The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

A omeOtir.

A great effort is now being made in Edinburgh to pre-
vent the destruction of John Knox's house.

Lord Brackley still continues in a state of great debility,
but is better than he was.

The bodies of two male children, evidently strangled,
have been found enclosed in brown paper in a holly-bush
hedge-row, at Handsworth, near Birmirrgliam.
The cholera is rapidly disappearing in London. The
deaths on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last, were,
respectively, 11, 15, and 18.
DETERMINED SIIICIDE.—On Thursday the body of a
washerwoman, named Lewes, living near London, was
found standing in a water butt, so as to put the head
under water. She had often threatened to destroy herself.
A curious law decision has recently been given in one
of the Scotch courts on an appeal from a domestic servant.
The sheriff ruled that a servant " engaged to wash for a
family" was not bound to wash for a black nurse, who
had accompanied some relations on a visit to that family.
On Friday the ship Bangalore, 500 tons burden, arrived
in the London Docks, from the East Indies, with an
entire cargo of gutta percha, being the first vessel that
has been entirely chartered for the conveyance of that
material, now, from its multifarious uses, a staple article
of commerce.

The Great Western cotton mills, near Bristol, were
seriously damaged by fire, on Friday. The loss is esti-
mated at 1;2000. The machinery and raw materials were
so much injured that the works will have to be suspended
and no fewer than 1700 persons will for that period be
thrown out of employment.
ATROCIOUS ACT.—On Monday night some miscreant
threw some peas and oats, soaked in poison, over the
garden wall at the residence of the Rev. B. Weaver, of
Road, Somerset, and thereby caused the death of about
seventy of his pigeons. The lives of some of the children
of the village were also endangered by picking up the
grain.—Bath Chronicle.
DARING ESCAPE OF HIGHWAYMEN.—A few days since
as Mr. Furrisky, head-constable of Thorpe, was convey-
ing two men to York Castle, when near Selby, the fellows,
who were handcuffed together in a cart, fell upon the
constable and overpowered him, and taking from him the
key of their handcuffs, they released themselves, and then
fottered him, leg and arm together ; taking all his money,
195., they got clear a vay. The place being a very retired
spot, the constable remained for three hours before he
was released.
THE CONDEMNED POISONER, CHARLOTTE HARRIS.—
Some charitably disposed inhabitants of Taunton recently
memorialised the Home Office to spare the life of this
convict, condemned for poisoning her husband, and now
awaiting her accouchement, previous to the sentence of
the law being carried into effect. Sir George Grey has
officially announced his regret that the case presents no
grounds that warrant his interference with the due course
of law. The prisoner is expected to be confined every
day, and as soon after as possible the extreme penalty of
the law will, it is stated, be carried into effect.
SIR ROBERT PEEL IN ABERDEEN.—On Friday the
citizens of Aberdeen entertained the right hon. the ex-
Premier at an elegant banquet in honour of his distin-
guished character as a statesman. Previous to the ban-
quet the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred
upon the eminent guest by the senators of the University
and King's College, Aberdeen ; and on his route to the
Town-hall the adulations of the large crowd were freely
bestowed. The Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor of the Uni-
versity, accompanied Sir Robert ; and st the banquet were
present many of the most distinguished and influential of
the burgesses, citizens, and county gentlemen.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF A CAVERN IN WALES.
—We have been favoured by a correspondent with the
following interesting announcement, dated from Conway,
October 12.—" On Wednesday the miners at Llandno
broke, in the course of their labours, into what appeared
to be an extensive cavern, the roof of which, being one
• mass of stalactite, reflected back their lights with dazzling
splendour. On examination, the cavern turned out to be
an old work, probably Roman, the benches, stone ham-
mers, &c., used by that ancient people having been found
entire, together with many bones of mutton, which had
been consumed by these primitive miners. The hones are,
to all appearance, as fresh, though impregnated with
copper, as they were when denuded of their fleshy ef,ver-
ing. after remaining, as they must have done, nearly 2,00
years in the bowels of the earth. The cavern is about
forty yards long, and must be a subject of great interest to
those fond of investigating the remains of bygone ages."

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DOUBLE MURDER.—A double murder was ers--E°ol-;
Clapham on Saturday morning. In a court nearsaturdi4
square lived Weston, a jobbing gardener. °3 tort'
morning he was found in his own room, standing sootl
bodies of his wife and infant child, who were IYltighlo)-ii
floor with their throats cut. He surrendereu,„ sitL
without any resistance. and replied to questions '''rob3bh
incoherent manner. He was evidently insane' P
from extreme want. ate 0
EVERY MAN FOR RIMSELF.—During a deb
nod.oi
took place some time ago in a Scottish Town C°ll4lo,i•
a question where much diversity of opinion pre,,,,,001'
Bailie. among other reasons in support of the ''„,terg:
stated that it would be of immense benefit to po'selo'
The Provost, who headed the opposite partY, Tony lose
fury and said, lam really surprised to bear %fete,
bring forrit sic an argument. What reason 110 tot,
sacrifice ourselves for the gude o' posterity ? ,Po'innstifee
e
he said, striking the table, " point oot ae sin l"
where posterity has been o' the least benefit W
MURDER OF A FEMALE.—On Friday, at ia;ne,il
street office, London, a man named Charles -I°'llo.
e
labourer in the docks, was fully committed for trial,t'i,
with the wilful murder of Mary Ann Baines, ° ester
Moody, a woman who passed as his wife, by reP Whe!
kicking her in the stomach and on the breast' badoe''
called upon for his defence, the brute said thst he scribed,
this to state,—that he owned he did kick her as des
but the deceased was always in a very ailing state!t-blooy;
frequently in the night obliged to get up and if,l„isye4
or she would have been choked by it. He u"'"
carelessness almost amounting to indifference throiirs, from
THE MANNINGS.—The removal of the prisone,„o to'
Horsemonger-lane Gaol to Newgate will take P.'te(lo
morrow (Wednesday), which has been cotioniinica., pro'
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them. Both of them seem reluctant to leave theei bee
sent quarters, and, since the announcement, 80
rather down-hearted. Manning, however, svrnt:oobl
spirited letter to his solicitor (Mr. Binns) on '-' belie°
morning, which certainly would lead any person 00410
he was innocent. He, however, is much dePre„d
spirits, and is watched strictly by the governor ;$0
turnkeys. Mrs. Manning still keeps up her sPir.,lttsore
asserts to her guardians that she is innocent and
to be acquitted. of re's
A LION IN A Fix.—The following curious piekc,,,hed
is given in the Shropshire Conservative, ntle"',9o,
Shrewsbury :—" There is some talk of a lion in stor
at the house of Mr. Henry Shaw, animal preserverVricoe,
latch. The lion is a noble specimen of the South Atip
breed, and measures 10 feet frotii the nose to tbfoliO
the tail. Mr. Shaw, very cleverly, stuffed the °be site
one of his upper apartments, without considering t
of the door, and now finds it totally impossible totrre';io,
it from the room, except through the roof, or by t‘Peothe
dow. We can vouch the talk is true, for we have editr
lion ; it is really a first-rate specimen, and highlY cree
ble to the ingenuity of our townsman. The legs
too
the knees, and below, are thicker than that of 0
horse !"
THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION.—A long roc ,
dence has taken place betwixt the Committee of it 10'
on Education and the National Society since the tweell
meeting, with reference to the matters in dispute i'ecatio!
those bodies. The Committee of Council on Pe,,io'
have made various modifications of the 1013tVe
clauses, chiefly relating to the enforcement 0' ' to
cisions of the Bishop, the terms of the declaration to,
taken by laymen, the mode in which subscril'ep.'
schools are to determine on the adoption of clause,,Vetl
but they refuse an alteration of the rule by which {v
of schools are to be restricted in their freedom of 'lt
among the clauses prepared by the committee'tv 0i;
understood that a meeting of the National Socie th
take place on Thursday,•the Bth of November, wbe O,IIJ
correspondence will be submitted for consideratiel''
the question brought to a final settlement. ea ell
WEYHILL PAlR.—This important fair comve%heet
the 11th instant. There was an average supplY
About 30,000 more than last year were penned, o,rl",red
attendance of dealers was large, a clearance was eue-01°;
ls. a head above the prices obtained at late fairs' the',:
7s. a head lower than last year.—Four tooth we 365.;
obtained 325. to 40s. ; two-toothed ditto, 245. t° lot °I
ewes, 20s. to 30s. ; lambs, 16s. to 30s. One pl./o),e
ewes belonging to Stephen Mills, Esq., fetched 3t)fe'
an extraordinary fine pen of lambs belonging,:bri
Payne, of Houghton, were sold at 365. 6d. In ()Ft e'
fair there were not so many cart colts as usual ; 'l3 t,lt
those exhibited sold at from 25 to 35 guineas 000 h. There
Hillier Reeve, of Wroughton' showed the best
were a great many nags, and good ones sold readit ito
high prites. But few hops have yet arrived, and by
more are expected.—Devizes Gazette. ,01
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A LADY.—On
morning, shortly after eight o'clock, as the superirret,, die
of the Royal Humane Society was proceeding 01°-;dis'
north bank of the Serpentine river, he saw, at so red
tance from him, a well-dressed woman, who aPrtbef°l
be divesting herself of her outside garments, anu, 0",
he could get up to her she rushed towards the wa`e:ipor'
uttering a loud shriek, threw herself into the deel'e'..icre'
of the river, and immediately sank. An alarm was n''o
or
and one of the watermen pushed off in a boat, and a hot
riving at the spot, caught hold of the woman by
of her head, just as she was going down the secon
She was speedily conveyed to the receiving-house, "toe
the usual remedies were resorted to, and after soon
she was so far recovered as to inform the superime. OP'
that her name was Newell, that her friends were n "roll
respectable, and that the cause of her attempting the
act wan that her lover had proved unfaithful to
BAPTISM OF A MAN ATTACKED WITH Coor-11▪ 00;
Much excitement was aroused in Haverfordwest on •Itteo,
day last, in consequence of its being publicly ratp° to'
that the death of a man, named George Thoins.'s,; the
been caused by his being baptised that morning 01"iii0g
Priory Mill leet, according to the creed of the sect joll
themselves " The Latter-day Saints," by Brotheroce
Thomas, a mason in this town, who fills the O.
" priest" in that denomination. The deceased, tatthe
stated, was labouring under an attack of choleraibeeo
time the rite was administered, and that be Tbotu ale
urged or forced to receive it by his brother.,
of the poor fellow having occurred soon afterwalit
coroner, Mr. James Owen, very properly consider" de9o:
duty to have a public inquiry into the cause cf his p th'
when, these facts being "Thati by evitien che,,j
jury returned a verdict, the deceased died co';f
lera, his death being accelerated by immersion necl,
water by John Thomas, at the request of the (Wes-
-Welshman. A lel
CHURCHYARDS IN THE PLAGUE OF 1066", ntio.„y
the plague at the above period raged violently in resets
if we compare it with the present disease and 'Ai 01,,"0
amount of population, it was much less fatal. ,sp
time there were no other sanitory commissioners i
magistrates, and yet there is one of their rneasureP
respect to their places of sepulture, not undersercv:otej
notice. It may be premised that the London"esr
dates its beginning at that period, No. 1 having °Pried t.'d
on the 16th November, 1665, and it was then stk.' si
Oxford Gazette, the Court having removed to wof,tl'6,
on account of the plague. In the 16th nurober,66o,s
Oxford Gazette, published on the Bth of January', '4oot„
it states that " such persons who shall have oeca'oos`o
resort to Westminster will do so with more safetYcr/j
count of the care of the Right. Hon. the Lord ;o'l°ll
and the rest of the Justices of the Peace for the 'twit:,
liberty of Westminster, who have given orders, boo).
the bedding and other goods in the several infected off
be well aired, the rooms all new whited, and the
yards to be covered with earth to o feet high." 1„4:4C C
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE COUNTESS OF
FELT'S BAlL.—Summonses have been issued 058 fethhr
bail of the Countess of Landsfelt, Messrs. Daylei :lc
and son, attorneys, of Notting-hill, to be hear the Id
Marlboroug.h-street, court, on Wednesday next, .10,,t
fendants being called upon to show cause why thet: bgeri
not pay over to the crown the sum of £5OO encarsace,o
the amount of their recognizance for the aPPe'llsttr
Mrs. Heald, Countess of Landsfelt, to answer a, not hot
bigamy. The proceedings, it is understood, a°,.ties,;sh
pend on the co-operation of the prosecuting Poeoel,ol
take place as a matter of course, the Receiver- r to 'tll/
Mr. Wray, requiring the money to be paid or,eAco act,
on behalf of the crown, in default whereof he '1;c0 ~"c
course pointed out in the 45th section of the l'°o re?
which indicates the way the amount of estreateit isll,oll
nizances may be recovered before a magistrate. ofr• oo
generally understood that Mrs. Heald declines;ber
the chance of a trial, and, therefore, nothing ft i 5 C'ol
be done in the case as far as the charge of bigatifed
cerned. It is reported that the bail have
amount for which they became responsible.
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DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE. co tet
day night, at Brook-street, Bermondsey, an u.nie
occurred on the premises of Mr. Barlin, firesvnr were,td.
At the time of the calamity, thirteen persons 5 11000 f.
the premises, when a very loud explosion loicsa:
which blew the tiles off the roof, forced the voni.,eir vt,o;
both back and front, lifted the floorings from t'tletfro°'
ings, and sent two children sleeping on the firs,',oedithe
of the window, and an immense sheet of flame 's'tero' tit
the building. Owing to the inflammable characpa
contents of the premises, but few minutes claPis'one'er.,
property from the bottom to the top, presenteutii6cos'i4
of fire. In turning over the ruins the firemen ..„on at
the bodies of two persons, one that of a young
seventeen or eighteen years of age, and the othlr's 1• 1:o te,
some one a few years younger. Mr. and ,3tigett to
;
were also found so severely injured as to be nuissAlled
removed to the hospital. Two more are In'iso
there is no doubt entertained that they have avel
a prey to the fury of the destructive element., „t
both sleeping on the first floor—one was an ita-yes"o4'
months of age, the other was a child about fouriod
The calamity was owing to the top of a naptha
in the room having turned over. rthe
WHOLESALE MURDERS OF INFANTS.---F°oeiab
four or five years, the town of Handsworth c°sfir:
hood have obtaned unenviable notoriety for lovr,
of newly-born ;children bearing marks of tP„ftece 0,
been deprived of life by violent means soon
brought into the world, that have been foon",%tei.ifOli
lanes and other remote places. To such an :cal P',4
tratests ht
aet ea,t rahonacdvi oehulesarisystemMajesty's
wb eonlgeopyfraearcenttsims ebedne,ftotrhl
eiaavtteht lieeul.9l,,relectari se
reward as will be likely to suppress the r v_v„itieo„lo,e;
During the past week, a farmer's labourer, roaillO;
was proceeding along Cramp-lane, near the ft, 0,501;,,
road, when he observed a brown paper pal-o_l,ooll'Al
bush in the hedgerow. On opening it, themu cb tr,
discovered to be the bodies of two newlYooo Der
The coroner of the district held an inquiry riereoo,.,
and a surgeon expressed an opinion that the,Yhe
alive, and that strangulation was evidently'
which they had come by their deaths. Other
_lo'll Popo
that the innocents had been murdered as sfbeir
were horn, and the coroner's jury found, as `...etsoV?
Wilful murder against some person or Fof,
known." ,The coroner however, with a vie'r_uptV,,ol°L'
ha coul.l in the matter, waited upon two c' it s
trates, and it was at len,ith determiaed to sentit fot
, the secretary of state. The result has 13k:01 ,O.OJ
Grey has authorised a reward of .£sobeinifi oll_..ioe,
capture of the perpetrators of this atrocio

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