The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

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Sold by THOMAS PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Price, Is. 1.0.
and 28. 9d. per box. Also by Wagstaff, Howell, Apothecaries'
Company, Roberts, Scholefield, Bird, Gerard, Mucklow, Carter,
Rowland, Ross and Co., Alpas, Troughton, Liverpool; Grind-
ley, Fletcher, Davis, Platt and Son, Tophain, Worrall, Chester ;
Pickton, Warrington; and by the Venders of Medicine gene-
rally throughout the Kindom.
Ask for I. RAMFTON'S PILL OF HEALVH, and observe
the name and address of Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Lon-
don," on the Government Stamp.

NOTICE.
FOUND, at the Oaths, George's Pierhead, a FIVE
POUND NOTE.
The Owner will have it soot mlrr-;--n on applying to Mrs.
PENN, and giving a deaelTption of it.
Baths, 20th Norefirber, 1848.

H E ANNUAL B ALL,
FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE WARRINGTON DISPENSARY
Will be held at the LION HOTEL, ,
On THURSDAY, the 7th of DECHAIDICH, 1848.
LADY PATRON----
"The COUNTESS.
The LADY
Mrs. 11l
Mrs

rEFTON,
,'ABLEY,
ND BLACKBURNE,.
BARRY,
T. TOWNLEY PARKER.
BENJAMIN PIERPOINT, Hon. Sec.
IT'arrington,l3th November, 1848.

AINTREE,

LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.
CI EO. LATHAM solicits a share of his Friends and
VA the Public Patronage at the ensui c, EETING on WED-
NESDAY and THURSDAY next. ' ines, Spirits, Bottled
Porter, and Scotch Ales, shal of the best quality.
BASS'S PALE AL .'D BARCLAY'S PORTER.
GEO. LATHAM w' rovide DINNERS at any hour, with
Hot Soup, &c.

VEAL PIES AND SANDWICHES.

CHESHIRE WINTER ASSIZES.

THE SPECIAL COMMISSION will be opened, at
Chester Castle, on TUESDAY, the sth of December next,
before the Honorable Sir EDWARD HALL ALDERsom, Knight,
and the Honorable Sir WILLIAM ERLE, Knight, and the Trial
of Prisoners committed to the Castle, and of those on bail, will
be proceeded with on the following. Alorniiis, at Ten o'clock.
It is therefore necessary tha I ions in each case, and
instructions for Indictor , should be forwarded to me, at
the Prothonotary's I meat Rooms, Chester Castle, with the
least possible deli

E. WATSON LLOYD,
Clerk of Assize and Clerk of the Crown.
18th November, 1848.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, to wit.
GILBERT HENDERSON, Ese., RECORDER.
THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the
PEACE for the BOROUGH will be held, in the Crown
Court, in the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street, on MONDAY,
the 4th day of December next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon.
No Traverse will be tried unless entered on the first day of
the Sessions, or previously, at the Office the Clerk of the
-..._
I Peace, No. 6, Brunswick-street.
All Indictments for Misien- ours found at these Ses-
sions' against persons ad • dto But!, must be entered for -
Trial before Twelve o' on the day after the discharge of ~:e4_ il:.
liiklts.
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the the Grand Jury, o e Trial will stand over.
WRIGHT, Clerk of the Peace.
Clerk of the Peace's Office, 20th Nov., 1848.

AT a MEETING of the EQUITABLE RATING
appointed by the Inhabitants in General
Vestry hassembled, on Easter Monday last, heldt the 15th No-
vember, 1848,—Present,
JOHN FERGUSON, Esq., Chairman, &c., &c., &c.,
The attention of the Committee having been directed to the
following remarks, reported in the Manchester Guardian, and
copied in several Liverpool newspapers, as having been made
by Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., while Mayor of Liverpool, on
the occasion of an entertainment given at Manchester, on the
2nd instant, by the Mayor of that City, to which report no
contradiction has appeared:—
"The Mayor of Liverpool subsequently referred to the agita-
tion at present rife in Liverpool, with res -to-the rating of
the Dock Estate, observing that he co • red that the attempt
to carry any such proposition, a us to tax the goods and
merchandise of the merchant Manchester and of this dis-
trict, was unjustifiable in elf, and one which, whenever it
should be made, he ho he opponents of such a proposition
in Liverpool would eive the cordial co-operation and support
of the Mayor a orporation of Manchester. He explained
that by the present Acts the Dock Estate is exempt from all
local taxes, and that the dock dues are from time to time to
be reduced, whenever the receipts are more than sufficient to
cover the expenditure. Mr. Horsfall concluded by proposing
The City and Trade of Manchester.' "
Resolved unanimously,—That this Committee deeply regrets
that Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, as Mayor of Liverpool,
should, under the circumstances alluded to, have deemed it
justifiable to invite opposition from the authorities and people
of Manchester to the almost unanimous views and wishes of
his fellow-townsmen' in regard to the rating of the Liverpool
Dock Estate, or that he should on that occasion have consi-
dered himself at liberty to give expression to sentiments, in
reference to this important local question, so utterly at vari-
ance with the opinions and feelings of the great community
over which he then presided. _ _

Resolved also,—That a copy of the foregoing Resolution be
inserted in the Liverpool newspapers.
Signed in and on behalf of the Committee,
JOHN FERGUSON, Chairman.
Liverpool,l6th NM, 1848.

TESTIMONIAL

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

OVERLAND MAIL.

The despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail
reached London on Saturday. The dates are from Bom-
bay to the 17th and Calcutta the 7th October.
The position of affairs in Moultan and in the Panjaub
has not materially changed since the departure of the last
mail. There has been no more fighting of consequence,
and scarcely any additional complication of relations.
In Peshawur, notwithstanding the comparative help-
lessness in which Major Lawrence had been left, there had,
up to the latest accounts, which extend up to the 26th of
September, been no actual outbreak. When the news
arrived of the defection of Shere Singh, and the conse-
quent raising of the siege of Moultan, Major Laurence,
apprehensive of the effect which this disastrous intelli-
gence might produce, concealed the tidings for a whole
day from the Sikh troops, and meanwhile made all neces-
sary preparations for the departure of Mrs, Laurence, who
left with two children on the night of the 22d, with a
strong Afghan escort, under the personal command of
Sultan Mohomed Khan. It is stated, on native authority,
that this lady reached Lahore in safety on the Ist of
October.

The Nonpore rebel, Ram Singh, has been totally de-
feated by a party of Ferris's hill rangers. He was se-
verely wounded. and traced by his blood for nearly a mile,
but, nevertheless, managed to effect his escape. _

At; Lahore all has remained quiet, and we have no inti-
mation of the discovery of any fresh evidence of treachery
on the part of the Durban__

CEYLON.
Ceylon papers to the 16th October have arrived. At
that period the island was quite tranquil ; the rebellion
had been completely suppressed, the pretended King cap-
tured, and several of the rebels lad been tried and exe-
cuted.
Martial law ceased on the 10th October.
The financial statement of the colony showed an excess
of revenue over expenditure of £14,594 12s. nth
There were great complaints for the want of labourers.

FRANCE.

The French constitution—the last novelty of the season
in that sort of French fabrics—was solemnly inaugurated
last Sunday. The Archbishop of Paris was summoned to
bestow his benediction on the new-born offspring of the
collective wisdom of the nation. There were plenty of
flags, garlands, evergreens, classically arranged drapery,
and patriotic speeches, but pinching cold and thickly fall-
ing snow chilled the enthusiasm of the spectators, and
gave an ominously rueful air to the spectators.
M. Marrast has been elected President of the Assembly
for another month, by a majority of 37S to 174, the latter
being.the number of votes given for M. Leon de Malle-
vine, the candidate put forward by the club of the Rue de
Poitiers. This is another triumph for General Cavaignac.
DESERTION OF THE PARIS THEATRES.—The prevail-
ing distress in Paris, or the pre-occupation of the public
mind with matters of more importance and more imme-
diate interest, has most wofully thinned the theatres of
that capital. The absence of foreigners from Paris, and
the indisposition of the residents towards public amuse-
ments, having lowered the subscription of the Italian
Opera to a point which renders the entrepreneur unable
to keep it open, government, rather than have it closed,
is about to apply to the assembly for a grant of 60,000
francs.

THE PARIS CLuns.—The Patrie gives an amusing
accouct of the language of the club orators of Paris, One
of these gentlemen named Gustave Debray told some very
home truths to the meeting. " Citizens," he exclaimed,
" be assured that even Raspail, Caussidiere, and Louis
Blanc would become reactionary if they attained power.
It is fatal. As soon as a man is niched' above, he be-
comes the victim of a fatal and irresistible influence.
Democracy is exacting. Those who represent it would
soon be obliged to resist it. We are far stronger with-
out than we should be within the pale of the Govern-
ment. Our part is to watch and stimulate those in power
—to find fleas for them—not to lounge like Armand
Marrast in his leathern presidential chair. This is why I
would much rather have no President." M. Bonnard, a
grocer, is equally opposed to the election of a President.
He yesterday maintained this thesis, and attacked Cavaig-
nac with the peculiar Atticism which distinguishes his
able speeches—"A President" he cried, "is a King.
Now we will have no more Kings ! (Frantic cries of
"Bravo !") Those beggars of Kings decapitate their
states and burn their capitals. The wretch Ferdinand of
Naples has decimated two, and his brother Ferdinand of
Vienna has burnt three—Milan, Prague, and Vienna.
We want a Republic, but it must neither be white, blue,
nor green. We will have a Red Republic ! (Convulsive
movements of enthusiasm, and shouts of approbation.)
Yes, a good red colour, of a generous blood !" Bonnard,
after denouncing Cavaignac as an incapable " yellow
canary." The speaker sat down saluted by cries of " Vive
le Doctezer !" (Bonnard is a medical man as well as a
grocer.) " Vice l'Epicier ! Vivent les Rouges ! A Las
les turans et les aristocrates I"