The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

131txs.—On Wednesday the House of Commons
adopted the following resolutionsyegarding private bills :-
1. That the house will not receive any petition for private
bills after Friday, the 12th day of February next. 2. That
no private bill be read the first time after Friday, the 19th
day of March next; and 3. That this house will not receive
any report of such private bill after Friday, the 28th day of
May next.

We understand there is likely to be a strong contest for the
appointment to the ministry of Christ Chapel, St. John's-
wood, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Sanderson Ro-
bins, who has been inducted into the rectory of Shaftesbury.
It is expected that from the immense number of candidates
two gentlemen will be selected, one of whom will be appoint-
ed :—the Rev. Thomas Jackson, head master of the Islington
Proprietary School, and the Rev. Ellis Were, vicar of Chip-
ping-Norton, in this county. The nomination is vested in
the trustees of the chapel..—Oxford Herald.—[The latter
gentleman is one of the clerical secretaries to the Pastoral
Aid Society, and conducted the recent correspondence rela-
tive to Mr. T. B. Browne.]

THE KIRKCALDY BURGHS.—DEFEAT OF DR. Bow-
RING.—The sheriff having fixed last Tuesday for the election
of a representative in parliament for the Kirkcaldy district of
burghs, vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Ferguson, of
Raid), early in the morning the supporters of the two candi-
dates (Colonel Ferguson and Dr. Bowring) were actively en-
gaged among the electors, and the greatest bustle prevailed.
The election commenced at 8 o'clock, and terminated at 4
o'clock in the afternoon. Colonel Ferguson (son of the late
member) beaded the poll throughout the day, and at the close
defeated his opponent, Dr. Bowring, by 83 votes. The fol-
lowing is the state of the poll, Tuesday, Jan. 26 :—Ferguson
216, Bowring 131. Majority for Colonel Ferguson, 85.

A LIVING BUTTERFLY IN JANUARY.—A fine specimen
of the Vannessa Urticm, or tortoise shell butterfly, was cap-
tured on Thursday last, in one of the rooms of the Derby
Arms inn, Cheetham, into which it had flown during the fine,
but evanescent, sunny weather of that day. Although it is
well known to entomologists that considerable numbers of
these insects pass the winter in a torpid state ; it is indeed
rare to see one appear before the end of March or the begin-
ning of April. This butterfly was brought to our office yes-
terday morning, still shoiring signs of vitality, but apparently
relapsing into its state of hybernation ; and it is not impro-
bable that, if kept in a sufficiently cool place, the insect may
enjoy a second resuscitation nest spring.—Manchester Guar-
dian.

AN ANTIQUE CURIOSITY.—A very.curious massive ring,
of pure gold, was found a few days ago on the borders of
Rockingham Forest, in the parish of Cottingham, nea
Rockingham. It is doubtless of extreme antiquity, and
presents two inscriptions in Saxon characters, in a remarka-
ble state of preservation. The outer one is as follows :
" Guttu : Gutta : Madros : Adros ; ' and the inner—
" Udros : Udros : Thcbal."- The ring, which is in the
possession of Mr. Dexter, Woolpack In, Middleton, is
supposed to be what is called an " Abraxis," or magical

ring:, and to bug been wprn as an amulet or preven-tive
charm, as was common in early periods of superstition and
ignorance. We shall feel obliged to any of our readers to
explain the meaning of these mysterious sentences, which,
although they do not seem to belong to any known language,
have doubtless some occult signification.—Northampton
Herald.