The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A Bombay letter of Ist January states, that the news of
the advance of the Russian expedition against Chiva had
reached that place, and that in consequence the forces at
the camp of Pichavor had been ordered to suspend their return
to Bombay. The Temps quotes advices, of one day's pre-
vious date, to the following effect : but it should be observed
that no date is assigned to the movements alluded to, and
what is given from St. Petersburgh, we suspect the account
to be premature :—" Private letters just arrived inform us
that the Russian army, of 12,000 or 13,000 men, under Ge-
neral Berokuy (Perowski) which has entered the Khanat of
Chiva, not to take revenge for wrongs done, as the St. Peters-
burgh journals state, but as invaders, has taken the capital.
Tne Khan, on the appearance of the first column of the ene-
my, assembled as strong a force as he could collect, and made
a show of resistance. lie was, however, obliged to yield to
superior numbers, and the Russians entered- Chivy with
drums beating and colours flying,"

IMPORTANCE OF A TOE.—A tile fell on a passenger's toe
in Blackfriar's-road the other day and nearly cut it off. It
was amputated in the hospital, the patient was seized with
delirium tremens, and died two days after.

SINGULAR MORTALITY AMONG COWS.—A novel disease
of the most deadly character has lately made its appearance,.
and caused some consternation in the extensive dairies in the
neighbourhood of Purfieet. The.first part attacked is the.
tongue, which rapidly becomes so blistered and swollen as.
utterly to prevent the animal from taking its food. Unless.
the most prompt and skilful means are used to avert its pro-
gress, the disease rapidly extends to the animal's hoofs,
which in a short time absolutely rot off, and certain death is-
of course the consequence. This disease, in most cases fatal,.
is not known ever to have shown itself before, and is gene-
rally attributed to the extraordinary quantity of rain which
has fallen during the last eight months.—Morning Herald.

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ROMAN CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY AT BOLTON.—The in-
troductory sermon was preached by the Rev. Hugh Stowell
of Manchester, on Tuesday night, and the first of the series
on " Tradition" by the Rev. W. Dalton, was preached in St.
Mary's Church, on Tuesday evening last. The well-known
acquaintance of this gentleman with polemical divinity at-
tracted a most overflowing congregation, numbers not being
able even to get standing room in the aisles. The Rev.
Gentleman delivered a powerful discourse, in his usual im-
pressive and persuasive style, whieh occupied about an hour
and three quarters in delivery. We cannot but hope that
these sermons will he attended with much good, especially as
they are about to be published at an extremely low rate for
general distribution. The future sermons will be preached
in St. Leonard's Church, for the better accommodation of
the inhabitants
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DIABOLICAL MURDER.—A most atrocious murder has
been committed during the week. A poor and very old wo-
man had been employed for many years as a letter carrier
between Newbridge and the parts adjacent, and on Wednes-
day evening she left Newbridge with the letter bags as usual.
Nothing more was seen or heard of her till the next morn-
ing, when her body was found in the river, and upon exami-
nation it was found that her head had been most dreadfully
beaten, and that she must have been dead before she was
thrown into the water. It would seem that the perpetrators
of this horrid deed expected to have obtained a rich booty, as
it was the day on which the money (upwards of £2,000) was
usually sent up to one of the works to pay the men. On
this occasion, however, it fortunately happened that a special
messenger had been sent down and had taken the money with
him. There is not the slightest clue upon which a hope can
rest for the discovery of the murderer. It is said that the
people on the hills, being now fully persuaded that all capi-
tal punishment is done away with, these things will not be
unfrequent, as they care not for secondary punishment, their
observation being that they work so hard here that trans-
portation cannot place them in a worse condition.—Merthyr
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THE Brrmt BITTEN.—On Wednesday.last, as a cat, be,-f!
longing to Mr. John Robinson, of Longridge, was in quest or
adventures, it wended'its way to the parsonage house, and aw .
stealthily as possible gaining au entrance intq the pantnyt.<l
found, on a low shelf, a small jar, about half fullof palateable
eatables. Being the sole mistress of the citadel, puss inia-
gined she had a right to the good things,which it contained ; ,i 71105 gZ
but oh ! and alas ! the mouth of the jar. Would not at first
admit poor puss's "cranium," which compelled her to‘use
" physical" force, until at last she' effected an entrance. clonln
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was secured fast enough ! If her heal& Wks too large prevrous z,j 9a Y,
to putting it into the jar, it was evide4F4uch largq,now, -
After vainly endeavouring with all her.might, to extricate A ~,t6q
herself, she strove to escape with the jai hanging by herlietid,. it,
when she was seen by the servant. She then ran against the Als
wall, and the jar breaking, she was liberated from her painful abilLi
pillory.--Preston Chronicle. -

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