The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-25 00:00:00

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE-YESTF:RDAY.

Our market this morning was very scantily supplied with
English Wheat fresh up, particularly from Essex, and the
condition of the samples being materially improved by the
cold frosty weather, our millers bought pretty freely the
choicest qualities at an advance of from is to 2s per quarter
on the quotations of this day se'nnight, and the inferior sorts
at fully that day's rates. The holders of foreign wheat like-
wise exhibited a greater degree of firmness, and in, partial
instances higher prices were realised.. Flour found purchas-
ers slowlyat last week's currency, for both town and coun-
try market. The receipts of barley this morning have been
small, but we had large arrivals of this article during the
past week. The finest malting qualities maintained former
prices, but it was impossible to dispose of any middling or
inferior kinds without submitting to a reduction of is to 2s
per quarter. The recent arrivals of oats have been tolerably
good, chiefly from our own coasts ; the trade, however, in
this grain, though not brisk, was firm, and the sales effected
brought fully as much money as on this day week. Beans
and peas being in short supply, met with some attention.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

TUESDAY, Faa. 25.—Wind S.E.
The steamer Argyle will sail for New Orleans on Thursday. Let-
ters must be left at Messrs. W. A. Smith & Co's office, a, Houghton-
street, before eight o'clock, on Wednesday evening

ARRIVED—Venilia, -, from Rotterdam

Copeland, , from China to London, was spoken 30th Dec.
in lat. 35 S. long. 26 E.
Countess Dunmore, Johnstone, sailed from Aux Cayes for Cape
of Good Hope 2nd Jan.
Hero, Smallwood, Bombay, off Cape Clear, 2nd Jan.
Inca, Harrison, hence at Honduras
Si. Mindogana, hence at Havana
ater Witch, Laing, sailed from ditto 19th Dec. for this port
John Blake, Churchward, from Odessa at Constantinople, and
sailed 25th Jan. for this port
Norna, Westlake, from Odessa at ditto, and sailed 29th Jan. for
this port
Champion, Breame, sailed from Zante for this port 21st Jan.
Diadem, Todd, hence at Leghorn
Beccles, Manthorpe, from Alexandria at Malta
Tally-ho, Taylor, sailed from Ancona for this port, 10th Feb.
Catherine, Bonach, hence at Malaga
Greyhound, Rivett, from Messina at Gibraltar. and sailed Bth
Feb. for this port
Sir John Harvey, Cuthbertson, from Girgenti at Gibraltar, and
sailed 11th Feb. for this port
C.R.C., Le Gros, hence at Gibraltar
Mount Charles, Good, sailed from Cadiz for this port, 10th Feb.
William Clyll, sailed from Seville 6th Feb. and Zenobia, Swan,
10th Feb. both for this port
Ann, Whinfield, from Rio Janeiro, off the Wight
Water Nymph, Jerikins, hence for Hull, at St. Mawes, with loss of
jib-boom
Waterloo Packet, Marshall, hence at St. Mawes, lost jib-boom
Rio JANEIRO, Dec. 7.—The Queen, Forrest, from Liverpool for
Bombay, has put in here leaky, and must discharge

A MUSICAL ENTIIUSIAST.—" Dr. Ford, the rector of
Melton, was an enthusiast in music, very singular in his
manner, and a great hurnourist. His passion for sacred
music was publicly known, from his constant attendance at
most of the musical festivals in the kingdom. I have fre-
quently met him, and always found him in ectasies with
Handel's music, especially the 'Messiah.' His admiration
of this work was carried to such an excess, that he told me
he never made a journey from Melton to Leicester that he
did not sing it quite through. His performance served as a
pedometer by which he could ascertain his progress on the
road. As soon as he had crossed Melton Bridge, he began
the overture, and always found himself in the chorus, Lift
up your heads,' when he arrived at Brooksby Gate ; and
' Thanks be to God,' the moment he got through Thurmaston
toll-gate. As the pace of his old horse was pretty regular,
he contrived to conclude the Amen chorus always at the
cross in the Belgrave Gate. Though a very pious person his
eccentricity was, at times, not restrained even in the pulpit.
It need not be stated, that he had a pretty good opinion of
his own vocal powers. Once, when the clerk was giving out
the tune, he stopped hiin, saying, `John, you have pitched
too low—follow me.' Then, clearing up his voice, he lustily
began the tune. When the psalmody went to his mind, he
enjoyed it ; and, in his paroxysms of delight, would dangle
one or both of his legs over the side of the pulpit during the
singing. When preaching a charity sermon at Melton, some
gentlemen of the hunt entered the church rather late. He
stopped, and cried out, Here they come ; here come the
red coats; they know their Christian duties: there's not a
man among them that is not good for a guinea.' The doctor
was himself a performer, had a good library of music, and
always took the ` Messiah' with him on his musical journeys.
I think it was at a Birmingham festival that he was sitting
with his book upon his knee, humming the music with the
performers, to the great annoyance of an attentive listener,
who said, I did not pay to hear you sing.' Then,' said
the doctor, ` you have that into the bargain.' "—Gardiner's
Music and Friends.