The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-15 00:00:00

TUE LIVERPOOL gtANDARD,

that there are large pieces of land appropriated for the and friends in America, many of whom had left Ireland
growth of willows, and called ozier plantings, and in pre- so late as February last, every shilling of which they have
paring those willows and making them up into baskets a taken with them back again, to enrich the country of their
large number of people are employed. A great many adoption.—Dublin Post.
acres of this peculiar description of willows have been
grown at a remunerative price to both the landowner and
the workmen who are employed. During four months of
the year large numbers of women and children were em-
ployed in picking and preparing these oziers for the pur-
The subscriptions for the widows and children of the
pose of making baskets. During the present year one of sufferers in the colliery explosion at Darley Main amounts
these growers of willows went to Birmingham as usual for to upwards of £2,000.
for the sale ^` The colonelcy of the sth Foot has become vacant by
the demise of Sir Jasper Nicolls, formerly Commander-in-
Chief in India.
Earl Grey has just disposed of his fine Horton estate,
near Wooler, to Matthew Culler, Esq., of Fowberry
season.' Inc bitauc Tower, for a sum little short of £50,000.
.m sorry to say your winovv,, _ The loss of lambs throughout New Romney Marsh,
„1,„, I
ho; during the snow storm of Thursday se'nnight, is roughly
calculated at about 5000.
At the Polytechnic Institution, in London, is exhibited
one pound of glass, spun by steam into four thousand
miles and woven with silk into beautiful dresses and
tapestry !

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. - ins oargains oi the
willows, but when he called upon the party to whom he
usually sold them, and who generally purchased them at
the rate of from £25 to £3O per ton ; he was told, lam
very sorry to tell you I can't buy any willows at all this
i.' The same gentleman went to Bristol, and he
was told there, lam sorry to say your willows are not
worth £6 a ton.' Why,' replied the gentleman, ' how
comes all this about ; I cannot peel the willows for the
money '

Just come up to my warehouse,' was the
answer, 'and I will show you,' and the dealer took him
up to his warehouse and showed him an immense stock of
French baskets, with a duty paid of £lO per cent. upon
those imported into this country, upon which he ithe
dealer) could get sd. clear profit upon each basket, which

A servant girl has been committed at Paisley for the
murder of an illegitimate new-born child. She endea-
voured first to smother the infant by lying upon it; but
alarmed at its cries, she tore its jaws asunder, and after
that thrust her finger down its throat.
The Globe states that Mr. Harris obtained a special
license at Doctors' Commons, on Saturday week, for his
marriage with Jenny Lind, but observes that " that cir-
cumstance affords no clue to the period at which the union
may take place."
The Patriot weekly paper, an organ of the Dissenters,
says, "Mr. Shore's committee intend to recommend the
payment of the costs, in order to obtain Mr. Shore's
liberation. This is unquestionably a measure of un-
sonnd expediency, but they see no other alternative."
FATAL A cctuattr.—Lady Whichcote, of Ashitearley
Park, near Falkingham, expired on Thursday last. Her
ladyship was driving a one horse vehicle on the- previous
Saturday, when the horse took fright. Her ladyship
sprung from the carriage, and pitching on her head, re-
ceived a severe concussion of the brain.
Trig " CAsttros."—The proceedings in all the•cases of
the parties indicted at the Middlesex Sessions Court for
keeping establishments for music and dancing without
being licensed, have been removed to the Central:Crimi-
nal Court ; the effect of which (as stated by Mr. Serleant
Adams on Wednesday, when the intimation was' made)
will be, that the cases will never he heard of again.
At WorshiP-street Police-otlice, last week, florge
Snow, a young man, was charged riith a novel robbery.
While walking through the hothouses of Messrs. Loddige,
at Hackney, Snow slily cut slips from very rare and valua-
ble plants, placing them in his bat and pockets. He thus
stole about a hundred pounds' worth. A gardener de-
tected him in the act:
LATE PARIS EZCIIRSION.—We understand that a me--
dal, cast at the Mint in Paris, commemorative of the late
friendly visit of the• two nations, liasbeen presented to.
Mr. Crisp, by whose spirited enterprise the undertaking
was so satisfactorily carried through.. Similar medals in
gold have been presented to our gracious Queen, the Pre-
sident of the Republic;.General Changarnier, and others.
At the Central Crimiital-Court, on Tuesday, a woman
named Lydia Dixon, of respectable connections, was
found guilty of shoplifting. Sentence deferred.—At the
same court, on Wednesday, a Greek gentleman of good
family, named Timoleon Masco, was indiettd for stealing
266 coins, valued at £soo;the property of the trustees of
the British Museum, and found guilty. Sentence deferred.
The defence was that stealing is his monomania.
RELIC OF CHARTISM.—The Leeds police made a sei-
zure a few days since of 2Uvlbs. of gunpowder in an old
stable in that town. The ostlerin charge of t7* premises
was summoned to account for its possession, which not
doing to the satisfaction of the magistrates- he was
mnitted in the penalty of 2,1, for every pott4of gun-
powder beyond the quantity (5011 S;) allowed by law. The
powder and barrels were, of co-arse, confiscated.
SA-Int/LEGE AT KEW CHUILVH.—Two men,---one a
hawkeror costermonger, as the thief, and the othera man
namedTilbey, of Great James-street; Lisson-grove, have
been apprehended on a charge ofbreaking into the-parish
Church'. of Kew, and stealing therefrom an iron chest,
containing the parish registers. extending as far back as
150 years or more. The robbery took place on the night
of the 22nd of February, 1845. The prisoners have been
remanded to Kingston Gaol, the evidence in the present
stage of the case not being allowed, to transpire.
PISTOL.—A man who gives us areal name and
address writes to us as follows :—"*Ori Sunday last, May
6, passing through a field near Potash-farm, I fOund a
large double-barrelled pistol bedded in the ground, with
`J. B. Rnah' engraved on the guard4Over the trigger, ante
a. bunch of skeleton keys. You can mention this circum-
stance in-your paper, if you think proper."—Of course,
we cannot say whether the above is a -hoax or a ssrious
matter of fact; but we have put it kr/train for investigaa
tion.—Nirfebt Chronicle.
DESTRUCT/lON AMONG THE ROCEERIES -IN HANTS.—
The severe frosts and snow of the Ith and 20th of Aprib
last destroyed nearly all the youn-=,!rooks. At Lord:
Bolton's, Harkwood, near Basingstoke, nearly all this
year's birds have been either killed by-the frost or thrown
out by the-snow before they were full-grown ; more than
one thousand young ones have been picked up under the
trees within the previous week. The same occurred also
in the rookeries of several other gentlemen in the same

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NAVIGATION LAWS

county

GtriTA PEREITA BOAT.—The attention of sportsmen
in aquatiacindes has been this week :directed to a novel
application of Gutta Percha, successfully carried out by
Mr. John Taylor, of this town, the agent for the Gutta
Percha Company, in the construction of a boat, which
vessel was lthmehed on Monday. The•boat was manned
by Harry Olkisper, and an efficient crew; who gu'dcd her
down the river to St. Lawrence. From thence a trial of
speed commenced between the 'hew boat and a wooden
one of the-same dimensions, and after a-short struggle the
gutta percha, took the lead, and catne.h.Ome victorious.
This boat,. which is about 26 feet longtand 3 feet wide, is
light and buoyant in smooth water. Atrial of the gutta
percha lido buoy was made after tha-race.--Newcastle
Journal.

LAUGITAIILB OCCURRENCE.—Last 'week, a gentleman
residing about a mile from Burlington-made his usual
purchases at the market, in the courseof which he bought
a quantity. of seed, which he left, as was his almost inva-
riable practice. at an hotel in the town. Next day, the
gentleman referred to sent down nr.messenger to the
house in question for the required paneel,•but the landlord
being absent,, his daughter, unconscious of the mistake
she was about committing, gave the -applicant about six
pounds weight of coffee bean, whichtthe lad, through his
simplicity); conveyed home : and the master being absent,
he, according to previous directions,-,com-nenced his du-
ties in the garden, and actually sowed-six pounds of coffee
instead of the seed really purchased for the purpose. Our
readers-will readily guess at the merriment which this af-
fair gave rise to in the neighbourhood.—frill Packet.
A PATICTARCHIAL FAMILY, NEARI.OTLEY.-011r COT.
respondent at Otley supplies us with some curious parti-
culars respecting a family residing in the neighbourhod
of that'town. The father is a farmer residing at Nor-
vrood,..his name John Marston. Fle-has been married to
his wife- between 60 and 70 years, and by has had ten
children, five sons and five daughters. The youngest
child-is-43 years of age, and the united ages of the twelve-
persons-6E4 years. All the children-are married, and be-
tween them have children amounting in number to nearly
ninety. Until last week, since the, marriage of the
parents, a death in the family has-never occurred. Last
week, the 7th child, aged 49, died, and was buried in
Otley .churchyard. On Sunday:the- whole family attended
divine service in Otley church„some of them having coma.
a distance of 20 miles to do so,. For the first time they
appeared in the habiliments- ofi mourning.—Bradford.'
Observer.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCR.--011 Friday last, a respec-
table farmer, coming out of the. Stirling corn market, was
accosted by an acquaintance. and informed that if he con-
tinued to carry his watch ia.the manner he was doing, he
would either lose it or it would be stolen from him. His
hand went mechanically toatis fob to see that all was right;
and finding his watch there, he began to think his ac-
quaintance was fooling him. But no such thing. There
was actually a gold watch hanging by its chain to the
haunch buttons of his eoat4 How came it there tar ssthe
difficulty. But this Nvas soon.exalained, for a gentleman.
in the town discovered rhat.he had lost his watch, and his
first conviction was that, his pocket had been picked.
`Applying to the party from whom he bad purchased the
watch, he was informed of the watch which WaS• so euri-,
ously found. The truth was, that both parties hadbeen
in the corn market, and while passing through the crowd
a button on the bark, part of the farmer's coat caught the
chain and dragged the watch with it, and hence its awk-
ward situation was detected.—Stirling Observer,.
JENNY LIND 1L:13 CHURCH, OR THE PEOFLE OY PLY-
MOUTH HOAXEIX—Some wags recently caused a rumour
to be spread at Plymouth that Jenny Lind would attend
at the parish church, and that she would sit with the lady
of the vicar. The church was crowded ;: two female
strangers were seen to enter the vicar's pew, and the
younger joined audibly in the responses. chaunts, and an-
thems. Her notes in the latter were heard to swell and
predominate over all others, and every ear was opened to
catch a sound of the cadences for which the Queen of
Song is so celebrated. After this the congregation took
their seats, under the impression that they had heard the
distinguished vocalist at a very cheap, rate. As soon as the
benediction had been pronounced, a general rush was
made for the door through which Jenny was to make her
exit, vibe' e the people fell back and formed lines, in order
that they might have an in-propria-personte view, when,
to the chagrin of all present, the young lady laughingly
remarked that she was not the renowned Jenny, and
should be as happy as they to. see the Swedish Nightin-
; gale. She was no more than a visitor at the vicarage.
CONSUMPTION. -At the eighth anniversary festival
recently celebrated in aid of the funds of that noble in-
stitution, the Brompton Hospital, the following interest,
ing statistics relative to pulmonary disease were described
in the appendix to a report prepared by the medical officers
" The tendency of particular employments to induce a
liability to certain diseases is a subject of great interest,
and with a view to its illustration a comparison has been
instituted between the list of phthisical patients attending
this institution and non-phthisical patients of a general
hospital. By way of illustration, it may be mentioned
that the liability of tailors to consumption, as contrasted
with their liability to all other diseases, appears from this
comparison to be in the proportion of l9 to 15
Of bakers
Of in-door servants
Of printers and compositors
Of clerks and shopmen .. as 314 to 78
Among 1294 female patients attending a general hospital,
169 were milliners and dressmakers ; but the number of
females so occupied out of 1679 consumptive patients at-
tending the hospital for consumption was 312, the pro-
portion. of excess being as 312 to 220." Much of the
liability to this disease among tailors and others may be
attributed to the pernicious cnstoya•of large bodies of
workmen being congregated m maperketly-ventilatO
work-rooma,