The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Tote Baltimon
BOSTON, Feb

held at i

lively light ; th

n off since the late snow
er supply. Corn.—Very

Leal. For the quarter endi _
)rted from this port, thirty-eight th
venteen barrels of flour, one hund

was only 66f.
A house near Yarmouth,

dom of Poland

,nd a child two."
FOOD RIOTS IN FRANCE

nights sine(
thrown

man has been imprisonec
charge of his family."

dollars

~~:.

vices to the 4th instant, per the steamer Cambria, were pub-
lished, showing a decline in the prices of breadstutfs in the Eng-
lish markets, and causing a depression in prices here. The

ad early in the week were made at a decline of
arrel on prices previously current, but as the news became
lore fully develoyed, holders became firmer, and within the
at few days prices have taken au upward movement.
londay afternoon a few hundred bbls. were sold at Z 5 75, bei
ie lowest point-at which sale
sale of 400 bbls. mixed bre
::red about the fair market
Iles of first rve Ho

50 cents per

To-day there was

For this description. V

Is at S 4 7

and at r

been exported from this port to Europe, (principally Ir
,) ten thousand nine hundred and sixteen barrels of lion
hundred and sixty-five thousand and five hundred ar
n bushels of corn, and twelve hundred barrels of coi
cember 31st, there was e:

ich was .8303,361. In addition to the ,
red this morning for Furope, viz., the Attica, for Cork, the
nnah Thornton for Galway, and the Angola, for Liverpool;
bushels

th fifty-one thousand five hiindred and seventy
corn. two thdusand one hundred do. rye, five
Is of flour, and five hundred barrels corn meal

An emigrant-ship, while on her passage from Ham-
burgh to Canada, was lost in the Gulf stream. 160 pas-
sengers and the crew, with the exception of four, perished.
It is commonly rumoured in Madrid that the Queen of
Spain and her husband continue to evince the greatest re-
pugnance for each other, and that her Majesty is resolved
upon a separation.

The present average price of wheat within the district
that supplies Paris, is 45f. the hect. litre ; while at the

le same c

ate in 18,

Massachusetts,

was lately set

filled with water, containing fishes. The rays of thessun,
concentrating as they passed through the globe, converted
it into a powerful burning glass ; and it the smoke had
not been perceived, the house would have been consumed.
RUMOURED INTERVENTION IN PORTUGAL. The
Times, of Wednesday, contains an article upon the present

it has reason to believe that the powers who were parties
to the quadruple alliance, will probably terminate the
present civil war in that country, by their mediation and

influence.
The Courrier Francais states that—" The Austrian
Government has just established its tariff of intolerance
at Cracdw, as respects the Jews arriving from the king-

Every Israelite is to pay four florin
n escort ; a servant and a woman three flu

CFEFRBOITRGII,AI

come to a fearful pass at Cherbourgh. The
,ers are kept at the barracks ready prepared, and two
were called out, but only a few stones were
the night before, the mob broke into a baker's
nouse and distributed the bread. For two nights there
has been a calm, although the corn is daily rising in price.
DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
—A postcript to our Constantinople correspondent's let-
ter, dated Feb. 27, announces that a conspiracy had just
been discovered, in which Hafiz Pacha, late Minister of
Justice, and a great many influential pachas, were com-
promised. Numerous arrests had been made, but no par-

iiculars had got wind. Great excitement pervaded all
classes.—Morning Herald.

A correspondent of a London paper, describing the recent
Roman carnival, says that the English have generally
distinguished themselves in the warof sugar-plums ; but that
none rivalled a peer, who stood on a balcony and scattered

his comfits till they lay ankle-deep in the street. He dis-
dained to retreat when a lemon struck his face, and only
requested the police to prevent the use of such " illegal'

PLENTY OF FOOD IN AMERICA.—We have been favoured
with the following extract from a letter, dated Baltimore,
23d February, 1847 :—" We regret to hear of the scarcity
of food in Europe ; here there is a great superabundance,
and though vast amounts have been sent forward, the
granaries of the great west are as yet comparatively un-
touched. The canals will soon be open, and great amounts
will then be sent to the seaboard."

RUMOURED MASSACRE IN RUSSIA.—The Constitu-
tional contains an account of a disturbance, which was
said to have broken out at Mohilef, in White Russia.
The disorder commenced at a banquet given by the offi-
cers of a Russian regiment, at which some seditious toasts
were given, for which several officers have been reduced
to the ranks. A rising of the peasantry on several estates
followed, accompanied by the plunder of a number of
houses and some loss of life. The troops from a neigh-
bouring town were called in, and put down the distur-
bances.

IMPORTANT CONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE
BANK OF FBA NC E.—The Moiziteur Parisiek of Wednes-
day evening contains the following article :—" An arrange-
ments has been concluded by the Bank of France for the
disposal of a portion of the government stock of which it
is proprietor. On the 27th of February last the Emperor
of Russia gave, through Count Nesselrode, orders to M.
Kis3eleff, his Charge d'Affairs in France, to present him-
self to the minister for foreign affairs (M. -Guissot) to
form him that the Russian government was ready to pur-
chase the French government stock of which it wished to
dispose at the medium price of the day (March 11 inst.)
to the extent of 50,000,000 f. (X 2,000,000 sterling.) This

sum will be placed in cash at St. Petersburg at the dispo-
sal of the Bank of France.

GERMANY.—The following account is given as a proof
of the misery occasioned by scarcity of food in Hungary :

acts of horror have been committed such as are not to be
surpassed in accounts of cities famished by a long seige.
A workman at Pesth, being no longer able to provide for
his numerous family, walked with two of his children to

the banks of the Danube, and threw the youngest into the
stream ; but his anguish at seeing it struggle for its life in
the waters, impelled him to jump in to endeavour to save

it. The child that was left on the bank uttered cries of
distress, and said that he would not ask again for bread if
they would but save his father. The man was saved, but

AMERICAN RELIEF OF IRISH FAMINE.—The Irish
lief Fund is swelling up. New York has contributed

nearly 40,000 dollars in all, and the same energetic move-
ment is going forward in Boston, Albany, Utica, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, New Or-
leans, &c. It is impossible for us to give every instance of

individual charity in the various cities. We shall endea-
vour to keep the run of contributions in this city, and
eventually we hope to receive from the relief committee
full lists of all the donations made in the city and neigh-
bourhood for Ireland and Scotland. At the city of New-
ark, New Jersey, a meeting has been held, 1,500 dollars
subscribed, and measures adopted to send out a ship
laden with grain to the Irish poor. Mr. H. H. Grinnel,

the shipping merchant, has made arrangements to deliver
in Ireland, at his own expense, 1,000 bushels of corn, pre-
sented by Mr. James Wadsworth, of GeneSsee, Livings-
ton county, New York. A lady in this city has sent 1000
dollars to the relief committee, but she modestly with-
holds b - The I`T-- York relief ship Victor.

..er name. _New
loading at this city, was chartered some tiine ago, when
freights were cheap, by Messrs. Dutilh and Cousineri, who
cheerfully transferred their favourable bargain to the re-

lief committee. At Cincinnati, Ohio, 3,00(1 dollars wgre
subscribed in one evening, and committees appointed to
increase the sum. At New Bedford, Massachusetts, Mr.
Rotch, jnn. gave 400 dollars, and Mr. G. Howland, 300
dollars ; an Mr. L. Harris onsocket, Rhode
nond dollars. Rochester has Woo contributed 1,000

The Catholic Church at Bostoi
ars.—New York Sun, Feb. 24

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

It is calculated that the railway " calls
11 amount to upwards of £2,209,000.

for March

The first sod of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston
Railway was cut on Tuesday last, by Mr. Jos. Kendrick,