The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

OPERATION OF THE NEW CORN-LAW.

It appears that the difference in effect between the opera-
tion of the Act 9 Geo. IV. c. 80, and the 5 Vic. I. c. 4, (or
present Corn-law,) is as under : 1 Qrs.
The quantity entered for home consumpton for 18
weeks during the operation of the present law is 2,457,931
The like for a similar period prior to the existing
law, taking an average from the 14 years return.. 368,766
2,089,165
Or nearly seven times the quantity.
The difference in the amount of duty paid for the like pe-
riod of 18 weeks is—
Amount of duty paid under the present 1aw...... £974,024
under the late act £102,976
Add difference of rate of duty paid 50,706 153,682

820,312

Being about six times more.
It is necessary to observe, that the quantity and duty under
the late Act is taken from all the ports, whilst the amount
under the present Act is taken from only ten of the principal
ports.

THE TELEMAQUE FRENCH TREASURE SHIP.—The pro-
ject, currently announced ny advertisements in the public
journals, for raising the treasure belonging to the French
emigrants, supposed to have been sunk in the Telamaque, off
Quillebceuf, in 1790, naturally raises the very insignificant
inquiry, made by more than one correspondent, how it hap-
pens that the French people, who have the most interest in
the result, quietly suffer so large a profit as that held out to
be reaped by the English ? As the answer to such an in-
quiry is by no means an easy matter, people begin to assume,
as at least possible, that the real object may be that of re-
lieving the parties who originate it from the expense incurred
in various pamphlets and advertisements, and other matters
connected with the affair, amounting, as has been stated, to
about £3600, by a dip into the pocket of honest and con-
fiding John Bull. An appeal to the public for raising a joint-
stock capital is always to be looked at with suspicion when
the sum is so small as to be within reach of any private ca-
pitalist from his own resources. It seldom happens in such
a case that decidedly good things are offered to the public,
and we quite concur, therefore, in the suspicion expressed
with regard to the " Telemaque, French treasure-ship."—
Times.

AFFAIR OF BUENOS AYRES.—The Cash arrival from
Buenos Ayres brought a financial document of some interest,
being a " general statement of the operations of the public
stocks from their commencement on the Ist of January,
1822, to the end of June, 1832 ; together with a cash account
from the Ist of April to the 30th of June of the present
year." From this it appears that the whole debt created in
that period was 2,000,000 dollars in 4 per cent., and
52.360,000 dollars in 6 per cent. stock; that of this amount
there has been redeemed, or otherwise put out of circulation,
about 750,000 dollars of the 4 per cent., and 22,000,000
dollars of 6 per cent. stock ; and that the whole remaining
debt of the republic amounts, consequently, to 1,250,000
dollars 4 per Cents., and 30,360,000 dollars 6 per Cents.
It further appears, from the " cash" account, that
the amount received from the Customs, to pay interest
and sinking fund, for April, May, and Juue, was about
940,000 dollars ; that about 460,000 dollars was employed
in redeeming stock for that quarter, and that there was
an available balance, to be employed in July, of about
580,000 dollars for interest, and 156,000 dollars for sinkins-
nesoci-
fund. This document presenting a satisfactory account, be_
yond all question, of the financial situation of Buenas Ayres,
it leads naturally to the inquiry, whether the debt to this
Price of tl
country has been wholly laid aside and forgotten. It
was
originally, we believe, only £1,000,000 'sterling, and
ated by the house of Baring at the fair market
time, and the amount of course duly remitted; yet no 'n
in-
terest has been paid since 1827, and the matter is as little a,
the supineness
subject of discussion in the city as if no intention existed of
paeferring any claim for payment. As the states of Mexico,of
ought to do,
sfactson of Bri-
aCroal ommabkiiaa,gaanadme Chili,
effort,if ...totiedaositn,gfoarll theyttillatsati
tish claims, founded on advances instrumental mainly to the
et:d, as they. would be, by
who negociated the loan,. is most extraor-
of the
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Ors document, it is to b
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RUE.--The Courrier de la Gironde of Bor-
deauxe hoped, will put them
narrative :
int:TsgoAn sweti zt iloFn
T.
amuses us with the
days ago, an English elegant," Five or six
following
rigged as a private yacht, f but rakish-looking schooner,
gallant style all the a ter having surmounted in west
moored off the impediments at the mouth of our river,
Quincunxes.attracted the
admiration of all beholders,Her aearance
of her rich gilding not only from the brilliant effect
beautiful symmetry upon her dark black hull, but for. the
heightened , of her mast and rigging. The interest was
by the activitysal orsl and 'I u'p of the seven or eight
men who formed her in snow-white trousers,
with blue and • crew, dressed SRO • .
white striped shirts, the collars thrown loosely
over their shoulders, confined round the neck by black silk
handkerchiefs. Shortly afterwards a graceful woman wrapped
in furs, Caine on the deck, and seemed to be enjoying the glo-
rious sight of the sun setting in its greatest splendour. At the
same time another yacht, but sloop-rigged, and dressed in
the united colours of England and France, came in and let
go her anchor within a few fathoms of the schooner. Here
they remained two days side by side. At sun-rise, on the
third morning, the berth of the schooner was vacant.
Taking advantage of the shades of night, she bad weighed
her anchor, and, favoured by a smart breeze from the south,
had got out of sight. Immediately her departure was known,
the sloop was actively occupied in making preparations to
follow her, but was delayed by being compelled to wait
the turn of the tide, when she darted off, skimming the
waves like a swallow. All these are common occurrences,
and would not be worthy of notice, but for the following'
circumstances, accounting for their appearance in these
waters. Both these vessels left the shores of England
in the spring, and after cruising in the
Mediterranean,
joined company at Constantinople, where the
the sloop, one of the most distinguish owner of
distinguished exclusives of
England, made acquaintance with Lady Ds... styes
the owner of the schooner, a Scotch , the wife of
birth, and at length became so deeply Peer of the highest
charms, that to avoid his assiduities enamoured with her
the Bosphorus without taking leave,s tiy lord set sail from
a good look-out immediately followed The sloop having kept
and was able to keep so perti after the schooner,
entered successive'? with naciously in her wake, that she
East, afterwards into the her, first into all the ports of the
Gibraltar, and .Cadiz harbours of Toulon, Marseilles,
which ports the , and ultimately Bordeaux; into all of
her importunate con schooner ran, with the hope of shaking off
by having learnt Viso°. The schooner gained her last start
engaged to dine withiia the amorous master of the sloop was
at his house in th a wealthy rich merchant of Bordeaux,
e country, where he was to sleep."—Galig-
notes Afersesrger.