The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The number of sudden deaths, among all classes in this
country, hare of late years very much increased, and pre-
sent a subject well worthy of investigation by the medical
profession.
A few days ago, Mr. James Dixon, of Lambton, shot a
wild swan in that neighbourhood, which measured seven feet
between the tips of the wings.
The Duke of Buccleugh has resolved not only to build,
but also to endow, a new church at Hawick, solely at his
own expense. Such magnanimous and liberal conduct is
truly characteristic of that noble family.
Mr. Terry, the treasurer of Kyan's Anti-Dryrot Company,
has, in the vernacular tongue, made himself scarce ; having
contrived to bolt with about £70,000, which he has got toge-
ther by re-issuing the scrip notes of the company.
We regret to announce the death of J. P. Thomson, Esq.,
at his house in Roehampton. This gentleman was the father
of Mr. Poulett Scrope, M.P. for Stroud, and of the Right
lion. C. -Poulett Thomson, president of the board of trade.

The tee-totallers of Horncastle have recommended to their
friends not to eat bread made of beer yeast, and also to ab-
stain from eating pork where the pigs had been fed upon
grains, thinking such actions infractions of the total absti-
nence pledge.—Lincolnshire Chronicle.
A family at Marseilles was poisoned a few days since by
eating some larks which had been caught by means of spread-
ing quantities of the nu.r vomica over the open fields, in order
to attract and stopify or kill partridges and other birds, which,
when thus taken, are commonly sold in the markets. Medi
cal assistance was speedily procured, and the lives of the in-
dividuals were with difficulty saved. . •
As an idle boy. the son of Mr. Robinson, blacksmith, at
Slaggyford, in Knarsdale, was a few days ago bearding his
father's cows in the Town Field ; he tied two of their tails
together, which set the poor animals pulling against each
other, and one milled the other's tail off, neatly costing the
poor animal its life.—Newcastle Journal.
A GEoLoGicat. WONDEIt.—On Wednesday, the miners
at work in Ridgehill coal-pit., Lower Clarkstield, Oldham,
struck upon a rock, which, on cutting, they found imbedded
in the solid mass a frog alive ! It was discovered at a depth
of 104 yards from the surface, and was of a coal colour; but,
on being brought out of the pit, it became of the usual hue,
and was alive a few days ago at Lower Clarksfield.

ESCAPE OF A LEOPA 0.-At Wakefield fair no little com-
motion was produced in Wood-sreet, by the apperance of a
leopard, which had escaped frum Mr. Hunter's menagerie.
The beast walked deliberately from his den upon the platform,
then jumped into the street, and pounced into the laundry of
the 'Woodman Inn, where he was locked up until secured by
the keepers, and conducted back to his former quarters.
. DISCOVERY OP COAL.—At Scrachy, near to Castlederg, a
bed of coal has been discovered only ten feet beneath the
surface. It has more of the mineral characteristics than be-
longs to most Irish coal, which is anthracite ; and from the
bitumen which it contains, it run's like English coal, into
cake. On the.value of this discovery, not to Castlederg only
hut to Strabane and Derry, and the intermediate district, we
need not enlarge.—Derry Standard.
One of those "extraordinary occurrences" which occasion-
ally happen to vary the dull routine of human affairs took
place at Bristol last week, by the marriage of Mr. John Veale,
bachelor, aged • 79, of the parish of:Stauteu Drew, to Miss
Edith Hughes, spinster, aged 83, -of the parish of Pensford.
The youthful couple and friends retired to the " Goo 4, Queen
Bess," and regaled themselves with old English fare, after
which the " happy pair" left for the continent.—Salisbury
Herald.

ROMAN REMAINS.—A number of human skeletons, re-
markable for their high state of preservation, have been dis-
covered at Shooters-hill, near Pangbourn, Berks, on the
line of the Great WeAern Railway. This was probably the
scene of some great battle with the Britons, as spearheads,
war axes, spurs, &c., both of Roman and British manufacture,
lie scattered about, and many coins of gold, silver, and brass,
bearing the impress of Domitian and other Emperors, were
found in various of the graves.—Bristol Journal.
TOWN COUNCILS.—There were ne municipal elections at
Swansea, for the following reasons :—On the mayor appoint-
ing assessors at the revision of the burgess lists they refused
to attend, and there was consequently no court. The mayor
called.on the assessors to come forward and assist him at the
time appointed for the election of councillors in the place of
those going out, which they refused to do. It is the intention
of the council to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench to re-
medy the defect.—Cheltenham Gazette.

It is said that a clue has been found to the discovery of
the murder of Eliza Grimwood, in Waterloo-road, and that
Hubbard, her paramour, is a party implicated. He left this
country for America shortly after his liberation from custody.
The new drama of Nicholas Nickleby is carrying all before
it at the Adelphi Theatre, an-I deservedly so, for, besides
being well dramatised and excellently, acted, it is intrinsically
interesting in its characters and incidents.

The workmen have now commenced laying the foundation
of the fifth and last bridge of the Great North of England
Railway, near Northallerton, a little to the south of the
town, which will cross over the high road leading to Borough-
bridge, near to the 250th mile stone from London.

SEA Cow.—An animal, which, according to description
must have beets a sea cow, (Trichechus Res/aorta), has been
taken at Verdon, on the Pointe-de-Grave, when it was asleep,
with its head in the water, and its body on the sand. It
made great resistance when about to be captured.
PROLIFIC VILLAGE.—At the village of Chedder, in Somer.
setshire, on the Ist instant; the wife•of the master of the na-
tional school was delivered of twodaughters;'and on the same
day the wife of T. Masters of two sons; and on the following
day the wife of T. Harris of a son and daughter; and of Mr.
W. Main, of two sons.
REPRESENTATION OF THE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCIID-
BRIGHT.—We believe we can state with confidence that Mr.
Forbes, of Callender, the unsuccessful candidate for Stirling-
shire at the last election, will he the candidate brought for-
ward on the conservative interest for the county of Kirkcud-
bright.—Galloway paper.
THE FOTATOE Crop.—The Sun says, " all consumers
of potatoes know that the root is bad, as well as little produc-
tive this year." The very reverse is the fact in the Western
counties, where the crops are most abundant, and the root in
the brightest perfection of which it is capable.--BristotJourna/.
The " glorious free trade system" goes on admirably. In
consequence of the great importation of foreign boots and
shoes, our artisans of the " gentle craft" are petitioning the
legislature for protection. If the " glorious system" con-
tinues for a few years, England will become a nation of pau-
pers—thanks to whit' liberality.—Morning Herald.

An Iron Stone Mine has been discovered upon the Manors
,of Sir Henry Wyndham anti Sir George Musgrave, Barts.
near to Croglin in Cumberland, by J. Fulltan and Co:, of Al-
ston, who have taken up grants from the abovenamed gentle-
men to work the same, and they are now raising the ore in
abundance in both of the manors.—Newcastle Journal.

The effigy of the Bishop of Durham, together with a volume,
bearing the title of Turner's Sermons, were paraded through
the streets of Bishop Auckland, on Monday evening, and af-
terwards publicly burnt together in the market-place. The
Bishop was dressed in his canonicals, bearing a torch in his
hand, and having the iuscription of Unitarian Bishop.—New-
castle Journal. •• : • -
EMIGRATION.—The number of emi,,rants who sailed from
this port to British America, the United States, and our
Australian Colonies, (iring the last spring and summer,
amounted to '2,400, or thereabouts. Owing to the unsettled
state of affairs in America, emigration thither was very small,
while in some measure, from the same cause, the number of
emigrants to Australia was increased, 554 passengers having
left for New South Wales.

ISLE OF MAN.—On Tuesday a petition, containing be-
tween 8 and 900 signatures, was forwarded from this town to
the Lieutenant-Governor, praying his Excellency to prevent
the further exportation of potatoes, an adequate quantity of
which is so essential to the poor at all times, but especially
when the price of bread-corn has risen so much above its
usual rate in the island.

A DEAR LETTER.—On Saturday morning the letter-car-
rier presented to Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son, nursery and
seedsmen, Hunter-square, a packet addressed to them from
Calcutta, marked " Seeds," for which the sum of £ll4 and a
halfpenny was charged for the postage.—Edinburgh Courant.
The harvest is not yet over in the °chills. There are still
a good many fields of corn in the stook, which, when thrashed
out and ground, will give a very small return. There are se-
veral fields of potatoes still in the ground. The intense frost
which has set in prevents their being dug up, and will, it is
to be feared, render them of little value.—Edinburgh Evening
Post.

Though the lower parts of the country are yet free from
snow, the whole range of the Cheviot and other hills in the
North have been covered for some days past with their wintry
mantle; throughout the present week the weather has been
unusually cold for this season of the year, the wind blowing
from the-North-East, and frosts prevailing during nights.—
Newcastle Journal.
DESTRUCTION OF TIIE PALACE OF RAPHOE BY FIRE.—
This magnificent structure is now a heap of ruins. It was
burnt to the ground on Priday night. Raphoe is one of the
suppressed sees, and since the death of the late excellent pre-
late, Dr. Bissett, who had expended a considerable sum in
improving it, the palace was occupied by a care-taker and
his family, employed by the ecclesiastical commissioners,
whose property it was. The conflagration is supposed to
have been caused by the lighting of a fire in one of the un-
occupied rooms, which was nut properly attended to. The
only article of furniture was an organ that belonged to the
late bishop, which was saved.
Two bears were killed not maw/days since in the environs
of Somvix, in the canton of the 06st:ins—no uncommon oc-
currence in that country, but on this occasion the death of
one of the bears was attended with a curious circumstance.
The animal was struck but not killed by the ball fired at him,
and he retained force enough left to spring upon and grasp
the hunter. A struggle ensued, during which the man and
beast rolled over a steep precipice, and were buried iu the
bottom of a deep ravine filled with snow. Here they were
found clasped together by another hunter, who soon de-
spatched the bear and released his adversary, who was not
dangerously hurt.
One day last week, Mr. Bailey, bookseller, Wotton-under-
Edge, on his way to Uley, observed a quantity of wild straw-
berries growing on the bank by the side of the road quite
ripe. There is an apple tree in the garden of Mr. F. Dauncey
at the steep, Wotton-under-Edge, now in full blossom.—
Bath Chronicle.
STATE OF TRADE.—Within the last few days, there has
been very little demand for yarn; and, as there is reason
to believe that the rivers in the north of Germany are now
closed, much activity in the market can hardly be expected.
For manufactured goods of most descriptions there is still a
fair demand, and stocks continue very low.—Manchester
Guardian.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE CONSERVATIVE DINNER.—This
dinner took place at Evesham on Friday last, at which about
150 were present. The chair was taken by J. W. Jones, Esq.
who was supported by some of the first gentlemen in the
county. Mr. St. Paul, M.P., Mr. Barneby, M.P., Mr.
t'akington, M.l'., and the Rev. J. H a rling, addressed the
meeting in excellent speeches.
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GIANT CELERY.—We have received an uncommonly fine
specimen of the Giant Celery. It was grown at Castlefreke,
the seat of Lord Carbery, and a single head weighed 21b. 2oz.
It was accompanied by an equally favourable specimen of
the American Potato. Specimens of the Celery may be seen
at Mr. Hartland's and Mr. Haycroft's—the former says it is
the finest he has ever met with.—Cork Constitution.

TAKING IT Cooity.—As the Firefly was coming into dock
in the Hull basin, on Monday morning, a sailor fell over-
board ; he sank, but instantly rose again, when his messmates
threw a rope to him,,which he caught hold of, and they began
to haul hint on board, upon which .tack called out, " Avast
there, leave go hauling ; I fell overboard by myself, and PH
get oo board by myself; which he effected by climbing up
the ship's side, us if nothing had happened.—Dull paper. -
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 2G.—We
have had a brisk market to-day quite equal to those of past
weeks. The chief demand still continues to be for low priced
goods, and former rates have been fully maintained. The
good demand for flannels, at present, may partly be attributed
to the severe frosty weather, which has generally a consider-
able influence on the flannel market at this time of the year.

The wool market is steacl37,anf;ititout alteration in p;ices.
The effect of Mr. Urquhatt's valuable and eloquent expo-
sitions of the foreign and commercial relations of the king-
dom, addressed to the Chamber of Commerce of this town,
will be felt throughout the mercantile communities of the
British empire, and cannot fail to awaken their feelings and
arouse their energies. The merchants of Leeds and of
Hull
have, we understand, invited Mr. Uurquhart to visit their
towns, for the purpose of addressing them ; and those of
other places, we have no doubt, will follow the example.—
Newcastle Journal.

Last week some boys were amusing themselves with letting
off fire-works and gnus at Burton-upon Trent, when the con-
tentents of one of the pieces, consisting of paper pellets,
were discharged into the abdomen of a girl named Ellen
Warren, who was looking on the sport. The sufferer was
immediately removed to her father's residence in New-street,
where she lingered in great agony until Sunday, whets she
expired. Ou a post mortem examination, the pellets, which
consisted of pieces of painted paper wetted and squeezed
into balls, were found to have passed through the viscera and
lodged in the lungs and liver. A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental Death," and strongly condemned the
use of fire-arms in a town.—Derb,y Mercury.
A PROPIIECY FULFILLED.—The cause of all the mishaps
of her • Majesty's most wise and - paternal government is at
length developed. The mighty mystery in which the germ
of their slips and all the untoward events that threatened to
push them from their stools were involved has been unravel-
led. Hear the awful reproach of Francis 111 once, in his sage
"Judicium Astroloyieum pro Anne 1839." Thus speaks the
ancient physician and astrologer :—" Her Majesty's govern-
ment, to do them but justice, look about them pretty warily;
I wonder, therefore, they do not study my almanaek more
attentive. Why have they disregarded my repeated warn-
ings, year after year, about Canada ? All the evils now de-
plored would have been prevented: but I will not exult in a
nation's mortification." Old Francis, we see, is thus as mag-
nanimous as he is wise.

A GIPSY WEDDING.—A wild and singular scene was ex-
hibited on the Dunkeld road, a little above the barracks, on
Monday last. A band of gipsies, numbering upwards of a
dozen, encamped at the road side, when two of the party
were joined in wedlock, according to the fashion of their peo-
ple A deep carouse followed the ceremony, which was kept
up for many hours, so long, indeed, as any of the " ruin '
remained, or they were able to swallow the liquor. At the
commencement of the debauch mirth and good humour pre-
vailed among the troop; but as the whiskey did its work,
very different feelings were manifested. Ere all was ended,
men and women were shouting, cursing, and fighting
together in one general melee; and, when no longer able to
"wag a tongue or lift a hand," the party dropped down here
and there upon the road, in the stupor of intoxication, the
bride and bridegroom being snugly "bedded" in a ditch !
Perth Paper.
SINGULAR AND APPALLING EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.
-Last week a person died, who, along with his partner, was
in very respectable business in Preston ; his death being
mainly attributable to a long course of indulgence in in-
toxicating liquors. He bad, however, latterly become a tee-
totaller. He was interred on Sunday, and his partner (an
old man) went to his funeral. The latter became excessively
drunk from the liquor which he took after the funeral, and on
going home late at night, he joked with his wife about the
mourning she would wear When he was dead. A few moments
after this circumstance, he went up stairs with the intention
of going to bed, when, beipg unable to preserve his balance.
he tell backwards over to lime bottom of the stairs. He never
spoke afterwards, having -died almost instantaneously
Preston Chronicle.

AN IMPOSTOn.—A pretended gipsy called lately at the
house cl a dress maker, in Preston, and gave her an orde r
for making IS white lutestring dresses, and as many white
lutestring bonnets, for a wedding that bad to take place iu
the course of eight weeks. She then pulled out a quantity
of lace, and wished the dress-maker to buy some, observing
that she considered it would be lucky for her, inasmuch as
for every farthing she spent in the purchase of the lace she
would receive as many pounds in return. The dress-maker,
however, had more sense than be duped; but there are others
to whom the impostor has succeeded in selling her coarse
and spurious articles of lace at a most exorbitant price. The
same cheat likewise ordered of a respectable confectioner in
the town, forty pounds weight of bride-cake, against the pre-
tended wedding.—Manchester Guardian.
CLEVER APPREHENSION OF HIGHWAYMEN.—A daring
act of highway robbery took place on Tuesday, about six
p. m. in the lane leading to Tichfield Common, by two fellows
named Fennell and Smith, who stopped Mr. Davis, jun., of
York Buildings, on his roar. to Southampton in a gig; one
seized the horse's head, and the other jumped up behind, and,
placing his arms round Mr. Davis's necK, rifled his pockets
of his purse, containing 20s. in silver, having in vain tried to
pull him out of his gig. The ruffians overlooked a gold watch
which Mr. Davis had about him, it is presumed, owing to
their being disturbed by hearing some one approach. They
then turned the horse's head towards Titchfield, and made
for Southampton. Mr. Davis soon after met Mr. Edward
Knight, of Southampton, upholder; and on hearing the cir-
cumstances, Mr. Knight drove on with the gig he was in,
overtook and passed the fellows, and suspecting they Would
pass over Itchen Bridge, instructed the men on board to keep
the bridge in the middle of the river after they got them on
it. This was well executed, and Mr. Knight speedily re-
turned with the police, and secured them in the middle of the
river, where the bridge stopped, and they have since been
committed. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr.
Knight for his courage and clever management of the capture.
—Salisbury and Wiltshire Herald.

'A CLEVER COBB LE R.—The following is from the Notting-
ham Review of Friday week :=The other evening we paid a
visit to a modest, unassuming young man residing on the
Mansfield road, of the name of Whittle, a native of this
town, and by trade a shoemaker: but who, having a strong
taste for mechanism, has abjured his business, and is now
'following the avocation of a smith. 1-le has lately completed
a small steam-engine, on the condensing principle, which,
for neatness and beauty of workmanship', we have not seen
equalled; the cylinder is three inches in diameter, and the
stroke six inches, and it works with all the steadiness and
regularity of a larger engine. We were also extremely gra-
tified by the inspection of a lathe, with screw, butting tackle,
&c., complete, with which be produced some singularly
beautiful specitnens of eccentric turning. But it is not only
as an inventive mechanist this self-taught young man sur-
prised us, for as a draughtsman of machinery, we do not
think Nottingham has his equal; in his drawings of the mast
complex machinery; there is a clearndss and precision but
rarely met with, even in professional draughtsmen. We must
add, that some of his mechanical combinations for producing
various artreles are distinguished for great ingenuity,—and
ho', our readers will ask, has Mr. Whittle found time to ac-
qui,, so much knowledge ? By devoting those Routs to study
which most do to sleep, and iu the intervals of his employ-
ment. Talent like Mr. Whittle's must n a e its way: and,
unless we are very much mistaken, he win be an honour to
the town of which he is a native.

NEWLY INVENTED• PLOUGH.—A practical farmer in the
north of Lincolnshire has invented a plough which he has.
made throughout with hiso*l) hands, and which he proposes
to call the "Farmer's Friend," as performing its work more
effectually, with a great saving of horse-flesh and wear and
tear of materials. This plotigh has no slips; but by means
of a light wooden wheel, about the size of an ordinary barrow
wheel, attached to the lower part of the left hail or rail, and
of a smaller one placed in'•the beam, the draught is more
easily effected; and the only' other pressure being thrown
equally upon the share from end to end, it wears sharp and
nut blunt as in the common plough, and consequently will
last so much longer. Some experienced ploughmen have
tried it, and pronounce it the best they have ever seen; they
calculate that more than half a horse-power in two horses
will be saved, and the share will last twice the time of the
ordinary one. Another advantage is, that it will plough land,
however hard, and is with difficulty thrown out of its course;
when that happens, it-immediately re-inserts itself to the pro-
per depth, without any exertion of the ploughman beyond
keeping it straight. The inventor represents the smaller
wheel as not absolutely necessary, except 'foet the inexperi-
enced ploughman; but it is very useful on moving the
plough from place to place, rendering it sledge unnecessary.—
Hull Advertiser.

THE RULING PASSION STRONG AFTER DEATH.—An old
lady, in a retired part of the Peak, had plagued her liege-
lord some forty years, in consequence of an apparently unex-
tinguishable thirst; and it was a subject of remark in the
neighbourhood, that she was always more thirsty. in propor-
tion to the potency of the beverage at the time within reach.
The husband was one day persuaded, by some friends, to try
the effect of a surfeit on his spouse, and fur this purpose he
purchased a bottle each of the best brandy, gin, and ruin, and
placed them on the table at supper time. Many were the
thanks and endearments bestowed on him, and great was the
demolition of the three alcoholic preparations. So much so,
in fact, that some neighbours, who dropped in about mid-
night (by previous appointment) to see the effects of the
experiment, severally declared, that the dose was sure to do
good one way or the other, on the kill or cure 'principle.
Total insensibility, at length, came en, and in this state they
deposited her in a large meal chest, and sat down to await
the result. Towards daybreak the old dame began to be
restless, and, about breakfast time, she fairly awoke. All
was dark—all was still. Not a whisper escaped the philoso-
phical expericnentators, when, after considerable scratching,
and feeling, and fumbling in her narrow prison, she,at length,
in a very sepulchral tone, broken only by an occasional
hiccup, delivered herself of the following soliloquy:—" Why,
I'm dead—and buried—and in my coffin. Oh ! that last
tumbler of ruin punch did the mischief. Well, I declare,
how thirsty I am." After giving two or three distinct raps
against the side of her supposed coffin, she shouted,,as loud
as her situation would permit, "Dan ye sell may drink in
this country." The husband and neighbours were, by this
time, fully convinced that the experiment was a failure. The
lady was released from the meal chest, and still continues to
take a wee drop, whenever she has a wee drop to take.—
Derbyshire Courier.

CURIOUS ANECDOTE.—An anecdote to the following pur-
port is going the round of the French papers :—One of the most
pleasing cantatrices of the Parisian stage was, a short time
' since on a provincial tour with her husband, when she found
herself exposed to the disagreeable assiduities of a rich old
Turcaret of one 011ie principal towns of France. This per-
son could devise no other means of making himself welcome
to the lady than by writing her a very impudent letter, and
enclosing in it a note for S(X) francs. Feeling the insult very
warmly, the lady put the note into her husband's hands,
who, to avenge himself as a man of wit and good sense, wrote
exactly a similar note to the wife of the old gentleman, a
young woman like his ow n,Andenclosed in it the 500 franc
note, and sent it to her With all proper mystery and precaution.
This lady, not less insulted in her affections than the canta-
trice, gave the letter to her husband, who concealed his as-
tonishment, and affected to treat the affair as one that had
better be hushed up than be made a noise about. His wife,
however, who was not aware of the real circumstances of the
case, was by no means disposed to take it so easily, and, ac-
cordingly, went to tilt cantatrice to tell her of her husband's
supposed infidelity. An explanation ensued, and the result
has been a legal demand of separation, corps et Liens, made
by the lady against the old gentleman.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—On Thursday the ship Welcome,
Captain Ritchie, sailed with a fair wind from Greenock, for
Adelaide, with eighteen cabin, tour intermediate, and a- full
complement of the commissioners' steerage passengers.
This is the first ship which has sailed from the Clyde to
South Australia, and we are happy to learn the complete
success of this commencement of a trade which is likely soon
to be of great importance between this country and the rising
colony. So great was the quantity of goods offered, that
about 100 tons were short shipped. The cabin passengers
were of a very superior class to the general run of emigrants.
They were accompanied down the Clyde by a large party of
friends, who engaged a steam-boat for the purpose, and parted
above the Cloth Lighthouse with three hearty cheers from
each vessel. The Welcome is to be succeeded by the Lady
Bute, lately launched at Greenock, and decidedly one of the
handsomest ships yet built in the Clyde.--Glasgow Courier.

A PRACTICAL JOKE.—A gentleman, of considerable talent
as an orator, became a member of a legislative body, in one
of the Eastern States. in speaking, he was addicted to an
odd habit of handling his spectacles,—first placing them
upon his nose, suffering them to remain a minute or two,
throwing them upon his forehead, and finally folding them
up and laying them before him upon the desk. One day, a
very important question came up for consideration, and he
commenced .a speech in opposition. A friend to the proposed
measure, who was a most incorrigible wag withal, deter-
mined to spoil the effect of the honourable member's re-
marks, and accordingly, before he entered the house, provi-
ded himself with a dozen pairs of spectacles. The member
commenced his speech with his usual ability. But a few
minutes had elapsed before he was at work with his spectacles,
and finally got them upon his forehead. At this junction,
our wag, who stood ready, laid another pair upon the desk
before the speaker. These were taken up, and by regular
gradations, gained a place upon his forehead, by the side of
the other. A third, fourth, and fifth pair was disposed of in
the same manner. A smile settled upon the countenance of
the honourable members, which gradually lengthened into a
grin, and at last, when the speaker had warmed into one of
the most patriotic and eloquent sentences, he deposited a
sixth pair with the others, and there was one long and loud
peal of laughter from all quarters of the hall—president,
clerks, members, joined in chorus. The speaker looked
round in astonishment at this curious interruption; but ac-
cidently raising his head, he grasped the spectacles, and the
whole tome of the joke rushed upon his mind. He dashed
the glasses upon the floor, took up his hat, and left the hall.
The bill passed by a triumphant majority, probably in con-
sequence of the gentleman's very silly and useless habit.—
Cincinnatti News.

THE BATTERSEA PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Harris, the pedes-
trian, is still prosecuting his arduous task of walking 1750
miles in 1000 successive hours, unit fast advancing to the cotn•
pleiion orit, having performed 1465 miles at eight o'clock
on Saturday night. He appears in good spirits, but, as the
difficulties of the match now daily thicken upon hitn, his phy-
sical energies begin to fail. He no longer walks with the
firm and vigorous step as heretofore, but evidently labours
under a weakness of the sinews, which causes his action to
be forced and enfeebled. His cough (caught during the late
rains) is of a most violent and trying description; in addi-
tion to which he suffers considerably from sores and blisters
in his feet, produced by his lengthened walking, that cause a
partial limping. He sleeps but little, but that little is sound
and refreshing. Ile says himself that he could now do with-
out any sleep at all until the wager shall be perfected, his
anxiety to complete it being so great as to keep him almost
continually awake. Should he accomplish it, of which he
has himself no doubt, he calculates that he shall receive
about £lOO, depending entirely upon the generosity of those
who have betted in his favour. Several heavy bets were laid
during the past week, and, in consequence of Harris having
completed so much of his arduous undertaking, odds are in
his favour of five to one.—Morninj Herald.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT STORSL—Tuesday was the
anniversary of the great storm in England in 1703, which
caused more devastation throughout England than any simi-
lar calamity on record. We are informed, by a writer of that
period, that this fearful tempest was preceded by a strong
westerly wind, which set in about the middle of November
and increased daily to such a degree that, on the 26th busi-
ness was totally suspended, and few persons had courage to
leave their dwellings. The succeeding night was dteadful,
and the noise made by the wind resembled a continuous peal
of thunder. 123 persons were killed in the courie of' the
night and following morning by the fall of buildings, and
nearly the same number of persons were buried alive iu the
ruins of their own habitations. On the '27th London pre-
sented the appearance of a desolate. and ruinous city ; the
principal thoroughfares were rendered impassable, for the
ruins of houses and tenements blown down. •About 800
dwellings were laid in ruins, and a few of those that resisted
escaped from being unroofted, a fact that receives additional
confirmation from the circumstance of house tiles, which had
recently beets selling at 21s. per thousand, rose to £6. The lead,
which covered 100 churches and other public buildings, was
rolled up and hurled 'in prodigious quantities to almost in-
credible distances. The damage done in the city or London
alone was estimated at the vast sum of £2,600,000. Only
four vessels remained moored between London-bridge and
Limehouse, the rest being driven below, and mostly destroyed
by-beating against each other. Those who perished in the
Hoods of the Thames, Severn, on the coast, and its ships
blown away and never heard of afterwards, are estimated at
8000. The Eddystone Lighthouse was also destroyed on the
night of the 27th, the lives of its architect, Mr. Winstanlev,
and other persons who were in Wet thC time, being sacrificed.
SINGULAR AND INTERESTING STAG HUNT.—A few class
ago, two gentlemen, passing through the demesne of Cahir-
nane. near. Killarney, had their attention arrested by a loud
barking of a terrier, which had accompanied them, in an ad-
joining thicket, when,, on turning round, to their great sur-
prise, they beheld a noble specimen of that beautiful animal
the red deer,, which has of late contributed so much to the in-
terest with which every eye beholds the enchanting scenery
of Killarney. One moment, and away he bounded towards
Cubit nane House, doubled back by the avenue, till he reached
the gate, and, impeded here by some persons attracted to-the
spot, leapt the atone fence and palling, a little to the left,
when, after swimming the Flesk, he bent his way for the town
Isf Killarney, which he would have entered, but tot a party of
boatmen. A general pursuit here took place on the part of
several inhabitants of the town, in the course of which one
individual was severely hurt, who had endeavoured to impede
his progress after his le-crossing the Flesk.. Leaving his pur-
suers at fault, after a hot chase, the antlered monarch finally
gained the lake, and, taking the soil, sought repose in an ad-
joining island. Next day, however, his rest was disturbed .bY
the Muckruss pack, and he was soon se, n swimming towards
the mainland, with the dogs at his heels. Gainin; terra fiesta,
he ran for about half a mile, and again took the soil, making
for Castlelough Point. Intercepted here, he att., ined away
towards Castlelough House, where 11,. had nigh demolished
a fair specimen of the •‘ precious porcelain of human clay,"
but for her presence of mind in suddenly opening her um-
brella in his face. Diverted from wreaking his anger on'the
fair demoiselle, he made for a neighbouring wood, the hounds
still following him in full cry. Aroused Irons this retreat, he
was once more seen taking the water, the hounds swimming
after with unabated vigour, when, the shades of evening
closing in, he baffled his pursuers--Tralee Mercury.
MR. MUNTZ AND HIS WHIAKERS.—We extract the-fol-
lowing paragraph from the Northampton flereld of last week:
—" A correspondent on whose veracity we place the fullest
reliance, informs us, that the friends and supporters of this
celebrated Birmingham political character -are at this mo-
ment in a state of painful anxiety and excitement at the pre-
vailing rumour of a bet for a large amount, which has been
made by a certain Nobleman and some other friends well
known in the sporting circles. His Lordship, it is stated,
has staked a considerable sum that he will, op or before the
25th of December next, with his own hand, 'shave one side
of Mr. Muntz's face.' The determined resolution and cool
courage of the hero of the 'morning star,' coupled with the
fact of the arrival of several strange and mysterious-looking
characters, part of whom have taken up their quarters in the
immediate vicinity of Mr. Muntz's country residence, lead
to the expectation of this unexampled feat coming off very
shortly. Mr. Muntz is continually well and powerfully
guarded, and does not, he says, intend to be deprived of the
distinguishin,, feature in his personal appearance without a
struggle." Whether this extraordinay bet has really been
made or not we have no means of knowing, but the rumour
has been gaining ground for some time past, and we do know
that it has given our old pet, Mr. Muntz, no small uneasi-
ness. The eccentric character of the Noble Marquis to
whom the paragraph alludes gives an air of strong probability
to the report, and if his Lordship has made such e bet, we
will gladly bet long odds that he wins it.—Birmingham Ad-
vertiser,

THE MANCFACTURIC OF SHEERY.—The old wines are kept
in huge casks—not much inferior in size to the great tun of
Heidelberg—called 'Madre' butts; and some of these old
ladies contain wine that is ]2O years of age. It must, how-
ever, be confessed, that the plan adopted in keeping them ups
partakes somewhat of 'sine imposture delicate ;' since, when-
ever a gallon of wine is taken from the 120 year old butt, it is
replaced by a like quantity from the next in seniority, and so
on with the rest; so that even the very oldest wines in the
store are daily undergoing a mixing process. It is thus per-
fectly idle, when a customer writes for a 'ten-year ohs' butt
of Sherry, to expect to receive a wine which seas grown that
number of years previously. He will get a most excellent
wine, however, which will, probably, be prepared for him in
the following manner :—Three-fourths of the butt will con-
sist of three or four year old wine, to which a few gallons of
Pajarete, or Amontillado, will be added, to give the parti-
cular flavour or colour required; and the remainder will be
made up of various proportions of old wines, of different
vintages; a dash of brandy bciu9 added, to preserve it from
seasickness during the voyage. To calculate the age of this.
mixture, appears, at first sight, to involve a laborious arith-
metical operation. But it is very simply done, by striking
an average in the following. manner:—The fond, we wilt
suppose, is a four-years' old wine, with which figure we must
therefore commence our calculations. To flavour and give:,
age to this foundation, the hundred and twenty years' old
`madra' is made to contribute a gallon, which, being about
the hundreth part of the proposed butt, diffuses a year's "a"
writ), into the composition. The centigenarian stock-butt
next furnishes a quantity, which in the same way adds ano-
ther year to its age. The next in seniority supplies a PM,'
portion equivalent to a space of two years ; and a fourth adds
a similar period to its existance. So that, without going far-
ther, we have 4 ><2 4=lo, as clear as the sun at noon.-
day, or a demonstration in Euclid.—Captain Scott's Excur'
Lions.
DEAFNESS.—It unfortunately happens, says Mr: J. ll'
Curtis, in an article in the Lancet for November, that avert'
strong prejudice is entertained by the nen-yrofessionalplibbe_
against having recourse to professional assistance for the cure
of deafness, a complaint which is, in general, looked tiPalal
when commencing, as trivial, and when established, asheyonf:
th e powers of art to remove. This unhappy feeling is a princ',
pal cause of the great numbers of deaf persons who are cOis.
stantly met with in society, and who, to remedy a complaii4
which in all probability can be cured, or at least alleviated, P
proper measures,have recourse to palliative plans of treatment'
and use acoustic instruments, by trusting to which they. stAu_i„,
that time tube frittered uselessly away in which, by the judin_.
ous applications of remedies they might be cured. It is a
lar fact, if we take into consideration the dampness of tnY,7,
countries, that in Holland and Belgium, as I was informed 04
some medical authorities when I was there, there are few,`.
cases of confirmed deafness than there are iu these islanolel
but the reason for it is evident, the disease is attacked in the
beginning, and removed before it can fix itseif, or cause 70,
mediable mischief. The inhabitants of those countries seet*_„d
be all surists, using fonientaticins of aromatic herbs, 'fd
cleansing of the meatus, as soon as the ear becomes affected,
and acting on the only true and wise principle, venienti
rile morbo. One of the principal, -and most comniu
causes of deafness is a deficiency of the secretion, frem
0(
want of action of the ceruminous glands. Many caswes.
_a
loss of hearing which have been under my care, even
elar,
the disease has been of long standing, have beets fairly rs
able to this cause, and, on its removal, the deafness bar
.0,
appeared ; of course, in a longer or shorter time, acco..afjoef
to the previous duration of the disease, and the severti7the
the primary cause of the inaction of the glands. Whe?,ces.
meatus auditorious has been duly cleansed, and the orla _..1
of the ducts have been, as it were, re-opened, by the rein?",
of the diseased secretion by which they were occludea,
moderate stimulant is of essential service in restoring. ,b
glands to healthy action ; but the cleansing is imperatt7o4
necessary, and no remedy will be of use until that opere`ti.,
has been properly performed. I generally employ write
ration consisting of half an ounce of ox-gall, mixed
cb
drachm of tincture of castor or tincture of musk, wit "sato
.a piece of cotton is moistened, and inserted into the
iuheig
at night, to soften the hardened cerumen, the ear
syringed in the morning with warm water, to scluir:•
kuea"o
ounce of soap liniment and a little eau de Cologne have be 0(
added. 1 occasionally substitute the solution of p tio
the Pharmacopceia, with oil of almonds, for the prepare_oe
of ox-gall and castor, with equal advantage in dissol,,g_alar
cerumen. In effecting this, it is necessary to beet:).
ect
boa
in the choice of a syringe. !When this imporianat
_cis...is to
been obtained, and the ducts and glands are in h .
of
be acted on by the stimulant, a solution of creosote
will fared
be ,te
almonds, I am led to believe, from experience, ;
• 11Y its
ttoo breesonfingertehaetizaidlevaalnttnaygaenitnioinn.ducing the ceruminous glaa—
ecia e
Tim Ran MOON.—It is believed generally, esP,_s Vibe
the neighbourhood of Paris, that in certain moneutuomen,
year the moon exerts a great influence on the ph
."
Red
vegetation. Gardeners give the name of
. the_
of and thet
to that moon which is full between the middleApril themoon at
close upon they ;Se
the sky is elearA are
thatcloseof seasonia Y.
exercises A ccoradni According;
injurioust othemn
shoots of plants. They say that when
influencet e l ight
an
used
killed as if by frost, at a time when the thermometer
below the fre,e!the
ng
in the atmosphere stands at many degrees
leaves and buds exposed to the lunar light retldens,
sky intereeP'' the
point. They say, also, that if a clouded.
plants, although .he circumstances of canted with the
ho is acquainted wit 0 dap
in both cases. Any peirson w find ,to
owe to Dr. Wells, tea
moon's light, it prevents these injurious consreaqtouencaerseteatioausi.
tiful theory of dew, which we owe
imp owe sub"
er-
d pow
the moon. clecats;
are strong,'" kite the
aenrrdo
stances on the surface of the earth which
culty in accoirtthileighfeoarytehnessebee
r restore what c
unclouded sky retulns not heat to them to.titiotanerr,
have lost. Such bodies, therefore, under thesene,"ra` ay, es
aro"
ful radiators of heat lose emperature by adiation w"" they
11 become colder than the suirounding air, a
induced 111 ed
Pr° t be envelq
if the firinanen
tiug he
climates by similar means. But
quality of rat la
_face
they lie liquid, be frozen. Ice, in fact, is
in clouds. These clouds having the
u,,00 the or lose
will resloie by their radiation. to substances
theinselvfs
unclouded, a
of the earl li, as much heat as such substances
sacs dies NiII
urrouna
that of the air an
be maintained at a point equal to
dents are stronhere-
therm Now the leaves and flowers of
is clear, the,Y4, otber
by radiation : the temperature, therefore, of."
if on t- (or
be frozen, e ,
fore lose temperature, and may
temperature is maintain
aa
hand, the sky is clouded their temper
powerful radiators of heat; when the sky
the reasons above stated tain that p _
it cer the ti:
nection whatever with this effect : and
whether true that
would suffer under the same circumstances,
quite tr...e
_OO..
is above or below the horizon. It is equallymot stl,l, as
'I he moon, therefore, has roots
if the moon be above the horizon the plants
.c'l_,,',„ensalora the
less it be visible; because a clear sky Is. l_au...lornts as_liods
much to the production of the injury to the rhe the
visibility of the moon ; and on the other lianas eceds'erted
which veil the moon, and intercept her light, g.
„ here a effect,
to thee. plants that warmth which prevents the injur.ras
dit-
to. The popular opinion, therefore, is right et 01312 is
but wrong as to the cause ; and its error varli;en the the
' covered, by showing that, ou a clear night, vi peer
new, and therefore not visible, the plants 02"
suffer.—Monthly Chronicle.