The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

IGN INTELLIGENCE

C,H I N A

nth later from China, in the

ernment has

AlAcAn, APRIL 27.
violated the agreement

. the renewal of trade With Bri-
suenrised to find that since the

std of tea have found their way out
ingiling. We had hopes of doing
but' the unexpected vigilance and
iandarins and soldiers have disap-
e present.

hop arrived here from the Emperor,
lent terms, ordering all authorities,
provinces of Canton, to destroy all
!r articles necessary for the English
is rigidly obeyed, and probably one-
.is already destroyed, and the work is

dby the same chop to those whose
d rewards for those who discover

he same chop political intercourse
erdicted, and the lately-appointed
) retire.

ssels and rafts had been sent down the
;n shipping, by which several vessels
injured, but no total loss.
deliberating on the propriety of mov-
fie second bar into a wider part of the

it to which no credit is attached,
s were kidnapped by the Chinese on

)g south of Formosa in opium."
created considerable excitement in the
in the tea-market among the dealers.
pnmodity advanced upon the strength of

ET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE

London, Wednesday Evening.

ess in the funds has been but limited,
ally recovered from the decline which
Consols for money left off at 89-a to
(nut 89R. Bank Stock 168 to 169.
Exchequer Bills 13s. to 15s. pre-

done in Foreign Stocks. Dutch Two-
51i to 52, the Five per Cents. 101-a to
) Spanish Active with the May
ive per Cents. 291 to 304-,
Brazilian GQ, to 67-,1.

?,: Great

Shares 70 to

the Half Shares 6 to 61 premium ; Bir-

:er 41 to 39 ; North Midland 37 to 35

8 ; South Eastern and Dover 211 to
1G to 15 l • Brighton 6 to 61i Black-
nt ; South Western 511 to 521 per

AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY

alf-yearly meeting of the shareholders in
.rmingliam Railway Company was held at
m Friday ; G. C. Glyn, Esq. in the chair,
!:sq. read the report, from which it ap-
eipts for the present half year ending June
£382;462, or £39,528 more than the cor-
ar for 1840 ; that the cost of maintaining
ing stock in an efficient state was £112,936,
in the corresponding half year; and con-
iilst there was an increase equal to
it. on the receipts, there was a decrease on
. to 18s. Gd. per cent. That the net
mue for the two last half years (deducting
red at the general meeting on the 12th of
A.:192,148 Is. being the sum applicable to
declared in the following proportions on
n shares, namely,—
on a capital of ....
tits, subject to a deduction of
per cent. per annum, on the
of the new £32 shares

£5,500,000

momend that a dividend be declared at the
£lOO of the Z 1,125,000 capital stock, and
he £1,375,000, leaving £4,116 to be carried
he next account. The report also stated
had been made between, the London and
the Birmingham and Gloucester Compa-
expected would give additional facilities to
'espective lines, when the Gloucester Rail-
ened throughout to the London and Bir-
which would be on the 17th instant ; that
roceedings of the Harrow inquest in No-
,uch of the verdict as awarded a deodand
; and that Edmond Calvert, Esq. had re-
the direction of the company since the last
-After the report had been read, an amend-
)v Mr. L. Heyworth, that the dividend be
cent., which lead to a long discussion, in
on, Mr. Rathbone, and other proprietors
was eventually withdrawn by Mr. Hey-
eport was adopted, It appeared from a

.;aptain Porter, R.N., that a free school
100 boys and 100 girls was established
f the directors for the children of the
ipany, and that 7,5 boys are now in the
penetit society, out of which 420 persons
id upwards of 1.:700 distributed.—A vote
d to the chairman and other directors.
acknowledged the compliment, and the
ssolved. The dividend will be available

SE x.—Wednesday morning the under-
received intelligence from their agents at
__other dreadful collision in the Channel,
unattended with loss of life, between two
non, Captain Grimlet, bound for the East
Norway bark Olsen, Captain Mattie-
ansand to Nantes, and the sfnking of the
'ortunare accident took place between nine
In Sunday night last, and from the accounts
he crews of both vessels, it appears to have
•ely from want of foresight, and not steering
:ly defined in the nsvigation rules laid down
of the Trinity-house. The Vernon, which
class ships, left the river Thames in the
week, having a valuable cargo on board, as
assengers. The Olsen was a large three-
ving, no cargo, with a crew of 1-1 individu-
master, Captain Mettieson. At the time
1 both vessels were nearing the South Fore-
; of sail, with a strong breeke from W.S.W,
ing her course down the Channel, and the
asite direction. Whether there was a proper
on board of the vessels, is not yet correctly
.t it is asserted by the crew of the Vernon
NIB not observed until she was within half a
ngth. They instantly attempted to put the
bailed the Olsen for the crew to alter her
ing foreigners they could not understand ;
nerceiving danger, used every effort on their
ning in collision, but without effect. The
.mendous. The Olsen being the higher
the most injury, the Vernon runniag com-
bows down to the water's edge, carrying
cutwater, besides causing other extensive
e vessels being disengaged from each other,
d that the Olsen was sinking, when a scene
ainful description took place. Fortunately
son and his crew got on board of the Vernon
id in a few minutes afterwards the Olsen
foremost in deep water. The Vernon being
state, the master, Captain Grimlet, lost
for Portsmouth, which he reached early on
and landed the crew of the Olsen,
In the course of Monday several
South Foreland for the purpose of
whether there was any chance of raising the
; feared to be totally improcticable, in couse-
f her lying on her beam ends, and in very deep
The vessel is stated to be insured, and the loss is
to be at least £2,ooo.—Times.

A:. new carbine of the greatest possible effectiveness has
t been introduced among the sappers and miners, and it

robably also be introclixed into the artillery service. It

weighs nine pounds three ounces, and the barrel measures
two feet six inches in length, having a bore equal to the pre-
sent infantry musket, but with less windage, the balls having
to be driven home in the same manner as in rifles. The

cords to be fixed on them instead of bayonets are formed of
cellent material, two feet in the length of the blade, having
harp cutting edge and a sharp point for defending the
from the attacks of cavalry, and when attached to the
c exactly equal in length with the musket and bay-
le soldiers. The lock of the carbine is constructed
ost approved percussion principle, and the caps
Vandyke cuttings round the edges, which is a great
n securing a firm hold of them in cold weather,
cap splits instead of bursting in the action of
is rendered peculiarly safe and not liable to dis-
rtle the eve at the time of taking aim.
s.—This new-fangled swindle will, we hope,
death-blow in this neighbourhood. We have
fe of a small farmer, who sailed with her hus-
en last February from Liverpool. They,
rs, landed at New Orleans, went several
country, past St. Louis, and arrived
I land," the New Jerusalem, on the Ist

weeks' sojourn was sufficient to let them
iey arrived safe back in the old country
They _had frequent communications
Tanks of the Mississippi with the renowned
Smith, and his brother impostors, who took
is in their power to get hold of our informants'
offering to sell them large plots of land, taking
partnership. &c. • but the Gloucestershire yeoman
against their wiles, and used his little capital in
is family back again. What most staggered the
party was, that this great prophet, Mr. Joseph
Id not chew them the " plates of gold," on which
tended the " Book of Mormon" was written ;

-yaded the question by saying the angel merely showed
chew to him, and, after he had taken a fair copy, took them
back again !—Cheltenham Journal.
NELSON'S SHIP.—We were to go first to the Victory,
'hich is now kept here, " a kind of toy," as one of our sea-
\en of the St. James said, but which, in fact, is something
ore than that—a receiving and drilling shop. We found a
it awaiting us, put (of course by Captain Hall's interven-
,) at our disposal by the commander of the Victory. It
manned with a dozen youngsters in the Victory's uni-
-a white knit woollen blouse with the word Victory in
i-Louise blue on the breast. They were stout ruddy
The Victory, you know, is the ship in which Nelson
e battle of Trafalgar, and died in winning it. Captain
us to the quarter deck, and shewed us a brass plate
in the floor inscribed with these words, " Here Nel-
" This was a thrilling sight to those of us who re- '
` when Nelson was held as the type of all gallantry ;
r liberty against the world. R. was obliged to
`ll he could command his emotions, and I thought
when we were all children at home, and I saw
up the lane, tossing his hat into the air and
,ti ! Victory 1" Truly " the child is father
!re received very courteously by the cons- '
who invited us into an apartment which,
,as a little lower, had the aspect of as.hor
,here were sofas, s'howbooks, flowers
lighliissh;laughter. We
,:rniture than these—a young bride, rem' rial ad
lino '
.le, delicate face, and French milliTuhereyvoiccoourgyr
,tntr v women—quite nu;
Y to the dark
's home, and the lady
ato the cock-pit, and.gropwedheoruerNwalson was car-
te-room
asp)tain H. pointed to
(a midshipman
the
he was shot down.
ehsi ss
importantdark, d i sm
taol
Place and circumstance
than when he is dying, an
Jere his head lay when he died. There a heroic
ad passed away, and lesft
and
aar ehain never e inr
lt
yet it was a striking con-
(and the world is full of such,) the
_ .snamme was resounding
.nigh dying in this
shed, dark, stifling hole, when his
wh-
Aigh all the palaces of Europe, and making oou ur you
at reng
arts leap fn the New World. Shall I tell y
,embrance touched me most as I stood there —not his gal-
Int deeds, for they are written in blood, and manya vulgar,a_.
• 't has achieved such ; but the exquisite tenderness gleam-
ing ,pin
ing forth in his last words, " Kiss me, Hardy ! These..,,,
touched the chord of univeral humanity.—Miss Sedgwtek
(the American authoress) Letters on England.