The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE British and North American mail steamer Africa sailed
hence for Boston on Saturday, having on board a large cargo,
the usual mails, and about 180 passengers. Col. Lawrence
(of the United States Legation at London) and Lady, Mr.
Thackery and his secretary, were amongst the passengers.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on Saturday, on
the body of Robert Lansley, aged 17, striker in a foundry, who
had lived at 15, Dickenson-street. On Friday afternoon he
slipped from the gangway of the ship Ann Grey into the ,
Brunswick Graving-dock, a height of thirty feet, sustaining
injuries which:caused almost instantaneous death. Verdict
" accidental death,"
A GOOD EXAMPLE.—Besides a donation of '245 to the
Sailors' Home, by Mr. Gerrard, of Great Crosby, during the
past week, Messrs. John Shepherd and Co., who were employed
to make a winch of a peculiar construction for the dining-
room hoist, after making it entirely to the satisfaction of the
committee, begged their acceptance of it. The value was £l6
14s. 7d.
STREET ROBBERY•—At the Police-court, on Saturday,
Adolphus Allen, Anne Roberts, and Anne Jones were charged
with robbing Emanuel Musker, the steward of a ship, of £6
17s. 6d. On Friday the prosecutor was stopped by the
prisoners in Spitalfields, and, while Allen held him by the
throat, the women rifled his pockets of the money. The police
came up at the time and apprehended the prisoners with the
money in their possession. They were committed to gaol for
three months.
ATTEMPT TO STRANGLE.—At the Police-court, on Saturday,
Catherine Kearney was charged by Robert Stewart with rob-
bing him of £lO, on Friday night, in John's-lane. While
talking to the female prisoner, two men came behind him,
adroitly passed a rope round his neck, and were in the act of
strangling him, when a police-officer made his appearance.
They both ran away, leaving the prisoner, who was detected
with her hands in the prosecutor's pockets. She was corn-
mitted
to goal for three months.
DISCHARGING FIRE-ARMS IN TIER STREET.—This evil
grew into so dangerous a nuisance during the three first days
last week, that the police received instructions to seize the
fire-arms of any one whom they might see using them. The
consequence was that, on the Tuesday and Wednesday, about
50 small cannon, of all kinds of construction, and about 400
pistols and guns, were brought to the Police-office. It is un-
derstood that these will be restored to the owners in the
course of a few days.
THE EARL OE DERBY.—On Friday week, a deputation of
the Irvine town council, in pursuance of a resolution come to
at a meeting of council held some time ago, proceeded to
Eglinton Castle for the purpose of presenting the Earl of
Derby, then a visitor to Lord Eglinton, with the freedom of
the borough. Lord Eglinton received the deputation very
graciously, and introduced them to Lord Derby, when Bailie
M`Lachlan presented the freedom of the borough to his lord-
ship. Lord Derby made a suitable reply.—Dumfries Courier.
THE COMING ECLIPSE.—A total eclipse of the moon will
take place on the 25th of October. It will commence at fifty-
three minutes past five in the morning, will be totally im-
mersed at thirty-three minutes past six, and at its height at
thirty-eight minutes past seven. The moon will begin to
emerge at twenty-eight minutes past eight, and the eclipse
will terminate at twenty-three minutes past nine. We shall
only see it partially, as on that day the moon sets at thirty-
three minutes past six. The astronomers of Australia will
alone be able to watch its phases.

employed at some works at Leabrook has been committed for
trial at the assizes, on a charge of having caused injury to ma-
chinery by inserting a bar end of iron between two wheels,
the cogs of which worked into each other. The injury is esti-
mated at £5OO, and 70 men and boys are thrown out of em-
ployment while the repairs are being made.
SALE OF DRAUGHT HORSES.—A large stud of fine draught
horses was sold last week at Falkirk, belonging to Mr.
Gowans, contactor of the Chief Junction Railway. They
numbered 87 in all, and many of them were fine animals. The
sale was conducted by Mr. Neilson, auctioneer, Falkirk.
PRESENTATION.—On Monday a piece of plate and a purse Several of the horses brought prices varying from £6O to £74,
were presented to the Rev. Henry Walker, M. A., incumbent the sale in all realising £3,052.
of Rainford, on his leaving the incumbency. Mr. Darning, THE choice of assignees under the estate of Messrs. C. J.
the churchwarden, who was requested by the parishioners to ; Mare and Co., was perfected on Friday. The attendance of
present the above, addressed the
creditors was numerous, and the debts to the extent of
reverend gentleman as f01£50,000
£50,000 were proved. The assignees chosen were, Mr. P, Rolt,
lows :—" Reverend Sir, I am requested by a number of your
parishioners to present you with this inkstand and purse, as a 31. P., Mr. M. Hunter, of the Commercial Bank, and Mr. S.
testimonial of their respect, and as a small acknowledgment Turner, meachant. It is stated that the business s at Black-
of the many services you have rendered during your stay in wall will for the present be carried on under the superin-
Rainford. At the same tine, I am desired to say how very tendence of the official assignee.
sincerely they all regret your departure." THE PANAMA CANAL.—Colonel Totton, at Panama, after
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A. BOOKKEEPER.—James Mason, a a series of careful tidal observations, has decided that the main
well-dressed young man, was brought up before Mr. Mans- level of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean is without difference,
field, at the Police-court, on Thursday, on a charge of em- although, owing to the variations in the rise of the tide of
bezzlement. Mr. Thomas Reed, of Bold-street, stated that both places, there are times when one of the oceans is higher
the prisoner was recently in his employment as shopman, or lower than the other ; but their mean level, that is to say,
bookkeeper, and collector of accounts. On the previous their height at half-tide, is now proved to be exactly the same.
evening, Mr. Gand;y,-of Guion and Co., on being overcharged THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY COMPANY is trying an experi-
in his account by the sum of £5 9s. 6d., which he had paid on ment worthy of notice. Instead of first, second, and third-
a previous occasion, produced a receipt for that amount, class carriages, they are now running first and third only,
signed by the prisoner. The money had never been accounted carrying passengers in the first-class at what were formerly
for. When being apprehended, the prisoner admitted that he 1
second-class fares. The company expect to save by it, the
had kept the money ' • but he intended to have repaid it.—The number of carriages running in each train being less than a
case was remanded for a week. train of three classes ; and it is without doubt a great advan-
LIVERPOOL 'CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The first meeting tage to passengers.
of the seventh session of this association was held in the THE SALE of the farming stock of the late Mr. Philip Pusey
Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Thursday, Mr. John
took place last week, when the attendance of agriculturists and
Abraham, in the chair ; Mr. Wrharrie and Mr. Abel Jones breeders from various parts was exceedingly large. Six
were admitted as members ; and valuable donations to the hundred cross-bred ewes, which were not in a first-rate con-
library and museum were acknowledged. The president dition, averaged five guineas each. The ram lambs realised
having delivered the opening address and received a vote of from two to five guineas each. The Alderney cows, horses,
thanks, Mr. H. S. Evans exhibited to the members a sample and pigs, after considerable competition, sold at very high
of the false ipecacuhana, of which a considerable quantity was , prices.
now in the market. Mr. Mercer cautioned the druggists 1 '7_*o
A F RGERY on the Bank of England is under investigation
against the sale of spirits of wine, as the excise officers were_ !
ad
now on the alert. At about eht o'clock the members ,
at the Mansion-house. A man, whose name the police state
eight
journed to the Adelphi Hotel, where a party of about forty
is William Worsted, presented at the private drawing-office a
cheque . for £lso,purporting to be signed by Mr. Win. Cotton,
' is that
sat down to -supper. The chair was taken by the president, ,
andthe viceachair by Mr. Shaw. one of the directors. The mans statement his own
1 name is William Cotton—a circumstance which, if true, would
A Bow SHOT.—On Tuesday, during the " rejoicings," a boy •
• mot mend the matter.
five years of age, named Michael Roberts, was shot by the i
' roved at Doctors-commons. The whole of his property
wadding of ta pistol, or pistols, discharged by two men, by 1 TIIE WILL of the late Henry Colburn, publisher, has' been
entering the throat and otherwise injuring him. At the in- ,
;consisting of money in the funds, goods, chattels, and credits,'
shot, but only brownbe under £35 000 He has left his widow sole
is sworn to . , .
Tquhet
pl9.l.rs.,,,edeepoiss,edwhtchkateepths
f executrix, bequeathing to her the sum of £lO,OOO, together
siounsoe,an a person named P
paper wadding put into the pistols, and that the muzzles o .
with his easehold house in Bryanstone-square, furniture, pic-
the wevone were elevated in the air when the triggers were
ear ebesevral
pie-
pulled. Mrs. Lewis added that she could ascertain the men s
, tures, stock, copyrights, &c., and a like sum of £lO,OOO to her
sister, the wife- of Mr. Malcolm Douglas Crosbie, and her six
names.—The evidence of Mr. E. C. Garland, one of the sur-
children. With the exception of a sum of £5OO to Mr. Hurst,
geons at The Southern Hospital, was to the effect that the lad
had been brought there on Tuesday, and died on the following and two small annuities of £BO and £5O respectively to two
otherpersons, there are no bequeststo of his
day ; that on making a post mortem examination he found the
dependants.
right aran tonsiderably lacerated, a penetrating wound in the
chest ; and discovered embedded amongst the blood vessels of ' BOY MURDER.—William Sopp, a boy of twelve, has con-
the chest what appeared to be a cotton substance (produced). fessed to a murder at Hungerford. The body of a little boy,
The wound was 21 inches deep, and one inch in diameter. named Rosier, only four years old, was found on Tuesday
These injuiies and the effusion of blood into the chest were , week, on the adjacent down, with the skull fractured; the boy
the cause of death. The inquest was then adjourned to Sopp, who was cutting furze on the down, and had been seen
this day, Tuesday. in Rosier's company, was apprehended, and has confessed that
Tr HORSE. A fine, burly, well-dressed female, who
.4..ISSIN* ca. ...OREM.—
" Mrs. Stubbs, Thomas-stred," was on Satur-
. gave the address . him to go on the down with me to cut furze. We went
day charged,with being drunk and disorderly on the previous
• together. As I was using the bill-hook, the bill-hook came
thatatmidnight the ,prisoner was in
night. The officer stated airi out of the handle, and struck the poor little fellow on the
with cabman close to the Adelphi Hotel. Shehead—it knocked him down—he kept rolling about on the
conversation a .
horse badsore mouth. She
was abusingehim because his a
afterwards put her arms round the animal's neck, and gave it to-do it, and I killed him. I cut him on the head with the
a good kissing. The officer interfered, when the prisoner corn- bill-hook." h k " The boy has 1 - oo . been committed to Reading gaol.
menced a fearful warfare of words upon him. She was then SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—An accident of an extraordinary
taken to 'bridewell.—Mr. Mansfield (smiling).: Kissing the character took:place on Wednesday morning, at the London-
horse ? weer : Yes, sir ; she was kissing the horse. bridge Railway station. A train of 15 empty carriages was in
(Laughter.)--Mr. Mansfield : Was she sobeteenough to know the act of being withdrawn from the Brighton platform for
what she was doing ? Officer : Yes, sir.—Mr. Mansfield : transmission to New-cross, when, in consequence of the points
Well, woman,'what have you to say? Prisoner.: Yes, sir, I on the main line being set for a turn-table siding, the engine
did kiss the horse. (Laughter). I was angry that the poor took a wrong direction, and, notwithstanding both the driver
beast should :have such a sore mouth. (Renewed laughter.)— and stoker instantly discovered the error, and endeavoured by
' Mr. Mansfield: Well, your anger and affection were equally every possible means to stay the progress of the train, the
unreasonable. 'You must pay a fine of ss. and costs for being engine burst through the boundary-wall and fell into the street
drunk and disorderly. below, dragging after it the guard's break and one first-class
RAILWAY Atm CANAL COMPETITION.—The managers of carriage, and completely blocking up the thoroughfare of
the railway companies of the Leeds district have just entered College-street, Bermondsey. The driver and stoker leaped off
upon a contest \with the Aire and Calder Navigation and - just as the engine fell over, and escaped unhurt, and as no
Canal companies, which is likely to prove very interesting to passengers were in the street below, not the slightest personal
the public and the shareholders. Already the rates-of freight casualty occurred.
have been reduced-considerably below what is believed to be SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—A fatal and shocking occurrence
the actual cost of-carriage, especially by the canals, who .ap- has taken place on the South Devon line. As the up-train
pear determined, if possible, to carry off the traffic of the dis- from Plymouth, which is due at the Exeter station at 2.30 p.m.,
trict. The rates-of carriage between London and Leeds have was proceeding at its usual speed between the Exminster and
been reduced 6s. 6d. per ton in most instances, while bale St. Thomas's stations, a young man, respectably attired, and
goods and the higher class of merchandise are carried between having the appearance of a gentleman, was suddenly observed
Leeds and Hull for,exportation to any other part at 4s. 2d. per
\
ton, including collection, delivery, and all other charges. standing in front of the approaching train upon the rails, at a
distance of about twenty or thirty yards. It is said that he
Goods from Bradfordin the same way are carried to Leeds by was seen to wave his hat, and then throw himself directly
the light vans of the Aire and Calder Navigation Company, across the rails with au intent, as it was considered, to destroy
and forwarded by water at the nominal rate of ss. per ton. It his life ; at all events, before the engine driver could give any
is understood the Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester, Liver- warning signal, the young gentleman was knocked down, and
pool, and the whole district across the island, are likely to be the train passing over his body he was cut in two pieces
competed for in a similar manner. The competition has ex- lengthways, and his head was crushed to fragments. His mu-
' tended to Hull and across to Hamburg, and freights between
tilated remains were immediately gathered up and taken to
,
these places are at merely fancy prices, neither company da- the nearest house. In his pockets were found sonic keys,
ring to advertise its charges, but each taking goods for expor- money, and some maps of Devon and Cornwall. His name,
1 tation at merely nominal rates. however, is not known, but everything found upon him indi-
WEST DERBY GI J A.RD I At.ICE I.—The weekly meeting was held cates that he moved in a respectable sphere of life.
on Thursday, Mr. Joseph Harrison in the chair. The other uNDEE-TENANCY.—In the Chelmsford County Court, last
members present were Messrs. Edwards, Mountfield, Pitts, week, the Rev. W. Haswell, rector of Widford, brought an
Medcalf, Siddely, Pickup, J. Birch, Wensley, Shaw, Kirkus, action to recover from a farmer named Garwood a certain
Roberts, and Bolshaw. The governor reported the number piece of ground, being part of the glebe land of the parish,
in the house last week 605 ; admitted, 16 ;. discharged, 9 ; under the following circumstances :—Some time since the
died, 4. Number this week, 608; corresponding week last reverend gentleman agreed, by writing, to let a certain estate,
year, 516. Mr. Leger produced a return of the number of called the Glebe Land, to Mr. Attwood, for a certain rental,
-ratepayers, the amount of the rateable value of the property, which agreement it was stipulated was to last during the na-
and the amount assessed for the relief of the poor in each of tural lives of the parties interested ; last year, in consequence
the 22 townships in the union, as taken from the respective of getting no rent at the eXpiration of the year, he obtained
rate books for the twelve months ending the 25th of March, from Mr. Attwood a surrender of the estate, consisting of three
and -moved that it be printed and eirculated.—From this re- pieces of land, two of which Mr. Attwood had for some few
turn it appeared that the number of persons rated was 30,197; years underlet to the defendant by a yearly agreement. Mr.
the amount of the rateable value of property, £660,648 9s. 2d.; Buswell gave the defendant notice, by his solicitor, that Mr.
total amount to be collected on rate, £46,497 3s. sd.—A corn- Attwood had surrendered the land, but defendant refused to
munieation was read from the poor-law board on the subject give up possession, considering that Mr. Attwood was his
of the relative positions of the officers of the hospital; but the landlord ; whereupon Mr. Buswell seized the growing and cut
letter contained nothing conclusive upon this point, and a grass then on the field. The defendant still refused to give
motion was agreed to to the effect that the poor-law board lip possession, and hence the present action. There was a long
be written to and informed that the hospital had no con- discussion among the counsel whether Mr. Attwood's interest
nection with the workhouse, and requesting, as it was a in the property was such as to protect an under-tenant, and
separate establishment, the poor-law board would enable decision of the case was postponed.
them to appoint officers as if it were a second workhouse.—
A VOYAGE IN A LONGBOAT.—The South American mail
Mr. Cleaver intimated that lie had been .served with a county b.
~
court summons, at the instance of Mr. Johnson, surgeon, for rings news of the manner in which the crew of the Enter-
' prise escaped.. The Enterprise was bound from Callao for
the sum of £29 175., a claim for services rendered.—The Queenstown, and left the former place, loaded with guano, on
Chairman : That is one of our district medical officers for the 26th of May. On the 25th of July she encountered heavy
Kirkdale.—The subject was referred to the medical coin- weather, which carried away her rudder, and otherwise so
mittee, Mr. Cleaver to take the necessary steps for defending damaged her stern that she leaked to such a degree that it
the action, under the direction of the committee.—The bnsi- was found necessary to abandon her the next day. Accord-
ness of the board then concluded. ingly, the whole of the crew and passengers took to the long.
EARLY BENEFIT UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY.—In re- boat, with the intention of reaching Monte Video, 800 miles
porting a fire that recently occurred from a steam thrashing- distant. During this perilous voyage, in a somewhat crazy
machine being used on the farm at Arlingham, near Frampton- boat, Mrs. Gardner was safely delivered of a daughter, under
on-Severn, we alluded to the circumstance of the owner having circumstances of extraordinary privation and hardship, which
only a few days before secured himself against loss by effecting an continued, without intermission, for 14 days—theperiod these
insurance with the NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. We under- ,
stand that Mr. Pitcher received, on Saturday last, the amount of unfortunate l dto
peop e were expose tempestuous weather,
his damage, and at the same time the Policy of Insurance under cold, wet, and their food saturated with salt water, and for the
which the-claim was made; an incident doubtless of rare occur- last day or two no fresh water to drink. This, added to the
rence, but one strongly illustrative of the honourable course phu rc- havoc that death was making among their small party-15 in
sued by directors of that office, as well of the ben fits
the,pu
the all—must have been terrible. The carpenter, Israel Powell,
at large, Of the system of insuring their property againesit.eaoeunrnal.
was the first victim, on the 6th ; William Norie cook, next
apparently remote risk of an accident by fire.—Gloucester d , , . ;
and afterwards. Will' Thompson,
MRS. BROUG-H.—" It will be recollected that we were among boy. Their safferings
arose from drinking salt water and eventually madness c
the few who maintained the insanity of the unfortunate woman car- them off. On the 9th August •
Brouee who was tried for the murder of her own children. . The
proof her derangement was unusually clear; but it consisted Antonio, of and from Valparaiso, bound for Marseilles, fell in
partly in a chain of facts extending over a considerable period, with the sufferers in lat. 39.30 S., long. 50 W., took them on
and partly in reasoning upon well-known principles of physiology, board, and treated them with every kindness in his power to
Now, the correctness of this idea, which was ably supported at bestow.
the time by Dr. Forbes Winslow, is placed beyond a doubt, and On the next day the boy James Ladson died, On
we learn from the Lancet that her insanity has clearly shown the 14th the 0 •
Oriente spoke the Cornelia L. Bevan, from Bal.
itself since she has been in Bethlehem Hospital. The same kind timore, bound for Monte Video. Captain Gardner and his
of people who succeeded in getting the insane Baranelli hanged party were transferred to her, and on the 25th of August
clamoured for the execution of Mrs. Brough ; and we hope that arrived safely at Monte Video. At the h lel •
osn at this port
the terrible mistake they must now be aware they made in her the boy Richard Oliver died from
case will make them repent their conduct towards Buranelli, and gangrene in his feet, caused
by exposure. Through
be prepared to act with greater justice and discretion in futuregh all this terrible trial Mrs. Gardner
cases."—Attar.and the child survived, and both are improving in health.

The traffic returns of railways in the united kingdom pub-
lished for the week ending October 6 amounted to £443,692,
and for the corresponding week of 1854 to £405,646, showing
an increase of £38,046.
NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATE.—Thomas Ridgway Bridson,
of 3lornington-house, Southport, has been added to the com-
mission of the peace for the county of Lancaster. Mr. Brid-
son is also a magistrate of the borough of Bolton.
THEFT or A. FARTHING.—At the Glasgow Cestral Police
Court, on Wednesday, John Gallacher was convicted of steal-
ing a farthing from a woman in Salt-market on Tuesday
night, and sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment.
ROBEERT MACREADY, of Edinburgh, " the big drummer "
of the 42nd, chased three Russian bandsmen, captured and
brought off as a prize, their biggest drum, which is now the
regimental drum of the Royal 42nd, and played by himself.
WHISKY.—With the month of September departed the
restriction which for ages has existed on the free transit of
whisky from Scotland into England. The revenue duties in
both country are now alike, and the occupation of the
smuggler and the border ranger become extinct together.
SINGULAR INFORMATION AGAINST A 31.A.Yolt,—An in-
formation has been laid against the Mayor of Salisbury, for
having (as chairman of the Blandford Institution), offended
lin selling the newspapers to the highest bidder, without an
auction license.
TICE TURF.—The papers announce the retirement from the
turf of Mr. J. M. Stanley, the whole of whose stud of horses in
training, including Orinoco and Mary Copp, will be brought
• to the hammer at Tattersall's on the Monday after the
Houghton meeting.
LORD ERNEST VANE-TEMPEST.—This young nobleman,
, who was last week convicted, by the Windsor Magistrates, of
an assault on the manager of the theatre in that town, has
exchanged from the 2nd Life Guards into the 4th Light
Dragoons, now serving in the Crimea.
SEVERAL HUNDRED MEN will shortly be employed in North
Shields and Tynemouth in making the sewerage. A thousand
men will probably be soon employed at the piers, and it is
stated that six hundred men will be immediately engaged in
completing the defences at the harbour mouth.
IT is said in literary circles, that Col. Rawlinson has just dis-
covered among the ruins of ancient Babylon an extensive
library —not, indeed, printed on paper, but impressed on baked
bricks, containing manyand voluminous treatises on astronomy,
' mathematics, ethnology, and several other most important
' branches of knowledge.
IDIE CREDITORS op 'Tonic GROVER, bankrupt, at his ex-
amination last week, pressed for the disclosure, for their benefit,
of the receipt for a certain medicament of which he was the
proprietor. The commissioner said it was desirable that bank-
rupts should do the best for their creditors, but the court
could not enforce the disclosure of the secret.
FRANCES DAwsoN, a poor woman, sued Wells, a pawn-
broker, in the Westminster County Court, last week, for
three farthings, interest overcharged on a transaction with
I him. The pawnbroker paid the amount, with costs (2s. 11d.),
into court ; and the plaintiff, having to pay the fee of ld. for
drawing out the amount, came off, by this singular proceeding,
the loser of one farthing.
THE Staffordshire Advertiser mentions that a puddler
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BEGIRING-LETTER I3frOSTORS.-At the Police-court on
Friday, John Sloan and John Wilson were charged with at-
tempting to extort money on false pretences from his Worship
the Mayor. On Thursday one of the prisoners called at the
Town-ball, asking for some relief from the Borough fund in
the name of Mr. Roberts, saddler, of Dale-street. The mayor
sent to have the matter inquired into, and the police discover-
ing that the prisoners had long been carrying on the begging
letter system, they were taken into custody, with an immense
number of forged documents in their possession. Both pri-
soners were remanded.