The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-18 00:00:00

The foundation stone of a new church was kid at Beacon
Hill, near Bath, on Monday.
The Duke of Richmond lately offered one hundred guineas
for a ram lamb, which was refused by the breeder.
PROGRESS OF MATHEWISM.—A teetotaller, who was
lately presented with a medal by the apostle of temperance,
was seized last week for selling unlicensed whiskey in the
neighbourhood of Castlecomer.—Dublin Evening Mail.

The Great Western left kingroad, Bristol, on Saturday
afternoon, for New York. Among the passengers she carries
out is Mr. Jaudon, who hats acted, -for the last three years, as
agent in this country for the Bank of the United States.
On Thursday last as some railway workmen were employed
in digging up the road leading from Bathampton to the Old
Ferry they discovered, at about seven feet below the surface,
three skeletons-4wo laid- side by side, and the other placed
at a distance from them of about seven feet. In the breast
of the latter was an iron shot whighing about lilbs.—Bath
Chronicle.

Tin GOODWOOD SatzLn.—The Duke of Orleans has
made a present .to the Paris Jockey Club of the magnificent
silver shield which was the prize won by his Royal Highness's
horse Beggarman at the Goodwood races. It is thirty-two
inches in diameter, weighs more than 450 ounces, and is 500
guineas in value.

On Monday last, an enormous pike, being three feet nine
inches in length, one foot nine inches in circumference, and
weighing 301b5., was taken in the Blenheim Water. This
splendid fish has been presented by the Duke of Marlborough
to the Ashmolean Museum, and will form a striking addition
to the river fishes already in that collection. It is now in
the hands of Mr. Wheeler, of Beaumont Buildings, who will
no doubt, preserve* same with his usual ability.-o.rford
Herald.

BARNSLEY.—The weather during the past week has been
beautifully fine, and the farmers on every side have been very
active in getting together their crops in the best possible
condition. To the south of that place nearly the whole of
the grain has been secured, and• should we be favoured 'with
a few more bright sunny days, the harvest, by the blessing of
Divine Providence, will be quite finished. The Moor Edge
farmers have at times had slight showers, but on Wednesday
morning it fell in torrents.—Leeds Intelligencer.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, a very distressing
accident happened between Wortley and Sheffield. It ap-
pears that on the above day, a respecable farmer in that
neighbourhood, whose name has not reached us, was cutting
a thorn hedge, after which he lit a fire to burn the cuttings ;
going away for a short time, he returned again, and on ob-
serving the flames approaching too near the hedge, as he
imagined, he took up a hay fork, and ran to remove the
thorns, and melancholy to relate, in doing so, there was a
little boy in the way whom he did not observe in the smoke,
and the grains of the fork pierced his head in such a way that
he died shortly after.—Leeds Intelligencer.
BARTON.—The dreary seven o'clock bell, as it is called in
Barton, has again commenced knolling • it is rung between
the hours of seven and eight o'clock, from the entrance of
the first load of barley into the town (or rather Barton field)
until Shrove Tuesday.' It is said that, in times gone by, a
certain old lady lost herself near the town, but found her
bearings by the casual ringing of the church bell, and appro-
priated a piece of land to compensate the parish clerk for the
time being for ringing the bell as above-mentioned ; it is cer-
tain that the clerk holds a fat piece of land on this tenure.—
Hull Times.

COMMODORE CHARLES NAPIER. C. B.—A pension of
£l5O per annum has been granted to Captain Napier for the
following service :—Assisting at the reduction of Martinique ;
attacking and taking a Sicilian convoy off Palinuro; landing
and joining in the military operations at that place ; attack-
ing and taking the port of Sapri. The island of Pot= was
captured under his direction ; he served in North America,
under Sir James Gordon, in the river Potomac, in which
enterprise he was wounded. He was promoted ieutenant,
Nov. 30, 1805 ; commander, Nov. 30, 1807 ; captain, May
2, 1809. Appointed to the Powerful, 80 guns, January 1,
1839.

Amongst the passengers who have just left Havre for New
York, is Mrs. Sutton, the American Prima Donna, who has
returned from Italy. She is accompanied by her husband.
Whilst singing at the opera at Lologna, Mrs. Sutton had the
good fortune to be heard by Rossini, who was so delighted
that, on the following day, he wrote a letter to her, in which
he says—" You are. destined to a most brilliant theatrical
career. Happy is America in having first produced such
talent." Donizetti, who heard her in a private party in
Paris last week, wrote a letter to her, in which he says—" I
am certain that America is weaving for you the crown which
you so well merit."

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A family of the name of
Hartill, residing at Dudley, have for the last two years been
in a state of great despondency, in consequence of their son
William, a boy about 15, leaving home in January, 1838, and
making every inquiry, could hear nothing respecting him,
and concluded some misfortune had befel him, when luckily
last Saturday night his father dreamt he was at a certain
house, about two miles from Wolverhampton ; such was the
impression that he started off on the Sunday morning, and
sctually found him at the precise place he had been dream-
ing of, and brought him home, to the great surprise of
his poor almost heart-broken mother.—Kidderminster
Messenger.

Tus NEW BISHOP ov CHICHESTER.—The father of the
new bishop was the Rev. H. Shuttleworth, vicar of Preston
and also of the parish of Kirkham. Dr. Shuttleworth was
born in Preston, and received the rudiments of hig education
at the Corporation Grammar School, in this town. It used
to be the boast of old Master Shepherd, who taught writing
and arithmetic at this school, that he could count amongst his
scholars an earl, (Derby) a baronet, (Houghton) and a
judge, (Thompson) but never a bishop. Had the old gen-
tleman lived to this day, he would have attained the summit
of his ambition, Dr. Shuttleworth having been amongst the
later class of his pipils,
A resident of Puckington, near Ilminster, hearing.that his
bees were more than commonly noisy, and very busy, watched
their proceeding, when he discovered that they were actively
engaged in killing the drones and throwing them from the
hive. His attention was presently directed to a still more
extraordinary fact, for underneath the stool upon which the
hive rested, he observed a large toad eagerly devouring the
drones as fast as they fell to the ground; when two came
together, the toad placed his paw upon one of them till he
had eaten the other ; and when any time elapsed before one
fell to the ground, he would apparently hearken and look
upwards in eager anticipation of a further supply.—Chard
Union Gazette.
TELE TIILED NunsE.—On Wednesday an inquest was held
in Londen, before Mr.'Wakley, to investigate the circum-
stances attending the death of Margaret Cutler, aged 39, an
inmate of the workhouse of St. James's, Clerkenwell.—Ann

Collins, nurse of 25 ward in the workhouse,_ said, that the

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deceased was an inmate of that ward, and had been so about
four years. She had been ill about a twelvemonth. The
last week she was very poorly.
,She made no complaint, but
on Friday morning, about six oclock, witness found her on
the bed dead, but did not state to any oue that she was dead.
She was not undressed.--Coroner : When did you first give
information that she was dead ?—Witness : On the Saturday
morning, between eight and nine o'clock.—Coroner : 26
hours after she was dead ?—Witness : Yes. I was so fa-
tigued that I did not make a report.—The jury returned a
verdict that the deceased was found dead, but that the cause
of death was unknown. The jury, at the same time, ex-
pressed their disgust at the conduct of the nurse.

INTELLIGENCE OF RUSSELL MAGISTRATES.—The Stock-
port Advertiser contains the following paragraph, elegantly
revealing the estimation in which the acquirement of modern
languages is held by the Russell magistrates of that whig-
ridden borough. One of the magistrates has recently had
the honour of knighthood conferred upon him, and we pre-
sume it is he who gave the direction mentioned in the last
sentence. " On Monday, a Genoese, or Italian, whose name
was given in .as Pietro Picquette, was brought before our
Borough Justices, on a charge of vagrancy. The policeman,
Longson, stated the case, but when the defendant was called
upon for his defence, he spoke his own vernacular. The
Justices looked aghast—none of them had received lessons in
the foreign languages—and none of the old county magistrates
were present. Sergeant Hough was desired to become in-
terpreter; but even his pompous demeanour failed to wring
one single word which the Court could understand, except':
Manchester.' In vain did the Sergeant attempt to hold
intercourse in English with the foreigner, who replying in
Italian, left the officer in a dilemma. Pietro was at once
discharged ; and the policemen were directed not to appre-
hend anybody who could not speak plain English."

HEAR.Nn V. STOWELL.—According to our promise, we
give the evidence of the priests who were exam►ned in this
case in full, and several testimonies from clergymen, who
have been in Ireland, of the fact of such penances being im-
posed. In Ireland similar proofs would be quite unnecessary,
as there is not a day but ocular demonstration can be had
of the fact. Indeed, we need not go farther than five miles
from this city. At St. Shenan's Well, Doonas, those peni-
tential visitors may be seen every day in the year going round
this holy well, performing penance on their bare knees, from
which they rise generally iacerated, according to the extent
of the penance, and having left their votive offering of a piece
of rag, or, snore generally, a wooden bowl, of which there
are hundreds on the spot, they depart. Our English breth-
ren cannot credit such doings, but we can assure them they
are so common in Ireland as not to excite the least surprise
in the spectators. The evidence of father Crooke is as pretty
an illustration of the Romish doctrine of oaths as we have
read for a long time, and as it seems to the people of England
judging by the comments of the English press thereon, to-
tally irreconcilcable with their ideas as to the sanctity of an
oath, we shall probably furnish them in our next with some
extracts from the recognised theological works and canon
laws of the Church of Rome, which have stood good friends
to Father Crooke in his hour of trial.—Limerick Standard

HORRID CASE OF POISONING.—A most suspicious case of
an attempt to poison a whole family took place at Lindley,
near Huddersfield ; the intended victims were Josh. Dyson ;
his wife, and four children : he is a weaver by trade. On the
previous evening the wife was making porridge for the family's
supper, when an old woman of the neighbourhood named
Sarah Morton, who bears the character of a miser, and who
is in the habit of •picking, up every kind of filth which she
carries in her' pockets, and is otherwise of a doubtless cha-
racter, came in, and observing how she was employed, the
wife, Mrs. Dyson, remarked she should be forced to make
porridge again in the morning for breakfast, as she had no
bread baked. On the departure of the old woman, the eldest
boy, a lad of about 11 years of age, observed to his mother
that old Sally had dipt her hand in the meal jar, she being in
the habit of helping herself to any thing at every opportunity ;
the mother, however, took no particular notice at the time,
and on Wednesday morning made the porridge for breakfast,
of which they all partook, and soon after the whole family
were seized with sudden violent illness, which continuing to
increase, medical aid was sent for. The doctor administered
emetics to the whole of them, who, with the exception of the
husband vomited freely, the latter was a considerable time
before he was relieved. The surgeon examined the oven and
found some corrosive sublimate of mercury on the oven plate,
and he took the emetic to examine, which he found to con-
tain the same deadly ingredient; he also took some of the
porridge which had been left, and carried it to Huddersfield
to analyse, and it was likewise found redolent of the same.
The old woman was conveyed to Staniland and her house
searched, but as nothing could be found to substantiate any
charge against her she is now at liberty. The family are in a
fair way of recovery, but we hope a searching inquiry will be
made into this moist mysterious occurrence.—Leeds Intel-
ligencer.
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THE MOCK RECTOR.—At the Oldham petty sessions on
Monday last, (before J. Horden and E. Hibbert, magistrates)
George Crowther, a commercial traveller, was charged with
being drunk, riotous, and disorderly, at the Chorister public
house, Henshaw-street, Oldham. It was stated that in the
forenoon of Monday, he rode his horse into the lobby of the
above public house, and demolished a number of squares of
glass, besides annoying the publican. Mr. Absolom Wrigley.
A short time previously, he had been at the Albion Inn, and
destroyed a number of glasses, he had also been at other
public houses, and gone on in a similar manner. On being
asked what he had to say, the defendant spoke in a rambling
way, and conducted himself as if insane. He several times
spoke of being rector of Middleton, alluded to the part he had
taken about six years ago, in a remarkable case, for which he
was punished, for having in one of his sprees at Middleton,
where he had united a couple under pretence of being rector
of Middleton. He is described as being a well-known tra-
veller for a malting concern at Mirfield, Yorkshire, and was
accompanied in Oldham by a man, who gave his name as
Joseph Dawgill, and who enacted the part of a squire to the
hero. The two adventurous rakes had ridden into the church-
yard at Oldham a few minutes previous. Both were con-
victed in the damages and costs, and required to find two
sureties each in £lO, with 24 hours' notice of bail, not being
able to find bail, they were committed to the Now Bailey.—
Bollon Chronicle.