The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Sir William Nott is now much better.
The Royal Exchange, London, will not be opened for
public business until after Christmas.
The imports of cattle into Hull last week were 69
beasts and 40 sheep.
EXPORTS TO CHINA.—The demand for China (accord-
ing to letters from Manchester) is at the present moment
prodigious for shirtings. The export in this article alone
will, it is said, exceed that of last year by 1,500,000 pieces.
Poon. LAW DIET.—A case is recorded from the London
Hospital, where the callus uniting a fractured femur be-
came partially absorbed, in consequence of bad diet in an
union workhouse. By the use of good food and tonics,
the patient recovered.—Medical Times.
BARNES, LATE CARPENTER'S MATE OF TIIE " RE-
SISTANCE."—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have been pleased to commute the capital sentence on the
above to two pears' imprisonment, and the culprit is to
remain on board the San Josef until further orders.
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—A dish of raspberries,
red and white, was picked in the garden of Bathwick
Priory, on Friday last. The fruit wes perfectly ripe and
of good flavor, and is a second crop, the canes having
borne well in the usual season.—Bath Chronicle.
The decrease in the stock of bullion in the Bank of
England since the first of the new returns on the 7th of
September. is about £1,100,000 ; and since the 30th
March, when the stock of bullion held by the Bank was
at its highest point, the decrease is about £2,200,000.

BIRTH IN A MAIL COACH.—On Saturday last a young
woman was proceeding to her home as an inside passenger
by the Oxford and Cheltenham mail-coach, and when
about three miles from Burford she was suddenly seized
with the pains of labour and safely delivered of a fine boy.
On the arrival of the coach, with this singular addition to
its load at Burford, the mother and child were kindly
treated at the inn, and both are doing well.

INDIA-RUBBER LIFE-BOAT.—A new material for the
build of life-boats has been suggested, and the launch of
one so formed took place at the square shot-tower, Wa-
terloo-bridge, London, on Thursday. The boat is made
principally of cork and caoutchouc ; is thirty-four feet
long, twelve feet wide, and four feet deep ; is fitted with
air-boxes ; weighs two tons ; can contain fifty persons ;
and drew fifteen inches of water with between thirty and
forty people in it. It was christened " the Kamptulicon."
PRESENCE OF MIND IN A LITTLE GlRL.—Last Sun-
day evening, two little girls were shut up in St. Michael's
Church, Aberystwith, having fallen asleep near the com-
munion-table. Upon awaking, and finding themselves in
the dark, the younger of the two began to cry, but the
elder, aged nine, immediately after she had pacified her,
succeeded in gaining the belfry, where she set to work
ringing the bell with all her little strength, and she did
not give over till the church door was opened for her re-
turn home.—Welshman.

IRON COLLIER.—Some curiosity has been excited, says
one of the London papers, by the arrival in the Thames
of a Newcastle collier, a fine-looking vessel, built of iron,
and fitted with a screw propeller, worked by an engine of
20-horse power. She is 130 feet long, 27 feet 6 inches
wide, and, when loaded with 340 tons of coals, her draught
is only 11 feet 9 inches aft, and 10 feet 3 inches forward.
Her hold is divided into water-tight bulkheads, and each
has an hermetically closed false floor, into which water
can be admitted by large taps for ballast, and when not
required is pumped out again by the engine.
SINGULAR ROBBERY AND RESTITUTION.—On Friday
the house of Mrs. Pepperell, a widow, residing in Ex-
mouth, was broken into, and 60 sovereigns and 6 guineas
stolen. By this robbery she has been stripped of all the
money she possessed exc?pting half-a-crown. On Satur-
day night a parcel containing 24 sovereigns, and on Mon-
day night a parcel of 12 sovereigns and guineas, were
thrown over the wall at the back part of her house, with a
request for her to pray for the thieves. One parcel of
sovereigns they lost, but expressed a hope to be able to
pay it in time with interest.—Devonport paper.
MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.—Last week, at the How-
den Horse Fair, the greatest, perhaps, in England, among
those present, strange as it may appear, there was a buyer
from the Emperor of China, in the person of one of his
subjects, attended by an interperter. Owing to the
scarcity of animals of every kind in China, where the
dense population exists altogether on vegetables and fish,
a horse is a great curiosity. We have no doubt that both
envoy and interpreter would be " done brown" by York-
shite kiddies at Howden ; but this is of no consequence,
the " knowing in horseflesh" in the Celestial Empire
being in a very small compass.—Tyne Mercury.

THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER AS OBSERVED BY TRCTA.-
RIANS.—In no place within the metropolis are the saints'
days and festivals more strictly observed and kept than in
Margaret-street Chapel, and people are often reminded by
its bell of the return of one of these holidays. But those
of the congregation of St. Margaret's, who thought to
avail themselves of the privilege of joining in the prayers
and thanksgivings particularly appointed by our Church
for that day, had to regret that no bell sent forth its sum-
mons at eleven o'clock from Margaret-street Chapel ; its
doors remained fast closed ; and, people were prevented
from joining in the thanksgiving "for the deliverance of
our Church from Popish tyranny and arbitrary power.'
St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, was also closed on the same
day.

FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER.—On Wednesday week,
at two o'clock in the morning, a destructive fire broke out
on board the steamer " Rapid," while lying at the steam-
wharf, at Berwick. It broke out in the engine-room, and
the crews of two of her Majesty's vessels soon afterwards
saw it, and hastened on board. They took with them one
of Earle's Patent Fire Pumps, which greatly subdued the
flames, but they could not extinguish them, and, as a last
resource, the vessel was scuttled, and soon afterwards
filled, and sank. The fire was confined to the engine-
room, and the beams and deck above. No clue had been
found as to the origin of the fire. The damage is variously
stated at from £5OO to £l,OOO. The vessel was -tot in-
sured, but, luckily, her valuable cargo had been landed the
day before.

AWFUL ACCIDENT: Six LIVES LOST.—A few weeks
ago the town council of Derby agreed to arch over the
Gitting mill-brook, in order to lay a large plot of
land to the cattle-market. One portion of the arch was
completed, all but removing the centres. About eight
o'clock on Tuesday last the labourers commenced remo-
ving this frame work, and whilst taking away the last prop,
the whole mass of material fell in, burying the unfortunate
men in the ruins. There was no lack of hands to remove
the material, but this was a work of time. The first body
found was that of the contractor's son-in-law, dreadfully
mangled. Flve other bodies were afterwards extracted,
more or less mutilated, and it is supposed that these were
all the sufferers. It is thought the centres were removed
too early, the late rains having prevented the mortar from
firmly setting.

ATTEMPTED BURNING OF A CHURCH.—On Saturday
week it was discovered that the east door of the venerable
cathedral church of Haddington (Scotland) was burnt to
a considerable extent,and had fallen from its lower hinges.
A train of fire had been applied along the whole bottom,
and had penetrated the wood. Stones were found in the
passage within, which had been thrown through the panes
of glass above the door. Some lucifer matches were also
found about the foot of the door. These circumstances
have excited strong suspicions of incendiarism, and the
only other conjectures are that it possibly, though not
probably, has been the work of a drunken man, or some
wanton boys while at play. According to the last accounts
suspicion could be attached to no pErticular party. As the
wind was eastwardly, the whole building would have been
destroyed had the fire not been opportunely discovered.
ACCIDENTS FROM THE FALLING OF CHIMNEYS.—On
Saturday week the chimney of the chemical works of
Messrs. Tennants and Co., low at Ardwick-bridge, came
down with a tremendous crash, breaking through several
buildings, and crushing the arches over the river, which
had been erected for the purposes of the works. The
damage sustained was about £l,OOO. The chimney had
for some time shown a leaning on one side, and the gale
on Friday gave an extra warning to the people in the
neighbourhood :—On Tuesday, as three men were engaged
taking down the large chimney, 40 yards high, at the
Churchgate factory, Stockport, which had shown symp-
toms of falling, the whole mass came down shortly after
they had commenced the work, and two of the men were
unfortunately killed. The third, finding the chimney
going, leaped off, and was followed by the brickwork,
which injured him so much, that he was inensible for a
considerable time.

DREADFUL FIRE.—On Friday week a fire broke out in
the quiet little town of Strathaven, in Lanarkshire, by
which upwards of forty houses, with a brewery and tan-
works, were burned down, nearly 100 poor familes thrown
destitute, and the annihilation of the town seriously
threatened. The fire began at the south end of the town,
where the houses, chiefly inhabited by weavers, are nearly
all thatched, and the wind being high, the flames spread
rapidly on both sides of the street. Besides the houses,
the brewery of Mr. Valance, and the large tan-work of
Mr. Semple, were burnt down, the loss of which is esti-
mated at £2,000. A number:of the inhabitants, headed
by the clergyman, Mr. M‘Lay, formed two chains, and
thispassed
be bucketsiog
ineffectual, o f water
for m
they
of the buildings in the line of street, which, happily, had
the desired effect. The loss is great, and few of the suf-
ferers
were insured. It is calculated that from 50 to 60
looms, with webs, principally belonging to Glasgow ma-
nufacturers, have been consumed.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN PERSPECTIVE.—The most
interesting topics of discussion in political circles are
those which relate to probable vacancies and possible ap-
pointments before the meeting of parliament. A good
ohebsee avreerynosworefroeeflythsepookheanogoefs,
wthhoiettghwinllobtoakdey
pretemanynds tt
place. There appears to be more confidence as to those
tlythbaenhetvheedrethiastasthtroeethoeffiireseus,ccaelslsohresid
at
is whovery will
generally
present by Peers—namely, the offices of the First Lord
of the Admiralty, President of the Board of Control, and
Postmaster-General—will be vacated by their present oc-
cupants before the meeting of parliament. The first of
egnoe roa ul
these offices most people concur in thinking will be filled
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vi
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Colonies iandsi to
tsopn his
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suc-
cessor, to .
ce
may
by Lord Ellenborough. Lord Haddington's health and
conjectured
he that
succeeded Lord
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the Stanley
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thought,hk
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to decidedlyNir. Gladstone,
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required from the First Lord of the Admiralty. The
Enue loe
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continue in official life, owing to the state of his health.
N
somehave
Trade by the present Vice-President , Lord Dalhousie.
This noble lord has been giving his special attention of
late to railway business, which, for the future, will form
a very important branch of the functions of the Board of
Trade. Mr. Cardwell is spoken of for Vice-President.
So much for the e. fisting talk, which we really believe has
in it something more than mere talk.—Post.

Nov. 12, iHUU•

SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. HURST, M•P•,
Considerable excitement prevailad in this town (Hors-
ham,) on Tuesday week, on its being ascertained that R-
H. Hurst, Esq., our member, had left with his family for
France, having previously discharged all his servants.
It has long been apparent to the tradesmen that the
honourable gentleman's circumstances have been much
embarrassed, but none were prepare 1 for his leaving the
place on so short a notice. Mr. Hurst's liabilities exceed
£150,000, and his son, Mr. R. H. Hurst, jun., has be-
come responsible for his father's de'ts to the extent of
£BO,OOO. The estates acquired by purchase by the late
Mr. Robert Hurst are strictly entailed.—Brighlon
Guardian.

TREASON TAUGHT IN CHAPEL.—The Rev. Flugh
Stowell, in the course of a speech delivered on Tuesday at
the annual meeting of the London Protestant Association,
related the following scene :—" Not long since announce-
ment was made in Manchester that high mass would _be
performed at one of the chapels there the following Sunday
to celebrate the release of Mr. O'Connell. About nu":
men b, longing to one of the regi
ments stationed there
being Roman Catholics were ac:.ustomed to attend the
chapel, and one of the officers consulted the captain a,!,,.t0
the expediency of their doing so on this occasion. lin
captain said they were to go as usual, but, the officer iv?s
to go with them, and if anything should be said they cuet
not to hear, he was to march out with them. Accordingly
the men went, and when mass was completed the priest
ascended the steps of the altar and began to harangue 0,11,
the wrongs and woes of Ireland ; and, as he was informed,
even went so far as to say that O'Connell ought to be. r.u?
King of Ireland. At that juncture up started the British
officer, and called " Attention "—(cheers)—" Face about
—(cheers and laughter)--" March"—(loud cheers)—s°d
with slow and measured tread, which could have been .
very melodious music to the astonished priest or to tse
congregation, the soldiers were forthwith marched back t°
their barracks. This was a specimen of what the Romeo
_
Catholics already ventured to do in England. These
were specimens of what Rome was beginning to do.
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THE PUBLIC HEALTH.—The quarterly returns obtained
from 115 districts, 34 placed under the metropolis, $!1"
the remaining 81 comprising, with some agricultural dis-
tricts, the principal towns and cities of England, the
deaths registered in the last quarter, ending
population having been 6,578,912 in 1811, show that the
September, were 38,784, or 142 less than the deaths
(38,922) in the June quarter, and 1.701 more than 37,un"r
the average of five previous September quarters.
ing for the increase of population, the mortality-will be
found to be about the average of the summer quarter
(July, August, and September) ; that quarter being 0°,1:.r,
the least fatal in the year. The deaths in the metroPol'
amounted to 11,825, which are 351 more than were regig"
tered in the spring quarter, and 69-1 above the average (10-
corrected for the inerease of population. The deaths from
in the
small- pox in the first week of the quarter were 36,
in the
last 37; from scarlatina 58 in the first week, 85
last, and 99 in the tenth. Meazles was fatal but to $
for
small extent; typhus showed a tendency to increase,
the deaths from this disease, including what is sometime!
called "common continued fever," and " fever,"amount.e°
to 424; while the average is 352. In the country d'::1
tricts the most remarkable increase of mortality occurr
in Cornwall, and the Redruth and Penzance districts.
the 30th of
Small-pox has been epidemic in many districts all over
the kingdom, and has proved fatal to great number?'
whose vaccination had been neglected. The districts !8
which the mortality was greater than the mean mortality
of the corresponding quarter in the same district 811
stated to have been the west, north and south districts°
the metropolis, Portsea Island, St. Albon's, wycomber
Bedford, Colchester, Plymouth, Redruth, Penzance'
Stroud, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Kidderminster, Wolver-
hampton, Birmingham, Aston, Coventry, Nottingham'
Liverpool, West Derby, Blackburn, Chorlton, Bradford,
Merthyr Tydfil ; while those in which the mortality ,e
s;e:
less than the average mortality of the correspotwin'
quarter in the same districts are said to have been th
central districts of the metropolis, Norwich, Devizes'
Exeter, Basford, Stockport, Macclesfield, Great Bough"
ton, Bury, Prescot, Salford, [Ashton,: Sheffield, Hull,
Sunderland, Tynemouth, Newcastle-on-Tyne P°11"-
pool, and Wrexham.

INFANTICIDE.—A shocking case of the depravity of $
young woman, named Fanny Thorpe, came to light on Fridal
week, at Kirton-Lindsey, near Hull. Suspicion ha.,16
arisen that she had been delivered of a child, iur
Aston, a sawyer, and a constable, went to her house
make inquiries. They found her washing. She at firs"
denied having been confined, or having a child in
the
house. The surgeon, on examination, found that she had
been delivered, and she then confessed the fact, and wen,
,"
up stairs and brought down a full-grown female child,
quite dead. It appeared that she had been delivered i°
an outhouse, and that two children who slept in the roora
with her afterwards heard a child cry, and on inquiring
what the noise was, was told by her it was only " Mari
Maws tom-cat." The noise was not afterwards hear -
The child had been borne alive, but had some discolours"
tion on one side, which might have been caused by crush-
ing or suffocation between two soft bodies. Under the
circumstances, the jury, at the inquest, returned a ver"
diet—that the child was born alive, but how it came by its'
death there was no evidence. The coroner, from inform!"
tion received, had reason to suppose that in May, 1843 e
the priscner had also been delivered of a child, and, opt
taxing her with it, she confessed the fact, stating that
was born before its time, and that she had buried it one'
morning, early, in the churchyard. She also described
the spot, where she said a person had been interred the
day before. But it was found that that person had been
buried in the previous year. The grave was, however,.
opened, and about a foot deep the bones of a full-grown
child were found. An inquest was held on these remains,
and a verdict returned—that she was the mother, but how
it came to its death there was no evidence. It was further
proved, that about a year ago last May, one of the pri-
soner's neighbours saw her one morning trampling down
the mould in a certain place in her garden. The spot
pointed out was searched, and about a foot below the sur-
face were found some bones and a mass of something
that might be the decomposition of a child. The sur-
geon would not, however, swear positively to their being
human bones, but considered the mass might be the de-
composed body of a child in the early months of pregnancy.
Coupling this with the prisoner's statement, no doubt was
entertained but that she had buried the child in the gar-
den. She has a child living, four years old ; and accord-
ing to the above account, has had one every year since
May, 1841. She was committed for concealment of preg"
nancv of two of them.

WRECK OF THE RUSSIAN BRIG DIANA, NEAR HORN"
SEA.—LOSS OF LIFE, AND SUFFERINGS OF THE SIT
VIVORS.—This was one of the most distressing ship wree '!,
that occurred during the gale of the 2d and 3d instant, and
was attended with melancholy and heart rending circa of
stances. The vessel was from Memel, with a cargo 01
pipe staves and other wood, bound to London. She ba,,,
been out fourteen days, and was driven by the easter"(
winds on the coast of Yorkshire, near the small village °f
Atwick. At day break on Sunday morning, the coast wag
1;
discovered under her lee, and to prevent her going °,4
shore, both masts were cut away, and the vessel brottgb`: i'i
up with two anchors about a mile from the land. In t
ri
situation she was discovered about eight o'clock, and vee
shortly after the rocket apparatus, in charge of Mr. Galt.
was on the spot, together with that at Hornsea, and Cal?...
Manby's mortar. From this time until four o'clock, p•ws
the gallant vessel rode out the gale most nobly, and it Wee
hoped and expected by the numerous spectators that siici
would be able to weather it. There were few who 0° 0
imagine the dreadful state of those on board. The el
had got loose, and breaking through the bulk-head of
dashed the cabin furniture to pieces. The only place 19
refuge was the deck, and here the captain, who bad oug
been fourteen days married, strove to protect his Yes:
bride ; his efforts were, alas ; fruitless ; a tremendous bet
burst on the brig, and the ill-fated woman was, withtui,
husband, crushed between some loose timber and the
all
all
warks, and received such dreadful injury as to precluaeh-st
hope of her surviving, and she shortly after expired in
Poo
husband's arms. The same sea proved fatal to the or
cabin boy, who was killed by it. The distress and ag°bue
of the unhappy captain may perhaps be imagined. ess
cannot be described. Wet and exposed to the merelbat
tempest, he still did all he could to save his ship, 801.
the receding tide brought the breakers round her, for
she began to pitch in a most fearful manner. Ahontkoat,
o'clock the men were observed busy near the long-'OOO
which still remained on deck, and it was evident 13.0 ;,
decisive step was about to be taken before the night se'N.,
Manby's mortar, directed by Mr. 0. Reilly, It' as-
and Mr. Carte's rockets, under his own direction,were
sisted by the coast-guard with life boys, belts, RC.,essel
now removed to the beach, and shortly after the y boat
parted, and drove in shore. Before she struck, the e in
was launched with one man in her, but was st°Liog
launching. The poor fellow drove through the rag vi-
surf, the boat full of water, his head only occasiona,lrora
sible, until he reached the shore, and was reseoru,,io a
his perilous situation by one of the coast guar.?. -Bow
sailor from Burlington, who with ropes and LP?, of all
were its readiness to receive him. The attentin-nded
was now turned to the unfortunate vessel. whieb„narte7B
about 330 yards distant. Manby's mortar, e"„ ared to
they were reserved until the rising tide
rockets were soon actively at work, but ittai'oreeffect a
the bystanders that she was still too distant
remained,
communication, and as only two rockets 11,1 bring her
nearer, which was anticipated would take place between
11 fire'
show- i—sweeti
11 and 12 o'clock. The mortar still continued
which
and happily at 7 o'clock a shot struck the vgmate, end
had drifted in, and by the rope, the captain,
t bruised and
one seaman, were brought on shore in allows still re-
dreadfully exhausted state. Two were f
_ered but without
mained on board, and several shots
efi
d it necessary to
effect. The darkness of the night and th
approached the foot of the cliff, rendere,
b and all further
remove all the apparatus to the
bead
until the tide that
ceded. were obliged to be postpone
discovered that
ceded. As soon as the moon rose it was
ds of the cliffs
the vessel had approached within 40
yarrded by Lieut•
and at three o'clock A. at., she was boarded
Mr. Cartes
O'Reilly, the Rev. G. Brown, of At • inexpressible
to their
and two of the coast guard, who
alive, but almost
gratification found found the two seamen
They were instantlY,
sensible from cold and weaknees7
they Y
every care and
removed to Hornsea, where
ertt
ascertained that in addition to the
attention. It was now.a
wife and cabin boy, a seaman had
loss of the captain's.
``...) to leap into the boat—none °,
tide which no
perished in :tame
Rev. J. Brown,and 1‘41..:
Lieut. O'Reilly, the
their
unremitting due to
Atwick,and us all the gentlemen present for
tecti found. The greatest prase
general of these.
exertions. exertions. .„e
gentlemen were not unsuccessful, and all it was posswb
Every attention that htr
to save were rescued by them.
inanity or science could suggest was devoted to recruitt._....
whoseGa le,of bodies
.yteitn
the exhausted survivors. The agents of that exc Alen P.I•
stitution, the Shipwrecked Mariner's Fund, the Rev;
,„,55
Eyre, and J. Beadle, Esq., had hot baths in reneue_ith
for the reception of the sufferers, who were provided,r4•
food and clothing, and their expenses paid to rlr;
There was only one Englishmen on board, a passeng`
the captain and crew were all Russians.

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that R.
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servants.
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