The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

NEW YORK COTTON MARKET, JAN. 31

THREE, P.M.—The sales to-day are GOO to 800 bald
for French account, at full rates. Exchange dull an
declining. Freight to Liverpool very dull.
CURRENT PRICES FOR LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.'
New York, 30th January.
Mobile & N. Ori•
54 to 6
64 to 62
7 to 7i

Inferior
Ordinary
Middling
Middling fair
Fair

& Fonda
.. none.
.. 6 to 64
.. 6i to 61

7 to 8
8i to Si
9 to 10
10a to 11

Good fair
Fine

8 to 8
nom.

Charleston, Savannah
24th Jan. 24th Jan.
. 52 to 64 .. 6 to 64
. 61 to Di to t
61 tc
74 t,

N. (bleat'
21st
none. 5i to 661
Si to 5/ 6to a
64 to 6/ 6a to 3
7 to 7i 7* to
7i to 7/ 7i to 71
Bto si tollsi 8
none. .. 9

Inferior
Ordinary
Middling fair
Fair

61 to 7

Good fair
Fine .....

7i to 8
none.

BIRKENHEAD.—It was seriously talked of yesterl
on the other side of the water, in anticipation of Mr.
Jackson being victorious at the railway meeting to-deli
that Birkenhead is to be illuminated to-night. It is Id,
the report of the committee elected to enquire into the
„I
legations entirely acquits Mr. Jackson of any condo
even approaching to impropriety.
The Duke of Devonshire has subscribed £lOO toward°
the fund raised for the relief of the poor in Dungarvon•
of •
BODY FOUND.--On Sunday evening the body it
female unknown was found in George's Dock Basin.
was removed to the dead-house.
Thomasis h
Fremantle,
appointedmarkt
leßa
deputy chairman of
rt.„lateChiefSecretary4
d, io
of Customs, in the room of the hon. Edwil''
slßroeln
ieSawirard art, who retires.
The late Rev. Dr. C. Wordsworth has bequeathed th:
munificent sum of £l5OO to be equally divided amot?%
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Sac'So
for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and '4'
Church Building Society.
gentlemenal)!
place u.O/
0 a
On St a
thetu r Saturday au
s meetingtMansion-house,
h ot
soef , noblemen
London, andfor
thep
u t e
r
pe s
taking into consideration measures for the reformatted
of juvenile offenders, and for checking the growth
crime—the Lord Mayor in the chair, and the Bishop °
London was one of the speakers.
A MAN, UNKNOWN, FOUND HANGED.—On Suncil
forenoon, the body of a man, unknown, suspended 14
quite dead, was found in one of Mr. Breckle's bath'
machines, on the North Shore. The body has not to
been owned, and lies at the dead-house. It appears q'es,
he had been inquiring for work at some of the foundo
but did not succeed.
ei
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday, a female, nam-: 4
Mary Birket, living in Birket-street, Soho, enraplaialyi
of being very ill, went up stairs, lay down in bed, lit
shortly afterwards was found quite dead. From a
ed
mortem examination, it appeared that death was cane
0
by apoplexy. She had been troubled previously 171
asthma.

~...,....-....
riSC' Comm i TMENTS, YESTERDAY, AT THE POLICE,DO-.4
—A fisherman named Richard Shaw, charged by his fan.
with having frequently come home full of drink, and Ofof
ing on Saturday robbed him of a shawl, was sent
311
trial.—Elizabeth Currie, an elderly female, charged vieir'
robbing a man of a sovereign.—A girl named Sarah Jorlioi
charged with stealing 2s. 6d. from a man named SO
Buckley.

BARBAROUS MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF y. 7- I
FORD.—Great sensation has been created in the ner;
bourhocd of Clashmore, in consequence of thediscoie •
of a murder, committed on a poor woman living witilillots
short distance of this place. The body was found e 0
Monday last in a drain, having the breast bone broil,.
and showing other serious contusions in various PlsTjef
It is understood that she had been separated from of
husband for some time, who has been, in consequealip
certain suspicious circumstances, committed to gaol
ing the result of the coroner's inquest.—Cork Exatny',"o.
APPREHENDED SCARCITY.—The Cork Reporter 09410,
—"We may state on what we deem competent 811`601
rity, that the precautionary measures of the Governalood
are on such a scale as to afford an ample supply of tiq
when the exigency may arise to require it. The 4°111306
of Indian corn and corn meal at present to be dell/e -00
at the Ordinance stores is 300,000 bushels; but, 51100
much greater supply be required, arrangements bacem
made by which it can be readily obtained. This viii.o4
at once manufactured at the Lea Mills, and storedqta
will be sent from th s port in Government stearlie„V
where it may be wanted." From the Limerick Bel",
we learn that two vessels, laden with Indian corD,Aer
arrived in that port, and that several cargoes, by or'Aeor
the Government, were daily expected. Commissary 'sto;
ral Coffin arrived in Limerick on Tuesday, to proctirebelo
rage for a quantity of corn. A public meeting 00500
in Youghal on Wednesday, for the purpose of deg ilie
means to provide against the impending scarcitY• 004 e
meeting were unanimously of opinion that the bestot ,
of meeting the distress was by procuring emploYoe
the labouring population..
EXTRAORDIN CASE OF
OF

ARY BREACH OF
MARRIAGE.—A case of great importance, att fit
volving some most extraordinary circumstance!' ?Pr
tried on Saturday at the Middlesex sittings, •orl:
Prius, before Mr. Justice Wightman and a special ty;
in which the plaintiff, Mary Elizabeth Smith, sae it
Earl of Ferrars for a breach of promise of mar riage'reoiu;
young lady, who is step-daughter of a Mr. Smith,
y„jib
ing in Warwickshire, was just past her 21st year, a "a, el:
Earl, who is a nobleman of ancient family, with le
o-itler
~4 ,01
tates in that and some other counties, was two yea—„ce,rl
The acquaintance of the parties, however, corneae"_d
1839, and was continued up to the period of theopi,i
marriage in 1814, during which unequivocal Pi; is
were alleged, and the letters containing them litt'a hvof
evidence. The defence was, that no promise 000!
made, and that if there was, it had been made„ipiqA,
minority. The witnesses examined for the rot'?
proved the acquaintance and meetings, &c., of theft pee,
and the handwriting of the letters produced orbelie di
not of the most unimpeachable character. Fbe
STif
fence it is understood that it will be urged ticif
Ferrars never was acquainted with the young la.ab'e tri/
and that the letters produced are forgeries.
after having lasted to five o'clock, was adjourned
.4,
yesterday morning. f ingif
AUTOGRAPHS.—We have had the pleasure 0 e otai
ing Mr. Levi's testimonials, which form a vohinloili,
teresting and valuable autographs, being the bart`lriego
3
of persons of distinction in this and other coon,' 0
„1 :01,
eluding many of the Royal Families of Eag,'a
France. These credentials must be invaluable ""skill
Levi, as they bear testimony to the consummate
artiste possesses.

16.00
to • de 0
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, v 004
The arrival of the steamer on Saturday erenge t
opening of the market a matter of curiosity.
were received by various parties in different be
general opinion seemed to be, that the crop would uriorer
average. Holders shewed their stocks freely. 10'140
about the same as last week. The sales reached 4yv
to the trade.

LIVERPOOL :
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1946' glf
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED al
TUESDAY MOlt '-
11T ini
JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grovo-street
LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-eu"„L'
At N. 4, S. Gooses's CIUSICIINT, LIVIISTIP"

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