The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

REVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIST.

Thursday was the last day for serving notices of objections
and claims for the present year. The objections are very
numerous : they amount to 1,669. The subjoined table will
show that in several wards the objections are very numerous.
We understand, however, that many objections have been
withdrawn already. The claims amount to only 94, of which
V) are from the Conservative and 44 from the Liberal side.
Wards. By Conservatives. By Liberals.
1. Evertnn
2. Scotland
3. Vauxhall
4. St. Paul's
5. Exchange 290...
6. Castle-street ....
;. St. Peter's
8. Pitt-street
9. Great George
10. Rodney-street, 41...
11. Abercromby
12. Lime-street.
13. St. Anne's
14. West Derby
15. South Toxteth .
16, North Toxteth

Total lOB7

THE BOROUGH REGISTER.—The following table gives a
comparative view of the number of voters, including plural
qualifications, on the revised list of 1839, which remained in
force for two years in consequence of the defeat of the revi-
sion in 1840, on that of 1841-2, and on the unrevised list
of 1842-3 :

No. of electors on the No. on the
Register. Overseers' List
Wards. 1839. 1841-2. ,1842-3.
1. Everton
2. Scotland 594 720, 572
3. Vauxhall 289 512 374
4. St. Paul's 433..
5. Exchange ..552 BO4 713
6. Castle-street .... 682 814.. 792
7. St. Peter's 583 721.
8. Pitt-street
9. Great George .. .. 505....
10. Rodney-street .. 715 BB4 741
11. Abercromby .. .. 755 BB2 695
12. Lime-street 990 lOll 868
13. St. Anne's
14. West Derby 422 5OB. 495
15. South Toxteth ..363 531. 472
15. North Toxteth .. 710 964 BBO

12037 10190

The number of Waterloo officers attached to the army is—
in the Artillery and Engineers, 33 : in the Cavalry, 44 ; in
the Infantry, 103 officers.
It is calculated that out of the whole population of Lon-
don and the suburbs, about 40,000 persons subsist by
thieving.

After four years labour, the repairs of the astronomical
clock at Strasburgh are completed, and it will be set in mo-
tion on the meeting of the Scientific Congress on the 28th.
The British Government has presented six gold medals,
bearing the portrait of the Queen, to six captains of Ame-
rican ships, for their exertions in saving the lives of British
seamen.

The amount of money from wages thrown out of circula:
tion within the five weeks that business has been suspended
here, by the closing of the cotton mills, cannot be less than
£3o,ooo.—Stockport Advertiser.
In the Quartier de Recouvrance, at Brest, an immense
foundry for marine steam-engines is being constructed, and
on the north of the town the Minister of War is raising for-
tifications of considerable extent.

A pear was, last week, sold for 30 sous in the market of
St. Sever (Pyrenees), which weighed four pounds. Its
length, without the stem, was eight inches, and its circum-
ference about 18 inches.

The large solar spot which was near the sun's eastern limb
reached the centre of that body on the 10th instant. A row
of new spots has appeared to the western of this, and also a
small one below, or to the south of it.
Lord John Russell, it is said, has been occupying his leisure
hours, since bis retirement from office, in preparing for pub-
lication selections from the correspondence of John, fourth
Duke of Bedford, from the originals preserved at Woburn-
abbey.
MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—This lady was delivered of a
stillborn child at two o'clock on Sunday morning at the Old
Ship Hotel, Brighton, where she had arrived the previous
evening, with her husband, for the purpose of fulfilling a
week's engagement at the Brighton Theatre.
THE FLAX TRADE,—We are happy to report a considera-
ble improvement in the flax trade at Leeds. Nearly all the
mills which began to run short time after the alteration of the
French tariff have resumed their wonted activity, finding that
the mischief to be worked by that measure is not so great as
was expected ; and some of them are further increasing their
stock of machinery to augment their production of yarn.—
Leeds Intelligencer.
A RIVER DRIED up,—The heats of the summer have so
dried up the waters of the river Elbe, that the water-mills
are all at a stand ; and near Pirna the river is entirely dry.
The waters, in retiring, have given up a secret kept by them
for more than 200 years. A square stone is left bare, having
the following significant inscription in Saxon patois:—
"When last men saw me, in August, 1629, they wept ; and
they who see me next shall weep too."
DUTY ON RUM.—The Gazette of Friday contains an Or-
der in Council, fixing the duty upon rum from Madras
according to the following shedule :—For every gallon of
rum, of any strength of proof by Sikes's hydrometer, and so
in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength
of proof, and for every greater or less quantity than a gallon,
being the prodnce of the territories subject to the government
of the Presidency of Fort St. George, in Madras. not being
sweetened or mixed with any article so that the degree if
strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such hy-
drometer, 9s. 4d. For every gallon of rum shrub, however
sweetened, the produce of and imported from such territoriesf
and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a
gallon, 9s. 4d.
EXTENSION OY PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCE.— Few
persons are aware of a fact which we are about to mention on
the authority of a friend, who has resided much abroad, and
who possesses extensive opportunities of arriving at the truth
—viz., that Protestantism is making rapid stridesin France.
In some localities the advance is marvellous; and if the move-
ment continues to progress with its present steadiness, a
great change will ultimately be effected in the religious cha-
racter of the French people. When we consider the very
important position which France occupies, it is difficult to
over-estimate the importance of such a result. The peace
and happiness of the civilized world may be materially in-
volved in it. A strong Protestant party would form the best
break-water against revolution—the best safeguard for the
preservation of the peace of Europe. There exists in Paris
a central " Societe Evangelique," which has extensive ra-
mifications, and possesses much influence, and, we believe,
considerable means. A large number of Protestant clergy-
men have been sent out by this institution, and the Report
for 1842, which we have recently seen. is full of facts which
illustrate our friends statement. Glouceshire Chronicle.
FOREIGN HARVEST.—The harvest is almost entirely
gathered in throughout the east of Europe ; and we are
enabled to furnish the following comparative estimates,
collected from the most accurate accounts :—ln Selesia there
has been a good average harvest. In Poland, in Gallicia,
and in the Duchy of Posen there has been a decidedly good
harvest, and the same may be said with respect of Russian.
In Hungary the crops have been most satisfactory; and in
the Banat, which is regarded as the granary of 'the country,
they have been doubly as productive as those of last year.
In Transylvannia and the Turkish provinces the harvest has
also been most plentiful. Similar abundance has also been
experienced in Moravia. Everywhere the grain is of good
quality, and yields from 15 to 10 per cent more flour than in
humid years. It may therefore be fairly predicted that in
the east of Europe the price of wheat will fall instead of
rising, even though foreign demands should be very great.—
Allyemeine Zeitung.
THE MORMONITE PROPHET.—The Rev. Henry Caswell,
Professor of Divinity in Kemper College, St. Louis, has
written a very interesting hook, called " Three Days at
Nauvoo, in 1842." The writer had an interview with the
celebrated " Joe Smith," and his mother, and relates
several amusing anecdotes, all tending to show the shallow-
ness of this modern delusion. The " Prophet " thus speaks
of his miserable dunes :—" Many of the English who have
lately come here have expressed great disappointment on their
arrival. Such persons have every reason to be satisfied in
this beautiful and fertile country. If they choose to complain
they may ; but I don't want to be troubled with their com-
plaints. f they are not satisfied here, I have ocly to say
this to them—Don't stay whining about me, but go back to
England and be d—d." This man has actually mustered
no less than 1700 fighting men at his city of Nauvoo, and is
said to have, in different parts of the world, no less than
100,000 followers.

TIDE TABLE.
Days. ?Irn. Evn. Height. Sundays. Holydays. &c.
H. M. H. M. F. I.
Tuesday 20 11 34 11 48 16 5 Venus sets 751 Om morning
Wednes 21 0 2 16 9 St. Matthew
Thursday 22 017 031 16 8 Saturn sets 10h 12m even.
Friday .. 23 046 1 0 16 3 Autumn commences.
Saturday 24 116 131 13 6 Jupiter sets loh 24tri even.
Sunday.. 25 148 2 6 14 8 18th Sunday after Trinit-
, .
Monday .26 225 247 13 5 St. Cyprian.

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LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, SEPT. 18.
It appears that the stock of Butter in the hands of importers is
very small, and that arrivals from Ireland are barely equal to the
consumption. Hence it is argued by some, in the trade, that a
considerable advance in price, must necessarily take place. We
are not altogether of this opinion ; at least so far as the assumed
cause for improvement is concerned. The great facilities which
are now afforded to country dealers, by means of steam, to obtain
supplies direct from Ireland, and at the shortest notice, has rendered
Liverpool, comparatively speaking, only an entrepot. The stock
on the other side, we understand, are considerable ;—the market
having been most abundant, and still continues so. We look to
other causes for the present favourable aspect of the market ; and
they, it is gratifying to remark, are to be found in the gradual and
steady improvement which is taking place in our manufacturing
districts. Belfast and other Butters of an equal class we quote Sts
Banbridge,to 835. Waterford, NewrY, Banbridge, &c., 7.5 s to 80s. Great un.
certainty continues to prevail in the provision trade, touching
future operations. We hear of no orders free on board. At present
the only demand for Beef and Pork is for ships stores. The salter
article may be purchased at a very low figure.