The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-30 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

EATON HALL, CHESHIRE.—The Queen and Prince Al-
bert are expected to honour this magnificent seat with their
presence early in the autumn.
EXTRAORDLNARY EGG.—A black Polish hen, the pro-
perty of John Jackson, Esq., of Oldham, has lately prothiced
an egg of the remarkable weight of four ounces.
The Wesleyan Methodist Conference to be held this year
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, will commence, we understand, on

Le 27th of July.
AN EXTRAORDINARY HORSE.—On yesterday week, a

horse, the property of Mr. Robert Slater, of Biris, Aster-
lands, conveyed to Oldham, a distance of upwards of two
miles, without any assistance, three tons of stone !
-A bazaar at Bollington, a mere village, near Macclesfield,
has produced the extraordinary sum of £750. The receipts
are for the purpose of building a new school in connection
with the church at that place.

The magnificent manor-house of Worksop, purchased by
he Duke of Newcastle, last year, of the Duke of Norfolk,

is about to be razed, and the'materials sold. It was built in
1765, at the cost of several hundredthous and pounds.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, June 24.—Our Sugar Market
continues exceedingly animated, and prices have advanced
fully 4s. per cent. since our last report for all descriptions ;
the quantity on show has now become very limited.

An infant child was accidently poisoned last week at
Birmingham, through its parent and itself being attended by
two medical men at the same time. One had sent a mixture,

and the other a lotion and powders for the child ; and the
mixture and lotion being nearly of the same colour, the one
was administered in mistake for the other, and the child

slept the sleep of death.
WOODEN PERCUSEION PLUGS.—Captain Norton lately

proved, i❑ presence of a select committee of artillery officers
at Woolwich, the efficiency of his wooden plugs for producing
ignition with percussion powder, by inserting them in his
percussion rifle-shells, twelve of which were fired at a target
placed at 100 and 150 yards, and all exploded.—United
Service Journal.

The island of Madeira was visited, on Saturday the 23rd
May, by a dreadful storm from the north-east, which raged
until the following evening. Strange to say, it was scarcely
felt but on the south-east side, where the destruction to the
vineyards is computed at from 5,000 to 6,000 pipes of wine.
The shipping in the harbour escaped without damage; one
United States schooner was driven to sea, but returned soon
after it had abated.

NEW ZEALAND WOOL.—The following is the opinion of
a Liverpool wool-broker, respecting the quality of a small
parcel of New Zealand wool which reached this country last
summer :—" A new feature in our market was the appear-
ance of a few bales from New Zealand, which proved of ex-
cellent description, aiid well got up ; it realised Is. 9d. to 2s.
per lb. If we may be allowed to judge from this small sam-
ple, it speaks very favourably of the soil and climate, for the
improvement of sheep's wool.
By the Governor Maclean, Morley, in the London Docks,
from Cape Coast Castle and Sierra Leone, a very fine young
lioness has arrived, sent from Coomassie as a present to her
majesty, from the King of the Ashantees, which the queen
has most graciously directed to be added to the splendid col-
lection of animals in the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens.
THE WEATHER.—During the past week the temperature
has been unusually cold for the season, alternate winds and
rain having prevailed. This unsetted state of the atmosphere
has retarded the general commencement of the hay harvest,
but in many places where the crops were quite ripe, the scythe
has been seta-going and hay making commenced. The crops
are very generally spoken of as unusually heavy.—Leeds In-
lelliyencer.

NAPOLEON'S REMAINS.—The Prince de Joinville was to

leave Paris for Toulon yesterday (Tuesday,) and will embark
for St. Helena early in July: The Toulon correspondent of
athe Courrier de Lyons. asserts that the Queen of the French
will accompany the Prince de Joinville to Toulon, and will
then proceed to visit the Royal Family of Naples. General
Bertrand left Paris on Sunday for
.Toulon, Mr. E. Las
Cazes on Monday, and M. Merchand on Tuesday.
QUITE CLASSICAL.—At a coffee-house in the Borough-
road, which is principally frequented by mechanics who are
resident in the neighbourhood, the boxes, instead of being
numbered, as is usual in those places, -have each a bust over
them, by which name they are known. This sometimes pro-
duces a very ludicrous effect. The waiters, in repeating the
orders they receive, frequently call out " a cup of coffee for
Cicero ; " " two muffins for Homer ;" " tea, roll, and but-
ter, for Demosthenes," &c.
HAY HARVEST IN THE FYLDE.—The hay harvest having
partially commenced in the Fylde, an abundant crop is the
result. We fear the late cold high winds have been injurious
to the bean blossoms and potatoes. Having bad a ramble
with a friend, a few days ago, through what is called the
North-Nook, to Fleetwood, on inspecting the crops, we had
reason to fear that the wheat, in strong clay soils, will not be
as abundant as was expected. Oats and beans looked well
and healthy.—Preston Chronicle.
DISCOVERY OF A SILVER MINE.—A rich vein of lead or
silver ore (it is not ascertained which at present) has been
discovered on the lands of Camphire, the property of Chris-
topher Usher, Esq. The site of this discovery is but a short
distance west of the river Blackwater, almost midway be-
tween the towns of Youghal and Cappoquin. A body of
miners are at present exploring in the neighbourhood, with
every prospect of their labours being amply rewarded.— Wa-
terford Chronicle.
LORD MELBOURNE.—WhiISt the indignant people are
hooting the premier wherever and whenever he shows his
face, the sovereign and her consort are presenting him with
a piece of plate of the value of seventeen hundred guineas !
Is there no friend at court to tell our young and confiding
Queen what the country thinks of these things ? Is every
body to hear the truth but she whom the knowledge of it
most concerns ?

Prince Albert's uniform, to be worn by him as colonel of
the 11th Hussars, is a remarkable specimen of his royal
highness's good taste in matters of costume. The jacket anti
pelisse are both blue, the hussars having been lately allowed
to resume the original blue, instead of the scarlet pelisse.
The head-dress for the 11th, or Prince Albert's Own, is to be
the colback, formerly worn by the hussars during the penin-
sular war. The colour of the cloth bag has been changed
from scarlet to crimson ; overalls and pantaloons crimson
instead of red ; the pouch-box is of silver gilt, with the regi-
mental badges and mottoes ; the sash is of crimson silk and
gold, with five bars ; and the appointments are rich, without
being heavy. The regiment is to be entirely fitted out by the
first week in September, .with their new clothing; soon after
which, it will probably be reviewed in Windsor Park.

We learn from Vienna that Baron Solomon de Rothschild
has just alienated property to the amount of 4000 florins
(about £4OO sterling) a year, for the purpose of giving wed-
ding portions annually and for ever to four young females,
of irreproachable conduct and poverty, and without distinction
of religious faith, who are to be natives of Brunn, the capital
of Moravia. In the notarial act, which has received the
sanction of the Emperor, M. de Rothschild has named as
trustee M. John Gastel, a merchant of Brunn, who was the
first projector of railways in Austria, and has stipulated that
the eldest son of the family shall always be the succeeding
trustee. It is also stipulated, that where the conditions can
be realised, preference as to the females who are to receive
the advantage of the gift is to be given to•the Gastel family.
Messenger.
GOLIAH RIIIJBARB.—Accounts are to be seen in the
papers from time to time of very large specimens of rhubarb
having been produced, we may, therefore, perhaps be allowed
to put in a claim to distinction for this neighbourhood for the
culture of this plant, when we have stated that on Monday
last eight stalks, grown in the garden of Hugh Hornbyt
Esq., of Ribby, were cut, which weighed 261 b. 2ozr Two of
the largest of these stalks weighed together 7lbs, and ay-
peared to be in the primest order for pastry purposes. 'We
need scarcely add that our specimens were of the Goliah
kind.—Preston Pilot.

UNITED STATES.—EXTRAORDINARY SITTING. —The
National Intelligencer, printed at Washington, furnishes the
articulars of the most extraordinary proceeding of the house
representatives ever known, or, as the National says,
known since the creation." The house went into com-
mittee at 12 o'clock at noon on Tuesday, the 24th of March ;
the subject was a bill for the issue of treasury notes; the de-
bate continued without intermission all that day and through-
out the night following, up to five o'clock on the evening of
the 25th, comprising a period of 29 hours ; and the com-
mittee at length rose without deciding the point in dispute.
RURAL POLICE.--A correspondent says it is intended to
exchange the box batons at present in use amongst the rural
police for short oak bludgeons, with spring daggers. A short
time since a tradesman in Ludgate-hill received orders to
make two of the latter as patterns. They are to be made of
the strongest description of oak, with short daggers con-
cealed in the centre, which will spring out on the first blow
given with the bludgeons. The introduction of this mur-
derous weapon will be confined to the police on duty in the
suburbs. The general opinion is, that such an instrument
should not be countenanced, as it will be calculated to en-
courage the abominable dagger system, which of latter days
has been so frequently and fatally adopted.—Post.
CONSECRATION AT STAIYBRIDGE.—OR Wednesday last,
the new church, St. George's, at Stalybridge, was conse-
crated by the right rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. After
a breakfast at Heyrod Hall, the house of Ralph Ousey, Esq.,
to which the clergy of the neighbourhood were" invited to
meet their diocesan, the party proceeded to the new church,
which is a plain Gothic structure, on an elevation to the
north side of the town, capable of accommodating I,sooper-
sons. The usual ceremony of consecration having been per-
formed by the bishop and clergy, the morning service was read
by the Rev. Charles Henry Burton, 8.A., curate of the
church ; after which, an eloquent and impressive sermon was
delivered by the worthy diocesan. and a handsome collection
made for defraying the expenses.
DEATH OF EARL DUCIE.—We learn with much regret
that Earl Ducie died suddenly on the 22nd inst., at his seat,
at Woodchester, near Cirencester. His loss will be much
felt in the neighbourhood, as he was esteemed by all, and his
political enemies were many of them his personal friends.
His lordship was born on the 31st of August, 1775, and mar-
ried in 1797 Frances, only daughter of Henry, first Earl of
Carnarvon, by whom he had a numerous family. He suc-
ceeded his father, the third baron, on the 20th of August,
1808. The family is of Indian extraction. Sir Robert Ducie,
banker, and Lord Mayor of London in 1631, was the first of
the family of any distinction in this country. He was banker
to Charles 1., by whom he lost, during the civil wars,
£
S 0,000; yet, at his death, had realised the enormous stun,
in those days, of £400,000.
A L.ANCASIIIRE SCHOOLMASTER EXTRAORDINARY-
The subjoined is a literal copy of large posting-bills, which,
have been extensively circulated in the borough and
bourhood of Oldham, to announce the opening of a selwr:
It is an extraordinary specimen of profound erudition cm ;-
village pedant :—" Ecce ! consult) tibri Lie sum. Qui se':
sistud,nisi periculum ferceris—Meros arnicus, in quibes_ies-
stuhium, Jubeo ut a Fontisbus potins hourinant quern rislu"
contectentur.—lsaac Ogdan, Master of Reading an its
Attic charms Precepter of wrighting plan, and ornamntal,
Doctor of Grammer in all its classic purity,—and Professor
of the science, of Mathematics in its deversified Branches,—
being wishful to remove their illeteracy—to furnish to
writers
correctness, freedom, and despatch ; to Grammaticise both
their tongues and pens, and to enrich their minds with all
the profundity of Mathematic'
lore apprizes with due submis-
sion sion the enterprizing residents of Oldham, and its °lc
dwellers, that is Seminary in St. Domingo-street is
and
where a knowledge of his terms may be acquired, and if
Scho
quested, his unquestionable scholastic qualitications subm
ol itfor
-
ted to the most rigid test."—N.B.—A Night
Adults.—Oldham, June 15, 1840."
SHAMEFUL HOAX.—On Monday afternoon last, a con-
siderable number of persons assembled in the market place,
Huddersfield, having congregated there in consequence of
report very extensively circulated, that a man was about to
sell his wfle to the best bidder. The police, however, were
instantly on the alert, and the expected exhibition of depravity
did not take place, The mishievous author of the report
failing in his purpose to cause a row, spread another report,
to wit, that the person who was to have sold his wife publicly,
had disposed of her prieately, and that the wife-seller :ws:
Mr. Henry Jacob's a cloth cap maker, in Market WI",
member of the Jewish persuasion. It was further
tatham,
that he had sold his wife for eighteen-pence, to Mr. S_e
was,
a respectable hosier, in Kirkgate. The conse
q -finfront of
that a numerous and highly excited mob gathered _
Mr. Jacob's house, and greatly terrified the inmates, some
stated
of whom ascended' to the upper stories, from whence they
discharged several buckets of water on t
to end
heir persecutors,
who eventually dispersed. It is needless to state the whole
story was a vile fabrication from beginning , both Mr.
Jacobs and Statham being at the time absent from Hudders-
field, and consequently totally ignorant of the vile hoax thus
practised upon them.—Leeds Intelligencer.