The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-03 00:00:00

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SUBTERRANEAN GARDEN.—We understand there are
now growing in the 214 fathom level of Wheal Vor mine
fine kidney and pod beans.—West Briton.
MORE PROOFS OF IMPROVEMENT IN IRELAND.—At
this moment there are 342 persons in Clonniel gaol, of which
129 are for trial at the assizes. Sixteen are charged with
murder.—Limerick Chronicle.

Some persons would have us believe that a Chinese war
will cut us off from a supply of rhubarb as well as tea, but
the former, of the best quality, has hitherto always come
from Turkey.

There areninety-five colleges in the United States, con-
taining about 9500 students ; twenty-seven medical schools,
with about 2800 students ; and eight law schools, with 350

students

The epidemic, which of late has been so general amongst
cattle, in several parts of the country, is now very prevalent
at Knaresborough. Numbers have fallen victims to this dis-
tressing malady.

We regret to hear that Lord Brougham, since his last re-
turn from abroad, has laboured under a depression of spirits,
which is confirmed by his altered voice and manner in the

SIR WALTER Scores MONIIMENT.—We understand it
has at length been resolved that the foundation-stone of the
Scott Monument is to be laid with masonic honours on the
15th August. The site, we may remind our readers, is in
the East-Prince's-street Gardens, at the foot of St. David-
street.—Edinburgh Evening Post.

The Taunton Courier says that the apple crops will not
prove so bountiful as from the early indications was ex-
pected, and that the shears of grass have been everywhere
uncommonly thin.

Lord Chesterfield has ordered his splendid hunting stud,
consisting of sixty horses, to be brought to the hammer at
Tattersall's. His lordship's extensive stud is at Brixworth,
near Northampton.—lpswich Express.
A greater quantity of rain fell in Boston on Sunday night,
than during any night since August last; the depth exceeded
three-quarters of an inch, as shown by a rail' guage kept in
the town.—Boston Herald.

A ToyGn MORSEL.—According to a recent traveller in
the extreme northern regions of the Russian empire, the
spring rarely passes over without some of the population be-
ing reduced to the necessity of subsisting on the leather of
their clothing.

The Earl of Sefton has purchased one of the splendid new
mansions in Belgrave-square, next door to Mr. Grenfell's.
The price paid by the noble earl is £22,000. The mansion
is still unfinished, and his lordship will not take possession
until next season

His Grace the Archbishop of York is causing great pre-
parations to be made at Mincham, Oxfordshire, for the re-
ception of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who intends
honouring his grace by a visit of a few days in the course of
next month.

The waters of the Seine in Paris are so low that they have
only to fall a few inches more to be down at the lowest point
ever known, which was in 1719. The navigation of the river
above Paris, and also that of the Marne, is interrupted.
A grand musical performance took place at Aix-la-Cha-
pelle a few days ago, in which 550 instrumental, and 441
vocal performers, were engaged. Among the pieces 'per-
formed were Mozart's oratorio of David penitent, Spohr's
Lord's Prayer, and a grand symphony, by Beethoven.
A feu; days ago, a large pike, measuring 3 feet 10 inches in
length, 20 inches in girth, and weighing 211 lbs., was caught
in the lake at Capheaton, by Simon Simmons, boatman to
Sir J. E. Swinburne, Bart.—Newcastle Journal.
There is now in the museum of the Huddersfield exhibition
a serpent alive, which was found in a hole in a block of log-
wood at Dewsbury, a few days ago, while sawing it to pieces.
The reptile appears quite healthy, and must have been em-
bedded many months, but how it exists is a problem that
must be left to the naturalist to solve. It is about eighteen
inches long.

As we anticipated last week the present one has been pro-
lific in its supply of fresh herrings, to the heartfelt satisfaction
of both the fishermen and the poor inhabitants of the town.
The market has continued to be abundantly supplied with
this cheap substitute for a beef-steak through the week, and
the retail price may now be quoted at twenty-four for a shil-
ling.—Manx Liberal.
Of all the instances we have heard of persons attaining
wealth by luckly accidents, none equal the following :—A
poor aged woman, who had long earned her livelihood by
by knittting, one' day coming to the end of her worsted ball
or clue, found it to be wound on a piece of an old newspaper,
which she had the curiosity to read; when, to her astonish-
ment and delight, she discovered it to contain an advertise-
ment respecting herself, as the heir of a large property, which,
had she been unable to read, she might never have possessed.
EXCELLENT SUGGESTION RESPECTING LUGGAGE ON
RAILWAYS.—A suggestion has been made to us, which we
hope will receive the attention of railway directors. The
plan is extensively adopted in America. A brass ticket is
given to every passenger for every box or package of luggage
a duplicate of which is fastened to such package. At the
station the passengers produce these tickets, and receive in
exchange their own property. The want of some such ar-
rangement has caused much trouble and some loss on several
railways in this country.—Edinburgh Evening Post.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A short time since the
building of a stone bridge was commenced over the river
Leven, near the town of that name, and in making a road to
it from the village of Inverleven, a stripe had to be taken off
a garden at the east end of that village. In levelling this
road, at the point described, a human skull was first disco-
vered, with a hole in the back part of it, and afterwards, in
the same place, bones of the other parts of a man, with frag-
ments of clothes. These circumstances have led to the sup-
position, that a person must have been murdered, and buried
there; and this is strengthened by the recollection, that, in
October 1833, a vessel, belonging to Aberdeen, discharged a
cargo of bones at Leven, and having been chartered by a
broker in Leith, the master went there to draw his freight,
and was never afterwards heard of. The remains of the
body now found are suspected to be those of this shipmaster,
whose name is said to have been Fowler, and that of his ves-
sel the Rover; but as to how he came by his death, or by
whom the body was deposited in this garden, must, it is
feared, remain a matter of conjecture.—Edinburgh Evening
Post.

WINDOW Tax.—The duties are chargeable on all win-
dows in any kitchen, cellar, scullery, buttery, pantry, larder,
washhouse, bakehouse, brewhouse, and lodging room, whe-
ther within, contiguous to, or disjoined from the dwelling-
house. All sky-lights and windows or lights, however con-
structed, in stair-cases, garrets, cellars, passages, and any
other part of dwelling-houses, are also chargeable, except
such interior windows as wholly derive their light from any
exterior windows which are duly charged to the said duties.
Windows in shops or warehouses, being parts of dwelling-
houses, in the front or fronts, and on the ground and base-
ment story, are exempt; but if any such shop or warehouse

contains more than three such windows, the remainder are
chargeable—the exemption not extending beyond three in
any case. According to the 4th and sth William IV., if any
person shall erect any new building, or make any addition to
his dwelling-house or premises, or open any communication
with any other tenement or building adjoining, or near
thereto, then, and in such case, all the windows in such
dwelling-house and premises, and in such new, or additional,
or adjoining tenement, or building, are to be rated and as-
sessed together to the said duties, as they would have been
before the passing of the said act.

THE OPAH OR KING-FISH.—At the ebbing tide on the
morning of Saturday last, there was seen floundering near
the Church Rocks, Newbiggin, a specimen of that rare and
beautiful fish the Opah or King-Fish. Its weight was about
70 lbs. ; the colours on its first being taken out of the water
and alive were most brilliant. The vermillion of its head, a
portion of the body above the tail, the tail itself (large and
forked), and the fins were brightly dazzling ; the upper part
of the back was of a greenish violet colour; the sides and
belly had a greenish silvery appearance ; the whole being stud-
ded with French-white patches, of the size of a shilling. The
mouth, which would admit a moderate-sized hand, was as
smooth within as polished marble; there were short prickles
on the tongue, inclining inwards, but no teeth. The nume-
rous bathers now at Newbiggin, and the fishermen, flocked
to see the gaudy sight, and many and curious were the con-
jectures what it could be. It was in the course of the day
taken by boat to Tynemouth, and exhibited there as a show.
It was certainly one of nature's most gorgeous marine pro-
ductions, and ought to have been secured for the Museum of
the Society of this place.—Newcastle Journal.

STATISTICS OF EDUCATION IN BOLTON.—In 1833, the
number of Sunday schools in Great and Little Bolton was
15 ; 3 Episcopals, 2 Wesleyan Methodists, 1 Methodist New
Connexion, 1 Baptist, 2 Unitarians, 1 Independent Metho-
dist, 1 Primitive Methodist, 2 Independents, 1 Catholic, and
1 Swedenborgian ; total scholars 8049 ; total teachers 624 ;
amount of collections during that year £620 lOs 7d. In
1836, there were 9645 Sunday scholars, of which class there
were 2073 attended day schools. In 1838, the number of
children iu the borough receiving education between the
ages of 5 and 15 years, was 11,473. In July, 1839, the
number of Sunday scholars within the borough was 10,784.
The average amount of collections for Sunday schools is
about £Bso.—Bolion Chronicle.

REPRESENTATION OF ROCHDALE.--AR parties here are
dissatisfied with the present administration, and it is the
general opinion that the present representative of that
borough will resign. The radical electors have formed
themselves into a society, and have determined upon having
a thorough reformer. They think that the borough would
be better represented by a tory than a whig—but a radical
would be preferred to either; therefore they have concluded
upon Sharman Crawford, Esq., of Crawford's Burn, Ireland,
as their man, and have invited that gentlemen to pay them
a visit, and he has acceded to their request. He met a con-
siderable number of whig and radical electors on Wednesday
evening, in the large room at the Roebuck Inn, and address-
ed them on the principal topics that agitate the public mind
at present, and apparently gave satisfaction, as he was greatly
cheered throughout. The conservatives are canvassing the
borough, for (it is said) Clement Royds, Esq. ; and if the
whigs and radicals do not compromise, there is no doubt he
will be returned. Mr.T.M.Gibson is expected to come for-
ward on the whig interest.—Bolton Chronicle.

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ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—SO
was occasioned in Doncaster, on Thuwrmshdoeayi:venin
arrival of a chaise containing a couple, the
eloped, and were on their way to the south,
confirmed by the arrival of the enraged husband in
a few moments after the other had taken its departure. chaise,
husband, who, we understand, is a publican at Pontefract,
took a gig from Doncaster and overtook the fugitives at
Bawtry, where he seized the treasure, the only thing which
he seemed at all interested about—namely £5O, which his
wife had carried away with her, as well as a large quantity of
clothing. We understand the husband, after he had despoiled
them of this booty, allowed the guilty pair to pursue their
has robbed th husband of his wife is a navigator, and
journey e
rney unmolested, and returned to Doncaster. The man
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lost all that
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was m any way valuable—namely, the money.—