The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

BRISTOL TRIPE

THE celebrity which HAMLEN'S BRISTOL
TRIPE has acquired for Exportation, has induced a great
demand for the article in this port ; and orthe readier supply
of Merchants, Captains, and Ship e Dealers, a Stock of it
Is always kept, in full-sized Ja nd Sold, at the Bristol price,

JOI-fIVENS AND CO.,
102, DUKE-STREET,
SOLE AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL

COTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE :ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.

INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT

TO SECURE THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS YEAR'S
ENTRY, PROPOSALS MUST BE GED
HEAD OFFICE, OR AT AN OF THE
AGENCIES, ON OR BE E IST MARCH

SOCIETY'S

ROBT. CHRISTIE, Manager

NT AT LIVERPOOL,
HENRY-e4tES, Sharebroker, 5, Dale-street.

BY THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

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J. G

HARRISON fit- CO

Hawing Opel at

No. 14, LORD-

LIVERPOOL,

A Branch Ettall'fahment for the Sale of

T,&NN'S NEWIENT DOUBLE-CHAMBERED

FIRE-RESISTING
SAFES, CHESTS, AND BOXES

RESPECTFULLY solicit the patronage of Bankers,
Merchants, Solicitors, and all parties having the care of
BOOKS, DEEDS, RECORDS, PLATE, JEWELLERY, &c.
TANN'S SAFES are made entirely of strong Wrought Iron,
and have been found effectually to resist the attempts of the
most skilful Burglars, being fitted with the PATENT RELI-
ANCE LOCK, which has been invented expressly for the pur-
pose. They are also a sure
RESISTANCE TO FIRE,

as they contain a Chemical Compound
PntPntePs—which is elpnnsitpri

:the 'discovery of the

the outer plate and the inner lininr, of the Safe, which remains
unaffected at a very high temperature, and merely fuses when
it is increased to a degree at which MOST OTHER SUBSTANCES
become decomposed ; the water of crystalization_ hem.. th.r.

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driven off, protects the c•ntents of the Safe, by keeping them
moist, at a much greater heat than is required for the de-

struction of the most substantial building:,

ARRISON

'easure in directing

pursuits, in the Metropolis and elsewhere, in verification of
the public tests to which
TANN'S PATENT CHESTS
have been subjected. A few cases may be cited here. A chest was
filled with books, papers, and other ducumenti. and nlaced in

the centre of a large fire, made expressly for the occasion, and in
three hours afterwards was removed and opened, when every-
thing deposited was as perfect as when first put in. On ano-
ther occasion, in the same chest was deposited a watch in ac-
tion, with other articles of light texture; it was then placid on
a smith's forge, and subjected to a white heat, for the same
length of time; when opened, the watch was still going, and
all the contents were found to be perfectly safe and uninjured.
The same chest was refitted, and subjected to a third and fourth
trial, with the same satisfactory result. At the late fire in
Water-lane, Blackfriars, one of these Safes preserved its con-
tents uninjured, while SAFES OF OTHER DESCRIPTIONS
ENTIRELY FAILED.

J. G. HARRISON & Co. beg further to add, that not only do
these Safes afford the most perfect security against Fire and
Robbery, but that the workmanship and interior fittings are
far superior to any yet offered, and at fully from 25 to 40 PER
CENT. LESS THAN THE USUAL PRICES.

FINANCIAL BEFOR- At ASSOCIATION.
A PUBLIC MEETIN is ASSOCIATION
ri will be held in th ..CERT-HALL. Lord Nelson-street,
on FRIDAY EVEN • lext, the 18th instant.
The Chair t taken at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely.

CORN EXCHANGE, BRUNSWICK-STREET-7
iVi a MEETING of the COMMIT TEE of PRO-
PRIETORS of the CoRN EXCHANGE. he'd at the
Committee Room. Brunswick-street, o c:lpth January, the
fol!owing R'• SOLUTION was r ously agreed to :
That this Committee ht ' r some time had it muter their
consideration to enla . te present Corn Exchange. and Plans
for that purpose it: already been laid before them, it was
Resolved—That immediate steps be taken to mature these
Plans, and to submit them to the general Imly of Proprietors.
NVILLIAAI IA iIVE, Chairman.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

FRANCE

The sort of expedition to be sent to Monte Video has
been definitively settled by the government. Two batta-
lions of marine infantry and two squadrons of cavalry,
with two battalions of marine artillery, in all about 2000
men, will compose the expeditionary corps. Admiral Du
Bourdieu commands the flotilla, and Colonel Lannes, of
the 7th regiment of cavalry, now staioned at Lisle, son
of the famous marshal, is at the head of the troops for
disembarkation.

On Tuesday evening the Assembly voted by 352 to 280,
that the articles of the bill affecting the provincial school-
masters should be discussed. A bill was brought in by
the Minister of War to augment the pay of the non-com-
missioned officers in the army to 20c. per day. An aide-
de-camp of General Blraguay d'Hilliers has arrived in
Paris. with dispatches to the effect that the French com-
mander-in-chief and the Papal authorities are not likely
to come to any friendly arrangement, Gen. d'Hilliers
insisted upon leaving a force of 12,000 men in the city of
Rome, while the Cardinals wish to place the Pope under
the protection of a mixed garrison of Austrians and
Italians.

The Chimera, steamer, has arrived at Toulon from
Civita Vecchia, with two companies of engineers, and
several officers of different corps. She brings information
that six regiments of the French army in the Papal terri-
tory had received orders to hold themselves in readiness
for embarkation.
THE PRICE OF THE OCCUPATION OF ROME.—The
National says,—" The first fruits of the wine tax will be
sanctified. They will be offered to the Pope. 25,000 men
of the army which has restored the Holy See will remain
at Rome. The Commissariat have made arrangements
for their keep for 1850. The Roman expedition cost 46
millions in 1849: we are now about to spend 25 more.
All this would appear excessive if we did not think of the
indulgencies the French Republic will .hus obtain. The
net receipts of the potable liquor tax will amount in 1850
to 70 millions. This is just what the restoration of
Pius IX. will cost France.

A letter from Tabes, France, of the 6th inst., states
that in consequence of the severity of the weather a num-
ber of wolves have entered the town of Carteret by night
in search of food, and destroyed a flock of sheep on their

FATAL DUEL.—A letter from Toulouse states that a
duel took place between two artillerymen in garrison there
on the 2d instant. One of them received his adversary's
sword through his heart, and died on the spot.
WHO WANTS A CORONET?—An office for the sale of
German titles of honour is now opened in Paris. A
knightahip may be had for 5000 francs, a countship for
20,000, and a marquisate for 40,000.
The President of the French Republic has sent the sum
of 300 francs, or £l2 sterling, to each of the twelve arron-
dissements of Paris, to be distributed amongst the suffer-
ing poor. So much for the contributions of a Republi-
can Chief Magistrate to the poor-box.

A Lisbon letter, describing the intensity of the cold,
notes the death of a sentinel at his post from its effects.
In one of the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland
a goat was burnt last week as a witch and emissary of the
devil. The Gazette de Core records the fact.
The China Overland Mail gives an account of the death
of the Rev. John Lowder, late chaplain of the British
Church at Shanghai, who was drowned off the island of
Putoo while bathing in the sea. _ _ _ _

The New York papers announce that Mr. Powell, the
author of the Living Authors of England, has been
arrested upon a charge of forging a draught, purporting
to be drawn by a London house on M'Loughlin and Bell,
for £lOO, _ _ . .

The Bishop of Lucon, we observe, has laid his inter-
dict on the College at Vendee, on account of the appoint-
ment of a Jew to the philosophical chair. The chaplain
is forbidden to celebrate divine service in the College
Chapel.
From Canada there are no accounts of much interest.
Lord Elgin had appointed the 3d of January as a day of
thanksgiving. Ministerial changes still continue to occupy
attention. The Hon. Mr. Caron had resigned his office
as a member of the executive council, but retained the
post of speaker to the legislative council. A second
annexation manifesto had awakened no excitement what-
ever

Panama advices state that her Britannic Majesty's ship
Herald, Captain Kellett, arrived at Mazatlan on the 13th
November. She had proceeded as far as 73 deg. 10 min.
in search of Sir John Franklin. The Herald left the
Plover, man-of-war, to winter in Behring's Straits. The
Plover's boats had been sent up the Mackenzie river in
search of Sir John Franklin. The boats were to winter
at the nearest station. The impression of the com-
mander of the Herald is that Sir John Franklin is safe.

A crisis had taken place by the resignation of the Prus-
sian ministry, his Majesty having expressed some dislike
to swear to the constitution, but several cabinet eonncils
afterwards took place, when the King refused to accept
their resignations, pledging his word to take the oath. A
cabinet council, presided over by his Majesty, was held on
the 3rd at Charlottenburg, when all questions relative to
the undecided articles of the constitution, and the mode
in which it will be sent back to both houses, was finally
settled.

From California our advices extend to the 16th of
November. An election was held in California on the
10th of November, to decide on the adoption of the new
Constitution proposed for the State, and also to vote for
a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, two representatives to
Congress, and members of the California Legislature.
The Constitution has been adopted almost unanimously.
Great activity was prevailing at San Francisco. Buildings
were going up with great rapidity. Carpenter's wages,
16 dollars a day.

ROMISH HOME MISSION IN GERMANY.—A wonderful
account is given by the Popish Priests of a mission
organised for the Duchy of Baden, where Romanism had
fallen greatly into decay. At the town of Seckingen, on
the borders of the Black Forest, illustrious for the tomb
of S. Fridolin, it is stated that 32 Priests wont on hear-
ing confession for the space of twelve days from four
o'clock in the morning till nine at night, the result of
which was a conflux of communicants from a distance of
10. 20, and 30 leagues round, to the number of 11,000.
JAMAICA.—The aspect of Jamaica remained, on the
sailing of the packet, as gloomy as ever. Trade was at a
low ebb in Kingston—merchants desponding, and no en-
terprise; large purchasers from- the Main obliged to pass
on to St. Thomas, a few days previous, not finding any
assortment of goods. Associations of tradesmen are ad-
vertised for emigration to more thriving settlements. The
constant expression is, " I wish I could clear off scores
and go elsewhere." One merchant of capital and long
standing sailed the same day as the packet to try other

fortunes. The fact is, the sinews of prosperity in Kings-
ton are shrunk up—there are, comparatively, no estates
to supply.

The Pope has published a very lengthy and violent en-
ciclical letter, in which be anathematizes socialism, repub-
licanism, and, above all, protestantism, as the root from
which every other evil inn springs. The commission of
cardinals has thrown into prison fifty priests, for having
administered spiritual consolation to the wounded repub-
licans in the hospital during the siege. A few nights ago,
all the druggists' shops in the principal towns of Romagna
were simultaneously broken into, and all t'

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substances earried off, nothing else was touched
advocate Samii, governor of Fesi, was subsequently ar-
rested, and a quantity of arms found in his house, besides
a correspondence in cipher with the chiefs of the Italian
revolution, which it is said will throw some light upon the
subject.
BRITISH ACQUISITION ON THE GOLD COAST
purchase of three or four forts which Denmark possessed
on the Gold Coast of Africa may be an event of great im-
portance. The forts were of no use and no benefit to
Denmark ; and we believe the purchase of all the build-
ings and stores in them has been effected for £lO,OOO.
But in the hands of the British government they will be
of great service, not only in directly suppressing the slave
trade, but in more effectually realising this object by fos-
tering a legitimate commerce on the African coast. Mr.
Duncan, the late British consul at Whydah, the main
port in the kingdom of Dahomey, declared in one of his
last letters that the trade in palm oil had almost driven the
slave trade out of the Bight of Benina. And it is sin-
cerely to be hoped that a successor to Mr. Duncan may be
found, to carry out the cotton planting introduced by that
enterprising gentleman into the kingdom of Dahomey,
which is contiguous to our new acquisitions.

—The

WEST INDIES AND AUSTRALIA.—The Avon, Lieut.
Hast, bringing the West India Mail, has arrived, with
one million and a quarter of dollars on board on mer-
merchants' account. This vessel, overdue some days,
was delayed by heavy north-easterly gales. The British
barque Selino was wrecked near Islay on the 12th Oct.
The political news was unimportant. An abundant crop
was expected at Barbadoes and throughout the Windward
Islands an average one. Commercial affairs had under-
gone but little alteration since the previous mail was dis-
patched. Freights dull. The Avon is the bearer of
letters from Port Philip (Australia) of the ]Bth of Sept.
The colony was in a state of improvement, arising from
the vast accession of emigrants. The wool season was
expected to prove a profitable one. On the 17th of Sept.
a great fall of snow took place, which occasioned much
astonishment, as such an occurrence had never before
been know* in that settlement.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.--This document was
received by the steamer on Wednesday. The leading
points in the history of the republic for the last year are
recounted very briefly and quietly, without much force or
energy in the tone or language. The blunders made by
Mr. Clayton are smoothed over and pared down with some
skill, but in a tone that looks like contempt for the se-
cretary. The fracas with France is treated as a bagatelle.
With England, embracing the Nicaraguan question, there
is no prospect of any difficulty, yet the General threatens
Portugal with another message if she does not pay her
debts. Not a word is said of the numerous removals and
appointments, which does not correspond with public ex-
pectations. In short, this message is one of the most in-
nocent documents ever published. On the subject of
slavery in the new territories the General is by no means
clear or explicit. In the finances there will be found a
deficiency of only 16,000,000 dollars this year, and the
General at once recommends a loan, in addition to the
debt and taxes. The secretary, Mr. Meredith, reports in
favour of a high tariff, plenty of protection against spe-
cific currency, a sub-treasury, and recommends an in-
crease of the revenue by an increase of the taxes, a sort
of reduction ad absurdum in political economy. The
message and documents will have little effect on the le-
gislation of the present Congress. Already General Cass
has proposed the abolition of the Austrian mission. The
language of the President on the subject of " Protection"
is the most remarkable feature of the document. While
we are madly throwing open everything to the foreigner,
how is America acting ? " I recommend," says General
Taylor, " a revision of the tariff, with a view both to an
increase of revenue and the encouragement of domestic
industry." On this head he expresses himself as strongly
as the most ultra-protectionist could desire. " I ear-
nestly recommend to Congress," says he, " the adoption

of that system (specific duties), fixing the duties n't rates
high enough to afford substantial and sufficient encou•
ragement to our own Industry, and at the same time so
adjusted as to insure stability." Here is an example, not
merely for our warning, but our imitation. Shall we be
mad enough not to imitate it ?