The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

!et, London. He got into

ave die

aid to be the intent
ew law courts erected in

the government to have tl
mediately adjoining the houses of parliament, and not,
generally expected, in the vicinity of Lincoln's•inn ; so
that the courts will continue to sit at Westminster during
term, as heretofore, the well:known inconvenience of

the prEsent courts being re

DISGUSTING.—On Saturday, a person named Thomas
Ward, of West Retford, was at a public-house, in East
Retford, and offered a small wager that he would drink
ten pints of ale in a short_ given time. T.

e wager was

accepted. and he proceeded to the accomplishment of the
task. He won his wager, but was taken suddenly ill, and
a surgeon was obliged to be sent for, who administered
an emetic, and under his treatment he recovered.

A WARNING.—At the Ipswich assizes, on Wednesday,
Mr. Cook, a member of the corporation of that town, was
sentenced to twelve months' hard labour for having know-
ingly defrauded the gas company by using gas in his
plumbing shop direct from the main instead of from the
meter. His foreman was car

1 as a witness for the

defence ; and, as lie swore to having hime
" bye-pipe," the judge, Sir John Jervis
be taken into custody, and afterware
the game punishment as his master.

If made the

ordered him to
s sentenced him to

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An unsuccessf►l attempt
to launch the screw two-decker Desar, 90 guns, from.
Pembroke Dock-yard, was made on the 21st. The vessel

on. the instant the dog-ehe

;truck down

Lth a speed tf

at apveared to be irresis-

tible, but received a check in her career before she bad
floated, which.completely stopped her progress. An exa-
mination of every accessible parr was made without dis-
covering the cause of the failure. Each tide since attempts
without success were made to start the ship, and she now

lies in a very precarious position.
HoLynoon PALACE.—Her Majesty's Chief Commis-
sioner of Woods and Forests has at length agreed to an
arrangement of a character very favourable to the public,
with reference to the opening of Holy rood Palace. In-
stead of the present unsatisfactory mode of handing per-
sons about from one exhibitor to another, and leaving the
amount of the gratuities to the discretion of the visitors,
a small fixed fee•will be substituted ; this will be paid to
one receiver, and no other payment will be requisite.
One important part of the arrangement is, that the palace
will be open every Saturday without any charge.

•
CHARITABLE TRUSTS.—The land settled on charitable
trust in England and Wales consists of 442,015 acres of
freehold ; the personal property so settled amounts to.
£6,668,509, and the rent charges on land granted for
charitable purposes to £79,930. The total income of
these different properties is estimated at £1,209,395, and
their total value is computed at fifty millions, or nearly
one year's net revenue of the United Kingdom. The
gross income of charitable educational endowments is
£312,544. Of charities, 13,331 are under £5 a-year ;
4.641 are above £5 and under £lO a.year ; 3,908 above
£lO and under £2O ; and 1,866 above £2O and under £3O.
This immense mass of property, amounting in all to
28,840 trusts, is subject to grievous disadvantages : there
is every temptation to mismanagement and malversation,
and no tribunal able to correct it.

THE REPEALED DIITIES.—The Commissioners of Cus-
toms have caused an amended list of articles of foreign
merchandise not now subject to duty on importation into
this country. which has been prepared by the Inspector-
General of Imports and Exports with reference to the
recent resolutions of the House of Commons, showing the
denomination under which each article should be de-
scribed on the official documents, to be printed and
furnished to the collectors and controllers, and other
principal officers of Customs at the several ports through-
out the kingdom for future government, in lieu of those
formerly in use. In transmitting this list of goods on
which the duties have been repealed, they have been
directed to observe, that every description of glass is to be
entered by weight, and that bottles imported containing
goods are to be deemed as packages, and exempted from
entry for the duties.

Mocic PEERAGE.—The nobility of the order of the
Grand Star will sit in council on Wednesday, (to-morrow,)
at three o'clock, at the mansion of the noble Alpha-
Atlantis, Hyde-park, to discuss the merits of identified
candidates of the noble order for installation, who peti-
tioned the court previous to March last. Also to receive
presentations, by nobles elect, of candidates for identifi-
cation, whose petitions show that they are eligible to
support the exalted rank of a noble elect, by living and
baying lived, for the previous ten years of their presen-
tation, as independent gentlemen, and keeping an estab-
lishment in that character, at no less an expenditure than
£5,000 annually, and giving to charitable purposes no less
a sum than £lOO annually, or one sum of £l,OOO, and are
prepared to continue the same expenditure out of a certain
income in support of the distinguished character of the
noble order, and subscribe liberally to the encouragement
of literature. Hereditary titles have no preference over
commoners for election. as no one can be installed a
" noble elect," except from his own personal merits.—
By command, E. de: 3fecenas, Under-Secretary.—Court
Journal.

A NEW AN_ESTIIETIC is announced in the Common
Puff Ball (Lycoperdon Proleus). The anaesthetic pro-
perties of this well-known production was recently spoken
of by Mr. Richardson at a meeting of the London Medical
Society. The properties mentioned appear to have been
known in some country districts where bees are stupefied
by this agent previous to the honey being taken from the
hives. Having observed this fact, Mr. Richardson was
induced to try the powers of the! puff-balls on cats and
dogs. The result accomplished was exactly the same as
if tether or chloroform had been employed. Even surgical
operations have been performed on animals to whom the
new anaesthetic had been previously administered. The
mode of administering is by allowing the animal to inhale
the fume of the dried fungus while in a state of ignition.
The Athenceum states that Mr. Richardson inhaled the
fumes himself, and found the same effects follow as from,
chloroform. "It is curious (says our contemporary) that
this fungus, which emits these narcotic fumes, may be
eaten with impunity, and that it is amongst those which
Dr. Baciharn has recommended in his recent work to be
eaten as the esculent fungus of Britain. No chemical
principle has yet been detected to account for these very
curious effects." We may observe that there are many
agents in medicine which save or destroy according as
they are administered. Some may be swallowed with
impunity which would ensure certain death were they
made to enter the system by the blood and absorbent
vessels. It is well known, too, that the poison of the
serpent, which kills by being infused into the blood, may
be taken into the stomach without evil results ensuing.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE POWERSCOURT WATER-
FALL.—An a(v:ident of a most distressing nature occurred
at this favourite place of resort on Saturday, the 16th ult.,
whereby Mr. James Bostern, of Manchester, lost his life
under the following painful circubstances—lt appears that
he, accompanied by his friend Mr. Reuben Levy, left Man-
chester for the purpose of making a tour in Ireland, and
on the above morning left Dublin for the purpose of
seeing the dargle and waterfall, at which latter place they
arrived at about half past two o'clock. Mr. Bostern in a
short time after began to climb the rocks on the south
side of the Fall, entirely against the wish of his friend,
who remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his
doing so. When he had got up some distance he sat down
and smoked a cigar; after which he began to return, took
off his hat, and threw it down ; upon which Mr. Levy,
who was lying on the bank, stood up for the purpose of
getting it, as it was blown towards the stream by a sudden
1- wascontrary
n
to h
gust of wind, and, on getting into the rocks at the foot of
the Fall, the first thing he beheld was the mangled and life-
lessr
ce
o
body of Mr. Bostern at his feet. It is supposed that,
in attempting to get to the edge of the cliff (after throw-
inga
of
the from
Waterfall, d
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deathmtl ioen hat),dbayyfalling
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verdict deoo,sw
he overbalanced himself, fell on the under ledge of rock,
ai
de
stantaneously. An inquest was held on the body on I.4"L*
thence
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a
wish of his friend. Mr. Levy a 1,30 stated on leis exami-
nation, that he did not even hear a tou or moan from
the deceased, or had he the slightest knowledge of his fall-
ing until he met the lifeless body on the rocks at the base
of the Fall, with one leg partly in the water.

1 A CRYSTAL PALACE FOR BIRMINGTIANI.—On Tuesday,
3 a meeting was held in Birmingham, the object being the
provision of some place of recreation suited to the require-
ments of a large manufacturing population. The Mayor
qt
Cffuuuleolnni
sd:eEei
di-tolo or
other
. occupied the chair, and most of the leading manufacturers
asellnitiedi:coettorehde cionripl
aobr
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lot oration. :
project, which embraces a public park, the erection there-
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upon of an inexpensive but suitable building—in fact, a
miniature crystal palace—fittingly ornamented with
statuary and :--rks of art ; the scheme to be carried out
versified with wood and
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object
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the land.
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Theyfine lwsisaendinwveosrproperty as
usefully as they have power to do. have established
receive
cattle. upon and enjoy th
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access to their noble park. But with all this good fortune
the people find something • Lwant•
and __ ng wanting—they a railway.
the London Aortli-Western Company obtained an
act to construct a line some years since, but they suffered
their powers to expire without making the railway, and it
is understood that they have abandoned the scheme. Mr.
Beale now proposes to provide Sutton with a railway in
consideration of certain concessions made by the inhabi.
tants to Birmingham, the principal one being to con-
eede to that town, for a term of 999 years, some 300
acres of the park, at a nominal rent : so that,
as Mr. Beale expressed it, this marriage of poor Bir-
mingham to rich Sutton may be made mutually advanta-
geous. The people of Sutton have so far welcomed the
project, and as Mr. Beale unfoldci his plan, at the meeting
on Tuesday, it met with the hearty approbation of all
who heard it. The result of the meeting was, that on the
motion of Mr. Alderman Muntz, the plan was received
and approved, and a committee of five gentlemen was
appointed to confer with the corporation, in order that
details may be arranged, and no time lost in carrying out
$llO project.

To sail on the 15th instant.
For MELBOURNE, PORT PHILIP,
iA\, The CHIMERA ;
1,500 Tons Burthen.
‘reThe number of Passengers by this s perb new
Clipper will be limited to fifty, and such as prefer comfort
and a select company, this is ost desirable opportunity,
as they will possess all the vantages a large first-class
ship can afford, without e annoyance of being crowded.—
For passage apply to

abBSON and DOKE, 20, Water-street,

PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA IN ENCLOSED

BERTHS.

"BLACK BALL" LINE OF PACKETS

Ships
MOBILE .
SOVEREIGN OF 3 050.. Melbourn
. .
THE SEAS. . '
BIRMINGHAM 2,000.. Port Philip Sydney.. 25th Aug
AEROLITE 1,500.. Adelaide Melboume .10th Sept,
MARCO POLO 2,500.. 11,Ielb ne —
EL DORADO 1,800. M ourne —

Tons. Destination
2,000.. Melbourne ...

To sail
10th Aug.

25th Aug.

The above are all p,r' Ct Class, fitted out with every conve-
nience for Passencer and carry experienced Surgeons.
JAMES BAINES and CO., 6, Cook-street, Liverpool.
N.B.—Passengers by this Line are landed at Melbourne
Wharf Free of Charge.