The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Earl Howe has been appointed Deputy Grand Master
of the Engfill Freemasons, uccler the Earl of Zetland.
John Toplis. tobacconist, of London, was, on Tnursday
last, fined £3OO fur having adul crated tobicco with sand.
earthy matter, &c. H was also condemned to torteit a
large quantity of tobacco.
Early on Wednesday morning a destructive act of in-
sendiar sm was committed up, n the extensive plantations
in the Foresi:, near Biushot, the property of Prince Albert,
and upwards of 700 acres have been totally destroyed.
On Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock their Majesties
the King and Queen of the Belgians embarked limn
W.,oiwich on b.iard the Princess Alice steam-packet, and
sailed for Ostend.

MR BARK HARVEST.—Bark stripping has commenced
generally throughout this county, tin o loa is were
delivered in tins city on Thursdsv. Toe price is rot fixed,
hut is generally thought to be. £4lss. per tau.--Hereford
Times.

Sir R. and Lady S.lle will arrive in England this week
8E passengers in the Greatt Liverpool. from Alexandria,
which is due at Southampton on the Bth ins .ant. Lady
George Pollock, the wife of the hero of Affghanistan, ar-
rived in town on Friday from India.
Tos CoNvicr AT YORK.—An order has been issued
that George Lowther, who was convicted at the last
assizes of the murder of the Marquis of Normaoby's gime-
ker per, and sentenced to be executed, shall be transported
for lit-.
PROSPECTS FOR GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS.—Sir
Robert Peel -ta ed, in the e un.e of Tuesita),'s proceed-
ins in the House of Comma lA, that there are no fewer
than 22.000 applicants for government situations. Out of
this enonnou: roul.ttude, how many have a chance of üb-
taitdog the object of th, it wishes ?
Tits EGG TRADE.—To give an idea of the extent of
this branch or traoe, it may be stated th-t Priucerr
Mice, tr, m Dublin to Fie, t.,,tiod, on Solida, brought
thir Y-eiu.t tons, or about 7110,000 eggs! The whole wile
despatched by railway to Mtn, [tester, 13:rmingham, and
Loudon.

FOUltrl fl EIIIIION.

Slondarkffice, Twelve o'clock,

Total Destruction of the Theatre-Royal,
➢lanchester, by Fire.

We regret to state that th.. Theatre Royal, Cooper-
street, Mani:hester, was thi; morning destroyed by fire;
but with, happily, no loss of li e. We have been enabled
as yet to obtain but a very iniperfect account, the parties
who arrived by the last railway train having learned little
more than the simple facts. It appears that last night " the
Christmas Carol" was presented, in the second actol which
a rocket is sent up from the stage. The inference is ttat part
of this combustible projectile had lodged in the canvas
of the scenes, or vvol- work, ab.ive ; and remained smoul-
dering and unnoticed during the night. Be this as it may,
smoke was seen to issue from the building at about six
o'clock this mottling, and on a door being opened, the
air rushed in, and the building was soon in a complete
blaze—defying all control. By seven o'clock it was
entirely burnt down. The firemen it is said directed their
attention tothe saving of the valuable property, warehouies,
&c. adjoining, which, however, suffered considerable
damage.

Half-past One o'clock p.m.

The fire, at the departure of the last train, was quite
subdued, and all danger to the adjoining premises was at
an end. The walls of the Theatre were still standing.
As to the origin of the fire, nothing is known beyond
what has already been communicated. It is fortunate
that, owing, perhaps, to the peculiar formation of theatres,
in which there is little to burn beyond scenery and
benches, the conflagration was confined within the build-
ing, which is surrounded by a mass of the most valuable
property in the town. At one end of the Theatre, which
is situated in Fountain-street, is a calico warehouse,
which was formed a few years ago by taking away a
portion of the box lobby. At the back, divided from it
only by a narrow street, were several valuable warehouses,
the Assembly and Club Rooms, facing Mosley-street ;
and at the front the Parish•offic-s, and the extensive silk-
mills of Messrs. Oceleston and of Messrs. Tootal, adjoin-
ing to which is a ma-s of buildings, very closely packed,
which, if ignited, must have resulted in a vast sacrifice of
property.

The Theatre itself belongs to a company of proprietors,
and, we understand, is, with the proprietors' scenery, &c.,
folly insured ; and, not having been a p ying concern of
late, will, in all probability, never be rebuilt. The site,
which is of great value, will must likely be in a short time
covered with warehouses.

FIFTH EDITION.

Standard-lice, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—This DAY.

A good Tuesday's busineQs has been done to-day by
consumers, an] several speculators have been operating, to
wl,a, extent has not %et transpired. The sales will reach
3 or 4000 bales at full market prices.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, This DAY.

(Prom Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.)

The receipts of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, into this
port from Ireland since the Ist instant, have fallen off
considerably compared with many previous weeks ; and
except of English Malt and Foreign Barley, of which we
have to note a fair supply, the arrivals, both Coastwise
and from abroad, are rather unimportant.

•
Upon a more numerous attendanceof town and country
buyers than usual, all sorts of English, Irish, and Foreign
free Wheat were in more lively request this morning than
for some time past, realizing an advance of full Id., and,
in some instances, 2d. per 701 b. over the rives of last
week, at which a moderately extensive business was trans-
acted, the marktt c/o-lug steadily at the amendment.
Home made and Irish Rolm also met a fair demand, at an
improvement of Is. since this day week; but for States
and Canadian higher prices were unattainable.
Although English Making Barley remained unnoticed,
Foreign was saleable for grinding at an advance of 2d to
3d per 601b5.. and Malt was fully as dear as last week.
British and Foreign free Beans, and white Pease gene-
rally, must be noted Is. to 2s. per quarter higher; and of
Egyptian Beans, in bond, 60u0 to 8000 quarters were sold
yesterday and to-day at our improved quotations.
Oats were in free request at an advance of lid. per 451 b. ;
and Oatmeal was in fair demand for consumption, the
best marks of Irish bringing 21s. gd. per 2401 b.

MONTHLY ACCOUNT of Imports, Duties Paid,
and Bonded Stocks in Liverpool, viz. : —lmported into
Liverpool from the Ist to the 30th April,lB44. Foreign—
Wheat, 20,544 qrs ; Barl-y, 740 qrs. ; Oats, 2183 qrs. ;
Beans, 5970 qrs.; Oatmeal. 10 sacks; Flour, 17,487 Wis.
British and Colonial—Wheat, 5291 qrs.; Parley, 719
qrs.; Oats, 12.841 qrs.; Rye, 14 qrs. ; Beans, 1106 qrs.;
Pease, 293 qrs ; Oatmeal, 22,678 sacks; Flour, 17.742
sacks 629 brls. Duties paid in Liverpool from the 30th
March to the 30th April, 1814. Foreiyn—Wheat, 16.653
qrs.; Barley, 2465 qrs. ; Oats, 363 qrs. ; Beans, 3642
qrs. ; Pease, 366 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 206 qrs. ; Flour,
2362 brls. Colonial—Flour, 2035 brls. Stocks of Grain,
Flour, and Oatmeal, in Liverpool, 30th April, 1844. In
bond—Wheat, 34573 qrs. ; Barley, 715 qrs. ; Oats, 3978
qrs. ; Beans, 20,610 qrs. ; Pease, 4845 qrs. ; Flour, 72,091
barrels,

ARRIVALS OF CORN.
From the 30th April to the 6th May. 1844, inclusive,

rag. COAST PO.
LAND. WISE. CANADA.
REIGN. TOTAL
..—____,...
Wheat .. ... Ors. 27 . 1003 i 1725 2755
Barley Qrs. 1) 267 2396 2673
Malt Qrs. 29 389' 3919
Oats Qrs. 1113 326 240 1679
kye Qrs.
Beans Qrs. 1000 1000
Pease Qrs. 22 123 870 1017
Shelled liarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs.
Rapeseed Qrs..
Oatmeal .. Loads 1516 6 1652
Flour. .. .. Sacks 097 351 1048
Ditto

In o Runcorn. I
1130 qrs. Oatmeal

Inland nn
• !82 load!.

Coast
i; Flour,

rise. Wheat,
sacks,

; Oats,

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats.
qrs.: Pe qrs.; Indian Cor qrs.; Oatmeal, 3
loads ; Flour. 236 brls.--Ireland Wheat, 567 qrs. Bar-
ley, s'; qrs ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs.; Indian Corn,
qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, sks, 3g brls.--Coa,twise.
Wheat, 379 qrs. ; Harley, 24 qrs ; Malt. qrs.; Oats. 25
qrs. ; Beans, 5 qrs. ; Pease, 10 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 126 loads ;
Flour, 281 sacks 114 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending April 27, 1544
Wheat 555. 6d. Barley 325. 7d. I Oats 205. Id. I Rye 31s. 2d
Beans.. 31s. 4d. I Pease.. 30s. Sd.

Aggregate average of the six weeks

Wheat 558 fidißiiley 326 10d I Oats 20s (.7'd7rfiye 323 10d.
Beans.. 316. 2d. j Pease.. 31s. 4d.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c.this week.
Wheatl7s 0d I Barley 6s Od Oats .. . 6s od Rye.. I^s 6d
Beans lus 6a I Pease.. 10s 6d I I Ind. Corn Os 04 Flour los 22d

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. Os. lid. Oats .. 2s. Od. Rye.. is 6d
Beans 28. Od t Pease 28. od. Ind. Corn os.od. I Flour .. Os yid
Liverpool Averages, week ending 30t1t April, 1844.
Wheat, 508 qrs., price, 51s. d. ; Barley, 15 qrs., price 31s. 4d.;
Oats, 1 sy qrs., price 18s. 7d. ; Beans, qrs , price —5. —d.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Wednesday last was

the b rhday of the Duke of Wellington, who-completed
his 75th year. Hia grace dined inthe evening with Count
and Countess Sr. Au:a re, at Manchester House, where a
grand banquet was gio.eia by his excellency in honour of
the fête day of his Majesty the King of the French. In
the morning of the .arne day, his grace, accompanied by
the Marchioness of Douro, honoured M. Claudet with a
sitting for a portrait' at the daguerreotype establishment
in the Adel tide Gallery. The noble duke sat twice, and

the result;;;estretnely satisfactory.—Slandard. '
AWFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—OR Wednesday last
a destructive fire took place at Stretham, near Ely. The
tsadrodninlagbotuhreerbsiackTshaelitfihr,eB
destruction of property is enormous. Twenty-five houses,
&c., have b. en tazed to the ground, including the dwelt..
It is
. supposed that some
trigs of wealthy agricueilsituotbvrxeils.
otzgri.noafetiml in
r jaoshmnawll
_sti4.ed premises seized upon by the
tsrpoair.ik)es.of
Thhoet iron
fiam ew..efrreomthetihme immediate tes
oCoanus
communicated
of the cat as .
with Mr. W,oier:s I
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tsoe:ltht: ‘lteiteuar:snteati oNhnneeodous.
ttottne?Noisl ise,d,trre
a,wwlaa,einrsr demt
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safety
Wright'sga
fhaetnt y
estxTekt:syvterdand
well
°:joertvnit°l:leerditvi.igfl,la,rgtehe flutes spread with such frightful rapidity,
on ht,th sides of t.hexhes2to,r4e.aormttil,ltgtehaa t in a little more than an
hour from ill- time of their breaking out, twenty.five
~ceop -oho's, extruding over about 15 acres of g ound,
hgarseaht .eproitets,
otintt.etlkeatpbw,.:
il:wter:;eeyni being, ini, blaze.g:oowoe If' ei d':
r , unin,ured. A fire of s onewhat si.
whir charact-r occurred in Stretham 73 years ago, going
over very nearly the same *round,

Mav 7, NV.

SP() ELLIGENCE.

CHESTER RACES.

TUESDAY.
A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES 01" 50 sovs Pach, 11 ft, colts

Bst 410, fillies Bst; two miles ; 10 sobs.
Mr. br e Brunel by Velocipede.— (Holmes) 1
Sir It. bu!keley's hi f Coal-black Rose..(G.Whitehouse) 2

A MATCH 49 -ovs each, p:p.; mile and half.
Mr. Smith's I. g TWlNletun, abed, Bst (Copt.land) I
Mr. Collect's br h Ron, WAlore,a;ed 9,t.(Whitehouse) 2
Even betting. and 5 to 4 on Rory O'More.

A SW P.RPSTA KES of 25 sovs each, for two years old colt%
8-t 5113, tithes Bat 2h ; half a mile ; 12 subs.
Mr. Worthington's eh f Lancashire Witch .... (Oates) I
Mr. Smith's gr f Alice Gray (Holmes) 2

Six others started.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya each, with 50 soya added 61
the Proprietors of the Grand Ftand, for horses that,
❑ever won before the day of entry for the PlateS.
Heirs, one mile and a half; three yeas old 6st 1016,:
four Bst 21b. five Bsr 81b, six and aged Bst 121 b; mare",
and geldit.gs allowed 31b.; 5 subs.
Mr. Daw-o 's b e Daft Watty, 4 yrs (Lye) 4 1
.1
Mr. Speed's ch gWalron, 3 yrs . ..(Ahdale) 12 3,
Mr. Wils be by Ham vton, 3 yrs.. (Darl.ng) 2 dia.
Sir R. Pigot's ch f by Dr. Faustus, 3 years
(Arthur) 3 d

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