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

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The new House of Lords will be ready for the Peers to
assemble in after the Easter recess.

The salmon fisheries in the Tweed and Tay are repre-
sented to be very unproductive.
There was, a short time ago, a man named Cain Able,
keeping the " Adam and Eve " Tavern, in Norwich.
In 1846, among 4,568 prisoners confined in the prison
at Edinburgh, 2,400 were confirmed drunkards.
A London paper says it has good authority for stating
that Government has prepared a bill to prohibit interment
in churchyards of large towns and populous districts.
It is expected that in the spring of 1849, a helmet simi-
lar to the one in use in the Prussian service, with the

addition of a horse-hair plume, will be taken in wear by
the British infantry.

Jenny Lind has' finally arranged to come to London
and sing at her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Lumley giving
her an indemnity against all actions for breach of con-
tract with Mr. Bunn.

A reward of £5OO is offered for the apprehension and
conviction of Frederick, Robert, and William Glover,
late of Leeds, woollen-manufacturers, whose forgeries
are said to exceed £50,000.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—A bill has been pre-

parid and brought in by Mr. Gibson and Mr. Parker to
make provision for the collection of agricultural statistics
in England and Wales.

It is said that a Chinese junk, which lately sailed from
Hong-Kong for London, has on board a complete com-
pany, of Chinese actors, who intend to perform plays in

London.
EXPORT OF BULLION.—We understand that the amount
Of bullion exported from England to the United States,
up to the 12th of this month, amounts to about £2,000,000

--Morning Chronicle.
A'copy of the work written by Henry VIII. in answer
to Luther, which had belonged to the celebrated Arch-
bishop Cranmer; and contained his autograph, was sold
in London, on Wednesday, for the sum of £36 10s.
THE LATE MR. G. H. Rouixs.—The valuation of the
personal property of the great valner of estates, the late
lamented Mr. George Henry Robins,. has been-taken at
£140,000, exclusive of landed propply..- _

John Platt, aged twenty, accused or having murdered
George Colliss, at Chesterfield, in December. 1845, and
of having cut up his body and secreted it in a cesspool,
was tried at Derby on Friday, found guilty, and sentenced
to be hanged.
A HINT.—In 1800, a year of great scarcity, an act was

passed prohibiting bakers from offering their bread for
sale until twenty-four hours after it was baked. This, it
was calculated, would save from one-sixth to one-eighth
in the quantity, as well as add to its wholesomeness.

CHARGE ON FELONY AGAINST A SOLICITOR.-Mr.
F. B. Hoare, solicitor, of London, has been remanded on
a charge of hawing fraudulently disposed of trust and
other books, valued at upwards of £l,OOO, the property
of Mr. James Bohn, bookseller, of St. James's-street,

the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Ansell, and Mr. Searisbriek:
Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, before finally determining
to accept the engagement of Mr,Lumley,offered, through

pay to Mr. Bunn the sum, of £2OOO, on condition of hi
returning to her the contract signed by her last year
Mr. Bunn has declined the offer. _ _ .

Mr. Herman Poznanski, a Polish nobleman, shot him-
self on Sunday in Epping Forest. There were found
uponlim two duplicates, a halfpenny, a pair of gloves,
and a letter addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart, thanking

tain the regeneration of Poland, which he (the writer) des-
paired of seeing ever carried into effect.
MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK " TANCRED," is at
length published, and, as was naturally to be expected, is
exciting extraordinary interest. Sidonia, Lord Eskdale,
and some others of the leading personages in " Coningsby,"
again figure on the scene, amidst a host of new cha-

marchioness

A few elections have occurred, which may deserve men-
tion. At Canterbury, the death of Mr. Bradshaw, a Con-
servative, has caused a vacancy, which has been supplied

by Lord A. Conyngham, a Whig. At _Lewes, mr n.
Elphinstone is succeeded by a Mr. Perfect, both being
Whigs. There is also a vacancy for East Somerset, and
a prospect of a contest.

'THE LATE MR. WILLIAM
trade and personal property of this very celebrated printer
has been valued at £90,000. With the exception of a
vl7._ to his executors, and to his friend and

.LOWES

old assistant

Mr. D. Phipps, and to his servants, he dis-
•tion of his nronerty to his eight children in

certain proportions, and the residu,

equally amongst

EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.—A sporting gentleman of
this town, of some celebrity, has made a wager that he

one -hundred miles in twelve successive hou'rs

off at the Bath races on the Ist of May, but the general
opinion is that the chances are against him.—Taunton
Gazette.

r 1 Li kiT6.—Accounts trom Memel, of the 6th instant,
state, that the following had been the freights for ships,

PRIVATE 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 pert 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 GENERAL FAST.—To-morrow' the 24th instant,
being 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.

CESSATION OF FOOD DISTURBANCES.—WICK, 12TH
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 propgsed 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 238.

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 soon 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-
our had led people to anticipate, and died imploring the
Divine mercy. The wretched man was pnly 22 years of
age. His fellow criminal, Matthews, was in his 20th 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 'galled history or biography, and yet it partakes
of both. It aims at that which has not been done before,
viz. to represent by coloured 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 moving in the upper cir-
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
a-year for her maintenance. We may briefly state that
there was no fault whatever on the part of the lady, who
bears a character in the highest degree estimable. The
party referred to confirms this by stating, that he never
heard any one in Philadelphia who did not entirely exo-
nerate Mrs. Butler from all blame, as well as fully eona--
miserate her lot."

DIVISION ON THE FACTORY BILL.-,-The following
members voted in the majority of 144 in favour of the ten
hours clause :—H. A. Aglionby, P. Ainsworth, Earl of
Arundel and Surrey, Lord G. Bentinek, J. Brotherton,
W. S. Crawford, Sir H. Douglas, T. Duneombe, W.
Entwislo, J. Fielding, ,Sir F„,.lL.,,,Flieetwood,- T. Grims-

ditch, Lard R. Gros:.;enor, Earl Grosvenor, C. llindley,
J. Hornby, Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, D. O'Connell, Jun.,
J. O'Connell, Viscount Sandon, Right Hon. It. L. Sheil,
Sir G. Strickland, J. Tollemache, R. Walker. The fol-
lowing members voted in the minority of 66 against the
-itse :—W. Aldam, J. Bowes, Dr. Bowring, John Bright,
,wn, G. Duncan, W. T. ESP-' v;' n -LL'" n

bey I'. hgerL,
Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, T. M. Gibson, Sir G. Grey,
J. Hume, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lindsey, T. B. Macauley,
Viscount Morpeth, J. W. Patten, M. Philips, Lord John
Russell, T. Thornely, Sir C. Wood.

DEATH OF HERVEY LEACH. —The mortal career of
this remarkable individual, who earned for himself con-

his clever personification of the habits and eccentricities
of the monkey race, under the assumed name of Signor

Hervio Navo, terminated, after a short illness, on Tuesday
evening, at his residence, George-street, Shoreditch. A
short time ago he was exhibited at the Egyptian-hall,

" supposed to be the link between the human race and
the ourang outang," and called " What is it ?" The last
place deceased performed at was the Standard Theatre,
in December where, notwithstanding the deception
having been discovered and made public, he continued to
represent " What is it ?" He was about to start for Lis-
bon when taken ill. He was a native of America, and in

his body should be presented to Mr. Liston, the eminent
surgeon.—Globe.

POPULATION AND POOICA RATES.—A return showing
the population, annual value of property rated to the
poor 's rate, expenditure for the relief of the poor, &c.,
has been printed by order of the House of Commons on
the motion of Mr. Brown. It hence appears that in
England with a population (in 1841) of 15,00 A 741 soul
~rnnerty. rp' d to '

the annual value of the propert4 rate- _ Ile poor rates
amounts to £62,540,030, the annual expenditure for the
relief and maintenance of the poor, £5,030,703, the rate
of the expenditure for the relief of the poor, ls. 71d. in
the pound ; the total number of paupers relieved (including

. .
casual poor), to 1,470,970, the proportion to the popula:
tion 9.2 per cent. In Scotland, with a population of
2,623,184, the annual value of the property rated to the

5,175,124, toe annual value of tihe property rated to the
poor rates is £13,204,234 ; the expenditure for the relief
and maintenance of the poor, £298,818 (in 1844-45) ; the
rate in the pound, 5d.: the total number of paupers
relieved, 125,774.

A QUAKER TURNED ROMAN CATHOLIC
day, the 4th instant, solemn hantiqm .fi,

On Thurs-

- p a*, •-,ra Lim
Roman ritual, was conferred by the Rightll
Rev., Dr.
Brown, V.A. of Wales and afterwards confirmation, upon
-Kr •

ien a member of the

amine ci to the holy communion. Mr. Gibson has spent
a considerable time in eastern travel, and brought with
him from the Jordan the water which was used in his
baptism. *Two years since he met, at the house of a
common friend, near Rome, his present holiness, then
Cardinal Archbishop, Bishop of Imola, and discussed with
—1:-;,.- ponciderable time. The

March 23, Mt

A PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST.

(From the London Gazette, March 12.)
VICTORIA R.—We, taking into our most serious con-
sideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty Got'
is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous
scarcity and dearth of divers articles of sustenance and
necessaries of life • and, trusting in the mercy of Almighty
God, that, notwithstanding the sore punishment which
He hath laid upon us, and upon our people, He will, if
we turn to him in due contrition and penitence of heart,
withdraw His afflicting hand • have, therefore, resolved,
and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council,
hereby command, that a public fait and humiliation be
observed throughout those parts of our United Kingdom
called England and Ireland, on Wednesday, the-24th day
March instant, that so both we and our people may hum-
ble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain
pardon of our sins, and may, in the most devout and so-
lemn manner, send up our- prayers and supplications to
the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy judg-
ments which our manifold sins and provocations have
most justly deserved, and under which we at this present
time labour ; and we do strictly charge and command,
that the said public fast be reverently and devoutly ob-
served by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland,
as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would
avoid His wrath and indignation, and upon pain of such
punishment as may be justly inflicted on all such as con-
temn and neglect the performance of so religious and ne-
cessary a duty. And, for the better and snore orderly
solernnizing.of the same, we have given directions to the
Most Reverend the Archbishops and the Right Reverend
the Bishops of England and Ireland to compose a Form
of Prayer, suitable to this occasion, to be used in all
churches, chapels, and places of public worship, and to
take care the same be timely dispersed through their re-
spective dioceses.

Given at our Court, at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight,
this 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1847,
and in the 10th year of our of our reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

[A similar proclamation is issued for Scaland.l

The following are the prayers appointed to be used in
all churches and chapels in England and Ireland on the
fast day :

Instead of the First Collect at Morning Prayer,
these twhich follow be used.
Almighty God ando Heavw
enlyollo Father, who art terriblf
in thy judgments upon impenitent sinners, and abundant
in mercy to all who with hearty repentance and true faith
turn unto Thee; we, Thy afflicted people, desire to humble
ourselves before Thee in behalf of ourselves and of our
brethren, who in many parts of this United Kingdom are
suffering extreme famine and sickness. We confess, with
shame and contrition, that, in the pride and hardness of
our heart, we have shown ourselves unthankful for Thy
mercies, and have followed our own imaginations instead
of Thy holy laws. And we humbly desire Thy fatherly
goodness to grant us such a measure of Thy grace, that,
worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our
wretchedness, we may obtain comfort from Thee, and de-
liverance from this grievous calamity. Awaken in us, we
beseech Thee, a deep sense of our many transgressions,
and a godly sorrow for our sins, so sincere and lasting as
may move Thee to withdraw Thy displeasure, that we be
not utterly consumed by the means of Thy heavy hand;
and that we may bring forth the fruits of repentance
through the whole course of our lives. And give us that
right apprehension of our duty in all things, that if it be
Thy will we should suffer, we may submit ourselves with
entire resignation and patience ; and that if it be 'Thl
good pleasure to spare us, we may show mercy, so far as
we may be able, to all men, and more especially to those
who are now brought down to the ground by hunger and
sickness, and who have none to help them. Grant this,
for the sake of Thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only
help in time of need ; we beseech Thee, look down from
heaven on the distress of Thy people; behold, visit, and
relieve them. Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to bind up their
wounds, to restore them to the blessings of plenty, and
dispose them to moderation and thankfulness in the uso
of Thy gifts ; neither tempting Thy Divine Majesty by
neglect of the means which Thou hast appointed, nor
distrusting Thy goodness towards those who look to Thee
for succour. Be merciful, 0 Lord, be merciful unto Thy
people ; be Thou our refuge, until this calamity be over-
past ; and so guide and govern our hearts by the inspira-
tion of Thy Holy Spirit, that being sanctified in body anti
soul, we may put our whole trust in Thy mercy ; and
that humbly walking before Thee in faith, in hope, and in
charity, we may finally obtain everlasting life, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.