The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

MARKET.

COTTON

.—Tuzs DAY

The active demand noticed yesterday again opened the
market this morning. There has been a fair attendance of
the trade, which, with the speculative enquiry, has caused a
business of about 6000 bales, one-half of which has been on
speculation account. Cotton continues to he freely offered,
and the market very firm, at the full prices of yesterday.

The weekly sales amcunt to 39,000 bales, of which 12,000
are placed to speculation account, and 2100 for export.

usokwarN =/rwness=m=mtsmnx.lasei

FIRE THIS MOANING.—Just as we were going to press, a
fire broke out in Naylor-street. Mr. Whitty and the police
were quickly on the spot.

THE FUNDS.—WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The prices of the
English securities improved a shade to-day, as the dealers
were takers of stock for the arrangement of the account to-
morrow; but the rise was not fully sustained at the close of
business, since a sale of £lO,OOO made by a leading broker
turned ie scale of the market. Consols for money and the
account, having been quoted at 91, closed 94 to 91; while
for the next account, viz., the 26th %lay, they closed 91 to 1;
Three per Cents. Reduced were quoted 90 to ; Three and a
Half per Cents. Reduced, 99 to *; New Three and a 11 alf
per Cents.. 100 to 1; Long Annuni ties (ea piring Jan. 5, 1860),
12 1 Bths; India Bonds, 15s. to 17s premium ; Exchequer-
bills, 38s. to 40s. premium ; and Bank Stock. 166 to 167.
The foreign funds were little influenced by the dealings which
took place in them. Spanish Actives were last quoted 241
to 25 ; Ditto, New, 251 to 3i Portuguese 5 per Cents., 351
to 61; Mexican, 401 to 11; Dutch 21 per Cents., 521 to ;
Danish, 80 to 81 ; Colombian, 271 toy ; Brazilian, 67 to 68 ;
and Belgian, 103/ to 1044.
BANK DISCOUNTS.—The Bank of England announced
yesterday week, that discounts would in future be reduced to
four per cent.
The gross total rent-charges in lieu of tithes, in the coun-
ties of England and Wales, amount to £451,530.

The chartist list of churchwardens has been carried at,
Leeds this year.

ALL FOR LOVE.—Thomas Huehison and J. M`Mellon
of Augusta, Georgia, being in love with one and the same
girl, became very jealous of each other. It rose so high on
the night of the Bth inst., as to cause the former to draw a
knife and kill the latter. Both were respectable.—New York
Herald.

On Friday night a fire occurred in the valuable riband ma.
nufactory belonging to Messers. J. and E. Berry, situated in
Ironmonger-row, Coventry. The result was the total destruc-
tion of the factory, with the entire of its manchinery and
contents. The loss is between £2OOO and £3OOO.
-- •

ARCH DEACONRY OP NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Rev. Dr.
Gilly, Canon of Durham, is likely to be appointed to the
Archdeaconry of Northumberland, vacant by the death of
the Rev. Dr. Singleton.

The large personal property of the late Earl of Macclesfield
goes entirely to his poly child, the Countess of Haddington.
The land goes, with the Peerage, to his brother.
We are glad to understand that Lady Geogiana Fane has,
in the handsomest manner, insisted on surrendering every-
thing bequeathed to her by the late Earl of Westmorland—
except the estate in Somersetshire—to her brother the present
Earl, the Peerage must otherwise, it is said, have been in-
conveniently impoverished.—John Bull.
Doctor Saurin, Bishop of Drornore, died last SaturdaLro.a-t
the advanced age of 83. He was made bishop in 1819%iocese
more is one of the suppressed bishoprics, and thee!
will now be associated with that of Down and Connord
The Great Marlow Election Committee have resolve
" that Sir William Clayton Bart., had not been duly elected
as a burgess to serve in the present paliamen for
of Great Marlow, and ought not to have t
been returned.
That Renn Hampden, Esq., had been duly elected, and ought
to have been returned." the borough
WIGAN ELECTIoN he report of the Wigan
Commons, Mr .Hawes
brought up the report
eenall was duly
that Mr. r
Election Committee, declaringthe
'• that
in the House of
elected at the last election fo
elected; and that Mr. Chas.
.—On Mondabyorloaus
borough of Ni igan ;
Mr. Bright Cross was not duly
and ought to have been returned.
Standish was duly
”—The circumstance of prince
THE WoIID
" PREf4CE:Tsr.ks a change in the accent of the
ending in the sound o s,
l letter, it is necessary, in forming the
This will give a gaineleocftoendeto the radicals.
word. As sis the
thefinal
rigenitiveesi
s ,t ec.a secs:
et.n, add, not the simple
but the syllable -es.
rs,
number and genitive case the same as
This makes the plural Hence t‘or distinction's sake] the temi-
lpeltutrearl
a, number,
as
in
p eaend p
the letaiiiiine form.
accented princess, while pee'ress, priestesN, Br.c „
nine form
accent on the. first syllable. princess is .
re-.
&c., c'being the only word in English where the accent
markable as .
subordinate syllable.---Lalham's English Zan,
lies on the e
'e
arrvisth

o"a,o`
One of the Washingtonians tells the following good story
served his time at the grocery business, with a dea-
con,
who was in the habit of making his own port wine, from
whom he often had orders to go up and grina
some log-wood;
as the port wine was most out. One Sunday the deacon
was hard at work over a large cask With. a pole in his hand,
stirring up the home-made port wine, when a member of the
auie church entered unobserved. After looking with asto-
nishment for some minutes, ha exclaimed, ' Hallo! deacon,
what are you doing ?' The deacon jumped round in great
confusion, and, after a little hesitation, replied, Why, I
was afraid I might get off in a boot some of these times, s
I yes learning km ft icial "

and 1 ar

1 INV A

you become a C

re into t