The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-11 00:00:00

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS

The quantity of large pieces of ordnance recently trans-
mitted to various parts of her Majesty's dominions, both at
home and abroad, from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, has
been considerable ; and there are at present on the grounds
the following large guns labelled, and ready for being shipped
by the first opportunity for their destinations :—Six pieces
of ordnance for Portsmouth, eight inches in diameter of bore,
callable of projecting balls of 651 b weight a distance of three
:idles, or eight-inclishells filled with the most destructive
frinds of instruments of warfare a similar distance, charged
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me with the greatest certainty, and with almost unerring
aim, from the.nature of the materials. Ten guns of exactly
the same dimensions are labelled for Devonport, and ten for
Corfu. In addition to these there are ten 32:pounders and
wenty-six 24-pounders for Corfu, so that it would appear
greatest number are for the British station in the Medi-
It is now certain that the companies of the royal
.ctillery sent out recently to the Mediterranean, ostensibly for
the purpose of relieving the detachments stationed at Gib-
raltar, Malta, and Corfu, will not operatt as a relief to the
others, whose period of foreign service has expired according
to rotation, sealed orders having been transmitted that the
troops previously on these stations are to remain until the
affairs of the east are settled : but when that event will take
place it is past human comprehension to ascertain. Prepara-
tions are in progress at head-quarters at Woolwich, for the pur-
pose of sending out a number of royal artillerymen to Constan-
tinople to brigade the Turks, and instruct them in the military
movements of that corps. It was originally intended that
Serjeant Maclean should accompany the men, as during his
previous residence in Constantinople the Sultan bestowed a
gold medal upon him as an especial mark of favour. It has
now been decided however, that the men will be selected from
the detachment recently returned from Spain, where they
had considerable experience under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Colquhoun, and where their zeal, gallantry, and good
conduct, displayed by them on all occasions during a long
Course of service, called forth the warmest encomiums from
Lord John Hay, and the entire approbation of Lord Bloom-
field, the commandant of the garrison, on their return home.
The circumstance of artillerymen being• sent out to brigade
the Turks is looked upon by the old soldiers who have re-
tired from the service as tantamount to a declaration of war,
as they remember that a similar step was taken in 1801.
Great progress has been made at the foundry of the Royal
Arsenal at Woolwich, preparatory to another large casting
of brass ordnance, which will shortly take place, although
the precise day has not yet been named. Twenty-five years
of peace, even with a reduced establishment, owing to the
improvements • that have taken place, has enabled the
Ordnance department to keep up a far greater supply
than the times required, but a casual visiter to the Royal
Arsenal would at once discern a great number of vacancies
where the largest description of guns are usually placed.
It is now also determined upon that Napier's machine for
snaking balls by compression will, be performed by steam,
and the turners and borers of cantons will be arranged so as
to work by the same moving power. At present the same
system as was acted upon 40 years ago is used in the boring
of large guns, by employing horses as the moving power.
This alteration will relieve about ten artillerymen who take
charge of the horses engaged in this duty.—.2lforning Herald
of yesterday.

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Mary Moody, apparently not more than 19 years of age
has been committed by the magistrates at Belfast for trial
charged with administering poison to her uncle, Alexandei
Boyle, thereby causing his death.
Lord and Lady Lyndhurst are at Marienbad, in Bohemia,
Lord Albert Conyngham will resign his seat in the Brous(
of Commons, as representative of Canterbury, immediately
on the assembling of, parliament.

The United Service Gazette states positively, that the
reason why Prince Albert declined to dine with the Lord
Mayor at the Mansion House on the day the freedom of the
city was presented to his Royal Highness was, that the
noble lord at the head of the adtilinis.tration had not been
invited

There is a modified type of the cholera disease continuing
at this season of the year very prevalent in some of tLe coun-
try districts, and some slight cases of the same disease have
manifested themselves within the last few weeks in parts of
the metropolis. The French call the disease cholerine.

CRICKET.—KENT AGAINST ALL ENGLAND.—On Satur-
day the third and deciding match, between eleven picked
players from the county of Kent and a similar number se-
lected from the several counties of England, terminated, at
Bromley, in favour of the latter, by a majority of 139 runs.
The game was commenced on Thursday.

The Scotch newspapers publish very gratifying accounts of
the result of the Scotch registrations. In the county of
Perth alone the conservatives have augmented their majority
by 145., In Dumbartonshire, the gain of the present year
added to those since the last election, gives the conservatives
a decided majority of more than 150.

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—The seasbn opened on Tuesday,
and although the weather was favourable for the diversion of
sportsmen, we understand that very indifferent sport was met
with, as the birds were chiefly in the corn, patches of which
were uncut, and consequently could not be got at. The de-
struction of hares was inconsiderable, as they availed them-
selves of the same means of shelter.

The receipts of the Bible Society for the past year, from
all sourees, amounted to £111,449, being £6220 more than
the preceding year, and £3700 more than any former year.
The issues of Bibles and testaments were 776,360 copies,
being 118,292 more than the preceding year. Total from the
commencement of the institution, 12,322,471 copies of the
Scriptures ; and the expenditure £2,640,160.

THE HOP HARVEST.—The signal failure in the hop crops
may be attributed in a great measure to the absence of those
electric showers during the present year, which prove so de-
structive to the aphides (smother fly) and other obnoxious
blights. It has been noticed by old experienced hop-
growers that in those seasons when the planters have been
visited but by little thunder and lightning the atmosphere
has been loaded with insects, and that the hop-bine has been
most seriously affected in such instances.

RETIREMENT OF LORD MORPETIL—We see by the Dub-
lin Evening Post, the official organ of Dublin Castle, that
Lord Morpeth is about to retire. Doubtless Lord Morpeth
must retire, because Mr, O'Connell has denounced him.
We suppose that his lordship will be succeeded by a pledged
Repealer. Lord Morpeth, however, merits no pity. His
firmness in maintaining the union only renders by the eon-
mo di r fisting the levity with which he surrendered
the in ees s the religion or truth.

AFFLICTING AND AWFUL VISITATION.—Little more than
a month ago, Mrs. Harding, wife of Mr. Joseph Harding,
of Rodmead Farm, Upton Scudamore, died suddenly ;
shortly after which her son and two daughters went into
Wales, a change of scene being thought necessary to their
health. During their absence their father, who had previ-
ously been in good health, also died suddenly, and was bu-
ried before they had any knowledge of his death—their
friends not knowing where to direct them. On their return
each of them was seized with a dreadful fever—of which,
melancholy to relate, one of the daughters died in Beaufort-
buildings, Bath.—Devizes Gazette.
MORTALITY IN LONDON.—The table of mortality for
the week ending last Saturday gives a total number of 820
deaths, of which 457 are under the age of 15.; 235 between
the ages of 15 and 60 ; and 128 of the age of 60 and upwards.
These numbers show a weekly decrease in the deaths of
nearly 200 compared with the returns of two years back. Of
the 820 persons who died last week, 166 were from epidemic,
endemic, and contagious diseases ; 181 from diseases of the
brain, nerves, and senses; 190 from diseases of the lungs and
other organs of respiration; 12 from diseases of the heart and
blood-vessels ; 90 from diseases of the stomach, liver, and
other organs of digestion ; 7 diseases of the kidneys ; 3 child-
bed ; 6 diseases of the joints ; 1 disease of skin ; 94 disease of
uncertain seat ; 46 old age or natural decay ; 20 by violence,
privation, or intemperance ; and 1 from a cause not specified.
MOST ATROCIOUS MURDER.--On Saturday evening last a
most inhuman murder was perpetrated within a mile of the
town of Castlecomer, on the mail-coach road leading from
thence to Dublin. The victim, a stout-looking young man,
is suspected to have been a deserter. When discovered, he
was lifeless, lying in a pool of blood on the middle of the
road ; a man's hat was found close to his own, which led to
the immediate apprehension of three carmen, who had passed
the spot a short time before the murder occurred, on their
way from Kilkenny, where they had been selling coals, one
of whom claimed the hat in question. An inquest was held
on the body of the deceased on Monday, the result of which
was the immediate liberation of the carmen, against whom
hardly a .suspicion was entertained, notwithstanding the re-
markable circumstance
.of the hat of one of them being
found on the spot where the murder was committed. This
circumstance was satisfactorily accounted for by its having
fallen off when the owner of it was asleep in his car, and was
most probably picked up, either by one of the murderers or
their unfortunate victim. It also appeared, from the evi-
dence, that about half an hour after the cars had passed,
some persons (supposed tohave accompanied a corpse for in-
terment iu the course of the day, from an adjoining parish,)
were heard wrangling at the entrance to the churchyard, and
were supposed to have proceeded along the road to the scene
of the murder,. as something like skirmishing was overheard
there, and two men, strangers to those who met them, were
seen running in all haste from the spot, towards the collie-
ries, who have not since been heard of.—Dublin Evening
Mail.

PACIFIC STEAMERS.—Extract of a letter from Captain
Peacock, dated on board the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company's steam-vessel Peru, lat. 9 15 N, long. 25 50 W,
and 14 days from Plymouth :—" The Peru has hitherto had
a most prosperous voyage, answering in every respect my
most sanguine expectations. On leaving Plymouth we ex
perienced a head wind, with a heavy cross swell, until t 1
evening of the following day, when 1 ordered the fires to
burnt down, blew out the boilers, and made sail. o
first trial of sailing, although deep, we got seven kilo',
her. There was a good deal of swell on, and the •%,
occasionally rolled deep ; but after a minute investigatio
the moveable parts of the funnel, I saw no risk in towel
it, and in eight minutes from the commencement I had ,
gratification to see it snug in the chock, without strainit4
rivet or a ropeyarn. When the wind died away we
ha
everything in its place again, and the fires alight in fou
minutes from hauling taught the main gears. The operatiol,
elicited the admiration of every one on board: The funnel,
when down in the chock, lies within the level of the paddle-
boats, and at a distance would resemble a long mid-ship gun.
It is completely out of the way of working the square main-
sail, and when down, the operation of sweeping it is much
simplified. We had only one entire day's sailing before
getting into the trades, and then only three more. The
trade wind was very light, except for two days out of the
three, when, with the wind dead aft, with lower topmast, and
top-gallant studding-sails set, we went 11 knots for four
consecutive hours, and in the 24 hours ran 225 miles. This
was the greatest run under sail; the least was 140, and this
was the fifth day of sailing, when near the edge of the
variables. We only consume half a ton of coals per hour on
the average, and find no difficulty of keeping steam without
the additional length of funnel. The Hull coals are.exce
lerlt, and in my own, as well as in the chief engineer's

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opinion, are superior to the Llanelly coals. The sails all
admirably, and the engines work extremely well. I
vacuum now exceeds 28 in both. I perceive the gr

advantage of Sir Wm. Burnett's patent solution on the
studding-sails and awnings ; it will increase their value 50
per cent. lam happy to inform you that my passengers are
well, very contented, happy and comfortable, which }s daily
expressed. I hope to be at Rio on the 26th easy, o' .which
there is every prospect at present."

THE LADY AND THE LAWYER, OR DENMAN OUT-
DONE.—An old dame, named Hannah Yeatman, annoyed
by a keen cross-examination in the Court of Queen's Bench,.
became unruly, and exclaimed, " Don't you go for to ax me
any kevestions. I'm not a going to be bothered in this way,
I'm too hold !" Chief Justice Denman : " You n ust an-
swer the questions, or I must commit you." Witness :
" omit Com your granny ! You ought to be ashamed of your-
self, ught The young ornan as uv her hevidence
afore me, war taken hout of the Court alt dead, and all
through you, sitting there so keviet in your big wig, and she
in the asterisks.—For shame?" (Roars of laughter.)
roßms.n. SUBMERSION OF LAND.—Among the proofs oc-
casionally adduced to show that the existing hills have once
been submerged,
we may notice, that in digging on the Glen-
ffer range of hills for materials to form the Water Company's
reservoir, a considerable number of oyster shells were found.
Of the boulders found about, there were two which presented
rather a singular appearance. They are probably above a
ton each, and the one is laid on the top of the other, precisely
in the way a mason would lay a stone he was about to work
on the top of another. The upper block is limestone, the
under one is whin. •Their position has not been disturbed.—
Paisley Advertiser.