The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

TICAL APPOINTMENTS.
The Rev. Henry Marlen to the District of All Saints,
Liverpool, on the nomination of the Bishop of Chester.
The Rev. Matthew Isaac Finch, to the Perpetual Cu-
racy of Hugil, in the county of Westmoreland, on the
nomination of the vicar of Kendal.
The Rev. Wm. Henry Massie to the Rectory of St.
_ -on-the-Hill, in the city of Chester, on the pre-
sentation of the Marquis of Westminster.

Mary'

etittral AliE4tHann.

The house in which Burns, the Scottish poet, lived and
died, is in the market.
The sale of tickets for Jenny Lind's concert at Edin-
burgh has realized £lBOO.
Dr. Griffiths, the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Lon-
don district, died on Thursday.

A portion of a supplement of The Times was found in
the maw of a shark lately caught near Singapore.
Three houses have been burnt down at Chatham; in
consequence of children playing with lucifer-matches in
an out-house. _

SHAKSPERE'S BIRTH-PLACE.—So great is the curiosity
excited by the sale of this relic of the immortal bard, that
the catalogues are already selling at half-a-crown each.

A whale has been made prize of in the Humber, twenty
miles above Hull, by four men in a billy boy. Another
whale visited the Cove of Cork on Friday week.

The herring fishery, which has been rather backward,
has taken a sudden turn at Wick ; in one day the extra-

ordinary number of 20,000 barrels were landed

It is said that several millers in the neighbourhood of
London have been compelled to reveal their difficulties to

their creditors, through. tl

hock in the corn trade

On Saturday week, Mr. E. Rendell, a farmer, of New-
ton Abbott, while rook-shooting on his estate, was shot
dead by the trigger of his gun catching in a twig as he
was getting over a hedge.

GENEROSITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.—II is said that
Government has made a magnificent offer. If the public,
by subscription, will purchase Shakspeare's house, the
Government will take care of it.

In Glasgow, part of the cotton mill of Messrs. Simpson,
in Bridgeton, has been burned down, and property to the
amount of £30,000 destroyed, as well as some 400 hands
thrown out of employment.
_ .

On Wednesday, three men lost their lives, and several
were severely scalded, by an explosion at Lord Granville's
ironworks, Shelton. The explosion was caused by water
falling on the surface, where it was instantly decomposed.
A fine young woman, named Ann Lee, aged 19, living
at Holmfirth, Yorkshire, committed suicide on Friday
last by swallowing arsenic. She had had a lovers' quarrel
with her sweetheart, and this was the only ground for
committing the rash act.
A royal charter of incorporation has been obtained for
a mail steam-packet company to India and Australia, on
the petition of Sir George Larpent, Lieut. Waghorn, and
numerous wealthy and enterprising men interested in the
prosperity of the colonies.
A WINDFALL.—A discharged soldier of the 93d High-
landers. named Angus Macpherson, has just fallen heir to
a fortune of £2700, by the death in India of a near rela-

tive. He is still engaged at his daily labour, in the em-
ployment of the Duke of Sutherland, and resides in Golspie.
Mr. Squires, of Romanby, near Northallerton, had a
beautiful sample of new oats in Richmond market, on

Saturday, whith sold for ss. per bushel. There was ano-
ther sample of new oats, from Cleasby, near Darlington,
which only sold for 2s. per bushel.
At the Glasgow police-court, on Tuesday, a boy nine
years of age was charged with having been drunk, and
unable to take care of himself, and it was stated that he

was so completely intoxicated as to have rendered it ne-
cessary to carry him to the police-station.
INFLUX OF FLOUR.—There is now in the St. Katha-

rine's Docks (which are filled with vessels of all nations)

the great quantity of 60,000 barrels of wheaten flour afloat,
awaiting quay room to discharge ; besides a large quan-
tity of Indian corn-meal and corn. -Globe.

THE LATE JAMES WOOD.—It appears from letters
which passed in June, 1842, between Mr. Fyson and the
Town-clerk of Gloucester, that the sum of FIFTY THOU-
SAND POUNDS was actually offered by the executors to
the Town Council, and refused ! The Corporation now
do not get a single penny.
COACHES V. RAIL.—We understand that it is in con-
templation, by subscription, to place on the road two
coaches, which will commence running between this town
and London, at a moderate charge, for the convenience of
thosewho prefer travelling by road, as many are not satis-
fied with the extraordinary rise in the fairs of the Eastern
Counties.—Cambridge Advertiser.
A man named William Dodson was killed by being
struck by George Sharpe, the superintendent of police at
Sleaford, with his staff in riotous assembly, after the
election of Lord Burgley and Sir J. Trollop, for North
Lincolnshire, both of whom were elected without opposi-
tion. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Excusa-

—We have heard that after some 01

the voters, at the late borough election,
,had taken their
coffee before proceeding to the poll-booth, a remarkable
sediment was found at the bottom of their cups ; it was
no other than a golden sovereign, which had probably
been considered as an excellent substitute for sugar by
those who provided the coffee.—Leicester Chronicle.
NOVEL MODE OF ELECTING A TOWN COUNCILLOR.
'officer for the borough of Bradford, in
ites for one of the rival candidates for the
office of common councillor, (found the numbers equally
in favour of Mr. James Wade and Mr. Ramsden. Both

The returning

gentlemen were anxious to assume municipal honoigs, and
of course neither was willing to give way to the other. It
was at length suggested that they should resort to the ex-
pedient of " tossing up," which was agreed to. The toss
was won by Mr. Ramsden, to the exclusion of Mr. WadE
MODEL LODGIN(

-.Ai Monday, the
for the improvement of the condition of the labouring
classes opened a new model lodging-house in St. Giles's,
London, which they have just completed, at a cost of
£5OOO. It is exclusively intended to accommodate single
men of the working class. The building covers
of about 2000 square feet, and is aim str airctr-
ment. The total number that can b ac,
104, each paying 4d. per night -- -
tended to fit the h0'..."

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PUBLIC WORSHIP IN EXETER HALL.—The large room
was occupied for the first time, on Sunday week, for Divine
service. The immense hall was crowded in every part.
There must have been present at least 3000 people. The
preacher was the Rev. Dr. Cumming, for whose congre-
gation it has been obtained, during the close of the Scotch
Church at Covent-garden.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SHIP-BIJILDING.—The Nautical
Standard furnishes us with an account of two steamers
bound for Rio de Janeiro—one built by the navy, the other
by private enterprise. The Rattler, naval steamer, left
PortSmouth one day previous to the Antelope leaving
Liverpool, and arrived at Rio de Janeiro about seven days
after her. She called at three ports, and claims five
days for detention, being beaten by the Antelope three
clear days ; thus the charm is now broken that hung
over that much applauded vessel. Let us now see
how the case stands—the Rattler is between 800 and
980 tons, and 200 horse power, and, as far as is known,
only carried Lord Howden and his carriagei besides her
supply of coals, sufficient for twelve or fourteen days'
work, and she took in coals twice on the voyage. The
Antelope is 630 tons, and 100 horse power ; she carried
400 tons of cargo, and steamed for twenty-six days. She
did not take in any coals on the voyage, yet had 40 tons
left. The above facts, if correct, (and we have no reason
to doubt them,) speak for themselves. The Rattler is
the pet of the navy, and the standard for screw steamers;
she has been altered, amended, and tested in every way.
The Antelope is a simple merchant steamer, built at
Liverpool, without any pretensions or ostentation.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Saturday,
John Ovenstone, an upholsterer, of Great Tichfield-street,
London, made a determined attempt to shoot Mr. Geo.
Crawley, a wine-merchant, whose office is No. 12, Mark-

fortunai

e gentleman is severell wounded.
The assassin afterwards fired a pistol at his own head, and
inflicted injuries from which he is not expected to recover.
It appeared that Mr. Crawley's solicitor had put an exe-
cution into Ovenstone's house and sold his goods. Oven-
stone presented himself before Mr. Crawley's clerk, and
requested to see that gentleman. An interview was grant-
ed, when Ovenstone said, " What do you mean by doing
what you have done ?" Mr. C. had not time to reply
before Ovenstone pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot
him. The wounded man was carried to the hospital,
where it was found that the bullet had entered his cheek,
torn away a portion of the roof of his mouth, and lodged
in the cavity. In the evening the ball was extracted, and
it is hoped the patient will recover. Meanwhile the clerk
locked Ovenstone up in the office. A report of a pistol
was immediately heard, and when the police entered, they
found him in a chair, with a couple of pistols near him,

suicide ; but the ball was soon extracted, and he is a little
better. On Sunday evening, a change for the worse had

Thames between Robert and Thomas Coombes, (cham-
pion of the Thames and his brother,) and Henry and
Robert Clasper, of Newcastle, for £2OO, came off on Wed-
nesday. The Coombes' boat was steered by Henry
Cownden, a boy 13 years of age, and the Claspers by

their brother Thomas, 13 years of age. The oars used by
the Londoners were of the ordinary character, but those

Or tneir opponents most peculiar; tney were six or sevo
inches shorter from the loom to the blade than their o'

)onents' and had a feather of no 1e• s a• depth than six

at a quarter to

Coombes being on the Surrey side of the centre arch,
and their opponents on the Middlesex side of it. At the
instant of starting the Coombes jumped away with a lead,
and stroke by stroke gradually drew away, and between
the Star and Garter and Messrs. Seale's (not more than

clear. Off the Crab Tree the Coombes had got 'five
lengths' lead, and about ten at Hammersmith-bridge.
The Coombes, with the greatest ease, went on in advance,
and won by 46 seconds, accomplishing the distance in 28
minutes and a half. The Claspers gallantly endeavoured
throughout to mend their position, but without effect.
Their style differed materially from their former efforts ;
there was a want of alacrity in the stroke, the ponderous
blades being too long out of water before they were dip-
ped again, and their opponents taking at least four strokes
to their three. Betting had been strictly even before the
start, but three minutes after it 6 and 7 to 1 could find no
ta'- The style of the Coombes was beautiful.

FAILURES IN THE CORN TRADE

-The failure

alleged to be about £400,000. The alarm consequent
upon a stoppage so unexpected and' serious was, however,
mitigated during the day by an understanding that in all
probability the creditors would ultimately receive 20s. in
Mr. Alexander, the senior partner, is repre-
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the pound

sented to possess estates in the north of Ireland, yielaing
a rental of £7,000, and valued at £200,000, entirely free
from any encumbrance ; and there can be little doubt,
under these circumstances, that the favourable result an-
ticipated will'be realised. Two further failures of large

amount were reported on Thursday, the pa

Coventry and Sheppard, and Messr

vil, and Co

The liabilities were not stated, but the

supposed, in each case, to reach about £200,000. Mr.
Coventry was of the firm of Hunter and Coventry, which
stopped in 1842, and King and Melvil also stopped at that
period. In the present instance great efforts had been
made to sustain both houses through the credit of their
connexions, and the fact of these efforts having failed,

augurs, it may be feared, somewhat unfavourably for the
final result. The immediate cause of the suspension of
King, Melvil, and Co., is stated to have been the return
of a bill of Lesley, ATeYander, and Co., for £lB,OOO.
Another suspension was also mentioned, but it was a small
Ind the credit of the party

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NEWSPAPER AND THE COR

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comfort it could afford the famine-mongers,
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they soolong afflicted every-body else.

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