The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

MURDER OF A HUSBAND--
Wednesday, Sarah S
murder of her hush

At the Lev

ith, aged 43,
d, at St. Leona

him through the heart. The prisoner and her hush
were both in liquor at the time. She was convicte
manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' transportat

AT THE YORK ASSIZES, on Tuesday, Thomas Goocher
and Willicm Stacey were convicted of throwing stones at
and after an engine on the Midland Railway at Brins-
worth, in the West Riding, on the 4th of May last, thereby
endangering the safety of persons conveyed on the said
railway, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment.

SATURDAY was a great day for Glasgow—
night in the drinking way," says the G/a, _
" which has been experienced in Glasgow for
time." The day was a hlliday, but, being ra
people were riot tempted off by the railways, and
themselves to the whisky-shops.

the roughest
:sooty Herald,

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The select committee of
the House of Commons, in their recently published re-
port, recommend that freelibraries, mechanics' institutions,
and other public institutions, be supplied with Parliament-

ary papers. The committee recommend that a committee
be appointed at the commencement of each session to
consider all applications made for Parliamentary papers.

• •
UMBRELLA COMPANY.—A company has just been
started in London, designated the 'Umbrella Associa-
tion," for the purpose of hiring out umbrellas and
parasols in wet and sultry weather, the borrower to lodge
a shilling for the safe return of the article, and pay one
penny an hour for the loan. The company have already
laid in a stock of 25,000 umbrellas and parasols, and
intend forming several district depots in London.
NEW LINE ON THE CLYDE.—The Glasgow and White-
haven Screw Steam Navigation Company's steamer Solway
was, on Monday morning, launched from Messrs. John
Scott and Son's building-yard here, with steam up, all
ready for sea, being the first time the extraordinary feat
has been performed on the Clyde, and probably in the
world, of a steamer being launched with the machinery on
board, and the steam up.—Greenock Herald.

THE DOG TAX.—The occupier of a house is liable to a
the assessed tax on a dog kept there. though it may belong
to a lodger. Wherever the dog is found, the householder
is subject to the duty, unless he proves it is paid for; and
as it will hereafter be 12s. for every dog, occupiers of
dwellings will do well to be careful about those animals
being brought to them. Llrge numbers of dogs are being
killed in consequence of the alteration in the assessed
taxes, which includes all the canine species in the impost.
Quicx.WoßE.—A girl has just been tried at Dorchester
for concealing the birth of her child. It appeared that on
Monday she was haymaking till six o'clock in the evening.
She then went into a lane and was confined of a child,
then milked 12 cows, and did her household work before
she went to bed ' • rose next morning and milked the 12
cows again, and did her household work during the day.
At night she was taken into custody, was afterwards com-
mitted for trial, and was absolutely tried on the following
Saturday.

THE MAMMOTH STEAMER.—The following are the
dimensions of the iron steamer about to be built, by Mr.
Scott Russell, for the Eastern Steam Navigation Com-
pany. She is to be 620 feet long, 100 feet beam, 6000.
horse power, and 12,000 tons hurthen ; to be propelled
by four paddles and a screw; and the horse-power will be
thus proportioned-2000 for the screw, 2000 for the mid.
ship paddle-wheels, and 2000 for the fore paddle-v.-heels.
The engines, which have already been contracted for, are
to be constructed immediately.—Mining Journal.

Vv
DEATH OF AN EQUESFRIAN.—A melancholy occur-
rence took place last week, involving the death of one of
the female equestrians in the establishment of Mr. Cook.
During the performance of the troupe in Gosport, upwards
of a week back, Mrs. Smith received a serious injury by
her leg having come in contact with a bar, while she was
galloping in the circle. She was received as an indoor
patient of the infirmary in Carlisle, and had apparently
so far recovered, thAt in a few days more she would have
been discharged. On Sunday last, however, as she was
sitting in bed reading, the patients, whose beds were
nearest`
and
to
give a
hers, OfbesweTsviel
odrthaeraspfasl.l suodadeenxlaymbiancaktioonn, hershe
pillow,
was found to have expired.

SAVE-ALL WATER-TAP.—A great proportion of the
water supplied to the psorer districts of large towns is
absolutely wasted. This is particularly the case with
public taps in yards and courts. .From negligence of one
sort or other, more than half the water is lost. Frequently
the taps are " left running " all night. I would suggest
a water-tap and box for public places, which it is presumed
would entirely prevent the possibility of waste. It consists
simply of an ordinary tap, fitted at the side with a lever
and weight. When the weight is raised by the hand, the
water flows; but the instant the weight is released, it
falls into its vertical position, and shuts off the water.—
A Correspondent of the Builder.

Mn. RONEY ON CANADIAN EMIGRATION FOR IRISH-
MEN.—The following extract from a private letter, written
by Mr. C. P. Roney to a friend in Dublin, exhibits some
singular facts in connexion with emigration from this
country :—" Instead of my being astonished at the im-
mense amount of emigration that has taken place from
Ireland during the last few years, my surprise is that the
whole of the peasant population has not already come,
either to this country or to the United States. During
the three weeks that haie elapsed 'since I landed, I have
travelled 1,850 miles by,rail and steamboat ; and, although
I am told that I have not as yet visited by any means the
best portion of Canada (Upper or Western Canada), I
have seen quite enough of it to convince me of its inex-
haustible resources, and the glorious field that it is for
the employment of the Irish people."
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QUARANTINE.—The Commissioners of Customs have
issued orders to the collectors and controllers at the
several ports throughout the United Kingdom, directing
them to prepare and transmit, with all practicable des-
patch, a return, in detail, of all vessels which have been
detained in quarantine during the five years ending the
Ist of July inst., at the respective ports, specifying the
name of each vessel, the date of her arrival, the port
from which she last sailed, the duration of the voyage in
days, the number of the crew and passengers on board
the disease for which quarantine was imposed, the nurr
ber of cases of sickness and of death during the Toy-
and the number of sick on board when she t
durtaion of quarantine imposed, and whether any
how many fresh cases of sickness occurred during the de

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"correspon-

A LADY'S DILEMMA.—In looking over t
dence " of some of our more fashionable papers, it

. .
perceived that most of the " answers "relate to complaints
on the part of the fairer half of creation, respecting the
ravages which atmospheric influence makes with the com-
plexion. In lieu of bloom and beauty they expatiate on a
long train of personal disfiguration in the shape of pim-
ples, tan, freckles, &c.—eruptive horrors, all ! And what

is a lady to do in this dilemma ? She has her bane :
where is she to look for an antidote? Why, it is before
her in Rowland's Kalydor—a mild, soothing extirpater of
all impurities of the skin; prepared from-the choicest ex-
otics of a balsamic nature ; utterly free from minerahsub-
stances ; harmless in its components; grateful in ite
effects. It neutralizes atmospheric extremes, promotes
the healthy action of the mieroscopk vessels, and thus—
..

" Adds-to beauty all the charms Of health,"-See A.
THE RAILWAY KING.—The transactions betwee

Hudson and the York and North Midland Railwa3,---Co;
pany have produced several actions, another of which w
argued, during Wednesday and Thursday, in the Ro
Court. Various claims were made by the oompany tic
their late chairman, on account of interest on mor
kept in his bands, of overcharge in brokerage,,_ and
cially for a con,'

lerable margin of surplus
obtained upon 2300 ton 3 of iron rails, hr.ying cont.
in his own name for the rails, at £6 10s. per ton,
afterwards transferred to the company at £l2, kce;
the difference for.hiniself. After a very long hearing,

Master c

the Roils reserved

somepoint

over the evidence, but decided that Mr. Hu