The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

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Warwick
,Stirling
Lichfield -1
Abingdon

Leicester
Doncaster
Isle of Thanet l9
Heaton Palk
Walsall
Lincoln
OCTOBER.

Newmarket 2
Wrexham
Chesterfield
Monmouth
Northatlerton
Richmond—

Caledonian Hunt
Stafford a
Welch] 00l
Newmarket
HolvwellHunt l6
New-market ...

Two smart shocks of an evorthq,uake were felt at Genoa. on the
sth of May.
The reason of the Chisholm accepting the Chiltern, Hundreds
was ill health..
The total amount of fourpennv pieces issued oat of the Mint
is £89,32, and the number of pieces 5,359,500.
Letters fsom, New York before the Great Western's arrival
out, did not reach England till three days after her return.
Louis Philipe iesaid to possess in the French Five per Cents as-
much stock as wotsld make a reduction of one per cent. upon the
dividend amount to a difference of .f.:20,000 per annum.
SET A THIEF, &c.—A person, who lately cut so extraordi--
nary a figure before the Insolvents Court, was himself the
founder, or at the head of a society for prosecuting fraudulent
debtors-

WELSH MANUSCRIPTS.-It was announced at a late meeting
of the Royal Society of Literature, that the late Dr. Richards,.
formerly rector of St. Martin's, and one of the earliest friends of
the Welsh Manuscript Society, has bequeathed the munificent
sum of £SU k) to its funds, the interest of which he has requested
may be applied to.the publication of old MSS.

SOVEREIGNS.—The term sovereign., as applied to a piece of
money, is not new in the history of our coinage, for so far back
as the reign of Edward VI., who brought the gold used at the
Mint to its original purity, which had been greatly debased by
his predecessors, there were both sovereignsand half-sovereigns.
THE OLDEST APPLE IN DEVON.—There is now in the pos-
session of Mr. Daniel Harvey, residing in the parish of Ex-
minster, an apple which was growing in St. Sidwell's, in the
year 1787. It was presented by the father of the possessor to
his grandson on his christening in the May following. It was
grown in a bottle—the bottle being fastened to the branch, and
closely sealed as soon as it was cut. It is now as fresh as
ever, and may be seen by any one who will call on Mr. Daniel
Harvey.—Sherborne Jowrnal.
STATE OF TRADE"—The improved demand for twist which
has existed• for two or three weeks past still continues; arid,
though there is no material change in price, sales are more easy
to make than they were a week ago. For printing cloths there
was a very active demand at the close of last week; and though
it teas slackened a little during the last two days, prices continue
very firm. There is also an improved demand for domestics,
and other stout calicoes, which had previously been very much
depressed;, and the good's market generally has exhibited de
cided symptoms of improvement. Th e accounts from the wool-
len anti worsted markets in Yorkshire is also, we understand,
decidedly favourable:-31anclvester Guardian.

HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS.-Mr. Walker's plan• and report
have been unanimously approved of by our harbour truetees,
and steps have already been taken to proceed with the prelimi-
nary departments-, The expense is estimated at DAUM,. but
the prosperous state• of our harbour funds, and the growing
in-
crease of ottr maritime commerce fully warrant the expendi-
ture. When the improvements are completed Aberdeen• will
have the proud distinction of affording perhaps the safest and
most convenient accommodation, to shipping, which can be found
in Scotland.—Aberdeen Hetaid-

FATAL FM Zit FIGHT,--Ofie a those disgusting Qxhibiticras,
alike disgusting and demoralizing, a prize fight, took place on
Hedley Common, about eleven miles from Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, on Tuesday week, and the result has proved fatal to one
of the prineipals. The match was for twenty pounds a-side,
between Robert Forbister and John Brown, both natives of
Newcastle, the former an engine-wright, and the latter a white-
smitb. The fight lasted an hour and twenty-five minutes, du-
ring which time thirty-seven rounds were fought, he the last
round Brown received a blow from his antagonist on the jugu-
lar, and instantly fell. He was " deaf to time," and Forbister
was proclaimed the victor. An inquest was held on Thursday.
The jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of manslaughter
against Robert Forbister, and' the coroner has since issued a
warrant for his apprehension.

JOINT-STOCK BANRS —The joint-stock banks in the United
Kingdom have a paid-up capital of forty millions. Upon this
capital the annual dividends are nearly three-and-a-half millions.
The English country joint-stock baules commenced in 1826;
their number is about WO,. of which one-half have been esta-
blished since 1835'; their total paid-up-capital ten millions, and
the annual amount of commercial accommodation afforded by
them in the shape of discount, &c. is not less than 3t) millions..
From parliamentary returns it appears that the total amount of
dividends paid by sixty banks, over and above the amounts of
the reserved funds, was £513,112, upon the aggregate paid-up
capital of £6,492,86, bring an average of £7 18s. per cent.; and
from a calculation of later data, it appears that upon the paid-up
capital of £7,830,000 of seventy-six banks the dividends are
£632,700, being an average of eight and and-twelfth per cent.;
and making an annual profit, including reserved funds, of above
£7oo,ooo.—Railway Magazine.
MARRIE' AND SINGLE.—I went to a neighbour and solicited
a donation for public objects; he replied—" I approve your
object, and would assist you, but you know I have a family,
and charity begins at home.' " I called upon a second—he
replied, that " such as were able ought to he liberal, and that
he had every disposition to aid me, but (added he) there are
stronger claims than yours which I am bound to regard—those
of my children." A public charity demanded that a messenger
should he sent from the city to a remote country. A person was
selected whose talents were well adapted to it. He replied that
nothing would give him more pleasure, but it was absolutely
impossible on account of his family. tie was excused. Two
merchants, partners in business, failed. At a meeting of the
creditors it was resolved that one should be forthwith released ;
but the other because be was a bachelor, might yet, as was his
duty, go to work and pay a small dividend. An insurance office
was about to appoint a secretary. There were, as usual, twenty
applicants. In the discussion of the Board of Directors, the
talents of many were set forth, when a member rose and said
that the candidate whom he should propose was a
a man of
_ mode-
rate capacity, but that be was a poor man with family. He
succeeded, and holds the office still. A mercantile friend wished
me to procure a person to fill a responsible station. A gentle-
man came who seemed well fitted for the office. I asked how
much salary he expected? He
No bachelor would have
replied, smilingly, lam a
overo Old
married man,"—which I understood to be 1500 dollars per
annum. He has the place. N
thousand. Two criminals were tried,rhe fKoringforgery pardoned
at
the one the
Bailey, and condemned to
who was married, on account of his wife and children; the
other paid
the forfeit of his life because he was a bachelor. In
short if you would avoid trouble of any kind, excite sympathy,
office, or escape punishment, you have only t
procurearried. o get
married.

poptinT-- -The greatest difficulty to contended with Popery,
is its extreme adaptation to the corruption of our fallen nature.
ithas that wherewith it can meet every desire of the natural
man, and soothe every anxiety about the soul ; for the literate,
it has prodigious stores of learning ; for the iliterate, it has its
images, nomps, and shews; far the self-righteous, it has innu-
merable ways of external service; for the most devout, it has
its unceasing prayers; for the musician, it has the most exquisite
chaunts and anthems; for the painter, the most splendid efforts
of human art; for the imaginative, all the visions of fancy, its
gloomy cloisters, lights, and processions, and incense, and
beautiful churches with painted windows ; and priests with
splendid garments and varied dresses. To quiet the conscience,
it is doctrine of human merit and supererogation ; to alarm the
indifferent, it has fears of purgatory ; to raise the priesthood,
they can make a little flour and water into a god and will them-
selves worship what they make. To give ease to the conscience
of the man of the world, and the lover of a pleasure, each sin
has its indulgence and its penance. All men at times are un-
der fears of God's wrath—their conscience is touched----theare
in anxiety—and at such time Popery comes in and giveshe them
a sop, that satisfies them for the moment and semi
s
etverm into
the sleep of death. It covers eve!), lust—it
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