The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-03 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

Mr. David Evans, of this town, has received from the Lord
Chancellor the appointment of a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
THE HAVRE COTTON MARKET.—From the Journal du Havre, a
26th August.—Yesterday, Sunday, and this day, Monday,
further advance has taken place in cotton to the extent of 10,
15, and even 20 centimes on the prices of Saturday, (say from.
ld. J 2d. IfY lb.) Orleans has been sold at 215 fiancs. 1,800
bales were sold yesterday, although it was Sunday. Business
was transacted at the theatre until eleven o'clock at night. At
Rouen and Paris the yarns as well as cotton then on sale were
bought up !
A NEW MODE OF SWINDLING.—A man, with the usual
number of aliases, who had been in the employ of a respectable
coach-maker of this place, as a workman from London. for the
space of ten months, exhibited letters to his master and feline-
workmen stating that the sum of twenty thousand pounds had
been bequeathed to his wife. On the strength of this extraor-
dinary piece of
.good fortune he quitted the workshop, and hired
a large house in Bedford-street,Abercrombie-square ; .ordered
from an upholsterer and other tradesmen the necessary supplies
for this mansion, and, by way of payment, gave references to
his late master, who, believing the story, told them that he had
got the £20,000; and it appears that he consequently found but
little difficulty in getting possession of property to the amount
of about 01400, some of which was delivered so late as Monday
week. He likewise advertised for offices, and Mr. Harrison, of
Hanover-street, accommodated him with some ; sold him goods,
and was under engagements for the delivery of more. Circum-
stances of a suspicious character induced Mr. Harrison to sus-
pect the truth of his tenant's representations, and the result was
the discovery that the whole course of his proceedings was. a
complete fraud. Part of the furniture had been packed up
and sent off to London ; but on Saturday last the .creditors
took possession of what remained, and stopped, in transitu, some
packages in the carrier's hands. The creditors of this fortunate
legatee had a meeting yesterday, at which Mr. Broadhurst, the
solicitor, attended as their legal adviser. We do not know what
steps they decided on taking, but we hope the rascal will nut
escape their vigilance or the vengeance of the law. It is asto--
nishing how frequently tradesmen suffer themselves to be gulled
by mere impudence—at any. rate " the schoolmaster" has not
infused into their minds any very extraordinary degree of cir-
cumspection as to the necessity of inquiring more strictly into
the characters of.those who come to them with lofty pretensions.
THE HARVEST.—The cutting and housing of corn has be-
come quite general. through the North-riding. The crops in
some parts of Cleveland, particularly in the neighbourhood of
the Tontine Inn, and from thence in the direction of Whitby
are backward, and also in the district from Northallerton. to
Darlington-cross, are generally good. Full one-third of the
corn in the N orth-Riding will be housed by the end of the week,
and two-thirds of the whole cut; and if the present fine weather
should continue for ten days, the whole will be got in excellent
condition. New wheat and oats have been shewn at Thirsk
and Stokeslev markets ; the samples were dry, and in good
condition.—Leeds Intelligencer.

ETNA, MAIL BOAT, AND ST. PATRICK, CARGO BOAT.
We are requested to submit the following facts to our readers
in explanation of a very incorrect and invidious paragraph which
appeared in a contemporary paper of Friday last relative to the
above vessels. The paragraph alluded to sets forth,-
Ist. That the proprietors of the St. Patrick challenged Cap-
tain Emmerson to a race.
2d. That the Etna was half a mile a-head of the St. Patrick
at the Floating Light, and eight miles a head of her at the Sker-
ries.
3d. That, had the St. Patrick been a-head of the Etna at the
Skerries, she would have proceeded on to Kingstown.
4th. That the power of the St. Patrick's engines is equal to
180 horses.
The facts are these :-
Ist. That the race arose out of a friendly conversation be-
tween the owner of the St. Patrick and Captain Emmerson,
and not from any challenge.
2d. That the Etna is a Post-office packet, built expressly to
carry the mail to Dublin; and not to carry cargo.
3d. That the St. Patrick was built expressly to carry cargo,
and was proceeding with one to Waterford.
4th. That the Etna was about five boats' lengths a-head of
the St. Patrick at the Floating-light, and at the Skerries was
not more than two miles a-head of her.
sth. That the St. Patrick was not to deviate from her usual
course to Waterford.
6th. That the St. Patrick's engines are IGO horses-power, and
not 180, which, according to the statement in the Mercury of
the Etna's power, makes both the boats equal in this respect.
7th. That the tonnage of the Etna (carpenter's measure) is
300, and coppered.
Bth. That the tonnage of the St. Patrick, by the same mea-
surement, is 450, and not coppered.
From this statement the conclusion will readily be drawn as
to the comparative merits of the two vessels.
PRESTON AND WIGAN RAILWAY, AND WIGAN BRANCH
RAILWAY.—WC are happy to state that there is every prospect
of the public enjoying the benefit of a railway to Preston. The
Wigan Branch Railway Company held a special general meet-
ing on Thursday, for the purpose of considering measures upon
which this desirable event depends; and we are glad to learn
they were carried by 383 votes against 10, one resolution having
383 against 26 votes.