The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

PARKE AND KENRICK

MOST respectfully announce, that theyhavetfil.::'n th6P.l:a,
Premises lately occupied by Mr. Horr "'"idge, Con.
fectioner, No. 2, Oldhail-street, (one door froth the-jEI..--.A
db.
change,) Liverpool, which they have penedm as,respecfabl e`i
TAILORING & OUTFITTING ',STA BLISHAIENT.4I
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in the above departments, and their dcter44.oSicp.-tzitT4sly
a GOOD ARTICLE AT A monEri4TE„,..cliAliGt.,:, tlicy ecgAilently
anticipate a share of public patronage. - • _.,.. 7;.0,
All Transactions for Immediate Payment_ .-- ~„ ' ~, - , -t ~e

A NEWLY-INVENTED .POCKET BAIZONIAIEItftI"
ONLY SEVEN INCHES' IN"
,!, I.ENitilikrillmt,
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by the most scientific men of the age peNeet in pritteipiporatlWT
from numerous experiments, accurate in .resilte...4 qt,.
equally applicable for Nautical purposest and takinaltitwltisi -‘1
and will be found more sensitive jn its indications of atmos-
pheric changes than the ordinary 131rometer. r„,
Sold only b}• A. ApttArtAil; ciptician and Mth e
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Instrument Maker, 21, Lord-street, Liverpool, and,a,
at Athis
Establishment, 8, Exchange-square, Gilsgow.
20, Lord-street, Sept:24. -

THE WINE COMPANY ,OF SCOTLAND'.
62, HANOVER...STREET, t
RESPECTFULLY call the attention of their Friends#
and the Public to their present exte ye and select
Assortment of the undermentioned " • • -
BRITISH WINES •
RASPBERRY, 0 -GE,
CURRANT, , RAISIN,
STRAWBERRY, CONSTANTIA,
GOOSEBERRY, PORT,=and'
COWSLIP, 1 -
The WINE COMPANY have on hand a 41arge./40,NDED
STOCK of PORT and SHERRY WINES. frOm 19 to
•
£45 per Butt, well worthy- the Ateritidnii?'
Samples may be tasted on applicatkm-arthttrOfliee:,' •
Matured Old PORTS and SHERRIES,'•in,43O3IO,• front..l.t
265. to 40s. per Dozen. - _ .
Always on hand, a supply of Edinburgh ALE and London
PORTER for Exportation, either in Wood tirTlottle. '

GREAT PSODUCE.—In the spring of this year`,` a r'esObt.
able farmer residing at Whillimoor, purchased a bushel of
barley, of the early ripe kind, weighing twelvc,stone, for .19s.
which he sowed upon some potatoe land, and this autumn it
has yielded not less than 1291 stooks.'The-land froni
this astonishing produce has just been reaped. is part of it.
tile-drained five yards asunder and one yard deep, the tiles
being covered with brush-wood and topped with soil.—Car-
lisle Patriot. • - . .
•
THE WESLEYAN CENTENARY FUND.—The general trea-
surer states that be has received £33:1,010. 25.2 d; in actual
money. The committee have adopted the pfeositiOn- to di-
vide amount already paid up among theaarriottg objects Of the -
fund, to the amount of one half the suing originally. appro-
priated, according to scale :—Forjbe purposes
of the TheologicalqiStittitiai; £27;000";; for 'ThelVeslevan
Centenary Buildings, end to the Wesleyan
ciety, £2,000.; for the. relief of distreSsed.Chapels, M 8,500.:
for the better support of worn-put preachers and their widows,
£8100.; towards the erection zi,centenarY morimpental
chapel in Dublin, £2500.; "to the Wesleyan'Edueation Com-
mittee, £2500.
SINGULAR PHENOMENON,.---4)ll.Saturdny last a column
of water of considerable length and diameter, the Higher part
of it an elevation-of about 69 degrees, wits seen from the town
(Stranraer) in a N.W. direetiOn;arid descending'graduaify
from a dense mass of dark clouds, from which the column_
was discernable by its lighter hue. Although nearly calm at
the time the column in its descent moved gradually to the
N.E. until it approached the Loch off the tail of the S.,eanr,
when it burst with considerable violence, producing in the
water an ebulition similar to that effected by the paddle-
wheels of the largest class steamers. The day had been
lowering and showery throughout.— Galloway Register.

A NOVEL MODE OF CONVEYING A PaisoNEß.—Last
week Briscall, one of the Cheshire constabulary, apprehended
John Norman, of Appleton, on a warrant charging him with
an assault upon his wife. • The prisoner turned restive, and
refused to Accompany . the officer to the ,Daresbury petty
sessions. After considerable resistance he was,,aately secu-
red, and a donkey cart having been procured, the pi iscmer's '
hand-cuffs were chained to the tail of it, and the prisoner was,
as a matter of course, :cotnpelled• to 'folio*: -,ltYberi_liefore
the magistrates he assaulted: several of the..constables, and,
in default of finding bail to keep the peaCe,,w,es eeaitnitted
to the hotiseofcerreetion for twelve ininiths./tincliester
Courier. ' , • - • •
PROGRESS OF AIF.TIIDDISNII77-4-3Yfis,,StOtPil ',ollrilesdaY
last, on the occasion of laying the
New Centenary WesleyanClia66l,iii SCSitviou gr a--Wi`ork,
by the Rev AlexPlitell,ill'hYtfirteEd tiett f? §; Ihiftinfig So-
ciety was first established in 1739, when eight or ten' young
men met in, logndimi, bu 6 no,,cettainnumbet.wf,,tiotorembers
in years immediately subsequent could be feeinnd„ ypt,
1769, thirty years after the forniation of the society; there
were 28,267 members ; in 1779, there were 42,507 ; in 1'739;
there were 74,254 ; in 1199, 180,751 j, in 1809, 431,001 -in
1819, 473,962 ; iii 1829, 725,074;; in 18;39,ceacnarY yew,the number of members was 1,112,51 V. The increase in,, ,
their numbers thus eichibited, proved they Were not going
down, as some alleged.—Leeds Intelligemcer.
ANCIENT DRUIDS:—The Rev. Dr.,Wolff preached last
Sunday. afternoon, in his church at Litithwaite.e:tei-a congre,
gation consisting of . about 500 Druids and, 500. of
parishioners, froin Acts 17e., v. 22 to 78; b4n winch occasion
he spoke on the Ancient. Druids, whorto he the
Brahmins of the Northi..and showed', the resemblance be-
tween the costume and manners of. thepresent Tartar:;
.•
around Bokhara and the AnCient Druids, and be strongly
urged that Christians ought to inake'reiligidn ob-
ject of all transactions of life, as the Ancient Druids did.
And as they performed their religious rites.,witlizeal, Chris-
tians ought to attend to the ordinances of'the church with
still greater zeal; if not, the Druids Of old -Writild rise in the
day of judgment against the Druids of the present day, who
profess Christianity according to the words of ChristPiti
Matthew c. 11. v. 21. -After the sermon a collectio,r.i4l7
made for repairing the church.—Leeds Inlelligencer.
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NW DtseovEßlES.—Captain hairhaff erect ~
Valparaish, an observatory for the purpose of taking;tofffe4
lunar and other observations. It is situated on the itif,,heftr.
hill, where he can, when the sky is clear, see far into eternity, •
and watch the movements of those in the nether regions. He
had got all his famous instruments, telescope's, &e.,
he purchased in London at an extravagant arise,' up into the '
cupola, and had taken, on the 19th of May, four lunar ob-
servations, by which he discovered a large hole pr excavation
in the moon. It was supposed that, by some rupture,. part
of it had caved in. At -another time, several itna-renSe animals
were seen to move about, and some time was occupied in
looking at their movemehts. It was, however, discovered
that they were pieces of dirt and flies which had,coljected on
the outer glass of the telescope. Our correspondent men-
tions that they are very sanguine of finding. a ..nevYcluster of
stars, and of settling the long. vexed que,stion whether the
moon is habitable or not.—Neu Fork horning Herald.
ARREST OF SEVERAL. CHARTISTS.—rI U; named Wzr.,
Peatfield, who is a weaver at ‘PilkingtOnio dttgainst,whom
Nt bill for attending seditious meetings AS fainid!at- the late
Liverpool assizes, was brought up at the Wrought. court ye-s
terdavrhaving been .apprebet44l4,i,e preescling,day, r.
Hughes, the constable of Pilkington, under a henah warrant.
The magistrates on the' bench' at Elie tithe vi4e- tire mayor,
and Daniel Maude. ESq.' The mayor Said- the amount of
bail they should require to ensure the prisoner's appearance
at the assizes was, himself in £lOO. and two sureties in £5O.
each. The Prisoner said he was a poor man, anti a .1.-;10: bail ,
would he sufficient to bring him into any•court:' *The Mayor
then said they would take two sureties in each, und the
prisoner himself-in £6O. As no bail was forthcoming, the
prisoner was then removed, and has since, we believe, becu
conveyed to Kirkdale house of correction, for trial at the
next assizes.-=We have elsewhere noticed, that V Simp-
son, a Rochdale delegate, has been apprehended, under a
bench warrant, for a similar offence; and we arc. told that lie
was required to enter into his own recognizanetsis £lOl,.
and two sureties in £5O. for his appearance at thio next as.:
sizes at Liverpool to take his trial.—Another clunlist,natued
Joshua Stowell, was apprehended at ll.aslißdnit, on Thurs-
day
evening, by the constable of thatplace,„94Apench war-
rant ; and, in default of sureties, he was conveyed to Kirk-
dale, there to await his trial at the next aOize.--,-I,l42tehester -
Guardian.

DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE AND INCRNDLkRISAI..*A epee of
the most revolting- and barbarous ontraget'whielywe ever
heard of occurred on Friday
..-Fe'nnight,, at tis.:solitary.ifartn-
house, situated afar .from other habitations at tbel'ellside,
about a mile and Khali from the towiLBf,Shtihburmin Bow-
land. A mere outline of the case was sent to us last week,
just after the publication of the Standard, since which time
we have made-a few inquiries, though we have been unable
to ascertain the particulars as fully and authenticaay as we
could desire. The result- of our inquiries, however, is as
follows :—lt appears that the farm-house we have mentioned
is occupied by a brother and sister named Waterworth, son
and daughter of Mr. William Waterwortb, of Croasdale
House. On the day in question the brother was abient upon. -
business, and Miss Waterworth was left alone in the house.
About three o'clock in the, afternoon she was engaged in iron-
big some linen, when two ruffianly-looking-fellows,.yonng
in years but experienced- in crime, dressed in old Oailoi.e
clothes, and without shoes and stockings, boldly entered the
dwelling, and, finding it unprotected save by a weak female,
threw Off the mask of mendicancy and avowed their villainous
character of freebooters. Times were, it is said, when rob-
bery was robbed of many of its terrors by the politeness of
its professors, especially when a woman was in the case ; and
we have marvellously fine tales about the gentleness of.foot-
pads' hearts and the generosity of their natures Bait our two
sailors had studied in a different school; they were hrtital in
mind and practice. In the first place they lavished theAkest
obscene and disgusting language on Miss Ttraterwo*-ittia;
having expended their foul and most filthy.S4on-lbetvr-
rified young woman, they threatened her witleitista4id4st4 .
if she did not put them in possession of all file Inoti
valuables the house contained, or if she made the least, lartn'
or resistance to their proceedings. She replied tharthere
was only about nine shillings in the house, which shOvould
most readily give to them if they would depart quietly...- This
sum of money we believe they took, and having thine so,
they obliged Miss W. to drink a quantity of opiate medicine ;
after which the vagabonds proceeded, with sundry blasphe-
mous and horrifying threats, to divest her of every article *St
apparel. They stripped her stark uaked,.tied. her hands and
feet together, set fire to part of her habilimeuti, threw the
blazing linen into an upper room, by which the house Was
set on fire, ransacked the premises, and then decamped.
Miss W. contrived to extricate herself by tindoing.fhe knots
wherewith she was fastened with her teeth, and after gi cat -
exertions and manifold perils alarmed her nearest neighbours.
The fire was extinguished without doing any material damage,
and of course a hue and cry was speedily raised -after these-.en'f -
daring and villainous scoundrels. On Saturday two akennft lab
were taken upon suspicion, but, though cjroinitted to Wake--rt:.Y-Itir
field gaol as vagi•ants, they were elearlYexonerated. &flaying
been concernedin the above crime. Since that time no trace
of the offenders has been found. The young woman, we are •.
told, has recovered from the effeeta of her barbarous treat-
ment.—Blackburn Standard.