The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-24 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.—Wind S.E.
ARRlVED.—Clydesdale, , from St. Andrew's—Avon, —,
from Hoeduras—Freedom, Cox, from Smyrna—and Barbadian,
from Jamaica.
Off the Port.—Maypo, --, from Lima—and Jane, —,
from Narva. _ . _ _

SA r Lso.—Catherine, Lelean, for Antwerp—Lady Seaton, Tern-
perley, for Charleston—Plymouth, Fuller, for Havana--Pembroke,
Hunken, for Havre—Thomas Fielding, Smith, for Valparaiso—
Etelvina, for Porto Rico—Ccrmoran, Herve, for Rochefort—Anna,
Grutter, for Bremen—Palmyra, Chapman, for Malta and Smyrna—
and Elizabeth, for Rotterdam.

Eclipse, Hadcraft. hence for Newcastle, at Falmouth, leaky
Mary Ann, Watt, from St. Petersburg for Liverpool, at Kingstown
Countess of Arran, Ekin, from Quebec for Liverpool, at Broad-

Helena, Drenning, from Calcutta, at Cowes. On 29th July, in
lat. I S, long. 25, spoke the Vigilant
Helen Anderson, Thompson, sailed from Valparaiso for Arica Ist
June, and Columbian, Wakeham, for Lima tith June
Mischief, Downes; Touch-me-not, Todd, and Grazia, Scarpati,
hence at Genoa
Eugenia, Rebel's, sailed from Genoa for Liverpool Bth Sept.
Seatlower, Forster, hence at Helvoet
Eve, Airth, hence at Rio Janeiro
Matilda, from Calcutta to Liverpool, was spoken 4th August, in
lat. 28 S, long. 8 E
Tam 0' Shanter, Ellis, from Sydney, at Valparaiso

The Hon. Octavius Duncombe, brother to the late hon
member, has been elected for the North Riding of Yorkshire
On Sunday week the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells at-
tained his 80th year. His lordship is in excellent health.
CURRENCY.—Since July, 1889, the currency has been ex-
tremely limited in amount. In July, 1840, it did not exceed
£36,000,000 for the United Kingdom, and in July, 1841, it
was only £35,114,783.
The Right Hon. J. C. Herries has come forward as a
candidate for Ripon, in the room of Sir E. Sugden, who has
accepted the Chancellorship of Ireland.
AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Friday week five pilots em-
barked in a six-oared gig from Guernsey, in search of vessels.
Three of them successively boarded and were engaged by as
many vessels ; the other two were overtaken on their return
homeward by a tremendous hurricane, accompanied with tor-
rents of rain, vivid lightning, and heavy thunder. It has
since been ascertained that they were driven on the coast of
France, as the pilot-boat was found by one of the coast-
guard off Flamanville, with the two men dead. They had,
doubtless, been struck by the electric fluid, since the sail of
the boat was rent to pieces, the mast was standing, and the
two men were in a sitting posture at the foot of it, having se-
veral livid marks about their heads and other parts of their
bodies. The boat had shipped no water, and the provisions
were not exhausted.

A few evenings ago, a well-dressed man, whose name and
person were unknown, having enveloped his head in a hand-
kerchief. laid it upon the railway between Brussels and Ma-
lines, in order that it might be crushed by the first train.
This took place, and the unfortunate man, in whose pockets
no money of any kind was found, was buried at Ever.
•

SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On the 9th of September,
James Capp, gamekeeper to R. C. Vaughan, Esq., Burlton
Hall, Salop, found a covey of partridges, consisting of eleven
birds, in a small field of standing rye, at Sleape ; with the
first barrel lie killed nine, and with the second he killed one,
and wounded one which flew to the end of the field, when it
rose, and Capp killed it, being the last of the eleven.
DR. ?MARSHAL HALL ON MEDICAL REFORM.—This able
physician has addressed a small pamphlet of some 16 pages
to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., on the subject of
medical reform. The doctor says—" It is no part of the ob-
jects of the sincere medical reformer to injure existing in-
stitutions; his object is rather to introduce a perfect and just
reform in them, whilst he would legislate on just and gene-
rous principles for the whole profession, and for the public
at large." He then proceeds to develope his plan for re-
form, which is based on a general incorporation of all the
members of the medical profession, doing away entirely
with all needless and invidious distinctions among prac-
titioners. making it incumbent upon every individual to be-
come a member of " the faculty, " which act is to entitle
him to practise with eqal rights, in all parts of the empire ;
but honours must be sought for from the existing reformed
institutions. The present medical and surgical schools, with
the universities, are to be unaffected, " the faculty being an
institution for examination and licensing only." Druggists
are to be incorporated among themselves ; are to be pre-
vented from practising; but are to be protected in the sale of
drugs. The doctor's plan is further developed in " Obser-
vations addressed to the Provincial Medical Association, "
which are added in an appendix.—Times.
SKETCHES BY "H. B."—" Beginning in Good Old

English Style," is the title of one of the last of this amusing
artist's productions. It represents a pugilistic contest about
to take place between the late Secretary tort r the Colonies
of Wel-
and
the present First Lord of the Treasury. e D
lington acts as bottle-holder to the baronet, and the Lords
Melbourne and Palmerston are to "pick up" the little man,
whom his adversary is about to "floor." An Irish bully is
exclaiming, " Now, Johnny, mind your hits," and a stout
gentleman urges the combatants to proceed to business. There
is not much humour in this sketch, but the likenesses are
good. Two others are better. " The Fox and the Crow "
represents the little pugilist of the above-mentioned sketch
as a fox cajoling the crow, who is his antagonist, to sing.
The crow has opened his mouth to emit his notes, and in so
doing lets slip a piece of cheese, on which is written " Sliding
Scale." This sketch is spirited and humorous. The third
exhibits " A Pair of Sad Boys "—viz., Lords Melbourne
and J. Russell walking arm-in-arm, They frown in grim
resentment at a butcher's boy, who puts the homely but very
pertinent question, " Does your mother know you're out 1"

SLAVERY IN BRITISH INDIA.----A numerous deputation
from the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Society, accompanied by several members of Parliament,
had an interview on Wednesday, with the right hon. Sir R.
Peel,:Bart., to present a memorial on slavery in British
India. The deputation was most courteously received, and
they were informed by the right hon. baronet that Previous
to the intimation of the committee of their desire of an in-
terview, he had directed the attention of the noble lord the
President of the Board of Control to the subject of the me-
morial, as deserving the most serious attention of the go-
vernment.

Luring the time that Sir John Campbell was Attorney-
General he was ordered by the House of Commons to
prosecute a Dr. Webster for alleged bribery, on the occasion
of the St. Alban's election. Has anything yet been done in
the matter ? One can easily understand that the Whigs would,
in all probability, wish to stifle further proceedings, but that
is no reason why the order of the house should not be
acted upon by the conservatives.—Correspondent rf the
Morning Post.
and notice to
INcatAsE OF THE ROYAL ',l...vit.—Thursday, the Ad-
miralty had quite a warlike appearance in consequence of
officers, able-bodied seamen, and seamen, lads, and
the number of bills stuck up at the gateway of the names of
ships put in commission for foreign service,
petty
musicians wanted to join them. At Woolwich, sh
Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth dockyards, theeegrir'eeasts:
est activity prevails in getting them ready for •• but
ionle difficulty is experienced in obtaining able serviceseam
Americau
those ports, and at the general rendezvous,
Tower-hill, as there is a great demand Queen's Head.
.—Morning Chronie/e.e'n at
wereliaut-service and at present for the

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LITERARY NOTICES

Craig's Patent Rotatory Steam Engine Explained and Il-
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Piston Engine, and a Comparative Estimate of their re-
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have a

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This present age may be called most
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we look only to them with gratitude

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