The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

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IncomesunderX6oexempt. All incomes under 2;150
Incomes between £6O and wholly exempt.
£l5O subjected to reduced• ;;..,13%1

scale of charge

Charge imposed.
In 1798.... 10 per cent
1803.... 5

Charge imposed

7d. in ti:

pounci, or

£2 18s. 4d. per cent

1805,...
1806: ... 10
Tax payable in respect of Tax payable in respect of
the occupation of land in the occupation of land in
England of the abpve rates, England of the above rate,
and in Scotland 1. and in Scotland at the rate of
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Foreigners having money 21d. in the pound.
in the funds exempt from duty. All funded property charged
on such property. with duty.
At the rate of 10 per cent. or 2s. in the pound, the produce
of the old tax was at its commencement in 1807, ;U0,131,344,
and at its termination in 1815, £35,227,500, the increase in
the interval being nearly uniform.
PREVENTION Or SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AT SEA.—
A letter has just been received at Lloyd's from their agent at
Sydney, addressed to W. Dobson, Esq., enclosing certain
suggestions by a Dr. W. Bland, on the subject or sponta-
neous combustion of wool in ships, and submitting certain
plans for its prevention. The whole is too voluminous for
insertion, but the following will be found to be the substance :
—The doctor suggests as a preventive the use of carbonic acid
gas, as its specific gravity and solubility in atmospheric air,
does not prevent its subsiding in that fluid, and remaining
unmixed, even under extensive exposure to its action. With
regard as to what substance would best afford the supply of
gas required, he states that about 4001bs. of carbonate of lime
in the form of whitening, chalk, the poorer marbles, and lime-
stone, yield about ISolbs. of carbonic acid gas, and more than
sufficient to fill a space of 20,000 cubic feet, or 500 tons by
measurement ; that the admixture of one part of carbonic
acid gas to four of atmospheric air will prevent or extinguish
combustion. The mode of application he advises is, to have
a cask in each hold placed on the keelson, perforated in the
upper third of it, each about an inch in diameter, the lower
two-thirds to be lined internally with lead. Into the head
of each cask a metallic tube of about an inch in diameter to
be fixed, leading from the deck ; the whole length of each
tube to be protected by a strong casing of wood. Each cask
to be provided with the requisite quantity of whitening, and
when, required for use pour down by means of the tube the
requisite quantity of sulphuric acid, diluted in the proportion
of about one of the acid to four or five of water, when the
carbonic acid gas would disperse along the vessel, and replace
all atmospheric air.

THE WRECKS AT THE CAPE.—By accounts which have
been circulated this morning in the city, it appears that there
was much exaggeration and misrepresentation in the first de-
scription of the circumstances attending the loss of the tran-
sport ship Waterloo, off the Cape of Good Hope. We refer
principally to the statements, that within half an hour after
the Waterloo struck " she parted in two, and that within an
hour and a half not a vestige was to be seen—she had literally
gone to pieces." This is effectually contradicted by a fact
very material in such a ease, that the public sale of the
wreck took place on the 2d of September, five days after the
gale, and realized the sum of X 630. The underwriters at
Lloyd's, whose judgment in such matters is not to be im-
pugned, are so far satisfied of the seaworthiness of the vessel,
that they have agreed to settle for the loss at once. The re-
lative position of the Abercrombie Robinson and of the Wa-
terloo is considered, by those conversant with the subject, to
explain sufficiently why one vessel was able to weather the
storm, and to save nearly all on hoard, while the other was
totally wrecked with so dreadful a loss of life. By the letters
of Captain Young, the commander of the Abercrombie Robin-
son. it appears that he went ashore at half past 3 a. m., on
the 23th of August, at the top of high water, while the Water-
loo did not go ashore till three-quarters past 10 a. m., when,
consequently, it must have been near low water. The Aber-
crombie went ashore with her head on, but the Waterloo
went broadside on, her anchors still hold'ng her, and the ac-
tion of the sea tearing her to pieces. The lamentable loss of
life in the convict ship arose from there being no life bots
on the shore to send to their assistance, and the necessity
which exists in such vessels of keeping the convicts under
hatches to prevent their ee.cape till the last moment.
hat-
ever imputations, therefore, may attach to the mode in which
the transport service is performed, they do not apply to the
Waterloo.—Tivies of Wednesday. _ _

CHEAT' FORK.—A considerable time ago we (Newry
Telegraph) stated, on good authority, the tact of a trade
being carried on in unsound pigs, which were purchased in
almost every stage of unsoundness and decomposition, in va-
rious markets, and being conveyed to the vicinity of Ban-
bridge, underwent some process which converted them into
pork or bacon sui generis. This traffic, we have good reason
to know, has rather increased than otherwise, owing to the
distemper prevalent among the porcine race in various places
We have heard of an entire pig being purchased for half-a-
crown, in the county of Tyrone, where the cheapening mala-
dy has of late been too frequent. But it has been reserved
for the tariff to bring the trade into full and profitable opera-
tion. Unless we are greatly misinformed, many a savoury
morsel, which has caused our pork-loving neighbours in En-
gland to,stuack their lips at the admirable Yankee skill in cu-
ring pig's flesh. has, in fact, travelled no farther than from
the banks of Blackwater or Bann. The following has been
forwarded to us as the copy of a letter found on the cushions
of a car plying between Banbridge and Warrenpoita, from
which two jolly looking personages, in coats peculiarly greasy
had just alighted. We wish John much joy of his dainty
fare:— " Liverpool, Oct. 29, 1842,

"Dear Sir,—We _,
have yours of 20th and note contents
Your draft of that date (amount £36 4s. 7d.) has been duly
honoured and paid by us. Nothing could exceed the rapidity
with which your American pork went off at 32(1 per lb, es-
pecially in Manchester and Stockport. Pray continue the
supply before ;:ny blow-up takes place, One of the barrels
was near selling us, from the word Riga' being on it instead
of ' New York.' Please he careful in this matter, and give m
notice the day before the vessel is to arrive with next supply,
that there may be no mistake or delay in its being conveyed
to our stores. We ask no questions. We remain, yours!
- --near Banbridge

44 " To Mr.
Ireland."

RATHER REMARKABLE.

At a recent meeting of the League in Mancl,ekter, Mr.
Cobden said,— _

" Au elderly person, haying the appearance of a country
gentleman, c:3-11ed on him on Tuesday, and put a paper,
accompanied by a bank note, into his hand, stating, ' A
landowner, possessed of several farms, subscribes £lOO to

It is a money question,
The subscription shall be