The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-20 00:00:00

March 20,10

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

LATEST FRM AMERSICA. ...of
ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SAND STEAA

MONDAY EVENING

The unsettled state of the continent again influences trade cir-
cles, andmuch anxiety has been expressed on 'Change to-day, at
the insecurity of all speculations which depend upon the uncer-
tain tenure of the quiet interchange of commercial reciproci-
ties with European states, although the general impression
seems to be that there is more alarm of war than actual danger,
and that so long as England.and France pull together, there is
little to fear. The only power which is at all likely to disturb
the peace of Europe is Russia? and hitherto the autocrat's
policy has been more wily, and it is scarcely likely he will force
the Dardanelles in opposition to the rest of Europe. With re-
refltintgotlonndist
uwhichincoisulawniol tahserndaerosns depressing eetetehseno Dukeof
immi-
nent danger. All must admit that civilians, generally incompe-
tent generals, are more so when at a distance from the seat of
war; and when this great authority is thrown into the scale.
few will have the hardihood to try their weight at the opposite
end of the beam. Far from blaming the conduct of Lord
Gough, the Duke of Wellington urges the necessity of great
risks and probable loss, in order to accomplish glorious results.
But, however the condemnation of Lord Gough's strategy may
be partially suspended, confidence in that quarter cannot be
restored until the arrival of the next mail, which it is to be
honed will contain more satisfactory intelligence. These wars
and rumours of wars have quite upset the SHARE market here,
and it closes this day with a blacker look than at any time of the
present year. London and North-westerns can hardly be quoted
better than 131 ® 3 ; Midland, 76 @ 7.—CoNsots in London
are also depressed from the same cause, snd closed this after-
noon at 90} 2. The last few days there has been less doing
in PRODUCE generally, but prices have been well supported,
particularly for Sugar. On Saturday, there were 1,000 bags
Madras Sugar sold at 32/ @ 34/ for low brown, and as high as
43/ for fine white; TO-DAY 1100 bags Benares at 41/6 @ 42/9
for low middling to good. Molasses continue very scarce, and
in request; prime new Barbadoes and Antigua would bring
20/ @ 21/. In Rum there is little doing. Saltpetre continues
in request at full rates. Nitrate is worth 11/9 for good parcels.
For Foreign Coffee there is an active inquiry, at advancing
rates for export descriptions, ruling from 28/ @ 34/; but in
Plantation sorts there is little doing. In Tea there is not
much passing, but holders evince considerable firmness.—The
present state of continental affairs is affecting the prices of
METALS, as well as other produce, and Pig Iron has declined
ss. per ton from the highest prices, arising in part from the in-
competency of one or two parties to take up their time pur-
chases. This has had an effect on manufactured iron, which is
dull but firm at .e 6 in Wales. The present quotations for
Scotch Pig Iron are : Mixed Nos. 47/6 cash, and No. 1, 49/ @
50/ f. o. b. at Glasgow.—Corrox has lost ground on the week,
and the transactions of TO-DAY amounted only to between
3000 and 4000 bales.—Wooz brought advanced rates at the
sale on Thursday, which was most numerously attended, the
biddings being very spirited throughout.—WitEAT is about 2s.
per gr. lower on the week in the Liverpool market, and Flour
is a little easier to purchase TO-DAY than on Friday.

The steamer Sarah Sands, commanded by ;01
Thomson, sailed from New York on the evening ,ei,A
Ist instant, and arrived here last night about eighto
in seventeen-and-a-half days, having experienced
winds during the entire passage. She brings secoA
passengers in the first cabin, and about fifty in the
with a cargo of cotton and provisions.
There is no further news or gold from Califorp':ool
amount of gold deposited at Philadelphia at the 0:1240.1
58,522 dollars. The papers we have received, t_ll°Mol
file is not a complete one, contain little on this
subject.
It is stated that at the opening of navigation, the,rewhei
be in store at Chicago, three millions of bushels moo,'
to go forward on Lake Michigan—a quantity
that of any former year. a
WI
Mr. John M. Clayton has been appointed oe_clLefeii
State to General Taylor, and Mr. Crawford SeP—
War.
York
The Roscius and West Point arrived at No
the Ist instant

NEW YORK, ~ ''f►
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FLOUR.—The inquiry for Flour this morning was
and 53101
and prices were about the same as yesterday. AL"` ats
300 brls. good Michigan at 5 68k; 350 common state, at)
150 pure Genesee, at 6 to 6 121; and 400 New Orlefull sold
For southern there is a fair demand, and 400 brls. were
5 371 to 5 50. Meal is dull at former rates. We qt
GRAlN.—Wheat is in fair request at full prices. rode,
for Genesee $1 34 to 1 35. The demand for Corn is 4
at 64 for round yellow, awl 54 to 55c for white southern4ic,'
Rye may be quoted at 65 66 c. Oats are 40 t°
northern, and 32 to 35c. for Jersey. 1030,1
PROVISIONS.—We quote pork this morning dull at 'Ave,'
10 75 for mess, and 9 75 for prime.—Beef continues stea.-'O6
moderate sales at previous quotations.—Lard is without'
sales of 200 packages at 62c.
AswES.—Pots are selling at $6 50; pearls are dull 5,t
ersoßd
Corrom.—There is a moderate inquiry, and bola
their stock freely. Prices are a little easier. for stetl
EXCHANGE.—Not much doing, and the supply
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ranes fm to 8 : francs, 530t0 5 32.
FREIGHTS to Liverpool are firm at 5-16 for cotton, JO,-
beef 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d., corn 7d. To London, Pen.'" .
2s. 6d. to 35., naval stores 2s. 6d.
NEW ORLEANS, Ff's"t.elo;.
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willing to submit, more particularly as the Niagara'ej
are now nearly due. The sales, therefore, were c0n,1,,
3069 bales, at the rather easier rates accepted on Saturo'

The workmen at Sir W. Fielden's mill Blackberth '
again on strike about the Ten Hours' Bill. setY
Measures have been taken at New York to increase or
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number of missionary clergy in California, and
bhsh an episcopal see in the peninsula. ia
Four horses, belonging to different individtude4i The Recorder held a court of appeal in the council parish of Kirkhaugh, Northnmberland, were nisi'
chamber yesterday. The appellant was Mr. Casson Hind- poisoned one night last week.
ley, the head of the firm of Hindley and Co., extensive A bill is now before the United States Congrees43 grocers and tea dealers in Liverpool. The appeal was railway nearly 3,000 miles in length—namely, try from a conviction given in December last, by Mr. Rush- Louis to San Francisco.
ton, under the act of varliament for preventing fraud CITY RESPECT FOR THE CLERGY.—In the relpi
arising out of the use of unjust weights or measures. Mr. the municipal commissioners on the city of Loud°
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James was counsel, and Mr. Payne, attorney for the ap- stated " the Lord Mayor's chaplain and coachman re'
pellant ; the:conviction was supported by Mr. Blair, who each a freedom annually." 2
was assisted by Mr. Wybergh, the senior clerk to the Mr. Flood, a magistrate of Chelsea, has resent'p Dr
magistrates. Mr. Wright, the clerk of the peace, was the church trustees of St. Luke a deed of gift for ,leff,, also present. The case, as will appear, is one involving a the dividends on which are to be distributed to the u`..er.
practice of trade, and naturally has excited the interest of ing poor of the parish on the 13th January, ~ for erg
the whole body of tradesmen in the grocery bnsiness, a At the Maidstone assizes G. Millen, 17, and -`;,,ijf
great number of whom were present. Mr. Blair called Sheepwash, 16, were capitally convicted for the :iijil
witnesses in proof of the offence, information, and con- murder of Wm. Law, by beating him on the bead "
viction. Mr. John Edwards, an inspector in the weights crowbar, and sentenced to death.
, Die
and measures department, stated that on the Btb Decem- FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS LOST.—OD Monday fritur. ber last, he, in company with his assistant, visited one of Mr. Meadows, of Watlington, a cattle dealer, was reird
Messrs. Hindley and Co.'s establishments, No. 9, Roe- ing from London, and went into the Cambridge .OO
street, he saw a young man in the shop, near to whom went. room ; when he left there his money was safe :di
was a weighing machine, which appeared to have been re- his arrival at home, however, he missed it. In the.7o
cently used, though he did not see the young man actually pocket with his money was a handkerchief, and it i, iiry!
use it. The machine was placed on a kind of table appro- posed that when he drew this from his pocket the P
priated to the making up of goods. The machine was ex- was drawn out and lost on some part of the line. ~
i 0 plained to be an ordinary pair of scales, the selling one MR. T. P. COOKE.—The annual dinner of the
ortief
oto.
being a movable bowl, supported by iron prongs; between Society was held on Tuesday night at the London
le
these supports and the bottom of the scale was found a The proceedings of the evening were in the usual" piece of paper, such as is usually employed to wrap par- observed on similar occasions, the boys paradin, 4.00'
eels of sugar in, which paper formed the ground of offence, the room and giving three hearty cheers to their P,r3`icold its presence causing a difference in the draught of the In the course of the evening, Admiral Sir C. )0/%17'
scale of five drachms. proposed in very flattering terms the health of Mr. slif
Joshua Cope, the assistant referred to, corroborated the Cooke, who in 1796, being then a boy, was sent to ,e
evidence of the inspector, and further stated that be saw the society. I
i„-ion,
the young man remove the bowl scale, for the purpose of A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT.—At the conc.,— cbc,,
emptying its contents, presumed to be sugar. He likewise a short speech at a Burns' anniversary festival, in "°gll`
proved the laying of the information, and the subsequent ter (U.S.), Mr. Frederick Douglass said :—" Thq°l:o
conviction.

APPEAL CASE.-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

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tsloheehecvaaebvsn-ielaoinanmgcoe.EplmoouAianrynteiddnbgeisfkawatiiseticrje: Mr. JAMES objected that there was no evidence of the
scales being "incorrect or unjust," as was required by the
statute ; he contended that the paper formed no part of
the machine, to which opinion the Recorder was inclined door of him who taught me that ' a man's a mid
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to lean. The learned counsel also contended that the that.
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3' At Dorchester Assizes, on Thursday, an action information Ras informal, inasmuch as it did not specif
the description of machine in such a precise manner as to brought by Mr. George Hurgeston, an attorney at ':ice'
determine whether it pointed at a scale beam or steelyard ; Regis, to recover £3OO from Sir Fitzroy Kelly, for ser TV
and he held that, in a case involving heavy penalties, a
rendered to him at the last election for Lyme Regis• oglic
strict adhesion to the letter of the law was imperative. whole tenor of the evidence and correspondence broifel
Subsequently he endeavoured to shew that the law had forward clearly showed that the defendant had rece,o
not been violated even in spirit, as there was no conceal- the benefit of Mr. Hurgeston's services, and so thoup
ment attempted ; and that the purchasers were in no way the special Jury, who retired for five minutes only, 401 injured. They went into the shop to purchase some quan- returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount '
for, less the first item—the retaining fee.
wee1:11
tit)* of sugar, which was served to them less the weight of
the paper cover, by which the tradesman could derive no
ARREST OF THE REV. MR. SHORE.—Yesterday ".,9 ill
profit, as the cost of the paper was equal to that of the meeting was holden in Exeter Hall, to adopt measa,`raig.
article (sugar) purchased ; and, in some instances, (prunes consequence of the above arrest. The Rev. Edwd• ,viget
rice, and soda,) exceeded it. It was openly weighed, and M.A., (a clergyman of the Church of England, o.llo°
every customer who came into the shop during the time of St. James's Chapel, Pentonville, was in the cha'r', 6:4
of this weighing could observe it ; and it was, moreover, Rev. Th
_ ..01112.3 Binney truivpri a resolution, iol, ':j
-,11 ltnntan to niirehngera to he a universal practice. In seconded by Lieutenant Blackmore. A letter Wa'ittlr
from Sir Culling Eardley, enclosing £2O. towards ? the
for taking up Mr. Shure 's case ; and £lO was sent lite
Hon. Charlotte Thompson, sister of the Hon. and
Baptist Noel.
LIBEL.—On Saturday, at Cambridge, a Mr. FrY,e4ro9' .
gentleman living at Chatteris, Isle of Ely, recoverec,oo
damages for libel, against the Rev. M. A. Gather' or
vicar of that place. The defendant had published 9 ilt ill
phlet, in which he alluded to the plaintiff's condoi'Ll.
leaving the church on several occasions before thelo.
mon. The judge said he could see little more to TiteJ
plain of in the pamphlet than this—" You have cluo yell
the church in order to insult me and in insulting 1"1"fer
insult my Master." The jury, before delivering their
diet, asked what amount would carry costs, but were '
they had nothing to do with that. 011
ANOTHER SCENE AT A RAILWAY STATION' ...,,r
Saturday, in consequence of disputes between the clip
nies, the station and ground of the Maryport and C,a,„1041
Railway Company, at the latter town, were forcibly ''',4,
possession of by the Lancaster and Carlisle ConliTy
At a signal given by the officers of the latter comPfil.leq
strong force of at least 100 men, armed with crovir'„ of
pickaxes, shovels, &c., rushed from the goods stati°'4l
the Lancaster Company, to which they had been brotbors
from all parts of the line, to the ground of the Marl:eel
Company, and, without further ceremony, cornoe..i, 01
operations by tearing up the rails. This was the 'iv(P.,efi,
a few minutes only, as the men were particularly elvve
They next pulled down the sheds of the coal an", tbi
depOts ; and, lastly, having allowed the clerks 9,,rit
Maryport Company sufficient time to carry off the rtveor
they gutted the station, which was certainly only
porary one, and carried away the whole building • if
TO THOSE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.—The AlbanY, 01
Press hasithlerisyrnioawnintgo
haodlvdernitiysewmifeelst ron‘gu, Welnstheea, 01
able-bodied -boded I
both being unable to keep it quiet."

corroboration a number of respectable persons,
Liverpool, some of whom had followed the business in
other towns, were called. Their testimony went to shew
that the practice was universal, and was universally known
to purchasers. It was shewn that the operation of weighing
sugar was in large establishments necessarily a tedious
one, and that therefore a time was set apart for weighing
it, when two or three persons were required : one
putting the sugar into the scale, and another trans-
ferring it when weighed to a paper package rolled spi-
rally, from which will be seen the purpose of the paper
placed under the scale, viz. to meet the weight of the real
cover, and the advantage will be obvious, viz. to prevent
the necessity of every quantity of sugar being weighed with
its respective cover, which would be all but impractical.
The mode practised was merely one of convenience. Mr.
James further remarked that the conviction was invalid
in another point; it presumed that certain goods were
sold of deficient weight, which was not the case, as the
cover was as truly sold as the sugar contained in it.
Mr. BLAIR in reply contended that the weighing ma-
chine was described with sufficient precision : and further,
that the other point of the information with regard to the
machine being unjust and incorrect was established in his
opinion ; the paper at the bottom of the scale was as much
a part of the machine as a piece of metal screwed or
otherwise fixed there would be. He described the practice
as one fraught with evil, holding out the temptation to
tradesmen to commit fraud, and contended that the object
might be at^. 'd by -f their com-

,creasing price o.
The universality of the practice, in his opinion,
was no justification.

rnodities

The RECORDER made a few remarks on the fact of the
practice being so extensive, and expressed himself there-
fore unwilling to give his decision then ; the case was
quite new to him, and he should like to give it a little
more consideration. In all probability he would give his
decision nunc pro tune at the next sessions. The case
thus stands over for the present.

MONDAY, MARCH 19.—Wind S. 1014
ARRIVED.—Mary, Tweedie, from Calcutta—Boanty2dl
M‘Beth, from Paraiba—Union, from Catania—San Juan, 7010
from Villagaria—Liverpool Packet, Mersa, from Cattail'
Ann, from New Orleans.

PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, TOXTETH
PARK.—A meeting of this association was held last night
in the Toxteth Hall, Mill-street. The room, a spacious
one, was crowded. William Fisher, Esq., occupied the
chair, and the Rev. D. James, John Granthani

SAILED.—PeaiI; Morris, for Savannah

and other gentlemen who take an interest in the assocla
'
tion were on the platform. The chairman stated that he
had been solicited, at a very short notice. to fake, th. 4.

t ne Bounty Hall, arrived here to-day? was struck by M"
2nd March, in lat. 39, long. 40, which disabled her rudder,
compelled Captain M`Beth to rig a temporary one. •
Empress. Mardon. and Brond Bah*.

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position, which ho subsequently round, from an inspection
of the rules must be filled by a member of the Esta-
blished Church. He expressed himself a disciple of
Protestantism, favourable to the cause of the association.
Glancing at the political questions of the day, he animad-
verted on the course taken in Parliament by Mr. Glad-
stone, whom he described as about to lay violent hands
on those laws on which depended thA -;

Penguin Packet, from Falmouth at Pernambuco 11th ft'
Windsor, Pepper, and Mischief, Parr, hence at Para.
Commodore, Pratt, from Buenos Ayres, at Cove.
Bleng, from China at Belfast.
The Acadia floated off Terschellinr Rept,: lath instant-

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was taken into Terschelling, apparently with little danovel
BARRA, (HEBRIDES,) March B.—The Lydia, Dousias'alr-
Liverpool for Mobile, was totally wrecked on this islan
night. Crew saved.

labouring classes of this country. The Rei. D. James
succeeded, and commenced by shewing that England need
not fear foreign foes so much as her own people, her
statesmen, her House of Commons, her House of Lords,
by whose folly and madness the threatened changes were
about to be effected. He pointed out the importance of
electinfr nrnripr 4n
and announced his readiness to go hand in hand with any
man in the support of the broad principle of protection
for our homes, when the occasion should arrive. The
reverend gentleman continued, in a strain of powerful
eloquence, adverting to the object of the association and
elucidating its principles, which gave occasion to draw a
comparison between truth as evinced in Protestantism,
and error as it exists in Popery, whose existence, indeed,
he attributed to the fact of the system being one of error
engrafted on truth, so cunningly managed as to blind the
eyes of men to its deformity.

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOClETY.—Yesterday
evening the fortnightly meeting of this intelligent society
was held at the Royal Institution ; J. B. Yates, Esq. the
president, in the chair. Dr. Hume announced that' the
Rev. T. Dwyer was deceased, and pronounced an eulogy
upon his character. Mr. Higginson exhibited the skull
of an animal found in a deposit of Peruvian guano.--
From the form of the upper jaw it was evidently not
a rodent. No teeth were in the jaw, nor were there
sockets for any. It was considered to be the remains of
an ant-bear, and its discovery shows that the gnano beds
were frequented by animals as well as birds. The presi-
dent read some curious extracts from an ancient manu-
script in folio, relating to certain edicts and arbitrary laws
for the suppression of riots and disturbances in London,
during the existence of the " Star Chamber," with some
particulars of the proceedings of that extraordinary tri-
bunal, the members of which were the mere instruments
of the despotic monarch who instituted it, and many of
them also members of the Privy Council, so that he
could, through them, work out his own political ends.
—Mr. Thomas Sansom read a very interestinE paper
"On the Structure and Character of Mosses," which
he illustrated by many beautiful drawings, of the na-
tural size, as well as magnified. Until of late years
the study of mosses had been little pursued ; but
great a6ances bad since been made in that depart-
ment. ?The lecturer furnished a history of the moss tribe,
of which there were many varieties. Their propagation
by means of their cells, was shown to be peculiar and
curious. The sexuality of the plant is still an unsettled
question among botanists, and the probability appears to
be that it is self-generating.—A member spoke forcibly
on the advantages of mosses in sterile localities, as the
precursor of vegetation.