The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

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• MOUNT VESUVIUS.—The crater is a vast circular pit,
with nearly perpendicalar walls, about two miles in cir-
cumference and 200 feet deep. Its bottom consists of
waves of black lava or scoriae, and in the centre of it rises
a cone of scoria; to the height of 150 or 200 feet. This
cone has two openings on its summit, from which a con-
tinual emission of white vapour takes place; and about
once in five minutes there is an explosion Jeard far within
the mountain, anti wi:ich is followed in a few seconds by
the eitction of a vast quantity of fumes and fragments of
melted lava, which, by daylight, bave'the colour of blood,
but after sunset, are of a dazzling white heat, while the '
• vapour is brilliantly illuminated so as to appear like flame.
Lava escapes in abundance from the base of the cone, and
flows beneath the hardene,l crust which forms the floor of
...the crater. Occasionally, however, it melts its way
through, and flows in a broad qtrea,o over the surface,
which in its turn becomes hardened by cooling, and a
fresh eruption takes place elsewhere. In this manner the
whole crater will eventually be filled up, and when this
occurs, an eruption on a great scale may be expected.—
Polytechnic Review and Migazine.
PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE.--Thomson,the author. of
"The 50.50n5," wrote in bed his beautiful rhapsody on
early rising. commencing, " Falsely luxurious I will not
tam awake ?"

GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE.—IIis passion for strong
drink was so great, that when he was_ without money, or
means of raising it, he has been known to go to a pawn-
broker's, where he was in the habit of applying, and to say,
" I want five guineas; but I have nothing to pledge but
myself—give me the money, they'll be sure to redeem me
when they want me." And having sent word to the thea-
tre of his situation, he has frequently been found seated
on the pawnbroker's counter with a duplicate pinned to
his hutton-hole.—Ainsworth's Magazine.
FORCE OF GUNPOWDER.—Th' enormous force of in-
flamed gunpowder is known to depend on the evolution of
various gases, the volume of which, when coaled, if is
easy enough to determine; but at the moment of their
farmation they are vastly dilated by heat, so that their ac-
tual effective volume and pressure cannot he jusly ascer-
tained. It has been pretty correctly ascertained that a
cubic inch of gunpowder is converted by ignition into 250
cubic inches of permanent gaSes, which. according to Dr.
Dutton, are increased in volume eisht times at the time of
their formation by the expansive influence of heat. Assu-
ming these data to be till', confined and ignited powder
will exe.t, at least, a force of 2000Ibs. on every square
inch !—Polytechnic .I?,.virw and Magazine.
Loan ASHLEY—CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE.—In
Lord Ashley I alwayS found a ready will to contribute
heart and soul, as though he really loved it, to the welfare
of others. The last time he ever came to Eton (at least,
I think so), he travelled inside the coach, and I was on
the outside, behind. There was a poor woman sitting
near me, who was evidently far gone in a decline, and had
set out from London for the purer air of Henly-on.
Thames. It came on to rain heavily, and in such a man-
ner as to augur continuance. We changed horses at an
inn, and the poor woman moaned piteously, for the doc*or
had told her, that any fresh cold would be fatal.. Daring
the silence of the coach stopping, Lord Ashley heard her,
on which he got out, and came round the coach, and
quickly asked me what was the matter. I told him briefly,
and it ended in the noble lord givieg up his place inside,
to the poor woman, and himself taking a seat amid the
peering rain, on the outside: While we were standing in
the passage of the inn, just after the woman had got in-
side, amid a profusion of blessings on Lord Ashley, he
said to me, " Well, this is somewhat unpleasant, for I
have no great coat with me" but immediately sprang for-
ward, as though the deed of kindness was sufficient com-
pensation for a good ducking. The guard, however, lent
his lord-hip an uld rough Coat, which was in reserve for
night-work, and in this Lnrd Ashley enveloped himself,
and arrived safely at the Crown Inn, at Slough, then kept
by one Mrs. Harell. On arriving there, Mr. Maitland,
who owned a mansion at Henley-on-Thames, wanted an
inside place; hut Lord Ashley quickly went to the coach-
office, and paid for the poor wonlan's inside seat as far-as
Henley.—Bentley's Miscellany.

VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE GREAT PYRAMID OF
EGYPT.-1t was now about mid-day, and the sun, quite
free from clouds, smote upon the Pyramid with great ve-
hemence ; so that. what with the warmth produced by the
labour of the ascent and the ardour of its rays, we expe-
rienced a heat resembling that of an oven. 'The air was
clear, and our view unimpeeed on all sides. To the
south, scattered in irregular crimps, were the Pyramids
of Sakkarah, Abonsir, and Dashi ur. glittering in the sun,
like enormous tents; and appearing from their number,
and the confusion of their arrangementJto extend to an
unknown distance into the desert. On the west was the
wilderness of Libya, stretching away to the edge of the
horizon; arid, undulating, boundless, apparently desti-
tute of the very principle of yeeeaation, an eternal prey to
the sand-storm and the whirl-wind. A flock of gazelles
or a troop of Bedouins scouring across the plain, would
have relieved its monotony; but neither the one nor the
other appeared. In the foreground the sand of various
colours, yellow, dusky brown, and grey, swelled into hil-
locks which looked like the nuclei of new pyramids. To
the north and the east the landscape presented a perfect
contrast to this savage scenery : night and day are not
more different e and if the contests of Tyehon and Osiris
represented symbolically the struggles between the desert
and the river—the one to nourish. the other to destroy—
the gods were still there, drawn up in battle array against
each other ; though the evil demon. alas I had evidently
long prevailed, and was daily curtailing the empire of bis
adversary. All. however, that remains of the valley of
the Nile is luxuriantly covered with verdure and beauty ;
corn-fields, green meadows, woods of various growth and
foliage, scattered villages, a thousand shining sheets of
water, and, above all, the broad glittering stream of the
Nile spreading fertility on all sides like a god. Beyond
this were the white buildings of Cairo, Babylon, and Rho-
dab, backed by the I ing lofty range of the Gehel Mokat-
tam, reflecting the !Tight warm rays of the mid-day sun.
—Library of Travel.
PRINCIPLES OF THE JESUITS.—For a stake of suffi-
cient magnitude there is no reas-in to doubt that the prin-
ciples of the Jesuit Society would impel them to the em-
ployment of any or all of these criminal instruments. The
fundamental rule of the society, implicit obedience, and
the governing rule of cooduct for its directors, the justifi-
cation of the means by the end, necessarily imply as much.
In these two principle s lie the germs of all possible evil ;
for it is the duty of the Jesuit to execute every command
of his superior, and it is the- duty of the superior to effect-
uate the good of the church by every available means—
honest, if he can; if not, by the needfnl means, be they
what they may. In times of peace, and among wed regu-
lated communities, the aims of the society require no ac-
tual crime. Activity in instilling high church principles
into the minds of the youthful gentry, regularity in trans-
mitting written accounts of their prop eedinge to their su-
periors, and the prosecution of a small intriguing litera-
ture, are, in that phase, their chief, indeed their only vo-
cations ; many of them, accomulished and good-natured
men, remainiag unconscious of the fearful extent to which
their obligations have committed them, and taught with a
laudable prudence to laugh at the idea of their obedience
being ever tested, beyond a clever apology for the last
bull, or a white lie at the most, in coetradicring some in-
convenient scandal. But in times of revolution or social
excitement, when decisive blows have to be struck, ene-
miee discredited or sib aced, and powerful individuals won
over or set aside, then scandals must be disseminated
with the speed of the wi;.d, fanatical passions be raised to
their highest pitch, impeachments be sustained by the
needful evidence, riots he fomented, and, in the necessi-
ties of a great crisis, assassinations themselves be perpe-
trated, without hesitation, without remorse, without.
shame, but rather as so many acts of honourable duty.
piously done for the glory of God, and the good of the
Catholic Church. Christendom, which has given birth to
such a system, and suffers its continuance, reproaches
Hindooisue for its Thugee with but a bad grace.—Dublin
University Magazine.
TRAVELLING " DAWK."—It is a delightful thing to
travel dawk. I suspect that people in England know as
little of the manner in which we get over the ground in
that fashion as they do of other matters Asiatic. We are
supposed to wander over wide and desolate plains, ueon
extensive elephants, attended by a gentleman in front,
who drives a species of boat-hook into the animal's head,
and a gentleman behind, who screens us from the piercing
rays of the sun with an ample umbrella. Some folks, who
have very general ideas of Oriental life, piece us on the
backs of camels, and suppose us to make one of a pa-
triarchal cavalcade ; while others, of more brilliant ima-
ginations, take it for granted that we start by the mail,
" all on springs, like a corps de ballet," fall fast asleep at
Calcutta and wake at Delhi. Few ever heard of The
Dawk, or can conceive it possible that distances of a thou-
sand miles are accomplished in little boxes borne on the
shoulders of four sable fellow-creatures. Yet such is the
most common mode of transit, and, to my plain thinking,
.it is the most agreeable and independent method of getting
over ground known to the ~ivili,ed world—always except-
ing the luxury of your own carriage, fist post horses, arid
roads as level and smooth as a bowling green. It is true
the bones ache after a long dawk trip in a manner to con-
vey a lively idea of rheumatism; you can never sleep more
than two hours at a stretch, because you are disturbed by
the appeals of the relay bearers, who want buxis at every
stage—the oil-fed flambeaux of your torch-bearers are
flashed under your very nose the whole night through—
and your ears regaled incessantly with the buzzing, hum-
ming, chanting, of your bearers—but still the dawk is a
delightful species of carriage. We have not yet arrived at
that point of civilization when travelling can be rendered
absolutely comfortable under any circumstances. Take
the railroad ! You see but little on your journey, and a
pebble may whisk you to eternity before you can say Jack
Robinson. The mail l. You are pet up for hours with a
curious, forbidding old woman, via-a via, afflicted with an
obstinate cough and a yelping lap-dog; on your right is an
invalid attorney, who must have both windows up, and the
fourth of the partie carr6e has impregnated his garments
with cigar-smoke; the guard allows you but little time to
bolt a few slices of indurated, time-honoured ham, and a
cup of boiling-hot tea, and there is every chance of a de-
tention, on the most desolate part of the road, from a lost
linch-pin or a broken coach-pole. Then for the travelling
o' horseback, as is our wont in Persia and Asiatic Turkey,
it is well enough for the ride, but you are exposed to all
weathers, subjected to long halts, or relays of unknown
brutes. A quiet camel ? Sea-sickness without the com-
fort of a steward and a swingcot. A ship ?—according to
Sam Johnson, " imprisonment, with the chance of being
drowned." A boat on the Nile, the Ganges, the Eu-
phrates? Confinement, sand-banks, contrary winds, and
tedium vitee. Lneomotion—barring the carriage and post
horses aforesaid—la monstrously an voying in the best
form : but as it is riot given to mortals to transport them-
selves without auxiliary aid, and as every spot on the fair
earth is worth visiting, commend me to the Indian Dawk.
You are your own master; your pelankeen is at once your
arm-chair by day and your b d by night; your dressing-
table, your kitchen, your library, are all compactly stowed
before you. Your patient bearers stop when it pleaseth
you, and where it pleaseth you. Here you feast your eyes.
upon a magnificent landscape, in which silvery rivers rush
through luxuriant jungles, and lofty mountains, covered
with rich foliage, invite you to add to the wealth of your
portfolio; there you are arrested by the picturesque re-
mains of some antique temPle, the half-effaced inscriptions
on whose mural adornments excite your curiosity and
perplex your learning. Now you descend from your pa-
lankeen to sniff the morning air, and catch from tie wild
cry of the partridge, the carol of the lark, acid the crow of
the jungle cock, the pleasant infection of exhilarated spi-
rits—and anon you tire reclining on your portable couch,
carried, in imagination, by an agreeable novel, to the land
of the loved West, until the subdued pace of your porteara
apprizes you that you are reaching one of the comfortable
little bungalows or asylums for travellers where attentive
domestics supply you with a bath and a breakfast, and you
stretch your limbs preparatory to another stage. 1 have
tried every description of locomotion, the 1200 ton
steamer, the 1500 ton Indiaman, the Leith smack, the
1 barque, the brig, the buggalah, the canoe, the elephant,
the camel, tee horse, the mule, the doukey, the rail-train,
the mail, post-coaches, post-chaises, the diligence. the
omnibus, the eil. waggon, the vetturino, the gig, the kad-
\
java (or pannier), the sledge, the—all, in short, excepting
the ostrich and the balloon ; and the dawk still stands
A Yin my register of their 'respective virtues and recom-
mendations. The feeling born in 1820 exists in all its
I original force in 1844.—etsiatic Journal.

DissENTerts' BAPTISM.—A conference of Bishops
took place at Easter, 1712, at Lambeth Palace, on the
validity of Dissenters' baptism ; and they all agreed that
it was valid ; four days afterwards, in consequence of
that conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury drew up
the following declaration :—Forasmuch as sundry persons
have of late, by their preaching, writing, and discourses,
possessed the minds of many people with doubts as to the
validity of their baptism, to their great trouble and dis-
quiet, we, the Bishops and Archbishops whose names are
underwritten, have thought it incumbent on us to declare
our opinions, in conformity with the judgment and prac-
tice of the Catholic Church, and of the Church of England
in particular, that such persons as have been already bar-
tised with water, and in the names of the Fad-er, Son, and
Holy Ghost, ought not to be baptised again. And to
prevent any such rash practice in our respective dioceses,
we do require our several clergy that they presume not to
baptise any adult person whatever without giving • us
timely notice."—Lije of Archbi•hop Sharp.
FALSE DISPARAGEMENT OF THE ENGLISH.—One of
the most ludicrous evidences of the rage that has prevailed
in Eng,and during the last and existing centuries for
every tieing foreign, without reference to any actual
standard of value, is tee notion, not yet extinct among
us, that we are not a musical people ! Our old ecclesias-
tical music is of the very firs' order, yet we are not a mu-
sical people ! The glee we altogether invented, and the
beautful madrigal we carried to a higher pitch than any
other country, yet we are not a musical people! Scarcely
two centuries ago, part singing was held an indispensable
accomplishment in every lieeral scheme of English edu-
cation ; and "at a social meeting, when the madrigal
books were laid uoon the table, everybody was expected
to take a share in the harmony ; and any one who declined,
on the score of inability, was looked upon with some con-
tempt, as rude and low bred ;" but for all that we are
not a musical people ! Music; of old, marked every step
in our devotional worship, accompanied every kind of
'port and festival, was carried round to the humblest
door by the itinerant minstrels, and floated from the very
watch-towers of our baronial and civic castles, where the
waits or wa•chmen made the long n'ght musical with their
pipings—and vet, sapient Englishmen will have it, we are
not a musical people. It is true, the unhappy decadence
so visible in all that relates to the welfare and happiness
of the poor, preva Is also, or rather till recently did pre-
vail, in regard to our na ional music. But the eicep,ions
might have told us that it was net (Tieing to any unfitness
of the English mind.—llluminated Magazine.

THE PRINCE OF PEACE V. THE DUKE OF WELLING-
TON.—I heard a curious account of the condition of the
Soto de Roma, the estate of the Duke of Wellington. It
is well known this estate was selected by him out of three
royal domains, which were offered to his choice by the
first Cartes, as a reward for his great services in the war
of independence. This grant was confirmed by the abso-
lute king, and never I believe attempted to be interfered
with during the successive changes which have taken
place, until quite recently, when, of all persons li/Orig,
which, by the by, he was not generally supposed M be
until his reappear ince on the stage in the guise of a chan-
cery suitor, but the Prince of Peace ! This personage
has brought what is equivalent to an action of ejectment
against the duke, and claims the estate as his prp by
a fqmer grant of the royal possessor. I under that
the Audieneia, or supreme tribunal of Granada, h more
than once decided in his favour, hut an appeal being laid
at Madrid, the surisrior court declarsd itself incompetent
to enter on the question, arid so it rests. I heard that the
title of only the house and a small tract of land adjoining
it is effected by this curious claim, and not the greater
part of the property. The person alluded to is living at
Madrid quite retired, and, it is said, in great poverty,
which may readily be believed ; but he finds money suffi-
cient to carry on the process, and fee not only the bar and
solit;itors, but the judges also, who must be paid, if you
are to credit the Spanish accounts of the mode of admi-
nistering justice in their courts, though it may be hoped
not universally nor to the 'extent they state.—Captain
Widdrington.
SINGULAR ANECDOTES OF A RAVEN.—The first ap-
psarance of Jim Crow was in the street, where he was tied
by the leg to a stick, while a pack of inhuman boys were
gathering stones to pelt him to death, when Mrs. W., the
landlady, kindly interposed and saved the devoted victim.
He rapidly tamed, and in a few days exhibited both intel-
licence and amusement to his protectors. Upon the
landlord, from first sight, be appeared to have centred his
affections—and the ardour of the poor bird's attachment
almost exceed- belief. He watched for his master in the
morn'ng, followed him through the day, was always at his
elbow when he dined, and if he afterwards in the evening
joined a jovial party—as landlords are wont to do—Jun
Crow was sure to be upon his shoulder, or on the table, if
permitted to make one of the " merrie company." If any
person pretended to beat the hose the rook attacked him
furiously—and, as if he knew that a razor was a lethal in-
strument, and the carotid in dangerous contiguity, before
the barber dare commence operations, Jim .Crow had to
be secured in another room, to secure the stutter from
maltreatment. It might be imagined that the poor rook
could reason. The communication over the Tweed, be-
tween Spittat and Berwkk, in kept up by diminutive
steamers which cross the river repeatedly within the hour.
If his favourite were missing, Jim Crow would fly down
to the pier and sscertain if the lost oi:e was on board; and
in that event, the rook would cross the river, and no
matter where his ownsr went, he would be found flying
by his side, or settled on his shoulder. Of course this
personal attendance was occasicually to be dispensed
with—but it required no little ingenuity, by turning a
corner, or getting down an entry, to enable his master to
blink his too faithful friend and companion. If he suc-
ceeded, the bird would fly up and down the street, look
anxiously around--and if he could pop on his lost proprie-
tor, his joy would be unbounded, and lest another sepa-
ration should occur, he would istlek to him for the re-
mainder of the day close as his own shadow. If. how-
ever, Mr. W. managed to get of —a feat not always to be
effected—after a sharp search Jim Crow would wing his
way across the Tweed, return home, and there anxiously
await a reunion with his lost protector. I said that the
rook was fond of convivial meetings; and there he *as
an active auxiliary. Were there a dozen persons at the
table, Jim would hop regularly round, receive the scores
from the guests respectively, pouch the money beneath
his tongue, return to his master, insert tWeeblack and
horny bill into the clenched hand of mine host, and
honestly deposit there every coin he had collected. A
still more curious anecdote of the bird ren ains ; and, upon
my life ! it goes far heyond my philosophy. The first
movement in the morning in the landlord's chamber, 'the
first cough or creak of the shoe which announced that his
master was afoot—was hailed by this singular bird with
loud and exulting cawings. The landlord was a wag—his
marriage bscl hail not been blessed by a family, and open-
ing the room door he would remonstrate with his noisy
favorite—" What the diel are ye at, mon ? Hauld ye'r
tongue or ye'll waukest the bairns!" In a moment the
loud and clarearous caw wan changed to one so piano and
subdued that had Rubini been his preceptor, Jim Crow's
descending scale could not have been more rapid or more
euphonious.—Wanderings in the Highlands.

POETRY.

THE OTHER DAY.

(From Fraser's Magazine for December.)
Upon the meadows spread below
Full softly fall the flakes of snow,
Yet choke they up the way
That lately wound along the scene
'Mid fields of gold and swards of green,
Ay, but the other day.
The sun bath shrunk into the south,
And every bird bath shut its mouth,
And broken off its lay ;
And yet with sultry beams the air,
And yet with songs the woodlands fair,
Were lull the other day.
All things are here but for a while,
The lrown must yanisii, fade the smile,
E'en beauty must decay.
And who upon that wrinkled face
The lily and the rose can trace

We saw the other day ?
But form and beauty, too, might die,
And tire forsake :he aged eye;
Could any mortal say,
My heart is stilt as warm and light,
As full of hopes and fancies bright,
As 't was the other day?
Repose mankind can never know,
They change as on the seasons flow,
Until they pass away ;
And whilst we live there 's not an hour
That sees not fall some cherished flower
That bloomed the other day.
The mother sadly bends her head
Upon the breast that lately fed
A child with glances gay ; -
See how her eyes now vainly seek
The softly dimpled rosy cheek
She kissed the other day ! -
But wander through all scenes of life.
Through scenes of peace and scenes of strife,
Consult the whole arr: y!
Seek amidst every rank of men, •
For one who would not fly again
Back to the other day.
. Lovers regret their early sighs,
Regret the maiden's downcast eyes,
When first she said them nay ;
All quaff too soon, al would regain
The feelings they esteem'd a pain,
And quencli'd the other day.
Children alone Icok forward still,
They pant to climb life's rugged hill,—
Oh ! in the valley stay;
Stay in the balmy land.awhile,
Where heaven, and earth, and all things smile

Now as the other day !
They listen not, but onward throng,—
Farewell to innocence ere long,—
Enjoy then whilst you may !
Those rad;ant brows ere long will lower,
Ere long you will regret the hour
You scorn'd the other day !
nut if in joy, and if in woe,
Along these twilight plains below,
You follow virtue's ray,
Less bitter pangs may ring your breast,
When rise amidst your hours of rest
Dreams of the other day !

ADVICE TO BEAUTY.

Sweet lady have you seen,
When the Iris arch is thrown
O'er valley—and o'er hill,
Like a rich, enamelled zone;
How majestic—yet how calm,
Is the beauty of its
Like a paradise of flowers,
Or an Angel—in his might?
Then, lady, strive to be,
In thy life's young go den hours,
An Iris sheddi g hope around
Earth's serpent wreathed bowers;
Let virtue be thy guide,
Walk thou firm in wisdom's light,
And though woman's be thy strength,
Thou shalt wield an angel's might.
T. J. Ovsaasr,

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

The Queen has granted the widow of Colotfel Stoddart
£l5O per annum. _

The Barking fisbermen have returned to work with one
or two of their gri;vances redressed.
There are five Jews on the list for high sheriffs of
counties in England this term.
A fire Broke out in the stet!ple of Sudbury Church on
Wednesday weak, but was speedily extinguished.
The Duke of Norfolk is about to present fifty acres of
land to the people of Shi (field for public plrasure grounds.
The poet Campbell's pension of £lB4 a year has been
bestowed upon Mr. Patrick Fraser Tytler.

Only four lives were lost by the explosion at Cwm Avon
Colliery near Bristol.
It is expected that the new Manchester Theatre, which
is to cost £23.000, will be opened in March next.
The Northern Star, Fe; rgus O'Connor's paper, has
removed from Leeds to London—a sign of the decay of
Chartism.

The Rev. Dr. Adler has been elected Chief Rabbi.
He obtained 121 votes; Dr. Hirchticld 13; and Rabbi
Hirch 2.

Lord Ashley has written to the Short-time Association,
saying that it is his intention to bring the subject of the
ten-hours bill before the House early in the session.
COMMERCIAL CURIOSITV.—A gentleman near Ayles-
bury has in Lis possession a Bank of &gland note for
slaw-nee, issued in the year 1700.
Richard Dadd, the parricide, having been removed to
a Luuatic Asylum, by order of the Secretary of State, will
not be tried fur the murder of his fathtr.

The Leeds magistrates have decided, by orders of the
law officers of the crown, that all officers on horseback,
in uniform, or otherwise, are not liable to pay toll for
turnpikes or bridges.
The current rate of discount on first-class bills by the
joint stock banks and I.rge discount houses in London is
21 per ccnt., just to cut in below the terms of the Bank of
England.
UNCUT OATS.—In the parishes of Eckington and
Whitwell, in the ccunty of Derby, there are many fields
of oats yet uncut, which would require three weeks of
good harvest weather to fit them for the reapers.
Mr. David Irwin, for upwards of forty years editor of
the Norfolk Chronicle, and Mr. R. M. Bacon, editor of
the Norwich Mercury, both died suddenly a few days
ago.

The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains a trea-
sury warrant, fixing generally at fourpence, the rate on
all East India and colonial letters, of not more than half
an ounce weight.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, Jerkin Jones has been
sentenced to a year's imprisonment, for undett +king to
procure Charles Batson a ph.ce in the office,, of the Poor
Law Commissioners for the sum of £l5O.

A young ruffian, at Leicester, la,t week, in the hope of
getting possession of a sum of money i wiling to him on
the death of his mothet, attempted to po•som her, and in
doing so had nearly poison( d the whole
Chess players will be glad to hear that the celebrated
player, M. Kiescritzkij. will vi,it Londcn early in the
year. A match of 21 games is arranged to Iv. played by
him and Mr. Staunton, at the St. George's Club.

The Cambridge Advertiser mentions 'he recent case of
a young woman, who, being frightened by a companion
who appeared suddenly before her in a hideous mask, fell
into fits, became a lunatic, and died in a few days.
- -

Four persons were killed at the Beaufort iron works, by
a mass of earth eight yards above their hrakis falling upon
them, and cruFhing every bone in their bodies. Two of
the party were girls of 18 years of age, and the other two
young men of 18 and 21.

Standard-office, Two o'clock.

COTTON MARKET—Two O'CLOCK.
A fair steady demand to-day, and about 3000 bales sold,
at full prices, with a high market.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Tins DAY.

Opposed by easterly winds, accompanied by intense
frost for several days past, very few vessels Have arrived
here since this day week ; the supplies of any kind of
Grain fresh in for to-day are consequently light from any
quarter, whilst of Flour and Oatmeal we have to note a
moderate quantity, chiefly by steam from Ireland.
From the reasons expressed in our Friday's report, very
few country millers attended our Corn Exchrnge to-day.
We bad, nowitbst- nding, a moderate demand from our
local buyers, for English, Irish. and Forego Wheats,
which fully maintained the rates of this day se'nnight.
Sack Flour was rather more saleable, at a small amend-
ment in value ; and about 2 to 3000 bAs of sweet States
have been taken for export at our quotations.
Malting Barley was in slow request, at a decline of Is.
per qr., but in grinding samples vve have no change to
note.

Beans and Pease remained steady in value, at our last
currency.
New Irish Oats, of which we had scarcely any left
upon the market, were Id. per 45hs. dearer; and Oat-
meal realized an advance of 6d. per 240 lbs., but was not
readily saleable at that amendment.

ARRIVALS OF CORN.
From the 3rd to the gth December, 1314, inclusive.

IRE- • COAST- , COLO..
LAND. WISE. NIAL.

REIGN.

TOTAL