The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH PRINCES AT MADRID.--A`-
telegraphic despatch, dated Madrid, October 7, which
reached Paris on Friday, states :—" The French Princes
entered Madrid yesterday on horseback, at three in the
afternoon, the weather being most beautiful. Their
Royal Highnesses were welcomed on all sides with marked
respect and sympathy. The Queen and Infanta received
them admirably. Madrid had yesterday the aspect of a
day of rejoicing. Perfect tranquillity reigns there to-day."
REVOLUTION IN GENEVA.—The Paris papers of Sa-
turday bring accounts of an insurrection and some fight-
ing at Geneva, between the ultra-Republican party and
the Government of the Canton. The Journal des Dads
inclines
nes to the belief that the former had the advantage.
Various reports were in circulation on the Paris Bourse
on Saturday. The Government was said to have received
a telegraphic despatch from Madrid, announcing the pro-
nunciarnenlo of Cadiz against the Government, and the
landing of Cabrera on the coast of Valencia. The insur-
gents of Geneva were believed to have gained possession
of the town on the Bth, but hostilities still continued;
the troops of the Government having retired to a neigh-
bouring height, from which they fired upon the place.
The cause of the disturbance is said to be the following
—The Grand Council of the canton of Geneva deliberated
lately on the affair of the concordat of the seven Catholic
cantons which assembled to form a league against a pos-
sible attack of the free corps. The Radical party ex-
pected to induce the canton of Geneva to join its party,
but the Great Council voted resolutions demanding gua-
rantees of public order. When the people were apprised
of these resolutions, considerable agitation was mani-
fested. The Radicals appealed to the people to take up
arms and to overthrow the Government, and a popular
meeting was called for the following Sunday. On Mon-
day. at the suggestion of M. Sarrluel Muller, the assembly
resolved, with furious acclamation, and cries of " Liberty
or death," to place 300 men under arms to guard the fsu-
bourgh. The Journal des Debats publishes a postscript
stating that a revolutionary movement had broken out at
Geneva on the 7th instant, that a sanguinary collision
ensued, and that the Radicals gained the advantage.
The price of flour fell on Thursday nearly 2f. the quip- -
tal, at the Hall of Paris.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.

(From the Britannia.)

SATURDAY.

Consols for money and the account have ranged during
the week 951 to 91. The market has been well supported,
though no great amount of business has been done. Ex-
chequer Bills have been from 14s. to 18s. India stock
has been steady from 258 to 260. The market was rather
heavy yes'erday, and Consols for money and account
closed at 951 to Z. At present it does not appear that
either the Montpensier marriage or the scarcity in Ireland
will have any further effect on the Stock Exchange. To-
day Consols for tccount were done at 958, and for Money
951 to 951, the market having a slightly improved aspect.
Money has been easy on good paper. There were few
defalcations on the 4th, and advances on first class secu-
rities were readily obtained at three per cent. There is
now little cause to apprehend any tightness through the
autumn, though we still remark tbat bankers act with
caution.

The most remarkable feature of the present time is the
absence of speculation in every way. Neither in trade or
money, or commerce. de we observe any great speculative
transactions. So quiet a period has not been observable
for years past. We refer this entirely to the excessive
excitement of last autumn. It is the natural reaction to
the insane speculation of that period. There is certainly
no want of means for activity, if the disposition prevailed ;
nor is there the slightest reason to apprehend that pres-
sure which some persons have supposed likely to occur.
The immense stock of bullion in the Bank cellars is a
sufficient answer to all such fears.
In the Foreign market we noticed the continued de•
pression of Portuguese and Spanish Stock. The former
has been heavy at 41 and 42 for the Four per Cents., and
the latter has fluctuated 37 and 38 for the Three per
Cents. account. The closing price yesterday was 37k.
rise is looked for on the completion of the marriages.
Mexican was done yesterday as low as 231, being a de-
cline of fully 1 per cent. within the last few days. The
other descriptions have remained with little variation.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59a ; Belgian Four-
and -a-Half. 97 to 98.
The inactivity in the Share market continues. The
brokers complain that they have actually no business.
The sales are few, and generally at somewhat declining
prices. The depression is unnatural, and we speedily
look for a revival of business. There has been no alter-
ation in any stock worth particular notice.
The corn averages in the Gazette of last night show-
that wheat has reached 545. per quarter. The six weeks'
average is 50s. lid., so that there is little doubt that the
4s. duty will soon come into ope:atian. The foreign ar-
rivals are declining. By the Gazelle sheet there were
only 14,000 quarters of wheat imported for the week end-
ing on the let of October. The colonial arrivals were
11,000 quarters. Of Indian corn the arrivals were only
4000 quarters. The improbability of any great arrivals
of foreign wheat coming in, even at the present high
rates, will probably tend to keep prices up. The rates
have risen greatly in the ports of the United States, and.
all over the world stocks appear to be firmly held.

At a meeting of the reform burgesses of Rodney-street
Ward on Friday, Mr. Thomas Booth was announced as
their candidate at the forthcoming municipal election.
Our readers are aware that Mr. Samuel Holme was in-
duced some time since to consent to offer himself for the
representation of the ward, and from his well-known po-
pularity and extensive acquaintance with the necessities
of the town we have no doubt that his return will be as
triumphant as it was some time back for St. Peter's
Ward. Mr. Holme has called a meeting of the bur-
gesses of the ward, which will be held this evening, when
he will explain his reasons for retiring from the Council
a year or two since.
We refer our readers to the advertisement of Mr. White-
man, of the Brunseick, by which it will be seen that he
has made a considerable reduction in his charges. Those
who love turtle or venison may now, at a moderate expense,
enjoy it. We have tasted the former, and it is excellent.
PURE BREAD.—TiIe question of good or bad bread can
be easily solved by testing that made by Mr. Gibbons, of
the Edinburgh Bread and Confectionery Establishment,.
London road. We can assure our readers that he is most
scrupulous in the perparation of every article be voids.—
See advt.

SEAMEN'S WAGES.—On Friday, the captain of a
vessel from Beyrout, was summoned before Mr. Rushton
for non-payment of a balance of wages due to a seaman.
The captain said the man was iii, and had been laid up,
some time. Mr. Rushton said this was no excuse, un-
less the men's illness had been caused by his own mis-
conduct. The wages must be paid.
LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY. The
twenty-third public performance of this society took
place on Tuesday evening last, at the Music-hall, Bold-
street, when the attendance was excellent, and the per-
formance was highly gratifying. The suVject selected was
Handel's oratorio, " Athaliah," in which-1116s Holden,
Miss Williams, Mr. Holden, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Mellor,
Mr. Aldridge, Mr. Davies, Mr. Richardson. and others,
sustained their several parts .in a highly creditable
manner.

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MONTHLY CIRCULAR OF MR. JOHN WHITE, ESTATK
AGENT, 27, GREAT HOMER-STREET.—Our attention has
been drawn to the monthly circular, for October, of the
above party, and to a supplement, which his increased'.
business has compelled himto issue. The circular itself
contains a list of no less than between two and three
hundred lots of valuable property, which Mr. White is
instructed to sell, and of twelve dwelling-houses, and
other premises, offered to be let; and the suppliment, an
additional fifty. To the purchaser of property in our town
i and neighbourhood, these monthly lists must be most va-
luable aids, as presenting at one view the most eligible in-
vestments to be found, of every description and amount.
I The advertisement of several lots offered by the same gen-
tleman will be found in our advertising columns.
SHOCKING CASE OF STABBING.—On Saturday, a
young man, of forbidding aspect, who gave his name John
Keloe, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of
; having inflicted several serious gashes with a knife. uyon
the person of John Reddisle. The complainant had his
; arm in a sling, and the wounds he received on the right
side of his face were covered over with sticking plaister.
He stated that after he had come home from work, about
nine o'clock the night before, and was in the act of un-
dressing for bed, he heard a dreadful row amongst some
r women at the bottom of Trueman-street. He rushed
out, half-dressed, to see what was the matter, and was
met by the prisoner, who asked hini whether he was going
to kill anybody. Cornp!ainant had no sooner replied in
the negative, than the prisoner stabbed him in the right
side of the face, and threw him on the ground. The force
with which he was thrown dislocated his arm ; and while
be was down and lying helpless, the prisoner turned him
over, and, when his face was upwards, stabbed and then
drew the knife a second time across his right cheek.. Mr.
Rushton ordered the prisoner to be remanded until Mon-
day,,to give time to ascertain the extent of the wounds.
The prisoner was accordingly again brought up yesterday,
and evidence being given to the effect that the wounds
were of a very serious nature, the prisoner was committed
for trial at the sessions. It was intimated to him by the
magistrate that he might be liberated on finding bail,
himself in £5O, and two sureties in £2O each, which it is
by no ?means likely he can procure.
THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.—Within the limits of
a parngraph it is impossible to do justice to the talented
vocalists who have, during the past week, appeared at the
Liver Theatre. Their imitations of the Negro character
are purely original, and, being divested of all that buf-
foonery and exaggeration which has of late so much dis-
graced the stage, and betrayed the depraved taste of the
age, ere really excellent. In fine, they present them in
their true light, and give their melodies (and melodies
they are !), in a style that would lead those who have
visited the great continent to fancy themselves again in
" Old Kentucky." Although the nonsensical portion of
the okra " Nigger" representation is dispet.sed with,
none of the peculiarities or eccentricities of the sable
gentlemen are omitted : indeed, throuebont, there is not
a movement or a gesture that does not bear fully an the
callol•. jee..tlaairmatetdleart..”
producing
uicsi
nwghfarto
mourhis Yankeerude
instruments friends wou—ld
a double set of bones—the most gentle as well as the
most
powerful tones. Harrington and White on the banjo are
excellent, and Stanwood does no little to improve the
harmOny on the accordion ; while Germon, the very
prince! of mimics, plays the tambnuriee pith so much
ease and grace, that the effect is indescribable. As vo-
calists; unlike most of their predecessors, they are excel-
lent ; and throughout the whole of their performances,
their songs and concerted pieces have been loudly ap-
plauded, and not a few of them encored, by our musical
connoisseurs. It will be seen that they remain during
the present week,

eturatilrE.

N OTIOE S.

A Description of the Bath, and Virushhouses belonging
to the Corporation of Liverpool. Printed under the
direction of the Health Committee.
This pamphlet apoears at a very seasonable time, when
the public mind is neginning tc b aaakened to a know-
/edge of the distressed and comfortless condition of the
poor in the crowded dis!ricts of our town, and is occu-
pied with plans to better that condition, and at the same
time to protect their own health, which is endangered by
the disease e.
ogt-ndered in these districts. Proper sana-
tory precautions, it Is now felt, do not consist in mete
street drainage, and sewereze,Gr the disuse of cell
They ar habiia-
Cons. hty West he carried into the dwellings and to
the persons of the working rlas-es, who must be taught
that
.clean skin and clean clothes are as important to
health as a pure atmosphere.
We do not know that any efFirt could be made more
calcuhatA to promote the personal cleanliness of our po-
pulation than the t rovidiug them with cheap baths, and
those remly and efficacious means of washing and drying
which they cannot command in their own small and un-
comfortable dwellings. It has been proved by experience
haw gtiolly they avail themselves of these facilities. From
a table given in the rropillet before us, it appears that in
the Federick-street Baths—an fsokblishment on a very
small scale—the total amount received for washing and
Laths in 1812.3 was £l:',9 Id. ; in 1845-6 the amount
was £137 2s. 6.1. Th . number of clotbes washed in 1842.3
was 19,261 dozens ; in 1845.6 it was 21,095, and would
hart teen enormously increased had the acsommo
dation been equal to the demand for it. How-ever, it
is gratifying to observe that the speculation is not
altogether :I losing one on the part of the Corporation.
We give elsewhere a description of a second and larger
establiii, snit now ready to he brought into operation, and
trust that not many years will elapse before one is found in
every ward in the town. The pamphlet, which is most
ably written, contains plans and elevations of the new
baths in Paid-street, and t ill well repay perusal by all who
are interested in those philanthropic works by which the
welfare of their fePow-creatures is advanced. it has been
written by John A. Tinne, Esq., who has thus given an-
other evidence of his !rent exertions—necessarily at the
cost of much self-denial—to ad;ance the moral and social
condition of his poorer fellow-townsmen.

A Romance of Liverpool Lip.. By John Dignan. Liver-
pool : .ROS 3 and Nightingale, Lord-street. Pp. 64.
Toe unpretendirre little volume before us has appeared
in detached chapters in the columns of the Liverpool
Chronicle; and is now repahli-bed by the author, at the
request of several friends who, having been pleased with
portions of it, have been disaepoitwed in their wish to
complete the tale, some of the tomb-Ts of the paper con-
taining it having run out of print. The chief scenes and
incid- rite, as may be ssen from the title, are laid in Liver-
pool, the whole Itinaing upon an occurrence connected
with the disasters whet, took place upon the banks off our
port during the great storm of January 7, 1839. The tale
is well worked out, and ectiiveya an excellent moral.
We shall not incur the risk of diminishing the interest
with which our readers may take up the lace k, by giving
any description of the plot and incidents of the story. We
prefer increasing the interest by giving an extract or two.
Tire fo lowing powerfully described scene contains the
main incident, upon which the remaining events of the
tale are made to hinge :
" The teleeraph speedily made known in Liverpool the
desperate condition of the foundering ships. Aid was sent,
even at the peril of the hrave fellows who risked their own
lives, to save those of their fellow creatures. The life-bout
did good service, the tug-boats were even more successful
in rescuing the unhappy wretches from a horrid death. On
beard of the vessel with Mrs. Smithdown and her daueh-
tee, was a steerage passenger, who appeared to take anin-
terest in thei safety, afforded them all the protection in
his power, comforted them in their railings, and extended
a helping hand to save their lives, where he could safely
do so without jeopaulising hi. awn. His age seemed to
be about fifty, and a slight patois proclaimed him a York-
ahireman. scarcely above the middle size, he possessed a
bard well-knit frame, brawny chest and shoulders, and a
comweriance of rude health that showed him capable of
enaeuetering any hardsh p. He was just the man for such
an emergency. He hod emigrated two years previously,
and was returning to Leeds, where he had left his wife and
family, after a fruitless attempt to better his condition in
America. ll'hertier prompted by the hope of reward, or
the nobler instinct which induces the brave and the hardy
to support those who are too wesk to support themselves,
it matters not—probably troth feelings combined, for the
sight of a woman and b au'y in distress appeals powerfully
to the he irt of every man—cerain, however, it is. that
from the time the vessel struck, the attentions of Martin
Small to Mrs. Smithdown and her daughter, were kind
and unremitting. lle lashed them to a portion of the
bulwarks with the same piece of rope that secured himself
from bring washed overboard, dewirmined, apparently, that
they should sink or swim together. A tug-boat came to
the rescue of the foundering vessel, but the sea, boiling
like a cauldron, and the wind still con'inuing high, ren-
dered great caution necessary in approaching her. The
captain of the steamer had apprehensions that he could
not with safety come sufficiently near to take off the pas-
sengers, without certain destruction to his own vessel, and
all on board. Eventually, however, after much manoeu-
vring, which seemed an age to the sufferers, the steamer
was brought nearly parellel with the wreck, and many of
the passengers sprang with all the force which an effort to
escape from death inspires, from the vessel to the steamer.
Some succeeded, others tailed, and the failure was death
—instant death ! It was a leap from life to eternity, and
the death-shr ek of those whit sunk into the yawning
abyss wits lost in the requiem of th- passing storm. Sta-
ple urged Mrs. Smithdown, by all the entreaties in his
power, to take the leap. In ordsr to inspire her with cou-
rage he preceded her, and stood on the steamer's side to
Catch her in his arms. She, poor creature, wild with af- !
fright, looked the picture of despair on the vessel's side,
her daughter madly clingier, to her garments. But lie en-
couraged her by shouts aittlFeatures, to make the attempt.
Once when tie steamer. dr' ./en by the tide, came a few
inches nearer to the wren; than was safe, he shouted out
in a peal which towered shove the blast, Now ! now
ma'am,. now or never!' Site sprang, threw her arms
wildly furwaril, but the impetus being either insufficient,
or Staple proving nervous in the emergency, Mrs. Smith-
down sank into the roaring waters, and was never seen
earere. The packet which s'e bad deposited for security
in
her bosom was in her hand as she took the fatal plunge,
and although Martin Staple was not fortunate enough to
save the lite ot' poor Mrs Smithdown, he succeeded by the
merest accident, in grasping this packet, which contained
the bulk of her own and her husband's property. It con-
sisted of a large number of Bank of England notes, dia-
monds, and other valuables, arid these he contrived,
quietly and unanticed, to transfer to his own breast. The
young lady was more fortunate than her unhappy mother,
who thus perished before her eyes, and Staple bestowed on
the broken-hearted girl much generous sympathy."
The purpose to which the stolen packet was appro-
priated, and the visitation of affiiwion and remorse which
followea the dishonest act, we also give :
" Martin was not long in plar;na himself in abetter po-
sition before the wow. He took a larger house; his fa-
mily gave signs of iessed comfort ; their appearance at
church in new and gayer attire attracted attention ; and
the " windfall" which had blown a fortune into his fingers,
become the current topic of conversation : it puzzled and
surprised his tisighbours. He commenced business as a
woollen manufacturer, first on a small, subsequently on a
more extended'tale. He exported largely to America—
Lnew how to hit the taste of the market—added consider-
ably to Its gains, and in a few years became a wealthy
man. He was assisted in his business by his eldest son,
Itenry ; and another son acted as junior clerk in the
counting house. But as Martin Staple grew in wealth, he
found that happiness, without a pure conscience, was un-
attair,able. Tile fanciful notion which prevails in the East,
that in the passage to Paradise some of the followers of
the Prophet must traverse, barefooted, an iron bridge
made red-hot. as a punishment air their sins, describes,
not inaptly, tae living, existing hell by which he was daily
consumed. His sort was constantly seared by an iron as
Lot as that which is said to toast the soles of the faithful.
Domestic misfortunes embittered his life. His youngest
daughter, a lovely creature, sickened and died. His
ollfit,e • est son, while strolling through the works, was
struck by the machinery, anti killed a n the spot. His wife
had iridifferent health, anti consumption was fastening its
fangs on his eldest daughter, who possessed a form and
face, in the days of his happiness and poverty, that Hebe
might have envied. The destroying Angel seemed to keep
guard over his house, and he rarely rose from his pillow
without the fear of same new calamity bursting on his de-
voted head. The foundation of his own constitution was
being sapped, and the hale, hearty Martin Staple was ra-
pidly, prematurely sinking into a feeble, decrepid old man.
" Martin !" said his wife, ewe day after dinner, when they
were alone, as the well spread table which groaned under
every delicacy of the season, was being replenished with
a handsome dessert, and wines of the richest and choicest
vintages sparkled on the mahogany,--` Martin! I have
never known a day's happiness since you produced to my
astonished eyes that roll of bank notes you brought from
America. It is a casual lam unwilling to touch, but I
have always had my fears that that wealth would prove
our ruin. Now, when I see my sweet children falling in
the flower of their loveliness before my eyes—now, in the
midst of splendour, when we
.are steeped to the eyes in
misery the most excruciating, with decaying health assail-
ing both of us—pardon me, dearest husband, if I ask you
whether your statement of thcwoode in which you attained
it was correct. I hope it was, but my fears exceed my
Lopes.' She did touch a chord which thrilled through
every fibre of his frame. Ile paused—became excessively
agitated—looked wildly round him, and his wife, fearing
apoplexy, was proceeding to alarm the inmates of the
Louse, when he motioned her to desist.:
The remaining portion of the tale, with its striking de-
nouement, are wrought out with great skill. ,e trust
that the issue of this little adventure upon the discrimina-
tion of the public will induce Mr. Dignan to favour us, at
no fang interval, with a more sustained effort of his pen.