The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

THE LIVEAPOOi STAN

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METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON,
INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
TRUSTEES.
Spencer Horatio Walpole, Esq., M.P.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly.
John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane. Cheapside.
Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, R.N.. United Service Club and
Brighton.
Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes
t. John',Lewisham, Kent _
Edward Lomax Esq., S s-wood-par
Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn.
E. Vansittart Nettle, Esq., Smith Au -street.
Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richm , Surrey.
Wi liam Studley, Esq., Brixto urrey.
William A. S. Westoby, Es yde-park-place.

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DITORS.
Thomas Bates, sq f., Old-square, Lincoln's-inn.
Henry Peach uckler, Esq , Basinghall-street.
MEDICAL ADVISERS.
11. W. Fuller, M.D., 45, Half-Moon-street,',Piccadilly.
Robert Keate, Esq., Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen, Hertford-
street, May-fair.
W. H. Smith, Esq., F.R.C.S., Fonthill:place, Clapham-rise.

e s. d.
20 20 15 10
30 26 13 5
40 33 19 6
50 45 6 0

1260 260 108 12
1205 205 110 12
1140 140 118 11
1030 30 129 10

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AT REDUCED PRICES.

T. WALKER'S
WINDOW BLIND MANUFACTORY,
135, WHITECHAPEL,

Opposite Great Charlotte-street

ESTABLISHED 1813,A1T--
FRANCIS Pii'NNEY

IN STOCK, 2000 Vy.NtTLiN-SHArE BLINDS

GAUZE WIRE AND}tfi. OTHER BLINDS; WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL.
LO DON CHAIR WAREIJ 'USE,

TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
AND OTHERS.

, TOURISTS,

HENRY PILKINGTON begs most respectfully to
inform his Friends and the Public generally that he has
entered upon the

K UEENSBERRY ARMS HOTEL,
in the delightfully-situated town
ANNAN, DUMFRIE ' ,
formerly occupied by the r. James Benson.
The neighbourhood of Ann s celebrated for its Marine and
Rural Scenery, and aboun with fine Fishing Streams, includ-
ing Annan Water, the titer of Milk, &c. A Railway passes
near the town, and S , m-boats ply regularly to and from Li-
verpool. Commere Travellers, Anglers, Tourists, and others
will find every atte tion paid to their comtbrt and accommoda-
tion, no expense/being spared to render the Establishment a
" Home" to all who may visit it. Sea Bathing may be enjoyed
in the contiguous Forth of the Solway. .
Annan, April, 1849.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON MONEY MARKET

YESTERDAY

Consols have ranged from 911 to 92k. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been 91# to Di, and the Three per
Cents. Uoa to 901. Exchequer bills have been 445. to 475. pre-
Bank Stock is firm at 1921, and Indian Stock at 244.
d Annuities are a to 9-16ths.

LONDON SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY
in the Railway Share Mar

This is " pay-day

matters are looking better as regards all the lines. There
has been a rally in Eastern Counties, Midland, and all the
York lines, as well as in North Western, Itc. Much atten-
tion seems likely to be directed to the proposed system of
working railways by contract, and which is considered to
have been already successful in the Midland Great Western
of Ireland. The plan is to be tried on the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham.

LONDON CORN MARKET

-YESTERDAY

Tha quant

our market this morning was very moderate, but in fair ave-
rage condition. On the whole the attendance of buyers was
tolerably good. The demand, however, for all kinds of English
Wheat—the number of samples of which on offer was small—

ruled extremely inactive. A few picked qualities were taken
at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last ; out to
effect sales of the middling and inferior kinds of both red and

The market closed

was Hot effected

', and a total clearance of the stands

Notwithstanding that the supply of Oats was comparatively
small, the demand for that grain was in a sluggish state.
Prices, however, were firmly supported. The sale for Beans

was in a very inactive state, at last week's quotations. In

Peas next to nothing was doing, at late rates.
Indian Corn and Meal sold at previous currencies. The

The Flour trade was heavy, and the late improvement in
value was with difficulty supported.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET

With foreign stock

YESTERDAY

rately supplied, yet a portion of it left the market unsold, from
the want of buyers. Notwithstanding that the receipts of
Beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, &c., were not so extensive as
were those on Monday last, they were seasonably large,
and of most excellent quality. The attendance of buyers

being small, and the weather unfavourable for slaughtering,
the Beef trade was excessively heavy. at Friday's derlinp in thp

quotations. A few very superior Scots may have produced
3s. 6d., but the general top figure for Beef did not exceed
3s. 4d. per Sibs., and at which a clearance was not effected
There was a slight falling off in the number of Sheer
considerably exceeded the wants of the buyers. All breeds

met a very e
prices. The extreme value for the best old Downs in the wool
was 45.; out of the wool, 3s. 4d. per Sibs.
We had a moderate inquiry for Lambs
from 4s. iod. to ss. 10d

Lt late rates, viz.,

very depressed state. In the quotations, however, we have
no change to notice. Pigs met a very dull inquiry at barely

stationary prices

MONS. HERRMAN.—Last evening, this extraordinary
and skilful professor of the necromantic art commenced a
series of performances at the Concert-hall. His meta-
morphosis feats, tricks with cards, startling illusions, and
all the various resources of the black art, were brought
out in such a manner as to astonish the audience, and
fully entitle him to a high rank in his profession. His
performances must be seen to be believed. He will per-
form this evening and every evening during the week.—
See adv.

The mantles and shawls shown this season at Mr. J.
Cripps' establishment, Bold-street, are very superior in
style and elegance to any thing yet seen, and the prices
strictly economical. He is always anxious for either his
friends or visitors to call, and whilst every facility is
afforded for either inspection or purchase, those urgent
appeals to buy, so frequently complained of, are never
allowed at his establishment. Besides the advantage of
both Foreign and British Shawls for selection, his system
of having but one price will be a great recommendation,
especially to strangers. His warehouse is deserving of the
highest patronage.
ST. JAMES'S ScuooLs.—Theseschools, which now form
an important feature among the public buildings at the
south end of the town, are, we perceive, to be re-opened
by an attractive celebration to-day. There is to be
a bazaar in the morning, and a musical soiree tea-
party in the evening, in aid of the extra expenses, &c.
A series of dissolving views, by Mr. W. M. Fisher,
are likely to draw many visitors ; for we well know
what a splendid assortment that benevolent and
talented gentleman has. Some members of the Phil-
harmonic Society have kindly volunteered their vocal
services gratuitously, and Mr. Gribbin will fur-
nish the instrumental music. We much regret
to hear that the misunderstanding existing between
the Committee of Council of Education and the National
Society will occasion the loss of a promised grant of £7O
to St. James's Schools, as the former will not accede to
the stipulations of the latter. Consequently, the com-
mittee is minus that sum. and will now require the ut-
most exertions of their friends to relieve their embarrass-
ment. These schools were orizinally founded, in 1803,
by Mr. Moses Benson, a wealthy liberal merchant of this
town.

A BEES' NEST ENCLOSED IN AN ELM TREE.—The
sawyers of her Majesty's dockyard, Portsmouth, in slit-
ting down an elm tree of large magnitude, found in a
cavity in the heart of the tree a most perfect bees' nest,
with four divisions of comb, in length about 14 inches,
with the bees in their cells, and otherwise, particularly
the queen bee, in the most perfect condition ; above and
below the nest the heart of the stick was perfectly sound,
as was also the timber surrounding the nest; no hole was
discoverable in any part, the timber being perfectly solid
all round. There was also in the cavity a few snail shells ;
no doubt the tree many years back, from its quick growth
in the spring of the year, closed over the small hole, by
which the bees went out and in, and imprisoned those
that were in the nest. It was a beautiful specimen of the
bees' nest, but unfortunately the sawyers pulled it to
pieces without knowing that they were destroying a
curiosity.

STRANGE INCIDENT.—A party of pleasure, in the year
1800, on their return from Skegness to Lincoln, dined at
the old-established inn at Wragby. One of the gentle-
men after dinner took off his ring, and inscribed upon a
pane of glass the name of a young lady of the party and
his own, in brackets. Just 48 years afterwards. the lady
in question (who retained her maiden name) passed
through Wragby with her niece, and ordered the coach-
man to drive to the old inn for refreshment. Lo ! to her
surprise, the very foundations of the inn were razed, and
she was driven to the new hotel on the other side of the
road. There, whilst taking biscuits and wine, and in-
dulging in reminiscences of bygone times, the niece, who
had approached the window, exclaimed, " There is the
inscription you promised to show to me." " How
strange ! " said the aunt. " Not so strange, neither,"
rejoined the waiter, " for we brought all the windows
from the old house, and fixed them here; and it was for-
tunate we did so, for one of the panes contained in wri-
ting a promise of marriage, and I was subpoenaed at a
trial in London to produce it, and had a nice journey, and
all my expenses paid."—Stamford Mercury.
CHIVALRY IN INDIA.—Your lordships may perhaps
recolleect that in the outset of my observations, in refer-
ring to the circumstances which led to the siege of Mool-
tan, I stated that the chief of that place had endeavoured
to occupy all the country surrounding it, and I also stated
that he had not been permitted to occupy it unopposed.
No sooner was it known that a defection had taken place
in Mooltan, and that Moolraj had revolted, than a young
officer at some distance from the place, with only one
regiment at his disposal, Major Edwards with whose
name all your lordships are now familiar,—(loud cheers)
—conceived the design of driving Moolraj back again into
his fortress. That officer, who only received his annoint.

went as cadet eight years ago—who served for some time
as aide-de-camp to Lord Gough, and was wounded while
so serving—that officer, I say, having been recently ap-
pointed to manage the country in the neighbourhood of
Mooltan, conceived the design of driving Mooiraj back to
his fortress, and carried it successfully into execution
without the assistance of a single European soldier. Such
was the confidence that this young officer, then Lieu-
tenant, and now Major Edwardes, inspired into his own
followers,—such was the attention with which ho had
studied the native character,—such, in consequence, was
the revenue which he had raised in

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raise new le;ies, that he was enabled to pay those levies,
and that, with their assistance, he was enabled to drive
Moolraj back to the citadel from which he had emerged.
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defeating him in two pitched battles, in which he was
himself conspicuously engaged, and in which he seized,
with his own hands, two of the enemy's guns, thereby

conciliating the respect, and, what always follows respect,
the affections of the natives. That is an example worth
holding out to the imitation and respect of all men.--Lord
Lansdowne's speech.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE TIMES AND THE NAVIGATION LAWS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—The Times, in its advocacy oLa pernicious cause,
has recourse to so many sophisms against the present
Navigation-laws, which are of such vital importance to
so many British interests, that lest they should have any
effect on those who are but imperfectly acquainted with
the subject, I trust you will allow me a small space in
your valuable columns to refute them.

- And first I would observe, that the writers in that
paper appear to have very slight acquaintance themselves
with the subject they discuss, for only about three weeks
since, the leading article assumed that these laws pre-
cluded a foreign vessel from discharging part of her cargo
at a British port and then proceeding to another;
whereas they never prevented a foreign vessel dropping
her cargo at a dozen British ports, if it liked. Also.
that foreign vessels exclusively were precluded from taking
goods coastwise, whilst any part of the foreign cargo re-
mained on board, whereas such applies equally to British
vessels, and is a fiscal, not a navigation point.
The Times, to answer its own purpose, will endeavour
to confound the Navigation Act with reciprocity treaties,
and makes difficulties about the working of the former,
which are either imaginary or easily to be obviated, as
all men practically acquainted with the subject well know
—and also, that foreign states can have no fair demand
upon us beyond the advantages they already enjoy ;—and
as to the alleged "17nnta of f-},n finlnn;‘,. , ;,-

that a party, who has occasioned one great evil to the
country, should require that it should be remedied by the
perpetration of another.

- What does the Times mean, when it asserts that the
Navigation Law was framed and introduced four years
ago, whilst he must be aware that it has existed from the
times of Cromwell and Charles the Second. The Naviga-
tion Act was merely re-enacted four years ago.

It confidently predicts that the time will Come when
Protectionists will regret that they had not conceded

sooner. tint alas those who are not blind to the present
wretched state of the agricultural, colonial, and other
interests, would rather augur that it is those who have

caused such dire distress by their r
will have the most reason to repent
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