The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Marquis of Bute and Mr. Fox Maule have each been
put in nomination for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow
University.
On Monday, a man employed upon the railway at Spring-
field, near Chelmsford, was accidentally jammed between
two earth waggons, and killed npon the spot.
The Tyne Mercury states that the Marquis of London-
derry is rapidly recovering from the effects of his late acci-
dent.

THE WELLESLEY PAPERS.—The executor of the late
Marquis 'Wellesley last week sent to the British Museum up-
wards of three waggon loads of M SS. and books in compliance
with the will of the noble Marquis.
The Duchess of Kent composed a piece of music to cele-
brate the first anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Wales,
which was performed for the the first time on Wednesday even-
ing by the tine band of the Grenadier Guards.
BADEN I3ADEN.—The Augsburg Gazette of the 9th inst.,
states that the number of visitors to Baden Baden amounted
this year to 23,739, being 1,650 more than during any former
year, and that the sums expended by them amounted to
7,000,000 f. t, 280,000 British.)
The attorney-general will not press for judgment against
the proprietors of the Newry Examiner and Belfast Vindi-
cator—the defendants having expressed their regret at the
publication of the libellous articles, which they pleaded were
written under feelings of great excitement.

EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.--A servant girl of Mr. Dodd,
of Oscroft, Cheshire, who left her place a few days since, on
the plea of being "rayther unwell,', was delivered, on Wed-
nesday last, of three fine boys, all of whom, together with
their mamma, are doing well.
On Monday last, 207,000 letters passed through the
General Post-office—nearly a quarter of a million of letters
in a day through one office! Immense ship-letter mails also
have been received at the General Post-office within the last
few days from Pernambucco, Monte Video, China, Rio de
Janeiro, Havana, Bahia, Valparaiso, Sydney, Singapore, and
the Cape of Good Hope.
On Sunday afternoon, as a young man. who with others
had been on the river Thames, was passing over Waterloo
Bridge, he suddenly left his friends, and, as be said, " for a
lark, he would walk over on the stone-work," he mounted
the first recess, and was proceeding on his fool-hardy ex-
ploit when he overbalanced himself and fell into the water,
previous to which he struck his head against the coping-
stone. Two men instantly put off in a boat and brought the
man ashore when he was conveyed to a surgery. but, from
the cut in his head and other injuries, life was extinct in a
few minutes after he was taken out of the water.
FATAL PUNCTURE OF A LADY'S FINGER.—Mr. Carter,
the coroner for Surrey, held an inquest on Wednesday, at the
Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-road, on the body of Sarah
Fuller, a maiden lady, aged 65. It was stated that the do-
ceased resided at No. 108, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, and
that on Saturday week last as she was engaged trussing for
the spit a turkey, she very slightly punctured, with a skewer,
the third finger of the right band. The wound soon became
exceedingly painful, the finger and hand began to swell, and
in consequence a surgeon was called in on the following day.
Mr. Pratt, surgeon, of Adelaide-street, Strand, said that he
visited the deceased on Sunday week, and found her greatly
exhausted. The right arm of deceased was swollen from the
hand to the shoulder, and he found upon examination that
the joints of the punctured finger were deadened. Gangrenous
mortification, no doubt the result of the puncture, rapidly
attacked the whole of the injured arm, and caused death on
Wednesday last. Verdict " Accidental Death."—London
Paper.

THE NILE.—The following account of the plans adopted
by Mehemet Ali for carrying into execution the improve-
ments of the Nile, first conceived by the Emperor Napoleon,
is transmitted to Paris, by Dr. Labot, who arrived lately in
Egypt. The first great work is to be the establishment of a
bridge of 83 arches, running from the point of the Delta to
each of the opposite`banks of both branches, similar to the
Pont Neuf at Paris. On each side of the spur, a sluice is
to be formed for the purpose of navigation. All the 83
arches are to be also furnished with flood-gates of iron or
wood, to be opened or shut, vcording to the wants of traffic
and navigation, A tunnel is to be cut through the spur of
the Delta, forming a communication between the two
branches of the river. Canals are also to be cut from each
branch running to the east and the west, with various minor
channels, with sluices for the commerce and irrigation of
the country. Above the bridge, the Nile is to be embanked
on each side, so as to keep the water always within a certain
level. All the,se embankments will be faced with masonry,
to give them solidity and beauty. Concrete will be used fig
all the submarine works, and the rest will be done witll
squared stone, rubble, and bricks. These materials are
found in abundance in Egypt, and even in the immediate
neighbourhood of the works. Artificial pozzolane is in ge-
neral use, being obtainable in all parts of the country from
pulverised bricks. This matter, which is analogous to that
produced by volcanos, being mixed with lime and rubble,
form what is called beton or concrete. Befoie the discovery
of this pozzolane, which cost sf, the cubic metre on the spot,
it was formerly brought from Italy at the expense of 45f. or
50f. the cubic-metre. The cost of the bridge has been esti-
mated at 7,000,000 f. and cannot exceed 10,000,000 f. When
once the materials are collected, it will require no more than
three years for 5000 men to complete this colossal under-
taking, which will vie in grandeur with the celebrated mo-
numents of ancient Egypt. According to a calculation re-
cently made by a Parisan engineer, it appears that the present
irrigation of Egypt, though very limited in comparison to
what will now be accomplished, cost the labour of 200,000
oxen and 100,000 men.
MORE SRlEWRECKE.—information was yesterday morn-
' ing received at Lloyd's and by the owners of the total loss
of the Hamilton, a fine brig of 300 tons, Bradbury, master,
on the Gunfleet Sand, near Harwich, in the morning of
Tuesday, together with 11 of her crew. The Hamilt rn he .
longed to Mr. Mageary, of Love-lane, coal merchant, and
was on her voyage from Shields to London, laden with cials.
She hail encountered very severe weather the whole of her
passage, and when off Harwich, between 3 and 4 o'clock in
the morning, it became exceedingly foggy, with the wind
E.S.E., and a heavy sea running. About 4 o'clock the word
was "Breakers ahead," and almost instantly she struck n
the outward part of the above sands and became perfectly
unmanageable, the sea making a breach completely over her.
The captain and crew finding there was not the least hope of
sal ing the ship, took to a boat and left her to her fate, and
in a few minutes she began to break up and was soon com-
pletely to pieces. Out of the 12 persons comprising her crew
one only was saved (the boat having been swamped,) and
from his statement, made to the captain of another vessel,
the dove facts have been obtained. The boat was swamped
but a short distance from shore, and it is supposed that had
it not been for the intense fog the ill-fated crew would have
been able to gain the land. Captain Bradbury, althou,h
young, is said to have been a man of great experience, !ravine
commanded the same ship to New South Wales and bar k
three times, and was besides well acquainted with the coast
of which he has lost his life. The sister of Bradbury, who
lives in London, was about to go this last voyage with her
brother, and proceeded as far as Gravesend, when her fears
overcame her, and she went ashore. The Hamilton is in-
sured. The Gannet, Hunnum master, from Shields to Lon-
don, was totally wrecked on the 14th, having got on the
Whittakers in a fog. The crew were fortunately saved, but
the cargo (coal) and everything on board, as well as the ves-
sel, are entirely lost. Information was also received at
Lloyd's yesterday of the wreck of the Duchess of Buccleuch,
bound from Jamaica to Havannah. From the accounts re-
ceived it appears that the unfortunate vessel was driven on
the 14th of August on the Jardanillos, in the Gulf of Florida;
and, it being dreadful weather at the time, she became a
total wreck. The whole of the crew were saved, but the
cargo, said to be valuable is lost.—Times of yegterday.

STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY,

ON THE IST OP NOVENIDER, 1842,

(From the United Service Journal.)
[Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which
the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.]
Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park 40th Foot—Bombay ; Chatham
2d Ditto—Windsor 41st—Madras; Chatham
Royal 11. Guards—Regent's Park 42d—Cephalonia ; Stirling
Ist Dragn Gds.—Canada; York 43d—Canada; Enniskillen
2nd—Nottinghani 44th—Bengal; Chatham
3d—Birmingham 45th—Cork
4th—Dublin 46th—Barbadoes ; Templemore
sth—Dublin 47th—Berbice ; Castlebar
6th—Glasgow 48th—Gibraltar; Guernsey
7th—Cahir 49th—China; Chatham
Ist Dragoons—Manchester 50th—Bengal; Chatham
2d—Exeter 51st—N. South Wales; Chatham
3d—Bengal; Maidstone 52d—New Brunswick; Athlone
4th—Brighton 53d—Edinburgh
6th—Piershill 54th—Belfast
7th Hussars—Canada, York 55th—China; Chatham
Bth—Hounslow 56th—Birr
9th Lancers—Bengal; !Midst. 57th—Madras; Chatham
loth Hussars—Balincollig 58th—Dublin
1i th Light Dragoons, York 59th—Trinidad ; Jersey
12th Lancers—Dublin 60th(ist battalon.)— Manchester
13th Light Dragoons—lpswich (2d batt.)—Jamaica; Dublin
14th—Bombay; Maidstone 61st—Newcastle-on-Tyne
15th Hussars—Madras; M'stone 62d—Bengal ; Chatham
16th Lancers—Bengal; M'stone 63d—Madras ; Chatham
17th Lancers—Leeds 64th—America; Nenagh
Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.) 65th—Manchester
W ellington Barracks 66th—Glasgow
(2d batt.)—Canada 67th—Canada ; Youghall
(3d batt.)—Manchester 68th—Canada; Chester
Coldstream Guards—(lst batt.) 69th—New Brunswick ; Fermoy.
Portman-street. 70th—Canada ; Waterford
Scotch Fusileer Grds—(istbatt) 71st—Canada; Isle of Wight
St. George's Barracks 72d—Bolton
(2d batt.)—Tower 73d—Newport
Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Gibraltar 74th—Canada; Cashel
(2d batt.)—Canada ; Charles F. 75th—C. of G. Hope; Chatham
2d Foot—Bombay ; Chatham 76th—Halifax , Newry
3d—Bengal; Chatham 77th—Corfu; Sheerness
4th—Madras; Chatham 78th—Bombay; Chatham
sth—Gibraltar; Kilkenny 79th—Gibraltar; Aberdeen
6th—Gosport 80th—N. S. Wales; Chatham
7th—Gibraltar; Dover 81 st—A ntigua ; Athlone
Bth—Dublin 82d—Jamaica; Boyle
9th—Bengal ; Chatham 83d—Canada ; Armagh
10th—Bengal; Chatham 84th—Madras; Chatham
11th—Weedon. 85th—Canada; Limerick
12th—Mauritius; Weedon 86th—Bombay; Chatham
13th—Bengal; Chatham 87th—Mauritius; Hull
14th—Canada; Londonderry 88th—Malta; Longford
15th—Windsor 89th—Canada; Naas
16th—Portsmouth 90th—Ceylon ; Drogheda
17th—Aden ; Chatham 91st—Cape & St. Helena 1 LW.
18th—China Chatham 92d—Barbadoes ; Dundee
19th—Malta; Brighton 930—Canada; Paisley
loth—Bermuda; Isle of Wight 94th—Bombay; Chatham
21st—Bengal; Chatham 95th—Ceylon; Chatham
22d—Bombay; Chatham 96th—N.S. Wales ; Chatham
23d—Canada;
Isle of Wight 97th—Zante ; Dover
24th—Devenport 98th—China; Brecon
25th—C. Good Hope ; Chatham ggth—Chatham
26th—China; Chatham Rite Brigade (l st batt) —Malta
27th—C. Good Hope ; Mullingar (2d batt.)—Haiifax. N.S.
28th—N. S. Wales ; Chatham Colonial Corps
29th—Bombay ; Chatham Ist W. Ind. Regt.—Pemerara, &c
30th—Halifax; Galway 2nd—Jamaica
31st—Bengal; Chatham 3d—Sierra Leone
32d—Leeds Ceylon Rifles—Ceylon
33d—St. Vincent; Waterford Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape ,
34th—Northampton of Good Hope.
R. Canadian Rifle Reg.—Canada 35th—Mauritius; ; Clonmel
36th—Limerick Royal Newfd. Veteran Company
37th—Dublin

38th—Corfu; Hull
39th—Madras; ClMUlain

Royal NialiaFeneibles—Malta
St. Helena Regt,—St. Helena.

PRICES OF SHARES, NOVEMBER 17.
Prices within the last seven days. This days
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Price-.
Bolton and Preston
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 0 0 0
Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 45 0 0 ....
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto half
Ditto, new, issued at £33 dis .... 2 5 0 ....
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares.... 9 6 8 10 7 s
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto new shares 5 .... 4 15 0 ...
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 o
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 0 0 0
Half Shares 9 .... 0 0 0 .
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar
50 paid (I 0 0
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction
Ditto half shares
Quarter 2, .
New ditto.... 7 10..
Great Western 65 ....
Ditto new shares 5O ....
Ditto Fifth Shares...
Great North of England lOO ....
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston : 47 10 0
Ditto Junction, new . .
Leicester and Swannington 5O ....
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares
London and Birmingham 9O ....
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto new shares
Ditto new
London & Brighton
Ditto new
London and South Westtern 3g ....
Ditto, loth shares
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 4O ....
Ditto and Ditto Extension
Manchester and Leeds 7O • • • •
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shales ... 2 ....
Midland Counties
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Notch Midland
New North Midland 4O ....
One-third Shares
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ....
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Ulster 25
Paris and Rouen 2O ...
South Eastern and Dover 5O ....
New shares
York and North Midland 5O paid
Half Shares .. 15 ....
BANKS.
Bank of Liverpool
Borough Bank lO
Commercial of Liverpool 10 ....
Commercial of England. 5 ....
East of England lO ..
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M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 ....
Northern and Central
North and South Wales lO ....
Royal of Liverpool 500 ....
South Lancashire ..
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Liverpool Union lO ....
Liverpool Banking Co lO ....
Wilts and Dorset 7 10s.
GAS, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings £loo paid
L'pool and Harrington Water ) Stock ..
Works
Bootle Ditto
L'poo Gas Light Company,
(Original Stock) 100 ....
Ditto new Shares .... 100 ....
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .elOO
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
M'chester Assurance Company lO
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s.
Ocean Assurance
Liverpool Marine Assurance I 10 paid
an Compy
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c.
Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ss. 0 0 0 .
Rock Ferry
Steam Tug Company lO . . 0 0 0 .

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