The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

At Bucklaad, near Frome, a respectable farmer has a
terrier bitch, which lately had young ones, and having beaten
them off, has adopted a kitten, which she is now suckling
with the greatest fondness.
KNOW LEDGE.—There is no simple interest in knowledge.
Whatever funds you have in that bank, go on increasing by
interest—till the-bank fails.— The Doctor.
A. DETERMINED PCNSTER.—Some one attributing the
wants of Ireland to absenteeism, a resolute punster, de-
clared that "the misery of the Irish arose not from absent-
lea-ism, but from absent-dinner-ism."—Colburn's New
Monthly.
A shoemaker of the Faubourg St. Jacques, is stated to
have made the discovery that the soles of boots and shoes
steeped in boiling bitumen are rendered waterproof and
eve) lasting!—Paris paper.
At the Knutsford sessions, just concluded, John Brockle-
horst, Esq. M.P. for Macclesfield, qualified. and took the
oaths, as a magistrate for the county.
FISH, FLESH, AND Fowt..--Last Saturday, Thomas
Woodhouse, fisherman, of Heaton, on hauling in his nets,
found in them a hare, a crow, a flounder, and a salmon !
The son of the late desperado Thistlevrood, the head of the
Cato-street conspirators, has been committed to take his trial
at. Maidstone for a highway robbery. He is a private in the
50th regiment.
STATE OF TRADE.—There has been no change in our
market for several days past. The demand for yarn continues
languid, Lad the prices are consequently depressed; but there
is a good demand fcr almost all kinds of piece goods, at
steady and remunerating rates.—Manchester Guardian
LARGE SALMON.—On Tuesday last the men employed by
Mr. Melling, fishmonger, of this town, caught in the Ribble
near to Walton-la-dale, a salmon, weighing 30lbs. This
is one of the largest fish that.has been caught iu the Ribble
for many years.—Preston Chronicle.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 3.—We
hare had an average macket to-day, but the demand has been
chiefly confined to flannels of the coarser kinds. The prices
remain the same as last week. There has been little or no
change in the wo:.1 market. either in regard to the quantity
sold, or the price given.

The monument in the burying-ground of Laeken, near
Brussels, to the memory of Madame Malibran, is now finished.
It consists of a small circular chapel, in which is to be placed
the statue, by Geefs, of this lamented cantatrice. The build-
ing will receive light from a dome at the top. The design is
said to be remarkably elegant.
On Wednesday evening last, the Stag coach, in returning
to this town from Manchester, was unfortunately upset at the
bridge, within one mile of didhope. This point of the road
has long been complained of as highly dangerous, having
some time ago caused the upsetting of the Tantivy coach.
Two of the passengers are we understand, injured; but the
others providentially escaped.—Sheffield independent.
SNOVIDON.—This majestic peak has had a clear front for
the few last days, a fact which sufficiently shows the state of
the weather. On Tuesday there were no less than 50 pedes-
trians at one time on the side of the mountain, as we are
credibly informed by an eye-witness. The summit was en-
tirely free from cloud during long intervals, and only oc-
casionally moistened with a mist or two.—Carnarvon Herald.
There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Thomas Ingham,
of Stow Pasture, near Gainsborough, a remarkably fine
specimen of that beautiful and (in ibis part of the country)
rare plant, the variegated Scotch thistle. It measures nine
yards in circumference, six feet two inches in height, and
bears the enormous quantity of a hundred and one flowers.—
Lincoln Mercury.

KINMEL.—We are happy in being able to announce the
return of Lord Dinorben to his delightful residence in ex-
cellent health. We perceive by the papers, that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex has arrived on a visit to his
friend Alexander Thistelwayte, Esq., at Southwick Park,
near Flodsham, where he is expected to re►uain a fortnight,
and then proceed on his annual tour of visits, which of course
will include Kinmel.—Carnarron Herald.

During the last ,seek an interesting spectacle has been
witnessed on the lawn opposite the vicarage house, at Stur-
minster, where a young cuckoo is supported and maintained
by the industry and attention of a water-wagtail. This little
fellow is most careful and. zealous in behalf of his gigantic
protege, and seems not a little proud of so promising a youth.
If another wagtail approach the cuckoo, he is sure to meet
with very heavy blows. The cuckoo can fly quite strong, but
is still in leading-strings, and seems loth to relinquish the
flattering attention of its little guardian. The two birds
constantly roost together.— Wilts Independent.
NEW GAS COMPANY, SHEFFIELD.—EFFECT OF COMPE-
TITION.—A general meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday the 25th ult., James Montgomery, Esq. in the
chair, when it appeared by the report, that, from the low price
of gas, the returns for the past year scarcely amounted to the
cost of manufacturing that essential article, leaving no profit
to the proprietors for the great amount of capital already ex-
pended (upwards of £120,000) consequently no dividend could
be declared; notwithstanding that, by au arrangement with
the old company, the price of gas had been raised from five
shillings to ten shillings per 1,000 cubic feet.—Birmingham
paper.

IRISH Poon-Laws.—Mr. Nicholls started for Ireland on
Saturday. He takes with him, or they will follow, an office.
keeper and one clerk, and the following assistant commis-
sioners:—Mr. Hawley, Mr. Ehrle, Mr Vonles, Mr. Gulson ;
and, in all probability, the Hon. Mr. Clements, brother to
Lord Clements, will be appointed, and will join them. Mr.
Lefevre will, it is believed, have the power of the commis-
sion entrusted to him during Mr. Nicholl's absence; Mr. F.
Lewis being absent on account of the death of Mrs. Frank-
land Lewis. Mr. Stanley, of Dublin, we hear, has been ap-
pointed an assistant secretary.—Hertford Reformer.

We expressed last week our disbelief of the accounts
which had reached this country
.from Constantinople of the
taking of Bushire, in the Persian Gulf, by the expedition-
ary force from Bombay • and we, at the same time, added
that the island of Karrak was more probably the object of
the expedition. The result has proved the accuracy of our
information. We are now enabled to state, that the British
force from Bombay took pos4ession of the island of Karrak
on the 19th of June last, and that this important object was
effected with the full consent of the local authorities. No-
thing has been heard, in quarters the best informed in this
country, of the alleged proceedings at Bushire.—Observer.

'hat think you of my recognising in the person of a cri-
mina! in a Paris courtof justice, a magnificent and dignified
count, the favourite of all the ladies in London, exalted by
them to the table of English lords and ministers of state, a
nobleman who used to travel about London with a magnifi-
cent red and gilt morocco book of his pedigree under his
arm, showing how he was descended from the noblest blood
in Europe ? This amiable nobleman has been condemned
by the disciples of the blind goddess for the trifling matter of
fifty-four robberies. Who do you think he turned out to be,
this divinity of the London soirees? Why, the son of a
Roman cook. This virtuous and agreeable man, if I remem-
ber right, ran away from Rome because he hat! robbed and
thrashed his culinary sire.—Correspondent 4,f the Morning
Post.

MELANCHOLY DEATH.—CACTION.—A yerson of the name
of John Stee, a pensioner, residing in Kendal, on Sunday
week imagined that an issue in one of his legs would be be-
neficial to him; and he undertook the task of cutting for one
himself. In making the incision for that purpose he cut into
a vein, which he was unaware of, and, after slightly bandag-
ing it, laid himself down upon the bed, imagining that the
hemorrhage would shortly cease; and in this state his wife
left him to manage her ordinary concerns in a room below.
The blood, however, continued to flow so profusc!y as in a
short time to drop through the ceiling, and then it was that
his wife awoke to all the terrors of the moment, She ran up
stairs, and a medical gentleman was immediately sent for;
but, alas! the poor fellow was in the last stage of exhaustion,
and he ehortly breathed his last. He was interred en Tues
day, and was borne and followed to the grave by his fellow-
pensioners, members of the Royal Veteran Society.—Man-
chester Guardian.

INGENIOUS CALCULATION.—In one of the spinning and
power-loom establishments in Bury, there are 1,1-10 looms at
work. •'fin intelligent book keeper employed at these works
has made the following curious calculation, viz.:—The shut-
tle of each loom, in traverstig through the shed formed by
the warp, passes over a space of 4 feet 6 inches at least;
some more, but none less than that. Whilst at work, the
shuttle is thrown 100 times per minute, o► 27,000 feet per
hour. The looms are in operation twelve hours per day,
consequently each shuttle traverses 324,000 feet, or 61 miles
640 yards in one day. Amongst so many looms, there will
be always some standing, from various causes; allowing,
then, 140 out of the 1,140 to he the average number standing,
and assuming that 1,060 are kept constantly going for twelve
hours each day, these shuttles will travel 61,363 miles and
1,120 yards each day, or through a-space almost equal to 21
times the circumference of the earth, in the short period of
twelve hours ! Wigan Gazette.

SINGULAR ADVE.ITC;RE OF FOUR Boys.—ln that well-
known and often-visited Middleton Dale, where the towering
rocks stand in such majestic grandeur, capped with forest
trees and mantling ivy, the threatening. attitude of which has
often struck with the subliwest admiration and awe the mind
of the idle wanderer, the careless pedestrian, and the tasteful
and inquiring tourist—amidst the crags which surround the
base of one of these stupendous rocks is a narrow creek,
which leads through a long and rugged subterraneous pas-
sage into a cavern called'" The Wonder," but which, owing
to its dangerous and rugged path, is not often visited but by
the most enterprising and curious, and the most daring chil-
dren of the High Peakers. Four boys of the latter descrip-
tion, from the village of Evam, about the age of 11 years,
ambitious to explore the secret cavern and narrow windings
of " The Wonder," a few days ago provided themselves with
a candle, and immediately after. dinner proceeded to carry
their purpose into effect. Various are the reports as to the
lengths of this cavern • some asserting that it extends for
several miles under the neighbouring hills. It is not often
explored further than about 300 or 400 yards; to which point
it appears our youthful s•abterraneous travellers extended
their rout, when, unfortunately for them, a drop of water
from the top of the rock extinguished their light, and left
them in total darkness in the gloomy cavern. Night came
ou, and their parents began to be uneasy about their absence,
and not returning home when darkness began to cover the
earth, immediate search was made for them, and every in-
quiry among their playfellows; when it happened that they
found one to whom it appears this scheme of exploring
"The Wonder" had been communicated Provided with
lights and mining clothes, two men immediately started at
midnight to seek for them, when at the extremity of the
cavern they found the little daring creatures fast asleep,
with their clothes torn, scratched, bruised, and bleeding from
the wounds they had received in their attempts to make their
way out in darkness. From their own account it appears,
that after the light was extinguished, they made several at-
tempts to find their way back in vain; after which they.knelt
down and repeated their prayers, and then tried again, with-
out any greater success. They then prayed again and again,
and each time attempted in vain to get back, till exhausted
and wounded by falling over the rugged pieces of rock which
line the windings of the cavern, and terrified by their awful
situation, they sank into sleep, in which state they were
found.—Sheifield Iris.

MOCK PIANO-FpßTES.—Among the ingennities of modern
trade is the practice of constructing piano-fortes in a showy
and, indeed, elegant style, so as to appear, as far as the ex-
terior is concerned, equal to the best and most costly manu-
factured by respectable makers. An assumed name flou-
rishes on the instruments; these are advertised and sold for
half the accustomed price. That, however, invariably hap-
pens, which might be expected ; the instrument, being made
of imperfect wire and materials and of unseasoned wood,
soon warps, and, of course, renders tuning impracticable,
and thus the whole affair, with its fine French polished rose-
wood veneer and stylish silk drapery, is found to be of no
more value than When its component.parts are converted
into a travelling case or a lady's work -b ox. A number of
pianos of this description have been sent out to South Ame-
rica, and found, on their arrival, to be of no other service
The
proper security
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purchase them as
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houses which, having a reputation only from those
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to risk it by an imposition on those whoa confide
Londononptiariee'd.. to instruments intended for exportation,
:hat, in many of our. principal towns, the system hast,
been c
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carried on of advertising piano-fortes in the way most likely
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only a few months ago, selected by an eminent professor,"
&c.,—referees are ready prepared for the suspicious, and so
the gulls are caught. We hope, the hook being a little ex-
posed, the bait will not take so easily as it has done.—Ereter
Flying Post.—[We suspect the trick is often tried in this
town. We have frequently seen very suspiciouslooking
advertisements on the subject in the advertising columns of
our Liverpool contewporaries.—.E.L,S.]

Lord Mostyn has arrived at Penv ern, St. A saph, from
Holywell, where his lordship will entertain a party of sport-
ing friends in the ensuing month.
FIRST ENGLISH STEAM-VESSELS.—The following notice
appeared in the Oracle daily newspaper, December 1789 :
"There bas been lately laid before the Admiralty board, the
model of a ship, worked by steam, which is so constructed as
to sail against wind and tide. This ingenuity is to be re-
warded by a patent."

CORNISH HERON.—One of these rare and beautiful birds
was shot on Monday evening last, near Bordeaux, on the
margin of a pool where it was enjoying its evening's repast.
Its plumage is particularly beautiful, and the size of the bird
is truly majestic. From the point of the bill to the feet, it
measures four feet six inches; and the extent of the wings
is six feet. —West Briton.

PLEASING DISCOVERY.—On Thursday last, as Mr. Fen-
ton, auctioneer, of Kendal, was disposing of the effects of a
man (deceased), of the name of Fletcher, who lived'inNew-
street, he put up to sale an old knapsack, which Fletcher
had used in his campaigns as a soldier. Happening to open
it to ascertain what it contained, the auctioneer discovered,
in the midst of much rubbish, a sovereign ; a second soon
made its appearance; and upon a more accurate search, two
checks, upon Messrs. Crewdsun's Bank, for the suns of
£6lO, were brought out. The relatives, who live at Penrith,
were aware that the man, though living in a state of much
poverty, was possessed of property, hut had not been able to
find the necessary authentication. It is not supposed that
they would have lost this windfall, if the acknowledgment of
the bankers had not been found; but it will be readily
imagined, that the circumstance relieved them from no slight
uneasiness.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A short time ago, Mr. Whitlow,
of Crowley. near Great Budworth, Cheshire, sent a team of
four good horses, under the care of two servants, to harrow
one of his fields. They were attached to very •large harrows,
wills spikes nine inches long projecting front the frame.
After working some time, one of the horses, a fine young
colt, became restive; and, to the carelessness or the
driver, it turned shrift round, the other horses after it,
which caused the harrows to tit:set. 'the spikes then turning
upwards,.and upon theta the first horse fell, and dragged the
other three horses down after it; thus all the four animals
were impaled upon the spikes of the barrows, kicking
furiously from the agony they endured. In this state they
remained for nearly hull. an hour before they could be .re-
!eased, which was oaly done by app!ing levers under each
of them. The lungs of one of the horses were perforated,
and they were all seriously injured; but, ()win, to the skill
and attention of the veterinary surgeon, Mr. Lewis, of Bud-
worth,,thev have all recovered, and arc again in working con-
dition.—Maccielfidd Cuurier. •

RAILWAY SIGNAL.—We have recently had an opportu-
nity of inspecting a railway signal erected at the Grand
Junction station, Birmingham, which, from its great sim-
plicity, and the unerring certainty with which it conveys the
requisite information, as to the state of the points, to the
drivers of locomotive engines, both by night and day, ap-
pears to lie an invention highly important, not only to the
proprietors of railroads, but to the public generally, as it will
greatly tend to prevent those accidents which have occa-
sionally occurred in consequence of the points (or shunts, as
they are called) being left in a wrong position. The inven,
tion consists of two discs, about two feet in diameter, placed
at right angles, surmounted by a lantern showing four lights,
but of three distinct colours—namely, two red, one blue, and
one white; the discs are painted•to correspond. This ap-
paratus is firmly attached to the top of the eccentric shaft
employed in movinr, the points, and consequently turns with
it with unerring certainty,r and can be seen et a great dis-
tance, affording the enginemen or drivels ample time to
govern the trains according to circumstances.—Birmingham
Herald.

EXTRAORDINARY WHEAT.—A field belonging to Mr.
John Surridg,e, of Sampford Peverel, containing three acres
of the finest wheat ever remembered to have been grown in
that parisb, or for many parishes adjoining, was cut during
the past week. It was supposed by competent judges, that
it would realize full 50 bushels per acre. The corns have
been counted from 12040 140 in one ear, and in many ears
the corns have run six in a Chace. We have seen a quantity
of the ears' and counted them. This splendid wheat is named
the radical wheat.

COBLENTZ, AUG. 27.—1 n the lodging-house of Reus, in
this city, a man-servant has found a pocket-book, containing
bank notes and bills of exchange to the value of no less than
three hundred and six thousand dollars! The bills are
drawn from New York on the chief cities of Europe.. It is
nut knoun which way the traveller is gone.who has left this
treasure behind him. The room which he occupied was al-
ready taken possession of after his departure by another
lodger. It may be supposed that the treasure is deposited in
a place of safety.—Dutek Papers, Sept. 1. •
WILD CATS.-Mr. Cahill, of Whiskey Hall, shot on
Thursday, at Cragg Wood, in this county, three wild cats of
monstrous size. These strange animals attacked the wood-
ranger a few days ago, who narrowly escaped with his life;
so disfigured were his features' and so completely exhausted
was he, that his family did not for a considerable time recog-
nise him on being brought home. Mr. Cahill, on hearing
the above, came from his residence to rid the neighbourhood
of the cause of so much terror and alarm. In size these wild
cats were much larger than any terrier.—Limerick Chronicle.

A report has found its way to the papers, to the effect that
the Board of Woods and Works had commenced certain
alterations in Kensington Palace, preparatory to her majes-
ty's making it her residence. As far as regards her majesty's
alleged intention, there is.not a particle of truth in this state-
ment; the plain fact being, that part of the palace is falling
down ; that the Princess Sophia has been obliged to lake up
her residence in an adjoining house, and that, if anything be
done in the way of repairs, it will be to fit the palace for the
reception of her royal highness, its former tenant.—Observer.

At the sale of the materials of the Old Royal Exchange,
the statues of the kings and queens that were placed round
the interior of the old building, and which were included in
the catalogue, seemed to excite considerable interest, though
sadly broken and mutilated. Queen Anne fetched £lO 55.;
George 11. £9 55.; George 111. and Elizabeth, £ll 15s.
each; Charles 11. £9 ; and the others, sixteen in number,
similar sums. The portico entrance next Corn Hill sold for
£275 ; and the sale altogether produced about £1.700.
THE RAILWAY DELTA IN LANCASHIRE.—The completion
of the Manchester and Bolton _Railway has enclosed a con-
siderable tract of country with a triangular boundary of rail-
way lines; of which the base is formed by the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway line front its terminus in this town to
the Kenyon junction, being a distative of rather more than
ten miles. The left or westerly side of the triangle is formed
by the Kenyon and Leigh junction jive, of which the termi-
nus at Belton forms one side of the apex ; this line is proba-
bly about ten miles in length. The Manchester and Bolton
Railway forms the right or easterly side of the triangle, and
is somewhat the shortest side ; its termini are Sali"ord and
Bolton. Besides connecting the towns of Bolton and Leigh
with Manchester and Salford, this delta includesthe townships
of Pendleton, Pendlehurv, Monton WorsleY, Little Haugh-
ton, Clifton, the three Hultons, kersley, Panworth, Great
Lever, Shakerley, Atherton, Tidsley, Astley, and Penning-
ton. iThe Duke of Bridgewater's canal enters it at Patricroft,
and Quits the delta at Leigh. The delta includes a portion
of Chat Moss, probably about four miles iu and
of breadth vary from a mile to a quarter of a mile. The prin-
cipal stream in this tract is the Glazehrook, and the eastern
boundary line is skirted the Manchester, Bolton, and
Bury canal. Perhaps no district in the world of simil•tr size
is equally favoured iu the means of both land or water com-
munication than this little delta, which, once the scene of the
triumphs of a Brindley, and the bite of one of the earliest
canals in England, is now girt and environed with an iron
zone, enabling it, like the fabled belt of the fairy tale, to
transport its treasures (mineral, manufacturing, and agri-
cultural,) in a space of time hitherto inconceivably rarid,
to the most distant parts of the kingdom.—Manchester Guar•
dian.

New LAW IN AMERICA, REGARDING STEAM NAVIGA-
TIoN —The American legislature has passed an act, which
has just come into operation, for the purpose of preventing
the recurrence of such shocking catastrophes as have long dis-
graced their system of steamboat navigation. Its particulars
may not he without interest in this country. The act directs
—l. , A fresh enrolment of steam-boats. '2. Imposes a penalty
of.five hundred dollars for navigating them without a license.
3. Appoints inspectors on all-the navigable waters. 4. Di-
rects the inspectors to examine and report on boats, and to
give certificates of their sufficiency. 5. Directs duplicate re-
ports:of allparticulars of the vessel and machinery to be made,
one to be posted up in the vessel. 6. Directs licenses to be
renewed every twelve months, under penalty of live hundred
dollars, and efficient crews to be kept on board. 7. Directs,
under penalty of two hundred dollars, that, whenever the en-
gine is stopped, the safety valve shall be liberated to keep
down the steam below the certified strength of the boilers. 8.
Directs boats of certain specified proportions, under a like
penalty, to be kept on board each vessel. 9. Directs, under
penalty of three hundred dollars, fire-engine and leather hose
to he kept on hoard each vessel, and iron chains to be used
instead of tiller ropes. 10. Directs, under penalty, signal
lights to be hoisted at night, when under way. 11. Gives ju-
risdiction to courts. N. Declares fatal negligence 01. m iscoa-
duet to be manslaughter, punishable with ten years' imprison-
ment and bard labour. 13.—Declares that, in all actions for
injuries for bursting or collapse, it shall be sufficient for plain-
tiff to prove the fact of the cause of the loss, and the onus of
provin,', it not to have been the result of negligence shall rest
or.thedefendant.

COLONIAL SHIPPING.—The number of vessels built and
registered in all our colonies, according to the parliamentary
paper 724, just published, in 1814 was 131, bearing a tonnage
of 16,696. From that time to the present, with considerable
oscillations, however, the number of vessels built has con-
tinually increased; and in 1837 it amounted to 496, having a
tonnage of 70,878. Both 1825 and 18'26, however, surpassed
1837. In the former year the number of vessels built was
536, and their tonnage 80,595; iu the latter, 580, and then•
tonnage 85,554; adding to the many proofs of the extraor-
dinary spring made in all branches of industry in those cele-
brated years of speculation. On the a hole, however, it is
extremely gratifying, remembering the periodical wa.ilings
of distress made by our colonists and shipowners, tofind such
conclusive testimony to their prosperity, and to the ever-in-
creasing maritime strength and power of our empiae.

ROBBERY OF A BANKER'S PARCEL—PURSUIT ANT) AP-
PREHENSION OF THE THIEF.-011 Tuesday the 14th instant,
Mr. Richards, of the house of Messrs. Wilkins, of Carmar-
then, bankers, sent a parcel, containing 300 sovereigns, and
a letter of advice, to Mr. Morgan Williams, of Llanelly, by
Joseph Phillips, a post-boy belonging to the Ship and Castle
Inn, at Llanellv, with which it appears Phillips immediately
absconded. The non-appearance of either the money or the
post-boy at once suggested itself to Mr. Morgan Williams
that a screw was loose, and he wisely set. off instanter in pur-
suit of the depredator. With unwearied diligence and energy
Mr. Williams traced the culprit to Swansea, following close
upon his heels from thence to Ilfracombe, and back again to
Swansea, and then to Bristol, at which place he ran the cun-
ning fox to earth on board an Irish steamer hound for Water-
ford, just on the point of sailing. Mr. Si, \Villiams returned
to Llanelly with his prisoner, who was duly lodged in our
county prison last night, with the warrant of Win. Chambers,
Esq. to take his trial for the offence; and it gives us great
pleasure to add, that the gold was untouched, being found in
its original package in the carpet bag of the delinquent. Very
great praise indeed is due to Mr. Morgan Williams, for the
activity and intelligence displayed by him is the affair.—
Welshman.
•RAILWAY PRONI NEWCASTLE TO EDINBURGH.—A NEW
LINE PROJECTED.—The project of a railway from Newcastle
to Edinburgh, by way of Wooler and the midland districts of
the Tweed, is seriously in contemplation, add an explanatory
survey of the line is now proceeding through Northumberland,
but particularly between the rivers Wansbeck and Coquet,
the latter of which is the most difficult to pass, as it is a point
that requires considerable elevation; in order to meet the more
elevated parts north of it, viz. 'hillside Moor. Four different
lines are in course of survey between those two rivers—two
east and two west of the great north roads; the westernmost,
where the great difficulties were supposed to exist, has been
carried as far as Wooler, &c. The greatest inclination will
not exceed 25 feet per mile, or 1 in 211 ; a tunnel is unavoid-
able through 'hillside Moor, about two miles in length. The
greatest depth of cutting will not exceed 70 feet, and the great-
est height of embankment (the valley of the Aln) 100 feet;
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its_
quarter
kment over the valley of the Aln. The depth of cutting
at either end of the tunnel, as at present proposed, does not
exceed 34 feet, and the extreme length six chains.—Berwick
Wardir,

Standard Office, Three &Clock.

HEALTH OF LORD DERBY.

A report has been current during the day, that Lord
Derby, whose health is at present rather precarious, was
no more. We have made diligent inquiries as to the
source of the rumour, which we have traced to its
fountain head, and we are truly happy to say that it is
one on which no dependence can be placed ; and that
so far is it from the truth, that his lordship's physician
left him yesterday afternoon, at four- o'clock, much
better, with instructions that, if any appe:.rances of,
his lordship's getting worse should be exhibited, an
express should be sent off to him immediately. No
such express was sent off, and there is every reason to
hope that the report is entirely without foundation. It
is astonishing how a rumour spreads, however insig-
nificant and unworthy of credit its origin. It is like
the expanding and spreading . circles from a pebble
thrown into a stream : emending wider and Ivider
from its little centre.

LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7.

The supply of foreign Wheat is moderate, but we have very
small arrivals of other Grain or Flour reported since Tuesday.
Within the past few days the trade remained in a rather ina-
nimate state, but with a return of wet weather yesterday, and
its continuance during the greater part of this day, holders
of Wheat have. shown more firmness, awl the millers being
mostly light in Stock, this morning's market was well at•
tended, and a fair amount of business was transacted,
chiefly in Foreign samples of this grain, which in general
required some advance upon the depressed currency of Tues-
day, and in some instances an improvement of 3d per 70lbs.
was realised, with but a limited show offering for sale: Bri-
tish Wheats were beld at former prices, though without
finding buyers beyond a very moderate extent.—Flour was
more saleable at the rates last quoted.
In Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, no change worth
notice has occurred. Oats, upon a somewhat improved
demand, have partially recovered the late decline, particularly
the middling qualities, which had suffered a more than pro-
portionate depression; and for Oatmeal, an advduce. of Is.
per sack on Tuesday's rates was paid.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FRIDAY, SEFTEMBETt 7.—Wind E.N E,

AnntvED—Sir John'Tobin, Griffiths, from Antigua; sailed 25th
July.
ALSO Auntyno—Betsey, Evans ; Martha, Dooks, and Triton,
from London—Osprey, Phillips, from Newport—Harriett,
Boylen. from Drogheda—Chilmark, , from Poole—Bir-
mingham and Royal William, (steamers),from Dublin.

Robert Mould, -, hence at Algiers
Princess Victoria, Chambers, from Odessa at Constantinople, and
sailed on the 10th Aug for this port

Dean, Harman. from Taganr;,g, at Constantinople, and sailed on
th - 15th Aug. for Cork _

Rosana, Peat, from Odeisa, at Constantinople, and sailed on the
15th Aug. for Cork
Carina. Hayden, sailed from Constantinople for this port, on the
14th Aug..
Jupiter, Carter, hence at Bourdeaux
Vriendschap, Klesen and Zeldenrust, ionic hoff. hence at Texel
Mary, Murdoch, from Pillau at Thurso, and sailed 30th Aug. for
this port
Lee, -, hence at St. Thomas

Last week, the cuckoo was heard by a number of shearers
in a valve near Calverton, amongst some oak trees.—Notts
Review, Sept. 1, 1838.
AN IRISH BLUNDER.—The Limerick Chronicle, in one of
its late numbers, announces " that the Countess of Essex's
nieces, the Messrs. Smith, are performing at Liverpool."

IMPRISONMENT Fon DEBT.—In all cases where the debt
is under £2O, the law remains jtist as it was—viz , you have
to serve a process in the first instarkce, and that to proceed to
jugdment ; upon which judgement you can arrest the person
of you debtor, or seize his property. Where the debt is
above £2O, and you might have been desirous of arresting
yonr debtor in the first instance, by merely making oath to
the bebt (which is called mesne process) the new law de-
prives- you of any such power; you must, as in ,the before
mentioned case, serve your debtor with a process, which will
ripen to execution, and upon that execution you may take
the effects of the defendant; and if the effects are not
sufficient, you may take his-person. So that, in truth, the
only alteration which the present statute makes is by enact-
ing that no action shall be commenced by writ of arrest, but
it shall be by summons or notice. The practical working will
be simply this—Heretofore the arrest of a debtor was resorted
to as an experiment to compel him to pay you, or to give you
security, and which, no doubt, in many cases had the direct
effect. Now, you cannot bring this experiment to bear until
you have gone through certain proceedings; nor until. you
have incurred some delay and some expense in arriving at
judgment. These tac) latter considerations will make it
necessary to use some greater caution as to whom you will
give credit to; and as against whom you will pot the law in
force. There are certainly in the bill increased powers against
the landed property and the funded property of your debtor,
if you can find, and you may also campet a man who owes
you £lOO to become a bankrupt after 21 days, so that he
surrender his property equally between you and the rest of
the creditors. —A Correspondent of the Times.