The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-16 00:00:00

DEATH OF SIR ASTLEY COOPER.—The painful duty de-
volves upon us of recording the death of Sir Astley Cooper,
Bart. That melancholy event took place on Friday, at about
a quarter past one o'clock, at his residence in Conduit-street,
Hanover-square. The late Sir Astley Cooper was born on
the 23d of August, 1768 ' married 12th December, 1792,
Ann, daughter of Thomas Cocks, Esq. (a merchant of Lon-
don), of Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex ; by whom
(who died in June, 1827) he had no issue. Sir Astley was
the youngest son of the Rev. Samuel Cooper, D.D, rector
of Yelverton and Morley, in the county of Norfolk, by Maria
Susannah, daughter and heiress of James Bransby, Esq., of
Shaftesbury, in the county of Norfolk. Having attained the
highest eminence in the surgical profession, he was appointed
surgeon to his Majesty George IV., and created a baronet
on the 27th of July, 1821, with remainder, in default of male
issue, to his nephew, Astley Paston Cooper, Esq. (who mar-
ried Miss Rickford, only daughter of William Rickford, Esq.,
M.P. for Aylesbury), the third son of the late Rev. Samuel
Lovick Cooper, rector of Ingoldesthorpe and Barton, in the
county of Norfolk. Although, from the state in which the
worthy and esteemed baronet had been for several days past,
no hopes had been entertained of his recovery, his decease
had not been thought quite so near. Sir Astley's career, as
one of the most eminent surgeons of the metropolis, was re-
warded with the possession of an immense fortune, amount-
ing, it is said, to upwards of half a million of money. Sir
Astley Cooper was a member of the Council of the College
of Surgeons, a fellow of the Royal Society, and serjeant-
surgeon to the Queen. Few men have rendered more ser-
vice to the cause of science than the late baronet, and none
had stronger claims to the position he so long occupied as the
head of his profession. His death will be lamented, not only
by his own circle of relatives and friends, but by the profes-
sion to which he belonged, and by the public at large.

YARMOUTH, FEB. B.—MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND
Loss OF LIFE.—On Sunday morning a schooner was dis-
covered in distress near the Scroby Sand, on which she struck,
and soon after went to pieces. The beachmen who were
watching on the shore witnessed the melancholy spectacle.
and, perceiving some of the crew lashed to part of the wreck,
immediately launched the life-boat, and by extraordinary
exertions for more than two hours succeeded in nearing the
wreck. They passed two poor fellows on a portion of the
wreck, who they.were sure were dead, and the quantity of
pieces floating around them rendered their own a situation
of much peril. They made for the third man, whom they found
to be alive, and picking him up, brought him ashore. As the
life-boat grounded, three cheers were given for the brave
crew who had so nobly rescued a fellow-creature from a
watery grave. He proved to be the captain of the schooner,
and was immediately taken to the Marine Tavern, where the
landlord, Mr. Roper, and Messrs C. Taylor and J. C. Smith,
surgeons, rendered every assistance that humanity could dic-
tate or skill devise. After some time the captain so far re-
covered as to be able to state in broken English that his name
was G, W. Rickman, and that he was master of the schooner,
the Active, and that be was bound from Stockholm to Lisbon,
with deals and tar ; that they had gone on a strange coast,
and had been four days without provisions ; the crew con-
sisted of eight men ; the cargo, which belonged to himself,
comprised 600 barrels of tar, of which 400 have since been
picked np, besides a quantity of deals. The greater portion,
of the wreck has been washed ashore between here and Cais-
tor. So great was the admiration of the dauntless bravery of
the beachmen, that a subscription was entered into on the
spot, and a handsome sum raised to reward them for their
services.—Bury Post.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
—WHITMORE, TIIURSDAY.—A frightful concussion took
place at this station between the Manchester and Liverpool
goods' trains this morning, which was unhappily attended
with the loss of life of one individual, and the destruction of
a score or more fat pigs, in addition to the breaking to piece-
meal of the waggon containing them. It appears, that the
up luggage from Manchester and Liverpool is sometimes con-
veyed in one train, but oftener by two. The trains arrive in
Warrington about the same time; and there the business of
sorting the waggons, so far as for each to be left at the proper
station on the line, takes place. Orie train is despatched as
soon as it can be got ready ; and, in pursuance of the regula-
tions of the company, the other is detained an hour or more,
so as to remove as far as possible the danger attending a col-
lision. It will be remembered, that on Wednesday evening
the weather changed from a dog frost to a heavy sleet, which
covered the rails with ice of full an eighth of an inch in
thickness ; this rendered them exceedingly slippery, and
much retarded the rate of travelling on the line. The
Manchester train, which consisted of upwards of twenty
waggons, propelled by the Wildfire engine, left Warrington
at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock at night ; and the Li-
verpool train, consisting of nearly fifty waggons propelled
by two engines, the Briareus and Charon, at half-past one
o'clock this morning. The Manchester train, owing to the
state of the line, was much retarded in its progress, and did
not reach this station until twenty-seven minutes past four
o'clock. The Liverpool train made much better speed, the
obstructions caused by the ice on the rails being in some de-
gree counteracted by the placing of two carriage load of pigs
and one luggage waggon loaded before the engines, and to this
may be attributed the consequences that followed ; it being
generally believed here, by those competent to judge of the
matter, that the luggage in front of the engines prevented the
engineers from seeing the line before them as they ought to
have done. The Manchester train had two signal lamps at-
tached to the last waggon ; and while standing at the station
here, an alarm was given at about twenty minutes to five
o'clock, that the Liverpool train was advancing at a rapid
rate on the same line as that on which the Manchester train
was standing. Samuel Judd, one of the men employed about
the station, called out most lustily, and did all in his power
towards intimating to the engine men of both trains their ex-
tremely dangerous position. Whether the engineer of the
Liverpool train saw the Manchester train or not is a matter
of doubt ; but, certain it is, their speed was not sufficiently
slackened ; and, aided by the descent of the line at this par-
ticular spot, they came with frightful force against the wag-
gons of the Manchester train. Both engines were slightly
damaged, and two pig waggons were smashed to atoms, and
with the pigs, strewed about the line in every direction. One
of the pig-drivers, James Nester, from yulsk, county Ros-
common, was found amongst the pigs with his face covered
with blood, one thigh broken, and otherwise injured. He
was conveyed, with all possible care, to the railway office,
and express sent to Newcastle for medical assistance ; but
the poor fellow never spoke, and just about the time of the
arrival of Mr. Tait, the surgeon, he breathed his last. The
other driver was also injured, but not so much so as to pre-
vent his being removed to the Infirmary at Stafford. Twenty-
five of the pigs were killed by the concussion. The luggage
waggons were only slightly injured • and, strange to say, the
engineers kept their places on the engines, and were not in
the least hurt. The coroner's inquest was held yesterday,
at the Sheet Anchor Inn, admiroineg_the station,
.before
Harding, Esq., coroner'.
attended on the part of the
ompany. The jury returned a
dewod.ifatnaan,donCeasphtilaiiinng.C”leather.
verdict of " Accidental death

At this time no information could be more deeply interest-
ing. The progress of British aggrandizement in every part
of the world, savage and civilized, ought to alarm all inde-
pendent nations. Within a few years she has possessed her-
self of every strong point in the European or Asiatic seas,
and has just set one foot upon Canada and St. Jean d' Acre
in the Mediterranean, while another is firmly planted on the
extremity of the old continent, upon the island of Chusan in
the Chinese seas. Her territorial encroachments, by land
and water, under various pretexts, outstrip the career of
Rome in her most palmy days.
But if England were content with European or Asiatic en-
croachment, we might pass it by in silence. Her ambition is
as active on this continent as in the old world. She has for
half a century held possession of a large tract of American
territory in Maine, and now refuses to give it up. She is
making the same encroachments in the north-west—on both
sides of the Rocky Mountains. Under the plea of suppressing
the slave trade, she seizes our merchant vessels in the African
seas, and sends them for adjudication and confiscation
wherever she pleases. Not content with these encroach.
ments, her minister at Washington, Mr. Fox, most inso-
lently demands the liberation of Mr. M`Leod, who is con-
fined at Longport under a charge of being one of the perpe-
trators in a case of robbery and murder in the waters of New
York—while in Canada, across the line, every preparation
seems to be making to invade our soil, for the purpose of
rescue, or to intimidate the authorities into compliance with
their demand.

In one view, our vessels are seized—our territory held—
our waters invaded—our citizens murdered—our property
outraged by British agency and British subjects. It is time
for the American people to wake up and look about them.
They are of the same flesh, blood, soul, mind, spirit, and
race as the British are, improved by an intellectual founda-
tion of sound democracy—of that quality which crossed the
ocean and planted their institutions at Plymouth, instead of
tolerating the abuses of aristocracy in their native land. The
various attempts of England recently made on our rights
will, we trust, be taken up with proper spirit by the new ad-
ministration. It is time to look about us sharply—and Gen.
Harrison is the man to do it.
The foregoing is from the Herald of the 19th ult. In a
subsequent number the subject is recurred to, in an article
headed—" Canada and the United States—progress of
estrangement." The writer complains of the strong lan-
guage used by the journals in speaking of the arrest of Mr.
M`Leod. The following is a passage from the Montreal He-
rald, specially noted :

As nothing is now too base for the officers of the republic
to sanction, we should not be surprised to hear of British
officers, who were engaged in the war of HU, being seized
and put on trial for damage done to the citizens of the sepa-
rate States, by orders of government. The principle of Mr.
Forsyth holds good in all cases of a similar nature; and the
British government is so much respected by the American,
that it is powerless to save its servants for obeying its lawful
orders. This state of feeling cannot last. The cup of ini-
quity is fast filling up, and we should like to see that country
left to itself. Those persons who firmly believe in Provi-
dence overruling the affairs of the world, cannot but be im-
pressed with the conviction that a government which does
not acknowledge a God, and acts as if there were no God,
must ultimately be brought to desolation.

The recrimination of the republican oracle then runs as
follows :

It is very evident, we think, from the various movements
of the day, that it is the purpose of the British government
at home, or in Canada, to exasperate the feelings of hostility
between the people of Canada and the people of the United
States, under the belief that Canada can be better governed
by creating a war feeling among its population towards the
people of the United States, than by permitting party fac-
tions among themselves. The correspondence, therefore, on
the subject of the Caroline has been transferred from London
to Washington, and placed in the hands of Mr. Fox, in order
to form a subject of excitement among the Canadians, and
thus to enable Lord Sydenham the better to consolidate the
British North American nation, by way of a counterpoise to
the United States republic. Things are coming to a pretty
pass. The approaching trial of M'Leod may lead to some
strange scenes—perchance an emeute on the border before
the winter is over. Where is General Scott?

The Boston papers contain an account, on the authority of
a gentleman of Maine, of an outrage alleged to have been
committed, by a party of armed British soldiers, on three
gentlemen, named Thomas F. Templeton, George Cady, and
John Kenwick. The gentlemen were, it is stated, on their
way from Bangor to Canada, and were stopped near Mada-
waska, by the soldiers, who " insulted, and without provo-
cation, assaulted them. Mr. Cady was knocked down with
a blow from a musket ; Mr. Templeton received a bayonet
wound in the shoulder ; and Mr. Kenwick, trying to escape,
received a bullet in his thigh. An officer then.carne up and
checked further hostilities. If this statement is correct,"
adds the paper, " the occurrences will not tend to allay the
excitement on the subject of the North-eastern Boundary."
We subjoin some
" MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS."
AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER DEFEATED.—It is stated in a
Baltimore paper that on Saturday evening the play of
" Zarah" was performed at the National Theatre, in
Washington city, D. C. Previous to the performance, two
pistols were borrowed and loaded with powder, by the gen-
tleman who loaded them, in presence of Miss Virginia
Monier, manageress of the theatre, and her sister. One of
the pistols was to be discharged at a character personated by
Miss V. Monier, and the other at a character represented by
Mr. Johnson, during the progress of the play. The person
who was appointed to fire at Miss Monier, (as if by the in-
terposition of Providence,) thought he would examine the
pistol (which is not often done) previous to the act. He did
so, and to his astonishment found it loaded with a ball. This
induced an examination of the other, which was to he dis-
charged at Mr. Johnson, when it was likewise found to
contain a bullet. Thus, in all probability, has timely caution
saved the life of a young and beautiful actress, who other-
wise might have fallen a victim to barbarous demonism. And
had it not been for precautionary measures, Mr. Johnson
might also have passed to that " bourne from whence no
traveller returns."

No clue has yet been had to the detection of the guilty and
dreadful monster, who evidently designed the destruction of
human life.

PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION.—From the Arkansat Ga-
zette of December 23, we learn that during the snow storm
which occurred some weeks before, six Cherokee Indians
were frozen to death in Beaty's Prairie;Benton county, in
that state. They were all of them in a- state of beastly in-
toxication when they left the settlement.

ANOTHER CAPTLRE IN FLORIDA.—The southern papers
state that Colonel Harney has had another action with the
Indians near Key West, and captured fifteen of the Indians.
Chakika, the chief of those who plundered and destroyed
Indian Key, was killed, it is stated, by private Hall, of the
2d dragoons. The chief was engaged in cutting wood when
the soldiers landed, and on finding himself discovered, ran
for the grass. Several started in pursuit, but they all gave
out except Hall, who followed until he had almost overtaken
him, when Chakika smiled and extended his hand. Hall
levelled his rifle, and the ball sinking deep in the brain of the
chief, he fell dead in the water, but a short distance from the
island which was the depot of his plunder.
SOMETHING ROMANTIC.—The St. Louis Republican re-
lates a singular incident. Two ladies residing in Illinois, on
their way home in the evening, were accosted by a man on
horseback demanding their money. In handing it to him,
the wind caught the bills and carried them some distance off.
The man dismounted to pick them up, and the ladies rode
off as quick as possible. When they arrived at their own
gate, they found the robber's horse had followed them, hav-
ing escaped while he was picking up the bills. A large amount
of money was found in the saddle bags, but nothing whereby
the owner could be identified.

The following is from the Herald': Philadelphia correspon-
dent, dated January 21st.

The stock of the United States Bank is so wholly in the
hands of speculators that it is next to impossible to ascertain
the real price, that it commands in the market. The truth is,
there are but few bona fide sales made in it. Those who
became holders at 120-30 cannot afford to humble their pride
and furnish their purse so much as let it go at present rates,
and those whose hands are clear of it cannot be induced to
touch it at any price. Thus the chief transaction in it is by
the bank itself and a few other brokers and speculators. One
thing is quite certain, the bank does not feel more than half
as comfortable under the resumption as it and its immediate
retainers would like to have the public believe. The deter.
mination to have coin has been much greater than the bank
has permitted its friends to state, and its means much less.
Depend upon it, that notwithstanding all the whistling to
keep up spirits, the bank is at this minute shaking, as with
an ague fit, from very fear, and unless aid is furnished it, and
substantial aid too, there lives many gray-haired persons who
will see the third suspension of the United States Bank !

After a snow-storm for the entire day yesterday, which
gave place to rain and hail, which has continued up to the
present time, you may imagine better than I describe the
condition of our streets and the general depth of the slush.
No body ventures out who can avoid it, and business is given
pretty much the go by. The bustle visible along the wharves
a few dsys since has almost wholly subsided. The travelling
by railroad I perceive is not obstructed, as your paper was
here this afternoon by two o'clock. Much apprehension is
entertained that there may be another freshet. The tides in
our rivers arc high.

The jury in the case of Eldridge was in court this morning,
not agreed of course, when Judge Conrad more than inti-
mated that he should never discharge them. One of the
jurors has a physician attending him, and another was made
since his confinement a father.
Mrs. Wood is still unable to appear as " Norma," and
the Chesnut-street Theatre, as a consequence, remains closed.
Something is hinted about the lady's situation.

MONEY MARKET.
(From the New York Herald, of January 30.)
FRIDAY, JAN. 29-6 P.M.--A startling fact has been de-
veloped to-day. It is fraught with the deepest interest to
many large interests in this city, and deeply involves the
existence of many banking concerns. The U. S. Bank has
effected a precarious rrsumption Vy means of borrowing on
this side largely to meet present wants. This was, however,
acknowledged insufficient to meet her necessities, and at the
very moment of a final failure, the bank received advices from
England giving her authority to draw, it is stated, to the
amount of £1,000,000., or 5,000,000 dollars, on certain par-
ties in London. Whether this credit was based on cotton,
to be remitted from the South to meet the bills, or upon other
securities, does not appear. The institution has, however,
issued to the three Philadelphiabanks, in payment of balances,
over £200,000. of sterling bills; she has issued £225,000. to
settle her debt due on dishonoured notes, and other large
sums, making £1,000,000. sterling of bills drawn on the
London house. These bills were issued at a very low rate,
and have been offering in the market for this packet at 6i
freely. Sales to some extent last week were made. The
permission to draw, although said to have been arranged some
time before, was not given until the latest minute of the
England, on bearing
packet's sailing. The reason of this was, that the Bank of
of the negotiation, intimated in putty