The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

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ms, the whole of which are charged as
in the present tariff are utterly insigni-
rtant being that upon mousseline de
Ipon which the duty is heavy ; plain
Lion, without pattern, would appear to
retofore.

THE TARIFF.—We have tasted the American pork which
has been imported into this town, and God forbid that ever
we should be compelled to make it our general food. We
uhesitatingly state that it is totally unfit to be placed before
any man, let his position in society be what it may.—Car-
mart hen Journal.

THE CORN TRADE.—Although there is still a considera-
ble want of confidence on the part of purchasers, and not the
slightest disposition to speculate, a steady consumptive de-
mand for wheat has prevailed throughout the week, of suffi-
cient magnitude to take off the supplies brought forward by
the growers ; and, at most of the markets in the agricultural
districts, prices have risen Is. to 2s. per quarter since our
last. Holders of duty-paid foreign have not been slow to
take advantage of this opportunity to raise their pretension ;
and even at, those ports where the largest stocks are still
held, a similai enhancement has been firmly insisted on.—
Mark Lane Express.

A NOBLE MONUMENT TO GRACE DARLING.—"A letter
appears in the Berwick Warder suggesting " that the best
and most appropriate monument would be the restoration of
the Chapel of St. Cuthbert, where that eminent Christian
worshipped, the remains of which stand upon the Great Fern
Island, with a tablet within the building to the memory of
the deceased. There being several families upon the islands,
the chapel is wanted for the worship of Gon, and many per-
sons would be disposed to contribute largely to such a work,
and would feel a pleasure in placing the monument in a holy
place in the midst of the islands in which she and her family
have lived so long." We need hardly say that we entirely
concur in the view taken by the writer.
TEE REAL WORTH OF CHARTISM.—On Saturday, the
provincial organ of chartism, the Northern Star, published
the " balance sheet of the executive" for the last quarter.
This " casting-up of accounts" will enable the public to'
judge of the extent of chartism, and the sympathy which its
advocates find in the mass of the population. better than by
the 3,000,000 signatures asserted to have been attached to
the " National Petition." From the recent disturbances in
the north, it would be imagined by those who are not aware
of the ease with which the unemployed and disaontented
workmen of that district are excited, that such a bustling place
as Ashton, where chartism boasts of having taken up a
strong position, would show a very respectable muster of '
what O'Connor styles " blistered hands" in support of the
charter, and also a goodly contribution to assist in its consum-
mation. The balance-sheet, however, shows that Ashton has
but 60 " fraterinizing" chartists; and their permanent re-
sources for the quarter amount to exactly the sum of 10s.
At Birmingham,
sympathy, im:oeed
cally where chartism is supposed to be, numeri-
speaking, stronger than in any other part of the king-
dom, there are but 175 bond fide " paying" chartists ; and the
amount they have " sent in'' to the executive, during the last
three months, is 18s. 4d. ;-18s. 4d. or £3. 13s. 4d. per an-
num, from Birmingham, in support of the charter i This is
Coventry adds
... lOO chartists to the ranks
and 16s. Bd. the funds. Carlisle gives. lo ; Darlington,
15HalifDaxe,rb£31.4151:. 114duid1dL.ei_rvsefisreplotlXhla.s182d1.0;
,H,
communicating"
Xmlu,nlica2st.i6ndg.,;,
524 brethren, sends £9. 1137; 2-Idd. ;
chartists, and pays and Maencthheesbteorn,awfiitdhe
in-
dicationsits of a faction whose •noi
noise
and
dch violence,
with the distress r
artfully asso-
ciatedhave
half
~ (righted :sic from unfortunately
so general in the north,
the
for
total of the income of the executive
three months, from
the 3,000,000 of partisans. friends and sympathizers, is
£l6O. Is. sd. The greater portion of the sum has been
swallowed up by three of the principal itinerant lecturers:
Dr. M'Douall's " wages" and travelling expenses. for two
months, amount to £35. 10s. ; Bairstow's, to .£33. Bs. ;
and Leach's, to £2l, 10s. ; the three taking £9B. Os. This
is agitating to some purpose. The extent, nature, and value
of chartism may be well judged of from the fact that a labori-
ous organization, carried on in every county in England, has
enabled its various associations to induce only 11,363 persons
to enrol themselves as members at twopence per quarter;
and of these 11,363, there are no fewer than 4,813 who have
neglected to pay their twopences.

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AFFGHANISTAN.
HER MAJESTY'S FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.

(From the Bombay Monthly Times )

The following letter, in reference to the retreat from Cabul,
and subsequent treatment of the prisoners, will be perused
with deep interest by our readers; authenticated as it is by
the name of the writer