The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

GUANO-THE NEW MANURE

GUANO, FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS.—II is from thus
well known islands in the Pacific Ocean the Peruvians have
for centuries past supplied, and do, at the present time,
almost entirely supply themselves with this invaluable
manure. Some sixty vessels are now constantly employed
in carrying Guano from thence to the main land, which, by
its fertilising qualities, produces the most abundant crops of
wheat, maize, and all other vegetable productions, whilst,
without it, little or nothing would be obtained from the soil.
Guano, from Chincha, has lately been introduced into this
country by Messrs. W. J. Myers and Co., of Liverpool;
and in offering it to the British agriculturist, it is deemed
right, in consequence of the introduction of one or two car-
goes from the coast of Bolivia, to say that they, with Messrs.
Alexander Macdonald and Co., St. Mildred's-r.ourt, London,
and their accredited agents in the country, are the only par-
ties in England from whom the Guano, from Chincha, can
be procured. On application to any of them the article may
be had genuine, and warranted the same quality as is used by
the Peruvians, who esteem this Guano so highly that witn
the utmost difficulty was the Government of that country in-
duced to allow its exportation to Europe, for fear of doing an
injury to their own agricultural interest, which could not be
remedied should the Guano be all exported. Guano has been
applied, in this country, with the greatest success to the
growth of wheat, barley, hops, turnips, grass lands, potatoes,
and indeed every description of vegetable production, in the
whole of which the increase of crop was most apparent and
highly satisfactory, and it only requires to be known to secure
it general use by agriculturists.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.--The eleventh
half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Blackwell rail-
way was held on Monday last. The number of passengers
carried during the last half-year was 1,186,351, and the
money received £22,509 11s. 11d., exhibiting an increase of
about 40 per cent., whether compared with the receipts of
the previous half-year or the corresponding months of the
previous year. A dividend of 10s. per share was declared.
r ,s, Ceylon.
The voyage of the interrnediate India steamer, the first
under the new arrangement, from Calcutta to Suhez, with its
tesults, is well deserving of notice. It appearasdt
aat the time
occupied was exactly a month, stoPPing at M.
a loss of. six days. The
usavede been delivered in London
t seems was the exact time
Aden, and Suez ; that the wboleavcel=el9lso ambioluest
a4d.9aoyo.
miles. and that the rate of going
Her stoppages on the route calibh i
odfeltilr first portion of the
the November mail from Eng-
land brought by this yeswsell
ell' of course being
in 48 days from Calcutta,
consumed in the instance of
f Bombay.
governmentto
l cue
xt tap
reisns ,
hence it is inferred
Whether or
some days later; and1e
ireby those interested
in it that the "comprehensive scheme," when fully nia-
tthhee dgeelinyeerrayl
not this may prove to be the case, the • .
tured, will beat the route by way o
matter of great interest. experiment is justly a
LIP'S OF A MEDICAL MAN.--There '
which so rapidly wears away the pow is not any career
is no other which requires a great
powers of life, because there
body. He has to bear the
changeser activity of mind and
fatigue, irregularity in his of weather, continued
meals,
in the midst of miasma and and broken rest ; to live
he has to traverse Contagion. if in the country,
e distances on horseback, ex-
posed to wind:and stormrelief of suffering humanity. ,to brave all dangers, to go to the
has been established by A fearful truth of medical men
the table of mortality of Dr. Casper,
published in his Bri h Review. Of 1000 members of the
medical profession, e 0 die before their sixty-second year ;
whilst of persons leadingtheologians, a quiet life, such as agriculturists
individuals of ' th e
mortality is only 347. If we take 100
agri-
culturists, each of the classes-43 theologians, 40 agri-
s, 85 s clerk •
tieth year: of 1 , and 82 soldiers will reach their seven-
reach that 00 professors of the healinz art, 24 only will
age. They are the signposts or health ; they can
o old
show the road t
age, but rarely tread it themselves.—
Montreal Courie r.

snug the duty on flour,
.pressed his satisfaction at the successful
id attended the resolutions proposed by the
said it was hii intention merely to
_ which induced him to
—,-asure now on the table of the house,
the millers of this country had not received
He conceived it was the duty of the
of this country such protection

;e the reasons

le them to compete with foreigners, who en-
able advantages in bringing flour to our market.
merchants had an interest in importing flour
try rather than corn, for the former article was
uch less amount of duty than the latter. It
that the English millers could compete with
the manufacture of flour, labouring, as they
The usual policy of this
~or the importation of the raw ma-
..e, advantage which was derived from so
g employment to the population. But im-
- instead of wheat supplanted that employ-
the poor of the benefit to he derived from
'-rior and cheap portion of the flour,

advantages.

they were in the habit of using, as none but the finest
was imported, to avoid the payment of duty. He need
r allude to the injury which the milling interest of Ire-
could suffer from the removal of the prohibition on the
tation of foreign flour. He would submit to the house,
ier it would not be advantageous to the foreign mann-
er to bring his goods to this country in a manufactured
inasmuch as they would be of less bulk, and conse-
ly pay less freight. He should not press the question
livision, as hr only wished to hear from her Majesty's
ters whether they had considered the point, and were
Led that they had given an adequate protection to the

L annou

I, that after giving the fullest con-
rn to this subject, he could not consent to alter the
d rate of duty. If the protection of flour were in-
the foreign growers who would be the most prejudi-
ild be precisely those whom every man must admit
vould be most our interest to favour, namely, those of
ted States. He proceeded to show that the existing

Ir. GLAD

ally sutf

essed his satisfaction at the deter-

R.I EN moved, that all colonial grain should
y free, for one year, or for some other
ed by parliament. He urged the claims of
Dpulation upon the mother country ; and
ion that the colonies ought to be repre-

as he was

in common with his

rage the intercourse of the colonies with
could not consent to this proposal. The
he believed, would feel little jealousy
of wheat or flour from the Canadas, if it

Canadian produce ; but, in tact, it would be
oduce of the United States, conveyed through
If the Canadian law as to importation from
States should be so altered as to prevent that
)sit, then, indeed, the question might take a

ed Lord Stanley to over-esti-
vorted into the Canadas.
nknation of their

vernment some

.l returns showing the very
an corn imported into, and ground
The same thing was true as to Nova
respect to the question about the subject of
per barrel intended to be proposed on flour
the United States into Canada, he would say
either a British nor a Canadian object simply,
lonial one. The duty in every other colony
gs, and it ought to be of the same amount in

FIERE profe

d himself at a loss to under-
h he regarded as a mere needless and

ferred to a similar arrangement made
uchere himself as to East India rum.
Ir. C. BULLER ridiculed the attempt at equalizing dif-
s among each other by additional duties, liken-
bject of the beadle, who, being ordered to put a
cks at one end of the church, put a second boy
it of stocks at the other end " for the sake
He recommended that Mr. O'Brien, in-
. 1g the subject to a division then, should take
le of the house upon it in committee upon the bill.
-STUART WORTLEY supported the views of gover-

it to tl

boy in t

of pressi

Ir. O'BRIEN persisted in dividing the house, and was
:aced by a majority of 135 against 38.

HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY.
Lord CAMPBELL laid upon the table three bills for the
:ter regulation of the appellate jurisdiction of the House
Lords and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun-

Sion ensued, in the course of which
D CHANCELLOR said, that, in his opinion, no-
work better than the present system, and that it
ild and extravagant to make any alteration in a
ch was working practically so well.

ENIIAM thought it

voula be unwise to interfere

nent now in progress. Two new vice-chan-
n appointed, and the arrears were already
he courts of chancery, and it would not be
any alteration until the recent change had a

UGIIAII contended that his prediction that one
luld have been sufficient had been verified by the
months the two new judges had been ena-
.e arrears. In fact the measure of last
rested by the over-successfulness of its sue-
, there would not be sufficient business for
.oer of chancery judges now in existence.
ihe bill was laid upon the table, and their lordships ad-

r off a

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY.
It. PEEL, in reply to a question from Mr. Shiel as to
arnmunications between Lord Aberdeen and the. Frenen
'nment, relative to the occupation of Algiers, corn-
ed that no notice had been given of a question so kn.
lit, but said that the Earl of Aberdeen did not admit
xact correctness of the terms which were attributed to

UNCO'MBE moved for a select committee to in-
gulations, and discipline of the several
s of correction in England and Wales ; to
tar to be necessary in the laws of

le rules,

alterations

rernment of prisoi;,'in order to insure an uniform sys-
discipline throughout the whole ; and, further, to re-
pon the expediency of abolishing the infliction of cor-
punishment upon criminal offenders. The hon.
er quoted from the reports of the prison inspectors
cases of cruelty and
neglect in risons, and commented
ly upon the want ofu pniformity 'in the diet, treatment,
ligions instruction of the parties in confinement.
J. GRAHAst'said that the hon. member had
brought
'd his motion in the best possible spirit, but notwith-
Lig the evils which still prevailed it was some console-
) know that the regulations recommended by govern-
vere adopted in many of the counties of England, and
(*act a great and progressive improvement was takii:g
prison discipline throughout the country. He hoped
facts and the viglance of the home secretary would
bon. member that at the present time a commit-
'iry would be inexpedient.
•,E I- was quite prepared to place every confidence
this kind in the home secretary, but after all
'bought it would be cruel to leave priso-
liscretion of the magistracy. The hon.
me instances of punishments inflicted
ce was punished with transportation,
to manslaughter of the- most aggra-
ed with twelve months imprisonment,
tem should not be altered. The mo-
. would of course be defeated, but he
James Graham to turn his attention to the

t the t

ed it sued a
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tee of trig

r)risontne

an who crz

J. iiiissELL could not see the necessity for a corn-
of inquiry in the present state of our legislature.
some further discussion, in which the Chancellor of
chequer, Mr. Brotherton and Lord G. Somerset took
Jr. Duneombe withdrew his motion.
Salmi drew the attention of the house to the re-
^ouncil respectingtheeroigration of hill coolies,
•noving for a copy of the instructions given
-ssioners for the affairs of India to Lord

d Lord MAnos supported the course pur-
-:,.hrirn. The former hon. member said
iry, useless, because the re-
ere so complete as to ren.

lecessary•
;ELL stated three recent eases, to show the
re of the sentences on criminals. A man who
>f killing a woman by brutal violence was sen-
-' • another who had with
• to three

convicted of
--6 'LYS. was sentenced to twelve
--"L
The hot,. member complained that
ales
wereer not given to catholic clergymen to
P 's° 8. He bupported the motion of Mr.