The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

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MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES,

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hina feed on little else:

The amount spent in 1848 was predsely X 73,600 ls. 2d
With regard to the twopence, or even the shilling, we are

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of curries, or highly seasoned with peppercaaGU
and otherbnape hot
spices, which answer the purpose of whiskey. Before the
progress of whiskey, leper-houses, which, as Dr Ledwich
observes, were everywhere to be found in Ireland, rapidly
disappeared, and hence this healing spirit was termed the
water of life, or aqua vitce, which words rendered into
Irish are usquebaugh, emphatically called uisge, or, to use
the expression of Sir Walter Scott, " by way of eminence
termed water," and from uisge is our common word
whiskey derived.

not unwilling to repeat Mr. Mantilini's expressionof lofty
disregard, but the expenditure of the pounds sterling is a
more serious consideration. Lord Mintu, during his fa-
mous tour in Italy, cost us £2,C00. Colonel Wylde, for
his special excursion to Portugal, is credited, as a final
payment, with £595 9s. ld. About £l,lOO went in mat-
ters connected with the treaty of Washington. We for-
warded the following diplomatists to their several desti-
nations for the following sums :—Lord Cowley, to Swit-
zerland, £BOO. ; Mr. Southern, to Buenos Ayres, £l,lOO. ;
Mr. Ashburnham, as Secretary to Constantinople, £2OO. ;
Mr. H. Elliott, ditto to the Hague, £lBO. ; Mr. Howard,
ditto to Lisbon, £9O. These items are manageable
enough ; but when we turn over leaf to the persons of
distinction, and consider the cost of entertaining and con-
veying these illustrious personages, one's head gets fairly
lost. We take items at random. We entertained the
King of Mosquito and his suite, during a passage from
Blewfields to Jamaica and back, on board H.M.S. Alarm,
at the cost of £173 17s. Our knowledge of Mosquito po-
litics is limited ; we will not, therefore, express any opi-
nion upon the charge ; but Lord Minto, on a little inci-
dental trip from Genoa to Leghorn, is set down for £39
so Colonel W-' 0-

MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS.—It may be taken as
a general rule that where there is mystery there is some-
thing wrong. This feeling arose in• our mind from ob-
serving the curious announcements in the second column
of the Times, of which the following are specimens :-1.
" Stop that Piano. J. P." 2. " Louise.—D. E. Mai. 10,
—Geduld and flofFnung," (patience and hope). What
can these intimations mean ? Are they genuine ? We
suppose so, for they appear to be paid for, and yet it is
possible that they may be inserted merely for the purpose
of attracting notice to the paper. The probability is that
they originate either with persons carrying on an improper
intercourse, or with thieves availing themselves of this
row

.e of giving information to their ace°
Arne

RICHES HAVIS WINGS. -,ung the thousand victims
of the South Sea bubble, there was scarcely one more to
be pitied than a native of Leeds, of the name of Thomas
Hudson. In the early part of his life, he filled a respect-
able situation as a Government clerk in London. While
in this situation he came into possession of a large fortune
by the death of an aunt, which he unfortunately invested
in the South Sea Scheme. On the failure of this, his
darling scheme, he left his residence in a sta`e of distrac•
tion, and went to London. From this moment he becamt
insane, and "Tom of Ten Thousand," as he called him
self, wandered through the streets, wrapped in a rug, an
leaning on a crutch, without either shoes or stocking
craving assistance from th•- '

vele, on passage from iporto to Lisbon and
back, for £l5 15s. These charges are, of course, quite
independent of the large sums mentioned above. Consul
Christie got from Jamaica to Blewfields for £5 ss. as per
return ; how, then, is it that the Majesty of Mosquito,
for the same voyage and his return passage, cost us £173
17s. ? Surely what was good for a white diplomatist
was good enough for a negro king. The Lord of the
Mosquitos, directly and indirectly, figures up and down
the returns on several other occasions, and on the whole
appears to have availed himself largeiy of the services of
our ships of war. We cannot but applaud, however, the
item of £lBB 10s. for the entertainment of Commander
Genouille, and 15 other French officers, who had been
..hurl nn thu coast of Korra, on board her majesty's

AO humane, until death reletted
him from his troubles.—Percy Anecdotes.
Chloroform has been used with success as a motive
power in several steam-engines now working in Paris—
the vapour acts exactly like steam, and while it exerts its
power on one side of the piston, is condensed on the
other. The alternate vaporisation and condensation can
be continued with very little waste of the chloroform, and
a much less quantity of fuel is necessary than in an ordi-
nary engine. Marine engines on this principle are now
being constructed in Paris, and should it succeed on a
large scale, there can be no doubt it could be extended to
locomotives, in which case a great saving would result,
not only in coke, but in wear and tear, as locomotives
on this principle would be less bulky, and consequently
of a less weight, while it would not P• load

hips Daedalus and E

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We come next to another head, which is divided from
the little account from which we have been extracting by
the words, " Expenses defrayed by officers of the house-
hold, &c., not being part of the Civil List." We cannot

refrain from laying this little bill bodily before the public,
who have to pay it

mount expended for furniture for Whit

s. d
20 0 0

tendance of w•atermen at the House of

Ditto robes, collars, badges, for knights of se
ral orders

266 14 0

Ditto collar of SS fir Sergeant-at-Arms, and for
repairs to Sword of State, Lord Chancellor's
mace, &c.

the tender to half tt

e necessary to
e extent, to take fuel for the same

)itto, cOrranutation in lieu of insi

distance

of-Arms, Heralds, &c.
Ditto, triennial and other allowances to the Se

THE BONAPARTE FAMILY.—Louis Napoleon, the Pre-
sident of the French Republic, is the survivor of the three
sons of Louis Bonaparte, once King of Holland, and was
considered the most honourable member of the Bonaparte
family. Louis Napoleon is not the head of the family.
. .

geant-Trumpeter. and the other trumpeters,
and for new silver trumpets, and kettle drums 445 6 6
Surely, the last silver trumpets were not quite blown
Lt. Either our memory fails us, or we remember some
.ch item in the lost year's estimates. These instruments

____.....,
By right of primogeniture, all the descendants of Lucien are not called very frequently into use, and might, one
would take precedence of the heir of Louis ; but Napo-
would suppose, with care be made to last a considerable
leon quarrelled with Lucien, and excluded him and his time. Be this, however, as it may, the next item reads
descendants from the Empire. By the laws 28 Floreal, strangely enough , despite theexplanation given on Thursday
an. xii., and 5 Frimaire, an. xiii., Louis Napoleon is the by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It stands as follows.:
only remaining male member of the family entitled to the The amount expended for travelling expenses of R. 5* d
the King and Queen of tie Belgians, the Duke *
succession. The Prince of Canino (Lucien's eldest son)
of Saxe Coburg. and the Prince of Prussia,
is the real head of the house. He has rendered himself during their visits to this country
very conspicuous at Rome as one of the heads of the re-
Colonel Sibthorp took fire at this charge. He presumed
publican party opposed to Pius IX. Pierre (brother to these visits were made for the private gratification of the
Canino), Napoleon (son of Jerome), and Lucien Murat
personages concerned, and demanded explanation. Sir
(son of Murat, who married Caroline Bonaparte), are now
taking a prominent part in French politics. Charles Wood drily enough replied, that these charges of
ESCAPE OF A SHEPHERD FROM DROWNING.—A singe- old were formerly paid out of the Civil List, but since the
revision of that list have been paid by the public in ano-
lar instance of preservation from a similar danger happened
ther shape. This reply does not seem to go to the root
during this same flood, but on a different river. On per-
of the gallant colonel's objection.
ceiving that the water was rising, a young man hurried
The " Various Public Services " are huddled together
across a shallow part to an island, on which were a few
in a very disjointed list. Under the head of commissions
sheep grazing, intending to recross with them to the main
the public suffer severely. The commission for inquirinc,
land before the flood had attained any serious height. into the management of the' mint cost us X 2,500 1757
He was, however, out in his reckoning ; for he had scarcely This is a heavy charge, and, as will be seen, underwent a
set foot on the island, when the river became so swollen good deal of discussion. The Master of the Mint is surely
that it was quite impossible for him to return. The flood competent to conduct the inquiry which took place. The
soon covered the island, and the man had great difficulty office is a mere sinecure, and at any rate it would have
to keep his footing, being up to his waist in water. To given Mr. Shell something to do in return for his large
add to his danger, great pieces of timber and floating trees salary. The commission for inquiring into the claims of
came sweeping past, any one of which, had it struck him, British subjects who served in the Portuguese army cost
would have at once dashed him off the island. Several us £5OO. Another, for reporting on the conditions to
people who were on the shore, although so near, could do be observed in the application of iron to railway struc-
nothing to assist him. Presently, the flood brought down, tures, is set down at £2,500. The amount of the bills of
right upon the island, a gigantic tree, with all its roots Messrs. Gurney, the short-hand writers, for their attend-
and branches, and it seemed certain that he must be swept ance at the National Chartist Convention, John-street,
away at once. He was given up by all the spectators, and and at other meetings, was £986 6s. 3d. We presently
they turned away their eyes, not daring to look at this
meet with the Mosquitos again. There is a charge of
last act of the scene. However, the very moment when
the danger seemed the greatest, was that of his deliver-£250 for re-payment to army services of amount advanced
ante; for the tree, in consequence of its great size and to Honduras in 1846-47, on account of presents to Mos-
weight, grounded when within a yard of the man. He quito Indians. In conclusion, we will add that we parti-
managed to scramble on to its branches, and to maintain hecte
ate in Mr. B. Osborne's confession of ignorance when
stated last night in the house that lie was ignorant of
his position until the waters subsided.—St. John's Field
Notes and Tour in Sutherlandshire, the haoitat of the Sultan of Johanna. We find ourselves,