The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-12 00:00:00

THE COMET.

TO THS XDITOR OP THE TIMES.
Sir,—At 17 hours 21 minutes, siderial time, of May, 10, I
got a glimpse of the telescopic Comet: its right mention
was about 22 hours 2 minutes and 29 seconds, and its North
dedication about 29 degrees 15 minutes 13 seconds; but it
was seen with so much difficulty with my five-feet equatorial,
that the observations must be regarded with suspicion.

J. SOUTH.

Observatory, Kensington, Thursday, May 11, 3 a.m.

PROGRESS OF CRIME IN IRELAND.—It WOUld appear
from a return of the Irish constabulary, that crime has been
steadily on the increase in that country since 1839. In 1840
there were 4,626 outrages ; in 1841, 5,360 ; in 1842, 6,535 ;
and the first three months of the present year, 1,653. •
THz CROWS.—This season the rookeries in Cumberland
and Westmorland contain more nests than was ever remem-
bered, and the young ones were scarcely ever known to be so
strong and early on the wing. There will be fine sport among
these " black game" in the course of a week or ten days.—
Predon Pilot.

MBoEffißLceAltNoo.—ic Tphinecenoomn nomination of can-
didida°teNspf°oNr this lucrative
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J. Pirie was 120 a head of his opponent :
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cent substitute for I'"RANCE.—Roman cement
tiou is somewhat re..
curious. A }port, and its first i
ago, determining to avail .I
' gentleman, only a few ntroduc-
ordered a few barrels from Liverpool,
of the virtues ascribed years
ket, and, lest the ignorant then the nearest to it,
king up at home, re worhman should b mar-
quested that it ' bungle it in
for use ! It is needless to add, that might be
sent ready wa-
in the barrels ever since.—ma it remained " mixed
DAUGHTERS."—
Locomotive. ready Milt"
ONE Ow " REBECCA'S
evening last, Mr. Van Ambur JG HT ERS. " On rein v
foot on its route to Amershamg• fijolephant left Aylesburynda-
turnpike the gatekeeper closed the a arriving at Missenclon
and refused to let it pass, jo
consee gate against the elephant,en
fusing to pay more toll for the elephant than
of the keeper
for a horse. The keeper then left anctlllan was dernandeed-
journey alone, but had not gone far when
troceeded on his
astonishment of the turnpike-keeper, e elephant, to the
pike-keeper, tore
hinges, and quickly followed its keeper.—Bucks gate from the
THE BRITISH LEDION•--II is satisfactory 8 Gazelle.
poor fellows who composed this ill requited to find that the
body of men, are at length to have justice done, though brave
Spanish Goverment have been for the
negotiating with the bankingehouge of O'Shneonth actively
with reference to the arrears of pay, and the a, of Madrid.
of satisfying the claims of the disbanded armyaafe't method s
rangements are nearly completed, and the ch.,. All the ar-
only to be paid up in full, but the Government tims are not
high opinion of the bravery of the men, are to' addo mark their
man's share a liberal gratuity.—Standard. to each
WEST INDIA STEAMERS.—We learn from a authority
that the directors of the Royal Mail Steam-packet
decided that in future every officer appointmonials,ast Company
e
steam-ships, in addition to producing proper testi to thr
heretofore, shall be subject to a strict examination
before
competent persons, to ascertain their qualifications, n
as relates to general navigation, but to an adequate icnci)et only
of the British Channel, and the ports in the West Indies,eldg
together with such acquaintance with the theory ancl
tice of steam-engines as may be required in their severalcapacities. With this view an investigation is proeee
to all the officers now in England, which will be extended to
all others as they return to this country, or as fresh
appoint-
, ments take place. We believe this is the first instance in
which officers of steam-vessels have been required
to underg°
examination, except as relates to those in the government
service, but after tile losses the company in question has sus-
tained, tained, a better measure than that now in progress could us-
not
have been adopted.
GOLD WEIGHTS.—In consequence of irregularities having
been discovered in the sovereign and half-soy •
ereign weights
now in use under the authority of statute Geo. 111, c. 92,
' the Gazette of Friday contains the following notice, viz. ;
" That the Master of the Mint has been authorised to cause
new weights to be prepared, having a new impression or
stamp as described below, and that it is intended that such
new weights shall be exchanged at the Mint, after the 29th
day of May, 1843, for the old weights, free of any charge to
the parties, provided the weights brought to the Mint for
exchange are identified by the stamp, and are not reduced by
wear below the weight at which they were originally issued.
Description of the Weights ,—The sovereign weight bears
on the obverse the portrait of her Majesty, with the words
' Royal Mint,' and the date of the year, in indented letters
upon a raised border. On the reverse are stamped the figures'
5 dwts. et gas., surrounded by the words ' Curt. Weight
Sovereign,' in indented letters. The half-sovereign weight
bears the same impression on the obverse as the sovereign
weight, and has on the reverse tbe figures 2 dwts. 131 gri
with the words `Curt. Weight Half-Sovereign,' in taunted
letters."
RACE HORSES.—The list of proprietors of race horses
amounts to 697, and contains the names of many of the most
distinguished members of the British aristocracy. Several
of them support very extensive establishments, as for in-
stance, Lord George Bentinck, who ran 21 horses last year •
Lord Chesterfied, 16: Lord Eglinton, 14 ; Lord Exeter, 17
Col. Peel, 12 (three in conjunction with General Yates) ;
Duke of Richmond, 6; Mr. Thornhill, 9 ; Lord Westmia_
ster, 11 ; and so forth. That an idea may be formed by the
novice in racing of the effects of such establishments, it m,
be necessary to give sketch of the engagements for whiel,
some of the hotses included in those studs are named ;--
Farintosh, a three-vear old, belonging to Lord G. Bentinek,
is engaged in 26 stakes for the present year; Gaper, the pro_
perty of the same nobleman, in 19 ; Aristides, another three..
year-old, in 17 ; Napier, ditto, in 14 ; and many others to
nearly as great an extent. The gross number ofr race horses
actually namedtfor stakes and plates E
400glah ~ for 1843, is
is 1184—exclusive of between 300 and yearlings entered
for stakes, for wdich the nominations are made at that age.
A CONTINENTAL Seonesuas.—Where is there, or where
will there be found, an equal to the said Duke of Bourbon e
Ay, and in what country, for I will challeege all Europe, to
produce him ! This insatiable sportsman either bunted or
shot every day in the year, Sundays excepted, four hours'
repose at night being his maximum allowance. Then the
distance he would go to meet his hounds almost staggers be-
lief. Thirty miles were considered a moderate one ; and, hav-
ing said this, it is riot to be wondered at that be should have
worn out six persons who bad to take their tarns—two at a
on him. His royal highness, however
time in attendance up and died very general ,
reached his seventieth year, .
the -ly lamented.
I had an opportunity of examming. _ yearly accounts, very
e game killed by the different packs of
accurately kept, of tb . s ortsman
hounds of this most illustrious p .ln some of the
years his success was astonishing. _ For example : in 1829_
only two wild boars were lost out o! _24 hunted ! In 18277
only six wild stags escaped out rout 83 hunted ; and in Iges:
The greatest number of failures was with the
two out of 92.
Cheyreuil hounds, by reason of the short running of this game
rendering the hunting of them so difficult.—Apperley's Nim-
rod Abroad. —Short] before
AN AWKWARD ACCIDENT:. Y the meeting
between his Majesty and the Envoy toot place at Lucknow
a most frightful accident occurred, which placed the lives of
two ladies in the most iruminent ril. In crossing a most
rotten bridge that passes over a drain, the woodwork gave
way under the vveight of their elephant's off fore-leg, which
brought the poor animal almost on his head, and threw the
ladies go forward that they were at!. but precipitated over the
front of the hovvdah. In this position, the earth under one
of the elephant's hind legs gave way, when the jerk, of course
threw them back, and every one thought the elephant must
fall over on his side. By dint of tremendous struggling th
animal extricated himself e but the rolling of the howdah°
and the consequent knocking about received by the ladies
was perfectly fearful to witness,,it for had they been thrown'
out it is impossible to say win might have been the con
quince, surrounded as they were, on all sides, by a crowdse-
-40 or 50 elephants, and a dense crowd of men on of
horse-
backback, besides the mass on foot. Tie space that gave way
under the elephant was about four feet in length,
breadth, snotwo in depth ; and it was quite • one in
a muscle that
the animal g out of it as well as he did, without doing
than frightening the ladies, and slightly bruis. them more
mg • but
their conduct was the admiration of them all— '
screaming or
. fainting. The above is but a no foolish
Poor description
of the spectacle, but for want of a better I must
send it to
you.—Bengal gurkarti.
LADY SALE : DESCRIPTION OF FIGHTS.—Yoe cannot
(says the The Examiner) picture her to your mind's eye but
with feet planted " in a small crack in the rampart near Sale's
bastion," watching some storming party ascend
under heavy fire " with commendable a breach
steadiness and great
alacrity"; or with heart sinking and swelling,
" f her house," she views .
top o as, from the
with painful interest
neighbouring exploit of cowardice or cour some
age. Here she is :
I had taken my post of observation,
as usual, on the top
of the house, whence I had a fine view of the field of action,
and where, by keeping behind the
chimneys, I escaped the
bullets that continually whizzed est me." This was the
first attempt on Bevmaroo :—" The
Affghan cavalry charged
furiously down the hill upon our troops in close column
The 37th No. 1. were leading, the 44 h d he;
Shah's 6th in the rear. No square ot
r Lnil.shewceernetrfeo,raLdt
to
receive them. All was a regular confusion; ray very heart
felt as if leapt to my teeth when I saw the Atrgbans ride
right clean through them. The onset was fearful. They
looked like a great cluster of bees, but we best them and
drove them up again." This, the second, when our men ran
like sheep before the fanatic Ghazees:—" When they fairly
appeared above-ground, it was it was very fi
eld-evient that our
men were not inclined to meet them. Every gas was
was now pointed to the hill with intense anxiety by us i.ll can-
tonments, and we saw the officers urging their men to advance
on the enemy. Most conspicuous were Mackintosh, Laing,
Troup, Mackenzie, and Layton ; who, to eucouarge the men,
pelted the Ghazes with stones, as they climbed the bill,
and to do the fanatics justice, they returned the assault with
the same weapons. Nothing would do; our men would not
advauce, though this party did not appear to be 150 in num.
her. At length, one of the Ghazeeas rushed forward, wa-
ving his sword over his bead : a Sipahee of the 37th darted
forth and met him with his bayonet ; but instead of a straight
charge, he gave him a kind of eide stoke, and they both fen,
and both rose again. • Both were killed eventually ; the
Gbazee was shot by another man. It was very like the
scenes depicted in the battles of the Crusaders. The enemy
rushe with drove our men before them very like a flock of
sheepi a wolf at their heels. They captured our gun.
The artillery fought like heroes two were killed at the
gas; Serjeant Mulhall received three wounds ; poor Lain
ws shot whilst waving his sword over the madeu cheering
the men. It was an anxious sight and our inane
beat : it lasted but for a few minutes."
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LYNX (Min.

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