The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-22 00:00:00

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Hobart Town and Launceston papers received to-
day reach to the 12th of October, and accordir, to these it
appears that if Lord John Russell had continued in office, a
new peva' colony would have been immediately formed on
the coast of Labrador; the repeated objections of the Austra-
lian colonists to the transportation system having produced
this termination on the part of ministers. Trade continued
to be very depressed in all quarters, and one of the papers re-
marks, that " the rules are full, and even many of the go-
vernment officers on the totter." The last sale of crown
lands, to the extent of 27,569 acres, produced £11,700 18s.,
'or at the average of 10s. Sd. per acre, which was the lowest
of any of the late land sales. The papers give long state-
ments of the flourishing condition of the banks both there
and at Sydney ; but they ill accord with the complaints
issuing from every quarter of a scarcity of cash and the little
accommodation afforded the commercial world. An in-
surance company on an extensive scale had been started at
Launceston. The pews received at Hobart Town from New
Zealand spoke in favour of the increase of that new colony,
of the arrival of industrious and useful settlers, and of the
raising of comfortable habitations at Port Nicholson. A.
table of duties had been published and enforced by Gover-
nor Hobson, which levied a duty of 4s. per gallon on all
spirits the produce of the United Kingdom and her colonies,

other place

f ss. per gallon on all s
After the Ist of January

's were to

pay a duty of 2

tured tobacco Is. per lb. ; wine, 15 per cent. ; tea. sugar,
flour, wheat, and all pulses, 5 per cent. ; and all otherforeign
goods 10 per cent. ; while all British goods, excepting spirits,
are to be admitted free. The grain markets of Van Dieman's
Land were in the same deplorable state as previous accounts

?ENCE

BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—The half-
year:y meeting of this company was held on Friday last, at
Gloucester. The report for the half-year ending 31st De-
cember, together with the financial details were then seve-
rally read. The receipts for the half year ended 31st Deceits-

ber were £50,114 ss. lid. ; the expenses including interest,
&c. (but exclusive of depreciation of stock) £39,381 Os. Bd. ;
leaving a balance of £10,733 ss. 2d.: and that the balance to
the 30th of June (also exclusive of depreciation) was £11,170
6s. 3d. The committee recommended that a dividend of
£1 10s. per share out of the profits be paid on the 25th
March. As to the goods traffic it was reported that the ar-
rangements which- the committee alluded to in their last re-
port came into operation in October, and that improvements
in the management of the details would continue to be made.
The business in that department had been gradually in-
creasing. We shall notice some of the topics which drew
forth discussion in our next. The committee in their report
recommended a branch railway to Worcester.

OPENING OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAIL-
Way.—On Friday tbis stupendous and truly-national under-
taking was opened formally with extraordinary eclat. The
directors of Glasgow as well as Edinburgh had issued upwards
of a thousand tickets of invitation to the most distinguished
inhabitants of both cities, not only to join in an excursion
along the entire line of railway, but to partake of a splendid
entertainment, liberally provided at Glasgow. The parties
belonging to Edinburgh, thus invited, began to assemble
about eleven o'clock at the terminus, situated at the Hay-
market, and the station was also crowded by a brilliant as-
semblage of beauty and fashion, who were attracted by the
interest and novelty of the event, unparalleled in the com-
mercial history of Scotland, favoured as the occasion was, by
the beauty of the weather. The scene, indeed, about twelve
o'clock was one of the gayest and most animated we ever
witnessed, The crowds of spectators who covered every spot
of ground from which a glimpse of the railway could be ob-
tained were immense ;:and all seemed engrossed with a feel-
ing of the utmost enthusiasm for the success of the mighty
work thus brought into operation.
It .had been arranged that the ladies and gentlemen from
Glasgow should arrive in Edinburgh about half past
eleven o'clock, when the train from this city ought to have
started. But as the Glasgow train did not leave for some
hours later than was intended, the passengers only reached
Edinburgh about half-past twelve o'clock, after a most
agreeable journey, having finished the journey in about two
hours and a half. The train from Edinburgh, consisting of
26 carriages, consisting of not fewer than 500 ladies and
gentlemen, started at one o'clock, amidst the cheers of the
assembled thousands. The wonders and beauties revealed
in the progress along this railway met our eyes on every side.
Tire. bridges, viaducts, tunnels and stations, are objects of
great interest, showing the enterprise and wealth of the
company •, but the cuttings, embankments, of the most for-
midable description and extent, are truly astonishing.- The
panorama of nature is also most beautiful and varied, and
the journey was accomplished in the most successful and
satisfactory style. We were carried along some time at the
rate of 26 miles an 'hour, but, seated in a luxurious convey
ante, fitted up in the fashion of a gentleman's carriage, we
scarcely felt the motion, no jolting or jerking of the least
disagreeable kind having occurred at any part of the line.
Everything went beautifully, indeed, and the whole trip
reflected the highest credit upon the skill, care, and ability
of the engineer and his assistants. The journey from Edin-
burgh to the terminus in George Street, Glasgow, was per-
formed in about two hours and a half. _ _

The train containing the party from Glasgow started about
twenty minutes after the other, and experienced the same
gratification from their trip homewards which they had
enjoyed in the forenoon. We should suppose that there
were not fewer than 500 ladies and gentlemen in the Glas-
gow train. The point of re-union in Glasgow was the ter-
minus,—where the station was fitted up for the dinner, which
was given to upwards of 1100 ladies and gentlemen.

LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY

`We understand that at the approaching meeting of the
London and Croydon Railway, it will be found necessary to
devise means for raising further capital—a necessity which
has been caused principally by the recent very expensive
slips near New Cross. The line, we are happy to state, is
now clear.

A steeple-chase took place at Romford, on Thursday last,
on which occasion the Eastern Counties Railway was called
into requisition in a somewhat novel manner. A special
train was provided to convey the elite of the sporting world
to witness the exhibition, which we understand was on a
very splendid scale. When the horses started from Rom-
ford, the train went off at the same moment, keeping parallel
with them the whole distance (two miles out and two miles
in), thus affording an opportunity never before presented of
witnessing a steeple-chase throughout.

The Railway Times of Saturday last has the following
observations, with reference to Mr. Gladstone's railway bill:
—lf railway legislation is to be entered upon at all—and for
many reasons it cannot, we fear, be avoided—it would be
difficult to frame a measure more innoxious than this bill of
Mr. Gladstone's. In no respect will it interfere with the
rights or privileges of the Companies, while on several not
unimportant points it will afford them material assistance in
the efficient management of their several undertakings. A
brief glance at a few of its leading provisions will, we think,
bear out this assertion.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

(From the alford Herald.)

In a convocation holden on Thursday last, the following
gentlemen were nominated and approved as Examiners for
the Scholarship for the promotion of Latin Literature, usually
known as the Hertford Scholarship :
Rev. Francis Atkinson Faber, 13. D., Fellow of Magdalene
College.
Rev. William Jacobson, M.A., Vice-Principal of Magda-
lene
Rev. Junes Augustus Hessey, M.A., Fellow of St. John's
College.
In a Congregation holden at the same time, the following
Degrees were conferred.
BACIIELOR IN MEDICINE, WITH LICENCE TO PRACTICE.
George Joseph Bell, Balliol College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. Charles Davenport, Worcester College, grand com-
pounder.
Granville Edward Harcourt Vernon, Student of Ch. Ch.
Rev. Owen Jones Humphreys, Jesus College.
Rev. Thomas Pearse, Demy of Magdalene College.
Rev. Borlase Hill Adams, Exeter College.
Rev. Henry Crawley, Balliol College.
Rev. William Hulme, Balliol College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Henry Champernowne, Trinity College, grand com-
pounder.
Charles Samuel Slocock, Trinity College.
In a convocation holden- in the afternoon of the same day,
Charles Reade, Esq., M.A., Fellow of Magdalene College,
and Senior Scholar on the Vinerian Foundation, was unani.
mously elected a Fellow on the same Foundation, vacant by
the resignation of Henry Denison, Esq., 8.C.L., late Fellow
of All Souls College. _

On Wednesday last, in pursuance of the Procuratorial sta-
tute, the election of Proctors for the ensuing year took place
in the Colleges whose turn occurs in the cycle, when the
Rev. William Monkhouse, M.A., Fellow of Queen's Col-
lege, and the Rev. James Saltwell Pinkerton, M.A., Fellow
of St. John's College, were severally announced to the Vice-
Chancellor as the Proctors elect.
Two candidates have declared themselves for the Vinerian
Scholarship, now vacant by the recent election of Mr. Reade.
Mr. Karslake, Fellow of Balliol. and Mr. Hutchins, of
Worcester College, both in the First Class of Literce Hu-
rnaniores, and the former Ireland Scholar in 1840.
At a meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester, held
in the Cathedral o❑ the 2d inst., the Rev. Ashhurst Turner
Gilbert, D.D., Principal of Brasenose College, was elected
Bishop of that see.

The Bishop of Chichester elect has appointed the Rev.
Henry B. Whitaker Churton, M.A. Fellow and Hebrew
Lecturer of Brasenose College, to be his examining Chaplain.
he, Rev. Frederick James Parsons, 8.D., Fellow of Mag-
dalene College, has been presented by the President and
Fellows of that society to the Vicarage of Selborne, Hants,
vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Rust Cobbold, 8.D.,
formerly Fellow of Magdalene College.
The Rev. John Price, 8.A., late Scholar of Jesus College,
Perpetual Curate of Rhos-y-Medre, Denbighshire, has been
presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Treuddyn, Flintshire,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Isaac Williams, B.A. ;
patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph.
The Rev. J. Frampton, M.A., of Exeter College, Vicar of
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery
of Stonehouse, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T.
Keble.

Rev. W. Chesshyre, M.A. of Balliol College, to the Rec-
tory of St. Martin's, Canterbury.

PROMOTIONS

Rev. H. Calthrop. 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi Col-
lege, Cambridge, Prebendary of Lichfield, and Examining
Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield, to the Rectory of Great
Brasted, Essex, vacant by the death of the Rev. I'. Herring ;
patrons, the Masters and Fellows of Corpus Christi College.
Cambridge.

Rev. Wm. Nevill, to the Chaplaincy of the Borough Gaol,
Maldon, Essex.

Rev. J. Rowlandson, Vicar of Shap, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Mardaie, Westmorland.
Rev. Frederick Jesson, M.A., late Lecturer at St. Peter-
at-Arches, Lincoln, to the new Church at Spittlegate, near
Grantham ; patron Bishop of Lincoln.
The Bishop of Lincoln has nominated the Rev. Henry
Crowther, Head Master of the Lincoln Diocesan School, as
the Evening Lecturer at St. Peter-at-Arches, vacated by the
resignation of the Rev. Frederick Jesson.

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Rev. Ralph Bagot, to- the Curacy of Grendon, Warwick-
shire.

Rev. W. Bennett, to the Perpetual Curacy of Crantock,
Cornwall; patron, Sir J. B. Y. Buller, Bart.
Rev. J. H. North M.A-of Trinity College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Carbrooke,.Norfolk ; patron, R. Dewing,
Esq., of Carbrooke. .1.
Rev. J. M. Lowe, B.A. , of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Grindleton, Yorkshire ;
patron, the Rev. J. A. Addison.
Rev. Horace Newman, of Bandon, to the Deanery of
Cork, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Dr. O'Brien to
the Bishopric of Ossory.
Rev. John Hamilton has been appointed by the Dean of
Achonry to the Perpetual Curacy of Tubbercurry, Sligo ;
and the Rev. R. Eaton to the Curacy of Achonry, Sligo.
Rev. W. A. Corkindale to the parish of Ladykirk, in the
presbytery of Chirnside and county of Berwick.
Rev. J. Cochrane, to be Second Minister of the parish of
Cupar, in the presbitery of Cupar and shire of Fife.

The excellent and liberal Dr. Warneford, who seems never
to be tired of well-doing, has given £lOOO to promote the
building of School Houses (in addition to the £lOOO which
he gave a few month since to promote the building of School
Rooms) in the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, for schools
in connection with the established church.
THE BISHOPRIC OF Osson.Y.—lt is at length officially
announced that the vacant mitre has been conferred upon the
Dean of Cork. The appointment has given what is not very
usual upon such occasions, the most unmixed satisfaction to
all parties. Dr. O'Brien was formerly a junior fellow of
Trinity College, and his long collegiate career was marked
by the most brilliant success. The new bishop owes his ele-
vation simply to his piety and learning—the sole requisite
qualities, as already stated, which Earl de Grey has declared
to be essential, and by which alone he shall be guided in all
nominations to church preferment—political principles or
family connections being altogether subservient to the former
qualifications.

On Monday an effigy of Sir R. Peel was burnt at the New
Cross. It may be as well to notice that these frantic exhibi-
tions are only practised in towns where Anti-Corn Law As-
sociations are established, and that they always form a corol-
lary to the public meetings got up by the League. [The
Opposition of the League to Sir R. Peel's corn bill is not
worth an F. I. G. (Effigy).—" Printer's Devil."]