The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-05 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS:

Hors.—the flea has committed dreadful ravages on the
bine in many grounds in the neighbottrhood of Canterbury.
Where its devastation is not so extensive, the bine has grown
to a height of several feet, and bears a generally healthy
colour. The fly, which is more dreaded than the flea by the
planter, has made its appearance within the last few days.—
Kentish Gazette.

A HAPPY PARISH.—We make the following extract from
an address issued by the Rev. F. G. Paget, to his parish-
ioners, the inhabitants of Elford, in this county. Would
that every parish, every hamlet throughout the land, were in
possession of such important advantages ! Mr. Paget ob-
serves, that " of the 500 persons living in this parish, there
is not one, but may if he pleases, find a seat in our church,—
not one but may give his children the benefit of a good
education in our schools,—not one but may have advice or
instruction from a minister residing on the spot. And there
are very few houses in Elford which are not within a very
short distance of both the church, the schools, and the
rectory."—Staffordshire Gazette.
A SAVAGE RAT.—About a fortnight since a circumstance
occurred at Nottingham, which serves to illustrate the savage
nature of that animal—the rat—and the necessity that every
housekeeper is under to clear his house of such vermin, if they
infest it. A servant girl of Mr. Cullen, druggist, Cheapside,
while lying in bed about two o'clock in the morning, was at-
tacked by a large rat, which seized her with all the force of
its jaws just above the eyelid, swelling and tearing the flesh.
It was with some difficulty that she could tear it off, and then
not till she had received some serious injuries.
DISEASE IN CATTLE.—A drove of heifers from Ayles-
bury were nearly all taken suddenly ill with the prevailing
malady, and were depastured near au inn on the road against
Adderbury ; some of them were milked and the milk given to
some pigs; the pigs all took the complaint, as also did some
sheep, from being on the ground where the heifers had been.
It appears the remedy is very simple, cheap, and effectual.
For a cow mix one pound of salts, two ounces of flower of
sulphur, and two ounces of nitre, and give in a drink. Wash
the mouth and feet, if necessary, with a wash made by boil-
ing one ounce of blue vitriol, (sulphate of copper) and one
ounce of roche alum, in a pint of vinegar.—Staffordshire
Gazette.

PRINCE ALBERT'S INTENDED VISIT TO WOOLNICII.—It
has been decided upon that Prince Albert-and-a large military
circle will be present at the extensive casting of brass guns,
which will take place in the foundry of the Royal Arsenal, on
Friday next, the sth of June. His Royal Highness will ar-
rive shortly after ten o'clock in the forenoon. The arrange-
ments are now all completed, and are on a large scale, there
being upwards of 16 tons of metal in the furnace, the value of
which, calculating it at the price of old brass, is £1,280.
Amongst the old pieces of ordnance used in this casting in
one of the guns recently raised from the Royal George,
weighing 51 cwt. 2 qrs. 201b5., worth, as old metal, £206.
This gun was cast in the same foundry 98 years ago, by A.
Schlach, a Dutchman, the first founder emploped at Wool-
wich. The quantity of hard timber required to liquify the
brass employed on this occasion will be 5 stacks, each 3 feet
broad by 3 feet high, and 12 feet long ; and the time occupied
in bringing it into a perfectly molten state, 14 hours. The
spectacle of this large furnace in operation will be very grand.
It is 25 years since a casting of this extent has taken place.
RECOVERY OF SMALL. DEBTS.—An impression has gone
abroad that the new law for the recovery of small debts will
act very oppressively against the poor man, particularly that
part relative to imprisonment. It is true that by this act a
person may be sent in execution to gaol for a period not
exceeding twenty-one days, and we admit that to deal thus
with a man in business, or in almost any other vocation of
life, is to ruin him ; but there are very wholesome checks
against putting the extremity of the law into operation
against a debtor. The court cannot do this without the
consent of the plaintiff, who must immediately pay down all
the costs,—among others one shilling per mile to defray the
travelling expenses of tie debtor to gaol. It is scarcely
within the range of probability that any plaintiff will do this.
Suppose, for instance, Bto be indebted to A £l5. A sues
him, and B is unable or unwilling to pay. A says he will
send him to gaol. Aat the outset had to pay 155., being 5
per cent. on the debt : he has now to pay all costs and 21s.
for B's travelling expenses : but he is incensed, and deter-
mines that B shall go to gaol; but A thereby incurs not
only £5 or £6 expenses, but loses the whole of the debt into
the bargain, and B, when he has suffered his twenty-one
days' imprisonment, comes out and sets Aat defiance. In
other places where they have a similar act it is said to work
well and not oppressively to the poor, though it is a great
protection against fraudulent debtors.
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF DURHAM.—Since
our last Mr. Granger has left his extensive practice in Lon-
don, and come down to Durham on an electioneering specu-
lation. The learned gentleman might have, saved himself the
trouble, for Durham has washed its hands of him. Mr.
Granger has needlessly put himself to the expense of circu-
lating a handbill, stating that he has not come down to can-
vass, and that he will come forward to contest the city on the
first opportunity that offers itself. Strong doubts begin to
be entertained on the latter point, the opinion growing that
Mr. Granger intends to give his friends the cut, in a certain
contingency ; and as to the former, perhaps the learned gen-
tleman may not institute a formal canvass; but we know he
has been calling upon the electors, shaking hands with them,
and so forth. We would, however, caution them to be chary
of their promises, for a second conservative is sure to be in
the field, and we may also say sure to be returned. The ru-
mour gains currency that Sir William Chaytor intends again
to offer himself, and certainly the good-humoured baronet
would be a much more independent candidate than Loill
Durham's nominee. At all events, it appears certain that
Sir William will either oppose Mr. Hedworth Lambton or
Mr. Granger, in retaliation for his treatment by Lord Dur-
ham at the last northern division election.—Durham Adver-
tiser.

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF GREAT.BRITAIN—An important
meeting has been held at Newcastle in the Guildhall—the
mayor in the chair. The subject was foreign affairs, and the
conduct of the foreign office. Mr. Cargill addressed the
meeting iu a long and able speech, proposing a petition for
inquiry. Mr. Lynch, Mr. Armstrong, and other whigs
opposed the petition. The meeting was, with the exception
of some twenty or thirty individuals, unanimous for inquiry.
Mr. Fyfe made an attempt to defend the foreign policy of
ministers, but was nut heard. The mayor then left the chair,
followed by his supporters, when instant order prevailed.
Mr. Doubleday was called to the chair, and Mr. Cargill's
petition, which was supported by Mr. Cadogan, was trium-
phantly carried. Mr. Attwood then rose, and proposed in
addition a petition to the Queen which was unanimously
adopted. An operative then addressed the meeting, the
larger proportion of the mercantile men having left by this
time. Several rounds of vehement cheering were given for
the Circassians, and three cheers for our ally Austria. The
meeting assembled at half-past eleven, and broke up at five
o'clock. Great excitement prevailed in consequence of the
extraordinary character of the whole proceedings. Another
meeting was to be held in the evening by the operatives on
the subject of our foreign relations.

DARING ROBBERY AND HEROISM.—During the night of
Monday last, the house of Mr. Abraham Fletcher, of Double
Stones, near Silsden, (being situated at a distance from other
dwellings,) was broken open and robbed of about £lO in
money, two silver watches, one a hunter's watch, and the
other a capped watch, with steel chains and brass or copper
seals ; two silver tea-spoons, marked I. R.," one black silk
dress, one pair of silver sugar-tongs, &c. The burglars
(seven in number) effected an entrance by breaking a window
and unscrewing the fastener, and, from their numbers, had
apparently come to beat down all opposition. The family
consists of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, a servant man and female
domestic ; and whilst some of the thieves were engaged in
holding the door of the man-servant's bed-room, and stand-
ing over the terrified girl, using the most diabolical threats if
she made the least disturbance, the others were attempting
to force an entrance into the bed-room of Mr. F., where
they were opposed and resisted, but more especially so by his
wife, who, on this trying occasion, on the instant displayed a
bravery and spirit rarely witnessed, dealing, as she did, many
a sturdy blow on the heads of the villains with a brush handle,
or some such instrument, and on one she made a bruise or
mark a little above the eye, which it is to be hoped may lead
to a detection of the offenders. Eventually the burglars
forced an entrance, and immediately commenced the work of
plunder, not, however, without wreaking their vengeance on
the courageous lady, whom they beat and abused in a most
horrid and brutal manner. In the meantime the servant-man
had contrived to make his escape out of his room-window,
and dreading the force he might presently muster, the thieves
suddenly decamped, leaving a portion of valuable property in
another drawer untouched. Medical assistance was imme-
diately procured for Mrs: F., who was found in a deplorable
state, having at least three ribs broken, and to be otherwise
in a very dangerous and precarious state. Indeed, very slight
hopes are entertained of her recovery. Nothing has as ye,
transpired to lead to the apprehension of these desperadoest
but the police authorities of Keighley and other places are on
the look-out.--Leeds Mercury.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.
(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST 'INDIES, CAPE OP GOOD HOPE, kc.
Frances, W Corkhill, 413 Bombay, Barton, Irlam &Co
Malcolm, J Sim, 277 Singapore, W & J Tyrer
Esperance, J Mackie, 268 Cape of Good Hope, Imrie & Tomlinson

Higlifield, Ward,

AFRICA.
142 Africa,

T Stockdale & Son

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.
Brigand, C Evill, 154 Antigua, Graham & Taylor
Mary, J Johnson, 472 Demerara, G Quayle
Jane Ross, E M'lntash, 460 Havana, Ashley Brothers
Spinster, W Colquhoun, 161 Trinidad, W Rose & Co
Jabez, T Ansell, 224 Demerara, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Coaker, T Ridley, 216 St. Thomas, Imrie & Tomlinson

UNITED STATES.
Sullivan, 0 Brewn, 436 Charleston, Molyneux &Co
Moro Castle, W Brayton, New Orleans, Ingleby & Co
Josephine, B Prindle, 360 New York, J Holford & Co
Silvanus Jenkins, G Barker, 523 Mobile, Isaac, Low &Co
Cumberland, L Hatch, 371 New York, Roskell, Ogden & Co
Siddons, Palmer, 983 New Xork, Brown, Shipley & Co
Thomas P. Cope, West, 829 Philadelphia, Brown, Shipley &Co
Lafayette, D C I
andez, 260 Baltimore, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Howard, C Williams, 420 Boston, Focke & Boult
Amazon, D G Stinson, Boston, Wildes, Pickersgill & Co
Gloucester, S Easterbrook, 317 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co

BRITISH AMERICA.
Fanny, J Sloan, 514 Quebec, W& H Sharples &Co
Crearnore, T N Shapley, 208 St. John, Newfoundland,

Bahr, Behrend & Co

EUROPE.
Lachs, J J Jantzen, 450 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Hoffuung, H C Saag, 150 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Wilhelmiue, E C Dreyer, 100 Frederickstadt, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Columbian Packet, G White, 176 Gibraltar, F E Grohte
Virginia, J Boysen, 143 Lisbon, Cotesworth & Wynne
Activo, J H de Freitas, 138 Lisbon, J Bibby & Sons
Henry Hoyle, II E Chapman, 207 Oporto, J Bibby & Sons
Eclipse, F Mubellaert, 94 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Johannes, J C Hagen, 224 St. Petersburg, C G Weber & Co
Johanna & Heinrich, J C Hartwig, 190 St. Petersburg, . _

Bahr, ilehrend & Co
Friedrich Wilhelm, JII Voltz, 229 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Pachetto de Trieste, G Garofola, 350 Trieste, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Saucy Jack, S Spriggs, 176 Corfu and Patras, M & A Wilkin
Eduard, D Zielcke, 216 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Glory, N Bristow, 119 Rotterdam, J Drybrough
Phoenix, W Maack, Rostock, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Rosa, H W Diesner, 279 Brake, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Rattlesnake, H J Houghton, 163 Constantinople, _

Bahr, Behrend & Co
Eugen, C F Moritz, 190 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Betsey, A Christie, 113 Dunkirk, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Lancashire Lass, J Norman, 103 Malta and Smyrna, G Y Fishley
Telemaco, M Caliiero, 188 Naples, llaskayne, Chapple & Co
Atalanta, W Shapley, 117 Naples and Messina, J Moss & Co
Courier, C A Beck, 340 Pillan, Campbell & Rudd
Jane May, T May, 104 Trieste, J Bibby & Sons

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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 4.

There has been a fair inquiry for Cotton to-day, and the sales
are 5000 bags, including boo on speculation, and 400 for export :
the market still very heavy.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JUNE 2.
(From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott and Son.)
After a discussion in the House of Commons during three nights,
on the motion of Mr. Villiers for " a consideration of the Corn
Laws," a decision was evaded on Friday, the 3rd April, by an ad-
journment of the house ; and on a renewed debate thereon, on
Tuesday, the 26th ultimo, this motion was negatived by a majority
of 123, in a house of 477 members... The result having been pretty
generally anticipated, the Corn , trade has been very little affected
thereby ; and if from the present very luxuriant appearance of the
land, the flattering prospects for the crops be fully realised by a
good and an early harvest, it may not prove of any very great im-
portance at present : but this motion, though now lost, probably
for this season, is by no means set at rest; and it is to be feared
that an equitable and moderate modification of the present Corn
Laws, which would now have been pretty generally acceptable, and
which might have proved durable, which has thus been refused to
reason and justice, may at no very distant time be granted to a
much greater extent, to clamour and agitation.
We have again to notice a very trivial supply of Grain from Ire-
land and Coastways since Tuesday last, and to a moderate extent
of Wheat, Flour, and Barley, from foreign ports ; the two former
articles chiefly going into bond,"the• latter duty paid for home use
as it arrives. _ _ _

—During the past week the Weather has continued as favourable
as possible ; and the millers and dealers have bought very cautiously
for their immediate wants, but there has been a good demand for
foreign Wheat for Ireland, and sales have thus been made to a fair
extent at a decline of 2d to 3d per 701 b. Flour has also been sold
at about 6d to Is per sack and per barrel lower, Oats have been
sold Id to 3d per 451 b, Oatmeal 6d to is per 2401 b, and Barley 3d to
3d per 601 b lower; Indian Corn has been eagerly bought up for the
Irish market at an advance of Is to 28 per quarter; Beans and Peas
have fully maintained their last quotations.
The only alteration in the duties on Grain, from foreign ports,
since Friday last is a reduction of Is 6d per quarter on Beans; no
alteration on Wheat is anticipated next Friday ; several sales of
Wheat, in bond, have been made at its value, if free, deducting the
duty of 16s ad. Some sales of very large parcels of Flour, in bond,
have been effected at 25s to 25s 6d, and in small quantities at 26s
per barrel; Oats, in bond, in very limited demand at 3s 8d to 3s 6d
per 451 b.
At this day's market theme was a very full attendance, but the
decline in Mark-lane had its usual influence here, purchases were
made only for immediate wants and to a very small extent, of
Wheat, Flour, Oats, Oatmeal, and Barley, at fully the decline above
mentioned. Fine Malt, Beans, and Indian Corn, supported last
quotations.

V 4 HEAT, per 701bs s. d. s. d.
English
9 9@ll 0
_ _

9 0 10
5 0 8
6 6 8

Scotch •
Irish
Bonded

BARLEY, per qr.
English 37 0 38
_ _ _

Chevalier

38 0 41

Scotch, per 60113. 4 4 4

Irish.

3 6 4

Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0

Oters, per 451 b
English ....

.. 4 0 • 4 2

Scotch,
Irish..

4 0 4• 2
3 8 3 11

Foreign, in bond 3 6 3

Ditto, duty free

4 0 4

RYE, per qdarter .. 36 0 38

per qr. fine 68 0 70
middling 56 0 66

INDIAN CORN, qc. 4801 b.
Red 42 0141 0
White 39 o 41
BEANS, per quarter
English 45 0 50 0
Irish 42 0 45 0
Paws, Grey 3B 0 42 0
White 42 0 46 0
SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b.
In bond l4 0 17 0
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b.
Fine 48 0 53 0
Irish 42 0 50 0
Amer. p brl. free
Sweet U.S 35 6 36 6
Sour 35 0 36 0
OAT3IEAI., per 2401 b.
English 33 6 34 0
Ditto, new 34 6 35 6
Scotch 33 6 34 0

AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE,
Imported into Liverpool, from 26th ult. to the Ist inst. inclusive,

FROM IRELAND.

STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY,
ON THE IST OP JUNE, 1840.

(From the United Service Journal.)

[Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which
the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.]

Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park 40th Foot—Bombay ; Chatham
2d—Windsor 41st—Madras; Chatham
Royal Horse Guards—Reg. Park 42d—Templemore
Ist Dragn Gds.—Canada; York 43d—Canada; Naas
ad—Glasgow 44th—Bengal; Chatham •
3d—Edinburgh 45th—Newport
4th—Birmingham 46th—Gibraltar; Jersey
sth—Nottingham 47th—Malta, Belturbet
6th—Dublin 48th—Gibraltar; Cork
7th—Leeds 49th—Bengal ; Chatham
Ist Dragoons—Sheffield 50th—N.S.Wales ; Chatham
ad—Dublin 51st—V. D. Land; Chatham
3d—Bengal 52d—West Indies ; Armagh
4th—Bombay 53d5—Ionian Isles ; Plymouth
6th—Dublin 54th—Madras; Chatham
7th Hussars—Canada; York 55th—Madras ; Chatham
Bth—Norwich 56th—Canada ; Belfast
9th Lancers—Hounslow 57th—Madras ; Chatham
10th Hussars—Birmingham 59th—Portsmouth
11th Light Dragoons—Cantrbry 59th—Malta ; Cork
12th Lancers—Brighton 60th(lat battalou.)—lonian Isles;
13th Light Dragoons—Madras Galway
14th—Dorchester (2d batt.)—lon. Isles ; Clonmel
15th Hussars—Bombay 61st—Winchester
16th Lancers—Bengal 62d—Madras ; Chatham
17th Lancers—Cahir 63d—Madras ; Chatham
Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.) 64th—Jamaica; Boyle
Portman Barracks 65th—Canada ; Kinsale
(ad batt.)—Canada 66th—Canada; Buttevant
(3d batt.)—Wellington Barracks 67th—West Indies; Cork
Coldstream Guards—(lst batt.) 68th—Jamaica ; Cork •
St. John's Wood 69th—America; Nenagh
(2d batt.)—Canada 70th—W. Indies ; Fermoy
Scotch Fusileer Guards—(lst batt); I tt—Canada ; Dundee
_ ..._

St. George's Barracks 72d—Cape of G. Hope; Stirling
(2d batt.)—Tower 73d—Canada; Sheerness
Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Gibraltar 74th—West Indies; Youghall
(2d batt.)—Canada ; Devonport 75th—C. of G. Hope ; Plymouth
2d Foot—Bombay; Chatham 76th—West Indies, Enniskillen
3d—Bengal ; Chatham 77th—Malta ; Hull
4th—Madras; Chatham 78th—Edinburgh
sth—lonian Isles ; Castlebar 79th—Manchester
6th—Bombay ; Chatham 80th—,N. S. Wales ; Chatham
7th—Gibraltar ; Tralee 81st— Barbadoes ; Hull
Bth—America; Guernsey 82d—Jamaica; Portsmouth
9th—Bengal ; Chatham 83d—Canada ; London
10th—Burnley 84th—Kilkenny .
11th—Canada; Plymouth 85th— Canada ; Portsmouth
12th—Mauritius; Glasgow 86th—Bolton
13th—Bengal; Chatham 87th—Mauritius; Dublin
14th—West Indies ; Chester 88th—Dublin
15th—Canada; Gosport sgth—West Indies ; Gosport
16th—Bengal; Chatham 90th—Ceylon ; Dover
17th—Bombay; Chatham 91st—Cape&St.Helena; Paisley
18th—Bombay ; Chatham 92d—Malta ; Mullingar
19th—Dublin 93d—America; Aberdeen
20th—Stockport 94th—Madras ; Chatham
21st—Bengal.; Chatham 95th—Ceylon; Carlisle
22d—Dublin 96th—Manchester
23d—America ; Newbridge 97th—Athlone
24th—Canada; Cork 98th—Newcastle-on-Tyne
25th—C. Good Hope ; Devonport 99t11—Dublin
26th—Bengal ; Chatham Rifle Brigade (Ist batty—Weed°"
27th—C. Good Hope ; Waterford (2d batt.)—Windsor
28th—N. S. Wales; Chatham Royal Staff Corps—Hythe
29th—Woolwich Ist W. Ind. Regt.—Demerara, &C
with—Bermuda ; Newry 2d—Jamaica & Bahamas
31st—Bengal; Chatham Ceylon Rifle Regiment-470400d
32d—Canada ; Cork Cape Mounted Riflemen—CaPe
33d—Gibraltar; Tynemouth Goo,; hope
34th—Canada; Chatham Royal African Colonial CorPt--
35th—Mauritius; Chatham Sierra Leone
36th—America; Clare Castle Royal Newfd. Veteran Com pall Y
37th—America; Birr Newfoundland
38th—Limerick Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta
39th—Madras; Chatham