The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-18 00:00:00

Bistrtrt

The Chester assizes, before Barons Rolfe and Parke;
will commence on Monday, sth August.
A medical man at Southport has cured tic-doloreux by
applying chloroform to the nerve.

Colonel Plumbe Tempest returned ten per cent. to his
tenants at their half yearly rent-day at Ormskirk.

The St. Helen's choral society are going to erect art
organ in the Town Hall.

Some fine ripe strawberries and cherries were.gatherecl
near Preston on Thursday.

The Rev. C. W. Lawrence addressed the annual meet-
ing of the Poulton-in-the-Fylde Auxiliary Church Mis-
sionary Association on Monday.

Twti burglars who have committed several depreda-
tions at St. Helens, and neighbourhood, have been cap-
tured.

A female, and a child two years old, bound closely to
her, were found drowned in the river Irwell, near Man-
chester, on Saturday week.

The protectionist; about Ormskirk are holding district
meetings in the villages round the town to form branch

associations

A man named Lowe, living at Wigan, was killed on his
return from Newton races, on Friday week, by' a cart,
driven at a furious rate, running over him.
A thief was drowned in the river lrwell, at Manchester,
on Wednesday week, while endeavouring to escape with
his booty from the pursuit of the police.
A sparrow's nest, containing several eggs, and closely
attended by the old bird, was lately found in a laden coal
waggon that arrived at the Poulton station from atlistance
of 30 miles.
On Friday evening the train between Blackburn and
Preston, when near the latter town, ran over a man, who
it is suspected had fallen asleep on the rails while intoxi-

Lately, at Runcorn, a young lady purchased an orange,
and, on opening the fruit, found another in the centre.
The inclosure was about the size of a fine walnut, and
was covered with a rind of the usual colour and texture.
The Earl of Balcarres is pressing his claim to the
dukedom of Montrose, created -by James the Second,
King of Scotland, and if his lordship succeeds he will be
the premier duke in Scotland ' • the present Duke of
Montrose will not, however, be affected either in title or
dignity if the claim of the former be granted, though his
grace opposes the application on the ground that the title)
created by James the Second was for life only.

A PARCEL BY RAILWAY.—On Monday last, a man
was sen by his employer with a basket of clothes to the
Stockport station, to be forwarded to a laundress at
Cheadle Hulme, with orders to pay the carriage. The
basket and clothes being accordingly weighed, the car-
riage was announced to be 2s. 4d.—nothing less. The
man refused to pay it, but, purchasing a third-class
ticket, he took the basket and clothes as his luggage, and
came back by the next train—thus paying 6d. for his two
rides, and saving his employer Is.:10d.
EARLY WHEAT.—We have seen some ears of wheat,
grown by Mr. H. Neild, at Spittal-h9,11 farm, near Bir-
kenhead, that were already flowering, and we understand
that they were not picked ears, but were a fair sample of
the stage of growth at which the crop had arrived in the
field from which they were gathered. The wheat in
question was raised from seed, grown on Mr. Neild's
farm from'Australian seed purchased by him three years
ago. At the same time we also saw some ears of wheat
that had been sown in Christmas week, and that were in
a very advanced stage of growth. when the late period of
sowing is considered. In neither instance had any ex-
traordinary manures been applied to the land, which had
been previously cropped with mangel wurzel or turnips.—
Manchester Guardian.
GRAND ORANGE DEMONSTRATION AT COLNE•—On
Monday last, the brethren of the Grand Protestant Asso-
ciation of Loyal Orangemen, of Bradford and neighbour-
hood, had a cheap trip to Colne, in Lancashire, for the
purpose of holding a grand Orange demonstration at that
place, in conjunction with the Orangemen of the Hasling-
den district. At six o'clock in the morning a procession
of the brethren was formed at the Protestant Hall, Thorn-
ton-road, and, with the Shipley brass band at its head,
marched through the streets to the railway station. The
bells of the parish church struck up a merry peal, and
continued to ring until the train had departed. The train
was composed of twenty-two carriages, with two engines,
containing nearly seven hundred persons. When the
brethren arrived at Colne, they were met at the station by
a large number of Orangemen of the Haslingden district,
with a band of music at their head, and the church bells
sending forth a merry peal. The whole of the brethren
then formed into procession, Brother Dr. Burnet, vicar
of Bradford, one of the grand chaplains of the order an
Irish clergyman, one of the grand chaplains of the Irish
Orangemen, Councillor Auty, of Bradford, and other
officers at heir head, and were met on the way by the
Rev. J. Henderson, incumbent of Colne, and other cler-
gymen of the district. After partaking of suitable re-
freshment; in Colne, the brethren again formed in pro-
cession, with many of their wives, and, headed by both
bands f music, proceeded to the parish church of Colne,
where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Burnet, from 2 Kings, xviii., 13, 16. At the conclusion
of the service a liberal collection was made for the NationA
and Sunday Schools in connexion with the church. When
the procession left the church they proceeded to the Piece
Hall, where a large number of clergy and gentlemen,
along with the brethren, dined together ; after which the
procession from the lodge-room was again formed, and,
after proceeding a considerable distance out of town, re-
turned to the Piece hall, when the public meeting com-
menced. The Rev. J. Henderson, incumbent of Colne,
occupied the chair, and on and near the platform were the
Rev. J. Burnet, vicar of Bradford ; Rev. J. Morris, rector
of Thornton ; Rev. W. Messenger, incumbent of Mars-
den; Rev. J. C. Humphreys, incumbent of Howden ;
Rev. Mr. Welder, of Barrowford ; Rev. A. Heinen, of
St. James's, Burnley ; a clergyman from Ireland ; A. W.
Wood, Esq., magistrate ; W. Carr, Esq., solicitor; J.
Henderson, jun., Esq., solicitor ; Councillor Auty, from
Bradford ; and another gentleman.

A SOUND OBJECTION.—The great defect in the new
House of Commons seems to be "an extreme slowness
in transmitting sound." We shall not mind this defect
so much if the slowness 'is only compensated for by an
additional quickness in transmitting sense.—Punch.
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requesting permission to examine his famous beeches at
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tion ; that there they met, the mystery was cleared up,
and "C. J. Loudon" had permission to examine the
beeches.—[The above tale is somewhat shorn of its
honours by a note from Mrs. London, who states that
the mistake occurred in the case of her late halshanda.
about twelve years ago, and that the particulars arogatw
ill the Quarterly Review for 1838 or 1839•.: ~,

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