The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-19 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

All idea of terminating the session of parliament at the time
of the coronation is, we believe, given up.—Herald.

It is said that it is not the intention of government to fill up
the place of State Housekeeper at Hampton Palace, vacant by
the death of Ladv Emily Montague.
WELLINGTON MILITARY MEMORIAL.—Her Majesty Queen
Adelaide has subscribed £2OO to the fund for erecting a na-
tional memorial to the Duke of Wellington's military achieve-
ments.

Thomas Babington Macauley, Esq., late member of council
in the Bengal presidency, and formerly M.P. for Leeds, has
reached London in safety from India.

A railway from Stockport to Macclesfield is to be immediately
commenced; and it is expected that a line of railway from
Manchester to Stockport will be simultaneoudy laid down.
The firm of Sir John Perring, Shaw, and Co., bankers, Lon
don, have now paid 20s. in the pound.

A Select Committee has just been appointed by the House of
Lords to take into consideration the expediency of extending
the system of summary conviction.
The Hull Corporation have determined to sell 60 of the 80
shares which they hold in the Hull and Selby Railway Com-
pany, not having funds to pay up the calls.
FIRST PRINCIPLES.—The manager of a French theatre, an-
nouncing a play called The Death of Abel, advertises that it
would be acted " in the costume of the times."

From circumstances of recent occurrence it is now pretty
generally expected that Wakefield will be made a bonding
place.

Major Koppel will be the new groom in waiting, in the place
of the Hou. Charles Murray, appoiuted master of the house-
hold.

SWAN RIVER.—A vessel has arrived in Errgland from this
colony laden with wool, oil, and timber exclusively the produc-
tions of the colony. This is the first instance since the es-
tablishment of the colony.
In the event of Sir John C. Hobhouse's anticipated elevation
to the peerage, there will be no lack of liberal candidates to
supply his place, as Mr. Ewart and Mr. Morrison are both
mentioned for the vacancy.
CHEAP POSTAGE.—In the House of Commons, on Monday
night, Mr. Milnes Gaskell presented a petition from the Pro-
prietor and Editor of the Leeds Intelligencer newspaper, and
from thirty persons employed in his establishment, respecting
the advantage to the public of a reduced rate of postage, and
praying for the establishment of a uniform penny postage, ac-
cording to the plan developed by Mr. Hill.
MUNIFICENT BENEVOLENCE.—The late Francis Marris,
Esq., of Roundhay, Leeds, formerly of this town, evinced his
sympathy for those institutions which he regarded as calculated
to promote the glory of God and the welfare of mankind by the
following bequests; viz. :—To the fund for the relief of widows
of Wesleyan ministers, £3,000; Wesleyan Missionary Society,
£500; Methodist Preachers' Annuity Society, £300; -Wesleyan
Theological Institution, £200; Leeds Infirmary, £200; Bible
Society, £200; Leeds Infirmary, £200; Manchester Infirmary
£200; Manchester Penitentiary, £loo.—Bradford Observer.
THE PROPER USE OF WORDS.—It is incorrect in every
case to say, that the Dissenters pay the church-rate or any por-
tion of it; the lands and houses pay it; and if a Dissenter takes
house or land knowing it to be under that liability, and as soon
as he has got either into his possession, by purchase or on
leasehold, or as yearly tenant, attempts to shift off the expense
upon others, or to suffer the church to fall into decay, we say
that such a Dissenter (whatever may be his pretence to reli-
gion) is NOT AN HONEST MAN.—Times.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM.—A committee has been appointed by
the Royal Society to investigate the phenomena presented by
persons under the influence of animal magnetism, and to de-
termine its claims to the rank of science. We understand that
Dr. Roget and Dr. Farady are members of the committee. The
experiments will be performed in the London hospitals, more
particularly the University College Hospitals, which seems to
be the very focus of magnetism.—Observer.

Tie Midland Counties Railway continues to be rapidly pro-
ceeded with, nor will it excite much surprise that it does so,
when we state that there are now employed en the line no fewer
than 3100 men and 328 horses; viz. between Derby and Not-
tingham, 691 men and 93 horses : Trent and Leicester, 1076
men and 97 horses; and Leicester to Rugby, 1713 men and
188 horses.—Leicester Chronicle.

W. Gore Ouselev, Esq. late first attache to the mission at
Washington, has been appointed Charge d'Affaires at Buenos
Ayres; our minister at that republic, Mr. Hamilton Hamilton,
'having returned home on leave.
A grand match of speed between carrier-pigeons has been
proposed by the Society at Antwerp meeting at the Sluttershof.
The birds are to be conveyed to London. and let off from thence
on the Bth of July. All the fanciers of Belgium are to be al-
lowed to send birds.—French Paper.

LONGEVITY.—On Tuesday the 12th instant, three ersons
m naed 'l Walker,
met Moss, Abraham Turner, and Samuel
met in Hurst, near Ashton-nnder-Lyne, to celebrate Moss's
birth=day, and their united ages were 281 years—Moss himself
being 93, Turner 9-1, and Walker 97. The latter states that he
has a recollection of the Scotch rebels passing through Auden-
shaw, in their retreat to the, Highlands.

'GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—Tbe contractors
for the railway bridge which is to cross the river Ouse at Pop:
pleton, near York,thave cemmenced operations upon the works
the navigators and carpenters are actively engaged in excavat -
ing. &c.. for the foundations. It is stated that a temporary
bridge will be thrown across the river, preparatory to their pro
ceeding with the stone structure which is contracted for.—Hul
Timer.

HARD CURRENCY.—The following is said to be the funds
with which a certain safety fund bank in Michigan redeems its
notes, to wit :—All notes under five dollars in whetstones; all
over'five dollars and under ten, in grindstones; all over ten
and under twenty, in millstones; all over twenty, in checks on
any quarry in the state.—Hudson River Chronicle.
WINDSOR, JUNE 15.—Orders have been given to have the
castle in readiness for the court about the beginning of July, as
her -Majesty purposes, at present, returning here the week
following the coronation.

The largest single pane of glass in the metropolis is to be
seen in a shop window in Oxford-street. Its height is 10 feet 9,
by six feet 7 inches in breadth. It cost £lll.
Tbere are now not less than twelve periodicals published
monthly in the Welsh language, of two of which thete are be-
tween f=ive thousand and six thousand copies sold every month.
The inhabitants of Brighton have so far redeemed their credit
as to have discharged the debt due to Lord G. Bentinck. the
winner of the Brighton stikes in 1837; but it seems doubtful
whether the races will be continued.
FOREIGN TREES AND SHRUBS IN ENGLAND.—In the six-
teenth century, 89 were introduced; in the seventeenth century,
131; in the eighteenth century, 445 ; from the year 1800 to
1830, there were introduced 669. The total number up to 1830
being 1.364. Those introduced during the present century are
chiefly from North America.

Babe new lamplighter of the House of Commons has contriv-
ed to produce such a glare as must inevitably tend to extinguish
altogether the light of the press. In each brass circle appear
about 80 wax candles; these being three chandeliers, conse-
quently two hundred and jimty lighted wax candles'present their
accumulated glare on a most " deadly level" with the eyes el
the reporters; and, as if Ibex were net there subjected to pur-
gatory sufficient, there is the addition, d:iectly over their heads,
of tt large chandelier, with some 15 lighted was candles in it.

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WELDING.—A practice has for some time prevailed at
Keswick of welding iron, steel. and cast steel, with a mineral
which is said to be very abundant in that neighbourhood, and
is found to answer the purpose much better than sand or bo-
rax, inasmuch as it affords a decidedly better protection to the
fusing metals. It is used in the same common or simple way as
sand, requiring no further care or management. Two, three,
or more pieces of cast steel may be welded together, and drawn
out, hardened, and broken across the junctures which cannot
be observed; or iron and cast steel can be welded together in
the saine was', as 'perfectly, and with as much ease as the mild-
est steel or iron.—Carlisle Patriot.

TENIPERATURE OF 1837.—1 t appears from the Meteorological
Journal kept at the garden of the Horticultural Society, Lou-
don, that:the mean temperature ofthe past year Was 48.52, whilst
that of the ten preceding years was 50.62, and that the quantity
of rain was four inches less than the annual average; so that
the year was both colder and drier than usual.
CHARGE OF FORGERY TO A-LARGE AMOUPIT.—Mr. William
Cooke, a timber-merchant in this city (Hereford,) a man sup-
posed to possess a large property, was brought before the magis-
trates yesterday, charged. with committing a forgery to the
amount.• of upwards of £lOOO, with intent to defraud the direc-
tors of the National Provincial Bank of England. Mr.'Cooke
declined to say anything in his defence, and was fully commit-
ted for trial.—HerefordPaper.,

INCORPORATION OF BIRMINGHAM.—The number of names
attached to the different petitions praying for a charter of incor-
poration is 8,707; of these, 1,788 are persons actually paying
rates; and the total amount of the sums for which they are as-
sessed is £45,789. I Is. 6d. The number of names to the peti-
tions against the charter is 2,841 ; of these, 1,199 are persons
paying rates; and the total amount of the sums for which they
are assessed is £47,485. 13s. sd.
EMPLOYMENT OF THE INSANE IN AGRICULTURE AND
GARDENING.—An extensive medico-agricultural establishment
is at present being organized in the commune of l'Eyme, arron-
dissement of Figeac, where the house for the insane under the
care of M. Tissot is situated. A large extent of land, meadows,
woods, a spacious and well-arranged dwelling, a temperate
climate, and a salubrious atmosphere, render this establish-
ment very suitable for its future destination. Skilful Physici-
ans will be attached to it. L'Echo, 4.c.: Nov. 22, 1837, p. 183.)
This idea has been carried into execution in the gardens of the
Lancaster Lunatic Asylum.—Gardener's Magazine, for April,
p. 186.
From a Parliamentary Return just published, it appears
that there were taken out of bond for home consumption in
1837, 210,000 qrs. of foreign wheat, 47,000 qrs. barley, 331,000
qrs. oats, 19,500 qrs. rye, 87,000 qrs. peas, 109,000 qrs. beans.
To these must be added 22,500 qrs. colonial wheat, and some
trifling quantities of Buck wheat, Indian corn, &c. The ave-
rage duty paid on the wheat was about 295; on the barley, Os ;
on the oats, 10s; on the peas, 10s; on the beans, 9s, The sum
which these duties yielded to the revenue was about £600,000.
The foreign and colonial wheat, barley, and oats, brought into
the market, were equal to about four days' consumption of the
country. The grain of all kinds, including peas and beans, re-
maining in the warehouse on Ist January last. was 925,000 qrs.

A SEASONABLE HINT TO FARMERS.—A method has been
discovered in Sweden of preventing grain from being laid by
the rain, and of raising it when laid. corn stalks are gen-
tly bent together, and tied in bundles as far as the arms can
reach, care being taken not to break the straws, nor to prevent
the circulation of the juice. The bundle is fastened with a straw
rope at about two-thirds of the height of the straw, and the
heads of the grain thus form a sort of umbrella, protecting the
straw from the rain and giving sufficient air. A man, or even
an active boy, can bind in a day as much corn as will produce
100 bushels of grain.

A MARCH EXTRAORDINARY.—The 78th regiment, newly
arrived from India, marched through Glasgow on Friday after-
noon with a tame elephant, brought by the officers from India,
which marched at the head of the band in regimental and most
majestic order, while the Highland bagpipes played behind.
Great crowds turned out to see them, and the citizens appeared
vastly amused with the scene.—Glasgow paper.
By a return just made to parliament, it appears that the.total
number of acres of land in Great Britain under the cultivation
of hops, in the year 1837, was 56,323; that the total amount of
duty for the same timewas £310,794 4s. ; and that the total
quantity of hops exported in that year was 444.265 lbs. That in
the year 1837 there were made, in the United Kingdom,
5,069,812 qrs of malt; 460,415 were consumed by retail brewers,
the rest by brewers and victuallers. And, lastly, it appears that
in Great Britain, Ireland, and Scotland, there are 2,743
brewers, 72,822 victuallers, 40,102 persons licenied to sell beer
not drunk on the premises; and 17,192 who brew their own beer
to be drunk on the premises; and 16,610 who are licensed to
brew beer not to be drunk on the premises.

AFRICAN STATION.—FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY ON BOARD
HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS,—By a letter from Sierra Leone •dated
the 7th of March last, accounts are received of the following
terrible losses from the black vomit and the yellow fever—the
dreadful scourges of that clime. After stating that the Buzzard
was off the port the previous day, but ordered to have no per-
sonal communication with the shore, the writer !dates the mor-
tality to have been ascertained as follows, up to the date
mentioned : —The Etna-1 assistant surgeon, two mates, 18
seamen, 2 boys, 4 marines : total /7. Bonnetta—her commander,
1 assistant sUrgeon, purser, 1 clerk, 10 seamen:. total 14.
Forrester—her commander, and 18 seamen : total la. Raven
—2 mates, 1 assistant surgeon, 7 seamen : total 10—making in
all 70 casualties !

MARCH OF INTELLECT.—A gentleman the other.day visiting
a school at Edinburgh, had a book .put into his hand for the
purpose of examining a class. The word " inheritance" occur-
ring in the verse, .the querist interrogated the youngster as fol-
lows:—" What is inheritance?"—A. "Patrimony."—" What
is patrimony ?"—A. " Something left by a father."—" What
would you call it if left by a mother ?"—A. " Matrimony."
3VOLVERHAAIFTON.—II is stated by the Wolverhampton
paper, that the maniac, ThoM, who has been the cause of so
much bloodshed in Kent, once paid a visit to that town for the
purpose of exawining what chance of success was held out to him
as a candidate for the representation of the borough.
ARRIVAL OF A STEAMER imoir Naw YORK.—The Sir Lionel
Smith, steamer which sailed from New York on the 14th May,
arrived in the 1 lianies on Thursday, having been thirty days on
the voyage, and seven ,days longer than the regular nackets,
which sailed two days after her. . It was previously understood,
that she was quite unfit to navigate the Atlantie.
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION.—We regret to state, that the Vic-
toria steamer, from Hull to London, which burst a boiler two
or three months ago, was the scene of another explosion in the
Thames on Thursday,last; when Ave of the crew were killed,
or so much injured that their recovery is hopeless. The passen-
gers,
80 in number, escaped. The explosion appears to have
been caused by a collision with another vessel; and it will pro-1
bably turn out, that the boiler has not burst, but that one of the
main steam-pipes has been broken by the shock.

CAUTION TO MOTHERS.—On Saturday last, an inquest was,
held before G. Dyson, Esq., at the house of Mr. Mo.ses Barker,
the Half-way Inn, in Clayton, on the body of Sarah Hains-
worth, an infant of eleven months old. It appeared that the
mother of the child had gone from home, leaving the child in
the care of her husband. The infant becoming restless, the
father determined to appease it with that universal panacea,
"Godtrey's Cordial." The poor man, however, unfortunately,
in a mistake, gave the child a teaspoonful of oil of vitriol, out
of a bottle on the same shelf. A verdict of "Accidental Death"
was returned, accompanied with a severe reprimand, by the
coroner, on the mother, for her want of consideration in leaving
her infant.

WIGAN SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last two impressive
sermons were preached, in our parish church, by the Rev. T.
Tattershall, of Liverpool, in the morning and evening, and col-
lections made in behalf of the above schools, amounting to
about £46. In the afternoon the rev. gentleman delivered a
very beautiful address to the children collected in the National
School, who, as the day turned out rather unfavourable, were
prevented from their accustomed walk through the town in pro-
cession. Each scholar, before returning home, was presented
with the usual gift of a bun.—Wigan Gazette.
MAD Docs.—Within the last fortnight the inhabitants of
Warrington have been in some degree alarmed by the appear-
ance of several mad dogs in their streets. The rabid animals
were quickly destroyed by the police, and as a more effectual
preventive of further mischief resulting to the public, the police
committee issued a notice, stating that all dogs found in the
streets would be destroyed. It was, however, suffered to go un-
heeded; and, on Monday, a woman was bitten severely in the
leg by a dug belonging to an engineer working in the town.
Two policemen, immediately after the event, were dispatched
on a shooting excursion, armed with air canes loaded with
bullets. A number of dogs were soon destroyed, and, for the
present at least, the nuisance may be said to have abated.—Mun-
chester Courier.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A very fine powerful young man,
named William Hampson, the son of respectable people living
in Rusholme-lane, was drowned in the I resell on guesday after-
noon. He had been two years at sea, and having visited his
parents, was returning to Liverpool by the iron steamer just
established on the Irwell by the Old Quay Company, for the
purpose of embarking for another voyage. As the packet was
passing the boat-house at Irwell, Captain Hindley, the com-
mander, observed the deceased standing upon a slight wooden
rail at the edge of the vessel, and immediately overhanging the
water. Knowing that he must be in great danger, as the rail
was very weak, the captain called to him to get off, but before
he could utter all the words the rail gave way, and the unfortu-
nate youth was precipitated into the wather. The packet was
immediately run ashore ; and the deceased being unable to swim,
one of the hands immediately extended a boat-hook to him, but
he made no effort to reach it. and sank. A boat and hooks were
then procured, and in ten minutes the body was recovered : it
was carried into the boat-house, where the ordinary means used
in cases of drowning, to restore animation were tried, but with-
out success. On Thursday an inquest was held before W. S.
Rutter, Esq., and a verdict of " Accidental death" retorded.—
The deceased was only eighteen years of age.—Manchester Cou-
rier.

INTENDED MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN
NEWCASTLE.—On Saturday last, a meeting of the committee,
appointed to make arrangements for the meeting of the British
Association, to be held in this town in the month of August
next, took place in the lectUreroom of the Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, when an outline of the intended plan of pro-
ceedings was agreed upon. Mr. Wharton, of Durham, having
been called to the chair, Mr, Wm. Hutton, one of the secre-
taries, laid before the meeting the resolutions of the different
sub-committees, on the points which had been referred to their
consideration. The evening meetings to be held during the
week for business were fixed for Monday, Thursday, and Satur-
day, On Tuesday evening, a promenade is to be held in the
Large Assembly Room; on Wednesday evening, a promenade
in the Green Market; and on Thursday evening, another pro-
menade in the Large Assembly Room. The evening meetings
are to be held in Mr. Grainger's Central Exchange, which will
be fitted up to seat 2,800 persons. In reference to the admission
of ladies, it was resolved that 1,000 tickets should be issued;
400 of which would be reserved for non-resident ladies, of those
resideut at greater distance than 15 miles from Newcastle. The
price of tickets for non-resident ladies is not yet fixed upon : for
the admission of resident ladies the following scale was
adopted—For one ticket, £2, for two tickets £5, and for three
tickets £10; the object of the committee being to hold out an
inducement for large subscriptions, as the amount already
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ference to the accommodation to be provided for the 'latter, it
was stated that application had been made to various lodging-
house keepers in Newgate-street, and other parts of the town,
but their terms were so exorbitantly high as to make it ridicu-
lous to suppose that any stranger would submit to the impo-
sition, A long list of names was then read, including the
Mayor and other distinguished individuals, who made au offer
of beds, some two, others three, four, and five, for the accom-
modation of strangers.; and as the principal innkeepers in the
town had signified to the committee their intention to make no
alteration in their charges, it was confidently hoped that the
expenses under this head would be exceedingly moderate A
plan of the rooms in which the meetings of the Association are
to be held. prepared by Mr. T. Sopwitli, to be engraved on the
bark of the admission ticket, was handed in, and it was re-
solved that the ticket should forthwith be placed in the hands of
the engraver. Some other business of a formal nature was
then dispoted of, after which the committee ti(ljottrned.—Ca7,
lisle Patriot,

JUNE 19, 1838.

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

Mademoiselle CELESTE, from the Grand Opera at Paris, and
Theatres-royal Drury-lane, Covent-garden, Haymarket, and
Adelphi, London, and the principal American Theatres, iC
engaged for Ten Nights, and will make her second appear-
ance here this evening, in two new dramas written expressly
for her, and performed with the greatest success at the
Theatre-royal Haymarket, called " St. Mary's Eve" and
•" Suzanne;" both of which, having been received last night
with the most unbounded applause, will be repeated this
evening and to-morrow (Wednesday) evening.
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the I9A instant,
will be acted (second time here) the last new and singu-
larly successful domestic drama, in two acts, entitled
ST. MARY'S EVE;
A STORY OF THE SOLWAY.
In which Mademoiselle Celeste will perform a .
character, in French and English. /
Major Wentworth Mr. W. jf. Bland.
Robert Vaughan
r. W. Howard.
Tom Bags (a Carlisle postman)
Barty Sharpe (a discharged trooper) .. ‘,..Mr. Gray.
Mary liss Faucit.
Madeline. emoiselle Celeste,
(written expressly for and performed . beret the Theatres-royal
Haymarket and Adelphi, Lond. 100 successive nights.)
In the first act of . Mary's Eve,
Mademoiselle CELESTE will dance " LA NORMANDE."
After the drama, (2d time here,) the celebrated CACHUC HA,
By Mademoiselle CELESTE,
Danced by her in Paris and London with distinguished eclat.
After which, the petite comedy of HIDE and SEEK.
To•be followed by (second time here) the new grand opera
dance, called L'H IRONDELLE, by Madlle. CELESTE.
•( The Musiciby the celebrated Cherubini.)
In this beautiful dance Mademoiselle Celeste will execute
several new and brilliant effects in the French style.
The whole to conclude with (2d time here) a new drama, called
SUZANNE,
OR THE FORCE or LOVE.
• . The incidental Music by Mr. T. German Reed.
Colonel Maidstone Mr. Chaplin.
Brinsly Dounceby. Mr. W Howard.
Simon Swallow .. Mr. Baker.
Mrs. Lignum.. Mrs. Cleaver, I Sally . Mrs. Tellet.
Suzanne (an orphan) Mademoiselle Celeste,
(performed by her fifty successive nights, at the Theatre-royal
Haymarket, London
TO-MORROW EVENING, (Wednesday,) the new drama
of ST. MARY'S EVE.. After which the farce of THE TWO
GREGORYS. Gregory, 'Mr. Baker • Mr. Gregory, Mr. W.
Howard ; Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Baker;Fanchette, Mrs. Tellet.
To conclude with the new dyama of SUZANNTE.
The new melo-drama of THE CHILD Or THE WRECK
is in preparation, and will be immediately produced.

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