The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

CIRCULATION OF THE STANDARD.

We have long refrained from noticing the abuse which
almost weekly appears in the columns of the Mail against
ourselves ; and we should not now devote a line to the
subject, had not a statement appeared in the last number
of that paper, imputing to us a fraud on the public in
extending by unfair means the circulation of the STAN-
DARD. The declaration subjoined sufficiently disposes
of that mean insinuation, and all the remainder of our
contemporary's abuse must go for what it is worth. We
may, however, as well remark in explanation that, althorgh
our' foreman has sworn that his mistake (occasioned by
a provoking misapprehension of our instructions) has not
extended to the use of more than 100 penny stamps, we
by no means admit that anything approaching that num-
ber has been erroneously consumed ; and, had it been
so, that, in 17 months, during a portion of which time we
were publishing twice a week, we had got rid of the full
number mentioned, our weekly circulation would not
thereby have been raised a single copy. Our readers,
however, will bear in mind that the slanders of the Mail,
in this instance as in nearly all others, have not been
elicited by any allusion of ours to that paper
1, JOAN HORATIO HALL, overseer in the Liverpool
Standard newspaper printing-office, having seen a state-
ment in the Liverpool Mail of the 24th instant, to the
effect that ' the numbers of the Liverpool Standard have
apparently been increased by the printing of second edi-
tions on penny stamps,' do solemnly and sincerely de-
clare, that during the whole period of which I have held
my present situation, (a period embracing more than 17
months,) not more than one hundred penny stamps have
been used for printing second or third editions, or for any
purpose other than the issuing of the regular publication
of the Standard ; and that those stamps were used con-
trary to the proprietors' intentions, and that I was imme-
diately remonstrated with by them when the mistake was
discovered, many months since.

"The above declaration was solemnly made and sub-
scribed by the said John Horatio H all, this 26th day of
February, 1844. Before me.

" THOS. SANDS, Mayor."

REVIEW OF THE COTTON MARKET.

Since our last, the market has been exceedingly tame
and reduced. The sales of the week were only 17,530
bales, of which the trade only got about 13,000 bales ;
thus shewing that they are not alarmed at the cry of short
crops—which induced speculators to rush on furiously into
the staple article. The daily progress has been as follows :
—on Wednesday, the 21st, 4000 bales; Thursday, 3500;
Friday. 4000; Saturday, 4000; and Monday (yesterday),
6000 ; without the slightest change in prices. We may
remark that on Saturday and yesterday there was evidently
a firmer tone about the market, and holders withstood
any attempt to gain a slight decline, which several of the
buyers attempted to do—with this feeling the market has
really gained what it lost during the early part of last
week—no arrivals from the States to affect it.

THE SWAN RIVER NEWS AND,rtg•TERN AUSTRA-
LIAN CHRONICLE.—We have );!fore us the two first
numbers (for January and Febrtfiry) of a new publication
under the above title, which his been got up for the pur-
pose of conveying information, to parties interested in
this colony, of its progress and improvement. It is the
joint offspring of a rty of gentlemen in Australia, and
the editor and a few riends at home; and promises to be
great interest, and t be especially useful to parties wish-
ing to settle in this knarter of the globe. It is in a large
octavo form, containing eight pages, and is to be published
at ss. per annum, or 6s. 6d. post free.

THE FUNDS : SATURDAY NlGHT.—Although business
has been very limited to-day at the Stock Exchange, the
appearance of the market was rather better, and prices
closed the shade firmer. Consols for money and the ac-
count left off 971 ; Bank Stock, 1944 to 54 ; Exchequer-
bills, 68s. to 70s. premium ; India Stock, 277 to 279 ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 98 to ; Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. Reduced, 1034 to 4 ' • Long Annuities, 124 ;
and New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 1024 to 4. The
foreign securities were, generally speaking, steady, but
there was not much doing among the speculators. Belgian
closed 106 to 107; Brazilian, 79 to 80 ; Buenos Ayres, 35
to 37 ; Chilian, 103 to 105: Colombian, 130 to 1 ; Da-
nish, 87 to 88; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 541 to
55 ' • the Fine per Cents. 102 to ; Mexican, 34 to +; the
Deferred, 124 to a ; Peruvian, 304 31 ; Portuguese, 444
to 454; Spanish Actives, 234 to 4; and the Three per
Cents., 334 to
ARCHDEACONRY OF MANCHESTER.—Our readers are
probably aware, that, in accordance with the provisions
of a recent Act of Parliament, two new Archdeaconries
have been founded for this county. One of these, the
Archdeaconry of Manchester, which includes also the
town of Liverpool, has been conferred on the Rev. John
Rushton. This gentleman has very greatly distinguished
himself in the cause of Church Extension and National
Education. And there are probably but few clergymen
so well qualified, in every respect, for the duties of this
important office. We hear also that the degree of
" Doctor of Divinity" has been conferred on the Arch-
deacon ; and it must be gratifying to his friends to know
this mark of honcniary distinction was unsought for by
himself, and that the expenses necessarily attending it
have been paid by a few persons, who were glad of the
opportunity of testifying their respect for him.
EDINBURGH, LEITH AND NEWHAVEN RA.ILWAY.—
We observe that the petition for the branch lines to Gran-
ton and Leith, in connection with the above undertaking,
was presented to the House of Commons, on Friday, the
23d inst., by Mr. Gibson Craig, member for Edinburgh,
and that the bill would be brought in by same gentleman,
in conjunction with his colleague, Mr. Macauley, and
Mr. Rutherford. member for Leith. By the carrying out
of these branches, and the completion of the tunnel con-
structing to bring the Edinburgh and Newhaven line into
the heart of the city, important benefits may be confi-
dently looked for to Edinburgh and to Leith, as well as to
Granton, which is shortly destined to become, by means
of a low water pier at Burntisland, the principal point of
ferry communication between the North and South of
Scotland. To the agriculturists of the adjacent localities,
to the proprietors of the great mineral districts and the
mercantile and shipping interests, this undertaking must
be of infinite importance; and, we may safely infer from
its vast public utility, that it is not likely to be an unpro-
fitable one to its shareholders. It will he seen, by an ad-
vertisement in our columns this day, that a special gene-
ral meeting of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Com-
pany will be held on the 14th proximo, when the heads of
a proposed agreement with the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Company, with respect to the rates to he mutually charge-
able, will be brought forward for consideration,