The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

SALES OF SHARES.—CONTINUED.
West Riding luncion, 71 ; Royal Bank of Liverpool, 867 ;nail's
and Galway, 4; Dutch Rhenish,B; Paris and Lyons, (Lafitte,) 21:

NO CAUSE FOR A PANIC

(From yesterday's Herald.)

We happened on Saturday to take up one of the "free
trade" journals, and afer wading
cies of famine and starvation, our
following paragraph :
"‘ FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Friday
bakers of the metropolis reduced the price of bre:,
the 41b loaf."
What could these bakers be about to be cheapening
their bread with a " famine " close at hand !
But let us look a little further. One of the journals
which has been most vociferous in its outcries concerning
famine and starvation, is the Globe. And more than once,
within the last few days, have we been struck with the

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incongruity of its leaders, tvith its corn-market reports. as
much so that we took the trouble to copy out its reports of
the state of the markets for a whole

I here they

Friday, Nov. 7, 1845:
"'There have been few fresh samples
" offering at market since Monday,
" from that day have been sold a trifle under the k

)f Eng]
and those

Monday, Nov. 10, 1815
" There was little Engl

.sh wheat by land-carr

" ples this morning was moderate, -but sold slowly at a
" decline of ls. per quarter."
Friday, Nov. 14, 1815:
"There was little English wheat at market, and prices
" much the same as Monday. Barley of dull sale, and the
" terms cheaper. Oats Is. per quarter below our quota-
" lions of Friday '

Now lire would ask any man of common sens
state of the markets which betokens a corn'
Do not the g, eat coin-dealers, who send t'
agents all through the kingd
of the crops—do not these sl
better than London editors whether
famine or not ? If, then, the supply or ...
grain is concerned, be in reality a sufficient one
strange blindness must have come over the in'
the men of Mark-lane.
But the motive of the Leap..
outcry is very evident. They make a yen.—
carry their point by clamour just now, knowing.
they do not succeed by a false alarm at this u.
will have no chance for many mouths to come.
For, let us suppose for a moment, that there was the
least truth in their prognostications, and that a scarcity
would soon be felt : what would happen ? Why, clearly,
that the superiority of the present corn law, over that
which the Whigs would have given us, would be instantly
apparent.
Lord John Russell, wheat being then at 615., proposed
a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter. This was to remain '
all circumstances. Of course, the me._
per quarter could not have abrogated that tall.
law been passed, and a fixed duty of Bs. been exa...
the Whigs could not, the moment Wheat rose to 70s. or
725., have swept away their own law.
Under the Whig plan, then, whenever the supply proved
insufficient, and wheat rose to 70s. or 725., the country
must have. paid the Bs. duty. But bow stands the case
under the present law ?
Why, truly, whenever the average of wheat rises to 70e.
the duty falls to ss. And when it reaches 72,. the duty is
3s. Well, therefore, may the League struggle to get the
advantage of a famine beforehand; fur well it a.
if anything like a scarcity did occur, and prices rose to a
serious degree, the ports would at once be opened, not by
an Order in Council, but by the operation of the law
itself!

is this a

rg scarcity

)m to examine into the state

are on the eve of a

, so far

its abettors in all this

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meat, they

rise of 6s

Had that

vows that

PROMOTIONS —William J. Olive, second master of
the Urgent steam-packet, at Liverpool ; John Dillon,
second master of the Medina steam-packet, at Liverpool,
have been promoted to the rank of master. These offi-
cers have, by their hard service, well merited their pro-
motion.

FORESIGHT OF DR. PALEY.—In 1785, Dr. Paley, then
vicar of Dalston, pbulished his treatise on political eco-
nomy, in which he indicated three legislative measures,
passed respectively in 1836, 1841, and 1845, viz., the acts
for the commutatioa of tithes, the enfranchisement of
lands of base tenure, and the enclosure of commons, and
division of intermixed lands. It is further curious (the
Carlisle Journal remarks), that in 1790, the doctor chris-
tened William Blamire, of the Oak., in the parish of Dal-
ston, now a commissioner under these three acts of par-
liament, and a main instrument in carrying them into
operation.

RAILWAY RIOT AT APPLEBY, LEICESTERSIIIRL..—
For some time past a party of surveyors have been at-
tempting by force to survey the lands of Mr. G. Moore,
of Appleby-hall, and Earl Howe at Gopsall, for the Rugby
and Manchester line, the said parties not giving their
consent for such survey . Intimation having been re-
ceived that the surveyors would, on Saturday, bring a
force sufficient to force the survey, Mr. Moore and Earl
Howe called upon their tenantry to assist in resisting so
flagrant an outrage upon their private property, and had
upwards of 300 men in readiness on their estates to keep
them from trespassing. At ten o'clock, after the sur-
veyors had taken breakfast, their engineer gave the word
of command to proceed in their survey. In the road they
had marshalled upwards of 200 men, of the most fero-
cious character, to assist them, and bad marched them
from Burton-upon-Trent (10 miles), with staves and cud-
gels, eight or ten magistrates being present on horseback.
The magistrates, perceiving that a breach of the peace
would ensue, immediately took into custody the chief
engineer, and made out his commitment to Derby Gaol .
1 Mr. Pye, one of the magistrates read the Riot Act, and
gave them one hour to disperse. Upon this a surveyor,
who appeared to act as fugleman, ordered the ragged crew
to return immediately to "head-quarters, White Hart,
Burton-upon-Trent, and.vvait for further orders." This
had the desired effect, and at 12 o'clock all bad cleared
off; but the greatest excitement prevailed, as it was ru-
moured that they would return on the morrow with fur-
ther reinforcements. Earl Howe has given liberty to one
line to survey over his estates, but be considered it cruel
and illegal to have his property trespassed upon by every
phantom line that might start up.
FRIGHTFUL ►iESULT OF A PRACTICAL

shocking occurrence lately took place in the vicinity of
Perth. The well-known courage and naturally dauntless
temperament of a young nobleman of that country had
stimulated some of his companions to put him to the
procf in various ways. He was himself aware of their
designs against his hardihood, and readily joined in the
sport so far as to give them free permission to test his in-
trepidity by either natural or supernatural means. Every
scheme, however, proved abortive, and the attempt was
apparently, and as the young hero believed, really relin-
quished as hopeless. But after the lapse of some weeks
it unfortunately became again the subject of discussion,
and one of the thoughtless youths, his ingenuity stimula-
ted by a considerable wager, resolved once more to sub-
ject his friend's strength of mind to a new trial. Having
bribed his valet to admit him into the bedchamber of the
wholly unsuspecting youth, his first care was to withdraw
the bullet from a brace of pistols suspended at the head
of the bed, under which he then crept, to await the arrival of
his companion, who, re turning hoinciat his usual hour, went
to bed and fell asleep. The concealed plotter stole cautious-
ly forth, wrapped himself in a white coverlet, and standing at
his full height at the foot of the couch, began to jerk the
sheet in which the sleeper lay ; he awoke, saw the tall
white figure, and calling out, " What humbug are von
about now ? " turned himself round again to sleep. The
sheet jerking was, however, renewed, and the youth tor-
mented out of his good temper, exclaimed, " Begone,
foolish fellow, or I will shoot you!" Still the white fi-
gure neither spoke nor moved away, but continued pul-
ling at the bed-clothes as before. Either alarmed or
angry the young nobleman got up, seized one of his pis-
tols, and fired right at the motionless figure, and the bul-
let was rolled back harmless on the coverlet ! Amazed,
he discharged the other pistol ; the gaunt silent figure
tossed the second bullet towards him ! A horrible con-
viction of an unearthly visitor being before him probably
seized his imagination, and the fine promising youth fell
back upon his couch a corpse ! A. cerebral paralysis had
deprived him instantaneously of life.
THE PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The allusion I have
here made to the duty of patrons induces me lo ask your
attention for a few moments to a topic, by no means
foreign indeed to the purpose of our present meeting, that
of the Pastoral Aid Society ; for it, is a society by whose
kind and liberal assistance this diocese has larg
filed. Having also derived much seasonable
the Additional Curates' Society, which has more exten-
sive means at its command, I should not have thought it
necessary to do inure than make a thankful acknowledg-
ment to each, had not a most unjust imputation, as it
seems to me, been cast upon the former society, as if their
method of proceeding interfered with the constitution of
our national Church, and with the legitimate exercise of
the episcopal office. My experience for many years has
led me to form quite the opposite conclusion. Their
grants are made solely upon the apilcation of incumbents
with the approval of their bishop. They do indeed care-
felly enquire into the merits of the individual who is to
receive his salary from themselves. They do not think
themselves hound to be satisfied with those formal docu-
ments merely, which are in all cases indispensable. They
wish to be assured from the best sources of information
that the person proposed is in every respect worthy of the
grant they make. There is no authority of examina-
tion assumed, no inquisitorial process attempted. They
make their inquiries confidentially of those in whom they
have reason to place confidence, but the inquiry has no-
connection with a religious school or party, no design to
promote or encourage peculiar opinions, but simply to as
certain the worthiness of the person who is to partake of
the funds entrusted to their management. And. my reve-
rend brethren, sincerely do I wish that every church patron
in the kingdom acted upon the same principle. Would
to
God that all of them carefully inquired into the character
and fitness of those whom they nominate to a vacant bene-
fice—that they would regard themselves rather as the pa-
trons of the flock for whom they appoint a minister, than
as the benefactors merely of him whom they nominate as
minister; and whim the bishop cannot by law refuse to
institute, unless he judges him unworthy to exercise the
ministry in any. parish whatsoever, however convinced he
may be that he is very ill-qualified for the particular charge
to which he is appointed.—Bishop of Llandaff's recent
Charge.
ALABASTER FIGURES.--A very choice and numerous
collection of designs in this beautiful material is displayed
at Mr. Smith's glass warehouse, Bold-street, which, with
other articles, are at prices astoundingly low.—A refer-
ence to Isislist of prices will satisfy the most doubtful.
The advertisement of Mr. Dunbibin appears in our pa-
per of to-day, and there can be little doubt that those
who are in want of Billiard or Bagatelle Tables, whether
in point of workmanship or accuracy, cannot be better
served. The Russian Bagatelle Table recently fitted up
for Mr. Gleave, of the Adelphi Hotel Woodside, is a fair
specimen of his ability. It is the largest ever made in
Eng'Pnd, an the avidity with which the game is played
has dea.ded the success of its introduction.

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