The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-07 00:00:00

to some is like that game—that it is easy enough

but difficult to crown the point.
een whipping an unhappy victim round,

to catch the ball in the cup,
The fates are busily

in the shape of a top,—while two curious and eccentric

Not having received the first number, we cannot give much

of an opinion of this work; but from what has caught our

eye in the present portion, Boz seems to have agai❑ struck
into that inimtable vein of humour and quaint but powerful
manner of description which surprised and delighted the

readers of his early works. We have been assured that
" Martin Chuzzlewit" will maintain Boz's high reputation,
gain him a good word from Brother Jonathan,
;er he has aroused by his old truths in his admirable
' The illustrations are very clever. The work will,

and ev

" Notes

paralysis.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has intimated his
intention of standing sponsor in person to the infant son and
heir of Lord John Russell.

A speaker at a Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law meeting last
week announced that the League are going to raise another
£50,000. Don't they wish they may get it ?
The Colosseum, in Regent's-park, London, with its ap-
purtenances, is advertised to be sold, by public auction, on
the 6th of April next.

Count de Ratti-Menton has been named consul at Canton.
He is to set out, in a short time, charged to draw up a work
on the commercial relations that France may have in future
with the Chinese empire.

By a statute of King Athelstan, grandson of Alfred, it was
provided, " That any merchant who made three voyages, on
his own account, beyond the British Channel, should be
entitled to the privilege of a thane, or gentleman."

REVIVAL OF TIIE TERRY ALT SYSTEM.--In the neigh-
bourhood of Kilwore, Limerick, parties of men have com-
menced patrolling, dressed " Lady Clare" style, and serving
treatening notices on the farmers obnoxious to them.
A dozen paupers, in the Bury St. Edmond's Union Work-
house, were brought before the magistrates for refusing to
work at the head wheel by which malt is ground, and four of
them were committed to the House of Correction for 21 days.
An enormous wild cat, weighing upwards of 121b5., was
killed in the Castle Wood, near Morpeth, by a terrier, a few
days ago, after a dreadful encounter, in which the dog was
severely punished.
M IRA eLE.—The Waterford Mirror states that the vener•
able Father Barry, who died in that city about twelve months
ago, has been disinteired, and is now walking in the Friary
there in the same state as when he expired.

It is understood that the investigation which has been so
long in progress by the Customs Revenue Commission has
at length produced active measures in the Exchequer Court
against several of the Loudon houses, for fraud and subor-
nation of the Officers of Customs.

EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF THE STORM.—One of
the most curious accidents was the fall, on Friday, of a large
truck, used to move blocks of stone, and weighing nearly
three tons, off a high scaffold at the new London Royal Ex-
change. It damaged the scaffold, but, luckily, fell on none
of the workmen.

THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGISTS.--Mr. Joseph Sturge has
published a letter respecting the Complete Suffrage Agita-
tion, in which he disclaims any intention or desire to alter
the constitution of Queen, Lords, and Commons ; his sole
object being to render the lower house of the legislature
really a representation of the whole people.
The Duke of Newcastle has commenced a new road through
his estate at Worksop, for the purpose of employing the ne-
cessitous poor. The road will confer no benefit on his grace
but cut up his field. He likewise presents the stone required
for the purpose. Would that the wealthy members of the
Anti-Corn-law League would go and do likewise.
The hull of the Mountaineer steamer, formerly in the
Swansea and Liverpool trade, which sunk in the Menai
Straights, in consequence of touching the Swilley rocks,
about two years ago, has at length been raised by native skill.
Neither the hull nor powerful engines have sustained much

damage.
The residence of the late Lord Norbury has been burned—
by accident our Dublin cotemporaries are inclined to think ;
but are they sure ? Have no threats been made ? no letters
received ? We should like to ask the agent whether three,
at least, were not long since addressed to him ? and whether
they did not expressly threaten the destruction which has
now taken place?—Cork Constitution.
Mr. George Wyse, the brother of the hon. member for
Waterford, who had obtained a verdict, with £BOO damages,
for a most atrocious libel which appeared in the Waterford
Ztfail, has forgiven the proprietor of that paper the whole
amount, and accepted an apology, on finding he had been
deceived and made a tool of by other parties in the publica-
tion of the libel.

A letter from Marseilles states that the month of January
has been mild in that part of the country to an unprece-
dented degree, and that all the trees are putting forth their
leaves. This is considered an unfortunate circumstance, as
severe frosts in the south of France in March and April are
not uncommon, and if vegetation should have advanced much
before that period very serious injury will be experienced.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—On Mondry last a person,
named Sales, who is a cowkeeper, residing in Vishergate,
bought a quantity of muscles for consumption; on opening
one of them, he found it contained a gold ring, which he has
now in his possession. \VC leave the cause of its singular
locality to the researches of the marvellous.—Doncaster
Chronicle.

PRIVATE BILLS.—The following resolutions regarding
private bills were delivered rropi the House of Commons on
Saturday ;—That the House Will not receive any petition for
private bills after Friday, the 24th day of this instant Feb-
ruary ;—that no private bill be read the first time
seater
Friday the 24th day ot Nlarch pext ; that this o will
like the well on Southampton-
not receive any report of such private bill after Friday, the
26th day of May next. .
wards of 900 feet in depth without
ARTESIAN WELL.---It is perhaps not generally known
adequate supply of water for the
that an Artesian we" is which, and has for some time been, in
has been carried down through
apu
common,brs oet
agoirnfe
isnts
hi aei
anything
1 tlnoyohw town.
Chichester,
„lg
nTI kihk tie soaunpwell.
the chalk, through a bed of clay or marl beneath it, and is
now sinking in a hard solid rock, probably the corresponding
or similar bed to the Purbeck stone, with which we are all
familiar, and which is one of the beds of green sand or gait
formation which lies under the chalk. The Southampton
well is now altogether about 930 feet deep, 450 feet of which
is in the chalk. The chalk is probably 1,000 feet deep at
Southampton, in which case there Will he upwards of 500
feet to sink to get through it, aa wht then—clay or marl,
hard rock, &c. ?—Southampton paper.
magistrates for the county of Bucks, at
WH OLESAI,E SHEUPSTEALIN.G:—On Tuesday last three
having stolen, within the last three
men, named George Nlorgan, William Saunders, and Joseph
sheep,—viz., ten tegs, the property of
Saunders, who had been apprehended the day before, were
five legs from the Rev. John Drake ;
;r. 'William Champion ; and four sheep
broughtwEetoekns, , n
charged
less f o re t
ht
withlal en i :202
The chief of the witnesses
in which neighbourhood the robberies
prisoners, after a short examination,
threeM
fromr .
ilsaacr sheep
,sr
fahruoonmi
nd
Thomas
srNsi 1
1.
earn . .
re-
sidingwere
caotmAmmi
tetresdh, a
them ,
were ordered to be taken before the magistrates acting for
that division of the county.. Christopher Norwood, a master
butcher, charged with having been concerned in the same
robberies, was remanded. A fifth, named George Howes,
in custcdy for having copimitted the same offence, in con-
nection with the other prisoners, escaped from Windsor gaol
on the night of Sunday last, and up to this time has not been

heard of.
KENNEL LAMENEss.—ne Royal kennel has ever bred
that dreadful malady to hounds known by the name of ken-
inventlamheanse shse,e
been
ntdrsi
everyemtneeadnys
titlhe aetvilc human ingenuity r itnhgeehneuliiteyf
tchaant
or some local circumstance occasioned
Davies, after superintending all the alterations
ch it was believed were, or might be,
health of his pack, but with no success,
or eight couple of hounds unfit for work,
icaththotai;endv
idhsneuit
olgteturtlaai:vvtticiernot
.iintneoc,,net.csthehessei x
and therefore sent away, for a change, as the only means to
restore them, at length considered that it might arise ►from a
cause totally unconnected with the locality of the kennel;
accordingly he set to work upon various other expedients
to come to a stronger probability as to the cause, and then
for the cure. He bad an idea that the water might have
something to do with it, as if it contained any portion of
lead, taken up in its course from the spring, which supplied
their wants, it might produce an effect of paralysis. lie has
t
eandyaanwpdl
iartroitgldhetuehctiiecus oabtnnhestleiefyiut,
iteshtaelaanctsedehie;tsh,shei
ant hosc aepti
chan-
ged inhrne
givenwlDl aaadtvei are
sdi vag
stsh
bain
it
ehe
ntis
ieamtna leadpiai
t. made, esms,
h
the water given to those suffering under the lameness,
and the result is a speedy cure and return to their work.—
Bell's Life.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.-At the Yeovil Special Ses-
sions, on Wednesday, Mr. Poole, clerk of the parish of liar-
dington, appeared to answer the complaint of Edward and
Harriet Purchase for an assault committed under very ex-
traordinary circumstances. Harriet Purchase deposed that
she had the misfortune to lose her child, and that on the 18th
December she had it taken into the church to be buried. It
was customary in that parish to take the body into the church
before service, and for it to remain until the minister was
able to proceed with it to the grave. They were a few mi-
nutes behind time when they arrived, and the service had
commenced. Farmer Dodge, one of the churchwardens, told
them that the corpse must be carried out again, and directed
the bearers to remove it. Witness endeavoured to prevent
its removal, and sat down upon the coffin. The defendant
then laid hold of the coffin, and attempted to remove it out
of the church. He used so much violence that she supposed
the body had been turned over, 'Witness was much agitated,
and had not recovered the shock. Many of the congregation
left the church in disgust. Mr. Poole, iu his defence, said,
that in consequence of a malignant fever which was prevalent
at the time, the rector (Mr. Hellyer) refused to allow any
bodies being taken into the church. He had sent a man to
ask the complainants at what time they would bury the child,
so as to avoid an interruption during the service. The wo-
man made a great noise, and said the chld should be buried
like other people's children. As they were reading the ser-
vice, the funeral probession came in, and Mr. Dodge told
them to carry the body out again. Mrs. Purchase said the
rector had better mind his preaching, and went on with a deal
of impudence, and sat down upon the coffin. The rector
called Mr. Apsley,
the other churchwarden, who refused to
interfere. The rector then told defendant to remove the body.
He accordingly
went to Mr. Dodge, and said, " If she won't
move, we will carry her, corpse and all." The handle gave
way, when Mrs. Purchase rose, and struck him a violent blow
that he was nearly deaf from the effects of it. Mr. Chitty,
a solicitor,
who appeared for the complainants, submitted
that a most violent and unprovoked assault had been made
'
out. He had, he said, yet to learn that a clergyman could
refuse a person, living or dead, admittance into his church.
The Bench turned to the Rubric; but Mr. Chitty submitted
that was not law. The clerk said that was law which the
clergyman pleased. The Magistrates said they thought the
clergyman had full control in such matters, and dismissed the
case.

TIDE TABLE

Height.( Sundays, Holydays, 6.c

H. 51. H. rd. P. I.
331 352 12 7 First Quarter 4h Igm even
420 44g 11 4 Jupiter rises 71i 20m more
arsday 9 527 6 8 10 10 Saturn rises 64 23m
riday.. 10 651 7 li2 10 9 Venus rises
iaturday 11 812 843 11 10 Ma:::
Sunday.. 12 gl3 g 39 13 7 SeptuageSilna Suna
Monday. 13 10 3 10 2; 15 8

Tuesda
Wednes 8

rises II; 49a

Jannaiy

David Grant, from Messina for Falmouth, at Corunna, with loss
of bulwarks, stanchions. sails and boats, three men washed over.
board, and making much water.