The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-27 00:00:00

LATEST FROM THE EAST INDIES.

Accounts hale heeti'reeeVed, by mar of Egypt, from Calcutta:
to the al March'. anif../Itriatic to the lSth. It appears that the,
overland despatch riached Alexandria a clay or two after the:
steamboat sailed, fei. Malta,' consequently the letters (nit h the;
exception of a few that were tOrwaided from Alexandria by way,
of Italy) will not tie received till the arrival afhe next :I,diter-
itinean mail. Freights had fallen at Calcutta since the last,
accounts, but the rates were still very fair, averaging from ia
to £5 10s. for heavy goods, and for tine goods.
Several vessels bad arrived at Calcutta from Sydney, N
for wheat for that colony, the governor having feared a scarcity
in consequence of a eon' intied drought for several months, but
we are balmy to learn the anticipations were not realised, fer-
tilizing rains hating fallen since the vessels left Sydney. Some'
Of them had cnmpleted their cargoes at Calcutta, and sailed on
their return previous to 3,1 March.
The receipts of eOtion at Bombay had been light. it was ex-
pected that We' semi would ectual what was anticipated in Ja-
nuary, hut would he late in getting down. Freights were £6'
per ton,- and, in some instances,) ad-real bed as high as £7.

UE FIRST LESSON IN Alustc.—An Irish gentleman called
on an eminent singing master to inquire his terms; the maestro;
said that he charged two guineas for the fast lesson, but only
one guinea for as many as he pleased afterwards. " Och
boiher
the fist lesson (said the app:icant,) let us commence with the
second."

INsccr Ut;tioLsrEaY.—Some loiterers in the farm yard of
W. wete aft, acted, on a fine summer's afternoon, by seeing an
insect of a biilliact Scarlet, in turn with a dazzling white one,
both being of unusual tr.agnitude, fving repeatedly across a
'wall to the sloping tliatch of 4statle which .faced the south. By
the aid of a ladder, anil with some little difficulty, a scarlet in-,
sect, which glanced vividly in the sun, was knocked down, and.
secured, and proved, on closer examination, to be neither more
nor less than one of the ingenious unholstery.hees bearing on
its wings a section of the red geranium. The nest 'having been
sought and 'lulled otil, was found to consist of layers of red and
white geranium leaves, neatly cut from the plajits at a distance
from the yard, and tastefolly'fitted into a funnel-shaped perfora-
tion in the thatch ; each division being cautiously overlaid by
the edge of its successor; so as to form a soft and very efficient
lining to the nest..----Mirror.

DISCOVEGY of A CASH 130 X.—On Saturday morning forty
or tiny persons were vi,dilinsin the mud of that ',art of the
Regent's-canal near the Tutin4l,, Islington, London, to catch
eels, nearly all' the water having been drained off that some
repairs might take place, and a rood deal of merriment was
occasioned by the scrambles which occurred when a fine "con-
ger" was in sight. A lad, named however, "fished"
to some purpose, he being fortunate enough to pick up a cash-
box, which contained an immense sum of money. When it
was opened a regular scuffle took place, and it is supposed that
upwarcs of £2,000 in 13ank of England notes was snatched out
out of it and taken away before protectit n was afforded tthe
lad and his prize by Mr. Wm. Bridgwater, of the
Arms, Macclesfield-street, Cif)-road, and Mr. Miiier, inspectot
of the N division. Al! that now remains in the box (a loch is
detained that some inquiries may be made respecting it) is
£lO Bank of England note, dated 31st Aug. 1833, and No.
9,827, and Annuity Bonds, bearing the indorsement of " Isaac
Maurice; Surgeon, Westbro' Green, near Petworth, Sussex.",
• It is supposed that the properly had been stolen, and threu
there to avoid detection.
'I'HE Wonits OF JOHN KNOX'S WATCII.—FOr the followinv,r,
curious but Ciutheniic statement, which will be perused with uni-
versal interest, tee c Neufs Letter) are indebted to a re-
spectable correspondept woikS of a watch which actu-•
ally belonged to John Knox (the hero of the reformation in
Scotland) was purchased aflllr. Richard Mitchell's auction, in
Monaghan, (In the sth instant,,hy Dr. M'Dowell..in whose mu-
seum it is now Placed. It wi:l, brought from Edinburgh about
sixty years ago, by a man of the name of Finley, who. sold the
cases and kept the t.vorks; afterwards he sold th-e works to Mr.
Mitchell. "John Knox" is engraved on the works, A.D. 1515,
and also the maker's Itatne,"l. Rousseau, Geneva. ." It
appears from the history of KnUx's Life, that he was in Geneva,
at that period, but returned. to Edinburgh, where he died.
Frorn that date, the_ work is 311 tears old; notwithstanding. it •
is in good order, and regular in its movements, though curious,
strong, and singular in censtructitan. A gentleman who saw
the cases says,' they were curiously and beautifully chased the
outside one connected together by a hasp and staple. ,
".FOlt AN OLD SONG."—'Phis is a savini.t frequently made use
of, when any commodity is considered to have been sold very
cheap. 'We think that a song will nut be deemed such a trifling
affair by our evaders, when they are infoimed that Marione
Malibran De Beriot receives twenty guineas for, singing a sin-
gle one at a concert, and twenty-five guineas ins attending pri-
vate parties; besides a cheque firs three hundred and seventy
pound;, front the lessee of Drury lane Theatre. every Monday
Morning, pro,vectirely—that is, for %yolk tai be done three,
nights only during the week ! It calculated t hut Maltbran
te-
c•eives about six hundred pounds a week; what lots of resin for-
De Beriet's bow !—Musical

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ENGLIsH PUGII.IsNI 'A Au op n.-7 The Mossy( er de Marseillesof
the 12th instant .states.l ha t the line Francois of that town served
on the eve as an arena for two English li,xei a front Bristol.
Great was the affluence of spectators. and the tali combatants.
displayed to the astonished crowd all the 111 V steries of the scielcd.
du boxement. One of then' wits carried to the hi spital in come-.
quence of this athletic display. and the police sent to prison
two other representatives of john Lull, who had assisted at the.
spectacle, and who will now hate. an opportunity of I eileoitiit
upon the danger of not knowing the laws of the Count)). tilt.).
visit. .
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AlonEntst PliftASEOLoGY.—Young J•,iin .bines was a "Jewel-
case maker"—yes, a "jewel-case inal:er,", an'l s" were lii'
fathers before him, alt hough they called it stay-making, but the
modern refinement in
i phraseology softened it down to a jewel-
case, which, in some nstances, when we reflect upon the worth,
and beauty of the wearer and possessor, may be considered as
literally correct, hut must not be supposed of universal a pplica-
there is scarcely a sitcom.
y, there
but has been christened
t ion. 8 peaking ooltfirri
ia,S.reolool..-
stance, situation, . -
afresh to meet the }wishes of the times. • A match -vender is now
invisible
a timber Merchant; halfpenny tracts are purchased front living
beer comes from stationers ; and a hod and mortar Man is a bricklayer's assist_
ant. A tailor conliines a fashionable faliricator, am
r Ii• •
renovator, and metamorphoser m ofes.sieurs lc IT
4 11 ments. Old
r are sent to an emporium; and small
a' gip and .b
utl-n4sT vwe YoZtdll.• baßtl74"nh4
"I's 'u; d dwhey • -tucked B.
depot. Curds an are hull) aV• f.
went; and tripe is met with at a •
. Lc orta. establish.
sway standard,. a. twopenny
ball _ a d .
S the road, side, "dining
posed and, placarded as a
ant:, n- suPPor t...and. a potato
havemigltt
come under
itit,iidaeii.itibtliieC' hsiarielaimsn:rco: . -oafs.. our
~,f;ir;sehntdoololto:od„.
whip is a tormentor, . •t... Also .t/Lines inanimat,
persuader,:ev.e. ~t 0..• r anic6
spur a
for tea and prayers (t) ate
' dubbed T aud P ,ioirees, A.
farmer is an agrieultur 1
tst, a gardener an hortieulturalist, and.
a younic lass watering
A child's day-school her poppies would be cunsidereg -a florist;
(bless their little hearts', Is a seminary.
A C hair man,
and hi,
wife, • his d eputy, anti a visitor, form a rOlkijei a Malt
(of roguery).4 CcrpB.ny; John and Jack. Jones, a committed
One phisi,:ian„ one surgean, and nue drurgist,
a board of health—

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‘• For when any diffieu!t work's to be (lone. .4'
Three beads can dispatch it much butter than opt...
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A sailor (a jack tat ) is a nautical character;' a soldier (a aria
selgeant) a military gentleman:" a kieg4itr. is a special pleadei
Etud fetitioner r and a black. woutani one of tb fair sezotte;