The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

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Two Theological Professorships have been recently insti-
tuted by the crown in the University of Oxford, and a
temporary endowment of the professors, until canonries of
Christ Church shall fall vacant, to be permanently attached
to the professorships, has been provided by the University.
We understand that Sir Robert Peel has presented the Pro-
fessorship of Ecclesiastical History to the Rev. Mr. Hussey,
of Christ Church, late censor of this college ; and the Pro-
fessorship of Pastoral Theolo;y to the Rev. Mr. Ogilvie, of
Balliol College, Rector of Ross. The Marquis of Bute will
be appointed her Majesty's Commissioner to the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland.—Times.

MONTHLY RETURN.--Account of the average aggregate
amount of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand
which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, dis-
tinguishing those circulated by the Bank :of England, by
private banks, and by joint-stock banks in England and
Wales ; by the banks in Scotland ; by tire Bank of Ireland,
and by all other banks in Ireland ; and of the average amount
of bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks
ending the 2d of April, 1842, pursuant to the act 4 and 5
Vic., cap. 50.

Engleind.—B ink of England
Private banks
Joint-stock banks
Scotland.—Private and joint-stock banks 2,670,290
Ireland.— Bank of Ireland
Private and joint-stock banks

Total
Bullion in Bank of England 7,006,000
General Browne Clayton, who commanded the 11th Light
Dragoons at Alexandria in 1801, has erected a splendid granite
column (a fac-simile of Pompey's Pillar) at Carrich-a-Dagon,
in the county of Wexford, in commemoration of the victories
in Egypt in that year, and the deeds of the heroic Aber-
cromby. The gallant general has also, in his will, bequeathed
a sum of money to be applied to the observance of the fol-
lowing ceremony. On the morning of the 21st of March
(the day on which General Menon attacked the British en-
campment before Alexandria), the tri-coloured flag is to be
hoisted at sunrise at the top of the column, where it is to re-
main until ten o'clock ; it is then to be replaced by the
British flag, which is to remain there until sunset. The
general has further directed, that on the 28th of March the
British flag shall he hoisted half-mast high, in honour of Sir
Ralph Abercrornby, who, having been mortally wounded on
the 21st, died on the 28th of March, 1801.

Mr. Steill, a publisher in Paternoster-row, London, has
put forth a circular address to the common council of Lon-
don, expressing his opinion that their late town •clerk was too
highly paid, and offering to take all the duties and dignities
of that office upon himself for consideration of one-fourth
the former allowance—viz., £5OO per annum, instead of
£2000; and he reminds them that in case they accept his
offer, they have £l5OO to bestow in charity. We hear, how-
ever, that Mr. Steill is not likely to be accepted—should the
common council be guided strictly by the money-saving
principle, inasmuch as there is another candidate for the
office who says he will• be satisfied with only £2OO a year,
and a pint of wine per day. But the patriotism of these gentle-
men is nothing compared to that of the late William Cobbett
the corn-cob political essayist, who wrote to George the
Fourth, offering to take the post of Prime Minister for no
other remuneration than his bread and cheese!

BRISTOL, APRIL 18.—Upwards of fifty persons employed
in the postoffice department have been detected, during the
last three months, purloining letters of value. The principal
number of letters stolen now are those containing jewellery.
A clerk in the General Postoffice was committed to Newgate
last week, on whose person three letters containing jewellery
were found secreted. This individual used to despatch the
mails for the South of England, from which mails a very
large number of letters have been extracted during the last
six months. The president of the stolen-letter department
has a number of assistants constantly engaged in tracing the
particular office in which letters are stolen. Several hun-
dreds of cases of lost letters have been sometimes reported
to the Postmaster-General in a single day. The legal ex-
penses incurred in prosecuting postoffice criminals amounted
last year to above £10,000; and it is calculated that property,
consisting of money, jewllery, &c., amounting to above
£50,000, was lost in passing through the postoffie during a
period of twelve months. The deputy postmasters through-
out the country are discontented at not being allowed to
dem
stan thd securemities for the honesty of persons employed to
assi.

ITHE PAST AND PRESENT CORN BILL..rw my-seven
years ago the Earl of Ripon—then Mr. Prederickeß' . seven
--introduced into and carried through the House oPPosonm
mons the original corn bill ; on Tuesday night the Earloi
Ripon moved the second reading of the new corn bill. The
events of those seven-and-twenty years have certainly made
a wonderful change in the commercial policy of this as in_
deed of most countries ; and the man whose opinions have
remained altogether stationary during that period would most
assuredly travel from Dan to Beersheba and exclaim " all is
barren !" The advocates of extreme protection to domestic
agriculture thought that the corn law of 1815 would not give
sufficient protection to native cultivation. They were mis-
taken ; under its operation the people were sufficiently fed,
and agriculture kept its foremost place amongst the national
interests. The same class of politicians protested that the
corn law of 1822 would ruin the British farmer; again they
were wrong ; the culture of our native soil flourished in
spite of the alteration. The corn law of 1828 met with op-
position from the like quarter on the same grounds; yet
British agriculture still survives—nay, bas since then greatly
advanced in prosperity. The unfulfilled apprehensions of
the past ought surely to lessen the dreaded anticipations of
the future.

On Friday evening last, seven valuable horses were suffo-
cated in a stable at Staines, near London, by smoke caused
by the place having by some means caught ifre.
Captain R. A. Reynolds bas been restored to his rank in
the 11th Hussars. He will proceed with the regiment to
India.

One of the Passengers on the Midland Counties Railway
was accidentally killed at the junction where the Nottingham
line runs into the main line from Rugby.
The fruit-growers of East Kent have memorialised the
Board of Trade for an increase of duties to be levied on all
foreign fruits.

CARDIGAN ELECTION PETITION.—The Committee have
come to the conclusion that J S. Harford, Fsq., was not
duly elected ; but that Pryse Pryse, Esq. ought to have been
returned.

On Tuesday afternoon last, at Nassington, near Staneford,
a sow entered the dwelling of a poor man, where was only an
infant three months old. The voracious brute tore it so
dreadfully that it died in about half an hour ; and it would
no doubt have been eaten up, had not the mother returned.
At the levee, on Wednesday, the Duke of Argyll kissed
hands, upon his grace's appointment as Keeper of the Seal
used in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, which appoint-
ment took place in October last.

APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We under-
stand that the sister of a noble lord, who has recently taken
his seat in the House of Lords, is about to be .united to a
rev, gentleman distinguished for his theological and classical
attainments.—Morning Herald.

THE IRON TRADE.—SOUTH WALES.—Of the 113 fur-
naces in blast in this district, 61 are in full make, and 51 at
the reduction of 25 per cent. The average weekly make may
be taken at 85 tons, thus giving an aggregate make of 6,000
weekly, or 468,000 tons per annum.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
WIGNEY'S BANKRUPTCY.—In c,msequenc:e of a quantity
of plate and other valuables haAing been found secreted in
the house of one of the bankrupts, bills were posted through
Brighton cautioning persons against concealing the bank-
rupt's goods, as they thereby incurred a penalty of £lOO.
On Tuesday last her Majesty's ship Investigator, which
is used as a station for the Thames police, and which has
been lying in the Thames, off Somerset-house, for the last
five years, sprang a leak and foundered. She went down
about two o'clock in the morning, but, fortunately, the peo-
ple on board and all the movable articles were taken off be-
fore she sank.
On Monday the Bussorah Merchant, 531 tons, and with
250 troops ; the Glenelg, 867 tons, 300 troops ; Royal Con-
sort, 529 tons, 170 troops ; and the Helen Thomson, 544
tons, 160 troops, sailed for India. The thiee divisions of the
25th regiment of foot mustering nearly 1,300 effective men,
mostly young and-fine looking fellows, have embarked from
Chatham for the same quarter.
DEATH OF EARL LUDLOW.—This gallant and venerable
general expired at his seat near Bedford, on Saturday last,
at the advanced age of 83. His lordship served in the Ame-
rican war, and has distinguished himself on many occasions.
He was the senior knight'grand cross of the Bath, with the
exception of the Duke of Wellington. The title is now ex-
tinct.

BRIBERY AT SUDBURY.—It is in contemplation among
the electors of Sudbury, in the event of the borough being
disfranchised, to call a Meeting to petition Parliament for
compensation for the loss they will sustain by a deprivation
of that which they have been always taught to regard as a
prescriptive right—namely, the privilege of selling their
elective franchise to the highest bidder.—Globe.
It has been formally intimated to the Duke of Bucking-
ham, that Chandos-house will be given up by Prince Ester-
hazy at Michaelmas next. This decision is much regretted
by the higher circles of society, this splendid residence
having been for 25 years the scene, not only of the most
splendid, but of the most refined and cordial hospitality of
the exalted representative of His Imperial Majesty.
LONGFORD ELECTION.—The committee appointed to in-
quire into this election have reported that Luke White, Esq.
had not been duly elected for the county of Longford, and that
Anthony Lefrov ought to have been returned. This is a
gain of two votes on a division to the conservatives. The
committee also reported that it was absolutely necessary to
pass without delay some declaratory act with respect to the
question of opening the registry in Ireland.
THE NEW TARIFF.—Prime bacon is'now selling at Cow-
bridge at 7d. per lb. retail. The price, a month or five weeks
ago, was 10d. Butter, beef, mutton, and veal, are lower by
2d. per lb. than they were three months ago :in the same
market. The
.farmers appear very anxious to sell their fat
stock, but they can find no purchasers. At two of our
neighbouring fairs this week there was not a single dealer
present.—Swansea paper.
Beaumont Smith, the convict, who was sent to her Majes-
ty's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and removed from there on
board a transport, was double-ironed for some time, till
Surgeon Hope, of the convict establishment, ordered them
to be taken off on account of the bad state of his health. He
left in the greatest penury, and seemed to suffer acutely the
degraded situation he had placed himself in. The utmost
sympathy was felt for him among the other unfortunate
convicts there.

SUDBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.—The whig-radicals and
and ex-chartists of Birmingham, in anticipation of the dis-
franchisement of Sudbury, are already beginning to calculate
upon obtaining a third member for the hardware borough.
In the Muntz and Scholefield organ, of the other day, it was
gravely intimated that if the Conservatives would assist them
in securing one of the Sudbury seats to Birmingham, they,
the whig•iadicals, would, by way of compromise, consent to
the return of one tory representative for Birmingham ! What
next?

OTTER HUNT.—On Thursday afternoon last, as James
Heline, gamekeeper to George Wilson, Esq., Dallam Tower,
Milnthorpe, with one or two little Terrier dogs, was walking
round the preserves upon Milnthorpe Marsh, he met with a
large otter, which the little dogs gave chase to ; the " var-
mint" entered a drain, but the dogs would not give up their
game, but followed after, and drove him out, when the
keeper shot him dead. The animal weighed upwards of
221bs.—Kendal Mercury.

LANCASTER AND NEWCASTLE. —The Lord Exmouth
stage coach was last week converted into a mail, and now
_runs between Lancaster and Newcastle, receiving and deliver-
ing letters at the various post town's through which it passes.
It is the first mail coach that ever passed through Sedbergh,
&c. ; and the inhabitants of these towns, who get their let-
ters several hours sooner than heretofore, find the new
arrangement a great accommodation.—. Lancaster Guardian.
4t is a curious circumstance, and one highly creditable to
the corporation of London as well as to the several guilds and
public companies in connexion with it, that, liberal and ra-
dical though many of them be, and anxious as they all were
on every former occasion to pay respect and attention, and to
extend courtesy and hospitality to deputations from the Dub-
lin corporation, headed by its lord mayor—not the slightest
notice or recognition was evinced towards _Mr. O'Connell
and his civic tail on their recent visit to London.—Dublin
Evening Mail.