The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-26 00:00:00

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DECISION IN FAVOUR OF THE MANCHEST
—The Judges sat in the Court of Exchequer Chamber on

:iful mansion at Wynyard, the seat of the Most Noble
larcinis of Londonderry. The writer of this letter has-

ne of the

past one o'clock this tnornir

•e, and arrived there about half-
ng. The conservatory, and a large
3, were then in flames. He en-

portion of e

iieavoured to a

Main on the spot, as well as he could in the

Ouch naturally occurred, how th
but all that he could learn wa
s. Edgar, and two female serval

ccuient had
hat the house-
, in the absence

of the famil

'as out about

t ten o'clock last night,

-watch.
t that time nothing had occurred to attract his atten-

ling to join another watcher, at a

in which some ca

hapel, which had not been finished, but
ers had been recently employed. The
;onservatory, and is heated by means

chapel is c

from the overheating of whic

it is supposed the

Though t

are on!

made known to t

s of Wolv

ston, about a mile and

a half from the no

with all po

le despatch

at Stockton, when many individuals hastened with three lire

all that human aid could do in

ing the destructi.

the country

ye the rapid destruction of th

and rarest

:d many of them, the

followed in Other parts.

ever his

BAPTISM 0:

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ly sympathise with his is

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ship's apartments, ineind

I, have been" preserved

everal individuals, particularly of from Stockton, who
ht be named, nearly the whole of his lordship's paintings,
a great portion of the

books,

and fittings up of the several apartments, though' injured, of
course, have been secured. The nintp

;ether saved

loss sustained by this melancholyevent cannot

Id venture to suit

of thri

thousand potind; was

It is not known whether the pro-
)rdship is still abroad. It is to be

are now

perty was insured. lii
regretted that suit

nes were

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ers in th

;es, and there wanted some e pers

every mornin,

the engines will no doubt

of danger is removed

your obedient servant,

Lord Seaham, e

on of the Marquis_ of Londonderr

Le earldom-

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CHARTER

_ , to give judgment in the case of the rival coroners
of Manchester, Messrs. Rutter and Chapman. The majority
of the judges, namely, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and
Judges Bosanquet, Pattison, and Coltman, gave judgment in
favour of the charter, whilst Lord Denman and Mr. Justice
Williams gave their opinion against it. Mr. Justice Cole-
ridge thought that, although the charter was valid, yet the
charge of the judge at nisi prius was erroneous, as to the
manner in which he had left to the jury the question relative
to the sufficiency of the petition upon which the charter was
granted, and, therefore, there should be a venire de novo. The
in the house ; that one of his lordship's I majority of
..the judges being in favour of the charter, its va-
.

CHIMNEY SWEEPS.—A benevolent Cornish clergyman of
the name of Heat, resident at Bath, has issued a prospectus

for a society to provide Church of England education for the
young chimney sweeps of that city ; and to facilitate the
gradual absorption into other branches of honest industry of
such of them as will be thrown out of their actual employ by
" The Climbing Boys' Act," which comes into operation in

some two dozen of
boys in Bah for whose case Mr. Hext's subscrip-
nrnvid

tion may proviue, we cannot notice the design without having
our attention directed to all the numerous body in this class
scattered over the metropolis, and, generally, throughout
J What is to become of them, unfit as they are
oecupation? Are: they to starve or be driven into
S'urely this example at Bath deserves to be well con-

Dn Sunday evening an inte-
Is performed at the Episcopal

• •
Jews Chapel, Bethnal Green, on the occasion of the baptism
of four converted Jews, according to the rites of the Church
of England. The solemn ordinance was administered by
the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, the chaplain, and the converts,
who had been some time under religious and catechetical in-
struction, were a Pole, a Dutchman, a German, and an
Englishman, of the several ages of 44, 33, 30, and 23. The
chapel was crowded to excess, and the solemn ceremony,
which was administered just after the conclusion of the se
cond lesson, was witnessed by upwards of 50 strange
who visited the chapel on this occasion for the first time

impressive sermon was afterwards delivered by the chaplain
from 31st Jeremiah, and 31st to 34th verse. The inquirers
?ery numerous, and many attend the service of the
liturgy, which is read every Sunday afternoon.

v language are also read in the chapel,
the week, at seven o'clock, which are

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT'AND LOSS OF LIFE.—On Wed-
nesday, the 10th instant, a very melancholy accident occurred
in this quarter, which has deeply affected all the inhabitants.
Upon that day Mr. John M`Laren, vender of fishing tackle,
Crieff, and a boy of his, about eleven years of age, went to
fish upon the river Earn, west of Strowan. It would appear
• I_ I_ I I . • • •

that the boy had gone to slide upon a small pond near by the
Earn, which was partly frozen at the time, had fallen into
the water and was drowned. No person being present when
the accident took place, it is supposed that the boy's father,
seeing him in the act of drowning, had attempted to save
him, and when doing so the ice had broken and he was carried

by the water in below the ice, when he also was drowned.
Both bodies were found, and conveyed home on the afternoon
of the same day. M`Laren was a quiet inoffensive man, and
he has left a widow and three children to mourn over the sad
event.—Perth Courier.

N few days ago the

ging to

gham and Gloucester Railway Company,-at-the
e station, perceived a waggon laden with quarry-
coming down the incline at such a frightful rate that
they had hardly time to consider what they had better do
under the circumstances, before it dashed past them at the
rate of nearly 100 miles per hour. They would probably
have had time enough to overturn the vehicle, brit wisely de-
termined to let it pursue its wild ca eer, for fear that they
should not have time to clear the line before the Birmingham
train (which was nearly due) arrived, and which might have
led to the most dreadful consequences. Fortunately the
waggon was seen by some parties on the line, about three
miles beyond Bromsgrove ; and they hastily procured a num-
- - :otches (thick pieces of wood), and laid them, at short
s, upon the rails. The last scotch had scarcely been
laid before the vehicle was upon the first ; and so little was
its speed checked by the obstruction, that it seemed as if it
would pass them all. However, after running over several,
it at length stopped without overturning, and without caus-
ing the slightest accident. It seems that the waggon was
standing just above the top of the incline, and that either a
carriage or engine slightly touched it, when, having passed
the level, it dashed off at the rate we have described. We
trust that this occurrence will act as a caution to contractors
not to leave waggons in such situations in future ; for had
this occurrence happened in the night, it is impossible to say
what damage might have ensued.—Worcester Chronicle.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.—The Limerick Standard
gives the following details of an atrocious attempt to assas-
sinate a young gentleman returning to his home on the even-
ing of last Sunday :—" As Mr. Anselm E. Taylor, jun., of
Woodcliffe, in this county, was returning home from Kil-
dimo, about half-past eight o'clock on Sunday evening last,
he was fired at by some cowardly ruffian, but fortunately
without effect, from inside the wall of the mail-coach line of
road, about one or two miles west of Askeaton ; his horse
shied at the flash, and went off in a gallop. On arriving at
the Robertstown police station he called on that active officer,
Constable Gubbins, who at once dispatched an escort with
Mr. Taylor to his residence. On the following morning
search was made, and the ball was found in the cushion of
the jaunting-car. Fortunately Mr. Taylor was sitting on the
opposite side whence the shot came, and the foot-board of
the car was turned up on the other through which the ball
first entered, and then lodged in the hair of the cushion. So
premeditated was the aim, that but for these circumstances
he would most certainly have been shot. The only reason
which can be assigned for this daring attempt on his life is,
that Mr. Taylor stopped for a short time that day at the
house of Mr. Sheehy (who was lately attacked), and thence
proceeded homeward, and it might be that he was mistaken
for some of the functionaries who were expected to attend an
investigation about to be held there into that outrage.
A MAN CHOKED WITH A PIECE OF BEEFt—An inquest
was held before Mr. Chapman, the borough coroner, on
Tuesday week, on the body of James Knott, a jobber in a
factory, lately living in Spittal-street, who came to his death
under the following rather extraordinary circumstances :
Ann Knott, the deceased's wife, stated that, on Sunday even-
ing, the deceased was eating some boiled beef and bread for
supper, when he suddenly lifted up both his hands, and ap-
peared to be choking. He rose up, and went towards the
door, followed by two of her sons, who hit him on the back
to enable him to recover himself. Her son Robert fetched
a doctor, and witness fainted away, and when she came to
ler senses again, two surgeons were standing over the de-
ho, they said, was dead.—James Knott, son of the
stated, that he went for a surgeon, and on his re-
urn found that Mr. Walker, who had been sent for by ano-
as in'the house. He pulled a piece of beef out
l's throat with an instrument, and said he was
e had been there a little earlier, he might have
meat was about an inch square, and seemed

to be too large for any one to swallow. Witness and h
brother had been joking with the deceased, and he had
hearty fit of laughter while the meat was in his mouth. Th
jury returned a verdict that the deceased was accidental]
choked. The deceased was 56 years of age, and has left
wife and seven children.

FIRE IN PRESTON CHURCH, NEAR .BRIGIITON.-0;
Sunday afternoon the little village of Preston, which is o
the London road, within a short ride of Brighton, was throw]

rrnin consequence of a fire

„ace during the performance of Di-
nefirst discovery of the fire was made by a
young man, who was accidently passing along the road, and
perceived a quantity of smoke issuing from the roof, with a
strong smell of burning wood, and almost immediately after
some flames issued forth. He immediately entered the
church, where the rev. gentleman who was officiating, was
proceeding with the service. Fearful of the consequences of
alarming the congregation and occasioning a sudden rush,
he made his way to the clerk and communicated the fact,
which was made known to the clergyman, who was pro-
ceeding to inform the congregation, entreating them not to
be needlessly alarmed and increase the danger, when the cv
” the church is on fire !" was raised on the outside,
alarm instantaneously became general, each person
tiring to get out as speedily as possible. During the
,nutes which had transpired from the time of the dis-
;y, a great number of persons congregated on the spot,
angst whom were many of the railway labourers, who, im-
.ediately they perceived the nature of the danger, ran to the
works which are close by and procured ladders, axes, &c.,
and speedily got on to the roof, under which it was ascer-
tained the fire was raging, and which burst forth with great
fury when they had succeeded in pulling off some of the tiling.
They then quickly organised themselves, and havinc, procured
buckets, conveyed water from the various wells and ponds ad-
jacent, pouring it on the burning rafters, and keeping the
flames in check. Messengers, who had been despatched to
speedily returned with the engines, when the
were extinguished, mainly by the exertions of the la-
bflßoaruringreehsrtsonnd others, who were indefatigable. On examining
the interior of the building after the alarm had in some de-
gree subsided, it appeared most probable that the fire had
originated in the bursting of the flue of the stove by which
he church is warmed, and which goes up through the ceiling
,d the roof, which is formed of arched timber, and must, to
cn strong a hold of the massive beams, been burn-
:Aprable time before the fire was discoverd.
TT SIR ASTLEY COOPER.—Just
Astiey was seized with his last illness, a wealthy
+ who resided in the neighbourhood of Engle-
ela-green, near Windsor, and lately retired from business,
ailed upon him in Ccinduit-street to consult with him upon
he state of his health. It happened that the patient was
lot only extremely fond of the good things of this world but
,hat he indulged in high living to a great excess. This was
soon discovered by Sir Astley, who thus addressed Mr. --;
" You are a merchant, sir, and therefore must possess an
extensive knowledge of trade, but did you ever know of an
instance in which the imports exceeded the exports that
there was not a glut in the market? That's the case with
you, sir ; take more physic and eat less." The gentleman
took the hint; and he has since declared that Sir Astley's
knowledge of the " first principles of commerce" and the
mode of giving
his advice, rendering it clear to the meanest
capacity," has not only enabled him to enjoy good health
"
ever since, but has probably prolonged his life for many
years,