The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

MERCIAL ADVERTISER.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR_DE LACY EVANS, it is said, is

likely to ha
Queen's Royals, or the 21s
PILGRIMS TO TUE HOLY
Salut Publique, of Lyons, that a caravan of forty-thr

one of ti

vacant
Fusiliers

LAND.---We learn from the

pilgrims are aaout to set out tor tne nosy Lana.
WIRES OP ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS which an
red are much less liable to oxidation than those

painted white.
TIIREE INeLosna ACTS were passed in the late ses-
sion—the last on the 20th ultimo, by virtue of which
last encampment, is to be

aobham," the si

tie of ti

recent trial, and which contained alleged certificates of
his mother's marriage and his own baptism, was purchased
by 'him at an old book stall in London, last July.

THE LICENSE DITTY paid by stage carriage proprietors,
for the year which ended the sth or January last, amounted
to £11,343 16s. The provinces contributing £6,679 lOs
and the metropolis £4,663 lOs., of that sum
THE APPEARANCE OF THE COMET has,
the Madrid journals, excited great alarm in that city, as
it is considered "a symptom of divine wrath, and a pi
sage of war, pestilence, and aftliccion for humanity

THE SO-AP PLANT, which, on its decay, leave:
ball of natural soap for each flower, and which is

:brnia, is a

iout to

e introduced

into Austria. This natural soap, it is said, is superior
to the best manufactured.
RAILWAY ECONOMY.—AII the engine-houses that have
been left standing since the failure of the atmospheric
system on the South Devon line, and which involved an
an outlay of nearly half a million, are being " blown up"
by the contractors, to make way for a double line of rails
from Newton Abbott to Plymouth.
Ma. ROEBUCK is a wise man. He knows how to secure
the pleasures of life without its toils. While the .session
lasted, his health was so indifferent as to pi -

,ude his at-

tendance upon his Parliamentary duties, to the great loss,
no doubt, of the country. No sooner, however, is Parlia-
ment prorogued, than n sudden fit of improvement comes
over him, and enables him to accept an invitation to the
Cutler's feast at Sheffield.

CAurtorr,—Thomas Lister was charged by Elizabeth
Goodall, of Heckmondwike, on Saturday, with having in a
railway carriage put his_arm round her waist, and asked

He did this t
advised her to complain to th(
defendant was given in charge

her if She was going to Leeds
gentleman in the carria
guard, which she did, a

defendant's answer was that complainant had told

Lo had " pummelled" him, but

b that no answer, fined him 445.
MALDON BRIBERY COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sioners report that open and direct bribery prevailed at
the last and previous elections for this borough ; that a
Large portion of the electors, consisting chiefly of the
poorer class of freemen, are influenced, not by the political
or personal recommendation of the candidates, but by the
money habitually employed to corrupt them, and that the
blame of this does not so much rest with them as with
their superiors who tempt then

thintia
TUE

The existing

PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGES,
form of railway carriage is proposed to be improved so as
to accommodate a larger -number of persons. The carriage
is to be formed of two tiers of seats instead of one, the
body being placed low so as to give the necessary head
room for the passengers in each tier, access being given to

the upper tiers by side doors, staircases, and steps, and to
the lower or ground tier by doors placed at the ends, the
body having a projecting platform protected by railings at
each end, to enable passengers to enter the end doors, with
a passage or thoroughfare (as in America) from end to end
of each carriage on the lower floor.
RAILWAY COLLISION.—On Wednesday, a
dent happened to the five o'clock down train at the Horn-
soy coal-sidings, on the Great Northern Railway, in con-
sequence-of the tender of an engine of a previous train
having got off the line, whereby one lady, a Mrs. Harri-
son, has sustained a compound fracture of the leg, a Mr.
Harrison, and Mr. H. Justins, a solicitor, have each a leg
broken, and several of the passengers are more or less cut
and bruised. The Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Enfield, the
Lord Mayor of London, and Sir James Duke

Tious acci-

e among

these who are slightly injured,
A NEW LOCOMOTIVE for travelling on common roads
has been invented by M. Alexandre Lefroy, of Nesle, in
the department of the Somme. It is said to be a great
improVement over anything heretofore tried. It is of
ten-horse power, has four wheels, and is of simple me-
chanism. It is turned by a peculiar sort of chain from the
right to the left, and, without forcing the steam, can be
made to go rather more than fifteen miles an hour. Its
weight is not, so considerable as to injure the roads. It
ascended rather sharp inclined planes, turned corners, and
went backwards and forwards with facility.
CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The thirteenth pur-
chase of the Conservative Land Society, and the fifth
estate in Middlesex, has just been made at Page-green,
Tottenham, near the Seven Sisters'-road, Stamford-hill,
close to the railway-station. This new property is situate
near the Markfield estate, which was recently sold at such
a large profit. The fourteenth purchase within eleven
months of the formation of the Conservative Land Society,
has just been effected for allotment among the members, at
Reading, Berkshire. The estate is situate on the Castle-
hill, and is known by the title of the Devonshire Square
and Crescent Estate. It commands a most extensive and
beautifhl view. _ _

INEKINANCE ON LIVES.—By an act of Parliament just
published the provision for the abatement of the Income-
tax in respect of insurance on lives is extended. It is en-
acted that any person who shall have made any insurance
on his life, or on the life of his wife, or contracted for a
deferred annuity in or with any insurance company exist-
ing •on the Ist of November, 1&!4, or with a company
registered as set forth, shall be entitled to all the benefits
and advantages which by the provisions in ti

come-tax Ad

expressed to 1;e given in respect to such

1 July, 18546
MARRIAGE IVITTIA DECEAS.r.D Wlpe's SISTEE
seems to be a reasonable prospeet of our beii

—There
g rid of the

:countries in which such marriages may be celebrated, and
offer every facility to parties inclined for this new descrip-
tion of Gretna Green alliance. Their zeal in this matter
reminds us of the fox in the fable that set up as professor
in the art of beautifying vulpine hind quarters by biting
off the- tail. It is quite int&lligible that persons who have
contracted marriage which in the eyes of the Church and
of the law is ineest. should wish the fashion to Qr....a

FRENCH AND. ENGLISH SURGERY.-The 'following
anecdote is told of Sir Astley Cooper. On visiting the
French capital, he was asked by the surgeon en chef of

wonderful feat of surgery. He ,replied that he ha:d--;
formed the operation thirteen times.
I have done him one hturdred and sixty time
many time did you savelis life?"

.. kII , but Monsieur

Frenchman' after he looked into thellank amazementof
Sir Astley's face, "I," said the Englishman, " saved eleven
out of the thirteen. flow many did you save out of one
hundred and sixty ?" " Ah, Monsieur, I lose dein all, but
.de operation was very brillante."

SOY Lism.—Between twelve and one 'o'clock on
:Wednesday morning, a policeman on duty in Upper
Albany-street, Regent's-park, London, observed a female in
'her might-dress walking briskly along the pavement. He
spoke to her several times, but receiving no answer felt

WIIN iucxu 411 tit, sue was in a state o 2 somnambulism. H
therefore laid hold of her, and, wrapping her uP in his Brea
coat, called a cab, in which he conveyed her to the Albany
street station-house; where, after the lapse of an hour, sh
became restored to consciousness. She said sh.

domestic in the service of. Mr. Hainei,Albai;y:si;eei
appeared that, having been in the habit of engaging
for her master in the morning, she had, while her " s 4

le same errant

street door, which «as discovered to have beenlat open
was found,ln her hand. Communication was made to Mr
Haines, and her

m-house

recognised:her, and was "allowea to'talie her 17orne.
NEW TAX ON Dods.—Under the Assexed Taxes Act
just printed,.a new tax is to be levied on all dogs. Fron
the sth. of April next, for every dog, of whatever discrir
tion or denomination the same be, the annual duty is to
12s 4.,+, is to Is^

i.ne au, oe paid by the party keeping a dog
or having the same in his custody or possession, whether
the same be his property Or not; such person not discover-
ing the owner thereof, who shall have been duly assessed
for the same. No person is to be chargeable with duty to
any greater amount than £39 12s. for any number of

hounds, or.£9 for- any number of greyhounds kept by him
in' any one year. The only exemptions to the tax are, a
dog belonging to her Majesty or any of the royal family,
or a dog or a whelp at the time of returning the list of dogs
that shall not actually be of the age of six calendar months,

or any dog bondfiditwd wholly kept and used in the care
of sheep _and cattle, or removing the same; provided no
such dog shall be a greyhound, hound, pointer, setting dog,
spaniel, lurcher, or terrier.

EXTRAOIMINARY CHASE AND CAPTURE RI:TIMING A
"CHUMMY" TO Eanxn.—A notorious* "black varmint,"
in the shape of a chimney sweeper, named Coppock,
afforded the
.officials 9f the County Court, and a large
"field" of spectators, some fine sport, last week, in Shrews-
bury. He had been cast in an action in the court, and
John Doe and Richard Doe were on the look-out for him.
Suddenly they sighted their :gentleman, and gave .chase;
but sooty, soon finding himself hard pressed, bolted into a
louse, and quickly ensconced himself up the flue ! His
pursuers sounded a parley ; but:chummy was in a position
.to dictate his own terms, who instantly determined upon
no surrender. Bailiff on the roof above, and bailiff in the
chamber below, kept watch and ward at both ends of the
.varmint's "drain,' peering down and up like a magpie
'into
.a marrow-bone, but. 'utterly unable to draw their
'badger. After the fort had 'been thus invested for up-
wards of seven hours a compromise was effected, and the
black garrison suffered to march out with the honours of
war, amid the laughter and congratulations of a large
crowd of idlers attracted to the spot 'by-the novelty of the
proceedings.
GOLD fx CumnEnLawn.-'•,On Thursday, a party con-
sisting of Mr. Clarke, Mr. Shepherd, and 31r. Deare, of
London, headed by Mr. Calvert, the Australian geologist,
obtained gold readily (by the common washing process
with the tin dish) at the head of I3orrowdale, and ,also near
Buttermere. At the former place the gold was rather
water-worn, and at the latter it assumed an angular cha-
racter, and was found in the ferruginous earth lying on
the surface of the clay and green stone slates. The lump
of gold mentioned in our Jest, found by Mr. Calvert, near
Buttermere, presents a very beautiful and rich appearance,
and seems to encircle small particles of silica, and generally
to be embedded in, or tinged 'by, the earthy oxide of iron.
The weight of the entire piece was 57 ounces, and is
valued by Mr. Calvert at £221. In the gossan, at a mine
near High Ireby, Mr. Calvert detected small particles of
gold, but the softer gossans appeared to contain none.
Near Bassenthwaite Lake, at a short distance from Peel
Wyke, Mr. Calvert obtained a very beautiful but small
sample of gold, in the reddish earth resting on the clay
slates of that locality. He is of opinion that gold is
generally diffused on the clay slates, and locally on the
green stone slates, throughout Cumberland ; but how far
they will pay remains to be proved by deep workings in
the beds of rivers, where sufficient debris, or alluvial mat-
ter. has accumulated. The result of a search through the
Skiddaw group was fruitless. Mr. Calvert is of opinion
that the mineral resources of Cumberland are not nearly
fully developed, as he Into seen indications of rich copper
and lead lodes in maiden ground. We understand that
he intends to pursue his researches in Lanarkshire, where
he fully expects to find that the similarity of the geological
conditions with Australia will make the pursuit of the
precious metal equally profitable,—CarlWe Patriot.