The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-31 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

We learn from Athens that the Queen of Greece is enciente.
—Paris Paper.
Mr. Fortescue, of Ravensdale, is the new candidate for the
county of Louth.

The Northumberland assizes promise to be maiden.
There is not, so far, a single prisoner for trial.— Gateshead
Observer.

On Thursday week the Duke of Richmond was presented
with a magnificent piece of plate, valued at £4OO, by the
farmers' and principal tenants on his Grace's estate in
Sussex.

Lord Shelburne, eldest sou of the Marquis of Lansdowne,
is on the point of marriage to the Lady Georgiana, daughter
of the late, and sister to the present, Earl of Pembroke.
Her ladyship is in her 23d year.
It is a remarkable circumstance that the four greatest
singers in the world should each have lost, within the season,
a near and clear relation--Rubini, a father; Grisi, a sister;
Lablache, a daughter; and Tamburini, a son.
The harvest has commenced in this county. On Saturday
last, wheat reaping partially begun, and barley in fine con-
dition was cut. The strew of all kinds of grain is short, and,
like hay, will fetch a good price in the coming season.—
Kentish Gazette.

Low TEMPERATURE OY JULY.—At the latter part of
the month of April, the thermometer ranged in the sun be-
tween 96 and 114 degrees of Fahrenheit ; and since the first
day of the present month, although the sun is at a much
greater altitude, the range has been between 69 and 87.
WHALE FISHERY.—ABERDEEN, JULY 22.—We under-
stand the Joseph Green, Union, and Eclipse, arrived at
Peterhead yesterday forenoon, from Greenland, with scarcely
any fish—eleven only having been killed at that fishery this
season. These vessels report the loss of the Perseverance of
Peterhead—crew saved.
LA:w PROMOTIONS.—It is currently rumoured that the
following law appointments are definitively arranged to take
place, viz. :—M r. Maziere Brady to be the new Chief Baron
of the Exchequer ; Mr. Pigot to succeed to the Attorney_
Generalship. Mr. Sergeant Moore, it is said, will be the
new Solicitor-General, vice Pigot ; Dr. Stock to have the
vacant Sergeantcy. This arrangement will create a vacancy
in the representation of Clonmel.—Limerick Standard.
CALEDONIAN CANAL.—An effort is at present making,
on the part of those locally interested, to obtain a surrender
of the works of the Caledonian canal from the government.
It is to be done by means of a joint-stock company ; and it
is alleged that the canal commissioners and the treasury are
willing to accede to some such arrangement. £45,000 are
to he deposited to discharge the existing debt, and the coming
in company are to complete the works according to Mr.
Walker's report.

ALARMING FEVER AT HOBART TOWN.—According to the
Hobart Town Courier, it appears that a fearful fever is raging
there. It broke out in the Penitentiary and the Female
House of Correction. Out of a road party of one hundred
and twenty-two, near -New Tewii, ninety-five were attacked,
and fifty are still laid up. The average of mortality in Hobart
Town since its commencement has been calculated at one in
seven, nearly twice the amount of what is generally computed
as the result of the most fatal fever. Another proof of its
fatal character, the Malcolm Huts road party, out of twenty-
eight attacked with the fever, fourteen have died.

An extraordinary scene presented itself a few days ago in
the Passage St. Guillaume, near the Palais Royal. Au
individual about 40 years of age was seen brandishing a large
knife and threatening the lives of the public, and repeatedly
declaring-that one life at least he must have. No one dared
to approach him, and in a few minutes he was seen rushing
up the staircase of an adjoining house, taking four steps at a
time. Arrived at the third story, lie began to call aloud—
" Lisa, Lisa, thy life, thy blood—l must have thy blood!"
The screams of the mistress of the apartment brought several
persons to her assistance in spite of the brandished knife,
and the madman (for such he proved to be) was, at length,
secured, but not until he had 'inflicted several dangerous
wounds upon the body of the unfortunate porter who had
opposed his entrance to the rooms of the lady.—Paris paper.
IMPROPER CONDUCT OF A SHIP-MASTER.—It will be seen
from Captain Hosken's report of the homeward voyage of the
Great Western, that he was diverted from his course in a
most unjustifiable manner by a signal of distress hoisted by
the master of the brigantine Champion, of Newfoundland,
when, instead of requiring assistance, he merely used it as a
decoy, to induce him to take a passenger on board. Such
conduct should be severely reprehended by the ship-owners,
as it will have a direct tendency to make the captains of
steam-vessels, who are tied to time like a mail coach, pass by
cases of real distress, when they find themselves so trifled
with.—Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.-011
Saturday night last, about,twelve o'clock, Mr. John Coulton,
underlooker of the collieries at Haigh, near Wigan, was re-
turning home from Wigan, on horseback, and, when in a
lonely part of the road, near the canal pits, three men, like
excavators, sprung from their hiding-place, and tired at him.
The slugs struck him in the head, and severely injured him.
The men then dragged him into a hay-field, and robbed him
of his watch and purse. Mr. Coulton managed to get home
immediately afterwards, and was more injured than he at first
expected. Several slugs have been taken from his head, and
he now lies in a dangerous state.—Manchester Guardian.
THE Hops.—A few, very few grounds in the neighbour-
hood of Canterbury still look tolerably well ; the remainder
are almost past hope. At the East Kent great hop dinner,
on Saturday last, at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury, a nu-
merous party of growers and, consumers were present. The
letters from various planters in the county were read, and a
general opinion prevailed of a small return. The duty was
laid by the company at £50,000. Our accounts from the
Weald are, without exception, of the same gloomy descrip-
tion. Everywhere the crops are less promising, and the low-
est duty we have had for many years past is beginning to be
looked for.—Kentish Gazette.

THE GREAT WILL CAUSE.—PANTON V. WILLIAMS....
Sir Herbert Jenner gave judgment in this long-pending cause
on Tuesday afternoon, in favour of Mr. Williams, who, it
will be recollected, was tried for forgery at the Old Bailey,
about eighteen months since. Upwards of £50,000 depended
upon the issue, besides real estates. The proctor of Mr.
Panton has given notice of appeal to the privy council.

Mr. Maitland Makgill Crichton has published °a long
letter to the electors of the St. Andrews' district of burghs,
in which he states that, owing to a difference of opinion
among his supporters regarding non-intrusion, he has with-
drawn his pretensions as a candidate to represent the burghs
in parliament. Mr. Bruce, of Falkland, is spoken of as the
conservative candidate.—Scottish Standard.
DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR ARTHUR PAGET.—The
evening papers of Tuesday announced the demise of General
the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.8., the Governor of Chel-
sea College. ThiA statement was erroneous, it being the
gallant general's brother, the Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, whose
death we have to record. The Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget
died on Sunday last, at his residence in Grosvenor-street,
shortly after two, after being obliged to keep his chamber for
a fortnight. He had been seriously indisposed for some weeks
before. He was the second son of the first Earl of Uxbridge,
and brother to the Marquis of Anglesea, and was born on
January 15, 1771, and married Lady Augusta Jane, daughter
of the Earl of Westmoreland, and sister of the Countess of
Jersey and Viscount Burghersh, whose marriage with the
late Earl of Morley was dissolved by act of parliament in
1809, by whom he had a family of nine children, six of whom
survive him. The Marquis of Anglesea arrived in town, from
Cowes, on Monday night. The funeral takes place on Satur-
day, but we understand it will be strictly private. Upwards
of thirty families are placed in mourning by this death. By
the demise of this gentleman an insignia of a Knight Grand
Cross of the Bath becomes- vacant-, and a pension of £I2OU
per annum, which Sir Arthur received for his diplomatic ser-
vices, reverts to the civil list.—Morning Herald of Wednes-
day.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—There has been a
decided improvement in the weather within the last few days,
which has revived the hope of a good harvest. From all
accounts, the grain crops are generally good—in some in-
stances extremely abundant ; and green crops are, with few
exceptions, highly promising.—Scottish Standard.
A county meeting was held at Dorchester on Wednesday,
the high sheriff in the chair, and addresses of congratulation
to the Queen and Prince Albert, on her Majesty's recent
escape from assassination, were unanimously agreed to;
" Better late than never," says the proverb ; but after the
verdict of the jury on the trial of the mad pot-boy, the Dor-
setshire gentlemen would have displayed quite as much loy-
alty and good sense had they waited a few months longer for
an opportunity of .addressing the theone.—Bristol Journal.

GAS PROCURED FROM ANIMAL MATTER.—A series of
experiments (says the Athenteum) has been made on this
subject by M. Seguin, who found that, by distilling the car-
case of a horse, which weighed 685.41 pounds troy, he could
obtain 4.907 gallons of inflammable gas, 30.41 lbs. of sal
ammoniac, and 42.2 lbs. of animal charcoal, or ivory black.
It would appear, however, from a comparison with other
experiments, that the amount of each product has been
somewhat underrated.

ADVERTISING VANS.—SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Fri-
afternoon, as Mr. Charles Wheeler, secretary to the " Ladies
Association for the more effectual suppression of cruelty to
animals," was riding a young spirited horse (for the purchase
of which he was in treaty with the owner) along Lisson-
street, Marylebone, the animal suddenly took fright at one
of those abominable nuisances " advertising vans," and,
rearing up, threw and fell upon the rider. Some gentlemen,
who witnessed the occurrence, hastened to Mr. Wheeler's
assistance, and, having rescued him from his perilous situa-
tion, quite insensible and streaming with blood, conveyed
him to his residence near at hand, when two surgeons were
called in, and, on examination, it was discovered that he
had sustained concussion of the brain, in addition to internal
injuries of a very serious nature.—Shipviny Gazette.
UNPLEASANT CIRCUMSTANCE ATTENDING A WEDDING.
—At a village not a hundred miles from Doddington a laugh-
able event occurred, which will be long remembered by its
inhabitants. On the morning of Saturday last the villagers
were all bustle and joy at the approach of a wedding about to
take place at their parish church, between a young gentleman
of Hollingbourne and a young lady of Doddington. The
church was filled, and the lasses of the village were gaily
dressed and prepared to strew the pathway with flowers,
after the knot was tied, when, to the astonishment of all the
concerned parties, it was found that the gentleman had for-
gotten to procure a license ! A messenger was instantly
despatched to acquaint the lady with her lover's error. She
and her attendants in four carriages were met about twenty
rods from the church, and made acquainted with the unplea-
sant news. Such was the effect on the fair one's nerves that
she immediately fainted. The party returned to their homes,
and the minister's son was sent off immediately to Faversham
to procure a license. He, however, was there disappointed,
and obliged to proceed to Canterbury, where he was more
fortunate, and the gentleman and lady became man and wife
on the Sunday following, in the presence of a vast assembly.
—West Kent Guardian.

As a person named Marshall was proceeding in company
with another female through a cornfield adjoing Marcham-
park , on her way to Abingden, on Monday se'endight, she
observed a swarm of bees coming towards them, the whole
of which almott immediately afterwards settled upon her
neck, face, And bosom. The poor woman was greatly terrified,
and with some difficulty retained the power of respiration by
placing both hands over her nose and mouth. Her companion
immediately went back to the village for assistance, and Mr.
Chamberlain soon arrived with a hive. and with the assist-
ance of others, removed her to his house, where, in a few
minutes he relieved Mrs. Marshall from her perilous situation,
without her having sustained the least injury, remarkable as
it may appear, not one having stung her.—Reading Mercury.

RUTTER ?),CHAPMAN, No. 2.—On Saturday last, Mr.
Chapman attended at the New Bailey Court, and stated that
he was there in obedience to a warrant requiring him to at-
tend and give sureties for his appearance at the next Salford
sessions, to an indictment preferred against him at the Kirk-
dale sessions by Mr. Rutter, for an assault.—The sitting
magistrate, Paul Moon James, Esq., said that Mr. Chapman
and his sureties could enter into the usual recognizances ; and
they accordingly went to the clerk's office, where Mr. Chap-
man entered into his own recognizance in £40.. and Messrs.
Joseph Grave and Wm. Pearson, his sureties, each in £2O,
for his appearance at the next (intermediate) general ad-
journed sessions of the peace for the hundred of Salford,—
which, we believe, commence on Monday the 31st August.—
Manchester Guardian.

The ship Mozambique, which arrived in the Thames on
the 22d instant, from St. John's, New Brunswick, unfortu-
nately came without the master, Captain M`Leod, who, in a
state of insanity, threw himself overboard at 6 a. m. on Sa-
turday, the 27th of June, but was with great difficulty re-
covered by the mate, and his life then preserved by means of
several hours' chafing, &c. ; a strict watch was consequently
kept over him day and night. On Monday, June 29, he ap-
peared perfectly recovered, and, after cleaning himself, went
on deck, and whilst the mate was taking the sun's altitude,
he threw the ship's papers overboard, which was not known
to the mate until communicated by one of the passengers
some minutes afterwards, when he immediately put the ship
about, and fortunately succeeded in finding and picking them
up, at which circumstance Captain M`Leod was apparently
much gratified, and was then quite sensible in conversation
with his passengers, mate, and crew. On Tuesday, June
30, at 6 a.m., he turned out, washed himself, (after having
slept well during the preceding night,) saluted the cabin paa-
sengers, went on deck, and immediately jumped overboard
again, the ship at the time going 7- knots, and was never
seen afterwards, as the watch on deck states he sunk imme-
diately. He has left a wife, but no family, at St. John's, and
was a native of Peterhead.

STRIKING LIKENESS.—A gentleman who had acquired a
competency in the pursuit of commerce, resolved to leave its
harrassing turmoil, its " accidents by flood and field," and
betake himself to the peaceful occupation of a tiller of the
soil, and rearer of cattle, and bought a farm in Islay. Before
leaving Glasgow, be had his portrait taken by a skilful artist,
which he hung up in his parlour. A Highland servant girl,
who had never seen any canvass semblance of the human
face divine, attending her duties, was cleaning out the parlour
on the morning after the picture had been hung up, and pur-
posely kept ignorant, that the value as a portrait might be
tested ; while turning about in the process of sweeping, she
observed her master in gilt embroidery, looking, as she
thought, sternly at her. She remained motionless a minute,
and observing no change on the rigid features of her object
which seemed to observe her motions, she took to her heels,
and ran up stairs, calling to the ploughman, " Donald,
Donald, come awa down in a moment, and see my maister
looking through the wa' ."—Laird of Logan.

-THE MAWDSLEY MINERAL SPRING.—On a former oc-
casion we have noticed this spring, which has been declared,
on medical analyzation, equal to the Harrogate waters or the
Cheltenham Spa; and our readers are fully aware, some of
them from experience, of its healing properties. It was,
therefore, with regret that we heard of the exclusion of the
public from availing themselves of its salubrious qualities ;
and it affords us great pleasure to have it in our power now
to record the determination of the owners of the estate to
admit the public gratuitously to partake of this healing
spring. Mawdsley, where the spring exists, is situated about
seven miles north-west of Wigan, and about six northward
of Ormskirk. It would not surprise us one day to see this the
resort of the fashionable and the invalid, as much so as either
of the far-famed Cheltenham or Harrogate. The scenery
in the neighbourhood cannot be surpassed by any in England ;
the groves of Latham and Knowsley—the mountains of
Newborough—and the fertile plains of Scarisbrick, form a
delightful contrast to the distant ocean in the back ground,
and are all objects on which the lover of nature may gaze
with no ordinary feelings of pleasure and satisfaction.—
Wigan Gazette.

DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGES ON THE DEAD.—Unfortu-
nately it has long been notorious that, through the criminal
neglect of survivors, the most disgusting violations of the
dead have commonly passed off unnoticed and unpunished.
On the surface of many grounds I have repeatedly seen cof-
fin wood piled up for removal, and I could not refrain from
wondering that this barefaced insult to the living—ntcessa-
rily preceded by a disgusting exposure, and too frequently
dismemberment, of the dead—could have taken place with
impunity, and that the perpetrators of these acts- shod&
escape unpunished. But these men—for necessity may have
compelled them to the employment—are comparatively in-
nocent. The abuse—the criminality of the act—rests with
those who superintend or connive at the transgression.—Ga-
therings from Grave Yards.

FOREIGN SUGAR.—Frorn an official return just made it
appears that the quantity of sugar the produce of foreign
sugar refined in bond, under the act 3d and 4th William IV.,
c. 61, exported from London and the outports of the United
Kingdom, between the 25th day of June, 1839, and the sth
of July, .1840, was as follow :—To Russia, 19,890 cwts. ;
Sweden, 78 ; Norway, 401 ; Denmark, 1 ; Prussia, 609 ;
Germany, 5,236 ; Holland, 520 ; Belgium, 168; France, 925;
Portugal, Azores, and Madeira, 1,135 ; Spain and the Cana-
ries, 8,575 ; Gibraltar, 3,561; Italy, 40,734 ; Malta, 3,843 ;
lonian Islands, 6,671; Morea and the Greek Islands, 1,378 ;
Turkey, 30,807 ; Syria and Palestine, 1,397; Egypt, 1,052;
Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco, 1,882 ; Western Coast
of Africa, 290 ; Cape of Good Hope, 163 ; Saint Helena,
17 ; Mauritius, 507 ; East Indies and China, 800; British
settlements in Australia, 11,111; British North American
Colonies, 36,900 ; British West Indies, 10,567 ; Foreign West
Indies, 31 ; United States of America, 79 ; Mexico and the
South American States, 421 ; Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Al-
derney, and Man, 3,605. Total 193,354 cwt., of which
129,200 cwt. were from London, and 64,154 cwt. from the
outports. This return is interesting at a time when the great
advance in the price of this necessaryarticle of consumption
has occasioned much speculation in the colonial produce.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—The following is the clause intro-
duced into the bill respecting j.oint.stock banks by the com-
mittee, by which the companies will be enabled to proceed
criminally against their shareholders :—" And whereas it is
expedient to extend the provision of the same act hereby
continued in manner hereinafter stated, be it enacted that if
any person or persons, being a member or members of ai
banking co-partnership within the meaning of the said act,
shall steal or embezzle any money, goods, effects, bills, notes,
securities, or other property of or belonging to such co-part-
nership, or shall commit any fraud, forgery, crime, or offence
against or with intent to injure or defraud such co-partner-
ship, such member or members shall be liable to indictment.
information, prosecution, or other proceeding in the name of
any of the public officers for the time being of such co-part-
nership in whose name any action or suit might under the
said act be lawfully brought against any member or members
of such co-partnership, for every such fraud, forgery, crirn,
or offence ; and may, thereupon, be lawfully convicted, as if
such person or persons had not been or was or were not a
member or members of such co-partnership, any law, usage,
or custom to the contrary notwithstanding."