The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-20 00:00:00

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of an atrocious murder cam-
mated by the Khan of Ballarat in Central Asia, on two
British officers—namely, Colonel Stoddart, formerly attached
to the British legation in Persia ; and Captain Conolly, the
author of a well-known book of travels in the east. It ap-
pears that these gentlemen, travelling through the country,
were seized as sines ; that they refused the interference of the
Russian resident agent, who might have saved them, and that
both were beheaded in the market-place—Colonel Stoddart
first, and Captain Conolly after, the latter having refused to
save his life by renouncing Christianity.

A"dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, was de-
clared at the meeting of the proprietors of the London Joint
Stock Bank, on Thursday, the affairs of which appear to be
progressing in a satisfactory manner. The directors in their
report, allude to the excessive abundance of money in the
markets, and the few channels open for its safe investment
which has, of course, in a certain degree, checked the oppor-
tunity they would otherwise have had to increase profits.
The accounts, however, on the whole, present a fovourable
condition, the net profit for the half-year being £19,189.
Of this sum they have appropriated £lB,OOO, to the pay-
ment of the dividend, and added the remainder to the guar-
antee fund, now amounting to £94,403. 17s. 2d.

REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS.—A party of Major
Whylock's detachment of Royal Marines, stationed at Mil-
ford, was despatched on Thursday morning, in carriages,
from that place, under the orders of Captain Wilson, to St.
Clare's, Carmarthen, to suppress some riots, founded on a
warfare against turnpike-gates, described in a paragraph
headed " Rebecca and her Daughters," which has gone the
round of the press. It is supposed, that as the farmers have
refused to be sworn in as constables, they are encouraging
their labourers in these acts of destruction. The rioters are
armed with muskets, pistols, and scythes, and fancy they
will be able (not calculating on the arrival of the" redcoats")
to effect the demolition of every turnpike-gate in this way,
and then attack the union-house at Neorbeth, to which they
have also &very great antipathy.—Hampshire Telegraph.
BARN-FLOORS.—The present price of oak timber renders
a barn-floor of that material an expensive article ; and if any
substitute could be found, the landed proprietor would be
much benefitted by the discovery. It is not, perhaps, gene-
rally known that beech has been for the last half-century
used for that purpose in Buckinghamshire, with great suc-
cess. It should be cut early in the winter, and laid on oak
sleepers, filling up the interstices with a composition of coal-
tar, sand, and coal ashes, so as to come in contact with the
plank, which may also, if exposed to a damp situation, have
its under surface coal-tarred also. This will effectually pro-
tect it from all moisture arising from the earth. There are
two sorts of beech, the black, and the white ; the black
should be preferred. One of these floors will last nearly as
long as an oak one of the present day; for the quality of the
oak now-a-days is sacrificed to the value of the bark, by
cutting so late in the spring. Two beech floors may be had
for the price of one of oak.

B. L. WATSON'S BANKRUPTCY.—The bankrupt, who is
described as a dealer in flags, but is better known to the pub-
lic as the projector and manager of the system of communi-
cation called " Watson's Telegraph," appeared before the
court, in Basinghall-street, on Thursday, on his final exami-
nation. His debts he stated to be £5,132, and his assests
about £56. It. appeats his liabilities were for the most part
contracted under the arrangements he made for that project,
and, not receiving the sum he expected to he paid by parties
connected with him in his undertaking, he was obliged to
raise money at the rate of 50 per cent. to meet his engage-
ments, which he said, " had eaten him up." He expected
a•fortune through his wife, who, he was sure, would meet
his creditors with more favourable prospects than he could
at present. After some further examination, he was
adjourned for three weeks, to allow time for the amendment
of his balance-sheet, which, it appears, had been improperly
corn piled by his accountants. Sir C. F. Williams said if this
occurred or, another occasion he should make the parties who
were the cause of the adjournment pay the expenses of the
sitting.

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TUESDAY, JANUABY U.—Wind W. moderate.
The Ellen, from Rio Janeiro, at Hamburg
Harmony, Carroll, henee for Galway, at Kingstown, towed in
with loss of bowsprtt, &c.
Mersey, Steele, sailed from Oporto for this port 3rd January
Enterprise, Mather, hence for Savannah, at Dartmouth, with
loss of sails
Wm. Clarke, from Calcutta, at Deal
John Dugdale, Millward, from Sincapore, off Dover
Ann Mondell, Roberts, from Jamaica, off Margate
Rob Roy, Bammaut, from Yarmouth for this port, at Ramsgate,
with cargo shifted, and loss of sails, mainboorn and bulwarks
Betseys, Hadgraft, from Ipswich for this port, at Lymington.
with loss of bulwarks, and pumps choked
ABERDOVNY, Jan. 14.—A vessel is sunk about 3 miles to the
northward, with 2 masts above water. Some papers have been
picked up near the spot, marked ' Capt. Havard, Phoebe, of New.
port, Pembrokeshire. It is feared the crew are drowned.

WEDNESDAY. JANLARY IR.—Wind variable and light.
ARRIVED.— Ocean, Willard, from Charleston—Clarendon, Stod-
dart, and Plymouth, Fuller, from Mobile—Siddons, Cobb, from New
York—and Colombo, Eldridge, from Savannah.

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Hindostaxi, (steamer) Moresby, from Southampton, at the Cape
of Good Hope 24th Nov,
Watkins, Whiteside, hence at ditto 28th November
Harriet, Duthie, sailed from Algoa Bay for Mauritius sth Nov.
Old England, Hodson, sailed from St. Helena for this port Ist
December