The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-02-26 00:00:00

WANTED, in a Mercantile House, a YOUNG MAN,
~,,,t about 18 years of age, one th 'understands the Cus-
tom House business would be pr red, and who would make
himself generally useful in the ce.—Respectable reference
will be required,
Address B. & Co., Standard Office, if by letter, post paid.

IVIODERN UMBRELLAS and PARASOLS made
1,1- really serviceable, at LoyitcEs, at
E. MORI N'S,
29, LORD-S REET„
OIL CLOTHS, WALKING STICKS, &c.

SAL AMMONIA MANUFACTORY,
CARRUTHERS-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Dlir
RYSALTERS, CALICO-PRI ERS, and OTHERS,
are respectfully informed, t t this Establishment is
still conducted by a Son of one the original Proprietors,
who feels gratified by the contin ce of the supporrfio libe-
rally bestowed upon his Father:
The Premises are well adapted for the manufacture of the
article. and the Proprietor feels confident that it egtials any
other in quality and price.
FOR EXPORT AND HOME CONSUMPTION.

CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY MANUFACTORY.
JOHN M'ALISTER begs leave 'osfrespectfiillV to offer
his thanks to his numerous F ends and' the' Public, for
the extensive and increasing pa nage 'conferred rpen him, •
and has pleasure in informing them thaehelfaX REMOVED
to his New Establishment..
25, BOLD-STREET,,,: ,
'Which he has opened with an entire:.
NEW STOCK OF CABINET.GOODS ;.7
also, a Splendid Assortment of 'l7
FANCY PAPER H G S
of the newest London Patterns, and hopes he nnrernitting at-
tention to merit a further' continuance of tlleir ,rapport.
DEVONPOUT ELRCTLOV`...4;eO4;kIe-Org '4,04 ,1`1_34414/44
day re-elected for Devonport without opposition.
Large numbers of fine salmon have already been taken
the Severn, near Shrewsbury.-.
Out of 428 cadets appointed to the East :India. Company's
service in the year 1800, only 35 remain, and 262 have died ;
Madras is the healthiest of the three Presidencials.,'

It is a curious fact that in tho.e districts " tee-
,
totallers" most abound, the use of opium, as .a sithgtltute for
ardent spirits, has considerably increased;
Three eminent violinists are expected to pay Ldindon a
visit this season,.namely, De Beriot, Herr David, (firit violin
at Leipsic), and M. Tilmont, (leader of the Italian Opera at
Paris).
An earthquake, in Martinique, has killed betwee,p`';oo and
800 persons, and destroyed much property. It accilired on
the 11th of December, and lasted about two minutes.,
The project of uniting the Danube with the Black' Sea by
means of a canal, will, it is said, positively be -carried out
next spring, in consequence of a mutual agreement on the
part of England, Austria, and Turkey. •
.Sir William Follett was much better yesterday. His illness
was at one time of a very unfavourable, character, ..b4.lais
medical attendants consider him to be low„ :_,"quite out of
dander.—Morning Herald of Saturday.
The weather has been exceedingly • boiate.roua,thtelog-Alle
past week, and the ground has been partially, ,eoveteilisivith
snow ; it was much milder yesterday, but the :snow, is mill
visible in some places.—Newcastle Journal.
The members of the "National Convention 4? lA*, it
seems, come to a resolution that any member " taking Wine"
shall cease to belong to them. Really this is.-very'
What are patriots worth who will not serve their coxintry-D
The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave Ap:steY HOttse,
on Tuesday next for Strathfieldsaye, where his grace''vill
give his annual entertainment on Wednesday to the learned
judges going the western circuit.—Morning Herald, Sat:
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—

It is with deep regret we state, that his Grade the Du of
Wellington was seized with an attack of palsy on-Friday:4,4nd
continues seriously indisposed, Four physicians s 4 up with
his grace on Friday night.—Age.
The herring fishing season commenced. at Berwick on
Tuesday week, being four or five months earlier than it :usu-
ally begins, and with great success ;--most of the fish are as
fine as any that are caught at an advanced period cf the
season, and in flavour not at all inferior to those usually
taken at Midsummer.
The parties required to give evidence on the trial of Bolam,
for the murder at the Newcastle•Savings' Bank, have mostly
been subpoenaed during the last and present :weeks. The
number will he between sixty and seventy, of whom upwards
of fifty are for the prosecution.—Newcastle Jour zel:

OFFICIAL CHANGES.—Mr. Labouchere has resigned the
Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade, and accepted the
situation of
,Under Secretary for the Colonies. The right
hon. gentleman, from his knowledge of colonial affairs, 'and
more especially his intimate acquaintance with oar- North
American colonies, will be able to render most iMpeirtant
services to the empire at this crisis.—(Chronie/ed 'Captain
Berkeley has resigned his office of Lord of the Adniiralt3f,-and
is succeeded by Sir John Pechell. The gallant captain:had
published a letter to Sir John Barrow on the systerd'Of War
and peace complements in the navy, which contained uric-
tures on the system of manning the navy, not to be tol'erked
from a junior member. of the Board of Admiralty.Sp'eet
DARING FEAT.—A most daring feat vt;a.s, perfOrrnect4Aew
days ago, by one of Mr. Cuthbert Burnup'S workmen,.xamed
Smyth, who is employed at the splendid bridge ereeleXfor
the Newcastle and North Shields Railway Comp. • •4'> e
undertook to walk along the top rail of the bridge;: n is
85 feet high, and 1050 feet in length, the rail beinfr..` ire
inches thick, and bevelled at the top,, art to drive 4-Irt, Apto
every third upright; which. feat performed to tl44lltht
of his fellow-workmen, but at the risk of _his pwn.i...-I*t-Nrw-
castle Journal.

DUTY ON SEAL SKINS, PRODUCE OF -TiIItifFAITXI4ND
ISLANDS.—By Treasury Letter, dated- 3.rd:Janklarp,ses39,.
upon a petition of Messrs. Manton, Steele' .md.raweeiTioin-en
casks of Seal Skins, which have • been takenokapillurllltlmen
in the Falkland Islands, and shipped. froriqlheneellitothe
British vessel Sparrow, to Rio de. JanOirol,, and.brlshipioed
from thence in the British vessel .Amphitrite,lam :trylieliad-
mated to entry at the low duty of one penny thertlbzeirakins :
and also, all future similar importations, upon Pprcfpfoisoiag
adduced of their being the produce of the 'Falkland isiiiids,
and belonging to British subjects. . A.; +-'t,.il Ila•ii.Atla
LITERATURE AN ART.—According toc.tlfi' .1311.11•11ent
to Bent's Monthly Literary Advertiser; fdriii3B',*i "'don-
tains alphabetical lists of the new' hooks and 610..-iiiiitclAib-
lished in London during last year, there appears an in se
of new publications, the number of books amonnti4-% 11553
(1850 volumes); exclusive of new editions, natiftlhltiti,‘ or
periodicals, being 170 more than in 1837. 'The rtiiiiiW of
engravings is 87 (including 35 portraits); 16, of Nvlitattare
engraved in the line manner, 41 in Inezzotinto, 14 in'aquittint,
and 16 in chalk, -lithography, &e. - ":-, ,P.V. F! -1,1,,,4 ',V* Mi Vf
, 4—..
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MARCH OF TEETOTALISM IN CoRSAVALL,- 7, ,_- •., .:. py
to inform you that the cause is' ,•"oineb'Uliit,tirlatictife,,, in
this part of the world. At eenzanc'ellifilfakdf.. TOO
members : 40 class-leaders and 18 local 'preirehill.a*.t: ed
the pledge in the circuit. The"rilagiStra'felitnhetihil t..,. ce
a fortnight instead of once a week.- Three bleegttlin'l :ve
also joined us lately. During the three 'Weelter! .t. at
Penzance nearly 100 signed the plect,7 T Ap.efitV,V4,. .at
St. Ives, where 200 signed, a week ut '.‘,....k,.. CoTtil-nti-ITtPtf- 05
signed. I have been labouring in St. Austell anditUrgialfmr-
hood the last fortnight with great success. 'The Mclif ere
are all alive in' the cause."—=Extract of letteiVilir .J.
There. ' ‘lll
'There is a standing order of the Hottie (if.„ll- - , iich
every peer that attends his duty, and
.5.,..t.0'1a. - 'ine
service, shall forfeit ls. to the poor's.,t)o;;,fpf•-• rii of
St. Margaret ; and if lie does not attenckatAi r pc-
;
cial cause for such neglect,, he is to..fotrf4t,i,. pit. !, to
be applied to the same purposes. ~- , .„,-‘', -I,A lii!} IidsALLOWANCE FOR THE WASTE ,mx,,HA,Afa..oltil fury
Letter, dated 22nd December, 1838,- the folicaiipii ones
will
are to be made for the natural waste on hams, in ware louses
of extra security, instead, of the, prese4 ailmafguipfittliree
per cent.,-viz—five per cent. for the first tWelVelifottlis on
the quantities ascertained at the thne ;of-the first entry and
landing of the same ; and six per cent. fig,,iitpy"topimaceed-
, ,
ing that period. - ,O i-kvsl Mill
A dead salmon was found floating, am. sigttiwtlperik ag-
ments of ice in the Tweed on Tuesday last,,-iiiifintom-sN va-
tion, and of the enormous weight' of thirty-aighti *.aids.
This is among the largest fish ever ImOwn tok,bettaken.ciat cf
the Tweed. Some twenty years ago, • Sir JaniesotharLiMr.
Graham, succeeded in killing with the rod • a Aitme,salmon of
371bs. weight : the largest, however, ever remenihatedlo be
taken, was one caught by " Tamie Lillie,", upwards,: ofqi..7,:ty
sixty years ago, which weighed 531ba.-011.i is tb'qtii..._.,ai:4
REFINED AND BASTARD Sll9tii!lfilt sittliiifttetTED
COASTWISE.—By treasury letter: ' daltkl ftittliretriber,
)r • •
1838, upon an application of Mesivgi''.F.tft446 - 'Ob. of
Greenwich, refined and bastard sugar' ihe'prdlollltt ilftintign
sugar refined, in bond, under'the act '3 'Sail '4llV4iit'lV.; ch.
61, may be removed coastwise; inoicrliondPfor'etPinittion,
under the following conditions, vii. that the i`l-.aW Aveirgfit'eand
tare be marked on each cask, 'and 'a sainple'ltttiof'each
quality, selected by the officers, in the presence' .of the.
proprietor, and transmitted under seals of Office tOitlicPelitlec-
tor and comptroller at the port to which tne sugar Vciatifaed,
with the usual letter of advice (as in case's of beni*. tfiii6i.ids)•
.1.4'l
that on arrival there each package "be "v4itthec-I,',OPeffEclijand
examined with the loaf 'transmitted, in ortlei 4i9 ain
identity ; and that the party be held liable:Aid yer4lit of
duty on any deficiency that may arise iri tfie tif`.l.,t`iiiiii the
rate imposed on foreign sugar, not beitii; re4ittl".B,dienairta-
tion. •LTI 34-,a sis4fff4R
Tim FOX, A JURYMAN ON THE Llii'iSF'fo ' ° -.
To prove the honest desire of' the preSentittimiiiiiihiE.'..., , to
net fairly by the Church of England, Mr.PriS:' 6,-,'a'Eltifft, is
m one"of the Church Lease Select ComitteoY's'ii-?;. 3 ffl4l'
NEWCASTLE AND' CARLISLE ItAiLwAY-- ~
•• : ; :-.., ;nd
that the revenue of the company is snelfitil fii ..: ; .::7 the
directors to" recommend to the shareluildeirWOl iiimal
meeting -of the company in March neXt;=ltllraliii the
debentures given for interest to sharehi, ' '. '' ;'tin de-
clare a dividend of ..;C4 per share, to be paiditi".l•tfie;da eof
4
the preSent year.—Carlide Patriot. _ •'.1!4.
..,....„.:.:"; iiiio
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IREL_VND:--144141111,ii Ji) be
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ?''' has been thtiii-riAtirti in-
quiry of the clubs, but the interrogated have beta ain*l4e to
answer. The Earl of Radnor, Earl of" Albeiniittr,Frand
Marquis of Tavistock,• have respectively.' bet df:'iikixaFidiand.
contradicted; and from the silence Of file -:mitriattertakitur-
nals, it is not only supposed but generally'statinitliaii mi-
nisters cannot find a nobleman to take upcar,:hiinsile the
office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 'We :tinderirandireln
a source on which reliance can be placed, that Itenalificlity's
government have made overtures to Earl Gra.nviii,kriniam-
bassador of Paris, to accept that appointtresif,,ibitilthat
nobleman gave his decided refusal. It is said that htideEari
Granville embraced the offer, the Hon. Mr. ToMPlilkibobither
of Viscount Palmerston, who has recently retm'AcitfrOirorn
Naples, where the honourable: gentleman 'was' thekrarster
from our court, would have been:appointed:as ambitqla rat
Paris. Thus it appears that the WhigS''eatifoat h.finif4h ft
and proper person" to dispense the mercy of " ord4 ve-
reign lady the Queen" in that '" firstandfineSt,cciant,o4pon
the face of the earth !”---IV/orning:-/-leia/c/. -,-', .F1',.:.,1-4*
OLDHAM ANNUAL CONSEHVAtIVI.TEA iPiiitt/o4i-On
Wednesday, the 13th instant, the anteualhoonattetartitt, tea
party took place in the large roarn at' rheliotiStiof,M6llttnrY
Hallsworth, the White Lion. Intl, `;Minket..pltittfpfsfOre a
very numerous and respectable 4.setfibly ofiyadtb4chladiaauty
met together. Tea was plaeed'i;m-thLtibti jitchlii6Wat six
o'clock, and dancing commented at eiglit ;F.ancl,Wtistfohappy
to state that a more convivial party; t Ornbined*ltitieespect-
ability, never before look place in the toren.
fog" dancing
continued till a late honr; when thellactieS alljnollofd, highly
gratified with the evening's enterCainniettlf eilliff managers
under whose direction the party
of the highest encomiums.---2,/anc*t&- eliterligo•
was ccintitieskafie deserving
THE POPISH Movtur,*.r. -- Sevefflitiklan Catholic
priests were last year sent from 'MaynoOtb:,affd located in
Australia, and it is said'that' severrindee, ate now on their
passage for that district. At tha'oild Of last'year a Romish
bishop and priests arrived at .-Ceyltimi..frm-fl sColumbo, for the
conversion of that Colony: A.--Sitailat detachment has been
sent to the Cape of Good Hope. Wfiilst for the West Incia
Islands, previously under, the care of One bishop, no less thanthree have been recently appointed.