The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

morning

A po6r woman, at Gloucester, died last week of star-
vation. Her husband was in work, but spent his wages
in drink, and his poor wife could get no food.
The address in reply to her Majesty's speech will be
moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Charles How-
ard, and seconded by Mr. Ricardo. •

Mr. John Harker, brewer and maltster, of Barnard
Castle, committed suicide on Thursday, by taking arsenic.
His affairs were embarrassed.

An Irish gentleman, in a letter to the Agricultural So-
ciety, recommends the use of mangel-wurzel as an ingre-
dient in bread. He says he has tried it with great success.
Joseph John Gurney, the celebrated philanthropist,
died at Norwich on Monday last, aged 59. His death was
occasioned by injuries received from the falling of his
pony during the late frost.
In the present year there will be thirteen full moons—
two in January, not one in February—two in March, and
one in each succeeding month—a phenomenon of this
kind will not occur again for many years.
On Wednesday, London was darkened by a dense fog,
which made gas-lights necessary in all the shops and other
places of business. The navigation of the river was alto-
gether suspended.
Mr. Plummer, a distinguished sportsman, and known
as the breeder of Alice Hawthorn and other celebrated
horses, died at the Parkes, near York, on Sunday week.
The deceased was 46 years old and unmarried.
A gentleman, named Tomline, has made over 'to Eton
College, in trust, the yearly interest of £l,OOO stock, to
be given annually to the most proficient amongst the
scholars of the muthematical master.

Barber and Raine, who, at the last York assizes, were
acquitted of the murders at Barnard Castle, have been re-
apprehended, and committed on a charge of having robbed
one of the deceased parties.
The Bishop of Bristol has written to the Mayor, sug-
gesting the propriety of calling a public meeting to raise
subscriptions for the assistance of the Irish now suffering
from famine.

Eggs have been so scarce at all the markets in Durham
for the last three weeks, that they have sold at half-a-
crown a dozen, and in some cases a shilling has been de-
manded and paid for three.

CHEAP NEWSPAPERS.—The experiment of reducing
the price of some of our best provincial papers has turned
to good account. The Liverpool Standard has, since the
alteration in its price, considerably more than doubled its
circulation.—Shropshire Conservative.

Sir William Hillary Bart., died at his residence in the
Isle of Man, on Tuesday, in his 77th year. He was
formerly equerry to the Duke of Sussex, and was the
founder of The Royal National Institution for the Pre-
servation of life from Shipwreck."
A

strong remonstrance having been presented to the

nisnop of London, against the impropriety of storing
malt and spirituous liquors in vaults under churches, that
prelate has intimated his intention to take steps to pre-
vent these vaults from being used for such purposes.
Owing to the high price charged for spirits by the prin-
cipal distillers, the licensed victuallers of London have
given notice, that, within a short time, they will be com-
pelled to advance the price of gin, whisky, and rum, to
the extent of about 3d. a pint.
The number of deaths in London during the week end-
ing the 2nd inst., amounted to the extraordinary
of 1,510. " • 'lie largest numb-

nis is t, aer registered in any
one week for the last seven years, and exceeds the average
of the last five winters by 442.
During the late frosts. ^

o a considerable quantity of game
has been picked up dead in the southern counties. In
the pheasant preserves, where the birds are fed, pheasants
have done well; but partridges have been starved out.
Rabbits have been found frozen in great numbers, and
many hares have been found dead.

The colliers in the neighbourhood of Dudley have ceased
their work,
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Loss of £2229.—0n Tuesday information was received
by the police that two letters, containing notes and bills
of Exchange amounting to £2229 18s, 6d„ had been ab-
stracted whilst in transit through the Post-office, from the
firm of W, S. Cheetham, of Nottingham, to the Com-
mercial Bank of Scotland, Edingburgh.
A subscription has been commenced at Leeds for the.
Irish, headed by Messrs. Marshall, £2OO ; Messrs. B.
Gott and Sons, £2OO ; Messrs. Beckett and Co., £lOO ;
the Mayor, £5O; Messrs. Stansfeld and Brown, £5O ;
Mr. John Heaton, £5O; Messrs. Wm. Gatliff, Son, and
Co. £2l, and a truss of blankets. These were followed
by other subscriptions of various amounts.
IttoNm ASTERS' MEETING.—At the usual preliminary
meeting before the quarterly meetings, which take place
in the ensuing week, held at Wolverhampton, on Tuesday,
it was unanimously resolved that no advance should be
made for the ensuing quarter. The state of the trade was
described as healthy but it was thought, without an excep-,
tion, that any advance would be highly injurious.
A young lady in the neighbourhood of Harrogate, for
the sake of curiosity, planted a potato in the corner of
her father's garden, at the latter end of October last,
and, to her astonishment, when she looked at it on New
Year's day, found at the root seven large potatoes, which
were used the same day for dinner and were found quite
palatable.
GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OFINDIA.—It is confi-
dently stated in military circles and at the East India
House—and we believe there is little, if indeed any,
doubt of the truth of the report—that Lord Hardinge
has been recalled from India, and t'-'t 1— to be sue

m la_ le is to
ceeded in the Governor-Generalship by the Marquis of
Clanricarde.—United Service Gazette.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Mary
Anne King, 25, married woman, was charged with the
wilful murder of her son, by biting him upon the face, and
thereby giving him divers mortal injuries, of which he
died about ten days after his birth. It appeared that she
was in a state of insanity at the time, and was on that
ground acquitted. •

As Mr. Williams and his daughters were walking up
Crown-street, Pontypool, a drunken rflffian named Davies
staggered against them, and knocked down the child. A.
man having remonstrated with the ruffian fer such con-
duct was also knocked down by him. While Mr. Wil-
liams was raising the man up, Davies fractured Mr.
Williams's skull, and killed him on the spot.
DEATH BY FIRE.—Mrs. Lucy Legge, a lady who occu-
pied apartments in the house. No. 31, Sidmout h-street,
-Regent-square, London, while standing near the drawing-
room stove, fell suddenly into the fire, in consequence of
a fit, and was severely burnt. This painful event occurred
several days ago, and the utmost care was of courne be-
stowed upon the .unfortunate sufferer unliP- 'ty, how

ever, without success. She expired on the tith inst.
The magnificent portrait gallery, 100 feet long, at
ytiDnrtailsoncolVulnatnryor. , i.ssinroßw. copemelplbeatded:praion has
rd
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this new gallery, Several of the best portraits by Sir T.
LaWrence ; and, with the exception of the Royal collec-
thiiobnit,edin h couldthe
be oa st
gallery,of
he majority
t larger
of which, than any other ittlicutr pri-
vate gentleman. There are upwards of fifty portraits ex-
hibited
those only recently finished v
beyond

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shhoonp.s
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theTphr:vtaottealciiirucmlebOet;
warehouses, and pri-
vate dwellings, that were entirely destroyed by fire in
London during the last year was 258 ; the total number of
slinilar.buildings that were slightly damaged by fire, wa-
ter, was 576, making a total of 834. The number of
chimney alarms was 69, and false alarms 119, making in
the- whole 188, which shows a grand total of IC22—a,
larger number than has ever taken place since the forma-
tion of _the police establishment. Out of the above there
were fifteen .outbreaks which were attended with loss of
life..., and the total number of lives lost was 23.
FEARFUL DEATH OF A BRIDE.—On Saturday week, as
Mr. and Mrs. Jacques, of Jarrow, who had been married
only five days, were proceeding along a coal railway, near
i
to Newcastle, they came to .an inclined plane, up which
Mr. Jacques proposed they should ride upon the waggons.
His wife assented, and on attempting to get into the wag-
gons she fell, and seven of them passed over her. She
was immediately taken up and conveyed to the Newcastle
Infirmary, where she died shortly after. Mr. Jacques
had conducted a school in Jarrow, and he and his wife

were on the eve or going to a my, LLvw VA La-
bour when this fearful accident happened.
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Newark,
Newark (it has been well known for some time that he will
sit for Stamford in the next. Parliament), and stated that
J. H. Manners Sutton, Esq., of Kelham Hall, would, in
dinner
all probability, become a candidate for the suffrages of
LordAt John
a recent eltan ers bidg farewell
the electors, and that Lord Stanley had taken the lead of
what once was the Tory, then the Conservative, and now
is styled the Country Party, and that the noble lord had
well matured his measures for the coming session. Air.
Stuart alsii spoke, but avoided all party politics, observing
only that he should again become a candidate for Newark.
SPLENDID SUBSCRIPTIONS.—We rejoice to see that in
London a subscription on behaf of the destitute in Ire-
land and Scotland, has been commenced under the most
promising auspices. The following subscriptions have
been received :—The Queen, £2000; Prince Albert, £500;
the Duchess of Gloucester, £200; the Duke of Des on-
shire, £lOOO ; Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., £lOOO ;
Messrs. Jones, Lloyd and Co., £lOOO ; Messrs. Overend,
Gurney and Co., 1:1000; Messrs. Rothschild and Co.,
N 1 LN •
ths, £ICOO ,•
£ICCO ; Lord

Messrs: Truman, Hanbury, and Buxton,
John Russell, 4300 ; Sir Robert Peel, 4200,

Jan. 12, 1847.

On Thursday, Sir George Larpent, as chairman of the
East India and China Association, with the deputy chair-
man, had an interview with Lord John Russell, to advo-
cate a reduction in the duty of tea. Lord John Russell
thanked the deputation for the trouble they had taken,
and assured them that the subject upon which they ap-
peared to be so much interested would receive the fullest
and most patient consideration of her Majesty's govern-
ment.
POTATOES.—The price of potatoes is rapidly advancing
in Durham, and at Sunderland 16d. to 18d. a peck is now
charged, according to quality, which is about double the
pride usually paid at this time of the year. The tubers
are not found to keep so well as was expected, and on
the average about one-third are unfit for use, even among
those got from the dealers at the high prices before
named. The stock in the district is being rapidly ex-
hausted, and other vegetable produce is extravagantly
dear.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME.—A correspen-
dent of the Daily News says, that negotiations have been
entered into on the subject of an interchange of diplomatic
representatives between the English and the Papal courts.
It is said, however, that the English Government insists
on a stipulation that the Roman envoy in London shall
always be a layman—a demand which stops the progress
of the negotiations. [The visit of the Duke of Devon-
shire to Rome may possibly be connected with the pro-
posed arrangement.]
THE FEVER TAX.—A FACT FOR RATEPAYERS.—TllO
Bethnal. Green and Whitechapel Unions incurred an extra
expense for the fever cases for the quarter ending Lady_
day, 1838, the one of £216 195., the other of £4th), mak-
ing a total of £616. 19s. • and being at the rate of
£2467 16s. a-year. And of the total number who re-
ceived parochial relief in most of the districts, a very large
proportion received it in consequence of their being ill
with fever ' • but in one district, namely, St. George's,
Southwark, out of 1467 persons who received parochial
relief, 1276—that is, the whole number, with the excep-
tion of 191—are reported to have been ill with fever.—
Dr. Southwood Smith's Evidence before the Health of
Towns Commission.
DR. DODDRIDGE'S CORRESPONDENCE.—During the
last week, at a sale at Pentonville, of the property of the
late Dr. Doddridge, two lots, described as waste paper,
were brought forward, and the first, put up at 2s. 6d., was
knocked down to a Mr. Hamilton, of Islington (who is
andcu the curious
sinecond t producedautographical matotenryl 11 s
matters),
andsum waso f £2 145.,
by the same party. Upon examination, they proved to ho
an invaluable series of original correspondence ; several
thousand letters to and from this eminent divine with his
own family ; some of the clergy in America, and most of
the dissenting clergy in England of the period, Orton,
Watts, Hervey, Warburton, Clark, T. Scott, Newton,
Neal, Colonel Gardiner and his lady, Mrs. Ann Dutton,
and many others, mostly during his ministry at Northamp-
ton, including the diploma for his doctor's degree.
Mr. Alfred Smee, of London, in a letter to the Times,
recommends the following treatment for the potato crop
during the present year :-1. Cultivate all crops to the
usual extent. 2. With regard to potatoes use sets from
former healthy plants. 3. Select early varieties. 4.
Plant early. 5. Use but little or no manure. G. Choose
sandy or peaty soil. 7. Destroy the plants the Aphis
Vastator,
andis notz
rn
ip living;oonn which
t,
he se accountsa r e the
the
husbandman shepherd's pue,
should destroy these plants as well as possible before
spring advances to furnish it with abundance of food. The
Vastator causes the first damage to vegetables it attacks,
and is thus the cause of the disease from which all subse-
quent changes take place as a consequence. Every farmer
should know the form and habits of the creature, and
every one should assist him to kill this destroyer of hu-
man food.

DESTITUTION IN SCOTLAND.—The accounts from the
highlands and islands of Scotland are truly awful. The
labouring population of Sutherlandshire, Inverness-shire,
Ross-shire, Argyleshire, and of the Hebrides and Zetland
Islands, are at this moment threatened with starvation, hi
consequence of the total failure of the potato crop. Al-
ready have many of these poor people perished from cold
and hunger, and, horrible as are the sufferings of the
destitute Irish, we believe that they are quite equalled by
those of the poor inhabitants of the highlands and islands
of Scotland ; but as there are no coroner's inquests in
Scotland, and but few local newspapers, deaths fronistar-
vation take place, and the public are uninformed of the
occurrence. Under these circumstances, the Edinburgh
Committee for the Relief of Destitution in the Highlands
have determined to appoint a deputation to proceed to
London for the purpose of laying the claims of the suf-
fering population before the people of England.
NEW BRANCH OF INDUSTRY. Anne Wood, an expert
artist in simulating fits, who has succeeded in deceiving
experienced medical practitioners, was charged at the
Mansion-house, London, on Saturday, with practising
her imposture in Petticoat-lane. Mr. Jacobs, a surgeon,
found her lying in a fit. By the application of strong sti-
mulants he revived her, but she immediately relapsed.
She was taken to the police-station, where even the in-
spector was moved to pity by her appearance, and sug-
gested her instant removal to the workhouse. Mr. Jacob
handed a shilling to pay for a cab to convey her thither.
She recovered, however, very suddenly, and, on opening
her eyes, asked, " Who's to have the shilling, the officer
or me ?" At the Mansion-house she was recognised as
an old offender. In her defence she said she was the wi-
dow of a policeman who died five years ago, and that since
his death she had been obliged " to support her family by
hysterical and other fits." The Lord Mayor committed
her for three months. •

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—A most awful catastrophe
occurred at Neath Abbey, on Sunday morning. At about
nine o'clock, the cry of " Boys drowning !" was heard
from the canal near to the IsZetll Abbey ..'en-IpaJay's boi-
ler-building establishment. On inquiry it was ascertained
that Francis George, 14 years of age, went on the ice on
the canal to ascertain its strength, when it gave way, and
he was precipitated to the bottom. David Torah, 15

years of age, perceiving his friend's danger, proceeded to
the spot, and stretched himk4f on the ice in order to
render assistance • but no sooner was he within reach
than George seized him by his neckerchief, and drew him
into the water also. By this time there was a general
alarm throughout the neighbourhood, and George's fa-
ther being directed to the spot, immediately plunged into
the water, where he remained about twenty minutes in a
very excited state. Not being able to save his son, his
shrieks were most heart-rending. Boat-hooks, irons, &c.,
were resorted to in the hope of recovering the bodies, but
this being found impracticable, a boat belonging to a ves-
sel was soon on the spot, and launched into the canal.
In the course of a few minutes the • two bodies were
brought to the surface, but, from the time they remained
in the water (half an hour) life was extinct.—Caledonia.
Tun REVENUE,—The national income has been so sten"
dily increasing during the last four or five years, that we
now look for a surplus as a matter of course. The reve-
nue table for the year and quarter ending the sth of Janu-
ary, 1847, does not disappoint the expectation. Com-
pared with similar periods calculated to the sth of Janu-
„....

ary, 1846, it shows an increase of £19,873 on the quarter,
and £13,032 on, the year. These figures, however, do
not present the most favourable view of the matter, in-
asmuch as they give only the net total, after. deducting a
decrease of £1,016,225, consisting chiefly of repayments
of advances, and of a falling off in the Chinese tribute,
which are not included in the general estimates. The
statement of the ordinary revenue is very much more
brilliant, and shows an increase of £454,662 on the quar-
ter, and £1,028,257 on the year. In fact, there is an ad-
vance on the year in every item, except stamps, and on
the quarter in all except
_stamps and miscellaneous re-
m'

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Excise, underr
Pa d Property-tax :in the first,
is
£205,650 and £159,932 for the year and quarter respect-
ively ; in the second £344,138 and £269,318 s and in the
third, £868,821 and £63,234. In the Post-office also
there is an advance of £85,000 on the year, and £14,000
on the quarter.
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FA
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY BY A YOUNG FRENCH.
having stolen, at Fareham,
for having on the 28th of October
.last, a japanned cash box, containing £135 in sovereigns,
INo.r—enOtinnaWd
23 half-sovereigns, a guinea, and .other articles, the pro-
perty of Thomas Purkis. The extraordinary nature of
this robbery, and the somewhat romantic circumstances
attending it, of which a full notice appeared in this jour-
nal about two months since, created an intense interest in
Hampshire, and long before the case was called on every
available seat was occupied. The fact of the prisoner be-
ing a Frenchwoman had created considerable sympathy on
her behalf, so much so as to induce several benevolent

individuals to furnish the means of providing-her with
counsel. The prisoner, who was led into the dock, ap-
peared to have suffered much during her lengthened im-
.