The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-29 00:00:00

M ISCELLANEOUS.

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LAX ANTI COTTON Mrt.Ls.—The fotindation•stone of
these Mills has been laid this week, in tir presence of the direc-
tors of the establishment, and the workmen are proceeding with
the erection of the new buildings with all possible speed.-1-Ita6

Rockinghatia. . . . .
ABSENCIi OF Minn.--A southern editor relateS a most re►nark-
able. ituitance of absence of mind. A friend of his du rising in
the morning put on his wife's petticoat, and did net discover the
mistake until he attempted to nurse " the little one."--"ltiteri.,

can paper.
Coats IthTu s.—The Board of Trade has istued peremptory.•
instructions to the inspectors of corn returns .to proceed forth-
with against those persons who neglect to make regular weekly
returns of corn bought by them, according to the act,
A fatality appears to attend the matrimonial alliances of the
female vocal corpS; both native and foreign. Letters from
Paris state that Madame Grisi and " the gentleman of moderate
fortune," to whom she was married last spring, have separated
by mutual consent. It is also added, though we hope that the
report may prove unfounded, that since her recent accoachement
she has lost her voice.

" I cannot imagine," said Alderman " why my whiskeri
should turn gray so much sooner than the hair on nay head.",
" Because you 'have worked so much mote with your jaovs than
your brains," replied a wag.

MORE INPARTIA LITY.—Lord Mulgrave has been pleased to
appoint Edmond M'Sweeny. Esq., of neer., near Kenmore,
(nephew of Mr. O'Connell)) to the situation of Chief Constable
of Police.—Dab(in Mail.

Trig STORM ON TUESDAY NIG llT.—This town was visited on
the night of Tuesday, by a severe storm of wind and rain. We
are happy to say that the damage is very trifling. A new wall,
27 yards in length, and 16 feet in height, at Sweet Green, be-
longing to John Hargreaves, Esq., was blown down, and seve
ral sky-lights from the roof of Messrs. Thoma.sson's factory
Mill-hill, were destroyed. There are also, we" have heard. a
few lamps broken at the outskirts of the town.—Holton Ciro-
nide.

HunntcANA AT BARNSLEY.—OrI the night of Tuesday last,
the_ town of Barnsley was visited by a tremendous 'hurricane,
the wind blowing from the north-west, and bringing.with it a'
considerable quantity of rain. Tin, sto continued neatly the
whole of Wedoeslav, the market day, and scarce!): any stalls
could be erected, from the violence of the Wind. The damage
done to the roofs of the houses anti 'chimneys is not so greet a,;
was anticipated, but in the neighbourhood a great number of
trees were blown down, particularly in Staintiro' and Tanker-
sley parks, as well as many of the corn stacks adjacent to the
town.

AFRICAN TRAVEL.--Lepers from -Mr. Davidson. dated
Wady-noon, July 20, state that he has arranged with the na- •
tives to be transported to Timbuctoo, along with his attendant,
Ahiutt Berk, who is a native of that place. Ile was only de-
layed by the want of a sufficient present for the sheikh of
Wady,noon. This, however, he expected from k:ogiand by
November ; and, in the mean time, was training himself 'for
his dangerous expedition.—Literary Gazette.
PROPOSED VISIT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO BELFAST.--
Steps wilt be immediately taken to ascertain whether it will
practicable for Sir Robert so to arrange his movements, asirli,!
cotnbitie a visit to Belfast with his proposed jouruoy to Glas
gory, and to graco with his presence the approaching festivalLof
the Belfast Society.—Ulster Times.

SPORTING EXTitAnRDINATIY.—k gentleman of this town got
permission to enjoy a day's sporting near Captain White's pre-
serves ; he took forty shots, and returned home, having hugged
one rabbit and his favourite terrier dog !—Stuckpart Advertiser.

We regret. to say Mr. Maurice O'Connell, /41.1'., the eldest,
son of Mr. O'Connell, is seriously ill, and no hopes are enter-
tained for his recovery. We uuderstand. his sou's illness has
had a visible effect on Mr. O'Connell hi►nself.—lrish pap n.

THBVAUX CALLBALLOON.—Mr. Green, Mr. Monck Mason,
and Mr. Hollond arrived at Paris, from Germany, on Monday
afternoon last, with the huge balloon. We understand that
arrangements have been completed with the Gas Company at
Paris as to the inflation of the balloon, and that Mr. Green.
will attend with several scientific gentllemen, and those who
accompanied him "on his voyage of discovery," on Sunday
week, the sth of December, from the Tuileries, Paris.—Obscreii%
Tut.. " NON-INTEUVUNTION" SYSTEM.—We ask is it tine, or
is it not, that a party of the Royal Engineers has been sent tO
Spain, and is now actually in the service of the de facto Queen
of that country in the civil war waging between her and Don
'Carlos? Lord Palmerston may chuckle because there is no
parliament sitting in which the question may be asked; but we
can tell this lord that there is a power even above the parlia-
ment which may ask the question. We repeat it—is it true that
a pert of his Britannic Majesty's army, a detachment of the
Royal Engineers,- is-now employed in Spain under Lieutenant
Vickers? - If it be so, by what treaty, or fur what purpose or
consideration, has this.detachment of his Britannic Majesty's
Royal Engineers been sent thither ?--fehn Bull.
The Hon. Lady Louiia Finch Hatton, only daughter of the
Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, was on Wednesday led to
the hymeneal altar, at Ashford, in Kent, by Mr. Turner, a weal-
thy' commoner.

NEW RAILROAD SIECULATIOXL—One hundred and five no-
tices have been given of applications to he made to Parliament
in the next session for the formation of new railroads.
The Earl of Winchilsea will, in a short time, he united to
Miss Begot, one of the Maids of Honour to her Majesty, and
eldest daughter of Sir Charles Begot. It is at present undeter-
mined whether the ceremony will take place in England or
in Paris, where Miss Begot is at present staying with Lady
Mary Fox. .
DEATH OF M. MALIBRAN.—M. Malibran, the former hus-
band of the celebrated songstress whose. recent loss is so much
deplored in the musical world, has died at Paris in his 54th year.
On Saturday morning he paid several visits, and appeai ed in
the enjoyment of good health. About three in the afternoon he
was seized with a violent pain in the head, and although he im-
,ippdiately underwent a copirms,bleeding, he was carried off du-
ring the night by a fit of apoplexy. Notwithstanding the heavy
losses he had experienced in business, M. Malibran was stilt
in possession of a comfortable independence. These losses
themselves were much exaggerated by the journals in their
biographical notices of Madame Malibran.— Paris paper.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE DOWLAIS IRON WORKS, IN
SOUTH WAT.ES.—On the 14th instant, at nine o'clock a.m., an
accident of a most distressing nature occurred at these works,
the largest we believe in \Vales : a high pressure boiler in opera-
tion at one of the forges burst with a tremendous explosion,
and was thrown with such force out of the masonry in which it
was built, that it threw down a chimney stalk 120 feet high. A
part of the boiler, weighing from 3 to 4 tons, was carried to the
distance of 50 yards over an embankment, and fell into the
lawn in front of the proprietor's residence. Three lives are re-
ported lost by the latest accounts, and several persons are dan-
gerously wounded.
ANECDOTE OF THE KING.—His majesty some time ago ac-
costed an old workman who had been Hid ny years employed about
the palace. " How long have you worked here, old gentleman,
eh?"—" Why, sir, a matter of Live-and-thirty years," replied
the old man, pretending ignorance of the person of the king.—
" Five-and-thirty vears,eh? why you must have known the late
king, then ?",-"Yes, sir," returned the old, man, "and his
blessed father, too,—ah, sir, he was a king; many a time when
he saw me, his blessed majesty used to say—Ah! Brown, what ! .
at work still ? there's a crown fur you, Brown ! Those were
good times, sir, then, "—" You do nut know the present king,
then, eh ?" asked his majesty--" No, yuur honour," replied
the wily old workman, " 1 ,never saw bim ; but they do say he's
as like his blessed old parent has peas—open and generous like,
sir, you know."—" Should you like to see the king ?"—" Ay,
that I should, sir."—"Then take this," said his majesty, throw-
ing half a sovereign, " and, if any body ask you where you got
it, say the king gave it yon ;" and off went the good-heal ted
monarch, chuckling•at the idea of having stolen a march upon-
the old soldier.
ENNUI OF LIFE AT SEA.—I defy anybody not thoroughly
accustomed to the sea to feel much of its grandeur after thought,
imagination, feeling, sensation, have been rocked into that in
describable state of ennui, disquiet, discomfort and inertness
.which the sea often produces. No, let me look off from some
headland, out from some quiet nook of the fast-anchored earth,
•to feel the grandeur or to enjoy the romance of the sea. I
wonder that nobody has talked, or written, or sung;, or satirized
about this horrible discomfort of a sea voyage. It is said that
Cato relented only of three things during his life, " to have
gone by sea vi hen ho might have gone by land, to have I
willwife." net
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day inactive, __ t
o have .9
have the most perfect sympathy. It is not sea-sickness ;
discuss the ether points with the old stoic,
,but with the fit st I
Fall none of it; but it is a sickness of the sea, which has
elehrataviet
never; that I know, been described. •It is a tremendous ennui,
a complete inai
,titude to all enjoyment, -a total inability to be
pleased w ; with auy thing. Nothing is agreeable;
neither eating,
nordrinkiug, nor walking, nor talking, our reading, nor writing;
nor even is going to sleep an agreeable process, and waking is
Perfect misery. I am • speaking of my own experience, it is
true, that others find a happier fortune on the sea; hut I believe
that it is the experience of a class, not much less unhappy than
the most miserable victims of sea-sickness.—lletay's Journal.
How To BREAK ILL NEWS.—Mr. G.—Ha, Jervas! How
are you my old boy? how do things get on at 'home? Steward
-,.Bad enough Your honour. The magpie's dead. Mr. G.—
Poor Meg! so lie's gone; how Came he to die? Steward—
Over-ate himself, Sir. Mr. G.—Did he faith! a greedy dog!
why what did he eat that he liked so well? Steward—Horse-
flesh, Sir; he died of eating horse-flesh. Mr. G.—How came
he to eat so much horse-flesh. Steward—All YOUr father's
horses, Sir% Mr. G.—What, are they dead too? Steward—
Aye, Sir, they died of overwork. Mr.G.—And why were they
overworked, pray? Steward—To carry water, Sir. Mr. G.—
To carry water! and what were they carrying water for?
Steward—Sure, Sir, to put out the fire. Mr. G.—Fire! what
fire? Steward-Oh, Sir, your father's house is burnt down to
the ground. Mr. G.—My father's house burnt down ! and how
came it set on fire? Steward—l think, Sir, it must have been
the torches. Mr. G.—Torches ! what torches ? Steward—At
your mother's funeral. Mr. G.—My mother dead ? Steward
—Aye, poor lady, she never looked up after it. Mr. G.—After
what? Steward—The loss of your father. Mr. G.—Mv father
gone too? Steward—Yes, poor gentleman ! he took to his bed
as soon as he heard of it. Mr. G.—Heard of what? Steward
—The bad news, Sir, an' please your honour. Mr. G.—What,
more miseries more bad news! Steward—Yes, Sir, your hank
has failed, and your credit is lost, and you are not worth one
shilling in the world. I made bold, Sir, to come and wait on
you, to tell you about it, for I thought you would like Sir, to
hear the news.

SUPERSTITION.—A lamentable instance of the gross super-
stition which has not been extirpated from the more remote lo-
calities of France, may be found in a recent occurrence at
Mery-en-Bois, where an unfortunate female, named Sestre, was
exposed to the most shocking and brutal treatment from a
family of the name of Blondet. who imagined that the poor
pretence that Mad.
woman bad cast a spell upon Madame 1301)(tet, her daughter,
and the cattle belonging to their farm. Mad. Sestre, who was
to her mouth, and otherwise
inveigled to the house of the Blowlets, on
Blondet was expiring, and desired to see her before breathing
her last, was, on her tirrival, knocked down by the entire fa-
mily, seized by the throat, and dragged along the floor by the
hair of the head, whilst the younger members of the household
lighted
sou-in-law of applied a
shockingly maltreat red her. Blondet even
piece of
proceeded to cut off her nose with his knife, and, to add to her
terrors, Blondet applied the muzzle of his gun to her breast,
and threatened to shoot her unless she instantly
removed the
spell uhich she hail cast upon his cattle. The
man was at last allowed to depart on a , unfortunate wo-
man home for a book of ma“ic an promise Of instantly re-
which she was to destroy the efi:eet of t sorcery, by the aid of
On reaching her own house she the supposed evil charm.
covery related to a neighbour theswoonel away,. and on her re-
she had been exposed, at the frightful treatment to which
with her, and protect her same time begging him to remain.
prosecutors. the female family from the fury of her inhuman
who was subjected to this physical
and mortal torture is 48
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children; she and, e years of age, and the mother of six.
he is
now
tuutinued n
t her husband enjoy an excellent reputation,
her bed, and serious apprehensions are
entertained for her life.
MINOR C %NoN.—A . country Magistrate, being asked what
was meant by a Minor Canon i suppose it means answered " I ' i
a pistol or a gun."