The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

BURSTING OF A STEAM-BOILER AND Loss OF LIFE.—
On Monday morning about half-past five the inhabitants on
either side of the Thames near Blackfriars-bridge were
aroused from their slumbers by a loud report, which sensibly
shook the houses, and in an instant after three men were
seen straggling in the water, amidst large pieces of floating
wood. It appears that the steam-boiler of a ballast-barge,
used for cleansing the river off the south-west of Blackfriars-
bridge, had burst. Several boats instantly put off to their
assistance, and they were rescued from a watery grave ; one
man, however, named Constable, who was asleep below at
rthe time, was not at first found, and has been brought ashore
for an inquest. The barge, which was the property of Mr.
Scholey, was in the employ of the city authorities.

APPEARANCE OW THE COUNTRY.—The late genial wea-
ther has brought the young crops and herbage to a state of
forwardness scarcely remembered, and pastures are at present
better than was ever known at so early a period. Within a
few days the country has assumed a most vernal and luxu-
riant appearance, and, to use the expression of a rustic,
" things may be almost seen to grow." May-day was a
splendid day ; in the evening, however, there was consider-
able thunder and lightning, but without any fall of rain. On
Sunday there was a continued fall of wet, accompanied with
a cold north-east wind, and since then there has been a suc-
cession of unfavourable weather up to Sunday last, when the
sky assumed a brightened appearance, since which it has
been fine and more seasonable.—Hull Times.

THE CHANCELLOR'S VISITATION —The triennial visita-
tion of the worshipful the Chancellor of the Diocese took
place on Tuesday last, at three o'clock, in St. Peter's Church,
to receive the declaration (now substituted for the oath for-
merly taken) of the churchwardens chosen for the present
year for the various parish churches and chapels of the sur-
rounding district. At the conclusion of the business men-
tioned, the chancellor delivered an excellent address to the
wards, which occupied three-quarters of an hour.

A very curious document has, within these few days, been
discovered amongst the ancient records at Guildhall. It is
a contract made between Charles 1. and his privy council on
the one part, and the corporation of the city of London on
the other, in which the king makes over in mortgage to the
corporation several large tracts of crown lands in the coun-
ties of Northumberland, Durham, York, &c. for certain
loans of money to him, amounting to more than £300,000 of
the then currency. But the unfortunate monarch never
having had the power of redeeming these lands, they became
legally part of the city estates ; and several years afterwards,
finding that from their remoteness, and the rough unpro-
ductive nature of the soil, they were not very productive or
profitable, the corporation disposed of the city interest in
them to the ancestors of the present great coal-field propri-
etors, not, of course, having the slightest idea that they
were throwing out of their hands the richest and most pro-
fitable soil in England, which would long since have pro-
duced them a net profit of above £400,000 per annum. The
document is quite perfect, and is very well written. The
king's signature, " Charles R," is in a fine free hand, and
the signature of the members of his council at the foot of
the deed are easily deciphered, but are remarkable for the
diversity of the handwriting. That of Buckingham's is
quite different from the others ; it is very free, but in good
taste. The royal seal is affixed to the deed, and the seals of
the signing privy councillors are appended likewise.
CORNS.—There is no better relief for corns than the appli-
cation of shoemaker's wax spread as a plaster, after the corn
has been soaked in warm water and pretty closely cut, this
gives immediate ease, and will ultimately cure if any thing
will.

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At a public-house near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, where
London porter is sold, the landlord has for his sign-Post a
figure of Britannia in a reclining posture, as if greatly fa-
tigued ; underneath is the following inscription :—" Pray
stop and Sup-porter."

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PRUDENT CHOlCE.—Shortly after the battle of Waterloo,
it was proposed to make some changes in the uniform of the
Life Guards, and George IV. ordered one of the soldiers to
be sent for, who was said to have slain six or seven French
officers in single combat. He was asked a variety of ques-
tions, to each of which he assented, until the king, perceiving
that the soldier's opinion was biassed by the presence of roy-
alty and his own officers, said to him, " Well, if you were
going to have such another day's work as at Waterloo, how
would you like to be dressed ?" " Please your majesty," he
replied, " in that case I had rather be in my shirt sleeves."
—Sporting Review.

RECOVERY FROM INTOXICATION.-Dr. Petier, a German
Physician, states that he has found the spirit of hartshorn
(in the dose of a tea-spoonful in a glass of water,) to count-
eract the inebriating effects of strong fermented liquors and
spirits, and to recover a person from an apparently lifeless
state, from an excess of wine, in an hour or two.

A DUTCHMAN'S TESTIMONY TO SHAKSPEARE.—" I
will tell you, such is the powers of de Shakspeer, that I vunce
saw de plays arcted in Anglish languish, in Holland, where
dere was not vun persons in all de house but myself could
understand it ; yet dere was not a persons in all dat house
but vat vas in tears, dat is, all crying, blowing de nose, and
veep very mouch—could n't ouderstond vun vord of de play,
yet all veeping. Such was de powers of de Shakspeer."—
Mrs. Bray's Switzerland.

PACKET B,
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OATS.—FALMOUTH STATION
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