The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

rit, that has proved so ruinous, nrinifested at the Great
Northern meeting. This company, instead of continuing
their own line from Doncaster to York, have made art

agreement with the York and IN
their line already made, which I.
and-a-half miles further than a direct tine
what the sharehuldc:: ' the resu
tion, it might have been exp iat no or.
to so reasonable an arrat., yet, we
lom- a Mr. Hutchinson, and some lan( lders int

th Midland to run over

not more than three-
's)

1 of the result of competi

that no one could object

zement

treited in the

direct route, actually got up a motion to upset this as

ment, and to haveadirect line madefrom Doncaster to York,
to save this three-and-a•half miles distance between,
London and Edinburgh, at a cost of nearly a million of
money, which motion was only negatived by 7,000 out of
47,000 votes. We are happy in believing that parliament

never would sanction any thing
to think that shareholders hay
from experience. Our market
and a large business has been done.
The following are the railway d:vidends declared up tc
Saturday, with date of payment :

grieve much

e not yet learnt wisdom
ly is decidedly good.

Eastern Counties, 3s. per shar
Oldham Alliance, ditto.
Chester and Birkenhead, 16/6
Ditto, .e 22 shares, 9/3

February 28,
March 7.

Ditto, £3l ditto, 4 per cent
London and Sootll-Western, 3

Ditto, .t5O shares, 13,
Ditto, ,t() ditto, Ils
Ditto, Preference, 3/6

Man Chester and Sotithport, l
Wear Valley, 30s. per £5O Oa

Middlesborough and
Whitehaven Junction

unp-aid

Notthern & Eastern, 255. peV.:4
(late quarters) 21/6
Great Western, 40s. per elOO,

Leeds and Bradford, 50s. per x5O
London and Blackwall, 1/6 per sliai
Hull and Selby, 49/6 per £5O, 24/9

Midland, 255. per It'100,:i

11/3 per .t'loo
30s. per £5O (Er
York and North Midland,
Dublin and Drogheda,

4s. per

Leeds and Thirsk, .e5O shar

Preference, 6 per cen
Great Northern, 5 per cent. share
Norfolk, 15s. per -100, 2/3 per .E2l
London & N.-Western, 50s, per cer

April 1

: share February

paid] 25
50.
March 7

} February 28,

CI Preference )
} March

} Unknown.

,er annum Unknown
5/10 i March
F/9 4 per i
Leeds and} "
heater

February 28

Dewibury, & Huddersfield & anc
South Yorkshire, 6 per cent. per annum
St. Helen's, 17/6 per old share
8/9._per half.

:. Unknown.
IMarch 1

6.7/6.per cent. on Preference
6/3 per t

The Europa arrived this morning, and though the ac-
counts by her are the strongest we have yet received
regarding a short crop, they seem to have had little effect
with buyers, as the sales are only estimated at 5000 bales,
without change in prices. The receipts are now nearly
200,000 bales less than they were same time last year ; the
shipments for the fortnight are also very small, being only
37,000 bales, and prices high, although kto cent below
our lastladvices. Cotton shipping would lose to ld. per
lb. The estimates of the crop are generally put down at
2,100,000 to 2,150,000 bales. If these should turn out to
be correct, present prices are safe : if, on the other hand,
we are deceived, prices will then rule in proportion to the
extent of the crop. On Saturday buyers had in some
instances a slight advantage. Sales were estimated at
4000 bales, including 1200 for export, and 300 on spe-
culation.
On Friday last the stock
round numbers at 520,000 t
time last year. But with r
tion of some importance has b

At the end of the year

s of Cotton were put down in
rates against 380,000 bales this

ul e j a ques-

Jay on 'Change,

he estimates of

nearly 100,000 bales was discovered, and of these it is sup-
posed that spinners held no small quantity, say 50,000
bales; and as this year they have bought exceedingly
sparingly, it is reasonable to suppose that they may have
taken delivery of the amount held by them, and not de-
ducted it frorn the stock, thus making present estimates
appear considerably heavie

The most sanguine among tho
from time to time, for months
coming," when corn markets we]
kinds of grain realize a price rem
are dwindling down to an almost
we were certainly amused b
one of our correspondent

they really are.

who have prophesied,.
ast, " the good time
to rule higher, and all
erative to the grower,
v'sible minority ; and
timatum arrived at by

10, having caug

ht succei—

sively at every shadow of lic
that the current low prices
by the amount of foreign
in despair, and tells us till
be some other cause in operation, t
is affecting the trade just it(
be felt hereafter." Mean
in power, and this w
have further declined, wit
extent of 2s. per qr. on Wh
In Brunswick-street, since Friday, the trade has
remained inactive as heretofore, but few transactions
having taken place, and those much in retail ; prices,
therefore, remain nominally the same. We have imported
from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive 15,000 qrs. of Indian
Corn. 15,000 sacks of French Flour, and upwards of
14,000 barrels of American ; 6,000 loads of Oatmeal,
4,000 qrs. of Beans from Egypt, but very little Wheat
from any quarter. We have been favoured, by antici-
pation, with the following remarks, which will appear
to-morrow in the circular published by Messrs. Robert
Makin and Sons :

nd repeatedly contended
altogether unjustifiable
Sts, at length gives up
onsequently there must
the anticipation of which
which possibly may not
he impetus is increasing
iglish and Irish markets
exception, some to the

" In the Baltic and nearer ports of the Continent, the stocks
of Wheat are reported by no means large, and supplies into
those markets not coming forward freely, prices there, having
been buoyed up by speculative investments during winter, are
stated to be too high to encourage extensive shipments imme-
diately, with the prospect of any profitable result, in tin' fare
of declining rates and dull accounts from this country. .

reference to the advices from New York, it will be observe.: that,
in the American States also, the value of bread-stuffs is, rela-
tively, so nearly upon a par with the existing currencies here, as
not to admit of exporting thence to Fug'and with advantage at
present. We are meanwhile. however, receiving large supplies
of Flour from France, which have an influence upon the trade
with us for the moment, although, from the great decline that
has taken place in our market recently, no profit would now
accrue from further importation."
On Friday the following Wools were offered by auction
in Liverpool :-384 Australian, 71 Spanish, 242 Lisbon
and Oporto, 51 Canadian, 1,174 East India, 424 Buenos
Ayres, 172 Cordova, 104 Egyptian, 320 Turkey and
Smyrna, 581 sundry, making a total of 3,523 bales.
There was a very numerous attendance of buyers, and
the greater part found ready purchasers.

The quality, it is true, is not fir
well for mixing, and, or
quantity of our own grow
to meet such prices I 4
Chronicle

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ENORMOUS AND WELL FED BErF.—For the last few
days some immense " Barons of Beef" have been exhi-
bited in our leading market. From their enormous size
and excellent quality they have attracted great attention,
more particularly as they were part of the produce of the
famed Cheshire feeders, Messrs. Littledale and Torr.
Each " baron" was ticketed " For the Merchants' Dining
Rooms." We learn they will be cooked on Thursday
and Friday next.

A NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Gibson, the eminent sculptor, is now occupied in making
a design in his studio at Rome, for a national monument
for the House of Lords, which affords high promise of
beauty, and is most rich in poetical allusions. It consists
of the statue of her Majesty, supported by two figures,
one representing Wisdom, the other Victory, who makes
Queen Victoria's name speak really the truth, when we
look to events which render her reign glorious. On the
pedestal are three has-reliefs, representing Commerce,
Science, and Agriculture, the triple root of Britannia's
unrivalled grandeur.—Art Journal.

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a correspondent, '• received advises, FREE-TRADE PRICES.—" A neighbour of mine," says
a lot of wheat being bought for him at Alexandria, to
cost free on board there s• a2ddv.
6s. 10d. per qr., which, with insurance duty and other
expenses, will make the cost. here 275. per qr. It is soft
white wheat, and will weigh about. GOlbs. per bushel.

ate, kit it does very
displaces the same
English growers are
derstand. t—Lineoln

MR. BITNIC ON THE STAGE.—On Tuesday evening, at
the St. dames's Theatre, Mr. Bunn delivered what he.
called "a literary and dramatic monologue," consisting of
an outline of the history of the English stage, from its
origin down to the present time, with anecdotes of emi-
nent persons connected with the stage, strictures on the
merits of various dramatists and actors, and reflections on,
the causes of the present depressed state of the drama in
this country. This lecture contained many shrewd re-
marks, enlivened by a vast variety of amusing matter u
the shape of anecdotes, jokes, :and bon mots, delivered
with great point and spirit.