The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

MARCH g. 2, 1853.

GENERAL NEWS.

A RIFLE CORPS is about to be organised in Greenock.
THE SEAMEN AT AYR, N. 8., have struck for an advance
of wages. They ask £4 per month.
THE SENTENCE ON MARY ANN PARR, convicted of in-
fanticide at Nottingham assizes, has been commuted to
transportation for life.
THE POLICE FORCE OF NEW YORK amounts only to
1,040 officers and men, while that of London is between
7,000 and 8,000.
ROMAN PAVEMENT.—In the course of making a drain
in Tanner-row, York, a very beautiful Roman tesselated
pavement was discovered about ten feet below the surface.
JoHN 'WILLIAMS was executed at Greenlaw, on Mon-
day, for the murder of Andrew Mather, toll-keeper at
Cleikumin, near Lauder, Berwickshire, on the night of
the 4th December, 1852. He was an American by birth.
AT Worcester assizes, Mr Porter, who received injuries
of a permanent character from an accident on the Mid-
land Railway, was compensated by a verdict, by consent,
for £l,OOO.
- -

THE COURT OF CHANCERY has issued orders for com-
pelling the Earl of Mornington to pay the annuity of
£l.OOO a-year settled by him on his wife. The case has
been several times before the police-courts, the Countess
applying for maintenance in a state of destitution.
" EXTREMES MEET."—The Derby Reporter says,
Messrs. Bass and Heyworth are to have a public recep-
tion on entering the town on Easter Monday. What
a pleasing picture to the ardent teetotaller ? Heyworth,
the son of temperance ! Bass, the embodiment of the
bitter-beer interest ! in friendly conjunction. .

THERE IS A BIBLE still preserved, written on palm
leaves, in the University of Gottingen, containing 5,367
leaves. Another Bible, of the same material, is at
Copenhagen. There were also, in Sir Hans Sloane's
collection, more than twenty manuscripts, in various
languages, on the same material.
A MISER, named Jameson, died at Newby, Westmore-
land, a few days ago, in abject wretchedness. He made
his own clothes, washed his own linen, and lived o❑ the
sparest diet. He sat in his lonely cottage without fire or
candle. His property has been estimated at nearly
£30,000, the principal part of which will go to a nephew
in London.

SCARCITY OF COALS.—The late snow storm, having
closed the roads in many districts in the north, occasioned
a great scarcity of coals. In Ellon, neighbours, to make
their fuel last as long as possible, agreed to have but one
fire between them : and there was also a case, where two
women, the one with tbree children under her roof, and
the other a pauper 80 years of age, sat for two days without
fire in their dwellings.
Ma. JUSTICE WILLIAMS left Oxford, on Saturday
night week, for London, and was returning, by mail train,
on Sunday night, but instead of getting out to change
carriages, at Didcot, he kept his seat, and did not discover
his mistake until he reached the Steventon station, where
the learned judge alighted, and was accommodated at the
inn, in the village, until tier Majesty's royal mail-cart
started, when his lordship was taken on, and reached Ox-
ford in safety about one o'clock on Monday morning.
A MAN DECAPITATED.—On Friday, a shocking acci-
dent occurred at Kirkstall-forge iron-works, near Leeds.
William Merritt, aged 29, was employed in a room where
there is a revolving shaft, and at the top is a circular
piece of thin metal. It is supposed that his clothes caught
the revolving shaft, and whirled him round it, for after
the accident he was found in the room without head and
minus one arm, the head being in one part and the trunk
of the body in another part of the room. He was most
probably drawn up the shaft, and his neck coming in
contact with the piece of circular metal, it would be severed
from his body instantaneously.
EXTRAORDINARY FIRE.—On Wednesday week, about
three o'clock in the morning, a fire broke outin the house of
a chemist, at. Holborn-bars, London. The firemen, in their
anxiety to clear the place of combustible substances, threw
a quantity of phosphorous into the road, when it ignited,
as it commonly does in contact with the air. A constable
rushed forward and began to stamp on it, to subdue the
flame, when a quantity of phosphorous adhered to his
boots, and his clothes were soon all on fire. A soldier,
who was passing rushed forward and endeavoured to ex-
tinguish the fire about the officer, and in so doing his
own clothes came in contact with the phosphorous, and
in less than a second, he, too, was on fire. By great
perseverance the fire was subdued about the policeman
and soldier, but they were terribly burned:
THE WESI.EYAN CONTROVERSY has brought forth
bloodshed at a place called Yeadon, near Leeds. On
Sunday, Mr. Everett, an expelled minister, was announced
to preach ; but was prevented by a legal process served upon
him. A mob of the reformers, becoming exasperated,
attacked the house of Thomas Mann, the keeper of the
meeting-house, declaring they would turn him out and
as the mob began to break the doors and windows with
stones, some one from within threatened to fire. In about
half an hour after the disturbances had begun, a gun was
discharged by some one from within, and the shot entered
the legs of Hiram Yeadon, who is now under medical
treatment. After this the constables were called in, and
took five men who were in the house into custody, who
have been remanded by the West Riding magistrates for
a fortnight, that the wounded man may be able to appear.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY IN YORKSHIRE.—
This society having been invited to extend their operations
to Yorkshire, a deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr.
Worthington, Mr. Harrison, one of the solicitors, and
Mr. Gruneisen, the secretary, visited Leeds, Wakefield,
and Bradford, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and
attended large and respectable meetings of the inhabitants
of these towns. The deputation at each place was cor-
dially received, and the statements with respect to the ad-
vantages of the movement, morally and socially, were
listened to with attention and general approval. It was
intimated that immediate steps would be taken to pur-
chase eligible Yorkshire estates, and that the committee
' were prepared to undertake, if desired, land purchases in
almost any county in England. In the course of their
tour, the committee made ularge addition to the members
of the society.
A Toucis OF NATURE.—A car full of passengers re-
cently passed over the Western Railroad, in which occurred
a simple but touching scene, worthy of record. One of
the passengers was a woman carrying in her arms a child
who annoyed every one by its petulance and cries. Mile
after mile the passengers bore the infliction of its noise,
which rather increased than diminished, until, at last, it
became furious, and the passengers nearly so. There
were open complaints, and one man shouted, " take the
child out." The train stopped at a station, when an old
gentleman arose, and made the simple statement that the
father of the child had died recently, away from home,
that the mother had been on a visit, that her dead body
was on board the train, and that the child was in the arms
of a woman who was a stranger to it. It was enough.
There was a tear in nearly every eye, and all were melted
into pity and patience. All selfishness was lost in think-
ing of the desolation of the poor little wanderer, who
would have found a warm welcome in hands that a
moment before would almost have visited it with a blow.
—Springfield Republican.
CURIOUS CASES OF SUMNAMBULISM.-011 Saturday
the quiet village of Huff, near Appleby, was thrown into
an unusual excitement by a report that a married lady
had, during the night, disappeared in a mysterious
manner from the bed of her lord and master, while wrapt
in balmy sleep. All places, likely and unlikely, were
explored, with the hope of discovering the missing fair
one ; but, as the day wore on, it was suddenly announced
that an old bachelor of Hoff, on the dark side of 60, had
also been stolen, or had strayed, or had been otherwise
conveyed away in a similar manner. About three o'clock
on Monday morning the lost ones returned to their re-
spective homes. Of course, as neither of them has the
least recollection of anything that occurred in the interval,
they must have been in a state of somnambulism ; but
their simultaneous seizure by the fit, and their not having
suffered in any material degree from the excessive cold,
or from want of food or rest, during a period of 51 hours,
arc knotty problems which our magi have not yet been
able to solve.—Carlisle Patriot.
STRANGE SCENE IN A COURT.—At Bedford, on Friday,
John Saunders, John Leonard, and Joseph Morrell were
indicted for burglary and violence. William Saville, a
fine intelligent old man,in his 89thyear, proved that heand
his wife, who is 84 years of age, lived alone in a cottage
at Eyworth. On the night of the 17th of January three
men came up stairs, one having a bludgeon, another a
gun, and the third a lighted candle. They demanded his
money, and struck him on the head in a brutal manner.
The wife interposed, and one of them struck her on the
head and knocked her back in bed. The poor old crea-

tures were both bleeding from their wounds, and the
villains made them strip to shew they wero not concealing
any property. The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The Chief Baron then directed judgment of death to be
recorded against the prisoners. This being the last case,
the judge rose from his seat, and as he was about to re-
tire, a man in the court, related to one of the prisoners,
called out to his lordship that he had committed murder
in sentencing him. He repeated his calls, and the three
prisoners became violently excited, and shouted "murder"
in the most terrific manner. The court became a scene
of great excitement, the cries of murder continued, and
terrible denunciations were dealt forth. The prisoners
resolutely refused to leave the dock, but swore they would
die there first. At last additional officers sprang over
the bar, dragged the men into the cell, and ironed them.
The van was then ordered, and the prisoners were con-
veyed to the gaol amidst great excitement. The trial
lasted until an advanced hour.

INTERESTING TO NAVIGATORS.—THE FALKLAND
ISLANDS.—Under this head we find in a recent number
of the New York Express the following remarks in re-
ference to the Falkland islands, now attracting ci much
attention in this country, because of their exce.. ing eli-
gibility for purposes of transportation, when the dispatch
of convicts to Australia shall cease. The importance of
these islands to Great Britain, in a commercial sense, is
strengthened from the fact of the rapicily-increasing num-
ber of Australian vessels coming home by way of Cape
Horn ; and we believe it is the intention of the proprie-
tors of some of our great lines of steamers to establish a
coal depot there, in which case, there will, necessarily, be
a vast augmentation to the advantages already specified
by our American contemporary, namely:—" For the
interest of American and other shipowners, whalers, and
all other vessels, it cannot be too generally made known
that the Falkland Islands, off the coast of South America,
now afford an excellent station, with many good and safe
harbours at which vessels, of every class, may find supplies.
Ships proceeding to or from the East Indies, China, or
from the Pacific coast and Polynesia, round the Cap
Cape of
Good Elope or Cape Horn, will find at the Falklands
the means, in ordinary cases of damage, of repair, supplies
of provisions, &c., in short, all such stores as are required
by merchant vessels. There are no port or custom-house
charges, whereas, at all the South American continental
ports, whether in Brazil, or on the River Plate, the
charges are very
h igh required
high,
elays
yellowand for vexations frequent,
labour, and thearticles
fever,repairs
particularly
exorbitant.
But the most seriousocbjeetialoiients on boardotheßrazvielisasnelspoinrtsthies
dthaengperreovuasletnoctehe shofa malignant
ip
,s companies
harbours. From these reasons, as well as from the con-
veniences and facilities afforded by the authorities, and by
the new settlements at these islands, the number of vessels
touching there has been very much increased, and will no
doubt continue to increase in every succeeding year."

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Up to five, p.m., yesterday, one of the men-of-war
had left Spithead ; but the squadron there, both of sailing
and steam ships, was ready for service, and all fully
manned, with the exception of the London, which is
about 120 men short.
The Times, in a leading article, says, " Admiral Dundas,
at Malta, was of opinion that his instructions did not
enable him to comply with Colonel Rose's request for the
presence of the fleet, under the circumstances alleged to
have occurred. The fleet, therefore, remains in harbour
at Malta, and there is no reason to suppose that the deci-
sion taken by the admiral has been disapproved by her
Majesty's Government."
The Times, alluding to the despatch of the French fleet,
asserts that the Eastern question is the real point at issue
between Turkey and Trance, anti is the cause which led
to the formidable Russian embassy ; "and " the Times
asks, " what have we to do in such an affair ? Is this
country to pay the penalty of General Lavalette's folly ?
That we are to interpose for the purpose of strengthening
French influence in the East as protectress of the Latin
Church, or to uphold the claims of the Roman Catholic
clergy for precedency over Greek popes. Such notions
will not support a moment's investigation."
Although the Times holds that it is at present our duty
and our interest to stand aloof, it will never cease to con-
tend that the true policy of this country is to restore the
concert of all the great Powers in the affairs of the East ;
and, by our example of moderation, to preserve peace,
and to check that cupidity which may threaten at any
moment to tear the Turkish empire with violence asunder.
TIMES OFFICE. 9 30 A.M.

PARIS, TI:ESD.kY, 8 A.M.—The Moniteur of this
morning states that according to special accounts from
Constantinople there was a prospect of a settlement of
Oriental affairs, without compromising the good under-
standing existing between the European powers.

FRANCE.—The Bourse was much avitated ; but, after
numerous fluctuations, Threes-closed at 78.30 ; Four- and-
a-Half per Cents., 101. Other securities are lower.
The French Envoy has left Marseilles for Constanti-
nonle.
The Augsburg Gazette says that an extraordinary im-
pression has been produced upon the native and Greek
population of Turkey by the mission of Prince Menschi-
koff. The Sultan was to receive that Ambassador on the
9th inst.

LONDON STOCK & SHARE MA RKET.—Titts DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
THE FUNDS.—COIASOIS for Account, 99-g- s ; Ditto for
Mc ney, 99i ; Mexicans, 2511.
RAILWAY SHARES.—East Lancashire, 721-. ; Great
Western, OIL 901 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75 ;
London and North Western, 1181

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tars DAY.

NOON QUOTATIONS.

Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 61 dis. ;
Chester and Holyhead, 21,1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
751 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 304- ; ditto
preference, 11 ; ditto new, 9.16 pm. ; Midland, 741 ;
Soutli.Eastern and Dover, 23k.

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Caledonians, 321; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74} r ;
Midland, 74k; South Eastern and Dover, 231; York
and North :Midland, 291-.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—Tars DAY.
Market quiet. 'Warrants, 535. cash.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Bangalore, from Penang, at Gravesend, 21st inst.—
Eleanora, from Demerara, at Deal, 21st inst.—lsabelle,
and Ploughboy, from Liverpool, at St. Michaels.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tms DAY,

The receipts into this port coastwise and from Ireland,
since Monday last, include a tolerable quantity of Oat-
meal, while those of Grain and Flour thence are
limited in amount; from the American states, France,
and various parts of Continental Europe, however, we
have to note a fair import of Wheat, a liberal supply of
Indian Corn, and a superabundant influx of flour; the
latter comprising 34,361 barrels and 17,282 sacks, exclu-
sive of 4,158 quarters of Beans from Egypt; the exports
during the same period being comparatively moderate.
The market this morning was moderately well attended.
and a fair amount of business was done at the curent rates
of Friday last, with a slight tendency in an upward
direction, though no actual advance was established.
The same remark will apply to all descriptions.

FROM a return to the House of Commons, printed on
Tu-sday, there are 50,170 electors for counties in Scotland
and 133 polling places.
CAPTAIN CHEVALIER, of the port of Nantes, has been
presented by Lloyd's with a piece of plate, for having
navigated an English steamer from the coast of Africa to
England, the captain of which had died.
rAT BRIGHTON, the body of a child was found in a field
strangled with a handkerchief. Inquiries show that the
child was the daughter of a servant named Sherwood.
Before her arrest, and after the murder was known, she
actually attended a public ball. In prison she tried to
strangle herself.
EXPLOSION or A LOCOMOTIVE.—On Thursday morn-
ing, shortly before seven o'clock, an accident of a frightful
character took place at the Brighton station of the London
and Brighton Railway, by which three men lost their
lives. The engine had just emerged from the shed, to be
attached to the train, having on it the driver, stoker, and
engine-fitter, when the boiler blew up with a terrible re-
port. Upon the clearing away of steam and smoke, it
was discovered that the three men had been killed, and
the bodies frightfully mangled. The engine-driver had his
head blown off from his neck, and it was found some sixty
yards from the engine, while the body of the stoker was
found dismembered of both r'rms, and the head smashed
into a shapeless mass. The engine-fitter bad both his
legs blown off, and his body dreadfully shattered. The
remains were collected, and the force of the explosion
may be imagined from the fact of portions of the bodies
having been picked up three hundred yards from the
station. A piece of the engine—a heavy iron mass—was
driven through the roof of the station, and fell at the
distance of two hundred yards. There is cause to believe
the accident arose from the driver having screwed down
the safety-valve shortly before the explosion took place.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.—At Clifton, near Bristol, a
most appalling tragedy has been perpetrated by a respect-
able master shoemaker, named Isaac Tucker, who, after
having murdered his two children, aged respectively five
and three years, by cutting their throats with a shoe-
maker's knife, put a period to his own existence in the
same way. The dec aged had recently taken a house upon
Prince's-place, near the Royal York-crescent, Clifton, and.
entered into possession only a few days since. On Thurs-
day, between twelve and one o'clock, his wife went to-
Bristol on some business, and he was left at home in the
house with his children and a female servant. Soon after-
wards he was observed to come down stairs, go to the
street door, look up and down the thoroughfares, and then
go to a looking-glass and survey himself, putting out his
tongue and working it about in a somewhat strange man-
ner. He then went up stairs' and soon afterwards his
eldest little girl went up also. Nothing subsequently was
heard of any of them, but soon after the door was dis-
covered to be locked, and upon its being broken open, all
three were discovered quite dead, their clothes saturated
with blood, and their throats ctv in a shocking manner,
the head of the youngest being all but severed from his
body.

PERFECTION. —We are always happy in directing
the attention of our readers to whatever is of general
utility. On the present occasion, we would refer to an
article which has reached the enviable state of perfection,
and that is in regular use in every family, viz., starch,
'the qualities of which depend not only on the ability and
experience of the manufacturer, but also on the superiority
of the article from which it is manufactured. We refer
to the Glenfield Patent Starch, manufactured by Mr.
Wotherspoon, of Glasgow, at the Glenfield Starch Works.
It is now in almost universal use, and recommended by
the most eminent authorities. The Queen, Prince Albert,
and the nobility and gentry of Britain have the finest of
their goods finished with it, while its merits are equally
appreciated, and in daily use, by the middle and working
classes of the community. In proof of the varied and
superior excellencies of the Glenfield Patent Starch, we
we
oicientair the
genuine
here insert a copy of the testimonial of Her Majesty's
Laundress :—" The Glenfield Patent Powder Starch has
now been used in that department of the royal laundry'
where all the finest goods are finished for Her Majesty,
Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, and I have much
pleasure in informing you that it has given the highest
satisfaction. M. Weigh, Laundress to Her Majesty.
Royal Laundry, Richmond, near London, 15th May,
1851." We could also copy similar recommendations
from most of the laundresses of the principal nobility and
gentry, besides a testimonial from 1,500 of the retailers
of the article in the principal towns in this country. We
will du
have therefore the greatest confidence in recommending
all our readers to make a trial of this very superiort
article, which we are certain is all that is r_equltred,eto con-
vinceyvec,.
induce
in theersOeyrayl onetestimonial, all articles brought
our readers to adopt it for dailyuse,of
the
f itsraraeo
sad a
bleb qualities,
v as
to perfection by the skill and industry
ob' object ' manufacturer
is imitated by such es have no otherd
similar jin view but to
article, with the intention_ of imposing upon the unwary
or casual purchaser. There have been many obscure
menuwho have manufacturers of starch endeavoured to impose
their inferior
palm off a worthless article,labelle
upon the public productions by giving the
outside appearance of their packets a colourable imitation
~f the original (they, however, fall very far short of
of the the starch which they make even a colourable
imitation of the Glenfield Starch). The Lord Chancellor,
however, last session granted
the maker (Mr. Wother-
spoon) two injunctions to restrain these fraudulent
practices, with costs against the offenders. The report
of these trials appeared in the Times and other London
papers at the time, July 29 and 30. Our readers, to
prevent imposition, should see that the maker's name
(R. Wotherspoon) is on each packet. We see this starch
is sold in every shop in town.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS, A 'UNIVERSAL
REMEDY FOR OLD WOUNDS AND OBSTINATE SORES.—
Mr. John Mackie, proprietor of the Northern Ensign.
Wick, informs Professor Holloway, by letter, dated April
3d, 1851, "That he is aware of numerous instances in
which Holloway's ointment and pills have been of the
greatest service to sufferers in that part of the country,
more especially as regards wounds of long standing, and
that he could, if permitted, give the names of many re-
spectable parties who have been entirely cured by their
use." No family should be without a supply of these
excellent medicines, which are so justly celebrated
throughout the civilised world.