The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-10 00:00:00

The Bishop of London is enabled to resume his duties in
he House of Lords.
Monmouth is to be transferred from the diocese of Here-
ford to that of Llandaff.
At a sale of Mr. Pearson's effects in Nottingham, a lock
of Napoleon Bonapaite's hair fetched the sum of seventeen
shillings.
A large cotton and woollen cloth factory at Elbeuf was
burnt to the ground on the 4th instant. The loss was esti-
mated at a million francs (£40,000.)
It is reported that Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield's salary
is £2OOO per annum! This is, we should think, as good 4
thing as kidnapping an heiress.—Brighton Gazette.
The Earl of Romne!, on the occasion of the marriage of
his daughter on Thurday last, presented to each of his work-
men 2s. 6d., and 31bs. of meat and two pots of ale to each
member of their families.
Lord Powerscourt, in consequence of indisposition, is
going to the south of Europe, where be will reman until the
opening of parliament in the spring, by which tune he hopes
he will be sufficiently recovered to resume his attendance in
the House of Commons.—Bath Journal. _
There is now growing in the garden of MreSamuel Jack-
son, Winsford, eleven roots of wheat, on which are 458 stems,
occupying three yards of ground, or twenty-seven square
feet, being the product of one grain of common white wheat,
sown about the beginning of last August; some of the stalks
are more than five feet high.
The exportation of the precious metals from the port of
London for the week ending Saturday last, the 4th instant,
consisted, according to the official returns, of 451 ounces of
gold, and 17,295 ounces of silver, all which was forwarded to
South Australia.

EDINBURGH.—To mariners who navigate the northern seas
it will be interesting to learn that the commissioners of the
Northern Light Company have it in contemplation immedi-
ately to erect a light-house on the Covesea Skerries, a dan-
gerous reef of rocks which often proves destructive to life
and property.
WARNING TO GROCERS.—A grcicer was convicted before
the Mayor of Wexford, this week, on the summons of an
inhabitant, for including the brown paper covering in the
weight of his teas and sugary. The grocer pleaded in bar
what he said was the custom of his trade in Dublin, Cork,
Limerick, &c.—Saunders' News Leiter.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—At the meeting of this society
on Wednesday, a Trinidad pine-apple, weighing 51b. 120 z.,
from the gyrciens of this society, was exhibited. It is one
of those extraordinary fruits that grow on that island near a
pitch lake, and are there met with at a weight of 281bs. which
they might probably attain in this country were the soil and
cultivation properly known.—Standard.
A girl living at Hythe, near Southampton, has a singular
propensity to eat hair, and is kept closely cropped in conse-
quence, to prevent her eating her own hair. Amongst other
modes of gratifying her perverted taste, she picks the blan-
kets of her bed and any similar substance that will afford a
substitute.—Dorset Monk's,.

WEIGHT OF THE HUMAN BODY.—M. Chaussie dried a
human body in an oven, the original weight of which was
1201bs ; when dry it was reduced to 121bs. Hence the solid
matter of the body was water as one to nine or one-tenth.
From this it will be seen how great a proportion the fluids of
the body bear to the solids.
Cuctous FISH.—A very curious fish of the species of Opah
or Imperial Zeus, was found last week at Colhugh ; its di-
mensions were as follows : —length three feet, breadth 23
inches, weight about 100 pounds, predominating colour red,
with a rich lustre of gold, and appearing as if varnished, the
back of a silvery white, tongue subulate.—illerthyr Guardian.
A new species of pea has been just introduced into the
neighbourhood of Dorchester by Mr. Harris, of Upway Nur-
sery Gardens, which offers an excellent imitation of the
French bean. This pea, which is termed the Sultana bean
pea, is dressed in precisely the same manner as the French
bean—viz., without being " shelled," and they form a re-
markably nice and succulent dish.
The little Canadian Rebel, Roebuck, did not appear at
our assizes last week as was expected. It has come out that
he met with no encouragement at York, and conceiving that
his great talents were neglected, he took the sulks and
marched off the circuit altogether.—York paper.
FI RE.—Between four and five o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ing, an alarming fire broke out in the lower part of the house
of Mr. Crawford, bookbinder, Amen-corner, Paternoster-row.
The room in which the fire originated is used as a workshop,
and contained a very large quantity of new publications just
published by M r. Orr, of Paternoster-row. The damage done
is estimated at £3OO, but Mr. Crawford is only insured for
£2oo.—Standard.
OLD ALE.—A short time ago as a man of the name of
David Clayton was digging for fir wood on Sutton Moss, be
discovered at a considerable depth, immediately under some
wood, a bottle of ale, which proved to be of most excellent
flavour. It is calculated that the fir wood has been imbedded
in the Moss for upwards of forty years. The ale must have
been there for an equally long period of time.—Macclesfield
Courier.

LicENcEs.—The licenses of dealers in plate expired on
Thursday last; in cases where the licenses are not renewed,
defaulters are subjected to a penalty of £2O. Thelicences of
hawkers expired on Wednesday, and persons hawking with-
out a fresh licence will subject themselves to fine and impri-
sonment. Valuers and appraisers, acting without a licence,
will render themselves liable to heavy penalties.
Though there are at present 140 Barristers belonging to
the Northern Circuit, at the Durham Assizes last week; there
were but 17 civil and 11 criminal causes tried. The disparity
between the number of wigs and briefs was still greater at
Newcastle and Carlisle. The profession is overstocked, crime
is diminishing, and people are getting wiser than to go to law
for trifles.—Newcastle Journal.
The follow is a comparative statement of vessels, their ton-
nage, and the number of passengers which have arrived at
the port of Quebec to the 11th of July. 1837 and 1838:
Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers.
1838 .... 534 .... 172,032 .... 1,721
1837 .... 501 .... 155,359 .... 15,543