The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

Ilk/TELL] GENCR TELLIGENCE FROM SYRIA AND THE LEVANT ANOTHER DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT ACRE. (From th but dys Admin "orniny Herald of yesterday.) ►ess from Mar- linary Ex, is from Syria and the Levant, bringing dates the 15th, Beyrout 18th, and Malta 25th of J, by Extr .ere on the 6th of Noveir of that place, by the explosion of ie within the fortress. The number amounts to 280. The sufferers are ng many women and children ; but hat 20 British seamen and marines officers and men wounded. Amongst Sir Charles Smith, commanding the lier, of the Castor ; Lieut. John- Charlotte rown upon the immediate cause of this tery a British fleet were still on the Syrian ever began to prevail among the was about to sail for Alexandria, taking with him part of the fleet to winter at Marmorizza ; the remainder, it is said, would winter at Malta, whither the s camp was by the last accounts at Zac on the plain of Roccah, underthe Lebanon. Soliman and HUssein l'.cha were both with him. Their rifted forces amounted to 12,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. The new Emir Bechir was in the mountains, hovering on the of Ibrahim's army. Hebron and Legia had, it was declared for the Sultan. The late commanding engineer re, Cot. Schultz (who is now called a Swiss and not a :moved on board the Edinburgh with the inten vino. ca.. ~m to Constantinople, but owing to the state of his health, it was necessary to land him at Beyrout, where ed in tl From Malta we learn . that Sir Moses Montefiore and suite ware still performing Quarantine there. Me. Joel Davis, who accompanied Sir Moses thither, but did not proceed to Alexandria. died of dysentery on the 23d ult. The Asia ar rived at Malta on the 21st November. The island suffered ;ready from severe drought. .es from Constantinople are to the lith ult. There a great fire at Therapia on the 14th, which did con- 'MASTER AT ACRE. her, three days after the fall of this On tt redoubt 6th of No le fortress and when the British were still rejoic ing at having achieved, in three hours, and with a loss on their side of only 22 killed and 44 wounded, that which even in its then inferior strength withstood 11 assaults of Napo leon, and was only taken on the 12th with a sad loss of human a disaster, the origin of —.wed up, though, in all proba .isen from the loose manner in which powder ars to have been conveyed from place to place by the during the defence of it against the allies, for it he approaches to the works from the several maga literally one continued train of powder, requiring ..e,ilance to remove, so as to avoid such conse as the one we are about to relate. A column, at least 500 yards in height, of thick yellow noke and dust, with a loud and simultaneous report, sue -led by a white smoke and the bursting of as many as a bells, spreading in all directions far beyond and all ships of the fleet, some of which, and among them g only about one hundred yards from the i the explosion of another powder magazine the Was within the fortress of Acre ! In five minuts after, the offi cers who landed from the shipping to the succour of the suf ferers, among whom there might be shipmates and mess mates, encountered on the road those who had fortunately escaped carrying to the boats for conveyance on board, for medical aid, the maimed and wounded, which, together with the killed, are said to amount to 280, of whom at least 150 are native women and children. We have been unable to as certain how many are the sufferers in the British fleet, but understand that as many as fifteen marines are killed, and I it not been the hour of dinner, the number would have considerably increased. Among the seamen there are =tied, and of the officers, Brigadier General Sir 'elix Smith, R.N., very slightly ; Captain Collier, he Castor, leg broke, and other injuries and bruises, enant Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Kitson, both of s Charlotte; from which ship Mr. Warre, mate, sing party, were ordered to clear out a magazine ler and shells, which was on fire from the explo perilous service was happily performed without r, notwithstanding the doors had been shattered. plying of wet bales and blankets, by dusk the orther damage were considerably reduced, though not entirely extinguished until a late hour of the thing could exceed the intrepid conduct of the nployed, who even mounted the burning roof, bra -11 danger, in order to introduce the hose of the engine, Princes flaying upon the fire. The Princess Charlotte had two of ler marines killed and nine wounded, besides several sea elonging to her above-named. men, and the officers tiCRE, Nov —On Friday the 6th, an explosion of a pow azine took place, and the loss of life on this sad oc ras indeed fearful. Captain Ford himself was on short on the spot a few hours before, and reports that a number of poor Arab women were there seeking among the ruins the dead bodies of their husbands, and relations. These he supe poses amounted to a hundred, and it is probable that all me a melancholy fate by the explosion. Captain Ford hiinself escaped narrowly, for he had been I Sir C. Smith a few moments before the ex mcused himself, having felt too much fatigue s previous exertions Teas of the explosion were very remarkable. Among ch filled the air were perceived im rhich fell near the Tahiri Bairi, with itrikiiig her), shells exploded with horrible din, s of men and women were hurled into eternity ! ping off to different ships were wet through by d by the fall of stones and other heavy bodies the Stromboli was struck, but providentially ?fit three o'clock signals were made , _ the columns of d and Men in ooat the splash can fincess Charlotte (flag ship) for all the boats to go on s re and render assistance. At four it was painfully that many were killed and wounded. Among the suf -re Captain Collier, of the Castor, who had his leg oroKen and a contusion on the head. He is, however, doing well. ferers we General Sir ( amining his horse, had le killed aplain of the flag-ship and twelve marines badly Twelve marines wounded and several missing. Forty Turks killed and wounded, and about 100 Arabs, men and women wn, oxen, asses, sheep, mules, horses, _camels, &c lie indiscriminately with mutilated human bodies. Although Arabs are employed to remove the dead, the work is one of much labour, on account of the heavy stones with which the bodies are covered. There is no supporting the dreadful odours that arise from the putrefying masses. Water is scarce and bad. At the time the Tahiti Bairi left men were dying in the streets for want of surgical aid; ~_ons of the fleet were too few in number to do what they desired, though their individual exertions were highly the surge commendable Mahmoud Bey, with 2,000,000 of piasters, made his escape, "- - bout 20,000 people, during the night ; many of them seized by the mountaineers, or voluntarily Col. Schultz, a Swiss engineer, after being badly wounded, surrendered to Sir R. Stopford, by whom he was sent on board the Edinburgh, with orders to be well treated. He.was afterwards embarked on board the Tahiri Bairi, for Constantinople ; but ere he reached Beyrout, he was suf fering so severely, that Captain Ford landed him at the Eng lish hospital there, where he will receive the very best atten tion and care. The ships in general, except the rigging, are little touched. Admiral Walker behaved nobly, bringing his ship in close to the forts, with only two feet water under her keel, and in a very exposed place. He was raked by a battery on his quarter, and exposed to the fire of batteries on his beam. He only lost four men killed and eight wounded. His ship was much injured, and sailed yesterday (sth) for Con stantinople for repairs, and carrying 1200 prisoners. The assistance rendered by the two Aukitrian frigates were considerable, and called forth the thanks of Sir R. Stopford. EGYPT The Commerce publishes the following letter, dated Alex andria, the 11th ult., 3 o'clock p. m., without, however, vouching for its correctness : " The fleet is not to quit the harbour ; 8000 men have just been landed from it, who are to be marched to Rosetta and Aboukir, to defend those two points. Several convoys of camels, laden with ammunition, and some batteries of artil lery, have been also sent thither. " After the breaking up of the council of war, held this morning, it was said that Said Bey was about to leave, for the purpose of surrendering the Ottoman fleet into the hands of Admiral Stopford, and that the latter had been invited to repair to Alexandria, where he was to remain until the final adjustment of the Egyptian affairs. Orders have been for warded to Ibrahim Pasha, enjoining him to return immedi ately to Egypt." ALGIERS A telegraphic despatch, dated Toulon, the 29th ult., an nounces that the expedition to Medeah had succeeded, with out meeting any opposition from the Arabs, and that the troops had re-entered their cantonments on the 22d. The province of Algiers was tranquil. Another despatch, of the same date, states that several Arab tribes had been severely chastised by the French, who had only lost five killed and 62 wounded. SPAIN ,ve received intelligence from Madrid of the 27th le Duke of Victory, entreated by his colleagues not - adrid at so critical a juncture, had postponed his tourney to the north. It was hoped that the differences be " government and the Basque provinces would be , ctorily, adjusted. M. Olano. the deputy for Guipuzcoa, been received by the duke and several other members of Ae regency. M. Pageot, the charge d'affaires of France, had arrived in Madrid. to quit M tween ti COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE The only topic of general news contained in the Cape papers received on Friday, and which reach to the 19th Sep tember inclusive, is the state of the frontier, a question which seems not only to interest the border farmers, but also the colonial administration. A memorial presented to the Lieut.- Governor, which was from the farmers residing in the field countries of the Fish River. Konass and Winterburg, gives The farmers complain - that it only have they not received compensation for the los s o f le and other prope r ty they sustained during the C?.ffre 'eh was solemnly promised by the colonial admims mit that through the negligence of the government, g the Caffre depredations, their stock and property is so diminished, that they cannot now even protect them selves. They declare that they cannot obtain a sufficiency of servants to guard their flocks and herds as armed herdsmen, and that it is utterly impossible for them to remain longer on the frontier unless some change in the system immediately takes place. Should they he compelled to adopt this final course, they say they must not be stigmatised as rebels, be cause it would not be they who deserted the government, -• the government who d eser t e d t h em, i n not afford i ng t h at ection which binds a people to it, In conclusion, they For information as'tc) whethe r th ere i s any pro b a bi l i ty o f • gaining compensation, and if there is any hope of the :ies being altered. Should it, they say, not be in the mor's power to afford redress, they would be obliged, 3ver reluctantly, and at whatever risk, to resort to !nee ; which must be as unpleasant fora paternal government intemplate as for themselves to execute. At Capetown isions were abundant at low prices, beef an d mu tt on ig at 2d. per lb. A thunder-storm, unattended with had been experienced on the 17th. —Times. of the matter PORT PHILIP. Intelligence has reached Melbourne of another and still more atrocious outrage committed by the blacks at Mr. Waugh's station, near the Broken River, and which, I regret ) say, has been attended by a lamentable loss of human life. full particulars of this melancholy afar have not reached it there is no doubt whatever that it actually occurred. Vaugh—who must be known to many of oar readers as thor of a work in New South Wales, which met with success in the mother country, chiefly in Scothiml— had bilt 1 , 00.114 Prue to l3ort Philipfrola the 6049)4t,:ix Plains, whore his father and family still reside, and had forniqd the station on the Broken River, where the outrage ocourre4 immediately on his arrival. It is not known al what timQ the blacks attacked the station, for the massacre was not dis : covered until the return of Mr. Waugh, who had been to Melbourne to procure supplies, and found on reaching the station, that the place had been attacked and rifled of every thing, and that his sheep and shepherds, four in number, had entirely disappeared. After some search the mangled re mains of two of the unfortunate men were found, and part of the sheep recovered ; but of the other two men not a trace could be obtained, though there is every reason to fear that they have shared the fate of their unfortunate companions.— Sydney Herald, July 13. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY The Prussian government has ordered four millions of ball cartridges to be manufactured immediately. We note in a contemporary's columns the advertisement of a lady for a husband. " None need apply under six feet." —Whew ! but the lady goes in ferociously for Hy-men.— New York paper. The passengers who arrived in the United States in 1839 were 76,000, of whom 70,509 were foreigners, viz., from Great Britain and Ireland 31,000, from Germany 19,000. France 7000. No fewer than 47,000 of the above arrived at New York. The French in Africa suffer seriously from the effects of climate. We are told by the Sentinel de 1' Armee, that the 17th Light Infantry, during its stay of five years in Africa, where it so much distinguished itself, lost 2216 officers and men. According to advices from the Levant, the light vessels and steamers of the allied squadrons are to keep up the block ade and the surveillance of the Syrian coast, while a detach ment of five sail of the line and two frigates blockade Alexan dria. The rest of the ships are to go to the bay of Marmo rizza. A curious account is given, from Tubingen, in Wurtemburg, of a new printing establishment, lately opened by M. Theo dore Helgerad. All the compositors and pressmen, 196 in number, eleven of the former being women, are deaf and dumb ; and have been educated at his cost for the employment in which they are now engaged. The late rumour of the intention of the Emperor of Austria to abdicate is again renewed in another form.—The new ver sion is, that he has the intention to share the weight of affairs with a co-regent : and that his brother, the Archduke Francis Charles Joseph, who is heir-presumptive to the throne, will be immediately summoned to take part in the government. ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON IN FRANCE. —The Belle Poule, frigate, commanded by His Royal High ness the Prince de Joinville, arrived at St. Helena on the Bth of October last; on the 15th the remains of the emperor were disinterred, and shipped on board the Belle Poule; and, on the 18th that frigate sailed for Cherbourg, at which port she arrived on the 30th ult. Accounts from Odessa state that the Russian fleet is being dismantled. The inauguration of the King of Holland took place on the 28th of November. It was of a very brilliant description. Mademoiselle Cerito, who is now making a professional tour through the north of Italy, has just created quite a fur ore at Verona. After her first performance in that city, the horses were taken off her carriage, and Taglioni's young rival was dragged home in triumph. A private letter from Rome, dated the 19th ult., states, that Cardinal Falzacappa, Archbishop of Civita Vecchia, died in that city on the 18th ult. The deceased was one of the old est cardinals, having been appointed in 1823 ; he was 72 years of age. FLORIDA.- -UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.—III nearly every pre cinct of Middle Florida, it is stated in the Tallahassee Star, the troops in the pay of the United States attempted to vote. " We are informed," adds that paper, " that at the precinct of Chattahoochie, in Gadsden county, about 60 of them marched up, and, on their votes being challenged, undertook to take forcible possession of the ballot boxes, and threatened to vote as much as they pleased, whether the judges liked it or not. Though few in number the people of Chattahoochie proved a match for douhle their number. They were all withdrawn from the protection of the settlements, for the purpose of storming the polls !"—Louisville Journal. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET TLIURSDAY EVENING.—The funds remain with scarcely any variation and little doing. Consols are now quoted ex dividend and closed at 891 to for the opening. Bank Stock 158 to 9. India Stock 240 to 2. The market for Foreign Securities was dull, Spanish Active with the Coupons were 24 to 4. Portuguese Two and-a-half per Cents (falsely called Fives) 344 to 4, the One and-a-half per Cents (falsely called Threes) 24 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents 514 to 2, the Five per Cents 984 to 9. Belgian 974 to 81. Brazilian 71 to 2. Mexican 30 to I. Colombian 26 to 4. London and Birmingham Railways were 77 to 9, Great Western 22 to 3 premium. South Western 53 to 4 per share. North Nidland Old Shares 28 to 6, the New 4 to 3, Blackwall 4 to 34, Brighton 4 to 34 discount. FRIDAY EVENING.—Money on the whole was rather easier, but notwithstanding this, there was some mistrust about the maintenance of prices, and the sales that followed caused a decline of 1 per cent. in Consols ; the Reduced stocks suffered in like proportion. The highest price of Consols for the account during the day was 894 ex. d iv., but declined to 884 to 9, which was the quotation at the close of the usual hours of business. After that they were quoted 884 sellers. Bank Stock has undergone a further decline, leaving off 1564 to 1571 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced left off at 884 ;3+ per Cents. Reduced, 971 to ; India Stock 236 to 238, ex. div. ; and Exchequer bills, 2s to 4s premium. Under this depression the foreign stocks gave way to a cer tain extent, and the average fall is about 4 to 4 per cent. Spanish Actives were finally marked 23+ to ; Mexican. 291 to 30 ; Colombian 254 to 26 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 34 to 4 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 214 to 221; Belgian Scrip to 1+ premium ; Danish, 77 to I ; Brazilian, 71 to 72 ; and Dutch 24 per Cents., 514 to 4. SATURDAY EVENING.—Very little real business was transacted in the English funds to-day, but a sort of contest existed between the speculators for the rise and the specu lators for the fall, to produce a temporary action upon the market. Consols for the account, which opened 884 to 89, closed 89 buyers ; Bank Stock was last quoted 1561 to 1571; India Stock, 236 to 238 ex. dividend • and Exchequer-bills, 3 to 5 premium ; 34 per Cent. Reduced shut at 974 to 4, and 3 pe- Cent. Reduced, 884 to 89. Money at the Stock-Ex change commands 4 to 5 per cent. Although the prices of some of the speculative foreign stocks are quoted higher, there has been no feature in the market. Spanish Actives closed at 24 to 4 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 344 to 4' • Portuguese 3 per Cents., 22 t o 4 Dutch 21 per Cents., 5 14 to 4; Dutch 5 per Cents., 984 to 4; Belgian Scrip, I to 14 premium; Colombia n , 254 t o 26; an d Mexican,_294 to 30. Great Western shares left off at 21 to 22 premium; Great Western New Shares, 9to premium ; Birmingham, 77 to 79 premium ; South Western, 53 to 54 per share ; North Midland, 28 to 26 discount ; North Midland, new, 3i to 21 discount ; Eastern Counties, 15 to 14 discount ; Blackwall, 41 to 4 discount ; and Brighton, lot to 10 discount. COURT CIRCULAR.-FRIDAY Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Queen, yes terday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Her majesty was received on her arrival by Lady Barham, lady in waiting ; Hon. Miss Pitt, maid of honour in waiting; Viscount Tor rington, lord in waiting ; Major the Hon. George Keppel, groom in waiting ; Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, equerry in waiting on Prince Albert; and Captain Seymour, groom in waiting on Prince Albert ; the Queen Dowager was attended by Viscountess Barrington. - The Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty and Princc Albert, yesterday. Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater and Cap tain Seymour, rode out on horseback, yesterday. The Marquis of Normanby attended at Buckingham Palace, yesterday morning. His lordship returned to the palace in the afternoon, and had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. MONDAY.—The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. Horsley Dakins, the les sons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the communion-service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Banks, from John, chap. xvi. verse 7. The chant was the Earl of Mornington's ; the Te Deutn and Jubilate, in C (Boyce); the Sanctus and Responses (Arnold). The anthem, " Sing, 0 Heavens!" (Kent), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Vaughan, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart pre sided at the organ. The Rev. D. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Prince Albert was attended by Lord R. Grosvenor, Major- General Sir E. Bowater, Captain Seymour, Major the Hon. G. Keppc . l, and Col. Weroyss. The Marquis of Normanby had an audience of Prince Albert on Saturday at Bnckingham Palace. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-TUESDAY (Sittings before Lord Denman and Common Juries.) BLACKBURN V. EVANS AND ANOTHER. Sir F. Pollock and Mr. Addison appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Richards and Mr. Cieasby for the defendants. This was an action against the sheriffs for unlawfully seizing certain goods belonging to the plaintiff. The sheriffs had taken the goods under an execution issued at the suit of Mr. Fisher, another creditor. The question in the cause was, whether a bill of sale executed by Mr. W. J. Hammond, the late lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, was a valid instrument, or had been made in illegal preference of the plaintiff over the other creditors. To show the honesty of the whole transac • tion, the attorney, who had throughout acted for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hammond himself were put into the box, and they stated that the bill of sale was given for a bond fide debt for the payment of which the plaintiff had urgently pressed Mr. Hammond, and had tried to obtain from him a security even more peremptory. The jury, under these circumstances, found a verdict for the plaintiff. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE (From the Oxford Herald.) Mr. William James Jenkins, Scholar of Balliol College, has been elected Fellow on the Blundell Foundation; and Messrs. James Riddell, from Shrewsbury School, and Matthew Arnold, from Rugby School, Scholars on the old and open Foundation in the said College. On Thursday last, Stephen Charles Denison, 8.A., of Balliol College, and of the Inner Temple, was elected to the Stowell Law Fellowship in University College. Mr. Denison was placed in the First Class in Literis flumanioribus, in Michaelmas Term, 1832. The Lord Bishop of Winchester has presented the Rev. Anthony Crowdy, M.A., late of Brasenose College, to the Rectory of Winnal, Hants, vacant by the removal of the Rev. E. M'All to the Rectory of Brighstone, Isle of Wight. The Rev. Thomas Halton, M.A., late of Brasenose College, Curate of Liverpool, has been appointed by the Earl of Lons dale one of his Lordship's Domestic Chaplains. P ROMOTIONS. R e v. S. Richards, late of Bath, to the Rectory of Thorp, Yorkshire; patroness, Lady Effingham. Rev. Mr. Claughton to the Vicarge of Kidderminster, va cant by the death of the Rev. James Farley Turner; patron, Lord Ward. Rev. James Coyte, M.A., Rector of Boyton, to the Rec tory of Polstead, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Whitmore ; patron, F. R. Reynolds. Esq. On Friday evening last, as Betsy Angove was proceeding from Pool to her residence, imprudently choosing to walk by the railway, which shortens the distance, she was overtaken by one of the trains proceeding to Portreath ; and being thrown down, with her neck on one of the rails, her head was instantly severed from her body. An inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict of " accidental death" re turned.—Plymouth Journal. A lady of the borough of Tynemouth has a hen carnay which has, during this year, laid twenty-seven eggs, a n d reared twenty-two young ones. The first four nests had five eggs each ; the fifth, three ; and the sixth four. gxTRA.oRinNA.RY AN') MITSTEITUS OCCUR:, CK. RENCE AT DUINGHAM pALA. E.-A STRAN GER APPRIMENpEtir IN HE MAJESTY'S DRESSING, ROOM, LONDON, THURSDAY NIGHT. The greatest excitement prevailed in Buckingham Palace shortly after 12 o'clock last night, in consequence of a stranger being discovered under the sofa in her Majesty's dressing-room. The police were instantly called in, and im mediately secured the daring intruder, who turned out to be the identical boy who was discovered in the Palace about two years since. His narre is Edward Jones; be is 17 years of age, and the son of a poor tailor in Derby-street, Westmin ster. The police conveyed Jones to the station-house in Gardener's-lane at two o'clock this morning, when he was given in.charge of Inspector Haining, with instructions to keep the prisoner in safe custody until he received instruc tions from the Home Office. To-day, at twelve 6'clock, a Privy Council was held at the Home Office to investigate the circumstances of this most extraordinary and mysterious affair. The inquiry, however, was so strictly private that the following are all the particu lars our reporter was able to collect. There were present at the Council, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Erroll, Lord Duncannon, the Hon. Mr. Murray, Comptroller of the Household, and the Earl of Uxbridge. Mr. Hall, Chief Magistrate of Bow-street, and Colonel Rowan, were also in attendance. Shortly after 12 o'clock instructions were sent to the police-office to bring up the prisoner. He was in a few mi nutes afterwards taken before the council, and interrogated as to his mysterious and extraordinary conduct. We under stand he was strictly questioned as to his mode of obtaining admission into the Palace, but that he prevaricated in his an swers. His father was then sent for, and he stated that he was of opinion that his unfortunate son was not right in his mind. After a short investigation, the council directed that the police should take the prisoner to Buckingham Palace, as he promised to describe to them the mode and way by which he effected his extraordinary entrance, and which, under the circumstances, might have had a most dreadful effect on her Majesty, who, we are informed, had been in the room where the lad was discovered only a few hours before. After giving the above instruction to convey the prisoner to Buckingham Palace. the Council adjourned until half-past four o'clock (we understand) this afternoon. When the' prisoner was discovered in the Palace nearly two years since, he was prosecuted and tried at the West minster Sessions, on an indictment charging him with secre ting himself for the purpose of committing a felony. On that occasion he was acquitted. Since then, we hear, he has been in the employ of Mr. Kendall, chemist, in the Broadway, Westminster, and that there has been no fault found against his general character and conduct. He is very short for his age, but he has an old and surly look. His dress was of the meanest description, and he is altogether an ill-looking lad. We rejoice to state that the extraordinary circumstance which occurred last night has had no unfavourable effect on her Majesty, who (with the Princess Royal) are going on most favourably. Nothing has transpired to show that any blame was attri butable to the domestics. The affair has ,produced a great sensation in the neighbourhood of St. James's. LATEST PARTICULARS.-COMMITTAL OF THE PRISOYER The Privy Council reassembled at half-past two o'clock at the Home Office, when after a short examination the prisoner Jones was committed to the House of Correction, Coldbath Fields, for three months, and to be kept to hard labour. The Members of the Council were of opinion that the prisoner is not insane, but that he was actuated like Oxford to obtain notoriety. FURTHER. PARTICULARS. (From the Times of Saturday.) The sensation created by the late mystiiiims entrance of the boy Jones into Buckingham Palace, appears to be even greater than that produced by his apprehension in the same place in December, 1838. The object which prompted so daring a proceeding is still involved in the utmost doubt; but it was not probable that it was his intention to do any per sonal injury to her Majesty, for had such been his purpose. abundant opportunities of carrying it into effect presented themselves during his concealment in the chamber where he was secured. From a well-informed source we have heard the sofa under which Jones was found is in the ante-room in which the Princess Royal and Mrs. Lilley, her royal high ness's nurse, repose. On the night in question the latter had not long retired to rest ere she fancied she heard a noise similar to that likely to be caused by a person who was endeavour ing to prevent his presence from being discovered, and was moving in a stealthy manner. Mrs. Lilley at first treated the matter as of no moment, thinking probably that the noise might have been imaginary. Its renewal, however, created an alarm, and she instantly summoned those of the attendants who were on guard in the adjoining ante-chamber. On their arrival the offender was quickly discovered, and drawn from his place of hiding. The statement then goes on to say that her Majesty, who but three hours previously had been sitting on this particular sofa, having been disturbed by the confu sion to which the event had given rise, called out, and desired to be informed as to its cause. As an apprehension was, how ever, entertained that the sudden communication of the oc currence might be attended with an unfavourable effect on her Majesty, the attendants gave an evasive answer. The Queen repeated her command, and then the fact of the boy's concealment and subsequent apprehension were made known to her. The circumstance at that time appeared not to produce any very visible effect on her Majesty, but on Thursday symptoms of other than a satisfactory character were appa rent. It affords us the highest gratification to be able to add, that a .few hours of quietude tended to the restoration of her Majesty._ _ . d It would appear that there is now no doubt but that the account given by Jones (difficult as it is to believe anything he says) as to his having effected his entrance into the Pa lace by scaling the garden wall from Constitution-hill, and then passing through one of the French windows which open on to the lawn, is correct. It is said that some of the win dows were broken, and that other marks of a suspicious nature were observable near the spot. The wall can easily be scaled at the place specified. Unless when the slanter shutters are put up, much resistance cannot be offered by the range of windows in question. Having once gained the inside of the building, the lad, from his recollection of the various staircases and passages, would find, perhaps, but little difficulty in reaching the apartment in which he was afterwards arrested. Upon being asked whether he had not met some of the attendants in the course of his progress aloug the corridor and staircases, he replied " Yes," but that when he saw any one coming in his direction, he hid himself behind the pillars, or behind any piece of furniture which happened to be near. Hitherto he has been silent as to the motive which induced him to take so extraordinary a step as that of forcing his way a second time into the Royal apartments, and when asked yesterday morning, after he had been upon the tread-wheel, how he liked his punish ment, his answer was to the effect that he had got into the scrape, and must do the best he could. . . There does not appear to be the slightest ground for the rumour that he is insane. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS FROM A CORRESPONDENT. The mysterious affair of the boy Jones having obtained an entrance into Buckingham Palace was the general topic of conversation at the west end of the town yesterday, and the event has caused the greatest interest. A number of most respectable persons called on the father of the lad, at his shed in Derby-street, but were not able to elicit anything from him relating to his unfortunate but adventurous son. His reply to all inquiries was, " I am requested by a high autho rity not to answer any questions." Who this high authority is, must, of course, remain a matter of conjecture. We are, however, glad to hear that the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and other officers of her majesty's household, have instituted a most searching inquiry into all the circumstances of this extraordinary case, and that all the domestics of the palace will undergo a rigid examination. Jones has altered his tale since yesterday, but it is believed that his first account was correct, as there were evident marks of an entry being made by one of the windows in the ground floor of the Palace. He now states that he effected an en trance by ascending the roof and going down a chimney; but if had made such an attempt he must have been discovered by the police or sentries on duty, and there were no marks of soot on his person. Many circumstances, however, have transpired to show that he was in the Palace the whole of Wednesday, such as finger-marks being observed in the (we use the technical words) " stock for soup." The greatest mystery attending the affair, however, is, how he could have found his way without being observed, to the room adjoining that in which her majesty slept. The delinquent states, that during the day he secreted himself under different beds and cupboards, until at last he obtained an entrance into the r o om in which he was fortunately discovered. Not much reliance can be placed in his statements, but as such general curiosity exists on the subject, we may state that in answer to inter rogatories, he said " that he had sat upon the throne, and he saw the Queen, and heard the Princess Royal cry." Prince Albert was in the room with her Majesty taking leave for the night when the miscreant was discovered under the sofa. His Royal. Highness, hearing a noise proceeding from the adjoining apartment, opened the door and ascer tained the cause, but it was, we understand, not made known to her Majesty at the time, but she was informed of the circumstances on the following morning by the Marquis of Normanby and her Royal consort. It is said that the Queen did not betray any symptom of alarm, nor was in the least discomposed. When her Majesty is residing at the Palace an extra num ber of police are in constant attendance, who have strict or ders to see that no stranger enters ; the domestics have also similar instructions, but notwithstanding these orders, the surprise is not so great that an entrance might be effected as that Jones should be able to find his way to the apartment adjoining her Majesty's bed-room. The fellow's shoes were found in one of the rooms of the ground floor, but with all the precaution that he adopted it remains a great mystery to the household how he could have found his way undisco vered from the ground-floor to the Queen's dressing-room. The sofa under which the boy was discovered, we under stand, is one of most costly and magnificent material and workmanship, and ordered expressly for the accommodation of the royal and illustrious visiters who call to pay their re spects to her Majesty. The subject engrosses public attention at the west end of the town. Nothing else is talked of, and the general opinion is that some further punishment than confinement for three months ought to be inflicted, to prevent another such an unpleasant, and might be dangerous, intrusion into the Royal Palace. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the Times of yesterday.) We have received from a correspondent the following statement, for the purpose of correcting a misapprehension which he says he h as o b serve d i n our account o f t h e b oy w h o obtained access into Buckingham Palace. He states, " that the boy never got into her Majesty's dressing-room at all. The furthest apartment into which he penetrated was a sit ting room in whi c h th e Q ueen usually gives audience to her ministers, and in which he was detected under the sofa." Almost all the particulars which have yet been given are, he nurse hee s vr l e e rim e t p aa , j : l es t et ;l a r p or p re e dt a i e s says, more or le ss erroneous. The princess royal and her princess Then e n h t o h y e nr fl oe o yv oae royal above : h t t a h hd a e t hia o sm n p eu w rr po h oo i c m a h e o wth n iet t hs h e e occasion been ever so mischievous, he could not have effected it. He was heard i n th e a b ove -mentioned rooms by Mrs. Lilley, and on her receiving n o answer to her questi , in, " Who is there ?" she very prudently locked the door, and summoned a page, who detected and secured the littl e rogue . Neither the Queen nor the Prince heard any thi ng o f the occurrence, and both slept undisturbed till morning. The place where the boy effected his entrance will (says our cor— respondent) be now well secured, and every other precaution taken for the greater security of the royal per son . Thi s mat ter, however (says the writer), is not so easy as might be supposed, owing to the number of dark passages, recesses, and staircases, with which the basement abounds ; and an additional source of danger is to be found in the extraordi nary number of plasterers, carpenters, tin smiths, plumbers, &c., who are constantly employed, and rambling over every part of the palace. Some of these are employed by the Lord Chamberlain, some by the Board of Works, and thus there is no one superintendent to whom they are personally known. The writer suggests the following simple regulation allegul haetioanri4aesa and one likely to be of essential service, viz., h improvements in the palace, especially those requiring the employment of a number of workmen, should be carried on and doa , fi a n o is d h t e h d a d t uarainsogoto as the absence Q nce ue o e f n h e tSovereign to the from palace, L o all persons should leave it, except such as are employed by the respective household department s , w h o then could be, as they ought to be, responsible for the security of its inmates. returns THE BOY JONES.—We understand that Mr. Maule, So licitor to the Treasury, has received instructions to prefer an indictment against Janus at the next Westnain#er Sessions, for secreting himself in Buckingham Palace with intent to commit a felony.—Standard. THE Boy JONES.—This urchin, at once so mischievous and eviegle, in no degree wants intelligence. Several of the magistrates visited the prison yesterday, and when Jones was asked why he entered the apartment of her majesty, he replied, " I wanted to know how they lived at the palace. I was de sirous of knowing the habits of the people, and I thought a description would look very well in a book." When asked whether he had spoken to any bookseller on the subject, he replied, " No, he had not ; but he thought, nevertheless, an account of the palace, and of the disposition and arrange ment of the chambers, would he very interesting." This is the age of prurient curiosity, and as cooks, valeti de &sombre, and ladies'-maids, have all published the fruits of their ex perience. it is not impossible that Master Jones may be ad ded to the list of the "illustrious obscure" already too nu merous. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The directors of this company, have, we understand, resolved to make the line a double one throughout its entire length, as soon as convenient.—Carlisle Patriot. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY .—Receipts for the week ending November 14, £1537 6s. 9d. A project is on foot for a railway through Blackburn and Burnley to connect the North Union Railway with the Man chester and Leeds Railway, at Todmorden. 'The distance is about 30 miles. YORK AND SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY.—We understand that the services of Messrs. Tuke and Allanson, of York, have been engaged for the purpose of surveying this import ant line.—Halffax Guardian. The last portion of the Birmingham and Gloucester line of railway, extending from Cofton Farm to Camp Hill, near Birmingham, will, it is confidently anticipated, be opened to the public on Tuesday, the 15th of December. HEYWOOD BRANCH RAILWAY.--Last week, the forma tion of the Heywood Branch railway, from the Blue Pit Station of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, to near the Navigation Inn, Heywood, was commenced. its construc tion has been let to Mr. Thompson for the sum of £6,000. STATE OF TRADE Lzuns.—The stock of goods in the mixed Cloth Hall is so low and chiefly of so old a kind, that the quantity of buii ness transacted in the hall really forms no criterion by which to judge of the real state of the Woollen Trade. We are happy, however, to be able to report an improvement rather than a declension in the Woollen Trade of the district. At present there is a good business doing for the season, and the spirits of our merchants have hem cheered , by the recent tidings from the United Statei ; but the scarcity of money prevents any speculative dealings at present. BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a large attendance of merchants in the Piece Hall on Thu rs d a y, but the amount of their purchases was extremely small, there not being goods in the market to complete their orders. So far as the sales were effected former prices were realized. In the Yarn Mar ket there was comparatively little business done ; and the WO . ol Market was nearly stationary, both as to demand and prices. CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, Nov. 28.—The price of Wool remains very steady but with a limited demaud. The MARKET for METALS is in a very drooping con dition ; British iron and lead both 5s per ton lower, and very little demand even at that reduction in price. East India Tin is considerably lower, 460 slabs of Banca having been offered by auction, and bought in at 76s per cwt. Spelter is now worth £23 7s 9d per ton, delivered on the spot.—Leeds Intelligencer. LANCASHIRE. — The calico block printing in the neigh bouring towns of Manchester still remains in a depressed state The operative hatters at Oldham are unusually brisk in making hat bonnets both for the home trade and for ex portation. The various trades in other towns in the vicinity of Manchester remain as noticed in our last.—Preston paper. CARLOW ELECTION The Conservatives of Carlow have achieved a noble and signal triumph over their Popish adversaries, by the return of Colonel Bruen. At the close of the poll on Friday, the numbers were — For Colonel Bruen . . Mr. Ponsonby Majority Subsequent accounts give 'a majority of 165 to Colone Bruen. We shall give the exact numbers in a second edition, SECOND EDITION. Standard-qllice, Three o'clock LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Tats DAY (From Mess.ra. R. MAKIN sr SONS' Circular.) The small arrivals of Wheat and other Grain stated on Fri day, although somewhat increased, are on the whole still rather limited, and of Flour only moderate; but of Oatmeal from Ireland the supply of the week is considerable, as will be seen on reference to our import note underneath. Having a good attendance of town and country buyers at our Corn Exchange to-day, and the improved feeling yester day in Mark-lane imparting more firmness to the trade, most descriptions, especially fine fresh Foreign Wheat, were in fair demand, and, recovering the decline of Friday, realized the rates of this day se'nnight. In the common runs of Irish very little business was done, and in fine qualities alone are we enabled to note the least amendment. Of farmers' Wheat there was an increased show of samples, and such commanded late prices. Flour, upon a more general inquiry, met a:tolerably ready sale ; duty-paid foreign obtaining an advance of 6d. to is. per barrel, and good parcels in bond commanding a similar improvement ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the Ist to the 7th December, 1840, inclusive UNITED STATES I TOTAL REIGN. DESCRIPTION. I LAND Wheat Qrs. 3890 Barley Qrs 777 Malt Oats Qrs. 5056 Rye Qrs. 17 Beans Qrs. Pease. Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn . . . Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal Flour .. Ditto .. , Loads 11661 Sacks 1387 . Bris. COAST- i 1566 6941 827 '249 5095 17 760 768 11785 1427 1566 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Wh ea t . qrs. ; Barley 48 qrs.; Oats, 185 qrs. ; Oatmeal , 677 loads ; Fl our, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, 0 qrs. ; Oats, 640 qrs. ; Pease, 00 qrs. Indian Corn. 0 qrs. ; Flour, 1540 barrels..... Ireland. Wheat, 318 qrs. ; Oats, 00 qrs. ; Flour, 229 sacks barrels.—Coastwise Wheat, 368 qrs. ; Barley, 142 qrs• ; Malt, 64 qrs. ; Oats, 40 qrs. Beans, 6 qrs. ; Pease, 12 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 12 Ids. ; Flour, 270 sacks, 1092 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Nov. 27, 1840. Wheat.. 60s. od. I Barley 335. 6d. I Oats.. 228. 2. Rye.. 32,10 d Beans .. 435. 0. Pease.. 435. 7d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 61s. Bd. l l 3e ta n r s le . y 4 . 3 . 53.459.d1. 0 1 d r . L0 5e a . t . 5. 4 . 3 2 5 25 0 . d 5 . d. I Rye.. 365. 2d Duty on Foreign Grain, B.c. this week. Wheat 2.53.8 d. Barley los. 10d. Oats 13s. pd. Rye.. 15s. 6d I Beans, ss. Od. Pease.. ss. Od. Ind. Corn 10s.10d I Flourlss.sid Liverpool Averages, week ending Ist December, 1840. Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. I Beans. 1 Pease. 4sl Us. 10d. Os. Od. Os. Od.Os. Od. Os. Od. LONDON CORN-EXCHANGE..---YESTERDAY. At our market this morning we had only a moderate sup ply of Wheat fresh up from the n eighbouring counties ; the condition of this grain was much improved by the fine frosty weather we have had of late, and having a tolerably good de mand from our millers, a fair extent of business was done at fully the quotations of this day se'nnight. There was also rather more inquiry for free foreign Wheat than of late ; and the previous value of that article was firmly maintained. Flour moved off slowly at former prices. Of Barley we had a fair arrival ; all kinds met an improved demand, and firmly maintained the currency of Monday last. The receipts of Oats during the past week have been liberal, but we had ra ther a scanty fresh supply this morning. The trade, though by no means brisk, runs firm, and the sales which were ef fected realised last week's prices. Beans and Peas found purchasers in retail quantities at our quotations. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 ARRIVED.—Rob Roy, —, from Virginia—Mari Bell, ---, from Alexandria—Gallavedio. Rae, from Messina—Speed, —, from St. Johh, N.B.—Augusta, Baddely, from Xabia—Blomedon, —, from Cephalonia. United Kingdom, -, from Quebec, off this port. During the passage was struck by a sea, which washed away bulwarks, stove boats, and killed one man. Valiant, -. from Port-au- Priuee, off this port, with foremast and main topmast cut away i n a ' g ale last night. Arabian, Brown, from China, at Falmouth ; sailed gth June ; Batavia, gth Aug. and St. Helena 14th October Rosalind, Cronch. from Mazatlan, at Falmouth, with 250,000 dollars on freight. Cleveland, (supposed from) Bombay, off this port. Colonist, Cowman, sailed from St. Helena for Liverpool 17th Oct. Frederick, Beck, hence at Pillau Minerva, Brown, hence at Ostend Noorwarts, Don, hence at Helvoet Anna, -, hence to Newfoundland, was spoken 17th Nov. in lat. 41, long. 44 30 Dumpi4 les, Dec. s . —The Vernon, from Liverpool to Glasgow, ;hat was on shore near the Water of Urr, has been got off without much damage, and arrived at Caresthorne, where she wiil re-load and proceed. GREENOCK, DEC. 5.—A large barque was seen on the 4th inst. on under water,to pg all ant.yard across and all the sails furled, two boats alongside. LisnoN, Nov. 30.—The Mersey, Gregory, from Liverpool to Vera Cruz, put in here on the 28th inst. with damage, having been struck by a sea on the 18th while lying to, which hove her on her beam ends, stove in the boats, burst in the mainsail, &c. the cargo is not supposed to have sustained any damage, and the vessel in all likeli hood will not have to discharge. Nov. 20, 10 miles S.W. of Scilly passed a schooner abandoned ; 21st, saw a brig with loss of fore masthead, and maintopgallant-mast ; 22d, in lat. 45. 22.10ng. 8. 30. passed the side of a vessel. The Russia, from Liverpool to New Orleans, had also put in here, with damage. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE FORGERY.—A person named Robinson, a clerk in the em ploy of Mr. Pemberton, of Bilston, is, it is stated, charged with uttering forged bill s t o a cons id era bl e amoun t Forged bills, amounting to ab ou t £ lOO., h ave, we h ear , been dis counted for the party by Mr. Fryer, banker, Wolverhampton ; and others, it is stated, have been put in circulation by the same individual at Dudley and Birmingham. The delinquent, for whose apprehension a warrant is issued, has absconded.— Birmingham Advertiser. The Lord-Liententancy of the county of Kent, vacant by the death of the late Marquis of Camden, is still vacant. jt has been offered to the Earl of Thanet and Lord Barhath, both of them whig noblemen, and by both, as we hear, the offer has been declined. Whom to ask next (whig nobility being a scarce commodity in the county,) her majesty's mini sters cannot tell.—Kentish Observer. The napkins ‘• intended for ordinary" use in the nursery of the princess royal are of German manufacture, edged with Brussels lace—and have each a portrait of a particular mem ber of the Coburg family. The state napkins are of foreign damask, fri aged with gold, with bullian tassels at the corners. It is said that his majesty Louh; Philips had a considerable sum in the hands of Messrs. Wright, the bankers, who have recently failed in London.—Times. VERBAL ANTIQUITY.—The word " spirit" is used alike to express extract, thought, distilled liquor, and apparition. The health of Mr. E. S. Cayley, M. P. has been consider ably improved by his resdence at Boulogne. The celebrated horse Harkaway in Dublin at 2s 6d each.— Limerick Chronicle. We understand that Dr. Locock received the sum of £lOOO, for his services at the accouchement of her Majesty. —London paper. Thomas Dodgson, the watcher who was shot at Cantley last week, is now considered out of danger. The Admiralty have decided on having all naval yards in the kingdom lighted with gas, in lieu of oil. The Marquis of Normanby is not yet able to use his right hand. The official papers of the Home Office are signed by Lord Palmerston. We are authorised to contradict the report of the Duchess of Sutherland having taken sittings at a dissenting chapel.— Times. Sir James Duke, M.P., was on Tuesday elected Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon-without, in place of Mr. Harmer. Mr. Charles Kemble's health is considerably worse than it was, and but faint hopes are held out of his ultimate reco very. A hedge sparrow, quite white, was shot on the 27th ult., near York. It is now in the possession of Mr. George Wright, of Monkgate.—Leeds paper. Mr. Liston was elected, last week, on the council of the college of surgeons ; a vacancy having been occasioned by the death of Sir A. Carlisle. A great meeting is to be held at Birmingham the first day of the year, to petition for the restoration of Frost and his companions. Mitchelstown is to be immediately made a military station, in consequence of the very disturbed state of that part of the county Cork. No thanksgiving will be offered for the Queen in the churches throughout Ireland, until advised by the Privy Council in Dublin The Sentinelle de l'Armee states that the lith Light Infan try, during its stay of five years in Africa, where it so greatly distinguished itself, has lost 2216 officers and men. Prince Albert has engaged a stud groom, and is going to breed race-horses. Mr. Quarton, has just given up his racing -stables at Gullane, is engaged by his royal highness. The folloving notice is placarded against a house in Long lane, Smithfield :—" This house is reemoved lower down till the repares are compleeted." It is stated that the names of the Princess Royal, will be Adelaide Victoria Louisa, and that her Majesty will be one of the sponsors for the illustrious babe. The Court of Queen's Bench has recently decided that overseers of the poor are not bound to inter the bodies of poor persons who do not die in a Poor-house. Tom COOKE'S LAST.—A person boasting of being able to sing alto, tenor, or bass—Tom turned on his heel and said, " Yes, I know you can sing very high, very low, and very middling." ST. JEAN D'AcuE.—The Standard has ventured to indulge in a supposition that Acre, and one or two other places in Syria, will be ceded to the British. It is a sufficient answer to all such surmises, that the treaty of London binds each of the contracting powers that no accession of territory by either shall be the result of their mutual engagements.—Globe. LEEDS OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—This loyal society, which now consists of nearly 800 members, has determined not to be behindhand in its rejoicings on the auspicious event of the birth of the Princess Royal. The members have resolved to dine together in the society's rooms, Kitchen's Buildings, on the day the baptism may take place.—Leeds Intelligencer. By the usual official return published by the Customs, the export of the precious metals from the port ofLondon to fo reign and colonial ports for the week ending the 26th ult. was as under :—Silver coin—Hambugh, 74,067 ounces, Rotter dam, 14,100 ounces, Belgium, 600 ounces, British West In dies, 720 ounces. It is rumoured that a squadron of Prince Albert's Hussars are about to leave the Brighton Barracks for Wales, where fresh disturbances have been apprehended. We believe that the squadron will be under the command of Captain Jones and Captain Douglas, and that they have orders to hold them selves in readiness to march.—Brighton Gazette. The daughter of a shepherd in the island of Mull, a child of six years of age, who had missed her way in one of the track less heaths of the island, was recently discovered alive in a heather bush, after being exposed for two nights and two days to the most boisterous weather, with hail and rain. Se veral of the red deer were found couched by the side of the little wanderer. The dreadful pestilence amongst cattle which has been raging in different parts of the country . has at length reached the neighbourhood of Cockermouth in a mitigated form. Several stocks have fallen ill of the disease, but very few cat tle have died. Various plans have been resorted to to prevent the infection, amongst others the ridiculous superstition of " neat fire."—Carlisle Patriot. . Thursday night, great consternation prevailed in a factory in this city, were 280 girls are employed. The report of a ghost upset all the frames and lights, many rushed out of the house, while more fell prostrate in the utmost terror. The only real danger was of the whole concern being burnt. The chain of the clock, which had run down, caused all this fright.—Limerick Chronicle. The Railway Times suggests that the penalties imposed by deodands in cases of railway accidents might be deducted, with great advantage both to the public interest and that of the shareholders, from the allowances of the managers, in the same way as fines for neglect of duty are taken from the wages of policemen, porters, and other subordinates of the establish ment. FAILURE IN BIRMINGRAM.—WE regret to state, that rumours were afloat yesterday of an extensive failure in this town, which, we fear, were too well founded. There is, how ever, reason to hope that ultimately the concern, which has always been one of great respectability, may be wound up to the satisfaction of the parties to whom the house is liable.— Birmingham Advertiser. At Abergwilly Church, on Sunday se'nnight, Dr. Thir wall, the Bishop of St. David's, read the whole of the even ing service in Welch, much to the gratification of every one who heard - him, and, it is said, with a pronunciation astonishingly correct. — The Cambrian. A MONTTEII. RADISH.—Mr. Daniel Rees, of Burton-hill, near Malmesbury, on Thursday dug from his garden a radish, sown in the early part of the summer, which, with its branches, weighed 19 pounds, and was 15 inches in cir cumference. His child, about nine months' old, was put in the opposite scale, and just balanced it.— Wilts Standard. LEEDS.—So unscrupulous is the whig enmity of the cor poration against the old tory corporation that the town clerk and his clerks were employed during the greater part of last Sunday, in matters connected with the Chancery suit lately instituted by the whigs against the former corpo ration.—Halifax Guardian. The race of dogs called in Scotland deer hounds, and in Ireland wolf dogs, is nearly extinct, but it seems that some gentlemen in Scotland are resolved to multiply an d preserve the breed. In shape they are like the greyhound, but are much stronger, and more courageous, and have longer hair. Sir George Rose, now a judge in the Court of Review, is to be the new Master of Chancery, in the room of Lord Henley, who retires. By the present appointment of Sir George Rose, a diminution of £2,000 p er annum i n t h e ex penses of the Court of Review occurs, as it is not intended to appoint any other judge to supply the vacancy occasioned by his removal. Under the provision of the war ran t o f th e 4 st o f October, 1840, the following meritorious colonels of long standing have been selected by Lord Hill for an increase of £lOO per annum in addition to their half-pay :—Colonels Sir A. Maclaine, J. Hay, G. O'Malley, C. A. Vigoreux, Sir R Armstrong, Sir F. Stovin, J. Duffy, C. E. Conyers, R. Park: LONGEVITY.—In the village of Carleton, near this city, which only contains about 100 inhabitants, there are now liv ing ten persons whose united ages exceed 800 years ! A most remarkable instance of the healthiness and purity of the Cum berland air—and we do not think that a similar result is any where to be found among so small a number of inhabitants. AUSTRALIAN WOOL.—The following is the calculation of the increase of production of Australian wool, on the suppo sition that the same ratio be preserved in the fourteen years to come as has been prepared in the fourteen years that are past. In 1824, 274,000 lbs. of wool were exported ; in 1837, 4,609,915 lbs. were exported; and at this rate of increase, in 1851, 77,020,125 lbs. ought to be exported. REGIMENTAL SCHOOLMISTRESSES.—Her Majesty has, within the last fortnight, signed a warrant for the appoint ment of a schoolmistress to every regiment of cavalry, and every regiment, battalion, or depot of infantry. Her duties will be instruct the female children of soldiers in reading, writing, arithmetic, and plain needlework. For this she is to receive a salary of £2O a-year, or where a regiment of in fantry is on detached service, or in depot, at the rate of £3 a company. The want of such a person has long been felt in the service; for, hitherto, although ample provision has been in existence for the instruction of the sons, none has, until the present time, ever been afforded to the daughters of sol diers. Wherever it is possible, it is intended that this situa tion shall be filled by the wife of a non-commissioned officer of the regiment to which she is appointed.—A Correspondent of the Dublin Monitor. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.— Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, one of the porters in the hall of St. George's Hospital, hearing an alarming crash in the area of the building towards Grosvenor-place, imme diately opened the window, when he was horror struck at beholding a woman lying on the ground in a pool of blood. On the alarm being given, several surgeons immediately ran to the spot, and she was conveyed into one of the wards, where it was discovered that her right arm was broken in two places, she had received a compound fracture of both legs, her skull was fractured, and her back very much injured. She lingered in a state of insensibility for about two hours after the fall,. and then expired. It appeared, on examining the roof, that she had precipitated herself from the coping (a height of at least 60 feet) into the yard beneath. Her name was Abigail Cheeseeley, aged about 57, and she had been for a considerable number of years one of the nurses of the hospital, and appears to have been much respected. EARTHQUAKES. — We have again a remarkable example of the coincident occurrence of earthquakes in distant parts of the world. It will be seen, from a paragraph in another column, that the town of Zante, in the island of the same name, has been ruined by a series of terrific shocks between the 24th and 30th of October; and our paper of the 3lat October records a shock on the 26th of that month at Comrie. The distance between these localities is nearly seventeen hundred miles, or one-fifteenth part of the circumference of the globe. The bearing is north-west and south-east. It may be remembered, that the great earthquake of 23d Octo ber, last year, was felt simultaneously at Comrie, in Piedmont, and at Reggio, in Calabria—that is, over a line coinciding in direction with the pr esen t, and only a little shorter. If we prolong the line connecting Reggio and Comrie farther north ward, it strikes Mount Hecla in Iceland, and may thus be said to have an active volcano at each extremity—Etna at the one and Hecla at the other. Its length will be 2,300 miles, or one-eleventh part of the circumference of the globe. It is extremely probable, that by and by we shall hear of earth quakes between the 24th and 30th October, in the Alps, or Apennines, or at other intermediate localities.—Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY SHIPWRECK ON THE SCILLY ISLANDS. —The following singular and most providential deliverance of a shipwrecked Crew is from the Cornwall Royal Gazette; On Friday se'nnight, two Scilly pilot-boats discovered a yes vel, bottom up, off St. Mary's, and took her in tow ; but night coining on, and the weather becoming unfavourable, they for the time abandoned her. The next morning they again went in search of her, when they found that she had been driven ashore on the rocks, still with her bottom up. They went near her, and fancying they heard some noise in the hold, cut a hole in her bottom, when four men came out ! It appears that the vessel was laden with oil ; and that from the buoyant nature of her cargo, she not only kept afloat after she had capsized, but rode lightly on the water. The men were in the cabin when the accident happened, and finding that the vessel did not fill, they crept into lazaretto, and proceeded from thence into the lower part of the hold, next the keelson, that part being of course left vacant by the falling of the cargo against the deck. Here they remained 60 hours without nourishment, and with slender hopes of deliverance ; and when at length they were so providentially liberated, they were in a state of great exhaustion—so great, indeed, that one of them died almost immediately after. The town council of Birmingham pledged itself on Tuesday, by a resolution to " oppose by all constitutional means," the introduction of the new poor-law into that town. In an advertisement eulogising the peculiar advantages of an hospital in London, it is stated that there are 340 beds, and " post-mortem examinations nearly every day." TIIE ARMY. — Orders have been received at Chatham to have all the men belonging to the regiments in the East Indies got ready to embark for their respective regiments in three weeks. Government have offered £lOO for the detection of the parties who made the recent attempt to poison Mr. Elitchins, of Lincoln, by means of a plum-loaf. Alderman Thompson has purchased the whole of linderle . y, in Westmorland, which consists of 3,000 acres of land, with a splendid mansion, and was the property of Mr. Newel. The London Standard states, " upon the most undoubted authority," that the report of Baron Mounier being intrustd with a mission to the English court from the French govern ment, is without foundation. STRAWBERRIES. - Mr. M. Dalby, of Linton, Wetherby, has shown us a sample of very fine ripe strawberries, which were grown in the open ground in his garden, and gathered on Tuesday last. —Leeds Intelligences. The Rev. J. M. Capes has given the munificient sum of £5OOO for the erection of a new church at Eastover, where the church accommodation has for some time past been insufficient for the wants of that populous neighbourhood. At the Court of Excise, on Tuesday, W. Reynolds, of the Falcon, Essex-street, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, was fined £ 2OO for adulterating beer. J o h n S eagrave , o f the Windsor Castle, Harley-street, and Thomas Ambrose, Harcourt-street, London, were fined £lOO. The Bude Light is about to be introduced into several of the principal shops of the metropolis, in consequence of the reduced expense in obtaining the oxygen from air or water, instead of from manganese, as heretofore. Colonel Verner, M.P., has purchased some extensixe tracts of land in Australia, and is now fitting out a great many families on his estates in Tyrone and Armagh for emigrating to that distant colony. Lord Braybrooke, by exercising the most absolute quarantine (not allowing the animals even to cross a public road), at Audley End, in Essex, has preserved his stock from infection surrounding his estate. An umbrella has been manufactured at Bristol, the stick of which . is four inches and a half in circumference and the umbrella stick itself 17 feet in diameter. It is for a present to an African Prince. Sir Woodbine Parish, K.C.H. and S. H. Sulivan, Esq. have been appointed by her Majesty as are part of the mixed commission which is to meet at Naples to liquidate the claims of British merchants amounting out of the late sulphur monopoly. Captain Collier, who commanded the Castur at the late siege of Acre, and who displayed so much gallantry on that occason, is a magistrate of this county. When at home he resides at Blockley, and is well known in Lord Segrave's hunt as a tip-top sportsman.—Worcester Journal. DEATH OF THE REV. J. H. Bumnv.:--Intelligence has been received of the death of the Rev. J. H. Bumby, Super intendent of Wesleyan Missiims in New Zealand. He had been on a visit to some of the southern stations, and was on his return to the principal station at Hokianga. Having to travel part of the way, in the route which he preferred, in a native canoe, the frail vessel was upset on the voyage, and Mr. Bumby and twelve natives met with a watety grave. This distressing event occurred June 26. NOVEL SHOOTING MATCH.—On Friday four of the har pooners belonging to the whale ships of this port met at Shields to contend for a handsome single gun, given by Mr. William Greener (inventor of the improved harpoon gun) to the fortunate individual who would capture the most whales with the said guns at Davis Straits during the past season. Unfortunately there were only five fish amongst the five ships, four of which were killed by the guns, and each of the above individuals got one. It thus became necessary to contend who should carry off the trophy, and, after firing two shots each with the harpoon at a small floating target, eight inches diameter, it was unanimously given to Mr. John Wheatley, mate of the Lord Gambier, he putting the harpoon through the target within an inch of the bull's-eye.—Tyne Mercury. THE WESLEYAN BODY.—From the minutes of the late conference, it appears, that the number of members in society was as follows :—Under the care of the British con ferences, 428,729, namely—in Great Britain, 323,178, in Ireland, 27,047, in foreign stations, 78,504 ; under the care of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Upper Canada (in 1840), 16,354 ; under the care of the American conferences, in 1828, the date of the last returns, 692,341 ; total number of members 1,137,424. The number of preachers, regular and supernumerary, was, in Great Britain, 1078 ; in Ireland (including 23 missionaries), 159 ; in the foreign stations (in cluding assistant missionaries), 245 ; in Upper Canada, 127 ; in the American connexion, 3,322 ; total number of ministers, 5031. Grand total of members and ministers throughout the world, 1,142,455. Watchman. .DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—To the nume rous deadly rencontres which have recently taken place between poachers and gamekeepers, we have to add another which occurred on Monday night on the Catton estate of W. Horton, Esq. It appears that seven poachers were follow ing their illegal pursuits on the estate on the night named, and came suddenly upon the keeper, a fine athletic young man, who, notwithstanding the fearful odds, courageously attacked them. After escaping from the keeper, one of the poachers, afraid that he was recognised, or from some malig nant motive, pointed his gun at the po or man , an d poure d its contents right through his shoulder, evidently intending to murder him. We have not been able to ascertain whether the wound is dangerous or not, or whether any of the poach ers are likely to be apprehended.—Derby Mercury. TOTNES.—DEFEAT OF THE RADlCALS. — Thursday last, the 26th of November, was the annual meeting of the rate payers of the parish, for auditing the accounts of the inspec tors appointed under the act of parliament, for the lighting and watching of parishes. The persons whose term of office had expired, were Messrs. Thomas Parrott, Thomas Angel, James Gortley, and William Williams, all of whom are ra dicals ; and the inspectors elected in their stead were Messrs. William Bowden, W. Putt, T. Ponsford, J. W. Chester, and Mr. N. Manning, all of whom are conservatives. Mr. Wm. Bowden was first proposed, and in opposition to him Mr. Thomas Parrott ; but on a division the conservatives had a majority of at least five to one. The radicals were completely chopfallen, and did not again press a divison. At the conclusion of the business three cheere were given in good style for the newly elected inspectors.—Western Lu minary. EXPORTATION or HORSES.—Two celebrated French horse-dealers, Messrs. Kremes and Benedict, engaged about a month ago, to provide the government of their country with twelve hundred young fresh cavalry horses, at twenty-eight guineas each, when they immediately came to this country, and entered into partnership with three Englishmen, who are now actively engaged scouring the kingdom in all directions, in search of the same, and have actually shipped off to Bou lougne about two-thirds of the quantity ; but what is most to be alarmed at is the difficulty experienced in procuring them, from the scarcity of the sort of animal required. These parties have the option to extend the contract to provide four thousand more at the same rate. They admit that should this country embark in a war with France, there will not be a horse found even to draw our baggage waggons, much less to supply additional troops.—Newcastle Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY.—BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVENING. -A ver y serious accident occurred on the Birmingham and Derby Railway last night. The train which left this town at five p.m., on its arrival at Whitacre Heath, near Coleshill, came in contact with a truck on the line, the consequence of which was that the engine was thrown off the rails. The first-class carriages then broke away from the tender and ran on with out the engine, but one or more of the third-class carriages in the rear were thrown over, and one unfortunate passenger killed upon the spot. The stoker was likewisa pitched from the tender, and report states, died this morning. Wh e th er this be true or not, all accounts agree in representing him most seriously, if not fatally, injured. Many of the passen gers received bruises and contusions, but, with the exception of the parties already named, few of them experienced injuries of much consequence. It is stated that the truck which caused the unfortunate collision was in the care of two labourers on the line. During the day they had been at work at Kingsbury, and at the time the accident occurred were on their return towards Coleshill. They propelled the truck by means of sticks, and on seeing the train approach attempted to remove the truck off the rails; but, before they could ac complish their intention, the engine (the night being dark) ran in upon them and caused the fatal catastrophe already decribed. Fortunately the two labourers saved themselves by a precipitate retreat off the line, and were, as it is said, in no way injured. PORTSMOUTH.—The steamer Avon, commanded by Lieu tenant Pritchard, proceeded on Monday to Plymouth, on which station she is in future to remain. The Blazer steamer, Lieutenant Steane, will proceed on Wednesday to Plymouth, on her way to the West Indies, to relieve the D ee , or d ere d home to be paid off. She h a s despatches for Vice -Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, K.C.B. The Locust steam vessel, Lieut. Lunn, on her way to Malta, will call at Spithead from Woolwich about Friday next. The Salamander steam frigate, Commander Henry, is making some defects in her machinery good ; after which she is to proceed to the northern ports on special service. The Bellisle, 78, Captain Nicholas, is rapidly proceeding in her outfit at Plymouth, and is to return to the Mediterranean when ready. The Impregnable, 104 captain Forrest, is also making rapid advances towards completion, having already entered more than half her complement. The Ferret, 10, Lieut. Sidney Thomas, has left Plymouth for the Irish ports, to obtain volunteer sea men for general service among the ships fitting out. The Calcutta, 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, left Gibraltar for Malta on the 10th November, to join Adm. Stopford's fleet. The Formidable, 84, at Chatham, is quite read for commission, being masted, and all her stores prepared. Several large frigates are likewise in preparation at Sheerness, and only awaiting orders to hoist the pendant. The Indus, 84, Capt. Sir James Stirling, and Tweed, 20, Commander Douglas, are nearly ready for removal to their respective hulks in the harbour. It is said the former ship is to go to the East Indies ; but the rumour obtains no belief. Captain Hugh Evans, Royal Marines, 1837, of the Portsmcnith division, is to he Commandant, or Governor of the Island of Ascension, vice Tinklar, deceased.—Brighton Gazette. WONDERFUL AFFECTION.—TI3re is at present a young woman, 21 years of age, residing in the parish of Clydey, in the county of Pembroke, (daughter of Mr. John Davies, Hendre Gwilym,) to all appearance quite dead, having been in that state for nearly a twelvemonth past, but awakes once every 24 hours, precisely at ten o'clock at night, and will converse with the family and others for about 20 minutes, when she will again relapse into the same state, and remain so until ten o'clock the following night, at which hour she revives to the minute, throwing out her arms and folding her hands together, and rising up in her shoulders until the spectators imagine that her b ones are cracking. She con tinues in that laborious state for the space of ten minutes, when she comes to a perfect possession of her faculties. She recollects well if any promises have been made her on the previous night, and will be very bitter for a time if the same are not fulfilled ; but if brought her, she makes use of none of them, as she eats and drinks little or nothing. She could never be persuaded to attempt eating any food but three times during 23 days, and then, putting the three together, no more than a child twelve months old would take. After conversing for a short time, she will suddenly clasp her hands together, throw her arms in the same manner as when awaking, and will return into the same state as before until ten o'clock the following night. The family removed at Michaelmas last from the farm of Donlan, to a place called Hendre ; the daughter was taken along with them in a cart, and was placed in a bed in the new house, where she found herself at the usual hour of awaking. On finding herself in a strange place, she looked about, and asked her mother, " Mother where did you take me to ?" when answered that it was to the Hendre, she said, " 0 ! mother, you have broken my heart, how can I get the Dolna water in future ?" The family are obliged to fetch her water from the Dolau continually, and although they certify that it is got from there, she will not take it. She continually calls for some thing that is not to be had at the time ; but if at hand, she will not take it, nor will she be willing for any body else to partake of the same. Some persons have fallen into fits by seeing her reviving ; and indeed it is a wondzrful sight, to see a person (to all appearance quite dead) rising up in an instant, without showing any previous signs of life. The truth of the above statement can be relied on, as there are scores of persons in the parish of Clydey, ready to verify the same upon oath, besides the writer, who happened to be at the Hendre on the 11th instant, when he had an opportu nity of talking to the family concerning the daughter.— Seren Gower. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL LAST FIVE NIGHTS of Mr. CARTRR, the American Lion King, and his Forest of Wild Animals. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, th e B t h o f De cember instant, and during the Week, the Entertain ments will commence with THE LION OF THE DESERT. Abdallab To-morrow, this splendid Collection of Carnivora WILL BE FED immediately after the Drama, when the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular powers of these Forest Monarchs will be displayed to the utmost advantage. To he follnwed by 0 ,, s Burio.mie of THE LADY OF LIONS. - . Polly Chapel Miss Daly, Their original characters in London. After which, THE KING'S GARDENER. Galochard Madame Galochard . To conclude with SHORT STAGES. Patrick Mr. Sloan. Clod Milnot. On FRIDAY EVENING next, (the 11th instant,) Mr. CARTER will make his Last Appearance but one in Liverpool. The Entertainments will commence with THE LION OF THE DESERT. After which, THE LADY OF LIONS. Miss E. GATES will appear in her popular performance, entitled THE POETRY of MOTION. To be followed by the Burletta of SKETCHES IN INDIA. Tom Tape Mr. W. J. Hammond. Sally Scraggs Miss Daly. To conclude with the Laughaqle Burletta of SHORT STAGES. Patrick - Mr. Sloan. Being by desire and under the immediate Patronage of the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SEFTON. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office of the Theatre, from Eleven till Three. Centre Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Second Price Nine o'clock, Centre Dress Boxes, 25.; Side Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is ; First Gallery, 6d. No Second Price to the Upper Gallery. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. TWO NEW DRAMAS. Miss LAND's Last Week. Continued success of CHARLES O'MALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND. Re-engagement of the French ROPE _DANCERS. THIS present TUESDAY, the Bth instant, the Evening's Entertainments will commence with a new, popular, and highly-successful Romantic Drama, called the SILVER CRESCENT ; Or, THE OATH OF VENGEANCE. Miss Land. Jacinths.. Mrs. Raymond. TIGHT-ROPE DANCING by the CHIARINI FAMILY To which will be added an entirely new Farce, entitled CHARLES . O'M ALLEY, THE IRISH DRAGOON Charles O'Malley Mr. Raymond. Miss Judy Maccan Mr. Raymond.. Jenny Jinks.... Mrs. Raymond. A VARIETY OF SINGING AND DANCING, To conclude with a new and successful Drama, called the RUBY RING; OR, THE FATAL TREASURE Mr. ELTON, the celebrated Tragedian, from the Thea tres Royal, Drury-lane, Covent-garden, Haymarket, &c., will make his first appearance at this Theatre on MONDAY Evening next, the 14th instant, in two popular Dramas, in which he originally appeared in London. Tickets and Places to be bad of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, from Eleven to Three. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.—Second Price, Half past Eight, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven precisely. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE. THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION o f th e LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season. from Nine until Dusk. Admission, Is. Catalogues, ls. Season Ticket, ss. Also, every Evening, BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED BY GAS, from Seven o'clock until Ten. Admission, ls. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place. THE THREE CARACCI, (FROM THE SCHOOL OP BOULOGNE) THE celebrated PAINTINGS o f S u bj ec t s f rom R e li g i ous History, by ANNIBAL, AGOSTINO, and LUDOVICO CARACCI, are NOW ON VIEW at the UNION GALLEItY, Slater-street, (out of Bold-street.) from Ten till Four o'clock by daylight, and from Four till Ten o'clock in the Evening, brilliantly illuminated with gas. ADMITTANCE—ONE SHILLING. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, MOUNT-STREET. TO -MORROW EVENING (Wednesd a y). th e 9th i ns t., at Half-past Seven, R. B. HAYDON, Esq., will de liver the THIRD of a Course of SIX LECTURES on PAINTING. NORMAL SCHOOL, It being the intention of the Directors to carry out the plan of a Normal School for Teachers, laid down in the Prospectus of the Institution, issued in the year 1837, it is hereby inti mated, that young men who are desirous of qualifying them selves to become Teachers, will have an opportunity of being trained in the Practice of their Profession, in the vario s schools, under the superintendence of the Principal and other Masters. No salary will at first be given, but young men so employed will enjoy the privilege of Members of the Insti tution, and have free access to the Library, the Lectures, and the Evening Classes. Immediate application to be made to the Secretary. A Donation of Ten Guineas, or upwards, constitutes the Contributor a Life Me m b er . Annual Members, One Guinea per annum ; Ladies' Tickets, Half-a-Guinea ; Sons or Apprentices of Members, Five Shillings ; Apprentices of Non-Members, Half-a-Guinea. W. B. HODGSON, Secretary ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL. ANNUAL SPEECHES and DELIVERY of PRIZES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. ONLY EDITION CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR. Price Sixpence, SERMON ON THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. By the Rev. F. CLOSE, A.M., Perpetual Curate of Chel tenham. London : Mos. ARNOLD LECTURES ON GERMAN LITERATURE, LYCEUM, BOLD-STREET. PROFESSOR W. J. SCHWEITZER, M.A., of Breslau, has the honour to announce that, under the patronage of The Worshipful the MAYOR of LIVERPOOL, The Right Hon. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON. M.P., he proposes to deliver, in the LECTURE ROOM, LYCEUM, Bold-street, on the TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATUR DAYS of the second and third weeks of December, a COURSE of SIX LECTURES, in English, on the LAN GUAGE and LITERATURE of GERMANY, illustrated by Specimens, original and translated, from the Works of some of the most celebrated Authors. The first Lecture will be delivered upon TUESDAY next, the Sth instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, and be repeated at Eight o'clock of the same Evening; and the re mainder of the Course will be delivered, at the same hours, on the successive days named. Syllabuses and Tickets for the Course, at Half-a-Guinea each, may be had at Messrs. GEORGE and Jos. RoszNsoN, 43, Castle-street ; Messrs. Wim.AN and Co., Bold-street ; Mr. GRAI'EL'S, Church-street; Messrs. TURNER and Rosz , South Castle-street ; and at the Bar of the Liverpool Library► Lyceum. Admission to a Single Lecture, Two Shillings and Six pence. Liverpool, Ist December, 1840 Just Published, Price 45., A P OLL BOOK FOR THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION; Shewing the Duplicate Qualcations of the VOTERS, and the WARDS in which they polled. The Lists have been examined with the Polling Papers in the possession of the Mayor. This publication, which has been compiled with the utmost care, will be found of great utility as A BOOK OF REFERENCE, and will be found of service to the several Ward Committees in carrying on the Canvass for the ensu- my year. Printed and sold by LACE and AnnzsoN, Standard- eke ; and sold also by other Booksellers TO CORRESPONDENTS We acknowledge the receipt of £l. for the " Case of Dis tress" recently advertised in the STANDARD. " A Member of the Church of England" will see in a letter from a correspondent, one of the reasons why we decline interfering further in the matter which has brought the Pastoral Aid Society so prominently before the public. Were we to assign any further reasons, they would only renew the controversy. " Q. Q." asks whether Mr. William Rathbone was not for merly opposed to the warehouse scheme, and whether his advocacy of that scheme did not commence after he had sold his Cornhill property ? We cannot say. " An Impartial Observer" in our next. The letter of " J. Williams" is unavoidably postponed. Ely. Zibrrpool &tanbarti. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1840. By the arrival here, yesterday, of the packet -ship North America, Captain A. B. Lowber, we have re ceived New York papers to the 19th ultimo, inclusive The North America has had an excellent run, having accomplished the voyage in about is days. The steam-ship British Queen had not arrived at New York when the North America sailed. We have to acknow ledge owr obligations to Mr. Bennett, of the New York Herald, for his polite attention in forwarding to us copies of his journal to the latest dates. The news from the United States is not of much im portance. The transactions in the money market, on the 18th ult., were, to the usual extent, presenting nearly the same features as they had done for some time previously. United States bank shares had im proved per cent. An improvement was also noticed in several other descriptions of stock. The resume' tion of specie payments was confidently looked forward to in several of the States. The New York Herald mentions that there was a ru mour that Cunard's line of steamers would, during the winter, run into Portsmouth, N. H., on account of the difficulty of making Boston in foul weather. The rail- ca th Si the thfi but