The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-06 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Court is expected to remove from Windsor to Brighton
on the 15th instant.

COINCIDENCE.-It is remarkable, that the first burgess list
published in this town is printed by A. Burgess, a burgess.—
Manchester Paper.

Lord Dinorben expects to have the honour of a visit from
the Duke of Sussex, at Kinnell, on the 10th of December;
and it is expected that the duke will eat his Christmas dinner
at his lordship's house.—Chester Chronicle.
SECOND Cnov.—A correspondent informs us that a second
crop of hay was got last week in a field belonging to Mr. Jona
Margison, of Calverley, in excellent condition, equal if no
sutpariar.4l44...titra_crup.---,Leaklatelbjoncer.

The Right Hon. Sir Henry Ellis, who is spoken of as
likely to obtain the lucrative appointment of Governor of
Bombay, is half-brother to the Earl of Buckinghamshire,
and was some time since sent on a special m►ssion to the
Schah-of Persia.—Morning Herald.

We regret to learn that Mr. Cutlar Fergusson, judge ad-
vocate-general and M.P. for Cuparshire, is dangerously ill
at Paris. We trust that the reports which have reached us,
as to his extreme danger, are exaggerated.—Globe.
LARGE ONION.—Mr. Wm. M'Lintock, of Barnsley, has in
possession a large tripilo onion, which weighs 18 ounces, and
measures 131 inches round.—Leeds Intelliyencer.
FAT SHEEP.—Mr. Matthew Veal, butcher, Richmond, ex-
posed for sale in that market, on Saturday last, a fat sheep,
which weighed 461 b. per quarter, and the shoulders weighed
241 b. each.—lbid.
PROFITABLE GRUNTER.--A sow belonging to Mr. W.
Mitchinson, of Armathwaite, produced 86 pigs in six litters,
viz.—the three tirst twelve each, one of fourteen, another of
sixteen, and the last of twenty pigs.—Carlisle Patriot.
Wooncocx.s.—On Wednesday- last Mr. Harrison, head
gamekeeper to the Earl of Lonsdale, shot three woodcocks
in his lordships's grounds near Melkinthorpe. What does
the early appearance of this bird of passage denote, as regards
the weather ?—Carlisle Patriot.

Shares in the Penrith and Carlisle Railway, to between
twenty and thirty thousand pounds, have been taken at Pen-
rith and its vicinity, within the last few days. The Earl of
Lonsdale has subscribed for 100 shares.

MUNIFICENT GlFT.—James Watt, Esq., at the last Rad-
nor Sessions, offered to contribute £6OO towards erecting a
stone bridge of a single arch over the river Ithom, and mak-
ing the proper approaches to it, on the line of road through
the beautiful vale between Builth and ltbayader. The offer
was graciously received, antra Vote of thanks passed.
THE STABBING CASE IN II CIME.-Philip Tone, who was
charged at the New Bailey on Monday with stabbing 'rhos.
Eddlestone on, Sunday morning last, was brought up again
on Wednesday, when Eddlestone appeared and deposed to
the facts stated in our last, and the prisoner was committed
to take his trial at the assizes.—Manche..ter Paper.
EXPORTATION OF POTATOES FOR NEW YottK.—Yesterday
morning the American line of packet-ship Montreal, Captain
Griffin, sailed from St. Katherine's Dock fur New York.
In consequence of the failure of the potato crop in America,
speculators are sending out great quantities from this country.
Theiliontreal carries out nearly fifty tons. The American ship
Kulusdfis at present at the port of Jersey, loading a cargo
of potatoes for New York.—London Paper.
AWFULLY SODDEN DEATH.—On Sunday night, as Mrs,
Smithies, the wife of Mr. Joint Smithies, of the Woodman.
in Wood-street, Middleton, was conversing► with some cus-
tomers respecting a neighbour's illness, she suddenly placed
her hand on her bosom, and said, "Nobody knows how ill I
am just now," and instantly sunk back and expired. The
deceased was a remarkably strong anti good-looking woman,
and had no previous indisposition.—Manchester Paper.

LATE STABBING AT ROCHDALE.-011 Tuesday, Edmund
Lord, Thomas Mills, Thomas Taylor, and Thomas Kenwor-
thy, the prisoners implicated in the stabbing of James Dear-
den, were committed to Kirkdale by Messrs. Royds and Chad-
wick, charged with cutting and maiming Dearden with intent
to do him grievous bodily harm. The wounded man still lin-
gers; and there is just the slightest possibility that he may
ultimately recover from his despera►e wounds.—Manchester
Paper.

The admirers of Shakspear will regret to learn that " Herne
the Hunter's Oak," in the Little-park, Windsor, was blown
down in the hurricane on Sunday night,—Giobe. [This ap-
pears to be a mistake. It is stated in the Quarterly Review
of the present month, on the authority of Mr. Loudon, that
Herne the Hunter's Oak was cut down many years ago by
the orders of George 111., who gave the order when in a state
of extraordinary excitement.—Morning Chronicle.
SUNDAY TRADING AT GREENWICIL—In consequence of
the late convictions, few shops were opened at Greenwich
on Sunday last. Of those who did violate the law, five were
summoned before the magistrates on Tuesday, when four
pleaded guilty, and, promising not to offend again, had the
charge dismissed, while the fifth, who said be was obliged to
keep open his shop, as he had to supply the hospilat with
meat, was fined 59. and I Is. costs. At the same sitting, the
landlord of a public•house was fined £5. for suffering drunk-
enness in his hOuse during the hours of Divine service.

LONDON WATER —The new filtering reservoirs of the
Chelsea Company occupy a space of 48,000 square yards of
superfices. The filtering bottoms consist of 12,000 cubic
yards of pebble, silicious gravel, and shelly sand, and they
have been constructed at an expence of £57,000. The pipes
are laid eight feet below the surface of this bottom, through
which the water is filtered and cleansed before it passes into
the wells from which the mains are supplied.
STANDING ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, 1838.—The
House of Lords, in their standing orders just published, have
adopted the rules established by the standing orders com-
mittee of the House of Commons in 1837. and, in like man-
ner, ordered that the railway sections and plans should be
laid down in juxta-position, after the manner invented and
recommended by Mr. Macneill, C.E., and now appearing in
a place attached to the standing orders of either House of
Parliament.

SOCIAL ORATORY.—A strenuous advocate of the Social or
Owenite principles, had returned from his mission as dele-
gate of the Salford district, at the late congress held at Bir-
mingham, and desirous that his friends and heaters at home
should be acquainted with the works of the party, and its
consummation of the name of its character, deliveted himself
of this gem of a climax, and very natural supposition of divine
favour to unseriptural belie Vets! Here it is:—" If the arch-.
angels of heaven had been there, they would have said, ye
are Christians indeed! and charitable, ay, even to the back-
bone!' "—Manchester Courier.

HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.—On Thursday morning last, a
young woman, named Falcon, a maniac, who was for some
time in an asylum, but latterly in the workhouse of Ellenbo-
rough, near Maryport, went to the house of an aged woman,
bordering on 90, of the name of Reay, and alter pronouncing
a horrid threat, pulled out a large knife, and applying it to
the throat of the latter, literally severed the head from the
body. The infuriated wretch was immediately apprehended
and taken before the magistrates, her hapless victim having
died instantly.—Carlisle Patriot.
RADICAL DEMONSTRATION AT BOLTON.—On Wednesday
evening last, the, town was visited by Messrs. O'Connor,
young.Cobbett, and parson Stephens, the agitators of the
five points of Radicalism. It was announced that they would
enter the town by torch-light, at six o'clock, but it was nearly
seven when they arrived. They could not make any great
muster of the working classes of Bolton. The principal at-
tendants were a number of young women, and a number of
Irishmen, from New Town. As soon as the orators arrived,:
a procession was formed, and walked through the principal
streets. The parties passed by St. George's Church, where
the Rev. Hugh M'Neile was preaching, and gave a volley of
groans and hisses. The authorities, as well as the military,
were on the alert, in case any mischief had occurred, but
every thing went off peaceably. Mr. Wood, late tea-dealer,
was appointed a delegate to attend the national convention:
—Manchester Courier.

WIND V. STEAM.—On Monday morning much excitement
was created along the line of the Great Western Railway,
between Maidenhead and London, by the following occur-
rence :—On Sunday night, after the departure of the last
train from Maidenhead, eight carriages were placed on the
south line, opposite the station offices, preparatory to their
being despatched by the -early train (half-past seven) to
town. They consisted of two open carriages, one of the
second class, and the remainder of the first-class. On Mon-
day morning, on the servants of the company coming to
their duties at day-light,,four of the first-class carriages only
were found at-the station. -At a later period of the morning
it was, however, found that the storm of Sunday night had
forced the first four carriages along the rails towards Lon-
don. Men were instantly despatched down the line to see
that no accident occurred. On their arrival at Slough; the
first and second carriages were found to have stopped, and
were quickly removed from the rails: the other two carriages
were found at Wormwood Scrubbi, near-twenty miles from.
Maidenhead.

PENRITH AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.--The popularity of
this project is daily increasing. At a meeting of the provin-
cial committee, held on Tuesday last, at Penrith, shares, in
addition to the sum which we mentioned last week, were
taken to a very great amount; and if we may judge from the
zeal already displayed by the influential landowners and gen-
tletnen in that district, there is no doubt of their wishes being
speedily realized. The undertaking is, we observe, noticed
by our London, Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle con-
temporaries; and when we hear of capitalists from thence
making numerous applications for shares, we are fully justi-
fied in expecting that they will soon be at a premium.—Car-
lisle Patriot.

" SPLIT" IN THE CABINET.—We are enabled to inform.
our readers, on authority which cannot be doubted,' that the
rumours circulated during the week of the resignation of
Lord Glenelg, are strictly true. The noble lord did resign ;
and his resignation was accepted. Application was made to
Lord Spencer to take his place, who was invited to Windsor
Castle; but his lordship positively declined it, in spite of the
most pressing solicitations from -a- very high personage. The
Duke of Rich:nond was next applied to; but his grace also
refused office. We are not able to say whether the difficulty
has been patched up by Lord Glenelg consenting to re-as-
sume his ministerial night-cap; but there cannot be the
slightest doubt of the cabinet being in a tottering condition,
and unable to hold together much longer.— Western Lumi-
nary.

FORTUNATE DISCOVERY OF THIEVES.-On Monday even-
ing week, Mr. Thomason, of York-street, Cheethain, tra-
veller, was riding in his gig in the streets of Wigan, when
the gig was upset, and he was thrown out, and carried in a
state of insensibility to the Whitesmith's Arms, and put to
bed. In about an hour he recovered; and on looking to see
if his money was correct, he found it was, and he put it under
his pillow. The amount was about En and amongst it was a
Bank of England note for £2O, cut in two, and the two pieces
fastened by a pin. When he awoke in the morning, the
money was gone, but no one knew where or how. Informa-
tion was given to the police offices; and on Thursday fore-
noon, Mr. Diggles, the deputy-constable of Salford, being at
the Bolton railway station, saw two men whom horn their
appearance be suspected, and watched into the Unicorn Inn,
in Chapel-street, and afterwards into the Rose and Crown,
where he ascertained they had gone to get a £5. note changed.
He was then joined by Normansell and Kenyon' also of the
Salford police, who followed the men to the old bridge, when
the men seeing themselves folloWed ran ; the officers pursue'd
and caught them in Cateaton:street, and took them into a
public-house, where they searched them, and on Massey
found a £2O Bank of England note, like that lost by Mr.
Thomason, and £4. ss. in silver ; they then conveyed the
men to the lock-ups, searched them again, and found on
them £4l. 15s. more, in notes and sovereigns ; the notes
answering the description of those lost by Mr. Thomason.
The prisoners were brought up at the New. Bailey yesterday,
when the above facts were stated, and the prisoners in their
defence said, they had found the money. They were com-
mitted for trial.—Manchester Guardian.

STEAMERS FROM BRISTOL TO THE EAST INDIES.—The
directors of the Great Western Steam-Ship Company having
been requested by a large portion of their subscribers, have
it now under consideration to put a line of large steam-ves-
sels between Bristol and Alexandria, which, with the arrange-
ments already entered into and in progress, will complete
the chain of communication between England and India.,
,The East India Company have found that the steam-vessels:
they have already sent to India. to ply between Bombay and
Suez, are insufficient in size and power, and are consequently'
now constructing larger and more powerful ones for that:
purpose • and have expressed their entire confidence in thus
being able to overcome the difficulties of the navigation in
that quarter. A contract has been entered into (and is at
this moment in operation) between the Bombay steam corn-;
mittee and Messrs. Hill and Co., of Cairo; the latter under-
taking to build an hotel at Suez, and to form a coaching'
establishment, with suitable station-houses, between Suez
and Cairo and they undertake that the journey shall b 6
accomplished in less than 24 hours. The Pacha of Egypt
has already one, and is now about to put additional steam-
boats on the Nile, and the canal between Cairo 49d Alexan,
dr ia.—Bristol Journal,