The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-18 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

A considerable number of forged notes of the Bank of Eng-
land are now about the country, and have been passed at the
Markets. They purport to be .for £lO.
The fog was so dense on the river Thames on Tuesday
morning: that the Gravesend and other steam-boats found
great difficulty in making their way up to town.
At a meeting of the trustees of Opeushaw Church, holden
on Monday last, the Rev. Thomas George James, M.A., Of '
Brazennose College, Oxford, perpetual curate of Trinity
Church, Burnley, was unanimously appointed to the incum-
bency of the said church.
• SUPERIORITY OF ENGLISH COAL.-ItiS a proof of the
great superiority of the English coal to that fiiund in the Ma-
ritime States of America, that the Transatlantic Steam Com-
pany is advertising for contracts to convey English coals to
New York, for the working of its steam ships.
O'CONNELL'S NEW SOCIETY.—" What's this new thing
O'Connell has set on foot?" said a professor the other day in
Cambridge, to an Irish student. "The Precursor Society."
replied the youth, with a rather broad pronunciation of the
first syllable. " His society shall pray a curse in vain from
me," rejoined the querist, "the fellow's not worth a oirse !"

Morning Post.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday evening week, Mary
Swan, a widow, residing at Sweet Green, Bolton, who was
on her way home from Liverpool by the train, was taken ill
at Parkside, and died in the train before it reached Kenyon
junction. She was 66 years of age, and had been troubled
with an asthma for several years.
MANCHESTER OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.
—A meeting of the members of this association, resident in
No. 14 district, was held at the house of Mr. John Acton, the
sign of the Roebuck, in Camp Field, on Tuesday night, for
the purpose of forming a branch association for that district.
A considerable number of new members were enrolled, and
the occasion passed off with great satisfaction to all present.
—Manchester Courier.
THE LATE FATAL DUEL.—In the course of Tuesday, Mr.
Carter, the coroner, before whom the inquiry arising out of
the late fatal duel came on,. received a communication from
Messrs, Harmer, informing him that on the first day of the
next sessions of the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Broughton,
who acted as the second to Mr. Mirfin, the deceased, would
surrender for the purpose of taking his trial on the coroner's
inquisition for the wilful murder of Mr. Mirfin.
CHARITY, SERMON.—BOL HOLT CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL.
—On Sunday last, two sermons were preached in the above
school; one in the afternoon, by the Rev. F. Power, B.A.
curate of the parish church, Bury; the other in the evening,
byahe Rev. R. flestop, M.A. incumbent of Christ Church,
,Ainsworth; when the very handsome sum of £6O. 18s.
was collected. The school at Bolholt was established by Mr.
William Sudren, and, though only opened iu May last, now
contains 426 scholars.—Manchester paper.
ASHToN-UNDER-LYNE.—On Wednesday Evening last,
the Conservatives of Ashton held their quarterly meeting at
the Pitt and Nelson Inn, which was very numerously at-
tended, there being many of the honorary members present
also. Amongst. the great variety of business transacted du•
ring the evening, if was resolved unanimously, to celebrate
their next annual banquet and public ball on Monday in Ash-
ton wakes week, of which due notice will be given, on which
occasion there will most assuredly be a great display of rank
and fashion. The progressive increase of Conservative
strength in the borough will be quite apparent, by simply sta-
ting that, at the first general election for sending a member
to serve in parliament, only fifty votes were recorded in their
interest, one hundred at the second, and at the third and last
two hundred. The list of voters published for the present
year, after the revision, will increase the Conservative strength
still more; and it is highly probable that "the cause" will
triumph at the next election.—Manchester Courier.
WOODEN PAVEMENTS.—The inhabitants of Oxford-street
ate discussing the propriety of repairing that great thorough-
fare with wood. The experiment has proved completely suc-
cessful in St. Petersburg and in New York : in the latter
city the plan was adopted of paving a small portion of the
most crowded street, before the general application of the
system was resolved upon; and about 200 yards of broad-
way between Chambers and Warren-streets, hounded by the
Park, were selected. The blocks of wood were hexagonal,
and the pavement produced was found to be infinitely pre-
ferable to the one it superseded. The inconvenience previ-
ously suffered by the dust was at once obviated ; the terrific
din of the omnibuses was unheard at this spot; and the con-
trast between the comparative tranquillity of these2oo yards,
and the confusion and noise on the stones at each end, was a
most convincing argument in recommendation of the im-
provement. The wood chosen was maple, and the best proof
of its fitness for the purpose is found in the fact that the poi%
tion so paved has nit been touched for the last three years.
The traffic continually passing over it is, perhaps, not less
than that in Oxford-street, and the .omnibuses care certainly
more unwieldy.
THE ENSUING LORD RECTOR OF GLASGONV.—We under-
stand that there is every probability of the Duke of Wel,
ling,ton being the successor of Sir R. Peel in the rectorial
office. This is as it should be. It is very appropriate that
the University should select for this high distinction the man
who, by his valour in the field, has mainly contributed to the
security of those studies to which she owes all her glory and
importance. A correspondence has been entered into on the
subject by the leading conservative students and the Duke,
and the result, we are glad to say, though not yet definite, is
favourable as to the Duke allowing himself to be nominated.
Let the students boldly urge his high claims—let the very
name of Wellington animate ahem with victory, and they
must carry all the nations. Nor can we doubt that his Grace
is too wise a man, and possesses too generous feelings, to be
indifferent to the distinction. The appearance of the first
character in Europe amongus would form an era in the his-
tory of Gasgow more glorious than has yet occurred. All
parties would sink their differences in his presence, and hail
with one voice the fattier of their country. We promise the
Duke a suitable reception, corns among us when and under
what circa instances he will.—Glasgow Constitutional.
INCORPORATION OF BIRMINGHAM.—We find, upon in-
quiry at the workhouse, and from other sources of informa-
tion, that the Lords of the Privy Council, although staggered
by the contents of the last anti-Corporation petition, are de-
termined, if possible, to discover some plausible pretext for
issuing to Birmingham a charter of incorporation. For some
days past the clerks at the workhouse have been engaged in
ascertaining from the Grand Levy Bunk the amounts paid
by the petitioners for and against the charter; and we un-
derstand Captain Dawson was expected in town yesterday,
for the purpose of revising and correcting his former report.
Add to this, we know that certain members of the pro-corpo-
ration committee have been. in correspondence with Lord
Holland, (if not other members of the Privy Council) and
that the noble lord, thus in communication with the Birming-
ham Radicals, has given them every reason to hope that their
ambition will be gratified:—We are glad to learn that the
opponents of a charter in Manchester, should it issue, are
determined to try its validity. Sir Frederick Pollock and
Sir William Follett are already retained, and the battle will
be fought with a vigour worthy of the importance of the
cause involved in the struggle. The decision will be highly
important to the whole country'.—Birmingham Acivertiser.
THE GREAT WESTERN .S'TEAME'R.—The triumphant suc-
cess which has attended all the voyages of the Great Western
steam-ship, has given a confirmed stimulus to speculations
in similar undertakings 'both to the United States and va-
rious other quarters of the world. So great are the advan-
tages of the proprietors of the Great Western, in being the
only parties in the field with a vessel of sufficient magnitude
for the profitable voyage between England and New York,
that it is estimated that the gain will not be less than one
hundred thousand potinds in the first year of the existence of
that ship, and before it is possible for other vessels to be built.
The merchants of Bristol are no doubt deserving' of so great
a reward for an enterprise from which such an important na-
tional consequences will probably arise; but the profit to the
public will certainly be greater when number's of similar ves-
sels shall be in existence, and the charges for the passage
and for merchandise and newspapers thus be brought down
to the minimum of expense. At present the charges for the
transmission of bullion and newspapers by the Great West-
ern are extremely high, although certainly the merchants ap-
pear to acquiesce in the fairness of the proprietors of that
vessel taking to themselves all the advantages of their posi-
tion, and reaping the wealth which is their just reward.—
Morning Chronicle.
Two WAYS OF TELLING A STORY.—A man, named Abra-
ham Eckersley, was charged at the New Bailey, on Wednes-
day last, with creating a disturbance in the neighbourhood
of his residence, near New Islington-street, on the previous
evening. A neighbour stated that the prisoner was drunk,
and by his noisy and disorderly conduct collected a large
crowd in front of the houses. He then appeared at the front
bed-room window, and there deliberately set the blind on
fire, standing by and looking at the flames apparently un-
concerned. Apprehending that the premises, of which his
own was part, were in danger of being burnt, witness ran off
to the police, where he met policeman Bennett, and took him
to the spot, but the fire was then extingnished. This state-
meut was corroborated by another witness.—The prisoner,
however, in his defence, gave quite a different version of the
story. He stated that he' was merely driving a nail into the
window frame by candle light, when the blind accidentally
caught fire. Redid not perceive it at first; but when he did,
he immediately tore the blind down, and extinguished the
flames. With respect to the crowd,, he could only say that
people gathered round the house, and interfered whenever
himself and wife chose to have a comfortable row, and it was
not their fault.—Mr. J. B. Smith, who heard the case, said
that people were likely to interfere when their property was
endangered through his drunkenness.—The prisoner was
committed for a month.—Manchester Courier.
A COURAGEOUS BARONESS.—A few nights ago, Rl.l attack
was made upon a house on the Place du Trone, Paris, inha-
bited by the Baroness G—, whose husband was absent on
business. Two men introduced themselves into the garden,
whilst a third stationed himself on the wall next the Rue du
Piepus, in order to keep watch during the. operations of his
comrades. The baroness being awakened by the noise made
in the garden by the robbers, rose softly, went to the window,
which she gently opened, and distinctly saw three men at-
tempting to effect a forcible entry into one of the rooms on
the ground floor. With great courage and presence of mind,
the lady seized a pair of loaded pistols belonging to her hus-
band, and fired both simultaneously at the robbers, who re-
turned the fire from the garden; a ball from one of their
pistols passing through the window, and lodging in the ceil-
ing of the apartment, immediately above the baroness's head.
The alarm having been given, the servants of the house
rushed into the garden in pursuit of the three malefactors,
who, however, succeeded in making their escape. The next
triorning the baroness made her declaration to the judicial
authorities, who immediately ordered measures to be taken
for the protection of her person and property, especially as
two similar attacks hail, at a short intervalbetween each other,
been made upon her house subsequently to the latter end of
June. On both of these former occasions, the baroness had
acted with the same resolution displayed by her on the last-
mentioned attack, firing in both cases upon the robbers, one
of whom she had on the second attempt severely wounded.—
Galionani.
WINTER PROLIFIC OATS.—We were highly gratified the
other day (says our Retford correspondent) on witnessing a
new kind of oat on the farm of Mr. Holmes, at Rauby. In
the autumn of 1836, one bushel of these oats were sown, which
produced thirty-eight bushels; of these thirty-seven bushels
were sown at Michaelmas last, on eleven acres of land; and,
although they were twice eaten down with sheep during
the present spring, they are now likely to yield full eight
quarters to the acre. The land on which they have been
grown is light forest land, to which no extra management
was given, and the straw in a general way is nearly five
feet high. Besides, the produce must be great, as we counted
in many instances inure than thirty stalks from one grain, all
of which were very heavy and remarkably well topped. We
should not wonder if this oat becomes general on many soils ;
as, from what w'e have seen, it is more likely to answer the
purposes of the :agriculturist than any other we have been ac-
quainted with. Mr. Holme's field has been reaped in prime
condition during the present week.—Doncaster Gazette. '
GnIEVIOUS DISAPPOINTMENT.—LISBON, SEPT. 4.—From
Thursday to Friday fast, much feverish excitement was visible
among the gourmands of Lisbon, whose expression of anxiety
for the arrival of the Iberia steamer, which was to bring the
novel importation of 20 fresh salmon from London, was truly
ludicrous. Let the reader picture to himself the lamentable
disappointment, on the corning of this vessel at a given time-
numerous cards-of invitation for dinners having been issued
and accepted for the demolition of this intich-admired species
The gastric organs of many
of the finny bibs. The severely
felt the want of a breakfast, Navin;; been kept in reserve for
this epicurean feast ; when, on the production of the case in
which all their tonging desires had been fixed, the delicate
morsel was found to be in a state of decomposition, owing to
the packers having adhered to the "penny-wise-and-pound-
foolish" custom of allowing only half-a-crown's worth of ice
for their preservation; and, instead of their being consigned
to their gastronomic stomachs, were reluctantly offered to the
proud Tagus, and conveyed by her silVery water' to the un-
fathomable oceatt+