The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

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The number of Waterloo officers attached to the army is—
in the Artillery and Engineers, 33 : in the Cavalry, 4-4 ; in
the Infantry, 103 officers.
It is calculated that out of the whole population of Lon-
don and the suburbs, about 40,000 persons subsist by
thieving. _

After four years labour, the repairs of the astronomical
clock at Strasburgh are completed, and it will be set in mo-
tion on the meeting of the Scientific Congress on the 28th.
The British Government has presented six gold medals,
bearing the portrait of the Queen, to six captains of Ame-
rican ships, for their exertions in saving the lives of British
seamen.

The amount of money from wages thrown out of circula-
tion within the five weeks that business has been suspended
here, by the closing of the cotton mills, cannot be less than
Xso,ooo.—Stockport Advertiser.
In the Quartier de Recouvrance, at Brest, an immense
foundry for marine steam-engines is being constructed, and
on the north of the town the Minister of War is raising for-
tifications of considerable extent.

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A pear was, last week, sold for 30 sous in the market of
St. Sever (Pyrenees), which weighed four pounds. Its
length, without the stem, was eight inches; and its circum-
ference about lg inches.
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The large solar spot which was near the sun's eastern limb
reached the centre of that body on the 10th instant. A row
of new spots has appeared to the western of this, and also a
small one below, or to the south of it.
Lord John Russell, it is said, has been occupying his leisure
hours, since his retirement from office, in preparing for pub-
lication selections from the correspondence of John, fourth
Duke of Bedford, from the originals preserved at Woburn-
abbey.
MRS. CHARLES ICEAN.—This lady was delivered of a
stillborn child at two o'clock on Sunday morning at the Old
Ship Hotel, Brighton, where she had arrived the previous
evening, with her husband, for the purpose of fulfilling a
week's engagement at the Brighton Theatre.
THE FLAX TRADE,—We are happy to report a considera-
ble improvement in the flax trade at Leeds. Nearly all the
mills which began to run short time after the alteration of the
French tariff have resumed their wonted activity, finding that
the mischief to be worked by that measure is not so great as
was expected ; and some of them are further increasing their
stock of machinery to augment their production of yarn.—
Leeds Intelligencer.
A RIVER DRIEID up,—The heats of the summer have so
dried up the waters of the river Elbe, that the water-mills
are all at a stand ; and near Pirna the river is entirely dry.
The waters, in retiring, have given up a secret kept by them
for more than 200 years. A square stone is left bare, having
the following significant inscription in Saxon patois:—
" When last men saw me, in August, 1629, they wept; and
they who see me next shall weep too."
DUTY ON Rum.—The Gazette of Friday contains an Or-
der in Council, fixing the duty upon rum from Madras
according to the following shedule :—For every gallon of
rum, of any strength of proof by Sikes's hydrometer, and so
in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength
of proof, and for every greater or less quantity than a gallon,
being the produce of the territories subject to the government
of the Presidency of Fort St. Geor4ge, in Madras. not being
sweetened or mixed with any article so that the degree if
strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such hy-
drometer, 9s. 4d. For every gallon of rum shrub, however
sweetened, the produce of and imported from such territoriesf
and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a
gallon, 9s. 4d.
EXTENSION Or PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCE.— Few
persons are aware of a fact which we are about to mention on
the authority of a friend, who has resided much abroad, and
who possesses extensive opportunities of arriving at the truth
—viz., that Protestantism is making rapid strides in France.
In some localities the advance is marvellous; and if the move-
ment continues to progress with its present steadiness, a
great change will ultimately be effected in the religious cha-
racter of the French people. When we consider the very
important position which France occupies, it is difficult to
over-estimate the importance of such a result. The peace
and happiness of the civilized world may be materially in-
volved in it. A strong Protestant party would form the best
break-water against revolution—the best safeguard for the
preservation of the peace of Europe. There exists in Paris
a central " Societe Evangeligne," which has extensive ra-
mifications, and possesses much influence, and, we believe,
considerable means. A large number of Protestant clergy-
men have been sent out by this institution and the Report
for 1842, which we have recently seen, is full of facts which
illustrate our friends statement. Gloaceshire Chronicle.

FOREIGN HARVEST.—The harvest is almost entirely
gathered in throughout the east of Europe; and we are
enabled to furnish the following comparative estimates,
collected from the most accurate accounts :—ln Selesia there
has been a good average harvest. In Poland, in Gallicia,
and in the Duchy of Posen there has been a decidedly good
harvest, and the same may be said with respect of Russian.
In Hungary the crops have been most satisfactory; and in
the Banat, which is regarded as the granary of the country,
they have been doubly as productive as those of last year.
In Transylvannia and the Turkish provinces the harvest has
also been most plentiful. Similar abundance has also been
experienced in Moravia. Everywhere the grain is of good
quality, and yields from 15 to 10 per cent more flour than in
humid years. It may therefore be fairly predicted that in
the east of Europe the price of wheat will fall instead of
rising, even though foreign demands should be very great.—
Allgemeine Zeitung.
, Tun MORMONITE PROPHET.—The Rev. Henry Caswell,
Professor of Divinity in Kemper College, St. Louis, has
written a very interesting book, called " Three Days at
Nauvoo, in 1842." The writer had an interview with the
celebrated " Joe Smith," and his mother, and relates
several amusing anecdotes, all tending to show the shallow-
ness of this modern delusion. The " Prophet" thus speaks
of his miserable dunes :—" Many of the English who have
lately come here have expressed great disappointment on their
arrival. Such persons have every reason to be satisfied in
this beautiful and fertile country. If they choose to complain
they may ; but I don't want to be troubled with their COM.
plaints. If they are not satisfied here, I have only to say
this to them—Don't stay whining about me, but go back to
England and be d—d." This man has actually mustered
no less than 1700 fighting men at his city of Nauvoo, and is
said to have, in different parts of the world, no less than
100,000 followers.

TIDE TABLE.
Days. Mrn. Ern. Height. Sundays, Holydays,
11. 31. H.M. •
Tuesday 20 11 34 11 48 16 Venus sets 7h om morning
5
kVednes 0 2 16 9 St. Matthew
Thursday 22 017 031 16 8 Saturn sets 10k 12rn even.
Friday .. 23 046 1 0 16 3 Autumn commences.
Saturday 24 116 131 15 6 Jupiter sets loh 24m even..
Sunday.. 25 148 2 6 14 S 18th Sunday after Trinit-
Monday .25 225 247 13 5 St. Cyprian, •

SPITAL, SEPT. 17.
REPORT.]

DISCHARGED.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 19.
We have had a large supply of Beast and Sheep at this day's
market, and prices a little lower. Prime Beef sid, middling Sid;
Bulls, Segs and old Cows 4d to 4id per lb. Prime Wethers 6d;
middling Sheep and Ewes 5d to aid per lb. sinking the offal.
Number of Beasts 17c0; Sheep 8114.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, S. 18.
Sagar,—Thoro continues a good demand, and is advance has
boon paid for 1000 hhde British Plantation, chiefly good and fine do.
ocriptions. 600 bags Bengal have been sold at steady prices, and
1200 bags Mauritius. all faults, by auction, brought full mtgs.—
Foreign.-170 cases Bahia have been taken by the Refiners. at 155
to 16s 6d for ordinary to good brown, and iss ed to 19s lid for low
middling white, and 10) boxes low white Havana, fbr export, at
21s per cwt. Molasses.—There is a good demand for the finer de-
scriptions, and the very small quantity on the market has enabled
importers to obtain rather higher prices ; the sales consist of 160
puns Antigua. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation are extensive, con-
sisting of 34.) casks Jamaica and 80 brls Demerara ; ordinary and
middling qualities sold steadily at the quotations, and really fine
marks brought extreme rates. The trade have likewise taken 150
bags La Guayra, at 60s to 75s for good and line middling, and 6o
casks and 25n bags good ordinary Havana, slightly damaged, at
27s to 41s 6d; 10 casks ordinary unclean Porto Rico are reported
at 355, and 200 bags Malabar at 38s per cwt. Nothing done in
Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento. 2000 bags black Pepper have brought
2.1 d to 3-1 d per lb. Rice.-2000 bags middling to good white Bengal
sold at Ils 6d to 12s per cwt. B. P. Rutn.—The business consists
of Si) puns. Demerara, chiefly strengths, at 3s 4d for 34 per cent.
0. P. up to 4s per gallon for favourite marks, and some smal
parcels of East India have been sold at the quotations.
Tea.—The market has continued steady, and a fair business has
been done at our last week's quotations.
There was a good attendance of buyers at the public sales of
Indigo, which commenced yesterday anet terminated this day ; the
biddings throughout were spirited and a material advance realized ;
of 380 chests Bengal brought forward 366 sold, at 3s. 3d. to ss. 7d.
for ordinary to fine consumers' (or middling shippers',) and 2s. Bd.
to 3s. Id. for dust; 88 chests Kurpah sold at 2s. 10d. to 4s. 3d., 36
chests Madras at 2s. sd. to 3s. 2d., 30 chests Oude at 2s. 7d. to
3s Bd, and 10 chests Bombay fig (very low) at Is 2d, establishing
an advance on the London July sale of fully 6,1 on Bengal, 2d to
44 on Madras, and lied to Is on the Kurapahs ; 50 boxes CarL.tca
sold at 3s 4d to 55, which was 4d above the previous currency ; of
28 serons Guatimala offered, 11 sold at 2s Od to 3s.—Small sales o
Shell Lac have been made at 38s, of Lac Dye at -lid, and Bengal
Turmeric at 255. Saltpetre supports the advance recently noticed,)
and 609 bags sold at 31s 6d to 325. Of Nitrate'of Soda only 300
bags sold, at the quotations.