The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-07 00:00:00

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The Earl of Derby, who, with Lord and Lady Stanley, is
passing the winter at Knowsley, is in the enjoyment of better
health than for some years past.

It is confidently rumoured in the political circles that Col.
Bruen, M.P. ; Colonel Verner, M.P., and Mr. James E.
'ferment, M.P., are about to be created baronets.
AWFUL ACCIDRNT.—On Friday last a man of the name
of John Cook, was banking at a pit in the old Buffery col-
liery, near Dudley, and by accident fell ln. lie was literally
smashed to pieces, and his mutilated body was compelled to
be carried home in a bag.—Staffordshire Gazette.
Tue Wellington statue, the commission for which was in
the hands of the late Sir Francis Chantrey, will be completed
by Mr. Weeks, who has for some time had the entire execu-
tion of the models brought under the superintendence of the
late lamented artist.

THE PRINCE ROYAL—A candidate for the laureateship
has perpetrated the following :
The first of all the royal infant males
Receives the title of the Prince of Wales;
Because, 'tis clear to seaman and to lubber,
Babies and whales are both inclineil to blubber!

Two BROTHERS DRowNED.—On Friday morning, two
brothers, named Brock, fishmongers, of the Fulham-road,
Little Chelsea, were drowned in the Thames, nearly opposite
the Old Ranelagh-gardens. The unfortunate men were on
their way to Billingsgate.tnarket, when, from the darkness of
the morning, they ran foul of a barge, and capsized their
boat. All efforts to save them were, from the same cause.
vain.

THE FUER SEASONS IN A DAY.—On Monday, last week,
the cuckoo was heard in the neighbourhood of Radstock, by
a correspondent who has given us his name ; in the same day
there was heavy thunder and lightning at .Bruton ; snow fell
here the same day, and on that day, also, strawberries and
raspberries were gathered in this immediate neighbourhood,
where also the apple trees, in several gardens, are to be seen
in full blossom.—Bath Herald.

The following are the receipts of the principal railways for
the last week—that is to say, up to the date to which the re-
spective returns are made :—Blackwall, £557 ; Brighton,
£1,397 ; York and North Midland, £1,463 ; Birmingham
and Gloucester, £1,330; North Midland, £3,508; Midland
Counties, £2,126; South Western, £4,106; Birmingham
and Derby, £997 ; Great Western, £9,827 ; Birmingham,
£12,988 ; Eastern Counties, .£6-11 ; Hull and Selby, £7BO ;
and Great North of England, £1,321.
PEDESTRIANISM.—The great match between the North
Star and Brian, to run two miles fora stake of £lOO, came off
on Tuesday last. The place chosen for the contest was
Lord's Ground, St. John's Wood, which was staked out so
as to make the distance five times round, with a few yards
added. Brian took the lead at an enormous speed, but held
it only a hundred yards, when the Star dashed by him, and
gradually went in advance, winning by a hundred yards or
more, completing the two miles under 11i minutes.—Leeds
Intelligencer.
ANOTHER CLAIMANT FOR JEMMY WOOD'S PROPERTY.—
It is reported that a Colonel Wood, till lately residing at
Natchez, in America, had packed up his traps, and sailed for
England, with documents which will prove him to be the
heir-at-law of the eccentric and wealthy banker of Gloucester.
It will be singular if this Colonel Wood should prove to he
the heir-at-law, for whom such anxious search—such exami-
nation of records—has for years been in vain. The affair is
by no means settled, and a little more law will be found ne-
cessary.

ORDINATIONS TO BE HOLDEN.—Dec. 12, Bishop of Win-
chester, at Winchester ; Dec. 19, Archbishop of York, at
York ; Dec. 19, Bishop of Durham, at Durham ; Dec. 19,
Bishop of Worcester, at Worcester ; Dec. 19, Bishop of
Lichfield, at Eccleshall ; Dec. 19. Bishop of Lincoln, at Lin-
coln ; Dec. 19, Bishop of Bath and Wells, at Wells ; bec.
19, Bishop of Chichester, at Chichester; Dec. 19. Bishop of
Gloucester, at Gloucester; Dec. 19, Bishop of Hereford, at
Hereford : Jan. 9, Bishop of Ripon, at Ripon ; Jan. 16,
Bishop of Norwich, at Norwich.
SYMPTOMS OF PUSEYISM AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.—A
new form of administering the Sacrament has lately been in-
troduced at St. John's Church. A bracket has been fixed at
the south side of the " altar," upon which the unconsecrated
elements remain during Divine service, without any fair linen
cloth to cover them. At the time for the performance of the
communion service, the elements are removed by the Rev.
A. Watson from off the bracket, and placed upon the altar.
When the service is over, the remaining portion of the conse-
crated elements are covered with a fair linen cloth. The
above forms, we are told by the rev. gent. who carries them
into effect, are strictly in accordance with the " Rubric.”—
Cheltenham Paper.

GAS SENT BY POST.—A correspondent of the Cambridge
Chronicle says—" Among the numerous articles for the
conveyance of which the present system of postage affords
facilities, may now be classed a bladder of gas, which was sent
this week by a practical chemist in this town to the post-
office, to be conveyed to a philosophical society at Edinburgh.
Although of capacious dimensions, (measuring two feet in
length and eight inches in diameter,) this bladder and its
contents weighed only two ounces, and of course, according
to the present regulations, ought to have been conveyed the
400 miles for 4d. Four of such letters would have filled the
largest mail bag. This shows the inconsistency and defect
of the present universal rates, and proves that space as well
as weight ought to be a test of charge. In the present
instance, our postmaster (Mr. Barsharn) refused to take the
strange packet, on the ground that its safe delivery could not
be insured, and that its contents, if they escaped, would be
deleterious."

SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—One of the most numerously
attended and influential public meetings ever held in the
county of York took place in the Court-house of this town
on Thursday, to consider the propriety of forming a diocesan
board of education, in accordance with the principles of the
established church. The meeting was called by the Bishop
of Ripon, in compliance with a most numerously signed re-
quisition, which was presented to him a short time ago. At
the head of the list appeared the name of the late lamented
Earl of Harewood, lord-lieutenant of the Riding, who had
been particularly anxious for the accomplishment of the object
the requisitionists had in view, and promised, indeed, to take
part in the proceedings of the day. There were also attached to
the requisition the names of the Earl of Scarborough, Earl of
Tyrconnell. Earl of Mexborough. Earl de Grey. Earl of
Ripon, Viscount Grantley, Lord Prudhoe, and Lord Wham-
chile, besides a number of members of the House of Com-
mons, and all the influential members of the church in the
diocese.

SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR G. FREELING, BART.—On
Wednesday evening an inquisition was taken before Mr. T.
Wakley, M. P., at the Victoria Tavern, Chester-place, Hyde
Park-square, on the body of Sir George Henry Freeling,
Bart., aged 52, one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Customs, and eldest son of the late Sir Francis Freeling,
Bart. Ophelia Gillingham, housemaid in the service of Mrs.
Lang, No. 7, Hyde Parke-gardens, deposed that the deceased
Baronet, whose residence was in Connaught-place West, had,
for the last six week, been staying on a visit at her mistress's
house. Witness, at deceased's request, had been in the habit
of calling him every morning. On Tuesday morning last,
about half-past seven o'clock, witness as proceeded to
his sleeping appartment, and having kr *eked at the door
several times and received no answer, she upeoed it, and on
entering the room saw the deceased lying on his face on the
floor, in his night dress. On raising his head she found it
quite cold. A surgeon was sent for, who pronounced life to
have been for some time extinct. Witness last saw deceased
alive on Monday morning, when he was, to all appearances,
well in health. Mr. Barker, surgeon, said that the deceased
Baronet's health had been such as to leave no doubt that he
died of disease of the heart. After some further evidence,
the jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased Sir George
Henry Freeing was found dead, and that the cause of his
death was natural."

DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A SLAVER.—We learn by the
Herald, Captain Goldsmith, from Princess Island (Africa),
sth September, " that her Majesty's sloop of war Iris, Capt.
Tucker, touched about Ist September, for water, &c., and
sailed again on a cruise. A short time previous she had an
engagement with a large slaver in the Bight of Benin, and was
beat off with the loss of several men killed and wounded—
among the latter was the commander." Captain G. obtained
the above information from a letter which had been sent by
Captain Tucker to the Governor of Princess Island previous
to his arrival. The officers and crew of the Iris appeared to
be crest-fallen and unwilling to hear any allusion made to the
engagement. Those engaged in the slave trade have doubt-
less found it impracticable to carry on their operations in the
old way, and have had recourse to a new systern.of tactics.
Heretofore they have placed more dependence on the sailing
qualities of their vessels than their ability to fight ; now, it
appears, they have vessels which are equal if not superior to
those which are on the coast to interfere with their traffic.
The Iris is rated to carry 26 guns, and have a crew of per-
haps 200 men ; a slaver, capable of successfully opposing
such a force, must be much larger and better armed than the
vessels heretofore engaged in the trade. Long low schooners,
carrying a large gun amidships, and perhaps one or two small
swivels forward, are of the description of vessels generally
engaged in this trade. Perhaps some daring speculators in
human flesh have vessels of a size and armament sufficient to
force the trade in the face of all opposition, and by this
means acquire a fortune before vessels qualified to cope with
them can be sent to the coast.—Boston Post, Nov. 6.
HORRID MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND, IN
SHEFFIELD.—It is our painful duty to record another of
those awful blots on humanity which have recently appeared
to become more common, and which bespeak the gross de-
pravity of a portion of the population of our large towns—
the violent taking away of human life. The case now before
us is the murder of Mary Nall, by her husband, to whom she
had been married about eight years, though from domestic
differences she had scarcely lived with him half that time,
and had on several occasions brought himibefore the magis-
trates on charges of ill-usage. After living separate a long
time, they met on Saturday week at a beer-house in the
Wicker. They met again on Saturday last, and slept to-
gether at another beer-house in the same part of the town ;
and on the following day (Sunday) they went to his sister's,
(a house of ill fame,) in a lane somewhere about Charlotte-
street, on Glossop-road, where they retired to bed about nine
o'clock in the evening. The sister then went out, and locked
the door ; and on returning, after eleven o'clock, found Nall
on the hearth, putting on his boots. Upon asking him where
Mary was, he replied they had been having words together,
in consequence of which he had murdered her. She told him
he should not go away until she had fetched some one in ;
and again locking the door, she proceeded to her mother's,
in the Wicker. Owing to some delay in getting her mother
up, the sister did not get back till about one o'clock, when
she also brought with her a female acquaintance from ano-
ther part of the town. On going up stairs with a watchman,
they found Mary Nall quite dead on the bed, and the hus-
band (her murderer) lying by her side. Five stabs had been
inflicted about the miserable victim's stomach, throat, and
breasts, one of which it appears had pierced her heart. On
the watchman taking Nall into custody, we understand he
said he had decided upon giving himself up to the police. Of
course, he is under the care of the town jailer, awaiting the
inquest, which it is supposed will be held this day (Tuesday.)
—lris, Nov. 30,

TILE NIGER EXPEDITION.—Further accounts dated the
10th of September, but reaching to the 22nd, have been
received of the _Niger expedition, which had at the former
date ascended the river to the confluence of the Tchadda and
Quorra ; and at this point determined upon a change of ope-
rations. The original plan, to be guided, however, by events,
was that the steamers should proceed in company ; but cir-
cumstances have led to a resolution, that the Prince Albert,
Captain Trotter, should ascend the Quorra, and the Wilber-
force, Capt. W. Allen, should navigate the Tchadda. The
Soudan, Capt. Birn Allen, had returned down the river with
invalids ; for we regret to say that considerable sickness had
prevailed, in spite of all the precautions taken to prevent it;
and h
since the expedition
left
England.eigt Europeans,
Captains
Trotter li a d died
ndi
li. Allen had both kept
their health; but Capt. W. Allen had been ill, but was reco-
vered. The sickness which attacked the crews attended the
vessels all the way up to Attah, about 200 miles, above which
we do not hear that it continued ; whilst the Prince Albert
and Wilberforce made their way up the additional 70 miles
to the site we have indicated as the junction of the two
grand branches—viz., the Quorra or raiger, flowing from
nearly the north or north-north west, and the Tchadda, or
Chad, from the eastward. The Soudan, from Attah, had
got down to the coast in three days, and providentially found
the Dolphin, Lieut. Littlehales, cruising off the mouth of
the river, and put the sick on board, to be carried, we believe,
to the Isle of Ascension. Such is the latest intelligence
received. A previous letter from Mr. Cyrus Wakeman, the
purser of one of the steamers, states that the patent prepared
potatoes, of which the Literary Gazette spoke as likely to
be so useful in such voyages, had turned out an invaluable
blessing in affording fresh and nutritive provision for the
ships' CQll3Pallieb.—Literary Gazette.