The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-29 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS:

HULL FLAX AND COTTON MILLS.—The foundation-stone of
these mills has been laid th►s week, in the presence of the direc-
tors of the establishment, and the workmen are proceeding with
the erection of the new buildings with all possible speed.—Hull

Rockingham.
ABSENCE OF MIN D.—A southern editor rebates a most remark-
able instance of absence of mind. A friend of his on rising in
the morning put on his wife'B petticoat, and did not discover the
mistake unt►l he attempted to nurse " the little one."—Ariieri-

can paper.
CORN REIT RN 3.—The Board of Trade hat issued peremptory
instructions to the inspectors of corn returns to proceed forth=
with against those persons who neglect to make regular weekly
returns of corn bought by them, according to the act.

A fatality appears to attend the matrimonial alliances of the
female vocal corps, both native and foreign. Letters from
Paris state that Madame Grisi and " the gentleman of moderate
Fortune," to whom she was married last spring, have separated
by mutual conseut. It is also added, though we hope that the
report may prove unfounded, that since her recent dccouchement
she has lost her voice.

" I cannot imagine," said Alderman II- " why my whiskers
should turn gray so much sooner than the hair on my head."
" Because you have worked so much more with your jaws than

your brains;" replied a wag.

MORE IMPARTIALITY.—Lord Mulgrave has been pleased td
appoint Edmond M'Sweeny, Esq., of Reen, near Kenmare,
(nephew of Mr. O'Connell,) to the situation of Chief Constable
of Police.—Dublin Mail.

THE STORM or 4 TUESDAY NIGHT.—This town was visited on
the night of Tuesday, by a severe storm of wind and rain. We
are happy to say that the damage is very trifling. A new wall,
27 yards in length, and 16 feet in height, at Sweet Green, be-
longing to John Hargreaves, Esq.. was blown down, and seve-
ral sky-lights from the roof of Messrs. Thomasson's factory
Mill-hill, were destroyed, There are also, we have heard, a
few lamps broken at the outskirts of the town.—Bolton Chro-
nicle.
HURRICANE AT BARNSLEY.-011 the night of Tuesday last,
the town of Barnsley was visited by a treinefutons hurricane,
the wind blowing from the north-west, and bringing with it a
considerable quantity of rain. The storm continued nearly the
whole of Wednesday, the market day, and scarcely any stalls
could be erected, from the violence of the wind. The damage
done to the roofs of the houses and chimneys is not so great as
was anticipated, but in the neighbourhood a great number of
trees were blown down, particularly in Stairibro and Tanker-
sley parks, as well as many of the corn stacks adjacent to the
town.
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AFRICAN TRAVRI.---Letters from Mr: Davidson, dated
Wady-uoon, July 20, state that be has arranged with the na-
tives to be transported to TinibuCtoo, along With his attendant,
Abiuu Berk, who is a native of that place. He was only de-
layed by the want of a sufficient present for the sheikh of
Wady-noon. This, however, he expected from I,3ngland by
November ; and, in the mean time, was training himself for
his dangerous expedition.—Literary Gazette.
ENNUI or Ltee AT SEA.—I defy anybody not thoroughly
accustomed to the sea to feel much of its grandeur after thought,
imagination, feeling, sensation, have been rocked into that in•
describable state of ennui, di.quiet, discomfort and inertness
which the sea often produces. No, let me look off from some
headland, out from some quiet nook of the fast-anchored earth,
to feel the grandeur or to enjoy the romance of the sea. I
life,
the o
first have
v I
e
gone by sea when he might have gone by land, to have past a
a
wonder that nobody has talked, or written, or sung, or satirized
about this horrible discomfort of a sea voyage. It is said that
Cato repented only of three things during his
withsotsea-sickness;
kness;
day inactive, and to have told a secret to his wife." I will not
discussee rt a
inl
tyhtel
acvi pointstehtehremo st perfecta-i t with
stheym
poal dt
hsyt.o
t,
I have had none of it; but it is a sickness of the sea, which has
never, that I know, been described. It is a tremendous ennui,
a complete inaptitude to ell enjoyment, a total inability to be
pleased with any thing. Nothing is agreeable; neither eating,
nor drinking, nor walking, nor talking, nor : reading,
ea;
experience, nor
but I
writing;b i s
e
nor even is going to sleep au agreeable process, and waking is
tpreurefe, cot at sdehreY s fijada ma
hasi:rp'ilekrinfogrtuoftieng town
that it is the experience of a class, not much less unhappy than
e
the most miserable victims of sea-sickness.—Dean's Journal.

How TO BREAK ILL Nnws.—Mr. Jervas! How
are you my old boy? how do things get on at home? Steward
—Bad enough your honour. The magpie's dead. Mr. G.—
Poor Mag! so lie's gone • how came he to die? Steward—
Over ate himself, Sir. Mr.i G.—Did he faith! a greedy dog!
Why what did he eat that he liked so well ? Steward—Horse-
flesh, Sir; he died of eating horse-flesh. Mr. o.—How came
he to eat so much horse-flesh. Steward=All your father's
horses, Sir. Mr. G.—What, are they dead too? Steward—
Aye, Sir, they died of overwork. Mr. G.—And why were they
overworked, pray? Steward—To carry water, Sir. Mr. G.-
I'o carry water ! and what, were, they carrying water for ?
Steward—Sure,' Sir, tir put 'mit tire fire. Mr.-G.-Fire! what
fire? Steward—Oh, Sir, your father's house is burnt down to
the ground. Mr. G.—My-father's house burnt doWn ! and how
came it set on fire? Steward—l think, Sir, it must have been
the torches. Mr. G.—Torches! what torches ? Steward—At
your mother's funeral. Mr. G.—My mother dead? Steward
—Aye, poor lady, she never looked up after it. Mr. G.—Aftef
what? Steward—The los9 of your father. Mr. G.—my father
gone too? Steward—Yes, poor sc'entleman ! he took to his bed
as soon as he heard of it. Mr. G.—Heard of what ? Steward
—The bad news, Sir, an' please your henour. Mr. G.—What,
more miseries ! more bad news! Steward—Yes, Sir, your bank
has failed, and your credit is lost, and you are not worth one
shilling in the world. I made bold, Sir, to come and wait on
Iyou, to tell you about it, for I thought you would like Sir, to
hear the news.

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SUPERSTITioN.7—A lamentable instance of the gross slitter--
stition which has not been extirpated from the more remote 100
calities of France, may he found in a recent occurrence at
Mery-en-Bois, where an unfortunate female, named Sestre, was
exposed to the most shocking awl brutal treatment from a
family of the name of Blondet, who imagined that the poor
woman had cast a spell upon Madame Blonder, her daughter,
and the cattle belonging to their farm, Mad. Sestre, who was
inveigled to the house of the Blondets, on pretence that Mad.
Blondet was expiring, and desired to see her behire breathing
her last, was, on her arrival, knockmeed.dboe::
inily, seized by the throat, and dr.igged along the floor by the
hair of the head, whilst the younger
applied a piece of lighted wood to her. mout:tenhot,ltyaanodrtoutuhaetrewwisoe.
shockingly maltteatred her. The son-in-law of Blondet even
proceeded to cut off her nose with his knife, and, to add to her
terrors, Blondes applied the muzzle of his grin to her breast,
and threatened
spell twtt,r,arbesi rtr.athet nsl
last
sedt
at
hadi
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tt:hore,,i,renpharist unless
co.ant
tsalheer. ;int
turn i n g ho m e fur a book of
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frightful
niiandgehtbt suit) thertcreera:,mbeist at
inlta.d whichr
which she was to destroy the effect of the 4ti'ppo's d charm.
On reaching her own house she swoonel awa:y, e evil c------'.
feerom the furs of her inhuman
and mortal torture is 48 years of age,
Who was subjected to this physical
(p,
hoiis,eir,eunto;rssh. relatede
la, thnoed a
h neighbour
e:
female
h l,
a n (timh enjoy
she had been exposer!, at the same
with her, and protect her family
a excellentnaengdtnhge hmi no ht oe
reputation,rretmifas it:
She is now confined to her bed; and serious apprehensions are
entertained for
Am 0 111,17 ,
A life'.
6ountry Magistrate, being asked what
watt meant by a Minor Cation I answered " I suppose it means.
a pistol or a yam?.