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

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 131 d. per
foot, say 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
41d. 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 tan. 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 per ton, but two good parcels were withdrawn.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 departments is £12,878,666,
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. Let's, 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, ands 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 83i 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 Sharpies, 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 meld.
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-
ing 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.-011F noble
river and its outward channels have for some days pre-
sented a most striking appearance, from the vast number
of vessels 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 RoA, 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 foundation-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.

ALL SAINTS' DISTRICT.—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 conflibution to our office.
TILE WEATHER, &c.—During the week we have had
sonic 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 700, 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 appearances are 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 not 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.