The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-10 00:00:00

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

Fanny Elssler has returued to Paris from America.
Such was lately the scarcity of wate at Cirencester, that it
was sold at twopence the pailful.—Wrcester Journal.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager las forwarded £5O. to-
wards the erection of the monument to the late Sir Walter
Scott, Bart.

A project for a local college or university at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne is at present receiving -eat encouragement in
that bustling and spirited town.
i The learned Dr. Lardner prophesied some time since that
It was impracticable to cross the Atlantic by steam. The
earned Theban has lately found it not only practicable but
convenient.

ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The Augsbarg Gazette states that
the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar is to marry the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge. Tire Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess of Augusta left Munich for Italy on the 26th ult.
The receipt of the customs revenue at the port of Water-
ford, for the year ended the 10th October, 1840, was close
upon £200,000.; the increase over the previous year being
upwards of £31,000.
The Morning Herald contains the following announce-
ment :—" Mr. William Lardner, late a surgeon to the First
Regiment of Lancers, British Legion, the only brother of
Dr. Dionysius Lardner, late of 9, Great Queen-street, West-
minster, is requested to send his address to his deserted wife."

FRUITFUL POTATOE.-Mr. Thos. Parker of Great Single-
ton, in the Fylde. has gathered from his garden fifty potatoes,
(the produce of one potatoe, called the Guernsey Blue) which
weighed 251bs. The seed was purchased from Mr. John
Taylor, seedsman, of this town.—Preston Chronicle.
Mr. Porter, the English commissioner charged with the
negotiation of the commercial treaty between France and
Great Britain, has returned to resume his duties at the Board
of Trade ip London, and to assist at the sittings of the rail-
way commission, leaving the conclusion of the treaty in the
hands of Mr. H. Bulwer, who is the other commissioner.

BUDE.—EXTRAORDINARY DREAM AND MELANCHOLY
ACCIDENT.—On Monday week a man named John Cock, a
labourer at the breakwater at Bude, while engaged in blow-
ing and raising large masses of stone, was relating to his
fellow-workman his dream the night before, saying that he
dreamt being near the spot they then stood upon, and that
the rock went off, and he was blown up in the air. Suddenly,
as he spoke these words, the rocks above him gave way, and
he was crushed to death by immense stones falling on him,
as much as 30 men could remove from the body in an hour.
His remains were followed to the grave by 60 of his fellow-
labourers, walking two-and-two. What makes it more dis-
tressing, he buried his wife a short time since, and has now
left two small children unprotected.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6.—Wind S.E. Rain

ARRlVEn.—lsabella, Thorpe, from Demerara, sailed Igth Sept.,
in company with the Lee, for this port—United States, Britton, fm
New York, sailed 13th Oct. On the 2d instant, spoke and supplied
with provisions, the William, from Bahia to Cork—Catherine, Valpy,
from St. Andrew's—Express, Ann Ball, and Barlow, from St: John--
British Queen, from Newfoundland--St. Lawrence, from New
Orleans—Rosalind, from Leghorn—and Pacific, from

SAlLED.—Martha, Martin, for Barbados—Brilliant, Webster, for
Barbados and Gulf of Mexico—Mersey, Gregory, for Vera Cruz—
Helvellyn, Nl`Lean, for Valparaiso—Eliza Johnstone, Petrie, for
Pernambuco—Albanian, Winsor, for Leghorn—Thompson, Bett,
for Smyrna—Emma, Young, for Genoa—Hellechina, Bracke, for
Rotterdam—Ludd, Zotloff, for Antwerp

Tyrer, from China, off Cape Clear, sth instant
Syria, Currie, sailed from Saugor for Bombay 22d April, and had
not arrived at the latter port on the 27th August
Margaret, Mary, and John Francis, hence at Demerara
Union, M'lntyre, from St. Andrew's at ditto
William Ackers, hence off La Guayra 28th September
Lerwick, Currie, hence at the Cape of Good Hope
Anne Dingwall, from ditto at Laguna
Concord, Martin, hence at Malta
Brothers, Deas, from Alexandria at ditto
Gezina, Petronella, Nagel, hence at Texel, with damage
Johanna, Van Veen, hence at Zwolle
Majestic, Rowland, from Cape of Good Hope at Cove
Universe, Brock, from Laguna at ditto. On the 29th August, off
Sixal, spoke the Isabella, from Barbados for Laguna
Britannia, (steamer,) hence for Halifax, was spoken 24th October,
at 4 p.m., in lat 49, long 23
Caledonia, (steamer,) hence for Halifax, was spoken sth instant,
at 1 p.m., off Tuskar
Roscoe, Huttlestone, hence for New York, was spoken on the 29th
October, in lat 50, long 11

William Hinch, hence fur Pictou, was spoken 16th October, in
lat 47, long 43

H.M.S. Neptune, 120, and St. Vincent, 120, are ordered to be got
ready for commissioning at Portsmouth
Dykes, from Quebec for Lancaster, at this port

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7.—Wind S.S.W. moderate.
ARRIVED.—James Wright, Wright, from Jamaica—Rapido,
----, from Havana—Wm. Goddard, , from Mobile—West-
moreland, —, from Trieste—Constantia, from Lisbon—
St. Lawrence, Brown, from New Orleans—Ann Hall, —, and
Frances, , from St. John, N.B.
SAILED.—John Horrocks, Bleasdale, for Batavia, &c.—Argyle,
Ratray, for Port Philip, &c.—Coeur de Lion, Kendall, for Rio de
Janeiro—Phoenix, Shaw, for New Orleans—and Martha Harrison,
Hallwood, for Newfoundland.

Matilda, Scott, from Lima, at this port; sailed 26th July, with
about 300,000 dollars on freight. Left there the Bee, Laura Ann,
and Venus. On ath October, in lat. 8 S, long. 22 W, spoke the
Vanguard, from London for Sincapore. . .

Adriana, Dodd, from Monte Video, at this port ; sailed 21st Aug.
The Luiza, sailed three days previous for Liverpool. The Eagle
was to sail in a few (lays for Cowes or Falmouth. On 30th Aug. in
lat. 35 S, long. 49 W, spoke the Pampero, from Liverpool for Monte
Video. On 21st Oct. in lat. 38 N, long. 35 W, spoke the Martha
from Sierra Leone for Cork

Magnificent, Whitty, from St. John, N.B. at this port. On 2nd
November, at 4 p.m. in lat. 50, long. 13 8 W, fell in with the Gold-
finch, Smirt, from Quebec for Llanelly, leaky and short of provi-
sions ; supplied her with provisions and two seamen, and remained
by her all night, and till she made the land off Cork on the evening
of the 4th.