The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-09 00:00:00

er. who
Temont

lies at present very ill, though expected

—Yesterday

FATAL ACCIDENT
named Peter Close, _
reside in Pleasant-street, c
ing mariner :—He was in the emplo
Wright and Co., bookbinders, &c., No
street, 'and was engaged with another youth

a youth

to his death

the 'warehouse, in lowering a heavy
lower story of the building where i
another lad. It an

rs that

pauion thought thllCit

.ed to its c]

and the winch, with a crank handle
go. The package, however, was not t
went down by t

run, turning

city. Deceased attempted to seize th
in doing so, was struck by it, on the I
lence that his brain was abrupt,,
The inqueit h.
THE LEAGUE V.
est doubt, that if O-
land were un
would outnum

s not yet been held.
AGRICULTUR
Agricultural As
vether i
ber the Lean

subscriptions are need

the 400 names whic
Lords and Commons

far, stronger t
doubt of it. NI

body impose laws u
the whole Question

put by the Duk

you can,

oming total repeal

prevent the measure from ever th
you have not the people with yon, you
the sooner the better." Now we are cot,
people are with the country party. How, otherwise, cam
it that the 'Whigs were expelled in 1841? But orgat
Cori must be met by organisation. The League, by its
subscriptions, its fagged rotes, and its boasting, has ob-
tained a certain advantage. If the majority choose to be
out-manoeuvred and beaten by a minority, they may, of
course, remain quiescent, and submit. But if cullal
energy. equal funds, and equal talent be put forth. on
both sides. then, the strongest must win ; and which if
the strongest of the two parties, we conceive to be scarce)
a matter of doubt.
Mx NEW

vineed that the

BISHOP OF JERUSALEM.--Le Pub!:

'e respecting

Suisse contains tne
Bishop of Jerusalem :—Samuel Goi
years with his parents at
happy rustic, kind hearted,
well instructed in the Holy Scriptures.
nineteen an
.ardent desire to devote himself to the
'sionary life• took possession of his mind. He left his
family, to which he was tenderly attached, and entered
the missionary institution at Bale, which had just been
founded. After a few years of study be went to the
missionary establishment at Paris, then under the direc-
tion of Mr. Galland. In 1829, the Episcopal Society of
London sent him to Egypt : he learnt the Amharic, a
language of Abyssinia, to which country lie afterwards
proceeded, amidt numberless difficulties, taking with him
the four Gospels, and some other books of the New
Testament, which he had translated. He settled at Gon-
dar, conversing, exhorting, and teaching with Success;
but in 1833 a violent attack of sickness obliged him to re-
turn to Europe. He has essayed twice since to return to
Abyssinia, but could not accomplish it on account of his
health. In 1835, he rubliihed, at Paris, an excellent ion,-
wherein be relates his missionary endeavours,'-
the religious history of Abyssinia, where
such a leading part. After his depart.-
had caused themselves to be exo--
re-establish themselves, and
whole country is und-
has travelled in F-

pent his early

,saute a

Arabs and other 0
Now, England and

LIVERPOOL

, a good son, religious,
At the as

ills';18

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY.
Our supplies coastwise and from Ireland having fallen
off considerably of late are very small for to-day, except
Malt. and those from abroad since this day week are com-
paratively moderate.
With clear, sunny weather during the last two weeks,
the heat was intense, and for the spring c:ops around us
the want of rain was obvious, relieved, however, in the
c9urse of Sunday night and yesterday by fine refreshing

The face, ut tt

(Juritry is greatly improved,
)gregsing, is abundant.

showers
and the hay har
We have a moderate demand for tle finer descriptions
of free Wtleat, at fully the rates of this day week, but all

inferior samples sell slowly, at the reduction noted:on
Frida y.

Goi,d fresh Flour is in demand, and supports its previ-

Otis value

In Oats a retail bipiness, at steady prices ; but Oatmeal
is rather che,+per to-day, and very little doing.
B Aided Flour is held firmly for 235. best qualities,
which checks transactions ; but there are buyers at some
slight reduction from that rate. Wheat under lock no-
unvaried.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,

From the nd to the Bth June, inclusive

UNITED PO-

871;;;;.-s: RE" 11-N I TOTA L