The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

lom he fears will mutilate what th
—Bath Herald.

Bryntirion, the beautiful seat of Mr. (

Merionethshire, was burnt to the ground on Tuesday morn-
ing last, together with the fine collection of paintings, costly
furniture, and plate, none of which could be saved. The fire
originated from a beam in the chimney becoming ignited.—
Welshman.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—We are
happy to announce, that the ladies of Heaton Norris and
Reddish, appreciating the valuable ministerial services of the
Rev. John Harrison' have presented him with a purse, as a
token of their regard, on his resignation of the duties of St.
Thomas's Chapel.

Reports have been bandied about the papers respecting th
Monmouthshire election. We know for certain that th
Hon. Charles Hanbury Tracey, eldest son of Lord Sudeley
and nephew of Capel Leigh, Esq., and Lord Lieutenant c
the county, will, at the opening of parliament, succeed Mt
Williams without opposition.—Morning Chronicle.•
THE FROST.—The river Ouse is covered with a tine she(
of ice, some_parts of which are of first-rate quality for skr

ting. On Wednesday some excellent sport was
a match at cricket, all the players being in ska
believe another match will be played on Monday,
for a heavy wager between a skater and a runic

yards, the -former giving the latter halt the dis
ford Reformer.

The memorial of the bishop and clergy of the diocese of
Gloucester and Bristol, upon the desecration of the Sabbath,
addressed to the directors of the Great Western Railway,
having received the signatures of the clergy, has been for-
warded to the bishop, to be by him laid before the board of
directors, most respectfully calling their serious consideratiod
to the solemn and urgent appeal thus made to them upon
that important subject.—Hereford Journal.

SCANDALOUS PROCEEDINGS OF AMERICAN MAN
TURERS.—The laceworlers of Nottingham, and other
in the neighbourhood, who have been kidnapped to A
under pretence of high wages, give a dreadful account
frauds practised upon them. Any amount of wages is
to the poor fellow, but they tell him he can only be 1
six months ; he goes working, and fancies he is gaining
tune, but when the pay-day comes the thieving mast
him that he has no money, and he is obliged to b
action in the state courts, and may not get judgmen'
months, during which time he is starving.—Nett,
Journal.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A MASTER OF A SHIT
place at the Victoria Hotel, this •
stances of a most distressing natut
of the brig Isabel, bound froth Laguna to Liverpool
in the harbour of Crookhaven, where she put in fr
of weather, arrived in this city last evening in th
coach, on his way to Liverpool, to report to his own(
proceeded to the Victoria, and soon complained of
He was put to bed, and, notwithstanding prompt a
mitting medical aid, he died this morning. His dis _
a dropsical affection. Captain Cape was much res,
and was himself a part shipowner.—Cork Southeria Reporter
Saturday'.

mornin

DEATH OF MR. T. HlLL.—(Abridged from the lA,.
Gazette.)—On Sunday, after a short illness, at his resid&
in the Adelphi, aged 80 years, died Mr. Thomas Hill
individual intimately known in the literary circles of Lon
For the last half century his connection with the press
its branches, with authors, actors, artists, and pull'
has been familiar and confidential. Originally by
drysalter, Mr. Hill made a valuable collection, o
insomuch that, when misfortune befel his mercant
lations, it was valued at above £sooo—a nolo-
position in life. Though at the at
Mr. Hill would hardly have been suppu.—
until within a very few weeks of his decease he was
and entertaining as he was forty years ago. His own litt
foible of curiosity, which, we believe, caused him to be
for -the portrait of Poole's humourous Paul Pry, o'
amused his laughing friends at his expense, and never in'
a human being. He " happened to know" so many 7
and so many things, that listeners were often jocular
sceptical, upon his statements ; but the real truth w
his information was very considerable. His
affected to conceal, was attenuated to
and a Theodore Hooke, or James Smith, or some other w
would sing or descant upon his adventures in the reign
Queen Anne or Queen Elizabeth.
MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A person of the nay
of Campbell, who was for some time shepherd on the far
of Liaran, and lived with his wife and family in a very trio
place on the hill called Corribbachdidh-nain-Fiadb, being,
expert angler, and close to Lecherrechd-side, he very f
quently, when his pastoral avocations permitted bun, e
ployed his time in fishing on this lake ; and having or
caught a large trout, he received (no unusual thing)
scratch from its teeth, when he was in the act of ext,
the hook from its mouth. Of this he took little notic
h„, ;, „„„„‘, „„f„af „ .„„; his hand began tar"

ivanced age of four

to swell, be hastened home to his wife, and int
every means in their power to stop the blood, im
Baffled and alarmed, the wife proposed, as a
, _ _ fnr the assistar

she started. hi the to
that 5. _... go to the num.-, . --- .
daylight, and, dark
... ••• utile
adniedohfatvhi letgnrizeicleti,v
and
dh
travellediscnc,, concurrence, she
les
through a
td„,-,n, and implored immediate
set
ou t
t,or aid,
her she,
assi
habitation,
having co
dreary bill, ere she arrived at any human habit
fatigued she came to Liaran about
outran the individuals who
the speed of lightning,
returning.
()hue
presented '
loved husband. But, alas 1 what
into when she cast her eyesance. and, with
her arrival,
earth lying pale in the
less children crying .
eryt
fl hick
flee, to her I
upon the sad spectacle which,
must have been her fe
itself--the object dearest to her
arms of death, and her young fath
ng around him.—Perth Courier.

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