The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

London

ARRIVAL OF JAVA SUGARS.—Two cargoes of Java
sugar, belonging to the Dutch government, have arrived
off the coast ; and one, consisting of 450 tons, had already

,ondon, at 335. afloat. The other cargo still
remains unsold, though an offer of 545. has been made for
it, duty paid. This offer was refused, and the rate of 33s
afloat, was damanded, which is somewhat higher than 54s
duty-paid, as the landing charges and interest upon the
duty must be added.

been so.

Ecia/cs FOR DRAINAGE.—The following were among
the applications for loans under the new drainage act,
which appeared in the London Gazette, of Tuesday last ;
Thomas• Clifton, Esq., for lands in the parish of Lytham,
£25,000 ; the Earl of Derby, for land in St. Michael's,
£B,OOO ; do. for Huyton, Prescot, Ormskirk, &c., £13,000;
do. for Prestwich, Bury, &c., £10,000;: Peter Ainsworth,
Esq., M.P., for land in Bolton and Deane, £lO,OOO.
A CORPORATION INTERLUDE.--The fondness of cor-
porate functionaries for good feeding, generally, has pas-
sed into a proverb. The Leeds corporation illustrate the
characteristic in a way peculiarly their own, for we are
informed by the Leeds papers, that the council of that
town, during a meeting last week, " adjourned for twenty
minutes, and partook of the hospitality of the mayor,
who had kindly provided turtle soup and sherry, ad
libitmn." They returned from the feast to discuss the
state of the Leeds burial ground.
Food rioting has temporarily revived in the north.
Shipping grain was, as before, the exciting cause, and
again the women figured as leading instigators. At Beau-
ly the rioters twice deforced and assaulted the authorities,

Fort George soon restored order. Five men and one wo-
man were also carried off to Inverness jail. At Bailin-
traid. the mob_ nrinrinalhr fPmalpq_ ftimpri hark alp crrain

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carts and loosed the offending vessel from her moorings,
but again the bayonet prevailed. Wick and Thurso have
also had outbreaks, and it is feared that there the civil
arm will require assistance.

On Tuesday evening, a respectable man applied at the
Lambeth police-court, for the magistrate's advice and as-
sistance to obtain possession of his son, a lad 15 years of
age, who had been seduced from home by the widow of a
distinguished officer, recently deceased. She was 60. The
first intimation the parents received of an improper inti-
macy, was by the lad giving up an excellent situation in a
merchant's office. The lady had made him rich presents,
and his parents had discovered that they were going off to
Guernsey, to be married. Mr. Elliott, the magistrate,
said the only course was, to get the lad away, give him a
good flogging, and keep him at home.
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—NINE LIVES LOST.—A large
brig, laden with iron, was wrecked on Sunday, at twelve
o'clock, mid-day, on the Nass Sands, and we are sorry to
say,that nine lives were lost,•one man only saving himself
by swimming. Five bodies are already picked up. It is
a melancholy fact, to relate, that the wretched crew were
seen for some hours in the rigging, no assistance being at
hand to save them, and a great sea breaking over them all

the time. The brig, no doubt, will settle' down in the
sand and be entirely lost. There was a very thick fog in
the channel, and hence this deplorable disaster.—Bristol
Gazette.

Fifty paupers, (men, women, and children,) belonging
to St. Saviour's Union Workhouse, London, were brought
up, on Tuesday, at the Southwark Police-office, on a
charge of riot and breaking windows. Mr. Cottingham,
the sitting magistrate, said that it was no use committing
them, for he well knew they acted disorderly in order that
`hey might be sent to prison. He should therefore dis-
Some time after, they were again brought
up on a similar charge. Finding that leniency failed, the
worthy magistrate tried the other recourse, and committed
them to Britton Gaol for twenty-one days. At this sen-
tence the unfortunate wretches seemed rejoiced.

miss them

than £lO,OOO, in Bank of England notes, was on Tuesday,
about one o'clock, effected in the vicinity of the Royal
Exchange. A clerk in the service of Strahan, Paul, and
Bates, bankers in the Strand, had been collecting in the
course of the morning at several of the city banks, and
the last place he called at was Deacon's bank, in,Birchin-
lane. On leaving, he carelessly deposited his leather case,

containing the abo've amount in notes, in his coat-pocket,
without a chain or any security being attached to it. It
was raining at the time, and, during the confusion that
existed in that crowded neighbourhood, some of the ex-
pert swell mob gentry managed to extract the case, and
got clear off. A reward of £5OO is offered for the restitu-
tion of the notes.

ABUNDANCE OF CORN IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.
—Letters from Northumberland, Durham, and parts of
Westmoreland and Cumberland, advise that never were
corn stacks so abundant, and that even stocks of old
corn (1845) were yet on hand, waiting the highest prices
to be obtained, the limit of which was supposed not to be
then attained. The banks had been liberal in their ad-
van(

upon improving prices,

fore, were enabled to hold, and, if accommodation were

continued, would !re disposed to hold. Such are also the
accounts received from private but accredited sources in
Lincolnshire, and these are the principal corn-growing
counties of England, where the farmers sir. --
well d —4 the ban'---

_mug, hers are ready to assist ono occa-
sion. It may be expected, therefore, that corn will be
brought more freely to market now that the bankers will
become rather anxious to recall their advances.

Messrs. Osier, of London, have just completed umag-
nificent candelabrum for Ibrahim Pasha. This extraor-
dinary piece of glasswork consists of 500 pieces, is seven-
teen feet in height, and weighs a ton. From a base richly

decorated springs' a. shaft Composed of triangular prism.s.
Upon this shaft, at twelve feet six inches from the ground,
is placed .a large dish, from which spring the branches,
twenty-four in number,' each provided with a bell-shade
and decorated with a. solid star. The dish is likewise de-
corated with six pendants two feet long. The work.about
the base is on the inner side of the glass, and the conse-
quence is that the' smooth side being outwards, the dust
is not easily collected, and cleaning is effected without
trouble. The whole is intended to represent the form of
a Palmyra tree. It is not the least interesting fart, con-
nected with this beautiful work of art, that its construc-
tion has alone been rendered possible by the abolition of
the laws requiring the superintendence of the excise.
PROTESTANTISM AND POPERY ATINOTTINGHAM.,
Tuesday last the Protestants of Nottingham held .a great
meeting in the Mechanics' Hall, which was crowded in
every part by above 1,500 persons. The Rev.. J. W.
Brooks, the worthy vicar of St. Mary's, took the chair.
The Rev. Dr. Cumming, the Rev. R. Blakeney, and
others, addressed the audience at length, and amid much
enthusiasm.. A counter meeting was got up in.the Ex-
change Rooms to receive the Rev. Dr. Wilson,the Roman
Catholic bishop. The audience amounted to about 200.
It' was a strange scene. Mr. Wakefield, a well known
Socinian, and one of the corporation, took the chair ; and
Mr. Cripps, the mayor a dissenter and leading member
of the Independent Chapel, under the ministry of 'the
Rev. Mr. Gilbart, was seated between the Popish bishop
and a Popish priest, as one of the chief patrons of the pro-
Popery festival. While this is going on, these same
liberal Socinians and Independents have refused these
rooms on any terms to the Reformation Society of Not-
tingham.—Herald..
SURVEYING EXPEDITION TO THE COAST OF AFRICA.—
Arrangements are in progress for fitting out the Minx and
Teazer steam-vessels, of 100 horses power each, and light
draught of water, and two other steam-vessels,. the Rifle-
man and Sharpshooter, of 200 horses' power each, one of
each .class built of wood, and the others of iron, and all
fitted with screw "^-q- for

r..'?peiters, -ne purpose of proceeding
-lie Bight of Bei m, on the west coast ofAfrica, to sur-
vey.the extensive Lagoon at the mouths of the Niger.or
Nun river, as it is named by the natives of that part of the
coast. The Lagoon is a fresh-water lake, extending from
Cape St. Paul, to Cape Formosa, separated from the sea

by a narrow beach through its whale, extent, in some
places the land being scarcely half a rnila broad, and in no
part exceeding two, miles. The Lagos, the Benin, the
Foseado, the Esclamo, the. Rio Rannis; Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,
and 6, the Rio Dodo, the Formosa and the Rio Nun or
Niger, all rivers or mouths of the-Niger, some of them
nearly two miles broad where they enter the Lake Lagoon,
supply this large inland reservoir with, fresh water ; and
the smaller steam-vessels, the Minx and Teazer, are in-
tended to explore the banks of the recently-discovered
branches of the rivers entering t/w lake, and proceed as
far inland upon them as will be found practicable.

UNWII.LINGNESS OF HIGBLAND LABOURERS Ta
WORK.—From what we hear from various quarters, the
Highland Destitution Committee will require to exercise
a very, strict vigilance, and to be firm to sternness, if they
are to prevent the money with which they have been,en-
trusted for the relief of helplessness and want, being,con-
verted into an encouragement,to idleness and dishonesty.
There is no doubt whatever that a large number of the
Highland labourers employed on railways in the Lowlands
have returned, and are returning homeward, attracted by
the hope of being able to live there without working.
For instance, on one contract on the Edinburgh and
Northern, near Kirkcaldy, 90 Highland labourers have
gone home since the end of October, and of these about
50 left during December and January. The manager re-
monstrated with them repeatedly, and almost invariably
got the same answer—that they would now get " plenty
of porridge" at home for nothing. About forty have also
left another contract in the same district, avowedly on the
same inducements. A short time ago, a contractor on
the same line, suffering from want of hands, niade a tour
through parts of Inverness and Argyle, offering employ-
ment to 300 men, at wages varying from 2s. 4d. to 35., a
day ; and after making every exertion, could only obtain
between thirty and forty.--Scotsman.

Boz's LAST Wonx.—lt must be a matter of surprise
to the public generally to perceive how varied are the
opinions expressed by the leading newspapers, with re-
spect to Mr. Dickens's last publication. It may well be
imagined that some adverse criticisms upon the works of
this and other celebrated authors may proceed from per-
sonal feelings or educational prejudices. These, however,
could account for but a few. The majority, as we have
the best medical authority for stating, may be ascribed to
irritability of temper, generally arising from a deranged
state of the liver and other viscera, and which could easily
be remedied by the occasional use of Frampton's Pill of
Health, whip is gentle in its operation and unfailing in
its effect, •

FOREIGN SILVER.—The Antonio, of London, arrived
at Newhaven, on Tuesday, with a cargo of silver from
Callao, stated to be in value near £BO,OOO. It was, on
Thursday, removed to Lewes, in three railway vans, each
drawn by four horses, and was thence despatched to Lon-
don by railway.

" BANK SNEAKS."—AN OLD HAND.—On Saturday
last, two men were brought before the Lord Mayor of
London, at the Mansion House, under the following cir-
cumstances :—They had been observed to go into several
banking houses in succession, mix amongst the customers
at the counter, and come out again without doing any
business. As they were known to the police as members
of the " swell mob," they were apprehended, in order to
ascertain whether any person had been robbed. It was
stated by the police that their plan was, for one of them
to go into banking houses and watch in hat pocket parties
deposited their money, and an accomplice waiting in the
neighbourhood ready to act on the information thus ob-
tained. On the examination of the prisoners, one pro-
duced a cheque for £4 ss. which was genuine, and said he
had gone into the banking house to get it cashed ; and it
was stated by the officers, that thieves were in the habit
of getting these genuine cheques as blinds, so that, in the
event of suspicion, they might produce them, and then
it might be supposed to be a mere mistake their entering
the wrong bank. The evidence against them not being
strong enough to warrant their detention, they were dis-
charged. Shortly after, a member of the committee of
bankers called at the justice room, and said that a gentle-
man had been robbed of £lO,OOO after leaving one of the
first banking houses in the city.
MATAIMONIAL COARECTION.—The Times of Friday
says, " It is our duty to acknowledge a compliment we
have just received, and to impart to our readers a fact of
some interest concerning a historical fact which has al-
ready caused some excitement, and bids fair to. occasion
a little more. In a recent copy of our journal we alluded,
in speaking of the conquest, of Scinde, to the brazen whip
with which Nusser Khan was wont, according to certain
legends, to chastise his offending wives, and we hinted our
suspicions that fact had as large a share as fable in. the
materials of this edifying narrative. To extinguish our
doubts and confirm our faith, Major-General Napier had not
only the politeness to inform us that the ' identical' whip
was in his possession but he was good enough to despatch it
across the channel for our inspection, and a gentleman
yesterday did us the honour to call upon us, at the Gene-
ral's request, with the veritable Scindian scarifier in all its
unnatural proportions. We regret extremely that our
unpictorial character debars us from conveying to our
readers so vivid an ideaof this effective machine as could
be given by some weekly cotemporaries ; but we can
readily enter into the unwillingness of a lady to share the
flight of a husband, who included such implements among
the necessaries of his household. To princes about to
marry, we hope the story will furnish a

arning as ser-

viceable as any in that immense stock of instructive ex-
amples supplied by the nuptials of last autumn.."

INTREPID CONDUCT OF-A
YOUTH.—On Friday morn-
ing, between twelve and one o'clock, an express was re-
ceived at the London engine stations of the outbreak of a
most destructive fire in the town of Old Brentford, in the
premises of Mr. Grover, a boot and shoemaker. A youth
named George Best, in the service of Mr. O'Hara, butcher,
first discovered the , fire, and, owing: to his intrepid con-
duct,. was the instrument of saving five lives from a hor-
rible death. He succeeded, with the aid of a.poleaxe used
for killing bullocks, in breaking open the door, when he
ascended the staircase, and made for 'Mr. Grover's bed-
room, but the smoke had obtained such power over the
inmates, that they were perfectly unconscious of what
was going on, and, in the course of a very few minutes
longer
.they must have been burnt to death,. Best
having laid hold of Mr. Grover's leg, shook•him violently,
and took up a couple of his children in his arms and ran
down the stairs with them. Having placed them ih safe
custody, he returned and saved 'Mrs. Grover and her hus-
band, and a thiftl child was saved in a similar way. Not feel-

ing then satisfied that all were saved, he returned into the
burning premises for the third time, and inspected every
room not on fire, and being convinced that all theinmates
had already been got out, he was about to run down stairs
to escape himself, when a large sheet of flame overtook
him, on the staircase and completely knocked him down,
but having recovered himself he opened one of the back
windows and leaped into the back yard. When •picked
up he was quite insensible, and such a powerful effect had
the smoke upon him that the blood issued from his mouth
and nose, and it was some time before the youth could be
restored.

REPORTS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORS.—These re-
ports, for the half-year ending the 31st of October, 1846,
have just been published. The several inspectors point
out some difficulties which attend the enforcing of the
law, especially that which is applicable to print works,
and that which is intended to secure the factory workers.
from injury by machinery. Little is said in any of the
reports about the time worked in factories during the past
half-year. Testimony) however, is borne to the beneficial
operation of those clauses of the last passed Factory Act,
which regulate the employment of children and young.
persons. The depression of trade which more or less
prevailed throughout all the manufacturing districts
during the period over which the reports extend is ad-
verted to ; and though such depression had " removed
all inducement to work more than 12 hours a-day," the
occupiers of three cloth-dressing mills in Mr. Saunders'
district had been convicted of working young persons ;in
the night. Mr. Saunders dwells a good deal on the edu-
cation of the factory workers, and includes in this report
extracts from an able, paper by Mr. R. Baker of
Leeds, " On the educational state of his district," from
which we may probably make extracts next week. Mr.
Saunders strongly urges the importance of granting pecu-
niary aid to the public schools in: his district, ors as• he
says, "the absolute necessity of doing so, if the train-
ing and instruction factory children are to receive in these

" There has been," says Mr. Sunders' " a considerable
increase in the number of public schools opened for the
use of factory children during the last three years-. I have
but little to add to what I stated in 1843 in respect to
them. Their efficiency depends much on the zeal and
discretion exercised by the authority to whom the super-
intendence of the school is entrrusted. The general state
and condition of many are improved. Well-trained and
efficient teachers are more justly-appreciated, and greater
exertions therefore made for the purpose of obtaining
their services ; but. the want of funds continues to operate
very prejudicially in this most important particular."
ECONOMICAL AND NUTRITIOUS SOUPS.—M. Soyer, the
cook of the Reform Club, has lately paid attention to the
production, at the cheapest rate, Of nutritious soups for
the poor. He strongly recommends the two following
receipts to the attention of the public. For Soup No. 1 :
Put one ounce of dripping into a saucepan holding two
gallons of water,:-with a quarter.of a pound of a leg of beef
without bones, cut into square pieces about half an inch,
and two middling-sized onions, peeled and sliced. Set
the saucepan over a fire, and stir the contents round for a
few minutes, until fried lightly, browii. Add the peeling
of two turnips, green leaves or.tops of celery, and of two
leeks, cut into small pieces. Then add half a pound of
common flour, and half a pound of pearl barley, mixing
all well together. Add two gallons of water, three ounces
of salt, and soquarter of an ounce of brown sugar, and
allow all to simmer gently for three hours. The cost of
the Soup No. 1 will be as follows :
Quarter of a pound of leg of beef at 4d. per lb .. ld
Two ounces of dripping fat, at.4d. per lb. OZ
Two onions and other vegetables
Half a pound,of flour, seconds, at lid. per lb.
0
faatn3d. per lb.
1
ounce of brown sugar,
Three
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ouncespoun d o
of f
at 4d. per-lb.
Fuel
Two gallons of water ..

For Soup No. 2 proceed .as receipt No. 1 explains. (as
regards the fat, meat, onions, and the other vegetables),
but add one quart of water upon the whole, which youlet
boil twenty minutes, stirring now and then to prevent
burning ;,,or else, if convenient, set it by the side of the
fire, and add one pound of maize ;. mix well together, and
fill the stew-pan with six quarts of water ; season as above,
let it simmer one hour, skim lightly, and it is then ready
for use. One hundred gallons of this soup wilt cost
under 41.
FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—The
remains of this much lamented nobleman were removedtile
on Friday from the splendid baronial residence
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of .Northumberland. It arrived at the Gateshead Station
of., the York and Newcastle Railway shortly after fire
o'.clock in the afternoon where a special train, was 'in
readiness to proceed with:" it to Northumberland,Howe,
Charing Cross, London, where it will remain till,Tuesday
(to-day), and, then be deposited with august ceremony in
the family vaulty which, is situate, in that part of the
ancient and venerable building known as the Chapel of
St. Nicholas. The arrangements were on a scale, and in
a style of a lendour, suitable to the exalted., rank of the
illustrious deceased. The body was inclosed within a
mahogany shell of exquisite workmanship, and French
polished, the inside being lined with pure white silk, pad-
ded and ringed with rich silk fringe and lace of the same
colour, and the shroud was of the same rich material.
The shell was inclosed in a leaden coffin, and both placed
in an outer, coffin of oak, covered with rich crimson Genoa
silk velvet, and ornamented in a magnificent style, the
deceased's armorial bearings being emblazoned thereon
in gold. At the sides and ends of the outer coffin, which.
was divided into compartments by rows of nails, plated
in gold, were eight massive handles,.each surmounted by
a ducal, coronet, and on the top were the ducal coronet
with the star and badge of the Order of the Garter, and
other heraldic achievements. The weight of the coffinit.
and body was estimated at about eleven hundred vfeig
There were upwards of three hundred of his Gracetsoten-
entry on foot, and about six, hundred mounted ac-
company,iationturn the procession. pornotc.esAsiotnF.
andole of
other th e
placespopu
the shops were closed, and th;} bells of the churches rang
muffled peals. eltNonearltrilpeetwhh,
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was found drowned in ditch in Green-lane, Blacklands,
held at mCsainAell
Berkshire. He appeared to be about la years of age, of
pleasing countenance, and was dressed as a sailor boy.
In the absence of other evidence, a, verdict of " Found
drowned " was returned. After the inquest, the coroner
received a communication from the Rev. J. S. M. Kyrie,
rector of Yatesbury, stating that further evidence on the
case could be given, and a further investigation in conse-
quence took, place. It then appeared that the reverend
gentleman named had, while driving in his gig to Chip-
penhain on the 25th ultimo, observed the deceased on the
road, travelling in pain flour sore feet, but not begging ;
that he conversed with him ; that he said his name was
George Beale, and his age 14 that he was going to
London, and that his parenta lived at Chichestar.place,

peb. 23, igti.

Gray's Inn. He further stated that his father had been
in good circumstances, but had become so reduced as tt
be obliged to send him; to sea five months ago, and tho
the ship had left him at Exmouth. The worthy dergi'
man gave him a shilling, at which the poor boy burst into
tears of gratitude ; but the kindness of.the former did 00:
end here, as, seeing the youth so foot-sore and distressed
he gave him a note to his housekeeper at Yatesbury,
desiring her to clothe and keep and feed the bearer until
his return. He told the boy at parting that he would
inquire into his story, and if he found it to be true, Ile
would procure him a situation, or otherwise provide for,
him. The gentleman did inquire, and found the father,
" lodging on the third floor over a carpenter's shop, send
in a state of extreme destitution, although he had for'
merly not only been the owner of the house, but hs.,.°
built a large portion of the street in which it stood. 118
said that his son George was naturally of a good disposv
tion, but that he had sent him to sea to keep him from
the contamination of bad company. I told him of MI
intentions towards his son, for which he expressed much
gratitude. I returned to,Chippenham early on SaturcK
morning, and then learnt to my extreme surprise sou'
regret that the poor boy had been found dead." Thl
poor boy was seen or his mad to Yatesbury, but missed
his way, and after a variety of sufferings over two dals
and nights (during. which he was kindly treated by several
parties), his suffering affected his mind, and he was folio°
as stated. 'the kind-hearted rector undertook at his ooli
expense to inter the body in I huchurchyard at Yatesbury'