The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

THE COTTON MARKET.

There was yesterday' a very moderate demand from
consumers, and the wales did not exceed 3000 bales, with-
out any change in prices. It would seem as if we had got
to the lowest point, for it is understood that offers for large
parcels have been refused as low, which looks like holders
making a stand. The imports are light, and likely to be
so for some months, which, with increased consumption,
will tell on our diminishing stocks.

A fire broke out on Saturday night, in a hayloft of Mr.
Bruce, Beacon-lane, Everton. The damage was trifling.
BASE COlN.—Yesterday, a man, named John Clarke,
was committed for trial, charged with passing a base
shilling.—A woman, named Mary Jones, was committed
for passing a similar base coin.
Yesterday, Mr. Rushton required a Jew pauper to find
two sureties in £lO to keep the peace towards Mr. Woolf,
whom he had insulted grossly, whilst that gentleman was
administering the alms contributed by the wealthy Jews
to their poorer brethren.
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet-
ing of this Board hell on lhe 7th instant, Captain John
Harrison, late master of the Dorothea, of Liverpool, and
now of the ship Thomas Sparks ; and Capt. John Cock-
shott Bland, late master of the Larpent, of Liverpool,
were examined, and found duly qualified for first-class
masters' certificates.

ABUSE OF CHLOROFORM.—We are informed that a girl,
on Friday night, was subjected to a strong dose of chloro-
form, but did not sleep, and from that time till yesterday
she suffered intense pain, amounting almost to paralysis
in the right arm and left knee, downwards. The poor girl
was relieved yesterday. This should serve as a warning
against trifling with so powerful an agent.
UTTERING BASE COlN.—There were no fewer than six
cases of persons charged with uttering counterfeit coin,
brought before Mr. Rushton yesterday ; and, as the
offence appears to be greatly on the increase, the public
would do well to be upon their guard, especially as regards
half-crowns, many clever counterfeits of which have made
their appearance.
EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—The ship Countess of
Sefton, Captain Wheeler, arrived in Liverpool on Sunday
last, having performed the voyage from hence to Val-
paraiso and back in seven months and seventeen days,
discharging- about 500 tons of cargo there, and taking on

another o

flour, in bags, being the first in any quanty of Chilian
growth brought to this port.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO OLIVER HATCH, ESQ.
—We see in the window of Mr. Mayer, Lord-street, an
elegant and richly chased silver tea service, about to be
presented to Mr. Hatch, on which is engraved the follow-
ing complimentary inscription :—" Presented to Oliver
Hatch, Esq., by a few Conservative friends, for his devoted
zeal and untiring exertions in maintaining the constitu-
tional principles of St. Ann's Ward. Liverpool, Nov.
mneccxnvii. ' The testimonial has been well earned by
Mr. Hatch, and its presentation does honour to the donors.
The creditors of Messrs. Barton, Irlam, and Higginson
held a meeting at the Clarendon-rooms yesterday, at 12
o'clock : about 40 gentlemen were present. John Lockett,
Esq., was called to the chair. The following resolutions
were put, and carried unanimously :—Resolved,—" That
this meeting is of opinion that it is advisable for the benefit
of every person concerned that endeavours should be made
to procure a supersedeas of the fiat in bankruptcy of the
estate." Resolved,—" That the following gentlemen be
appointed a committee to obtain information, and confer
with the trustees of the Royal Bank, as to the best method
of carrying out the above resolution, viz. :—John Lockett,
Esq., chairman; James M. Wood, Esq.; Mr. J. J. Hatton,
Mr. Thomas Maddock, and Mr. James Brook." Several
other matters of minor importance were entered into ;
and, after a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, the
meeting separated.
THE WEATHER.—During the last seven days, we had,
at the commencement especially, a good deal of blowy
weather, from various parts of the compass, with occasional
heavy falls of rain. On Friday there was little or no wind,
but a thick and soaking rain fell during the whole day.
The late gales have not been so fruitful in casualties to
shipping in this coast as on the east side of the island.
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has been done, thanks to the effectual lighting and buoying
of our outward channels. Sunday and yesterday were fine
days for the season, and it is probable that, after the heavy
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seasonable. The open weather enables the farmer to pro-
ceed experienced
wh
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with field labour, draining, preparing ground for the
downfallsreasonably w e
expect havea
spring, &c. Outdoor labour of other kinds also proceeds.
There is still good grazing in meadows that have been
attended to.

BRUTAL ASSAULTS.—A rough-looking fellow, named
Michael Mitten, was yesterday committed for trial for
having knocked down and kicked over the face a man
named John Rice, in Waterloo-road, on Friday night.
The wounds were of a frightful nature.—Another charge
of assault was preferred by a woman, named Elizabeth
M`Donald, against Patrick Campbell, a mason. The
man was quarrelling with his wife, about four o'clock on
Sunday morning, and dragging her about the street by the
hair of the head, when complainant interfered, for which
she was knocked down the steps of a cellar, and in her
fall an infant was ejected from her arms, and lay much
injured at a distance from the mother. The prisoner con-
tended that the woman he was ill-treating was his wife,
and that, therefore, no third party ought to have inter-
fered with him. Mr. Rushton took another view of the
case, which was shown in his fining the man £5, or in
default to be imprisoned two months. He was also re-

quired to find sureties, *himself in £2O, and two others
in £lO each, or be imprisoned three months.
IMPORTANT TO SHIP MASTERS AND SEAMEN.---O n
Saturday, William Groves, seaman, summoned Captain
Davies, of the " Reogfield," from Quebec, for £7 165.,
balance of wages for services as seaman, from Quebec to
this port. The service and agreement having been
proved, Mr. Davenport, for the defendant, elicited from
the compainant in cross examination, that he had deserted
from the " Egliostoa,"• at Quebec, whereupon Mr. Rush-
ton declared the complainant not entitled to any wages,
and ordered the amount due to be paid into court ; and
being informed of six other seamen who had neither
register ticket, or a discharge from their last ship, post-
poned their cases until Wednesday, and said, he was
determined to punish men who deserted their ships, and
declared that .for the future all mariners who had no

tickets or discharge, should first obtain a new ticket from
the Customs, and pass through the ordeal of an exami-
nation there, before he would make any order for wages,
and, where a_man confessed himself a deserter, no wages
would be granted him, and warned the men present that

Catherine Rolisozi and Isabella Ainsly--who traced `teal
descent back to Sir Robert Troutbeck, who was
curate of Newton, Cumberland, in the days of Shakspeare.
in
answer to a gyestion from Lord Jocelyn,
The property claimed by the petitioners
interest, to the immense sum of £435,759, and the jury
found that .the petitioners were entitled to it as the next
of kin of Samuel Troutbeck, the testator. The property
was seized by King George the Third.
EAST INDIAN RAIL WA VS.—ln the House of Commons,
,_ . ,
Ermluction of new attractions, which it will be seen is to Mr. C. Lewis stated, that the Calcutta Presidency had
- on Friday,
be repeated this evening. The company have with great consented to the constrction of a line, called the Indian
liberality, considering the, immense expense which they Railway Company, from Calcutta into the interior, the
must be under, reduced their prices considerably ; and, terms being that the sections should be executed so that
on the score of expense at least, no one need be deprived the line should cost no more than £3,000,000. The
of the opportunity of enjoying one ej the richest treats of Government were to find the land, and were to guarantee
the kind, which enterprise, and a liberal expenditure in interest at the rate of 5 per mit., and to have the option
management can furnish. Again we must notice the per- of purchasing the line in 25.. or 50 years. A similar offer
fection of the acting of the clowns, Messrs. Auriol, L'E- had been to the Great Indian Peninsular from Bombay,
clair, and young Auriol. The feats cif Jock°, the Ape of inwards thirty-five miles in length. No
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it they answered any of the questions falsely, they would
be guilty of a misdemeanour under the Merchant Sea-
man's Act, which was a most serious offence.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE : FRENCH EQUESTRIAN COM-
PANY.---ThiS company really appears inexhaustible in the
resources of talent at its command. During the past

week the performances have been of the most attractive
character, comprising all that is excellent in equestrian
feats, gymnastics, dancing, vaulting, and oddity. Last

Dec. 14, 184/.

LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,

accept the mediation of

France

Ahd-el-Kader has at last submitted to the Emperor of

Morocco

It is believed in well-informed circles in Paris that M•
Guizot has so identified himself with the policy of Austria
in the Swiss affair, that he will find it necessary to resin•

A general insurrection has taken place in Sicily. Tho
constitution of 1812, guaranteed by England, has been
proclaimed throughout the whole island. The entire
country has risen up in arms, and the soldiers have re-
fused to fire upon or act against the populace.
THE PRASLIN TRAGEDY.—The Droit states that
Mademoiselle Deluzy has commenced a suit against Mar'
shal Sebastiani for the payment of an annuity of 3,00
francs (£120), bequeathed by the Duke of Praslin to the
governess of his children by a will executed in the year
1843. Mademoiselle Deluzy demands, moreover, that
several articles of furniture given her by her former pupill
shall be restored to her, and she further demands the re-
payment of a sum of money which, she asserts, was con-
fided by her for side keeping to the late Duke of Praslin.
THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF COUNT MORTIER ON THE
LIVES OF HIS CHILDREN.—The circumstances connected
with the rescue of the children of Count Mortier, at the
Hotel Chatham, in Paris, on the 7th of November last, at

the moment when he was supposed to be about to immo-
late them, must be fresh in the reader's recollectiOn. Since
that time his family have instituted proceedings for the
purpose of having his property placed ; the hands a
trust, ' the count "- -elf he hand'

ees, ant _ ____ aimset. pu. into ...._ is of,
guardians as a lunatic, which he has, however, resisted,
upon the grounds that he was not mad ; and that although
he might have determined to commit suicide to relieve
himself of the misery caused by his wife's misconduct,
yet that he had no intention of harming his children, awl
that a determination to commit suicide by no means lul
plied alienation of mind. .

The inhabitants of Chelsea, Fuiham, Kensington, and
Hammersmith, are seeking to be formed into a parliamen-
tary borough. _

—An ingenious Irishman has invented a " life-preserving
coat for landlords." .
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The steamer Tagus, with the heavy portion of the East
India mail, brought to Southampton, on Saturday,
£lOO,OOO in specie.
The Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh has ordered the
prayer appointed to be used in the time of war and tu-
mults to be read in every church in his three dioceses.
A rate of 7s. 6d. in the pound has been struck by the

of 33. has not
be raised.

rid, according to the collectors, cannot

COALBROOK DALE IRON WORKS.—We are sorry to
learn, that the colliers at these works are to be put on
half-work next week ; the iron-stone pits, we are informed,
PP to enntinnsb in full nneration. in conseouence of the

small stock of iron mine now on surface

Mining

Journal,

On Thursday morning a ship was seen on fire off Wey-
mouth. She was an American, of about MO tons, and
thought to be laden with cotton, She continued to burn
to the water's edge, when she went down. Nothing is
known of the er1.137 hot it is minnncPa thPv were either

or took

The labourers of Nenagh-450 in number—have ap-
plied to the poor-law guardians for relief. They state in
their memorial that their food consists of turnips—one
scanty meal in the twenty-four hours—oftentimes only
one in forty-eight hours. They declare their willingness
to be content with only three days' work in the•week, but
that this is not to,be hoped for.
The Metropolitan Sanitary Commissioners expressly
state, that " there is. no evidence that cholera spreads by
the communication of the infected with the healthy l" and
they mention it as " a fact, altogether irreconeileable with
the notion of contagion, that as no human means have
succeeded in excluding it from particular spots, so no ex-
tent of communication with the sick has been able W
carry it into other places."

POISONED WELLS.—Any one passing Richmond-ter-
race, Clifton, during the last week or ten days,-must have

the neighbourhood. The reason for this formidable dis-
play was the existence of illness in almost every second
house, the inhabitants of which were afflicted with gastric
fever. It was not, however, until one death took place►
and several were in imminent danger, that the cause of
this extensive illness was discovered, when it turned out
to be produed by the use of a spring which supplied the
place, and whose waters had been imperceptibly poisoned
by a sewer breaking into it, and so greatly vitiating their
character as to cause gastric fever in every family usingit•
—Bristol Times.

CULTIVATION Or COTTON IN INDIA.—On Friday a
meeting of the. Manchester Commercial Association o'Bl
held at their rooms in King-street, for the purpose cu
meeting Mr. Petrie, assistant to D. Wight, superinten-
dent of the East India Company's farm at Coimbatore,
es'ablished for the cultivation of cotton from American

seed. Mr. Petrie produced samples of cotton grown on
the farm, which were pronounced to be equal to any that
had ever been brought from New Orleans, and which he
showed could be produced at a much lower price than
cotton from America. In the course of the proceedings
Mr. Turner (the chairman) stated that, by the permission
of the chairman of the East India Company, the experi-
ment was made at his (Mr. T.'s) suggestion, and it was a•
remarkable fact that the suggestion had been sent to
Manchester, and acted upon, and the cotton produced
and delivered in Manchester, again in a space of time
considerably less than twelve months. The meeting ap-
peared well satisfied with the experiment.
HEALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION.—A public meeting

_ _lanover-square Rooms, London. There was a
numerous attendance. The Marquis of Normanby, pre-
sident of the asssciation, was in the chair, supported by
Lord Ashley, M. P. ; Lord Ingestre, M. P. ; Earl For-
tescue ; the Earl of Mulgrave ; Lord Ebrington, M. P. ;
Mr. W. Mackinnon, M. P. ; Mr. Ewart, M. P. ; Mr. R.
Adair, M. P. ; Mr. £ Ellice, M. P. ; Mr. Cardwell, M: P. ;
Mr. R. A. Slaney, M. P. ; Mr. H. Tufnell, M. P. ;
Ge.ieral Turner;. Mr. J. Heywood, M. P. ; Mr. W. S.
Craig, M. P. ; Mr. M. Baines, M. P. ; Mr. C, Fortescue,
M. P. ;. Mr. H. Suffield ; the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, M.P. ;
Mr. R. Palmer, M. P. ; Dr. Bowring, M. P. ; Mr.
Parker, M. P. ; Mr. C. P. Grenfell, M. P. ; Sir T. Birch.
M. P. ; the Hon. F. Byng ; Mr. R. D. Granger, F. R. S.
&c. A deputation from Liverpool and other towns at.'
tended. Mr. Cardwell seconded one of the resolutions.
and alluded, amidst the cheers of the meeting, to the la'
tention of the Corporation of Liverpool to bring water
t I
from the Lancashire hills

BREAD.—Good, sweet, and wholesome breed
being an indispensable requisite in every family who value
their health, we are proud to have it in our power to-direct
their attention to Mr. Gibbon's announcement elsewhere.
at whose establishment we can confidently say they will
meet with that greatest of all luxuries, good bread ;"
and as Christmas is approaching, we may as well, at the
ssme time, notice the preparations he lias made for supply-
ing his customers with everything rare and good in the
cake department.