The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

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The farmers are about forming an assurance association
against loss by diseases in cattle.

-Jenny Lind left London on Tuesday night, at twelve
o'clock, by the steam-packet John Bull, for Hamburgh.
On Friday the Lord Mayor of London publicly cau-
tioned people against embarking in the Austrian lottery
speculations.
A woman named Bell has been committed by the ma-
gistrates at Devonport for selling her husband's wooden
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PROFIT AND Loss.—The Maidstone Journal says that
a labourer last week cut in one day five acres of oats, and
drank 32 quarts of strong beer while doing it.
The engineer of the Cricket steamer, against whom a
verdict of manslaughter was returned at the coroner's
inquest has surrendered, and put in bail to take his trial.
COACH v. RAIL.—The Cambridge
_people announce,
that their coach, in opposition to the Eastern Counties,
will commence running on Monday next.
Mr. J. J. Bond, coroner for Folkestone, has committed
suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. He had been
labouring under temporary fits of insanity for some time.
TALENTED QUARTETT.—Mr. Webster's company at
the Haymarket comprises four of the greatest female
actors on our stage, Mrs. Charles Kean, Mrs. Nisbett,
Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. Glover.
On Tuesday, the Earl of Leicester and the Hon. E. K.
Coke, M.P., bagged at Warham 461 partridges, from
their own guns, in the day. We understand a great many
birds were picked up the next day.—Bury Post.
A labourer, whilst travelling by rail the other day. to
Bury, lost his hat, and not being quite sober at the time,
jumped after it. He received a contusion of the head,
but no fracture.
The Glasgow Water Company threaten to cut off the
supplies of the pure element in those cases where land-
lords will not become bound for the payment of the water
rate by their tenants.
Last week, a quantity of carpeting, the property of a
draperat Gainsboro', was sold by auction to pay the amount
of Income-tax which the tradesman alleges he had been
overcharged, and refused to pay.
Among quantity of property belonging to the town
of Congleton, brought under the hammer last week, was
the old pillory. The lot was put up at sixpence, and after
repeated bids, was knocked down at eighteen-pence !
THREE NEW PEERS.—Sir Charles Coote, Bart., of
Ballyfin, Mountrath, is to be raised to the British peerage,
together, with Lord Chief Justice Doherty, and Sir John
Cam Hobhouse, Bart.—Dublin Packet. [This is contra-
dicted.]
Mr. John Carnally, of Barnsley, who had afforded
facilities for the removal of a 'super from Barnsley to
Huddersfield, to which place he had thus become charge-
able, has been fined 402. and expenses, by the Huddersfield
magistrates.

MURDER BY SOLDIERS.—Six private soldiers have
been committed to York Castle from Sheffield, for trial
at the next assizes, on the charge of murdering one Thos.
Morton in an affray which took place on the night of the
11th September.
Thomas Leith was executed at Dundee, on Tuesday,
for the murder of his wife. Immediately before the clo-
sing scene a clergyman stepped up to the culprit, and
asked him if he were guilty or not guilty. He placed his
hand on his breast, and said—" I am not guilty."
Serious riots took place last week at Tweedmouth and
Berwick, in consequence of an attempt made by the sub-
contractor on the Berwick and Kelso Railway to with-
hold a portion of the wages of the " navvies." One man
died of injuries received, and the military were called out.
FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Thursday, a ge-
neral reduction in the price of the 4th loaf of wheaten
bread took place in all parts of the metropolis, the charge
now being 51d. and 6d. the quartern loaf. In some of the
poorer districts a description of rye bread is retailed at 41d.
THE COAL TRADE.—Newcastle has sent 576 cargoes of
coals to the Baltic alone this year ; Sunderland, 179 ;
Hartlepool, 134 ; Stockton, 94 ; Hull, 32 ; Liverpool, 8 ;
London, 0. The total number from these and all other
British ports has been 1,241. _ _

THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND BASTARDY.—NO less than
62 orders in bastardy have been made by the Bradford
magistrates during the past quarter. In the preceding
quarter there were 34. The bulk of the applications are
from factory girls.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COPPER SMELTING. A patent
has been obtained for a process of smelting ores, whether
consisting of the oxides, suiphurets, or carbonates, on a
principle entirely new, and by which pure merchantable
copper can be produced at a price of £5 per ton.
It is said that letters reaching the London Postoffice
on Sunday from the country, are to be dispatched the
same evening. At least one hundred clerks will be re-
quired for this purpose ; at present only six clerks do
Sunday work at the General Post-office.
The colliers of Dudley recently dined together in large
numbers at Birmingham, and desirous to mark the festival
with peculiar eclat, offered Jenny Lind £3OO in order to
induce her to sing before them. The fair Swede declined,
in a courteous letter.

DEATH FROM FIGHTING.—OR Monday, two miners,
named Bee and Thompson, at Stanhope, Durham, having
quarrelled, stripped for fighting. They had two rounds,
when Bee struck Thompson upon the left side, and he
fell to the ground and died instantly. A verdict of man-
slaughter has been returned against Bee.
The Roman Catholics of Southwark and Lambeth met,
on Monday, to form an association for the vindication of
Catholic rights and the protection of Roman Catholic
privileges, by increasing the number of Catholic electors,
and organising the Roman Catholic residents of the
metropolis.
A farmer in the Isle of Man, who bad lost one or two
cows by disease, burnt one of them in the high road, for
the purpose of discovering the evil eye. The first man
who came up was declared to be the wizard, and it is stated
that if he bad not saved himself by flight, he would have
shared the fate of the cow.

At the preliminary meeting of the ironmasters of South
Staffordshire, held at Wolverhampton on Tuesday, it was
determined to recommend that no alteration in the pre-
sent prices should be fixed at the ensuing quarterly meet-
ings. The trade was represented to be in a healthy state,
with a steady demand.
At the Clerkenwell police-office on Monday, William
Joseph Clifton was remanded on a charge of murdering
his wife, who died from the injuries received by the brute
kicking her. The principal evidence was that of a young
child, his daughter, who was in tears the whole time she
was giving evidence.
The Archbishop of York, who is 92 years old, and his
Chaplain, Mr. Dixon, were a few days since immersed up
to their necks in an ornamental lake attached to the epis-
copal palace at Bishopsthorp, owing to a bridge on which
they were crossing breaking down. Fortunately they sus-
tained nothing worse than a wetting.
:13RISTOL DocKs.—At length we have the gratification
to announce that a special meeting of the Town Council
will be held on Wednesday next, to take into considera-
tion a report from the committee appointed to confer with
the Bristol Free-Port Association, in relation to the trans-
fer of the docks to the borough.—Bristol Mirror.
ENORMOUS RETURN.—There is to be seen in the shop
of Mr. James Clement, Crieff, the produce of a single
seed of oats lately reaped, which counts the enormous
number of 2062 grains, all fully ripe. It may be men-
tioned, that from the one seed there are twenty full-
grown stalks, besides two that had not ripened.—Perth
Courier.

The proprietors of the extensive spinning mills near the
town of Barnard Castle have commenced working short
time. The carpet manufacturers complain of the de-
pressed state of the trade. A great number of the work-
men are out of employment, and may be seen walking
about the streets daily ; and others are only partially em-
ployed.
MARY ANNE HUNT.—It now appears that this woman,
under sentence of death in Newgate, has been examined
by three medical men, and they are unanimously of
opinion, that the verdict of the jury of matrons was
wrong, and that the unfortunate woman is beyond doubt
" quick with child." Of course the sentence will not yet
be carried out.
The Carlisle Journal reports that a coroner's jury have
returned a verdict of wilful murder against Peter Hanlin,
a travelling tinker, whose wife was found lying dead in a
ditch near Greystone Cottage, on the Blackwall-road.
Evidence was given that they were seen together on the
same day both dreadfully intoxicated, and the man beat-
ing his wife.
WEST INDIA YAMS.—Some tons of this article have
been consigned to Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, of London,
and, from the present abundant crop of potatoes in this
country, have been sold for the purpose of cattle feeding.
A quantity has also been sent gratuitously to Ireland, to
test their applicability to the feeding of pigs as a substi-
tute for the potatoe.
THE APPLE CROP.—A contemporary states, as some-
thing extraordinary, that good Somersetshire cider is
being sold at 355. per hogshead. It is not unlikely that
an error of the press has substituted the figure 3 for 2, as
as it is a fact, that 20s. per hogshead is the general price
asked ; in some instances, cider of a superior flavour and
quality, is sold at 255.
The banns were foibidden by a disappointed damsel in
Chelmsford. Church on Sunday week. A gay widower
had wooed and won her; and then, with the hardness of
a heart seared by some fifty years. had turned her care-
lessly away, and fallen into the meshes of a fair widow.
It is to be feared that the objection of the injured one will
not be deemed valid.
A PREMIUM- ON TEETOTALISM.—The Rev. Alfred
Hewlett, of Astley, delivered an address to the members
of his congregation on Monday evening, it being the
" wakes " ; at the conclusion, of which, he urged upon
their notice the necessity of becoming teetotallers ; and,
by way of inducement, he stated that he would marry
teetotallers, christen their children, and inter their dead,
free of charge.
A MAN KILLED BY HIS BROTHER.—On Monday last,
at Leintwardine, Herefordshire, an inquest was held upon
the body of James Beavan, who was killed by a blow from
his brother. The evidence shewed that at a village wake,
where everything had gone on pleasantly, the deceased and
his brother struck each other, either in jest or pretended
hostility, when suddenly one fell down dead. The jury
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter."
ADULTERATION OF OATMEAL.—At the Glasgow Court
of Justiciary, on the 29th ult., Alexander Bannatyne,
grain merchant, of that town, was found guilty of mixing
thirds with oatmeal, but recommended to mercy, in con-
sequence of the practice having been adopted by other
parties in the trade. He was sentenced to four months
imprisonment, and to pay a fine of £3OO, or other four
months imprisonment.
Four children, of a man at Stroud, partook on Monday
of a pudding, given to them by the friends of a deceased
person. They were all soon after taken ill, and one, a
little boy aged eleven, died on Thursday, and it is feared
his sister will follow. The eldest son, nineteen years old,
is in a dangerous state, and only the youngest child is
expected to recover. The pudding was found to contain
arsenic, but how it got there is not yet known.
CURIOUS INCIDENT.—As two men were returning to
Ilkeston from Nottingham Goose Fair, on Monday night,
they quarrelled ; a scuffle ensued, and both fell into the
canal. One of, the men was an excellent swimmer, and
found no great difficulty in reaching the bank ; but his
opponent, unfortunately, was not possessed of that tact,
and must have sunk to rise no more, had not the other
jumped in again and rescued him.—Nottingham Guard.
SINGULAR TURN OUT.—The workmen employed by
Messrs. F. Ball and Sons, lace-manufacturers, Ilkeston,
Derbyshire, " turned out" on Tuesday, rather than sub-
mit to a further reduction in their wages. ;.They after-
wards went to the cricket-ground, and agreed to a match
to decide whether 9r not they should accept the offer
made. The game was won by the party for the refusal,
with upwards of 100 notches to spare.
A correspondent of the Daily News affirms " that the
wheat crop of this year is not by any means an average
yield. I have my authority from the cultivators of the
ground themselves ; and, although the markets of our
provincial towns have been for the last three weeks some-
what crowded with sellers (from the necessity the
small farmer is under of doing so to enable him
to meet his Michaelmas rent), yet, from my own personal
experience, I feel convinced that we shall, ere long, be
undeceived as to the quantity of corn in the country."
DISTURBANCE IN BANFFSHIRE.—A' disturbance took
place last week at Findochty, in Banffshire. An extensive
fish curer having failed, the unfortunate fishermen at-
tempted to prevent the shipment of the herrings which
they had sold-to• him and had not been paid for. The
coast guard were called out and the riot act read ; but the
attempts to load the vessel were ineffectual. Darkness
terminated the struggle. In the course of the night some
of the leading fishermen were convinced of the folly of
their conduct ; and next morning the vessel was loaded
and departed without material resistance.
INNOCENT MEN TRANSPORTED.—In March, 1843,
four men, named Cant, Debrey, Lonsdale, and Williams,
were transported for having committed a burglary at
Market Weighton, Yorkshire. Subsequently, however,
this burglary proved, to have been committed by four other
men. A free pardon was accordingly sent to the innocent
convicts. In August last they returned. Application
having been made to the Secretary of State for some
redress, he has granted to them the sum of £lO each.
Cant alone has received the money, as the address of the
others is not known.

A most terrific boiler explosion, by which two persons
have been killed and three other seriously injured, occur-
red about one 'dock on Monday, at a foundry called the
Round Foundry, in .Water-lane, Leeds. One-of the
persons who has been killed is the engine-man, named
Newton. The other is a girl named Harris, who was
going up an entry adjoining the boiler-house when the
explosion occurred. The three persons who have been
injured, and whose injuries have not yet proved fatal, were
taken to the Leeds General Infirmary, where they are
now lying in a very precarious state. The cause of the
melancholy occurrence ie.not'poeitively known.

AN IMITATOR OF THE DUKE OF ATHOL.—Mr. Trotter,
of Martonhall, the proprietor of Blackford Hill, well
known to the readers of Marmion, is attempting to ex-
clude the public from the enjoyments of its beauties. Sir
Walter Scott alludes to the spot as a favourite haunt in his
youth ; and such it has continued to be. It is within
walking distance of Edinburgh, and the Scotch bard has
well said of it

"Still on the spot Lord Marmion stayed,
For fairer scene he ne'er surveyed."
M. Jullien, during his late tour, offered the celebrated
vocalist Viardot Garcia the enormous terms of 100 guineas
per night, to appear 40 nights at Drury-lane Theatre, the
money to be deposited at Rothschild's bank. This offer,
liberal as it was, was declined by Madame Viardot. Ne-
gotiations, however, are still pending. The renewal of
Alboni's engagement has been certified for the Royal Ita-
lian Opera next season, at extravagant terms—five times
the amount of what she received for the season just ex-
pired.—Musical World.

MANSLAUGHTER BY A BOY.—On Wednesday evening
an inquest on the body of a boy named Robert Bryer was
held at Bath. It appeared from the evidence, that de-
ceased was talking to a boy named Francis Neil, when a
quarrel arose, and the latter thrust a gouge into the sto-
mach of deceased. It was uncertain whether the prisoner
intended to kill deceased, as the instrument was not used
violently. The boy died a few days after the injury was
inflicted. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
against Francis Neil.

-SELLING A CHILD.—The Halifax Guardian tells the
following somewhat improbable story :—" On Tuesday
last, a calf-dealer, named Whitby, went from Nottingham
to Derby where, not being able to purchase calves; he
made a bargain with an unfortunate 'mother named Rad-
ford, and gave her three shillings for her child, eight
months old, which he brought home to his wife, who re-
fused to take it in. He then went to different places in
Nottingham, and offered the child to any one who would
buy it for 3s. 6d., but was unable to find a purchaser.
A GAMEKEEPER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.-011 Monday,
while Captain J. Townshend, R.N., was shooting over
the lands of Polwilly, and about to cross a ditch, slipt
his foot into a " blind hole" of some depth. Having lost
his balance, and being half twisted round, one of the bar-
rels of his fowling-piece unfortunately went off, and we
deeply regret to add, the contents were lodged in the neck
of James Wylie, gamekeeper at Camloden, who happened
to be standing immediately behind the Captain. Wylie
fell, uttered a short exclamation, and almost instantly
expired.— Wigtown Press.
LIBERAL RE WARD.—A few evenings ago (or early in
the morning), as a little girl who had *been employed in
hop-picking, at Mr. John Smith's, at Wick, was passing
along Broad-street, she picked up a small canvas bag, and
finding that there was money in it, took it to her mother,
who immediately mentioned the fact to the police, when
it was found that the bag contained bank notes and other
securities to the amount of £l,OOO. The crier was im-
mediately employed to announce the finding of the bag,
and the owner was shortly afterwards discovered. We
are pleased to add that he presentel the little girl with
£lOO, and also gave the mother £s.—Worcester Journal.
THE BANK CHARTER ACT.—It is the general opinion,
in the best-informed circles in the city, that her majesty's
government will make no concession by relaxing the strin-
gency of the Bank Charter Act, to relieve the commercial
pressure. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made no
secret of his opinion upon this subject amongst his friends,
his inference being, that no commercial houses will sus-
pend payment that have not extended their business
unduly beyond the amount of their capital, and that re-
laxing the screw would give a fresh impetus to the extra-
vagant expenditure on railways. It is at the same time
well known in the city circles, that both the governor and
deputy-governor of the bank of England are friendly to
the principle of the act of 1844.—Morning Herald.
CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE.—A tea party, principally
of ladies, (charming!) connected with this Society, took
place on Monday evening at the " Central Hall," Snow-
hill, Mr. William Howitt in the chair. The views of the
league are, (we like the words) to " supersede selfishness
by universality—undue restraint by full individual liberty
—antagonism by peace—competition by brotherly love,
and thus a state of existence may arise founded on the
principles of wisdom and goodness, yielding its fruit in
the happiness of every member of the human family."
And in brotherly love" were all the speeches made, Mr.
Howitt's especially; and in "sisterly love" did the ladies
applaud ; and the resolutions breathed much " love" to
the American people, and the whole affair was the most
" loveable" imaginable.—John Bull.
LABOURERS' WAGES.—A great many poor labourers
were summoned before the Shaftesbury Small Debts Court,
a few days since, by Mr. Perham, for sums due for pigs.
One defendant earned Bs. a week, and many gave their
wages at 7s. The Judge, who seemed astonished at the
smallness of the sum, questioned them particularly. 'Was
that all ? Were they quite sure of it ? Only seven! Mr.
Rutter asked one of them what parish he came from ? He
replied Stour Provost. Mr. Rutter said it was so ; 7s.
were the weekly wages down there. This man had a sick
wife and nine children, and he was sued for £6 I Is. His
Honour made an order for Is. a week, observing that it
would take a long time to pay it off at that rate, but it was
useless ordering a higher sum to be paid.—Sherborne
Journal.

HAZEL AND BEECH NUTS AND ACORNS.—Many tons
of hazel nuts nave been sent to London from Salisbury,
by railway during the last three weeks. They were chiefly
gathered by women and children in Hanley Hunt and
Gravely Chase. There are carters ready to purchase the
nuts for lid. to 2d. per gallon : these people then bring
them to Salisbury, when they are again purchased at 21d.
per gallon, then packed' in large hampers, and sent by
rail to London, where they were at first sold at ss. per
sack, and as they ripen more is given—the present price
beinn. Gs. 6d. to 7s. per sack, of about 18 gallons. The
fruit' of beech trees were seldom known so abundant.
The acorn is equally plentiful, and thousands of swine are
now being driven into the forests; the animals will feed
upon acorns and beech nuts for some months to come.
PROPOSED REVIVAL OF THE GLOVE TRADE.—The
decay of the glove trade in these parts has for years been
a subject of the deepest regret, inasmuch as this branch
of industry formerly afforded remunerative employment
to hundreds of families, but, the free-trade doctrines
being so popular, and the French being, by consent, re-
cognised as glove-makers for England, no one ever thought
of disputing what appeared to be our inevitable fate.
The Chamber of Commerce at Worcester, however, have
resolved to appoint a committee to co-operate with the
committees of the Town Council and Board of Guardians
at the Worcester Union in an inquiry as to what means
can be taken to promote a return to prosperity of the once
flourishing glove manufacture of that city.—Hereford
Journal.
VENEERING BUTTER.—At Barnard Castle market an
old man bought 201 b of butter at the Market Cross, of
a respectably-dressed woman, who let him have it " a
bargain." Returning to his inn, he chuckled over bis
purchase, and, in the exhuberance of his joy, sold his
landlady wo or three pounds at cost price. Before his
departure, she had occasion to cut into a pound, and
found it to consist of hog's lard coated with butter ! The
whole stock was then examined, and it proved to be all
alike. " Well," exclaimed the old dupe, " this beats
fleein' ! Aw've seen mahogany and aw've seen yack
veneering, but aw'll be shot if ivver aw see'd or hear'd tell
o' veneering wi' butter before." On Wednesday he was
again in the market, but we need hardly add the female
artist was absent.—Gateshead Observer.
THE APPROACHING COLLECTION FOR THE IRISH.—
A collection, of course, there will be. The church will
collect, and all the dissenters will collect. The Society of
Pope, the Sultan, and some dozen tribes of Red Indians.
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The rest will follow in due time. The programme is
much as follows :—£200,000 or £300,000 collected in the
middle of October ;—a yell of impatience for its arrival
before the end of the month ;—a disgusting scramble for
it in November ;—all spent in December ;—by Christmas
furious tirades from Drs. M'Hale and Higgins, and their
transatlantic brother Dr. Hughes ;—meetings to abuse and
menace the English the whole of next year, till, perhaps,
September, when there may, perhaps, be a momentary
pause in the abuse, for the purpose of begging another
twelvemonth's supply.—Times.
FREE-TRADERS' CONFESSIONS.—The proceedings at
the great Birmingham Currency meeting, present two re-
markable features : first, the anti-protectionists acknow-
ledged at the meeting that much of the present monetary
distress was owing to the abandonment of protection to
native industry !—and secondly, that trade had declined,
and would continue to decline, since that fatal step was
resolved upon. The great Mr. Muntz himself uttered
these portentous words to the acquiescent meeting—
" Where I exported thousands of pounds' worth of cer-
tain goods, I do not now export so many pence ; and I am
confident, if you attempt your free-trade principles as you
are going on, there is not a trade in Birmingham, nay,
hardly a trade in England, that will be worth carrying
out !" And for such results Peel is apotheosised, and
Cobden ranked among the Dii Majores, with an endow-
ment of a hundred thousand pounds.
FOREIGN SINGERS.—The following observations from
Fraser are not at all too severe respecting the enormous
sums which the foreign singers require here, compared
with their remuneration elsewhere :—`• The Englishman
meekly submits to be fleeced, and consents to pay guineas
instead of shillings into the hands of the very same people
he may hear sing in Italy for one quarter of the money.
The fever for Jenny Lind has raised prices to a height that
we shall take the liberty of calling scandalous. It is no
good argument to state that English people can afford it,
and therefore may do it. Money is money • £3O is £3O:
and if one man thinks this is an inconsiderable sum for a
single night's entertainment, we candidly confess we wish
that some day he may want it. Such money is ill spent ;
it goes after a certain point only to enrich one singer, who
pockets the cash. does not spend it in the country, and
sends it perhaps to some bank in a dirty little foreign
town."
A thief, named Joseph Boulton, a cordwainer, has met
with his death in an awful manner while in the act of
crime. His dead body was found by Mr. William Pet-
chell, the occupier of Bishop Offley mill, between nine
and ten o'clock on Monday morning last, lying between
the pitwheel of the mill arid the bolster which supported
it. His head was so firmly jammed between the wheel
and the bolster that it required the united strength of
six men to disengage it. The collar-bone and top part of
the right arm had been frightfully fractured. He had
apparently been dead some hours when discovered. His
coat pockets were filled with wheat, and a basket, which
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Oct. 12, 1847.

ANNOUNCED CUSTOMS' CHANGES,We have, been in`
formed it is in contemplation to abolish the Customs de-
partment, and levy import duties on six articles only:
tea, tobacco, wine,.spirits, and, perhaps, coffee ;' and that
these duties would be levied under the excise, transferring
such of the officers of Customs as might be required under
the new system to the former department. So extraer' •
dinary a revolution in the fiscal affairs of the country
pears almost incredible, and would be altogether so wT.
we not living so much in nubibus in all that relates to nw
commercial and fiscal system.—Shipping Gazette.
FEMALE LYNCH LAW.—One day last week, a man
from Woodchurch, Kent, engaged in hop-picking
Iden, Sussex, beat his wife in the way that some parenD
punish their children. A number of *omen (also free
Woodchurch) who were picking at another farm in W.
parish, having heard of the treatment that one of their
own sex had been subjected to, determined upon inflicting
summary punishment on the offender. They accordingly
provided themselves with bunches of stinging-nettl'
and hop-bines, and prooceeded en masse to the garden
where the culprit was at work, pulling poles. Having b
a ruse dispossessed him of his bill (used in cutting 0Y
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the bines), they at once commenced their work of cash'
gation, by a process well known to schoolboys as " birch'
ing," and having at length satisfied their notions of justices
they released the culprit.—Sussex paper.
FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—On Tuesday, an inquest way
held at Birmingham, on the body of a young man named
Joseph Hollyoake, about 21 years old, who died in con:
sequence of wounds received in a prize fight with Joseph
Grennell, on the previous Saturday, at Nine Fields, is
the parish of Aston. It appeared that a quarrel arose
about some young woman, and that a fight for a Li a'
side was agreed upon. Deceased's seconds made W. 13
continue to fight long after he was too weak to bear 1,1
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and when even his opponent wished him to stop. All the
proceedings were conducted in a most brutal manner, and
even after the deceased was insensible, the seconds used
most horrible expedients to bring deceased to his senses!.
in order that the fight might continue. At the close or
the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of "
slaughter " against Joseph Grennell, as principal ; a man
who goes by the name of " Trotter," William Stevens'
and Beasley, as abettors.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday a melanchol/
accident occurred at Elton, near Sandbach, by which a
young child has lost his life and two others are not ex-
pected to recover. The mother of the children had gone
out of the house on some errand, and locked them a_P;
It appears that there were some apples in a closet cove?'
with straw, and the eldest of the children, a boy, kneWilig
they were there, went to see if he could get at them flr"2
found the closet so dark that he could not find then;, gD
he returned for a box of lucifer matches which were stand-
ing on the mantel-piece. The two other children were
with him, and after going to the closet they struck a light.
The straw immediately caught fire, and the smoke had
such a suffocating effect, that on the mother's return,
which was in a short time, she found her three children
quite senseless on the floor and the house in flames. The
fire was with some difficulty extinguished, and assistance
rendered to the children. One of them died on Wednes-
day, and no hopes were entertained of the other two.
ATTACK UPON A CHILD BY A LION.—A very distress-
ing event occurred at Nottingham Goose Fair on 31ondal
last. Between nine and ten o'clock at night, a vast crowd
of persons had assembled in Mr. Hylton's menagerie to
view the collection of wild beasts, amongst which was the
celebrated lion " Nero," when suddenly a tremendous
scream was heard proceeding from the den of the animal'
During the last nine months a young woman, of the name
of Caroline. Pearson, has been in the habit of exhibiting
her powers over the animal in its den. On this occasion
she had in her arms her niece, Catherine Ellen Chittockt
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which it tore, with its forehead, nose, ears, and its right
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aY The wounds
are of a most dangerous character, and the child lies with-
out hope of recovery.
SHOCKING DEATHS.—On Thursday night week, Mr.
James Armstrong, an active police-constable belonging,
to the Keswick (Westmorland) district, met with his
death in a most frightful and melancholy manner, whilst
on his return home from Pooley Bridge, to which place
he had been sent on some business on the preceding dal;
It appears that on his return home, the deceased bad
been crossing Wanford Fell, on the top of which there is
a precipitous rock, upwards of one hundred yards
height. At this place it is supposed that Armstrong ball
been overtaken by a fog, and that he had also been be;
'lighted, but that being anxious to reach home he ha'
wandered on, and having missed his way, had fallen ocej
the stupendous precipice to which we have alluded, as,
by which he had been killed upon the spot.—On Tuesds'
a young lady named Welsh, a visitor of the neighboaroi
hood, while viewing the river Avon from the loftiest
the chain known as St. Vincent's rocks, Bristol, missedt
her footing, and fell to the road below, a distance of about
300 feet. She was almost literally dashed to atoms. ~
On Monday night a meeting of the bankers, merchalit,s
manufacturers, and tradesmen of Birmingham was be,.
at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, to consider the sta,','s
of the country, and the operation of Sir Robert Pee'
bills of 1819 and 1844. Not more.than 200 persons were
present, amongst whom were G. F. Muntz, Esq., 11'.`,
C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P., Richard Spooner. Esq"M.P., and many members of the corporation. Alderman"
ese
nt
Weston occupied the chair, and in opening the nu. .
ee
of the meeting expressed the opinion that the of
state of monetary affairs was caused by the operationP
Sir R. Peel's acts, and that the present system wV:
altogether unsuited to the wants of the community. Jur'
Harlow moved the resolutions, which were seconded
sfre"
Mr. T. C. Salt, who condemned the present system in
contended that all the miseries which had taken Fl.fr' t
the country for the last forty years were attributable
.°
the present money laws. Petitioning from all parts of
country was strongly recommended, both in the resol

tions and speeches:
SMUGGLING BY A NOBLE.—The Daily News says'
" that in consequence of information received by t,
Custom-house authorities at Southampton, Messrs. Tom'
lins and Burt, two surveying-officers belonging to that
port, went to Glass Hayes, near Lymington, the seat f
the Due de Stacpcol, and, after a lengthened search, s?c,;
ceeded in finding, in the cellars, eight casks of smuggle"
champagne brandy, and some jars containing other spirits'
the whole of which were seized, and secured in the South-
ampton Custom-house. The officers afterwards ascer-
tained that the spirits were brought from Guernsey in the
Due de Stacpool's yacht, the Gipsey Queen, then lying,
at Cowes, to which spot they immediately repaired, and
found on board a considerable quantity of smuggled fo-
reign goods, which were seized also, together with the
yacht. The greatest secrecy is at present observed res-
pecting this seizure ; but it is rumoured that the officers
have procured evidence to prove that this is not the first
time the Gipsey Queen has been engaged in the contra-
band trade. The whole of the goods, together with the
yacht, will doubtless be confiscated, and the owner of the
latter mulcted in heavy penalties. The forfeited bond on
the yacht alone is £1000."
ARTIFICIAL STONE.—A process has been patented by
which artificial stone of every quality may be produced,
from artificial granite to statuary marble. This invention
is, from its cheapness, a great advantage for all the pur-
poses of architectural decoration, and from its plastic
nature before it becomes hard, of great service to sculptors
in taking casts of statuettes, busts, &c., and even of figures
of the size of life. The cost in all cases where carving is
required in stone in which this composition is substituted
is less by nine-tenths. The invention is founded on the
chymical analysis of the natural varieties of stone, and
the manufacture is capable of such modifications as are

requisite to produce all the varieties. The artificial stone
is less absorbent than natural stone, and is superior in
compactness of texture, and will resist frost, damp, and
the chymical acids. It is made of flint and silicious grit,
sand, &c., rendered fluid by heat, and poured into moulds
as required till cool and hardened. Its strength and
solidity enable it to resist
,more blows than real stone.
The specimens of the invention are exceedingly curious ;.
they consist of many varieties, some being plain pieces a
coping stone, stones for variegated pavements for halls
and rooms, stone ornaments, such as moulding for friezes,
finials, and some more elaborate, having flowers and
devices apparently cut with the chisel. There are al5O
some grindstones, and hones used by agricultural labour-
ersi for sharpening scythes and tools. The invention s
also applicable to the lining of cisterns and water pipes,
its vitreous qualities insuring cleanliness. Its extreme
cheapness is also a matter of consideration to those who
require ornamental additions to houses.
SULPHURIC ETHER, IN CONNECTION WITH STEAM, A 5
A MOTIVE POWER.—A patent has been recently enrolled,
by Mr. Newton, of Chancery-lane, ;for the employment
of the elastic vapour of sulphuric ettier as a motive power,
not absolutely instead of steam, but in connection with
it ; the caloric from the steam, after it has done its duty,
being sufficient to vapourise the ether. The principles of
action are, the passing of the
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its force upon the piston of a steam-engine of the usual
construction, not intondwottrrifrhtoheodlutcondenser, as in condensing
engines, or into the atmosphere, as in high-pressure
engines, but into a certain apparatus which the inventor
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tion converts into vapour the sulphuric ether, or other
highly volatile fluid, which may be used under this patent
the quantity, and, consequently, the power obtained,
being in proportion to the amount of caloric in the steam-
This vapour is then employed in the propulsion of a piston-
within a cylinder, similar to a common steam-engine, and
acting in unison with the steam cylinder—the piston
being connected by the usual method of piston-rod, con-
necting-rod, and crank to the same shaft to which the
steam piston is attached. The elastic vapour, after hav-
ing exerted its force upon the piston, is conveyed away
by proper pipes to a vapour condenser, where it is con-
densed into fluid by simple contact with cooled metallic
surfaces, which are constantly kept at a temperature suf-
ficiently low to effect the condensation of the vapour,
immediately on its coming in contact with them. The
condensor is kept cool by a stream of cold water, or s
current of cold air. The condensed fluid, uncondensccl
vapour, and what atmospheric air may have entered, is,
withdrawn out by air-pumps, in the usual manner, and
deposited in a receiver, provided with a means of expel
ling and discharging all vapours which may have accumu-
lated, and the lower part of which is connected with the
" vapourisor," by which it may be supplied with sulphuric
ether, or other volatile fluid. The water produced in the
" vapourisor," from the condensation of the steam, Is
drawn off by a pump, and discharged into the steam'
boiler. The mode of making the stuffing-boxess
for the etheric vapour is by means of water-pressull
exerting its force through the medium of leather, an
acting in opposition to the pressure of the vapour and pre-
venting its escape. The invention can be applied to ail.
description of engine— stationary, marine, or locomotive.
—Minzny Journal.