The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

MURDER OF A SAILOR IN LIVERPOOL.

One of the most savage murders which have lately taken
place in this town was investigated before the coroner on
Saturday, when the following facts were evolved from the
examination of the witnesses. On Tuesday evening
William Goodfin, a sailor, was drinking in Taylor's public-
house, Pall-mall, with two other sailors, and a woman
named M'Grath, when the prisoner, Susan Campbell, a
girl of the town, residing in 4 Court, Pall-mall, joined
them. She came up to Goodfin and asked him to treat
her. This he refused to do, and tapped her slightly with
his fingers. Shortly afterwards he left the house with his
companions, bidding the prisoner good night. She im-
mediately ran after him into the street, and stabbed him
with a knife in the neck, whence the blood rushed out
profusely. He was being conveyed to a druggist's, when
some police-officers came up and took him to the
Northern Hospital, where he gradually sank, and ulti-
mately died on Friday morning, about three o'clock. In
the course of the investigation it was proved that on
Tuesday morning the prisoner had threatened to kill
some one with the knife (produced) which was found on
the Wednesday morning near the scene of the murder,
by a lad named Morris. A Mrs. Edwards, in whose
house the prisoner resided, identified the knife as one
which had been left in her house by a seaman, and which
she bad several times seen in the possession of the
prisoner. Mr. B. Wall, house-surgeon at the Northern
Hospital, said that the deceased had died in consequence
of the internal carotid artery being divided. It might
dune by a knife similar to the one produced.
of death. The
prisoner, after
being
cautioned, stated that she had nothing to say in
Thathave been
wound
was the cause
"
her defence, and the jury, after a brief consideration,
returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against her. She
was then removed to Kirksdale
.Ghaocmmence early nextl,o where she will re-
main till the next assize, whlc
month.

ACCIDENT.—On Saturday forenoon, Patrick Marrow,
aged fifteen, who resided at No. 6 court, Cockspur-street,
while crossing St. John's-lane was run over by a spring
cart and killed on the spot.
ISLE OF MAN.-Our town has been well filled with
visitors during the week, the steamers having landed
greater numbers than in any previous week during the
season. There is also a favourahle feature in the class of
arrivals this season, there being more than double the
number of cabin passengers than in the corresponding
p ldateyeear, and consequently a better class of visitors
aupraerrtivo arriving.suf &-Abtaathgl,
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PRODUCE.--For Sugar, there was a limited
demand, and the sales amounted to 750 hhds. 8.P.,
at previous rates, and 500 bags Cossipore, at 41s gd
per cwt. But little inquiry for Foreign, and sales
confined to 100 hhds. Surinam, at 32s to 345, a
small lot of Porto Rico, at 39s 3d, and 2,500 bags
Paraiba, at Igs in bond. Molasses difficult of sale.
For Coffee, very little demand, and only 80 tces.
Jamaica sold, with a small parcel of fine ordinary
St. Domingo, at 44s per cwt. Of Rice, 250 tees.
Carolina sold at 24s 6d to 255, with 7,500 bags
Arracan, at 9s 9d, chiefly to arrive, and 2,000 bags

Bengal, at lOs to lls 9d per cwt. for broken to
good white. Rum in good demand, but limited
sales at steady prices. Tea: The trade shows more
disposition to purchase blackish leaf Congous from
is Id to is 3d; the extreme firmness of holders
has, however, restricted operations; transactions
generally have only been to a moderate extent;
quotations for all descriptions, except common
Congous, are well maintained. Saltpetre in better
demand, and fully 2,000 bags sold, at 25s to 278
for 81 to 5 per cent. refraction, being 6d per cwt.
higher. Of American Rosin, 1,200 brls, have been
taken, at 43 6d for common, to 9s 6cl per cwt. for
the better descriptions. Hides : At the public
sales on Tuesday, a fair business was done at late
prices. Olive Oil has been more inquired for, and
about 70 tuns have been sold at irregular prices.
Small sales of pale Seal and Cod Oil have been
effected at former rates. Pale Rape Oil continues
to improve. For Linseed Oil there is more demand.
Spirits of Turpentine 48s per cwt. Of Palm Oil
400 tons on the spot sold at rather irregular prices,
ranging from £36 5s to £37 10s, and 300 tons to
arrive at £37 to £37 lOs per ton. The Tallow
market a little flatter, without any material altera-
tion in prices, Petersburg Y.C. selling at 545, North
American, at 535, and South American at 50s to 535,
according to quality. An active demand for Jute,
at an advance of 20s per ton.—TO-DAY we have
little to report in Sugar, the business, including
Saturday's sales, comprising 150 hhds. Barhadoes
at 33s to 375, and 2550 bags Pernams at 18s 6d to
19s 3d per cwt. There is nothing to notice in Mo-
lasses or Rum. Of Coffee, 225 bags Rigo have been
sold at 43s per cwt. We have no change to report
in the Tea market; common Congou is unsaleable at
the late quotations. 1000 bags Madras Rice, at
auction, brought lOs 6d per cwt. A small lot of
Saltpetre (LC per cent. refraction) realized 30s, 10
chests good orange Shell Lac 50s, a trifling lot of
Cutch 39s per cwt., and 430 bags Bombay Linseed
50s per quarter from the quay.
WooL.—We have had rather more inquiry during
the past three or four days, and a bettor feeling is
generally manifest. Stocks in the manufacturers'
bands are now considerably reduced, and we may
very shortly expect a re-action from the almost in-
active state which has prevailed in this market for a
considerable time back : prices are a little easier.
The public sales in London are progressing steadily,
at an average decline in price of about 5 per cent,
on the series in May last. Considering the very
large quantity offering at these sales, and the dis-
turbed state of this branch of trade, caused by the
unsettled state of foreign political affairs, the de-
cline is not so great as was generally anticipated.
In English and Irish Wools not much doing ;
prices are again a shade in favour of the buyer.
Skin, very dull sale.
IRON.—There has been a considerable tone of
firmness in the market since the recent quarterly
meetings of ironmasters. The old quotations have
been adhered to, but many are in favour of an ad-
vance of 10s per ton. Glasgow Pig Iron is quoted
to-day at 54s per ton. The steadiness which has
now been maintained for some time has tended in a
great measure to restore confidence, which a short
time since was considerably shaken.

LIEUT. WrLLIAM HUTCHINSON, of the Royal Ma-
rines. has been cashiered for passing his commander in a
contemptuous manner and not saluting him.

LAND Tivi REDEMPTTON.—On Saturday the bill of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer was printed to reduce the
terms on which the land tax in Great Britain may be
redeemed or purchased. It is intended to provide that
the consideration for the redemption of the land tax be
less by £l7 10s. per cent. than the consideration fixed by
the 42nd George Hr., chap. 110.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—WhiIst some miners
were driving an adit in the hill at Hills Coppice, Buck-
fastleigh, Devon, last week, they came against the walls
of a house, several feet under the surface of the wood.
They are clearing around the walls to ascertain what the
building consists of, as no person living ever heard or has
known of any house in the wood.

STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—The first half-yearly meeting
of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Company took
place on Friday, when the report brought forward was
unanimously adopted. The prospects of the undertaking
are described as encou►aging, and the directors state that
the communications they have had with parties engaged
in the Australian trade confirm them in the belief that
they have selected the best route..
DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday a
dreadful explosion took place of a boiler in connection
with the Herbert Park. ironworks, between Bilston and
Darlaston. There were about thirty men employed, and
as soon as the steam had cleared away, it was discovered
that two were killed, and eleven injured more or less.
One of the injured men expired on Thursday, and three
others are not expected to =coy er.:— Birmingham
Mercury.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH DEVON LINE.—On
Friday, the 50th Regiment arrived at the Plymouth sta-
tion, the train, which did not arrive from 'Windsor until
about eleven o'clock, having been much delayed on the
road. On its arrival a man, named Saunders, imme-
diately jumped down between two of the carriages for the
purpose of unhooking the chain by which they are con-
nected together, when his body: was caught between the
" buffers," and he was almost instantly deprived-of life by
the pressure—the train, it is presumed, being set in
motion ere the deceased could guard against the accident.

FIRE AT AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—On Saturday
evening, a fire broke out at Abercorn Mews, Violet-hill,
St. John's Wood , London. It originated in one of the houses
belonging to Mr. Ponsford, but who the occupier was is
unknown. The fire was caused through the head of an
illicit still being blown off; and the spirits becoming
ignited, set fire to the loft, over a coach-house fitted up as
a distillery. The alarm having been given, the parties
renting the premises, during the confusion which pre-
vailed, effected their escape. The brigade and parish
engines were soon in attendance, but considerable damage
was done before the fire could be extinguished. The con-
tents, of course, were uninsured.
LANDSLIP AT Brusron.—Owing to the heavy rains of
Wednesday and Thursday, a large portion of land at the
extremity of Brandon-hill, which overhangs Jacob's
Wells, Bristol, gave way on Thursday morning, and fell
down on the houses beneath, causing a very considerable
destruction of property. At the back of those houses are
courtledges, and also behind them a wall had been
erected for the purpose of protecting them from the floods
front the bill, but the rain fell in such tremendous tor-
rents, and gained so much force in descending the hill,
and being augmented by some waters from a super-surface
drain in connection with the National Schools, which are
in. the immediate vicinity, that it overbore the wall, and
carried it away for the length of six or seven houses. The
amount of the damage must be considerable.
THE INDIA PATRONAGE at, the disposal of the Leaden-.
hall-street Board during the year 1852-53 is thus set forth
in a return just obtained by Mr. Bright :
Civil Assistant
Nominations.. Cadets. Surgeons..
Chairman ..... ... . ... . 4 14 2_
Deputy-chairman
22 Directors each) 44 (fi;uch) 154 (1 each) 22:
President of Board of
Control

56 196 28
The number of proprietors holding Tndia Stock on the 3rd
ult., was 1,785, consisting of 1,374 males and 411; females.
Of the males, 1,055 were entitled to 1 vote, 235 to.avotes,
50 to 3 votes, and 34 to 4. votes. Of the females, 320
were entitled to 1 vote, nto 2 votes, 12 to 3-. votes, and
7 to 4 votes.

A Siinsw.—At the Worship-street Police-court, Lon-
don, last week, Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael, a young mar-
ried woman, was charged with assaulting her husband, a
sedate, middle-aged ironmonger, at Upper Clap.ton. The
plaintiff deposed that, on the 6th instant„his wife, after
charging him with inconstancy, threw a basin, three heavy
pieces of iron, and a heavy hammer at his head, that when
he fled. from her she pursued, and, having caught him in
the street, she twisted his cravat till he was almost
strangled, ultimately ripped up his coat tails, and would,
in his opinion, have torn him to pieces bad he not
escaped. A short time before this she flung a live kitten
at his face in, such a vindictive manner that, though for-
tunately for him be succeeded in escaping it, yet it came
against the brick wall with such force that it was in-
stantly killed and its brains dashed- out. She was con-
victed in the penalty of £5, and on being taken to prison
in default of payment she became perfectly frantic. She
was again conveyed before the bench, and an arrangement
was entered into that she should receive a weekly pe-
cuniary stipend from her husband, from whom she pro-
mised to live apart.
BREACH OF PROMISE.—At the Huntingdon Assize,
on Saturday, the case of Jackson v. Hart was tried before
the Chief Justice.—This was an action for breach, of pro-
mise of marriage, to which the defendant pleaded that he
did not promise. The plaintiff is the daughter of a
farmer, who in the year 1846 went to reside with his
family at Cockayne Hatley, in the county of Bedford.
Shortly afterwards the defendant became acquainted with
the plaintiff's family. ; he was not apt in penmanship, and
used to get his letters written by the plaintiff's father.
In the year 1848 the defendant, who was then 41 years of
age, made proposals of marriage with the plaintiff to her
mother, who reminded him that the plaintiff was then
only 17 years of age, and would have no fortune ; but,
at the same time, she said she would not interfere with
her daughter's wishes on the subject. The plantiff and
defendant then became engaged to one another. The de-
fendant introduced the plaintiff to friends of his as his in-
tended wife, addressed her sisters by the name of "sister,"
and twice fixed the wedding day, which was twice post-
pened—once on account of a fire having taken place on
the defendant's premises, and causing considerable
damage. The defendant then fixed the month of February
in the present year. The plaintiff's father, however, i hen
removed, being in an ailing state, to a village in the neigh-
bourhood of St. Neot's, and shortly afterwards to St.
Neot's, where he died. Before his death the plaintiff's
mother observed appearances which, on inquiry, con-
, firmed her fears that the intimacy between the plaintiff
and the defendant had been taken advantage of by the
defendant to effect the ruin of the plaintiff. The father
being dead the defendant refused to marry the plaintiff,
and eventually married a lady, a relative of his own, and
a member of a family in apparently comfortable circum-
stances. On the 29th of June the plaintiff gave birth to
a child, which lived only a few days. The jury returned
a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £5OO. In discharging
the common jury, the Chief Justice, alluding to the state
of this county, which is almost entirely under water,
caused by the continued rains, expressed a hope that in
going home they might not meet their bey floating toyrucla

MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

EAR'S, SUNDAY EVENING.—A private telegraphic
despatch from Dresden, of Sunday, says :—"TheDresden
official journal confirms the news that Russia had accepted
the offices of mediation of England and France.
A despatch from Constantinople, of the 9th, says :
' No ministerial crisis- had been caused, as was antici-
pated, by the passage of the Pruth.' A general convic-
tion of a pacific solution prevailed. Negotiations con-
tinued regarding the affairs of Costa at Smyrna."
At Constantinople a conspiracy against the Sultan!S
life had been discovered. Fifteen Mussulman students
were executed.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at five o'clock.
THE TURKISH QUESTION.

v
The Earl of MALaeESBUnY wished to put a question, to
ssi bGI eo from
Govern-
as
n-
Government on,the subject of the affairs of the asLancl
limtuochemabs
a rproass
is
sayingdoing
ys ot h
ihneg should
caobus
ment in the matter. The question, however, arrived at
ldtainteans
such a crisis,,that it was no longer for the dignity of the
country that he should remain silent; and since the
French government had not only announced, but pub-
lished, their answer to the Russian " note "• of Count
Nesselrode, he wished to know if her Majesty's Govern-
ment had made any, answer, too ?
The Earl of CLARENDON said he must remind their
lordships. that there was a wide difference between the
constitutions of Russia and France and that of England ;
and that while the former facilitated the early publication
of state documents, the latter required that such a pro-
cedure should only take place through the medium of the
two Houses of Parliament. He could state, however,
although the negotiations now going on must he viewed
somewhat in the light of a private correspondence, that
Government did not feel themselves called upon to reply
to.the first note, but they had replied, to• the second note
in similar terms to the French answer. In due course
this answer, together with the other- documents, would
be laid before. Parliament ; and in the meantime he could
assure their lordships that Government had no apprehen-
sions of the affair ending in open hostilities.
The Earl of MALMESBURY was not disposed to treat
this correspondence as private. The notes from Russia
were an appeal to the whole of Europe, and great injury
would he done to the Turkish cause by allowing the an-
swers to remain unpublished.
Lord BEAUMONT wished to know when the production
of the correspondence might be expected.
The Earl of CLARENDON hoped the negotiations now
going on would be brought to a close in a few days ; but,
at all events, whether that was so or not, he could have
no difficulty in promising that the papers should be forth-
coming within that period,
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said it was reported
that the Russians bad not only entered the Danubian
principalities, but actually taken upon themselves the
functions of managing their civil and public affairs,
and he should be glad to know if there was any truth in
this report.
The Earl of CLARENDON had certainly seen such a
report, but the Government had received no information
tending to confirm it. It was stated in the newspapers,
indeed, that the Russians had seized the post-offices in
both provinces, but, according to the latest intelligence
which had come to the hands of the Government, the
Hospodars were still discharging their functions of civil
government.
The subject then dropped.