The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-02 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Overland Mail, which would leave Bombay on the Ist
ult., will be due in London at the end.vf the week.
The India Mail, via Marseilles, will be detained till Satur-
day next. .

In the Excise Court a few days ago a man was fined in a
considerable penalty for selling pepper without a license.
The Chester Chronicle of Friday says that a respite has
been received for the convict Ford, who was sentenced to
death for murder. and rape at the late Chester Assizes.
STATE OF CLONMEL GAOL.—We are sorry to learn that
there are 214 'prisoners in this gaol at•this moment, 19 of
which number stand charged with murder.
The Lord Mayor of London stated last week in the House
of Commons that the expense of "Lord Mayor's day " is
£l5OO.

Mr. George Macfarren, the music composer and editor of
the Musical World, died suddenly at his residence in London
on the 24th instant, at the age of 54.

The Sheffield Independent states, that it is more than pro-
bable that the two present members for that town, Mr. Par-
ker and Mr. Ward, will retire from public life very shortly.
DELICACIES OF THE SEASON .—ln Covent Garden Market
strawberries are from ss. to Bs. per ounce ' • pine apples, is.
to 9s. per lb. ; and new potatoes, 4d. to 6d. per lb.
There are now two of the royal family whose birth-days
happen on the 25th of April, namely, the Duchess of
Gloucester, born 25th of April, 1774, and the infant princess,
born on Tuesday morning.

At the Haymarket Theatre, on Tuesday week, Miss Ju Ha
Bennett, made her debut, and was very well received. At the
conclusion of the play she was called for, and was led forward
by Mr. Farren.

Richard Arkwright, Esq. the richest commoner in Europe,
died on Sunday, at his seat in Derbyshire. Ile is supposed
to have held more, in every description of funds, than any
other British subject.

Notwithstanding the positive assertions to the contrary,
we are enabled to state that Prince Albert will attend the
inneral of the Duke of Sussex, and that his royal highness
never had any other intention.--Observer.

REPRESENTATION OF SALISBURY.—Mr. Bouverie, of
Longford Castle, in the liberal interest, has addressed the
electors of Salisbury, offering himself for the vacancy caused
in the representation of the city by the retirement of Mr.
Brodie.

CURIOSITY.—There is at present to be seen in an apiary
at Thornthwaite, in Woodland, a thrush's nest, in a beehive,
containing four eggs. The bird and the bees are flying out
of and into the apiary daily, and seem not at all to disturb
each other.

NUMEROUS DEATHS BY FlRF.—There were, a few even-
ings ago, no less than four bodies of children in the dead-
honk belonging io the London Hospital, all of whom had
died in that institution from the effects of injuries received
by their clothes having accidentally caught fire.

GROSS FABRICATIONS.—The reports now current in the
newspapers of the suicide of a young lady named Moorhouse,
at Romford, of a Mr. ?ganders, of Woodford, in Essex, and
of Mr. Clifford, a merchant, at Romford, turn out to be
hoaxes of the most infamous description.
It is rumoured that the Marquis of Salisbury or the Earl
of Zetland will be, selected by 'the masonic body to succeed to
the Grand Mastership, vacant by the dt'ath of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex. Prince Albert is also men-
tioned.

SAFETY OF THE CONCH.-By the arrival of the Pilot at
Table Bay from Port Natal, we learn that the Conch, store.
vessel, for whose safety there was much apprehension, had
arrived, after having been kept off by contrary winds and
currents about 00 days.

TTII'; NEW FACTORY Bll.i4.—FetitiOU9 are now in Course
of signature amongst the working classes in Huddersfield
and its vicinity, praying the legislature to pass the Factory
Education Bill now before the house is its present form with
as little delay as possible.
THE QUEEN V.
,O'CONNOR AND OTHERS.—We under-
stand that the defendants in this case, found guilty at the
last assizes at Lancaster for the county of Lancaster, have
received notice to appear in the Court of Queen's Bench on
Thursday next, the 4th instant, to receive judgment.
An alarming fire took place at the warehouses of Messrs.
Kent and Co., smallware manufacturers, Church-street,
Manchester, by which the loss to Messrs. Kent is estimated
at £l,OOO. Damage was done to several of the adjoining
premises, to the extent of about £3OO. The whole is in.
sured.

A gentleman has written to the Times, complaining that
he was prevented fromgoing into the pit of the Opera House
on Saturday night, heeanse his trowsers were notof ltersey-
Mere. No objection was made to their colour or their cut;
yet he was obliged to trudge up into the gallery, greatly
annoyed, yet much amused at the ludicrous sort of objection
that had been made to his dress.

•
Whilst Major John O'Brien was in front of the troops,
when on review at Chatham, on Monday week, his horse,
which was a spirited anima►, became alarmed, and bolted,
when the major, perceiving he had no control over the horse,
released his feet front-the stirrups and fell, bruising his head
in a frightful manner. Assistance was immediately rendered,
and the major was conveyed off the ground and a stop put to
the review. He is now likely to recover.

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Amin, 29.

WEEKLY REPORT.]

inscitA !WED

Accidents p Cured
Medical and Surgical ciso
Attendipl; asOnt Patipnts :3
Upon recommendation ... • . IS Irregnlar
Total 9s
Died

Remaining in the Hospital . . 78

House Visiters, Rev. Thos. Horuby and Charles Inman, Esqrs
• Treasurer, It. W. Bateson, Esq•
Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.—_llouse.Surgeon, Mr. Parker

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT► Mau. 20

DISCHARMSD Anm!rrEn•
In-patients cured ........
)6 In-patients ............ 30
Relieved and at own request 6 Oat-patients ........
Made Out-paticz,fs ........ last week 4
l 1 Can gduringthe
I

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Dead . . .

..astuus
0 I Itemainiuthe house

Consulting Surgeons, Mr
Chaplain... ,

Drshaw and Mr. Dawson

Rev. It. Davies.
POthecary, Mr. W. Burgess.
House Visiters, C. W. Reade and J.A.J.•A.'!'innle, Esc!,
House Surgeon . ...... Mr. T. Inman'
JAMES BOLD, Treasurer