The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

LATEST FROM SPAIN.

Accounts have been received from Madrid to the 11th
instant. Two battalions of the National Guard of
Seville resisted the order for their disarmament, and that
great excitement and disorder prevailed there.
Further accounts had reached Madrid from the pro-
vince of Mercia, stating that Bonet, who had not been
engaged, as eroneously stated, at Elda on the sth inst
had on the following day recaptured the artillery and
prisoners captured by General Pardo from the insurgents.
Additional arrests had taken place, but the Count de
Las Nevas and several officers of the National Gtrards,
aga'nst whom warrants had been issued, had esnapect
the search of the police.

A few Senators and about 70 deputies of the former
majority had signed and presented an address to the'
Queen, in which they expressed their unalterable devos
tion to the throne. They had likewise voted an ad-,
dress to the Queen-mother, and deputed Messrs. Card--
quiri and Vilehes to compliment her Majesty in theie
name on her arrival in Spain. The proceedings in tha
case of Messrs. Madoz, Cortina, and others, were not
yet terminated. The prisoners were still in solitary con--
tinement.

The Political Chief of Murcia had written to the
Minister of the Interior, that the insurgents of Cartha-
gena had retired from Murcia, carrying off all the public
monies, together with large sums- exacted from the
wealthy inhabitants- of the place. The Queen's troops
reoccupied it on the Bth ;. General Joeed'e la Concha ar-
rived there on the same day.

WALLASEY Docxs-.—The Wallasey Dock Bill has
passed the standing orders.
THE CHASE.—The Cheshire fox-hounds will meet on
Monday, the 19th. at Beeston Castle ; Tuesday, the 20th,
at Tatton Park ; Thursday, the 22d, at Hankelow ; Fri-
day, the 23d, at Hurleston ; and Saturday, the 24tb, at
Broadlleld Green, at half-past ten o'clock.
GRAND FANCY DRESS FALL.—We understand that it
has been determined to hold a grand fancy dress ball in
the splendid suite of rooms at the Town-hall, in about a
month from the present date, for the benefit of the public
charities. The arrangements will be on the most exten-
sive and magnificent scale.
SALVERITY OF THE MERSEY DISTRICT.*ITI,the late
quarterly returns of the registry in the rural districts
bordering upon the Mersey, the deaths are in general
much below the usual average. In the township of Hale,
containing, by the late census, a population of 645,per-
sons, not one death occurs in the- register between April
26, 1843, and January 30, 1844, a period of more than.
nine months'

FLATTERING TESTIMONY NT) THE CREWS OF Zrig
MAGAZINES-AND THE LIVERPOOL LIFE-BOATS.—The'
following letter, addressed to the chairman and members'
of the Dock Committee, in relation to the services of these'
boats on a recent• occasion. was read at•the meeting of the-
Dock Committee on Thursday last:.-" The Marine Sur-
veyor reports that on the morning of the llth instant the'
Magazines and Liverpool life-boats proceeded (in tow of
the Mona and Victoria steam-tugs) to the assistance of
the ship Franconia, ashore on Great &who Bank, near
the Formby light. ship, and succeeded in transferring all
the passengers, amounting to 158 persons, to the Mona,
Victoria, and Hero steam-tugs, without any accident,•
although the sea appears to have been heavy at the time-
The Magazines life-boat having arrived first on the spot.
had made two or three trips previously to the arrival °'`
the Liverpool boat. The master states that he had as
many as forty-four persons in the boatat one time, besides
llis own crew of eleven men- The promptitude rind exer-
tions of the life-boat crews on this occasion appear to have
been extremely praiseworthy." (Signed,) D. LORD.
THE RATTLER• AND PROMETII7I.IS STEAmEns.—
From want of space in our last number we briefly alluded
to the recent trial of speed on the Thames between H. I\l'
steamers Rattler and Prometheus, merely stating that the
former vessel had beaten the latter one at the rate of
nearly half a knot per hour, their relative speed being
8.757 and 9.240 knots per hour. It will be recollected
that the Rattler has been fitted with the screw expressly
for the purpose of comparing its powers with those of the'
the paddle wheel, but as this could not be fairly tested in
two ships of different form and capacity, the government
caused her to be built upon the same model as the third
class war steamers, (of which Prometheus is one,) and to
t irsefsaucitti
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at the et
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bears.t an d
have the same amount of engine power, draught of water,
S4gicv.enB4gc.reat Thesa
out the favourable opinion we expressed of the merits of
the screw propeller when our port was-first visited by the
Archimedes nearly four years since. We are glad to see
that this important• subject has at last been taken up with
a degree of spirit becoming of the present administration
at the head of our naval affairs, by whom a series of ex-
periments have been ordered to be made upon the Rattler,
with various modifications of the screw propeller, so as to
ascertain the best possible form prior to its general intro-
duction into H. M. navy. These experiments have been
confided to the care of Mr. Brunel, projector of the Great
Britain, of Bristol, Mr. F. P. Smith, patentee of the screw
propeller, and the officers of Woolwich dockyard. This
is doing things as they should be done, and we hope ere
long to see the unsightly, cumbersome and dangerous pad-
dle boxes entirely dispensed with, and substituted by the•
use of the screw propeller.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—During the past week the talented
lessee, Madame Celeste, has added, to the attraction of
the performances at this theatre her own beautiful acting.
'in " St. Marv's Ere," and " The Pretty Girls of Stel-
berg " The new comic pantomime " The Merrie Devil
of Edmonton, or Great Bed of Ware," got up for the.
purpose of displaying the amusing feats of the Boleno Fa-
mily, has concluded each evening's entertainments, and
been very favourably received. It is got up with great:
splendour, and some of the tricks and metamorphoses are
admirably managed. On Wednesday evening the farce of
the " Rendezvous" was introduced as the interlude, in
which the acting of Mr. Compton convulsed the house-
with laughter. This actor, in,the line of characters which
he takes, is almost unapproachable. His face alone,.in
some of the situations which occur in the " Rendezvousr
was a comedy of itself. On Friday Madame Celeste took
a benefit, on which occasion Mr. Webster repeated his
excellent delineations of Napoleon. The house was a.
crowded and fashionable one, the novelties of the even-
ing being a scenic drama, entitled " A Christmas Carol,
or Past, Present, and Future," founded upon the-recently
published " Carol" of Charles Dickens. The piece is ex-
cellently got up throughout—both scenery, machinery,
and characters—and the tableaux presented are most
striking. The dinner at Bob Cratchit's (Cratchit,
Compton) was famous. " Never was such a goose'
Mr. Ross, as Master Peter Cratchit, was a most odd fish.
and, irresistibly droll. The ball at Fizziwig'S, too, was
quite a racy affair, and not a few of the audience, we dare,
say, were longing to join the merry compsay. We would
recommend our readers to see this " Christmas carpi."
It has a moral worthy of their serious consideration, and
will be an excellent aid in enforcing the lessons which
Dicken's has conveyed somewhat more at length in his
inimitable book.

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
-FEBRUARY 19.
Potatoes, 901 b s. d. s. d. Flay, old lb 0 66J0 10
Pink-eyes
Cups
Short-tops 1 13 2 2 Straw ,Wheat. 0 3a___ 6 ai
Cattle
Turnips, P ton .... 29 0. —23 0 Barley
Carrots 29 0 —32 0 Manglewurzle 0 0 —23 0

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LIVERPOOL.
21141DAllE CELeSTE Mr. WEBSTER. Lessees.
Dress Boxes. 3e.; Upper Boxes, 2e.;
Gallery. fig , all Ike Evening.
POR TIIP: BENEFIT OF MRS. CLARKE.
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th inst.,
the new Drama of
THE CHRISTMAS CAROL.
After which a favourite Comedy, called
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
In Which Madame CELESTE and Mr. WEBSTER will per-
form their original characters, Count St. Louis and
Sir James Courtall.
Baroness Fitzstoutk ...... Mrs. Clarke.
To conclude with the new Comic. Pantomime, called
HARLEQUIN AND .THE MERRIE DEVIL OF

EDMONTON.
Principal Characters by the Boleno Family.
In the course of the Pantomime, Mr. SWEENEY will
Sind a favourite NIGGER SONG, accompanied by him-
self on the Banjo.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET.
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th inst.,
the Grand Military Drama, entitled,
THE DEATH OF GENERAL KLEBER ;
Or, The French Campaign in Egypt.
The whole to conclude with a New Italian Pantomime,
entitled,
IL DIAVOLO DEL ABRUZZI.
On FRIDAY next, a GRAND CHANGE of EN-
TERTAINMENTS, for the BENEFIT of MONS.
,
ERDINAND, the celebrated Juggler on Horseback.
Doors to be open at Half-past Six, and the Entertain-
ments to commence at Seven precisely.

LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.
LECTURES on TUESDAY and FRIDAY EVEN-
INGS, AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.
THIS EVENING, the 20th instant, WILLIAM
STURGEON, Esq. (late of Woolwich) will com-
tnr,e,"‘". a COURSE of SIX LECTURES on ELECTRI-
-
er" , illustrated by numerous experiments with a pow-
sful A —pparatus.

THE FOLLOWING COURSES WILL FOLLOW:--
On Church Music, by S. S. Wesley, Mus. Doc.
On the Development of Animal Existences, by Profes-
sor T. Rymer Jones.
On the Principal British Poets, by James Montgomery,
r.eq.

On Botanical Physiology, (at the request of the Direc-
tors,) by John Roby, Esq., M.R.S.L.
On the British Classics, by Professor Calvert.
Arrangements are in progress for other interesting
Courses.
TERMS OF ADMISSION PER ANNUM, TERMINATING 31ST

DECEMBER.
Lower Gallery, Gentlemen, £2 2s. ; Ladies, LI Is.
Body, Gentlemen, LI Is.; Ladies, 10s. 6d.

PER SINGLE LECTURE.
Lower Gallery, 2s. , Body, or Upper Gallery, ls.
J. GREGORY JONES, Secretary.

WELSH CHARITY BALL.
A BALL will be held, at the TOWN-HALL, on TUES-
DAY next, the 27th instant, in AID of the FUNDS
of the WELSH CHARITY SCHOOLS.
Mrs. J. PEMBERTON HEYNirOOO, Lady Patroness.
Hon. LLOYD KENYON, President.
ITTEE :
Ellis Jones, Esq.
J. B. Lloyd, Esq.
Thomas Moss, Esq.
Cottingham Moss, Esq.
Edmund Molyneux, Esq.
Thomas Littledale, Esq.
Daniel Neilson, Esq.
Edward Parry, Esq.
M. L. Pritchard, Esq.
H. R. Sandbach, Esq.
W. Sandbach, Esq. -
Samuel Thompson, Esq.
J. N. Walker, Esq.
Owen Williams, Esq.
Robert Wynne, Esq.
,e WELSH HARPERS will be

James Aspinall, Esq.
Thomas Barber, Esq.
Glynne Bateson, Esq.
N. D. Bold, Esq.
D. C. Buchanan, Eqi-
Ricbard Edwards, Esq.
W. C. Fosbery, Esq.
. F. Foster, Esq.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq.
Richard Griffith, Esq.
,a• P. Heywood, Esq.
Richard H. Jones, Esq.
tenjamin:H. Jones, Esq.
C. W. Jones, Esq.
Richard Jones, Esq.
HORABIN'S BAND and th,
01 attendance.
Tickets, 10s. each, to be
at the usual places.

COMM

had of the Committee, and

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

IN VIEW, FOR A VERY LIMITED PERIOD,
AT THE

LYCEUM, BOLD-STREET,
THE MAGNIFICENT PICTURE, Painted by
, RIC HARD I ANSDELL, of "THE GE-
T'RAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL-
RAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND FOR THE
uTRIAL AND INSPECTION OF IMPLEMENTS,"
Obtaining the Portraits (all from Life) of upwards of
...ne Hundred and Thirty of the Society s distinguished
Jnembers, amongst which will be found that of
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
His Grace the Duke of Richmond
His Grace the Duke of Sutherland
His Grace the Duke of Bedford
His Grace the Duke of Rutland
His Grace the Duke of Cleveland
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort
Most Noble the Marquis of Downsbire
Most Noble the Marquis of Exeter
Right Hon. Earl Spencer
Might Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke
Right Hon. the Earl of Le'ccster
Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie
Right Hon. Lord Western
Right Hon. Lord Burlington
Right Hon. Lord Portman
Right Hon. Lord Camoys
.„.,Righl Hon. Earl of Lovelace
Right Hon. Earl of Talbot
Right Hon. C. Shaw Lefevre, M.P.
Right Hon. Lord Worsley, M.P.
Str Charles M. Burrell, Bart., M.P.
Sir Oswald Moseley, Bart., M.P.
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P.
Sir P. Mackenzie, Bart.
Sir Charles Tempest, Bart.
08.1 r J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P.
1311" G. C. Morgan, Bart.
Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart.
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P.
Sir Francis Lawley, Bart.
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P.
olonel J. Le Conteur
LyonDPlayfair
Rep,
Justus Liebig
h''", Dr. Buckland
professor Charles Daubeney
brrOfessor -- Johnston
Wofessor Henslow
? professor VV. Sewell.
Oper:e, Admission on presentation of Address Cards.
e,'rona Ten till Four o'clock, Daily.
February 121 h, 1841.

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H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF
S
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"60'414 one or two teaspoonfulls. For children, to
the 41, the common Senna Tea is unconquerably loathsome,
Extract of Senna is truly invaluable. Being
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ill/I'ttee.Dated oni by T. and H. SMITH, Chemists, 21,
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't D EXTRACT OF SENNA.
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THE NATIONAL CORN LAW ASSOCIATION,

FOR THE.

PROIECTION OF AGRICULTURE.

THE efforts now making throughout the United King-
dom, by the friends of the Agricultural Classes, are
not only most laudable, but may be regarded as a type of
the extent of injury, which is at all times to be appre-
hended from the machinations of weak and designing
demagogues; but however great and generous the exer-
tions of the provincial Pro-Cora Law Societies may be,
they can effect but little real advantage in the absence of a
point of general concentration and succour. It is, there-
fore, proposed to establish a permanent Pro-Corn Law
Society in the Metropolis, to be called "THE NATIONAL
CORN LAW ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
AGRICULTURE."

The objects of this Association are :-
Ist. —To correspond with all the Provincial Societies of
a similar character constantly, and to advise with them
indisidually and collectively, in all cases of emergency.
2d.—The Association to use the utmost vigilance and
exertion during the existence of the Anti-Corn Law
League, and to meet the demonstrations of the latter by
counter demonstrations in London and the Provinces;
and fir this purpose the Society to employ men of talent
to attend the Pro-Corn Law Meetings, to rebut the
League's statements and assertions, and, by every means
in their power, to set the public right, as to the real
objects of the present Anti-Corn Law Agitation.
3d.—ln consequence of the alarming spread of incen-
diarism in the Agricultural Districts, the funds of this
Association will be employed in the detection and prose-
cution of offenders, and in the adoption of such other
means as may appear advisable for the suppression of that
disastrous evil.

4th.—The Association to hold a conference once a week,
and oftener if requisite, during the existence of the
Anti-Corn Law League, and to make arrangements for
the immediate concentration of the leading members of
the Provincial Societies; and also to collect reports from
those societies, showing the progress of the cause in their
respective localities.

sth.—This Association on no account to trespass on
the ground already taken by other societies, in London or
elsewhere, for the advancement of Agricultural Science,
but to confine its operations to the maintenance of the
moral and political influence, as well as the pecuniary
interests, of the Agricultural Classes throughout the
United Kingdom. . .

6th.—The- Association to open a Subscription List
forthwith for all parties desirous of becoming members,
and supporting the Agricultural interests of the United
Kingdom. Subscriptions of Patron Members, £3 3s. per
Annum. A Contribution of Fifty Guineas constitutes a
Life Member, and a Subscription of One Guinea an
Ordinary Member, who shall be entitled to attend all the
Meetings, and receive the Society's Reports.
ith.--The controul of the funds and general business of
the Association to be intrusted to a Council of Twelve
Members, (with power to add to their number,) Chair-
man, and Secretary. The Council to be required to meet
daily for despatch of business, during the existence of the
Anti-Corn Law League, and five members of this Council
to constitute a quorum. _

Bth.—The Officers and Agents of the Association to be
appointed by the Council.

9th.—On the receipt of Subscriptions to the amount of
£lOOO the Association shall be declared to be formed, and
a Meeting of the Members will be forthwith called by the
Acting Secretary, and the necessary arrangements made
for immediate operations.
The absence of so many influential gentlemen, now
necessarily called to attend their Parliamentary duties,
from the remote districts of the country is most seriously
felt by the Local Societies, and a general want of confi-
dence in the former leaders of the Agricultural Constitu-
encies of England is beginning to show itself ; and nothing
will tend more immediately to check the progress of this
evil than showing them that their representatives in Par-
liament are actively engaged in their cause, at this critical
moment, in the metropolis. No time, therefore, should
be lost in the formation of this Association for the ener-
getic defence of the Corn Laws, and it is sincerely hoped
that this call on the national Agricultural interests, will be
promptly responded to. The views of the Association as
regards Ireland and Scotland will be fully detailed at the
first meeting of the Members of the Association, and
prompt steps taken to arrest the progress of incendiarism
in those countries.

N. DORAN MAILLARD, Acting Secretary,
23, Old Burlington-street, Old Bond. street, London.

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BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.

TO those who recollect the nauseous and unwholesome
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estimation.

That an article possessed of such merits, and sold at a
little more than half the price of French Brandy, should
not have entirely superseded the use of the Foreign, is
only to be attributed to the fact, that the Patentee has had
to struggle, not only with the original—and, it must be
admitted, well-founded—prejudice against Brandy pro-
duced in this country; but, also, against a constant suc-
cession of attempts to force into consumption inferior
descriptions—in many cases as substitutes for, and even
under the name of, the Patent Brandy.
The correction of this evil, which has long been matter
of extreme solicitude to the Patentee, is at length effected,
by a METALLIC CAPSULE, or covering for the Cork; the
exclusive manufacture of which is secured to him by
Letters Patent. It is composed—NOT or TINFOIL, an
article much used, but—of perfectly pure and SOLID
METAL; stamped by the aid of powerful and costly ma-
chinery, into the exact size and shape adapted to the bot-
tle; to which it is attached by simple, but most effective,
means : and its adhesion is so perfect, that it cannot be
removed without being completely destroyed; and, there-
fore, no Capsule can be used a second time.
The Patentee, by the aid of this most efficient guarantee
against the frauds from which he and his numerous con-
nexions have so extensively suffered, will now be enabled
to protect the interests of all concerned, whether as ven-
dors or purchasers ; and if care be taken to observe, that
the Capsules attached to the glass bottles, have the words
" BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, NO. 7, SMITHFIELD
BARS," embossed upon them, the genuine character of
the contents may be relied upon ;—an assurance that must
equally induce Dealers and Consumers to give that sup.
port to an article of such superior value, which the Pa-
tentee feels satisfied has only been withheld, in certain
quarters, from the previously-existing difficulty in guard.
ing against the fraudulent substitutions here described.
The Patent Brandy may be obtained from most of the
Wine and Spirit Merchants in England and Wales, at
Eighteen Shillings per Gallon in bulk ;—in glass bottles,
secured by the Patent Capsule, at Twenty Shillings per
Gallon ;—or a single bottle, as sample, for Three Shillings
and Sixpence.

French Brandy Distillery,7, Smithfield Bars,
London, Jamiary, 1314. •