The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-14 00:00:00

NOBILITY SPRUNG FROM HONEST TRADE,

In Pennaxt's History of London, page 397, he gives a curi-
ous list of some of our principal noble families, who owe their
origin to honest trade, in the following words, viz.:—" I beg
leave here to remind several noble peels of their industrious
forefathers."
John Coventry was an opulent mercer of the city of Lon-
don, and mayor in 1425, a most spirited magistrate. From
his loins is descended the Earl of Coventry.
The family of Rich, Earls of Warwick and Holland, arose
from Richard Rich, an opulent mercer, sheriff in 1441.
The Holies's, Earls of Clare and Dukes of Newcastle,
sprung from Sir William Holies, mayor in 1540, son of
William Holies, citizen and baker.
Sir Thomas Leigh, mayor in 1558, furnished the peerage
with the addition of two, viz. Leigh, Earl of Chichester, and
Leigh, Lord Leigh. of Stoneley.
The Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, descend from Edward
des Bouverie, an opulent Turkey merchant; died in 1694.
Lord DUcie was descended from Sir Robert Uncle, sheriff
in 1620, 'mayor in 1631 ; banker to Charles I. and afterwards
created a baronet.
Paul Bayning, sheriff in 1593, was father of Paul, created
Viscount Bayning.
The Cranfields, Earls of Middlesex, rose from Lionel
Cranfield, a citizen, bred up in the custom-house. The
Duke of Dorset is descended from Frances Cranfield, heiress
of the third Earl.
The noble family of Ingram, Viscount Irwin (now repre-
sented by the Marchioness of Hertford), were raised in the
reign of Elizabeth, by Hugh Ingram, citizen, merchant, and
tallow-chandler.
Sir Stephen Brown, mayor in 1438, was a grocer, and gave.
us another peer in the person of Sir Anthony Brown, created
Viscount Montague, in 1554.
The ancestor of the Le es, Earls of Dartmouth, was
mayor of London in 1347, and in 1357, having, in his trade
of a skin tier attained great wealth.
Sir Geoffry Bullen, mayor in 1458, was grandfather to
Thomas Bullen, Earl of Wiltshire, father of Anna Bullen,
and grandfather to Queen Elizabeth; the highest genealo-
gical honour the city ever possessed.
Sir Baptist Hicks, a mercer, founded the peerage of
Campdeu.
Sir William Capel, draper, mayor in 1503, founded the
noble family of Capel, now Earls of Essex.
Edward Osborne, mayor in 1583, was ancestor of the
Dukes of Leeds.
Michael Dormer, mercer, mayor in 1542, produced the
future Lords Dormer.
From Sir William Craven, merchant tailor, mayor in 1611,
sprung the Earls of Craven.
Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward is descended from Wm.
Ward, a'wealthy goldsmith in London, and jeweller to the
Queen of Charles I.

STUPENDOUS CABBAGE.-Mr.M organ, ofthe King's Arms,
Merthyr, on Wednesday morning last, cut a cabbage of a few
weeks growth, which measured in circumference very nearly
two and a half yards; and weighed no less than twenty one
and a quarter pounds. There is no doubt it would have reached
a much larger growth, had Al r.Morgan allowed it a little more
time; but having had his garden robbed lately he was afraid
to trust such a prize any longer to the cupidity of rogueish
cabbage-eaters. Itis tope hoped that no knight of the thimble
is involved in this latter charge.—Merthyr Guardian.
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DONS!—A man, in the dress of a workman, was lately
walking in the streets of Berlin, with a packet in his hand,
sealed with five seals, and inscribed with an address, and a
noto that it contained 100 thalers in treasury bills. As the
bearer appeared to be at a loss, he was accosted by a passen-
ger, who asked him whom he was looking for. The simple
countryman placed the packet in the inquirer's hands, and re-
quested he would read the address. The reply was made as
if with an agreeable surprise, "Why ! this letter is for me.
1 have been expecting it a iong while!" The messenger
upon this demanded 10 thalers for the carriage of the packet,
which was readily paid, with a liberal addition to the porter.
The new possessor of the packet, hastened to an obscure cor-
ner to examine his prize; hut, on breaking the seals, found
nothing but a few sheets of blank paper, on which was writ-
ten—" Done!"

FURIOUS ATTACK ON MR. AMBURGH, OF ASTLEY'S, BY A
TlGER.—Since Wednesday last, the principal topic of con-
versation in the theatrical world has been the furious attack
made on Mr. Van Amburgh, whose exhibition at Astley's
Royal Amphitheatre, of lions, tigers, leopards, and other ani-
mals in the forest, in the grand zoological spectacle entitled
the Lion Conqueror if Pompeii, has excited within these few
days past so much public attention. Van Amburgh has been
styled by the phi/o/oeos of the above equestrian establishment
as the brute tamer, and certainly the appellation is well ap-
plied, as the following daring feat will prove,—for never was
the courage or the presence of mind of man put to a severer
test. It appears that on Wednesday last, a rehearsal was
going on in the circus of the theatre, when Mr. Van Amburgh
wishing one of his tigers to perform a certain feat, which the
animal was utterly unable or unwilling to accomplish, had
recourse to severe corporal punishment, which chastisement
he inflicted with a large horsewhip. Smarting under the
pain of the lash, the animal became incensed, and suddenly
sprang upon Mr. Van Amburgh, who instantly was hurled
with violence to the ground, from the strength and weight of
his incensed assailant. Mr. Van Amburgh, who is of Hercu-
lean caste, and possessing extraordinary muscular power,
instantly perceived the intention of the animal, which was
that of tearing him to pieces, and, with the courage and pre-
sence of mind which few men possess, seized his foe by the
lip of the lower jaw, and thus pinioned him as a bull-dog
would an ox at a bait. A long and fearful struggle now en-
sued, in the course of which both the man and tiger rolled
over several times. At length Mr. Van Amburgh got the
better of his foe by throwing him on his back, at. the same
hand,
which kneeling on his stomach, and, with his other
which was till now nnengag,ed, commenced striking the pros-
trate animal with his.cleuched fist, the blows falling in quick
succession over the head, face, and particularly the nose,
until the blood flowed from the subdued animal, who here
quivered under the grasp of his conqueror. At length Mr.
Van Amburgh, perceiving that he had completely overcome
him, released his hold; and the animal, finding himself at
liberty, retired a short distance from his master, and crouched
down as if severely suffering from the punishment he had
received. It may here be proper to mention, that the per-
formers (so we understood) did not pay any attention to the
struggle, considering that it was merely a rehearsal of the
part to be played in the evening, until they saw him adminis-
tering the severe chastisement, as before described, to the
enraged animal, and its efforts to compel Mr. Van Amburgh
to release his hold. This encounter did not at all impede
the eatertaiments of the evening.—John Bull.