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

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THE LIVERPOOLOMP NEANY. W GAS AN COKE
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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET G of PRO-
PRIETORS in this Undertaking will e held at Eleven
o'clock in the Forenoon, on THURSDAY e 23d instant, in
the Clarendon Rooms, South John-str , pursuant to Act
of Parliament.
By order of the Committee,
HENRY STEEL, Manager.
Gas-office, Queen• square, Ja'a. 9, 1840.

WIGAN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS, ENGRAV-
INGS, FOSSILS, MODELS, SCULPTURE,and other
WORKS OF ART,
Under the Management of the Society for the Diffusion of
Usflid Knowledge. /
THE Committee of Arrangement of the ove intended
Exhibition are prepared to receive C tributions from
those Ladies and Gentlemen who are dis ed to further the
views of this Society, which has for its bject simply the
diffusion of useful knowledge, and the improvement of the
rising generation of Wigan and its neighbourhood.
All expenses attending the packing and transmitting of
Paintings, Plates, Models, and Sculpture, will be defrayed by.
the Committee, who will also guarantee their safe return, free
of cost, and in the same condition as when received.
The parties sending such Articles
.will please to give the
descriptions of the Works, Quotations, Addresses,•tkc., by
post, addresSed• to Mr. THOMAS ACTON, Secretary to the
Society, Wigan.
No contributions can be received after the 7th of February
next. • _

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
DANCING.
A CLASS is NOW OPENED, for struction in
DAN CIN G, under the superinte nee of MR.
ST. Ai.,131N. This Class, which will meet ery SATURDAY,
at Two p.m., will be open to ail Pupils o he Institution.—
TERMS, ONE GUINEA PER ANNUM.
FRENCH.—A Class for beginners meets on MONDAY
and FRIDAY EVENIN Gs, at Seven, under MONS. SULIOT.
Terms, 10s. 6d. per Annum.
*** During the continuance of Mr. TAYLOR'S Lectures
on the EARLY ENGLISH OPERA, the doors will be
opened at Half-past Six instead of Seven p. m. These Lec-
tures are open only td Members of the Institution. Evenings
of Lecture, WEDN,ESDAY and SATURDAY. A Donation of
Ten Guineas or upwards constitutes the Contributor a Life
Member. Annual Subscription"; One Guinea ; Ladies,
Half-a-Guinea ; Sons and Apprentices' of Members,. Five
Shillings.

W. B. HODGSON; Secretary.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 1839.-1 have received intelli-
gence this morning of a very tragical occurrence at Ergeroum,
which, if it be 'confirmed, must excite the utmost abhorrence
and indignation, in all the nations of Europe. It is well known
that a certain Hussein Khan, who gave himself out as am-
bassador from the Shah of Persia, had engaged in France a
number of officers for the purpose of instructing the Persian
troops in European tactics. I have already given you notice
of Cie departure of the said Hussein Khan with his suite,
from Constantinople, and it would appear that they had
safely reached Trebisonde. On their arrival at Erivan, the
wife of one of the principal French officers fell sick, and
her husband refused to proceed in his journey to Terehan
until she had recovered. His comrades apparently partici-
pating in his anxiety or not wishing that their body should be
divided, likewise expressed their determination to await the
result. Hussein Khan assurded an authoritative tone, and
wished to compel them to proceed malgre bongre, but his
commands were ineffectual, which so provoked the vain and
perfidious Persian, that he incited his followers to employ the
most violent means to enforce the execution of his disregarded
orders. The French officers finding themselves exposed to
he attacked by an armed force, took shelter along with their
Dragomen in the house of the-British consul. There, how-
ever, they found no security, for the Persians forcibly entered
the house sword in hand, killing four of the French officers
and three of the Dragomen. A respectable young man of the
name of Baddington, born in Smyrna, of English parents, is
among the number of the Dragomen killed. M. de Sarcy,
on his way, to the capital of Persia, will probably have to
pass over the bodies of his massacred countrymen.—Corre-
spondent of the Morning Herald.
RUSSIA..

GREAT FIRE AT ST. PETERSBURGR.—A letter dated the
4th instant contains the following particulars :—" In the
night of the 31st of December, a dreadful fire broke out in
the fine manufactory of Alexandrowsk, near the city, on the
road to Schlufselhurg, which has been for many years in a
most flourishing condition. The most important portion of
it, that containing the machinery for cotton-spinning, and
the whole depOt, were destroyed: The fire raged with such
fury, that even in the following night the flakes of fire con-
tinued to fly about. The remaining portion of that great
establishment was with difficulty saved by the great exertions
of the local authorities and the population, encouraged by
the presence of the Emperor and the Grand Duke Alexan-
der. The loss is, however, very great. This noble estab-
lishment was indebted for its foundation, admirable organi-
zation, and prosperous condition, to the late Empress Maria
Feedorowas. The director., most of the superintendents,
and master workmen, are Englishmen. A number of per-
sons owed their livelihood to this establishment, which for
extent and population was like a little town."