The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

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Salut Publique, of Lyons, that a caravan of forty-three
pilgrims are about to set out for the Holy Land.
WIRES OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS which are painted
red are much less liable to oxidation than those which are

painted white
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recent trial, and which contained alleged
his mother's marriage and his own baptism
by him at an old book stall in. London, last

THE LICENSE DUTY paid by st
for the year which ended th
to £11,343 15s. The provinces contributh
and the metropolis £4,663 105.,, of that sun
THE APPEARANCE OF THE COMET has
the Madrid journals, excited great alarm in tha
it is considered "a symptom of divine wrath, a

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3,679 lOs

THE SOAP PLANT; which, on its decay, leaves
ball of natural soap for each flower, and which is

of California, is about to be introduced from that country
into Austria. This natural soap, it is said, is superior
to the best manufactured.
RAILIVA.Y ECONOMY.—AII the engine-houses that have
been left standing since the failure of the atmospheric
system on the South Devon line, and which involved an
an outlay of nearly half a million, are being " blown up"
by the contractors, to make way for a double line of rails
from Newton Abbott to Plymouth.
Ma. Rozßtrca is a wise man. He knows how to secure
the pleasures of life without its toils. While the pession
lasted, his health was so indifferent as to preclude his at-
tendance upon his Parliamentary duties, to the great loss,
no doubt, of the country. No sooner, however, is Parlia-
ment prorogued, than a sudden fit of improvement comes
over him, and enables him to accept an invitation to the
Cutler's feast at Sheffield.
CAUTION.—Thomas Lister was charged by Elizabeth
Goodall, of Heckmondwike, on Saturday, with having in a
railway carriage put his arm round her waist, and asked
her if she was going to Leeds. He did this twice, and a
gentleman in the carriage advised her to complain to the
guard, which she did, and defendant was given in charge.
The defendant's answer was that complainant had told her
father, who had " pummelled" him, but the magistrates
thinking that no answer, fined him 445.
THE MLLDON BRIBERY COMMISSION

The Commis

.eport that open and direct bribery y

the last and previous- elections for this boroug- h ; that a
large portion of the electors, consisting chiefly of the
poorer class of freemen, are influenced, not by the political
or personal recommendation of the candidates, but by the
money habitually employed to corrupt them, and that the
blame of this does not so much rest with them as with
their superiors who tempt them.
PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—The existing
form of railway carriage is proposed to be improved so as
to accommodate a larger number of persons. The carriage
is to be formed of two tiers of seats instead of one, the
body being placed low so as to give the necessary head
room for the passengers in each tier, access being given to
the upper tiers by side doors, staircases, and steps, and to
the lower or ground tier by doors placed at the ends, the
body having a projecting platform protected by railings at
each end, to enable passengers to enter the end doors, with
a passage or thoroughfare (as in America) from end to end

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of each carriage ou the lower floor.
RAILWAY CoLLlsrolf.—On Wednesday, a serious acci-
dent happened to the five o'clock down train at the Horn-
sey coal-sidings, on the Great Northern Railway, in con-
' sequence of the tender of an engine of a previous train-
having got off the line, whereby one lady, a Mrs. Harri-
son, has sustained a compound fracture of the leg, a Mr.
• Harrison, and Mr. H. Justins, a solicitor, have each a leg
'broken, and several of the passengers are more or less cut
and bruised. The Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Enfield, the
Lord Mayor of London, and Sir James Duke are among
those who are slightly injured. •
A NEW LOCOMOTIVE for travelling on common roads
has.been invented by M. Alexandre Lefroy, of Nesle, in
the department of the Somme. It is said to be a great
improvement over anything heretofore tried. It is of
ten-horse power, has four wheels, and is of simple me-
chanism. It is turned by a peculiar sort of chain from the
right to the left, and, without forcing the steam,.can be
made to go rather more than fifteen miles an hour. Its
weight is not so considerable as to injure the roads. It
ascended rather sharp inclined planes, turned corners, and
went backwards andlorwards with facility.
CONSERVATIVE L'A'ND SOCIETY.—The thirteenth pur-
chase of the Conservative Land Society, and the fifth
estate in Middlesex, . has just been made at Page-green,
Tottenham, near .the Seven Sisters'-road, Stamford-hill,
close to the railway-station. This new property is situate
near the Markfield estate, which was recently sold at such
a large profit. The fourteenth purchase within eleven
months of the formation of the Conservative Land Society,
has just been effected for allotment among the members, at
Reading, Berkshire. The estate is situate on the Castle-
hill, and is knownby the title of the Devonshire Square
and Crescent Estate. It commands :a most extensive and
beautiful view. . . _ .

INSURANCE ON Lwes.—By an act of Parliament just
published the provision for-the abatement of 'the Income-
tax in respect of insurance on lives is extended. It is en-
acted that any person who shall have made any insurance
on his life, or on the' life of :his wife, or contracted for a
deferred annuity in or with any insurance company exist-
ing on the Ist of November, 1844, or with a •company
registered as set forth, shall be entitled to all the benefits
and advantages which by the provisions in the new In-

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come-tax Act are •expressed to be given in respect to such
insurance. The act is to continue in force until the Ist of
Any, 1854. •
MARRIIGE WITILI DECEISED WIFE'S SISTER.—There

seems to be a reasopaMe.prospect of our being rid of the
further agitation of this question. The Committee of the

Marriage- Law Reform Association are advertising the
countries in which such-marriages may be celebrated, and
offer every facility to parties inclined for this new descrip-
tion of Gretna Green alliance. Their zeal in this matter

reminds us of the fox in the fable that set up as professor
in the art of beautifying vulpine hind quarters by biting
off the tail. It is quite intelligible that persons who have
contracted marriage which in the eyes of the Church and
of the law is incest, should wish the fashion to spread.

FRENCH AND -ENGLIVA SURGERY.—The foliating
anecdote is told of Sir Astley Cooper. On visiting the
French capital, he w.as.askszl by the surgeon en chef, of
the empire how many times he had performed a certain
wonderful feat of surgery. He replied that he had per-
formed the operation thirteen times. " Ah, but Monsieur,
have done him ene ohunkh-ed and sixty time. How
many time did sousavelds ?" continued the cations
Frenchman, after Ike..looked. into the blank amazement of,
Sir Astley's face, "I,", said the Englishman, "saved eleven
out of the thirteen. Bow ..many did you save out of one
hundred and sixty r . Ah, Monsieur, I lose dem all, but

.de operation was rery,:hrillinte:"
SO3INA.MBULISIC—Between twelve and one o'clock on
(Wednesday morning, a policeman on duty in Upper
Albany-street, Regent's-park, London, observed a female in
4P.r night-dress walking briskly.along the pavement. He
As poke to her several times, but .rveiving no answer felt
,eouvinced that she was in a state of somnambulism. He.
• therefore laid hold of her, and, wrapping her up in his great
coat, called a cab, in which he conveyed her to the Albany-
street station-house, where, after the:lapse of an hour, she
became restored to consciousness. . She said she was a
'donlestic in the service of ,Mr. Haine‘Albany-street. It
appeared that, having been in the habit of engaging a cab
for, her master in the morning, she had, while her " senses
werershut," gone upon the same errand. The key of the
street door, which was discovered to have been left open,
was.fcamd in her hand. Communicationwas made to Mr.
liaines..,.and her mistress, in going to the station-house,
recognised her, and was sillow,ed to. take. her home.
.NEw X.A.X ON DOGS.—Under the Assevd Taxes Act,
just prir4ed, a new tax is to be levied on aiLdogs. From
the sth of April next, 'for every dog, of whatever discrip-
tion or denomination the same be, the annualtluty is to be
,12s. The•daty is to be paid by The party keeping a dog
or having. the same in his custody. or .poSsession whether
the same behis property or not ; such person not discover-
ing.the oWner thereof, who shall have been. duly assessed
for the same.. No person is to be cb with duty to
onygreater -amount than £39 12s. for any number of
1011114, or ..E9,for any number of gre.yhoundakept }by him
tunny one year. The only exemptions to the tea are, a
dog .belongurg toler Majesty or any cif the royal family,
or dog. or a whelp at the time of returning the:list of.dogs
thatshallnot actlially be of the age of six calendar movths
or any dog bonclAle and wholly kept and used in the..eare
of sheep and cattle, .or removing the same.; provided no
such deg shall be a greyhound, hound, pointer, setting dog,
spaniel, ;tardier, or terrier.
EXTRAORDINAR.T CEASE AND CAPTURE: RUNNING A.
•"CH r Ma Arn " co EAR:TU.—A notorious " black varmint,"
in the shape of 'a ,cbiamey sweeper, named Coppook,
afforded the .officials of .the County Court, and a large
" field" of spectators, some fine sport, last week, in Shrews-.
bury. He bad been cast in an action in the court, and
John Doe and Richard Doe were on the look-out for him..
Suddenly they sighted their gentleman, and gave chase ;
but sooty, soon finding himself hard pressed, bolted into a
house, and quickly ensconced himself up the flue ! His
pursuers sounded a parley ; but chummy was in a position
to dictate• his own terms, who instantly determined upon
so surrender. Bailiff on the roof:abote, and bailiff in the
.chamber below, kept watch and ward at both ends of the
varmint's "drain,' peering down and up like a magpie
into a marrow-bone, but utterly unable to draw their
'badger. After the fort had been thug invested for up-
wards of seven hours a compromise was effected, and the
black garrison suffered to march out with the honours of
war, amid the laughter and congratulations of a large
crowd of idlers attracted to the spot by the novelty of the
proceedings.

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GOLD ii CIIMBERLAND.—On Thursday, a party con-
sisting of Mr. Clarke, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Deare, of
London, headed by Mr. Calvert, the Australian geologist,
obtained gold readily (by the common washing process
with the tin dish) at the head of Borrowdale, and also near
Buttermere. At the former place the gold was rather
water-worn, and at the latter it assumed an angular cha-
racter, and was found in the ferruginous earth lying on
the surface of the clay and green stone slates. The lump
of gold mentioned in our last, found by Mr. Calvert, near
Buttermere, presents a very beautiful and rich appearance,
and seems to encircle small particles of silica, and generally
to be embedded in, or tinged by, the earthy oxide of iron.
The weight of the entire piece was 57 ounces, and is
valued by Mr. Calvert at £221. In the gossan, at a mine
near High Ireby, Mr. Calvert detected small particles of
gold, but the softer" gossans appeared to contain none.
Near Bassenthwaite Lake, at a short distance from Peel
Wyke, Mr. Calvert obtained a very beautiful but small
sample of gold, in the reddish earth resting on the clay
slates of that locality. He is of opinion that gold is
generally diffused on the clay slates, and locally on the
green stone slates, throughout Ctunberland ; but how far
they will pay remains to be proved by deep workings in
the beds of rivers, where sufficient de'bris, or alluvial mat-
ter, has accumulated. The result of a search through the
Skiddaw group was fruitless. Mr. Calvert is of opinion
that the mineral resources of Cumberland are not nearly '
fully developed, as he has seen indications of rich copper
and lead lodes in maiden und. We understand that
he intends to pursue his rese rches in Lanarkshire, where
he fully expects to find that he similarity of the geological
conditions with Australia Iv I make the pursuit pf the
preelowi metal equally profitable.—Carlisle Patriot.