The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-20 00:00:00

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The Spaniards, in allusion to the profusion with which dis-
tinctions are now conferred upon worthless persons, say that
"formerly rogues were hung on crosses, but thatnow crosses
are hung on rogues."
"Thunder," observes Sir John Herschel, "can scarcely
ever be heard more than 20 or 30 miles from the flash which
produces it. Lightning, on the other hand, may be seen (or
at least its reflection in the clouds, forming what is called
sheet lightning) at the distance of 150 or 200 miles."
PLEASURES OF SHOPPING.—One of the most vexatious
processes, as far as we are aware, to which a man can be
subjected, is to have to accompany a lady on a shopping ex-
cursion. It must of course be presumed that the gentleman
and lady are not lovers, foi then the complexion of the case
is totally changed. But suppose it be a cool sensible man of
some thirty-five or forty, accompanying a wife to whom he
has been united for the better part of a dozen years—then is
the case truly one of torment. In the first place begets ready
exactly at the time appointed, and has to wait half an hour
before she is ready to appear. This time he spends in a state
of ineffable fume and fret, with umbrella in hand and coat
buttoned, dancing between the lobby and the parlour, send-
ing to see if she is not ready yet, calculating how he could
have employed the time otherwise to the advantage of his pa-
trimonial interest, stamping to keep his feet warm, as he
thinks, brushin,, his bat for the fifth time, comparing his
watch with the lobby clock, threatening not to wait any longer,
and vowing he will never engage to go with her again. At
last she comes down stairs, with all the coolness imaginable,
wondering how he could be so impatient; and off they set.
The matters of business in which he is mainly interested re-
fer to shops in distant parts of the town; and in proceeding
thither he has to accompany her into others, where she has
affairs to manage, in which she is not interested at all. She
has a certain kind of ribbon to buy in one shop, a certain
piece of lace to be matched in another, a pair of silk .mits
to be got in a third—all of them affairs of the greatest im-
portance to her, requiring full time for deliberation, choice,
and chaffering, and to the details of which he is forced to be
witness, as well as to the sufferings of the unfortunate fellow-
man whom Providence has ordained to stand from morning
to night in those magazines of feminine evanescences, to be
bored with female frivolity and unpleasableness. A full
quarter of an hour is spent in each spot, during which some
twenty drawers and as many shelves are ransacked and
tumbled into confusion; an incessant chatter has been kept
up ; he has been kept fretting between the chair at the end of
the counter and the door, and the shopkeeper has exhausted
every phrase of recommendation in behalf of his goods, and
every phrase of civility in deference to the lady • when, at
last, he sees some such sum as 10d. paid for a trifle wrapped
up in thin white impel, and leaves the place with the feeling
of a man who has been party to one of the shabbiest transac-
tions that ever was committed. Thus he goes on for an hour
or two, his only choice being between lingering within the
shop, there to be inculpated in such disgraceful doings as
these, and lounging without, there to be jostled by the crowd
and lined by the damp pavement, till he has not a spark of
manly dignity or vigour left in his composition. And, after
all, the affairs in which he is really interested have yet to be
attended to. At the conclusion of the business, it is likely
he finds, that, left to himself, he could have executed in half
an hour what, in company with a i ime-destroying wife, it has
cost him the better part of the day to accomplish. As to
wear and tear of temper, the matter is too metaphysical to
bear calculation ; but every man who has ever gone a shopping
in such circumstances must have a perfect idea of it; and he
who has not, let him content himself with supposing it to be
great, and not think of putting the thing to proof—a piece of
conduct of which we could only say, that, compared with it,
that of the boy who hanged himself to see what hanging was
like was legitimate and philosophical curiosity.—Cliambers's
Journal.

HAIRBRAINED EXPLOIT AT THE CHURCH OF STRETER'S
ROME.—Around the chinch, at the spring of the roof, is a
broad cornice, and Rocbow and I amused ourselves, and hor-
-rifled Landou and 1..)u Tetre, by leaping across the chasms
formed by the cornices of the pilasters. Upon arriving at the
top of• the " lantern," on which is the. ball and cross, we
mounted the little iron ladder that turns under the ball like
the " fetlock shrowds" of a ship's top, and got to stand upon
the ball. The French had placed there a lightning con-
ductor, rising about ten feet above the summit of the cross, to
which it is attached by strong screw staples. By means of
this rod (nearly two inches in diameter) we got upon the
cross top, and then I " swarmed" myself up the conductor, so
as to embrace with my thighs a flange which, at two feet
from the point, receives four thick wire stays attached to the
ball below. In this position, my head was actually two feet
above the golden point of the conductor. The wind, being
very high, caused me •to sway from side to side, in a manner
unpleasant to behold, while l-lullmandel, Landoll, and Ro-
chow were standing under me, on the arms of the cross.
They all three resolved upon taking toy place; se, after
attaching with copper wile to the point of the conductor a
little leaden plate, with our names engraved thereon, and a
ribbon six yards long, I descended to the cross, and my com-
rades, each in succession, swarmed up to the top of the con-
ductor. The sight of so singular a performance had attracted
a crowd of people iu the grand square before the church; and
the chief custode,
,or church•keeper thought, that something
strange and treasonable was performing. The long ribbon
he took to be a signal to the enemy's ships that might be ou
the, coast, only twelve miles distant; in fine, he did not know
what to make of us, so forthwith he sent for a police-officer,
who came with a file of soldiers, and waited for our descending
to the door of the stairs that opens into the church. Arrived
at this door, it was opened by the prudent custode, when we
were received by the soldiers with fixed bayonets, very much
to our surprise, and to the bewilderment and terror of a Ger-
man and two ltalans, perfect strangers to as, but who happen-
ed to be descending the church at the same time. The
anxiety of these gentlemen to make our captors believe that
they had nothing to. do With the " conspiracy," made us
laugh so heartily as to leave us little power of speech to per-
suade the police-officer of the truth of their vehement
assertions.—Colonel irlacerones Memoirs..

DIVING FOIL PEAFILs.—The crew of a boat consists of a
Tindal or master, ten divers, and thirteen other men who
manage the boat, and attend the divers when fishing. Each
boat has five diving stones (the ten divers relieving each
other); five divers are constantly at work during the hours
of fishing. The weight of the diving stone varies from 15 to
25 lb., according to the size of the diver; some stout men
find it necessary to have from 4 to 8 lb. of stone in a waist-
belt, tb enable itiem to keep at the bottom of the sea, to fill
their net with oysters. The form of a diving stone resem-
bles the cone of a pine; it is suspended by a double cord.
The net is of coir-rope yarns, 18 inches deep, fastened to a
hOop 18 inches wide, fairly slung to a single cord. On pre-
paring to commence fishing, the diver divests himself of all
his clothes, except a small piece of cloth; after offering up
his devotions, he plunges into the sea, and swims to his diving
stone, which his attendants have slung over the side of the
boat; he places his right foot or toes between the dothle cord
on the diving stone—the bight of the cord being passed over
a stick projecting from the side of the boat; by grasping all
parts of the rope he is enabled to support himself and the
stone, and raise or lower the latter for his own convenience
while he remains at the surface; he then puts his left foot
on the hoop of the net, and presses it against the diving
.stone, retaining the cord in his hand. The attendants take
care that the cords are clear for running out of the boat.
The diver being thus prepared, he raises his body as much
as he is able; drawing a full breath, he presses his nostrils
between his thumb and finger, slips his hold of the bight of
the diving stone, and descends as rapidly as the stone will
sink him. On reaching the bottom be abandons the stone,
which is hauled up by the attendants ready to take him
down again, clings to the ground, and.commences filling his
net. To accomplish this, he will sometimes creep over a
space of eight or ten fathoms, and remain under water a
minute; when he wishes to ascend, he checks the cord of the
net, which is instantly felt by the attendants, who commence
pulling up as fast as.they are able. The diver remains with •
the net until it is so far clear of the bottom-as to be in no
danger of upsetting, and "then begins to haul himself up by
the cord band over hand, which the attendants are likewise
Pulling. When by these means his body has acquired an
impetus upwards, he forsakes the cord, places his hands to
his thighs, rapidly ascends to the surface, swims to his diving
stone, and by the time the contents of his net have been
emptied into the boat, he is ready to go down again. One
diver will take up in a day from 1,600 to 4,000 oysters. They
seldom exceed a minute under water; the more common
time is from fifty-three to fifty-seven seconds; but when re-
quested to remain as long as possible, they can prolong their
stay to something more than eighty seconds. They are
' warned to ascend by a singing noise in the ears, and finally
by a sensation similar to hiccup.—Ruschenberger's Voyage
round the •World.—[The divers have much faith in the powers
of the shark-charmer, and many of then will not descend
unless be be present; the worthy wizard is therefore paid by
government, and inspires at least as much confidence in the
divers as terror in the sharks. One-fourth of the oysters
taken up belong to the divers; the remainder are disposed
of by public' sale. The annual net revenue derived from
the pearl'fishery it estimated at £14,000; but in 1833, when
no less than 1,250 divers were employed, it amounted to
more than £2s,ooo.—Athenauml
MARSHAL. SOULT,—We have much pleasure in quoting,
from Colonel Napier's "History of the Peninsular War," a
most interesting and seasonable anecdote. Brave and high-
hearted men are brothers everywhere, to whatever country
they may chance to belong ; and it is not now for the first
time, while grateful for the cordial hospitality of England,
that Napoleon's great marshal has shown a noble and con-
' siderate respect for the British name :—" When the French
renewed the attack at Elvina, he [Colonel Napier is speak-
ing of his elder brother] was, with a few men, somewhat in
advance of the village; for the troops were broken into small
parties by the vineyard walls and narrow lanes. Being hurt,
he endeavoured to return; but the enemy coming down, he
was stabbed, and thrown to the ground with five wounds;
and death appeared inevitable, when a French drummer
rescued him from his assailants, and placed him behind a
wall. A soldier with whom he had been struggling, irritated
to ferocity, returned to kill him, but was prevented by the
drummer. The morning after the battle the Duke of Dal-
matia, being apprised of Major Napier's situation, had him
conveyed to good quarters, and, with a kindness and consider-
ation very uncommon, wrote to Napoleon, desiring that his
prisoner might not be sent to France, which (from the system
of refusing exchanges) would have been destruction to his
,professional prospects. The marshal also obtained for the

~..••••aa-v. • Imo- •ws.ITITI avi tarrnou lcrsie CIT Ititer E,
of the war obliged Soult to depart in a few days from Corun na,
but he recommended Major Napier to the attention of Mar-
shal Ney; and that marshal also treated his prisoner with the
kindness of a friend rather than the rigour of au enemy, for
he quartered him with the French consul, supplied him with
money, gave him a general invitation to his house on all
public occasions, and refrained from sending him from France.
Nor did Marshal Ney's kindness stop there ; for when the
flag of truce arrived, and that he became acquainted with the
situation of Major Napier's family, he suddenly waived all
forms, and, instead of answering the inquiry by a cold inti-
mation of his captive's existence, sent him, and with him
the few English prisoners taken in the battle, at once to Eng-
land, merely demanding that none should serve until regu-
larly exchanged. I should not have dwelt thus long upon the
private adventures of an officer, but that gratitude demands
a public acknowledgment of such generosity, and the demand
is rendered imperative by the after misfortunes of Marshal
Ney. The fate of that brave and nobleminded man is well
known. He who had fought five hundred battles for France,
not one against her, was shot as a traitor 1"

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WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. "II
Java, H Williams, 372 Demerara, T& H Murray
Parker, H Risien, 449 Demerara, Sandbaeh, Thine & Co
Protector, R Edgar, 274 Hayti, R Sheil & Co
Robert James Haynes,J Graham, 206 Trinidad, Kers, Imrie & Co

SOUTH AMERICA.
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Canada, J Potts, 297 Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth &Co
Hermes, W R Oliphant, 253 Valparaiso,C Tayleur, Son & Co
UNITED STATES.
Timoleon, A Winsor, '491 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co
Henry Tuke, J Knowles, 545 Boston, W& J Brown &Co
Condor, Finney, 373 Boston, Humphreys & Biddle
Harkaway, J Lennon, 563 City Point, Wildes, Pickersgill &Co
Victoria, E Candler, 523 Charleston, Molyneux &Co
Chilo, .1 W Babbidge, 434 Duxburgh, W & J Brown & Co
Florence, E W Barstow, 450 New York, Focke & Boult
Henry, B Pierce, 412 New York, Hughes, Cowie & Co
New York, J Nieven, 529 New York,Tennants, Clow &Co
Tiger, R aker, . 463 New Orleans, Pocke & Boult
Sydney, It Cowen, 519 New Orleans, W Quayle
St. Lawrence, J Chase, 540 Philadelphia, W & J Brown & Co

- - BRITISH AMERICA.
Brothers, A H Poole, 425 Halifax, Holdernesa & Chilton
Clyde, D Reid, 711 Quebec, Wildes,Pickersgill & Co
Corinthian, W M'Kenzie, 391 Quebec, Chapman & Willis
Aid de Camp, J Jones, 469 Quebec,Wildes,Pickersgill 8;.; Co
Wm. Sharpies, J M'Clelland, 794 Quebec, W & H Sharpies &Co
Devereux, 'l' Eskdale, 425 Quebec, C Chaloner & Co
John, G lieselton, . 535 Quebec, C Chaloner & Co
Colonist, F Driscoll, 299 St. Andrew's; N. B. Wades & Co

EUROPE.
Maria, H F Brouwer, 110 Amsterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Leopold First, M Pienschke, 124 Antwerp, C G Weber & Go
Johanna Catecrina, M Rabe, 83 Brake, C G Weber & Co
Thomas Crisp, 1' Crisp, 170 Constantinople, W Walker
Highlander, A Munden, 102 Copenhagen, &e. Job, Bulley & Co
Lion, G Watson, 162 Genoa & Leghorn, J Bibby &Co
Warrior, J W Williams, 99 Genoa and Leghorn, J Bibby & Co
Wm. Harris, J Luly, 93 Gibraltar, W 11 Wood
John Black, D Mitchell, 167 Revel, Campbell & Rudd
Naiad, J Randall, 113 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Neptunus, W A Bakker, 120 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Dorothea, J Nottage, 82 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Ivan Slatoust, C Wulff, 390 St. Petersburg, C 0 Weber & Co
Wm. Hill, B Berri'', 114 Leghorn, • Haskayne & Co
Sara, I' Prott, I'3 Randers, It Zwilchenbart & Co
Billow, .1 Fishwick, 84 Malaga, J Glynu & Son

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IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURE.
DUBLIN, July 17.
BRICK-Tullamore per thousand 20s to 21s. County Dublin 303
to 325.
137,EF-Per tierce India, £7ss to £7 10s ; prime mess, £5 lOs to
£5 15s; plant mess, £2 10st.) £2 15s; barrels £3 lOs to £3lss.
BACON-Per cwt. 51s to 535: heavy 39s to 40s; pigs' cheeks 37s
to 40s ; hams 50s to 525; pork per barrel 85s to 90s ; tongues per
firkin 28s to 30s. upwards
BUTTER-First per cwt. 90s to 92s ; in cools 8d to 91d per lb.
firkin, 91s to 925. new 945.
CANDLES-Export, 7id per lb ; mould, 7s ; dipt, 6s.
FEATHERS-From the country per stone, 7s to Os ; white Ils
to 14s 6d • mixed 6s to 8s 6d.
GLUE-Per cwt. 60s to 83s.
GLAss -Wine and porter quarts per gross 34s ; ditto pints 30s ;
ditto half pints 22s ; imperial quarts 42s ; ditto pints 335. 2 per
cent. off for breakage.
HIDES AND SKINS.-Salted hides per cwt. 30s to 31s ; ditto calf
skins 3d to lid per lb.
LEATHER-Per lb. British 10d to 121 d; native light 8d to 104 d
ditto 421 b. to 451 b. per hide, 131 d to 14id ; ditto 481 b. to 501 b. 15d
to 161 d; calf skins 18d to 21d per lb. slitters ditto 14d to 15Id ;
kips, Irish, 18d to 20d English 22d to 2Gd ; cordovan 18d to .20d;
bellies 9d to 11d. Prices firm.
LEAD.-Pig per ton £22 ; sheet £24 ; pipe £2610s ; shot £26,
OILS-Rape refined per cwt. 42s ; brown rape 40s ; turpentine
75s to 80s ; linseed 32s to 355.
RAPESEED-14s to 15s per cwt.
SLATES-Queens, tons, sized, 50s; tons, 355; quarters, in lengths,
50s; half ditto 255; commons 12s: duchesses lsts £9 108 ; 2nd
£7 lOs ; countesses, lsts, £6 ; seconds, 90s ; ladies, lsts, 35s ;
2nds, 40s, doubles, 30s; and mosses 80s per thousand.,
SALT-Per ton 48s to 50s.
SOAP-White per cwt. 35s to 38s Od; yellow 25s to 28s Od. •
STARCH-28s to 30s.
TILES-Flot,ring per dozen 4s to ss.
TALLow-Melted per ewt. 56s to 60s; bladdered lard 60s to 63s ;
rough ditto 38s to 40s; fat per stone 4s 6d to 4s 10d.
TOBACCO-Roll per lb. 38 4d to 4s.
WooL-Fleece per 161 b. 22s to 23s 6d; skin 20s Gd to 2ss 6cl;
pockets, new, 22s to 235-firm.
WHISKEY, OLD-Imperial gallon, 7s Od to 8s Od ; new 6s Od to
Gs 2d. In bond 2s 10d to 3s.
SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET:-Hay, IS 3d to 2s 6d per cwt. ;
Straw is to Is 8d per ditto.
SPITALFIELDS.-July 5.-Bacon per cwt. 51s to 53s ; Hams 50s
to 595; cheeks, 37s to 40s Od; cool butter 8d to 91d; new 84s
bladdered lard, 60s to 625.
POULTRY MARKET, COLE'S-LANE.-Fowl per pair 2s Gd to
3s 6d ; Chickens, Is 8d to 2s Od.
EGG MARKET-Wholesale, 3s 96; retail, 4s 2d per 124.
POTATOE MARKET-Apples 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; blacks, Os (Id to Os Od ;
Cups, 2s 8d to 2s 10d ; lumpers, Os Od to Os Od per cwt ; new pota-
toes, ld per lb.
BUTTER HAIIKET-Per lb. ; cool, 7d to 9d; fresh 8d to 91d.
Fisn-Turbot, per lb. is to is 3d ; crimped cod, Sd to 7tl; soles
lld to is 3d ; lobsters, 2s to 4s 6d each; oysters, Os Od to Os ; fresh
herrings, 5s Od to 6s Od per hhd.
COALS-Whitehaven. 16s; Carlisle, Hs ; Harrington, I4s ; Scotch
15s; Kilkenny 35s to 37s per ton.