The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

At Buckland, near Frome, a respectable farmer has a
terrier hitch, which lately had young ones, and having beaten
them off, has adopted a kitten, which she is now suckling
with the greatest fondness.

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KNOWLEDGE.—There is no simple interest in knowledge.
Whatever funds you have in that bank, go on increasing by
Interest—till the bank fails.—The Doctor.

A DETERMINED PUNSTER.—Some one attributing the
wants of Ireland to absenteeism, a resolute punster, de-
clared that "the misery of the Irish arose not from absent-
tea-ism, but from absent-dinner-ism."—Colburn's New
Monthly.
A shoemaker of the Faubourg St. Jacques, is stated to
have made the discovery that the soles of boots and shoes
steeped in boiling bitumen are rendered waterproof and
eve, lasting !—Paris paper.
At the Knutsford sessions, just concluded, John Brockle-
hurst, Esq. M.P. for Macclesfield, qualified. and took the
oaths, as a magistrate for the county.
FISH, FLESH, AND Fowt..--Last Saturday, Thomas
Woodhouse, fisherman, of Heaton, on hauling in his nets,
found in them a hare, a crow, a flounder, and a salmon !

The son of the late desperado Thistlewood, the head of the
Cato-street conspirators, has been committed to take his trial
at Maidstone for a highway robbery. He is a private in the
50th regiment.
STATE OF TRADE.—There has been no change in our
market for several days past. The demand for yarn continues
languid, and the prices are consequently depressed; but there
is a good demand for almost all kinds of piece goods, at
steady and remunerating rates.—Manchester Guardian.
LARGE SALMON.—On Tuesday last the men employed by
Mr. Melling, fishmonger, of this town, caught in the Ribble
near to Walton-la-dale, a salmon, weighing 30y,,1b5. This
is one of the largest fish that has been caught in the Ribble
for many years.—Preston Chronicle.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 3.—We
have had an average market to-day, but the demand has been
chiefly confined to flannels of the coarser kinds. The prices
remain the same as last week. There has been little or no
change in the wool market, either in regard to the quantity
sold, or the price given.
The monument in the burying-ground of Laeken, near
Brussels, to the memory of Madame Malibran, is now finished.
It consists of a small circular chapel, in which is to he placed
the statue, by Geefs, of this lamented cantatrice. The build-
ing will receive light from a dome at the top. The design is
said to be remarkably elegant.
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On Wednesday evening last, the Stag coach, in returning
to this town from Manchester, was.unfortunately upset at the
bridge, within one mile of Midhope. This point of the road
has long been complained of as highly dangerous, having
some time ago caused the upsetting of the Tantivy coach.
Two of the passengers are we understand, injured; but the
others providentially escaped.—Sheffield Independent.
SNOWDON.—This majestic peak has had a clear front for
the few last days, a fact which sufficiently shows the state of
the weather. On Tuesday there were no less than 50 pedes-
trians at one time on the side of the mountain, as we are
credibly informed by an eye-witness. The summit was en-
tirely free from cloud during long intervals, and only oc-
casionally moistened with a mist or two.—Carnarvon Herald.
There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Thomas Ingham,
of Stow Pasture, near Gaiushorough, a remarkably fine
specimen of that beautiful and (in this part of the country)
rare plant, the variegated Scotch thistle. It measures nine
yards in circumference, six feet two inches in height, and
bears the enormous quantity of a hundred and one flowers.—
Lincoln Mercury.

KINMEL.—We are happy in being able to announce the
return of Lord Dinorben to his delightful residence in ex-
cellent health. We perceive by the papers, that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex has arrived on, a visit to his
friend Alexander Thistelvvayte, Esq., at Southwick Park,
near Frodsham, where he is expected to remain a fortnight,
and then proceed on his annual tour of visits, which of course
will include Kinmel.—Carnarvon Herald.

During the last week an interesting spectacle has been
witnessed on the lawn opposite the vicarage house, at Stur-
minster, where a young cuckoo is supported and maintained
by the industry and attention of a water-wagtail. This little
fellow is most careful and zealous in behalf of his gigantic
protege, and seems not a little proud of so promising a youth.
If another wagtail approach the cuckoo, he is sure to meet
with very heavy blows. The cuckoo can tly quite strong, but
is still in leading-strings, and seems loth to relinquish the
flattering attention of its little guardian. The two birds
constantly roost together.— Wilts Independent.
NEW GAS CoSiPANY, SHEFFIELD.—EFFECT OF CO➢IPE-
TITION.—A general meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday the 25th ult., James Montgomery, Esq. in the
chair, when it appeared by the report, that, from the low price
of qas, the returns for the past year scarcely amounted to the
cost of manufacturing that essential article, leaving no profit
to the proprietors for the great amount of capital already ex-
tended (upwards of £120,000) consequently no dividend could
be declared; notwithstanding that, by an arrangement with
the old company, the price of gas had been raised from five
shillings to ten shillings per 1,000 cubic feet.—Birmingham
paper.

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IRISH Pooa-LAws.—Mr. Nicholls started for Ireland on
Saturday. He takes with him, or they will follow, an office.
keeper and one clerk, and the followintr assistant commis-
sioners:—Mr. Hawley, Mr. Earle, Mr. Voules, Mr. Gulson ;
and, in all probability, the Hon. Mr. Clements, brother to
Lord Clements, will be appointed, and will join them. Mr.
Lefevre will, it is believed, have the power of the commis-
sion entrusted to him during Mr. Nicholl's absence; Mr. F.
Lewis being absent on account of the death of Mrs. Frank-
land Lewis. Mr. Stanley, of Dublin, we hear, has been ap-
pointed an assistant secretary.—Hertford Reformer.
We expressed last week our disbelief of the accounts
which had reached this country from Constantinople of the
taking of Bushire, in the Persian Gulf, by the expedition-
ary force from Bombay ; and we, at the same time, added
that the island of Karrak was more probably the object of
the expedition. The result has proved the accuracy of our
information. We are now enabled to state, that the British
force from Bombay took possession of the island of Karrak
on the 19th of June last, and that this important object was
effected with the full consent of the local authorities. No-
thing has been heard, in quarters the best informed in this
country, of the alleged proceedings at Bushire.—Observer.

Lord Mostyn has arrived at Pengwern, St. Asaph, from
Holywell, where his lordship will entertain a party of sport-
ing friends in the ensuing month. •
FIRST ENGLISH STEAM-VESSELS.—The following notice
appeared in the Oracle daily newspaper, December 1789:
"There has been lately laid before the Admiralty board, the
model of a ship, worked by steam, which is so constructed as
to sail against wind and tide. This ingenuity is to be re-
warded by a patent."
CORNISH HERON.—One of these rare and beautiful birds
was shot on Monday evening last, near Bordeaux, on the
margin of a pool where it was enjoying its evening's repast.
Its plumage is particularly beautiful, and the size of the bird
is truly majestic. From the point of the bill to the feet, it
measures four feet six inches; and the extent of the wings
is six feet.—West Briton.

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PLEASING DISCOVERY.—On Thursday last, as Mr. Fen-
ton, auctioneer, of Kendal, was disposing of the effects of a
man (deceased), of the name of Fletcher, who lived in New-
street, he put up to sale an old knapsack, which Fletcher
had used in his campaigns as a soldier. Happening to open
it to ascertain what it contained, the auctioneer discovered,
in the midst .of much rubbish, a sovereign; a second soon
made its appearance; and upon a more accurate search, two
checks, upon Messrs. Crewdson's Bank, for the sum of
£6lO, were brought out. The relatives, who live at Penrith,
were aware that the man, though living in a state of much
poverty, was possessed of property, but had not been able to
find the necessary authentication. It is not supposed that
they would have lost this windfall, if the acknowledgment of
the bankers had not been found; but it will be readily
imagined, that the circumstance relieved them from no slight
uneasiness.

SINGULAR Ace' riENT.—A short time ago, Mr. Whitlow,
of Crowley, near Great Budworth, Cheshire, sent a team of
four good horses, under the care of two servants, to harrow
one of his fields. They were attached to very large harrows,
with spikes nine inches long projecting front the frame.
After working some time, one of the horses, a fine young
colt, became restive; and, owing to the carelessness of the
driver, it turned short round, pulling the other horses after it,
which caused the harrows to upset, the spikes then turning
upwards, and upon thein the first horse fell, and dragged the
other three horses down after it; thus all the four animals
were impaled upon the spikes of the harrows, kicking
furiously from the agony they endured. In this state they
remained for nearly half an hour before they could be re-
leased, which was only done by applying levers under each
of them. The lungs of one of the horses were perforated,
and they were all seriously injured; but, owing to the skill
and attention of the veterinary surgeon, Mr. Lewis, of Bud-
worth, they have all recovered, and are again in working con-
dition.—Macclesfield Courier.

RAILWAY SIGNAL.—We have recently had an opportu-
nity of inspecting a railway signal erected at the Grand
Junction station, Birmingham, which, from its great sim-
plicity, and the unerring certainty with which it conveys the
requisite information, as to the state of the points, to the
drivers of locomotive engines, both by night and day, ap-
pears to be an invention highly important, not only to the
proprietors of railroads, but to the public generally, as it will
greatly tend to prevent those accidents which have occa-
sionally occurred in consequence of the points (or shunts, as
they are called) being left in a wrong position. The inven-
tion consists of two discs, about two feet in diameter, placed
at right angles, surmounted by a lantern showing four lights,
but of three distinct colours—namely, two red, one blue, and
one white; the discs are painted to correspond. This ap-
paratus is firmly attached to the top of the eccentric shaft
employed in moving the points, and consequently turns with
it with unerring certainty, and cau be seen at a great dis-
tance, affording the enginemen or drivels ample time to
govern the trains according to circumstances.—Birmingham
Herald.

EXTRAORDINARY WHEAT.—A field belonging to Mr.
John Surridge, of Sampford Peverel, containing three acres
of the finest wheat ever remembered to have been grown in
that parish, or for many parishes adjoining, was cut during
the past week. It was supposed by competent judges, that
it would realize full 50 bushels per acre. The corns have
been counted from 120 to 140 in one ear, and in many ears
the corns have run six in a chace. We have seen a quantity
of the ears, and counted them. This splendid wheat is named
the radical wheat.

COBLENTZ, AUG. 27.--In the lodging-house of Reus, in
this city, a man-servant has found a pocket-book, containing
hank notes and bills of exchange to the value of no less than
three hundred and six thousand dollars! The bills are
draw❑ from New York on the chief cities of Burge. It is

not known which way the traveller is gone who has left this
treasure behind him. The room which he occupied was al-

ready taken possdssion of after his departure 'by another
lodger. It may be supposed that the treasure is deposited in
a place of safety.—Dutch Papers, Sept. 1.
WILD CATS.—Mr. Cahill, of Whiskey Hall, shot on
Thursday, at Cragg Wood, in this county, three wild cats

monstrous size. These strange animals. attacked the wood-
ranger a few days ago, who narrowly escaped with his life;
so disfigured were his features, and so completely exhausted
was he, that his family did not for a considerable time recog-
nise him on being brought home. Mr. Cahill, on hearing
the above, came from his residence to rid the neighbourhood
of the cause of so much terror and alarm. In size these wild
cats were much larger than any terrier.—Limerick Chronicle.

A report has found its way to the papers, to the effect that
the Board of Woods and Works had commenced certain
alterations in Kensington Palace, preparatory to her majes-
ty's making it her residence. As far as regards her majesty's
alleged intention, there is not a particle of truth in this state-
ment; the plain fact being, that part of the palace is falling
down; that the Princess Sophia has teen obliged to take up
her residence in an adjoining house, and that, if anything be
done in the way of repair's, it will be-to fit the palace for the
reception of her royal highness, its former tenant.—Observer.

At the sale of the materials of the Old Royal Exchange,
the statues of the kings and queens that were placed round
the interior of the old building, and which were included in
the catalogue, seemed to excite considerable interest, though
sadly broken and mutilated. Queen Anne fetched £lO 55.;
George 11. £9 55.; George 111. and Elizabeth. £ll 15s.
each; Charles 11. £9 ; and the others, sixteen in number,
similar sums. The portico entrance next Corn Hill sold for
£275; and the sale altogether produced about £1.700.