The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

Two WOMEN STABBED.--An American sailor, who
gave his name Cocklin Jones, has been arrested at Bristol,
charged with wounding two young women, named Mary
Ann Dinghy and Mary Ann Sanders. The sufferers were
conveyed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and the prisoner
was shortly apprehended, and he stands remanded to
await the result of his atrocious violence.

PROPAGATION or SA.Latox.—The committee appointed
by the salmon fishing proprietors of the Tay have already
eommenced operations ; the spawning boxes and one pond
have been commenced, and under the direction of Mr.
Ramsbottom, who has had so much experience in this way
in Ireland, a first effort will be made in the neighbourhood
of Stormontfield, this season.—Perthshire Courier.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.-011 Thursday night a terrific
storm visited Chelmsford and its neighbourhood. At the
expiration of the first half hour it was thought its fury was
expended, but after a short comparative cessation, the
storm burst forth again with all its original force; the
lowlands were inundated before many hours had elapsed ;
and considerable loss has been sustained.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.— A large meeting has been
held at Nottingham to memorialise the Queen on our
foreign policy. This assemblage passed only one resolu-
tion, viz., " That her Majesty would be pleased to com-
mand that all foreign communications should cease
instantly, that a new Parliament should be summoned to
inquire into the conduct of her Majesty's servants and
the system on which foreign affairs were conducted, with
a view to the rectification of abuse." A similar meeting
has been held at Derby.
THE ANNIE JANE.—The Barra correspondent of the
Inverness Courier writes from Barra, the scene of the
wreck of the Annie Jane :—" The shore is strewn with
dead bodies, many having their limbs broken or dissevered.
Among the corpses is that of a French Protestant minis-
ter of Montreal, M. tVernier ; and it is affecting to see
three young missionaries who were with him, natives of
Switzerland, shedding tears over his remains. A Captain
Rose and his lady are also among the drowned; and near
them lies the body of a little girl, well-dressed, her eyes
still remaining open, and expressing the agonies of terror."
MURDER OF A CHILD IN DERDYSHIRE.—On Tuesday
morning a girl of about two years old, the illegitimate
daughter of a woman named Martin, was drowned in a
well, by its unnatural grandmother, in the village of Loscoe.
From the evidence adduced at the inquest, it appeared that
on the morning above named, Ann Martin, the grand-
mother, aged sixty, took the child out of the house in
which she and it dwelt, and deliberately threw it into the
well where it was drowned. The jury returned a verdict
of " Wilful Murder," and the prisoner was committed for
trial at the next Derby assizes. _ _

EXPLOSION OF A EIREWORK MANUFACTOEY.—A ter-
rible explosion took place, on Wednesday, at the work-
shops of Mr. Henniker, a gun-maker, at Chatham. He
and his three sons had been engaged for some time past
in preparing fireworks for the sth of November. Mrs.
Henniker was leaving the workshop with a large quantity
of squibs, when they became ignited, and the roof and one
side of the workshop were blown away, and the furniture
demolished. Mrs. Henniker was found fearfully burnt
and scorched, and apparently dying. A son, aged four-
teen, was greatly injured by the explosion, and lies in a
precarious state. The other sons, though much injured,
are progressing favourably.
ST. MARGARET'S, NEAR RICHMOND.—The beautiful
estate on the banks of the Thames, a short distance from
Richmond-bridge, comprising the noble mansion, built by
Cubitt, from the designs of Mr. Vullamy, for the Earl of
Kilmorey, and the picturesque park of seventy-five acres,
has just been purchased for the Conservative Land Society.
The estate has a magnificent river frontage, affording
most picturesque and extensive views. It is immediately
opposite Richmond Gardens, and is within a short distance
of three stations on the South-western Railway. It is
proposed to ensure, as far as poasible, the erection of first-
class houses, in order to render the purchase a real public
imprbvement to this charming suburb.
RECOVERY OP A WIPE THROUGH THE ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH.—A few days since a telegraphic message
was received at the Strood station of the North Kent
Railway, to the following effect :—" Please detain two
ladies, the one short and the other tall, and a man very
much marked with the small-pox." The parties were
stated to be in a first-class carriage. In consequence of
this communication, on the arrival of the train at Higham,
the carriages were locked, and the parties were detained
on their arrival at Strood. A message back to London
brought down a gentleman, who claimed one of the
ladies as his wife, who, it was said, had eloped with
his managing man. After some parleying the lady joined
her husband, and the parties departed in cabs, taking
different directions.—Kentish Observer.
ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.—The Chester and Holyhead
steamer Cambria, which left Kingstown yesterday morn-
ing week, had a rough passage, and, when approaching
Holyhead, a heavy sea struck the vessel, earr3ing away
the starboard bubratlis, and the corresponding side of the
saloon on deck, which was then occupied by several pas-
sengers. Several people were injured by this catastrophe ;
one lady, a Mrs. Nugent, from Leamington, received a
simple fracture on the right leg. Two servants of Mkjor
Hart, 49th regiment, were also badly injured. Mr. D. J.
Dinjam and Mr. J. W. Wilson, assistant-surgeons, R.N.,
who were passengers, relinquished their journey to London
until night, in order to afford medical aid to the sufferers.
DESPERATE ASSAULT UPON AN UNDERGRADUATE.—
At the Cambridge Borough Police Court, 'on Wednesday,
a man named John Willis, aged about 23, was charged
with an assault upon Mr. P. J. Woodgate, of Queen's
College. The prisoner is a denizen of a low locality, and
has been several time before the magistrates for felony
and assaults. From the evidence it appeared that the com-
plainant was walking round Parker s-piece on Tuesday
evening, about half-past five, and was accosted by the pri-
soner just opposite the town gaol, a lad being in the com-
pany of the latter. Prisoner asked him to stand some
beer, but he declined, and proceeded on his way. The
two followed him down Regent-street, and, just after
passing the Prineo Rkgpnt, the prisoner stepped up to him
and dealt him a violent blow on the head which felled
him to the ground insensible. When he recovered he
found he had received a most severe contusion, which,
from its desperate character, appeared far more likely to
have resulted from a weapon than a fist only. In answer
to the bench, the prosecutor said the prisoner did ask him
for money, but denied that he threatened to expose him
on refusal ; a female had previously accosted prosecutor,
bat he repulsed her advances. The prisoner here asserted
- that Mr. Woodgate threatened to give him "a poke on the
head " if he did not go away, and that prosecutor actually
struck him first ; but this Mr. Woodgate denied, as also
that he promised to treat the prisoner at the Prince
Regent. The Mayor, after some suitable observations on
the atrocious nature of the assault and the character of the
defence, sentenced the prisoner to pay a penalty of £5, or
two months' hard labour, and, as he had no money, he was
sent to gaol. There are a number of fellows, of a similar
character to the prisoner, continually lurking round
Parker's-pieee to entrap the unwary.
SHOCKING MURDER NEAR WINDSOR.—On Tuesday
night a murder, attended with circumstances of peculiar
atrocity, was perpetrated at Burnham Abbey Farm, about
four miles from Windsor, on the person of Mary Anne
Sturgeon, a young woman, housekeeper to Mr. Goodwin,
the occupier of the farm. That gentleman, returning
home about half-past eleven at night, and letting himself
into the house by a latch-key, found on the stairs, as he
was proceeding to his room, a human tooth and a hair-pin.
He likewise perceived a dense smoke, and a strong smell
of burning, which seemed to proceed from the bed-room
of the deceased. Calling for assistance, he entered the
bed-room, and discovered the body of the unfortunate
woman lying near the fire-place, with her legs on the
hearth-rig ; on the legs and body of the deceased was a
mass of fire still burning fiercely and consuming her re-
mains. On examining the body, it was found that both
legs had been burned off close to the trunk, from which
they were completely separated. The head and upper
part of the body had not been touched by the fire, but
they exhibited marks of great violence. One of the teeth
had been knocked out, and had been, as already stated,
found by Mr. Goodwin on the stairs. The head was in-
jured as if by blows from a heavy blunt instrument, and
near it was a large pool of blood ; while on the floor of
the apartment and on the hand-rail and stair there were
also marks of blood, and from various appearances it was
evident that deceased had been murdered down stairs, and
that her body had-afterwards been carried up to her bed-
room,where the attempt to destroy it by burning had been
made. To facilitate the destruction, a dressing table and
some linen had been employed as fuel ; the fire bad burned
through the floor of the chamber, and was consuming the
joists -elkn it was discovered. Plunder appears to have
been the object of the murderers, some valuable rings, a
gold .pencil-case, and other articles, having been stolen
from the bed-room of Mr. Goodwin. Circumstances at
first seemed to throw suspicion on the groom of Mr. Good-
win, a man named Moses Altow, but the early steps of
inquiry tended to remove that suspicion.
THE LAST SESSION.—A summary of the attendance of
members of the House of Commons during the past ses-
sion has just been published. The gentleman most punc-
tual in his attendance has been Mr. Duncan, member for
Dundee, who has been absent from only 11 divisions, and
present at 2.4.6-, on the other hand, Mr. Horsman has
attended only one division. Colonel Gilpin, member for
Beds., has been present at only two; Sir R. Lopes (North
Devon) at only seven; T. B. Macaulay at only nine. The
two members for Bodmin, Mr. Sawle and Dr. Michell,
have been, after Mr. Duncan, most punctual in the home.
The Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, (Malton,) Colonel Powell,
(Cardiganshire,) and Mr. Roebuck, have not attended any
divisions. Of the Ministry, the two whippers-in, W. G.
Hayter and the Hon. G. L. C. Berkeley, have been present
at 224 and 222 divisions respectively, having both been
surpassed in punctuality by Lord Alfred Hervey, who has
attended 225, and the latter whip equalled by the Chan-
cellor of the uchy of Lancaster. The Earl of Mulgrave,
an 'occasional whip, has been present at 207, while the
secretary for Ireland has attended 221. The attendance
of the other Ministers ranges as follows :—Mr. Jas. Wilson
at 201 divisions : Mr. R. Lowe, 197 ; the Secretary-at-War,
and the President of the Board of Trade, at 183 ; the Pre-
sident of the Poor-law Board, 175 ; the First Lord of the
Admiralty, 171; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 170 :
the Attorney-General, 169 ; the Hon. W. F. Cowper, 168: ,
the Chief Commissioner of the Public Works, 162 ; Lord
Elcho and Mr. Monsell, 161 ; the Home Secretary, 160 ;
Lord E. Bruce and the Hon. H. Fitzroy at 168 ; Mr.
Frederick Peel, 168 ; the Judge-Advocate, 152 ; the Secre-
tary to the Admiralty, 147 ; Lord John Russell, 136; the
Solicitor-General for Ireland, 134; the Solicitor-General,
(Sir R. Bettie%) 131; the President of the India Board,
106 ; Mr. Sadleir, a member during only the last two
months of the session, 54. Of the independent supporters
of the Ministry, the most punctual has been Mr. H. W.
Wickham, (Bradford,) who has attended 187 dirtsi°ns ; Sir
R. H. Inglis has attended 84; Sir Thomas Acland, 83;
and Mr. Goulburn, 32. Sir George Grey, theedm7o9. most
pro-
minent of the Whigs not in office,
The
attendance of the chiefs of the
much below that of the Ministers.
Opposithiasonpatrteesnen an average
attended
Mr. SPITni stands
first, 187 ; Mr. Frewen, 167 ; Napier,l39; Stanley,
128 ; Lord Naas, 116; J. W. Henley, 110 ; Sir J. Peking-
ton, 107; Mr. Newdegate, 103; Sir J. Trollope, 101; S.
H. Walpole, 91; B. Disraeli, 89 ; Lord J. Manners, 87 ;
A. Stafford, 84 ; Colonel Sibthorp, 69; R. A. Christopher,
67; Sir Fitzroy Kelly, 61;
Major Beresford, 60 ; Sir F.
Thesiger and Mr. Loftus Wigram at 39. Of the Radicals,
Mr. Wilkinson (member for Lambeth) has heen most
punctual; he stands first, having attended one more
division than Lord Alfred Hervey, after whom and the
Treasury whips comes Sir George Goodman, (member for
Leeds,) who has attended 2041 divisions. Mr. Brotherton
has attended 161; Mr. Cobden only 110 ; Mr. Bright,
100; Mr. Hume, 97 ; Mr. H. Drummond,
86 • and Mr.
Thomas Duncomln only 15.