The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-23 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

The old established banking house of Ridge and Co., of,
Chichester, has suspended payment; but the engagements

A LOUD REPORT.—The weather on Sunday was so calm
on the northern coast, that the salute fired at Dover on the
embarkation of his Excellency the British Ambassador, for
France, and was distinctly heard at Boulogne.
It is arranged that her Majesty will remove to Windsor as

early as can be considered safe by the physicians, and that
the infant Prince will be baptized in St. George's Hall, with
a costly magnificence and regal splendour unknown since the
days of George IV.—Brighton Gazette.

A DEED OF DARKNESS.—Ors Friday evening;at twilight,
Lord Palmerston called in a carriage at the Mansion-house,
Dawson-street, sent his card by a servant to the Lord Mayor,
and departed. On the preceding day the noble Lord dined
at the castle, and on the following day (Saturday) he'sailed
for England.—Dublin Evening Packet.

It is generally remarked in Westminster-hall, that, not-
withstanding the long vacation which has elapsed since the
last sitting of the courts, the present is the dullest and most
uninteresting term ever remembered by the oldest legal prac-
titioner.—Standard.

THE REFORMATION.—On the 31st of October the 300th
anniversary of the festival of the Reformation was celebrated
at Wittenberg. In the- evening a number of the most re-
spectable persons in the town formed themselves into a pro-
cession, and walked to the statue of the great reformer,
Martin Luther, where they sang a hymn.
THE RINGMER MURDER.—General Washer, one of the
four committed for trial, has been admitted to bail. It was
rather singular that two of the prisoners were witnesses
against Washer, and yet in the confessions made by them
not the slightest allusion was made to him. In fact, the
confessions of the three prisoners, Steadman, Pockney, arid
Briggs, although made apart from one another, agreed that
they were the only parties concerned.

SHIPWRECK NEAR REDCAR.—A most distressing wreck
of the Susanna trader off Coatham took place on Saturday,
when all hands perished, including a son of Widow Bongy,
of Redcar. The poor fellows were seen shaking bands and
clinging to the mast. The life-boat tried for three hours to
get to them, but in vain. A poor dog
.swam on shore, and
was the only animal saved. The sea ran mountains high.
All the inhabitants of Coatham and the neighbourhood were
congregated on the shore, but were unable to afford any help
to the poor fellows.—Leeds Intelligencer.

EMIGRATION.—Last week, about 130 agricultural labour-
ers,dairywomen, &c. left their homes at Bridgewater, Somer-
ton, and the surrounding district, for Australia. Bach of
them entered into an agreement to serve their employers for
a period of three years. A special train was engaged at
Bridgewater to take the party to London, from which port
they embarked in excellent health and spirits. One man,
when he arrived at London, began to sigh for his home ; and
his heart failing him, he returned to his friends.—Bristol
Gazette.

Gas METERS.—The consumers of gas, who have their
meters in exposed situations, and particularly those whose
supply of gas has been stopped in previous winters, are
earnestly requested to have their meters properly protected
from the frost, by having them carefully protected with
woollen wrappers, straw, or other suitable materials. Prompt
attention to the above will prevent much trouble and incon-
venience to all parties; but where practicable the most effec-
tual preventive, especially in those places where a number
of lights are required, is to have a small light constantly
burning near the meter, which. by keeping the works in mo-
tion, prevents the water from being frozen.
WOMAN SHOT BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.—AII inquest
was held on Monday, before Dr. Birt Davies, at the house of
Mr. Joseph Stinton, the Grand Turk, Ludgate Hill, touching
the death of Mrs. Ann Brain, a widow, aged -15, residing in
her lifetime at Caton, near Alcester, who was accidentally
wounded in the eye by a young gentleman then on a visit to
a friend, Mr. Sumner, in that neighbourhood. The case ex-
cited considerable interest, and the individual alluded to ap-
peared in court, attended by several of his friends. As the
name of the young gentleman who was the innocent cause of
the poor woman's death did not appear in the evidence, we do
not feel called upon to publish it: but he was under stood to be
of respectable family in the sister kingdom, and a student at
Oscott College. After a number of witnesses had been ex-
amined, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death
from a gunshot wound."—Birmingham Advertiser.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. BARRY, OVER SIXTY YEARS
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH PRIEST OF FERMOY.—
On Friday last this highly esteemed and venerable gentleman
died at his house, Ballinabina, near Fermoy, at the great
age of 105 years. In early life Doctor Barry travelled ex-
tensively, having made the tour of Europe and all the islands
after finishing his education at Rome. He was a splendid
linguist, and conversed with an Italian gentleman fluently
in that tongue the day before his death. In social life Dr.
Barry could not be surpassed, and his loyalty was unshaken
by any circumstances, as he fully evinced in the turbulent
times of 1798. He was descended from the ancient and
noble family of Barrymore, and nearly related to the late
General Barry, of Ballyclough House, county Cork. His
remains, at the earnest solicitation of the parishoners, will
be interred in the precincts of the chapel on Monday morn-
ing. He inherited an estate of about £7OO a-year, which he
has bequeathed to his nephew; Gerard Barry, Esq., J. P. of
Ballinahina. It is a fact, that the reverend doctor would not
allow a bell to be put up in the chapel a few years ago, lest it
might be en infringement of the law. His coadjutors con-
tinued teasing him about it, and, not to be annoyed by them,
he gave his consent to have the bell put up outside the chapel
yard. Nor would he allow the rope, suspended for ringing
the bell, to descend for that purpose into the yard, so that
the ringer bad to stand outside.—Limerick Standard.

MURDER ON COMBE-DOWN.—BATH, Nov. 18.—Early
yesterday morning our city was much excited by a report that
a murder had been committed on the previous night, on
Combe-Down. It appears that four men, two of them named
Bancroft and Stinnard, had been drinking together at the
Carriage and Horse public-house, on the Down, kept by Mr.
Payne. During the evening a disagreement arose, and the
parties 'appearing inclined to fight, the landlord dismissed
them from his house. A fight subsequently ensued out of
doors amongst the parties ; after which Bancroft went up and
offered to shake hands with Stinnard, when the Utter imme-
diately uplifted his hand and struck Bancroft on the breast ;
he immediately fell, and never rose alive again, for upon being
lifted up a large clasp knife was discovered sticking in his
breast, and which appeared to have been forcibly plunged in
up to the haft; from the instantaneous death which followed
the blow, it is conjectured that the murderous weapon must
have pierced his heart. Mr. Massey, surgeons was immedi-
ately sent for ; he dre*out the knife, but all attempts to save
his life were in vain. The murderer was shortly alter appre-
hended.

DOVER, Nov. 18.—WRECK—FOUR LIVES LOST.—This
morning the Confidence, of Barking, fishing smack, was
brought in here in tow of one of the Dover fishing vessels,
with loss of mast, &c., and four of her crew. The disaster
occurred in a sudden squall off the coast of Holland, about
six on Sunday evening; and the wreck, after being driven
about at the mercy of the wind and waves for about 24
hours, was picked up by our fishermen on Monday after-
noon. The crew consisted originally of eight persons. At
the time of the accident the captain was on a visit on board
of another vessel, a customary practice, we understand, in
moderate weather, when little is doing in the fishing depart-
ment, as was the case in this instance. Three men and three
boys were on the deck of the Confidence, when a gale came
on suddenly, and a tremendous sea struck her, carrying away
the masts, sails, and every part of the standing rigging, and
washing overboard two men and three boys, all of whom pe-
rished, except one little fellow, about 14 years of age, who
caught hold of the boom as it floated at the vessel's side, and
by this means he was ultimately saved, after remaining a con-
siderable time in the water.

EXTENT OP THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.—The Liverpool
Times, in announcing the birth of the Duke of Cornwall,
thus sums up the vast extent of the empire which it is to be
hoped hewill at some future and distant day preside over:—
" Salutes in honour of the birth will be fired—in America,
on the shores of Hudson's-bay, along the whole line of the
Canadian lakes, in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New-
foundland, in the Bermudas, at a hundred points in the
West Indies, in the forests of Guiana, and in the distant
Falkland Islands, near Cape Horn ; in Europe, in the Bri-
tish islands, from the rock of Gibraltar, from the impreg-
nable fortifications of Malta, and in the lonian Islands; in
Africa, on the Guinea Coast, at St. Helena and Ascension,
from the Cape to the Orange River, and at the Mauritius ;
in Asia, from the fortress of Aden, in Arabia, at Karrack,
in the Persian Gulf, by the British army in Affghanistan,
along the Himalayan mountains, the banks of the Indus and
the Ganges, to the southern point of India, in the Island of
Ceylon, beyond the Ganges in Assam and Aracan, at Prince
of Wales Island and Singapore, and on the shores of China,
at Hong Kong and Chusan ; and in Australia, at the settle-
ments formed on every side of the Australian continent and
islands, and in the strait which separates the islands of the
New Zealanders. No prince has ever been born either in
this or any other country, in ancient or modern times, whose
birth would be hailed with rejoicings at so many different and
distant points in every quarter of the world."

STRANGE HISTORY OF A NEEDLE.—A FACT FOR THE
FACULTY.—The following account of the re-appearance of a
needle, after its having been upwards of sixty years in the
body of a human being, may be relied upon as correct :--Mr.
John Bridges, solicitor, of No. 9, Parade, Islington, aged 72,
swallowed, whilst at play, when between nine and ten years
of age, a needle. The occurrence created great alarm in his
family, and the most eminent practitioners of the day having
been consulted, used every effort to expel the needle, but in
vain. The fears of Mr. Bridges's parents were allayed when
they saw him grow up to youth and manhood, without suf-
fering. Mr. Bridges arrived at the age of 60, seldom or
never suffering from ill health, but not unfrequently he has
felt great pains in various parts of his body, which have al-
ways been attributed to rheumatism. On Wednesday night
last he bad, as he thought, an attack of that disease, and re-
tired early to rest, encased in flannel. About thrree o'clock
in the morning, a strange pricking sensation, felt about the
outer right ancle, awoke hint, and, putting his hand to the
spot, he found protruding from the flannel what he thought
a small bit of wire. In the morning he discovered, compar-
ing all the circumstanees, that it was the self-same needle he
had swallowed 62 years ago ! A punctured mark just over
the ancle shows where the needle has made its egress. The
needle is a strong button one ; its colour a dingy blue, and
the eye shows that it is of ancient fabric.—Morning Herald.

RAISING THE WIND:—A man owed a small account of
Bs. to a butcher in our town, whose name were a useless ap-
pendage to this document. He had in his possession a£s
note, which was divided into two halves, neatly and adroitly,
one of which was presented to the dealer in defunct animals
for payment, " Jeremy," averring he had received it " from
the other side," his -cautious agent having divided it for
greater safety of transit, and that the other half would be
forthcoming next post. The butcher—good, easy, contented,
and comfortable man—handed over the balance, £4 125.,
and pocketed the moiety of the " Henry Haze." So far so
good ; our hero's bark (' saird nimbly both with wind and
stream." It occurred to his fanciful recollection that a
small bill of 12s. was owing by him to a " rite worthie"
grocer, and honestly conscious that the sweets of life had as
much right to be paid for as the fleshy substantials, tendered
the other half of the severed note, saying. as he had done
before, that the remainder would be forthcoming by the next
mail. The receipted bill for the 125., with many thanks,
was safely deposited along with the £4 Bs. change; and the
next packet from England did not bring the wanting halves
to the Island, but the preceding one conveyed the ingenious
speculator from it.

APPALING ACCIDENT.—One of those peculiarly striking
incidents which so forcibly illustrate the necessity of obe-
dience to parents took place yesterday week, in the parish of
Mothvey, in the upper part of this county. The parents of
a fine young man, aged 19, residing on the farm of Gorsaf-
issa, and bearing the name of Jones, had repeated occasion to
caution the youth against an erratic disposition that he mani-
fested, by a desire to be continually shooting, instead of
attending to his proper occupation. As to add weight to the
remonstrances of his parents, he was detected trespassing
in pursuit of game, and having no license was for both
offences fined £3O. On another occasion, his mother broke
his gun, in order to prevent a repetition of his offences ; but
the unfortunate and infatuated youth persisted in his old
habits ! On Thursday, the 11th instant, be was out shooting,
when, seeing his father coming towards him, and fearful of
his anger, he hurriedly endeavoured to conceal his transgres.
sion by thrusting the gun into a hedge, the muzzle being
towards him ; in his eagerness to conceal the deadly weapon
effectually, his father approaching, the trigger caught in a
twig, and in an instant the whole entered the unfortunate
youth's breast, and he fell lifeless at the feet of his agonised
parent, whose distress at the dreadful visitation can better
be imagined than described.

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
NOVEMBER 22.

The late prevailing east winds has prevented any considerable
supply of Potatoes getting forward into port, yet the demand con-
tinues so limited, both to the town and country trade, that the
late heavy stock is only partially cleared off. And the sales made
are principally to the Manchester dealers at the currency of Thurs-
day last, viz. Manx and Scotch Cups Is 8d to is I tid per gOlbs. ;
Irish Is 7d to Is 8d; Pink Eyes Is 8d to 10d.
On Saturday the Hay market was heavily supplied with all de-
scriptions of Agricultural produce by the farmers from the sur-
rounding district, and the demand for which was exceedingly
slack. Pink-eyed Potatoes 2s to is ad; Cups Is 7d to Is 10d;
Short-tops Is 4d to is 10d; Cattle Is Id to Is 4d per gOlbs. Tur-
nips 22s to 265; Carrots 47s to 50s per ton. Old Hay 8d to lld ;
new Gd to 11 d ; Clover 7d to gd per 20Ibs. Wheat Straw 4d to 5d ;
Oat aid to 4d; Barley 3d to 4d per 241bs.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 19.
The import duties on foreign produce remain the same as
last week, except on Beans, raised to Ils, and on Pease, re-
duced to Ils per qr. ; those on all articles from British colo-
nies continuing unaltered.
In consequence of easterly winds, prevalent since the early
part of the week, we have very few arrivals fresh up for to-
day ; exclusive of a limited quantity of Irish, Canadian, and
foreign Wheat, and a fair supply of Oatmeal, by steamers
from Ireland, the latter passing chiefly up to Runcorn.
From the close of last Tuesday's market and onward up to
this date, the proceedings in any branch of the Corn trade
here have been extremely unimportant, and no decided change
in prices appears to have taken place during that period.
Upon a slender attendance of country dealers at our
Corn Exchange this morning, and our local millers buying
rather sparingly, the transactions in Wheat were upon a very
moderate scale :--superior descriptions, nevertheless, nearly
supported Tuesday's rates, whilst the general runs of foreign
were evidently somewhat depressed in value, and the
ordinary qualities of Irish very unsaleable and nominally
cheaper. Flour of all sorts, being taken off less freely
than usual, scarcely maintained late prices.
Barley, for both malting and grinding, was in slow re-
quest and on the terms last noted. Malt remained steady.
Beans and Pease seemed to command very little attention,
and each may be considered ls. per quaKter. lower.
The Oat-trade likewise was exceedingly dull, with a rather
declining aspect, and Oatmeal, having met a very limited de-
mand, the best marks of Irish settled down to 28s to 28s *1
per 2401b5.