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

three or four months,

remedy says :—"
—Family Herald.

EXCEPTED ARTICLES TO BANKRUPTS.—By the new
Bankrupt*, 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.
Tns TELEGRA.PII r.x TruKEr.--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
from Adrianople to Shumla. The line is to be completed
in four months.

A PROLIFIC Mlrßort.—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 six 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.
THE RUssIAN• Pnzsoms.—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 THE CAT.—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 liocion.--A N-erdict 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.

Niontovr 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 was likely 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.
GLASS BRlCRS.—Amongst the more recent inventions
patented by manufacturers, we hear of one by Mr. Sum-
merfield, of the Glass-works, Birmingham Heath, for what
are termed chromatic glass, or glass-faced grooved bricks.
By Mr. Sunimerfield's process, red or other clay can be
combined with glass, and this will secure durability, en-
tire resistance to moisture, and give an ornamental ap-
pearance to the building. The form of the brick is also,
by means of a groove at the side and end, made so as to
add greatly to the strength of the erection, the joints by
this means being brought close together, and the mortar
acts as a dowell from the shape of the 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.]
CAUSES OF FEVER AT SEA.—A fact related by Dr.
Rioge, in the Medical Times and Gazette, has an im-
portant bearing upon the regulation of emigrant ships.
When the Hellas, flag-ship of Lord Cochrane, in the Greek
Archipelago, in the summer of 1.827, was cruizing off the
Morea, with a native crew of 600, inflammatory remittant
fever appeared among the men. A thorough overhauling
of the lower regions of the ship was instituted with a view
to detect the source of the visitation. On the cable-tier,
immediately under the main hatchway, was found a layer,
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-
position going on in this pestiferous hot-bed engendered
an atmosphere that, once inhaled, satisfied the most scep-
tical on board of its noxious character. The remedy
applied was prompt and successful.

THE AGE OF ILLUSTEATION.—On Tuesday last a sin-
gular-looking letter passed through the official fingers of
the authorities at our General Postoffiee, in Queen-street.
The epistle was intended for a person residing in a village
three or four miles from Exeter, but the name of the vil-
lage (Broadclist) only was given, a very good likeness,
sketched in ink, being substituted for the person's name.

The local postman who goes the round in question soon
recognised the features of one of his fellow-parishioners,
and he forthwith proceeded on his daily delivery of letters.
A smart double-knock at the door brought the individual
for whom the letter was designed, before the sagacious
letter-carrier, to whom the missive' was at once handed
without the slightest explanation on either side, though
not without a boisterous laugh, at parting, from both, at
this novel mode of addressing correspond

OPENING OF TIM KING'S LYNN ATHENSUM.—The
Athenaeum in King's Lynn, projected some years ago by a
few local residents, and just completed, at a cost of about
£7,000 (Lord Stanley having subscribed £l,OOO -for the
purchase of books), was opened last week, in the
presence of a large number of influential inhabitants.
The building comprises a music hall, museum, newsroom,
class rooms, &c. A library will be opened for the working
classes at a nominal subscription, the corporation con-
tributing £5O a year to its maintenance, and another
annual grant of a like amount to the Athenaeum generally.
At the inauguration, on Wednesday, an address from the
working classes was presented to Lord Stanley, expressing
their gratitude for his munificent donation. His lordship,
in an eloquent reply, enlarged upon the advantages of
such' institutions, and discussed Various topics in con-
nection with the educational wants of the country.

VALUABLE DISCOVERY.—A discovery, which is likely
to be of great advantage to agriculture, has just been
reported to the Agricultural Society of Clermont (Oise).
A gardener, whose frames and hot-house required paint-
ing, decided on making them black, as likely to attract
the heat better, and from a principle of economy he made
use of gas-tar instead of black paint. The work was per-
formed during the winter, and on the approach of spring
the gardener was surprised to find that all the spiders
and insects which usually infested his hot-house had dis-
appeared, and also that a vine, which for the last two
years had so fallen off that he had intended to replace it by
another, had acquired fresh force and vigour, and gave
every sign of producing a large crop of grapes. He after-
wards used the same substance to the posts and trellis-
work which supported the trees in the open air, and met
with the same result, all the caterpillars and other insects
completely disappearing. It is said that similar experi-
ments have been made in some of the vineyards of the
Gironde with similar results.— Galignani.
TERRIFIC COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—EarIy on Tuesday,
a most terrific explosion took place at Lund-hill Colliery,
Hemingfield, about five miles south of Barnsley, and half
a mile from the South Yorkshire Railway. On Monday,
in consequence of some alterations having been made in
connection with the boilers of the -engine, the sinkers did
not work ; but on Tuesday morning they descended as
usual, and at 610 a terrific explosion of fire-damp took
place which alarmed the whole neighbourhood for a mile
round. The first thing that was 'noticed after the shock
of the explosion was the body of a bricklayer named Wil-
liam Davey, flying in the air, at a height of 90 feet, and
subsequently falling upon a wall elevated 18 feet from the
surface of the ground, for the purpose of increasing the
height of the pit mouth ; from this he was taken quite
dead. James Batty, who was on the boards placed across
the mouth of the pit for the purpose of landing the material
sent out, was blown from his position,
.and fell to the bot-
tom of the shaft. The plank upon which he had been
standing was found at a distance of 300 feet from the
place where it had been originally firmly nailed. The
head-gear was blown down, which caused some time to.be
lost before any one could be lowered down the shaft. So
soon, however, as means could be effected for that purpose,
William Corbridge, Thomas Armitage, and Jepson de-
scended,.and found the bodies of William Mozley, James
Batty, and Matthew Pollard in a fearfully mangled state,
and quite dead. Noah Heely and Thomas Jackson were
very much injured, the former, so much so that he is not
expected to recover. Matthew Pollard is about 50 years
of age, and has left a wife and eight children, who are resid-
ing at Rochdale, Lancashire, which town he left a fort-
night since, and commenced work at this place. William
Davey, bricklayer, resided at llawtry, and has left a wife
and three children. William Mozley and James Batty are
single, and natives of the place.

litAitniAGE OF A TURKISH PRINCESS.—The ceremony
of the espousals of Ali Galib Pasha and the Princess
Fatima commenced on the morning of the 7th instant.
At nine o'clock the presents given by the sultan to his
daughter left Chiragan Serail, preceded by a numerous
body of pashas, generals, and officers, in their gala uni-
forms, with a battalion of infantry, and a fine band of
music, playing martial airs. Then came upwards of 100
pages, each bearing on his head a salver, on which were
placed baskets of flowers and sweetmeats, tastefully enve-
loped in gauze of various gay colours ; cooking utensils of
silver, with gilt handles and knobs, followed ; and these
were succeeded by the nichan takim, objects invariably
presented to a bride, consisting of a pair of pattens, and a
hand-mirror, for the use of the bath; the former were of
gold enamelled, the broad straps richly studded with bril-
liants, and the back and handle of the mirror were equally
ornamented with jewels. An anteri (petticoat), sparkling
with diamonds, was also exhibited; and, finally, two char-
it-banes filled with trunks, containing, among other precious
objects, an abundance of French millinery to decorate the
Oriental person of the princess. To these were added a
purse on behalf of the bridegroom, containing a million of
piasters, in the shape of pin-money. This train of pashas
and presents embarked, after ten minutes' ride, in 28 boats,
pulled each by ten men, and in upwards of 150 kaiks, and
proceeded up the Bosphorus to Ali Galib Pasha's palace.
On the Bth and 9th several interesting ceremonies took
place in the sultan's harem, viz., the bride was conducted
to the bath, her finger and toe nails dyed red with henna,
and her hair decorated with jewellery. These were three
distinct ceremonies. On the morning of the 10th the
bridegroom repaired to the palace, where the grand vizier,
the ministers, and all the grandees received him in state,
and the " akdoonikali," or ceremony of espousals, was duly
performed; afterwards the whole party moved on in grand
style, the grand vizier (surrounded by his staff) and the
bridegroom bringing up the rear, towards Baltaliman. An
immense concourse was collected on the line of the proces-
sion, consisting chiefly of the fair sex, who seemed to interest
themselves particularly on the occasion. The evening of
the 10th was fixed for the " zifaf-guedgessi," or night of
introduction, when the fortunate pasha would behold his
modest bride for the first time. The Oriental custom of
their supping together on a boiled fowl would, it was said,
be duly observed, and next morning the ceremonies would
be wound up by the young pasha's visit to kiss the dust of
the feet of his imperial father-in-law, and the hem of tho
garment of each of the princess's other near relatives.
Owing to the difficulties of the day, the usual five days'
and five nights' rejoicings were put aside, and ti dhow:
was the only treat given to the Turklah efficiab.

LIVERPOOL YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

THE first regatta of this club for the season commenced.
on Wednesday, and was continued on Thursday. The un-
favourable weather on Wednesday prevented 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-
?; thence round the North Magazine, back to Birken-
h.

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.

- THURSDAY. —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.