The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

Mr.
-Hannigan, a blind piper, had the honour of perform-

irig before the Queen on Friday night.
John M'Neile, Esq. has been appointed by the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland high-sheriff of Antrim.
" Where is happiness always to be found ?" D'ye ye give
Only in a dictionary.

The eruptions of Etna have diminished, and the period of
their termination seems fast approaching.
The library, &c. of the late Rev. Solomon Herschel' has
been placed in the hands of Mr. Robins for sale.
Dr. Lardner is starving at Philadelphia; and Mrs. Heavi-
side, of Brighton, his cherie amie, has eloped from him.—
Cork C'onstilulion.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Warwick and Lea-
mington Bank was held on Tuesday last, at which a dividend
of 5 per cent. was declared.

The town council of Gloucester bax e imposed a penalty of
five shillings upon members who do not attend the meetings
or assign a sufficient reason for their absence.
On Wednesday last a charwoman in London died in a few
minutes from having drunk a small quantity of essential oil
of almonds.

Sir R. Peel, in the House of Commons on Thursday, was
dressed in deep mourning in respect to the memory of the
late unfortunate Mr. Drummond.

Lord Seaton is said to have been appointed Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands, in succession to Sir
Howard Douglas.

Several veins of black-band ironstone, equal to the Scotch,
have lately been discovered in Staffordshire, both in the
northern and southern districts of the county.

Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge is labouring under
severe indisposition at Paris, arising from an attack of

4,l)ipping

FRIDAY, FarigtrAair 3.—Wind N.W. fie-ii.
A ffrtivim.—doortwin, Davies; Norfolk. Snow, Chatham, Mtn,.
phy, and Columbia, Robinson, from New Orleans—Ocean Queefl
Wilson, from Sayan/Ha—Mary, Sullivan, from Mobile—Fortittide
Libbey, from Charleston—and Walter, from Seville:

The crew of the schooner on West Hoyle perished during the
night; four men were seen in the rigging, but neither the Point of
Ayr nor Hoylake life boats could render any assistance, owing to
the heavy sea.
Scotland, Merryman, hence for New
Europe, Barrett, hence for Corfu, at
Emma Graham, Ferguson, hence for
Henry Winch, hence at Santa Martha
Malay, Jones, hence at Malaga
Eliza, Cooper, from Monte Video, at Cove
P. H. Dean, Collis, from Laguna, ditto
James Duncan, Heslop, from Licata, ditto
Henrietta, Longford, from Calcutta, at St. Helena
Herculean, Grindale, ditto, ditto
Maid of Mona, Blake, from the Cape of Good Hope, ditto
Amazon, Holmes, sailed from St. Helena for London 20th Dec

Orleans, at Cove
Scilly
Oporto, at Kinsale

Snap, of Belfast-LTriton and Fly, of Ilarrington—Alexander and
Perseverance, of Dumfries—Ann Semple. of Sligo—Rob the Ranter,
of Glasgow—and Janet, of Liverpool, all at Rutland, Donegal
. •

LANCASTER, Feb. 2.—The Alexander, from Mobile for Liver-
pool, that was on shore in Morecombe Bay, has been got off with
damage, and placed alongside. Glasson Dock

SATURDAY, Fk;BRUART 4

—Wind North, a gale

Ocean Queen, from Savanilla, and Carl, from Riga, were in con-
tact this morning in the river; the former lost head, bowsprit and

foremast

Robert & Eliza, of Port Fleetwood, has been towed into this
port dismasted, by one of the steam tugs
Glenarm, hence for Port Adelaide, was spoken 20th October, in
lat. 29 S. long. 20 E
Weatherall, Hall, hence at Batavia

Laura Ann, Richmond, hence at Havre
Cumberland, Power, hence for Apalachicola, at Cov
Nary Wylie, Scotland, hence for Berbiae,-at Cove

Orpheus, M'Lellan, hence for Monte Video, at Waterford
Sir John Franklin, did not sail from Palermo, for Liverpool, gth
January, as reported 2nd Feb. but remained there on the 191 h of