The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-04 00:00:00

and enduring fertilizing qualities over a period of three
years.

One great advantage of guano over farm-yard manure,
is the much smaller bulk of it required to produce the
effect, so that a great expense in carriage, particularly to
remote farms, is saved. It also requires much less ex-
penditure of labour in its application.
We are not aware how far it is equally applicable to all
sorts of soils, or whether it be equally suitable for all
sorts of grasses ; but as the trials we have alluded to have
been made in various parts of the nursery of nearly 100
acres in extent, of considerable diversity of soil, and none
of it of the very best, and in a great variety of crops, the
probability is, that it will be found of general and advan-
tageous effect wherever common manure can be benefi-
cially applied. Its import will give much additional em-
ployment to our shipping; and it has already reduced the
price of farm-yard manure, in this part of the country, no
less than 3s. a ton, which itself is equal to a large reduc-
tion of rent.

CHARGE OF ATTEMPT TO MURDER UPON

THE HIGH SEAS.

Last Saturday, as we stated in our last, a seafaring man
named William Draper, applied to the magistrates for a
warrant against John Mackenzie, whom he charged with
having attempted to kill him when he (Draper) lay with a
vessel of which he was master in the river of Savannah.
A warrant was immediately granted; and on Tuesday
Mackenzie was brought up before Mr. Rushton. The
complainant stated that the prisoner was owner of the
Sophia, of which complainant was captain. They sailed
from London on the 10th Feb. last, and arrived at Sa-
vannah on the 2nd April. Knowing that the vessel was
to return to Liverpool, the prisoner insured her in the
name of another party; going on board himself, in the
first instance, as a man before the mast, but acting as
owner during the voyage. In going up the Savannah
River, the vessel got aground, and considerable damage
was done. She was repaired ; and, on his (complainant's)
refusing to sign the carpenter's bill, on the ground that it
was false, the bill having been produced by the prisoner,
he received from him the wounds described.—Mr. Rush-
ton asked the prisoner whether he had any questions to
ask the complainant; to which he replied, that his prin-
cipal witness was not here, and could not come till four
o'clock.—Mr. Rushton said he should be sent for. Mr.
Rushton observed that this was a serious accusation.—
The prisoner: It is not a true one; it is as false as ma-
lice can invent.—The carpenter of the Sophia, evidently
in a state of excitement, here rushed forward, and pre-
senting a letter to the court, said, that will tell you what
he is : he (the prisoner) is a d—d rascal and nothing
else.—A threat from Mr. Rushton to fine him, if he
swore again, restrained the carpenter from further vio-
lence ; and, on inquiry, it appeared that his complaint
had nothing to do with the present charge.
Eventually he was remanded.
On Wednesday the prisoner was again placed at the
bar. Mr. Owen, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the
presecution, Mr. Davenport for the prisoner.
Mr. Davenport asked permission to cross-examine the
captain.
The captain was placed in the witness box, and said, in
answer to questions from Mr. Owen, that the prisoner
asked him to sign the document several times previously
to the interview when he cut him with the razor.
In answer to Mr. Davenport, the captain gave the fol-
lowing testimony :—The prisoner is owner of the vessel,
and my own agreement was made with him.
Mr. Rushton : What was he on board?