The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY I

INTELLIGENCE

f The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Terese
(From the Oxford Herald.) of Hohenlohe Schellingsfurst, came to town yesterday, from
PROMOTIONS. Windsor Castle, and visited the Princess Augusta, at Cla-
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We have heard, with pleasure, that the Rev. T. Garrett, rence House, St. James's. The royal duchess had an inter-
B.A. of Queen's College, Cambridge, a native of Shaftesbury, view with the :-
a gentleman of high literary attainments, has been presented Her Majesty the Queen .1.A....6,...,
to a church, value £4OO. per annum, in Jamaica, by the Right Gloucester, also paid visits, yesterday, to the a .
Rev. the Bishop of that island.—Salisbury Herald. gusts, and spent some time with her royal highness.
Rev. Charles Yate, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College, The following account of her royal highness's health was
Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Holme, in Spalding Moor, issued yesterday :—" The Princess Augusta, in the early
Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Very Rev. Dr. Cal- part of the night, was restless, and suffered some pain ; but
vert ; patrons, the Master and Fellows of St. John's College. her royal highness has this morning had some refreshing
Rev. John Booth, Perpetual Curate of Stanford Bishop sleep, and continues in the same state as yesterday.—Cla-
and Wacton, Herefordshire, to be one of the Six Divinity ranee House, September 17."
Lecturers founded in the Church of Bromyard, vacant by the At intervals, during the day, the princess suffered from
death of the Rev. J. Wood Duppa, M.A. of Christ Church. pain, but last evening her royal highness became composed.
Rev. Mr. Penny, son of the Rev. Mr. Penny, of Fox Hall, The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Theresa. of Ho-
Cubetsty, Essex, to the Curacy of Romford, vacant by the henlohe, on leaving Clarence House, yesterday, went to
resignation of the Rev. J. \Via. Marlborough House and partook of a dejeune with her Ma-
Rev. Henry Nicholson Burrows, M.A. of Trinity College, jesty the Queen Dowager. The royal duchess and the Prin- i
Cambridge, and late Principal of Hull College, to be one of cess Therese left Marlborough House soon after three o'clock, per share for the nn..-, _
the Domestic Chaplains to the Duke of Sutherland. in a chariot and four horses with outriders, on their return said to be rapidly improving.
to 'Windsor Castle. transpired.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Coun- GLASGOW AND PAISLEY JOINT RAILWAY.—We have
teas Brownlow and Lady Bedingfield, took an airing yester- received the following analysis of the traffic on this line
day afternoon, in the Regent's Park and Hyde Park, in an during the first 50 working days, ending the Bth instant ; and
open barouche and four. as they resolve some interesting problems as to a
The Duke of Cambridge spent the day yesterday, shooting fares on the different classes, we read''
at Coomb Wood, returning to Cambridge House in the columns :

will be ready for opening early in October.
PRESTON AND WYRE RAILwAY.--The number of pas-
sengers conveyed on this line during the week ending on
Wednesday. was—first class, 682& ; second class, 918 ; third

princess

rtass, zoool : malting a WWI WI 21 VI
HUM. AND SELBY RAILWAY.--'
tember 7 to September 13, inclusiv
Passengers (4044,) parcels, tk:(
Goods,

,reels, sheep, &c

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWA
ek ending 12th September.

WORKING OF THE CORN AVERAGES

Traffic returns from Sep-

£482 5
253 7

e effect of

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCOTTISH STANDARD.
EDINBURGH, Sept. 15, 1840.
SIR,—I cannot but think it due to you to state, even
through your own columns, that ever since you have come
amongAt us, you have distinguished yourself, by taking up 1
and fully discussing every subject that you could consider of ' Amount, including cash for small parcels £3,444
importance to the country. In the department of agricul- SATURDAY. Average passengers per diem
ture you have been particularly assiduous—and I think not The Princess Augusta experienced a severe attack on Ditto cash ditto
in vain; nor do you seem to omit any opportunity of defend- Thursday night. Recepts per mile per diem
ing the outworks of the system you have endeavoured to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager came to Clarence-house, Of the passengers carried there were—
establish. It is upon this subject I now wish to address you, and remained tiil 1 o'clock yesterday morning. First class, at ls., 13,581, or about 13.42 per ceni.
and 1 shall endeavour to convey what I have to say in as few ' The following account of the health of her Royal Highness Second class, at 9d., 43,696, or about 43.18 per cent.
words as possible. was issued yesterday forenoon : Third class, at Gd., 43,915, or about 43.38 per cent.
The last great operation of the corn importers for the " The Princess Augusta is not suffering so much pain this The amount received, excluding small parcels and a few half-
fear, has just been completed; and it has been for them morning, but her Royal Highness's symptoms have not im- fares, was—
most triumphant—most disastrous for the country. In the proved. First class, £679 Is Od, or about 19.73 per cent.
port of London alone about a million of quarters have been " Clarence-house, Sept. 18." Second class, £1,638 12s Od, or about 47.61 per cent.
let loose upon the last occasion. Even in Leith seventy Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cain- Third class, £1,097 178 6d, or about 31.88 per cent.
thousand quarters have been released, as you correctly state. bridge paid visits to the Princess yesterday morning, and re- —lt will thus be seen that the first and second class passen-
Your contemporaries have stated it at twenty-six, but this mained some time. gers equal 56.6 per cent., and the cash received from theirs
is to content themselves with recording only the operations Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness 67.34 of the whole. These are high ratios compared with
of one day. All the other ports included, the release cannot the Duchess of Gloucester came several times to Clarence- some of the returns on the English lines, and prove that in
have been of less than two millions five hundred thousand house in the course of the day, and had also interviews with fixing the cares at the present rates, the directors have acted
quarters; and this, be it remembered, upon this single her Royal Highness. upon sound principles, both in accommodation and price.
occasion. Sir Henry Halford attended the Princess again last even- The second class appears to be the most productive, but, in
Now, what will be the conduct of the corn-importers? ing, and Mr. Moore is in constant attendance at Clarence- considering the expense of conveyance, various important
They have not released all their stores—that might have house. Lady Mary Pelham and Miss Wynyard are both in elements must be kept in view, which raise the profit on the
caused a real fall of price. They have released what to the close attendance on the Royal sufferer. better classes ; one of these need only be attended to at pre-
best of their judgment may be left free, without the risk of MONDAY. sent, viz., the tax, which is nearly 8 per cent. on the Ist, and
causing any considerable depression. ' The Princess Augusta is reduced to a verydistresingstte, 15 per cent. on the 3rd class.—Greenock Advertiser.
But if any considerable importations should be ventured ar
on by INTRUDERS, they would immediately sink the averages,
that by raising the duty they may have the market sealed
against all releases capable of interrupting their profits.
This is precisely the state of things pointed out seven years
ago, by a writer who.has since become one of your most in-
dustrious correspondents. He then spoke as follows :
" Supposing the cheap corn of Poland introduced at a shil-
ling or two shillings a quarter, the merchant, after all charges,
has probably a power of profit of from thirteen to fifteen shil-
lings, because the British farmer cannot produce at less than
leaves this difference. To all this extent, therefore, the mer-
chant can dally with his subject, and by means of a very
small stock of foreign corn, command the markets and the
produce of the native farmer at his own price ; for the mer-
chant, so circumstanced, can sell with profit where the far-
mer cannot ; and the farmer necessarily prefers selling to the
merchant to competing with him in the market, because he
cannot compete with him without ruin. Thus the farmer is
robbed because he fancies he has a protection. and acts ac--
cordingly, and he has no protection. The treasury is not
enriched, for it receives in general only the lowest duty pos-
sible ; yet the article is not lowered to the country, for the
whole grain imported and native is kept as high as possible,
so that the country is every way injured in its private as well
as in its public capacity, in every one to whom the grain is
kept dear, as well as in its treasury, to which the lowest pos-
sible duties are paid."--Importance of Agriculture, by D

afternoon

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101,192

£6812 0
10 2 0

RAILWAY FROM ENGLAND TO SCOTLAND.-Sir F. SIT

The members of the royal family, with affectionate solicitude, the government commissioner, after inspecting ~._
evince their anxiety by their frequent visits and attention to coast line, arrived at Newcastle on Tuesday. He has no%
their afflicted relative. completed his inspection ; for the proposed west line not
The Hon. Lieut.-Col. Grey, equerry in waiting on the having been surveyed he could do nothing there, and the
Queen, came from Windsdr Castle at an early hour yester- midland line he examined on his way to Edinburgh. He will
day morning, by command of her Majesty, to learn the state shortly, therefore, make his report. The opinion he will
of her royal highness ; and Capt. Seymour, by command of offer as to the best line cannot, of course, be known yet, but
his royal highness Prince Albert, also came to Clarence it will be looked for with some anxiety by the projectors of
House. Both gentlemen, after receiving from the medical the two competing lines. The engineer of the midland.line,
gentlemen in attendance an account of the health of the we understand, has proposed a branch to Glasgoii from some
princess, left town on their return to Windsor Castle. point near Melrose, up the Twecd and down the Clyde, and
• measures are already being taken to have it surveyed ; but
Me Duchess of Gloucester, who throughout the long pe:.
..
the commissioner had no opportunity of examining that part

Hod of the princess's illness, now extending to the term of
several months, has constantly visited her royal highness
daily, continued in attendance on the princess both yester-
day and on Saturday. The Queen Dowager also spent the
greater part of both days at Clarence
_House. Yesterday
_ _

of their project, though lie may probably do so or
occasion.—Scattish Standard.

ne of the

Newcastle and North Shields Railway was

forenoon, her Majesty and the Duchess of Gloucester attende(
prayers in the drawing-room of Clarence House ; the Rev
J. a. Wood, chaplain to the Queen Dowager officiating.

ste :day inspected by the crown commissioners,
:k Smith and Professor Barlow, and by Mr.

, .
Their royal highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge
paid visits to her royal highness, yesterday, and on Saturday:

wo accounts of the health of the princess were issued
yesterday ; one in the middle of the day, the other at five
o'clock p.m. The former was as follows :
" The Princess Augusta experienced a considerable return
of pain early this morning, bnt there has since been a miti-
gation of her sufferings, and her royal highness, though very
, weak, is now in a more comfortable state.
I 1 this " Clarence House, Sept. 20, 119". ' 10."

Sir Frede-
Alderman

Thompson, M.P. The directors, with marked courtesy,
fitted out a special train for the occasion, and the distin-
guished strangers were pleesed to express their unqualifitd
approbation of the works, as well as with all the arrangements
of the line.—Newcastle Journal.

Bain.
The state of things here so strongly depicted seven years
ago, is in no single point altered at this moment, except that,

instead of a gain of from 13s. to 15s. a quarter, it wi
year be nearly of twice that amount !
Thus, supposing corn purchased on the continent
per quarter ; in many instances it is greatly less,—and if it is
higher, (and in some places it is habitually double,) it is held
by English capitalists for their certain London dupes ; and
supposing 20s. to be added for charges, which is the highest
ever estimated, the total expense of a quarter of this corn,
including a duty of 2s. Bd. may safely be
stated under
And the price in the market, in order to
reduce the average to the proper point,
was lately

t-past
account in the afternoon was as follows

free from pain during the day.
" Five o'clock."
The following account was issued on Saturday :
"The Princess Augusta continues in a weak and suffering
state, but there is no material change in her royal highness's
symptoms since yesterday.
" Clarence House, Sept. 19

-half-past 12 o'clock

3 12 0

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET.

1 10 0

THURSDAY EVENING.—The unfavourable state of the
weather last evening off Dover has prevented the arrival of
any Preach mail to-day, but notwithstanding the absence of
news so general appears to be the impression iu favour of a
pacific turn in affairs, so far as the disagreements with France,
and so strong the confidence of speculators for the rise, that
the funds continued to advance and the improved quotations
were firmly maintained as they took place. Tqe rise in Con-

On 2,500.000 quarters for the merchants
Loss to the country in purchasing 2,500,000
quarters at the supposed price of 20s.
Shipping and other charges of import, duty,
&c. being so much misapplied

3,750,000 0 0

2,500,000 0 0

2,750,000 0 0

Capital lost ar►d misapplied by transactions
to the amount of 2,500,000 quarters
Of which directly lost to the country, the
purchase price at 20s.

cols was* per cent. on the closing pricespf yesterd

9,000,000 0 0

left off at7gBi to for money and 88 to for account.
chequer Bills ss. to 7s. for account. There was considerable

2,500,000 0 0

anitilation also in the Foreign Market, with an almost general
rally in prices. Spanish Active with the overdue Coupons
were 22t to 3. Portuguese Five per Cents 324 to 3, the
Three per Cents 22 to 4. Brazilian 78 to 80. Mexican Old
Bonds 244 to 5, the New 254 to 64. Colombian 22 to 4.

If it is more (and it is often 48s
cordingly.

the loss is increased ac-

That the purchase money of all corn imported, !s lost to the
state, is now nearly universally admitted ; as foreigners es-
pecially want our money, and do not want our goods, and
therefore receive money only in return for corn. The neces-
sity for this is indeed demonstrated in very few words by the
authority from which I have already quoted.
" It may be said that anew market would be opened (says
Mr. B.) by every cargo of grain received. But is this cer-
tain ? And if certain, then to what extent ? We know that
no where is the raiser of grain the sole proprietor of the soil,
He has rent to pay, and therefore at the utmost can only re-
ceive his own part in goods ; and that is everywhere more
trivial than it is at home. In most of the corn countries,
indeed, the peasant is a slave and can purchase little." And
as he states elsewhere, (though 1 cannot at the moment find
the passage) " the owners of these slaves have tastes for other
than English goods ; for silks from France or Persia ; jewels
and arms from other countries, often such as we cannot fur-
nish at all, or if we could furnish them, then never at such
a price ; money for horses and useless attendants,—and even
for a barbarous hospitality."
See, then, the effect of diverting only nine millions annually
(supposing that to be equal to the transactions in corn for a
whole year,) from our own agriculture and agriculturalists !
It is this—to repress by that much the cultivation of land,
and the production of all the usual results of agriculture ; not
only corn and straw, but beef and mutton, bacon and poultry,
tallow, wool, and leather, and above all, vegetables. It m..y
almost be said to be a national loss to the whole extent of the
misapplication ; for if the merchant applied his profits as the
farmer would his, he merely receives and expends the money;
he adds nothing to the national wealth as the farmer does.
But the merchant does not so expend his profits. He uses
many foreign luxuries, and in that way employs again a class,
that instead of producing to the country, is like himself
throwing its capital away ; and by far the greatest part of his
profits, the importer of corn expends in conducting transac-
tions abroad ; in encouraging the agriculture of other coun-
tries instead of his Own ; in building quays, harbours and
warehouses there, for the convenience of their commerce ;
and perhaps assisting their governments by loans, that are to
be applied in combating his own country in other fields than
even that of industry. In short, the importer of corn unne-
cessarily is in every light an antipatriot ; and the whole ten-
dency of his operations is, to render the import, at first un-
necessary, every year greater.
It has therefore occurred to me—and this is the great point
in this letter, and to which I beg leave to call the attention
of all who may see it—lt has occurred to me, that some such
scheme as the following should be adopted
First.—Corn at 695. per quarter would, according to the
best computations, give the four-pound loaf at 6-1(1., including
the baker's profit ; and sixpence half-penny is considered a
moderate price.
Second.—One million of pounds placed in the hands of
government, would at any time produce one million of quar-
ters of corn, at the fair price where corn ought to be sought.
Third.—Let the agricultural interest allow themselves to
be assessed to the extent of raising a sum of one or two
millions, to be placed in the hands of government for the
following purpose—namely, of importing corn, as soon as
corn shall rise above 60s. or 635. in the fair market ;—but
except such importation in guarantee, LET ALL DEALING IN
FOREIGN CORN CEASE. _ _

Dutch Ts;o-and:a-Half per Ce-nts, 504 to 11, the Five per
Cents 99 to 100. Belgian 97 to 9. Danish 76 to 8. Railway
Sharys are still on the improving order. London and Bir-

ham were

extern

South Western 53 to 4 per share. North Midland Old
Shares 17 to 15 discount, the New Ito 3 premium. Brighton
10 to 94. Blackwall 2to 14 discount.
FRIDAY EVENING.—The consol market opened firm this
morning, with a disposition to rise till nearly the latter part
of the day. The opening price for the account was 864, and
there was a purchase made at 89. Late in the afternoon the
intelligence that Admiral Stopford had issued orders for the
capture pf a French ship gave a new turn to the market.
Consols fell to 884'to 4, at which price they closed, and at
881 for immediate delivery. Exchequer-bills are 6s. to Bs.
premium. The Spanish market was affected at the same
time as the English, having till then been firm. The Actives
had been done as high as 24, but left off 234 to 4 ; Dutch 24
per cents. are 504 to ; Portuguese stock has improved, the
5 per cents. being 334 to 4 ; also South American securities
—Colombian being 23+ to ; Mexican, 254 to 6. The
share-market is somewhat improving. Birmingham are
quoted 75 to 7 premium ; Great Western, 19 to 20 premium ;
Brighton, 104 to 4 discount ; Blackwall, 24 to 2 discount.
There was a considerable demand for bills upon Paris and
Hamburgh to-day, and, the supply not being by any means
adequate to meet it, there was a consequent depression in
the rates of exchange upon those places. Amsterdam may
be considered much the'same as last post.
SATURDAY EvKNlNG,—Compared with the closing prices
of yesterday, the English funds are rather higher, but never-
theless firmness is wanting in the market, and the fluctuation
of the day seem to indicate a rather uneasy feeling amongst
the speculators ; the bargains made in consols at the opening
of the market were at 881 for time, and afterwards the price
advanced to 881 buyers, but an extensive operation made by
a Bear, towards the shutting of the market, produced the
lower quotation of 884 to 4 or rather 884 buyers. The money
' price was 884 tot Exchequer bills have continued steady
at 6to 8 premium. The only foreign security in which-busi-
ness of any extent was transacted was Spanish stock, which
closed at the advanced price 234 to 44. Dutch stock has
been firm at 504 to 51 for the two-and-half per cents, and
994 for the five per cents. In the Transatlantic Securities
there is more firmness, Mexican is quoted 254 to 4 and the
New Stock 274 to 284. Colombian is 24 to 34. Portuguese
five per cents. remain 334 to 4, and the three per cents 22
to 4. A slight advance in the quotations of the shares of
the leading lines of railway in the market has taken place,
and though the business was far from being extensive, public
attention is somewhat occupied with them as a species of
investment. Birmingham closed at 7G to 78 prem.; Black-
wall, 24 to 2 dis.; North Midland, 16 to 14 dis. ; ditto New,
2 to 3 prem. •, Great Western, 194 to 204 prem.; and Brigh-
ton, 10-4 to 10 clis.

FRIGHTFUL MURDER AT NEWCASTLE

(From the Staffordshire Gazette)

PLYMOUTH AND EXETER RAILWA _
an account of Mr. Renders plan fora railway from Plymouth
to Exeter, to join the Bristol and Exeter. and thus commu-
nicate with the metropolis. The length of the line will be
about 421 miles, and the estimate is £674,138. We need

Of course.there must then be no forestalling of markets,.
by corn merchants dabbling in corn. There could be no
temptation, for the article must not be sold in the British
market at a price exceeding 60s. or 63s.—and yet the farmer
would receive a surer profit than he draws at present, high
as the prices of corn occasionally at present go to.
This, I believe, would give a steady price to corn—certainly
a moderate one. Agriculturists being thus chargeable with
the supply of the market, would of course be entitled to have
the proceeds of their assessment managed by a board acting
strictly for them. The supply of the deficiency could not
by any chance cost the country, through the agriculturists,
the sum it annually costs the country at present as a general
matter ;—while the farmer has taken out of his pocket, not
merely the actual price of the corn imported, but is conti-
nually met in the market, and beat down in every direction,
by the holder of foreign corn competing with him as a sys-
tem ;—and therefore he may be said to lose, not only the
price of the foreign corn, but all the profits of the merchant.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
AGRESTIS.

'e have receiv

The attention of the inhabitants of Church-street were
aroused about ten o'clock on Thursday morning, by the
shutter and door of the house occupied by an aged widow,
who keeps a small cook shop, named Keeling, not being
opened as usual. The police were informed, who proceeded
to the house, and ?ound her stranieed in bed ; she was lying
with her head partly off the bed, with marks of violence on
her skull. A box, which she was known to have money in,
was broken open, and the contents gone. She lived by her-
self, with the exception of one lodger, a travelling shoemaker.
The police shortly discovered that he had that morning, at
four o'clock, called up a 'Mr. Jackson, a tailor and clothes
dealer, and purchased from him a pilot cloth shooting-jacket,
and had left behind him the coat he had worn the previous
day. Wm. Mason, Esq., Mayor, and Robert Hall, Esq..
attended at the police-office, to assist the police in investi-
gating the affair, and shortly sufficient evidence was adduced
to leave no doubt but that the lodger was the murderer. A
tramp passing through the town was interrogated, Who stated
that about six o'clock, that morning, he had met a man on
the Stafford road, answering the description. Mr. Cottrill,
the chief officer of police, immediately pursued in that di-
rection ; on finding that the suspected person had not taken
the railroad at Stafford, Mr. Cottrill proceeded to WTolver•
hampton, and giving the necessary instructions to the police
there, proceeded-to Wallsall to intercept the 'other. line of
road, while the mayor dispatched officers in other directions.
The victim of this foul murder is about sixty years of age,
and has been a widow about ten years ; she formerly kept an
inn in Chester, since which time she was cook at the hotel,
at Dr. M`Kenzies, and at the Castle, where she was known
to have saved a little money, which has been the cause of this
dreadful and atrocious murder. She had one daughter, the
wife of the sergeant-major of the 67th Regiment of Foot, in
Lower Canada, North America. The inquest will be holden
this day, at four o'clock. The murderer is about 22 years of
age, 5 feet 8 inches high, slender made, by trade a shoe-
maker; he stated he was a native of Northwich, Cheshire ;
and has been in Newcastle about 14 days. He was dressed
in a pilot cloth coat, baragon trousers, and a cloth cap. Four
old fashioned silver tea-spoons, engraved all the length of the
shanks, are missing from the house.

(From another Correspondent.)
The prevalence of the crime of murder has lately increased
to a fearful extent; scarcely a week elapses without some
addition to the horrible calendar. This town has been the
scene of a most cold-blooded offence of that character. On
Thursday morning an aged female, named Martha Keeling,
was discovered murdered in her house, in Church-street,
having been strangled in bed. Her throat was fearfully dis-
coloured, the assassin gripe having completely broke through
the flesh, which presented a horrid spectacle. All day long
crowds gathered round the scene of the murder. Suspicion
attaches to a man, aged 25 years, who is described as being
5 feet 8 inches high, rather light complexion, marked with
the small pox, slender frame ; was dressed in a blue pilot
cloth shooting-coat, with large embossed horn buttons,
bound with black worsted braid, much worn. He is supposed
to be a native of Northwich, is a shoemaker by trade, and
lodged with the murdered woman. The ruffian is supposed
to have carried away £2O in money, and four old-fashioned
silver tea-spoons, engraved the whole length of the shanks.
The police are in active search, and little doubt is entertained
of the speedy apprehension of the fellow.

PUBLIC SPlRlT.—Joseph Strutt, Esq., has given a grant
of land to the inhabitants of Derby, to be the ground for a
public arboretum, for ever. Next Wednesday these grounds
are to be opened by a public procession of the corporation
and inhabitants, the Mechanics' Institute, the trades, &c.
This retreat, consisting of eleven acres, and the walks ex-
tending to upwards of 6,000 feet, will be invaluable to per-
sons living in confined situations, in the midst of a dense
population, who are almost cut off from the enjoyment
arising from walks through green fields, by the stoppage of
all the foot-paths in the country, in the vicinity of the town.
We understand that her majesty has been graciously pleased
to issue a royal letter, ordering collections to made in all
churches throughout England and Wales, in behalf of the
National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in
the Principles of the Es4blished Church.— Timms.