The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-19 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

Chronolog7cal list of the great battles in which this illus-
trious warrior commanded, and some other important events
in his life :-
1769, May I.—Born at Dangan Castle, county of Meath.
1787. March.—Entered the army as an ensign.
1794.—Served in Holland under the Earl of Moira and the
Duke of York.
1797, Feb.—Arrived in Bengal.
1803, Sept. 23.—Battle of Assye.
1803, Nov. 29.—Battle of Argaum.
1805.—Arrived in England from India.
1806.—Married the Hon. Catherine Pakenham.
1807.—Appointed Secretary for Ireland.
1807.—Commanded under Lord Cathcart in the expedi-
tion to Copenhagen.
1808, July.—Sailed for Portugal.
1808, Aug. 17.—Battle of Roleia.
1808, Aug. 21.—Battle of Vimeira.
1808, Sept.—Returned to England after the convention of
Cintra.
1809, April.—Returned to Portugal.
1809, May 12.—Passage of the Douro at Oporto.
1809, July 27, 28.—Talavera.
1810, Sept. 27.—Busaco.
1810, Oct.—Retreat to Torres Vedras.
1811, March.—Advance from Torres Vedras.
1811, May 4.—Fuentes d'Onoro.
1812, Jan. 19.—Ciudad Rodrigo taken by storm.
1812, April 6.—Badajos taken by storm.
1812, July 22.—Salamanca.
1812, Oct.—Retreat from Burgos.
1813, June 21.—Vittoria.
1813, July 26, 27, 28, 30.—Battles of the Pyrenees.
1813, Nov. 10.—Passage of the Nivelle.
1813, Dec. 11, 12. 13.—Battles on the Nive.
1814, Feb. 27.—Othez.
1814, August.—Went Ambassador to Paris.
1815, Feb.—To Vienna.
1815, June 18.—Waterloo.
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1828, January.—Prime Minister.
1828. —R Primeep 1828.—Repeal of h
1829.—Catholic Emancipation.
1830.—Resigned office.
1834.—Elected Chancellor of Oxford.
1834-s.—ln office from November to April.
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supposed to have been buried for ages. Professor Hen slow
says, that in the fens of Cambridgeshire, after the surfaces In
been drained and the soil ploughed, large crops of white anda
black mustard invariably appear. Miller mentions a case of
Plantayo Psyllium having sprung from the soil of an ancient
ditch which was emptied at Chelsea, although the ant had
never been seen there in the memory of man. the
Candoe
kidne
says, that M. Gerardin succeeding in raising y-beans
from seeds at least a hundred years old, taken out of the
herbarium of Tournefort ; and I have myself raised raspberry
plants from seeds found in an ancient coffin, in a barrow in
Dorsetshire ; which seeds, from the coins and other relics
met with near them, may be estimated to have been sixteen
or seventeen hundred years old.—Dr. Lindley' s Theory of
Horticulture.

zits- COAST- co- I UNITED
TOTAL
DESCRIPTION. LAND. WISE. REIGN.
------
Wheat Qrs. 6220 3601 9821
Barley Qrs. 16 -5 21
Malt Qrs. 9 189 1 198
Oats Qrs. i
Rye Qrs. ,
Beans Qrs. I 571 J 571
Pease
Shelled Barley
Indian Corm' Qrs. i I 439 439
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. • . Loads i 200 200
Flour. Sacks! 76 32 108
Ditto Bris. I i 19939 , 19939

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, qrs. ; Oats, 50 qrs. ; Rye,
qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Flour, 1817 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 1411
qrs.; Barley, 147 qrs.; Indian Corn, 1245 qrs. ; Oatmeal, •
loads ; Flour, sacks.—Coastwise. Wheat, 586 qrs. ; Barley,
:110 qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 7 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans,
20 qrs. ; Pease, 22 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 133 loads ; Flour, 189 sacks,
1945 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending June 12, 1840.
Wheat 675. 7d. I Barley..-355. gd. I Oats.. 275. 6d. Rye.. 378. Id
Beans.. 455. Id. Pease, 443. 6d.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 6;s. 10d. I Barley.. 355. gd. I Oats.. 275. 6d. I Rye.. 375. Id.
Beans .. 4.55. Id. I Pease .. 445. 6d.
Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheat lgs. Bd. I
Barley 6s. 4d. Oats .... 6s. 3d. I Rye .. 14s. ad
I Beans, 3s. 6d. Pease. 6s. 6d. Indian Corn 6s. 4d. Flourlls.
Liverpool Averages, week ending 16th June, 1810.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease.
Qr 5..... 1373 163 396
Prices.. 635. 10d. Os. Od. 265. 10d. 48s. 3d. I Os. Od.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FRIDAY, JUNE Ig.—Wind

AR nlVED—Liverpool, Simmonds, from New Orleans—Mar; Ann
Hatton, —, from Savannah—Ann and Margaret, Romilly, from
Licata—Navarin, Dalitz, from Danzig—Aurora, Newman, and Ja-
son, Flundt, from Rostock—Huntress, -, from Apalachicola—
United States, Swanton, from Mobile

Alexander, -, hence off Bic, 21st May
Alexander, Ramsay, from London to New South Wales, was
spoken in lat. 6 S. long. 18 W.
Coromandel, French, from London to ditto. was spoken 2d April,
in lat. 26 S. long. 30 W.

Windsor, -, hence to Pernambuco, was spoken 3rd instant, in
lat. 39, long. 18
Bellona, , hence to -, was spoken 3rd instant, in lat.
14, long. 41

Jessie, , hence to Newfoundland, was spoken Isth instant,
in lat. 50, long. I
Joseph Dunn, Furse, hence at Smyrna
Nora Creina, Howes, sailed from ditto for this port, 23rd May
Marmora, Barnes, hence at Constantinople
Thetis, Brown, and Rebecca, Drake, hence, at St. John, N.B.
Palestine, Vranella, from Trieste for this port, at Falmouth, under
jury mainmast, and fore and mizen mast sprung
Britannia, Oliver, and Belgrave, Wilson, hence, at Halifax
Ganges, and St. George, hence, at Dalhousie
Ellen Brooks, Lindsay, hence, at Baltimore
Coronation, Boothby, hence, at Hampton Roads
Calista, Blampied, hence, at Belize
Erin, Maine, hence, at Trinidad
Gazelle, Robertson, sailed from the Mauritius for this port IBth
March
Mary, Walker, hence at Malta
Hope, Harmer, hence at Honfleur
Intrepid, Stuart, from Calcutta at Berbice, about 6th May
Intrepid, Leaper, hence at Richibucto
CARNARVON, June 19.---The Jane, Cooke, from Mobile to Liver.
pool, struck on the South Bank of the Carnarvon Bar this morning,
where she remains dismasted : crew saved

Covg, June 17.—1 t blew a heavy gale all day yesterday at S.S.W.
with heavy rain, and moderated at nightfall; it is now blowing
very strong at S.S.W.
M'lnroy, Sinclair, from Laguna for this port, for orders, in run-
ning into Youghall, yesterday, struck on the bar, where she re-
mained two or three hours. She is now in Youghall Harbour, with
loss of false keel, and making water