The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-30 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—We copy the following, verbatim et
literatim, from the " General Catalogue for 1836" of Dowding
the bookseller, 82, Newgate-street.—" 5211.—Russell's (Lord
John) Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe, from the peace of
Utrecht; two vols. 4to. half-bound, uncut; to be sold at £1 18s.
published at £5 ss. 1821-9." The above needs neither note
nor comment. It sufficiently bespeaks the low estimation in
which the lucubrations of the little lord are held by the literary
world. Even in age when all the world are bookish, his volumes
are uncut—or rather we may say cut—by the reading public.—
Northampton Journal.
The Earl of Derby has been for some time busily engaged in
superintending the alterations and improvements which have
been made in Knowsley Park. The new front yard is now
completed, and for convenience is not surpassed by any other
in England. His lordship, it is well known, has long been a
most devoted ornithologist; his avaries contain the rarest spe-
cimens of the feathered tribe. To allow an increased indul-
gence to this favourite pursuit, the aviary allotted to foreign
birds has been much enlarged, and numerous choice kinds have
been added.
CARLIST CHRISTMAS Joicz.—Aware of the English mania
for turkeys at Christmas. many of the peasants had fattened
numbers for the purpose of bringing them into Vittoria market.
The Carlists watched the preparation, and saw the turkeys
fatten with no inconsiderable satisfaction. Two days before
Christmas they were collected together in flocks and already
on the move, when the facetious Carlists interposed. " No,"
said they, " these turkeys stop with us; the English may be
fond of them, but we are no less so. With your permission we will
make our dinner of them instead." And thus we lost our
turkeys.—Movements of the Legion.
Power, the actor, who has visited the wilds of Africa as well
as the New World of America, declares, in his " Impressions"
of the latter, that he was less annoyed when bivouacking within
hearing of lions, than when exposed to the hum and sting of
mosquitos.
During the past week, Mr. Walker, a powerful man, who
formerly kept the Black Bull, in Doncaster, performed the fol-
lowing surprising feat, which, combining strength with ex-
ertion, has been seldom equalled :—He lifted and stacked with
his own hands, in 10 hours, 20 tons of hay, according to accu-
rate computation !—Leeds Paper.
In consequence of the prorogation of parliament, the privi-
lege enjoyed by the Irish bishops, in rotation, of franking and
receiving letters free of postage, is transferred to his Grace the
Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishops of Killaloe, Kilmore,
and Clogher.
Soon after the death of Machiavelli, a Jesuit, named Luchesni
published a work under the title of "Absurdities discovered iu
the works of Machiavelli, by Father Luchesni, but the book-
sellers finding this title too long, labelled the volume " Absurdi-
ties of Father Luchesni."
A tobacconist, living near Poland-street, Oxford-street, exhi-
bits a large placard advertising a new snuff, which he styles as
follows :—" O'Connell's own snuff. The real Irish blackguard
—warranted genuine as imported."
DOMESTIb MEDICINE CHEST.—A modern writer suggests that
most people are unaware that they possess a valuable medicine
chest in a set of well filled cruets; and to prove this novel posi-
tion, descants upon the medicinal virtues of salt, pepper, mus-
tard, oil, and vinegar—not omitting cayenne, which receives his
warmest praise.
WELSH RABBIT.—The French translator of one of Scott's
novels, knowing nothing of this familar term for toasted cheese,
rendered it literally "un Rapin du pays des Galles," adding, in
a note, that the rabbits were of such superior flavour as to make
them in great request throughout England.
An Italian Journalist giving an account from an English news-
paper of a man having killed his wife by several blows of a po-
ker, adds, "we are not quite certain whether this English poker
(pokero) be a domestic or surgical instrument."
The numerous omnibusses traversing the streets of London
and the suburbs, are said to realize a daily average receipt of
about £4 each.
ENORMOUS CHARGES.—In the report of the London and Bir-
mingham railway which has just been issued, we perceive, that
the amount of "payments for obtaining the act of incorpora-
tion," was L 72,868 11s. 10d.! !
In several of the provincial towns even the flaming patriots
are beginning to complain of the heavy borough rates about to
be raised by the radical town councils.
The House of Lords have admitted the claims of Lord
Viscount Powerscourt and Lord Hood to vote for representa-
tive peers in Ireland.
A number of the constituents of Mr. Benett, the member of
Wiltshire, have agreed to present that gentleman with a piece
of plate, in token of their sense of his unwearied endeavours
to promote the interests of agriculture.
MUSIC DESK.—A mechanic of Utrecht, named Alayerhofer,
has invented a music desk, which, by means of a slight pressure
with the foot, turns over the leaves as required. The inventor
of this desirable machine has obtained a patent for it.
OLD OAK.—A large oak in the forest of Cerisy, known under
the name of the Quenesse, at a little distance to the right of the
great road to St. Lo, is supposed, by comparing various data, to
be eight or nine hundred years old. In 1824 it measured 36
feet in circumference, just above the soil, and was about 55 feet
high. The trunk is now hollow, and will hold from fourteen to
fifteen persons.
A celebrated man of fashion, well known in the circles of
high life, has eloped with the fair daughter of a reverend di-
vine residing in the neighbourhood of Portman-square. It is
supposed the parties have gone to Scotland, whither a messen-
ger was despatched after them on Sunday afternoon, informa-
tion having been given of the parties setting off in a post-chaise
and four early on Sunday morning, which was waiting for them
in Oxford-street. The lady has made her exit with £3OO in
bank notes, besides other property and wearing apparel to a
considerable amount.—Evening paper.
Ministers have given no intimation of calling parliament to-
gether before Christmas; and, upon the principle of " putting
off the evil day," it is most probable that, if they have still the
power, they will postpone its assembling to the latest possible
period.
At Worcester, the number of freemen upon the Town Clerk's
list is, 1,731, being 118 fewer than in 1835. The household
claimants are, however, 1,613, while in 1835 they were only
1,417.

An insect, called the Hessian fly, is said to have made serious
havoc upon the wheat crops in the United States.
The National Education School at Tallow, county Water-
ford, is under the direction of live nuns.
Leigh Hunt, in an article of the New Monthly, describing a
visit to the Zoological Gardens, says, he remembered an
elephant in the old menagerral quarters at the Tower or Exeter
Change, wearing strong boots because the rats gnawed his feet.
The British Museum has purchased Mr. Sheepshank's col-
lection of etchings, by the Dutch masters, for £5,000.
At the last meeting of the trades' union it was announced
that Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Henry Grattan would start for the
city of Dublin at the next general election.
The inhabitants of Corsica are about to erect, by subscrip-
tion, a monument to the memory of Napoleon in his native
town. It is to be a column of granite, surmounted by a statue
similar to that in the Place Venden3e. The King's name stands
at the head of the first of the subscribers, followed by that of
the Duke of Orleans.
Britannia metal teapots aro now made by steam; the round
bodies are spun, and the, wooden handles and knobs are cut up
by powerful steam-engines. A good workman can spin twenty
dozen of pot-bodies in a day.
Ibrahim Pacha is said to have made good use of his time in
Syria; aud, according to a Smyrna paper, his troops destroyed
in the course of forty days 3,417,280 bushels of locuts, in the
district of Aleppo alone! This would be about four hundied
good sized ship load. Ibrahim must have had Baron Munchau-
sen with him to keep the account. This statement is, however,
put forth very seriously.
The wreck of a newly built house on the Bathpool road, near
the river, presents a very extraordinary appearance. It was
built by Mr. Ford, of Bathpool, about six weeks ago, in defiance
of the warning of the trustees of the road, that he was encroach-
ing on their trust. The house was just finished, when the trus-
tees sent a body of masons, bricklayers, &c., who have cut off
from the house the exact quantity of the encroachment.—Bath
Herald.
There is a report that M. Mendizabel will be appointed Am-
bassador to this country, from Spain.—Observer.
Four young ladies, Students in the female department of
Mississippi College, have recently completed their studies hav-
ing been honoured with the degree of graduate.
We lament to state the demise of the Hon. Arthur Stanhope,
who died at his house in Tylney-street, Mayfair, on Wednesday
afternoon. This highly.respected gentleman had attained his
filth Year. The Earl of Chesterfield was sent for express on
Tuesday last. The deceased was uncle of the noble lord, and
his guardian during his minority.
The valuable sinecure appointment of Comptroller of the
Foreign Letter department (Post-office,) worth £2OOO per
annum., has become vacant by the demise of Arthur Stan:.
hope, Esq., uncle to the Earl of Chesterfield. Mr. Stan-
hope has left one daughter, the lady of E. G. Stanley, Esq..
M.P.

CONCElT.—Northcote, the artist, whose intellectual powers
were equal to his professional talent, and who thought it much
easier for a man to be his superior than his equal, being once
asked by Sir William Knighton what he thought of the Prince
Regent, replied, "I am not acquainted with liim."—‘. Why,
his I.oYa lhlis brag."
says he knows you."— Know me !Pcion !
that's
airliday the Board of Guardians of the St. Neot's Union,
granted the application for further relief of a gipsey of the name
of 99 years; he is in good health, and can
of Sumit, who resides at Great Saughton, who has attained the
''getwenty miles a day.—Northampton Herald.
walkextr fromaord extraordinary' age
to
A handsome new theatre has been built at LeiCester, which
.will be ready for use by the autumn.—lbid.
J. Martin, Esq., late M.P. for Tewkesbury, has apportioned
a plot of twc,lty acres of land into eighty allotments, amongst
poor men with families, in the parish of Overbury, at the rate
of forty shillings an acre ; he had previously apportioned a small
quantity of ground, on the allotment system, with the most
beneficial results.

It was stated at the meeting of the British Scientific Associa-
tion az Bristol, that in 1739, two gentlemen, in travelling from
Edinburgh to London, met with no turnpike till they came to
Grantham, within 110 miles of London. Up to that point the
road was a narrow causeway, very unsafe to travel.