The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-21 00:00:00

DECREE

Art. 1. The law of Nov. 26th, 1839, increasing to fifteen
per cent the duty on consumption of foreign goods, shall re-
main without effect from and after the day which may be
designated by the Governors of the Departments, with the
assent of the Juntas. In the Department of Mexico, and in
every other in which the order of the Government, dated the
4th of September last, has been put into execution, the
designation of the day will not take place.
Art. 2. Consequently, the duties established by the laws
which were in force prior to the said 26th day of November,
1839, shall alone be collected hereafter. -

Art. 3. The laws of December 27, 1839, and of April 23,
and June 9, 1810, relative to the same duties of consumtion.
shall also be without effect.
Given at Tacuharga, Oct. 16, 1841.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tms DAY

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.)

The import duty upon Beans is raised to 15s. 6d. per qr. ;
that on all other Foreign, and wholly on British Colonial
produce, remaining the same as last week.
A few parcels of Wheat, a moderate quantity of Oats, and
a further good supply of Oatmeal, form the principal arrivals
from Ireland into this port since Tuesday, and a trivial lot of
Barley is all that we have to note coastwise. From abroad,
the imports consist merely of 3105 qrs. of Wheat, 712 qrs.
Indian Corn, and 9100 barrels of Flour, the latter from New
York.

From the close of our first market this week until to-day,
we have had so extremely little actual business passing in
any article of the Corn trade, either free or in bond, as to
render any detailed remarks perfectly unnecessary.
Having a return of severe frost, with a slender attendance
of millers at our Corn Exchange, to-day, all descriptions of
free Wheat continued to meet a very languid sale for both
home and country consumption ; but several further orders
having been executed for Ireland, the holders of good quali-
ties evinced rather more firmness, and the current rates of
Tuesday last were maintained. In bonded Wheats no recent
operations have transpired.

English and Irish Flour remained very difficult of sale at
our last quotations ; and Foreign duty paid, although moving
gradually, Svas the turn cheaper. For States Flour under
lock we have had some inquiries, and 275. offered, but the
importers generally requiring 28s. per barrel, no transactions
of moment have been reported to-day.

Barley, Malt, and Peas remain exceedingly dull, and are
rather depressed in value..

English and Irish Beans also appear to meet very little
notice, whilst Egyptian are now held more steadily at 29s
to 30s per qr., at which, however, little business has been
done.

Oats and Oatmeal, upon a very limited demand, barely
support our last quotations.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 18th to the 20th January, 1842, inclusive

MR- I COAST- CANADA I FO-
LAN, I WISE. & U.STB.I REIGN.
DESCRIPTION. I TOTA

Wheat Qrs.l
Barley Qrs.
Malt
Oats
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs.
Pease. Qrs.
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn Qrs.
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .... Loads
Flom . Sacks
Ditto

595 2510

8806
326

Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Oats,
796 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 75 ids; Flour, sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, qrs.; Malt,
qrs. ; Oats. 150 qrs ; Beans, qrs.; Indian Corn. qrs. ; Oat-
meal, 25 loads; Flour, sacks, 421 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 926
qrs. ; Beans, 10 qrs. ; Indian Corn,— qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ;
Flour, 73 sacks.--Coastwise. Wheat, 221 qrs. ; Barley, ►3O
qrs.; Malt, 2.i0 qrs. ; Oats, 12 qrs. ; Beans, 60 qrs. ; Rye,
qrs. ; Pease, 150 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, ld s.
Flour, 125 sks, 178 barrels.

Averagenarices of Grain, for the week ending Jan. 14. 1819.
Wheat 625. sd. 1 Barley 295. Id. ) Oats.. 20s. 4d. Rye.. 495.11 d.
Beans.. 355. lld. Pease.. 355. Id.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 625. gd. I Barley 30s. ad. I Oats.. 21s. Id. I Rye.. 425. 2.1
Beans.. 365. 9d. Pease.. 375. 2d.

Duty on Foreign Grain. &c. this week

Wheat24s. Bd. I Ifarley ;6s. lod., Oats .. .15s. 3d. I Rye.. 6s. 6d
Beans 15s. 6d. I Pease .. 14S. Od. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. Flour 14s. 10

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... ss. od. I Parley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. od. I Rye.... Os. 6d
Beans.. 3s. I Pease.. 3s. I Indian Corn.. os. Od. I Flour.. 3s. Od.

Liverpool Averages, week ending Jan. 18, 1842.
22Wheat. 1 Barley. } Oats. 1 Beans. Pease.
. 144 725
538. sd. Os. Od. 3. Id. Os. Od. I Os, Od

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21.—Wind E., fair.

Analven.—Cambridge. Bursley, from New York—Jane, Shaw,
from Sliga—Elizabeth, Coker, from Wexturd—Hope, Brown, from
Westport—Jane, from Londonderry—Jane, from Dublin
SAI LED.—Messenger, M'Kandy, for New Orleans—Empress,
Scott, and Europe, Marshall, for New York—Stowe, Atkins, for
Lisbon—Joaquim St Anna, saldaua, for St. Übes

Amelia, from Newfoundland. at Cove
Sooloo, Very, hence at Batavia
Rusco Castle, was to sail from Odessa for this port 4th January
Highlander, Curel ; Columbus, Tombury ; Arrow, Richards,
hence at Genoa
Henrietta, Luckies. hence'at Genoa
MALAGA, Jan. 4.—The Langton, Heron, from Malta to Liverpool,
was wrecked on the beach at Cerillos. 19th ult. : crew saved

GREENOCK, Jan. I9.—The Springfield, Roy, from Liverpool for
Savannah, has put in here, with cargo shifted and vessel strained,
atter being as far as long l 5

" BENEFIT" SOCIETIES AGAIN.—On Wednesday last,
Francis Forbes, John Meek, and William Jefferies, were
committed by the Stourbridge magistrates, to take their trial
at our next assizes, for being jointly concerned in uttering a
cheque of £2OO upon the Stourbridge and Kidderminster
bank, with the view of defrauding the " Traveller's Best"
Lodge of Oddfellows, on the 27th ultimo. Jefferies was ad-
mitted
to bail on finding two sureties in £l5O each, and en-
tering into his own recognizances of £3OO ; Meek and Forbes
not being able to find sureties, have been brought to Wor-
cester gaol. It seems, from the evidence, that the prisoner
Meek having got possession of the common seal of the lodge,
together with Forbes and Jefferies, proceeded to the bank,
Jefferies forging the name of William Smith to the cheque,
and Meek and Forbes falsely pretending that they were office
bearers of the lodge. No suspicion of the fraud was enter-
tained till Thursday last when it was discovered that the
money had been withdrawn, and that Meek and Forbes had
fled. They were traced to Liverpool, apprehended there,
and a trifle more than the amount stolen was found on the
person of Meek's wife, who with her two children had ac-
companied them. The facts were proved by the cashier of
the hank ; Edward Nash, secretary of the lodge ; Davies
and Williams, stewards; and Bowles, the publican at whose
house it meets. The defence was the flagitioui one used by
the miscalled benefit club meeting at the Dolphin, in Copen-
hagen-street. of this city, in poor Wixon's case—" That as
the society was not enrolled, it could not be made out; and
that Meek, being a member, had as much right as any other
to draw the money; that he could appoint, and in fact did
appoint, Forbes to assist him in receiving it ! As the lodge
was no more than a corporation self-constituted, they could
notindict any person for felony, so no fraud could on their
part be proved against the prisoners. This case strongly
illustrates the caution we lately held out to provident per-
sons, about to join benefit societies, to inquire whether they
were duly enrolled under the new act ; for it is clear, by the
circumstances above recited, that unless these societies take
shelter under the act, theirmembers, individually and col-
ectively, will be subject to egregious villany and fraud.
The famous discussion between Messrs. Brindley and
Rumball on the science of Phrenology, which occasioned so
great an excitement in this city sonic two or three years back,
was
week renewed at Bath, after many intermediate
skirmishes in various parts of the kingdom. This colloquy,
it appears, was attended by the same result as that on the
former occasion : the vindicator of the " theory of surfaces"
having made several mistakes, and received innumerable hard
bumps, left the field in possession of his talented and victo-
rious opponent.— Worcester Journal.

A POWDER MAGAZINE oN FIRE.—On the 10th inst. the
house of the porter at the powder magazine of 'Marseilles was
destroyed by an explosion. It was one story high, and was
completely knocked to peices by the force only six pounds of
powder. which became accidentally ignited within it. Mos
fortunately no injury was done to the central magazine, which
was close at hand, but detached, or otherwise the consequence
might have been more disastrous. The wife and daughter of
the porter were so severely injured that their lives are des-
paired of. It appears, contrary to the rule prescribed to him
he had allowed his wife and daughter to aid him in taking pow-
der out of. the magazine, and that these females were impru-
dently making up the powder into packets while they had
chaufferettes under their feet. Some of the powder falling
upon one of the chaufferetes caused the explosion.—Ga.
lignani's Messenger.
CIRCASSIA.—I have got some details about Circassia at
last. A great battle was in reality fought betwee❑ the moun-
taineers and the Russians in the middle of October. It com-
menced in the pass of 11 enlist', only about six miles from the
castle of Sotcha. The Russians had about 8,000 Georgian
and Mingrelian cavalry, with 10,000 or 12,000 of their infan-
try. The former led the van, and were attacked in the pass
so vigorously that they were put completely to the rout.
They fell back upon the infantry, to whom their own panic
was communicated, and the whole flying en masse to the coast
hotly pursued by their victors. The slaughter was dreadlul,
no less than 3,500 of the Russian party being left dead on the
field. Some escaped to the ships, which, 49 in number, were
lying within gunshot of the shore ; others were drowned in an
attempt to swim off ; and the rest of the survivors made good
their retreat in dreadful confusion to Sotcha, were they col-
lected, and intrenched themselves. Few prisoners were
made, for the Circassians, being less than 6,000 in number,
could not embarrass themselves with such an incumbrance,
and put to the sword nearly all such of the enemy as fell into
their hands. All the horses, and an immense quantity
of arms and baggage, were the booty of the heroic mountain
eers, whose loss did not, according to their accounts, exceed
450 men hors de combat. After this defeat the Russians
sued for peace, and got for answer that the Circassians would
make peace if the Russians would first evacuate the fortresses
on the coast. But they would not treat without intervention.
They proposed that after the evacuation a delegate from the
Russian General and another from the Circassians should be
sent to Constantinople, where a treaty should be made with
the concurrence, and under the guarantee, of the Porte and
the great European Powers. This proposal not meeting with
the approbation of the Russians, they, after remaining before
Sotcha about 20 days, embarked in their ships, and sailed
away, leaving the accustomed garrison in that place. The
Circassians intend to attack all the castles on the coast (Anafa
excepted) during the winter. The harvest having been fine,
they have abundance of food for man and beast, and expect
to be very successful, 'since last winter, though suffering
severely from the dearth of provisions, they managed to sack
five castles. The Russians. therefore, in Circassia, do not
recline on beds of roses. The European Powers ought by
all means to interfere to stop the useless and demoralizing
effusion of blood.—Malta Times.

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