The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

s; prime, 40s to 45;

7 I ti:g

western, 42a
prl (d

s to 528 ; s 1

(free,) 38s to 455, ofd 26s to 355. Lard—(free)—Tine, in kegs
42s to 445, in barrels 40s to 42s per cwt. ; ordinary to middling,
37s to 30s ' • inferior, and grease, 30s to 355. Butter—Grease,
(free,) 40s te 45s per cwt. Soda Biscuit. (duty paid.) 24s to 30s
Per cwt. Pilot Biscuit, 15s to 20s per cwt. Apples, (duty

. „ .
paid,) 20s to 30s per barrel.
The pastures in this district are excellent, notwithstand-
ing the late cold and ungenial weather, and the country
maniets are abundantly supplied with fresh BUTTER.
There is only a limited quantity of Irish on the market,
for which, however, the demand has materially declined,
and although holders have offered to submit to a little re-
duction, no progress has been made in sales. Prices are,
for Waterford (new), 102 s. to 105 s. ; Carrick (new), 104 s.
to 105 s. For BACON there is a moderate inquiry, long
middles, free from bone (new), 565. to 60s. ; short mid-
dles, ditto, 58s. to 60s. Fine keg LARD 60s. to 665. Ar-
rivals for the week ending May Ist (yesterday) :—Butter,
3344 firkins, 762 crocks ; Bacon, 34 bales ; Hams, 3 hlids ;
Lard, 2 tierces, 35 kegs.
In Scotch Pig IRON but a small business has been done
this week. From the makers declining to sell at present
rates and the small quantity offering, prices have slightly
improved, and the present quotations are 425. to 435. for
mixed Nos. at Glasgow—cash.
The arrivals of TIMBER this month from British America

2,705 tons ; the demand throughout, both from merchants
and consumers, has been of a very limited character, giving
unmistakeable evidence that the general depression has
fully reached the timber trade, and, consequently, recom-
mending the greatest caution and circumspection to all
those Who may be preparing imports for this locality ; for
erate, and comparatively

our general

are mod

meet a demand such as has ruled for the last few months,
and which, unfortunately, presents no better feature yet ;
one great evidence of the disinclination to build being ob-
servable in the almost total cessation of brickmaking.
The following is an extract from the circular of Messrs.
M'Nair, Greenhow, and Irving, of Manchester, dated
Saturday last, the 29th ult. : " Continental affairs,
t}innnh warily tnn have not alone been instru-

menial in causing this month to be of a peculiarly unsa-
tisfactory character. In its early portion, a considerable
degree of uneasiness and apprehension prevailed lest some
disturbances should take place in this country, and parti-
cularly in the metropolis. From the Ist to the 10th, the
market was characterised by increasing gloom and depres-
sion, but since the latter date, when all the previous ap-
prehension became dissipated,. through the firmness of the
authorities and the support rendered to them by the great
mass of the community, a feeling for the better has been
manifest, and is now, we are happy to say, of a more ma-
tured character, attended with an increase in the demand
for India and China chiefiy.—Priccs, which have been ex-
ceedingly irregular throughout the month, both as regards
cloth and twist, have continued gradually to decline, and

are, with one or two exceptions, lower than they were ever
known to be at any former period. Our quotations,
though representing as nearly as possible, the market
value of the article, you will please to consider as, in many
instances, merely nominal ; the real value being deter-

possession of authority to operate on the part of th
when frequently a wide marginal difference is realized.—
In the Woollen districts, we are glad to perceive symptoms
of amendment.—Disheartening as things are, we adhere
to the belief that with the settlement of matters on the
continent, and with the prospect of an abundant harvest,

1 a return to a
_mor

prosperous period would not be dis:
nrriPiS are in the market_ inripnpria_

' ently of those which have for the time been counter-
manded. This fact, coupled with others of an equally
valuable character, such for instance as the improving ac-
counts from India and China, the present and prospective
value of the raw material, and the low price likewise of
the manufactured article, as well as the probable cheap-
ness of the necessaries of life, can scarcely fail—the con-
, tingencies being excepted—in originating and promoting

a very different state of things to that which has unhap-
pily been in existence for some time past."
The Isle of Man Commercial Bank was to resume busi-
ness yesterday. About the end of the year, it will be
united with the City of Glasgow Bank. The Commercial
Bank possesses a paid up capital of about one million
pounds sterling; and it has a reserved fund of undivided
profits amounting to nearly £130,000, which fund is avail-
able as a guarantee.
Messrs. Cotesworth, Powell, and Co., extensively con-
nected with the South American trade, who suspended
payment on the 31st of December last, are now paying a
first dividend of 4s. in the pound. It is anticipated that
after realizing their estate in full, a surplus of at least
£30,000 will remain for them to carry on business. As
Mr. Prior, the junior partner, retires from the house, the
firm will hereafter trade under the title of Cotesworth and
Powell.

The accounts of the Bank of France for the week end-
ing the 27th ult. are again unfavourable.
Advices from St. Petersburgh reach to the 18th ult.
The exchange was as 351 d., and it was understood that
the Neva had £300,000 in gold on board for England. _

The amount of notes in circulation, according to the
Bank of England returns for the week ending the 22d
April, is £18,761,865, being an increase of £165,325:
and the stock of bullion in both departments i5X13,228,341,
shewing a decrease of £535,913 when compared with the
preceding return. It is not unlikely that a considerable
sum has been sent to France, for the purchase of manu-
factures, which, it is said, can be made for hard money on
the most advantageous terms. It may also be that a large
sum has been sent to Ireland, to meet any run arising
out of the apprehension for the savings' banks. If for
either of these causes, it is rather advantageous for the
bank to get rid of its immense surplus.
The rates of exchange with Europe are still rather de-
clining ; but as a considerable traffic has been carrying on
in interchanging silver for gold, which renders it more
difficult to ascertain the bona, fide state of the balances,
we can only state that there is little reliance to be placed
on the actual quotations, which are as follow :—Amster-
dam, 3 months, 12 31 4; Ditto, short, 11 18 12fl. ; Ham-
burgh, 13 11 13 ; Frankfort, 12 31 ; Paris, short, 25 30 40;
Leghorn, 30 75 31: Madrid, 411, Cadiz, 451; Lisbon,
514 ; Oporto, 511.
The accounts received by the Hamburgh mail of the
commencement of hostilities between the Danes and
Prussians has produced considerable anxiety amongst the
merchants connected with the north of Europe. The
Hamburgh papers publish a list of 38 vessels (which, it
is stated, are not all Prussian) already seized by the
Danes, in accordance with the notice of the Danish Go-
vernment, in which the neutral position of Hamburgh and
Lubeck is recognised. An impression is gaining ground
that the reprisals by Denmark will be extended to vessels
of Hanseatic Towns, as the aggression is at the instance
of the German Confederation, of which all are members.
Many of the homeward-bound Prussian ships are known
to have property on board belonging to British subjects
to a large extent ; and although this may be recovered ul-
timately by adjudication by the captors, considerable
delays will be interposed and also expense incurred, which
will further tend to increase commercial embarassments.

We are glad to find, from the intelligence by the Over-
land mail, which reached London yesterday, that the im-
port trade at Bombay had been extremely active, and large
transactions have been entered into, and the revival was
not looked upon as merely temporary, but a continuance of
business, to a fair extent, was looked forward to till the
season was closed by the setting in of the south-west
monsoons. The dealers had been supplying themselves
pretty freely with cotton piece goods, and large quantities
of cotton fabrics had been moved off. There was still a
scarcity of the circulating medium, but an easier feeling
prevailed, and confidence was again somewhat restored.
Freights had declined after the previous mail, but had
again rallied, and the day before the advices left, a further
advance had taken place, in consequence of the favour-
able accounts for cotton received from England, and two
vessels had been taken for Liverpool at £5 7s. 6d. The
rate for China had also advanced again ; and a vessel had
secured cargo at 181 rupees per candy. These rates of
freight, or higher, are expected for some time, as large ar-
rivals of cotton were coming forward for shipment.
At Calcutta, the news from home by the mail of the
24th of January, had a rather depressing effect on com-
mercial affairs, and completely checked the course of im-
provement. The mail of the 7th of February came in the
day before the advices left, but what its effect might be it
was too soon to prognosticate. The money market re-
mained much as before—the article not scarce, but rather
tightly held. Exchange had gone down, and was quoted at
ls. 161 d. to ls. 101 d. for first-class document bills at six
months' sight. Numerous arrivals of shipping were low-
ering the rates of freight.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

Lord and Lady Normanby dined with M. Lamartine in

Paris on Saturday

It is said that many agents of commercial houses in
England have received large remittances in gold, to lay
out in Parisian produce at the present low prices. Many
purchases have been made at 20 and 25 per cent. discount.

848.

MRS. BUTLER'S READINGS OF SHAKESPEARE.

The piece selected by this lady for Thursday evening's
Reading, was the Comedy of As you like it ;" and al-
though not affording a field for the display of the same
sort of talent which Macbeth, and others of her readings
offer, it is one to which, as a whole, genius alone can do
justice. In fact, it is a play which ought never to be
attempted on the stage, unless by a first-rate corm:Gni,
such as are seldom at present assembled on our boards, or
even on those of the metropolis ; but whose beauties are
best appreciated, unless placed before us by a reader caps.
ble of developing them fully, in the closet. Such a one
is Mrs. Butler; and we account therefore her rendering
of "as you like it," as one of the greatest of her efforts.
The well known monologues, if by that term we may de-
rsacrtihbeer pa
to
stahgeesa,av,d-theincehetsl:Leoaruttehotrheseepmeesttioeahlavoef amddiatreks;tteda
than made them subservient to the action of the Pig'
were finely appreciated-by Mrs. Butler, and as finely de-
livered. The versatility of talent displayed was als°
wonderful, leaving us at a loss which to admire most, as
artistic efforts, her Rosalind and her Jaques, or leer
Tonchstone and Audrey.

LAST NIGHT'S READING.
Yesterday Mrs. Butler presented to us her reading of
the play of " The Merchant of Venice ;" and the rich treat
which she gave us was almost sufficient to bring us to en-
tertain the notion that this talented lady has mistaken lifx
forte, if she ever imagined that she was more at horue.ie
the delineation of lofty tragedy than in those faithful tln-
terpretations of more softened female character, whle"
female genius can alone pourtray. The gems of this real-
- were the celebrated dialogue between Clarissa and Porto,
in which the former is questioning the latter as to her
preference of Bassanio over her many suitors. The dl5-
course of Launcelot Gobbo is also a rich piece of cow°
acting, and was given by the fair reader with evident
Portia's self-betrothal to Bassanio was also beautifully
rendered. In Shylock, Mrs. Butler shone most in the
dialogue with Tubalr in which she alternately renungs
him of his daughter's flight and extravagance, and of lug
prospect of revenge upon Antonio. In the trial scene,
which was finely given, we miss the scenic part. Altoge-
ther this reading was a fine effort; and we were glad to
see that it was attended by even a more numerous audience
than the previous readings. gusto.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The interest of M. JuHie°
in this establishment has ceased ; and Mr. Beale, the
well-known music publisher, of the firm of Cramer, Beale,
and Co., is now the lessee.
The Dean of Hereford, Dr. Mereweather, presented e
protest against the installation of Dr. Hampden us BishoP
of Hereford, which, however, Canon Musgrave, who pre'
sided at the ceremonial, refused to read.
SUMMARY OF NEWMARKET RACES.—TotaI number 0
stakes, 43 ; won by favourites, 18 ; won by non-favourites r
15 ; even betting, one ; forfeits, 9; horses entered, 256;
horses started, 123 ; total amount of stakes, £12,905.
NEW STAR.—Mr. J. R. Hind, the celebrated aers":
nomer, announces in yesterday's Times the discovery 0'
new star, of the fifth magnitude, and therefore visible t°'
the naked eye, which has just made its appearance in the
constellation Ophiuchus. This remarkable star is in a lies
joining Eta and 20 Ophiuchi, rather nearer to the latter.
LIBEL.—In the Court of Common Pleas, on SaturdaYl
Mr. Thomas Piers Healey, a barrister, and proprietor O',
editor of the Medical Times, brought an action agaitis
Mr. Wakley, M.P., proprietor of a rival publication called
the Lancet, for libel. The article complained of Nv"
written in rather general terms, but was deposed to SS °P.
,
plying to the plaintiff, who was called " a quack lawn
and mountebank," "an impostor," "a briefless Vac;
secretaryr&c. The jury gave the plaintiff £4O damege;',
GRIEVANCES OF ORANGEMEN.—We perceive from:
series of important resolutions, embodying the send'
ments of 460 Orange Lodges, that the Protestants 0
Armagh and Tyrone are not altogether satisfied with the
proceedings of the Irish government, though they continue
to declare their undeviating attachment to the Englis;
constitution. They do not hesitate to aver that they bef
good grounds for discontent, and they complain that, 1°
the present state of public suspense, they are still Ile"
glected and discountenanced.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—THIRTY LIVES Losiv".
Letters from Peterhead, dated April 28, announce the
recovery of the wreck of the Hannibal, a ship of 500 Wl'
burden, from Quebec, found ashore near Dronshfiord,
the coast of Norway. The vessel encountered the draw'
ful storm on the 24th of February last, while on her Pst
sage to Hull, in the course of which a frightful sea strue,:
the ship, sweeping everything off her decks—masts, be'
warks, and boats ; and every soul (except one man)
,be-
longing to her overboard, all of whom met with a waters
grave. The solitary seaman left on board endured the
vessel
greatest privations. After 14 days' suffering, the veSS,st
was carried by the current of the ocean on to the sPu,
above-mentioned, where he remained six or seven day
f
before the wreck was discovered, that portion of NorWS
being uninhabited, and some miles out of the track u
trading vessels. The poor fellow was insensible, and,.sir
parently in a dying state, and it was with the utmost
culty that he was restored to life. Subsequentlyn
,
wreck was got off, and being found watertight, was tab_
in tow and conveyed to Peterhead, where she arrived o,
the 28th. The thirty sufferers drowned, we understand'
belong to' Hull.
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.—POPULARITY OF T MAO'
TINE.—As to the ultra party in France, except in the P,e,,
sons of its supposed leaders, the four members of n
Albert had gone over to the majority,
government of the factious minority, it has been exclude
altogether by the recent elections ; and it is probable On
the report, prevalent during the time of the elections, thsv
much influence as the sympathy of the working classegl.
placing him at the head of the four at the place 14°t the
The number of votes bestowed upon Lamartine is i'll.artlo
double of those given to Ledru Rollin ; and, as,r,,e'wit-
this fact, we may mention a scene, which those 14t the
nessed it will long remember with emotion. It via,' „ions
Paris opera, on Wednesday. The result of the ele",,,,ben
was already partially known. The opera was over
Lamartine was• discovered in a box. • " Lamartine
rtine,
martine is here ! Five Lamartine !" M. Lama to
bowever, could not be persuaded to come forward.
accept the homage of tne crowd. A partial silence NVa:,
aC
length obtained, when the curtain rose. The ballet r
about to commence. But no. The actors came forWart;:q
many half dressed, en masse. The "Marseillaise
sung, and then the whole chorus shouted " Vive Lam
tine ?" Everybody stood, hats and pocket-handkerc4i
may have had .02
were raised amidst the universal cry. The poet- stategtis
alone did not rise from his seat. He hid his face in •
hands. His feelings seemed to have completely ove
powered him