The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-15 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Duke of Newcastle subscribed £l,OOO towards the
erection of the pier which has been just completed at
Aberystwith.
The Queen has, through Sir Henry Wheatley, forwarded
the sum of 100 guineas to the West Cornwall Diocesan
Church-building Association.
The Earl of Errol is to be lord steward of her majesty's
household, in the place of the late Duke of Argyll.
The Morning Herald says there is not a word of truth in
in the statement respecting the alleged union between Mr.
Lockhart and Miss Burdett Coutts.
A decrease of £91,000 in the revenue has occurred by the,
abstinence of the teetotallers, owing to the Rev. Mr. Mathew's
influence.—Belfast Chronicle.

MARCH OF ORTHOGRAPHY.—At a green-grocer's shop,
near Crawford-street, the following announcement may be
read, chalked on a large board in front of the dwelling :—" The
hole of this house to be let."
NEW POOR-LAW.—It is the intention of Mr. Power, the
assistant poor-law commissioner, forthwith to bring the
borough of Lancaster and neighbouring townships within the
operation of the new poor-law.
IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.—At the Chelmsford petty
sessions, on Friday, Serjeant Blunden, of the royal marines,
was fined 40s. and costs for taking 2s. from Mr. Gusani, of
the Traveller's Friend public-house, to excuse him from re-
ceiving two soldiers on billet for a month.
BENGAL MERCHANT,—We are authorised to state that
there is no foundation for a rumour, which we understand
has been circulated, that this ship had been obliged to put
into Cambelton, dismasted, after having run down a Liver-
pool trader.—Scotch Guardian. ,
EAST CORNWALL REGISTRATION.—We hear from autho-
rity, that this has terminated so favourably for the conserva-
tive cause, that not the least chance remains for a radical to
represent this division again. Poor ,Sir Hussey, thy days are
numbered ! We hear that he has expressed his determination
not to be put in nomination again.— Western Luminary.
The loyal and beneficial effects of the Wesleyan instruction
amongst the lower orders have been strikingly exemplified by
the refusal of the Cornish miners to join their mutinous bre-
thren in Wales. They were tampered with, but remained
firm to their duty. The majority of them, as it is well known,
are members of the Wesleyan connection.
The Globe, like a man who talks in his sleep, frequently
utters truths without being aware of them. In Tuesday
evening's paper we find the fellowing aphorsim, ready cut
and dried, for the next wbig-radical oration, no matter where :
—" We lose the right of complaining sometimes by forbear-
ing it ; but we often treble its force." This is a hint as re-
gards the Melbourne ministry, which should not be lost of.
A Wino DISTINCTION.—The Globe of last night contains
the following pithy parallel :—" The difference between sin
and crime is this—Sin is that which is wrong ; crime, that
which is made to be so. [We supply the application. The
first is the Melbourne ministry, the last Mr. Justice Frost.]
—Morning Herald.
At a public dinner, recently given in the north of England,
the hon. member for Lambeth made a long speech to his ra-
dical friends, after which his health was drunk with three
times three. A gentleman, who was present, being asked
what sort of a dinner it had turned out, answered, " A shock-
ing bad one ; there was nothing but hips and Hawes."
English travellers are now flocking to Athens, now that
the oppressive heats of summer are passed. Lord Alvanley,
Lord Rokeby, Sir Andrew Barnard, Colonel and Mrs. Daw-
son Darner and family, Captain Goulburn, grenadier guards.
Mr. Hay, formerly of the colonial office, and General and
Mrs. Gordon, are among the notables here just now. •
REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH.—We have reason to
believe, on good authority, that the electors of Edinburgh
will be shortly called upon, not only to re-elect their repre-
sentative, Mr. Macaulay, but to look out for a colleague to
that gentleman, as it is now confidently stated, in quarters
likely to be informed on such matters, that our other repre-
sentative, the learned and able Attorney-General, will almost
immediately go to the Irish bench, with a peerage.—Caledo-
nian Mercury.
A very fine specimen of the falcon was shot near Princes
Risborough on Tuesday week, supposed to have come from
the north, measuring two feet from the bill to the extremity
of the tail, and the wings, when extended, four feet eight
inches; the weight being 2lbs. avoirdupois. It is now in
the possession of Mr. Thomas Whitnell, of Princes Risbo-
rough, who has prepared and stuffed the same for the inspec-
tion of his friends and the public.—Aylesbury News.
Cowns.—lt is now expected that Sir John Rennie's plan
for deepening the Medina will be carried into execution. A
spacious town quay will also be erected, and it is rumoured
that the members of the royal yacht squadron are about re-
moving their rendezvous from this place to, the anchorage off
Norris, on which estate a splendid club house is to be built,
for the accommodation of its members.—Hampshire Tele-
graph.