The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

hibited in the Royal Academy, and stamps
artist as one of the first historical painters which

when t►
the

England has produced. It is being engraved by
Reynolds, a gentleman well qualified to do it justice

' Mr. Agnew, the spirited' publisher, the names of some
of the most illustrious churchmen and laymen of the day,
Her Majesty, the Queen, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Archbishop of York, the Lord Bishop of Ely, the
Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the Lord Bishop of
London, heading the list.

has to be poutrayed, and where the calm

nity of a court of jusiice must be observed, pervadin,
whole, must have called forth all the mind, power

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energies of the painter.
This work must undoubtedly be placed in the front rank
of the productions of the Historic and Heroic schools ;
indeed, there is little that the most captious critic could
object to,—the drawing of the figures is faultless, the
attitudes varied and imposing, the grouping natural and
free from restraint ; in colour and tone it is pleasing, and
as a whole very harmonious.

We feel proud that our country possesses an artist who,
by the magic of his pencil, can realise the worthy deeds of
and teach the world by his

cur fathers in the Olden tim

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column, the picture will remain on view for some days
at the large room, 82, Bold-street, and we recommend our
readers to take the earliest opportunity of inspecting it.

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x....LING IN THE CORN
YESTERDAY.

MARKET,

On Friday last, notwithstanding the splendid weather
ith which we have been favoured, we had, in Liverpool,

Is. per quarter upon Indian Corn ; the value of other
articles remaining steady. Yesterday the feeling of the
trade was still in favour of an advance in prices ; and
Western Canal Flour was sold as high as 465. Wheat
,ort not being estimated

was also higher, the stock in the

the last thirty years. The stock of American Flour
is only estimated at 80,000 barrels, which, with the

if;reissan;'adv;nee.tonoieinOlh;ajrtiCres7 iii;iraTle,
however, were waiting for the prices at Mark-lane yesterday.

quent rise in prices, is the disproportion of our exports to

ters, against which we exported to foreign countries, to
Ireland, and coastwise, 1,599 quarters. Our imports of
flour were 495 barrels, against 9,283 barrels exported.
Our imports of Indian corn were 3,031 quarters, against
10,628 quarters exported ; and of Indian meal, 99 quarters•

imporueu against, Low uttrru. c.pyi.v‘f. Lcatues Luis,
large supplies are going into the interior. Beyond the
prospects of early foreign supplies, there appears nothing
to prevent a further rise of prices.

RE-APPEARANCE OF THE APHIS VASTATOR

Our readers may probably remember that, some time
ago, in reviewing one of the quarterly publications, we
noticed particularly a work by Mr. Alfred Smee, in which
the origin of the potato disease was attributed to the ra-
vages of an insect called the aphis vastator. Our opinion
was given with tolerable distinctness, that there was, at
least, a colorable ground for the conclusions arrived at by
Mr. Smee. The potato fields, he showed, were affected
with disease, and along with that disease the insect ap-
peared. The mode, too, in which the plant and root were
destroyed was consistent with the devastation which such
an insect would cause. It is therefore with great regret
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that we hear of its re-appearance in the country, as an-
nounced in the following letter addressed to the editor of
the London Times;—

" SAR,—I regret to announce that the aphis t'astator re ap-
peared last week upon the potato plant in every district round
London. At present it may be found sparingly upon the under
surface of the leaf, and though within the last few days it has
multiplied twentyfold, several plants must be examined before
it can be detected.

The hot weather is highly favourable to the ra

cation of t

his pest, whit

pid multi

coupled with its_early attack, mast

Finibu)y-eireue, June 4."

Lension

Elsewhere in our columns will be found notices of the
alleged re-appearance of the disease itself in various parts
of the country, and contradictions of that fact, the latter
of which we incline to believe. The evidence, indeed, is
in favour of the belief that the crop, as yet, is wound ; and
Mr. Smee's announcement that the destroyer has just ap-
peared, does not militate against that evidence. But we
must not be sanguine that disease may not yet be in course
of growth. It would, perhaps, be worth the while of
horticulturists to examine the leaves of their plants, and,
should the insect be found upon them, to see whether any
chemical appliances can be used for its destruction.

ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young man
named Nicholas Ellard, was fined 40s. and costs, for
assaulting Mr. Inspector Chew.
COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL AT THE SESSlONS.—Yester-
day were committed Margaret Burns, (alias Ryley), for
stealing a portable writing desk, the property of a person
named Thurstville; and Ann Cahill, for stealing on Thurs-
day night 12 sovereigns and £l2 in silver, from Thomas
German, by breaking open a trunk.
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INQUEST ON A CHILD UNKNOWN.—Yesterday an in-
quest was held on the body of a female child, unknown,
which was found on board of the ship Yorkshire, at the
Brunswick Dock on Saturday evening, by a police officer.
Mr. Woods, surgeon, examined the body, and found that
the cause of death was congestion of the lungs, the result
of natural causes.
THEFT FROM A SHOP.—At the police court yesterday
a woman named Mary Gannow was charged with stealing
three pieces of cotton and woollen plaid from the shop of
Mr. Lewis, Great Gcorge-street. The quantity was 18
yards, and it was worth £2. The prisoner, who was
taken into custody by a police-officer, on suspicion, had
taken the goods from the shop-door, at which they were
fixed by a chain. She was committed for trial at the
sessions.

THEFT BY A MAN AND A FEMALE SERVANT.—At the

aged about '1.6, and a mail, were el

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barged by the girl's

in Paradise-street, with stealing £4O in mone
gold and the remainder in silver. She-had left

£33 i

the town

in Hollins Vale, near Bury. She had purchased a variety
of articles of dashing wearing apparel, &c., which were
produced in a new trunk. She had also taken -a watch
and other articles. They were committed for trial.
FATAL AccIDENT.—An inquest was held yesterday,
before the borough coroner, on view of the body of John

Ellison, aged forty-six, a labourer at Messrs. Fawcett and
Preston's foundry, in York-street. On Saturday after-
noon deceased went to a lathe which is worked by steam
power, for the purpose of wiping the " rest " of the ma-
chine. At the time there was a large piece of iron
revolving on the lathe, and while deceased was in the act
of wiping the rest, he placed his head too close to it_ and

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was drawn in by the machinery, and got his head com-
pletely crushed. There was no blame attributable to any
one. He was taken to the Southern Hospital, where he

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The weather for
the past week has, in this quarter, been rather propitious,
with strong sunshine generally through the day, and dew
in the mornings. The, crops continue to look well and
promising : but in light and dry soils a fall of rain would
be highly ^•1- tough the drought has scarcely

dvantageous, t
yet retarded vegetation.

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been vaiiabie

and, during the last few days, rather strong, chiefly from
the northward. Some rumours that the blight has seized
breadths of, the potatoes, in this vicinity, have received
no confirmation. Indeed,. we never saw the crops of this
article generally look finer, and although it is possible
that, where the best seed has not been employed, some
future disease.may appear, we deem it quite improper to
anticipate such an evil. There is, generally, a fine show
for fruit, ant all kinds of garden stuffs.
OBTAINTNG. NEWSPAPERS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.
At the police-court yesterday, a boy who gave his name

as Henry iOrari:adasge;prci, was brought before Mr.
Rushton, charged by Mr. William Fell, clerk.at the Li-

that on Saturday last prisoner went to the office, and ob-
tained four dozen of papers, by means of an order pur-
porting to be signed by Mr. Shephard, news-vender, Scot-
land-road. He returned in the course of the afternoon
for another lot, and being suspected, was apprehended.

Mr. Sheppard stated he was not acquainted wi
snner. and that he had not signed the order,

th the pri-
produced.)

or authorised the boy to receive papers in his name. The
prisoner said that his father's name was Shephard, and
sold newspapers. This assertion did not extenuate the
offence, and the prisoner, (who we believe has obtained
papers in a similar manner from other offices,) was com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.