The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-19 00:00:00

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ULOC S.—The usual meeting of the
Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, under the presidency
of Rector Campbell. Mr. Shaw havine asked the church-
wardens for some information with respee,
church-rate, Mr. Carne said he would read,—as a matte of courtesy, not of right, for they had nothing to do with

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_ accounts were made up last Easter, there was a
balance due to the churchwardens of £356 Os. 3d.. They
had expended since £154135., and the accounts now due
amounted to £BO, making together £234 13s. ; so that
their total liabilities were £590 19s
eeived for the voluntary rate of 1854,

23., for the

church-rate of 1853, £BO 155., making
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MEDICA

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At the Vestry meeting, on Tuesuay,
Duncan, the medical-officer of health,
caused considerable discussion. Dr. Dui
tion, as cholera was on the it to
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ead, which
alled atten-

Kasai- and courts, with the least possible
delay, the Vestry providing the men and the Health Com-
mittee the materials for the work. " During the week
ending on Saturday last," the letter stated, " 101 deaths
from cholera occurred in the parish of Liverpool. The
progress of an epidemic is shown by the following num-
bers, which represent the deaths from cholera in the
parish during the last four weeks successively, viz :-18,
33, 79, 101. In addition to the 101 cholera deaths during
last week, 55 deaths were caused by diarrhoea. The deaths
from all causes in the parish during last week, were 305
—about double the average mortality, and greater than in
any previous week since the fatal epidemic of 1849.
have already," Dr. Duncan continued, " been in commu-
nication with the Medical Relief Committee as to the ar-
rangements which fall within their province, but the
steady increase of the epidemic_ shows the necessity of
arrangements more commensurate with the exigencies of
the case, and which will ensure prompt and efficient
medical attendance to every necessitous person who may
be attacked with cholera or its premonitory symptoms."
A PRUSSIAN SHIPBUILDER'S PRICES.—Mr. Gustav
Mitzlaff, of Elbing, in Prussia, is exhibiting models for
ships in our underwriters' room. Mr. Mitzlaff states that
he has visited Holland, England, and the United States,
and is therefore, enabled to build dipper, medium-clipper,
or freight ships, on the most approved models, and to exe-
cute the workmanship in the best manner. Me states that
his prices for clipper ships, ready for sea, built of oak wood
throughout, copper-fastened, and in conformity with
Lloyds' rules and regulations, are, for clippers of 400 tons,
£l3 10s. per ton ; 000 tons, £l3 ; 800 tons, £l2 10s.;
1,000 tons, £l2 ; freighting vessels at lower rates. It re-
mains to be seen how many years Mr. Mitzlafrs ships
would class "A 1 at Lloyd's," and even if entitled to rank
high, we doubt whether English firms would feel inclined,
in the present state of political affairs, to pay anything
"on account" to a Prussian shipbuilder before getting
possession of a vessel. Messrs. Bahr, Behrend, and Ste -
art are Mr. Mitzlaff's agents here.
ROMANCE OF A BusxzE.—ln the year 1852 Mr. James
Taylor, of Lime-street, in this town, borrowed some money
from a married woman, and, as security, gave her a Bir-
mingham savings'-bank book, kept in the name of his
daughter Louisa, for whom he had deposited £22 in the
bank. The woman who lent the money, and who could
neither read nor write, deposited the book for safety in her
bustle, whence it was abstracted by some person unknown,
and a fac-simile substituted for it. In the course of time
Mr. Taylor repaid his loan, and got back a book from the
lender, but, on applying for the money, he was given into
custody on a charge of fbrgery, tried at the Warwick as-
sizes, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Mr.
Taylor's friends exerted themselves in his behalf, and ulti-
mately it was discovered that he was guiltless of the crime
for which he had been rmtenced. He has since been dis-
charged from custody, the prosecutors having given him
£2O, as an acknowledgment that they considered him in-
nocent, and as a reparation for the anxiety of wind he had
suffered.

Canton, 20th July; Hong Kong, 22nd July; and
y, Ist August. Trade in India was favoarabl6.
The Nizam's cavalry have offered their services to act
ainst Russia ; they have been declined by the English
ey had re-
i-government. _

Canton was
rebels, and
very dull. Exc

ill threatened with an attack from the
confusion reigned there. Trade in China
,ange at Canton ss. id. ; Shanghai, 6s. sd.
31.—Money abundant, and the increased
p has been responded to from the interior
t has surprised the merchants of Bombay,

g to inquire where it a

comes from

;s of goods the rates, owing to the anxiety of
some importers to press sales, were such as must leave
serious loss to the shippers at the present rate of exchange,
but prospects for next season's business could scarcely be

oetter. _Metals in good inquiry, and prices very firm.
Freights had an upward tendency. London, £4 bs. ; Liver-
pool, £4 7s. 6(1. to £4 10s., with probability of further rise.
Export of cotton wool to Great Britain, up to the 16th of
July, was 126,768 bales. •

CALCUTTA: August 4.—Produce gradually declining.
Imports improved for piece goods, but rather more for
local demand and adjacent markets than for the upper
provinces, where a little tightness in money experienced
cramping operations, but which it is hoped the favourable
account of grain crops may soon dissipate. The accounts
of the continued heavy shipments created fear in the
minds of dealers, which must preclude all hope of improved
prices. Iron dull and lower. Freights for sugar, Saltpe-
tre, and rice, £5 to £5 65.; seeds, £7; jute, £5 10s. to £6.
HONGKONG, July 22.—N0 news of the Russian fleet.
Business dull. Freights, £6 to £6_los. Plenty of tonnage.

SIIANGUAI, July-15.-LTea in fair demand. Freights, £6
for tea, and £7 for silk. •

ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 9.—The Nile was rising very ra-
pidly. No fear of short crops for next year. Prices of pro-
duce keep high. Some large sales of cotton. Freights 6s.
to 6s per qr. Exchange on London, 99.