The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-20 00:00:00

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

It is said that M. Alusard is to receive £lOO per week for
the direction of the Concerts 1Y Hirer, at Drury-lane
Theatre.

Herr Schumann has signed an agreement to rent Drury-
lane Theatre for 48 nights for the German Operas.
Mr. W. Spalding has been appointed professor of rhetoric
and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh, vacant by
the resignation of Mr. Muir.
The magistrates havecommitted one man for trial, charged
as a principal in the attempt to murder Mr. Biddulph ; his
name is Dogherty.—Dublin Evening Mail.
The Hon. Martin Ffrench, a minor, second son of Lord
Ffrench, the only nobleman in the Repeal Association, is ap-
pointed to the commission of the peace !—Limerick Chro-
nicle.

Mrs. Frost, the wife of that misguided individual, John
Frost, is now reduced to the most pinching indigence, having
expended all her money for the defence of her husband.—
Bedford Mercury.

An apple tree may now be seen in the orchard of Mr. S.
Renshaw, of Bolsover Woodhouse, which is in full flower.
and, at the same time, is loaded with fruit.—Derby Mercury,

The fag pig which gained the first (cottager's) premium at
the late Northumberland Agricultural Show, held at Alnwick,
when killed, weighed thirty-five stone imperial, including
one stone of loose fat.

The most propitious weather continues to prevail through-
out the Northern Counties of England, and in all directions
the wheat is nearly gathered in, the quality being found to be
unusually good.
INLAND Coats.—Wc understand that in the course of
this week, a quantity of coals from Clay Cross, Derbyshire,
will be brought to the London market. They are said to be
equal to the best Wallsend, and can be bought at a cheaper
rate.—Hull paper.

According to recent decisions, persons who have no dis-
trainable property refusing to pay affiliation orders for illegi-
timate children may be indicted for misdemeanor, and are
punishable with fine and imprisonment.
THE LATE MR. COCKERILL, ?HE ENGINEER.—The Bel-
gian government has given directions for the body of Mr. J.
Cockerill, who died at Warsaw, to be brought to Belgium.
It has also been ordered that funeral honors shall be rendered
to his remains on their entry into the Belgian territory.—

The Court is expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace in
the course of three weeks for the Royal accouchement. The
alterations at Buckingham Palace, which relate chiefly to the
personal convenience of her Majesty and the Prince, are in a
forward state of completion.—Standard.

THE FALKIRK BURGHS.-At the late Cheltenham conser-
vative dinner Major Anderson, in returning thanks for his
health being drank, said he had been recently canvassing the
Falkirk burghs against Mr. Gillon, and he was happy to tell
them his election was certain.

SIGNALS or DISTRESS.—The collectors of assesssd taxes
throughout the kingdom have received peremptory orders
from the commissioners at Somerset House, to collect all
rates in future one month earlier than heretofore, and to
make an immediate return to head-quarters of any defaulter.
Saturday last was the forty-seventh anniversary of the
Duke of Wellington, being gazetted to the lieutenant-
colonelcy of the 47th regiment, which his Grace commanded
in India. The duke's first commission as ensign, in the
33rd regt., bears date March 7th, 1787, fifty-three years ago.

NEW FABRIC.—The most ingenious invention of weaving
glass with silk is proceeding with great success. The pat-
terns wove are beautiful in the extreme, and have induced
many of the nobility to select them for curtains and other
ornamental furniture.

A SMART PACE—The North Britain and Engineer coaches,
the latter of which has been notorious for the furious speed
at which it is driven, on Tuesday last went from Carlisle to
Kendal, a distance of 44 miles, in three hours and forty
minutes, including stoppages.—Cumberland Pacquet.
Tivy and Juvenile, two blood mares, lately belonging to
Mr. Collett, and which have been run several times at our
races, have been shipped for Russia on board the Manchester.
Lallah Rookh, a filly, well known here, also took her de-
parture by the same conveyance.—Worcester Herald.
PIT PROPS AND RAILWAY SLEEPERS.—The board of
customs have ordered that British timber and wood of a de-
scription and dimensions calculated to be used for pit props
and sleepers for railroads, to be added to the list of articles
exempt t'rom coast regulations, on removal from port to port
in the United Kingdom.—Newcastle Journal.

The permanent rails on the line of railway from Gloucester
to Cheltenham are now laid down within a few yards of the
whole distance between the latter place and the temporary
station in course of erection at Gloucester. It is understood,
therefore, that the portion of the line will be opened to the
public without further delay.
HEREFORD FESTIVAL.—We are sorry to hear that the
stewards (seven in number) of the recent festival at Here-
ford, will have to pay about £lOB each, to make up the de-
ficiency. The Clergymen's Widow and Orphan Society re-
ceived the total amount of the collections, free of all deduc-
tions, namely, £1029 17s. 3d.—Musical Journal.
It is our painful duty to state that the Countess of Leices-
ter sustained a compound fracture of the leg, i❑ consequence
of a fall from her horse, while riding in the park on Tuesday
last. Her ladyship is attended by Mr. Archibald Dalrymple,
and we are happy to state was doing as well as could be ex-
pected on Sunday last.—Bury Post.

IMPORTANT.—The officers of the Cork corn market state,
that the wheat this season weighs 651bs per bushel, being
slbs,—that barley weighs 551bs,—and that oats weigh 451bs,
being 7 to 81bs per bushel heavier than the average of many
years past. Upwards of 22,000 barrels (of 1961b5.) oats
were pitched for sale on Saturday week.—Cork Constitution.

HASTINGS.—We understand that a person from the Board
of Ordnance has been sent down, preparatory to the battery
and Martello Tower in our vicinity being furnished with
guns. At present we have not a cannon to tire for hostile,
or what is still better, for festal purposes. There is nothing
to prevent a French steam-frigate from visiting our coast at
day-break, and sounding the reveille from the cannon's
mouth.—Brighton Gazette.