The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-17 00:00:00

HOW THE ENVOY'S MURDER WAS AVENGED !

" The body-guard had only got a few hundred yards from
the gate in their progress to the scene of conference, when
they suddenly faced about and came galloping back, several
shots being fired at them in their retreat. Lieut. Le Geyt,
in passing through the gate,
exclaimed that the envoy had
been carried off, and it was believed that, finding his men
would not advance to the rescue, he came back for assistance.
But the intelligence he brought, instead of rousing our leaders
to instant action, seemed to paralyse their faculties ; and.
although it was evident that our envoy had been basely en-
trapped, if not actually murdered, before our very gate, and
though even now crowds of Affghans, horse and foot, were
seen passing and repassing to and fro in hostile array, be-
tween Mahomed's Fort and the place of meeting, not a gun
was opened upon them ; not a soldier was stirred from his
post ; no sortie was apparently even thought of ; treachery
was allowed to triumph in open day ; the murder of a Bri-
tish envoy was perpetrated in the face and within musket-
shot of a British army . and not only was no effort made to
avenge the dastardly deed, but the body was left lying on
the plain to be mangled and insulted, and finally carried off
to be paraded in the public market by a ruffianly mob of
fanatical barbarians."

ANECDOTE Of OLD SIR ROWLAND WYNN.—Not a cen-
tury ago, there lived in Northgate, in this town, a fashionable
staymaker, named Barber. Now in those days, this impor-
tant part of a lady's dress was more stout and formidable than
even at the. present time, indispensibly requiring a " try on"
before it could be pronounced complete. One fine morn-
ing, Jonathan took horse and rode over to Nostell for that
purpose. Meeting then with (as he supposed), a hanger-on
about the house, he called out " here, my man—take care of
my horse whilst I try a pair of stays
on Lady Wynn, and I
will give you sixpence," to which the man at once acceded.
He then proceeded to the house, where after concluding his
errand, he was departing down the staircase, when her lady-
ship accidentally approached the window just at the time
and called out in great astonishment—" bless me, whose horse is Sir Rowland leading about." The staymakerim-
mediately perceiving his mistake, ran out, and. with many
bows and scrapes, and a hundred apologies enceavoured to
explain the matter. " No, no," said Sir Rowland, . Mr.
Barber, you promised me sixpence, and as it is the first that
I ever earned in my life, I will have it." The sixpence was
then paid, and Jonathan departed, glad to have escaped so
easily.— Wak,efield Journal.

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, JAN. 11

[WEEKLY REPORT

ADMITTED

Medical and Surgical co
Upon recommendation ..

PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 16.
Prices within the last seven days. This (lays
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices
Bolton and Preston ..
Birmingham and Gloucester .. 100 paid 0 0 0
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby
Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 0 0 0
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto hslf
Ditto, new, issued at £33 dis 2 5 .. 3 13 9
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares.. 86 8 0 0 0
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto new shares 3 .... 0 0 0
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 0 0 0
Half Shares 9 .... 0 0 0
Glasgow, Paisley, Hilmar' 150 paid 0 0 0
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction
Ditto half shares 50 . 97 10 0
Quarter 25 . 0 0 0
New ditto.... 7 10.. 32 5 0
Great Western 65 .... 0 0 0
Ditto new piares 5O .... 63 15 0
Ditto Fifth Shares Bl7 6 17 2 6
Great:North of England 6O .... 0 0 0
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston .. :
Ditto Junct on, new — 0 0 0
Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 0 0 0
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares 9O 10.. 91 0 0
London and Birmingham 9O .... 0 0 0
Ditto new quarter shares
Ditto old shares
Ditto
London & Brighton
Ditto new
London and South Western
Ditto, 10th shares
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 4O .... 0 0 0 .
Ditto and Ditto Extension 7 .... 0 0 0 .
Manchester and Leeds 7O .... 0 0 0.
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shares
Midland Counties
Ditto, quarter '7 .... 15 15 0 .
1-sth Shares 2 .... 0 0 0.
North Midland
New North Midland 4O .... 0 0 0 .
One-third Shares
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 0 0 0
Ditto quarter shares
Ulster 25 .... 0 0 0
Paris and Rouen 24 15.. 26 0 0
Rouen and Havre
Newcastle and Darlington Junc. 3 .... 0 0 0
South Eastern and Dover 5O .... 0 0 0
New shares
York and North Midland 5O paid 0 0 0
Half Shares l5 .... 0 0 0

BANKS

4'12 10s paid

Bank of Liverpool
- Borough Bank
- Commercial of Liverpool 10
- Commercial of England. 5
- East of England lO
- of Manchester lO
- M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15
- Northern and Central
- North and South Wales lO
- Royal of Liverpool 500
- South Lancashire
- Albion
- Liverpool Union lO

Liverpool Banking Co 10 .
Wilts and Dorset 7 I‘.
GAS, WATER WORKS, &c
.. £lOO paid

Exchange Buildings
L'pool and Harrington Water l Stock
Works
Bootle Ditto
L'poo Gas Light Company,
(Original Stock) 100
Ditto new Shares .... 100
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO
Ditto new shares are now paid up
ASSURANCE COMPANIES
M'chester Assurance Company. 10 ....
Liverpool Fire and Life .. 2 lOs
Ocean Assurance
Liverpool Marine Assurance }
10 paid
Company
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANY
Leeds and Liverpool 'Canal. ... • 0 ....
Andtrton Carrying Company .. 16 as.
Rock Ferry
Steam Tug Company lO . .
Harrington Docks 100 ....
Apothecaries' Company
Asphalte (Liverpool)
(Polonceau)

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603 0 0
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O 0 0
O 0 0
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193 0 0

2O 0 0

35 15 0
36 10 0

683 10 ex

PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S

LONDON & LIVERPOOL,

Outward

Leeward Isl. Dean. & Berbice
Honduras
Havana
New York, Boston
Charleston, Savannah
New Orleans
Canada
British worth America
Newfouncuand
Brazils

River Plate
East Indies
China
Batavia

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New South Wales
Cape of Good Hope
Africa

25s Od@ 30 0 I 3080 0 0
20 o' 0 0 20 0 0
40 0— 0 0 40 0— 50 0
35 0-40 0 40 0-50 0
25 0-30 0 15 0-17 6
25 0 30 0 l5 0 17 6
30 0-35 0 25 0-30 0

Gibraltar
Lima, Valparaiso, &c.
Malta, Sicily, &c. .
Smyrna and Constantinople
M alaga
M adeira
Western Isles, Cape de Verde,
Lisbqn
Cadiz
France
Holland
Hamburg, Bremen, &c.
Gottenburg, Stockholm
Petersburg, Riga, &e.
Oporto

30 0-- 35 0 25 0- 30 0

30 0- 0 0 I 25 0-30 0
25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0
35 0 -40 0 1 30 0 - -

35 0— 40 0 35 0— 40 0
50 0 60 0 s 45 0— 50 o
35 0-- 40 0 35 0-40 0
40 0-50 0 I i 40 0—

40 0-50 0 40 0-
30 0 - - 26 0 -

15 0 - 17 6
50 0 - 60 0
17 6 - 20 0
30 0 - 0 0
17 6 - 20 0
15 0-20 0

17 6-20 0
40 0 -
17 6 - 20 0
20 0-25 0
17 6-20 0
15 0 -20

20 0-25 0
20 0 - -
20 0 - --
29 0 - 25 0
25 0-30 0
25 0- 30 0
25 0-30 0
20 0 - 25 0

17 6-20 0
17 6- 20 0
20 0 -

20 0-25 0
20 0 -- 25 0
25 0 -

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