The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-21 00:00:00

(To be continued.)

TITS DEVONPORT ELECTION During the last week ne-
gociations were carried on, aquictianaguements made between
t and Leach, to unite the
. Dawson. It was
tloahtge'reed to ascer-
by which the
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the committees of Messrs.
liberal constituency in order to defeat
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tain whether Mr. Tufnell or Mr. Leach hadg t
order that both might unite in supporting the
whose favour the sense of the majority was expressed. The
experiment has been tried, and Mr. Tufnell is pronouncedisu to
have had the majority in his favour. Mr. Leach then
an address, expressing a hope that those friends who had
espoused his cause would rally round Mr. Tufnell.— Gcvern-
ment Morning Paper.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Archbishop of York has given a second donation of
£2OO to the York Diocesan Education Society for the Chil-
dren of the Poor.

In Loudon, the legal profession consists of 1500 barristers,
100 conveyancers and pleaders, and 3000 solicitors and attor-
neys. Iti Dublin there are 700 barristers, and 1800 solicitors
and attorneys.

Mr. Parker has given a formal contradiction to the rumour
that he was about to retire from the representation of the

Southern division of Devonshire.

A white, or Albino woodcock, was shot at Westwood
Park, the demesne of J. S. Pakington, Esq., M.P., last
week, by one of the shooting party there assembled.
Our readers will regret to learn that the amiable and ve-
nerable poet of Bremhill, the Rev. Canon Bowles, is in a
-very declining state of health.—Bath Chronicle.
An expedition, under the orders of Capt. Trotter, R.N.,
in which three iron steamers are to be engaged, is, we un-
derstand, about to be fitted out to proceed up the Niger.
The Augsbnrgh Gazette quotes the following from Co-
bourg :—" Prince Albert, on marrying the Queen of Eng-
land, will preserve his title of Duke of Saxe, which his an-
cestors have rendered so illustrious. Our ducal house is on
the point of contracting another high alliance, which will
shortly be officially made known to the public."
Lady Sarah Villiers, the daughter of Lady Jersey, has
been selected by her Majesty as one of the Ladies in Wait-
ing at the ceremony of her marriage. Mr. Bradshaw, of
Canterbury notoriety, is, we understand, on a visit at Mid-
dleton, the seat of her Ladyship, with several other distin-
guished fashionables.—Cupid.
An enormous water serpent was killed on the 2d inst. by a
boatman on the Mississippi. It measured eight feet in length,
was of the thickness of a man's leg, and was landed in
IVl'Cracken county, Kentucky, just below the mouth of the
Ohio, and taken to Wilmington. The Lexington papers call
it a young sea serpent. It was a dull brown colour.

PAYING DEAR FOR YOUR WHISTLE.—It is well known
that the Shrewsbury News, for several months, inserted
(weekly) " Nicholas Nickleby"—in fact, the whole of that
work appeared, without a single omission. An action was
commenced against the publisher, and on Monday last Mr.
Ford, solicitor, ex-mayor, and a reputed shareholder in the
News, went to London and compromised the action with
Messrs. Chapman and Hall, the holders of the copyright of
that unequalled work, by paying a sum of more than £5OO.—
Dublin Evening Mail.
Tan HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The house was lighted up on
Tuesday evening to try the effect of Mr. Gurney's Bade light.
There are 14 globular lights—namely, seven over each of the
side galleries, and two scarlet blinds have been affixed to the
ceiling. The benches for the members have been re-covered,
and the backs re-polished with French polish. The seats of
the strangers' gallery have been set apart for the Speaker's
orders, and the gallery will now not contain more than about
100 persons. Workmen were employed up to a late hour last
evening in completing the alterations in the house.—Stan-
dard.

CONVERT FROM ROMANISM.—It is known that the first
wife of Don Carlos died during the residence of that prince
in England, and that she was buried at Gosport. A Spanish
priest, Don Barnabas Rodriguez, was stationed in that place
by Don Carlos's desire, whose chief duty it was to say masses
for the repose of the soul of his diseased wife. This gentle-
man, has, we understand, lately become a convert to protes-
tantism, and has published his reasons for abjuring the faith
in which he was educated.—'Jerks Chronicle.
THE POSTAGE STAMPS.—We learn that the construction
of the stamps is advancing with all speed ; the several artists
to whom they are entrusted being actively engaged upon them.
In the stamp for letter paper, and the adhesive stamp, a pro-
file of the Queen is the principal ornament. The letter pa-
per stamp is being engraved by W. Wyon, R.A. medallist to
-the mint. Charles Heath is engraving the drawing taken from
Wyon's City medal, by H. Corbould. intended for the ad-
hesive stamp. W. Mulready, R.A. has furnished the design
for the cover and envelope, which is in the hands of John
Thompson, for engraving.—Morning Chronicle.
BANKERS' ASSETS.—The Morning Post, in one of its city
articles last week, told an amusing story of a joint-stock bank
lately set up in,the city, the whole of whose paid-up capital
never exceeded £lOO, and which never could at any period
have answered a check for £lO. According to our contem-
...

porary, the sole clerk and manager of the establishment must
have ate up the whole principal and interest of the concern ;
for that whoever went into the bank always fziund the afore-
said manager with a plate and knife before him on his desk.
The Palmerston print of last night threatens the Archbishop
of Canterbury, that if he do not apologise within a month for
bestowing preferment on Dr. Molesworth, he shall not be al-
lowed to perform the marriage ceremony at the approaching
union of her majesty with Prince Albert. This is rather cool;
but it is beaten hollow by a paragraph in the columns of the
same journal, in which her majesty is indirectly reproached
for having selected " Lady Sarah Villiers, the daughter of
Lady Jersey, to be one of the ladies in waiting at the cere-
mony of her marriage ! " How very unpardonable of her
majesty ! But we hope it is not intended to make her ma
jesty, like the archbishop, apologise for this appointment, on
pain of not being married ! No, no ; Cupid cannot be so
cruel.—Times.

RUMOURED INDISCRETION IN HIGII LIFE.—The un-
fortunate separation of a noble lord from his lady is just now
a topic of leading interest, and the circumstance has thus been
represented in the fashionable circles :—lt is stated that the
lady was discovered in a situation of very proximate famili-
arity with an illustrious personage who was on a visit at the
time at the hospitable mansion of a noble friend, where the
unfortunate couple were also staying. A marriage now on the
tapis, so singularly mixes up some of the individuals con-
cerned,.as to give .a very painful novelty to this unfortunate
affair, and to involve a noble lord and his intended bride in a
position of the greatest delicacy.—Morning Post.
t,
ROMISII TOLERATION.--On 'Sunday, the sth inst., the
remains of John WEvoy, a Protestant, aged 85 years, were
interred in the church-yard of Tontstown ; hiS wife, a Ro-
man'Catholic, having been- buried some time previously in'
the same place. On the Wednesday night following the
body was disinterred by some persons unknown, and left in
the coffin, at some distance from the grave. The only rea-
son for so doing was stated (truly) by the man's grand-
daughter (herself a Romanist) to have been that I\l'Evoy
died a Protestant, and refused, when dying, to permit a Ro-,
man Catholic priest to attend him. This outrage occurred
in a neighbourhood where Protestants and Catholics are ap-
parently upon the best possible term's., and where, within the
last six months, a considerable sum has been lent out entirely
to the latter, from the loan fund, established and conducted
solely by the Protestant clergyman, the Rev. John Bagot.
M'Evoy never was a Roman Catholic.—Dublin Evening
Mail.

DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Saturday last,
Mr. William Nash, blacksmith, formerly landlord of the
King's Head public-house, at, Longford, near Gloucester,
attempted to put a period to his existence in the following
horrid manner. He had been left at home, by himself, with
the exception of a little girl, and during the temporary ab-
sence of the latter, she heard the report of a gun, and on go-
ing into the kitchen, she found Mr. Nash lying on the ground,
and the discharged gun lying across the fender, but with the
hammer still cocked. The assistance of the neighbours was
procured, and Mr. Keane, surgeon, quickly seht for. The
unhappy man, Nash, was lately an inmate of the Lunatic
Asylum, and though latterly much recovered, it had been
recommended to keep dangerous instruments out of his
reach. When left alone, it is supposed that he took down
the gun, which appears to have been loaded with powder
only, and while sitting in a chair by the fireside, to have put
the muzzle in his mouth, and by causing a burning coal to
fall on the priming, he fired the gun, the charge from which
blew away part of his tongue and jaws, arid horribly muti-
lated his face. He continues still alive, hut in a dreadful
state.—Bath Chronicle.

WINDSOR CASTLE.—About five or six weeks since a fis-
sure was observed in the wall at the north-western extremity
of the North Terrace close to the Winchester Tower, the
residence of Sir Jeffrey Wyattville. The. opening on the •
northern side extended from the top of the wall to the surface
of the earth on the outer side, a distance of some 20 or 30
feet ; and on the western side, from the turrets down to the
archway' entrance to the vaults beneath, which extend under
the whole length of the terrace. As soon 4as the fissure was
discovered, workmen were employed to fill up the interstices
(or " point" them) with mortar, in order to ascertain if the
cracks would go on increasing. Within a very short period
after this had been done, the opening not only widened, but
extended along the lower pathway, parallel with the Win-
chester Tower to a distance of 14 or 15 yards. The fissure
now extends to a distance• of upwards of 25 yards. Mr.
Whitman, the clerk of the works, upon perceiving the dan-
gerous state of the wall, lost no time in communicating with
Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, who was then in London, on the sub-
ject, by whom the necessary instructions to proceed in such
an emergency were immediately forwarded. Upon entering
the vaults underneath the terrace, two large cracks were ob-
servable, commencing from the bottom of the wall on the
north side, extending completely across the arch, and termi-
nating at the commencement of the outer wall of the Castle.
These fissures were ordered to be " pointed" in the same
manner as those on the outer wall, and with the same results;
for after a few days the openings were found to be consider-
ably enlarged. The first step determined upon was to ascer-
tain how far from the foundation of the wall the injury ex-
tended, and workmen are now employed in digging a shaft
within the arched vaults on the northern side for this pur-
pose. As far as they have yet proceeded, so far extends the
opening. It is feared, unless some plan be devised before
the breaking up of the frost, to secure the immense mass of
stonework which is now in so threatening and dangerous a
state, that not only will a large portion of the terrace fall
down the steep slope by which it is bounded on the north
side, but that it will carry with it some thousands of tons of
'earth into the vale beneath, where is situated some stabling
belonging to the canons of Windsor, and close to which is
the extensive brewery of Messrs. Reid and Co., late Mr.
Ramsbottam's. Some twelve months ago a deep trench or
ditch was dug close to the New Terrace-wall, by order of the
dean and canons of Windsor (to whom the slopes and a large
piece of land on this side belong), forthe purpose of receiving
the water which runs off the terrace (after rains, &c.) through
small gratings, and which, previously to this being dug, ran
down the slopes upon their land below. The trench was in-
tended to have turned the course of this water in another
direction ; but, instead of doing so, it remained in the ditch,
where it soaked into the earth, and thus, as it is generally
supposed, sapped the very foundation of the wall itself, and
thence the dangerous state of this part of the terrace, which
was erected as long since as the reign of Charles 11., who ex-
tended it westward upwards of 100 yards. Ministerial paper.
INFLUENZA AMONG HORSES.—There has scarcely been a
season in the memory of man more unfavourable for hunters
that have been constantly on the move from one country to
another than the present. Even those horses which have
had none of those difficulties to contend with arising from a
frequent change of stables, corn, hay, and water, have with
very few exceptions been attacked by the prevailing.epidemic
generally known by the term influenza ; and in some, in-
stances it has proved. fatal. The weather has, no doubt, in
most cases augmented the disease ; but to such horses as
have been exposed to a continual change of stabling, another
serious difficulty has presented itself- The high price of old
oats has unfortunately induced many of the innkeepers on
the road to new, which, for the sake of appeasing
some of their inexperienced customers, have been in many
instances subject to the injurious process of being kiln-dried,
In the driest season after a favourable harvest, oats are not
fit to use as horse-corn until they are at least six months old ;
and after such a harvest as the last, succeeded by the damp
weather which we have experienced, a much greater length of
time is necessary to render them sound and wholesome. Un-
fortunately the innkeepers have their customers in their power
to a very considerable extent, inasmuch as the ,horses must
either eat such provender as may be supplied:fat', them, or go
without. I have threatened to point out some of the place
at which the purveyance is so very defective, and will most
assuredly do so if 1 find a continuance of such gross imposi-
tion. Dear as good old oats are, at the usual charge of six-
pence per quartern there is ample profit, and the best article
ought to be supplied. The distemper which has been so pre-
valent with horses is a kind of inflammatory. catarrh, attended
with an unusually distressing cough, 'the windpipe appearing
to suffer greatly from irritation. The most effectual method
of treating this complaint seems to be by presenting a cooling,
but not a lowering diet, such as bran-mashes, carrots, lin-
seed or oatmeal gruel, and some of the usual febrifuge medi-
cines, not forgetting to stimulate the external portion of the
windpipe as well as the submaxillary and subliugual glands,
and continuing the stimulus, without blistering. Whilst this
treatment is being pursued, the horses ought to be allowed
rest : with those who cannot be indulged with,that boon,
greater length of time must of necessity elapse before recovery
can be anticipated.—Old Sporting Magazine for January.


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I)ippin3 Entelliguirt.

FRIDAY, Ja ti I: A R 17.—Wind W., moderate.

Anu tvE n.—Tweed, Lawson, from Calcutta—Grace, Kennedy, fin
Berbice—Victory, Blackley, (sailed Bth December,) from Maranhant
—Henry, Pierce, and Ontario, Jamieson, from New Orleans—
Governor Fenner, 4emble, from Savannah—Cincinnati, Barstow,
from Virginia—Champion, Cookson, and Colombia, Blaney, from
St John, N.B.—Sir George Provost, Morrison, from Pugwash—and
Colombia, , from Newfoundland
SAILED.—Token, Chalmers, and Woodstock, Simpson, for New
Orleans—Julius Cresar, Mitchell, for Aden, &c.—Columbia, Suther-
land, and Marchioness of Bute, M'Clelland, for Mobile.

Parker, Risien, from Demerara, at this port, sailed December 11.
The Minerva sailed on the 10th, and the Little Catherine was to sail
in a few days, both for this port
Frederick, , from St John, N. 8., off this port
Bengal, Hicks, hence at Maranham;•in 33 days
Robert Burns, —, hence, at Berbice
Leo,. Kendall, hence, at Demerara
Cornwall, Butcher, hence for Rio Janeiro, at Milford
British Lad, —, from Prince Edward Island, at Milford
Janet, Blairs, from Monte Video, at Falmouth, sailed iuth Nov.
Elizabeth, Pothoff, from Rotterdam for this port, at ditto
131eng, M'Dowall, hence, at Vera Cruz
Marion, —, hence and Cadiz, at Tampico
England, Waite, hence for New York, was spoken 21st December,
n long 36 •
Warrior, --, hence for Tampico, was spoken on the Bth inst.,
D lat 49, long 36
Java, —, hence, at Manilla
Blanche,—, hence for Donegal, at Ramsey, Isle of Man, after
being on shore, but without much _damage •
Tory's Wife, Buchan, hence, at Halifax
•
Clio, Daly, hence, at ditto
Iris, Bradley, sailed from Messina for this port 23d Dec.
Georgiana, Anderson, sailed fin Girgeuti for this port 36th Dec.
Elizabeth, —, hence, at. Tampico
Ann Paley, Williams, hence, at Genoa
Pauline, Scheryenberg, hence, at Ostend
George. M'Kenzie, from Pictou for this port, at Canso
Elizabeth, Calleston, from Prince Edward Island for this port, at
Halifax, in distress
Margaretta, Koster, from Amsterdam for this port, off Margate
Unicorn, , hence for Havana, was spoken on the 10th inst.,
in lat 46, long 15
WARREN POINT, JAN. 15.—The Eagle, Duncan, from Liverpool
to Newcastle, was driven on shore in Dundrum Bay, 12th insttait,
and is breaking up : crew saved

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18.—Wind S.W. fresh.
ARRIVNIL—Europe, Batcheldor, from New Orleans—ShellTied,
Alien, from New York—Clydesdale, Campbell, from Autigu a—
Alexandria, Turner, from New Orleans—George, M`Kelizie, from
Pictou—Bell Barbara, Baring, from Pugwash—and Prima Dcni na,
—, from St. Michael. •
SAlLRD.—Johnston. Spence, for Demgrara.

Mattakeeset, Harding, from New Orleans, at this port: sled
from the Bar 15th Dec. On lath Jan. in lat. 45, long. 18, spoke: the
Tunoleon, from Liverpoolfor New Orleans. On Idth Jan. off ' fits-
kar, spoke the Roscius and Europe, both front Liverpool for New
York
Celerity, Pentreath, from St. Michael, at this port, in seven d ays.
On 16th Jan. saw a signal of distress flying at the Tuskar L 3 ght-
house. Captain Pentreath, being unable to approach the r ock,
hoisted his ensign, but no answering signal was made
George Glen, , from Restigouche and Bay Chaleur, at .this
port; sailed 19th Dec. A few days previous, a large piece o f ice
cut her bows, the damage was repaired, but having encount erect
tremendous weather during the passage, and been struck by a
heavy sea, she lias become very leaky, and has six feet water in. her
hold _ _ _

Memnon, Goddin, from Zapote, at this port: sailed 12th Yov.
On 15th Jan. in lat. 51, long. 8, spoke the Eugene, of St. John, N.. 11.
Pandora, , from St. Jago de Cuba, at Swansea
Fergus, Dun, hence for New Orleans, at Galway, leaky, having
experienced a heavy gale in long. 16
Earl Pdwis, --, from the Cape of Good Hope, at Mauritius,
partly dismasted
Parts of the wreck of the William Huskisson, (steamer) have
been washed on shore near Portpatrick

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Britannia, Kemp, hence at Sydney, N.S.W.
Hindoo, Van Zuilecom, sailed froM Sydney, for Hobart Town
.Bth Aug.
Joven Elena, Larinaga, and Ilzade, Simons, hence at Havana.
Phoenix, Port, hence at St. Michael

Vittoriso, Aziopardl, sailed from Smyrna for Liverpool 22nd Dec.
John Blake, Chnrchward, sailed from Odessa for Liverpool 27th
Dec.

Henrietta, Blomberg, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool a ith
Dec.

Mary Hartley, hence for Calcutta, at Belfast Lough

Win: Turner, Roals, hence for Bombay, at ditto.

, .
Charlotte, , from St. John, N.B. at Bristol
Parsbro', Brown, hence off Cove

James Lemon, -, hence at Dublin
Volo, Bowden, from Port-au-Prince, at Falmouth

SUNDAY, JANUARY lg.—Wind W.N.W. fresh.
ARRlVED.—Antelope, Tullock, from Benin—Schyryd, Sanders,.
from Laguna—John & Thomas, , from Leghorn—and Henry
Hoyle, Chapman, from Oporto.

Euphemia, --, from Laguna, at Cork, for orders ; had bad
weather on the passage, and on the 30th Dec. in lat. 40 N, long. 42.
encountered a hurricane for 12 hours, which laid her beam ends;
lost bulwarks, stanchions, water casks, &c. and one man washed_
overboard
• Eliza Johnston, Petre, hence at Pernambuco
Brigand, , hence at Antigua
Glengary, frinn Barbadoes, at ditto •
Tamenend, llorlance, and Globe, Oliver, hence at New Orleans
Visitor, Moppat, and Ceres, Pallat, hence at Honduras
Mediator, Pratt, from London, at New York
Louis Phillipe, Castoff, froM Havre, at ditto
Hardware, , from St. Vincent, at Bristol
Racer, Curtis, from St.' Michael, at Falmouth
Frances, Fussell, from the Cape of Good Hope, at ditto
Lerwick, -, from Berbice, off Laguna
Mischief, Jones, hence for Genoa and Leghorn, off Lisbon