The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

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Colonel Williams gave notice on Tuesday at Prescot of
his retirement frog► the bench of magistrates.
There are now in Bolton eight. mills entirely closed,
which, when running, employed 722 hands.
A cat was supposed to have been burnt in the recent
great fire at Manchester, but after an interval of thirteen
days and a half, it was found in a flue alive, though ema-
ciated and covered with soot. It must have subsisted all
that time without food.

The Manchester Guardian says that the millowners of
Mossley have resolved upon reducing the wages of the
operatives ten per cent. The step has given much dissa-
tisfaction to the operatives who wished to work short time
rather than be reduced.

The Duke of Nassau arrived at Mr. Cuff's, the Palatine
Hotel, Manchester, on Friday, from the Highlands; and,
having visited several manufactories in the course of Sa-
turday, and the opera at the Theatre Royal in- the even-
ing, left Manchester at an early hour on Monday.
A PROFITABLE DAIRY.-Mr. W. Smith, of Eitel, sold
to Mr. Livesey, of Preston, a few days ago, 38 cheese, the
produce of 13 cows in 38 days. The weight was 131 cwt.,
and the price 625. per cwt., giving a total of 412 12s. 6d.
—Lancaster Guardian.

It is found, from the last report of the Registrar-Gene-
ral, that in the Ulverston district one person in four at-
tains the age of seventy ; in Lancaster, one in six ; in
Preston, one, in fifteen ; in Manchester, one in seventeen;
in Liverpool, one in twenty.
A young man in Manchester, named Roberts, has been
fined by the magistrates for pawning ten handkerchiefs,
the property of Jenny Lind. He obtained the handker-
chiefs from his Mother-in-law who had got them to wash,
and he pawned them in order to procure money to hear
the extraordinary singer.
JENNY LIND.—MAKING THE MOST OF HER.-The
following rich bit appeared as an advertisement in the
Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last :—" Jenny
Lind.—lmmense attraction.—The bed on which Jenny
Lind slept in La Sonnambula, is now on view and on

sale, at No. 12, Peter:street. —Apply at No. 12, Loyd-
street, Cooper-street. T. Pesch.'
Instances of what good effects may be produced by
agricultural enterprise are continually arising. The Pres-
ton Chronicle thus speaks of the reclamation of Tarleton
Moss:—" This extensive tract of wild heath is gradually
being brought into a state of cultivation, and now exhibits
a surface studded with rural dwellings, surrounded by
heavy crops of corn and potatoes. In a very few years the
heath and grouse will have entirely disappeared, and the
land (as it is well adapted to do) will be contributing its
quota of food towards the support of the human family."
INDIA Corron.—On Wednesday se'nnight, a meeting
was held at Blackburn, to form a commercial association,
for the purpose of entertaining similar subjects to those
which come before the chambers of commerce in other
places. M. J. Fielding, Esq., in the chair. The associa-
tion having been duly formed, it was addressed by Mr. D.
C. Aylwin, of Calcutta, on the capabilities of the Dacca
district for the cultivation of cotton, and he produced a
sample of India cotton, which, he said, cost the grower
id per lb., and could be introduced into this country at
with a profit. The meeting adjourned to the 13th of
next month. _ _ _ _ _ _

Stockport is suffering much from the depression of trade,
For the last three weeks the tradespeople have complained
of having nothing to do. Short time is bringing with it
concomitant suffering amongst the labouring population.
The overseers complain of the inability of about 2,000
persons to pay their rates; and the defalcation must be
made up by those who can pay. It will require for the
current half year not less than ss. in the pound (including
the present rate) to meet the increasing demands made up
to Christmas, by the corporation, for borough rates, and
by the board of guardians for "calls." In the face of
another bad winter appearances are exceedingly gloomy.
THE MONSTRE BOUQUET AND DISH OF FRUIT.—At
the close of the opera a few gentlemen presented to Miss
Lind, in the green room, a very large bouquet and a dish
of the choicest fruit that could be produced in this part
of the country. It was arranged that the bouquet should
be publicly presented to her upon the stage, during the
concert which followed the opera. Accordingly, on the
curtain rising, those who had not heard of this presenta-
tion were mystified by seeing a huge dish of fruit on a
side table, at the back of the stage ; on the dish were up-
heaped the choicest fruit. Apples, pears, peaches, apri-
cots, and nectarines formed the base of this fruity pyra-
mid ; then succeeded grapes of the choicest kinds, some
large and fine varieties of melons ; and the whole was
crowned with a splendid pine, of unusual size and excel-
lence, which formed a handsome apex to the pile. When
Miss Lind had sung one of her Swedish melodies, some
one handed the bouquet to Mr. Balfe, for her, and there
was much cheering and some laughter, to see the momen-
tary embarrassment arising from its hugeness. However,
it was deposited on the piano, till the last melody was
sung, and was then borne off by the fair cantatrice. It
was composed of the rarest floral products of the season,
including many fine specimens of the flowers of that sin-
gular tribe of plants, the orchids a, especially the 0. ti-
gridium, with some of the choicest stove and greenhouse
plants, a fine flower of the magnolia grandiflora' blooms
of the Camellia Japonica, &c. Appended to the bouquet
by a white ribbon was a note, briefly stating that the
flowers and fruit were offered as an acknowledgment to
Mdlle. Lind's transcendant talents, and of the great gra-
tification she had afforded the parties. Manchester
Guardian. _

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THE COTTON FROM INDIA.—The samples of Surat cot-
ton, grown in the Dhawar district, from New Orleans
seed, were exhibited on our Exchange, on Monday and
Tuesday. On the latter occasion, being the market day,
they attracted general attention, and created a considerable
sensation amonst the spinners and manufacturers. Nor
was this mere idle curiosity ; for, of the whole bulk of five
hundred bales, from three to four hundred were sold
during the day, on 'change, at sixpence-halfpenny per
pound. We are glad to learn that in these sales care was
taken to distribute it in small lots,—we believe, in no case
exceeding forty bales,—amongst the spinners generally of
the town and neighbourhood ; and that the buyers were
requested severally to make reports as to its working
quality. This cotton was considered very satisfactory in
point of cleanliness and freedom from seed, and, so far as
we have been informed, we understand that the only com-
plaint made is with reference to its shortness of staple.
Doubtless it is not so long as could be wished; but this is
a defect which, if the statements of experienced cultivators
are to be credited, can be remedied to a considerable ex-
tent, by selecting ground for cotton cultivation nearer the
coast. We understand that, with a view to this end, Dr.
Wight, at the suggestion of the Manchester Commercial
Association, has already secured farms near the coast, in
Coimbatore district. It is said that in this district he an-
ticipates obtaining from I,oootb to 1,2001 b of uncleaned
cotton per acre; and even if half this produce be obtained,
together with a longer staple, the experiment will be a re-
markably successful one, and full of the most important
results. Messrs. John Peel and Co. had received 90 bales
of this cotton by the same vessel. We may now add that
they sold the whole of this quantity, on Saturday last, at
sid. per lb. We are in expectation of further cargoes ere
long, of the experimental cotton; of all of which one moiety
is to be consigned by the East India Company to Mr.
Fleming, so that our spinners will have ample opportuni-
ties and means of judging of the qualities of cotton, the
growth of various parts of our Indian territory.—Man-
chester Guardian.
JENNY LIND AND SOMNAMBULISM.—Miss Lind was
present at Mr. Braid's, surgeon, of Manchester, on Fri-
day week, to witness some of the abnormal feats of a
real somnambulist, artificially thrown into that state.
The subjects were two girls, the elder and principal being
about 19' years of age, and employed in a warehouse..
The two. were thrown into the sleep by gazing at Mr.
Braid's lancet-case, held a little above their heads. They
were dressed in their working dresses, and when awake
evinced.no indication of being possessed of extraordinary
powers. Mr. Braid having taken his seat at the piano,.
which was at some distance from the sleepers, the moment
he touched the keys they arose and came towards hint,
and. joined him in singing a trio, one taking the air,

another a second, and Sir.- Braid the bass. Sir. Braid
then awoke one of them, and announced that the. other

was now in that state, that he felt assured she could, fol-
low correctly any one in the room in singing any song in
any language—that was to say, she would. imitate the
notes and words as rapidly and accurately as to accompany
the singer as if she had been accustomed to sing such
songs. This seemed promising too much, and the look of
incredulity was obvious on every countenance except that
of Mr. Braid, who still confidently dared any one to the
trial; either male or female. A gentleman of the party,
therefore, sat down and played and sang a German song,
in which the somnambulist imitated him most accurately.
Another gentleman then tried her with a Swedish song,
in which she was also wonderfully successful. Madlle.
Lind, who has won such laurels for herself in impersonat-.
ing a somnambulist, now sat down down to test the
powers of this veritable somnambulist. All was breath-
less attention to catch the Swedish nightingale's notes,
and weigh her rival in this novel duetto. Jenny sang
most divinely a slow air, like a hymn tune, with, I believe,
Swedish words, every note and word of which was cor-
rectly yiiten by the somnambulist, just as if they had been
accustomed to sing together. Next followed, a long,
and most difficult singing lesson, in which Miss Lind ran
through all the chromatic difficulties her fertile fancy
coula dictate, and with all the varied inflections of force
and pathos which the human voice seemed capable of ex-
pressing ; but, to the astonishment of all present, the
somnambulist was not to be done, for so perfectly did
their voices accord, that throughout a great part of this
performance it was impossible to detect that there were
two voices. I saw one lady who was so sceptical on the
point that she would not believe that both were singing,
till she stood up to see as well as hear that both were
actively engaged in this harmonious strife. Miss Lind
now tested her with " Casta Diva" and " La Bella a me
Ritorni," in both of which my knowledge of Italian
enables me to say the imitation was perfect. After far-
ther testing with foreign words, only and extreme difficul-
ties or plizzling combinations of sound, the somnambulist
was aroused, quite unconscious of the extraordinary feats
1 she bad accomplished in her sleep, and quite afraid even
to try to imitate what she had done with such promptness
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