The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

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- b IN THE LIOCESE or set tire to the shippon, and four excellent cows were
—.—The Rev. James Cox, M.A., to the perpetual burnt to death, while two others were so much scorched
curacy of Halton, in the parish of Runcorn, in the I that they had to he killed.
county of Chester, void by the death of the Rev. Robert In Loch Slapin, Skye, a few days since, in the absence
of Tweddell—patron, Sir Richard Brooke, of Norton of the boats, an old man. o bservimr a shnal nf

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cow. y or k;nester, baronet; value £157. , tied a net to his horse's tail, and swam him into the bay,
The Rev. Charles Barton, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy and was rewarded with four barrels of the fish in half an
of Bromborough, in the county of Chester, void by the hour.
death of the Rev. James Mainwaring—patrons, the Dean ' The Duke of Wellington is said to he strongly of
and Chapter of Chester.
Tr' olcrwif.ftl 1.-11 I opinion that an additional military force ought to be added

...sschdeacon of to the present establishment of 50,000 men, and for fur
lop. has recommended a great extension of the cleri- thering this object a partial enrolment of the -
'iv the admission into the ministry of religious templated.

militia is con-

animadverted so indi

_ ...,—... --, pewee,, see teetettie et tile cuantame Lauy saran inewley have
en have not been able to avail themselves of the advantages been discovered under some steps in St. Saviour-gate
I • of university educations. The proposition is understood ~ Church, York. It was known that she was hurled in that
to have been submitted by the Archdeacon to the Bishop : church, but search for the tomb proved fruitless, till the
-The Paris Constitutionnel treats as of London, and to have received his Lordship's unques- removal of the steps in question revealed it.
ded to
mature
wi thethdrw report that the French Government in- tionable assent. At present the particulars have not Mrs. Domville, the wife of a farmerresiding at Burton-
t da nem, etemeeitee ....e -
transpired. ' wood, near 'Warrington, has been duped out of fourteen
t - sovereigns, fifteen shillings, and a silver watch, by a gipsy,
who professed to effect the cure of a pain in the stomach
t. rew i.ya cinpa an anfinn worki a char with te mone.
e 1
by
woe brou lit in the Court of ,
Wiliiamng Clarke has been committyed for trial, at Colne
queen's Bench by a young woman forg
merly barmaid at a ! Eu,gaine,. Essex, for the murder of John Hall. Clarke
ouse, to recover compensation for an alleged slan- I
n a verdict was given in her favour. Damages, 1 and Hall were fellow-labourers. They quarrelled, and
Clarke stabbed Hall twice in the belly, so that his bowels
The plaintiff was about to be married, and the ime protruded.
/on on her chastity prevented the union. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng-
)
Am elevation of Vice-Chancellor. Rolfe to the Peerage, ; land has decreased from £15,942,198 to £15,820,130,
y the title of Lord Cranworth, presents this anomaly,
',web 10 inniu ner without charge, if she do not prove to that while, in the Court of Chancery, Sir James Knight ' ; being a difference of £122,068. The paper in actual cir.
,
; culation has decreased from £19,960,708 to £19,527,978,
be faster than any other vessel which may be brought
Oft
The Franklin steamer reached Southampton on Wed- forward in competition. Bruce takes precedence as senior Vice• Chancellor. not of : being. a diftereeee ,sr -Ca AOC) ,
Court fh. ,I;—:,_ :f ....L., .:........
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• Les e. tc.r.bs IN OOUTHWARK:air. tray, the vestrs
Ha preeminence ,
nesday, having left New York on the 6th • and the At- THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE. —Mrs. Forrest has. in and it is notim-jo-sible that the il-rio Judge, as a mem- i
!antic steam-ship arrived at Liverpool on Thursday. She her turn, instituted proceedings against her husband, ber of the ultimate*b High Court of A r Appeal, may have to , clerk, in a letter published, says :—" In the parish where
my own official duties are performed, we have to summon
left New York on the 7th, but remained at Sandy Hook Edwin Forrest, for divorce, on the ground of abandon- reverse the decision of his superior in the court below. 1 more than one half the rate-payers every quarter, in order
until the morning of the Bth. The Georgia steamer had meat. The action is brought in the sunreme eee-s -`'
The Legat Observer, in noticing the statistics of
arrived from Califarni. with teen cenalta' Inf.,. ...,........ —— .3 __
County Courts' practice during the last year, says—" The to recover the rates, and very severe privations are suf-
I fered by many who do manage to pay them."
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nes disfavour into which jury trial, an institution as ancient Evan Miles, a man living at Caerphilly, having been
e'• Lne days of Alfred, has fallen, is singularly manifested I crippled in one leg so that he became a dependant on
- e by the fact that out of 226,403 cases in which either party ' others, his " proud spirit" was greatly grieved. The
•e— """`" 's 01
great length, and alleges numerous improprieties on the might have required a jury, there were only 802 in which other day he tied his sound leg to his crutch, and then
part of his wife, and a long course of criminal conduct either party thought it desirable to invoke the assistance drowned himself in a pond not more than five feet deep.
A coroner's jury gave a verdict of fete de se.
with various individuals named. He accuses her of of that species of tribunal; in other words, a jury was
On Thursday week, a child about four years of age, was
only required in three or four cases out of every thousand
drunkenness, profligacy, extravaeance, and adultery.
" his destination at Hunger-
The hospital for the insane at* Augusta, in the state of tried. , sent from Reading station to A DIVORCE REFUSED,—The Consistory Court gave ford, Wilts, in charge of the guard, with the following
ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. Maine, was destroyed by fire, on the morning of the 4th, •
direction, on a large piece of brown paper tied to his
The royal mail steam-ship Europa, Captain E. G. Lott, and it is feared that twenty of the unfortunate lunatics Judgment on Saturday week, in the divorce case of King
t ti. King, promoted by the Hon. Robert King, eldest son
which left Boston on the 11th, and Halifax on the night who were inmates, perished in the flames. It is supposed of Lord Lorton, on the ground of the adultergy, of his wife tin's, Easton, near Pewsey, by Mr. Price, carrier."
neck :—This boy is for Hungerford, to go Mr. D. Mar-
of. the 12th instant, arrived here on Saturday night at ten the fire was originated by defect in a chimney. Some of
One day last week, while a young man named Hewitt,
with a French gentleman called Vicomte de Saint Jean ;
o'clock, with the usual mails, and about fifty passengers. the lunatics gave the alarm as soon as the fire was disco- and resisted by Mrs. Kin on the grounds of her bus-
The voyage, which occupied about 10 days 2 hours, is a vered ; but the keepers, supposing the noise to be the bands •
s connivance at her - London,his arm was caught by the wheel and three of his
was feeding a sausage-chopping machine with meat, in
truly rapid run. The steamer America, which sailed accustomed ravings, gave no heed to them until they dis- tery with Madame de Saint Jean and otherpersons. The
hence 30th November, arrived at Halifax on the 11th covered that the building was filling with smoke. Most
lacerated that he died shortly afterwards in an
judge, Dr. Lushington, held that the wife's unfaithfulness fingers and thumb were chopped off, while his wrist was
so much
December, at 8 a.m.
of the insane, of whom there were 125 in the hospital, was proved • that the proof of the husband's connivance
The United Slates' mail steam ships Panama and were necessarily turned out naked in the open air ; some
failed, but ;that
the husband's unfaithfulness
"dismissedown was hospital.
In consequence of an accident to the machinery at the
Northerner had arrived at Panama from San Francisco found refuge in the gaol and almshouses, others in private '•
established ; he, therefore, both parties," and
wee
,the colliery, Monmouthshire, on Wednesday
with £500,000 in gold dust on freight. The United dwellings, and some few wandered abroad.
week, the carriage in which the men are lowered to their
States' mail steamship Georgia, Lieutenant Porter, ar- THE SABBATH IN FRANCE —A bill is now before the refused to pronounce for a divorce.
work suddenly rushed down the pit, and crushed into a
rived at New York- from Chagres, via Hayannali on the French legislature, the principal enactments of which are : • **".
shapeless mass a man named Jenkins, who was working
7th. with mails from San Francisco, California, of the Ist That all Government works (travaux publies) be sus- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. at the bottom.
November, and about £200,000 in gold dust. The steam pended on Sundays and fete days; the interdiction in all --4-- On Sunday, at All Saints' Church, Wandsworth, after
ship Empire City arrived at New York from Chagres, via contracts of any clause tending to deprive the labourer of THE FLYING DUTCHMAN AND VOLTIGEUR.—In the the offertory, amongst the alms collected was found, en-
Jamaica, on the Bth, with mails from Chagres of the 27th his right of ceasing to work on such days (with exception match between these horses, to be run at York Spring closed in an envelope, a Bank-note of the value of 4300,
ult., from Jamaica o the Ist inst., £400,000 in gold dust, for all places of eating. the post, ehemins de fey, &e.); Meeting, the Flying Dutchman will carry Bst. 811 b., and with a wish from the benevolent and anonymous donor
and 325 passengers.
that the municipal authorities be empowered to close all Voltigeur Bst.
that the gift might be applied " by the vicar and church-
Our accounts from the United States by this arrival are cabarets, traiteurs, billiard-rooms, &c., during the hours The fight for the championship of England came off wardens to the relief of the temporary wants of the poor
not of a very important character as regards the political of divine service—(murmurs in different parts of the As- late on Tuesday. The Tipton Slasher was declared the of the parish of Wandsworth.
state of affairs. Congress, after adjourning. on the sth, sembly)—that two hours at least on every such day be winner, owing to a foul blow by Paddock. 27 rounds Two men a a boy were found, on Wednesday morn-
had again assembled on the 9th; but no business of mo- given to soldiers and sailors for their religious duties, &c. were fought, occupying 42 minutes. lag week, anda state of stupor in the forecastle of a
raent had been transacted. The secretary of the treasury's —The consideration of these propositions was carried It has been estimated that there are in England 140 schooner lying at Glasgow, and many hours elapsed
report was daily expected, and it is again mentioned that on amidst much confusion. trainers, 100 regular race-courses, and 160 jockeys riding before they were out of danger. appears that they
probably a new loan will be required to meet financial ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF MR. SMITH OERIEN.—On weights varying from Bst 71b down to 4st. Nearly 2000 had gone to bed after closing the (hatches, and that in
necessities. Several state messages and legislative meal Sunday and Monday the Victoria cutter, commanded by thoroughbred horses are in training, and about the same consequence the sulphurous exhalation from the embers
sures had occupied the journals since the Atlantic's a man named Ellis, was observed hovering over the is- number of stakes are contested in the course of the sea- of a fire had found no vent.
departure.
land, the wind being light until evening, when it fell son. The stakes, with all their deductions, are estimated A FATHER AND SON CHARGED WITH Ansoer.—Mr•
From Havanah we have accounts of the 2d inst. Affairs calm.' Shortly before sundown, Mr. S. O'Brien, who, to amount annually to £208,000, without taking any note Thomas Whittaker, of Cambridge, and his SOD, whose
were quiet. Count Alcoy had left for Cadiz in the war notwithstanding his avowed intention of escaping should of the value of vases, cups, and challenge-whips. Added dwelling and shop were burned down on the 22nd ult..
steamer Caledonia. The Spanish frigate Isabel IL and an opportunity offer, has considerable liberty allowed him, to this, there are about 80 blood stallions of repute as have been committed, on the prosecution of the West of
the sloop Jason arrived from Cadiz on the .20th ult. with went down to a sandy cove, one of the few places where racing sires, or retired racers, and perhaps 1000 racing England Fire Office, and also again by the landlord, with
1,048 men and officers to reinforce the troops on the boats generally land, and just as he reached the shore a brood mares, of whosg produce from 800 to 850 colts and wilfully setting fire to the same. The furniture and stock
island. More regiments were soon expected. The Capt.- boot with three men put in, and he rushed up to his mid- fillies (of which neither sex has any very decided prepon- were insured for £l,llO, and the claim was made for
General Concha was visiting the fortifications around die to meet it. A constable on duty covered him with derance) are annually registered in the Stud Book. , £B3O.
Havannah. Few freights offering to Europe. Exchange his piece and called to him to forbear, seconding this by These calculations do not include the statistics of the ; On Saturday James English, beadle at St. John's,
on London, first claas, 101 prem.
rushing at the boat and knocking a hole in her bottom Irish turf, or steeple-chase events. - 1 Notting-hill, poisoned himself in consequence of remorse
Panama and Chagres accounts state that large num- with his carbine. He then pointed out to all four the
at having appropriated £l2 of the'parish money. On the
hers of passengers had arr.ved on the isthmus, en route to folly of resistance, and required them to submit quietly,
same day John Smith, aged sixty, the sexton of Aldgate
and from the States to the Pacific coast. Much rain had which they did. The officer in charge, meanime, having POLITICAL IIIISVELLANK Church, blew his brains out with a pistol in a vault under-
fallen, and the roads were in a terrible condition. missed his prisoner, came rushing down the beach, and —.—
Jamaica advices of the Ist inst.. state that the cholera secured him -while still in the water. He was then con- Four seats in the House of Commons are now vacant • ' neath the church,. having been_ depressed.. for the last
' twelve months, owing to the death of his wife.
was then mote severe in other parts of the island than at ducted to his house, and the three men confined for trans- little interest, however, appears to be awakened by the
The Plymouth Journal says that an artisan employed
that port. Five thousand deaths had occurred anKingston. mission to Hobart Town. A whale boat with six hands pending elections. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Carden has
in Devonport dockyard lately received a letter containing
Among medical men deceased were Drs. Bailey, Alurcott, was sent on board the cutter, seized her, and brought her been invited to contest St. Alban's with Mr. Jacob Bell,
Tabois. Tait, and Mr. Fadgen.
in. She, too, with the parties on board, will be sent up the wealthy chemist of Oxford-street. At Pontefract, the 45.. 6d. in postage stamps, and stating that eleven years
since the writer picked the pocket of the artisan's son of
From Valparaiso we have advices to the 24th October, immediately. It has not been thought necessary to im- Hon. Beilby R. Lawley, son of Lord Wenlock, is alone in
2s. 6d., hit week's wages, and that the theft weighed so
Oregon, 25th October. and Sandwich Islands, 28th Sep., pose any restraint on Mr. O'Brien greater than that to the field. Mr. Bromley, the member for South Notts, I
heavily on the writer's mind that he sends the 4s. 6d. as
but all of an unimportant character. On 26th September which he was previously subjected.—Sydney Advertiser, having resigned from illness, Lord Newark and Air. W.l
an atonement for it.
the Hawaiian Princes were received at court with Mr.
H. Barrow are spoken of as candidates. Aylesbury is so-
Judd. JENNY LIND.—The Nightingale has arrived at Balti- licited by Mr. Sergeant Bytes and Mr. F. Calvert, Q. C. Mr. Fern, a butcher, of Birmingham, was travelling in
CALIFORNIA.—We have advices by the Europa from more from Philadelphia. Great excitement arose. On
COBDEN IN TROUBLE.—Messrs, Cobden and Bright a gig, with a friend, towards Warwick, on Monday, when
California to the Int November, but they possess few novel the 9th the first concert was crowded with a brilliant have got into hot, water with Sir Thomas Hastings, R N he was stopped by six ruffians, who dragged him from the
or very important features. Cholera had broken out, and audience, and it is estimated that the receipts: were £3OOO. on the subject of the national defences. Captain 1-I.a'st*: ' gig' cut the reins,. and started the horse with the other
buainess had been rather dull. Pine weather still pre- Baltimore correspondence of the 9th says,, ". Miss Lind,t fags gave evidence before a select committee on navy, , party in the gig, at a furious pace along the road. They
vaited, however, therainy seasonnot having broken ; and, on acehunt of the severity of the whether, li mng decline army, and ordnance estimates in 1848, and it appears that beat Mr. Ferns' (lead till he was insensible, and robbed
although some accounts contradict the statements most attending church yesterday morning, Mr. Barnum and Mr. Bright made a statement at the peace meeting lately .him . ~lo e opp,
of £123. Th I rs waes st ed by aWe o when
l Fourggn* '
his daughter got into the carriage, and proceeded at a
information was gii en to the county po ice. navvies
positively, it would appear that the mines are yielding a
held at Birmingham. throwing ridicule upon Sir Thomas's
(I.PBa4rnt,ingto rapid rate to St. Peter's Church. It was immediately apprehensions of a French invasion. On being applied to have been apprehended, two of whom are identified. .
rich liatteest. Numerous miners were, however. departing
by every vessel from California. From Nov. supposed. that the lady was the great sonestress, and the .
to correct a mis-statement, Mr. Bright stated that it was , STATISTICS OF POPERY.—The Roman Catholic Three-
SeeteZ9,sBso, 17,822 .dollars bullion Lad been cleared
tocarriage was. followedh byd the
church
throng,
.ani !Au! made on the authority of Mr. Cobden, to whom Sir r? for 1851 gives the following account of Popery in
outwards from San Francisco; during October a further
same gain a view of her, and
The Thomas accordingly wrote for an explanation. This was GreatrY Britain:—Churches and chapels in England and
queutitev, of 4.591,461 doll. hadbeen added to that amount. scene occurred in the afternoon, when Mr. Zenos not considered satisfactory by the captain, who said if Wales, 597; in Scotland, 87; besides 26 stations, where
Barnum
land three ladies. from the hotel started for the one were not given, " I shall place our correspondence in Divine service is performed. Romish colleges in England,
On the 24th Oct. a terrible steamboat explosion occurred
cathedra . The carriage was followed by an immense
on one of•the rivers ; some eighty lives were destroyed.
throng, and, the rumour spreading through the city, there the hands et a friend, who will wait on you on my behalf, ,re, in Scotland,r 1;
.mona.steries in England, 17; convents,,
The Pt fie /Yeses, of the let ult., says, " The placers still
were at least ire thousand persons assembled outside at —or. should you prefer it, lie will confer with some friend in England, a 3 ; priests in England and IN ales, 826 , in
-continue to yield their rich treasures to the efforts of the
of yours." Mr. Cobden did not reply to this, so Sir Scotland, 118 ; total, including. bishops, 927, being 43
the time service was over whilst the beside was thronged. •
- ' • more than last year. In the diocese of Liverpool there
hardy min.e.rs. ;];.ergs amounts of gold are being taken out
When the congregation was' dismissed,- there was such a Thomas fires another shot at the man of peace, telling . - •
At some of the,mines, and, although sudden fortunes are
him " You have not had sufficient manliness or manlv are 113 priests.
rush, both by those inside and those -out that numbers " • • • • • """A TIGHT Glue —The Bedford Times states that, last
slot being remised, there is generally a fair return far per-
were trampledunde;rasfotot and injured.
d'Aconsid.erable candour to correct, nor have you disclaimed the intention
severing labour. The manifestoes of sir shipping eorn-
ofof, or apologised for, insulting me;" and he publishes 7e,hlc., W. B urgess, in the etm lo of Mr. Thos. Sworder,
number persons
which are
cloaks,a .hats,. am shawls in the.
parka furnish the beet evidence of what the mines are
the correspondence in the Times of Wednesday. The
solicitor, of
Luton, was in malt-millhePy *room of Messrs.
rush, seem of advertised in the papers this
was made ir. the crowd for the dis- Times publishes a letter from Mr. Cobden, in which,
Yielding."
morning, A. passage Sworder, at the brewery, when he inadvertently lost his
after ridiculing the idea ofchallenge,*footing, and nearly fell to the ground. The carpenter,
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. tinguished party to pass through ; but, when They reached
who saw the man's danger, caught him by the leg ; and
•
give an explanation of the facts of the case—which, how-
New York, Thursday, 12th Dee., 1850. the carriage, there were a hundred hands on the horses, •
ever, are neither very clear nor very creditable. the grip necessary to secure its object was so firm that the
This leeleg public Thanksgiving Day, business is gene. the wheels, rad the carriage, and all Mr. Barnum's state-
rally suspeeetted. America's news was received here yes- talents could not induce them to believe that one of the -- --- wise flesh
trove was
eenesnuesidd,era asbtlhye discoloured.heightft
o m t
he Deathground
must
is on teha etlry-
terd a y , too late for markets. American Government Mint ladies with him was not Miss Lind. After being thus RAILWAY AFFAIRS. 69 feet.
returns show that upwards of four million and aehalf I detained about a quarter-of-art r, whip was put to the —4—
dollars gold dust were received in November. Govern- 1 horses, and they finally succeeded in getting loose from Mr. W. Jackson, ALP., is about to become chairman ton on the Ist ult., .was totally lost on her voyage to Now
I }The Helena Sloman, steam-shi, which left Southern!).
meat bonds stolen from steamer Helena Slornan's mail the crowd,*but were still followed to the hotel." of the Eastern Counties Railway. York. She had been beating abadt in great distress for
have been on sale here : suspected parties are in custody. OPERATION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL.—A recent
eight days, when she was discovered by Captain Hovey,
Congressional news ianinteresting. Stock market exceed- letter from a gentlemen in Boston, U.S., says :—" The
of the American packet Devonshire, who, with his crew,
ingly active yesterday; nearly all the fancies advanced ; fugitive slaves, of whom we have thousands in the free
rendered every possible assistance to those on board,
considerably. Sales of Reading railroad, 75, Govern- I states, have been reduced almost to despair by this cruel
which consisted of 180 persons, 175 of whom he removed
silent 6's of 67, 114 and 1141-; New York State 6's, 119 law. 'They have felt generally that to avoid a doom which
:to his own vessel in perfect safety. Five, however, of
and 1191 ; Kentucky 6's, 106 and 1064. Corn and flour they dread worse than death, they must either fly to the
the -passengers were unfortunately drowned ; and we
market firm, at mail quotations. Cotton market rather British possessions, there to encounter great hardships
grieve•to -add that foul. of the crew of the Devenshire, in
stet, at circelar rates. Asia's news had not affected New and privation, or with the armed hand maintain their
thso , ppily" with a watery
Chime markets, kxcbange dull, at mail rates. liberty here. Many of them have accordingly armed
eir humane kodagfour met unha
brace. ,

such others as ma

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It nevertheles;thingth;

Lie done in consequence of the continuous
ireciation of gold coin. The story of the bank hay-
: refused to take two millions of gold in exchange for
paper is explained ny sayiug thaa me gala Was ugut.
An experienced shipbuilder at New York is now con
qrig a yacht schooner, of about 150 tons, •

on the Tt

; a

2.500,000 dollars in gold
Sin Francisco on board a s
of deaths had occur!
boilers at the C
of tinib
rections
up in baskets
rectly ascertained

New York, and reasons are alleged in support of an in-
t- ' junction to prevent Mr. Forrest from proceeding in t
---it in Pennsylvania. The preliminary affidavits

-ich will I Cle7,;
during the exhibition next xso_

The cholera had broken ont
bnnner. and a great number
gamore burst her

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A meeting of railway representatives has just been held
in London, at Which it was resolved to endeavour by
memorial or bill, to obtain relief from the existing mode
of rating, and other excoasive chorges.
It is reported that the Great Western Flailway Company
contemplate raising by a load a sum of £94, to finish the
Great Western Docks, in order that Plynaouth,may become
the packet-station, and tbe tailivby willbesreatly
bend'