The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Sir George [Clerk was eleeted Member of Parliament fur
Stamford, on Tuesday last, without opposition. The Whigs
did not venture to show fight.
it is Lady Catherine Harcourt, eldest daughter of the Earl
of Liverpool, for several years the intimate friend of her Ma-
jesty, who it is said, be created an English Peeress at the
Co ronat io .

LARGE LANIII.—On the 11th of April a cross-bred ewe, be-
longing to Mr. John Harrison, of Moor Houses, near Warcop,
yeaned a lamb of the extraordinary length of 2 feet, 91 inches
from the. nose to the tip of the tail; 1 foot 6 inches in height,
and weighing 131bs.—Carlisle Patriot.
The Bishop of Peterborough has promoted Archdeacon
Strong to the vacant prebendal stall in that cathedral. The
venerable dignitary is above 80 years of ale.
The Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Percy, Lordßishop of Carlile,
has pres'ented the Rev. Edward Salkeid, A.M., minister of
Trinity Church, Carlile, to the vicarage of Aspatria, vacant by
the death of the late much esteemed vicar, the Rev. Edward
Thompson.
On Sunday last, the Rev. Chas. Hawkins, B. C. L. Canon
Residentlary, was instituted to the Vicarage of Stillingfieet, to
which he had been presented by the Dean and Chapter.
A matrimonial alliance between the second son of Lord Can-
terbdry and Miss Thompson, daughter of an opulent Norfolk
family, is likely to take place in May.
The Times announces the formation of a lay association for
the defence of the church; the right to membership costing an
annual subscription of one guinea, or donation of ten guineas.
Both the literary and political world are looking forward with
much eagarness to the forthcoming correspondence, and other
confidential papers of the great Lord Chatham, Among other
articles of extreme curiosity, it will comprise one or two original
letters of Junius.

POWER OF• THE Wrr.r..—Captain Franklin relates that an
Esquirnaux, having lost his wife, prayed earnestly for the power
of suckling the infant, and was enabled so to do !—Quarterly

Review.

THE GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The Triennial
Festival of the Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester choirs,
takes place the second week iu September. Grisi and Lablache
are engaged.
From Lord John Russell's statement, it is to be presumed
that the Irish Municipal Col poration Bill is to be put off for the
present session; or, in other words, is to be postponed sine die
One of the sons of Mr. Leigh Hunt, and the eldest son of
Mr. Sheridan Knowles, have been appointed to clerkships in
the General Register Office.
CAUTION To PUBLICANS.—At the Bolton sessions, a quan-
tity of spirituous liquors, which had been taken from various
public-houses in Bolton, for being more than 17 per cent.under
proof, was condemned by the magistrates.

At Newmarket First Spring Meeting, on Tuesday, the 2000
guineas stakes were won by Lord G. Bentinck's gr. c. Gray
Momus (ridden by J. Day), beating, by a length, Mr. Thorn-
hill's Stanton, and Lord Suffield's Bamboo.

MonE Commissiorcirisnips.—A committee of Privy Coun-
cil met yesterday to consider the Manchester charter. Their
Lordships determined to send down two commissioners to in-
vestigate the statements for and against the charter.—Globe.
A letter from Portsmouth states, that on the evening of Lord
Durham's arrival at Portsmouth, his Lordship and family
dined at one table and his staff at another, in the same room,
and at the same hour! We suppose we shall soon hear of Lord
Durham reviving the old custom of arranging his guests above
and belOw the salt-cellar.

GREAT SPEED.—Tbe steam-boat Ben Franklin, lately ar-
rived at Cincinnati, from Wheeling, (400 miles) in twenty
hours. It avetaged sixteen miles per hour, including stoppages,
and is the first that ever performed the distance within the day.
—New York Herald.

A JONATHANISNL—A cat, belonging to a widow, sat lately
upon half-a•dozen duck eggs, and continued her attentions un-
til the eggs were hatched; and there is now to be seen a fine
brood of six young ones, half duck and half cat, having duck's
heads and cat's tails ; and what is still more wonderful, they
mew and quack alternately.
THE CORONATION.—The Gazette of Tuesday last contains a
proclamation, fixing the coronation for Thursday, the 28th
of June, instead of the 26th, as previously announced.
GALLANTRY.—A sailor who had spent nearly all his days on
the blue waters, and knew little of land gear, came ashore the
other day, and in passing up a street saw a little women going
along with a large muff before her; he stepped up very politely,
and offered to carry it for her as he was going the same way.

DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION.—A young lady intending to
sue for breach of promise, put her lover's letter into a bag for
the purpose of producing them in court, when, sad to tell, their
own natural warmth produced spontaneous combustion, and
ashes alone remained.—From the American Papers.
WHISKEY PUNCH.—" Put in the spirits first," says his riv'-
rence, " and then put in the sugar ; and, remember, every
dhrop of wather you put in after that spoils the punch."—Black-
wood.

IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR.—On Cape Cod,
as soon as a young woman is engaged to be married, she suffers
her finger nails to grow long, so that in case she should be
obliged to throw herself on her reserved rights, she may come
to the scratch with some prospect of success.
WHAT'S IN A NAME ?—The only bank in North America
(says the Albany Journal), which has not yet within the current
year suspendedithe payment of specie, is the " Niagara Suspen-
sion Bridge Bank.
NEWSPAPER LEADING ARTICLES.—Madame de Stael lived,
and may be said to have died, in the belief that revolutions were
effected, and countries governed, by a succession, of clever
pamphlets. This is very near the truth. The powerful news-
papers of the day, with what is called the leading article, are
nothing more than a succession of clever pamphlets. It is said
that three newspapers in France effected the revolution of July,
1830.—Monoirs of Sir Wm. Knighton.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—In addition to the munificent dona-
tions of £3OO, presented respectively by the Duke of Northum-
berland and the Coal Trade Committee, in aid of the funds of
the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the
next meeting of which body will be held at Newcastle, John
Hodgson Hinde, Esq. M.P. and William Ord, Esq. M.P. have
also each given £5O towards the same object. It is understood,
that the Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Trinity
House, and other influential bodies will show a becoming spirit
of liberality on an occasion so deserving the patronage of the
affluent. It is estimated, that about £2OOO will be required.

FAVOURABLE TO MA Teo MONY.—Mr. Fairet, in his estimate of
suicides in Paris, for thirty years, says, " Of the 6782 persons
who attempted suicide, only 1,695, or about one-fourth, were
living in the state of legitimate marriage; and, when we con-
sider how small, comparatively, the number of the unmarried
is at those periods of life at. which the act is generally commit-
ted, it may be inferred, that the proportion of suicides among
persons living single, is ten times as great as among those who
are married." It is remarkable, that no woman ever killed her-
self from misanthropy.
PERILS OF THE SEA.—The vessels, principally American, re-
ported in 1837 to have been totally lost, were 94 ships and
barques, 136 brigs, 234 schooners, 12 sloops, and 15 steam-boats,
making a total of 420! The lives reported to be lost number
1,295, of which 28 men were lost in January, 54 in February,
2-1 in March, 30 in April, 12 in May, 16 in June, 42 in July, 50
in August, 32 in September, 43 in October, 43 November,
and 6 in December. More than one vessel a total loss, and
more than three lives lost at sea every day.—New York Herald.
We understand that the sum of £2OOO. has been paid to Capt.
Rees, of the Star steam-packet, as a reward to himself and crew
for the manly and perilous exertions they made in saving the
Estraband, of Greenock, and towing her into Kingston Har-
bour. The cargo saved is said to have been worth upwards of
£ 100.000.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Poulett Thompson,
Sir J. Graham, Mr. Clay, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Baring, Mr.
Loch, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Pattison, Mr. M. Attwood,
Mr. Strutt, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Shaw, Mr. O'Connell,
Mr. Jephson.
A woman at Lille has been convicted of murdering no fewer
than 25 children.
The Turkish Sultan has been elected an honorary member of
the Asiatic Society.
FEMALE LABOUR IN FACTORIES.—Mr. Richard Pilling, in
illustrating the extent of female labour in some of our cotton
factories (to the exclusion of the male sex), stated that there
were 1300 looms propelled by power in Mr. Orrell's mill, worked
by 700 females, the husbands remaining at home to conduct the
domestic arrangements ; and that one woman in the above mill,
with the mere assistance of a girl, was compelled to weave 1200
yards of cloth in one week, a labour which he considered to have
been sufficient for twelve men I—Stockport Advertiser.
WAKEFIELD A BONDED PORT.—We learn that this matter
is under serious consideration in the_ proper quarter, with a very
fair prospect of being carried into effect.—Leeds Intelligence.
How To MAKE A HORSE Gnow.—" That is a tarnish tall
Boss,' said Laidlow. " Yes, I guess you can't account for it,"
replied Jonathan. " No, how," said Laidlaw. "He belongs
to so and so, the livery-man, and his tallness comes through his
having been regularly higher'd (hired) every day for the last
seven years."
CARNARVON.—SeveraI base sovereigns are being put in cir-
culation in this town and neighbourhood. It is understood that
a gang of coiners at Liverpool, have made a regular depot of
base coin at Chester, and that itinerants from the latter place
are busily employed in circulating them through this part of the
Principality.
MONSTROSITY.—A cow belonging to Mr. David Jackson, of
Routen Syke, iii Arlecdon, have birth to a calf on Tuesday last,
with two heads and two necks—the union of the necks being
close to the shoulder. In all other respects the formation was
single. It was nearly full-grown, but life was entirely extinct
when it was calved.—Carlisle Patriot.

WAKEFIELD CATTLE FAIR, MAY 2.—The supply of beasts
penned this morning was limited—met a ready sale, and the
turn dearer. Sheep were in great abundance, and although, a
full attendance of buyers, the trade was heavy, and many re-
mained unsold. Beef, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d., prime us. 9d. per stone
of 14 lbs; Mutton, in wool, syitl. to 6d.' choice 6,1 d. per lb.,
clipped sd. to sid. Beasts, 389; Sheep, 8.000.
NATURAL CURIOSITY.—A fine specimen of the Gannet has
been sent to Mr. Chapman; of York, to preserve, by the Bev.
George Marwood, of Busby Hall, near Stokesley. It was found
on the moor near his house, by a mats who was looking after
sheep, quite dead, with about two inches of the under jaw of
the Garfish through the centre of the right eye, and through the
optic nerve, which had caused inflammation on the brain, and
so produced death. The Garfish is about twenty inches in
length, the upper jaw about five inches long, but the under jaw
is about one itch longer and very sharp.—Leeds Intelligencer.
LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—OR Tuesday, the
directors of this railway proceeded along the line front London
a distance of twenty-three miles, prepara•
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ngo°pe'ned to the public on the 14th instant. The
object of the journey was to arrange the stations as well as to
test the safety of the line, and to give such orders as will ensure
ihe public against accidents on the opening. The excursion
was most satisfactory. The engine employed on the occasion
was made by Messrs. C. Tayleur and Co., of Warrington, and
during some parts of the Journey went at the rate of twenty-
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Lord John Russell again last night played the part of Ackzon
to his hounds, on the Pluralities Bill. He was sharply, indeed,
baited by Messrs. Hume, Hawes, Rippon, &c.; but by the help
of Sir Robert, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Goulbourn, he got
'through. 'Mr. Hume made an admission for which we are
grateful to him—he said, that £400,000 per annum would be
necessary to raise the lower classes of livings in England and
Wal,.s,to £2OO per annum each—a provision which we appre-
hend will not be thought unnecessary by any one. Now nobody
pretends to say that more than 1'400,000 per annum can be
obtained by any improvement in the letting of church-lands.
What, then, is the use of trilding out any pretence that the
Church property can be made to afford to contribute to rates?—
Standard, Saturday.