The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

EDUCATION.--From a parliamentary return just published,
we find that there has been expended for education in the
county of Larcaster the sum of £11,694 10s., in that of
Chester £2,446, and in that of York £7,534, and for the
establishment of National Schools in Cheshire £2,500.
WAvEs.—As a proof of the depth of the waves, and power
of their action, at Msdras, it is stated by Sir J. Robinson,
that during a violent storm, a quantity of pigs of lead had
been cast ashore near the fort, and it was proved that they
had come from a vessel which had been wrecked at more than
a mile from the shore.

THE DUKE or SussEx.—The bulletin issued on Saturday
was as follows :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is
suffering under an attack of erysipelas, which is not attended
with any unfavorable symptom.' On Sunday morning the
following bulletin was issued :—" His royal highness is going
on favorably in every respect.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England
during the four weeks ending the Ist of April is stated to be
£11,420,000, which shows an increase of £436,000 as com-
pared with the preceding month ; and an increase of
£4,414.000 as compared with the corresponding period last
year. The first-mentioned sum is a larger amount than for
many years past.

ENORMOUS WEALTH.—The property left by Baron Stieg-
litz, the banker, who lately died at St. Petersburgb, is esti-
mated at the enormous sum of fifty millions of rubles
(between five and six millions sterling.) He was a native of
Hanover, where his elder brother, one of the most celebrated
physicians in Germany, died a few years ago.

THE FLYING MACHINE.—The Aeriel or Ariel, we do
not know which is its proper name, does not seem to make
more converts by the publication of its picture. Though on
the bird principle, it is certainly very unlike a bird ; and
Sam Rogers says, the only feature of resemblance is, that it
has got a bill—in Parliament.—Literary Gazette.

The National Bank of Ireland, the head office of which is
situated in this country, while the business is carried on in
Ireland, has appealed against the income-tax ; and the
result has been a decision that those subscribers only who
reside in England will be liable to the tax for the amount of
their shares, and that the institution, as such, will be un-
taxed. -

CORPORATIONS.—A bill has been brought into the house
of Commons on the subject of municipal corporations, by
Lord John Russell, which is intituled, " a bill for dissolving
certain corporations, and regulating certain municipal cor-
porations in England." Its object is to legislate for the
future government of those minor corporations not included
in the Municipal Corporations Act of William IV.
EIGHTEEN VESSELS TOTALLY LOST.—The late north-
easterly winds have, we regret to say, been productive of the
most disastrous shipwrecks along different parts of the coast,
though happily unattended with loss of life, arising from the
alacrity and efficiency of the Coast Guard service and their
boatmen. During the last three weeks upwards of eighteen
vessels are known to have been wrecked.
ELEVATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—Sir Hans
Sloane's baronetcy, given by George the First, was the first
title of hereditary honour granted to any medical gentleman
in this country. The profession has since furnished its fair
share of recruits to the baronetage. Between 1796 and
1637, that rank was, if we reckon aright, conferred on seven-
teen physicians and surgeons, one occulist, and tvto apothe-
carios.—Quarterly Review.
CELERITY OF THE CLOTH MANUFACTURE.-011 Mon-
day last, the manager of Mr. Joshua Farrar's factory, Mars-
den, undertook to manufacture a piece of stout milled fancy
cassimere, of fine make and good quality, within twenty-four
hours ; which undertaking he accomplished, and had a pair
of trows ers made of them into the bargain the same evening.
It weiit through the various operations of shinning, warping,
sizing and drying, heading, weaving, scouring, and milling
and was respectably finished, in the wet state, and dried and
made into a pair of trowsers within the time specified (or in
twenty-three hours and a half.)
DISCHARGE OF A DEBTOR EROM YORK CASTLE.'--011
the sth instant, Miss Moss, who has been in custody as a
debtor in York Castle for 24-Years and 6 days, was discharged.
To show the great expense attending such lengthened im-
prisonments, we may remark that during that time she had
been allowed 11,232 pounds of the county bread, which, at
the average of 2s. 6d. per stone, amounts to the suns of
£lOO ss. We understand that the legislature is about to
interfere to procure the liberation of those debtors whose
confinement has been of long standing. There is another
person who has been in the castle upwards of 26 years.—
Yorkshire Gazette.

SALE Os' SHIPS.—The sale of vessels belonging to the
Wear Shipping Company took place at Sunderland on Thurs.
day evening ; the company being very numerous, an adjourn-
ment was made from the Market Hotel to the Assembly
Rooms, where from 500 to 600 pe.rsons assembled; the sale
was carried oil with much spirit, and every ship disposed of ;
and as many of our readers at a distance may be interested
Beta, sold for £BBO ;
Globe
, £1 100 Gamma, £1,185
Delta, £1,370; Grove, £1,345 ; Coadjutor,;
aiihaitphewraessauelltd :—Theofthesale, we subjoin the prices at which each
£1,235; Thomas and Margaret, £645 ; Myrtle, £B9O ; total,,
£8,650. -after the above, the Hepsa, a ship, not belonging
to the company, was sold for £1,315, forming together, the
most extensive sale of shipping property at one time that ever
took place previously in Sunderland.
SOCIALISM.—A desperate effort is to be made for the re-
vival of this almost exploded system. The delegates and
agents of Mr. Robert Owen are to meet at " Harmony," in
Hampshire, early in May, for the purpose of stating what
has
past year, what probabilities there
are
principles, and to concert measures for
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extendingen done
theirr during
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a more systematic organisation of their forces. At present
the socialist scheme is in an awfully tottering condition. In
many parts of the metropolis, and in the provincial towns',
institutions have been opened, where lectures are given and
discussions invited on " disputed points ;" coffee-houses
have been enlisted in the cause. and ball-rooms provided for
those who might be more likely to receive favourable im-
pressions of the system under the influence of the waltz. But
everything appears to have failed ; and the delegates who
meet in conference next month must devise more cunning
measures than have hitherto been adopted, if they wish to
see, " socialism" in existence at the close of the year.
' . PATRIARCHAL ALMSMEN.—The charity trustees, at their
monthly meeting on Wednesday last, elected Joseph An-
drews, glover, to the vacant almshouse in Berkeley Hospital.
Andrews is one of a venerable trio of brothers whose united
ages amount to 250,—viz., Moses, 86, an inmate of St.
Oswald's Hospital; Samuel, 84 ; and Joseph, 80. Samuel,
as well as Joseph, is now enjoying` the olium cum dignilale
of Berkeley's Hospital. We believe them to be the only
survivors of a family a twenty-three children by the same
mother; and, singularly enough, they were all born in the
month of March,—viz., Moses on the 6th, Samuel on the
4th, and Joseph on the 10th. The blessing of a tolerably
numerous family appears also to have been the heritage of
each, having had no less than forty children between them ;
of these, however, the largest number fell to the lot of the
youngest, Joseph, who bad nineteen; next Samuel, sixteen;
and Moses, the eldest, five. Considering their advanced
age, they enjoy good health, and may be said alike to be
' worthy and deserving objects of the munificently-endowed
charities which have. provided a comfortable asylum and
shelter for them in their latter days.--Worcester Herald.
THE SCREW PROPELLER.—On Thursday last-, a steam-
frigate was launched from Sheerness, which is to be fitted
up with the screw-propeller, the invention of Mr. Smith.
. Her extreme length is 195 feet; breadth, 32 feet 9 inches:
burden, 888 tons. This vessel will test the principle of the
screw-propeller effectually. The great advantages of this
principle over the paddle-wheels and boxes, hitherto made
use of in steam navigation, are that in vessels' to be used as
men-of-war the whole length of deck is uninterrupted, so
that what is going on at the bows of the vessel can be seen
from the stern, and vice versa; and the whole battery of her
guns can be worked unikrmly, and under the direction of
the captain. Another advantage is that the screw being
under water is out of the way of mischief, and not liable to
be damaged by shot ; 'and a further advantage is, that she is
capable of being turned about in a much smaller space than
a steamer propelled by paddle-wheels,fwhich,.as everybody
knows, takes an immense space in the water to perform ber
evolutions. Neither, it may be added, does the srew-pro-
pellor retard the sailing powers of the vessel, which paddle-
boxes must unavoidably do, from the awkwardness of their
position, and their largeness of dimensions.
Pa twee CHRISTOPHE.—On Saturday, at the Marlborough.
street tLondon) police-office, Prince Christophe (brother to
the late King of Hayti), whose arrival in this country, with
his princess, was lately announced, coupled with the fact of
their luggage being detained at the Southampton Railway
for their fare, entered the court accompanied by an interpreter.
The prince's attire did not correspond with his royal rank,
being what is termed in England rather seedy. The inter-
preter informed Mr. Maltby that the prince wished his ad.
vice as to how he was to recover his luggage, &c. which was
all detained by the proprietor of Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-
square, where the prince and princess had been residing for
three days. Mr. Maltby in ' on what ground they were
detained, and of what the effe onsisted ? The interpreter
replied of wearing apparel, jeave ery, &c., in fact, everything
the prince was possessed of. They were detained for a claim
of £l5, which the landlord had against the prince for board
and lodging for three days. In the trunks were some papers
which the prince was extremely anxious to have, as they were
essential to the establishment
of a claim which he had upon
the Bank of England for a million of money, which his late
brother had invested in the bank in his name, which papers
the landlord also refused to give up. Mr. Maltby inquired
the value of the property detained? The interpreter replied
about £2OO. The prince said it was not so much as that.
It was, however, the papers he most particularly wanted.
He had some time since been in this country to make ilia
claim, but being told by a solicitor they were necessary, he
had gone hack to San Domingo, whence he had just returned
with them. Mr. Maltby would assist the prince as much as
he could by sending an officer with him to request the papers
might be given up. He then directed police-sergeant Gray,
11 C, to accompany the prince for that purpose. The prince
expressed his thanks, and withdrew with the officer and the
interpreter. Gray, on his return, stated that he had, after
some difficulty, prevailed upon the landlord to give up the
papers. He, however, held resolute possession of every
thing else until his account was paid, even some cigars, which
the prince appeared to be very anxious to obtain. There
seemed to be a delusion existing in the mind of the prince as
o the claim to the money, and also its amount. Instead of
£1,000,000 it was only £25,000, which had been placed by
'le King of Hayti, shortly before he was murdered, in the
.I;nglish funds in the names and for the support of his wife
and ehildrep, and he understood they were now enjoying it.