The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE Cit°Ps•
d 0.,
Since Tuesday, we have had several bee," de
rain, which have retarded the cutting of wheat sn.,tb
now general in this neighbourhood. These tats
"'
der showers occasionally threatened some 4
grain crops. Happily, however, there have been
ei
vening wind and sun, and no damage has resul,_7;" io,P;
crops of wheat and oats have not been mod 000 e
part of the country for several years past, est,Po.o
already secured. At Mr. Littledale's fine so forty,'
farm, there were at work on Thursday las% frg
shearers—forty on wheat and five on oats—b43`b.sepli
heavy in the ear. On the same estate, ice
Nails
field of turnips and mangels, (on the east side o
ai,jv
Church,) the former crop covering thirteen acre
or
latter five acres. We never saw more healtV`otbe,
produce of this kind. On the same farm, an
the neighbourhood, threshing has already
We are glad to say that disease has but verYrorbeb!
appeared amongst the potatoes, and that the P e
is that the crop will be of more than the avees le'
of the last few years, and, so far as apPearan be 0;
excellent quality. Garden stuffs continue t% the. '0
dant and cheap. Yesterday morning, th°lls,tjebi;
was hazy the glass looked well up, being a '`
than the " fair" point. The day was fine. 140,500'
Correspondence received yesterday,idatedSs!%,,e6o.,,,i
that in the neighbourhood of Manchester snd gtv„l
atmosphere has been unseasonably cold dull/10;
part of the week, with frequent heavy showellrati° •ensiti
only short intervals suitable for harvest OPe
the northern counties appear to have been simile
fected, the temperature not being at all calcull dire
ten the maturity of the crops. In the estlrefs Js`cs4
however, the weather appears to have berl,
able, and harvest is reported to be nialtin,crow
progress. A Belfast letter states that the aelythat
tended materially to retard the harvest, and f ire o
den of Wheat had been laid. In the south niceep.o,
the weather has been variable, alternating' bet
shine and rain. Rumours of the spread nt. the J.:a 'l'o
ease reach us from Belfast, Waterford, Aell,l,
but it is stated to be as yet principally c°llaterAti
leaves and stalks. The following from tber"
descriptive of the condition of several of the st'u
110
western counties, has just come to hand end, °,o'l
" In the immediate neighbourhood of tuwP','essu of;
best lands elsewhere, the grain crops are fullY, Prirbel
cut, but scarcely any where stacked or carrieu• iret'''
ther, and consequent interruptions of barVes" ,rgiter4
caused in some fields a considerable shelling of lbieirtve
than would be sufficient to sow for a new crop. 5 °emir
of the country, and on poor soils, many of the c 0; the or,
still quite green, and on the whole we should tlide
must be a late one ; this is so far favourable, .-iote,th,
have not done as much injury as they might at that oe'd;
and we feel justified in repeating our opinion, .ber°' r
weather, even now, we shall have a good yield (eat nd te_,
under an average) of Wheat, Oats, and Biala; aro 00141'
fine and heavy. We regret, however, to ollocaliVd
Potatoes are very generally diseased. In OW ail,s'oce"
only now being discovered, whilst in others the std 00 oleic;
fields are so rotted as to make the air tainted nit' to sl,',lVe
you travel along the roads. The farmers are g.,e`,,ther'hei3O
and anxious to sell on best terms ; in Tralee as' ere t"
the best can now be purchased a 3d. per stone,
,cll 001150
worth 6d. to 7d. The late Hay crops have suffmert
the wet weather, but Turnips and Mangles '"'"-
healthy."

......
TO
LOLA MONTH-HER DEPARTITD-
,3v,
CONTINENT.

feel
Lola •
The Helen of the age is most assuredlY coPor
alias Betsy James, alias the Graafinn von ber,lll,
Mrs. Heald. As far as can be gathered,""ifert,Y
history, her first public act was alleged ane';,;17,451
IpAspahhetserat
perfect
came
escestma
pbldelreei
edoagsuteei dttsnyhtabetsmi
oghnmoaeommret yelswnixtai
Majesty's
soenhlsretenssysem,
vtsihaenTeny
hliyinterim
ntios r
18 he re
ote
ri:5103!
ness was surpassing ; but this is..,to antici yotr;',
me third"
or thereabouts ; and as regards her pero,m,gltl ,
though she is still handsome, she can no
to the title of lovely. _, 'll
The career of Lola Montes, or rather 1100
S
Mrs. Heald, has been romantic and extra n; Oct 1
?
all human probability she is an Irishivoina,n,t;vetteis
married in Ireland to an Irishman ; and stailbstf!,
at different times been made, to the effect,
native of the sister country. The family of J.3t see re
0i tY
A i
spectable one in the county of Meath ; an" James,
in July, 1837, she was married to Lieut. p,ilProY
East India Company's service, one of that the 001110
maiden name was Rose Anna Gilbert, and ntieciberrltw,
took place at Meath, in Ireland. She accomPfs4l e;ers',
band to India, and returned to Ireland idol-
From thence she came to this country, anul Tbefit!
tion took place between her and her husbanliitett
.10(
of that separation was an allegation of ar,ilP Vet'
Captain Lenox, a 'member of a Devonshire`rap 'ort tv,
ment went against her in the Consistor
fault; she did not appear in person or bY
suit instituted by her husband ; and the PI t• he di
r
divorce a mensa et thora, which was prayed st
the plaintiff. Shortly after this she ael,e„f arentesA
jesty's Theatre under the name of Lola DI
nish balayrina. Her incompetency as Of' jar,
however, was evident on her first appearan'`Offe' 0,/
to this, she was recognised as the notorion 0640
by a prince of the blood and his companions:olV/,
bus box. The result was that her beauty cfutboX,ts
her from insult. To avenge themselves t.) st hiPited
Mr. Lumley, for some pique conceived again the fed
actgmhlpiaeoepsdmesmaetershi nmeetdh:
vcoiotorshnticeeuleydsnoeueonsanc
Earl
ewaiaviornamlm.l
oroaofrnuei‘tsfirfromaoal Englishmen
of newspaper correspondencefteseaErtnbhntuehgaralsYsilstnacisnrdlii°;Jbed;eereo:lbrio4li
made in public that she visited that piotisci'a t4r!,,
his own house—from England she proeeedficePetl
where her beauty and her daring soon int° ;le it
circle
srf moreldearetdnei inismatliFotionrgraaunirinecs
theey,egdrai
nintfydot rh,
savittitibszes.oi:uncitnthueteelrinyeit.coitytitirai :coobet
matter of popular history. teg,
When the officers went to arrest the Conn vlote,he/
her hi) of' r
riage was at the door, and she and /1 •ect Ice
about to enter. When informed of the obi.speleilt.
ficers' visit, the Countess showed instae"tog tb 4!'
fiery temper. She fumed and stormed-1013010V?
band, pushing Mrs. Heald, &c. A ealn3,treett4tl
ceeded,. and she was taken to the Vine- 131
house, in order to have the charge bookeu• She vd
the countess had cooled down completelY•devt,:ep
gracious with the inpectors and superintenbeggeu it
apologising for the trouble she had given' (Reis ntl9,
sion to light a cigar. The superintenden_,,t old a"ttight?
against the regulations. The countess l'"regre,tf,ht,
fused,. and having politely expressed boy
superintendent would not join her in effect gasi9 "
a cigar and smoked herself into a p,A to t4it
The countess is reported to be so devote lar
what masculine pastime as to indulge in t"' tOlO
evAse morning. Oat? rt'f4
ti try
there were several incorrect rumour coa,,vo 0,
ing the origin of the acquaintance of the apt Pate/
the young lieutenant, the following staten3;vtoiefide,t',
wide of the truth, The countess was acc:ooo,A
a drive in her carriage in the park. The on,:vd
several times met her, as he was taking a reCeVeciV
mail cart, and having, as the rumour goesbetio F
acquainting him that his visits would noted
he called on the countess, and was reeeilti3ve ;100d
cordiality as completely to fascinate him,. ce,
„vat,
a fortnight before the marriage took 01,1 pet P„f
lieutenant made proposals, and obtain'-tpel"otro;4
procure a license. It is said that a settle Do e
to 0 dti
a year was first made by the young gen ,aiso
own property. The income of Mr. 00' 000,dr
about £7,000 or £B,OOO a year, but it i 5 10 his
are large sums of money likely to c0m.e..112
on the death of some aged relatives.
LAW INTELLIGEO
eoio,t° it)
The New Bankruptcy Act, which C0_132,10.0r4 tboy.
in a few weeks, requires that every 4
tioned for his own fiat must satisfy the*, in cd)
would be effects to produce five shire" „,votli°6!
after payment of costs. 01 r el' 4
A if a.
In the Prerogative Court, the forg.;▪ to
the prisoner Rush, after the death of bi-vialrve
the Court had declined revoking, on the., the tit:"
of Emily Sandford, has been set aside n'
° bi
two men of high respectability. baor
WORK NOT ALMS.—The Law Tillieut 's. foe
remarks on the advertisement recent'!" Pr en
.gb0,0,0,1,
rister that he was ready to copy deeds °t thin
labour, however humble, which tvas not
it Vl,t
Our contemporary says, that there areahe
fession who are subsisting scantily bYiroo tee 4
or small extra resources, and hundreds a bade(,
little, barely sufficient to keep soikin:itiee:3„g, i,11t7
This state of things is owing to the un-teagnat'
having for many years been steadily de it re'rvolle,r".
quence of the hostility of the bench to the ce es' ,
oAbjfeecwtiyoenasr,
sasnidneeo f
forty
y establishmentcauseswe. svosstEeetrios:i'leo;t4
set, and now rarely are there twenty' ie" tierv,4,
twelve. . It is the same throughout t I
The quarter sessions, the Times says,l7oo ;510° dstit
Misted. Where there used to be forty A goo cif)
not now five, and often there are non at t thetv4re,
used to make fifty to a hundred gill° taro avt
sessions. He is fortunate now if he I,le,be 10° vori
a week's absence with a clear £5. on Paid if 4
barrister cannot hope to do more than 0,, snore
sional expenses at the end of five Yetnectt teO,,Yl
average ability he cannot reasonably Tbrightbe,,r
end of his life. Nor does the proal',..pec pve fer• e)"
has been as coincidently rapid an innrst vet' Oficrq
of the bar, and the result of this is, tvi,oo(l.o,e reef
can procure enough to make a live "4,5,"tie
part of the present race of barristers v. Olll „leg
work for which in a few years barristfeb te:"(t
The Times does not, however, draw lie salogreivc
ture of the prospect of attorneYs• ocietY iitt,°B
business will continue to extend as lich th 0 0.,t1,0
an intelligefit agent and adviser (0." °it-610'
become) will be more and more rifinstot a! le
business of the world Jed
jn If el
esteo
SOl
1 8 li
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The increase in crime during cones; riotthe northern end north-midland, cc ones;
eetri
mineral district—comprising Gra 0 Per ch'etet
land, and Durham—it amounte
and the hilt,
populous counties of Lancashire, tbv_htte,
the cotton and woollen manufactuir; chree'tbea
respectively 9.3 and 13.5 per cell!•
ester°l3l t.;llljiv
shire, Nottinghamshire, and Leto cen
tg
ments exhibit an increase of 15.9 Pafford'
• fSt conAn
th'
southwards into the counties 0 pot
Worcester, the same ratnorthernci: and
embracing all the great
counties of Tngland.