The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

OVERLAND ROUTE

Gazette says, that " The Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company have just concluded an agreement
with the Sardinian Government for experimental trials
for the conveyance of the overland India mails by Genoa.
They are to commence in April."
,Iderly country dr

A MISNOMER.—The other day, an e. ty country dam(
came to the shop of a stationer in Truro, and inquired,—
" Please do you sell something by the name of grog ?"
The question was a poser ; but Mr. Netherton promptly
hit on the solution by asking another—" Is it Punch you

a what

Lild to air for

PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS.-It appears from a
Parliamentary paper, just issued, by order of the house of
Commons, that, in the year ended 31st December 1846,
276 non-commissioned officers appointed to

commissions. We have been told, that officers who have
risen from the ranks are seldom' " blackballed" by the

" exclusives."
DUTCH CATTLE.—A small sailing vessel, of less than
35 tons burden, has arrived at the Brunswick-wharf,
Blackwall, from Flushing, with an entire cargo of sheep,
205 in number, the produce of Holland, the whole of
which arrived in safety, and were delivered at once to their
destination. This arrival may be considered as a renewal
of the traffic which was so successfully effected last year.
The Constitutionnel says :—We are assured that the
English Government is about to fortify the island of Al-
derney, situated at three leagues from our coast,, and
that it will disburse £1,000,000, to make this rock a second
Gibraltar. It is intended to construct four forts, united
by a railroad, and to esta'ilish on the culminating point of
the island a high tower of observation, from which a wide
view may be obtained over the sea and on our coasts.
DEMOLITION DE THE OLD HOUSE OF LORDS.-011
Wednesday morning, at an early hour, a number of work-

men, under the dh:ection of kr. Ba;

demolition of the old House of Lords, tOrmerly known as
the Painted Chamber of the Palace, and the room in which

Edward the Confessor breathed his last. Their Lordships
held their last sitting on Tuesday in this place, associated

iiistarica

The clause of the act of parliament which renders it
highly penal to sell or put away papers bearing the resem-
blance of blank notes, should be borne in mind by all
who have been guilty of such imprudent and dangerous
acts. People are not generally aware that the offence is
&limy_ punishable with fourteen years transportation,

•ovisions of the fifth section of act 52nd

FE MM.

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FACTORY OPERATIVES.—We are glad to
-first, ernerimental Lodging House is now

s for occupatio:

theii new abode next week. We trust it will be the abode about four o'clock yesterday morning t _ au"
of virtue and happiness, of social and domestic enjoyments prisoner were left sitting on the bed in the room in wloej
of the purest and healthiest kind. If good wishes could they slept ; an altercation ensued about some money, 80 t
make an experiment succeed, then none could be more about six o'clock the accused party made an, alarm W,
successful than this one.—Bradford Observer, the deceased was dead, and upon a person, who had prO2A
...
QUEEN ANN'S BOUNTY.—On Tuesday the ancient ously been in the room, again going in, she found decea
custom of dispensing the Easter bounty money of Queen upon the bed, in the same position she had left her,2,),`:o
Ann took place at the Ahnonry-office. Middle Scotland dead, and a wound 8.7-- ared above the right eye. %I'
yard. Upwards of 600 poor and neceP

appet
.Asitous persons, male police-officers were called in, and a poker, bearing inOP ''e-
The
(especially widows), of good characters, and of blood, was found under the bed, with which it i 4 '',..
'lc
The sum posed the deceased was struck. On a post-mortena e',
- The amination being made it was found that the deceased,
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resident in ti
each individt

. _
he metropolis, were the recipient
zal received was 55., in new half-

me gilt is Mb— ,tie same individuals on Cling- euranus 10 um; surgeon, had died Irol3l congestion oi. --.
nas eve each year.—_ .. brain, the result of natural causes; hut from the evidewr
ITALIAN AND BRITISH AlM—During the " special of the other medical gentlemen a doubt existed whetilfj,
night" of the Society of Arts, when men of influence and or not death was caused from violiiince. The Coroner, 61
station were invited to see the exhibition of British manu- order to obtain further evidence, adjourned the case 0
factures and decorative art at the Adelphi, we heard two tomorrow.
el
1 I members of Parliament admit it was the first time they INTERESTING GEoLoGicAL DlsCoVEily.—The te
~ •_,. —.a 4-1....4- 4- I% rm. Imii nn idea red sandstone of this district and neiffblimirhnna_ bob ".:;

ributed to. t
Globe

had seen Barry's great pictures, anu ULM. law), Luna aaLP -
that England possessed such works ; yet both were highly come celebrated in the annals of Geology for thee lo of
cultivated men, and knew every picture that is to be found interesting phenonema of impression of rain droPs,
in Italy ! The Builder. vegitable, &c. discovered in, it by Mr. Cuninghatn, It,ot
TRADE WITH CHINA.—Among the most remarkable itcct, who has recently made another of an imPcir`;4ll
shipments to foreign countries which have recently taken nature in the strata of the same' formation at the scfr
place, may be mentioned one of a considerable quantity end of the brick hill,
of opera glasses, actually so called, and of habit gloves. made in the format'
The exportation of such articles, particularly the former, carelessly thrown
wnnld annear to argue an existence ofrefined civilization pression of an;-

~ where excavations are now b „re
.tion of a road. The excavators bro.
...side several blocks containing the to.
.oals, footmarks of the reptile familY, 7,0
and at Storton hill. The most inLIP.°.!

hick was no'

the case

n the
purieWOLZl;lll7exiension of the commercial traffic be- however are the remains of vegetables.- imbeded 1,
tween the United Kingdom and the Celestial Empire. blocks, which remains are of such rare occurrence
EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE.—A correspondent of the new red sandstone formation, they have been aPP"''oo'
Mark Lane Express, who dates from Altiwick, states that of a soft, spongy or cellular structure, from the cirsetteo
" the farming interest is at present very low in this county stance of the sand which displaced the vegitable in 001
(Northumberland). Farms never were so plentiful. A although in an incoherent or loose condition still re_„,il4
' great reduction of rent is submitted to. One of the Duke that form throughout. These plants are to be g`..„tka;
of Northumberland's farms let for £4OO, which had been situ in the section of the strata on the side of the
held at £6OO ; and another which was £4OO, let for £220; Those feeling an interest in such matters will be Well
and one which was let for £5OO, in this immediate locality for their trouble by a visit to the spot. The blocks o°
will not now let for more than £.300." We have ourselves tabling the impressions of the animals are lying a% 10$
been assured by thesteward of a large landed proprietor number of small atones, south from the new churiloarer
in this county that arms were never so diffielxit to let as building by MT, 14i.rdt near the DM piles of Lau
at this time. Cottages.