The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-19 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

AYRSHIRE ELECTION.—We understand the canvass is
going on with great spirit, and that Saturday, the 27th instant,
has been fixed on as the day of nomination. The election to
take place on Monday and Tuesday following.—Scottish
Guardian.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the great seal, for granting the dignity of
a baron of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
unto the Right Hon. Sir Frederick James Lamb, G.C.B.
her Majesty's ambassador extraordinary to the court of
Vienna, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten,
by the name, style, and title of Baron Beauvale, of Beauvale,
in the county of Nottingham.
It is rumoured, and we fear truly, that the Queen will not
take up her residence at the castle until August next, her
Majesty having, it is stated, abandoned the intention of pass-
ing a short time at the castle just previously to and during
the race week at Ascot. We learn that the sojourn of the
Queen at the "royal residence at Windsor " will then pro-
bably be prolonged from August to the following February.—
Windsor Journal.
The Council of the Administration des Ponts et Chauss6es
has just decided that the basin of the Florida, at Havre, shall
be put in a fit state for the provisional reception of steamers of
large dimensions, with a 63 feet sluice at the entrance. This
is a measure for which the town of Havre has long been pe-
tioning, in order that large steamers for the American packet
service may be established there, the existing docks not allow-
ing of the entrance of such steamers as the Great Western,
Liverpool, &c.

PAGANINI Is DYING.—The physicians despair of being
able to prolong the days of this eminent artist, who appears to
have lived for some time past by po itive enchantment. It is
said that Paganini will leave a fortune of ten millions of francs
(X 400,000), which, according to his last. intention, will be di-
vided among his musical colleagues both in France and Italy,
whose number is rated at between 700 and 800. We hope
that his will, which is intended to produce so great a sensa-
tion, may be opened as late as possible.—France Musicale.
A HINT TAKEN.—About a fortnight ago, Mr. Francis
Brount, of Cowley, near Dronfield, purchased some seed oats
in Chesterfield market, which were placed in his barn the
same day. On entering the barn the' following morning, he
discovered that a sack and four bushels of oats had been
stolen. Suspicion fell upon some persons in the neighbour-
hood, to whom Mr. Brount paid a visit, hinting his intention
of endeavouring to find out the rogues, and describing the
consequences that would follow detection. To his surprise,
on the next morning the stolen property was found against
the house door.
Pious MUNIFICENCE.—The Earl of Stamford and War-
rington has, with h's accustomed liberality, undertaken to
repair, at his sole expense, the fine old parish church at
Ashton, which has fallen into great decay. The work
will be conducted according to the plans and under the
superintendence of our townsman E. Sharpe, Esq., whose
skill in church architecture is so abundantly attested in the
frequent calls that are made upon his services. As one of
the conditions of the restoration of Ashton church, the in-
habitants are to form a cemetery (the ground for which Lord
Stamford gives), and erect a suitable chapel.—Lancaster
Gazette.

On the evening of the 4th inst., the inhabitants of Nismes
witnessed a very rare phenomenon in a magnificent quintuple
rainbow, forming a complete semi-circle, the diameter of
which ran from the equinoctial point to the south-west. The
colours of the principal or internal bow were red, orange,
yellow, and green, were continued quite down to the horison,
and were very vivid ; the external or false rainbow filled a
wider space, but the rays of light were less brilliant. Three
imperfect bows of a purple colour, tending to violet, were seen
in the interval, near the summit of the principal bow, but
much less distinct. They disappeared gradually as the sun
sank below the horizon.

REPRESENTATION OF LElTH.—There are many rumours
afloat on this subject, which place at least four candidates in
the field—the Solicitor-General, the Hon. J. E. Murray, a
Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Gladstone. Placards have been
posted up, in the name of the Solicitor-General ; but we are
inclined to believe that this step has been taken without con-
sulting him. The circumstance, however, indicates an under-
standing in some quarters, that in the case of the present
Lord Advocate being raised to the bench, Mr. Rutherford,
as his successor, will be likely to stand for Leith. We be-
lieve we may safely say, that Mr. Murray, who is very
anxious that no act of his should be the means of creating a
division among reformers, has no intention of coming for-
ward for this constituency, in the case of an early vacancy.—
Scotsman.

A NARROW ESCAPE.—On Monday se'nnight, as Mr. J.
Horrocks; of Buckland, who had been dining at Wodley-
house, the seat of Mr. T. M. Goodlake, was returning home
in a fly, the driver got down from the box to open one of the
turnpike gates ; the horses went off at full speed along the
avenue into the turnpike road, and before the driver could
overtake them turned in the direction of Faringdon,.to which
place they continued their course, dashing down the hill at
a fearful rate into the centre of the town, amidst the sheep-
pens erected for the cattle market on the following day, and
ran with great violence against•the gates of the Crown Hotel,
which happened to be closed, and bursting them open pro-
ceeded quietly to the stable doors, where they were soon af-
terwards released from the carriage, and 1".1r. Horrocks from
his perilous %situation. We are happy, ! owever, in stating
that Mr. Horrocks sustained not the slightest injury.—Berk-
shire paper.

EARTHQUAKES.—The fol!owing details of 22 shocks of
earthquake which were felt at the end of the last, and in the
first quarter of the present year, near St. Jean de Maurienne,
in Savoy, are given by the Re'parateur de Lyon :—" On De-
cember 19, February 28, and March 1,6, 10, 12, 16. and 18,
there was one shock each day ; on March 2, there were two
shocks; on February 27, and. March 13, three shocks; and
od March 17, six shocks. Out of the whole, six were rather
violent, and all their oscillations appeared to run from the
north, the west, or the south-east. The vibrations extended
from St. Michael to La Chappelle, including 34 communes.
It appears also that they extended throughout the chain of
Alps, which divide Italy from France ; from St. Remy
to St. Sorlin d' Arves, and thence to Valloire. Out of
the 22 shocks it was obsert'ed that only seven took plac,Q in
the day time, and not one when the weather was rainy." A
slight shock of an earthquake was felt last Wednesday at
Grenoble, in a direction from east to west. The vibrations
were sufficiently strong to shake the furniture in the houses,
but no claniage was occasioned.
PitaSlNT Eno rERSIA..—A splendid cadeau from
the Persian court to her Majesty Queen Victoria has just
reached this country by the Hermes steamer. It consists of
between 50 and GO shawls, woven in the looms of Shiraz and
Ispahan, and exhibiting proofs of skill and taste that fully
authwrise the Schah to anticipate a favourable reception for
the " rich gifts" he has transmitted. The borders of some
exhibit, in all its details, a triumphal procession : trains of
camels and Arab steeds, sumptuously caparisoned—elephants
carrying palanquins, musicians gathered in groups, and the
countless attendants of mighty chiefs, being all pourtrayed
with equal fidelity and splendour. These striking and com-
plicated objects are woven in the most exquisite colours, with
perfect accuracy of outline, and present a combination of
forms and hues, blended into one great ensemble of beauty,
with which the workmanship of Europe would, perhaps,
strive in vain to compete.

NATIONAL CONVENTION.—Letters have been received by
Lovatt, the secretary, from Worcester, Dunfermline, and
Stirling, announcing that the working classes in those places
repudiate the principles of the revolutionists. The letter
from Worcester states that it is impossible to collect the rent
there. That from Dunfermline states that treason must be
in the camp, and that if the destructives and levellers assem-
bled in Bolt-court recommend physical force, they need not
reckon on the working men of that town. The letter from
Stirling announces that the working classes will seek their
rights solely through constitutional means. A communica-
tion has also been received from Salisbury, stating that every
means have been in vain tried to form the working men of
that place into an association in connexion with the conven-
tion. No landlord could be found to grant them a room, no
printer to print the bills, nor a crier to announce a meeting ;
and that of 50 men who had declared themselves favourable
to the charter principles, 44 had deserted them.—Evening
• paper.

THE WEATHER, &C. IN SCOTLAND.—Since the com-
mencement of the month, the weather, although sometimes
intensely cold, has been favourable for rural operations.
From all parts of the country we learn that the last was a
busy week. A great deal of land has been sown down with
beans and oats, and the soil was never found to work more
kindly. In some places potatoes, both early and late, have
been committed to the ground ; and, in the course of a few
days, the fields will be ready for the reception of barley
upon forward farms. It prognosticates well that a dry bed
has been found. Vegetation, indeed, was for some time at a
stand ; but this is the less to be regretted, as all the early
herbage is in such a state of forwardness as to be speedily
recoverable. In the gardens all the fruit gives early token
of a good crop. Early pease, in some gardens, are a good
way above ground, and relays are coming forward in succes-
sion. Since Thursday the weather has been admirably fitted
for agricultural operations. The mornings have been frosty,
but throughout the day the genial beams of the sun have
produced something like a good spring heat.—Scottish
Guardian.

To,rvloTtimis.—Not long since, at Sunning, Berks, a little
boy, of five years old, being in a violent passion, his mother
locked him into a room by himself, and left him crying vio-
lently. In a little while, his cries suddenly ceased ; she
thought he was good ; went to let him out ; to her horror and
anguish she found the -Child dead,—black in the face—suffo-
cated.! It was currently reported that the boy had killed
himself by perversely holding his breath; an incredible
feat for an infant of five years of age to perform. The fact
is, children are very apt, in the paroxysms of violent crying
and languishing, to be unable to get their breath, and often
suffer agonies in consequence. It is a real kindness, then,
in any person, happening to be by, to give, by a light shake,
or blow lon the back, 'a counter-shock, to over-stretched na-
ture; which instantly restores the power of breathing. Some
recommend in preference to a shake, or blow, instant immer-
sion of the Sufferer's hand and arm, in cold Water. The little
boy at Sunning, was, without donbt, suffocated, because no
one was with him again to set going his suspended breath.
THE KIEKINTILLOCH CIIILD.—On Friday, the present
nurse of the extraordinary child, which was said to have been
kept in a barrel for years by its unnatural parent, and fed on
coarse food until it became -like one of the inferior animals,
passed through the city with her little charge in her arms, on
her way on business to Paisley. It came out among some
females who are fond of gossip, that this was " the Kirkin-
tilloch child that was kept five years in a barrel," and the
intelligence having been communicated from one to another
with the rapidity Of thought, a crowd sooncollected, so large
that the good-natured nurse found it impossible to proceed,
until she obtained the assistance of the police, who conducted
her to the police-office, whither the people followed in great
numbers, and collected about the building in order to obtain
a glimpse of "the wonderful child." There was really no-
thing remarkably striking to be seen about the boy. He is
pretty much like other children—not to appearance so old as
five, but seemingly about three years of age, able to walk a
little, and articulate " mamma." There are several marks
of sores, which have healed sometime ago, on his head: his
figure is shrunken, his limbs, though slender, quite supple
and not ill-formed. Under the same fostering care for a few
years, perhaps months, the little unfortunate may become a
very fine boy.—Scottish Guardian.
Goon OLD Swaps.— In several recent numbers of that
invaluable maritime journal, the Shipping and Mercantile
Gazette, various interesting statements on the subject of
good old ships have appeared. The following account may
be amusing to readers who are curious in such matters. There
are at present twenty sea-going vessels belonging to the port
of Sunderland, " the united ages of which amount to 892
years," their average ages being 424 years, as will be seen
by the following table :
Ships. Built. Age.
Edward 1763 .. 76

Ships.
Eleanor 1797
Albion lBOl
Alexander.. lBO4
Betsy 1804
Freedom . • • 1804
Mary lBO4
Flora lBO5
Betsy....
Barbara

Concord...
Busick .. .

1772 .. 67
1776 .. 63

Loyalty 1785 .
Minerva 1790 .

Hunter ...
Resource .

1791 .. 48
1794 .. 45

Mary .... 1795 .. 44
New Concord 1796 .. 43
Symmetry .... 1797 .. 42
Argo ......:..1795 .. 42 I 892
In addition to the above, many old vessels, built at Sunder-
land, and which sailed out of this port for many years,.have
lately been sold to other ports, and are, therefore, accredited
to the ports to which they at present belong. Nearly all the
above-named vessels were built at Sunderland ; and their
durability may be taken as a fair specimen of the quality of
the ships.built at this port.—Sunderland Herald.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.

(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, tirc.
Herculean, J Grindall, 317 Bombay, T& J Brocklebank
Two Sisters, T Tinley, 401 Cape of Good Hope, J Aikin & Son
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.
Blackaller, G A Cockrain, 136 Hayti, Imrie & Tomlinson
Halcyon; W Le Lacheur, 118 St Thomas, W Rose & Co

SOUTH AMERICA.
Conti Ortenburg, D Vucavich, 280 Bahia, Hadfield, Wood & Co
Rival, T Keswick, 403 Rio Janeiro, Moon Brothers

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UNITED STATES.
Europe, W Drummond, sgs New York, Hughes, Cowie & Co
Caledonia, H Coffin, 620 New York, A Dennistoun &Co
Shakspeare, E Cornell, 749 New York, Wildes, Pickersgill &Co
Katherine Jackson, J G Dorry, 456 New York, Baring Brs &Co
Chevalier, J Knight, 522 Philadelphia, G Brown
Medora, S C Turner, 481 Philadelphia, Kirby, Sc &Co

BRITISH AMERICA.
Kent, J Elder, 328 Miramichi, Morrison Bros or Anderson
Hope, W Sheridan, 158 Nfld & Quebec, Harrison & Co or J Day
Fisher, J Sewell, 126 Nfld & Quebec, Graham & Co or J Day
Scipio, H Greggs, 186 Mid & Quebec, W Tarbet or J J Day
Venture, R. Wilson, 303 Quebec, Galt & Bard'

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 15.
There has been an increase of Beasts at market to-day, and the
quality generally pretty good the demands have been large, there
being many country buyers present, who bought largely. In the
early part of the day Beasts sold readily at last week's prices, but
towards the close of the market Beef of middling and ordinary
quality was bought at 1d per lb less ; but from the great increase in
numter, and the very heavy prices, there have been a good few
Beasts, of middling and ordinary quality, left unsold. The supply
of Sheep has been rather less than the preceding week, and prices
much about the same ; good Sheep were eagerly sought after, and
all sold up at an early hour. The best Beef may be quoted at from
6id to nd (saving a few of very extraordinary quality, which were
sold as high as 70) middling pid, and ordinary at a shade less.
Good Wether Mutton sold readily at Bd, middling and ordinary 72d
to 7id per lb sinking the offal.—Number of Beasts, 1318 ; Sheep,
2524.