The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-03-08 00:00:00

DOMESTIC.

One of the largest steam-engines (and probably the most
powerful one) in the world, commenced working on Tuesday
week, at Colonel Braddyll's new colliery at South Hetton, near
Durham. This stupendous machine has been erected for the
purpose of pumping water from a depth of 876 feet. The
diameter of its cylinder is 84 inches, length of stroke in cylin-
der near 101 feet, ditto in pumps nearly 8 feet, diameter of
pumps 182 inches, and when worked at ordinary speed it will
throw up from 55,000 to 60,00 gallons of water per hour. Its
power is rated at that of 240 horses, but it is capable of exeyl:-
mg the power of 300 horses in action together.—Times.
Last week the commissioners for assessed taxes in Oxford
made a decision which, to be useful, should be enerally
known. Mr. Griffith, the proprietor of the Angel Hotel, was
surcharged for using armorial bearings, and was puzzled beyond
measure to conjecture the reason. Great was his surprise
when informed that four ancient chairs which stood in the hall,
and had descended with the hotel to five of his predecessors,
and had probably been originally the propery of some noble-
man, had on their backs a crest of an eagle, but nearly effaced
still it was adjudged to be using armorial bearings, and he was
condemned to pay for a license. Probably the same decision
would be made in the case of second-hand plate or furniture.—
Oxford Journal.

THE TOWER HAMLETS.—A number of influential persons
resident in this extensive district, which comprehends a popu-
lation of 300,000, have determined on applying to the govern-
ment to create it into a borough, wholly indepepdent of the
other parts of the county, and to grant them a separate commis-
sion.of the peace and court of sessions, and to empower them
to levy a rate within the borough to defray the necessary ex-
penses of maintaining the same. The proposition is
,said to
have been favourably received by ministers, and sanguine hopes
are entertained by many that a measure to this effect will be
introduced into the proposed bill for incorporating the boroughs
created by the reform act.—Atlas.

Friday, at Winfarthing, Sarah Jessop, widow, died in the
102 d year of her age, known as the Winfarthing and Piss post,
having walked between these towns with letters &c., to and
from the post-office at Diss for 28 years, and which habit she
did not relinquish till 18 months before her death; and she has
often been known to make five, and sometimes-six, journies in
the course of the week, besides considerable distances to the
habitations of some of hor remoter customers. She was mar-
ried in the reign of George 11. By her husband, Idiom she _
survived about 30 years, she had 114 children, grand-children,
and great-grand-children, the greater number of whom are
now living, her eldest son being now more than 80 years of '•
age.—Bury Herald.

A whimsical story is related of a party of sailors who.paid
a visit to the Temple of Minerva Sumas. When H. M. S. the
Garland was cruising off Cape Colonna, some of the crew ob-
tained leave to land. For fan they had provided themselves
with a tub of tar, or black paint, which they carried up to the
temple, where some of them actually-succeeded in climbuig to
the architrave, and painting upon its whole length, in enormous
letters, the name of their ship. Some set to work below, and
painted black bases to the columns; and others amused them-
selves by daubing devices on the fallen masses. It-would seem,
however, that Jupiter Flavius came in aid of --Minerva, to
avenge her violated fane, for one of the records of their visit,
left by the tars, was—" It rains like h-11 !"—Finder's Mastro-
tions of Byron.
ASSESSED TAxEs.—lt has been stated that in the event of the
repeal of the house and window taxes, the rest of the assessed
taxes should be given up also, the extensive machinery em
e-
ployed for their collection being wholly inapplicable, in point of
expense, to the very small comparative return which these latter
alone, would produce. Considering, however,-that the taxeson -
horses, carriages, dogs, servants, armorial bearings, &e., are ail
levied upon luxuries, it is not at all desirable that they should be
abandoned; and it is conceived that they Might be collected at
a very small expense, and even with more general certainty than
they are now, were the slow and vexatious system of assessment
converted into one of license for each article, procurable through _
the Stamp Office and its local distributors.—Herald.
MANCHESTER.—A meeting was held at Camp-field, on Mon-
day, for the purpose of petitioning against the measures now -
in progress for tranquilizing. Ireland, on which "the Manchester
Herald," makes the following commentary :—As may be sup-
posed, the meeting was altogether a Radical affair; but even
as a Radical meeting, considering the pains that were taken to
get a crowd together, it was a complete failure. Ainong the
orators'on this occasion, were two Irish'Agitators, who, it would .
appear, have visited this country for the purpose of attending
meetings of this kind, and of giving such a colouring -to the
:measures of government as may impose upon the ignorant
.part of the English people. One of these men (Mr. Law4kai)
intimated that if the Agitators were not permitted to make
speeches in Ireland, they would hire rooms in England, and
teach the English people to agitate! But it is not worth while to
notice all the trash that was spouted by these professed Agita-.
tors and their Radical allies. Notwithstanding their vehement
outcry against the projected invasion of their-liberties, we haver
no doubt that Mr. Lawler and his countrymen will submit
with becoming resignation to the painful but necessary disci-
pline which the legislature is preparing for them.
THE FREE BLACK COLONY OF LIBERIA IN AFRICA.—We.
formerly gave an account of this interesting colony, and wish-
it every success. At the same time we do not see much occa-
sion for the extensive machinery. which has been put in mo-
tion in this city to procure money in this city for au American
colony which, according to its own account, is _getting on
wondCrfully without foreign assistance, and which would
very probably spurn the notion of being considered as a
mendicant society, more especially if the news of such a en,
cumstance arrived when those freemen are in the midst of their
jollification, electing or cashiering their rulers. If the purpose
of the subscription be to assist additional emigrants from Ame-
rica, there is plenty of room for the exercise of such charity in
our own country; or if it be only on blacks that our humanity
is to be expended, let an attempt be made to form another set-
tlement on the coast of Africa from the negro population of our
own West India colonies.—Were there less speaking in our
public meetings, and shorter reports of the speeches in the
newspapers, there would be fewer demands on the purses of
the benevolent and liberal.—Oratory no doubt is greatly in-
creasing among us;but it appears we are to pay for our whistle.
—Glasgow Herald.

CHOLERA.—(From an article by Dr. J. A. Easton, in the-
Glasgow Medical Journal for January.)—" The report for. this
quarter (ending November) still presents a very great number
of cases of Asiatic Cholera, (142) and we arc sorry to add, that
our experience of the disease has not enabled us to announce
any diminution of its mortality. In the combat this indomitable
disease, no fresh laurels have been added to the brow of science
—no new trophies have been placed in the temple of fame—t-
the grim spectre which came on us like " an armed man"—
remorselessly thinned our population—has departed trium-
phant; a striking instance of the inferiority of man's boasted
powers, and the feebleness of his highly lauded genius !
As much has been said of cases of cholera having lately oc-
curred, it may tend to compose the anxious, as well as gratify
the curious, that the public be informed, that no case of
has occurred in the practice of the district surgeons since the
16th November, consequently, if cases have occurred in Glas-
gow since that period, they must have been
.among a class of
people different from those among whom formerly Cholera
delighted to dwell."

PATENT RIGHTS 81LL..--The new bill of enactments on pa-
tent lights empowers the King to grant patents for seven and
fourteen years. Patents may be granted to any person who
may have received information of a new manufacture from an
individual abroad, or from another person resident within the
united kingdom. A patentee may sell his right. Patents not
to become void in , consequence of the same having been pre-
viously used in an imperfect state, unless the manufacture, &e.,
may have beert practically and-publicly used for ten years prior
to the date otp the patent. :Patentees may deposit models of
their inventions in some public building, to be named by the
Attorney-General. Patentees may put in secondary specifica-
tions to remedy defects, or for improvements. Second-or third
specification to bear astamp duty, if made before any suit of
law or equity be depending. Judge or Court may amend mat-
ters of -form. Persons petitioning- for patents not bound-- to
make oath that he is the first inventor of- the article for :which
he is desirous of obtaining the patent. A preparatory descrip-
tion of the invention to be made; specifications to be referred
to the Attorney-General,. who is to report thereon. The Lord
Chancellor to affix the great seal to letters patent. Greet abufes
having arisen-detrimental -to-inventors, by the manner in which
caveats have been - hitherto entered at the Court of Chancery
and the offices of the. Attorney or' Solicitor General, they are,
according to the new bill, only ,to be entered (except at' the
Attorney-General's office) during the, fifteen- days, from the dal
of the trite to .a rebut- appearing in the Gazette. A reduction
in the prices. of. patents'is also enacted. Patents may be ob-
tained for Scotland or. Ireland,.after having been obtained for
England ; also for Scotland or Ireland, before having been :a-
tained for' England. • Persons in Ireland obtaining patents it,
Ireland may obtain a certificate, and- vice versa. :Unlimited
transfer of patents may take place. The extension of the term
of a patent may be •obtained by petition. With regard to -law
proceedings in reference to patents, if the patentee obtain a ver-
dict, the Court is to graht a certificate. This act to apply an4ex-
tend to• Scotland and Ireland, and- the protecting enactments
- to-be retrospective.—Globe.