The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

Mr. M'Culloch, in his Commercial Dictionary, computes
the whole gold coin of the country at £30,000,000.

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n gentleman oeing cauea on to su
lectures, objected ; " because," said he, " my wife gives me
a gratuitous lecture every evening."

Great progress has been making in the gigantic undertaking
of erecting a lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands. The caisson
is already placed perfectly air and water tight at low water
mark.

In the circus at Preston, last week, a celebrated vaulter,
known as the " Mountain Stag," was thrown down whilst
leaping over twelve horses, in consequence of the swerving
of the last horse, and broke his collar bone and arm.

THE DUKE.—In the course of a discussion in the Lords
on Thursday evening, the Duke of Wellington said, " be
believed he was the only member of their lordships house
who had attended the house every day during the present
session."

THE NELSON MONUMENT.--The rapidity with which the
works of this national column are proceeding astonishes, it
is said, even the subscribers themselves. The two workmen
have actually succeeded in raising another stone. A third
hand is to be taken on immediately.--Punch.

MILITARY COMPOSITORS.—The Guernsey Star of Thurs-
day, June 23, gives the following reason for requesting ad-
vertisers to send in their advertisements for next publication
one day earlier than usual, viz. :—" in consequence of the
militia going out on Monday next, and the whole of the men
of our establisi.ment baying to attend to their military
duties."

Tug NEW CITY IIW COURTS.—The intention of the
corporation of the ciLy of London to reconstruct the Courts
of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer. will be
carried into immediate effect. Upon the termination of the
present sittings, which takes place on Friday, the 6th of July,
workmen will immediately commence pulling down the pre-
sent courts in Guildhall.yard, where the new courts are to
be situated.

We regret to hear, that in Bilston the state of the working
population is most distressing. One of the guardians has
assured us that the cases which are brought before him con-
tinually are such as to harrow his feelings, and deeply affect
his spirits. It is stated, that in that parish alone there are
3,000 persons in a state of complete destitution.—Birming-
ham Advertiser.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—A case of awfully sudden
death occurred in Thistle-street Baptist Chapel, Bristol, on
Sunday morning ; as Mr. Brown was giving out the hymn
to be sung, and repeating the following words :
" The bruised reed he'll never break,
Nor quench the smoking flax,'
he fell back and instantly expired.
SMOKING.—BERLIN, JUNE 10.—An association has been
formed on the principle of mutuality, for paying the fines of
such of the members as may be condemned for smoking in
the streets or public walks. It is supposed that the(

ment of this society will greatly increase the delinquency,
for many persons will be glad to get off by paying a slight
contribution. It is certain that there is more smoking in
Berlin than in any other great city.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE BANK.—The above joint-stock
bank, whose only office was in Manchester, closed its doors
voluntarily on Friday. By the prudent management of its
affairs, the whole paid-up capital has, it is understood, been
preserved. This is the fourth joint-stock bank that has be-
come extinct since 1837 in Manchester. There are nine

other banks remaining•
and t 1) nrannh

—viz., four joint-stoc

BANKRUPTS IN NEW YORK.—The New York Morning
Courier and Enquirer of the 26th May last, contains the
number of bankrupt causes pending in the Elankruptcy Court
in New York, which occupy six and a half columns space,
and may thus be classified :—To be declared bankrupts, 73;
petitioners for discharge and certificate as bankrupts, 664 ;
making a total of 737 for the state of New York alone, of
whom 554 belonged to the city, and 183 to the surrounding
counties in that state, in one day !

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF DENMARK IN THE
YEAR 1837.—The total income was £1,584,133, of which
£395,890 was derived from land-tax, £54,346 from house-
tax, £52,543 from tax upon rank and salaries, £27,511 from
tax upon property inherited, &c., £181,831 from woods and
forests and other Crown property, and £416,354 from cus-
toms and excise. The expenditure was £1,561,920, in-

eluding £521,065 for interest on the public debt, and £97,882
for payments to the sinking fund. The small revenue from
customs arose not from low, but from almost prohibitory

The following are the receipts of railways for the past
week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective
returns are made, viz. :—Manchester and Birmingham, £489;
Manchester and Leeds, £4,581 • Birmingham and Derby,
£1,286 ; Hull and Selby, £1,00ZI; Northern and Eastern,
£1,457 ; Birmingham and Glocester, £1,838 ; Birmingham,
£17,502, Midland Counties, £2,784; North Midland,
4,338 • York and North Midland, £1,732 ; Greenwich £855 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, £1,819 ; Great Western, 14,087 ;
and South-Western, £7,184.