The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

tae. 27, 1846.

HEALTH Cet LONDON.--Our readers will have ob-
served that since" the cessation of the intense heat which
prevailed in August, the weekly deaths in the metropolis
have steadily declined, and have fallen below the averages.
We this week pass from the summer to the autumn aver-
age, and the influence of a change of season will be here
manifested. The weekly summer are to the weekly au-
tumnal deaths as 898 to 1000. Diseases of the brain and
nervous system appear to be now most prevalent and
fatal. Contagious and epidemic diseases are reduced be-
low the averages. The deaths from diarrhoea and typhus,
taken individually, are above the autumnal average but
then small-pox, scarlet fever, measles, and hooping•cough.
are considerably below the average. It speaks well for
the extended influence of vaccination, when, out of a po•
pulation of nearly two millions, there were only 'three
deaths from small-pox during the weelt,.and. these oc-
curred in infanta r Diseases of the organs of respiration
have also just now less than their average fatality.—Me-
cited Times.

ANOTHER ADVANCE IN THE PRICE DE BREAD.—
OD Friday morning the bakers in nearly every locality of
the metropolis made a still further advance of one half-
penny in the price of the quarters loaf, making about the
fifth rise in price during the present month. The prices
range (according to locality) from Bd. to 11d. th'e 41b.
loaf. In the low neighbourhood of the New Cut, Lower
Marsh, Lambeth, and its immediate vicinity, the price is
only ad. in some instances, and Bd. in others. In the
Blacklriars-road, Southwark, the Borough, and other
parts of the Surrey side of the river, the latter sum is the
utmost demand, except for full-priced bread. In the
City, without exception, the price is 84d. and 9d, ; Bfd.
and 9d. is charged in the vicinity of Clare-market and
Picket-street, whilst for a similar article but 71d. and Bd.-
is demanded at Whitechapel, Poplar, East Smithfield,
&c. In some neighbourhoods no less than 911 is charged
per 41b. loaf. The amount charged for the best 'or
"full-priced" bread averages from between 94d. to Hid.
and 11d.—

MORE INTIMIDATION.—The Hon. Grantley Berke-
ley, member for the Western Division of Gloucestershire,
has issued a second address to his constituency, wherein
he openly declares that" Lord Fitzbardinge has actually
signified his intention of withdrawing his support from his
brothers, the liberal members for Bristol and Gloucester-
shire." The eight gentlemen who at a meeting approved
of the noble earl's views in respect of the representation
of Western Gloucestershire, have published a declaration
in which the gave as their chief reason for doing so that
the Hon. Mr. Berkeley himself had expressed his inten-
tion of retiring ; and it appears that a candidate to suc-
ceed him was in readiness ! We suppose, therefore, that
there will be a change at the next election. It is remark-
able that among all these bickerings in the liberal camp,
and the family disputes without, not a word is said con-
cerning the unconstitutional proceeding of a peer inter-
fering in the election of members of the Commons House
of Parliament. Had a Conservative nobleman attempted
to exercise a tithe of the influence put forth upon this occa-
sion, we do not think this point would be lost sight of.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.—On
Sun-
day week the inhabitants of Everton, near East Retford
and the neighbourhood, were thrown into a state of ex-
citement and regret by learning that the Rev. Robert Cock,
the respected curate of the former place, had, on the morn-
ing of that day, in a moment of temporary insanity, put a
period to his existence by shooting himself through the
head with a pistol. The deceased gentleman was a native
of Stamford Bridge, near York, and was 45 years of age.
In due course he became curate of a small parish in York-
shire. About 10 years ago he married the daughter of
the late vicar of Feliskirk, near Thirsk, by whom he had
several children, only one of whom survives him. He was
afterwards curate of Tickhill, where he resided till last
summer, highly respected by his parishioners for his zeal
as a minister, and his general character as a man, giving,
at the same time, the most perfect satisfaction to his
vi-
car. Towards the latter part of his r-' ',try there 1.

:e, iow-
ever, some evil-disposed person set afloat au unfounded
rumour that he was frequently intoxicated, which coming
to his knowledge, and knowing the charge to beuntrue,
had so serious an effect on his constitution, that his friends
believe, (and the evidence at the inquest tends to corrobo-
rate that belief,) that it laid the foundation for that state
of nervous excitability, involving temporary aberration of
mind, which prompted him to commit self-destruction.
It appears the reverend gentleman rose and dressed at his
usual hour, but appeared to belabouring under some un-
pleasant sensation ; he paced about, went into the kitchen,
kissed his only child, bid it good bye, then took it into
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ano Jun, plum, on his knee, and immediately ap-
plying a pistol to his own head, discharged its contents
into his right temple, and fell dead.

SINGULAR AND EXTENSIVE. ROBBERY.—An investi-
gation has been going on at Abingdon, Berks, for some
days, into a most extraordinary case of wholesale theft,
extending over a long period, and in which a number of
persons are implicated. By an accidental circumstance,
during the transit of some of the stolen goods through
farm, inquiries were set on foot which led to the impeach-
ment and incarceration of seventeen persons, stated to be
more or less entwerned in tha During the

last two years, as appears by the confession of one of the
prisoners, upwards of 100 quarters of malt have been
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stolen from various malthoubes and warehouses n the
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covered. The inquiry is still going on, and so varied are
the details, so numerous the separate thefts, that it is un-
certain when it will teiminate in committal previous fo
trial. The confession of the " main offender" (who,
strangely
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beenap hprtovee rp,r)iniscivpoat-
luminous, and discovers robberies to a vast amount of
money. bliss
loser of the malt and hops. Three or four hundred sepa-
rate cases of felony have been admitted by three of the

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