The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-14 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. T. IJ. RICE,
And his Last Appearance but One.
THIS present FRIDAY, Feb. 14th, 1840, the Entertain-
ments will commence with a New Drama (never acted
here), written for Mr. Rice, entitled
THE PEACOCK AND THE CROW !
Mr. Podge, Mr. Tilbury ; Jim Crow, Mr.' T. D. Rice, in
which he will sing a new version of his celebrated song,
" Sich a Gittin' up Stairs."
To which will be added a new laughable Interlude, called
ENGAGEMENTS.
Admiral Kingston NAVAL ,
Mr. Tilbury ; Miss Moreton, Mrs. Ray-
mond.
In the course. of the evening, a variety of Dancing, by
Mademoiselle Chevallier and the Misses Thomassin and
Lidia ; and a popular Song, by Mr. F. Gardner.
To conclude with the laughable Negro Farce, written ex-
pressly for Mr. Rice, entitled

THE SA !
Ginger Blue, Mr. T. D. RicRe,COPHAGUS in which he will introduce an
entirely new version of " Jim Crow." .
TO-MORROW (Saturday), a variety of Entertainments,
in which Mr. T. D. Rice will appear, -being his Last Ap-
pearance.

- On MONDAY next, Feb. 17th, Mr. J. L. HA.TTON,
who is engaged for a limited period, will appear; and, in
consequence of the various applications at the Box-office,
JACK SHEPPARD will shortly be represented for a few
Evenings only.
Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had of Mr.
BREZE, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three o'Clock.
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half-past
Eight : Boxes, 2s, ; Pit Is. ; no Second Price to the Gallery.
Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'Clock, performance to
commence at Seven precisely.

DUCROYrS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.

4,260 PERSONS
Overflowed the Amphitheatre, to witness the present
GRAND SPECTACLE, which will be continued
THIS EVENING (Friday), and TO-MORROW (Satur-
i- day), February 14th and 15th, 1840. •
The performances commence at Seven o'clock, with the
New Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle of
BUONAPARTE'S PASSAGE of the DESERTS,
Or THE FRENCH IN EGYPT and SIEGE OF ACRE.

Ducrow's new and splendid
SCENES IN THE CIRCLE,
Commencing with a Grand Equestrian Pageant, introducing
the whole of the Stud, Male and Female Equestrians in rich
attire, and in which the beautiful Steed Pegasus will appear,
under the title of the Equestrian MASKED BALL !
LE PETIT DUCROW and the Infant Actors.
The extraordinary Exercises of the beautiful Horse ALFRED,

instructed by Signor Hillier.
• Mr. HICKEN'S pleasing Extravaganza.
The Wonders of THE TWO OLYMPIANS, Sig. Hillier
and Sig. • Cinicelli, whose extraordinary performances have
astonished every beholder; &c. &c. &c.
With the interesting Afterpiecc of
•
THE FARM OF BROTONNE.

Places for the Boxes can be secured from Eleven to Three

GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT will be
11 given at the Theatre-Royal, on Tuesday Evening, the
25th inst. the profits of which will be equally appropriated
to the DISPENSARIES and INFIRMARY.
The Orchestra will be on the same scale as at the Subscription

Concerts.
... Mr. HERRMAN.
VOCAL PERFORMERS .
Miss MARIA B. HAWES, Miss WHITNALL,
Mr. DODD, and Mr. STRETTON.
INSTRUMENTAL :

Leader.

Violoncello — Mr. LIDE L.
A plan of the Boxes will lie at Mr. Weiss's Music Saloon,
on and after Monday next, where places may be taken.
Tickets for the Nixes, 6s ; Upper Boxes, 4s ; Pit 3s ; and
Gallery 2s each ; may be had at the usual places, and at the
Box-ohice of the Theatre on the day of the Concert.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The letter of "J. C." shall appear in our next. We shall
feel obliged if our correspondents will write on one side
only of their paper.

Eft •tiltrpoot &tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1840.

By the packet-ship Sheridan, which arrived here
yesterday, we have received New York papers to the
25th of January, inclusive. The Sheridan sailed on
the 26th. The non-arrival of the British Queen at New
York continued to be a source of great anxiety.
The money-market intelligence from the United
States is, upon the whole, of a favourable character.
In domestic exchanges there was an improvement on
all descriptions, but particularly on the Atlantic cities.
Philadelphia and Baltimore were down to 6 and less
per cent. At the South the rate was decidedly more
favourable than at New York : the shipments of pro-
duce from thence to Europe and the North are said to
be fast correcting the exchanges. The crops were
most abundant, but the prices were very low : so that
the amount to be realised will probably be less than it
was last year, or, at all events, very little greater.
In the New York money-market there was very
little complaint, though good paper, within a reasonable
time, could not be discounted. The standard of good
paper was much more circumscribed than formerly.
So little business, however, had been transacted,
• . (f• •
Oduring the previous six months, that the amount of
`te`i,,,„ paper made had beeti very small, and that there was a
want of business paper. The better regulation of the
domestic exchanges had tended materially to relieve
the market. Foreign exchanges were kept down, so
that the banks stood in no fear of having their specie
drawn. There was no change in the rate oluncurrent
money. The United States Bank, which stood at 10
was quoted at 6 per cent. There was no inducement
for exporting specie: on the contrary, exchange from
Europe, as well as every other part of the world, ap-
:, peared to be in favour of the United States. Sterling
bills on London, of the first quality, for the packet,
• were selling at 10V-i ; but bills unindorsed were as low
as 106 and 1061.
The inquest on the bodies of those individuals who
perished by the destruction of the Lexington, after
sitting eight days, was again adjourned. The pro-
. ceedings continued to excite an intense degree of in-
terest. The papers are filled with melancholy details
connected with this awful catastrophe.
The New York Daily Express of January 22, con-
tair.s an extract from the Augusta Age, in which it is
stated that the British Minister at Washington is in
correspondence with the Colonial authorities of New
Brunswick, on the subject of the recent movement of

British troops on the disputed territory.
The same paper furnishes us with accounts to a
recent date, from the Sandwich Islands, where, it ap-
pears, a singular phenomenon had been witnessed.
The sea rose suddenly at Hilo, to the height of 15 or
20 feet, and fell in one mountain-wave on the shore,
sweeping away nearly 100 houses, with their tenants,
and their effects. There was no earthquake, nor any
visible cause to produce the phenomenon. In a mo-
ment hundreds were engulphed, but only 11 were '
drowned. Five died afterwards
,from the injuries
which they received in the water. Had the catas-
trophe happened at. midnight, or had the people been
less amphibious, hundreds must have perished.
The New York Times, of Jan. 23 says, that the
difficulties which have hitherto retarded the settlement
of the North-Eastern boundary question, appeared to
be aggravated rather than removed by the late,negoei-
ations and surveys. The Times then proceeds to quote
from the Montreal Herald, the following paragraph :
" In the Quebec Mercury of Thursday last we find the
following memorandum issued by His Excellency Sir John
Harvey, the Lieutenant Governor of the province of New
Brunswick. We do not know the motives which have in-
duced his excellency to issue it, but it may possibly be in
consequence of information he has received from the Imperial
Government, that, in the event of Messrs. Featherstonhaugh
and Mudge's report of their survey of the disputed territory
agreeing with the position already maintained by Great Bri-
tain, the whole energies of the empire will be called into
action to enforce our possession of it, even at the cost of a
war with the United States. Although these gentlemen have
not allowed the particulars of their report to transpire, it is
more than probable that its details are in the possession of
Si! John Harvey, and that they are in our favour. In case
of a general war, the recommendations of Sir John are ex-
tremely judicious, and we understand they were acted upon
with the most beneficial results during the war of 1812 and
the subsequent years."