The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-04 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-yfice, Three o'clock

EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS OCCUR-
HENCE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.-A STRAN-
GER APPREHENDED IN HER MAJESTY'S
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
diessing-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
Gardener's-lane at two o'clock this morning, when.e 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 lie
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
four 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 himsalf 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, but 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 unfavourable effect on
her Majesty. who (with the Princess Royal) are going on
most favourably.

Nothing has transpired to show that any blame was attri-
butable to the domestics. The affair has gproduced a great
sensation in the neighbourhood of St. James's.

LATEST PARTICULARS.-COMMITTAL OF THE PRISOYER

The Privy Council reassembled at half-past two o'clock at
the 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 labour.
The Members of the Council were of opinion that the
prisoner is not insane, but that he was actuated like Oxford
to obtain notoriety.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,-THIS DAY

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN ec SONS' Circular.)

The duty on foreign Wheat is now raised to 25s Bd, on
Barley and Indian Corn to lOs 10d, on Beans to 5s per qr.,
on Flour to 15s 54-d per barrel ; remaining upon other sorts
of British, and upon all colonial produce, the same as last
week.

In addition to the arrivals inserted in our report of the
Ist instant, we have but very scanty supplies from any quar-
ter to notice since that date; except Irish Oatmeal, of which
we have a tolerably fair quantity fresh in for to-day.

Beyond a few purchases of Wheat for shipttent to Ireland,
and limited sales to millers here, upon nearly, the terms last
noted, the transactions in,any kind of grain, from the close
of our first market this week until to-day, have been unim-
portant : good fresh duty-paid barrel Flour, on the contrary,
met inquiry, and such realised our last currency.—Bonded
Flour also attracted somewhat more attention, and, as in.
vestments, a few parcels changed hands at prices fully equal
to, or rather exceeding Tuesday's quotations.
Our market this morning opened and continued through-
out extremely inanimate ; and several cargoes of foreign
Wheat received coastwise in the early part of the week, hav-
ing been urgently pressed for sale ex ship, forced down the
prices of all descriptions of this grain Id. to 2d. per 701bs.
from the reduced rat-es•of Tuesday :—foreign free Flour, not-
witbstanding,, was irt moderate request, and very prime
brands, of which few parcels were offering to-day, obtained
rather higher prices ; while similar qualities under lock were
held at 255. per barrel and upwards.

Barley, Malt, and Pease, continuing to attract very little
attention, hardly maintained previous rates.—Beans, upon a
limited supply, remained steady in value.

Having very few country buyers down to-day, Oats and
Oatmeal were in slow demand, but not cheaper.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the Ist to the 3d December, 1840, inclusive

UNITED

DESCRIPTION

WISE. STATES

TOTAL

Wheat Qrs. 585
Barley Qrs. 381
Malt
Oats
Rye Qrs. 17
Beans
Pease. Qrs.

333
94
3123
17
760

Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn . .
Rapeseed Qrs,

Oatmeal
Flom ..
Ditto .. .

Loads 5975
Sacks 124
. Brls.,

6061
164

1015 l

Into Itnneorn, Ireland and I
49 qrs.; Oats, 105 qrs. ; Oatrr.

coastwise, Wheat, qrs. ; Barley,
teal, 177 loads ; Flour,:— sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, 0 qrs. ; Oats, 10 qrs. ; Pease, 000 qrs.;
Indian Corn. 0 qrs. ; Flour, 162 barrels..... Ireland. Wheat, 162
qrs. ; Oats, 00 qrs. ; Flour, 70 sacks barrels.—Coastwise.
Wheat, log qrs. ; Barley, qr7i. ; Malt, 12 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ;
Beans, 000 qrs. ; Pease, 0000 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 12 Ids. ; Flour, 8t
sacks, 430 barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Nov.
Wheat.. 60s. Gd. I Barley Oats.. 225. 2. I ity€
335. 6d, I
Beans ..435. 0. Pease.. 435. 7d,

27, 1840

Aggregate averace of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 61s. Sd. Barley.. 345. lod. I Oats.. 225. sd. I Rye.. 365. od
Beans.. 438. 9d. I Pease.. 435. Od.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &e. this week

Wheat 255.86. I Barley 10s. l j
Od. Oats •• • .13s 9d. Rye.. Iss. 6d
Beans, ss. Od. Pease.. ss. Od. I Ind. Corn 108.10 d Flourlss. 5d
Liverpool Averages, week ending 24th November, 1840.
Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Pease.
Qr 5..... 481 I
Prices.. 525. tod. 1 os. ud. I Os. Od. Os. Od. Os. Od.