The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-24 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is most gratifying to us to say that the Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells (who is still at Weymouth)
•is now so convalescent as to permit his lordship's enjoying
his customary equestrian exercise before breakfast. —Felix
Farley.

It is said that Madame Vestris will be the lessee of Covent
garden Theatre for the forthcoming season.
A sporting butcher, who manages the business of Mrs.
Wells, in St. Alban's-place, St. James's, has won £25400
by the Derby.—Evening Paper.
The Queen has granted to Birmingham a separate court of
quarter sessions for the borough.
The Duke of- Sutherland, it is expected, will be the new
Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, in the stead of the late Earl
of Powis.

We regret to hear the Countess Cadogan has been con-
fined to her room from indisposition since her return from
the continent.

Highford Burr, Esq. M.P. for this city, has been confined
by an attack of ophthalmia, which has prevented him from
using his eyes.—Hereford Journal.
Charles Dixon„ Esq. has given the munificent sum of
£l,OOO. towards enlarging the. Chichester infirmary, and
otherwise promoting its utility.--Brighton Gazette.
The Irish methodists have, within a few months, lost by
death three ornaments to their ministry, in the persons 01
Mr. Mayne, Mr. Howe, and Mr. Ouseley.
LONGEVITY—Peter Martyn, sexton of Helston, Cornwall,
and his wife number between them 193 years ? each enjoys
good health.

It is stated that Counsellor Sheil is to canvas Kilkenny
under the impression that Hume, being denounced by
O'Connell will not try his hand again in Ireland.
SINGULAR ADOPTION.—Mr. Gregory, of High street,
Cheltenham, has now in his possession a cat, a kitten, and
three young rabbits, all living together.
There is a story very current of a lady of high rank throw-
ing herself at the feet of a great personage, and suing in for-
ma pauperis not to be removed.
We learn the the brother of a noble lord of great celebrity
in the sporting circles, will lead the fair daughter of a distin-
guished vocalist to the hymeneal altar on Tuesday next.—
Herald.
The Chinese are said to have conceived a horror and anti-
pathy for the steam boat which nothing can conquer ; they
contend that it is a most " indecent and disgusting " inven-
tion.

A new dramatic piece, by the princess Amelia of Saxony,
entitled l ove and Duty, was performed for the first time at
Dresdeu on the 4th instant, and has met with great success.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Pierce
Mahony, jun. Esq. to be accountant-general of the Irish
Court of Exchequer, in the room of his uncle, David Mahony,
Esq. who retires.
Lord Melbourne's new cabinet cannot stand. Let him
arrange his materials as he may, he cannot conceal the fact
that those materials are rotten. The first collision with
the real business of the country will shatter the whole con-
cern.

Lord Melbourne's butcher and baker are in despair; their
expectation that his lordship would at length be compelled to
eat his UWA loaves and mutton having, as they complain, been
cruelly frustrated.
One of the anomalies and nave lies of the present state of
af7airs is, that two persons should be named as tue proable
prime ministers, each of whom is himself at this moment liable
to in.,)eachment.
It is stated that one of the O'Connells was a suitor to suc-
ceed Mr. Shiel as a commissioner of Greenwich ; but that
Lord Melbourne had the unpardonable presumption to pre-
fer his own nephew and private secretary to the son of his
master.

Thirteen bankers and one hundred and thirty of the leading
merchants of London have signed a requisition to the Lord
Mayor to grant the use of the Egyptian Hall for a meet-
ing to petition parliament for the uniform penny postage.
The Earl Bathurst has kindly thrown open a field adjoin-
ing the Tetbury-road as a play-ground for the children of
Cirencester. This kindness is the more valuable at the pre-
sent time, as the weekly cattle market is about to be removed
to Cirencester.—Cheltenham Gazette.
The Derby and Birmingham Railway will be opened to the
public at the end of June, or early in July ; and by the spring
of next year the railroad to York, by this and the North
Midland line, will be opened, giving an entire line from Lon-
don to that city.—Derby Mercury.
The Frankfort Journal contradicts a rumour which has
been prevalent in Hungary, of the plague having broken out
i the Turkish dominions, near Silistria ; but does not say
anything about Varna, where that malady had appeared, as
we learnt by some recent advices from Constantinople.
During the last few days Lord Liverpool has had several
interviews with Sir Robert Peel ; and the impression was
that that nobleman was making efforts to renew the negocia-
which had been interrupted by an intrigue as mean as it was
mischievous.
We understand that the Earl of Ilchester, finding it incon-
venient to fulfil the duties of Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset-
shire, from the circumstance of his not residing in the county,
has expressed his desire to resign that office ; and we hear
that Lord Portman is to be his successor.—Observer.
It would appear that the whigs will be disappointed in their
expectation of receiving the support of the most sweet voices
of the chartists at the next eleetion—the National Convention
having passed a resolution unanimously that " the secretary
of state for the home department has all through his admin-
istration acted the part more of a maniac than of a statesman."
It is a consolation of no slight kind, that the whigs have no
longer the power to inflict direct injury upon the country.
Mischief they may, undoubtedly, cause, by leaving the busi-
ness of the nation undone ;—but they can no longer excite a
mischievous enthusiasm throughout the kingdom in favour of
whiggery, or of "liberalism" in any of its forms.
Sir James Clark has at length been dismissed the court.
He asked leave to travel for a short time, and permission was
granted. The truth is, his rude attack upon the honour of
Lady Flora Hastings caused him to be cut in almost every
circle ; and for his own peace of mind it was necessary for
him to retire. • He was exceedingly indiscreet, and he will
suffer from it.
It is pretty generally understood, in the best informed
circles, that had Sir Robert Peel been permitted to form a
government, his first measure would have been a general
penny postage bill, a bill to expunge or alter the bastardy and
other objectionable clauses in the poor-law amendment act,
and a bill to abolish the payment of the registration shilling
in the reform act. Will the whigs do this ?
LINENDRAPERS' " ASSISTANTS."—In the course of a
trial at the Old Bailey, on Friday, Mr. Justice Patteson re-
marked upon the evidence of a linendraper's " assistant,"
which was given in a very inaudible voice, that linendrapers'
men made the worst witnesses, for that being constantly in
the habit of talking soft things to ladies about silks and
velvets, they acquired a way of speaking so gentle and lisp-
ing, that in a court of justice they were with difficulty heard;
there was no getting them to " speak up."
A FACT.—A worthy individual residing not fifty miles
from Bunker's Hill, Bradford, lately erected a domicile for
his ass. All went on well, and the building was completed—
covered in and all that. Rejoicing over his work, a passer
by asked, " How d'ye get into it ?" He then discovered to
his amusement there was no door way.—Halifax Guardian.
We are enabled to state, that on Monday, the 27th instant,
the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn will certainly be proposed
for the office of speaker, vacant by Mr Abercromby's resig-
nation of the chair, and that the house will proceed to the
election at half-past three o'clock exactly.—Standard.
The chartists hold their weekly meetings regularly at Dow-
lais : from their speeches it is evident that nothing less is
aimed at than a state of anarchy ' • and from the same foul
mouths that cried reforrn ! reforai ! a few years ago, we hear
nothing in substance but equality ! equality ! now. —Merthyr
Guardian.

ANOTHER MURPHY.—Dr. Segesser, of Lucern, fancies
himself, by the aid of his meteorological invention, able to
predict the state of the temperature and the variations of
the atmosphere. He foretold that the month of May would
be warm and pleasant, but that we must expect to see some
flakes of snow from the 9th to the 15tH. We are strongly
tempted to put faith in the new prophet, and so will others
if the skies are as inclement elsewhere as here, at the moment
we are writing.—Paris paper.

The Bristol chartists, it is said, have threatened to begin
the revolution by making a bonfire of the shipping at that
port ; and that they may not lack courage, the Bristol
" " were to have assembled yesterday, under the
pretence of addressing the Queen, but, in reality, with the
view of kindling the flames of discord among the most in-
fir:minatory population in her Majesty's dominions.

We understand that the beautiful estate of Ent: ruing, on
the I:ver Ayr, which has been for some time in the I.,arket,
has been sold by William Allason Cunninghame, Esq., of
Logan, to John Bell, Esq. of Woodstock, Jamaica. The
extent is upwards of 2000 acres, and the price between
£60,000 and £70,000; and the property being susceptible of
great improvement, is considered an excellent investment.
The new proprietor enters to the house at Whitsunday, and
to to the lands at Martinmas.—Edinburgh Evening Post.
The lady to whom the Duke of St. Alban's has offered his
hand and heart, Miss Gubbins, is sister to Mrs. Sloane Stan-
ley, lady of William Sloane Stanley, Esq., nephew to the
Earl of Carlisle, and cousin to Mrs. Bouchier Hartopp, of
Dalby House, near Melton Mowbray, where is grace is at
present on a visit. A large addition will be made to the
town establishment, and the duchess's pin money is said to
be considerable. His grace is in his 36th year, and, under
the will of his late consort, the Duchess of St. Alban's is
entitled to an annuity of £lO,OOO per annum, and the villa
at Highgate, called Holly Grove.—Herald.
The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the candidate for the
speakership, had a pension of £2,000 per annum granted to
him for his official services, having filled various public ap-
pointments for 20 years except one quarter of a year, inclu-
ding the high office of chancellor of the exchequer. The date
of the grant of the pension is May 7, 1835, when the right
hon. gentleman was chief secretary for Ireland.
We understand that the unhappy differences between two
illustrious personages have, within the last few days, assumed
a new and a more serious aspect; and that the separation of
the mother and daughter is more than probable. This would,
under existing circumstances, be indeed a serious misfortune
to the court and the country.—. Dublin Evening Mail.
THE BALLOT.—An American correspondent of a London
journal says " I cannot conclude, however, though pressed
for time, without begging you to present my compliments to
Mr. Grote, and tell him the legislature of this state are urged
by the people' to pass a registry act to defend them from
the abominations of the ballot-box. The practice of the pa-
triots in this city is to colonise,' that is, to go from ward to
ward, and swear at the polls they belong to each ward."
The extraordinary roof of the Flower-hall, at Stafford-
house, Chiswick, was commenced last week, and its con-
structio,n is both singular and simple—it has neither rafters
nor bearers, but is an arch of twenty-four feet span, formed
with three rows of common plain tile, and excites great curi-
osity. The arch rises seven feet and a half, and will be one
hundred and fifty feet long.

The price of cattle and farm stock generally is maintained
at an unusual height in spite of the dearness of keep. At a
sale at Doddington last week, one cow, (Red Duchess,) three
years old, brought the high price of £126 ; another roan,
(Josephine,) £B4 ; a red heifer, £7O ; a roan heifer, £7B. 15s.
The sheep brought also good prices. The amount of the sale
was within a trifle of £7,000.

The marriage of the Earl of Clarendon and Lady Catherine
Barham will be solemnized on the 4th of the ensuing month.
The ceremony is to take place at Gorhambury, Herts, the
seat of the Earl and Countess of Verulam, who intend giving
a sumptuous d6eune on the occasion to a numerous family
circle.—Morni;zy Herald.

Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte has sent a letter to the
newspapers, denying that he is in any way responsible for the
insurrection in Paris. The prince says :—" The intelligence
of the bloody scenes which took place has caused me as much
surprise as grief. If I were the soul of a plot, I would, also,
be the chief actor in it in the day of danger ; nor would I
shrink back after a defeat."

We hive been fuinished with the following queries by a
highly intelligent and very cautious correspondent :—" Is it
true that the Marquis of Normanby was at Buckingham
Palace on May the ith, from ten o'clock a.m. till six o'clock
p.m., without seeing the Queen? Is it true that during the
first interview Sir Robert Peel had with her Majesty Lord
Melbourne was in an apartment immediately adjoining ?"
Standard.