The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

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Tile proceeds of the sale-ht the Britannia Bridge were

The .M;ning .Journal samthat the French Assembly
will shortly direct their, attention to the modification of

r.6israelils writing the lifeof Lord George Bentindc.
has .undertaken this. literary task at the request of

.ds Intelligencer states that the Hon. John
brother of Lord Beaumont, has left the Churek

The farmers of East .Norfolk have invited their parlia-
entary representatives to meet them, in order to discuss

pressed state ,of the fanning interest

,n, 'Yorkshire, alew days since, a pea was
to his ear as ultimately to cause his death.

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The Guardian states, on the rev. gentleman's own au-
thority, that Ir. Anderton, of 'Leicester, has really gone
over to Rome.. It was recently contradicted by the Ox-

MI:MOM It?So SUICIDE.,--The,wife of a highly respect-
able resident-in-Nottingham has -strangled her child and
cut her own throat; the cause, extreme despondency,
amid all the tornforts of life.

At the Mansion-hcuse, London. on Saturday, Mary
Kitson was put to the bar upon a_thrzge of having stab-
bed her brother, )4r. Ely Kitson, a saddler, in Fenchurch-
street. The accused was committed for trial.
The Art-Union of Glasgow 1 -arded the sum of

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the Prince of Orange.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday week, Wm.
Dyson, James Mahon, and John Mitchell were convicted
of burglary in the house of Mr Holford, in the Regent's-
park; and sentenced to lie transported for life.
Notice has been given by the authorities of several of
the metropolitan parishes, ." that the cholera having en-
tirely.ceased, burials will take place,es heretofore" in the

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WANTON ATROOITY.—On the London and North-
western line, near the second bridge above the Chedding-
ton station, on Tuesday last, four planks, two inches thick,
a sixteen-fOot railway rail, and a dozen iron chairs (which
are used to fasten the rails to the sleepers), were placed
upon and across the up line. The express train came in
contact with this diabolical and sinfully designed obstruc-
tion, which it, providentially swept away. without sustain-
ing any other injury than that of breaking the safeguard
of the engine.

A WORKING MAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXHIBI-
TION.OF 1851.—A working man of Bradford is preparing
for the great exhibition of next year, a' table-cover of
needlework. made.of the finest India-rubber thread, the
pattern being of a very elaborate and beautiful character.
Its dimensions are now about four feet square, the im-
mense -quantity of work required in every square inch
rendering rapid, progress out of the question. Clarke in-
tends to make t-he table-cover as large as poSsible before

sending it to the exhibition.
A fatal boat accident occurred at Worthing on the night
of the 26th ult. The Lalla Rookh, East Indianian, with
a valuable cargo, being descried in distress about two

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most experienced 'fishertr:en of the town, put off to their
assistance, although the sea tvasrunning mountains high at
the time. They ..had almost reached the vessel when a

:ant she disappeared,
. They leave behind

sea struck their Goat, and in an inst
involving all hands in a watery grave.
them nearly 40 children unprovided for
A GIGANTIC 'GLOBE.—It is intended to make, for the
great exhibition, a globe of immense magnitude, with a
corresponding magnetic axis. attached to great batteries,
by which the whole phenomena of terrestrial physics will
be exhibited,. according to Mr. Hopkins's principles of
geology and magnetism. The axis is to be placed hori-
zontally, supported by centres, round which a circular
platform is to be erected, from which the whole of the
surface of the globe may be.seen as it slowly rotates on its
axisthe geology, volcanoes, and the aurora lights, at

each pole, and other interesting natural phenomen-a

Loss AND RECOVERY OF ELEVEN HUNDRED SOVE-
REIGNS.—On Saturday se'nni2ht, Mr. Jeremiah Stan-
nard, of Nayland Mill, went from that place to Hadleigh,
with a horse and chaise, but he discovered on his arrival
there that.he had lost a bag containing 1,100 sovereigns.
He heard•nothing of his loss till his return to Nayland,
when he shortly afterwards received a visit from a small
farmer, who, having discovered the " Californian heap,"
returned it safely to itA owner. In• great delight, the
r munificently rewarded the finder with
one hundred sovereigns.—Norfolk Chronicle.

Lola Montes is going to be a nun ! A worthy AbW,
" in his zeal for the good of the church," sits with her all

day long, and " far into the middle of the night," and
thinks her quite a " jewel." Nil desperanclum—as that
lachrymose hero, the founder of the Roman race, used to
say. Cardinal Wiseman, no doubt, will become a pat-
tern of meek humility, and his Irish immigrants a flock
of gentle " lambs"—Lord John Russell a wise, honest,
and consistent statesman, and the whigs a hand of self..
denying patriots—on the day when Lola Montes shall
prove a " holy virgin."
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION AT BRADFORD.. —An
explosion at the extensive mills of Messrs. C. Ward and
Co. took place on Wednesday evening. The effect was
terrific, and the destruction of property immense, besides
the loss of two lives. The heavy boiler of wrought iron,
weighing many tons, was torn to pieces, and one portion
of it, some tons in weight, was tossed into the yard be-
neath; and another portion, weighing six tons, was thrown
into the air to the distance of fifty or sixty yards. The
engine tender and a woman were killed, and five other
persons were severely scalded. Four hundred persons
were, in the works at the time. The cause of the sad dis-

DUTIES OF A MAYOR.-Mr. Dowding, Mayor of Bath,
on being re-elected to the office, said—l am able to tell
you that the time consumed in my duties of mayoralty for
the last year, has been one thousand hours. T have signed
my name five thousand times, as Mayor of Bath, during
the year. I think T ought to write my name well after all
that practice (a laugh). T have been called up early in
the morning, and after I have gone to bed at night—l
fancy they must have taken me fora medical man (laugh-
ter). I have been applied to, I believe, from all quarters

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of the globe, to find out lost. husbands (laughter), run-
away wives (continued laughter), and lost children ; to di-
vide legacies, to dispose of money, to seek heirs, and all
the various duties which can devolve upon any man.

PEACE MEETING AT BIRMINGHATti.-A meeting in
Favour of the objects of the Peace S.)ciety as held at
Birmingham, on Wednesday ; Mr, Lucy, the mayor,
presiding. Mr. J. Sturge moved and Mr. Edmonds
seconded the first resolution ; after which Professor
Worms, of Haml;urg, addressed the meeting in English.
Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright were however the principal
speakers of the evening, and were both enthusiastically
applauded. It is impossible to do justice by a brief ab
street of, their speeches, which embraced the topics usual
upon these occasions, together with some remarks from
Mr. Cobden on the impropriety of a war with China,
which he thought that some parties were endeavouring to
foment, for the alleged benefit of our trade. Votes of
ks were passed to the governments of France, Bel-
gium, and Prussia, for their kind reception of the con.
gresses held in their respective dominions.

CENSUS OF THE POPULATION.—We have been favoured
by the Registrar General with a copy of the farm of the
householder's schedule which will be filled up on Monday,
the 31st of March, of the ensuing year. It is divided into
eight columns, under the following .heads :—Name and
surname, relation to head of family, condition (i. e.,
wbether married, single, widow, or widower,) sex, age,
rank, profession or occupation, where born, if deaf and
dumb or blind. Persons who refuse to give correct infor-
mation incur a penalty of £5, besides the inconvenience
and annoyance of appearing before two justices of the
peace, and being convicted of having made a mis-statement
of age or of any of the other particulars. The return is
required to enable the Secretary of State to complete the
census, which is to show the number of the population—
their arrangement by ages and families in different ranks,
professions, employments, and trades—their distribution
over the country in villages, towns, and cities—and their
increase and progress in the last ten years.
COINAGE IN 1849.—The total assets remaining in the
mint, at the end of 1848, amounted to £145,552 Bs. sd.
The total amount of sums issued out of the consolidated
fund for the purchase of bullion in 1849, was £150,000.
The purchase value of the silver bullion and old defective
coin, purchased by the mint in 1849, was £163,605 12s.
31c1. ; the mint value of which was £122,072 2e. 31d.
The total loss on the purchase of worn coin was £13,150
2s. 7d. The amount of seignorage, £l6 12s. Md. The
light and defective silver coin withdrawn from circulation,
purchased at its nominal value, of the Bank of England
in 1849, amounted to 135,000, the mint value of which
was £121,949 17s. 41d., making a loss on the purchase of
£13,150 2s. 7d. The amount of silver and copper coin,
delivered by the moneyers into the mint office, in 1849,
amounted respectively to £119,592 and £1,792. The cash
received for the sale of British silver and copper coin
amounted, in 1849, to £108,471 17s. 6d. The sums paid
into the exchequer, from cash received for coin in repay-
ment of advances for bullion, amounted to £120,000.—
companion to t/e Almanac for 1850.

MARVELLOUS ACCOUNT OF AN INVENTION.—The
Morning Chronicle statesthat it has received from a cor-
respondent at Cockermouth the following account of a
mode of rendering fabrics of every description waterproof,
specimens of which the inventor intends to forward to the
Exhibition :—" Sir,—Seeing that you reserve a column or
two each morning for news especially in connection with
the great Exhibition of 1851, I forward you a brief sketch
of a visit paid to oue of our ingenious townsmen, who has
been allowed a niche in the Exhibition of all nations. On
Thursday, myself and some others, equally curious, called
upon Mr. Martin, with a request to examine the specimens
he was preparing to forward to London. He has patterns
of every fabric, from the finest open lace to the coarse
fustian of the mechanic ; each appears to be as if just cut
from the web ; not the slightest difference is observable
betwixt those that had undergone his process of water-
proofing and those that had not; even the most delicate
silks are not. in the least altered, either in colour, feel, or
smell, except that they are perfectly impervious to mois-
ture, the water rolling over them as if from jle duck's
back or the cabbage leaf. The most extraordrfilary sight
of all was to see a piece of open net or lace, which had
held water for the last month, the water rolling upon its
surface like a ball of quicksilver ; and the other a piece of
broadcloth and fustian, on which was poured boiling water,
with no other effect than the steam passing through it, the
cloth itself absorbing not one .particle of water.—l am
yours most respectfully, W.S."—The Whitehaven Herald,
speaking of the above invention, states that'' the most ex-
traordinary as well as the mostcharacteristic part of the dis-
covery is, that though cloth of any description, after having
been waterproofed by Mr. Martin's process, will resist
boiling water, which makes not, in fact, the slightest im-
pression upon it, it is not in the slightest degree less per-
vious to vapour—the steam, and even the breath, passing
as freely through it as before it was submitted to the
waterproofing process—thus showing its incalculable supe-
riority over the M'lntosh process, which, by impeding
perspiration, is well known to be highly prejudicial to
health."

FLAX MAN UPACTURE.—The great impediment to the
development of flax manufactures has hitherto arisen
from the costly and injurious process of steeping, and we
may add of bleaching. The former is expensive and da-
mages the fibre by loading it with dirt. The process of
bleaching further deEtroys the fibral texture by exposure.
A Mr. Donlan has Invented a process by which steeping
is rendered unnecessary. The process costs little or
nothing, improves the material, and the flax submitted
to it is given to the spinner clean and pure-coloured, and
possession of all the oleaginous properties which are the
source of its strength. Nor is this all. A French gen-
tleman, named Claussen, has discovered a means of ap-
plying Mr. Donlan's unsteeped flax to very excellent
purposes. By this process, a very inexpensive one also,
linens are manufactured devoid of all chilliness to the
touch ; and, not only this, but the flax can be manufac-
tured into materials so resembling those of wool, cotton,
or silk, as to deceive the most scrutinizing examination.
The unsteeped material will be about one half
the price of raw cotton. The advantages resulting we
need not pause to enumerate. That they are known and
appreciated may be seen in the fact that a chartered flax-
growing company in Ireland is now in progress of forma-
tion. Its establishment will form an era in the annals of
that country and of our own. The unsteeped flax is a
material perfectly adapted to the spindles of our cotton
mills. It has been tried and proved. The result will be
that failure in the cotton crops of America will no longer
bring " short hours" and much misery to the districts
where spinners and weavers most abound. The agricul-
turists, too, will find their account in satisfying the new
demand for a produce which England will be able tolur-
nish at remunerating prices. even without the stimulus of
protection. The Board of Traee has granted a charter of
incorporation to a company in Ireland who propose to
bring into flax cultivation, according to the Morning
Chronicle, not less than one hundred thousand acres, and
who have sgrced to purchase the produce at the rate of
4312 per acre.