The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

and Cookery. Compiled by French Burke, Esq., from
Essays submitted to the Royal English Agricultural Society
—Notices of New Publications—Liebig's Organic Chemistry
applied to Agriculture, Reviewed by Dr. Schleiden—Artifi-
cial Guano—On the Comparative Advantages of Raw and
Boiled Grain as Food for Farm Horses. By Mr. James
Cowe, V.S,—Report of the Liverpool Farmer's Library—
Breslau Wool Fair—The New Manure—Sulphate of Am-

MISCELLANEOUS

It is understood that parliament will rise about the 20th of
July.

THOSE WHO ARE BORN TO BE HANGED WILL NEVER

BE DROWN ED.—A curious circumstance, illustrating this
oft-quoted adage, occurred near this town last week. A lad
took a cat to the canal, near the Black Weir, and having tied
a rope round Grimalkin's neck, to the other end of which a
large stone was attached, flung her into the water. The cat,
however, managed to get the cord off the stone, and escaped.
Two days afterwards as she was getting through a hedge, the
noose of the cord in which the stone had been secured,
caught in a twig, and the cat became suspended. She was
found hanging, and quite dead.—Merthyr Guardian.

RAILWAYS IN ITALY .—The Journal des Chemins de Fer
publishes a letter, addressed by Mr. Brunel to the Royal
Railway Company from Genoa to Piedmont and to the fron-
tiers of Lombardy. In this letter Mr. Brunel summarily
states the result of his surveys, undertaken in order to deter.
mine the best line for the projected road. After the most
minute investigations he has acquired the conviction that the
railway offers no difficulties which his experience cannot
easily conquer. In the distance which separates Genoa from
the frontier toward 3 Milan, and which may be evaluated at
120 kilometres (30 French leagues), 25 only run through a
rough and difficult country, and out of this number 15 at
most present serious but• not insuperable obstacles. The
remainder of the line will pass over the most favourable
ground. Thus the passage of the Apennines, the name of
which, as Mr. Brunel remarks, sounds so awfully to an Eng-
lish ear, is formidable only to an inattentive and unskilful
observer, and all the conditions for the inclines and curves
will be accomplished without extraordinary labour.

THREATENED INJURY TO THE QUEEN.—At the Mary-
lebone Police-office on Wednesday, amongst the numerous
charges brought before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Rawlin-
son, by the S division of police, was one preferred against
a young man, who gave his name Wm. Roper, and who, at
the station-house in Pim:ems-street, Somerstown, described
himself as a servant living at N. 17, Little Chesterfield-
street, High-street, Marylebone. The charge against him,
as entered upon the police sheet by the inspector, was that
of being drunk and using violent language in the St. Pan-
cros-road, near King's-cross. The prisoner was a well.
attired person, of short stature, and his appearance by no
means denoted that he was a man possessing a disposition of
anything like a savage or vindictive nature. He placed his
left elbow upon the bar while the investigation was going on,
and listened attentively to the whole of the proceedings.
Police-constable Armstrong, 154 S, on being sworn, said, at
about half-past two o'clock this morning, as I was on duty
near King's-cross, I saw the prisoner, who used very abu-
sive language towards the Queen, and said, that if Francis
was hanged, he would do for her himself. I asked him who
he meant, and he said, " Queen Victoria, and if I could but
get a chance I'd cook her goose." The prisoner said he
was drunk, and meant no harm to the Queen. He was then
locked up, but was liberated afterwards on bail. It is a
singular fact that the prisoner resided in Chesterfield-street,
Oxford in High-street, and Francis in Cleveland-street, the
whole of the said residences being situate in the district
of the Marylebone Police-court, and within a few hundred
yards thereof.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—The return of the quarterly ave-
rage of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Eng-
land, for the three months from the 29th March to the 18th
ult. has just been published. Compared with the three
months from the Ist March to the 21st May, the circulation
is now £17,795,000 against £17,536,000, being an increase of
£259,000. The deposits are now £8,011,000 against
£8,045,000, being a decrease of £34,000, and making the to-
tal of the liabilities £25,806,000. The securities are
£21,181,000 against £21,366,000, being a decrease of
£185,000 ; the bullion is £7,320,000 against £7,032,000, be-
ing an increase of £288,000, and making the total of the as-
sets £28,501,000. The surplus or rest is now £2,695,000
against £2,817,000, being a decrease, during the first month,
of £122,000. There is not much room for remark in the
foregoing comparison. When the period of the financial
quarter is taken into account, it is perfectly evident that the
bank directors have been acting with great caution and judg-
ment in the management of the circulation, in order to pre-
vent any advance in the value of money that would be injuri-
ous to trade in its present depressed state. The oldest and
most experienced merchants recollect no period since the
large discount houses assumed their present degree of impor-
tance in the London markets, when the rate of interest was
kept so long and so uniformly steady, measured as it can
only safely be by first-class commercial securities. It will
be observed that the present bank return presents the same
peculiarity as the two last which have been issued. It com-
mences on Tuesday, the 29th of March, and ends on Satur-
day, the 18th of June. From the bank having omitted to
publish their averages in last Friday's Gazette, there has
been an additional delay of four days between the date of the
return and the day of its publication, instead of three days,
which was the usual time.

THE BURNING OF THE GEORGIA.—Within the last two
or three days further accounts have been received relating to
the loss of the ship Georgia, belonging to London, which, it
will be recollected, was destroyed by fire while on her home-
ward voyage from Calcutta, and of the safety of her com-
mander, Captain Mitchell, and five of the crew, who were
reported to have perished with the unfortunate vessel. The
following statement of Captain Mitchell, which has just been
received by the owners of the ship, detailing the sufferings of
himself and crew, will be found to be somewhat interesting .
" Algoa-bay, April 1, 1842. Gentlemen,—On the Ist of
last month, when about 1,000 miles from the Cape of Good
Hope, and 300 from the nearest land, we discovered the
cargo of the Georgia to be on fire. We immediately tried to
the utmost of our power to extinguish it by throwing water
down amongst that portion of the cargo where the flames ap-
peared to have a hold, but to no use. I then caused all the
hatchways to be closely battened down, which continued so
for seven or eight hours, and the fire apparently was being
smothered, when the ship Thomas Sparks, on the passage to
London came up to us. I hailed the commander, Captain
Sparks, requesting hie-) to stop by us all night, as the ship
was on fire, but he refused to answer without I came on
board his ship, which I did, taking, with me in the long-boat
five of the crew. Upon Captain Sparks ascertaining the
circumstance which I related to him, he agreed to stop by
the ship and render all the assistance he possibly could. I
then left him for the purpose of returning to my own ship.
When within a short distance of her she appeared to make
sail and follow Captain Spark's vessel, who had hoisted a
light and gone a-head. I, together with those in the boat,
shouted with all our might, but was unable to make them
hear, and they pursued their course. I think my mate,
whom I had left on board, must have mistaken the light
which was hoisted by Captain Sparks as a signal that I was
going to remain some time on board of her, and that he was
to follow ; at least I cannot form any other idea for his so
unaccountably leaving us. By great exertions at the oars
we kept sight of both vessels' lights for two hours, when we
lost sight of them in the distance. I kept in the same direc-
tion, or as near as I possibly could, as the ships were steering
till noon the following day, when, giving up all hopes of falling
in with them, and having no water or provisions except a few
pumpkins, which providentially happened to be in the boat, I
made for the land, making a sail of our shirts, and steering by
the sun and stars. On the fifth day we made the land, and on
reaching it searched for water, which we happily succeeded
in obtaining, but not being able to get a supply of provisions
from the wild natives we were compelled to put to sea again,
intending on starting to coast it to this place. However, on
the seventh day we were overtaken by a storm and were ne-
cessitated to make for shore ; when within half a mile, and
the sea running high, the boat filled and turned over. After
a long struggle I was washed on shore on one of the oars.
Three of the crew clung to the sunken boat, which kept
turning over every wave, and one saved himself by swimming.
Providentially all of them reached the beach in safety, though
greatly exhausted. After travelling fifty miles barefooted,
we got conducted to a Wesleyan missionary station, where
we met with very kind attention. I arrived here to-day,
having travelled twenty days in a government waggon, which
was returning from Natal. I expect to get a vessel in two
days bound to the Cape, where I shall get a vessel for Eng-
land. The fate of the Georgia lamat a loss to conjecture.
When I left her the fire had all appearance of being under.
Had she put into the Cape there would be accounts of it.
You will know before the receipt of this. Yours respect-
fully, WALTER MITCHELL." The ship Thomas Sparks
arrived at St. Katharine's Docks about three weeks since,
having on board the remainder of the crew of the Georgia.
The lire was confined beneath her decks till the second day
after the Thomas Sparks coming up, when it broke forth
and speedily consumed the vessel. Mrs. Mitchell, the wife
of Captain Mitchell, together with two of the seamen's
wives, supposing their husbands had been lost with the ship,
as was reported, went into deep mourning, which they con-
tinued till Wednesday last, when the gratifying intelligence
was brought to them of their preservation. They are at
present residing at Shields. The vessel's loss is estimated at
£B,OOO.
THE INCOME TAX.—An Advertisembnt in our last publi-
cation announced meetings of the Land Tax Commissioners
of the district for the purpose of choosing the commissioners
for the " general purposes" of the act for levying the Income
Tax. The commissioners for ' general purposes" so appoint-
ed, will appoint additional commissioners to examine and
make the assessment. These two sets of commissioners,
namely, the commissioners for "general purposes," and the
additional commissioners, act for their respective parishes in
districts only ; and tl.c. Lords of the Treasury are empowered
by the act to appoint commissioners for " special purposes"
who may execute the powers committed to them in any part
of the kingdom. The "additional commissioners" appoin-
ted in the way above described, will require returns to be
made by parties where income is chargeable ; and if they are
satisfied with the returns, and no objection be made to them
by the inspector or surveyor, they are to cause the assess-
ment to be made. If the surveyor or inspector shall be
dissatisfied with the assessment made by the commissioners
they may refer the case to the commissioners for " general pur-
poses," who are to decide on the same; or the additional com-
missioners may refer the case to the commissioners for
general purposes, without making any assessment, and they
are to enquire into the circumstances and make an assess-
ment. The inspector or surveyor may inspect the assess-
ments, and object to any with which he may be dissatisfied,
and certify to the commissioners any errors he may have
discovered ; and the commissioners, having inquired into the
case may ater the assessment. The inspector or surveyor
must give notice of his objection to the party to whose assess-
ment he objects, in the same manner as in the case of the
assessed taxes. Any person thinking himself aggrieved by
the assessment of the additional commissioners, may appeal
to the commissioners for general purposes, giving the survey-
or or inspector ten days notice of his appeal. The commis-
sioners, from time to time, are to fiz days for hearing appeals
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or inspector, may require a schedule of the particulars of the
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with the working of the measure being of a roost elaborate
character.