The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

DUELLING.-THE NAVY.

The following order, contained in the Admiralty in-
structions, is certainly a step in the right direction, which
the public will be gratitiei to observe. We trust that
similar course will be pursued by the authorities at the
Horse Guards :
"1. Every officer serving on board any ship or vessel
of Her Majesty's fleet is hereby positively ordered neither
to send nor accept a challenge to fight a duel with anY
other person of the fleet.
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reason to believe that such is likely to occur, owjng of.
circumstances that have come under his observuti°,,,re
knowledge, is hereby ordered to take every 03es! if
within his power to prevent such duel, having recour
necessary, to the captain or commanding officer. no
" 3 Every officer of the fleet is hereby ordered in -
manner or degree to evince dissatisfaction with or to
braid another officer for refusing or not sending a cha,
lenge, and all officers are strictly enjoined neither to re c"
• • a fa
nor advise the rejection of, a reasonable proposal°
the honourable adjustment of differences that may hal
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unhappily occurred.
"3. Any officer of the fleet who may be called OTh to
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act as second or friend to an officer intending to fight
duel, is to consider it to be his imperative duty, and he op
hereby ordered, strenuously to exert himself to effect
to,.
adjustment between the adverse parties, on terms e?ag
sistent with the honour of each, and should he fail, oeflons
to the determination of the offended parties not to aeetio
honourable terms of accomodation.'he must refer to
second paragraph of this order.
" As obedience to orders is the essential and gove.-0-
principle of the naval service, those officers may res.taitf
sured of the support and approbation of the Admit or
who, having had the misfortune of giving offence Toio,
baying injured or insulted others, shall frankly oPuipg
apologise, or offer redress for the same, or who, °B-solt
bad the misfortune of receiving offence, injury, or don,
from another, shall cordially accept frank explae'
la-
apology, or redress for the same, or who, if such Or
or
nation, apology, nr redress, are refused to be made" tn
cepted, shall submit the matter to be dealt with ao ;
captain or commanding officer of the ship or fleet,
and
every officer who shall act as hereinbefore dire° deeroee
consequently refuse to accept a challenge, will be „ai3ite
to have acted honourably, and to have evinced a rei4e.ooo°
obedience, not only to this order, but also to the P
of the Queen."
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LEEDS CORN MARKET, APRIL 16.
thWee had a molerate supply of grain at this morning's market;
was not much passing in Wheat, and last week's rates
,7re unaltered. The demand for Barley was limi ed, and
!flees recede. Beans. Oats, and Shelling, as before. We quote
Is average prices :—Wheat, 52s 2d; Barley, 32s 10d ; Oats,
211;5d;
Beans, 31s 8d; and Peas, 35s Od per quarter.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 15.
The
ee clead markets being pretty well cleared, and the attend-
vas
sombuyers here this morning being good. the Beef trade
of
active, at an advance on last Monday's quota-
stea-th,"` 2d Per 81b. The Mutton trade was comparatively
en y, in some instances the prices had an upward ten-
and where Was a fair average supply of Lambs, but the
unaltered as slow at late rates. The Veal trade was firm, but
toee -'n Price. Pork sold at late currencies. Beef, per
of 81b,
4s 6d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 28 8d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d
NUtribBe4,. 3s Id to 4s 4d ; Lambs. 5s Od to 6s od each.
24,94„ oi Cattle at Market : Beasts, 2,275; Sheep and Lambs,
Calves, 59 ; Pigs, 350.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 16.
ZdThe arrivals into this port from Ireland, for the week
iilngl/st night, contain a limited quantity of Wheat,
afair supply of Oats and Flour, and a large accession
of Oatmeal ; but of anything coastwise we have little fresh
la for to-day ; and beyond 8191 qrs. of Wheat, chiefly
of M various ports in the Mediterranean, with 3340 qrs.
ave no
Egvptian Beans, and 3050 barrels of States Flour, we
imports from abroad.
With frequent showers and mildgenial weather, the face
of the country in this direction is greatly improved of late;
,tillaieh, added to the indifferent accounts repeated from
rk-lane, and some cargoes of foreign Wheat, on which
the 16s. duty is in the course of pa, ment, decidedly coun-
teract all extensive operations in any branch of the corn
trade here : we have accordingly to note this morning, a
'41•3, dull, limited sale for Wheat of all descriptions, and
aaddecline of full Id. per 70lb. from tne rates of Tuesday
t English and Irish Flour being also in very slow
request, an abatement of Is.
per sack was conceded ; and
foreign,
at held
though mostl
late rices, was rather de-
pressed in value. p
Barley, Malt, Beans and Pease • ' inc the same
achenaper.'tale as before, were all nominally the turn
few Oats, in like mariner, received little attention, and the
trivial sales effected were at a reduction of Ad. per
slbs. from the rates of this day week.
Oatmeal continued to meet some inquiry, but the
holders refusing to give way more than 3d. per load, the
transactions were unimportant.

CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL Ig.

The duty is increased this week on Foreign Wheat to 77s per
qr., on Flour to los gild per barrel : only a moderate quantity of
Wheat has, however, been released at 16s, viz. in London
about 12,0 0 qrs. in the week ending on Wednesday, and in
Liverpool about 14,000 qrs. up to yesterday, besides a few thou-
sand barrels of Flour.

With the exception of 5079 qrs. of Wheat, exclusively from
Mediterranean ports, our fresh arr vais of all Grain are extremely
light; from Ireland a fair quanti, y of Flour again appears, but
scarcely any Oatmeal has come forward since Tuesday : in the
interval from that date, nothing more than the usual retail de-
and has been experenced for Wheat in this market and the
nrunediate neighbourhood, with a tendency to more firmness on
the part of some holders on account of the anticipated small
portion of the bonded stock 'paying duty previous to the advance
la the rate : as regards other articles, the trade has continued
very inanimate.
Though this morning's market was very thinly attended by
actualion buyers, Wheats were in general held steadily at the quo-
business°l our
last Circular, which were maintained in the limited
variation ict°" c--- In Flour, also, we had few transactions, without
There was Prices.
may be as scarcely an inquiry for Oats and Oatmeal, and each
Lt tle pas considered the turn cheaper. In other free articles
10 sal""g t°-daY, and no quotable change in value.
es in bond are reported since our last.