The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

A scientific gentleman has lately patented a candle, -v

le without a

A wick is, however, supplied, being fixed to a.rod,

which is moved up and down, and through the centre of the
composition, by the aid of a common spring lamp. Several
lectures have been delivered at the Polytechnic Institution,
upon the advantages, as a means of combustion, which this
discovery embraces. It is termed the Soho lamp, and is now
exhibiting on the east side of the square of that name. The
light it affords is of great power and volume.—Dublin States-
man.

SIR. W. FOLLETT.—The present circuits promise to yield
an abundant harvest to this distinguished lawyer, he having
received no less.than six special retainers in the Lent assizes
—namely, at Liverpool, Lincoln, Chelmsford, Swansea,
Exeter, and Taunton. The result of his exertions at Liver-
pool is no doubt very anxiously anticipated, he being leading
counsel for the plaintiffs in the Heatley property cause ; and
we are quite sure that if the most transcendant legal talents
may be exercised in a manner that might secure a verdict,
the case that is entrusted to Sir W. Follett will run no risk
of failure.

'THE ASSIZES.—In the course of the afternoon of Wed-
nesday last, the whole of the 90 causes entered for trial in
the Ist or West Riding List were disposed of, and at the
rising of the court on Thursday evening, there were only a
dozen of the 25 causes in the 2nd or North and East Riding
List remaining to he tried. At the Crown end, although
great efforts have been made to get through the business by
the holding of subsidiary Courts and otherwise, there re-
mained on Thursday evening not less than half-a-dozen
cases for trial, of which were the long cases of the Barnsley
murder, and of Peter Foden for riot and sedition, each of
which was expected to occupy something like a day. The
general expectation, however, was that the business in both
Courts would be got through to-day.—Leeds Intelligencer.

UNGRATEFUL THIEF.—On Wednesday a woman fell from
the north quay at the Bromielaw, and, while struggling in
the water, a sailor gallantly sprung from the side of a boat
ann got her out in safety. The heroic act was followed up
by a generous offer on the part of the tar to take the woman
home to his house in Oswald-street, in order that she might
have her clothes dried, which was readily accepted. On ar-
riving at the house in question, the rescued fair one had her
dripping clothes exchanged fora much better dress belonging
to the wife of her preserver ; but before the drying operation
could be completed, she found an opportunity, while dallying
with the sailor's child at the door, to make off with the suit
with which she was accommodated, and has not since been
heard of.—Scottish Standard.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM A RAILWAY
On Monday last, as a police-officer wszs taking
a Halifax to Wakefield House of Correction,
id Leeds Railway carriages, one of them,

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as he was in great pain from the pressure on his

plied with; and the man no sooner felt himself liberated,
than he leaped out of the carriage, although the train was
then going at full speed. An alarm being given, the engine
was stopped and put back, and the poor wretch was found
with his skull fractured, and both his legs broken. He was
taken up into the train again, and conveyed from the railway
station on a board to the House of Correction.—Leeds paper.
AMERICAN POLITENESS.—(From a Correspondent.)—
Just before I left America I was at Washington, and hap-
pened to be at the foot of the steps by the Senate House. I
saw our minister, Mr. Fox, about to ascend them, when he
was accosted by a half-drunken Yankee in these words :
" What do you do here, sir ? I guess you're one of the Bri-
yhom we are going to turn out of the country ; so

MR. WLEOO.—We confess we do not like to see a case,
involving a gross and most dangerous violation of the law of
nations, argued like a common charge of felony, on the low
ground of an alibi. What matters it to the authority and
dignity of the British crown, thus outraged and insulted in
the person of its subject, whether M' Leod was preseq at the
burning of the pirate vessel the Caroline or not? The charge
against him is, that he was there; and the insult to Great
Britain consists in the American authorities confirming to
keep him as a prisoner, and to try him for his life, notwith-
standing the declaration of our government that the burning
of the Caroline was an act done under its own authority.
The result of the trial has nothing to do with the merits of
the case, as between our government and that of America.
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE PROM THE CITY PnlSODl.—Tyler. That there should be a trial at all is the wrong and outrage
the young man who was sentenced at our late assizes to 15 for which Great Britain has a right to demand satisfaction.
transportation, for a burglary, and who was in the That the buccaneering " sympathisers" of the state of New
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be off." And, suiting-the-action to OW Word, the fellow
took hold of the collar of Mr. Fox's coat, who desired him
to desist, or he would find he had got an awkward customer
to manage. But this warning being of no avail, our minister
gave his assailant a regular Mendoza hit, which sent him
sprawling down the steps. A crowd, of course, assembled,
among whom were several American officials; and the latter
instantly took Mr. Fox into the office of the Secretary of
State, where, as well as in public, great pains have been taken
to hush up ct matter so discreditable to American manners.

awtat ior his removal, made an attemp,
to get out of his irksome confinement on Sunday night last.
On the following morning, Mr. Griffiths, the governor, went
round to examine the cells, according to his usual custom,
when he found in the prisoner's cell the brick-work loosened
to a considerable extent; the prisoner, upon being ques-
tioned, acknowledged that he had laid a scheme to make his
exit from the prison, by first removing the bricks by means
of a small knife • be had then intended to make his way to
the boundary wall, and to get over by tying his blankets to-
gethei, with a brick appended ; his knife, however becoming
useless before he cuuld make a hole in the wall, the plan was
frustrated. He is now in irons.—Worcester Journal.
THE CATHEDRAL AND PALACE AT HEREFORD.—It has
been already stated that the Lady Chapel (a beautiful speci-
men of nglish architecture) in this time-honoured edifice,
is about to be restored ; and in addition to this, the process
of removing the odious plaster and whitewash from the
massy columns in the nave of the cathedral is proceeding.
The richly-variegated stone of which they are composed is
thus brought to light, and the appearance of the whole is
much lighter and more elegant. Another great improvement
will be effected by the repair or rebuilding of the Bishop's
Palace, wi-0-1- • With these alterations,

cork have received the most direct encouragement in their
outrageous proceedings in the American congress, is a la-
mentable fact ; nor can there be any doubt that nothing but
the most energetic conduct, on the part of our government,
can prevent the intended murder!--Morning Herald.
DUDLEY.—Last week, Jonah Child, the celebrated portrait
painter, died, aged 69. He was a very singular character;
he had his coffin made 16 years ago, and used it as a book-
case.

UN ENFANT TEaRIBLE.—A trayelling pedlar with his
pack arrived, a short time ago, et Aubencbeul-an-Bois, not
far from Cambria, and, entering the only public-house, de-
manded his supper and a bed. The house being full, the
latter could not be afforded him, but an_ inhabitant of the
village, who was present, offered him one in his own cottage.
The poor man gladly accepted it, and being fatigued by his
day's journey retired, and was soon sound asleep, with his
pack by his side. The villager had at first no evil intentions,
but overcome by the demoniacal instigations of his wife, he
in the middle of the night, got up, beat out the brains of his
sleeping guest, and threw the body into a marl-pit, at the
bottom of which was a quantity of water. The. pack was
then opened, and its contents, consisting chiefly of hosiery,
were divided among the family. Next morning the child of
the murderers, who was very young, appeared with a pair of
new stockings, which excited the envious inquiries of its play-
mates. The child, in the simplicity of its age, told them that
they were found in the pack of a man whom its father had
killed in the night ; but the story was so improbable that no
one believed it, till some days afterwards, the wife of the
pedlar not having heard from him traced him to the village,
and came in search of him. The magistrate was called in,
the child examined, the marl-pit sounded, the body of the
murdered pedlar discovered, and the murderer and his wife
arrested.—Galignanex Messenger.

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gaol, work seen likely to be plentiful this summer ; and if we
take, in conjunction with this fact, the recent establishment
of a society for aiding the industrious, it seems not impro-
bable that our neighbours of Hereford will enjoy the dis-
tinction of not having an able-bodied pauper among them.—
Worcester Journal.

HYDROPHOBIA AT WESTBROMWICH.—A poor man named
Stanley, recently died from this horrible malady, after three
days' illness. The puor fellow stated that he had not been
bitten by any dog since about seven years ago ; but it is sup-
posed he must have been slightly bitten several times since,
as he had a habit of fighting with dogs in sport. A gentle-
man who saw him on the day of his death states that the
paroxysms were dreadful, but the sufferer was perfectly sane
and composed in the intervals between the fits. The post
mortem appearances were increased by vascularity of the
brain, with softening of the cerebellum, and a very consider-
able softening of the upper portion of the spinal marrow. We
understand that Messrs. Chance, the deceased's late em-
ployers, have kindly furnished the widow and children with
employment. There are seven of the latter.— Warwick Ad-
vertiser.

CAUTION.—BREAKING OPEN WAREHOUSES AND IRON
SAFES.—During the night of Thursday last one or two very
determined attempts to get at the contents of safes in well-
secured warehouses, were made, but fortunately with but
small booty, though in all other respects the efforts were most
completely successful. In one instance the thieves appear to
have shown all the dexterity and skill of practised cracksmen.
Some time between the hour of eight o'clock on Thursday
night, and the same hour on Friday morning, the thieves
effected an entrance into the counting-house of Messrs. Peel,
Williams, and Peel, ironfounders, 17, Pall Mall, by unlocking
or picking the padlock on the outer door, and also opening
the fixed lock on the door, doubtless with a key with which
they had provided themselves for the purpose, for they again
locked the door inside, leaving the key in the lock. They do
not seem to have sought for any booty in these premises ;
hut, having forced their way thence into the adjoining ware-
house of Messrs. Rostron Brothers, they dragged the iron
safe from its stand into an adjoining room, and having care-
fully wrapped it round with fustian pieces, and padded it, so
as to deaden the sound, they proceeded to break it in pieces
with a large sledge hammer; but though in this they suc-
ceeded, they were disappointed by finding that all the cash
had been removed. The thieves appear to have quitted the
premises without making any further attempts, or taking any
property away with them. They made their egress by a door
into Pall Mall (not the principal one) which was locked and
barred inside, and which they left unfastened. They also left
behind them their implements, consisting of two crow-bars,
and a very large sledge hammer. In all probability this was
the second attempt of the kind made during the same night
by the same parties ; for we understand that the warehouse
of Mr. John Hall, iron merchant, 64, Port-street, was also
broken into, and the iron safe broken, apparently by similar
means; but here, too, the booty of the thieves was very in-
considerable. As no ordinary safe can be secure against such
attempts, it behoves all who are in the habit of relying per-
haps too much upon the security of these boxes, to be careful
to leave as little cash in as possible.—Manchester Guardian.

ACCIDENT ON THE BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—
An inquest was held at Chorley, on yesterday se'nnight, be-
fore Mr. Palmer, coroner, on the body of a man named John
Tyson, 33 years of age, who was employed as an engineer on
the Bolton and Preston Railway, now forming at Chorley.
Peter Crosby, labourer, was examined, and he stated that
himself, the deceased, and two others, were engaged, on
Tuesday afternoon, the 9th instant, in heaving on the drum
of the machine, the rope connected with which was fastened
to a balk of timber laid against another piece, and when the
balk was lifted up, it overbalanced, and they were not able to
prevent it from falling upon the deceased, by which it threw
him into the cog-wheel, the engine being going at the same
time. The right thigh of deceased was broken, and he was
otherwise crushed. After he was got out he was taken to
his sister's house, in Chorley, and Mr. Pollard, surgeon,
promptly attended to him, and gave him all the assistance in
his power, but the deceased only continued to survive until
the following day, and then died. He was in perfect good
health before the accident happened, and witness had no
doubt that his death was caused by the injuries he then re-
ceived. David Williamson, another labourer employed on
the line, and one of the four engaged in raising the timber,
corroborated the evidence given by the former witness. The
jury then gave a short deliberation to the statements of the
witnesses, and afterwards returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."

THE WEATHER.—Despite of poor Murphy's wager, that
the Thames would be frozen sufficiently to bear hackney-
coaches by the Ist of March, and in defiance of Dr. Burney's
meteorological threats respecting the intensity of the cold in
this month, the warmth of the sun's rays has been unusually
fervent for so early a period of the year. The weather during
the past fortnight has been of an extraordinary kind, for by
night we have had the fogs of November, while the day has
abundant promise of Nature's continued
av,inhgedgerows, woods, gardens, and the planted
been metamorphosed into June. Everything is now budding
" 0, how delightful is the bursting spring,
fieldsbt boruthn tdr egei
When the warm blood leaps nimbly through the veins,
and with the budding forth and blossoming
Of fields and groves, methinks the soul attains
Fresh life and greenness, wantons in the breeze,
Sings with the birds, and with the waving trees
Dances in unison."
We have, however, heard fears expressed that the month of
March is this year rather too precocious, and that the plants
and fruit-trees (many of which are now in the thickest bloom)
will fall victims to the biting frosts which are not unreason-
ably to be expected in this and the ensuing month. But why
should we anticipate evil? It is always the wisest policy to
look on the bright side, to enjoy the present moment, and be
grateful for the blessing. The wheat is at present everywhere
looking in excellent health, and the agricultural operations of
laying manures on the land, &c., have been highly favoured
by that boon to the farmer—a dry March. To-day, however
(Wednesday), we have had an instalment of April weather,
in fleeting and warm showers. —Berrow'a Worcester Journal.