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

The Bishop of Salisbury, the youngest on the bench, is
about to be married to Miss Seymour, daughter of Sir M.
Seymour.

REMEDY FOR THE TOOTHACHE:—The Boston Times re
commends pork and beans as an excellent remedy for tooth
ache, especially if the ache be produced by hunger.

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A WEAPON OF WAR.—A large dirk-knife was exhibited
to the magistrates, at the Court House, Wakefield. on Mon-
day lust, for the purpose of showing them a specimen
of the private weapons with which the Chartists are
said to have armed themselves. It is stated, that they are
sold in large numbers, by itinerant dealers in cutlery ware.—
Haliftui Guardian.

LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG. One day last
week, h girl went into a respectable druggist's shop, in the
Hillgate, and asked for a pound of Cocculus Indicus, a very
pernicious drug, to a considerable extent poisonous, which is
introduced by some unprincipled persons into the brewing of
ale, in which state it acts as a strong narcotic. The worthy
shopkeeper being rather astounded at the quantity required,
though without asking for what purpose it was wanted,
suggested to the girl, that she was mistaken, and that an
ounce was the quantity she was desired to procure ; to which,
however, she replie&—" Nay, mon ! I'm reel, father's going
to brew his own."—Stockport paper.
CURIOUS REASON FOR SUICIDE.—Mrs. Eliza Jones, of
Lugwardine, committed suicide by taking a large quantity of
oxymuriate of mercury. On being asked, before her death,
which took place on Monday morning, what could have in-
duced her to commit such an act, she replied, " that her
brother having put up the bans of marriage with a woman
she did not like had induced her to quit this world."—Here-
ford Journal.

INcENDIARisme—It is with extreme regret that we an-
nounce that a most destructive fire, which there is every rea-
son to believe is the act of an incendiary, took place last
night at Steeple Ashton. It happened about eleven o'clock,
on the premises of Mr. Miles, near the church. Five wheat
ricks, three barns, in which were 100 sacks of wheat, three
waggon sheds, a stable, and several cottages, were totally de-
stroyed. Mr. Miles lately discharged all his labourers for
having attended a chartist meeting.—Wilts Herald.

One of the great attractions for her Majesty possessed by
the Marchioness Normanby, is the point and wit with which
her ladyship exercises her mimetic powers in giving imita-
tions of the aping of style and affectation of manners of the
" vulgar Irish," who attended the drawing-rooms at Dublin
Castle. These scenes, which, we understand, are acted to
tine life, have for some time formed a' prominent feature in
the evenings' entertainments at the Royal Palaces.—Dublin
Evening Mail.

MINISTERIAL AGITATION.—The walls of the City of
Glasgow have, for two days, been disgraced by enormous
placar s plentifully distributed in the most prominent situa-
tions, and put up through the night. The bills are of Lon-
don manufacture. They arc intended to mix up the Queen
with the late contemptible palace intrigue, and are full of
abuse of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. We
are delighted, however, to observe, that they are exciting lit-
tle attention; and the shrewd working-people who stop to
read them, generally remark, that—" this is all humbug."—
Glas.Vow Constitutional.

SANGUINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.--In the shop window of
a silversmith, within a hundred yards of Marylebone police-
office, is exhibited a pair of pistols, with a label, of which
the following is a copy attached :—" To duellists. This
splendid pair of highly-finished first-rate duelling pistols,
with hair-triggers, platina bands and touch-holes, in fine
condition. Tile apparatus is quite complete and fit for im-
mediate vie. Spanish mahogany case. Price 15 guineas,
cost 30 guineas."

Prince George of Cambridge arrived at Malta on the Ist
instant, as we learn by a letter of the 4th, on board the
Acheron steamer. His royal highness was saluted by the
fleet and the forts, and was received on his landing by the
governor and his staff. The prince was to stop only a few
days, and would then proceed to Constantinople, unless he
should determine to wait till the 15th, on which day Admiral
Sir R. Stopford was to sail with the fleet for the Levant.

The Duke of Wellington is a member of about thirty dif-
ferent orders of knighthood of the 'highest class, and the
insignia of many of them have been presented to him in
precious stones ; and yet, however great and important the
occasion, the only decorations worn by the duke are the
British order of the garter and a simple Waterloo medal—
differing in nothing from that worn by private soldiers.
LIVING AT SYDNEY.—We have just been favoured with
the perusal of a letter from Dr. D. M'Clean, late of Tober-
mory, who, for the sake of his family, emigrated under the
auspices of government, as surgeon of the St. George, in
autumn last. " I have taken lodgings," he says, "at ten
guineas a-week. I mean to look out for a cottage of three
rooms or so, the rental of which will be £lOO to £l2O, un-
furnished ! Such," adds the doctor, "is Sydney !"—Glas-
pow Constitutional.

CAUTION TO SERVANTS.--At the Ludlow petty sessions
on Monday, a gentleman of that town was summoned by
Martha Richards, his late nursemaid, and his late cook, for
their wages for the last three months. The complainants
had, during the absence of their master and mistress, gone
out of the house to a dance, leaving three children under five

years of age in the place alone du'ring the whole night, they
not returning before six in the morning. The magistrates,
under these circumstances, dismissurthe summonses against
the gentleman, and ordered the applicants to pay the costs.
—Hereford Journal.
THE CHARTISTS.—We are able to state, on the very best
authority, that at a recent meeting of the esleyan preachers
of the Bath district, consisting of between 30 and 40 indivi-
duals, it was unanimously resolved that any member of the
methodist connection, who should join himself with the
chartists, should be excluded from their body. This decision
we cannot but regard as honourable to the parties, and in
accordance with the sacred volume, and one which should

be made known in every part of the kingdom.—Bath Post.
OPERAS IN THE COUNTRY.—Laporte is making arrange-
ments for performing Italian operas at Birmingham, Man-
chester, and Liverpool, taking two out of the three towns on
each trip, which may be easily accomplished between Tues-
days and Saturdays, which are the regular opera nights in
London, particularly if the rate of railroad travelling is to be
increased, so that the distance from London to Liverpool or
Manchester will be performed in nine hours, and to or from
Birmingham in five !—Musical World.
ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.--In the Wye, at Buiith, on
Saturday the 4th instant, Mr. Stephen Prichard, fishing-
tackle maker, in company with Mr. Hooke, of London,
caught, in the short space of two hours and a half, no less
than 302 salmon-pink ; and the latter gentleman, though
perfectly unacquainted with angling, caught in the same time
120. It is considered that salmon, trout, grayling, and sal-
mon-pink, are in greater abundance this year in the rivers
Wye, Irvon, and Edward, than in any former year in the
recollection of the oldest fishermen of the town.—Hereford
Times.

LADY DURHAM.—It cannot escape observation, how
scrupulously the whip scribes keep the case of Lady Durham
out of sight upon the present occasion. The moment her
husband, though not a minister, was excluded from the court,
she had too much spirit and sense of propriety to retain her
own situation there. Not so the camarilla, who have no idea
of following an 3xample which would deprive them at once
of salary, influence, and means of intrigue. And what must
be thought of husbands, brothers, and fathers, who can ex-
pose their female relatives even to the chance of such impu-
tations ?—Herald.

RAILWAY BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.—
Upwards of twenty miles of this line are already contracted
for, and eight miles more are advertised. These twenty-
eight miles comprehend all the heaviest, and consequently
all the most tedious works ; thus putting in in the power of
the directors to regulate the letting of the remaining con-
tracts, so as to secure the completion of the whole line about
the same time. The contractors are bound to finish their
work in 1841, and from the well known energy and skill of
several of them, there is little doubt of the line being
opened about the time expected,—Newcastle Journal.

A COCKFIGHTING REPRESENTATIVE.—We congratulate
our dear, delightful, gentlemanly Wycombe on the fact of its
worthy representative, Mr. G. H. Dashwood, being sum-
moned (with 15 others) before the bench of magistrates at
Uxbridge, for cockfighting ! Monday next is the day for
hearing the cases. On his election banner Mr. Dashwood
has, " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World ;" of
course, as his " humanity" goes hand-in-hand with his " li-
berty," he should have a flag to match, inscribed " Cockfight-
ing all over the Universe." How Chipping Wvcombe must
rejoice in a member of such delicate and intellectual pursuits !
—Bucks Herald

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The open cutting through
the town of Belper is expected to be completed in about four
months. The bridges over the several streets and lanes are
commenced, as are also the retaining walls, for which a great
quantity of stone is prepared. is The bridge for the new turn-
pike road, north of Belper completed, and will be soon
ready for use. The passage under the bed of the Cromford
Canal, at Buil Bridge, has been open some time, and the
works are proceeding there with great activity. The last of
the foundations of the large bridge over the Derwent, near
Amber Gate, were put in this week; considerable difficulty
has been experienced here, as the workmen have been many
months, night and day, at work, assisted by a powerful steam
engine.

A journeyman locksmith of Warsaw, as we are told by a
letter from that city, has received intelligence of the death of
a cousin in New York, leaving him a fortune of 12,500,000 fr,
the fruits of speculations in railroads and steam-boats.
Michel Gannentsky, the fortunate artisan, received the news
with perfect philosophy ; declared he should remain with his
master till his engagement with him expires, and which will
not be till July twelvemonth, because he had been in his place
20 years, and had uniformly been treated with kindness, and
yet be gained no more than between four and five francs a-day.
He also renewed a promise of marriage he bad previously
made to his master's cook. Gannentsky is stated to be now
about 33 years of age.

DISCOVERY OF VALUABLE MARBLE.—We understand
that a large field of fossil ►narble has lately been discovered
on the common belonging to the-manor of great Asby, in
this county, the property of John Hill, Esq. of Bankfoot,
some of the most beautiful which England has hitherto pro-
duced. Two specimens of this splendid marble have aptly
been named by the owner Tortoise-shell and Chintz Marbles.
The first has a French-white ground, interspersed with blood-
red spots, and bears so close a rese.-nblanee to tortoise-shell,
that at a short distance it is difficult to discriminite between
the two. The second presents a light brown ground marked
with a curious representation of gold filligre work, mixed with
a dusky green, bright purple, and red, and has the exact ap-
pearance of the rich chintz gowns worn a century ago. There
are numerous other patterns in this limestone range, extend-
ing over more than 3000 acres, both curious and handsome.
The great valve of this marble consists not in variety of
colours alone, but also in the fineness of its grain, which is
equal to the Italian marble, and also in its great soundness ;
the shaken condition of variegated English marbles having
in general rendered them of comparative little value. We
hear that blocks of large dimensions are easily won, and when
manufactured, take the most brilliant polish imaginable. We
have no doubt this valuable marble, unique in its kind, will
soon become a general favourite with the public, and be an
important acquisition to the marble works of this country.
We hear also, with much pleasure, that a few specimens will
shortly be presented to the museum at Kendal.—Westmor-
land Gazette.

LAUGHABLE OCCURRENCE.—A most extraordinary oc-
currence recently took place at Tewkesbury, which has been
the source of no small amusement in the neighbourhood. Some
of the sporting friends of W. Barnard, Esq. the respected
owner of the Whitefield harriers, issued circulars and pub-
lished advertisements announcing their having invited that
gentleman to a dinner at the King's Head Inn, Tewkesbury, on
Friday, the 3d inst. Accordingly, at four o'clock, the time
fixed for the banquet, between twenty and thirty gentlemen
assembled, who proceeded to select a chairman and vice-
chairman for the occaasion, and the list of toasts and other
arrangements were made in due form. After waiting a full
hour in eager expectation of their guest, the company reluc-
tantly set down to dinner without him, and afterwards dis-
patched a note to Mr. Barnard, stating the anxiety the
company felt at his absence, and hoping that neither his old
enemy the gout, nor any accident or sudden domestic calam-
ity, had prevented his attendance. The messenger soon re-
turned, with the astounding intelligence that " Mr. Barnard
had received no invitation ! " and on investigation, it turned
out that such indeed was the fact ! The committee for
arranging the feast had performed their duty generally in the
most satisfactory manner—the dinner was excellent, the des-
sert was splendid, and the wines were brilliant ; but alas !
they forgot to invite their intended guest ! The company,
however, under the able presidency of Mr. J. Moore, and
Mr. J. Creese, " ate, drank, and were merry," and many of
them did not quit the festive board untilpast midnight.---Fe-
lix Farley's Bristol Journal.