The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

THE CO TTON MARKET.

There was yesterday a very moderate demand from
consumers, and the sales did not exceed 3000 bales, with-
out any change in prices. It would' seem as if we had got
to the lowest point, for it is understood that offers for large
parcels have been refused as low, which looks like holders
making a stand. The imports are light, and likely to be
so for some months, which, with increased consumption,
will tell on our diminishing stocks.

A fire broke out on Saturday night, in a hayloft of Mr.
Bruce, 'Beacon-lane, Everton. The damage was trifling.
BASE COlN.—Yesterday, a man, named John Clarke,
was committed for trial, charged' with passing a base
shilling.—A woman, named Mary Jones, was committed
for passing a similar base coin.
Yesterday, Mr. Rushton required a Jew pauper to find
two sureties in £lO to keep the peace towards Mr. Woolf,
whom he had insulted grossly, whilst that gentleman was
administering the alms contributed by the wealthy Jews
to their poorer brethren.
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet-
ing of this Board held on Ihe 7th instant, Captain John
Harrison, late master of the Dorothea, of Liverpool, and
now of the ship Thomas Sparks ; and Capt. John Cock-
shott Bland, late master OI the Larpent, of Liverpool,
were examined, and found duly qualified for first-class'
masters' certificates.

ABUSE OF CHLOROFORM.—We are informed that a girl,
on Friday night, was subjected to a strong dose of chloro-
form, but did not sleep, and from that time till yesterday
she suffered intense pain, amounting almost to paralysis
in the right arm and left knee, downwards. The poor girl
was relieved yesterday. This should serve as a warning
against trifling with so powerful an agent.
UTTERING BASE COIN. —There were no fewer than six
cases of persons charged with uttering counterfeit coin,
brought before Mr. Rushton yesterday ; and, as the
offence appears to be greatly on the increase, the public
would do well to be upon their guard, especially as regards
half-crowns, many clever counterfeits of which have made
their appearance.
EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—The ship Countess of
Sefton, Captain Wheeler, arrived in Liverpool on Sunday
last, having performed the voyage from hence to Val-
paraiso and back in seven months and seventeen days,
discharging about 500 tons of cargo there, and taking on
board another of 560 tons, the latter consisting chiefly of
flour, in bags, being the first in any quanty of Chilian
growth brought to this port.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO OLIVER HATCH, ESQ.
—We see in the window of Mr. Mayer, Lord-street, an
elegant and richly chased silver tea service, about to be
presented to Mr. Hatch, on which is engraved the follow-
ing complimentary inscription :—" Presented to Oliver
Hatch, Esq., by a few Conservative friends, for his devoted
zeal and untiring exertions in maintaining the constitu-
tional principles of St. Ann's War 1. Liverpool, Nov.
bincccxLvit. ' The testimonial has been well earned by
Mr. Hatch, and its presentation does honour to the donors.

The creditors of Messrs. Barton, Irlam, and Higginson
held a meeting at the Clarendon-rooms yesterday, at 12
o'clock : about 40 gentlemen were present. John Lockett,
Esq., was called to the chair. The following resolutions
were put, and carried unanimously :—Resolved,—" That
this meeting is of opinion that it is advisable for the benefit
of every person concerned that endeavours should be made
to procure a supersedeas of the fiat in bankruptcy of the
estate." Resolved,—" That the 'following gentlemen be
appointed a committee to obtain information, and confer
with the trustees of the Royal Bank, as to the best method
of carrying out the above resolution,, viz. :—John Lockett,
Esq., chairman; James M. Wood, Esq.; Mr. J. J. Hatton,
Mr. Thomas Maddock, and Mr. James Brook." Several
other matters of minor importance were entered into ;
and, after a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, the
meeting separated.
THE WEATHER.—During the last seven days, we had,
at the commencement especially, a good deal of blowy
weather, from various parts of the compass, with occasional
heavy falls of rain. On Friday there was little or no wind,
but a thick and soaking rain fell during the whole day.
The late gales have not been so fruitful in casualties to
shipping in this coast as on the east side of the island.
It has occasionally blown very fresh in our outward chan-
nels for the last fortnight, but comparatively little damage
has been done, thanks to the effectual lighting and buoying
of our outward channels. Sunday and yesterday were fine
days for the season, and it is probable that, after the heavy
downfalls we have experienced in these localities, we may
reasonably expect a frost which would now be quite as
seasonable.weather enables
preparing f
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ceed withfield Thelabour,
open draining,
spring, &c. Outdoor labour of other kinds also proceeds.
There is still good grazing in meadows that have been
attended to.

BRUTAL ASSAULTS.—A rough-looking fellow, named
Michael Mitten, was yesterday committed for trial for
having knocked down and kicked over the face a man
named John Rice, in Waterloo-road, on Friday night.
The wounds were of a frightful nature.—Another charge
of assault was preferred by a woman, named Elizabeth
M`Donald, against Patrick Campbell, a mason. The
man was quarrelling with his wife, about four o'clock on
Sunday morning, and dragging her about the street by the
hair of the head, when complainant interfered, for which
she was knocked down the steps of a cellar, and in her
fall an infant was ejected from her arms, and lay much
injured at a distance from the mother. The prisoner con-
tended that the woman he was ill-treating was his wife,
and that, therefore, no third party ought to have inter-
fered with him. Mr. Rushton took another view of the
case, which was shown in his fining the man £5, or in
default to be imprisoned two months. He was also re-
quired to find sureties, himself in £2O, and two others
in £lO each, or be imprisoned three months.
IMPORTANT TO SHIP MASTERS AND SEAMEN.-0 n
Saturday, William Groves, seaman, summoned Captain
Davies, of the " Reogfield," from Que'llec, for £7 165.,
balance of wages for services as seaman, from Quebec to
this port. The service and agreement having been
proved, Mr. Davenport, for the defendant, elicited from
the compainant in cross examination, that he had deserted
from the " Egliostoa," at Quebec, whereupon Mr. Rush-
ton declared the complainant not entitled to any wages,
and ordered the amount due to be paid into court ; and
being informed of six other seamen who had neither
register ticket, or a discharge from their last ship, post-
poned their cases until Wednesday, and said, he was
determined to punish men who deserted their ships, and
declared that for the future all mariners who had no
tickets or discharge, should first obtain a new ticket from
the Customs, and pass through the ordeal of an exami-
nation there, before he would make any order for wages,
and, where a man confessed himself a deserter, no wages
would be granted him, and warned the men present that,
if they answered any of the questions falsely, they would
be guilty of a misdemeanour under the Merchant Sea-
man's Act, which was a most serious offence.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE : FRENCH EQUESTRIAN COM-
PANY.—This company really appears inexhaustible in the
resources of talent at its command. During the past
week the performances have been of the most attractive
character, comprising all that is excellent in equestrian
feats, gymnastics, dancing, vaulting, and oddity. Last
night, however, we had a change of performance, and in-
troduction of new attractions, which it will be seen is to
be repeated this evening. The company have with great
liberality, considering the immense expense which they
must be under, reduced their prices considerably ; and,
on the score of expense at least, no one need be deprived
of the opportunity of enjoying one of the richest treats of
the kind, which enterprise; and a liberal expenditure in
management can furnish. Again we must notice the per-
fection of the acting of the clowns, Messrs. -Auriol, L'E-
clan., and young Auriol. The feats of Jockoi the Ape of
Brazil& are also extraordinary.