The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-14 00:00:00

LONDON LATEST NEWS•

City, Saturday Evening, Half past Set'en o'clock.
The.heaviuess which prevails in the money market is attri-
buted to the expectation that a new loan must be raised to pay
the twenty millions of compensation money to the proprietors
uf slaves. Nothing, however, has transpired as to the mode in
which it is to be raised; this,:probably:is one of the state secrets
which will escape when the Chancellor of the Exchequer opens
his: budget. The near approach of the settling day has had its
effect upon the prices, as the principal speculators are understoed
to be bulls of stock. Consuls opened this morning at 914 fell
to 911, and closed at 914, sellers. The following is the state of
the Eiiglish stock market at four o'clock:—Bank Stock,
Red. 3 per Cents., 9071; Consols, 901 ex div.; 31 per Cents.
red..; ; new 31 per Cents., 981; Long Annuities, 16 13-16ths ;
India Stock, —; India Bonds, 9 pm.; Ex. Bills, 30 pm.;
Consols for Account, 911;. •
The reports respecting the state of things in Spain has ope
rated very powerfully upon the foreign market. Spanish Bonds
which had risen from 47 to 54 in the middle of the week, de-
clined on Friday to 481, and yesterday to 48 48, . The Scrip
left off at 11 dis. This way be taken as a proof that whatever
diversion the sailing .of the • English armada .from the Isle of
Dogs may have produced else Where, or may produce in Spain,
on the Foreign Stock Exchange it has had little or no effect,
speculators approaching Spanish securities with the same dread
that a burnt child is supposed to have of fire. Reports have
been current this afternoon of defections in the Spanish consti-
tutional army. A portion of the troops at Vittoria refused, it is
confidently stated, to proceed with La Hera to Bilboa, and that
after the departure of the general the remainder of the garrison
went over to the enemy.

The number of defaulters now publicly announced amounts
to 47, of whom, however, about 14 or 15 will be re-admitted
members of the Stock Exchange. The quotations at the close
of the. foreign market this day were:—Belgian, 100; Brazilian,
; Chilian, 47; Colombian, (1834,) 37i; Danish, 77k; Mex-
ican, 371; Peruvian, 34; Portuguese, S 81; Portuguese, (new,)
90; Ditto 3 per Cents., GO; Spanish, 484-; Ditto Scrip, 11 di:.;
Dutch 21- per Cents., 5.12.
Unrecognized Real Del Monte, 221; Real Del Alonte Loan
Notes, 160; United Mexican, 41.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE. CONSERVATIVE
ASSOCIATION. _

The quarterly meeting of this association was held at the
Leigh Arms, Newton, on Friday, William Holton, Esq., in the
chair. The first business brought bellire the meeting was a
proposition from Manchester, made at the last meeting, for
altering the sixth rule, which has reference to the admission of
new members. It was proposed that no person should be ad-
mitted into the association except at a meeting of the district.
committee of the town in which he resides. The necessity of
the alteration was not established to the satisfaction of the
meeting, and after a brief conversation, the. further considera-
tion of the subject was postponed till the annual meeting.
Mr. Hutton reported that he had seen Lord Francis Egerton
when in London, in reference to his lordship's acceptance of
the office of president for the ensuing year. His lordship con-
sidered himself honoured by the proposition, and that there
was only one obstacle to his 'accepting the office, which was,
that immediately on the prorogation of parliament he • sbould
set off for Scotland, and unless the dinner was fixed for the
latter end of September or the beginning of October, be was
afraid he should be unable to attend. A resolution was then
passed, appointing his lordship president for the ensuing year,
and in order to suit his lordship's arrangements, the dinner was
fixed for Thursday the 15th of October.
Mr. Lane, the architect; reported that the Conservative Hall
would be completed early in October, so that, by the day fixed
for the dinner he would guarantee its completion.
A committee was appointed to make the preliminary arrange-
ments for the dinner, and it was resolved to send invitations to
several noblemen and gentlemen of high rank, who were
named.

A resolution was passed congratulating the conservatives of
Oldham on the return or John Frederick Lees, Esq., as the
representative of that borough; and the secretary was instruct-
ed to transmit a copy of the resolution to the secretary of Mr.
Lees' committee.
Several interesting communications were made to the meet-
ing by gentlemen from various parts of the county ;• and the
business terminated about two o'clock.

"The houses," says old Aubrey, speaking of the colleges at
Oxford, in his time, " that had the smallest beer had most
drunkards, for it forced them to.,goe into the towne to comfort
their stomachs; wherefore Dr. Kettle always had in his college
excellent beer, not better to be had in Oxford, so that we could
1-.3t•goe to any other place but for 'the worse; and we hid the
fewest drunkards of any house in ONford."