The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

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Several

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son of the Rev. F. Close,
lam, has been appointed to the
-sloop, at Portsmouth.

have taken

:n made its appearance

ut. Francis A. Close
nbent of Chelt

by falls Of earth, &

Ls arrived in the Thames from Flensburg and
which has brought from the former place
seal-skins, consigned to order.
cement has at length been made in the erec-

On Saturday

,er, Queen-street

In three

eie.teen acres will b

mious fire occurred at Graves.

be premises of Mr. Drasen, linen
and gutted the two adjoining
ing been estimated at £3,500

An attempt is being made to introduce the culture of
ntils into Scotland, and it is stated that Lord Murray
tends sending his crop of lentils to the great exhibition

yal arch, commemorative of the Sovereign's
Dundee, has been nearly finished. It is one of

of which

Dundee c
A court of inquiry was held on board of the Fis-
guard, at Woolwich, on Thursday, to investigate certain

Teozer,
On F

Mr. Button, one of her engineers.
eek, Miss Dolling, daughter of the late
Captain Dolling, R.N., and sister of Lieutenant Dolling,
was drowned at the entrance of Plymouth Sound, whi-
ther she had gone to bathe e favourite dog.
The Corporation of Ruthin has been sued in the County

Court for .a
debt of £ll 3s. for gas

They pleaded

y and craved

Awe, anc

a month's respite Was alloWed

The wife of a respectable tradesman accidentally suffo-
cated her infant during her return from a pleasure excur-
sion to Hammersmith, by wrapping it too closely in her
shawl.

ie following► inscription has been chalked upon a wall

kins' brewery :
line, and coverer
tember 4, 1850."

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cl with d

ibourhood of Barclay- and Per.
his spot, in the arms of the po-
irt, fell General Haynau, Sep.

At a Court of Aldermen, held in London, on Tuesday,
the Right Hon. J. A. S. Wortley, Q. C. and M. P., was
elected Recorder of London. The numbers were,—for
Mr. Wortley, 13; for Mr. Russell Gurney, 4; and for
Mr. Bullock, 1.

The Railway Journal states that the wine and spirit
lers have found a great diminution in the consumption
-se articles since excursion trains became so frequent,
much of the money usually spent over those commodities
being now spent in cheap trips.
On Friday, a fire occurred on the Grove. Bristol, by
which property valued at £6OOO was destroyed. The

Premises were those of Messrs. Whitwell, ship chandlers,
Messrs. Smith, provision merchant, Mr. Humphreys,
cornfactor, end Mr. Reed, sailmaker.
The bullion in both departments of the Bank of England
has increased from £16,795,104 to £16,811,698, being
a difference of £16,594. The paper in actual circulation
has decreased from £20,506,228 to £20,102,132, being a
difference of £404,096.

The Times of Friday, on the state of the country, says,
" Notwithstanding a more than usual allowance of diffi.

culties, the country is now in a far more prosperous state
than ,it has been at any time since the repeal of the corn
laws."

The Queen's Hotel, at Cheltenham, which cost £47,000
including the land, and the original rental of which was
£2,100 per annum, was offered for sale by auction on
Tuesday. The highest bid was £14,900, and it was bought
in at £lB,OOO.

The Bishop of Gloucester, every morning after the
muFical festival performances, entertained nearly two
hundred of the company at luncheon at the palace,
Gloucester, which appears to have been completely
repaired, painted, and papered for the occasion.

, -.-... DISGRACEFUL EXHIBITION.—On Friday week, a brute
in the shape of a man consented to ride in an open car-
riage, from likey to Burnley, quite naked. The feat was
undertaken for drink, and the man was in liquor at the
time.

A Kendal paper states that, on Monday week, two of
the sheds at the Sedgwick powder mills blew up with
a tremendous noise, causing a shock that was distinctly
felt as far as Kendal ; but fortunately the only damage
caused by the explosion was the destruction of the sheds.
The Maidstone Journal says that Mr. Makepeace, one
of the lay clerks of Rochester Cathedral, possesses a sing.
ing mouse, which utters notes not unlike those of a linnet,
and which chiefly sings in the evening, though it may be
heard occasionally throughout the day. •
The Chain Pier, that delightful place of resort, has
during the week received an accession of visitors from a
novel cause. The gap in the Seaford Cliff, caused by the
explosion of the immense mass of gunpowder, is distinctly
visible from the pier head.—Brighton Gazette.
The alteration which is being made at Exeter Hall
consists in forming a coved ceiling instead of a flat one,
the new ceiling being twelve feet higher in the centre
than the previous one.

The Duke of Rutland has given the whole of his te-
nantry notice to quit, not with a view of expelling them
entirely from their farms, but in order that his Grace may
have the whole of his estate re-valued, and new rentals
made to suit the nature of the times.

The Priory Park, at Chichester, concerning which the
people of Chichester have long felt a desire, will shortly
become the property of the citizens for a term of years.
The Duke of Richmond has consented to let it on lease,
and a committee has been appointed to act on behalf of
the city, with power to raise subscriptions.
Lord Palmerston has written to the secretary of the
Netherlands holders of Spanish stock, informing them that
he has ordered the British Envoy of Madrid and requested
the Spanish Ambassador in London to ask the Spanish
government to accept the bondholders' proposal for settle-
ment of the debt.