The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-11 00:00:00

flexible materials affected by their weight. On the ridges of
the roofs are uncouth figures of animals, and other decora-
tions in clay, stone, or iron. The town is full of shops con-
taining chiefly articles of clothing, food, and furniture, dis-
played to full advantage. Even coffins are painted in a va-
riety of lively and contrasting colours. The smaller quad-
rupeds, including dogs, intended for food, are, as well as
poultry, exposed alive for sale. Loose garments and trousers
are worn by both sexes, but the men have hats of straw or
cane which cover the head, their hair, except one long lock,
being cut short or shaved, while the women have theirs en-
tire, and plaited or coiled becomingly into a knot upon the
crown of the head, as is sometimes seen on the female statues
of antiquity. Throughout the place there is an appearance
of quick and active industry, beyond the natural effect of a
clime not quite thirty degrees from the equator.

Sir Robert Peel, Bart, M.P., has kindly intimated his
intention of giving the munificent sum of £3OO towards the
establishment of a reading-room at Tarnworth for the work-
ing classes of that neighbourhood, besides becoming an annual
subscriber to a liberal amount.

DANCING.-Swift called dancing " voluntary madness."
The Chinese seem to think it useless fatigue, for when Com-
modore Anson was at Canton, the officers of the Centurion
had a ball upon some court holiday. While they were
dancing, a Chinese, who surveyed the operations, said softly
to one of the party, " Why don't you let your servants do
this for you ?"

BOURDONNAIS THE CHESS-PLAYER.—M. De la Bour-
donnais is of noble family, being grandson to that governor
of the Mauritius, immortalised by St. Pierre in Paul and Vir-
ginia. De la Bourdonnais is now about forty-five years of
age. He was educated in the college of Henri IV., but has
never followed any profession except chess, which he took up
as a passion about twenty-five years back. La Bourdonnais
inherited a small paternal estate ; but I regret to say that
this was devoured by some unfortunate building speculation
at St. Maloe's. His frame is largeand square, the head pre-
senting a fine study for a phrenologist, bearing the organs of
calculation enormously developed. Solid and massive, the
head of La Bourdonnais is a true Napoleon front ; carved out
of marble, and placed upon shoulders of granite, like those
of Ajax Telarnon. That eye so piercing, looks through and
through the board, so as to convey the feeling that La Bour-
donnais could really see well in the dark, which hypothesis
accounts for his playing so beautifully blindfold. You have
never seen La Bourdonnais at chess? Come, then; although
late, this is a glorious opportunity. He is about to give the
rook to Boissy d'Anglas, pair de France ; let us hasten to
get a favourable position for looking on. The spectators of
the duel are no mean men :—General Haxo, who commanded
the artillery for the son of Thunder at Waterloo ; Mery, the
poet ; Lacretelle, the naturalist ; Calvi, Chamouillet, Ro-
bello, and others of the elite, are in the press; while the vener-
able Chevalier de Barneville, nearly ninety years of age, who
has played with Philidor and with Jean Jacques, serves as
the connecting link of three generations, and reminds one of
Philidor himself come back to with the triumphs of his illus-
trious heir. I would rather play chess a day with De la
Bourdonnais, than spend a week with Sardanapalus.—From
Fraser's Magazine for December.

LIVERPOOL PRI

CES CURRENT.

Asiuss
Montreal, Pot 30 0@ 30 0
Pearl, new 29 6 —3O 0
U. States, Pot none.
Pearl none.
BARE, Quercit.
Oak, 14 ton .. £5 10 7 0
German 4 15 5 0
BazsisroNa,l9, ton
Sicily, &c lO 10 11 0
Tuscany ll 0 11 10
CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. S. d
14, cwt. in bond 80 0 —B5 0
CLOVER-SEED, Tr cwt.

MADDER, as cwt. E. d. s. d.
Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0
Ombro 50 0 —65 0

Gamene 32 0 —4O 0
Mull 10 0 —3O 0
French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0
S.F.F 48 0 —52 0
E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0
E.5.F.F.63 0 —66 0
42 0 —5B 0

Spanish
MOLASSES, cwt
Trinidad, &c 35 0 —37 0
Demerara, &c 36 0 —3B 0
Bar & Antigua 41 0 —43 0
MUNJEET, cwt 12 0 —l4 0
OIL, Olive, p 252 galls.
Gallipoli £63 0 —64 0
Trieste 60 0 —Si 0
Sicily .. 54 0 —6O 0
Malaga 57 0 —5B 0
Portugal, &c 56 0 —5B 0
Levant 57 0 —59 0
Palm, v ton 35 0 —35 10

American, red none
Dutch 70 0— 80 0
French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0
COCOA, V, cwt
Trinidad
Grenada

49 0- 52 0
} 32 0- 36 0

Brazil
COFFEE, V, cwt. in bond
Jama. triage :: 160 0— 86
ordinary ..
good& fine ord. 92 0-112
middling ll6 0-126
good mid.
fine mid. &C. 146 0-157
Dutch, triage. • 160 0— 75
ordinary ... •
good & fine ord. 75 0— 82
middling B4 0— 90
good mid.
fine mid., &c.l 92 0— 98 0
-
Mocha
Ceylon
Java

Fish,V 252 galls
Seal, pale

30 0 —3O 10
26 0 —29 0
26 0 —26 10
LINSEED, Vo CWI 28 0 —2B 6
Rape, pale do. 4l 0 —42 0
Turpen. V. cwt. •• 51 6 —52 0
RICE, qp cwt
Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0
in bond 22 0 --
Bengal, ord. do 13 0 —l4 0
mid to fine l4 6 —l5 6
African none.
RUM, gallon, in bond.
Jamaica,
12 to 16 o. p.. • 4 4 5 10
stronger 5 0 6 2
choice marks 6 4 6 10
SAFFLOWER, cwt.
Bengal,
good & fine.. X 5 0 7 10
ord. & mid
Bombay
SALTPETRE, p cwt. S. d. S. d
East India 26 0 —3O 0
South American 20 6 —2l 6
Stunt, LAC, . cwt. in bond.
orange 56 0 —BO
liver and black 33 0
SKINS,
Neutria, 14, doz
Chinchilli, do.
Seal, each

84 0-125 0
86 o— go 0
60 0— 70 0

Havana
good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0
St. Domingo 42 0— 44 0
8razi1.......... 42 0— 45 0
Laguira ........ 60 0— 0 0
Dirxwoons, Is" ton .€. s. e. s
Logwood, Jam— • 7 0— 7 5
Hon. & Dom. 7 5 7 in
Campeachy 90—9 15
Fustic, Span. 4 15— 5 0
Tampico
Brazil
Cüba
NICARAGUA Woon.
Rio de la Hache
solid
rough 6 0— 7 10
small
Lima, solid l2 0— 13 0
Barwood, Ango 8 0— 9 0
Gaboon 6 10— 7 0
Camwood l9 0— 25 0
Red San. Wood 8 0— 8 10
FLAX, V, ton.
Riga. P.T.R. 43 0— 43 16
P'burg, 9 head 4O 0— 41 0
Archangel 44 0— 55 0
Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-120 0
GALLS, V cwt.
Turkey, blue 65 0— 72 0
mixed 60 0— 66 0
East India 6O 0— 72 0
GINGER, V cwt.
Barbadoes 45 0— 50 I.
Jamaica 6O 0-200 0
E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0
Gem, 4 cwt.
Arabic, Turkey
East India 24 0— 55 0
50 0— 0 0
75 0— 0 0

6 0 -13 0
10 0 -25 0
. 1 5 - 3 6

ISHITMAC,
Sicily
Malaga
Trieste

none
7 6 8 6
6 6 7 0
9 o —lO 0

Verona
Tyrolese
SUGAR, I;4' cwt
B. P. Muscovado
moist brown 74 0 —76 0
dry brown 77 0 —79 0
good & mid so o —B4 0
fine &v. fine B5 0 —B7 0
Mauritius,
dabs and moist 71 0 —73 0
brown 74 0 —76 0
yellow 76 0 —BO 0
fine yellow Bl 0 —B4 0
East India, Bengal
ord. white •78 0 —Bl 0
good and fine 82 0 —B6 0
extra fine 86 6 —B7 0
Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0
Havana, do.
brown
yellow .
white ord
good & fine
Brazil, in bond
brown
yellow
white ord
good and fine
TALLOW, 7,9, cwt.
P'burgh, Y.C. 4g 0 —49 6
0de55a.......... 49 0 —49 6
I Archangel ...... 47 6 —4B 0
Buenos Ayres.... 40 0 —47 0
TAR, V Sri'.
Stockholm ......20 0 —2l 0
Archangel ...... 19 6 —2O 0
Carolina ........ 16 9 —l7 0
Virginia ........ 0 0 0 0
TARTAR, cwt.
Cream of Tartar.. 78 0 —BO 0
brown and yel... 50 0 —7O 0
TEA, 8 115. in bond
Bohea, Canton ..
Fokein .•
Congou, COM. 24
Mid. to fine. 2 5 3 0
Twankay, COM... 2 4
mid. to good 2 4i— 2 5
Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6 3 6
Campoi,
corn. to good.. none
Hyson 5kin...... 2 1
mid. to fine.. 2 3
Souchong, com... 2 4 2
good to fine 2 g 3 0
Pekoe, flowery, .. 3 0 3 6
Hyson, COM... • . 2 8 2 9
fine., 3 0— 4 6
Young Hyson 27 3 3
Imperial
Gunpowder,
good and fine
ToßAcco, lb, in bond.
J. River, Leaf 0 4 0 7
Stemmed o 4 0 7
Kentucky
Maryland
TURMERIC, le, cwt. in bond.
Bengal
TURPENTINE, 13'
2 6 American
1 4 VALoNiA, To ton. s £ 0
0 7i Smyrna, picked l4 0 —l9 10
Morea
0 WAx, Baas'ig• cwt. in bond.
African
East . 6 15 8 0
0 American ........... . 7 o s 0

Barbary
Senegal
HESIP, 19, ton s. a,
P'burg, clean 41 0— 42 0
outshot 40 0— 41 0
Riga, Rhine 42 0— 43 0
outshot 40 0— 41 0
Archangel
Manilla 3O 0— 31 0
Bombay l9 0— 21 0
Jute
HIDES, Ox and Cow, qp, tb
B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry.
inferior & mid. 0 7i-- 0 83-
good & prime 0 9 0 10
Do. salted
N. Amer. salted 0 3-4 0 4
Brazil
dry salted 0 54 0 6
Rio, dry
Valparaiso, dry 0 7 0 8
Odessa, &c. dry 0 64 0
W. India, dry 0 64 0 7
salted 0 41— 0 5,
East India
Rips, B.A. dry 0 7i— 0 9
Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 6
EIORSE HAIR, tb
Short ..
mixed ..
long tails
combed

24 0 -24 6
25 0 -27 0
32 0 -33 0

.34 0 -3B 0

18 0 -22 0
22 6 -24 0
22 0 -23 0
24 0 -26 0

2 2 - 2 2.

o B}-0 9
0 10-0 13
1 4 1 10
2 0— 2 9
NDIGO, 914 lb. in bond.
Bengal.
pur. & violet 0 0—
blue & violet 0 0—
blue 0 0—
violet, g. & fine 6 6
ord. & mid. 5 3
violet & cop. l 5 0—
mixed ..
cop. g. & fine. 5 0—
ord. & mid. 4 0—
con. quality
Oude 2 0—
Madras 2 6
Guatimala, 19 lb
Floras
Sobres
Cortes
Caraccas, Floras 5 6
Sobres 4 0—
Cortes
LAC DYE, 10' lb.
D.T. and prime. 1 6
mid, to good 0 8—
ord. & inferior 0 4
MADDER ROOTS, 19' ewt.
Smyrna
Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 46
French 45 0— 47
Naples 45 0— 46

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GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street
Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester :
TIMES OF DEPARTURE
FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM,
3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m
6 a.m. Mixed
8 15 a.m. First Class
10 30 a.m. First Class
15 15 p.m. First Class
4 p.m. Mixed
7 p.m. First Class 12
FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER
15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston
at Parkside

1 15 p,m.
4 p.m,
6 p.m.

6 a.m. Mixed Train do
11 30 a.m. First Class
2 15 p.m. First Class
2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston
at Parkside.

3 30 p.m. Mixed
5 p.m. First Class

On Sunday the Departures will be

3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train ate 30 a.m,
8 15 a.m. Mixed
PP PP 1 30 p.m
10 30 a.m. „
7 P.m. ~ „ 12
2 15 a.m. First Class
7 90 a.m. Mixed
11 30 a.m. „
245 p.m. „
The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only