The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-23 00:00:00

LONDON LA7'EST

City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock.
Although money is more abundant on the Stock Ex-
change, it still continues scarce for commercial purposes,
and discounts here are by no means easy, our monied in-
terests continuing to be unusually cautious in conse-
quence of their apprehensions of the future intentions of
the Bank of England. The Consol market, however, is
firm, with a tendency upwards, and 91t- being the price
for money, and 910 h for the account. Our floating se-
curities are steady, but they evince little buoyancy ; the
Exchequer Bills bear a premium of 14 to 16, and India
Bonds are 2 to 4.

In the foreign market -there is little speculation, and
the fluctuation -has not been important. Spanish Bonds
are at 441 for the Old Bonds, and 43. for those of 1834.
Notwithstanding the confidence evinced or affected by
the leading holders here, in the financial talent of M.
Mendizabel, these bonds continued dull, and any success-
ful effort to advance them 1 per cent. is invariably
followed by a speedy decline.
Portuguese securities are also heavy : 871 881 is the
price of the 5 per cents. and 581 that of the 3 per cents.
All the Northern Bonds evince a decided tendency up-
ward, the.price of Dutch 5 per cents. is 1002, of 21 per
cents. 55Z, and of Belgian 1021 1031.
In other stock there ts nothing to notice. -

The railroad-share mania continues in full force here;
the London and Greenwich are 7-1 pr., the great Western
about 7+ also, the Midland at 3-1, and there are a num--
ber of new schemes hatching.
By accounts from. Canada to-day we learn that the
royal commission had commenced its proceedings upon
the subject of the crown lands, and had called witnesses
before it connected therewith.
The Canadian states that Mr. Antrobus had receives
a notification to make his election between the two
places he held of Provincial Aid-de-Camp and of Grand
Voyer of Quebec, and that the executive councillors and
others holding n- plurality of places had received similar
not ificationx.

It was understood tbat'Mr. Justice Kerr was to be re-
moved from the bench of Quebec : the nanws of the
lion. D. B. Vijor and Mr. Lafontaines were mentioned
as likely to succeed.

The frost had been experienced somewhat severely in
most of the townships and had occasioned.consiclerable
injury to the corn and vegetables. The uncommon rains
had also much retarded the wheat crops, and as an evi-
dence of the immense quantity it is stated that the water
at the wharves from the great lakes and their tributary
streams was higher than in the spring when swelled by
all the Melted snow.
We have also. accounts from Bermudas to the 16th of
September. They state that a slaver, having on board
about 400 slaves, had been recently captured off the eaSt-
coast of Cuba. •
Advices have been received here to-day of the capture
of. Puerto Cabello by General Paez. The insurgents,
previons to his arrival had been driven into the castle
by the militia, and on his approach. they sought safety by
a precipitate flight both by sea and land.
• General Marino, who, at the head of 400 desperadoes,
had•e.ndeavoured to hold Cumana and Barcelona, and to
excite the people of Guiana to rebellion, but all his
efforts were ineffectual. The troops sent against him
from Carracas entered Barcelona on the 20th of Aug., and
were marching upon Cumana, and the militia from
Guiana were moving in the same direction.
Under these adverse circumstances Marino was com-
pelled to fly. On the 22d of August he accordingly, with
his band of brigands, sacked the city of Cumana, sparing
no parties, and fled to the mountains of Paria, accom-
panied by about one hundred of the rebels, the remain-
der having made submission to the troops of the govern-
ment. •

General Paez was expected to return from his success-
ful expedition to Carracas about the 10th ult. All was
tranquil at La Guyra and Carracas. •
We have received advices from Vera Cruz to the 4th
ult., and from the city of Mexico to the Ist ult. The
general congress continued engaged in the new model-
ling of the government, and it seems that every attempt
to •thwart the views of the dormant party had been
frustrated.

The House of Deputies bad passed the following reso-
lutions :

" The 'General Congress is in►ested by the constitu-
tion with full powers elthei to change the form of govern-
ment or to constitute it anew.

Congress shall use the said power in their divided
capacity of two chambers.
" In case of disagreement between the two houses, the
question shall be settled by ballot in joint meeting." '
The senate, however, rejected all the resolutions, and
substituted the following :
"The congresS shall continue to meet in two chambers,
but their dtitieS'..Shall be separately defined, and each
house shalthave,iognizance only of such subjects as are
thus defined." •

In the session of the 27th August the secretary of IN-at-
states. shat the political disturbances in Texas were
settled, .

Those in the sotith had also ended, General Abiasez
having agreed to qiiit the republic, and General Bravo
had also grantei similar terms to the other chiefs of the
..dverse faction.

PAntskt-oFercEs.—ln consequence of the death of Mr. Kil-
shaw the office of Treasurer to the Highway and Watch Boards
became vacant. Yesterday, on the motion of his worship the
mayor, the Board of Highways unanimously appointeu Mr.
Capes Ashlin, many years clerk to Mr. Kilchaw, with a recom-
mendation to the watclrboard to adopt their appointment. The
Mayor, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Lawrence were nominated to
wait on the Commissioners of Watch for that purpose.
AsTarmomy.—Mr. M. Holden, of Preston, will, in the early
part of next month, deliver a' course of lectures on astronomy,
in the Liver Theatre. For illustrating these lectures, Mr. HSl-
den has invented, and, in a great measure, made, a body of
machinery, of peculiar construction, extremely well adapted for
shOwing the motions, &c. of the heavenly bodies. Mr. Holden
is well qualified, by his scientific attainments, for the task he
has undertaken, and we have no doubt that he will render his
lectures both interesting and instructive.
MATE ROBBER? AND ATTEMT TO MURDER.—The
un-
fortunate man, James Hurst, who was found in that part of our
vicinity called Windsor, a few night's back, by the patrole. most
cruelly beaten, is likely to recover. The wretch Alaginnis,
whom there is every reason to suppose robbed him, and attempt-
ed murder, still remains in custody. His is spoken to distinctly
by the injured man, who, if se fortunate as to recover, will be
a clear evidence against him at the trial.
We should not be doing justice to our readers if we did not
call their attention to the announcement of the republication
of "Genuine Works of Hogarth," These plates have
been -repaired so perfectly, that they may bear comparison
With the early proof's of his inimitable works. The Small copies
from these original plates Can only serve its a key to them; but
these contain in most instances the design and execution of the
'author's genius—no sepatAlS 4fttttings having been made; he
drew in many instances itif orNtper, and engraved the sub-
jects himself. As an ddtill14![1111 ttiltartion; this splendid edi-
tion will net cost much tildf#Jhall (Mt.:third of the former ones,
notwithstanding its siipefiefiq; lit publication is also sit gra-
dual that it is withiH tlltitt Clittipaas Of all admirers of Hogarth.
As copperplates are; periAable, this is probably the
last opportunity me have of purchasing the entire
works (at a vert 4001.06 064) of the tnetebli,sa 11Y0111/,

LITER/1I V AND SCIENTIFIC INStITUTION.

On Wednesday evening the first series of the winter course
of lectures, given to the pupils of this institution, was com-
menced by an introductory lecture by Dr. Bryce, on " The
Natural History, Physical Constitution, and Intellectual
Powers of Man," delivered in the large room of the Royal
Institution, Colquitt-street, the use of which was liberally
granted, for the occasion. About four hundred persons were
present, of whom the ladies formed a fair portion.
To show the character of the lecture, and we regret that we
cannot devote more of our space to the subject, we present our
readers with the following extract:— _ _

"The study of fossil bones has clearly proved that the differ-
ent layers of the earth were formed at different eras of time.
It is particularly worthy of remark that the fossil organic
bodies of each of these eras differ more from existing species in
proportion to the antiquity of the layers in which they are
found. The granite rocks, which form the basement, so to
speak, of the globe, contain no organic remains, and the know-
ledge of this alike certain and astonishing fact establishes be-
yond doubt that there was a period when life did not exist
upon this earth. The era when life commenced is clearly
demonstrable. This fact prOves the doctrine pf a creation,
and utterly confounds the absurd speculations of atheism re-
specting the eternity of this world, and the generative powers
of inanimate matter.

"It does not fall within the province of this lecture to en-
large on this subject. There is, however, one fa.ct'conneeted
with fossil bones too striking to pass unnoticed. While qua-
drupeds of different kinds, shell-fish, birds, reptilesefishes,in-
sects, and vegetables have been demonstrated in the fossil
state, up to the present day no human remains have been,
found, nor any traces of the works of man. In other words,
no human bones have been found among the fossil remains of
the earth. In turf bog's, human bones are sometimes disin-
terred, as are also the bones of other living species of animals,
but not a fragment of human bone has been found in such
situations as can lead us to suppose that mankind existed con-
temporaneously with the elephants and animals quadruple their
size. Many authors, indeed, formerly asserted that remains of
the human species have been discovered among the fossils pro-
perly, so called ; but a careful examination of the, fitcts .on
which such opinions were entertained has satisfied Cuvier,
Buckland, and Lyall that theii; are unfounded. The fossil
man discovered in the quarries of Orningen, concerning which
their existed a famous contest, has' been indubitably proved to
be in reality an aquatic salamander of gigantic size, and pre-
sently .unknown species. The pretended discoveries of the
trunks of giants so frequently alluded to by the Writers of anti-
quity, are now referred by anatomists to certain bones of the
elephant. Be it observed that there is nothing in the compo-
sition of human bones that should prevent their being pre-
served as well as those of other animals. The remains of man
are not snore perishable than those of inferior animals; for, as
Cuvier has observed, the bones of men have suffered as little
change as those of horses buried in the same grave on ancient
battle fields."

It thus appears, as the result of the most recent and accurate
researches into this interesting subject, that the human race
was not coeval with that of animal life; for no natural reason
can be assigned why mankind should have escaped from the
revolutions which destroyed those other beings; nor if he did
not escape, why his remains are not found intermingled with
theirs. It is a fact not less remarkable that no remains of
those races, which occupy the next rank to man in bodily con-
formation, viz., the monkey tribe, are to be found in the fossil
state. Whether this kindred order existed at all during the
periods in question, or, if they did exist, in what territory, are
therefore points undecided.