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

VARIETIES.

SPONGING.—Getting your advertising done and then re-
fusing to pay—and borrowing a neighbour's newspaper.
A WATER Don.—" Does your dog take the water ?" said
a gentleman to a rustic, who had a water-spaniel following
him. " Why, yes, sir, if they put meal in't," was the reply.
Agricultural Meetings and cattle shews are now taking
place in the south, daily, and increasing interest is shewn in
their welfare.

" I resolve," says Bishop Beverage, "never to speak of
a man's virtues before his face, nor of his faults behind his
back—a rule, the observance of which would, at one stroke,
banish from society both flattery and defamation."
If you wish to get genuine port wine, you must go yourself
to Oporto, make your own wine, and then ride a-straddle on
the barrel all the way home.
The following gallant toast was lately given at a dinner to
General Dudley, in North Carolina :—" The ladies—our
arms their protection—their arms our reward."
NEW CIVIC HONOURS.—A countrywoman asking the ser-
vant of one of the magistrates how he was hearing his new
honours, was informed that since " the Bailie had gotten a
sword, the house wou'dna baud him !"
DIRECTIONS FOR SPRING LAWYERS.—Prune luxuriant
actions, and nail up backward clients in a good situation for
sprouting.—Make up hot beds by raking up old slander and
all sorts of manure that are available.
MARCH OF INTELLECT.—The subjoined note was sent by
a worthy yeoman of Devonshire to a schoolmaster, excusing
the absence of his son :—Mr. C., Plis 2 hex skoos Wm.
Yonge vur i gip im whom.—T. Yong."— Western Luminary.
SCRUPLES.—" Joe, how many scruples is there in a
drachm ?" " Don't know zur." " Well, remember, there's
eight." " Eight ! pooh ! dad always takes his without no
.scruples !"
A sub-editor announces that the editor of the paper is
unwell, and piously adds, " All good paying subscribers are
requested to make mention of him in their prayers—the other
class need not do it, as the prayers of the wicked availeth
nothing—according to good authority."—American paper.
In the event of the death of a young Chinese woman under
19 years of age, says Mr. Davis, a paper effigy is made by
the parents, and the intended husband receives the effigy home
to his house, with the bridal rites, he then burns the effigy,
and erects a tablet to her memory.
ROYAL WlT.—When one of the Lords in Waitinc, pre-
sented the Queen with a biscuit, his lordship was pitched by
a sudden lurch on to that end which is technically called his
beam —. Her Majesty, on observing this, requested that
further ceremony might be dispensed with, as Neptune was
evidently determined upon waving it.—Punch.
RATHER FREE ON A SHORT ACQUAINTANCE.—The Cin-
cinnati Microscope says that the elephant one day last week,
while the performance was going on, reached his trunk into
a lady's bosom and took an apple out, much to the affright
of the young lady and the amusement of the crowd. Oh,
the monster!

CLEANSING THE SKIN.—In order to enjoy good health,
it is as necessary to cleanse the skin of every part of the body
as the bands and face. If you once begin to make a rule to
wash the whole body at least once a week, either by bathing
or otherwise, in cold water, the vigour and hilarity of feeling
you will experience will amply repay you for the labour. 'fry
it a few weeks, it will cost next to nothing.
COCKNEY WIT.—Two gentlemen took a boat at Black-
friars-bridge to go to the Tower. One of them asked the
other, who sat beside him, if he__Onld tell him what coun-
tryman the waterman was. He replied he could not.
" Then," said the friend, " I can ; he is a Ro-man." A
cockney being told the above said the pun was Wherry
good.

Dr. Moreison says, in some provinces in China a public
notice is issued by wealthy parents to obtain a husband for
their daughter ; this is done by the affluent who are unwilling
to part with their child, and who, therefore, bring the son-
in-law into their own family, instead of the usual practice of
sending the daughter from home.
A graceless scamp, says the _Boston Bee, was recently
heard singing the following :
" When I can shoot my rifle clear,
To pigeons in the skies,
I'll bid farewell to pork and beans,
And live on good pot-pies."
He was alone by himself at the time and returning from an
unsuccessful hunt after peeps and sand-snipe.
DIGNITY OF GASTRONOMIC DISCOVERIES.--A patriotic
Frenchman has observed—" I regard the discovery of a dish
as a far more interesting event than the discovery of a star ;
for we have always stars enough, but can never have too
many dishes ; and I should not regard the science as suf-
ficiently honoured, or represented among us, until I see a
cook in the first class of the Institute."
JUDGES' CIRCUITS IN NEWFOUNDLAND.—UnIess in the
winter time, when ice turns the water into a solid road, land
locomotion must he carried on afoot ; and a tedious and toil-
some task it is. Two miles an hour is the mean of walking
in Newfoundland. The sea is consequently the great high-
way ; even the circuits are made round the coast, in a vessel
fitted up for all the legal functionaries, from the Judge, coun-
sellors, and so forth, clown to the tipstaff.

A DUTCH WITNESS.—The following rich scene recently
occurred in one of our courts of justice, between the judge
and a Dutch witness all the way from Rotterdam :—Judge—
" What's your native language ?" Witness—" I pe no
native ; I's a Dootchman." Judge—" 'W hat is your mother
tongue ?" Witness—" 0, fader say she pe all tongue."
Judge (in an irritable tone),—" What language did you first
learn ; what language did you first speak in the cradle?"
Witness—" I tid not speak uo language in to cradle at all ;
I only cried in' Dootch." Then there was a general laugh,
in which the judge, jury, and audience joined. The witness
was interrogated no further about his native language.—New
Orleans Picayune.
EXECUTION FOR PARRICIDE.—The execution of Langlois
for parricide, took place last week at Forges-les-Eaux, near
Rouen. His love of money, which was the motive of his
crime, was strong to the last. He was exceedingly anxious
about a sum of some thousand francs which he had placed
for safety at the register's-office at Evreux.• He asked for
some brandy when the executioner, with his assistants
entered to cut off his hair, and, after drinking several glasses,
declared he was ready to meet his fate like a man. He, in
fact, did exhibit extraordinary coolness during the whole
preparations for his end, walking with a firm step to the
scaffold, and hearing the judgment read with great calmness.
In less than half a minute after the reading of the document
had concluded he had ceased to exist.

ANECDOTE OF SHERIDAN•TSheridan used to say that the.
life of a manager was like the life of the ordinary of Newgate
—a constant superintendence of executions. The number of
authors whom he was forced to extinguish was, he said, a
perpetual literary massacre, that made St. Bartholomew's
altogether shrink in comparison. , Play-writing, singly, ac-
counted for the employment of that immense multitude who
drain away obscure years beside the inkstand, and haunt the
streets with iron-moulded visages, and sturdy coloured
clothes. It singly accounted for the rise of paper, which
had exhausted the rags of England and Scotland, and had
almost stripped off the ,last covering of Ireland. Ile had
counted plays until calculation sank under the effort, and
every rejected play of them all seemed, like the clothes of a
Spanish beggar, to turn into a living, restless, merciless,
indefatigable progeny.

ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.—A jolly set of Irishmen, boon
companions and sworn brothers, had made up their minds
to leave the " old sod," and went their way to America.
They were five in number—two Paddies, one Murphy, one
Dennis, and one Teague. It so happened that the vessel
they were to go in could only take four of them. At length
honest Teague exclaimed, " Arrah ! I have it. We'll cast
lots to sea who shall remain," But one of the Paddies
swore it was not genteel to do that thing. "You know,
Teague," said he, " that I am an arithmetician, and I can
work it out by the rule of subtraction, which is a great deal
better. But you must all agree to stand by the figures."
All having pledged themselves to do so, Pat proceeded—.
" Well, then, take Paddy from Padd you cant, but take Den-
nis from Murphy and Teague remains. By my sowl, Teague,
my jewel, and it's you that can't go."—Derry Journal.
LEGAL ORATORY.—The ceiling of the court-room of one
of the circuit courts of the United States lately fell in with a
tremendous crash, which, fortunately for the bench and bar,
happened when there was no one present. The court met
according to adjournment, and were about to adjourn over to
some future day, as no business could possibly be accom.
plished amid the surrounding ruin ; when one of the bar ad.
dressed the court after the following manner :—" May it
please this honourable court, I hope the court will not ad-
journ till the case of Simpkins v. Jenkins has been disposed
of. Our witnesses are all ready, and it would be very incon-
venient for many of them to attend on another day. This
little accident, your honours, is nothing.--Fiat Justitia, ruat
ccelum !
A PARALLEL TO " THE GRAPES ARE SOCR."—A field
slave in one of the Southern States of the American Union,
to whom meat was a rare blessing, one day found in his trap'
a plump rabbit. He took him oat alive, held him under his
arm, patted him, and "bean to speculate 'on his qualities.
" Oh, how berg fat ! De fattest I ebber did. see! Let us
see how me cook him. Me roast him? No ; he be- so fat, '
be lose all de grease. Me fry him ? Ah, he be so berry fat,
he fry himself. Golly, how fat he be ! Den me stew him."
The thought of the savory stew made the nigger forget him-
self, and, in spreading out the feast to his imagination, his
arm relaxed, when off hopped the rabbit, and squatting at
goodly distance, eyed his last owner with great composure.
The negro knew there was an end to the matter, so sum-
moning all his philosophy, he thus addressed the rabbit—
" You long-eared, white-whiskered, red-eyed rat, you not so
berry fat arter. all!"

SIXTH EDITION.

Standard-o,ffice, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—This DA v

(Front ales.srs. k SONS' Circular.)

The duty upon Colonial Wheat. and Flour, having again fur-
ther advanced, is now at the highest point prescribed by the
existing Corn Act, viz., ss. per quarter, and 3s. per barrel,
respectively ; upon Foreign Wheat also it is raised to 18s.,
on Oats to Bs. per quarter, and on Flour to 10s. 10d. per
barrel, being a virtual prohibition of their release for home
consumption.

The general imports of the past three days are extremely
light ; notwithstanding, we have continued to experience a
heavy sale for all articles of the trade in the interval from
Tuesday last, though at no perceptible difference from the
currency of that day.

Having no lively reports • from London or other markets
to animate the trade here, and the millers beginning to receive
rather better supplies of new Wheat direct from the growers,
enable them to proceed with a less portion of old.
At our Corn Exchange this morning, therefore, all descrip-
tions of Foreign seemed to be nearly without demand, receding
in value at least Id. to 2d., and Irish new 3d. to 4d.. in some
instances 6d. per 'Nibs. below the current rates of Tuesday ;
whilst English new, although very few samples appeared,
was decidedly cheaper.

States and Canadian Flour, upon a very limited inquiry,
was 6d. per barrel lower; but English and Irish, being
scarce, remained at late prices.
Of Malting Barley we have no supply ; meantime Grind-
ing qualities continue in slow request, on the terms last
noted. Malt, Beans, and Pease exceedingly dull, and each
Is. per quarter cheaper:
Oats were taken off very sparingly, at our last quotations ;
and Oatmeal, attended with a slow, lingering sale, declined
Is. per 2401b5.

COTTON MARKET.—THREE o'CLocx.

The dreadful fire, which has devastated more upon Cotton
than any other produce, consuming, it is estimated, fully
50,000 bales, has caused an uneven sort of market to-day,
many parties refusing, or perhaps being unable, to show
their stocks : notwithstanding, 3,000 bales have been sold
at the full prices current during the week, and in some in-
stances a slight advance has been paid. The sales of the
week are again only 12,710 bales, principally taken by the
trade.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 20th to the 22nd Sept., 1842, inclusive.

111.1 - i COAST- CANADA 1,0-
DESCRIPTION. LAND. WISE. & U.STS. REIGN. TOTA L.
--- F-----
Wheat Qrs. 469 1000 1469
Barley Qrs. 16 16
Malt
Oats
Rye Qrs.!
Beans Qrs. I
Peace . Qrs. I
Shelled Barley . Qrs.'
Indian Corn .. . Qrs. 175 I 1800 1975
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. . . Loads, i 2511 6 136 2653
Flour. Sacks! 130 60 190
Ditto Ms.' 3531 3531

Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, 125 qrs. ; Oats
312 qrs. ; Oatmeal,— ids; Flour, sacks.
EXPO RTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, qrs.; Beans,
qrs.': Oats, qrs ; Pease, qrs. ; Indian Corn, 105 qrs. ; Oat-
meal, loads; Flour, sacks, 135 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 20
qrs. ; Malt, 'lOO qrs.; Oats, qrs.; Beans, qrs. ; Indian
Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids.; Flour, sacks 655 brls.—
Coastwise. Wheat, 395 qrs. ; Barley, 102 qrs.; Malt, qrs. ;
Oats, qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease,. 5 qrs. ;
Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 55 Ids. ; Flour, 135 sacks 599
barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Sept. 17, MI.
Wheat 525. Bd. ;Barley 275. 2d. Oats.. 17s. 8d: I Rye.. f,s. 10d

'Beans:. 325. 10d. 1 Pease.. 325. 11d.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 545. 7d. I Barley 275. 2d. I Oats.. 18s. 10d. Rye.. 318. gd.
Beans.. 335. 6d. Pease.. 335. 4d.

Duty on Foreign Grain, Rtc. this week.
Wheat 18s.0d. I Barley 9s. Od. I
Oats .. . Bs. ocl. Rye.. 10v. 61.
I Beans gs. 6d. I Pease.. gs. 6d. Ind. Corn .es. od. Flour l s.lod

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... ss. Od. I Barley.. 2s. tid. I Oats ..2s. od. J Rye.... Os. Od.
Beans.. is. od I Pease.. Is. od. 1 Indian Coen.. Os. Oil. I Flour 3s oil

Liverpool Averages, week ending Sept. 20. 1842.
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease.Qrs 943 I 1
Prices

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.—Wind South, moderate.
ARRlVED.—Ulverstone. Smith, from Maranham ; sailed I9th
August—Floraville, M'Kinney, from Paraiba—Williams, Buers,
from Naples—King Alfred, Knitt, from Denia—Svea, from
Gothenburg—and Warrior, Rose, from St. Petersburg,

John, hence at the Cape of Good Hope
Maid of Mona, from the Cape of Good Hope, at Port Natal
H.M.S. Southampton, from ditto, at ditto
Sovereign, Mason, hence at Newfoundland
Zante Packet, Boman, hence at Leghorn
Arrow, Tristram, hence at Gibraltar
Diadem, Iron, sailed from Gibraltar for Dublin and this port 4th
September
Pet, Shotten, hence at the Gironde
Humah, hence at Malaga
Hope, Cormack, and Frau Annette, Ortigesse, hence at Riga
Manchester, Armstrong; Hannah,. Rattray ; Eliza Ann, Todd ;
'Thomas & Mary, Dodd ; Risk, Kidd Lavinia, Brown ; Veracity,
Dixon;Roseberry, Mowbray, and Prince Albert, Scott, hence at
st. Petersburg
Resolution, —, from Rio Janeiro, in the Downs
Arrow, Mills, hence for Antwerp, off Penzance
Isabella, —, from Bay Chaleur for Preston, at this port
James & Ellen, Griffiths, from Lytham, at th s port, after being
,on shore at Formby
Bengalee, hence for China, was spoken 21st April, off Anjer
Enterprise, from Calcutta for this port, was spoken 30th July, in
lat. 21 8, long. 1 E
Monticello, hence for , was spoken 13th Sept. in lat. 49,
long. 19
Aylesford, Murray, from Monte Video, at this port; sailed 2nd
July. On the 18th August, in lat. 28, long. ;6, spoke the Lena,
from Petudiac for St. Helena. On the Sept. in lat. 42, long. 27,
spoke the Eliza, from Cadiz for Newfoundland
CAPE or Goon HOPE, July 20.—The Arlon, Roberts, from
Liverpool, was driven on shore in Table Bay, during a gale at
N.W. 13th instant.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER S.S.E. to N.W. light.

i.
ARRIVED.—Peru, Shields, from Africa—Caroline, Woodward,
from Ceylon—Crown, Black, from St. John, N.B.—Countess of,
Arran, O'Brien, from New York—Caledonia. Irvine, from To-
hasco—Devereux, Barton, from Quebec—lsabella, Dalton, from
Dalhonsie—Washington, Cpello, from Genoa—lmmaculato,
and San Guiseppe, from Naples and Barletta.
SAILED.—Europe, Marshall, for New York—Hero of Acre, Gas-

,
kin, for Savannah—Ottoman..Rivett, for Constantinople—Packet,
Briggs, for Smyrna—Tyro, Mitchell, for Lisbon—lndustrie, Olsens,
for Antwerp—and Traveller, Taylor, for Dordt.

Alabamian, Winser, hence at Ancona
Janet & Catherine, Sntton, and Sir J. Franklin, Borthwick, hence
at ditto
Honesta, Andrews, hence at Palermo
Vesta, [ickey, sailed from Palermo :9th Aug. and Highlander,
Carroll, 23rd, both for this port
Juliet, Spence, sailed from Bourdeaux for this port 13th Sept.
Juno, Sophu, and Stadt Berlin, Mesech, hence at Danzig
Speculant, Meyer, and Germania, Heppenrath, hence at Flushing
Sophia, Bindeman, hence at Pillau
Ferdinand, Hoff, hence at Warnemunde
Harman, Purdy, hence for Riga, at Kinsale
Superb, , from Jamaica, off Hastings
-Martha Ridgway, from Nelson, Port Nicholson, at New Zealand,
vrlth 7 feet water in her hold, having struck on Barrett's Reef
Speed, hence at Buenos Ayres
Windsor, Hayton, hence at Ceara
George, Cornelius, hence at Algiers
Pegasus, Magub, hence at Trieste
Tonka, Medetich, sailed from Trieste for this port 7th September
•Clio, from Bombay to this port, was spoken 26th July, in lat. 24
S, long. 5 E
Ennerdale, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 4th Aug. in lat. 6 N,
king. 19 W
Earl Powis, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 21st Aug. in lat. 13
N, long. 23 W
Prince of Wales, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 12th Sept. off
Cape Finisterre _

Mar}• Jane, sailed from Callao 15th May; Valparaiso, Dixon,
tBth. and Chilian, Holton, 19th, all for Chincha

LIMERICK, Sest. I7.—The Hornet, Hedigan, for Liverpool. in
proceeding down the river yesterday, during a squall, sprung her
foremast, has put back, and is discharging.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.—Wind N. to E. moderate.
ARRlVED.—Cambridge, Bursley. and Siddons, Cobb, from New
York —Devereux, and Belmont, Brown, from Quebec—Minerva,
liriex, from Ostend—Elope, Day, and Gregory Bogsloff, Tuleff,
from St. Petersburg—anti Scotland. and Hoppet, from Quebec.
SAILa D.— A requlpa, Cr agg, for Valparaiso— Llewellyn, Harvey,
for Buenos Ayres—Carteretta, Gall, for Newfoundland—Richmond
Lass, Leaske, for St. Petersburg—Dumbarton, Pendleton, for New
Orleans—Arthur, Scamberg, for Kiel—and Carl Christian, Birr. for
Danzic.

Monongahela, Turley, from Philadelphia ; sailed 27th August.
On the 15th instant, in lat 49, long. 21 30, saw a large steamer
standing to the westward, supposed to be the British Queen.
W. S. Hamilton, Brown, from Lima, at Downs; sailed Ist May,
and from Sincapore 29th May. On 4th June, in the Straits of
Sunda, spoke the Laldmans, hence to Batavia. On 12th Aug. in
lat. 45, long. 17 W, the Stirling-shire, hence to Bombay. On lath,
in lat. 7 N, long. 20 W, the Royal Archer, hence to Bahia
Gentoo, from Calcutta to Liverpool, was spoken 4th August, in
lat. 14 S, long. 7 W

Enterprise,-Robertson, from Calcutta, at St. Helena, and sailed
4th August for Liverpool
Thomas Lee, from Sincapore, at the Downs
Medina, hence. to Ceylon, was spoken 13th August, in lat. 9,
long. 24

Thomas Sparks, from Loudon. to New Zealand, was spoken 21st
August, in lat. 15 N, long. 215 W
of Liverpool, (supposed to be the Edgecombe) 117 days
from Panama to England, was spoken 17th August, in lat. 3 S,
long. 32 IV
George, from Honduras to Liverpool, was spoken 18th August,
off Cape Antonio, and supplied with provisions
Tam O'Shanter, Ellis, from Valparaiso, at Sydney
Philip Dean, sailed from Rio for Valparaiso 20th July
Priscilla, Taylor, from, Pernambuco, st Paraiba
Norfolk Hero, Holmes, hence at Dardanelles
Eliza sanders, Sanders, hence at Constantinople
Georgina, May, hence at Barcelona
Peggy, Campbell, sailed from Bilboa for Liverpool 4th Sept.
James Ray. Rorison, from Monte Video, at the Downs
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TELEGRAPH OYFICE, SEPT. 22.

Wind at Holyhead,•North, light breeze in the morning; N.N.E.
moderate at noon, and N.E. ditto, in the evening.
Off Holyhead, inward bound, at Io 30 a.m. No. 1498. Tartar,
brig, (signalized) Irom Valparaiso, and 7214, Llama, brigantine,
at 11 a.m.

Off Voel Nant, at 6 a.m. the Monongahela, A.S. from Philadel-
phia, and Hope, Bk. at 11 a.m. from
Off the Port, at sp.m. 1 ba rque, 4 brigs and 13 schooners.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.
(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sm.
Wocdstock, W R Nichdlson, 300 Calcutta, Watson & Mackeuzies
AFRICA.
Benin, G Kuubley, 350 Africa,
WEST INDIES, kc.
Cheshire, JII Henrickton, 352 Madeira & Barbados,
Barton, Irlam & Co
Sivan, J D Blanchard, , 272 Matanzas, Collman & Stolterfoht
Akcturus, D Hill, 223 Kingston, J Poole & Co
Jamaica, T Gibson, 361 Jamaica, J B Yates & Co
Sarah Trotman, H Brown, 305 Ilarbadoes, S L Trotman
Sarah, T Moore, 45 Port-la-Maria, .1 Jones & Co
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SOUTH AMERICA.
Yarmouth, ---Forsyth, 169 Valparaiso, Bahr, Behrend & Co
'• Warman, J Gibson, 384 Rio Grande, Crawford & Co
Novel, Simpson, . 189 Bahia,_ J Gordon & Co
Cheshire Witch, A Laurie, 150 Brazil% Cotesw'orth & Wynne
UNITED STATZs,
Acadia. W M'Kenzie, 802 Mobile,
Virginian, W4l Allen, 620 New York, Chapman
SandsanWillis
& Co
General Washington, G Ifletcher, 677 Baltimore, Ingleby
Dash, J L Robinson, 86 Carbonear, T& J Brocklebank
Carteretta, H Gale, 131 Newfoundland, R Alsop

T Harrison & Co