The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-01 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Marquis of Westminster's colt, which is to run for
he Derby, has been named by his lordship, `The Sleight of
Eland.'

Lord Chesterfield has consented to continue the mastership
of the Pytchley hounds during the next season.

Mr. Ellice, it is said, has sold his seignory of Beanharnois,
Ln Lower Canada, to Mr. Kingscote,' one of the partners' in
the firm of Messrs. Ladbroke and Co.

As one among many other singular coincidences, there is
at this time a man named Cain Able, keeping the "Adam
and Eve" tavern, in Norwich.

The Dowager Countess of Sefton has presented Mr. Moore,
the medical attendant of the late Earl, with the munificent
sum of £l5OO, in addition to his bill, and a salary of £5OO a

The amount of revenue collected at the ports of Quebec
and Montreal, for the year ending January 5, 1839, is stated
to exceed that of the preceeding year by the sum of £46,000.
WHITE HARE.-Mr. Daniel Boote killed at Shocklach, a
perfectly white hare, with a white puppy greyhound, only six
months old. The prize is entrusted to Mr. Wharton, of the
Carden Arms, Tilston, to stuff and preserve.

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—We hear that a case of fire-
arms has been received in one of the Townships of this par-
ish, for the use of the chartists, out of whose hard earnings
they have been purchased !—Bradford Observer.
It is rumoured in the legal circles that Mr. Duckworth,
the member for Leicester, is to succeed Francis Cross, Esq.
(resigned) as one of the masters of the High Court of Chan-
cery. The reduced emoluments of the office are £2OOO per
annum, paid by a salary.—Evening Paper.
DECREASE OF WILD DUCKS.--It is a general complaint
along the whole Lincolnshire coast, that very few wild ducks
have visited it this winter, scarcely a bird being now discern-
ible on spots that were last year covered with whole flocks of
their feathered fraternity.

During the forenoon service on Sunday, at. St. Paul's Ca-
thedral, the congregation were thrown into alarm by the fal-
ling of the cornices of one of the pillars that support the stu-
pendous dome into the.aisle with). loud crash. Fortunately
no one was near the spot at the time.

NEW MAGISTRATES.—On Monday morning last, being
the first day of the pepding intermediate sessions, for the
hundred of Salford, Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq. of
Longford, near this town, and James Kershaw, Esq. of
Manchester, came upon the bench, took the required oaths,
and qualified as magistrates of this County.—Man. Guard.
The Birmingham Railway, with all its pretended success,
has only paid a dividend of three-and-a-half per cent. for
eighteen months. The number of passengers have dimin-
ished 147 a day since the whole line has been opened, in con-
sequence, no doubt, of the misconduct and incivility of the
servants employed upon it.—United Service Gazette.

Sir R. Peel, whose views upon the corporation question
both in Great Britain and Ireland, have been comprehensive
and far-reaching, warned the House of Commons, that in
adopting the English bill, they were substituting one set of
nuisances for another. How faithfully this 'prediction has
been fulfilled is known to every one whose misfortune it is to
live in an English municipal town.
It is currently reported, says the Staffordshire Advertiser,
that the Hon. Frederick Ryder, son of the Earl of Harrowby,
is likely to offer himself as a second Conservative candidate
for the borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, whenever a dissolution
takes place, should Mr. Davenport resign. The friends of
Mr. Ayshford Wise assert that the requisition to him has met
with a most favourable reception amongst the electors.
A LOGICAL BARBER.—During the famous gale on Plough
Monday, a hairdresser, of Monkwearmouth Shore, walked
down to the Wear, to witness the destruction in progress on
the river ; and while he was contemplating the ravages of the
storm, some one came running up to him and exclaimed,
`• Ye'd mair need be at yem—yer shop's blawn doon !"
" Gart! man !" cooly replied the barber, " hoo can that be,
when I've the key in my pocket ?"
One of the Trowbridge chartists, with a stupidity as to the
matter of consequences well befitting such persons, this week,
actually charged a man, before the magistrates of the above
place, with stealing a pike from him ! The instrument was
produeed, and it proved to be a weapon similar to those used
in the Irish rebellion, having attached to it a sharp hook,
intiended to cut horses' reins. The depositions taken in this
case, have been forwarded to the home office. It is said that
the chartists generally, in Trowbridge and its vicinity, are
furnished with these deadly instruments.—Devises Gazette.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The architect,
Mr. Bary, and the two professors of geology, Dr. Smith, and
M. De la Roche, who proceded to the north of England, and
the west of Scotland, to select the granite to be used in the
construction of the new edifices, have completed their report,
which is to be forthwith presented to the building committee
of the house. The embankment wall is nearly completed ;
but no time has yet been named for .laying the foundation
stone, and it has been calculated by those persons most con-
versant with the subject, that eight or ten years will elapse,
before the completion of the new houses. The lease of the
temporary offices in Great George-steeet and Parliament-street
will be renewed.—Morning Herald.
PETITION.—The following appears in the votes of the
House of Commons ;---Corn laws against repeal. Matthias
Saul, of the borough and town of Lancaster, joiner and
builder. The petitioner, Matthias Saul, complains that at
the late meeting at Lancaster on the subject of the corn laws,
he dared not express his sentiments, or move any resosution ;
he humbly prays that if protection be withdrawn from the
landowner anthagriculturist, all protecting duties may be re-
pealed, and especially that the borough and market tolls in
every town in England may be repealed, as such tolls are ex-
ceedingly oppressive to farmers and others bringing goods to
market, and raise the price of provisions without producing
any corresponding benefit."
AN " IRISH FARMER" says—" The coaching interest of
England used nearly 400,000 horses at work ; allow about
the same for post work—so that there were nearly 800,000
horses at work, each consuming nearly three acres of produce
(one of hay and two of corn), making altogether 2,400,000
acres for their support. From the different railroads that are
now in progress of completion, seven-eighths of the horses
will cease to be required, thus leaving 2,100,000 acres to bear
corn : admit each acre to bear a quarter, thus you will have
2,100,000 quarters of corn more in the year '42 than you had
in '3B, which is a larger supply than what we received this
year from the Continent."
RimioNism.—ln consequence of the magistrates having
received private information, that there was to be a meeting
of Ribbon delegates, somewhere near the junction of the
counties of Donegal, Leitrim and Fermanagh, upon the night
of the 4th inst., a body of police from each of these counties
en fit tne delegates with all their books, papers, and
paraphernalia, were captured and safely lodged in Carrick-
on-Shannon gaol. On the next night the police prosecuted
their search in another direction, but those whom they sought,
hed, no doubt, received notice of the capture of their com-
panions, as they had fled the country.—Fermanaghßeporter.
THE PERCUSSION Locx.—An order has been received to
supply two companies of royal marines at the Portsmouth
division with percussion muskets. Various trials have been
set on foot, and still continue, at Southsea Castle, under the
superintendence of Captains Ballingall and Carter, in wet and
windy weather, during frost and snow; also in discharges of
repeated succession without any cleaning. The same prac-
tice is had recourse to on the ground, at the same time, with
an equal number of files armed with the common musket,
and discharging the same number of loadings. Col. Jones;
the commandant of the division, is very desirous that the flint
lock should have every• chance, and has directed that the
officers superintending during their experiments shall be sup-
plied with new muskets.—United Service Gazeite.
ADMIRAL SIR C. PAGET.—Letters from Jamaica inform
us that Sir C. Paget has been seriously attacked with yellow
fever, and that for three days his death was hourly antici-
pated : he had, however, fortunately recovered, and was re-
moved to Bermuda on the 10th Jan. in the Tartarus steamer.
Of the admiral's suite of twenty persons left with him, no
less than six had died, including Dr. Scott, the surgeon. The
influence of the disease on the admiral had the extraordinary
effect of removing 211 paralytic and rheumatic affection, but
rendered him extremely weak and languid : he was, however,
we are happy to state, recovering rapidly.—Hampshire Te-
legraph.
STATE OF TRADE.—There was yesterday a slight im-
provement in the demand both for yarn and goods, and par-
ticularly for heavy shirtings and domestics, which have been
for some time in an exceedingly depressed state. Rather
more business was done than on the preceding Tuesday ; but
there was no material improvement in prices, which continue
unremunerating in almost all branches of the cotton trade.
The working of short time is consequently extending with
considerable rapidity in all parts of the district ; and we be-
lieve the total number of mills that have been wholly or par-
tially stopped, now considerably exceeds one hundred, which
number is daily increasing. We regret to learn that this
partial suspension of business, coupled with the high price of
bread, has caused much distress amongst the working classes
in various parts of the town.—Manchester Guardian.
DEATH OF THE " WANDERING PIPER."—This eccen-
tric individual, known by the designation of " The Wandering
Piper," died in Mercer's Hospital, Dublin, on the 17th
instant. It appears from his own account, that he was in-
duced, many years before, for a bet of several thousand
pounds, which were staked by a friend, to engage in this ex-
traordinary mode of life. Had he relinquished the under-
taking, the money would have been lost to the family. A
similar result would have attended his supporting himself in
any other way. than by the precarious profits of his assumed
profession during the stipulated period. He died in indigence,
as to his personal effects. By his death the debt is said to
be cancelled and it was his wish to die. He was admitted
into Mercer's Hospital, about three weeks since. He alto-
gether denied his identity with any of the persons whom
fame had reported him to be. The cause of his death was
an incurable disease of the lungs, aggravated by the effects
of a severe injury of the hip, received many years since, and
which, latterly, caused excruciating torments.
EXTRAORDINARY' AFFAIR.—On Thursday morning a
steamer, the Sampson, of Bristol, came up the river at Bide-
ford, having on board between 40 and 50 armed men, and,
taking its position by the side of a new ship of 350 tons bur-
den, called the Milford, which had been lately launched from
the building yard of Mr. William Brook, the armed men be-
gan to board the ship. Mr.- Brook, accompanied by several
of his men, immediately went on board the Milford, demand-
ing what the invading party wanted on board his vessel. Mr.
Thomas Corry, of. Bristol, came forward with fire arms in his
hand, declaring the vessel to have been built for him. Mr.
Brook replied that he had not received any money for the
ship, without which it was his property. Mr. Corry threat-
ened to shoot Mr. Brook dead on the deck if he dared to in-'
terfere ; and the lawless crew took him and his men prison-
ers, lashed the Milford to the steamer, and towed her out of
the port ; where, the ground-swell being great, and the ves-
sel going on the bar, the lawless gang being afraid of the au-
thorities coming off, put Mr. Brook and hs men on shore.
Proceedings will be taken against the perpetrators of this pi-
ratical proceeding ; but we are at a loss to conceive what
could have prompted the actors to such a step.—Exeter Fly-
ing Post.

GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING IN DUBLIN.--OR Fri-
day last, one of the largest meetings of Protestants ever
assembled in Ireland took place at the Round-room, in the
Mansion-house. The meeting was convened by the Lord
Mayor, as well in pursuance of a resolution of the Corporation,
as upon a requisition numNwusly and respectably signed ;
and therfore not only did the emen of Dublin come within
the meaning of those invited, but the Protestants at large
throughout the kingdom ; and consequently a vast number
of gentlemen from every part of the country were in attend-
ance. It is computed that not less than lietween four and five
thousand persons were present. The Dublin Evening
Mail of Monday last, adds, "It gives us inexpressible
pleasure to state that all anticipations kspecting the meet-
ing convened by the Lord Mayor, on Friday last, have
been realised to the letter, and in the spirit. We had
been given to understand (and we said so) that a mighty
change had been wrought in the temper and tactics of the
movement party ; that hostile feelings of a personal na-
ture against the tried and faithful friends of the cause had
been either abandoned or would be suppressed ? and that
the manner of conducting the business of the day would be
such as to permit of every conscientious Protestant taking a
part in its grand object—sceuring the practicable good, with-
out wasting our common resources on the unattainable, and
strengthening the hands of the enemy by our own internal
divisions. We predicted, if such were the disposition evinced
in the preliminaries, the meeting would be successful ; and
not only the attendance on the occasion, (unprecedented for
numbers and respectability,) but the entire proceedings and
results of the meeting, have justified our estimate of public
opinion."