The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-03 00:00:00

FRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE,

For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or
trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every
description of furniture, whatever preparation may have been
previously used for that purpose, it adds a high lustre to
French polish.—Sold in Pots at Is. each, or 3 pots for 2s. Gd.

This day is published, by RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's Church-
yard, London; and WAREING WEBB, Castle-street,
Liverpool, price 16s. ;
The impression being limited to 1000 copies demy Bvo, and
100 copies, large paper, royal Bvo. About 850 of the
former, and the whole of the latter are already disposed of.
DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
DOWAGER.
SERMONS BY XXXIX. DIVINES OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of CHESTER.
The Very Rev. the WARDEN of MANCHESTER.
AINGER, Rev. T., M.A., St. Mary's,,Greenwich, Kent.
BAYNE, Rev. T. VERE, M.A., Head Master, Grammar
School, Warrington.
BLUNT, Rev. J. J., 8.D., Lady Margaret's Professor of
Divinity, Cambridge.
BOUTFLOWER, Rev. HENRY CREWE, M.A., Incumbent of
St. John's, and Head Master of the Grammar School,
Bury.
BUDDICOM, Rev. R. P., M.A., F.A.S.,Minister of St.
George's Church, Everton, late Fellow f Queen's College,
Cambridge.
CIIEVALLIER, Rev. TEMPLE, 8.D., Vicar of Esh, and Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in the University of Durham, late
Fellow and Tutor of Catharine Hall, Cambridge.
CHURTON, Rev. EDWARD, M.A., Rector of Crayke,
Durham.
CLAUGHTON. Rev. PIERS, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Uni-
versity College, Oxford.
CLAUGHTON, Rev. T. L., M.A., Fellow of Trinity College,
Oxford.
CLIFTON, Rev. R. C., NI.A., late Fellow of Worcester
College, Oxford.
DODSWORTH, Rev. W., M.A., Incumbent of Christ's
Church, St. Pancras, London.
DODGSON, Rev. CHAS., M.A., Incumbent of Daresbury,
and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Ripon.
DUGARD, Rev. GEORGE, M.A., Incumbent of St. Andrew's,
Manchester.
DURNFORD, Rev. R., M.A., Rector of Middleton, late
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
EVANS, Rev. R. W., M.A., Vicar of Tarvin, Cheshire,
Fellow and late Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge.
GOODWIN, Rev. JAMES, 8.D., Fellow and Assistant Tutor
of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
GRESLEY, Rev. M.A., Lichfield.
HOOK, Rev. W. F., D.D., Vicar of Leeds, and Chaplain in
Ordinary to the Queen.
KING, Rev. WM., M.A., Incumbent of St. Luke's, Cheet-
ham-hill.
MARSDEN, Rev. J. 11., 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College,
Cambridge.
MELVILL, Rev. 11., 8.D., Minister of Camden Chapel,
Camberwell, late ellow and Tutor of St. Peter's College,
Cambridge.
MoLESWonTm, Rev. J. E. N., D.D., Vicar of Rochdale.
PARKINSON, Rev. RICHARD, 8.D., Fellow of Christ's
College, Manchester, late Hulsean Lecturer in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge.
PEARSON, Rev. G., 8.D., Rector of Castle Camps, late
Christian Advocate in the University of Cambridge.
PHILPOT, Rev. H., Fellow and Tutor of Catherine Hall,
Cambridge, and late Whitehall Preacher.
POOLE, Rev. GEo. AYLIFFE, M.A., Incumbent of St.
James's, Leeds.
POWYS, lion. and Rev. HORACE, M.A., Rector of War-,
_ rington.

SERGEANT, Rev. OSWALD, M.A., Fellow of Christ's Col-
lege, Manchester.
SLADE, Rev. JAS., M.A., Vicar of Bolton, and Prebendary

of Chester.
TOWNSEND. Rev. GEORGE, M.A., Prebendary of Durham.
WATSON, Rev. ALEXANDER, 8.A., St. Andrew's, Man-

chester.
WIIEWELL, Rev. W., 8.D., F.R.S., Professor of Moral

. ,
Philosophy, Cambridge.
WHITAKER, Rev. J. W., D.D., Vicar of Blackburn.
WILBERFORCE, Rev. ROBERT ISAAC, M.A. Vicar of East
Farleigh, late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
WILBERFORCE, Ven. SAMUEL, M.A., Rector of Erighstone

and Archdeacon of Surrey.
WRAP, Rev. C. D., M.A., Vice-Warden of Manchester.
RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's Churchyard, and HATCHARDS,
Piccadilly, London; WAREING WEBB, Castle.street, Liver-
pool ; and SIMMS and DINRAMx Exchange-street, Man-
chester.

FEARFUL POSITION IN TRAVELLING ON THE ICE.—After
driving only three wersts, we found our old track completely
obliterated by fresh hummocks and fissures, which rendered
our advance so difficult that we were at last forced to abandon
a part of the stores which we carried. After toiling on for
two wersts more, we found ourselves completely surrounded
by lanes of water, opening mote and more, until, to the west,
the sea appeared completely open with floating ice, and dark
vapours ascending from it obscured the whole horizon. To
the south we still saw what appeared a plain of ice ; but it
consisted only of larger fragments, and even these we could
not reach, as we were separated from them by a wide space of
water. Thus cut off on every side, we awaited the night with
anxiety ; happily for us, both the sea and the air were calm,
and this circumstance, and the expectation of a night frost,
gave us hope. During the night, a gentle breeze sprung up
from the W.N.W. and gradually impelled the ice-island on
which we were towards the east, and nearer to the larger
surface before mentioned. In order to get over the remaining
space, we hooked with poles the smaller pieces of ice which
floated about, and formed with them akind of bridge which the
night frost cemented sufficiently to admit of our crossing over
before sunrise on the 26th. We had hardly proceeded one werst
when we found ourselves in a fresh labyrinth of lanes of water,
which hemmed us in on every side. As all the floating pieces
around us were smaller than the one on which we stood,
which was 75 fathoms across, and as we saw many certain
indications of an approaching storm, I thought it better to
remain on the larger mass, which offered us somewhat more
security ; and thus we waited quietly whatever Providence
should decree. Dark clouds now rose from the west, and
the whole atmosphere became filled with a damp vapour. A.
strong breeze suddenly sprung up from the west, and in-
creased in less than half-an-hour to a storm. Every moment
huge masses of ice around us were dashed against each
other, and broken into a thousand fragments. Our little
party remained fast on our ice island, which was tossed to
and fro by the waves ; we gazed in most painful inactivity
on the wild conflict of the elements, expecting every moment
to be swallowed up. We had been three long hours in this
position ; and still the mass of ice beneath us held together,
when suddenly it was caught by the storm, and hurled
against a large field of ice ; the crash was terrific, and the
mass beneath us was shattered into fragments. At that
dreadful moment, when escape seemed impossible, the im-
pulse of self-preservation implanted in every living being
saved us. Instinctively we all sprang at once on the sledges,
and urged the dogs to their full speed ; they flew across the
yielding fragments to the field on which we had been
stranded, and safely reached a part of it of firmer character,
on which were several hummocks, and where the dogs im-
mediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the
danger was passed. We were saved ; we joyfully embraced
each other, and united in thanks to God for our,preserya-
tion from such imminent peril—Von Wrangell's lapedttton
to the Polar Seas.

RICE CULTURE' IN CHINA.—Rice is cultivated in a soil
covered with water, or, in different words, in mud, well pre-
pared by stirring and manure for its reception. In the early
part of the year a fertile spot of ground iscahnd.
osen,AinftteorN,;t which
the seed is poured with an unsparing hand.
germinated and the sprouts have obtained a length of about
six inches, it is dug up and parted into tufts for transplant-
ing. These plants are set in lines, at proper intervals from
each other, by the hands of workmen, who execute their busi-
ness with great despatch and adroitness. The bed into which
these are thrust consist, as we have intimated, of soil well
mixed and covered with water. In the labour of bringing the
ground to this state, the buffalo performs no unimportant
part, as he draws a plough of rude and original mechanism,
in many a tedious bout, from one side of the field to the
other. The plough stirs up and parts the sluggish glebe.
while the feet of the animal assist not a little in its subacting:
and in its incorporation with the water. The wading in mud
from morn to noon, and from noon to dewy eve, is not a
work for which either our horse or our ox is calculated, as
those know who are familiar with the history and habits of
these invaluable animals. But the buffalo, the scaler-trine of
the Chinese, is " in his element" while at' this work ; and
therefore takes pleasure in what the horse or the beeve would
feel pain and inconvenience. How nicely, then, has God
adapted the disposition of the animal for the nature of the
work for which it is required ! Foreknowledge, acting upon
a system, is seen from the beginning to the end. The streams
of water tumbling down the deep ravines and dells, sweep
large quantities of earth with them, which is deposited at the
bottom of some withdrawing nook, and, through the accp-
ululating force of time, produces a wide-spread alluvium for
the fields of rice. The ground is appropriated by the perse-
• verance of man, laid out in numerous plots by means of
banks and terraces, and then, as the water still continues to
descend, a stone is always at hand for a copious irrigation.
To help him in the work, the buffalo comes to his aid, with a
strength of body and a peculiarity of instict or habitude that
axactly fit him for it.--Loudon Saturday Jcurnal.