The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-14 00:00:00

THE CHASE.

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet this day Friday, 14th
at Weaver; Saturday, 15th, at Somerford-park ; Monday
17th, at Manley-mill; Wednesday, 19th, at Cholmondeley
castle; Thursday, 20th, at Wrenbury; Saturday, 22d, al
Windmill-on-Ravensmoor.—At half-past ten o'clock.

Mr. LEC HE'S FOX-HOCN CS will meet on Saturday. 15th, a'
Gallantry-bank; Tuesday, MIL at Carden; Thursday, 20th
at Bryn-y-pys; Friday, 21st, at Charlton-hall.—At
ten o'clock.

SIR HOMAS STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet on Saturday,
Dec. 15th, at Hawarden ; Tuesday, 18th, at Brombor2 Old
bridge.—At half past ten o'clock .

A great quantity of additional warm clothing will be sent
out to Canada, by the first packet, for the troops in that
country.

During the last severe gales, upwards of 100 lives were
lost on the Dorsetshire coast, between the adjoining ports of
Bridport and Weymouth.
RAILWAY.—A few days ago, a meeting was held at Mans-
field, regarding the proposal of a railway from Nottingham
to Sheffield, and a committee was formed.

A memorial from the Bankers of London has been pre-
sented to the lords of the treasury, againstthe delivery of any
letters at the general post office on Sundays.
One of the gin palaces in London has actually its bar
furnished with glasses which hold one farthing's worth of gin,
and that small quantity is sold to dram drinkers.
The commanding officer of a cavalry regiment has, we
understand, refused to receive into his corps any married
officers. The matter is now likely to come before the autho-
rities at the Horse uGards.

SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM ,RAILWAY.--We are in-
formed that, from the let to the 30th November last, inclu-
sive, 37,644 passengers have been conveyed on the above
railway, averaging more than 1,254 persons daily.
HEART OF oAlc•—One of the piles used in the foundation
of the old bridge at Lancaster was taken out a short time
since, and found to be "as sound as an acorn," although it
must have been under water at least 900 years.

STATE OF TRADE.—The demand for yarn continues very
dull, and spinners find great difficulty in obtaining an ad-
vance at all commensurate with the increased price of cotton.
In goods, too, there is rather less business doing, though the
demand for printing cloth continues fair, and at tolerably
good prices.—Manchester Guardian.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 10.—
There is little or no change to report in the flannel market
to-day. During the last month, the demand for low-priced
goods has been more than usually brisk, and there is no
abatement in that demand to-day. The wool market remains
steady and prices firm.
COPPER CAPs.—A few days ago, as a clergyman's son, in
the neighbourhood of Rotherham, was shooting, a fragment
of the copper cap was driven into his eye, were it still remains.
Mr. Overend, of Sheffield, under whose care he is, gives very
little hopes of the sight of that eye being saved. Great care
is necessary in the selection of copper caps.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The special general meet-
ing of the company is to be held in London on the 20th inst.,
for the purpose of receiving and considering the reports of
Mr. Wood and Mr. Hawkshaw, who were appointed by the
directors to give their opinion on the manner in which this
railway has been formed.

LONGEVITY OF WEAvnits.—There are 110 W living at
Tottington-lnwer-End, near Bolton, six persons, in the em-
ploy of Mr. Bridge, manufacturer, whose united ages amount
to 478, viz. :—Robert Booth 72, John Hill 88, John Barlow
84, William Rosthorn 78, and John Greenhalgh 72. The
above persons all live within a mile of their employer's
residence.

SINGUL A II CIRCUMSTANCE.—A correspondent states, that
as Mr. Longton was out shooting, at Hornby, on Monday
last, he was greatly surprised, by coming upon two hares, each
with two beads and six feet. He took aim, and was fortunate
in shooting one of these remarkable animals, which is now,
we understand, lying at Mr. Abbott's, Flatters' Arms, Bridge
Lane; where it may be seen by the curious.—Lancaster
Guardian.

EARTHQUAKE.—On Thursday the 15th ult., a smart shock
of an earthquake was sensibly felt at Kington, at eight o'clock
in the morning. Jt was also experienced at Titley, Presteign,
Knighton, the vale of Radnor, the Forest Llanfihangel, Llan-
degley, Penybont, Llandrindod Rhayader, Builth, Glascwm,
Golva, Gladestrey, and intermediate country. In several
places the rocking was so severe that many persons leaped
out of bed, expecting their houses to fall. A rumbling noise
like, distant thunder accompanied the concussion. There was
a great calm, previously and after the shock. The wind was
east; dense fog; therm. 35; bar. 29 8. The sensation was
felt from north to south.

DEATH FROM COLD.—On Tuesday week a poor woman,
about sixty years of age (supposed to be a Welsh woman,)
lost her life through the inclemency of the weather. She was
on her way from Sheffield to Glossop, and called at the Snake
Inn, in the Woodlands, where she had a basin of broth given
her. She went from thence about two o'clock in the afternoon,
along with a man and two boys; and when about two miles
from the Royal Oak Inn, near Glossop. she became so be-
numbed with cold that the man who was with her could not
get her along the road; and in a short time afterward the
Regulator coach from Sheffield overtaking her, she was put
inside; but when the coach arrived at the Norfolk Arms, and
she was taken out, it was discovered that life was quite ex-
tinct.

Mr. Murphy, nothing disconcerted, has brought out his
Weather Almanack for 18.39; which is rather more explicit in
its prognostications than his first, as well as snore flattering
in its prospects of fine weather. The coming Christmas will,
according to Murphy, be a bitter one; we are to have a storm
on Christmas day ; frost sets iu three days before the new
year, and lasts a fortnight, and after a week's intermission
returns for a few days more. The general character of the
weather is, however, favourable, for our climate, during the
year. February, March, and April, have many days marked
" fair ;" May is very "changeable," and June looks lower-
ing; but July and August wear a smiling and sunny aspect,
and there is a good proportion of fine days in September;- the
next year's October, too, may match with the one just passed;
while the November is a great improvement on the present
years's, and even dreary December shows a fair face.