The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

BONDED WAFIEIIOUSES.--10 the in..uith of November
last, four plots of bmd, on the New Quay, and about fifty
yards from the river, were. sold br toe cutp.iniatin, for
rie warehon,es for tile bmiclUig of foreign pro-
duce uatchaseis of these
01,1- M . A[jern,a•l Mr. Alderman Hay-
dock, Mr Turner. merchant; and Mr. Bond, con-
trie. or. l'iwse: wir.ihouses will be built of brick (with
stone bi,iemiints, ear, ied to a height of seven fret above
the roadway) ; tire proof throughout, and finished accord-
kg to the regulari,ins reqoireil by the customs, of foil pri-
vileged ports. The buildings will be each five stories high,
and occupy a surf-ice of sixty feet by thirty-six. They are
likely to be completed in the course of the autumn.—
Thursday last was fixed upon to lay the foundation stone
of the new buildings, and, about one o'clock, a pretty nu-
merous company had assembled to witness the ceremony.-
-Preston Paper.

TRYING AN EXPERIMENT.—Mr. James Osbourne, of
Farndon-row, Newark, a native of the Emerald Isle, tried
the experiment of cutting his throat on Thursday, the 15th
ult., and after cutting through the fleshy part shouted out
lustily for help. On his scn-in•law answering, be found
him bleeding very profusely, but in no immediate danger.
He had in one band a razor, and in the other a penknife:;
and it appears that he had met a disappointment which
led him to make the attempt. His wife was confined to
a sick bed, during which time he discovered a hoard of
£l4O, and this he placed in the hands of a faithless com-
panion named Childs, to accompany him to America.
Childs was to lead the way to Gainsborough, and Osbourne
was to follow ; but Childs proved to be old enough to de-
camp with the whole sum, and poor Pat returned so chap-
fallen and chagrined, that be ventured upon the experiment
above stated. We are happy to say his life is not in dan-
ger.—Stamford Mercury.

STAMPED POSTAGE PAPER.—The proposed stamped
half-sheets, intended to pass free through the post-office,
will bear an oval medallion portrait, beautifully embos-
sed, of her majesty, so impressed as to fall, when the
half-sheet is folded for the purpose of note writing, in the
right-ha"d corner of the space usually dedicated to the
superscription of the letter. If the paper be intended to
be used as an envelope, the stamp folds into the centre of
the front, immediately above the part allotted for the
address. The authorities of the post office have given
their sanction to thus placing the frank, as the process of
obliteration will not be retarded by it. From a statement
made in the House of Commons the other evening, by
Sir George Clerk, we learn that the stamped paper will be
sold to the public at the following prices :—Per double
ream of 960 stamps, £4 7s, ; per half-ream of 240 stamps,
£1 2s 3d. • per quire of 24 stamps, 2s 3d. ; for a single
stamp, 11:1.
SNOW STORM.—Since Friday the frost has continued
with more or less intensity, accompanied now and then
with heavy falls of snow. On Sunday the snow fell with.
out intermission the greater part of the day till one o'clock,
and again in the evening. On Saturday, from the snow-
drift about Noblehouse, &c., the Dumfries mail was de.
tattled two hours and a half, and on Sunday four hours
and a half behind its usual hour. The Aberdeen mail
of Saturday morning did not arrive till four in the after-
noon. The north mail, by Perth, of the same day, was a
whole day behind, the bags being carried, we understand,
by parties across the greater portion of the road. Last
night, at six o'clock, this last mail, and also the Aberdeen,
the London and Dumfries mails, were all due: and if we
may judge of the interior by the abundance of the snow
which fell here yesterday, these several roads must be by
nearly, if not wholly impassable. To add to the severity
of the cold, the wind has blown with great violence from
the east.—Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday.
FELL OF A WAREHOUSE.—A. very serious accident,
attended with fatal consequences to two unfortunate men,
occurred in Manchester on Monday afternoon last at the
iron warehouse occupied by Messrs. Horton, Simms, and
Bull, Port -street. It appears some men, who were em-
ployed in making alterations in the interior of the build-
ing, removed a quantity of bar iron from one "horse" or
beam against which the iron was reared to another, when
the additional quantity of iron piled against one side of
the horse nearest the counting-house was more than the
beam could support ; it broke, and the whole weight of
the iron piled against both sides of that horse fell with
tremendous force against the nest horse, and broke it,
and so in succession, 411 the four horses on that side the
warehouse were snapped in two, when the whole accu-
mulated weight fell against the outer wall of the building,
which it forced through, falling into Port-street. The
two men, James Watkinson and Joseph Fitton, were
found crushed among the ruins. An inquest was held on
the bodies on 'l'utsday evening, which, after a long inves-
tigation, was adjourned.—At the close of the adjourned
inquest, the jury gave in a verdict of accidental death,
with a deodand of £l5O on the building.
THE LEAGUE DEFEATED.—On Monday week the de-
legates of the Anti-Corn-law League sustained a most
signal and complete defeat at Thirsk, in the North Riding
of Yorkshire. On that day a meeting, called by the
League, was held in the Corn Market, Thirsk, for the
purpose of hearing addresses from a deputation of the
League, which deputation consisted of Colonel Thompson,
Mr. Archibald Prentice, of Manchester, and Mr. Plint, of
Leeds, on the expediency of introducing coin, the growth
of other nations, into this country free of duty. The
meeting was attended by a large number of landowners
and farmers of Thirsk and neighbourhood. Addresses
were delivered by the gentlemen comprising the deputation
in favour of free trade principles. They were opposed by
Mr. J. James Crompton, of Sion-hill; and Mr. W. Rut-
son, of Newby Wiske. At the conclusion Mr. Crompton
proposed a resolution to the following effect :—" That a
free trade in corn would reduce to a state of destitution
all who had invested their capital in farming operations,
materially injure the landowners of Thirsk, bring want
and misery on the agricultural labourer, and involve in one
common ruin, all classes of the community." The reso-
lution was carried by an overwhelming majority, and the
deputation retired highly chagrined at their defeat.
FALLING CONDITION OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,
LONDON.—On Wednesday the annual general meeting of
the proprietors and donors was held in the theatre of this
institution, to receive a report from the council and to
elect officers for the ensuing year. The Earl of Auckland,
vice-president, took the chair. Mr. C. Atkinson, secre-
tary, read the report and the financial statement. It ap-
peared from the financial statement that the receipts
during the past year had been £22,354 18s. 5d., and the
expenditure exceeded the income to the extent of £735;
the deficiency having been made up from the balance of
the previous year's account. The sum received in
fees to the college was £7,221 6s. 4d. ; to the school,
£1,445 18s. 6d.; to the hospital, £2 467 15s. There had
been paid to the professors, £5.029 14s Bd. ; to the mas-
ters of the junior school, £3,699 10s. Bd. ; and to the
hospital committee, £2.169. The number of pupils was
stated as follows :—Medical school, 324, who paid in fees,
£4 827 10s. Bd. ; faculty of arts, 158, who paid £2,399 lOs ;
in the junior school, 380, who paid £4,415 13s. Total,
862 pupils, paying the sum of £14,643 Is. 10d. A dona-
tion of £5OO had been received from " A Patriot,"
through Lord Brougham, making £3,500 from the same
donor.

FATAL 'RESULTS OF WOUNDED PRIDE.—A few days
ago the daughter of a respectable farmer in Auchincairn,
a village three miles south of Lamlash, was about to be
married to a young man of her own rank in life. The
marriage day arrived, and, as the custom is, a cavalcade
of friends were invited to assemble at her father's house
at an early hour, to proceed from thence to meet the
bridegroom, who resided at the north end of the island,
some fifteen miles distant. The morni ,g was stormy, so
that, from that and other causes, only three appeared to
proceed on the journey. The bride felt the circumstance
as a conte pptuous injury done to her feelings and cha-
racter, and could not brook the thought of her intended
husband witnessing such a small nun ber approaching to
meet him on the road, especially as she knew his company
would be numerous. So intense did her mental suffer-
ings become, that ere mid-day reason was unhinged, and
the young and blooming bride became a wild and fearless
maniac. The anxious bridegroom and his party arrived
at her father's house, but she resisted all his entreaties,
and refused all consolation. The fearful malady increased
till nature was exhausted and vitality expired ; and on
Friday week her bridal bed was made in the cold grave of
Kilmorrie churchyard.—Glasgow Journal.

BOTANY OF CHINA.—In the course of last year the
Horticultural Society of London, resolved to send a
practical and scientific botanist to China, for the purpose
of exploring' the country, to discover the indigenous
plants of that extraordinary empire, and to collect seeds
for transmission home. Mr. Fortune was engaged for
the interesting
.undertaking, and we have now to state
that, letters, dated November 12th. have been received
from him from Chosen. He describes the whole coast of
China to the northward, as consisting_ of l*ie rugged
rock barren sand, and tiurnt gravelly, clay, bit With'beanl
tlful plants here and there. He had explored the islands
of Koo-long,soo and Amoy; and on the voyage to Chaim),
had landed at Chinclien and at Chamoo, and examined
the country for several miles inland. On no occasion
had he met with serious obstacles to penetrating the
country, but, on the contrary, found the natives particu-
larly civil, much more so than on the coast further south
and at Canton. Mr. Fortune had fallen in with hills
covered with Azaleas, and with several other good things,
seed of which he has sent home. In particular, he had
met with a very beautiful Buddlea, with rich purple
flowers, arranged in clusters like a Lilac, and a very fine
Campanulaceous plant with flowers, as large as those of
Lisianthers Russellianus. He had great hopes of fully
realising the anticipations of the floral public, and was
about to proceed to. Shang-Hai and Ning-po.
PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.—A parliament-
ary report has been published, giving an analysis of the
total number of members sent to the House of Commons
by the several counties, cities, towns, and boroughs in
England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland respectively,
according to the late census, 6th June, 1841 :
ENGLAND. Members. Population. Total
41 counties, returning 144.... 9,115,611 Population.
187 cities and boroughs 323.... 5,879,527
2 universities

WALES.
12 counties, returning.. 15.... 680,147
56 cities and boroughs.. 14.... 231,456
(exclusive of army and navy abroad, &c.)
IRELAND.
32 counties, returning.. 64.... 7,370,533
6 cities .
3 towns.. 4.... 61,150
24 boroughs
1 university

14,995,138

911,603

8,175,238
SCOTLAND.
30 counties. returning.. 30. , „ 1,657,985
76 cities and burghs.... 23.... 962,199

2,620,184

Total., „ 6,58

26,702,163