The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE SITE FIXED FOR T;I-E CAMP next year, it is lied,
is the Vale of White Horse, Berkshire.
SEVERAL WINDOWS -in Stratford-on-Avon churclyare
about to be filled with stained glass at the expense of some
transatlantic lovers of Shakspere.
THE ENGLISH 'GGVERNMENT, it is said, intend-to
follow the example of the American and Russian govern-
ments in sending a squadron to Japan.
FOUR OmmausEs,nittended to ply at Melbourne, have
just been constructed -at Glasgow, and are about terbe
shipped for Australia. •
AN OFFICE HAS 'EDEN OPENED in one of the cales-cif
the United States, by ana.dy who is a " practical printer,"
for the instruction of women in the various branches of

type-setting, printing,"fin..
EIGHTY IIILES HOIII

The Pennsylvanian Rail

way Company own 42" locomotives, of which 12 are of a
capacity equal to a spedd of 80 miles an hour. The Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad had 142 locomotives, somemf

which are of equal speed

Ohio State .Tournat

NUMEROUS FLOURS OF GEESE and widgeons' havi
already appeared on Me waters of the Solent, whieli
separates the Isle of Wight from the Hampshire coast-

and their early arrival
,is-regarded by the fishermen

foretoken of an early aria rigorous winter.
THE GLASGOW TOWff 'COUNCIL, at a meeting 1311 Thur-
sday, resolved to supply the city with water from Loch
Katrine. The expenseqU be incurred by the proposkt
scheme and purchasing the existing water-works- is ex-
pected to reach £1,2007000.
TUE JOINERS' DIEFPUTE.—The dispute, which arose
some weeks since, between a portion of the 'operative
joiners and their employers at Bolton, still continues, the
workmen at two establishments having turned out -because
of the masters getting work done by machinery.
HYDROPHOBIA AT MIDDLBTON,-A few days ago, a

valuable dog, belonging, to a gentleman at TOngeLiane,
near Middleton, showed-sym7toms of hydrophobia, and has
since died of that disease. During its paroxysms, it bit
several dogs. Some of theklogs that had been bitten-were

destroyed on Wednesday mid Thursday.
A NEW YACHT FOR THE QUEEN.—We believe, as we
anticipated on Monday, very little doubt now remains as
to the fate of the Victoria!und Albert. A new screw

's.s.acht, we trust, wUI take -the.royal name, and the former
.be remembered .only forqhe comparative discomfort
ttkat was for so long endured-ill her.—Morning Herald.
Tun PzA.IIL-Burson Tn.A.Ds is in imminent ,pere from
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.an enormous increase in the. cost of the raw material ; 'that
v4gch for years was £25 a ton; is now £55, and has teen
as high as £lOO. The consequence has been that other
buttons have been introduced into the market, and they
are superseding the pearl ones. .-Speculators in shell are
accused of having rained the trade.

-ThaREPl37.4l3a MANIJFA.O7R•X OP VOTES.—In the
• EastfVumberland Registration Court, .last week, several
curious cases were heard ; but the ,most curious, and nut
the most creditable, was the fellowtng :—Mr. John Ram-
shay, Lord Carlisle's steward at Waworth, appeared to sus-
tain the claim to a vote for East GuMberland on the part
of Mr. Andrew Robert Fenwick, Lord Carlisle's steward
at Morpeth, by virtue of an annuity ,-ef £2 2s. on house
property At Brampton belonging to Ramshay, the
alleged consideration £42. Mr. •Ranullay produced the
'deed, which bore date January 25, 1853. 'On being pressed,
he was constrained to admit that, on 'the same 25th of
January, 1853, he had received, as the'" consideration"
spoken of,•a deed to the like amount from Mr. Fenwick,
granting him,-Mr. Ramshay, a similar annuity of £2 2s.
on property-at-Morpeth, belonging to Mr. Fenwick, "con-
sideration, 4342, for the purpose of manufacturing a vote
for Mr. Ramshay in North Northumberland. On being
askedif he. had received the annuity, Mr. Ramshay said
he bad received from Mr. Fenwick a post-office order for
two pounds two.slfdlings. Further pressed,-)v was com-
pelled to admit, anfid a profusion of modest blulhes, that,
on the same daY,'he had sent Mr. Fenwick .6 ,post-office
order for -two pounds two shillings ! ! This is line way
swaggering " Liberals" cook sham votes.

• HORRIBLE TRAORDT AT SEA.—By the Indian Mill, just
arrived, we are putin possession of the following painful
particulars, which we copy from the Friend of fnclia
Extra:—The barque Arratoon Apcar, of Calcutta, Henry
Lovett, master, left this harbour yesterday morning,toind
to Singapore and Calcutta, the crew consisting principally
of Bengalese, with eight Chinese, and two Chinese carpen.
ters. According to thelog-Tbook, at noon, with a westerly
breeze, Green Island was N.E., distant 52 miles. Thislis
the last entry. At midnight the pilot left, and this morn-
ing delivered to the agents, Messrs. Lolcaca and Co„ here,
a letter from Captain Lovett,cov ering one for Mrs. Lovett,
in Calcutta, to be forwarded by mail leaving to-day. The
second mate, Mr. Woodburne, relieved the chief mate on
;his watch, when the pilot left. Half an hour afterward,
the Chinese part of the erew, assisted by two Chinese pas-
sengers, came aft, armed with very sharp square knives,
and having disposed of the eeeond mate, and thrown him
overboard, proceeded into the cabin, where were sleeping
Captain Lovett, Dr. Thompson, late of the Lady Mary
Wood, Mr. Smith, late commander of the Red Rover, pas-
sengers, Mr. G. H. Shirking, chief mate, and An European
lad (Charlie), a relative, we believe, of Captain Lovett's.
Of all those five persons, only Captain Lovett's corpse re-
mains, and it is supposed, finding it useless to resist armed
men, the poor fellows jumped overboard. There are a
good many 'blood smears on the sides of the cabin; but no
appearance by which it might be inferred that they were
killed on board. The chief mate's cabin is cut about a
good deal. At the time of assault, a poor Portuguese sacu-
nie, by the name of Augustrie, was at the wheel. He says
they tried to kill him also, but he got away up the rigging,
where also fled the laecar seamen to watch. The gunner,
who brought the Arratoon Apcar into harbour that morn-
ing, a little after eight, with ensign flying, union down-
wards, says he slept forwards until two o'clock, when he
was awoke by the lascars from ahaft, and learned what
had happened. On going aft he met Captain Lovett, who
said, " Give me a drink of water," and having taken it,
drew a long breath and expired, death having occurred
from a severe cut in the abdomen, where the bowels were
protruding. The gunner found both the quarter-boats
gone, the top-sail hallyards cut away, the guns spiked, and
fire in the after hold, the scoundrels having attempted to
blow up the vessel. About six o'clock in the morning, a
pilot came on board, somewhere about Linting, and with
his assistance the brig was brought into Hong Kong. As
the vessel was not far from two islands at the time, it is
possible that the missing people were able to reach the
shore. Mr. Smith, it is said, jumped overboard unwound-
ed, and, being a good swimmer, we entertain strong hopes
for his safety. Two steamers leave for a search imme-
diately. Captain Lovett's dog, of the English bull-breed,
is cut severely across the nose and hip; and having, it is said,
fastened his teeth pretty deeply in the calves of the assail-
ants' legs, it is hoped that by the aid of the marks, the
wretches, who cannot be far off, may be discovered. here
was not much treasure on board to excite their eupidity.
The eight MIMI had been tW9 voyages in the Wig.