The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-11 00:00:00

THE BANK OF ENGLAND

According to the returns in the Gazelle of Friday evening,
the aggregate weekly average of the assets and liabilities of
the Bank of England, for the quarter ending the 4th inst.,
exhibits the following results in comparison with the return
to the 7th December, 1841 :

LIABILITIES

CIRCULATION—Present return
The former...

£16.632,000
16,972,000

Decrease

£340,000

DEPOSITS - Present return
The former ..

£7,948,000
7,369,000

Increase

£579,000

SECURITIES—Present return
The former....

£22,680,000
22,768,000

Decrease

£BB,OOO

BULLION - Present return
The former ..

£4,779.000
4,486,000

Increase

£293,000

RZST - Present return
The former ..

£2,879,000
2,913,000

Decrease

£34,000

It will be perceived that the position of the bank is

gradually becoming stronger on each return in its stock of
bullion. The increase under the head of deposits sufficiently
accounts for the decrease in circulation. These bank returns,
it may however be observed, cease to possess the same in-
terest now that by the periodical publication of other similar
stataments for the whole of the banks of the United King-
dom, the Bank of England inclusive, a more complete view
of the monetary system and circulation in all its details is
regularly presented, thus affording materials much more ex-
tensive and satisfactory for arriving at sound conclusions and
for enabling all those interested to govern their operations
accordingly.

CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OB WALES

(From the Observer.)

Active preparations are in progress at Windsor Castle, un-
der the superintendence of Mr. Saunders, for the reception
of the royal and other distinguished visiters invited to be
present at the approaching ceremony of the christening of
the Prince of Wales, and many rooms hitherto unoccupied
will be brought into requisition, while apartments without
the castle are secured for those who cannot be accommodated
within. In the state apartments, we believe, no material al-
terations are in contemplation—indeed, any attempt to im-
prove St. George's Hall, the Waterloo Gallery, and state
ball-room, would only spoil the good taste and splendour by
which they are at present distinguished. The imposing and
interesting ceremony of the christening will take place in St.
George's Chapel, whither the font used on such occasions
will be removed. Heretofore this ancient font was kept in
the Tower, but we believe it is at present deposited for safe
custody with the regalia. A platform with be raised in front
of the altar, upon which the font will be placed, and here her
Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the royal
and distinguished sponsors, will assemble. The knights will
occupy their respective stalls in their proper costumes, and
the array of the nobles of the land will be of the most brilli-
ant description. Every means will be adopted to render the
accommodation for the reception of spectators, who will be
admitted by tickets, as ample as the details of the edifice will
permit. The service, although short, will be performed with
every regard to the importance of the occasion, and will em-
brace the highest musical talent. Care will be taken, by the
introduction of stoves and otherwise, to render the atmo-
sphere of the chapel sufficiently genial to prevent the chilling
effects of the season—a precaution, the absence of which on
former occasions was productive of very melancholy conse-
quences. The tomb-house at the back of the altar is boarded,
will be richly carpeted, and provided with appropriate furni-
ture for the reception of the castle guests previous to their
entering the chapel, to which they will be conducted by the
proper heraldic officers. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, and the royal visiters will be conveyed from
the great quadrangle of the castle in carriages, and will be
set down at a temporary porch which will be erected at the
entrance of the cloisters, from which there are doors of corn.
munication on the left to the chapel, and on the right to the
tomb-house, so called from being once the royal tomb. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert have been assiduous in examining
the proposed plans, and although no unnecessary display will
be courted, nothing will be omitted to do honour to an oc-
casion so deeply interesting to the nation.
We understand there is to bea grand banquet in St. George's
Hall in the evening, the guests invited to which, we hear, are
first to assemble in the Waterloo Hall; and this it is surmised,
will be followed by a ball in the state ball-room. The remain-
der of the week will be devoted to appropriate entertainments
befitting the splendour of the British Court. At present the
day named is Tuesday, th 25th instant, but this from circum-
stances will be altered.

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE

The gentlemen commissioned to make inquiries into the
prices of corn and other articles of consumption in foreign

countries are now employed in the fulfilment of the duty im,
posed on them. We shall doubtless soon be made acquainted
with some of the details of their labonrs by the German pa-
pers and our private correspondence, but as yet nothing au-
thentic or of much importance has appeared, \%e are, how-
ever, enabled to extract from one of the most respectable of
the German papers, a letter from the Dantsic, which we sub-
join. It is brief, but we think it deserves particular atten-
t on, on • c .ount o the explanation it gives of the state of
things in that part of the world. Dantsic is a great place of
trade and export, but it is not alleged that there is any pecu-
liarity in the locality to cause dearness. The observations
appear to apply to the country generally, and to leave no
doubt of the error of adopting hastily the opinion that labour
is better rewarded in Germany than in England :
" DANTSIC, DEC. 11.—An official gentleman from Lon-
don, commissoned by the English government, has been here
for some days past. His object is to obtain accurate infor-
mation relative to our corn and timber trades, and the taxes
imposed on our working classes. The fact which has most
astonished the individual in question, and which must be
equally surprising to every one, is, that owing to the settled
duties on flour acid butcher'a meat, bread is as dear here as
in England, and hutchpri's Meat alone is a little cheaper.
Moreover, the meehanics in our toyina are nearly as heavily
taxed in all respects as the English working Manufacturers,
consequently the distress so generally prevalent in England
can only be accounted for by the fact that the proportion of
the population there employed in manufacturing labour is-
far greater than in other countries, so that whenever any
particular branch of manufacturing industry sustains a
check, vast numbers of workmen are immediately thrown out
of work, whereas here journeymen mechanics can usually
find work and wages of some sort or other. Another advan-
tage enjoyed by our work men is, that their wants are fewer
than those of the English. If the duty on ship-building
timber were to fall lOs. or 20s. per load, our freighters would
have a hard struggle to maintain, and would run the risk of
being ruined. (Probably because the English would build
stronger and cheaper ships for freightage.) Then, on the
other hand the English would have Iron so much cheaper,
that it would nearly cover the difference in the price of wood,
which with us would be rising considerably. With regard
to ship-building, it must be borne in mind that the English
are abler, more expeditious, and in some respects more econo-
mical workmen, than we are, and that they are employed all
the year through ; whilst with us, as we lay up our ships in
winter, the year is always too short. We therefore, at least
the inhabitants of the shores of ,he Baltic, cannot but hope
that the Canadian interest will prpoitderate so far as to pre-
vent any change in the timber cfutY.'

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S "SPECIAL ADMIRERS.'

(Prom the Ten Towns' Messenger.)

O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO MRS. r_DOST-" TIIE WHIG-MADF.
WIDOW."

We extract the following very feeling appeal to the beat
feelings of the human heart from Feargus O'Connor's ad-
dress "To lhe Imperial Chartists," published in his paper
on Saturday last. If this " torch and dagger " agitator
only possessed a tithe of the feeling he would have his
wretched dupes give him credit for, what must have been
his state of mind when quitting this scene of agony, on re-
flecting that he himself, by the inculcation of his demoniac
doctrines, was the cause of the " agonising torture" the
" exiled parent" and her "lovely children" are enduring :

" Frost Bath I proceeded, on Tuesday morning, to Bristol,
in company with Vincent. We breakfasted together with
Mrs. 'root an 4 her sweet family ; and, as it was the first
time I had the hone .r of knowing any member of Mr.
Frost's family personally, greater anxiety about
the introduction ; and, in truth, nik fpllesp anticipations
were more than realised. I have never met With a
more amiable family in the whole course of my life.
It consists of Mrs. Frost, three of the most lovely daughters,
and one son. The daughters give evident proof of their pa-
rents' care and wise tuition ; but the son, the only son, the
mother's joy and the exile's hope, is, I am sorry to say, on
the bed of sickness ; nay, on the bed of death. Yes, of this
youth there is now no hope; and you who have witnessed
the decease of a lovely child, and who have felt some conso-
lation in administering comtott in his last moments—you
who have been allowed the melancholy pleasure of the last
embrace, and then followed your child's remains
" To that bourn from whence no traveller returns,"
do you, I say, paint to yourselves (if you can) the agonising
torture which the exiled parent must endure on learning
that his only son lies in the cold grave, while the weeping
father must mourn his loss in exile, and smother his sorrow,
lest he should become the mock of thieves. No wife to share
his woe—no child to teach that he is still a father—no, no,
all away—all dead for aught he knows. And why this agony
inflicted upon him ? BECAUSE Si?. WAS TO HAVE OPPOSED
LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT STROUD. I shall leave that part
of my subject there for the present, as 1 have no relish for
Yorshire special juries."

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday
evening last, a most melancholy accident, attended with
fatal results, took place at Fethard, in this county. Mr.
Robert Wright and a respectable young man, named George
Gabriel, were spending the evening, with some others, i❑ a
cottage belonging to the former, when they proposed firing
at a mark. Mr. Wright went into another room for his gun,
and, after returning with it, presented it at Mr. Gabriel, say-
ing, through joke, " George, I'll shoot yon," when, sad to
relate, through some awkwardness, the gun went off, and
shot the unfortunate young man in the abdomen. He lin-
gered for some time, during which every thing that medical
skill could devise was done for him, but all to no effect, as
death speedily terminated his suffering.

THE VACANT BJSHOPRICK.—A host of names are now
put forth, in addition to those of Drs. Ebrington and Daly,
as claimants for the vacant diocese of Ossory. Amongst
others, those of the Archdeacon of Dublin, (Dr. Torrens,)
the Archdeacon of Armagh, (Dr. Stopford,) the Dean of
Cork, Dr. O'Brien, son-in-law of Chief Justice Pennefatber,
and the Rev. Dr. Woodward. To the credit of the govern-
ment it is stated that political principles will not be taken
into consideration in the selection of Dr. Fowler's successor,
known zeal and piety being the only requisite
passport for
the dignity. It is rather generally believed that Dr. Torrens
will be the new bishop,.—Correspondent of the Times.