The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

M. H. M

Falmouth. 53 50
Dartmouth 46 0
Plymouth. 46 15 26 45
Southampton 53 10 - 33 40
Portsmouth
Bristol 34 0 14 30
Liverpool
Waterford

34 20
26 30

To a comparison of the facilities shown by these state-
ments, we solicit the earnest attention of our readers.
Bearing in mind, that for the commerce of London only three
ports offer a saving of time over that of Liverpool, it will be

seen that from the manufacturing districts of the north and
midland counties of England, Liverpool is shorter in dis-
tance than any; whilst from London itself it is (although
not shown in the statements) shorter than any, with the ex-
ception only of Southampton and Bristol.

That with such a case in their hands the corporation of
Liverpool should have failed to insist, in the strongest terms,
upon the claim of this port to be the station for these mails,
The appointment of the committee

is to us inconceivable.

itself, and its objects, were not " things done in a corner."
The claims of Bristol, Falmouth, Dartmouth, Plymouth,
Southampton and other ports, had long, and openly, and
eagerly been put forward ; and surely those of Liverpool,
deeply interested as are her merchants in the decision of the
question, ought to have been asserted with far more force and
energy than they have hitherto been—thanks to the supine-
ness of those eminent local patriots who for the last six years
have lay like an incubus upon the energies of the town I
At present we trust we have said enough to direct the at-
tention of our fellow townsmen to the important object to be
achieved ; and that a Conservative council will not imitate
the " ladles" of its Whig predecessors. The nautical point
of the question, not touched upon in that portion of the evi-
dence which has so far come under our observation, is still to
be considered; and believing that in advantages of a purely
nautical nature, our port possesses facilities superior to any
other—a belief which is shared by many eminently compe-
tent authorities—we shall in a future publication bring that
point before the attention of our fellow townsmen and the

public

PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF A LOCAL PLANET.--.l3Rt one
short week ago it was our melancholy duty to record
the extinction of eight shining lights which had hereto-
fore irradiated within the Council-chamber of our borough ;
and now we have the painful task of noticing the partial
eclipse of another most resplendent luminary. Eight Radi-
cal Aldermen have gone down to " the tomb of all the Co-
pulas ;" and now, alas ! a shade has come over the face of
one, which we fervently hoped would shin e for ever—

" quasi Luna inter minores"—a comet amongst a galaxy of
farthing rushlights—or, at the best, of very common and
offensive dips. A " darkness visible" is stealing over him,
and already obscures half his lights ; and should the levelling,
hand which has thus placed that half in mourning, close up
the other—should the whole resplendent face be hung o'er
by that gloomy dripery—a suit of sables—how bitterly will
the world exclaim, in the pathetic language of Sampson
Agonistes,

" Total Eclipse ! no Sun ! no Moon !"
No alderman of Abercrornby ward ! No nothing—save what
is flat. stale, and unprofitable," common and vulgar, witless
and unexciting in the council! We trust, however, that such
calamity is as yet far off. There are healing powers in me-
dicine, and as " parmeceti's the sovereignest thing on
earth for an inward bruke," why should not its virtues
be equally potent when applied to the outer man ? The dark-
ness., we hope, is only like that of a November fog—danger-
ovs—leading men to run against lamp-posts, or to come in
contact with the poles of cabs and other equally hard sub-
stances ; and, like a November fog, will pass away, leaving
the optics once more clear and beautifully resplendent.
ANCASTER.—The inhabitants of this once celebrated place
(an importent Roman station) were surprised a few days ago
by a carpenter announcing that he had, whilst digging a hole
fsr a gate-post at the south side of the town, found several
hundred pieces of ancient coin ; on being examined it ap-
peared they were chiefly of the date of Constantine; being
found in a sandy soil they were for the most part very per-
fect. There was no appearance of an urn. A quantity of
the coins are now in the possession of Mr. Eaton, surgeon,
of Ancas:er.—Boston Herald.

It is a curious fact, and, though a trifle, worth notice,
that the tailors and robemakers of Dublin have not been able
to supply the demand for court dresses and professional
costumes to be worn at the approaching levee. Many ad-
ditional hands have been employed in London, and large
consignments of those articles have been shipped for this
city.—Dublin Evening Mail.

The venerable Archdeacon Musgrave has presebted the
Rev. A. Brown, of Queen's College, to the perpetual curacy
of Cross Stone, in the county of York.
Our port now presents a more bustling scene than has been
remembered for many months. The arrivals, as our ship-
ping lists show, during the last fortnight have been very ex-
tensive, and a number of vessels are now unable to obtain
dock room. No less than 12 vessels have arrived from
France during the last day or two. We may add that the
general trade of the city has been gradually improving for
some time, and we heartily hope and believe there is a much
better prospect before all classes of our fellow citizens than
existed at the commencement of last winter.—Gloucester-
shire Chronicle.

WEST INDIA COAL.—The coal raised from the mine dis-
covered about a year ago, about six miles from Havana, has
been tried by the Spanish steam frigates, and pronounced by
the engineers to be excellent in quality—superior to the hest
English. Analysis shows the coal to consist of the following
parts :—Carbon, 71,74 ; oxygen, 6,32 ; hydrogen, 8,44 ; ashes,
13,50-100,00. The railroad from the port to the mine is in
rapid progress toward completion. As the bed is 'believed to
be very extensive, the enterprising proprietors anticipate
handsome profits on their outlay whenever the West India
steamers shall regularly call at Havana for a supply of fuel.
KESHEN'S PROPERTY.—The following is an account of
the property of Keshen, seized by order of the Imperial Go-
vernment:--Gold, 270,000 taels weight; sycee silver,
3,-100,000 taels weight; foreign money, 2,009,000 taels
weight ; land cultivated, 39 king. A king contains 100 mow,
or Chinese acres, equal to about one-third of an English
acre ; four pawn-shops in the province of Pechele ; two ditto
Shingking or Moukden ; 81 banking (or shroff) shops ; 94
large pearls; 1-1 strings of pearls ; eiLlit pearl lamps ; 34
arrow thiunbrings, made of the leathers of the feitsuy bird;
18 pieces of coral ; 24 catties of genseng •, 25 catties of deer's
horns; 420 lengths of silk ; 30 pieces of broadcloth and Eng-
lish can:Ads ; 18 striking clocks ; 10 gold watches ; 21 fur
garments; two images of horses, made of precious stones;
28 crystal washhand basins ; one tortoiseshell bed-stand ;
four chariots ; 168 female slaves.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Ocr. 20.—A few days ago, a Greek
merchant, named Kessanli, who was known to be in diffi-
culties, suddenly disappeared, after changing at a banking-
house in Galata certain new treasury notes, which proved to
be forged. The government was so alarmed at this forged
paper (which, being lithographed, may exist to any extent)
that it sent off a steamer in pursuit of Kessanli, who is sup-
vsed to have taken the direction of Smyrna. His debts here
to the merchants are said to amount to a million of piasters,
or near £lO,OOO. Since then, a Jewish merchant, named
Simon Levi, has also stoped payment for £8,000; and it is
feared more disasters of the same nature will follow. The
latter affects in some degree English houses. Trade is ex-
ceedingly dull throughout the country. Luckily the shipping
interests appear to ho doing better than was anticipated, in
consequence of the employment at Odessa afforded by the
corn business, A dreadful fire broke out at Varna, on the
lath instant, which consumed the custom-house and nearly
all the mercantile part of the town, along with the depot of
coals of the Danube Steam Company. - The Cyclops steamer
started fur Malta on the 13th, and the only British ship of
war now here is the Talbot, in station in the Bosphorus. We
have intelligence from Tabreez to the 14th September. Our
embassy had reached that place, and had been everywhere
received in the most distinguished manner. It was set out
for Teheran immediately, and after its arrival there we shall
see what success Sir John Nl`Neil meets with in his diplomacy.
THE RIVER IRK.—An old writer, in enumerating the
rivers of this county, says,—" In Lancashire, another river
called the Irk, is noted for eels, reckoned the fattest in Eng-
land, and too luscious for common digestion ; which is as-
cribed to the grease and oils from the woollen cloths milled in
it."

AN OBJECTION UPSET.—WhiIe some beautifully-made
wheelbarrows were placed before the Prince Royal, one of
the Persian noblemen (who always affected to despise Euro-
pean improvements) said,—" This is all very well, but it will
consume a considerable time to empty these wheelbarrows."
Sir James Sutherland said to him—" Indeed, sir, it will
not ; and if you will only get into the wheelbarrow I will
show you it will not. The prince insisted on making the
experiment. Sir James trundled him away at a quick rate ;
and approaching a muddy part of the square, lie gave the
wheelbarrow a cant, and to the great entertainment of the
prince and spectators, turned the Persian khan into the mud.
—Bridge's Mission to Persia.

THE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC POPULATION OF
PRUSSIA.—In Prussia, according to the latest census, it ap-
pears that there are about eight Protestants to five Catholics,
while all the other sects compose but one seventieth of the
whole population. In Berlin there are more Jews than in
any other town, viz., 5,645 ; and in Potsdam 2,576.
THE COLONEL LAYS IT THICK ON BROTHER JONA-
THAN.—" 1 again repeat, and you must bear with the repe-
tition, that a more agreeable, charming, communicative
people I have never met with than the Americans. Don't
look for French grimace or kissing Italians ; but have a little
patience with them, be civil and undandified, and you soon
find yourself well received and comfortable. I grant there
is a little huskiness about their first manner; but that wears
off, and gives place to friendly communication and good fel-
lowship. Also, I will again re-echo the assertion that I have
never seen a beggar nor a drunken man ; and I have never
beheld a rude or forward action. The words ' stranger' and
' British officer' act as magic, and are a paste par tout."
TRAVELLING IN AMERICA.—And here
let me say a few
words for American travelling. Every thing is arranged like
clock-work : you start to a minute, and you arrive exactly
at the time named. Your baggage is transferred, without
trouble and without risk, from one train ,
to another ; porters
and servants working for you with civil and kind aspects and
without expectation of fee or reward ! Waiters at inns wait-
ing upon you assiduously and serving you faithfully—no
half crowns'or half-sovereigns looked for in return.' We left
that well-regulated house, the Tremont, without one glance
agreed from any of its inmates, but many of kindness ; and
to get to this place we paid three dollarseach; with no tippiv
of discontented cads, no litigation with insolent porters ; and,
to wind up all, 1 have now been a wok and a day in the
Union, and I hare neither seen a beggar nor a drunkard!"