The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

rirtieles of :rest interest were

ceipt for .e 6 Gs. 4d., for excise levied at Manchester by the Pre
tender in 1745. was exhibited by Mr. Clare; and an interestin

explanation of the circumstances was given from a history of
the rebellion, by Mr. James hay, of Whitehaven. Mr. Clare
also showed a list which he bad extracted from the pa
cords of Wigan, of persons who were lobe touched by t
at Chester, forthe cure of the evil. The date
1647 /temp James II.) Mr. Mayer exhibited
interesting d eument. the property of the 11ev. Thomas B. Ing-
ham, of Rainhid; a r7ceipt oared September 4th, 1(43, for
money and provisions which had been furnished to the Ki g
(Charles 1.) Mr. Mayeralso exhibited a beautiful Am-to-Boman
fibula, which had been lent by the committee of the Chester
Mechanics' Institution, together with several from his own
collection. A woodcut of the former, from a drawing by Mr.
Pidgeon, was handed round in proof, together with pictorial it
lustrations of the manner of wearing the artich
A few re!

ust 26th,
!eedingly

rks were read, descriptive of the brooch fibula, or
" perone." by Mr. Pidgeon, displaying both research and good
taste. Mr. Brook exhibited three ancient and curious deeds
relative to p:operty in Sutton, of the reign of Charles I. and
Charles 11. ; and Mr. Moore produced a complete series of
documents, acts of parliament, maps, drawings, &c., relative
to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The first p per read was by Frank Howard, Esq
historical decorations 110 W putting up in the (.4ratornar School,
Freston," which was illustrated by general s! etches, and by
cartoons for the different divisons of the subject
that the funds of the Corporation► h

" on the

It appear,
ie accidentally

mixed np with the endowMent of the Grammar Schobl and
the Corporation in settling the matter on an equitable footing
have agted with great liberality towards the cause of education.
An individual, at his own cyst, has engaeed Mr. Howard to
execute the series of frescoes described in the paper, so that the
young Way be educated through the eye as well as through the
understanding. The selection of proper objects, and the skill
shown in the general arrangement, showed how important it is
to the artist to be a man of gei
The second gaper was by Dr
presented to the Society

he quern rPcently

.s in general. A
her with the Saxon
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nd on hand no
Working model was phiced on the ta,le. tore
relic, and not only the places, periods, and us
w ere detailed, but the allusions to it

the Scripturei and from our Old Engli,h writers.- An animated
conversation followed. in which much light was thrown on the
subject, especially by Mr. Sutton, the Chairman, Mr. Pidgeon,
and Dr. Thom.
Some additional remarks were read by the Chairman, in con-
tinuation of his paper on the ancient Cheshire family of De la
Wyche, already in the hands of the members.

The manner of preparing the proceedings, in the interval
between every two meetings. gave great satisfaction ; and it was
announced that the forthcoming part would be accompanied by
several illustrations. The number of members was stated to be
upwards of two hundred, and rapidly increasing.

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Marseilles journals say t
Mentor arrived at Marseilles on the 28th, bringing the
news that the Pope had left Rome on the 25th, and had
embarked, on the morning of the 26th, on board the
steam frigate Tenare, which was to bring him to Toulon
or to Marseilles.

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LONDON MONEY MAR

YESTERDAY

- We have a very quiet market this moi fling, but with the
quotations a shade better in Consols than they opened. They
are now-87i to a both for money' and time. Reduced Threes
are 86f to 4. Three-and-Quarter per Cents., 80- to /). Exche-
quer Bills, 41s. to 445. premium. Bank Stock, 188 to 190.

LONDON CORN NIARKET

-YhSTKKI)A

The 'supply of English Wheat by land carriage samples from
the near-counties was again .small thif morning, and factors
were enabled to obtain last Monday's prices. In foreign Wheat

there was more business done than-of late, a consideraOle retail
sale to country millers haring taken place, at the quotations of
this day se'nnight ; and,hati factors been disposed to submit to
a reduction of Is- to 2s. per quarter, the town millers would
have been free buyers. Malting Barley in moderate supply,
and its value fulty supported; distilling and grinding quali-
ties were in request at our previous quotations. Supplies of
Irish Oats increase, and such were fid. cheaper ; other descrip-
tions barely maintained late rates. Old Beans and maple Peas
were each Is. lower. New Beans, and other sorts of Peas with-
out alteration. Flour dull, but quotations remain the same.
SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.

We have not quite so many Beasts as on Monday last ; the
supply is, however, tolerably good, both as respects numbers
and quality. Trade is brisk for the choicest descriptions, and
our top quotations more freely realised than of late; but we
cannot, on the average, quote any advance. There are a few
more Sheep, but the number is still small; the demand, how-
ever, is so very limited, and the dead trade so dull, that we
cannot make higher prices. The number of Calves is very
small, and Friday's prices are readily obtained.