The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

The speculators,

—expressive term !

the do

.ch be eabil

Its cheapness " will disappear in an instant, on the
intelligence" of the approaching repeal of the cirn-
laws being conveyed to the said speculators, who,
whilst shedding maudlin tears for the last fortnight
over the sad suffering impending over the heads of
the poor, and prophecying famine and almost re
bellion, have been quietly " lav;Tur their hand p-

the European stocks" and sweeping clean almost
every port. How often is the boasted humanity of
the world based on avarice and selfishness !

with al

I)
fair period
)f "we are ! in corn; and that

iid, however, that the present is not o
testing the operation of a free track
shall s.hortly see its supply

sage is that of perso-

s cheapnes

man's means

GIN'AL ANNOUNCEMENT

THE CORN LAWS WILL BE

T was it r

OBERT PEEL, AND

when the ch

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OUR ANNOUNCE-

confirms the accuracy of
ons; the Chronicle re-
gards the assertion if the Times as " one of the
most serious escapades in the history of British
journalism ;" the Post thinks that if the Times he
in error now there will be no fear of the world trust-
ing it again. We cannot conceive that any journal,
however proverbially lax in its principles, which as-
pires to lead public opinion in political or commer-
cial matters, could be guilty of the atrocity of ha-
zarding and repeating the announcement of an un-

The Herald of Saturd

Standard's contr

o great as to bring it
What says the limes,

How character

,c,,of the flimsy Sir Oracle himself, wbo
tnus "crammed" with not readily
~ecessary than at the present moment, urneatable reading or leirning scraps of which he "as.
_......era of an infinite forejgn productiv is likely similates", (what's that ?) and retails weekly for the edi-
,ogh to terrify some portion at least of the isle out of its fication of his readers, gaining thereby " a certain credit
propriety. The farmer may take the word of a real friend for deep thought and much learning." ! The confession,
for it, that he is no more likely to see the markets of Eng- however, is the reverse of judicious.
land inundated with corn, than the streets of London IN:REASED HEAT GAINED BY BURNING YOUR.
paved with gold. It is conceivable that gold may some S_sz oat.—ln proof of the increase of heat gained by burn-
day be as plentiful as iron, because it is found in uncertain ing the smoke, we may cite the experiments of Mr. Henry
quantities, and sometimes in a virgin state. It is quite Holdsworth, of Manchester, who has shown, that in the
conceivable that our saucepans and teakettles may one front flue of a furnace, of common construction, the
day be made of gold; but it is not conceivable that wheat thermometer seldom rose above 1100 deg. Fahr, and often
can ever become much cheaper, and more abundant in fell below 940 deg., the mean being 975 deg., while in the
relation to the wants of man, than at this present time, for same furnace, when consuming its own smoke, the mean
the simple reason that we know exactly the laws of its temperature was 1160 deg. Fahr., ranging between 1400
production, and know also that it is, and elwaYs has been, and 1000 deg. The quantity of.water evaporated by
in all climates, a most difficult and lab( rimis manufac- pound of coal was one-half greater than when the smoke
ture." was not consumed.—Liverpool Health of Towns' Ad-
Let the British farmer then keep up his heart. vacate.