The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-11-29 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

SURVEY OF LIVERPOOL.—Mr. M. A. Gage is engaged in a
trigonometrical survey of the town and port of Liverpool, in-
cluding its environs, for the purpose of preparing a new map,
which 'will be shortly published, under the patronage of his
Majesty and the principal noblemen and gentlemen residing
in this neighbourhood. We are informed that great care has
been taken to include all the streets and courts into which the
town is divided and sub-divided, in order to render the work as
extensively useful as possible.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A fortnight ago, an old man
about eighty years of age, who lived at Chowley, near Barnhill,
died after a long confinemeUt to his house. It is a very singu-
lar circumstance that about three months before, his right leg
came off at the knee, as he lay iu bed, without causing him the
least pain. He had been a very hard-working man in his time.
DEATH OF A FACTORY CHlLD.—Yesterday week an inquest
was held at Macclesfield upon the body of a girl, Sarah Stubbs,
twelve Years of age, who had worked' in the cotton factory of
Mr. Thorp, and met her death under the following circum-
stances:—On Friday afternoon, while the deceased was at work,
the overseer, whose name is James Walker, beat her over the
head with a strap of leather about sixteen inches long, and about
an inch and a quarter wide. She cried a little, and soon after
complained of a pain in her head. She went home and renewed
her complaints, stating that the overseer had flogged her. She
died on Sunday. The surgeon stated that death had been occa-
sioned by a concussion of the brain; and the jury returned a
verdict of manslaughter against the overseer, who has been
committed for trial. The jury likewise expressed their regret
that any child should be beaten with such a weapon in any fac-
tory.—Chester Courant.

TH. LIVERPOOL EXPRESS.-Another accident of a lamenta-
ble nature occurred to the Liverpool Express Coach. It will
be remembered that the same coach was upset a few months
back on its way to London, and several persons seriously 'in-
jured. On Sunday afternoon, when it arrived at Horncliffe;
near Dunstable, in its course to town, the coachman, Warde,
on mounting the box, had not secured the reins, and the boy
who had the care'of he leaders left his hold, when the horses
immediately took fright, and, after plunging furiously for a short
time, the coach was upset, and the coachman and the passengers
were precipitated to the ground. The passengers were much
injured, and the coachman lies in a dangerous condition. It is
a singular circumstance that the late accident took place near
the same spot, and the coachman had only a short time resumed
his duties. He has a family of six children to support.—Lon-
don paper

On Wednesday, All Saints' Church, Grosvenor-street, was
opened under license from the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, by
a sermon by the Rev. R. P. Buddicom, from 132 d Psalm, 15th
and 16th verses : and, notwithstanding the unfavourableness of
the day, about 8(X) persons were present. This spacious edifice
contains 1700 sittings, of which 500 are appropriated to the use
of the poor.

Passengers by the packet ship Napoleon, from New York:—
Count A. d' Eternoulle and suite, French Minister to Colombia;
Monsieur Tategrain, of France; Colonel Wilthew ; Messrs.
Keeling, Clues, Hounstield, Sherriff, Eberhard and servant, of
England; Mrs. and Miss Leslie, of Montreal; Mr. Seeley, and
Lady, Miss Davison, Miss Wlntosh, Messrs. Huggins, Fellows,
Bokee, Ashton, Ward, and Mulholland, of New York; and
Messrs. Burnett and D. W. Hale, of Boston.
Roper RlC—The auction rooms and offices of Messrs. Win-
'stanley and Sons, in Church-street, were entered on Tuesday
night last, and several lots of drapery goods intended for sale
on the following day were stolen. The robbers also entered
the offices, and broke open the locks of the desks and the iron
bookcase, but were disappointed of their booty, the cash, plate,
and valuables being always removed to a place of safety, with
the exception of a small sum in silver and copper, which was
stolen. Every drawer was forced open and examined, and the
contents strewed upon the floors. It is supposed that the robbery
was effected by some person or persons who had concealed
themselves on the premises, of which they evidently had a
knowledge, and they escaped over the wall and by the back door
of the Athenaeum.

NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.—A figure of this extraordinary
character, as he appeared at the age of thirty-five, in the uni-
form of a captain of the National Guard, sleeping on a couch,
when his repose was, most probably, undisturbed by that dream
of universal empire which, a short time afterwards, deluged
Europe in blood, is now exhibiting in Bold-street. The
artist has not only contrived to give motion to each joint
and limb, but has, also, by the aid of mechanism, caused
him to breathe so naturally, that we were almost afraid
of disturbing his apparent peaceful slumbers, lest we
should call him again into existence to re-enact the frightful
tragedies of which he was the author. That his admirers, daily
such there now be, may be able to say that they have seen and
touched some relic of his departed greatness, the hat which he
wore at the battle of Marengo, and the sword which once sus-
tained itself upon his puissant thigh, are placed on either side
of him. That these were a part of his habiliments we no more
doubt than we do the genuineness of the wood of the "'['rue
Cross" and other relics which we have had the good fortune to
see on the Continent. However, the exhibition is an ingenious
one, and well worth seeing.

THE OXFORD UNION.—At a meeting of this society, (which
comprises the elite of the University,) on 'Thursday, the 19th
instant, it was determined by a large majority 4‘ that the Com-
mission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations involved an
attack upon private property."—London paper.—[No one, who
takes the trouble to think on this subject, can doubt that it must
lead to these consequences—to what else can it•lead ? Here we
have an instance of wisdom, which older heads will do well
seriously to ponder upon—ere it be too late. It is an extraor-
dinary fact, that a large majority of the rising generation of
the nobility and gentry of England are free from the mental
intoxication that has so completely bewildered the reason of
many of their sires on the subject of reform.—Editor of the
Liverpool Standard.]
MExtco.—Liberalism according to the modern acceptation
of the term, appears to be the same in all quarters of the globe.
It virtually means an attack upon property of all parties which
are without the limits of its protection; for the Liberals in the
old and the new world ate equally careful in guarding their
own. The enlightened and patriotic Congress of Mexico have
deemed it expedient to seize, for the use of the state, the posses-
sions of the Duke of Terra Nova and Monteleone, the lineal
descendant of Ferdinand Cortes, whose family has enjoyed
these estates for upwards of three centuries. This event has,
as it might be expected, created a deep sensation in Mexico,
and rendered every high-minded man in that country the enemy
of a legislative assembly that could so abuse its powers and cast
off even the mask of common honesty. The only plea set up
by the Congress is, that the Duke is an absentee ! If this, then,
is to be the apology of Liberalism for the confiscation of pro-
perty, it may come in its turn to be applied to English and Irish
abientees, who are squandering their money in Paris and
Naples, and other parts of the continent. It may be well for
Mexican bondholders to bestir themselves in this affair; and it
is on their account we allude to this nefarious transaction. The
dividends upon these bonds have never been paid with regu-
larity; and public authorities that can bring themselVes to
confiscate in one instance, can hardly be expected to be nice
about it in another.—A Word to the Wise.

SIGNORS VOLPE AND Al ALGARINI'S CONCERT —These gen-
tlemen gave their promised entertainment on Tuesday evening,
at the Adelphi Hotel, which was honoured by the presence of
his Worship the Mayor, and an audience sufficiently numerous
to fill the room. " Between the sublime and the ridiculous
there is but one step," was a favourite expression of that great
charlatan, Buonaparte, of which we were forcibly reminded by
the announcement of this "grand concert of vocal and instru-
mental music," where the vocal and instrumental band con-
tained only two singers, accompanying themselves on two instru-
ments the least capable of " discoursing excellent music" that
could have been selected--the guitar and mandolin. In the
hands of a wandering Savoyard, or the peasantry of France,
Spain, Switzerland, or Italy, where they are almost universally
played upon, they produce a pleasing effect ; and, were they
more generally known in England, where there is a lamentable
deficiency of rustic music, and such a miserable paucity of rustic
amusement, we think they would produce a good effect on
manners, if not on morals, for,-to borrow the language of Moore,

" Though love and song may fail at last,
To drive life's cares away,
At least, 'twill make them lighter pass,
Or gild them if they stay."
The concert was altogether a novelty; the signors did a vast
deal more with their instruments than we thought possible; but
we should- have been much better pleased if we bad been less
astonished, and, should they give another concert, we would
recommend them to dispense with the elaborate compositions of
Rossini, and substitute for them the simple melodies-of their
country, with which, as good musicians, they must be well
acquainted.

ON MORTUARY.—We insert an anecdote which we recom-
mend to the consideration• of deans, chapters, and other mor-
tuary receivers. It is known that in the feudal times, the pa-
rish priest, on the_ death of the head of a family, claimed his
mortuary, (or a sort of ecclesiastical beriot,) and was generally
paid in money: and that the landlord .claimed his her tot also,
which consisted of the best cow, or other beast of the dead
man's stock. In the 15th century, a tenant's boy, on the death
of his father, was driving an only cow from Ashton-under-Line
to the manor-house, at Duckinfield, when he was met by Sir
Robert Ashton, lord of the manor, with whose person he was
unacquainted. Feeling interested by the melancholy counten-
ance of the lad, Sir Robert asked him whither he was taking
the beast? "I am driving it to Duckinfield for the heriot,'
said he; "my father is dead, we are many children, and my
mother has no cow but this which Sir Robert is taking for
heriot; don't you think, sir, that when* Sir Robert dies, the
devil will make an heriot of him ?" The lad was fortunately ad-
dressing a humane landlord. " Return home," said the knight;
" take the cow back to thy soother; I am going to Duckinfield
myself, and I will make the matter up with him."

PEDIGREE OF AN ARABIAN HORSE.--All Arabian horse
offered for sale is usually provided with his title of nobility.
The pedigree is often put into a small piece of leather covered
with waxed cloth, and suspended round the animal's neck.
Burckbardt has given one of these curious documents, which he I
translated from the original in the handwriting of the Bedouins.
It is as follows :—" God. Enoch. In the name of the most
merciful God, the Lord of all creatures, peace and prayers be
with our Lord Mohammed and his family and his followers
until the day of judgment • and peace be with all those who
read this writing, and understand its meaning. The present
deed relates to the greyish-brown colt, with four white feet and '
a white mark on the forehead, of the true breed of Saklawye,
called Obeyan, whose skin is as bright and unsullied as milk,
resembling those horses of which the prophet said `True riches
are a noble and pure breed of horses,' and of which God said, ,
The war-horses, those which rushed on the enemy with full
blowing nostrils—those which plunge into the battle early in
the morning. And God spoke the truth in his incomparable
book. This Saklawye grey colt was bought by Koshrun, the
son of Emheyt, of the tribe of Zebaa, an Aeneze Arab. The
sire of this colt is the excellent bay horse called Merdjan, of
the breed of the Koheylan ; its dam is the white Saklawye
mare known by the name of Djeroua. According to what we
have seen we attest here, upon our hopes of felicity and upon
our girdles, 0 sheiks of wisdom and possessors of horses! this
grey colt above mentioned is more noble even than his sire
and dam. And this we attest, according to our best knowledge,
by this valid and perfect deed. Thanks be to God, the Lord of
all creatures ! Written on the 16th of Saphar, in the year
1223 (A. D. 1808.) Witness," &c.—Edinburgh Cabinet Library,
No. XIV. History of Arabia, Ancient and Mourn, vol. 2. I