The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-01 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The borough of Knaresborough is taking steps to deliver
itself from the disgrace of bein;.:inis-represented in parliament;
Mr. Rich and Sir Wm. Ingilby are mentioned as candidates.—
lialijitx Express.
Mrs. Ann Mitchell, of Bosham, who died lately at the great
age of 100 years, walked to the church ou the Easter Sunday
preceding in ber wedding-gown, which was wade for her eighty
years before.—Both Gazette.

ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, CHORLToN-UPON-MRDLOCK.—Wei
understand that the Bishop of Chester has announced His in-
tention of consecrating this church on Friday, the llth instant.
On Friday night some miscreant shot two valuable horses in
a field near Camburue. They were the property of a poor man,
.to whom the•loss will be all but ruin.—Cornwall Royal Gazette.
Shot should not be used in cleaning bottles, as they are wade
of a compound of lead and arsenic. One person died and three
others suffered from drinking perry from a bottle that had been
cleaned with shot. The same reasoning applies to wine, ale,
and porter, in bottles. The antidote, says a chemical gentle-
man, must be twofold, a weak solution of Sulphate of Magnesia,
or Epsom Salts, would neutralise the lead, by forming an
soluble Sulphate. l'eroxyde of iron, he adds, 1 can also state
positively, from repeated experiments, is au effectual specific
for arsenic.

SPINNER'S DiserrE.—The feeling prevalent amongst the
spinners in Bolton, Oldham, Preston and other towns, relative"
to a rise in their wages, has been introduced into the factories
in Blackburn. In suite large establishments notice has been
given, and in one concern we hear the men have actually left
their work. We hope that the matter may be amicably arranged,
and to the satisfaction of all concerned.
CURE FOR VENOMot S lirras.— A Monsieur Tschiffelv has
written from Blois to the Flatlet) Acadeno of Sciences, to state
that during his stay in Brazil he cured fourteen tregroes bitten.
by venomous serpents, by the external application of essence of
turpentine. Ile continued the application for au hour; ant
even succeeded when the wound had been inflicted forty-eight
hours before. Ile has cured the stings of scorpions, &c. in. the
saute manner; and believes that this remedy would be effica-
cious for the bite of mad dogs.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Dunlop, of the ship Malabar,
of and from GI eenork to the Cape of Good llope, dated the 28th
of August, bit 16. 34. S., long. 3tr. 36. W. On the 13th of
August, hat. 7. 31. N., long. 16. W., tell in with the Java, East
Indianian, front London for out 2i itays from Scilly,
with about 500 soulSAan board, all s,ilitieis from the depti: except
the crew and about 30 women Very few sick on board, and no
contagion. Supplied tfiem with 17 cwt. of bread. your jars of peas,
two jars of pearl barley, and one bag of rice. Parted Company
AN AMERICAN INSINUATIUN.—" I say," said a hungry-
on the 16th, lat. 5. '24. N., long. 13. 25. W."
looking vagabond to a vender of sausages, "is them there
sassengers good uric F" " Yes, they are, L calculate, you stupid
sr d the inquirer; they 7et/ ho
n
good sasseng
'ramus. You'd like to hinder me the sale of them, you insidious
da
fgers, and I tau.s' se I
n sguepri ae."im% nay retorted
aint, but this will " I don't know nothing special
ber you see them kind of basset:gets, you never see
say,
that aouu
hn
sacwt scandal-hme
no dogs about."

A FIRST-RATS PUGILTST.—Among the escapes and adven-
tures of the day, that of Lieutenant O'Connor, of our regiment
was one of the most singular. Seeing a number of Spaniards'
in disorder, he mistook them for Chapelgorris, and ran up to
rally them, when he found that he had tumbled into the bands
of the Carlists. A musket snapped in his face and a bayonet
at his breast informed him of his a wkard mistake. Partying
the latter with his fist, he struck right and iefs iu the approved
style of pugilism, and, flooring both his antagonists, who were
considerably astonished at this novel mode of conducting the
battles of the Queen, he took to his heels, und being a first-rate
leaper, cleared walls and ditches, and rejoined his regiment
with the loss of his hat, sword, and cloak, which had fallen In
the scuffle. This interesting match WaS witnessed by the old
Spanish Governer at the CaS; le, who viewing the action through
a telescope, declared that he saw a British officer attacked by
two Carlists. liberate himself 'bussistda.'—Tivelce Months in the
11, lash Legion.
"SA RSAPA RILLA.—Mr. WRAY, of Holborn-hill. the Proprie-
tor of the A LTERATI YE-TON IC POWDERS, having observed con-
stant disappointment attending the exhibition of the pharmaceu-
tical and other preparations of Sarsaparilla, induced him to set
on loot, with the assistance of the ablest experimental chemists,
an analysis of its properties ; the tesult of which proves that
true Sarsaparilla, carefully selected and separated from alt
impurities, is in substance most effectual, and that the various
preparations under the denomination of decoctions, extraciitsn.
essences, syrups. &c., hitherto used, can never be dependettil;..
for producing. any real or permanent benefit. But,:
action
Sarsaparilla in substance only is to be preferred, yet the
may be materially assisted when combined with au.
ti . Atte ra-
r .
Isis
most trial of many vea re continusnee he has found,
,:, justified iiii,
tive-touic Pewders he now offers to the public ha hini,eit bounds
most sanguine expectations, and therefore 1
i- feels
iiinger to private
by motives of humanity, to confine teevirs,,„ of so valuable'
practice, but to allow the public the full aii,:.......,e_iiinine will hind
a medicine. Persons in the habit or
to.
iii,,,,...,f_g ifoni,nv .
t 4ilvor-
iliaries. By
his powders by fat the most efficacious
titer.
BIRTH EXTR AOR DINA llY.—
°sn'antos, herself a dwarf, was
the dwarf, Don S.intiago d, h"scitan_,
t at their residence, 167,-
livered of a well-funned male n,_„treee The infant, though if
High Holborn, near Museduid
not survive its hitt!) above an
came into the world
alive, its weight is out' pound four
hour. Its length is 1. Sunday morning the wife of
George's Church, Bloomsbury ;
issLit is in every respect wels.snrined.,
ounceslt ~.as
refused sepulture, it was taken home, preserved
but, being there
and.will
be exhibited for some time previously to
in spirits, • one arias public thus . 1) ' ..
being depesited in
high,
.. l UMS. Doti illiltlago,
'''only 25 inches is at present in his fiftieth year ke
who is
is a native of .
the Spanish settlemetit of Manilla. He '
became
carried ia dh ainl tlila set:et-I'lT,
inted with his little wile at Birmiugham, of which town
she is a native. Her name was Ann Hopkins,
Deena
and her height
38 inches, being 13 inches taller than himself. She is 31 years
of age, and is really a pretty little creature, possessing much
symmetry and grace.
"AN' father stands six feet one inch and
a hale without 116 shoes ; her mother is of the middle size ; and
her blathers and sisters (iif whom there are nine in all) are tall
and robust: o The tittle don and donna live together very affsc-
tionateli, tnelr attachment having beets miettial, and at first
sight. fhe only ditlesenee of 'minion is, that she beicg a pro-
testant they do not worship together,-: and that ever since the
attempted robbery of her husband by his countryman she halts
all Spaniards, and pouts, amid frets, and scolds, whenever she.
sees hint converse with one. They were married on the Gib of
July, 1534, in the catholic chapel it Birmingham, and two days-
after at St. Martin's Church in the sametown' by the Rev. Mrs
Faye, the high bailiff giving the bride away.-lUorning lieralci: