The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-03 00:00:00

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THE TEA TRADE, SEPT. 25.—The non-arrival of the
verland mail causes the market to rule very quiet. The
1-liveries last week fell off rather, being 4-10,7501 b.

A quantity of the caoatchouc floor-cloth has been sup-
ed to the royal yacht. to deaden the sound on the decks

Amongst the list of persons against whom proclama-
_ _in of outlawry was made at Red Lion-square, Lond3n,
n Thursday, we find the name of Thomas Steele.
ADVANCE OF WAGES.—We understand that Mr. J.
Lord, David-street, has advanced the wages of his weavers
ad been predicted, one this week twelve per cent.—Manchester Guardian.
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es eves _ -- There ve at this time apple trees in full bloom in the
leven gardens of Mr. James Dalzell and Mr. S. Donaldson, of
one thing is quite clear, that the Ulver.ton.
it little progress "in this part of HON. AhTILLERY

COMPANY.—The Court of Assist-
nts of this ancient regiment has received a new warrant
.iith her Majesty's sign manual, appointing his loyal
Highness Prince Albert Captain-General and Colonel.

At Mold, Wm. Askew, an old man, aged sizly:four
ears, has been held to bail for an attempt to commit a
rape on a child only nine years of age. The prisoner ab-
sc ,nded to Liverpool about three months ago.
We have been informed that a declaration against the
Repeal aaitation is in progress of signature among a por-
tion of the Roman Catholic population in this island.—
Achill Herald.

Sir Thomas Wilde's name has been expunged from the
registration list of the city of London, the place of resi-
dence of the hon. member not having seen satisfactorily

The London Morning Chronicle, a radical paper, an-
nounces that trade has continued to improve rapidly since
the end of the first year of Sir R. Peel's accession to
office.

SIGN OF THE TIMES.—The Gazette of Tuesday last
contains the names of six bankrupts, five of whom are
linen drapers and tailors, and the sixth a licensed victual-

The Gazelle of Friday contains the official notice of
a vacancy in the representation for the city of London,
having occurred by the death of Sir M. Wood. The writ
is to be issued on the 12th October.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths in the metropolis during the week ending the 23d
instant amounted to 983, which is 135 above the weekly
average of the last five summers.

PROGRESS OF POPERY.—The number of priests in the
London district, in the year 1836, was 91 ; the number in
1843 is 135 ; giving an increase in seven years of 44.—
Tablet.

CAUTION TO BROKERS AND OTHERS.—On Thursday
last, Misses Agnes and Betty Jacks, brokers, Brechin,
were fined £l5 10s. for purchasing part of the dress of a
deserter from the 92d Regiment
The

Napoleon, French screw steamer (one of those
which accompanied her Majesty to Brighton), has a three-
thread screw, and has made as much as thirteen knots per
hour, and succeeds well.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—This Theatre opened
on the 2d of October, at the following reduced prices of
admission :—Dress boxes, ss. ; second and third tiers,
3s. 6d. ; pit, 2s. 6d. ; and gallery, Is.
Last week, as one of the clerks in the Huddersfield
post-office was stamping the letters for delivery, one of
the letters, containing a quantity of lucifer matches, ex-
ploded, and set the letter on fire.

STREET SWEEPING MACHlNE.—Arrangements are
now completed by the city authorities in London, by
which the streets and principal thorughfares of the city
will be cleaned in future by this expeditious and effective
process.

John Briton, alias Burton, who for many years past
has carried on an extensive bus'ne is as a horse dealer, at
Langton, Leicestershire, has been arrested on a ch. rge
of highway robbery, committed sixteen years 'ago, for
which one of his alleged companions was executed.

THE MISSING OVERLAND MAIL.—The Standard of
Tuesday says—We learn from Alexandria. that nothing
har been heard of the overland mail from India, and that
grave apprehensions are entertained for the safety of the
steamer which cr nveyed it.

HIGH WAGES.-It is stated that so far did the demand
for labour in southern Lincolnshire exceed the supply
during the harvest, that the reapers in some instances
demanded and obtained the enormous price of 7s. 6d. a
day each.--• Leeds Mercury.

Arrangements are now in active progress for holding a
grand meeting of the archers of Great Britain, at York,
in August next; when it is proposed that a gold cup,
value one hundred guineas, and several other prizes of
proportional value, shall be shot for.
A company is established for conveying persons from
London to Paris and back. for twenty guineas, which will
include travelling expenses, board and lodging at first-
rate hotels, amusements, fifteen visits to the theatres,
trips by railroad to Versailles, St. Germain, &c.

A DROPPED NOTE.—Lately the boots at the Royal
Hotel, Chester, was entrusted with a £5O note to get
changed. In assisting a female to get off a coach be
dropped it and did not discover the loss for some minutes.
Luckily for him it had been picked up by the Rev. Chan-
cellor Raikes at the time, who returned it to the loser.
WARNING TO DRUNKEN PARENTS.—On Sabbath
morning last a tailor named Helmsley, and his wife, resi-
ding in St. Mary's Wynri, London, while in a ctorP of
intoxication, struck or let fell upo❑ the head a fine child,
about six months old, by which means it was deprived of
life.

A number of Shetland ponies were landed at Sunder.
land lately, Mr. Hobert French being the importer. The
ponies are very fine animals, and it is understood are
principally to be employed in collieries, to supersede the
heavy labour of young boys in conveying the corves along
the tram ways in low workings.

It has been given in evidence before a committee of the
house of commons, that no less a sum than one thousand
millions annually, is exchanged by twenty-eight of the
principal London bankers, at the clearing room ; and that
all the gold and silver required to effect this enormous
exchange, is about £2O a day.

Princes Leon and Basile Kotschoubey arrived at Mi-
vart's Hotel, on Monday evening, from Paris. The
object the princes have in visiting this country is, the col-
lection of the most improved agricultural implements in
general use in this country, to be exported for the im-
provement of their extensive estates in Russia.

Two paupers, bearing, strange to say, the illustrious
names of John Milton and Walter Scott, were brought
up from the Strand Union Workhouse, charged with re-
fusing to perform the allotted quantity of work required
of them. The offence being proved, they were sent to
prison for fourteen days.—What's in a name ?

The shareholders in the Newcastle and Shields Steam-
packet Company, which was formed in 1838, with a capital
of £6900 in 690 ten pound shares, have recently been
called upon, after the total loss of their capital, for the
further sum of £1 3s. per share, to meet the remaining
liabilities of the company!
The rapacious Anti-Corn-law League announced, at
their meeting in Drury-lane, last week, their demand of
£lOO,OOO, and promise that that sum shall stop their
mouths for the future. The £50,000 already abstracted
from their dupes has been expended, and how, may be
seen from a paragraph elsewhere.

RUNAWAY HUSBANDS.—Within the last fortnight the
board of guardians of St. Marylebnne parish have pub-
licly offered a reward of two guineas each for the appre-
hension of no fewer than seventeen fathers of families
who have deserted their wives and children. More than
oue hundred individuals have thus become chargeable to
Marylebone parish.—London paper.

THE YIELD OF WHEAT.—We continue to hear com-
plaints of the yield of wheat this season. In one case a
party bought a quantity of standing wheat for £39, and
after he had been at the expense of cutting, carrying,
threshing &c., he obtained 32 bags, for which he will
probably get something under £3O, thus losing £9 in cash,
and all his labour by the bargain.— Worcester paper,
SHIPMENT OF HORSES.—On Tuesday last, the very
handsome and valuable thorough-bred horse " Mundig "
was shipped on board the Leeds steam-ship for. Hamburg,
being intended for the King of Prussia. The above horse
won the Derby stakes in 1834, and is half-brother to
Cotherstone, the second horse at the last Doncaster St.
Leger.

NUMBER OF FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS DURING
THE WBBR.--14'rom three o'clock on. Sunday week to the
same hour on Sunday last, inclusive, the number of fires
in the metropolis have been as follows ::—Sunday, 2 ;
Monday, 2 ; Tuesday, 2 ; Wednesday, 4 ; Thursday, 2 ;
Friday, 3 ; Saturday, 6 ; Sunday, I—total, 22. Being a
decrease of 13 on the week preceding.
POINT OF ETIQUETTE.—WHAT IS AN ESQUIRE?--
On Saturday the magistrates in petty sessions at Ken-
sington decided that gentlemen acting as commissioners
of land-tax did not hold offices of trust under the Crown,
and were not entitled to rank as esquires, or to sit on
special juries. They gave the same judgement with regard
to captains of volunteer regiments.
The great difference which sometimes occurs in con-
tractors estimates for particular works bas been strongly
illustrated in those sent in for improving the Caledonian
Canal. The tenders were four in number, namely,
£134,000, £136,000, £223,000, and £230,000. The
£136,000 tender was accepted. The engineer's estimate
was £137,000.

CRANBORNE CHASE.—The nuts are in great abun-
dance here this season, and prove a golden harvest for
the poor, who assemble in search of them daily in hun.
dreds ; parties of them come from great distances, and
are kno an to tent here for days. There are also large
pic-nic parties in the Chase, in consequence of the conti-
nued fine weather.—Dorselshire Paper.

Three are three Candidates for the office of Lord Mayor
of London : Ald. Thos. Wood, who was passed by last
year, Ald. Magnay, and Ald. Gibbs. It is generally ex.
pected that the choice will fall upon Ald. Magnay, and
indeed there seems little doubt of it, as that gentleman is
considerably a-head on the poll, and the voting is only
continued pro forma in compliance with the act.

THE ALDERMANIC GOWN OF CRIPPLEGATE.—SeveraI
gentlemen are talked of for the aldermanic gown of the
united wards of Cripplegate Without and Within, vacant

t•Allt,•.• - .
by the lamented death of Sir M. Wood, Batt. Among
the most prominent df these are Mr. John. Dillon, of the
firm of Morrison, Dillon, and Co.; and Mr. Thomas
Challis.

The Birmingham musical festival was closed on Friday

week, by a ball at the theatre, at which about 500 persons
were present. The receipts of the festival have amounted
to about £9,000, being less by £1,500 than on the last
occasion; but it is to b
his fund has now I £l,OOO has been eff

a surplus of nearly

ill remain to the hospital.
THE LATE FATAL DUEL.—The Commander-in-Chief
has directed Lieutenant Munro's immediate return to his
regiment. It is generally supposed that Lieut. Munro
will not surrender at all to take his trial for the murder of
Colonel Fawcett; but that his second, Lieut. Grant, will
give himself up at the next sessions of the Criminal
Court.

The sudden transition from mild to cold weather has
been accompanied by a succession of high tides, attributa-
ble, no doubt, to the prevalence of the equinoxial winds,
but which rarely continue so long, unless in the month of
March. The swollen state of the Thames, both on Tues-
day and Wednesday, has been productive of some loss of
property, and has caused very great inconvenience to the
wharfingers whose premises lie on the banks of the river."

Mr. W. Martin, the natural philosopher, to whom the
public are almost weekly indebted for some wonderful dis-
covery, has just added to his stock of inventions a new
life-boat ; an ingenious model of which he has constructed
for the purpose of submitting it to inspection. The pecu-
liarities of Mr. Martin's boats are-Ist, it has two rud-
ders; 2d, it is much broader than other boats; 3d, it is
rowed by paddles instead of oars; and, 4th, the water
cannot lodge in it so as to diminish its buoyancy.—New-
castle Courant.

We beg to inform Mr. O'Connell, that though we have
not been such blockheads as to " buy his book," we have
examined his reference to the third page of Fynes
lilory-
son's History, folio edition, and find the reference an im-
pudent fraud. There is not a word about Mullaghmast,
or any thing like Mullaghmast in that or any other page
of Fynes Moryson's History. Thus much for the day;
but we have not done with the subject.—Standard.

MULLET TAKEN WITH THE FLY.—"While Robert
Miller, fly-dresser, High-street, was fishing with white
fly, last night, fo-' lithe, off the South-quay, he hooked
and handed a fine mullet about 31b. weight. The inci-
dent is, we believe, unprecedented, at least in the expe-
rience of anglers in this quarter, who have never known
the fish to rise either to fly or bait, or to be otherwise
killed than by the gun or with nets.—Ayr Advertiser.
SERIOUS DEFALCATION BY A CASHIER.—On Wed-
nesday, Richard Powell, cashier to Mr. Elkanah Armi-
tage, absconded from his employ, and soon after a defal-
cation in his accounts, to the serious amount of £1,500,
was discovered. It is supposed that he went to Liver-
pool, taking his wife with him. The police have ob-
tained some clue to his hiding place, but we believe he
has not yet been apprehended.—ManAester Courier.
A WHOLE CREW SAVED BY MR. CARTE'S LIFE
BUOY.—The brig Victoria sailed from Dundee on the 26th
Pugust, and was wrecked in the Cattegat on the 4th inst.
The crew were saved by means of the life boy. The ow-
ner of this vessel was rather reluctant to incur the ex-
pense of this simple instrument of safety, but has since
declared that no ship that he has any connexion with
shall sail without one;

REPRESENTATION OF LONDON.—The city whig-radi-
cals, for reasons not stated, appear to have suddenly given
up the idea of starting Lord Morpeth, and now speak of
bringing forward Mr. Pattison, who has already filled the
post of city member. The requisition to Mr. Baring we
understand is likely to be influentially and very numerously
signed ; and of course no time will be lost in presenting it.
Much depends upon being early in the field.

A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.—Mr. O'Connor
recommends Dr. M'Douall as a fit and proper person to
be a member of parliament, while the Rev. Mr. Hill says
that Mr. O'Connor's embryo M.P. should hang himself
on the first tree that presents itself, as he is an idle good-
for-nothing demagogue, who by his firebrand speeches
puts into a halter the necks of his dupes, while he keeps
himself out of danger.
In the market for metals prices do not materially ad-
vance, nor is there much real improvement in the iron
districts of South Wales, where bar iron is only saleable
on a limited scale at £4 12s. 6d. to £4 15s. per ton. In
the Clyde pig iron is at the low price of 455., and in
Wales at 70s. to 755. per ton. British copper is dull at
£7B to £79 per ton ; and English tin at 595., and Banca
at 58s. per cwt.—Birmingham Herald.
The commissioners of excise have iss;Jed an order that
the officers in each particular division and ride do call
upon the respective surgeons, apothecaries, chemists and
druggists, and inform them that the retailing of spirits of
wine in small quantities, without license, subjects each of
them to £5O penalties, and that if any cases be discovered
where such practises are continued after this caution, they
are to be stated to the board for prosecution.
AN OLD PAIR OF STOCKINGS.—A gentleman who
dined last week in the county hall, Hamilton, on occa-
sion of the festivities in honour of the Marquis of Douglas
and Clydesdale and his young bride the Princess Marie of
Baden, wore the identical pair of white silk stockings
throughout the day, in which he danced some three dozen
years ago, at a party given by the then factor of his grace,
in celebration of the marriage of the present Duke and
Duchess of Hamilton.
SEIZURE UNDER THE INCOME-TAX.—Mr. Thomas
Fielden, brother of the M.P. of that name, has allowed
hip goods to be sold rather than pay the amount claimed
by the commissioners. It appears the three years fixed
upon were most diastrous to the firm ir. which Mr. Fiel-
den is a partner; and, although such was stated and
sworn to, the commissioner assessed him in such a sum
that was refused to be paid. Some hay and a horse were
sold.—Observer.
A corporal of the 58th Regiment, named Henry Donelly,
was accidentally shot in Brampton Barracks on Saturday
while at dinner, by another corporal, named Thomas
Lawrie. The Oecettsra had, vu hi. roi.r,.
stone gaol with a prisoner, forgotten to draw the charge
in his musket, and on Lawrie entering the barrack-room,
he took it up, not thinking it was loaded, when it went off
and shot him. The two corporals were intimate friends.
BEES AND HONEY.—After all the abundance with
which the country has been blessed, we find that, owing
to the long continuance of wet weather and the absence
of sunshine in the early part of the summer, the natural
industry of the bee has been retarded, and great com-
plaints are made by poor cottagers, who depend on the
productions of this industrious little insect for the pay-
ment of their rent. The quantity of honey this year is
not one-half so much as last.

APPROACH OF REBECCA TO THE NORTH.-011 Tues-
day evening last, whilst a number of the Rev. Mr. Clarke's
allotment tenants, between thirty and forty, were regaling
themselves with punch and a little music, after their
annual rent supper, Rebecca, with a number of her
daughters in her train, all attired in fantastic dresses,
partly male and partly female, to the great merriment of
the company, entered the room, and performed a peculiar
sort of dance expressive of their vocation. —Durham
Advertiser.

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE.—At a meeting
of the inhabitants of Marylebone, held on Thursday night,
a resolution was adopted for the formation of a society