The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET.—YEsTganAT

The supply of home-fed beasts on offer this morning Was ve. r,
moderate, but of full average quality. The dead markets been, o
dull, and the attendance of buyers limited, b
the Beef trade "as
in a very sluggish state, and in some instances the quotation:
were in favour of the, buyers, the highest figure for the e
Scots being 4s 4d per 81b. •
The numbers of sheep were again small, yet the 3lutton trade
was dull, at a decline in prices of 2d per 81b.
Lambs moved off steadily, at from 5s 8d to 7s per 81b.
In calves very little was doing, yet last week's prices ife'
supported.
The Pork trade was inactive, at previous figures.

It is said that the eldest son of Lord Francis Egertol
will shortly be united to the fourth daughter of Ben
Cawdor. and niece to the Duchess of Buccleugh.
The West London Railway is finally leased to the Lon-
don and Birmingham Company, who, with the Gres
Western, have introduced a bill for the improvement 0'
the line, and its extension to the Thames.
At Lambeth Police-office, on Saturday, a Mr. Powell
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was fined £2O, for that he, as one of the South
of tb°
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South Western
Railway, had neglected to register the company.
The Churchman, a strong tractarian paper, gravel? Sc;
cuses the Bishop of Calcutta of having (in a sermon
preached by him at Clifton) repeatedly employed 0'
"unnecessary," "forced," and " offensive" term "Pra°
testant."

In the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Saturday, the
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junction to restrain Mr. W. Jackson from negocia
the bill for £2,500 was dissolved. It appeared that It
Jackson had no intention of negociating the bill, and
pla'ntiff's counsel admitted that the proceedings had
ginated in a mistake.
ell

- We do not know which would have seemed more,ltt-
credible to our ancestors in the fens, whether travelul
through them at the rate of 30 miles an hour, or that wb,ga
should be six inches high, and hoed on the 23rd of re;
bruary ; the latter we are credibly informed was the vas
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on a piece of land belonging to Mr. Wm. Neal, of gm.
meth.—Bury Post. - -

IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.—The legislature of Kent;
tucky are discussing the question of bowie-knives, as
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whether a tax shall ba levied on persons wearing thewi,
It is also proposed to levy a tax on " goalies," whie,"t
seems, is the American term for a long beard; end es
other legislator has gravely proposed that ladies' bag'
shall be charged with a high duty when over four inches
in diameter.

CORN IN BOND.—We learn from a parliamentary
turn that on th- -,lfth ult. the number of importers :a
The quantity of wheat in bond,,
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n corn was 617

ray was 1.1

8,912 quarters a.

bushels ; pease, 4,8:)5 quarters and 62b7ugsrerltse;rsbesnaar::
9,455 quarters and 2 bushels ; Indian corn, 43,249 qii'r-
ters and 4 bushels ; wheaten flour, 703,961 cwt. 2 lbe
ters and 1-2ib.; and oatmeal, 668 cwt. and 231 b.
largest importer of wheat held, on ' 12th of Febrtl;
pears No. 468 in

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66,652 quarters and 1 bushel, and a
list.

Mr. Whiteman has ere(
The Hutchinson family

ed two new Billiard Tables.--See Adnri
give a concert on Wednesday eveni'

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Arr.
800 STEALlNG.—Yesterday a man was fined or
Rushton, for stealing a dog belonging to Mr. Parhin
bridewell-keener.
Wa would recommend our friends who are in want t° 117
chase property, or rent houses, to call on Mr. Williszos,

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