The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

LAST NIGHT S--101

W
DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—LOSS OF T
NINE LIVES. ons loi
An explosion of fire-damp, by which 29 Pe," docb
their lives, took place on Saturday last, at u„,ec,'.e ;cell
about six miles distant from Merthyr Tydvil. to 0
shortly after the accident was dreadful. ovilogi
anxiety of those connected with the people er°P
the pit. It is not known how the accident ocurre A
1185till'd
The preamble of the Brighton, Lewes, and
(Hastings, Rye, and Ashford extension) RailwaLtt,e,
declared proved, yesterday, by the Lords' Comm"
AO°

MARK LANE CORN MARKET—YEsII}' o'l'
The transactions in free foreign wheat were ..estr A
and its value remaii. ed much the same as before; 5"
le°
however, was rather against the buyer. ;give int 0
rather 5 Al tv
There was less inclination to enter into sPeee-- it, beta
ments in bonded wheat than at the close of last wee aiptaw
advance of is to 3s per qr. then established was well° t. If,
The trifling quantity of barley offering
Flour moved off steadily, at the recent enhaticeinee_, firi!.l
and in partial instances slightly advanced terms were
fur tint qualities. 04
Malt was quite as dear as on this day week. coptil,,,i
The trade in Oats was by no means lively, the 'gel/. 0,
liberal arrivals, and the fact that the dealers have fine taco
well into stock, causing the demand to be languid;
sorts
however, was not cheaper, and even the ordinary
°
barely be quoted 6d per qr. lower. 00'01
Beans sold at precisely similar terms as on this daY, sor
was held rreeuretil,-
Peas likewise brought former rates; one sample a' ,00
shown from Kent, the cuality good. s retaal
In seeds there was not much doing, and price
much the same as before.

SMITHFIELD MARKET—YEsTEit,r-1;',1
Although the attendance of both town and COOPrstBte'df
was rather numerous, the Beef trade was in a sluglls"oild
a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday la ding'
81b ; the highest figure for the best Scots not erree'effeettd,
per 81b., and at which a clearance was with diffieultY„„ oi
For the time of year, the number of Sheep was ve`:vdia,„;
and their condition was by no means good, notwithsrock fop
plentiful supply of fodder on the whole of our large sidu rota!
The primest old Downs were in steady request. at ,at Op
currency; but all other breeds were a slow ingair,'
stationary prices. There were very fine store anirna''opPi, It
and for which high rates were again demanded, 111 ace"
lambs was small, owing to which the lamb trade Wa' td
full quotat
Foreign For
Calves found ready buyers, at from dy,
per 81b. Generally speaking. the Veal trade was stew ail) °
week's figures. In Pigs (the supply of which was s
a limited business was doing at late rates.

PRICES OF STOCKS, &c.—YEsT'-heol
There is a good deal of sensitiveness on the state of totjcecoi
they, but the alarmists make no impression deserving iliastd,°o
the price of the public securities. Consols have been ,du
vd-a pll,
at On for Money, and gsi for Account, the Three-a -- 70
ter New 1021, Exchequer-bills 51 53, and India Bonds 6/

LONDON SHARE MARKET—YEsOlt7ire' t
1;
The latest price of Cambridge and Lincoln was
..,eter4,
Northern, 2 ; London and York GI ; Oxford and W°'",,iirigP
Rugby, ; Great Western, 225, Halves, 122; 130.7" FrP,
2+6; Brighton, 79; Midland, 174 ; Great Northern °' cool),'
si; Rosamel's 2:1 • Dutch Rhenish, ; Jamaica J°l'
North of Spain, 2i.

ACADEMY OF ART,
1 2 , BOLD-STRE,'

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
MR. NOR BURY, ARTlST,.ersei'
Late of the Government School of Design, Srulol
house, London, and now of the Mechanics In j
Liverpool. $0
'HIS ACADEMY, for the Educate - of •Ar(;'4l;lti!

is
T the Instruction of Am—ateursiZElraCcing, P3ig4.11,
in Oil, Water, Tempera, &c.,,Modelling\ and Pe'tioo'
NOW. OPEN, for Privateris well as Class Instruc at th
Terms and other information may be obtaioea
Academy. ,e•

CHURCH EXTEISIS 1014'
ST. SIMON'S CHURCH. cif;
THE Committee for the RE-BUILDING LARGING of the above CHURCH haver,.-ribe:;
sure of announcing„ that £2,645 -has been stigs-tinleji
This sum; with a small exception, is not availabkl,6os
the amount required (£3,000) be made up. Per P'1•00t;
sum of £355 the Committee would therefore most 0060
ly appeal to he generosity of the Public. The 11,04
of the district is 7,600. In it there are 65 public' re ft
and 96 houses of ill-fame. In the new Church the'
be 700 Free Sittings. .PfP
Subscribers' names wi be thankfully received 13! 00;
RIGBY, Esq. 4, ' on-terrace : H. J. W9nforl/
Esq., 8, Rundor reet; C. GROVES, Ef q., 10, 13 trees'
place; and t tev. J. CONNOR, 26, Canterbury-5

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY'