The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL AND TINIVERSITY

INTELLIGENCI

(From the Oxford. Herald.)

The Rev. William Thomas Philipps, B.D. Fellow of Mag-
dalen College; has been presented to the Rectory of Fittle-
ton, Wiltshire, void by the death of the Rev. John Parkin-
son, D.Ds.; patrons, the President and Fellows of Magdalen
College.

The Rev. Robert Meadows White, 8.D., Fellow of Mag-
dalen College, has been !presented to the Rectory of Little
Gleroham, with tho Perpetual Curacy of Great Glernhain
annexed, in the county of Suflblk, void by the death of the
Rev. John Waldron Crabbe ; patroness, the Hon. Mrs.
North, of Glernhain Hall.

The Rev. \Villiam l3utlin, M.A., of Lincoln College, has
been presented to the Vicarage of St. Sepulchre, Northamp-
ton, void by the resignation of the Rev. Trefusis Lovell ;
patrons, John Mercer and Charles Markham, Esqrs.
The Lord Bishop of Chester has appointed the Rev. Chas.
Augustus Thurlow, M.A., of Balliol College, and Rector of
Malpas, Cheshire, to be a Rural Dean in the county and
diocese of Cheshire.

The Rev. Thomas Dry, M.A., of Merton College, Head
Master of the Forest Grammar School, has been licensed,
by the Bishop of London, to be the Minister of the Church
of St. Peter, recently erected in the parish of Walthamstow,
Essex, on the nomination of the Rev. W. Wilson, 8.D.,
Vicar of Walthamstow.

PROMOTIONS

The Venerable the Archdeacon of Wells has appointed the
Rev. J. Ditcher, M.A. of Hutton, to be his Official through-
out the Ardeaconcry of Wells.

Rev. William Tilson Marsh, Incumbent of St. Mary's,
Leamington, to be °me of the Domestic Chaplains of the
Marquis of Cholmondeley and of the Earl of Carnwath.
Rev. William Guise Tucker, late of St. Peter's College,
Cambridge, to be the Chaplain to H. M. S. Revenge.
Rev. J. Edwin Lance, M.A. Rector of Buckland St. Mary,
to be Assistant Rural Dean of the Deanery of Crewkerne.
George Blake, M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge,
late a Master in King's College, London, to' be an Assistant
Master in the Free Grammar School, Manchester.

Rev. W. C. Frampton, M.A. of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to the Rectory of Moreton, Dorsetshire, vacant by
the cession of the Rev. William Buller ; patron, James
Frampton, Esq. of Moreton.

ReV. WI Mirth, M.A. Professor of St. David's College,
to the Rectory of Llangoedmore, Cardiganshire, vacant by
the Resignation of the Very Rev. the Dean of St. David's ;
patrons, the Principal and Professors of St. David's College.
• His Grace the Duke of Leinster has presented the Rev.
George Blacker to the Prebend of Maynooth, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Thomas Tisdall.

Rev. Christopher Benson, M.A. to the Rectory of Bredi-
cot, Worcestershire, void by the cession of the Rev. Win.
Brown, M.A., on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter
of Worcester.

Rev. John Duff Schomberg, to the Perpetual Curacy of
Atberstone, Warwickshire, void by the resignation of the
Rev. George Booth, on the nomination'of the Rev. Benjamin
Richings, Vicar of Mancetter, in right of his Vicarage.

Rev. Henry Mills, M.A. has been instituted, by the Lord
Bishop of Worcester, to the Vicarage of Pillerton, Warwick-
shire, void by the. resignation of the Rev. Henry Trevor
Wheler, on the presentation of the Rev, Francis Mills, of
Buford, Warwickshire.
George Elton, Esq. of Gonville and Caius College, Cam-
bridge, to the Head Mastership of Worcester Diocesan
School.

Rev. John Whitty, to the Living of Galbally ; patron, the
Bishop of Cashel.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
The gross amount for couvegance of passengers
parcels, mails, &c., for the week ending Jan
9, 1841
Merchandise for the same
Cattle

£9,262 13 0
2,740 11 7
64 13 0

£12,068 5 1

MIDLAND COUNTIES' RAILWAY.
For the week ending Jan. 9 :
Passengers ' £1,016 5 3
Merchandise . .

£1,540 5 5
MANCHESTER AND BOLTON RAILWAY.
[Length of line, 10 miles.]
Traffic for the week ending Jan. 414 :
Passengers and parcels. £341 0 3
Goods and coals 175 11 8

£516 11 11

A dreadful accident happened on Friday last, at the Trub-
shaw Colliery, near Tunstall, through the breaking of the
fly-wheel shaft (probably by the frost), to eight men and
boys, who were descending the pit, and had reached within
20 yards of the bottom, at the time of the breakage taking
place. One of the men has had his arm broken, and several
of the others are much bruised, but we are happy to hear
that no fatal consequences are likely to ensue.—Stafford-
shire Gazette.

BRAHAM AT SEA.—For some days after the President
steamer started, Braham did not appear much on deck, but
after the first qualms were over, he mingled daily with the
rest of the passengers, among whom were several wealthy
Quakers, who were much pleased with Braham's affability
and lively conversaticAl. When the vessel comae in sight of
New York, the friends said to Braham, " Thou art going,
we understand, to the play-house, where we never enter, con-
sequently we cannot serve thee ; but if thou wilt give a per-
formance of sacred music we will support thee." Braham
took the hint, and soon got up a concert, and the Broadbrims
supported him so well, that he cleared £309 by it.—c

pondent of the West of England
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR CHELTENHAM
On Monday night, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock
as Mr. John White, of Combe Hill, was returning home 01
foot from the residence of Mr. Newman, at Walton Hill, h
passed two respectably-dressed men, about a hundred yards
from his own door. Taking them for policemen, he wished
them good night, to which they made no reply. He had
proceeded but a few yards farther, when one of them struck
him with a stick a violent blow on the back of the head, which
knocked him down, when the other gave him a severe kick,
and, kneeling on his throat, rifled his pockets of four sove-
reigns and about 18s. in silver, besides his pocket-book, con-
taining one £lO. and three £5. notes. Having accomplished
their purpose, the villains made off across the fields in the
direction of this town. On subsequently reaching the spot,
Mr. White fonnd two of the sovereigns in the road, but the
thieves, no doubt, got off with the rest of the booty. We are
-happy to find that the personal injuries inflicted on Mr. White
are not of a serious description. It is a remarkable feature
connected with the above robbery, that it was just twelve
months, almost to the hour, that the unfortunate Mr. Yar-
worth was shot within half a mile of the same spot.—Chel-
tenham Examiner.

anservative.

CAUTION TO COACHMEN AND OTHERS.—A very serious
accident occurred to William Figgins, servant to Mr. Grace,
of the Castle Inn, Devizes, on Friday evening last. Figgins
was returning with a fly, fortunately empty, from Melksham,
when he was precipitated to the ground on his head, occa-
sioned by the near wheel falling off, the linch-pin having been
neglected to be secured. The poor fellow was taken in an
insensible state to the New Inn, Seend, where he has been
ever since, but hopes are entertained of his recovery, from
the unremitting attentions of Mr. Hoare, the surgeon, and
of Mr. and Mrs. Cox of the New Inn, who have afforded
him every comfort that humanity could dictate. The poor
man has a wife and four children, the youngest only a fort-
night old, wholly dependent on him. The horse, a spirited
one, took fright, and dragged the fly with the three wheels a
mile and a half before it stopped. A similar accident, we
understand, occurred the same evening to the York-house
(down) coach. In passing through Melksham, the coachman
and another person on the box were thrown from their seat,
and received very serious injury. As persons value their
lives, they should at all times attend to the safety of the linch-
pins.—Devizes Gazelle.

MONEY-MONGERING.—It is not surprising that some per-
sons, taking up free trade as a principle, are willing to apply
it to its full extent to the article of money, and while con-
tending against all legal restriction in the rate of interest,
regard the present modification of the laws affecting bills of
exchange as a wholesome state of things, and do not attach
sufficient importance to the evils which are particularly felt
by the smaller tradesmen, and which arise daily before,the
eyes of those who are acquainted with the pecuniary wants
of that class. These defenders of the present laws advance
as an argument the great sacrifices that used to be made
during a pressure for money, by selling goods at inadequate
prices, and in some cases the fictitious sales by which an
enormous interest was virtually paid, while at the same time
the usury laws were evaded. Many such sacrifices, especially
that of the late importation of tallow, would, it is said, have
been made now did not the abolition of restrictions on usury
enable the parties holding the goods to obtain money at the
rate of about seven per cent. To a principle that confers
such great benefits, it is said that the inconveniences attend-
ing a few trifling transactions should not be opposed. To
this it may be answered that it is these very trifling transac-
tions that grind down the humbler traders, and which, if all
appearances be true, threaten many of them with destruction.
It is not the persons who require extensive loans, and those
from the great discounting houses, that are the sufferers
under the present system ; on the contrary, they appear to
benefit by it. The quotations from time to time of the rate
of money, varying according to the state of the money mar-
ket, will show that with these it is merely a question whether
they pay one or two per cent., more or less, than they would
have paid under the old usury laws. The borrowers of £5O
or £lOO, sums too trifling to be regulated by the general
state of the money market, but not at all trifling if we re-
gard the interests of a most useful part of the community,
such as small tradesmen, and young men about to set up in
business,—these ate the sufferers, being exposed to the rapa-
city of the worst order of money lenders, who make no scruple
of asking thirty or sixty per cent., regulating their demand by
no other standard than their own covetousness and the pres-
sing wants of the 'borrower, who is more or less damaged by
every attempt to extend his applications to other quarters.—
Newcastle Journal.

MORE " MEGGING."-Numerous as have been the in-
stances recorded in the newspapers, of stale frauds com-
mitted by sharpers in this neighbourhood, it would seem that
the race of dupes is perfectly inexhaustible, and that they
are sometimes to be found in quarters where they might least
of all be expected. An affair of this kind happened in Man-
chester on Thursday last, wherein the "mouth" (to use the
professional phrase for a man who is foolish enough to swallow
any story that may be told him, (incredible as it may seem,
was no other than an attorney's clerk! This ingenious limb
of the law was travelling in a railway carriage_from Stock-
port to Manchester, when he met with a stranger who was
exceedingly courteous and friendly, and apparently much
pleased with his travelling companion. When they arrived
at Manchester, the stranger invited the clerk to take a friendly
glass at the new hotel at the corner Port-street. The first
glass led to a second ; and whilst the second was on the table,
the two friends were joined by two " gentlemen," who were,
of course, entire stangers to both. Equally, of course, one
of the new corners began to boast of his good fortune, having,
as he said, just had the annual income of £5OO a year left to
him by an old uncle, or some other convenient relation. He
fortified this declaration by displaying a number of what ap-
peared to be bank notes, and said that, a's he had so much
money, he would treat the party with some more ale, which
was called for, and duly drunk ; after which the clerk rose to
go, saying he had to keep an appointment. On this his
companions observed, that
.Manchester was a dangerous
place for people having money in their possession; and "the
man of fortune" said he would wrap his money in a piece of
brown paper, and put it into his fob, and that he should
thereby take care of it. He then wrapped up his notes, and
requested the clerk to put them in his fob, which being duly
accomplished, he could do no less than offer to perform the
same act of kindness for the clerk, who, on his part, could
not think of suspecting a gentleman who had placed so much
confidence in him. The clerk, therefore, took out of his
pocket a £2O, a £lO, and two £5 notes, making £4O alto-
gether. These the " man of fortune" wrapped up in a piece
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to the place where he had to pay the £4O; but, on taking
out the parcel, he discovered that he had been duped, and
that his money was all gone. He immediately gave every
information at the police-office; and in the course of the
same evening, Peter M`Keough, a police-officer, apprehended
a man named James Nicholson, who was brought up at the
Borough Court yesterday,
when Superintendent Sawley
stated the above circumstances, and said the prisoner an-
swered the description of one of the men. The prisoner was
remanded until this day, when he will be brought up for
examination.—Manchester Guardian.