The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

tice of this hint
passed h;— '

tom in his way back, the colonel said, " You should
' " " Sir," answered the poor mayor, " I
'-.Q. sir." " Sir, I have a wooden
surprise, and such an ex-
But the absurdity of the

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cannot." '"
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_ -twas such a
mouse as no one could dispute.
matter followed; all the rest did the _
privilege by the example, without the same or any cau:,
Madame D'Arblay's Diary.
PROSPECT OF CHINESE DEMAND FOR BRITISH GOODS

same, taking the same

—lt must be recollected, that, since the invention of ma-
chinery, goods that were formerly inaccessible, except to the
wealthier classes, are now open to the most humble. Two
hundred years ago, nankeen and similar articles were sold at
much lower prices in China than British cotton could possibly
be ; but this native manufacture can neither have greatly in-
creased or diminished in cost for centuries, depending merely
on the momentary price of labour, and years of scarcity or
plenty; whilst the march of v.":- has enabled European
in England, to be sold
it of China. Mandarins
47 then the only con-

goods that formerly cost ten dollar
at the present day for two on the c(
"11 were necess4

and people of w(
sumers ; but now a
of the population, 1
dent, when they can p

ild become purchasers ; for It is evi-
ossess themselves of an article similar
own at a far cheaper rate, they will be

and superior to tnc,. _
drawn into the market, while their energies must be turner
into some other channel of employment to obtain subsister
and the means of purchasing. Teas raw and manufar'
silk", Would, in all probability, be shipped in exchp-
the Chekiang, Fokian, and Keangnan coast for -
broad cloths, thus lower.
poorer class of consumers i
an opportunity of visiting
a ready mart woollens and warm cloth,
, I
meet with
owssitihblei ka g
ar:roaunetry liable to such chan,
can be taken of what
wand ; for the great loss of
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To of inland carriac.—

g the pike of tee
in England. Sor

provinces, saw what
ing would be likely to

would be the d(
s, and the expens(

,•,vent the inhabitants from feeling the
effect of our diminished prices; but, when it is taken into
consideration that a quantity of
of European manufactures finds
,coeitinuattilito what is now sold on
America, where there
a sale on the western coast
are but nine millions of people,
If thisargent is fair, an
o p
plryyirthere i
China
enasupposedbe
veryto
the coast of China, in wh,ich
of the trade, perhaps
fbaer three hundred th e
ac millions
aa l
de m atande . s
n 0 maybedo ) doubt
expected
would,
that;and
enormous increase in the consumption
ashould t theia t
o b e mandarinsobtained find b
by
out, as they
monopoly
at last their own interest will lead them in reality to encourage
what hitherto they have blindly driven away.—Lord Jocelyn' a
Six Months with the Chinese Expedition. .

LAUNCH AT POOLE.—On Saturday last a very fine barque
of 400 tons burtben, was launched from the building
yard of Richard Pinney, Esq., on the Hamworthy side of
the harbour. The vessel, which was named the Great
Britain is of handsome form and symmetrical proportions,
and she slipped off the stocks in graceful style amidsst the
plaudits of a great concourse of spectators. She is designed
for the Canada timber trade.—Dorset paper.
THE BANE OF IRELAND.—This day the usual half-yearly
meeting of the proprietors of bank stock was held in the
Bank—the Governor in the chair. We regret to state that,
on announcing the usual dividend of four per cent. for the
half-year ending the 25th instant, the Governor was obliged
to state that, in order to enable the Bank to pay the dividend,
it became necessary to draw on the "rest" to the extent of
fifteen thousand pounds ! This announcement caused great
consternation amongst the holders of bank stock.—Dublin
Evening Mail, Monday.

POWERFUL MICROSCOPE.—At the Polytechinc Institution
a new and most powerful microscope, has just been fitted up.
The powers which may be applied are 30,000, 60,000,
1,000,000, 2,000,000 and 47,000,000 superficial; or 173,245,
1,000, 1,414, and 8,600 linear measures. Of course, as the
higher powers are applied the light diminishes, but there is
great distinctness of vision under the very highest. We be-
lieve, no such a power nas ever been applied before to any
optical instrument; the highcst of Herschell's large telescope
was 7,000. One may form some idea of this instrument
when we observe that the disc on which the image of objects
was thrown, is 28 by 24 feet ; and that a flea, by one of the
lower powers, was made to fill nearly the whole of this space,
while with the highest its head only could be taken in.

Cm, sox EXTENSION.—There are now 12 new churches
building or about to be commenced in various parts of the
metropolis, one in the Kent Road, in the parish of St George,
Southwark, one in the parish of Paddington, another on
the site of the old Broadway Chapel, Westminster; a large
church, with a lofty Gothic Tower, iu which a muscial peal
of Bells is to be placed, in Wilton-square Knights-bridge ;
'anal-green parish, and a church in St. Pancras
have been chosen for a new church in the
Waterloo -road district of Lambeth parish • another in St.
Botolph Without, Aldgate. in the county of 'Middlesex ; and
a third in St. George's-in-the-East. The new parish Church
of St. Giles s, Camberwell, building on the site of the old
edifice, which was destroyed by fire, is progressing rapidly
and will be a noble and spacious edifice.

BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—We believe we may state with
confidence, that the directors of the Birmingham Railway
have for some time contemplated placing a carriage between
the tender and the first passenger carriage of every train.
Several experiments were made to ascertain the description
of carriage best suited for the proposed object. A. carriage
truck was first tried, but experience proved that the only
carriages suitable were either second-class carriages or par-
cel vans. A number of parcel vans were then ordered to be
built to supply advanced guards for each of the trains, and

until these carriages are completed an empty second-class
carriage will be used as a substitute with every train. We
are happy to hear that Tomlin, who was most hurt, is going
on well.

LITERARY AND TYPOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.—We have
now before us the Family Herald, or Useful Information
and Amusement for the Million, published in London on
Saturday, " the first specimen of a publication produced
entirely by machinery—types, ink, paper and printing."
The types were set up by Young's Patent Composing Ma-
chine, to which frequent allusion has been made in our co-
lumns. The paper was set up by two young persons (fe-
males, no doubt) " in the same space of time as would have
required the exertion of five skilled men by the ordinary
method." It is a handsome publication, and is at once a
literary and a typographic curiosity. What the compositors
call " The Infernal Machine" is now in practical and regular
operation, and its effect is seen in the low price of the He-
rald, which is sold for one penny, the paper being about half
of the size of the STANDARD.'

How TO SAVE TEE HOLYDAY.--People are just now
tantalised with some little speculations about holydays lost
and to be won. First, Christmas-day falls on a Sunday, and
that is clearly a holyday lost. But then there is some hope
of getting it, back by bargain with all the several dispensers
of holydays, from the privy-council to the charity-school-
master and
.the master-tradesman. The case of the woi k-
people is hard : they look for this chiefest of holydays, sa-
cred to family reunions, as a right—but now it is merged in
a common Sunday. It is proposed to give them the Monday
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instead. They are to have it in the dockyards; and if it is
s'
,n" not the custom in the government offices generally, it should
It is a be for the sake of example. But government have it in their
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,er to wattle the question in a very summary manner.
is said that there is to be a holyday in celebration of the peace
with China ; and a correspondent of the Times suggests that
it should be fixed for the Monday after Christmas-day. That
would determine the matter for the present. The question
will not recur for eleven years ; by which time, possibly,
people may have learned that holydays among an over-worked
people do not always hinder bp-
work may be got throw'
•

ess, and that just as much
the country needs, though a
is not withdrawn on an average every six years.—

ion'cthloecktowon
tbingdon, Berkshire. It appears, that a short time Pre-
to saAturedllayAPnTi
gEhRt aOsEt , theAE ACCIDENTS.—About
EEutmostNT— alarmAb °u
eightprevailed
to the above hour, the Cheltenham van, on arriving
he market-place, unhappily broke down, and the body,
,s contents, falling against a small house on the road
de, did considerable damage to the frontage, and the unfor-
tunate driver on the van very narrowly escaped being killed
upon the spot ; as it was, he sustained a dreadful fracture of
the thigh, together with other serious injuries, and lies in a
very deplorable state. Several articles of various descrip-
tions, which the van had contained, were strewed about ,the
road, and before they could be removed, a tandem, driven
by two Oxonians at a rapid rate, came in collision with the
heterogenous mass, and an upset was the consequence. The
driver fortunately escaped unhurt, but their groom, who was
seated behind, was thrown with considerable force to the
ground, and ivben picked up, it was discovered that his right
arm was fractured between the elbow and shoulder joints.
The vehicle having got entangled with the wheels of the van,
was shattered to atoms, and the shaft horse much injured.
A few days previous to the above, a female lost her life near
the same spot, by being driven over by two persons driving
tandem ; they, however, have hitherto managed to elude
detection.

DEANERY OF ST. PATRICK'S.—AS we anticipated in our
last, the judgment of Mr. Justice Crampton, delivered on
Saturday, ran with the majority in both cases, thus rendering
the decision in favour of the Archbishop of Dublin's vote
unanimous ; and, with respect to the vote of Doctor Todd,
making the adverse decision four to one—Judge Perrin being
the single dissentient. Letters remissory, remitting the case
back to the court below, will issue this day from the Court of
Delegates, and to-morrow the mandate of the Archbishop of
Dublin will authorise the Chapter of the Cathedral to proceed
with the instalment of Doctor Daly, as the new Dean of St.
Patrick's. The ceremony will, probably, take place on to-
morrow or Wednesday. Both parties are to pay their proper
costs, which are understood to be considerable. Dr. Daly,
however, has the better end of the staff in his hands. By
the decision in his favour be becomes entitled to the income
of the Deanery, for the two years and three months during
which his title was disputed—a sum which, at 13,4000 a-year,
amounts to £3,150; and having, during all the interim, en-
joyed the income of the benefices which he possessed, he
loses nothing by the litigation. There is a class of persons
attached to the Cathedral who will also be greatly benefitted
by this decision—namely, the Vicars Choral. Not one
gentleman belonging to the choir has received the renewal
fines, which form an important portion of their income, since
encement of this litigation.—Dublin Paper.

the coma

_IOLY SUICIDE OF A SURGEON.—On Thursday
last, Mr. Roger Rankine, of Accrington, surgeon, ter-
d his life while in bed, by opening the vein of tile right
11v opened by surgeons in taking blood from patients,
wring the main artery by which the arm is
u with blood. The deceased had been at Haslingden
on the previous night, transacting some important business
along with his legal adviser, Mr. Bannister, solicitor, of
Accrington. They returned together from Haslingden about
four o'clock on Thursday morning. The deceased complained,
his sister, during Thursday, of a severe pain in the head,
.as much depressed in spirits, attributing his depression
co an unfortunate business connected which he said he had
formed in Haslingden, and also to other matters of a private
nature. At bed time, his sister took leave of him for the
night. In the morning, about seven o'clock, she knocked at
his bed-room door, and was surprised at receiving no answer;
on which she entered the room, and approached his bed. She
called her brother by his name and shook ,him ; but still his
She then screamed for the servant-maid,
r, and immediately ran for Mr. Bannister and
neighbours. These gentlemen, and

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tely arrive,