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

INTELLTOF OTHEI )REIGN INTELLIG,ENCR i'!•TC;E FROM SYRIA AND THE LFSANT t DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT ACIIE. niny Herald of yesterday.) teived by Extraordinary Express from Mar- Syria and the Leiant, bringing dates sth, Beyrout 18th, and Malta 25th of k of announcing that a terrible of that pla, th of November, three by the explosion of in the fortress The number many women and children ; but imen and tbarines °Ulcers and men wounded- A o, to add tE aongst Sir Charles Smith, commanding the oilier, of the Castor ; Lieut. John- a upon t ss Chariot Lte cause of this itish fleet were still on the Syrian er begat- to' prevail among the is about to sail fo' Alexandria, to winter at Marmorizza ; winter at Malta, whither the last accounts at Zac plain of Roceah, under the' Lebanon. 1. Their a Pcha WE both with him fled to 12,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. tir was in the mountains, hovering on the Hebron and Legia had, it was for the Stilton. The late commanding engineer Schultz (who is now called a Swiss and not a loved on board the Edinburgh with the inten ng him to Constantinople, but owing to the state it was necessary to land him at Beyrout, where I in the host Sir Moses Montefiore and suite anarantine there. Mr. Joel Davis, Ises thither, but did not proceed to itery on the 23d ult. The Asia ar ;t November. The island suffered the 17th ult. There 14th, which did con- DISASTER AT ACRE. November, three days after the fall of this ess, and when the British were still rejoie ebieved, in three hours, and with a loss on ed and 44 wounded, that which even igth withstood 11 assaults of Napo on the 12th with a sad lciss of human doomed to suffer a disaster, the origin of never to be cleared up, though, in all proba sen from the loose manner in which powder ie teen conveyed from place to place by the the defence of it againbt the allies, for it iproaches to the works - from the several maga rally one continued train of powder, requiring vigilance to remove, so as to avoid such conse- lie one we are ,out to relate a, at-least 500 yards in height, of thick yellow dust, with a loud and simultaneous report, sue white smoke and the bursting of as many as a lls, spreading in all directions far beyond and all 'ps of the fleet, some of which, and among them ing only about one hundred yards from the , d the explosion of another powder magazine ! In five minutes after, the offi ,ned from the shipping to the succour of the suf g whom there might be shipmates and mess- Itered on the road those who had fortunately 1g to the boats for conveyance on board, for maimed and wounded, which, together with )rtress of Acre e said to amount to 280, of whom at least 150 men and children. We have been unable to as- e sufferers in the British fleet, but nd that as many as fifteen marines are killed, and hour of dinner, the number would have rably increased. Among the seamen there are ded, and of the officers, Brigadier General Sir Smith, R.N., very slightly ; Captain Collier, Castor, leg broke, and other injuries and brnises, mt Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Kitson, both of Charlotte; from which ship Mr. Warre, mate, ing party, were ordered to clear out a magazine lerlrid shells, which was on fire from the explo. perilous service was happily performed without y, notwithstanding the doors had been shattered. plying of wet bales and blankets, by dusk the Further damage were considerably reduced, though ; not entirely - extinguished until - a late hour of the )thing could exceed the intrepid conduct of the Toyed, who even mounted the burning roof, bra iger, in order to introduce the_hose of the engine, a the fire. The Princess Charlotte had two oe killed and nine wounded, besides several sea officers belonging to her above-named. 12.—0 n Friday the 6th, an explosion of a pow )ok place, and the loss of life on this sad oc ;ed fearful. Captain Ford himself was on short ;w hours before, and reports that a number of nen were there seeking among the ruins the their husbands, and relations. These he supe 1 to a hundred, and it is probable that all me e explosion. if escaped narrowly, for he had been a few moments before the ca lf, having felt too much fatigue is exertions, of the explosion were very remarkable. Among 3f dust which filled the air were perceived im (many of which fell near the Tahiri Bairi, with. striking her), shells exploded with horrible din, a and women were hurled into eternity ! is going off to different ships were wet through by !wised by the fall of stones and other heavy bodies r. The Stromboli was struck, but providentially wounded. At three o'clock signals were made rincess Charlotte (flag ship) for all the boats to go id render assistance. At four it was painfully t many were killed and wounded. Among the suf. • the Castor. who Karl K;o 10. flag-ship and twelve marines badly rounded and several missing ,ed and wounded, and abou , oxen, asses, sheep, mules, horses, camels, &c., iminately with mutilated human bodies. Although employed to remove the dead, the work is one of pur, on account of the heavy stones with which the covered. There is no supporting the dreadful it arise from the putrefying masses. is scarce and bad. At the time the Tahiri Bairi rere dying in the streets for want of su rg i ca l a id ; ns of the fleet were too few in number to do what ed, though their individual exertions were highly -Ll ad Bey, with 2,000,000 of piasters, made his escape, : 20,000 people, during the night ; many of them day seized by the mountaineers, or voluntarily Liultz, a Swiss engineer, after being badly wounded, .!d to Sir R. Stopford, by whom he was sent on Edinburgh, with orders to be well treated. afterwards embarked on board the Tahiri Bairi, intinople ; but ere he reached Beyrout, he was suf severely, that Captain Ford landed him at the Eng :al there, where he will receive the very best atten- ps in general. except the rigging, are little touched. [ Walker behaved nobly, bringing his ship in close s, with only two feet water under her keel, and in posed place. lie was raked by a battery on his rid exposed to the fire of batteries on his beam. 7 lost four men killed and eight wounded. His ouch injured, and sailed yesterday (sth) for Con- for repairs, and carryi ng 1200 prfsoners. stance rendered by the two Austrian frigates were Ile, and called forth the thanks of Sir R. Stopford. EGYPT. mmerce publishes the following letter, dated Alex 11th ult., 3 o'clock p. m., without, however, for its correctness : ;et is not to quit the harbour ; 8000 men have just 1 from it, who are to be marched to Rosetta and to defend those two points. Several convoys of aden with ammunition, and some batteries of artil e been also sent thither. r the breaking up of the council of war, held this it was said that Said Hey was about to leave, for )se of. surrendering the Ottoman fleet into the hands al Stopford, and that the latter had been invited to Alexandria, where he was to remain until the final nt of the Egyptian affairs. Orders have been for ) Ibrahim Pasha, enjoining him to return immedi- ALGIERS aphic despatch, dated Toulon, the 29th ult., an 'at the expedition to Medeah had succeeded, with lg any opposition from the Arabs, and that the re-entered their cantonments on the 22d. The f Algiers was tranquil. despatch, of the same date, states that several s had been severely chastised by the French, who )st five killed and 62 wounded. SPAIN, ye received intelligence from Madrid of the 27th Duke of Victory, entreated by his colleagues not adrid at so critical a juncture, had postponed his the north. It was hoped that the differences be government and the Basque provinces would be ily adjusted. M. Olano, the deputy for Guipuzcoa, -;ved by the duke and several other members of Pageot, the charge d'affaires of France, .rrived in Madrid COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. of general news contained in the Cape r, and which reach to the 19th Sep r inclusive, is the state of the frontier, a question which t `—r-st the border farmers, but also the t •. A memorial presented to the Lieut.- ' s from the farmers residing in the field I - Konass and Winterhurg„ gives i; ie ,4r. The farmers complain that io ,oeived compensation for the loss of nner P p .ty they sustained during the Caff re , iced by the colonial adminis- Isnee of the government, ag the Caffre depredations, - their stock and property .minished, that they cannot now even protect them • They declare that they cannot obtain a sufficiency of nts to guard their flocks and herds as armed herdsmen, is utterly impossible for them to remain longer on er .ess some change in the system immediately ac , Should they be compelled to adopt this final t / .1 say they must not be stigmatised as rebels, be it ould not be they who deserted the government, , government who deserted them, in not affording that etion which binds a people to it, In conclusion, they • rination as t o w h ether there is any probability of if there is any hope of the ey s ay, be in the to aiibrd redress, they weuld not be obliged, ntly, and at whatever risk, to resort to mea /list be as unpleasant for a paternal government ,ate as for themselves to execute. At Capetown were abundant at low prices, beef and mutto n at 2d: per lb. A thunder-storm, unattended with had been experienced on the I7th.—TimeB. ived on Friday the neglig ontier unl ahl it, t PORT PHILIP, Intelligence has reached Melbourne of another and still more atrocious outrage committed by the bl ac k s at Mr. Waugh's st a ti on , near the Broken River, and whi c h , I rerret . to say, has been attended by a l a mentable loss of h uman life. The full particul ars o f thi s m elancholy aqur have not reached as, but there is no doubt whatever that it actually occurred. Mr. Waugh—who must be known to many of our readers as ;be author of a work in New South Wales, which met with ;reat success in the mother country, chiefly in Scotland— had .but recont,ly eorf,;e to Pori Philip from the Goulburn Pie*, whore his father and family still reside, and had formed the station on the lifoken River, where the outrage occurred immediately on his arrival. It is not known at what time 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 xtridges 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 l' 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.—In 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. ceeded we un,d , had it 1 any Ca: By the from h JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET THURSDAY EVENING.—The funds remain with scarcely any variation and little doing. Consols are now quoted ex dividend and closed at 89a 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 1. Portuguese Two and-a-half per Cents (falsely called Fives) 341 to the One and-a-half per Cents (falsely called Threes) 221 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents 511 to 2, the Five per Cents 981 to 9. Belgian 971 to 81. Brazilian 71 to 2. Mexican 30 to 1. Colombian 26 to /. 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 31, Brighton 4 to 31 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 891 ex. d iv., but declined to 881 to 9, which was the quotation at the close of the usual hours of business. After that they were quoted 881 sellers. Bank Stock has undergone a further decline, leaving off 1561 to 1571 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced left off at 881; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 971 to 4 ; 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 g to -/ per cent. Spanish Actives were finally marked 231 to 4 ; Mexican. 291 to 30 ; Colombian 251 to 26 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 34 to 4 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 214 to 221; Belgian Scrip to 11 premium ; Danish, 77 to 1 ; Brazilian, 71 to 72 ; and Dutch 24 per Cents., 51a. to 4. SATURDAY EVIINING.—Very little real business was transacted in the English funds to-day, but a sort of contest azi t te A l . hejtyi t ztv2. the speculators for the rise and the specu• k,unsulS ror opened 1:) , ot to ay, closed 89 buyers ; Mink - .6-n7!li was last quoted 1561 to 1571 India Stock, 236 to 238, ex. dividend • and Exchequer-bills 3 to 5 Premium ; 31 per Cent. Reduced shut at 974 to L, anc 3 per Cent. Reduced, 881 to 89. Money at the Stock-Ex change commands 4 to 5 per cent. Although the prices of some of the spe _ tive foreign stocks are quoted higher, there has been no feature in the market. Spanish Actives closed at 24 to * ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 343 to ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 22 to / : Dutch 24 per Cents., 511 to 4; Dutch 5 per Cents., 981 to 4 ; Belgian Scrip, 3 to 11 premium ; Colombian, 2:4 to 26 ; and Mexican, 291 to 30. Great Western shares left off at 21 to 22 premium ; Great Western New Shares, 9 to 3 premium ; Birmingham, 77 to 79 premium ; South Western, 53 to 5.1 per share ; North Midland, 28 to 26 discount; North Midland, new, 31 to 21 discount ; Eastern Counties, 15 to 14 discount ; Blackwall, 41 to 4 discount ; and Brighton, 101 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 Prince 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 Deum 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. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Prince Albert was attended by Lord R. Grosvenor, Major- General Sir H. Bowater, Captain Seymour, Major the Hon. G. Keppel, and Col. Wemyss. The Marquis of Normanby bad 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. Cleasby 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 ac t e d f or th e p l a i nt iff , 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 Heraldd Mr. William ;Ernes 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 Humanioribus, 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. WAll to the Rectory of Brighstone, Isle of Wight. The Rev. Thomas Halton, late of Brasenose College, Curate of Liverpool, has been appointed by the Earl of Lons dale one of his Lordship's Domestic Chaplains. PROMOTIONS. Rev. 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 Ang ove 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 Po rtreath ,• 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 Tynewouth has a hen carnay which has, during this year, laid twenty - seven eggs, and reared twenty-two young ones. The first four nests had five eggs each ; the fifth, three ; and the sixth four. -A'STRAN MAnSTY'S EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS OCCUR RENCE AT BUCKINGHAM PALAC GER APPREHENDED IN HER 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 name is Edward Jones; he 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 Gardeners-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 o'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 fuur 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, br•4; 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 unfavourablejffect on her Majesty, who (with the Princess Royal) acing on most favourably. Nothing has transpired to show that any blame was attri mtable to the domestics. The affair has produced a great sensation in the neighbourhood of St. James's. LATEST PARTICULARS.-COMMITTAL OF THE PRISOFER. The Privy Council reassembled at half-past two o'clock at he 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 abour. The Members of the Council were of opinion that the )risoner is not insane, but that he was actuated like Oxford :o obtain notoriety. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the Times of Saturday.) The sensation created, by the late mysterious 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. 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 -ef.rwards arrested. h - in;' , along the corridor an d 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 fdrniture 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 room 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 lie 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. (Fronzthe Times of yesterday.) The furthest:so:a:ll occurred. particulars t a liyuea r nr t spo u rs p wre e detha n rh. irrtcesoh erroneous. dieeor t :shoci o enoineehunblci isvvtecotwhhi princess neisaecghns,rrhf laaoenhbdovhyvoeooeeeaevtlrrapeyPen; mischievous,arwcesi btmantuaweonscedbeevdethnrieersu:etastinintoitoct , , „ „, We have received from a correspondent the following statement, for the purpose of correcting a misapprehension which he says he has observed in our account of the boy who obtained access into Buckingham Palace. He states, " that the boy never got into her Majesty's dressing-room at all. sit ting room in which the Queen usually gives audience to her wts m n A haui l i eyt m n rissis i : o e s h t s em e e t sv r rl a eo s e l n: :l eitptasah,raedhhongohddeaeueiyertvldharswdet his o h nrqs a mi ona e iu s poaoneeu s rtm a ds o rer thop f si aiool, which iv.nesnyeeeri', ome effected re t sc h .t e ed oc i . Lilley,s H o a i n i ed b w e oa e ns n 1 hl e ee v ra e r r r " Who is there ?" she very prudently locked the door, and summoned a page, who detected and secured the little rogue. Neither the Queen nor the Prince heard any thing of 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 person. This 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 si W mp o l r e k r s e , g a u n la d tio th n us as th o e n r e e is no one superintendent to whom they are personally known. The writer suggests the following likely to be of essential service, viz., that all changes and improvements in the palace, especially those requiring the employment of a number of workmen, should be carried or and finished during the absence of the Sovereign from Lon don, and that as soon as the Queen returns to the palace, all persons should leave it, except such as are employed by the o r e u s g p i e it c t t i o v e b oldeh,ouseh responsibled e p a for rtrn thee n t s s e , c w u h r i o thencould t yofit s in m b a e as they t e , s. TIM BOY JONES. — We understand that Mr. Maule, So licitor to the Treasury, has received instructions to prefer an Muter SeMang, th intent to indietment Agana j . oves at the next NV( for secreting himself In Pa commit Niandard THE BOY JONES.—This urchin, at once so mischievous and espiegle, 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 be very interesting." This is the age of prurient curiosity, and as cooks, valets de chanzbre, 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- m ero us 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 RAlLwAY.—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. Take and Allanson, of York, have been engaged for the purpose of surveying this import ant line.—Halifax 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. HEYwoon 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. 111SERNIIIMM , `,0.1..i1l STATE OF TRADE LEEDS.—The stock of goods in the mixed Cloth Hall is so low and chiefly of so old a kind, that the quantity of busi 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. been cheered by the recent tidings from the United States ; 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 Thursday, 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 Wool 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 Bauca 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. _ . . _ _ LANCASIIIRE. — 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 . 680 Mr. Ponsonby 537 Majority 143 Subsequent accounts give a majority of 165 to Colonel Bruen. We shall give the exact numbers in a second edition. 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 bills to a considerable amount Forged bills, amounting to about £400., have, we hear, 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. By the request of the CoUrt of Directors of the East India Company, the Board of Ordnance have given directions for the construction of a moveable platform, for training sea men to hit an object from a ship in motion, without un necessarily expending ammunition in the practice, like that now in use . n board her Majesty's ship Excellent, which was invented by Lieut. Cook, R.N., F.R.S., and con structed in the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal in the autumn of last year. This is intended for the use of the hon. Company's naval service in India.—Times. EXTRAORDINARY HOLYHOCK.—An immense holyhock is at present growing in the garden of Sir David Milne at In veresk, of which the following are the dimensions as mea sured by the gardener, William M'Auslatn, by whom the seeds were sown in 1839 :—Height of stem, 13 feet ten inches : the length of ten feet of the under part of the stem is round in the usual way, after which it begins to flatten, and continues so to the top, where it divides into two heads or combs, each head or comb measuring in breadth no less th,„„ack. ;,,,,b,, a .„,.it,A tt lleen in flower for the last two The Lord-Liententancy of the county of Kent, vacant by the death of the late Marquis of Camden, is still vacant. It has been offered to the Earl of Thanet and Lord Barham, 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, fringed with gold, with bullian tassels at the corners. Mrs. Packer, who has been appointed wetnurse to the princess royal, is a native of Edinburgh, where s h e was we ll known as Miss Augusta Gow. She is a daughter of the late Nathaniel Gow, of this city, and granddaughter of the cele brated Neil Gow (" Famous Ne i l.") M rs . P ac k er stu di e d music at the Royal Academy, London, with a view of becom ing a public singer, in which characte r s h e appeare d here i n several concerts.—Scotsman. AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.—Last year the ladies of Has lingden, ever anxious to: relieve suffering, and to aid their humbler neighbours,. formed p one of those useful associations termed Dorcas societies. they divided the town and neigh bourhood into districts, two ladies being allotted to superin tend the collection of subscriptions in each. In a short time their exertions were rewarded by a fund of .:C-13 lOs 4id, the greater part of which was la i d outin flannel, calico, print, &c, which the busy needles of these ch ar it a bl e l a di es soon converted into various useful articles of wearing apparel. The rest of the fund was expended in the p urc h ase o f cotton, blankets,: stockings, caps, clogs, boys' clothing, &c, and these were distributed among the poor. This year the society has been so fortunate as to collect the handsome fum of £54, which has been expended in a similar m anner as l ast year, an d we understand that gee activity and i n d us t r y h ave b een manifested for some time past in converting the purchased materials into comfortable habiliments for the winter, which when finished, will be worthily disposed of.—Bolton Chron. WOOLWICH, DEC I.—ROYAL ARSENAL—The Ann sailed on Friday with a cargo of shot for the Buckinghamshire East Indiaman, lying at present at Northfleet Hope. This splen did vessel has now a considerable number of guns and a large quantity of shot on board, and will shortly sail for the East Indies. The Johanna ordnance sloop arrived on Saturday with twenty 18-pounder guns from Chatham. The Ebenezer ordnance sloop commenced loading yesterday at the wharf of the royal arsenal. Her cargo wilt consist of a number of large guns, howitzers, and mortars, for conveyance to Ports mouth, where they will be reshipped into one of the large ships under orders for the Mediterranean. The articles are intended for a particular service,—the desienation given to all the military stores recently forwarded to Syria. The Chalton removed 1,000 ten-inch shells yesterday for the East India Company. The shells are to be put on board the George the Fourth, at present lying in the East India Docks. Twenty-six additional workmen were entered yesterday, and commenced working in the laboratory department of the royal arsenal. With the number of hands formerly employed, and the assistance of the Royal Artillery, who in turn acquire a knowledge of the art of compounding powder into the vari ous forms used in the army, the quantity now furnished for service must be very great. Three blacksmiths and one tin-. man were also entered yesterday, and commenced working in the carriage department. It is worthy of remark, that, notwithstanding the great quantities of military stores re cently shipped from the royal arsenal for China, Syria, and other parts of the world, the supply has been so well kept up, that there is actually at present a greater quantity on hand than there was at the commencement of the year, when the stock exceeded 28,000 large guns, and upwards of 4,000,000 of balls and shells. ECCENTRICITY.--Every town and every village has its aspirant after notoriety ; and it too often happens that the means by which this bubble is sought to be obtained are wholly disregarded. The Gloucestershire sweep " wot 'unts with the Duke" has long enjoyed a " popularity" more the result of accident than anything else ; but he appears to have a rival in a neighbour, who has determined to indulge his eccentric propensities to the fullest extent. There is an in dividual residing in Chipping Sodhury who has long borne the cognomen of " Father Shipp," who, besides the ordinary goods and chattels of his habitation, has just resolved on the further addition of an ornamental piece of furniture in the shape of a coffin !! This article he contemplates keeping till it shall be required for his own reception. The contract for the coffin was a long time under treaty, and it was only by the intervention of a relation, who consented to give an extra 55., that the " undertaker" could be prevailed on to " dertake" his job. As the coffin is now finished, there is little doubt but it will turn to Shipp's pecuniary account, by enabling him to sell a few extra pints of " heavy" to those whose curiosity may prompt them to see it. But as it is not very probable that his " frail bark" will weather the storms of many more winters, it is to be hoped that the " grave" object he now contemplates will prove to him a silent but an effectual p re acher.—GloueeBter Chronicle. TOBACCO.—A table of the average value of tobacco ex ported to different countries is contained in the New York papers of the last arrival, by which it appears that the value of that sent to Great Britain is 3,110,170 dolls., while the values of that sent to France and Holland, which are the next in the scale, are 956,556 dolls., and 955,835 dolls, The total average value of tobacco exported is estimated at 7,748,672 dolls., which is about four-fifths of the gross produce of the United States. This statement is made to show that the du ties levied on tobacco are not such as to prevent a very good sale of the article. A short crop in 1838 caused a great ad vance in the prices, and indeed the large profits then made were the cause of the great crop in 1839. The same table shows that the average duties on foreign goods amount to 54,597,477 dolls., and that the total amount of average ex ports is 79,201,863 dolls. These statements are used as an argument against retaliative duties being imposed by the United States on foreign goods, at the instance of the tobacco planters, who it is contended, as they have already a fair market, have shown themselves unbecomingly forward on this question. An increased duty on foreign imports of 10 per cent, would increase the sum already paid by the con sumers nearly 6,000,000 dolls., while it would not increase the sales of tobacco. The coduct of the farmers who have large surplusses of grain, without any probability of finding a market for them, and who do not evince any anxiety to dis turb the existing imposts, is advantageously contrasted with that of the tobacco planters, who are in possession of so good a market for their produce.—Times. It Is said that bta majesty Loulgs Philipts lad a conhiderabie s 4 .m the liana Messrs. Wright, the bankers, who have 'recently failed in London.—Times, VERBAL ANTI q ulTr.—The word "spirit" is used alike to xpress extract, thought, distilled liquor, and apparition. The health of Mr. E. S. Cayley, M. P. has been consider ly 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- A hedge sparrow, quite white, was shot on the 27th ult., near York. It is now in the possession of Mr. George Wright, of, Monk gate.—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. Mitcheistown 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 17th 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 following notice is placarded against a house in Long lane, Smithfield :—" This house is recinoved 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'ACRE.—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 menabers 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 CustOnas, 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 BIRMINGHAM.—WC 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.— Birminghum Advertiser. 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 MONSTER RADISH.—Mr. Daniel Rees, of Burton-hill, near Mahnesbury, 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 I 5 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 and 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 per annum in the 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 warrant of the 4st of 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. P ar k . LONGEVITY.—"III the village of Carleton, near this city, which only contains about 100 inhabitants, theie 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 OF 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.— Tutsday 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 bad 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. EmurftQUAKEs.—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 31st 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 present, and only a little shorter, If we prolong the line connecting Reggio and Cowie 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'imight, two Scilly pilot-boats dispovered aces- vel, bottom up, off St. Mary's, and took her in tow ; but night coming en, 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 lazarette, 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 Own counoikof Blnntrigiqkm pladted itielf Tuesao byareaoltitioa to " oppoie by all eoust►tutional i - za - aitnac i th o 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." THE ARMY. — Orders have been received at Chatham to have all the meg 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. Hitchins, of Lincoln, by means of a plum-loaf. Alderman Thompson has purchased the whole of Underley, 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 Intelligencer. 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. John Seagrave, of 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 tract: of land in Australia, and is now fitting out a great mans families on his estates in Tyrone and Armagh for emigratin2 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 Castor 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 TIIE REV. J. H. Bumny.—lntelligence has been received of the death of the Rev. J. H. Bumby, Super intendent of Wesleyan Missions 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 improvvd harpoon gun) to the fortunate individual who would capture the most whales with the said guns at Davis Straits (hiring 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 ha'xpoon 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. TfIB 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 1,137,421. The number of .preachers, regular and supernumerary, was, in Great Britain, 1078 ; in Ireland (including 23 missionaries), 139 ; 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, I,l42,4ss.—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 Caton 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, notwiChstariding the fearful odds, courageously attacked them. After escaping from the keeper, one of the poachers, afraid that he was recognised, or from some malig mant motive, pointed his gun at the poor mail; and poured 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 apprchended.—Derby Mercury. TOTNEA.—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 jnalority of at least five to one. The radicals were lUpLL6I) asa ..ot, r .„ A t the conclusion of the business three cheere were given in good style for the newly elected inspectors.—Western Lu minary. EXPORTATION of 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 very 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. Whether 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 bee n a t wor k 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 t o Pl ymout h, on her way to the West Indies, to relieve the Dee, ordered home to be paid off. She has 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 thenorthern 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 forcommission, 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, arc 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 Portsmouth division, is to be Commandant, or Governor of the Island of Ascension, vice Tinklar, deceased.—Brighton Gazette. WONDERFUL AFFECTION.--There is at present a young woman, 21 years of age, residing i n th e p ar i s h o f C lydey, i n th e county of Pembroke, (daughter of Mr. John Davies, Hendre Gwilytn,) 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 relap se i nto the same state, and remain s o .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 bones 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 recolleoto 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 Doulau, to a place called Ilendre ; 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 Qf 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 Dolan 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 hail at the time ; but if at hand, she will not take it, nor will she be willing for an y body else to partake of th e same. Some persons have fallen into fits by seeing her reviving ; and indeed it is a wonderful sight, to see a person (to all appearance quite dead rising tin 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 paAsh of Clydey, ready to verify the same upon oath, besides the writer, who happened to be at the Hendre on the 11th instant, when be had an opportu nity of talking to the family concerning the daughter.— Seren Gonter. ROYAL AMPIIITHEATILE. GREAT CLIARLOTTE.STREET, LiVERROOL, LAST FIVE NIGHTS of Mr, CARTER, the American Lion King, and his. Forest of Wild Animals. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the Bth of De cember instant, and during the Week, the Entertain ments will commence with THE LION OF THE DESERT. Abdallah . 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 be followed by the Burlesque of THE LADY OF LIONS. • - . Polly Chapel.. Their original characters in London. After which, THE KING'S GARDENER. Mr. WyJ. Hammond. `lio Daly. Clod Milnot, Galochard. Madame Galochard To conclude with SHORT STAOTS. Mr. Sloan Patrick On FRIDAY EVENING nexr (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 Sally Scraggs Miss Daly. To conclude with the Laughagle Burletta of SHORT STAGES. Patrick 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, is. ; 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 Mr RAYMOND. Re-engagement of the French ROPE DANCERS. rrHIS present TUESDAY, the Bth instant, the i'l4ning's Entertainments will commence with a ne , popular, and highly-successful Romantic Drama, calle ie . SILVER CRESCENT • Or, THE OATH OF VENG NCE. _ Zuma...... Miss Land. Jacint .. lrs. Raymond. TIGHT-ROPE DANCING by the C ARINI FAMILY To which will be added an entirely ew Farce, entitled CHARLES O'MALLEY, 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, &e., will make his first appearance at this Theatre on MONDAY Evening next, the 14th instant, in two popular Dram's, in which he originally appeared in London. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. J. FoGG, at the'Box office, from Eleven to Three. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd.—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 EXHIRITION. IHE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHMITION of the LIVERPOOL ACA DF.M. Y . of WORM of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Seatiuti, from Nine until Dusk.' Admission, Is. Catalogues, i s Season Ticket, ss. Also, every Evening, BRILLIANTI ILLUMINATED BY GAS, from.Seyen o'clock until T n. Admission, Is. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Pcstoffice-place. THE THREE CARACCI,. (FROM • THE SCHOOL OP BOULag NE.) THE celebrated PAINTINGS of Subjects'from Religious History, by ANNIBAL, AGOSTINO and LUDOVICO CARACCI, are NOW ON VIEW at th NION GALLERY, Slater-street, (out of Bold-street,) fr en till Four o'clock by daylight, and from Four till Tea clock in the Evening, brilliantly illuminated with gas. ADMITTANCE—ONE SHILLING. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, MOUNT-STREET. T0 -MORROW EVENING (Wednesday). the 9th inst., at Half-past Seven, R. B. HAYDON, Esq., will de liver the THIRD of a Course of SIX LECTURES on PAINTING. NORMAL SCHOOL _, iht It being the intention of the Direct r z o carry out the plan of a Normal School for Teachers, laid n in the Prospectus of the Institution, issued in the yea 837, 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 vario4 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. - --- ADOlitificiri of Ten Guineas, or upwards, constitutes the Contributor a Life Member. 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. R. HODGSOI I 4, Secretary- ROYAL INSTITUTION X I 0 OL. ANNUAL SPEECHES and DELI iRY of PRIZES, THURSDAY, DECEMeR 17, AT TWELVE O'CL CK. i t ONLY _EDITION CORRECTED BY E AUTHOR. Price Sixpence, SERMON ON THE FIFTH OF OVEMBER. By the Rev. F. CLOSE, A.M., Per tual Curate of Chel tenham. London : THOS. ARNOLD LECTURES ON GERMAN LITERATURE, I LYCEUM, BOLD-STRE T. PROFESSOR W. J. SCHWEITZE M.A., of Breslau, has the honour to announce that, u er the patronage of The Worshipful the MAYOR of VERPOOL, The Right Hon. Lord FRANCIS GERTON. M.P., he proposes to deliver, in the LECTURE Roost, LYCEUM► Bold-street, on the TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATIJB' 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 Bth 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. Roeirrsos , 43, Castle-street ; Messrs. WILLAN and Co., Bold- s treet; Mr. GRAPEL'S, C hurch -street; Messrs. TURNER and Ross , South Castle-street ; and at the Bar of the Liverpool Library, Lyceum. Admission to a Single Lecture, Two Shillings and Six- Liverpool, Ist December, 1840. Just Published, Price 45., POLL B 0 0 K FOR THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION • Skewing the Duplicate Qualifications of VOTERS , and the WARDS in which they p ed. The Lists have been examined with the Poi ng Papers in th e possession of the Mayor. Th' publication, which has been compiled with the ut) st care, will be found of great utility as A BOOK OF REFERENCE, and will be found of service to the several Word Committees in carrying on the Canvass for the ens"" my year. Printed and sold by LACE and ADDISON, Standard- office; and sold also by other Booksellers TO CORRESPONDENTS, We acknowledge the receipt of £l. for the " Case of Dig' tress" recently advertised in the STANDARD. " A Member of the Church of England" will see in a lette r from a correspondent, one of the reasons why we decline interfering further in the matter which has brought the Pastoral Aid Society so p rom i nent l y b e f ore th e public.. Were we to assign any further reasons, they would on l l renew the controversy. " Q. Q." asks whether Mr. William Rathbone was not Or: merly opposed to the warehouse scheme, and whether ins advocacy of that scheme did not commence after he h a sold his Cornhill property ? We cannot say. " An Impartial Observer" in our next. The letter of " J. Williams" is unavoidably postponed. Elie Eibtrpool &tattbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1840. By the arrival here, yesterday, of the packet-sl'ir 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 18 days. The steam-ship British Queen had not arrived at New. York when the North America sailed. We have to acknow ledge our obligations to Mr. Bennett, of the New Yor k Herald, for his polite attention in forwarding to vg copies of his journal to the latest dates. The news from the United States is not of much int' portance. The transactions in the money market, 00 the 18th ult., were, to the usual extent, presenting nearly the same features as they had done for saale time previously. United States bank shares bad proved per cent. An improvement was also notice' in several other descriptions of stock. The resume' tion of specie payments was confidently looked foilv ar • to in several of the States. The New York Herald mentions that tbere was a Il l ' niour that Cunard's line of steamers would, during th e winter, run into Portsmouth, N. H., on account of th e difficulty of making Boston in foul weather. The rail"