The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-28 00:00:00

Sept. 28, 1847.

INCENDIARY FIRE AT TRUMPINGTON.—On Sunday
night week the inhabitants of Cambridge were greatly
alarmed by a report that Trumpington Hall, the seat of
Colonel Pemberton, was on fire, and it being just the time
tl,e people were returning from church, hundreds flocked
towards Trumpington, a village only two miles distant
from the town. Upon arriving there, however, it was
found that it was not the hall that was on fire, but some
stacks in a homestead, which stood out some distance from
the house. There were upwards of thirty stacks near the
spot. but, fortunately, the incendiary who fired them had
mistaken the direction of the wind, and begun his work
at the wrong end, so that the wind, which was very brisk
at the time, blew from them, or the destruction of the
whole, and half the village besides, would have been in-
evitable. Fortunately the supply of water was very good,
and there being plenty of assistance, the flames were sub-
dued before much damage had been done. Three stalks
of corn, however, and some haulm-stalks, were consumed.
THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE BOYS.—At the Central
Criminal Court, on Friday, Robert Auty, aged 8, was in-
dicted as principal for the manslaughter of John May
Harris, another boy, and 4 men were indicted for assisting-
The result of the post mortem examination showed that.the
death of the deceased arose from congestion of the brain,
which according to the medical testimony, might have
been occasioned by the excitement of the struggle, accele-
rated, no doubt, by the administration of spirits and beer
to so young a person. It appeared in the course of the
case, that the four prisoners who were charged as acces-
sories, although they had no doubt excited the boys to
fight, yet it seemed that before this they had amused
themselves by making the boys run races against each
other, and other innocent pastimes, and that all the pro-
ceedings were carried on on their part with good humour,
and the whole circumstance, although it terminated so fa-
tally, appeared to be considered by them more in the light
of a joke or amusement, than to be characterised by any
guilty intention or object. The jury acquitted' all the
prisoners.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—On Monday an in-
quest was held at Crook, on view of the body of Robert
Heseltine, whose death had taken place on the Saturday
night previous, under the following circumstances. It
appeared that some men, including the deceased, were
drinking on the night in question, at a public-house in
Crook, when a dispute arose ; a fight began between Reset-
tine and a person named John Graham. Graham and
Heseltine began to collar• each other, and in the struggle
Graham seized hold of Heseltine's neckerchief and
twisted it tight until a bystander released him from the
grasp, and Heseltine fell down and instantly died- Front'
the evidence produced, there was no doubt that the de-
ceased died from strangulation and suffocation. The
jury returned a verdict of " manslaughter" against Gra-
ham, who was forthwith committed to take his trial at the
next assizes. It is a rather singular circumstance
that Heseltine's widow has had three husbands : her first
was killed by accident at Leasingthorne Colliery, about
five years ago ; her second, Robert Hird, was killed by
fighting near Bishop Auckland, about two years ago ; and
a fortune-teller told her a short time before ilird's un-
timely death, she would have three husbands, and two out
of the three would be killed by fighting.—Durham Ad-
vertiser.

THE PRODUCE OF THE LATE HARVEST.—The bean
crop is undoubtedly a failure; but although many fields
that put forth an early promise of abundance have been
utterly destroyed, so as not to pay for the expense of
gathering the stray stalks, there are even districts where
the yield of beans will approach to an average : therefore
we believe it would be unsafe to estimate the bean crop
much below one-half of an average crop. The oats crop
may prove a full average crop, but not beyond it. The
crops are light in some districts where that grain is pro-
duced in larger quantity than any other corn, and there-
fore our estimate is not quite so sanguine as that of some
other persons. Of the barley crop we have already
spoken ;- it is a large crop, both in increased breadth of
surface, and in acreable yield. Of the quality we may
hereafter speak ; but respecting quantity we have no
doubt the barley crop of 1847 may fairly be taken at about
one-fourth beyond an average. Concerning the wheat
crop we should have preferred to say nothing without go-
ing into some more particular explanation than we can
now give. What we call the centre of the wheat produc-
ing power of England, by which is meant the four most
eastermost'counties, Kent to Norfolk, the counties near
the metropolis, with Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, and Lin-
colnshire—will not, we think, yield nearly so much as in
1844 ; but still the same counties will yield somewhat
considerably above an average supply on the whole. That
excess, whatever it may be will be brought up by the ex-
traordinary yield of outlying districts. In all mainly pas-
turage counties, where much wheat is also produced, such
as Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Lancashire'
Durham, and all English counties lying north of the two
last, the'yield will be found great, and of excellent quality
nearly all the wheat in these has been gathered in good
condition, and will give forth far less than an average
proportion of.` tail ends' or refuse corn. The wheat har-
vest of 1844 was a prodigious one—called in Lincolnshire
and the Fens a crop and a-half ; therefore, on comparing,.
this with that, to the disadvantage of the wheat harvest of
the present year, we must remember that fact. We have
no doubt of the produce of wheat in 1847 being conside!:
atly above an average both in breadth and acreable yield
—Bankers' Circular.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC FUNERAL PROCESSION
SALISBURY.—The inhabitants of this city were not throng
astonished, on Monday week, on finding that a _rnf.
who had arisen at the call of daylight earlier than tonuese_
selves had been spectators of a singular scene. Tbe,,hof the
keeper of the Rev. Henry George Coope, M.A., one six
Oxford converts, suddenly died last week. Betw's— the
and seven o'clock in the morning it proceeded from
" King's' House," situated in the Cathedral-close, tile,.
present residence of Mr- Coope--the new church Saint
Osmond being built to the east of St. Osmund's remain*
which still, it is said, repose in the Lady Chapel of the
Old Cathedral. The procession made almost a complete
circuit of that building; the body was borne by eight
bearers, who relieved each other in succession ; it was co-
vered with a magnificent funeral pall, containing a huge,
crimson cross on a black ground, and surrounded at IR
fringes with the words of the Roman ritual in yellow olft
English letters—" May the souls of the faithful, througl!.
the mercy of God, rest in peace." On the procession ,ca
mourners reaching the western entrance of St. Osmond st
the priest, preceded by the Thuriter, and then by the
Crueiferarius and Acolytes, saluted the body with inceesB,
and holy water, as emblems of the " ascending prayers ot
the brotherhood and of peace from God to her Christian
soul." The whole ceremony was then performed. The
coffin was of plain oak, without a nail upon it, but sel,'
mounted by a beautiful brass-inscription of Mr. Pugin s
design. The procession formed again, and re-entered the
Cathedral-close, under its solemn eastern arch, recitios
the Litany of Loretto to that, royal princess and queen
whom the cathedral is specially dedicated, whose image'',
still impressed by the dean and chapter in their seals ol
office. The funeral was preceded on its return by thc
Rev. Henry George Coope, who bore aloft the brazen cru-
cifix to the astonishment and surprise of beholders. The
procession passed near to the bishop's palace, close by the
dean's residence, and in front of the dwellings of several
of the resident canons and clergy of the cathedral. Grout
soon congregated, who passed their opinions very freely 1
some wondering it had been suffered ; others declaring I,
to be done to insult and deride all those connected svit'/
our established religion.—Correspondent of the Hainli-
shire Advertiser.

ELOPEMENT OF THE BRITISH LION QUEEN.---111/
inquiry of rather a delicate nature
travelling m
touching
companies,
praencieenst,
performances of the lady who, among
is known by the above designation, (hut whose real name
is Mrs. King,) was instituted before the magistrates in
this town on Tuesday last, when a young man named,
House, of Market Lavington, (the latter portion of whose
life has been passed in the employ of the•famed My
Wombwell, of wild-beast notoriety,) was brought a
under Superintendent Wolfe's care, charged with haviii
in his possession a quantity of wearing apparel and abee;
£l5O m money, belonging to Mrs. K. 's lawful lord an
master. It appeared that about a month since, in coil;
quence of a misunderstanding with his employer, lk-!- 4
King
relinquished his avocation and settled in private 1110
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; but, not to disappoint the publts
of the delights pictured in the handbills, be permitted !II
better half,. at Mr. Wombwell's request,. to remain vn,f
the company a short time longer, at the expiration
which he looked forward to the domestic repose which t 1
joint exertions of himself and his wife had promised
secure. Letter after letter, couched- in the most arc
tionate terms of anxiety for her return, and at the sail!,
time conveying sincere respects. to Mr. House, (who 1(1_*1
one of the band,) had been posted by the attacll,ol
husband ; all of which—as Mrs. K., unfortunately, C 0 °f
neither read nor write—were placed in the hands
House, who answered them as his.feelings prompted
"
At length the engagement with the company expired,
01
no Mrs. King appeared at Newcastle. Her husb,
began to grow uneasy ; and, upon inquiry, discovent;
with astonishment, that the faithless Mrs. King had
the establishment with his " friend" nearly a fortnignif
Dismayed and bewildered, the thought suggested its 4
that the pair might contemplate a trip to America. 1,,0
he started to Liverpool, searched the whole of r.
packets bound for that wide land of adventure, but --Par:i
King was nowhere to be found. Gloucester was ne',,
visited ;
.then Chippenham ; and subsequently Devi,zeti,
where such a clue was found as to induce Mr. Kinvtile
place the facts of his situation in the possession of
too'
police, through whose- aid he was escorted to Lavin here
where House has a mother and sister living. h
the whole secret was soon unravelled L -wearing apPi3,
(belonging to both Mr. and Mrs. King,) and 'ill°
in gold and notes, were found, and subsequentlY...acl
wife herself was- compelled to face her much abil-011
partner in a private house in the town, Upon thief
parties were brought before the magistrates ; and 0110
a great deal of theatrical display, Mr. House (nPloro
refusal to give up the property) was handed, over
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night's lodging in the police cell. The next more:v
found him with his determination unaltered, aotTi`e,
sanding an-offer of £2O by Mr. K. to settle the Inakije;
A warrant of committal, however, soon turned the the
House,. in his cell, reflected upon the,matter, accePte'ol
£2O; and taking-with him the remainder of his pfollo
Mr. K. (with his wife by his side) started in a carraigatiP
a pair of mules for Chippenham, en route for the jo t°
where change of climate and change of scene maY,l„st/
be hoped, efface all unpleasant recollections of the r
Devizes Gazette.
How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the 100
beginnings of disease which surround and onerate...tioricl.
us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the '^
" The young disease, which must subdue at length,
Grows with,our growth, and strengthens with our st!'_'lco.
An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind icing
stitution, late hours, both of_retiring to rest and .
the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal a 5 first
skin diseases. To all such we would recommen" istoll
change of system, and, secondly, as a powerful avraicia'_:
for the recovery of health,that efficacious family ;_bc.
Frampton's Pill of Health, which has procured
probation of persona in every station in sockety..