The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-10 00:00:00

'Sir H. Wheatley arrived at the castle this afternoon

COMPRESSED PEAT Fuxu.—We have repeatedly referred
to a machine, some time ago invented by Lord Willoughby
d'Eresby, and latterly perfected by skilful artizans under
his direction, for compressing peats. One of his lordship's
tenants, on the Drummond Castle estate, Mr. Clark, at Cor-
your, has, of late, been manufacturing the new fuel, chiefly
for the jewellers and steel forgers in England ; and this week
a very large supply arrived at the new quay for shipment to
London. It is made up in the shape and size of soap bars,
and so powerful is the compression employed that the original
peat is hardly to be recognised in the black and metalic-look-
ing mass which the machine perfects. The properties of
this new fuel are found to be highly advantageous in the
branches of manufactures above referred to, and its great
economy is evinced in the reduced price at which cutlery
wrought with it is offered for sale. Sheffield razors, bearing.
the mark of " peat compressed," have been on sale this year
throughout the country, we have been informed, as low as
27s per dozen. Considering the great extent of peat-mosses,
in the highland districts particularly, we look for a rapid ex-
tension of the use of this valuable invention of Lord Wil-
loughy's, not only as offering the means of procuring for the
inhabitants an abundant supply of a more cleanly and useful
fuel than they have hitherto, from their inland situation,
been able to obtain, but opening up to them a profitable
branch of industry, for which the field is nearly aslnexhausti-
ble as that of the material.—Perth Courier.

PENNY POSTAGE.—A modified rate would have answered
every purpose, as thus :—Within the bills of mortality, ld. ;
under 100 miles, 2d. ; under 200 miles, 4d. ; and exceeding
200, 6d. ; limiting the weight in all cases to one ounce. This
would have been a reasonable reformation ; one that would
have secured a revenue, and given satisfaction to all parties.
Or, if the clique who demanded the measure from the go-
vernment had any personal vanity to gratify, perhaps the fol-
lowing plan would not have been objectionable, had some of
our wise legislators happened to hit upon it :—Making, as
now, all distances equal, the letters to be paid according to
the distinction of the receiver, as thus :—John Snooks, Id. ;
Mr. John Snooks, 2d. ; John Snooks, Esq., 3d. ; and there
are many of the family of the Snookses that would be glad
to pay the 3d. and be the esquire.
CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Saturday last a fine little
boy, two years of age, the son of an idustrious labourer at
Keswick, named John Cartmel, lost its life in the following
shocking manner. The little fellow had wandered into a
neighbouring house, where a teapot full of boiling water,
standing on the fire-place, attracted his attention, and in-
stantly seizing it, he drank a portion of its contents. The
child was so dreadfully scalded that death put an end to his
almost indescribable sufferings on Sunday afternoon.—Car-
lisle Patriot.

AN AERIAL GUY FAwaES.—On Thursday evening be-
tween five and six o'clock, a machine, about twelve feet in
height, constructed of tissue, filled with hydrogen gas, and
representing the figure of Guy Fawkes, ascended from the
grounds of a gentleman in the City-road. This apparition,
as it may be justly termed, rose in a perpendicular manner,
and the action of the wind upon its arms and legs gave it all
the effect of a person walking the air. It caused great excite-
ment among those who witnessed the phenomenon. It pur-
sued its coarse in the direction of the city, crossing the
river into Kent, in some part of which it is supposed to have
descended.—Morning Herald.

BUDE LIGHT.—In the course of recent experiments with
this light, the cost of its production has been so reduced as
to enable it to compete, in point of economy, with other lights
of inferior power now in use, and arrangements are accord-
ingly in progress for its introduction into several of the
principal streets and shops of the metropolis—an advantage
of which the public have not been enabled heretofore to avail
themselves, in consequence of the expensive process of pro-
ducing oxygen from maganese, instead of the improved
method of producing it from atmospheric air or water, from
whence it can now be obtained.

EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS AT BIRMINGIIAM.—We re-
gret to state, that on Friday morning an explosion of gun-
powder and other combustible matter took place in Tower.
street, by which one child was killed on the spot, and other
parties seriously, if not fatally, injured. The house at which
the accident occurred was occupied by Mr. Small, and the
business of a huckster carried on by his wife. It appears
that he had been employed in manufacturing fireworks, in
anticipation of the sth of November ; and on Friday morn-
ing, by some accident, yet unaccounted for, ignition took
place, followed .by a tremendous explosion. The windows,
door, frame of the door, &c. were driven into the street ;
and, as may be conceived, the utmost alarm was immediately
communicated to the whole neighbourhood. As soon as the
alarm had in some degree subsided, the house was examined,
and it was found that one of the children of Mr. Small was
killed on the spot, and another so seriously injured that it
was obliged to ba immediately conveyed to the hospital. An
elderly gentleman, passing the house at the time, was also
injured by the glass and wood propelled into the street; but
with these exceptions, we learn that few serious injuries were
inflicted upon either the inmates of the house, or any other
parties in the neighbourhood. We are happy to add, that on
Friday afternoon, the police and the officers of the different
fire-offices in the town were actively engaged in discovering
the depots of firework manufactories, and that in one place,
in Dale End, they found no less than 2l cwt. of powder and
other combustible materials. It wes immediately ordered to
be removed to a place of safety.—Birmingham Advertsier.

VERY LIBERAL BUT NOT QUITE IMPARTIAL.—When-
ever a clergyman steps forward to defend the church, or to
strengthen the party pledged to its support, nothing can be
indignation
more edifying than the pious‘ of the whig-radical
press against that monster a political parson." He is re-
minded that his business is not with the things of this world,
and that, baying been consecrated to the service of religion,
he commits little less than sacrilege upon his own person in
mixing himself up with the world's controversies and con-
tentions. A dissenting minister, on the contrary, may be
the chaplain of chartist orgies, or the self-constituted tribune
of a mob, and a Catholic priest may do battle at the hust-
ings, or even preach sedition from the altar, sans peur et
sans reproche. Nor is this distinction observed merely be-
tween the clergy of the church, as such, and the ministers of
Popery and dissent. It is carried into the church itself ; for
while the Tory in orders may
.not open his mouth without
offence, not only is the same license allowed to his Liberal
brother as to the sectarian and Papist, but the same latitude
of conduct is imperatively demanded from him. Has Lord
Melbourne a rich living to bestow?. He must take care to
bestow it only upon some one who will strengthen the liberal
party. Has he an office in the church of dignity and influ-
ence at his disposal? He must study one point before all
others—to select a person upon whom he can rely for using
that influence for the ascendancy of liberal politics. Piety
and learning are all very well; but liberal politics are a sine
qua" non. A few years ago Dr. Tonson, a moderate tory,
was promoted to the bishopric of Killaloe. The bishopric
of Meath is now vacant, and the Chronicle is as much afraid
of having another Dr. Tonson inflicted upon the liberal party
as the poor Frenchman was of being revisited by his name-
sake. " Every influence which the government can either
command or create must b© brought to hear," and Lord
Melbourne must, therefore, make no man Bishop of Meath
" of whose liberality as well as of whose piety he has not
the clearest evidences and the strongest pledges." What
would the Chronicle say if Sir Robert Peel announced that
no man need look for a mitre to him without the clearest
evidences and the strongest pledges of his toryism ? When
a liberal says that he detests a political parson, he only
means that he hates a parson whose politics run counter to
his own, and would crown a Stanley at Norwich for using
the same liberty of speech that he would crucify a Philpotts
at Exeter.—Morning Herald.

Sir Henry Parnell, -, from Savanilla for Liverpool, was
spoken 7th Oct. in lat. 36, long. 68
Wm. Sonlie, Frame, and Forth, Glen, hence at Monte Video
Flora, , from Cadiz, ditto
Celia Large, Moran, from Jamaica, at the Cove

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8.
ARRlVED.—Elizabeth Bruce, —, from Apalachicola—Salima,
—, from Lisbon—and Countess of Durham, —, from Arica.
. .

SAlLED.—Bradshaw, Milroy, for Charleston—Augusta, Shute,
from New Orleans—Columbus, Green, for Pernambuco—Trusty,
Morris, for Newfoundland—Columbus, Cropper, for New York—
Greenock, Meccer, for Hayti—Randolph, Bilton, for Belize—and
Eveline, Robinson, for Sierra Leone.

Nonantum, —, from New Orleans, at this port. On 3rd
November, in lat. 49, long. 20, spoke the Echo, from Laguna for
this port
Aberdeen, Andrews, from Quebec, at this port ; sailed 11th Oct.
On 14th Oct. off Grosse Island, spoke the Columbus, hence for
Quebec _

Galatea, Palmer, from Smyrna, at this port. Off Cape St. Vin
cent, spoke the Reindeer, hence for Trieste, out 13 days.
Teazer, Airth, sailed from Messina for Liverpool, 10th October

Osprey, Lewis, hence at Rouen
Juno, Spohn, hence at Danzic
Allegro, Regeser, hence at Hamburg
Jane, M'Comb, hence for Africa, at the Cove, with both topmasts
carried away anti lower masts sprung, in a heavy squall 4th Nov.
Same day passed the masts of a ship, about 400 tons, with rigging
attached
Elizabeth, England, hence for London, at Margate Roads, with
loss of anchor and chain, and has been supplied.