The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

course, if only refers to the quantity left ov

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sion of the corn law

THE STEAM-SHIP SARAH SANDS

At a meeting of the cabin passengers held on board the
steam-ship " Sarah Sands," which arrived here yesterday
morning from New York, Thomas Egleston, Esq., being
called to the chair, and Mr. Yule requested to act as sec-

retary, it was resolved that Capt. H. G. Anderdon, Bri-
tish Army, Joseph Murdez, and Wm. A. Stokes, Esqrs.,
do form a committee to draw up an address to Captain
Thompson. The committee reported the following letter,
which, having been signed by all the passengers, was pre-
sented to that gentleman :

Steam-ship Sarah Sands, off Liverpool,
May 30, 1847.

DEAR SIT

The undersigned cabin passengers in the steam-
ship Sarah Sands, on her late passage from New York to Liver-
pool, beg to return their unanimous and cordial thanks for the
attention, courtesy, and kindness, which have always marked
your conduct. Your established reputation as a commander
renders it unnecessary that we should speak of the prudence
and energy with which you have sailed your ship ; but we think
it proper to say, that since the heavy easterly gale which we
encountered during five days after leaving New York, we have
run an average of 235 miles per day ; that the ship has proved
under all circumstances a safe and easy vessel, agreeable, com-
fortable, and in every way worthy of the most entire confidence.
Wishing you and your splendid ship all the success you so well

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deserve; -we are very respectfully and truly your friends,—
Thomas Egleston, New York ; John Yule, Canada ; Joseph
Murdez, France ; William A. Stokes, Philadelphia ; H. G. An-
derdon, Capt. 23d Fusiliers, British Army, Canada;
Houghton, Madeira; Chas. B. Loomis, New York; J. J. Sin?
Ditto ; Thos. W. Strong, Ditto ; Wm. Pichlay, Sheffield ;
Junet, ; Phillips Kellum, Liverpool; C. Agostini, France
F. Morton, Liverpool ; Edward Wetherell, Philadelphia •, ROA.
Fletcher, Massachusetts ; C. Armantz, New Orleans ; Samuel
Hayward, Pennsylvania; Jeremiah Osier, Canada; John bl.
Bradbury, Newaork ; S. H. Carryer, Brantford, Canada West;
H. Simmons, Hamburg; R. C. Fuller, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Sarah Sands made a most excellent passage, having,
during the first eight days, encountered heavy easterly
winds, which drove her much to the south. She com-
pleted the voyage in eighteen day's.

NEW LIGHTS.—In a return of 285 licenses to preach,
taken out at a sessions of the peace for the county of Mid-

dlesex, is appended a transcript or eighteen different ways
in which the words dissenting, minister, preacher, and
gospel had been mis-spelt by the applicants who signed
the rolls. They are as follows :—Preacher of the Gopsel ;
preacher of the Gosple ; precher of the Gospel; precher
of the Gospel! ; preacher of Gospel!: preach of the Gos-
pel!; precher of the Gospie ; precher of Gospel! ;
mi-
n.iester of. thr Gospel ; preacher of the Ghospel ; preacher
or teacher of the Gospel! of Jesus Christ; a discenting
teacher; desenting teacher; prashr of the Gospel!;
preicher of the Gospel. Perhaps some of these learned
pundits figured in Mr. Baines's paper array of school-
masters.—Liverpool Mercury. •
BRITONFERRY.—THE PORT OF NEATH.—The " Bri-
tonferry Iron Company"- rolled their first bar of iron on
Whit-Monday, amidst the acclamations of a multitude
aSsembled to witness the commencement of " rolling," by
these new and important works. The day was kept as a
holiday in the neighbourhood. The vessels in the harbour
were gaily decorated with flags, and throughout the day
the rocks and mountains reverberated the roar of PIPS
and the shouts of the people,—all was excitement and con-
gratulation and joyous. anticipation. This company of
spirited capitalists have judiciously selected, as the sit°
for:their works, a piece of ttround which is the terminus
both of the Neath canal and of a branch of the South
Wales railway. The river Neath flows on one side, and
the proposed docks bound it on the other. This 'position
thus commands unequal facilities for the transmission of
the raw materials from the adjacent native beds, and for
the transport of the manufactured article to the market.
Under the skilful management of an experienced gentle"
man, a powerful engine, numerous furnaces, large rolling
mills, and all the apparatus for the manufacture of iro"
bars, rails, slates, &c., as well as comfortable cottages for
the workmen, have been erected.
FALL IN THE PRICE OF CORN.—The price of corn ll°
come down sooner than was generally anticipated. tht
Monday it fell at Mark-lane fully Bs. per quarter, as will:
pared with previous rates. At Hull and Leeds on Tuelt
day the decline was 9s. to 10s. on the prices' of the paL
week. The glorious weather has, of course, had much
_ll
do with, this agreeable change. But it is also apPar
that there is a vast quantity of grain in the hands of
spe-
culating capitalists, who have been greedily anticipt)p_it,
much higher prices. It would appear that they ha
• been. " out " in their _calculations. We sincerely I °P..
they will prove still more so during the weeks now intsra
vening before harvest. From Russia and the Black _°%
we learn that the supplies of grain were
freights could be found for; whilst the Straights
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braltar are represented, by a late letter, as absolutc~llbb`©
sieged with corn-laden vessels. The rye in France_ !!
ripe in a few days ; and in,Britanny and Normand
lYto the
greatero,.tl;',
ascertained that the grainun hand is fully equa
conse_
local consumption untillarvest time. Prices f.tr
quentiv falling in France; and as the Frelflshu c
may-be expected shortly to, cease, the English
will become still more easy..