The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-24 00:00:00

TYPII US FEVEII.—As typhus fever is generally.found to

may nor oe untimely [o-men-
tion that nitrous acid gas possesses the power of destroying
its• contagion, and of preventing its spread. By the following
simple method the gas may he produced at a trifling expense.
Place a little powdered saltpetre in a saucer, and pour on it
as much oil of vitriol as will just cover it; a copious discharge
of acid gas will instantly take place, the
.quantity of which
may be regulated by lessening or increasing the quantity of
the ingredients.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne has resigned her place as
chief lady of the Queen's bedchamber; and the Countess of
Burlington has been appointed to the vacant post.—Some of
our contemporaries attribute the resignation of the marchio-
ness to misunderstandings and breaches of etiquette; whilst
the government papers affirm that the resignation is the re-
sult of long previous arrangement, it having been understood
from the commencement that her ladyship would be able to
hold the office for a limited period only.
THE SWIMMING MATCH.—A society has recently been
formed in the metropolis for encouraging the useful and health-
ful art of swimming. The prizes are to be open to the com-
petition of all England, and the scene of action is to be from
shore to shore across the Serpentine in Hyde Park. There
are to be four heats, and the successful parties are to start for
the grand prize on Friday morning. ' The hour is fixed at half-
past six each morning. It is a singular fact that last year,
when for the first time the prizes given by the society were
contended for, the result was as follows :—Civilians won five
prizes, a soldier one, and watermen and sailors one.

LARGE CEDAR.—In. Quenby-park, Leicestershire, the
seat of W. NV. Ashby, Esq., there is a magnificent cedar
tree, which presents an object of wonder and attraction to
all who visit there. The dimensions are as follow :—Cir-
cumference at the bottom, 17 feet 9 inches; at nine feet from
the bottom, 13 feet 2 inches • at twelve feet from the bottom,
13 feet 8 inches. Height of The tree, 40 feet 6 inches. Cir-
cumference of the largest branch close to the butt, 5 feet 5
inches. Length of the longest branch from the butt, 41 feet
5 inches. The longest horizontal extent of its branches, 76
feet 6 inches, Height from the ground to the forked part, 26
feet 8 inches. It contains 420 cubic feet of timber.
THE "ROMANCE OF REAL. LlFE."—Many of our readers
have, no doubt, seen an account running the round of the
provincial papers, of the sudden accession of a Bilston collier,
named Robert Taylor, to the property of the late Lord Ken-
nedy. The "fortunate youth" is stated, upon the authority
of a veracious contemporary, to have recentiv become pos-
sessed of £60,000 a-year ! The believers in 260,000 persons
assembled in Holloway Head will, no doubt, give credence
to this equally indisputable fact ! We confess that after the
circumstances connected with his "lordship's" history, which
have transpired in this town during the last week, we are not
inclined to be so far gulted.—Birminyhant Advertiser.

DEFEAT OF RADICALS AT CHELTENHAM.—OU Tuesday,
pursuant to adjournment, a meeting was held in the parish
church, for the purpose of receiving the report of the scru•
tineers appointed to inspect votes given relative to the repairs
of St. Paul's Church. The numbers were declared to be—

Voters. Votes.
For the repairs 479 I 1162
For the adjournment

Majority 5 I 454
There being thus a majority of votes and voters in favour of
repairing the church, notwithstanding all the exertions of the
anti-church patty, who in their anxiety to carry thei► object.
brought up to the poll persons who had been dead for some
time ; at least, the virtuous and honest liberals procured some
of the respectable men of their party to personate defunct
voters.

CAUTION TO RETAIL BREWERS.—John Whittingham,
retail brewer, New England, Marsh-lane, appeared before the
magistrates at the Town-hall yesterday, to answer a charge of
having refuse,' to open his house door on Sunday morning
last, to the police-officers, after being requested to do so. The
magistrates remanded the defendant that the penalty for the
offence of which he had been guilty, was that he should be
fined £5; but as it was probable that he was not aware of that
fact, and he had not been before the magistrates on any former
occasion, he must be more careful for the future, and for the
present offence he would only be called upon to pay the ex-
penses of the hearing, which he did forthwith.—Preston Pilot.
WORKING DOGS IN LONDON.—The great increase of the
number of dog-carts within the last few years has been a sub-
ject of serious complaint. It is the practice in some parts of
the town to let dogs to hire, and they are kept to the number
of twenty or thirty by one individual, for that purpose ; when
not at work they arP suffered to stray about the streets, to the
great annoyance of the neighbourhood, and the increase of
public danger from the bite of mad dogs. One witness, Mr.
Sewell, the veterinary surgeon, attributes the late increase of
hydrophobia " to the employment of dogs in carts ; they are
over exerted, that brings on fever, and whenever they have
any attack of fever it exposes them to rabies, from the pain
and irritation of the feet " The same witness states it to be
his opinion that the very fact of employing a dog in a cart is
cruelty, because the animal is unfit for the employm'ent.—
Report ofthe Committee of the Metropolitan Police.
SAVING OF HEAT.—A practice has been followed for some
time by the spinning masters of Johnstone, and; we believe,
in some other parts of the county, to prevent the escape of
heat from steam-boilers. Every one is aware that, when
standing near a steam-boiler, a great degree of heat is felt
making its escape; of course, all heat passing off is just so
much clear loss. To prevent this, the method taken is to
cover, to the depth of a few inches, all the exposed part of a
boiler with a quantity of old cotton waste, of no other use,
and then to plaster it over with a coating of the mud that is
scraped from the stre-ets, When so covered in a proper way,
the hand may be laid on the coating, when the heat is found
scarcely perceptible. As the method is at once cheap and
of easy application, and as the saving. of fuel is considerable,
while much of the disagreeable heat felt in the vicinity of
boilers is got quit of; the plan is worthy the attention of all
who have occasion to use steam power. Probably other sub-
stances, such.as saw-dust, moss, &c. may form a good enough
substitute for cotton waste.—Glasgow Courier.

THE WALKING MATCH OF A THOUSAND MILES IN A
THOUSAND HALF Howls GIVEN UP.—This extraordidary
undertaking was commenced on Wednesday night last, in
Hall's Cricket Ground, Camberwell. Molloy- continued his
task with the greatest ease until Saturday afternoon, but in
going up the steps leading to the room in which he took re-
freshment, &c., he slipped and bruised his left leg. It was,
however, considered of no consequence, and he continued
walking. Yesterday Inotnin;.7,, however, at an early hour,
he complained of severe pain in that leg, and Mr. Massey,
a surgeon of Camberwell, was sent for, who promptly at-
tended, and sent a lotion, which was used every tone lie came
in. At two o'clock he said he felt quite relieved from pain,
and was in high spirits, and after partaking of some dinner
he again set out, apparently quite fresh. He, however;
walked very lame, but continued till half-past four, (having
then completeth his 278th mile,) when his leg became so in-
flamed and swollen that he was unable to proceed at a quar-
ter to five, and the wager was consequently lost. It is said
upwards of £5OOO will change hands on the occasion.
Morning Herald.
REPORTED INTENTION OP HER MAJESTY TO RESIDE AT
KENSINGTON.—For some days past a report has been ex-
tensively current at the west end of the town, and to which,
by many persons professing to be well informed on the sub-
ject, considerable credence has been attached, that it is her
Majesty's intention to reside a portion of the year at the royal
palace of Kensington, the place of her birth, and which is
endeared to her by so many fond recollections. It is said
that the ancient palace is first to undergo a thorough repair,
and to he considerably enlarged; and it is even asserted that
estimates have already been sent into the Board of Works, of
the probable amount of the expense. Certain it is that the
Princess Sophia will shortly vacate her apartments at Ken.
sington Palace, and remove to a large mansion, formerly the
residence of Colonel Wynne, in Church-lane, Kensington;
in preparing which, and making enlargements, upwards of a
hundred workmen have for some weeks been employed; and,
for her royal highness'Accommodation, an entrance has been
made from the rear on to the palace green. The inhabitants
of Kensington are on the tiptoe of anticipation on the subject,
and anxiously express a hope that that the report may be well
founded.—Sunday paper.

RAPID THAVELLING.—The performance recorded in the
following parag,ragli is one among many modern instances of
improvements in the mode of travelling:—A gentl&man, pas-
sengers in the Royal William steam-ship, left Trieste on the
15th June, and after passing through Italy, Switzerland,
France, and England, visiting four of the European capi-
tals, and spending twelve complete days at the different places
mentioned above on his route until his arrival in Liverpool,
the port of embarkation, reached New York on the 24th July.
Thus the whole distance was performed in thirty-nine days;
from this time is to be deducted twelve days of detention at
the following places:--
Venice
Milan 3
Lausanne
Paris 2
•
Boulogne
London
Liverpool

• 12 days,
and there are left twenty-seven days of actual travelling.
SWINDLING.—In an article, headed "An accomplished
Swindler," in the Guardian of Saturday last, we gave an ac-
count of c.n ingenious fraud attempted to be practised upon
Messrs. Potters and Norris, of this town, by addressing an
order to them purporting to be from Messrs. Hartley and
Morton, drapers, of Halifax, for a quantity of goods, which
were accordingly sent. The goods, it will be remembered,
were received by Messrs. Hartley and Morton, who,not hav-
ing ordered them, wrote to Messrs. Potters and Norris to in-
quire if there was not some mistake; and afterwards, at the
request of the latter, sent them to the Goldeh Lion coach
office in Leeds, to which place a person who gave his name
William Howard came for them, but he was taken into cus-
tody. He was brought np at the New Bailey on Monday
last, when Smith, the beadle, stated the circumstances of the
case, as appeared in Saturday's Guardian; and a salesman
from Messrs. Potters and Norris stated, that he received the
order, and saw that the goods were taken into the packing
room to be sent off. Smith produced the letter to Messrs.
Potters and Norris, ordering the goods, and to Messrs. Hart-
ley and Morton, requesting them to forward the goods to
Leeds; and the prisoner, after being cautioned by Mr. Maude
not to say any thing against himself, admitted that they were
in his writing. A bookkeeper from the Golden Lion coach
office, Leeds, stated that the prisoner came to the office on
Thursday, and asked for a parcel addressed to a person of
the name of Morton; the parcel was given to him, and he
paid for it, and signed for it in the book. The witness, by
Mr. Maude's desire, then compared the writing of the priso-
ner in his book and the writing of the letters, and said they
appeared to be written by the same person. Smith said the
goods were returned from Hartley and Morton; and he went
to Potters and Norris's. and they packed up a second quan-
tity, and sent them off to Leeds.—Mr. Maude : The goods
which were ordered, then, the prisoner never got at all ?
Smith : No; the order was made a second time exactly in
the same way.—Mr. Maude : Then they sent off a second
quantity of goods of a similar nature to those sent to Hartley
and Morton ?—Smith : Yes; and 1 went to Leeds, and
waited at the coach office two days, expecting some one to
come for them; but as no one did, I came away.—A person,
who stated he was a salesman in the silk department at
Messrs. Potters and Norris's, said that in the second parcel
they only put four pieces of bombazeen, the order was for
six. Smith said there were two or three other cases in which
the prisoner had obtained goods in the same way ; in one case
he got some goods frotn Messrs. S. and J. Watts's, and sold
them at Liverpool.—Mr. Reed, deputy-constable of Leeds,
stated that he was in the coach-office when the prisoner came
in for the parcel, which he gave to a porter, and told him
to take it to the railway office • but he, Mr. Reed, told the
prisoner that he must take both the parcel and him, which
he accordingly did.—The prisoner, who appeared to be about
21 years of age, said that he was an accountant, and came
from London.--After some consideration, Mr. Maude said
he doubted whether the charge of obtaining the goods from
Messrs. Potters & Norris could be sustained, as the prisoner
had not, in fact, obtained those goods by means of the false
pretence which be had used. That charge was consequently
abandoned ; but the prisoner was detained, and he will be
brought up again in a day or two, to answer another charge
of a similar Datum Guardian.