The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET.-YESTERDAY

The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our grazing districts were
tolerably good as to numbers, but very deficient as to quality.
Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country
buyers was numerous, the Beef trade was somewhat inactive,
at barely, but at nothing quotable brneath, last week's prices,
and a total clearance was with difficulty effected.

The number of Sheep were again very extensive. Prime old
Downs commanded a brisk sate, at a further improvement in
value of 2d. per M.—the highest figure being 4s. Sd. per Sib.
In all other breeds a good business was transacted, and in some
instances the currencies had an upward tendency.
Lambs, the supply of which was good, moved off steadily, at
late rates.

The Veal trade was in a slugg
alteration in value.

h state, yet we can notice no

In Pigs very little was doing. at late figures

Yesterday, 750 tons of ice arrived at this port from
Boston, in the Sabbattis, being the largest cargo ever im-
ported into this country.
On Saturday the committee of the Hons?. of Lords de-
clared the preamble of the Manchester and Southampton
bill not proved.
Her Majesty, it is said, will not prorogue her parlia-
ment this session in person. The prorogation will be by
commission, and probably on the 2,1 or 3d September.
Viscount Cantilupe and a party of noblemen and gen-
tlemen have joined Sir William Massey Stanley, Bast.,
and Mr. John Stanley, at their shooting quarters, at Glen-
shiero and Garviemore, in the Highlands.
BUYING A PREACHER.—The coloured people of
Wa,hington have held a fair to raise 300 dollars to buy
their preacher, who is a slave. The price. for a good
preacher, is very cheap indeed.—New nrk Morning POBt.
PRESERVED MEAT.—LaSt week two vessels arrived et
e I London from Galatz. Moldavia, with the extraordinary

large quantity of 53,347 cases of preserved meat, in addi-
tion to several packages of tongues, and other articles.

The North of Englind JointStocl• Bank at Berwick-on-
Tweed, wai robbed on Thursday nigh-. of £lOOO in Bank
of England notes, £1443 in Scotch notes, £361 10s. in
gold, and £l5 in silver. The perpetrators have not, been
discovered.

Accounts from the Red Sea announce that the cholera
was making ravages along its coast. At Medina the
deaths amounted to 300 per day, and at Gedda to '25-
Fonr cases had manifested themselves st Sues, which,
however, had not proved fatal.
The Rev. Johannes Czerski, so famous as. one of the
leaders of the German reformation, preached a sermon at
Trinity Chapel, John-street, London, on Sunday. His
discourse was interpreted, sentence by sentence, by the
Rev. Mr. Herschell, minister of the chapel.
The Marquis of Thomond died on Friday evening at
Taplow House, near Maidenhead. The noble Marquis is
succeeded in the title and estates by his brother, Lord
James O'Bryen, G. C. H., a vice-admiral of the white,
the same gallant nobleman who spoke in such an animated
strain at the sailors' dinner, given at the Albert Dock, on
occasion of the late visit of Prince Albert to this town: _

The Frankfort Journal Inserts a letter from Breslau of
the 12sh inst., stating that the Abbe Ronge had been con-
demned to four months' imprisonment for baying cele-
brated divine service in the town of Lachu without the
perm'ssion of the authorities. It was supposed that the
Abbe would appeal against this decision to the Prus-
sian Ministry, and afterwards to the King.

_ .
A dreadful ex plosion took place on 'Tuesday at the pow-
der-mills at ;Hillhouse, the property of Mr. M'Cullurn,
situate or, the Kerry side of the kyles of Bute, in Argyle-
shire, by which nearly the whole of the works, which

were extensive, were destroyed, and melancholy to relate,
nine persons lost their lives. The explosion was heard

and felt at a distance of 20 miles.
AMERICAN PROVISIONS.—In one day last week there
arrived at this port from New Orleans, Montreal and
Quebec, several vessels bringing, in addition to an im-
mense stock of cotton and wood goods of various de-
scriptions, the following large quantities of food and pro-
visions from America .-9433 barrels of flour, 3295 sacks
of Indian corn. 6248 sacks of wheat, 8382 sacks of corn,
9160 bushels of wheat, and 202 tierces of beef.

The dukedom of Tuscany was visited by a violent earth-
quake, on the 16th instant. At Leghorn it created the
greatest confusion. The inhabitants fled in every direc-
tion, and all the shops were closed. In the Tuscan Ma-
remmes and the adjoining country it caused considerable
damage. Several villages, and amongst others Orciana
and Lorenzana, are half destroyed. In the latter the
ground opened, and fro.n the fissure tkere issued a tor-
rent of dark fluid. The shocks lasted 'between nine and

ten seconds. The houses in Leghorn sustained much
injury, hut no lives were lost. _

SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE
MONDAY, AUGUST 24.—Wind S.E.

AR twirl) —Leander, Phelan, from Quebec—Triton, Flood.
from Archangel—Great Britain. from St. Jahn. N.B.—Sarah
Sheaf. Sands, from Apalachicola—and &abatis, Stevens, from
Boston.

SAILED.-Sophia Knudson, for Riga—Diana, Turpin, Nueva
—Arethu.a. Kelly:for Quebec—Adelina, Bradfield. for 'shoo--
General Parkhill, \l'Kown, for Charleston— Rajah. Boyd, for
Ca catra—Jenne Caroline, Eookarnp, for Brussels—Providence,
Mere; Jeui e Leonie, De Vries; Catherine, Hansen, and Char-
lotte, Muys, for Antwerp—Tyrone, Butler, an Palmyra, Bars-

.
tow. for New Orleans—Aurora, Pe:
Rude, for Bergen—and Courier, Grey

and Chrisfienshabb,

Calcutta

from Path,