The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

For the Taunton Theatre, which was offered for sale by
auction last week, there was not asinele bidder.

Dalmas has been removed to the Penitentiary, prepa-
ratory to being transported for life.
Lord Northland's valet was apprehended on Tuesday,
in London, on a charge of having stolen from his lordship
a £lO note. During the night he hanged himself.
The House of Lords have decided unanimously that
Sir Brooke William Brydges, Bart., had established his
claim to the vacant barony of Fitzwter.
IRON.—At the Ironmasters' Quarterly Meetings, held
last week, it was resolved not to alter the present price of
iron, the state of trade warranting its continuance.
SINGTTLAR TURN-OUT.—The singers and musicians at
St. Michael's Church, Tonge, near Middleton, have
turned out for an advance of wages.
At Winchester Assizes, a few days ago, in a case of
manslaughter, the learned Judge Wightman) decided
that for a man to beat his wife, even with a small stick,
was an illegal act.

BRAZIL—Her Majesty's packet Crane, Lieut. Lewis,
R.N., from Brazil, arrivrd at Falmouth, on Friday last,
bringing a freight of gold and diamonds to the value of
£34,000.

TIIE LATE MURDER IN SALFORD.—TIIOMaS Stew, the
man who is charged with the wilful murder of Alice Nolan,
appears to be recovering from the wound he inflicted on
himself, but slowly.

EARLY CORN HARVEST.—A fine crop of rye, perfectly
ripe, was cut on Thursday, on Mr. Baines's farm, at
Barton, in the parish of Eccles, near the line of the Li-
verpool and Manchester Railway.
The number of vessels which have gone to the African
coast in search of guano is not less than 600 at the lowest
estimate; and some persons even estimate it as high as
800, a great number of them being very large ships.
COMMENCEMENT OF HARVEST.—A parcel of forty
quarters of new oats was sold on Friday in Wakefield
market. They were grown in the immediate neighbour-
hood of that town. The quality was very fine, and the
price 13d. per stone.
In the Bankruptcy Court, London, last week, the cer-
flcate of Mr. Palmer, a person who had purchased large
quantities of colonial coffee, after he was insolvent, and
sold them again immediately, at a loss of between £2OOO
and £3OOO, was suspended for twelve months.

Collins Brodie, Bart., was elected president, and Samuel
suArgteaanmseaetg
finEoogf the
land,
oCnouTnhciolrsodfaythleasßt,oysal
ir Collegeßenjamin
of
jam jo
Cooper and William Lawrence, Esqrs., were elected vice-
presidents of the college for the ensuing year.
On Saturday week, as one of the Manchester anodcil,3..trinY
coaches was on its way to the latter town, the iciame off,
of the off hind wheel fell out, and the
the top of the coach. One woman was killed
be sister-in-law
A lady of the name of Sigrnond, tosaiddoo proay last,
of Mr. Muntz, M.P. who left Londam, peeded to her
and four passengers and the coachman wewreneeoo th
by the Ocean steamer for Rotterdam,
dinner, locked herself
cabin while the passengers vvefreof a
portion of her dress,
in, and after divesting hearset!ow
nett•
throwne spot.fron'
cidn Sunday last, there were pre-
sentfinfa at Woodchester Church,
at the baptisidn °other, great-grandmotber, and great
his mother, an
jumped
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gr that is his grandmother's grand-
great-grandmother,
last walked no small distance twice to
mother;
which
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who
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and had attended
church on thatie_
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yOf coat which was carried into the wound by the
The Hon. W. R. Touchett stands remanded till next
forced itself out. The bullet has not yet been dis-
covered,attend him, that it is lodged between the fangs of the
r3Fuireli;at'
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vertebrae, having been stopped there in its progress and
prevented from injuring the spinal cord.
AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—
The violent storm that passed over Mansfield, on Mon-
day morning, although of short duration, was fatal in its
effects. A poor woman, named Elizabeth Oscroft, nearly
70 years of age, in the act of gathering bilberries, in Has-
low Wood, a mile south of Mansfield, in company with
her grandson and several other persons, was struck by
the electric fluid and instantly expired ; another female,
Mary Hind, also far advanced in years, was severely in-
jured by the same shock, and is not expected to survive.
The children were on another spot adjoining, and escaped
unhurt.

July 23, ig44

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Mrs DAY•

<From Messrs. R. Makin Sons' Circular.)

We have rather more Wheat in from Ireland since
Tuesday last than for several weeks past, but of other
articles thence the supplies fresh in are comparative/
limited, and those coastwise extremely light. Froth
abroad, however, we have to note a fair import of Wheat'
Beans, Pease, and Indian Corn, with further large arri-
vals of Canadian and States Flour, which, added to those
during the preceding week, amount to 67,440 barrels.
The copious showers which fell here in the course °I
last week, and fine summer weather since, are now foreleg
the crops rapidly towards maturity ; and in a few earl/
situations around us, reaping will commence partiavi
before the end of the present week ; which, with favour'
able reports of the Wheat crop coming from various Pert/
of the kingdom, and the decline in London yesterdal"
have produced a very depressing effect generally upon
the trade here.

At this day's market, therefore, it was only by accedig
to an abatement of 3d. to 4d. per 701 b. from the cur'
rency of Tuesday last, that sales of any description 01
Wheat, even upon a very moderate scale, could be ac•
complished. Flour, in consequence, was taken sparingif
by consumers at a decline of 6d. per sack, and Canadian
at 6d. per barrel, under previous quotations.
Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease,appeared to be scarcell
noticed, and each of these articles may be considered
nominally ls. per qr. cheaper.

Oat 3 likewise, were very difficult of sale, on terms ld•
per 451bs. below the range of last week's prices ; and Oat-
meal, although in moderate demand, receded in value
fully 6d. per 2401b5.

The sales in bond reported to-day comprise merelf
about 2000 barrels of New Orleans sour Flour, at 17s. 6cl'
to 183. per barrel.

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inclusive.
From the 16th Ail tßol eA

IRE. i COAST.
„ER. CANADA
REIGN. PO-
LAND. TO_
____......00
Wheat .. Ors. 23P1 I 11 2003 ; 4010 6325
Barley Qrs. 577 26 700 1303
Malt
1 561
Oats Qrs. 2736 153 288 D
Rye
Beans Qrs. g 4 1 1350 1363
Pease Qrs. 4 4016 4020
Shelled BarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs. 1 ' 24;3 2453
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads 1296 7 , 2 1305
Flour. Sacks 1734 162 ! 1896
Ditto Brls. 25560 2926 28486

In'o Runcorn, Ireland a
qrs.; Oatmeal, loads;

vi Cons'
Flour,

ise.—Malt, qrs. ; OstSt
sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; ClatS,
qrs. ; Pease, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal,
loads ; Flour, 15 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, qrs. ; Bar'
ley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn,
qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids ; Flour, sks, 10 brls.—Coastwise;
Wheat, 95 qrs.; Barley, 87 qrs.; Malt, qrs.; Oats, I',
qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 7 qrs.; Oatmeal, 297 loads
Flour, 366 sacks 464 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 13, 1944;
Wheat 54s.lid. I Barley 34s 10d I Oats ..225. 3d I Rye 345.2°'
Beans.. 375. Bd. I Pease.. 375. 3d.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat 55s 6d I Barley 335 2d Oats 22s 6d. Rye 345 la'
Beans.. 375. sd. j Pease.. 355. 6d.
Duty on Foreign Grain, &c.this week.
Wheatl7s od I Barley 5s Od Oats .. • . 6s od Rye.. ss 614
Beans Ls 6a I Pease.. I6d Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour 108 2S"

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
6d
Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. Os. 6d. I Oats .. Is. 61. I Rye.. 05,,d
Beans Os. 6d I Pease os. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour.. Os l•

Liverpool Averages, week ending 16th July, 1844. ,
Wheat, 1459 qrs., price, 475. lcd.; Barley, qrs., price, os. O.'
Oats, 4g2 qrs., price 2 !s. 2d. ; Beans, 109 qrs., price 395. ld''
Pease, qr., price us td.
Duties paid in Liverpool, for week ending 18th July,
Foreign—Wheat, 5901 qrs. ; Barley, 27 qrs.; Beans, 253 Cl'"
Pease, 148 qrs. ; Flour, 82 brls. Flour,
Colonial—Wheat, Wheat, 2000 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads;
18,453 brls.

WEAR VEND OF COALS.—The usual statement of the
River Wear vend of coals for the half-year ending c,n the
30th of June last, as sworn to by the straithmen of the
several collieries, has just been published, from which it
appears that the total vend of coal in the period referred
to was 175,974 chaldrons ; being 19,850 chaldrons
than in the corresponding period of 1843.

On Sunday morning, a fire broke out in the premiSeg
of Messrs. George 'Wilson and Co., lathe an_l tool makers,
Salford, which ended in the destruction of a great portiott
of those premises, as well as adjoining premises, in the
occupation of Messrs. J. G. Lavino and Co., sizers,
stiffeners, &c., and the property contained therein. The
loss is about £5,000.

TimPs.—Great damage has been done to the plan'
tations in this district by the gale on Saturday night On
Sunday morning. Poles hive been thrown down in 21
directions, and an experienced planter sates that not less
than twenty thousand of duty has been blown away. 111
one plantation of between 30 ;:nd 40 acres the damage,
is estimated at four tons. This added to the shortness 0
bine in Kent, and the extensive blight in Sussex, mu°
make the crop a short one.—Maidstone Inlelligencer.

TILE WESTMORELAND LAKES.--The company at the
lakes during the last few weeks has been very numerous.
The inns and lodging-houses at Bowness,Ambleside, Loot
Wood, and the Ferry, have been crowded. Amongst the
anglers to be seen on Windermere, is a lady, who, by the
bye, is no novice with the rod and line, busily engaged
from morn till night trolling for pike, spinning minnoor
for char, or bobbing for perch. She one day hooked no
less than twenty-six fine pike.
PROVISIONING THE NAVY.—Some idea may be formed
of the vast expense of provisioning the navy, from al,
annexed statement of the stores taken by the Albion, 9'
guns, when proceeding on her voyage to Gibraltar:—
3,385 gallons of rum, I,ooolb. tea, B.ooBlb. sugar, 4,9981. i
chocol,te, 1,90016. peas, 4.8001 b. pork, 2,9901 b. be
10.801. b. flour, 903 bags of bread, 89 gallons of vinegar'
and 619 b. soap. The quantity of live stock, and frogl,l
provi•ions, poultry, &c., was large in proportion.--0"
Examiner.

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ST. KATHARINE'S DOCKS.—At the half-yearly meet
of thi, . ompany, last week, the dividend of 24 per ten'
was declared. The statement of ships entered inward
e
for the last six months showed, compared with the satil
period of last year, an increase of 60 ships and 6930 tong'
th- rest ectire numbers being 375 ships and 75,997 tu,nt
and 435 ships and 82,927 tons. The gods landed duri,"
the same period showed an increase of 424 tons, the oei
li tet it's an increase of 1569 tons, and the goods warehouse
an increase of 354 tons.
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another time to fetch a load of clouds to litter t.e4
THE SHIPPING INTEREST.—There are at present - c
vessels (exclusive of steam-packets) entered outwards
vss
the London Custom-House, for foreign ports. Artl°4;
these are—For Alwa Bay, 7; Bombay, 9 ; Calcutta. Ivo
Ceylon, 4 ; Cape of Good Hope and lehaboe, 8 • Hoh,,,
Town, Pott Philip, and Sydney, 10; Madras, 4;' Vic,„`bs
ria, Macao, and Canton, &c., 3; West Indies, 16.--" ‘s
number of ships of all nations that passed the Sound,e,
June was—From the North Sea, 1633; from the 13altfribe
984 ; total, 2617. The English ships were—From '
North Sea, 373 ; from the Baltic, 249 ; total, 622.
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ROYAL ASSENT.—The royal assent was given, ,e,
commission, to the following bills :—The Batik Cber're.'
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Exemption, Dissentelo
Chapels, Isle of Man Customs Duties, Education of o,
Poor, &c., County Rates, Militia Ballot Suspenol°o:
Stock. in-Trade Assessment, Vagrants' Removal, Via
pike Acts Continuance, Parishes in Scotland, Prisensike
Scotland, Loan Societies in Ireland, arid the TuroP 1,.
Acts Continuance in Ireland Bills; also to the Edinbrtrcg;
Leith, and Granton, Ashton-under-Lyrae,
master, Mr.
and Liverpool, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and iv'''.
4,
nSoU:i,
ea,nda d t.e:
Chester,
,TGaffar,V)kailiek,,EGasltaesrgnowU,naionnd, j.oaontdborind.g
Delahole and Rock Railway Bills; and several other miii
latelyA E D
complained TO PLE AsE .against
h °int
haes nLo Litchfield,
c,. hpllfia
yee
rol
idsa
te,
yito whitewash the moon with a pot of 11111-,110
esit,hhead no right to pay the complainant 104,4
jobs," said Litchfield, " such as stain.
Mr. Chambers coll
comenel I
aas nuec oi, u
gatepostfsubn bills.
l Chambers,
d me the other Sunday, when I vli/ns-tld
of
pio d Wellingborough,
o f hisengagement. Thomas
for
turn
su to oc 1 hispE . work.oi
to the time he left.
my dinner, to cut a Bath brick into mutton choos.: riot
fry them in a four-wheel waggon at Vishuvious ;,1' it e
likely I can do them there conjuration tricks.' re,
complaint was discharged, and Litchfield ordered to
otbi
the evening of Tuesday last, Dorm,
Straken, an aged widow residing at Barnard Castle, 'cre-
ham, subject to a despondency of mind, after heLrritil%
vious attemut at suicide, received an order for en: obe
the Union Workhouse at Barnard Castle. but 9- bee
seemed so much better her friends delayed takieoged 0
there. About the time above mentioned she Pend 011
party of hay makers in a field by the river Tees, a 5001 e.
being questioned, stated she was going for a walk: ,r, Abpsuspicion was excited, and a boy sent to watch n't.oie IP,
just came up to witness her leaping into a deep 0.,
the Old Boat pool, opposite Eggliston Abbey. 740 out
dragged to land with a net hook, and when tne. VP
moved a little. Means were used to restore be '
jobs
fruitlessly.
A NOBLEMAN DONE.—A well-dressed ruenlieltbfl
Alves, of 24, Piccadilly, was brought before Mr•le'd Lord
Marlborough-street, charged with having svii" h. /13,
Charles Fitzroy out of two bills for £lOOO es% Leto"
prisoner had introduced himself to his lordship i?,YoreuSit;
dated in January last, to the following effect :---.
_..e 03e ,e
stances having come to my knowledge which inou!',.pt!P,
imagine that your lordship would be willing to aou:;eritil?!
loan of £lOOO or £2OOO, I take this opportunity lower c!,
to your lordship on the subject, as it is in mUensl Of,,
procure for your lordship that amount, onpe2u"sualgvt
gotiations followed. Mr. Alves received
curity, at a reasonable rate of interest."
t bills cf ~,,
his lordship never got the cash, although the_
then 1 OF
negotiated bills,—Alves receiving for one of
cash and a picture. Theh bills, ere

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