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

imand, her residence in the

3rne House, is henc.
irton Manor Farm is in

upon nearly the highest possible autho-
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most exalted quarter has
_ .e and titled brides, who
r to consent to clandestine unions, that
ser Majesty's Drawing-rooms will

been conveyed to certain nobl,

their attendance
not, for the present, be expected.—Court Journal
Lord De Tabley, after a brief visit to his estate in Che-
shire, left Mivart's Hotel, on Thursday, for Heidelberg,
to accompany Lady De Tabley and family home.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock

LIVERPOOL

ORN MARKET.

THIS DAY

There was a moderate attendance at this morning's
arket, and a fair amount of business done, at a decilne
3d. per bushel on all kinds of Wheat.
Flour sold at a reduction of from ls. to Is. 6d. per

and barrel.
rley and Malt dull, and from ls. to 2s. per quarter
• Grinding Barley 3d. per bushel cheaper.

Beans ls. to 2s. lower

Oats id. dim]
in all the abo

in Indian Corn, at a:decline on the week

p.,
p
: CA

tion which was now before them, and also to support its
prayer. This he had great pleasure in doing. He would
state, that formerly he held 25 shares in this company,
but he had paid them off and disposed of them. From
that time to the present he had had nothing more to do
with the ql He believed that thr

public had I.
Gas Comna

•es Of the company

the Guardian
iti on a former
behind the scenes.
new that the bill of

use of the

Also £lOO,OOO.

PItIVATE BILLS.--It appears by a list published on
Tuesday of the private bills introduced into the House of
Commons this session, that they amount to not less. than
461, the great majority of which have been read a second
time. Of this mass of private legislation, the large pro-
portion of 333 bills are for the formation of railways ; but
of these, most are merely for the extension and deviation
of existing lines, very few new lines of railway having
been projected.
The port of London presents a picture at present, the
equal of which has not been seen for many years. Not a
vessel is to be found for love or money of sufficient ton-
nage to undertake a foreign voyage. Many cases occur
where the freight given for a single trip is considerably
more than the value of the vessel. We understand that

there is a strong probability that some of the foreign coal
depots will be run short of supplies in consequence of the
difficulty of procuring vessels for any place for which there
are no direct return cargoes.
THE GENET F

_ AsT.—To-morrow, the 24th instant,
ming the day appointed for a general fast, by an order in
Council, all the Government offices, the Excise, Customs,
Stamp office, and Treasury, &c., the Bank of England,
Stock Exchange, East India and South Sea. Houses, the
St. Katherine, London, West and East India Docks, will
be closed to business. The Post-office will open as usual,
except the Money-order offices. Bills and orders be-
coming due on that day will be payable on the Tuesday.
The' theatres, British Museum, National Gallery, &c.,
will remain closed.

CEgSATION OF FOOD DISTURBANCES.—WICK, 12TElk
MARCH.—It gives us the sincerest pleasure in having to
state that shipment of grain has been prosecuted here
this week without the slighest interruption, and that
there is not the least appearance of any further exhibition
of popular feeling against its exportation. Of the wounded
parties, the girl has almost recovered, but the man has
been, and still is, a great sufferer. All is quiet at Thurso
once more. On Wednesday, a boat's cargo of meal was
sent off to the Highlands, but no feeling of opposition
was manifested.—Caledonian Mercury.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Oxford Union So-
ciety, held on Saturday week, it was proposed to suspend
for the occasion one of the rules, which provided against
any part of the funds of the society being applied to any
charitable purpose, and to vote £2OO to the relief of the
distressed Irish and Scotch. After more than two hours'
discussion on the justice and legality of the measure, an
amendment was carried to the effect that a private sub-
scription be opened amongst the members of the society,
but that no money be given out of the public funds. The
numbers that voted on the question were

DECISION OF THE WESLEYANS AGAINST THE GOVERN-
MENT SCHEME.—We have the greatest pleasure in being
the first to communicate, which we do on the best
authority, the gratifying intelligence that, after long
deliberation and full discussion, the United

. Wesleyan
Committees of Education and of Privileges have resolved
upon a decided opposition to the government scheme.
Resolutions to that effect will be published as sdbn as
they have received the requisite sanction. This deter-
mination is highly honourable to their integrity and con-

sistency, and decides the balance of public Opinion against
the measure.—Patriot, of Thursday.

EXECUTION OF THE TWO NORTHUMBERLAND. MUR,.
DERERS.—James Welch and George Matthews (both
Irishmen) on Wednesday morning underwent the sentence
of the law at the county goal at Morpeth. The conduct
of Welch after sentence was that of the most hardened
and impertinent culprit. Matthews, on the contrary, ap-
peared duly impressed with the atrocity of his crime, and
was very attentive to the exhortations of the Catholic
clergymen, the Rev. G. A. Lowe. Welch, when on the
scaffold, appeared more affected than his previous behavi-

His fellow criminal, Matthews, was in'his 2t th year

" PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE, FROM THE PRINCE TO
THE PEASANT."—This is the title of a new work, which
our readers will observe advertised in another column.
It is calculated to afford much instruction to the young
on the subject of their native country. The work can be

neither called history or biography, and yet it partake:
of both. Tt aims at that which has not been done before,

viz. to represent uy coioureu plates the various classes
that form the great political body of Great Britain and
Ireland, with a description of their various duties and uses
to each other. The part now published contains the re-
presentation of her Majesty in her parliamentary robes,
with other plates of her officers of state, &c., coloured.
We recommend it to all who desire to know something of
their Queen and country.

MRS. BUTLER'S RETURN TO THE STAGE.—The Lady's
Newspaper says, " Much speculation is abroad as to the
reason why Mrs. Butler, after a lapse of eighteen years,
should resume her former profession. We are enabled,
through the medium of a party mnvinm in the nnner

•-•• • j La../.a//ii Jal wac IIfJpGI
cu-
cles of society, to state, that, in consequence of a differ-
ence between Mrs. Butler and her husband, a separation
ensued,
-the latter making an allowance of 2,000 dollars
itenance. We may briefly state that
whatever on the part of the lady. who