The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

TUESDAY, MARCH 8.
ARRIVED.—ChaIco, Brown, from Buenos Ayre—Russell Glover,
Howes ; Ocean, Millard ; Liverpool, • Ohio, Lyon ; Isabel,
Griffiths ; Lord Maidstone, Taylor ; Victory, Brooks; Lord Seaton,
and Trenton, Monson, from New Orleans—Josei,ho, Leitch,
from Mobile—Clydesdale, Prince, from Alexandria—Star, Morton,
from St. Michael's—James Matthewson, from Valparaiso—
Brunswick, and Syren, from Mobile—Solon, Buckman, from Near
York—and Emerald, Parsons, from Malta.

Sunflower, Forrester, from Maranham, at this port; sailed 30th
Jan. in company with the Winscales. The Statesman sailed two
days previous, both for Liverpool
James Matthewson, Branscombe, from Valparaiso, at this port;
sailed .-srd Dec. On 17th, in lat. 56 S, long. 73 W, spoke the (lobe,
hence to Valparaiso, and the Parainatto, from London to Valpa-
raiso. in lat. 53 58 S, long. 75 W

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Dryad, hence at Buenos Ayres
Alcyope, Bennett, hence at Monte Video

THE LANDLORD'S SHARE OF THE LOAF,

A correspondent in a Morning paper, in reference to the
following statement made by Mr. Elphinstone in the discus-
sion upon Mr. Villiers' motion, on Friday night, when he
said, " The price of a 41b. loaf was about 9d. here, and Gd. on
the Continent ; so that, on every four pounds of bread con-
sumed by the family of an agricultural labourer, " there was a
tax of 3d. paid to the landowner of this country, gives this
calculation :
" I will take Mr. Elphinstone's assumption, not an unfair
one, of the average value of the 41b loaf, say ninepence. Now
let me call in aid a few more plain averages ; and I am quite
willing to submit them to the critical examination of the
most experienced landowner, farmer, miller, or baker in the
country, as presenting, at least, no feature of exaggeration :
The average rent of arable land I will take at per

25 shillings

acre ......................
The average production of wheat I will take, per
acre...................... ................ quarters
The average price of wheat I will take at, per qr.. 60 shillings
The average number of 41b. loaves I will take at
129 per quarter, or, for the 21 quarters
The average price of 41b. loaves I will take at,
per loaf
It follows, then, from these several premises,
that as the rent of an acre of land is 25 shil-
lings, or 300 pence, and as the produce of that
land will give 300-11 b. loaves, the landowner
receives for his share of each foal; as a return
for his capital of £3O to per acre, just.. 1 penny
Then, the price of wheat being 60 shillings per
quarter, the produce of an acre, or 2i quar-
ters, is worth 150 shillings, or 1,800 pence,
which divided by the aforesaid 300 loaves,
leaves exactly sixpence per loaf. Deducting
from this the above stated amount of the land-
owners rent of 1 penny, there remains to the
farmer, for his year's work, ploughing, har-
rowing, manure, seed, weeding, reaping,
thrashing, carrying to market, the interest of •
his capital employed, and the support of his
family, labourers, and horses, with all other
charges 5 pence.
And the miller and baker, for grinding and
baking, take, between them, the remaining .. 3 pence

9 pence

Making together the whole value of the 10af.... 9 pence."

FASHIONS FOR MARCH

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of
Fashion.")

Indoor or walking dresses are very simple in make ; the
skirts are plain, the corsages tight and high ; the sleeves
vary, some are en 6cailles or tubes, one within the other ;
those that are in gathers all down the seam are also spoken
of. With these dresses the small collars Mazarine or ala
Duchesse are worn. In satins, green and oreille d' ours are
the favourite colours, trimmed with revers of velvet of the
same colour, flounces or lace ; and the pelerine cardinale so
deep as to conceal the arms, trimmed with a fringe headed
by gimp, and closing with brandenbourgs in front : for redin-
gotes the pelerine is small and open. Gimp continues to be
much used for ornamenting dresses ; a new style has ap-
peared in Paris, termed Mosaic gimp, which is very pretty
on tunic dresses, and is also applicable for coiffures. Black
has been very fashionable for dress in Paris ; on velvets
and satins lace has been much used, but the newest trimming
is a fringe composed of silk and beads. A yery pretty trim-
ming for tunic dresses in tulle os crape, is a rouleau or cor-
don of marabouts ; sometimes they are sable with gold.
I3erthe pelerines are fashionable; they are simply berthes
opening in front, and descending to the waist. Two or more
skirts continue to be fashionable in dress, not only for
dresses of light material, tulle, crape, &c., but they arc also
made in silks, and then they are of different colours. Many
dresses train a little behind.

The Spanish coiffure of blue velvet, with tassels of silver
and mends of dentelle d' argent; the Arabian, composed of
rouleaux of cerise velvet, fold cord and lappets of Alencon
lace • caps la religieuse, ala Babet, and turbans, are the
coiffures most in favour ; the latter are almost round, and of
small dimensions, with resille crown, and ornamented with
beads, jet, or embroidery of gold or silver. Though there is
no material change in the style of dressing the hair, it is ob-
served that the smooth coques are universally in favour for
the back hair, intermixed with natter of gold tissue or beads •,
the arched bandeaux are still worn, particularly for dark
hair, and ringlets are thought more suitable for light hair.

SINGULAR DELUSION.—For some weeks past a singular
impression has been entertained by the lower classes of Irish,
residing in the metropolis and its environs, that London is
to be destroyed by an earthquake, and the day fixed for this
event, which is to swallow up the capital of the British em-
pire, is the 16th of March. A great many. Irish people have
already left the metropolis for distant parts of the country
and for Ireland, and others are preparing to follow, to evade
the earthquake ; and the excitement among the natives of the
sister isle in the eastern part of the metropolis is very great.
They are daily receiving letters from their relatives in Ire-
land to return home, and save themselves from the destruc-
tion which is sure to await them if they remain there. Many
have removed eastward of Stepney Old Church, on the sup-
position that the earthquake is not to extend beyond that
venerable edifice, which, it is so prophecied, is to fall with
St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. By some,
however, it is believed the earthquake will not be satisfied
with swallowing up the metropolis and the " big churches,"
but that fifteen miles of the country are to go with it. On
Friday, at the Thames Police-court, an Irishman, named
Matthews, was charged before Mr. Ballantine with beating
his wife ; and it appeared the cause of the dispute was that
the woman, who possessed more sense than her husband,
would not leave Shadwell, and proceed to Cork with her hus-
band, to avoid the earthquake. Blaby and Ellis, the ushers
of the court, have had no less than one hundred letters put
into their hands by persons who have been written to by their
friends and relatives in Ireland, requesting them to avert the
threatened calamity by leaving the metropolis before the 16th
of March, or the sunshine of St. Patrick's Day will never
dawn upon them. The publi'mns in the Tower Hamlets and
elsewhere have lost many of their Irish servants from the
same cause. The prophecy is said to be an ancient one in
Ireland, and implicit credence is given to it by many deluded
persons. It is a fact that on Friday afternoon an Irish coal-
whipper came itito the Thames Police-office, and gravely in-
ouired if the earthquake was put off, and he was assured by
toe ushers it was—that the rainy weather had stopped it.—
Morning Post.