The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

Omen! itliszellany.

All the expelled boys have Leen readmitted into Heriot's
Hospital, at Edinburgh.
The Scottish general subscription for the relic'. of des-
titution in the Highlands has reached £27,892. 3s. 21d.
The leading brewers of the metropolis have resumed
the old prices of porter and ales.
A distant relative, Mr. Windham, has bequeathed to
the Duchtss of Sutherland £50,000.
In conseinteuce of the high price of flour, many power-
loom marinflOurers have adopted the use of ground sago,
an article which is much cheaper.
The Court.of Queen's Bench has decided that the driv-
ing a horse With a bit not sufficiently strong amounts to
driving him improperly and negligently.
INDISPOSITION OF MR. O'CONNELL.—Mr. O'Connell
was not in the House of Commons on Thursday and Fri-
(lay nights. His absence was caused by severe illness.
REPRESENTATION OF WIGAN.—An active canvass is
going on for Mr, Thickness, the death of Mr. C. Standish
being daily expected.
The Queen has directed that her statue, just completed
at Rnme by-Gibson, be. forwarded to England in time
for the Royal Academy exhibition of the present year.
The liberal electors of Leicester have invited Sir Joshua
Walmsley and Colonel Thompson to stand for that bo-
rough at the next election.

The streets of Marlborough are impassable, the snow
being full two feet deep. It is the heaviest fall that has
taken place in Wiltshire for the last seven years.
LORD GEORGE BENTINCK'S BILL.—Lord J. Russell
has stated to some of his supporters, who were wavering
in reference to this measure, that he had made up his
mind to resign if he be defeated by Lord Geo. Bentinck.
A correspondent of a contemporary calls fort-he sympa-
thy of the public towards Sir John Franklin and his
gallant crew of the polar expedition, amid the severities
of this unusually severe winter.
NOVEL APPLICATION OF ETIIER.—On Thursday, ether
vapour was applied to a vicious horse, the property of Mr.
G. Hughes, of Godstone, whilst it was shod, an operation
which it had been found impossible to perform otherwise.
FICTION.—The editor of the Burlington Free Press
informs his readers, that baying published " Dombey and
Son," and the President's Message, he ought to be ex-
cused giving any more fiction for the present.
A son of Mr. Hepple, surgeon of Durham, aged eleven
years, was drowned whilst skating on the river last Wed-
nesday. An elder brother alsO fell into the water but a
man who was passing flung himself in and saved him.
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The statement about the procession of the host, at
Kentish Town, tunas out to be false. This attempt at
imposition will be seen lw numbers who never see the de-
nial of it, and thus the object of Popery is accomplished.
' Three girls, the oldest being about the age of sixteen,
were drowned at Stockton on the evening of Tuesday.
They were sliding on a pond when the ice broke. Their
names were Hansome, Donkin, and Hutchinson.
Colonel Couolly presented a petition to parliament, on
Friday, ..from -fishmongers at Liverpool, Manchester,
Birmingham, and other places, in favour of Lord George
Bentinek's bill for promoting railways in Ireland.
No REDUCTION OF TAXATION FROM THE WHIG Go-
VERNMENT !—Lord John Russell stated on Monday, in
the house of Commons, that it is not his intention this
session to propose any alteration in the duties on tea, to-
bacco, malt, or soap.
Sir H. Douglas presented a petition to the House of
Commons on Friday from The East -India and China As-
sociation of Liverpool, praying that relief to Ireland should
be made by way of. loan, and that the surplus revenue,
should be applied to the rednefibri Of taxation.
THEATRICAL MonALiTY.--7-The Lord Chamberlain hav-
ing been informed that prostitutes are admitted without
payment. to some of the theatres and saloons in London,
has written to the managers requiring an answer on the
subject. _ _ _

'There was a general fall of one halfpenny throughout
the metropolis in the price of the 41b. loaf of bread on
Wednesday, the charge now being Bd. for inferior, and
Sid. and 10d. for the best bread. Some of the bakers are
selling a mixture of rye bread at 7d. the 41b. loaf.
SINGULAR FUNERAL.-Mr. John Lee, glazier, of Ilke-
ston, having lost an only child, and not feeling satisfied with
the Clergyman's demand for funeral expenses, had a vault
made in his parlour, in which he interred the body on
Thursday week.—Nottingham Guardian.
A NEW .COMET.—On Saturday evening, a few minutes
after nine o'clock, Mr. Hind discovered is telescopic comet
in Cepheus. The comet is a faint nebulosity, with a
slight condensation in the centre, though no positive
nucleus is visibie.

GIGANTIC BUBBLE.—Amongst the wonders of the day
is a prospectus, now in private circulation, proposing to,
unite all the collieries in Northumberland and Durham
into one joint stock company, under the title of the
"London, Northumberland, and Durham Coal Company !"
STAGE COACIIES.—There is a man, named William
Thompson, residing in Penrith, of the good old age of
ninety-eight, who remembers the first stage coach that
ever passed through that town, and, last week, the same •
venerable personage witnessed the last mail coach pais
through that once great thoroughfare.
CAUTION TO FARMERS.—Notwithstanding the severe
winter and hard frost, in turning over the soil where
potatoes had been planted, and some stragglers accident-
ally left, the white insect, about the size of a pin's head,
is still found in the ground alive and adhering to the
potato.--Edinburgh Rgi.ster.
EXPOGTATION OF WHEAT TO FRANCE.—A sale of
2,060 quarters of Liacolnabire red wheat, weighing 6315.,
has been made for shipment to Rouen".. At Paris. this
wheat i 5 worth 00s. to 82s. per quarter. At Mark Lane
it'aold at 7h:. to 725. We have however, heard it aged
that the wheat in question 'bought for teed,

BATHING EXTRAORDINARY.—AH itinerant preacher of
the Baptist persuasion has visited Bridport lately, -and, it
appears, succeeded in gaining proselytes, as on Sunday-
night, about eleven o'clock. he dipped eight adults (seve-
ral of whom were females) in the open river, at. Allington.
The weather on the occasion was intensely cold, of which
the parties gave evident proof on their being safely landed.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a circular, threat-
ens the country bankers, that if they do not discontinue
the issue of bills at short dates, which it is their custom
to put into circulation as bank notes, he will apply to Par-
Effluent for power to put an end to the abuse. This inti-
mation has, by its suddenness, caused much astonishment
among mercantile men.
EXPORT OF SALT TO INDIA.—In the House of Com-
mons, on Tuesday, Sir John Hobhouse, in reply to a
question, said that the house authorities found, on in..
quiry, that the complaints of the importers of salt were
well founded, and they had accordingly sent out instrun-,
tions to repeal the regulations of the Indian government,
and to give the importers of salt the advantages of the
bonding system of 1836.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Francis
Olifieres was found guilty of stealing two brilliant brooches,
value £4OO, from Mr'. John Linnit. The prisoner oh-
tained the jewellery on the pretence that he was commis-
sioned by the Queen to procure the articles for her. He
averred that he was regularly employed by her Majesty
and Prince Albert, and was familiar with them. He
pawned the brooches for £l5O.
THE CUCKoo.—While our London news tells us of falls
of snow obstructing the railways and stopping the mails,
the Edinburgh papers speak of winter as almost past. The
Weekly Register, published in Edinburgh, says :—"We
now see distinct indications of the approach of genial
weather. The warblers of the air may now in the morn-
ings be heard chirping their pleasant notes, and the tones
of the cuckoo announce the return of spring."
Last week, a young lady, residing at Dalton Terrace,
London, in a fit of somnambulism, got out of bed at the
dead of night, descending by the window, and, after
climbing over the wall, reached the street. The police-
man on the beat was almost frightened out of his wits,
but recovering courage on discovering the spectral looking
object, to be bona fide, flesh and blood, took her to a neigh-
bouring inn.
SUPPLY OF GRAIN FROM RUSSIA.—A letter from St.
Petersburg, dated 28th January, states that the following
pin-chases of grain, &c., for shipment to England, on the
opening of the navigation, have been effected :-110,000
chets. of wheat 1 • 300,000 chets of rye ; 300,000 chets. of
rye flour ; and 200,000 chets. of oats. It was also fur-
ther calculated that about 900,000 diets. are held, and are
coming down for shipment.

THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME.—The estates of W.
B. Cliffe, Esq., which have been so frequently advertised
for sale, were finally brought to the hammer and sold in
lots by Mr. Davies, yesterday, at Great Malvern. The
freehold and copyhold estates, measuring 500 a. Ir. 9p,,
were purchased by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, for £29,000.
We hear that Mr. O'Connor has offered £9OOO for the
Brook Estate, Leigh.—Worcester Journal.
One of the most influential meetings ever held in Sun-
derland, assembled on Wednesday, when a resolution was
passed unanimously that, certain language used by the
:Mayor, about the Conservative body, in which he likened
them to felons was, "an unfoundod and malignant
slander, and rendered him entirely unworthy of con-
fidence." His worship, who, of course, is a liberal of the
first water, will not, we suspect, continue to hold his
office after such a condemning resolution as this.
METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The payments during the-
past year amounted to £326,925 13s. 5d., thus divided:
salaries, allowances, office-rent, and expenses, £8,094
10s. sd. ; law charges, £1,705 17s. 3d. ; pay, clothing,
and equipment of police force, £281,453 17s. 7d. Under
the head of superannuation fund, the receipts were
£14,004 19s. fid. ; of this £7,880 13s. 11d. was contri-
buted from the pay of the. police, and £2,470 19s. 11d.
from fines imposed on drunken persons, and for assaults.
INTERESTING SCREW PROPELLER TRIALS.—On Wed-
nesday lait, a new screw propeller was tried on the
Thames, in a vessel called the Rifleman, designed and
built by Mr. Fincham, of Portsmouth Dock-yard ; the
screw by Miter, Ravenhill, and Co. She is of 580 tons,
with 200 horse-power. The vessel, under great draw-
-1 backs, made upwards of eight nautical miles an hour.
Another vessel, the Ranger, also built by Miller, Raven-
hill, and Co., was tried on the same day with the same
description of screw, and attained a speed exceeding nine
miles, though with only 40-horse power.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH.—An inquest was held
at Ealdbeck, Cumberland, a few days ago, on the body of
a boy, eleven years of age, named John Nelson, who died
from being hit over the head with a stone thrown at hint
by a boy, nine years of age, named Aslibridge. The head
of the deceased was cut by the stone, and a surgeon was
called in. The patient went on, to all appearance, favor-
ably, till the eighth day, when lock-jaw set in, which
caused his death in a few hours.
According to the accounts received from the north some
of the banks in the western districts of Scotland have ad-
vanced the rate of interest allowed on the accounts cur-
rent of their customers to 31- per cent., and to 4 per cent.
on deposit accounts. These northern institutions stand
high in public estimation for their sagacity, and this fact
is pretty significant of their opinion of the future, the
measure being obviously for the purpose of retaining
funds in their hands.

THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.-The estimates of the
effective and non-effective ordnance services for the year
1817-48 have been received. The gross total amount of
the estimate of the sums required for the effective and
non-effective services for the ensuing year is stated to. be
£2,862.484, of which parliament will be called upon to
vote £2,543,596. The gross total amount of the esti-
mates of the year 1846-7 was £2,717,931. thus exhibiting
an increase for the ensuing year of £135,558.
DEATH FROM EATING A TURNIP.-0/1 Wednesday
week a little boy named Merrison, residing at Lingwood,
in Norfolk, while returning from school, procured a raw
turnip, and commenced eating it. While doing so, a piece
unfortunately stuck in his throat ; he drank some water,
and though there was a slight irritation, he thought that
he had got rid of the obstruction. About an hour after,
however, on his stooping down to play with his sister, a
fit of coughing came on, which brought up the piece of
turnip into his throat, where it stuck, and caused suffoca,.
tion, the boy dying in a few minutes.
NAMES OF BANKERS.—A supplement to the London
Gazette was published on Wednesday night, with a copy
of bankers' returns, made in pursuance of the act 7th and
Bth Victoria, cap. 32, containing the names, residences,
and occupations of the proprietors of the National Pro-
vincial Bank of England, and the Westminster Bank. A
great number of ladies figure as bankers on the list, there
being not less than two hundred " spinsters," besides
one-fourth that number of " widows." "An excellent
guarantee," says the punning banker, "that a Soto at
Sight will never be dishonoured." Among the proprietors
arc persons of nearly every occupation.
PRIVATION IN ENGLAND. -In the course of hie
speech on Thursday evening Mr. Roebuck stated that in
the elegant and wealthy city of Bath which he represented;
and the Mayor of which had at his request supplied hint
with information on the condition of the poor, women
were obliged in some instances to strip their children, in
order that they might sell their rags at twopence per
pound, buying food with the produce. He had also been,
informed by the officer who went to the cottages to col-
lect taxes, which by the way were not levied in Ireland,
that in many cases the woman of the house had taken of
her wedding ring to satisfy the claim.
THE NAVIGATION LAWS.-Amongst the members
who voted for a select committee on the navigation laws,
were Lord Sandon, W. BroWn, E. Cardwell, W. Ewart,
Sir P. Egerton, T. M. Gibson, Lord Robert Grosvenor,
Earl Grosvenor, Sir J. Jervis, T. Thornely, Sir Robert
Peel and the members of the late government, and of
course Lord John Russell and the other members of the
present administration. Amongst those who voted
against the committee were Sir Howard Douglas (alwars
true to his colours), Lord G. Bentinck, John T. Clifton,
Col. Conolly, B. Disraeli, W. B. Ferrand, Geo. Hudson,
Sir R. Inglis, Lord J. Manners; &c.
THE CORN MARKETS.—A slight advance has this week
taken place in the grain markets, not, it is believed by
competent judges, to be long maintained. ' The eminent.
cornfactors of Birmingham, the Messrs. Sturge, in their
circular for February, express a decided opinion that there.
is now a stock of wheat in England sufficient to last till
next harvest; that, with an import of two millions of
quarters of Indian corn into Ireland, there will be an
adequate supply of food for the people of the United King-
dom ; that all the wheat and flour which may be imported
from the present time will form a surplus stock at harvest
time ; and that, consequently, prices are likely to decline-
to some considerable extent.

We have been informed that the Bank of England have
taken steps to lodge a credit in England, (London or Li-,
verpool,) to be drawn against in the United States, for
the purpose of saving the export of bullion to that coun
try. If this be true, it is one of the most judicious pro-.
eeedinga that_ecu•poration ever took. The great point is to
spread the pressure over four or six months ; this step, if
completely successful, will provide for three months, so.
fai as preventing the drain of bullion to the United States
is concerned. 'She amount of bullion taken out by the
yesterday is, we understand, under £300,000,
and there is but little sent by other ships.—Circular to
Bankers.

SCOTLAND.—Food rioting has commenced at Inverness;
five carts of grain, the first instalment of a shipment,
were turned aside by a crowd on Monday. At Evanton,
where a grain-ship was expected, the people waited on the,
beach for her arrival, and as night drew on kindled a fire,
in order to keep up their numbers. The vessel at last
came, but had to go back as she came, without cargo. At
Macduff an exporting-ship was stripped of her sails ; mid
at Banff booms were put across the harbour to prevent'
egress. Sail stripping was also resorted to at Gardens-
town," but, without effect; and at Port Gordon the
justices could not meet for tumult. A refractory special
constable had also, at the latter place, to take the oath at
the point of the bayonet ; and, to conclude the catalogue,
at Iluntley effigies were burned, and the gas turned off
The authorities in these and adjacent towns have done all _
they could, by subscriptions and otherwise, to mitigate
the excitement.

At the London Mansion House, on Wednesday, Robt.
Kerr, captain of the barque Levenside, was charged be-
fore Alderman Johnson, by John Forrester, with having
stolen'two parcels of diamonds of the value of £3300. As.
soon as it was known that he had absconded from Folke-
stone, a warrant was put into the hands of the Foresters,.
and im followed him to France, and brought him back,.
having upon him about £3OO. It appeared that on ar-
riving at Folkestone, on the 20th of January, he got into
a boat and started for London, where he sold the diamonds
to a Jew merchant for £1750, out of which he paid £2OO
to another Jew for the introduction to the purchaser. He
was remanded for a week. It was stated in the justice-
room, that the prisoner was plundered of almost all the
money he possessed himself of by the robbery before he
quitted town, with the exception of that which- Pores
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