The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL LOCAL BILLg

On Friday, the select committee on standing orders r
ported to the House of Commons, that in the case of the
Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company, the petition
for leave to dennsit a petition fill- a hill_ thp standing- or-

affirmed by the house, and leave given accordingly.
The petition of the East Lancashire Railway Company
against the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpert Railway

tee upon the group ; and the usual order made for the at-
tendance of counsel.
The Harrington Water Works Company have peti-
tioned against the Guardian Gas Bill ; and the petition
has been referred.

a ins ter, the

, dean of

celebrated geologist

the Margi_Us of'Northampton; president of the Royal
Society, was called as an independent witness by the corn-

iich his attention

was directed was the po'

lity of obtaining an ample

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The supply of Wheat was extremely short from all the near
counties for this day's market, and there was also a limited
quantity of Barley. Beans. and Peas. whilst the fresh arrivals

of Oats-from our own coast,
to a very trifling extent.

Scotland, and Ireland, have been

ContAry winas-havekept back vessels with foreign grain, so
that the importations have been limited since this day se'nnight.

miring rue last weex nas oven wee, ana ror the
season cold, and unfortunately there have been one or two
night frosts, so that vegetation, already backward, progresses
very slowly.

There was a brisk demand for Wheat at this day's market,
and an advance of 4s. to ss: per qr. was established on all the

inquiry

utup

ack, the top nominal

Town made Flot
price being fixed at 755. iier sack; ship marks have advanced
3s. to 4s. per sack, and foreign 2s. to 3s. per barrel; an im-
proved demand for all sorts.

Malt was 28. per qr. dearer : the experiments made by the
brewers on sugar are reported to be against the use of this ar-
ticle, beer made therefrom fermentin; twice, and the general

!d with short deliveries a English Barley

. .
the corresponding month of the past year, showing
of 152,947 qrs.—points to higher prices, and there

of all descriptions was 2s. per qr. dearer, and in good

s. per quarter for prime qualities.
Linseed and rapeseed were each fully as dear
SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET
We had a large supply of Beasts
.nd Germany, 430 from Scotland,
)Ik. and 800 from sundry Darts

mand, at a trifling
tations. There WE

vf;y! inconsequ

YESTERDAY

563 were from Holland
2000 from Norfolk and Suf-
of the enilvitry Thp trfkrle

tt ; for the former there was a great de-
lvance. Lambs maintained Friday's quo-
, 490 from Holland. inferior calves sold
ce of there being 85 from Holland; prime

d, but at no ad

Beef, inferior quality

I.; first quality, 4s. 4d. to 4s. sd. Mutton, infe-
. 4d. to 4s. 10d.; first quality, ss. to 6s. 2cl. Veal,
, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 10d. ; first quality, ss. to ss. 4d.

IMPORTANT MEETING OF RATEPAYERS IN
TOXTETH-PARK.
An important meeting of the ratepayers of Toxteth-park,
most influentially attended, was held last night at the house of
Mc. Atkinson, Royal Oak Inn, for the purpose of taking into
consideration matters connected with the administration of the

1110 CHAILMA
that of late their

:I, that the meeting would be aware

time ago these par-

T the purpose of a

e Sanat

rid to of

Board's Ilill, the Harrington Dock Bill, and other
although considerable dissatisfaction was inauifes

at th

,g with t

Rct to the probabh
the commissioners went to parliarr
of 0t'2,000 in parliamentary and ott

expense of the proceedings
.ent, and expended upward
ter expenses, to cover which

they laid, illegally

a rate of 4d. in the. pound. This was op-

d by several b? the ratepay

1, on t

gality; and these pantie
barrister, who advised t

Monk, the
!dings were