The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STINDARD.

Sat,—Having just heard from good authority that Mr.
Dowling, the Superintendent of the Dock Police, has ap-
plied to the authorities of customs for liberty to rummage any
vessel in which he may suspect contraband goods, arid that the
subject has been referred to the magistrates of this town for
their consideration :—without looking at other objections, the
magistrates will do well to reflect upon the trouble and incon-
venience to which they have been subjected during the surveil-
lance of customs and excise before they allow the shipping in-
terest of the port to be agiin saddled with a similar grievance.
Hoping that. this hint may, through the medium of vour widely
circulated journal, direct the public attention to tfte•point,--I
remain, &c. A SEIIPOWNEIt.
P.B--Has not the Superintendent of the Dock Police got
sufficient 'employment for VAX) per annum?

The King of Sweden has decreed that ships of every flag,
surprised by bad weather, or in want of provisions or repairs,
may enter the port of Slito, or any other an Gothland, without
-paying any expense, except for pilotage and gratitudes to the
Oii-house officers.
We understand that the Archbishop of York has suspended
any nomination to the stall of York, vacant:bv Lord Scar-
but °ugh's death, until all circumstances connected with it shall
have been considered by the church commissioners.
The Peruvian priests maintain their power by constantly
k,eping .pictures of hell and purgatory before. the :eyes, and
minds of their flocks. They have carried this to such an extent,
as fully to justify the sarcastic remark of Dr. Francia, the
eccentric dictator of Paraguay : "These priests teach the
people to be mindful of the devil, and forgetful of God Al-
mighty."
AN AWFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—FIVE HOUSES BURNT.
—On Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, the premises of Mr.
Huggins, artist, Gibraltar.place,.Chatham, were observed to be
on are, and within half an hour, the wind blowing fresh from
the south, the whole of the building was burnt down. The
flames soon communicated to the adjoining houses on each side
and the whole row of houses appeared in the most imminent
danger. -Several engines were on the spot, and the military
• fromthe garrison showed the greatest intrepidity to arrest the
flames. There was a very scanty supply of water • indeed, Mr.
Burt's drays were obliged to fetch water from Rochester, a mile
and a half distant. How the tire happened is not known.
ENGLISH Be contemporary, the Mirror, last Satur-
day, had a good bull, in describing Fountain's Abbey, respect-
ing which the writer says:--" On the south side stand seven
yew-trees, all growing except the largest, which was blown down
years ago."
'`TICKLED WITH A Sre sw."—Among the constant news-
paper advertisements of droll import is one of-a tradesman, who
styles himself "Manufacturer of English and Foreign straws to
the.courts of Great Britain and France," &c. Another states,
that he alters Flats to suit them to the present times.
SUBLIME SERMON.—A young Prussian marched as a volun-
teer against the-French, in 1813, and had been made an officer.
Previous to faking, arms he had been a student of theology,
and is now'a minister. On the morning of the battle at Leitrim,
the commander of his battalion called upon him to preach to
the soldiers. The usual scaffold of drums were formed; the
regiment was placed on a bill, the view from which extended
over a large part of the field of the largest battle ever recorded
—the giant battle. as it often has been termed. It is easy,. to
imagine how the preacher felt when he stood on: his elevation,
and looked on his brethren with arms, and on the extensive
plain which was soon to drink the blood of the brave in torrents.,
He began, " Brethren, -warriors—there is ,the_ enemy of our
country-=there is Cod—(pointing towards heaven)—pray
II e could say no more. The whole congregation in arms prayed
iu silence, when the distant thunder of artillery called them to
their martial duty, and gave the signal that the murderous con- •
test was beginning, which raged three days, and decided the
fate of Europe.-
In consequence of the Duchess of Gordon having been robbed
of her valuable diamonds many distinguished ladies gave incline-.
diate orders for the removal of their court jewels to their bankers',
retaining only a few, necessary to be worn at parties. The re-
ported value of the duchess's jewels stolen is stated at upwards
of £60,000, and we have even heard it asserted in a well-in tiSrmed
quarter that they could not be replaced for less than 1:100.000.
The Hon. Captain Cust sustained a serious loss_ by the late
extensive rubbery of jewellery at the residence of his-mother, the
Dowager Lady Broirniow, in Hill-street; • the diamonds and
other valuables of his late lady, a sister to the Duke of Buceleuch,
haying been carried off.
A boy once complained of his bedfellow for taking half the
bed =" And why nut?" said his mother, " he's entitled to half,
aint he ?" " Yes roother,"' said the boy,—" but how should
you like to have him to take out all the soft for hip half ?—he
will have his half right out o' the middle! and I have to sleep
both sides of him."
Tun THAMES TUNNEL.—On Saturday afternoon Namick
Pasha, the Turkish ambassador, visited:the Tunnel. The ,work
excited the strongest surprise and adruiration to the distill-
guishecf foreigner, and he expressed much pleasure on being in-
forlued that the works had recommenced with every prospect
of the Tunnel being soon completed.