The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

The number of fires in London in 1845 was 707.
The League Fund now amounts to £BB,OOO.
Mr. Lewis Goldsmith, father of Lady Lyndhurst, died
in Paris on Tuesday last.
1 he quantity of port wine imported into Great Britain
in 1844 was 25,913 pipes.
A market boat which left Falmouth on Saturday after-
noon last, unfortunately went down in a squall, and the
three men in it were drowned.

J. Bailey, Esq., M. P. for Worcester, regaled two thou-
sand poor families in that city with substantial food on
Christmas-day.

Miss Martineau has published a letter announcing her
unshaken faith in Mesmerism, and her wonderful success
in Practising it on others.

PRESENTATION OF PLATE BY PAUPERS.—LateIy,
the inmates of the Honiton. Union presented a silver
table-spoon to the master and matron, who have resigned.
It is satisfactory to notice the extreme steadiness of the
foreign exchanges, the rates in most cases being favour-
able to this country. _ _

The Earl of Liverpool was invested by her Majesty, on
Saturday, at Windsor, with the insignia of a Civil Knight
Grand Cross of the Bath.
On Friday, the authorities of several of the London
parishes commenced serving the notices, to be filled up,
at the houses of the inhabitants, for the militia ballot.
Circulars have been issued requesting the early attend-
ance of the ministerial members on the meeting of Parlia-
ment. . .

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Mr. Berkeley, M.P. for Cheltenham. has apologlzed
for his rude remarks to the Rev. Mr. Close, at the late
meeting at Cheltenham. _ _ _

The Rattler, screw steam-sloop, is again in dock at
Portsmouth, to have her propellers, which are fitted so as
to be raised out of the water from the deck through a well,
put in place.
On Saturday, at Covent Garden market, there was a
good show of new potatoes and cucumbers, and amongst
the flowers were camellias, roses, hydrangeas, azalias,
pelargoniums, heartsease, and violets.
There is now exhibiting in London a " miniature John
Bull," who is in his sixteenth year, and has not grown an
inch since he was four years old. He was born at Kittes-
ford, near Taunton.
The Duke of Buccleucb, the Lord President elect of
the Council, is understood to have obtained an accession
of £25,000 per annum to his grace's large rent-roll, by
the recent demise of bis uncle, Lord Montagu: s.

-On Saturday last, the premises occupied by Mrs.
Pryer, a laundress in Paddingtcn, were destroyed by fire,
and a man and his wife who were sleeping in one of the
apartments were burnt to death.
The lighthouse fixed by Mr. Bush on the Goodwood
Sands has disappeared. The exact time of its sinking in
the sand is not known, as the fog prevented observation
for two or three days.
Her Majesty's fleet at present consists of twelve sail of
the line, thirty-four frigates, three first-cl as steamers,
nine second-class steamers, forty-seven corvettes and
brigs, and twenty-two small craft, in all, 143 effective men
of war.

Not only did the Quarterly review Lord Campbell's
Lives of the Chancellors before the book saw the light,
but Mr. Murray was able to quote the opinion of the
Quarterly upon an unpublished work before the review
itself apeeared.
Tae GUN TRADR.—Not long since an order for 40,000
stand of arms was received at Birmingham from govern-
ment, in consequence of which, and other orders of a si-
mi IKr character, the gun trade there is in a state of high
prosperity. -
The Earl of Carlisle, the father of Lord Morpeth, is
the only peer now living %, hose name appears appended
to the Grenville " protest," which stands on the minutes
of the House of Lords against the passing of the Corn-
law of 1315.

T. A. Yarrow, Esq., C.E., and surveyor of the county
of Cbester, has been presented with a splendid tea and
coffee service, consisting of a heautifully•chased and mas-
sive salver, tea-por., coffee-pot, and cream ewer, all of
silver. _ _ _

On Friday last, a young man, at London, was lifting a
bottle of vitriol from a shelf, when he slipped and fell, and'
the bottle was broken on his bead, the burning liquor
flowing over him. His face is dreadfully injured, and it
is believed he will lose the sight of both his eyes.
The Hon. Mr. Everett, the late minister of this coun-
try, from the United States, will shortly quit the arena of
politics for the peaceful paths of learning. He has con-
sented to receive the appointment of Professor of the
Haward University at Boston.
SCARCITY OF MASONS.-It iS said that at Merthyr.
and the district of the iron works, it is almost impossible
to get masons, even at high wages ; and that many more
houses would be built if carpenters and other workmen
could be procured.—Builder.
Mr. Thomas Hutton, a respectable surgeon of Kirk-
oswald, was found lying dead by the road side, on Satur-
day fortnight. His horse had trotted home, a distance of
eight miles, without him. It is supposed that he fell from
his saddle in a fit, and died.
PRODUCE OF IRON IN GREAT BRITAIN.-Of the
quantity of iron, South Wales produces 2791 thOusand
tons, Staffordshire 2191, Shropshir3 Bli, Scotland 374.,
Yorkshire 33, Derbyshire 221, and North Vales 25.
The quantity has increased 100,000 tons per annum.—
Salt's Statistics. _

INCENDIARY FIRE.—CONFESSION..—A. fire took place
at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, a few days since, at a farm-
house, when 130 quarters of wheat, two joints of beans,
part of a hay rick, and a straw stack, were consumed. A
maid servant of the tenant has confessed to having set fire
to the premises, in consequence of a quarrel with her
master. The house was burned down, and the children
were turned out, shivering in their night-dresses.

The restoration of the Marquis of Londonderry's
splendid seat at Wynyard Park, is rapidly approaching
completion. A magnificent conservatory is now erecting
on a large scale, and when finished will be one of the most
elegant structures of the kind in the kingdom.
CONVERSION TO ROME.—Mr. Henry Mills, of Trinity
College, Cambridge, has been received into the Catholic
Church, at St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. Mr.
Mills is son to a late fellow of Trinity, and is related to
Dr. Chapman, the present head of Caius College.—Post.
The Cambridge Independent says, "Just as we were
going to press we received a communication from a quarter
most likely to be well informed, stating that it is Sir
Robert Peel's intention to raise the income-tax to seven
per cent., to repeal the corn-laws, the malt-tax, and con-
siderably re:luce other burthens upon land."
In refutation of the statement of the Times, that the
clergy took no part in the agitation for the maintenance
or the present corn-laws, the Wilts Independent gives
the names of twelve incumbents, some of them high in
influence, who are at this moment members of the
Protection Society for that county.
EXTRAORDINARY SLEEP.—A young woman, residing
at Mrs.. Coopers, Vine Inn, West Stock with, has been in
a sound sleep for no less than six days and nights, and as
yet there are not the least symptoms of her waking. Num-
bers of the inhabitants have vit.ited the house to see this
strange phenomenon.

A watch which was supposed to have been stolen from
a lady at Bath, three years ago, was last week returned,
without any clue being given as to the party who had so
long kept possession of it, but with a request that the
reward offered for the recovery of it might be given to the
Church Missionary Association.

A singular but fatal accident occurred at Teddington
Lock on Wednesday. A carter, named Henwood, was
driving his master's barge team, being cn the first horse
which, opposite Strawberry Hill, fell from the gravel
path into a deep unprotected clay-pit. The other horses
followed • and the man, with two of the horses, perished.
The iarl of Granville has just expired in the thirty-
third year of his age. The bullet which struck Spencer
Percival dead was intended for the earl, who h'ad interfered
with some of Bellinghain's projects in Russia. he seat
for Lichfield is now vacant by Lord Leveson's succession
to the earldom.

A letter from Rome, of the 26th ult., says that the
chestnuts, which in that country are, like potatoes in the
north of Europe, the principal food of the lower classes,
have suffered from the same disease as the potatoes, and
that scarcely one is eatable. The grapes also have be-
come already rotten, instead of remaining dry and fit for
food, until the end of February, as in ordinary times.
On Tuesday week, a private in the 60th Rifles, stationed
in Dumbarton Castle, attempted to kill himself, by
placing the muzzle of his gun to his head, and then dis-
charging it. The ball entered at the lower part of the
face, but in place of going up through his head, as be had
intended, it came out above the nose, leaving the brain
untouched.

ANOTHER TESTIMONIALTO 1-IYDROPATHY.—Mr. Cay-
ley, whose letters to Lord John Russell have attracted
much notice, is a practical disciple of the cold-water cure.
His complaint ari-es from the stomach, heart, and liver;
but he states that by this mode, and by shunning crowded
assemblies in the House of Commons, he has been able to
add a stone to his weight. Mr. Cayley, being of feeble
constitution, is sparing of his ablutions in winter.
The Council General of Commerce, &c., sitting at
Paris, has recommended the French Government to ad-
mit foreign iron for ship-building purposes into France,
free of duty. There is no doubt that the government will
propose a law to bring this recommendation into practice ;
and if the Chambers give their sanction, which it is most
probable they will, it will considerably increase the ex-
portation of English iron to France.
A THIEF OUTDONE.—Last night a man went into a
pawnbroker's shop, and offered a metal tea pot in pledge.
The broker, upon opening the lid of the tea pot to examine
it, discovered a quantity of bank-notes. Neither did their
appearance escape the notice of the thief, who immediately
snatched the pot from the pawnbroker's hand, and en-
deavoured to make his escape, but was followed by the
broker, and given into custody ; and upon being taken to
the Polies-office, there appeared to be sixteen notes of £1
each. which had never been observed by the ptisoner until
he off-red it in pledge. The prisoner stated that he had
stolen the article from his mother.—Edinburgh Paper.

THE SEASON.— EXTRAORDINARY STATE OF THE BA-,
ROMETER.—The steady rise that has taken place during
the present week, in the Barometer, is extremely re-
markable at this season of the year, and with the existing
weather. The temperature has been very mild, under the
influence of a south-westerly wind, during the last few
days ; these are influences which in winter usually depress
the mercury ; but, as we have indicated, i: has been
steadily rising, until it has attained a higher point than
has been recollected in this neighbourhood, at any period
of the year—with two or three exceptions—for the last
seven years. The late gales have been followed by a calm.
Is a great frost at hand I—Gloucester Paper.
THE POTATOE TRADE.—The dreaded 31st of Decem-
ber has passed, and, notwithstanding• Lord Kinnaird's
confident prediction to the Manchester League, January
continues to witness as numerous shipments of sound po-
tatoes as any of its predecessors. A fleet of ten sailed last
stream, and more are now loading. Prices keep steady at
13s. a boll—nearly double last 3ear's average, with a stock
on hand many growers allow fully equal to that at the
same period last year. The tainted parcels are mostly re-
tailed in town, and the classes least able to bear it suffer
the loss. It has been suggested that a fund should be
raised to purcha-e a few hundred bolls of a good quality,
and to retail them at cost price to poor families, on the
same principle as was done some winters back with coals.
We hope the suggestion will be acted upon, as there is
great mixture in the quality generally exposed to retail,
and which alone are accessible to the poorer classes.—
Perthshire Courter.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE BY A YOUTH.—On Fri-
day, Mr. Vv-akley, M.P.. held an inquest on George
Beaseley, aged sixteen. From the evidence, it appeared
that the deceased was of a sullen disposition and fond of
reading the accounts of executions and other tragical oc-
currences. His parents left him at home at six o'clock
last Tuesday evening, and upon their return at eight
o'clock found him suspended by a silk handkerchief from
the bed rail, and qui e dead. Previous to hanging him-
self he took off his coat and shoes, and on a table near
him was " Joe Miller's Hieroglyphic Almanack for 1846,"
which he had been reading. The frontispiece of the al-
manack represented several eminent public characters
hanging from a common gibbet, under which was in-
scribed "The Atmospheric Line ;" and also a caution in
the words, " The Atmospheric Line ;" and also a caution
in the words, " Beware of January." Verdict, " De-
ceased hanged himself, but there was no evidence of hiti
state of mind when he did so."

THE AFRICAN TRADE.---A few weeks ago, the smallest
vessel that every cleared out of the Clyde for an Atlantic
voyage, measuring only twelve tons, new measurement,
left the river with a general cargo for Cape Coast Castle.
This yacht was built at Port Bannatyne, in Buteshire,
and was intended for pleasure excursions alone, but she
attracted the attention of an African merchant who was in
this country last summer, and was purchased for the river
trade in that country. He determined on sending her out
with goods; and so confident is he in the capabilities of
his little ship that be has arranged to join ber at Madeira.
The gentleman to whom she now belongs has given her
the name of the Ocean Queen ; and when she has reached
Cape Coast Castle in safety the name will have been
earned ; for never, surely, previously has a smaller craft
navigated a sea so wide and dangerous. We do not know
what the underwriters may say to this risk, but the crew
and the owner are confident of success.—Greenock Ad-
vertiser.

THE IRON MASTERS' MEETINGS.—On Wednesday,
pursuant to notice, the iron masters met at Wolverhamp-
ton, but many of the merchants and factors who consi-
dered themselves entitled to an extension of time did not
attend, and there was comparatively little business done.
On Thursday the masters a'sembled at the Town-hall,
Birmingham, and, although the principal _houses in the
trade were represented, the attendance was not so nume-
rous as on former occasions. The meeting was neverthe-
less numerous and. important, and indicated a buoyancy
and firmness which could hardly have been expected after
the varied and rather cheerless events of the last quarter. '
Everything betokened renewed confidence. There was
an abundance of orders in the market, every house being
in possession of more than their works can conveniently
execute. In this state of demand, it is needless to say,
there was no reduction, but a full confirmation of the
last quarter's prices—namely, £lO a ton for bar iron. and
all other iron of that description in proportion. There
was an advance of lOs per ton upon Shropshire pig iron,
and it now stands at £5 10s. There was no advance upon
Staffordshire pig iron, and the price may be quoted at
from £5 to £5 5s per ton. Although the advance was
confined to Shropshire pig iron, there was evidently a
tendency to advance on other articles, inasmuch as some
respectable houses would not take a single order for
sheets or plates at the present prices. This healthy state
of the trade is attributable to the impetus it has received
from railway consumption.
THE LONDON AND DUBLIN. ADDRESSES. —There
were two Lord Mayors in Windsor on Saturday week with
addresses from London and Dublin. The following is
her Majesty's answer to the London address :—" The
motives which have induced you to present this address
are duly appreciated by me. The wants and sufferings
of my people at all times command my warmest sym-
pathy ; and I deeply regret the failure, in the present year,
of a full supply of an article of food on which so many of
my subjects are accustomed to subsist. I have directed
Parliament to meet on an early day, and I skull gladly
sanction any measure which the wisdom of the legislature
may suggest as conducive to the alleviating of this tem-
porary distress, and to 14e permanent welfare of all
classes of my people." In the answer to the Irish
address, the Queen says :—" I have heard with pain the
statement which you have thought it necessary. to address
to me respecting the extreme poverty of a portion of my •
Irish subjects, and the aggravation of their distress which
you anticipate from a deficiency of food in the present year.
The welfare and prosperity of Ireland are objects of my
constant care and earnest solicitude ; and the failure of
the last potato crop, and its apprehended consequences,
have not escaped my attention. I have directed pre-
cautions to be taken which may, I trust, alleviate the
evils unavoidably attendant on this calamity; and I have
summoned Parliament to meet on an early day. I look
with confidence to the advice which I shall receive from
the united council of the realm ; and I shall rejoice if
measures can be devised, which. under Divine Providence,
may relieve the wants of my Irish people, may improve
their condition, and insure their future happiness and
contentment." The Standard says that the construction
put on the answer given by her Majesty to the City
address is, that whatever may be the ultimate measures
submitted to Parliament for regulating the corn trade, the
ports will be thrown open for the present year for the im-
portation of grain, either entirely free or only at a nominal
duty. It is at the same time reported in the monied
circles that as a measure of safety the Bank Directors
will, after the payment of the dividends, increase the rata
of discount and interest on loans to 4 per cent.

Enttrb attates.

us to get a landing berth- for the AUxiliary Sieam-paiket
MAssActiusurrs until ten days after her arrival, and we
consequently shall not despatch her for New York until
Monday next, the 19th instant, on which day she will posi-
tively sail. HARNDEN and CO.

Liverpool, January 12, 1846.
For NEW YORK
/fPOIR,*
Alt

ary Steam Packet-ship

MASSICHusETrs

This ship is modelled, rigged, and generally arranged like th
most approved packet-ships,
_having a full poop, taking in t'
mainmast, furnished and htted in the most (

and capable of a

Between c

over thirty Cabin Passengers

:s she is furnished for tt

cond-class Cabin Passengers, who will be found with good ship
stores and provisions; also, ample room for her quantum of
Steerage Passengers.

Cabin Passage, Twenty-five Pounds, for which ample stores
of every description will be provided, with the exception of
Wines and Liquors, which can, howeverzbe procured on board.
Second Cabin Passage, Ten Pounds, including good Ships'
Stores and Provisions.—For freight or passage apply to
HARNDEN and Co., 20, Water-street, Liverpool.
Bills of Lading for this Ship may be procured at Gore's Ad-
vertiser Offic
Freigl
sterling

;ht —piyable in New York at 4 dollars 80 cents to the pound

&tram gabigatfon.

CAMBRIA, FOR HALIFAX AND BOSTON.
In consequence of the falling tides requiring the CAMBRIA to
go into the river, and the Ist of Februnry being Sunday, no
ENGAGED GOODS will be received after the 31st instant. En-

gaged Goods will
the 31st inclusive

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL
MAIL STEAM SHIPS,
Of 1200 tons, and 440 horses' power each,
APPOINTED BY THE ADHARALEY TO SAIL
• BETWEEN
kW/blip, LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
is Calling at HALIFAX to land and receive Pas-
-11111i sengers and Her. Majesty's Mails.

CAMBRLt Captain CHARLES H. E. JUDKINS
CALEDONIA Captain EDWARD G. Lorr.
BRITANNIA Captain JOHN HEwiTT.
ACADIA Captain WILLIAM HARRISON.
HIBBILNIA Captain ALEXANDER RYRIE.

The Vessel appointed to sail from LIVERPOOL is the
CAMBRIA on the 4th February.
Passengers' Luggage must be on board the day.previous to
sailing.
Passage, including Provisions, but without Wines or Liquors,
which can be obtained on board, to Boston or Halifax, Thirty-
eight Guineas.
Steward's Fee, One Guinea

'5 charged £5 each.

Apply, in Halifax, to S. CUNA.RD ; in Boston, to S. S. LEWIS;
in London, to J. B. FOORD, 52, Old Broad-street; in Glasgow,
to G. and .1. BURNS ;• or, in Liverpool, to
D. and C. MAcIVER, 14, Water-street.

NOTE.—AII Letters and Newspapers intended to be sent by
these Vessels must pass through the Postoffice, and none will be
received at the Agents' Offices.
Passengers will be charged freight on their personal luggage
when it exceeds half a ton measurement.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
.I*Captain The Steam-ship
ata
JOHN
i3OADMIRAL,y D,
t 1
.;IL-r,-_ Is intended to sail from the Clarence Dock,
LIVERPOOL, with Goods and Passengers, as

SATURDAY, the 17th January, at 1 o'clock, Afternoon.
THURSDAY, the 22d January, at 5 o'clock, Afternoon.
TUESDAY, the 27th January, at 9 o'clock, Evening.
FARES
Cabin, 15s. ; Steward's Fee, 28. ; Steerage, ss.
Goods for shipment require to be down three hours before the
advertised time of sailing.—ApOy to
DAVID MAcIVER and Co., 12, Water-street.

STEAM TO GLASGOW,
WITH GOODS AND PASSENGERS,
The PRINCESS ROYAL,
Capt. R. CRAWFORD,
intended to sail as under, viz. :
From the CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL.
THIS DAY, the 13th January, at 10 o'clock, Evening.
MONDAY, the 19th January, at 2 o'clock, Afternoon
SATURDAY, the 24th January, at 7 o'clock, Evening.
THURSDAY, the 29th January, at 12 o'clock, Noon.
FARES:

CABIN, 15s. ; STEWARD'S FEE, 28. ; STEERAGE, ss.
Agents—M. LANGLANDS 32, Enoch's-square, Glasgow; D
W
LARTY and Co., Excise Buildings, Greenock; and
ROBERT LAMONT, 33, Water-street, Liverpool.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
The Steam-ship COMMODORE,
Captain HARDIE,
-LT ls intended to sail from the Clarence Dock,
LIVERPOOL, with Goods and Passengers, as
under : _ _

'THURSDAY, the 15th January, at 12 o'clock, Noon.
TUESDAY, the 20th January, at 3 o'clock, Afternoon.
MONDAY, the 26th January, at 9 o'clock, Evening.
SATURDAY, the 31st January, at 1 o'clock, Afternoon.
FARES:
Cabin, 158.; Steward's Fee, 28.; Steerage, se.
For further particulars apply to
THOMAS MARTIN and BURNS and Co.,
7, Water-street, Liverpool ;
GEORGE and JAMES BURNS,
Buchanan-street, Glasgow; or to
ARCHIBALD BLACK,
Custom-house-place, Greenock.

FOR LONDONDERRY,

CALLING OFF PORTRI7SIIItheSIANT'S CAUSEWAY,

AND THE ADJACENT PORTS,

Tne new and powerful Steam-packets
et ire
SEA NYMPH,
plitiftP CHRISTOPHER FoRREST,__COMMarIder
MAIDEN CITY,
RICHARD CROMPTON, Commander.
Intended hours of sailillihifurNthglarence Dock :
Three Times in the Fortnight,
FROM LIVERPOOL.
Friday l6th January.... at 12 o'clock Noon.
Wednesday 2lst January.... at 4 o'clock P.M.
Monday 26th January.... at 10 o'clock A.M.
Friday 3oth January.... at 1 o'clock P.M.
All Goods to be alongside two hours before the time of sailing.
Apply to JOHN MUNN Foyle-street, Londonderry, or to
WILLIAM MOORE, 35, Water-street.

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