The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

A petition eras presented by-Lord BaouGn A in, seeking pro-
tection for, and encouragetueut of an invention where the bodies
of the departed might be preserved for some time, for the pur-
pose of dissection.
Lord GLENGAL directed attention to various notifications for
large tithe meetings in Ireland, particularly in Tipperary, and
inquired whether the lord-lieutenant had taken precaut►ons to
preserve the peace against such alarmingly numerous and illegal

meetings ?
The Earl of Mut.Git AVE answered that he was not aware that
the meetings, because ttiev happened to be in the open air, were
but vigilance would be observed.
Consitlerabte conversation ensued.
On the report of the Oaths Validity Bill, an extended dis-
cussion took place, the result of which was the retention of the
first and the rejection of the second clause.
The other ordets being disposed of, their loidships adjourned:

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Sunday Times )

LONDON, SATURDAY.-The mercantile advices received this
week from the United States are, it is satisfactory to observe,
of a much more favourable character than those previously
obtained, as respects the state of trade. A very material reduc-
tion had taken place in the exchanges between New York and
the other principal cities of America. This alteration has been
most anxiously looked for by the merchants and tradera_for
months past, as t he only means of facilitating the liquidation of
debts between the several sections of which the United States
are composed; numerous individuals having hung back in the
discharge of their obligations under the general plea that the
previous ruinous depreciation in the exchanges effectually pre-
vented them from meeting the demands of their creditors. Al-
though the resumption of specie payments had become pretty
general in the northern states, still the banking interests dis-
counted only to a limited amount, and the want of accommoda-
tion necessarily checked a return to a general activity in the
various branches of industry. It is, however, gratifying to be
enabled to state that the packets which are loading for New
York will take out a considerable quantity of British goods,
which no doubt will find a very ready market in America.
Specie continued to flow into the United States in very large
amounts, forming a strung contrast to the state in which the
bullion market was placed a few months since, when gold bore
a premium of from 8 to 22, the latter value having been realised
in the southern parts of the Union.
The mercantile markets in the City have for some days past
exhibited a great degree of animation. The sales, both for
public and private contract, of nearly all the principal articles
of impott have been upon a very extended scale, and it is satis-
factory to observe, that in the majority of instances, enhanced
prices have been given by the dealers. As some very heavy
prompts must follow these sales shortly, money has become
more in request. The principal discount houses now ask from
3 to 3:I per cent. for accommodation, even upon the best de-
scription of Bills of Exchange. It is not expected, however,
that money will become much more in demand, as the quarterly
dividends will shortly be paid, and from £1,500,000t0 £1.700,000
in addition will be thrown into circulation by the reduction of a
portion of the floating debt of the East India company.
Very little speculative business has been transacted in the
Funds this week; many of the chief operators in time bargains
have been attracted to Ascot to witness the sports the race-
course afforded, rather than attending to the ordinary occupa-
tions of the Stock Exchange. The Bears have taken advantage
of this circumstance, and they have occasioned a fall, although
their operations were not by any means considerable, of nearly
per cent. Consols for Account yesterday left off at 95, rather
buyers. The transfer-books being closed preparatory to the
payment of the dividends, necessarily restricts the business in
real transactions, in Consols as well as in the New Three-and-
a-Half per Cents, and other portions of the public debt There
has been a slight improvemeut in the premium upon Exchequer
Bills, which have again reached 70, and India Bonds 76 prem.
Bank Stock yesterday reached 2054, being slightly above the
prices obtainable in the early part of the week.
The state of the market for Foreign Securities has been very
nearly the same as that noticed on this day week. The account
was settled yesterday, but without producing any movement in
prices. Spanish Stock has advanced from 211, to 2l{; Portu-
guese Five per Cents from 354 to 24k. French Rentes have
risen from 109-50 to 110, the exchange being quoted at 25f. 50c.
The alterations in Dutch, Belgian, and the other Foreign Bonds,
have been slight this week. The'same remark will apply to the
South American Stocks. . . .

For Shares the inquaies have not increased, but the ptinci-
pal-projects have looked more brisk within the last week. The
Great Western Railway have been advanced to 90, or 25 prem.;
the Brighton to 11i or prem.; the London and Birmingham
front 182 to 174, or 83 prem.; the North Midland to 391, or 41
prem.; the Leeds and Manchester to 371, or 17i prem.; the
Blackwall to si, or 3tl prem. and the Croydon to 16, or 4 disct.
Shares of Banking Companies remain very nearly the same as
last week. Asphalte and Bitumen Shares are very flat. The
Claridge's patent Asphalte have rallied from 4 to 6, or 4 prem.,
but all the others have been sold on cheaper terms.
HALF-PAST TwucvE.—ln the Money Market there has not
vet been touch 'business doing. Consols have been quoted at
941 95; Exchequer Bills at 68 to 70 pm.; and India Bonds at
76 pm. Bank Stock ►s at 2051.
Portuguese New Bonds are quoted at an improvement to 361
37, and Spanish Consols to 21i 22; Brazilian have advanced to
102. Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents remain at 51 35.
In the Share Market the prices are not essentially different
front those obtainable up to the closeof business yesterday after-
noon. Great -Western Shares have risen to 27 pm. Claridge's
Asphalte Shares have been sold as low as 32, but are now worth
41-i prem.

IKON WELDING.— A practice has fnr some time prevailed at
Koswick of weiding iron, steel, and cast steel, with a mineral
which is said to be very abundant in that neighbourhood, and
is found to answer the purpuse much better than sand or bo-
rax, inasmuch as it affords a decidedly better protection to the
fusing metals. It is used in the same common or simple way as
sand, requiring no blither care or management. Two, three,
or more pieces of cast steel may be welded.together, and drawn
out, hardened, and broken across the junctures which cannot
be observed; or iron and cast steel can be welded together in
the same way, as perfectly, and with as much ease as the mild-
est steel or iron.—Carlisle Patriot.
'TEMPERATURE OF 1837.—1 t appears from the Meteorological
Joimial kept at the garden of the Horticultural Society, Lon-
don, that the mean temperature of the past year was 48.52, whilst
that of the ten preceding years was 50.62, and that the quantity
(if rain was four inches less than the annual average; so that
the year was both colder and drier than usual.
CHARGE OF FORGERY TO A LARGE AMOUNT.—Mr. William
Cooke, a timber-merchant in this city (Hereford,) a man sup-
posed to possess a large property, was brought before the magis-
trates yesterday, charged with committing a forgery to the
amount. of upwards of £lllOO, with intent to defraud the direc-
tors of the National Provincial Bank of England. Mr. Cooke
declined to say anything in his defence, and was fully commit-
ted fur trial.—. Hereford Paper.
INCORPORATION OF BIRMINGHAM.—The number of names
attached to the different petitions praying for a charter of incor-
poration is 8,707; .of these, 1.788 are persons actually paying
rates; and ttie total amount of the sums for which they are as-
sessed is £45,789. Ils. 6d. The number of names to the peti-
tions against the charter is 2,841 ; of these, 1,199 are persons
paying rates; and the total amount of the sums fur which they
are assessed is £47,485. 13s. sd.

EMPLOYMENT OF THE INSANE IN AGRICULTURE AND
GARDENING.—An extensive medico-agricultural establishment
is at present being organized in the commune of l'Eyme, arron-
dissement of Figeac, where the house for the insane under the
care of M. Tissot is situated. A large extent of laud, meadows,

woods, a spacious and well-arranged dwelling, a temperate
climate, and a salubrious atmosphere, render this establish-
ment very suitable for its future destination. Skilful Physici-
ans will be attached to it. L'Echo, 4c.: Nov: 22, 1837, p. 183.)
This idea has been carried into execution in the gardens of .the
Lancaster Lunatic Asylum.—Gardener's Magazine, for April,
p. 186.

From a Parliamentary Return just published, it appears
that there were taken out of bond for home consumption in
1837, 210,000 qrs. of foreign wheat, 47,000 qrs. barley, 334,000
qrs. oats, 19 500 qrs. rye, 87,000 qrs. peas, 109,000 tire. beans.
To these must be added 22,500 qrs. colonial wheat, and some
trifling quantities of Buck wheat, Indian corn, &c. The ave-
rage duty paid on the wheat was about 295; on the barley, 9s;
on the oats, 10s; on the peas, 10s; on the beans, 9s, The sum
which these duties yielded to the tevenue was about £600,000.

The foreign and colonial wheat. barley, and oats, brought into
the market, were equal to about four days' consumption of the
country. The grain of all kinds, including peas and beans, re-
maining, in the warehouse on Ist January last. was 925,000 qrs,

A SEASONABLE HINT TO FARMERS.—A method has been
discovered in Sweden of preventing grain from being laid by
the rain, and of raising it when laid, rhi, corn stalks are gen-
tly bent together, and tied in bundles as far as the arms can
reach, care being taken not to break the straws, nor to prevent
the circulation of the juice. The bundle is fastened With a straw
rope at about two-thirds of the height of the straw, and the
heads of the grain thus form a sort of umbrella, protecting the
straw from the rain and '!giving sufficient air. A man, or even
an active boy, can bind in a day as much corn as Will produce
100 bushels of grain.
A MARCH EXTRAORDINARY.—The 78th regiment, newly
arrived from India, marched thtoogh Glasgow on Friday after-
noon with a tame elephant, brought by the officers from India,
which marched at the head of the band in regimental and most
majestic order, while the Highland bagpipes played behind.
Great crowds turned out to see them, and the citizens appeared
vastly amused with the scene.—Glasgow paper.
By a return just Made to parliament, it appears that the total
number of acres of land in Great Britain coder the cultivation
of hops, in the year 18.37, was 56,323; that the total amount of
duty for the same time was £310,794 4s. ; and that the total
quantity of hops exported in that year was 444.2651115. That in
the year 1837 there were made, in the United Kingdom,
5,068,812 qrs of malt ; 460,415 were consumed by retail brewers,
the rest by brewers and victuallers. And, lastly, it appears that
in Great Britain, Ireland, and Scotland, there are 2,743
brewers. 72,822 victuallers, 40,102 persons licensed to sell beer
not drunk on the premises; and 17,192 who brew their own beer
to be drunk on the premises; and 16,610 who are licensed to
brew beer not to be drunk on the premises.
AFRICAN STATION.—FRIGHTFUL. MORTALITY ON BOARD
HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS,—By a letter from Sierra Leone, dated
the 7th of March last, accouuts are received of the following
terrible losses from the black vomit and the yellow fever—the
dreadful scourges of that clime. After stating that the Buzzard
was off the port the previous day, btit ordered to have no per-
sonal communication with the shore, the writer states the mor-
tality to have been ascertained as follcats, up to the date
mentioned:—The Etna-1 assistant surgeon, two mates, .18
seamen, 2 boys, 4 marines : total 27. Bonnetta—her commander,
I assistant surgeon, purser, 1 clerk, 10 seamen: total 14.
Forrester—her commander, and 18 seamen : total 1. Raven
—2 mates, 1 assistant surgeon, 7 seamen : total [o—snaking in
all 70 casualties!
MARCH OF INTELLECT.—A gentleman the other day visiting
a school at Edinburgh, had a book put into his hand for the
purpose of examining a class. The word " inheritance" occur-
ring in the verse, the querist interrogated the youngster as fol-
lows :—" What is inheritance?''—A. " Matrimony."—" What
is patrimony ?"—A. " Something left ,by a father."—" What
would you call it if left by a mother ?"—A. " Matrimony."
WOLVERHAMPTON.—It is stated by the Wolverhampton
paper, that the maniac, Thom, who has been the cause of so
much bloodshed in Kent, once paid a visit to that town for the
purpose of examining what chance of success was held out to him
as a candidate for the representation of the borough.
ARRIVAL OF A STEAMER FROM NEW YORK.—The Sir Lionel
Smith, steamer, which sailed from New York on the 14th May,
arrived in the Thames on Thursday, having been thirty days on
the voyage, and seven days longer than the regular nackets,
which sailed two days after her. It was previously understood,
that she was quite unfit to navigate the Atlantic.
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION.—We regret to state, that the Vic-
to)ia steamer, from Hull to London, which burst a boiler two
or three months ago, was the scene of another explosion in the
Thames on Thursday last; when five of the crew were killed,
or so much injured that their recovery is hopeless. The passen-
gers, 80 in number, escaped. The explosion appears to have
been caused by a collision with another vessel ; and it will pro-
bably turn out, that the boiler has not burst, but that one of the
main steam-pipes has been broken by the shock.
CAUTION TO MOTHERS.—On Saturday last, an inquest was
held before G. Dyson, Esq., at the house of Mr. Moses Barker,
the Half-way Inn, in Clayton, on the body of Sarah Heins-
worth, an infant of eleven months old. It appeared that the
mother of the child had gone front home, leaving the child in
the care of her husband. The infant becoming restless, the
father determined to appease it with that universal panacea,
"Godfrey's Cordial." The poor man, however, unfortunately,
in a mistake, gave the child a teaspoonful of oil of vitriol. out
of a bottle on the same shelf. A yerdici of "Accidental Death"
was returned. accompanied with a severe reprimand, by the
coroner, on the mother, fur her want of consideration in leaving
her infant.
WIGAN SUNDAY ScuooLs.—On Sunday last two impressive
sermons were preached, in our parish church, by the Rev. T.
Tattershall, of Liverpool, in the morning and evening, and col-
lections made in behalf of the above schools, amounting to
about £46. In the afternoon the rev. gentleman delivered a
very beautiful address to the children collected in the National
School, who, as the day turned out rather unfavourab:e, were
prevented from their accustomed walk through the town in pro-
cession. Each scholar, before returning home, was presented
with the usual gift of a bun.—Wigan Gazette.
MAD Dons.—Within the last fortnight the inhabitants of
Warrington have been in some degree alarmed by the appear-
ance of several mad dogs in their streets. The iabid animals
were quickly destroyed by the police, and as a more effectual
preventive of further mischief resulting to the public, the police
committee issued a notice, stating that all dogs found in thd
streets would be destroyed. It was, however, suffered to go un-
heeded; and, on Monday, a woman was bitten severely in the
leg by adog belonging to an engineer working in the town.
Two policemen, immediately after the event, were dispatched
on a shooting excursion, armed with air canes loaded with
bullets. A number of dogs were soon destroyed, and, for the
present at least, the nuisance may be said to have abated.—Man-
chetder Courier.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A very fine powerful young man,
named William Hampson, the son of respectable people living
in Rusholine-lane, was drowned in the lrwell on Tuesday aftei-
noon. He had been two years at sea, and having visaed his
parents, was returning to Liverpool by the iron steamer just
established on the Irwell by the Old Quay Company, for the
purpose of embarking for another voyage. As the packet was
passing the boat-house at Irwell, Captain Hindley, the com-
mander, observed the deceased standing twin a slight wooden
rail at the edge of the vessel, and immediately overhanging the
water. Knowing that he must be in great -danger, as the rail
was very weak, the captain called to him to get off, but before
he could utter all the words the rail gave way, and the unfortu-
nate youth was precipitated into the wather. The packet was
immediately run ashore; and the deceased being unable to swim,
one of the hands immediately extended a boat-hook to him, but
he made no effort to reach it. and sank. A boat and hooks were
then procured, and in ten minutes the body was recovered : it
was carried into the boat-house, where the ordinary means used
in cases of drowning, to restore animation were tried, but with-
out success. On Thursday an inquest was held before W. S.
Sutter, Esq., and a verdict of " Accidental death" recorded.—
rhe deceased was only eighteen years of age.—Manchester Coo-
,

Tier.
INTENDED MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN
NEWCASTLE.—On Saturday last, a meeting of the committee,
appointed to make arrangements for the meeting of the British
Association, to be held in this town in the month of August
athileoien,teonfdDedurham, having;
next, took place in the lecture-room of the Literary and Philo-
sophical of pro-
ee
(i Societgyr,
d whenur an outlinemr.
wo ft,
been called to the chair, Mr. Wni. Hutton, 0110 of the secre-
,
Caries, laid before the meeting the resolutions of the different
sub-committees, on the points which had been Termed to their
eveningeonsideration.i'hweerefixti
f meetings to
or Monday, 1 hursda. and be held during the
y
week for business
Satur-
day, On Tuesday evening, a promenade is to be held in the
Large Assembly Hoorn; on Wednesday evening, a promenade
in the Green Market; and on Thursday evening, another pro-
menade in the Large Assembly Room. The evening meetings
are to be held in Mr. Grainger's Central Exchange, which will
be fitted up to seat 2,800 persons. In reference to theadmission
of ladies, it was resolved that 1,000 tickets should be issued;
400 of which would be reserved for non-resident ladies, of those
resident at greater distance than 15 miles from Newcastle. The
price of tickets for non-resident ladies is not vet fixed upon : for
the admission of resident ladies the following scale was
adopted—For one ticket, £2, for two tickets £5, and for three
tickets £10; the object of the committee being to held out an
inducement for large subscriptions, as the amount already con-
tributed is by no means adequate to meet the expenses likely
to be incurred. The number of members of the Association ex-
pected to he present at the meetings was estimated at 1,700:
viz 700 resident, and 1,000 strabgers from a distance. In le-
ference to the accommodation to be provided fur the latter, it
was stated that application had been made to various lodging-
house keepers in Newgate-street, and other parts el the town.
but their terms were so exorbitantly high as to make it ridicu-
lous to suppose that any stranger would submit to the impo-
sition. A bug list of names was then read, including the
Mayor and other distinguished individuals, who made an offer
of beds, some two, others three, four, and five, for the accom-
modation of st range's ; and as the principal innkeepers in the
town had signified to the committee their intention to make no
alteration in their charges, it was confidently hoped that the
expenses under this head would he exceedingly moderate A
pi a n of the rooms in which the meetings of the Aesociation ate
to he held, prepared by Mr. T. Sege itb, to be engraved on the
back of the admission ticket, was handed in, and it was re-
sotved that the ticket should forthwith be pieced in the hands of
the engraver. Stone other business of a formal nature was
then disposed of, after which Inc cotemittee toijourned.-e-Car-
lisle Patriot,