The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

DEABL+ FISH EN
un-
usual commotion served in the Findhorn, at one
was o::
of the spawning beds, by h'
~,:IouNTER.—The other day an
party of men. It was soon
discovered to be occasioned by 'the fighting of two salmon,
both large males. After a long strug
g
l
e
the water be-
came still, and one of the combatant,
poated to the sur-
face dead. The fish was picked up by talfa onlookers, and
it was found that the whole of its flesh, or !ash, had been
torn, to the depth of the bone, from head to t47ll,—lnver-
ness. Courier.

TRADE WITH CHINA.—It appears from a table pub-
lished in the China Mail of October 30, that there 109
been an increase in the quantity of tee imported into
Great Britain, during the last two years, to the amount of
nearly 7,000,0001b5. The return for the year ending
June 30, 1844, is 97 vessels, and 50,613,3281b5, ; for the
year ending June 30, 1845, 105 vessels, and 53,570,2671b5.;
and for the year ending June 30, 1846, 117 vessels, and
57,504,5611b5. The quantity of raw silk imported ire 1845
was 10,727 bales ; in 1846, 18,600 bales.
At She London Mansion House, on Friday, three per-
sons were brought.up charged with conspiring to obtain
£lOO from a gentleman, who was induced to lend them
the money on the deposit of railway scrip in the Direct
Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Railway, the defen-
dants having produced copies of the. Times containing ad-
vertisements announcing the intention of the directors to
return •£1 12s. 6d. per share. The defendants said they
wanted money before the deposits could be returned. The
advertisements were forgeries, and the defendants were
remanded.
CONVERSIONS FROM ROMANISM.—On Sunday last,
the first in the year, an unusually large number of persons
were admitted into the communion of the ancient Irish
Church, in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin. The class in-
cluded three superior young men, who were intended by
their parents for the Romish priesthood, and others who
are also well versed in the Scriptures of truth. There are
now 150 names of persons on the renunciation roll of St.
Audoen's Church, who have abjured the false tenets of
Rome. Two fresh priests have applied to the Priests'
Society for protection.
A WOMAN FROZEN TO DEATH.—Another shocking case
of death from the inclemency of the weather has occurred
near Worcester. The circumstances are briefly as follow:
On the 23rd of December, a woman, named Elizabeth
Sefton, aged 66, who, with her husband, receives a scanty
support from the Droitwich Union—half-a-crown a week
each—left her cottage at Warndon, about four miles east
of Worcester, to walk to Cotheridge, about the same dis-
tance on the west side of the same city, for the purpose of
seeking alms. After wandering about the country, how-
ever, it appears that she lost herself, and having been for
several days subjected to the severity of the weather, was
at length found, on Sunday, five days after she left home,
frozen to death, at Hallow.
"A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE."—It is seldom that, writ-
ing upon the same topics, and often with a parity of rea-
soning, day after day, that there is to be observed in the
morning newspapers anything like a paraphrase, or, in
two papers, the use of one simile. There are, however,
exceptions, and one occurred on Thursday. The Times
had a long article abusing Mr. President Polk, and the
tDahinilgy News had the
;and insetatinnogourt
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thing indite
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fable of the lamb and the wolf, and with equal wit, if not
with truth. They compare the complaints urged by Mr.
Polk against the Mexicans as having been suggested by
the special pleading of the fabulous aggressor. The same
words are used by the different writers.
LONDON DOCKS.—TRADE OF LONDON.—At the half
yearly meeting of the proprietors on Monday, Mr. W.
King in the chair, the directors presented an interesting
report of the business done in the half-year to Nov. 30.
From this it appears that the number of loaded ships
which entered the London Docks during the six months
ending the 30th Nov. last, was 703, measuring 181,196
tons. In the corresponding period of last year it was 731
ships, measuring 168,553 tons. The amount of earnings
last half-year were £209,166 ss. sd. Same time in 1845,
£209,094 Bs. 6d. Expenditure in the last six months had
been £110,885 Bs. 9d., including the income-tax. The
income had exceeded the expenditure in the last six
months by £90,979 Is. 10d. The directors recommended
a dividend of £2 10s. per share.
FOUR YOUNG MEN DROWNED.—On Sunday, five
young men, of the parish of Ailcandings, returning from
Stanton, were rash enough to venture on the canal, the
ice of which is daily broken by the barges. Still they
went upon it, whether to slide or merely to cross the
water is not known, and were instantly immersed, and
soon sank to rise no more. One of the party, however,
escaped, through the mercy of God, and after struggling
for about an hour, and by the help of the masses of ice
around him finally reached the shore. What overwhelm-
ing sorrow to the families of these deceased youths this
fearful visitation has occasioned may too easily be con-
ceived. Nor should the voice of God, here admonishing
the young, both of the uncertainty of life and the value of
each returning Sabbath, be speedily forgotten.—Devizes
Gazette

AN IDIOT FROZEN TO DEATH.—On Wednesday morn-
ing a poor creature named Charles Chittick, living at
Freckenham, Suffolk, being missed from his house was
searched for. It appears he left the house the previous
night, about eleven. His shirt and nightcap were left on
the pillow of his bed, covered over with his clothes. An,
aunt was called, and a further search was made every-
where they could think of, but without effect. It was
dark and freezing sharp. His day clothes lay by the side
of his bed. Information was immediately conveyed to
the neighbours, and about eight o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing the poor fellow was found in a meadow lying flat on
his back, entirely naked, and quite dead. His eyes were
open, and he was dirty, as if he had been through water.
The spot where he was found was about 200 yards off his
cottage, and the river was nearer the cottage than the
place where he was found.
THE NEW POOR LAW AT WHITCHURCH.—An unfor-
tunate instance has occurred in this place of the great
power possessed by individual officials under the New Poor
Law. A respectable woman named Laws, was suffering
under diseased lungs, her three children being at the same
time sick with the measles. On Monday she was ordered i
by the parish surgeon to keep her bed, and her husband
was desired to apply for a nurse to the board of guardians.
On Tuesday, he was, however, stopped in limine by Mr.
Penfold, at once relieving-officer; doorkeeper, and master
of the workhouse, who told him that the application not
having been made on Saturday (according to rule), could
not now be heard ! The event was, that the woman died
on Friday, and the eldest child on Tuesday, and the
broken-hearted husband is left a witness to the sad fact
that if obstinate paupers will be taken ill on days unauthor-
ized by the Poor Law Guardians, they must die without
pity !—Hampshire Advertiser.

EXTENSIVE FlRE.—Between the hours of three and
four on Thursday afternoon, a fire was discovered at the
Irongate Wharf, contiguous to the Tower of London and
St. Katherine's Docks. To such an extent did the fire
rage within a few minutes after its first appearance, that a
general impression prevailed that the docks were on fire.
The premises destroyed are at least 200 feet in length, and
nearly 100 feet in depth. The warehouses were filled
with articles of merchandise of every description, princi-
pally from Scotland and the northern parts of England.
A great many walls fell out, but no one was in the
slightest degree hurt. All the property in the warehouses
was totally destroyed. The damage, it is feared, was
much larger than was first expected. £200,000, it is said,
will not

:Over the loss. It Was feared at one time that
the whole of the St. Katherine's Dock warehouses would
have been destroyed, but by the exertions of the firemen
they escaped. Two vessels, the Busy, of Bridport, and
the Hawk, of Montrose, were also destroyed.

tin(LgoorfdthAsmy presided,)eHeealtho
fTow
Ds'Ar. Association, on
Southwood
before the meeting a correspondence between
Mr. Daniel Smith, a surgeon of Minchen-
WhhSiammAmeidtstpnhetaleoflasndmi,adandeymeeting
' developing the cause of an epidemic fever which
had recently ravaged that town. In 1844, many cases of

'ever occurred, having a uniform typhoid Character.
There were fewer in 1845 ; but within the last two months
there have been upwards of 150, causing the greatest
consternation among the residents. In 1843, the church,
about 500 years old, was rebuilt ; a great portion of the

re-interred. An immense quantity of the earth was used
as manure on pasture land close to the town ; but a large
bank of it (estimated at 500 loads) remains within fifty
yards of the town. Some of the earth removed was of an
exceedingly dark colour. The street and rectory, both

adjoining this mound, first suffered from the ravages of
the fever. Ignorance on sanatory matters appears to
have prevented the inhabitants, and among them the
rector, from connecting the visitation with the presence
pofartthiees
on
n the qu
oxiouseeasrAea. d
h;indeed, the town is split into, two

ANECDOTE OF A DOG.—A few years ago, in the shire
of Edinburgh, a splendid Newfoundland dog might have
been seen every day visiting every pond Dr

neighbourhoo(
instrumental more than once in

is master's residence. It -I;:dleetul

eath in the wate

umguaiumity, and caressed for his amiable qualities, till,
strange as it may be considered, this flattery completely
turned his head. Saving of life from drowning became a
passion. He took to it as humanity takes to dram-drink-

Not having sufficient sco

pe for the exercise of his

diseased benevolence in the district, he took to a very
questionable method of supplying the deficiency. When-
ever he found a child on the brink of a water, he watched
patiently for the opportunity, he placed his forepaws sud-
aPtthr nn ita nswenn it in hpfnro if waa inorrn”tb