The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-05 00:00:00

THE DEVIL IN LONDON !

On the Ist of May will be published, price One Shilling
Part I. of

A SMODEUS, OR THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS :
Lll. newly translated from the French of LE SAGE, by
JOSEPH THOMAS •, and illustrated with 200 Engravings,
from designs by the celebrated TONY JOHANNOT. To be
completed in Eleven Parts.

LOndon : JOSEPH THOMAS, Finch-lane ; Liverpool : C
DAVIES and Co., and all Booksellers.

AN HISTORICAL. FINANCIAL. AND STATISTI-
CAL ACCOUNT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
CHILI, from 1822 to 1839. By the Retired Governor of the
Island of Juan Fernandez.

Captain Basil Hall, R.N., F.R.S., has just published his
sixth edition, entitled, " Extracts from a Journal written on
the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821,
and 1822." And in the advertisement to his work, after al-
luding to it and the momentous scenes passing at that period,
says as follows :

✓"
A similar work, or one executed in the same plan, at the
present moment, after an interval of nearly twenty years,
would unquestionably afford matter for one of the most in-
teresting, and, perhaps, useful comparisons between promise
and performance, that the political world has ever witnessed."
—London, March, 1840.
This has emboldened me to offer the above information to
my countrymen : the MSS. are ready for the press, and if
encouraged by a sufficient number of subscribers, those who
are interested with the history of that part of South America,
and more especially the bond holders, may soon have a re-
trospective view of what has been the occasion of the non-
payment of their d'vidends ever since 1826 ; as well as a
faithful and impartial statement of the resources of Chili.
The work will be completed in 2 vols., Bvo., price 205..
illustrated with maps and engravings. Subscriptions received
at the Standard-office, Liverpool ' and by Mr. SUTCLIFFE,
Welbeck-street, Ashton-under-Lyne.

The duty on the exportation of bar iron in Sweden has
lately been reduced one-half, or from 325. to 16s. banco per
ship pound.
The Earl of Mu'grave, eldest son of the Marquis of Nor-
manby, is about to proceed to Canada. His lordship starts
in a few days.
Mr. Wyon has submitted to the queen the model of a £5
piece of gold, which her majesty approved, and ordered to be
coined.

Mr. Estcourt, M. P.,has sold his beautiful seat, New
Park, near Devizes, to dward Colston, Esq., for £50,000.
We regret to learn that eight more Jews at Damascus had
forfeited their lives, upon the supposition of having been
concerned in the murder of Father Thomas.

The Duke of Cleveland is seriously indisposed. His
Grace's malady has, we understand, assumed a shape that
excites considerable anxiety amongst his friends.
Last week, several spring-knife cutlers and grinders sailed
from Hull for St. Petersburgh, in Russia ; and, we under-
stand, many others are preparing to follow them.
THE LAKES.--Tourists have already began to assemble in
the " land of •mountain and of flood," male famous by the
poets, Wordsworth, Wilson, Southey, Coleridge, and others
We understand that the Lord Chancellor has appointed
William Adam Hulton, Esq., barrister-at-law, judge of the
newly constituted court of requests at Bolton.
Great distress has prevailed in Greece, and the price of
provisions had been considerably augmented. The severity
of the winter had been such, that upwards of 500,000 cattle
had perished in the snow in Roumelia alone.

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Most of our inquiries have now been answered from thea
hills and moors ; and upon the strength of these we may
safely characterise the present lambing season as one of they
most favourable that has occurred in Scotland for a quarter
of a century.—Dumfries Courier.
The following is an extraordinary instance of the quick-
ness of vegetation. A gentleman who has a garden near
this city examined his asparagus bed on Saturday morning.
There was then not a plant to be seen, but to his astonishment
on Monday, be could have cut a dish for dinner.—Cork Con-
stitution.
Goon NEWS FOR THE DONKEYS!—At a meeting of the
West Lothian Agricultural Association, lately held, it was
agreed " that a premium should be awarded against the next
show for the best two-year-old donkey, with a view of rais-
ing this degraded but useful animal to its proper status on
the roll of the brute creation.—Glasgow Courier.
A HANDSOME COMPLIMENT.—Among the regular toasts
drunk at a late celebration at Ithaca, New York, we find the
following very pretty compliment to the ladies :—Woman—
There's a purple half to the grape, a mellow half to the
peach, a sunny half to the globe, and a better half to man.'
CuaartsT PIKES.—A few days ago, whilst the ploughman
of Mr. Huntley was engaged ploughing a field at Sherburn
Hill, near the city of Durham, he turned up from the mother a
earth poke, which at tirt offered some obstruction to the
plough ; and, on examination, it was found to contain forty
pike heads. They were handed over to the authorities.—
Tyne Mercury.
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POTS.—A patent has been taken out for a garden
t
pot. In appearance it is like a common one, but it has an
cuter or second side, by which an intermediate space is formed
for the supply of water; which, on account of the porous
nature of the material used in the manufacture, gradually
filters through the inner pot and yields to the flowers and
ihriaba therein gap* 4 °outlaw) and uniform supply.