The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

A. PARLIAMENT

tters, and despatChed 97,453.
STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE.-
ived at this Dort for the diseha

An order has 1:
;e of an able se:

of some £60,000.,
—Devonport Paper.
AT NEWARK, a few days ago, a little girl was standing
at a window before which was a young maple tree. After
a brilliant flash of lightning, a complete image of the tree
was found imprinted on her body.

A GOOD MARK smes.—On Friday week cotour-aergeant
Anderson, of the 27th (Inniskilling) Infantry, in fulfilling
a bet made for a considerable sum, with some civilians of
Armagh, shot a hen at the distance of 600 yards, with one
of the new Minie rifles.
COTTON FROM INDIA.-Mr. Hugh Fleming, secretary
of the Manchester Commercial Association, has received
information from the secretary to the East India Com-
pany, that Mr. Rathbone, of Liverpool, has been instructed
to forward to him, for disposal in Manchester, 600 bales of

cotton from the' DhariCar Collectorate, receive(
Dandonald.—Manchester Guardian.
EXTRAORDINARY.—The following n

STRIKE

number of young women of th,

the town-crie

Townhead have
nn ila TIPT a

Liu. Lucy iv lax xavai
those who go out and shear for a less wage will be stoned
while returning home."—Edinburgh Witness.

Americana), 100 years old, which since June 3, has thrown
ont a stem 7 metres 90 centimetres in height from the
extremity of the leaves, with 63 lateral branches. The
plant bears 8,000 flowers, more than 150 on each branch ;
the colour is yellowish green.—Galignani.
JAMES MONK recently complained to the police, at
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, that a counterfeit coin had

been given him among some money he had received for a
pair of trousers he had pledged. The police, on going
with Monk to the pawnbroker's shop, discovered that the
trousers were the property of a tailor, of Westbromwich,

ding them.
.—lt is known
ranted by the

and Monk has since lieencommitted for ste
THE NEW MODE OF GRINDING WHEAT.
at the American consulate that the patent g_
United States for Westrupp's conical mills in that eu—_
have been contracted for by a highly respectable citizen of
New York, who has also a counting-house in London.
The price is said to be about £60,000, payable by quarterly

instalments.
APPEGA.CIIING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE
monial alliance is arranged to take place betwe

.—k matri-
en the Lady

1... 111/143C1.11 Vfl sy --a -
Wilton, and Captain the Hon. Dudley De Ros, eldest son of
Lord De Ros, and equerry to her Majesty the Queen. The
marriage will be celebrated at Heaton-hall, the seat of the
Wilton family, near Manchester, on the 12th of October.—

Morning Po-st:
EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOClETlES.—According to
the Morning Advertiser, a conference is about to be held
for the purpose of uniting together more closely the
'carious evangelical missionary societies. The, arrange-

Methodist minister,—namely, the 'Rev. T. R. Brooke,
rector of Avening, Dr. Angus, of Stepney College, and the
Secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A HORSE.—On the workmen
going to their employ on Saturday morning, at the power-
loom factory of Messrs. Taylor and Sons, Barnsley, they
were astonished to find a large pool of blood on the

it was occa-

light. The animal had fallen over a low watt tram tne
field, and thence upon the roof of the building, and having
• _ :—„ had

bled to death. The animal was worth ZIO.
REPORTED hIrRDER OF IN ITALIAN PRINCESS IN
TIIRKEY.-It was stated, some time ago, that the Princess
Belgiojoso, whilst travelling in the East, had been attacked
and stabbed by a discharged servant. No apprehension of
fatal consequences was entertained by the friends of the
princess in this 'country, as they had received a letter from
her after the event, and had heard from other sources that
her wounds were not dangerous. A letter from Constan-
tinople of the fith, in the Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna,
says that the favourable account given of the state of the

piincess was unfounded, as she is reported to have ctif
her wounds ih the Turkish capital.—Paris correspondent
of the Morning 'Chronicle.
A MAN KILLED BY A BIILL.—On Tuesday, Edward
Thompson, a farm servant in the employ of Mr. Thomas
Scott, Preston Patrick, was gored to death by a bull. He
had needlessly gone into the pasture where the bull was
confined, and after irritating it by throwing stones at it,
and.drivingit about, had actually attacked the infuriated
animal with a "bull-stick"--a stick :shod with iron, used

in coercing these animals—and had entered into a single
combat with the
easily
and ferocious brute. The con-
sequence may easily be anticipated. The bull, maddened
by the attacks, rushed at his presumptuous assailant, and
having got him in his power, tossed and gored him in the
most frightful manner. The fellow-servants of the man
endeavoured to rescue him by attacking the bull with
spades and pitchforks, but so maddened was the animal
"that it was quite hacked and mangled before it would quit
its victim, who expired in a 'few minutes afterwards.—
Ireitmoreland Gazette.

ELOPEMENT.—A short time since, some parties in a
tumble sphere of life in this county, allured by the
accounts continually reaching them from the auriferous
regions in Australia, resolved to quit the land of their
birth, where fortune frowned upon their efforts, and to
proceed to the rising .colonies of the far-off country men-
tioned. Shortly after their arrival there, the husband—
for 'they were married bait his wife "in town," and re-
paired 'to the " Diggingi," in the hope of realizing that
fortune which his prolific !fancy had painted, before he
quitted the shores of ,old England. After enduring the
burning heat of "the sam at noon," and the inconvenience
of "the cold night moon "'together with many other suf-
ferings and privations, which a digger " can only describe,
the poor fellow suceeeded'in obtaining " nuggets " to the
value of £400! Brimfed of joy, he repaired "to town,"
where he had left his wechiled partner, recounted his diffi-
culties and his success, at•the same time making her his
banker. Happy couple! 'Fortunate exiles ! But as all
human happiness is transient, so was theirs. The deceit-
ful wife grew enamoured ,ef another adventurer, packed
her husband off to the -diggings once more, and in his
absence eloped with her newly-formed acquaintance ;
crossed the tropics, and reached England a very short time
ago. We may add that-she is a native of a village, situate
about six miles from this town; and that when she passed
through here, on her arrival in this country, she was
decked in jewellery and hung in chains, flaunting through
our streets with all the vulgar swagger of a shameless
woman. The deserted' hu:sbandait is cheering to learn, has
again been successful, for, wording to accounts recently
received by a gentleman in this town from his son, he has
amassed about £5OO since the departure of his worthless
:spouse.—Cambridge Chronicle.
STARTLING DISCOVERY ABOUT THE COMET.—III• a
paper published in "Weale's Astronomical Almanack" for
A 854, Professor Crestadoro, of the University of Turin,
;announces the discovery of a new feature in the propa-
gation of light, which forms the groundwork of several
',important problems of physical astronomy. It is no less a
new law of the planetary radiation and formation of
-shadows, that dissipates all the mystery attached to comets,
the rings of Saturn, Zodiacal Light, Aurora Borealis, and
.alewnther unexplained phenomena, such as occur in the
etlipses and transits of Jopitees satellites. According to
:such. law the comets are only the phases of ordinary planets
in their way to or from conjunction, under certain circum-
stances, when their radiation being oblique to the earth is
converted into tails or commas of. different shape, whilst
the 'planet itself is noted down in the ephemerides as invi-
siblcat the time, and as such, not thought of by observa-
tion. The-last comet which has- been -conspicuous to the
naketLeye, during the last days of August, would turn out
to be 'the planet Venus, who at-the time-was not seen as
such, 'hut was throwing obliquely, m regard to the earth,
a strong pencil of light that formed its tail, which pencil,
as it wally converted into -a direct radiation towards
our globe, the appearance of the planet is, imensibly sub-
stituted la place of that of the missed comet. The paper
is entitletV Expected Return Mole Great Cornet of 1556,
or the Conetic Mysteries Dissipat-ed,.with Illustrations."
SLAVERY :IN AMERICA.—At Wilkesbarre; in Pennsyl-
vania, at one of the hotels there lived as water a tall
mulatto, nearly white, who went by the name of Sill. In
the beginning of the present month there arrived in the
town DeputyaMarshal Wynkoop, another fellow named
Joe Jenkins, -and three other assistants-from Virginia, to
arrest poor Bitters a " fugitive from labour." These per-
sons came behind him, and knocked him down-with a
mace; but Bill, who, as it appears, is—or was, for, in all
probability, the poor creature is dead—a very strong and
active man, recovered his feet, and threw his assailants
off. Finally, he managed to break from the house, with
the handcuffs fastened on his right wrist, and•made his
way to the river. Into this he plunged, ,exclaiming " I
will rather be drowned than taken alive." His pursuers
fired at him before 'he reached the water, and when he was
swimming they deliberately levelled their revolvers, and
fired four or five shots.. One ball was supposed to have
struck his head, as his face became instantly covered with
blood. He sprang up in the water, and shrieked in his
agony. .The bystanders were becoming so excited at the
'horrible sight; that the • southerners retreated from the
'bank, and took counsel together as to what was best to be
dope. Meanwhile the Poor -slave came to the shore, and was
suppled to be dying, upon width his pursuers remarked,
-that 7 Dead niggers were not worth taking south," and
were awaking away, when the fugitive unexpectedly re-
vived. As he in his turn was -walking away, supported
by another coloured man, the Virginia people, perceiving
that he -was alive, headed him, called upon him to stop,
and -threatened to shoot anybody niho should protect the
fugitive. The threat -took effect, for the crowd actually
did retire, and there was nothing for it but for poor Bill
to take to the water again, which be slid. In the water
he remained ,for upwards of a hour, and there his pur-
suers dared -not follow him.' At length they appear them-
selves to have been intimidated by the menacing attitude
of the crowd, who were preparing to arrest them, for they
-retired of -their own record. Bill waded some stance up
the. river, and then got out. He was found by some
coloured women flat on his face in a cornfield, senseless
froth the effect of his wound. Such is a specimen of pro-
ceedings under the Fugitive Slave Law.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS HAVE EFFECTED A
WONDERFUL CURE OF LAMEEESS OF FIVE YEARS' MIRA-
TION.—Extract of a letter from Mrs. Drandanril, of Turks
Island, Bahamas, dated August 3,1851.—" To professor
Holloway.—Sir,—l suffered during fireiears from lameness,
occasioned by a severe cold, which con ned me to my roors
for two years and a half, during which period I tried yap). s
remedies, but derived no benefit whatever from the m. _
from
then recommended to try your excellent meihOnes, ano
their use I have experienced the greatest relief. They have
proved most efficacious in my case, as I am nowenabled to
' walk without assistance, and inn entirely free from
pain."
tr of a
BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC. FILL"
letter written by John Molard Wheeler,
bi.sqyl„,,isjborllonetchtort, oatf
Customs, Jamaica. having been handed
Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication :7
but let
you brother
never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but me empliati•
rally tell you, in mercy to any friend who may suffer from
gout, rhuematic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any
to recommend their using
branch of that widely-allied famity,
them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not
only am I personally aware of their powers, but I see my
friends and acquaintances recelvinr, unfailing benefit from
their use. I would not be without them on any account. If
taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether •
if in a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier
cure, than by any other means within my knowledge.' Sold
by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by altrespectable
I%iedicine Vendors thropghout the
VON Kina:daga Price
as, 9d. per box

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the Improv

nent Committee moves
übject which has caused this Cou
summoned, I have a communicati<

think ought to take precedence of the regular business;
and I think that the communication will afford to this
Council, and I am sure to the public at large, as much
fication as it afforded to me, when I had the honour
Your public library and museum have
womoted, and so many respectable and

to receive it

somewhat remote sitnation, that it has become paidull
evident that the accommodation afforded is utterly in
adequate to the wants of the community. We have lon,
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)rovements which I trust