The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-30 00:00:00

VARIETIES

By felling the trees that cover the tops and sides of moun-
once
tains, says Humboldt, men in every clime prepare at
iities for future generations—want of fuel and scar-
f water

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AN 'RAVI BAITER AT A PUBLIC DINNER.---" Sir," SaYS
a waiter whom I had asked for currant jelly for the haunch
the
' -re were a dozen such smoking on various pa r,
rts of
Mr. Cuff !)—" Sir, says the waite
lobster
I've brought you some very fine
Sketch Book.
Go THE WwoLa HOG."—The expression, lam told,
f Virginian origin. In that state, when a butcher kills a
usual to demand of each customer whether he will
whole bog ;" as, by such extensive traffic, a pur-
chaser may supply his table at a lower price than is demanded
• • "-.;n revels among prime pieces, to the
oaser matter.—Hamilton
Men and Manners
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A. CH INISS SAIRT.--This is sometimes composed of nu-
merous thin pieces of bamboo. about an inch in length, and
strung together so as to form a kind of net, with large inter-
stices or meshes. This singular shirt is worn next the skin,
for the double purpose of coolness, and also to keep the other
garments from coming in contact with the perspiration of the
body. It has sleeves of the same
omission of the coll

A suspected attempt to get at Cotherstone has been the
theme in the sporting circles for the last 48 hours, and will-
probably keep them on the qui rive for some days to come.
The facts are as follow :—About half-past ten o'clock on Fri--
day night the policeman on guard at Scott's premises,
Leatherhead, discovered a man on the dung heap near the
stables; to get there he must have climbed pailings seven or-
eight
feet high, and as this circumstance alone was calculated
to excite strong suspicion he was immediately secured. On
being searched a box of lucifers, a rough kind of knife,
(magnified by report into a jeanny), and a bottle containing
vinegar, or something very ciusely resembling it, were found ;.
the fellow accounted for them by stating that he had been
helped over the palling by a person in a white coat, who had
given him the bottle and lucifers to hole;. There was so. •
much of the " cock and bull" about this story that he was
conveyed to the watchhouse for the night, on Saturday
morning taken before a magistrate for examination. His
tale there varied ; he had purchased the vinegar and lucifers
at Mickleham, and intended the former for a salad. On
being questioned as to his occupation, he stated that he had
once been in a gentleman's stable;, but was now a tramper,
a statement corroborated in some measure by his appearance.
He is between 50 and 60 years of age. To give time for in-
quiries, he was remanded for two or three days, and the bot-
tle sealed and delivered to Mr. Bowes, for the purpose of
analyzation. It has been ascertained that the prisoner had
been seen about 7 o'clock the same evening, but nothing
could be elicited to show how be was occupied from that
hour up to the time of his detection. It has also come
out, that a person in a drab coat was seen lurking about
at nine o'clock ; the presumption therefore is, that the
individual now in custody was assisted over the palings
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the coast was
clear, and that, had not Scott been on his guard,
Cotherstone would have been made safe before the night was
over. The circumstance is so far fortunate that it proves-
Scott to be awake to the old proverb, that " prevention is.
better than cure." It is satisfactory to know that on Sa-
turday morning Cotherstone galloped and sweated, and is now-
perfectly well. On the same morning the British Yeoman
sweated,
.in company with Drops of Brandy. and went so
much to the satisfaction of his party, that 1800 to 200 was
taken on the course, 5 to 1 freely at Tattersall's the same
afternoon, 2500 to 500 in the evening, and 9 to 2 yesterday
afternoon. General Pollock also sweated and was afterwards
backed at 18 to 1. Aristides only galloped, was fractious,
but had friends in the evening at 12 to 1 •, he galloped again
yesterday morning with Robinson on his back, but pulled up
lame, and is now almost out of the betting. The following
notice was posted yesterday afternoon at Tattersall's :
" Aristides is lame, but will start if possible. Signed—Eg-
lintoun." The other alterations in this race will appear
below.