The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

LONDON CORN MARKET

opened this morning with con

,ble eicit

ait, ant

Malt in slow der
nay. A good con
Rvions currency.

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but hold

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:o the change in the we

iptions Is

Ems and peas

rid any required
Inly disposed to

•YESTER DA Y

t a dicline in the qUotations obtained on Monday last of

was- paid in very few instant

s, was 4s. 4d

As, and v

~ and a

clearance was not effected
With Sheep, we were very scantily. _
of that deacription of stock was by no it

supplied, and the qualtity
first-rate. All

and last we

in pigii; comparitively

MONEY MARKET

ERDAY

Notwithstanding the full confirmation of th

Lsacted, at

ivance in the
Vlark-lane, to•

tibcount

place I

4u!trter_r

24k, tbe'Thiee per Cents. 33k, Pas
Id-a-Half per Cents. 581. The tray

T at a small

account,
per Cents.

Professor Napier, so well known from his laborious
nnection with the Encyclopedia Britannica, died at

Edinburgh on Friday.
On Thursday, the Lessee of the Amphitheah crop
to give half the proceeds for the relief of the tress
Irish and Scotch, with a prospect, should the receipt
warrant it, of a further contribution.
PROVISION'S FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The Queen
of the West, from New York, (which arrived at Liverpool
on the 11th instant,) brings 5,100 barrels of flour, 4,956
barrels of Indian corn meal, 222 bags of Indian corn.

1,454 bags of peas, and 3,000 package; of biscuit.
REDUCTION IN TIM SUPPLY OF CORN TO CAVALRY
HORSES.—In consequence of the present extraordinary
high price of oats, occasioned by the general scarcity of
all descriptions f grain, an order has lust been issued

nts in her N

vice, for a

diction to be made in the supply of corn to the troop

We rejoice to learn that at the Scotch Church, Oldham-
street, after a sermon by the Rev. John Reid, the incum-
bent, on Sunday week, the sum of £ll6 was collected for

Scotland. This collection, being in addition to subscrip-
tions to the general fund by individuals of the congrega-
tion, is highly creditable to this sound old branch of the
Scottish Church Establishment..

CHARITY BALL.—The ball for the benefit of the Ro-
man Catholic charities took place last night, in the Town-
ball. There were upwards of seven hundred ladies and
gentlemen present, including Mrs. Stanley, lady patroness;
Blundell, of Crosby, J. P. Heywood, B. H. Jones,
John Rosson, Henry Holmes, J. H. Turner, Jos. Langton,
W. Earle, J. Neilson, Wm. Mossy R. Shiel, Roskell,

Duarte, Reynolds, &c., -Esqrs. ; also, Sir Arnold
Knight, Dr. O'Donnell and lady, and all the elite of the
Roman Catholics.

STOCKINGS FOR THE ROYAL INFANTS.—The Glare
Journal says—" We feel great pleasure in recording an
instance of her Majesty's wish to encourage by her patro-
nage the native manufactures of 'IP' Two girl.-
sisters, of the name of De

county, having long enjoyed a
the taste and skill evinced b.

lajesty,.who wi
rid execution d

with the beau

anu
living in Corofin, in ti
41-deserved reputation for

twenty pair for the royal infants

Sepi., he discovered a rock in the. Gulf Stream, projecting
above the water about thirty feet, and being, as he sup-
posed, nearly three hundred feet in circumference. The
latitude of the rock is 40. 20., long. 53. 50. The captain
has no doubt of the precise location of the rock, as his
The

chrono

was to

6vigators

discoveri afford a clue to the loss of t
and

packet shit

THE OUT

England and United States

At the inquiry last week
Mr (tilt. err nlnrlr fn +1

West Derby Board of Guardians, said " the population
of Toateth-park is 59,185 at present ; of Everton, it is

of 'Bootle, it is 4,(

; of Lae

fand, it is 1,932 ; of .NN

it is 2,671 ; of West Derby, it is 28,606, showing
great increase in each and all since the census of 1841.
The total in 1841 was 78,951, now it is 123,934." Peter

buildings in West Derby was 313 f

The rateable value in '4l w
£114,052. Mr. William Shaw, the overseer of Everton,
stated, that in 1841 there were 1875 houses and buildings
assessed in Everton ; now there were 2893. The rateable

in '46 it was

value in 11541 was £58,515 ; now it is £72,507. Three
hundred houses are now in course of erection. Edward
Parnall, the overseer of Kirkdale, stated that in that
township there were 710 houses and buildings in 1841 ;
in 1846, 1341. £15,206 was the rateable value in 1841;
in 1846, £26,205. Thomas Ellbeck, the overseer of Wal-
ton, stated that in that township there were 273 houses
assessed in 1842 ; in 1846, 320. The rateable value in
1842 was £8162 ; in 1846, £8550. William Dickenson,
the overseer of Toxteth-park, stated that in that township
in 1841 the houses assessed were 7641 ; in 1846, 10,667.
The rateable value in 1841 was £142,883 ; in 1846,
£203,314,