The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.-
Seawitch, of London, Freeman, ma

one, with a cargo of African oak, a
totally wrecked in Pontifex Bay. on

of Guernsey

The vessel on striking r

wave carried her into a trot

men, who were on the afterpart, were swep

where they remained till davbreali

when they were re

cued, the tide having left the forepart of the w
and dry. Part .of the cargo, together with two su
of gold dust and some jewellery, have

THE OAK FARM IRON WORE
said to have been entered into between th_
the bankruptcy of the late Oak Farm Compan)
Stephen Glyn, Lord Lyttelton, and Mr. W. Gladstone,
the proprietors of the estates, by which further litigation
will be avoided : £20,000 is named as the sum agreed to
be paid by the proprietors in lieu of breaking up the ma-
chinery ; and, although, from their heavy claims, the

,gnees in
and Sir

greater part of this will revert to themselves' yet the ere:.
ditors will sooner have a dividend declared
now in the district of South Staffordshire 1(

There are

arnaces in

Wearmouth, on Friday week, and on that day and Satur-
day five deaths occurred. This is not surprising, as within
a space of fifty yards no fewer than fifteen middensteads
exist in the most disgracefully filthy condition. and the
whole place is a scene of destitution and dirt. Thence the
epidemic extended to Monk-Wearmouth Colliery, where,
from Saturday to Monday, inclusive. twelve cases occurred,
five of which terminated fatally. Since then, other six
died. making

;wo persons It

3 the colliery has for

and deatl

the deaths in all seven, and th-e remaining cases twelve
Owing to the above sickne
the present ceased wort

LERA.—In the official rrtnrn of de
don for the week endir

I in Lon-

Saturday last, the cas

ported of two children, of the ages of two
and a woman aged 45, who died of Asiati
infant suddenly, the child in four days, anc

house, and the other opposi
" This court has 21 houses, wl
each. Most of these houses contain two families
width of the court is only five feet, witt
age. There is one water tank for the
habitants. The inhabitants are very r
persons have been taken ill."
Nottingham is visited by a " suicidal (
lowing close upon the death of the Rev
handsome young woman, who had be
Aulton, a lace-manufacturer, poisoned
num, on learning that her protector w
Gadd, a young man, had formed

:hment

Ei, the

D man in

named Cant ; Gadd's friends were a
ing her; the unhappy couple declared t
not live to-ether they would die together
some arsenic, and put it into two little (
baked at Cant's house. They ate the
soon in a dreadful state, but medical aid
a portion of the poison, there was a chance of their reco-
very.

which were
and were

STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.
ball, of Chard parish, one day la,
pond, and was supposed to be droa
taken out of the water and the ,
Everybody believed the child dead e..•
whose affliction was very great. She took
and held him before the fire. After neat
the child showed symptoms of returning
upon which some change in the position of
place, when it was discovered that the ch
been in the fire and was dreadfully burnt
having been called in did what
child was getting on very well.
the mother placed him before the fire for
she went into the garden, and on her return b.._
ror-struck to find her child burnt almost to a cin,. It
is a singular coincidence that a girl, the cousin of the
above-named Edwin Havball, a short time sin— r -
the fire, and one of her breasts wua
sumed ; in her agony she ran to the millp.,.
pain by bathing the breast with cold water,
in and was drowned.—Devon Chronicle.
ADVENTURES OF A PACK OF HARRIERS.-
pack of harrier?, kept in the neighbourhood
on the trail of a hare, followed by a fir
rather sorrily

was nece
(bout th

iv took

A surgeon
ry, and the

moment whilst

tinted, v

Imn.f- entirely con-
d to allay the
i she fell

,st week a

Dyrham Wood, which was forbidden
favourite fox cover of the Duke of Beau

plunged into the wood, and were soon in full cha
fine old fox. The pace was so good, that the furtl
ran the further the sportsmen were left in the rem

stiff fence entirely barred the further progre
latter. In vain the huntsman blew his horn til

nigh burst his cheeks. The little pack, with a burn]
scent, continued the chase unattended. What
them or the fox is not known. The pack were seen s.
after dark altogether wending their way homewara,
Being hungry, they attacked a flock of sheep in the Vale
of Coldaston ; a fat one was selected, killed without cere-
mony, and every bone cleanly picked. Having thus re-
freshed themselves, the pack moved homewards, and
arrived at their kennel at daybreak, just as their master
was up to greet them. . _

CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A COUNT
Central Criminal-court on Friday, Maria Carlota Alv(
Cabral, aged 50, married, and Maria RA
ried, were indicted for stealing a brooch
of linen, valued at £2, the property of I

At the

her dwelling-hous
lar, masculine-looking woman, is a Portugueae Count
in her own right, and the younger prisoner
vant. The prisoners, it will be remember
Portuguese and Spanish boarding-house,
square, and sundry articles were found in the apartment
of the elder prisoner belonging to the prosecutrix, but
which, it was contended, were only such things as might
be occasionally required by the elder prisoner as an in-
mate. This view of the case was also taken by the Re-
corder, who said the charge struck him as I
but a larceny ; and it was rather hard to

lony for having a few more thin

[I, lived in a

•ge a p

n use than the

acquittal, which was also taken upon the indictment a
regarded Rosa, who had only acted as the servant of the
elder prisoner. They were ordered to be immediately
discharged from custody.

BURNING TTIE SCRIPTURES IN BIRMINGHAM.-

tary, related an extraordinariOccurren.ce which had taken
place during the past week in that town. A poc
woman, a Roman Catholic, residing then
ter who attended one of the Birmiugh
this school she had received a Nem

which she had been reading to her moth(
coming in and seeing it, tore the con

covers, put them into the fire, and held t
his stick till sufficiently consumed, rer
would so serve all s

had a d

ks that