The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRmAy;

A new writ was ordered for the southern division of
Hampshire, in the room of J. W. Fleming, Esq., who has
accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Mr. EwARr gave notice that, in the next sessions of Par-
liament, he would call attention to the propriety of assimi-
lating the law as regards the punishment of death in Scot-
land to that of England and Ireland ; he would also call
attention to the propriety of substituting imprisonment for
transportation.
In reply to a question from Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, relative
to what had taken place at a chartist meeting in Bridport,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that he had had a correspondence
on the subject with the mayor of Bridport, and was satisfied
that no violent language had been used on the occasion.
Mr. DUNCOMBE wished to
know on what ground the
right hon. baronet had made his inquiry, and from whence
he derived the information which led him to write to the
mayor of Bridport? He wished to know if that information
was derived from spies, and should, therefore, move for
copies of the correspondence.
Sir J. GRAHAM was decidedly opposed to the motion,
though he must at the same time repudiate the notion that
his information had been received from a spy. Neither
himself, nor any of the men.Thers of the Government, would
resort to the employment of spies, who usually deceive those
who employed them. His information was derived from a
party wholly disinterested, and he was compelled to believe
that that party was mistaken when he received a communi-
cation from the town clerk of Bridport.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to a
question from Mr. C. Buller, said that one of the first mea-
sures next session would be to meet the claims of the parties
suffering by the exchequer bills fraud.
Mr. COBDEN tried to get up another discussion on the
corn laws by asking ministers for a pledge to repeal them
next session.

Sir R, PEEL not only defended the recent corn law, but
insisted that it had already conferred great benefit on the
country.

The 'further discussion of the question was interrupted by
Sir A. Clifford, who summoned the house to the House of
Peers to hear the speech of her Majesty from the throne on
the prorogation of Parliament.

REPORT OF TIIE EXCIIEQUER-BILL FRAUD.

(From the Globe.)

•
The report of the commissioners appointed to investigate
the late Exchequer-bill fraud is now fairly before the public,
and is considered a very able and a very impartial document,
which must satisfy all reasonable men. After perusing it
carefully, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the
House of Commons yesterday, that "he had no scruples in
saying that several of the holders of these Exchequer-bills
had undoubted claims upon the government, and it would be
the duty of the responsible advisers of the crown to submit
to parliament a measure with reference to those who held
those forged Exchequer-bills, and who bad a claim upon the
government for indemnity. In doing so, however, it would
be necessary to exercise some discrimination, as there was a
very material difference between the cases." To enable us
to appreciate this remark, we must refer to the commissioners'
report, where we find the claimants arranged in four classes,
of which those in class No. 1, we presume. are undoubtedly
entitled to indemnity, and those in class No. 4 are rejected
altogether. Therefore the claims requiring the " exercise of
some discrimination" must be those in class No. 2, and in
class No. 3. The amount of spurious bills in existence ap-
pears to have been 377,000 pounds, which are divided into
the following classes, as well as we can understand the
report :

Class No. 1, sundry holders, together amounting to £117,000
Ditto N 0.2, do. do. do. .. 89,000
of which Sir James Shaw ....... ... £lO,OOO
~ Hitcliens and C 0........... 19,000
Ditto No. 3, do. do.
do. • • • . ,
93000
of which Ransom and Co. .......... 21,000
yr Price and Co.
~ J. W. Scott,
H. Tomkins,
" L. Levy, 16,000
*, Ditto No. 4, do. do. do. .. .. 78,000
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FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A FOOLISH WAGER.—OrI Fri-
day evening, a slater from Glasgow, out of a freak or for a
wager, attempted to cross on a plank the mouth of a run-out
coal-pit near Tollcross, and, when half way, lost his balance,
and fell to the bottom, a distance of sixty fathoms. When
taken out life was extinct.—Scotsman.
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A QUEEN'S SPEECH or OLD.—The following extract
from a speech delivered by Queen Elizabeth, on the 29th
May, 1571, is peculiarly applicable to certain members of
the lower house at the present period. On that occasion
Elizabeth came down and addressed the house, telling the
Commons " She utterly disallows and condemns those for
their audacious, arrogant and presumptuous conduct,. who, by
matters
that
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occasion
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superfluous speeches, spend much time in meddling with.
matters, neither pertaining to them, nor within the capacity
of their understanding." Four years before, her Majesty
bad lectured her faithful Commons upon the same unwelcome
disposition being exhibited by so many of their members,
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Friday's Gazette announces that Mr. Charles George
Young, York Herald, is promoted to the office of Principal
Garter King of Arms, vacant by the death of Sir William
Woods ; and Mr. Edward Howard Gibbon, Mowbray He-
rald Extraordinary, is made York Herald.
Irswlcu.—Mr. Lane 'Fox (not Viscount Villiers, as has
been reported) and Mr. Gladstone (Walsall), the conserva-
tive candidates for the representation of Ipswich, arrived
there on Tuesday, and immediately instituted an active can-
vass of the electors. They were preceded on Sunday by
Messrs. Gisborne and Moffatt, the defeated radicals at the
last election, and we have been informed that a subsequent
examination of the canvass books by those gentlemen has re-
sulted in Mr. Gisborne intimating to the conservative can-
didates that he retires from the ground ! Mr. Moffatt has
since returned to town, it is supposed with the view of pro-
curing a colleague from the members of the Reform Club.
We understand that the Queen and Prince Albert purpose
to pay a visit to Scotland at the commencement of the month
of September. Her Majesty and the Prince will, we believe,
go to Scotland and return by sea. Her Majesty will proba-
bly make an excursion to the Highlands during her stay in
Scotland, paying visits to the Earl of Kinnoul, Lord Mans-
field, Lord Breadalbane, and Lord Willoughby D'Eresby.
It is said that her Majesty.will reside, while in the neigh-
bourhood of Edinburgh, at the palace of Dalkeith. T
Royal Georee yacht, at Portsmouth, is fitting out with the
utmost expedition, doubtless for the purpose of conveying
her Majesty to Scotland.
MEETING OF THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY
COMPANY.—On Wednesday last, the half-yearly general
meeting of the above company was held in the Directors'
Room at the Railway station, Lancaster. The report hav-
ing been read the Secretary read over the memorandum of
agreement, between the Lancaster Canal Company and
themselves which was adopted, and a resolution was put and
carried unanimously, that Parliament be applied to for an
Act, authorising the two companies to carry the agreement
into effect.
AFFLUENCE IN RAGS.—On Thursday evening, a most
wretched-lookine object made his appearance at the police
barrack at Pallaatenry, soliciting charity. Something in his
demeanour attracted the eagle eye of head Constable O'Meal-
ly, who desired him to walk in. After a few questions, the
police began to search his person, and found £23. Os. 13d.
sewed up in bags under his arms in shillings and sixpences !
He had no larger coin in his collection than one-half-crown,
and three shillings was in coppers. This itinerant mendi-
cant is from the west of Kerry, and his name is Flo-
rence Callaghan. The silver was quite mouldy, and
A pretty-looking young girl, named
must have been long stored up.—Limerick Chronicle
independent property,
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A BROTIlmral: HIS SmlSaTnE,Rw.—as
Wood
charged, at the London police-court, on Thursday, with
Irvine stabbed her brother, a lad about fourteen years old.
It appeared appeared from the evidence of the mother (a widow lady
residing in the Walworth-road),
cjtliat the prisoner and her brother quarrelled while at break-
fast, when the prisoner suddenly seized a sharp table knife
id stabbed him in the right side. The lady handed a certi-
ficate from M r. Darrell, a surgeon, residing in the Walworth-
ro'd, which stated that the unfortunate youth was lying in
a dangerous state. Mr. Traill remanded the prisoner for
the attendance of the surgeon.

TIDE TABLE.
Days. Mrn. Eon. Height. Sundays, Holydays,
H. M. H. M. F. r.
Tuesday.l6 7 19 8 0 10 8
Wednes .17 8 38 9 10 11 6
ThursdaylB 9 37 10 2 12 7 Saturn rises sh. 6m. even.
Friday .. 19 10 23 10 42 13 8 Saturn sets 0h 30m morn,
Saturday 20 10 59 11 16 14 9 Jupiter sets Oh 43m morn•
Sunday.. 21 10 31 11 46 15 9 13th Sunday after Trinity.
Monday .n 0 2 16 3 Moon in Apogee 71). morn.

Prices paid IMPORTS
SALES OP THE WEEK. in the week. This Wk. thisyear
.
90 , Sea Island 9 6 19
20 ' Stained
8810 I Bowed Georgia
j Mobile
7560
1 Alabama and Tennessee 3f —4/ 17821 1519915
13970 I New Orleans
220 f Pernambuco & Paraiba 6l 71 I
.... 1 12506
1 Aricati and Ceara 6i 7 I
430 Bahia and Maceio 6i -6/ 1232 9752
Maranham
""1 28393
1250 {
Sawginned
Minas —
}
' 1
I Para
Demerara, Surina.ai, &c...
-- ....
420 I Egyptian
Barbados 6.. 7 .... 10
100 I Peruvian
Bahama
Laguayra —
110 ; Common West India, &c 6 - - .... r 5589
;
20 , Carthagena 4/
I Smyrna —
.... .. ' Manilla — J
3140! Surat 34 4#
3* 4 } 2460 1 99646
320 Madras
Bengal
--..---
36160 bales l 32954 966388

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 12.
No advance has taken place in the Wheat duty this week,
and that upon other articles continues also unchanged, ex-
cept
on Foreign Rye, reduced to 8s Gd per quarter, and on
Colonial Barley and Rye to is Gd and to Gd per quarter re-
spectively.
The fresh arrivals of Foreign Wheat, though hitherto less
abundant than those of last week, arc still liberal ; and of
Flour from Canada we have again to note a fair supply, with
a few further parcels of Pease and Oatmeal thence. and 2112
quarters Egyptian Beans; but scarcely any produce from the
United States, and very little either coastwise or from
Ireland.
During the intermediate period from Tuesday until to-
day, Foreign Wheat commanded a tolerable degree of atten-
tion, resulting in sales to a fair extent, on terms nearly equal
to those previously obtained ; and although in other articles
of the trade little animation was apparent, the general cur-
rency of our last circular seemed to remain uncaried.
The exposure of fine Wheats at our Corn Exchange to-
day being less plentiful than of late, and having a moderate
number of country millers in attendance, with some demand
on speculation, transactions in the various qualities of this
grain were repeated to a fair amount; the best descriptions
of red Balticrather exceeding the rates of Tuesday, the middle
class samples of Mediterranean partly recovering the depres-
sion then stated, and the trade concluding with a somewhat
firmer aspect.
Flour, although takea off sparingly, was unaltered in
value.

Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, being very unsaleable,
still exhibited a tendency to decline.
Oats, notwithstanding we have not a single fresh arrival to
report, and but few offering from granary, scarcely main-
tained our last quotations.
Oatmeal, on the contrary, moved rather freely into the
hands of consumers at the reduced rates previously noted.

LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, AUGUST 12.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Alexander, T. Carter, L. Coates, and J. Eckersley, Liverpool,
printers—S. Sutton and Son, Birmingham, iron merchants—D.
Hall, W. Evetts, and C. Tawney, Oxford. brewers ; as far as regards
W."Evetts—Rider and Bissicks, Glocester, brass founders—J. Y. Bed-
ford and W. Spencer, Birmingham, attornies—Pilling and Farrar,
Huddersfield, merchants—Stephens and Yeend, Glocester, braziers
—Shapland and Wreford, Bristol, wholesale linendrapers—West
Auckland Brewery Company, Weft Auckland, common brewers ;
so far as regards W. Iry ethrell—Lumsdon and Coulson, Durham,
iron founder—J. Fowle and F. Delmore Rye, Sussex, brewers,

. . •
INSOLVENT.
Aug. ;I.—Frederick Cordaroy and John Kenna, Liverpool,
hatters. •
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

Daniel Howard, Swallow-street, Regent-street, London, victualler.

BANKRUPTS.

George Garden Nicol, Adam-street, Adelphi, merchant.
Joseph Till, Shirley Mills, Hampshire, brewer.
John Litchfield, Bethnal.green, Loudon, builder.
John Thomas Ring and John Groombridge, Crimscott-street,
Bermondsey, carpenters.
William Cooper. Belfast, Manchester warehouseman.
Joseph Raleigh, Manchester, merchant.
Peter Seddon, Middle Hulton, Lancashire, coal dealer.
Moses Buckley, Oldham, Lancashire, draper.
DIVIDENDS.

Sept. 5, S. Sly, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, and Cornwall.road,
Lambeth, engraver.—Sept. 5, H. Capel, Cooper's-row, Tower-hill,
wide merchant.—Sept. 6, E. Browne, Norwich, builder.—Sept. 8,
W. Wilks, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, coal merchant.—Sept 8,
E. Goddard, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, draper.—Sept. 9, J. Welsh,
Manchester, publican.—Sept. 5, A. H. Tulk and E. Banks, Gates-
head, Durham, soap manufacturers.—Sept. 9, J. Sharp and R.
Pearson, Bradford, Yorkshire, machine makers.—Oct. 27, R. 'l'.
Jones, Oxford, chemist.—Sept. 8, J. Ritchis and T. Moffat, Liver-
pool, merchants.—Sept. 9, F. A. Wheeler. Birmingham, percussion-
cap manufacturer.—Sept. 5, R. Sands, Nottingham, laee manufac-
turer.—Sept. 7, J. Chaloner, Chester. currier.—Sept. 3, T. Cart-
wright and L. Noble, Halifax, Yorkshire, silversmiths.

CERTIFICATES
To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or be-
fore Sept. 2.
J. Bannister and D. Simpson, Liverpool, shipwrights.—W. and G.
Beards, Bilston, Staffordshire, maltsters—J. More, Coleman-
street, London, merchant—J. Steggall, Guildford-street, London,
bookseller—G. Gibson, Liverpool, stock-broker.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
AUGUST.
16, Robert Rollo, (Ist) .Court of Bankruptcy, London, I'
16, John Robinson, (2nd). Clarendon Rooms, 1
17, Robertson, Garrow & Alexander, .

(prf. 14i div .) Ditto, 12
17, Molyneux, Witherby & Co., (proof & div.) Ditto, 1
18, William Garrow, (proof & div.) Ditto,' 1
19, John Haddock, (Ist)... Ditto, 1
22, Robertson, Garrow and Alexander, (audit) Ditto, 11
23, Barbour and Norris, (2nd) Ditto, 2
24, Samel Brown, (special)
56, Edward Moss, (2nd).
26, H. G. and A. D. Kellock, (Ist) Ditto, 2
Bannister and Simpson, (audit) Ditto, 1

BIRTHS.
On the sth instant, at Aigburth, Mrs. BEVAN, of a son.
On the 7th instant. the wife of Captain GILES, of the Charles, of
London, of a daughter.
On the yth instant, the lady of Mr. WILLIAM MARSDEN, of a
son.

MARRIED.
On the 25th ultimo, at Auchencairn, Berwick, Kirkcudbright-
shire, by the Rev. Alexander Crosbie, Buittle, the Rev. JAMES
THOMPSON to Miss ISABELLA GRAHAM.
On the Bth instant, at St. George's, Hanover-square, London, by
the Venerable Archdeacon Bayley, the Hon. CHARLES W. G.
HOWARD, son of the Earl of Carlisle and M.P. for East Cumber-
land, to MARY, second daughter of the Right Honourable Baron
PARKE.

Same day, at St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. J. Stafford, ROBERT,
eldest son of Mr. WM. HARRISON, Lower Bebbington, Cheshire,
to SUSAN MARIA, only daughter of the late Captain DROUGHT,
lath Regiment of Foot.

On the 9th instant, at St. George's. Hanover-square, London,
JOHN T. DELANE, Esq., 8.A., of the University of Oxford, se-
cond son of W. P. A. Delane, Esq., to FANNY HORATIO SERLE,
widow of the late FRANCIS BACON, Esq., and daughter of H.
Twiss, Esq., Queen's Counsel.
Same day, at Rochdale, by the Rev. Dr. Molesworth, vicar,
Lieutenant L. B. MACKINNON, R.N., second son of W. A.
Mackinnon, Esq., M.P., to AUGUSTA, daughter of the late JOHN
ENTWISTLE, Foxholes, formerly M.P. for Rochdale.
On the 11th inst., at St. David's Church, GEORGE CHRISTIAN,
youngest son of WILLIAM PROWSE, Esq., Holt-hill, Cheshire,
to HARRIET, eldest daughter of the late WILLIAM DIXON, Esq.,
Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Same day, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. R. Davies, Mr.
WILLIAM RIDDELL, of Burton-on-Trent, to JANIS QUALTER,
eldest daughter of the late Mr. DANIEL MAXWELL, of this
town.
On the 13th instant, at Great George-street Chapel, by Rev. Dr.
Raffles, Mr. SAMUEL BURLEY, merchant, to DOROTHEA, eldest
daughter of the late Mr. JONES, builder.
On the 14th instant, at St. Nicholas's Chureh, Mr•. HENRY
BICKERSTETH to Miss MARTHA JANE M'CAMLEY.