The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

obtained
rice at the

MURDER or A SCHOOL BOY.—An extraordinary cir-
cumstance has transpired at Ashton-under-Lyne. Three
boys, whilst going to school along the canal side, it ap-
pears, quarrelled, and one of them threw the cap of The public of Liverpool, we are glad to observe, are within
another into the canal. The third boy laid hold of the eagerly availing themselves of the opportunity, afforded ments made to test the efficiency of an
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one who had thrown the cap into the canal, and pushed them by Mr. Beard's establishment, of procuring really double nature, (improved breaks and inita gra
him in after it. The two children on terra firma then left faithful, and, at the same time, most beautifully-finished recently invented by our respected townsittutrenoiwo
their companion to perish, quite unconcernedly, and went portraits. The improvements which the science and en- Lane, the celebrated brewer, for the Pre" ale 111,e
erewahlilgsholfyigsiriantgifitoend
monarkS:tt,urdasTerhies:::tfi,
to school. The finding of the dead body of the.boy who tererise of the Patentee have effected in this process, have accidents. There were present a consideriandia
was drowned is said to have elicited this statement from now for the first time brought the acquirement of a like- our commercial and scientific townsmen, n'''
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the survivors. ness within the reach of thousands, to whom anything members of the Town Council. rto rO.,
"Down CORN, DOWN HORN."—This ancient agricula worthy of the possession of a man or woman of any taste A length of railway was laid ,from turner hew
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turd proverb, which has not yet proved so correct as our has long been a gratification denied. The wealthy classes the area of the old market, and a small work u:4
ancestors found it, of late is again vindicating its claim to might well enough afford to pay the high price charged by motive, " The Dreadnought," was set tu._,, to
and truth. Stock of every kind is much depreciated in price, the eminent artist, and decorate their walls with a large fitted up with all the apparatus constitaregeg;
and the stock farmers, who have sometimes escaped and work in oil or a miniature on ivory ; but the humbler tion, and with a small train of proportiendeTails. '3'l
even prospered when the corn growers upon the strong tradesman, the clerk—the classes of limited means—have the rear, the whole constructed, even in aro, it°
lands have suffered severely, now complain. A return only been enabled to procure. for an outlay double that of and compact manner, with the fittings in u $
from one of the London salesmen before us shows, upon the best finished photographic portrait, meagre daubs, that belong to a real travellieg train. d its litt,llo,
a sale of Herefords, fattened in the most careful manner, a and in many cases caricatures of humanity. Under these The steam being up, the locamotive and its
loss of £6 per head for fatning, and in a lot of fat Down circumstances we propose to offer to our readers, who der were set in motion by a conducting en/_, thep,
sheep, which were brought in lean at more than 40s. are no doubt preparing to avail themselves of the first • in the latter. The first operation was to r"
each, and sold thoroughly fat a few days ago, some were moment of Mr. Beard's leisure, a few hints upon sitting ful and immediate effect of the new break,, eretgtefl:2
at 255., the rest at 255. per head. If such results as for portraits generally, and for photographic portraits in which by a mere pull at a lever handle, rhos"
these, with a short crop of wheat, sole at 455. per qr., is particular. locked a pair of wheels in each carriage tht, palo
not a rapid " road to ruin," we should like to know what In the first place, avoid affectation of every description, speed they came to an almost instant
is.—Berkshire Chronicle. We have seen hundreds of good likenesses quite ruined as the absence of diagrams we can but statlei• a
~ p, rareeeoite
ANOTHER STORE OF HIDDEN GOLD FOUND AT bins- pictures, by the introduction of conceits in attitude, dress, locks simultaneously the wheels of all - ;ens co ,1
elm', NEAR ROTHERHAM.---A short time since, a man, &c. A gentleman learned in the law often chooses to be may follow the first, by means of an ins 5, 004
nearly 90 years of age, named John Nicholson, died in taken with Blackstone, er Coke upon Lyttleton, in his tion or arrangement of piston rods, sPrlnigeoseq°,,
Masbro', possessed of several thousands accumulated by hand. A doctor delights to be painted with an unsightly machinery, all simple in construction, aan r,sk
his own exertions. At his funeral £2OO were found in an skull, or some other fragment of mortality, on his table. not liable to be thrown out of order. The 00:1
old box in hard cash, which was equally divided by the This is in bad taste, and smells of the shop. Young la. when in operation, clips round a drum in tripe',lo
relatives. A sate has since taken place of his household dies will be painted with a flower in their hands ; and the arletree of the two wheels in each a, v.re
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property, &c., under the hammer of Mr. Thomas Crookes, older matrons with a baby, or some other sugzestive of stopped. All is placed under the carria., in /0A
of Rotherham, and on bringing down another old box connubial felicity. These, too, might be well dispensed single operation of pulling the break handlefereric4
which was lotted for sale, something was heard to chink with. Many sitters, both male and female, overdress the individual stoppage—in like manner-0 ...ia; e
at the bottom, and although the box was previously themselves, display an inordinate quantity of ruffLd shirt, in the train, so that there is no over-straw
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searched, a secret slide was discovered, and this being studs, lace, or jewellery ; and V ery few can refrain from one pair of the wheels.
lope
drawn, £59 10s. in sovereigns and half sovereigns presen- exhibiting an unnecessary attention to elegance of atti- The effect of' the buffer apparatus was n
val
ted their glittering appearance, and of course were claimed tude. A likeness ought to give us a faithful representation we take this to be the major portion of the
viab °V.,
by the before-mentioned relatives. This sum appears to of the original in the general phases of his daily life and decidedly superior to the common buffer e- , oh'
have been the wife's savings, who died two years previous looks ; not of the individual disguised, dressed for a ball, In front of the locomotive, or eneine carriaLn wo
to the husband, as the box, when searched in the first or fresh released from a bandbox. We ought not to there is a projected piston or rod: with an beilj
instance, contained her wearing apparel. see, when looking at it, that he, or she, had been con- round bulb at the end, which last is the buffer.„ be Foio
ONE or FORTUNE'S FAroultrags.— Some years ago, a scions that an artist was present. There should be no at- first strikes the object with which contact Enpo),-,0
youth, named Scholic, was hired as footman by the late tempt to look irresistible or profound, merry or thought- In a regular locomotive, two- of these rods are ne is
Rev. Dr. Stonard. This youth was the son of poor ful ; but, on the contrary, a total absence of constraint or one on each side—but in the model engine ;i511",,0
Rev. who till lately, gained a living as common carriers. study, both in attitude and countenance. dent to show the practicability of the plan. the rty:t",
Young Schcdick was soon elevated to a seat at his master's To the talented artist, painting in oil or otherwise, these jects forward about one-half the length of, that krgel
table, and he became the daily companion of his kind besetting sins of sitters give some trouble, although it will and maintains its elastic power through°n`i, of 'el
patron. His leisure hours were devoted to study, in order be strange if be does not catch their real and habitual ex- when pushed back by contact, while the °l.‘"--o.:itio°,oi
that he might become a fitting companion to his bene- pression and person, in some forgetful moment • but for can scarcely spring back, and redeem their Phetryo
factor. His parents ceased their toilsome occupation and the sitter for a photographic portrait a natural' manner stretch of more than a foot. This rocl, "heOfp
were comfortably located in Oak Bank Cottage. This is indispensible to• secure a good likeness. The process, placed, is encased in a cylinder with packinilaocif°4
winter Dr. Stonard was attacked by influenza. It pleased remember, is almost instantaneous. There can be no horizontal, and fixed out of the way under them to
the Almighty to close his earthly career on Sunday week snbsequent touching up, no pencilling of eyebrows, no carriage. The buffer rod also projects- behind hge.,ao
at the age of eighty-one. His protege' - finds himself left straightening of disturbed curls, no paring of superabun- act upon the buffer-head rod of the next r„astarat
sole master of .£30,000, and the reversionary right to dant shirt collar, or smoothing of oursed-up mouths. As cylinderis.filled with water, upon which a P'''''7ii
about £l,OOO a-year more, in addition to the liberal gifts you look at the instant, smirking or frowning, like your to the rod acts when it is pressed back bY:euiro
he has already received. Along with this liberal fortune natural self or like somebody else, so you will be im- On the top of this cylinder, made in one P,1001;11,4
he has left him an excellent mansion, valuable furniture, pressed on the imperishable metal. The wonderful artist, and communicating thereby by means 0,„,f a ",„iitehooi
plate, left
and a library, valued some years since at £3OOO. light, cannot flatter or distort. If you are represented bore, is another cylinder filled with air. '"e "e 'n 10
MURDER IN NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE.—A most cruel either handsomer or plainer than you•conceived yourselves strongly pressed when the buffer-rod core iri, 0,1
murder was perpetrated, on Thursday last, at an extra- to be, depend upon it that you actually looked so when with an object, is thus forced against the e„,ts fir,
parochial place called the Cottams, in the immediate seated or standing before Mr. Beard's wonder-working compressible properties of the two eleniZtya%o
neighbourhood of Brocklesby, the seat of the Earl of apparatus.
spring, as it were, of great strength and elas"on, 'lO4
Yarborough. The unfortunate victim of this atrocity There is one circumstance which it would be well for sist damage, and-of such rapidly-reversing add Ifit I
was a poor woman named Catharine Farrow, the wife of sitters to bear in mind. The light of the apartment in compressed, that the engine is not only stopP hoed
John Farrow, a cottager, rssiding on the Brocklesby which the process is carried on is necessarily somewhat injury, but rebounds back with an ease a° a estate. About half-past ten o'clock in the morning of strong, from the circumstance that the roof is composed shock which is truly surprising. ,y
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Thursday, Mrs. Farrow left her house for the purpose of of glass ; and the expression of the portrait may be marred This experiment was tried several times with tileol
proceeding to the adjoining village of Keelby, to purchase by the party shrinking from its effect, or frowning. This. and tender alone, and afterwards with a train,
ed ePie
some articles at a grocer and draper's shop there, having should be particularly guarded against; and it can easily great success. A strong balk of timber was gelri
with her two sovereigns, two shillings, a sixpence, and a be done, from the very short period, not more than a angle of the wall which formed theterminus 0 far .0
penny. She took the foot road over the fields leading to quarter to half a minute, which the sitting occupies. rary railway, and the Mounted passengers'
we'd
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Keelby, and when she had got about a mile from her own —--
door was either met or overtaken by her assassin, and left STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, only a gentle shake without being unseated, an ,0 oto
a corpse upon the path she had so lately trod full of life ON THE IST OF MAY, 1849. gently backwards with the machines. One Pnrf:-cset.,o
and hope. She was struck down in the broad day by ---- invention comprises a simple plan by which eae,eileya
means of some heavy weapon, probably an axe, wielded (From Colburn'a United Service Magazine.) has its buffer similar.to the locomotive itself, anuthe to
[Where two places are mentioned,. the last-named is that at upon simultaneously and effectively through4.l„a e'r,a•
by a strong hand ; her skull was dreadfully fractured by
he regiment is stationed.]
the blows, and death must have been almost instantaneous. We could not perceive, so well contrived is
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of self-acting buffers carried through the i'l-bs
56th—(1st batt.) Cephalonia
Certain circumstances tending to fix suspicion upon a
(24 batt.) Corfu.
labouring man named Charles Overton led to his appre- k 37th—Ceylon, Chatham even the last carriage underwent the least 510 Ply
tension.
38th—Halifax, N.S., Castlebar. incommode the passengers, or tend in the 000 39th—Preston degree to- unsettle the wheels from the rails. f the,
40th—Dublin buffer striking the obstacle, the oompressi°n 3:ere?'o'
41st—Charles Fort and water in the double cylinder produces a ne,'"„aera
42d—Bermuda—Isle of Wight. bling the explosion of a gun or pistol, but 110 u`i•o°.'
Reserve batt., Bermuda.
—ReaesP.e
434—Kilkenny.
44th—(1st batt.) Malta tive, each with its rod, communicating with the Prof g 9!
sults. There are three of these cylinders to theleledi
bGa.tHt.r
Cea,ple.oGnyHigohpte; whole of the carriages are so contrived in the
..,,,,- has
o
(Reserve batt.) Malta buffer rod, and worked simultaneously with,...l aelf
45th
and springs on which they rest that the ent"',Psl
46th—Liverpool ,
djOt •
47th—Buttevant buffers and their respective rods can be so a ~,e),,,)
48th—Dublin form a horizontal line from end to end of the t`i-beri
I. 49th—Kilkenny that the end of one rod hits the head-of the nett te%l
1- 50th—Dover it, and so on through the whole length of thehrer,
51st—Madras, Chatham strong contact of that of the foremost carriage hula
32d—Preston
s
into operation the respective buffer of each of the ' ista
53d—Bengal, Chatham
54th—Antigua, Jersey The plan may briefly be denominated a continuensrs
55th—Dublin of highly elastic and easy springs, formed bythe ct Orli
1 56th—(1st batt.) Gibraltar bility of the water and air. There is a safety ve"b eursey
Reserve batt., Gosport extremity of the air cylinder, to preserve it from
re"
;
57th—Enniskillen in the event of very strong contact ; but this is e
58th—New S. Wales, Chatham ,
. 59th—Fermoy required..
lied or,
60th—Ost bt.)Bombay,Chathns •
Mr. Lane's invention has not yet been aPP
anti 5.,,
(2d bt.) Dublin gular railroad carriages ; but its practicability
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61st—Bengal, Chatham tation for the prevention of accidents are unqueSt_',ol"
62d—Bury and we hope he will ere long succeed in affecting it' " 63d—Newcastle-on-Tyne adoption.
65th—New S. Wales, Chatham IRISH CONSUMPTION OF INDIA.,-
64th—Bombay, Chatham
7,,T CO
-al,
66th—Barbadoes, Tralee
tv:
67th—Gibraltar, Isle of Wight
or3',
. 68th—Galway Vast as have been our imports of Indian Clog
~i,
69th—Malta, Gosport barely keep pace with the incessant demand for
I.s
70th—Bengal—Chatham. de in the Irish markets, and although the 014)1e lei e
7let—Naas, Res. batt., Canada they from this port amounted to 30,423 qrs. for t . yfi
clOl7 ter
724—Barbadoes, Sheerness
ending April 30, and 21,125 for the sues-- -WA
734—C. G. Hope, Templemore days,informedqrs. is in ee 74th—Limerick we are that there a scarcity
- 0 le
75th—Cork ford, and that should• the arrivals of this grain t, 0 hi,
76th—Zante, Gosport continue on the same restricted scale as at presen .010?
1
77th—Portsmouth ther advance is certain to occur in its value. The,nr
~ 78th—Bombay, Chatham tants of the sister country seem to have becorao,le (bar
79th—Canada, Nenagh
maize-eaters, andahe habit grows with them, o'loo,
80th—Bengal, Chatham
sands of acres of their own fertile country lie une air
81st—Hull
teo'
82d—Devonport and almost uncared for. And notwithstanding dwell,t,
834—Bombay—Chatham ness of the consumption of an entirely foreign Pro Aine ' 84th—Madras, Chatham famine still stalks throughout the land, weal' ei
85th—Waterford
solution and death with almost unabated severitYaoga
86th—Bombay, Chatham
ten t
We observe, as characterising the peculiar te 0 $
87th—Betiai, Chatham
ror ' :o'l
88th—Trinidad, Kinsale the Corn trade with respeA to Indian a hie o-e
89th—Birr although prices have been subject to consider
teasito
90th—Ashton-under-Lyre nation since the Ist of February, they have nevefee of p 91st—Portsmonth
Goods. batt., in anything like the same degree as other artie, ner4,) Cape of butt.,
in
and stand now at an advance 4/ @ 5/ rse •
92d—Clonmel
were—yell 934—Stirling Castle The quotations on the 2d of February r 419:0
94th—Madras, Chatham @ 31/, white 28/6 @ 29/, and mixed 29/ @ 30/ P&rt a
95th—China, Londonderry Yesterday the prices per 480th were, for '7, i ts.,:i,
96th—Bengal, Chatham yellow 35/6 @ 36/, white 33/, and Southern about lirlt 97th—Halifax,NS.1sle ofWight these quotations, which are 1/6 higher than OA at`
Reserve batt, Jamaica.
98th—Bengal, Chatham
Meal is also 6d. dearer, and may now be quot' 0,
e 5
99th—N. S. Wales, Chathamper barrel, with a very brisk demand for both arty
Rifle Brigade— scarcely any of either on the market.
(Ist batt.) Cape of G. Hope, .
Bristol
(2d batt.) Canada, I.of Wight
Reserve batt., Quebec.

HINTS TO SITTERS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAITS.

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which the depOt of tt
Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park
2d Ditto—Windsor
Royal H. Guards—Regent's Pi
Ist Drag.Guards—Cahir
2d—Piershill
3d—Not tinghani
4th—Manchester
sth—Birmingham
6th—Dublin
7th—Brighton
Ist Dragoons—York
2d—Longford
3d—Bengal, Maidstone
40—Athlone
6th—Dublin
7th Hussars—Newbridge
Bth—Newbridge
9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidatn
10th H ussars—Bombay, Maid.
stone
llth Hussars—Hounslow
12th Lancers—Cork
13th Lt. Dragoons—Dundalk
14th—Bengal, Maidstone
15th Huss.—Madras, 51aidston
16th Lancers—Norwich
17th—Dublin
Grenadier Guards—
(lst batt.) Portman-st. Bar.
(2d batt.) Windsor
(3d batt.) Wellington Bar.
Coldstream Guards—
(lst batt.) St. George's Bar.
(2d batt.) The Tower
Scotch Fusilier Guards—
(lst batt.) St. John's Wood
(2d batt.) Chichester
Ist Foot—
((2ldstbbaatttt..)._) ND.uSbcinintia, Abrdn.
2d—Dublin
3d—Limerick
4th—Winchester.

THE POISONING CASE AT BATH.—Since the apprehen-
sion of the wife of the deceased Marchant and her present
husband (Harris), the bridesmaid and bridesman at their
wedding (a man and his wife named Shalor) have also
been apprehended as accessories to the murder. On
Monday the jury re-assembled, when Mr. Herapath
proved the finding of arsenic in the stomach of the de-
ceased. The inquiry was again adjourned. A number of
witnesses were examined, whose evidence went to show the
following facts :—First, that meetings took place between
Harris, Mrs. Merchant, and Hannah Shaylor previous to
the death of Merchant ; second, that Harris and Mrs. Mer-
chant were seen together before, and immediately after,
her husband's decease, and that on being told she had
been a married woman and had just buried her husband,
Harris denied all knowledge of either circumstance; third.
that Harris acknowledged he was preparing to go off to
America, and had a sale of his effects for that purpose. but
alleged that a £4O check which he had received from his
son had induced him to alter his mind ; fourth, that he
repeatedly expressed a wish to have the marriage with
Mrs. Merchant performed as quietly as possible ; lastly,
that Mrs. Merchant had given different and contradictory
accounts of her husband's illness and death, and that im-
mediately after his deatltshe had conducted herself in the
most unfeeling manner. It is understood that an appli-
cation will be made for leave to exhume another body,
with respect to which suspicions of foul play exist.
DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN LONDON.—On
Thursday night, about a quarter to ten o'clock, a calami-
tous fire broke out in the lofty range of buildings called
the Royal Hat Depot, No. 57, King William-street, Lon-
don Bridge, and which were jointly tenanted by Mr. De-
vereaux, hatter, and Mr. Davey, tailor. At the time the
wife of the former, and four of her children were in the
place. A glare of light was first observed through the
fan-light over the shop door. An officer raised an
alarm, and sent for the escapes and engines. Whilst
knocking at the door to rouse the inmates, Mrs. D. and
one of her daughters made their appearance at the third
floor front, bewailing in a half frantic tone their impend-
ing fate. The serjeant told them to remain for a minute
or two, for the fire-escape was arriving, and would be on
the spot directly. The poor creatures, however, ventured
to spring from the window; the elder female fell on her
herd upon the flag-stones in front of the house, blood
streaming at the time from the wounds inflicted by the
fall. Her daughter followed, and striking in her descent
the leaden gutter over the door she broke her thigh, and
was otherwise most fearfully injured. She was removed
to the hospital, and there were no hopes of her recovery.
Another of the children was drawn through a lower win-
dow after being much burned. The firemen, the moment
they could enter searched for the other missing parties.
In one of the rooms they found the blackened remains of
a young woman, about 18 years of age, and near her the
body of a child. They were conveyed in shells to the
dead-house. Mrs. Devereaux afterwards died in the hos-
pital, from the injuries she received by jumping out. How
the disaster originated was not known

sth—Mauritius, Isle of Wight
6th—Cape G. Hope
7th—Halifax, N.S., Youghal
Bth—Bombay, Chatham
9th—Newry
10th—Bengal, Chatham
llth—N. S. Wales, Chatham
12th—Weedon

Reserve batt., Mauritius
13th—Belfast
14th—Newport
15th—Ceylon, Brecon
16th—Cephalonia, Guernsey
17th—Canterbury
18th—Bengal, Chatham
19th—Montreal, Mul!ingar
20th—Canada, Isle of Wight
Reserve batt., Canada
21st—Edinburgh
22d—Bombay, Chatham
23d—Winchester
Reserve batt., Canada
24th—Madras, Chatham
25th—Bengal, Chatham
26t h—Co rk
27th—Glasgow
28th—Devon port
29th—Bengal, Chatham
30th—Manchester
31st—Athlone
32d—Bengal, Chatham
33d—Berwick
34th—Gibraltar, Boyle
35th—Mullingar

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, & DEATHS IN ENG

JENNY LIND AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The
house, when Mademoiselle Jenny Lind played Maria, in
La Figlia del Reggimento, was even more full than on
the preceding Thursday. and, as on the two previous oc-
casions of Mademoiselle Lind's appearance, her Majesty
honoured the performance with her presence. The cha-
racter of Maria is perhaps even more identified with Jenny
Lind than that of Amina. It is the part in which she is
represented by her most popular portraits, and if we
would call to mind a statuette of Jenny Lind, it invariably
comes accompanied with the military hat and jacket.
Moreover, she was the first to make Donizetti's opera of
La Figlia known to the London public. Dramatic ve
sions of the libretto had already been played at some of
the English theatres, but these were without the music,
and the " rataplan" came with all the charm of perfect
novelty. As the voice of Jenny Lind seems even better
than ever this year, so does her Maria come forth with re-
newed freshness. She treats the character with a playful
grace that prevents anything like an approach to vulgarity.
The marching movements and the innocent familiarity
with the soldiers have an affectionate vivacity about them
with which no other histrionic representation can com-
pare. The change from Cuffarielli's bravura to the old
rataplan" in the second act is, as usual, one of her best
achievements. In the song which she is supposed to de-
test, she still displays all her power of execution, and the
uneasy looks and gestures with which she prepares the
way for the abandonment of the artificial style and the
resumption of her original nature are given with admira-
ble point. The cabballetta, " Eviva la patria." comes
like-an outbreak of transcendant joy after the playfulness
and fretfulness that have preceded it, and the delicious
voice seems to gain new power from the enthusiasm of the
moment. Mademoiselle Jenny Lind was called three
times after the fall of the curtain.— Times.

COLONIAL CORPS.
Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica
2d Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands.
3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &c.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon and China
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Canada
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape of Good Hope
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Newfoundland
Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta
St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena.

The number of a record of the marriagsk 0
and deaths, in the whole 2189 sub-districts In „9 ,
England is divided, during 1848, and the first 9:,o1
1849. has reached us, as published by author
Registrar-General.
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The marriages in 1848 were about 137,135, ",,,,ag
than in 1847, but 8529 less than in 1846. The retu'or
that " the fewest people marry in the first, tbs,,
the last quarter, which follows harvest, include
mac', and is the marrying season in England."
9111
" From an examination of the marriages in the
,0!*
1756-1846, it is shewn that the returns serve as 5
barometer of the prosperity of the country. 10 A
go on at all seasons, and at all times ; but Pieso'
makes them fluctuate, so that the more and tiro
dicate the feelings with which the great body To. bi
ple regard their prospects in the world. Judg'°;,, •
marriage test, the depression of the country w3l"'co''
in the three last quarters of 1842 : a sudden an/ept
made in the last quarter of 1843, and things !het)
an accelerated pace up to the winter of 1846, " et
gradually declined, and in the winter of 1847 alr°-olit
still. Among many concurring causes in opera as
destruction of the potato crop, the state of trail Life
great political events, will be recollected." M
~
the marriages4.--ted •

An explosion of fire damp took place on Monday morn!
ing at the Agecroft Colliery, near Pendlebury. A young
man named Jacob Barker was killed, and two others were
dreadfully injured.

THE EXPENSES OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES WHEN ON
DUTY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday,
Mr. Justice Patteson delivered the judgment of the court
in the case of " The Queen v. Hulton." The question
was whether the magistrates of Manchester had power to
charge the expenses attendant upon calling out special
constables to suppress riots within the borough upon the
county rate. In 1842 special constables were called out,
and expenses incurred to an amount of £2,500, and the
magistrates of the borough made an order for the payment
of that sum on the treasurer of the county of Lancaster.

••• wa Llagll".10VGI. •
The magistrates for the county objected to this payment
being made, upon which a mandamus was issued. A
return was made, which was demurred to. The court
considered, upon looking at the different statutes, that
there must be judgment for the Crown.

..ges iluctuaL . : they were fewer in tu-
ber 6, quarter of 1848 than in 1845, more than in 1001
Chester has recovered from the depression of 'OO
marriages were 1381, 1425, 1322, 1086, 1370. fillp
riages increased in York, and in Newcastle-uP°°;fer,
The births in each of the years 1847 and 180
numerous than in 1846, when the high nurnber.°l.`4
were registered. The births in the quarter endirch
1849 were 153.705, or 8597 more than in the lifB e$ .
ter of 1846. The population increased, by the t
births over deaths, 47,639.
The deaths in the quarter ending March .P`,
were 106,066. Upon correcting for increase cube
tion, the mortality of this quarter is found t°
rate of 2,443 per cent. per annum. Were the 43
to remain at the same rate through a year, 2' The
would die to every 100,000 of the population.
tality in England is highest in the winter (I'lB'et
prising January, February, and March ;
4.0
summer quarter, July, August, September. ober
epidemic cholera has been in England since 49c ot tio
and has prevailed more or less up to the prese_ be
parts of the country, the general mortality h°soo
is considerably below the average. This is olio to'
and should stimulate all san'atory impro-lei%
summer is the season in which the epidemic '
be dreaded.
find t Taking the north-western division, we f
deaths decreased in Cheshire, and the decline yap
was considerable in nearly all the districts Of .vittic
The deaths during the winters 1847-8-9 inQ . i
0050
were 2182, 2079, and 1849. At Liverpool 2°.
cholera are mentioned by the registrars, 8 cd • trio'ooc?
workhouse. Diarrhoea was fatal in several diso,
Liverpool (with a population of 223,003 in 184riag°31
the quarter ended 31st March last, the n'atet, '
973, births 2552, deaths 2441; in Manche" er
tively, 1370, 2217, and 1849. 5017,
Some statistics relative to the weather 10'1°16
We extract the following as taken at the fLitiorfil,
servatory:—Mean of the barometer, in J,Littc° Ayi
40.0 ; in February, 43.4 ; in March, 42.2.
in January, 2.4 ; February, 0.9 ; March, Mile P 1
For the quarter ending 31st March last, bitch
registrars give the following as the number °
deaths in their respective districts :

APPALLING MURDERS.—On Tuesday morning, a man
of the name of Thomas Davies, a small farmer, livinc, at
Cefurtiyddlanisea, Cardiganshire, while in bed with' his
wife and child (the latter nine months old) attacked them
with a razor, and, having first nearly severed the infant's
hoad from its body, he attempted the destruction of his
wife. He first cut her across the wrist, severing com-
pletely all the arteries, and next gassed her throat and
face in the most frightful manner. Not content with this,
he cut her across the abdomen, ripping it completely
open, and causing the intestines to protrude. Leaving
the house he rushed into the Tivy, for the purpose, it is
imagined, of drowning himself, but, finding the water too
shallow for his purpose, he returned to the house, and
attempted to cut his own throat. Failing, however, to
sever the jugular vein, he ripped open his own abdomen
with the razor, which caused a similar protrusion to that
which his unfortunate wife experienced. The wife, Mary
Davies, escaped from the house, and, having proceeded
about a field's breadth on the south side, fell down.
When found, she was still alive, but lying exhausted on
her right side, in a ditch, with her intestines visibly pro-
truding, and her throat, wrist, and face cut in a most
fearful manner. On a further search being made on the
north side of the residence, at the bottom of a field, the
husband was found lying on his left side in his shirt
sleeves, having his throat lacerated, and his abdomen cut
open from side to side about an inch below the navel, with
his intestines also protruding. He was still alive, and
could speak more distinctly than could his ill-fated part-
ner. He acknowledged that he had killed the child, and
that he had cut his own and his wife's throat with his
razor. A surgeon was speedily sent for, who dressed the
various wounds, but at once pronounced each case to be
mortal. His prediction was verified by the death of
Thomas Davies, at 11 o'clock that night, while the de-
cease of the wife happened at 9 'o'clock on Wednesday

PENANCE IN A CHURCH.—In the parish church of
Fen Ditton, near Cambridge, on Sunday morning, the
scene of a man doing penance, in consequence of the sen-
tence of Sir H. Jenner Fust, was performed in the pre-
sence of a crowded congregation, assembled from all parts
of the neighbourhood, the majority of whom were of the
lower orders. Some persons of more respectable position
had evinced great anxiety to secure pews and seats, and,
on the opening of the church doors, a rush took place,
and every part of the church was instantly filled. The
screen was occupied by " bargees," who sat astride, the
capitals of the columns had human occupants, and in
other parts of the sacred edifice struggling and fighting
arose for a good view of the penitent Edward Smith, a
gardener and fiddler, whose offence was having slandered
Mrs. Martha James, wife of the Rev. Rector of the
parish, with an accusation of adultery. The Rev. Rector
and the lady slandered occupied the Rector's pew. The
officiating minister (Mr. Small), on commencing the ser-
vice, was saluted with a shout, " Speak up. old boy,"
accompanied by a chorus of laughter. The sermon was
interrupted by the breaking of windows by the mob out-
side the church, by cat-calls, whistling, and other un-
seemly noises, and a dog fight within the building divided
the attention of the congregation with the ceremony of
the penance. The arrival of Smith, the fiddler, was at
length announced by a tremendous uproar, which put an
end to the sermon. He was received with three hearty
cheers, and the most discordant applause of his friends,
many of whom were smoking tobacco, &c. ; the press
was so great that he was obliged to be lifted into the
churchwardens' pew. He waved over his head the paper
containing his recantation, and was welcomed with •• one
cheer more," after which a broom, hassocks, pieces of
the pews, &c., were thrown in all directions, aimed at the
head of Mr. mall. It was, of course, impossible to hear
a word of the recantation. Mr. Small was struck with a
hassock. Smith, at the conclusion of the business, was
carried on the shoulders of several of the mob to the
Plough public-house, where he addressed his admirers in
a short speech, and the day was concluded in smoking and
drinking. The Rector and his wife were followed to the
rectory by a mob of people, hissing and hooting, and
some of the windows of the rectory were broken with
stones. A more disgraceful scene was never witnessed.

morning,

ANOTHER CURE OF DROPSY BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—
Mr. Duncan, an extensive farmer, residing at the Elms,
near Boston, had been for years in a bad state of health;
the disease assumed a swelling in the feet and ankles
which gradually ascended until the whole of his body was
affected. Convinced, from advice, that he was labouring
under a confirmed case of dropsy, he consulted many of
the most eminent of the faculty, and used their remedies,
from which he derived no benefit, but became worse. In
this state be determined to try Holloway's Pills, and to
the wonder of all, this superior medicine cured him in an
incredible short space of time.

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Howard-street
Dale-street
St. George
St. Thomas
Mount-pleasant
Islington
Toxteth-park
West Derby

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