The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER.—There was a better demand for yarn yes-
terday than for some time past, and afair amount of business
was done, though without the slightest advance upon the low
rates which previously prevailed. The goods market was
worse than this : the demand was very limited, and no sales
could be made except at perfectly ruinous prices. Indeed it
has been obvious, for some days past, that large stocks of
•goods were being sacrificed for such prices as the manufac-
turers could obtain, without reference to their cost ; and,
until these stocks are cleared off, there can be no legitimate
demand.—Guardian, Wednesday. • _ _ _

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, August 16.—T0-day,
being the wakes, the business done has been more limited
than that of the preceding week ; but there has been no
change in prices. In wool there is no change to report since
the last market.

HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, August 17.—This was much
the same sort of market dor as last:week. The demand for
low and middle-priced woollens still Continues ; but the
quantity brought to the market is not great, as goods are
mostly made to order ; consequently, better prices are re-
alised in some sorts. Prices are firm in wools ; and business
in the warehouses is a little better, and will improve with the
fair weather.

MISCELLANEOUS

The sister and brother-in-law of the president of the United

Sates have embraced the Roman Catholic faith

The total population of the American Union as reported in
the census of 1840, is 17,100,572.

Some shocks of earthquake have been felt in various parts
of Scotland.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sii= Henry Pottin-
ger, Bart., to be chief superintendent of British trade in

China

Several stoppages have taken place at Odessa, amongst

others the hoUse of Eslinger for 400,000 rubles, and Isais for
200,000 rubles.
The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel has been appointed one

of the chaplains in ordinary to her majesty. - -
A beautiful ten-gun brig, called the Heroine, was launched

at Woolwich on Monday last.
A Newfoundland bitch, near Chiseldon, a few days since,

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producecl.the surprising number of 17 puppies at one litter—

and all alive

At Gloucester the bar complain greatly of the inconveni-
ence of the assize courts, and the judges blame the county
yet louder for the shabby lodgings their lordships are put into.

About fifteen years ago there was only one public-house
at Dowlais iron-works ; but now there are no less than 200.

There_were 118,481 hhds. of tobacco exported from the

United States last year, valued at 9,884,951 -dollars.
The National Guards at Toulouse have been disarmed by

the government

Madame Laffarge has been found guilty of the robbery of
the diamonds.

The Bishop of Virginia leaves England for America in
next month, having to be present at the convocation of the
American bishops on the Ist of October.
Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P., was blackbeaned by the County
Galway Club last week.

The receipts of the railroad, Dublin and Kingstown, on
Saturday, to see the Belleisle man-of-war, were four hun-
dred pounds.
Mr. Waterton, the celebrated naturalist, had lately a nar-
row escape of shipwreck off the coast of Elba.
We have reason to believe that parliament will be opened
by commission, and that the Queen will remain at Windsor.
—Times.

The Queen Dowager, it is expected, will pay a visit to the
Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir, about the 16th of September
next.

Accounts from Madrid of the Bth state that the affair of
the seizure of the Spanish boat off Algesiras, by English sea-
men, had been satisfactorily explained by the authorities of
Gibraltar.

The sixteen representative peers elected for Scotland, to
sit in the House of Lords next parliament, are all conserva-

The lady who put the advertisement in the Tablet for a
governess or cook, who must not be Irish, is herself of that
nation! The editor avers the fact. What will Mr. O'Con-
nell now say ?

Mrs. Bray describes some of the foaming rivers of Swit-
zerland as like nothing but dirty soap-suds, as if it had been
washing-day with the mountains !
The corn harvest has been commenced on several farms in
this neighbourhood. The crops are very fair, and there is
every prospect of a good harvest.—Carmarthen Journal.
The 99th is now the first regiment to leave Ireland for a
distant station, the singular circumstance of some of its men
cheering O'Connell at Carlow election having precipitated
its departure.

INTENSE AFFECTION.—Captain Beaver of the Niagara
militia, was possessed of a duck so much attached to him,
that the poor animal actually plucked and roasted herself for
his dinner. having previously eaten a quantity of sage and
onions.—Kentucky Messenger.
The law authorities of Sydney have decided that news-
paper proprietors were justified in continuing the insertion
of advertisements, not ordered for any specific number of
times, until the same were ordered to be withdrawn.

Last week in the island of Jersey, a young gentleman, son
of Sir George Clerk, standing on the brink of a rock at Grene
de Lec, in company with two friends, was swept off by a wave
which dashed in from the sea, when he sank to rise no more.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—The celebrated
case of " Campion v. Drew," for breach of promise of mar-
riage, terminated at Cork on Saturday evening, by the jury
bringing in a verdict for the plaintiff of £1,500 damages, and
Gd costs. Both parties are of the highest respectability in
the county, and the trial created much interest. The dam-
ages were laid at £5,000.

A most discordant charivari was given a few days since at
St. Martin, France, to a man named Paternelle, who, though
only 33 years of age, was married for the fifth time on the
Ist instant. He espoused his first in 1830, his second in
1835, the third in 183 G, the fourth in 1839, and the fifth in
1841 ! this last, twenty days only after the demise of his
fourth wife.

The King of the French, acting in concert with M. Guizor,
has decided upon proposing to the four other great European
powers, that an armed intervention should take place in Spain
in the event •of any new outbreak or revolution in that
country, of whatever nature it may happen to be.
In the court-yard of the fortress of Nuremberg stands an
extraordinary relic, the old lime-tree, planted by the Empiess
Cumegunde, wife of the Emperor Henry 111 ; everything is
done to preserve it from decay, and it still bears its leafy
honours, after beholding the revolution of seven centuries.
The following appears in the Dublin Freeman's Journal :
—" On Sunday last there was a grand reception in the Con-
vent of the Sisters of Charity, Stanhope-street ; his Grace
the Archbishop presided. Several of the clergy attended,
and amongst the spectators was the celebrated Dr. Pussy,
who appeared to be deeply interested with the imposing and
affecting ceremony."
A RECIPE FOR THE RHEUMATISM.-Thirty drops of
hartshorn, two large table spoonfuls of the best salad oil ;
mix these together in an eight-ounce phial, fill the bottle
with spring water, and sweeten it with the best loaf sugar.
Take two table,-spoonfuls of this mixture the first thing in
the morning and the last at night; take it till you find the
disorder removed.
JAMES WooD's WILL—Lord Lyndhurst, presiding at
the judicial committee of the Privy Council, gave judgment
in the appeal against Sir Herbert Jenner's decision respect-
ing the will of the late Mr. James Wood. He overrules the
judgment of Sir Herbert Jenner, establishes the validity of
the will, and gives the whole of the immense wealth of the
testator to his four executors, subject to the payment of the
codicil in favour of the corporation of Gloucester.
STRANGE SCENE IN A COURT OF JUSTICE.-At the
Croydon Assizes, on Thursday, two men, named Watkins
and Seton were found guilty, and sentenced to transportation
for fifteen years, for attempting to murder a man named
Collier. The moment Mr. Sergeant Taddy (who presided)
had pronounced the sentence, a scene ensued that almost
defies description. The prisoners, who are most powerful
men, rushed to the front of the dock, and with dreadful
oaths declared that they had been " sold like bullocks,"
and they uttered horrid imprecations upon the judge. Mr.
Keene, the gaoler, and one of his assistants laid hold of them
and attempted to remove them from the dock, but their ex-
ertions were of no avail against the greater power of the two
prisoners. Inspector Collier, of the P division, and several
of his men jumped into the dock, and a desperate struggle
then took place, during which some of the constables were
kicked and severely injured by the convicts. The court was
in the utmost confusion, the women shrieked, and business
was completely suspended. A number of bad characters
who came into the town in the morning were about the court,
and the intention of the prisoners was evidently to incite
them to attempt a rescue, but they were awed at the firm
demeanour of the police, and did not attempt any violence.
The prisoners were at length removed to a strong room,
where they were put in irons.
EXECUTION OF JOHN SELF FOR THE MURDER OF
JEMIMA STIMPSON.-NORWICH, AUG. 14.—From the time
of his conviction, Self was unceasingly attended by the minis-
ters of religion, by the chaplain of the Castle and the curate.
Their admonitions and exhortations drew the confession
from him which has been already published. His conduct
was indicative of penitence to the last. The hill being co-
vered with stock, the confusion was very great, and for some
time there was a total suspension of business. The parents
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On Saturday, an engineer employed on some repairs in
Mr. Carnions water-mill, Bexley, while in the act of screw-
ing on a nut to one of the bearings, had his clothes caught
by a wheel of 10 feet diameter, and 15-horse power, and
which was making 120 revolutions in a minute. He was
drawn into the mill, and crushed to death in an instant.

The revenue of the Lisbon custom-house for the economic
year, from the Ist July, 1840, to the 30th June. 1841, accord-
ing to the official return, as published in the Diario de Go-
verno (including 182,540,601 reis, or £41,832 4s 5d sterling,
the 15 per cent in favour of the Portuguese flag) amounts to
1,965,085,347 reis, equal to £750,401 4s 6d sterling.

Mackerel, which are in large shoals off this coast, are now,
though so late, more plentiful than they have been all the
season. Those which had shodden their roes are now getting
their roes again, and are very fine. They are sold on our
beach from 15s. to 20s. a-hundred (132). Soles still continue
cheap, about 6d. per pound.—Brighton Herald.
A man named Charles Webb was committed for trial by
the Birmingham authorities on Tuesday last, for a postoffice
robbery thirteen years ago. The amount he took was £7OO,
and upwards of £4OOO was expended upon the pursuit, but
he escaped all the activity of the most experienced officers.
He ventured to appear in Birmingham last week, when he
was immediately secured.
NEW LINE OF TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO DOVER.—
A new line of telegraph from Dover to London is now in
rapid progress. A telegraph is erecting for the purpose ou
the top of the shot-manufactory, at Topping's-wharf, in
Tooley-street, Southwark, which will be the London termi-
nus. Another station on Forest-hill, Peckham Rye, is
nearly completed ; others on elevated spots throughout the
line, at Knockbolt Beeches, Wrotham, Blue Bell-hill,
Chatham, Isle of Sheppy, Whitstable, Herne Bay. Minster,
Broadstairs, Deal, and Dover, will be finished in a short
time, and in about two months the whole line froi'n Dover to
London will be in active operation. The code of signals to
be used are those of Lieutenant Barnard Watson, R.N., and
this telegraph will be similar to that established between
Holyhead and Liverpool, which has been working upwards
of fourteen years.—London paper.
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SUICIDE THROUGH serjeant in the 60th rifles,
named Cullen, committed suicide on Monday, in Beggar's
Bush barracks Dublin, by shooting himself through the
head with his rifle. The cause of this act is that a young
lady, residing in one of our squares, near the barracks, fell
in love with Cullen, and he returned her passion. She pro-
posed to elope with him, but he being under the apprehension
of the punishment usually attached to desertion, applied to
his officers for permission to wed the fair one. These gentle-
men refused their consent, which had such an effect upon the
unfortunate man that he fell into a state of deep despondency,
during which he committed the rash act. He placed the gun
under his chin, and discharged it through his head, shatter-
ing it to such a degree that not a trace of his features can be
discovered.
A letter from Rome supplies the following details of the
lamentable consequences of the scene which took place after
the 20th ult.:--A woman and two children were found dead
on the ground, eight were mortally wounded, eighty-nine
had severe wounds, which have not proved mortal, ten had
limbs broken, and 587 received bruises and others injuries.
When the people were cleared away from the spot, there were
found upon it 479 men's hats, 99 of which belonged to abbes
and other ecclesiastics ; 89 short cloaks belonging to abbes,
and two monks' frocks • 180 women's caps and bonnets, and
bonnets, and ten reticules and purses.
THE ARMY IN IRELAND.—(From the United Service Ga-
zette.)—The effective strength of the army in Ireland on the
10th of the present month was as follows, viz. :

Rank and file
841

Royal artillery (horse brigade and battalion)..
Five regiments of cavalry (4th, sth, and 6th
dragoon guards, 10th royal hussars, and 12th
royal lancers)
Eight regiments of infantry (20th, 29th, 45th,
58th, 84th, 86th, 98th, and 99th), and 33 in-
fantry depots ............................ 13,125

15,241
THE SABBATH AND THE RAILWAYS.—The Rev. C. L.
Reay, vicar of Swanbourne, Bucks, has addressed a letter to
after complaining that on
the Morning Herald, in which,
the Croydon railway there are 12 trains daily, whilst on Sun-
days there are 18, says—" A few days since a. lmig string of
railway advertisements fell in my way, containing the times
of departure of trains on various lines of road,. with the latest
and, with a view to ascertain
changes and arrangements ;
whether the Croydon directors had the sation of general
practice for their extraordinary disregard for the Sabbath, I
counted the respective numbers of daily and Sunday trains
which the several companies run ; the result is as follows :
Daily Sunday
... 12 4
6 4
6 miles only
6 3
6 4

London and Birmingham
Grand Junction ........
Birmingham and Gloucester
Birmingham and Derby. • • •
Midland Counties ........
North Midland ......... .
Manchester and Leeds •• • ..... 8
Great Western..... ........... 15 8
In all these, there is a considerable decrease in the Sunday
acknow-
labours—to a certain extent the several bodies of proprietors
and directors regard the feeling of the countr"
y, and
ledge the propriety and duty of a day of rest.