The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

Petipa be once awkward, or even absent, and Carlotta will
break her head upon the boards. I know an Englishman
who attends every performance of this ballet. He is per-
suaded that it will be fatal to Carlotta, and would not for
the world miss the catastrophe. It is the same man who,
for three years, followed Carter and Van Amburgh,
always hoping that a day would come when the animals
would sup with their masters, and upon their masters."—
Blackwood.

THE CAMPHINE LAMP.—As soon as mother had gone,
Edward retired to bed, and left me sitting up to finish my
dress, and new cover my white satin shoes, which had got
d rcadfully soiled with the mud in going to and from the
ge on our wedding day. And besides, I had to clean
my white kid gloves, and to let them hang up all night so
as to get the filthy smell of the turpentine out of them
before the morning. It was long past midnight before I

had finishbd the better part of what I wanted to do ; and
as I could hear Mary (who • had. been waiting up to clean
the room overnight so that she might have nothing to do
in the morning to prevent her being ready dressed long
before the visitors came) knocking the things about below
in a dreadful ill-humour at being kept up so late ; and as
it wasn't worth while having a fresh candle put up just to
do the few little odd jobs that remained, I rang the bell
; and lighting mamma's darling little pet of a
'amp, (drat the thing ! I wish it had never come
) went up stairs, taking my things with me,
bridal robes

for Mary
camphin

ntothe house

When I got to my room, —ung my beautitui
on the back of a chair, and put out Edward's nice clean
white trousers ready for him in the morning. I could

scarcely keep my ey

open w

ary was unc

and was so glad to get into Bed, teat t quite torgot, ne-
fore doing so, to turn down the camphine lamp. But
just as I was dozing off, I remembered it, and told Mary,
who was hanging up my things, to be sure and turn it
down before she left the room ; instead of which, th
minx, (who I'm sure was half f

a state of bl

the world like the funnel of

put stx
els I IL

)t all the n

turned round and

led at the time,) went
L'al7- like stupid so

ie filthy th

thick of black, I really thought at first that I was in bed
with a filthy negro. So I gave him a good shaking, and
woke him directly ; and no sooner had he rubbed his eyes
open and looked at me, than the brute burst out laughing,
and declared that I looked just like a chimney sweep. I
and jumped out of the bed just like light-
be allowed so strong an expression—and
hole of the Place one mass of smuss : and

gave a serer
ning—if I r

been d

tually thh, s a
•aggingillbrr

he toilet cover
and my face-

white satin bridal robes
)e evil-minded person had

just for the pleasure of the thing—
himney, and positively would have in,
t first sight, to believe that a body had been
‘3l. in bombazeen. T declare the beastly sooty

tuff was even

there was a shovelful, at least,_ in
Ind my white gloves were like black
—and it had even got right up my
and I do verily believe that a quantity had gone
throat, for I generally sleep with my mouth

open. But what annoyeril me so that I could hardly bear
myself, was that Edward kept chuckling at all my distress,
(just like a man—for of course he knew he wouldn't have
the cleaning of it.) But when I showed him the grubby
state that his ducks were in, I was glad to see how angry
it made him. And then of course it was all his'mother-
in-law's fault bringing him her bothering twopenny-half-

• -
penny lamps ; and I really thought I should have been
obliged to go into hysterics when I heard him say that the
next time he caught my dear, respected mamma in his
house, he'd pack her off with a flea in her ear ! And a

life of me open my mouth, for fear that the hussy should
leave me at a moment's notice, at such a time when, bad
as she was, it was impossible to do without her ; and there
were my bridal robes spoilt before my very eyes, and I
didn't know how on earth I was ever to receive my friends,
I - thing to put on.—From The

. really hadn't a singi
ureatest Plague in Life

all up, to give her warning,
of punishing her for her wicli

as it would be the best way
ed goings-on. So down-

stairs we went, and having got the bottle out of:the store-
room closet, we made the wretch devour the whole of it

on the spot—though from the ready way in which the
minx resigned herself to her fate, and from the effect it
had upon her shortly afterwards, (for it only: made-her

more than befOre,) to our horror we folind -out that
shehaallgever touched that bottle at all—and; indeed, she

told us as much when she drunk up every drop, and had
the impudence to say she should like to be punished again.

So we immediately. lave her NI

told her not to
Rnt in

think of sending to -us for a d

the evening, the cherry brandy we had forced her to take,
made her so dreadfully bad, that we had to carry. her up-
stairs and put her to bed again. All of which was a mere

Edward. into ; who kept telling us, ;kith a nasty vulgar
giggle, that we ought to be ashamed of our elves for driv-
ing the poor girl into another fit ; and he said he hoped
that dear mamma would take care that the next servant
she engaged for,hitn wasn't subject to epilepsy, (an aggra-

Italians al

and realise tl
o th

jan bodie

course when tl.

rush company, ant is being ()I,
the Clyde for the Mediterranean

prior to leaving

quantity of barley made into malt for
es last yeap, in Great Britain and Irel

247,375 quarter

and, was

❑g boiledanil maslieci 'before mixing

is said to be very ;fight, pleasant; and nutritious.
A donkey, belonging to Mr. Gaudey, 68,, Upper' Bed-
ford-street, Brighton, died on,Monday week, at the ad-
awed age of 100 years !
The (

;olonelcy of the 47th Foot,. vacant,by, the demise
of the late Sir William Anson,. has been: conferred on
Major General Sir Harry Smith, Bart.,. the hero of
Aliwal.

Lord Shrewy (the premier
_Earl of England) is

the English -Government are

!onntryl

IRISH SI

Thames on. Mi
provisions, whi

doing nothing, for that

:s.—Five vessels arrived in. the River
day from• the. Irish ports, laden with
fact wiLtanoear singular at the present

A new stzam-tug boat has been plying on the Birming-
ham canal during the past, week, and the objection to the
swell created against the banks, is said to be completely
obviated by a very simple contrivance.
The total amount contributed in Sunderland to the Irish
to the present time is nearly
sum ever raised in that town for

and Scotch !Whet ru,
£2OOO, Laing the large

charitable object

maul, sprat
-revert" aye

,ts and plaice were landed at
r wnrP rtstnilpti in Ternrityn

,3ad plaice of large size sold for one

Darby anti Sim, of Colebrookdal

who recenti

vessel whia

Richard Cobdeti,
p on the stocks, which they intend

In Ross has proposed to. the Admiralty and to
1 Astronomical Society a plan by which he ex-

y Swed

Lorses, to

)e ena-

d to reach the North Pole

& meeting has been held at Calcutta in honour of the
roury of the late Dwarkanauth Tagore ; and it has been

resolved to raise a fund, to be called the liwarKanauLo
gndowment Fund," for enabling the: . Hindoo youths to
complete their education at the University College, London.,
The fifth subscription list for the relief of Ireland and
Scotland 'amounts to £114.,000. The additional sums ap.
pended to this list make the actual total above £120,000.
Independently of this amount, the subscriptions through
the National Club are nearly £12,000.

at one of the

of a most lamentablepature, and attended
of six lives, occurred on Friday week,
r)arley Main Coal Company's pit?, at
-bout four miles from the town of

Worsbrough Dale,
Barnsley, and ten fr

Virglff. ha

.ressed a letter to the free-

d, offering to, deliver
nt towns of England, for the benefit
rifted Kingdom. The reverend gen-
r.eturn except his expenses for tra-

-Sir Peter Laurie state

July to

1846. January to June. ,
July•to December

end to the sheriffs of /

130,727
103,633

2,694,479
3,234,45

are to be baked in twenty-four pies
delivered to the lord of the manor of 1
to.convey them to the Queen.
AN• ENCYCLOP,EDIAN NEWSPArEft---A Project has
been started by Mr. Luke Hansard, (a gentleman who
has proposed many very benevolent,• schemes, but which

pasties,, and then
Fast Carlton, who is

le extent

have never, been carriedout, we apprehend, to t
of his wishes,) to bring out a newspaper, which is very
properly to be called The Spirit of the Times, for its con-
tents are to embrace no less than sixteen distinct heads of
information; to each of which a whole page'is to be devoted.

The publication, it seems, is first to appear in two sheets
equal to the Times, and next in a separate form, in octavo.
The price .for both forms is extremely. moderate ; and if
the projector may only be enabled, to realise his vast con-
ceptions of the moral uses to which a newspaper may be
made to subserve, there can be no.tioubt that a new era in
journalism will take its date from .the appearance of his
paper,
FOOD'
_RIOTS IN SCOTLAND..-.--The north of Scotland
is nearly in a state of insurrection. At Burghend, two
vessels,laden with meal for exoort were deplived of their
cargoes. At Lossiemouth anifFindhorn several carts were
seized, and the captured victuals lodged in storehouses.
The other places in the neighbourhood being in a similar
stateof excitement, forty soldiers from Fort George have
been stationed at Elgin ; and_ a. company from Aberdeen
has been sent to Port Gordon, into which the inhabitants
of Keith, an inland town,. are said to be pouring in large
numbers. Passing over intermediate districts, the food
riot folly has also reached the south.. In Stranraer, dis-
turbance was raised because. two meal-dealers would not
sell their meal at 2s. 6d. per stone. Carrots and loaves
were also stolen, but the promptitude of the authorities
prevented them reaching any great height. The Edinburgh
Deputation Fund amounts to-day to £24,000 6s. 2d. The
Scotsman's " commissioner" to the Highlands appears to
think that the Highlanders are by far too indolent, and

that the distress,
been exaggerated

.e, has in same instances

DUE OBSERV
fleeting to prom

OF TIM SABBATH.—A numerous
this important object was held at
The evils resulting from the beer-
iunday traffic on canals, railroads, &c.,
it by the various speakers, and also

house system fro:

the injurious consequences to the working classes pro-
duced by late payments on Saturday evenings. A memo-
rial was read to the meeting, signed by 1,298 tradesmen
of the town of Birmingham, (who had long opened their
shops on Stuidays,) expressive or their desire that an end
should be put to all trading on that 'sacred day : they
asked protection, declaring " that they would gladly leave
off trading on the Sabbath, and enjoy its rest, did they
not fear being ruined by loss of custom, if others were al-
lowed to carry it on." This is, no doubt a very prevalent
feeling inall towns ihroughout the kingdom, and calls for
attention from the legislature, as well as the public in ge-
neral. We understand that some tradesmen in, a_ small
way of business in this city incur loss rather than wound
thew consciences by keeping their shops open on the Sun-
day; such persons claim protection.— Worcester Journal.
liunnve AT DERBY.—On Tuesday evening last, a
horrid an brutal murder was committed by a person
named James Cross, a gardener, living up in a court in
St. Peter's-street, Derby, upon his wife. It appears that
Cross and his wife were in the house alone, and that,
from some unexplained cause, probably the result of a
quarrel, he attacked the woman m a furious manner, al-
most literally cutting off her head ; that being the condi-
tion of the unfortunate creature when the premises were
entered. We deeply regret to state that the diabolical
conduct of the man Cross was not confined to the murder
of his wife. It appears that Mrs. Osborne, baker and
flour dealer, in Peter's-street, who resides very near to
Cross, hearing screaming, ran into the house, and that, on
seeing her, Cross plunged a knife into her throat, and
stabbed her in three different places. She now lies in an
exceedingly dangerous state, with, we fear, but a slight
chance of her recovery, Mr. Osborne, who was at home,
immediately followed his wife, and was horror-stricken at
the sight. The murderer, on an alarm being given,
wiped his bloody knife and
endeavoured to escape, but
was taken into custody,