The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.

By Mr. JAMES TROTTER,
On SATURDAY, the 31st instant, at One o'clock in the Af--
ternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms, Sonth John-street,.
Liverpool, subject to conditions,
A PIECE of LAND, on Warbreck Moor, in the parish
ti. of Walton-on-the-Hill, and on the north side of the=
road leading from the Preston and Liverpool Turnpike-road
to Melling, and near to the Race-course, containing in front
along the said road 12 yards 0 feet 10 inches ; in depth on
the east side, in one line, along land of the Earl of Derby,
68 yards 0 feet 6 inches ; on the west side, along buildings
and land of Mr. James Queen, 48 yards 2 feet 3 inches ;
then turning in an angle and extending westwardly, along
land of Mr. Queen, 23 yards 1 foot 0 inches; then turning
in an angle and extending northwards, in part in front to a
road of five yards wide, (which leads to the said road to
Melling, and to the use of which the Purchaser will be enti-
tled,) and in other part along land of Mr. Queen, 19 yards 0
feet 5 inches, and being in breadth at the back, along other
land of Mr. Queen, 42 yards 2 feet 0 inches; total contents,
1518 square yards. Together with the DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon.
The Premises are Freehold of Inheritance.

For further particulars apply to Mr. ROBERT FRODSHAM,
1, King-street, Liverpool, at whose Office a Plan of the Pro-
perty way be seen.

CHEAP BUTCHERS' MEAT,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—Allow me to make a few observations in your jour-
nal on the subject of cheap Butchers' meat. There is
at present a great outcry relative to this matter, and it is a
subject on which the public have naturally a very interested
feeling ; but that feeling, as at present existing, is somewhat
prejudicial to the respectable vendor of meats, who is obliged
to have a first-rate article for the supply of his customers.
The present mania about cheap provisions has been mainly
brought about by the anticipated importations of live stock
from the continent of Europe, and salted provisions from
America. Of the former, sufficient time has not been allowed
for the butcher or the public to reap any benefits, as the
foreign live cattle imported into the United Kingdom since
the passing of the tariff up to the present period, amounts to
less than one week's consumption for the metropolis alone ;
and the latter article having come forward of such a wretch-
edly bad quality and description, that whatever the price
may be—(even should a better article be imported)—it is
not calculated to supply the place of fresh provisions in this
country.
The reduction in the value of cattle does not warrant the
extraordinary low prices expected by the public, which 1
shall point out by referring to the weekly published state-
ments of the cattle markets.
At the Liverpool markets the quotations were :
On the 12th Dec., 1841. On the 12th Dec., 1842.
Best Beef . 64d Best Beef .. 6d
Middling &Inferiornd to 41d. Middling &Inferiorsd to 4d.
Best wetherMuttonid Best wether Mutton6&d
Ewe ditto Gd Ewe ditto
At Smithfield market, at London, of which a correct re-
port appears weekly in the Mark-lane Express, the prices
were :

On the 12th December, 1841,
Prime Beef

Prime Scot Beef

4s 10d to 5s Od

Second Quality

3s 10d to 4s Od

Coarse and Inferior..
On the 12th December, 1842.
Prime Beef 4s Od to 4s 2d per Blbs

Prime Scot Beef

4s 4d to 4s 8d

Second Quality

3s 6d to 3s 10d

Coarse anti inferior

3s 2d to 3s 4d

showing a reduction on fine quality of meats of less than id.,
and on middling and inferior qualities of about Id to lid per
lb—the difference on the lower quality being greater in pro-
portion in consequence of the quantity of diseased beasts just
now slaughtered, arising from an epidemic which is prevalent
amongst cattle, and which, although not to be detected after
being killed, is such that no respectable dealer would offer it
to his customers, nor is the number of fine quality of beasts
this season equal to the foregoing, which will account for the
slight difference in the value betwixt the present price and
the price this time last year, and which also causes it to be
more sought after; for, at the Liverpool Cattle Market on
Monday last, out of 1,480 beasts on sale, there were only
about 200 of fine quality, nearly half of which were bought
by dealers for the London market, where also the same de-
fects in the production of fine meat are apparent.
But it is observable, that in all meat markets there is no
scarcity of quantity, although there is of quality, which
causes the value of middling and inferior (and therefore
detrimental to the dealer in fine meat) to be less than last
year, not only in consequence of the large quantity of inferior
and diseased meat killed, but also the large quantity of cheap
descriptions of food, &c. at present in the market. Another
disadvantage which the family butcher labours under is, the
reduced value of the rough and boiling pieces of the prime
meat having to be brought into competition with the abun-
dance of the other sorts as before noted ; so that those fami-
lies being served at an average price, if paying not more than
the reduction noted in the live stock markets, are sup-
plied on better terms than at the corresponding period)ast
year, when it was admitted that the retailer was not getting
more than a reasonable remuneration, and who, conse-
quently, is not now in the position to make those great re-
ductions expected by the public, unless by resorting (which
it is feared in many instances is now the case) to a worse
quality or a bad description, in order to secure himself from
loss, or loss of customers.
It is only to point out the real facts of the case that the
subscriber brings this matter before the public.
I remain, Sir, yours obediently,
A RETAIL BUTCHER.

T CHARLES WARD, at present and for twelve months
15 past residing at Saint James-street, in the parish of Li-
verpool, and county of Lancaster, and being a flour dealer,
but now out of business, DO H EREBY GIVE NOTICE,
that I intend to present a Petition to the Commissioner of
Bankrupts, for the Liverpool District, praying to be examined
touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected
from all process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender
of such estate and effects, for payment of my just and lawful
debts; and I HEREBY GIVE FURTHER NOTICE, that
theltime when the matter of the said Petition shall be heard
is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Liver-
pool Standard newspaper one month, at the least, after the
date hereof. As witness my hand, this twentieth day of
December, in the year of one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two. CHARLES WARD.

Witness—DAVlD EVANS, Solicitor,
6, Lord-street, Liverpool.

WHEREAS, a petition of WILLIAM FRANCE, at
present, and for three weeks past, in lodgings in
Moorfields ; and for six weeks previous in lodgings in Pem-
broke-street, in no business; and for nine months previous
residing in Lord-street, all in the parish of Liverpool and
county of Lancaster, and being in Lord-street aforesaid an
engraver and printer; and for three months previous in
lodgings in Warren-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, journey-
man engraver, having been filed in the Liverpool District
Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection
from process having been given to the said William
France, under the provisions of an act of parliament
passed in the parliament holden in the fifth and sixth
years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled
" An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said
William France is hereby required to appear in Court, before
WALKED. SKIRROW, Esq., the Commissioner acting in the
matter of the said Petition, on the 20th day of January next,
at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court of Bankruptcy, at Liverpool, for the purpose of
being then and there examined touching his debts, estate,
and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the
provisions of the said Act.
All persons indebted to the said William France, or that
have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same
but to Mr. Witualt BIRD, the Official Assignee, nominated
in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of
the said Petition.
T. B. HOSKYNS ARRA HALL, Dep. Reg.