The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

GENERAL NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

,_ ' es The Britannia, 120 guns, is reported to be ready for
Ititenillt oP erns ARM We understand that it is sea on the 7th instant.
fark'lingste ask parliament. in the estimates of 185253, On Monday afternoon, General Lewis Grant died Bud-
luoat s eeer"l•eae to ',the present nuinbers of the army of denly. of disease of the heart, in an omnibus.
.I'4 ,'''''ne, mem— Horning Herald. Some ostriches are in training in London, and can, it is
tole% ',PIMA)? SQUADRON.—It is generally reported ssid, beat the swiftest racehorse. They are are ridden by
the es Bl4Ash' squadron is about to be withdrawn from a little boy.
tlll o;;Triast of Africa, and a single iron war steamer, to A gentleman was committed to the London House of
lilbstittlCima Of. :the chief ports once a fortnight, to be Correction, a few days since, for an assault, and was
tit ir,. ;or it. driven there in his own brougham•
tile b ntitileThilirlCNCES.—Orders have been received at The Turkish Government have at present in course of
acties—'etal outports, to render the guard-ships fit for construction in England, seven steamers of 800, 700, 300,
ttorp. 'el service. The dockyards are to get the see- and 200 tons.
otte; or eathlehip made complete and kept separate irom At Watton, Northumberland, there is now living a goose
%ties °'•e's that they may be ready at the shortest known to be 65 years old, and the mother of 600 to 700
ate lieles Messenger. goslings, 10 of which were hatched last. year.
Itsitr°tltkit CotteciiieNcE.— The Rev, Mr. Winton, The late Lewis Raphael, E.g., the brother of the late
Rob %he, Atriaton, in the sermon he preached in Dr. Alexander Raphael, Esq., MP. for Sr. Alban's, has be-
ee a eherCh, Glasgow, on the Sunday before he q'aeathed, it is said, £lO,OOO to Cardinal Wiseman.
letia:sad waiich was, we believe, the last he delivered The revenue of Aberdeen hat-hour for
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water,words
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itiitt - eroughtest U 9 out into a wealthy place." p' Stir of
en Dukei has retired from the Coal Exchange,
mod, PIRMINDHAM TRIENNIAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL
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NC,' 'o' otters than half a century, has maintained a London, with an ample, fortune, after a long and honour-
able connexion therewith, extending to thirty-three years.
Yeits•l Primtation in the musical world, takes place this A subscription is being raised for the purpose of placing
,tibe Under the patronage of the Queen and Prince a bust of Lord Denman in the hall of the Law Institute,
alssettil and. tinder the presidency of tee Right Honour- Chancery-lane. The subscribers are the members of the
esi ed Leith • the days appointed fir its celebration
st the a'Law Institute and the profession in general.
Tee ~ "H. 8'11; 9th and 10th of September next. A girl, fourteen years of age, was enticed away from
DriedkillijUßLEANS FAMlLY.—Cardinal Wiseman. accom- her parents, at Leeds, by a gang of thieves, and, when
1,,,,1tY !ifs Seeretarv, Mr. Searle, and the Right Rev. discovered, was in the midst of a course of lessons on the
Attledliei, of Edinburgh. visited her Majesty Maria art of picking pockets.
Inettl)4. the ex-Queen of the French, and the rest of the Feargus O'Connor has quitted England to reside in
tile ei ers of the Orleans family, at Claremont, towards France, his health being much impaired. He has trans-
theif"e of the past week. The cardinal was received by ferred the copyright of the Northern Star to Mr.
It 'tistrions exiles in the kindest msnlier.—Standard. M`Gowan, the publisher, and Mr. Fleming, the editor.
iMbrlttllLß DEATH FROM FIRE.—On Saturday, the The shipowners of Lynn have been peculiarly unfortu-
the-ePnts of Kentish Town. London, were :alarmed by nate during the last, two years, in which time not fewer than
iloiliZs of fire from No. 1. Craven-street. occupied by a nineteen vessels belonging to the port have been totally
Leist;e'n• Upon enterine the house, they found Sarah lest.
Nis uniirSageel 7. one mass of flames. The poor crea- Mr. Somes, the ship-builder, has just imported in the
IN' who 'was burned to a cinder. was carried to the Coromandel, from Moulmein, the largest mast ever
• Is:teil‘mti.s (!ollege Hnspital, where she expired. brought into this country. It is of teak, 72 feet long,and
?tide ItlittPUL AND FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On 27 inches in diameter.
the e morning, a number of late-irers were at work on The sea pilots belonging to the Ttne have purchased a
sight 1'41;1101am line, at the Sudbury station, when the handsome and powerful steamer, to be employed in board-
the
tae a.m. up-train arrived rather suddenly. All ing inward-bound vessels when the state of the weather
1410—" got out of the way of the train, excepting one, precludes the employment. of their ordinary boats.
osyeawas knocked down and passed over. He was con- One of the Gloucester police was seen on Sunday night
lie e;_t,ei. the University College Hospital, London, where lately, carrying a child to the Torsley prison, because the
?Ail'', ed. youngster had refused to take a dose of medicine pre-
Oolne IPRRISM IN THE PEERAGE.—On dit that a certain scribed by his mother.
tom; rtd. closely connected with a ducal house, is about. In the Daily News of Friday last, it was announced
*bleb in fortita pauperis for the annual allowance to that the Marquis of Clenricarde, Postmaster-general, had
ssia•ltl ",eaed peers are entitled from a common fund, resiened his office. His intention to do so had been
selvs:.ne in existence, and exclusively supported by them- rumoured for several days previously.
not b , though an application of the present nature has The Morning Herald states that the Metropolitan po-
-81:se!' e!'en made in the memory of the oldest (political) lice-officers are henceforth to be drilled in the same way
want. ' as troops of the line. The arrangement was to take effect
feIIIN°ULAR OCCURRENCE.—As some workmen were from the Ist instant.
esiltng timber near Herne-bay, they discovered in the A man was accidentally burned last week, near Alnwick,
inteertsil one of the trees a cavity, in which were the re- beneath a quantity of hay, and suffocated. A stick was
Of l--; n' a cat. The skeleton was entire, and some hair, lying below his neck, which, from the weight above, had
jecte-antlY colour, yet remained on the skin. It is con- borne upon and compressed the jugular vein, causing
%aired that the animal, having entered a hollow part of suffocation.
liseree, was unable to extricate itself, and the wood in Last week, a lady was observed to drop her gold watch
the;eB:l of years had grown round it. The skeleton of from her pocket at Richmond, Yorkshire. It was picked
411e,,—' will be sent to the Canterbury Museum.—Canter- up by a poor man, in very destitute circumstances, who
,te.trpourna/.
followed the lady and restored her property, and was
Ur
about ~14, ()TED MATRICIDE.—A man named John. Iliff, rewarded with a " Thank you ; you are very honest .
gem! 'lO years of age, and who was formerly assistant The Blair Iron Works. which were advertised oi be sold
Yerese ni. Trinity Church, Southwark, and has for many by public sale in the Royal Esehange Sale- rooms, Gas •ow,
%lea reside d with his mother in Horsemonger-lane, on did not find a purchaser. No one made an offer, and the
Year morning cut the throat of his mother, who is 72 sale was adjourned. The
. works are amongst the most
Nelda,' are. She screamed, fell to the ground, and was extensive and valuable in the west of Scotland.
hore?lng in a pool of blood. lliff ran to Horsemonger A correspondent of the Daily News suggests that as
tee n'ye a tremendous double knock at the prison gate, there has been an almost total disuse of fire-arms among
toosuserciaimed,," Take me in, I have done it, I have the British population, grounds should be set apart for
ritl .-1. er..d
my mother." Her wounds, however, are not
' practice, and legislative facilities afforded for the formation
of rifle clubs throughoutTnsT
the country.
eteckhe man is quite insane.
aCHATEAU OF HAW—This now voted building was The Russian brown bear at the Royal Zoological Gar-
lilties ,in iIB present stater by
Odon V.
in 1216, on the dens here,on Mondaylast produced three cubs. InJanuary
kOni?' castle datin pobably from the time of the 1850. we announced the birth of two cubs by the same
'll,-.4.18. The principal tower of this bastille is called mother. We are not aware of any previous example of
%es Int du Connetable de St. Pol." For the last bears bringing forth in a state of captivity.—Scotsman.
the sand years this castle has served as a state prison, While the steamer Courier was on her last trip from
iro,,esn's of its memorable inhabitants were Charles the Gothenburg to Hull, she burned ail her coals on the
Przoi!' ,king of France, in 923 ; Louis XI., king of voyage. In this emergency the captain had recourse to
karaZ. 19 1470 ; Miraheau, 1782, &c. Its . xternal ap- some oil-cake on board, thirty tons of which were used to
which 3IS quite in keeping with the mediaeval period in keep up steam.
kti. It was erected. Lieutenant Pim has returned to England, his enterprise
tempo "Lalt AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday af- to seek for Sir John Franklin being for the present
IlOeo.!, as James Robson, about twelve years of age, abandoned. This officer is now a volunteer for employ-
wag , James Robson, gamekeeper, residing at Daiswinton, ment in the expedition intended for the search to the
the olniing himself by cutting out men for a draft beard, north-west of the Wellington Channel.
'eke se'le slipped and entered the lower part of his thigh Lord Campbell has laid down as a rule that every plain-
Starts"clilch force as to sever an artery. The little fellow tiff or defendant who is to be called as a witness must be
N k UP and attempted to run across the road to his out of court from the commencement of the cause until
thet bunnle, but was so weakened with the loss of blood he is put into the box, and that as soon as be has been
koeslrete he could reach it he fell down. He was re- examined he must again leave the court.
of ,ii to his father's house, where he died in the course Mr. G. Herbert Rodwell, the well-known musical com_
tSea: minutes. before medical aid could be obtained. poser, and also author of "Tile Memoirs of an Umbrella,"
ePort.W STOEM IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—The " Old London Bridge," the extravaganza of " Bluff King
oetees received last week describe all the coach roads Hat," and " O'Dotioghue," died on Thursday week, at
'eith :„4 la und e e and Inverness as c ,vered six feet deep his residence in London.
toad e-s•,°sw, and no communication could be made till a Mr. &dell, naval architect, at Stettin, and Mr.
'time oft through. Near Carr-bridge, in Caithness. Ruthven, an English engineer, have constructed a ship
Ildden, were ridges of snow, over which horses had to be which is impelled neither by wind, oars, nor steam, but by
intene, ere sixteen feet deep, and quite hard. The retroactive hydraulic power. The essay they have made
'hwelmen i C°RrieF records the loss of four lives—two is said to have entirely succeeded.
ere ~,' a shepherd, and an old man—in the recent storm. There will be five Sundays it, this month. A similar
reen), ere also many hair-breadth escapes in Strathspey, event will occur after 28 years, viz., in 1880. Afterwards
oath rheas, and Lochaher. Many sheep have been lost there will be no similar occurrence for 40 years, viz.,1920;
one f....aerP, in Strathard, and the neighbourhood. On because the year 1900 will not be leap-year, owing to the
'hloss, 4tni in Glen Islay no less than 3.0 sheep have been dropping of a day on the completion of each century.
es
traind all the farmers have to some extent suffered. It pains us to announce that a near relative of an illus.
tiety kowager Duchess of Gordon lost between fifty and trious duke has been reported to be absent from his ship,
A 4ueets—smothered in a turnip field. now in the Tagus, without leave. We hope that the in-
-0 iii.: NUT FOR ARCH,FOLOGISTS.—A Savannah paper re- telligence by the next packet will clear up this very dis-
a marvellous story that a Captain D'Auberville has, agreeable circumstance .—United Service Gazette.
4_i.iist out on a sea shooting expedition, found a cocoa- We are glad to announce that the Eastern Counties and
test' enclosing a parchment covered with Gothic charac- Great Northern Railway Companies, on Thursday, came
sr, which on being translated into French, contained a to an amicable and mutually beneficial arrangement for a
Is.°St but concise account of the discovery of Carttry, or division of the traffic at points of dispute. This cannot
C 'l`kiant4r India, addressed to Ferdinand and Isabella, of fail to be highly acceptable to the shareholders in both
Ilbly : and Arragon, saying that the ships could not pos. companies:.—Herapath's Journal.
the, brt/ive the tempests another day; that they were The Admiralty have, it is said, at length compromised
Oarrativ ween the Western Isles and Spain ; that two like the claims of the various parties for the invention and
the ea' es were written and thrown into the sea, in case adaptation of the screw to propelling our men-of-war, by
taight In.val should go to the bottom, that some mariner the payment. of £lO,OOO out of the Navy Estimates to the
doeuroel)ck up one or the other of them. The strange Company which, under one firm, have amalgamated their
bold andll t was signed " Christopher Colunibus," in a interests.
and cee dashing hand. It also bore the date of 1493, Mr. John Walter, M.P., and chief proprietor of the
Year.vusLetuently had been floating over the Atlantic 358 Times newspaper, delivered a lecture on the " Life and
Ilt
titer tli he letter closes with an assurance from the Times of Socrates," on Tuesday evening last, in the hall
totter , 'at he would euard his treasure safe until his of the Mechanics' Institute, Nottingham. The room was
14 eto se - . . .
ay .._ the united States, which would be in April or densely crowded on the occasion, and numbers were unable
1,1., It.
Di Ylciptet . to gain admission.
siselneson, NT DONATIONS.—By the will of Mr. Thos. A document has been published, showing that in one
..Ssee, late; of Upper Holloway, London, the co- sh •pe or other the Duke of Wellington has received
4‘t;el.,neou,S rep
.interest of £12.000 (in
,addition '
to .£.2 613.675 of. the public money, including interest o.n
h`neVole:Vral,te) IS bequeathed to the Governesses 1,76 1.000 parliamentary grants. His grace now holds six
gilli': P. oleo Institution on the death of his daughter, Mts. public offices, the pay for which amounts to £8,365 15s.
f. "•Ichardson. Nlr. Dickinson has also bequeathed per annum,
alei,etye;°fj,etlley duty).'
.£4,500 to the. Animals' Friend In each of the counties which have a local constabulary,
sts".!.Reet .! '"uo to the London Hospital ; £l,OOO to the a number of police-officers have been appointed to act as
ti,Yla, 'oiled School; £l,OOO to the London Orphan excisemen, with a view to the suppression of illicit dis- ,I
le" the `tie 1,000 to the Infant Orphan Asylum ; £l,OOO tillation. All the officers and men of the same force, by ,t,tt in,nrine Society ,• £l,OOO to the National Renevoe an order of the Board of Customs, are to be Custom-house-
no% . 'tali— .
un £1,1•00 to the Destitute Sailors' Home ; officers.
Custom-house-
s,r klnp.the Deaf and Dumb Asylum ; £l.OOO to the On Thursday last, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord
ch: torti; Hospital; £5OO to the Holloway Dispensary ; Campbell, the chief justice, announced that on Tuesday
lassneel pap!, Labourers' Friend Society ; £4,000 to White- next, the 10th inst., Mr. Justice Patteson would be pre-
dWiu, potato the interest to find twenty poor people with sent in that court ; but he grieved to say that it would be
P4Ntne sep;es and coal, who are constant attendants at the last day on which the court and the public would have
Parish, i £4 000 on similar conditions, to Hollo- the advantage of that learned judge's presence and
l'hetli,e Sa,,? .t 2,000 to the Idiot Asylum ; £l,OOO to the assistance.
„iesaei'et3" ; XI,OOO to the Charing-cross Hospital. Two men, who had by mistake travelled on the Eastern
4rie'uno toes are of various amounts, not exceeding Counties Railway a short distance in a second, instead of
liou,,A
leach relative, with various legacies of £lO.OOO a third class carriage, for which they had paid, were taken
in taseskeepereach to other branches, with £lO,OOO to his and kept in custody for a night because they had not the
Coot nitech • Mr. Dickinson was a merchant of eminence means of paying the difference, 61. each. They in conse.
he tllliny, ;Pei, and a member of the Court of Drapers' quence brought an action aeainst the company for false 44 be rnna whom he received a testimonial, which imprisonment, and got £25 12s. damagese
v oe_ nneathe
Se 'nee s, to his daughter. Captain Ericson, the distinguished Swedish engineer,
1141'e-eq. *-Mteit AND HASTY INTERMENT IN A CON- has, it is said, succeeded in solving the problem of the
hapiale Coal" Fanny Emily Wraxall, an inmate of Gurnley caloric engine, and has already constructed two, one of
tied hOf age
w};
Isleworth, a young lady about twenty-one 100-horse power, and the other of ten. The large one is
t, es been *lto was placed there originally by her aunt, charged with air in one minute and forty-five seconds,
',let sYs .21 a resident for a considerable period, died a consumes scarcely any fuel, is proof against any possibi-
SeetiLd t 557,. within a week after taking the vows, which '• dent,' ant' -- • '
etiet kilos: Induced to do by the earnest persuasions of
tet,tip), he, n ecclesiastic, with a high sounding title. Of
104,48110, Protierty was assigned for the benefit of the
t2l.s 07.1* ofen, The only persons present till within a
'llly lest, n 'lour before her death were Mr. 'Warring,
staNs ft thud the superioress of the convent, and it was
nr t Gast
rI, o al, moment that a medical gentleman was
t 4114 er de loess her death. On the second morning sense.
tesslief the einalse her remains were interred within the Mr. Hitchcock, of St. Paul's Churchyard, London,
ell let' or aa te.blishment, without a single relative being finding that the Early Closing Association was in debt
'tilss_ee7th was Itieuiry instituted into the cause of death. some £3OO, promised to double the amount that could be
ea art 17 8,1,80 not registered until tile 16th, when it raised towards the liquidation of the same within a see-
litieltare' nererl `Lie registrar for the district as follows : cified time. Rather unexpectedly £406 was obtained
VtloNe.;:. 1852 eni Wraxall, aged twenty-one, died 6th within the given time. Mr. Hitchcock fulfilled his promise,
t,:eo,, brang,oause of death stated in the medical cer- and the association has, in consequence, £5OO in hand.
s,4lgteativeurt, Pneumonia, typhoidia, accompanying Early on Friday morning week, the parish church of
sellSes stton
in "lamination of the sublingueal glands." Knowstone, Devon, was sacrilegiously entered, and plun-
taelt is ei taedictjp nein. e, the speedy interment, and the dered of the whole of the ancient sacramental plate.
etitioe tilde cal advice, are felt to need explanation, Amongst the articles is a massive paten, the gift of Queen
teitte.`! of leye".'s2d that the subject has engaged the Elizabeth, date 1576 ; another of William 111.. date 1695.
VVeit op'.„wakley, M.P., coroner for Middlesex. The value of the articles is upwards of £.300. A large
iik`titt,':ioles,,
eartuitivieene CASE.—The case of " Miller reward is offered for the discovery of the perpetrators of
eon on Tuesday last in the Exchequer this sacrilege.
sl%4otitstiltlettlietaetzlotSeserfgeant Channel!, for the plaintiff, review. An awful instance of sudden death occurred on Sunday
wed eta d that troro Elizabeth down to the present time, week, at Navenby. The congregation had assembled in
144 t tliit(',Y t° be taken propounded oaths of allegiance and the Wesleyan chapel at that place, and among them was
e Pd tie.n e by Christians and Christians.alone; an aged man named John Harrison, who, before th.e corn-
essansti ue oathsntlY Alderman Saloenons, in taking his mencement of the service, did not seem to be particularly
*0 peAt.l,, h.._,! omitting the words, "on the faith of ill. With the others he engaged in prayer, and while
'kil; th4lled, taTineurred various penalties. Sir Fitzroy offering up his devotions he drew his last breath, and was
lai it Len hstile 6thlng various exceptions, the chief of which carried out of the chapel a corpse.—Lincolnshire Times.
Nteik,,gritr,„e4Ther. George 111., chap, 53, imposing the The following returns to tenants, from their rent, have
ti,m; ee'ieot ben of Parliament, was no longer binding, been made at rent audits :—Lord Berwick, Atcham, flf-
'St 'al eel th —4l renewed at the end of George IV.'s teen per cent. ; W. Ormsby Gore, Esq., ten per cent.,
seh,ll4n_eriet etLefficers of the house had administered the with special allowances for injury inflicted by a storm in
ii‘tian'te_pata2 name q the Sovereign without obtain- June last ; W. H. Gore Langton, E”., ten per cent.,
the' ti, eiane'Y authority for doing so. From an ob- and it was intimated that the reduction would be per-
ttsylittit Point cier the Judges, they do not appear to con. manent tilt better times Come ; Sir E. Blount, Bart.,
Nlll4 kerq the Misch importance; and at this stage of Mawlev-hall, ten per cent. to all tenants who had not
ve,lito ittgar, e Court rose till Wednesday. ,On that taken their farms at a corn rent.
tytik4.lt.►n'ttie Chief of ef counsel were resumed, At the con- Mr. Roebuck, in a recent speech at Sheffield, uttered
antitirßne., , Baron stated that the case had been the followin remarkable sentences in reference to uni.
to kki Of Bretm n both sides, and that as it involved versal suffrage :—" He did not think, whatever they
etie . to the
40 e set lmportance, the Court with reference to might say, that the majority was always the wisest. He
ititillk el' its Peat length of the argument, would wish had rather' a feeling to the contrary; and
.when he was in
"c'Ottttln't j4dgrn t •
4 64_ hi_ t y , en ,in order that they might have the majority, he began to doubt if be was right. He might
`‘TetaZden:,,looking over the acts. The judgment, be wrong in that. Let them look back. and they would
'4°4l ' bnetaSelveS to Y.any Particular clay, would find that all the great truths that had affected the destinies
of mankind had been at some period in the minority."

ufr of arm, requires only one man to attend it.
The Reformers of Edinburgh held a meeting in the
Music-hall of that city on Tuesday night last; The Lord
Provost presided, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay was
present, giving the sanction of his presence to the propo-
sal submitted for a£s franchise. Few of the really influ-
ential inhabitants of the Scottish Capital, even of the old
" Liberal" party, honoured the assemblage with their pre-