The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

and horses, which were driven into town. Should any-
thing further of interest occur, we shall not fail to let you
know. This government bought yesterday the Austrian
brig Rastaurador Rosas, of 332 tons, for 50,000 dollars,
pataoones; she was built at Trieste for a vessel of war,
and sent out hers for the express purpose of sale."
The brig Liberal, from Rio de Janeiro, was wrecked in
the Tagus, on the 16th instant. The captain, four pas-
sengers, and four of the crew were drowned.

The beautiful tower of Strasburgh Cathedral, the
highest in the world, has given way upwards of six feet
from the perpendicular, and its immediate fall is antici-
pated.

The Attorney-General and Lady Follett and family
have arrived at Rome, from a tour in Sardinia, Tuscany,
&c. The honourable gentleman is in rather improved
health, and is not expected to return to England for some
weeks.

The paper manufactory belonging to Messrs. Brice and
Co., situate at La Vallette, near Paris, was reduced to
ashes on Monday night. The young woman through
whose imprudence the fire originated perished in the
flames, and a corporal and a soldier died victims of their
zeal whilst endeavouring to extinguish the fire.

We extract from Simmond's "Colonial Magazine" for
December, the following, being the average quantity per
acre of agricultural crops produced annually in New
South Wales during the last ten years, viz.—Wheat, 14
bushels ; Maize, 17i bushels ; Barley, 15A bushels ' Oats,
131 bushels ; Rye, In bushels ; Millet, 44- bushels; Po-
tatoes, 21 tons; Tobacco, 7 cwt. ; and Hay, 11 ton.
The Montreal Herald states that Mr. Logan, who is
well known b• geologists for his researches in Canada,
has in a recent survey of the Upper Province discovered
near Lake Sinacoe, and explored to the extent of 60 or
70 miles, a great bed of lithographic stone. If true, this
will prove of great importance to the art, as Germany has
hitherto been the only source of supply, and that a most
limited one.

THE WEATHER IN ITALY.—A letter from Piedmont,
of the 15th states, that a great quantity of snow at that
date covered the valley of the Po. At Turin, it fell to the
depth of three feet, and so great a weight of it covered the
roofs of the houses, that men were employed to shovel it
off, fears being entertained of the woudwork giving way.
At Alexandria, Asti, and some other parts of Piedmont,
the snow was nearly four feet deep, and when the last ac-
counts left, everything foreboded a most severe winter.
A FIRE ON THE PRAIRIES.—On Thursday se'nnight,
Ezekiel Fields and Jack Fields, with their two sons, resi-
ding in the northern part of the nation, went to their field
for the purpose of preventing a fire, then sweeping over
the Prairie, from consuming their fences. But a high
wind prevailing at the time, the flames rushed onward
with such speed that they were obliged to leave their work.
and endeavour to save themselves by flight. The two men
and one of the lads were, however, soon overtaken, and
burnt to death.--Cherokee Advocate.
IMMENSE CASTING.—The Journal des De"bats states
that the gigantic head of the statue of Bavaria, a bronze
statue, which is to be 68 feet high, was withdrawn from
the mould in which it was cast at the royal foundry of
Munich on the evening of the 14th inst., in presence of
the King and Queen of Bavaria, and a considerable num-
ber of distinguished personages. The beauty of the hesd
of Bavaria, which is the work of the celebrated Schwan-
thaler, excited such enthusiasm amongst the spectators
that they joined their voices to a chorus of 300 of the
Philharmonic Society of Munich, who chanted a hymn
composed for the occasion by the Baron de Poissel, di-
rector of the Theatre Royal of Munich.
A TRAP FOR BURGLARS.—On Sunday morning, while
the family of M. Girardot were out, a thief broke into
their house, and having packed up all the valuables, was
about to walk off with them, when he was tempted by a
large rot of comfiture and a bottle of brandy, which he
found 'in a closet. Having eaten all the sweetmeat and
drunk half the brandy, he found himself so overcome that
be staggered under his burden, and resolved to recover
his powers by a nap. Having placed a loaded gun, which
he fuund in a corner, beside him, he laid himself down on
the servant's bed, and fell into so sound a sleep, that
Mademoiselle Girardot, who returned earlier than the
rest, discovered her new lodger still close locked in the
arms of Morpheus. The packages at once told her his
character. With soft steps she went out again, and
brought back with her some gendarmes, who awoke the
sleeper, and conducted him to prison.—F, rnch paper.
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.—A Swiss journal furnishes
us with the following romantic tale of real life :—A mar-
ried couple, who had for several years lived in a
state of anti-conjugal harmony, determined to part, and
made an appointment with each other to meet at a no-
tary's to sign the deed of separation. To arrive at the
office of the man of law they had to cross a lake, and, as
it happened, they both embarked in the same boat. On
their passage a storm arose, and the boat was upset. The
husband being a good swimmer, soon reached the shore
in safety. On looking around him to see the fate of his
fellow passengers, he distinguished his wife still struggling
for her life, but in imminent danger. A feeling of his
early affection returned to him, and plunging again into
the water, he swam to her, and succeeded in rescuing her.
When she recovered her senses, and learnt to whom she
owed her life, she threw herself into his arms; he em-
braced her with equal cordiality, and they vowed an obli-
vion of all their differences, and that they would live and
die together.