The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC

vent and State Stocks during the week, with a moderate husi-
less. The demand has been mostly for banking purposes.
Money continues in active demand at 5 to 6 per cent. on loan,
and 6 to 7 per cent, for short bills.
Foreign exchange has been firm and in good request. Bills
ut London, l(

kmsterdam, 41

to 42; llanburgh, 36.

—The cotton market has fluctuated considerably
notice of it for the steamer Europa, advancing and
is the tenour of the European and the southern cc-
!re favourable or otherwise. On Saturday and Mon-

day last the market was dull, and prices declined fc. from the
rates of Friday last. Yesterday, however, there was an active
demand, and this reduction was fully recovered. We continue
our last quotations, which, on most descriptions, now stand
higher than on the Bth instant. Tl e receipts at all the ship-

g ports are 1,751,328 bales, against 1,615,055 to same date
year—an increase this season of 136,273 bales. The total
sign exports this year are 224,911 bales more than last—say,
,000 bales increase to Great Britain, 54,353 increase to
lice, 21,824 increase to north of Europe, and 29,211 in-
ase to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern
) northern ports are 115,G96 bales less this season than last,
re is an increase in Block of 35,215 bales. The sales for
k ending Friday last, were 15,100 bales, and since our
)0. We quote inferior Atlantic ports, nominal; Flo-
minal other Gulf ports, nominal. Low to good ordi-
y Atlantic ports, 10 to 10i; Florida, 10 to 10i; other Gulf
suits, 10 to 11. Low to good middling Atlantic ports, 11 to
11k; Florida, 11 to lli; other Gulf ports, 114 to 12k. Middling
fair to fair Atlantic ports, Ili to 12a; Florida, 12; other Gulf
ports, 124 to 132. Fully fair to good Atlantic ports, 121; other

last 7,5 C

Since the circular of the 25th of February the move-
the Atlantic have been almost confined to the home
th a heavy market, and the quotations are now 123 c.
21 less than at that date.
.—Wheat is held so much above its realised value that
,ilers purchase sparingly—Genessee, 112 c. to 115 c.
.on.—We have to report a sale of 200 tons of Scotch pig at
dots. 50c. to 21dols. 75c., six months, ex ship; 70 tons of
Swedes, 84d015.; and 56 ditto, comprising a large proportion of
extra sinders. 92d015., eight months.
Tobacco.-- We have but to note sales of 100 hhds. of Ken-
tucky, at Bic. to 11c.; 20 Maryland, 7 40; two bales of Havan-
nab, 48 to 53; 75 cargoes of Florida, 17 to 30, four months; and
Sir J. a lot of Kentucky st' 'dol

stems, in bales, per 100 lb. as cash.
.ghts are dull. Cotton, to Liverpool, id. asked ; Havre,
To London, tobacco, 22 6 to 25; flour, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d.,
To Glasgow, cotton, 4 ; ashes, 205.; to California,
per foot, dull.

nominal.
40c. to 60c

THE JEWS IN CHINA.

The following fuller particulars of the interesting colony
of Jews discovered in China we take from the Overland
Friend of China, of January 30 :

The two young Chinamen entrusted with the expedi-
tion found, on their arrival at Khae-fung-foo, many
Mahomedans residing there, who made no secret of their
religion, but wrote on their sign-boards the faith to which
they belonged. These Mussulmen were the principal
tavern-keepers, and with one of them the travellers put
up. Their first inquiry was for the Jews, whom they
asked for under the designation of the T'heaou kin- keaou,
or Pluck sinew religion ; an appellation which had been
assumed or assigned in consequence of their pluCking the
chief sinew of the legs of all animals slaughtered for food.
(See Gen. 32, 32.) The Mahomedan host immediately
informed them of the existence of the people in question,
and directed them to their synagogue. As it was late in
the evening when they arrived, they deferred their visit
to the next day—there was no difficulty in finding it,—
but "oh how changed, how fallen !" from the time when
the Jesuit Missionaries visited a century ago. The outer
wall of the enclosure was broken down, the front gate
choked up with rubbish, the monumental pillars, the
incription tablets, the stone balustrade in front of the
temple, and various other ornamental appendages broken
or prostrated, and the very walls of the temple, in many
places, dilapidated. The side apartments which had been
designed as chapels in honour of the patriarchs, but poorly
served to afford shelter to the few wretched sons of Israel
who huddled together in them , sleeping on the bare ground,
with scarcely a rag to cover them, and barely sufficient to
support nature. So much, indeed, were they reduced in
circumstances, that they bad begun to dispose of the
fallen bricks and prostrate timbers, of which the various
apartments once consisted, to procure for themselves the
necessaries of life. Yea, they had gone so far as to sell a
piece of the ground of the inclosure by which the temple
was surrounded to the neighbouring heathen, who were
encroaching on its precincts by their ever enlarging pagan
temples. Yet there was enough to show what had been
its former glory. The gateways and inscriptions were
sl ill there : the holy place was in existence, and its inte-
ri3r was beautifully decorated with gorgeous painting and
elaborate gildings. Our travellers entered the holiest of
all, from which polluted feet are now debarred, and saw
the tubes containing the rolls of the law, which they un-
rolled and examined. These rolls, twelve in number,
were each about thirty feet in length, by two or three in
width, written on white sheep skins, in a small character;
but the room in which they were found was so dark that
our travellers could not examine them thoroughly. Per-
haps it may be asked how it is that strangers are now
permitted to intrude into the holy precincts, when, a
century ago, the Jesuit missionaries, backed with all the
influence derived from the Imperial Court, were not
allowed to enter or examine the record. The reply to
this is easy, and solves the difficulty—they have had no
rabbi for fifty years ! and there is not one of the profes-
sors of Judaism, in the present day, in K'hae-fung-too,
who can read one word of Hebrew. They have even
discontinued the practice of circumcision, and our travel-
lers conceived that in a dozen more years few or no traces
of the Israelitish religion will there be found. They did
what they could, however, to rescue what remained from
oblivion : they gave money to the bystanders, and urged
them to set up one of two inscription tablets in front of
the temple which had fallen down. This they copied, as
well as the writing that was traceable on the tablet that
was still standing. They took down memoranda of all
the inscriptions yet preserved over the door-ways, and
in front of the temple : they even copied the Hebrew
inscriptions in the interior of the building, which are
found to correspond exactly with those given by the
Jesuit missionaries, while they measured accurately the
length and breadth of the buildings, and brought away
a very intelligible ground plan of the whole enclosure, as
of the interior of the principal building. The most im-
portant achievement, however, and that which may tell on
the interests of religion and the science of biblical criticism
is, the bringing away of eight Hebrew manuscripts ; six
of them containing portions of the Old Testament Scrip-
tures ; and two of them consisting of the liturgy used in
the weekly services of the Hebrew people, and on holiday
occasions ; in which latter documents also various portions
of Scripture are found, from the Ist to the 6th chapters of
Exodus, from the 38th to the 40th chapter of the same
book, Leviticus 19th and 20th chapters, Numbers 13th,
14th and 15th chapters, Deuteronomy from the 11th to
the 16th chapters, with the 32nd chapter of that book.
Various portions of the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Hagio-
grapha occur in the books of prayers, which have not yet
been definitely fixed. The character in which these por-
tions are written is an antique form of the Hebrew, with
points. They are written on thick paper evidently by
means of a style, and the material employed, as well as
the silk in which the books are bound exhibit marks of a
foreign origin. Two Israelitish gentlemen to whom they
have been shown in Shanghae, say that they have seen
such books in Aden ; and the occurrence here and there of
Persian words, written with Hebrew letters, in the notes
appended, seem to indicate that the books in question
came originally from the western part of Asia, perhaps
Persia or Arabia. There is no trace whatever of the
Chinese character about them, and they must have been
manufactured entirely by foreigners residing in China,
or who have come from a foreign country. Regarding
their age it would be difficult to hazard even a conjecture.
It is most likely that they are not recent importations
into China ; it is also more than probable that no person
in China has transcribed them within these fifty years, as
the Rabbi has been dead for that period of time. The
Jesuit missionaries discovered the Jews in China about
150 years ago. How long before that time they had re-
sided there we cannot exactly say. The temple at K'hae-
fang. foo is said to have been built A.D. 1190, but the
Jews themselves assert that their tribes visited China
during the ;Hangdynasty, which correspondo with the
Christian era. The text from which these copies were
taken may have been brought to China at any period be-
tween the first visit of the Jews to this country, and the
time of their discovery there by the Jesuit missionaries.
Could the rolls of the law which were seen by our tra-
vellers be obtained, some light might be thrown on this
interesting inquiry. In the mean time, the manuscripts
now obtained will be of some value as independent, if not
very ancient evidences in favour of the sacred writings,
and as such they ought to be deposited in the British
museum, where learned mend all sections of the Christian
church, will be able to examine and Assign W
' kne value, theta their

the mill race, a distance of 21 feet, to the opposite bank
The unfortunate man was overtaken in the street of Yough•
gall.—Ulster Gazette.
PRIESTLY INTOLERANCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

by our contemporary, that about six months ago Mr.
Robert Morrison, a cloth merchant, established in West-
port a school for the instruction and employment of des-
titute girls in working muslins and lace. Under a com-
petent teacher some 80 or 90 girls made such progress
that they were enabled to earn from 2s. to ss. a week, and
all were perfectly satisfied with their position—which was
a choice between that and the workhouse. There was
every hope that, with the improvement of trade and the
country generally. this establishment would progress for
the benefit of all engaged in it. Thus matters were pro-
ceeding hopefully, when on " Patrick's-day" the esta-
blishment was denounced from the altar of Westl ort
Chapel as a place " dangerous to the faith" of the workers
wherein proselytism had been attempted by the employer.

Mr. Morrison has solemnly declared that this charge is
" perfectly false ;" and not wishing to remain under the
ban of the holy Romish church, he has dismissed the
poor girls, and shut the doors of the factory.
PABLO FANQUE'S CIRCUS ROYAL.—CONUNDRUM
NIGHT.—Much amusement was afforded on Wednesday
night at the Circus, Cork. by the competition amongst the
wits of the city for the pony, car, and harness, which M.
Pablo Fatigue, following the example of the Wizard of the
North, offered as the reward of the best original cOnun-
. The value of the prize was estimated by Pablo
gangue at 30 guineas. The audience selected from

amongst themselves a jury of thirteen persons, who
awarded that No. 742 was entitled to the prize. The
following is the conundrum :—" Why is Mr. Pablo
Fatigue's conundrum prize of a pony, car, and harness,
like a new-laid egg ? Because there is a good j-oke in
it." The decision of the jury gave great dissatisfaction.
They were assailed with exclamations of " Bribery"—
" Corruption"—" We'll appeal to the Lords"—" We'll
bring the question before a Court of Error !" Much dis-
turbance ensued, and for some time a riot was threatened.
Numbers of the audience leaped from the pit and lower
gallery, and filled the circus. Monsieur Pablo Fanque
made his appearance in the midst of them, and was sur-
rounded by a sea of rejected conundrums, which seemed
disposed to engulf him and his prize pony. Ile intimated
that as the winner of the prize (Miss Emma Stanley, of
the Theatre-Royal) bad not come forward to claim the
prize, it would be sold by auction, and the proceeds would
be placed at the disposal of the Lord Mayor for the benefit
of some local charity. Even this announcement did not
pacify the indignation of disappointed genius, and for some
minutes there was a pugilistic encounter of an alarming
character. One of the officers of the establishment was
cuffed, and he pummelled those about him in turn. The
Circus was crowded by men, women, and children, rolling
about in a great state of excitement and confusion. The
police interposed and dispersed the disputants.
The Irish in America are amongst the most violent of
the oppressors of the negro. A placard, penned by an
Irishman, was lately issued in New England, calling upon
" the countrymen of the murdered Emmett, of Mitchel,
of O'Brien, the sons of down-trodden and crushed Ireland"
—to do what ? To " turn:out" in favour of the Fugitive
Slave Bill !