The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-03 00:00:00

Mr. Thomas Baxter, of Birmingham, maltster, com-
mitted suicide on Wednesday by drowning himself in the
water butt.

SPLENDID DONATION.—The treasurer of the London
' Society has just received £lOOO from some
anotiNtrous Samaritan.

Strai.prs

The late flood has damaged the Bristol Dock Company's
works and the banks of the river to the extent of 1:8000 or
LlO,OOO.

On Monday, the house of Mr. Graves, butcher, Con-
duit-street, Chelmsford, fell in and killed Mr Graces
and his infant son ; his wife and seven children escaped.
Several of the rioters on the Lsnca,ter and Girlisle
Railway have been tried at Carlisle assizes, and sentenced
to various terms of imprsonment.

Die Anti Corn-law 'League organs announce that the
subscriptions towards the Quarter of a Alitlion Fund
amount to .£lBO,OOO.

On Wednesday, fifty-three square yards of land, in
Market-street, Manchester, were sold by ruction at 450
Gs. 411 per square yard, a price wholly unprecedented in
that or almost any ()flier town.
At Andover, on Monday, El'zabcth Tarrant, the wife
of a respectable farmer, was committed for trial on a
charge of stealing a wedding-ring from the shop of a jew-
eller in that town.

John Potter, the convict missionary, who recently ac-
cused himself of having escaped from Van Dietnan's
Land before the term of banishment had expired, has re-
ceived a free pardon.
On Friday, at the Newcastle Assizes, Ralph Joicey was
sentenced to death for the murder of his father by poison,
at Cockle Park, near Mormth. A true bill has been re-
turned against ,he old man's daughter as an accessory.
At the petty sessions held at Bilston last week, six men
were fined 2s. 6d. each for " caging," that is, apprehend-
inc two pulice-ott;cers and a watchman, and keeping ihem
in prison for an hour !
A letter from a Winchester correspondent states that
the farmers have experienced serious loss among the
lambs, which is ext!aordinary for this mild weather,
which was considered so favourable for the lambing season,

On Saturday, Wicks wos sentenced to death without
ano hope of mercy, for the murder of his master, James
I3ostock, in Drury-lane, London, on Monday fortnight.
The prisoner, before being removed, publicly thanked his
cJonsel.

- The Directors of the East India Company have pre-
sented Mr. Waghorn with the sum of £3OO, in consider-
ation of the expenses which he has incurred in the estab-
liqament of steam communication between Great Britain
and India. •

A man named John Stone, was found guilty, at the
Central Criminal Court Sessions, on Thursday last, on a
charge of setting a dwelling house on fire, with intent to
defraud the Union Insurance Company, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported for twenty yea's.
A fire broke out on Sunday week in the premises of
M essrs. Grant and Baldwin, sugar-bakers, St. George's
in the East. The property consumed is estimated at
£20,000. The proprietors are said to be insured for
£l6 000.

The next meeting of the Evangelical Alliance is an-
nounced to be held in Birmingham in April next. The
great meeting, at which representatives are expected to be
present from all the Evangelical Churches throughout the
world, will be convened in London in August next.
Faller Mathew has published a letter in the public
journals, which speaks hi the strongest terms of the ex-
cellent quality and pleasant taste of the Indian cornim-
ported by government to supply the want of food caused
by the destruction of the potato crops.
INCREASE OF THE ARMY.—It appears by a circular
from the Hocse Guards, that four men per troop are to
be added to 17 regiments of the line; 400 rank and file to
each of 8 regiments of inrantry at home ; and 200 rank
and file to each of 27 other regiments of infantry.

SUICIDES.—On Saturday last, Mr. Joseph Vaughan,
clerk to a respectable sharebroker, Manchester, commit-
ted suicide by taking a large quantity of laudanum. Oa
Friday, Mr. Anthony Harrier, chief clerk to Mr. Baron
Alderson, committed suicide by shooing himself at his
house, Camden Town. His head was blown to pieces.
" RAGGED Settooes."—lt is intended to extend the
schools established in London for the education of ragged
and dirty children found wandering in the streets. Abave
twenty of these places are now established, and there is an
average attendance of nearly 2000 children of both sexes,
end 200 teachers.
CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At this fair on Wednesday
about 200 tons were piled for sale, consisting chic fly of late
makes, and large sized common inferior daries. The sale
was rather slack—at prices running about 50s to 60s—being
a depression of 2s to 3s. per cwt. One or two fine fla-
voured full sized daries brought 60s and 665.
CHESTER CATTLE FA I R.—At our usual horn and hoof
fair, held at this season, the show of fat stock was larger
than usual, and in equal demand; best averaged 6d. and
sink ' • second best a shade lower. The supply of sheep
was limited, and sold at 71cl. and sink. Store cattle
scarce, and sold at high prices, averaging from £9 to £l2
per head. There was an excellent show of horses, which
realised high prices.
EXEC UTlONS:—Ace.rding to a Parliamentary docu.
ment, it appears that in London, in the years 1825-G-7,
the number of ten-sells executed was 53 : in the. next tri-
ennial period 52 ; in the next 12 ; in the next none ;
next 3 ; next 4 ; and the last 5 ; so that in the last nine
years only 12 persons have been executed in London. In
1813. as many as 120 persons were executed in England
and Wales, whilst in 1833 only 33 executions took place.
THE FERRERS FAMILY.—The youthful defendant in
the late extraordinary " breach of promise" case, is the
great grand nephew of the Earl Ferrers, executed in
1760. for the murder of his steward, and who, on that oc-
casion, put in a plea of lunacy, and argued it himself!
" It was a strange contradiction," says Horace Walpole,
" to see a mar. trying by his own sense to prove himself
out of his senses." _ _ _

Mr. Joseph Ady has ensnared tl e Rev. Canon Rogers,
of Penrose, near Helstor.e, into the loss of a sovereign.
In a letter to the Lord Mayor, Mr. Rogers says that he
believed that Mr. Ady's services might be useful in tra-
cing out funded property which belonged to his fa-
ther. He received in return for his £1 slme useless
warnings and advice about the railway liabilities of cler-

gymen.
CuRIOUS COMBAT.—On Monday, a greyhound belong_
ing to Mr. J. White. Ystlysgoed, was out with a lad
nan.ed John Jacob, when they encountered a large male
fox ; a desperately ferocious conflict ensued between the
greyhound and the fox, which continued until the latter
was compelled to retreat for shelter into a bush of briars.
Reynard was, however, quickly beaten from his quarters
by the lad ; and as he started to the field he was boldly
attacked by his assailant, who gave him no quarter until
he yielded up his life.—Hereford Paper.
A LEGAL WITTICISM.—In the course of Sir Thomas
Wilde's argument on Monday, at the bar of the House of
Lords, in Wood a appeal case, the learned Counsel had
occasion to refer to a case in the books in which a rat is
stated to have mutilated a will. Lord Brougham—" The
rat is a surprising animal ; but I was not before aware
that it ever practised as a conveyancer. I knew it to be
fond of sli:fticg uses." "It is," interposed the Lord
Chancellor, " fonder of corn." " Doubt:es.," rejoined
Lord Bio ighan3 ; " it is terra fond of corn."

In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, Lord Brougham
presented a petition from Mrs. Wortham, whose daugh-
ter, a girl of fourteen, made a runaway match two years
ago with a Mr. Burton Newenham, now confined in the
Queen's Bench. A child has been born since the mar-
riage. The petition therefore prayed that their lordships
would dissolve the marriage without disaffirming it.
ESCAPE OF A Fox.—The following occurrence, which
happened some time ago in the neighbourhood of Imber,
Wilts, is perhaps as singular as the annals of hunting can
record :—A fox, being bard run, took shelter under the
covering of a well, and by the endeavours used to extri-
cate him thence, was precipitated to the bottom, a depth
of 100 feet. The bucket was let down, he laid hold of it,
acd was drawn up some way, when he fell again. The
bucket being let down a second time, he secured his situ•
ation in it, and was drawn up safe; after which he was
turned off, and fairly beat the hounds.
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.—Since the late expose'
of the doings in the Andover polr-house, a much more
liberal diet has been adopted. This, with the discontinu-
ance of the horrid occupation of bone crushing, under the
nose of the operator, has obtained such high favour with
the poor, that the Union-house is now crammed to over-
flowing. It is stated that the inmates enjoy themselves so
i.ighly that offers of 9s. per week and constant employ, to
able-bodied men, have been rejected, and no invitation to
quit will be effective unless the weekly remuneration be at
least 12s.— IVilts Independent.
DREADFUL. EXPLOSION.—Loss OF ELEVEN LIVES.—
A melancholy catastrophe occurred on the South Eastern
Line, Dover, on Tuesday. Upwards of twenty labourers
took refuge, at dinner time, from the heavy rain, in a
cave on the Shakspeare Cliffe, and were smoking their
pipes, when one of them carelessly threw down a piece of
lighted paper, which fell upon some gunpowder, and
caused a terific explosion. Eleven persons were killed,
and some of the survivors are in a dreadful state of suffer-
ing. The labourers had previously been warned against
going into the place where the explosion occurred.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—In consequence of the
c.resent unsettled state of our relations with the United
States, orders have been transmitted to the Royal Arsenal
at Woolwich to be in readiness to furnish a powerful ar-
mament, consisting of various pieces of ordnance, of dif-
ferent calibres, gun-carriages, ammunition, &c., for the
various ships of war and steam-vessels at present sta-
tion, d on the coasts and rivers of Canada, and the lakes
that form the boundaries between that colony and the
United States. More than 300 pieces of ordnance, with
the necessary ammunition, will have to be got ready for
t hispurpose.

The inhabitants of a house in the neighbourhood of
Noblehouse, Peebleshire, have been recently attacked
with a kind of malaria, which not only seized upon all
the inmates, but upon all who came after to reside on the
premises. One man has removed three several times, and.
invariably on his return, he was attacked. Several emi-
nent medical men of Edinburgh Lave been consulted on
the subject, but as yet they have not succeeded in tracing
the cause of the disease, except that it may be an epide-
mic in the house itself.—[The case seems to be analogous
to the tragic one which has recently occurred at West
Derby.]
WESLEYAN MrssioNs.—From the accounts of the
Wesleyan Missionary Society for 1815, which have just
been made up, the results are highly gratifying. The
income has exceeded that of any former year, being
£112,823. This has enabled the society to defray the
expenditure of 1845 (X 104,366); to pay the balances on
the old debt and on the expenditure of 1843 and 1844
(4,775); and also the balance of the extraordinary expen-
diture on the Gold Coast and Aslidtree missions. The
s)ciety, therefore, commences its operations for 1846 free
from debt, and with the cheering hope that the income of
the year will meet the expenditure.

CURIOUS YROSECUTION.—On Friday, a little girl, aged
eleven years, named Ann Hassack, pleaded guilty, at the
Central Criminal Court, to stealing a shilling, the proper-
ty of her mistress, named Carter. The Recorder p pea red
much surprised at seeing so young a child at the bar upon
so trifling a charge, and inquired into the circumstances;
when he was informed that the mother was in the habit of
calling occasionally on Mrs. Carter to see how her child
got on, and on the previous Saturday, Mrs. Carter said,
" Oh! your girl is in Newgate on a charge of felono." It
further apro ared that the money had been c irelessly left
on the piahoforte. The Recorder sentenced the little girl
to one hour's imprisonment in Newgate.
The Floe Arts Commissioners have made their fif h re-
port. in which they recommend that the six arched com-
partments in the House of Lords he decorated with
frescopaintings. The artists recommended are llyce,
A.R.A., Charles West Cope, A.R.A., John Calleott
Horsley, John Rogers Herbert,. A.R.A., Joseph Severn,
and John Tenniel, jun., who have distinguished them-
selves as designers or frescopainters in one or more of the
various exhibitions ihat have taken place with reference
to the decoration of the palace at Westminster. The
commissioners also recommend that the premiums for oil
paintings amounting to £3,000. be postponed until June,
1847. Attached to the report is an appendix on subjects
for stained glass windows in the House of Lords.
CURIOUS ANIMALS —Last week there arrived from
Havre, for the Surrey Gardens, several fine specimens of
animals and birds. Amongst them is what the keeper
called the Ricoro deer, as large as the rein-deer of the
rth. The hair on the body which is nearly two feet
eight inches long, is nearly black, whilst the face is white,
lake that of the sheep, with bright intelligent eyes. There
is one large lioness, with three baboons, each five feet
high. The most attractive object among them all is ano-
ther animal of the baboon speeies,the first of the class, it
is said, which has ever been introduced into this country.
It is called by the keei.er the Manchian balloon. stands
seven feet high, and is said to be possessed of herculean
strength. It is very peculiarly marked with a great variety
of colours. There is one large specimen of the grey eagle,
a black eagle, measuring eight feet from wing to wing at
the ties; besides several stuffed specimens of the same
genus.

PERILOUS LEAP AND ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—At
Coventry, on Thursday. a man charged with committing
a felony. in custody of a police-constable, entered a second-
class carriae,! on 013 London and Birmingham line. The
constable naturally considered his prisoner pretty secure
in a train going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour,
and perhaps did not pay much attention to his movements.
Not very lone after the train started, the prisoner, ob-
serving the officer's attention otherwise occupied, formed
the determination to make his escape, and in a moment
threw open the door regardless of consequences, and
leaped on the bank. To the astonishment of the pas-
sengers, who expected to see him killed on the spot, as
the train was proceeding at a rapid rate, the man got up,
apparently ordain t. and made off across the fields as fast
as he was aide. The train was stopped as soon as pos-
sible; but the man escaped, and is still at large.—Bir-
mingham Journal.

RIOT AT DERB r.—For years back it has been the an-
nual custom with the working people at Derby to play at
football on Shrove Tuesday. This year, however, the
n ayor and magistra'es came to the determiliation to pro-
hibit the game, and placards were posted about the town
to that effect. Apprehending, however, that the game
would be played, in defiance of the law, they sent for two
troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards, and swore in several
hundreds of special constables. It was as was expected :
numbers of the mob did attempt to play; and on the po-
licemen interfering, stones, &c., began to fly about. His
worship the mayor was struck on the shoulder with a
brickbat, and knocked down. Such being the state of
affairs, the riot act wax read, after which the military were
ordered to disperse the crowd. Th's was effected very
speedily, and the rioters were driven out of the town.
They, however, were not disappointed of their game, for
they played several rounds in the fields.

IMPORTANT INVENTION•-At the concersazione of the
Marquis of Northampton, which was honoured by the
presence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Satur-
day last, his lordship introduced to the notice of his
Royal Highness, Mr. Bettie, C.E., well known as the
original inventor of the day and night railway signals, and
a'so the new signals of distress for the saving of ships and
their crews, and the admirable signals for steering so as to
prevent collision of steamers and sailing vessels, which
were explained by the inventor to his Royal Highness.
The inventor also explained to his Royal Highness his
new tidal harbour lamp, which has just been laid before
the Royal Commission on Tidal Harbours. The lights
now in use, as the inventor stated, are irregular and un-
certain of being understood, some ports using small, and
others large lights, of a bright colour, or green or red, as
their fancy and caprice suggest ; while this new lamp will
he uniform in colour, and so peculiar that it will be known
over all the world. It will tell the captains, at all hours
of the night, the actual depth of water ; and the regulat-
ing power being the tide itself, it cannot err or mislead.
The importance of this invention received the general ap-
probation of the assembly.

THE LATE SIR ROBERT HENRY SALE, C. B.—This
much lamented officer was the second son of the late
Colonel Sale, for many years an active officer of the East
India Company, by the daughter of Henry Brine. Esq.,
of Buckden. Huntingdonshire. He was born in 1782. and
married in 1809 the daughter of the late George Meyrick,
Esq. Sir Robert entered the army as ensign in the 36th
foot in 1795, being then but thirteen years of age. His
commissions are thus dated :—Lieutenant, April 12, 1797;
Captain, March 23, 1806 Major, December 30, 1813 ;
Lieutenant-Colonel, June 2, 1825; Colonel, June 28,
1838; Colonel-in-chief of the 13th or Prince Albert's
Regiment of Light Infantry. December 15, 1843. He
served at the battle of Molerelly, and siege and storm of
Seringapatam, in 1799: for the latter he received a silver
medal. Was present throughout the campaign in the Ur-
gand country in 1801 ; served at the storming of the Tra-
vancore lines in 1809, at the capture of the Mauritius in
1816, and of Rangoon in 1824; particularly distinguished
himself at the storming of the stockades near Kemmenline,
and in conducting the operations of the sth, Bth, and 15th
of December, 1824. Commanded a brigade at the reduc-
tion of Bassiere &c., in 1825 ; was nominated a C.B for his
conduct at Prolue and Malouri in 18256. In October,
1838, was appointed to the command of the first Bengal
brigade of the army of the Indus, which formed the ad-
vance in the campaign in Affghenistan; commanded the
storming party at Ghuznee, under the late Lord Keane.
on the 23rd of July, when he was severely wounded.
Shortly afterwards he was nominated a K.C.8., and re-
ceived the rank of major-general in Affghenistan ; he was
also presented with the second class medal of the order of
the Dooranee Empire. He commanded the force sent to
subdue the Kohistan country in September, 1840, and
after numerous storrnings and ciptures, compelled Dost
Mahommed Khan to surrender himself to the care of Sir
William M'Naughten ; for these distinguished services he
receeived the first class order of the Dooranee Empire.
In 1842 he defended Jellalabad under very disadvantageous
circumstances, and was nominated a G.C.B for his ser-
vices on the occasion. He also received the thanks of
Parliament for his skill, intrepidity, and perseverance cis-
played in the military operations in Affghanisten. He
possessed three medals, namely, for Glioznee, Cahoot,
and Jellalahail. lie closed his career in the arms of vic-
tory, after nearly fifty-two years' service, and at the ad-
vanced age of 63. The 13th foot, which Sir Robert com-
manded, returned to this country a few months since.

The Times says that it has the best authority for atatinz
that Mr. (hue Lieut.) Hawkey, with his seconds, will sur-
render to take their trials at Winchester assizes, which
commenced yesterday (Monday), for the murder of Mr.
Setqn, in the memorably fatal duel at Gosport.
On Monday morning as a gentleman. was crossing Hyde
Park he observed on the grass a brown paper parcel, upon
opening which it was found to contain the dead bodies of
two newly-born female infants. By medical testimony it
has been ascertained that one of them was still-born, and
the other might have expired in the birth, but no clue to
the motaer has been obtained.

FORGERY.—Gn Friday, at the Central Criminal Court,
London, Edward Bryant Garey, aged 51, who for many
years had practised as a solicitor in Chancery-lane, and
was much respected in his profession, was transported
for twenty years for forging a certain instrument, pur-
porting to be an office copy of a certificate of the Ac.•
countant-General of the Court of Chancery for the sum
of £2,596 17s.

EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE SALMON.—William Hen-
derson, Esq., [of Durham,] one of the Edenmouth Fish-
ing Club, killed, on Friday last, a splendid fish of 30 lbs.
weight. He hooked him on the " cauld slap," and the
fish immediately took down the rapid : a severe sturggle
here took place, which ended in the fish coming up into
the dub. where after running out the whole line several
times, Mr. H. succeeded in landing him. He proved to be
a remarkably short thick fish. This is the largest fish
which has been caught in the Tweed for many years past.
—Kelso Mail.

A CROP AT LAST.—NEVER GIVE UP.—We had
brought to our office yesterday, a twig of an old apple
tree, of a late sort, with four apples on it, and it furnishes
a remarkable proof of suspended fertility ; for it was taken
from an old apple tree in the garden of Mr. Peter Cort,
bleacher, at Turton, near Bolton, and before the twig was
broken off there were 34 apples on the tree, and a fort-
night ago, it displayed no fewer thin 137 apples. The
singular circumstance in the case is, that although Mr.
Cort has had the tree for thirty years, and has had it
thrice removed, it has never before borne fruit. Mr.
Cort, however, persevered, arid, after thirty years' sterility,
has seen the old tree bearing a very satisfactory crop of
fruit. The apples are hard and vreen, tolerably sweet,
but with something of the crab in them. The tree is a
standard, and is thirty yards from any wall.—Man. Guar.
WORCESTER EPISCOPAL FLOATING CHAPEL.—Lady
Ford, of Conway -House, has sent a grant of bibles, tes-
taments, and suitable tracts for the use of the watermen
frequenting this place of worship. It is gratifying to find
that some of this long neglected class are becoming read-
ers of the Holy Scriptures, and have purchased copies
out of their hard earnings. A waterman's widow, some
tine ago, applied to a clergyman interested in this class,
requesting the gift of a bible for one of her children, and
offering to purchase another copy for a similar purpose.
Upon inquiry it was found that the poor woman had pre-
viously bought six copies; having been left a widow,
with eight children, she was anxious to provide each of
them with a book she highly prized herself She received
the two copies as a gift, and the poor widow returned
home full of gratitude ;hat now she had obtained for all
her children a bible, " to be the lamp of their feet, and
the light of their path."—Worcester Journal.

COOLNESS AND BRAMY OF LADY SALE. The
captain of the Conway sloop of war gives a characteristic
instance of this lady's courage whilst on board that vessel,
which was totally wrecked off the Care of Good Hope,
in October, 1819. and had it not been for an almost
miraculous lull of the sea, a'l hands (passengers and crew)
would have been lost. "The harbour-master's boat, and
one from the Conway sloop of war, were sent to our rescue;
but such was the awful state of the sea that they were
unable to render us any assistance; the master of the
nway, while in the act of cheering the men and urging
them to pull to our assistance, was washed overboard and
lost. We, when th.. sea lulled, escaped in our own jolly
boat, with the loss, however, of seven of the crew. While
the rest of the women and the children were being placed
in the boat; Lady (then Mrs.) Sale was below, selecting
the important papers belongirg to her husband from the
unimportant, end placing them on her person for security,
and when urged by her husband to ogre on deck, replied,
' I'm coming, my dear, presently,' and during the whole
of the time we were in this awful position behaved in the
most cool and courageous manner."

CORR i. SPONDENCE.

THE VICAR OF LEEDS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—Allow ma to correct a misstatement into which
your correspondent X. Y. Z. has fatten, respecting Dr.
Hook and the vicarage of Leeds. I was at the time of his
election resident in that town, and was well acquainted
with the circumstances of the case. Two of the trustees,
one of whom was Air. Beckett, the present member for
Leeds, went over to Coventry, without giving him any
intimation of their intention ; and going on Sunday
to his church, heard one of his usual parochial ser-
mons. Soon after their return, Dr. Hook was elected,
and preached his first sermon in the town, on the morn-
ing when he " read himself in." His sermon was pub-
lished in the local newspapers, and was made the subject
of lenethened criticism by the liberal paper—the Leeds
Mercury. Your correspondent has therefore been en-
tirely misinformed, if he Las been told that Dr. Hook
preached there before his election; and is equally incor-
rect as to his statement, that he canvassed amongst the
Trustees, from none of whom did he ask for a single vote.
When put in nomination, lie told them that, if elected, lie
should not decline the appointment, but he should take no
steps to secure it for himself.—l am, air, &c.
ONE WHO IS PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED
WITH THE VICAR. OF LEEDS.
I enclose you my name and address, which you are at
liberty to use if you think it desirable.
[Our correspondent will remember that X Y Z made
several statements of his own knowledge, but with re-
ference to what is denied in the preceding letter, X 1 Z
merely stated that he believed it would be ascertained,
on inquiry, that Dr. Hook had preached at the parish-
church of Leeds, and canvassed, prior to his appoint-
ment to the vicarage. We know he bad good grounds
for that belief, though, at the same time, we have no
reason now to doubt the truth of the observations made
in the above letter.]