The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

ITATeum BY STEAM.--A person, employed on this Tor.
point Steam Ferry Bridge, by way of experiment, placed 13
ducks' eggs, embedded in sawdust, upon the crown of the
boiler, anxiously watching them and sprinkling them daily
with warm water : after remaining the usual time of incuba-
tion, 13 lively young ducklings burst their shells and started
into existence, and are now in the possession of Mr. Cowley,
of Torpoint.—Devonport Independent.
TITHE CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND.—On Saturday orders
were made by the Master of the Rolls for sums varying
from £2BO to £2O, against upwards of 200 individuals—some
of them great friends of the church—while the burden rested
exclusively on the people. Among the present defatilters
are Mr. Garrett Standish Barry, the late member for Cork ;
Sir Thomas Deane, Sir George Gold, Mr. L. Langton, of
Limerick, and a host of others equally respectable, both in
circumstances and rank, in the dioceses of Cloyne, Cashel,

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Cork, Ross, Limerick, Ossory, &c.
MILITARY WEAR AND TEAR.—The 66th, at present quar-
tered in Glasgow barracks, was one of the regiments sent
out to St. Helena in charge of the Emperor Napoleon, and
which remained there until his death. It was three Grena-
diers of this regiment, with an equal number of those of the
20th, that carried the " immortal hero of a thousand fights"
to his tomb. So rapid is the wear and tear of the army, that
there remain now in the 66th only one captain, one serjeant,
one corporal, and one drummer, who were present at the
above memorable event; though only one year previous the
corps consisted of 1200 rank and file, with its due propor-
tion of commissioned and non-commissioned officers.—

Paisley Advertiser.
IMPORTANT TO TIM DER MERCANTS.—The commissioners
of customs have, with reference to the contemplated altera-
tion in the timber duties, issued an order to their collectors
and controllers at ports where regular bonding timber yards
and ponds have not already been provided, directing them to
acquaint the merchants engaged in that trade, that they are
ready to receive applications as to the temporary arrange-
ments for bonding colonial timber and other wood goods,
imported, to the 10th October next. This will enable
merchants to import cargoes previously, and hold them in
bond subject to the low duty, if not taken out for home use
before the proposed tariff becomes low.
THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS EXTENSION LINE.—
We understand that the workmen in the employ of the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway Company have already broken
ground in York-street, Cheetham, in preparation for exca-
vating the ground for the line, which is to pass at a level of
16 feet beneath the Cheetham-taken. A number of the
cottage tenants in the property by the company along
the line from Collyhurst-lane to Red Bank, and in the neigh-
bourhoods of St. George's-road and Scotland Bridge, have
received notices to quit ; many of the weekly tenants have
already left, and the cottages have been pulled down ; and
with the others the company are making arrangements to
quit as early as possible. All is bustle in the neighbourhood,
and the preparations for commencing the works are being
made with all expedition.

TRUE SOURCE OF PARLIAMENTARY CORRUPTION.—
Why do candidates bribe electors ?—Because electors will
consent to take bribes ! Why will electors censent to take
bribes ?—Because they are dishonest and corrupt ! Why
are they dishonest and corrupt I—Because they are not under
the influence of Christian principles ! A Christian man
would not accept of a bribe—and why ? Because, first, the
law of the land declares it illegal to do so ; and a Christian
man obeys the law. Secondly, because he who accepts a
bribe commits perjury •, and a Christian man would not take
a false oath. And thirdly, because he who accepts a bribe
from a candidate for parliamentary power and honour is de-
void of patriotism, since, instead of sending honest men to
parliament, he helps to send knaves. But men are not
Christians, and therefore bribery cannot be put down.—The
Churchman.

THE INCOME TAX.—Now that the Income Tax bill has
passed the House of Commons, the public must be prepared
for its vigorous and prompt execution. It transpired in the
moneyed circles of London a few days since that the clerks
at the Bank of England are busily engaged in making the cal-
culations for such reductions as will have to be made, under
the act, from the dividends payable in next month. As the
present act dates from the sth of April last, there will be, it
is presumed, a tax of half a year, or threepence-halfpenny in
the pound on the July payments, where the total income ex-
ceeds £l5O per annum. Such is the quantity of business
which is created at the bank under this new arrangement,
that most of the clerks, it is expected, will be deprived of the
summer holidays which they have enjoyed heretofore.
A DARING NAVIGATOR.—The Semaphore of Marseilles
gives an account of the arrival in that port of a bold and inge-
nious sailor, who has constructed a boat formed to fit his
own body, when laid at full length, in which he traverses
the sea with a swiftness and security rivalling that of fishes.
His head and arms alone appear from without, and with the
latter, holding a pair of oars, he impels himself along. Pro-
visions are stowed in recesses of the boat, and thus he made
vayages from Toulon to Nice and Leghorn, coming to Mar-
seilles by the islands of Hyeres. On arriving in port he
complied with all the prescribed regulations, entering his
own name, Malbec, and that of his vessel, and then darted
across the harbour like an arrow. On being examined when
on shore, the wonderful vessel was found to be a most perfect
piece of mechanism. It is furnished with a small pump,
similar to those used in wine and beer-houses for drawing
the liquor from the casks in the cellar, and by means of
which any water the boat may make can be easily discharged.
Having been deprived of his left leg, M. Malbec has con-
verted its wooden substitute into a mast, upon which he
occasionally raises a sail suited for his light bark, and which
he can trim with ease, according to the wind and the course
he wishes to steer. M. Malbec's visit to Marseilles is said
to be for the purpose of having a vessel on his plan, con-
structed of cast iron, with various improvements, among
which are to be hollow masts, admitting hair into the body
of the boat, so that either in foul weather or when-requiring
sleep, he may lay down on the mattress at the bottom, close
the hatchway and apertures for his head and arms, without
fear of being suffocated. He has given his vessel the appro-
priate name of the Duck.—French paper.
GROUSE.—The reports from our correspondents in Scot-
land and in the vicinity of the Yorkshire Moors, are of the
most cheering character. They all concur in stating that
grouse will be found this season in more plenty than has
been the case for several years past. This they attribute to
the favourableness of the weather during the period of in-
cubation, which was neither too hot nor too wet ; either of
which extremes generally proves fatal to two-thirds of the
young during that process. Poults are getting strong on the
wing, and out of danger from heavy rain, by which num-
bers, when very young and weak, perish. Partridges and
pheasants are likewise very forward, and promise more than
an average number. Some localities during the last few
years yielded so little game that many of our shooting
friends expressed their intentions of declining the sport
altogether, but we apprehend that their resolves will speedily
be broken on hearing such gratifying intelligence as we now
communicate. Don, Juno, Fan, and Sancho, will be put
into the " breakers, " hands to " make." and " train" ;
gunsmiths will be busy repairing and " putting in order"
fowling.pieces, shot belts, powder-flasks, and other paraph-
ernalia connected with the sport will be also in request ;
and the sportsmen himself will hail that auspicious day the
12th of August, with what rapturous delight which none but
a true sportsman and son of the hill can revel in. The Ist
of September undoubtedly franks high in the estimation of
those who never had the pleasure of bringing down the birds
on the morning of the " Twelfth," or by those who cannot
bear the fatigue of climbing, the hills or " trashing" through
the heather ; but in our opinion it is no more to be compared
to the enthusiasm which always accompanies grouse shoot-
ing, than hare hunting on foot is to that of fox hunting with
a field well mounted.—Perth paper.