The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

HORATIO GREENOUGH, a celebrated American sculptor,
died at Boston. of a brain fever, in December last.

SUICIDES have of late been prevalent in Paris and its
neighbourhood : several cases have occurred daily for some
time past.

PROFESSOR KISS, of Berlin, whose Amazon in the
Great Exhibition was so much admired, is occupied with
a group representing the Archangel Michael in conflict
with the Dragon.

MR. JOHN FINN, the father of a " fast" young lady,
of Melbourne, cautions all clergymen from marrying his
daughter, Mary Finn, " who is under age, and to whose
marriage her parents are opposed."
Abd-el-Kader, accompanied by his suite, arrived at
Syra on the 31st ult., on board the Labrador. Free
admission to the Dardanelles was immediately granted by
the Sultan, and the Emir was admitted to an audience.

GOLD AT THE CAPE.—Advices from Natal, of the Bth
of November, announce the alleged discovery of gold in
that colony. A. specimen of quartz containing about two
ounces had been left with a chemist at Pietermauritz-
burg, but no information could be obtained about it, ex-
cept that it had been brought from Mooi-river by a Dutch
settler, who desired to have it tooted.

MELANCHOLY END.—In the Melbourne Argus it is
mentioned that a pocket-book had been turned up by
some diggers containing letters showing its owner to have
been J. Thompson Bramwell, a late arrival, and a nephew
of Alderman Thompson, of London. It contained bills
for £7OO on the Bank of Australasia. Mr. Bramwell was
understood to have left Melbourne for the mines with
£l,OOO in cash, beside the bills, to buy gold, and he has
not since been heard of.

DUEL AT BOULOGNE.—An sffair of honour at Boulogne
has caused no small sensation in the fashionable circles of
the locality. The belligerents were an Hon. Capt. C-,
of the C- Guards, and a Major M-, also holding
her Majesty's commission. The cause of the quarrel was
very trifling, arising out of a few words spoken at a public
dinner table. The major received the fire of his adversary
(happily without effect) without returning it, and imme-
diately afterwards acknowledged himself in the wrong.

POETIC JUSTICE.—A middle-aged single man was dan-
gerously ill near St. Omer. He threatened to disinherit
any nephew or niece that persisted in attending on him ;
all but one left him—of course they could not disobey the
injunctions of a dying man ; but Josephine would not
desert the perverse sufferer—he might disinherit her if he
liked. He died a few days ago; and it was then disco-
vered that he had considered Josephine as the only relative
who had proved disinterested, and he left her all his pro-
perty—valued at 80,000 francs.

A DUTCHMAN CONSULTING THE RAPPERS.—"" Ish flat
you, Mrs. Hauntz ?" inquired the Dutchman. " Yes,
dearest, it is your own wife, who—" " You lie, you
tevil of a ghost," interrupted Hauntz, starting from his
seat ; " mine frow speak noting but Dutch, and she never
said tearest' in her life,--it vas always, Hauntz, you
tief or, Hauntz, you tirty shkamp !' " and the Dutch-
man hobbled from the room well satisfied that the " rap-
ping spirits" were all humbug, and that he was safe from
any further communications with his shrewish "frow" on
this earth.—American paper.

A CITY OF DOGS.—A Madras paper contains interest-
ing canicidal statistics for the curious, from which it ap-
pears that in five years Madras had been relieved of about
19,500 dogs, whose yelling had been silenced for ever by
a very summary and efficacious process, at an expense for
slaughtering of £253. The period for authorising cani-
cide commences with the 15th of April, and terminates
with the 15th of September of each year, a period of five
months ; so that on an average, 800 dogs were
destroyed in the brief period of one month by
the club of the dog-killer, and thus put beyond the possi.
bility of getting rabid.

DEATHS FROM STARVATION.—A married woman was
found in her room, in the village of Lansingburg, (Pa.)
quite dead on the 22nd December. When discovered the
body was found in a sitting posture against the wall, and
the room presented the appearance of the most abject
want. She had two small children—one of them a little
boy three years old, was found in the bed, the other an
infant of fifteen months, was found upon the floor, al-
most dead, its life being only preserved by the warmth
communicated to its body by a dog, which had kept its
midnight vigil, laying close by and partly :across the in-
fant sleeper's vital parts.

PLEASURES OF THE TROPICS.—On Wednesday morn-
ing the bar-keeper of the Pavilion Hotel, Taboga, not
appearing at the usual hour, Captain M'Kinney, the
proprietor of the house, proceeded to his room to call
him, when, to his astonishment and horror, he found
him insensible and bathed in blood. After the usual
restoratives were applied, the bar-keeper stated that on
the previous evening, after retiring, he remembered ex-
periencing the most delightful sensations, as of fanning,
which soon put him into a deep sleep, and he had no con-
sciousness of the attack made upon him until the morn-
ing. The only wounds by the bat were two small spots
on each of the great toes, from which it is calculated the
man must have lost at least half a gallon of blood. He
is at present so weak as to be unable, for a short time, to
attend to his usual business.—Panama Star.

THE ERICSSON CALORIC SHIP.—The New York Tri-
bune says :—" The performance of the caloric-ship Erics-
son, on Tuesday, the 4th instant, is considered entirely
conclusive. The vessel went down the harbour with the
wind and tide at the rate of 14 miles an hour. The engi-
neer allowed the fires to go entirely out while the vessel
lay at anchor below. On the following day they were
rekindled, and the ship was propelled back against both
wind and tide at the rate of 71 miles an hour, with but a
partial application of power. There were some imper-
fections in the working of the machinery, arising merely
from defective adjustment, or imperfect packing; but
nothing that was reckoned as casting any doubt whatever
upon the entire and perfect success of the great experiment
with the ship and engine as they now stand." The New
York Herald, of the Bth instant, says :—" The Ericsson
was put under caloric early on Tuesday morning, and
started from Williamsburg between nine and ten o'clock.
At 9 hours 56 minutes she passed the flag-staff on Gover-
nor's Island, and at 10 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds
she was abreast Fort Diamond, thus making a distance of
71 miles in 34 minutes and 30 seconds. From thence she
proceeded down the bay, rounded to below Spithead-buoy
at 11 hours 21 minutes, and there anchored in consequence
of a snow squall. She returned on Wednesday, and
anchored off the battery at about two o'clock in the
afternoon. The distance between the stated points on
Governor's Island and Fort Diamond being accurately
known by triangulation to be 7 miles 660 yards, the speed
attained was as stated about 14 miles an hour. The con-
sumption of fuel is ascertained to be only six English tons
per 24 hours, a saving, as compared with steam-ships, of
more than 80 per cent. As the ship draws 16 feet 10
inches on an even keel, this performance at a first trial
has astonished all concerned in the enterprise.'

TRANSATLANTIC JOURNALISAL—The following speci-
men of " fine writing" is extracted from the political cor-
respondent at Albany of the New York Herald:—"The
political cauldron begins to boil up like a kettle of ma.
The incoming Governor Seymour is to have us as busy as
a bee in a tar bucket getting out his message. Some hall
dozen of the faithful profess to have seen it, and they
all unite in saying it is emphatically a comical document,
and nothing else. The canvass for the Speaker of the
House is going on very brisk. A count of noses has been
made, and the original hunkers have a majority of twelve;
of the eighty -six democratic members, still no one can
calculate on the soft shells, and when the last comes in
caucus on Monday evening next, the State officers (barn'
burners), backed by the Atlas and Evening Post, 00'
dently reckon on a triumph. Mr. Gale has broken loose
from the New York delegation, and goes it strong for the
barnburners."

AUSTRALIAN WINES.--in 1845 there were 611 acresof
vineyards under cultivation throughout the Colony, pro*
ducing 54,996 gallons of wine, and 1,433 gallons of brandy',
In 1846 the quantity of land under vine was 749 acre,
and its production was 52,337 gallons of wine and 1,380
gallons of brandy. In 1847 there were 899 acres of vine'
yards, producing 54,035 gallons of wine and 1,402 gallone
of brandy. In 1848 there were 887 acres of vineyardSo
producing 97,300 gallons of wine and 1,163 gallons of
brandy. In 1849 there were 963 acres of vineyards, pro.
ducing 95,843 gallons of wine and 1,266 gallons of brandy'',
In 1850 there were 1,0691 acres of vineyards, producing
111,085 gallons of wine and 1,958 gallons of brandy ; and
in 1851 there were 1,86 - acres of vineyards, producing
84,843 gallons of wine and 1,641 gallons of brandy. One
of the greatest difficulties which the manufacturers of the
Australian wine have had to contend against of late has
been that of procuring bottles, and they now have under
consideration the propriety of establishing a bottle factory'
- -

MARTIN LUTHER'S WEDDING-RING.—The New York
Times gives an account of the discovery of what is sup'
posed to be the wedding-ring of Martin Luther, whose
name and the maiden name of his wife are inscribed upon
it. The story of the relic is, that a German, a jeweller, in
Broadway, recently presented to Lieut. D. a gold ring for
sale, and wished merely its amount in weight as an equi'
valent. The ring attracted the attention of Lieut. D., and,
he purchased it at an advance of its nominal value. 00
inspection it was found to be the wedding-ring of Luther'
It is in good condition, bearing little mark of chafing of
extraordinary wear. It is by no means massive, but, 00
the contrary, slight and delicate in form. Previous to it.
being shaped to the finger, the plate was chased into
figure of the Crucifixion, most delicately and beautifully
wrought, so that the cross and paraphernalia appertaining
are distinctly visible. On the centre of the body of the
Saviour is inserted a ruby. The inside of the ring bearl
this inscription, in hold letters, in German text :—" Mar'
tin Luther, Catherine de Bore, 13th January, 1525."

DEATH OF GENERAL PIERCE'S SON.—By a serious
accident on the Boston and Maine Railroad, the President'
elect has been deprived of his only child. The Nee
York Herald says :—" The simple fact is, that the car ill
which General Pierce, his lady, and son happened to be,
passengers, was thrown off the track, and precipitated.
down a steep embankment, making a complete forward
turnover in its descent. General and Mrs. Pierce, aka
some ten or twelve other persons, were severely, thong
not dangerously, injured. But when the former recovered
his child, he he found that his brains were dashed out—be
was dead. Personal injuries and sufferings were all ab'
sorbed in that dreadful affliction which had thus suddeull
overtaken,—even in the hour when the sky was brightest'
when Heaven looked most propitious. and when the hopee
and aspirations of a great nation had centred in hire;
Wondrous and inscrutable are the ways of Providence'
Who can fathom thy mysteries ! The deceased was the
only surviving child of Franklin and Mrs. Pierce. 116
bore the name of Benjamin, in remembrance of his brave
grandsirc. He was a fine, healthy, and amiable boy, foe
whose future the brightest prospects might have bees
anticipated."

THE MEANING OF THE EMPEROR'S STAG HUNTS,'
The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian
says :—" The Paris papers contain the most elaborate
notices of the intended halls and hunts of Louis Napoleon'
Orders have been given to the principal veneur of
Germains to hunt a stag in the forest there twice a wee
through the season. Accounts differ as to the otject
has in view in devoting so much of his time to that
amusement. By some it is said that the score of phYss
cians whom he has in his pay have unanimously agreed
that he must take a great deal more active exercise, and
study less, or he will suffer from a softening of the brain'"
Others affirm that these hunting parties have been got
"
merely as a blind to screen from public observation ?
frequent, long, and earnest conferences which he has
lately been holding with several of his generals, whet
matters of much more importance than the price of reli
and railway shares are discussed. One result of Suitt
discussions, I suppose, must have been the increase
four millions of francs which is said to have been made to
the marine department of the budget, for the purpose °G
increase the ocean squadron, to finish Cherbourg, and
arm the coasts.' "
A HIT IN THE DARK.—The Englishman (December
4) publishes the following amusing episode in the Burci
mese war ;—" The setting sun was gilding the broad
waters of the Irrawaddy as the steamer Mozuffer, witb
the Calcutta mail, cast her anchor below the Hastings
shoal, dreading, at that late hour, to attempt its danger:,
ous passage. But a little time had she lain there when
the Mahanuddy, feeling her way, cautiously yet eloselefd
approached her, and a staff-officer from the last-named
vessel, hailing the Mozuffer, eagerly asked for the latestnews. ' The news !—the news ! ' exclaimed he 1312;
about 50 persons, officers and privates, clustered around;
anxiously awaiting the desired information. ' Newk's
responded a gruff voice from the Mozuffer—' ay, there I
news, and good news, too, for you military. Thai
old woman, Godwin, has been superseded, and Genera,
Cheape has been appointed to the command in his room.
General Godwin was himself the officer who was toll
the news ; those around him were his staff, or the troop'
proceeding to the capture of Pegue ! We will Int
attempt to describe the scene ; it sufficeth to say,
the principal actor in it was furious, immediately stopPLeo
the Mahanuddy, and ordered the officer commanding °lc
Mozuffer to send him his despatches. Those preso
tell us that it was difficult to say which was most anlogr;
ing, the rage of the General or the consternation on board
the Mozuffer, when they learnt the name and rank of the
officer to whom they had imparted the interesting inteiV
Bence."

AWFUL CATASTROPHE.—A correspondent of 46.4
Panama Star of the 18th ult. gives the following
dew
of the destruction of Acapulco by an earthquake :—"
Cortes will bring you the news of a severe earthquake ',""g
Acapulco. The first shock occurred at 20 minutes Pi to
10 o'clock on Saturday night, December 4th ; and t°
shocks, although less severe than the first, have bees
repeated every hour or so since. It came without notice
or previous indication, except that about six, p.m., the
mercury suddenly rose to 88, being three degrees warreho
than during the day ; but even this cannot, perhaps/ 410
attributed to the earthquake. The ground rolled like
ocean in a swell, and then a trembling motion was felta
lasting thirty seconds. About thirty of the best build%
in town have been ruined, some falling completely, WiPiO
all of any worth have been seriously injured. The loge
at least 200,000 dollars. All the bottles, glass, 11/1,0
crockery ware in the hotels and private houses _,,
thrown from the shelves and tables, Yesterday raggree
quite a severe shock was felt, throwing down a fenroitotz
which had partly fallen at the first shock. The
Hotel fell at the first shock on Saturday, but by 510.:(1,01
miracle every one was saved in the town. In fact, R,g
not heard of a single life being lost, although not 16,'12
were seriously injured. The whole population now nil
in the streets or in the court-yards, and processions,
images of the Virgin and Christ, perambulate the streetos
with solemn strains of music, singing, and muffled dine;
imploring God for mercy, As I write to-day, Decere
9, at noon, I have constantly to spring from my desk' 04
shock after shock is repeated, for fear of falling tiles
walls. Writing under such circumstances is rather
uncomfortable business; so, having given you the 111_%
facts, I will close. A volcano in eruption was se,
`of
plainly by the passengers of the Cortes on the evening
the 9th, about GO miles back of Acapulco. The weather
previous to the earthquake, and during the stay of fuo.
Cortes, was very sultry, with a clear sky and burlw''
sun."

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DEFINITION OF A " SNUBBER."—An Albany jkot
paper thus chronicles a scene in the police-court of t
city :—" As Squire Parsons was attending to the police
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crown and with but half a rim, stood on his head aterd
angle of forty-five degrees; his coat, bereft of halt;
skirt, bronzed throughout with dirt and grease ; hiof(jui
taloons of as many colours as Joseph's coat, each'e%,
having its own patch of territory ; while his boots Stl de,
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since the scow-boat Betsy Baker was launched.' 'l',
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you the captain ? " No, I'm the snubber.' The sari
ber ; what's that ? " Well, now, your honour, I suspect,
that you was a lamed and eddicated man, ad yet 9°.
don't know what a snubber am ! " I confess I don t'
please tell us.' Swelling and raising to his full belie.;
with a sense of the dignity of his position as lexicogrape%
to a court of justice, Mr. Smith,,with a bow of majesti.,v
consequence, thus unbosomed himself :—' A snubber.
it please the court, is one notch higher than the first Ma";
and betwixt him and the cook. He has double ration
and an extra pint of grog a-day. He snubs the boat whte7,
she heaves-to on the heel-path shore, and unships tP.
whiffle-trees in passing a lock. In a storm he takes al:
post of danger immediately abaft the stove-pipe, with it'
axe in hand, ready to cut it away if the craft is throro;
on her beam-ends. If the gale carries away the towli,eo
I mounts the hencoop and raises a flag of distress. If tea
crew heave-to the small boats, lis the last man to leal°
the ship, and then only not till he has lashed the helni,
to keep the boat before the wind and prevent her sinkillo
crosswise the canal. In a calm I waits upon the eoom
washes dishes, peels potatoes, and snubbs the captain when
he interferes with the cook or the kitchen arrangement°'
In short, the snubber is the biggest man on the quarter;
deck or before the mast, excepting, perhaps, the captiu4
Now, squire, if you're satisfied with this explanation, can "
Igo ? ' The squire let him off this time, and in half-u:
minute he was leaning it down State-street as if the choler'
or an anti-renter was after him."

HORTICULTURE..--OPERATIONS FOR THE WEO
—The Greenhouse is now in full beauty. CamelisOf
acacias, many of the winter flowering heaths, epocriseo.l
Daphnes, and several showy New Holland plantsareinPebo
r
fection ; to keep them so all they want is a carefully moderate
supply of water and fresh air whenever the weather
permit. The beautiful Coronilla glauca is now in War,'
but like many winter plants which lose the fostering 110
fluence of the summer flower shows, we very rarely see
grown well, although the profusion of its little coronets %
golden flowers, and its sweet primrose scent, entitle iti,
careful attention. Our winter plants will never have a 'll'o
chance until Jardins d'.Hiver are established inlarge toll;
and winter exhibitions held for their encouragement.
the out-door departments nothing can be attempted -0
present, for until the soil becomes drier all the operatioo
of digging, trenching, &c, will b© impracticable,

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