The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

MEMOIR OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE
PRINCESS AUGUSTA.

Her Royal Highness was in her 72nd year, having been
born on the Sth November, 1768. She was the sixth child
and second daughter of George the Third and Queen Char-
lotte.

Among the usual congratulations offered to the Throne,
upon occasion of any accession to the Royal progeny, the
birth of the Princess Augusta gave the corporation of the city
of London an opportunity of approaching his Majesty George
111., which they did with a better grace than on some pre-
ceding occasions. For some years it had been the practice of
the corporation to take the opportunity of those public cere-
monies to mix up with their address of congratulation topics
of reprehension, always wanting in proper respect to the So-
vereign, and occasionally approaching to the very verge of
insult. This most reprehensible practice, first recommended
for adoption by the profligate incendiary Wilkes, had grown
to such a height, that it had almost assumed the character of
compliance with established precedent. Fortunately, a bet-
ter and more dutiful spirit animated the corporation on the
occasion under-consideration. They took the prudent course
of returning to the more becoming usage of their predeces-
sors, and of steering clear of political animadversions, and
confining themselves to the gratulations on the happy event,
mingled with becoming loyalty—a circumstance which afforded
the King great satisfaction, as was marked by the manner in
which he received and answered their addresses at the levee.

The sweet temper and amiable disposition of her Royal
Highness, both in childhood and after life, made her at all
times a favourite with the branches of the Royal Family ;
her youth was distinguished by an exemplary attention to the
instructions she received from the persons to whom her edu-
cation was confided, and the result proved the advantages she
had derived from them. Of all the members of an accom-
plished family, there was none more conspicuous than the
Princess Augusta. In the fine arts her taste was unimpeach-
able, and her proficiency remarkable. Had her destiny been
fixed in another sphere of life, it is probable her Royal High-
ness would have attained eminence in any branch of accom-
plishment to which she might have thought proper to devote
her high natural endowments.

A little anecdote, which we have every reason to believe
perfectly authentic, as it was communicated by one of the
actors in the scene, marks at once the attachment of the
Princess to the arts, and the unpretending affability which
uniformly tempered her intercourse with all orders of soci-
ety :—A few years back her Royal Highness paid a visit to
the ruins of Pevensey Castle. She entered into a familiar
conversation with the aged female whose province it is to
point out the more remarkable features of the scene to occa-
sional visitors. After some interval, the Princess took a seat
on a camp stool, and continued for a considerable time to
sketch the surrounding objects. When she had completed
her task, she asked the aged cicerone to procure some boiling
water, and partook of tea with her attendants. During the
whole time, the Princess occasionally directed her conversa-
tion to the female already mentioned, and that with such a
perfect absence of everything approaching to supercilious
pretension, that the woman remained in entire ignorance of
the quality of her guests, until the parting liberality of the
Princess, upon a scale to which the receiver of her bounty
was but little accustomed, induced her to make inquiries
which led to recognition of.the rank of her illustrious guest.
Dedicated to the gentler affections and unpretending duties
of domestic life, her royal highness took little, if any, part in
politics. The only public occasion on which she was ever
prominently put forward was one not of her own selection,
but resulting from a train of unhappy circumstances with
which the princess individually had no concern, although
they exercised an extraordinary influence upon the fate and
fortunes of other more conspicuous members of the august
family to which she belonged. During the unhappy differ-
ences which existed between George IV and Queen Caroline,
when the princess royal was married to the King of Wirtem-
burg, the Princess Augusta was called upon to preside with
his majesty at the levees and drawing-rooms.
As soon as the political considerations which had made it
necessary for the Princess Augusta occasionally to leave the
bosom of domestic retirement had ceased to operate, she re-
turned with undiminished attachment to that course of life
which was at all times the object of her choice. A strict ob-
servance of the forms of the protestant church, a conscienti-
ous conviction of its purity, a devout obedience to its pre-
cepts, and as far as human infirmity permitted, an unbroken
conformity of practice, marked the progress and termination
of an exemplary existence.
The princess, within a few weeks of her death, presented
to each of her domestics, who were much attached to her
royal highness, with a copy of her portrait, as the last ac-
knowledgment which she should make of their attentions.
Her royal highness, also a few days before her death, sent
tokens of remembrance to all the branches of the royal
family.
It is generally understood that her royal highness made a
will previous to her illness assuming its menacing appear-
ance. The bulk of her property the princess has left to the
children of the King of Hanover and the Duke of Cambridge,
and the remainder has been divided as legacies among her
attendants and domestics, not one of whom it is said has
been omitted.

NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.—The Gresham Com-
mittee met at Mercers' Hall, on Wednesday last, when the
plans for the new Royal Exchange, signed by the lords of
the treasury, with their official approval of Mr. Tite's de-
sign, were laid before them. Mr. Tite was then appointed
architect ; and it was determined to divide the building under
two contracts,—the first for the foundations, which will be
commenced immediately, and the second for the superstruc-
ture. The edifice is expected to be completed within three
years, and the area for the meeting of the merchants will, in
all probability, be ready for their accommodation in the
spring of 1843.

DEATII OF ADMIRAL SIR ROSS DONNELLY, K.C.B.—
This gallant officer died on Wednesday last, at his residence
in Harley-street, in the 77th year of his age, after an illness
of a few weeks. It will be in the recollection of our readers
that a commission of lunacy was issued, at the instance of
his family, in June last, the gallant admiral having been for
some time previously incapable of managing his affairs. The
deceased admiral's commission was dated as follows :
Lieutenant, 27th September, 1781 ; commander, Gth July,
1794 ; captain, 24th June, 1795 ; rear-admiral, 4th June,
1814 ; vice-admiral, 27th May, 1825 ; and admiral, 28th
June, 1838. For his distinguished services he was nominated
a Knight Commander of the Bath in February, 1837. When
senior lieutenant he was in Howe's action, and succeeded to
the command on the death of the captain of the Montagu in
that victory. He commanded the Narcissus at the reduction
of the Cape and the capture of Buenos Ayres ; and also the
seamen and marines at the landing at Monte Video.
SUICIDE THROUGH DISTRESS.—About four o'clock on
Thursday morning an Irishman, named John Greaves, who
resided in a cellar in Small-street, Stockport, rose from his
bed, smoked his pipe, and went out to the privy, where he
was found, about an hour afterwards, suspended by a rope to
a beam. He was quite dead when found. It is said to be
distress which reduced him to commit the rash act. He had
to borrow money on the previous evening to purchase a meal
for the family, which consisted of himself, a wife, and three
daughters, the youngest about 15 years of age ; and probably
rose, not knowing how to meet with another meal. The cel-
lar in which he resided presented a horrid picture of distress.
The whole of the furniture consisted of two chairs, one stool,
a small table, a tub, and one small bed, not fit for a human
being to repose on, and this for five individuals to sleep upon.
He left Ireland about three months ago, since which time he
has been
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about eight or nine days ago, when tney settled in Stockport.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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342, strand, London, may be obtained by order of the book-
sellers in this town :

The Church of England Quarterly Review for October.
Contents—l. Defenders of the Faith; 2. Aristophanes and
his Birds • 3. The Silurian and Devonian Systems ; 4. Ec-
clesiastical Architecture ; 5. Naval and Military Chaplains ;
6. Antiquities of the Christian Church ; 7. The Protestant
Church in France ; 8. Psalmody ; 9. The Progress of Revo-
lution ; 10. Ecclesiastical Report ; 11. General Literature.
[A few complete sets of eight vols. in cloth £5 Bs., or in
calf half extra £6, and hack numbers, may he had.]
The Churchman for October (Sixpence); contains—l.
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Translation of the Bible ; 4. A Tale of the Waldenses ; 5.
The Necessity of Church Extension ;—Correspondence ;
Poetry ' • Review ; Literary Notices ; Ecclesiastical Report ;
Miscellanea, &c. [The volumes of the Churchman for 1838
and 1839. cloth, 7s. each.]
The Village Churchman for October (2d). Volumes for
1838 and 1839, 2s. Gd. each.
The Tracts of the Anglican Fathers : Part I. Cranmer ;
11. Jewel and bowel ; 111. Andrews and Bancroft ; IV.
Laud and King Charles, &c. V. Robert Sanderson, John
Cosin, Anthony Sparrow, and Convocation of 1602.
The Church of England Vindicated in her Practice of
Baptism. By the Rev. R. Greaves. 2s. Gd. cloth.
The Church of England Independent of the Church of
Rome in all Ages. 2s.
The Church of Rome's Traffic in Pardons Substantiated.
2s. cloth.

Dr. Rudye on the Increase of Popery in England, and the
Errors of the Roinish Church. 2s. 6d. cloth.
Rev. T. Horn's Exhortations io the Belief and Practice
of Vital Religion, with Cautions. 2s. cloth.
A Letter to the Rev. Sydney Smith, by a Country Curate.
Bvo. Is. _

_
Signs of the Times; a Series of Sermons. By the Rev.
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Family and Parochial Sermons, by the Rev.W. Shepherd.
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Sermons by the Rev. T. Day. LL.D. Bvo. ss. cloth.
Letter to the Bishop of Exeter on the Church Discipline
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The Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon' with
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Mrs. Barbauld's Hymns in Prose, (Painter's Edition,
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Bishop Hacket's celebrated Speech before the Long Par-
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F.ASIIIONS FOR OCTOBER.

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of
Fashion.")
It appears to he decided that bonnets will continue to be
worn small this winter; and as great novelties are preparing
in ribbons, we augur their return to favour. One of the
newest autumnal bonnets is of paille colour gros des Indis,
edged with pink velvet, and ornamented with three feathers
shaded paille and pink. The Parisian ladies have introduced
a new style of coiffure for riding in preference to the hat ; it
is a demi capote of straw, and usually trimmed with velvet.
Beautiful wreaths of velvet flowers are made for straw bon-
nets ; one of the prettiest is composed of wheat-ears of black
velvet, with brides and bavolet of the same.
The newest autumnal dresses are made with plain bodies
open en cur in front, and trimmed round the neck with
black velvet ; three rows of flat buttons of the same materi-
als as the dress are placed on the front of the body 6vas6s to-
wards the top ; the revival of the original gigotin ;sleeve as
worn in 1820 is talked of in Paris, as also short waists.
Flounces continue to ornament robes for full dress ; either a
single one deep, or several narrower ruches are also much in
favour ; they are used to trim the edge of open skirts, fichus,
or bonnets. _ _ _

Fichus cannezous of white gros de Naples are worn with
deep folds trimmed with mechlin or point lace ; lace con-
tinues to be very generally used on every article of dress,
from the cannezous to the pocket handkerchief, on some of
which the crest is embroidered in gold.
The shawls bournous will now be in request ; they are
made of cachemire of pale colour and lined with soft shades,
trimmed round with bands of velvet, with hood, cordeli4e,
&c., wadded'and quilted with care. The mantel mauresque
has also appeared of white cachemire lined with paille, cut en
biais ; a few of the folds are attached to the waist by a cor-
deli4e, the remainder fall in flutes, forming sleeves, which
are raised a volonte by cords.
Small caps of emboidered muslin are very generally worn
in Paris, and the trimmings and ornaments of lace and rib-
bon present much variety.
Coral also is fashionable ; not only the cameo brooch, but
long necklaces and bracelets are made of it.

Lusus NATUR2E.—Mr. John Scott, of Penrith, shoe-
maker, a few days ago, caught in one of the neighbouring
fields a fine goldfinch, which has four legs and eight claws.
Two of the legs come out near the breast, and it makes use of
all the legs and claws when hopping on the twig.
ABERYSTWITH.=ELOPEMENT.-•^ln love, as well as in
war, dispatch is an essential element of success. The great
Duke has laid it down somewhere that you are to get victo-
ries when you can ; so thought Evans—Morgan Evans—
when, in the witching hour of midnight, he saddled his good
steed in the Belle Vue Stables, determined to strike " a bold
stroke for a wife." This said steed was of the right sort ;
and whether licensed to carry more than one outside we
cannot vouch; yet it would seem that he was fully capable
of carrying Evans himself and a friend behind at a pinch.
We little thought when, after our first sleep, we heard the
vigorous tramping of this horse, that upon its fleetness and
pith depended the fate of the blacksmith's pretty daughter.
But so it was. The latter was, we understand, to be married
the next day to a most respectable shopkeeper, not a hun-
dred miles from Machynlleth. For these nuptials all were
prepared but the maid, and she was bent upon having Evans,
and Evans was bent upon having her. The latter arriving
at her cottage door in the dead of night, with a brawny arm
and willing heart, he lost no time in placing her, " nothing
loth," behind him on his berry brown, and away they scudded
with the speed of thought. Leonora's spectre bridegroom, in
the German ballad, could not have sped with more speed than
" tramp, tramp, plash, plash," Evans darted away with the
blacksmith's lovely daughter. Talybont was gained and passed,
and so were Rhyd-y-Ppme, Penygarn, and Commons Coch,
and the gallant steed neither stumbled nor stopped until he had
carried the betrothed pair to Llanbadarn Fawr, about a mile
from Aberystwith. Day had not yet dawned, but Evans,
like a good general, had provided for all contingencies, and a
trusty friend had his house open and ready to receive him and
his destined bride. Having rested awhile from his fatigue,
he lost no time in going to Aberystwith, for the purpose of
procuring a bridesmaid, and the other decorous appendages
to a respectable wedding. But here truth compels us to
stop. Evans, as far as we can gather, is no fatalist ; judging
from his conduct, the only unerring test of one's opinion, he
seems to be a fellow that will trust nothing to chance ; there-
fore, what must he do before going to Aberystwith, but lock
the demoiselle within the precincts of four strong walls, and
put the key in his pocket. How far this is an imputation
upon the fidelity of the sex in general, and the blacksmiths'
daughter in particular, we leave " casuists to decide." How-
ever, she was not long in durance. Evans returned with all
the necessary " means and appliances," and the pair were
made happy before ten in the morning, by being married in
Llanbadarn church. The bride is decidedly handsome. and
her beauty is by no means diminished in the eyes of Evans
by having £3OO as a fortune. For the credit of our fair
countrywoman, we have been informed that Evans is a young
man of good character.—Carmarthen Journal.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.

(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, :Ye.
Joseph Winter, T Hodson, 253 Mauritius, J Aikin & Son

Jenne Esther, M

AFRICA.
0 Senegal,
CHINA.
, 369 China,

Mocatta Brothers

Penang, 11 R Cumming,

Bold & Starkey

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.
Brilliant, G Burnett, 240 Barbadoes and Gulf of Mexico.
J Poole & Co

SOUTH AMERICA.
Robert Syers, K Loney, 311 Laguira and Puerto Cabello,

NV Rose & Co
Bounty Hall, Cole, 401 Maranharn, T Stock ale & Son
UNITED STATES.
Charlotte, J Gorham, 541 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co
Liverpool, S Graves, 413 New York, Gibbs, Bright &Co

Surprise, W Hill,
Clio, E Daly,

BRITISH AMERICA.
114 St. John, Ntld, Job Brothers
474 Halifax, N.S. Fairclough & Frost
EUROPE.

Twende Brodie, F A Gjersoe, 200 Christiana and Tonsberg,
Bahr, Behrend & Co
Dois Amigos, Hde Campos, 160 Lisbon, N Barilaro
Liberal, F M de Oliveira, 122 Oporto,
D Martin & Son
282 Rotterdam and
Earl of Aberdeen, T Clennell, To
r 1t ,
Bahr, Behrend & Co
St. Petersburg, Bahr, Behrend & Co
209 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co
268 Malta, Chapman & Willis
90 Marseilles, Bahr, Behrend & Co
150 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend & Co
209 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend & Co
163 Copenhagen and Newfoundland,
Harrison, Ridley & Co
Hecla, J Demester, 83 Dunkirk, Nichels & Heudson
Margrietha, Boomgaard, 83 Groningen, Bahr, Behrend &Co

Sophia, C G Worstein,
St. Hilda, W Crossman,
Eight, J Minikin,
Le Dom'n Dar, I' Radie,
Bellona, P H Hanbuss,
Atalante, F Neuman,
Don Juan, J Luscombe,

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET,

OCT. 3.

The supplies of British Grain to our corn market, since this day
day se'nnight have been small, comprised nearly in 2940 qrs. of
Oata and 3378 loads of Oatmeal, (of this year's produce,) from
Ireland. From abroad there have arrived 5,807 qrs. of Wheat,
14,275 brls. of Flour from the United States, and 10,940 brls. from
Canada. There have been released from bond, during the same
period, 9,709 qrs. Wheat, 701 qrs. Oats, and 10,605 brls. of Flour :
the Canadian Flour, being admissable still at the low rate of 3}d
per barrel, may be considered on the free market from its arrival.
The duty on foreign Wheat is now 18s 6d per qr., on Flour Ils 3d
per brl. Throught the week we have not experienced any thing
like activity in the Wheat trade, and prices generally have suffered
a further decline foreign and old were, yesterday, offering at fully
2d per bushel below the quotations of this day week ; and the little
Irish new at market was sold at 3d per bushel under the rates-then
obtained. American and Canadian Flour must be noted (id per
barrel cheaper : the former has been saleable at 34s lid to 355, the
latter at 33s 6d to 34s per barrel. On the small supplies of new
Oats and Oatmeal prices of both articles have been sustained :
food mealing qualities of Oats have brought Is 3d to is 4d per 451bs,
and Oatmeal 285 to 29s per 240 lbs. Barley, Beans, and Peas as
last quoted : no new Barley at market.