The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

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and obtained possession of the chair in question, and had
it conveyed to his residence at Slane Castle, county Meath.
His lordship, when asked for the chair by the committee,
at once sent it to the exhibition, and Her Majesty sat
't again on Tuesday last.
bust( FISITERIES.—A company is about being formed
in London to fish the coasts of the United Kingdom, but
more particularly those of Ireland and Scotland. The
movement is headed by Sir Jas. Duke. The great power,
both on land and water, will be steam. It is intended to
build a fleet of sixty sailing smacks, of from fifty to eighty
tons burtheu, to be employed in fishing on the banks or
in the open sea. These will be waited on by a sufficiently
large number of well-provided steamers, of from one
hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty tons bur-
then, to be propelled by the screw. The live fish will be
transferred from the smacks to the steamers, and taken
alive in the wells to a port where a railroad affords the
most rapid mode of conveyance to the best markets. The
petition for a charter of incorporation, limiting the lia-
bility of the shareholders, was to be presented to the
Queen during her visit to the Irish metropolis.
A "COOLING Fouls fifu."—lfamediately after the de-
livery of her Majesty's reply to the address of the Dublin
Exhibition Committee, an incident occurred which en-
tirely disturbed.for a moment the gravity of state ceremo-
nial. An elegant bronze fountain, which afforded sundry
tempting positions for a better view of the ceremonial,
and which had been left au sec, suddenly assuming its
appropriate functions, discharged. a copious shower bath
upon a number of eager spectators that had availed them-
selves of the advantages which it so insidiously presented.
Was this the work of some Jesuit traitor, who gratified
his bitter spite by administering this cooling application
to the enthusiasm of the people, or the effect of a dark re-
venge on the part of the fountain-maker, for the desecra-
tion of his handiwork ? Was it the envy of a less fortu-
nate spectator, who thus resented the inferiority of his
own position, or was it simply meant as a demonstration
to her Majesty of Paddy's penchant for a lark ? We
incline to the last-named supposition.
GLIMPSES OF DUBLIN.—At the first cursory view
Dublin seems very deficient in houses of public enter-
tainment. No swinging doors invite the passers by—no
glistening bars dazzle the toper's eyes. He sees plenty of
hotels and plenty of grocers, but few what may be called
publichou.ses. When, however, he has been a very few
days in Dublin, he discovers that in almost every " hotel"
(the Sackville-street and aristocratic ones I exclude, of
course) he ma, be provided with refreshment as moderate
,as a " dandy' of punch, or modicum of whisky and hot
water, which costeth twopence; or that in almost every
shop where tea and coffee and sugar are sold there also is
sold the enlivening beverage extolled by poets, but de-
nounced by Father Mathew, the " rale potheen," from a
pennyworth up to a gallon, which costeth eight shillings.
There are, I believe, some excise and municipal regula-
tions, limiting the drinking of whisky on the premises,
which prompt some grocers of tender consciences to pro-
vide back yards, with back outlets, into which customers
accidentally stray to drink their whisky, and find as ac-
cidentally such waifs and strays as "materials," i. e., hot
water, sugar, and lemons, under a water-butt, or what
not ; but, in general, there seems no disguise about the
matter ; and, in the dram-drinking line, the grocer as
plainly means whisky as, in England, the Alton alehouse
means beer.—Household Words.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A case of family embroilment
took place recently in Belfast between parties in a re-
spectable line of life, which very nearly terminated fatally.
A commercial traveller and his wife, both foreigners, have
been residing at lodgings ; and on Sunday evening, after
dinner, some conversation ensued between them, the effect
of which was to excite in the lady deep feelings of jealousy.
The gentleman threw himself on a sofa, and fell into a
sleep, and the lady left the house, having first written a
note, which she left on the table, with her gold watch and
jewellery. The poor woman repaired to Prince's Dock,
about nine o'clock, into which she threw herself, and from
which her rescue was almost miraculous. Three boys had
been in a boat down the river, and were returning when a
cry was raised of a body in the water. They pulled to the
place indicated, and one of them succeeded in securing a
hold of the poor woman's dress, and with great difficulty
she was taken out. She was quite insensible, and it was
the general opinion that she was dead. She was imme-
diately conveyed by one of the constables, aided by others,
to the general hospital, where proper means were adopted
to resuscitate her, and fortunately with effect. At a late
hour last night she was recovering, and continued in a
fair way. Her husband had been searching through the
town, immediately on his reading the note, but in vain.
He calledi at the Police-office, with a view to obtain assist-
ance, and it subsequently turned out that the object of his
search was then in the general hospital, under the circum-
stances detailed above.—Belfast Mercury.

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