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

March 23, 1847.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(By EXPRESS.)

ATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL.
A telegraphic dispatch of the Indian mail was received
at Paris on Saturday. The news from Affghanistan is
favourable. There is nothing new from the Punjaub.
A revolution was reported to have taken place amongst
the Birmahs, and the son of the Regent had been assas-
sinated.

INDIA

AN'TICIP.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
At this day's market, although the supply of English Wheat
was short, still the absence of French buyers caused a reaction,
and a decline of 2s. per quarter under the currency of this day
week. Foreign was dull, but generally held at our previous
currency.
Floating cargoes of Indian Corn are nressed at laaaa”,t.”

I. Al c puce,
varying from ss. to 7s. per qr. reduction, withoutb-
promoting
business. The Irish markets having received liberal supplies,
all bread stuffs are quiet and easier to buy. Barley, Malt, and
Beans Is. lower. No aWration in Peas.
The oat trade has participated in the general dullness, and
not only lost the improvement noted on Monday last, but
buyers unwilling to take at this decline.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The supply of home-fed beasts on offer was, the time of year
considered, by far the most extensive as to number ever recol-
lected by the oldest frequenter of the market; while the qua-
lity has been seldom or never equalled during the month of
March. Th is circumstance, together with the prevailing fine
weather, and the large arrivals of country-killed meat up to
Newgate and Leadenhall, produced extreme heaviness in the
beef trade at Friday's decline in the quotations of quite 2d. per
81b., and a large humber of really prime beasts left the market
unsold.

To show the state of the demand we may intimate that many
good Oxen were with difficulty disposed of as low as 35. 6d. per
811), and, further, that nearly 1000 head of Beasts more were
on show than at the corresponding period in 1846.
The prices of Beef now range fully 4d. ; Mutton, 4d. to 6d.;
Lamb, 6d. to is ; Veal, Bd. to 10d., and Pork, 2d. to 4d. per
81b. lower than at the same time last season.

THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.

We lately noticed some of the proceedings of the Ches-
ter and Holyhead Railway Company, in reference, espe-
cially to their attempt to obtain powers to con.truct an
inner pier, or harbour, for their own exclusive use, (at a
great public cost,) and also travelling out of their owls
' line' , to run steam-ships between Holyhead and Liver-
pool. We observe that in their new Bill, they introduce the
following clause, which in our opinion detracts most tri-
flingly from the obnoxious character of the former bill:—
" And be it enacted, that the said' Company shall not
take, charge, or levy any toll, rate, wharfage, or other
dues for or in respect of passengers, carriages, goods,
cattle, or merchandize landing at or embarking from the
said inner pier or inner harbour ; and it is hereby ex-
pressly provided and declared, that the use of the said
inner pier and inner harbour, by or on behalf of the said
Company, shall be limited and restricted to the purposes
connected with the said Railway and the transit of pas-
sengers, goods, cattle, and merchandize travelling or
carried upon the said Railway, and using the works con-
nected therewith, and subject to such limited and re-
stricted use, the said inner pier, inner harbour and works
shall be and remain the absolute property of her Majesty,
her heirs and successors, and shall be and remain at,
and subject to, the absolute disposal, governance, and
control of her Majesty, her heirs and successors."