The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY.

Even the time of year considered, the supply-of home-fed
Beasts fresh by drift and railway conveyance was large; but
there was nothing remarkable amongst it for excellence of
quality; indeed, the Feasts generally were light weighers. The
very priciest Scots were unusually dull in sale, notwithstanding
their number was very small, and the prices suffered a decline
of 2d. per 81b. However, in some few transactions 4s. per Sib.
was realised for them by the salesmen. The middling and in-
ferior breeds, including the best short horns, Herefor s, runts,
and Devons, were dell in the extreme, at a fall in value of 2d.
to 4d. per slb. compared with that obtained on this day week:
Without exception, this was the dullest market for Beef we
ever remember.

The numbers of Sheep were about equal to those exhibited on
Monday last, which composed a fair average supply. We have
to report a very dull sale for all breeds of sheep, and the prices
of all descriptions, if we except those of the best old Downs.
which ruled from 4s. Bd. to Os. per 81b., suffered.a fall of quite
2d., in some cases 4d. per 81b. Some hundreds were driven.
away unsold.
In Lambs next to nothing was doing. Down qualities sold
with difficulty at late rates; all other breeds were from 2d. to
4d. per 81b. lower than last week.
We were seasonably well supplied with Calves, both English
and foreign; while the Veal trade was extremely dull, at 2d. to
4d. per 81b. less money than on Monday last. The highest
quotation was only 4s. per 81b.

The sale for Pig rwasleavy, and the currencies receded 2d.,
tr. 4,1 0.•

TO THE EDITOR 01? THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sue,—ln the Standard of last week, when giving spe-
cimens of the Pope's liberality, you call the Premier
" Most Presbyterian Lord John," from which it would
seem that you blame Presbyterian principles for making
Lord John so anxious to open rektions of amity with
Rome ; but I beg to inform you that Presbyterianism is
very strongly opposed to any fellowship with Anti-Christ,
for the standards of the Presbyterian Church are contained
in " the Confession of Faith agreed upon by the Assembly
of Divines at "Westminster, A.D. 1644 ;" a book than•
which no other uninspired volume is more adverse to the
blasphemous and damning doctrines, and to the crafty and
soul-enslaving priesthood of the great spiritual Babylon.
The present Pope's liberality has been long since denounced
by Presbyterians as a mask under which to carry forward
the deceitful designs of the Papacy ; and the grant to
Maynooth, as well as every other concession to the " Man
of Sin," has been declared by them to be nothing short
of national sins, calling down the righteous judgments of
God upon a suffering kingdom, so that, in my humble
opinion. you could not in any other way have placed Lord
John farther out of his element than by classing him-
amongst the followers of John Knox and our Puritan
forefathers ; End I can assure you that Presbyterians,
although they have all brotherly feeling for the " men,"
are yet the uncompromising opposers of the "system" of
the mystery of iniquity.—Your s, truly, '
AN ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN.
September 23, 1848.

AUSTRIA.—Fresh riots occurred at Vienna on the 16th,
and the capital is still in a very unsettled state. The em-
peror has granted an amnesty to all the persons, except
the leaders, implicated in the late insurrection at Prague.
A letter from Bucharest states that Russia has signified
to the Wallachian Government that it must dissolve itself
immediately, and that in case of refusal, it will march an
army into Wallachia.

TILE DROWNING REPUBLIC.—The drowning Republic
is catching at a straw. Louis Napoleon is at the head of
the poll. What a revelation of the moral imbscility to
which a great nation is reduced ! France, the country
which claims to be at the head of civilization—France
which, though she may not be all that she believes herself
to be, has yet produced many men of great ability and
lofty character—France is driven to take refuge in a name,
and nothing but a name! For with all possible respect
for Prince Louis Napoleon as a private gentleman, what is
there in him, we would ask, that he should be elevated to
the proud position of his country's last hope. Of hie
abilities, his administrative talents,. if he possess any,
France and the rest of the world are alike ignorant. His
feats of war are such as he himself must wish to be buried
in oblivion. In the political world his highest post has
been that of a political pretender, except when for a short
moment he appeared upon the stage as a disturber of his
country's peace. All the stock in trado ho has for the
mighty venture in which he is evidently determined now
to embark is the name of his celebrated uncle. If that
name were not Napoleon, what. (we ask all Europe, we
ask France, nay we ask the Prince himself) could warrant
him to aspire to the supreme power in France—what could
ever put it into the heads of the French people to have re-
course to him, to help them out of their present certainly
grave, and, as they appear to us, inextricable difficulties.
YIELDING TO TEMPTATION.—At the Criminal Court,
on Wednesday, Anna Smith, a ladylike spinster of twenty,
was tried for stealing various articles of dress and jewel-
lery, from her mistress, the Honourable Francis Harriet
Eden, sister of Lord Auckland. The offence was not
proved to the satisfaction of the jury, who required the
testimony of Miss Eden : so a verdict of " not guilty"
was found. The prisoner was then indicted for stealing-
twelve towels, the property of the Earl of Derby, and
bearing the mark of his crest. The. towels were missed
during the prisoner's stay with her mistress at Knowsley,
in October last, and were found in her box. Verdict,
" guilty ;" sentence, seven years' transportation. The
prisoner did not seem at all affected by the sentence; but
a respectable-looking elderly. female, said to be her mo-
ther, began shrieking most violently, and was carried out
of court fainting.
DISTRESS.—At the Lambeth Police-office on Saturday,
a middle-aged man of gentlemanly appearance, named
Kerr, was brought up charged with attempting to destroy
himself by jumping into the Thames. The priSoner
seemed overwhelmed with shame at his position, and
declared as EOOll as his state of feelings would permit him,
that borne down by misfortunes and vicissitudes, unable
to pay for six weeks' lodging due by him, and left to
starve, he had made up his mind to rid himself of that
life which he was no longer able to Pustain. Having had
time, however, to reflect on the wickedness of the act, he
felt truly sorry for his conduct, and should not again.
harbour the idea of repeating it. Mr. Denny, the priso-
ner's landlord, was present and gave him a high charac-
ter. He said he had used every means possible to obtain
employment, and expressed it as Lis, perfect conviction.
teat it was distress alone that drove him to attempt the
sash act. Several gentlemen staled that they knew the
prisoner, and that lie was a gentleman of considerable
literary attainments. The magistrates ordered a sovereign
to be given to him out of the poor-box, and the unfortu-
nate gentleman attempted to express his gratitude, but:
bis feelings were so intense, that ho could not utter is

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