The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The number of sudden deaths, among all classes in this
country, have of late years very much increased, and pre-
sent a subject well worthy of investigation by the medical
profession.
A few days ago, Mr. James Dixon, of Lamblon, shot a
wild swan in that neighbourhood, which measured seven feet
between the tips of the wings.
The Duke of Euccleugh has resolved not only to build,
but also to endow, a new church at Hawiek, solely at his
own expense. Such magnanimous and liberal conduct is
truly characteristic of that noble family.
Mr. Terry, the treasurer of Kyan's Anti-Dtyrot Company,
has, in the vernacular tongue, made himself scarce ; having
contrived to bolt with about £70,009, which he has got toge-
-ther-irrre-issning the scrirntotera thd MlT:in _

We regret to announce the death of J. P. Thomson, Esq.,
at his house in Ruehampton. This gentleman was the father
of Mr. Poulett Scrope, M.P. for Stroud, and of the Eight
Hon. Q. Poulett Thomson, president of the board of trade.

The tee-totallers ofliorucastle have recommended to their
friends not to eat bead made of beer yeast, and also to ab-
stain from eating pork where the pigs bad -been fed upon
grains, thinking such actions infractions of the total absti-
nence pledge.—Lincolnshire Chronicle.

A family at Marseilles was poisoned a few days since by
eating some larks which had been caught by means of spread-
ing quantities of the MIX vomica over the open fields, in order
to attract and stupify or kill partridges and other birds, which,
when thus taken, are commonly sold in the markets. Medi
cal assistance was speedily procured, and the lives of the in-
dividuals were with difficulty saved.

As an idle boy, the son of Mr. Robinson, blacksmith, at
Slaggvford, in Knarsdale, was a few days ago bearding his
father's cows in the Town Field; he tied two of their tails
together, which set the poor animals pulling against each
other, and one nulled the other's tail off, neatly coating the
poor animal its life.—Newcastle Journal.
A GEoLocicAL WONDUR.—On Wednesday, the miners
at work in Ridgehill Lower•Clarkstield, Oldham,
struck upon a rock, which, on cutting, they found imbedded
in the solid mass a frog alive ! It was discovered at a depth
of 104 yards from the surface, and was of a coal colour ; but,
on being brought out of the pit, it became of the usual hue,
and was alive a few days ago at Lower Clarkstield.

ESCAPE OF A LEOPA n.—At Wakefield fair no little com-
motion was produced in Wood-sreet, by the apperance of a
leopard, which had escaped from Mr. Hunter's managerie.
The beast walked deliberately from his den upon the platform,
then jumped into the street, and pounced into the laundry of
the Woodman Inn, where he was locked up until secured by
the keepers, and conducted back to his former quarters.
DISCOVERY OF COAL.—At Scrachy, near to Castlederg, a
bed of coal has been discovered only ten feet beneath the
surface. It has more of the mineral characteristics than be-
longs to most Irish coal, which is anthracite ; and from the
bitumen Which it contains, it runs like English coal, into
cake. On the value of this discovery, not to Castlederg only
but to Strabane and Derry, and the intermediate district, we
need not enlarge.—Derry Standard.
One of those "extraordinary occurrences" which occasion-
ally happen to vary the dull routine of human affairs took
place at Bristol last week, by the marriage of Mr. John Veale,
bachelor, aged 79, of the parish of Stanton Drew, to Miss
Edith Hughes, spinster, aged 83, of the parish of Pensfeard.
The youthful couple and friends retired to the "Good Queen
Bess," and regaled themselves with old English fare, after
which the "happy pair" left for the continent.—Salisbury
Herald.

ROMAN REMAINS.—A number of human skeletons, re-
markable for their high state of preservation, have been dis-
covered at Shooters-hill, near Pangbourn, Berks, on the
line of the Great Western Railway. This was probably the
scene of some great battle with the Britons, as spearheads,
war axes, spurs, &e., both of Roman and British manufacture,
lie scattered about, and many coins of gold, silver, and brass,
bearing the impress of Domitian and other Emperors, were
found in various of the graves.—Bristol Journid.

TOWN CouNcas.—There were no municipal elections at
Swansea, for the following reasons :—On the mayor appoint-
ing assessors at the revision of the burgess lists they refused
to attend, and there was consequently no court. The mayor
called on the assessors to come forward and assist him at the
time appointed fur the election of councillors in the place of
those going out, which they refused to do. It is the intention
of the council to apply to the Court of Quevi's Bench to re-
medy the defect.—Cheltenham Gazette.

It is said that a clue has been found 0 the: discovery of
the murder of Eliza Grimwood, in Waterloo-road, and that
Hubbard, her paramour, is a party implicated. lie left this
country for America shortly after his liberation from custody.
The new drama of Nicholas Nickleby is carrying all before
it at the Adelphi Theatre, and deservedly so, for, besides
being well dramatised and excellently acted, it is intrinsically
interesting in its characters and incidents.

The workmen have now commenced laying the foundation
of the fifth and last bridge of the Great North of England
Railway, near Northallerton, a little to the south of the
town, which will cross over the high road leading to Borough-
bridge, near to the 250th mile stone from London.
SRA COw.—An animal, which, according to description
must have been a sea cow, (Trichechus Rosmarus), has been
taken at Verdon, on the Pointe-de-Grave, when it was asleep,
with its head in the water, and its body on the sand. It
made great resistance when about to be captured.
PROLIFIC VILLAGE.—At the village of Chedder, in Somer.
setshire, on the Ist instant, the wife of the master of the na-
tional school*as delivered of two daughters ; and on the same
day the wife of T. Masters of two sons; and on the following
day the wife of T. Harris of a son and daughter; and of Mr.
\V. Main,.of two. sons.

REPIZESENTATIOIsI OF THE STEW A 11TR Y OF KIRECUD-
n RIG ir.—Me believe we can stale with confidence that Mr.
Forbes, of Callender, the unsuccessful candidate for Stirling-
shire at.the last election, will be the candidate brought for-
ward on the conservative interest for the county of Kirkcuil-
brigh 1.-7 Galloway paper.
THE Pot ATOR CROP.—The. Sun says, " all consumers
of potatoes know that the root is bad, as well as little produc-
tive this year." The very reverse is the fact in the Western
counties;-where the crops are most abundant, and the root in
the brightest perfection of which it is capable.--Bristol Journal.
The " glorious free trade system" goes on admirably. In
consequencB of the great importation of foreign boots and
--t,.ans of the " gentle craft" are petitioning the
legislature for protection. If the " glorious system". con-
tinues for a few year., ..;ii nation or .pau-
pers—thanks to wit ig liberality.—Morning Herald.
An Iron Stone Mine has been discovered upon the Manors
of Sir Henry Wyndham and Sir George Musgrave, Batts.
near to Croglin in Cumberland, by J. Fulltaia and Co., of-Al-
sten,' who have taken up grants from the abovenamed gentle-
Men to work the same, and they are now raising the ore in
abundance in both of the manors.—Newcastle Journal.

. The effigy of the Bishop of Durham, together with a volume,
bearing the title of Turner's Sermoni, were paraded through
the streets of Bishop Auckland, on Monday evening, and af-
terwards publicly burnt together in the market-place. The
Bishop was dressed in his canonicals, hearing a torch in his
hand, and having the inscription of Unitarian Bishop. —New-
castle- Journal.

EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants who sailed from
this port to British America, the United States, and our
Australian 'Coldnies, during the last .spring and sumnier.
amounted to 2,400. or thereabouts. Owing to the unsettled
state•of affairs in America, emigration thither was very small,
while in some measure, from the same cause, the number of
emigranti to Australia was increased, 551 passengerslaving
left for New South Wales.

Ism,: 60 MAN.—On Tuesday a petition, containing be--
tween Sand 900 signatures, was forwarded from this town to
the Lieutenant-Goliernor, praying his Excellency to prevent
the further exportation of potatoes, an adequate quantity of
which is so essential to the poor at all times, but especially
when the price of bread-corn has risen so much above its
usual rate in the island.

A DEAR LETTER.—On Saturday morning the letter-car-
rier presented to Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son, nursery and
seedsmen, Hunter-square, a packet addressed to them from
Calcutta, marked " Seeds," for which the sum (4.1;114 and a
halfpenny was charged for the postage.—Edinburgh Courant.
The harvest is not yet over in the Ochills. There are still
a good many fields of corn in the stook, which, when thrashed
out and ground, will give a very small return. There are se-
veral fields of potatoes still in the ground. The intense frost
which has set in prevents their being dug up, and will, it is
to be feared, render them of little value.—. Edinburgh Evening
Post.

Though the lower parts of the country are yet free from
snow, the whole range of the Cheviot and other hills in the
North have been covered for some days past with their wintry
mantle; throughout the present week the weather has been
unusually cold for this season of the year, the wind blowing
from the-North-East, and frosts prevailing during nights.—
Newcastle Journal.

DESTRUCTION OF THE PALACE OF RAPHOE BY FIRE.—
This magnificent structure is now a heap of ruins. It was
burnt to the ground on riday night. Raphoe is one of the
suppressed sees, and since the death of the late excellent pre-
late, Dr. Bissett, who had expended a considerable sum in
improving it, the palace was occupied by a care-taker and
his family, employed by the ecclesiastical commissioners,
whose property it was. The conflagration is supposed to
have been caused by the lighting of a fire in one of the un-
occupied rooms, which was not properly attended to. The
only article of furniture was an organ that belonged to the
late bishop, which was saved.

•
Two bears were killed not many days since in the environs
of Somvix, in the canton of the Orisons—no uncommon oc-
currence in that country, but on this occasion the death of
one of the bears was attended with a curious circumstance.
The animal was struck but not killed by the ball fired at him,
and he retained force enough left to spring upon and grasp
the hunter. A struggle ensued, during which the man and
beast rolled over a steep precipice, and were buried in the
bottom of a deep ravine filled with snow. Here they were
found clasped together by another hunter, who soon de-
spatched the bear and released his adversary, who was not
,dangerously hurt.
One day last week. Mr. Bailey, bookseller, Wotton-under-
Edge, on his way to Uley, observed a quantity of wild straw-
berries growing on the bank by the side of the road quite
ripe. There is an apple tree in the garden of Mr. F. Dauncey
at the steep, Wottou-under-Edge, now in full blossom.—
Bath Chronicle.

STATE OF TRADE.—Within the last few days, there has
been very little demand for yarn; and, as there is reason
to believe that the rivers in the noith of Germany are now
closed, much activity in the market can hardly be expected.
For manufaCtured
.goods of most descriptions there is still a
fair demand, and stocks continue very low.—Manchester
Guardian.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE CONSERVATIVE DINNER.—This
dinner took place at Evesham on Friday last, at which about
150 were present. The chair was taken by J. W. Jones, Esq.
who was supported by some of the first gentlemen in the
county. • Mr. St. Paul. M.P., Mr. Barneby, M.P., Mr.
Vakington, M.P., and the Rev. J. Harling, addressed the
meeting in excellent speeches.

GIANT CELEay.—Vie have received an uncommonly fine
specimen of the Giant Celery. It was grown at Castlefreke,
the seat of Lord Carbery, and a single head weighed 21b. 2ez.
It was accompanied by an equally favonrable specimen of
the American Potato. Specimens of the Celery may be seen
at Mr. Ilartland's and Mr. Haycroft's—the former says it is
the finest he has ever met with.—Cork ConslituNon.

TAKING TT COOLLY.—As the Firefly was coming into dock
in the Hull basin, on Monday morning, a sailor fell over-
board ; he sank, but instantly rose again, when his messmates
threw a rope to him, which he caught hold of, and they began
to haul hint on board, upon which Jack called out, "Avast
there, leave gio hauling ; I fell overboard. by myself, and I'll
get on beard by myself; which he effected by climbing up
the ship's side, as if nothing bad happened.—nuil paper.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 26.—We
have had a brisk market to-day quite equal to those of past
weeks. The chief demand still continues to be for low priced
goods, and former rates have been fully maintained. The
good demand for flannels, at present, may partly be attributed
to the severe frosty weather,i which has generally a consider-
able influence on the flannel market at this time of the year.
The wool market is steady, and without, alteration in prices.
The effect of Mr. Urquhart's valuable and eloquent expo-
sitions of the foreign and commercial relations of the king-
dom, addressed to the Chamber of Commerce of this town,
will be felt throughout the mercantile communities of the
British empire, and cannot fail to awaken their feelings and
arouse their energies. The merchants of Leeds and of Hull
have, we understand, invited Mr. Uurquhart to visit their
towns, for the purpose of addressing them ; and those of
other places, we have no doubt, will follow the example.—
Newcastle Journal.

Last week some boys were amusing themselves with letting
off fire-works and guns at Burton-upon Trent, when the con-
tentents of one of the pieces, consisting of paper pellets,
were discharged into the abdomen of a girl named Ellen
Warren, who was looking on the sport. The sufferer was
immediately removed to her father's residence in New-street,
where she lingered in great agony until Sunday, when she
expired. Ors a post mortem examination, the pellets, which
consisted of pieces of printed paper wetted and squeezed
into balls, were found to have passed through the viscera and
lodged in the lungs and liver. A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental Death," and strongly condemned the
use of lire-arms in a town.—Derby Mercury.

A PROPHECY FULFILLED.—The cause of all the mishaps
of her Majesty's must wise and paternal government is at
length developed. The mighty mystery in which the germ

push them tram their stools were involved has been unravel-
led. Hear the awful reproach of Francis Moore, in his sage
" Judicium Asirologicum pro Anne 1539." Thus speaks the
ancient physician and astrologer :—" Her Majesty's govern-
ment, to do them but justice, look about them pretty warily;
I wonder, therefore, they do not study my alinanack more
attentive. Why have they disregarded my repeated warn-
ings, year after year, about Canada ? All the evils now de-
plored would have been prevented : but will not exult in a
nation's mortification." Old Francis, we see, is thus as mag-
nanimous as he is wise.

A GIPSY WEDDING.—A wild and singular scene was ex-
hibited on the Dunkeld road, a little above the barracks, on
Monday last. A band of gipsies, numbering upwards of a
dozen, encamped at the road side, when two of the party
were joined in wedlock, according to the fashion of their peo-
ple. A deep caroue followed the ceremony, which was kept
up for many hours, so long, indeed, as any of the "ruin"
remained, or they were able to swallow the. liquor. At the
commencement of the dobauch mirth and good humour pre-
vailed among the troop; but as the whiskey did its work,
very different feelings were manifested. Ere all was ended,
men and women were shouting, cursing, and fighting
together in one general melee; and, when no longer able to
"wag a tongue or lift a hand," the party dropped down here
and there upon the road, in the stupor of intoxication, the
bride and bridegroom being snugly "bedded" in a ditch!—
Perth Paper.
SINGULAR AND APPALLING EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.
—Last week a person died, who, along with his partner, was
in very respectable business in Preston ; his death being
mainly attributable to a long course of indulgence in •in-
toxicating liquors. He had, however, latterly become a tee-
totaller. He was interred on Sunday, and his partner (an
old man) went to his funeral. The latter became excessively
drunk from the liquor which lie took after the funeral, and on
going home late at night, he joked with his wife about the
mourning she would wear when he was dead. A few moments
after this circumstance, he went up stairs with the intention
of going to bed, when; being'unable to preserve his balance,
he fell backwards over to the bottom of the stairs. He never
spoke afterwards, having died almost instantaneously.—
Preston Chronicle.

AN IMPOSTOR.—A pretended ;,tipsy called lately at the
house of a dress maker, in Preston; and gave her an orde r
for making 18 white lutestriug dresses, and as many white
lutestring bonnets, for a wedding that had tii take place in
the course of eight weeks. She then pulled out a quantity
of lace, and wished the dress-maker to -buy some, observing
that she considered it would,be lucky for her, inasmuch as
for every farthing she spent in the purchase of the lace she
would receive as many pounds iu retuin. The dress-maker,
however, had more sense than be duped; but there are others
to whom the impostor has succeeded in selling her coarse
and spurious articles of lace at a most exorbitant price. The
same cheat likewise ordered of a respectable confectiOner in
the town, forty pounds weight of bridercake, against the pre-
tended wedding.—Manchester Guardian.

CLavaa APPREHENSION OF HiGnwAraisN.—A daring
act of highway robbery took place on Tuesday, about six
p. in. in the lane leading to Tiehfield Common, by two fellows
named Fennell and Smith, who stopped Mr. Davis, jun., of
York Buildings, on his roan to Southampton in a gig; one
seized the horse's head, and the other jumped up behind, and,
placing his arms round Mr. Davis's neck, rifled his pockets
of his purse, containing 20s. in silver, having in vain tried to
pull him out of his gig. The ruffians overlooked a gold watch
which Mr. Davis had about him, it is presumed, owing to
their being disturbed by hearing some one approach: They
then turned the horse's head towards Titchtield, and made
for Southampton. Mr. Davis soon after met Mr. Edward
Knight, of Southampton, upholder; and on hearing the cir-
cumstances, Mr. Knight drove on With the gig he was in,
overtook and passed the fellows, and suspecting they would
pass over 41chen Bridge, instructed the men on board to keep
the bridge in the middle of the river after they got them on
it.- This was well executed, and Mr. Knight speedily re-
turned with the police, and secured them in the middle-of the
river, where the bridge stopped, and they have since been
committed. Too much praise- cannot be awarded to Mr.
Knight for his courage and clever management of the capture.
—Salisbury and lViltshire Herald.

A CLEVER COBB USR.---The following is from the Notting-
ham Review of Friday week :—The other evening we pain a
visit to a modest, unassuming young man residing on the
Mansfield road, of the name of Whittle, a native of this
town, and by trade a shoemaker: but who, having a strong
taste for mechanism, has abjured his business, and is now
following the avocation of a smith. lie has lately completed
a small steam-engine, on the condensing principle, which,
for neatness and Leauty of workmanship, we- have not seen
equalled; the cylinder. is three inches in diameter, and the
stroke six inches, and it works with all the steadiness and
regularity of a larger engine.' We were also extremely gra-
tified by the inspection of a lathe, with screw, butting. tackle,
&c., complete, with which he produced some singularly
beautiful specimens of eccentric turning. But it is not only
as an inventive. mechanist this self-taught young man sur-
prised us, for as .a draughtsman of machinery, we do not
think Nottingham has his equal; in his drawings of the most
complex machinery, there is a clearness and precision but
rarely met with, even in professional draughtsmen. We must
add, that some of his m,chatiitial combinations for producing
various artrcles are distinguished- for great ingeninty,and
ihov , our readers will ask, has M,, Whittle found time to ac-
quite so much knowledge? By deioting those hours to study
which most do to sleep, and in the intervals of his employ-
ment. .Talent like Mr. Whittle's must ti.':e its way: and,
unless we are .very much mistaken, he be au honour to
the town of which he is a native.

NEWLY INVENTLD litoCcu.—A practical farmer in the
north of Lincolnshire has invented a plough which he has
made throughout with his own hands, and which he proposes
to call the "Farmer's Friend," as performing its work more
effeetoati, , -with a great saving of 11°1.Fr-flesh and wear and
tear of materials. This plough has no slips ; but by means
of a light wooden wheel, about the size of au ordinary barrow
wheel, attached to the lower part of the left hail or rail, and
of a smaller one placed in the beam, the draught is more
easily effected; and the only other pressure being thrown
equally upon the share from eud to end, it wears sharp and
not blunt as in the common plough, -and consequently will
last so much longer. Some experienced ploughmen have
tried it, and pronounce it the best they have ever seen; they
calculate that more than half a horse-power in two horses
will be saved, and the share will last twice the time of the
ordinary one. Another advantage is, that it will plough land,
however hard, and is with.ditficulty thrown out of its course;
when that happens,it immediately re-inserts itself to the pro-
per depth, without any .exertion of the ploughman beyond
keeping it straight,. The inventor represents the smaller
wheel as not absolutely necessary, except for the inexperi-
enced ploughman; hut. it is very useful on moving the
plough from place toplace, rendering a sledge ttnnecessary.—
Adreitiser. • . .

THE RULING PASSION STRONG AFTER DEATH.—An old
lady, in a retired part of the Peak, had plagued her liege-
lord some forty years., in consequence of an apparently unex-
tiuguishable thirst; and it was a subject of remark in the
neighbourhood, that she was always more thirsty in propor-
tion to the potency of the beverage at.the time within reach.
The husband was one day persuaded, by some friends, to try
the effect of 'a surfeit on his spouse, and for this purpose be
purchased a bottle each of the best brandy, gin and rum, and
placed them on the table at supper time. Many were the
thanks and endearments bestowed on him, and great was the
demolition of the three alcoholic preparations. So much so,
in fact, that some neighbours, who dropped in about mid-
night (by previous appointment) to see the effects of the
experiment, severally declared, that the dose was sure to do
good one way or. the other, on the kill or cure principle.
Total insensibility, at length, canto on, and in this state they
deposited her in a large meal chest, and sat down to await
the result. Towards daybreak the old dame began to be
restless, and, about breakfast time, she fairly awoke. All
was dark—all was still: Not a whisper escaped the philoso-
phical experimentators, when, after considerable scratching,
and feeling, and fumbling in her narrow prison, she, at length,
in a very sepulchral tone, broken only by an occasional
hiccup, delivered herself of the following soliloquy:—" Why,
I'm dead—and buried—and in my coffin. Oh ! that last
tumbler of ruin punch did the mischief. Well, I declare,
how thirsty I am." After giving two or three distinct taps
against the side of her supposed coffin, she shouted, as loud
as her situation would permit, "Dan ve sell ony drink in
this country." The husband and neighbours were, by this
time, fully convinced that the experiment was a failure. The
lady was released from the meal chest, and still continues to
take a wee drop, whenever she has a wee drop to take.—
Derbyshire Courier.

CURIOUS ANSUDOTE.—An anecdote to the following pur-
portis going the round of the French papers :—One of the most
pleasing cantatrices of the Parisian stage was, a short time
since, on a provincial tour with her husband, when she found
herself exposed to the disagreeable assiduities of a rich old
Turcaret of one of the principal towns of France. This per-
son could devise no other means of making himself welcome
to the lady than by writing her a very impudent letter, and
enclosing in it a note for 500 francs. Feeling the insult very
warmly, the lady put the note into her husband's hands,
who, to avenge himself as a man of wit and good sense, wrote
exactly a similar note to the wife of the old gentleman, a
young woman like his own, and enclosed in it the 500 franc
note, and sent it to her with all proper mystery and precaution.
This lady, nut less insulted in her affections than the canta-
trice, gave the letter to her husband, who concealed his as-
tonishment, and affeCtecrto treat the affair as one that had
better be hushed up than be made a noise about. His wife,
however, who was not aware of the real circumstances of the
case, was by no means disposed to take it so easily, and, ac-
cordingly, went to the cantatrice to tell her of her husband's
supposed infidelity. An explanation ensued, and the result
has been a legal demand of separation, corps et blend, made
by the lady against the old gentleman.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—On Thursday the 'ship Welcoine,
Captain Ritchie, sailed with a fair wind from Greenock, for
Adelaide, with eighteen cabin, four intertnediate, and a full
complement of the commissioners' steerage passengers.
This is the first ship which has sailed from the Clyde to
South Australia, and we are happy to learn the complete
success of this commencement of a trade which is likely soon
to be of great importance between this country and the rising
colony. So great was the quantity of goods offered, that
about 100 tons were short shipped. The cabin passengers
were of a very superior class to the general run of emigrants.
They were accompanied down the Clyde by a large party of
friends, who engaged a steam-boat for the purpose, and parted
above the Cloth Lighthouse with three hearty cheers from
each vessel. The Welcome is to be succeeded by the Lady
Bute, lately launched at Greenock, and decidedly one of the
handsomest ships yet built in the Clyde.—Glasgow Courier.
A PaacTlcs JOKE.—A gentleman, of considerable talent
as an orator, became a member of a legislative body, in one
of the Eastern States. In speaking, he was addicted to an
odd habit of handling his spectacles,—first placing them
upon his nose, suffering them to remain a minute or two,
throwing them upon his forehead, and finally folding them
up and laying them before him upon the desk. One day, a
very important question came up • for consideration, and he
commenced a speech in opposition. A friend to the proposed
measure, who was a most incorrigible wag withal, deter-
mined to spoil the effect of the honourable member's re-
marks. and accordingly, before he entered the house, provi-
ded himself with a dozen pairs of spectacles. The menthes
commenced his speech with his usual ability. But a few
minutes had elapsed before he %vas at work with his spectacles,
and .finally got them upon his forehead. At this Junction,
our wag, who stood ready, laid another pair upon the desk
before the speaker. These were taken up, and by regular
gradations, gained a place upon his forehead, by the side of
the other. A third, fourth, and fifth pair was disposed,of in
the sane manner. A smile settled upon the countenance of
the honourable members, which gradually lengthened into a
grin, and at last, when the speaker had warmed into one of
the most patriotic and eloquent sentences, he deposited a
sixth pair with the others, and there was one long and loud
peal of laughter from all quarters of the hall—president,
clerks, members, joined in chorus. The speaker looked
round in astonishment at • this curious interruption; but ac-
cidently raising his head, he grasped the spectacles, and the
whole force of the joke rushed upon his mind. He dashed
the glasses upon the floor, took up his hat, and left the hall.
The bill passed by a triumphant majority, probably in con-
sequence of the gentleman's very billy and useless "habit.—
Cincinnatti New:.

THE BATTERSEA PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Harris, the pedes.
trian, is still prosecuting his arduous task of walking 1750
miles in 1000 successive hours, and fast advancing to the com-
pletion of it, having performed 1465 miles at eight o'clock
on Saturday night. lie appears in good spirits, but, as the
difficulties of the match now daily thicken upon him, his phy-
sical energies begin to • fail. lie no longer walks with this
firm and vigorous step as heretoline, but evidently labours
under a weakness of the sinews, which causes his action to
be traced and enfeebled. Ills cough (caught during the late
rains) is of a most violent and trying description; in addi
Lion to which he suffers considerably from sores and blister
in his feet, produced by his lengthened walking, that cause l
Partial limping. He sleeps but little, but that little is soup
and refreshing. lie says himself that he could now do will
out any sleep at all until the wager shall be_kerfected.
anAi,,Ty w comptete It tang 06great as to keep him abut):
continually awake. Should he accomplish it, of which hk
has himself no doubt, he calculates that he shall receive
about £lOO, depending entirely upon the generosity of the,"
who have betted in his favour. Several heavy bets were laid
during the past week, and, in consequence of 'Barris having
completed so much of his arduous undertaking, odds are is
his favour of live to one.—Morning Herald.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT STORAL—Tuesday was the
anniversary of the great storm in. England in 1703, which
caused more devastation throughout England than any situ['
lar calamity on record. We ale informed, by a writer of that
period, that this fearful tempest was preceded by a strong
westerly wind, which set in about the middle of November
and increased daily to such a degree that, on the 26th beta'
ness was totally suspended, and few persons had courage to
leave their dwellings. The succeeding night was dreadful,
and the noise made by the wind resembled a continuous peel
of thunder. 123 persons were killed in the course of the
night and following morning by the fall of buildings, and
nearly the same number of persons were buried alive in the
ruins of their own habitations. On the 27th London pre'
sented the appearance of a desolate and ruinous city ; the
principal thoroughfares were rendered impassable, for the
ruins of houses and tenements blown down. About 800
dwellings were laid in ruins, and a few of those that resisted
escaped from being unroofted, a fact that receives additioual
confirmation from the circumstance of house tiles, which bad
recently been selling at 21s. per thousand, rose 10E6. The lead,
which covered 100 churches and other public buildings, was
rolled up and hurled in prodigious quantities to almost
tu-
credible distances. The damage done in the city of London
alone was estimated at the vast sum of £2,000,000. Only
four vessels remained moored between Loudon-bridge and
Limehouse, the rest being driven below, and mostly destroyed
by beating against each other. Those who perished in the
floods of the Thames, Severn, on the coast, and in ships
blown away and never heard of afterwards, are estimated at
8000. The Eddystone Lighthouse was also destroyed on the
night of the 27th, the lives of its architect, Mr. Winttaulev,
and other persons who were in it at the time, being sacriflce.d•
SINGULAR AND INTERESTING STAG HUNT.—A few dap'
ago, two gentlemen, passing through the demesne of Calor-
nane. near Killarney, had their attention arrested by a loud
barking of a terrier, which had accompanied them, in an ad-
joining thicket, when, on turning round,' to their great sur-
prise, they beheld a noble specimen of that beautiful animal
the red deer, which has of late contributed so much to the ill'
terest with which every eye beholds the enchanting scenery
of Killarney. One moment, and away he bounded towards
Cahirnane•House, doubled back by the avenue, till he reached
the gate, and, impeded here by some persons attracted to the
spot, leapt the stone fence and pailiug, a little to the left,
when, after swimming the 'leak, he bent his way for the tollo,
of Killarney, which he would have entered, but for a party 0'
boatmen. A general pursuit here took place on the part of
several inhabitants of the town, in the course of which one
individual was severely hurt, who had endeavoured to impede
his progress after his le-crossing the Flesk. Leaving his pur'
suers at fault, after a hot chace, the antlered Monarch finally
gained the lake, and, taking the soil, sought repose in an ad-
joining island. Next day, however, his rest was disturbed by
the Muckruss pack, and be was soon se( n en homing towards
the mainland, with the dogs at his heels. tiainin; terra firnut,
he ran for about half a mile, and again took the soil, making
for Castlelough Point. lntercepted here, he strrined away
towards Castlelough House, where he had nigh demolisbegl,
a fair specimen of the "precious porcelain of human dap,"
but for her presence of mind in suddenly opening her no'
brella in his face. Diverted from wreaking his anger on the
fair demoiselle, he made fur a neighbouring wood, the hounds
still following him in full cry. Aroused from this retreat, be
was once more seen taking the water, the. hounds switniuirif
after with unabated vigour,' when, the, shades of evening
closing in, he baffled his pursuers--Tralee Mercury.
MUNTZ AND lIIS WIIIAKERS.—We extract the ful'
lowing paragraph front the Northampton Ilereld of last week:
—" A correspondent on whose veracity we place the fullest
reliance, informs us, that the friends and supporters of this
celebrated Birmingham political character are at this mo-
ment in a state of painful anxiety and excitement at the pre'
veiling rumour of a het for a large amount, which has been
made by a certain Nobleman and some other friends well
known in the spotting circles. His Lordship,„it is stated,
has staked a considerable sum that he will, on or before. the
25th of December next, with his own hand, ' shave one side,
of Mr. Muntz's face.' The determined resolution and coot
courage of the hero of the 'morning star,' coupled with the
fact of the arrival of several strange and mysterious:.looking
characters, part of whom have taken up their quarters in the,
immediate vicinity of Mr. Muntz's country residence, lead
to the expectation of this unexampled feat
shortly. Mr. Mintz is continually well and
.povverfullY
coining off'. YerY
guarded, and does not, be says, intend to he deprived of the
distinguishing feature in his personal appearance without u
struggle." Whether this extraordinay bet has really been
made or not we have no. means of knowing, but the rumour
has•been gaining ground for some time past, and we do knots
that it has given our old pet, Mr. Muutz, no small unee'i"
ness. The eccentric character of the Noble Marquis to
whom the paragraph alludes gives an air of strong prebabilitY
to the report, and if his Lordship has made such a bet, 116
will gladly bet long odds that he wins it.—Birming/urta ,
vertiser,

THE MANUFACTURE OF SHERRY.—The old wines are kept
in huge casks—not much inferior iu size to the great tun ?;
Heidelberg—called 'Madre' butts; and some of these 01"
ladies contain wine that is 120 years of age. It must, how-
ever, be confessed, that the plan adopted in keeping them L 0
partakes somewhat of 'rote imposture delicate ;' since, when:
ever a gallon of wine is taken from the 120 year old butt, it
replaced by a like quantity from the next in seniority, and d°
on with the rest; so that even the very oldest wines in the
store are daily undergoing a mixing process. It is thus pert
fectly when a customer writes for a 'ten-year old' t
ul.Sherry, to expect to receive a wine which was grown that
number of years previously. He will get a most excellent
wine, however, which will, probably, be prepared for him tp
the following manner :—Three-fourths of the butt will coni
sist of three or four year old wine, to which a• few gallons
rujarete,. or Amontillado, will be added, to give the part'.
(Altar flavour or colour required; and the remainder will b°
made up of various proportions of old wines, of differeo
vintages; a dash of brandy being added, to preserve it frl
seasickness during the voyage. To calculate the age of Int!,
mixture, appears, at first sight, to involve a laborious aril.
metical operation. But it is very simply dune, by strik'
an average in the following manner:—The fon, we t
suppose, is a four-years' old wine, with which figure we in?'
therefore commence our calculations. To flavour and Oi k
age to this foundation, the hundred and twenty years
'maitre' is made to contribute a gallon, which, being about
the hundreth part of the proposed butt, diffuses a year's
turity into the composition. The centigenarian stock-un,
next furnishes a quantity, which in the same way adds ao",
ther year to its age. The next in seniority supplies a 111,1',
portion equivalent to a space of two yea's ; and a fourth au
a similar period to its existence. So that, without going ,
ther, we have 4 ><2 V,2=--10, as clear as the sun at non';
day, or a demonstration in Euclid.—Captain Scott's Exo.
sions.

DEAFNESS.—It unfortunately happens, says Mr. ry
Curtis, in an article in the Lancet fur November, that a st_eii'e
strong prejudice is entertained by the nen-professional Pub re
against having recourse to professional assistance for the O
of deafness, a complaint which is, in general, looked ul'°„aj
when commencing, as trivial, and when established, asheYac'i,
ten e powers of art to remove. This unhappy feeling is a Prla
pat cause of the great numbers of deaf persons who are COiit
staptly met with in society, and who, to remedy is complaik;
which in all probability can be cured, or at least alleviated, ti
proper nteasures,have recourse le palliative plans of t reatilo",e
and use acoustic iustrutnente, by trusting to which they,
that time to be frittered uselessly away its which, bs, thejtrul-a,
misapplications of remedies they might be cured. It is a sitgesa
gar fact, if we take into consideration the dampness of t", by
countries, that in Holland and Belgium, as I was inform{ u er
some medical authorities when I was there, there are fel,.
cases of confirmed deafness than there are in these isluatbe
but the reason for it is evident, the disease is attacked to
beginning, and, removed before it can fix itself, or cause ir't,
mediable mischief. The inhabitants of those countries sold
be all surists, using fothentations of aromatic herbs' 1e
cleansing of the meatus, as soon as the ear becomes sue-, a.
and acting on the only- true and wise principle, venienti 19°s 0,
rite morbo. One of the principal, and most cocuni!,,,
causes of deafness is a deficiency of the secretion, from
want of action of the cerumiuous
glands. Many case bee
loss of hearing which have beets under my care, even !fa.
the disease has been of long standing, have been fairly
able to this cause, and, on its removal, the deafness
appeared ; of course, in a longer or shorter time, actort of
to the previous duration of the disease, and the severt Yoe
!he primary cause of the inaction of the glands. Whe%ces
meatus auditorious has been duly cleansed, and the or_toeal
of the ducts have been, as it were, re-opened, by the relti, a
of the diseased secretion -by whiCh they were occludeuthe
moderate stimulant is of essential service in restoring
..eV
glands to healthy action; but the cleansing is inaperetrtioa
necessary, and nu remedy will be of use until that op ,a-
has been properly performed. 1 generally employ a with a
ration consisting of half an ounce of ox-gall, mixed v!.4iich
drachm of tincture of castor or tincture of musk, with 7.stus
a piece of cotton is moistened, arid inserted luta the n7_eiag
at night, to soften the hardened cerumen, the ear one
syringed in the morning with warm water, to svhie; beets
ounce of soap liniment and a little eau de Cologne hay gab
of
added. 1 occasionally substitute the solution of potaatioa
the Pharmacopoeia, with oil of almonds, for the PrePar the
of ox-gall and castor, with equal advantage its dissolvrater
cerumen. In effecting this, it is necessary to be panic
bas
in the choice of a syringe. When this important ohiee_t
te' to
been obtained, and the ducts and glands are in a fit stet
of
be acted on by the stimelant, a solution of creosote tie tads
to be of great advantage in inducing the cerumiuous slap
to resume their healthy action.
-ally ill
TIIE HiloMoori.—lt is believed generally, es eel
of the
the neighbourhood of Paris, that in certain months _aa
year the moon exerts a great influence on the 'plieullooo,
vegetation. Gardeners give the name of the " Re.l „ad the
to that moon which is full between the middle of
rp at
close.of May. According to them, the light of the ine oopeurig
that season exercises an injurious influence upon th r, the
shoots of plants. They say that when the sky is clot' „re
leaves and buds exposed to the lunar light reddens, sauased
killed as if by frost, at a time when the thermometer Vt_Peziag
in the atmosphere stands at many degrees below the frees ape
point. They say, also, thet if a clouded sky intercesl",_ the
moon's light, it prevents these injurious consequencee reunaal
plants, although the circumstances of temperature ago.
in both-cases. Any person who is acquainted with theo dan-
tiful theory of dew, which we owe to )Jr. Wells, find o,,ted to
culty in accounting for these effects, erroneously' "
i,llsub'
the snoon. If the heavens be clear and unclouded,
stances on the surface of the earth which are strongn the
ful radiators of heat lose temperature by radiation they
00'
unclouded sky returns no heat to them to restore
n:'7aaees,t,
have lost. Such bodies, therefore, under these circu "even
becomethey be bteh
tarn, z theee.
Ice,t surroundingfa e, i producers
e,eetvreal
climates by similar means. But if the firmaneut be "
in clouds. These clouds having
t• flees upon tio- lose
will restore by their radiation. to subs d
I einselves
of the earth, as much heat as such substanctisclmst.. dies v!tto
ill
by radiation : the temperature, therefore, of
air
sh '
urrata-jad
be maintained at a point equal to that ttr t
re strong A
them. Now the leaves a" nut"' sof Pla•nts a theY ther't
the quality of radi.ist.itbigurbrxec:
powerful, radiators of heat; when the sky is clear,
the otkoe
fore lose temperature, and may be frozen; if
m
hand, the sky is clouded, their tempera ur is ai
no cop"
The moon, therefore, has
the reasons above stated.
betties thellot
would suffer under the same eirctimstances,lw
uite true I ns
is above or below the horizon. It is plants y grout
s_.,rer a
'section whatever with this effect : and it is certain that errs on
less it be visible; because a c
'anisclouds
much to the production of the injury to the p •
...me
,_0
if the moon be above the horizolenatrheskpyisiucdispen;Lliejithse
which veil the moots, and intercept her ig , adver
prevents the injury her' the egg',
visibility of the moon ; and. on the otherlh.aintd,!,:vree'b"ack to tend
plants that warmth which
to.
b tithe nce is
dis-
but wrong as to the cause; and its ertrssbetels
covered, by showing that, on a clear night, Pae"„avesthetes
The popular opinion, therefore, is right as to tu
snueive,r.a_ndmotbnethrielifocrehrnmodtelvei.sible, the plants Y "