The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-29 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDA_Y, JUNE 29, 185t2.

MAI, or THE MURDERERS OF CAPTAIN LUNE I
SON AND OTHERS ON BOARD THE LIVERPOOL BARQUE
HERALD.—. 4 the Hong Kong criminal sessions, on Sa-
turday, the 17th of April, twelve Portuguese seamen of
the Herald were arraigned for the murder of Luke Law-
son, on the 28th October, 1851, on board the Herald. The
circumstances of this atrocious affair will be fresh in the
recollection of our readers. The first count charged Va-
leria Fernandez with murdering Luke Lawson with a
hatchet, the others aiding and abetting. The second count
charged all the prisoners with murdering Luke Lawson
by drowning. Whilst the vessel was on her voyage from
Shanghae, the crew complained of the want of provisions
and water; and one of them was struck by the captain for
disobedience. "On Monday (said the principal witness)
I informed the captain that the crew had an intention to
murder all on board : this was while I was at the wheel,
about ten a.m. After that the captain armed himself
with two pistols, and he gave a pistol and a knife to each
of the mates and the carpenter, and that night he (the
captain) took away the knives belonging to the crew. I
remember passing Anjer. Do not know bow many days
we took to reach Anjer. Two nights after passing Anjer
1 was called on deck at one o'clock, by an order to 'about
ship.' I came on deck ; and, when hauling at a brace,
Corpos said, ' They are all dead.' He said, ' The cap-
tain and the mates are all dead—we shall have plenty to
eat and drink.' After that Gabriel de los Santos called
out to me for a bucket of water, which I took into the
cabin, where I saw four dead bodies ; they were piled one
above the other ; the captain's was the lowest. Two of
the prisoners, V. Fernandez and M. Corpos, were sitting
near the captain's wife in the cabin, armed with pistols,
opposite the dead bodies; they were guarding her. The
bodies I saw dragged out of the cabin ; the captain's body
was dragged out by three or four of the prisoners. I was
told by V. Fernandez that he had killed the captain—this
was three or four days afterwards. He (Fernandez) said
that every one of the others was afraid to go into the
cabin, and he went in and killed him himself with a
hatchet. The bodies were then thrown overboard." The
prisoners pleaded in defence that they had been almost
starved to death. The jury returned a verdict of guilty
on the first count ; and the judge, after a feeling address,
condemned all the prisoners to death.
HAILSTORM AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday afternoon
week, considerable damage was done to property in the
town and neighbourhood of Manchester by a storm of
hail, accompanied with thunder and lightning. Property
in Pendleton, Eccles, and Patricroft, appears to have suf-
fered most, and in these places mill and greenhouse win-
dows must have been destroyed to the extent of some
thousands of pounds sterling. At Patricroft the storm
commenced shortly before three o'clock, and the hail
descended in crystallised pieces of ice, nearly the shape
of pears. Messrs. Naysmith and Gaskell's works, called
the Bridgewater Foundry, had between 2000 and 3000
squares of glass broken in the skylights over the sheds.
Three of the hailstones picked up at Eccles weighed an
ounce and three quarters. At Eccles the cotton mill of
Messrs. John Chadwick and Brothers suffered to the
extent of upwards of 500 squares of glass in the weaving
sheds, besides glass broken in other parts of the mill.
The silk mill of Mr. Thomas Ainsworth, also at Eccles,
had from 1500 to 2000 squares of glass broken in the
weaving sheds. Here the pieces of silk in the looms suf-
fered great damage, not only from the descending hail-

DISTRICT NEWS

WARRINGTON.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of the
board took place on Wednesday, at the workhouse. Six-
teen guardians were present, and Mr. Hodgson, the chair-
man, presided.—Out Relief to Persons and Cost during
past week: District No. 1, 1061, £49 12s. 7d.; District
No. 2, 239, XI 2 13s. 6d. ; District No. 3, 410, £22 Bs. 3d. ;
—total, 1710 persons; cost, £B4 14s. 4d.—Number of in-
mates in the workhouse was 13G, and the number of va-
grants lodged and relieved 180. Compared with the cor-
responding period of last year, these returns show a de-
crease of 116 in the number relieved, and of £6 14s. Bd.
in the cost of relief, an increase of 9in the number of in.
mates of the workhouse, and a decrease of TIO in the num-
ber of vagrants. There was no business of importance
transacted.

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forbearance that had been shot
Commons.—Lord LYTTELTON
after a few remarks by Lords Nl'
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and by Earl GREY, who con
Company were hardly treat(
second time, and their lords
ing some other business.

NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday week, as two young
men were walking along the bank of the Sankey Canal,
observing the towing rope of a flat lying loose, and the
horse standing still, by way of joke, one of them took up
the rope and threw it round the neck of his companion.
Immediately the horse set off, the rope tightened, and the
unfortunate fellow was nearly strangled, when fortunately
the rope broke, and the impending result to the unthink.
ing act was averted. For smite time, however, his life
was despaired of, but he is now recovering.

THURSDA

In reply to a ques
Earl of DERBY informe
tion of the governmen
allowing chicory to be sold vt

LordCLANR;C

HANDSOME PRESENT TO THE REV. B. M. HUNTING-
TON.—On Friday week, a presentation was made by the
children of the Warrington Blue Coat School to the Rev.
B. M. Huntington, MA., cnrato of St. Paul's, who has
performed the duty of lecturer and examiner at this noble
institution for some time past. The present consisted of
a copy of the Holy Bible and Horne's. Introduction to the
Critical Study of the Scriptures, in 5 vols., handsomely
bound in blue morocco, with gilt edges.
HAILSTORM.—On Monday afternoon one of the most
severe storms of hail and rain, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, that has for a long time occurred, passed
over this district. In the borough, although the hail-
stones were remarkably large, the storm was compara-
tively harmless ; but in the neighbouring villages in
Cheshire it appears to have raged with great fury, break-
ing off the branches of trees, and doing immense damage
to the fruit trees and vegetables of every sort, as well as to
the hothouses and conservatories in nurseries and gardens
within the range of its effects. At Appleton Hall, the
seat of Thomas Gow, Esq., about 8,000 panes of glass were
broken in the conservatories, &c. ; and at Grappenhall
Heyes, the seat of Thomas Parr, Esq., extensive damage
was done. At several places the hailstones were mea-
sured, and were found to range from three to four inches
in circumference. At Walton, a gentleman was curious
enough to pick up 15, which were found to weigh 18}oz.

PRTDA

After a discussion on the co
of criminals-with France, in s
RICARDE, the Earls of
and some other noble ion
into committee on the '

when the several c
then brought up,
third time on Monda
Several other bills
lordships adjourned.

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HOUSE OF COM
At the morning sift
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stones, which wetted the fabric and destroyed the colours
for nearly a yard in length in each of about 230 looms
but from the pieces of glass knocked throu

ters of militar
the SECRETAR

h upon them

g and otherwise d

in contact with. Mr. Charles Noyes, market gardener,
Sandy.lane, had glass destroyed to the extent of nea
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2000 squares in his greenhouses ; Mr. J

tion or ti

an, of Barton, a market gardener, is said to have
a loss, in glass and fruit, to the extent of nearly

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The hail ha's made sad havoc with fruit, especially

with pears, apples, gooseberries, strawberries, and other
kinds, in exposed situations, which are not only knocked

would lose no tin
tention to the su
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e trees, but cut to pieces in an extraordinary
manner. About two-thirds of the glass in a hothouse,
about 30 yards long, at the residence of Mr. R. Gardner,
in Swinton-road, near Pendleton, was broken. A piece
of ice, about three inches long, was found among the
fragments of glass by the gardener ; and another large
piece, which came through a kitchen window, struck the
arm of a servant girl with great force, by which she was
considerably frightened, and at first thought the limb
was broken. The storm reached Pendleton about a quar-
ter past three o'clock, and hailstones were picked up
measuring three inches in circumference. These fell with
great force, and many persons struck by them were much
hurt. In the weaving sheds of Sir Elkanah Armitage's
mill, about 1500 squares of glass were broken ; and at his
residence, which is near the mill, about 300 squares of
glass in the greenhouse were broken. The darkness was
so great during the storm that the machinery had to be
stopped and the hands to leave off work. At the mill of
Messrs. T. and J. Ashworth, Pendleton, about 1380
squares of glass were broken over the weaving sheds, and
they describe the hailstones here as being conical-shaped
and crystallised at the thicker end. Some of them were
fully an inch in diameter. The storm did not reach
Manchester until about four o'clock, but it lasted until
nearly five. The upper part of a chimney belonging to
the Old Quay Carrying Company, at their premises on
the left bank of the Irwell, in Water-street, Manchester,
was struck by the lightning at about half-past four o'clock.
About 30 feet of the chimney, which was about 75 feet
high, was torn entirely down, and fell through the roof
of a four-story warehouse below and an engine-house
adjoining. No person was injured by the accident except
one of the porters, who was on the premises, and who
was slightly hurt by a falling brick.

alleged improper con
Islands, when Sir J

Commissioner, havin
not be hastily judged

The house lien we
Metropolitan Burials
cussed during the ma

INEQUALITY OF TA)
In reply to a question b
to the inequalities in the
the CHANCELLOR of the I
yoking the constructi
be solemnly argued in

RECOVERY OF

In answer to an
to the assistance w

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—'
A motion was made by the Duke of WE
d of disc

ne of the troops on

SAINT

The Earl of DESART moved the second reading of the
New Zealand Government Bill, and after urging on the
ond giving a sketch

ailed on their to

s to con-

o it in the House of

pported the bill

Lii the Duke

:tad to parts

le measure,
land

by it, tt

ps adjourned after despatch.

. JUNE

on from Lord T

NGTON, t
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rescind the treasury minute

coffee

185, requiring the assent
of a railway in case of a proposal tor a.
be referred to a select
After considerable discussion, ►n
Lord DERBY, and several otl-
motion was agreed to.

gamatlon, should

committee for consideration

The Metropolitan Water Bill, and
were read a second time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

RNM EN

MALMES

took part, the

tiler bill

.ration for the extradition

s of CLAN-

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took part, the house went
I Government Bill,

New Zea

s were agreed to

SATURDAY, JUNE

e report wa

ered to 1

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d their

The house assembled at two o'clock
Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack
Earl of Hopetoun took the oaths and his seat.—The
River Company (Supply of Water to the Metropolis) B
was read a third time and passed.—The Metropolitan Bu-
rials Bill was read a second time pro forma.—The Gene-
ral Board of Health (No. 2) Bill and the Public Improve-
ment Bill were read a second time.—The report on the
County Rat's Bill, with amendments, was received and
agreed to.—Several Bills passed through committee, and
were reported.—Their lot

,t which hour the
—The

ships then adjourne

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THE CASE OF 1,1:Intl:A, THE
In the evening, in roply to
1111LNEs,—Lord STANLEY gave t
a coloured man named Pereir•
board a British brig, and my'
on the vessel being compel'
harbour of Charleston, i•
cast into the common g
the slave law of South Car

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a were cl

on put by Mr.
fs of the case of

a, an articled seaman, on

British protection, who,
; distress to put into the

d States, had been

aol, and was detained there under

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relating

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