The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

WOOLLEN GOODS.
AND T. MORRIS invite attention to their im-
• mense Stock of Woillens. It offers decided ad-
vantaos to purchasers, especially to the Trade, and to
those who buy largely for exportation, being by far the
most extensive in the town.
The season for Winter Goods being far advanced, the
prices of heavy fancy Woollens have been reduced, as
well as BEAVERS, PILOTS, and MILLED WATER-
PROOFED TWEEDS.
In Cloakings, there are about a dozen Pieces of strong
fancy Plaids, Stripes, &c. (6-4 wide), that will now be
sold from 2s. to 2s. 6d., and are worthy the notice of
parties requiring such for Schools or for charitable pur-
poses.
Morris's Woollen Warehouse, ?_
80, Lord-street, Jan. 15, 1844.

J. D. CARR'S FANCY BISCUITS, CAPTAINS
AND SHIP JOHN HARK SON and Co.g o. bto intimate that, in
addition to the Agency which they hold for the Sale
of Mr. J. D. CARR'S celebrated FANCY BISCUITS,
they have been appointed SOLE AGENTS in LIVER-
POOL for the SALE of his CAPTAINS and SHIP
BISCUITS, which they can confidently recommend as
being a very superior article, and which can be supplied to
Purchasers either in Bond or Duty Paid.
Merchants, Storekeepers, Masters of Vessels, and
others, can be furnished with Samples, by applying at the
Office of the Advertisers, No. 6, COOK-STREET, Liver-
pool.

L. HAUSBURG has the pleasure of announcing
• the arrival of
AN UNEQUALLED COLLECTION OF WORKS
OF ART AND NOVELTIES,
of all descriptions, connected with the numerous branches
of his extensive business, selected, during his recent visit
to the Continent, from the Studies and Workshops of the
most eminent Artists and Mechanics of the present day.
lie flatters himself that an Inspection, which he most re-
spectfully and earnestly solicits, will prove highly inter-
esting, many of the Articles having been specially chosen
for the

PRESENT SEASON,
A GREAT VARIETY OF
MECHANICAL AND OTHER JOUJOUX,
combining amusements with useful instruction, has also
been provided by F. L. H. for the Juvenile portion of the
community.

F. L. HAUSBURG,
Late PROMOLI and HAUSBURG,
OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDIN,

LIVERPOOL SEYSSEL ASPHALTE COMPANY.
ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL
.L I MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the
above Company will be held at the Clarendon-rooms,
South John-street, Liverpool, o❑ WEDNESDAY, the 24th
instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose
of receiving the Report of the Directors and an Abstract
of the Accounts, and of determining upon a Resolution,
which will be submitted to the Meeting, for the making
of a further and final Dividend amongst the Share-
holders, beyond the Dividend, of Ten Shillings per Share
made in March, 1842, and already returned to all the
Shareholders who have applied to Mr. MARSDEN, Ac-
countant, Old Churchyard, Liverpool.
a. By order of the Directors,
LOWNDES, ROBINSON, and BATESON.
Liverpool, January 11, 1844.

THE attention of thePAR Public isTONTI respectNful.ly requested
to this undertaking, which has for its object the
ERECTION, in the PRINCE'S PARK, of a TER-
RACE, a very beautiful site for which has been suggested,
(subject, of course, to the approval of the subscribers,)
overlooking the Lake and Gardens, and having an exten-
sive view of the River, Cheshire, and the Welsh Hills.
The parties whose names follow have agreed to take
Shares, and, as a meeting of the Subscribers is intended
to be held early in February for arranging the Plans and
proceedings, it is hoped that those who may be disposed
to take an interest in the undertaking will communicate
their intention, as early as possible, to Messrs. EDEN
and STANISTREET, Royal Bank-buildings, where Pro-
spectuses and further information may be had.

S OF SINA
Henry Ashton, E MEsq.
Thomas Bolton, Esq.
Thomas Booth, Esq.
James Booth, Esq.
Charles Booth, Esq.
Swinton Boult, Esq.
J. W. Cater, Esq.
C. F. Carne, Esq.
James G. Carter, Esq.
Mark W. Collet, Esq.
John Eden, Esq.
Henry Edwards, Esq.
Samuel S. Gair, Esq.
Abram Gartside, Esq.
Richard Harbord, Esq.
J. Pemberton Heywood,Esq.
Adam Hodgson, Esq.
W. B. Hodgson, Esq.
George Holt, Esq.
William Holt, Eeq.
Hugh Hornby, Esq.
Joseph Hornby, Esq.
William Houghton, Esq.

ÜBSCRIBERS.
Charles Inman, Esq.
A. C. Kup, Esq.
Joseph Langton, Esq.
E. P. M'Knight, Esq.
W. J. Marrow, Esq.
George Maxwell, Esq.
J. V. S. May, Esq,
Francis Mill, Esq.
James Moon, Esq
James Mulleneux, Esq,
C. S. Parker, Esq.
Samuel Sandbach, Esq.
'Robert Semple, Esq.
!John Stewart, Esq.
Joseph Shipley, Esq.
M. Telo, Esq.
James Thorneley, Esq.
John Weightman, Esq.
George Williams, Esq.
A. Y. Williams. Esq,
George Worthington, Esq.
Misses Yates
Emanuel Zwilchenbart, Esq

KIRKDALE DISPENSARY.—It always affords us ex-
treme gratification to chronicle the efforts of the charitable
to alleviate distress, and more especially at this cold
season, and in these pinching times. With this feeling
we are pleased to find that a number of gentlemen con-
nected with Cie locality have determined upon establish-
ing a dispensary for the relief of the sick poor in the
populous district of Kirlaale. On Monday last, a meet-
ing on this subject was held in the Everton and Kirkdale
school-room, the Rev. D. James occupying the chair;
the resolutions adopted at the meeting will be found in
our advertising columns. The gentlemen present at the
Steele
meeting consisted, amongst others, of Messrs. `Walker,
, er , Chadwick,
oil' J. C. ,
Thompson, Mure,
Gardner Tunstall, Cass, Ha nn pso n, and Johnson.

It is stated in the Times, that the city of London, with
a street surface of 500,000 square yards, and with its
enormous traffic, pays £2OOO a year less for scavengers
than Manchester, where the traffic is much less.
BRITISH MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to this
national establishment in the whole of last year, 1843,
was 517,375. This was a falling off from the previous
year, 1842, when they were 547,718. In 1839 the num-
bers were 280,850 • in 1840
during; the late holiday
Week was 41,151, being, on Tuesday, 18,377; Wednesday,
13,281 ; Thursday, 1,683 ; and Friday, 7,810.
PRICES IN 1745.—According to a copy of the' Oxford
Gazette and Reading Mercury, dated Monday, Decem-
ber 16, 1745, the period of the rebellion fomented by the
Pretender, Charles Stuart, it appears that the prices of
grain were much lower than at present:—Wheat was
.£1 2s. to £1 4s. per quarter ; Rye 12s. to 13s. 6d. ; Bar-
ley lls. to 13s. 6d, ' • Oats 13s. to 14s. ; Pease 18s. to £1 ;
Hog-peas 14s. to 16s. ; Beans 17s. to 19s. ; Pale Malt
15s. to 17s. ; Brown Malt 14s, to 16s. Hops 7s.
98. and 10s. per hundred ; Clover Seed ; New
£1 to £1 2s to ;
Pine Flour £1 per sack.
EUROPEAN-MADE SUGAR.--It iS well known that
sugar is yielded largely by the roots of carrots and beet.
In Russia there are upwards of thirty beet-root sugar
factories in full operation. This manufacture is also
thriving in Germany. A few years ago Messrs. Fies and
Staneward, of Quedlinburgh, Westphalia, discovered a
Process whereby, in twelve hours, ten pounds of pure su-
gar perfectly chrystalised, may be extracted from 1001bs.
Weight of beet-root. The secret was immediately pur-
chased by M. Brokhoff, of Wisburg, for 2,000 francs
(X 800), on condition that it should not be used beyond
the Rhine and Westphalia. A beet-root sugar manufac-
tory as been established in Essex ; and in 1837 some re-
fin edh samples of English beet-root sugar, of good quality
and colour, were sold in the London market, at £5 per
cwt. M. Roolsey states that forty tons of mangel-worsel
raised upon a single acre yielded three tons and a half of
molasses.—Quarterly Journal of Agriculture.
A MEMBER OF CONGRESS BIDS ADIEU TO MARTIN'
"We are going to part, sir," said Pogram.—" Pray
don't distress yourself,' said Martin : " we must bear it!'
—"
an. It
ut ain't quite that, sir,'' returned Pogram, " not at
B I should wish you to accept a copy of my
oration."—" Thank you," said Martin," youte area
,vseirry
good. I shall be most happy."—" It ain'tbqotlid
enoughtut ,
to
neither," resumed Pogram : " sir, are you
> ' "Certainly," said
introduce a copy into yourl countrylt? ' ssentiments air strong,
Martin.
sir," hinted " WPohgyramn not?"—"
d a rikl darkly.—e"aTdhoaztenm
iack eysoun olikdei.fr,e—r -
enee," said Martin. " I
"No sir," retorted Pograma. " Not a dozen. That
the is
-lore than I require. If you are content to run ,
ha-
zard,
sir, here is one for your Lord Chancellor," proau-
ing it, " and one for your principal Secretary of State.
I should wish them to see it, sir, as expressing what my
°Pinions air—that they may not plead ignorance at a fu-
ture time. But don't get into danger, sir,on my accountsaid
Martin. There is not the least danger, I assure you," sid'
Martin. So he put the pamphlets in his pocket, and they
Parted.—Martin Chuzzlewit, No. 13.
OPERATIC EXPENDITURE.—MY personal expenditure
lately has induced me to reflect (which I do sometimes)
on the enormous expenditure of' the opera administration
in the one item of wardrobe. Are you aware that they
furnish the artistes with every article of dress, from a hair-
Pin to a shoe-string, with every intervening mystery of the
female toilet from powder to paint? You emerge from
Your carriage at the stage-door of the opera in a sombre
robe-de-chambre, to be converted, by a touch of the ward-
robe-keeper, into a sylphide or gi, wings an d tam-
rine included, at the whole and
Sole expense of the dibourec-
tion. They do you up in the most complete and radiant
manner, as bright as the- reddest rouge and the whitest
muslin can make you, and all you are required to find are
Your own smiles and entrechats. When you take into
Consideration the six or eight first dancers, the dozen or so
of coryphes, and the capering legion that constitute the
Forps de ballet, you may then infer the outlay necessary
pa tricots and petticoats. Then think of the consumption
bightu! satin shoes ; I seldom use less than three pairs every
, and the slightest soil condemns them, and that upon
the dirtiest stage in the world, purposely kept so to avoid
2'l?Ping. These opera shoes are of such peculiar make,
unating a certain stiffness with the most perfect pliancy,
Vequthat only one man in Europe has been found with genius
ate to the work, Jansin de Paris. No wonder poor
M. Duponcbell, my amiable director, looks grave and re-
tlective at times. I feel a kind of remorse at the expense
4 have been to him. How could I have insisted on the
I 20,000 francs in my last contract just renewed?
I felt so • nefit.......Penit7ntial that I could dance a week for his be-
&reser 8 Magazine.