The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

Wheat Qrs. 630
Barley Qrs. 288
Malt Qrs. 35
Oats ... •
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs.
Pease
Shelled. Barley Qrs.
(ndian Corn Qrs.
Rapeseed :Qrs
Oatmeal . . Loads 3289
Flour . Sacks •2641
D(ttO

780 I 795

3295
2651

Into Runeorn,• Ireland and I
ley. qrs. ; Malt. qrs.; C
meal, 2218 Ids.; Flour, sae!

:oastwise :—Wheat, 350 qrs.; Bar.
lats, 280•qrs.; Pease, qrs. ; Oat-

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, qrs. ; Oats, 485
qrs. ; Pease, qrs ; Beans, qrs. ; Indian Corn, 14 qrs. ; Oat-
meal, 3 lds. ; Flour, sacks, 7 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, 908
qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Peas, 4 qrs. ; Indian
Corn, 15 qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids. ; Flour, 176 sacks, 100 hrls.--
Coastwise. Wheat, 30 qrs. ; Barley, 100 qrs.; Malt, 29 qrs. ;
Oats, qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, —qrs. ; Pease, 10 qrs. ;
Indian Corn, 2 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 11 Ids.; Flour, 96 sacks 298
barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending April 8, 1843.
Wheat 455. sd. i Barley 288. Sd. Oats.. 17s. 2d. 1 Rye.. 295. 3d
Beans.. 265. 2d. Pease.. 265. 1 Id.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.

Wheat 475. Id. I-halley
Beans,

28s. id. I Oats.. 17s. 4d. I Rye.. 285. 8d
265. 4d. Pease.. 285. sd.

Duty on Foreign Grain. &c. this week

Wheat 20-4.0 d. I Barley 9s. od. I I
Oats .. . Bs. Od. Rye.. I Is. 6d.
Beans 115.6(4. I Pease.. lls. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. Flour 125.00
Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... ss. Od. I Barley.. 2s. Od. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye.... 3s. Od.
Beans 38. Od I Pease.. 3s. Od. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour 3s Od
Liverpool Averages, week ending April 11. 1843.
• Wheat. 1. Barley. I Oats. Beans. I Pease.
Qrs 67 6g t 243 •
Prices

COTTON MARKET.—Taimg o'CLocx

There is only a very moderate enquiry for Cotton to-day ;
the sales may be estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 bales at steady

going market prices

MISCELLANEOUS

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is exceedingly
unwell at the Palace of Kensington.

The Chief Justice of the Irish Queen's Bench is pro-
nounced out of danger.

Mr. Alfred Austin, of the Middle Temple, has been ap-
pointed an assistant poor-law commissioner.

At a ball held at the Lowther Rooms, London, on Monday
night, a gentleman named Loat staggered and fell whilst
dancing, and died a few minutes afterwards.

• The strike of the Coventry weavers, which has been in ex-
istence for some weeks, has ceased for want of funds to
maintain the " outs."

The Breslau Gazette states that the flag of the German
Customs Union, for its shipping, is to be tricolor—white
above, black below, and the particular colour of each state
in the middle.

At a meeting of the deputies of the joint-stock banks
which was held on Wednesday, it was resolved not to appl3
to parliament this session.for any amendment of the laws re.
lating to joint-stock banking.—Times.
On Friday last, Miss Moorhouse, a young and highly ac.
complished lady, daughter of a retired East India merchant
residing near Romford, committed suicide by drowning her.
self in a water cistern. -.

Resolutions, condemnatory of the recent proceedings of the
French at Otaheite, and calling upon the government to pro-
tect the British missions in the Pacific, were agreed to at a
public meeting held in Exeter Hall on Wednesday last.

. - ---
The Society for Improving the Condition of the butane,
has offered a premitfin of 2p: guineas, to the. author of the
best essay on the followidginbject, viz. :—" What is the al-
tinction between crime lind insanity ?"

The large wasp's, ieeu flying about in April and May are
the queen wasps, and their destruction prevents the birth of
myriads of wasps. Earl Fitzwilliam gives a shilling each for
them, dead or alive.

A machine has been invented, in France, for making che-
mical matches, which, although worked only by two children
and an ass, turns out 600.000 per day; these, if sold at the
rate of 300 for ti sou, will yield the manufacturer a profit of
lUf. per day. •

EDUCATION.—From a parliamentary return just published,
we fitid that there has been expended for education in the
county of. Larcaiter the sum of £11,694 10s., in that of
Chester £2,446, and in that of York £7,534, and for the
establishment of National Schools in Cheshire £2,500.
WAVES.—As a proof of the depth of the waves, and power
of their action, at Madras, it is stated by Sir J. Robinson,
that during a violent storm, a quantity of pigs of lead had
been cast ashore near the fort, and it was proved that they
had come from a vessel which had been wrecked at more than
a mile from the shore.

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—The bulletin issued on Saturday
suffering
gy u
was as follows :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is
unndfaevroarnabalte symptom." On Sunday morning thetack of erysipelas, which Is not attended
with
followingfavorably
n yt ienv we
ra issueds His royal highness is going
on
respect. :-4.

.The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England
during the four weeks ending the Ist of April is stated to be
£11,420,000, which showi an increase of £436,000 as com-
pared with the , preceding month ; and an increase of
£4,414,000 as compared with the corresponding period last
year. The first-mentioned sum is a larger amount than for
many years past. ;

ELEVATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.-Sir Hans
Sloane's baronetcy, given by George the First, was the first
title of hereditary honour granted to any medical gentleman
in this country. The profession has since furnished its fair
share of recruits to the baronetage. Between 1796 and
1837, that rank was, if .we reckon aright, conferred on seven-
teen physicians and surgeons, one occulist, and two apothe-
caries.—Quarterly Review.

THE FLYING MACHINE.--The Aeriel or Ariel, we do
not know which is its proper name, does not seem to make
more converts by the publication of its picture. Though on
the bird principle, it is certainly very unlike a bird ; and
Sam Rogers says, the only feature of resemblance is, that it
has got a bill—in Parliament.—Literary Gazette.

The National Bank of Ireland, the head office of which is
situated in this country, while the business is carried on in
Ireland, has appealed against the income-tax ; and the
result has been a decision that those subscribers only who
reside in England will be liable to the tax for the amount of
their shares, and that the institution, as such, will be un-
taxed.

CORPORATIONS.—A bill has been brought into the house
of Commons on the subject of municipal corporations, by
Lord John Russell, which is intituled, " a bill for dissolving
certain corporations, and regulating certain municipal cor-
porations in England." Its object is to legislate for the
future government of those minor corporations not included
in the Municipal Corporations Act of William IV.

THE SCREW PROPELLER.—On Thursday last, a steam-
frigate was launched from Sheerness, which is to be fitted
up with the screw-propeller, the invention of Mr. Smith.
Her extreme length is 195 feet; breadth, 32 feet 9 inches:
burden, 888 tons. This vessel will test the principle of the
screw-propeller effectually. The great advantages of this
principle over the paddle-wheels and boxes, hitherto made
use of in steam navigation, are that in vessels to be used as
men-of-war the whole length of deck is uninterrupted, so
that what is going on at the bows of the vessel can be seen
from the stern, and vice versa; and the whole battery of her
guns can be worked uniformly, and under the direction of
the captain. Another advantage is that the screw being
under water is out of the way of mischief, and not liable to
be damaged by shot; and a further advantage is, that she is
capable of being turned about in a much smaller space than
a steamer propelled by paddle-wheelsiwhich, as everybody
knows, takes an immense space in the water to perform her
evolutions. Neither, it may be added, does the srew-pro-
pellor retard the sailing powers of the vessel, which paddle-
boxes must unavoidably do, from the awkwardness of their
position, and their largeness of dimensions.

Pk 17.3 E CURT STOPH E.—On Saturday, at the Marlborough-
street k London) police-office, Prince Christophe (brother to
the late King of 'Hayti), whose arrival in this country, with
his princess, was lately announced, coupled with the fact of
their luggage being detained at the Southampton Railway
for their fare, entered the court accompanied by an interpreter.
The prince's attire did not correspond with his royal rank,
being what is termed in England rather seedy. The inter-
preter informed Mr. Maltby that the prince wished his ad-
vice as to how he was to recover his luggage, &c., which was
ynse.d bxyirt.hme parlotbpyrietor of Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-
detained, and of what thenweeterer
square, where the prince and princess had been residing for
allthree d detained
replied of wearing apparel, jewellery, &c., in fact, everything
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the prince was possessed of. They were detained for a claim
of £l5, which the landlord had against the prince for board
and lodging for three days. In the trunks were some papers
which the prince was extremely anxious to have, as they were
essential to the establishment of a claim which he had upon
the Bank of England for a million of money, which his late
brother had invested in the bank in his name, which papers
the landlord also refused to give up. Mr. Maltby inquired
the value of the property detained ? The interpreter replied
about £2OO. The prince said it was not so much as that.
It was, however, the papers he most particularly wanted.
He had some time since been in this country to make his
claim, but being told by a solicitor they were necessary, he
had gone hack to. San Domingo, whence he had just returned
with them. Mr. Maltby would assist the prince as much as
he could by sending an officer with him to request the papers
might be given up. He then directed police-sergeant Gray,
14 C, to accompany the prince for that purpose. The prince
expressed his thanks, and withdrew with the officer and the
interpreter. Gray, on his return, stated that he had, after
some difficulty, prevailed upon the landlord to give up the
papers. He, however, held resolute possession of everything elseuntil his account was paid, even some cigars, which
the prince appeared to be very anxious to obtain. There
seemed to be a delusion existing in the mind of the prince as
to the claim to the money, and also its amount. Instead of
£1,000,000 it was only £25 000, which had been placed by
the King of Hayti, shortly before he was murdered, in the
English funds in the names and for the support of his wife
and children, and he understood they were now enjoying it.