The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL §tAbiltp.

A YOUNG MISCREANT.—At the London Central
Criminal Court, on Thursday, a boy, only fourteen years
old, was sentenced to seven years' transportation for
robbery. The moment the sentence was pronounced, the
prisoner shouted out to the judge—" Well, you are a
pretty b— ! You might have given us three days' holiday
first.

A few nights since, in London, a man, named Drury,
whilst sliding down a water pipe fixed to a house side,
three stories high, came in contact with a projecting
brickwork, which threw hint down, and, falling on the
pavement, he sustained such injuries as to cause his death
next day. He had several times previously slid down the
pipe, but on the last occasion he was intoxicated.
The farm-labourers of the district round 'West Laving-
ton, Devizes, have been resisting an attempt to reduce
wages from is. to 6s. a week, by forcibly stopping farm
operations. Some ringleaders having been arrested, more
than a hundred men, armed with staves, marched to break
open the prison ; but they were deterred by a strong
military detachment.

There is at present living at Elton, near Stockton, a
woman called Mary Benton, who is now in her 120th
year. She was born at Cockfield, where the registry of
her baptism may be seen in the books of the parish
church, bearing date February 12, 1731. Her faculties
are good, and she is able to perform most of her house-
hold duties without assistance.

The gallant Major Edwardes has written a letter to the
papers of London, in which he says—" The morning
papers have overpowered me quite with giving me a
wife and two children' at a blow ! How soon I have all
three I care not ; but, having none, my countrywomen
will easily imagine how many reasons (and fair ones, too !)
there may be for contradicting the report."
While the mail train was traversing at full speed the
East Lincolnshire Railway, between Alford and Fireby,
on Wednesday week, a passenger suddenly opened the
door of a second-class carriage and leaped out. On the
arrival of the train at Boston, an engine was immediately
despatched in search of the passenger: but as no trace of
him could be discovered, he was probably unhurt by his
leap.

A correspondent of the Timm, alluding to the recent
plunder of a vessel at Boffin, says sixteen men of the
island are in custody. The conduct of these islanders was
most inhuman ; instead of rendering assistance to a
foreign vessel in distress, they plundered her of every-
thing they could carry away, stripped the captain and
crew of their clothes, and left the vessel a wreck on the
coast.

The Hull Advertiser relates :a story of a substantial
tradesman of that place, a widower, who paid his addresses
to a buxom widow, but forsook her. The widow one
day lured him to a friend's house, plied him with brandy,
took him to church, and there, by the aid of a previously
prepared license, married him. It is hinted that the
gentleman, dissatisfied with the proceedings, is about to
try if the law cannot set aside the nuptials.

Joseph Hogg and John Nichol were tried on Monday,
at Carlisle, and acquitted, on a charge of having murdered

a gamekeeper on the lands of Sir -.Tames Graham. The
deceased was found dead on the hills in November last.

and it appeared that he had been strangled and robbed of
£B. The evidence against the prisoner was that of an
alleged accomplice who had perjured himself by giving
two contradictory statements.

A boy of fourteen attempted, a few days ago, to drawn
himself in the New River, near the City-road. lie deli-
berately mounted the parapet of a bridge, and jumped
into the water; some people succeeded in dragging
him out, but he begged to be allowed to go in again.
The boy's brother, with whom he.had quarrelled, had
boxed his ears ; and the anger thus excited seems to have
been the only assignable motive for the attempt at suicide.
On Sunday morning week the watchers on the grounds
of Brancepeth Castle, Durham, had a bloody collision
with a party of poachers. A greyhound belonging to the
latter was shot dead, and all the men were very much
injured. having fought desperately, though they fortu
nately did not fire at each other. Three of the poacher-
must have been very much disabled as traces of blood
were visible for more than a quarter of a mile along their
track.
ADULTERATION OF CHLOROFOT Al.—A correspondent
of the Daily News attributes the occasional failures
which attend the application of chloroform to the use of
an impure drug :—" It is a fearful statement to make, but
it is no less true, that for the mere sake of making money
muriatic acid has in London been so largely used in the
adulteration of chloroform as not only to destroy the
effects of, perhaps the most valuable agent ever introduced,
but even to produce the most deleterious and murderous
effects."
The late Mr. A. L. Johnston died on the 19th ultimo,
near Castle Douglas, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
Mr. Johnston was the first British merchant who settled
in Singapore, 30 years ago, and the greatly honoured
leader of its mercantile community for more than 20

years. He bound the island a mere nest of Malay pirates,
and he lived to see a place which owed so much to the
example of his own enterprise, intelligence, and integrity,
with 60,000 inhabitants, and in rank the third emporium
of British India.

PEDESTRIANISM : RACE FOR £loo.—The match be-

tween Conway of London, and Hayes of Halshaw:moor,
came off at the race-course, Aintree, on Tuesday. Hayes
was the favourite at 5 to 4, but the Londoners, nothing
daunted, backed their man with much spirit. The dis-
tance was four miles, and was performed in 19 minutes
and 44 seconds. Conway assumed the premiership till
turning into the straight running, w'ien Hayes came with
a rush, passed his man, and improved his position till the
finish, where he came in an easy winner by about twenty-
five yards.

Prince Albert has just presented to the boys of Eton
College a copy of the large work of Grumer, "On the
Arts in the Medieval Ages." On the fly-leaf preceding
the title-page is the following inscription, in the hand-
writing of his Royal Highness : " Presented to the Boys
of Eton College, with a hope that this book may not be
considered merely as an ornament to their library, but as
a work freely to be used by them for recreation and the
acquirement of taste. Albert, Windsor Castle, Feb. 6,
1850." A great number of works„ written by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, have also just been presented to
the boys' library by his grace.
SRDUCTION.—On Tuesday, at the Carlisle assizes, a
man named Routledge brought an action, in forma pan.
penis, against a person named Calvert, to recover com-
pensation for injury received through the seduction of
his daughter. The plaintiff is a farmer, near Stapleton,
and the defendant resided in the neighbourhood. The
latter wooed one of his daughters, seduced her, and the
usual contingencies folio wed. For the defence it was
elicited, that four out of the plaintiff's six daughters were
pregnant when married, and that the remaining two (one
of whom is the subject of the action) had given birth to
illegitimate children. The jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, with damages of a shilling.
EMIGRATION OF THE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN.—
On Monday the first detachment of the distressed needle-
women, of the metropolis, embarked at Gravesend, in the
ship Culloden, Captain Ferguson, for Port Philip, New
South Wales. They numbered 38, including matrons
and sub-matrons. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Herbert, and a
party of ladies and gentlemen accompanied them to the
ship. The emigrants were all mustered in the presence
of Mr. Sydney Herbert and his friends, and many a kind
and cheering word was spoken both by ladies and gentle-
men as the objects of their solicitude and their bounty
passed them and proceeded to their strange and cheerless
berths. Numbers appeared sorrowful, and many wept at
the position in which misfortune and misery had placed
them ; but others looked smiling and happy.
A Fox IN A TREE.—The East Kent hounds were
" drawing " in Knowlton Park, on Friday week, when
not having found, the field was departing. A hound had
endeavoured to climb a tree, but had been whipped off as
upon false scent. A gentleman who had observed this
rode under the tree, a large cedar, and examined it nar-
rowly. To his surprise, he saw a fox, almost 15 feet from
the ground, quietly gazing after the retiring horsemen
and dogs. The animal liked his quarters so well that it
was not till lashed by a long whip that he would quit
them. He descended by a large drooping arm of the
tree, which nearly touched the ground. On examining
the tree, it was found that he had two kennels in it,
which bore every appearance of- having been used for
some time. The sly gentleman was hunted ; but we are
glad to say that he got away from the hounds, and was
the same day seen near his tree.—Kent Observer.
NOVEL APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY.—Mr. Richd.
Beard, jun., one of the most accomplished proficients in
this highly interesting application of the sciencea of
chemistry and optics to the fine arts, has recently been
called upon to exercise the skill for which he has attained
a merited pre-eminence, upon the dead body. A case has
recently come within our knowledge in which the features
of a child that met with its death in consequence of an
accident by fire were truly and beautifully rendered by
Mr. Beard, jun. It has occurred to us that photography
may be brought into requisition with very manifest
benefit where accuracy and promptitude are of paramount
importance, as, for instance, in cases that form the subject
of judicial inquiry, where the object or appearance to be
copied is of a perishable nature. Photography may also
be made vastly useful to the medical inquirer in securing
exact representations of morbid conditions in the human
body.—Lady's Newspaper.
PRIZE ESSAY—Two HUNDRED POUNDS.—The above
sum is offered by a gentleman in the civil service of the
East India Company for the best essay on the Life of
Christ. It is desired that the work should be adaped to
missionary purposes, and is intended to be translated into
the vernacular languages of India. It should dwell upon—
the original deity of the Son of God; the circumstances of
his life and death, so as to show the wonders of his love
in the work of redemption, and the exceeding sinfulness
of sin which required his obedience unto death ; the glo-
rious exaltation of Christ, and his second coming, with its
consequences. The whole work being such as to exhibit
most forcibly to the minds of enlightened heathen the
wonderful character of the Son of God as revealed to us
in the Scriptures. The adjudicators of the prize are,—the
Rev. Professor bcholefield ; the Rev. John Tucker, Sec e-
tary to the Church Missionary Society ; the Rev. Thomas
Sale, the minister of Weld Chapel, Southgate.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—A young man,
named Robert King, who occasionally slept at his father's
house, which is situated at Fordor, near Exeter, went
home on the night of the 18th ultimo, and was admitted
by his father, and they went to bed together. Between
,hree and four o'clock on the following morning, Sarah
Hatch, the housekeeper, was aroused by Robert knocking
.t the door, saying that his father was very ill, and had
something the matter with his throat. She went into
the father's room, when King struck at her with his fists,
Ind he then took up the poker and struck her across
tifferent parts of her body and head until she fell insen.:
Bible on the floor. He had served his father in the same
manner. He then decamped, taking with him all the
valuables in the house. The prisoner was pursued end
apprehended. He was taken before a magistrate, and
•..•as charged with attempting to murder his father and
the woman Hatch, but owing to the precarious state of
health of the father, the prisoner was remanded.

DREADFUL FALL.—The John 0' Cracres, Journal
states that a young shepherd recently fell over the brae-
head at Knockinnon, a depth of three hundred feet.
After lying insensible for some time, lie became aware of
his awful position and ascertained that there was a wound
on his head. Wrapping his shawl round it, he lay 011 the
spot throughout the night, and next morning, after seve-
ral attempts scaled the precipice and reached home. His
clothes were nearly all destroyed.
FEAT UNDER ARMS.—On Friday a match was under-
taken by a young officer in the Guards, to walk, accoutred
in every respect as a private soldier, in heavy marching
order, from London to Windsor-barracks, in seven hours;
5 to 1 was subsequently betted against his doing it in six
hours, the distance being 21 miles; the weight about
60 pounds, with grenadier cap, knapsack, havresack,
musket, &c. ; and the difficulty of walking under such
equipments, without previous training, was great. The
feat was accomplished in five hours and a half to the sur-
prise of the natives and soldiery. Crowds were collected
at the entrance of Windsor—the cheering was immense.
The start from Hyde-park corner was at 8 a.m. The
first 10 miles were walked in two hours 9 minutes, and the
remaining 11 miles in about two hours and a half ; the
time of halting was 40 minutes.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Friday night a collier
named John Thomas, in the employ of Messrs. Wayne,
-of Aberdare, had retired to rest, and had fallen to sleep,
when he was suddenly awoke by a noise. On the floor
of the room he saw something burning, and immediately
got up to extinguish it. Before he could do so it explo-
ded with immense violence, so that his escape seems al-
most miraculous. The roof of the house was lifted off ;
all the partitions in the house were blown down, but
Thomas, although severely burnt, is considered out of
danger. His wife and three children, who were in bed
with him at the time, escaped unhurt. Upon examina-
tion it was found that a stocking filled with gunpowder,
to which a fusee was attached, had been thrown through
the window, the breaking of which had most probably
awoke Thomas and his wife. It appears that the cause
of this diabolical attempt arose out of several strikes
which have taken place between the workmen at the
several collieries in the neighbourhood. The whole mat-
ter is undergoing an investigation.
A SINGULAR RACE.—A novel pedestrian match, which
has caused much amusement, took place on Stamford
race-course on Wednesday week. H. 0., Esq., a gallant
captain, who is regarded as one of the sterling sort of
English gentlemen, undertook, for a wager of " £5 and a
dinner for eight," to run 50 yards, with a man weighing
10st. on his back, before another gentleman (Mr. G. H.,
of sporting popularity,) could run 100 yards. Both are
votaries of the sports of the field, and, it is supposed, ride
about equal weights, and as the captain usually wears
" sober green," and his competitor assumes " the
scarlet," by those colours they were designed in the
event of Wednesday. Bets were in favour of scarlet, the
wearer of the blazing costume being some ten years the
junior of the captain ; but as " the race is not always to
the swift," so this was not to the younger, for the
veteran won in gallant style, with about 20 yards to spare.
Mr. T. Massey was the person whom the captain carried,
and he had also to encumber himself with some pounds
of shot to make no the weight.—Stamford Mercury.
STF:AM BETWEEN GLASGOW AND NEW YORK.—We
alluded a few weeks ago to the fact that certain parties in
Glasgow had resolved upon establishing a regular line of
steam-communication between that port and the United
States. Our readers will see, on reference to the adver-
tisement of Mr. Robert Lamont, that the arrangements
for this design have been promptly perfected. The
splendid new screw steam-ship City of Glasgow is adver-
tised to leave the Clyde for New York on the 16th of
of April next, with goods and passengers. She is a very
superior vessel in all respects. Her burthen is 1087 tons
per register, 1607 tons over all ; her engines are of 350
horse power; a, d as she will be commanded by Capt. B.
R. Matthews, formerly of the Great Western, we may
expect that she will frequently, in time to come, realise a
first-rate account of her sea-going qualities. Her ac-
commodations in both cabins—for she will carry no
steerage passengers—comprise everything that can con-
duce to the personal conduct of the occupants. She is
intended to ply regularly from Glasgow about the middle
of every alternate month from April, and from New York
about the middle of every intervening month. The
passage will be effected in from twelve to sixteen days.
BURGLARY AT CLAYPOLE, NEAR NEWARK.—During
the past week an aged man and his daughter, of the name
of Cross, when about retiring to bed, heard a knock at
the door, when Miss Cross went to the door, and inquired
who was there, but received no answer ; a second knock
was given, and even then no answer was returned, and
they retired to rest. At one o'clock in the morning Miss
Cross was awakened by a trifling noise in the house, and
immediately afterwards saw a light in the room; she got
out of bed, when one of the ruffians struck her a violent
blow on the head, and one of the parties said " shoot
her ;" the other party said, " stop her breath." She
seized hold of a stick, which one of the robbers had in
his hand, and a scufle ensued; the candle was then put
out, but she still retained her hold on the stick, and, in
consequence of the bedroom where Miss Cross was, being
peculiarly formed, she made her escape into her father s
bedroom, taking the stick with her, and bolted the door.
She opened the window and called out " thieves, mur-
der;" and for assistance. The villains then retreated,
taking with them several bottles of home-made wine.
Miss Cross then went, in her night dress, to give an
alarm to the parish constable and others in the village;
but no clue has as yet been ascertained of the depreda-
tors.—Nottingham Mercury.
WHAT CAN WHEAT BE IMPORTED AT ?—Looking to
the capabilities of America, not in 1792, but at the pre-
sent hour, we find that in the Western. States corn may
be purchased on the farms for cash at from 12s. to Iss.
the quarter ; and that 13s. per quarter is an ample allow-
ance for carriage to a shipping port, and thence to Liver-
pool. The price, therefore, in the English market will
not exceed 28s. a quarter. It is very possible that we
should find it difficult to obtain at present the necessary
amount of supply at the price just quoted ; but there
seems to be no doubt whatever that in process of time 28s.
per quarter, and even less, will be the ruling price of corn
obtainable from the Western States of America. As
regards European imports, it is also ascertained, from a
comparison of the prices of European corn imported into
England during a long term of years, that the very first
quality of wheat can be soli in British markets, under the
free trade system, regularly, and in ample quantities, at
325. the quarter. Under the operation of the corn law of
1842, indeed, the maximum duty of 20s. per quarter was
paid for weeks and weeks together, at different intervals,
when the price of corn in the market was 465. to 485.,
showing but too clearly that consecutive supplies have
been already possible at prices varying from 26s to 28s.
for the cost of production and the expense of con-
veyance.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The Commis-
sinners have fixed upon the first day of May, 1851, fcr
opening the exhibition. They will be prepared to receive
and take charge of, at the expense of the commissioners,
all articles which may be sent to them, and delivered at a
place to be named by the commissioners, in London, on
or after the Ist of January, 1851, and will continue to
receive goods until the Ist of March inclusive ; after which
day no further goods will be received. Her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to grant a site for this purpose on
the south side of Hyde Park, lying between the Kensing-
ton Drive and the ride commonly called Rotten row.
From the approximate estimate which the commissioners
have been able to make they belive that the building ought
to cover a space of from 19 to 20 acres, or about one mil-
lion of square feet. The productions of all nations will be
exhibited together under one general classification. The
building will be provided to the exhibitors free from rent
and will be fire proof. Exhibitors will be required to
deliver their objects, at their own charge and risk, at the
building in the Park. Colonial and foreign productions
will be admitted, without paying duty, for the purpose of
exhibition, but not for internal consumption. Her Ma-
jesty's commissioners of customs will consider all such
articles as bonded goods ; and her Majesty's commission-
ers for the exhibition of 1851 will make suitable arrange-
ments for their reception.
STRANGE MUTATION—QUAKERS IN A MONASTERY.
—The Builder of Saturday last contains an engraving
and description of the Friends' School at Bristol. We
cannot copy the engraving, but the following is a copy of
our contemporary's account of the edifice :—" It forms
the north side of a quadrangle, ant stands on part of the
site formerly occupied by a monastery of Dominican
Friars, founded by Maurice de Gaunt, in the year 1228.
The church appears to have been of considerable extent
and magnificence. The dimensions, as given by William
of Worcester, are—Choir, 44 by 14 paces ; nave, 58 by 34
paces. The cloisters of these have been recently restored,
as well as a large portion of the ancient work in the pre-
sent edifice. The building consists of several class-rooms
on the ground floor, and above, a large school-room of
the entire length, having at the east end a fine triple lancet
window, and at the west a two-light decorated. The
roof is partly old, open, and of a good pitch. In the new
portions of the building the prevailing style of the thir-
teenth century is carried out. The architect was Mr.
W. Armstrong. The building, with its ecclesiastical
associations, contrasts strangely with the meeting-house
hard by—an unimaginative block, expressive alike of
Quakers' theology, and poetry (albeit, the muse never
dwelt therein). It is, however, worthy of notice, as indi-
cating the progress of architecture in the nineteenth cen-
tury, that the Quakers, of all men the most indifferent to
the claims of art, have caused to be restored an eccle-
siastical structure of the middle ages.
NEW PAVING.—At the weekly meeting of the London
Institution of Civil Engineers on Tuesday, Mr. Taylor
read a paper descriptive of a peculiar kind of paving
adopted. five years since, at the Euston-square Station.
The method employed was, after removing the subsoil to
the depth of sixteen inches, to lay a thickness of four
inches of strong gravel, equally and well rammed, then
another layer of gravel mixed with a smell quantity of
chalk, or hoggin, for the purpose of giving elasticity, the
ramming being continued as before ; a third coat, of the
same materials, was then laid and rammed, a regular de-
gree of convexity of surface being preserved. The stones
used were of Mount Sorrel Granite, dressed and squared
into regular masses of four inches decp, three inches
thick, and four inches long ; these stones were laid in a
bed of fine sand, one inch in thickness, equally spread
over the surfac3 of the substratum, and tney were care.
fully placed, so that no stone should rock in its bed.
The whole surface was then well driven down with wooden
hammers, weighing fifty-five pounds each. The small
size of the stones enabled them to be well rammed home,
so that the surface of the pavement never sunk, and the
hardness and toughness of the material prevented the
stones from being worn down by any traffic, however
heavy. It was stated, that this system was found infi-
nitely preferable to the employment of large stones, and
the statement of cost was vastly in its favour; the price
of the ordinary kind of granite paving, in London, being
18s. per superficial yard. and the maximum cost of the
new or " Euston" pavement, including the substratum,
was not 12s. per yard, and deducting the value of the old
stones, not (in this latter case,) claimed by the contractor,
the nett cost would only be 9s. per yard.

THE BAKERS AND THE PRICE OF BREAD.—A warm
dispute appears to be going on between the bakers ir. some
towns in the south and their brethren of Aberdeen, as
well as between the latter and some of our contempora-
ries. The bakers of Montrose have found themselves, it
seems, able to sell their quartern loaves at 4d. to their
own customers, and at 44d. in Aberdeen, while here the
price has, till within these few days, been maintained at
6d. The difference is now, we observe, divided, and sd.
is a very reasonable price, of which no one can complain.
We know too little of the mysteries of the trade to be
aware what margin of profit remains of the 4d., after pay-
ing all expenses. We presume that at this price the
bakers have trusted—as bakers in a great measure do
generally—to the profit on the small kinds of bread ?Mich
is at all times greater than on loaves : but if they had any
profit at all, there is no doubt, with grain at the present
prices, that the Aberdeen bakers must have been making
a good thing of it. We are not of those who wish to
bring any class of tradesmen down to unremunerative
Prices. No part of the community gains, in the long run,
much advantage from that; and we really do not see that
4d. is a fair price, to those engaged in so laborious a bu-
siness, for the 90th part of a sack of flour, and the ex-
pense and labour of manufacturing it into a saleable
form. We, however, must admit, that the Aberdeen
bakers deserve the pull-up which they have received. If
4d. be too little, 6d. is evidently too much ; and had
they, of their own accord, struck the medium, as they
ought to have done, the public would have thought little
of the cheaper bread of other places.—Aberdeen Journal.
MR. SOLOMnNS' CASE.—This case has been before
alluded to, and it is merely needful to remark that Mr.
Moses Solomons, the father, gave his servant girl, aged
seventeen! into custody on a charge of stealing a tippet
that was worthless, but it transpired in the course of the
examination that, although the tippet was discovered a
week before in her room, and found afterwards in a dust-
hole, no steps were taken in the case until she complained
to Mrs. Solomons of her son having violated her. The
mother of the prisoner merely made the remark of
" Well, I suppose he did not kill you ?" and she was sub-
sequently given into custody for the theft and discharged,
and her evidence taken against Joseph .Solomons for the
crime of forcible violation. Last week, when the case was
before the magistrates, it appeared that a sum of money
had been given to the girl to induce her not to appear.
On Tuesday, the case was again brought forward, when the
accused failed to appear. Alice Cook appeared in the
witness-boy, and stated that, some time since, her
daughter lived in Mr. Solomons' service, and was treated
in a nearly similar manner. Young Mr. Solomons took
gross liberties with her; she complained to witness, and
witness complained to Mrs. Solomons, who treated her
with derision. Next day she girl was given into custody
on a charge of having stolen an old victorine, which she
had been permitted to wear, and she was imprisoned for
the alleged theft. There was 7s. due to her at the time,
but she had never been able to get it. Alderman Fair-
brother said it was evident that the young gentleman bad
been carrying on the game some time. The recogni-
zances of the defendant, which were £2OO, and of his
two sureties; which were £lOO each, were estreated.
Alderman Fairbrother, however, said if all the parties
were in attendance next day he would go into the case.
REMOVAL OF AN APRICOT TREE.—If the people of
Ipswich cannot remove mountains, they have, at all events,
wheeled away houses, and within the last few days they
have applied their moving propensities to a large standard
apricot tree, which for half a century has annually pro-
duced a noble crop of roseate and juicy fruit. The tree
stood in the garden belonging to the late Dykes Alexan-
der, Esq., and was planted by that gentleman 56 years
ago. In removing the timber from the estate, the wood-
man's axe was prohibited from touching the beautiful and
rare old tree, and by and bye very formidable preparations
were made, under the direction of Charles May, Esq., to
remove it from it's bed, with a view of having it conveyed
to this gentleman's garden, a distance of at least one mile,
A trench was dug round the trunk, forming a circumfer-
ence of 27 feet, and a ring of tub staves, three inches
thick and three feet deep, was made, all being firmly
hooped and screwed together. Planks were then placed
underneath the roots, and a good and strong bottom being
formed, the whole mass, the earth alone weighing no less
than five tons, was screwed up by jacks, and eventually
lifted over a high wall, and safely deposited on a rully..
The girth of the trunk was 37 inches, and the circumfer-
ence of the branches was at least 100 feet. It was good
work for five powerful horses to draw this unusual load.
In passsing down St. Matthew's the branches frequently
swept the fronts of the houses ; the rully, however, pro-
ceeded without any serious impediment through the back
roads until it arrived opposite the weighing machine near
to St. Margarite's Church, when it was found necessary
to remove the overhanging steelyard ; this having been
done, the tree was safely co .v2yed into Mr. May's pre-
mises, and it is now, together, with its old soil, one of the
chiefest and most valuable ornaments of that gentleman's
beautiful grounds.—lpswich Express.
How TO Klee RATS.—Mr. W. Kidd, of Hammer.
smith, who had a whole aviary of prettily plumaged pets
destroyed by rats in one night, has now published an ac-
count of his recent campaign against t he enemy :—" For
the benefit of all who may hereafter fall victims to the
rapacity of rats, I will lay before them my military tactics.
Instead of commencing hostilities at once on discovering
the extent of the ravages committed, I gave encourage-
ment to the enemy, by throwing in his way divers articles
of food, such as dripping, lard, meat, bones, fish, and
other dainties. This gave him confidence, and threw him
off his guard, so that he revelled unsuspiciously. I took
care, meantime, to secure all the hen-houses, and shut
the inmates up every night to protect them from their
bloodthirsty foe. The great field-day was Friday last, I
completed all my arrangements before the hour of dusk,
impatiently waiting for the rising sun on the morrow.
My poison was carbonate of barytes, ground to an im-
palpable powder, and phosphorus. An incision was first
made in the backs of the herrings, and the carbonate of
barytes well rubbed in. The parts were then, as artisti-
cally as possible, reunited. Sprats being smaller than
herrings, and more plastic, were pierced through with a
piece of deal wood. Had a knife, a fork, or a human
hand touched them, all would have been vain. The
barytes was then `drilled in,' and other sprats, not poi-
soned, were placed above and below them, so that suspi-
cion was disarmed. Latet anguis in herbs"! Barytes is
without taste and without smell ; hence its great value.
The way in which I applied the phosphorus would take
more space to detail. When the preparations were all
completed I stationed my trusty messengers in every part
of the garden and shrubberies ; some under trees, some
in flower-pots, some hidden by a brick, others partly em-
bedded in the garden walks, &c. They did their bid-
ding' right bravely. On coming down stairs the morning
following, I found the enemy had fallen into the snare.
There was a serious diminution of the provisions furnished
for the repast, and the hand of death was observable on
every side. They had eaten ravenously; they had been
seized with cruel thirst ; they had sated themselves with
water ; they had ' burst their boiler !' To use an ex-
.

pressive and most appropriate classical quotation, there
was a visible decessio pereuntium—successio periturorum,
which clearly proved I had won the day. In a word, two
days and two nights effectually routed the whole. Oh !
' had they 10,000 lives, my great revenge has stomach for
them all."'—Gardeners' Chronicle.

CONFESSION oFlitrininTlLliii;s within the last two
or three days been made known that John Baguley, aged
70, who died at Chilwell, four miles south of Nottingham,
on the 16th ultimo, confessed on his deathbed that 23
years ago he murdered a hawker of shawls, blankets, &c.,
and disposed of the body. This announcement has
caused the greatest possible excitement. From a preli-
minary investigation it seems that at the time stated an
individual, whose name is not now known, but whose de-
scription accords with that given by Baguley, suddenly
disappeared, and all that could be learned respecting him
was that when last seen he was proceeding in the direction
of Baguley's cottage. This and other incidents led to a
suspicion that the Baguleys had made away with the mis-
sing man, which suspicion subsequent circumstances re-
vived from time to time. At the period of his sudden
disappearance the murdered man professed to be courting
one of .Baguley's daughters, and as he was known to be in
possession of a considerable sum of money he was looked
upon as being a rather desirable suitor, especially as the
Baguleys were known to be very poor. The hawker had
not been missing more than twelve months, however, be-
fore their circumstances began to improve, and from the
condition of a poverty-stricken labourer Baguley became
suddenly advanced to that of a comfortable cottager, with
a number of pigs in his stye. This sudden improvement
was coupled by the neighbours with the hawker's sudden
disappearance, and ever since the Baguleys have been
looked upon with distrust. Two sons still living at Chil-
well and another residing at a distance are supposed to
have been cognizant of the foul transa?tion, although at
the time of its occurrence they were very young ; and
that Baguley's first wife was, is certain, for whenever she
quarrelled with her husband, as she frequently did, she
was in the habit of putting a stop to the violence of his
temper by saying, " Be quiet, John.; you know I have

_
your coat of arms upstairs,"—alluding to some bloody
clothes that were supposed to be kept in a lodging-room.
This first Mrs. Baguley died five or six years ago, and
said, a short time previously, that she had something on
her mind which she should like to reveal; but this com-
ing to her husband's knowledge he never afterwards would
allow a stranger to go to her room. The present Mrs.
Baguley, now the widow of the murderer, was married to
him about three years ago, since which time she says his
conduct has been very strange. In his sleep frequently
he would jump up in a state of great excitement and ex-
claim that some one was about to seize him. The day
before he died he said to her, " the pick that I did it with
is in the dyke ;" and other revelations followed, which
have not yet been made public. It is a singular fact that
the cottage in which the murder is said to have been com-
mitled has never since been occupied for any length of
time, and in it periodically strange nocturnal noises are
said to be heard. The Chilwell Ghost," and tales
respecting " the haunted house at Chilwell," have during
the last twenty years dismayed many thousands of persons
residing within a circle of 150 miles of the locality, and
formed many an exciting theme in the local newspapers.
The whole of the above circumstances have been made
known to Mr. T. B. Charlton, the local magistrate.
Hme VINCULA FEREMUS ?—To classify under one
head disorders the most incongruous and even opposite—
to disturb the timid and the nervous by false alarms—to

lull the really afflicted with false hopes—und to deceive
all by promises the most extravagantma absurd—as it is
the chief characteristic of the medrcal adventurer of the

present day, so it forms one of the most painful subjects
of contemplation that can present itself to the eye of
those who scan over the advertisements which crowd the

columns of the newspapers of our time. Among the
many medicines obtruding themselves upon our attention,
it is some relief, hOwever, to find one at least which
(while
.its proprietor avoids those gross inconsistencies
that, with but/very few exceptions, disfigure all others)
is sanctioned 'and employed by the most distinguished
practitioners, as well as the most eminent and enlightened
i individual of the age, who have. honoured with their
favour a confidence the Compound Antibilious Pills of
Mr. Co e, the gentleroinoboo albuled. to..

Nardi 5, 1100,

sr° ef
WESLEYAN j: GITATION.—The commo_e
unl'
ache s i
WesteYans continanS. At Bristol, on S d; a.!;
Etteridge (a medilet doctor, it is said,) Pre4o, 01/
taking occasion to elluele,. in condemnatory ifn,,,sirt
agitation against cordevese:, some of the rim u'e n
holders began to leave theirrigutfigignT ier c())1ti°11111i•
from two to three hundred
'e outsid , k
chapel, and congregated in gro-r on L.
,
vent to their wounded feelings. c0311)3r1:i
The Morning Post observes on ri e • classical .1..
suggested by the Bishop of Oxford befrreen the Plegisii
exhibition of all nations and the great OlrelPil,,oli
that " the analogy forces itself upon us in the tole
question whether Mammon is the Jupiter 1).1,00
Europe," and thinks the projectors of the ohmoo
nhtelytirraet e:d.etr°fori
generally "too apt to get into King Cambyses, vet
they discuss the subject," seeing that, " when ilia.vast.'
they will but have produced an exaggerated Sohokw6.
BALLOON EXPERIMENT AT THE ADMIRALTY... ~ ori
Shepherd, C.E., attended the Admiralty on FrihdellYbi,
despatched several balloons from the summit d ta,,teralitli,
ing as experiments, the result of which was to I'd scloP'
the Lords of the Admiralty whether they sh°„n,heyitell,
this mode in the search for Sir John Franklin. 1".,„ 23i!
filled with hydrogen gas, and the largest took_ttioo
slips of different coloured paper, having printedd;do
for the finders ; and the slow match was so Ws bed
to drop small bundles every four or five miles. °Acitial
liberated, they took an easterly direction over the ode
London, over which some of the papers were seen to
Several of these experiments have been made within' „,104
few weeks, which have proved highly satisfactory4joi
having been returned from Sussex, Kent, Isle of "060
Essex, and many other distant places. The 5°4'105'
bids fair to be of much importance in the Arctic teeps!,
where a party could only travel eight or ten miles P. 00
while the balloon would proceed at the rate of flop
per hour, distributing its silent but cheering Ines 3
the finders in its progress.
WHAT WILL BE SEEN AT THE GREAT EXolitirierl.
The Times of Tuesday publishes a classified list o moo
admissible to the exhibition under four sections. floc
First.—Raw materials and produce. A. Mineral die
dom.—Substances used in metallic manufactures',
mical products used in the manufacture of 010" Do wio 7
and earthenware ; stones and mineral substangeoll
building, implements, and decoration. B' Ire. ink
Kingdom.—Substances used chiefly as food, 0;',.1
preparation ; materials used chiefly in the eben33—tic^
or in medicine; materials for building, clotblegAnot
miscellaneous substances unenumerated. c' „00
Kingdom.—Substances used as food • substanc:;tut
for medicinal purposes ; substances used in manu`a- A
Section Second.—Machinery. A. Machines for P
use; prime movers; separate parts of mechae'sa, .If
gearing ; machines for raising and moving bodilo'9A
chines for weighing, measuring, and registration ;A m.
ments and miscellaneous contrivances ; cannon an if
arms; agricultural machinery. B. ManlifitCOUT7oo
chines, or systems of machinery; tools and inleacintti
employed for the undermentioned purposes ; ineng 00011'
of all fabrics that are spun, woven, felted, or laid;
factures of metals; of mineral substances; of 1.1 '
substances ; of animal substances ; machinery an
ratus for brewing, distilling, and manufacturing ch 0
C. Models of engineering structures, exhibiting tLiel,ll,'
cation of mechanical contrivances. Section brie,
eel
Manufactures in their finished state, fit for use;
spun and woven, felted or laid ; manufactures in of
FaopnuOurifetahecl.taii
rnse,
se
Fourth.—Sculpture;
fromei
prtT
uar
eC
vegetable
le,:iedbllei
ides earthenware;sutbh setapn illsse.;:b ,
skineinedgtisloan;ssm,
animal substances; smaliwares and chemical cotn,trc Oa;
objects formed in any kind of material, if they
~ertlo
such a degree of taste and skill as to come tie L!, ser
denomination of fine art, may be admitted into tblintsr
tion ; sculpture as a fine art; works in die sinking„; s,/tAI
lips ; architectural decorations ; mosaics and inlaid fir
enamels ; materials and processes applicable to t' ol
arts generally, including fine art, printing in colour3l
models.

...01.11.1••••••
TO THE B BREA'S"

" There is a tear for all that die,
A mourner o'er the humblest tomb;"
So sings the poet, and a sigh
Comes from the depths of memory's gloool'
'Tis true; and many mourn who show
No outward signals of distress:
'Tis not the sable garb of woe
That does the inward grief express.
We may be clad in rainbow hues,
In garments fit for festal day,
And yet the torn heart cannot c se
But grieve for dear ones pased away.
It matters little to the soul /
The gloomy pomp about u§ spread,
Yet worldly custom does Ontrol
Our outward reverencifor the dead.

Then, since old usag• compel
Decent array in a. row's hour,
Even when our hi. len thoughts rebel,
And stinted , 'us restrict the power,—
Seek Hyam's mous mart, for there
You'll find hate'er your needs require,
At prices to beyond compare,
Style, fa .ion,,all that you desire.

H YAM
NATI7)NAL C ,
LOTIII%°'

LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL

101/
HOURNING, to any extent, at five minutes untie'

Stock always ready

COURT AND FASHION. the
Preparations are making at Holyrood Palas dot
accommodation of her Majesty and suite. C°"'•
The Queen, the Prince, and the Duke of Sitle+6l9
went to the performance of the French plays on
day.

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert an'
Peel dined with her Majesty on Thursday. lad A
Her Majesty and the Court left Bnckinghara kter ;I
Saturday, for Windsor, where they will remain °.
days.
Lord Gough returned to f own from Bath on why";i„
afternoon, and in the evening was present at"-
roe's
chioness of Londonderry's thi dansante at Ide I' oerff
house, where the noble and gallant veteran "
tiegt-of
warmly greeted. Major Edwardes was also the g „el
the noble marchioness, and came in for a full meal
congratulation on his safe return to Old Engle,";„,gb#4
Faiday morning, Lord Gough went to Dien,
palace, and had an interview, by appointnielleceif.s
Prince Albert. At the interview, his lordship
.;itliP
from the Prince the Queen's command to dine " to
Majesty in the evening at Buckingham-palace. vigt
Lord and Lady Gough have left town to paY,-.8,,000
their daughter at Bath. It is stated that Lord (-1:hot
looking remarkably well, and with the exception
hair and whiskers have become quite white. 10
little the worse for the 13 years' hard service be
dergone in the east. 04;
Her Majesty has presented to the Orthopaedic
250 guineas to purchase for the Prince of Wales a Crow
-
admission of a patient into some of the leading
institutions of London.
.9'
The favourite daughter of the Emperor of Rei ss hoof
Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess of Lete.„—clon
will visit England very shortly, and reside in -1-1°-
some time.
The Victoria and Albert yacht,' Captain Lord ,14:
clarence, is fitting with all dispatch at Portsmonteerif
now certain that the Royal yacht will have an e"
tal trip to Gibraltar and back early in April.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CO°
WEDNESDAY.
THE
Mr. B. Green's Andalusian,
TRsian4TAyL STAKES.
rs
.............,'

THE LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
Mr. Meeson's Doubt, 4 yrs .......................... '.
Mr. Lawson's Angean, 3 yrs ................. • .... ' • I
Won easy. Osbaldeston a bad third.
THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHAS°. ...' 5,
Mr. Wilson's Abd-el-Kader (h.h.) aged, 9st. 121bs. • • •...ii',l
Mr. J. Forth's Knight of Gwynne, aged, 11 st. Bibs .I„.'bt 1
BETTING.-5 to 1 agst Peter Simple, 7to 1 agst
.. go.* tO
to I agst Rat-Trap, )9 to 1 agst Victim, 12 to 1 ags' A; 16,0:
but irtf
Gwynne, 15 to 1 agst Farnham, 15 to 1 agzt Vengea; ta loi).ej
agst Chandler, 20 to 1 agst Columbine (taken), The .L;
Maria Day, 25 to 1 agst Little Fanny, 30 to 1 agsts b.
Abd-el-Kader was not mentioned at starting, ,/,' if
at 50 to 1 while running. eow 0
On entering the course in the last round the race be thg!,‘
ally over, Abd-el.Kader having a strong lead, wine
log ef'j
tamed to the end, winning easily by two or thre,A pac,.tr"
good race for second ; Columbine a bad fourth. 100"
good all the way. There were several casualties. I
started. , 4

THE OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES.
Mr. Lawson's Eunuch ..........................
Mr. Jamieson's Tower ......................... •

Four started. Won easy.
THE SCRAMBLE HANDICAP. .•:;
Mr. Morgan's Portia 4 yrs.... ................. . '0"
Nine started. 'Won cleverly by a length ands 5
MATCH FOR 100 SOVS.
CaptaFinigCiutinvneimn
andag
all Lord Lurgan's Fugitive'
Al
un'n aged
u • ,••
attea
This race terminated the sports of the day. The •
was both numerous and highly respectable
Cunningham's
theri nYrs, ..........

JO
wr,“,ef if
WATERLOO COURSING MEE ',€''' on '`e `ltf
The great Waterloo Coursing Meeting came 0.. njencroti4
and Thursday, on the ground at Altcar. The couldtat.tp v
larger than on any former occasion, and the sport
cfs,ir ~
exceeded. The following are the deciding cowl Itito:
Cli
apportionmentof the stakes :- b, Mr. I p
WATERLOO-32 DOGS, at ..e5 EACH.-Won "„boice,,fr.,4o.
Cerito, Mr. Gregson's Neville ran up. -Mr. ',30; :,,A'efr
Mr. George Gregson, .t 100; Mr. E. Taylor, ivilso,..",'ralt:o
Graham, .e3O ; Mr. J. Robinson, .20; Mr. Vi.• 0, L',"; 4t,
Mr. W. Fox, .e2O; Mr. A. Graham, i2O; I%ir" /1"0; '
£10; Mr. . Taylor, £10; Mr. T. L. Brew ell, 'I *
Bake, £lO Sir St. G. Gore. F0r.6.10.
GI -
N. lelvoelrtim, Mr..e 1B0a;k
eM,
sr .Kendall,Bolingbroke .e3Ora;
nMurp. Cooke,
....ir overbeoc,
WATERLOO PURSE--16 Doos.-Won by Mr. We. r, e
Mr. Bake, t 42; Mr. A. Graham, .£5; Mr. T. Lilo A"" ,o,
Mr. Jepson, <el; Mr. George Holme, £2; CO
£2. gso,, Ili
croi,
.e 2 ; Mr. Cooke, , LadY '240,
ALTCAR STAKES.—Won by Mr. RidgwaY - ,'
E. Taylor's Davie Gellatley ran up.-Mr. Redo.i'i,i ..v
l 0;
E. Taylor, .e3O; Mr. Simpson, £10; Mr. Fll5.
Archdall,.es; Mr..lepandall,
„Atil;
so, g
THE CHASE. Si ''- r<,t
at
ne
mesTCdoahanredpsaohyrire hounds will meet to-nio-
„gaily, a y
day, March 6th, at Stamford Bridge ; Thu,.so°- A
wf7ot,lhTed,dh;
Bth, at Thy;
The North Staffordshire hounds will nk-oriclaYl Of
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half-past ten o'clock. 0 11/' if
Sir W. W. Wynn's hounds will 13.2,eersasf,„00'
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Wednesday, March 6th at Nascliffe; luti alf" i
h a sti
7th, at Oteley Park ; Saturday, March 9t-' 0
,10,
each day at half-past ten o'clock.
at half-past ten.
Village
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