The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

Nov. 19, 1844

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—The Rev. Rowland
Hill, who has been residing at Bowness, Windermere, for
the last three months, was suddenly taken ill in the shop
of Mrs. R. Barrow, draper and grocer of that place,
about half-past twelve on Thursday, when with great di
f'
he was carried into an adjoining room, and befa
.s
attended immediately by two medical men, but expire dla
about half an hour.
WRECK AND FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Monday night
during the tremendous gale, the smack, " Jane and
Lenny," in ballast, belonging to Port St. Mary, ,
Man, was wrecked at Bispham, near Poulton le Fylnae_
She had on board twelve persons, the majority of
were passengers from Ardglass, Ireland, to the Isle of
Man. It was about high water when the vessel came on,
and she grounded within about ten yards from the shore,
when four passengers, b
women and one marl, anxious.
to get from the wreck' forthwith got into a small boat, eV
in consequence of the heavy
surf she was instantl
swamped, and the four ill-fated individuals were drowned_
the remainder who staid on board were all saved. The
bodies were subsequently found on the beach, and were
interred at Bispham, on Wednesday last.
RECOVERY OF TREASURE.—America is no longer
safe place of refuge for swindlers and robbers on a large'
scale. Burgess, a clerk to the Bank of England, an...
Joseph Elder, who assisted him, not long since, in the
fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO stock and obtaining goaded
that amount from the Bank of England, were caP
last month, in Boston. It appears, that, having
paCkea
their ill-gotten gold in a portmanteau, they came to Liver-
pool by railway, and went immediately on board the Bri-
tannia steamer, which set sal, in a few hours, for Halifax.
Forrester, the officer, was soon on their track. He set (:,'
by the next steamer (the Caledonia,) and traced the NV'
tives to Boston, New York, Buffalo, Canada, Niagara,
and back to Boston, where he found that one of them
lived in a house which he had purchased, and the other at
an inn. Elder was immediately takers into custody. and
£7,000, which was lodged in a bank to their credit, was
claimed on the part of the Bank of England. Elder was
taken before one of the tribunals for examination, and
was remanded. In the course of the night, however, he
hanged himself with his pocket handkerchief. Burgess
contrived to escape by running out at the back door of the.
inn without hat or coat. He got into a boat, and managed
to get away. Upon Elder were found 400 sovereigns, and
amongst the papers of Burgess were found 200,:znore.
THE LATE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.—Since the
particular s of the recent forgery of notes belonging to the
Stockton and Durham County Bank appeared four Per"
sons, whose names are Henry Russell,. formerly a school-
master ; Matthew and James Watson, (father and son)
brewers and cornfactors ; and David Buglass, spirit dealer;
have been, after an examination which lasted several days,
committed to Durham gaol for trial at the ensuing Winter
Assizes. On the last day of the examination Russell made
a full confession, and gave a statement of their operations.
He said they commenced forging in May, he being the
sole originator of the proceedings. The too Watsons
assisted him, and the plate from which the notes were
printed was engraved by the electro-magnetic process,
with the exception of the managing director's name, the
name of the person entering the dates, and the numbers,
which were afterwards supplied by the pen. They were
printed at Watson's house, on paper which he had Pur-
chased for the purpose, by a small press like a linen press
—4O had been printed, but they had only succeeded in
issuing 20. Buglass was in company with the Watson
when one of the notes was passed. Only eight of tha"
notes have yet been found, and they were all passed in the
neighbourhood on the two days preceding their appre-
hension.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—The Bank of England IS
about to charge a commission on the sums remitted to
various parts of the country by means of its branches.
First, with respect to remittances.—All sums advised for
the credit of a person leaving a drawing account at the
Bank, or a branch, are to be subject to the charge of 6cl.
per cent., the minimum charge to be ls., and every frac-
tion of £lOO to be considered as an entire £lOO. Thus
£2OO will pay Is., and £3OO will pay ls. 6d., £4OO will
pay 25., and so on. Secondly, with respect to payments.
—Where neither party lodging the money nor the partY
receiving has an account, the charge will be a per cent.
on sums not exceeding £5OO, the minimum charge being
2s. 6d. On sums exceeding £5OO but not exceeding"
£3OOO, the charge will be a per cent. on the first £5OO,
ands per cent. on the remainder. When the sums ex-
ceed £3OOO, there will be the above charge for £3OOO, and
ls. 6d. on the excess. If, on the other hand, the party
lodging the money have an account, the commission Ott
sums under £lOO will be 2s. Gd. per cent., the minimum
charge being ls. On sums of £4OO, and under £3OO, the
charge will be 4s. 6d. per cent. ; on sums of £3CO3 and
not exceeding £3OOO, it will be Is. 6d. per cent. ; and on
sums exceeding £3OOO, it will be ls. per cent. The mea-
sure will, it is understood, come into operation imme-
diately.
FOREIGN FRUIT.—An experiment of considerable im-
portance is about to be tried in the fruit trade. The
Eleanor, Captain Wickham, from Fayal, has, it seems,
made the passage to Southapton in eleven days with it-
cargo of oranges. Arrangements have been concludqt
with the dock and railway companies, in virtue of which
the said cargo will be landed there, despatched at once to
London, and deposited in the warehouse of the broker
charged with the disposal of the consignment. In hazy,
or otherwise adverse weather, it is no uncommon occur-
rence for vessels to be many days beating round to the
port of London, which, with cargoes of a perishable na-
ture, is a matter of serious moment. By the discharge
at Southampton nearly the whole of this time would be
saved, and vessels employed in the trade may be dismissed
without an hour's delay for fresh supplies. Three voyages
will, on the new system, be effected, where hitherto only
two have been practicable, a change which secures a sav-
ing not in point of time alone, but in port and dock dues,
lights, and insurance also. The Eleanor made her ap-
pearance on Saturday at Southampton, between twelve
and one o'clock, and by the hour, of six in the afternoon,
her cargo, consisting of 960 boges, had been landed, and
despatched to town ; so that, but for the interveation of
Sunday, the brokers might have been proceeding with the
sale of it in London twenty-four hours after it was landed
at the out-port.—London paper.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—AII inquest was held on
Friday in the Borough, London, on view of the body. of
John Thomas, lying in Kent-street. The room in which
it lay was one of the most horrible dens that ever met the
human eye—almost denuded of furniture, and full of filth
vermin, and cobwebs. The body presented a dreadfully
emaciated appearance. Ann Nash stated that she had
lived with the deceased, (as his wife, but not married) he
was a shoemaker, for 12 years ; and that he always pleaded
extreme poverty, although she knew him to be in receipt
of 15s a week from his friends, who were respectable, and
lived somewhere near Newmarket. He was of filthy
habits, and would never allow her to wash his clothes, la
which he always slept. She had had a child by him, nOW
ten years old. She and the boy over that long period
frequently tasted no food for two days together. When
he took ill, (from shere want) she called a surgeon who
hlpaeai d
grs6ohdmi. e
she) ea vrte ;coy"
teiasntdtoer tieiniroendq,
,übi( utfeot
rdo
ewnairdi
ie.ethu rFhnoei
Four
rgr e fromlsuhcilt
al
nr
t,,ul
shillings
cvvgb
gave
then found on the table, and four half-crowns and soil'
ling in the bed—his last weekly payment. There was un
doubt but that the final disease of deceased, (hernia, 00
which inflammation and mortification ensued) had been
caused by want, through his penury and habits. The jury
found a verdict accordingly. The Coroner and jury ex-
pressed their surprise that any woman could submit for
so long a period to such privations and wretchedness. She
stated that he would never permit her to apply to the
parish, or to call in a doctor when he was ill.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A NEWLY-MAR'
RIED MAN.—On Wednesday week, Joseph Ames, who
has been for some years a bookkeeper at the Bull, Ala-
gate, was joined in wedlock in Whitechapel Church, by, a
young woman, several years his junior. On leaving rue
church, Ames, addressing his bride, said, " You want to
go to the west-end of the town, don't you? But mind
and be back in an hour, and then perhaps we may go out
together." The bride promised to comply with his re-
quest, and was about to part with him for an hour, when
her husband, as if recollecting himself, said, " Here, take
care of this, you may want it, and it may be of some ser-
vice to you;" and at the same time handed her a bag,
containing 120 sovereigns, and also the marriage certifi-
cate, observing that the latter might be of use to her also.
Mrs. Ames proceeded to the west-end of the town, and
returned within the specified time to a public-house which
her husband had taken, and in which they were to com-
mence business on the following day ; when, to her great
surprise, she discovered that her husband had not been
there. She remained for some time in the greatest possi-
ble anxiety, for his arrival, when a messenger brought
her a note, written evidently in much haste by her hus-
band, informing her that there was £l3O in the bank,
which she could have, together with some more money
in his trunks, and stating that she might have all, as well
as his clothes ; and that, in all probability, she would
never see him more. It seems that he has kept his vier"'
for up to yesterday no trace of him had been discovered.
—Times of Thursday.
DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION.—NINE Li"'
SONS KILLED.—A frightful accident occurred on Tuesday
and Co. evening last, off osffenißolr of whichackwallo,n is boardthe chiefth v
e ne ;vet:
victim),
steam-
boat named the Gipsy Queen, built by the firm of Samuda
Waterford Navigation Company. It appears thatf,)„raft,th,:er
a partial trial in Bow-creek, the vessel came out or the
creek about half-past three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon.
under the command of Capt. Price, and, with Mr. Jacob
Samuda, the constructor of both the boat and the engines;..
and a friend or two, made her first trial trip down the
river, as far as Woolwich. She returned at five o'clocli!,
and was moored to the buoy off Blackwell, the result Of
this trial having been satisfactory to the parties on !ward-
As soon as the vessel had arrived at Blackvvall, it wag
determined to try the boilers at a pressure of 251 b., n
it is said the safety-valve was set accordingly, not the
least danger being apprehended, as they had heencon
structed to bear a pressure of 401 b. on the square inch.
Mr. Samuda, with the engineer, the foreman of his fac-
tory, and a number of fitters and others, were present
elan
the engine-room to see the operation, when, about ten
minutes after five o'clock, the unfortunate catastrophe
took place. The vessel having been boarded, five were
found on the deck dreadfully scalded, and theirstatero
t
was that th,,v had escaped up the ladder. at the time. of the
engine-room, amongst them Mr. Samuda, sen. When
thatpersons
that place was sufficiently free. .from steam for the Pf seven
on deck to descend into it, it
.d!sclosed the bodies 0
d ad
explosion, and had left several of their companions
_Thtehrie
men in the most ghastly condition. They were quite en.
and lay in various positions. On examination, it would
appear that the accident was caused by the bursting oin
the steam from the main pipe, at a joint. The ster,
its course, it is evident, must have found vent here ,
without any warning, must, in its bursting out, nave dealte!
the disastrous consequences which the floor of the engine-
room room
London
presented.iiosiita
where The inj
twoured ofpertshoenm dieds were
sthaokretnl y t after-
wards, reak'ng nine 'tic inis in all.