The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

We (Limerick Chronicle) have Sydney, New South Wales
papers, to the 17th October. The colony was in a sad state
for want of rain—the wheat crops sickly, the grass burnt up
and some of the inland rivers quite exhausted. In conse-
quence the price of seconds and ration flour advanced £2 on
the ton. Upon one farm at Bathurst, 1,000 lambs were
killed to save the ewes, for want of grass. Col. Snodgrass,
Brigade Major, applied to the Sydney council for £l,OOO, to
reimburse him for superintending the mounted police, and
keeping charge of the colonial ordnance. The colonel said
his staff pay was but £175, while his expenditure was five
times more in the year. The Colonel was to resign the office
of Brigade Major on the arrival of Major Genefal Sir
Maurice O'Connell, the new commander-in-chief; who in-
tended one of his sons for it. Having a family, Colonel
.Snodgrass proposes to take land in lieu of his demand, and to
settle in the colony. Another Judge is to be appointed by
her Majesty to the colony of New South Wales, where the
bench will then consist of four. Sir George Gipps, the Go-
vernor, had written to the Colonial Office to send out this
year two ships with emigrants direct to the new settlement of
Port Philip, not calling at Sydney, the usual route, which was
tedious and expensive. The few barristers at Sydney had
"struck," as it is there termed, for higher fees. Rev. Mr.
White, a missionary, had arrived on his way to New Zealand.
An auxiliary missionary to the London parent society was
formed at Sydney, where the Governor attended the meeting.
The Rev. Mr. 'Williams and Rev. Mr. Hunt addressed a
large assembly, the former stating that he had brought out
20,000 copies of the Holy Scriptures for distribution in the.
South Sea Islands. The Rev. R. Knopwood, acolonial chap-
lain, died in indigence at an, exposed cottage, upon Clarence
Plains. He was an associate of George IV., when Prince of
Wales, and dissipated a fortune of £90,000, which he in-
herited from Norfolk, in the gaieties of Carlton-house. Mrs.
Plunkett, wife of the Attorney-General, was severely hurt by
a fall from her carriage. Intemperance, the besetting sin of
New South Wales, can be easily indulged, when brandy,
rum, and gin, average in the colony but 4s. to is. the gallon.

DOVER.—The small-pox continues its ravages here, al-
though every precaution has been adopted by theprofessional
and leading men, with a view, to induce the poor to introduce
vaccination into their families ; but such is the infatuation of
the ignorant, that they see their offspring perish, one after
another, and yet resist the means of averting the fatal effects
of the loathsome disease. On Friday last a soldier belonging
to the 43d regiment, or Monmouthshire light infantry, named
Wyman, died of this disease in the 24th year of his age, and
was interred with military honors ; several children also have
died of the same disease, not one of whom have been vaccin-
ated ; whilst on the other hand, wherever this precaution is
adopted the patient experienced the disease in a mitigated
form.—Dover Chronicle.

ROWLAND HILL'S DESCRIPTION OF A SOCINIAN.-Mr.
Hill had always a very strong aversion to Socinianism. A
few months before his death he was in the company of two
or three private christians, not ministers, when the subject
of Socinianism chanced to be introduced into conversation.
" I'll tell you what," said Mr. Hill, when beginning to take
part in the conversation,—" I'll tell you what I consider a
Socinian to be like. He reminds me of a jackass eating
thistles." "In what way, Mr. Hill ?" asked one. "In
what respect ?" inquired a second. " Why, in this way, or
in this respect, that the jackass spits out whatever part of
the thistle it does not like, and the Socinian spits out what-
ever portion of the word of God is not pleasant to his spi-
ritual palate."—The Metropolitan Pulpit; by the Author
of " Random Recollections."

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday last, a
young lady, who had just entered her teens, the daughter of
a respectable person carrying on the business of a tinner in
York, eloped with her mother's journeyman, who is a
widower, and the father of several children. The young lady
has not yet finished her scholastic studies, and went out as
usual at nine o'clock, to school. Shortly after the journey-
man tinner asked her mother (who is a widow) for leave of
absence to see the soldiers at the barracks, which was granted
on his promising to return in an hour and a half. That pro-
mise was however broken, he never returned—and noon did
not bring home the young lady from school. Inquiry was
made, and it was found that she had played truant and eloped
with her lover, who no doubt had his eye on £1,200, to
which his youthful runaway is entitled under her father's
will. As yet, we believe, no clue has been found of the fugi-
tives.—York Chronicle.

Da. CROLY'S STYLE.—Dr. Croly's style is eloquent in
the highest degree, though his eloquence is of a peculiar kind.
It is a style which is entirely the reverend gentleman's own :
it has not only no parallel in the case of any other living
orator or writer ; but I know of no speaker or author of a
previous period, whose style Dr. Croly could have fixed on
as his model. His eloquence is remarkable for its oriental
luxuriance. It is rich in imagery and metaphor of a striking
kind, as to impart a dazzling brilliancy to matter which, if
expressed in ordinary phraseology, would be regarded as only
of a very common-place character. Its remarkable richness,
indeed, absolutely cloys the intellectual taste. Dr. Croly's
works, to be read with pleasure, must be read by piece-meal.
The remark would apply with equal force to his reaching,
were he to preach for some hours in succession. here are
ministers of the gospel whose elopuence is of that easy and
delightful kind, that you could listen to them with unabated
pleasure for three or four hours at a time : Dr. Croly begins
to pall on the mind or the ear—l do not know which of the
terms is the right one—by the time he has addressed his
audience for three quarters of an hour, just as the physical
stomach sickens soonest with the richest sweetmeats.—The
Metropolitan Pulpit; by the Author of " Random Recol-
lections."

A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.

(From Me Manchester Guardian.)

About twelve o'clock on Thursday night last, the guests at
the Sun Field House Inn (so called from the Inn standing in
large field called the Sun Field), on the Hyde and Denton
road, about three quarters of a mile on this side of the Crown
Point, Denton, were alarmed and shocked by the entrance of
a man bleeding profusely from the mouth, apparently from
some severe wounds inflicted on the upper and lower jaw,
both of which had been broken by the force of the blow or
blows. The nature of the injury he had received prevented
the man from speaking ; and at length some parties, dis-
covering that he could write, put questions to him on paper,
which he answered, in the, same way, though apparently with
great difficuity, and he seemed to suffer much pain. Some
persons offered him wine, as a restorative ; but he wrote,
" Some water instead of wine." He also wrote " I cannot
swallow." A number of interrogatories were then put to
him, some of which, with the answers which he wrote, so far
as we can make them out (for it appears to have been painful
to him to write at all, and after a word or two his hand be-
comes illegible), we copy from the papers in his possession,
correcting the orthography. We should first state that a
pistol was found, either in his possession, or lying by the
place where the injuries would appear to have been received,
and that some powder and shot were found in his pockets :
" What is your name ? John Edwards.—How has it been
done ? [This question he did not then answer.]—Had you a
pistol ? Did you fire it yourself? I had. I did not ; but
would have fired, had it not been taken from me. [This
question is repeated in another place.]—Did you fire it your-
self? No; 1 don't know what occurred.—Where do you
come from ? I travelled some hundred [The rest of the
sentence is an illegible scrawl ; but the next word appears to
have been meant for " miles."]—What was it charged with,
bullet or shot ? With a bullet about the size of a marble.—
Was there more than one person ? I was so surprised at the
ruffianly conduct that I did not know,—How was it done ?
Somebody came upon me.—[He appears to have been asked
if any thing had been taken from him, for the next sentence
is]—l had no change taken from me. [We understand that
he had upwards of £2. in gold, silver, and copper, in his
pockets when he entered the inn.) Some of the persons at
theinn thought it desirable to go to the place where the man
had received this injury ; and, on leaving the house, they
found they were able to trace their way by the drops of blood
on the road. They crossed the road from the house, which
stands on the north side of the road (the left side going from
Manchester), to the opposite side, and turned down a foot-
road, leading, we believe, to Hyde Hall, and thence were led
into a field, near the corner of which, at a distance of from
three to four hundred yards from the turnpike road, they
found a pool of blood. We have been unable to ascertain
whether the pistol was found on this spot, or in the man's
pocket. The poor fellow being evidently in a state of much
suffering, and also of apparent danger, an attempt was made
to convey him immediately to this town ; but no vehicle could
be procured at that hour ; and, we believe, it was some hours
afterwards before a spring-cart was obtained, and he was
placed in it and brought to Manchester. He was taken at
once to the Royal Infirmary, where he was admitted at five
yesterday morning,and his wounds were promptly attended to
and dressed.

Mr. Gaskell, the house surgeon of the institution, finding
a shot, one of the larger sizes, in his mouth, asked the man
whether the injury he had received had been inflicted by a
bludgeon or other blunt weapon, or by a pistol. The man
wrote " Both," and the general appearance of the mouth
and jaws is such as to favour this supposition ; for, as we
have stated, both the upper and the lower jaw are broken.
He was asked, " Have you any friends, that you wish to
have informed where )ou are?' but the patient appeared
evidently reluctant to answer this question, and indeed did
not answer it, though repeatedly put to him. Another ques-
tion also he manifested a disinclination to answer, viz.,
" Where do you come from ?" This he evaded.
In the course of yesterday afternoon, we called at the In-
firmary to make some inquiries after the poor fellow, and
had then an opportunity of seeing him. Judging from his
countenance, though of course the lower part of his face is
much disfigured by the shocking injury he has received, we
should suppose him to be about thirty years of age. His
hair is light ; his complexion fresh-coloured ; his hands not
very hard • and altogether his appearance, as well as his
attire, is that of a house-servant in the country, a groom or
coachman. He wore a blue surtout, with gilt fancy buttons
(dead or frosted, not bright gilding), a green Valencia waist-
coat, with black sleeves, and drab cassimere trousers. Be-
sides the money and papers already mentioned, a broken
piece of a long dressing comb was found in his waistcoat
pocket. Before we left the room the poor fellow appeared
to be losing his consciousness, and to be in a feverish state ;
and we understand that his situation is one of considerable
danger.
In conclusion, weighing all the circumstances of the case,
considering that no robbery appears to have been committed,
and that no other motive can be easily imagined for so savage
and murderous an attack upon a man who is not known, and
who would seem to be a stranger by his own account (inco-
herent as that must be acknowledged to be) ; coupling with
these circumstances the facts of his having a pistol, powder,
and shot, and the alleged attack taking place in a field, with-
out any reason assigned for his quitting the road; looking,
also, to his own reluctance to state his residence, or to give
the name or address of any friend; taking all these circum-
stances into consideration, we say, we confess we are led to
believe it possible to have been the act of his own hand,
—whether the result of accident, or of an attempt at self-
destruction, we do not of course presume to guess. We
understand that this was the general opinion in the immediate
neighbourhood, amongst those who saw the man, and visited
the place.

It is not a little singular, that the constable of Denton,
who was in Manchester yesterday, should not have commu-
nicated anything connected with this strange affair to the
Manchester police, though several of the officers saw him.
No information had been received of the occurrence at the
Manchester police-office last evening, when we made inqui-
ries there concerning it.

OPENING OF THE NEW BATHS AT SOUTHPORT,

(From the Wigan Gazette.)
Thursday was a gala day in the beautiful village of South-
port, on account of the opening of the splendid baths lately
erected there on the new sea wall. A very gay procession
was formed at the Bold Arms Inn, at eleven o'clock, as
follows :

Flags.
The Workmen, two and two.
Band. •
The Trustees.
Directors.
Architects and Solicitors.
Shareholders.
Gentlemen of the Town and Neighbourhood.

The Scholars.

Of Mr. Walker's Academy, nearly fifty in number.
The procession proceeded along the village, round Wel-
lington-terrace, from thence through Coronation-walk, along
the promenade on the shore side to the baths. On arriving
there, the party were admitted to view the baths, after which
the crowd generally were admitted. All having passed
through, expressing themselves highly gratified by the sight,
the procession was again marshalled, and returned, taking
the route along the promenade, through Coronation-walk, to
the Bold Arms, headed by the youths of Mr. Walker's
Academy. The shareholders then retired to enjoy the plea-
sures of a bath, and at three o'clock the public were admit-
ted to a similar treat.

The building itself is a handsome ornamental structure,
erected in a neat and substantial manner by Mr. R. Wright,
builder. The architect was Mr. Clayton. The point of the
building towards the sea is erected of pale-coloured freestone,
from the quarry at Scarisbrick, and appears well calculated
to resist the sea blast ; the centre is composed of a circular
building, containing a public news or waiting room, which is
surrounded by a semi-circular colonnade or portico of the
lonic order, at each extremity of which are situated the re-
spective entrances to the ladies' and gentleman's baths ; ex-
tending to the right and to the left of the centre buildings
are wings formed by, pilaster, considerably insolated from the
body of the building, and which, being connected with the
colonnade, form a continuous promenade from one extremity
of the building to the other. The example of the order ap-
proximates to that of the Temple on the Illissus, but the ar-
chitect seems to have blended the severity of the Grecian ar-
chitecture with the lightness and elegance of the Italian—an
innovation which perhaps ought not to be commended as a
general principle ' • but certainly in this instance much judg-
ment has been shown in producing a design so characteristic
with this rising and attractive watering-place. The internal
arrangements are roomy and convenient.
The entrance on the gentlemen's side, from the circular
portico, opens into a spacious corridor, in part supported by
isolated pilasters ; to the left is the gentleman's swimming
bath, about 25ft. by 66ft. inside, surrounded by dressing-
rooms, and which has a constant supply of fresh water from
a fountain near the centre ; to the right of the corridor are
situated a range of private baths, each having adressing-room
attached, and which can be used either as a hot, cold, or
shower bath. The corridor next conducts you to the inva-
lids' and medicinal baths, to which separate entrances and
waiting galleries are attached, and terminates in the engine-
house, which is fitted up as a conservatory for the reception
of tropical plants and exotics. The ladies' baths possess
nearly similar arrangements, excepting that an extensive tepid
bath is provided ; and which is used in mornings for ladies,
and in afternoons for gentlemen. Pipes are laid a considera-
ble distance towards the sea into extensive reservoirs, and
sea water is drawn from thence by a steam-engine, erected
by Messrs. Galloway and Co., of Manchester, into tanks
covering the whole space of the centre building ; from these
tanks the several baths are supplied by a convential flow of
water.

The whole arrangements were under the management of
Mr. Robinson, whose exertions are entitled to great praise.
At four o'clock, the trustees, directors, shareholders, and
a large party of their friends, sat down to an excellent dinner,
provided by Mr. Halfey, of the Bold Arms. William fill,
Esq., in the chair. H. Watkin, Esq., officiated as vice-
president.

- After the cloth was removed, and the health of her Ma.
jesty had been drank with the usual honours, T. Kershaw
Esq. in a suitable address, presented Mr. Hill with a richly.
chased Silver Cup and Salver, which bore the following in.
scription

" Presented
to
WILLIAM HILL, Esq.
by the Inhabitants of Southport,
on the occasion of opening the Victoria Baths,
not more as a testimonial of their lasting gratitude for his
valuable exertions in forwarding this spirited undertaking,
than as an expression of the grateful sense they en-
tertain of his important instrumentality in
promoting the eminent improvements
connected with this Village,
2nd May, 1830."
The Chairman acknowledged the compliment paid to him
in suitable terms ; after which, a variety of toasts were
drunk, and the hilarity of the evening was kept up to a late
hour.