The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

DOMESTIC.

A brutal manslaughter occurred at Gloucester on Sa-
turday week. George Fricker, a waterman, while in a
state of inebriation, entered a beer-shop, and challenged
among others one Richard Cole, aged about 18, to fight.
Cole was knocked down by a violent blow on the ear, and
afterwards kicked ; he died in a few minutes. The land-
lord, in his attempt to separate the parties, was nearly
strangled by the ferocious wretch, Fricker. At the in-
quest a verdict of '' manslaughter" was returned.
PEDESTRIANISM. —B. Riding, alias "the Morning
Star," who has undertaken to walk 1500 miles in 1500
succesive hours last (Friday) night, at twelve o'clock,
completed the unparalleled number of 1120 miles, a feat
hitherto unheard of; but strange as it may seem, it is be-
yond contradiction, and there is not the least doubt (ac-
cidents and sickness excepted) that he will complete his
arduous undertaking, for which be has, as yet, been poorly
rewarded. lie is walking from the Grey Hound Inn,
York-road, to the Crow Trees and back. It is the pedes-
trian's intention, for the last 100 miles, to start at the
commencement of every hour.—Leeds Intelligencer.
POACHING AT WORKSOP.—AbOIIt two o'clock on
Thursday morning last, no less than eight desperate fel-
lows from Mansfield were found poaching on the estate
of his grace the Duke of Portland, at Carburton. The
tenters, only being five in number, on corning in contact
with them, were driven from the field where they had
stationed themselves to apprehend the villains ; but, in
consequence of the poachers being more powerful in
numbers, they were driven back. However, the tenters
despatched one of their party to Carburton for assistance,
while the others watched the movements of the poachers,
and in a short period four other men came to their assis-
tance, when they were enabled to capture six of the
gang, not far from the small village of Millthorpe. On
the same morning they were conveyed before the Rev.
George Mason, who committed them to Nottingham, to
take their trial at the next assizes.—Doncaster Gazette.
AFFECTING OCCURRENCE.—We regret to record the
death of a youth named Maplestone, under circumstances
of a peculiarly afflicting nature. The unfortunate lad
formed one of the crew of the African Queen of this city.
The Queen arrived in the roads on Tuesday, after a long
voyage on the coast of Africa. and young Maplestone went
aloft for the purpose of taking down the Union Jack. He
came down the shrouds with the flag on his arm, and when
he had nearly gained the deck he said to one of the sailors,
" There's old England at last ; let us give three cheers
for home !" That home, however, he was never to find,
for as he cheered, the wind, which was fresh, caught the
folds of the flag, and in endeavouring to secure it he was
thrown overboard. Every effort was made by the captain
and crew to rescue the lad, but, alas! in vain ; he buffeted
the billows for a little time, and at last sank, entangled in
the flag.—Bristol Times.

On Saturday morning, Lord Grantley's keeper was
found in the canal close to his Lordship's preservoes,arGuildford, murdered. It appears he was at th
public-
house
at Bramley, between eight and nine o'clock ols
Sat-
urday evening, where there was a raffle for a fat hog,. and
said to the landlord he must go round his Lordship's pre-
serves, to look after the pheasants, and would return in an
hour or so to take supper, since which he never was seen
alive. Guns were heard about that hour in the direction
the body was found, and it is supposed that he came upon
the poachers instantly, who not being able to get away,
and most likely being recognised by the keeper, shot him
through the head, and, from the mangled appearance,
must have brutally beat him about the head, then dragged
him about twenty yards, and thrown him into the canal,
which is close to the spot. The marks of a severe strug-
gle between the parties is very evident, and the ground is
covered with blood. On Tuesday. after two days' inves-
tigation, the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful
murder against a man called James Elsley, who has since
confessed his guilt.
SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—On Thursday
uight last a very desperate encounter took place between
a notorious gang of poachers, who have long infested the
ueighbourbood, and the gamekeepers of Mr. Edwin
James, of Herongate, near Brentwood, in Essex. The
keepers, three in number, and the constable of the pariah,
hastened to a wood where they had heard a gun fired, and
lay secreted until the poachers came over the hedge. which
they had no sooner done than the latter commenced a
most ferocious attack upon the keepers, who were in the
act of taking off their coats and preparing for action. The
keeper who first went up to them was struck by the leader
of the gang with the butt end of the gun, and fell sense-
less upon the ground. The force of the blow, which it is
feared has fractured the poor man's skull, was such as to
shiver the stock from the barrel. The second keeper then
rushed up, and struck down the man who had thus used
the gun, who in his turn fell senseless upon the man in the
ditch. A desperate conflict took place, and the keepers
were in the result able to secure the ringleader, but not
until the most severe injuries had been committed upon
each party. The poachers, besides their guns, were armed
with bludgeons, and evinced a determination to kill the
gamekeepers rather than be captured. Having captured
the ringleader they brought him to the cottage of Mr.
James, who, having sent for a surgeon to dress the
wounded men, commenced a search for the men who had
escaped. The keepers had in the scuffle secured the hats
of the poachers, and this afforded the means of identify-
ing the parties. The learned gentleman went with the
constable into the cottages where it was known that men
of this character lodged, and discovered that three men of
known bad character had been from home all night, and
upon questioning the old woman who kept the house, she
admitted that all three men had gone out with guns that
night, and that the fourth man (who was captured) had
joined them. Hope is entertained of the apprehension of
the three, for they are most severely injured by the blows
from the keepers, and must be much marked about the
bead. They are railroad men of the most desperate cha-
racter, and the man who is taken is also suspected of
highway robbery. Very serious apprehensions are enter-
tained as to the recovery of one of Mr. James's keepers.
The others are doing well.—Times.
NEW
s RhtAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT :LAMBETH.
---Thi
building, which is situated in the Westminster-
road, opposite the Blind Asylum and Bethlehem Hospital,
is rapidly approaching completion. The foundation stone
was laid in April, I
dedicated to St. 84 on which occasion the Church was
lit is the largest Georgeecclesiastical
man Catholic worship the tutelar saint of England.
edifice devoted to the Ro-
the Reformation, when
that has been constructed since
duced the morit external dimensions of
nt
the e Catholic ry N7I n
estdaebsitirsohvmedenatsn.d re-
external e
Its-
are 250 feet long by 84 feet broad.
The height of the tower at the west end at present is 60
feet, but wh
330 feet a en completed its extreme elevation will be
above the ground level. The style of archi-
tect
Gotuhir-e. preserved_ throughout the building is the florid
c The tower is most substantially built of Caen
atone, its wall averaging nine feet in thickness. It con-
tains a belfry with room for a peal of eight bells. On
each side of the tower are double belfry windows, deco-
rated with mitres, parapets, pinacles, &c., and when
the funds shall res'
admit it is intended to ornament the walls
with 100 statues of saints and martyrs. The interior
height of the church from floor to ceiling, is 57 feet.
The length of the navv,"nthe clear is 160 feet, by 7s, feet
broad ; the chancel is feet long by 26 feet broad. The
chancel window is very e' measuring 30 feet by 18
feet; the mullions are of oaarkge
terstices will be filled with rich foliage ; the in-
colours, containing emblematica stainedrepregslaesnatatoiofn various
history and passion of our Lord. It '
the Earl of Shrewsbury and will cost X: the
gift of
Under-
ill be de-
neath will be placed the principal altar, whic-0110;
corated with statues of saints and bishops. The interior
Under-
of the church is not to have galleries ; the only projec-
tions are the organ-loft and two small galleries for the
choir over the two side doorways at the east end. No
Pews or closed seats will be allowed, but open benches
Will be placed down the aisles, constructed with low
backs, so as to afford an unobstructed view of the interior.
The seats will yield ample accommodation for 5,000 per-
Sons. The bare cost of erecting the cathedral will be
£40,000, but it is expected that a sum of £300,000 will
be necessary to complete all the contemplated embellish-
ments and improvements. Abutting on this is a convent
for the Sisters of "1
The co ' .lercy, and a school for 300 children.
neent is fitted up with kitchens, refectory, dormi-
tories, a small chapel with a belfry, and will furnish
abode for 13 Sisters of Mercy. The convent, wth itsu
!ceprapanying buildings will cost £7,000. The nunnery
churchand together stand upon an
acre of land, eneasur
Ike 42,000 square feet.
HORRIBLE
TJ CRUELTY---THE BLACK--- OLE OF C
CTTA RIVALLED IN SCOTLAND•A correspondentAL-
of
the Scotsman gives the following account of the atrocious
treatment of six persons captured by a body of policemen
and preventive service men, on the charge of having res-
cued from the officers of the law two persons arrested
on account of the riots at Roskeen, in September last.
They were taken at midnight and carried off to the old
bank office, at Invergordon, where they were all thrust
into a safe, which had been used for depositing the bank
books, &c. The whole six individuals were locked into
this place by two o'clock on Thursday morning. It is a
%mall chamber in the wall, strongly built of stone, and
raved with stone flags. Its length is nine feet eleven
!nehes and one quarter; breadth, three feet nine
bynolnchev; and its height, six feet eleven inches. There is
n a window, nor any aperture whatever for air. t opens
door into the back room, lined with iron I
and so
formedie at the top aad sides as to overlap the wall, which
WI
With
from iron,
and has no key-hole opening to the inside.
ma. the construction of the door, the only place where
anyWhioirtrcould be admitted, is beneath the sole of the door.
comes within a quarter of an inch of the stone floor,
Into this wretched (len five fgrown me and a young
lad of fourteen were all forced by the officersn who ca tured
r
them ; and it is easier to conceive than to depict') their
arefferings. Entreaties
and remonstrances had no effect.
In about half an hour one of the men was seized with a fit
of vomiting blood, and on the cries of the other men
reachinglthe officer's, he was taken out and placed in the
outer , room; but no relief was granted tothe others.
The door was again closed upon the whole five, who
seemed doomed to that most horrible of all deaths—death
till
nine o'clock in '
the morning—we —i. e., from two
re they confined in
that l
them
P ace. Once the door was opened to give one of
eni a drink of water ; and again one of the officers
°Pened it to see if the men were alive ; but it was imme-
tti.Latclosed. The men could not sit, the place was so
theirunless Chin. One of them lay on the floor with his nose
.at I,the bottom of the door, trying to ca4tch a breath of air.
Wag rest stood gasping for breath—getting weaker and
*eaker •
horriv_,and, had they been kept another hour in this
you!. y
an
tunately
eev...ca,or place, few, if any of them, could have come out
for them, the lord lieutenant of the
,cent_i_t d others cause about nine o'clock to see the pri-
n cis, and they were then taken out of the safe. One of
Prisoners thus col'ifined was diemiesed imniedieely
after
ms 0
.xatitination, asperfectly • ;-.
innocent ; and several of
that :ih,_eyes!
bad no cancern whatevc; with the alleeed. le-