The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-11 00:00:00

"fiE LIVERpooL STA NDARU.

RoCHDA I a FLANNEL NI APART, NIONDAY, Ma,. 7.—We
have had a very brisk market to-day, and a great of
pieces have been sold. Though there may not ue a general ad-
vance in the price, yet in some instances inure money has been
obtained. The wool market has undergone little change since
last Monday, and its former price has been fully maintained to-
day.
BREACH 01, ritoNtisE.—A singular inethqd,of.,:obttkipim.r, sa-
tisfaction for the nod•fulfilment of a marriage cniitract, is deli-
lineated in a Mississsppi paper. The disappoinAed.svcAin has
advertised the fair one, in order, as he says, "'it) keep any
honest man from being duped by her perfidy."

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND.—Steam-boats have
done more to cement the union between England and Ireland,
thati.all the acts of parliament which have passed since the reign
of the second Henry. Agricultural industry. in the sister king-
dom, has received an extraordinary iinpfilse from the opening
of new and steady markets, where demand increases faster than
supply. The total value of live animal Imported from Ireland,
at Liverpool alone, .during the year 1837, amounted to nearly
four millions sterling; and the importations to Bristol are
scarcely inferior. Mr. Porter, in his " Progress of the Na-
tion," says that " the value in money, of one seemingly unim-
portant article, eggs, taken in the course of the year to t he above
two ports from Ireland, amounts to at least £lOO.OOO. The pro-
gress of this trade affords a curious illustration of the advantage
of commercial facilities in stimulating production and equal-
izing prices. Before the establishment of steam-vessels, the
market at Cork was most irregularly supplied with eggs from
the surrounding district : at certain seasons they were exceed-
ingly abundant and cheap; but these seasons were sure to be
followed by periods of scarcity and high prices, and at times it
is said to have been difficult to purchase eggs at any price in the
market. At the srst opening, of the improved channel for con-
veyance to England, the residents at Cork bad to complain of
the conStant high price of this and other articles of farm pro-
duce ; but as a more extensive market was now permanently
open to them, the farmers gave their attention to the rearing
and keeping of poultry, and, at the present time, eggs are pro-
curable at all seasons in the market at Cork, nut, it is true, at
the extiemely low rate at which they could formerly be some-
titneS brought, but still at touch less than the average price of
the year; a like result has followed the introduction of this
great improvement in regard to the supply and cost or various
articles of produce. In the apparently unimportant article—
feathers—it may be stated, on the respectable authority above
quoted, that the yearly importation into England from Ireland
readies the amount of £500,000."
IMPORTANT SALVAGE CASE.—.4dmira/ty COU7 t, Thursday.—
In this case the Columbia, on her voyage from Bombay to Li-
verpool. with a valuable cargo, met with rough weather in the
Atlantic, On the 29th of January last, by which she lost her
rudder, and became completely unmanageble. A vessel (name
unknown) came in sight, but did not bear up to the Columbia.
On the ❑eSit day, however, when all the crew had determined
to leave the vessel, a Dutch ship, which turned out to be the
Phenomene, 'Captain Trans P. Hoodmaster, on a voyage from
Batavia to Rotterdam, hove in sight, and being hailed, came
to the assistance of the Colunibia, rescued all the crew and pas-
sengers, saved all but one of fourteen cases of specie, (amount-
ing, to £11.000,) and some dispatchea belonging to the East
India Company, stayed with them during one night, and carried
them (their own vessel being lost) safely into Portsmouth. For
the preservation of the thirteen cases of specie, salvage-Money
is now sought by the owners, master, and crew of the Pbeno-
mene. The fttcts of the case are undisputed ; the only question
for the consideration of the Court being the amount of compen-
sation for the services rendered. Sir John Nicholl expressed
his opinion that the services rendered were of the most valuable
nature. The crew had determined to leave the vessel, therefore
she must be considered derelict. The weather was most tem-
pestuous. Even• attention had been paid to the passengers and
crew on their voyage to Portsmouth. The property saved,
bullion, and despatches, were of great value. The Cotirt would
not allot less than a Moiety of the property saved; and, as the
opinion of the Court with regard to the distribution had been
requested, it would follow the example of Lord Stowell, in the
case of the Waterloo, and allot half of the sum given to the
owners, one quarter to the captain, and the remainder to the
crew, to be divided accorctipg to their rate of wages.

CONFESSION OF HOIISE STF.ALING.—A poverty-struck look-
ing man, attired in a groom's stable dress, who gave his name
John Jones, and represented that he had last lived in the service
of an innkeeper at Lichfield, was biought before the magistrates
of Chester, on Wednesday last. Mr. Hill stated that the pre-
vious night he was relieved at the police office, and soon after
he called again, and said he had stolen a horse fifteen years
since, and had not been easy in his mind since. Mr. Hill
warned him that he was confessing to a transportable offence,
and at his own request took his confession,' to the purport, that
fifteen years ago he had lived in the service of the late Dean
of St. Asaph as a groom, for about 7 years, and was dischaVged,
After his discharge he went to the stable at night, and took away
a valuable horse, the property of Dr. Warren, of London, who
we believe was a son-in-law to Dean Shipley, which he disposed
of at Manchester. He was taken into custody at Salford, and
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kept fifteen days,. and then discharged, because no case c old
be made out against him. The affair had lain upon his . •nd
ever since; and be would rather be transported than lea the
life he had done. Mr. Morris asked him many questions about
the Dean's farriily am: connections, and from the answers it
was evident that so far as having lived with the family his state-
ment was correct. He was remanded, in order that the parties
Might be commdnicated with.

GAIETY OF HEART OF THE FRENCH.—We were talking of
the levity and gaiety of heart of the French, even under the
severest misfortunes. This drew forth an anecdote, which had
been related to him by Mr. Pitt. Shortly after the tragical
death of Marie Antoinette M. Perigord, an emigrant of some
'consequence, who bad made Mr. Pitt's acquaintance at Ver-
sailles, took refuge in England, and on coming to Downing-
Street, the conversation naturally turned Upon the bloody
scenes of the French revolution ; on their fatal consequences
to social order; and, in particular, on the barbarity with which
the unfortunate Queen had been treated. The Frenchman's
feelings were quite overcome, and he exclaimed, amidst violent
sobbing, " Ah, Monsieur Pitt, la Pativre Reine! la pauvre
Reine ?" These words had scarcely been uttered, when .he
jumped up as if a new idea suddenly possessed him, and Woking
towards a little dog which came with him, he exclaimed.
" Cependant, Monsieur Pitt, it faut vous faire voir mon petit
chien danser." Then pulling a black kit out of his pocket, he
began dancing about the room to the sound of his little instru-
ment, and calling to the dog, " Fanchon, Fanchon, dinsez,
dausez." The little animal instantly obeyed, and they cut such
capers together that the minister's gravity was quite overcome,
and be burst into a loud laugh, hardly knowing whether he was
Most amused or astonished.—Life of William Wilberforce.
ELEcTiticrrv.—Why is the fire-side au unsafe place in a
thunder-storm ?—Because the carbonaceous matter, or soot,
with which the chimney is lined, acts as a conductor for the
lightening. Why is the middle of the apartment the safest
place during a thunder-storm ?—Because, should a flash of
lightning strike a building, or, enter it at any of the windows, it
will take its direction along the walls, without injuring the Cen-
tre of the room.
ATIUOSithERICAL' PHENOMENON.—As the Rev. Stephen
Bland wad returning borne at half-past ten o'clock, from his
ministerial functions on Sunday evening, the liith ult., in coin-
pany with His son, during a most severe storm of snow and hail,
their attention was arrested by the bright and lucid appearance
of the turrets and weather-cock of the church steeple of Burn-
sall, each resembling a mass of fire, whiCh remained so long
that, when they reached home, the inmates had the gratifica-
tion of witnessing this extraordinary appearance of luminous
vapours. produced by the bad state of the atmosphere and at-
tracted by the iron which has remained in a fixed position for
centuries.—Leeds lntelligencer.
A CaTcu.—The following description of a catch by Dr. Call-
cott, is given in the Musical World; the words run thus :
" Ah ! how, Sophia, can you leave
Your lover, and of hope bereave !
Go, fetch the Indian's borrowed plume,
Yet, richer far, than that your hlooni ;
I'm but a lodger in your heart,
And more than one, I fear, have part."
Now, in reading the above, there is nothing partictilar to be
seen, but when the words are sung as Dr. Callcott intended they
should be, there is much to hear; for one singer seems to ren-
der the first three words thus—" A house on fire," repeating
phia, phia, with a little mixture of cockneyism, fire ! fire I
Another voice calls out lustily " go fetch the engines,
_fetch the
' engines, while the third coolly says, " I'm but a lodger, I'm
hut a locl,er," &c. consequently he does not care whether the
house be burned down or not. This elucidation will give a
pretty gam; idea of the real meaning and character of this mu-
sical catch.

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EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—About a fortnight ago, a COW, the
property of Mr. Edward Yeals, farmer, of Low 9rantlev, near
Ripon, gave birth to two fine calves, which with the mother
are doing well; and on Wednesday evening, 27th ult., emerged
into life from the teeming womb ofanother of his favourite cows,
other two fine calves which also are doing Well; and to use the
exprelsion of o.:r informant, they are three bulls and one why.
—Leeds Intelligeneer.

lAN UNACCOUNTABLE PIG.—" You Socrates," said Mr.
Seth Harris, of Poughkeepsie, to his coloured fellow the other
day.—" You Socrates, have you fed the pigs?"—" Yes massa,
me fed 'urn," replied Socrates.—" Did you count them?"—
" Yes massa, me count 'urn all but one."—" All but one ?'%--
" Yes massa, all hut one—dere be one little speckle pig, he
frisk about so much me couldn't count him ." '
ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT STOCKEOBT.—On the morn-
ing of Ffiday week, an unmarried woman, named Ann Bs rom,
the daughter of a green grOcer at Stockport, wag apprehended
on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child; and her mother
was also taken into custody, it being supposed that She was an
accessary The examination was to have been entered into
before the borough justices the followingday; but, in the course
of Friday, a man who had been employed to drag the river at
the place where it was supposed the prisoner had thrown in the
body of the child, found it, tied up in a piece of wrapper, with a
piece of rag tied tightly round the neck, having the knot under
the right ear. The case was accordingly removed from the
magistrates' to the coroner's court, the inquest being held be-
fore Mr. Hollins on Sildrday week. It appeared by the evi-
dence, that the prisoner even birth to au illegitimate child;
and that, on the Thursday night, she had been observed by a
neighbour (who suspected the fact) carrying something in a
large tin can to the Vernon Bridge, over the battlement of
which she threw the contents of the can into the river. The
body of the child was found near this spot. A piece of rag or
tape, which appeared to be the remainder of that which was
tied round the infant's neck, was found in the house of the pri-
soner's mother. The surgeon who had examined the body
stated, that he had no doubt that the string had been tied round
neck during the child's life, and that death had been caused by
strangulation. When found, the tongue of the child protroded
between the gums.—The jury, after a few minutes deliberation.
returned a verdict of "wilful murder" against Ann Byrom,
who was then committed under the coroner's warrant, to Ches-
ter castle, for trial at the next assizes.—The mother, who ap-
peared to have had no positive knowledge of the birth of the
child, much less of the capital offence with which her daughter
was charged, was liberated, from custody and her evidence re-
ceived, which tended to corroborate the testimony ofs9ther wit-
nesses as to the birth.—Manchester Guardian.
LONDON AND BIRMINGH AN BAILWA Y.—The traffic on the
London and Birmingham Railway having much increased. ad-
ditional trains commence running to-day. The departures from
13irininahain are at nine in the morning for this immediate dis-
trict; and at twelve and at half-past one for the passengers from
Lancashire, and other distant parts. It is not intended to take
more than ninety persons to London by each train ; but there is
no limit to those who go only to Rugby, or choose to pro-
vide their own conveyances from thence onward. A trait) at
half-past four in the morning from Denbigh Hall will forward
to London the mail, and all persons who may be conveyed to
that station by the night coaches.—Aris's Gazette.
MINERAL PRODUCE OF GREAT BEITA IN.—We give the fol-
lowing estimate of :he mineral produce of Great Britain, on an
average of years and prices, from the Alining Review:— £
Quantity. Value.
Silver 10,1)N)) lbs. Troy 30,000
Copper
Tin 5,500 tons
Lead 46,01)0 tons • • . 950,000
Iron 9t/0,000 tons
Coal 25,000,000 tons ... 10.000.000
Salt, alum, and other minor produce, inure than.. 1,000,000

Totol value probably exceeds..£2o,ooo,ooo