The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

UNSEEMLY DISTURBANCES ABOUT A CHAPEL.—The
trustees and congregation of an Independent Chapel at
Tockholes, near Blackburn, are divided in opinion as to
who shall be their future minister, their late minister
having recently died. A minister from Yorkshire having
been installed into the chapel by one part of the congre-
gation against the wishes of another portion, the " oppo-
sition" got the keys of the chapel by
stratagem, and, after
locking the door and gates, impounded the keys. This
enraged the other party ; and last Sunday morning they
proceeded to the chapel in a body, armed with hammers
and chisels, and broke open the gates and doors. After
having effected an entrance, they fetched the minister, and
a late service was gone through. A. large crowd had
gathered around the building, and some policemen were
present.

SHOCKING DEATH.--A woman named Mary Bocock,
aged 47 years, met with a shocking death at Salford, Man-
chester, on Saturday night week. About eleven o'clock
she was discovered by a fellow-lodger in the house where
she and her husband lived, in Back Cook-street, burnt
almost to a cinder in her bed. Her husband was in bed
by her side, and when awoke escaped without injury. He
states that he went to bed during the day in a state of in-
toxication, and his wife awoke him about ten o'clock at
night to eat his supper, which having done, he fell asleep.
At that time his wife was sitting by the fireside smoking
a pipe, and he supposes that she had fallen asleep with
the pipe in her hand and had set fire to her clothes, and
that, awaking when her clothes were on fire, she had
thrown herself on the bed, and thus communicated the
flames to the bedclothes.
ANNUAL COUNTY SESSIONS.—These sessions were held
by adjournment at Preston on Wednesday,—T. B. Addi-
son, Esq., in the chair.—All the assessments were granted,
except one of £2;350 for the Rainhill Lunatic Asylum.
In the case of a dispute between the guardians and the
county authorities, as to who should pay for the inter-
ment of a body found on the shore at North Meols, the
county treasurer was ordered to defend.—Six additional
constables were appointed for Warrington.—A motion
that the county treasurer be directed to apply to the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for the payment of
the sum of £53 75. 6d., part of the expenses incurred
during the sitting of the court of the duchy on the Ram-
shay inquiry, was carried by 24 to 23. It had been paid
under an order of two justices, but disallowed at the last
sessions.—Additional police accommodation was ordered
to be erected at Kirkdale.
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO.—A me-
morial has been transmitted by the Manchester Commer-
cial Association to Lord John Russell, as foreign secretary,
praying his lordship to take steps to restore the trade
between Great Britain and Morocco to a footing more
consistent with the interests of both countries. The
memorialists complain that " the trade between Great
Britain and Morocco, although formerly considerable, and
still capable of being largely extended, has of late been
subjected to repeated discouragements by the injudicious
and (as the memorialists are led to believe) unwarrant-
able course pursued by His Majesty the Emperor of that
country. That the sudden, frequent, and arbitrary
changes made by His Majesty in the nature and amounts
of import duties, and the continued extension of a system
of monopoly, affecting almost every article of large con-
sumption, threaten the annihilation of our commerce with
Morocco at no distant period."
DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO UPSET A RAILWAY TRAIN.
—On Thursday last, one of those diabolical acts, which,
to the honour of human nature, we have only seldom to
record, took place on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin.
colnshire Railway. It appears that about noon on that
day, four wooden sleepers were placed upon the down
'urve a little on the Manchester side of the
Most providentially a luggage train
from the direction of Sheffield, and
:ceding very rapidly when it came in contact
apers no serious injury was sustained by the
her, and but little damage done to the engine
Had the miscreant placed the sleepers
toe line after the passage of the goods train, a
terrific smash, and probably a great loss of life would have
resulted, for the next train was the express from Sheffield
to Manchester, due at Woodhead at five minutes after
one, and as the line for some miles about that point has a
considerable fall, the train would no doubt have been pro-
ceeding at a rapid rate. It is said that a man was seen to
come from the railway by the flat girder bridge near the
spot where the sleepers were placed, a few minutes before
the arrival of the goods train. The company has offered
a reward of £5O upon conviction.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thurs.
day, C. Turner, Esq., M.P., in the chair, it was agreed,
after some discussion, to hold a special meeting of the
committee, in consequence of the resolution of the coun-
cil of Wednesday vetoing a decision of the committee, by
which the works at the Wapping dock are to be executed
by the dock surveyor.—The tender of Messrs. Jones and
Jump, to supply sidings to the sheds at the Nelson dock,
was accepted.—Mr. Evans complained of the chairman o f the
sub-committee preventing members from properly inform.
ing themselves upon subjects that were brought forward.--
A letter from the British Refining Company, withdrawing
a tender (in consequence of a rise in the price of oil) to
supply 3000 gallons of olive oil for the light-houses, was
referred to the marine committee for consideration, the
general committee not being fully satisfied that it could
be legally withdrawn.—A gratuity of 10s. each was order.
ed to be paid to the crew, and 15s. to the master of the
Point of Ayr life-boat, for the assistance rendered to the
ship Alexander Johnson, during the late gales.—A letter
from Messrs. M'lver, applying for berths in one of the
north graving docks for their vessels, was referred to the
harbour masters committee.—The committee declined to
comply with an application made by Thomas Chapman,
lessee of the landing-stage refreshment rooms, to be
allowed to supply brandy.—A letter from Brown, Shipley
and Co., calling attention to the inconvenience they suffer
from the want of proper shed accommodation for their
vessels at the Huskisson dock, was referred to the com-
mittee of works. Mr. R. Gladstone was appointed on
the sub-committees to which Mr. Dover, the retiring
member, belonged.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held
on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Lanesdale in the chair. In
addition to his usual reports, Mr. Fresh, the inspector of
nuisances, reported the particulars of a sanatory exami.
nation of 947 court-houses, 187 lodging-houses, and 2,936
cellars, formerly cleared of inmates, in the lower part of
the town. The medical officer reported that, in conse-
quence probably of the frequent and rapid changes of
temperature during the last week, there bad been a con-
siderable increase in the mortality of the borough, which
was greater than in any week of the three months pre-
ceding. The deaths were 2©2; being 36 more than in the
previous week, but 33 less than in the corresponding
week, on an average, of the five
preceding ears. The
principal increase bad been in disease of the luyngs, which
caused 87 deaths, against 67 in the previous week. The
number was greater than in any week since March. The
mortality from zymotic diseases continued lower than the
average, the number of deaths being the same as in the
previous week, 36.—Eight new water-carts for the season, upon an improved principle, were ordered to be provided
by the engineer.—Mr. W. P. Freeme had an interview
with the
halms relating to certain rates alleged to be
owing by him ; he considered that he had been harshly
treated. The chairman assured Mr. Freeme that the
matter should be inquired into.—A report of the engineer,
on the application of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way Company to cross Regent-road, Boundary-street, and
other thoroughfares at the north end, by means of a low
level, was submitted. It was to the effect that crossing
the street in the way proposed would be dangerous, in.
convenient to the public, and a serious impediment to
business. He was decidedly opposed to the crossing of
the streets on low levels. Some discussion followed, after
which a deputation from the railway company had an
interview with the committee,. The deputation was
formed that the committee had not yet come to a decision
on the engineer's report, and were not prepared to answer
.the ,application of the company,.

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BRUTAL ATTACK BY IRISHMEN AT STOCKPORT.—On
Saturday night, as a smith named William Sleigh, residing
in Stockport, was on his way home, three Irishmen rushed
upon him. on passing an opening leading to the Dog
Tavern, and, without the least provocation, or the
exchange of any expression whatever, they seized his
bundle, knocked him down, and commenced kicking him
on the head, while he attempted to recover his hat.
Leaving him insensible, and probably believing him to
be dead, they ran away, a female having come up and
cried out that one of the men had killed him, calling that
individual by his name. The man, bleeding and injured,
was picked up by two Englishmen, and in three quarters
of an hour his consciousness returned, and he was con-
veyed home. Information of the cowardly attack upon
an unoffending working man was speedily communicated
to the police-oflice, and there is good reason for believing
that the police will be enabled to bring the outrage home
to the guilty parties.

Sr. THOMAS'S ScnooLs.--The annual meeting of the
subscribers and friends of these schools was held on Thurs-
day evening, in the school room, Park-lane. The chair
was occupied by the Rev. T. L. Pain. The report, which
gave a favourable account of the progress of the schools
since their :establishment four years ago. Thanks
were voted :to the officers for their services during
the past year, and a resolution was adopted, re-
commending that a subscription be entered into for erect-
ing permanent schools in connection with St. Thomas's
Church and district. The secretary, Mr. J. R. Thomp-
son, made a powerful appeal in support of the erection of
new schools, and read a statement showing that in 1850
the population of St. Thomas's district, was 5,325, and
there were 874 children who attended schools, but 933
who received no education at all. He recommended that
subscriptions be obtained by means of collecting cards, and
in any other way that might be deemed advisable. The
secretary announced the receipt of the following sub-
scriptions for the erection of permanent schools :--Mr.
Alderman Robinson, £100; Mr. Thomas Toulmin, £5O;
Mr. Thomas Wilson, £2O; Rev. T. L. Pain, £2O; Mr.
C. Groves, £2O ; Mr. Joseph Gardner, £lO ; Mrs.
Gardner, £5. The amount already received is about £250.
It is estimated that the new schools will cost about £1,500.

DEFRAUDING EMIGRANTS.—A HARD CASE.—A young
man of gentlemanly appearance, named Lionel George
Thompson, who had for some time acted as agent in
London, to Messrs. Baines and Co., of this town, agents
of the Black Ball Line of Australian packets, was tried at
the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday last, on a charge of
obtaining large sums of money from emigrants in London,
as passage money, and applying them to his own purposes.
It appeared that he had had considerable dealings with
Messrs. Baines and Co., but in August last several
instances occurred of persons presenting themselves to the
agents at Liverpool, having engaged berths from the pri-
soner, and being in possession of his certificates of pay-
ment, but on whose account no remittance had been made
by the prisoner. Under these circumstances, the passages
were refused, and the unfortunate emigrants found them-
selves deceived in their expectations. The prisoner
ultimately absconded, but was at length apprehended, and
committed for trial. The charge was fully established
against the prisoner at the trial on Tuesday, but in the
course of the proceedings, it appeared that there had been
extensive communications between him and Baines and
Co., on the subject of shipping passengers ; that he had
paid them some thousands of pounds ; and that, though
repudiated as an agent, he might conceive he was acting
with some authority from them. He was therefore ac-
quitted.

THE AUSTRALIAN SHIP AFRICA--TiliS splendid ship
was compelled to put into Lisbon, in consequence of a
gale which she encountered on the 16th and 17th ultimo.
At eight p.m., a sea broke over the main deck, which
washed away her coops, and drowned thirty pigs and
fifteen sheep. It appears from a letter from one of the
passengers, which has been received by a highly-respect-
able lady in this town, that a dreadful gale, accompanied
by thunder and lightning, overtook the vessel in the Bay
of Biscay. The letter says :—" Two waves met on the
poop, broke over the state cabin, smashed nearly the
whole of the painted glass, put out the lamps, and left the
few who were in the cabin in darkness. All the ladies
were in their berths. The moon was obscured by black
clouds, such as I never saw before. The flashes of light-
ning never ceased one minute. It was only at intervals
that we could hear the thunder. At half-past four, the
wind seemed to lull for a moment, but it was only to return
with redoubled fury. The gale, with incessant lightning
and occasional thunder, continued till three o'clock in the
afternoon of the 17th. Both our captains on board said
they had never been out in such a storm before, or one
that lasted so long. We must have gone down to a cer-
tainty, had not the vessel been built strong as she is.
We are still on board ; but the British Consul at Lisbon
has provided houses for all the passengers, and we go on
shore to-morrow. We are all well, and have great plenty
to eat. We in the second cabin are to have a monastery,
furniture, &c. ; the monks to attend upon us."
RE-SEIZURE BY THE ADMIRALTY OF THE ELIZA
CORNISH, ALIAS THE SEGREDO.—A good deal of inte-
rest has been created in commercial rooms and among
mercantile circles in Bristol, in consequence of the seizure
there, under warrant from the Admiralty, of a Portuguese
vessel called the Segredo, which had brought a cargo of
fruit, and was about to sail for Lisbon with bricks, Sac.,
and connected with whose history is an extraordinary
degree of romance, she having been seized-some time ago
as a pirate ship. It will be remembered that after the
seizure of the Eliza Cornish in the Pacific, by the steam-
sloop Virago, Commander Stewart, she was sent home to
this country in the charge of a British officer, but, instead
of being brought home, she was taken into Fayal, where,
it is alleged, she was improperly condemned, as not being
seaworthy, and was sold to a Portuguese for £2OO. After
this she was chartered to Bristol with a cargo of fruit,
consigned to a Bristol firm, which she had delivered, and
was preparing to return to Lisbon, when the seizure was
made, and she was carried up the Bristol Floating Har-
bour. It is stated that, upon inquiries being made by the
representatives of her former owner at Liverpool, it was
found that when she was condemned as unseaworthy
there was but little the matter with her, and that nothing
was required beyond the insertion of a couple of planks to
fit her for the voyage from Portugal to this port. She
will remain in the hands of the sheriff, under the Admi-
ralty warrant, till the pending suit has been determined
in the Court of Admiralty.
THE LATE GALE.—MESSRS. REECHING AND SONS'
NEW LIFE-BOAT.—It will be recollected that, latterly,
many statements have appeared in the public papers pre-
judicial to these newly-invented life-boats, and the catas-
trophe which happened at Lytham, in October last, has
been cited as a proof of their not being safe. The follow-
ing is a copy of a letter received by Messrs. Beeching and
Sons, of Great Yarmouth, from the honorary secretary of
the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Bene-
volent Society at Lytham :—"Lytham, Lancashire, Dec.
28, 1852. Gentlemen,---I beg to inform you that, on
Saturday morning last, during a very heavy gale, and in a
terrific sea of broken water, this life-boat's qualities were
tested in a very remarkable manner, under the following circumstances, viz., on the morning aforesaid, a large ship
was seen in the height of the storm in the offing of the
Horse-bank, with a signal of distress flying, a distance
from here of not less than ten miles. The life-boat was
at length, and with great difficulty, manned (owing to the
accident in October), and proceeded at a rapid rate against
a gale right a-head. A considerable portion of the course
to the ship lay through breakers of a most formidable
character—the crew say, to use their own words, " that
she was quite buried in three instances, but that she im-
mediately emptied herself." The ship, a large one, was
pitching jibboom under, though in the best trim, being
outward-bound ; they were able to board her notwith-
standing, and supplied them with a man, which enabled
the ship finally to leave this dangerous coast. lam quite
sure that the life-boat at Southport could not have gone
under the circumstances. This successful experiment has,
I hope, so far removed any prejudice (unfounded as I
always considered it to be) against the qualities of this,
your boat, as a sea-going one in any and all weathers,
and I do not hesitate to say that, in consequence, we shall
at all times find men willing, nay, anxious to board her.—
With kind regards, I remain, gentlemen, yours obediently,
JOHN EDMONDSON, To nessrs. Beeching and Sons."

VISIT OF THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO LIVERPOOL.—
During last week the new American minister to this coun-
try, the Hon. J. R. Ingersoll, was on a visit to Liverpool,
and during his stay he was the guest of W. Brown, Esq.,
M.P.. at Richmond-hill. In company with the Mayor
and Mr. Brown, his excellency inspected several of our
public buildings and other places, including the Sailors'
Home. Custom House, Albert Dock Warehouses, St.
James's Cemetery, and the statue of Huskisson, the Free
Public Library and Museum, St. George's-hall, the Ex-
change News-room. the Underwriters'-room, Nelson's
Monument, the Town-hall, the Northern Hospital, and
docks, &c., &c. On Tuesday evening he dined with the
members of the American Chamber of Commerce, at the
Adelphi-hotel (a report of which appears in another
column). On Wednesday evening, Mr. Brown. M.P.,
gave a large party at Richmond-hill, at which his excel-
lency, the mayor, and other gentlemen were present. On
Thursday evening, he was entertained by the Mayor at a
grand banquet, at the Town-hall. The following gentle-
men accepted invitations to meet the ambassador from the
United States :—Lord Sefton, the Hon. Sir Edward Cust,
Sir William De Bathe, Mr. Cheetham, M.P., Mr. W.
Brown, M.P., Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr. C. Turner, M.P.,
Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., Mr.
Barnes, Mayor of Manchester; Mr. Bazley, and Mr.
Aspinall Turner, chairmen of the two chambers of com-
merce at Manchester ; Mr.Moss,Otterspool ; Col.Derinzy,
Mr. Arnaud, the collector of customs ; Mr. Banning, the
postmaster; Mr. Joseph C. Ewart, Mr. Baring, Mr. Crit-
tenden, the United States consul ; Mr. Wm. Earle, Mr.
Grant, Mr. Wellwood Maxwell, Mr. Thomas Littledale,
the late mayor ; and nearly 30 members of the leading
mercantile firms connected with the American trade. The
party numbered about 50. His excellency was accom-
panied by his niece, Miss Wilcox, and by Miss Laurie,
niece of Sir Peter Laurie. On Friday, Mr. Ingersoll
proceeded to Manchester, where, in the evening, he
dined with the mayor of that town, at the Town-hall,
Amongst others present on the occasion were the mayors
of Liverpool and several other towns in Lancashire; W.
Brown, Esq., M.P., J. Cheetham, Esq., M.P., Joseph
Brotherton, Esq., M.P., the Right Rev. the Lord Rishop
of Manchester, &c. During his stay in Manchester he
was the guest of the mayor. His excellency returned to
London yesterday.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE HON. MISS STAPLETON, sister of Lord Beau-
mont, has renounced the Church of Rome, and received
the sacrament at Carlton Church on Christmas-day.
CAUTION.—At Durham, on Tuesday, a person named
Thomas Blackburn, a carrier, was fined £1.5, for having
exposed a slandered horse in a public fair, knowing it to
be infected.

LONDON Docx COMPANY.—At the half-yearly meeting
held on Tuesday last, the dividend declared was at the
rate of 5 per cent, per annum, and the report was unani-
mously adopted.
THE TAGUS. Peninsula and Oriental Company's steam-
ship, with the Peninsula mails, a large number of passen-
RerS. and specie to the amount of about £lO,OOO, left
Southampton on Friday.

A. CompAt:lsm—Four hundred years have elapsed
since the invention of printing, yet books are not in cir-
culation all over the globe ; while the use of tobacco be-
came universal within fifty years after its discovery.
NEW GRENADA.—Mr. William Bennett, and Captain
F. A. Ellis, R.N., left Southampton on Tuesday, in the
Medway, for New Granada, in the service of the Magda-
lena Steam Company, to take measures for carrying out
the objects of that undertaking.
A KILLING TRAIN.—The mail train of the Great
Western Company, on Monday night, dashed through a
flock of sheep which had taken up their quarters in a deep
cutting between Ebley and Stonehouse. Ten of them
were at once converted into mutton.

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MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Afther all, Thady, how
like a game o' " five-and-forty" the movements o' leadin'
pollyticians is—there's a deal o' shufflin', and thryin' to
see into each other's hands, and the "knave" turns up
only too often.—Terry O'Driscoll.

EXTRAORDINARY MUTILATION.—A foreign sailor, now
in Plymouth, on Friday dreadfully mutilated himself with
a razor, by cutting his throat, his sides, his thumbs,
up stomach,n &c. ; but notwithstanding all these injuries he
got next morning, walked about, and smoked a pipe !
CAPTAIN JOHN CLEMENTS, of the Lower-road, Dept-
ford, being subject to the gout, was in the habit of taking
colchicum in doses of 20, 30, 40, and even 60 drops.
Last week, having his bottle with him, he took a wine-
glass, as he said, to warm him, or 960 drops. The con-
sequence was, he died in a few hours.
THE QUEEN V. DR. NEWMAN.—The rule for a new
trial in this celebrated cause will be argued in the ensuing
term. It stands the last but one in the list of new trials,
No. 20 in the cause paper. It is understood that the ex-
penses attendant on the proceedings of this affair will
amount to about £lO,OOO. The present Attorney General
isjfor Dr. Newman.

JUVENILE TNTEMPERAICCE.—An extraordinary instance
of juvenile intemperance occurred at Redding Muir on
Saturday. Three children, all under eight years of age,
had contrived to obtain a bottle of whisky, and drank the
contents amongst them. All the three were, as a matter
of course, taken seriously ill, and on Monday the eldest
girl died. The other two are recovering.
MURDER.—A man named Witham has committed a
brutal murder in a public-house in the Lower Wands-
worth-road, near London. He was sitting drinking with
a man named Pollard, and threw something at him ; the
latter retaliated ; Witham then knocked him down on
the hearth, and beat his head on the stone until he died.
The ruffian then resumed his pipe, till the police came to
arrest him for the homicide.

THE COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY.—The report made
to the lord chancellor by the commissioners in lunacy of
visits to insane persons during the six months ending the
4th of August last has just been printed. Dr. Turner
made 123 visits, saw 6237 patients, and travelled 3973
miles. Dr. Hume made 152 visits, saw 5511 patients, and
travelled 5694 miles. Mr. Gaskell made 137 visits, saw
7708 patients, and travelled 4676 miles. Mr. Proctor
made 100 visits, saw 5515 patients, and travelled 3809
miles. Mr. Mylne made 158 visits, saw 7808 patients,
and travelled 5819 miles. Mr. Campbell made 131 visits,
saw 7673 patients and travelled 4329 miles.

Loss OF LIFE BY FIRE.—On Tuesday an inquest was
held at the London Hospital on the bodies of two young
women, aged respectively 19 and 16 years. The younger
was set on fire whilst standing over the fireplace, but the
elder, who was in service, had been left in care of the
house during the.absence of the mistress on the night of
the 24th ult., and after the family returned home fell
asleep in an easy chair, before the parlour fire. About
three o'clock on Christmas morning the family were
aroused by loud screams, and the deceased was found en..
veloped in flame. Three large mats were wrapped round
her, but before the fire could be extinguished, she was
shockingly blackened and charred over various parts of
the body.

THE ROYAL NAVY.—The present naval force of Great
Britain consists of 545 ships-of-war (either in commission
or in ordinary), carrying from 2 to 120 guns each. Of
this number 180 are armed steamers, from 100 to 800-
horse power engines, for active sea-service (besides reve-
nue cutters and smaller vessels). This immense fleet,
the largest of any maritime power, employs in time of
peace 140,000 able-bodied seamen, 2,000 boys, and 15,000
Royal Marines, divided into four divisions (102 compa-
nies), viz. :—First division, head-quarters, Chatham, 25
companies ; second division, Portsmouth, 27 companies ;
third division, Plymouth, 25 companies : and fourth divi-
sion, Woolwich, 25 companies ; and 10 companies of
Royal Marine Artillery, head-quarters, Portsmonth.
Besides, there are 7 brigades of Dockyard Volunteers,
well trained to gunnery, viz. :—Deptford, Woolwich,
Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Devonport. and Pem-
broke, and 3 other battalions, Coast Guard, &c.
A SINGULAR CHARACTER.-At the late election of
coroner for Somerset, an aged farmer, named Edward
Churchis, residing at Biddisbam, about five miles from
Axbridge, and who has kept his bed for nearly or quite 20
years, from rheumatic gout, by which his hands and legs
are much distorted, was conveyed to the polling place in
a Cobourg cart, to record his vote. He is quite a cha-
racter in his way, and has lived in the house at Biddisham
about 40 years. It is remarked of him that he lies in bed
and gets more money than his neighbours who work all
the day. He keeps a regular diary of every day's tran-
sactions, and puts down in writing the names of all per-
sons who come to his house each day, and their business.
When he has apy stock for sale, the cattle are driven
opposite the win low of the room where he lies in bed,
that he may view them and fix the prices previous to their
being sold; and it is said that on some occasions he will
have the sheep brought to his bedside that he may value
them. Although confined to his bed continually, he
manages the farm himself, and notwithstanding his fin-
gers are contracted and drawn backward by the disease,
he writes a legible hand, and assists occasionally in keep-
ing the parish accounts.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS WONDERFULLY EFFICACIOUS IN
THE CURE OF A DISORDERED LIVER.-Mr. R. W.
Kirkus, chemist, of Prescot-steeet,,,Ltierpool, lately in-
formed Professor Holloway that a customer of his (a lady
to whom he is at liberty to refer) has been cured by the use
of these invaluable pills, of a liver complaint with which
she has been troubled for several years ; and so virulent
was the last attack, That even her life was despaired of.
In this alarming state she tried Holloway's Pills, the first
dose of which relieved her, and by continuing their use
for a short period she has been restored to the enjoyment
of perfect-health.

Loss AND SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF BANK NOTES.—
Amongst the many strange incidents connected with the
late storm is the following :—On Monday week, Mr.
Hetherington, of the Black Lion Inn, Penrith, having
occasion in the course of the evening to go to the Ship
Inn, was obliged on returning to get through the window,
in consequence of the flood, which at that time was
upwards of a yard in depth. in doing so his pocket-
book, which contained £B5 in £5 notes, fell from his
pocket into the water, and it being then dark it at once
disappeared. The contents were of considerable value,
besides the notes named. A number of lanterns were
soon obtained, and a vigorous search made for the missing
treasure. • Luckily its owner at last found it floating on
the top of the water. By some mischance or other, how-
ever, the book had become opened, and the whole £B5
was missing. It being utterly hopeless to think of obtain-
ing the lost notes at that time of night (about nine
o'clock,) it was determined to go on a voyage of dis-
covery early the following morning. The water in
Penrith is conveyed through a tunnel a mile in length.
The terminus of the tunnel was duly explored, and in the
course of the day the fortunate note gatherers picked up
no fewer than eight of the £5 notes on Carleton Holme,
near Eamont-bridge. In one place a friendly thorn had
stretched out its arms and preserved one of them from
destruction by holding it in its embrace until it was
restored to its former possessor.—Blackburn Standard.

DARING BURGLARY.—On Frieay, at an early hour,
Ravensworth Castle, the seat of Lord Ravensworth,
situate about four miles from Newcastle, was burglari-
ously entered, and jewellery of the value of £3OO, and
£lOO in £5 Bank of England notes and sovereigns, were
carried away. The rooms into which the burglars en-
tered were a bedroom occupied by the Hon. and Mrs.
Thomas Liddell, a dressing-room adjoining, the library,
and a small drawing-room. Those rooms all lie at the
west end of the castle. Between eleven and twelve
o'clock on the previous night, the family, including Lord
Ravensworth, and the Hon. T. Liddell and his lady, Mr.
Robert Liddell, and the servants, retired to rest. At
three o'clock in the morning the Hon. T. Liddell, who
was rather unwell, had occasion to get up, and seeing the
door of his room open, be looked round and discovered
that the room had been robbed. An alarm was immedi-
ately raised, and on a search being made it was ascer-
tained that a quantity of jewellery, consisting of gold
watches, seals, rings, lockets, pencil-cases, &c., belong-
ing to Mrs. Liddell, had been removed from the dressing-
table in the bedroom during the night. Mr. Liddell's
dressing-room had also been entered, and a large quantity
of valuable jewellery stolen from a large box, which was
broken open. A poker lay in this room, and as it had
been removed from the library by the thieves, there can
be no doubt that it was the instrument with which the
box was forced open. From this large box a smaller one
was taken, which contained £lOO in sovereigns and £5
Bank of England notes. Upon an examination of the
premises, it was found that the burglars had entered
by the window of a water-closet at the west end of the
castle, and escaped by the window of a small drawing-
room. No one in the castle appears to have been dis-
turbed by the entrance of the thieves, or to have heard
any noise whatever in the house, which is rather remark-
able, as Lord Ravensworth's bell rang, and was an-
swered, at half-past one o'clock in the morning.

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—One of the most
fearful railway accidents we have ever had to record, took
place yesterday evening week, near to the Oxford station
of the London and North-Western Railway. In conse-
quence of the giving way of the tunnel at Wolvercot,
about two miles from Oxford, from the action of the
floods, only one line of rails has been kept open while the
repairs are going on. Tarry, the .driver of a passenger
train, leaving Oxford at 5 30 p.m., was ordered by Mr.
Blott, the station-master, to await the arrival of a coal
train, telegraphed as having passed Islip, the next station.
Tarry is represented as having been in a very excited state
at the prospect of meeting his wife, with whom he had
had a serious quarrel on the previous Saturday. Mr.
Blott went to his office, and in the meantime a ballast
train engine, without any train behind it, came on the
down line to the ticket-platform, showing a white light on
its buffer beam, and not a blue light, as would have been
the case with the coal train. As soon as the ballast engine
arrived, without waiting to notice whether it was the coal
train or not, and totally disregarding the signals, the dri-
ver of the passenger train started it, and we are told that
he set off with unusual speed, contrary to the regulations
of the company, which enjoin that be shall start witl-
great care, observing that he has the whole of his trai•
before he goes beyond the limits of the station. As .
passed the ballast-engine, Kinch, the guard, observing
that it was not the coal train which was expected, and
anticipating what would happen, pot on the breaks hard,
and displayed the usual flag signal to stop, but no notice
was taken of it, though it was the duty of the stoker to
look back when leaving a station to see that all was right.
Thus the train proceeded, attaining fresh speed as it went
along, the passengers being all second or third class in
front, while the empty first class carriage was behind.
About a mile out of Oxford the expected coal train came
in sight from the opposite direction, drawn by two en-
gines, but even then the infatuated driver is said never to
have shut off the steam, and the consequence was a fright-
ful collision. When he set off, Hayes, the ticket collector,
in vain called to Tarry to stop, and Mr. Blott, the station
master, and the servants of the company, ran along with
the same object, but of course to no purpose. The po-
liceman at the bridge a little way cut of Oxford, probably
from habit, appears to have changed the red for the green,
or "go on" signal, and thus, no doubt, induced the driver
to accelerate his speed, while the weight of the two engines
and the heavy coal train coming in the opposite direction
rendered the crash more terrible. Of all the railway acci-
dents that have happened for some time, this has left the
greatest wreck and ruin behind it. The passenger and
leading coal engine, with their tenders, still remain on the
spot, and indicate what a smash it must have been. No
one, without seeing them, could ever imagine that ma-
chines of such enormous weight and strength could be
reduced at one blow to such a state. But the appearance
of the whole scene now is nothing to what it must have
been immediately after the collision took place, for it is
stated that the second coal engine mounted the first, its
tender getting over it, and a luggage van next it having
partially climbed that, so that the top of the pile was
higher than the telegraph wires. It will be observed, that
some of the injuries received have been by burns—a sure
indication of the frightful violence with which the accident
was attended. The whole neighbourhood of the line is
flooded at present, and it is wonderful the casualties did
not include any from drowning among them, for a stream
of water runs close along the up-line, on which the acci-
dent happened, and separates it from the Greet Western
Railway, which runs parallel to it, though on a different
level. The two engine drivers, three stokers, and two
passengers, have been killed. Of the latter, one is a la-
bourer, name unknown, and the other Caroline Davis, a
second-class passenger. This list of fatalities is likely to
be added to, for several are seriously injured ; in fact, with
the exception of two boys, all the passengers were more or
less hurt. We subjoin a list :—William Knibbs, head
badly cut ; Sarah Smith, her chest hurt, and it is supposed
that her breast bone is broken • John Walters, knee and
thighs fractured ; Richard Faulkner, senior, a sawyer, has
had a serious concussion, while his two sons, Richard and
Job, have had, the former his head cut, and the latter one
of his thighs burnt. It has been found necessary to am-
putate the arm of John Williams, a hawker. Jcseph
Townshend, his hip dislocated, if not broken ; Thomas
Monnay, his head cut, and his thigh and jaw much in-
jured ; James Sayers has had four ribs broken, and Geo.
Slade has received a spinal injury, A horse dealer, named
Jordan, has had his skull fractured, and a cattle dealer, of
named Kirsch
Northampton, named Daniel Lott, is also among the in-
jured. A passenger, named Eliza Davis, has received a
concussion of the brain, andtwo s
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and Watts, have been slightly hurt. A passenger, named
Edward Jones, has had his skull fractured and his spine
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to be much bruised. The above enumeration must be
taken in connection with the facts that there were only 21
passengers, and that of the six men in charge of the en-
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gines five have been killed. The survivor escaped by
jumping into a ditch full of water. There were three or
four hundred persons on the spot shortly after the acci-
dent. and no lack of willingness to assist, but a controlling
head was wanted,—and it was found in Mr. Cardwell,
who, having expected his wife by the down train, when
he heard of the accident, hastened at once to the spot.
He rendered almost superhuman exertions, working as
only a gentleman can work. The gallantry of his exem-
plary conduct may be gathered from one simple fact. A
poor fellow, shockingly injured, calling out for a drop of
water to cool his scorching thirst, Mr. Cardwell, having
nothing better at hand, dashed his hat into the stream,
and thus relieved the sufferer.

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