The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

The Duke of Newcastle, and the clergy and gentry re-
siding in the vicinity of Worksop, have formed them-
selves into a society to suppress prize-fighting, as that
neighbourhood has lately become the daily theatre on
which pugilistic encounters have been decided.
On Monday, two children, one four, the other two
years of age, who had been left in the house alone a few
minutes by their mother, a poor woman, in the Gallogate,
Glasgow, were found burning, on her return, and died the
same evening.
On Wednesday, Miss Marianne Hannah Enock, an
adult, was baptized publicly in Leominster Church, by
the Rev. Charles Walter Robinson, A.M., curate. This
young lady had been a disciple of the Society of Friends
up to the period of her initiation into the church.
A DELICATE SUIT IN CHANCERY.—The gentlemen of
the long robe are likely to be engaged in a case, in the
ensuing term, in which the dangers of the Romish confes-
sional will be strikingly developed, and the infallibility of
the priesthood will be seriously questioned.—Birmingham
Advertiser. _

The chief bailiff of the town of Darlington has convened
a meeting of the inhabitants of that place to agree on an
address to Sir R. Peel, to be presented to the right hon.
Baronet on his passing through the town on his ensuing
(his first public) visit to the county of Durham as the guest
of the Marquis of Londonderry.
One of the houses which failed last week made eighty
thousand pounds, at the commencement of the season,
by their successful dealings in Indian corn f All this has
been lost, and their capital besides, by an unfortunate
miscalculation of the. fluctuations of the market, and the
state of the weather. _ _ _

THE MARKETS.—Wheat may now be bought at Mark-
lane" at 525. per quarter, scarcely one-half the price it was
about two months ago—a fluctuation without parallel in
England in so short a period. Some corn-dealers antici-
pate that before many weeks have passed wheat will be at
ss. per bushel.
At the Central Criminal-Court, on Monday, John-King-,
44, formerly an under librarian in the British Museum,
was tried for sending a letterto Miss Lynn, a literary lady,
threatening to accuse her of disgraceful. actions. He was
found guilty, and sentenced' to seven years' transporta-
tion.

The soi-disant nephew of the Duke of Wellington,
" Eilam," has again figured in the newspapers. He sum-
moned Esther de Villars to the Bloomsbury County Court,-
for the sum of £l5 money lent;: but, failing to make his
appearance, the noble youth has been found liable in costs,
including £1 to the lady for her attendance.
Mr. Richards, one of the highly-talented troupe of
artistes, styled the Collins family, has been drowned at
Scarboro'. He swam out to a considerable distance, and,
on returning, it is supposed, he found the resistance of the
ebbing time more powerful than he anticipated, and, be-
lost his strength. and sunk.

A WISE RESOLVE.-Sir John Guest, Bart., intends, it
is said, giving £lOOO towards the building of a new Town-
hall at Merthyr, and £5O for a new clock for the market-
place in that town, instead of spending money in dinners,
bang. &cl, as is usually the case on the return of members
to Parliament. _ _ _ . .

A. Las
Such is the appearance of the orchards at present in the
South of Devon, that prime old cider is selling at 20s. per
hogshead. It is fully expected that new eider wiil be sold
at 15s. per hogshead. The apples are growing fast, and
the crop promises to be both excellent and abundant.—
Exeter Gazette. _ _ _ .•

RATE Or DISCOUNT.—On Thursday, many parties en-
tertained a strong expectation that a -reduction would be
made in the rate of discount by the Bank of England,
but this did not take place. It was, however, understood
that advances are contemplated to be made within a short
time upon bills and securities at five per cent.
The governor of. the Bank of .England, has been, as a
matter of course, succeeded by Mr. Morris, the deputy-
governor ; but, as yet. no appointment has been made of
a successor to Mr. Morris; and some considerable diffi-
cuty has arisen in inducing any of the directors, itnme-

diately in
A few days since, as some workmen were engaged in
pulling down an old neglected chimney, in some premises
at Stockton, they were astonished at discovering a swarm
of bees, by which they were vigorously assailed ; but they
were amply compensated for the attack in the lark
which eventually fell to their lot.
Jarwin, a young man of most respectable con-
in Birmingham, has been committed for trial at
xt Warwick Assizes, charged with manufacturing
Immense quantity of Turkish piastres, which he sent
away to that country, but which were intercepted. He
had sent off nine cases of the coin representing no less

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