The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

high, he fell down upon some stones. He was take
borne in a state of insensibility, and died on the followir,

of anodes

BURNT TO DEATH.—On Saturday afternoo

ed female, wag burnt to death in ht
deceased resided in Great Orford-stree

ger, an
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e and found her in flames. The fire was ex.
ut she was severely burnt, and died in r

THE MILITIA.—The following are the qualifications
for holding commissions in the militia : For colonel
£lOOO a-year landed property, or to be heir-apparent to
£2OllO a-year. For lieutenant-colonel £6OO a-year landed

property, or to be heir-apparent to £l2OO a-year

r landed property, or to be heir-appa.
relit to £BOO a-year. For captain £2OO a-year landec
property, or to be heir-apparent to £4OO a year. One.
half of such property must be in the county to which suet

major £4OO R-y

regiment belCmg-s

ANOTHER FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.—On
Friday evening last, at Madelev, which is situate eight
miles south of Crewe, on the Grand Junction Railway,
some children were purloining gunpowder from a barrel
r father's houEe, which was kept for blasting in th
when, accidentally, one of them let a ca

the 1;a;rel, which immediately exploded, and, in a moment
reduced the house to a ruin. The children were seriousl!

injueed, but are expected to recover. The unfortunate
mother, who was in an upper room, was carried up along
with the floor, and was literally shattered to pieces. The
inhabitants of the adjoining cottage were happily out, and
consequently escaped this dreadful catastrophe. There
were thirty-two pounds of gunpowder in the house, the
whole of which exploded. Four of the adjoining cottages
were much damaged.
SEIZURE OF THE BRIG LADY SALE. OF THIS PORT,
DY A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.--‘Considerable sen-
sation has been occasioned in this town amongst the

gaged in the African trade by the illegal
seizure of the brig named, whilst trading on the coast of
Africa for palm oil, ivory, &c. It appears from a French
paper, which first published the account, (substantially
correct), that the vessel, which belonged to the house of
Charles 110

and Son, had been two or three months
in Rio Zaire and Congo to procure palm oil and ivory,
but not being successful, was going to Ambrez to take a
cargo of copal, when she was captured, during the ab-
sence of the captain, by a Portuguese man-of-war, and
afterwards condemed by the Portuguese authorities on the
assumed ground she had on board 26 casks of water,
several bags of rice, and some bars, and that therefore
the probability was that she was a slaver. There was not
the slightest ground for such an imputation. The articles
stated are always taken out by vessels in the legitimate
trade to the coast, and are actually necessary to pursuing
it. The Portuguese judges have been over zealous in their
construction of the slave treaty between the two countries,
and a representation from her Majesty's Government
will, we trust, be promptly attended to by our ancient
ally of Portugal, so that restitution may be made. The
idea of any vessel belonging to Messrs. Horafall being
engaged in the slave trade is, of course,.preposterous.
ATROCIOUS CRUELTY.—At Manchester Police-court,
on Friday, a man and his wife, named Marshall, who
keep a beerhouse in that town, ware brought up kr hav-
ing ill-treated a decrepid old woman, 67 years old, the
mother of the male prisoner. One witness said that he
was passing the house of the prisoners the preceding day,
when lie perceived Marshall's wife swinging found a
double rope, with which she was flogging an old woman,
who appeared to be fastened in a chair. The woman,
after beating the poor old creature with the rope, struck
her with her fist, and afterwards ran at her and kicked her
just underneath the knee. He then tapped at the

in hopes that when the woman found her bruta-
lity was observed she would desist, and his doing so seemed
to have the desired effect. Mr. Beswick, the superin-
tendent of the police, said that be had been to the house,
and found the wretched parent fastened to a chair in the
cellar by an iron chain, which was passed round one of
her firms and waist, and secured through the spindles at
the back of the chair by a padlock Her arms were left
at liberty, but on her hands they had placed a pair of long
gauntlets, formed of strong bed ticking, which came up
to and were fastened at the elbow, the bottom portion or
fringes of these gauntlets being formed of strong leather,
like the shield used by a " hedger and ditcher." The
case was remanded.
LAUNCH.—On Wednesday, the launch of two steamers
took place from Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Co.'s yard,
Pottery. About half-past ten o'clock, everything being
in preparation, the Windsor, for such she was named by
Mrs. Grantham, left her stocks, and glided beautifully

-ixindov

into the water

In a few minutes atterwards the second
cited, and christened by another lady the

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Ajax. The first-named vessel is the property of the City
of Dublin Company, and is intended to ply between this
port and Belfast. She is 200 feet between perpendiculars,
has 20 feet beam, and 16 feet depth of hold ; her extreme
length over all is 230 feet. She was built under the im-
mediate superintendence of Mr. Grantham. The Ajax is
the property of the City of Cork company, andis to be
placed on the station between London and Cork. Her
dimensions are about the same as those of the other ves-
sel, having but five feet more in length, and two inches
in depth of hold. She was built under the direction of
Mr. J. Haseldsp. Both vessels will be fitted up with
engines of 350 horse power, constructed by Messrs. Bury,
Curtis, and Kennedy. These vessels have been erected
in the short space of six months, and being built upon a
different, construction in their fine lines, some interest is
felt as to their sailing qualifications. The keel of another
vessel. the fourth in succession for the same City of Cork
Company, is about to be laid by Messrs. Vernon, which,
we understand, is to be of less tonnage than either of the
vessels launched on Wednesday, and is to be provided
with engines of 400 horse power.
FRESH PRESERVED BOILED BEEF.—This novel, but
excellent article of importation, is brought before the no
tice of our readers to-day in the advertisen3ent of Mr
Vt'indle, of Bath-street, which appears in our first pal
It is made up, after being cooked, in air-tight tin cas

;Ind is principally fed on the banks of the Danube, in
Hungary, where, the pastures being rich, it is considered

tin quality. At the price of 44d. per lb., cooked,
and free from bone, it is likely to' supersede the salt pro-
visions usually supplied to ships, thereby almost ensuring
good health, and partibulaey freedom from scurvy to the
crews, for whose use it may be provided. Mr. Windle
is the only large holder and importer of it in Liverpool,
and finds the demand daily increasing. This article

under Sir It Peel's aboliliOn of the duty on fresh be

at the unprecedented lowpruliltr
price, would
who o
bieuastboboenptaoythhieg
labouring classes of this country,
from 7d. to 74d: for fresh beef with the bone in it. At
present, the stock is but limited, and owl-1g to ,the Danube
being frozen, no increased supply need for some ti Y.O be
expected. It is really tender, mellow, add delicious.