The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

I have the honour to remain

Liverpool, 18th Dec. 1847. A BURGESS.
[Our correspondent, who has very properly fnrnished us
with his name, is well qualified to speak on the subject of
his letter, having been for many years intimately con-
nected with the commerce of the port. There are few
persons who have conferred more benefit on the town than
the warehouse owners ; the am3unts paid by them in the
shape of local rates are enormous, and their immense con-
tributions in this way have spared the shoulders of every
ratepayer to an extent which is little dreamed of. We
know of one warehouse owner who, within the last week,
has paid for local taxation £3,000, and surely the represen-
tations of such gentlemen are worthy of the very gravest
attention. Their interests are the interests of the town.]

IMPORTANT CAUTION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR, I consider it my duty, through your valuable
paper, to call public attention to the deception practised
by several parties, who are going about this neighbour-
hood, and elsewhere, levying contributions on the strength
of my name, and presenting forged letters purporting to
come, as recommendations, from me. I know three in-
stances where such characters have so acted, and with
success.
Nor is mine the only name with which such a liberty is
taken. I know that the names of other clergymen are
used for a similar purpose; and it seems high time that
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THREATENING LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR.—I beg leave briefly to call attention to a para-
graph of the Irish Intelligence, in your Tuesday's edition,
purporting ta-le_an abridgement of a letter addressed to
the Dublin Evening Mail, by the Dean of Ardagh, com-
plaining of being threatened with the fate of Major
Mahon.

The error in this statement is so apparent, that it will
not, I sincerely hope, excite the same degree of alarm in
the minds of the Dean's English friends as it otherwise
might.
I.—The Dean of Ardagh is styled "an ultra Whig," and
those who know him will find it rather difficult to recog-
nise him under such colours.

2.—The localities named " Sligo and Tubbercurry" are
far distant from Ardagh Deanery. _

It is plain that you have been led into an error as far as
regards the name, as in t letter received this day from
Ardagh, I am assured that though several of the clergy
and gentry of the county Longford are reported to be
" marked,', yet the Dean and family cannot yet learn that
his name is on the list of those doomed. Let not, how-
ever, his friends be confident, but fear and pray that he
may be kept in this evil day : and let us also be ready,
since even we in our security know neither the day nor the
hour. Your faithful servant,
DAVID T, BERRY,
St. Helen's, Dec. 18th, 1847. Incumbent of Parr.

[Our information was obtained from the Irish papers,
which we have not now before us, or we might probably
give some explanation of the apparent inaccuracy.]

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—His fate furnishes a remark-
able instance of the instability of human greatness, and
there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely
caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take some
simple remedy, he allowed disease-to gain the ascendancy
over his constitution, andAfiath was the result. Thus it
is that persons cannot be too watchful of their state of
health, and beingetriways provided with a safe and efficient
medicine, susiftts Frampton's Pill of Health, enjoy the
two greatest blessings of this world, health and long life.
The mortality of London, and indeed, of England ge-
nerally, shows a gradual annual decrease, whilst it is well
known the population increases considerably. The rates
of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced
during the last few years, yet the offices-continue as pros-
perous as formerly. These facts-clearly demonstrate that
some cause, either unknuwt( or unheeded, must have
produced such.favourcesults. Amongst these causes,
the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very
valuable discovefies in medicine will stand most prominent.
The small-poi[; that annually carried off thousands, has
been successfully combatted by vaccination ; and Gout,
that used to claim its numerous victims, has been tho-
roughly vanquished by Blair's Gout and 'mantic rills.