The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

An ear of wheat,—the first that we have seen this year,—
was brought to our office last Monday. It was gathered in
a field near Kemp Town.—Brighlon Gazette.

Her M.jesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour
of knighthood, at the Levee on Wednesday, on Mr. (now
Sir Henry) Bishop, the eminent musical composer.

Prince Albert has lately obtained an undoubted sword of
the time of Edward 111., whom his royal highness so recently
represented in court revel ; and another of that of Henry V.

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A butcher of Besancon has just been condemned to three
months' imprisonment, by the Correctional Tribunal, for
selling the flesh of dogs as for that of the kid.
One night last week the parish church of Tavistock was
broken into, and the entire service of communion•plate—
some of it of great antiquity—was carried off.
The Roman Catholics of Manchester have sold the site of
their intended cathedral to the Leeds and Manchester Rail-
way Company for £9,000.

Mr. Samuel Nichols, of Morton, near Bingley, lost a
valuable horse on Tuesday last. The animal was gored by a
cow SO dreadfully, that was grazing in the same field, that it

died immediately

On 'Wednesday night, the members of the Protestant Con-
federation of Birmingham resolved to present an address to
the Queen, congratulating her Majesty on her recent deliver-
ance from the hand of the assassin.

The King of Hanover (the Duke of Cumberland) com
pleted, on Sunday, the seventy-first year of his age.

REPRESENTATION or PRESTON.—RIIMOUE i strongly
afloat that Sir H. P. Fleet•.rood is for accepting the chlltern
hundreds.

PRESTON GUILD.—This ancient festivity will take place
during the present year. It is usually held in August or
September.

On the evening of Tuesday last, thirty-four families, com-
prising about 170„individuals of the Bailymacarret and Bel-
fast weavers, sailed from Belfast to Quebec.
A large quantity of gooseberries arrived at Sunderland this
week, per the Tourist steamer, from London, and were sold
at the low price of threepence per quart.
The Duke of Cleveland is going to erect a splendid man-
sion at the lower end of Grosvenor-place. It will command
a fine view of Buckingham gardens.

A further trial of the Atmospheric Railway took place
on Friday at Wormwood Scrubbs, near London. The ex-
periments were highly satisfactory. The speed attained was
considerably above 40 miles per hour, and the vacuum vary-
ing from 24 to 25 inches of mercury.

THE RAILROAD CALAMITY AT SONNINGIIII.L.—The
verdict of the Coroner's jury, exacting a deodand from the
Great Western Railway Company in this case, was set aside
in the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday, on the ground
that the accident causing death having occurred at Sonning,
the inquisition before the Coroner of Reading, where the
death occurred, was invalid.
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Lynher hence for Hobart Town, was spoken 17th Nov. in lat. ad
S, long. )7 W
Glenview, 'Renee for New York, was spoken in lat. 50, long. 14
Nymph, hence for Newfoundland, off Cape Clear 26th May
Siwerdina, De Hann, and Era Carpenter, hence at Harlingen
Onderneeming, 'Leven, hence at Texel
Grace Darling, , from Laguna, at Cove. On 13th May, in
lat. 42, long. 46, spoke the Alabama, from Liverpool for New York.
On 18th May, in lat. 44, long. 41, spoke the Liberty, from Liver-
pool for New York. On 20th May, in lat. 40, long. 39, spoke the
ilritish Queen, (steamer) 11 days, from Portsmouth for New York.