The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-31 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

MURDER IN CottwALL.—James Halman, a labourer
in Cornwall, has been committed for the murder of his
wife. He seems to have beaten her on the head with the
poll-end of a hatchet, and thrust her under the grate ;
where the body lay when Halman called in some neigh-
bours. He pretended that his wife, while drunk, threw a
hatchet at him ; in retaliation, he pushed her, and she fell
under the grate. But the hatchet was found concealed in
a wall ; and the cuts on the woman showed that she had
been violently assailed.
Scovcn WEISREY.—At a meeting in Wick, on the Ist
instant, Mr. Dunn, excise-officer, stated that there were
five distilleries in Caithness which annually manufactured
80,000 gallons of whiskey, all for home consumption, at a
cost of £40,000, or £5,000 more than the assessed rental
of the country in 1815, or about half the real rental at
present. He believed the population of the country was
about 38,000, which would on an average give two gallons
to every man, woman, and child. But as the children
could not use the whiskey, and as the ladies, of course,
never polluted their lips with the poison, there must be a
good share to some people.—Edinburgh Witness.
PETITIONS to parliament in favour of juvenile reforma-
tion have been extensively signed by the magistrates of
the Gloucestershire court of quarter sessions,
Mont CONVENT FIRES.—Two fresh attempts have
been made to fire the Popish nunnery in Dighton-street,
Bristol, to which twice already fire has been wilfully set.
The circumstances under which these attempts have been
maxie leave no doubt that the incendiary is within the

The Echo, of Valparaiso, says that the electric telegraph
company have been compelled temporarily to abandon
their works, owing to the opposition of the country people,
who cut the wires, under the belief that the telegraph was
an invention of the devil's, and affected their hopes of
salvation.

AT EDINBURGH, a few days ago, Professor Anderson
gave his audience a specimen how the juggle of table
rapping may be performed. After making the spirit
enclosed within a hollow table obedient to his behests, to
the satisfaction of his audience, he removed the top of
the table, and exhibited the said mysterious agent, which
consisted of a small hammer similar to those which beat
the hours on our .clocks, and which was under the influ-
ence of a galvanic battery, connected to it by a 'Wirt con-
ducted along the ioor from beneath the stage.
MAY AND DY.CPMBER.—A wealthy spinster,well known
to the neighbourhood of Honiton, and verging on the
period which the Psalmist records as the duration of hu-
man existence, having spent the whole of 'her years in
single blessedness, appears at last to have been overtaken
by the sly rogue Cupid. A youthful tutor of three and
twenty summers attracted a heart heretofore impervious
to the soft nothings of the sterner sex, and on Thursday
last, after a courtship on the lady's part•of some duration,
the bonds of hymen were entwined in The presence of a
large company, who attended in carriages to give eclat to
the nuptial ceremony, and who had been invited by the
bride to a ddettner a la fourchet-ft., which was laid out
with a profusion that might have been expected from the
well-known habits of the lady ; and consisted, we are in-
formal, of half a fowl and about three pounds of cold beef.
How the party fared may, perhaps, be more easily ima-
,gineAl than described.—Exeter Flying Post.
BRANDY Prom BEErsoor.fflhe experiment of ex-
tracting brandy from beetroot has just been successfully
tried in this country ; and with a result that cannot fail
to be attended with the most signal success.—Leeds
Leporter.
EXTRAORDINARY INCRPI.SE OP PAUPERISM. --:The
high price of provisions, and:file want of labour, has during
the past week caused an increase of pauperism, in 'the
parish of St. Pancras, wholly and entirely unprecedented.
There are at this time on the parish books no less a num-
ber receiving relief, in and out of the workhouse, that
10,465 persons, and yet the poor rate is only 51d. in the
pound for the present half year. The increase in out-door
poor in one week, consequent on the late snow and frost,
has been upwards of 2,000.
A DISTREeSING Scrim occurred in Lambeth Churai on
Sunday forenoon. The Rev. W. D. James, the senior
curate, was reading the morning service, when, on gating
almost to the end of the Litany, a sudden scream-was
heard, and in an .instant afterwards the rev. gentleman
fell in his desk, apparently in a fit. The Rev. Mr. Easom,
his brother curate, 'ran to his assistance, and after some
time he recovered-sedfitiently to be removed to brio own
residence. An apoplectic fit, it is presumed, waSthecause
of the rev. g,entleruarizs attack.
A FLEYTBLE Fielumn.—The most ingenious and origi-
nal inventions seemnlivays destined to plunge -their in-
ventors into diffieeties. At the Great Exhibition of 1851
there were-few specimens of mechanical contrivarim which
attracted more curious interest that Count Dunin's steel
" modal of a 'man" -with its 7,000 springs, wheels, and
laming so deftly-Conibined that, by turning a handle, the
figure.cculd be expanded to the dimensions Of a.giant, or
wound =down • into ,the diminutive proportionwef a dwarf,
and yet preserve a perfect symmetry among its various
parts nndlinibs. The expenses attending this intricate
machine, and other contrivances of a like •chanrter, have,
however, resulted in making the inventor a bankrupt, an
adjudication having' been pronounced againstlim on Mon-
' day, in Bashinghall-street, London. His liabilities are
stated to be considerUble, chiefly upon bills of exchange.
The count, it was then said, had disappeared, and the only
assets tlisooverable consisted of some furniture, and this,
was,crinimed by a single creditor under a bilbof,sale.

SEAMEN'S WAGEF--A difference has just. arisen be-
tween' le seamen of Aberdeen and their employers on the
the score of wages. The men, who have been receiving
£4 per month, now demand £4 10s., and ed. per ton
for bast ; and own_ca's. rather than accede to these
terms, have paid Off- their hands. In consequence, there
is scarcely a vessel ill the harbour manned. A meeting
of seagoing carpenters was held on Monday, when at
least ,some of that ;Class joined the seamen's movement,
and consequently pledged themselves not to take the place
of the-latter. Shouldthis state of matters. continue, it is
not difficult to see what the result may be, mid sspecially
who must be the greatest sufferers; but it is to be hoped
that better influences will prevail.—AberdeenXierald.
TIE WAGES MOVEE'ENT IN TEE WEST.—The vgitation
in favour of an increase in the amount of wages, conse-
quent on the high price of "provisions, is not 'yet settled
in the...west of England. At Sturrninster-Marshall the
whole Sfablie agricultural labourers struck for an.aclvance
a few days since. The farmers met together, .aid, after
consultation, agreed to give the men an additional. is. per
week. In the parish of Piddletown, in Somerset, the
attempt, to obtain an advance by the agricultural ilabourers
assumed ii most riotous cLaracter. About 40 mentwent in
a body to"Waterson farm, in the occupation of Mr. James
Hartling,f-and endeavoured to get the la! ,rers there to
join theanin making a demand on that person for as, in-
crease of .wages. They failed, however, to disaffect the
men tamales their master,-one of them declaringthat he
was perfectly satisfied with his wages. In spite ,of This
they went to Mr. Harding, and demanded that 'he should
pay his meraas another farmer, named Geago, had pro-
mised to do--,namely, to give them 12s. per week. ',This
Mr. Hackling refused to comfly with, and it was only hy
threatening-to-send for the Da-lice that lie got rid -of them
Warrants were subsequently issued for the apprehenSion
of the principal offenders, and one of the ringleaders laas
since 'been 'committed for trial. At Exeter, the Town
Courell'have determined on giving the police force of that
city ail:vddition .cf 2s. per week to their present wages,
which are now :18s_. This arrang?ment, however, is only
intended to be continued during the existence of the pre-
sent higi prices of provisions.
NEM' CAUECII AZ READING, picas.—In the centre
of the Castle Hill estate, fronting the Bath-road, in Read-
ing, a plot of ground:had been apportioned by the original
proprietor .of the property, for a square, which was sur-
rounded by:a very •handsome iron pahsading, with large
gates at each corner. The land having been recently pur-
chased for the Conservative Land Society, the executive
committee have decided that the ground in the centre of
the square shall be givenfor the erection of a new church,
the increasing population of Reading rendering the gift
very useful and beneficial to the locality. This is the
second grant of land for the building of a church by the
Conservative Land Society,

TIIE RUSSELL INSTLTUMN IN GREAT 0c,8.A.M-STREET,
LONDON, has sought to be exonerated from ,parish rates,
under the Parochial Assessments Act, as being instituted
for the purposes of literature, science, and the fine arts
exclusively." After hearing arguments in the Queen's
Bench on Wednesday, Lord Campbell gave judgment
against the institution. He •noticed that newspapers were
taken in there, that politics Were -studied as well as,science,
and a magazine or Bradshaw's Railway Guide found
more readers than " Newton's Principia." The objects of
the establishment were highly laudable, and its utility
great ; but it was not entitled ;to exemption from the or-
dinary parochial burdens.
Mustnms IN DEAN FostEsx.—At okocking murder thas
been committed in the township of West Dean, a blatlic-
smith, *Lamed Henry Jones, having fallen by the hand of
a man of the same name. The deceased had, after finish-
ing his day's work, been drinking at a public-house, called
the British Lion, and left that lilac,* of entertainment
about eleven o'clock for his home. He had got within a
short distance of his home, when the prisoner met him
and accused him of waylaying him in the highway for the
purpose of robbing him. The deceased denied that he had
any such intention, and blows followed between the parties,
when the prisoner drew a knife from his pocket and
plunged it into the deceased's abdomen, causing his bowels
to protrude to the length of three or four feet. The
groans of the wounded man were heard by his wife at her
cottage, and he was taken home, where the surgeon was
promptly in attendance, but the deceased died in a few
hours afterwards, the intestines having also been cut.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder
against Henry Jones, who was committed for trial at
Gloucester Assizes.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND TILLS.—EXTRAORDINAY
CURE OF A BAD LEG.-Mr. John Allen, of No. 17, Denmark-
street; Leicester, was afflicted with a bad foot for three years,
during which time he was under medical treatment without
obtaining any relief, or even mitigation to his sufferings. He
was strongly recommended to have his foot amputated ; but
this operation he positively objected to, and, after lingering
for some time longer in dreadful agony, he commented using
Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and, by continuing these in-
valuable medicines for a comparatively short period, he was
completely cured, and his foot is now as sound as ever. He,
therefore, recommends these remedies to others similarly
afflicted.

ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS have for years puzzled the
most eminent of the Faculty. In Hooper's Physician's
Pocket Book, edited by Ryan, it is acknowledged that no treat-
ment then known had been successful ; such is still the
opinion of many. A substance new to the profession has,
however, been introduced (Brande's Bronchial Sedative)
which has been successful in many cases of a most obstinate
character, in confirmation of which we quote the following
important medical testimonial by M. Michea, recently pub-
lished in the Repertoire de Pharinacie, Paris :—" I have
frequently taken occasion to exhibit this substance in cases
of bronchitis, chronic catarrh, pulmonary phthisis, asthma,
and other affections of the chest. I must say I have derived
highly favourable results from its application. The action
which this medicine exercises upon the respiratory organs
seems to he both stimulating and sedative; it abates the
violence of the cough, and iiminishes or relieves altogether
the oppression of the chest,
by facilitating expectoration. I
feel even inclined to believe that it exercises a special action
(and such as no other remedy is known to exercise) upon the
respiratory organs. Some facts that have come under my
personal notice have convinced me that Lange was perfectly
justified in his assertion that it stops the spitting of blood
and arrests the formation of pulmonary tubercles. It can be
obtained through any chemist or medicine vendor in the
vaited Kingdom; or of any of the agents for Brandoll Enamel

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agat Mr. A. Nicholl's Newminster—offered.
30 to 1 Mr. Price's Tom—offered.
30 to 1 Count Batthyan's Star of Surrey—tk., aft. off.
40 to 1 Mr. Drinkald's Jack Frost—taken, aft. off.
50 to 1 Mr. Howard's Nabob—taken.
50 to 1 Captain Little's Sandhurst—taken.
50 to 1 Mr. J. Powney's Marc Antony—taken.
50 to 1 Mr. I. Day's Llanforda—taken.
50 to 1 Mr. Inman's Horatio—taken.
66 to 1 Mr. Blenkinsop ns. Little Jem—taken.
66 to I Mr. H. Hill's Doctor O'Toole—taken.
500 to 7 Mr. H. Forester ne. Orson—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. R. Johnson ns. The Jewess—taken.
100 to 1 Mr. Knapton's The Merry Monk—taken.

Oscar and The British Yeoman are struck out of the
Newton Steeple-chase.
Lord Chesterfield has sold Gladiole to M. Levre, of Paris,
and the mare has arrived at Chantilly.
Mr. William Etwall's Bushranger died at Longstock, on
Wednesday last, of inflammation of the bowels.
Lord Exeter has at present twenty.five horses in training
at Newmarket, eleven of them being two-year-olds of the
best blood in the country.

Mr. Hives's steeple-chase mare Cashmere fell in the race at
Oundle, on Tuesday last, and broke her back ; she was
immediately shot.
Newton Spring Meeting will take place on Friday next,
when, should the weather prove favourable, a good day's sport
is expected. Besides the steeple-chase, there will be a hurdle-
race and two or three flat races.
Mons. Delamarre's steeple-chasers, Lady Arthur (engaged
in the Grand National at Liverpool), Flying Buck, and
Caurire, have arrived in England, under the care of T.
Donaldson, to be trained for their engagements.
Balrownie, Haricot, Captain Cornish, Braxey, 14fonimia,
Penitent, Ulster, Puritan, Merry Monk, Shunting, Hand-
some Buck, St. Stephen, and Lady Frances are struck out of
Chester Cup.
Barrel, l3oddicot, Hazlenut, Amos, Cobnut, Domino,
Talfourd, Pearl, Caliph, Baalbec, Pauline. Ptolemy, Billing-
ham, Llanforda. Bird-on-the-Wing, Charley, Waterfall,
Exhibition, Vinaigrette, and Miss Martin colt, are struck
out of the Great Northern Handicap, York.
The brood mares Refraction, Cuckoo, officious, Reel, and
another, purchased from the Duke of Richmond, have arrived
at M. Lupin's stud farm, Vancressin, near Paris. Refraction
will be put to the Baron, and Officious and Cuckoo to Laner-
cost. _

The stallions now located at the government hams, at Paris,
are the Baron, Lanercost, lago, Nunnykirk, and St. Germain.
The subscription to the. Baron amounted to 77, but as the
number of mares were limited to 35, the plan of draw ing by
by lottery was resorted to, when M. Lupin and M. Fasquel
were fortunate in obtaining half a dozen nominations each.
The subscription to Lanercest limited to 40 is full, but that to
lago numbers a dozen only.
STRETFORD STEEPLE CRISES.—These chases were origi-
natty announced for decision on Mr. Lambert's farm, near
the Trafford Hotel, Stretford, on the 2d January ; but, in con-
sequence of the severe weather, they were then postponed sine
die, and they have tow been altogether abandoned. In lieu
thereof, however, it i
sintended to bold a race meeting, on the
sameground. on Monday, the 27th February; and, as Liver-
pool races are'fixed Tor a subsequent day in the same week,
the promoters of the forthcoming meeting at Stretford anti-
cipate a numerous•entry and some good sport.
SP,ORTINO.—The Earl of Stamford, with his friends, *Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. C. Forester, Hon. A. Wrottesley, Hon. S.
Ixttelton, J. Hamilton, Esq., Captain Walsh, B. Milbank,
Eat., E. L. Gatacre, Captain Ingo, and the Rev. Roby Burgin,
killed, in seven days, at Bradgate, Leicestershire, 3,517 heads
of game—riatney, Jan. 10 (7 guns), 172 pheasants, 160 hares,
15 rabbits-341"; Jan. 11 (9 guns), 195 pheasants, 2 woodcocks,
1 wild fowl, ?Thl hares, 228 rabbits-55g; Jan. 12 (10 guns), 115
pheasants, 2 `woodcocks, 4 wild fowls, 54 hares, S'i2 rabbits-
-547 ; Jan. Itr(1 0 guns), 151 pheasants, 1 woodcock, 1 wild fowl,
184 hares, .2q6 rabbits-533; Jan. 14 (10 guns), 5 partridges, 2
pheasants; 1,085 rabbits-1,092; Jan. 16 (9 guns),•6 partridges,
23 pheasants, 1 woodcock, 1 snipe, 2 wild fowl, -4 hares, 596
rabbits-633; Jan. 17 (5 guns) 20 pheasants, 1 woodcock, 13
hares,772vabbits-106. Total, 5,817.

STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES.
Newton Feb. 3 Grand Military .... March 23
Derby. 'B Warwick tz Leamington .. 24
Torquay 3 Birmingham 27
Carmarthenshire 2l La Marche (nr. Paris) April 2
Liverpool National.. March 1 L'pool H untClub Hoylake.. 8
Doncaster . 7 Cheltenham
Baerley -. 10 Rotliburr(Northumberind) 19
Colpentry -.•.. 14 Abergavenny
Taecaster ,. 15 CoWbridge Thant .... Nov. 9

TIM CHAS.
The Cimstritta Hot Nets meet
'This Day (Tuesday), 31-st at Twemlow Hall
'Thursday, Feb. 22nd Saighton
Friday, Feb. 3rd......
Monday, Feb. 6th Aston Hall
Tuesday, Feb. 7th •
Thursday, Feb. 9th
Friday, Feb. 10th
Each day at half-past ten o'clock, except Thursday the 9th,
when they meet at eleven.
The NoßTeli-Str&FFORDSIIIRE HOUNDS meet
To-morrow (Wednesday), Feb. Ist, at
rla
Friday, Feb. 3rd The
easton Pall
Loggerheadsa
Each day at hall past ten o'clock.
Sir W. RV. Wviviz,s Romps meet
To-morrow (Wednesday) Feb. Ist, at Masten
Friday, Feb. 3rd Wynnitnoj
Saturday, Feb. 4th
Each day at half-paar eee.o'clock.