The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

corn, who seem to have a mania for providing

against a scarcity in the face of a ge
tive harvest. If the ' present pri,

;nerally produc-

es of common

necessaries are justified by natural causes, those
who were so anxious to obtain cheap bread have no
reason to be satisfied with the fruits of Free-trade.

The QUEEN has been in Dublin to see the Great
Exhibition, and drawn thither so many of our
townsmen, that Liverpool has been partially, de-
serted. The fine steamers of the companies have
been crowded with passengers to and fro, and
numbers have also availed themselves of the cheap
trips by the Birkenhead, Chester, and Holyhead
Railway. Both means of transit have swelled the
population of Dublin, and the exuberance of Irish
enthusiasm has been solidified by the more genuine,
but less showy Saxon loyalty. Liverpool has, in
consequence, been comparatively dull, and the
change of wind having dela,yed many expected ar-
rivals, has, by no means, compensated for the
paucity of incidents.

The interesting discussion which was expected
to enliven the proceedings of the Town Council
meeting to-morrow has been superseded by the
adoption of a far wiser course. As there are some
parties who cannot understand a joke when it
touches themselves, Mr. FERNITIO UGH has con-
sented to apologise for having indulged in such a
freak of his memory, which may have been treache-
rous, and attributed the incident he related to the
-wrong man. Upon this amencle honorable being
satisfactorily performed, ALDERMAN LANGSDALE
will withdraw his offensive imputation of falsehood,
and in reading the minutes of the Health Commit-
tee forget the resolution. Such a course will be
"honourable to all parties, and a far more dignified
termination of ,the affair than enacting another
"scene" in the Town Council.
At the meeting of the Dock Committee on
Thursday, there was little business of public inte-
rest. The Secretary to the Treasury and Solicitor
to the Customs acknowledged the compliment paid
to them in the resolution passed at the previous
meeting of the Committee. It was resolved to
proceed with the foundations of the intended ware-
houses on the south quay of the Stanley Dock, as
the great increase of the business of the port re-
quires more warehouse accommodation than can be

conveniently supplied by present arrangements.
The demands for increased wages of the Dock ser-
vants serve to prove that the augmented value of
labour is beginning to tell upon every description
of property,

The weekly report of the medical officer shows
that the rate of mortality in Liverpool is consider-
ably below the average, and without any cases of
cholera, notwithstanding the season of the year when
deaths from this cause mayreasonably be anticipated:
Some unnecessary alarm was created by the fact
of a single death from Asiatic cholera, but it proved,
on examination, to be the case of a German immi-
grant who had neglected the premonitory symptoms
a fortnight previously, in Hamburgh. The town
was never freer from disease, and particularly_ from
diarrlaces., than it is now and lu been for the last
five months.

The new American ship Grecian, which has been
lying in the Mersey, has excited much admiration
for her nautical beauty. Her well-shaped hull,
round stern, and neat stem, present an excellent
specimen of the builders' art, and her appearance
Is further augmented by her tall tapering spars
and her evident capabilities as a good sailing vessel.
The first-rate ships lately sent us from the other
side of the Atlantic must stimulate our builders to
increased exertions, if they would maintain the
sovereignty of the seas in the mercantile marine.
-The Hon. Mrs. NORTON has published a crushing
reply to the attack upon her by her husband, which
we noticed last week. She has proved, at any rate,
that, whatever may be her own faults, his conduct
iS worse than contemptible ; and it will be a per-
version of justice if he be allowed to retain his

situation as a police magistrate. Some people may
be uncharitable enough to suppose that she is about
to publish a new work, and, BAnNum-like, has got
up the late " scene" in order, by fictitious excite-
ment, to obtain a popular demand for it.

The late boisterous weather has somewhat inter-
fered with the pleasure trips across the Mersey,
but every fine afternoon has brought out thousands
to enjoy the many pleasant spots on the Cheshire
shore. The Birkenhead Model Yacht Club intend
to have their next race on Saturday.
Those unrivalled singers--Guise and MAIno, are
engaged for the next Grand Concert at the Phil-
harmonic-hall, on the 4th of October, and as it will
most likely be their last appearance, the announce-
ment has created almost a furor of excitement
amongst the lovers of the divine art. It will,
therefore, be the most brilliant reunion of the
season, such a one indeed as only the Philharmonic-
hall could accommodate,