The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-03 00:00:00

Mr. Swift, Practical Aurist.

Mr. SWIFT may be consulted at
LIVERPOOL—On THURSDAY and FRIDAY next, the sth
and 6th instant, at Mr. GRIFFITHS', next door to the York
Hotel, Williamson-square.
MANCHESTER-011 SATURDAY next, the 7th instant, at
the Commercial Inn, Market-street.
Hours of Attendance—from Nine till Five.
N.B.—Ladies and Gentlemen desirous of consulting Mr.
Swift at their own homes, must announce their intention,
addressed to him at the above places, the day previous.
The DROPS for DEAFNESS, with Directions for Use,
may be had at the various places Mr. Swift visits.

William Neild, Esq., (an evangelical Quaker,) will be the
new mayor for the borough of Manchester for the ensuing
year.

THE LATE WILLIAM HEATLEY, ESQ.—We hear that the
parties, against whom a Rill of Discovery was filed in the
High Court of Chancery, by the co-heiresses of the late Mr.
Heatley, have put in a demurrer. This will give immediate
employment to gentlemen of the long robe, as the point will
be argued in the Court of Exchequer, during the approaching
term. It is also said, that the Rev. Thos. Sherburne, con-
fessor and sole executor to the late Mr. Heatley, has been
served with a citation to prove the will at Doctors' Com-
mons.—Preston Chronicle.

A. BOTANICAL RARITY.--There is a singular plant in the
possession of Mr. J. Wolfenden, near the Wesleyan Chapel,
Royton, near Oldham, which resembles a scarlet bean. The
flowers are only in existence two hours in the course of a
year, and it often changes its colours in a rapid manner; in
the evening its branches fall and the leaves become yellowish,
and in the morning the whole assumes a lively state of vege-
tation, being then a vivid green. Several eminent botanists
have examined it, and are unacquainted with its origin. This
admirable plant is said to be a native of the cotton-growing
clime of Alabama.—Wigan Gazette, •
RIBBLE NAVIGATION COMPANY.—At the meeting of the
Ribble directors on Thursday, an agreement was concluded
with Mr. Fair, the agent of Thomas Clifton, Esq., for the
making of the projected dock, at Ludge pool, the formation
of which is to commence forthwith, and is confidently ex-
pected to be completed, and ready for the reception of
vessels, in the early part of the ensuing spring. We under-
stand Mr. Clifton undertakes to complete the dock at his
own expense, according to plans laid down by Mr. P. Park;
the company taking a lease of the same for a number of
years, at a fixed rent. The dock will be large enough to
hold about forty vessels. Last week a considerable number
of masons began the excavation of the rock of the last length
of the coffer dam, but in consequence of the high tide and the
freshes, they have been obliged to suspend work for a few
days. It is expected however, that they will make another
start this day, and if there are no high freshes during the
next week, there is no doubt that a very considerable portion
of the rock will be cleared away. Since we last referred to
the Ribble works, a new implement has been introduced for
assisting in the deepening of the channel, which promises to
answer that purpose admirably. It is an instrument of
simple construction called an arrow, and is precisely similar
to the one which has been so successfully used for the pur-
pose of constructing an entirely new navigable channel called
the Victorial channel, through one of the great banks in the
estuary, at Liverpool. Both as regards the cost of the im-
plement, and the expense of working it, the outlay is exceed-
einflgetuleytaril.fling, while the work performed is both extensive and
The Lily steamer is sufficiently powerful to work
it effectually, and it has already caused a very considerable
deepening in those parts of the channel where it has been
employed, and where hitherto there has been serious ob-
struction to the navigation.—Preston Chronicle.
THE ROYAL CHEESE.—This famed produce of seven
hundred and fifty cows progresses well in its advancement
to ripeness and perfection, at the farm of sir. Dunkerton, of
West Pennard, and still continues to attract visiters from all
parts of the country. No particular time is fixed for pre-
sentation, nor is it yet determined in what manlier it is to be
conveyed to London, but it is in contemplation it shall be
drawn thither by eight of the finest and most beautiful cows
the west of England can produce. The following additional
verse, by a gentleman of Ashill Forest, has been added to
those stanzas already writteniir set to music :
Zeal fir'd each honest Pennard breast
When they this triumph knew,
And fifty buxom dairy maids
Resolved some feat to do.
To prove their loyal heartfelt vows,
What could they offer more
Than seven hundred and fifty cows
To yield their precious store ?
West Pennard, Oct. 25.