The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-21 00:00:00

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ROYAL CLENIENCY.—On Thursday evening last a letter
was transmitted from the Home-office, communicating to
the Governor of Newgate her Majesty's gracious desire
that the execution, ordered to take place yesterday, of the
German convicted at the last session of the Central
Criminal Court of the wilful murder of one of his own
countrymen, should be respited until her Majesty's further
pleasure should be known.

) I,0;1111:stock of tea is gradually ...-
4 Her
Year, being about 30,000,000 lbs.
third 4°Yal Highness the Princess Royal completes h,
it
~. Year this day (Tuesday).
r•
Rap
tab, p,. ELD CORPORATION.—W. Jeffcock, Esq., was
ursda a
841.1 9 week elected the first Mayor of Sheffield.
4 khtaarrse"Y ELECTION.—The nomination will take place
it 09, (Wednesday), and the polling on Thursday.
Isekrie„Praneis Hobler, chief clerk to the Lord Mayor of
Pepsi ", has retired, after a service of 55 years, with a
°° °I X 640 service
It is per annum.
trate. a curious coincidence, that the new chief magis-
,ii tikle'rsobr_London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, are all sta-
b y profession.
1 v ssrs,, ~-,
:i
tlens.t;netiitUMOUß.—lt was reported, last week, that Mr.
,for tut`Souh ilts, had died after a short
,/ , 1,111 The rumour turns to be utterly unfounded.
1, 1 brla.e,!ate Earl of Egremont, during the last sixty years
it i jr,4l± are, distributed in acts of charity and liberality, the
kense sum of £1,200,000, or about £20,000 per annum.
i ta :88". Hills, Son, and Underwood, of this city, had a
3,oooarst this week, containing 7,000 gallons of vinegar,
; it istif which were lost.—Norwich Mercury.
f Vet, is!id that Lord Campbell is devoting his leisure to
b °l,°e.,,l'erar.ti work—" The Lives of the Lord Chancel-
(' '''m the Norman Conquest to the present time."
I, 11,1s,insion of £2OO a-year has been granted to Sir Wm.
; llo,.rish 4n, Professor of-Astronomy, and President of the
Jai I
1 A s Academy.
',' Peositekciteb paper states that Mr. Hill, of Eden-hall, near
' fort- ", Cumberland, has refused £7OO for his celebrated
f ,horned bull " Eden."
I L.Way B
; '', a Yron (relict of the noble poet), together with
, itscitaughter, the Countess of Lovelace, (" Ada, sole
4Clifte °f my house and heart,") are at present staying
11101°47„
I kirks' Thompson, Esq., ex-Mayor of Hull, gallantly
( it, wa into the Humber with his clothes on, on Thurs-
-1 kdaceock, and saved a mar, in the service of Messrs. Gee
A ~ of Hull, from drowning.
t,yer.,.°Lci INSOLVENT.—On Friday last, Sir Hugh
SC, who is described as very aged and feeble, was
Lutbt;,,V by the Chief Commissioner of the Insolvent
‘the-8 Court. in London after having been imprisoned
glle e n ' s Prison eight'een years.
ing
Northwick has let 120 acres of arable land, in lots
§4, °lle chain to four acres, to the s tradesmen and
„%rers of theparish of Blockley, Worcestershire. It
iI: that his lordship has signified his intention of set-
Icitt more land in the same way.
401)01411.--1MPROVEMENT IN TRADE.—Last week—
lesed to be in consequence of the news from the East
i tat (*rents for certain sorts of Glasgow goods, as they
t% called were authorised to give an advance of one-
t, *--Perthshire Constitutional.
kls et"sequence of the large number of notices of private
treat
,° ne introduced in the ensuing session of Parlia-
%lt an extra Gazette was published on Wednesday
tibt'er c°ntaining nearly thirty palms of closely printed
1,1 'describing this batch of prospective legislation.
,Ilti,i::„1::10CRS AT WAKEFIELD.—The Aire and Calder
tilets°",°n Company are about to form new docks at
,141,,V id. The docks will cover about two acres of land.
Itrr" abnt on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, on
4119er side of the station-house.
Ibtso.NelDENT NOT UNCOMMON IN THE LIFE OF AN
l'estr•--A.n article that we published not long since
4ty heed a subscriber, and he " stopped the paper." To-
N., condescended to ask of us an editorial favour. It
ornted.—Stockport Advertiser.
taisitWednesday a man of the name of Patterson, noto-
tit er the profession of Atheism, was convicted before
S"4'l of Ses-ion at Edinburgh, of vending blasphe-
nt'salst°blicationl, and sentenced to fifteen months' Pm- "lent.
°ka srt"NenouY ACCIDENT.—A few days ago an afflicting
aboaenee took place in Gallowgate, Glasgow. While a
„WereN at dinner, the father gave a bone to a child,
; iin the act of divesting it of the remaining
h por-
I
'tki Pr flesh • • ncautiously swallowed the bone, wich
i • ,
ti its throat, and almost instantly choked it. SINGULAR REMAINS OF ANTIQUITY.—Some curious
kttit, held in the Town-hall, on Tuesday, for the our- NeRESTER ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING.—At the remains of the footsteps of reptiles and unknown animalsg
have repeatedly been brought to light in the excavations of :4,
. re:aiding the funds of the League, and in particular the sandstone in Storeton Quarry, Cheshire. They aregto
4460tributin the £lOO,OOO fund, there was £12,077 literally casts from the impressions made by the reptiles
'itte i tobed in the room by 101 individuals and firms, in the soft clay over which they walked. Two remark-
-4 4 £l2O each. able fine specimens of these interesting remains of a for-
titlities°!rne Tarts of England the Papists experience diffi- mer world may be seen in the possession of Mr. Deck, of
King's Parade, whose visit to the quarry this summer in
nte,:.ll making converts from the lower orders, from
search of them was most successful. They are, we un-
Zte, tie moray of old pensioners who have witnessed its
derstand, purchased to add to the already beautiful col-
go '''' and effects in Roman Catholic countries, and
tta 4 evidencelection of geological curiosities belonging to the Univers
of its atrocities falls with due weight on .
ears Of their friends. Oss sity.—Cambridge Chronicle.
THE LATE DUEL.—On Friday last, Inspector Aggs,
klais,,undaY night week, a destructive fire broke out in the
who, as it will be remembered, conducted in so efficient a
iZeoCa of Messrs. Ogilvie and Field, manufacturers of
manner the inquiry relative to the death of the late
.lii. nut oil and patent candles, in Paradise-street, Lam-
. , lamented Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett, entered the
.Mary-
°,44,; The building was entirely consumed—and of ro
lebone police-court, and addressing the sitting magistrate,
aas4l°J-Norfolk-street one is completely destroyedand the
Mr. Long, before whom the case had been gone into, in-
i more or less damaged. formed him that Lieutenant Munro and Lieutenant Grant
Naltll,,itl). —Lately at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mr. would surrender to take their trials at the next session of
,lail);f-;s buncombe to Mr. Feargus O'Connor. After the Central Criminal Court. Lieutenant Grant was the
L'a te-"og themselves to the mob, the unhappy couple set first who gave notice to Mr. Maule, the solicitor to the
kwitier.aPend the honey-moon amongst the colliers and I Treasury, of his intention to stand his trial, and shortly
''les-cii°f Scotland, where they expect, by their presence, I after he had done so, Lieutenant Munro made a com-
-1,4 Ic considerable agitation. I munication to the same quarter to the like effect.
I:N4 Litacuu.—This vagabond party have started a CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—In excavating a sewer in East-
'°'?troop:Per to propagate their lies and delusions—it will lane, Walworth, and when the workmen had got near to
oer, advertized in our paper this day. We hope no the Walworth-road, they discovered the remains of some „kir t.at,i9e will be so absurd as to lay out threepence on old building, which for a long time defied the power of
''ffer the
and warn the agricultural community not to their pickaxes and shovels. At last they were enabled to
A r., Poison to enter their dwellings. cut through about four feet of brickwork, and arrived at
1W44,88 t-an°,N.SIDERATE THIEF.—On Monday, a man who the depth they had to go. The wall is supposed to be the
&Aral, "'°g near to the elephant in Hylton 's menagerie, remains of Sir William Walworth's house, which, at the
t;raterti,eld, had the end of a paper of tobacco projecting time he was Lord Mayor, stood in the fields apart from
1,..°1a Ws Pocket; the elephant unceremoniously took it any other house. The wall extends nearly 50 yards up
ne -e °lans pocket, swallowed the tobacco, and re- East-lane. Sir William Walworth will be well remern-
-4 theSl, Paper to the astonished individual. bered for the part he took against Wat Tyler in the reign
of Richard 11., when he struck the blacksmith with, it is
74011LAw AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last Tuesday, a
11. k)(11
ultej b was employed in the workshop sharpening' a said, the very mace which is now on show-days carried in
tie.t Yi °leans of a grindstone worked by steam, in an the Lord Mayor's state carriage.
t'hted °the' factory, Gravel-lane, London. Whilst SO en- A PANIC AMONG THE PATRONS OF THE TURF.—AS a
lOD --e grindstone flew into pieces, one of which struck set-off to the sweeping reforms which have recently been
1, erstor with such violence as to deprive him of life. effected on the turf by the exclusion of notorious default-
e 'it e
r b ATeners from places which they had sullied by their frauds,
CLUB.—His Majesty the King of Hano-
te saasignified to he Duke of Beaufort that he will certain " honourable members of the law" have put their
kilt theorize of £5O next season for a vocal composition,wits to work to find a " Roland for an Oliver,' and we
hear that, on competent legal authority, qui tam actions
keti's caprofessional members of the noblemen. and gentle- hear
been commenced against noblemen and gentlemen
tabere? and Glee Club, of which his Majesty is a
of distinction, under the 9th Anne, c. 14, to recover pe-
tlt is and a stanch supporter.
nalties for " gambling," i.e. for winning money on the
I,tanili of ported in the higher monetary circles that the turf to the amount of £30,000. The speculators have
a h'inlst,...nglana is privately advancing money on trans- go eat high.. game, andhave marked down Lord Egling-
li;er cen"t tiah securities at the unprecedented low rate of toun, Lord G. Bentinck, Col. Peel, Mr. Greville, cum itte we h Per annum. From the sources of our in forma- multrs ens whose winnings they expect to bag threefold.
Old 4re no reason to doubt that such is the fact.-
04 4:4' —Berkshire' Chronicle.
A SLAVE FRO 1! THE LAND
.OF LIBERTY.—A, run-
Atltrt`."- a meeting held at Manchester, on Thursday away slave, belonging to an American vessel that lay out
'tliklit;4lesisting of a large body of Milk Sellers and others ! in the Penrath roads last week, was found secreted on
ti_tib, j with the trade (in consequence of the farmers board a Waterford brig in the Bute docks, which he had
tot7tpen notice of an advance). it was resolved that I entered some weeks previous as an able seaman. A
'"titi, tban 2s. per dozen be paid to the farmer ; and I strong party of the American ship's crew, having ascer-
-10A,„15 retailed to the public at 2id per quart, as usual. tained his place of retreat, entered the brig and forcibly
la:LaatrAN RESEARCHES.—Mr. C. Ade, of Mil- bore off the unfortunate slave. Neither remonstrance
4' 411 court
'ant, near Lewes, has very recently dug up in nor resistance was offered on the occasion, and the Yan-
lh 41 5 •
*km .ct ta considerable number of silver pennies of the kee trader having conveyed the poor fellow on board, im-
411eo'il't Cote, Harold the First, Hardicanute, and Ed- rnmediately set sail for his destination. The captured
Th- 4tate-olt ssor. The coins are said to be in an ex- slave was an. excellent seaman, and bore upon his pee_
all ship 6°f preservation.—Kent Observer, son many and severe marks of his helpless condition, and
deer Cite ti.4ildin trade in Sunderland, which in corn- the brutality of his task-masters. [lt is a disgrace to the
people of Cardiff to have allowed this. poor fellow to be
and sod Other interests of that port, has been so long
and dragged back. by his tormentors from the
tar it' hils;'s beginning to show signs of revival, several , re-captured
art I halms beginning
recently been received for ships to be built
1_ och,
1. I sanctuary of the British soil.]
• lee, a 'ALade. In one instance the order has been STY BARROW CRAG, ULLSWATER.—This stupendous
iDiiieth tl° 10 another for seven vesssels. cobble crag, so well known, and so greatly admired by
ll;itlitil -141°Z1 ?Rom THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—Mr. all tourists and geologists for its rugged barrenness, its
Llfse'lath-reTSY Leatha.m , Wakefield, banker, and his romantic grandeur, and wood and water scenery, either
qt.," 04 T.gned their connexion with' the Society of on the night of Wednesday week or early on Thursday
noela L.,„,,vionday week, at the monthly meeting at morning, felt the first convulsive shock, and part of it
laanely ;,, .we have not heard what religious body they was shivered on the narrow pass in the public road lead-
s`° R.— Jain, but nnaeestand they have recently at- ing from Penrith to Patterdale, when the Patterdale post-
teth 4kt
INA borPe Church.—Local paper, man went past on the forenoon of Thursday. During
the time, howe.ver that he was at Patterdale, another more
'Ph is
or),,,OasTLER.—At a central meeting of the
severe conyulmon had taken place, so that the road was
4 ttcsol 'cla noble-minded man, on the 15th Inst., it
11%14 'eyed to hold impassable from the large masses of rock which had fallen,
4 i,,d meetings immediately in every part ‘
and he was obliged to return to Patterdale with his gig,
IQ toe,,,°to, to take into consideration the most ad-
and find his way back to Penrith by traversing the higher
irtreet• -"8 of raising a fund for his liberation The
part of the mountain on foot. Since then the largest
I I, eid,Weeill be held to-morrow (Wednesday) at Hud-
blocks. which were of immense size, have been rolled
atti'tleo, NV. B. Ferrand, Esq. will take the chair.
i 4,1 d .qt. 0_ down the mighty steep, on the opposite side of the road,
salt riven ,CLIIRENCE.—An empty coal-wagon was into the lake of. Ullswater, which, at that place, is the
aotatati,, by the force of the wind alone from Dalston deepest part of it. This singular convulsion of Stybar-
tbp,late
c,l ip Carlisle, on the Mary port railway,. in the row Crag has given rise to much excitement in that part
Arles. a`... len minutes. The distance. is upwards of of Westmoreland.
allOoait.aa! a man rode on the carriage the whole way.
THE PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER.—The last stone of
t'' Aer bleep a tolerable speed, being about twenty-four
04,, "cOr. the lighthouse tower, at the western end of this stupen-
oos, dous sea barrier, was set on Tuesday week by the Rear-
Nall es "41'4; SCENE.—On Sunday week sixty-nine Admiral Superintendent of the dock-yard, Sir Samuel
11 it_lito;',,Who had been saved from shipwreck during the Pym, K.C.8., who proceeded to the spot, accompanied
l.,lttg -al the 18th ult., publicly returned thanks to by his secretary, Mr. Dent, and his flag-lieutenant,. Mr.
Nheet v°. in Cromer Church, Norfolk. They all Potbury. Captain Milne, of the Caledonia, 120, was also
;NI er, neir names were called over by the officiating present. The tower is 122 feet in height from the level of
1 f %a" then on their knees, joined in the beautiful
til\-.4t,lttan_ksgiving. the bottom of the sea, and 56 feet from the level surface
of the breakwater. It is composed of 31 courses of large
El ride r A.T THE THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER. blocks of dressed granite, the first of which Wag laid by
ttli;cati..l night last "The Tempest" was performed at the late superintendent of the dock-yard, Vice-Admiral.
klts first " As Miss Gardner, who played Ariel, was, 'Warren, on the 22nd February, 1841. The lighthouse is
tl;_tlie,....Bcene, swinging at some distance above the divided into
lfilve stories,
ainhwefdricrohoamre
aanndoial-rwoaorch arostoomre
L as previre by which she was suspended snapped, and room, a we ing-
Vitli the'Pitated to the ground. We are happy to say It has 14 windows, seven of which are in the watch-room;
~,-, the;S exception of a cut on the chin and a few the frames being constructed of bell-me.tal, as are also the
k,-,),,, -,44-137 escaped without serious injury, outer doors. The lantern is the only thing now necessary
L ~clo kuccurtaExcE —On Tuesday evening, about to complete it for service, which it is expected will be
ready to be brought into use early in the next year, when
bktilZteseti' is,..e...vejal lads, apparently much intoxicated
it will supersede the old light vessel, which has been
~,;eitrs.by",g,willoenngadwhodisturbingand insult-,
Gallowgate,chancd to pass at the moored in the Sound ever since 1815.
WIN., assailed with a lady, who
revolting oath by one of -
1,1114111t,e0,1,0 had no sooner emitted the fulsome and
ailt4„,trlea ';`Het, than he suddenly dropped down. He
Ith7 that a surgeon's shop adjoining, but we un-
IA ,-. 00-,,‘, 911 examination, life was found extinct.—
, "'ler.
Irel,, ~.,
I.lt4Z4ttle DEATH.—About three weeks ago, a p
Vide °f John Todhunter, of Gristlale, who w
Oh lt IA state of mind, left home, saving he wa-
V:l4 ,i,,c friends at or near Threlkeld.' A
ileillectleecd uithout his return home, a
.aOria t° ascertain if he h
KiAbil.the ;..Wals found he '

A RELIC OF THE PEGASUS.—The Journal des Debats
states, that a few days since a bottle was found on the
coast of Holland, containing a slip of paper, on which
was written—" Pegasus steamer, to Fern Islands, night
of Wednesday, July 19th, 1843. In great distress; struck
upon hidden rocks. On board fifty-five persons, vessel
must go down, and no Grace Darling." In giving the last
two words the editor translates the first (Grace) " safety"
(saint !) not aware that they referred to the intrepid girl
now unhappily no more.

WILL OF THOMAS DU BUISSON.—This celebrated
merchant has by his will, on half a sheet of note-paper in
his own handwriting, disposed of the enormous sum of
£lll,OOO among his wife and children, in the following
manner, viz.—to his wife £31,000, to his daughter Eliza-
beth £25,000, to his daughter Lucy £25,000. and to his
son James the whole of his business, and £30,000, re-
commending him to employ " great care, strict attention,
absolute industry, and economy," towards improving it.
The probate bears a stamp of £l,soo.—Britannia.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—EarIy on Wednesday
morning, the Messrs. Ritchie, father and two sons, fish-
ers, while following their usual occupation, left the quay
at Irvine in their boat, and proceeded to the bay, where
they spent a considerable time in fishing. A smart breeze
springing up, they steered homeward, and when about
reaching the bar-mouth the boat swamped, and, melan-
choly to relate, the whole crew perished, except the eldest
son, who providentialy got hold of an oar, to which he
adhered till some fearless seamen rescued him from a
watery grave.—Glasgow paper.
A MURRAIN.—As a proof of the alarming nature of
the disease among cattle and of its extent in our neigh-
bourhood, we may state—and we have the statement on
unquestionable authority—that in a district of eight or
ten miles round Derby, the loss of cattle from the cause
has been something like £2OOO within the last year or 15
months. Of course, the whole loss cannot be ascertained ;
but we have seen a list of 227 head of cattle lost by the
disease during this time, belonging to farmers residing
near us, which, valued at £8 each, is pretty nearly this
sum.—Derby Mercury.
THE INDIAN MAILS.—The mails from India, China,
&c., due by the Great Liverpool, arrived at the General
Post-office on the afternoon of yesterday week, rid South-
ampton. They were contained in sixty-five boxes, and
the number of letters alone exceeded 50,000. By great
exertions the London portion of them were delivered in
the course of the evening. A great number of letters,
washed ashore from the wreck of the Memnon, have been
received by these mails, and most of them distributed.
Several, however, are so defaced by the sea-water, as to
render their delivery impossible,
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.—Sir F. Goodricke, at Cler-
mont Lodge, Norfolk, last week, entertained the Earl of
Cardigan, Lord Macdonald, Lord Maidstone, the Hon.
Captain Spencer, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Hungerford. The
party, consisting of seven guns, killed—November Bth,
252 pheasants, 438 bares, 107 rabbits. 13 partridges, 2
woodcocks ; total, 812. November 9th-331 pheasants,
305 hares, 162 rabbits, 3 partridges, 3 woodcocks ; total,
804. November 10th-235 pheasants, 441 hares, 110
rabbits, 4 partridges, two woodcocks • total, 792. Total
818 pheasants, 1,184 hares, 379 rabbits, 20 partridges, 7
woodcocks. Grand total, 2,408 iu three days.

FIRES AT BIRMINGHAM.—About one o'clock on
Thursday week intelligence was received in Birmingham
of a fire at Yardley Mill, about three miles distant, and
which, on the arrival of the fire engines, proved to be of a
serious character, the mill and its contents being nearly
consumed. The mill is occupied as a water corn mill by
Mr. Wardhaugh, and the total loss will be about £600.
On Wednesday last an alarming and destructive fire broke
out in the shopping connected with the premises of Mr.
Turley, japanner, Hospital. street, and which, from the
inflammable nature of the contents, very soon involved a
great destruction of property, probably to the extent of
£3OOO.

GUANO As A MANvuE.—As every information con-
nected with this new manure is now of the utmost im-
portance to the agriculturist, we have much pleasure in
laying before our readers the following details of an ex-
periment made by Mr. Benn, of Lowther, and to which
he referred at the recent dinner, of the agricultural so-
ciety at Carlisle. The produce of an acre of meadow
land, sown with guano, in April, 1842, at the rate of 3 cwt.
per acre. adding nine Winchester Bushels of ashes in mix-
ual value of the laud, 20s. per acre. In 1842,
lace, 296 stones of hay ; 1542, land adjoining,
_ about any management. produced
s of hay ; increased weight of hay, 142 stones.

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