The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-29 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

, Eps.,--The, woollen cloth trade of the district is unusually
good for the season, and there are fewer hands out of employ
at this firm.. than have deeu known for several years. There is
a. fair prospect of employment, as stocks are considered low,
and orders for the spring trade are beginning to come in.
„Bradford market, on 1 hursday, was thinly attended by mer-
chants, hot there was more than an averagequantity of business
done, considering the season. Prices.retnain the same, and the
stocks of manufactured goods are limited. The yarn market
was very good, and prices are looking up. A good deal of bu-
siness was done in wool, and prices are firm.
Hud,dersfleld market, on Tuesday, was well attended for the
season, and the demand for cloths was tolerably.good, but nut
quite so brisk as it was a fortnight or three weeks ago.
_Boeh.dale market, on Monday, was very flat. Very few buy
ers were present, and the limited sales of goods
,which took
place were done at former prices. The wool market was con-
sequently dull. •
_ Ma scnksraa.-,Tbis week, in consequence of a brisker de-
mand for cotton, at a small advance, stout calicoes have been
in_better• request. , Other descriptions of goods maintain their
price, but the demand is flat.

CURIOUS AUTOGRAPII LETTERS AND
DOCUMENTS.

evans sold on Tuesday, at his rooms, in Pall-mall, the Right
EdMund Burke's original Receipt to Dodsley for the
profits of the Reflections on the Revolution in France, for
£2 2s. ' • Mr. Wilks, M.P., was the purchaser. Burke's Re-
ceipts for the copyright of Natural Society Vindicated, pro-
duced £1 2s. ; his Original Plan of the Annual Register in
1758, Was bought by Glynn for £6 65.; who likewise purchased
Sterne's Agreement with Dodsley for the copywright of Tris-
tram Shandy and Sermons of Yorick for £7 7s. Dr. Johnson's
Aisignoient of his Translation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal,
£1 7s. The Assignment by Gray of his two Odes, The Powers
of Poetry and the Bard, fur forty guineas, to Dodsley, £8 Bs. ;
(Mason, in his Life of Gray, states that the poet never received
auy pecuniary remuneration for any of his works). Glynn
likewise bought Johnson's Tour in France in his own Auto-
graph, for £29, and Goldsmith's Autograph Agreement to write
the .Lives of Eminent Persons, £7 103. The Captivity, an
oratorio, in the handwriting of Goldsmith, prepared for the
press, but never published, was purchased by Thorpe, for
£25 12s. (we understand for Mr. Murray, of Albemarle-street,
foi• his new and complete edition of Goldsmith's Life and
Works). Thorpe bought likewise Goldsmith's Receipt for the.
copyright 'of 'his Essay on Polite Literature, £3 ss. " John
Acknowledgmeut to haVe pirated the copywright of
YOung's-'Night Thoullits,' and agreement to pay £5O as
amends ..Feb. 8, 1741, £2255., Wilks,. . Some original
Poems of Allan Wainsai, unknown to Chalmers, £3 ss.' and a
rare Autograph of Titus Oates, £1 7s. Bishop Percy's Agree-
ment for the-first Edition of the Reliques, was bought by Mr.
Wilks for £3 13s. 6d.' and also the third Edition of .the
Reliques, and Young's Agreement for his first five Night
Thoughts, £3 lOs. Twenty-four Autograph Letters of the ac-
complished Lord Cbesterfield, were purchased by Rodd for
£6 fig. Burke's Assignment of the Sublime andßeautiful,
£5, bought by Mr. Young. Oliver Cromwell's Autograph
Si.gnature was bought by N.Vilks for £2, who purchased also
Burke's Assignment of the History of the European Settle-
ments in America, for £2 4s. Lord Nelson's Letters, an ex-
tensive series, most of which have been published, produced
very fair prices. A Manuscript, written upon vellum, in the
15th year of Richard the Second (1391), was bought by Thorpe
for £2O. Pickering, the publisher of the Aldine Edition of the
Poets, purchased original poems on the groat Duke of Marl.
borough, Sir Robert Walpole, and George the Second, for
£3 tss. Haslewood's Roxburglie Revels, sold on this occasion
be Evans, the second time, was bought by Mr. Wilks for
£l9 101 i. After the above and other interesting Manuscripts
were disposed of, a number of rare Plays and Poems was sold
at prodigiously high prices.

r DEATH OF SIR JOHN SINCLAIR.—We regret to learn that
Sir John Sinclair died on Monday afternoon, about five o'clock,
at his house in George-street. The Right Hon. Baronet had
been complaining for about a week. but was not considered dan-
gerously ill i his death, accordingly, was sudden and unexpect-
ed by his family.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

PLL,'M PLIDDLNG.—" Plum-pudding is a truly national dish;
and refuses to Atoarish out of England. It can obtain no foot-
ingiu France. A Frenchman will dress like an Englishman,
swear. like an Englishman, and get drunk like an Englishman;
btit, if you would offend hint for ever, compel him to eat plum-
pudding. A few of theleading rertuuratours, wishing to appear
extraordinary, have plumb-pudding upon their cartes; but in
no instance is it ever ordered by a Irenchman. Everybody
has heard the story of St. Louts—Henri Quatre—or whoever
else it might he—who, wishing to regale the English ambassa-
dor, on Christmas-day, with a plum-pudding, procured an ex-
cellent receipt for making one ; which he gave to his cook,
with strict injunctions that it shoud be prepared with due at-
tention to all particulars, The weight of the ingredients, the
size of the copper, the quantity of water, the duration of time,
-4—every thing was attended to except one trifle—the King
&get the cloth ! and the pudding was served up, like so Much
soup, in immense tureens, to the surprise of the ambassador,
who was, hoirever, too well bred to express his astonishtnent.—
The Book (if Christmils.

. .
. UING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—We learn with much pleasure
th4t our countryman, Mt. David Don, curator of the Linuean
Sqciety's Library, has just been appointed to the Botanical
Cbair,in king's College. His papers in the Linnean
Tran-
sactlons, and in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, show
him to be profoundly versed in the science which he is now des-
tined to teach, lie is the second son of the late distinguished
Mr. Don, of Forfar, who for many years had the charge of the
Royal Botanic Garden l►ere.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

DEATH OF A rEstar.e, BURGL A R.-A farmer, who keeps a
house for the entertainment of travellers, on the road leading
from Banbridge to Lurgan, had in his service a woman named
It appears she was up about three, o'clock serving some
travellers, who were on their way to Hillsborough fair. with
oats, &q. Aftershe gad given the oats, she went to rob a brother
of her master who resides a short distance from the place, and
keeps a grocery shop. She got upon the office-house, ascended
to the roof of the dwelling-house, descended the parlour chimney,
and when half-way the stuck fast (the funnel being narrow,)
hertlothes and firms remaining riglit above her head. Some
of.the children being unwell the master of the house had occa-
siUn. to rise, and after having lighted a candle, heard a voice
crying, "John, dear, come and relieve me." He proceeded to
the parlour chimney and found the voice came from it. Ile
asked who was there ? She mentioned her name. " What
brought you there ?" She answered, "The Devil." He then
asked her was it she that attempted to break into his house some
time ago? She at first answered it was, but afterwards denied
this. Her interrogator then asked her had she any accom-
plices ? She said she had none. Upon this he went for his two
brothers, but they all found it impracticable to bring the unfor-
tunate woman either up or down the chimney. During all this
time she was conversing freely with the family. They then made
a breath in the funnel, and by this means brought the woman
out, when, to their astonishment, she proved to be actually life-
less. They sent for a neighbour to -bleed her, and uses such
means as were in their power to restore animation, but without
effect. An inquest was held on the body on the same day before
the coroner, kir. George Tyrrell, and a respectable jury, when
the above circumstances having been deposed to, a verdict was
returned accordingly.—Newry Telegraph.

TUATH Or LADY FANNY PONSONBY.—Died, on Thursday,
at Besborough House, near Pilltown, in the county of Kilkenny,
the Lady Frances Charlotte Ponsouby, wife of the Hon. John
Ponsonby, M.P. for Derby, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord
Viscount Duncannon, the-Lord K.,eper of the Piivy Seal, and
Fist Commissioner of Woods and k orests. Her ladyship was
born on the 16th of October, 1812, and was the only surviving
daughter of the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham, now at St.
Petershurgh as the Ambassdor of His.Britannie Majesty,by his
lordship's first wife, Miss H. Cholmoridely. Lady F. Ponsonby
was married but a few months since, and personified all that
was lovely and most estimable in the human creation—portrayed
in her thoughts and actions the most estimable disposition, and
endeared herself to all whojtad access to her by the affability
and kindness of her mannerl. Her premature death has proVed
a source of deep and unmixed affliction, and cast a gloom of
regret and sorrow over the entire neighbourhood. Her ladyship
had been but seldom abroad since her arrival in this country,
an insiduous disease having early developed its fatal symptoms,
with a certainty that marks the progress of the despoiler, who
spares neither the exalted in rank, the amiable in disposition,
nor the worthy and beloved in virtue and charitableness,
Dithlin Freeman's Journal.

INSECTS IN THE HUMAN SKlM.—Numerous animalculfe have
been discovered in the skin of a patient labouring under scabies,
at the LOndon Infirmary for Diseases of the Skin. These in-
sects burrow under the skin, and give rise to the most intolerable
itching; they are scarcely visible to the naked eye, hut, when
seen by the aid of a powerful microscope, present the appearance
of a white gelatinous body, with eight many-jointed legs of a
deep red colour. The insect belongs to the order aptera, and is
named acarue stabici.—From a Lecture by Dr. Litchfield.

DUNDEE..—SURGICAL OPERATION.—Three or four weeks
ago. a notorious char icter of the name of Reid was stabbed in
the hip with a clasp knife, which wounded a large blood-vessel,
that continued from time to time to our out such torrents of
blood that the poor lad's life was despaired of. Under these
circumstances a consultation of the. medical faculty was held in
the infiriztary on Thursday, at which the doctors unanimously
agrecrl,—as the vessel from which the blood came was the large
artery of the hip, which had never been cut down to and secured
sinless by the late Mr. John Bell of Edinburgh, surgeons being
deterred from repeating his operation by the danger of cutting
down to a blood-vessel in a situation where it is impossible to
snake pressure on it so as to stop the flew of blood during the
operation; and as the life of the gabber depended in a great
degree on the fate of the stabbed,—to request Mr. Syme, Pro-
fessor of Clinical Surgery in Edinburgh, to come over to Dun-
dee, and do what might be necessary. The professor having
arrived on Saturday, immediately proceeded to the Infirmary,
and in tile presence of a numerous assemblage of the Dundee
faculty, with great coolness and dexterity performed the ne-
cessary operation.—Dundee Courier. .
IMPORTANT LEGAL DECTSIONS.—The judicial functionaries
of the Bench in Paris were occupied the .other day in de-
tiding on the merits of a question as to whether the arms of a
gown were in harmony with the skirt. A very fitting question
undoubtedly, for judicial wisdom. The facts of the case were as
forlow :—A rich Englishwoman, a Mrs. Graham, had received
a beautifel dress of embroidered black lace, but it wanted the
body ; a deficiency which she could not supply everywhere. In
order to have it aroperly made, she sent it to Mesdames
Rousselle and Troyes, requesting them to make her a body to
correspond with the skirt. This was the only stipulation made ;
but a difficulty arose out of it, for the akirt iteeliwas of inferior
design, while the border upon it was far richer and snore ele-
gant. The embroiderers followed the dictates of their own
taste, and produced a magnificent body, for which they charged
300 francs. This charge was the cause of the present action.
Mrs. Graham, whether influenced er not by the caprice which
all• pretty women have a right to exercise, refused to have the
dress, declaring that she had desired to have a body similar to
the skirt and not to the border, " A practice which is never de-
parted horn," as she observed through the medium of her coun-
sel, rho exhibited the dress, a splendid one, in court. The bench,
unable to determine so abstruse a question, demanded the ex-
perienced aid of Madam Ladun, a celebrated lace dealer, who
made a report to the court on stamped paper, properly authen-
ticated in all dueform and order, to the following effect :
" That if it he true in principle, that the custom was to make
the body correspond with the skirt, yet in fart, good sense and
geOd reite cencur in jusiifyina the proeeeding, of Mesdames
Retistelle and TrOyes. who emancipating themselves from the
trammels of routine, had boldly dared to substitute, fOr the
happy accomplishment of their object, the rich and tasteful de-
sin Of the border, instead of the mean and paltry one of the
skirt." The court fully assented to the luminous exposition of
lkiadaMe Ladun.

Ruwiankanc.tc.--°' John Park, a seaman," says Sir John
Ross, "being asked by. me, • What was the most remarkable
event ia his life ?' he answered that..he 'had shaved the Duke'
of. pevgnibire in a. gale on board the„Glasgo.w.'. I then asked,
'Were you not on board her at the-battle of Navarino?' He,
replied, 4 Oh, yes, but tLat "

WHAT HAS BEEN: WHAT IS: WHAT MUST BE!

Many have been the sobriquets given to each successive ad-
ministration—from the "cabal" in the reign of Charles 'II. to
.the " grab" in the reign of William IV. Since Canning
'formed his ministry, some haifdozeli, including the.,present;
:have ruled the country -some to the' great benefit of that coml.=
try—sonie to the great benefit of themselves; but, either for
patriotic selfish views, all With ability. For who will dkly
that they were able_ in some sense or other? Here is the list of
what has heen,.and is: what must be we will subsequently show.
Canning. commanded the Impracticab/es.
Goderich ' • • • Incapab/es.
Wellington. ' ....Fortuidab/es.
Grey...
Melbourne Miserable,.
Peel ' ' Desirables, •
O'Melbourne .. • - Despicab/es.
And . now for what must ,be—now for Sir Robert Peel's
Inevitables; or, as we' shall have to call theni some two or three
months hence; .the Incloitables. Shall We give a list? To
show our spirit of prophecy, and to save Sir R. Peel trouble,
here they are
First Lord of the Treasury abd Chnticellor) Sir R.Peel.
of Exchequer
Lord Chancellor Lord Lyndnurst.
Presidenlof Council Earl of Ripon.
Lord Privy Seal Lord Wharncliffe.
Secretary for Rome Department Duke of Richmond.
------- Foreign • Mike of Wellington.
Colonial ' I ord Stanley.
First Lord of the Admiralty • Earl of Aberdeen.
President of Board of Control. Lord Ellenborough.
President of Board of Trade • Lord Ashburton.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaiter Mr. Goulburn.
Post-Master General

Master General of Ordnance ... , Sir G. Murray.
Secretary for Ireland Sir H. Hardingr.
Master of Mint Mr. Wynn.
Secretary at War Lord F.' Egerton.
Paymaster of the Forces Sir R. Vyvyau.
Take the first fifteen for the cabinet. and add Lord Lowther,
Lord Grenville Somerset, Beckett, Pollock, Follett, &c., &c.,
and there is 4 ministry which may defy the vulgar vomittings
of O'Connell and his tail, and the yelping sneakeries of a Rus-
sell and his pack. Such a ministry will be—mark our words—
such a ministry will be in office before many weeks aro past,
and titn—and 'not till then—will there be hope and honour fur
OLD ENGLAND !—Age.

• BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS.
THE testimony of Mr. Fautley, Compositor, of No. 23,
Primrose-hill, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street, London, is
submitted to the notice of the affl.cted. This case is one of
every day occurrence, and shows at once the benefit of such a
Medicine to society at large.
consider it my duty to inforin you for the benefit of
others (should you choose to insert this in your advertisementl
that I have been a martyr to Rheumatic Gout for the last seven
years--frequently laid up for months—incapable of feediug toy-
self or turning in bed. Being recommended to try your
the efficacy of which I have since experienced, an -therefore
feel assured of; and though still sometimes att ed, through
the heats and colds which a Compositor is lilt' to, yet a few
of your pills relieve my. pains, and thus the isorder subjects
me to little or no confinement.
" I am, Sir, yours obedie v.
"March 17th, 1835" "JOHN FAUTLEY."
These Pills are taken, without the least care or attention, by
either sex; young or old, and have the peculiar property of en-
tirely removing the disease without debilitating the frame,
which is universally left in a stronger and better state than be-
fore the malady commenced. An.' there is another most im-
portant effect belonging to this medicine—that it prevents the
disease flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital part.
Sold by MOSIAS PROUV, 229, Strand, London; and by his
appointment by D. RENNIE, Lord-Street, Liverpool; W.
STORY, St. Ann's, Manchester; and all respectable- Medicine
Vendets, Price 2s. 9d. per Box:
Ask for Biair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills; and see tbatthe
signature of " Thomas Prout" is on the outside of the wrap-
per.

LONDON GAZETTE:-FRIDAY, DEC. 25.

-BANK RU rrs.

George Chike, Irongate;;wharf, Paddington, hay.:salesman.
Josegh de Yrigoyti and Charles Williams'' Little Britain, London,
drysalters.
William Knight, Gravesend, victualler,' and Wellington-street,
Black friars-road; London, livery-stable-keeper.
James Sandford, Shrewsbury, stationer.
Ilenr. Jones rind' William Thomas Halton, High-street, Islington,
furnishing undertakers.
John Mainprice, Soham, Cambridgeshire, victualler,
James Brooks' Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, grocer.
Sampson Lloyd. Manchester, calico-printer.
Paris Taylor Scholcs, Greenaeres-rrioor, Lancashire, grocer.
William Allanson, Manchester, victualler.
Samuel Ramada Whitty, Axminster, Devonshire, carpet-manufac,
tuner.

Samuel Hodzion and John .Wardley,.Birlcaere, near•Chorley and
Manchester, Lancashire, calico-printers.

DIVIDENDS.
•
;An. 25, S. Franceys,. Liverpool, bookseller—Jan. 15,4. Bailey, Elm-
strep t, Gray's-inn-lane, London, horse-hair-minufactUrerJan. 16,
T.. Matthews, Bushey, Hertfordshire, carpenter—Jan. 16; H. Kerr,
WoOlWlch, tailor—Jitn. 18, J. Ithven, Suffolk-lane; Cannon-street,
London, wholesale-grocer—Jan. 18, T. iMolyneux, Falmouth, linen-
draper—Jan.. 13, J. Christie, south Sea-chambers, Threadneedle-
street, London, and Tunbridge, Kent. coal-merchant—Jan. 18, T.
Cobb, Calthorpc-house, and North Newton, Oxfordshire, paper-
maker-Jan. '2u, W. Finney, jun., Hanley, Staffordshire, grocer—Jan.
23, It. Beasant, Wolverton. Buckinghamshire, miller—Jan. 25, J. and
W. Robinson, Burslem, Staftbrdslure, common-brewers—Jan.'2l.--T.
Meredith, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, moister.

CERTIFICATES
To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or:before the

15th day of January.

J. Willis, Liverpool, merchant—W. Wright, Roughen, Norfolk
horse-dealer—J. Cartleclice, Lincoln, merchant—C. Kettel, Tunbridge,.
Wells, brewer—S. Radcliffe, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner.—
Collinson, Thomas-street, Stamford-street, Blickfriars, London,
hat-manufacturer.