The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-27 00:00:00

Quays thereof

Lid Gut or

Ltrance Basin of

power for the Trustees to ex-

ad improve the Graving

3, when purchsed, and also the
s of the Trustees, or any of them
Quays, .Entrances, and Works be-
And for power to. erect Inclined
s to the Northward of the Cla-
of the said Trustees, in the said

ewer for the Trustees
Quay of the Prince's
within the Dock Walls.

Wharfs and Quays of the

ardly Side of Salt-

ljacent thereto ; and to manage all
) use the same for the Deposit and
erchandise ; and to grant transfer-

eates on the Deposit therein of Goods
)ccupancy of the said Warehouses by

And to de-

ince's Dock and the
of, and to load and

said Docks

6f Goods from Vessels in the said
ks of the said Trustees. And to
1 Goods, with power to pass all ne-
th theollicers of Customs, and to

Rites and Charges in relation to th

went of all --Pf

and the carrying on of
:h Warehouses. And

to authorise the making of, Tram-

ie Quays or Wharfs of the present or in-
lasins of the Trustees, and across or along
hways upon such Quays or Wharfs. And,
aforesaid and of the improvement of the
Trustees and the navigation of the River,
e, and for the Council of the Borough of
and convey to the Trustees, Strand of
y, and Lands, Tenements, and Here-
ng to• the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
!ct a River Wall along the west side of

)(1 for power to purchase, and for any Per-
litic or Corporate interested therein to sell
he Trustees their several and respective
rests in the said Lands, Tenements, or
IT in any other Lands, Tenements, and
ich may be required for any of the purposes
. And for power for the Trustees to stop
and alter for the said intended Wet Dock,
:s connected therewith, the Streets or Ways

Corn-alley, and number 1
her
Streets, Ways, and Pas-

xower-

lowers for such confirmation of title, and
)ivisions and Boundaries relating to the
f the Trustees, and of the Mayor, Alder-
:, as may be proper and advisable. And
igenient relating to an Observatory to be
yor, Aldermen, and Burgesses on land
, to be vested in the said Mayor, Alder-

itch object, subject to resumption
lsation if such Land should here-
purposes. And also to empower
ter sum or further sums of Money
taloned. And for power for the

Ind receive Rates and Dues fin- the using of
Docks, Inclined Planes or Patent Slips, and
And for power to fix and levy a Rate on
raft, or Boats plying on the River Mersey
uch Vessels, Craft, or Boats may lie in any
intended Docks or Basins of the Trustees
tion from storms.) And also an extra Rate
'essel lying in any of the present or intended
pf the Trustees for any time exceeding three
. And for provision for preventing the ship-
in the present or intended Docks or Basins
Aqua Fortis, Oil of Vitriol, or other Goods
ity without the contents being duly marked

3e,.-Andior power

'ernment of

r the regulation of Steam-

the permanent payment of a fair and
:he expense from time to time attend-
' the Dock Police, and the Police of
001, as now united and maintained, and
ianently establishing the union thereof,
ulary Force of the Borough, Docks,

ppointment, regulation, and go-
., Committee of the Borough. And
naking the expense of maintaining Pri-
nvicted and committed to the Gaol of the
s contrary to the provisions of any pre-
_ ' Liverpool Docks, a charge
4 in like manner, as the maintenance
,w is. And for such further powers as
r placing the said intended Wet Dock,
Quays, River Wall, Ware-
-ntioned, within and sub-
-id government, and

.ting to ti

Whi;rf

(.1 correction of offences, now belonging or ap-
)resent Docks and Works of the said Trus-
ame were part thereof, and were comprised in
hereinafter mentioned. And for power for
)s to apply any sum not exceeding One Thou-
n one year, for the charitable purposes men-
et of the 51st year of the reign of his Majesty
e Third, hereinafter mentioned. And for the
all or any of the purposes aforesaid, to amend,
, alter, and explain the powers and provisions
in Act passed in the Eighth year of the
[ajesty Queen Anne, intituled " An Act for
ivenient Dock or Basin at Liverpool, for the
1 Ships trading to and from the said Port of
And an Act passed in the Third year of the
jesty King George the First, intituled " An
ring the time granted, by an Act passed in the
f the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne,
for making a convenient Dock or Basin at
curity of all Ships trading to and from the
pool." And an Act passed in the
reign of his Majesty King George
" An Act for enlarging the time
passed in the third year of the
Majesty King George, intituled, An
the time granted by an Act passed
r of the reign of her late Majesty Queen
r making a convenient Dock or
security of all Ships trading to

tituled

n Act

eool, and for enlarging the
,nal Dock, and building a Pier
and for enlightening the said
,ed in the second year of the reign
ge the Third, intituled, " An Act
d powers granted by An Act passed
of the reign of his late Majesty, for
-rating to the Harbour of Liver-
.aid Harbour, by making
J uilding a Pier in the open Har-
.ghtening the said Dock, and for
with proper Piers, in the said Har-
e, Lighthouses and other proper Lights
of Liverpool ;" And an Act passed in
of the reign of his Majesty King George
" An Act to enlarge the term and powers
elating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and
additional Docks and Piers in or near the
aol ;" And an Act passed in the thirty-ninth
a of his Majesty King George the Third, in-
Act to enlarge the term and alter and enlarge
of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li-
d for making two additional Wet Docks and
rear the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering
ad commodious the said Port and Docks ;"
NJ in the fifty-first year of the reign of his
rge the Third, intituled, " An Act for the
the Port and Town of Liverpool, and
eral Acts relating to the Docks, Quays,
belonging to the said Port ;" And an Act
ird -ar of the reign of his Majesty King
itit ," An Act to authorise the ad-
iurri of money, for carrying into
kat for the improvement of the Port
'mend the said Acts ;"

ng the

a the fifty-niuth year of the reign o
rge the Third, intituled, " An Act ft)]

tlnglesea, belonging

Id for further

s and Harbour of Li-

me reign of
An Act for
rt, Harbour, and Town of
ending, and amending the
And an Act passed in the
or nis Majesty King George the
Act to enable the Trustees of the
- further sum of money," And an
of the reign of his Majesty King
" An Act to explain and amend
rear of his late Majesty, and the
Majesty, fur the improvement of
Town of Liverpool, add to autho-
Liverpool Docks to pay for certain
its purchased under the said Acts ;"
• -leventh year of the reign
,of his
mirth, intituled " An Act for ex-
ie several Acts relating to the
iverpool ;" And to continue the
.•;•d to be levied by the said Acts,
ions (if any) as Parliament may
ICE IS FURTHER GIVEN,
said intended Works,
will be deposited in
Peace of the County
said County, and at
'eace of the Borough
on or before the Thirtieth
1 copies of the same plans,
11 be also deposited for
Clerks of the said parish
and with the Clerk of
-Hill. tit Walton-on-the-Hill
James's Church, in the
)untv of Lancaster, at

tering,

ltauled

foresaid

e places of abode,
before the Thirty-

e yrustc

D
of the Liverpool Docks

r, 1840

EtRINGTON DOCK COMPANY.
HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
be made to Parliament, in the ensuing
it to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge, or
the powers and provisions of an Act passed
fourth years of the reign of her present
ictoria, intituled "An Act to enable the
Company to sue and be sued in the name
r Officer of the said Company, and to ex-
Ring the Docks belonging to the said Coin-
is shipped or discharged therein, or on the
Company, from t"

czie payment of certain
—,icies to the Trustees of the Liverpool
,4nd to repeal the clause in the said recited Act
ling the said Company, or any other person or persons,

ream cut

!thin tljo limits thank mon•

led, by the said Intended Act
:into the use of the Docks

other Property belonging to the said Company, and for car-
rying on the business of the same ; and for more easy re-
covery of the Rates, Tolls, and Duties which shall be
demanded by the said Company, either under the authority
of the said intended Act or otherwise, on all Vessels and
their Cargoes using their said Docks and other Property ;
and to enable the said Company to raise more money tor the
purposes of their undertaking. And it is also propcsed, by
the said intended Act, to incorporate the said Company with
power to hold Lands and levy Tolls on all Vessels using the
said Docks, or their cargoes, and with such other powers as

1-•`•
may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects
of the said recited Act, and the general purposes of the said
Company.—Dated the ninth day of November, 1840.
JOHN NORM,
Clerk of the said Company.

ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is I.lin-
tended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Session,
for leave to bring in a Bill, or Bills, to alter and amend a
Local Act, passed in the twenty-first year of the reign of his
Majesty King George the Second, intituled, " An Act for
" the building a Church in the Town of Liverpool, in the
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for enlightening and
" cleansing the Streets of the said Town, and for keeping and
" maintaining a Nightly Watch there ;" And also another
Local Act, passed in the second year of the reign of his Ma-
jesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for build-
" ing two new Churches, and providing Burial Places, with-
"in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of
Lan-
caster, and for the better preserving the Pavements of the
" Streets in the said Town, and for ascertaining the Fares
" and Prices to be paid Carters, Carmen, Hackney Coach-
" men, and Chairmen, and for regulating their behaviour
" within the said Town;" And also another. Local Act, passed
in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his said Majesty King
George the Third, intituled, "An Act for enlarging and varying
" some of the powers contained in certain Acts of Parliament,
" relating to the Watching, Lighting, and Cleansing the Streets
" and other places within the Town of Liverpool, and for re-
" moving and preventing nuisances and annoyances therein."
And also another local Act passed in the Thirty ninth year of
the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in-
tituled, " An Act to enlarge the term, and alter and enlarge
" the powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li-
" verpool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and
" Piers, in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for renderin
" more safe and commodious the said Port and Docks."
And also another local Act passed in the Fifty-ninth year of
the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in-
titnled, " An Act for abolishing the payment of certain

sous caned ingates and Untgates, collected at the several
" entrances into the Town of Liverpool, in the County of
" Lancaster, and of certain 'rolls and Stallage now pay-
" able in the Markets and Fairs there, and for granting
" other Tolls and Stallage in lieu thereof, and for the
" better regulation •, of the said Markets and Fair:."
A 1

Ana also another local Act -passed in the first year of the
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An
"Act for reviving, extending, and varying the powers of an
"Act passed in the twenty-sixth year of his late Majesty
" King George the Third, for making and widening certain
" Streets, Passages, and Places in the Town of Liverpool, in
" the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for other pur-
" poses in the said Act mentioned, and also for further improv-
ing the said Town." And also another local Act, passed in
the sixth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George
the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the better regulation of
" Buildings in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine
" of Lancaster, and for authorizing the making of Bye-laws,
" Rules, and Regulations for Vessels frequenting the Docks.
"Basins, and Quays belonging to the Corporation there."
And also another local Act passed in the said sixth year
of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth,
intituled, " An Act for the further Improvement of the Port,
Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and for altering, extend-
" ing, and amending the several Acts relatingthereto." And
also another local Act passed in the seventh year of the
reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled,
" An Act for widening and improving certain Streets in the
" Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster,
" for the further prevention of Nuisances and Annoyances in
" the said Town, for the regulation of Weighing Machines, _
‘L ~• -

emu Lne esrannsnment of a Fire
" Police therein." And also another local Act passed in the
fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for amending the
" proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage of the
Borough of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancas-
" ter." And also another local Act passed in the session of
the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his said late Majesty
King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for altering,
" amending. and extending the powers andprovisions of an Act
" ofthe sixth year ofhis late Majesty King George the Fourth,
" for the regulation of Buildings in the town of Liverpool, and
" for other purposes therein mentioned, and for granting
" farther and additional powers for the improvement and
" regulation of the said town and the preservation of pro-
" perty therein from fires and otherwise." And also another
local Act passed in the session of the sixth and seventh years
of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the
Fourth, intituled, " An Act for extending and improving the
" maintenance of the Fire Police, in the borough of Liver-
" pool." And also another local Act, passed in the sixth
and seventh years of the reign of his said late Majesty King
William the 'Fourth, intituled, " An Act to amend and ren-
der more effectual an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of
the reign of his present Majesty, intituled "An Act for amend-
ing the proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage
of the borough of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lan-
caster. And to repeal an Act passed in the twenty-fifth year

of the reign of his_ late Majesty King Geo

1-e the Seco

-8 --lb-
intituled "-An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of
" small debts in the town and port of Liverpool and liberties
" thereof, in the county palatine of Lancaster ; and to give
" further power for the recovery of small debts within the bo-
" rough of Liverpool." And also another local Act passed in
the first year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Vic-
toria, intituled " An Act for altering, amending, improving,
" and extending the provisions of certain Acts of Parliament
" relating to the town of Liverpool, in the county palatine
"of Lancaster." And also another local Act passed in the
first and second years of the reign of her present Majesty,
intituled " An Act for amending certain Acts relating
" to the Civil Court of Record of the borough of Liver-
" pool, and improving the proceedings thereof." And to
take powers to restrict the letting or using of cellars in
the said borough for habitation, where such occupancy
would be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, and iu
other cases to secure that reasonable conveniences should be
attached to or provided in such cellars; and to secure the
proper ventilation of back courts hereafter to be made in the
said borough, for small dwellings to be let or used for habi-
tation, and to secure that reasonable conveniences shall be
attached to or provided in such dwellings; and also to enact
for the borough of Liverpool the powers, clauses, limitations,
penalties, and provisions of an act passed in the session of
the second and third years of the reign of her said Majesty,
intituled, " Au act for further improving the police in and
near the metropolis," or such of them as may be deemed fit
and proper to be enacted in relation thereto. Dated this
ninth day of November, 1840.

RD. RADCLIFFE,
Town-Clerk of Liverpool, Solicitor

• • - - - - -
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Ses-
sion, for leave to bring in a Bill, or for leave to introduce
Clauses into any Bill relating to the Liverpool Docks which
may be depending in Parliament in the next Session, for
exempting all Vessels entering into or departing from the
Port or Harbour of Liverpool, and consigned or trading to
or from the Port or Town of Runcorn, and not making use
of the Docks or Quays vested in the Trustees of the Liver-
pool Docks, and all Goods and Merchandise shipped or dis-
charged in or from any Vessel at the said Port or Town of
Runcorn, from payment of the Tonnage Rates and other
Rates and Duties now payable, or claimed to be payable, to
the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, in respect of Vessels
coming into or going out of the Port or Harbour of Liver-
pool, and of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported from
Parts beyond the Seas, or brought Coastwise into the said
Port or Harbour of Liverpool, or exported thence to Parts
beyond the Seas or Coastwise, excepting such just Propor-
tion of the same last-mentioned Tonnage and other Rates
and Duties as Vessels consigned to or trading from the Port
or Town of Runcorn, or other the Goods and Merchandise
on board the same Vessels, ought to contribute and pay to-
wards the Maintenance of the Lights, Buoys, and Land
Marks established, or to be established, for the guidance
and security of Vessels entering into and going out of the
said Port; and for such purposes, or any other purpose, for
Which it may be necessary to alter, amend, explain, or re-
peal, so far as relates to Vessels so consigned or trading to
or from the said Port or Town of Runcorn, and the Goods
laden on board or discharged from the same, so many, or
such part or parts, of the several Acts hereinafter mentioned,
as enable the said Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to levy
and recover such Tonnage and other Rates and Duties (that
is to say) : An Act passed in the eighth year of the reign of
Queen Anne, intituled, " An Act for making a convenient
" Dock or Basin at Liverpoole, for the security of all Ships
" trading to andfrom the said Port of Liverpoole :' another Act,
passed in the third year of the reign of King George the First,
intituled, " An Act for enlarging the time granted by an Act
" passed in the eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty
" Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for making a convenient
" Dock or Basin at Liverpoole, for security of all Ships
" trading to and from the said Port of Liverpoole :" another
Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King George
the Second, intituled, " An Act tbr enlarging the time
" granted by an Act passed in the third year of the reign of
" his late Majesty King George, intituled, An Act for en-
" larging the time granted by an Act passed in the eighth
" year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, inti-
" tuled, An Act for making a convenient Dock or Basin at
Liverpool, for the security of all Ships trading to and
" from the said Port of Liverpool ; and for enlarging the
same, by making an additional Dock and building a Pier
"in the open Harbour there, and for enlightening the said
Dock :" another Act, passed in the second year of the
reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to
" enlarge the term and powers granted by an Act passed in
" the eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, for con-
" tinning several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpoole,
" and for enlarging the said Harbour by making an addi-
tional Dock and building a Pier in the open Harbour
" there, and for enlightening the said Dock ; and for making
" another Dock, with proper Piers, in the said Harbour,
" and for erecting Lighthouses and other proper Lights in
" or near the Port of Liverpoole :" another Act, passed in
the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Third,
intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and powers of seve-
" ral Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and for
" making two additional Docks and Piers in or near the
" Port of Liverpool :" another Act, passed in the thirty-
ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled,
" An Act to enlarge the term and alter and enlarge the
" powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liver-
" pool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and Piers
" in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering more

" safe and commodious the said Port and Docks :" another
Act, passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of King George
the Third, intituled, An Act for the improvement of the
" Port and Town of Liverpool, and amending the several
" Acts relating to the Docks, Quays, and other Works be-
" longing to the said Port:" another Act, passed in the
fifty-third year of the reign of King George the Third, inti-
tuled, " An Act to authorise the advancement of a certain
" Sum of Money, for carrying into effect the several Acts
" for the improvement of the Port and Town of Liverpool,
" and to amend the said Acts :" another Act, passed in the
fifty-ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, inti-
tuled, " An Act for improving the Lighthouse on the Isle
" of Anglesea, belonging to the Trustees of the Liverpool
Docks; and for further amending the Acts relating to the
" Docks and Harbour of Liverpool :" another Act, passed
in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth,
intituled, " An Act for the further improvement of the
" Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool ; and for altering,
" another extending, and amending the several Acts relating there-
" to Act, passed in the ninth year of the reign of
King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to enable the
" Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to raise a further Sum of
Money :" another Act, passed in the said ninth year of
the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act
" to explain and amend two Acts of the fifty-first year of his
" late Majesty and the sixth year of his present Majesty, for
" the improvement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of Li-
" verpool ; and to authorise the Trustees of the Liverpool
" Docks to pay for certain Lands and Hereditarnents, pur-
" chased under the said Acts :" and another Act, passed in
the eleventh year of the reign of King gGeorge the Fourth,
intituled, " An Act for extending and amending the several
" Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour
r of Liveripdoßolii.l".
Dated this Sixth day of November,
DASLouLcitSconVfAortr
tEhYe
sa,
Kinv-street, Manchester.

A GENTLEMAN of meroontllo lu PARTNER,e xdotittpd
with from XBOOO to X5OOO, as a, in an Ea.
tablisinnent of-undeniable respectability and profit,
Address, A. A., Box G 25,

IVANTS a SITUATION, as NURSE, in a respectable
Family, a steady Young Woman, twenty-seven years
of age, who is capable of taking charge of a Babe from the
month, and can be well recommended.
Address, Mrs. WILLIAmso'N, 57, Peach-street.

•
HACKINS HEY DAILY SCHOOLS,
IN CONNECTION WITH ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
THE ANNUAL SERMONS in aid of the above Schools
will (D. v.) be preached on SUNDAY next, 29th instant :
the Morning Arrnon, at 11 A.Bf., by the Rev. J. H. STAF-
FORD, A. 8.; the Evening Sermon, at 7 F.M., by the Rev.
J. N. PEILL, A.M.

A CASE OF DISTRESS.
" Whoso giveth unto the poor, giveth unto the Lord."
" Whoso watereth, shall be watered also himself."
IT is proposed to raise a few pounds, in order to get into
some business a Man and his Wife, who have been reduced
from comfort and respectability to a state of great distress,
and who have no means whatever of supporting themselves
and three young children.
The Rev. GEORGE MANSFIELD, Curate of Christ Church,
62, Islington, who knows the circumstances of the family,
has kindly consented to receive the smallest subscriptions.
Subscriptions will also be received at the STANDARD-
OFFICE, St. George's-crescent ; and at Mr. LEATHERBAR-
now's DEPOSITORY, 26, Elliott-street.

JUST PUBLISHED,
AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL THE BOOKSELLERS, &C.
SMITH'S
LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL

ALMANACS
AND

DIARIES,
FOR 1841.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
NOTICE.

OPENING OF GOODS STATION AT WHITMORE.
'THE Public are informed, that on and after Monday, the
30th instant, articles of Merchandise may be forwarded
by the Company's Luggage Trains between Whitmore Station
and the other Goods' Stations on the Line, viz., Liverpool,
Manchester, Warrington, Stafford, Wolverhampton, and
Birmingham, where information may be obtained respecting
the Company's Rates, &c. on application to their Agents.
BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTORS.
Liverpool, 25th November, 1840.

CHEAP TRAVELLING PER LANCASTER BY THE

ENGINEER COACHES.
rinHE ROYAL ENGINEER COACHES, every Morning
1 and Evening, at Half-past Eight o'clock. to CARLISLE,
and from thence, by the Royal Mails, to GLASGOW.
N.B.—These are the only Coaches that can book direct
through to Glasgow, by Mr. Walker's Mails, per Carlisle.
To EDINB URG H.—Light Four-inside Four-horse
Coach, through Kendal, Shap, Penrith, Carlisle, and Hawick,
to the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, in 16 hours, without
change of Coach or Guard, every Evening, at half-past 8
o'clock, Mail time, Sundays excepted.
Places secured for the above, Coach at the Angel Inn
Coach-office, Dale-street, Liverpool; Angel Inn Coach-office,
Market-street, Manchester; Bear and Staff and Commercial
Inns, Lancaster, and the Engineer Coach-office, opposite
the King's Arms, Market-street, Lancaster.

TO THE
ELECTORS OF NORTH TOXTETH WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
T THANK you most sincerely for the honour you have
1 conferred upon me in electing me one of your Represen-
tatives in the Town Council, and assure you that I feel truly
grateful for the kindness and good feeling which have been
manifested towards me. It shall be my study to endeavour
to merit a continuance of your favourable opinion.
I reflect with pride and satisfaction upon the glorious
victory which has been achieved, and congratulate you, Gen-
tlemen, upon the result of the contest, which has been one
entirely of principles.

To those friends who exerted themselves so indefatigably
in behalf of our cause, I tender my warmest acknowledg-

ments

I avail myself of this opportunity to give the most unqua-
lified denial to a charge which has been brought against me,
of canvassing on the day of Mr. Currie's decease. As I
went home that evening, I called upon an old acquaintance,
who had always nromised me his support in the event of my
becoming a Car didate for your Ward, to acquaint him of my
having consents dtodo so upon the present occasion. I nei-
ther called upon any other person, nor did I solicit a single
vote that day, though I was aware that Mr. Hechle, the
Chairman of the Reform Committee, accompanied by Mr.
M`Kee, were actively engaged, that morning, in making
arrangements for the Election.

-I
have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ALEXANDER SMITH, Jun
Fairview-house, Nov. 20, 1840.

SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR.—We are glad to be enabled to
contradict the paragraph which several of the Edinburgh pa-
pers have copied from the Inverness Courier of Wednesday
regarding Sir George Sinclair. So far from being laid up in
Thurso Castle, he was actually in Inverness on Tuesday, and
arrived in Edinburgh on Wednesday night.—Scottish Stand-
ard.

EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE.—The following exraordinary
produce of one potato of a new species, termed the Prince
de Rohan, was raised in the garden of Archdeacon Buckle,
of Upway, in the present season. The root was divided into
six parts, which were planted at a distance of three feet from
each other in one row. The number of potatoes taken up
was ninety, and the weight 911bs. ! being in quantity upwards
of a bushel and a half. One of the roots weighed 511bs,
and several of them between 21bs. and 31bs. In the same
garden a cabbage of the Battersea species was cut, which
weighed, with the outward leaves, 1911b5., without the out-
ward leaves, 131bs.—Sherborne Journal.

PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE THE ROYAL INFANT.—
About three weeks since an order was transmitted from the
Board of Green Cloth to the upholsterers to Her Majesty to
design and make the cot and two baths for the expected scion
of her illustrious house. The talents and ingenuity of the
designer of the establishment, a distinguished French artiste,
were accordingly called into operation; and a day or two af-
terwards•a drawing was forwarded to the Palace for the in-
spection of her Majesty and her Royal Consort, who were
graciously pleased to signify their approval of the elegance
and taste, which had been displayed, and to order the com-
pletion of these most useful appendages of a nursery with all
possible despatch. On Tuesday night the cot was sent home ;
and a description of it will doubtless be interesting to the pub-
lic. The body of the cot is in the shape of that elegant marine
shell the nautilus, being a happy conception of the designer,
that the child of the " ocean queen" should enjoy its first slum-
bers and be cradled in a cot whose very form is emblamatic
of the main strength and glory of its " island home." The
frame work is of the choicest Spanish mahogany, and the
bottoms and sides padded and quilted in flutes ; the whole
of which, inside and out, is covered with rich green silk em-
broidered most splendidly with the white rose of England.
Between each rib is a circular rib of mahogany, the edges of
which are richly guilt. The cot swings between pillars of
mahogany standing on plinths, supported by four lions feet,
beautifully carved and guilt. The canopy is finely scolloped,
and bung with silk drapery of the same design as the lining.
The whole is guilt, and surmounted with the royal crown, and
presents a tout ensemble at once classic and unique. The
baths are not yet finished, but are expedited as rapidly as
possible, and it is understood that one will be lined with silver
and the other with marble.—Morning Tlerald.
REMARKABLE PHENOMENON AT COMRIE.—On Tuesday
evening, the 17th instant, between seven and eight o'clock,
an interesting appearance was observed in the sky, over this
place. From a semicircular small black cloud on the verge
of the restern horizon, at the point N.W. by W. all the other
clouds in view spun out into long dark streaks, diverged like
spokes from the nave of a wheel, and, after extending in al-
most unbroken lines over the whole sky, again converged in
an exactly similar form on another small black semicircular
cloud in the opposite point of the horizon. At each focus
between the spokes the light of the aurora borealis was very
distinct, leaving no doubt as to the cause of this unusual ar-
rangement of the clouds, and contrasting beautifully with the
dark dresses of the present fleecy partners of these " merry
dancers." The western focus was at first very brilliant ; and
while it continued so, the other was more faint. By and by,
this relative brightness of the two ends was entirely reversed,
and the eastern had its " turn" of display for about half an
hour, after which the whole scene gradually broke up ; the
clouds, like soldiers relieved from the constraint of parade,
dispersing themselves into their usual amorphous groups
over the sky. This phenomenon establishes at least two
points in meteorology :-Ist, That the meridional lines of
clouds often observed in the daytime extending across the
heavens from north to south, as well as other directions,
without, of course, any visible display of the aurora, are
nevertheless the effect of this electrical or magnetic influence,
and not, as some have supposed, of currents in the air. 2d,
That the height at which the aurora occasionally displays its
fantastic gambols may coincide with, or extend to, that of
the clouds in the atmosphere, although at other times its
stage appears to be much more elevated. The writer of this
note, some years ago, had an opportunity of calculating the
altitude of the apex of a splendid auroral dome, consisting
entirely of lights of many various hues, that then appeared
near the zenith, The calculation was made from simultan-
eous observations, taken at Stirling and Comrie, and gave
the height at 113 miles above the surface of the earth.—
Scotsman.

REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF BIRTHS,
DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND, IN 1840.—The
second annual report of the Registrar-General, which comes
down to June 30, 1840, has recently been published. The
population of England and Wales, to which the report exclu-
sively applies, is computed by the Registrar-General to Lave
been 15,666,800 on January 1, 1839. The population of the
United Kingdom was then about 27,267,814. It may now
amount to 27,774,200 persons, comprising 6,080,000 fencible
men, aged twenty and under sixty. Ireland possesses rather
less than one-third (thirty-two per cent.) of the entire popu-
lation. The population of France is about 31,370,000. The
report states that the numbers registered for England and
Wales in the year ending June 30, 1839, were :—Births,
480,540; death, 331,007 ; marriages, 121,083. The French
returns are only published down to the end of 1837, so that
we cannot compare the facts in the two countries. Of the
marriages, 114,632 were solemnised according to the rites of
the Church of England; 10 by special license, 14,669 by li-
cense, and 76,328 by banns. In 22,657 instances the offici-
ating clergyman neglected to state whether the marriage was
by license or banns. Exclusive of these marriages, the mar-
riages by license were 16 in 100, so that nearly one in six of
the people go to the expense of a license. 6,451 marriages
were celebrated not according to the rites of the church ;
4,654 in registered places of worship, 1,564 in the registrar's
office, 73 between Quakers, and 160 between Jews. The re-
gistered places of worship increased in the year 1839 from
1,332 to 1,578; the marriages at these places rose from 2,976
in the first, to 4,654 in the second year, or more than fifty-
nine per cent. The marriages by the clergy of the church
were ninety-six per cent. of the whole in the first year; nine-
ty-four per cent. in the second year, when the arrangements
of the dissenters had been partly completed. The proportion
of marriages in the year to the population was 1 in 129 ; ra-
ther below the average of 1821-30, which was lin 125. The
number of Jews in the country has never been ascertained :
it may be rated from the marriages (160) at 20,000, or rather
more than double the number of Quakers, if none be consi-
dered Friends who do not marry according to the rules of the
society. Seventy-six Quaker couples were married in the
first, and seventy-three in the second year ; so that, unless
celibacy is more common than in the general population, they
cannot exceed 10,000. 5628 men, and 16,414 women were
married under twenty-one years of age ; or of 1000, 40 men
and 135 women. The proportion of minors varied consider-
ably in different counties. In 4858 marriages the ages were
ascestained : more than half, namely, 2536 men, and 2527
women were between the ages of twenty and twenty-five; at
twenty-five and under thirty, the men were 1150, the women
861; and 137 men and 65 women were above the age of fifty.
10,390 more boys were born than girls ; the boys were
245,465, the girls 235,075. In the metropolis, 26,180 boys,
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PORRION INTELLIGENCI

FALL OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE.
(From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.)
We have just received by extraordinary express, the fol-
lowing communication from our Paris correspondent :
" PARIS, "MONDAY EVENING, Quarter to Nine.
"The official journal, the Messager, contains the follow,
ing telegraphic despatch, which I hasten to send you by an
extraordinary express

' " TOULON Nov. 22, Three o'clock.
(This despatch has not reached' tilt this day, on account of
the state of the weather.)

THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE

MARINE

"The English steamer the Phcenix, arrived at Malta the
12th, has announced the taking of St. Jean d'Acre.
" ` This news is given by the captain of the Eurotas.'
" The same paper further contains telegraphic despatches
from Algiers, explanatory of military movements, and the
welcome announcement that the Rhone has sensibly dimi-
nished, and that the Saone has considerably fallen.
"The evening papers contain no other. mews.
" ToamoNres, Monday Night, Half-past Eight.
" Before the telegraphic despatch came out the Rente was
at 72f. 25c. three per cent. It is now at the same price."