The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-22 00:00:00

Lord and Lady Delamere will give their usual fetes at Vale
Royal, after Christmas. The festivities at that splendid seat
were marred, last year, by the lamentable demise of Sir Wat-
kin Williams Wynn, Bart.

STIMONY OF RE

AN.—The Rev.
;ruing the incumbency of Brym-
by the congregation with a very beautiful
testimony of respect and regard for his untir-
-1 exemplary conduct.
A CHRISTMAS RARITY.—Mr. William Rolland, of Fon-
tenoy-street, Liverpool, has a fig tree growing in a pot which
is nearly in full leaf at the present period, and with a second
crop of fruit upon it, two of the figs being the size of nutmegs,
This is considered a great curiosity by all who have seen it.
Snipes are more numerous now on Bidston Marsh and
neighbourhood than they have been at this period of the year
for many seasons. At Hoylake they are also very plentiful.
The former place is preserved, the latter is free; and should
the shooter be disappointed in his expectation of finding
snipes, he may have good rabbit shooting on the warren at
Hoylake at a trifling expense.

Thomas Marsden, on

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THE EPIDEMIC AMONGST CATTLE.—This disease, after
having visited several townships in the neighbourhood of
Great Eccleston-in-the-Fylde, has now appeared in that place
also, and is becoming, as in other places, general. The exer-
tions of Mr. Richard Hutchinson, the resident veterinary
surgeon, have been very successful in allaying.the disease,
and by an experiment of inoculation, he feels certain that
animals will have the disease much more mildly than by tak-
ing it naturally.—Preston Chronicle.
AN INGENIOUS SWINDLER.—On Wednesday last, a man
who called himself John Walters, was brought up at Oldham,
before Elijah Hibbert, Esq., charged with having obtained
money under false pretences. He was proved to have been
obtaining subscriptions for the pretended purpose of assisting
a Capt. Parker and his crew, whose vessel was said to have
been wrecked. A number of begging letters and a forged
memorial, professing to be signed by several authorities of
Liverpool were found upon him. The memorial was exceed.
ingly well drawn up, and much calculated to deceive. Wal-
ters told a confused tale of having had the papers given to
him. He was committed for three months' imprisonment as
a vagrant.
COAL MINING EXTRAORDINARY.—In March, 1836, seven
men commenced sinking two coal pits at Wood Park, be-
tween Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham, belonging to Messrs.
Lees and Co.;and on Thursday week they completed their
work. The epth of one shaft is 378 yards 6 inches, and of
the other, 365 yards 2 feet 6 inches. Six out of the seven
men have worked the whole time in sinking. They have cut
through ten beds of coal, and one of cannel ; and, when at
the depth of 180 yards, they stepped upwards of 3000 gallons
of water per hour, without lessening the diameters of the pits,
which are ten feet each for the whole depth. The men have
had the good fortune to finish their work without a single
accident. On Monday last, the proprietors of the colliery
gave the sinkers a very handsome present.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, a large cart
laden with pieces of calico belonging to Mr. Alfred Orrell, of
Stockport, and drawn by two horses, was proceeding up
Crow Alley, and when opposite to the extensive excavations
between Ducie Place and New Market, which extend to the
verse of Crow Alley, the weight and shaking of the laden
cart causing a slip of a portion of the soil,—the cart and
horses were suddenly precipitated to the bottom of the exca-
vation, a depth of 17 or 18 feet. The horses were promptly
disengaged ; and, to the great surprise of those who wit-
nessed this accident, they were led out of the pit to Ducie
Place, without appearing to be in the slightest degree injured
by the fall. The calicoes were thrown off the cart, and the
cart was a little damaged, but much less than might reason-
ably have been expected from the nature of the place and of
the accident.—Manchester Guardian.
FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Friday, an inquest was held on
the body of a child, the daughter of a person named Davies,
living in Carspthers-street. The child, which was three
years old, fell into the fire whilst the mother was frying bacon,
and so dangeously injured, that it died in a day or two. Ver-
dict—" Accidentally death."—On Friday, an inquest was
held on the body of Samuel Parry, a corporal of Marines,
belonging to H. M. steamer Wilberforce. The steamer
Hercules, in the Trafalgar Dock, was lying alongside the
Wilberforce, and the deceased, before getting on board his
own vessel, had to cross the Hercnles, belonging to the St,
George Steam-packet Company. The hatchway of the
latter was open, and the deceased fell into the hold, about
five o'clock on the evening of Thursday. He was conveyed
to the Northern Hospital, and died almost immediately.
It appeared from the evidence that a watchman who was
on deck at the time of the accident, called out to the deceased,
but too late to preveut it.—Verdict, Accidental death."
THE MAILS IN CHESTEIL—We understand that, on
Monday, Lord Robert Grosvenor and the Hon. E. M.
Lloyd Mostyn waited on the authorities at the General Post
Office, in order to obtain for Chester and the northern part
of the principality the advantage of the opening of the
Chester and Crew branch of the Grand Junction Railway,
in the conveyance of the mail. They received an assurance,
that notwithstanding obstacles had been thrown in the way
of such arrangement, yet that in the ensuing month the
Chester and Welsh mails would be transmitted by railway to
this city. This will enable a post delivery of London letters
and papers to take place in this city by six o'clock every
evening, and by eight o'clock every morning ; and the Lon-
don letters and papers of the evening of one day to be deli-
vered in every part of the Flintshire and part of Denbigh-
shire, by breastfast time next morning ; and
be facilitated
at least two hours in every other part of the principality,
which is communicated with through Chester.—Chester
Chronicle

DISTINGUISHED COMPLIMENT TO LIEUTENANT FAT-
HER, R.N.—The members of the United States Navy Club,
at New York, have eleelectedlaeutenant Fayrer, R.N., an
honorary member ; a distinction that has not before been
conferred on any foreigner, and but rarely to even gentlemen
of the highest standing id the United States. The diploma
admitting Lieutenant Fayrer as a member of the club, was
accompanied by a most kind and flattering letter from Com-
modore Renshaw. the president of the club, and at present
commanding the United States ship-of-the-line North
Carolina, of 104 guns. The first article of the constitution
states :—" That it shall consist of four classes of members,
to wit, resident, absent, corresponding, and honorary. Resi-
dent members shall be such as dwell in the city of New York
and its immediate neighbourhood; corresponding members,
those not belonging to the navy or marine corps : and hono-
rary members, such as may be entitled, by divtinguished
merit, to be admitted into the society. The number of hono-
rary members shall nor exceed forty, nor shall corresponding
members be taxed."

CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.-It behoves the public, and
more particularly the tradespeople, to be on their guard
against a person who has been traversing this and other
counties, under the guise of soliciting the acceptance of
agencies for vending " Mackintosh's India rubber patent
liquid for waterproofing and polishing furniture, cloth,
leather, &c." which, according to the label on the bottle,
purports to be manufactured at Cheapside, London, and at
Manchester. When the impostor—for such he evidently
is—has prevailed on his dupe to consent to become the " sole
agent" of the place, he modestly tells him, that the supply,
with which he will there and then furnish him, is to be paid
for in advance, adding, that this is indispensably necessary for
the purpose of paving advertising expenses. Immense pro-
fits are offered, and rapid sale is guaranteed, of course, to the
agent, who is solemnly assured that in three days afterwards
a further supply will be sent per railway, together with 500
circular advertisements and specimens to shew the efficacy
of the fluid. Thus he has succeeded in getting many inexpe-
rienced tradesmen to take his thrash, and, what is most pro-
voking to part with their hard cash. Of course the pretended
traveller is never more heard of.—Manchester Guardian.
FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE PRESTON
AND LANCASTER RarLwAy.—Ort Wednesday afternoon
last, between four and five o'clock, a most fearful collision
took place on the Lancaster and Preston railway, between
Dock-street and the Maudland (Preston and Wyre) station,
about 100 yards from the crossing to the latter place. It
appears that during the afternoon an old man, about 62 years
of age, named Henry Taylor, a labourer on the railway, had
been carting some ballast from near the Maudland station
towards Preston, and having finished his days' work about
half-past four o'clock, was returning towards the Maudland
with his empty waggons. After he had emptied his last load,
he was requested by several of the officers to go off the line,
as the Fleetwood train was momentarily expected. He,
however, refused to comply with his advice, and said he
should be able to get off before the train came up. He was
warned by several persons as to the danger of returning
on the rails, but he seemed to pay no attention, and said
" he had no doubt he could get off the line before the train
came up." The unfortunate man was, however, in a few
minutes destined to pay dear for his temerity. The train
left the Maudland station a few minutes before five, and had
come about 100 yards on the Lancaster line when the engine
suddenly came in contact with the waggons driven by Tay-
lor. Fortunately the train was proceeding very slowly at the
time, not above six miles an hour, otherwise the consequence
must have been direful in the extreme. As soon as the col-
lision took place, the engineer stopped the engine instantly,
when it was ascertained that so far as the engine, carriages,
and passengers were concerned, no damage of consequence,
and no personal injury whatever, was sustained. On walk-
ing round the carriages, the guard found the deceased Henry
Taylor lying on the railway. He never spoke, and was per-
fectly dead. His body was completely cut in two, his head
being laid in one direction and his feet in another. An in-
quest was held on the body in the Town-hall, on Thursday,
before Mr. Palmer, coroner, when evidence was given which
in substance was precisely similar to the above account. The
jury returned a verdict of " accidental death," and expressed
an opinion that not the slightest blame could be imputed to
the servants of the company. Several of the principal offi-
cers connected with the railway were in attendance during
the investigation.—Preston Chronicle.

CAUTION TO RAILWAY COMPANY'S SERVANTS.—
ACCIMCNTS.—The directors of the Manchester and Leeds
Railway Company have issued their second monthly number,
that for November, of a serial publication on railway acci-
dents, addressed to their own servants in all the departments
of duty on their line. It is a goodly octavo phamphlet of 42
pages, commencing with some account, derived from the
evidence on the inquest, of the accident on the York and
North Midland Line, attended with the loss of two lives ;
and the other cases printed in the pamphlet are the committal
of an engine-driver on the Liverpool and Manchester Line,
for a month, under Lord Seymour's act, for disobeying the
regulations of the company in reference to the locomotive
engine entrusted to his care ; the conviction and infliction
of a penalty upon a labourer on the Manchester and Leeds
Line, for not removing a wheelbarrow far enough from the
rails, so that the steps of a carriage upset it ; the eommittal
of a " plate-layer," on the same line, for two months, to the
Wakefield House of Correction, under Lord Seymour's act,
for neglect of duty in not making a signal to stop an approach-
ing train, when an obstruction had been caused by raising
some rails ; a caution issued by the company to their servants
referring to this case, to the effect, that, " in all instances
where negligence or disobedience is shewn to any of the rules
or regulations of the company, or any omission in the dis-
charge of their several duties, such servants will be proceeded
against with the utmost rigour ; it being the full determination
of the company to use the utmost caution in order to prevent
accidents; and, as far as possible, to protect the lives and pro-
perty of the public travelling upon the said railway." The
next case notieed is the late fatal accident on the London and
Birmingham Line, where a verdict of murder was returned
against the deceased engine driver ; a letter, in reference to
it, reprobating the practice of employing as engineers persons
who have not been properly trained to that business ; and
the last case noticed was the conviction of an auctioneer for
having got upon an engine on the Eastern Counties Line,
and turned on the steam, by which means he caused the en-
gine to run over and dash to pieces a horse carriage and coal
truck, and by this collision was himself thrown out, and
narrowly escaped being killed on the spot. He was sentenced
to be imprisoned for six months, and fined in the penalty of
£5. We understand that the directors issue these pamphlets
to their superintendents and principal servants along the line,
by whom they are distributed to every individual employed
under the company, each man receiving a copy to take home
for his own reading ; and the material parts, either pointing
out the causes of accidents, or any negligence on the part of
railway company's servants, or containing useful suggestions
in the way of caution or. improvement, are rendered conspi-
cuous by being printed Italics. Thus these little publica-
tions must be doing great good in bringing to the knowledge
of all concerned in the working of the line, the danger of their
negligence in reference to the lives of passengers, and the
serious responsibility which devolves upon themselves, with
the almost certainty of punishment for any act of gross negli-
gence, even though. it should not be attended with any serious
consequences. Thus they are trained already, while the line
is but partially opened, in those habits of caution and atten-
tion so desirable in, and indeedimperative upon, all persons
concerned in the working of railway transit —Manchester
Guardian.