The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

There are seventy prisoners for trial at the York assizes.
Of these five are charged with murder.
Of the round number of barristers attending the Pres-
ton sessions, seven were fast asleep in court at the same
time, the other day.

A lady residing at Stamford, received last week through
the Post-office, a gooseberry pie, sent to her from a friend
at Cambridge.—Stamford Mercury.
Passengers are being conveyed by the splendid steamer
on the line from Hull to Hamburg for 55., the charge for
the saloons being only 10s.
The Wesleyan conference commences its sittings at
Birmingham on the 31st instant. The Rev. Dr. Bunting
is expected to preside.
The will of the poet, Mr. Thomas Campbell, was proved
on Saturday. by the executors, Dr. Beittie and Mr.
Moxon. The personal property is sworn under £2OOO.
The will and a codicil are dated 1842.

An arrival of 2,000 pine apples from the Bahamas is a
new feature in the fruit trade, the sale of those brought
over last season having encouraged the importation by the
merchants.—London paper.

A coal vein at Beaufort iron works, Abergavenny,
recently ignited, and is now on fire to the extent of three
miles! Many fatal accidents have already been the con-
sequence.

THE FISHERIES.—Large quantities of mackerel con-
tinue to be brought in daily. They have been sold as low
as Bs. per 100, and retailed in the street 10 and 12 a
shilling. Last Friday morning upwards of 50,000 were
landed.—Brighton Paper.
On Tuesday last, during the sale of the surplus property
of the Northern and Eastern Railway Company, Mr.
Ralph, a gentleman of fortune, entered the room, and was
proceeding to a seat, when he fell down and expired. The
further sale was immediately postponed.
Mr. John Groves, a large landowner in the neigbbour-
hood of Aylesbury, last week sent his tenant-farmers
their half-yearly receipts, at the same time telling them
not to trouble themselves in sending the money, but to
keep it in their pockets.
At a meeting of " the soap trade" of Glasgow and
Paisley, last week, it was unanimously agreed to advance
the price of soap to the following rates per cwt. :—White,
535. ; pale, 485.; second, or bright, 465.; yellow, 425.
Edinburgh Paper.
It is said that a new use has been discovered in the ar-
ticle guano, which was never anticipated. Hitherto it
has been merely looked upon as applicable to agricultural
purposes, but ❑ow the rumour goes that it may be em-
ployed in the manufacture of a certai❑ colour.
Works for a new harbour at Aberdeen have been con-
tracted for by Messrs. Oldham, builders and railway
contractors, of Cheltenham. The sum is £99,660. When
completed, the new harbour will be one of the most com-
modious in the kingdom.
A discovery was made at Buckingham Palace on Thurs-
day morning, that a man employed in the upholstery de-
partment of the Lord Chamberlain's office had commit-
ted suicide in one of the store-rooms. The deceased was
of regular and-sober habits, and the cause which led to
the sad catastrophe was unknown.

GREAT DEPRECIATION.-The ingenious Model of
Venice, recently exhibited at Pall-mall, and very poorly
patronized, was sold, on Wednesday, by auction. It is
said to have occupied several artists 'fourteen years in
produc:ne it, at an expense of nearly £2,000; but it was
now sold to Mr. Tyler, of the Surrey Zoological Gardens,
for thirty-one guineas!
THE 'Box TRADE.—As an instance of the increasing
briskness of the above trade, we may mention that the
shipping agent at Newport of a large establishment on the
Hills, in one day last week received, by post, advices of
charter parties for cargoes to be shipped amounting to
3,000 tons of railway iron. The rails are chiefly for
South Carolina.—Worcester Paper.

On Wednesday morning an unusual number of letters
and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office by the
ordinary mails from Egypt, Greece, India, the lonian
Islands, &c., vid Southampton. There were 52 boxes of
letters, containing together upwards of 12,000 single
packets, and five bags of newspapers, most of which were
in perfect files.
DIVORCES.—The total number of divorce acts passed
by the legislature in the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843,
amounted to 27 ; making an average of nearly seven per
annum. The total amount of fees was, in 1840, £605 ;
in 1841, £4OB ; in 1842, £768 ; and in 1843, £589 ; making
altogether, £2370. The average expense of each divorce
act amounted to £l7 16s. 10d.
The House of Lords have decided against the claims of
Sir Augustus d'Este, in the Sussex peerage case. They
have decided that the marriage between the late Duke of
Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, however valid in every
thing essential to a marriage as such, is against the pro.
visions of the Royal Marriage Act, and is therefore not
considered a marriage by the English law.
ASSIZE TowNs.—By a recent return it appears that
there are 66 assize towns in England, 34 in Ireland, and
only nine in Scotland ; total, 109. Of these towns in
England, seven of them are in the Home Circuit; eight
in the Midland; seven in the Norfolk ; seven in the
Northern ; nine in the Oxford; nine in the Western ;
seven in the North Wales and Chester; and seven in the
South Wales Circuit.
GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES commenced at Cardiff on
Monday last, before Baron Rolfe. At these assizes, Ann
Williams and John Rees were sentenced to transportation
for life for attempting to administer poison to Thomas
Vaughan and Mary his wife. It appeared that the female
prisoner (an illegitimate child of Mrs. Vaughan before her
marriage,) was about being married to the other prisoner,
and expected, by causing the death of the Vaugbans, to
come into possession of their property.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 12.—We have expe-
rienced rather more inquiry for sugars this week, and
although the transactions do not exceed 400 hhds. West
India, still there is evidently a better feeling respecting
this article with an impression prevalent that prices have
reached the lowest point. In Bengals and Mauritius
there has been rather more business doing at steady
prices. Rum is in fair demand at the former value.
Gazetted average price of Sugar, July 9. is 335. Bd. per
•wt.

FOURTH EDITION.

Standard-office, Half-past Four o'clock.

EASTRAIII RE GATTA.

The first Regatta that ever took place at Eastham came
off this day, and afforded a delightful recreation to some
thousands of persons, not only from the excellence of the
spo. is themselves, and the subsidiary amusements, but
from the beauty of the scenery, rural and marine, and the
general hilarity and good humour that prevailed through-
out. The day was beautifully clear, with a refreshing
breeze from the northward ; and from the fine sloping
pleasure-grounds of the hotel, and the still more roman-
tic line of shore near it, the diversity of prospect was truly
charming, the several contests being seen to much advan-
tage, as well as the fine expanse of the grand basin of the
Mersey, bounded on the north and south by the wooded
shores of Lancashire and Cheshire, while the great west-
ern emporium of commerce loomed in the distance.
It being announced that the Eastham steamers would
run every half hour, their decks were crowded to excess,
and in one of them Mr. Stubbs's excellent band took pas-
sage to the scene of action—having been engaged for the
day.

The EASTHAM CUP, value 10 Guineas (in specie,)
for Four-oared Gigs, to be rowed and steered by Fisher-
men or Boatmen plying on the rivers Dee or Mersey ; the
second Boat to receive £3 3s.—Entrance, 10s. each Boat.
The Little Mersey. John Murphy..
The Midge, W. Griffiths .. .
The Nettle, J. Murphy..
A well contested race between the first and second
boats, both of which belonged to Liverpool, and was won
by about 200 yards. The distance was about 3 miles.
The LADIES' PURSE, value 2 Guineas, for Fisher-
men's Boats, to be rowed by women residing in the
Hundred of Wirrall, Chester, or Liverpool ; the second
Boat to receive 10s.—Entrance, 2s. each Boat.
The Midge..
Little Mersey
Considerable merriment was occasioned by this race—
each of the contending parties wearing party colours, and
each confident of success. Immediately after the start
the Little Mersey unavoidably got foul of a fishing boat,
owing to which we believe the prize will be divided. Had
this not occurred, though the women of the Midge
were the decided favourites, there is little doubt that the
Little Mersey would have been the winner.

The HOOTON CUP, value 20 Guineas, given by Sir
William Massey Stanley, Bart., added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 Guineas each, for Four-oared Gigs, to be rowed
and steered by Gentlemen Amateurs, (open to all the
world ;) the Second Boat to receive a Guineas out of
the Stakes.—Entrance, One Guinea each Boat.

The Earl, Chester Club Boat, No. 1
Princess Royal

Amphitrite
An easily won race

A PIECE OF PLATE, value 5 Guineas, for Skiffs, to
be sculled by Gentlemen Amateurs, the gift of the Pro.
prietors of the Eastham Ferry.—Entrance, 10s. each
Skiff.

Gazelle, G. Matthews
Psyche, A. Byrne
Ariel, W. Young ..
This prize was won by a skiff belonging to Birkenhead,
but we were unable to get her name, but should be in-
clined to think it was the Gazelle.

The TRIAL STAKES, value 5 Guineas, for Four-
oared Gigs, to be rowed and steered by Boys under
Eighteen years of age ; second Boat to receive the En-
trance money.—Entrance ss. each Boat.
The Echo, Thos. Chesters
The Queen, W. Gibson
The Small Go, Thos. Painter . . (white)
Running when our Reporter left.

The STANLEY PLATE, value Five Guineas, for Boats
pulled by two oars, to be rowed and steered by Gentle-
men Amateurs.—Entrance for each Boat, 10s.
Chester Club Boat, No. 2, C. Walker ...... (blue)

The Little Mersey, H. Williams.. (light blue, M.R.C.)
The Dart, W. Byrne
The MERSEY STAKES, value 3 Guineas, for four-
oared Boats, rowed and steered by men employed on
Flats plying on the rivers Mersey, Dee, or Weaver ;
second boat to receive £2.—Entrance, 2s.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We ex-
tremely regret to announce that in the contest for the
Hooton Cup—one of those lamentable casualties of but
too frequent occurrence took place—a short time after the
boats had rounded the flag barge situated about a mile and
a half above the Eastham ferry—the Amphitrite shipped
a sea and swamped. A number of boats as also a steamer
were close at hand, but despite of all their endeavours
they only succeeded in saving four out of the five of the
crew, and two of them, a Mr. Dixon, and we believe a
Mr. Mould, of Chester, in an almost senseless state.
The remaining one, a fine young boy, who acted as
coxswain, Mr. Wm. Henry Brown, son of the late Mayor
of Chester, was drowned. The body had not been recovered
at the time we left, which was about half-past three.

ROUSE OF LORDS.—Last Night.

Dissenters Chapels Bill.

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that their lordships
should agree to the amendments made by the House of
Commons in the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and, address-
ing himself to an anticipated motion by the Bishop of
London, that the amendments should be considered that
day three months, recounted the several stages in which
the general principle of the bill had been affirmed in either
house; and after showing that the amendment's them-
selves were of so trivial a character as by no means to
affect the general character of the bill, called upon their
lordships to refrain from stultifying themselves and cast-
ing such a slight upon the House of Commons as the
adoption of the proposed motion would involve.
The Bishop of LONDON moved that the bill be read a
third time that day three months.

.....
The right rev. prelate was opposed by Lords BROUG-
HAM and COTTENHAM and the Bishops of DURHAM and
NORWICH ; and, although Lord RODEN warmly con-
demned the bill, and expressed deep regret that a Con-
servative Government should have brought forward a
measure so essentially un-Conservative, the Lord Chan-
cellor's motion was carried by a majority of 202 to 41.

MURDER.-- On Friday a sheriff-officer, named George
Murdoch, went, in the course of his duty, to leave an ar-
restment of wages against a man in the dye-works at
Govan, when, as is said, he was roughly ust d. On the
following day, however, he proceeded to lift the sum which
had been so arrested, when, according to our informa-
tion, the work-people threw the officer down into a vat,
and struck and stoned him, in consequence of which he
died on Sunday morning.—Glasgow poper.
CURIOUS LOCALITY FOR A NEST.--A small steamer,
the Clarence, lies at Annan Waterfoot, and plies between
it and Port Carlisle, in the way of tugging vessels. A pair
of swallows built their nest last year under the sponsons
of one of the paddle-wheels, not more than three feet
above the water, and succeeded in bringing forth their
young. There they are this summer again. During neap
tides the Clarence plies every other day, and often every
day. When she leaves the Waterfoot, the birds leave her,
and keep on the Scotch side ; and then when she returns,
and is nearing Annan, the swallows invariably meet her,
and accompany her to her berth.

GRAND CHRISTENING AT BLENHEIM PALACE.—The
infant Earl of Sunderland, the first born of the Marquis
and Marchioness of Blandford, was baptised at the palace
chapel, Blenheim, last week. The Marchioness of Lon-
donderry presented the child at the font, who was named
George Charles, the names of his paternal and maternal
grandfathers. Besides the sponsors, there were also pre-
sent the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Spen-
cer Churchill, Lady Caroline Stewart, Lord A. Churchill,
and Lord Seaham. The font, richly embossed silver gilt,
was presented by the Marquis of Londonderry to the in-
fant earl, his first grandson.
DISGRACEFUL ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.--On Thurs-
day, a man named William White was brought before
Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged
with an indecent assault on a lady named Cartwright, in
Great Ancoats-street. It appeared that the prisoner had
twice knocked her down without the least provocation,
and that he and another man (not in custody) had attacked
a number of other females, lifting their clothes, throwing
them down, and assaulting those who came to their as-
sistance. The prisoner was fined £7 10s. for the two as-
saults proved, and, in default, to be committed to hard
labour for two months.
FATAL ACCIDENTIN A STONE-YARD INMANCHESTER.
—On Tuesday last, while aman named Gaylor was engaged
in Mr. Routledge's stone-yard, Trafford-street, Albion-
street, in turning a large block of stone, by means of crab
and chain, on a temporary railway, the stone went down
on its side with greater force than was expected, forcing
out of his hand the handle of the windlass, which struck
him violently, so that he fell amongst some other large
stones, had his skull fractured, and died instantly. The
machinery was stated to be good, and bad deceased held
the windlass handle with both hands, he might have saved
himself. On the inquest the jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

Form LIVES LOST.—On Monday last very great ex-
citement was created in the neighbourhood of Beaufort,
by a report that a great many miners had been carried
out of the " old coal " mines in a state of suffocation,
caused by the noxious effluvia emitted by the subterra-
nean fire still burning in the workings, in spite of the
efforts made to drown and smother it ; but its further
progress has by these means been considerably checked.
On inquiry it was found that the whole had been reco-
vered, with the exception of four individuals, who had
been so long exposed to the deadly influence of the gas,
as to preclude all hopes of saying them.—Hereford paper.

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—The following
was the verdict returned at the inquest. "We are unani-
mously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget
Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by the explosion
of the steam .boiler at Mr. Brook's mill ; that the said
boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too
great ; and that George Branscome has caused the explo-
sion. We are also of opinion that due care has not been
andused
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mitted to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription
was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families
of the deceased, and the sum of £8 10s. was handed to
the coroner as the commencement of a subscription for
that purpose.

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-office, *Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-THIS DAY.

A very quiet market to-day; the demand will not ex-
ceed 1200 or 1500 bales, at yesterday's prices, with a
dull and heavy feeling.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, This DAY.

(From Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.)

The receipts into this port Coastwise and from Ireland
furnish a moderately fair supply of Grain and Flour ; and
united to considerable arrivals flowing in daily from
abroad, especially of Wheat and Flour, the total imports
since this day week amount to 23,307 qrs. of the former,
with 6,788 sacks and 38,954 barrels of the latter; besides
3,384 qrs. of Barley.
Occasional showers in this district in the course of last
week, a copious steady rain for about ten hours on Satur-
day, and more again yesterday morning, followed by a
brisk drying wind, have proved a seasonable relief to all
the growing crops ; which are greatly improved, and if
favoured with fine weather, promise a much more pro-
ductive harvest than was 'previously anticipated. These
superabundant accessions, and a return of fine clear
weather, have produced, not only increased dullness at
this day's market, but a further decline in the value of
most articles of the trade. Having few millers in attend-
ance, and those exercising caution, the sales of Wheat
were very limited in amount, and all descriptions of Eng-
lish, Irish, and Foreign receded 2d. to 3d. per 701bs. from
the terms of this day se'nnight.—English and Irish Flour
in consequence, being more difficult to sell, an abatement
of 6d. to Is. per sack was submitted to ; and Canadian
barely supported the reduced rates of Friday.
Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to be
nearly without inquiry, and were offered, with very little
effect, at a decline of fully ls. per quarter.

Oats, participating in the general languor, were ld. per
45 lbs. cheaper, and small retail sales only practicable.
Oatmeal was also 6d. per 2401b5. lower, at which, how-
ever, about 3,000 loads were cleared off by consumers.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the gth to the 15th July, 1844, inclusive,

IRE- COAST- irANAnA; FO-
LAND. WISE. i- i REIGN. TOTAL.
Wheat .. Ors. 1320 283 4425 17079 23307
Barley Qrs. 14 3370 3384
Malt Qrs. 65 3011 3076
'Oats Qrs. 4700 710 5410
Rye Qrs. 4 4
Beans Qrs. 150 20 170
Pease Qrs. 20 112 132
ShelledßarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs. 150 155
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads 1015 3 1918
Flour. ....Sacks 6735 53 6788
Ditto Brls. ' 93 60063 22798 38854

93
Into Runcorn, Ireland a
qrs.; Oatmeal, loads;

all Coast'
; Flour,

60063 22798
ice.—Malt, qrs. Oats,
sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats.
qrs. ; Pease, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal,
loads ; Flour, 771 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, 45 qrs. ; Bar-
ley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, 20
qrs. ; Oatmeal, 240 Ids ; Flour, 20 sks. brls.—Coastwise.
Wheat, 158 qrs. ; Barley, 2g qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, 119
qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 20 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 601 loads ;
Flour, 445 sacks 836 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 6, 1544.
Wheat 555. Bd. I Barley 345. sd. I Oats ..225. 11d I Rye 335. Od.
Beans.. 38s. 24. I Pease.. 363. 6d.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat 55s 84 I Barley 32s 64 I Oats 22s 54. I Rye 343 Id.
Beans.. 363. lid. j Pease.. 345. Ild.
Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheatl7s Od I Barley 6s Od I Oats .... 6s Od Rye.. 8s 6d
Beans Os 6d I Pease.. 8s 64 I Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour 10s 2d
Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.. Is. Od. Barley.. Os. tid. I Oats .. is. 6d. I Rye., is 6d
Beans Os. 6d I Pease Os. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour .. Os 7441
Liverpool Averages, week ending 11th July, 1844.
Wheat, 641 qrs., price, 475. 4d.; Barley, —qrs., price, os. Od.;
Oats, 97 qrs., price 20s. 4d.; Beans, 20 qrs., price 375. Od.;
Pease, qr., price os Cd.
Duties paid in Liverpool, for week ending 11th July, 1844.
FOreign—Wheat, 4386 qrs. ; Barley, 55 qrs.; Beans, 1058 qrs ;
Pease, 137 qrs. ; Flour, brls.
Colonial—Wheat, Wheat, 4250 qrs.; Oatmeal, loads; Flour,
10,032 brls.

THE INDIGO SALES.—The quarterly sale of Indigo
commenced on Tuesday. The quantity declared, includ-
ing 999 chests of goods left over from former sales,
amounted to 15,146 chests. The qualities of the Bengal
are in the proportion of two-thirds good and middling.
and one-third fine and ordinary, being in the whole 11,587
chests. The attendance from the continent was more
numerous than usual, and very fair also from the manu-
facturing districts. The bidding soon became spirited at
from 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower than the April sale prices
for Bengal; 2d. and 3(1. for Madras and Kurpah, and
about the April prices for Oude ; 875 chests passed the
sale, and of which 51 were withdrawn, and only 25 chests
bought in by the exposers. At the Indigo sale on Wed-
nesday, 1,085 chests were gone through, making a total
of 1,950 chests, of which 52 have been withdrawn, and
118 bought in. Prices ruled much the same as on Tues-
day, excepting for the better qualities, which were rather
lower. At the sale on Thursday 802 chests were gone
through at the previous day's prices, making a total to
this time of 3,859 chests, of which 195 have been with-
drawn, 192 bought in, and 3,485 sold. The sales were to
be resumed again yesterday, and continue about a fort-
night.

HORSE FAIR TRICK.—At the late Chester fair, the
servant man of Townshend Ince, Esq., of Christleton,
was sent by his master to the fair to sell two horses; the
prices being about £lO for one, and £l5 for the other.
While looking out for a customer, a stranger came up to
him and said, " Oh, you have two horses to sell, I sup-
pose ; what's the price?" The servant man informed him,
upon which the stranger replied that he had a very good
carriage horse to dispose of, for which he had just been
bidden £3O, but for certain reasons he did not wish to
transact business with the bidder. He offered, however,
to make an exchange with the servant man, and give him
£2 for his trouble. Having stepped aside, another fellow
then came up, and asked if he was going to exchange his
horses for the one belonging to the man who had just left
him ; and telling him also that if such were the case he
would give him £3O for the horse. In the course of a very
short time the exchange was made, and the three pro-
ceeded to the Swan public-house to close the sale for the
single horse. After they had conversed a short time, the
sharper suddenly recollected that he had not a receipt
stamp in his pocket, and requested the servant man to go
out and fetch one. He accordingly did so, but it is al-
most needless to say that when he returned the three
rogues were gone, leaving a poor old hack behind them
hardly worth a groat.
SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP.—An in-
quest was held on Friday last, before the coroner of
Herts, on the body of a child of tender age named James
Dyce, who was suffocated in one of the kitchen flues at
Goldings, the seat of Lord Reay, near Hertford. It ap-
peared that the father of the deceased had been employed
to clean the flues by the machine ; but having experienced
some difficulty in freeing one of the flues from the soot,
made the child go in to clean the soot from the ledges.
After the boy had been up some minutes be called out to
his father that he could ascend no higher. The father
told him to go up to the top, and he would himself go up
the great kitchen chimney and bring hicri down. The
poor little fellow then found that he could neither ascend
nor descend, and his piteous cries induced the servants to
send for a bricklayer. A breach was made in the wall, at
the spot whence the sounds proceeded, but upwards of
four hours elapsed before the flue was discovered. The
child was then quite dead. The child had got into a
shaft, not intended for a flue, having no outlet, and to
which no fireplace was attached. It was presumed that
he had slipped into the aperture, and was suffocated in
the soot. The coroner told the father that he was at
first disposed to treat it as a case of manslaughter, and
undoubtedly had the child been compelled to enter the
flue by threats it would have amounted to that offence.
The father had, however, rendered himself liable to a fine
of £lO for an infringement of the act of parliament ; a
punishment wholly inadequate to the offence. The jury
returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A SHOOTING GALLERY.—
On Saturday week, a respectable-looking young man,
Touchet, was charged, at the Bow-street Police-office,
with shooting Thomas Smith, a gunsmith, at 28%High
aged 22, who gave his name as the Hon. William Ross
tiat
Holborn, with intent to murder him. It appeared
latter to
of Mr. Smith's shop, where, after askingthehad two shots,
the prisoner had gone into a shooting gallery
shoot with him at the target, and having had
while Mr.
he, without saying a word, turned round,
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that answera cbke
Smith was loading another pistol,
d wounded him in the
him, he fired the pistol at him atn e
b was shot in the back,
loins. Mr. Smith exclaimed taha
d done it for, but
and asked prisoner what he had
taken into custody by a
was given. The prisoner
said he was tired of his life,
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police-officer, to whom
purpose, as hey,w
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and had shot Mr.
had spoken truly, and repeated
Smithrepeated to another part
hanged. This he f to Mr. Smith. In reply to ques-
tions bore no animo i
Twyford, the sitting magistrate, prisoner
with is back. towards.
said
that the . .
done it in order that he might be hanged,
that he had . .
t he lived in lodgings by himself in Weymouth-
adding that
, Portland-street; that be was single, had enough
Weymouth-
street, and had not been ill or had fever, but, for a
variety of reasons, was very unhappy. It was directed
that inquiry should be made respecting him, and, as it
tions by Mr.
was certified that Mr. Smith was not out of danger, he
was remanded for a week. The prisoner, it was soon
afterwards found, is a younger brother of the present
Lord Audley. In the afternoon, Lord Audley, accom-
paniedwitnesses
by the constable who apprehended the prisoner,
arrived at the court, evidently much affected at the ac-
count he had received of his brother's conduct. He en-
tered into a long conversation with Mr. Twyford on the
bench, the particulars of which did not transpire. Mr.
Smith is still in considerable danger, and Mr. Touchet
has been further remanded until the unfortunate gentle-
man is able to appear.

July 16, 18-07_

METHOP OF CURING OBSTINATE HORSES.--A fet
days ago, as n carter was proceeding on the York road
near Doncaster, with a load of stones, his horse rnad!!
sudden stop, and refused, even after a most tiomercifol
whipping, to proceed. A gentleman told the infuriated
carter he must not beat him any more. " What shall
do ?" said the man " my horse has stood here upwarti;,
of an hour ; shall I stand here all day ?" " no; ~e„
horse must go, but you must not beat him any inch,
Get .me a rope twice as long as the horse." The told
obtained, secured to the horse's tail, and then poses
between the legs forwards, after which a slight pull g
given. The animal was frightened, and showed stOenci
symptoms of kicking, hut the pulling was contiall
Suddenly he started forward, and went off without s%
more beating. The gentleman said he had seen the seat
method tried, with a similar effect, on the most refractor)
asses ever bred. If this fact is disputed by those Who t
have obstinate horses or asses, let them try the experiment'
DISAPPOINTED LOVE AND REI,ENGE.—In the cooll.l
of the past week the imprisonment of a young, hoodooer
and accomplished lady of 21 years of age, took place 'l'l4
der the following circumstances, and that on the steps'
the house of one of the highest law officers of the er°/film;
This well born and highly educated young woman hos,':g
three years, exercised her musical talents for the parr::
of aiding in the means of supporting her mother and
ters, whose fortunes were lost by their father's unsuceesS•
ful speculations. A music seller from time to time ,r
plied her with music for her professional uses, but alics„r
sent much more than was desired. The personal OW'
and talent of the lady had attracted the music seller's 13T
tice, and he avowed himself, to her great astonishme,"
her admirer; his suit was calmly rejected, the lady bel,
engaged to an officer of rank. On hearing this, the must
seller demanded instant payment of his money, accolnl*
nying it with a writ. Expostulation was used, the MI;
cessary part of the music sent without orders offered to
returned, and the remainder paid for. During this eel:
respondence the action was continued, judgment obtoinr,
execution against the person issued ; and the young Isuii
taken from the steps of one of the highest law officers °a
the crown, where she was about to attend her pupils, an,
carried to a sponging house in Chancery-lane, and befo"
the affair could be settled three days elapsed.—Times•
The new charter of the Bank of England will be in ftl
operation in the course of a few weeks from the prese"
time. The part of the bill which most engages the attl:
tion in the monetary circles is, that more than seven In
lions of Bank of England notes are to be cancelled on cif
before so early a time as the 10th day of October; for,
though notes are to be allowed to be issued in the proof:
tion of two-thirds to the amount of bullion, the amolni`
so issued may be very insufficient to counteract the with'
drawal of so immense a sum on the securities, as meal
circumstances may occur to diminish extensively before
that time the present amount of bullion in the bank.
dependence on the amount of bullion for all Bank of Eng;
land notes beyond the small and entirely insuffieje°
amount of £14,000,000, with the additional restraints 00
the provincial bankers from issuing notes for the sulll,nl 1,1,
of the trade of the country, and filling up the chasm
the circulation, is viewed by many parties as full of 111!,.
certainty in its operation, for the present excess'"
amount of bullion appears to have been relied upon ass
pable of permanency, or that permanently £10,000,r,
can be retained, the sum aimed at by Sir Robert Peel,
though the public witnessed, in 1836, the withdrawal 0
bullion so rapidly, and in defiance of all the exertions °/
the directors, that only about one million of soverer:
remained in the Bank. It is not doubted that the e
of such a dependence must produce great irregularities r,
the price of commodities, when the bullion may vary 1:
amount from £16,000,000 to £1,000,000, and no perso7
perceives any power in Sir Robert Peel to keep the arn000;
stationary at £10,000,000, as he has promised the Hou.s:
of Commons within the last few days.—Midland Counts°
Herald.

THE NAVY.—A discussion was last week excited is
the House of Commons by the Prince de Joinville's fire;
brand pamphlet, addressed the other day to the war-part)
in France. SaiiwnrrrthoieaCngßhe.hao,,rles Napier, Lord Minto, and NO:
Shiel, roundly rated the government for maintaining s."
inadequate naval force. This on the part of the whigs ist
passing strange and not a little impudent. The complaint,
against the whig government in 1839, was, that they had
no vessels in reserve ; and that the dock-yards were i°
such a decayed and inefficient state that no addition 0
the force afloat could be made in any reasonable time'
Now, however, it would appear "27 sail of the line 1
actually' ready for service, and independently of these
sail of the line, of which six are three-deckers, and thil
of 92 guns, complete for commissioning, without the aid
of a shipwright, and irrespective of the frigates our
smaller vessels, altogether 50 sail, we have in two of O.ta
ports no less than three 3-deckers, one 84, three 78's,ar
five 72's, 13 sail of the line, four 50-gun frigates, ten 44!!'
three 26's, and a dozen sloops of war, which•would ong
require docking, to be coppered, and small repairs, to
_a
ready for sea." The complaint against the whigs was
not only that the vessels afloat were only half rriannP"
and badly " found," and that there was no adequate Pro"
vision for a reinforcement in an emergency, but it Wie
alleged against them, and proved too, that in no sing,ea
department were the dock-yards in an efficient Eta' h
The staff of artificers had become incompetent thrnqh
reduction or the application of a pinching economy, vll'7
occasioned able workmen to abandon their employnae°at
The store departments were reduced to such a state,
materialsat
mwaesrecshtieeaflEny -vessels at one time there was not sufficient timber and „,
on hand to build and fit out one ship. With regard to
the number of ships in commission at the present timer
compared with the number in 1841, the close of misrule,
we find that, although at peace, we have more 50-01
ships, and more of each of the other classes of frigate,'
awcnho
di:
Commons,
oewnne
se have aofvoner
cnmeesa,ornwl ydea2yo,
class. As, however, the comparison in the H's.e--°
may state that all the Frenigtlistal;
of battle ships now in existence amount to but twenty
WRIT OF ERROR.—On Tuesday morning Mr. Kelly
resumed his address, which lasted till four o'clock. He
concluded by saying that their lordships would not per-
mit the provisions of an important act of parliament, 10"
der which the jurors were chosen, who were to try a mail'
it might be, for his life, to be violated, but they would re,'
quire it to be strictly complied with. He submitted 0_
their lordships upon this ground, as upon all the otb_a_
grounds mentioned in the course of the argument, that th?
defendants not having had that to which every BritiS!
subject was entitled, in every trial, civil or criminal—the'
is, not having had a fair trial by law—were entitled 0
claim the benefit of the error upon the record, and to sub-
mit to their lordships that this judgment ought to be r,e,'
versed. Those were the grounds upon which they sub'
mitted that this judgment was erroneous ; and they We;
mitted, with all confidence, to their lordships, that uper
all, or some of them, the judgment must be reverse°.•
(This closed the case for the traversers.) After a shot'
consultation between their lordships, they adjourned 0,0;
til six o'clock.—At a few minutes past six o'clock, We
judges having taken their seats, counsel and agents wet/
again called in.—The Attorney-General, on the part e;
the crown, addressed the court, and spoke up to the her;
at which their lordships adjourned till Tuesday. u,;,
Tuesday morning the Attorney-General continued °'.,
arguments, and concluded at two o'clock, by maintaining
that the judgment was correct and legal. The Attorney'
General for Ireland (Mr. T. B. C. Smith) followed, 501,
spoke until a quarter-past five. An adjournment toe
place till half-past six, when the counsel for the plaintiffs;
Sir T. Wilde, Mr. M. D. Hill, and Mr. Kelly, wee
heard in reply. The latter had not closed at a quarter'
past eleven, when their lordships adjourned to Wednesday
morning, when Mr. Fitzroy Kelly resumed his argument'
and concluded his address at a quarter before three o ciao;
by stating that his clients felt satisfied that their lordships
decision would be founded on justice. The Attorney'
General said, he believed the Crown had the right Olt.,
final reply, but he would not press it on this occasion; 11
wished, Ir,wever, that it should not be drawn into a Pre;
cedent. The Lord Chancellor then said, that in conjuril
tion with his learned and noble friends, he had prepay
certain questions for the opinion of the Queen's judg;
which his lordship handed to the Lord Chief Justi,,,
Tindal. Lord Chief Justice Tindal,. on the part of ti:a
judges, asked time to consider the questions. The 1.1°).1
Chancellor: "Most certainly, you must be allowed a
reasonable time to consider your decision." The bons/
immediately afterwards adjourned.
,„ ..,
APPALLING MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SulclD. i
A tragical occurrence took place in Salford on Sunda)
night last,—the murder of a female by a man, with wl°,:a
she had been on the point of marriage, and the attetnl,"
self-destruction of the murderer. The name of the Wli
fortunate victim was Alice Nolan, about thirty years fo
age, who supported herself by working as a reeler. St,
was, we believe, a native of St. Helens. The name of t',,
perpetrator of the horrid deed is Thomas Stew, a 015_1;
about 29 or 30 years of age, and has alternately followed
the occupations of a carter and
vator. He is stated to be a native of Nantwich. Cheshir I
that on Sunday last, he ansdfetw!eheweyeadhoreau.dcd‘ sseneaftaarsOavekitdgheaanse ptrpo
ar 'n_ :
and
but for some time past, has lived in Salford. It appears'
that ersoan gnamed
part of the day together,h
inn
the
and ten o'clock at night'
Shepherd, and left betwteerems,
he accompanying her on the
apparently on friendly
The previous night at the earn/
way to her lodgings.
.. ....
house, the deceased was heard to express her disaperu
the banns
time ; and on Sunday they were heard conversing on the
time
Sgtheepswawlkheicdha
same subject. About ten o'clock the deceased was seer,"
in a shocking manner by a young woman named Mary Barlow coming fr°,o-
- that she staggered, and had her hand placed uP,4I
then „rit
An alarm '
was given, and several persons ran to the rep
to render assistance, but she died in about ten minu"-h0
without being able to speak. The young woman wt •
first saw the deceased perceived no one near her ; but
very short time elapsed before all doubt as to the Int,i,
trator of the murder was dispelled, by the attempted
tide of Stew, the man who had accompanied her Rae'
Shepherd's house. It appears that after cutting the /1
ceased's throat, he returned back to the house where si•
had spent the day ; and, on arriving at the door, en!isitl
own throat, but not so as to occasion death. Surgical to
was procured as soon as possible, and he was conveie,,,r
the Royal Infirmary, where he now lies in a very Pro'ell
rious state, the chances of his recovery being eztletelf
doubtful. We understand that his windpipe is comp .01,
cut through, but the large blood vessel was not diva all'
eetakrhl
eti dhff throat
00.
asstt
bloodar
weyfl
eaotwas discovered
thatadinni
sgdch
ofterhvoeemr
from
young
eundts
ht publishing
oow ricb iooeet
103, c;li;el.f.
nately refused to take food, though he afterwards clanr%o
al3Hgreajighngas'tss-ansetdrvieefoerrtn:b, been able to speak since, and at first o_.e4
in that respect. A razor was found near the door 0t,t7,•
s
house where be cut his throat, and the razor has odsf
been identified as one which he borrowed on ouias•
afternoon, under pretence that he wanted to share ;act.;
self. He was not intoxicated at the time of the elit. 0,0
and, from the facts which have so far come to lig ;JO+
motive can be assigned for the commission of the dreg tO
acts above described, except the refusal of the decettoi
marry him. A verdict of wilful murder was re'"
against him at the coroner's inquest.