The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET,

TUESDAY EVENING.—The Stock Market- opened this
morning with a heavy appearance and Consols at 881 to
They rallied subsequently on a purchase of £60,000 being
made, but eventually left off at 87i rather sellers

Stock 1361 to 71. Exchequer Bills 1; to 3s premium.
Foreign Stocks were generally depressed. Spanish Ac-
tive with the Coupons were 23i to Portuguese Two-and-
a-Half per Cents (falsely called Fives) fell to 22i to 31, the
One-and-a-Half per Cents (falsely called Threes) to 21 to
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents were 51 to /, the Five per
Cents 971 to st. Belgian 97 to 9. Brazilian 71 to 2. Mex-
ican 283 to 9. Colombian 251 to 1.

London and Birmingham Railways were 81 to 3, Great
Western 22 to 3, the Half Shares 9 to 10, Gosport 3to 4
premium. South Western 53 to 4 per share. North Mid-
land 24 to 2, the New Shares 2 to 1, Eastern Counties 14i to
to 4, South Eastern and Dover 161 to 4-, Blackwall 41- to 4,
Brighton 9 to 84 di '

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The Foreign Exchanges underwent a further depression
to.day. The following were the rates which ruled on
On Paris 25 521 to 55 ; on Hamburgh 13 71 to

Change

; on Frankfort 148
Rotterdam 12 21; or

ito a ; on Amsterdam 12 24 to -;
on
i Antwerp 12 2 to 1, all at three months.

DEATH FROM COLD AND STARVATION.—An inquest was
held yesterday, on view of the body of George Gr
deceased, a poor man, went to a lodging-house
street, where he was provided with a bed. He
be very cold, was infirm, and shivered a good de
found in bed in a dying state next morning, about eight
o'clock, and died shortly after. Verdict, " died from cold
and want of the common necessaries of life

a t.;rosbie-

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tie was

FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD OF A VESSEL.—An inquest
was held on Wednesday, and by •adjournment yesterday,
before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Frederick Kurikan.
On Tuesday night the deceased, who belonged to the Nava-
rino, lying in the Queen's Dock, had to cross a ve,el
called the Trio, the hatches of which were left open. In
classing the deceased walked into the hold. by the hatchway.
He was killed on the spot. Verdict, " accidental death from
the fall."
OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY.—We are sorry to hear that
the removal of the Ophthalmic Infirmary from Slater-street
to the ample and commodious premises in Harford-street,
corner of Mount-pleasant, has incurred such serious expenses
that the committee feel themselves called upon to make an
appeal to the public, in hopes that the liberality of the bene-
volent will relieve this most valuable charity from its embar-
rassments. The premises in Harford-street have been grant-
ed to the institution by the Common Council of Liverpool
at a nominal rent, and offer every facility for rendering the
charity eminently useful; but this usefulness is cramped by
a debt, which we hope this notice will be the means of re-
moving. The charity was founded in 1820, and up to the
present period 31,000 persons have availed themselves of it.
Since 1836, 220 peisons, blind from cataract or closure of
the pupil, have been received as in-patients, operated upon,
and restored to sight. In 1839, with an annual income of
only £lB9 15s. 6d., the following is the summary of good
which the Ophthalmic Infirmary has done for the poor of
Liverpool :—Total number of patients who have been pre-
scribed for, and who have received surgical assistance and
medicines, 8610 ; total number of in-patients who have been
operated on in the house, and there nursed until sight was
restored, 64. The treasurer attends at the Ophthalmic In-
firmary every day at noon, and acknowledges the very hand-
some donations of £4O from James lleyworth, Esq., and
£3O from Charles Tayleure, Esq. We sincerely hope these
will be followed by many others, and thereby render the so-
ciety much more available in future.

BREAKING INTO A CELLAR, AND ROBBERY THERM,
William Charlton was placed before the magistrates, yester
day, and charged with having broken into the-cellar
by Mary Lowry, in Bittern-street. Richard Kenney, oft,
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122, stated, that about a quarter past eleven o'clock t_ hat fart
nOOO he was on duty in London-road, when he saw the pri-
soner running along Hart-street, and several persons after
BUT Stliekn'',LaMtunirdserbs‘tOoPicrhue haudlled, which
was the cellar of Mrs. Lowry, in - Lnwry
was standing at the door. Witness saw that a pane of glass
had been broken in the cellar window, near the fastening,
and that the window had been opened. On examining the
cellar, he found that two boxes had been broken open. A
poker was discovered near the boxes, which had been burnt.
The prisoner was taken to Bridewell and searched, when two
latch keys were found in his possession. Mrs. Lowry stated
that she locked her door on Quitting her cellar at nine o'clock
yesterday morning. Shortly after eleven o'clock she re-
turned, and found the cellar door open, and on entering she
found the prisoner and a woman inside the cellar. She was
so much alarmed that she was unable to speak. The pri-
soner seized her by her bonnet, and struck her twice on the
face. He then ran out of the cellar. She shrieked "7 -
der! Robbery!" and in a few minutes the prisoner w
brought back to her. Several articles of apparel had been
taken out of the boxes ready to be carried away. The pri-
soner, in his defence, stated that a woman called him into
the cellar and offered to sell the clothes to him. He was
committed for trial.
PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.—A barrel o
Newtown Pippins was forwarded the other day to her Ma
jesty the Queen, by Mr. Reeve, of this town, who ha
received the following reply :—" The Earl of Errol, as Lox
Steward of her Majesty's Household, begs to acknowled
the receipt of Mr. Reeve's letter, and also of an addres
the Queen, and a box of Newtown Pippins, which Lord T
has presented, and which were graciously received
Majesty.—London, Dec. 12."

GENERAL Posz-ovvicE.—The postmaster-general has i
sued an order to' increase the facility of transmitting sins
sums of money through the post-office, by which, on an
after the 14th instant, branch offices will be established i
various parts of the town, and within the limits of the twc
penny post, for the receipt and payment of money.
We learn from the Naval and Military Gazeae that tl
Board of Admiralty have ordered several frigates of the large
class to be laid down next year.
We have heard it stated, that Mr. Drinkwater Bethune,
Balfour, or Mr. Fergus, of Strathore, will be the new men
ber for the Kirkcaldy district of burghs, vacant by tl
lamented death of Mr. Fergusson, of Raith.—Edinburg
Observer.

A report is current that certain parties have _
with Lord Palmerston to induce him to interfer
strongly with Brazil for the immediate pays•
4490,000 balance of account claimed by Portugal,
There are 150 English consuls abroad distribu
thirty kingdoms or states. The number of Briti:
abroad is about thirty.

THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—It is stated that Queen Ade-
laide, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duchess of Gloucester,
are to be the godmothers of her royal highness ; and the Duke
of Saxe Coburg, the King of the Belgians, and the Duke of
Sussex, the godfathers. It is not expected, however, that
the christening will take place for some time.--Morning
Herald.
NON-PAYMENT OF CHURCH-RATES.—The Court of Chan-,

cery has given judgment against Mr. Shoemaker B
Leeds, as well as the Court of Queen's Bench, and I
remanded to prison until the church-rates, as we
costs, shall be paid. This ought to shew the dissent
they will not be permitted to set up their whims al
law.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE SENTINEL
INGHAM PALACE.—lnspector Russell, A divi
stationed at Buckingham Palace, with other off
vent improper persons entering, came to the r
yesterday, about three o'clock In the afternoon
in a breathless state, b'earing in. his hand a broke
request the attendance of Mr. Hall, the chief
respecting " a lady of distinction " known in toe
siderable time by the title of Princess Restarlitz
markable for her eccentric habits, whom he I
custody on a charge of attempting to
at the entrance to St. James's Park,
to pass. It appeared that the prisoner, seeing one of her m
jesty's pages enveloped in a cloak, walking toward
attempted to overtake him, but not being able, she
peatedly, and just as the page had gained the door
nel, observing her conduct, told her she could n
mitted. She then drew a' short sword from under
and made a thrust at the sentinel, but he fortunately
the weapon, and constable Payne coming up at the r
he seized her to wrest the sword from her hand, and
her. She then became very violent, and in her s
with the officer, the sword was broken. Other as
being procured, she was conveyed to the station-h
Gardner's-lane, where she was ordered to remain u
o'clock this day, when she will be brought to the ho
retary's office to be examined. The prisoner
some time at the Park Hotel, Cumberland-g
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM JEAN D'ACRI
OFFICER ON BOARD THE THUNDERER.—
took Acre, the military thought it the math
navy ever attempted, but they were m6ta-
Some of them gave us six months to take it
who commanded the ramparts at the siege
is now on shore severely wounded. lie
laid down some days before were, he thou
positions the ships were to take up, and 1
all his guns to that distance, and placed
muzzle of each gun, to prevent its s

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ever, of the buoys marking the position.
the ships, they were laid down on shoals win.
were to avoid. He was astonished when he saw
inside the buoys, and he attempted to remove the sar
but before he had time we opened fire, and the smo-
guns hid us from his sight, so that be could not discover
whether our shot took effect or not. This accounts for all
the shot going over us. The colonel never expected we would
attempt a breach to seaward. He thought we would land
and attempt a breach on the land side. In that case he was
prepared to resist us. He was told that if he had not
ated the place that night, we intended hauling cloy'
morning, and making a breach. He asked "WI
He was told we should have landed all the Turk.._
breach. Still, he said, we could not have taken it, as the
Egyptians would have beaten the Turks off. But on being
informed that we should have backed the Turks with 1,200
Englishmen, he admitted that the town must have then fallen
into our hands, as no Egyptian force would stand against a
body of Englishmen."

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