The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-09 00:00:00

Nov. 9, BA

i
eilltiollS INSTANCE OF SAGACITY IN A HORSE.-",t
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has beet said that " preservation is the first law of
nature," and never was that proverb more strikingly or
more curiously illustrated than in the case of a horse
few days ago. A contractor on the railway, at Sparkford•
bought two horses, which he put into a field with a bull,
the latter, taking a dislike to his neighbours, gored one of
them to death, but the other horse became so frightened
that he leaped into an old saw-pit which was in a corner of
the field, and buried himself up to his head in mud and
sawdust. The bull followed him to the pit's mouth, and
there stood during the whole night watching his victim
cowering beneath him in the pit. In this position they
were found on the following morning by the owner of the
horses. As soon as the horse perceived his master, he
leaped out of the pit and ran to him for protection, ex-
hibiting feelings of gladness at being delivered from the
clutches of the dreadful bull.—Exeter Post.

THE KNIFE.—The quiet village
of Throwley, near
Favefsham, near which is the seat of Lord Harris, MIS
been the scene of a most tragical occurrence, from the
effects of which a man of the name of Richard Cox has
died. On Wednesday the ploughing-match of the Faver-
sham Agricultural Association took place at the above
village, which caused a great many of the agricultural
population to meet together, and after the match a part)"
of them adjourned to the public-house,' when a dispute
arose between the deceased and 'a labourer of the name of
Spillett, which ended in a fight outside the house. It
appears that the deceased had obtained the advantage of
Spillett, and had got him on the ground, when the latter,
it is supposed, took out his knife and stabbed deceased in
several parts of his body ; from one of the stabs deceased's
entrails protruded. He expired on Friday morning.
Both the deceased and the accused were men of very bad
character.

SALE OF HUGHES'S MAMMOTH ESTABLISHMENT.
The most important part of the collection was sold by
Mr. Tattersall on Thursday. It took place upon the
Waterloo ground, where ample opportunity was afforded
for testing the merits of the animals. There were about
f:eeirytsiy;rsoutngugei
nhorsesas ofex.e variousgre descriptions,te eal ebesidesl. sei,vehrale
ponies. The greater part realized average prices, varying
Of
from ten to fifty guineas. For Spitfire, a piebald entire
pony, ten hands high, purchased by the Earl of Lon ssdaiilied
h hi heat price, which was fifty ettilleaS.
elephant Romeo, a male of large
size, :.stdvv„ for one
hundred guineas, the same sum being paid for Juliet, a
beast of truly mammoth proportions, known at DrurY-
lane as Jenny Lind. These animals were said to have
originally cost £lOOO. They were sold to Mr. Batty, of
Astley's Amphitheatre, who, in addition, purchased the
" Mammoth Dog" at £l2 10s. and eight of the camels.
A general meeting of Poor-law Union Surgeons was
held on Wednesday, in London, to consider the necessity
of a reform in the present system of medical relief. The
chair was taken by Dr. Burton, of Walsall. The speak-
ers were very numerous ; they dwelt chiefly on the inade-
quacy of the remuneration. There were several striking
illustrations of its lowness :—Mr. Pearson, of Prescot,
said that in his union, wi.h a population of 14,700, the
25,000,
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,Stx.
2Hoe;leannsd, pfooprur
Woolton, Little Woolton, Hale Wood, Hale, and SPa. et
with a population of 7,000, he received £lO. Last spring
he took the fever, and was obliged to engage an assistant
at £5O, himself receiving £10; and not then being allowed
to throw up his office.—Mr. Ebsworth observed, that in
union:hp
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his union veterinary surgeons were paid a much higher
rate of remuneration than the medical officers of the
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the usual sum for drugs for every 100 persons, it world
be found that one medical man in the union, who br,,
. Ballantine, a practising
barrister at the Central Criminal Court, has drawn down
the indignation of the public by carrying a manoeuvre ill
behalf of a prisoner he was defending beyond all bound
of legal trickery, although they are generally allowed to
be pretty extensive. The case forcibly reminds us of Mr.
Charles Phillips in defending Courvosier. It appears one
William Tarrant had taken ten lambs from a field near.
Uxbridge, and had sold them ; and he was now tried for
the theft. When he was arrested, he admitted that be
had taken the lambs, but said he did so at the desire of
Roadnight, a farmer's son, who had awakened him by

throwing gravel at his window in the night. Some gra-
vel was found on the sill of Tarrant's window; but the
chief fact on which Mr. Ballantine relied to confirm his
client's story was, that Roadnight had not been prochle'
as a witness for the prosecution, although he had been
seen about the court that day. This, of course, 100,!fse4
as if the counsel for the prosecution were conscious "'"
Tarrant's defence was true, and had not dared to bring
forth all the evidence. The Recorder fastened upon this
striking trait of negative testimony, and summed up se
favourably for the prisoner that the Jury acquitted him.
After the trial it was discovered that Roadnight had been
subpoenaed by the prisoner, and was not in attendance
far the prosecution. On this the Recorder censured Mr.
Ballantine for having deceived him, but perhaps the
counsel for the prosecution were almost equally blameable
for not having taken steps to secure the evidence of
Roadnight.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN OCEAN STEAMERS.-The
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Bremen are about to be discontinued, having been pund
very unprofitable; but we do not find any corroboration
of the stalement in any New York paper. 11l as tip
American vessels have succeeded, however, the Frenc.n
are much worse, so far as the duration of their voyage Is
concerned ; none of them having occupied less than seven-
teen, and some as much as twenty days. For two or
three months past, they have started from New York the
Cunard boats left Boston, in the hope, no doubt, that
they would be enabled to anticipate the latter, at all
events, in the French capital and ports ; but on every oc-
casion they have failed to do so ; letters from New York,
via" Boston and Liverpool, having reached Paris, Rouen,
and Havre, before those sent on the same day, direct
from New York to Cherbourg. We find from Lloyds
List, that the French steamer, Union, which sailed front
New York on the 30th September, the day before the de-
parture of the Britannia from Boston, arrived at Cher-
bourg somewhere between the 20th and 25th ult. The
Britannia experienced bad weather and unfavourable
winds, which must have been common to both vessels,
but made her passage in a little more than fourteen days;
and her letters would reach Paris on the 18th ult., three
days at least before those sent by the Union. After these
repeated failures, we imagine the managers of the French
line will, at all events, abandon their direct competition
with the English boats, and fix their departures at periods
intermediate between those of the Boston line.
JENNY LIND AND THE COTTAGERS.—It seems that
Miss Jenny, being one of those young ladies who much
delight to see what can be seen, whilst staying at the Bath
Hotel ordered out her carriage, and, accompanied by her
friend Mrs. Grote and other parties, took a drive, for the
purpose of enjoying the beautiful scenery for which our
much-favoured neighbourhood is so celebrated. Amongst
other places thus visited, was the picturesque village of
Henbury ; and here, as a matter of course, the party Were
shewn the Henbury Cottages. Jenny was much grati-
fied, nay, positively enchanted. She praised the neat
arrangements of this peaceful spot, in whose very quie- -
tude and simplicity she seemed intuitively to spmpathise.
Having taken the round, and surveyed the exterior of
the buildings, she at last entered one of the dwellings,
where she was received by two of the aged occupants.
The old women were busily employed with their knitting,
whilst high above them, in a cage; a prisoned blackbird
warbled its wood-notes wild, making the lowly cot re-
sound with its charming melody. The old cottagers and
Jenny were soon on intimate terms ; she examined their
knitting. and chatted away in a most affable manner.
" What a beautiful bird is yours," she at last remarked.
" Yes, my lady, 'tis indeed a pretty creetur ; we calls un
Jenny Lind." "Oh ! indeed," remarked Jenny, with a
smile; " 1 fear you are too complimentary to that person;
have you ever heard her sing ?' "La ! no, my lady ; i,t;
ain't the likes of we as she would care to sing to.
" Then would you like to hear her, do you think ?"
"Ah !" that I should indeed," was the reply of one.
" And I, too," said the other ; " she must be a dear
creetur." " Well, then," said the fair questioner, as ,
something very like a tear glistened in her clear blue eyes;
" I am Jenny Lind, and I shall be happy to gratify you ;
whereupon she immediately sang one of her pretty melo-
dies, to the great delight of her aged auditors, who, with
many protestations of thankfulness, vowed that they should
" long remember the day when the sweet young lady paid.
'em a visit."—Bristol Mirror.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.—A parliamentary document
was on Thursday issued containing accounts of exports to
and imports from the British West India colonies, the
East Indies, Ceylon, China, &c. for each of the past seven
years, ending the sth of January last, as also the number
of ships that have entered and cleared for those places
during the same period. The aggregate value of British
and Irish produce and manufactures exported the British
West India colonies in the seven years, was respectively,
1840, £3,574,970 ; 1841, £2,504,004 ; 1842, £2,591,425 ;
1843, £2,882,441; 1844, £2.452,409 ; 1845, £2,789,211,
and 1846-7, £2,505,695. The exports to the East India
Company's territories and Ceylon were as follow in the
years mentioned, as the aggregate declared value :---
£6,023,192, £5,595,000, £5,169,888, £6,404,519,
£7,695,666, £6,703,778, and £6,424,456. To China the
declared value of the exports was—in 1840, £524,198;
1841, £862,570 ; 1842, £969,381; 1843, £1,456,180;
1844, £2,305,617 ; 1845, £2,394,827; and 1846, £1,791,439 ;
In these returns the year ends on the sth of January.
In 1846-7, the import of tea from China was 54,534,2081 b.,
of whit 46,245,4821 b. were retained for home consump-
tion. To the Mauritius the exports' were £325,812,
£340,140, £244,922, £258,014, £285,650, £345,052, and
£310,231. To the North American colonies the exports
indeclared value were £2,847,913, £2,947,061, £2,333,525,
£1,751,211, £3,044,225, £3,550,614, and £3,308,059. To
New South Wales and Australian colonies the exports
were £2,003,385, £1,269,351, £916,166, £1,211,815,
£744,481, £1,201,076, and £1,441,640. To the United
States of America the exports in the seven years in their
declared value were as follow :—£5,283,020, £7,098,642,
£3,528,807, £5,013,514, £7,938,079, £7,147,663. and
£X6,830,460. To Cuba, the exports were £514,7854
£592,546, £366,253, £624,871,, £657,214, £695,379, and
£844,112. To Brazil the exports were £2,625,854r
£2,556,554, £1,756,805, .£2,140,133, £2,413,538,
£2,493,306, and £2,749,338. And to Mexico and the,.
other states of Central and South America, exclusive of
Brazil, the exports in the seven years, of British and
Irish manufactures were in declared value as follow."'
£3,576,357, £2,585,402, £3,217,824, £3,286,327',
£3,013,267, £3,485,886, and £2,816,123. The number of
ships, distinguishing British and foreign, with their ten;
nage, that have entered and cleared for the British Wes,:
India colonies, from the United Kingdom during the sow
period, appear in the return, slivlving fit 0 glow QQQI2I
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