he has enumerated being nitrate maining steady. TO-DAY there has been a good attend-
of soda, sulphate of ammonia, phosphate of lime, and ance of spinners (chiefly of the smaller class), the market
guano. Mr. Spencer, in theorising on this subject, seems opening with a steady but not animated demand. The
to have lost sight of the fact, that farmers only itse these sales are estimated at about 5,000 bales, mostly in the
substances as food for the growing crops., and that as they common and middling qualities of American, which con-
are penexesive, they take good care to economise them as tinue very firm in price. The market by no means over-
much possible by applying them to the land only at weightetrwith quantity. 500 bales for export.-The re-
such times as the plants are ready to consume them ;so ceipts of Cotton into the ports of the United States conti-
that but a very small quantity is carried away by the water nue to increase : they are 1,683,137 bags by the last ad-
when it sinks into the rock. If he refers to Dr. Playfair's vices, being 232,212 above the receipts of the corres
analysis of our water, he will find this view completely pond-
ing period last year ; and the stocks in the interior towns
borne out by the entire absence of all the above-named are about 70,000 bags beyond last year at the same time:
substances. the same character still prevails as to the growth in the
Mr. Spencer likewise imagines that the drainage water different sections of the United States, viz., a great in-
of dwellings contaminates our supply, and he therefore crease in the New Orleans district, and a great decrease in
lays great stress upon the pernicious quality of the organic Georgia and South Carolina.
impurities usually present in water of that description. The business done in Foreign Wool. this week has
These he characterises as very difficult to detect, in the been on a very limited scale, which may in some measure
ordinary mode of chemical analysis. Here Mr. Spencer be attributed to London colonial sales which commenced
is in error ; for though the nature of the impurities can- on Thursday last : those already sold have gone lower than
not readily be ascertained by the chemist, yet the presence last February sales. Alpaca is dull.-Imports of Scotch
of them is easily detected. If, therefore, we find, as is for the week, 30; previously, 5429; total, 5459: Foreign,
the case, that neither organic matter, nor the accompany- previously, 22,621.
are
ing ammoniacal
in sal usually present in drainage water,
great COLONIAL MARKETS.-There has been activity
to be found our water, the fair concl is that in the Sugar market since Thursday last, and the sales are
our present supply receives no contamination from this very considerable at a further improvement in prices : the
source : indeed, it is difficult to understand how it should, grocers and refiners continue to purchase freely, and have
seeing that water of this description is in general carefully taken 220 hhds. West India, 5,000 bags Bengal, 300 mats
conveyed away to the sea by sewers in the towns, and in Mauritius, and 6,000 bags Manilla.-There is rather more
the country by ditches, brooks, and rivers. inquiry for Rum : a few .parcels have been sold at a reduc-
- Mr. Spencer, in trying to magnify the obnoxious nature tion of ld. to 2d. per gallon.-Saltpetre is again lower :
of organic impurities, states that, " compared with these, 500 bags 31 8 refraction fetched 295. 6d. per cwt.-The
market for Tea the last few days has been much firmer,
mineral impurities are but trifling." The inhabitants of
this town, lam sure, will feel much obliged to Mr. Spen- and there is more disposition to buy at previous prices.
car for informing them of this fact, as it goes to
show -The London markets continue to present signs of im-
how excellent the water is with which we are at present provement, and the transactions this week have again
suppli ed, w hen compared with the proposed soft water been on an extended scale. Confidence seems gradually
from Rivington Pike and Bolton Moors. This water, gaining ground, and the buyers for home consumption
before it can be collected. must inevitably wash the sur- have shown more inclination to enter into negotiations,
face of a large tract of country, which, having scattered and have purchased somewhat freely. In the sugar mar-
over it plenty of decomposing vegetable matter, the excre- ket especially there has been considerable activity, the
ments of birds and beasts, the defunct bodies of reptiles, biddings at the sales have generally been animated, and
and myriads of insects, will, by the time it reaches this an advance of 6d. to Is. per cwt. has been established.
town, hold in solution a pretty fair proportion of " subtle There has been more animation this week in the mar-
and " dangerous" organic impurities. ket for Scotch Pig 'Roar ; 'prices have an upward ten-
Mr. Spencer has a tolerable clear idea respecting the • dency, and may be quoted 445. for mixed numbers at
porosity of the sandstone. He, therefore, indulges him- Glasgow-cash.
self in a strain of sarcastic imagery, at the expense of There has been a fair demand for IRISH Butter during
those who are not equally enlightened.
.He is very happy the week ; but the arrivals being more than sufficient to
in his reference to the schoolmaster abroad," and the, meet it, prices have gradually receded, and on Saturday
cleverness of the " boys" at our institutions. sales could not be effected at the, following reduced quota-
Mr. Spencer, however, in stating that common salt is tions,-for Waterford, (new) 98s. to 100 s. ; Carrick (new),
one of the " main ingredients" which cause hardness in Ioos. ; Cork Dry Thirds, 925. Bacon : Long Middles
water, has shown that he himself is not groundedly learned (free from bone),, 565. to 60s. ; Short Middles (ditto),
in chemistry. I must, therefore, request that he will 58s. to 60s. Lard : Fine Keg, 545. to 565.-Arrivals for
immediately see after the "schoolmaster," or some of the the week ending this day: Butter, 4422 firkins, 826 crocks;
" boys" referred to, and that he will ask them whether Bacon, 142 bales; Hams, 6 hhds; Lard, 6 tierces,l26kegs.
chloride of sodium, being an alkaline salt, cannot harden A good business has been transacted in AMERICAN'
water ? It appears that he has yet to learn that the ge- LARD since our last, and prices have been maintained.
neral cause of hardness in water arises from the presenCe 350 tierces, 2,611 barrels, 1,000 kegs, and 560 pails, were
of salts of lime and magnesia. I am, sir, your obedient brought forward at the public sale on Tuesday, nearly the
servant, CHEMICUS. whole of which found buyers. There was also a sale of
Liverpool, 6th May, 1848. Bacon on • Tuesday, at which full prices were realized,
the demand for, this article being on the increase. Good
Hams, in salt, maintain their full value. Beef steadily
supports former rates. Fine parcels of " prime mess"
Pork command the highest quotation, in consequence of
the scarcity of the article ; but there is less demand for
Strips. The late imports of Cheese have been of.mid-
dlMg quality, and have sold at 40s. to 445. ; fine-would
readily command 525. The current rates are :-
Cheese-(duty paid)-Fine, 48s to 52s per cwt. ; middling,
43s to 465; ordinary, 37s to 425. Beef-U.S., (free)-Prime
mess, per tree. 3041 b., 85s to 92s 6d; ordinary, 168 to 83s, old
60s to 68s; extra, India, family, &t., 97s to 105 s; ditto, per
half-barrel, 30s to 35s ;-mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 505 to 56s ;
ordinary, 40s to 465, old 36s to 40s; prime, 34s to 365. Pork-
U.S., (free)-Prime mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 55s to 725, old 48s
to 565; prime, 40s to 455, 'old 35s to 40s; mess, family mess,
&c., 55s to 60s, old 48s to 525. Bacon-(free)-Eastern, 50s to
54s ; western, 37s to 52s ; shoulders, old 22s to 26s per cwt.
Hams-Dried, (duty paid,) old 20s to 50s per cwt.; in salt,
(free,) 38s to 465, old 26s to 325. Lard-(free)-Fine, in kegs
42s to 455, in barrels 42s to 458 per cwt.; ordinary to middling,
36s to 38s ; inferior, and grease, -308 to 355. Butter-Grease,
(free,) 40s to 45s per cwt. Pilot Biscuit, 155 to 20s per cwt.
Our CORN market has been moderately steady since
Friday ; if anything, prices are rather on the wane, with
the exception of Indian corn and 'meal, of which our ex-
ports to Ireland this week have been exceedingly large,
(7,100 qrs. of the former and 600 bales of the latter hav-
ing been forwarded on Friday and Saturday), and the ar-
rivals only moderate ; consequently it is not quite so easy
to purchase to-day as on Friday. The English markets
for 'Wheat at the close of the week were rather depressed ;
the Irish markets, on the contrary, were a little on the
advance ; in other articles there is no material change to
note. The weather is very favourable at present for all
kinds of crops, and the showers of last night and this
morning must have operated very beneficially. We quote
the following observations from the monthly circular of
Messrs. Joseph and Charles Sturge, of Birmingham :-
" Although during almost the whole of the past month we
have had ungenial weather for the crops on the ground,
with a succession of rain at short intervals to an extent
which is very rare at this season of the year, particularly
after the quantity which fell in the previous month, and
the Wheats on all the wet soils have assumed a yellow and
unhealthy appearance, yet our farmers continue to supply
the markets freely, and the imports having been unex-
pectedly large into London, we have scarcely any improve-
ment in the value of this grain since we issued our last
Monthly Circular. The last ?our days the weather has
become finer and more settled, with a higher barometer ;
and though this -may lessen the supplies from the close
occupation in finishing the sowing of Spring Corn, which
has been greatly retarded, and in many cases quite sus-
pended,. by the wet weather, yet such is the general indis-
position to hold any stock by our millers, that nothing but
the actual consumption exceeding the supply is likely to
produce any material effect upon our prices. The low
price of bread, compared with meat and other food, tends
materially to increase the consumption of the former,
and as the high relative value of Wheat in America has
almost stopped supplies either of Wheat or Flour from
that quarter, and the quotations from the Baltic offer no
margin for imports except of- the finest qualities, we
cannot look for any considerable arrivals into Gloucester
except from the 'Black Sea ; and though at the present
rates of freight and duty, it might be imported from thence
without loss, few will probably be disposed to ship from
so great a distance to meet the uncertainty of another
harvest. As usual, we have ground on which to form
any correct estimate of the quantity of Wheat remaining
in the hands of our farmers, and we have not sufficient
data even to risk an opinion upon it ; but we think it is
now mostly in the possession of those who will be greatly
influenced in bringing it forward by the appearance of the
growing crops. The most recent quotations from some of
the foreign shipping ports are low enough to leave a
margin for importation, although owing to the unsettled
state of Europe they are very uncertain, and the mode of
payment difficult."
The sales by auction last week tested the TIMBER
market, for although considerable quantities of Pine, Oak,
Staves, &c. were offered, the business resulting was but
trifling, and generally exhibited' a further decline in the
value of American Woods. Of the Quebec yellow pine
offered none was sold, but of a cargo of Miramichi sold,
131 logs brought 141 d. to 141 d., and the remainder only
12d. per foot. 100 logs of Quebec red pine were sold at
18d. to 181 d., and 179 logs elm at 161 d. to 161 d. per foot,
and by private 3000 feet at 18d. per foot. Of the Quebec
yellow deals, second and third quality, about 1600 pieces
were sold at £9 per standard, and last Friday about 40
standard, second quality floated, at £lO per standard ; and
1000 pieces thin spruce battens at 11d. per foot. Of
Quebec Oak, 4500 feet' good quality were sold at from
ls. 9411. to 2s. lid. per foot, and these comprise all the
public operations in colonial woods. Of Baltic Woods a
p
small cargo of common Dantzic timber was sold at 17-id.er foot average, and 8 standard St. Petersburg redwood
deals at £l6 10s. per standard, and a few Swedish at £l2
per standard. Privately the several qualities of Dantzic
timber have been sold at from 174-d. to 194 d. per foot.
Deck planks at 3.41. per foot, and lathwood at £1 per foot
long per fathom. Pitch Pine offered by auction early in
the week was not sold, but on Friday a cargo from Sayan
nah was sold at'from ls. 6d. to 2s. 21(1., or 18d. 7-16 per
foot average, and four pitch pine masts at from 2s. 6d. to
2s. 9d. per foot calliper. Middling pitch pine planks, say
152, were sold at 2-id. per foot of 2 inches. Mahogany.-
The sales last week were well attended, but the averages
yielded are disappointing to importers, and evidence that
the general depression in the wood trade has at length
effectually reached this branch. Honduras, to the extent
of 151,914 feet, sale measurement, was sold at 3d. 15.32
per foot average, being nearly all ship-building wood, and

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

IN RE H. HOLLIS.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Perry.)
The bankrupt in this case, formerly a tea dealer in this
town, appeared before the court on his adjourned last exa-
mination.—Mr. Peacock, solicitor, opposed the bankrupt
on behalf of Messrs. Steains, Rowley and Co., tea mer-
chants, and Mr. Duckworth, coffee merchant ; Mr. Daven-
port, solicitor, appeared for the bankrupt. The hearing
of the case had been adjourned from the 28th of April, in
order that the bankrupt might account for the heavy losses
which he appeared to have sustained in his trade. In the
balance sheet, the debts of the bankrupt were set down
at £5,000, and his assets at £1,300. His losses from Oc-
tober 1845 to 1848 he set down at £1,700. The bank-
rupt represented that the gross profits upon his trade were
ten per cent., and estimated them by that per centage at
£5,400, from October 1845 to 1848. The ground of oppo-
sition against the bankrupt was, that the profits in the
tea trade were from 20 to 30 per cent., and that he ought,
therefore, to have accounted for upwards of £ll,OOO in-
stead of £s,ooo.—The bankrupt underwent a very length-
ened examination by Mr. Peacock in reference to his
affairs, in the course of which he stated that be was un-
able to give any more explanatory statement than what
was put forward in his balance sheet.—Mr. Peacock then
very ably addressed the court, and asked the court to re-
fuse the bankrupt's passing his examination.—His Honor
agreed with Mr. Peacock, that the statement by the bank-
rupt was very unsatisfactory. The profits in the trade
were clearly more than 10 per cent., and he ought to have
accounted for more. He should adjourn the case sine die.
—Mr. Davenport applied to the court not to adjourn the
hearing of the case sine die, but to name a day for,a fur-
ther hearing.—His Honor declined to do so. The exa-
mination had been adjourned to give the bankrupt an op-
portunity of giving a more satisfactory explanation of his
affairs. In the examination just concluded, he had not
given such explanation, and he must therefore adjourn the
examination sine die.—The Court gave the bankrupt his
protection for one month.

PIKE DEALING.—Michael Guilfoile, a cooper, has been
convicted at the Thurles (county of Tipperary) Quarter
Sessions for having a pike in his possession, intended for
sale. The weapon was made with two prongs, according
to the instructions lately printed in the United Irishman.
The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour.

FRA TERNIZATION.—The black eyes and broken ribs,
and pistol shots of Limerick, have ended in a declaration
of fraternity, put forth on Saturday with great parade in
all the Repeal journals, except the United Irishman.
The address is signed by, amongst others, Dr. Miley, Dr.
Gray, W. S. O'Brien, J. O'Connell, C. G. Duffy, T. F.
Meagher, and T. M. Ray, and exhorts the repealers to
peace and forbearance.

LODGERS DAMAGING FURNITURE, &c.—At the Police-
court, yesterday, Joseph Rawson and his wife Jane, were
charged by Mr. Benjamin Cartledge, of the Nottingham
Arms Inn, Salthouse-dock, with having wantonly da-
maged the furniture, paintings, and wall paper of the
apartments in which they lodged, the amount of such da-
mage being estimated at £3 12s. The prisoners, it ap-
peared, had been staying at the prosecutor's house for six
weeks, and upon his preventing their removal of their
luggage to evade payment of his claim, the damage com-
plained of was committed. Mr. Rushton ordered a sepa-
rate conviction to be made out ag'tinst the prisoners,
dividing the fine between them, butrendering each liable
to the costs.

On Friday, Mr. J. W. Davidson, of this town, was ad-
mitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
COMPARATIVE COST OF INQUESTS IN LONDON AND
LIVERPOOL.—It appears from official documents that in
London, from the Ist January to the 10th of March of the
present year, the inquests were as follows :
By Mr. Wakley, 225 cases,—at a cost of £676 17 0
„ Mr. Baker, 236 „ 796 4, 4
„ Mr. Bedford, 52 „ 159 19 2

513 cases £1,633 0 6
A fraction above £3 in each 'case, and this does not in-
clude the fees of the respective coroners.—ln Liverpool
under the old system, which is now superseded, there
were during the whole of the last year (1847) 678 cases,
at a cost, including the coroner's fees of £1 6s. Bd. in
each case, of £2,419.
CABIN PASSENGERS PER THE PACKET-SHIP YORK-
SHIRE, CAPT. D. G. BAILEY.—From New York to Li-
verpool ;—Abraham Bell, from New York ; Miss Mary
C. Bell, ditto ; Wm, Bell, ditto ; Miss A. Rankin. Brook-
lyn. New York • Miss A. Rankin, ditto ; Mr. Clement
Heerdts, New York ; Mr. Heerdts, ditto ; W. H. Good-
rich, from Newhaven ; Rev. Edward Strang, Newhaven ;
S. Penniman Luds, New York ; Busch, New York ; L.
B. Hanks, Hartford ; Mr. Strahlheim, New York ; Mr.
Mutzcnbeken, Mr. Amsmck, Hamburg ; Mr. M'Colly,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Mr. H. B. Waddilow, Liver-
Pool ; Mr. Inman, New York ; Mr. John Morton, Belfast.
Simon Pinelly, St. Louis ; W. S. McCammon, Cincinati,
Ohio ; Mrs. M. A. Mullen, ditto ; Mr. M. Widele, New
York ; G. C. Tallmadge, ditto ; James Stuart, ditto.
Spoke ship, Gaster, in lat. 50, and long. 10, bound to
Bremen, on the evening of sth. Spoke ship, Oriental,
on the evening of the 7th, bound to Liverpool. The
Yorkshire left New York on the 17th ult., and arrived
here yesterday morning, after a passage of 20 days.

EFFECTS OF THE " GAGGING" ACT.—The publication
of the Dublin Nation and United Irishman of Saturday
supplies very satisfactory evidence of the working qualities
of the Crown and Government Security Act. Instead of
the ordinary:measure of substantial treason, there is but a
beggarly account of " sound and fury, signifying nothing,".
in both one and the other of these patriotic prints. The
United Irishman, indeed, appears with only half its usual
number of pages, owing to the refusal of proprietors of
large printing machines to-mix themselves in the concerns
of Mr, Mitchell. This circumstance must; however, have
been felt as a relief by that gentleman, as he has been Ma-
nifestly sore pressed to fill even half of his space with mat-
ter that should- have somewhat of the sound of sedition,
and yet none of its felonious reality. In the leading arti-
cle it is announced, 'not as heretofore, that either Leid
Clarendon or John Mitchell must succumb, but with a
lamentable attempt at irony,' that John Mitchell is
waiting for Lord' Clarendon to begin the rebellion, and
when rib does, J. -M. will be at him with great fury.
This is. very ' washy stuff coming after the brave
words of that day fortnight ; but even this weak
infusion of sedition is too strong for the stomachs of
Mr. Mitchell's colleagues, if we may judge from the
tone of a letter which Mr. Mitchell addresses to "the
Committee of the Irish Confederrtion," and in which he
expresses his wish that his name may be taken from the
books of the Confederation. Lip then says,—" Into the
reasons which have induced niCto take this step, I will
not enter further than to say, that the differences on some
important questions of national policy which, you are
aware, have long existed between Mr. Smith O'Brien and
myself have, at length, come to that point which makes
it necessary, in Mr. O'Brien's opinion, that one or the
other of us should leave the Irish Confederation." He
states that he will give his warm support to all the active
measures projected by the Council, and adds,—" For the
National Council I mean speedily to offer myself, as a can-
didate, and on the roll of the National Guard mine is the
third name." Nor is the Nation less cautious than the
United Irishman—now, as it would seem a corporation
sole. The number of this day contains not a word about
pikes, or vitriol, or driving the Saxon into 'the sea, but;
instead, has columns of lamentation over the catastrophe
of Mr. William Smith O'Brien.

9789 feet larger sized at 6d. per foot average. The stock
in first hands, is comprised in 161,112 feet. St. Domingo :
a cargo from the city was sold at an average of 130. per
foot, say 11gd. per foot for logs, and at 15d. 3-16 per foot
for curls. A cargo from Gonaives was sold at 6d 5-32 per
foot average. The stock in first hands consists of 81,680
feet sale measure, of which 31,237 feet are logs, all city
wood. Cuba : 129 logs were sold at sd. 29-32 per foot
average, and 23 logs at sd. 1-16 per foot average, with-
drawing from the sales 102 logs, and an entire cargo. Ha-
vana Cedar was dull of sale. 23 logs only selling at from
4Ad. to sd. per foot. Pencil, of middling quality only, was
brought forward, and 12 logs sold at 13d. per foot. The
stock of good quality is quite exhausted. Bahia Rosewood
only, was offered, and 127 planks sold at from £6 10s. to
£8 per ton ; 10 planks at £lO per ton, and 22 at £9 ss.
per ton. Cocuswood, of middling quality, was sold at
£4 10s. per ton, but two good parcels were withdrawn.
Tulipwood.-1 ton was sold at £2O 10s. per ton. Brown
Ebony.—A few pieces were sold at £4 15s. per ton.
Lancewood Spars.-500 of fair quality were sold at from
3s. 9d. to 4s. each, 50 very large at 6s. each, and 50 large
but middling at 3s. each. Greenheart.---The last sale by
private is of 120 logs, at 4s. per foot.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 29th of April shews that the amount of notes
in circulation is £18,603,075, being a decrease of £158,790 ;
and the stock of bullion in both departmentsis Xi 2,878,666,
showing a decrease of £349,675, when compared with the
preceding return.

A dividend of 6s. in the pound has been declared on the
estate of Messrs. Rougement, Brothers, payable on
Wednesday.

The failure of the mercantile house of Messrs. Shaw and
Caffray, whose liabilities are said to range between £60,000
and £70,000, was announced in London on Friday, arising
out of the previous suspension of the manufacturing firms
of Messrs. Legs, Masson, and Co., flax-spinners, and A.
Hadden and Co., worsted spinners, each possessing esta-
blishments in London and Aberdeen, whose aggregate lia-
bilities are estimated at from £400,000 to £600,000. Their
stock of goods on hand is said to be very large, and a great
number of operatives will be thrown out of employment
by their stoppage. The National Bank of Scotland, the
Town and County Bank, and the North of Scotland Bank-
ing Company are understood to be the principal creditors.
The failure of the West India firm of Messrs. Eccles,
Burnley, and Co. of Glasgow, chiefly engaged in business
with Trinidad, was announced on Thursday, which they
attribute in their circular to the late shifting and fatal acts
of the legislature in relation to the sugar question.
The subjoined extract from De Gordover's Mercantile
Intelligencer will give the latest information of the West
Indian Markets :

" The business transacted during the past fortnight was
of the same character as that which has for some time past
been in operation here. Not the slightest speculative
tendency is observable ; the very little confidence afloat
deterring the importers from forcing their commodities en
the trade, while the second hands are as warp in laying in
their supplies as the precarious condition of the times now
appears to demand. In fact our business has dwindled to
one of a purely retail nature. The absence of means—the
stringency of the money market—the general abandon-
ment of estates, and consequent withdrawal of large weekly
sums from circulation among the labouring classes, have
all tended to produce this effect. A sensible diminution
is also apparent in that which may be considered the legi-
timate retail business. Very many of the small places of
business which formerly drove a lucrative and extensive
trade, have been deprived, by the want of money among
the labouring classes, of the principal source of their pros-
perity. This is another among the many evidences of our
retrogression and decline; and it is found that the num-
ber of shops has become too large, that the inhabitants
generally have not the means to purchase so many even
of the bare necessaries of life as they were, until within a
few years back, in a position to do,—in short, that late
events are fast reducing this once thriving and wealthy
community to a state of comparative pauperism and dis-
tress."

In the Amsterdam accounts received to-day it is stated
that Dutch and Russian stocks were in demand at impro-
ved quotations. • By the Belgian advices, we learn that
the inhabitants of Leige and Luxembourg have petitioned
the Government for a loan, to carry on the works of the
canal connecting the Meuse and the Moselle.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 46f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents, 69f.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
• (By EXPRESS.)

MONEY MARKET—YESTERDAY.
Public Securities have not fluctuated much to-day, the ex
treme price of Consols having been, sn and 84.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The supplies of all sorts of British grain during the past
week were moderate, and the show of samples of Wheat from
the near counties was small this morning, nevertheless, the
trade ruled dull, at a decline of is. to 2s. per quarter. Foreign
Wheat was in only limited request, at a reduction of Is. per
quarter upon the quotations of Monday last. Barley was in
short supply, and quite as dear. The receipts of Oats during
the week have been scanty; factors were enabled to obtain Gd.
to Is. per quarter more money. Beans, both- English and
Foreign, were rather easier to purchase, whilst Peas, being
scarce, were Is. per quarter dearer.

GROSS ASSAULT.—Yesterday Mr. Rushton fined a man
named Richard Sharples, a lodging-house keeper in
Gerard-street, £5, and a woman living in the same house
205., for a violent and unprovoked assault on a married
female, lodging in the house. The mail prisoner threw
the complainant down and kicked her. She also lost some
of her hair in the mele.

LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The mem-
bers of the above useful association for the promotion of
horticultural science held last night at the Clarendon-
rooms, North John-street their usual monthly meeting,
which was numerously attended. The specimens of plants
produced were very choice. The prize was awarded to
Messrs. Davies, for the best Erica Haitnelli, the other
competitors receiving the society's certificates.
MRS. BUTLER'S READINGS FROM SHAKSPEARE.--The
thinking classes of the community nave been experiencing
a most exquisite treat in these delightful readings, and we
are sure that they will look back to the evenings which
they have recently spent at the Collegiate Institution in
connexion with them, with no little pleasure. On Thurs-
day evening Mrs. Butler terminates the series with the
tragedy of Hamlet, and as she is to sail for New York on
Saturday, in the Hibernia, no other opportnnity of hear-
inghear-
_ her can be enjoyed.
MRS. PARKES'S LAST CLUB. SUBSCRIPTION.—It will.
be seen by an advertisement in our paper to-day, that
Mrs. Parkes's subscription comes off on the 29th instant.
Exeter-hall, London, is fixed upon as the place of allot-
ment. A glance at the detailed prospectus will show the
advantages presented by clubs. Eighty thousand guineas'
worth of plates and paintings are thus purchased for se-
venteen thousand guineas ; and it is so arranged that each
subscriber of £1 10s. ensures a print worth at least one-
half more than that sum, while he has every probability of
obtaining the Great Bowyer Bible, valued at 3,000
guineas.

OPENING OF THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We beg to
direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement,.
containing a description of the magnificent spectacle
which is prepared for them for the present season, by the
enterprising proprietor of our Zoological Gardens. "In
deviating from the beaten track—in forsaking the arti-
ficial panaramas of Europe for the more noble and
gigantic scenery of the New -World—Messrs. Atkins have
judged wisely ; and, when we remind, our friends that,
unlike most caterers for the entertainment of the public,
these gentlemen never promise what they do not intend
or cannot perform, we give them sufficient warrant for a
great treat on Monday next, and during the gala season.
EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF VESSELS.—Oar noble
river and its outward channels have for some days pre-
sented a Most striking appearance,, from the vast number
of vessel's in motion or at anchor, chiefly inward bound.
On Sunday, the arrival of vessels- from foreign parts, and
nearly all of large tonnage, was not fewer than fifty-four
—chiefly' ships, and yesterday about thirty. At the
Sloyne, off the Rock, and in various parts of the river,
whole fleets of fine British and American ships have been
at anchor waiting to be docked—many of them resem-
bling frigates in size and appearance. Compared with
our estuary on such• occasions, that " dull ditch," the
Thames,' may "hide its diminished head." Besides the
vessels alluded to, no fewer than 170 coasters arrived-on
Sunday and yesterday.

THE NEW UNITARIAN CHAPEL IN HOPE-STREET.—
The foundatiod-stone of this new place of worship is to be
laid this day, and we have seen at the shop of Mr. Flower,
in Renshaw-street, the silver trowel with which the ma-
sonic portion of the ceremony is to be performed. It is
of the. usual and workmanlike form of the real working
trowel, with the rounded handle, and not, as is too usual,
formed into an embossed or perforated fish-knife. In this
respect Mr. Flower has exhibited the best possible taste ;
for a trowel ought to be a trowel. It is of silver through-
out. The handle is finely engraved ; the hilt is ornamented
with chased scroll-work, and the upper side of the blade,
which contains the inscription, is surrounded with Gothic
scroll-work. The workmanship is at once substantial and
elegant, and the whole reflects much credit on the talented
manufacturer. '

May 9,1545.

THE NEW REGULATIONS AFFECTING TUB

CORONER'S COURT.

At the close of the business in this Court,
the Coroner, Mr. Curry, in dismissing the jury, ar,st..,
whom had served for years, took occasion to address tne.T_
not as jurymen, but as citizens and loyal subjects, al!
new law framed by the Common Council affecting to!!
Court ; and which he said would come into operation.,ool
Monday (yesterday). It was, he said, the duty of tx*,
them to accord with the requirements of the law, and
give to every new legal measure the fairest possible u-wa't
From the oldest period he could recollect, the jurorsA
coroner's inquests received one shilling each, for es
case that came under their consideration. When be Wad
elected to the office of coroner, that allowance was r,
on Saturclady,
to one shilling and sixpence, and considering the
they had to perform, he did not think that amount T..
much. The change in the regulations of that court orlP_
nated, he believed, with one or two, or perhaPs tbrr.
members of the Council ; but he deemed it would be ink'
dious to allude to individuals, for they, no doubt..a
conscientiously, though in this case he certainly (lid pet
agree with them as to the policy of the new law: Ile„,,
pecially disagreed with the doing away with the Wilts,
of jurors. The new system, too, was to pay to a vrit.Wth
whatever were his station in life, only one shilling.
regard to rich men he did not care much for this enangi:
but to a poor man, earning by his hard labour, say be
a-day, the case was widely different ; for he would Le
compelled to attend, and must go home to his '' ..f,44
and children after, it may be, a detention frome
work of a whole day with but one shilling to 175
them, in place of three, which he would otherwise 117.
:
earned. This lie considered was a great bards1 t
The juror, with all his responsibilities and his
powers,e
considered had even as much to do as himself, and he
not see why they should not be, in some degree,,..e
munerated for the trouble and loss of time. With resra
to picking up bodies in the river, a rule was laid doll s
one allowance to be given if a body were picked up 111
as calm, and another if in a storm. The jurisdiction 0
reward in these cases was taken from him, and he Pre'
sumed he must be careful to ascertain personallY tie
peculiar stale of themeather. The coroner's court walll4'
under the new law, be an itinerant court—now at Kirkan
then at Toxteth-park, and then at other outskirts, la
central districts, in one day. New juries would have
be got in each district. The system would entail gr'"'",io •
additional trouble on himself, and also on the beri;:
without, as he conceived, any advantage to the Ptl";t
There was another important point. The proceedings.`",
inquests ought to go forth to the public, and he:mu_st7"t
that the reporters for the press had hitherto done all
could be expected—ever attending to any suggesticas .
remarks of his that went to forward the cause of 101,Ambilc-
justice. But how was it now. The court would be
a " Will-o'-the-Wisp."The reporters would have
hunt him out as they best could. The coroner then Pal':
a high compliment to the ability and intelligence of
jury.

The foreman of the jury, Mr. John Owens, then, 511,
behalf of himself and colleagues, acknowledged the mod.
ness and urbanity of the coroner on all occasions. Adr,
The first inquests under the new law will be held to-uli
one of them is a hospital case, and the other a case
suicide.

ALL SAINTS' MsTatar.—We are very much. gratified
to learn that the minister of the above important locality
has arranged that, on Sunday next, the 14th instant, two
sermons (D.V.) will be preached in the temporary church,
Beau-street, out of Fox-street, in behalf of the schools
connected therewith, and to relieve him of a heavy burden
of a debt consequent on the late alterations for public
worship •being held there until the new church is ready.
The advocates who have come forward to, aid the Rev. H.
Marlen, are the Rev. F. Parry and the Rev. J. H. Jones.
Though we feel assured their influence will happily tend
to attract many persons, yet the room being of such small
dimensions will admit of but few, comparative to the great
object in hand : so that if there be others of our readers
anxious to testify their desire to help in alleviating the
beloved and indefatigable pastor of the district, they can
do so by sending to his residence, 29, Sackville-street,
Everton, or any little contribution to our office.

THE WEATHER, &c.—During the week we have had
some delightful weather, which has already done much to
redeem the previous backwardness of vegetation. Wed-
nesday, Thursday, and Friday were fine summer days,
especially the last, when the thermometer stood in the
shade at about 70°, a high temperature for this time of
the year. The wind has since been variable, and some—
times coldish. The ground and roads became very dry,
but yesterday norning before and after dawn, we had some
refreshing showers, and the country assumed a brighter
verdure. The husbandman still, however, longs for more
moisture, and appearancesare in his behalf. The Wheats
have somewhat improved, but still show a yellow tinge in
some fields, which is not over promising. Others have
partially failed here and there, being bare on the ground,
and some apprehensions are entertained of the devasta-
tion of the wire worm, which we hope will net be realized.
The grasses have improved, but are short of water to feed
them. The gardens look beautiful, and there is a good
show for fruit.

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ING TIM