The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-24 00:00:00

THE PACKET-SIIIP OXFORD

This vessel, which was expected to leave New York on the
2,1 inst., is oil the port at the moment we are going to press
with the second edition. It is expected she will bring some
news relative to the President, as the latter was advertised to
leave on the same day. Of course we are in readiness to
give the intelligence by the Oxford at the earliest possible
moment.

His Excellency Baron Brunow has quite recovered from
his recant indisposition.

The death of the late Princess Borghese was the result of
a violent inflammation in the throat.

A Queen pine, weighing seven pounds and a half, was cut
last week in the pineries at Ffrwdgrech, the seat of S.
Church, Esq., near Brecon.—Monmouthshire Merlin.

The congregation of Trinity Church, Rathmell, in the parish
of Giggleswick, lately presented to the Rev. John Howson,
M.A., a beautiful tea service of silver, along with a pocket
Communion Service.

ATTORNEYS.—One hundred and forty-three gentlemen
have given notice of applying to be admitted attorneys of the
Court of Queen's Bench during the present term, and there
are also twenty-nine notices of applications for re-admissions
to practice.

It is circulated in the higher circles, that Lady Fanny
Cowper, (laughter of Viscountess Palmerston, and sister of
Earl Cowper and Lady Ashley, will be united in the course
of the ensuing month to the Hon. Charles Gore, brother of
the Earl of Arran.

The following handbill has been plentifully distributed in
" Bonnie Carlisle :"—The Mayoralty ! Wanted a respect-
eble middle-aged man for the office of mayor of the city of
Carlisle. Applications must be sent in on or before Tuesday
next. N.B. Nothing allowed for breakfasts.

One of the principal banking-houses of Vienna, Messrs.
Wendl and Co., have suspended payment. The liabilities
are believed to amount to several hundred thousand florins.

As an indication of the unsettled state of the French capi-
tal, it is stated that in the month of October, while the
amount deposited in the savings' bank of Paris was 1,756,27 S
francs, the sums drawn out during the same period amount
to 5,435,000 francs.
It is very remarkable that eight peers, who were married
to divorced women, died suddenly within the last three years.
The Buxton and other hills of Derbyshire were covered
with snow this morning (Thursday) to the depth of several
inches.—Stockport Advertiser.

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LEron.—This district, where a great number of hand-loom
waavers are usually
severe employed, is the scene of widespread and
distress. We hear that' more than 1500 weavers are
out of employ.

It is said to be the intention of George Stephenson, Esq.,
Civil Engineer, to establish a manufactory near Whitby, for
the purpose of smelting iron from the ironstone, which is found
in great quantities from the almost inexhaustible mines in the
neighbourhood.

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LIVERPOOL TIMES

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—Will you allow me to use your paper as a medium
of returning my hearty thanks to the Editor of the Liverpool
Times, for the kind notice he has taken of my " Protestant
Almanac." I never could consent to advertise in a radical
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