The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

SPAIN.

A 'telegraphic dispatch date bod Madrid, March 2i, ..d
been received. "Carthagenia" surrendered at discretn
on the 25th. Yesterday fhere was a very numerous ainij
brilliant drawing-room at Court. The two Queens
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the Infanta enjoy excellent health. The most perfect tI"
quility prevails in all parts of Spain.

The dividend declared at the Newcastle and Carlit
Railway meeting was four per cent, for £lOO share, ""-
of income tax.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, at Cambridge, Mr;
Pox, son of Dr. Fox, of Bristol, lost his life by 1eaP113.,"
from a phaeton with which the horses were running ac's
Prince Albert arrived at Ostend on Thursday night,
proceeded to Cologne the following morning. He is e;
pected to return to this country about the I lth instant.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LONDON.—On Sunday nigbti•o
fire broke out in a spacious range of premises, situatedA
Russell's-mews, near Tottenham Court Road. The I°'
is estimated at £4OOO. -

The following are details of one export entry at the
Custom-house, in this port :—On the 19th instant, rt
ship Patna, for Honkkong, shipped by Richard Alli 115%;
cotton cloth, 3,012,147 yards, value £45,025; the rs'"
material of this shipment would be under £5,000.
The Dublin Evening Mail emphatically asserts that It,
former allegation, denied by the Standard—that the 11:e
mier has written a letter to lord de Grey, that no re°,
church appointments lin Ireland are to be given to elel;4
gymen unfriendly to the national system of education--:
strictly and accurately true. We can only hope that RIS
not.
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MONKS FERRY BlLL.—This bill passed the Ceninii,,to
tee of the House of Commons on Monday. Lord
and Sir H. Douglas voting for it. Sir Thomas Branck4l.l,
Brramley-Moore, H. Hornby, and W. Nicol, EKrtto
formed a deputation from the corporation to oppose "
bill, and engaged Messrs. Austin, Talbot, and Palaterl;
counsel on their behalf. Mr. Forsyth was counsel for
Birkenhead Commissioners.
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HASTINGS ELECTION.—The league has been sib B.
defeated at Hastings. Their candidate, Mr. 11,,;,,,ed by
Moore, the renowned league lecturer, wat4Ztia''tiding,te
Peveral members of parliament, but, nott,Zl,"- tip
conservative candidate. M.. /3 re,... A is
a majority greater than was ever previously obtain
the
Mr. Brisco, 511 ; Mr. Moore, 169 ;
the borough. At the close of the poll the numbers o'er:
conservatism, 342.
ST. MARY'S (KIRKDALE) NATIONAL SCHOOL.
were much gratified by a visit, on Friday last, to ti',
neat building for the scriptural education of the youofj
in connexion with St. Mary's Church, in Kirkdale, 81°1;
recently erected through the exertions of the incumbeir.
the Rev. Mr. James, and other benevolent individual
It will be seen from an advertisement that the scheo:
will be opened on Monday next, by a public tea parl
Majority
We had prepared a description of the building, and ref
exceedingly that we have no room for it to-day.
MANCHESTER.—On Thursday last, the second Mari;
chester Phonetic festival was held, in the assembly r°,43,,
of the Town-hall; about 400 ladies and gentlemen (Pw°
nographers and their friends) sat down to tea. Mr. Alder,
man Kershaw, the late Mayor of Manchester. peest 5
and after tea addressed the meeting. The other sPea"jr.
were Mr. B. Pitman, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Withers, and MI6
Swinglehust. Mr. Isaac Pitmen, the inventor of the
science, was expected, but his numerous duties prevoiling
him from leaving Bath. At intervals during the ele"tv
several new and popular concerted pieces were sung by
members of the Harmonic Society.
MEETING OF THE RATE-PAYERS OF WEST JJE-;,,,.07,
The annual meeting of the rate-pavers of West no
was held on Thursday last. Mr. Thomas Roberts, oaS
of the vice chairmen of the West Derby Union, the
elected unanimously to the chair though opposed, °n at.
motion of Mr. Thomas Smith, by Mr. Robert Shwere
of the
se "al:
house. Mr. Thomrs Harrison and Mr. Peter Yntwara
elected overseers for the ensuing year; and Mr. _
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surveyor of highways. At the conclusion
a vote of thanks was given to the chairman for 11

tion.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Yelepbe°rnpeetwraatsiotiihr of —On Saturdq
athr
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the subsequent attempted suicide of the murderer.
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eimavoteasntianclgsrtetahatede dreadful murder, rggialr'uebraodtue neighbourhood
excitementcommitted
t.
bMyby a man named WO.
Crouch upon the person of. Frances Crouch, his wife,
scene of the horrible occurrence is Little Marylebooe;
street, leading out of Great Marylebone-street. 11114
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villain destroyed his wife's life by cutting her throat vriv
a razor whilst she was seated on a chair suckling the t
child. He afterwards inflicted a very serious, but 0°
dangerous, wound on his own throat.
ELECTION FOR ABERCROMBY WARD.--By y
lamented death of Charles Bottflower, Esq., this vibii
has lost an excellent representative ;—unwearied in
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devotion to the arduous duties of his office, ,and
and steadfast in those conservative and Protestant P.,14
ciples, for the consistent maintenance of which he recoL,„
the support and confidence of this conservative cv"ot
stituency. It will be perceived, from an advertisetlie„
in our columns, that Thuriday next is fixed for the r,
tion of a member to supply the vacancy thus crettfal;4
The candidate on the conservative interest is Mr. Tb°.f,f,
Kaye, the respected proprietor of the Liverpool Co
No candidate on the whig- radical interest has as vet "..jl--
announced; and it is highly probably that no such co"
date will present himself.
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BANK OF ENGLAND.—In Friday's Gazette we ..—.;64
return of the quarterly average of the weekly liabiltse,
and assets of the Bank of England, from the 30th bet
eember to the 23d ult. On comparing this return ''bet
that of the preceding quarter, from the 2d of peeeto,.ol
to the 24th of February, we find that the circulation
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idcreased from £20,414,000 to £21,122,000, being ao"
ference of £708,000; the deposits had increased' rOOO,
£13,924,000 t0X13,972,000, being a difference of 1:46"
making the total liabilities £35,094,000 ; and the Lecoool
ties had decreased froth. , '422,482,900 to £22,40'04
being a difference of £3,0(10 ; the bullion bad iliac, at
from £14,993,000 to £15,784,000, being a differell?:oo
£791,000, making the total assets £38,263.000. to
is an increase is thi surplus or rest from £3,137)('""
£3,169,000, being a tlifference of £32,000.

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