The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-02 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

The weather has undergone a most unfavourable change;
it has been raiuing heavily several hours, and promises to be
of loin continuance.
There are only two plates for decision, Captain Gardnor's
c by Rowton, out of Bustle, having received from Mr.
Rogers'i b c bti Zinganee, out of Dirce, in a match for 100,
b ft, three quarters of a mile, and Mr. Thornhill's b c by
&milli's, nut or Bravura, from Lord Suffield's Alan; 200,
hi ft. T. F.G.
A match for 'A). 1.1 ft, is made for to-morrow between Lord
Easter's linmania, Bst 71b, and the Duke of Richmond's
Bulwark, 7it 7:b. T.Y.C.
The Duke or Itichrnond receives in the Gunton Stakes on
Saturday.
The plates are not of sufficient interest to call for an express.

Goonwoon kCES.—The following valuable stakes close
and name here at the end of this meeting:—

Levant, Drawing Room, Racing, and Molacomb Stakes.
There are at present nine subs to the first, 19 to the second,
eight to the nexi, and 10 to the other ; but a large increase
is expected to

Drawing nriic yearlingS, with (at present) 19 subs
Nassau (late Hullo Stakes for till►es now yearlings, with 1.
slabs; and Racing Stakes, now yearlings, with 12 subs.
1841.

Sweepstakes of 34.3 sovi eacrb, h for horses now year-
lings ; 11 subs.
There can be no doubt tltat, the nominations will.exceed
those mado at any prevlous meet! n

A cluster of hazel nuts was last week plucked from its pa.
rent stem in a wood near Urawick, in Furness, which con
tamed the astonishing number of thirty-four, all of tolerable
else, and each aontaining a good kernel.—Lancaster paper.
The Sun says that the housekeeper at Cleveland-house,
Lord Durham's town residence, has received instructions by
his lordship's aid-de-camp, Mr. Cavendish, to have the man-
sion ready for the reception of the family by the latter end of
the year.
Tots DIROIN'S HORSE.—The dramatist had a horse which
he called "Graphs-." " What a silly nomen," said Oxberry.
"Not at all," said Torn; fur when I bought him, it was Buy-
Befiraphy ; when I mounted I was Tap-o-Graphy ; and when
I want him to trot its Gee-ho-Graphy."
FACTS FOR FISHERNIENI.—More salmon have been taken
in the Wye this season than for many years past. In former
years very few personi took more than 8 or 10 fish; but this
year the well-known fishing blacksmith has taken with the
dy 75 salmon between Glasbury and Builtb, and a gentle-
man residing on the banks of the Wye has caught upwards
of 50. The writer of this article saw 17 fish taken at two
hauls. If this beautiful river was protected from the poach-
ers, it would become one of the best frequented by anglers in
the United Kingdom. At the Hay, at the Three Cocks.
Glasburv, and at Builth, and Rhayader, excellent inns offer
the moat comfortable accommodation for anglers, with very
moderate charges.— Worcester Journal.
SIRIOUS CASE OF STABBING.—On Sunday morning last,
about eleven o'clock, a man named Philip Tone was fighting
with another, in Rae-street, Hulme, when a person named
Thomas Eddlestone, who is a stranger in Mime, and is sup-
posed, to corns from Liverpool, went up with an intention to
separate them, upon which Tone drew a knife, and stabbed
Eddlestone in the right side ; the blade closed, and cut Tone's
band, but he opened it, and again stabbed Eddlestone, in-
iteting a wound about an inch and a half wide, in his right
side. Just at this time, Alcock, the deputy-constable of
flultne, along with the church-wardens, who were going their
rounds, came up; and Alcock, with some difficulty, secured
Tone, and took him into custody. Eddlestone was taken to
Mr. Sinclair, the surgeon, who dressed his wounds; and he
was removed in a coach to his lodgings, in John-street, Sal-
ford, where Mr. Sinclair now attends him. Tone was brought
op at the New Bailey on Monday, when Alcock stated the
above facts, and produced a certificate from Mr. Sinclair, that
Eddlestone could not be removed without danger. He also
produced the knife, which he took from the prisoner when he
apprehended him : the blade was what is commonly termed
" a stick blade," and was about two inches and a half long,
wed pointed.—The prisoner, who is quite a young man, said,
in his defence. that Eddlestone set a dog at hint. He was re-
manded till Wednesday (this day).—Manchester Guardian.
THE ELECTRICAL Est..—Snore highly interesting facts
will shortly be made public, the result of a series of expert.
meats upon the living specimen of the electric eel (Grow-
ttss etectricus), which was brought to this country from the
Amazon, a few months since. On Monday last, Dr. Fara-
day, in the presence of Professors Daniell, On en, Wheat-
stone, and others, succeeded in obtaining from it the electric
spark; and one of the party, who had the temerity to grasp
the creature with both hands, had his curiosity satisfied with
a shock, which, if he were before incredulous, must have
most effectually removed all doubts as to !the electric proper-
ties of the animal. The electricity appears to be of the most
intense character, being communicated by simply immersing
the bands in the vessel of water containing the eel. By one
shock not only was the needle of a galvanometer deflected,
but chemical action and magnetic induction obtained. When
this ichthyological rarity was first exhibited, at a meeting of
the Zoological Society, by the gentleman who brought it
over, and in whose possession it had then been a considerable
time, be stated that it ought entirely to be kept without food.
Judging, however, from the very unceremonious manner in
which we saw an intrudes, in the shape of a live gudgeon,
disposed of, we should almost be inclined to question the
philosophy of his recommendation.—Atheoceutn.
Several paragraphs are in circulation containing com-
plaints ofincivility on the part of the servants of the rail-
way companies, and of other grievances. A prompt remedy,
we ere assured, is easily attainable by any aggrieved party
who will take the trouble to forward to the directors any well.
`rounded complaint. Every servant has a distinct number
on his dress, by which he may be identified ' • and the direc-
tors are anxious to prevent vary mean& of dissatisfaction,
end to promote the comfort and convenience of travellers as
far as possible.—Birmingham Gazette.
The extraordinary clock on Cornhill still continues to at-
tract great attention, and the shop window of Mr. Cox
Savory's clock department is much crowded with the curious.
The general impression appears to be that the unseen power
by which the hands are moved is magnetic. The hands are
placed in the centre of a perfectly transparent pane of glass,
and no mechanical power appears to pass through the glass
to the hands, although they continue in motion, and denote
the hour very accurately. The means by 4vbich they are
moved is a complete mechanical puzzle. Several clock-
makers have been asked, but they do not appear to be at all
aware by what power the effect is accomplished.
QuEeac.—Facing the promontory of Quebec, the St. Law-
'vice is less than a mile in breadth, though it expands to
several miles on each -side. The promontory on which the
city is built is formed by a junction of the river St. Charles
with the St. Lawrence. It received its present name from
thes_s_ Jaques Cartier, in 1535, in consequence of
pilot exclaiming (in bad French) when he first saw Cape
mdt Quo bec what a beak !