The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET:

TUESDAY EVENING.—Notwithstanding the general expecta-
tion raised yesterday of some announcement bearing on the
existing difficulties of the currency, the day has gassed over
without anything of the kind, and people are left in as much
doubt as ever what result, if any, is to follow the frequent inter-
views between the Governor of the Bank and Mr. Rice. That
he has been pushed hard for an advance of the interest on
Exchequer-bills cannot be doubted, and that he had given at
one time a qualified consent to it is equally certain; and the
wonder now is, for what reason the public are so long kept with-
out information on the subject. The prevalent conjecture, in
this absence of actual information, is, that Mr. Rice is seized
with a fit of indecision—that he is desirous of making only such
an advance as will just keep Exchequer-bills above par, and
that in balancing this nice point he has fairly been brought to a
stand. That 2d. will never do has been already proved; and
he is said to have been at first willing to make the advance to
2c11; but some suggestion having been made that 2d'. might
be sufficient, he is said to have been wholly confounded in the
attempt to determine which of these courses is the best. To
decide wrong iu this case, so as to be driven soon to an advance,
would, as he feels, tend to make him still more ridiculous, and
yet he is desirous not to assist the Bank any snore than is
required fur his own security, so angry is he with the whole of
the late conduct of the directors. Some persons imagine, and
we think with reason, that Mr. Rice has not any very clear no-
tion what the nature of an Exchequer bill is, as his language
always has been, that, however they may fall, there may be loss
to the bank, but no detriment to him. lie makes a difference,
too, between the holding of the bank in this security and that
of any private holder; but, allowing the amount in circulation
to remain the same, this cannot matter, as its convertibility into
money is the very essence of its character, it must rise with
any general rise in the value of money, or the government must
be embarrassed, and the implied contract with the public be
broken This, or a funding to reduce the amount, is the only
mode of proceeding that can be adopted. Various projects have
been broached in the city to-day connected with the currency,
one of which was to have au issue of small notes payable in sil-
ver only; and another was a similar issue founded merely on
deposits of silver at the Mint, but not absolutely payable in that
medium, and to be called Mint notes. These are evidently
mere experiments oft the public feeling, and have no chance of
being adopted. No one has the courage in a direct way to own
the authorship of them.—Times.

THE GARRICK.—The new packet ship Garrick, from New
York, arrived here yesterday; she is the largest vessel that has ,
yet entered the port of Liverpool since the formation of the
docks. Her burthen is about 900 tons, American, which would
be upwards of 1,100 English. Her accommodations are superb, ,
and in many respects superior to any of the other packets.
She has proved the excellence of her sailing qualities by having
made the passage in seventeen days. The following is the list
of passengers :—Messrs. J. D. Lawrence, J. D. Cogswell, P.
Dunn, W. Elliot, Ridgway, C. B. Raymond.
HUNDRED OF WIRRALL.—The election of guardians, under
the poor law bill, for the hundred of Wirrall, took place yester-
day. Four conservatives and three radicals were elected.
THE EXHIBITION.—This delightful lounge, we perceive, is
approaching towards the termination of its season. It continues,
however, daily to be the classical resort of great numbers during
their leisure hours, and must have contributed much towards
improving and refining the taste of the inhabitants of the town.
We trust that so excellent an institution for the encouragement
of the fine arts, for diffusing a very refined pleasure, and im-
proving the public taste, may, as its infancy disappears, increase
in growth and strength.
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.-00 Tuesday last, the 15th instant,
Sir Robert' Peel was elected.to fill the office of Lord Rector
in Glasgow University by an overwhelming majority.
DEATH BY POISON.--On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was
held at the Sessions'-house, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner
for the borough, on view of the body of Joseph Jones. The
mother of the deceased stated that she lived in Claremont-street.
The deceased was between three and four years old. On Satur-
day she removed every thing out of the cupboard, and put them
on a tray in order to clean out the place. A short tone after
she had done so, she heard the deceased cry out, and she said,
" What is to do with you now ?" A little boy who was playing
with deceased told her he had taken something that had burnt
his mouth. She immediately ran to him and found him rubbing
his mouth with his hands. The little boy pointed to a bottle
which he said the deceased bad drank out of, and found it to
contain some vitriol and turpentine, which she had bought to
kill bugs with about nine months ago. Witness took him to a
druggist's, and from thence to the Dispensary, where he was
attended, until he died yesterday morning, by Mr. Craig, the
House Surgeon. The jury returned a veadict to the effect that
the deceased died in consequence of having accidentally taken
poison.
CAPTURE OP SLAVE-SHIPs.—We have been favoured with
the following account of the number of slaves captured by H.M.
brigantine Buzzard, Lieut. Campbell acting commander, from
17th Deceniber, 183-1, to July, 1836 :
Formidable .Off Old Ca1abar....702 slaves. •
Iberia Bonny 313
Bre.nYeneida. ....Lat 44N, long 1 W 433
Seiniramid Bonny 477
Norma Bonny 236
Legira • Nun l9B
Mendillo . . ... ...Camaroons 268
Felicia Bonny 4Ol
Farnorsa 13ernera Bimini' • cargo
Joven Carolina ..Old Calabar 432

Total 3460
The whole were under Spanish colours, with the exception
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the Meridalo and Juven Carolina. The amount of prize-money
is so considerable its to afford the sum of £5OO to the common
seamen belonging to the brigantine,
FIRE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SILTHOLISE DOCK.—About
nine o'clock, on Tuesday night, a fire broke out in the upper
sale-room occupied by Mr. Hunt, of the premises adjoining the
Dumfries and Kirkcudbright Tavern. There was no person
belonging to the sale-room on the premises when the fire broke
out, and it cannot be said how it originated. It was first ob-
served by one of the dock police, who instantly gave the alarm.
In a short time three engines were on the spot, and the smoul-
dering element was suppressed before it burst into a flame. It
was owing to the activity of Mr. Bedson, Mr. Cutrie, and seve-
ral other individuals in the neighbourhood that the fire was
speedily suppressed. A partition was broken through into the
sale-room—buckets of water were carried up, and the fire was
kept well under till the engines arrived. Great credit is due to
Mr. Dowling and the Fire Police for their exertions. Had it
not been for their promptness a conflagration, such as never had
been witnessed in Liverpool, would have destroyed the whole
range of warehouses between Ansdell-street and Charlotte-street,
as they were full of all kinds of combustible materials, such as
pitch, oakum, tar, and oil, besides sails.
BLEEDING TO DEATH.'A young woman named Ann Creer,
who was living in the service of Miss Whittaker, in Datityb-
street, came by her death a few days ago in the following extra-
ordinary manner. Miss Whittaker went out in the early part
of the day, leaving the servant (the deceased) to take care of
the house. She returned home about half-past one o'clock,
having been absent about three hours. She knocked at the
door repeatedly, but received no answer, nor did the servant
come to open it. At length Miss Whittaker became alarmed,
and requested a servant next door to get over the wall and as-
certain the reason of the silence within the house. The servant
was prevailed upon to go over the wall, but she immediately re-
turned shrieking and evidently much alarmed. A servant man
was then sent over to open the door, and on the entrance of
Miss Whittaker and the man into the kitchen a most appalling
spectacle met their view. The youn , woman, who a few hours
before was alive and apparently full of health and vigour, sat in
an upright posture quite dead. A pail of water with a sponge
in it, was standing by her side, and a large pool of blood was
flowing on the floor. A surgeon was sent for, who examined
the deceased, and found that the blood had flowed from one of
her legs, which was full of varicose veins, one of which was of
fected with an ulcer. Two large veins communicating with the
ulcer he found quite open, and he had no doubt that the blood
had flowed therefrom, and that she had died from the excessive
quantity she had lost, almost instantaneously. It was supposed
that the deceased had been washing the ulcer with the water
that was found beside her, and had by that means opened an
old sound, and so hastily accelerated her own death. The body
was afterwards viewed 1)1' a coroner's jury, and the above facts
having been given in evidence, a verdict was returned, "that
the deceased had bled to death, accelerated by natural causes."