The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

COLONEL SIR WM. REID has succeeded in introducing
the Assam silkworm into Malta.
LORD STANLEY, M.P., has offered to contribute £3OO
for the erection of public baths and washhouses at King's
Lynn—of which borough he is the representative —on con-
dition that the town council contributes an equal sum to
the same object.
TIGHT LACING.—A young girl, named Mary Britton,
servant in a miller's family of the name of Hall, of Walm-
gate, has died through wearing a pair of stays belonging
to Miss Ann Hall, which were very strong, and tightly
a ced, so as to induce a sudden attack of apoplexy.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.—As some evidence of the
preparations now considered necessary for the commence-
ment of war, in the event of its been unavoidable, it may
be mentioned that the government, having advertised for
tenders for the supply of 50,000 gallons of rum, five ten-
ders were made on Thursday week, and all were accepted,
making in all 250,000 gallons.
THE REPRESENTATION OP NORTH DITRIIA.M.—It is
generally thought in Durham that Lord Adolphus Vane
will be brought forward by the Tories to represent the
vacant seat in the northern division of the county, caused
by the elevation of his brother, Lord Seaham, to the Upper
House. The register has been carefully watched by the
Liberals during the last two years, so that it is probable
there will be a contest. _ _

SERIOUS FIRS AT SEREWSBURY.—On Wednesday
night, the timber yard of Mr. Chime, Shrewsbury; caught
fire, and property to the value of nearly £3,000 was de-
stroyed.
Several thousand persons assembled, and used
such exertions to extinguish the fire and to save the
timber that the flames did not communicate to the adjoin-
ing houses.
Tits NITSTRIttOtIS DISAPPEARANCE.—On Thursday,
the police authorities of the metropolis received a commu-
nication from the friends of Mr. T. H. Walsh, the surgeon,
of Worcester, whose mysterious disappearance from the
Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, led to the
belief that he had been waylaid and murdered, and whose
friends, labouring under that impression, offered a reward
of £5O for his discovery, announcing that he had been
found, An safe, in one of the southern counties.
LOSOBVITY.—The death of one of the oldest inhabitants
of Bethnal-green occurred in the infirm ward of the work-
louse of that parish on Wednesday. The deceased, Jane
Green, had been an inmate of the workhouse for many
years ; she had now a numerous family, her youngest
daughter being now upwards of seventy years. Her
faculties were all perfect, and 'her sight so good that she
could read any ordinary print, even without the assistance
of spectacles, and enjoyed good health to the last, though
lately she has been confined 'to her bed. She was in her
104th year.
A Sr. PETSRSEURG NEISSPAPER entertains its readers
with a picture by no -means flattering to our merchant
navy, intended to show that it cannot supply good sailors
to our belligerent fleets. It seems, according to this
authority, that our wrecks are increasing with enormous
rapidity, because out merchant seamen, behind as well as
before the mast,, are utterly and incurably addicted to
drunkenness'; and, as a proof of the prevalence of this
vice, it is mentioneZ that "the earth fuel tihich the Eng-
lish people are olliged to burn for want of the pine
forests With which Russia is blessed" VliS for a whole
mouth enorthonsty increased in price In consequence of
the sailors employed in the coasting trade having given
themselves np'to gin.
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A PRIGiIiPUL Deana has happeiled to a bricklayer,
named Henry Smith, while engaged on some repairs a
the 'Stanton iron-works. He was standing on a gas-
burner over tine of the furnaces, when the burner broke,
and befell into the furnace, which was partly full of molten
metal. Qteantities of water were instantly poured into
the furnace ; the unfortunate mat was seen in a stooping
*posture with his hands and his feet in the liquid metal.
After' the lapse of two hours and a half a part -of the
shrivelled trunk of a man was drawn out of the furnace
by meats of a rake. The dreadful occurrence put an end
to work for the day ; the strongest and most courageous
in were seen crying like 'children when all chance of
saving their comrade was gone. The people immediately
aubecribed £2O for his family.
Law OF SETTLESIENT.—In the year ending at Lady-
dly, no less than 11f,032 persons were removed from
-stamens parishes in Rrigiand and Wales, under orders of
'removal obtained by
the poor-law authorities, on the
ground that their settlement was elsewhere. The expense
'of the orders and removal, without including the cost of
trelief before removal, was £13,646. There were, besides,
383 orders made for' the removal of Scotch paupers, and
4,823 for the removal of Irish. It does uct appear how
many persons were inaaded in these orders. But these
figures do not show 'the whole number of the English
removals, for parishes With a population of about 2,400,000
<nearly a seventh of-the kingdom) have omitted to make
returns.
GENERAL ilaaaraz s CORPSE.—AImost extraordinary
account has reached us in a private letter' from Vienna to
a high personage here,and has been the talk of our salons
for the last few days.. It appears that tae circumstances
of the death of General Haynan presented a phenomenon
of the most awful-kind on record. For many days after
deal% the warmth-of life yet lingered in the right arm
and left leg of thecerpse, which remained limp and moist,,
even bleeding-slightly when pricked. 'Aro delusion, not-
withstanding, be maintained as 'to the reality of
derith, for the other parts of the 'body were completely
ran krtified, andinterment became necessary before the two
lin ibs above mentioned had become either stiff or cold.
The writer of thtikletter mentioned that this strange cir-
cumstance hadaircduced the greatest awe in the minds of
th ose who witneseed it, and that the emperor had been so
impressed'with`'it, that his physicians-bad forbidden the
subject to be alhidell to in his presence. Query, can the
above singular statement be verified:? 'at was copied from
a French paperainrenediately after the decease of General
H aynau wasknown in Paris.—Notes avid Queries.
PUBLIC DECENCT. AND THE PUBLIC TRESS.—WithOllt
as ;timing to' e censors of our contemporaries, and espe-
cially repudiating any prudish pretentious to superior
virtue or morality, we yet think -alert is one subject on
wl iich the eorductors of the newspaper. press of England
would do well allude to the reports of pro-
' ceedings in the pOlice and other courts of law. Within
the last fortnight, eases combining every conceivable
ingredient of impurity, filth, corruption, and indecency,
have been investigated, and by the daily papers faithfully,
we may almost say verbatim, reported. 'On the part of
• the magistrate there was a disgusting, yet. necessary, duty
to perform: he has to bring crime to punishment. The
press also has its duty to discharge. Rightly understood,
and faithfully and discreetly carried ont, the office of the
journalist is lefty and honourable. It is Ito instruct the
ignorant, to encourage the good, to protectahe weak, arid,
;.above all, to nsimasileand to brand viee, when the crime or
• the offender is beyond the reach of lair. 'Yet, to do this,
is it necessary to report literally the evidence of panders,
:and to recount with ,disgusting exactitude the iniquities
~ef the brothel ? Occasionally one may read in-the leading
:articles of a newepapersin eloquent discourse, which would
ale honour to the rilpitadenouncing the immorality of the
„cheap publications of the day, and canine the attention of
the police to the indecenta•prints in Holywell-street. Turn
,aaathe police reports of -the same paper, and the reader will
see pruriency which Holywell-street cannot eaurpass-
..•`.! Change places, handy-dandy, which is the Instice —which
the thief ?" It is easy -to ,say that the press must faith-
"fully report the proceedings of courts 'of justice:;: but a
report can be faithful without being minute. For our
„own part, we confess we cannot see any difference ineffect
tbetween publishing to the last, particular accounts of, vice
,that ,hale actually occurred, -and inventing imagii.sry
-scenes of impurity, to ac quirearealth by corrapting.the
, minds nf the ignorant. —The P. lets.
SACKIMTO DEATH OF AN ANALYTICAL
death of Mr. James Haywood teacher of chemistry*
the Wesleyan College, Sbeffield,,,occurred on Thursdny
morning, antler most distressing and melancholy circum-
stances. On the previous eveuing,asbout six o'clock, Mr.
Haywood *ma .engaged in the laboratory at the college,
preparing for his lecture to the pupils that evening, and
it was necessary for him to pour into,,,s phial a quantity of
sulphuricacid•contained in a large bottle in a hamper. It
appears that thetamper was getting worn out, and Mr.
Haywood incantionsly lifted up the bottle by itself, when
the acid contained in the bottle, being meth heavier than
water, broke the glass and ran on Mr. llaywood's clothes.
A quantity of the acid also fell upon the klress of a boy, a
pupil at the college, who was assisting ltho, and burnt
throughtis clothes; ;but as the lad was rushing out of the
place to get some water, he was seized 'by one of the'
teachers. who'tore off ins 'burning clothes, and held him
for about taveeta' Minutes while he was pumped on:with
cold water. By these means, and in eonsecomiet of the
fresh air which he inhaled, the boy escaped with a few
burns, and is now considered out of danger. It fared
differently, however, -with Mr. Haywood. On 'finding
that the bottle tad brokeieake let it fall ; and at the same
time he fell forward on the floor. lie inflicted a deep gash
in his hand with part of the broken bottle. FrOm this
time Mr. Haywood appears 'to have lost his usual preserce
of mind, and instead of holding his breath and escaping
from the room instantly, he lay for some moments inhal-
akig the deadly fumes of the •poisonous liquid. After re-
maining some time in the laboratory, breathing an atmos-
phere charged with the'exhallations,of the acid, he was at
leagth taken away and conveyed ie a very distressing con-
dition to his home, where he lingered till his death, which
occurred about five o'clock on the following morning.
Mr. Haywood was an analytical chemist .of great celebrity,
and occupied a distinguished place as a public lecturer on
chemistry, as applied, to agricultural science as, well as
to manufactures.
THE LATE CHRISTOPHER SHAW ROE, Esq.—A painful
' gloom was cast over the inhabitants of this borough gene-
rally, on Tuesday morning last, by the sudden death of
Christopher Shaw Roe, Esq., Summer-hill, [near Maccles-
field. He transacted business in the town on Monday,
apparently in good health, and retired to rest that night
without the least symptom of indisposition. Early next
morning, however, he was found to be in a state of fatal
lethargy. Medical assistance was immediately obtained ;
but all that the best professional skill could bring to hear
upon his ease was of no • avail. He never even rallied so
far as to exhibit the least sign of consciousness, and in a
few hours he expired without a struggle. The removal
of this good man has made a serious gap in our commu-
nity. Disinclined, from constitutional peculiarities, to
take that lead in society which so often distinguishes men
of showy parts, he was one who unostentatiously
with the most conscientious integrity, the duties of his
station • and by all who knew him he was acknow-
ledged 'to be a man of sterling worth and unbounded
kindness of heart. As the patron of Christ Church, with
its subordinate appliances of daily and Sunday schools,
&c., his loss will be severely felt. To the prosperity of
these he was keenly alive. We believe that we are under
the mark when he say, that within the last twenty years
he has expended upon them not less than £,7,000; and
we know that, shortly before his death, he had made
arrangements for an outlay of at least £6OO upon the
sacred edifice built and endowed by his grandfather. His
attachment to the Church of England was fervent, and
his loyalty enthusiastic. We need hardly add, that in
his political opinions he was an inflexible supporter of the
Protestant Constitution in Church and State. But a
better tribute to his memory, than any we could pro-
nounce, will be found among the poor. Of these, it may
be said truly, that, " when the ear heard him it blessed
him, and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him—
the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon
him, and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy."
Many a cottage latch was lifted, and many a threshold
crossed by him when the world saw nothing of the
ministry of mercy, nor even the left hand lam lv what the
right 44 dicl,---Mgccles,field Courier.