The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ir appears that the expense of printing and stationery for
public departments for the present year will amount to
£300,470.

GOBLETS made of quassia wood are now sold at the :Fleading
druggists' shopsin New York. Water is poured into them,
which, after 'being left for some minutes, is drank, as a cure
for dyspepsia.
Ar inhabitant of Corfu, who some time ago returned from
Spitzbergen after an absence of twenty-eight years, "found his
wife in good health, but the widow of three husbands.
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THE TOWN' Ootracm OF GLar.row propose to pave twenty
miles of the streets of that city with the most dural le. descrip-
tion of granite, at a cost of £180;000.
AT TIDE HAX4III7R,G THEATazia.fountain has been erected
in the middle. of the orchestra;qt will play timing the acts,
and is intended to cool the house. The mui3iciansare arranged
on each side•af`t.

TIIE bodyof a respectable arid wealthy ! femaie,was found
in a house in 'London, on Thursday, in an advanced ..state of
decomposition. it is supposed that she had been poisoned by
a sham doctor; who had promised to marry her.
REWARD :Or 'Manix.—A gold: edal has been Awarded by
the French government to Captain Corrie, of the English ship
Robert Fannie, of 'Dumfries, far having, in-May 1a1.3t, rescued
the crew of the Louis le Grand, of Bordeaux.

THE Qur.Ert has sent a check of £5O to Mr. Middleton,
station-master, at Banchory,of the Deeside railway, ,tts a reward
for his exertions, in " expressing" the news of the-fall of Se-
bastopol to Balmoral.
WE have much pleasure in observing that the-Senate of the
Brazilian Government at Rio has approved of a. bill making
provision for the payment of the prize-money so long due to
Admiral the Earl of Dundonald.—United Service Gazette.

The Vienna Press states a waterspout of ,a destructive
character occurrceuear Massling, in Germany, en the sth
inst. Bridges, Mills, and houses 'were destroyed. There are
from seventy to eighty persons missing, and forty persons have
already been found. rowned.
HER 31.1 TESTY has signified •her intention of -.granting .a
pension of £3O per annum to the widow of William Haigh,
who lost his life while endeavouring to lubricate 'the axle of
one of the carriages during the Royal journey to Scotland on
the 6th inst.

AT WARSAW, Prince Gortschakoff has been caricatured.
His likeness was lithographed thus.:—From one corner of his
mouth issued "orders;" from another, "counter-orders;"
while upon his helmet is the .word "disorder." at is not
I,eften that Russians, and-still:loss Poles, dare venture to act in
tthis way.
A WAGON laden with.muslins, calicoes, and other artidesuf
-the same kind, unaccountably ,caught fire on the road from
:Rouen to Caen, on Sunday week. The whole of the goods,
About 10,000 francs in ,value, were consumed, the dtiver
having barely time to take out the:horses.

Jac consequence of the Wersellers,of Brussels having raised
the price of beer from twelve to fourteen centimes, a riot took
place on Sunday evening Jest. Some of the rioters were
arrested, and are to be prosecuted. The government also
intends to prosecute the beersellers, for illegal combination.
CONXE,A.BAND OF WAR.—" A Sunderland• man," writing
to a contemporary, under date of the 18th instant, says :—" At
the present time there are many thousand tons of pig iron
lying on-the quays of the Sunderland Dock; this iron is being
(and has been during the year) shipped to Stettin. The cap-
tains of the Prussian vessels say, We carry it to Prussia, it
then walks .off to Russia."'

SCOTTISH ,CENTRAL RAILWAY.—By the balf-yearly report
we find that £17,150 was expended on capital during that pe-
riod. The balance due on capital is £88,406. The total re-
ceipts for the half-year were £66,066; the working expenses
£25,385. The disposable balance amounts to £25,897. The
directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, payable ou the 2nd October. The reserve fund is
£30,192.

A ViiRYPRETTT ANRCDOTE is going the rounds of fashionable
society ii Paris. The Empress said to the Prince of Wales,
" I should-like to give you something before you leave Paris ;
can you think what it shall be ?" "A looking-glass," replied
the Prince." "And why a looking-glass ?" exclaimed the
Empress. " Because," rejoined the Prince, " I should know
it had reflected yourself; and I should prize it accordingly."
ANOTHER MURDER AT BRlSTOL.—Bristol is becoming
rather noted for serious crimes, On the 19th inst. another
case occurred. John Hale, a seaman, engaged on board a
coasting vessel, called the Cardiff Trader, was murdered by a
seaman named George Newman, who is also engaged on board
the same vessel. The deceased and prisoner had quarrelled in
a public-house, and Hale was struck with a poker on the head,
causing death in a few hours.
THE ILLITUINITION IN LEEDS.—Leeds probably (says the
Mercury) never so generally, so spontaneously, so heartily
rejoiced as it did on Monday night. The invitation of the
Mayor to the inhabitants to illuminate their houses and places
of business in honour of the downfal of Sebastopol was re-
sponded to with an alacrity and a unanimity that was little
less than marvellous. The rejoicing was confined to no sect,
or party, or class, or calling, or station—each householder,
shopkeeper, millowner, merchant, professional man, and banker,
appeared to be actuated by one spirit—the desire to do honour
to the great victory that has crowned the arms of the allies.
Roar OF ENGLAND.—On Thursday a meeting of the pro-
prietors of the Bank of England, took place in the Bank
Parlour. The governor said he had to acquaint the meeting
that the present was a quarterly general court, appointed by
charter, and a half-yearly court under the bye-laws for making
a dividend. The net profits to the 30th of August last
amounted to £587,032 ss. 3d., making the amount of rest
£3,605,170 7s. 6d. After paying a dividend of £4 per cent.,
the rest would be £3,023,050 7s. 6d. The directors, therefore,
proposed a dividend of £4 per cent. on interest and profits
to the 31st of August, without deduction on account of
income tax,