The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-31 00:00:00

IRISH CIRCUMLOCUTION.

If the Irish are to be distinguished as a convivial and a musi-
cal, they must also be noticed as a circumlocutory people. at,.
serving one day an unusual commotion iu the streets of —,
I inquired of a bystander the reason; and he, with a melli-
fluous brogue, replied in the following metaphorical manner :
"The reason, sir! Why, you see that the. justice and little
Larry O'Houc the carpenter have been putting up a picture-
frame at the end of the strate yonder, and they src going to
hang one of ' Adam's copies' in it."
"What's that?"
"Why, poor Murdock O'Donnell."
"Oh, there's a man to be hung?"
" Do they put up a gallows for any other purpose ?"
"What's his offence ?"
"No offence, your honour; it was only a liberty he took."

"Well, what was that liberty he took ?"
"Why, you see, sir, poor Murdock was in de/icato health,
and his physician advised that he should take exercise on horse-
back; and so, having no horse of his owu, he borrowed one
front Squire Doyle's paddock; and no sooner was he on its
shoulders, than the d-1 put it into the crathcr's bead to Yo
over to Kellogreen cattle fair, where he bad a good many ac-
quaintances; and when he was got there Murdock spied a
friend at the door or a shebeen-house, and left the animal graz-
ing outside, whilst he went in to have a thimbleful of ii'hiskey;
and then, •you see, they got friskey, and had another, and
another,_ till poor Murdock went to slape on the binch; cud
when he wouke up, he fOund the crather gone, and his poSket
stuffed full with a big lu,mp of money."
" short," said 1, "you wean to say he has been horse
stealing."

"Wity, sir," he replied, stammering and scratching hii
head, "they call it so in England!" •

' .GRUAT SHIP.—The following particulars in relation to the
"big ship" Pennsylvania, now on the stocks at the Philadelphia
navy-yard, are copied from the l'ltilagleiphia 1 'major :—"220
feet lower deck; 217 feet length aloft; 190 feet length of keel
for tonnage; 55 feet 9 inches moulded breadth of beam for ton-
nage ; 59 feet moulded breadth outside of wales ; 2.3 feet depth
of hold; 51 feet extreme depth amidships; 3,31)613.95 tonnage;
guns 140; 18,311. yards of duck, one set of sails; 14.624 yards
of duck bags, hammocks, boat sails, awnings, &e.; total 32,965
yards ; 11 inches shrouds ; 16 inches main.Atay; 278 feet main-
mast--93 yards 1 foot; 110 feet main yard; feet topsail ) rd;
52 feet topgallant yard ; 36 feet rovaryard; 10,00016. sheet an-
chor; 23 inches ilieet auchOr ; 1,531 yards main topsail."
Falniuuth l'ackct.

THE Quops.—We have had an opportunity this
.week of ob-
serving the condition of the crops in a prat many csmuties ad-
joining our own district, and are enabled to pronounce it to be
generally most promising; while in some particular places,
and those nut a levy, it almost exceeds, in healthful luxuriance,
any thing of the kind we ever saw before. Our remarks parti-
cularly apply to wheat, barley, beans, and turnips, of whiCh we
have seen some of the finest crops that ever rewarded the
labour of the husbandman. Almost every where wheat and
barley arc good crops—and more especially wheat; but oats in
many places are somewhat scanty. 'file crops of ail sorts must
be considered. backward—in many situations harvest 'Will not be
general before the latter end of August for wheat, and the be-
ginning of September for oats. The state of the weather, which
has this week been settled and fine, will, under these circum-
stances be a subject of great ankiety.—Carlisle Patriot.

ANTIQUITY OF THE ATTORNEY'S FEE.—The charge of three
shillings and fourpeuce made by attorneys appears to be of long
standing, and mast have been a very considerable amount in-
deed at the time of its establishment. It seems that so far hack
as Shakspeare'stime the charge alluded.to was then proverbial,
for we find the clown in well that ends well, makes use
of it as one of his " wise saws," when he speaks of the appo-
siteness of Jul answer which he can .Rice to suit all questions,
and he illustrates-its fitness by saying that it is "as fit as ten:
groats is for the hand of an attorney." Cun any,one adduce
much earlier instances of this being ona of the accustonied.fees
of legal .men ?
POPISH TITHE PAYMENTS.—AS we have ever maintained
that.the great proportion of tithe in Ireland is paid by the pri).-
testants, and not by the Roman eatholicts, whose alias a is vely..
trifling, we were gladAo find that Sir James Graham made a
statement on Wednesday which 'confirms all our 'limner asSer-
tions. The right hon. baronet took the vliftcse of liihnotte,
which consists of Z 3 pat fishes. These 23 parishes contain
36.3,832 acres, which are thus divided between protestant and
Roman catholic proprietors:—
Protestant proprietors. Roman Catbrilie'proprietors.
357,2.3.1' 61;8
The total amount of tithe, £Bo29—thus paid
By protestant.. Ty Itomaßeatholics.
.E 7921 £1(17 !

• That is to say, the Protestants pay at the average of Sid. per
acre; the .Roman catholics at a I of a farthing.• :The .tithe also,
it appears, is only one-twentieth of the rent, and orie-eixtieth of
the produce! Yet, iu the lace of these facts, we are nearly
stunned with the cries of ." the horrible pressure of tithes upon
the Homan catholic population." Well, well! we babe ever
said—and we now repeat our prophesy—'-rhat a Successful attack
upon tithes will lead to an attack upon rent. Will it too he
successful? The future will write the 'answers an letters of
blood.—Age.
Lord Durham proceeds to the court of Russia like a matiwho
understands how to travel in the most agreeable manner. He
is rather dangerous at home, So far as ministers are contented,
therefore, in that sense, is better a thousand miles off. thitn
hanging about the Bruise of Lords. He is in iil health; ;toil
shoubl nut declining patriots be nursed at the public expense—
espei:iailv when they have nothing their own ? He is Wanted
in Russia, in a hurry, to check the daring ambition of the'exar ;
therefore he goes thither by the agreeable route of Lisbon, Ca-
diz, Malta, Greece, Constantinople. the Black Sea, and Sebas-
so the noble earl (whose real' ohirct
topol. Lung before he actives, those who send him will La
return, as before, -by Vienna,
sishsairirieocfrep:istwiveet aerxncluprlsaiocen;
may
Berlin, the Rhine, and Paris. We wish him all imaginable en-
joyment, and improved health. I.ut we would rather that Jobu
Bull did not pay the piper.—Cittribeiland Taegu,:.
FCI:TIiEIt Loss OF LIFF. A T WsTroan..-1 he worts are
proceeding at this place for the purpose of exit icating the .bo-
dies of the unfortunate sufferers by the late accident, hut theft.
exertions hitherto. so far ft om being 6neeef.sfuli have only added
to the frightful calamity. On Wednesday last, in spite of every
precaution having been taken to prevent further accidents, oiler
of the men employed was killed by the viol!) falling upon
and on Thursday another victim Orris added to this catalogue 4.1
horrors It appears that the earthis .of so louse and sendy
nature as to baffle the efforts of the engineers. quo hoists eie
also killed in the same manner.—littifisni parer.
The first Sunday newspaper published in the United States
litely made its appearance in New Yolk, under the title of the
' Sunday Morning News."

Ttl.tP RooTs.—ln the very cold part Of the winter of 1633
M. Tougard found that his tulip roots in the ground had been
devoured by F owe which had actstthed tip the soil in
Order W get at thew; and putting a &nate with a tulip lout in it.
closoe to the spot, he, the next morning, found the" zot.t guae,
awl a 'lead field mouse elope to it. A second morning the same
ort:urred; a tbird was caught in the trap, and when disooteteo,
was coniplekely beumabed. It was warmed, hut very soon died.
Dr. BOtleirf easaltlied the bpd*', and discuvereiliti3t the tulip
rnot it ; en tile thaw caw', theta
c4),c4,1_‘,N.144.ct; 1:1)0t.