The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS,

deoos
No less than five Devonport tradesmen "stoppers •
ment" last week. They are all free- traders, and c.
the most noisy and clamorous politician in the totie9hiet2;
Somebody says that politeness is like an sir'cood°
there may be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts
(re'
fully. iliCh
An excellent antidote to any bad effects Nov
quently result from a dinner of which pork 1)39 ,
t
part, is to eat a little lump of sugar. dice to.oi
In the year ending January last the net pr` 13.9.0"
Excise from duty on railways was £287,331 ff
ily-
from stage carriages £217,052 2s. Sid.el •
The Edinburgh Witness has the following
News —The parish minis er of Tongland has pubtish
nbomonkrep,titled ` Thoughts on the Present Scarcity I
House
oaf ncooffizmi aol
ndso, ci ut ma
pepnetars justthparti n ted
last
year
rotr e
eoritie°l 0;
From
perannuation allowances by the Excise WO of
£147,798 16s. std. reigijoei
There were only two clocks in England in t"eest,pah:o6ooo
Edward 1., both of foreign manufacture. One soother
in an old tower in Westminster Hall, and the 0,
Canterbury Cathedral.
There is now living in St. Peter's, Isle of Than tto do
then of ten children, whose united ages arn°ePitefll4
years. Also one male and four females whose ne Ai
amount to 428 years. ,
etbo
Dr. Pretty appears to have found a very sgerruefre
of arresting the hiccup. It is sufficient to sq niece„,j,
wrist, preferably that of the right hand, with tl;rbf7lo
string, or with the forefinger and thumb of the °„ 0100
The poet Moore was buried on Wedges"%';d otr
church-yard of Bromham, a village on the ,r;latea
Devizes to Chippenham. where two of his el"
also interred.
Orders have been issued for putting the teliegeoe4oe
the various coast-guard stations on the sont°9
England in an efficient state, as well as Coo foto
Essex and Norfolk coasts, and from the South tb,
to Sheerness. • over OP
The first great suspension tube for the bridge rips 131
Wye has been tested by eleven hundred tons v., he
tached to it, and its capability fully demonstra',,/jD
the first week in April one of the lines of rails
it
opened for traffic. e le/
One of the Electric Telegraph Companies is th
900
States has been sued for sending an inaccuraterro 11100/
i. e. substituting unintentionally " 60" for " s'; to r"
ment was given against the Company, who ha" 9, ,
the cost of the message, 3 dols. 50c. and the cost olgdel
Some workmen employed in making arrangee; Co6;01
the supply of water to the summit of Durnbartioy to,
recently discovered a large pit, containing neerf oen„
bones, which are supposed to be the remains °,.sierglerA
in the defence of the castle during some aneien"dayS'`,l
The Edinburgh Courant relates that a few 1
an old woman named Anderson, while visiting °bill of
Methilhill, had her finger wounded by tilf
cockatoo. The wound at first seemed likelyA"„
40039,
inflammation subsequently set in, and she die" et'
its
afterwards. the eS
Lawson, a master sweep, has been robbing fretted'
by cutting out pieces of looking-glass fr°re, as t',jooi
Kensington Palace, to which he had free seas' the POO
of
pointed sweep. He carried off seven pieces 9 an, .f
He has been convicted at the Middlesex sessioll ' ,
'ate`oi
to prison for six months. volt r
On Tuesday, as Mr. Frederick Fry, scene" 02 jet
„of)
the Colosseum, London, was painting a sOrruttetU
Cyclorama, he stepped back, after the manned' .0,3,v
to regard his work, and fell from the scaffol
of eLIPI &cf. Ilia oh 01 was nopeleaaly ira
his collar-bone broken. of .00tio,
On Saturday week, Mr. Berkeley Bloxson3„ °Tv sb
near Cheltenham, was returning home 'Z411,0.1/0
ducks, and on reaching the rear of his dwer":o h'atrj
ped, as it is supposed, to draw the charge ;I‘;.be tiler
While in the act the piece exploded, non:„"stsnr"
lodged in Mr. Bloxsome's heart, causing
ba
death. • 0 o
On Thursday telegraphic communications 10 S 1
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hwofaeAsce week
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accidentplacebestrung
1
occurred at 11811—PlIa", eV."'
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Monday. In a cottage on the estate of Ler usiOrhe
several of the children of the family were are, of tnit
selves during the absence of their parents, Doan
ties went up to the spot where a loaded g little ole
placed, and bringing it forth, shot a poor lied j,
about four years old dead upon the spot. hot fivellt
The Church and State Gazette relates, that it
R—, of Bath, was engaging a butler, sel '0„31:10,101
neas per annum was the salary required• f a 'it'd?'
the gentleman's remark, " that is the pay , 6-0
The butler calmly replied, "It is so, Sir It ot a,
sorry for the gentlemen ; but I really eatin 10,Ytell
an injustice on their account." Ditlelot .10
A few days ago three of the inmates of th° diS *e),
natic Asylum escaped ; but one has since befh 0 golf/ fa")
secreted in the remains of a straw stack, ".0 41
found he was nearly dead from cold and ri'ol%
He had been in his hiding-place for five oi_re pie" 9
had distinctly heard the conversation of •'• 90,vir
about their work, and the orders given. noalth gooi
A girl, fourteen years old, named Isabella;red
was of a very passionate disposition, quarrel_ll4 0! of
titer girl at Penrith, a few days since, Tobro9
dropped down dead, while' attempting to..,,°orte seer
nent. The surgeon who. made the Post--001V gots
nation of her body, stated that she had die
passion, and the jury returned a verdict to PP"

GENERAL NEWS.

4;!.'RIPRDINARY BIRTH.—Last week, the wife of
~thimr,r,,arson, letter-carrier, residing. in Du_k.e..stwveee'rtti
liedt 'l' to two still-born female children, which
40,:aether like the celebrated Siamese twins, only the
therfr" was more complete. They were connected to-
licite'a the breast bone to the lower part of he body,
4ter r,°F them were fully developed children.—Don-
t j Otrortic/e.
41,itliNl'''Tock BREWERY Co. has been formed, with
ut. £2OOOOO, in 40,000 shares of £5 each, for the
t, of establishing breweries on a comprehensive,
'tttr, Hippy the public with unadulterated ale and
"Ittlott'`.• Prices below those at present charged by the
urewers, and yet with a handsome profit on the.
li•ii°'`i(ll:tersttetd• Branch breweries are to be opened in
TAB s
jtiti PROPELLOR.—By a recent decision of the.
'l4w47'utrtnaittee of the Privy Council, the extension
ke,te Patent for the screw propeller has been refused.
itllP.e.tiPc:ssiunitarPart'diesc,weret lers. Burns, of Glasgow,
Company, and a large body
fi,tl;lP,lwn,rs andal' engineerslena • and looking at the number
eh iit,"sela at present in course of construction, and
hNetolls be saved from taxation, great importance
.httached to the result.
[1„ 1, to,
G eaN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT SIT ?-
ItYe4l,74.'nt can continue. to sit, if necessary, until
"Nth tt van also sit until the 20th of August, IS.) 4„
n'e seven
110;aerit I,_. Years will terminate, the writs for this
ki,,!lre.unl:!,etag returnable on the 20th of August, 18-17 .
tx!l4t,iBj;all(” of parliament being enabled to sit till
4(1 d 41. arises from the fact that the session of 1847
ktilc to • in, the year 1848, thus
e riz the' and was continued
I.l4lBNpit two count only as one year.
14,1 tliliIUN FOR MURDER.—At the Northampton as-
Pinc-ard, aged 51, WaS indicted or the
ft, tt4,,tliz-ibth Pinckard, her mother-in-law... In
Was 11,11°W a motive for the commission of the crime,
titlt/,,"';Z3 that upinn the death of the deceased the
t11t,.404.,:ier husband would become entitled to a sum
t4' had C-1 arid that shortly. before the 3rd of October
th 4'lf 'ea Pressed by their landlord for payment. of
t`'",seir,e,llt• The jury found the prisoner guilty, and
tented to be executed.
144 115 D'alt.w..or ACCIDENT AT KILBURN.—An Reel.
I%teit'ed on the London and North-western Rail-
thOtstioll aY morning, about eleven o'clock, close to the
kilt ae het at Kilburn. Five labourers wer at work on
een the new station and the.coal.wharves at
4toTit''ris 4'l". Two trains were coming in opposite
ltit' on: and both engines were whistling.. Inordetrhetoy
ty wqrk!tain the men moved from the rails where
14;4 of 'jig to the other line, and were caught bythe
pT kill fit": train going down. Three of the poor fellows
13A.,;„ll the spot, and the other two badly hurt.
411) "RY MURDER.—Gulielmo Giovanni Bazetti
totiNlioc'a YOUng Italian, of slight figure and resdpectawbales
11:0,4', at the Oxford Assizes, on Wednesey,
tk„ia,,,,(li the wilful murder of his uncle, Giovanni
8016 Wi?l.:"ando Kalabergo, at Williamscolt.
Sj;" tiLTaa Put on the black cap, and in a brief and
• • 1)-:'ss Pronounced upon the prisoner sentence of
lit,-1•11.1,a sentence was communicated to the prisoner
,iftl;'taiori, the interpreter, but he appeared to des-
44
414 k. "l°tion, and quitted the dock without making
ltti ukte
u tt
ter,a-le --AY OF DOING IMPORTANT BUSINESS.—A.
,
n'hl,' were recently married at Deane Church,
,
Y, by a bridesman, the united ages of t e
hir arlt,%"fig to 193 years. On the old ladbeing
N▪ t'e /1,:°,4 they had courted, she sharply replied,.
I:4fro "susueen no courtship between us, but etgh and
.11!eollirrs2,beginning to the end." This is almost as
'lth"art ,'"P as when the young Quaker said to his
"IriljPiat:,: It is agreed
.between thy father and my
fitiv,, „a shall be married, and if thou wilt have me
N'tk Inee.— Bolton Chronicle.
'114:14Y .ItAucTlou AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—On
g,r; Lerew commenced a aale. of the spare maste-
l°o°4"lngs in the above building. The term s• of
laded liti''are, that every visitor must purchase a ctal a-
ta IssiaPence The fineness of the weather
Itt stirl ourios:it.y excited as to the nature of the
atyatte'VJable fate of the Crystal Palace, collectetdhae
I,o6l'4(lit`lance of fashionable visitors throughout the
tt tp,Derm„was calculated that up to five o'clock nearly
fiav;" had visited the building. The total amount
hyl!ty tit 8 °ale was £l,OOO.
ti~lyelllasi.l•Plc TO POPERY.—The Edinburgh Witness.
ten c° Vc,- tt" i'l(l,V Harris, a very beautiful young widow,
~111,k,,,4t,'(1, who perverted last year to Popery,rhas
b n"tae Jesuits her beautiful estates of Seac life,
tt11,,,-414iPan, her prospects of £lO,OOO a year from an
Slieo Carmyle), and all the treasures
tiart.i.(ndia by 'her late husband, Sir William Corn.
She has been induced to forsake an aged
Nitti,,!.and her mother, whose only child she is
"it'i^". into a strict convent at Grenoble, in
keti4tk l'olubarself to the prolectior
1111144 s ivrtou AT THE CAPE.
1491,8 r ths:h., Printed, from which it appear.
I„lip,4rit4i,,
ed " as
wof Good Hope at the census of May,
g as considered, an area of 118,256 i
nl,-;',6sPf population
The as
in whites was 39,840 males
and the coloured population 90,252
estimatedt 41 population being
'6g4 females, the
of the colony, 285,279
1,14, eastern divisions
04'1)554" and 143,670 females. It is stated that
'414'1144 the coloured population, from their wander-
t„lii;lito is mode of life, cannot be accurately ascer-
-. ,!'n:P'PPosed to exceed that given in the return.
12,-;-I,NG INTEREST.—It gives us great of ate to state that the shipowners of the
‘p,'o4l,o°lft to issue a manifesto, calling upon all
Ors of that important interest to discard
O„Pationl'ung general election all personal.and party
to tr, and to unite as one man in giving their
t'ith"tthenl-,c',Be candidates only who will unequivocally
3 c:),,°l? t,'„elves to a calm revision of that fatal policy
\isht '1'141;11°1Y undermining the commercial marine of
104rpeen'ila destroyin, the only safeguard on which,
lekk:`a9 state Europe, England can rely.
eIL
),.,41ii 1)
k,' N,,ir: jlt'stEmnumccE. Sir Brook Bridges,
he d: °Y railway from Ashford to Canterbury
y felPolling, found, on entering into ccn-
, ow-passenger, that he was an elector
Idate)„`° whom he announced himself as one of
‘l' atld Presented his card. The electr re.
Otill 'B9 t'r You that lam going to vote. Some. years.
\t'‘ltit'aar'et,'i'Lliiig to London on the old turnpike-road,
tle„t'N''4o4tu.eing full inside, I was under th necesst'
lv4s de Place ; but a gentleman , who
itOthlt•
ti brook Bridges, very kindly lent me
°al It flsPressed with a feelings gratitude fd
on. have..,

—A. return to Parlia

Court of

Tory, Hocking, from Penang, and Alliance, Campbell, from
Ca'cutta, both at Bombay.
John Taylor, Hawkins, sailed from Bombay 22nd Jan. for
London ; and John Ritson, 24th Jan., for Sincapore.
Emperor. Adamson. from Moulmein at St. Helena, and sailed
13th Jan. for Falmouth.
Euphrates, Gowanlock, from Shanghae at St. Helena, and
sailed 20th Jan. forQmenstown.
Allerton, Bulford, from Cochin at St. Helena, and sailed
22nd Jan. for London.

Milton. Hibbs, hence at Bordeaux.
Commodore (s.), hence at Havre.
Hope, Ellis, sailed from Leghorn for this port 24th Feb.
Sybil, Ryan—Theolorstg, 'l'occo—A nnaberg, Petersen—Mary
and Jane, Halliday—Nrchilits, Emberice—John Scott, Baker—
end Flora, Witt, from Galatz; Mercury, Simons, Rio de la
Hache ; Mischief, Torney, Barbadoes ; Telegraph, Newell,
and Glide, Hans, Alexandria • Bosphorus, Brodie—Emilia—
Expert, Jansen—and Susan, dills, Odessa; Boadicea, Evans,
Dragomestre; Aristides, Lumagea, lbrail; and Vire, Smith,
Trieste, all at Queenstown.
Challenger. Duffus, from Callao, and Ann Best, from Buenos
Ayres, both off Queenstown.
Jenny, Thibant, from Galatz; Bryn y Mor, Allen, Drag°•
mestre; and Alchymist, Stevenson, Constantinople, all at
Falmouth. _ _

.....
Windsor, Price, from Cape of Good Hope for London ; Stag,
Davidson, from Girgentie for Shields; Wanderer, Rose, from
Laguna for Bremen; and Ceres, from Sierra Leone. all off
Falmouth.

MONDAY. MARCH B.—Wind
ARRIVED.—SamueI. Morris, from Savannah—Lady Head,
Newton, St. John, N.B.—Bella I aulina, Burwell, Rouen—
Continent, Drummond, New Orleans.
S-11.•13.—Queen of England, Cawkett, for Bombay—Cam-
bala. Alleyne, Shanghae—Cassandra, Guy, and Queen of the
'outh. Quick, St. Michael's—Dart, Doughty, t otterdam—
Buena Vista, Howard, Philadelphia—Schoodiac, Porter, New
Orleans—Frances, Bennett, Nantes—Albion, Manley, Monte
Video— Drogue, Kraeft, Hamburgh—Paragon, Wilkinson,
Aarhuns—Lord Gough, Bickman, Antwerp—Nonpareil, CI r-
michel, and ernambuco—Alexandrine, Riscke,
Stettin—Admiral Cs.), Wickman, Havre.

Canada (s.) Lang, from New York, at this port; left 25th of
Feb. 1-b .s 680,000 dollars on freight.
Gemini, Harvey, from Landon at Cape of Good Hope.
Bella I'ortena, hence at Madras,
Harebull, .‘gnew, from Mauritius at St. Helena, and sailed
for London 20th Jan. _

DounLA-, 6th March.—A French schooner, from Honfleur
to Liverpool, laden with flour, cam:: into Peel Bay, yesterday
to procure a pilot.
CALCUTTA, 26th Jan
fire

—The ship Kelso has been destroyed by

emplar, from flalcutta, for Sydney, at Madras.
Jolly Robin. hence at Calcutta 22nd Jan.
Jane Pratt, sailed from Sautzor 20th Jan.; Owen Potter. 18th
Jan. ; and Tipooo Sail), 21st Jan., all for this port ; and M. A.
Johnston, 20th Jan., for Akyab.
V,• HA Cavz, 6th Feb.—Che gre der part of the goods per
Susan Green have been landed fn a damaged state. The wreck,
with tin- remaining nortion of goods. were sold 4th Feb.

N ENV YORK, 25th Feb.—A ship was seen ashore on Barnegat,
yesterday, with fore and mainmasts gone; had painted ports
and a poop. A large brig was seen on Hoe Island, Virginia,
22nd Feb.; had apparently just gone on. The hull of a ship,
without any masts standing, was seen 12th Feb., in the Gulf
Stream.

Cambria (s.), Leitch, hence at Boston 23rd Feb.
City of Glasgow (s.s.), hence at Philadelphia 24th Feb.
Eliza, Trapani ; Eliza Keith, Scott; and Jno. Bryant, Dyer,
hence ; and rincess, Crawford, frotn the Clyde, at New Or-
leans.

Mary Anna!), Keating, hence at Baltimore.
Bona Den, hence at Savannah,
Jenny Lind, Lowell, hence at New York.
Shaxamaxon, West, hence at Philadelphia.
Providence, and Bleng, hence at Vera Cruz.
Catharine ayes, hence at Maranham.
Bridget, hence at Para.
Jessie, hence at Maranham.
Charles Chaloner, Thompson, hence at New Orleans,

VESSELS SPOKEN.

frlarhets.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, MARCH 5.
Sugar : Although the demand during the past week has been
rather limited, the market generally has been firmly supported,
and the sales comprise 500 t►hds. 8.11., 3000 bags of Bengki
from 355. to 385., and 2000 of Madras from 255. to 265. per cwt.
30 lilids. Porto Rico and Cuba have brought 31s. to 335. 6d.
duty paid, and 50tags brown Pernambuco 14s. 6d. per cwt. in
bond.-The business in Molasses is confined to 100 puns. De-
merara at 12a. 3d; from the quay ; 90 puns. Cossipore Treacle
are also reported at 13s. per cwt.-Coffee : Mere is no improve-
ment in the demand, and the sales are only 25 tcs. Jamaica,
and a few, bags Native Ceylon and Costa Rica, at former rates.
-50 bags of Malabar Pepper brought 3fd. per lb., and 12 puns
and 42 brls. of Jamaica Ginger 455. to 505. per cwt.-Rice : 70
tcs. Carolina have realised 18s. per cwt., but of East India no
sales of importance ha ve transpi red.-Rum continues in request,
and 400 puns. Demerara have changed hands at very full rates.
-Tea : there has been a little more inquiry for good common
Congous, chief y-for exportation, !Int no improvement in price
can be quoted ; in the better grades the sales are on it limited
scale ; no new feature to notice in Greens.-About 1000 bags
Saltpetre sold at 245. 9d. to 265. 6d. for G to 8a per cent. re-
fraction, and 1501 ons Nitrate of Soda at 14s. to 14s. 3d., with
200 tons, to arrive, at 13s. 9d. per cwt.-At a public sale of
Turpentine on Thursday, 780 brls. were taken at the advanced
price of Bs. Bd. to 85. 9d. per cwt.-Tallow has been in less
request, and a moderate business done, at 365. 9d. to 375. for
Petersburg Y.C., and 345. Gd. to 365. Gd. per cwt. for inferior
to v.Ty fine South American.-The sales of Lard comprise
about 30 tons American at 495. to 50s. 6d. per cwt.-20 tons
Baltic Hemp are reported at former prices.-The sales of Jut,
amount to 1000 bales, at steady prices, from 17s. 6d. to £lO
17s. 6d. per ton.-90 bales Coir Yarn sold with spirit at an ad-
vance, realising £l6 17s. 6d. to £26 per ton.