The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL §tAkDAiti).

MARRIAGE OF JENNY LIND.---The " Swedish Nightin-
gale" has, it is reported, taken unto herself a mate. The
envied man is said to be a banker, of Stockholm, an Eng-
lishman, and related by marriage to a gentleman in whom
are united the characteristics of a London banker and a
Grecian historian. The ceremony took place, we are told,
at Manchester.—Daily News. _ _ _

As an instance of the extreme drought o
may be mentioned that the Tay, which pours more wate
into the sea than any river in Scotland, is just

the season, it

tained that the deCeased NV-as Mr. G. Burnett, an exten
sive merchant of Newcastle, and a member of the well
known firm of Locke. Blackett, and Co. He possesse(

1w lower

than it ever was knosin to be before. Only al
inch of rain has fallen in the vicinity of it:
July. Most of its smaller tributaries are dry
power cannot be got oftener than an hour or two in a

the proverbial equanimity of the jolly millers has been
somewhat disturbed.

postage on foreign letters by means of sta
completed. One shilling - will one
the present, and the pogt-othr
be only those in some of ti-

stamp

mps, are nearly
y be issued for
11 them will

entitled to

STRANGE PATENTS.—Among the latest list of patents
is to be found one of a very curious nature, and thus de-
scribed :—"An invention for making paper for the build-
ing of houses, bridges, ships, boats, and all sorts of wheel

dom, until further arran
stamps will be about the size of the penny postage stamps

carriages, sedan c

:,ables, anc

t!relyof paper, or wood and iron covered with

. .
the same list, there is mentioned a patent for "roasting
a great number of joints of meat, fowls, &c., horizontally
and vertically—`on a mathematical principle.'"
ELOPEMENT.—A handsome young lady, aged twenty,
the daughter of a wealthy gentleman residing at Acton,
near London, eloped on Friday, it is supposed with a Mr.

,
ialtar; Malta, lonian Islands, Honduras, United States,
Bermuda, Halifax,-Newfoundland, Panama, Chili, Peru,
Venezuela, western coast of America, Prussia, Belgium,
Holland, Java, New South Wales, and New Zealand.
WHAT SEASONING CAN DO.—ln the county court held

Hart, aged about thirty-five, the proprietor and driver of
a stage coach, by which the fair one frequently proceeded

for the price of a quantity of beef which he had

to town

The lady was see

the gentleman, and it is said that they were married in
London, but where they had gone to spend their honey-
moon is not known.
RELUCTANCE OF THE IRISH POOR TO BE REMOVED.
—On Monday, three Irishmen, two of them brothers,
who had become chargeable to the township of Leeds,
were committed to prison, the p
Leeds Court-house, for refusing

name pay any higher price t
for the meat of which they

le one he had charged

Raines ex

3ressed the utmost disgust

at the defendan

his whole fraternity. They deserved to be prosecuted for
poisoning the public. The cause excited much mirth
amongst the spectators, excepting those who had reple-
niql.,lChair nnArthe vEri+h flu-kr] nF thn A rAa

0 sign

in order that they might be sent to their settlements in
Ireland. They had been in England only a few months,

'he question was as
butcher

hat star

:e the meat in ques-
Ile beast, had heen

tion was it

and yet they preferred confinement in piis,

turning to their native land.
EATING BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—TWO privates
of the Royal Marines, just paid off at Woolwich, for a
trifling wager commenced eating several £5 Bank of
England notes, with " bread, cheese, and onions," but
were stopped by some of their more sensible comrades.
Fortunately the numbers of the notes remained unmu-
tilated. The Prometheus and the Phoenix have just been
paid off, and the seamen have been playing similar absurd
tricks. Alost of the sailors have received nearly £lOO
each.
THE MIRFIELD MURDERS.—It is said that a young
girl, whose parents have hitherto prevented her giving

evidence, can give so

triple murder. She says That she saw the crockman
M'Cabe, who was admitted Queen's evidence at the
recent trial, come out of the house by a back door on the
day the atrocious deed was committed, and that she after-
wards saw the nephew of the deceased, Wraith, enter the
garden, go round and look through the window, and sub-
sequently leave the premises for assistance.
STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—Sir George Larpent, Bart., as
Chairman of the Committee for extending Steam Com-
munication between Australia, India, and England, has re-
ceived information from Sydney, by the last mail, thatthe
Legislative Council of New South Wales has voted £5OO
per month out of the colonial revenues towards carrying
out this great object, thus incontestably proving the
anxiety of the southern colonies on the subject, which is
not surprising, as they are the only portion of the empire
excluded from the benefit of steam intercourse with Eng-
land.

Two CHILDREN FOUND MURDERED.—On Sunday
morning, about six o'clock, the police-constable on duty
on Walworth-common, discovered a wicker basket hidden
in a ditch on the common, and on opening it found the
body of a female infant, about fourteen days old, wrapped
in a blue cotton handkerchief, death having been caused
by a bandage tied over the mouth. About the same hour
the same morning some boys bathing in the Regent's-
canal at Mile-end, found the body of a male infant, about
three weeks old, that had been strangled with a piece of
cord and then thrown into the water. .

SINGULAR DEATII.—A labourer, named Gibb, aged 53,
came to his death in a strange manner, on Sunday week,
at East Grimstead, Sussex. He had been drinking
a day or two before, and from the position in which he
was discovered in the morning, when he was found quite
dead, it appears that he had endeavoured to find the
gate, which opened into a little court in front of his cot-
tage, but without success ; by some means his head drop-
ped over the pailings, and became fixed between two
upright pieces, and from this situation he was unable to
extricate himself.
THE LOTHIANS.—Harvest in the Lothians mar be said
tp be finished. There is, indeed, grain still uncut in the
higher grounds, but in extent it is comparatively trivial;
and the general account of the yield is highly favourable.
Wheat is truly an abundant crop, and fine in quality.
Most of it has been secured in the barn yard without a
drop of rain. Barley is also an excellent crop, and finer
quality has not been grown in this part of the island for
many years ; and even oats turn out in many instances
much better than was at one time anticipated. Beans
and peas stook well, and promise a good return. The
greater portion of this crop is yet in the field.—Scotsman.
THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. -- At a
meeting of the shareholders on Monday last, the accounts
of this unsuccessful concern were audited, when it ap-
peared that there remained a mall balance (between
£2OO and £300) due to the shareholders, after meeting
all liabilities. But the spirited and indefatigable secre-
tary, Mr. Buckingham, has, in the course of the five
years during which the institute existed, relinquished or
expended from his own private resources the sum of
£1350, besides having given his services without salary or
remuneration, beyond the occupation of apartments on
the society's premises. A testimonial is to be presented

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—As some reapers were about ErrictomarisTAitt Pox CHASE AT BATH.—On Friday,
to commence reaping in a corn field near Scotswood, the inhabitants of Bath-street were surprised by the ap-
about five miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, they dis- pearance of a fox running at full speed through the
covered the body of a man lying near the hedge, at one neighbourhood, el
corner of the field, covered with blooc
dreadfully cut, the instrument of death
tightly grasped in the right hand. It

in the Cl

Ind to have enm
-beer bottl

,or the varmint, he was f
in the bar amongst the
which he made some havoc

stand that the animal escaped from the pre]
Knott, of the Abbey Green.—Balh Herald.
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OMNAMB

•A singular Ci

with rernarkabl

Ttsriloutli,on Fr

and with

of somnambulism

y morning
had

attempt to break into the house ,
bed, he missed his brother, and o
at the end of the room altogether removed
ceeding to the yard they found the young ma
ground, cold and senseless, and the window sha
atoms. The width of the aperture through whic

but On rising from hi'

to the ground did not exceed 16 inch,

high iron pa.

attendance immediately

On pro-

e wall were disco

nd discovered -o;

,I. y a STY

T slight bruise

ABOMINABLE OUTRAGE

Yorkshire,
The charth

or the purpose
and others. I

—On Saturday a meeting
ke parish church of Wakefie

of agreeing to a churc

property in the parish, when a scene of disgraceful outrage
o..3curred. Mr. Barratt, gardener, who is a conservative,
againstwas collared, thrust the window, and several voices
begged that he might be thrown out, cursing and swearing
going on at the same time, and the Vicar being chased
about the place. An old man falling over some stones,
was trampled upon by the anti-churchmen, and was only
rescued by the efforts of a humane individual. The Vicar
was fortunate enough to escape, but Mr. Barratt was
pushed down the steps, and had one of his legs much hurt

dj with the name of murd

and had the meanness to expect country editors to circu-
late...their absurd false, and unscriptural tracts gratuitously.

HORSE V. STEAM.—A few daysago a rather humourous
incident occurred on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway,
by which the comparative powers of the horse and the
locomotive engine were fairly tested. As the engine No.
137 was coming to Newcastle, and when near Chatbill (a
part of the line on which Mr. M'Kay, the contractors,
are still employed), a spirited horse belonging to Messrs.
M'Kay, when from fright or frolic, suddenly set off at
full speed in front of the engine, which wa'S going at the
rate of 30 miles an hour. The driver of the engine, being
fearful of the consequences, eased the engine, and en-
deavoured, by frequent shrill whistles, to drive the
animal off the line, but in vain ; for a full mile or more
the horse held on his way with unabating speed. At
length the engine coming rather close upon him, the
animal darted on to the parallel line, and, as if determined
not to be beaten, still proceeded, and rushed once more
in front of the engine' At this point the horse had run
nearly three miles, and the driver, finding himself de-
layed, resolved to pass his opponent at all risks, and, in-
creasing the speed of the engine, soon came close upon
his quarters, when the animal bounded aside, and kicked
up its heels as the train passed, to the great amusement
of the driver, stoker, and several of the passengers. The
entire distance which the horse ran with the train was
about four miles.—Berwick Warder
The Sheriff-substitute of
cated to the Lord Mayor
bodies of two gentlemen, N

re has commu

finding of the
r, of 49, Fen-

church-street,London, and William Henry Whitburn,
brewer, of Esher, Surrey, who had been found dead by the
roadside, two miles from' Kinlochbeg. There was.not the
slightest sign of struggling, or of violence, and their ap-
pearance gave the impression that, having sat down to
rest, they became benumbed with the cold, and expired.
Both were dressed as if travellers, each with a small whisky
pocket flask, quite empty, lying near them. A waterproof
cape was lying about 400 yards from them, as if the wind
had blown it. there. The. night was very stormy—very
much so—wind and rain in great abundance, probably the
most stormy night we have had this year. A medical cer-
tificate expressed the opinion that death was caused by ex-
haustion and cold, from the deceased having fallen asleep
on the mountain on that boisterous night. The two gen-
tlemen were strangers to each other, and had journeyed
together accidentally. Bash had left his home for the pur-
pose of enjoying a pleasure excursion through the romantic
scenery of Scotland, and they had been seen on the pre-
ceding night laughing with a milk girl, at no great distance
from the spot on which their corpses were found. Mr.
Stericker had written home on the 31st of August, to in-
form his friends that he felt perfect happiness in the en-
joyment of the most romantic country in the world. _

THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—We aro glad to find an ad-
vocate for the maintenance of the much-reviled Navigation
Laws, in a quarter where we little expected such Anti-
Free-Trade opinions, Douglas Jerrold's Magazine. The
passage to which we allude occurs in a notice of, Com-
mander Smith's Treatise on the "Navigation Laws," and
runs thus :—"The author of this pamphlet has brought

Sept. 14,184 A.

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CUMBERLAND.- .Thanks to a wise and gracious Proti.
dence, we have been favoured with one of the most abun-
dantly glorious harvests that ever adorned the smiling
plainings heard in any part of
verywhere the grain crops con-
s few
,und,

I this agricultural district

preceding the late infection
drawing to a close: the!

on the_ whole, to be as healthy

nd sweet as in any year
lie grain harvest is fast
ire only patches left here and

e graitt

under

by no

means (ac was at one time prognosticated) been a late one,
and nearly half a century has elapsed since the labours of
the htsbandman hair° been so abundantly rewarded.—

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Thursday, a fire b:
midnight at Cottenham, the place so celebrate
•

The fire
ses and.

homestaits, which were stored with grain of all sorts. To'
give an idea of the extent of the fire it may be as well tcr
observe that the village of Cottenham is one mile in lengthr
and the fire extended full one-third of that distance. Wes
understood the damage done amounts to between £15,000
and £20,000, but most of it is insured in the Norwich
T • •

The following

Lange Fire-offices,
d :-12 dwelling-
n, hay, &c., and
ingular fact, that
vatt, which with-
ame village about

the old farmhouse, belongir.

Lweiny ago, was again proof against the devouring
element, although, as it were, nearly in the midst of it.
This house, which is a very large one, stood as a barrier
between the dames and the produce of nearly 1,000 acres,
which must inevitably have been destroyed if the house
, 1 •

-This
ed pa-

ze patrona,

Lords of the Admiralty'

ana , board, is of such importance in all cases
where submarine foundations are to-be formed, that every
body interested in scientific pursuits, and the success of
those who have devoted their talents and labours to Useful
improvements, will be desirous of knowing something of
the principle and manner of the invention. It is simply
the application of the pneumatic process to the sinking of
tubular iron piles. A hollow iron pile is placed upon then
surface through which it is required to be sunk ; by means,
of an air-pump it is rendered a vacuum. This being'ef—
,_ 4.

nom tne nottom, and as they rush in the pile descends by
its own weight into the cavity left by their ascent. The
sand, shingle, soil, and water are then discharged from the
pile by an apparatus for pumping ; a fresh vacuum is
formed, and the pile sinks further and further. A'series
of these piles are sunk, which may be filled with chalk,
wood, or concrete, as the case may be, and tied together
by bolts and nuts and some similar contrivance, and the
foundation of a sea wall; or the foundation of a lighthouse,
pier, or breakwater, effectually formed. The process has
been tried in the Goodwin Sands, and has been found to
answer admirably. The rapidity with which the piles are
sunk is very surprising. More is done in an hour by the
air-pump and a hollow iron tube than can be performed
in a day, or even in a week, by the common method of
driving a wooden pile with the weight called the " mon-
key." The invention is eqtfally applicable to foundations-
for railways and bridges, and; indeed, in all places where-
wooden piles are required.
MURDER NEAR DONCASTER.—OR Saturday evening,
a most cold-blooded murder was committed at the Don
Pottery, at Mexborough, between Doncaster and the
Swinton station, on the North• Midland Railway. The
unfortunate victim is a man named Caleb Barker, wha
was in the employ of Mr. Barker, the proprietor of the
Don Pottery, as warehouseman. The circumstances under
which the unfortunate man has met his death are very
mysterious. On Saturday night, the deceased went from
—a. which is very near the pottery, to a public house-
When he left home

Mrs. Simpson, at Swint;ri

he asked his wife for a shilling, which she gave him, and
during the time he was at the public house he drank two
pints of ale. He left the public house between half-past
nine and ten o'clock in the evening, and was not seen again
by any of his friends until hewas discovered (lying partly on
the footpath with his head in a ditch) by a fellow-workman
named Gower. This man was going from Swinton in the
directionof the deceased's house when he found him in

that condition ; he lifted up deceased, and, finding him
insensible,•Gower called to two other men who were fol-
lowing him, and, with their assistance, the deceased was
taken to his own home, which is within a 100 yards of
the place where he was found. On searching the spot a
great quantity of blood was found. where the deceased's
head had lain, and a little way off his hat and a pitcher,
in which he was carrying home some ale from the public
house, were found. Medical aid was procured as soon as
Barker was taken home, he being alive; but quite insensi-
ble, and everything was done to save his life, but he died
the following morning about five o'clock. At present the
whole affair is enveloped in mystery; Information has
been sent to the Secretary of State,: in the hope that a
reward will be offered.

LORD DIINDONALD'S WAR MACHINES.—In a pub-
lished letter to the elective Peers of Scotland, the Earl of
Dundonald better known as Lord Cechrane, thus speaks
of his own inventions :—" This is, however, an important
question, only inferior to the national benefits to be de-
rived from restoring to the naval service the rewards of
valour and exertion, namely, the preventing the funds that
might and ought to be applied to improve the naval de-
partment from being diverted to comparatively useless
purposes, underlhe mistaken impression, that in war our
coasts and commerce, can be protected by forts and ports
of refuge; I assert, my lords, after the most deliberate
professional consideration, that (