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

AN ORATORICAL CLIMAX.—Among the splendid displays
forensic eloquence which distinguished the trial of Queen
•

Caroline, the most impassionate burst
speech of Mr. Brougham, when insisting
question Mr. Powell as to who his client, the prosecutor,was
At the conclusion of his speech, Brougham dashed down hi:
brief, and rushed with indignation from the hir of thphmice

s in the short

on his right to

assing out Lord Landerdal

topped him, saying,

3g to now

" To. -have a mutton

was the hurried whisper of the infuriated orator

first planting of Christianity in this country,

walch were then desert, or at most only co-
vered by obscure hamlets with few inhabitants, have become
changed into towns, more populous than any which at that
-;od existed. If it were proper then to plant Bishops at
--, Norwich, Chester, Worcester, &c., it has
surely become ten fold more necessary since, to plant them
at Portsmouth, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Shef-
field, &c. Instead of finding Bishoprics too numerous now,
as our Ecclesiastical " Reformers" have done ; truly en-
lightened Christian legislators would have trebled ther num-
ber. Among the many bad deeds of Henry VIII. let it be
remembered to his credit, that he intended to have placed
Suffragan Bishops in all the large towns without summoning
them to Parliament.

Winches

THE HARDSHIPS OF A PARLIAMENTARY WHIPPER-IN•
" Voting by the eye" is a common phrase in the House of
minor , and is night after night reduced to practice. It
sist in the members following their leader, without
'ightest knowledge of the question upon which

Cornmons,

aving the sl

:he division takes place ; in fact, their eye points at the
eader, and their vote follow the eye. The division-bell
- hurries a hundred or two from Bellamy's, who now
ig whatever of what's going on in the house: they ac-
A. story was told of a gentle-

not
cording!

vote by the eye

man, who was whip-per-in in Pitt's time, and subsequently in
that of Mr. Percival. He complained of Mr. Percival being
"Now," he used to say, "we could always

a short man

see which way Pitt went, for he was a tall fellow ; but that
little Percival is lost to the view in the crowd, and our men
have often to vote by guess-work; and there/s no end to the

AN AFFECTING SCEN

e late G

ieorge

or, as modern magniloquence will have it, governor—of Kil-
mainham, was a blunt, kind-hearted Northumbrian, who had
witnessed many affecting scenes in his time. Being required
to mention the incident, connected with capital punishments,
which had most affected him during his long experience, he
selected one so simple, and so touching, as proves him to
have been possessed not only of very tendr feelings, but of a
most correct and delicate judgment. At the last interview
between a condemned criminal and his wife, their child—a
bonny wee thing, just beginning to prattle—was playing about

. _
the cell. Her eie was caught by the glitter of the bolts
which confined the father's legs, and she cried out, in blissful
ignorance of their use—" Oh, daddy, daddy, what pretty
things ! You never wore these at home." " Many a sad
thing I have seen," said the honest gaoler, " and many a
bitter cry I have beard within these walls ; but never one
that made me blubber like a child tilt then. The mother,
sir, and the poor fellow himself—Oh, sir, it was terrible—
terrible."— Thies Magazine.

THE FRUITS OF AFFGHANISTAN.—Regarding the fruits
of Affghanistan, I should not be believed were I to state the
truth. Selected grapes off a bunch of those in the Kohistar

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have been known to weigh 200 grains; the largest I ever
weighed myself was 127 grains. It was the kind denominated
the bull'g eye by the English; I believe the natives call it
the Hoosseinee-Angoor ; its form is nearly round, and the
taste very luscious ; it is of a kind not generally purchasable.
At Kardunah they grow in great perfection. Those I ate
were sent as a present from a native gentleman to Captain
Sturt, as were also some very delicious pears from Turkistan.
The largest peaches I have myself weighed turned the scale
at fifteen rupees, and were fully equal in juciness and flavour
to those of the English hothouse. The finest sort are in the
Kohistan, but are so delicate they will not bear carriage to
Cabul. I have been assured by my friends who have been
there in the peach season, that the best fruit of the kind at
my table was quite inferior to those above mentioned. The
Orleans blue plum is excellent. There is a green one re-
sembling in appearance a greengage, but very tasteless.
There are also many other kinds, with a great variety of
melons, water, musk, and surda, which is accounted the
best.—Lady Sale's Journal.

FOSSILS IN AMERICA.—Near Zanesville, a great number
of interesting fossil remains are found, of which my son
made a large collection, by a day's active search along the
banks of the canal, which has been cut through a bed of
sandstone rock some years since, and thus exposed these
hidden treasures. The people here feel no interest what-
ever in such relics of earlier ages •, and therefore large quan-
tities of these remains lie scattered almost unheeded. They
are chiefly, though not entirely, vegetable, and mostly of
tropical trees and plants ; some shells and fishes are also
found among them. Among the specimens we obtained
were those of the bamboo-cane, of the Oriental palm-tree,

of the cedar cane, and of ferns ; with several fossil shells,
One piece was peculiarly interesting, as exhibiting the pro-
cess by which wood is converted into coal. The outer por-

Ton of this piece was rough bark, like that of the common
)ine of the Southern States, nearly fossilized ; the inner
:oating next beyond this had its woody or fibrous texture
carcely changed and the interior part within this, consti-

t'uting the heart of the tree, was highly charred, or carbo-
nized, as if by the operation of fire, and possessed all the
compactnesssolidty, and shining appearance of ordinary
o
hams America—Third Series.
c coal.—Buckingham
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LADY SALE'S COMPANIONS.—The ladies were mostly
travelling in kajavas, and were mixed up with the baggage
and column in the pass ; here they were heavily fired upon.
M any camels were killed. On the camel were, in one kajava,
Mrs. Boyd and her youngest boy Hugh; and on the other
Mrs. Mainwaring and her infant, scarcely three months old,
and Mrs. Anderson's eldest child. This camel was shot.
Mrs. Boyd got a horse to ride ; and her child was put on
another behind a man, who being shortly after immediately
killed, the child was carried off by the Affghans. Mrs.
Mainwaring, less fortunate, took her awn baby in her arms.
Mary Anderson was carried off in the confusion. Meeting
with a pony laden with treasure, Mrs. M. endeavoured to
mount and sit on the boxes, but they upset • and, in the
, pony and treasure were left behind ; and' the untortu-
pursued her way on foot, until after a time an
Afghan asked her if she was wounded, and told her to mount
behind him. This apparently kind offer she declined, being
fearful of treachery ; alleging as an excuse that she could not
Hate lady
sit behind him, on account of the difficulty of holding her
child when so mounted. This man shortly after snatched her
shawl off her shoulders, and left her to her fate. Mrs.
Ni.,, sufferings were very great r and she deserves much
t credit h
h
for
having preserved her child through theca dreadful
She not only had to walk a considerable distance
w
fire,
about
e v e andr,
got several
eruhild in her arms through the deep snow, but had
also to pick her way over the bodies of the dead, dying, and
wounded, both men and cattle, and constantly to cross the
streams scenes.i-
of water, wet up to the knees, pushed and shoved
by men and animals, the enemy keeping up a sharp
persons being killed close to her. She,
however,
safe to camp with her child, but had no oppor-
tunity to change her clothes ; and I know from experience,
that it was many days ere my wet habit became thawed, and
•'., appreciate her discomforts.—Lady Sale's Journal. j

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WILKIE'S GOOD-NATURE.-It is related by some who
Wilkie 's fellow students in Edinburgh, that the more
it number, when they saw him musing much,
often tried to tease, but could never perplex,
it, as they said. He received all such inter-
ranquillity of looks ; and, though they some-

or in a stuc

their j

ctical form, he never remon-

1, but was resolved to overcome them
humour, as he seemed determined to

followed him into his two-pair-of
street, they found all in keeping,
sour in the acodemy. The Bible

or two on the wail, a

and The

gs, when he

to a favourite air, were

figures covered with silk, nor

-Idle was

he said, not only

)rushes and

after a useful
othed himself,

lends and hus-

who sat for his s _
Df humour which he desired ; nay

Frans the Wilts and Gloucester Staudord.)

The inquest was adjourned until the following morning
(Wednesday), to receive medical evidence.
Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, the inquiry was re-
newed, when

Mr. Parker, surgeon, Cricklade, said he had examined the
children, and found that the eldest child was a girl about 10
or 11 years old ; she was very much burnt, and in examining
the head, he perceived a severe fracture of the skull on the
left side, which must have been produced by a terrible blow,
as part of the skull was destroycd, which injury was sufficient
to cause death. That morning, the 26th instant, he made a
further examination of the body of the elder child, and found
the membrane covering the brain scorched and burnt, from
being exposed by the loss of the skull; therefore he was of
opinion that the blow was received before the body was re-
moved from the fire. The other children were much burnt ;
but he could say that the blow on the eldest was received
while living.

Mr. C. O. Gilby, surgeon, assistant to Mr. Thos. Taylor,
Cricklade, being sworn, said, I have this day in company
with Mr. Parker made a minute examination of the bodies
of the three children, viz., Caroline, Sarah Ann, and John
Litten. The eldest child was a female, appearing to be about
10 years of age, 1 believe her name was Caroline; she was
burnt quite black in certain parts of the body. On exami-
ning the head I perceived a severe fracture of the skull, on
the left side, which was sufficient to cause death, and must
have been produced by a severe blow, or some heavy sub-
stance falling upon it, and not by the effects of the fire ; part
of the skull was wanting, and upon sponging the blood away
I perceived the membrane lining the brain to be scorched
and burnt, and also the fractured ends of the bone to be
much burnt, which leads me to the opinion that the blow was
received previous to the child's removal from the fire, but
whether before death or after it is impossible for me to say.
The other two children were vary much burnt, but I could
discover no particular marks of violence, with the exception
of a dislocation of the elbow joint of the left arm of the body
girl Sarah Ann, but that might have been done in re-
moving the body from the fire, as all the integuments about
the joints were totally destroyed by the flames.
Two other witnesses supported a portion of Richard
Wheeler's assertions, but neither of them could say that the
father had made, or appeared to have made, any effort to
save the children.

After some deliberation the jury returned a verdict "That
Isaac Litten wilfully set his tent or camp on fire, thereby
causing the death of three of his children."

A young girl unfortunately fell into the Nith, near Dam.
fries, on Tuesday week, whilst raising a small pail at the
water side. She was carried down the river, snd soon sank
to rise no more.

A GANG OF MURDEREES.—The Kilkenny papers give
an account of the capture of a formidable banditti, who
within six months committed the most appalling murders in
that and the neighbouring counties. It appears there is evi-
dence to show that they murdered the late Mr. George
Ilaly, of Johnstown, and after that set fire to the body, to
destroy all traces of the murder. They also murdered Mr.
Mortimer, in Freshford, having hired themselves for a sum
of money for that purpose; they shot General Kearney's
steward, butchered a poor farmer at Hoyne at noon-day in
his own yard, and they closed their sanguinary career by
attempting to assassinate Mr. Shee. •

DISTRESSING CAse.—On Wednesday last Mr. J. W.
Hall, upholsterer, of Hampstead-road, London, threw him-
self from the second floor window of his house whilst in a
state of delirium caused by brain fever. A brother of the
unfortunate gentleman said "on the (lay in question he was
talking to deceased, who had been very violent, when sud-
denly he wrenched off a poultice from his forehead where
leeches had been applied, and, flinging it violently at the
window, sprang out of bed, knocked witness down by a blow
on the face, cried out, " Oh, I am mad, I am mad • I shall
be dead in five minutes," and instantly flew out of the room
up stairs to the front window, whence, before witness could
recover his feet and follow him, deceased had darted into the
street. Witness did not think deceased had been in any
respect neglected during his illness. Deceased was a very
sober, eheerful, industrious man. By the fall his arm and
thigh were broken, and his head fractured."

GLASGOW ASSIZES.—In the Circuit Court of Justiciary,
at Glasgow, on Friday last, Charles Mackay was charged
with the crime of murder, in so far as on the 18th day of
December, 1842, he attacked and assaulted one Catherine
INl`Kechnie, his wife, which violence terminated in her
death. The prisoner pleaded guilty, " but not with intent to
murder. This plea was rejected by the Advocate• Depute,
and the case went to trial. After the examination of several
witnesses, Lord Meadowbank summed up the evidence, and
the jury having retired about 20 minutes, returned with a
verdict, finding Mackay guilty as libelled. Lord Meadow-
bank then assumed the black cap, and in the most solemn
manner sentenced the prisoner to be executed on Thursday,
the 18th day of May next. The prisoner during the time
the sentence was being passed stood upon his feet, and ex-
hibited considerable firmness. The court was much crowded
during the trial.

STRANGE AFFAIR.—On Monday last, at the Lambeth•
street (London) Police-office, Mrs. Campbell, a midwife,
stated to the magistrate that, on the: 10th of August last, an
elderly gentleman brought to her house a young woman, and
entreated shelter for her as she was very ill, and, in fact, in
labour pains. The g,entlenvin added that they had been on
the ricer together in a steam-boat, and the lady having wit-
nessed an accident it had brought on premature labour. Ap.
plicant, observing that the young woman was momentarily
about to become a mother, took her into her house, and had
scarcely time to prepare the necessary accommodation before
she was safely delivered of a daughter. '9ae gentleman en-
treated that a suitable nurse should be provided for the latter,
the mother not being able, from its premature birth, to suckle
it ; and witness engaged the wife of a mechanic in the neigh-
bourhood to take charge of it, the gentleman agreeing to pay
her 7s. a week for its care. The lady remained at her house
for three weeks, during which time she was constantly visited
by the gentleman in the cloak, whom she represented to be
her uncle, said his name was Williams, and that he was a
grocer in a very extensive way of business. She also said
that her name was Catherine Mills ; that her mother kept the
Union Inn, at Carnarvon, of which place her uncle was the
clergyman ; and that she had a third uncle, the captain and
owner of a vessel. When the lady left applicant's house, the
gentleman gave her £2 for her trouble, and 14s. a-fortnight
had been sent to her for the nurse until the 27th of Novem-
ber, when it had ceased, and from that period to the present
she had not been able to learn anything whatever about them.
On the 24th of November, the lady called and paid the fort-
night's money, and this was the last she saw of her. About
a month after, however, a lady, of middle age and dashing
appearance, called at her house and inquired if she was the
person at whose residence a young lady had been prematurely
delivered of a female infant? She replied in the affirmative,
upon which the lady seemed much rejoiced ; said she had
been anxiously endeavouring to find her out for two months,
and inquired particularly how the baby was. She (applicant)
replied that the little foundling was very well, but she did
not know what she should do with it, as she was accountable
to the nurse for its maintenance, and its mother and her
uncle had neglected to send her any money for several weeks.
The lady, who seemed indignant at her calling the infant a
foundling, said the applicant little knew of the rank and sta-
tion of the young lady, the mother of the infant, and re-
quested she would struggle on a few weeks longer, when she
might rest assured she would be handsomely paid. She also
said that the young lady was the daughter of a lady of for-
tune and station, and was entitled to a fortune when of age
(being now only in her 16th year) of £3OOO per annum, but

had unfortunately become pregnant lly her mother's footboy,
Her mother, on the discovery of the unfortunate affair, had

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I the hulks, and had given the old villain (as she called him) who

had brought the daughter to her (applicant's) house, $2OO,
to procure a proper place for a private accouchement, and
also temporary necessaries for her infant. This information,
from a person of her appearance and address, was such as to
remove her suspicion, and led her to hope that some day or
other she would be paid handsomely for her trouble, and for
weeks and months she continued to pay the nurse a reduced
stipend of three shillings a week. In the meantime her hus-
band had been to all the grocers' shops in and about Hol-
born, in the hope of being able to see Mr. Williams (the
gentleman in the cloak), but was unsuccessful. He had also
vritten to Mr. Williams, the clergyman at Carnarvon, but
hat gentleman said he knew nothing of the parties. The
,agistrate said that he would send to the relieving officer of
he parish, and the applicant was to appear again ou a future
lay.

A labouring man named Isaac Litten, belonging to the
parish of Eisey, and his wife and four children, having been
turned out of their cottage, were sheltering, on the night of
Friday, the 21st ult., in a camp which they had constructed
of hurdles and straw, in Golden Rose-lane, in the above
parish, when about half-past 10 o'clock, the fire not being
properly extinguished, the place ignited. Litten and his wife
escaped unhurt, leaving three of his children, aged respec-
tively ten, seven, and five years, in ths,fiames, without mak-
ing any attempt to rescue them. /Before any assistance
arrived the poor children were burnt to death. On examining
the ground where the fire took place, some blood was dis-
covered; this excited suspicion, and on examination of the
bodies the skull of one of them was found to be fractured.
This added to the suspicious nature of the circumstances,
and the father was immediately taken into custody.
A fearful sensation prevailed, of course, in the parish and
neighbourhood of Eisey, and, in expectation of the coroner,
a large number of respectable persons assembled on Tuesday.
Mr. B. W. Whitmarsh, coroner, having arrived about 3
o'clock, p.m., a jury was immediately sworn, and after view-
ing the bodies and the spot where they were burnt, adjourned
to Mr. Pinniger's, of Seven Bridge Farm, to take evidence.
The father, Isaac Litton, after being warned that any state-
ment he made would be taken down and used as evidence
against him, said—l lived for the last fortnight in a camp,
situated in Golden Rose-lane. I went to bed about a quar-
ter past eight on Friday night; my wife was sitting up in
bed. I came from Wheeler's, where I went to ask him to
take us in, as the policeman had told me I must move before
the next day, or they should take me before a magistrate.
There had been a fire about a yard and a half from the camp.
It was out when I went to bed, and had been ever since seven
o'clock. I undressed myself and got into bed. We burn no
candle. I and my Wife slept inside at the entrance of the
tent and the children at the further end. About ten I was
awoke by sparks of fire falling on my face, I jumped up.
awoke my wife, and ran out, and took hold of the hurdles to
pull it off the children, but in doing so it fell upon them so
that I could not find them. My wife ran for assistance, and
in about five or seven minutes Richard Wheeler came, and
in ten minutes afterwards we found the children. I never
heard them scream or struggle.

The mother, Martha Litten, said,—l and my children
went to bed about eight. My husband was not in. I covered
up the fire with the bricks. He came in about nine with a
lighted candle. I was lying down with my baby on my arm.
I never knew him before that night bring a lighted candle
into the entrance of the camp. I saw him on his knees with
the lighted candle in his hand. He did not get into bed that
night. I fell asleep, and was awoke by some noise. My
husband said, "D— thee, thee beest all afire." He was
then getting off the bed; he ran out, and I followed as soon
as I. could. I did not hear the children scream. I ran away
to call for help with my baby, and did not see him do any-
thing ; he might have saved the children if be bad liked.
Richard Wheeler came with me. When I left, the fire was
only burning on that part which covered us, it was not burn-
ing where the children were.

Richard Wheeler, being sworn, said—When I came from
my work on Friday evening last, a little after night, Isaac
Litten was sitting in my house, in Golden Rose-lane. He
told me the policeman had said he must remove from the
lane on the following morning, or else they should take him
before a magistrate; he asked me if I could take him and his
family in, so that they might lie down. I told him I could
not, as there was only one room in the house ; he said I
might have the hurdles. I said I wanted only mine own; I
should wish him to bring them. He said he would not re-
move a single thing, and that he would set fire to it all first.
Soon after he went away, and took nothing with him from
my house. I then went to bed, and about ten o'clock, as
near as I can tell, I was awoke by the screams of a woman ; I
jumped out of bed and unfastened the window and saw a
light, as if somebody was i❑ flames; I partly dressed, and
ran to the spot, about 60 yards from my cottage, and in the
adjoining parish of Eisey. I found the camp was down and
on fire. I saw Isaac and Martha Litten; the latter was
running about crying for assistance. Isaac was stooping
down, apparently looking for something. I asked him where
the children were ; he pointed to the spot and said, " There."
I then asked him to move the stuff away that I might see
where they were. I pulled them out; they were much burnt
and quite dead. About two o'clock Mr. Pinninger and John
Ball came and assisted, me to remove the bodies into an out
house.

The trade, though generally steady, has not acquired any
improvement of demand ; and during the interval from
Tuesday last, we have to note only retail sales for consump-
tion without, change of prices in any article. In the duties
upon foreign or colonial produce',-no variation has occurred.
Having a very slender attendance of buyers at this day's
market, and no impulse from any quarter calculated to en-
liven the trade, the transactions in Wheat were altogether
very
of th
limiteedst;ooikms in impressed, however,
here, and the continuance of
ever, with the gradual diminu-
tionsmall arrivals, holders generally refrained from pressing bu-
siness,—and in the few sales effected the current rates of
Tuesday were fully maiutained. Flour being evidently less
plentiful, all descriptions of English, Irish, and Foreign were
rather more saleable, and prime qualities the turn dearer.

Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, appeared to command
very little notice ; and merely sustained their former value.
Oats were in slow request, but in consequence of the limit-
ed quantity at hand, our last quotations were steadily main-
tained. Oatmeal, which continued to be taken off very
sparingly, scarcely equalled the terms previously noted.

ARRIV

From the 2d to the

DZSCRIPTION. IRS
LAND

Wheat Qrs.
Barley Qrs.
vtalt
Oats
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs.
Pease . Qrs.
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .... Loads
Flour. Sacks
Ditto . Brls.

ALS OF CORN,

4th May, 1843, inclusive.

COAST- !CAVDA A PO.
TOTAL
WISH. REIGN.

Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Whea
ley, 94 qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, 135 qrs.; Peas
meal, 2562 Ids.; Flour, 110 sacks brls.

Lt,
- qr,

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ;'Barley, 3 qrs.; Oats,
qrs. ; Pease, 1 qr.; Beans, qrs. ; Indian Corn, —yrs. ; Oat-
meal, Ids.; Flour, sacks, 100 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 814
qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Beans, qr. ; Malt, qrs. ; Indian
Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids. • Flour, 20 sacks,
Coastwise. Wheat, 77 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ;
Oats, 12 qrs. ; Rye, 5 qrs. ; Beans, yrs. ; Pease, 7 qrs. ;
Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, los.; Flour, 250 sacks 149
barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for tile week ending April 29, 1943.
Wheat 475. oci. I Barley 28s. 7d. J Oats.. 17s. lid. I Rye.. 293. 3d
Beans.. •Lis. 3d. I Pease.. 28s. 3d.

Aggregate ave-age of the biX weeks

Wheat 465. 4d. f Barley
Beans,

28s. 6,1. f Oats 1;s. 4d. Rye.. 2gs. 2d
265. id. I Pease.. 28s. Od.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week

Wheat 208.0 d. I Barley 9s.Oci. Oats . 8s.0(1. I Rye.. I Is. 6d.
Beans 11s. 60. I Pease.. Ils. I lud.Corn Os. Oti. I Flour 3.25.0 id

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... as. Od. Barley.. 2s. Od. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Bye.— 35. Od.
Beaus.. as. Od Pease.. 3s. Od. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od. Flour 35 Od
Liverpool Averages, week ending May 2, 1843.
,Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease.
4dl 179 918
425. 7d. 318. Od. 15s. 7d. Os. Od. Os. Od.