The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-29 00:00:00

An old lady of Marseille, already twice a witiow, dna
ninety-three, about two years loge marriedoa youtFof seventy-
five. Her course sill not vet run, for her thitd• huhaud is
lately dead, and the old lady, now in her ninety-fifth year, is
already on the look out for a fourth course of experimental
philosophy:
DIiKADFUL ACtIDENT ON THE LONETON ANO BiluitimGltAAt
RAIL-no 0.-0.0 Thursday evening, about a.quarter before six
o'clock, the following dreadful accident, &feuded with the loss
of two lives. occurred on the lAndon and Birtnirigham -
road, near Pritnrose-hill. Four men. named Mark Aruhro,e,
William Brooks, Williaui Brown,Heht
v Dowell, were
en-
gaged in boring at the bottomof No. 1 shet, a depth of Seventy
feel, when the earth, in consequence of not being properly;
shored up, suddenly gave Way, and upwards of ten ton weight
fell upon the unfortunate fuels aud.bttried them beneath it; .a
number of hands were immediately set to work for the purpose
of extricating the sufferers. And in the•courde of ntventi, minutes
Brown and Dewell were dtig out With but little sign of life re-
maining, and conveyed without 103 nf time to'Nliddiesex. There
is but a very slender chance of their recovery. After the laps;
of another quarter of an bonr the labotirers t:ucceedad in finding
Ambrose and Brooks. They were both quite: dead. The bodieS
were tetnoved to Chalk-farm Tavern, to await a coroner's in-
quest.

The assassin Fiecthi affects to nreseive great tranquillity or
mind ; he piays at cards and.. dominoes ;from morn►ng to even-
ing, and limns snatches of tunes to ►siie away the tine:—Frendt
paper. _ • . .

.. .. . .
Captain Marryatt, passing through Waterloo the other day,
was told that the Marquis of Auglesea had just been there, and
had visited the spot where his amputated leg had been buried.
"Then," said the captain, "there was a family party, and all the
members present."—Brighton paper.

During 1331 there were imported into Rtissia 300,000 volumes
in foreign languages, which is 20,000 more than in 1833. There
were published 728 national works, and ,115 trauslatious, ex-
elusive of 48 periodical louroals. In these publications are not
included 113,200 copies of different books
.for instruction. In
1831 there were founded 94 -establishments. fir education, in.!
eluding the University of .5 t. \Vladimir, at Kiew.
AAtaYeller who has visited the palace of the j'acha at Cairn
has given us the following. details: —" We were aumitted intd
the Council Chamber, and placed near the l!resident, a lively
old Turk, who talked with surprising volubility. The council is
composed of a crowd of officers of the government and secre-
taries, and asSemblei daily. This council is called in Europe a
senate, a representative asSemblY,.the Egsptian parliament—
but a must singular parliament it is. When the Paeha wishes
anything to be done, he oiders it without
.consulting his pitiful
council, which never has any opinion different to his own. But
when he wants money, or when he wi,hes not to grant what he
doesnot like to refuse in a direct manner, he displays a high
esteem for the authority of this council, and sends petitioners to
them, giving secret orders for.their being denied, leaving it to
bear the odium of the refusal."--ermen paper.
A riiircgmail, a native -of -re ry fers,,Ml e-d-- rtot4trep
only 16 rears of age, has just procured it marvel of patience
and skill, in the shape of a pair of (.621(M-thread pantaloon-1;i
woven without seem, of small dimensions, and iif the most
elegant form. The button-holes have been made, and the but-
tons attached to the pantaloons while on the loom; without the
aid of Scissors er needle. The buttons are, of mother-o'-pearl,
pieced with f‘eir holes, and it is impossible to discover by what
process this ingenious young man has been enabled to overcome
these difficulties.—. French paper.
Dr. Lardner, in his evidence before the great western rail-
way bill committee, gives the following instance of carelessness
in the railway managers:—" I was desceuding the .slope of
in 95 on the Manchester railway with a train of goods; the en-
gineer let the train run down for a considerable time without the
break. and we obtained a velocity that appeared to me to be
exceedingly dangerous. I ordered him to apply the break, but
the break totally failed; it was burnt. A signal was made tolls
by the road ponce to stop, but the train did not stop for a COO-
siderable distance from the foot of the slope. When we de-
scended we fund that the wheel of one of the waggons had
broken, so that both wheels dragged along the rail during the
descent, forming a more powerful break than the common
breaks, and notwithstanding this the train went down with the
furious velocity of from 40 to 50 miles an hour!"
THE SEDITIOUS CAMPAIGN.—What a spectacle does Mr.
O'Counell's present career exhibit! That of' an avowed emisary
of sedition, going from place to place for the sole purpose of
poisoning the public mind ; and the government not only un-
willing to check his progress, but actually iteknowledgiug him
as an ally, if not sanctioning the proceedings !—Morning
ald.

A circular has been sent round to the magistrates throughout
the kingdom, requesting them to make a return to the commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into the subject of county rates, of
the amount of fees received be clerks under the heads specified,
distinguishing the amount paid directly, or in the end reimbursed
by the county, from the which is borne by individuals.
THE LATE EARL OF OriA.THA Iti.—By the death the Rt. Hen.
John Pitt, second Earl of Chatham, the earldnm, viscounty,
and barony of Chatham, to which wits attached a parliamentary
pension of £4,000 per annum, have become-extinct. His lord-
ship was a Knight of the Garter, a general in the army, colonel
of the 4th Regiment of Foot, and Governcir-General of Giltral-•
tar ; as also, an Elder Brother of. Trinity House, a Governor
of the Charter Hotise, and High Steward or Colchester. His
lordship succeeded to the earldom and to the viscounty of Pitt,
of Burton Pyusetic, in the county of Somerset, as second Eat!
of Chatham, on the demise of his father (the great statesman)
in 1778, and to the barony on the death of his mother, in IBcJ3.
He married, in 1783, Mary Elizabeth, second daughter of the
first Viscount Sidney, who died in 1821, by whom his lordship
bad no issue. He was eldest brother of the flight Hun, Wil-
liam Pitt, and also of the late Counteas of Stanhope. &c. His
lordship was in the Stith year of his age, and was the last sot-
vivre of the Pitt family. The governorship of Gibraltar, to
which is attached a salary of. £3,000 per entente, and the duties
of which amount almost to a sinecure, it is asserted, will met be
filled up.
DUNG A RVAN ELECTION.—Not a doubt can exist that Mr.
Galwey will he declared the sitting member for this 'temente
There is, quite tudejendently of all other grounds, undue intle-
euce of priests—intimidation—improper voters—such is ceased
to possess the franchise on the death of ,Lord Burlington, and
many ether collateral points for the consideration of a committee,
a fatal objection to the return itself, in point of law- The 6en-
eselial closed the election on Monday night, by declaring Mt%
Trighlen duly elected. -matt rinderitrese-aircinnetrrocesa*The
polling commenced on Friday, and was continued Saturday and
Monday. On the latter named day, there were over twenty
electors polled in each booth, and, consequently, they could nict
be legally closed. On Tuesday ecorning Mr. Oalwey attended
at the court-house with his agents and certain impolite" electors,
and found the doors closed. He then repaired to the private
dwelling house of the Seneschal (who is the returning officer,)
and there tendered his voters, when be was informed that the
election had terminated the preceding night, and that Mr:
O'Loghlen was then declared the sitting member. In continua-
tion of this it has been ascertained that Mr. O'Loghlen, in his
Capacity of member, franked letters, dated " Monday, Septem-
ber 2!st," although on that. day twenty veters bad polled in each
booth, and consequently the election could not have terminated.
If these facts be correctly stated—end ,we believe there is not a
question that they are so—nut a shadow of doubt can exist al
to the illegality of the return.—Dublin Evening Mail..
Oen NEWSPAPERS.—Many people take newspaper!. hot feW
preserve them, yet the most interesting reading imaginable is a
file of old newspapers. It bringa up the very age, with all its
hnstle and every-tiny affairs, and tuatks its genius and its spits:
more than the most laboured description of the historian. Who
can take a paperalated half a century ago without the thought
that almost every name there printed is now cut upon a tomb-
stone at the head of an epitaph! The doctor (quack or regular)
that there adesertised his medicines and their cores has followed
the sable trait' of his patients; the merchant, his ahips—coubl
let no security on his life; and the actor, who could make others
augh or weep, ma now only furnish a scull fur his successors
in Hamlet. It is easy to preserve newspapers, and they will
repay the trouble ; for like that of wine,- their value increases
with their years, and old files have sometimes been sold at priers
to startling to mention.—Monthly Maya:isle.
Hoax.—During the forenoon of Saturday the 12th instant,
and whilst the procession of the royal party front Bishoethorpe
to Harewood-house was anxiously expected on the road tie-
tween York and Tadcaster, a wag arrived in courier haste at a
small ion on the above road, called "The Wild Man," being
an indecent representation of a male figure in a state of nudity.
The landlord having been summoned, was told by the pretended
courier that his Grace the Archbishop of York commanded that
the sign should either be removed or covered, until their Royal
Highnesses had passed by, as his
.Grace recollected having seen
the sign, and considered it highly improper to remain exposed
on such an occasion. After delivering his message the courier
departed, leaving the landlord greatly perplexed what steps to
take; but after consulting with Mrs. Boniface' it was agreed
that his Grace's commands were not to be slighted. The force
of the inn having been mustered, " the naked man" was pre-
sently clothed in tore horsesTiecta, in which apple' he remained
until the royal party had passed by, to the great amusement of
the passengers and neighbours.
Morosenre OF THE CHURCH OF IZOME.—Th.? British public
should be acquainted with the following fact, 'which is now
making some noise in the Lisbon fashionable world. Cowie
San Lot enzo was abirat marring a most beautiful woman here,
the sister of Viscount D'Asseca. who was Don Miguel's agent
in London, but as his formt r wife.hail been a sister of the lady
in question the sanction of the Cathalic church was necessary,:
application being made here to the Patriarch and to the Arch-
bishop of Latedemonia, they both granted it; Ind the intended
bridegroom, not heiug satisfied with the consent of what het
considered these. liberal and constitutional prelates, applied tat
the Pope for his Incising. The Court of Mime, tine' a short
delay, has desired Count San Lorenzo to be informed that the
sanction he demands cannot be obtained, unless he is wiiiipg to
pay the suet of 8,000 crusattos to-the church. inelependeet of
4,W0 crusados more, in order to remove a further objection on
account of the future bride having been godmother to one 44
the Count's children by his fernier marriage, thus making
12,(X/0 crowns, or about £1,20.), which it appears that the perikee
are not willing to pay. So much for the' morality of the Court
of Ronne!—Lisbon; Correspondent of the imes.
MILKS Coyeenean.—A correspondent informs rte that ;Mies
Cuverdale, the first publisher of the noire Bible in English,
was buried under the communion table in the parish chinch
.4'
St. Bartholoinew-hy.the-Exchange, its appears by the register
in that church. He was buried the Iteli of February, 1568,--
DEATH OF SIGNOR BeeuNt.—The world through-
out -Europe will learn with 'egret the nermature death of Signq
Beilini, the Italian composer. This event took
,plitic on ibis
234 instant sit Puteau, near Paris, where the deceesed teat re-
tired some time ago fur the purpose of eersuiti'ar his musical la--
hours, and snaking new efforts to reach that first-rate eminence
as a couirmer to which his distinguished talents entitled einotai
aspire. Signer Betlini was the author many weeks of asteet
merit, the hest of it hie!' were his first and his last,—
ate and If Puritnni. Tho later composatimt met %%ill, ti aneaese
last season which most he still fresh in the memory of 'ail the
fretteenters of our Italian Opera, end Which in Psi is, where it
was brnught tea last Fehreary, also became a great favourite.
Stimulated by se much encouragement, . Signor Beilini 'Ya,
sparing no pains to metier himself still more deaervieg ofpeblie
favour. - It is sueposed that the great application of mind, which
was the necessary•eou -equenee, has accelerated his diesolution.
11e-was on ly•itt his 213th year. Those who were ewes"
fiends will no doubt reckon his loss as a &Ale calemita.
erajnyed, in an eminent degree, the private esteem .of all n
knew him.

PoRT OP GLOHCESTEu.—A piece of 1:‘ nd near the docks,
sold for ..£2,000 sixteea years ago, realized a few days since
16,000:
THE RED LARUENCIW.-11i‘,.DeW laburnum, consideiingthe
snort time it has. been introduced here, has got adniission ipto
many of our shrubberies-and ple4sure-ground:, to whi:iv it is a
great additional ornament, e,pecially when (mixed with tho
rich clusters of the white and :the purple lilac) its giareful r,q.l
ringlets are blended or contrasted with those of the yelio.*
variety, which has so lon teen in such great and genera
estimation.
A.marriago took /dace last week in the neighbouring .vil!rtice
or marybia,the parties in whichweere lioth respectalle.cir-
cumstatiers. 'Their Mori& met in the evening to retehrate .the
occasion at the marriage, hut their festivity was ,soon dashed .tir
a cause as sadden as it was distressing. •"I'lie spoiler camel,'
The .happy bridegroom was struck .with apoplexy ,-,. and ,et¢
another sun had arisen the union between hint and she vile ...14
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