The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

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THE CORN LAWS

inc'Se the present

corn-laws came into operation up to December last, the
quantity of foreign wheat entered for consumption amounted
to 13,626,315 qrs., and the duty paid thereon has averaged
ss. 3d. per qr. • that portion of it entered the past year was
to the extent of 2,306,766 qrs., and on this the rate averaged
3s. sd. per qr.

FLEET PRISON.—This prison was built on the small river
Fleta, now arched over, and used as a common sewer. In
the reign of Henry VII. this river was navigable to Holborn-
bridge, and the obelisk in Fleet-street denotes the extent of
it in 1775. The prion for debtors was founded as early as
the first year of Richard I. It was the place of confinement
for those who had incurred the displeasure of that arbitrary
court, the Star Chamber ; and persons are now committed
here for contempt of the Court of Chancery. This prison
was burnt down by th;.,. prisoners, June 7th, 1780.

DEATH FROM THE EXTRACTION OF A TOOTH.—A few
days ago a young man in Edinburgh having had occasion to
have one of his teeth drawn, went to a dentist for that pur-
pose. On the operation being performed, a violent hemorr-
hage immediately took place, which it was found impossible
to stanch, and the young man actually bled to death. Cases
of this kind, we are informed, are by no means unexampled,
and persons of a hemorrhage tendency ought to be peculiarly
careful of having recourse to the extraction of their teeth,
in almost any circumstances.—Glasgow Constitutional.
POrtions of the royal christening cake have been presented,
by the command of the Queen, to nearly 200 of the leading
nobility and her Majesty's illustrious relatives, enclosed in
white boxes, upon the covers of which is the following in-
scription, surmounted with the Prince of Wales's feathers,
and the motto " Ich Dien :"—" In honour of the christen-
ing of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. January
25, 18-12." The boxes are very tastefully ornamented, and
edged with silver.

We have heard, on what we consider good authority, that
a reinforcement of 5,000 troops is to embark for India, with
the least possible delay. We hope the report is well founded,
for it seems perfectly clear to all experienced soldiers that
even three times that number would not be more than the
necessity of the case appears to call for. On the other hand,
Sir Wm. Parker is said to have declared that a similar aug-
mentation of seamen and marines is imperatively demanded
for the China expedition.—United Service Gazette.
The Bristol Journal states that a deputation from the mer-
chants of Bristol, the Great Western Railway Company, and
the Great Western Sleam-ship Company, with memorials
from ;hose bodies, on the subject of the establishment of
mail communication between Bristol and the south of Ire-
land, consisting of Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., Mr. Savage,
Mr. Harding, Mr. Guppy, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. C. A.
Saunders, Mr. Brunel, Mr. W. 0. Hunt, and Mr. Hobert
Osborne, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, on Wednesday [week],, at•his pfAcial residence in
Downing-street. The people of Milford are taking the
alarm. . . • -