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ILLINWY LINGIME i,rollars, 8 11,ANS. y 22d, 1842 WILLIAM W. y h - eld at t TIPLEASANT, Or 1 the Efni ve commenced giving Instructions on by the Quarter .or Lesson. EAD ORNAMENTS )ST ELEGANT DESCRIPTI, AND IN ENDLESS VARIETY, PARIS WITH NUMEROUS OTHER ARTI ATEST FASHION PROMOLI & HAUSBURG, OLD POST-OFFICE BUILDINGS BANKRUPT'S STOCK GOODS TO RE SOLD OFF, AT TVATERLOO-HOUSE, / )-PLACE. TOP OP CHURCH-ItTREET. BROTHERS beg most rekectfally to in. Connexion and the Publit generally, that . . purchasing, FOR CASH, xtensive Stock of the late Firm of ARSON and CO., of GLASGOW. ich they purpose nearly HALF THD ORIGINAL COST. w ready for inspection, and they earnestly )f Purchasers SELLING OFF, S TO EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS E HIVE ESTABLISHMENT, STREET having entered on the adjoiniot Premises, addition to his present Establishment, he h Improvements and Fail geinents as to otal Suspension of Bus' ess for a short r, an Immediate Reduct . n of his present operative. He has, t fore, comnicnced SELLING OFF, will ensure to every rchaser a saving of his Stock needs no commendation ility, it is well known to consist of , . t arrautable Goods, from the most eminent manu 's of Silks, Shawls, Linens, Sheetings, Ticks, Flan- htaberdashery, & 1 be an important object of the Proprietor to reduce vy departments, or those which occupy the greatest ,uch as Blankets, Flannels, Sheetings, Ticks, Silks, cc., which will be subject to an extraordinary Re- Stock of Chine Winter Dresses and made from the price asked, or It of upwards of 100 PIANO-FORTES, ) 100 Guineas, on Sale and Hire, at W. P. PIANO-FORTE and MUSIC: WARE ), BOLD -STREET, (Six doors above Newington.) )REAPER'S d-hand Square Piano-fortes, i erfeet order, 1 and other makers, from.... i Guineas. 'ones, Ditto If Horizontal Grand Ditto Semi-G ?. DR )RTES, from the Manufactories of Messrs. COLLARD and COLLARD, BROADWOOD, TOM KISON, and other ' London Makers, at the lowest possible prices. ortes taken in Exchange, Lent on Hire, Repaired, [I, Singly or by the Year erior Doubl PER begs leave to state, that he has just ondon, and his suite of Show-rooms are all the novelties in the above line, forming :xtensive Assortment of New and Second- and PIANO Nano-f action Harp, by ERARD, of London, original cost. MUSK TO BOOK COLLECTORS.—PART 1., tEES'S CATALOGUE for 1842, conta' p ing about in )0 Volumes of scarce, v a l ua bl e , an d sta and Works ty, Numismatics, Architecture, Mat matics, Bo- Law, and -, general Literatu , comprising Italian, Greek, atin, &c. &c., at No. 7, Lee street, opposite .1 state, that Book Collectors in general him a frequent call, as thousands of never appear in his Catalogue .11 Parcels of Books Purchased or _—.n., will be published, price T o Shillings, %L RESERVATION 1. A CLUE Y, sug geste d e Answers to a Bill o f Discove of the Ri g ht ~ and Rev. D e f en d ants i he BRINDLE . Original Papers, LetterarCorrespondence compared with certain Answers made on Oath THOMAS SHERBOURN E, "siduary Legatee to the hire WILL CAUgI „ Esq. Also, Copious Extracts from the Mr. SUTTON SHARPE, and the LORD .BON'S JUDGMENT. By THOMAS EASTWOOD, Esq. by G. B. DYER, Paternoster-row, London ; CHARLES Dnvlns, 32, North John-street, Liverpool; and to be had of a►l Booksellers. Just published, the 12th edition, Sold by J. Newton, IG, Church -street, Liverpo 1, Is., and sent free to any part of the kingdo on re ceipt of a Post-office Order, for 55., 'ILENT FRIEND ; a Medical W or k on nervous - and Disorders arising from an Im ure State of . .,hed with Engravings, repre nting the de sof Mercury on the Skin, by E ptions on the \d Body ; followed by Obsery ons on Marri- L. 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Perry and eans of effecting a l be U ,11 other means have ruggtsts, Patent Medicine other shopkeeper can be suppli ed with Y ' s Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial rich the unial allowance to th e Trade, by 31 Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in the pri London .1. EVANS and Co., Druggists. T AT LORD Jon _.0.--The Liberal ty, 4 leader that noble whopar has alreadY lieve ably • - tapacity, b a t if family interests and party with the b read taxers, the Liberal we be, capacity CIRCUI ne J uugcs met on Thursday morning m ber, when the following arrangement ng Spring Assizes :---Northern Circuit, nd Justice Cresawell ; Norfolk, Chief Caron Parke ; Midland, Lord mi ncer ; Oxford, Justice Patteson and Baron tice Coleridge and Justice Erskine ; )n and Baron Gurney ; Wales iNorih ice Coltman and Justice Mauls. L ord le Judge who will remain in town to tran s _ act the business at Chambers. Tindal ice NV i at the ch of Wale I to all prevails ire it 'ince Albert went from Win o receive his Mak of Saxe W • , •• companied by Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain to the Quei Dowager, and the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse her Majesty, went from town to the Royal Hospital, to p his respects to his Majesty on his arrival. The Earl of Haddington also left the Admiralty for Greci wick. . . .._ Prince Albert returned to Windsor Castle with the Kit of Prussia on Saturday afternoon. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Earl Howe, and the Ea of Denbigh, returned to Marlborough-house, Pall Mall, aft( his Majesty's arrival. The Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, accompanied t Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, land( at Woolwich yesterday afternoon from the continent. H Serene Highness, with the Princes and suite, arrived at tt Royal Mews at Pimlico at five o'clock in two of the rove IVED DIRECT' FROM I carri es and four, and, after changing horses, immediately proceeded to Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George, attended by Colonel Jones, arrived in town on Saturday from Dean-park, Northamptonshire, The Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in the chapel in South Audley-street. His Royal Highness afterwards left town for Windsor Castle, to pay a visit to his Majesty the King of Prussia, and in the evening proceeded to his residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Au gusta Somerset, arrived in town on Saturday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester-house. The Earl of Denbigh left town at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for his residence, Upper Lodge, Bushey. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—His royal highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, left the castle at half-past 11 o'clock yesterday morning for the Royal Hospital, at Green wich, and returned to the castle with his majesty the King of Prussia at half. past five o'clock, escorted by a party of the Boyal Horse Guards, under the command of Captain Fo rester. The King was received by her majesty and the Duchess of Kent,the lord steward, and the lord chamberlain, the mas ter of the horse, the lord in waiting, the master of the house hold, and the groom and equerry in waiting, and was con ducted to the grand drawing loom. His majesty's suit consist of Baron Bunsen, the Prussian minister; M. le General.Natzmar, Le Baron de Humboldt, Le Comte de Stolberg, M. le General de Neumann, M. Muller, M. de Meyerinch, and M. de Brauchitsch. The Earl of Hardwicke, Captain Meynell, and Colonel Arbuth not arc the lord, groom, and equerry in waiting upon the King during his stay. In addition to the above-named, the royal dinner party in chided the Duchez,s' of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Exeter, and the Earl of Aberdeen. Her majesty's private hand and band of the 72d Highlanders were in attendance. This morning early the Queen and Prince Albert and the King of Prussia walked through the Quadrangle to the North Terrace, and thence to the East Terrace and Home Park. Divine service was performed this morning in the private chapel of the Castle by the Rev. Mr. Gossett, and the Bishop of London preached the sermon from part of the sth verse of the 3d chapter of St. John's Gospel, " Except ye be born of water and the spirit, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of God." The Queen and Prince Albert, the King of Prussia, the Duchess of Kent, and the whole of the Court, were present. Yesterday morning the chief of the Micmac Indians and his two companions arrived at the Castle, were conducted through the state rooms, and afterwards partook of refresh ments. To-morrow (Monday) morning his Majesty the King of l'rnssia will leave the Castle for the metropolis, but returns to dinner. It is expected that every person invited to the Castle o❑ Tuesday next should be at their respective designated apart ments by 10 o'clock in the forenoon. CEREMONY TO BE OBSERVED AT THE ROYM CHRISTENING (From yesterday's Morning Herald.) The ambassadors and foreign ministers, the knights of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, the ladies and others invited, will assemble in full dress in the Waterloo Glalery, in Wind sor Castle, at eleven o'clock. The knights of the Garter will appear in their mantles and collars, and the knights of other orders will wear their collars. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady of the Bed chamber, two Maids of Honour, Bedchamber Woman, the Lord in Waiting, the Master of the Household, the Groom in Waiting, will be in the corridor at twelve o'clock, to attend the Queen. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishops of London, Winchester, Oxford, and Norwich, will be in the Waterloo Gallery at twelve o'clock. The sponsors will be in the State Drawing-room at a quarter-past twelve. Their respe c ti ve a tt en d an t s w ill be in waiting in the Waterloo Chamber. Upon the King of Prussia proceeding from his apartments the sponsors and their attendants will join his Majesty at the head of the grand staircase, and accompany him to the chapel. The ambassadors and foreign ministers, the knights of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, the ladies and others invited, will be conveyed to the Wolsey Hall, and, as they respect ively arrive, will proceed to the choir, and be conducted to their seats by the two gentlemen ushers, the heralds being present and co-operating. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and their suites, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, and any other royal personage present, not a sponsor, will leave the Castle and proceed to St. George's Chapel, at half-past twelve o'clock. The King of Pro and attendants, wil ssia and suite, with the other sponsors :or a short interval, be conveyed to the chapel The King of Prussia, preceded by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer, and Comptroller, and followed by the Equerry in Waiting, and his Majesty's own attendants in their usual order, will, with the other sponsors, enter the choir on the south side, and will take their places on the haul pas, oppo site to the Queen, on the south side of the altar, viz.:— The King of Prussia. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, proxy for her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, proxy for her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Gotha. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, proxy for her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia. His Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, anti other royal personages not being sponsors, with their respec tive attendants, in the following order, will proceed from the Chapter-room, and enter the choir at the door on the north side, and will take their places on the haul pas on the north side of the altar:— The Senior Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiting. Gentleman Usher Gentleman Usher of the to the Sword of State. Black Rod. Garter King at Arms. Groom in Waiting Groom of the Groom in Waiting on 11. R. H. Stole to on Prince Albert. 11. R. H. the Queen. Prince Albert. Serjeant-at-Arms. The Sword of Serjeant-at-Arms The Lord State The Lord Stessard. borne by Chamlerlain The Duke of Wellington The QUEEN and H. R. H. Prince ALBERT Lord in Waiting Prince Alb er t. on the Serjeant- Queen.at-Arms. Serjeant-at- Master of th e H orse. Mistress of the Robes. Arms Lady of the Bedchamber. Two Maids of Honour. Bedchatnber Woman. The lord chamberlain, accompanied by the room f the stole to his r o y a l hi ghness Prince Albert, will then pr o oceed to the chapter-room, and conduct his royal highness the infant Prince of Wales into the chapel, attended by the lord and groom in waiting. When the Queen enters the choir, short voluntaries, se lections of sacred music, will be performed, and continue until the commencement of the baptismal service. Upon the conclusion of the baptismal service, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be re-conducted to the Chapter-room by the Lord Chamberlain, accompanied as before. _ The Hallelujah chorus will then be chanted by the full choir. When the music has ceased, the Queen and his Royal High ness Prince Albert will retire from the chapel with their atten dants, in the same order as they arrived, and will return to the castle and be set down at the south-east door, and thence will proceed to their respective apartments. The ladies invited will be set down at the same door. The King of Prussia and suite will retire to the Wolsey Hall, and return to the castle, and be set down at the grand north entrance, from which his Majesty will be conducted to his own apartments. When the Sovereign is seated, the knights will, by her Majesty's command, be called over by Garter, and with the officers of the order will proceed into the presence of the Sovereign. The Queen, being seated on a chair of state, and the knights companions having taken their respective places at the table, the chancellor of the order will, by her Majesty's command, signify to the, chapter the Sovereign's royal will and pleasure that a lineal descendant of his Majesty King George I. shall, in pursuance of the statute in that behalf made, be elected into the most noble order. The knights companions will then proceed to the election, and the suffrages, having been collected by the chancellor, will be, by his lordship, presented to the Sovereign, who will command him to declare that his Majesty Frederick William the Fourth, King of Prussia, has been elected a knight of the most noble order of the Garter. The King of Prussia will thereupon be conducted from the Rubens' Drawing-room into the Chapter-room, between the two senior knights companions, preceded by Garter (bearing the ensigns of the order upon a crimson velvet cushion) and by Black Rod. On entering the Chapter-room his Majesty the King of Prussia will be received by the Sovereign and the knights companions standing, and be placed in a chair of state, on the right hand of the Sovereign. Her Majesty will then announce to the King of Prussia that his Majesty has been duly elected a knight of the most noble order of the Garter. Garter, upon his knee, will then present the garter to her Majesty. The Sovereign, assisted by the two senior knight companions, will buckle it on the left leg of his Majesty, the chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition. Garter will next present, in like manner, the riband and George, and her Majesty, assisted as before, will put the same over the left shoulder of his Majesty, the chancellor pronouncing the admonition. A collation will be provided for the ambassadors and foreign ministers, the knights of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, and others invited, in the Vandyk e gallery an d - adjoining rooms. At half-past seven o'clock a grand banquet will be served up in St. George's Hall ; previous to which her Majesty and hi s Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the King of Prussia and other royal personages, and their suite, will assemble In the Grand Reception-room adjoining St. George's Hall. The ambassadors and foreign ministers, the knights of the garter, the cabinet ministers, the ladies, and others in ,ticleonhdaulel,tetdhebybahnids Majestyplalir in vited, having assembled in the Waterloo Gallery, the doors will be thrown open, and immediately afterwards, the ban the King of Prussia, , K. give the accolade to the King quet being annou .sia, w tl i i l e l ' who will also receive Qenuteeern the congratulations of each of Prussia,thereupon of the knights comp anions . garter will, by her Majesty's The chap The soverei ter being ended , . call over the knights companions, who, gnwiii present: will retire from the presence of s of the or der, with the officer the usual reverences. the Sovereign with command, and His Royal Highness The Queen again retire to their apartments. Highness Prince Albert, with The King of Prussia will retire to his apartments. The Quee n an d His Royal P. D. will warrant any Piano-forte sold by him, and :change the same within twelve months, if not approved A large Assortment of NEW and POPULAR at HALF PRICE. reak fast hold, in the Oak-room. Band playing " God save the Queen, will take he? seat on the north side of the table, opposite : the centre buffet. The doors ' and her SI nientv George's na eading from the Waterloo Gallery to St. ,vill also be thrown open; the guests entering- Imo will pass to ti ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA His Prussian Majesty, who had been expected to reach the Thames on Friday, did not reach it till Satnrday. On that afternoon he landed at Greenwich from the Firebrand steamer. From an early hour in the morning, the streets of Green wich presented a most animated appearance, parties conti nually pouring in by steamers, by railroad, by coach, cart, gig, and every description of vehicle, all eager to catch a glimpse of his Prussian Majesty on his first setting foot on Brit►sh ground. One gentleman had come all the way up from Yorkshire, having travelled nearly 200 miles on purpose to witness the landing of his Majesty. Admission to the q"uadrangle of the hospital could be pro cured only by ticket from the governor. The space at the end of each wing was occupied exclusively by those connected with the hospital, and the whole of the quadrangle was re served for the suite of the King of Prussia and Prince Albert and the members of her Majesty's government. The boys of the Royal Naval School were drawn up on the steps be tween the Chapel and the Painted Hall. The pensioners were drawn up arcund the inside of the quadrangle, and the guard of honour, consisting of the Royal Marines, was drawn up within the quadrangle, facing the river. At twenty minutes after one o'clock the arrival of Prince Albert, at the west gate of the hospital, was announced by loud cheering, and immediately his royal highness, in a tra velling carriage and six, accompanied by out-riders and other attendants, drove up to the governor's residence, and was received by Sir Robert Stopford at the door. Immediately on his royal highness entering the hospital, the union jack, which had been previously flying (new the eastern wing, was struck, and the royal standard of England hoisted. At half after two o'cicck the approach of the Firebrand was announced by trumpet, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington and his suite, left the Governor's house, proceeding down the steps to meet his Prussian majesty. His Royal Highness was dressed in plain clothes. In the large square of the quadran . . gle every arrangement had been carried into effect with the most perfect regularity. In the centre was placed the bat t-dion of Marines, while on the path adjoining the river was collected a body of naval and military officers of high rank, habited in their various uniforms. The windows of the dif ferent rooms in the hospital were occupied by beautiful and elegantly attired ladies. The old pensioners, in their best dresses, were ranged along the paths of the quadrangle ; while the steps on the southern side were occupied by the boys of the Greenwich Hospital schools. The effect of the scene at this moment was splendid in the extreme. His Royal High ness Prince Albert, it is reported, expressed his admiration at this inspiriting spectacle. Anxious to be ready to receive his royal guest on landing, he seemed desirous of leaving the governor's house even before it was necessary to do so ; and to Sir R. Stopford, who expressed a fear that he might take cold, he observed, " I do not care for the weather; I shall not catch cold • it is a beautiful sight." The governor's barge, accompanied by the Admiralty barge, then boarded the Fire brand, and his Majesty landed under a salute of twenty-one guns. Immediately on his appearance at the head of the stairs, the Guard of Honour presented arms and the officers lowered the colours. All the usual honours were paid to his Majesty, the bands of the different regiments playing " God save the Queen !" The King was received by Prince Albert with much cordi ality, and the latter introduced to his Majesty Sir R. Stop ford, the hero of the siege of Acre. The meeting of the Duke of Wellington and his Prussian Majesty was very gratifying. They shook hands with much warmth, and the King appear ed highly delighted to see his grace there to welcome him. His Majesty and suite then entered the Governor's resi dence, where they remained a short time ; and at three o'clock his Majesty and the Prince left in his Royal High ness's carriage for Windsor. The royal suite followed in other travelling carriages. Prince Albert entered the carriage first, and seemed almost overcome with emotions of pleasure at the hearty and cordial welcome the Kingof Pruss;a received ; and his majesty could not avoid smiling, when seated in the carriage, to witness the anxiety of the ladies to obtain a glimpse of him ; for which purpose they had patiently,for many hours, endured exposure to the cold and unfavourable weather. His Prussian Majesty is a remarkably fine-looking man, nearly six feet high, apparently about forty-seven years of age, and he appiared in excellent health and spirits. Misled by erroneous rumour, Prince Albert went to Green wich on Friday to meet the King of Prussia ; but the King could not keep the appointment ; he had not arrived ; and so the Prince returned to Windsor alone ; so much sooner than was looked for, that the Royal carriages were not in readi ness at Slough, and he walked the greater part of the way to the Castle before a post-chaise, ordered from Salthill, came ARRIVAL OF THE REIGNING DUKE OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA, AND DUKE FERDI NAND OF SAXE COBURG. On Sunday morning two of the royal carriages arrived at Woolwich, and were stationed i►► the royal dock-yard, as the arrival of other royal persons was anticipated. At about a quarter before four o'clock i►► the afternoon her majesty's steam-vessel Shearwater, Captain Washington, arrived, hav ing been delayed to convey the reigning Duke of Sage Co burg and Gotha, Prince Albert's father, and Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, 'his royal highness's brother. The royal party proceeded immediately after their arrival to Windsor Castle. The visit of Duke Ferdinand was anticipated, but not the visit of his royal father, which will add to the pleasure of her majesty and illustrious consort on the approaching im portant ceremony of the christening of the Prince of Wales. THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S APARTMENTS The following description of the apartments devoted to the King of Prussia during his stay in England, will prove interesting at the present moment. They consist of four rooms—first, his Majesty's state saloon, the walls of which are hung with the arms of England in crimson satin damask, the chairs and other furniture of a Gothic shape richly gilt. are also covered with crimson satin damask. Here are also four very rich or-moulu cabinets—pictures by Rubens— splendid pedestals—rich bronzes, and other ornaments of a most costly character. The next room is intended for the drawing-room of his Prussian Majesty. It is usually called the King's Council room ; it is covered, like the former apartment, with splendid crimson ve►vet, Wilton carpet, bordered with the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and illuminated with superb chande liers in or-rnoulu. In this room there is a princely cabinet, covered with a Gibraltar slab. There are also several splen did antique clocks, of French manufactures. The walls of his Majesty's cabinet are hung with satin damask, and pictures by various masters. Here is the cele brated picture of the " Two Misers," by Quintin Matays. The window-curtains of this apartment are of yellow satin damask, with wreaths in crimson. His Majesty's bed-room is hung with blue satin damask, with the cipher of " A. It." entwined with a wreath of roses, surmounted by two cherubim supporting a crown. The pictures by old masters are here in silver frames. The carpet Axminster. Washhand-stand of Naples wood beautifully ornamented. Its fittings of white China gilt. The bed furniture consists of richly brocaded silk, with bouquets of flowers on a blue ground. Its draperies are lined with white silk. There n► e helmets on each post to support the canopy, which is altogether of a most unique and gorgeous character, the whole. being surmounted by a plume of white ostrich feathers. The other furniture of the apartment is of a most costly and splendid description. The Queen's Drawing-room, as it is usually called, is fitted up with wardrobes, and will be chiefly used by the King's attendants. The Vandyke-gallery will be used as a luncheon-room. The presence-chamber is to be used for a similar purpose. St. George's-hall, which is 200 feet long, and where the grand banquet is to take place, has undergone a thorough cleansing and re-decoration. A splendid new Wilton carpet with a Scotch border on a purple ground has been laid down. The Gothic side boards and galleries at each end have also received fresh embellishment. The whole of the arrange ment have been under the able superintendance of Mr. San ders, and, we believe, her Majesty, upon a personal inspec tion of the state apartments this evening, expressed her utmost satisfaction with all the arrangements. THE STATE APARTMENTS. ALTERATIONS FOR•pHE ROYAL CHRISTENING The grand vestibule at the top of the staircase has been ornamented with various stacks of armour, with four very large silk banners, one at each corner, with bronzes, tables, benches, covered with embossed plush, and with six gigantic candelebra, richly gilt. The Waterloo chamber adjoining, the walls of which are ornamented with rich oak carvings and many fine paintings, by Sir T. Lawrence, Sir W. Beechey, Sir D. Wilkie, Sir M. A. Shee, and Mr. W. Pickersgill, has been refitted and em bellished. The carpet, formed of a peculiar yarn somewhat resembling Axminster, has in Elizabethan panels stars of the orders of the Bath and of the Garter, and alternated with the Norman rose. The chamber will be illuminated by five immense gilt chandeliers, arranged in glass compartments, emblazoned with the various orders of St. George, St. An drew, and St. Patrick. There are also eight gilt candelabra, which will be placed in different parts of the chamber. The furniture is all of oak, richly carved and covered with em bossed crimson plush. The grand reception-room, which will be used by the Queen on the night of the banquet as a drawing-room, is in the style of Louis XIV. Here there are six panels of Gobe lin tapestry containing the principal adventures of Jason and Medea. In this apartment there are four cut-glass or- mottlu chandeliers. On each side of the entrance are two gilt pe destals with bronze female figures, supporting a branch of 10 lights each. The walls of this apartment are decorated with six magnificent pier and chimney-glasses each upwards of 20 feet in height. The eastern window is fitted up with curtains of crimson satin velvet, and immediately underneath is the celebrated vase presented by the Emperor Alexander to George IV. The furniture is all richly carved and gilt. The tables are of oak ; the sofas and chairs are covered with crimson satin velvet. The carpet is a Wilton, of claret ground, strewed with flowers. From this room opens the passage by which her Majesty will enter the drawing•room after the banquet, extending about 40 feet, and containing cased specimens of the richest and most gorgeous eastern armour, many of them studded with diamonds. There is also preserved here a fine collec tion of swords, from the time of Marlborough down to that of George 111. The cuirass of Napoleon is also here. The Throne-room adjoins; the walls hung with purple velvet, embossed with the star of the gaiter, and the ceiling richly gilt in compartments. and emblazoned with the star and collar of St. George. The throne itself is entirely new, splendidly carved, richly gilt, covered with embossed purple velvet, and trimmed with gold lace and gimp. On the back and seat is the star of the Order of the Garter. The dra peries and linings are most superb. The royal arms are emblazoned on the back, and the star on the inner side of the top of the canopy. the whole being surmounted with massive cornices and the imperial crown. In this apartment are portraits of George 111, by Gainsborough ; of George IV, by Sir T. Lawrence; and of William IV, by Sir M. A. Shee ; together with a picture of the installation of the Knights of the Garter, by Sir B. West. On each side of the throne arc two massive ormolu chandeliers, and four beautifully gilt candelabra. In each recess there are rare and gorgeous cabinets, with slabs of white marble. The stools are covered with purple velvet, on which the star of the Garter is embossed. The carpet is Wilton, of a purple ground, adorned with stars of the Garter, and a Scotch bor der bedecked with the collar. The ante-throne-room contains the celebrated pictures, by West, illustrative of the _ ,pr i nc i pa l military achievements in the reign of Edward 11l • has furniture of rosewoo d and gold of a Gothic pattern, t he chairs being covered with crim son satin. The carpet, which is ornamented with the rose, vamrock and thistle, is also crimson. Here is also a vast aciety of , rare cabinets and beautiful vases. . EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.—Ministers, we understand have intimated that they are to grant £lO,OOO for the esta blishment of two normal schools—one in Edinburgh and ne in Gla sgow , w ith £l,OOO a year to defray the annual charge of management in both.—Glasgow Constitutional. MRLANCHOLY LOBE OF LIFt We regret much to have to record an occurrence which, as bringing deep affli c ti on to s evera l res p ec t a bl e f am ili es in this. city, could scarcely be exceeded. In the month of Novem ber, 1840, three or four -families of this city, remarkable for their industry and prosperity in their respective lines of business, including Mr. James Salter, his wife and ten chil dren, a respectable jeweller, residing for many years on the Grand Parade—Mr. John Wilkinson, wife and four children, boot and shoemaker, of Daunt's-square—and Mr. Stannard, of Hammond's marsh, we believe a cabinetmaker—broke up their respective establishments, and sailed in the ship tune, for Sydney, their place of destination being New Zealand. Mr. Salter had made an extensive purchase of property at New Zealand, through the agency of a friend who had been there and reported most favourably of the country, and took out a 'considerable quantity of plate and other property. The Neptune arrived at Sydney in good order, and the emigrants; landed, and sojourned there some three or four months, during which period Mr. Salter made provision there for one o' his sons. Matters being in readi ness, and all arrangements perfected, the families of Messrs. Salter, Wilkinson, and Stannard, proceeded in the month of August last, in the clip* Sophia Pate, from Sydney, and arrived, after a run of about three weeks, in the Bay of Islands. Here having stopped a short time, Mr. Stannard proposed to walk across the country, about fifteen miles dis tant, to the spot towards which they had looked for months in that spirit of anxiety and solicitude natural under the cir cumstances. The proposition to proceed overland was not agreed to by Mr. Salter or Mr. Wilkinson, upon the ground that it might not be prudent in them to leave their trunks and boxes to the care of others, and Mr. Stannard, accom panied by one of Mr. Wilkinson's sons, set off, leaving the remainder to proceed coastways. Upon arriving at the destined spot he was astonished that no tidings of the vessel had been received, and he immediately proceeded to the residence of the chief, of whom the property had been purchased for Salter, and whose welcome was most gra cious. Accompanied by a Methodist missionary, in con nexion with the London institution, and a number of follow ers, the chief proceeded to the harbour likely to be selected as a landing-place by the clipper, when they were met by the master and crew, wearing Mr. Salter's clothes. Explanation quickly followed. The master reported that when close to shore the vessel struck, and had gone to pieces, and that all on board, except himself, the hands, and a child of Mr. Wil kinson, had perished.—The chief, an extremely intelligent man, instantly suspected that all was not right ' • his suspi cions extended to his followers , and it was only by the great est exertions of the missionary that the natives were pre vented tearing the crew limb from limb. A portion of poor Mr. Salter's property, in plate, was found on the captain ; and he and his crew being first stripped of the clothes on them, were conveyed to Auckland. a principal town in New Zealand, to await their trials. Young Mr. Wilkinson is stated to have represented that when the ship struck Mr. Salter entreated the captain to lower the long boat, and he did lower her, but it was to send her adrift; upon which he was asked to let down the jolly boat. He refused at first; but upon letting her down he and the crew lowered them selves into her, providentially pushing young Wilkinson, in the confusion, before them. He got to the bottom of the boat, and thus escaped, the last scene he witnessed on board being Mr. Salter and family at prayer in the cabin, which at this time was filling fast with water. There are some of the particulars of this severe calamity, derived from a source upon which we implicitly rely.—Cork paper. THE NIGER EXPEDITION (From the Morning Herald.) The Niger Expedition is at an end. • Sir Fowell Buxton has had his say ; his philanthropic scheme has been fairly tried ; government has " lead and felt the way," as Lord Brougham recommended, into the interior of Africa by it s g highway; £lOO,OOO more have been exp en d e d by and ea on what is termed African civili sa ti on; establishment of factories and the acquisition o f l an d t t he theenatural British nation have been attempted : the result is sad and mournful disap pointment. On the 20th of August last the three fine steamers, the Soudan, the Wilberforce; and the Albert, built for the pur pose, commenced the ascent of the Quorra; ere six days had elapsed they received warning of the fate which impended over them ; death was already hovering about his victims, Before a month had closed, one vessel—the Soudan —was converted into an hospital for the sick, and compelled to de scend from the regions of disease to the open sea. Two more days had not gone by until one—the Wilberforce—of the re maining ascending steamers had likewise to turn its head down the stream with a dying cargo; thirteen days longer did the Albert persevere, but in vain ; the " belt of malaria," —the boulevart of death is perhaps the more appropriate de scription—Lord Brougham's ingenious suggestion —was not to be passed through ; and after forty-six days of dreadful suffering from bhe commencement of the ascent, the Albert was also compelled to return, and the expedition was baffled by disease and death. The three steamers, with the sur viving commanders, officers, and men—how small a minority of those who left England we do not stop to detail—are now gasping and inhaling the purer atmosphere of the Ascension Island and Clarence Cove. They will doubtless, in due course, record the melancholy detail of this last sacrifice to the schemes of dreamers,—to the worst, because the most injudicious, friends of Africa. The Albert, under Captain Trotter's gallant command, ascended between fifty and sixty miles beyond the contluencg of the Chadda and the Niger, and about 320 miles from the sea. The ascent to that point ; the selection of a spot for a model farm, never to be cultivated, a little above the conflu ence ; the purchase of treaties with the rulers of Eboe and Iddah for the suppression of the slave trade, which legiti mate commerce had previously driven from the Bight of Bia fra and the mouths of the Quorra •, and the abolition of hu man sacrifices—treaties which will be implemented, so far as the internal traffic is concerned, only by the pressure of personal influence ;—and a better acquaintance with the course of the Quorra and the countries through w hich it flows — such are the costly achievements of this ill - fated expedition, to which continental extravagance had assigned the entire sub jection of the African continent to British dominion. En tirely failed the expedition has not ; b e cause its precise ob jects as a pioneering attempt—though in that respect the it would be difficult to state — it was , perhaps, to b e re garded equally disastrous enterprise of Laird and Oldfield bad ren dered it unnecessary. The knowledge gained will, doubtless be a contribution, however small and infinitesimal, to to the information of .Europe. But that ..the .... ....._ _ _ dition is a disappointmelt in the most mournful and deso lating shape, cannot be denied by its promoters, and their dupe, Lord John Russell. Malaria and death have practi cally refuted the scheme of the African Colonisation Society. If the civilisation of Africa dep end on Eur opean expeditions up the Quorra, that great cont inent is des tined to remain in darkness, in desolation, and p a g anism. The defeated expedition had every advantage ; a ll th a t mo dern science and human skill , all that unda unted courage and determined enterprise, could contribute to success , it pos sessed—in vain. To its o fficers and men—d ea d as we ll as living—the highest credit app ears to be due ; they " con quered everything but i m possibilities;" nature they cou ld not conquer; they only cea sed to p erseve re when the survi vors had almost ceased to liv e. Mr. Ja mieson , too , of Liver pool, who raised a warning voice whe n th e expe di t i on was first projected, which was answered by imputations of self interest, can now shame his calumniators—[Sir George Ste phen will surely buy up and burn hi s pamphlets 0 —by pointing to his instructed conduct of his a g e nt. Mr. Beecroft , who, by his employer's dir ections, withdre w his little palm oil steamer, the Ethiope, from her trading avocat i ons , an d generously ascended the Quorra to assist the Albert in the moment of need. To Mr. Jamieson and Mr. Beecroft, government most certainly owe a tribute of national acknow ledgment. THE LEAMIEtt Mr, Oastler, in the current number of' ids excellent "Fleet Papers . ," has graphically drawn a very proper distinction be. t we en the_ manufacturers and the agitating anti-corn law are the saute pantie A greater tai;ta e error of Juppos inn that Ilia is so Those who have not been closely merchants—no such thin s engaged in the strife which has been now kept up for twelve long years, between them and the ten hours factory bill men, or who have not carefully attended to 0a,.. —persons at a distance, mere lookers on, very naturally ima. gine, from the constant boasting and blustering of tin leaguers, that they are a very important party, than the manufacturers and merchants of England ! Nevt was there a greater mistake ! "'That the enemy which now threatens to eat up your rentals,' should be thoroughly known to all parties, it will be useful that I should explain, iu simple, intelligible language, who and what these leaguers are. It is necessary, then, i,n the outset, that I should inform you, that there are two dis tinct classes of manufacturers and merchants. The one is composed of honest, honourable, industrious men, who would disdain to build their fortunes upon the ruin of others ; men who are imbued with a strong desire to produce and obtain articles that will stand the test of wear and use, for which they are always willing to give a fair remunerating price ; these men always eschew every kind of deception in their dealings with mankind, never permitting the love of gain to drag them into the paths of dishonour. " - The other class of manufacturers and merchants consists mainly of men in every respect the opposite of the former— men who are speculators, reckless traders, and fraudulent ; dealers whose only object is to get wh a t they can how th e y can ; and then to keep what they have gotten. The ties of honour and humanity never bind them—cheap -buying, at any accumulation of distress to others, is their maxim. To take advantage of the ignorance or poverty of their neigh bours, is their rule. " The first-named class are those who would rather aid than distress others, who, like themselves, are in the pursuit of honourable gains ; whilst the last class know no friendship, even amongst each other; but jealously strive, by every un der-hand means, to over-reach and ruin those with whom they compete. The competition of these men is—War. " The former act upon the principle of live and let live' the latter adopt the maxim, thou shalt n o t li ve if I can hinder thee.' The first are, by their opponents styled Tyrants and Bigots,' the last call themselves ' Liberal and Enlightened.' " The former pride themsel ves on dealing fairly and liberally with their workpeople, and are always wishful to pay just and reasonable wages, rather th an en d eavour to screw down the remuneration of •their operatives ; they are as tem:. cious, or Even wore so, of their honour, as they are of their gains. Their boast is, a good article, not a tow price ; and they ever have an honest pride in keeping up the fair fame of England in foreign markets. " The latter care not for their work-people, but resort to all sorts of expedients to cheat them and reduce their wages. They will rob them in weight and measure, by the truck sis tem, by forcing them to attend to extra duties in their ware houses without remuneration, and by a thousand tricks which it would weary you to name. In their mills they will alter clocks to gain time, charge their operatives lost time when they are on the spot, make them pay even for water, and fine them for the most trifli ng su pp ose d neg l ect; t h ey buy inferior cotton and wool, and th en fi ne th e i r operat i ves because it will not spin into good yarn, or weave into wearable cloths : in short, Sir, the l aws o f th e i r m ill s f orm t h e most tyrannical code that avarice and selfishness can invent. They cheat their customers by mixi ng , s t re t c hi ng , starching, and false dyeing ; in fact, they practise every art to put a flash finish on their goods. Appearance, not quality, is what they aim at. The rubbish which they are thus able to bring to mar ket, they call cheap, because the price is low. They are heedless of the honour of the nation, being. always willing, for their own profit, to sacrifice the good name of the British merchant in the markets of the world. The only question with these men, at home and abroad, is, 'What can we make or sell, on any terms, to yield us a greater profit?" " The last class are those who, to cover their own extor tion and tyranny, are ever, to their operatives, railing against the landlords. Whatever hardships their work-people have to endure, their ready answer is, ' It is the tyrannical land lords, who, to protect themselves, and keep up their rents, prevent us from having a free trade, and force us to work long hours and pay low wages." This class of manufacturers and merchants, are those who have always opposed any limitation of the hours of labour in factories, or any legal interference with their fraud and tyranny. It is these, also, who, when they want the aid of the landlords to coerce the operatives, tell you—That they are turbulent, se di t i ous, and idle ! Thus do th e y, f or their own gain, exasperate the labourers and aristocracy againtt each other : whilst the for mer class of manufacturers and merchants have been our friends and yours. " Now, Sir, it is natural that men who think and feel so differently, whose aims and objects are so much at variance, should not be u p on th e b est terms—it is just so. These two classes of manufacturers and merchants have been op posed for many years. The new system of trade, which repudiates restraint of any kind, has, it is true, ruined many of the former, because they could not compete with the knavery of the swindlers, and it has added to the number of the latter; but still, by far the most substantial, and incom parably the most influential portion of our manufacturers .and merchants belong to the former class. 1 say the most influential, I wish I could add that they used their influ ence." Hamlet, Osrick, STRANGE CASE.-ALLEGED LOSS OF A LETTER CONTAINING £115: A case has occurred here, with reference to the supposed loss of a letter in the Post-office, which, from the circum stances, deserve every publicity to be given to it. On the Ist December last, a Mr. T. H. Sledge, of No. 5, Crown -court, Cheapside, London, —who is s t a t e d to b e the agent or ser vant there of Mr. Edmund Howarth, whose warehouse is No. 1, Church -street, Manchester, and who calls himself an agent also,—remitted to Mr. Howarth, his principal, the sum of £ll5, in six B an k o f England notes enclosed in a letter, which he posted at the General Post Office, London, on that day. Not receiving from Mr. Howarth any acknow ledgement of this remittance, Mr. Sledge wrote to him on the subject; and what answer he received does not appear. However, on the 6th December, Mr. Sl e d ge ma d e a com plaint at th e G eneral Post Office London, that the letter had never reached its destination. Of course the authorities at the postoffice instituted rigid inquiries, which were not only prosecuted in London, but the solicitor of the postoffice was sent down here to investigate the matter ; and the Bank of England were also apprised of the loss, and furnished with the amounts, dates, and numbers of the notes, which were the following •, all being of the Bank of England : No. 45,141, dated June 7, 1841 , ~ ££3o No. 58,342, „ Aug. 9, £2o No. 13,833 No. 30,405, t:10 „' . - • No. 94,3 0 f /1 Pt Several most re s p ec t a bl e part i es i n Manchester, who were supposed to have received part of the contents of the letter, employed themselves and their clerks in making diligent search ' when, at l ast i t was di scovere d , on inquiry at the South Lancashire Bank, that on the 2d December, the day on which Mr. Sledge's letter with its enclosure would reach this town, Mr. Edward Howarth himself paid .£loo'into the South Lancashire Bank, to his own credit; such £lOO con sisting of four of the six notes remitted by Mr. Sledge, viz., the identical £4O, £3O. £2O, and £lO notes, the numbers of which we have given above. This fact was communicated to the police, and Mr. Howarth, when requested, appeared be fore the magistrates. The superintendent of police stated the above facts, and added that Mr. Howarth had come to the Manchester Post-office himself to make inquiries for the letter, which he stated had never reached him. The expense had been very great indeed, of making these inquiries, espe cially on the part of the post-office authorities, who had sent their solicitor down from London. Mr. Willock, the post master, had been put to great trouble and inconvenience ; other parties had also had the trouble of going through their books to search out the different payments they might have received and made since the Ist December ; the clerks in various establishments for atime were subjected to suspicion ; and two gentlemen, from different concerns, were in court to complain of this. Several gentlemen gave a detail of the trouble they had been put to. In reply to the magistrates, Mr. H owarth persisted in saying that to that moment he had no recollection of receiving the notes, and that the first inti mation he remembered receiving of the money was the letter from Mr. Sledge, stating that h e h a d not sent an acknow ledgment of it gir Charle s Sh aw sa i d, on account of Mr. Howarth's conduct, a great many innocent persons have been suspected ; and had one of the notes been traced to a gentle. man in any way connected with the post-office, or had the gentleman been unable to show how he received it and paid it away, the matter might have assumed a more serious shape. I trust the gentlemen present will take this into their seri ' ous consideration, that if inquiries had been made by the po lice at all painful or unpleasant to them, and productive of trouble or inconvenience, these inquiries were all, in fact, the result of the conduct of Mr. Howarth himself. —O n a recommendation from the magistrates that Mr. Howarth should reimburse the expenses, the parties left the court.— Manchester Guardian. THEATRE.ROYAL, LIVETWOOt .1. H. ANDERSON and W. J. HAMMOND, who have become the Lessees of this Establishment, and of the Theatre-Royal, Manchester. THE SEASON WILL COMMENCE IN LIVERPOOL On MONDAY next, January 31, 1842. The Public is res leetfully informed, that it is the intention of the Management, in compliance with the exnressed wishes of numerous Friends of the Drama, to establish SECOND PRICE, as customary at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane, Covent-garden, and Haymarket, which will be taken at the termination of an Act, generally between .Ninc nu less I and a Quarter-past Nine o'clock. ON MONDAY, January 31, -1842, will be -performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK. Mr. G. V. Erooke, (his first' a rrance at this Theatre.) The Ghost of Hamlet's Father. Ifr. Rif ounge, (from the Theatre-Royal, Drury-la e.) Mr. Bellingham, (from the Theatres-Royal, York and Hull, his first appearance here.) First Gravedigger...... Mr. W. J. Hammond. _ - evrt Aphelia, Miss Julia Bennett, (from the Theatre Royal, Southampton, her first appearance here.) To conclude with the new Farce of THE BOARDING SCHigIAOL, As now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, with the greatest success James (principal Tiger to Mrs. Gros de Nap's establishment) Str. W J. Hammond The Box-office will be Opened on MONDAY next, the 31st instant, when Places may be taken of Mr. COOKE, from Ten until Three o'clock. No places can be secured unless Tickets are taken. Doors to be open at Half-past Six, the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Lower Boxes, :4s. ' • Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit , 2 s. 6 d-:; Gallery, ls. Second Price.—Lower Boxes, 2s. Gd. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Gd. ; Gallery, 6d. A. limited number of Season Tickets, not transferable, and not admissable on Benefit Niqhts, maybe had, on application to Mr. CooKE, at the Box-office. On TUESDAY next, the Comedy of THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. After which the Musical Interlude of THE WATERMAN. To conclude with the Musical Farce of A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. On WEDNESDAY, Shakspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. To conclude with the Popular Farce of the IRISH VALET. The celebrated BOLENO FAMILY arc engaged, and will make their ap pearance On THURSDAY, in a favourite Ballet. *** In preparation, and 'will ,be, ` produced on MONDAY, Feb. 7th, an entirely original COMIC PANTOMIME, with new and splendid Scenery, Machinery, Tricks, Dresses, and Transformations, called the WORLD of COINS ; or, HAR LEQUIN SILVER SIXPENCE AND THE GIAI4I . PENNY PrEcit ! Written, Invented, and Designed by Mr. G. DOR RINGTON, who is engaged expressly for this production. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr..Ellerton, Sole Lessee. DUCRO W'S, WHICH WILL SHORTLY CLOSE. GRAND NATIONAL FETE in honour of the ROYAL CHRISTENING of the PRINCE OF WALES. ENTIRE CHANGE! __Z _ iy ytt) This present TUESDAY, the GREAT LIDAY, in honour of the Royal Christening, a Gr d JUVEVILE NIGHT, when, in consideration for the ounger Branches of Families, the doors will be opened at Six, the Performance commence at Half-past, and terminate before Eleven o'clock. THIS present TUESDAY, and during the Week, the Per i- formance will commence with Mr. DUCROW'S new Lon don Grand Military, Historical, Equestrian, and Dramatic Spectacle, founded on the most eventful epoch of British History, (with new Scenery, Gorgeous Decorations and Ban ners, and every accessary of Splendour, introducing the Treble Company and numerous Stud,) entitled WARS OF OLIVER CROMWELL; Or, ENGLAND'S 71 - O — N - ARCH and the ROYAL OAK To be followed an entire Change of DUCROW'S SCENES OF THE CIRCLE! The whole to conclude with the laughable Burletta of THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Beverly, Nunn, Gates, Lennox, Mrs. V. Carman, and Mrs. Emery A GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL, in honour of the Christening of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, will be given at the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, this present TUESDAY Evening, the 25th instant. Gentlemen's Tickets, ss. ; Ladies' ditto, 3s. ; Double ditto, 7s. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Second Appearartf the celebrated Actress and Songstress Mrs. NEY, for Five Nights only. THIS present TUESDAY Evening, January 25, 1842, the Entertainments will commence with a new and beautiful Tale of. Romance, second time tt this Theatre, entitled the SPIRIT OF THE )1161E. The principal Ch arac t er wr itt en exp ly for Mrs. Honey, and performed by her upward of 700 Nights !!! Irma Mrs. Honey. After which a new Farce, called THE CHRISTENING. To which will be added a new Drama, second time here originally written for Mrs. Honey, and most successfully produced at the various London Theatres, called THE RUNAWAY. The Evening's Entertainment will conclude with the Drama of the SERJEANT OF HUSSARS. After which the NATIONAL ANTHEM will be sung by the whole of the company. To conclude with a Magnificent Display - of FIREWORKS, representing the Crown of England and Prince's Plume, with other Allegorical De vices, in honour of the ROYAL CHRISTENING!!! CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY The following is the list of honours at the Bachelor of Arts' commencement, Jan.,22, 1842 : MODERATORS. Rev. Thomas Gaskin , M. A. , Jesus College, D. P. Gregory, M.A., Trinity College. EXAMINERS. Alexander Thurtell, M.A., Caius College, Richard Potter, M.A., Queen's College. WRANGLERS. - Ds. Daley, Ttin Simpson, Joh Mayor, It. B. Joh Fuller, Pet Bird, Joh Jarvis, Corpus Shortland, Pemb Austin, Pet Fenwick, Corpus Jones, Clare Frost, Joh Parnell, Joh Johnstone, Job Castlehow, Emm Carter, Emm Wilson, Joh Smith, B. F.,Trin Fenn, 'Tin Ainger, Joh 1 „ En Goode, Pemb J Ds. Westmorland, Jesus Dumergue, Corpus Bryan, Trin Shears, Joh Greenwell, Job Suffield, Caius Middlcmist, Christ's Davies, H. Queen's Cook, Joh Penny, Joh Davies, H. Eastwood Caius Venables, Pemb Bally, Christ's Light, Joh Walker, Sidney Tandy, Joh Kinder, Trin SENIOR Ds. Vidal, Joh Fitz Gerald, Christ's Hey, Joh Parkinson, Queen's Ottley, Caius Allen, Trin Metcalfe, Sidney Vidal, 0. E., Joh Inchbald, Cath Penrose, Magd Riley, Trin Brooks, Joh Gillett, Emm Walpole, Caius Rowton, John Wolfe, Job Morse, Job Clubbe, Job Ommaney, Trin Ridley. Jesus Douglass, Trio Hogg, Emm Marie, Queen's Tabor, Trin Swann, Christ's Hazlehurst, Trio Ds. Twissday, Joh Maul, Joh Vaughan, Christ's Wilkinson, Joh Teague, E►nm Kerry, Joh Sheringhom Joh Nuee, Trin Peter, Jes Webster, Emm Smithies, Emm DFTIM RS. Ds. Little, Christ's Green, Caius Hughes, J., Queen's Cobb, Corpus 1 xq. Shaw, Trin I Fowell, Christ's Parr, Cath Sharples, Job Hopwood, Pet Beckham, Joh Thrupp, Trin Atkinson, Clare Kingsley, Magd Lloyd, Jesus Postle. corpus Woodford, Pemb- Thurnall, Sidney Blake, Jesus Montagu, Caius Balderstone, Joh Boyce, Sidney Rothery, Joh Salkeld, Pet Cordon, Pet Stansfield, Joh Munro, Trin Bishop, Corpus Fowler, Clare Hamilton, Trin Knipe, Pemb I'TIMES. Ds. Pratt, Joh l„, Ramsay, Trin Hutchins, Trita l ,Eq Slade, Joh Cons Beare. Pet Yeoman, Trin Hough, Caius Sheepshanks, Trin Shackleton, Cath Firman, Queen's Worlledge, Clare Barstow, Trin Ds. Ong DEGREES. OTAT. low, Trin. ALLOWED. IVl‘Niven, Trin I Parminter, Trin I Parry, Christ's I Wyer, Joh • , LONGEVITY.—A few day s since a respectable farmer, named Cummins, residing within a few miles of Carlow, died at the advanced age of 111 years. His remains were attended to the grave by a numerous posterity, amoupt whom was a cousin of the deceased, who has attained the equally patri archal age of 102.—Carlow paper. ROYAL CHRISTENING.—The carpets upon which this august cereremony is to take place are now in a forward state of preparation at the wor k s o f Messrs. Rogers, wooll en printers, Sandford-street, L ee d s. They are of two kinds ; the one to spread along the passage to the chapel has a blue ground with a shield alternate, with the royal star and garter • the other, to c over t h e fl oor o f the chapel, is o f a most beautiful and brilliant crimson ground, with the ciphers l W. alternate with the Prince of Wales's feather. The material is of felted cloth, and the whole reflects high credit on the taste and skill of the manufacturers. Messrs. Rogers have also had a large quantity of blankets forwarded to them for the purpose of impressing upon them a mark bearing date, place &c. which are for the purpose of charitable dis tribution on the day of the royal christening.—Bradford Observer. JUNIOII. C TO CORRESPONDENTS We are requested to state that Mr. Richards, the pawn broker, whose name was mentioned in connection with a case at the police-court, is not Mr. George Richards of London-road. Our correspondent who signs himself " A Conservative," and yet recommends to us a candidate for Liverpool who— he says—is "an advocate for-a total repeal of the corn laws," had certainly never read the STANDARD, or he would not have troubled us with such a recommendation. " A Young Enquirer" will find, by referring to our publica cation of last Friday, that we have already given a copy of the form of prayer to which he alludes. We cannot point out what there is in it to which a consciencious Christian ought to object ; and our correspondent must bear in mind that the objection on the part of Roman Catholics was made Lefbre any particular form was fixed upon, and is, therefore, not an objectio n t o th e pr a yer itself, but to pray ing, with Protestants, at all. tWe are requested to contradict a paragraph in the Mercury and Chronicle, that Mr. Herdman's son had found a gold seal and chain, and applied the reward (for restoring it to the owner) for the purposes of the. Anti-Corn-Law Bazaar. Nothing of the kind has taken place. TO ADVERTISERS, With a view of affording additional advertising facili ties to a class upon whom our present scale presses rather heavily, we have been induced to make an alteration in our charge upon all advertisements which relate to Situations for Clerks or Household Servants, Houses to Let, Apartments, and other subjects which come under the head of " Wants.' In future we s h a ll i nser t a ll advertisements of this description, not exceeding FOUR LINES, for THREE SHILLINGS each; and we need scarcely impress upon the attention of advertisers that the well-known respectable circulation of the LIVERPOOL STAN HARD at all times insures valuable notice being drawn to their advertisements. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE AND STATIONERY ESTABLISHMENT , 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. LACE & ADDISON beg leave to intimate to their Friends and the Public, thatqvery description of MERCANTILE LETTERPRESS AN LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING Is neatly and expeditiously executed at their establishment, and that they have always on hand an extensive Stock of STATIONERY FOR EXPORTATION Proceedings of P u bli c Meetings, Src., AND GENERAL PURPOSES. Reported and Printed at the sho r t es t poss ible notice. BOOKWORK, POSTING & HAND BILLS, CARDS, &c. ACCOUNT -BOOKS Made on the most approved principle. BANKRUPTCY and other LAW FORMS. A few Copies of RyALL'S CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS on hand. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Oxford Herald.) PROMOTIONS. Rev. James Venables, M.A., to the Prebend or Canonry of Alton Borealis,' in the Cathedral Church of Sarum. Rev. John Chapman, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Milton, near Cambridge ; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. Rev. A. Boyd, M.A. of the Cath e d ra l, D erry, has been appointed t o succeed the Rev. C. E. Kenneway, at Christ Church, Cheltenham. Rev. R. Thompson, 8.A., Citrate of Stanhope, to the Perpetual CtiraC'y of Shotley, Northumberland, vacant by the death of the Bev. J. Messenger. Rev. W. H. E. Bentick, Rector of Sigglestliorne, to be a Rural Dean for the district of North Holderness, in the Archdeaconry of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Rev. F. J. Walker, to the Curacy of Eccles, Manchester; patron, the Vicar of Eccles. Rev. R. Moore, jun., 8.A., of Christ Church, to the Rectory of Wetheringsett with Brockford, Suffolk ; patron. the liev. R. Moore. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, M.A., of Christ Church, third son of the Earl of Devon, has been presented to the Vicarage of Broadclist, Devon, vacant by th e d eath of the Rev. W. B ar k er ; patron, Sir T. D. Ackland, Bart. On Thursday se ' nn i g h t , t h e Rev. John Clayton, M.A , of Pembrok e C o ll ege, was i nstituted to the Vicarage o ' f Weston-on-Avon, Gloucestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Davenport. The Rev. Thomas Vere Bayne, M.A., o f W arrington, Lancashire, l a t e S c h o l ar of Jesus College, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Broughton, Lan ' cashire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Wood; patron, the Rev. John Clowes, of Broughton Hall, and others. The Rev. J. Gre gson , M.A., o f B rasenose College, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Upton Over church, Cheshire ; patron, W. Webster, Esq. The Rev. Charles Drury, M.A., formerly Fellow of Queen's College, and Rector of the first portion of Pontes bury, Salop, has been presented to the Prebend of Warham, in the Cathedral Church of Hereford. The Rev. J. J. Trollope, 8.A., of Pembroke College, has been presented to the Vicarage of Wiginore, Hereford s hi re , void by th e res i gna ti on o f th e R ev . J . T aylor, D.D. ; patron, the Bishop of Hereford. SHEFFIELD.—Lord Wharncliffe, a member of the present cabinet, has intimated to deputations from the inhabitants of Sheffield, that a charter will be granted to that town, pursu ant to a petition recently presented. AN INSANE CLAIMANT TO THE QUEEN'S lIAND.-At the Kensington Police-court, on Friday, a person, respect ably dressed, about 25 years of age, having the appearance of a foreigner from his moustaches, and wearing a large brim med white hat with a low crown, entered the court, and de manded to have an interview with the magistrate. Mr. Ni chols, the clerk, who was still in the court, informed him that the magistrate had just left, and inquired what was the na ture of his business, as he appeared much disapp o i n t e d at being to o l a t e. T he app li cant th en said, in broken English, that he wished to see the Queen, as she was his wife, and had left him in New York two years ago. After some further conversation, he said he would go to Windsor, and if his wife would not own him, he would get Prince Albert to pay his passage back to Saxe Meinengen. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1842 The elevation of our talented member, Mr. Cress well, to a seat upon the Judicial Bench creates a vacancy in the representation of Liverpool ; and the Conserva tive electors of our " good old town" have thus pre sented to them an opportunity of proclaiming, once more, their firm and devoted attachment to the princi ples of our glorious constitution. The eyes of all the empire look now to this leading mart of commerce and industry for the opinion —to which we are about to give constitutional expression —with respect to the policy by which this great country is to be governed ; and we can say with confidence for our Conservative fellow-townsmen, that they know their duty, and will discharge it fearlessly and triumphantly. It was the voice of the constituency of Liverpool, expressed in the motion of her present representative, Lord Sandon, which shook in their tenure of office the unprincipled administration of Lord Melbourne ; and the voice of the same constituency must now be raised to strengthen in th e i r seats the Conservative Government, who at present h appily hold in their hands, to guard by their wisdom, the destinies of England. 'We do not yet announce the name of the gen tletnan selected to succeed, in the confidence of the constituency, our late representative. Our brother Conservatives may be assured, however, that he is one worthy of them ; and before our next publication he will he amongst them in person to speak for himself. We have no fear of the result ; and if one painful hi enter Into the cheering; prospect which Ia that, in the tvofully dilapidated condition of the semi- certainty that they will not be able to muster a candi date to receive a thrashing at our hands. : The very name of the Cot:crvative champion whose address will pro- bably appear in our columns on Friday will, we stfon, suspect, check at once the thought of any pugnacious attempt which Whiggery might l►e inclined to make upon the occasion ; and his well-known constitutional opinions and distinguished ability would render such an attempt a perfect absurdity We have no occasion, therefore, to do more than to call upon our Conservative brethren to BE READY. Their candidate will be amongst them in a day or two — a candidate which a right-minded and loyal constituency may he proud of; and we trust that the first shout which they raise, in honour of his name and fame, will proclaim to broad England that the heart of Liverpool beats true, and that its affections are wedded, through good and ill, to the Monarchy, to the Church, and to our glorious Constitution BE READY, THEN!--- CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS, BC READY The fortuitous emancipation of an hundred and odd negroes, the " property " of American citizens, which has taken place at New Providence, has caused a con siderable share of alarm among all the citizen slave owners. It shows them the vigorous being and acti vity of a new peril, and they contemplate fixing a quarrel on Great Britain in order to remove it. Our most captious and pugnacious brother, however, was never more unexceptionably in the wrong in his life than he is in this business, nor can one wonder at any thing so much as the power of face.with which he puts forth the most monstrous assertions concerning it. What is his expectation =Why nothing less than that x-t- shall change our own municipal laws in order to accommodate his piratical propensities, and render him more secure in a possession which we have renounced for ourselves, and have proclaimed that no man, of whatever country, has a right to. This is a beautiful exhibition of national modesty ; but we will not yet say national ; it is only the "slave-holding interest," and the more truculent canaille of ultra-republicans that deal in such presumption. It is surely very ridiculous of our swaggering cousin to suppose that we should sympathise with him on the mutiny and desertion of his miserable bondsmen, and the increasing precariousness of his tenure in them by reason of the facility of deliverance afforded them by the universal law of freedom established within the dominions of Great Britain. The natural and logical inference on his part should be, that we should rejoice with the unfortunates who have gained their liberty, and at the effectual door of escape which we have opened to their unhappy race, rather than condole with the unrelenting masters out of whose hands they have been delivered. One hundred and fourteen of the slaves brought into Nassau were set at liberty ; there was no charge against them ; the authorities of the island had no right to de tain them, nor to assist others in laying them under restraint. Nineteen were put under arrest, of whom one has since died of wounds received in the decisive struggle for freedom. These were demanded by the Americans to be taken by them as culprits and tried by American laws, but refused ; they remain on the island, to be disposed of by the authorities there ac cording to the directions they shall receive from the government at home Everything that is natural and essential between us and the slave-holding citizens may be brought out and discussed on the trial (of whatever nature it may be) of these persons. If these captives be charged with mutiny and murder upon the high seas, their guilt or innocence will depend upon the view we take of natu ral rights. At involuntary slave may, we ,will take it for grant ed, run away from his oppressors, if he may obtain his liberty by flight. By this act, he may indeed deprive his master of what an unjust ordinance may call his " propel ty ;" but a property in the bones and sinews of another is a species of acquisition which God and - na- ture never gave him. We advance to the case in which the flight or at tempt to escape of the slave may be opposed IJxths master or its agents ; anil here if a mortal combat en sue, and one of the oppressors be slain by the bonds man fighting in defence of his natural rights, are we to call this " murder," " justifiable homicide," or what ? On the high seas the municipal law of Ame-. rica was of no obligation, and the parties on board the Creole were in respect to natural rights all perfectly equal. The nineteen accused blacks did no more than vindicate their original rights ; they were guilty o f no excesses, no unnecessary cruelty; they did nu attempt to rescue themselves without a reasonable probability of success; and without making an effort for freedom at the time, and in the way they did, they might fairly have considered their doom of slavery as fixed for ever. They are now charged with " mutiny and mur der." Mutiny ! is it " mutinous " not to submit to the brand and the lash—to cruelty and oppression at the hand of remorseless tyrants—and that for life ? And if the oppressor meets with death in his nefarious attempt to keep his fellow-man in bonds, is such so accident to be counted " murder" ? We. leave the decision in the hands of others; it is perhaps a nice case ; we do not feel warranted in speaking dogmati cally upon,it; but we confess that the inclination of our opinion and feelings is in favour of human li berty, and of great leniency and tenderness towards those who may be driven by a hard and cruel necessity to use even the strongest means to redeem themselves from an unqualified, life-enduring, and intolerable bon- In short, it seems to us that the coloured men of the Creole, if tried on a charge of " mutiny and murder," must be acquitted. We cannot—we ought not to re cede from the position we have elsewhere assumed; since we have taken upon us to denounce slavery as an injustice —an infringement of natural and inalienable rights —we should go through with it ; there is no re treat left us. Brother Jonathan may rail, but he can not rail the seal off the bond which we have passed in behalf of the oppressed, and particularly of the coloured race, in whatever quarter of the world they may be found. He may practise the iniquity of slave -dealing and slave-keeping within his own borders; but out of them he must find no favour to his practices at our hands. We feel convinced that public opinion will go along with the Municipal Council in making the most liberal grant towards the completion of the beautiful building for the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, now so far ad vanced, that the state of their - funds will permit. So tasteful and splendid a pile will constitute one of the principal architectural adornments of the town; anti had it sprung up solely upon the suggestion and ex clusively from the funds of the authorised trustees of the public property, there is no enlightened inhabitant of Liverpool who would, or at least who ought to say, that the work was otherwise than creditable to thew• The merit of the design, however, belongs to others: and in that the Council cannot now share ; but as the work is incomplete, and pecuniary aid is required to carry it forward, they have the opportunity of doing a public service, and gaining much honour for them selves, by contributing a handsome sum out of their surplus income for this purpose. That there is a baneful party spirit operating in the mind of some men, which would feel more gratified in arresting the progress of an important public under taking of this kind, than in forwarding it, we have too.. much melancholy proof to d ou b t ; b u t th e C o uncil, le it would faithfully discharge the great and responsibre public duty committed to it, will do well to pay lilac regard to the petty carpings and frivolous cavils that proceed from such a source, and which are issued with no other view than to impede them in an high and honourable course of action. We alluded last week to the readiness of one of our local organs of liberalism, to commit havoc upon a fa vourite institution of its own, rather than allow it to stand with the dangerous precedent connected with it, of a " grant " from the Town Council. The folly perpetrated in this case is somewhat analogous to that insinuated in the old saying of " cutting one's nose to vex their face." The precedent was inconvenien t but how was it to he got rid of without making an offering of the institution itself upon the altar of party ? And this accordingly is done. The Mechanics' Institti- said the authors of this grand stroke of policy, wa s e gregious failure, and a co m pl e t e deception upon all T Eiberpoof tattbarb.