The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

A Cumin s Tum—About nine o'clock on Monday even-
ing last, a boy, who is an apprentice to one of the men em-
ployed in the engine shed at the Manchester station of the
Manchester and Leeds Railway, got upon an engine which
had just come with a luggage train from Leeds, and had been
left by the engineman in an improper state, the steam not
having been let off. Probably, not understanding the engine,
the boy set it in motion, and it darted forward, broke through
the wall of the shed, and fell a height of about twenty feet
into the field below, where. it was deeply embedded in clay.
It lay there until about six o'clock on Tuesday morning,
when it was got out, and it appeared that the damage done
to it was very trifling, probably not amounting to more than
£25. The boy got off the engine no one knows how, and
has not since been heard of. Both he and the fireman are,
we believe, amenable to Lord Seymour's act for the regula-
tion of railways.—Manchester Guardian.

MANSLAUGHTER IN YORK.—On Friday last, a dreadful
case of manslaughter occurred at York ; deriving its principal
horror, bo wever, from the circumstances of the victim rather
than the violence of the criminal. It appears that the de-
ceased, John Charles Warren, a commercial traveller for a
house at Wolverhampton, after drinking to intoxication at
the Star Inn, in Stonegate, went with a Mr. Monkman. so-
licitor, to a house of ill-fame; on the road to which they
were assaulted by two men, one of whom felled deceased, and
left him in the street. He, however, was not so much the
worse, apparently, but that he got up and went to the house
in question, where he staid all night. About nine the next
morning the girl with whom he bad slept gave an alarm that
he was dying ; but he lingered until about twelve o'clock. A
man named Wm. Plewes was sworn to as being the man who
struck deceased ; and the surgeon having deposed that death.
was caused by the injuries received on the head, Plewes was
committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes for man-
slaugter.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon a
young man of the name of Zachariah Gage expired at Guy's
Hospital, from the effects of falling into a vat of boiling oil,
at Messrs. Langton's oil-warehouse, in Newington-butts. It
appeared that he was engaged, on the evening previous to
his death, in minding the oil, when his foot slipped, and he
tumbled into the vat, which was so full that it was beyond
his depth, and the unfortunate man was compelled to swim
about to save himself from drowning. His cries soon brought
same men in the warehouse to his assistance, who quickly
extricated him in an almost lifeless state, and his clothes
were got off with all expedition, when the flesh was found to
be hanging in long strips from the neck downwards. He
was wrapped in a sheet, and brought away to the hospitsl, in
the most indescribable agony, but quite sensible, in which
state he remained till the following afternoon at 3 o'clock,
when death put an end to his sufferings.
ALLEGED DESTITUTION OF AN AGED NOBLEMAN.—We
were really much surprised to learn from a friend, that
Augustus Carl Frederick Count Van Ranzau, at present re-
siding in Colombo, and fast approaching his 90th year, is so
illiberally provided for. This unfortunate nobleman, related
I to the royal family of England, formerly was the friend and
companion in Ceylon of governors, generals, admirals, &c.,
and possessed abundant means, which he liberally dispensed,
it is said, both in public and private charities ; but unfore-
seen misfortunes, and the villany of others, it is reported, re-
duced him to extreme poverty, when he was obliged to retire
from his splendidly furnished mansion, the seat of hospitality,
to an humble cottage, under the humiliating circumstances
of being forced to accept a paltry pension from the British
government for the support of himself and family ; this being
gradually reduced, under one plea or another, until it has
dwindled into barely sufficient to support existence, yet the
pride of this venerable individual induces him unrepiningly
to submit to his destiny. We cannot but consider it dis-

Higginson, Hogg, from Barbadoes, at this port; sailed 13th
March. The Helen sailed for Laguira the 2nd
Aimwell, Hesse, hence off the Cape of Good Hope 10th Feb.
Mary Dugdale, from South Australia, at Batavia
Harriet, r-cott, from Bombay, at Sincapore
Lady Bute, from - ' in the Straits of Sunda
Jupiter, Sedman, sailed from Sincapore for London 26th Jan.
Cceur de Lion, Kendall, sailed from Rio de Janeiro for Calcutta
9th February
Horsford, Bram, and Richmond, Corkran, hence at Barbadoes
Lyra (packet) from Falmouth, at ditto Bth Morch
Coaxer, -, and Ann Dingwall, Arthur, from London, at ditto
Betsey, Black, -, hence at Rio Grande
Racer, -, hence at ditto, and loading for this port
Caledonia, Irvin, hence at Vera Cruz
Marwood, Stott, from Alexandria, at Malta
Mischief, Downes, from Zante, at ditto
John & Mary, Thomas, hence at Havre
Welcome Return, Jago, hence at Rouen
Augusta, Baddely, hence at St. Michael's
/vlaty, Rowlands, hence at Helvoet
Minerva, Brieux, hence at Ostend
Jonge Hendrich, Plukker, hence at the Texel
Caroline, Stanley, sailed from Malta to this port 19th March
Guiachan, from London for Bombay, was spoken in lat. 8 0 S,
long. 28 0 W
Monarch, hence for Bombay, was spoken 11th March, in lat. 5 0
N, long. 20 0 W
Bahamian, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 11th March, in lat.
5 0 N, long. 22 0 W
Alexander, Johnston, hence for Jamaica, was spoken 15th March,
in lat. 23 ()Jong. 39 0
Pet, from Malta to this port, was spoken 2nd April, in lat. 42 0,
long. 13 0
Grace, Pearson, hence for Antigua, was spoken sth April, in lat.
46 0, long. 14 0.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14.—Wind S.S:W.
ARRlVan.—Josephine, from Barbadoes—Kelsick Wood,
, from Berbice—Birmingliam, Hamilton, from Mobile; left
the bar Sth March—Columbine, and Sphynx, from Smyrna—Zante
Packet, Brenan, from Zante—Queen of the South, —, from St.
Michael. _ _

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SAlLED.—Britannia, Skelly, for Halifax and Pugwash—Eaee,
Lang, for Montreal—Mary Bibby, Archibald, for Quebec—Trenton,
Manson, for Boston—Dart, Grey, for Ancona—Elizabeth, Carter,
for Havre—and Thetis, Loodman, for Frederickstadt.

Satisfaction, Brinsley, from Bonny, at this port, sailed sth Jan.
On the 9th, in lat. 4 0 N, long. 6 0 E, spoke the Henry, hence for
Cameroons .

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Oriental (steamer), Soy, from Alexandria, at this port, left Alex-
andria 26th March, Malta 30th, and Gibraltar 6th April
Ann, Simon, and Peruvian, Gwatkin, hence at Bonny

Chase, Powell, and Lancashire Lass, Norman, hence at Alexan-
dria.
Douglas, Brew, hence at Charente
Pauline, Schreyenburg, hence at Flushing
Waterloo Packet, Marshall, hence for Rotterdam, off Deal
Candidate, James, and Galatea, Marwood, sailed from Alexan-
dria 17th March, and Negotiator, Yound, on tne 23rd—all for this
port
Dahlia, sailed from Malta for this port 28th March
Woodstock, Austin, sailed from Kinsale for Mauritius 10th April
Sarah Trotman, hence for Barbadoes, was spoken 21st March, in
lat. 3l 0, long. 13 0

THURSDAY, APRIL 15.—Wind West.
ARRlVED.—Tarolista, Smith, from New York; sailed 26th March
—Auguste, Kirkhove, from Antwerp—Jennette, Damm, from Ant-
werp—Nonpareil, Harding, from St. Michael—Elizabeth, Miser,
from Hamburg—Henriette, Devery, from Antwerp—and Atalanta,
Clarke, from Dunkirk.
SAlLED.—Orozimbo, Marcey, for New Orleans—Nancy, Wilson,
and Thomas, Edmondson, for Newfoundland, &c.—Leander, Phe-
lan, for Quebec—Jos. P. Dobree, Hayes, for Jamaica—Covenanter,
Patterson, for Quebec—and Jessie Miller, Crowder, for Dalhousie.

Triumph, Armstrong, hence at Windsor
Mary Caroline, Lawson, from Savannah, at St. John, N.B.
Wm. Perrie, hence at Mobile
Monticello, hence at Savannah
Belvidere, and Eliza, hence at Charleston
T. P. Cope, and Rob Roy, hence at Philadelphia
Nicholas Biddle; Sobieski; New York, Cropper; Siddons, Cobb,
and Niagara, Cole, hence at New York
Anne & Jane, Cocks, hence at Berbice
Thistle, from the Clyde, at Demerara 9th March
Celt, from Batavia, at ditto, 10th; cargo rum
Parker, Risien, from Demerara for Liverpool, would not sail
until 6th April
Athuria, Ashbridge, from China, at Manilla
Henry Grayson, Penrice, hence at Malta
Release, Curtis, hence at Gibraltar
Heroine, Blythe, hence at Lisbon

Pens. Felix, Solitra, hence at Oporto
A ship, apparently British, laden with cotton, was fallen in with
on the southern edge of the Gulf, burnt to the water's edge, by
the Clyde, arrived at Wilmington 22nd March
Caledonia, (steamer) from Halifax, at this port; brings no news
of the President

Lord Seaton, from New Orleans, at this port
British Queen, (steamer) from Portsmouth, at Halifax 30th
March, with paddle floats taken away, having encountered very
boisterous weather, and sailed for New York 31st March
Clinton; Joseph Cunard; Asia; Oseola ; Leopard; Tarquin ;
Michigan ; Deucalion, Howes; Parthenon, Woodbury ; Cornet,
Bute, and Thistle, Elder, hence at New Orleans
Agenoria ; Bowditch; Majestic; Hottinger, and Rajah, Bangs,
hence at Mobile
Prince of Waterloo, hence at Savannah
Harriet & Jessie, hence off Charleston
Henry Leeds, for Mobile, off Tortugas 13th ultimo