The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-27 00:00:00

Rotireo, ament in the next Session for the Tru for the Council of •ey to the Trust, 3orough, with the Xll which Docks, other the Docks, Strand. Lands, Tenement Passage's hereinafter ,verpool, in fill up the nd alio the ck, and the South- Basin of the same ribed in the Plans ; thereof respec nd Quays of the and for any of And for Piers, Wharfs, Quays, Forks on the West- ad to widen, deepen, he Salthonse Dock, ditional Entrances, Quays thereof Lid Gut or Ltrance Basin of power for the Trustees to ex- ad improve the Graving 3, when purchsed, and also the s of the Trustees, or any of them Quays, .Entrances, and Works be- And for power to . erect Inclined s to the Northward of the Cla of the said Trustees, in the said ewer for the Trustees Quay of the Prince's within the Dock Walls. Wharfs and Quays of the ardly Side of Salt- ljacent thereto ; and to manage all ) use the same for the Deposit and erchandise ; and to grant transfer- eates on the Deposit therein of Goods )ccupancy of the said Warehouses by And to de- ince's Dock and the of, and to load and said Docks 6f Goods from Vessels in the said ks of the said Trustees. And to 1 Goods, with power to pass all ne th theollicers of Customs, and to Rites and Charges in relation to th went of all --Pf and the carrying on of :h Warehouses. And to authorise the making of, Tram- ie Quays or Wh ar f s o f th e p resen t or in lasins of the Trustees, and across or along hways upon such Quays or Wharfs. And, aforesaid and of the improvement of the Trustees and the navigation of the River, e, and for the Council of the Borough of and convey to the Trustees, Strand of y, and Lands, Tenements, and Here ng to• the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur !ct a River Wall along the west side of )(1 for power to purchase, and for any Per litic or Corporate interested therein to sell he Trustees their several and respective rests in the said Lands, Tenements, or IT in any other Lands, Tenements, and ich may be required for any of the purposes . And for power for the Trustees to stop and alter for the said intended Wet Dock, :s connected therewith, the Streets or Ways Corn-alley, and num b er 1 her Streets, Ways, and Pas- xower - lowers for such confirmation of title, and )ivisions and Boundaries relating to the f the Trustees, and of the Mayor, Alder :, as may be proper and advisable. And igenient relating to an Observatory to be yor, Aldermen, and Burgesses on land , to be vested in the said Mayor, Alder- itch object, subject to resumption lsation if such Land should here purposes. And also to empower ter sum or further sums of Money taloned. And for power for the Ind receive Rates and Dues fin- the using of Docks, Inclined Planes or Patent Slips, and And for power to fix and levy a Rate on raft, or Boats plying on the River Mersey uch Vessels, Craft, or Boats may lie in any intended Docks or Basins of the Trustees tion from storms.) And also an extra Rate 'essel lying in any of the present or intended pf the Trustees for any time exceeding three . And for provision for preventing the ship in the present or intended Docks or Basins Aqua Fortis, Oil of Vitriol, or other Goods ity without the contents being duly marked 3e , . - Andior power 'ernment of r the regulation of Steam- the permanent payment of a fair and :he expense from time to time attend ' the Dock Police, and the Police of 001, as now united and maintained, and ianently establishing the union thereof, ulary Force of the Borough, Docks, ppointment, regulation, and go ., Committee of the Borough. And naking the expense of maintaining Pri nvicted and committed to the Gaol of the s contrary to the provisions of any pre _ ' Liverpool Docks, a charge 4 in like manner, as the maintenance ,w is. And for such further powers as r placing the said intended Wet Dock, Quays, River Wall, Ware -ntioned, within and sub -id government, and .ting to ti Whi;rf (.1 correction of offences, now belonging or ap )resent Docks and Works of the said Trus ame were part thereof, and were comprised in hereinafter mentioned. And for power for )s to apply any sum not exceeding One Thou n one year, for the charitable purposes men et of the 51st year of the reign of his Majesty e Third, hereinafter mentioned. And for the all or any of the purposes aforesaid, to amend, , alter, and explain the powers and provisions in Act passed in the Eighth year of the [ajesty Queen Anne, intituled " An Act for ivenient Dock or Basin at Liverpool, for the 1 Ships trading to and from the said Port of And an Act passed in the Third year of the jesty King George the First, intituled " An ring the time granted, by an Act passed in the f the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, for making a convenient Dock or Basin at curity of all Ships trading to and from the pool." And an Act passed in the reign of his Majesty King George " An Act for enlarging the time passed in the third year of the Majesty King George, intituled, An the time granted by an Act passed r of the reign of her late Majesty Queen r making a convenient Dock or security of all Ships trading to tituled n Act e ool, and for enlarging the ,nal Dock, and building a Pier and for enlightening the said ,ed in the second year of the reign ge the Third, intituled, " An Act d powers granted by An Act passed of the reign of his late Majesty, for - rating to the Harbour of Liver .aid Harbour, by making J uilding a Pier in the open Har .ghtening the said Dock, and for with proper Piers, in the said Har e, Lighthouses and other proper Lights of Liverpool ;" And an Act passed in of the reign of his Majesty King George " An Act to enlarge the term and powers elating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and additional Docks and Piers in or near the aol ;" And an Act passed in the thirty-ninth a of his Majesty King George the Third, in- Act to enlarge the term and alter and enlarge of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li d for making two additional Wet Docks and rear the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering ad commodious the said Port and Docks ;" NJ in the fifty-first year of the reign of his rge the Third, intituled, " An Act for the the Port and Town of Liverpool, and eral Acts relating to the Docks, Quays, belonging to the said Port ;" And an Act ird -ar of the reign of his Majesty King itit ," An Act to autho r i se the ad iurri of money, for carrying into ka t for the improvement of the Port 'mend the said Acts ;" ng the a the fifty-niuth year of the reign o rge the Third, intituled, " An Act ft)] tlnglesea, belonging Id for further s and Harbour of Li- me reign of An Act for rt, Harbour, and Town of ending, and amending the And an Act passed in the or nis Majesty King George the Act to enable the Trustees of the - further sum of money," And an of the reign of his Majesty King " An Act to explain and amend rear of his late Majesty, and the Majesty, fur the improvement of Town of Liverpool, add to autho- Liverpool Docks to pay for certain its purchased under the said Acts ;" • -leventh year o f th e reign ,of his mirth, intituled " An Act for ex ie several Acts relatin g t o the iverpool ;" And to continue the .•;•d to be levied by the said Acts, ions (if any) as Parliament may ICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, said intended W or k s, will be deposited in Peace of the County said County, and at 'eace of the Borough on or before the Thirtieth 1 copies of the same plans, 11 be also deposited for Clerks of the said parish and with the Clerk of -Hill. tit Walton-on-the-Hill James's Church, in the )untv of Lancaster, at tering, ltauled foresaid e places of abode, before the Thirty- e yrustc D of the Liverpool Docks r, 1840 EtRINGTON DOCK COMPANY. HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is be made to Parliament, in the ensuing it to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge, or the powers and provisions of an Act passed fourth years of the reign of her present ictoria, intituled "An Act to enable the Company to sue and be sued in the name r Officer of the said Company, and to ex- Ring the Docks belonging to th e said Coin is shipped or discharged therein, or on the Company, from t" czie payment of certain —,icies to the Trustees of the Liverpool ,4nd to repeal the clause in the said recited Act ling the said Company, or any other person or persons, ream cut !thin tljo limits thank mon• led, by the said Intended Act :into the use of the Docks other Property belonging to the said Company, and for car rying on the business of the same ; and for more easy re covery of the Rates, Tolls, and Duties which shall be demanded by the said Company, either under the authority of the said intended Act or otherwise, on all Vessels and their Cargoes using their said Docks and other Property ; and to enable the said Company to raise more money tor the purposes of their undertaking. And it is also propcsed, by the said intended Act, to incorporate the said Company with power to hold Lands and levy Tolls on all Vessels using the said Docks, or their cargoes, and with such other powers as 1-•`• may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the said recited Act, and the general purposes of the said Company.—Dated the ninth day of November, 1840. JOHN NORM, Clerk of the said Company. ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, t h at appl i cat i on is I.lin tended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Session, for leave to bring in a Bill, or Bills, to alter and amend a Local Act, passed in the twenty-first year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Second, intituled, " An Act for " the building a Church in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for enlightening and " cleansing the Streets of the said Town, and for keeping and " maintaining a Nightly Watch there ;" And also another Local Act, passed in the second year of the reign of his Ma jesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for build " ing two new Churches, and providing Burial Places, with "in the Town of Li verpoo l, i n the County Palatine of Lan caster, and for the better preserving the Pavements of the " Streets in the said Town, and for ascertaining the Fares " and Prices to be paid Carters, Carmen, Hackney Coach " men, and Chairmen, and for regulating their behaviour " within the said Town;" And also another. Local Act, passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for enlarging and varying " some of the powers contained in certain Acts of Parliament, " relating to the Watching, Lighting, and Cleansing the Streets " and other places within the Town of Liverpool, and for re " moving and preventing nuisances and annoyances therein." And also another local Act passed in the Thirty ninth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in tituled, " An Act to enlarge the term, and alter and enlarge " the powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li " verpool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and " Piers, in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for renderin " more safe and commo di ous t h e sa id P ort and Docks. " And also another local Act passed in the Fifty-ninth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in titnled, " An Act for abolishing the payment of certain sous caned ingates and Untgates, collected at the several " entrances into the Town of Liverpool, in the County of " Lancaster, and of certain 'rolls and Stallage now pay " able in the Markets and Fairs there, and for granting " other Tolls and Stallage in lieu thereof, and for the " better regul a ti on •, of the said Markets and Fair:." A 1 Ana also another local Act - passed in the first year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An "Act for reviving, extending, and varying the powers of an "Act passed in the twenty-sixth year of his late Majesty " King George the Third, for making and widening certain " Streets, Passages, and Places in the Town of Liverpool, in " the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for other pur " poses in the said Act mentioned, and also for further improv ing the said Town." And also another local Act, passed in the sixth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the better regulation of " Buildings in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine " of Lancaster, and for authorizing the making of Bye-laws, " Rules, and Regulations for Vessels frequenting the Docks. "Basins, and Quays belonging to the Corporation there." And also another local Act passed in the said sixth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the further Improvement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and for altering, extend " ing, and amending the several Acts relatingthereto." And also another local Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for widening and improving certain Streets in the " Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, " for the further prevention of Nuisances and Annoyances in " the said Town, for the regulation of Weighing Machines, _ ‘L ~• - emu Lne esrannsnment of a Fire " Police therein." And also another local Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for amending the " proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage of the Borough of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancas " ter." And also another local Act passed in the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for altering, " amending. and extending the powers andprovisions of an Act " ofthe sixth year ofhis late Majesty King George the Fourth, " for the regulation of Buildings in the town of Liverpool, and " for other purposes therein mentioned, and for granting " farther and additional powers for the improvement and " regulation of the said town and the preservation of pro " perty therein from fires and otherwise." And also another local Act passed in the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for extending and improving the " maintenance of the Fire Police, in the borough of Liver " pool." And also another local Act, passed in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the 'Fourth, intituled, " An Act to amend and ren der more effectual an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled "An Act for amend ing the proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage of the borough of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lan caster. And to repeal an Act passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his_ late Majesty King Geo 1-e the Seco -8 --lb intituled " - An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of " small debts in the town and port of Liverpool and liberties " thereof, in the county palatine of Lancaster ; and to give " further power for the recovery of small debts within the bo " rough of Liverpool." And also another local Act passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Vic toria, intituled " An Act for altering, amending, improving, " and extending the provisions of certain Acts of Parliament " relating to the town of Liverpool, in the county palatine "of Lancaster." And also another local Act passed in the first and second years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for amending certain Acts relating " to the Civil Court of Record of the borough of Liver " pool, and improving the proceedings thereof." And to take powers to restrict the letting or using of cellars in the said borough for habitation, where such occupancy would be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, and iu other cases to secure that reasonable conveniences should be attached to or provided in such cellars; and to secure the proper ventilation of back courts hereafter to be made in the said borough, for small dwellings to be let or used for habi tation, and to secure that reasonable conveniences shall be attached to or provided in such dwellings; and also to enact for the borough of Liverpool the powers, clauses, limitations, penalties, and provisions of an act passed in the session of the second and third years of the reign of her said Majesty, intituled, " Au act for further improving the police in and near the metropolis," or such of them as may be deemed fit and proper to be enacted in relation thereto. Dated this ninth day of November, 1840. RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-Clerk of Liverpool, Solicitor • • - - - - - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, th at A ppl i cat i on is intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Ses sion, for leave to bring in a Bill, or for leave to introduce Clauses into any Bill relating to the Liverpool Docks which may be depending in Parliament in the next Session, for exempting all Vessels entering into or departing from the Port or Harbour of Liverpool, and consigned or trading to or from the Port or Town of Runcorn, and not making use of the Docks or Quays vested in the Trustees of the Liver pool Docks, and all Goods and Merchandise shipped or dis charged in or from any Vessel at the said Port or Town of Runcorn, from payment of the Tonnage Rates and other Rates and Duties now payable, or claimed to be payable, to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, in respect of Vessels coming into or going out of the Port or Harbour of Liver pool, and of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported from Parts beyond the Seas, or brought Coastwise into the said Port or Harbour of Liverpool, or exported thence to Parts beyond the Seas or Coastwise, excepting such just Propor tion of the same last-mentioned Tonnage and other Rates and Duties as Vessels consigned to or trading from the Port or Town of Runcorn, or other the Goods and Merchandise on board the same Vessels, ought to contribute and pay to wards the Maintenance of the Lights, Buoys, and Land Marks established, or to b e es t a bli s h ed, for the guidance and security of Vessels entering into and going out of the said Port; and for such purposes, or any other purpose, for Which it may be necessary to alter, amend, explain, or re peal, so far as relates to Vessels so consigned or trading to or from the said Port or Town of Runcorn, and the Goods laden on board or discharged from the same, so many, or such part or parts, of the several Acts hereinafter mentioned, as enable the said Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to levy and recover such Tonnage and other Rates and Duties (that is to say) : An Act passed in the eighth year of the reign of Queen Anne, intituled, " An Act for making a convenient " Dock or Basin at Liverpoole, for the security of all Ships " trading to andfrom the said Port of Liverpoole :' another Act, passed in the third year of the reign of King George the First, intituled, " An Act for enlarging the time granted by an Act " passed in the eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty " Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for making a convenient " Dock or Basin at Liverpoole, for security of all Ships " trading to and from the said Port of Liverpoole :" another Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled, " An Act tbr enlarging the time " granted by an Act passed in the third year of the reign of " his late Majesty King George, intituled, An Act for en " larging the time granted by an Act passed in the eighth " year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, inti " tuled, An Act for making a convenient Dock or Basin at Liverpool, for the security of all Ships trading to and " from the said Port of Liverpool ; and for enlarging the same, by making an additional Dock and building a Pier "in the open H ar b our t h ere, and for enlightening the said Dock :" another Act, passed in the second year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to " enlarge the term and powers granted by an Act passed in " the eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, for con " tinning several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpoole, " and for enlargin g th e sa id H ar b our b y making an addi tional Dock and building a Pier in the open Harbour " there, and for enlightening the said Dock ; and for making " another Dock, with proper Piers, in the said Harbour, " and for erecting Lighthou ses an d o th er proper Lights in " or near the Port of Liverpoole :" another Act, passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and powers of seve " ral Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and for " making two additional Docks and Piers in or near the " Port of Liverpool :" another Act, passed in the thirty ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and alter and enlarge the " powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liver " pool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and Piers " in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering more " safe and commodious the said Port and Docks :" another Act, passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, An Act for the improvement of the " Port and Town of Liverpool, and amending the several " Acts relating to the Docks, Quays, and other Works be " longing to the said Port:" another Act, passed in the fifty-third year of the reign of King George the Third, inti tuled, " An Act to authorise the advancement of a certain " Sum of Money, for carrying into effect the several Acts " for the improvement of the Port and Town of Liverpool, " and to amend the said Acts :" another Act, passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, inti tuled, " An Act for improving the Lighthouse on the Isle " of Angle sea , b elonging to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks; and for further amending the Acts relating to the " Docks and Harbour of Liverpool :" another Act, passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the further improvement of the " Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool ; and for altering, " another extending, and amending th e several Acts relating there " to Act, passed in the ninth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to enable the " Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to raise a further Sum of Money :" another Act, passed in the said ninth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act " to explain and amend two Acts of the fifty-first year of his " late Majesty and the sixth year of his present Majesty, for " the improvement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of Li " verpool ; and to authorise the Trustees of the Liverpool " Docks to pay for certain Lands and Hereditarnents, pur " chased under the said Acts :" and another Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King gGeorge the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for extending and amending the several " Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour r of Liveripdoßolii.l". Dated this Sixth day of November, DA S L ou L cit Sc on V f A o rt r t E h Y e sa , Kinv-street, Manchester. A GENTLEMAN of meroontllo lu P ARTNER , e xdotittpd with from XBOOO to X5OOO, as a, in an Ea. tablisinnent of - undeniable respectability and profit, Address, A. A., Box G 25, IVANTS a SITUATION, as NURSE, in a respectable Family, a steady Young Woman, twenty-seven years of age, who is capable of taking charge of a Babe from the month, and can be well recommended. Address, Mrs. WILLIAmso'N, 57, Peach-street. • HACKINS HEY DAILY SCHOOLS, IN CONNECTION WITH ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. THE ANNUAL SERMONS i n a id o f th e a b ove S c h oo l s will (D. v.) be preached on SUNDAY next, 29th instant : the Morning Arrnon, at 11 A.Bf., by the Rev. J. H. STAF FORD, A. 8.; the Evening Sermon, at 7 F.M., by the Rev. J. N. PEILL, A.M. A CASE OF DISTRESS. " Whoso giveth unto the poor, giveth unto the Lord." " Whoso watereth, shall be watered also himself." I T is proposed to raise a few pounds, in order to get into some business a Man and his Wife, who have been reduced from comfort and respectability to a state of great distress, and who have no means whatever of supporting themselves and three young children. The Rev. GEORGE MANSFIELD, Curate of Christ Church, 62, Islington, who knows the circumstances of the family, has kindly consented to receive the smallest subscriptions. Subscriptions will also be received at the STANDARD OFFICE, St. George's -crescent ; and at Mr. LEATHERBAR now's DEPOSITORY, 26, Elliott-street. JUST PUBLISHED, AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL THE BOOKSELLERS, &C. SMITH'S LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL ALMANACS AND DIARIES, FOR 1841. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY NOTICE. OPENING OF GOODS STATION AT WHITMORE. 'THE Public are informed, that on and after Monday, the 30th instant, articles of Merchandise may be forwarded by the Company's Luggage Trains between Whitmore Station and the other Goods' Stations on the Line, viz., Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, Stafford, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, where information may be obtained respecting the Company's Rates, &c. on application to their Agents. BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTORS. Liverpool, 25th November, 1840. CHEAP TRAVELLING PER LANCASTER BY THE ENGINEER COACHES. rinHE ROYAL ENGINEER COACHES, every Morning 1 and Evening, at Half-past Eight o'clock. to CARLISLE, and from thence, by the Royal Mails, to GLASGOW. N.B.—These are the only Coaches that can book direct through to Glasgow, by Mr. Walker's Mails, per Carlisle. To EDINB URG H.—Light Four-inside Four-horse Coach, through Kendal, Shap, Penrith, Carlisle, and Hawick, to the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, in 16 hours, without change of Coach or Guard, every Evening, at half-past 8 o'clock, Mail time, Sundays excepted. Places secured for the above, Coach at the Angel Inn Coach-office, Dale-street, Liverpool; Angel Inn Coach-office, Market-street, Manchester; Bear and Staff and Com merc i a l Inns, Lancaster, and th e Engineer Coach-office, opposite the King's Arms, Market-street, Lancaster. TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTH TOXTETH WARD. GENTLEMEN, T THANK you most sincerely for the hono ur you h ave 1 conferred upon me in electing me one of your Represen tatives in the Town Council, and assure you that I feel truly grateful for the kindness and good feeling which have been manifested towards me. It shall be my study to endeavour to merit a continuance of your favourable opinion. I reflect with pride and satisfaction upon the glorious victory which has been achieved, and congratulate you, Gen tlemen, upon the result of the contest, which has been one entirely of principles. To those friends who exerted themselves so indefatigably in behalf of our cause, I tender my warmest acknowledg- ments I avail myself of this opportunity to give the most unqua lified denial to a charge which has been brought against me, of canvassing on the day of Mr. Currie's decease. As I went home that evening, I called upon an old acquaintance, who had always nromised me his support in the event of my becoming a Car didate for your Ward, to acquaint him of my having consents dtodo so upon the present occasion. I nei ther called upon any other person, nor did I solicit a single vote that day, though I was aware that Mr. Hechle, the Chairman of the Reform Committee, accompanied by Mr. M`Kee, were actively engaged, that morning, in making arrangements for the Election. - I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, ALEXANDER SMITH, Jun Fairview-house, Nov. 20, 1840. SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR.—We are glad to be enabled to contradict the paragraph which several of the Edinburgh pa pers have copied from the Inverness Courier of Wednesday regarding Sir George Sinclair. So far from being laid up in Thurso Castle, he was actually in Inverness on Tuesday, and arrived in Edinburgh on Wednesday night.—Scottish Stand ard. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE.—The following exraordinary produce of one potato of a new species, termed the Prince de Rohan, was raised in the garden of Archdeacon Buckle, of Upway, in the present season. The root was divided into six parts, which were planted at a distance of three feet from each other in one row. The number of potatoes taken up was ninety, and the weight 911bs. ! being in quantity upwards of a bushel and a half. One of the roots weighed 511bs, and several of them between 21bs. and 31bs. In the same garden a cabbage of the Battersea species was cut, which weighed, with the outward leaves, 1911b5., without the out ward leaves, 131bs.—Sherborne Journal. PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE THE ROYAL INFANT. — About three weeks since an order was transmitted from the Board of Green Cloth to the upholsterers to Her Majesty to design and make the cot and two baths for the expected scion of her illustrious house. The talents and ingenuity of the designer of the establishment, a distinguished French artiste, were accordingly called into operation; and a day or two af terwards•a drawing was forwarded to the Palace for the in spection of her Majesty and her Royal Consort, who were graciously pleased to signify their approval of the elegance and taste, which had been displayed, and to order the com pletion of these most useful appendages of a nursery with all possible despatch. On Tuesday night the cot was sent home ; and a description of it will doubtless be interesting to the pub lic. The body of the cot is in the shape of that elegant marine shell the nautilus, being a happy conception of the designer, that the child of the " ocean queen" should enjoy its first slum bers and be cradled in a cot whose very form is emblamatic of the main strength and glory of its " island home." The frame work is of the choicest Spanish mahogany, and the bottoms and sides padded and quilted in flutes ; the whole of which, inside and out, is covered with rich green silk em broidered most splendidly with the white rose of England. Between each rib is a circular rib of mahogany, the edges of which are richly guilt. The cot swings between pillars of mahogany standing on plinths, supported by four lions feet, beautifully carved and guilt. The canopy is finely scolloped, and bung with silk drapery of the same design as the lining. The whole is guilt, and surmounted with the royal crown, and presents a tout ensemble at once classic and unique. The baths are not yet finished, but are expedited as rapidly as possible, and it is understood that one will be lined with silver and the other with marble.—Morning Tlerald. REMARKABLE PHENOMENON AT COMRIE.—On Tuesday evening, the 17th instant, between seven and eight o'clock, an interesting appearance was observed in the sky, over this place. From a semicircular small black cloud on the verge of the restern horizon, at the point N.W. by W. all the other clouds in view spun out into long dark streaks, diverged like spokes from the nave of a wheel, and, after extending in al most unbroken lines over the whole sky, again converged in an exactly similar form on another small black semicircular cloud in the opposite point of the horizon. At each focus between the spokes the light of the aurora borealis was very distinct, leaving no doubt as to the cause of this unusual ar rangement of the clouds, and contrasting beautifully with the dark dresses of the present fleecy partners of these " merry dancers." The western focus was at first very brilliant ; and while it continued so, the other was more faint. By and by, this relative brightness of the two ends was entirely reversed, and the eastern had its " turn" of display for about half an hour, after which the whole scene gradually broke up ; the clouds, like soldiers relieved from the constraint of parade, dispersing themselves into their usual amorphous groups over the sky. This phenomenon establishes at least two points in meteorology :-Ist, That the meridional lines of clouds often observed in the daytime extending across the heavens from north to south, as well as other directions, without, of course, any visible display of the aurora, are nevertheless the effect of this electrical or magnetic influence, and not, as some have supposed, of currents in the air. 2d, That the height at which the aurora occasionally displays its fantastic gambols may coincide with, or extend to, that of the clouds in the atmosphere, although at other times its stage appears to be much more elevated. The writer of this note, some years ago, had an opportunity of calculating the altitude of the apex of a splendid auroral dome, consisting entirely of lights of many various hues, that then appeared near the zenith, The calculation was made from simultan eous observations, taken at Stirling and Comrie, and gave the height at 113 miles above the surface of the earth.— Scotsman. REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND, IN 1840.—The second annual report of the Registrar-General, which comes down to June 30, 1840, has recently been published. The population of England and Wales, to which the report exclu sively applies, is computed by the Registrar-General to Lave been 15,666,800 on January 1, 1839. The population of the United Kingdom was then about 27,267,814. It may now amount to 27,774,200 persons, comprising 6,080,000 fencible men, aged twenty and under sixty. Ireland possesses rather less than one-third (thirty-two per cent.) of the entire popu lation. The population of France is about 31,370,000. The report states that the numbers registered for England and Wales in the year ending June 30, 1839, were :—Births, 480,540; death, 331,007 ; marriages, 121,083. The French returns are only published down to the end of 1837, so that we cannot compare the facts in the two countries. Of the marriages, 114,632 were solemnised according to the rites of the Church of England; 10 by special license, 14,669 by li cense, and 76,328 by banns. In 22,657 instances the offici ating clergyman neglected to state whether the marriage was by license or b anns . E xc l us i ve o f these marr i ages, the mar riages by license were 16 in 100, so that nearly one in six of the people go to the expense of a license. 6,451 marriages were celebrated not according to the rites of the church ; 4,654 in registered places of worship, 1,564 in the registrar's office, 73 between Quakers, and 160 between Jews. The re gistered places of worship increased in the year 1839 from 1,332 to 1,578; the marriages at these places rose from 2,976 in the first, to 4,654 in the second year, or more than fifty nine per cent. The m arr i ages b y the clergy of the church were ninety-six per cent. of the whole in the first year; nine ty-four per cent. in the second year, when the arrangements of the dissenters had been partly completed. The proportion of marriages in the year to the population was 1 in 129 ; ra ther below the average of 1821-30, which was lin 125. The number of Jews in the country has never been ascertained : it may be rated from the marriages (160) at 20,000, or rather more than double the number of Quakers, if none be consi dered Friends who do not marry according to the r u l es o f th e society. Seventy-six Quaker couples were married in the first, and seventy-three in the second year ; so t h at, unless celibacy is more common than in the general population, they cannot exceed 10,000. 5628 men, and 16,414 women were married under twenty-one years of age ; or of 1000, 40 men and 135 women. The proportion of minors varied consider ably in different counties. In 4858 marriages the ages were ascestained : more than half, namely, 2536 men, and 2527 women were between the ages of twenty and twenty-five; at twenty-five and under thirty, the men were 1150, the women 861; and 137 men and 65 women were above the age of fifty. 10,390 more boys were born than girls ; the boy s were 245,465, the girls 235,075. In the metropo lis, 26,180 boys, and olk , 25 14 , 0 ,9 4 , 5 1 girls boys, w registeredelr4e,so4 girls ; n Kent, Surrey s x, uSinrffeoy (excep t lk, andN the proportions on s parts in the metropolis), S u ssex, Hampshlre, Berk s hi re , 21,619 boys, 20,653 g i r l s . Th e girls eirFeed l e s d 92 t b h o e y b s o , y l s B9 m number only in two counties : —Bedfordshire, 5 weregirls ;thWe sameestmoirneldaenadt,h7;BBfor boys, 805 T 169,112 and e fe males died in the year : in b o th i ns t an ces nearly . 1044 males to 1000 females. The number o f f ema l e s living in the coun try is rather greater than that o f ma l es . h PORRION INTELLIGENCI FALL OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE. (From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.) We have just received by extraordinary express, the fol lowing communication from our Paris correspondent : " PARIS, "MONDAY EVENING, Quarter to Nine. "The official journal, the Messager, contains the follow, ing telegraphic despatch, which I hasten to send you by an extraordinary express ' " TOULON Nov. 22, Three o' c lock. (This despatch has not reached' tilt this day, on account of the state of the weather.) THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE MARINE "The English steamer the Phcenix, arrived at Malta the 12th, has announced the taking of St. Jean d'Acre. " ` This news is given by the captain of the Eurotas.' " The same paper further contains telegraphic despatches from Algiers, explanatory of military movements, and the welcome announcement that the Rhone has sensibly dimi nished, and that the Saone has considerably fallen. "The evening papers contain no other. mews. " ToamoNres, Monday Night, Half-past Eight. " Before the telegraphic despatch came out the Rente was at 72f. 25c. three per cent. It is now at the same price." FRANCE (From the Morning Herald of Wednesday) We have received from Paris the following memorandum, declaratory of the course which the four powers have left it free for Mehemet Ali to adopt, to obtain his reconciliation with the Sultan : "MEMORANDUM " The instruction addressed to Lord Ponsonby, on the 15th of October last, at the close of a deliberation between the plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, has declared the opportunity which existed for the representatives of the four courts at Constantinople being authorised to announce to the Sablime Porte that their re spective governments, conformably to the stipulations of the separate act annexed to the convention of the 15th July, be lieve it to be their duty to recommend strongly to the govern ment of his highness that in case Mehemet Ali should submit without delay, and consent to restore the Ottoman fleet, and withdraw his troops from the whole of Syria, from Adana, from Arabia, and from the Holy Cities, his highness should deign, not only to reinstal Mehemet Ali in his functions as Pacha of Egypt, but, at the same time, to grant him the hereditary investiture of the said pachalic, according to the conditions established by the convention of the 15th of July, it being clearly understood that this hereditary title might be subject to be revoked if Mehemet Ali, or any of his suc cessors, should infringe the said conditions. " The utility of addressing to the Sublime Porte a com munication conceived in tie sense set forth has been unani mously recognised by the four courts. Nevertheless, in order still further to make apparent the just 'consideration due to the rights of his highness, the Cabinet of Vienna has been of opipion, that the advice which the representatives of the four courts should be called upon to address the Divan, relative to the reintegration of Mehemet Ali in the pachalic of Egypt, ought not to be given at Constantinople until after Mehemet Ali shall have begun by seeking favour (recourir en grace) with his sovereign, and submitting himself to the decisions of his highness. " Taking into consideration that this opinion of the cabi net of Vienna serves to declare anew the respect which the courts which signed the convention of the 15th July bear towards the inviolability of the rights of sovereignty and in dependence of the Sultan; considering moreover the neces sity for bringing the present crisis of the Levant promptly to a pacific solution, conformably to the true interests and to the dignity of the Porte,—the plenipotentiaries of the said courts have resolved with one common accord to adopt the course indicated, in order that the return to favour and the submission of Mehemet Ali might precede the friendly step which the allied representatives will be charged to make to dispose the Porte to grant its pardon to Mehemet Ali. "-In this view, desiring as mu c h as possible to a cce l era t e the moment in which these steps may be taken at Constanti nople, the plenipotentiaries of the four powers have consi dered it opportune to indicate, without the least delay, to Mehemet Ali, the road which is yet open to him to return to favour with his Sovereign, and to obtain his reintegration in the pachalic of Egypt, notwithstanding the decisive events which have declared themselves against him. " In consequence, it has been agreed by a common accord that Admiral Stopford should receive, to this effect, from the government of her Britannic Majesty, the necessary instruc tions, which would be communicated to the plenipotentiaries of the courts of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, to be made known to their cabinets. " It has, moreover, been agreed to communicate to the ambassador of the Sublime Porte, Chekib Effendi, the pre sent memorandum, as well as the instruction which is an nexed to it. __ "‘ London, Nov. 14, 1840." COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW SOUTH WALES We have received our files of the Sydney Gazette, and of the Sydney Commercial Journal to the 4th of August, from which we make the following extracts : ENGAGEMENT AND DISASTROUS DEFEAT OF HER MAJES • TV'S SHIP FAVOURITE, By THE TONGA, ONE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. (From the Sydney Gazette.) It is with feelings of the most heartfelt regret, that we an nounce the death, or rather the murder, of this veteran and gallant officer, which took place on Wednesday, the 24th of June last, while attempting to take the Heathen Stockade of Bea, in the island of Tongataboo, in the South Seas. In former publications we have given the greater part of this gentleman's history —we have expatiated on his slow advance, which advance was so well deserved from his long and ardu ous services—and now it is our melancholy task to record his death while in the gallant performance of his duty. We have at least one pleasure in the performance of our melan choly task, which is to inform the world that Captain Croker died as he had lived—a true British sailor—his sword in his hand, and his heart where a Briton's ought to be (we mean in the right place), while with his last expiring gasp he commanded his men to do their duty. The following is an sccount of the particulars as full and true as the hurried manner in which we had to collect them would admit : On the arrival of H. M. S. Favorite at the island of Ton gataboo, a letter was sent on board to the commander, Capt. Croker, from the missionaries residing on the island, inform ing him that the heathen natives were at war with them, and soliciting his assistance. On receipt of which information he mustered the hands on board the Favorite, and told them that he had received such a communication, and that he had not the power to command them to go on shore, but would leave it to themselves to volunteer, which of them would ac company him. A great number of the crew at once volun teered, and three guns, consisting of two six-pounders and one twelve-pounder were taken on shore, and conveyed to a short distance in the interior, on the rise of a hill which commanded a full view of the heathen stockade. On their arrival at the above place, a female messenger was despatched to the stockade for the purpose of effecting a truce with the natives within the stockade. During her ab sence, King George, accompanied by about three hundred of his soldiers (missionary tribe, as they call themselves) ar rived at the spot for the purpose of assisting the British. On the return of the woman, the flag of truce was hoisted within the stockade, and a few minutes afterwards a Welshman who goes under the name of " Jeinrny the Devil," and who, al though a white man and a British subject, is the ruler and ringleader of these unfortunate heathens, made his appear ance, and was hailed by Capt. Croker with "Well, Jemmy, I am glad to find that you are willing to come to amicable terms—what can Ido for you ?" " Oh!" says Jemmy in return, " You can do a deal for me if you like ;" evidently meaning that it would have been all over with him if he got into the clutches of Captain Croker. That gentleman then informed him that the only terms of peace that could be made, would be to level both heathen and missionary forts to the ground. The Welshman then said that he could not consent to that until he bad consulted several of the chiefs, whose answer he would return in half an hour. To this Captain Croker acceded, and waited with patience the time appointed at the gate of the Heathen fort. At length, hav ing waited past the appointed time, and getting impatient, he knocked at the gate with the hilt of his sword several times, and received no answer to his repeated summons; he then struck through the door with his sword, wnich, on withdraw ing, he found covered with blood. Captain Croker then flourished his sword over his head, and ordered his men to advance with their guns. They immediately advanced within the distance of one hundred yards from the gate of the stockade, thinking that they would fright en th e i nmates b y doing so, instead of which they immediately commenced firing a volley of musketry through the numerous loop-holes of the fortification. As soon as the firing commenced, " King George" and his army decamped, saying that they were going round to besiege the fort on the other side. Captain Croker finding the musketry too strong to enable his men to stand to their guns, ordered them to advance with their. bridges and scaling ladders for the purpose of crossing the trench and beseiging the fort. Immediately after giving this order Captain Croker received a shot in his leg, and staggered a few paces to the rear, at the same time calling on his men to behave themselves like British seamen. At this time several of his party were wounded and two men killed, when a shot struck him in the left breast, and he staggered into the arms of one of his crew, exclaiming " Fight on, and do your duty as British seamen." As the person into whose arms he had fallen was carrying him to the rear, he said feebly, " Lay me down, and go fight." Having ut tered these words, this gallant officer fell back and expired. The survivors finding the musketry so strong, and having lost their commander, were obliged at last to retreat, and leave their guns, carrying with them their dead and wounded, the former of which they afterwards interred. In the even ing the savages from the fort issued out, and took possession of the guns and ammunition left behind by the crew of the Favourite, which they have erected for the defence of their stockade. Our space will not allow us to prolong our report at present; the following is a list of the killed and wounded : Killed—Walter Croker, Esq., Commander ; the Quarter Master, and the Gunner's mate.— Wounded—Mr. Dunlop, first Lieutenant, and 19 of the crew, INHABITANTS OF THE CROPS. — Reports from all parts of the interior, speak of the crops of the ensuing harvest, as likely to be more plentiful than those of many years previous, from the luxu riant appearance of the wheat fields. By a person who has is visited most o f th e principal districts where wheat grown, we learn that the quantity of land now sending forth its green blades of the wheat plant, is beyond all imagination, and should the summer set in gradually, there will not be only an early harvest, but the average return per acre must prove incredible, and astonish the weak minds of monopolizers in this universal article of consumption. Her Majesty's ship Favourite touched at the island of Euramanga, and obtained the remains of the unfortunate individuals Messrs. Williams and llarris, who were mas sacred on that island, and conveyed them to Upolo, one of the Navigator Islands, at which place Mrs. Williams and family reside, where they were interred. IIoBAET TOWN .— W e h ave rece i ve d H o b ar t T own papers up to the middle of July, but they are almost devoid of inte rest. They had received news from Sydney up to the 19th of June, and seem to have been prepared for the Ordnance Bill, only greatly modified. The weather had for the last two days been very fine in Hobart Town, but before that period a considerable quantity of rain and snow had fallen. On Sunday night the thermometer fell to 31, and, to quote the words of Murray's Review, " there was the severest frost we ever witnessed n ear t hi s town, the ice being nearly an inch thick in some places." The following are the markets, as taken from Murray's Review of the 14th instant : THE MARKETS.—There is little or no change since our la7t, either here or at Launceston. The average price of wheat may he taken at 135., but as two ships from Valparaiso have arrived fully laden, and others are expected, the Sydney pur chasers have directed th e i r agents here to buy no more at present, and it is most probable that there will be a consider able fall, The late rains have caused every article of mar ket produce in season, to be in abundance at low prices. Po tatoes (best) Bs. per cwt. ; tea, £8 per chest ; sugar, from £26 to £32 per ton ; pork, £7 the barrel. Other articles of foreign produce as before. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. From South Australia the dates are to the middle of July. Here also colonial revenues are in disorder, the excess of ex penditure over revenue for the last year being calculated at £45,000. The number of vessels which had entered Port Adelaide and Encounter Bay during the year, during the six months previous, is stated at 108, of the tonnage of 20,153. Of these 20 direct from this country, the remainder fro m Sydney, Port Lin co l n, India, &e. The total tonnage of the first half of last year was 21,109. In August, 1839, the popu lation was estimated at 8,250, but is now supposed to exceed 13,000. In the urns month hut year the sheep In the colony wero calculated at 58,000, horned cattle at 6,250, horses 520, pigs 1,000, and goats 180. The sheep now are estimated at 150,000, horned cattle 10,000, horses 1,000. On the increase of stock and the promotion of agriculture the existence of the colony no less than its prosperity may be said to depend. The people, however, seem more anxious and noisy about municipal corporation bills than about material improvements. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY Extract of a letter from Jamaica :—" The greatest exertions are making here to place the Apostles Battery, Fort Augusta, and all the other forts round the island, in a complete state of defence, and in adapting their parapets to the traversing platforms on which the guns have been lately mounted. A steamer has been placed at the disposal of the island engineer (whose zeal and exertions nothing can exceed), to enable him more effectively personally to superintend these preparations. Chain, shell, shot, carcasses, and Congreve rockets, have been in large quantities conveyed to all the works, and there is no doubt but that an enemy approaching the coast of Jamaica will be warmly received. A reinforcement of two companies of artillery are daily expected. NAPOLEON'S REMAINS.—A letter from one of the officers of the Astrolabe, written on September the 7th, while that ship was still at St. Helena, says :—" An Englishbrig of war has bean sent here, witn commissioners, to be present at the exhumation of the remains of the emperor. All the prepa rations for delivering them up to the French are ready. We saw near the tomb a tent, under which all the apparatus for raising them was placed. It is hoped that the body may be withdrawn without removing the immense block of granite which covers the grave, as the English wish to preserve the tomb as it is. They hope that the deserted sepulchre may still attract, if not numerous pilgrims, at least some persons desirous of viewing the spot where lay the man of much uni versal fame. I saw the funeral car which, is to convey the body from the tomb to James-town. It is oblong, and co vered with a dome, supported on four columns, surmounted by a funereal plume. It is entirely covered with black cloth, ornamented with drapery in crape. It will be drawn by four horses, dressed in funereal housings." NEW ZEALAND.—The following is a copy of a letter from Dr. Dorset, dated Port Nicholson, April 29, 1840 :—" I have nothing to tell you in the way of news. We have now settled down into a regular community, and I suspect my adventures are all over. Enclosed I send you the first [second, the first was published here] number of the New Zealand newspaper, in which you will see better than I can tell you our flourishing state and prospects. Every one is sanguine in the extreme, The eighth part, No. 20, town acre only, held by a Mr. Shan, has been sold for one hun dred pounds : such is the confidence people have in the place succeeding. Sir George Sinclair's son, a few days after his arrival, sold five sections for thirteen hundred guineas, and he is now heartily sorry for the sale, the buyer of them de claring they are worth £lO,OOO, as they are mostly low num bers. Sections below No. 10 are not to be - bought for one thousand pounds. The Tory sails to-morrow for Sydney at break of day." HER MAJESTY It will be seen, by the official bulletin issued on Monday, that her Majesty and the infant Princess are going on favour ably. The following is a copy : " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 23, 1840, Half-past Nine o'clock, a. in. " The Queen has passed a good night, and her Majesty is going on favourably. _ " The infant Princess is well. (Signed) "JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M. D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M. D " RICHARD BLAGDEN." It is generally supposed that the Princess will receive the names of her august mother—Alexandrina Victoria ; and that the christening, which will be on a magnificent scale of splendour, will take place within a month. It is, we believe, now generally understood, that the illu mination which it was expected would take place, this even ing, will be postponed until the royal christening, when, no doubt, it will be very general, and worthy the happy and in teresting event it is to celebrate. TUESDAY. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued on Tuesday " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 24, 1840. " Half-past 9 o'clock, a.m. " The Queen has slept perfectly well. Her Majesty has not had a single unfavourable symptom. " The infant princess continues well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. RICHARD BLAGDEN." The Duchess of Kent arrived at the palace in the morning, and remained there until the evening, when her royal high ness returned to Ingestre House, Belgrave-square. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda arrived in town from her residence on Blackheath, and immediately proceeded to the palace to learn the state bf her Majesty and the infant princess. Lady Barham succeeded the Countess of Sandwich yester day morning as the lady of the bedchamber in waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Gloucester called at the palace in the fore uoon, to make personal inquiry as to the state of the Queen and the infant princess. The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Viscount Melbourne, the Lard Steward, the Lord Cham. berlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Vice-Chamberlain attended at the palace during the day. Viscount Torrington and Major the Hon. George Keppel succeeded, yesterday, Lord Byron and Sir Frederick Stovin as the lord and groom in waiting on her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colone] Wylde and Captain Seymour, rode out on horseback yes. terday. The Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes, arrivec at her residence, Stafford House, at five o'clock yesterda) afternoon, from Trentham. The accounts of her Majesty and the royal infant were uni formly favourably throughout the day. The palace was again thronged yesterday afternoon by the nobility and gentry, to make their dutiful inquiries after the health of her Majesty and the infant princess. In several instances the parties had come to town expressly for the purpose. The bulletin of her Majesty's health issued was as follows : " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 25, 1840, Half-past Nine, a.m. " The Queen has had a good night, and continues to go on favourably. " The infant princess is well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D RICHARD BLAGDEN." The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard arrived in the morning at the palace. Her royal highness took her departure in the afternoon. The Ducfiess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes, paid a visit to the palace, accompanied by th e D u k e o f Sutherland. Her grace was received by Lady Barham, lady of the bed chamber in waiting on her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Dachess of Gloucester and tht Princess Sophia, arrived together to make their enquiries after the state of the Queen and the royal infant. Viscount Melbourne attended at the palace in the after noon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Vv - ylde and Captain Seymour, rode out on horseback in the middle of the day l _ The Duchess of Inverness, Countess of Erroll, Lady Ida Ha and the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, paid visits to the palace yesterday, and were received by Lady Barham, the lady in waiting on the Queen. The Lord Steward and the Treasurer of the Household attended at the palace during the day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned in the evening to the palace, and dined with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Don Manuel Moreno, the Buenos Ayrean minister, and George F. Dickson, Esq., consul-general, were amongst the visiters at the palace on Monday. EVERTON ELECTION, 1839 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—MormAy, Nov. 23. THE QUEEN V. QUAYLE. The Court at rising, gave their decision that the rule for an information against the defendant must be made absolute, his return having been founded upon 'personated votes. — [This fact was first made public in an early second edition of the STANDARD of Tuesday.] THE QUEEN V. HART. In this case the defendant, who had been committed at Liverpool, on a charge of rape, was brought up on habeas cot-pus, to be allowed . to put in bail. The 'Court, having heard the depositions read, were of opi nion it was a case in which bail ought to be taken, and directed that the prisoner should put in bail, himself in the sum of £2OOO, and find four sureties of £lOO each, and be committed to Newgate until such bail was entered into. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET, TUESDAY EVENING.—The funds are still on the improv ing order, although the transactions have not been of any importance, as the jobbers are mainly occupied in making up their accounts for settling day. Consols were 90 to * both for money and time. Exchequer bills 3s. to ls. discount. Bank stock 159 to 160. India stock 211 to 2. Excepting in Dutch stocks, which have advanced a shade, the foreign market remains nearly as before. Dutch two and-a-half per cents. were 51. 3 / 4 to /, the five per cents. 98 to 9. Belgian 97 to 8. Spanish active with the coupons 231 to Portuguese two-and-a-half per cents. (formerly fives) were 35 3 / 4 to 6, the one-and-a-half per cents. (formerly threes) 224- to /. Mexican 34 to -. Colombian 251 to 6. Braxilian 71 to si. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 77 to 9, Great Western 21 to 2, the Half Shares 9 to 12 premium. North Midland 29 to 7, the New 5 to 3, Brighton 124 to +, Blackwell 4/ to discount. South Western 53 to 4 per share. The foreign exchanges were flat to-day. The rates nego tiated were, on Paris 25 524 to 55 ; on Amst er d am 12 21. to 1 ; on Rotterdam 12 a ; on Antwerp 12 2 ; on Hamburg 13 ; on Frankfort 1484 to 9. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The intelligence this morning from Paris of the capture of St. John d'Acre, coupled with the peaceful tenour of the important memorandum of the re presentatives of the four powers, published exclusively in the Herald this mornin g , had the eff ec t o f g i v i ng an additional impetus to the fund s , and Consols rose to 904 buyers for money at one time. Subsequently however they became flat and rather on the decline from the belief of its being a dull account. Just before the close of business the commencing depression was still further increased by the appearance of a leading broker in the market, who effected some rather con siderable sales. Consols in consequence declined to 894 to 90 both for money and to-morrow the settling day. Bank Stock was 159 to 160, India Stock 241 to 3. Exchequer Bills 2s discount to par. Foreign Securities partook of the depression of the Home Market. Spanish Active with the Coupons were 231 to 1. Portuguese Two -and-a-Half per Cents (falsely called Fives) were 35 to 4, the One-and-a-Half per Cents (falsely called Threes) 22 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents were 51+ to 4, the Five per Cents 984 to 9. Belgian 97 to 8. The Scrip Ito 1 premium. Mexican 30 to 1. London and Birmingham Railways. were 76 to 8, Great Western 19/ to 201 premium. South Western 52 to 3 per share. Blackwell sto 4/, Brighton 121 to 4 discount. We are enabled to state, upon authority, that various in tentions existed respecting the appointment to the vacant see of Meath. Dr. Dickinson was, however, under all the proposed arrangements, to have been considered. The ap pointment of Dr. Sadleir to the bishopric was mooted, and had it taken place, Dr. Dickinson would have succeeded him in the provostship ! This would have been, if possible, a more dangerous appointment than the one which has been actually effected. The mysterious postponement of Dr. Sad leir's claims is thus simply accounted for—on the death of the present Archbishop of York, who is now at a very great age, the Archbishop of Dublin is to be translated to that see, and Dr. Sadleir to be appointed to the vacant archbishopric of Dublin.—Dublin Statesman. THE OXFORD DIVINES, We entreat the earnest attention of our readers to the subjoined narrative, which will convince them of the,dangetous practical tendency of the Oxford Tracts. The case of Mr. Biden strongly reminds us of that of the Hon. Mr. Spencer, who has himself confessed that he became a convert to Popery by " following up the data" furnished by Dr. Pusey and his coadjutors. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sig,—There has appeared in some of the newspapers an account (copied from the Tablet, 'Roman Catholic Journal) of the proselytism of a young English protestant, Mr. Biden, resident in Bruges, who, after a public abjuration of his first faith, was admitted with the usual ceremonies, before a vast concourse of spectators, into the bosom of the Romish church, and is now prepari ng f or t,'-.priesthood in the epis copal seminary of the above city. His conversion and apos tacy are ascribed to " the writings of Dr. Pusey ;" and the truth of this statement I can most positively affirm. When I profess the utmost respect for the learning and piety of that most exemplary divine, and my confidence in the sound ness of his opinions, my observations on this head may be received with less suspicion. The present, I believe, is but a lamentable instance and realization of the danger antici pated by the Bishop of Oxford, in a charge to the clergy of his diocese—that he was not so apprehensive of error in the authors of the Tractsfor the Times as in the misunder standing of their juvenile disciples. Mr. Biden is the eldest son of an East India captain, who now holds a high official appointment in Madras, and is there resident with the bulk of his family. A young brother was left in England at Christ's Hospital, and John Christopher, the subject of these remarks, was placed with a respectable solicitor in London, to be brought up to that profession, in which he had good prospects. Disgusted with the study and practice of the law, and having always had a preference for the church, he turned his attention to theology, and especi ally to a perusal of those works published and recommended by the Oxford divines. In the course of last year he visited his aunt, a most excellent Protestant English lady, who has property in Bruges ; and being myself. resident in that city during part of the long vacation, I was there first introduced to him by her. I walked and talked with him daily: and made a tour in his company through the most beautiful districts of Belgium. The staple of his own conversation was derived from the Oxford tracts. I endeavoured in seve ral instances, to the best of my ability and judgment, to point out what I considered his misconstruction of several opinions therein stated, and his misapplication of the prin ciples. But my arguments were generally confronteu by his exposure of some technical inaccuracy in my details ; as re garded, for instance, the distinction of the priestly vestments and ornaments of the church, in the knowledge of which particulars I confess he had greatly-the advantage. He had now abandoned the legal profession, andwas studying for the ministry of the church of England. I recommended the best standard works to his perusal, and advised him to com mence with the more elementary branches of divinity before venturing upon the higher ground of polemical discussion, especially with the one-sided view which he then entertained. He told me that he had abstained for days together from meat diet in order, with his savings, to purchase Dr. Pusey's own, and other theological works of his (Dr. Pusey's) recom mendation, more especially some of the early fathers, and to such had his exclusive attention been directed. His talents were above mediocrity, but they were warped by the narrow ness of his reading. His moral character was irreproachable ; but, perhaps, for that very reason somewhat tinctured with self-righteousness and self-sufficiency. I wish, indeed, I could excuse myself from the like grievous hindrances to the settlement of religious truth; but, as it was, I am ashamed to confess, our discussions on these subjects usually terminated in anything but an amicable:spirit : and, perhaps, by insisting too obstinately upon what 1 considered the weightier matters of the law, " which ought to be done," I rather confirmed him in his opposite leaning towards external observances, " which ought not to be left undone." However, certainly he attached as much importance to the shape and fashion of his clerical habit as the Pharisees of old to their phylacteries and hems ; and spoke repeatedly of his intention to restore (as much as in him lay) the ancient discipline of the church in his choice of the alb, the cope, and other canonical vest ments. This is one instance among many such. Upon my return to England he wrote me a letter to as sure me of his " sincere and hearty forgiveness of all past grievances." I endeavoured unsuccessfully to obtain for him a Bible clerkship in the college to which I belong at Ox ford ' • when to my astonishment last wee k I was gr i eve d be yond measure to learn for the first time his secession from the church, by the accounts above referred to from the Tablet. I have been induced to be thus explicit in my narrative, because what has been his case may easily be the case of others, who, like him, under similar circumstances, " follow ing up" (as it is said) " the data of the Oxford tracts," may, from very just premises, arrive at very dangerous conclusions, with no other guide to direct the course of their speculations than " four months' (!) patient study in the extensive lib rar y of an ecclesiastical seminary." A few months back only I have been with him when he has suffered himself to be in sulted rather than bare his head on the approach of the host in procession, and shuddered at the imputation of ever be ing "a popish recantant." He has now solemnly abjured the authority of the Church of England, and worships the blessed Eucharist in high mass, as the substantial body and blood of his glorified Redeemer ; so, alas ! " following up the data of the Oxford tracts !" From them again no doubt he learned the just importance of external decency and order in the public services of religion ; he then compares the Sabbath worship (one day in seven) at the English protestant chapel, a small building of the meanest description, with no ornaments to recommend it but a plain pulpit, altar, and organ (which last._ is never used —there being no psalmody) with the pomp and pageantry in the daily services at the Romish cathedrals and churches of the most sublime architecture—allurement s for every sense ; a choir and orchestra with all kinds of ,music, paintings and images, gorgeous apparel, and brilliant lights ; sprinkling of water, and the counting of beads ; the very taste consulted in the prescription of certain foods, and in the administration of the consecrated wafer ; till, mistaking feelings for realities, the exquisite thrill of pleasure thus produced by the grati fications of sense and fancy for the fervent spirit of devotion, he naturally despises the unaffected simplicity of our most spiritual services, which, without meanness, are so well suited at once to tranquillise and humble the heart, to enlighten the mind without distraction of thought, and so, instrumentally, to produce that conversion of the soul in which originates all practical religion. The danger, then, is threefold, and the publication of the above instance may serve for a warning. There is dan ger in the writings themselves, because, first (as it has been already well remarked in your paper of Saturday last), they are expressed in " incautious phraseology ; " and, secondly, they are not, generally speaking, sufficiently distinct in their delineations of the true and the false, the right and the wrong, of the same sutject matter ; the line of demarcation is not so nicely and clearly established, that we , may know for certain how far to go, and no further, without either encroachment or delinquency ; how at once " to refuse the evil and choose the good." There is danger, again, that in the advocacy of these and similar writings, we should be so far impressed with their general truth and importance, as to have no fears for the abuse of them. Had I had the most remote apprehension of the consequences that would ensue to Mr. Biden from his perusal of Dr. Pusey's works, how different would have been my behaviour in endeavouring to reclaim his delusive notions ! It is said that "he consulted some eminent divine of the Church of England," and that " his conviction was most fully confirmed by the very feeble nature of the arguments produced against it." I am not aware who this may have been ; but I wish most earnestly he had consulted Dr. Pusey himself. The result might have been otherwise. Lastly, there is danger in the student; be cause he may venture, as Mr. Biden, "to follow up the data" thus incautiously offered him, and, trusting to these re sources alone, wrest to his own destruction things most hard to be understood. I am, sir, your faithful servant, A GRADUATE OF OXFORD. WRECK OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL (From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) BRISTOL, Nov. 25.—Since my last letter but little infor mation connected with the loss of this ill-fated vessel has reached here, and indeed until we have advices from Water ford, which we expect by the packets this evening, but little further intelligence can be obtained. By a letter from Mr. George Lunell, the senior partner of the Bristol General Steam Navigation Company, who is at Llammadock, we learn that two more bodies have been washed on shore—viz. that of Purnell, one of the engineers, and a deck passenger, whose name has not as yet been ascertained. Mr. Lunell expresses a belief that there were but six deck passengers on board, and (if the information given by the carpenter and his companion can be relied on) it would seem that there was not a single cabin passenger on board. The inquest on the bodies has been held, but the verdict has not transpired in this city, and is not referred to in the letter. Several of the bodies were to be buried yesterday, and last night the remains of the captain and third steward and the saved portions of the live stock and cargo arrived here by the Swansea packet. This is all the information which 1 am at present enabled to give you, but I hope by to-morrow to send you a complete list, at all events as far as it is possible to complete it. Almost every hour brings us some intelligence of vessels injured and lost in the gales which have prevailed during the last fortnight. We last night received a letter at our Com mercial-rooms, which record s the entire wrec k o f t h e b rig Grecian, of aterford, with the loss of every person on board. This vessel struck on a reef of rocks off Bideford, on Wednesday last, and immediately went to pieces. The master, James Buckley, was an experienced and able seaman, and his loss is deeply regretted. STATE OF TRADE MANcTiEsTER.--There was not the slightest appearance of improvement in the market yesterday ; the demand both for goods and yarns being on the most limited scale, and prices, in all cases, at the very lowest previous rates. ROCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 23. — We have had a very dull market to-day, and there has been but a very indifferent attendance of buyers. The quantity of goods sold has been very limited, and the prices very low. The wool market has been still more gloomy : as to prices in the finer wools there is no change, but broken noils were offered at a shade lower. To-day some of the cotton facto ries have begun to work short time. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, Nov. 24.—This was another dull market;c and we fear the sa me monotonous report will have to be made during the remainder of the year, unless something unexpected takes place. Heavy woollens are still in tolerable demand. As to other goods, a few insigni ficant sales only takes place. The arrival of the President is anxiously looked for, both for ord ers , an d on account of the ex t ra ordinary delay in its arrival. Business in the ware houses has undergone no change for the better. The wool market is heavy. Prices merely nominal. Manchester Guardian. THE CARACCI.—These magnificent productions are the delight of every one who pays them a visit. Independently of their merit as works of art, they have the interest of anti quity, and the still nobl er recommendation of repr esenting. the Saviour of the wo r ld d o i ng good by performing some of his stupendous miracles. But to be properly appreciated they must be seen. Mr. Bentley, who has the care of these treasures, is a very intelligent man ; and he seems to take great pleasure in imparting his inforinariort to the visitors. We trust that he and his spirited principal may have reason to boast of having visited Liverpool. BIRTH OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—The second edition of The Times of Saturd a y, announcing the b irth of a princess, published (as it appears from The Times) one hour, within a few minutes, after the happy occurrence took place, was the first harbinger of the event to the inhabitants of Liverpool. No sooner had it reached the office of Mr. Gaskill,:the agent, than the office was besieged with anxious inquirers, to ascer tain whether her Majesty had been blessed with a prince or princess. The news was quickly communicated to most parts of the town, and, notwithstanding it being the Sabbath, co lours were hoisted, and other manifestations of joy were per ceptible among the loyal inhabitants. The steamers plying to the Cheshir e s h ore, h er Majesty ' s mail for Dublin, and the ships in the various docks, also displayed their colours, and the river presented a very animated appeara nc e. Several of the " S un d ay " papers, which arrived in the morning, stated that her Majesty vas in excellent health, and that her ac couchement might be expected some time in December. The 'limes of " S a t ur d ay " containing the announcement of the inte resting event, a n d th e " S unday " papers not alluding to it, excepting as above-mentioned, led many of the ludicrously wise to doubt the fact. The statement of The Times, how ever (though it required none), received afterwards ample confirmation, and the announcement of the happy event was, as we ha ve stated, met here with a general burst of joy. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, ITAS NOW OPENED FOR THE SEASON MISS LAND, THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ROPE-DANCERS, called the CHIARINI FAMILY, Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND, Mr. C. F. MARSHALL, Mr. CHARLES BLAND. ?THIS EVENING (Friday), the 24th instant, and TOL MORROW (Saturday), the 28th, the Entertainments will commence with a Drama of deep interest, as acted in London with the most distinguished success, with additions and alte rations arranged expressly for this Theatre, called the WIFE OF CORNHILL; Or, THE FATAL SECRET. Martyn Lessamour Mr. Barton. Robert Laidlaw.. (with Songs).. Mr Charles Bland Gamiel Gander Mr. C. F. Marshall. Cyprian Gossamer, a Page .. (with Barton. Amy (with Songs) Miss Land. Margaret Lessamour.... Mrs Gordon. A CHARACTERISTIC DANCE, By Miss DE-BLAQUIERE, (from the Theatre-Royal, Drury lane,) and a General Dance by the Characters. After which, THE CHIARINI FAMILY Will appear, with their extraordinary Performances on the _ _ _ CORDE VOLANTE. - A VARIETY OF SINGING AND DANCING To which will be added an entirely new Farce, written ex pressly for Mr. Raymond, by E. Stirling, Esq., the popu lar London Author, entitled CHARLES O'MALLEY, THE IRISH DRAGOON. Charles O'Malley (the Irish Dragoon, in love) Mr. Raymond. Miss Judy Maccan (the Female Dragoon, . . in petticoats).. (with Sonis).. Mr. Raymond. Jenny Jinks.. (her Sentimental Maid).. Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with a new laughable Farce, fifth time here, written by E. Stirling, Esq., called the JEWELLER. OF ALDGATE; OR, THE BACK PARLOVR. Mr. Simon Tubbs.... (a Jeweller).... Mr. C. F. Marshall. Mrs. Simon Tubbs.. (Wife of the Jeweller).. Mrs. Raymond. Tickets and Places to be had 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, ls. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven precisely. Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application at the Theatre, price .£l_ls. - Stage Manager, Mr. C. F. MARSHALL. MR. TILBURY and Mt. HIGGIE arc engaged, and will shortly appear. THE THREE CARACCI THE celebrated PAINTINGS of Subjects from Religious History, by ANNIBAL, AGOSTINO, and LUDOVICO CARACCI, are NOW ON VIEW at the UNION GALLERY, Slater-street, (out of Bold-street,) from Ten till Four o'clock by daylight, and again from Six till Ten o'clock in the Even ing by gaslight. [he sum of £8,500 has lately BERN REFUSED for these Pictures. The Ex-Queen of Etruria paid Three Hundred Thousand Francs for them to Lucien Buonaparte, being at the rate of £4,000 for each Picture; and they are now con sidered by all Connoisseurs as worth a much larger sum. They will remain on view at the Union Gallery, for a short time only. ADMITTANCE—ONE SHILLING. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper, THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION o f th e LIVERPOOL ACADEM Y 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, Is. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place. EARLY DELIVERY OF " THE TIMES" (LONDON) IN LIVERPOOL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. riIHE LATEST EDITIONS of " THE TIMES" con- Jl to be received at FOUR O'CLOCK in the After noon of the same day of its publication in London. None but Subscribers supplied.—Apply to the Agent. 45, Lord-street, Liverpool L. T. GASKILL. tge;SCUMMFMV,•I..,I TO CORRESPONDENTS CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY, ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED YESTERDAY Mr. Thomas Barber, 1, Dale-street Mr. John Middleton, 65, High-street, Edge-hin los In the report of the speeches at the Welsh Dinner, which appeared in our Tuesday's paper, one or two alight in accuracies occurred. The gentleman who presented the Hirlas Horn to Sir Joshua Walmsley, and was erroneously described as the Rev. Mr. Hughes, was Dr. Hughes, of St. Anne-street. In the letter of Mr. Briarly Browne to the secretary of the Pastoral Aid Society, and inserted in the STANDARD of Friday last, occurs the following passage—" Whilst I shall make it my study to set forth in all its fulness the atoning 'sacrifice of Christ, I shall not fail to impress upon my hearers the observance of the divine admonition—` If ye love me keep my commandments.' "—We have been se verely taken to task for italicising the last three words, but we apprehend our intelligent reprover will be surprised to hear that Mr. Browne himself must have been desirous for some reason, of drawing particular attention to the ex pression, as it was previously printed in the journals which advocate his claims, precisely as it appeared in the STAND ARD. Of course we could have no motive in laying any spe cial stress on an injunction—the obedience to which, we hold of vital importance.—A similar remark may be made respecting another word which has called forth censure from the same quarter. POLL BOOK. We are glad to find that a complete list of the voters polled for the election of Sixteen Councillors for this Borough, on the 2d of November, is already in the hands of the printers, and will be immediately pub lished. It will skew the duplicate qualcations of the voters, and the wards in which they polled. The list has been examined with the polling papers in the possession of the Mayor. It will be found of great value as a book of reference, and will prove of great service in carrying on the canvass for the ensuing year. Kibtrpool •-,ttanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1840, We have received our files of the Sydney Gazette and of the Sydney Commercial Journal to the 4th of August. These papers supply us with the melancholy details of an engagement which took .place in the Island of Tonga, between the crew of her Majesty's sihp Favourite and the heathen inhabitants of the island,;and which ended in the repulse of the forme r- The particulars of this engagement will be found in another column. The papers before us give a very unfavourable ac count of the financial concerns of the colony of New South Wales. It appears that the real excess of ex penditure over income, during the past year, amounted to £102,365, and that the gross excess, which includes several items not properly chargeable as government expenditure, was £140,598. The estimates of charge for the next year are stated to be £397,300, the de ficiency of all the available resources of revenue to meet which is set down at £32,000. This deficit it Is proposed to cover by raising the duty on West India rum to 9s. per gallon, that on other spirits to 125., and to fix the ad valorem duties thus :—On wine 15 per cent. ; on other goods, tea and sugar excepted, to per cent. ; on tea and sugar, as at present, 5 per cent. On the whole, notwithstanding the financial em barrassments of the colony, the prospects of the colo nists appear to be very encouraging. The London papers of Wednesday contain the im portant announcement of the taking of St. Jean D'Acre by the allied forces. This information was !onveyed by a telegraphic despatch from Toulon to Paris, having previously been brought to Malta by the Phamix British steamer. The Paris correspondent of the Times intimates that an insurrectionary movement was expected to have taken place at Cairo, which Ivo likely also to extend to Alexandria, and put an end al together to the power and the reign of Mehemet ind perhaps to his life. Whatever foundation there maY be for these surmises, it appears highly probable that the fall of Acre will be immediately followed by the evacuation of Syria by the troops of Ibrahim and by the immediate settlement of the eastern (Pe' Lion. It is alleged that M. Mounier, who has been de spatched by the French government on a mission to the British Court, i s aut h or i se d to make a definitive proposition to the following effect :—That the allied powers obtain from the Sultan for Mehemet Ali a grant of the hereditary government of Egypt, on condition that he withdraw his troops from Syria and s ubmit forthwith. It is, however, further to be agreed on, that Syria be erected into a Pashalic, tributary to the Porte, but under the protection of the five great Powers of Europe. This will, most probably, be the ultimate arrangement which will be agreed upon by France and the allied Powers. The Liverpool Times of Tuesday last, avails itself of the opportunity presented by the birth of the Princess Royal, to offer a deliberate and gratuitous insult to one of her Majesty's illustrious uncles. Our contempo rary remarks that " in the present circumstances of the empire, the birth of an heir or heiress to th e throne is a political event of great importance. I t gives us the additional security of another life against the king of Hanover, a prince whose outrageous vio lations of the rights of his German subjects show s what he is capable of, and how severe a trial his acces sion to the throne of England would have been to our monarchical institutions." Such language, applied a°