The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-26 00:00:00

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Pertly Courier

COURT OF CHANCERY.—It IS believed that in order to
prevent the entire stoppage of the public business, the great
seal will be immediately put into commission during the ill-
ness of the Lord Chancellor, and that three of the judges
will be appointed commissioners.
A very distressing accident occurred at Inverary, on Satur-
day. Dr. Anderson, a highly-esteemed and venerable prac-
titioner, in that town, bad occasion to be on the quay, and
had been for some time conversing with several of the inha-
bitants, when lie was suddenly missed. It appeared that a
strong gust of wind had blown him off the quay, and his
cloak had got mound him so firmly as to prevent his making
any attempt to save himself. Dr. Anderson was 89, and
had practised for 45 years in Inverary.—Greenock Adver-
tiser.

—lt is said that

The Rev. Joseph Rayner Stephens was liberated on Mon-
day, the Ist of February, from Chester Castle. This libera-
tion took place eight days earlier than the term of his sen-
tence, but, in consequence of the death of his father, the
Rev. John Stephens, Lord Normanby kindly consented to
the remission of the few days, to enable him to attend the
last sad duties to the deceased. We learn that Mr. Stephens
will return to Chester, and remain there during the summer.

WHIG TA.XES.—The new " peace taxes" of the reformed
ministry have created a soreness in the country which all the
flummery of whig cant cannot appease. The critical eyes of
the window-peepers have been prompt in the aid of the whig-
impoverished exchequer; and in one case, which catre before
the commissioners on Tuesday, -it appears that a tenant (in
one corner of a large warehouse), paying £4 rent, and having
no internal communication with the other portion, had to
pay £8 taxes for all the windows in the place.—Halifax
Guardian.

MR. DANIEY, WHITTLE HARVEY.-It was currently re-
ported in the city on Saturday, and from the best authority,
that there is no doubt of the tact that Daniel Whittle Harvey
has intimated to the Police Committee his intention of re-
tiring from the office of City Commissioner of Police. The
reason assigned for this proceeding on the late member for
Southwark is the opposition he meets with in the Courts of
Aldermen and Common Council, he having often declared
that the city police can never be rendered effective till it is
placed under the superintendence of the Home-office. It is fur-
ther stated, that the commissioner has an eye to the Chief
Bailiffship of the borough of Southwark, which is worth £2,000
per annum, and does not preclude its possessor from a seat
in the House of Commons.—Sunday paper.

HORRID ATTEMPT TO PoisoN.—A few days ago an at-
tempt was made to poison the family of the Rev. Joseph
Webster, residing at Merriman's Hill, near Worcester. On
Friday last, he and Mrs. Webster, their children, and ser-
vants, after partaking of some soup, were all seized with vio-
lent retching and excruciating pain. Medical aid was imme-
diately called, and the stomach pump employed with com-
plete success. The remainder of the soup was instantly
analysed, and the presence of arsenic detected. The report
is that the water of a well on the premises has been found to
be highly impregnated with poison. No clue has yet been
obtained respecting the perpetrator of this diaholical offence.
A short time since Mr. Webster lost two valuable dogs which
had unquestionably been poisoned. The whole of Mr. W.'s
family are recovering.

STEALING CHILDREN.--CAUTION TO PARENTS.--On
Thursday week, while a servant girl in the employment of
Mr. Abbott, Chester-street, Hulme, was walking out in
Ann-street, Hulme, with his child, about nine months old,
in her arms, she was accosted by a smart, well-dressed young
woman, apparently from 26 to 30 years of age, who fondled
the child, and said she would buy it a pennyworth of lozenges,
and she would take hold of the child until the girl fetched
them. The girl then gave her the child, and went for the
lozenges ; but on her return the woman and the child were
gone, and, though its distressed parents have used every ex-
ertion to recover it, it has not since been heard of. A child
of Mr. Corbett's, of Stanley-street, Hulme, and which was
about twelve month's old, was stolen in a similar manner
the same day, and probably by the same woman, as the des-
cription given of her by the girl in this case exactly agrees
with that given in the other.—Manchester Guardian.

BARBAROUS MURDER.—On Tuesday evening last, King,
a carrier between Barnstaple and Okebampton, put a female
down at the place called Five Oaks, between Okehampton
and Hatherleigh, handing her a bundle and bandbox from
the cart. She got over a stile to proceed across some fields
to her home, and King went on his journey ; he had not
gone far before he heard cries of murder, and returning to
the spot where he left his passenger, met a man coming over
the stile with a box and bundle, of the description of those he
had delivered to the woman. He asked the man where he
got the articles, and received for a reply, " What odds is it
to you," upon this he seized the man by the collar, charging
him with robbery, when he received a cut across the fingers
from a large knife. A scuffle ensued, when King threw the
other man, and broke his leg. He subsequently found the
unfortunate woman two fields off, with her head nearly severed
from her body. The murderer was handed over to the proper
authprities.— Western Luminary.
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On Monday night, between 12
and 1 o'clock, the following alarming occurrence took place
at the residence of Mr. Charles Hammersley, 2.5, Park-cres-
cent, Regent's-park. At the period in question, Mr. Ham-
mersley, who was in bed, was awakened by a loud noise, re-
sembling the firing of a large piece of ordnance, and, putting
on his clothes, he hastened below, when he met at the bot-
tom of the stairs the butler, who was trembling with fright,
and both of them proceeded into the area, on entering which
they found that five large panes of glass in the pantry, and
one in the housekeeper's room, were shattered to pieces.
There was a strong sulphuric smell, and, on making a fur-
ther examination, it was discovered that some of the area
steps were dislodged from their proper position. In the
morning, about nine o'clock, information of the mysterious
circumstance was communicated at the station-house in
Marylebone-lane, and Inspector Tedman, of the D division,
at once repaired to the mansion, when he carefully examined
the steps, and at length found upon one of them a small por-
tion of what he imagined to be rosin. He repaired with it
to the Polytechnic Institution, and exhibited it to Mr.
Thompson, who, upon hearing the whole of the circum-
stances, gave it as his decided opinion that the explosion was
from a maroon, which had been thrown down the area, and
that a fusee being attached to it, the mischievous author of
the " joke" had had plenty of time to get away previous to
the explosion taking place. The rosin found by the inspector
had dropped from the case, and it was no uncommon thing
for maroons. after being fired, to leave no vestige of paper or
anything else appertaining to them behind. It subsequently
turned out that the kitchen-maid had, in the early part of the
morning, swept a quantity of rosin off the steps. It is wor-
thy of remark, that about a fortnight ago a similar dangerous
and mischievous prank was played off in the vicinity of
Brentford.

LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT.
AsnEs MAInER, Mt. S. d. S. d

Montreal, Pot.. 29 6 Q 0 0 Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0
Pearl, new .. 29 6 —3O 0 Ombro 50 0 —65 0

U. States, Pot.. - none. Gamene 32 0 —4O 0
Pearl none. Mull 10 0 —3O 0
BARK, Quercit. .. 12 0— 14 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0
Oak, 1.). ton .. .t's 5 --- 7 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0
German.. 4 15 5 0 • E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0
BRIMSTONE, 19, tO7B E.S.F.F 63 0 —66 0
Sicily, &c g 10 10 10
__Spanish ......42 0 —5B 0

Tusdiny
10 o—lo 10 MOLASSES. Cwt.
CASSIA LIONEA, S. d. s. d. Trinidad, &c..... 30 0 —32 0
13. cwt. in bond 80 0— 85 0 Demerara, &C.... 31 0 —33 0
CLOVER.SEED, V. cwt. Bar & Antigua.. 35 o —37 0
American, red.. 70 0— 73 0 MIINJEr, CZOt.. 12 0 —l4 0

. .. -
Dutch 70 0— 73 0 OIL, Olive, .19, 252.1018:
French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 Gallipoli .......c9 d —7O 0
COCOA, 5 cwt. Trieste .......... 66 o —67 0
Trinidad 5O 0— 54 0 5ici1y............ none
Grenada
.... 65 0 —66 0
Portugal, &c .. .. 6i 0
32 0— u
Brazil -65 0
COFFEE, 19, cwt in bond. Levant.......... 64 o —65 0
Jama. triage
15
ordinary .... Fish, la 252 galls.
good& fine ord. 84 0-102 0 Seal, pale 33 0 —33 10
middling 103 0-125 0 brown ...... 28 0 —3l 0
good mid. l2B 0-140 0 Cod ............ 26 0 —26 10
fine mid. &c 142 0-154 0 LINSEED, 16, cal 29 0 —29 6
Dutch, triage..
}
40 0— 60 0 Rape, pale do. .. 49 0 —5O 0
ordinary .... Turpen. 'll, cwt... 55 0 —55 6
good &fine ord. 70 0— 75 0 RICE, P. cwt

Middling BO 0— 90 o Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0
good mid.
1 92 0-100 0 in bond 22 0
fine mid. &c. Bengal, ord. do.. 13 0 —l4 0
,
Mocha

Ceylon

;93 0— 74 0 1 African

f- gallon, in bond.
Jamaica,
52 0 12 to 16 o. 9_ 4 0 4 6
44 0 stronger 4 8 5 10
44 0 choice marks 6 0— 6 6
0 0 SApimovvisit, *cwt.
£. s. Bengal,
6 15 good & fine.. .'3 0 7 10
- 7 10 ord. & mid
915 Bombay
5 0 SALTPETRE, 999, Cwt. S. d. s. d
Tampico. 6 0— 610 East India 25 *0 —2g 0
Brazil
Cuba
NICARAGUA WOOD. , orange ....... 52 °
Rio de la Hache liver and black
solid
rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, 10, doz,
small
Lima, solid l2 0— 13 0 Seal, each .....
Barwood, Ango 8 0— 9 0 SllumAc, 'i--• cwt
Gaboon 6 10— 7 0 5ici1y.......
Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga.....
Red San. Wood 8 0— 810 Trieste....
FLAX, 34 ton. Verona...
Riga. P.T.R. 43 0— 43 10 Tyrolese

6 0- 65 0 Ilium,

Havana

good & fine ord. 46 0—

Si. Domingo 42 0—
Brazil 4O 0—

Laguira

DYE-WOODS, V ton .''

Logwood, Jam

Hon. & Dom. 7 0—
Campeachy 9 0
Fustic, Span 4 15—

33 0 -50
6 0 -13
10 0 -25

6 —l2
none
7 6 8
6 6 7

P'burg, g head
Archangel
Dutch & Flem
GALLS, cwt.
Turkey, blue
mixed
East India

_ .......
0 0— 41 0 SUGA . 9 0 --I
R, 49. •
cwt
44 0— 53 0 B. P. M' u'
ado
60 0-120 0 moist browil 68 0 —69
dry brown 70 0
65 0— 72 0 good & mid... 75 0 --'77
60 0— 66 0 fine &v. fine .. 78 0 —Bl
60 0— 72 0 Mauritius,

dabs and moist 56 0 —65

„,. 45 0— 50 0 brows: 67 0 —77
Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 yellow 76 0 —BO
E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0 good and fine 78 6 —Bl
Gum, v:), cwt. • East India, Bengal
Arabic, Turkcf•'. 70 0-140'''0 ord. white 5O - o —6o
East India. 24 0— 55 0 good and fine 78 6 —Bl
50 0--
, 0 0 extra fine 85 0 —B7
....75 v-- 0 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23
HEMPIV ton •• s. .4” S. Havana, ,
P'burg, clean.... 40 0— 41 0 brown. .. - •
outshot.. 39 0— 39 10 yellow . ...
Riga, Rhine .... 41 0— 42 0 white ord...
outshot.. 40 0— 0 0 good & fine..
Archangel
Manilla 29 0— 30 0 brown ......
Bombay l9 0— 21 a yellow .......
Jute
HIDES, Ox and Cow, 10, //, good and fine.
B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. TALLOW, s ewt•
inferior & mid. 0 63 0 73 loburgh, Y.C. • •
good & prime 0 8— 0 9 Odessa ..........
Do. salted
N. Amer. salted 0 31--• 0 4 Buenos Ayres.... :
Brazil
dry salted 0 4
Rio, dry
I— b 5.3 Stockholm ...... 20 0 —2l
0 7 0 8 Archangel ...... 19 6
Valparaiso, dry 0 53 0 63 Carolina ........ 14 6 —l5 0
Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia ........ 0 0— 0 0
W. India, dry 0 53 0 7 TARTAR, 39' eld•
salted n 43 0 5 Cream of Tartar.. 76 0 —BO 0
East India
Kips, B.A. dry 0 7 0 8i TEA, 39'
lb• in bond.
Horse, d. each 8 6 —ll 6 Bohea, Canton .. ---
HORSE HAIR, 43, Ib. FOkeill .. ._.. _
Short
mixed
long tails 1 3 1 8 Twankay, coin... 1 8—
combed
INDIGO, lg. lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange • • 1 9 2 9
Bengal. Campoi,
pur. & violet
blue & violet
01 blue
mid. to fine.. 1 9 1 10
violet, o'. & fine 6 6 7 0 Souchong, corn.. • 1 8—
ord7 & mid. 5 3 6 0
violet & cop. } 5 0_ 5 , Pekoe, flower}, • .
good CO fine.. 22
100
..._
32 0
mixed
..
cop. g. & fine. 5 0_ . _ Hyson, coin... ... 2 3 2 4
..
' oe.. 2 9 4 0
ord. & mid. 4 0— .. 2 4 3 0
con. quality
Oude a ()
Madras
Guatimala, 1p• It
Floras ....
Sobres

Barbary
Senegal

23 0 -23 6
24 0 -26 0
32 0 -33 0
34 0 -36 0

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

47 0 -48 3
47 6 -48 0
46 0 -46 6
36 0 -44 6

5 6
5 0 Young Hyson
5 9 Imperial ........
4 9 Gunpowder,
5 0 good and fine ••210 4 6
TOBACCO, g lb. in bond.
6 06 J. River, Leaf.... 0 4 0 7
Stemmed.. 0 4 0 7
3 0—
4
Cortes 6 Kentucky ..... n 4 --0 6
Caraccas, Floras 5 R— ___
Sobres 6 0 Maryland ...... 0 4i— 0 7.
4 5 0—
Cortes
Ealc, v cwt. n bond.
, 2 . 4 0 8enga1.......... 20 0 —3O 0
.AC DYE, 19
D.T. and lb.
prime. 1 6-- 2 0 TURPENTINE, V Cia.
a
mid. to good 0 61—. American ...... 10 6 —l3 3
ord. & inferior 04—01 64 VALONIA, V ton• .e e 0
MADDER ROOTS, 13, Cwt, Morea
picked.. 14 0 —l9 10
Smyrna
•53 0— 54 0 WAX, BEES' 19, CO. in bond.
Galipoli & Syria .. 42 o—. 46 • - . 6 10 8 0
French
44 0— 45 0
Naples East India ..... 6 15 8 0
45 0— 46 0 American ...... .. 7 0— 8 0