The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

April 2!_1.19.j

The Shrewsbury and Grand Junction line, propo-ing to
commence by a junction with the Grand Junction at Wed-
nesfield, Wolverhampton, and terminating at the Abbey
Foregate, Shrewsbury. Also to make a line, terminat-
ing at the latter place, and commencing at Forebridge, to
enable the Grand Junction to subscribe towaads, rent,
purchase, or work the same. Capital £600,000. Agents
for the promoters, -Messrs. Burke and Pritt •, for the op-
ronents, Messrss. Ufficombe. Upwards or 50 allegations
were brought forward with reverence to erroneous des-, a
eriptions in the plans and sections, and the level of
datum line ; but only one was sustained. The allega-
tions were preferred on the petition of Mr. George Knox,
secretary of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line.
NEW RAILWAYS.—Levers have been taken fir a new
line from Preston to Lytham with a continuous line from
-
I .171- m _ . - -

f the °ll
beenhal f,
THE SPERNAL MURDER.—The execution o•
derer, Crowley, took place at Warwick; on Fri „ad e 0
service in the chapel he was rernarkably firah.ltr,
when upon the scaffold he displayed extraorthai istsg'
hility of mind. Before his execution, he gave in abis
ment, thanking his friends for their exertions
panrodthaiesziuvreintgo
hthimcmofththaet tinheottimezetrtehroues gssetlioctlo
and relief.

' The house of the Rev. J. Babbington, C°‘icdnoes'
Selby station of the Midland Railway, was' °nod Xi'h
day morning, broken into, Er: some burglars, a andi3
worth of property stolen. The rev. gentlen3::bAl
wife offered determined resistance, but no housed
the neighbourhood, they were easily overpowers
quantity of rPeeo
not injured. by the relfilanq_ The orran..-'_.,;ne v

..tacKpoot. The distance is 16 miles.— It is found in the liius;origin:ted
re'
also intended to form another line from Preston to paid the previous day. : as i
Clithero. The line will run about five miles on the line WEST KENT a.' T. rl I-I 101 '''''' has
...LECT10N.—.....0r... __ 0 e „or) 0
of the Preston and Longridge Railway, and branching
Frewen, who had allowed him- vs,c, tired, and Mr. . ,so - tell
from thence eastward will leave Ribchester about half -a
witliclie ,
__
in nomination most reluctantly has
wan,
.;j] be 0
mile to the south, and passing under Stonyhurst into the Col. Austen, a strong anti-Maynooth . o,e . or.
Valley of the Ribble, will cross that river near Milton, brought forward. We stated in our last, it „rePti,J,
and pass along the Ribble Valley to Clitheroe, and CO(,- membered, that Mr. Frewen was brought 1.004 is Loral tinning eastward from that town will join the proposed nee 0' - cool
position to Lord Holme-dale, in conseque
of Skipton. The line will he the ehortest 'elite from the Dung
the Maynooth Endowment bill.
populous towns of Leeds, Bradford, Keighley, &c., to the mr A. ID. town of Preston, and the ports of the Ribble rid the REPRESENTATION OF GREENOCK.--- ',:i 033. 1).
Wyre. . contested the representation on the grodd t. lklt'el
, Baine was favourable to the Maynooth grad 'rode; dl
SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—At a - ioe
also declared himself a supporter of
___o, Vol;
special meeting of the proprietors, held in Manchester generally of liberal principles. His address :_ our
.„$,
on Tuesday last, the following propositions were unani- whip-radical. Mr. Baine was returned. .',',. 344e.viis mously agreed to :—To raise £175,000 towards the for- the. numbers being for Mr. B. 350, for Mi' , Pell oil' mation of the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrin- jority six. No doubt if Mr. Dunlop had been
cham, a similar sum being found by the Manchester and'
of Taoezereet—a, rse
the field he would have carried the election• no
the th°
Birmingham, and £50,000 by Lord Francis Egerton, to in-iie rents haves
support, under certain specified arrangements, the bills
for forming the Bsrnsley Junction, connecting the Shef-
field and Manchester with the Midland, and the Rudders- '
is insufficient, and throws out a suspicion that Ltitor it tte
reason assigned by him for the commission Cl..,ll"euebli,,ro
field arid Manchester. In reference to the proposed lease
of the Sheffield and Manchester to the Midland and the man was actually married to his victim, and ,r 60'5' at/
TksheonMremm"uirhdschrierre TMae;elil"l, si;,..tetile,,°,,cei
Manchester and Birmingham, it was then proposed that this discovery he had to fear. The Observe the 01bee
the subject should be deterred, and the meeting adjourned his confession will not meet the public eye till into ume,
to await the report of the Board of Trade, but this was of the chaplain may hereafter be transferred_... inter'
opposed by Dr. Holland and others, and ultimately hands, as Sir James Graham has declined .Le''. s
The reporters were excluded at Tawell's desire'
al crialg;
negatived by a majority of 1586 votes to 1008. A resolu-
tion approving of the lease, proposed by Mr. Yates, and FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY.—At the Cedtrr of,eje'e's
seconded by Mr. M. Ellison, was met with a direct nega- nal Court, on Tuesday, Robert Banister, draPer'ilie ',;eo
tive by Dr. Holland, which was carried by an immense was indicted for that be did unlawfully, mule 03../3"et
e fro orb majority. colour and pretence of trading, obtain goods /rota -bell
Hargreaves to the amount of £204, and also
_t to c
ot,
ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH RAILWAY..—An
persons to a considerable amount, with intefoss `0 t 9
accident of a serious nature occured on this line to the
them thereof. It appeared that he sold the Zoe ggicill,
mail train which left Edinburgh on Thursday. The train
tamed for less than the prime cost. He was ennieo
had reached the Almond Viaduct, about nine miles from
and sentenced to eighteen months' impris
Edinburgh and was going at a speed of about 30 miles an
vield
hard labour.
hour, when on passing an arch near the west end of the col, d tO
bridge, the rail, over which are placed upon a strong spring In the possession of a man, named Harrisonitoenceof I
which yields a little, the engine was thrown off the rails, of a highway robbery, near Leeds, and se,esting est
and after ploughing the ground for a short distance, was transportation, a diary has been found, conli andritti
upset amidst a cloud of smoke, steam, and dust, and record of all his robberies ! The book is saulf obliats
pitched completely over on the opposite rails. The driver, —is gilt-edged—and forms, in fact, a sort .o..ies, the he
James Blair, was dashed against the wall, and was so album ! It would appear, from one of the 01;13'01a' ro,
seriously injured, his skull having been fractured, that man, named \% hite, convicted of highway re, renlY 9(13e
he died the same evening. The tender was carried a little same assizes, was in reality (as he himself sTeen 05
further on the line, and with the fireman was precipitated tested) innocent of the crime, and that Harris- Ire
down the bank, on the same side as that on which the robber. , 0001
Willtamh attic
train was proceeding. The passenger carriages were AN ILLUSTRIOUS ST N —Sir carried forward about 20 yards beyond the place where the has announced, in The Gardeners'a'AGEß Chronicle' tt-e.c ,6:o'
engine was upset, and were stopped by the luggage van, of the Monster Cactus, or Viznaga, at the e'9e-Voirl "oat!
Thewhich
fi rwe
masa crushed
dt to
iatomsth a
feuwnds
slight
htthe bruises,neares nearest
acarriage.
sideringdens at
iKewts bulkin aa
nrde mwaet ki
gahhtlTan d vigorousthe
overloudcn.ta
ii
01:100d
of the passengers were injured, performed through a country of high go." thrvfor.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF MANCHESTER AND perilous roads, twelve days beyond gesictbeneeaols
ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.—Within a circle of 15 or 20 miles which it was dragged by eight strong mules, here ees
radius round Manchester, a population of upwards of a ward to Vera Cruz, and shipped to England, wor egos
million and a half are concentrated, who are almost with- doomed to endure one of the severest frosts e, is7l
out exception either actively engaged in, or directly de- enced in our island. The weight of the Viz half fee . „Di
pendent upon, the great staple manufacture of cotton, and the height from the earth four and a ha" k_ervsove
The whole, of this district may, in fact, be considered as THE LATE WINTER.—The meteorologic"' (:11'.'0-•'erY'of't
one vast workshop, where production is constantly going made at the gardens of the Horticultural ' c'the °!;i
forward on a scale hitherto unparalleled in the history of Chiswick, show the late winter to have h,see,ll„o3theeerl human industry. •The immense importation of cotton protracted and severe for many years past. 11.;:ees,',ely
wool, which in the year 1844 reached the amount of ot December the mean temperature was 34 c:eg'patt'sef
646,874,81611e5., is principally consumed in this district, lower than that of any similar period in the Priert" tif
where by the aid of machinery, it is spun, woven, turv, with he exception of that of 1813-14, W Wl' ilso
it„(
bleached, printed, and in an incredibly short time again li degree lower. March exhibited a lower 11,,,eaburearlie
exported to all parts of the world. The exports of cotton similar month since 1797 ; anti the mean of r et, helnictle
manufactures during the year 1843, the latest as In which lower than that of an in the resent centur7;ge.
,itee
detailed accounts are published, reached the following degrees 12 minutes, or 8 degrees below the ave-a ia-
-0-4 1
Declared Value.
amounts, viz. :
mean temperature of December was 33 degree' 13
or nearly 7 degrees below the average. keg' ,
£8.024.287 e 11C ,ee
7,144.177 HocKEß'g' DEFENCE.—The assertions 0,1,0 bal 00:
1,085,536 his defence, respecting the young lade adege" '„tirell, JP
o be e': tool
7,193,971 seduced by Delarue, have been proved t coat poll
founded. The young lady alluded to by the. It.
rer
I -----
£93,447,971 not know the unf rtunate deceased, save bY.'"lgf)thePelr
of which by far the larger portion is furnished by the pears that when the jury retired, at the close of Ohofel
great Lancashire district which we are now considering. e ration, to take some refreshment, the counsel4s, tle, s),
ducts 4 the defence had an interview with thel3.l.osed 1.'01.5
Large as this production may appear, there is nothing in
showed them his written defence. They pe_ist, iticout ilt'
the present aspect of things that should induce us to be-
assured the misguided young man that it w3s,i,n4 3(11
lieve that it has attained or even approached its utmost
tent and absurd that they could make n°` iql f set'
limit. On the contrary, every year contributes some im-,, then '. et 't,
" Very well," was the cool rejoinder,
sew, 0' ott'j
provement in machinery, or other permanent addition to
myself." Since his condemnation he has
__'.. to al ,o;
the manufacturing capabilities of the district, which tends
making any allusion to the murdered man, cle, is wers'
to cheapen and stimulate production, and notwithstand-
circumstances connected with the trial.
,i:l_':vaitO
ing temporary fluctuations and reverses, to accelerate the
X 54 spirits, but reserved, though respectful in / .'
progress of those branches of industry by which the popu-
Observer. 0 TO
~heel;
lation and resources of Lancashire have been nearly
CURIOUS EFFECT PRODUCED IN RINGINfRct 10'1 tb;(
tripled during the last forty years.—Report of the Board
PEAT. OF BELLS IN YORK MINSTER.—An '
(o.'ol $
of Trade on Proposed Railways in Lancashire, ti.e.
produced which was no more anticipated than rotelose
whispering-gallery of St. Paul's ; being 3 Old l'aorit
ringing hardness, in windy weather theY .sty, of ib,
sound which at night is heard over the cl ~(1 iv. pit'
particularly in the direction of the wind, a she ce, ise
dreary in the extreme, and to those, residing l,Veoilig:000
of the Minster yard must be far from to!, fro) 'IA:
melancholy unmusical wail seems to procee,"ehielet,
imprisoned ghost—the spirit of the departea ' sly th,i) '
baps, and who as the storm drives more furioadvd 0;e 011
the bars of his cage, raises his voice to a 1? ti eledie of
heard above it. With a view to obviate tl"!'e in01.,,g '),,,
stout quartering has been fixed upright in t,.11. 1)0011 l'.
each opening, notched so as to have the inn'bas he' hole
the louvres, since which the ghostly music ; tbij,ed' j
f equent. although not altogether put down_ irlis 0
ever, it is confidently expected will be areulenstlit di;
RURAL AFFAlRS.—Notwithstanding til.„,e VP, it,,t
the severity of the frost, which for a long lii—ons 81: 00:.,
ploughs out of tine ground, farming opeob for the the
P,
forward state. The sowing of spring corn is, clohle,,,
goraortu.nteixbceeipntginign on
remarkablym os s lanfidnse,
,bro
perhapsught tild;
er erewiriirlee
order, for the reception of the seed, and ne,vce lc,
memory of man woul 1 less harrowing at') ~eo'oo/lot
loosening of the earth and the covering of ist`eo, butdeser
wheat crop is beginning to wear a wee(' t yet rVI
count of the coldness of the weather does nust„res.end,
a luxuriant appearance. Meadows and ,1,'," t ta,cvrile
ever, look somewhat greener than they di fie sv-003 ten
last month, but owing to the coldness Of. ssts'e [lir
the wind being frequently in the north or ee hs`tve,s,
occasional frosty mornings with which W
eitb.ogre.so
visited, vegetation has made very little, and „y IP ~,,,P0
—F the ._,,, a on
C ep t
Shouldl 0 n
foavfosoormabelefawveciautrheedr snpeowts,ensseuarecevltyge3rnroticeil„,s;:!!

Yards.
562,575,105
356,065,000

White or plain cottons
Printed or dyed cottons
Hosiery and small wares __
Twist and yarn ., lbs. i 140,321,176

GENERAL MISCELLANY,

Lord Sandon presided on Wednesday at the festival of
the Governess' Benevolent Institution.
On Tuesday the freedom of the city of Edinburgh was
presented to Sir Henry Pottinger.
The man Woolford has been committed for the wilful
murder of the woman found dead near Salisbury.
A splendid fancy boat, of mahogany, has been built at
Sunderland. She has brass rollies, and is French polished.
She is intended to compete at the next Tyne regatta.

John Benjamin Heath, Esq., has been elected governor,
and Wm. R. Robinson, Esa., deputy-governor, of the
Bank of England for the ensuing year.
CURIOSITIES OF THE GALLOWS.—Madame Tussaud
offered £25 for Tawell's coat and trowers after he was
hanged, which, before he was hanged, only cost £4 or £5.
Messrs. Aliso!) and Co., the ale brewers of Burton
stopped payment this week. The liabilities of the firm
are said to be between £200,000 and £300,000. '

During the first six days of the present month, four
persons died at Barnardcastle, whose united ages amounted
to 409 years.

On Tuesday the cotton factory of Mr. John Heap,
Macclesfield, was destroyed by fire. The loss is £lO,OOO,
which is nearly covered by insurance.

There was a profuse supply of cht rties on Thursday in
Covent Garden Market. Strawberries, hot-house grapes,
pine-apples, and cucumbers were also abundant.

The formation at Greenwich of a new tidal harbour,
which will cover neatly six acres, and give a depth of
fourteen feet at low water, is to be proceeded with itnale-
..

diately

MPORTANT !-A correspondent assures us that Her
Majesty has entirely set her face against the polka, and
has given instructions that it should not be again danced
in her presence.—Briahton Gazette.

folitKth:etvheeera:retrhi:.P ieuvßeperrsyopgearepetsui
nse,agio.ant7capic,tc,
oowfuln3teititehurrier -ba- verin.
.(70-, a
I:;.ct
onLliodaNnhgottpTo.L.:lE:eeki
stranger
tarta DEFENCEmannge,sf Ape eii
dance of blos.om.—Preslen Chronicle. , , Vic' v re,
turned from market, and who had left the o'telcyclts
session of his seven children, the eldest being cog'''` or e
the rose of tot
board, when the little band of infantile herors 10 50 girl
arms, and loudly expressed their detf•rminao9s ses,ry fat
robber on the spot. The man, baffled in I);heti ri.:og PO
money, was about to enter an inner root'' 'r et.".ooil
dv,:eidswrrbtintiilt
tiiijileobeoptco;ooo;
nimbly stepped before him, and shut the doos'ofor:er lox
slender form against his entrance, with the q. fifi'a 0 "cl'
enteredwasuaYb: theuetl let looL houseepxafiEt
examine
.nro- -efvv‘k-i
,1)-11:rgreje ant
il
~vie , ~,,. :,;
giant, and when the intruder introduced 137flicre. , 00,
the hole to lift the latch, the resolute o'l ir delvt!ri,i'je
calledtnthhhoe
this,
ri
sti,rarerpsaopi
tsnueht aetearrntaopdlnyrcteishenhm,eguitrtsbheeltesseht.ecedfoodi c‘Tnr,o:hiora,erds,
sal
byainsondrtydau
vere cut upon it. The pain of the woued 0.19„or gigi eilt
denly withdraw the member, and when the li:daie,eol,i
able longer to bear the separation from the ei`. to l'ep Id
with the weapon in his hand. When the noseafellt 0,
outright, they raised such an alarming c,,L' r '',..,,,ery ly
burglar with the candle in his hand to the "°°,,tov- pito,
and propped the door fast with a spade. en art of ttv, pi'
robber. The man next went to the back Pag," j0a9.01 17-,o'
and endeavoured to force an entrance bY the oe,re'Prr
bold juveniles inside now rushed to defeod op !ebbe le
of attack, and, each armed with a f0r0344d the tle;ePticY
such as axe, spade, hook, &c., 1 mdlY cle"epov at-4,11 f
his teeth, who, finding himself fo'led in ev--009 0
obtain money, and fearing the return of the .04'te(
Iv letat
drew.
__The f 0 „C ,
SLAVE FACTORIES ON THE CONGO. tct 0 ter,
Saturday last, publishes the following' eitir.,'. tooll'eftit,f
addressed by Mr. Robert Jamieson, of "isla9` foe";?,e
Edward Nicolls, the late Governor of the t..10'1,0..,,r,f
nando Po, showing a frightful increase °....0 1 .elii.tPl
to have taken place on the river Congo tit vets i,itgA
,l,dfocivnuifro
seen a letter from the captain of a !Perk° toe" 0.",
Congo river, in which he represents Weed thee d:set,
river to be covered with slave factories, 139,,. Fist io 'l4
fl lg to be held in such detestation bandt -CargetrOr, 141
that he did not consider his vessel 0 de, ep ill;
amongst them, they actually threatening n'iordgirc:itiod
Their number must he great, (chieflY swity °' "
tuguese,) for there are not less than two' sitort,ded'4
tories upon the banks of :the river the ocerfrti
jet I tf
the captain of the vessel alluded te 1"151-iis ''art'Pdof
he is under positive apprehensions fer,e enlee,o"os9
he to proceed further. If any doubts .ehe re 101,
the truth of this statement, they will ' whoa, P:, V,
application to Mr. Horsfall, of this toW9' , OS
r", ei'cOr
of the vessel and cargo. How comes torneel.l Mite,
case when government have so roanY
keep' po':teo9l,
nffinhocsfolthfeelyledst::::lieoiciir,
rel,ciiitoo;
coast? Is it that by treaty there is , otilef,,lti
ture south of the line? If so, why t? Ice,,i'isyte
eels bruising on that part of the eoase,,treo ~eOO,
why not anchor one of them at
andthe egrefte It Cc,"
river, and thus prevent the ingress .etionorie),#j'r
ships ? Until this be done, and Pr'.',e,,, of,' io,rd
the legitimate trader, there is no el'!"rwhic!:tht:',9ll
naerce getting a footing in that rive,l,,,, for I" sh.v,,tl rf
able protection, presents a better lie'". the lofro „)
._.. find In ,et ~,ife,,p,,

The planet Mercury attained its greatest distance from
the sun on Friday, and for some days it may be seen,
shortly after sunset, at a low elevation a little to the north-
ward of west.

Sir James Graham has sent orders to the governors of
gaols that all property found on convicted prisoners shall,
in future, be sent to the Home-office, and not returned
to them at the expiration of the sentence, as heretofore.
It is a striking and pleasing fact, redounding highly to
the credit of the Duke of Cleveland and his late father,
that since the year 1799 the rents of the farms on the
Raby domain, and in other parts of the county of Dur-
ham, have in no one instance been advanced.

The Rev. Dr. Warneford, who has already expended
£7OOO in the erection of charitable institutions in Bir-
mingham, is now making arrangements for laying the
fourfdation for a house of recovery for persons afflicted
with contagious disease.

At the Carlisle assizes, a prisoner, named Harding, was
indicted for fraudulently obtaining goods in anticipation
of bankruptcy. He was found guilty,.and sentenced to
six months' imprisonment, the last week to be solitary.
He had been in prison six months previously to his trial.

The next shear of wooi (in consequence of the extreme
poverty of nearly all the sheep in the country) is expected
to be the least in quantity and, probably the worst in
quality, that we have had for years. The prevailing
opinion, taken in connection with the very limited quantity
of old wool on hand, bas prevented prices from declin-

FATAL. ACCIDENT.—Scarcely six months have elapsed
since a portion of the arch then in the course of erection
to cover the Mill-fleam in the Morledge, Derby, gave
way, and caused the death of six persons, who were at the
time under it; and a second fall took plate on Wednes-
day, by which two persons have lost their lives, and two
others have been seriously injured.

APPALLING OCCURRENCE.--011 Saturday, an Irish
pensioner, named Burns, attempted to murder his wife
at Carleon, Hereford, with a hatchet, but was interrupted
before he had completed the dreadful work, though the
woman is in a precarious state. He was committed to
gaol, and while at an inn on the road endeavoured to cut
his own throat with a cal ving knife. He is also in a very
dangerous condition.

At the Buckingham Quarter Sessions, held on Thurs-
day last, it was resolved by the magistrates that the Rev.
Mr. Cox, the chaplain, be sent for, and asked what con-
fession (if any) was made by Tawell, and under what cir-
cumstances it was made. Mr. Cox declined to make any
statement on the subject ; and Mr. Sheriff, the governor
of the gaol, was then sent for, and stated that he sat up
with Tawell, the whole of the night before the execution,
and that at an early hour in the morning Tawell said—" I
am guilty of the crime ; I put the prussic acid into the
porter, and I also attempted the crime in September last;
not by prussic acid but by morphia."

At the late Warwi
under the game law

ck assizes, three men were indicted
s ; these men had been tracked by
' trained for the put pc se of assisting

three blood hound

me human animal
let lons

that had so trained the canine ones, . othe dogs at
the men. Fortunately for these persons the dogs were
shot and wounded, else thlse who directed their savage
instinct might have had to answer for the crime of murder.
As it was, the poachers seem not to have suffered from
the dogs, and were therefore indicted for being out at
night, unlawfully armed in pursuit of game. Two of them
were convicted and sentenced to eighteen months' impri-
sonment and hard labour.

halls, any river of Western Africa,/ ..‘,l-,„„
legitimate trade, the natives have n0t0,,.r i 9;
ing .to follow. Slave:trading has bren,oci
legitimate trade in the Bights of ner" ; for 'sboiopi
the greatest good that can now be dcl,ll'giog
commence measures in tl ho eof 01 OW (111-$d
le the I JO if
same happy results in the Congo, (rocv,
"
marts on thevest coast of Africa,/ Will'
nte
slate-trader must be discouraged and the
protected."