The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-17 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

has, for the last week, been daily

overdone like an egg underdone

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It is rumoured that, in consequence of indisposition, Sir
C. B. Vere is about to retire from the representation of East

A memorial is about to be presented from Leeds, praying
for the repeal of the duty on foreign wool. A meeting on the
subject was held on Friday.

Earl Spencer has 180 sheep which are so affected by being
taken from highland turnips to lowland ones that it is ne-
cessary to kill them off as fast as possible.

The Mark Lane Express says, it is evident that the con-
tinuance of the prevailing distress among the labouring classes
has greatly contracted the consumptioft of bread stuffs.

It was a matter of remark, that Lord Brougham sat on
Monday, contrary to his usual custom, on the Ministerial side
of the House.

The gun factory of Mr. Barnett, situate at. 134, Minories,
London, was wholly destroyed by fire, on Wednesday morn-
ing. The adjacent property was rescued.
On Tuesday last, a fire took place at the Burnt Mill, near

Shrewsbury. The whole of the barn, together with its con-
tents, were destroyed, but the mill was saved..
At the late fire at Lord Hillsborough's mans:ion, in Lon-
don, a brigade fireman was so seriously injurett that he died
in consequence on Monday.

Orders have been received at Woolwich to send two ser-
jeants, two corporal, and thirty privates of the sappers and
miners, to Hong-Kong, to be employed in fortifications on
that island.

Venus, though the most brilliant planet in the heavens, is
not well situated for observation this year; the best time for
viewing her by the naked eye is during the present month
and in July.

A farmer, at Rigmer, has for some years turned his atten-
tion to the breeding of rabbits, which, be says, have paid him
as well as a flock of sheep. He sends 7,000 rabbits annually
up to London.—Brighton Herald.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday last an- old man was
knocked down by a carriage, at Brighton, and run over by
both the wheels. The unfortunate man died within half-an-

sour of the accident

A COMFORTABLE BOROUGH.—The Plymouth papers an-
nounce the entire extinction of the borough rate in that town,
the corporate property having so increased in value as to be
equal to all the necessities of the Council.

THE MACiSEREL risliEnt.-1.779 'of the Brighton macke-
rel boats caught in one night last week upwards of 30,000

fish, which they sold at 14s.
night's labour about £llO each

r 100, thus making by a

Sir Peter Laurie's motion for the removal of the wood
paving in the Poultry, London, was negatived, at a meeting
of the Court of Commissioners of Sewers, on Tuesday, by a
very large majority.

On Monday last, a wealthy baronet, whose mate did not
transpire, and a butler of Sir Fred Roe, were brought up at
the Marlborough-street Police-office, Loud Its, and com-
mitted for trial, on a charge of indecently ex posing their
persons.

EXPENSE OF THE ROUTE TO INDIA.—Th.e expense by
the overland route to India is generally estimated at £134;
viz., £4 from London to Paris, £lO from Paris to Marseilles,
£2B from Marseilles to Alexandria, and £l2 from Alexandria
to Suez, whence the fare in the steamers to Bombay is £BO.
The Lord, Bishop of Antigua, in a sermon preached on
Sunday morning at St. Clement Danes Church, Strand, on
behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts, stated that it was the intention of the society
to send missionaries to China without delay, and at no dis-
tant period a bishop.
CRIME AND PAUPERISM.—AL a court of aldermen, the
other day, Alderman Copeland stated that, in the Compter,
the allowance for each prisoner was, of bread, meat, and po-
tatoes, 210 ounces, with 17 pints of gruel ; in the West Lon-
don Union, it was for each pauper, 148 ounces and 10 pints ;
in the Strand Union, 131 ounces and 15 pints.

ACCIDENT AT SEA.—We regret to state that William
Connor, one of the crew of the Queen of the Isle, after he
had placed the light at the bow of the vessel, on Wednesday
evening last, fell from the vessel, and, unfortunately, the
night being very dark, he was not missed until it was his turn
to take his stand at the helm.—hanks Advertiser.
An extraordinary meeting of the Irish General Assembly,
in compliance' with requisitions from different Presbyteries,
had been called for the 15th instant, but has been postponed
to the 28th, when the critical position of the Church of
Scotland, tike marriage question, and the bicentenary fund,
are to come under consideration.

TEE IRISH ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—We can confirm the
statement in the Mail to the effect that Mr. Attorney-General
Smith is about to enter Parliament as member for the borough
of Ripon, the declining health of Admiral Sir George Cock-
burn being a sufficient reason for his resignation.—Dublin
Monitor.

The Leipsic Gazette has the following from Constantino-
)le, Jan. 18 :—" A strange rumour is current here. It is said
positions for an alliance with Russia,

In addition to the splendid bequests of Miss L. Campbell,
we learn from a correspondent that the parish of Cam pbel-
ton has been made Miss Campbell's reversionary legatee,
and will in consequence receive an additional sum of about
£30,000; so that the parish on the whole will be benefited
to the exteot of very *nearly _ forty-five thousand pounds !—a

nificent bequest, which, under proper management,
to keep poverty and ignorance at bay to the re-
sterity.—Glasgow Courier.

ECONOMY IN PAYING DERTS.—An Oxonian borrowed
two sovereigns of a brother collegian, promising soon to re-
turn them in some shape or other. "I should like to have

theta back as. nearly as possible in the shape of two sove-
reigns," observed the lender ; " and I trust yciu will not for-
get the old adage—Lis dat qui cito dat—he gives twice who
gives quickly." Then we are quits," cried the borrower—
instantly tossing back one of the sovereigns.—New Monthly
Magazine.

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company was held at
the Bell Hotel, Gloucester, on Wednesday. Captain C. R.
Moorsom, R.N., in the chair, when a dividend of 255. per
share was declared. The receipts for passengers, goods,
mails, &c., amounted, for the half-year ending the 31st of
December last, to £50,310 17s. 11d. ; and the charges during
the same period were stated at £41,694 Ss. 2d., leaving a dis-
posable balance of £8,625 9s. 9d. To this was to be added
the balance in hand on the 30th June, of £4,337185. 6d.,
making the total disposable balance £12,963 Bs. 3d.
Tti a HINDOSTAN STEAM-SHIP. This magnificent
steamer, it will be remembered, left Southampton on the
24th of September for Calcutta. We have great pleasure in
stating, that she arrived at Madras on the 20th of December,
having, including delays at the various intermediate ports of
call, made the passage in 87 days. The time she was under
steam was under 60 days, leaving 27 for stoppages and delays.
Under steam she averaged 200 miles per day. She had 110
passengers to the Mauritius, and landed s 5 at Point de Galle,
Ceylon. The Hindostan proceeded to Calcutta, whence she
was to sail on the 14th of January for Suez.

LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S PROCLAMATION.—The question
of the vote of censure on Lord Ellenborough will succeed the
debate on Lord Howick's motion, and it is on the conclusion
of the debate on the former vote that the Whigs calculate on
the best division of the session. Sir Robert Inglis has already
declared in his place that nothing short of a vote of censure
will satisfy him. Other Conservatives agree in opinion with
the hon. baronet, but as yet no person can state with accu-
racy how many will vote with the opposition. Be the result
of the division what it way, it is scarcely possible, with such
an expression of disapprobation as is sure to be elicited in the
course of the debate, that Lord Ellenborough can remain in
India. In 1835, during Sir Robert Peel's short administra-
tion, the Marquis of Londonderry was about to proceed to
Russia, as ambassador from the finglisk cont. The ques-
tion of his appointment became matter of discussion in the
House of Commons (kw there was no division on the object j,
and next day the noble Marquis, feeling. that his usefulness
as a public servant would be impaired by reason of the dis-
cussion which had takes place, at once resigned his office ;
and Lord Ellenborough, doubtless, will foltow the example
set him by Lord Londonderry iu 1835. In the event of Lord
Elleuborottgles resignation or recal, it is rumoured that Sir
James Graham will be his successor.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.E.
Aanivsn.—Nightingale, Hunter, ifond Paraiba; sailed 3rd Jan.
SAman.—Siddons, Cobb, from New York--Saucy Lass, Love, for
—and Guide, Sercombe, for Valparaiso.

Albyn. and Nith, from Calcutta, at St. Helena
Negotiator, Young, hence at Leghorn
Greyhound, Barker, hence at ditto
Dolores, Cove, sailed from Lisbon for this port 2nd Feb.
Friz. Perry, sailed from Bourdeairs for this port 2nd Feb.
Louise Caroline. Cooper, hence for Antwerp, at Ostend
Endeavour, Lloyd, from Cardiff for this port, at Milford, leaky
Queen, from Lisbon, at Kinsale
Highlander, Roberts, from Riga, at Stromness _ _

Unicorn, Allen, from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed 17th Oct. and
from St. Helena 27th Dec. In company with the Malabar and John
Bull.

Horvusav, Feb. 13.—The Sir Edward Owens, from Dublin for
Liverpool, is aground on the Pibes Rock.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.—Wind N.E

ARElVED.—Alexander Humboldt, Klawitter, from Danzic—and
Alert, liftman, from Jacobstadt.
SAILED.—BIair, Oldham, for Calcutta—American, Burgess, and
Bradshaw. Young, for Savannah—Jane Louden, Cockerline, for St.
John, N.B.—Victoria, M`Mahon ; Saxony, Scudder, and Octorara,
Smith, for New Orleans—Strabo, Shoof, for Matanzas—Briton,
Mason, for Algiers—Walter Scott, Weed', for St. Thomas and Nas-
sau—Gen. Parkhill, Hoyt, for New York—Lady Worsley, Verrill,
for Maranham—Mary,,Walker, from Malta and Smyrna—Jefferson,
Mason, for City Point, Virginia—Napier, Sanford, for Baltimore—
Parton, Kichardson, for Genoa and Leghorn—Conrad. Kriena, for
Lubeck—Queen Victoria, Pitts, for Naples—and Wm. Murray,
Dobie, for Messina.

Prince of Wales, Fraser, hence at Algiers
Earl of Leicester, Sterry, from Venice, at Trieste
Herculean, Grindall, from Calcutta for this port, at Cove, sailed
from St. Helena 20th December
Ann, Kirkpatrick, fram St. John, N.B. at Donegal
Ritson, Johnson, from Savanilla, at Waterford
.Alecto, Whiting. from Matanzas, at Plymouth
Elizabeth, Mossop, hence for Naples, at Beaumaris

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16.—Wind N.E. light.

ARRlVED.—Highlander, Roberts, from Riga—Henry Volant,
from Ballysbannon—and Sarah Birkett, from Whitebaven.

SAlLED.—Leonora, Graves, for Havana—Elephanta, Ross, for
Manilla—Amelia, Dalrymple, for Port Philip and Sydney—Uruguay.
Kelso, for Buenos Ayres—Wilson, Stroup, for Monte Video and
Buenos Ayres—Vesper, Bellamy, for Gibraltar—Hindley, Grierson,
for the Cape of Good Hope, &c.—Elizabeth Rowell, Wake, for the
Cape of Good Hope—and Ocean Queen, , for New Orleans.

Mary Ann, hence for Barhadoes, at Studwell Roads, leaky
Resolution, from London, at Bahia
Bridget Archibald, Toole, from Rio Grande for Liverpool, at
Crook haven
Mary & Ann, front Monte Video, off Kinsale
Maria, Broban, from Antwerp for Liverpool, off Penzance

fetaritets,

WARRINGTON CORN MAREKT, FEE: 14.
Total quantities. Total amount. Price.
Wheat, qrs.

8 8 4
49 10 0

SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 15

There was a very indifferent show of Beasts to-day, but of Slit ep
the supply was an average one, and the best Beef still in demand,
and fully as dear as on this day week, whilst Mutton must be noted
-4d 1y lb dearer—all sold up.