The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

as of the Bank c

favourab

in the stock or .13u

he Public

had increased

'nee is obs

able in th

alnaereial purposes,
;41, I?e_ wound up a

and th

firm in London has suspended payment
mollifies to the extent of £BO,OOO. Th
,eteditors to Mr. Oliver to the amourg
attribute their suspension to the
'ostees to make the necessa

with I

r''tl4lie—tl;;;;To—reC-eive the freightsts
'vernment. It is, however, said that t
are ample to meet all liabilities, and 1e:

Manchest

market has not pre

112..nge during the week, the tern

keGOIJ
al of th

ire.tness ; b tere
nness doing for immedi____
Pee of the raw material has

been a fair amount of
te delivery, and the low
I —Armen

(1„,
g in Woollen manufactures, but complaints
Zit exist of prices being unremunerative, the ra
dterial maintaining its value, and ec
tenenc to dvace. The Hosier
l'adesd are dull,a butn a fair business is

'card to after the --
The Corn markets have been II
,
'thout change in quotations. There
m
te
,-,ency to reaction, the supplies,
leeeding the demand for consumption.
The return from the Bank of England for th

has been a

ending the 16th of Dec, gives the

!alts, when compared with t

utL--"
'ter d
Pest
on +

9,710,512 ; Increa
3,132,039; Increa

19,139

Sher securities
r securities
utes unemployed
bThe amount of note
113?; a decrease of £366,520; E
0-lion in both departments is £14,028,8
the
increase of £23,435, when compared with
" preceding return.

£39,030
136,814
401,950

ISSUE DEPARTMENT

£27,369,845

Gold coin

Debt

BANKING DEPARTMENT

), show-

:1.984.900

£27,369,843

K 6,13. Capital ... £14,553,000iCr0v. Securities £11,565,237

443 t 3,132,039'0ther Securities 13;869,287
her
Deposits 6,035,675 Notes ... 8,380,780
)".ker Deposits 9,710,512 Gold & Silver Coin 559,034
Y & other bills 993,112

£34,424,3381

the
SITARE-MARKET has been less active during
t;', past week than for some weeks previously It
sed last week with great buoyancy, and promised
4'
!outinuation of activity and a furthe
The announcement, however, of the Foreig
V'istment Bill, with the determination of Mims-
L 8 to stake their existence upon it, indicated a
essli satisfactory state of affairs in the Crimea than
eh' Public hoped : this gave the market a shake,
a:ricked speculative purchases, induced some sales,
altogether cast a gloom over the Stock
1:431ge. The near approach of the Christmas
lvities also may have had something to do with
te present inaction. During the last two days of
Week prices have shown a tendency to advance
pain, as a resumpLum Lo some extent of purchases,
Piefly on London and Manchester account. Leeds
:lock, Midland Stock, and East Lancashire are all

,gTessive

otiside red at low prices. Sheffields are in great
Ll'oand. It is said that this company is about to
I,lle a report of its position, in which its affairs
bbe exhibited in a very promising state. There
been no list published to-day, this, of course,
N. a close holiday, but the closing pri▪
ces of
attirday were :—Londons, 1001 1 ; Leeds, 73+ 1;
lAedonians, 301 ; Midlanas, 681 ; East Lancashire,
Sheffields, 231 s.
eorrow.—The late arrivals have been pressed
oti
fhthe market, and a fall in prices would have been
ekir consequence,
.but spinners have bought to a
tx extent, and there has been some demand from
ooliPcrters No material alteration in value has
feequently taken place, with the excepti▪
on of
bee,_'cPlands, which may be quoted *d. lower. The
et, however, is irregular, and considered to
t; 4'5,11 the whole, in favour of buyers. The sales
bar the week up to Friday amounted to 41,910
hills 4 of which 1,020 were taken on speculation,
474,°,460, chiefly Surat, for exportation, leaving
heirl'" for the trade. There has been no market
foe since Friday, owing to the holidays. The
tlit,ing is a comparison of pres
of the corresponding period last year

ent rates with

4ew Orleans, middling
fair
%lands, middling
fair . • • •
-.._

6g•
413-16

IMPORTS

SALES

r-
PTI ON. PRICES. Week ' Previ. Week "mi.
ending misty ending Dec. 22
Year.
Dec. 22. thia yr. Dec. 22.

!'lt 1....''....

9 @3O

.Itiand
tic) 'fled
weds
knfle 3/
WV .....
rha_ eans.
Oila:nZ, &c. 61
Re'rl acrn. 16
(3yptia","c! 52
CT').\\l• •• • 5 104
rat • •&e. 4
)14,1,fu. •4i 4*
• !_

220 27670
40 1560 5912 535049
6820 471900
5210 251180
17990 945350 6433 105
510 45010
150 29500
640 36580

69121 48366

30 660
1140 109490
30 7790
6130 312570 11
•• • • 10920 J 2556
.... 2060

572 150
569 77960 55320
•- • I 5294' 1620

Int 111`Ixms, of Liverpool, has obtained a patent
improved composition for coating the bottoms of

MR. J

tlous ACCIDENT.—On Thursday forenoon, a labour-
Lan, namedlloy, whilst employed at the works of
s. Holme, Slater, and Crooke, Birkenhead, was struck
with the handle of a winch, fracturing one of his
andinflicting a very serious injury on his head. He

was removed to the hospital in Haitilion-street, Birken-
head, where he lies in a dangerous state.
THE CHILDREN of the Sunday and Infant School of
St. Catharine's, Tranmere, assembled on Thursday, for
the purpose of receiving their annual Christmas treat,
which was superintended by the Rev. G. Handcock,
curate of the church. The children, numbering upwards
of 130, were amply supplied with buns, bunloaf, and tea ;
they were then entertained by the exhibition of an excel-
lent magic lantern ; and, after singing the national
anthem, dispersed, all seeming very well pleased with the
entertainment. The Rev. J. W, Welsh and several members
of the congregation were present.

CHESTER IND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending December 17th, 18:51, was as follows :

Passengers, parce
£296 7s. ld

&c., £1,623 17s. 2(
, £2,470 Bs. 10d.

1. ; steam-boats,
Total, including

last year

passengers, pal

£1,957

steam-boats, £290 Us. 6d. ; goods, £1,608 Os. ld. Total
including Carnarvon traffic, £3,565 ls. sd. Increase
£527 Os. 2d.

THE BIRKENHEAD CANNING DEBA.T INGSOCIETY. —The
third annual dinner of this society took piece on Thursday,
Angel Hotel, Camden-street, Birkenhead. Mr.
Aidan'srollege, president of the
,eupied the chair, and Mr. D. Campbell, the

Stephen Eunis, of St

.enairman

ROBBERY Courrrriva-nousE.— Some thieves
entered the counting-house of Messrs. Robert Hyde, Greg,
and Co., cotton-spinners, Quarry-bank, Cheshire, a few
nights since, picked the lock of the iron safe, and carried
away £3OO. To avoid detection while engaged in the
robbery, the thieves had taken with them three blinds,
and placed them before the three windows of the count-

ing-house

THE NEW ROUTE BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN,
AND THE NOBTII.—The Great Western Company has
made arrangements with the City of Dublin Steam-packet
Company for a " through" traffic between Paddington and
Dublin, via the new route through Wolverhampton,
Chester, North Wales, and Birkenhead—in conjunction
with the trains which now run through from Paddington
to Chester, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the Welsh
district—in the same time, and at the same fares, as by the
London and Northwestern route. Efforts are also making
to remedy the complaints as to the slowness of the trains
on the Chester and Birkenhead line, which run in con-
junction with the_ Greatwestern _ Railway fast trains.

A COLLISION.—In the Birkenhead County Court, on
Friday, the case of Cubbins v. Broughall was heard. The
plaintiff, a plasterer, sued the defendant, a car-owner, for
£lO. the amount of damage done to a gig which the
plaintiff had hired. It appeared that, on the night of the
23rd of November, the plaintiff; who was returning in the
gig with a friend from Woodchurch to Birkenhead, was
standing still in Woodchurch-lane, when a car, coming in
the opposite direction, and driven by a person in the de-
fendant's employ, ran into the gig and broke it to pieces.
The plaintiff called out to the driver before the collision
took place, and the road was wide enough for the car to
have passed. For the defendant it was sought to prove
that the plaintiff did not call out to the driver; that the
plaintiff was not standing still, but driving pretty fast!;
that the blame rested with him, and that the value of the
gig was very small.—His Honour gave a verdict for the
plaintiff, damages £5.
ROCK FERKY.—The committee for collecting funds, in
this district, for the Patriotic Fund, have brought their
labours to a close, and the final meeting was held at the
Royal Rock Ferry Hotel, on Wednesday. Mr. Thomas
Branch occupied the chair. Mr. Manifold, the treasurer,
reported that £238 had been contributed, and that about
£2O further were expected. Mr. David Evans moved, and
the Rev. Charles Jones seconded the motion, that the
treasurer's accounts do pass. It was moved by the Rev,
T. F. Redhead, seconded by Mr. John Finch, jun., that
the cordial thanks of the meeting be presented to the
ladies who so promptly and kindly took upon themselves
the entire labour of collecting the funds raised. On the
motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Ker, thanks
were voted to the tfeasurer ; and after a vote of thanks
to Mr. Branch, for his services in the chair, the meeting
dissolved.

131 U;" PUDDINGS FOR THE CRIMEA.-011 Monday,
32 cwt. of plum puddings were dispatched per train, to be
shipped in London for the Crimea. A much larger quan-
tity would have been forthcoming had longer notice been
given. The puddings were immersed in £3 worth of rum,
supplied by nearly all the spirit-merchants in town, and as
they were in their cloths there is little fear of their arrival
in an eatable condition. Various of them had notes and
cards with mottos attached to them, expressive of the
goodwill of the senders.— Warrington Guardian.

ACCIDENT TO THE MARCHIONESS OF HA3TINGS.—
The Irish steam-packet Llewellyn had a very rough passage
across from Kingstown on Monday. The Marchioness of

deck to win

tected by a canvass

ae ship just where tlai
much force that bo
iolence from off their

hey were in some measure pro-
Unfortunately the sea struck
;hioness was seated, and with
were thrown with great
d carried across the deck
it to leeward. The Mar-

;ely stunned, having sustained a severe
and some injury to her back. The
issed both ladies instantly, and, on
the Marchioness was found completely
rom which position she
atly Bertha escaped

'ith difficnit3