The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

CARLOW ELECTION,

The Conservatives of Carlow have achieved a noble and
signal triumph over their Popish adversaries, by the return
of Colonel Bruen. At the close of the poll on Friday, the
numbers were—
For Colonel Bruen . 680
Mr. Ponsonby 537

Majority 143
Subsequent accounts give a majority of 165 to Colonel
Bruen. We shall give the exact numbers in a second edition.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

FORGERY.—A person named Robinson, a clerk in the em-
ploy of Mr. Pemberton, of Bilston, is, it is stated, charged
with uttering forged bills to a considerable amount Forged
bills, amounting to about £400., have, we hear, been dis-
counted for the party by Mr. Fryer, banker, Wolverhampton ;
and others, it is stated, have been put in circulation by the
same individual at Dudley and Birmingham. The delinquent,
for whose apprehension a warrant is issued, has absconded.—
Birmingham Advertiser.
By the request of the CoUrt of Directors of the East India
Company, the Board of Ordnance have given directions for
the construction of a moveable platform, for training sea-
men to hit an object from a ship in motion, without un-
necessarily expending ammunition in the practice, like that
now in use . n board her Majesty's ship Excellent, which
was invented by Lieut. Cook, R.N., F.R.S., and con-
structed in the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal in
the autumn of last year. This is intended for the use of the
hon. Company's naval service in India.—Times.
EXTRAORDINARY HOLYHOCK.—An immense holyhock is
at present growing in the garden of Sir David Milne at In-
veresk, of which the following are the dimensions as mea-
sured by the gardener, William M'Auslatn, by whom the
seeds were sown in 1839 :—Height of stem, 13 feet ten
inches : the length of ten feet of the under part of the stem
is round in the usual way, after which it begins to flatten,
and continues so to the top, where it divides into two heads
or combs, each head or comb measuring in breadth no less
th,„„ack. ;,,,,b,,a.„,.it,Attlleen in flower for the last two
The Lord-Liententancy of the county of Kent, vacant by
the death of the late Marquis of Camden, is still vacant. It
has been offered to the Earl of Thanet and Lord Barham,
both of them whig noblemen, and by both, as we hear, the
offer has been declined. Whom to ask next (whig nobility
being a scarce commodity in the county,) her majesty's mini-
sters cannot tell.—Kentish Observer.

The napkins intended for ordinary" use in the nursery
of the princess royal are of German manufacture, edged with
Brussels lace—and have each a portrait of a particular mem-
ber of the Coburg family. The state napkins are of foreign
damask, fringed with gold, with bullian tassels at the
corners.

Mrs. Packer, who has been appointed wetnurse to the
princess royal, is a native of Edinburgh, where she was well
known as Miss Augusta Gow. She is a daughter of the late
Nathaniel Gow, of this city, and granddaughter of the cele-
brated Neil Gow (" Famous Neil.") Mrs. Packer studied
music at the Royal Academy, London, with a view of becom-
ing a public singer, in which character she appeared here in
several concerts.—Scotsman.

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.—Last year the ladies of Has-
lingden, ever anxious to: relieve suffering, and to aid their
humbler neighbours,. formedp one of those useful associations
termed Dorcas societies. they divided the town and neigh-
bourhood into districts, two ladies being allotted to superin-
tend the collection of subscriptions in each. In a short time
their exertions were rewarded by a fund of .:C-13 lOs 4id, the
greater part of which was laid outin flannel, calico, print,
&c, which the busy needles of these charitable ladies soon
converted into various useful articles of wearing apparel. The
rest of the fund was expended in the purchase of cotton,
blankets,: stockings, caps, clogs, boys' clothing, &c, and
these were distributed among the poor. This year the society
has been so fortunate as to collect the handsome fum of £54,
which has been expended in a similar manner as last year, and
we understand that gee activity and industry have been
manifested for some time past in converting the purchased
materials into comfortable habiliments for the winter, which
when finished, will be worthily disposed of.—Bolton Chron.

WOOLWICH, DEC I.—ROYAL ARSENAL—The Ann sailed
on Friday with a cargo of shot for the Buckinghamshire East
Indiaman, lying at present at Northfleet Hope. This splen-
did vessel has now a considerable number of guns and a large
quantity of shot on board, and will shortly sail for the East
Indies. The Johanna ordnance sloop arrived on Saturday
with twenty 18-pounder guns from Chatham. The Ebenezer
ordnance sloop commenced loading yesterday at the wharf of
the royal arsenal. Her cargo wilt consist of a number of
large guns, howitzers, and mortars, for conveyance to Ports-
mouth, where they will be reshipped into one of the large
ships under orders for the Mediterranean. The articles are
intended for a particular service,—the desienation given to
all the military stores recently forwarded to Syria. The
Chalton removed 1,000 ten-inch shells yesterday for the East
India Company. The shells are to be put on board the
George the Fourth, at present lying in the East India Docks.
Twenty-six additional workmen were entered yesterday, and
commenced working in the laboratory department of the
royal arsenal. With the number of hands formerly employed,
and the assistance of the Royal Artillery, who in turn acquire
a knowledge of the art of compounding powder into the vari-
ous forms used in the army, the quantity now furnished for
service must be very great. Three blacksmiths and one tin-.
man were also entered yesterday, and commenced working
in the carriage department. It is worthy of remark, that,
notwithstanding the great quantities of military stores re-
cently shipped from the royal arsenal for China, Syria, and
other parts of the world, the supply has been so well kept up,
that there is actually at present a greater quantity on hand
than there was at the commencement of the year, when the
stock exceeded 28,000 large guns, and upwards of 4,000,000
of balls and shells.

ECCENTRICITY.--Every town and every village has its
aspirant after notoriety ; and it too often happens that the
means by which this bubble is sought to be obtained are
wholly disregarded. The Gloucestershire sweep " wot 'unts
with the Duke" has long enjoyed a " popularity" more the
result of accident than anything else ; but he appears to have
a rival in a neighbour, who has determined to indulge his
eccentric propensities to the fullest extent. There is an in-
dividual residing in Chipping Sodhury who has long borne
the cognomen of " Father Shipp," who, besides the ordinary
goods and chattels of his habitation, has just resolved on the
further addition of an ornamental piece of furniture in the
shape of a coffin !! This article he contemplates keeping till
it shall be required for his own reception. The contract for
the coffin was a long time under treaty, and it was only by
the intervention of a relation, who consented to give an extra
55., that the " undertaker" could be prevailed on to "
dertake" his job. As the coffin is now finished, there is
little doubt but it will turn to Shipp's pecuniary account, by
enabling him to sell a few extra pints of " heavy" to those
whose curiosity may prompt them to see it. But as it is not
very probable that his " frail bark" will weather the storms
of many more winters, it is to be hoped that the " grave"
object he now contemplates will prove to him a silent but
an effectual preacher.—GloueeBter Chronicle.

TOBACCO.—A table of the average value of tobacco ex-
ported to different countries is contained in the New York
papers of the last arrival, by which it appears that the value
of that sent to Great Britain is 3,110,170 dolls., while the
values of that sent to France and Holland, which are the next
in the scale, are 956,556 dolls., and 955,835 dolls, The total
average value of tobacco exported is estimated at 7,748,672
dolls., which is about four-fifths of the gross produce of the
United States. This statement is made to show that the du-
ties levied on tobacco are not such as to prevent a very good
sale of the article. A short crop in 1838 caused a great ad-
vance in the prices, and indeed the large profits then made
were the cause of the great crop in 1839. The same table
shows that the average duties on foreign goods amount to
54,597,477 dolls., and that the total amount of average ex-
ports is 79,201,863 dolls. These statements are used as an
argument against retaliative duties being imposed by the
United States on foreign goods, at the instance of the tobacco
planters, who it is contended, as they have already a fair
market, have shown themselves unbecomingly forward on
this question. An increased duty on foreign imports of 10
per cent, would increase the sum already paid by the con-
sumers nearly 6,000,000 dolls., while it would not increase
the sales of tobacco. The coduct of the farmers who have
large surplusses of grain, without any probability of finding
a market for them, and who do not evince any anxiety to dis-
turb the existing imposts, is advantageously contrasted with
that of the tobacco planters, who are in possession of so good
a market for their produce.—Times.

It Is said that bta majesty Loulgs Philipts lad a conhiderabie
s 4 .m the liana Messrs. Wright, the bankers, who have
'recently failed in London.—Times,

VERBAL ANTI q ulTr.—The word "spirit" is used alike to
xpress extract, thought, distilled liquor, and apparition.

The health of Mr. E. S. Cayley, M. P. has been consider-
ly improved by his resdence at Boulogne.

The celebrated horse Harkaway in Dublin at 2s 6d each.—
Limerick Chronicle.
, We understand that Dr.• Locock received the sum of
£lOOO, for his services at the accouchement of her Majesty.
—London paper.
Thomas Dodgson, the watcher who was shot at Cantley
last week, is now considered out of danger. ,
The Admiralty have decided on having all naval yards in
the kingdom lighted with gas, in lieu of oil.
The Marquis of Normanby is not yet able to use his right
hand. The official papers of the Home Office are signed by
Lord Palmerston.

We are authorised to contradict the report of the Duchess
of Sutherland having taken sittings at a dissenting chapel.—
Times.

Sir James Duke, M.P., was on Tuesday elected Alderman
of the Ward of Farringdon-without, in place of Mr.
Harmer.

Mr. Charles Kemble's health is considerably worse than
it was, and but faint hopes are held out of his ultimate reco-

A hedge sparrow, quite white, was shot on the 27th ult.,
near York. It is now in the possession of Mr. George
Wright, of, Monk gate.—Leeds paper.
Mr. Liston was elected, last week, on the council of the
college of surgeons ; a vacancy having been occasioned by
the death of Sir A. Carlisle.

A great meeting is to be held at Birmingham the first day
of the year, to petition for the restoration of Frost and his
companions.

Mitcheistown is to be immediately made a military station,
in consequence of the very disturbed state of that part of
the county Cork.

No thanksgiving will be offered for the Queen in the
churches throughout Ireland, until advised by the Privy
Council in Dublin.

The Sentinelle de l' Armee states that the 17th Light Infan-
try, during its stay of five years in Africa, where it so greatly
distinguished itself, has lost 2216 officers and men.
Prince Albert has engaged a stud groom, and is going to
breed race-horses. Mr. Quarton, has just given up his
racing-stables at Gullane, is engaged by his royal highness.
The following notice is placarded against a house in Long-
lane, Smithfield :—" This house is recinoved lower down
till the repares are compleeted."

It is stated that the names of the Princess Royal will be
Adelaide Victoria Louisa, and that her Majesty will be one
of the sponsors for the illustrious babe.
The Court of Queen's Bench has recently decided that
overseers of the poor are not bound to inter the bodies of
poor persons who do not die in a Poor-house.
Tom COOKE'S LAST.—A person boasting of being able
to sing alto, tenor, or bass—Tom turned on his heel and
said, " Yes, I know you can sing very high, very low, and
very middling."
ST. JEAN D'ACRE.—The Standard has ventured to indulge
in a supposition that Acre, and one or two other places in
Syria, will be ceded to the British. It is a sufficient answer
to all such surmises, that the treaty of London binds each of
the contracting powers that no accession of territory by either
shall be the result of their mutual engagements.—Globe.

LEEDS OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—This
loyal society, which now consists of nearly 800 members, has
determined not to be behindhand in its rejoicings on the
auspicious event of the birth of the Princess Royal. The
menabers have resolved to dine together in the society's
rooms, Kitchen's Buildings, on the day the baptism may
take place.—Leeds Intelligencer.

By the usual official return published by the CustOnas, the
export of the precious metals from the port ofLondon to fo-
reign and colonial ports for the week ending the 26th ult. was
as under :—Silver coin—Hambugh, 74,067 ounces, Rotter-
dam, 14,100 ounces, Belgium, 600 ounces, British West In-
dies, 720 ounces.

It is rumoured that a squadron of Prince Albert's Hussars
are about to leave the Brighton Barracks for Wales, where
fresh disturbances have been apprehended. We believe that
the squadron will be under the command of Captain Jones
and Captain Douglas, and that they have orders to hold them-
selves in readiness to march.—Brighton Gazette.
The daughter of a shepherd in the island of Mull, a child of
six years of age, who had missed her way in one of the track-
less heaths of the island, was recently discovered alive in a
heather bush, after being exposed for two nights and two
days to the most boisterous weather, with hail and rain. Se-
veral of the red deer were found couched by the side of the
little wanderer.

The dreadful pestilence amongst cattle which has been
raging in different parts of the country has at length reached
the neighbourhood of Cockermouth in a mitigated form.
Several stocks have fallen ill of the disease, but very few cat-
tle have died. Various plans have been resorted to to prevent
the infection, amongst others the ridiculous superstition of
" neat fire."—Carlisle Patriot.

Thursday night, great consternation 'prevailed in a factory
in this city, were 280 girls are employed. The report of a
ghost upset all the frames and lights, many rushed out of the
house, while more fell prostrate in the utmost terror. The
only real danger was of the whole concern being burnt. The
chain of the clock, which had run down, caused all this
fright.—Limerick Chronicle.

The Railway Times suggests that the penalties imposed by
deodands in cases of railway accidents might be deducted,
with great advantage both to the public interest and that of
the shareholders, from the allowances of the managers, in the
same way as fines for neglect of duty are taken from the wages
of policemen, porters, and other subordinates of the establish-
ment.

FAILURE. IN BIRMINGHAM.—WC regret to state, that
rumours were afloat yesterday of an extensive failure in this
town, which, we fear, were too well founded. There is, how-
ever, reason to hope that ultimately the concern, which has
always been one of great respectability, may be wound up to
the satisfaction of the parties to whom the house is liable.—
Birminghum Advertiser.

ing service in Welch, much to the gratification of every one
who heard him, and, it is said, with a pronunciation
astonishingly correct.—The Cambrian.
A MONSTER RADISH.—Mr. Daniel Rees, of Burton-hill,
near Mahnesbury, on Thursday dug from his garden a
radish, sown in the early part of the summer, which, with
its branches, weighed 19 pounds, and was I 5 inches in cir-
cumference. His child, about nine months' old, was put in
the opposite scale, and just balanced it.—Wilts Standard.
LEEDS.—SO unscrupulous is the whig enmity of the cor-
poration against the old tory corporation that the town-
clerk and his clerks were employed during the greater part
of last Sunday, in matters connected with the Chancery
suit lately instituted by the whigs against the former corpo-
ration.—Halifax Guardian.
The race of dogs called in Scotland deer hounds, and in
Ireland wolf dogs, is nearly extinct, but it seems that some
gentlemen in Scotland are resolved to multiply and preserve
the breed. In shape they are like the greyhound, but. are
much stronger, and more courageous, and have longer hair.
Sir George Rose, now a judge in the Court of Review, is
to be the new Master of Chancery, in the room of Lord
Henley, who retires. By the present appointment of Sir
George Rose, a diminution of £2,000 per annum in the ex-
penses of the Court of Review occurs, as it is not intended
to appoint any other, judge to supply the vacancy occasioned
by his removal.
Under the provision of the warrant of the 4st of October,
1840, the following meritorious colonels of long standing
have been selected by Lord Hill for an increase of £lOO per
annum in addition to their- half-pay :—Colonels Sir A,
Maclaine, J. Hay, G. O'Malley, C. A. Vigoreux, Sir R.
Armstrong, Sir F. Stovin, J. Duffy, C. E. Conyers, R. Park.
LONGEVITY.—"III the village of Carleton, near this city,
which only contains about 100 inhabitants, theie are now liv-
ing ten persons whose united ages exceed 800 years ! A most
remarkable instance of the healthiness and purity of the Cum-
berland air—and we do not think that a similar result is any
where to be found among so small a number of inhabitants.

AUSTRALIAN WOOL.—The following is the calculation of
the increase of production of Australian wool, on the suppo-
sition that the same ratio be preserved in the fourteen years
to come as has been prepared in the fourteen years that are
past. In 1824, 274,000 lbs. of wool were exported ; in 1837,
4,609,915 lbs. were exported ; and at this rate of increase, in
1851, 77,020,125 lbs. ought to be exported.
REGIMENTAL SCHOOLMISTRESSES.—Her Majesty has,
within the last fortnight, signed a warrant for the appoint-
ment of a schoolmistress to every regiment of cavalry, and
every regiment, battalion, or depot of infantry. Her duties
will be instruct the female children of soldiers in reading,
writing, arithmetic, and_ plain needlework. For this she is

OF
to receive a salary of .£2O-a
-year, or where a regiment of in-
fantry is on detached service, or in depot, at the rate of £3
a company. The want of such a person has long been felt in
the service; for, hitherto, although ample provision has been
in existence for the instruction of the sons, none has, until
the present time, ever been afforded to the daughters of sol-
diers. Wherever it is possible, it is intended that this situa-
tion shall be filled by the wife of a non-commissioned officer
of the regiment to which she is appointed.—A Correspondent
of the Dublin Monitor.

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.—
Tutsday afternoon; about three o'clock, one of the porters in
the hall of St. George's Hospital, hearing an alarming crash
in the area of the building towards Grosvenor-place, imme-
diately opened the window, when he was horror struck at
beholding a woman lying on the ground in a pool of blood.
On the alarm being given, several surgeons immediately ran
to the spot, and she was conveyed into one of the wards,
where it was discovered that her right arm was broken in two
places, she bad received a compound fracture of both legs,
her skull was fractured, and her back very much injured.
She lingered in a state of insensibility for about two hours
after the fall, and then expired. It appeared, on examining
the roof, that she had precipitated herself from the coping
(a height of at least 60 feet) into the yard beneath. Her
name was Abigail Cheeseeley, aged about 57, and she had been
for a considerable number of years one of the nurses of the
hospital, and appears to have been much respected.

EmurftQUAKEs.—We have again a remarkable example
of the coincident occurrence of earthquakes in distant parts
of the world. It will be seen, from a paragraph in another
column, that the town of Zante, in the island of the same
name, has been ruined by a series of terrific shocks between
the 24th and 30th of October; and our paper of the 31st
October records a shock on the 26th of that month at Comrie,
The distance between these localities is nearly seventeen
hundred miles, or one-fifteenth part of the circumference of
the globe. The bearing is north-west and south-east. It
may be remembered, that the great earthquake of 23d Octo-
ber, last year, was felt simultaneously at Comrie, in Piedmont,
and at Reggio, in Calabria—that is, over a line coinciding in'
direction with the present, and only a little shorter, If we
prolong the line connecting Reggio and Cowie farther north,
ward, it strikes Mount Hecla in Iceland, and may thus be
said to have an active volcano at each extremity—Etna at the
one and Hecla at the other. Its length will be 2,300 miles,
or one-eleventh part of the circumference of the globe. It is
extremely probable, that by and by we shall hear of earth-
quakes between the 24th and 30th October, in the Alps, or
Apennines, or at other intermediate localities.—Scotsman.
EXTRAORDINARY SHIPWRECK ON THE SCILLY ISLANDS.
—The following singular and most providential deliverance
of a shipwrecked crew is from the Cornwall Royal Gazette;
On Friday se'imight, two Scilly pilot-boats dispovered aces-
vel, bottom up, off St. Mary's, and took her in tow ; but
night coming en, and the weather becoming unfavourable,
they for the time abandoned her. The next morning they
again went in search of her, when they found that she had
been driven ashore on the rocks, still with her bottom up.
They went near her, and fancying they heard some noise in
the hold, cut a hole in her bottom, when four men came out !
It appears that the vessel was laden with oil ; and that from
the buoyant nature of her cargo, she not only kept afloat
after she had capsized, but rode lightly on the water. The
men were in the cabin when the accident happened, and
finding that the vessel did not fill, they crept into lazarette,
and proceeded from thence into the lower part of the hold,
next the keelson, that part being of course left vacant by the
falling of the cargo against the deck. Here they remained
60 hours without nourishment, and with slender hopes of
deliverance ; and when at length they were so providentially
liberated, they were in a state of great exhaustion—so
great, indeed, that one of them died almost immediately
after.

The Own counoikof Blnntrigiqkm pladted itielf Tuesao

byareaoltitioa to " oppoie by all eoust►tutional i-za-aitnacitho
introduction of the new poor-law into that town, .
In an advertisement eulogising the peculiar advantages of
an hospital in London, it is stated that there are 340 beds,
and " post-mortem examinations nearly every day."
THE ARMY.—Orders have been received at Chatham to
have all the meg belonging to the regiments in the East
Indies got ready to embark for their respective regiments in
three weeks.

Government have offered £lOO for the detection of the
parties who made the recent attempt to poison Mr. Hitchins,
of Lincoln, by means of a plum-loaf.
Alderman Thompson has purchased the whole of Underley,
in Westmorland, which consists of 3,000 acres of land, with
a splendid mansion, and was the property of Mr. Newel.
The London Standard states, " upon the most undoubted
authority," that the report of Baron Mounier being intrustd
with a mission to the English court from the French govern-
ment, is without foundation.

STRAWBERRIES.-Mr. M. Dalby, of Linton, Wetherby,
has shown us a sample of very fine ripe strawberries, which
were grown in the open ground in his garden, and gathered
on Tuesday last.—Leeds Intelligencer.

The Rev. J. M. Capes has given the munificient sum of
£5OOO for the erection of a new church at Eastover, where
the church accommodation has for some time past been
insufficient for the wants of that populous neighbourhood.
At the Court of Excise, on Tuesday, W. Reynolds, of
the Falcon, Essex-street, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, was
fined £2OO for adulterating beer. John Seagrave, of the
Windsor Castle, Harley-street, and Thomas Ambrose,
Harcourt-street, London, were fined £lOO.
The Bude Light is about to be introduced into several of
the principal shops of the metropolis, in consequence of the
reduced expense in obtaining the oxygen from air or water,
instead of from manganese, as heretofore.

Colonel Verner, M.P., has purchased some extensixe tract:
of land in Australia, and is now fitting out a great mans
families on his estates in Tyrone and Armagh for emigratin2
to that distant colony.

Lord Braybrooke, by exercising the most absolute
quarantine (not allowing the animals even to cross a public
road), at Audley End, in Essex, has preserved his stock
from infection surrounding his estate.
An umbrella has been manufactured at Bristol, the stick
of which is four inches and a half in circumference and the
umbrella stick itself 17 feet in diameter. It is for a present
to an African Prince.

Sir Woodbine Parish, K.C.H. and S. H. Sulivan, Esq.
have been appointed by her Majesty as are part of the mixed
commission which is to meet at Naples to liquidate the claims
of British merchants amounting out of the late sulphur