The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-27 00:00:00

On Monday, Mrs. Langton, while taking an airing on
horseback in Hyde Park, was thrown from the saddle, in
consequence of the animal stumbling. Upon the lady being
lifted up it was discovered that she bad broken both her
collar-bone and her right arm.
Sir A. Henniker had a desperate fall from his horse, which
it was at first apprehended would be attended with serious
consequences. He was found in the road quite senseless,
but is now fast recovering. It appears the horse suddenly
started, and the hon. baronet fell over on his head —,s,,,ibtk
Chronicle.

A young couple were to have been married at Marnoch on
Saturday last ; but, melancholy to relate, the bridegroom
died on the previous Friday, and the provisions, &c., pre-
pared for his marriage, were used at his funeral, which took
place on the day appointed for the celebration of the nuptials.
—Aberdeen Herald.
Mr. Baron Gurney, one of the judges who preside at the
ensuing assizes for the county, which commence at Chester,
on Monday, the Gth of August next, has again signified his
intention of trying all prisoners, committed to either of the
county gaols, up to the period of holding his court; and the
governor of the House of Correction, at Knutsford, has re-
ceived instructions to convey thither, up to that period, all
prisoners for trial committed into his custody since last session.
Macclesfield Courier.
Tria LAKES.—The number of visitors to the Lakes is
greater this year than ever has been known; not a lodging
can be had in or near Ambleside. There are about forty
young gentlemen from the Universities, with their tutors,
who combine pleasure with study, and thus endeavour to
make the long vacation pass agreeably. The two inns, the
Salutation and the Commercial, so long noted for their ex-
cellent and comfortable accommodations, have been regularly
full of company, and we trust will continue to be so through
the season, so that the worthy hosts and hostesses may not
labour in vain.— Westmoreland Gazette.
CHußcis BUILDING Soctem—This society made last year
117 grants, amounting to £24.060. The additional accom-
modation gained were 44,035 sittings; of these there were
30,000 free sittings. During the 20 years in which the soci-
ety has been in operation, they have expended £244,731
from their own resources • they have assisted 1415 parishes.
The increase of accommodation has been for 398,960 persons,
including 294.339 free seats; and they have been the indirect
j°• 085, in addition to their grants, of raising 11
million ster-
n towards the erection of churches.
I°nE rOPEEY AT Coutit.—lf what we hear be true, we
°hall shortly have another proof of the ascendancy of Popery
in tmoinhe Palace, and its increasing influence at court. It is
ru.,
d that the elevation of another Papist is determined
and that her Majesty, we suppose by the advice and loeest counsel before
and behind the throne, will revive the
dormant title of Earl of Derwentwater in the person of the
.-r▪
opish peer, Lord Petre. To Lord Petre personall we
nave no objection, but wherefore this studied and exclusive
honour conferred upon professors of a creed her Majesty so
recently swore to abjure ?—Age.
Lord Durham, it is supposed, selected Mr. Gibbon Wake-
field as a member of his political establishment with the
kindly object of keeping Mr. Turton in countenance. In
this point of view there could not have been a more happy
selection. The governor-general, it is said, is anxious to do
the same kind office for the member for Finsbury, but those
who know the numerous political and private virtues of that
honourable gentleman will not be surprised that his excel-
lency findsit no easy matter to match Mr. Duncombe.
CURIOUS ACCOUCHMENT.—On Thursday evening a woman
travelling in a cart drawn by two dogs, in the road near
Polesloe-bridge, half a mile from this city, was taken suddenly
ill, which beingobserved by a humane gentleman ofAlphing-
ton, he hastened to Mr. Land, surgeon, of St. Sidwell's, who,
with the greatest promptitude, attended the patient, whom he
found in labour, and in a few minutes she became the mother
of a fine boy. She was carefully conveyed with the little
stranger to the inn at Whipton, and every care and attention
paid to her.—Exeter Gazette.
GRATITUDE.—Monday se'nnight, while the passengers
were disembarking from the Brilliant steam-vessel, which
had just returned from the Nore, at London-bridge Wharf,
a young woman, who was very gaily dressed, on leaving the
vessel, on walking along the gangway board, fell. She
uttered a loud scream on reaching the water, and was about
sinking, when a boatman, named Connorton, who was for-
tunately alongside, in his boat, caught her and saved her life.
On recovering herself, the first words she uttered were, " Oh,
dear, I have spoiled a new shawl and bonnet," and left the.
spot without thanking her benefactor.
SPONTANEOUS IGNITION.—On Monday morning, at nine
o'clock, that densely-populated neighbourhood, Kent-street,
Southwark, was thrown into a state of excitement by an
alarming fire suddenly bursting forth from the lower part of
the premises belonging to Mrs. Lather, (widow,) twine-
maker, No. 171, in that street. By the incessant exertions
of the firemen, the flames were confined to that part of the
building where the fire commenced, and which is partly
consumed. The cause was afterwards discaveted to have
been the spontaneous ignition of a great quantity of hemp
in the cellar, which must have been smouldering some days.
Mrs. Lather is unfortunately not insured. The robberies
that were committed during the confusion of the moment
were most daring and barefaced.—Morning Herald.
BONE MANUEE.—In consequence of the extensive intro-
duction of this new species of manure into our highly-im-
proved system of agriculture, thousands of acres that would
have been doomed to nearly total barrenness have been
brought under the most promising cultivation. As yet the
supply has not kept pace with the demand. It will somewhat
surprise our readers that in the county of Forfar alone 153,000
bushels of bones were used last year—a quantity which, at
3s. per bushel, would cost, as nearly as may be, £23,000 !
This great supply came from Russia. But, for reasons not
precisely known, the Russian government has issued an
ukase, whereby bones to be exported must, after the Ist of
January next, pay a duty so high, that it is almost certain the
supply from that country will be wholly cut off.—Edinburg
Observer.

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VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Yesterday,,
31`Donald, a weaver from Parkhead, happened.
.to go into.
it Boman Catholic Chapel in this city,
expression where,
made use of some contemptuousb regarding al is said,
the h e
when at least
ceremonial, loud enough to be heard. In an instant a per-
son gave an advice that he should be done for,
a hundred persons followed
, until rescued by
him out of the church, who kicked
and maltreated hint in a dreadful
,rec
to
the police in Stockwell-street. MeD
Dovin,t the
onald was convc. I
state.
the Infirmary last night, in ai. verybs ,lf.atjt.,.,,
tug the man, he
own hands will
cuonnietinwune7lutouicSalllt"oou't7"c.a; ..Znorst'. for ever." We trust
the miscreants who thus took the law in their
be brought to justice. —Scot tish Guardian.
A few days ago a servant, wishing
in a hole in a garden, and
ing to destroy several newly-
born puppies, buried
them aliveearth.
Thirty-six hours afterwards
covered them over with t
being curious to ascertain if the
pour animals were dead,
a Young medical stud en
proceeded to their exhumation, when
•
they were found alive and well, with the exception of one,
"'Phis example," a contemporary
which was almost dead.
observes, "added to the instance of the Hindoo who lived
weeks, and to the numerous cases
. e buried for
after an interment of three
o
supposition that some f miners who have been found alive after being
eight or ten days, would. lead to the
Un-
known agent exists in bowels the b •ls of the earth, capable of pro.
longing the sufferings of the victims ofprecipitate interment."
OATHS' ABOLITION BILL.—
the
In common with the right-
judging portion of the community, we rejoice at fate of
Lord Denman's "oaths' b. abolition i.li, —a measure which,
had it been carried, would have done more to break down the
sanctity and the safeguard hitherto attached to courts of
justice than the wildest schemes of the wildest radical re-
formers. Of Lord Denman's motives no one can entertain
a doubt ; but it is to be regretted that. his lordship's judicial
experience should lead him to so mistaken a result. Let
Lord Denman improve the sanctity which ought to. attach. to
an oath,by
our courts; and, as a first step, let the lord chief justice re-
form the sing-song careless manner in which they are too
often administered in his own. Most reforms are lest which
begin at home.—Morniny Herald.
A NEW CASPAR Ha usee.—The Gazeq, e, dee Tribirnalt.r
gives the following story under the title of ,• I heNew Caspar
Hauser," which is curious if true:—"The day before yester-
day, in consequence of information given by a poor woman
named Wiliam), who, after being six months in the Hotel
Dieu, was at the point of death, a commissai y of police re-
paired to the lodging of her husband, a painter in porcelain
in the rue Popincourt, No. 40. In a dark closet belonging
,to Willard's lodging he discovered rolled up, rather than
stretched, upon a heap of damp straw, a young man about
22 years of age, whose haggard countenance, emaciated and
bent body, and almost powerless limbs, gave proofs of long
suffering, insufficient food, and continued deprivation of fresh
air and exercise. From the various admissions of Willand,
and the ieformations collected by the conunissary of police
from the other inmates of the house, it appears that this un-
fortunate youth has been kept a close prisoner, and subjected
to continued ill-treatment since the day of his birth. He
never went out of his parents' room, was never seen by any
body, and, in fact, his existence was never suspected. The
mauves of this horrid treatment have not transpired."
A PlHATE.—Extract from a letter received in the city yes-
terday morning :—" Bristol, July 22.—The ship William
Miles, Captain Pike, which arrived here yesterday from J`'-
aboutaica,givs the following account :--a On the 25th of June,
latitude 34 north, longitude 67 west, fell in with a pi-
ratical schooner, about 150 tons, with a crew of 70 or 80 men
on board (name unknown, supposed to be under the Brazilian
or Portuguese colours, and wearing a pendant.) The com-
mander of the schooner iminediatels ordered Captain Pike
to heave to. He then boarded him, and stated that he be-
longed to the Brazilian government, and was out 10 days
from Cuba, and requested to
which he took one tierce o be supplied with provisions,
of
pork. He f prime beet' and one barrel of
Commerce (the pirate) gave an order on the Chamber of
at Cuba for payment of the beef and pork. When
be left the William Miles he fired a shotted gun, but fort u-
nately without doing any injury to that vessel or tier crew.
He kept in company until next day, when he took his de-
parture, doubtless in search of a more valuable vessel and
cargo. Captain Pike states she was a very beautiful and
fast sailing schooner. It is to be hoped that she may fall in
with soma British cruiser."—Morniny Herald.
BLACKPOOL.—In addition to the improvements which
the last few years have annually presented at this delightful
watering-place, may he named the marine residence of Sir
Benjamin Heywood, One of the new creation of Baronets.
This extensive pile of building, the completion of which is
fast drawing near, is situated on the beach, within a few yards
of the Victoria Promenade and News-rooms, recently erect-
ed by a public-spirited inhabitant The erection of Sir Ben-
jamin's new house is considered, by the inhabitants, a coin-
Plimeu' to the place; and so it is since no one, at all acquat-
ed with the excellent and reasonable accommodation tot[ be
found at the hotels and lodging-houses, can for a moment
hesitate in believing
with great c that housidl and family would have met
turn omfort at either. It is said that, by way of re-
a ball is to be given at the Victoria-room, before the
close of the season, to commemorate the act of gracious favour
bestowed upon him by his Sovereign; and we believe the
occasion would be gladly seized upon, by the inhabitants and
Certain it is,
visitors, to show their respect towards him.
that the worthy baronet has, for some years, been a zealous
Patron of Blackpool ;and though, of course,
the place may, in soine measure, be influenced by the bene-
ficesthis partiality for
effects which its pure air has had upon a frame eonsti-
tntinally delicate. there can he no doubt that such an event
would be hailed with much pleasure.—Blackburn Standard.
AN UNPLEASANT ACCONIPANIMENT.—One day last week,
as 4 boat from Pulteney town. i-vas out at the haddock
.fishing,
whiles little we '
buoy floe,- , ) off the hay of Wick the crew perceived a
iglu th -Ling on the surface of the water, Anxious to ascer-
° °Liect which could have induced any one to plant a
buoy 41 Plane where it was evidently not required, they cau-
tious
IY aPProacl.ed it. When on the point of grasping the
treasure, a sudden explosion took place—the sea around them
heeame convulsed—and an enormous whale, to whose tail the
machine seemed attaahed, darted across the prow of the boat
and disappeared along with the buoy ! ! It was clear that the
nionster had got fairly entangled in the fishing gear of some
fishermen, and had, in all prabability, while endeavouring., to
extricate only managed to env,,lope himself more completely
in his hem gin. The boatinee were upon the point of ma-
king a rope fast to the buoy iu order to secure it the more ef-
fectually, when the Davis's Straits giant made his movement.
Iliad he not given the timeous warniiig Davy Jones's Lock-
er would very
possithemhave been eir Tate, as he wuld i ee'llably have dragged them alongth with-him to theo botton-
m
had the rope been fastened to the buoy. Some of the boat-
411°,en aver that the fish carried a drift of nets along with him
'BO, and that in all likelihood he was out upon a deep sea
a,Nhing expedition Whales are known to be partial to her-
„L'lgs.; and fitted out thi one is there can be little doubt
but bat he will luxuriate this year. Taking all matters into
consideration, however, the position in which the Greenlander
be as Placed himself is not an enviable one. The predicament
31 the dog with a tin-kettle tied to his tail, with all its incon-
veniences. is a decidedly preferable situation to that of the
whale—Wick paper.