The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

RECEIPTS AND STOCKS OF COTTON AT DATES•

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ItHCEIPTS. STOCILS• .
35 061
This season. Last. This season. Lii"
New Orleans, July 6 835,494 1,064,812 .. 44,202 ,30
Mobile, July 6 436,2(6 479,094 .. 11,250 .4
Florida, June 29 143,110 159,341 .. 1,940 3,:,/
Georgia, July 13 232,939 290,174 .. 4,962 71,
S. Carolina, July 13 293,936 346,126 .. 18,982 10,Suv3„.
N. Carolina, July 6 8,515 8,977 • • oiR
Virginia, July 1 13,800 10,000 .. 2,500
Other pots, July 6 — __
.. __ 10
New York, July 16 — .. 96,400 54°_,
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Total 1,99:,050 2,358,824 .. 180,236 115,23.

EXPORTS TO DATES AS ABOVE.
Great North of Other
Tote*
Britain. France. Europe. Ports.
5 0,401
This year.... 1,143,951 270,558 55,167 68,725
Last year .. 1,444,686 332,402 112,518 70,307 9 991
Year previous 912,156 384,964 68,137 47,483 1,415e7

FREIGHTS.
Liverpool.. 3-16 d to id
Havre .... nominal.

EXCHANGE.
London.. 9 to 9i
Paris .... 5,26*

HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

(From yesterday's Herald.)
We understand that yesterday an intimation was Oen:,
veyed to the leading members of the Cabinet from t°'
principal medical attendant of her Majesty to hold theta;
selves in hourly readiness for an event which the natiotil:
large looks forward to with anxiety- The Lord Preside°
of the Council, Lord Wh'rncliffe, the Duke of BtlC:
leugh, Sir Robert Peel, &c. have consequently ran
every necessary arrangament to leave town for \Vial°
Castle at a moment' notice.

The four days' sale of the manuscripts from the libran
of the late Duke of Sussex has produced nearly £2,900'
The Worshipful and Rev. Chancellor Raikes has 115
pointed the Rev. Richard Walker, perpetual curate
Great Crosby, a surrogate for the diocese of Chester. ,
The National Society's special fund for the establis'::
ment of schools in the manufacturing and mining distric'
has now reached £152,216. than
A statement appeared in the Albion of yesterday,
Mr. Staniforth had resigned the distributorship of stain
for this district. We know not how the report can ha
l
originated, but there is not the slightest ground for it.
Warner, who is accused of robbing the Birming°so
Bank, has been arrested in Chester by the local pcllli
o
who are, consequently, entitled to the £lOO offered zir
the culprit's apprehension. He has been committed L'"
trial on the charge.
The Rev. Mr. Margoliouth has received an intineatrons
from head quarters, that her most gracious Majesty the
requested that her name may be placed at the head of a
subscription list for the translation of the Talmud, ab°
to be commenced by him.
MECHANICS INSTITUTION.—RECENT EXSIB /.
q.ll
—Total ',umber of season tickets sold at 2s. 6c1..--.1,0
ditto at ss. 888. Number of people who descended to &9
diving bell 3187. Total amount of money received S4,l';
12s. lid. Greatest amount in one day £152 3s.
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least £5O 9s. sd.
LAUNCH OF THE CAMBRIA.—On Thursday, a of the
tiful steam-ship, named the Cambria, the propertYAcket
British and North American Royal Mail Stearn„gessrs.
Company, was launched from the building-yard of 01 older
Robert Steele and Co., Greenock. In size and
she will, in every respect, be the same as the
DEVONSHIRE CYDER.—The season for 1111a;tindant
and when new it is best—has now arrived. t 1 :01y renders
crop of apples, and their superior quality, Oars. Mr. S.
it as cheap but as good as on former Y The
Bowden's advertisement appears in an
cyder he REAPERS. now on hand is excellent.
reapers
IRISH —The number of Irish
of
in the Lilt).
came to this port, as deck pasgengers, 've
exclust
Dublin Company's steamers (almost the
5 180'
veyance for these people), was last month (JULY)
,„An•
The number within the same month last year was 3,716uvl
so that it appears the incarceration of O'Connell has in
no means deterred the immigration of " the boys." Tbd
present month is, however, the principal one for thiskt
of import—so annoying to our native harvest laboarta
from the reduction of wages which it causes—andfre 5°
other column.

furnish the returns in due time.
SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday, the master of the
barque Adelaide was brought before Mr. Rushton, at I°,
police-court, charged by the revenue officers vvith hal`ff
on board about 351 b. of foreign manufactured tobaec..ur;
with intent to smuggle it. It consisted of a box of eigtlA
and other tobacco, which was found concealed on boeorel
some of it in drawers with hollow bottoms. The Pris°cied
said he did not intend to smuggle it. He was remit°
boat
until Thursday. when it will be known whether the boa
in London will prosecute him for the offence. T,
Loss OF THE " MANCHESTER," STEAMER.--'' pE
letter received from Cuxhaven, it appears that two, to
Mr. Carte's life buoys, with a corpse in each, floatts.
the north shore, from the unfortunate steamer Mencroo
ter. Had this vessel been lost nearer the land, tP.,O
poor fellows, in all probability, would have not only bs,
saved, but been the means of rescuing the crew and 11,11.,..
sengers of this ill-fated vessel : as a communication
tween the ship and the shore would have been obtaineof
and, as in the cases of the Victoria and Amity, Pr,c).b,is of
Arnerien
with the same happy result—the saving of the isti`"
every soul on board those vessels.
EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILVVAI-ri 0;
noticed, at the commencement of the present so.s,,'"-$OO
parliament, the application of the Edinburgh, Lenalto
Newhaven Company for powers and additional en' ti°
enable them to enter upon the formation of a continuti,
line to Granton pier, by which a large additional tnrf
was to be secured. This application, we are haP.,7or
state, has been granted, notwithstanding a viger°,,„'" rt,'
position in committee, which has been successful/01
butted ; and the undertaking, under the changed and pd
more appropriate title of the Edinburgh, Leith? 001
Granton Railway, is now progressing favourably
its spirited management, with the new powers 0„
vantages thus acquired. For the particulars of t".,,,bu
rangements made, we refer the reader to an 000 00
drawn-upreportinour advertising columns, the stateld
in which are so succinct and complete as to
nothing to add, beyond expressing our sincere wis" A
the prosperity of an undertaking which cannot bet.,'-offr
a great boon upon the important country to which
its facilities. 0.0
DIED.—On Saturday last, at his residence, thit°
suddenly, John James, Esq., aged 44 years.

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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AvG,,„ct
The market to-day has been rather quiet, steadY Qp
8000 bags having been sold, including :000 for export•
turday the sales were 5000 bags, and on Friday 6000.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, Atlo'oforve
There is little or no alteration to quote in the pricesci toy+
at our Cattle market of late, the supply being go°66j
time of the yaar. Beef Sid to 6d; Mutton Sid to
sid to 6d.