The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

nearly 1,000 miles

the charge on a letter weighing half an

ounce is Id. From Dover to Calais, two -porti'; almost
within sight of each other, the charge on a letter of the
same weight is Is. 3d:! From the western boundary of
Texas to the north-eastern boundary of the American
union, a distance of 3,000 miles, ltd. From Dover to San
Francisco, in California, rid the United States, involving
three ocean transits, each averaging 2,000 miles, besides

three inland services, is. 2d. From Dover to 'Calais,
distance of less than thirty miles, one shilling and thre
pence for a letter weighing half an ounce ! Tr '-
a single letter from London to New York is 1
London to San Frahcisco vid New -
Only 2d. for _ • - -

charge on
but from

m New Yol

Chagres, thence across the Isthmus to Panama, thence by
ocean steamer to San Francisco, a voyage of about 15
days ! These are some of the postal anomalies which
would be removed by the establishment of a universal
ocean penny postage.

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s Sunderland might be piOud, stood, tiro
a troop of equestrians" enter the
in a consnicuous Dart of the

years ago, viewing

precincts of that borough

procession sat a cavalier, v

rse looks and -deportment

were truly Oriental. This favourite of fortune wore a
dark-coloured moustache, his long locks were of hair
elegantly curled, and he was attired in the gorgeous robes
of an eastern sovereign. His eyes were large, brief
brilliant, and these accidentally catching the

,fonished

gaze of the young lady, she experienced " a first shock."
She went to the circus, and at length the arm and elbow
of a fiddler attracted her attention, and behind his " fine-
toned Cremona" she beheld " the eyes" she had been
looking for. An interview took place, and afterwards a
few letters passed between the enamoured pair, and thus
matters rested until last week, when the young lady, with
the permission of her mother, visited some of her relations

at 'farm, and the next day set off with a pa.

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mond races. Not returning, her Yarm relations grew
alarmed, and a "hue and cry" resounded through hill
and dale. On Friday last, however, a letter was received
from the missing fair one, of which the following is a
copy :—" My dear mother,—Forgive your favourite daugh-
ter, the dear man, whose eyes threw the light of love into
my benighted heart, was -sojourning at Briehton. I went

to hiui, and he received me with open arms, and the next
day, with special licence, we entered the silken bonds of
matrimony. Next week. I propose to pay you a visit,
•.1 • •

along with the noble man of my choice.—Yours, &c.
P.S.—We had a serenade on our wedding night of twenty-
four fiddlers, who played, in a splendid style, ' Old Rosin,
the Beau.' "—Durham Chronicle.
A LONDON• FOG.—On Tuesday night, one of the most

dense fogs ever witnessed completely enveloped the whole
of London and suburban districts, causing a stagnation to
the general traffic throughout the thoroughfares. At one
time the great lines of route leading to the South-western,
the Great Northern, the North-western, the Eastern
Counties; and. Great Western railways were blocked up by
a vast number of vehicles conveying passengers and goods
to the various railways. The different, omnibuses on the
several lines Were for some time obliged to be preceded by
men carrying lighted links, but at length the vehicles
were obliged to stop altogether, and by that means the
greatest confusion was created, so that it was a work of
no little danger for a pedestrian to cross any' of the roads.
At daybreak on Wednesday morning the fog still con-
tinued to hang over the metropolis, and it became denser
as the hours advanced, until by one o'clock the whole of
London was enveloped in, such a cloud of darkness that
traffic on the. railways and the Thames was almost at a
standstill, and business in the different 'shops and else-
where could only be carried on by the aid of gas light.
About seven o'clock in the evening a female was run over
by a heavily laden van, and she died on her way to the hos-
pital. On Wednesday morning two frightful cases occurred,
which were taken to St. ThOmas's Hospital. The greatest
confusion prevailed among the shipping below bridge,
particularly in the upper and lower ,pools, and in Green-
wich and Blackwall reaches. Several of the largefoierewi?,
Scotch, and Irish steam-vessels, unwilling to
tclollinsersl
of passing through the pools (overcrowded
up
at Blackwall,
to their customary moorings, brought
”rs and cattle. The river
where they landed their passene
few left Blackwall for places down the
alto-
gether, and very
steam-boats above Blackwell discontinuedrunning
river, the greatnio3bs,
hcamt.Luofs. A largetheatos timber-ladenphererenderingshithpe,
passage extremely
in backing and filling up to the Commercial docks, got
athwart hawse of a tier of smaller vessels, and caused them
to drag their anchors, carrying away their jibbooms and
two topgallantmasts, and in order to get clear the rigging
had to be cut away. A large steamer came into collision
with a schooner between Blackwall and Woolwich, when
the latter lost jibboom and foretopmast, and sustained
serious damage to head and bulwarks. The injury sus-
tained by shipping in spars, rigging, and topsides, between
Blackwall and London-bridge, must have been very great.
BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Extract of
letter written by John Molard Wheeler, Esq., Collector of
Customs, Jamaica, having been handed by his brother, at
Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication:—" I know you have
never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphati
tally tell you; in mercy to any friend who may suffer from
gout, rhuematic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any
branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using
them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy; not
only am I personally aware of their powers, but I see my
friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from
their use. I would not be without them on any account. If
taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether :
if in a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier
cure, than by any other means within my knowledge," Sold
by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable
Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. • Price
2s. 9d. per box.