The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

Distrirt pelus,

Wednesday last was very devoutly observed, at Orm-
skirk, as a day of fasting and humiliation.
Viscount Brackley has slightly rallied du-ing the past
fortnight, but he still continues in a very precarious
condition.
A guard of a luggage train was killed at the Chester
railway station, on Thursday evening, by the overturning
of a van, which crushed him to death.
The treasurers of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
have acknowledged the receipt of £2500 as a bequest of
the late Peter Bothwell, Esq., of Bolton.
As a steamer from Fleetwood was crossing Ulvereon
Bay, when near the lighthouse a skylark, hard pressed by
two hawks, fell exhausted on the deck, and was secured
by one of the sailors.
John Grundy, 36 years of age, a fustian-cutter, resid-
ing in Clock-alley, Manchester, destroyed himself on Sa-
turday, by almost severing his head from his body with a
razor. . -

A tramp was apprehended last week, whose custom it
was. when he felt hungry, to walk into the first potato
field he come to, gather sufficient for a meal, wash them
at the nearest brook, and boil them in a black can he car-
ried for the purpose.
A beautiful silver inkstand, of the salver form, with
filagree edges, furnished with two ink bottles, elegantly
mounted; an onyx stone seal, on which is to be engraved
the rev. gentleman's crest ; and a suitable address, in a
burnished gold frame, were presented last week to the
Rev. Canon Wray, of Manchester, on the completion of
the 40th year of his ministry at the cathedral.
Considerable excitement has been occasioned in Preston
by the discovery of the body of the gardener to Mrs. Ped-
der, named Edward Latham, lying dead upon the highway
near to the viaduct of the Preston and Wyre Railway.
The body was bruised and bleeding. A man has been
apprehended on suspicion.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST. HELEN'S.—On Thursday
week, James Lythgoe and John Smith, farm labourers,
were sent to Havdock with a cart-load of hay. They
stopped at a public-house till eleven o'clock at night, and
then left to return. As police-constable Bish was going
his round the following morning, not far from the public-
house where the men had been drinking, he observed a
horse and cart, upset in a ditch ; and on examining, found
the bodies of Lythgoe and Smith lying underneath the
cart quite dead, and the horse lying struggling in the
ditch.

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DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—On Saturday the corpse of a
man, who had died of cholera, was interred at Wit linen
Church, Lancashire. Before the funeral, it was deemed
prudent to give the attendants some brandy, of which
they shamefully partook too freely. At the grave one of
the party would have the coffin opened, " to give the
corpse a kiss." One of them fell into the grave, and se-
veral similar disgraceful occurrences took place. But the
scene did not end here, for two others of the drunken
men were assisting their comrade out of the grave, and,
just as the clergyman was pronouncing the words " Dust
to dust, and ashes to ashes," both of them slipped, and
fell into the grave head foremost, amid the screams of the
women and the curses of the drunken men that stood
round the grave. At length they were all three got out,
and the grave was closed, when they staggered out of the
grave-yard to return home.
TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED WORTII.—The remains of the
late Rev. Jamss E. Warburton were interred at Warbur-
ton Church, near Lvrom, on the 18th instant. The family
burying place is at Great Budworth ; but, doubtless, there
was felt to be an especial propriety in allowing his body to
rest in a place with which he has been ministerially con•
nected for so many years, and where he was so much loved
and respected. The deceased had been suffering from
severe indisposition for some short time previously, but,
no fears were entertained of the fatal result. On Wed-
nesday, however, the 12th instant, he was seized early in
the morning with a heart complaint, and expired directly.
This event, so wholly unexpected, occasioned, as may be
supposed, the utmost distress to his parishioners, and a
large circle of friends and relations. The funeral was
fixed to take place on Tuesday, at eleven o'clock, and by
that time a considerable number of persona. mostly pa-
rishioners, had assembled in Warburton Church, almost
ail being attired in black. The clergy from all the adjoin-
ing:parishes were also present as an expression of respect.
AWFUL WARNING.—On Monday two farmers, named
Norris and Massam, living at Formby, having been in-
dulging too freely began to quarrel, and eventually to
fight. Both were advanced in years, and during the
scuffle Norris fell backward, and died in a few hours. It
appeared at the inquest that he died from an apoplectic
fit, brought on by passion and fighting; and Massam,
doubtless with the fear of a verdict of manslaughter
haunting him, attended the inquest. regretting the fatal
occurrence in most penitential strains, and concluding by
a solemn vow that he would never take another glass of
ale as long as he lived. The learned coroner, Mr. Heyes,
appropriately lectured him on the awful consequences of
giving way to intoxication and savage passions. After
the verdict was returned, that the deceased had died from
apoplexy, whilst in a state of excitement brought on while
fighting, at the termination of the proceedings, the sur-
vivor, in spite of his teetotal professions, and in evident
satisfaction at escaping a verdict of manslaughter, so far
forgot the decorum due to a court as to throw down half-
a-crown for the jury " all to have glasses round" ! ! !

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SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tars DAYS
With variable winds, but mostly adverse, we have a tolerable
supply of Wheat, Oatmeal, and Flour, from Ireland, that of
Oats and other grain thence, and of any thing coastwise, ex-
cept Malt, being still very small : the arrivals from the United
States, during the week, are also light, and the imports from
any part of Europe but moderate in amount, as will be seen on
reference to the particulars subjoined.

Our market to-day has been generally dull for all the leading
articles of the trade, and in many instances lower prices have
been accepted. Old Wheats must therefore be noted Id. to 2d.,
and Irish new 3d. to 4d. per 70Ibs. cheaper.
American Flour was held at late prices; but all kinds of
sack flour declined is. per 2801 t);.
Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease met a very slow lingering
sale at late prices.
Oats and Oatmeal were also in limited request, the general
qualities of new Oats being Id. per 451bs. lower, and old barely
sustained its previous value. New Oatmeal 9d. per load lower,
and old nominally the same as last week.
Very little business done in Indian Corn, at nearly the prices
f lasi Tuesday.
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THE
(.Igriruiturai aiib i?ortirultural
COLUMN.

IN commencing a new series of the " Amateur Gardener's
Column," Ilortensis begs to assure his readers that lie will
pursue the same course which for five years was so well
received by the readers of the Liverpool Chronicle. The
change of proprietorship in that paper has released him
from his engagement. and in forming a new one with the
Proprietors of the STANDARD, he has been guided by a
wish to present those gentlemen who are cultivators of
plants with all the local horticultural information through
an acceptable medium.
It is also intended to introduce any striking agricultural
information which may from time to time arise; hence a
change in the title of the column has been thought ad-
visable ; but the limited space, and the requirements of
the horticultural section, will preclude any large amount
of agricultural matter from this portion of the paper.
During the past five years Horten4s has had much rea-
son to congratulate himself upon the liberal assistance
which has been afforded to him by all parties, whether
proprietors or gardeners., in obtaining information for the
horticultural public, and he ventures to express a hope
that he may continue to receive the same for years hence.
The system of reporting meritorious gardens, and the
careful descriptions of floral and horticultural exhibi-
tions, will still be persevered in ; and impartial reviews of
horticultural and agricultural works will be given, so as
to prove useful as a guide to the selection of the most
desirable publications.

PAPERS ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.

NO. I.

In the series of papers of which this is the first, it is
not intended to teach the practical chemist anything:
their object is, in the simplest manner possible, to convey
a tolerably clear conception of the principles of this im-
portant branch of science to thcse of our readers whose
avocations are such as to prevent them from being prac-
tically acquainted with its more important features.
In this as in every other branch of science which has
been forced upon the unscientific student, an immense
amount of empiricism prevails; and it is difficult to con-
tend against the prejudices of those who are led astray by
false and supelticial ideas of the science which they have
not patience to pursue in all its details. We, however,
address ourselves neither to the man of science nor to the
empiric, but, as we said before, to those who are willing
to receive and be benefited by a plain statement of the
leading features of a science, which is destined to perform
a most important part in the future history of our coun-

try.
Agricultural chemistry has for its object an elucidation
of those laws which regulate the developement of vege-
table life, and the assimilation of inorganic matter by the
organised tissues of vegetation. Too much stress has
been laid upon the discovery of those substances which
are taken up by vegetables, and this has led to the em-
ployment of concentrated manures, the ultimate utility
of which is very questionable. It appears to us far more
important that the form in which manures are most ad-
vantageously presented for assimilation, should be more
carefully discussed. A familiar example will easily ex-
plain what we mean. The potatoe contains but a very
small amount of nutritive matter, and that nutriment is
starch, which is easily obtained in a pure state; but if
any one tried to sustain animal life by starch, it would be
found impossible. The starch would be nearly all voided
in an unchanged condition; but if allied with other sub-
stances, of themselves not nutritious, its particles are all
assimilated, and tend to the nutrition of the animal.
The same laws apply both to the animal and the vege.
table kingdoms ; and the chemical substance called
humus, which is generally acknowledged to he the nutri-
tive principle of vegetable life, if applied in a concentrated
form, would kill the plant it was intended to nourish;
whereas the same article, diffused through a mass of in-
organic matter, would nourish vegetable life, and form
the most important condition for its t.erfectdevelopement.
(To be continued.)

The great success which has attended the raisinz of
seedling fuchsias in this neighbourhood will no doubt
give an impetus to the raising of seedling plants. That
much is to be done in this department is unquestionable ;
and many plany pla►►ts are capable of improvement which
have never yet been tried. We are surprised that so
little has been done with that beautiful genus Cuphea,
which is an universal favourite, but no species is yet well
adapted for the flower border. If the dwarf and hardy
habit of platycentra could be allied with the conQpicuous
flowers of Melvillii, we should indeed gain something.