The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-27 00:00:00

The Hippodrome nuisance is likely, we hear, to die a na-
tural death.
A new conservative newspaper is, we are told, about to be
established at Portsmouth.
A FOUR-BOTTLE MAN.—Sir John Sinclair relates that a
Mr. Vanhorn daily, for 23 years, drunk four bottles of wine
—altogether 25,688 bottles.

NEW CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL—A new journal has ap.
geared in Nenagh, called the Guardian, which is to represent
the conservative feeling of the North Riding of the county
of Tipperary.

The radical corporation of Plympton, in Devonshire, have
sold the portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, presented by him
to that town when he was mayor of that borough:
The new-fangled marriages are so little in repute that in
some places they have acquired the somewhat equivocal ap-
pellation of " Fast and loose."
On Monday a new-fangled bathing machine was launched
into the Thames, and shortly afterwards capsized, by which
the son of the inventor was drowned.
We are at length able to announce the complete con-
valescence of the Duke of Bedford. His grace •was out at
one p.m. yesterday in an open carriage, and paid a morning
visit to her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, in
Upper Portland-place.—Morning Herald.
The Southampton railway company are building two jinn
steam boats, to ply between the terminus of the railway at
Nine Elms, and the city. They are to be launched in a few
days.

Lord Durham, it is imagined, will not submit very readily
to a moral lecture from Lord Melbourne. " LQpk at home,"
would be an awkward sort of reply.

SHEFFIELD.---Great surprise has been created'in'this town
in consequence of Messrs. 'Barclay and 111'llotraldl having
sent round circulars, in which they describe themselves as
distillers and purveyors of whiskey to the Queen, and her
Majesty is not yet 20 years of age.—Shlffield Iris. •
O'CONNELL PATRONAGE:-Mr. O'Connell has filled up
the situation of Clerk of. the Rules in the Court: Of Exche-
quer, worth £5OO a•vear, by the appointment of-Lhis.relative,
Mr. O'Brien, a gentleman hitherto in humble tircumStances.
The clergy in the diocese' of Wordekfei. intend petitioning
the House of Lords'against Mr. Shaw Ldfevie'i bilffor rating

tithes. - • .
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Loan MINTO.—It is reported in-well-informed circles that
Lord Minto holdS'office only until his successor ii'appointed,
and that ministers have applied to the Duke of iliehmond to
join -
MARGATE, JULY 23.—Q0 Zaturday night, a tare. Dutch
ship got on the Muscle Shelf,. a reef of rocks five Miles from
the town, and was got off at, 10'o'clock yesterday morning
without much damage..
A BEAST.—A few days- ago a fellow at Berkhampsteed
undertook for a wager to drink the enormous quantity of five
gallons of ale in 20 hours, a pint every half hoar; which he
accomplished within the time.—Aylesbury Newi.
We are given to understand that it is her Majesty's inten-
tion to visit Brighton shortly after the 17th of August, the
birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. A
rand entertainment will be given on that occasion at Buck-
ingham-palace, soon after which her Majesty will take her
departure for this place.—Brighton Patriot.
Myers and the widow of Mr. Thos. Davidson Pow, against
both of whom the coroner's jury returned a verdict-of" wilful
murder," were conveyed to Newgate in a. hackney coach
from the house of Myers, in Castle-street East, Oxford-mar-
ket, the same night.
We understand that a decision was yesterday come to in
the committee on joint-stock banks that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer be permitted to introduce a bill forthwith, for the
purpose of enabling the shareholders in those Undertakings
to sue and be sued. The greatest inconvenience and losses
have been found to be sustained through this deficiency in
the laws.—Morning Chronicle.
OLD WILL—We have been favoured with a sight in our
Register-office, of an original Will -Made upwards 'of 'twenty
years prior to Chester being elevated to a bishop's see. The
will purports to be that of Sir Thomas Mawdaley, of Plum-
stall, in this county, dated 1521, and written in a tine bold
hand, on paper in perfect condition.—Chester'Couraer.
MURDER AND RIOT AT HOLBEACII.MI% Allcock, the
Holbeach constable, who was so seriously injured in trying to
quell the riot at that place on the day afterthe coronation,
has since died of the wounds he had received. The coroner's
jury have returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" ag.ainst the
six ringleaders, who will take their trials' at the assizes next
week.—Lincoln Chronicle.
A good reason why a prisoner should not take his trial was
given at the Bath Quarter Sessions on Friday; On the Re-
corder asking why James Berrenaan, agents!. whom a true
bill had been found, had not been placed at the bar when the
trial was called on, the gaoler with gieelgravity, said h 7
could not come. .!"
Why not," said the Judge.' 'llecause,
answered the gaoler, "he died the Week before Sit."
INTENDED GRAND ENTERTAINMENT .1111- THE NORTH.--"
Preparations have commenced for the ,celebration of a
species of entertainment of a very novel and extensive de-
scription, which is to take place on the estate of a young
and wealthy nobleman of the sister kingdom. From the
extent and costliness of the fpreparations,l&orne,time must
elapse before the spectacle can take plate. on the scale of
splenclOur contemplated. It is likely to britittOniind more
than one chivalrous scene of olden times, so.lably described
by the great bard of the North.
At the Shropshire sessions, a man named Mantle was found
guilty of biting off the thumb of Mr. Cadwallader. The pri-
soner was drunk, and struck the prosecutor, who put up his
hand to ward off the blows, when they oth fell together.
The prisoner seized Mr. C.'s hand whilst he was on the
ground, bit off his thumb, and spat it out of his mouth, The
chairman, in passing a sentence of six months' imprison-
ment, said, "I regret that the law does not permit me to
pass what I think a just sentence for your disgusting con-,
duct; if it did, I would now send for a surgeon and have all
your teeth drawn."
EFFECTS OF CHAMPAGNE.—The Toulonnais states that,
after the sailing of the British squadron from that port the
morning after the ball, it was found that many of the English
guests had remained behind, either from unwillingness or ins'
bility to shape their course for the ships, and that they are
now going to follow,the fleet in a steamer.
The Duchess de Berry, according to a letterifrom Vienna,
quoted by the Franconian Mercury, is again enceinte. io
.• r.:41. L.. ..Ist,
the Imperial table at Schcenbrunn, where the Duke de Blaca'
had arrived a short time before Her Royal ,Highness. Ac-
cording to the same authority, the embonpoint of the Duc de
Bordeaux is on the increase.
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THE LATE MAIDSTONE ELECTION.--Upon theannounee-
ment of the decision of the committee being made. known jo
the borough, on Thursday evening, it was received in the
most enthusiastic manner. Several of the inhabitants ill
minuted their houses, cannons were tired, and au almost
general rejoicing took place. The radicals are dreadfully'
chapfallen. In the two last elections they have exercised 01
the chicanery, intimidation, and bribery in Ibeir power'
avowing their proceedings by the petition which has been de'
Glared frivolous and vexatious by the committee,of the House
of Commons, and they feel that henceforward they must sial4
into utter insignificance.
WORTHY OF IMITATION.—We find in the Alloniieur 13e198
a curious list of articles left in the vehieleN waiting.rooins;
&c., of the Brussels and Antwerp Railroad Company, a"'
which are advertised for sale unless claimed..by a certain daYY'
The list, if it does nothing more, shows at least the carer'''.
ness of the servants of this undertaking in looking rfter the
property, of passengers. It consists of 215 caps, of which 68,
are represented as being; " shocking bad;", 52 umbrellas, `,,,
silk handkerchiefs, 29 walking sticks, 11 ladies',: reticules,
great coats, waistcoats, gloves, tools, knives; children's toy's;
pantaloons, &c., in great number. It is remarkable the
there should be found in this list several military articles,
such as 20 schakos, 18 foraging caps, 19 epaulettes, bayonets,
&c.
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STEAM-SHIP TO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, An °pioe-of
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begins to prevail, now that the. facility and .advantage ;',/
steam navigation across the Atlantic are ~so.triornphant'„
established, that our communication with Canada should
carried on through our own territerie,seinstead of by the tine
of the United States. If this object were accomplished,'„(',
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should have the means, in case of a war with Americo), of
protecting those colonies, as well as obviating the atoppagea
the navigation of the St. LaWience in winter.; btit it calla;
be overlooked that, to attain the end in view, there must hey,
railroad formed from Quebec to Halifax; and unless a if°r.,
of such magnitude is undertaken by the,government,
little hope of its being carried into. effeet,..--Fattey's This
Journal.
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BREAKING INTO A GAOL.—On morning - pel
,bs
a most extraordinary offence,- namely, breaking into !„
Horsley House of Correction; was cirroniitteil by ionie dari
villains. The burglars, tot& the ladders froths ihe churc;
and placed them against•the'ouliiide,Wall ;, They then rile
them over, descended into a vard,:planted thein'against
window of the governor's offiie;'frortt whieli they remove
desk containing a considerable Mini Of "'money In gold Beil
notes, and returned by the "same' means they had enter...,
In the course of the day the desk was found in an adjoin 7
field, broken open, but the gold alone was abstracted frog'
--‘Cheltenham Gazette. A
IGNORANCE.—A radical paper, the Liverpool Albion, half,
fierce leading article about Oxford and the reform of its ~5t
Lutes, knowing just as much as Lord Radnor; that
nothing at all about the matter. The chief the refgritfr",
hitherto adopted is, says the well-instruered radical, d
repeal of an old statute which regulied the chancellor to fee°,
prayers to the doctors during Lent" !! ! After this specilni ole
our readers may well be spared-the infliction of the v j'eAi
article, which concludes by asserting Oxford to be one giros
mass of " gigantic abuses," and-Lord Radoor " the Tha',..0,4
fated to destroy them!" Poet Lord-. Radnor !!! —Oll
University Hera.ld. •
4141 Eo' o- LarspLonrax-.:' An" anluth : istory test
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of a traveller who encountered . remarkably' scanty b,
Cheltenham, for which he-was chatged entimntisfy, whe..,aber
threatened that the landlord should have causer to remel".e(
this extortion as long as he - Hired. Accordingly, where..
the gentleman wanderetlover'the libitable globe, he inverse
bly disguised his handwriting, and directed a double left e'/
the hotel. The contents were 'always one single sentellc 80
" I shall never forget that excellent dinner 'you gave 0101
the 26th of August." The unfortunate landlord was at
_or
nearly ruined ; and even from China this
respondent contrived to forward his everlasting epist-tlie,
[This silly paragraph once a-year goes the round die
daily papers. The postage on such " everlasting epist
is returned instanter, on their exhibition at the officel red
Juaolts.—Several persons have recently been suionl"e
°,lie
as jurymen, who consider themselves not liable. As it 11'7,r
information to some of our readers, we give the followir9r 00
tract from the statute :—" By the 6th Geo. IV. &ip• J''. for
person shall be returned as a juror to serve at the assiz4o
a county, who has served as a juror at such assizes four ~-d;
before, and has the sheriff's certificate of having• so
and no person shall be returned to serve upon any grall(tOi
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petty jury at any of the quartet sessions, who has serv-aec
years before, and as the certificate of the clerk of the Per, thf
having so served; and the court may inflict a penalty at
sheriff or other person who shah wilfully transgress lay,--,ila et
the cases aforesaid." But this does not apP:Y to
special jurors at the assizes. • • lace
• AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—An afair of honour took
Tullamore on Thursday evening, at half-past eight va:
L oalf
between Mr. Philip Turpin and Bailey, Esq., a "
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officer and canal collector. A dispute, iollowed v, Or,
arose the previous evening beteeen the two geliticilib eat itto
a meeting was proposed for next morning; , ens ti
Bailey, not having pistols on wlich he could depeno_,
Kildare for a case, and arriving in Tullamore• at Six
..'eetins
in the evening, sent Captain Flood to arrange the II,"e place
for next morning. Mr. rpin requested-it aught°. ac after
evening. The gentlemen, with their s,,conds, after
in *1 proceeded about half a mile-from the town, whetwject
exchanging one shot, Mr. Tura was dangerously 101,
in the hip, the ball passing ow at the opposite 11,1;•eifister
Bailey, and both the seconds, hate . been arrested.
Express. ecide°
ANOTHER RAILWAY Acci nENi•.---A very serious a ~.tos'a
occurred on Sunday evening on the Dublin and I.011)'/,10-
railway. The quarter past nine train arrived in W"at, the
row in due time, and after the passengers had got.?_e car
engineer of the Britannia was proceeding to move la., the
riages in the usual way to the starting line when he !%biag.
train from Kingstown, which succeeded 'him, aPPrh7otbefi
with great rapidity. He stopped )iis engine, but t,e,seof,
engineer, from what cause we have not heard, never
the speed of the engine-- he was directing, (the Val',;l. taa°
until the collision took place. Unforiunately,.One
had his thigh badly fractured and his knee'injtired ;45 he
of a servant man was dislocated; another Man had D.oiseli
cut, but not severely; and two Women' were. slightlY wa,sey
'Three third class carriages were• stnashedi- The Posible
gers in the first and second carriaget'w,e,re' scarcely
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of the collision.—Saunders's