The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-23 00:00:00

MR. EWING, OF GLASGOW.

We have been favoured with the eight of a private letter from
which we take the following extract :
" No one can regret more than I do the result of the elections,
but especially as regards the madness of the people in Glasgow.
The integrity, pure and upright principles of our respected
friend Mr. V.wing; his working, business habits; his know, ,
ledge of mercantile affairs and extensive information on all
subjects, moral and religious, should have insured him snccess
in any part of the globe, but more especially in his native city;
and I consider it a national loss to be.dAprivad. of the eminent
services of such a man at such a period ; but the clique hare
had it. and out he is."

Mr. Ewing, at the close of the Glasgow election, expressed
his intention of retiring altogether from public. life. As an iin•
mediate vacancy in the representation of Glasgow is more than
probable, we hope he will be induced to reconsider the subject
before he comes to a final resolution. To Mr. Ewing the city
of Glasgow is more largely indebted than to any other living
benefactor. Her twenty new churches, commenced through
the instrumentality of his liberal contributions and great per-
sonal exertions, will he so many monuments to his public spirit,
influence, and munificence. So large a city as Glasgow neces-
sarily contains the usual admixture of good and evil. Though
the worthless reject, the good still require his services; and,
therefore, for their sakes we hope again to number Mr Ewing
among our public men.

IMPORTANT TO SOAP-BOILERS.—It has recently been dis-
covered that atnoniacal gas, passed into the soap pan contain-
ing palm oil and alkali in a state of ebuli ton and mechanical
motion, changes the colour to a beautiful yellow. The colour
is changed in a few minutes, no matter how large the quanti►y,
so the gas gets in contact with every particle ..f it.

STEAM EXPEDITION TO THE EUPHRATES.—The George Can-
ning, a barque, burthen 39U tons, has been engaged as a trans-
port by Col. Chisney to convey the expedition for navigating
the Euphrates to Alexandretta, and from thence, if necessary,
to Bombay. The two iron steam-boats built by Messrs. Laird
and Co., of Woodside, have been taken to pieces, and, together
with a quantity of coals, form part of her cargo. Diving bells,
together with apparatus for blowing up sunken rocks, guns, am-
munition, &c. to protect the expedition, have been provided.
The party about to sail will consist of Col. Chisney, as com-
mander, Lieut. Cleveland, R.N., three midshipmen, three sur-
geons, several artillery engineers, making altogether, including
the crews of the boats, about fifty persons.

THE SNOWY OwL.—At the break of day, one morning, when
I lay hidden in a pile of floated logs, at the Falls of Ohio, wait-
ng for a shot at some wild geese, I had an opportunity of see-
ing this owl secure fish in the following manner :—While water-.
ing for their prey on the borders of the "pots." they invariably
lay flat on the rock, with the body placed along the border of
the hole, the head also laid down,-but turned towards the water,
One might have supposed the bird sound asleep, as it would re-
main in the same position until a good opportunity of securing
a fish occurred, which I believe was never missed; for, as the
latter unwittingly rose to the surface, near the edge, that instant
the owl thrust out the foot next the water, and, with the quick-
ness of of lightning, seized it, and drew it out. The owl then
removed to the distance of a few yards, devoured its prey, and
returned to the same hole ; or, lilt had nut perceived any more
fish, flew only a few yards over the many pots there, marked a
likely one, and alighted at a little distance from it. It then
squatted, moved slowly towards the edge, and lay as before,
watching for an opportunity. Whenever a fish of any size was
hooked, as I may say, the owl struck the other foot also into it,
and flew off with it to a considerable distance. In two instances
of this kind I saw the bird carry its prey across the western or
Indiana Shute, into the woods, as if to be quite out of harm's
way. I never heard it utter a single note on such occasions,
even when two birds joined in the repast, which was frequently
the case, when the fish that hsad been caught was of a large size.
At sunrise, or shortly after, the owls flew to the woods, and I did
not see them until the next morning, when, after witnessing the
same feats, I watched an opportunity, and killed both at one
shot.—Audssbon.

We regret to state that the Banking Establishment carried on
in Dame-street, in the name of Gibbons and Williams, stopped
payment this morning.—Dal lin Eve vay Mail 4f Wednesday.
INTTMIDATION.—If a tenant is asked by his landlord, or a
shopkeeper by a customer, to vote for a conservative, we have
the circumstance announced with much pomp in the newspapers
of the liberal party, under the head " Tory Intimidation ;" but
the reformers have no occasion to resort to such small game, as
they do the business on the large scale. In Edinburgh, Sir
John Campbell said, "Before two months expire, I am afraid
there will be an agitation in this country of which we have had
DO example during the existing generation." Now, who are•
to be the agitators? Every one feels pe-rfectly confident that
the tories will never make an attempt on the lives or properties
of their neighbours, though nine-tenths of the members re-
turned weit whigs- Who then are to agitate ? The liberals,
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gow we have bad another description of wholesale intimidation
—one of our contemporaries threatens to publish the names and
the way they voted of the different electors. This is held out
merely in expectation of frightening people to vote for the po-
pular candidates, as we do not think they ever intend to put It
in force, conservatives having fully as much money and
em-
ployment to give to their fiiends as the opposite party. The
threat of exclusive dealing has been frequently held out, but
seldom acted upon After it had served the purpose of alarm.—
Glasgow Herald.
LORD RANISAY.—The conservative party have been so much
pleased with the talent and aptitude displayed by Lord Ramsay
during the course of the city canvass and election, that it is ru-
moured, in the event of Sir William Rae being elevated to the
bench, the noble lord will be put in nomination, or, we might
rather say, returaed as member, for Buteshire.—Edinburgh
Observer.

A PAUPER M !SER.-- On Sunday list vas interred in Butler's
vaults, in the parish of St. John, Southwark, the remains of an
old woman nearly eighty years of age. 'l'hc deceased had been
fo- a great many years a pauper in the parish of St. Olave,
Southwark, and was in the receipt of 2s. per week, besides au
annual bounty of five pounds. Many wondered how she could
subsist upon so small a sum. The old woman, previous to her
death, desired that her remains should be removed, after death,
from the parish of St. Olavo to the above place. She desired to
have an oaken coffin, and an outer one covered with black cloth,
and handsome black appointments; to be carried by six bear-
er:, with handsome pall, and four couple of mourners, with
scarves and hatbands, to follow. After her death documents
relative to property to a considereble amount in the funds were
discovered, and ale a quantity of money in small par parcels.
A great crowd followed the funerals.