The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-24 00:00:00

CAPTAIN PIDDING'S TEAS.

MBE accounts litely received from Macao, brought intelli-
gencel. of the English having been totally expelled from
China, and that hostilities had actually commenced between
Her Majesty's forces, directed by her Superintendent in
person, and Chinese men of war ; in other words, China is
at war with England. And the questions upon which
ment as to render it almost impossible, and certai impro-
bable, two countries are now at issue being of such difficult ust-
jueye
that any more teas can be obtained fro Nina for a
very considerable period, a great rise in escriptions of
that article has taken place. Since Jun st, common black
teas have risen Is. 9d., and tine gr . , 3s. per lb. Fine
Hyson, with duty, fetched at the ! public sales, 9s. 7d. per
lb. ; fine black teas as high as Gs. 7d., whilst up to this mo-
ment, Captain Pidding has continued to allow his teas to be
sold without any advance whatever. The late great rise,
however, having caused a run upon his teas by the trade, who
found that they could purchase them cheaper retail than
they could buy inferior teas wholesale, he is compelled to
raise the price, to prevent his remaining stock being purchased
by tea dealers. For the present, Captain Pidding s' How-
QUA'S MIXTURE will be sold at the rate of 6s. 9d. per lb.,
being Os. the catty, or an advance of only 9d. per lb., when
the commonest teas, since June, have advanced Is. 9d. per lb.
HOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER will he sold, for the
present, at 9s. 9d. per lb., when even Hyson, an inferior tea,
is fetching, wholesale, 9s. 7d. per lb. Half and quarter
catties in like proportions.
Captain Pidding thinks it right to inform the public that
his Chinese correspondent states confidently-, that there is no
probability of the trade opening with that country, for, at the
least, twelve months ; and as the entire stock of consumable
.tea in Great Britain will be exhausted before that period,
there is little doubt but tea will advance daily.
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SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER,in Chinese Catty Packages.
N.B.—The signature Qf "Captain JOHN RHODUS PID-
DING" is upon every genuine package.
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Repository; GEO. CARLYLE,
for LIVERPOOL. ..
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Bolton ..... . G. J. French, Silk Mercer.
Burnley .• • • J. Sutcliffe, Bookseller, 20, St. James'-street.
Blackburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, 1, Church-street. •
Bradtbrd J. Pratt, Chemist.
Clitheroe H. Whalley, Postmaster.
Halifax J. W. Foster, Linen Draper, 36, Crown-street.
Leeds E. pepper, Confectioner, 39, Commercir.l.st.
Manchester Mirfin, Ford, and Co., St. Ann's-square.
Preston Thomas G Green, Music Seller, Church-street.
Wakefield J. Stanfield, Stamp-office.

The religious census of Upper Canada, so far as re-
returns have been made, is as follows :—Episcopalians,
79,754 ; Presbyterians, 78,383 ; Methodists, 61,088 ; Roman
Catholics, 43,029; Baptists, 12,968; 22 other denominations,
22,806; no professed religion, 34,760; no returns for 67,588 ;
total, 400,346.--Kingston Chronicle.
MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—Some time since a plain
private carriage drew up in the dusk of the evening to the
rural hotel in the romantic village of , in this county,
and the agreeable hostess made her best curtest/ to a young
and beautiful lady, who appeared much fatigued,_ and signi-
fied her intention of remaining for the night. The hostess
was so assiduous in her attentions, and the lady felt so com-
fortable in her cottage residence, that she protracted her
stay. At the end of the week she became the mother of a
child almost still born ; and about a fortnight after her ar-
rival the same carriage drew up precisely. at the same hour,
and the bill being yenerauslo discharged, the fair and un-
known one departed, no one knows whither.—Tipperary
Free Press.
MELANCHOLY Loss or LIVE—NINE PERSONS DROWNED
IN LOUGH SwiLLi':—On Thursday, the 9th instant, two
boats from the west side of the lake proceeded to Doughbeg
to fish for cod. On their return home,-on the night of the
same day, one of these boats'struck on a rock in Pincher's
Bay, when, melancholy to. relate, all on boai'd perished.
Among the sufferers were a man named Calagban anti his
two sons ; two brothers named John and James Black. from
Anny ; and the rest of the crew were called Kerr or M'Elha re.
The boat has been since picked up, and two of her boards
stove in; but none of bodies have yet been 'found.—
Londonderry Sentinel.
While our contemporaries on the other side.of-the.eliannel
are weekly recording some delectable proof of the curtness of
the season, we are happy to be able to bear testimony to the
superior geniality of this Island, by Appetising our - readers
that one day during the present week, Mr. Alderson, Pros-
pect-hill, gathered in his garden a considerable quantity of
large gooseberries, sufficient for a tart; with which he treated
his friends at dinner.--filanT Liberal.