The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

horses for the good of the public, nay, to enrich the pub-
lic, instead of growing rich myself; for my house was
an open one. I made more of my land than any man. 1
let for the season in 1789 three rams at one birth of one
ewe at 1,200 gs. and seven for 2000 ; and of one ram, with
taking in ewes, reckoning my own ewes at the same
price, I made 1,200 gs. in one season. When shall we
sec the like again !

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Standard-office, Twelve o'clock

IRRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA

nz about eleven o'clock the Cambria steatr

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,h ult., and Halifax on Saturday, May 27th, at

two p.m

hip Caledonia reached Boston on the 21s1
rcial intelligence from Great Britain

e steam- _
o. The con

'..iingtnn, in the New York Herald

rtes that the Mexican Congress had rejected the treaty
General Twiggs left New York on the 21st for

The new Government loan of sixteen millions of dollars
was exciting much interest in financial circles at New
York. It was the impression that the whole of it would
be taken in that country.

General Scott was to make a grand entrance into New
York on the 24th ult., and the greatest demonstrations
were in progress to welcome him.
A democratic National Convention was sitting at Balti-
more in reference to the Presidency, and from the mass
of people gathered into the town the most extraordinai y
enthusiasm prevailed. Delegates from the other States

were present. but nothing definite had been agrc;ed upon.
In the Herald it is said that trade between Mexico and
the States had been partially resumed, and that the occu-

pation of Mexico by the American troops was near _
effective as if the process of annexation had been consum-

From all that can be learned it is supposed that Yucatan
in the possession of the Indians. The taking of Bacalar

were entertained that they would attack that place, in

fulfihnent of their threats. In the attack on Bacalar
only five of the inhabitants were killed, but at Valladolid
every male inhabitant was massacred.
At New York there are eleven steamers on the stocks,

are all ocean vessels, and range from 1000 to 3000 tons
burthen. Two of them—each measuring nearly 3000
tons burthen—are intended for Mr. E. K. Collins' Liver-

There had been a fair demand for sterling exchange for
remittance by the Cambria, and the rates were firm at
101 to 11 premium. The supply of first-rate bills was
small. _ _ _ _

The Caledonia's advices being considered favourable,
used the cotton market to advance kc. to 4c. on the

NEW YORK

-There were

Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge have signified
their intention of becoming members of the committee of
public baths and wash-houses in the north-west district of
London ; and the Queen and Prince Albert have deter-
mined to contribute £lOO in aid of the establishment.
The body of a young man, named Young, has been
found at Kilmarnock, with a deep gash in his throat. It
is supposed that he has been murdered, as he was robbed
of his watch and money. An Irishman has
hended on suspicion, in consequence of his

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Tom Steele, Ireland's Pacificator, is lingering tua-ler
severe illness at Peele's Coffee-house, Fleet-street. This
unfortunate gentleman will be removed to Ireland with-
out delay, if he recover sufficient strength to enable him
to bear the fatigue of the journey. At present his imme-
diate friends are under great apprehensions as to the state
of his health. _ _ .

IMPORTATL)N OF Anms.—A vessel arrived in the river
from Gibraltar has brou;ht several packages of muskets,
consigned to a foreign house in the metropolis._ As the

importation of foreign arms into this country is totally
prohibited they have not been delivered to the parties,
but have been landed under detention, subject to the
directions of the government authorities. _

SALE OF POLICIES OF ASSURANCE.—A policy of as-
surance for £l.OOO, in the Union Life Office, on the life
of a gentleman, aged 71, annual prethium £3B 19s. 2d.,
was sold at Garraway's, on Wednesday, for £5OO ; also,
one in the Kent Life Assurance Office for £7OO, annual
payment £2O Ss. 6d., £380; and one in the London Life
Assurance Office for £l,OOO, annual payment £37 10s.,
£270. _ _ .

The manufacturing operatives have forwarded to the
Queen a gold medal and an address of thanks for the
royal assent given to the Ten Hours' Bill, now in full
operation. Sir George Grey, in reply to Lard Ashley,
assures the operatives of " Her Majesty's deep interest in
all that concerns the happiness, comfort, and permanent
welfare of her faithful and loyal subjects, of whom they
form so important a part.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOYERY.—On Saturday, whilst
the workmen were engaged in an excavation in Union-
street, Southwark, they came upon an immense mass of
human skeletons, which were lying piled with the great-
est regularity, without any admixture of earth or the
remnant of coffins. It is calculated that at the very
least there are the remains of from five to six hundred
persons. Considerable excitement prevails in the neigh-
bourhood, it having been discovered that this spot was
used to bury the dead during the great plague of London.
HAIL-STORM.—A terrific hail-storm decended on and

around the village of Sheepscombe,

two o'clock on Wednesday the 17th ult. The hail-stones
covered the fields to the depth of two inches, and in some
places as much as from three to four inches deep, and they
had not disappeared on the next morning. Immediately
41—. tall of hail, a most vivid flash of lightning, ac-
companies clap of thunder, struck a large
ash-tree, shivering it from top to bottom, and strewing its
bark and branches in all directions, but fortunately doing
no further damage.
A respectable tradesman in London, whose wife was
taken in labour in the night, ran as fast as he possibly
could for an accoucheur. A policeman on duty in the
',-+nrhood, seeing the defendant running. suspected
-.ras wrong, and stopped him. The defen-

his errand, but the officer not being satisfied

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would not allow him to proceed. Defendant then knocked
him down, and by the fall the policeman's leg was broken.
The tradesman was tried for the assault at the Central

imprisonment.
WAGHORN ON EMIGRATION.-1n a pamphlet, Mr.
Waghorn has sketched out some most important sugges-
tions for emigration to Austria on an extensive scale.
Like Mr. Alison, the historian, he shows how our men-of-
war and mercantile navy might be usefully employed in

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