The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Several second-rate commercial houses at Frankfort have
recently been obliged to stop payment; and many German
houses are stated, in a letter from that place, to have been
considerable sufferers of late by railroad speculations.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 3.—We
have had a good average market to-day. The demand for
low goods continues brisk, and prices are the same as last
week. The wool market has been rather heavy, but prices
are firm.

A BrioTE.—Aire were yesterday informed, by a gentleman
who stated himself to have been an eye-witness, that a brute
at Lytham, during the present week, in a fit of drunkenness,
bit a man's nose off!!—Preston Observer.
NAPLES, Nov. 16.--The queen dowager of England
ascended Mount Vesuvius a few days since. Her majesty's
suite was very numerous, and required 25 palauquins, each
borne by twilinen.ALLenala_tivan_tu reach the sumtnit with.

out fatigue.

ROCHDALE MONTHLY CATTLE FAIR, MONDAY, DEC...
—There bas been a very numerous show of cattle in the
market to-day, but very little business has been done ;
drapes and young cattle have been heavy of sale, and might
have bean bought at low prices, whilst calvers, in good con-
dition, have fetched good prices.
A trial was made on Thursday, of the effect produced by
the hollow shot on the hull of the Prince, late sheer hulk.
The practice was admirable. At 1,200 yards the only seven
shots fired from the Excellent penetrated the quarter of the
ship in a space not exceeding 25 feet by 16 feet from the water,
and the explosive effects on board appeared very direful.—
Hampshire paper.
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FEROCITY OF A HYrENA.—Last Wednesday week, while
one of the wild beast exhibitions were at Knaresbrougb, the
keeper thought it better, from the coldness of the weather,
to give the hyeana additional bedding. The animal got some
of the straw twisted round its leg; and, being unable to pro-
cure its release, it became so exasperated, that it bit its own
leg off.—York Courant.

SINGULAR CIRCUNISTANCE. —A short time ago, a hitch•
belonging to Mr. Thomas Booth, innkeeper, Guisbro', whilst
ranging with her master in the woods, brought to him in her
mouth a young rabbit, which was taken from her unhurt.
The bitch having recently had pups, they were immediately
taken from her, and the rabbit placed in their stead; and
she suckled and brought up her new charge, and (strange to
add) they are now living together in peace and harmony.

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ToomonnEN.—Up to Monday night, there had not been
any fresh arrests of persons concerned in the late riots. The
mills of Messrs. Fielder]. at Lumbutts, after a cessation of
about a day, recommenced working, and have so continued
since. It was not known that any of the guardians had for-
mally resigned: they meet this week, when probably some-
thing will be determined one way or the other.
Of the thousands who pass daily over Westminster Bridge,
but few, I venture to say, have noticed bow thickly the old
portion of the stone, with which the bridge is built, is studded
with fossil remains of testaceous animals. The stone, being,
the more fragile, has mouldered, and left the shells promi-
nent and conspicuous, in many places almost in masses,
affording interesting specimens of remains of animals in
existence before the formation of the stone by the operati:u
of nature.—The Mirror.

MARSHLAND POTATOES.—A farmer, residing in the dis-
trict of Marshland, has this year had under cultivation two
hundred and fifty acres of potatoes of the Scotch kidney sort.
The produce amounts to one hundred tubs per acre; and the
selling price is six shillings per tub of twelve pecks each.
The total value is, therefore, £7500. The land is rich warp,
requires no manure, and the expense of planting per acre is
comparatively trilling, when compared with some districts.—
Doncaster Gazelle.

CHESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.—We have jus
heard, with much pleasure, that the Natural History Society
lately formed at Chester has, in accordance with the objects
of the society for obtaining free access for the people to na-
tional monuments, and other interesting collections, ordered
their museum to be opend gratis every Saturday from twelve
to two o'clock. These instances of good will to the working
classes show as much judgment as good taste, and deserve
praise and imitation.—Athenseunt.
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.—Letters from the southern
counties state that the milk in all the dairies along the coast
souredin an unaccountable manner last week. It would ap-
pear as if the acetous influence had proceeded from the
south-west, and passed along the entire line of coast, from
Bolusbead to Baganbren. The contents of the milk-pans,
we are assured, cut and coagulated as if from an infusion of
rennet. Messrs. Beamish and Crawford have suffered, it is
said, severely, having had a whole brewing of beer converted
into vinegar. Speculation is, of course, busy with sugges-
tions, some predicting the re-appearance of the cholera,
others regarding it as a blast or current of electro-galvanic
fluid, which is, we believe, the opinion of the itev. Professor
Macauley ; but the much more prevalent impression seems to
be that the acetous influence emanated from H.M.S. the In-
constant, which, it now appears, was in the offing during the
occurrence of the phenomenon.—Dublin Evening Mail.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—The portion of
this extensive undertaking which lies betwixt this town and
Rochdale is in a very satisfactory state of forwardness, and
will, in all probability, be opened in May or June next. Of
the part betwixt Mills Hill and Rochdale, which was the
most heavy and difficult, about three parts in the hundred
only remained unfinished in the middle of November. The
cuttings and embankments, the latter including the impor-
tant one of Mills Hill and Castleton Clough, were nearly
perfected, and permanent rails will be laid in good time on
the whole of those works. The bridges (from a difficulty in
obtaining stone) were the only works not in a corresponding
state of forwardness. The tunnelling at the sururuit is pro-
ceeding as fast as human skill and activity can promote it,
and at Gauxholme a large muster of workmen are daily em-
ployed in sicking foundations and cutting stone for the erec-
tion of warehouses and other requisite buildings.
DISCOVERY OF THE WRECK OF THE "NORTHERN
YACHT."—Strange to tell, the Northern Yacht steamer, the
apprehended loss of which justly caused so much anxiety and
distress, beset length been cast ashore near Berwick, and in a
condition that fully realizes the worst fears that have been
entertained respecting tier. Upon hearing the rumour this
morning, we despatched our reporter to the spot, which is
near Lamberton Coal Pit, about three miles N.E. of Berwick,
who found the ill-fated vessel, or at least all that remains of
her; hut, though assured of the fact itself, we have not time
to give any further particulars this week. It is the flat bottom
of the vessel, which is coppered and copper-fastened, and
about eiehtv feet long- The Northern Yacht, it may be re-
membered; Sailed from Newcastle for Leith on Thursday
morning, the 11th of October, having on board five cabin and
six steerage passengers, and a crew of 13 hands, in all 24 per-
sons. The night set in extremely boisterous; and though she
put ashore a passenger at North Sunderland, and was safe
wisps passing Holy. Island, there is little doubt she went
down in the storm, in all probability not far from the spot
where she has cast up. A stiff gale from the S.E._has pre-
vailed on the coast for several days, and particularly last
night, which has, no doubt, contributed to drive the wreck
ashore.—Berwick TVarder.
THE DARLINGS.—The exploits of this family in the rescu-
ing of the shipwrecked are not yet confined to the recent
event connected with the loss of the Forfarshire steamer.
We have just had pointed out to us, in a file of Newcastle
newspapers, an event wherein their heroism shone almost as
conspicuously as on the late catastrophe; for which daring
endeavour they received no other recompense than the
honourable mention made of it in the newspapers. The
event we allude to occurred in December, 1831, and is thus
noticed:—" On Saturday night, the 27th ult:, about eleven
o'clock, the sloop Autumn, of Peterhead, coal laden, ran
upon the Naestou Rock, outside Fern Islands, and imme-
diately sunk. The master, in endeavouring to get the boat
launched, unfortunately went clown with the vessel. The
other two men (being the whole of the crew) clung to the
rigging and topmast; and, as the tide receded, descended
upon the ship's deck, and finally, about four o'clock in the
morning, the rock appeared, which they got upon, and re-
mained till about eight o'clock, when they were discovered
by the light-keeper, Darling, who, most providentially, hav-
ing his three sons with him spending their Christmas, got
out their boat, and got alongside of the rock about nine
o'clock (half an hour before it was covered by the returning
tide), and, with great exertion, succeeded in getting a rope
thrown to one of the men, who, having lashed himself, was
dragged through the sea to the boat—the other poor fellow
bad died on the fatal rock, and was left there. With very
great exertion Darling and his sons gained the light-house,
having broken two of their oars while attempting to approach
the rock; but, thus crippled, they got a small sail set, but the
wind being against them, they had much difficulty in re-
gaining their island. Very great praise is due to Darling
and his sons fur their great exertions—having run consider-
able risk in approaching the rock with a heavy sea. A sig-
nal gun upon each island where the light-houses are would
be of very great use in cases of accidents of this sort, when
assistance could be immediately obtained from Bambro',
North Sunderland, or Holy Island: for, hail it not been from
the circumstance of Darling's sous being there, this poor
fellow must have inevitably perished, for Darling could have
done nothing himself."—Stirling Advertiser.
NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING GAS. —The extraordi-
nary powers of gas were yesterday se'nnight exemplified at
St. Thomas's Hospital on the persons of some of the stu-
dents. The question then was who would try it; for though
all desired to see its effects, no one wished to be the first to
'feel them. At length the gentleman who prepared it put the
pipe into his mouth, and closing his nostrils, inhaled a cordial
out of the bladder. No mountain dew was ever so potent. In
an instant he was twirling round the yard like a dervish in an
enthusiasm, and laughing as obstreporously as if the spirit of
all Joe Miller's jokes had been discharged upon him at once.
The sight was irresistible upon the circle. Grave professors,
merry students, and apprehensive spectators, burst into a ca.;
chination, laughing at the man in the middle, and at the odd
faces they respectively made, until the venerable halls re-
sounded, and even the grim skeletons seemed once more
shaking their sides in sympathetic glee. When this brief fit
was over (for the effects of the gas soon terminate,) a muscular
young fellow stepped forward to be helped to the second
bumper. A copious draught was accordingly squeezed out
of the bladder into his mouth. In an instant his face was as
burnished as a new copper-kettle, and off he darted, over-
turning men and tables, with equal impetuosity, until he
made his way into one of the amphitheatres, where he com-
menced the exordium of Pindaric speech, and stopped look-
ing quite bashful, as he was commencing the third sentence.
The next volunteer entertained the honourable company with
a gallopade in the style of a dray-horse about the court-yard.
Upon a succession of demonstrators it acted differently ac-
cording to their tempers and constitutions; but one steady-
looking student swallowed double as much as any other, and
still iemaineil as indifferent as the bladder from which he had
imbibed it. Nitrous oxide is the compound containing the
smallest quantity of oxygen. It was discovered by Dr. Priest-
ley in 1772, and by him denominated " dephlogisticated air."
It consists of one volume of oxygen and two of azote,'and is
produced by heating nitrate of ammonia in a glass retort.
Most substances burn in it with far greater energy than in
the atmosphere. Sir Humphrey Davy discovered its intoxi-
cating qualities in 1799. It is colourless, sweetish, and of
slightly agreeable odour.
THE MOUNTAINS.—A day among the mountains—far in
the hills—is a passage in a man's life more touching and re-
markable than a day in the woods. In the latter, we scarcely
ever lose sight of the cheerful haunts of men, or their occu-
pations. Our sensations are unmixed with terror. The
animals and objects around us excite the genial sympathies
and impulses of our frame; our emotions are not forced into
one channel, or overpowered by one master feeling or pas-
sion. Alone,- among the mountains, we are reduced to utter
insignificance; our sympathies are choked; the soul is
thrown back upon itself. The scene is strong with the origi-
nal, primeval impress of nature, untouched by man or his
works. We seem to stand directly in the presence of the Al-
mighty, stripped of all flatteries and disguises; the bold out-
lines and peaks of the hills, cleaving the silent, motionless
air, appear as his handwriting, sternness and solitude. Such
as we now see them, they were beheld by the " world's
grey fathers," bond and free, in the earliest periods of
creation. The eagle still builds his nest among the cliffs; the
torrent still flashes down the ravine • the birch tree or the
pine waves over the precipice; and the lake, visited by the
red deer and the solitary water-fowl, still beats its banks, re-
flecting the grey rock and the cloud ; all bitterly careless and
unconscious of man, who seems an alien, an encumbrance to
the scene. The conquerors of the world subdued nations;
but the mountains, like the barriers of heaven, were impreg-
nable. Woods are perishable and evanescent ; they flourish
and fade, " fall successive, and successive rise;" are cut
clown or reproduced in their deciduous beauty and leafy
splendour : the mountains remain unchanged amidst the
mutations of time. Many an eye, now dim, has gazed on
them in silent wonder and admiration ; many a prayer, from
hearts smote with reverence, or fear, or penitence, the "late
remorse of love, or of bumble adoration,"'has been breathed
at their base! They remain, from age to age, types of the
Everlasting, fulfilling their high destiny of awakening, purify-
log, and exalting the human mind.—Fraser's Magazine.