The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-13 00:00:00

EDNESDAT.—(Before Mr. Alderman WnIGHT.)

CHAnGE or ASSAULT.—gr. Behrend, of the firm of Bahr,
Bebreud and Co., ship brokers, was brought bet Ore the inn-
gistrate on a charge of assault committed on the person of Mr.
Mayer. The assault complained of by. Mr. Mayer was that Mr.
Bebreud had struck him a heavy Wow. This the defendant ad-
mitted was the case, but that he had been provoked to do so by
the intemperate conduct of the complainant. Ile-said he was
ready to give bail to keep the peace, provided Mr. Mayer was
also bound over to keep the peace towards him. The magis-
trate, after tha case had been heard at some length, held Mr.
Bebreud to bail, which was immediately given.
ASSAULT LPON A WORKAIAN,TUhII Cleruentson and John
Craven were charged with a violent assault upon William
Campbell, a meulder in'the employ of Messrs. Geo. Forrester
and Co., Vauxhall-road.
Mr. Lace, who'informed the bench that he •nppeared by the
directions of Alessi'. Forrester and Co., stated that this firm
had lately found it necessary to send to Glasgow for an addi-
tional number of workmen in consequence of the disorderly and
improper conduct of the men in their employ. The complain-
ant to the present case would state the manner in which he had
been assaulted by the prisoners, who together with several
other men had recently been discharged by his clients.
William Campbell said that on returning to his work on
Tuesday, he was informed by the gate-keeper that a man from
Scotland wanted to speak to him at the Cross Keys. lie ac-
cordingly went to the Cross Keys, where he was met in the pas-
sage by John Craven, who, on the pretence of shaking hands
with him, held him (Campbell) by the hand, while the other
prisoner, and about fourteen or fifteen other men fell upon him.
During the scuffle he received a wonnd in the back of the head,
which he had since been told by a surgeon must have been in-
flicted by a triangular piece of iron; or some other metal.
Campbell was cross-examined by a solicitor on the part of Cra-
ven for the purpose of showing that he (Craven) was not a party
to the assault. Witness said that Craven held him by the hand
firmly—that he is related to Craven; and that he exclaimed
when he found himself surrounded and his hand firmly grasped
by Craven—" John, this is a pretty ivay to meet a relation."
I.
On being asked by, the solicitor whether all the fourteen or fif-
teenTersons struck him, the witness replied—" How can I tell?
—that is a foolish question to ask me ; they were all upon use
at once." The gate-keeper swore that Craven had applied at
the lodge to request that Campbell might be sent for to see a
relation from Scotland who was waiting for him at the Cross
Keys. This he toil Campbell when he. Was returning
work ; Campbell also swore that after the assault. had been
committed upon him, Craven led the man out of the house by
a hack way. They were butte held to bail to answer the charge
at the next sessions.
A ease of forgery was investigated before the worthy alder-
man'in• the private room. One of the parties implicated was
.discharged, the other 'emended for a futurteexamination:

TO THE REV. HUGH NI'NEILE.
Thine is a high and holy charge, to keep
A portion of the flock thy Lord loth feed—
To guide the footsteps of the gathered sheep,
And to the founts of living waters lead,
As thou tut taught by Him, the Holy One,
Who calls thee in his path to follow on.
Thine is a noble task, to tear away
With fearless hand the veils that human error
Ilath drawn before God's truth—to bring to day
The doctrines of his mercy, and his terror;
And, on the winos of faith and freedom borne.
To soar above the fear of hate and scorn.
Thou hast the holiest gift, 'tis not the flood
Of burning eloquence, whose tower can thrill
The inmost heart and soul, or bid the blood,
The very pulse, in rapt suspense, stand still; '
'Tis not the intellect, that, like a star,
Sits on thy brow—this gift is worthier far.
It is the Spiritthat bath touched thy soul,
And filled it with its giory—'tis tile tire
Front God's own altar, like the burning coal.
Laid on the prophet's lips;—thou dust aspire
T. a more biassed crown, a higher name
Than ever bard or warrior won front fame.
We have much need of thee, and such as thou,
For we have fallen upon evil dP.ys ;
Science hath lifted up her lofty brow
Towards heaven—vet sung to God no hymn of praise;
Idolatry and unbelief have met,
And veiled their eyes,because truth's day-star will not set.
But thou—ob, if those blinded ones should hear thee,
Would they nut start as at a trumpet's voice;
Tha proudest foes of truth have learned to fear thee,
The church of God in thy high name rejoice ;
Soldier of Christ t the spirit's sword and shield
Of faith are girded en, and unbelief must yield.
Go on—unheeding how the foeman rage—
Go on—and conquer in thy, master'' strengthi
War with all siu, and scorn, and folly, wage;
Until that waster call thee home at length,
To share the glory of that noble line
&XI r the truth, whose •s,pi ts were like Thine;

DREADFeL EXPLOSION AT WF.STEiII(MiiVIdt;
FOURTEEg LIVES LOST.

Although itniclet. the numerous collieries in Ff.taftordsliite, tics
cidentsmorkor less severe happen daily, we do not recollect
parallel to the disastrous occurrence which it is our duty thif
week to record. ,

On Monday se'nhight,,an exPlosido of foul air took place at at
colliery nathed "The Pump House Colliery," pear Durl!ev
Port, in the parish of Westbroinwich, the property of Sir Ho.;
race St. Paul, in the pits worked by two " Unifies," paitzed
Thomas and James Bailey, father and.ton.
The pits have been worked for sonic years; and this is stnt
to he the first accident of any eitent which has occurred at the
colliery.

The shaft of the pit is abott 230,. yards in depth, and the
works extend from the bottom from .1%) to 200 cards in length.
About five o'clock on 'Monday night the banksinen of thii
and the neighbouring pits, and indeed the inhabitants dike ad-
joining country for a dist:ince of two Miles, were astonished ItY
a severe shock, accompanied by a tremendous report, equal or
the discharge. of numerous cannon. The issuing of a denee
smoke from the mouth of the Pump House Pitt, toOther wirti
large quantities of heavy coal thrown aloft into the ailwith!
great force and to an immense elevation, immediately showed
where and what was the nature of
.the accident which had Ott:
curved. It was known to the managers that there was at thiii
time about 3J men and boys engaged in the works at the et•
treine end of the pit, and the 'first consideration was bow and by
what means
,attempts should be made to extricate the unfortu-
nate miners, Who might possibly survive the terrific explosion.
To the credit of the men in die neighbourhood, they-were not
slOw to intrepidly engage in the dangerous undertaking, and
several from other works promptly undertook to descend the
shaft. One brave fellow named Walsall.Will, who, we, believe,
was the first to descend, fell a victim to his humane efforts: he
was so injnred that soon after he Was brought out of the pit he
died in an adjoining hotel; And two others fell victims th their
exertions in the cause of humanity., Moseg litickstone, one of
the men who was at the for end of the pit when the explosion
took place, gives a frightful account of its oneurrence.
diately he imagined symptoms of the awful event which fol
lowed, he caught hold of his sob, a lad who was working vvitti
him. awl they fell with their laces to the floor. When disco=
vered, they were found surrounded by a number of their dead
fel:ow-workmen, cointriratively uninjured lay the shock or :the
fire. Backstone had only a small stretch on his forehend,.occa
sieved by his coming in coutact with the coat, while hii sun ii
Without a mark.

The 'rock of assisting the living and removing the dead w.a..t
pursued withotit intermission until it .wait ascertained that all
were hrought ent of the works. It was then discovered that
thirteen h:id been killed, eight more or lea hurnt, and twelee
most providentially soaped without any ether injury than that
Oecasioned httliefiightro whirh theyl,44 heenguhjected,- One
df the eight injareil has sine died, and three tither:4l,4)w remain
in a precarious state. Three horses were killed, and the same
number dreadfully burnt.
It is said the accident originated in the following Manaer:—
Some planks were being conveyed down one of lac shahs,
which striking the side, caused the skip to he unbonhed.
descending very rapidly drove he it the air,- which;. coining
in,Contaci with soine of the noxious vapour, forced it inro•that
part of the pit wherC-the men had just ceased working, and in,
which was a boy with a lighted candle. An exploion was, of
course, the immediate consequence.
Great praise is due to the workmen of the neighbOnring
lieries for the readiness with which they cane forward to rescue
their fellow-creatures from their perilous situatioh; mote .
cially to Mr. Ezekiel Pershouse, the "butts," and also to the
"foreman" of a pit belonging to Messrs. Harrisand Eilrton,
of Westbrontwich, who were in the pit upwards of is hoots
and one of whom was so overcome by the burnt sulphur, that he
was upwards of an hour before he recoveredbis senses.
An inquest Was held on Thursday, at the Royal Oak,-Tipton,
on twelve of the deceased,- and ou-the other two at Westbrom:
wirh : verdict in each case—" Accidental Death." In the even;
ing. two of them were burled at Dudley and the remain:mg
twelve in th 6 Tipton Burial Ground.

ADV. 4 NTAGF (IF BF.P.ltriTt, PierlinonteSe nabietriati
into whose company I fell at Turin (says Mr. Rogers in hit
Italy,) told me his story Without reserve, as follows:—" I wati
weary of life, and, after a day such as few have known, and none
would wish to remember, was lounging along the street to thii
river, when I felt a sudden check. I turned, and beheld a little
boy, who had caught the skirt of my cloak in his anxiety td
solicit my notice. His look and manner were irregular: Not
less so was the lesson he had lean. t. There are six of us ; and
we are thing for want of ' Why should I nut,' Said I to
myself, relieve this wretched family? I have the Means; and
it will not delay me many minutes. But what if it does?' rhe
scene of misery he conducted sue to I cannot describe, I threw
them my purse ; and their burst of gratitude overcame me. It
filled my eyes. It went as cordial to my heart. I will call
again to-morrow,' I said- Fool that I was, to think of leaving
a world where such pleasure was to be had, and so cheaply."

CoNSIMVATIS34 IN DUIII-lAM.—The next anniversary meet:
ing of the county of Durham Conservative Asiociation is ap-.
pointed to he holden at Sunderland, on Tuesdey, the 12th of
January. It affords us pleasure to be enabled to state that this
asssmiation is progressively increasing in ninnitees and strength,
and that many resectable individuals who have not yet joined
the association halm intimated their desire to he enrolled al
members.—DurhamlAdreeliscr.
MARTINMAss, Nov. 11.—It is sometimes called Martlemars:
Falstaff is jocularly called so, as being in the decline, as the
year is at that season):
"And how iluth the nude-mita:, your master ?"
Flenry IV,
Martinmas was the customary time for hanging lip provisions to
dry which had been salted for wititerconsitnipt ion, as our ances
tors lived upon salted meat chiefly in the spring, the winter-fed
vaale not being fit for use.
" And mimic hint not to cast his wanton 'eyrie
On grosser bacon, or salt haberdine;
Or dried flitches of some smoked beeve
Hang'd on a writhen wytbe since Martin's eve."
Bishop Halts Satire/.
At this feast it was common to sell rings of copper gilt, as fair,
logs or love tokens. The old black letter tract, iutitted " flaino
fla des t heirtrr4.4 douht-wfietenw been,itre-Mr
glysteneth, sith Martin's rings bee but copper within, though
they be giited without, saies the goldestnith."—Act. 3.
SUN AND MOON RAILWAY.—This company has been formed
for the purpose of throwing light upon the nuninons cnder
takings of the same nature 110 W in progress, and to insure upon
each and all of them a safe and brilliant transit by night as welt
as by day. Surveys have already been completed by the most
celebrated aeronauts, and a choice of lines is, at Present under
the consideration of the committee; but as it hes been found
impossible to complete the. pans and sections for the whole line
from the earth to the snit in time for the next session of parting
ment, it has been determined to apply in the first instance for
bill to accomplish so much only as extends from the earth to the
moon. The committee think it desirable not to
,fir the amount
of capital necessary to complete this branch of the. Undertaking,
but they feel warranted in asserting that the large and inertias•
ing demand for moonshine, aided by the f.et of their being tie
other railway or canal to compete with id its supply, prothise lei
the subscribers abundeet r.tut us for an tio.ile of unlimited
extent.—Applications for shares to be made t if-by letter, post
paid) to the man in the moon, at his temporary office, Sims.
court, Cornhill. SEPTIMf;ti RAINhow, Set:

WILLIAM IV. AT GIBRALTAR IN 1781.—1 t was in Admiral
Rodney's fleet that our present gracious soverei;zn (area Priney
William Henry) visited Gibraltar, and in contiibuting towardt
its relief, made his first appearance as a defender of that thronei
which it has pleased providence to permit his majesty to adorn;
His Royal Highness served us a midshipmen under Adniiral
Digby, in the Print e George, end on one occasion in particular
a circumstance occut red which Englishmen may well be proud
of. The Spanish Admiral Don Juan Langara, (then a prisoner
aboard the British fleet) visiting Admiral Distiy cue Morning.
was of course introduced to His Royal Highness ; during the
conference between the Admirals, Prince William
drew, and when it was intimated that Doti Juan wished in re;
tile, His Royal Highness appeared as the midshipn an on duty;
and respectfully informed the Admiral that the boat was man.
ned. The Spaniard couldnut comtemplate the son of Englaud'e
monarch' acting as a petty officer unmoved. and turning to Ad•
miral Dighy and his suite, he exelaimeii, Well does Great !hi%
fain merit the Empire of the sea when (lie humblest stations in het'
navy are supported by the Princes of the Blood.'—Frum Molar.;
mery Martin's Fifth and concluding Volume of the' istory of Ali
British Colonies.

THE PRESENT.—In order to enjoy the present, it is necessari
to be intent on the present. To be doing one thing, and think•
ing of another, is a very unsatisfactory mode of spending life;
Some people are always wishing themselves somewhere but
where they are, or thinking of something else than what they
are doing, or of somebody else than the pet sun to whom they
are speaking. This is the way to enjoy nothing to do nothing
well, and to please nobody. It is better to be interested. with
inferior persona;, and inferiOr things, than to. be indiff2l'ent with
the best. A principal cause of this indifference is the adoption
of 'other people's tastes, instead of the cultivation hf otir own,—
the pursuit after that for which we are not fitted, and to, Which:
consequently, we are not in reality inclined. This fully per-,
varier, more or less, all classes; and arises froth the ,erts.ir -es
building our enjoyment on the false foundation_ of the world's
opinion, instead of being, with due regard to others,. each wit
•
own world.--The Original. - •
THE MOON 'Nil A BITE OfeSSOT GrtinallACEl, of Munich;
has publicly declared that lie leis discovered irrefragable:proole
that the moan is inhabited like the earth. All Europe has att;
swered by railleries the declaration •of the
.13stval inn astron
finer, but his firmness has been no min e.sh:ikeu ths:n that of
Christopher Coldnihns, when he announced the existence .the
new World. The German journals have published the observa.•
tints of Ptefessor Gruithatisen. combined 'vitt thus of his
learned brother the aStronoiner S'sbroeler.—Theircommen
elusions are.---151, that vegeialion ti
let, the sulfate ut theittoser
extends to the• 55th degree of latitude south, and the blijilt de,
glee of latitiide north ; from the Otitli
titfide north to the 47th degree of latitude south, be
ceived evident traces of the abode of animated bei=igs; 3••!tyr•---.
that some signs of the existence of lunar inithitant.s are Sirlfi•
ciently appareht to enable it person to distiegt.,isli eteat seeitla
traced in several directions, and partiettlary e\ colossal build-
ing situated nearly under the equator of the ii,tteet. 'Elie.
seeable presents the aspect of a large toes, near tea Which may
,be distinguished buihling, peffsetly that -tchich we Sall a ie.L
doubt or hornwtak,—Qiitnidietine.

MUNIFICENT DONATION.---'We understand that the Rev. MI%
Candlish, of:St. George's Church, Edinburgh, received
anonymously the sum of two thott,attri miuntis so endow the Ch.i.
pel lately purehased by St. George's congregation trent the
ocin ia as. Since it was opened in connexion withilie ESiablisherl
Church, the Hew. Mr. Moody., who belenoi, ire beliert4,tuGlas-
gow, has officiated in it; and by the chartivicrof his 'needling,
as well as by his missionary spirit,, quickly dri to around hint a.
numerous congregation of all classes. A sense of ti.e vane of
his services, a desire to retain I heth, and Id e:evate the mit-stork.
ary chapel into the rank of a garish church, and to of iain
Mr. Moody that pbrniailent place amongst the congtegation he
has formed', to which he is so eininently entitled, is huppmzed tai
have occasioned so magnificent a donation: a hid!, 0!e
will lead to many similar sacrifices do tin.. part of the wealthy,
in behalf of the eretdion, at least, if not the endowment Of ant( 0-
es in districts still more deStatite, where all alp 11,111" 1"",
and perhaps equally indifferent to the blessitgs of lelittion. We'
confess that iu the present very necesbijoils cileieinstauces of our
cities and manufacturing villages, we etiould littler to see pri-
vate generosity direr:tett towards the erectian of churches and,
schools, rather than towards their endowment; yet do we unfeigu%,
ediv rejoice in the princel,. Munificence of the present bequest,
auridesire to congratulate Mr. Moody on having been the ineans*,.;
under Gud, of drawing forth so abundant a liLciality, the boat:-
fits of which may reach to many gecerations.
CHANCERY NoTUNFA VOOl2 AIME TO TIM. laiNitrasx rOct)...,
LATION.—Mr. Cooper 142110.1 in a cause the other day believe
Lord Aning,er, that the case had beets M 5111114.4,6 tot.ttern yeara%
ago 611 the marriage of a Mr. and Mrs. Etlwalds, and tbe
of a mar:loge having an interest, the children were Ina de: lirtare.4
118 born. ',filet learned coons el had:dining slur time the ',tat k. 31
been rending. Triad., sixtesra airplieatious 'ti' the iwart, 0,4
. having been that number ~f children horn. Lord .Abin!rer otL-1
served, it was clear equity to as not prejudicial to' ,pl9ailaJjazi
oviuger.er ether SE•ulto .the y anislit Asse: