The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-13 00:00:00

.—The Manchester Guardian says
iron steam vessel, now inlildine at

Bristol, will cost nine hundred thousand Pool(
prebend ninety thousand would be nearer the mark
The Lord Advocate of Scotland is to offer himself for the

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county of Argyle in the room of Mr. Campbell, of Nlonzie,
who has retired. The Lord Advocate will be elected without

opposition.

Mr. E. A. E. Whyte a gentleman aged 71, resident in
London and possessed of considerable property in the lands,
committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging himself with a
thick cord to a hook behind the door in the store room.

The Marquis of Lorn, son of the Duke of Argyle, in a letter
from Florence, anticipating the secession, has announced his
adhesion to the non-intrusionists. The Duke of Argyle, it is
said, will also join the free church.
Mr. Chapman has resigned the office of Governer or Mar-
shal of the Queen's Prison, and a nephew of Lord lien nan,
the Lord Chief Justice, in whom the appointment is vested,
has been appointed as his successor.

Released by the recent decision in the Court of Queen's
Bench, Mr. Feargus O'Connor held a Repeal meeting at
Manchester on Thursday night, being enthusiastically re-
ceived by four or five thousand persons.

HYDROPHOIII A.—Oct Friday, James Oxley, a poor man,
residing in Cook's-place, Clerkenwell, died of hydrophobia,
having been bitten in the arm by a dog four years ago, and
although the lacerated flesh was carefully cut out at the time.
The Wakefield Board of Guardians advertise for two re-
lieving officers, who must devote all their time to the duties
of the office, find sureties to the amount of five hundred
pounds, and be necessarily men of education, at filly pounds
a year each

On Friday night, a brass founder of Edinburgh, named
Matthew Cruthers, about fifty years of age, threw himself
North Bridge in that town, and expired in about
her he was tak:n up. lie is supposed to have
a fit of delirium tremens.

two minut

committed tins rash act

The Ranger, of Peterhead, which arrived a few days ago
from Greenland, with a full cargo of oil, is about to make a

second whaling voyage, and will sail as soon as possible to
Davis Straits. We believe this is a circumstance unprece-
dented.—Lyre Mercury.

The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England
during the last month is stated to be £11,325,000, showing
an increase of £9,000 as compared with the preceding four
weeks, and an increase of £3,942,000 us compared with the
same period last year.

COLONELCIES OF THE VACANT REGIMENTS.—The colo-
nelcies of the vacant regiments, namely, the 19th, 21st, 16th,
arid 48th, have been tilled up by the selection of General Sir
Warren Marmaduke Peacocke, Lieutenant-Generals Sir

ilaebean and Sir Robert Arbuthnot, and Major-
General Sir Charles James Napier, the hero of Hyderabad.

1 correspondent informs us that, yesterday afternoon,
was an urgent meeting of the members of the Cabinet
at Argyll House, the residence of the Earl of Aberdeen. All
the ministers were present, with the exception of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer-

that the meeting was not previ-
ously contemplated is shown by the tact that the Earl of
Ripon was sent for from Putney to assist at the consultation.