The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-18 00:00:00

CORN TRADE

The flour market continues inactive. Few sales are made
at six dollars a barrel, and even a little under. There are
orders here from England, but not so high as the present
prices. Sales of wheats have been made this week at one dol.
25 cents up to one dollar 28 cents a bushel.
Nearly every market, north, south, and east of us, are in
the same condition as this. Small sales and declining prices.
At Baltimore on the 20t1,, flour was quoted at 5,87 dollars to
six dollars a barrel—at Boston on the 24th. at 6,37 dollars—
at Mobile on the 22d, at 7,25 dollars, and New Orleans on
the 15th, at 6,25 dollars. The supply everywhere is good.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

(From the o.zford Herald.)

VAUGHAN EXHIBITION IN THE UNIVERIIITY OF OXFORD

The examtnation of Candidates for this EXHIBITION Will
commence at Oxford, on Thursday, the 24th day of Fehruary
next.

Candidates are required to "the sons of freeholders of
the county of Merioneth, in North Wales, or natives of that
county, or natives of any other county in England or Wales,
one of whose parents shall be a native of the said county of
Merioneth."

Yesterday being the first day of Hilary Term, the follow-
ing degrees were conferred:—

S OF ARTS

Samuel Wuldegravc, Fellow of All Souls College.
Henry William Cripps, Fellow of New College.
Rev. George Townshend Driffield, Fellow of Brasenose
College.

William Edward Buckley, Fellow of Brasenose College
Albany James Christie, Fellow of Oriel College.
Rev. Thomas Redhead Branfoot, Trinity College.
BAcHELon,s OF ARTS.

Newnham Thomas Travers, Scholar of Lincoln College.
William Frederick Everest, Magdalane Hall.
John William Kirkham, Jesus College.
TILE VACANT BttnoPate.—The Cambridge papers tell us
Dr. French, the Master of Jesus College, is to he the new
bishop ; the Globe names Dr. Hook and Dr. Wordsworth ;
soma papers put in a claim for Archdeacon Lynn ; others say
Mr. Peel, the premier's brother, a Canon of Canterbury,
will be the person ; and we have seen a letter setting forth
the merits of Mr. Tyler, of St. Giles's, London, and another
setting forth the peculiar fitness of Mr. Yates, of St. Giles's,
Reading, a relative of Sir Robert Peel, and a distinguished
scholar whilst at Baliol. Our own opinion is that Dr. Chand-
ler, of New College, the present Dean of Chichester, is the
most likely person to succeed his old friend Dr. Shuttleworth
in that see.

THE ELECTION FOR THE PROFESSORSHIP OF POETRY.—
Although many of the public papers have positively stated
that the 26th is the day appointed to decide the contest, it
will he remembered that no day has been authoritatively an-
nounced ; we now believe we may state, without any fear of
misleading our readers, that the election will take place on
Thursday, the 27th, at ten o'clock. The delay in fixing the
exact day arose from the uncertainty that prevailed as to the
day of the royal christening, which it now appears will take
place on the 25th. _ _ _ _ _

The Rev. 1-1. Downing, MA., of Trinity College, has been
presented to the curacy of Wolverley, Worcestershire,
The Rev. Nathaniel Davies, 8.A., of Pembroke College,
has been presented to the prebend of St. Nicholas Penffoes,
in the Cathedral Church of St. David's.

The Rev.:;. H. Haskins, 8.A., of Queen's College, has
been appointed assistant minister of Mary's Episcopal Cha-
pel, Reading.
The Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse, of Brazenose College,
D.C.L., formerly under-secretary of state for the home de-
partment, has been appointed on the commission of enquiry
into the exchequer-bill fraud, &c., in the room of Lord Ash-
burton.

The recorder of Exeter (Francis Newman flogers, Esq.,
M.A., gentleman commoner of Oriel College) has received
the valuable appointment of Deputy-Judge-A dvccate-Gene-
ral, in the room of the late Mr. Sergeant Arabin.

PROMOTIONS

Rev. Stuart Corbett, M.A., son of Archdeacon Corbett,
D.D., of Merton College, to the rectory of Ordsall, Not-
tinghamshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. F. Foxlowe ;
patron, Lord Wharncliffe.
J. P. Birkett. 8.A.. of Jesus College, Cambridge, has been
appointed by Dr. Wordsworth to the Mathematical Master-
ship at Harrow, vacated by_the Rev. J. W. Colenso, M.A.

Rev. Edmund Melvill, M.A., Chaplain to the BishOP'Of
St. David's, to the Prebend of Mathry.
Rev. J. H. Buxton, M.A. to the Vicarage of Britford,
Wilts, vacant by the death of Rev. R. Nlorres : patrons,
the Dean and Chapter of Sarum.
Rev. E. James, 8.A., late of Corpus Christi College, Cam-
bridge, to the Vicarage of Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, void
by the cession of the Rev. David James, Vicar of Llanwyn-
nog : patron, the Bishop of Bangor.
Rev. H. Williams, for many years Curate of Llangevelach,
to that Vicarage, void by the death of the Rev. Evan Lloyd :
patron, the Bishop of St. David's.
Rev. R. H. Gwyer, to the Curacy of Aylmerton, with
Runton, Norfolk.

Rev. A. Wenman Langton, to the Rectory of Kempstone,
Norfolk : patron, the Earl of Leicester.
Rev. S. B. Hemming, fo the Rectory of Caldecote, War-
wickshire : patron, D. Heming, Esq.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT THROUGH SNOWBALLS.—On Thurs-
day afternoon, between four and five o'clock, as some boys
were amusing themselves in Salisbury-square, Fleet-street,
London, by throwing snowballs, a lad named Cooper, aged
ten years, received one of them in his eyes. The ball having
been throw❑ with considerable violence, literally crushed the
poor boy's eye in its socket, and inflicted a severe wound
above the lid, whence the blood flowed profusely. On being
conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vicinity,
the wounds were dressed, but there is scarcely a hope enter-
tained that the lad will ever recover the use of his eye. There
is little doubt but that, in the hasty construction of the snow-
ball, a sharp stone had been inadvertently introduced, and
•as thus the cause of the accident.

THE MURDER AT WHIXALL.—Since the committal of
Thomas and Mary Harries, charged with the wilful murder
of Ellen Williams (the mother of the female prisoner), by
poison, a number of circumstances have come to light, which
lead to a suspicion that the first wife of the male prisoner,
Thomas Harries, came to her death by unfair means. We
are informed, that in the month of February, 1837, the pri-
soner's first wife died suddenly about a fortnight or three
weeks after her confinement ; and that on that occasion, his
present wife—then Mary Williams—acted as nurse. On that
day, Harries left his house after breakfasting with his wife,
for the purpose of going to Ellesmere Port; and on the road
he is said to have expressed to a companion his belief that
his wife was dead or soon would be. In addition to this, it
is stated that he expressed much anxiety to have her buried
as speedily as possible; and in a few months after, he mar-
ried his present wife. This intelligence having reached the
ears of Mr. Dickin, the coroner who held the inquest on
Mrs. Williams, he lost no time in communicating it to the
magistrates, who deemed it adviseable that the body of the
deceased should be exhumed, if it is not too much decayed,
in order to ascertain whether any poison remained in the
stomach. As this proceeding is likely to be attended with
difficulty, a communication was sent to the highest legal au-
thorities. On Thursday, the Hon. Thomas Kenyon received
a letter from Lord Chief Justice Denman on the subject,
containing directions as to the proper course to be pursued.
The body will therefore be disinterred, and a careful exami-
nation made as soon as possible. The medical gentlemen are
of opinion, that if the coffin was a good one, and the soil of
the churchyard tolerably dry, the corpse will not, as yet, have
undergone so much decomposition asto prevent the detection
of arsenic in the stomach, should that poison have been ad-
ministered; arsenic having the property of preserving the
parts in contact with it for a lengthened period. Great
anxiety is felt for the result of the investigation.—Shropshire
Come, vat ive.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
DI:TROTT" S NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT,

'THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th instant,
and t,nring the week, the magnificent Equestrian and
Dramatic Spectacle, entitled

THE MULETEER'S HORSE OF THE PYRENEES
On, THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT.

Principal characters by Messrs. Howard. Broadfoot, Hil-
lier, Weston, and Le Petit Ducrow, Mrs. Weston, and Mrs.
Emery.

To he guceeeded
DT CROW'S SCENES OF THE CIRCLE,

Presenting a new Equestrian Pageant, introducing Signor
lIILLinn, with the whole of the Male and Female Eques-

trians, as The Greeks of the Morea ; or, the Spartan
Trainer and Moslem Captives.
Le Petit DUCKOW, accompanied by Masters C. and H.
ADAMS, will appear as The African Springers!
Mademoiselle SUSANNE will make her first appearance as
The Girl of Thessaly.
Mr. HICKEN will appear in the Extravaganza of The Pea-
sant's Frolic; or, Adonis at the Chase.
Le Petit DUCROW will appear, with the INFANT PUPILS, in
the Scene of Cupid in the Soot Bag; or, Love was a Mis-

ehievous Boy.
Mr. STICKNEY will execute his Pantomimic Scene, on a
Sinele llorse, as The Troubadour of Naples.
The whole to conclude with the favourite Burletta Spectacle,

entitled
TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK.
Dick Turpin
. . . . . .

Private Boxes may be obtained nightly for Families on ap-
plication to 114 r. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office, from Eleven
until Three o'clock.

Doors to be opened at Half•past Six, and the Perform-
ances to commence at Seven o'clock precisely.

The PUBLIC are most respectfully informed that a
GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL
Will be given, in the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, on the
joyful occasion of the
CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES,
ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, the 25TH INSTANT.
An ingenious mechanical arrangement has been made for
the purpose of covering the Circle, ticlosing the Stage, and
converting the whole ex tens!ve area into the most magnificent
Ball-Room in the kingdom in the course of a few minutes.
Admission by Ticket only.
Quadrille and Promenade Bands will attend.
Tickets to be obtained from Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-

office.
Gentleman's Ticket, ss. ; Lady's, 3s. ; Double Tickets
for a Lady and Gentleman, 7s.