The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

one of the hands, was outside the gunnel in
hooking the main sheet, when he lost his hold and fell
was cast off from the tug, and the
got out just as he was sinking. He
nit died in five minutes

overboard

unfortunate man

CHARGEOI,KTIALING SUGAR.—At the Police-court,
yesterday, a man named Thomas Launcelot was charged
with having :Ihqtr.eted and carried away two tierces of

sugar, part of five which were lying on the Old Quay
Company's Wharf, Manchester Basin. The prisoner had
taken a cellar in another man's name, in which to stow

were misses

on Sat

carter, to the cellar. The sugar (weighing about a ton)
was consigned to Messrs. J. and D. Gray, and was identi-
fied by the marks. The cellar had to be broken open by

U reezebright
shower.-3rd : clear.-4th : bright ; night, hegavy
rain.-sth : clouded : p.m., bright. —6th : bright.
The Temperature at Everton, Feb. 29, 46; March 1, 42, &C.
FEBRUARY'S REGISTER.
Atmospheric pressure, max. inches, 30.38:

28. n.
—..Lnperature, max. deg., 54 ; ditto, min., 3; average 44.—
Average difference wet and dry bulb, deg. 22; average fall of
rain, inches, 3.B6.—Prevailing winds, W. and S.W.
Temperature at Everton : maximum degrees. 55 : min. 211 :

from China

EATIIEF

neginning of the present month nas Luc sea.
son, and peculiarly favourable for the tilling of the ground.
Wednesday and Thursday were coldish, but dry. Friday
was mild, bright, and sunny ; Saturday rather changeable.
On Sunday morning we had heavy rain,. apparently set in
for the day, and with a high wind ; but it cleared up beau-
tifully in the afternoon, and a splendid evening and clear
starry night succeeded. Yesterday
_was fine and clear

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Mary Stewart, Williams, hence fer Galatz, at Holyhead
Irene, from Rio Janeiro at Bahia_

Test, fro:

Clyde, (steamer.) from St. Thomas at Southampton with the

oast of Soutl►

1 to reduce the superfluous w

America
Hibernia, (steamer,) hence off New York 16th Feb_
Sophia, for this port, and Brilliant, for—, sailed from Hon-
duras 24th January.
Murray, hence at Alexandria.
DARTMOUTH, 4th March.—The Maypo, Atkinson, from Li-
verpool to Bonny, has put in here with loss of topmasts, main-
yard, jibboom, sails, rigging, bulwarks, stancheons, &c., on
25th Feb., off Cape Finisterre.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 6.
The supply of stock at our market to-day has been mallet'
than last week, yet equal to the demand. Beef, sd. to 60. per
lb. ; Mutton, id. to Bd.

that had collected in the low grounds. The sowing of
spring corn will, ere long, be commenced in earnest. By
reference to our Weather Table for last month it will be
found that not less than 4 inches of rain fell in this locality
during that month,—an extraordinary downfall, exceeding
that of January by nearly 3 inches. In Manchester the LIVERPOOL :
fall of rain last month was also unusually great, even for TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1848
that proverbially wet locality. The glass with us ranged PRINTED AND PUBLISHED
between minimum and maximum points much lower and EVERY -TUESDAY MORNINA.
much higher than ordinary within a month. By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, sad
LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford street,
At N 9.4, ST, Gao/101,1 CaaIICENT, LITIRP99‘