The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-12 00:00:00

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock.
We are without any colonial arrivals, and the foreign intel-
ligence, if we except the accounts from Spain, is of little mo-
ment. The situation of our foreign money market chiefly oc-
cupies public attention here, and the Spryilish bubble may be
considered as having completely burst. The English market
is coniparatively. steady, although money is again scarce, and
the closing quotati6n this afternoon was 911 I fur Consols for
-India-410nds and Exchequer Bills have both been.
very buoyant ailed intriast report, the former being'at one pe-
riod 17 prensium.,.atuf the latter 35 to 37. Both -are, however,
heavier to-day, the premium On. Exch.equer Bills being at 31 to
33, and on India Bonds 8...• ••

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In the foreign market the immense amount of Spanish Bonds
thrown upon the Echange ,has
,completely overwhelmed the
br*rs, and a further depreciation has- occurred in these secu-
rities. . -The long-open account of the 29th ult. still remains un-
aettled, and, 'sn' far' al aPpeaianees go, is likely to remain so.
It appears that the fOreign enlistnient bill is to be so far re-
pealed as to atinlit of the'levying.of troop4'for the young Queen
.!z!f. Spain, and that an.officer ha,s3 arriveli from Mad.rid to...raise
41 force of 20,600 men here and in. Belgium. We, do not ima-
gine that 'Zumalacareguy will be very apprehensive of the
" briroe•Belges," and from the tenor of the advices from Spain
it would appear that. Unless time be taken by the forelock, the
'capital will be in the possession of Don Carlos ere the levies of
England or Belgium touch the shores of the Peninsula.
By advises from Alexandria we learn that the plague had ex-
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tendedits ravages much in Upper Egypt, and with fearful viru-
lence: The number of deaths in Alexandria from the first ap-
PearanCe of thiS' dreadful disease was 17,000.

EXAMINATION AT MR. STOKES'S ACADEMY.
son. •
On , Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings the young .1
Rentlemen educated at this school were examined previously to
the commencement of the midsummer vacation. The gentle-
hien who assisted Mr. Stokes on this occasion were the Rev.
Thos. Tattershall, A.M., minister of St. Augustine's Church,
Laend late Fellow of Queen's Colter, Cambridge; the Rev. J.
. Chapman, A.M., Fellow of Imlay College, Dublin; the
!,tev. Charles Haskins, A.M., Trinity College, Dublin; James
`ylvester, Esq., St. John's College, Cambridge; and some
other gentlemen.
The subjects on which the youths were examined were the
tlebrew, Greek, Latin, and French languages • history, geo-
kraphy, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, mental arithmetical
Englisi grammar, catechism, the holy scriptures,
Vie. The parents and guardians of the pupils sent their own
itten judgments as to the degree of improvement made during
the last half year by their several children in the art of writing.
to 4 hese were-read at the close of the examination, and, with one
. two exceptions, conveyed expressions of great satisfaction. 1.1 mental calculations the boys acquitted themselves F. urpris-
'ngly well by their ready answers to some of the questions, which
l'h'ere of considerable difficulty. In these cases they were re-
uired to explain the rules by which they arrived at the results.
e prizes were awarded to the following young gentlemen :
Pirst Prizes.—Masters George Hadwen, Edmund Marshall, 'oreelius Sherlock, William noose, John Pennington, William
and Stanhope Gresham.
&co*/ Prizes.—Masters Hugh M 'Sherry Joseph Ellis, Tho-
Heildrick, James Roberts, John Sewell, John Forrest, and
Pennington.
Masters W./ firm Marshall, John Simon, and Joseph Wright
Rata found scr nearly on an equality, that the prize in their class
withdrawn, add aorue other reward riven to each.
RituisTRATIoN Bit.i.—We have seen a letter from Lord
tett es Stuart, to a friend in Ayr, in which he states. "I have
4eeson to think, from a conversation I have had with Mr. Sten-
4itt: that he will not
se proceed with his registration bill this ses-
°ll.''—Ayr Advertir.