The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-13 00:00:00

BLACKBURN, MONDAY.—There has been some little im-
provement in our market to-day. A more than usual quan-
tity of goods have changed hands, but at no adiance in price.
—Blackburn Standard.
STATE OF TRADE.—In consequence chiefly, we believe, of
the drooping state of the cotton market in Liverpool, the de-
mand both for goods and yarns was yesterday dull, and prices
were barely supported in this market. There was not, how-
ever, any marked or general decline.—Manchester Guardian,

Wednesday.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 9.—Tie
demand for pieces has been very limited to-day, and the buy-
ers do not seem at all desirous to purchase. Prices may be
quoted the same as they were the last week. ,The wool market
has been flat; but the last week's prices have been fully

maintained.
MONTROSE.—We have heard with much pleasure that the
Lords of her Majesty's Treasury are now prepared to aid and
facilitate the much-desired improvement of the port, by ad-
vaneing-a loan-of some £2OOOO or £25,000 to the Harbour-- ---
Trustees.—Reiiew.
AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE.—The estimated cost of the
Kilsby tunnel, on the London and Birmingham railway, was
£70,000, the actual cost was £330,000, being a slight increase
of £280,000, or just five times as much as it was originally
contemplated!

The New Yorkers cannot screw their thermometer up be-
yond 86, no how. They are monstrously vexed to think that
we have had it up to 94 The fact is, we can beat them at
any thing but filthy streets and loco-focoism. The Thermo-
meter.—About 91 was about the pattern to-day.—Boston
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CHEVIOT HILLS.—It is said in many border towns, we
know not with what degree of truth, that when the snow is
seen on Cheviot Hills on the 224 June, the tenants an those
mountains pay no rent for the year. If this be true, the pm.:
sent will be a free yelr ; for large patches are now distinctly
seen.—. Tyne Mercury.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY —The following is the

engineer's return of the number of men and horses employed
on the works of the Midland Counties Railway, on the 30th
of June, and of the quantity of earth-work excavated from
the 4th to the 30th June :—Men, 4,038; horses, 385; earth-
work, 213,933 cubic yards.
According to the Bulletin O'Enologique, the cultivation of ,
the vine in France gives occupation to 2,200,000 families,
which form a population of more than six millinits, or nearly
a fifth part of the total population of the, Country. The an-
nual produce of the vine forms about one-sixth of the re-venue-
of the kingdom, and the duties ou it constituteone-half of
those of the towns.
HAY.—Great breadths of grass are now cut in almost
every part of the country, and, generally speaking, the crops
are much more abundant than was expected; but the un-
settled state of the weather has hitherto been very much
against their conversion into good hay. Strange to say,
hay-making near London, which used to commenee with
May-day, is this year more backward than in any lei part
of the country. -
DEATH OF THE DOKEOF LEEDS.—We regret to learn that
his Grace the Duke of Leeds died at arfeatlly bout' on Tuesday
morning, after a very short illness. The Marquis of Carmar-
then, now Duke of Leeds, attended his noble father during
his last moments. By the decease of his Grace a blue ribbon
and a lord lieutenancy will be at the disposal of ministers.
Mr. Dennistoun has paired off for the remainder of the ses-
sion with Mr. M'Kenzie, M.P. for Peebleshire, for a very
good reason, namely, that he was to be married on Thurs-
day last to Miss Fanny Onslow, the beautiful daughter of-,
Sir Henry Onslow, Bart.—Glasgow Courier. -
The exportation of the precious metals from the port of
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London for the week ending the 7th instant; Saturday last,
consisted according to the official returns, of 23,9(X) ounces
of silver, of which 16,000 ounces were shipped for Rotterdam,
6000 to Gibraltar, and 1900 ounces to Canton.
WHITEHALL, JULY 10 —The Queen has been pleased to
direct letters patent to be passed under the great seal of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating,
presenting, and appointing the Rev. James Buwstead, Doc-
tor in Divinity, to the Bishopric of the Isle of Man and
Sodor, void by the death of Dr. William Ward, late bishop
thereof.
THE NO-PATRONAGE GovEnNslENT.—:According to the
Hampshire Advertiser the Hon C. Elliot, who was last week
promoted to the rank of lieutenant, is about twenty years of
age, and is a matter orsix weeks' standing the service,
whilst there are many mdtes of many years standing unpro-
moted. Has Mr. Elliot the unspeakable advantage of being
a scion of the insatiable Mintos?
MILITIA.—Orders have been issued to those colonels of
militia regiments where the adjutancies have become facgn
by death or resignation, that the vacancies thus caused are'
only to be filled up by active and well-disciplined officers
from the half-pay list, to be approved of by the Commander-
in-Chief; as some very great changes are about to take place
in the whole system of this branch of the service, so as to
make it an efficient force, and render it available and useful
'A) the country. There are at present six of the regiments of
Militia without adjutants.—Suffolk Herald.

THE NEW Bistroe.—The Rev. James Bowstead, D.D ,
late tutor of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, son of the
late Mr. Joseph Bowstead, yeoman, and. brother to Mr. John
Bowstead, of Beckbank, and of Mr. William Bowstead, of
Leeham, has been installed Bishop of Sodor and Man. His
lordship was born in the village of Great Salkeld, in this.
county, in the year.lBol, and received his education tinder „
the able superintendence of his uncle, the Rev. John.Bow-
stead, 8.D., who was upwards of fifty-six years master of the
Free Grammar School, at Brampton, in Westmoreland, and
who now is Rector of Great Musgrave. About fourteen
years ago his lordship came out second wrangler at Cam-
bridge.—Carlisle Patriot.
The notorious Tully Crybbace has been lately delivering -
a sort of politico-religious lecture in New Ross and Ennis-
corthy. The sovereign having very properly refused thin
fire-brand the use of the Court-house on Sunday last, as a •
place for delivering his harangues, he was compelled to re-
sort to the street, where the mob looked upon him with great •
suspicion, and. notwithstanding his adoption of so popular a
topic as the''' abolition of tithes," they seemed to think hint
"something not right."—Limerick Standard. -
THE REGISTRERS.—COUNTY SLlGO.—After all we have
heard about the swamping of the country—the turning out of
Cooper -and Percival, and so forth—after the never-to-be- •
forgotten June sessions of 1838—the whole businesi has
turned out to be nothing more nor less than a tory majority
of 12 !!! Well, this is really too bad ; it is mortifying to
think that, notwithstanding the desperate efforts of the cor-
poration of bachelors, the harmonious chiming of the radical
organ and the redoubled exertions of the " penny-a-week"
eollectors, these bigots, Copper and Percival, are "doomed to
represent this county as long as either of them shall existrr"
Sligo Journal.
LEICESTER WooL FAIR.—The annual wool fair, establish-
ed four years since at Leicester, was held there on the 'zlth:
instant, and from the quantity of business done, apPeari to.'
be of growing importance, as well as to the growers them-
selves. The number of fleeces " pitched" on this occasion,
according to the Leicester paper, was upwards of 8,000, the
whole of which went off freely at fair prices. The largest lots
were purchased by the Yorkshire people, although consider-
able quantities were also disposed of to buyers of the County.. ,
The position of Leicester, a midland county town in the heart
itself of a manufacture of importance. and well situated foe
easy communications with parts of Yorkshire and. Lanca-
shire, seems peculiarly well adapted for the seat and exten-
sion of the trade in wool. The fair was attended by several-
of the leading gentry of the neighoourhood,and at the dinner
-afterwards all the parties present expressed their satisfaction
with the mode in which business had been transacted,. and,
their anticipations of its continued increase in, future.
VAuX A Ls. GA R nENs.--iThe Nassau balloon made another --
ascent on Tuesday afternoon. In the car were eight individ-
uals—seven gentlemen and one lady—viz. Mr. Wrottesley,
Mr. Power, M. le Comte Kalling, of the Swedish embassy,
Colonel Tryon, Capt. Carnagie, Mr. Green, Mrs: \Vebb,
anti a gentleman whose name did not transpire. The ascent
was particularly fine. The Duke of Nassau was expected to
-honour the gardens with his presence ; but was prevented by
an accident which had happened to his highness from the
shying of his horse. The company was very numerous and
highly respectable; among them we observed the Duke of
Palmella and the American Minister.—Standard.
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.—At the Shrewsbury quart
ter sessions, on Monday last, three youths were placed at the
bar, charged with robbing Mr. J. A. Bowhes, a schoolmaster
in that town, of £22. Mr. Botches received the money 'on
the 15th of May, and determined to take-an excursion to
Underdale, where he got intoxicated, and was observed to be
led from one public-house to another by two of the p'rison'ers.
On the following
.morning he found himself in a bed in a
low public-house in- Shrewsbury, and his pocket-book, Con-
taining four £5 notes stolen from him. The third prisoner
was noticed changing three of the notes, and the others-con-
fessed to the robbery. They were all' foutittguiliti and sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and tge.eourt
formed Mr. Bowhes that his conduct in the affair scat so dig
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creditable that they would ' not allots him his ex pen.4elP--•-
Salopian Journal. -" •
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDpN AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL-
ROAD.—On Saturday afternoon a fatal accident occurred to
a man of the name of Dent, in the service of the London
and Birmingham Railroad Company, who was attach, d to
the train that was on its way from Birmingham to London.
Dent, who was on the roof of one of the carriages, had been
employed in placing the tarpauling, over the luggage, and
which had been removed by the violence of the wind. When
at a few miles on this side Watford, Dent,was so engaged
just as the line of carriages was about to pass under a Midge,
going at a speed of about 30 miles an hour. when his
head came in violent collision with the arch of the bridge,
and he was immediately precipitated from his situa6in,
falling between the carriages on one of the train rails. He
was seen to fall, but not in what way he was struck, though
it is supposed that at the time his back was turned to the
bridge. The train, owing to the velocity with which it was
going, went on near a mile before it could be stopped. It
then returned, when the men found the poor fellow's body
had been run over, It was in a frightfully Mangled state;
his heart having been forced ont- The body was then taken
to Watford. Dent had been in the employ of the company
several months, and was a trustworthy anti valuable servant.
CORONATION MEDALS:—It seems that, at the late 'coro-
nation, a son of the Duke of Richmond contrived to Father
up 12 of the medals, scattered at internals by the Earl .of
Surrey, Treasurer of the Queen's Household.. The. noble
earl and this youth's uncle, together, represent West Sussex.
Alas, so it is, that these whigs scatter and scramble for things
amongst themselves; whilst an old alderman (Harmer), it
seems, is found sprilWling on the floor unsuccessfully sit ug-
gling for a single medal. The judges of the land, too, in
their dignified efforts in vain extend their hands for what the
Lord Treasurer was willing to spare from the 'public purse
for the scat of justice; but nothing fell to them, whilst the
full dozen fell to the nephew of the treasurer's parliamentary
colleague. Tempora mutantur. The time has been when an
alderman and a judge Were not left in vain to scramble for
what, in obedience to the law of the land, was to be..dis-
tributed. Duke's sons, it seems, are able distributors, inter se.
The noble duke was pleased, in the upper house of legislation,
to term the old aldermen " corrupt," forgetting at the time
from what impure influence his ancestors possessed 1.:19,000
a-year by the coal tax on the poor and rich but joking
aside, if "a
duke's son is to be a distributor, at random, of the
public money, another duke's son must not be one of the
scramblers, and (Olen a Catholic is to distribute, public
monies, ehe alderman and judge must be thought of, and
treated otherwise than by a whit; Catholic, or we shall see
matters carried to a serious length. . .
STEAM V. SAILING VESSELS.—In February' 1837, the
British ship Diamond, arrived at New York from Liverpool,
having been 100 days from port to port. There were 180
passengers, of whom 17 died, not from any disorder, but froin
mere starvation. 'nue principal suffering was amonar the
steerage passengers, the crew having been put upon allow-
ance, and supplied to the last with food, though in small
quantities. The description of the appearance of these poor
wretches on their arrival, given by an eye-witness, is heart- •
rending; our informant himself had lived nine days on
potato-peelings soaked in his scanty allowance of water.
For any ordinary voyage the supplies in this case were abun-
dant. Some, who had extra quantities, sold °et, it seems, to
their less provident fellow-passengers; first at moderate
developed itself at en-
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sovereign was asked for a
i,lltynohraeifftailly
pint of meal. Before the arrival of the vessel a sovereign
has been offered and refused fur a potato. as it was roasting
before the tire ! Once more—the hark Ellen, from-Leghorn,
with a cargo valued at 100,000 dollars, after a perilous voyage
of 103 days, her crew having subsisted for 15 days on
inaccaroni arid sweet oil, arrived within three or four miles
of Sandy hook, on the Ist of January last, and hoisted
signals. After waiting four hours in live fathoms water,and
finding no pilot, she was obliged to stand off to sea, and in
consequence of a storm which came on with the disabled
state of the crew, who were the sport of the winds, in tilt'
severe state of the weather, without fuel, and 6110.1t:Pf Prey
cm
vision, for an entire mth ! —Quarter y 1 Review.
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