The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-23 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

An enlargement of the docks at Hull. to meet the increasing
commerce of the port, has been projected.

HOAXING EXTRAORDINARY.—Some wicked wag, anxious to
play upon the most vulnerable part of our humanity—videlicet
its vanity, recently indited an anonymous epistle, written in a
fair female hand, to some nozen young gentlemen, whose lady-
killing powers were not small in their own eyes. The note,
which was signed " Mary," contained a gentle hint of attach-
ment, and imploied an interview in Lansdown-place, on Tues-
day evening at eight o'clock. Thither at the appointed hour did
all the amatory swains repair, after due decoration and the con-
suniption of a world of perfumery. Like immortal Byron—
" They had a passion for the name of Mary."
and longed to seethe loVely bearer of their favourite cognomen.
But, " frailty, thy name is woman," and alas ! though they
paced for many a weary minute—each unconscious that the
others were on a similar errand—the broad pavement of Lens-
down-place, no Mary came to tell her tale of love. How long
they would have stayed we know not, but an 'accidental circum-
stance dispelled the delusion. One of the party, who concluded
he must have mistaken the hour appointed, retired beneath a
lamp to read the fair Mary's note again, under the influence of
gas light. While thus engaged, a second happened to peep
over his shoulder, and discovered, to his horror, that he was not
the only one invited to meet the faithless Mary. " Dear me !"
exclaimed gull number two, " have you a note also?" While
he was putting the question, gulls number three to twelve came
op, and an explanation took place, which terminated in mutual
condolences, and sundry resolutions dangerous to the bodily
health of the hoaxer, should he ever by discovered.—Cheltenham
Chronicle.

LONDON AND BIRININGDpi RAILivAY.-It may have been
known to many of our readers that the progress of a small pOr-
tion of the tunnel at Kilsby. near Rugby, has been arrested by
a quicksand of considerable extent. This difficulty, we are
glad to be able to state, will now be speedily overcome, the
quicksand having been so far drained as to enable the workmen
in one of the mainshafts to sink to the -bottom of the sand, to
penetrate through a stratum of compact limestone, and to sink
two or three feet into hard blue clay beneath ; thus clearly as-
certaining that the•quicksand dOes not reach lower than about
five feet below the crown of the tunnel arch, and that an excel-
lent working material underlies it. TWo additional steam-
engines and pumps are just about to be erected, to aid in draining
the quicksand, at the earliest possible period. The water level
has already been reduced 15 feet, and only about 13 feet
..re-
main to be pumped out. In the remainder of the tunnel the
Works are making very satisfactory progreSs. and there is now
no doubt of the whole works of this tunnel being completed at
the time required, the end of next year. 'lc ilsby tunnel, the
longest on the line, is exactly the length of the new tunnel on
the Liverpool and Manchester litte. The other two long tunnels
'near London at Watford (1628 yards), and at Primrose-hill
,(1166 yards), are now within a few yards of being coMpleted.
from end to end.

CLOSE SHAyfNo.—Under this head, the Boston- Mercantile
journal relates a curious anecdote (entitled to foil credence) of
a gentleman of respectable standing in that city. It appears
that he had for three years rented ahouse of a widow lady, who
boarded with him during that year. Her board bill was. pre-
seuted regularly every quarter and settled. She occasionally
was absent on visits to her friends, but neverasked or received
any deduction for hoard during such periods. She had also
mused him with much kindness and affection in sickness. A
few days since her quarter's board bill was presented with an
additional amount , for four days' board. As the lady had no
friends visiting her.during the last three months', she very pro-
perly requested an explsnation of the item, which was promptly
given You know," said this devoted worshipper of dollars
awl cents, "that since you have boarded with me I )hive uni-
formly charged you each quarter for only 13 weeks' board.
which would give only 364' days it the year ; whereas we all
know that the year consists of 365 days. Consequently in the
course of three years you have received three days' board, fur
which you have never paid a farthing. It also should not be
forgotten that the present year is leap year, and this makes ex-
actly the four days."

Ihe following letter has been received communicating the
probable murder of en Englishman, in Greece, from his want of
caution :

The Americans are, as is widely known, exceedingly Sensitive,
and especially as to what is said of them by English travellers.
' It would he better for them," says an acute observer,. " if
they were a trifle thicker skinned."

LANcAsllinE FIG trriNG.—On Saturdav, a fight took place at
Delph Hillock, Halliwell, between a man named Bothwell, and
another named Haslam, when after much writhing and strug-
eling to get uppermost on the part of Bothwell. both being on
the ground, he made a grab at his antagonist's nose, and bit a
greater part of it off.

Mr. O'Brien, who was killed in consequence of the accident
to the Peveril of the Peak coach, was one of the coroners for
the county of Cork, and p►esided at the celebrated Gurtroe in-
vestigation. He also held the appointment of public prosecutor
for the county of Cork under the Attorney-General. •
Charles Kemble, about to bid adietuto the stage, comes out
in Macbeth. How kin it is of him thus to reconcile the pub-
lic to his loss! Had he appeared in Benedict or Charles Surface
we should weep at the extinction of so great a light; but for his
Macbeth—" Out, cut, brief candle !"—no more ou't.

THEATRICAL MOVEMENTS.—Miss Ellen Tree makes her
corge to the. London audience, and takes her departure for
4lerica in October. An unusual time for the trees to be
taking their leaves.

1,1 u; EXPORTS EXTRAORDINART.—On Saturday last a con-
siderable quantity of Irish oak, cut ~n the estate of Lord Lang-
ford, in the county of Meath, was shipped on board the Eamont,
for• St. John's New Brunswick, for ship hui;ding.

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LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE.
,Days. Mira. Ern. Rt. I Festivals; 4e.
Seer. H. M . H. at. P. 1.
TueSday ....29 611 7 t 11 7 , Mem) Perigee 8h morn
Wechiesday..2l 750 829 'l2 2 'St Matthew
Thursday .-.21 9 3 932 13,10 Georgian in eonj with Moon
Friday, • ...23 9 r'.B 10 22 15 11 Autumn commences
Saturday.... 24 jlO 43 11 4. 17 6 Saturn sets 7h eln even
SUNDAY.. :11 23 11 43 18 7 i 17th Sunday after Trinitr.
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