The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST,:INDARD.

- Sts:,—We have all heat d of late a great deal said about the
Corporation Schools, and the change made in the management
of them by our new-fangled governors.
It has for some time occurred to me that these self-same schools
do not belong to the Corporation,• and that the power they exer-
cise over them is usurped.
-- I-have some recollection of en old school, in School-lane,
formerly belonging to the freemen, and to them only. This
school was pulled down some 20 or 25 years ago, and the new
wing of the blue school built on the site thereof. This school
Ives endowed with a very handsome sum, and some fields where
Abercromby-square and that neighbourhood now stands did
belong to it. • \
I have endeavoured to get to the bottom of this piece of bum--
nesS, but all I can find out is. that the old Corporation, (I
know nut by what authority,-) sold all this property, and built
the new schools with the proceeds.
Upon this showing it is plain the schools belong to the free-
men, and to them alone. Pet hops some of your correspondents
can throw a little more light on this subject; if so, I shall feel
much obliged.—YoursAc., AN OLD FREEMAN.
Liverpool, •11114:gotember, 1836.

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One of the learned Counciilors 'chosen on Tuesday last at
Boston, was unable to read the declarations.which act was per-
formed for him by the Mayor --Llinevin Gazette.
The Stewards of the late Musical Festival here are minus
individually £b2, and collectively :nearly l'l,(m_chcite„ham,
Gazette.
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NATURALCURIOS/Tir,-fillittlCBMall artificial pond called Ca-
noumills Loch,,may be,daify Seen.duling the winter a solitary
sea-gull,
swimming about apart from the ducks which so mime-
rously.frequent the loch. He leaves it every night, and returns
again in the morning. For a number of yeats he has unerrinly,
at a certain season. taken his flight to other shores; and with
the same regularity as to time, been seen circling around the
little loch before alighting to take up his winter sojourn. lint
it is remarkable, that, as if foreseeing the early storm, he has
this,yearreturned a week sooner than usual; having made "his
first aPpearance this season'' on Tuesday, the 25th October,
(two days before the frost set in.) It may be surmised that this
4ritgalar bird would not quit his tribe and native element, and
to. ege the wild pleasure of " brushing the white sail with his
Whited wing," unless he had a reason of his own for it; and the
food administered to him by the kindly hand of Di. Neill is a
very substantial one. . .
ROCKET EXPEIZINIENTS—On Thursday, Mr. Carte, of the
Citadel at this place, exhibited a number of experiments with
rockets, for the,purposo of showing their utility in cases of ship-
wreck. The experiments commenced by showing the facility
with which lines may be tired from a vessel to form a communi-
cation with the shore; this was varied to show the distances
which a line may be thrown ; in one instance it being tired di-
rectly at a vessel at 1W yards, and another firing over the pilot-
boat, moored at a distance from the sloop in order to carry the
line 150 yards. The wind was blowing fresh from the west
ward, and therefore tested more strongly the invention. 'l'he
rocket is laid in, a frame, to which is attached the line, which is
elevated according to the digtance required to be thrown. In
every case the results were most satisfactory; various elevations
were adopted to.show the range of the rockets.—Hull Observer.

Ray. D. O'Caor,v.—Thisientleman, who has been favour-
ing the- public'fOr some -tirenths past with several important
pamphlets, exposing the "finariees of the llornish Church, and
the 'political power whiCh the priests were assuming, has at
length, in a farewell addiM 'to the Roman Catholics of the
diocese of Cork, renounced completely the errors of the Church
of 11,6ine,- and himself a member of our Protes-
tant establishment. The ,Rev. Gentleman, after stating the
reasons 'Wlifelf 'induce& httir tO"take this step, says:—" What,
therefore, remains fqr me to do hut to attach myself, without
further loss of- kittne''"flf,..tin establishment which inculcates the
worship of the trite God, Preaches to sinners repentance and re-
mission of sins- through Christ, venerates antiquity, rejects
novelties, condemns superstition,. abhors. persecution, encou-
' rages 'free inquiry, and adnionishes all to embrace the simple
truths of the Gospet? Ido therefore now confess myself to be
in communion with the Church of England, or more properly
speaking, with the Christian Church diffused through the worlq,
of which the Church of England is only a portion, and whicih,
is made up of all such, of every clime and nation, as tti"ce2,l
.proleSs, agreeably to the Gospel, to seelt the kingdom of
and his righteousness."
WINES AT CaocEEoan's.—That the wines are of the rib:nicest
.sort, cml that there is' enough to suit every diversiy
ro
-a put of
taste,
will at once be-inferred from the faCt, that
which-the house is supplied, rocliford's
.There's a
son, contains a stock which is valued•at; .+:7o,tx 'f padia t
and which is kept by
cellar
hole
ex
' of It
would exclaim. I lately went through the whole
t
gins miller Willis's Rooms,- St James's-street, an
~etis
feet inbe-
as
far back as Braham's new Theatre. It measures 28,)
Crockford, junior, mentioned
length. When I was in it, Mr.
to me, that the number of bottles of wine ,hich I saw shelved
hefore me, independently of innumerable pipes, was 300,000!
1 thought of Lord Holland's stotV about the American, who,
after he had made his friends drink an incredible quantity of
wine,.. took them to see the heap of black bottles they had
emptied: His Lordship says they were all surprised to see such
a quantity of bottles under any circumstances,—hut especially
when they recollected that they had themselves emptied them
all: what would they have thought had they been taken to
Crockford's cellar, and seen, as I did, 300,000 bottles at once?
Poor Sheridan would have been in ecstasies with the sight,
especially as they were all The Great Metropolis.'

MISCELLANEOUS

It is iraid that Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland evil tie a candi'lite
for North Devon at the next election.

'Fhb Earl of Haidwieke hai offered a preitium of 25 guineas
for the best essay on the tin nip fly, its pretrention, and destruc-
tion.—Bury Post.
A chimney has justbeen finished at Meisrs, Pixon'i cotton-
manufactory at Carlisle which is 306 feet high.—Caniberland
Packet.

1,500 stacks of wheat in the vicinity of Douglas are now
covered with snow ; man? of the flock of wheat are alse. quite
green.—illima's Herald (Isle of Man.)
In the North Walei Municipal elections 67 ConserVatives
have feplaced as many Radicals in the l'ositu Councils.—North
Wales Chronicle: •

It is amusing enough to see the a►hig radical journals boasting
of the successful result of the late municipal elections, while,
in the adjoining columns, they are compelled to publish lists
proving directly the reverse.
There seems to be a prevalent notion that about next Easter,
at latest, an appeal will be made to the country by a dissolution
of Parliament. It is said, significantly, that thtl " pear will
then be ripe."—Cornabian.

Captain Phipps Hornliy, C. 8., cousin to Lord Stanley,-and
brother to the Rector of Winwick aud the Vicar of Bury, is the
new Naval Aide-de-Camp to his Majesty, vice Raines, deceased.
A vacancy arose in the number of Militia Aide-de-Camp to the
King b4he deceaie of Lord Dufferin.

At the gale of an estate at Barnwell, held for lives under the
see of Wells, the agricultural land sold for £BO, and Orchard
land for £l4O, an acre; so great was the competition, the
auctioneer could hardly decide on the purchaser even at this
enormous price.—Bath Herald,
On Thursday the chain of the machine on Pary's mountain
gave way, and let the carriages fall. One of them struck a
poor, man named Hughes, and dashed his brains out, and muti-
lated William. Pritchard so dreadfitlly that he efsplred in a few
hours.—Norili Wales Chronicle,

On Sunday morning the servant-man of Mr. P. Pidsley, of
Pin-court farm, presented his master's gun in sport, at a female
servant, and jokingly said. "I'll shoot you," when the gun
went off, and a portion of the contents lodged in the poor girl's
abdomen. Surgical aid was procured, and it is hoped she may
recover.—Exeter Flying Post.
There is no truth in the statement Which has appeared in
several papers, that Lord Brougham had been visiting Lord
Melbourne at Brockett Hall. The story built on this false ru-
mour, that the learned Lord was about to join the ministry in
the capacity of political Chancelldr, therefore falis to the
ground.—Cornubian. •

Ou Friday a very large meeting of the inhabitants, and those.
interested in the l'ort of Ipswich, took place, at which reso-
lutions were come to build a wet dock. Mr. Palmer exhibited
plans, and read a report, in which it was stated that the total
expence Of the undertaking would be 58,1001. • which plan Was
adopted by the meeting, and Sir C. Vero undertook to intro-
duce the Post.

INSANITY OF TAlLOftS.—According to a work published in
1827, on insanity, by order of the French aovernment, it ap-
pears, that not less than 756 tailors were confined in Paris in the
balpetriere alone, and that on an average there are 285 mad
tailors in every Loop. Many medical men have attributed this
peat proportion to the sedentary position adopted by this class
of men.

The corporation of Derry has been the foremost amongst our
Irish chartered bodies to pay a just tribute of admiration and
respect to the splendid talents and powerful energies of Lord
Lyndhurst, by voting his lordship the freedom of that ancient
and celebrated city, accompanied by an address, suited alike to
those with whom ►t originated and to the distinguished person
to whom it is to be presented.—Dublin Evening Mail.
A TExIAN.-I jocosely asked a ragged hunter, Whb was a
smart active young fellow, of the steam-boat and aligator breed,
whether he was a rhinoceros or a hyaena, as he was so eager for
a fight with the invaders. "Neither the one nor Other, Colonel,"
says he " but a whole menagerie in myself.—l am as shaggy as
a bear, wolfish ab rut the head, active as a congar, and can grin
like a hyaena until the bark will curl off a gum log. There's a
sprinkling, of all sorts in me, from the lion down to the skunk,
and before the war is over you'll pronounce me an entiro zoo-
logical institute, or I miss a figure in my calculation. I p►o-
mire to swallow Santa Anna without gagging, if you will only
skewer back h►s ears and grease his bead a little l'--Arnerican
paper.

A widow at Long Ashton, who has a dissolute son whom she
has bought off from enlistment several tithes, has lately been
much annoyed by threats on his part of again enlisting. The
young. man came home drunk a few nights since and made a-de-
claration of his intention of pursuing his old course, when the
mother hit upon the following expedient to prevent his threat
being carried into effect :—With the assistance of her daughter,
she bandaged his wrist tightly to prevent htemorrhage, and
then, while he was asleep, she placed his hand on a block and
chopped off the fore-finger of his right hand ! He is now at-
tended by a surgeon, and it is expected that a more scientific
amputation will be obliged to be resorted to.— Worcester Journal.
MELANCHOLY SH IPW RECK.-011 Friday, the 29th ultimoi the
weather, we understand, was boisterous, and the sea exceeding-
ly heavy, on at least a portion of -the English coast. As the
day advanced the gale increased, and was accompanied by snott,
showers. Between six and eight p.m., the storm was at its
hefght, and, so far us is known, it was between these hours that
the Plywell of this port, G. Gibson, master, went down between
Harrington and Parton, with all bands on hoard. Whether
the vessel capsized from deficiency of ballast, or missed stays
and went on shore, is not exactly known ; but she was after-
wards seen keel uppermost, by persons who apprised the owners
of the catastrophe, and otherwise prevented valuable property
from floating out to sea. The crew consisted of two men and
a bOY, one of Whom (Nlqueen,) acted as pilot in the Nith fur
more than 20 years. The master has left a wife and four child-
, ren. The other sufferers were James i\i'Queen and John Hal-
liday, the former of whom was also Married, and has left :a
widow and two children. A poor dog attached to the vessel
escaped the fury of the waves, got to the shore, and threw itself
on the benevolence of a family in Cumbedaud.—Dumfries
Courier.

MADAME MALIBRAN.—Mystery still hangs over the decease 1
of this ill-fated child of genius. It was asked in the Times a
few days ago, whether M. de Beriot had not abruptly left Mans
chester with all her apparel cod property ere she had ceased to
breathe; and to those interrogatories we take leave to add a
few others which relate to the medical proceedings. Is it true,
or rather is it not true, that when Dr. Bardsley was so uncere-
moniously discharged,• his patient was going on favourably—
in fact, that she was then neatly or altogether eonvalescent?
Is it true that it was afterwards thought desirable by some coup
de pratique to enable her to complete her engagement ? Is it
true that manual interference was had recourse to for the pur-
pose of effecting premature delivery, and that this foiled to pro-
duce any other effect than that of overwhelming exhaustion-?
And, is it true that when the body of the unfortunate deceased
was receiving the last offices from the strangers to whom'she
was left, the relaxing hand of death completed what art had
been unable to accomplish? These are questions of interest to
science, to which we trust either M. Bellimmini or Mr. Lewis
will reply. They will perceive that a great practical lesson is
involved, and although they have doubtless fully learned it, the
medical world is still kept in suspeuse. —Medical Gazette. • • •
REPORTING IN ITALICS.—Mr. Martin—or Dick Martin, as •
he was called in the house—though a very humane man, espe- t:
cially to the brute creation, had a great deal of eccentricity
about hiin. Having on one occasion said something se very
ludicrous as to convulse the house with laughter, a reporter for
one of the morning papers underlined the passage, stud the com-
positors of course printed it in italics. The circumstance
afforded infinite amusement to the whole town on the day on
which it appeared, and the hon. gentleman was chaffed beyond
measure, not only for the ludicrousness of the speech itself, but
fur its being reported in italics. In the evening, willittut waiting '
till the business before the house was disposed of, ,Mr. Martin
said that he had to call the attention of Mr. Speaker and the
house to one of the grossest insults ever offered to a member of
parliament. "Sir,' said the lion. gentlerhan addressing the
Sepeaker, "Sir, you and bun. members must lie aware that I
had the
honour of addressing
stliiri,snflilosupseeeclahsits
nniigoisitt . villainously (Ironical
cries of ` Hear, hear.') Well,
reported in the Morning ----.- of this morning: (Suppressed
titters (if laughter woe heard in -all parts of the house.) But,
Mr, Speaker, it is not the inaccurate reporting that I so much
complain, as of the circumstance of the rem-other having made
ma spoke hi italics. (Roars of laughter, which continued fiir
some time.) I appeal to you, sir, and those hon. members who
heard me, whether I spike in italics. • (Renewed bursts of
laughter from all parts of the [Muse.) You know, Mr. Speaket,
and so does every gentlemin in this house, that I never spake in
italics, at all at all. (Shouts of laughter.) But, sir, allow me
to say, that this, had as it is, is not the worst of the matter.
Will you belave it, sir ?—will any hon. member in the !muse.
belave it—that when I went to the reporther to ask for an ex,,
pllamation, he told MP, with the most perfect coolness, that if -I
felt myself aggrieved, I knew my remedy, at the same time
handing me his card, sir? The short and long of it is, sir, that
this reporther wants to tight a duel with me." Peals of laugh-
ter, such as were never before or have since been hoard within
the walls of parliament, followed the conclusion of Mr. Martin's
speech. When these had iu some measure subsided, he moved
that the reporter be called to the bar'ot the house for h,v lug
committed a breach of the privileges of the hoes';
but there
being no one to second the motion, it of course tell to the
ground.—The Great Metropolis. . .
of
.coutt-
Ma. Geoece Ron INS IN EXETER.—A large number
ant that the try gentlemen attendedat the New London Inn in this city on
Saturday last, in consequence of the annouccein..v.us
would
re-
nowned Prince of Auctioneers, Mr. Po"rge t.i. ut. ,
petty In this county.
The knock down some extensive landed
The shrewd and facetious knight of t.betPhrau!i'snlitZ Ttki'lielll;-vrtt)lnis.
appearance, was eyed with much cur.vit,st n)
ii3is rostrum, provoksd "
Bering spectators, and, on mounot;fe, by
his .a
smile of satisfaction from • every
eotenance.k Ile. exceedingly'essal,sei:(7eii
humourous and gaud-natured
novin as "
operations with (for him) a small
having duly
War-
ren House," near Da.wlish, which,
t a
price,
described, as
i„ enlaissc.. on the beauties and valualrie
property,
per instructions, he disposed of a., good naniely £1,650.
comfortr to the landowners and fanners,
He then proceeded
qualities of the Coonabsatchtield house estate, its th,e
course of
that every tying. hi the agriceltaral line was
which he administered
and tat they would, in a very short times if they
by assuring thetn
" looking up," be thensellves again ! He declared that such
were not already)
isoe's estate in Yorkshire at the rate of 3sl years
. was the rise id the value of and, and such the eagerness of ca-
pitalists to possess themselves. of good estates, that he had sold
that he was assured,. if
it would be some time before tires', would be
gentlemen lost the pre-
P Sir
'11:1".3G5:1°-ta(iiiiidit s .
u• . •
enabled to obtain another such estate in this country as that of
sent oppo
G•ooni n bsatchfield. Mr. George Robti displayed ettrisiderable
tact and an unbounded flow of ready and pungent wit, much to
the amusement of the audience, introducing a good share of
compliment upon the i
heaahy climate and other desirable
qua-
lities of our far-famed Devon, whither, when he could make
tw 0 or three 'hundred a year as' a retiring
.pension,i he assured
them he had determined to come, and sit in us easy chair to
the end of his days !
He took occasion, too, to disabuse the
landed proprietors of Devonshire of . the erre-neut.& notion that
had got abroad, as to the enormous experiSe of havint, him
down from London to view estates before the time of sale—his
c ges
har he •
, said, were very moderate, and the advantage of his
examining places, to give the best description' of them, must be
obvious. He supposed the erroneous notion alluded to had pre-
vented his being requested to view the Coontlisatchtield Estate
before he came down to sell it, ()whist to which be was net able
to give that description he could have wished. , The bidding
went on with good spirit, and having exhausted' all his powers of
persuasion to obtaifi another " hundred," Mr.. Robins knocked
down the Estate, for Nineteen Thousand Fire !lunar,' Guiiine,:,
to Mr. Wright, of Tiverton, for the Hon. Capt. Wytcb(
‘,,ati
We hear the price obtained was far beyond- that fixed . h
owner.— Woolnier's Exeter and PlyniouthGazelle.
~i
{le; that he
Captain Green, Of Buckden, in Muth)
his possession a splendid specimen of the golden
\Flint the dif-'
has himself trained to take hares and rabbits.
of ~;•
gd:snree,;,has now en.
size and strength rate
of Captain Green!
golden eagle is considered,. the performance.
ficulty even of handling a bird of the
impracticable with a bird o
of the falconer, but this would be .
must be deemed extraordinary. Hawks are carried. on the. fisq
this size and weight; recourse was, therefore, had to a very
ingenious invention as a substitute for the fist.

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Iron has gone dowii at &AV:el-6.o'oms fr,ott :I:11 to Eli)
per ton.
The estate of Nerham C 4.111.! has beeP Anttekted by J. Hi
Hynde, Esq., M.P., at the ii.Y9;tXtb---,7li* Mercury.
The thisteet of Hortsii.latle Cirairpel- aALIOOO fof
three rocids of hind, to incrosOthe huryip;;,'k.
It is the intention of the at rAra...ooho,l)ol2,,!Nilto re-elect
Sir W. Cooke, Bart., as thei‘..,ll,lifyro;:-Hl/;14. ; .
At a sale of victualling stWic)s, -aunotipcg" 'rake place a
Gosport on the 17th instant, threlViiiti;S:cle,f_!eibecr to consist Of
old provisions, biscuit bags, and retiggi4vol-11',..
The Governorship of Guernsey is not yet tiled up: report
non; hives it to General Sir Autos Norco, late in command of
the troops its Jatimica.—Channel Islands Gazette.
The Hon. Randal Plunkett, M.P., has subscribed £sooij
the funds of the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society, and,
In adpion, has guaranteed the rent and taxes of the society'B
house for three years: ,
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Once, whilst at Plymouth, a juvenile itiiilAipinan,-burisk,
ing his dirk, swaggered into the theatre. " My dear sir," said
Liston to the door-keeper, " 'Why don't you attend to the an-.
pouncement at the bottom of your bills.—Children in arms not
admitted."

Liston asked Matthews to play for his benefit; the latta et-
eased himself, as We had to act elsewhere. " I would it I could,"
Said he, " but I tan't split tnyielf in half." " Umph ! I don't.
know that," said Liston ; 1 hue often seen you 1,14 in mid
pieces the same 4iight.
SALUTARY DRi
.AD.—Two Irishmen were fighting, in Oa-
;
niilton, in the midet of a ring, and at lengthone of themexhibit-
ed symptoMs of giving in. Some ~f the on-lookers instantly
bawled out, " Ye're fear't for bins, y'o're fear't for him." " No,"
said Paddy, " not a hit afraid for him, but I begin td be
very much afraid for tnyself,''—Lairci.of Logan.
If the conservatives of Weyinooth had put tip eight Of ttieie
own party for Melcombe Regis Ward they would haVe carried
the election of the whole of the tue-q councillors; all of that
party nominated were returned by inujorities.—Dorset Cairn:4
Chronicle.

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On Saturday, a poor woman named kliatt, left her child i 4
her cottage whilst she ran to her lather's. house, nearly adjoin-
ing. On her way she heard her child scream, and immediately
returned, and foudd her in flames; endeavouring to put
them out her own clothes caught tire, and both were so dread
fully burnt that the mother died on Sundity and the child on
Monday morning.—Cheltenham Chronicle.
On Sunday evening the Northern Central. Bank, at Sheffield;
was broken into by some thieves, but they were unable to dis-
cover the mdney, although they broke open several drawers, &c.
The manager, who resides on the premises, was out at dinner,;
and left the house in the care of the servant; who went out oil
their pleasure, leaving it without any person on the premiies.—
Halifax Expre6S•
j.
By the new turnpike act statute labour is abolished, and the
turnpike trusts are thereby deprived of a source of revenue
sufficient to keep the surface of the roads in repair. Should k
road now be out- of repair, the treasurer or surveyor is made
personally liable and subject to be fined on complaint to the
bench of magistrates, and the surveyor may himself make a rate
(awn exceeding 2s. Gd. in the pound.—Dorset Couiay Chrdnicle.

On WerineAday last, the day of this Radicn feaet, stone per:
sous forced au entrance into St. Martin's Church, Leicester;
and commeneen ringing the hells. On Monday, the Vicar
called on the Churchwarden to have the bells rung on the day
above named; which the churchwarden refused, because the
Vicar would not permit them to be rung tin the day of the Con-
servative festival:—Leicester Jourhal

Stage-coaches were first introduced into Scotland in 1676,
On the 6th of August; in that year, the magistrates of Glasgow
contracted with William Hume, of Edinburgh, that he should
run a coach between lidinbtirgh and Glasgo.v—fOriy-two
flume engaged with all diligence to run a coach with six able
horses, that shOuld " leave Edinburgh every Alonday morning,
and return (God willing) every Saturday night!"—Mechanics'
Magazine.
The radicals of Lincoln, and the county, are rather out of
spirits at the apparent desertion of their friends. Mi. Phlpp4
has resigned all claims upon them, and gone to Dungarvon, id.
Ireland,- to seek a seat. Mr. L. Bulwer is undecided whether
he will :wain stand for the borough ; and Sir William Ingilhy;
the Knight of Lindsey; has refused again to come forward for
that county.— Lincolnshire Chronicle.
Puree OF BREA°, &c. IN Tim METROKiLIS.—The bakers
throughout the metropolis have raised the }nice of the 4th. loaf
one penny; the price of the best bread, which was a few days
since 71d. and Sc .. being now 81(1. and 9d.; the cheap and se-
cond sort, which was formerly 6d. and 6-Id., is now Id. and 71d.
Nor is bread the only necessary of life whiil has lately risen in
price, as the poor of th 6 metropolis severely feel in this incle-
ment season. Within the last fortnight coals have risen froni
Is. 4d. to Is. Hid. per cwt.; and butter is now dearer by 15 per
cent. than it was a few days ago.

11.EFINxxiertz IN TORTURE.—In eastern countries where re-.
finement of tinture is studied and practised, the most exquisite
is supposed to b 6 the continuance of water dropping.; on the head.
The individual exposed to this barbarous infliction is kept in a
fixed position, and from the unceasing regularity of the fall of
water, although only a single drop descends at a time, the irri-
tation thus inflicted on the whole nervous system produces such
acute pain as to render life almost insupportable.—Rennie's
Lectures.

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CALAMITOU§ PIRR.—On Thursdly morning a fire broke out
at Clotvance Park, the seat of Sir John St. Auhyn, lest., which,
we fear, has been productive of the most disastrous effects. When
our informant left grezit tears were entertained that the building
would be entirely consumed. The origin of the lire was not
known, and the damage was likely to be immense.— West Briton
[The Corntibian, a Falmouth. paper, ssys, that information had
been received that the mansion, which was one of the finest
buildings in the county, had been entirely destroyed; and no-
thing but the paintings saved.
SHORT SlGHT.—This infirmity of Vision, a Complaint whicli
is rather common among the higher classes of society in alf
countries, is not-unfrequently cured in ltussia by the following
plan;—The patient is placed with the back part of the head
fixed against a Wall, and a desk is put before him with a book
on it at inch a distance that he may easily read. After a week
or two has elapsed, the desk is Moved further off, thus gradually,
increasing the distance until it has been removed to the full
extent of ordinary vision, always allowing the patient to acquire
the power of reading before the distance is increased.

LIGHT SoVEuEiGNs.—It is nut generally known that the
Bank of England weight of 100 sovereigns is 20)) grains less
than that of the Royal Mint; if they weigh less than that, they.
weigh less. than that, they are invariably refused as light. The
Bank weight of a single sovereign (a quarter of an ounce) is
exactly two grains lighter than that of the Mint; such differ-
ence being allowed for the wear by friction, to which the coin is
liable while in circulation; but if the wear exceed two grains.
there is good reason for believing that unfair means have been
used in the diminution of weight, either by the use of the file,
or by what is technically termed sweating.
COAL3.—In consequence of the high price Of coals an attel4t
is about to he made at Leicester to open a Mine which is said to
exist there, and Which, it is presumed, will render that neigh-.
bourhood independent of the north. At Northampton a shall
has been sunk to the depth of 215 feet, and of these lkl have
presented what is tertned blue chinch, which iu all previous
cases has been found the prectirsor of cidil, and the speculators
are confident of finding a good vein of coal. In London, too,
the old legend is revived, that as near t'rwn as Blackheath an
excellent field of coal exists which has nut hitherto' been at-
tended to.—Lmulon Paper.
CHNtItADICtIoNs de FitoVEH " The Mote the inerriei."
Not so ; one hand is enough in a purse.—" Nothing hurts the
stomach more than surfeiting.'' Yes; lack of meat.—" No-
thing but what, has an end." Not so; a ring bath none, fur it
is round.—" Money is a great comfort." Not when it brings a
thief to the gallows.—" The World is a long journey." Not so;
the sun goes over it every day.—" It is a great Way to the bot-
tom of the sea." Not so; it is but a stone's. cast.—"A friend
is best found its adversity." Not so; fur then' there is none to
be found.—" The pride of the rich is the I,a,our of the poor."
Not so; the labour of the poor Makes the pride of the itch.—
zitheba•arit.
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CArtrinta.—An individual possessCd .of sufficient cariosity
e,(%)•thtteilleihtoarnuall.nlei,ooa:lll,.iit"d:
might, we should think. traverse the streets of IJOildon for .
t
long time, and inspect thousands of the recommendatory label':
affixed to the great variety of articles eXpised for sale In th
shop windows of the metropolis before. he would Meet with and
tat, r, eagsartdheforf,,tilitiemtrougtl.l,itilh, attached
wiur,
it
it,tientr4wii,tuht sitrhset r
tii;ut
faiihioncrl watch at a silversmith's shop
road :—•• This excellent (and at one
time) fa • • sluonable •
watch,
Warranted to go welL of so "flied') price W.
within three month:4, if not approved fit' for P;xchauged
, one of treble its
value (on payment of the diffeiettee)."
BA LDNESS.—Balduess is evidently "
of the secretion in which the runts
.i. cat:,;ed by a marbid state
if the hair are embedded.
General relaxation and debility ‘l, ' 'el nmy consider as .93'11011611(ms'
terms, though often used to ii distinct con,litioos. Bald:
ness, however, depends upon tl'illi 5'
is condition of the secretory ves-
sels at the roots of the hair,•
destined;to supply the necessary
nutriment fur this capillary
daces baldness than anything `zrowth. hence,
fevfore, we fever
oftener
pro.
der totally useless, unless the beadelse. Oils, therefore,
be scurfy. Ardent spirits is
the best application, for it tends to contract the sLalp, and for
this reason Eau de C
. tdogne is used. Fn on
these
observations
it will appear
evident. li •
that sharp brushes shonld not be used
with hair that ' • t - •
is iegtfinin =' .
6 to tall al.—Medical Pablicatiwir

WORSHIP of Tilt ltui;cs AF CAPTAIN COOK.—Part of (be..
hones of Cook were retained•bv the natives; and several of
them, held sacred as the god 1.1.6n0, were deposited in a temple.
dedicated to that deity. They Were depesited in :t basket of.
wicker-work covered with red feathers; religious homage wit's'
paid to them, and they were annually borne in triumph through.
the island by the votaries of Roth), alien gathering offerings:
for the maintenance of their worship. 't'h'ey were thus pre-
served add honoured for a period of forty yeers..until the abo,
lition of idolatry and the establishment of the Christian faith.
in 1819. At that date they disappeared, having probably been
carried off by soave of the priests, tied the English mission,
aries have hitherto failed to discover their destination.—.Edia-
burgh Cabinet Library, Ne: XXI:
...
Sunday morning, about eleven o'clock, several water-spouts.
w
he Downs near Dover, proceeding rapidly in
soeurteliesrelcy seen
direction; ono of these watery columns, although
viewed from a distance of several miles, appeared of consider
able dimensions, and as it towered tmajestically to the clouds
exhibited a remarkable diietgence .It, the ripper.part. owing
to the impulse of the wind, if had an oscillatory rdotkht and a.'.
appearance..
it swept over the waves caused them to tristime the
were octii-
of a boiling cauldron. Vivid sashes ut lightni.
sionally seen streaming frdin the clouds-, iA 1
• fluid is the
tro'ibt, that in combination With wind,
the(
k'',Zer-sponts. We
prime agent iu producing the phenomena I___
/errs paper.
have not heard of any mischief being done. an be little
,
—Soine • -,..,
Tits HEIGHT 00 IMOtIDENCE.
sr.oglele;-.
Police-court, With steeling a herring-
atli-itt,lawitio'nl:.:er. fellow was'
charged in the Glasgow Polic---,i-stro,.;•t. After the charge had
barrel from a person in Stoelemtu,ler
thin; addressed the magis.;
at the tmhyembea,r),ishaisgttilicikt
as he said
been proveDd,,,,t,liie
spirri ni3e,iiiiiiiai.‘l.;,:aitah:.
rg
irate :—"
the stealing o' the barrel
~ 1 . ,
k and what noes your honour thinkk
stole my sigd-brod lastte
..,
Drat would- be hard for me to "
hedid wet r Magis!" I'll tell vv. He Inoug,ht• it into
say.
. .
Witness-- Weel, sir. , . , my atn:
and
shop, wi Inv /ibe o' wait. use to me that 1.,'
he, thought it term r
•' ain name on t, 'offered. to sell nie't,
I "Y ody else."—
The Loire/ of LoYa"•
A. 111ooN061-ur SCENE (IN A HIGHLAND LAKE.—The few'
' 1 ts that glimmered on the oppos
hi; ' .• - ite and thinly peopled coast
is-tip feit •
or AlorveFrY had 1 , led—the sea-bird had sank to'
silence entire draggy islands of Loch-Suiu'art, and the mono-
tarn-cats had yelled themselves to deep amid the holes
and rocky des of er;ip-Risipole. The full moon, from er.
cloudless sky, . was shedsiou •
on the rephse of nature a
flood.. of radiant light,- when a Fifty of herrings com-
menced on the Loch Gl,')w. Th.,- rushing noise spread
, ittuckiy. +.tiii; the I.),i(iin of the deep, and the wakeful
itil`Laine :raised himself tip to obserVe what was going. forward:
The whole surface of the water waif' sociii covered with one mass
Of living, silyer, which bickered, danced' 4nd sparkled in the-.
moonlight, the scaly tribes mingling the borroWed glories of the
queen of night with innumerable coruscation's of their own.
Anon the splendid spedtacle disappeared, the herrings sank to'
their depths, and the • bosom of the Loch again became siletif
and unruffled as a mirror.—Scottish Magazine.