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

namely, that the 'attack would

an increased amount of money, or currency, was req

to conduct its trai

of exchanges—currency—was withdrawn, in accordance
with the provisions of the act of 1841, because the com-
modity, Gold, had gone out of the country temporarily to
pay for corn. We had thus—to use a parallel case--to
measure 1000 yards of cloth per hour with a less number
of yard sticks than we usually require to measure 100
yards; to weigh in a given time 10001bs. of tea with the
same pair of scales with which we usually weigh 1001bs. ;
and, as the natural result, every body bidding against his
neighbour for the loan of the yard stick and the scales,
the holder of either could exact his own terms. And the
mischief was increased by the anomalous provision of the
act in question, which makes the yard stick and the scales
—or the pound of gold—themselves actual values, as
compared with those of commodities, instead of being,
what they ought to be, only measures of value.

We believe that Mr. Councillor Poole will be proposed
at the Council meeting to-morrow as a member of the
Dock Committee in the room of Mr. J. Bramley Moore.
TOMB OF THE REV. J. H. FORSYTH.—Over the grave
in which, in the month of July last, were deposited the
remains of the Rev. 'John Hamilton Forsyth, in the
north-west corner of the parish churchyard of this town,
an altar-tomb has just been raised. It bears the follow-
ing inscription :—" Sacred to the memory of the Rev.
John Hamilton Forsyth, second son of Thomas Forsyth,
Esq., of Liverpool, for six years curate of this parish.
He fell asleep in Jesus, June 25, 1848, aged 32 years."
" He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they
would cleave unto the Lord, for he was a good man, and
full of the Holy Ghost and of faith."—Acts xi., 23, 24.
The style is a gothic of chaste design, and every part of the
work is strictly in keeping. The material of the tomb is
Painswick stone. It rests on a moulded plinth, having
a base of freestone. The four sides of the tomb are
ornamented with sculptured paneling of proportionate
dimensions, containing effectively disposed quatrefoils.—
Bristol paper.

part, a lack of the neces,

ary cavalry force to insui

kit one

Orders have appeared, dated " Simla, October 1:]
from the Commander-in-Chief of India, constituti
force of some 30,000 men, to be designated "
the Punjaub," and of which Lord Gough inte
diately to take the command in person

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The intelligence, as regards if
generally, shows but too clearly

lately acquired territory is v
and that the machinations

against our authority

some time past, directed on a combined r

of the

us part

the results of which are likely yet to develope themselves
to a greater extent, .although happily the checks the Sikhs
have received, and our vigilance round Lahore, have much
marred their plans: A rumour which had been prevalent
for some time, that Chuttur Singh and Shere Singh were
playing a game ultimately to result in a combinel move-
ment and attack on the capital, wotddapor by the latest

advices to have been well founded, intelligence having
reached Lahore that Chuttur Singh's forces were approach-
ing in the vicinity of Wuzeerbad ; and we are told that
Sir F. Currie considered the intelligence sufficiently au-
-rale to induce him to call for reinforcements from Fe

the.—
rozepore, consisting of Colonel Godby's Brigade (of one.
European and two Native regiments), with the Ferozepore
Brigade of five regiments of cavalry, with horse artillery,
which had crossed the river in readiness for operations,
and at the same time to recall, with similar instructions,
Brigadier Eckford's Brigade, (of two Native regiments and
two companies of artillery) then on the march to reinforce
the camp of General Whish. At that time Shere Singh had
advanced on the other side to Sirdarpore, some 30 miles
from Mooltan. The probability that a coup might be made
on the capital from some direction by the Sikhs in arms
appears to have been entertained throughout by the Resi-
dent at. Lahore, whose chief object it has been to secure
the safe occupation of that and the two other chief poiats

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THE WEATHER.—Nov. 28th: bright; squalls; night, light
rain.-20th : n.m., fine; p.m., heavy ram.-30th: a.m., fine;
p.m., showers and squalls.—Dec. Ist: light rain and wind;
night, clear.-2nd showers of hail, with squalls.-3rd: a.m.,
Clouded; p.m., rain.-4th: a.m., light rain; p.m., fair.

REGISTER OF LAST MONTH.—Pressure; max. 30.54; min.,
29.05 ; average, 29.71.24.—Temperature : max., 55 ; min., 38;
average, 45.40.—Humidity : max. difference, ; min. 1 ; aver-
age, 2 deg.—Rain during the month, 2 in 45. Temperature at
Everton, max., 55; min., 39; average 43.40.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4.—Wind S.W

ARRlVED.—America. (steamer,) Leitch, from New York;
sailed 22nd Nov.—Constantine, from New Orleans—Keepsaket
Gray, and Constance, fr,m Montreal—E Z, Hartshorn, and
John R. Skiddy, Luce, from New York.
SAILED.—EmiIy, Anderson, for Cape of Good Hope.
Creamore, Kemp, from Paraiba, at this port; sailed 31st
Oct. Left the Proteus loading for this port. Saw the Runny-
mede going in, from Pernambuco, to load.
Euphemia, Kendall, hence at Montreal.

Ocean, Huddart, hence at Quebec.
Cambria, (steamer,) Harrison. hence at Halifax 22nd Nov.
Acadia, (steamer,) Stone, hence at Bostnn 19th Nov.
HALIFAX, 25th Nov.—The Favourite, Wylie, from Montreal
and Quebec to Liverpool, put into Sydney, C.B. 14th Nor.,
considerably strained, and with part of her cargo thrown over-
board, having been on her beam ends and must discharge.
OFF HOLYHEAD. at 3 P.M., Sarah Sands, (screw-steamer.),__

LIVERPOOL
TUESDAY, DEC

5, 1848

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