The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

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) ARTICLES, TO BASKRUPTS.—By the new
Act, all bankrupts on and after Sept. 1 are to
be allowed £2O worth of excepted articles in furniture and
implements of trade, in the same manner as insolvents
are allowed by the Insolvent Debtors' Court.
THE TELEGRA.PII IN TURKEY.—The Sultan lately con-
ceded a line of electric telegraph. It is to start from
Constantinople for Belgrade, where it will be in commu-
nication with all the German lines. A branch is to start

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from Adrianople to Shama. The line is to be completed
in four months.

A PROLIFIC MATRON.—Mrs. Green, a Scotchwoman,
who received her first ticket as a Wesleyan from the
founder of Methodism, had 4 children at one birth, 12 at
four births, 12 at sic births, 15 at 15 births-43 in all, at
26 births. Thirty-three of her children were baptised ;
her surviving child was lost on returning from India.
Tun RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—The 2,000 Russian pri-
soners taken at Bomarsund will be brought home in some
of the ships of war that took out the French troops from
the Downs to the Baltic. Already preparations are being
made for their. reception, and the Devonshire, at Sheer-
ness, is being got ready to take 500 of them on board.
SUICIDE TO AVOID TUE ClT.—James Ransom, an able
seaman of the Valorous, 16 (Paddle), Captain Buckle, in.
the Baltic, committed suicide on the sth instant, by jump-
ing overboard. It appears that he had been sentenced to
receive three dozen lashes for some offence. While the
gratings were being rigged for his punishment, he pleaded
hard to the captain for mercy, and subsequently to the
first lieutenant, to intercede in obtaining some other
punishment ; but, finding these officers determined to let
the punishment be inflicted, he jumped overboard, and was
drowned.—Plymouth Mail.

A QUACK DOCTOR.—A verdict of "manslaughter" has
been returned by a coroner's jury at Bradford against one
Ward, of Leeds, who described himself on his sign-plate
as "a curer of cancer without cutting?' The description
attracted the attention of a woman resident at Horton,
and she placed herself under his care for a tumour in the
breast, which he proceeded to treat in such a way that she
sank from constitutional irritation. The unfortunate
patient expressed a desire that an inquiry might be made
into the cause of her death, as a warning to others—Leeds
Intelligencer.
NARROW ESCAPE. A young woman, a servant in
Greenock, had a sweetheart in Australia, and having pros-
pered, he gallantly determined to have the girl of his
affections to be his wife, and, for the purpose of fitting
her out and paying her passage, remitted her the sum of
£5O. Alas ! Frailty, thy name is Woman!" Jane
could neither appreciate the young man's proof of affec-
tion nor the happiness she walikely to enjoy in the far-
off land of gold, for, on receipt of the money, she disap-
peared with a fellow who is likely to spend it still more
rapidly than it was earned. The expectant in Australia,
when he comes to know the circumstances, may be thank-
ful for his lucky escape, even though it has cost him £5O
sterling.—Caledonian Mercury.

Ks.—Amongst t.

Le more

recent inventions
ted by manufacturers, we hear of one by Mr. Sum-
ield, of the Glass-works, Birmingham Heath, for what
glass, or glass-faced grooved bricks.
cess, red or other clay can be

are termed

combined

A thii will secure durability, ett-

e resistance to moisture, and give au ornamental ap-
arauce to the building. The form of the brick is also,
he side and end, made so as to

groove

atly to the strength of t

erection, the joints by
gether, and the mortar

this means being brought close t
acts as a dowell

groove.—The

Builder.—[A plan in many respects similar to that no-
ticed above was suggested by a writer in Blackwood's
Magazine, at the time when duty was taken off glass.]

AT SEA,

Archipela
Morea, wi

A fact related by Dr.
ie Medical Times and Gazette, has an hn-
gulation of en

upon the

;rant ships.

'go, in the summer of 1827, was cruizing

native crew of 600, inflammatory re-mittant
fever appeared among the men. A thorough overhauling

of the lower regions of t

e ship was instituted with a view
On the cable-tier,

the source of the visit;

some inches thick, of biscuits, olives,fish-bones, pieces of
salt and fresh meat, &c., the remains and refuse of the
men's dishes cast into this receptacle. The active decom.

gen]. on board of its _ noxious ciara

applied was prompt and successful.
THE AGE OP ILLUSTRATION.--OH Tuesday last a sin-
gular-looking letter passed through the official fingers of

or four

son residing in a village
1,11,- the name of the vil-
, a very good likeness,

st) only wa.

substituted for the person's name

LIVERPOOL YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

DIE first regatta of this club for the season commenced
on Wednesday, and was ccntinued on Thursday. The un-

favourable weather on Wednesdayprevented the attendance
of many who delight in aquatic sports, and cut short the
first race, which was for a cup, value £3O. The course was
from Birkenhead, round the Bell Buoy and North-west
Light-ship, and back. At a quarter past twelve the signal
gun to start was fired, and the yachts were soon under
weigh, but, as the yachts neared the Formby light-ship,
the weather became still more boisterous, and it was
deemed prudent to cease the contest.
The second race was for a cup, value £2O, for fixed keel
yachts of all clubs, from three to eight tons. All the
yachts started except the Arrow, but several gave in in the
course of the race, which was won by the Electric passing
the flag-boat 4 minutes 15 seconds before the Sirocco.
The course was from Birkenhead round the Crosby Light-
ship ; thence round the North Magazine, back to Birken-
head.

The third race, for shrimpers, went off, no boats coming up.
The fourth race was for a purse of £lO, for pair-oared in-
riggers, to be pulled and steered by gentlemen amateurs.
Only the Belle and Rocket ran. The crew of the Mystery
pulled in the Rocket, and won the race, the Belle giving in.
TEURSDAM —Owing to the unsettled state of the
weather this morning, and the heavy fall of rain yesterday,
the attendance was by no means numerous, the party on
board the steamer numbering about 60. The afternoon
turned out fine, and there being an excellent band of
music on board, the ladies and gentlemen joined in a waltz
and quadrille party, and spent a pleasant hour. On account
of the•strong breeze which was blowing from the W.N.W.,
the committee altered the course, the sailing yachts start-
ing from the commodore's flag-ship, which was moored off
Birkenhead, and rounding No. 1 floating powder maga-
zines, moored off Eastham, running.the course three times,
and finishing the race at the flag-ship Shortly after the
races, the members of the Liverpool Yacht Club and their
friends dined together at the Royal Birkenhead Hotel ;
immediately after which, the various prizes were presented
to the successful competitors. Several excellent speeches
were delivered, and a pleasant evening was spent. The
amusements terminated with a display of fireworks.
The first race for a cup value £3O, was won by the
Priestess. The second for a cup value £2O, did not come
off owing to the weather. A race of shrimpers' boats for
12 sovereigns was won by the Lightning. ' A purse of £l5,
for four-oared in-riggers, to be pulled and steered by gen-
tlemen amateurs was won by the Lady Constance, a Chester
boat. Three other races for smaller sums were won re-
spectively by the Perseverance, the Jessica's punt, and the
Rosalind's gig.

DOCK COMMITTEE.

kly meeting of this committee was held on

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