The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

AN IDIOT FROZEN TO DEATH.--On Wednesday morn-
; a poor creature named Charles Chittick. living at

Freckenham,

;earched for

Suffolk, being missed from his :house-was
It appears he left the house the previous
His shirt and nightcap were left on

)out eleven

the pillow of his bed, covered over with his clothes. An
aunt was called, and a further search was made every-
where they could think of, but without effect. It was

dark and freezing sharp. His day clothes lay ode
of his bed. Information was immediately conveyed to
the neighbours, and about eight o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing the poor fellow was found in a meadow_lying flat on

his back, entirely naked, and quite dead. His eyes were
open, and he was dirty, as if he had been through water.
The spot where he was found was about 200 yards off his
cottage, and the river was nearer the cottage than the
place where he was found.
THE NEW POOR LAW AT WHITCHURCIL—An unfor-
tunate 'instance has occurred in this place of the great

Law. A respectable woman names Laws, was suffering
under diseased lungs, her three children being at the same
time sick with the measles. On Monday she was ordered
by the parish surgeon to keep her bed, and her husband
was desired to apply for a nurse to the board of guardians.
On Tuesday, he was, however, stepped in linzine by Mr.
Penfold, at once relieving-officer, doorkeeper, and master

. .
of the workhouse, who 'fold him that the application not
having been made on Saturday (according to rule), could
not now be heard ! The event was, that the woman died
on Friday, and the eldest child on Tuesday, and the
broken-hearted husband is left aT witness to the sad fact

that if obstinate paupers will be taken ill on days unauthor-
ized by the Poor Law Guardians, they must die without
pity !—Hampshire Advertiser.

Between the hours of three and
a fire was discovered at the

EXTENSIVE FIRI
four on Thursday afternoon

Irongate Wharf,- contiguous to the Tower of London and
St. Katherine's Docks. To such an extent did the fire
rage within a few minutes after its first appearance, that a

the (Vas were on fir

The premi;es destrOyed are at least 200 feet in length, and
nearly 100 feet in depth. The warehouses were filled
with articles of merchandise of every description, princi-

A great many walls tell out, but no one was in the
slightest degree hurt. All the property in the warehouses
was totally destroyed. The damage, it is feared, was
much larger than was first expected. £200,000, it is said,
will not cover the loss. It was feared at one time that
the whole of the St. Katherine's Dock warehouses would
have been destroyed, but by the exertions of the firemen
they escaped. Two vessels, the Busy, .of Bridport, and
the Hawk, of Montrose, were also destroyed.

At a
Wednesdnaleye,tin(LgoorfdtlAiesilmeealth yproefsiTdeodws s
Dr. Association,Southwood
Smith laid before the meeting a correspondence between
himself and Mr. Daniel Smith, a surgeon of Minchen-
hampton, developing the cause of an epidemic fever which

had recently ravaged that town

In 1844, many cases of

..v.. ut,Lu-reu, flaying a uniform typhoid character.
There were fewer in 1845 ; but within the last two months
there have been upwards of. 150, causing the greatest

consternation among the residents: In 1813, the church,
about 500 years old, was rebuilt ; a great portion of the
church-yard was lowered and removed, many bodies being
,-interred. An immense quantity of the earth was used
land close to the town ; but a large
'OO loads) remains within fifty

as manure on pasta
bank of it (estimated at

yards of the town. Some of the earth ;;;;;ed was of a ii.'
exceedingly dark colour.
hthaevefever. The street and rectory, both
adjoining this mound, first suffered from the ravages of
Ignorance
theth
itsaanntast,orayndmaatmterngapthpeemars
rector, from connecting, the visitation with the presence
of the noxious earth; indeed, the town is split into two
preventedlgl the inhabitants,
parties on the question.

ANECDOTE OF A DoG.—A few years ago, in the shire
of Edinburgh, a splendid Newfoundland dog might have
been seen every day visiting every pond or brook in the
neighbourhood of his master's residence. It had been
instrumental more than once in saving persons from a
grievous death in the waters. He was respected for his

magnanimity, and caressed for his amiable qualities, till,
strange as it may be considered, this flattery completely
turned his head. Saving of life from drowning became a
passion. He took to it as humanity takes to dram-drink-
ing. Not having sufficient scope for the exercise of his
diseased benevolence in the district, he took to a very
questionable method of supplying the deficiency.
ever he found a child on the brink of a water, he wa

When-

patiently for the opportunity, he placed his forepaws sud
denly on its person, and plunged it in before it was aware

Now all this was hone for the mere purpose of fetching
them out again. He appeared to find intense pleasure in
this nonsensical sort of work. At last the outcry became
so great by parents alarmed for their children, although
no life was ever lost by the indulgence of such a singular
taste, that the poor dog was reluctantly destroyed. We

saw a fine pair of boots which was manufactured from his
skin.—Glasgow Chronicle.

THE IRON TRADE.—Great activity has prevailed during
the past two or three weeks, in the iron trade, in South
Staffordshire : many large contracts have been taken, and
others as extensive are now under consideration : much is
said of the unusual scarcity of ironstone, and very high
prices are realised—while coals are a still more difficult
article to obtain. Notwithstanding this-state of things, a
great discrepancy exists as to prices ; a large Welsh house
has tendered to the South Staffordshire Company; to de-
liver at one of the Grand Junction stations, rails at
£lO 2s. 6d. per ton ; while a Staffordshire house has
found it to their interest to violate the rates agreed upon

at the previous quarterly meeting, and who have supplied
rails at £9 18s. 6d., and chairs at £6'lBs. 6d. per ton.
Some speculation is entertained as to the decision which

.y meeting ;

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masters will not make any addition to present prices.
fisoi generallyrailway
The advance on coals at the pit's mouth is ls. per ton.
Upon the whole, there appears every probability that the
price of iron for the next three months will remain firm ;
and that, notwithstanding the demand is considerably
above the supply, every effort will be made to execute
present railway orders at existing rate-s.—Mining