The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

THE INDIA MAILS.

It will be seen from the following letter, which forms part
of a correspondence published in the Times of yesterday, that
the route to India, through Egypt, is open for the transit of
the mails :
" TO THE MANAGING DIRECTORS OF THE PENINSULAR
AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LON-
DON. " ALEXANDRIA OCT. 3, lB4O.

" GENTLEMEN,—We avail ourselves of the departure of a
French government steamer to transmit to you the enclosed
copy of a letter addressed by us this day to Messrs. Hunter
and Ross, of Malta, on the subject of the India mails via
Egypt. Lord Palmerston may possibly receive the commu-
nication alluded to from Mr. Schutz or Mr. Larking, by the
present opportunity ; but as it is very uncertain whether either
of those gentlemen will be able to write before the departure
of the French post-office packet of the 7th, it might be as
well that our letter should be laid before his lordship in order
to delay any contemplated alteration in the route of the
overland mail. We repeat that the viceroy having pledged
his word that he will not interrupt the communication, it is
our firm belief that the mails may continue their usual route,
unless circumstances should intervene to cause his highness
to alter that determination, in which case sufficient notice
will be given by him to prevent the mail from being landed.
We hereby renew the offers of our service in the event of there
being no government or company's officer on the spot to ex-
pedite the mails, which you willperhaps be so good as to name
in the proper quarter.
" We remain in baste,
" Gentlemen, your very obedient servants,
" BRIGGS AND CO."

On Thursday evening last, at Hucking, as a servant girl
was returning from a distance with a load of water, she met
her sweetheart (to whom she was to have been married on
the following day), and complained of feeling very cold,
placing her hand on his face to convince him of the fact. In
the next moment she fell down and expired.—Kentish Ga-
zette.
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THE ROYAL NURSE.—We are informed that the lady of a
professional gentleman of this town has been selected as wet-
nurse to the expected heir to the throne. We trust that no-
thing will occur to deprive our fair neighbour of the expected
honours and emoluments, the latter of which are to be about
one thousand pounds in hard cash, besides those agreeable
etceteras which such a position must entail on the fortunate
occupant. We have just heard that this appointment, al-
though not strictly a cabinet one, has met with the entire
approval of the First Lord of the Treasury.— Windsor Let-
ter in the Herald.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-A very serious accident occurred
on Monday evening last, to Robert Hopwood, the well known
and much respected carrier between this town and Clitheroe.
It appears that about nine o'clock in the evening he left this
town on his way home to Clitheroe, driving his cart, which
was heavily laden and drawn by two horses. When he had
got a little beyond Brookhouse a person (said to be a cattle
dealer resident in Blackburn,) on horseback, riding at full
speed, came in contact with him, and knocked him down in
such a position that one of the wheels of his cart passed over •
his body, and the poor fellow immediately became insensible.
Another carter soon afterwards came up, assistance was
procured, and Hopwood was conveyed to his usual rendez-
vous in the town, Mrs. Greenwood's, the White Bull inn,
but the rider by whom the accident was occasioned, rode on
and paid not the slightest attention. Mr. Cort and Mr.
Bailey, surgeons, were soon in attendance, and upon exa-
mination Hopwood's left leg was found to be so much shat-
tered that immediate amputation was deemed necessary. He
continued insensible through the night, and at one period
we understand his life was despaired of, but we now learn
that there is some hope of his ultimate recovery.—Blackburn
Standard.

THE ENGLISH REGISTRATION.—It affords us much satis-
faction to find that the Conservatives have gained on the
registration, and it may be attributed to the duplicity dis-
played by the Whig Incapabilities. Reform and Retrench-
ment has been their great cry—and what has it terminated
in—a re-assessment of the Window Duties ; making the
honest and hard-workinc, tradesman pay dearly for the light
of Heaven. We have heard of many gross cases, and some
in our immediate neighbourhood, which have been appealed
against, and have called forth a second survey. We shall pay
particular attention to the taxation now in operation, and we
call upon every person who is liable to the tax to appeal, and
not submit to the imposition that has been practised upon
them. We are pleased to hear that many men who voted for
the present set of adherers, have stated that in the event of
an election they will vote for the Conservatives, the true re-
presentatives of the people.—The Age.
DREADFUL STORM IN SHETLAND.—The gentleman in
whose house I spent last night has lost no fewer than 12 of
his tenants by the hurricane of last Wednesday se'nnight;
and his loss is comparatively small. I visited a family yester-
day, consisting of father, mother and five daughters, whose
sole livelihood depended on the exertions of the eldest bro-
ther, who, with five others of the most able seamen of the
whole island, perished. In another house close by, the father
and son have perished, leaving a large number of children in
the most helpless condition. There are, indeed, 14 whole
families deprived of their heads, and cast lonely and unpro-
tected on the world. The whole of Shetland is- full of la-
mentation and NVO ; all mirth has deserted the island ; the
appearance of almost every countenance is totally different
from what it was last week. The bravest seamen and the best
fishers have lost all courage—they have no heart to venture
to sea again, and no hope of success if they do. The storm
of 1832, in which 18 boats and upwards of 100 men were
lost, was not at all so strong and terrible as this. When at
Mossbank I lodged with a poor widow, whose husband and
son left their house in a boat, and 20 minutes after their
departure were overtaken by a gale, perishing with five
others in presence of the wife and family, but a short distance
from their own door. In another place, at 13uxta, the laird
had four sons and a'nephew (a clergyman), who, with the
servant, all perished in crossing the sound in front of their
house, while returning from a party of friends. But the
havoc of the storm was by no means confined to the sea, for
the injury by land is of a very distressing nature. I was on
Monday se'nnight over some of the islands of the west, where
I saw whole fields of corn completely destroyed. You would
have imagined that every ear had been purposely cut off by
means of some particular instrument, for the whole field
had precisely that appearance.—Letter in the Glasgow
Gazette.

REPRESENTATION OF MAYO.-Sir Brabazon's death
creates a vacancy in the representation of this county, and al-
ready several gentlemen are nominated as likely to be chosen
in his room. Amongst others, V. O'Connor Blake, Esq., G.
H. Moore, Esq., and the Hon. C. Dillon are spoken of. It is
said that a certain gentleman has already been in communi-
cation with Machale on the subject, and hopes to be returned
through the influence of that personage. The number of
freeholders on the register, and qualified to vote at present,
is supposed to be not more than 500, so that if a struggle
were made, an independant wan might be returned—one who
would not be the nominee of the titular and his priests.—
Another gentleman, distinguished for his amiable character
and untiring zeal for the public good, George Vaughan
Jackson, Esq., is also spoken of as a candidate for the vacant
seat. —Mayo Constitution.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF ST. ANNE'S

WARD.

GENTLEMEN,—The day for electing a representative in
council for this ward is at hand. It will be seen next Mon-
day whether you set any value on your independency and
respectability or not. Hitherto it must be confessed that
you have done wretchedly ; you have almost in every in-
stance voted for men of whom you know nothing, and who
have done nothing for you ; and, mark ! you are now, unless
you keep your eye on the thimble, on the brink of being
transferred into the lap of an adventurous Slater, tvlin will
be proud to jump over your heads into the council chamber.
What a piece of impudence for this fellow to think that you
will be the ladder for his elevation ! Has he not just retired
from behind his counter " owing to ill health ?" How can
he serve you ? But the object is, believe me, to serve a
little, cunning, busy body of tipplers, who transact their
business at your expense every night at a low pot-house!
Let us put an end to such scandalous doings. Let us atone
for past degradation, by voting for one who lives among us,
and who will benefit the town. Let us cease to be bought
and sold by brewers and drapers.—Yours faithfully,
Islington, 28th Oct. A BURGESS.