The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-13 00:00:00

Mvnicipm. CLAssics.—The Irklayof of Stafford has 'Failed
a proclamation against the disturbers of the public peace in
that district, which he learnedly heads Victoria Rea'!

• The Belgian steam-ship the British Queen, which sailed
from Antwerp on Thursday for New York, called off South-
ampton on Saturday, to receive mails and passengers. She
sailed the same tide for New York.

INCENDIARY FIRE.-011 Thursday night, the Ist instant,
the inhabitants of Collyweston, near Stamford, were aroused
from their slumbers by the cry of " Fire It turned out
that an oat-stack belonging to Mr. Thomas Stokes, butcher
and farmer, of that place, was in flames. The stack was
standing in an inclosure called the Slate-pit Close, near the
village, and contained about 30 quarters of oats, the produce
of six acres of land. The fire was discovered between ten
and eleven o'clock ; and, although every exertion was made
to extinguish it, the whole stack was consumed. There is
no doubt that it was the work of an incendiary, and a reward
of £2O has been offered to any party who may bring the
offender to justice. Suspicion attaches to- a bad character
residing in the village.—Stamford Mercury.

To PRESERVE GREEN PEAS.—To preserve green peas for
the table until Christmas, shell them and put them into
boiling water, give them two or three warms only, and pour
them into a cullender. When the water is completely drained
off, turn them out on a cloth, spread on a dresser to dry
them. From this cloth transfer them to another till they
are perfectly free from moisture. Then bottle them in wide-
mouthed bottles, leaving sufficient room to pour clarified
mutton suet, one inch thick, on the top ; cork them tightly,
and rosin the corks, and keep them in a cellar or in the earth.
When used, boil them until they are tender with a bit of
butter, a spoonful of sugar, and some mint.—Correspondent
of the Gardener's Chronicle.
SINGULAR PROFILE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—
A correspondent of the Greenock Advertiser, in a letter
complaining of the present broken, dilipidated state of the
flag staff on Dumbarton Castle, adds :—ln reference to this
far famed rock, I may inform your readers that a very sin-
gular phenomenon (which does not appear to be well known)
may be seen on this ancient fort, viz., a profile of his grace
the Duke of Wellington, which is allowed to be an excellent one,
formed by the natural structure of the rock. and may be seen
in going out or coming into the river Leven. by passengers
on board the Dunbarton steamers, when betwixt Leven Perch
and the Castle, on the west side of the rock, looking towards
Greenock ; any of the captains or pilots of the Dunbarton
steamers will point it out, and it as only to be seen to be
admired. It is no hoax, I can assure you.,,

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—THE QUEEN'S
VlSlT.—Perhaps not the least remarkable effect of Her Ma-
jesty's visit to the metropolis was the extraordinary run of
passengers upon the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The
receipts, so far as can be estimated in the meantime, quad-
rupled those of the week previous, and the number of pas-
sengers was, consequently, great in proportion. The amount
of money drawn was about £6;500 ; this, contrasted with the
week previous, gives arise of £4,882, the sum drawn that
week for passengers being only £1,618 2s. 6d. The passen-
gers for the same week (we mean the week ending the 27th
of August) amounted to 12,345. For the week just passed
they may therefore be set down at not less than 50,000. Add
to these the number who came and went by other conveyances,
and it is not improper, we think, to say that upwards of
100,000 persons from Glasgow and neighbourhood went to
Edinburgh upon this eventfnl occasion. The officials of the
railway at both depots describe the numbers who travelled
with them as unprecedented on this line.— Glasgow Chronicle.
EXPEDITIOUS TANNING.—We have received specimens
of sole leather (which remain at our office for the inspection
of those who may feel an interest in the subject,) tanned by
one of Mr. Cox's patent processes, in the unprecedentedly
short space of from twelve hours to eight days. The quality
of the leather seems excellent, being completely tanned, and
of good colour and texture ; and one of the specimens is of the
extraordinary thickness of 6-10ths of an inch. Under the old
system of tanning, we believe, it would require from ten to
twenty months to tan an equal substance of leather to that
we have before us. We understand that Messrs. J. and G.
Cox are fitting up at their tanyard at Georgie Mills to tan
upon the patent system, by which they will save much time,
labour, and expense in the manufacture ; and, in a few days,
those who are sceptical of the success of the process will have
an opportunity of being convinced by ocular demonstration.
The principle of the process depends upon a peculiar but
simple and effective method of causing tan-liquor to percolate
through the pores of the hides, thereby bringing the liquor
quickly and changingly into contract with every fibre, and
promoting the chemical combination of the welatine with the
tanning.—Scotsman.
On Friday se'nnight a brutal and murderous outrage was
inflicted at Houghton, near Stockbridge, on the person of a
beautiful young woman, named Elizabeth Roe, by a middle-
aged man, named James Sims, caused by her refusal to
become his wife. It appeared that he waited for an opportu-
nity, and met her, in the high-road, and, after having made
some slight attempts to stop her, she smilingly said, " Sims,
let me pass," when he struck her a heavy blow with a large
chisel on the back part of her head, which levelled her to the
ground; he then fell on her, and inflicted several dangerous
wounds on,her head and face. After leaving her, as he sup-
posed dead, he repaired to the river side for the purpose of
putting an end to his miserable existence, but failed in the
attempt, and was immediately taken into custody, and is
committed for trial at our next assizes. He expressed his
regret that his victim was not dead, saying, " if she was, he
should go to the gallows happy." The unfortunate woman
is lying in a dangerous state, and, should she recover, will be
disfigured for life.—Devizes paper.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY. The Bankruptcy
Amendment Act will come into operation on the 11th of
November, and the Insolvent Debtors' Bill ten days pre-
viously. It is expected that these measures will diminish the
business in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and are viewed as
gigantic steps towards theabolition of imprisonment for debt.
By the Bankruptcy Bill single creditors to the amount of
£5O can issue a fiat, and that denomination of traders are
considerably increased, added to which the other proceedings
are very much simplified. The certificate of conformitY is
continued, but will be withheld from persons who have been
guilty of any fraudulent conduct, or who have gambled or
speculated in stock-jobbing. Under the other act parties
who have resided 12 months in a place can give notice and be
protected from arrest. Every publicity must be given by
advertisements, and at least a month's notice, before the
Court of Bankruptcy can entertain the application. It must
be proved that the applicant has not contracted his debts in a
culpable or fraudulent manner ; and, further, that he had
every reasonable assurance of paying them. He must like-
state what proposal he has to make towards their liquida-
tion. Subsequently-acquired property is liable until the
whole debts are paid, and there is no limitation respecting
excepted property. It will be of course, in the power of the
Court of Bankruptcy to refuse the benefit of the act where
its conditions are not complied with, and to dismiss a peti-
tion after it has been filed, on evidence that the party bas
offended in the manner mentioned. By the act constituting
the Insolvent Debtors' Court every petitioner is allowed to
retain £2O worth of excepted articles, and can immediately
apply to that court, and those who can obtain bail may be
discharged in less than a fortnight. Besides, traders or non-
traders can apply ; but under Lord Brougham's bill, persons
who are not traders can petition, and only traders whose
debts do not exceed £3OO. It is observable that the distinc-
tion respecting future property in bankruptcy and insolvency
is still perpetuated, giving a bankrupt freedom in regard to
his subsequent property on obtaining a certificate, whilst under
insolvency the opposite principle is enforced.