The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TAME CROCODILES.—A frightful event occurred last
month at Damiet,a. ArdEffendi, governor of the town,
had two-tame crocodiles in his garden. A negro having
ill-treated one of them the natural ferocity of the animal
returned, and he rushed on the governor's child, aged
about 12 years, who was standing by the negro's side,
and killed lim.—Galignani's Messenger.

THE ELECTIONS, 'i5-c.

The Earl of Lincoln has consented to-stand again for
the Falkirk Burghs.
LEICESTER.—Mr. Wynn Ellis has withdrawn. There
will be no opposition to Sir Joshua Walmsley.
Sir_James Graham has come forward as.a candidate for
Ripon.

The Oporto correspondent of the Times says, that an
English merchant lately gave a dinner to the principal
officers of the Queen of Portugal and her allies, while the
members.of the insurgent junta were entertained in ano-
ther part of the house. As soon as the royalists had de
parted, the rebels were introduced into the room which
the former had quitted, and supped at the same table
where their adversaries had dined.

There are now three Jewish candidates for seats in the
next Parliament—one at Hythe, one.at Maidstone, and
one at London. _ _ _

James Macgregor, Esq., of this town, and chairman of
the South-Eastern Railway Company, .has come forward
as a candidate for Banbury.'

PREJUDICE IN EGYPT.—Mehemet Ali lately ordered
that forty youths belonging to the best families of Alex-
andria should be sent to Europe at his expense, for the
purpose of completing their education ; but the parents
were -so unwilling to allow their children to
_visit the

The Gazette of Friday night contains the appointment
of the right hon. Henry Labouchere as President of the
Board of Trsde.

We are informed that Mr. Charles Villiers is to be the
new Chief Commissioner of Poor-laws ; or properly speak-
ing,the new Minister for the Poor-law department.

country of the Franks, that many of them bribed poor
persons to furnish them with boys, whom they deliVered
to the authorities as their own children.
Tow., WRECK OF A STEAMER, AND Loss OF 44 PER-
SONS, AT MORETON BAY, N.S.W.—After the Walmer
Castle had got.under sail at Sydney for London, on the no question that he will be elected by an immense majc,
27th March,. an extra to the Sydney Morning Herald, rity. Col. Beckwith is said to be meditating a retreat.
containing an account of the loss of the Sovereign steamer,. WEST RIDING ELECTION.—SO far as appearances at
off Amity Point, Moreton Bay, was brought on board. present go there is no prospect of any -contest for the
- ''rle 3d of W F Y---' Mr. DenisOri and Lord

Mr. Cobden has arrived at Vienna, where he has been
presented by Lord Ponsonby, the English Ambassador,
to the Prince Metternich.

Lord Seaham has made an unprecedentedly successful
canvass of the Northern Division of Durham

There i:

Sovereign left Brisbane for Sydney on t
March, with 54 persons on board, crew and passengers,

est Riding of orkshire.
Morpeth, the present members, are again candidates.
Mr. Roebuck has given notice in the newspapers that
he will not accept any appointment that will require him
to leave the House of Commons. It was said that he had
been offered the Chief Justiceihip of Bombay in the event
of Sir D. Pollock retiring.
NORTH CHESIHRE.—The canvass in favour of Mr.
Astley goes on very favourably. There seems reason to

lv 10 of whom- were saved

A FRENCH ARMY OF MUSICIANS.—The annual grand
concert of the Orpbeonists has taken place, with nine
hundred wind instruments and four hundred choristers
Last year the effect was tried in the open air, and found
to produce too little sound. Now it has just been tried
in the Cirque Olympi
Some fear was ex

res. sed lest the roof of the building

ar that he will be returned

He addressed the electors

should be blown Off. The singers were all chosen from
ranks of the army, and it is generally believed that
they are training thus to frighten the enemy in case of
need. Certainly the singers at the Cirque could replace
both arms and ammunition, and render victory certain.
What enemy could withstand the attack of twenty thou-
sand such false notes as those with which our ears were

at Runcorn on Thursday last, and evidently made a fa-
vourable impression.

The supplement to the London Gazette, of Friday, con-
tains her Majesty's proclamation for dissolving the yarlia-
.

ment. It also appoints the calling of a new Parliament
for the 21st day of September, on which day the writs are

greeted at this concert. The regiment employed upon
the occasion is just about departing for Algiers. This is
worthy of notice.—Paris correspondent of the Atlas.
A MOCK EXECUTION.—A strange spectacle was wit-
nessed on the 9th at Arnhem, in Holland. A Catholic

In West Somerset, Mr. Aeland has withdrawn, and
Sir Alexander Hood and Mr. Moody come forward on the
cousqrvative interest. Both these gentlemen are highly
'respected and steadfastly attached to our Protestant In-
stitutions in Church and State. Mr. Bouverie. is the

priest, named Gepkens, having been condemned to death
for assassination, the King commuted the sentence into
perpetual imprisonment and the application of the punish-
.. .

Liberal candidate
A FEELER.—Mr. Conway, the editor of the Dublin
Post, distinctly asserts that the time has arrived for the

ruled e

scaffold was

that an outcry against, it win oe
first, but that they will be fully

arepared exactly as for an execution, and a

Dared to acc

coffin was on if to receive the bloody and mangled
remains of the condemned. At twelve o'clock in the day,
Gepkens was driven in a cart to the scaffold. His head
and neck were bare, he wore no coat, his hair was cut
very close, and his hands were tied behind his back.
Two priests were with him, giving him religious consola-
tion, and two other carriages contained the officers of
justice, and the executioner and his assistants, the latter

when offered

BLACKBURN.—Mr. llornby, the conservative member
for this borough, announces himself for re-election. Sir
W. Fielden retires, and there are two reform candidates,
Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Hargreaves. The Blackburn
Standard says there is not a doubt of Mr. Hornby's
return. .

carrying an axe. A strong detachment of soldiers accom-
panied the cart, and another surrounded the scaffold.
Gepkens ascended to his appointed place with a tottering
_ _

man from Liverpool,-bas just addressed the electors on
Conservative principles, and commenced
vass. The other candidates are Mr -

an active can-

Tanen, of ell,

on the block.
him by the hair

One of the assistant-executioners seized
to keep his head in the right position,

Romilly, the member for Bridpori.
A ballot was held, on Monday, between the three nev

and two other assistants held him by the shoade;s. The
chief executioner then took the axe, flourished it in the
air, and let it descend on the prisoner's neck, so as to
make him feel the cold steel. The man who held his
head afterwards released it; and, for about five minutes,
he exece '"-tied to brandio,

Liberal candidates for Marylebone ; which resulted in the
choice of Mr. D. W. Harvey as the second candidate, to
be supported by the Liberals, in conjunction with Sir B
Hall. The numbers were—Serjeant Shee, 410 ; Lord D
Stuart, 1,250; Mr. D. W. Harvey, 1,952.
NORTH LANCASHIRE.—A deputation f

„toner continued to brandish the axe around the
prisoner's head, so close that he could distinctly hear the
whizzing. The emotion of Gepkens was so great that he
fainted. When the ceremony was completed his hands
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rom the com-
mittee appointed by the electors of the northern division
of this county, at a meeting held at Preston on Monday,
has been sent to Mr. Charles Towneley, of Towneley, to
rpoupqt him to allow himself to be put in nomination as a

•• •-• utsat.a,,s, G., C. Fl IJ,III I,IIC ,cl.l V.
About 30,000 persons waited from daylight to witness this
singular proceeding, the' like of which has not occurred
within the memory of man. Previous to the prisoner's
arrival the crowd was very merry and boisterous, and
but, on the conclusion of the
sed in silence, and apparently
Galignani's Messenger.

—.-
candidate for the representation, in conjunction with Mr
Wilson Patten.
_

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.—WeII informed parties count
with great confidence on the return of Mr. Hodgson, with
Mr. Ord, for this borough. Mr. Headlam has trimmed
so much and changed his views so strangely as to
.have
shaken confidence in his sincerity, and he is losing ground.
He will scarcely make a rally again so as to endanger Mr.
Hodgson's election, and Mr. Ord cannot be beaten.
" SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS,"—The Whig-radical

roared forth several songs ;
mock execution, it disp
feeling strong emotion

IRELAND

Provision-laden vessels have of late been attacked by
Eirates off the coast of Mayo. Last week the schooner
mily Maria was attacked. Her crew resisted, when four
of the marauders were killed and several wounded.
The will of Mr. O'Connell has just been proved in the

The injudicious conduct of the fag-end of the League, in
repudiating Lord Brackley, has brought this about. Ne-
ver was the good advice of Mr. Cobden, more wanted,
than by these meddling gentry at the present time."
DORCHESTER.—In consequence of the Hon. Henry

be under £25,000, and he has, among other bequests, left
£l,OOO to Mr. Ray, the secretary to the Repeal Associa-
tion.

Ashley, the third son of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and
brother of Lord Ashley, having given offence to his father
by refusing to afford his support, during the past session,
to the liberal policy of the ex-Premier, he has retired
from the representation of Dorchester, after having sat
for that borough ever since 1831.
STRANGE COMPANY.—The following members of the

SHIP SWATARA.—This vessel sailed from Moville on
e 20th instant, having on board 230 emigrants, all of

turday, the lith instant, who pronounced them all to be
in a good-state of health.

House of Commons voted against the third reading of the

ATROCIOUS MURDER
en murdered at nom

James Fitzgerald,

Lek Boy turn-

J. Brotherton, J. Collett, T. Dunconabe, B. Escott, Sir
D. L. Evans, Sir J. Graham, C. Ilindley, W. Molesworth,
R. Osborne, T. Thornely, T. Wakley, C. B. Wall, W.
Williams. Tellers—J. Hume and W. Evart. Sir James
Graham and Mr. B. Escott are truly in strange company.

pike, on the principal road into Limerick. A party of
men and women assailed him with stones as he was driv-
ing cattle into the city, and one of the men beat him over
th head with a whip handle. A coroner's jury has de-
clared Pat Byan, his wife, and his daughter Bridget, prin,
cipals in the homicide, and they are in prison.
MORAL FORCE.—As rome of the principal members o

By a tabular statement in the Globe, of Fi4day, we see
the names of the various candidates who have announced
their intention of standing for English constituencies.

CITY OF DURHAM.—The split amongst the Conserva-
tives still,continues. Several of them have seceded from
the ConserVative Association with the awowed intention
of voting for Captain Wood, but the majority of them
still adhere to their original resolution of refraining from
voting; to which they have since added, that, if Captain
Wood. cannot he defeated by that means, they will poll
plumpers for Mr. Spearman, whose interest is considered
the weakest of the two liberal candidates, and whose
Liberalism approaches nearest the views of the Conserva-
tives. Lord Londonderry wishes to shake hands with the
Conservatives, and let by-gones be by-gones; but the
only terms upon which the Conservatives will yield are,
that Capt. Wood be withdrawn, and a Conservative can-
didate brought forward with the sanction and approval of
all parties. Not the slightest doubt can be entertained
respecting the return of t he Liberal candidates, Messrs.
,Granger and Spearman.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON RELIGIOUS DISQUA,LIFICA-
TroNs.—At a meeting of the.electors of the City of .Lon-
don, held on Tuesday last, Lord John Russell, in the
course of his address, made the following observations:—
" From the beginning of my political life 1 have always
followed that great doctrine of Mr. Fox, `That acts and
not opinions are to be the subjects of punishment' (cheers),
and that religious opinions form no ground for civil dis-
qualification (cheers). It was upon that ground—taking
my stand upon that principle—that many years ago—l
believe it is now nearly twenty years ago—l proposed to
the House of Commons to abrogate those civil disqualifi-
cations which barred the way to office for Protestant Dis-
senters (cheers). It was upon the same principle—braving
the obloquy which attended the expression of that opinion
—that I always gave my vote for removing the disabilities
which afflicted our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects
tlemen, I know no limit to that prirci-
d I repeatedly have said in par-

(cheers); and, gen
ple (hear, hear). I say

be no disqualification for civil office or for seats in

ment on account of religious opinions (c

RAILWAY

AFFAIRS,

George. Wilson, Esq., has been elected chairman of the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
The South Devon Railway from Newton to Totnes, 811
miles, was opened on Tuesday.
The installation of Prince Albert at Cambridge is stated
to have added to the week's receipts of the Eastern Conn-
ties.about £5OO.

ports of a cargo of timber ends from
to be used for railway sleepers.

Norway, intended

the High-level Bridge is re

'ateshead Observer to be now complete,
and to have been exposed to a test of extravagant severity,
doubly exceeding any trial to which it can by possibility
be put by the ordinary traffic of the railway.
A social feature in railways has been opened on the
banks of the Tay. On the Perth and Dundee, and
Dundee.and Arbroath lines, composition tickets may now
be.had for one, three, six, or twelve months ; children
attending school being carried at half the rates charged
for adults.

Intelligence is forwarded in cipher by the electric tele-
graph from Dover to the principal daily newspapers of
London ; and as the keys of these cyphers are not com-
municated to the South-Eastern Railway Company, the

men employed in working the telegraph are whollyigno
rant of the despatches which they transmit.

three Railway Bills received the Royal assent ; these, with
the 136 previously sanctioned, make 189 Railway Bills
which have, during the present session, received the Royal
assent. These bills authorise the several companies to

raise in the aggregate, by capital and loan, £34,692,880 for
the construction of 1,394 miles of railway, being at the'rate
of £24,187 per mile.

. .
SWING BRIDGE ON THE AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM
In a country such as Holland, where hitherto

RAILWAY

stacles necessarily presented themselves to a complete
development of a system of railways. The ground nearly
everywhere is of such a treacherous nature, that the fact
of getting good foundations for any solid and heavy super-
structure is a matter attended with great expense and con-
siderable difficulty. Another obstacle that presented itself
was the crossing of navigable canals, and the means to be
adopted so as not to interfere with that traffic. This con-
sequently called forth the ingenuity of the engineer, the
result of which we now place before our readers. The
bridge is the design of the Chevalier Conrad, the engineer

of file Amsterdam and Rotterdam Railway, to will-eh he
gives the name of crane-bridge, "pont a grues," in oppo-
sition to that known in England as a swing-bridge. Li-
terally the name, is true, as the iron girders are nothing
else than eight cranes, four on each side, corresponding to
the four lines of rail, and so fastened together that by the

application of wheel machinery to one side the whole
frame-work falls back in a line parallel with the pier, leav-
ing a sufficient opening to allow a vessel fully rigged to
pass easily between. The same machinery is used to bring
the series of cranes together again, when a few bolts or
catches suffice to retain them firmly in a position that
trains may pass over in perfect safety. M. Conrsd states
that bridges on this construction are attended with little
or no vibration on the passing of a train, and that they are

worked with ease and Precision.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY.—
An adjourned special meeting of this company was held
at Herbut's Hotel, London, on Saturday,—Mr. W. T.
Matthews in the chair. The Chairman stated that the
company had not succeeded in arranging their differences,
and Mr. Mozley detailed the whole course Of the proceed-
ings and their present position. In pursuance of their
rights, therefore, they must take steps to obtain possession

July 27, 1847.

her stomach the prisoner threw away, although cautioned
bu a neighbour not to do so, but to save it, as it was im-
portant for the doctor to see it. On the day after the
death of the deceased, the prisoner gave to the surgeon a,
piece of pancake, which she said was of the same that the
deceased had eaten of, and had been given to her child,
but which, on analysis, afforded no traces whatever of
poison. The stomach of the deceased was, on a post
mortem examination, removed by Mr. Mexon, and Mr.
Paterson, of Brigg, and was found to be very considerably
inflamed. There were small yellowish white spots, vary-
ing from the size of a pin's head to that of a. small pea,
which, on being subjected to the various chemical tests
enumerated, gave every known evidence of the pre-
sence of arsenic. Besides these spots on the mem
' -
brane the deposit at the llottom of the vessel in
which the stomach was placed, was similarly analysed,
and gave the like results. The ash-heap, where the
prisoner had thrown the matter vomited by the deceased,
was also carefully examined ; the appearance of partially
digested farinaceous food, such as a pancake would fur-
nish, was found, and removed ; being subject to the same
tests, the presence of arsenic was in like manner indispu-
tably proved.—After an ingenious speech from Mr. Mil—
ner on the prisoner's behalf, in which he argued the
absence of all motive and the want of sufficient evidence,
his Lordship very minutely called the jury's attention to
the various circumstances bearing upon the case as
against the prisoner. After an hour's deliberation, they
returned a verdict of Guilty.—Mr. Baron Rolfe said that
it was impossible to have come to any other conclusion
than that at which they had arrived ; how many murders
the prisoner had been guilty of was only known to her-

self and to Him in whose presence she would in a few.
days appear. He had undoubted- evidence before him
that this was not the only murder of which she had been
guilty. He should not stop to enquire what motive could
have inchiced her, but would exhort her to employ to the
best, the short period of life which' yet remained to her on
earth. His Lordship then passed sentence of death in
the usual form.—During the whole .of the trial the
wretched woman • appeared perfectly unmoved by the
awful situation in which she was placed, and when the
sentence of death had been passed upon her she made
a curtesy to the judge, and left the dock with a light and
easy step. The execution is fixed for Friday next, bat it
is believed the wretched criminal is enciente, in which case
the execution will be postponed.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

The money market in London has, during the week,
exhibited symptoms of increasing tightness ; and consols
left off at the close a shade lower, influenced in part by
the unsatisfactory news brought by the Indian mail from
China.

Our cotton market has been less active than last week ;
and we have to quote a decline in American descriptions
of I,d. per lb. The sales have be-en-25,500 bales, of
which 2,100 were on speculation, and 2,300 for export,
leaving 21,000 for the trade. The imports for the week
were 10,500 bales.

The Manchester trade has relapsed into the same state
of dulness which we noticed a few weeks ago ; and there
has been a disposition to accept of lower prices for goods.
The following we extract from the semi-monthly circular
of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co. :

"Our last report was more fovourable than several which
prt ceded it, and at its date we had the promise of gradual im-
provement. The weather was everything that could be de,'
sired—the position of the Bank of l'ngland much strengthened
—large arrivals of foreign grain were taking place—provisions
of every kind were rapidly cheapening, and generally we had
the prospect of a return to comparative prosperity. Our mar-
ket felt the influence of the change which had taken place -
orders to some extent were given out both for the home and
foreign trade, at advanced prices, and in such -quantity as not
merely to absorb our present production, but greatly to reduce-
the stocks which had been accumulat'ng under the depression
of the previous months. This continued up to the middle of
last week, when, under the influence of the bank return, show-
ing a decrease in the amount of bullion to the extent of half a
million sterling, and a slight re-action in the corn markets,
we experienced a very decided change. At the present time,
our market is exceedingly dull ; and although the prospects
for the harvests are most promising, we cannot, under the in-
creased rates of discount now demanded, look for any improve-
ment. So sensitive have we become, that the slightest adverse
change in the exchanges, or in the weather, immediately affects
the funds, and with them every description of property. Until,
therefore, we have the harvest secured, and that an abundant
one, we must not look for any permanent improvement in-
tract..."

The condition of the operative classes is exhibited in
the following statement :

Date.

Mills, &c

Workpeople

1847. INo. 'Full !Short.,Stp.ls

72,4 Total.l Full. !Short.lOut

July 13..1 1751 1311
July 20.. 175 132'

40910 28943 I 3387 I 8580
409101 29238 2877 8795

From this table it would appear that although there are 200
more persons out of work, there are nearly 200 more working,
full time than at the corresponding period a week previously;
The great reduction is in the number of hands working short
time, which is 400 less than last week.

The market is materially affected by the complete stag-
nation in the demand for our goods in China, owing to
apprehended disturbances amongst the population of
Canton. The following are the accounts up to the 21st
May :

" We regret that we are unable to report any change for the
better in the state of our import market, from the continued
absence of confidence and scarcity of the money, and we can-
not hold out any prospeFt of activity so long as the
mind is biased with a feelingof insecurity, anticapitalists re-
fuse to employ their funds in commercial channels. Trade is
paralyzed, and the little business transacted has been for im-
mediate wants."