The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-14 00:00:00

THE COTTON TRADE.

The trade have acted this week upon the advice we have
offered them from time to time, and out of 78,810 bales
of cotton which have changed hands, they have secured
48,000. The exporters have also purchased freely, and
have taKen to the extent of 6,000. Though the demand
has been extensive and the market somewhat excited, it
is a remarkable fact that prices are not more than an
eighth per lb. dearer. The stock is now sensibly de-
creasing, and in the Brokers' Circular of Friday last, the
10th instant, it is put down at 662,680, including all de-
scriptions, against 601,790 same time last year. Whatever
may be said to the contrary by interested parties, there
cannot be a doubt but that the continental buyers of raw
cotton are pulling heavily upon the market ; and it is
quite evident that, if it is to continue, it must ere long
have a forcible effect on our stocks. Indeed it is
rumoured to-day that France has signified her intention
of admitting cotton imported from this country, free,
for the benefit of her own manufacturers. who are
supposed not to have more than six weeks' consump-
tion in the country, hitherto prohibited by her navi-
gation-laws. Should this prove to be the case it will be a
very politic act, for, as we have before remarked, the sur-
plus of the American crop of cotton is not in America,
but in this country, and if France were not to resort to
some such step
her manufacturers would have to close
their mills, which is a circumstance neither desirable for
herself nor the rest of Europe. Of these matters parties
must judge for themselves. We may put them before our
readers as they transpire. The steamer is looked for with
considerable anxiety, but, for our part, we cannot see that
any news she may bring can affect the market, without it
shiiuld be of a nature disastrous to the coming crop,
which is not very likely. to be the case, the question for
the next few months simply lying between supply and
demand. To-day there has been an excellent demand,
and the sales reach 12,000 bales, at rather higher rates.

A DANGEROUS SORT OF LARK.—On Friday evening,
in returning from the festivities at the Prince's Park, a
dangerous freak was perpetrated by some thoughtless in-
dividual, and which had nearly been attended with loss of
life, under the following circumstances :—Mr. White, of
Clayton-sqoare, with some of his family, were in a
phaeton forming part of the cortege, an omnibus, heavily
loaded inside and out, preceding him, and the sides of the
road being lined with dense crowds of pedestrians, when
an individual, on the omnibus, with more copper in his
pocket than brains in his head, threw down a handful of
the former immediately in front of Mr. White's phaeton.
The consequence was a rush of the crowd, during which
Mr. White had to pull up, to the danger of damage to his
vehicle. and loss of life. Bye and bye, he was enabled to
proceed; the same freak was repeated; and Mr. White
had to pull up so suddenly that the shafts of his phaeton
were broken, and at one time five of the scramblers for
half-perdue were under his horses' legs. Such a senseless
proceeding can scarcely be sufficiently condemned ; and
its perpetrator would have stood in some risk of the
punishment of the law, had his senselessness not been
rendered inoccuous, except to Mr. White himself, by that
gentleman's presence of mind.

THE LITERPO

REPORTED ARRIVAL OF THE DUNCAN,
CAPTAIN HENRICKSON.

Some excitement was caused yesterday morning by the
rumoured arrival, from Calcutta, of the above vessel,
whose captain, it will be remembered, is the husband of
Henrickson, whose family, with herself, are the
victims for whose murder the prisoner Gleeson Wilson is
alio& to be put upon his trial. So apropos an arrival has
not taken place ; and the report has probably been caused
by•some one of the five Calcutta vessels which came up on
&Imlay being mistaken for the Duncan. We learn that
Captain Henrickson left Calcutta on the 17th March, and
crossed the bar of the Hooghley on the 18th. He is not
considered as due until the 18th instant ; but is not ex-
pected until the end of the month, as the ship is deeply
laden, and the vessels which left on the 31st March only
airived on Sunday. The Duncan is bound to Liverpool,
not London, as was first stated ; and there is still a possi-
bility of her arrival in time to enable Captain Henrickson
to be present at the trial of the alleged slaughterer of his
family.
• This is not the first rumour which has been circulated
respecting the Duman and her unfortunate commander ;
and it will give au instance how rapidly details are ap-
pended in such cases, when we state that a few hours aft.'r
the supposed arrival had taken place, it was added first
that the captain had read of his bereavement at St. He-
lena, and next that he had become insane and the vessel
had been brought home by the mate.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached on Sunday
morning, as a Baptist minister, in Mr, Evans' chapel,
Johnsstreet, Bedford-row, the same place in which the
rev. gentleman was baptised on Thursday.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF FARM PROPERTY. - On
Sunday night, shortly after eight o'clock, a fire, wl:ich
continued to rage throughout the whole of the night,
occurred upon the estate of Sir T. Lennard, at Wen-
nington, near Raynham, in Essex. The property in
which the disaster commenced was termed Scrips and
Others' farms, and was tenanted by C. R. Webb, Esq.,
of Belmont Castle, Grays. The flames were first disco-
vered in a wheat rick on the south-east corner of the
stack-yard, and very speedily they extended to the barn
filled with wheat, whence they communicated to the bul-
lock-sheds and cow-house. In the course of a few minutes
the fire seized upon a number of ricks of wheat, hay, and
straw, so that there was property covering upwards of half
an acre in a general blaze. Several engines soon arrived,
and were quickly set in operation ; but at nine o'clock
yesterday morning the flames were not entirely extin-
guished. It is believed that the fire was the work of an
incendiary. The present is the fourth fire that has been
raised in the neighbourhood during the week.

CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST LOLA MONTES.
Yesterday was the day appointed for the re-examination
of Mrs. Heald, better known as Lola Montes, or the
Countess de Lansfeldt, who was remanded on that day
week, on a charge of bigamy, preferred by Miss Heald, ti.e
aunt of her present husband, but who has been allowed to
remain at large on finding bail herself in £lOOO, and two
sureties in £5OO each. Neither the fair defendant nor any
of the counsel engaged in the case made their appearance
in court. Elsewhere is announced the arrival of Mr. and
Mrs. Heald in Paris.

It is supposed she will allow her recognizances to be
forfeited, to the carrying out of which process the future
proceedings in the case will probably be confined.

FIFTY-ONE LIVES LOST BY A COLLIERY
EXPLOSION. f':11.

A dreadful explosion occurred on Friday last ink the
colliery of Mr. VV. Thomas, called the Lletty Shenkin
Colliery, situate at Merdare, near Merthyr Tydfil, by
which 51 persons engaged in the pit lost their lives.
Although many of these unfortunate individuals were
burnt to death, the greater part were suffocated by what
is denominated the after-damp. Ten individuals were
rescued from a premature grave, but were sadly injured.
The above is from last night's Standard. The Express,
however, states that 105 persons were in the pit. and that
70 lives were lost. Seven horses were also killed, It is
said that the accident was occasioned through not using a
safety lamp.