The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

DOMESTIC.

AFFRAY WITH THE MILITARY AND THE POLICE AT
BRISTOL.—On Saturday week a serious collision took
place between a patty of the 41st regiment. who had
marchedinto the town that day, and some of the police.
It would appear that the disturbance originated with one
of the soldiers and a member of the force, when blows
were exchanged, and in a few minutes the fight became 1
general between a number of each party. Nine of the
soldiers were locked up, and one taken to the Infirmary,
after receiving injuries of a very severe nature. The affair
took place about twelve o'clock at night, and the corres-
pondent adds, the city was in a state of complete uproar
from a report that the soldiers had determined to rescue
their comrades who were in durance.
WILL OF THE LATE MR. W. CUOCKFORD.—AdMiniS-
tration, with the will annexed (no executor being named
therein), of the late well-known William Crockford, of
gambling notoriety, has been granted to Mrs. A. F.
Crockford, his widow. The will is dated as late as last
month, and gives the whole of his property to his wife in
on th
nearly the following words :—" I give rd bequeath the
whole of my property of whatever description. to my dear
wife and her heirs, relying on her doing what is right."
The personal property alone is sworn under the large sum
of £200,000, and it is rumoured that. his real estate is
worth £150,000 more. This extraordinary man, we be-
lieve,
bar,
fro, remn edr lhyykept e thes fishmongersuccessful 's shop adjoining
speculations
turf was enabled to purchase the house in St. jam ,se
street, afterwards terribly famous as " Crockford's ;"easn-d-
-it is said that there the deceased amassed the bulk of his
TURNING THE PENNY TO SOME TUN In the rno,t
our relations with China were anything . but settled, a
Manchester merchant formed the
ro p e
periodr t y
speculat-
ing in 30,000 pieces of low skirtings,tesolution. of
chaser paid 6S. Bd. per piece • the for which the p.ur-
£lo,ooo. The entire of this' l
idmismtreenssseedp
whole outlay being just
.arge purchase, as to num-
bers of pieces if not in a
where the goods arrivedwere shipped to Manilla,
most opportune. A quick sale
took place, and the returns,
charges, netted rather over £20,000.
all costs and
amount were then out of the qu,:stioi.i ands t fhoer such
proceeds an
n
were invested in silk. The silk: too,' proved an
good spec. ; the lucky owner having again doubled his
investment, i. e.: sold the silk for more than £40,000.
Perhaps a more fortunate speculation is not on record' •
and all this, too, was accomplished in less, it is said, than
twelve months !

ANOTHER PAPIST ATTACK.-011 Wednesday event
last, the savage feeli,lg of the Irish Papists at Bradfd
was again displayed by their taking offence at the woe
" Croppy," and " Boyne Water." The consFquell
was, that a man was stabbed with a knife, and othe
more or less injured. The wounded man now lies in
dangerous state, and an Irishman named Payne is in eti
tody charged with the assassin-like deed. No proceedin
will be adopted until the sufferer is pronounced out

dangc:T.—Bradford paper.
FATAL MISTAKE.—Mrs. Smith, aged 70, wife of a
farmer, of Clains,l,Vorcestershire,lost her life on Thursdat
by a fatal mistake. She had for some time been tended
by a doctor who prescribed an aperient mixture. On the
same day Mr. Smith wanted a wash to dress some sheep
for the foot rot, and having written a reciue from a book!,
both papers were sent to a druggist. The quantities T.
both were alike, and they were sent in two bottles, bota
labelled but in one parcel. The nurse who attended 10;
Smith took the wrong bottle by mistake, and adinin;steret!'
the quantity prescribed, which in place of being the
rient mixture, was a strong solution of virdigres ao
aqu,fort is, and caused her death in a short time, all medi°l

aid being unavailing.
HYDROPHOBIA.—On Thursday afternoon, a fine 11
named Charles Evans, aged 13, of Lisson-grove, die
from hydrophobia. About six weeks ago he was standie4
at his parents' door, when a dog of the mongrel br
came running in and out of the shop. To frighten it awe/
the deceased attempted to kick it, when the beast semi
at him, and, catching his right hand in its mouth, inflicte.
a severe bite in the thick part of it, drawing blood. Eye%
attention was paid to the wound, which in a few days
completely healed. Subsequently the same dog bit two
cats of its master's, and both dog and cats died, withill,ll
short time of each other, mad. A day or two afteewares
deceased seemed quite altered in his manner, and eshi"
bited symptoms of impaired intellect; and on Tuesdsl
last his father's housekeeper was about to wash his feCe
►
as he appeared so lethargic in his manner, when he be;
came suddenly very outrageous, gnashing his teeth, ..1°
pushing her away, and was with difficulty soothed. tie
was attended by a surgeon, but continued getting wore!
until Thursday, when he expired.—London paper.
FIDELITY OF THE DOG.—A remarkable instance -
canine sagacity, courage, and fidelity, occurred last weer/
a short distance from this place. On Tuesday week, Mr'
Bushell, farmer, of Eckington, having walked into the
home orchard at the time when the cows were being
milked, at some distance, was set upon by a bull. The
bull's attack was so fierce and unexpected that Mr.
Bushell could not get out of the way of the infuriated
animal. Having overtaken him, it tossed him almost'
into the branches of an apple tree ; the sufferer fell to the
ground, and the bull repeated his attack, goring sell
trampling his victim in the most savage style. Just when,
Mr. Bushell had given up all hope of rescue, his dog, 01
the shepherd breed, flew to the spot, and instantly recbg.
nising his master, attacked the bull with the most (let&
mined bravery. He " pinned" him at once, and standiof
over his master's prostrate body, defended him from fur-
ther harm, save scratches from his own claws, as' he vase
compelled to move about by the struggles of the bull.
After a fight between dog and bull of some minutes °lel
Mr. Bushell's body, the former proved the victor, Beg
the bull took to his heels, leaving the field*to his brave
and faithful opponent. Mr. Bushell is severely bruised'
about the head.— Worcester Journal.
DISTRESSED STATE OF THE COOPERS' TRADE.-11
copy of the memorials and petitions addressed to
Treasury and to the Board of Trade, from the coopers 0
the United Kingdom, on the condition of their track,
has just been printed by order of the House of Commons'
The memorials are from the masters and journeyal
coopers of Glasgow, Greenock, Gainsborough,
Bristol, London, Liverpool, and Hull, and make out •
strong case in favour of a further reduction of the imPeLt
duties on foreign staves. The memorialists agree j.
stating that the coopers' trade throughout the kingdom
in a very depressed state, one half of the working cooee"
being out of employment. Under the new tariff the IT
duction on the duty on staves imported from the COL,:
nent of Europe, was on the average 34 per cent., caww, ,
practically no reduction was made on colonial staves, and
staves from the United States were prohibited altogethe.r
by the duty of 66 per cent. No drawback of the duty 0
allowed on the coopers work being exported, and as the
duty averages 30 per cent. on the cost price to the English
cooper, while the United States coopers are charged Oil
no duty whatever in that timber growing country, ap,'
their work is only liable to a trifling duty in the Britt
colonies, it ceases to be matter of surprise that the treat;
is fast leaving this country, and going to the United
States. '1 he question of the duty on staves is now under
the careful consideration of the Government.
A SWINDLER CAUGHT AT LAST.—At the Sheriff's
Court, in Edinburgh, on Saturday week, Thomas Porr
Gilmour, alias Thom, or Thomas Gilmour, so well know•
in this town and neighbourhood, was charged with basil
assumed the fictitious character of partner of pretende„
firms in Leith, which he designated John Lee, & Co.,
and " Thom, Gilmour, & Co. ;" and with, having ender
this character, forged, and uttered as genuine, letters
which induced Mr. John Edmunds, coal merchant„ Pon-
typridd, Cardiff, to ship to Jersey, to the care of a mer-
chant there, a quantity of coal on account of the pretence,'
firms, and the coal having been sold, the sum of Xl7 13$. 7d*
being the free proceeds of the sale, it was transmitted to
the accused. From the evidence it appeared also that the
prisoner went to Leith in the spring of 1843, where. 116
took lodgings under the name of Mr. Thom, and coal-
menced a system of wholesale imposition. He employed
a clerk to write six dozen and a half of letters to various
houses throughout the kingdom, containing orders to a
large amount, and of a heterogeneous nature, such as
chains
ti
Liverpool
and p
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lhorsogs forfommahNewcastle,ogany fr 0 m confectioneryLond on .
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letters bore the signature of "John Lee, & C 0.," in which
name the prisoner procured a private box in the Post-office,
but which be afterwards changed to " Thom, Gilmour, ee
Co." He also, under the name of Mr. Thom, endea-
voured to procure a quantity of wine from a merchant in
Leith ; but in consequence cf the evasive manner in which
he answered all questions in reference to his vocation, be
succeeded in obtaining only three bottles of wine as sac)"
ples, one of which he paid for. The jury returned a ver"
diet of guilty. He was sentenced to be imprisoned fel
twelve calendar months.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—In the month of June,'
1837, the schooner Ebenezer, a regular trader for coal
to this port, J. Little, commander and part owner, sell"
from Plymouth for Shields, for a cargo of coals, having*
regular crew, and a passenger named Edward Jeffery,
son of the late Mr. T. Jeffery, who died about three.
years since, and was for many years a faithful servant of
Messrs. J. and W. Collier, timber-merchants of this
town. It appears the Ebenezer arrived safely at Shieldo,
took in a cargo of coals, and sailed again for this port,
having still on board the young man Edward Jeffetlt
whose design had been to take a summer excursion tfi,
Shields and return again. Coming down the North
Channel, when off Yarmouth the schooner experienced
severe gale, which lasted a day and night, and when hit
the violence of the storm she was shattered and We%
down ; and it was believed at the time, for no one hear I
anything about her for two months after, that every 80°
on board had perished. However, the desk of Captain
Little, with some papers enolosed, was washed into Yal.'
mouth at the latter end of July, which left no doubt
on
the minds of the friends of those on board, that evel
soul had perished • and the captain's widow, Mr. an
Mrs. Jeffery, and family, went all into deep mourning'
But the sequel of the story is, that Jeffery and another,
after having clung to the wreckl for several hours, were
picked up by a foreign vessel bound to India, which
touched at the Cape. Jeffery and his companion were
which was then lying there bound on a surveying expedi-
tpoutreotnursnhotoreh;isbfurtiebnedi
sn,g
hdee
estnitteurteedoforon obnoeayrtaind theclAotrhrionif:
tion to the Falkland Island. There it appears she has
been for the last six years; and, after returning and
cruising on the coast of Africa for some time, has taken
two very large slavers ; and on Saturday she arrived
is
Portsmouth harbour, when Jeffery sent a communicatior•
, to his friends, whose feelings may be better imagined than
described.—Plymouth Journal.
ela
MYSTERIOUS CASE.—On Tuesday an inquest was b
on the body of a lady of great personal charms, the vit;
of a medical gentleman, whose death took place from t"-
effects of prussic acid.—The deceased, Rachael Belaney'
the wife of J. Belaney, Esq., surgeon, came to London,
on Tuesday week, and took lodgings in Tracey-streets
Stepney. where she remained in company with her hes'
band. It appeared the lady was enciente, and on Sotni;
day morning her husband sent for a black draught, wines
she took. Mr. Belaney has himself, for a length of tiro
past, been in the habit of taking small quantitiesf prus'
sic acid for a complaint he laboured under. He broke mal
of the phials containing the prussic acid, when he pour!
o
that immediately
the lodgings and went to residej
Neither did he send for medical tla"P7'
thehea
heard
contents t
screame ats into t
ion
his
a tumbler,wife's
a nebdeedwx-perainorftoet
edmira:thtowhohetrhot
ledyecnaaaetflxhtl
called
droe.fooo
and commenced writing. Mr. Belaney shortly alt "
Oh, I have taken some of that stuff in the tumbler; 9 ,
4 (1:g
and sh
fgwf uei
ivwrfetel
,oretarrsp.sopßmeoeael ra.wendaetyteh.ra
ance or the stomach-pump. On Thursday further ei);
deuce was taken ; its general effect being that the prisonS
salts.-L
had been negligent as to the prussic acid, but not crivi„lii
oEfppsrouoassi
nal, the unfortunate lady having drunk from the wr°'-ra
tumbler, both being on the drawers. The witnessesb
testimony to the apparent affection with which the Pro
soner treated his wife.
asm r well e
Garrett,
I Dr. Letheley tried the contenae
of deceased's stomach, and discovered in it the preseila
some
surgeon, trace
said(s
ararsett,
band of the deceased admitted to him that he destrt?Ps
the phial which contained the prussic acid after his ell for
death.---Mr. Belaney had not practised as a surgeolLot,
several years.—Mr. Charnock, on the part of his eir„to,
requested a postponement of the inquiry. He was aloqu_ 00
for Mr. Belaney's sake, to throw all the light possiblceiso
the subject. The inquest was adjourned until (Yeater
Monday. At the hearing before the magistrates thel4oo
timated that some important evidence, calculated to i,." the
light on this case and on another accusation againtioa,
prisoner, would, in all probability, be brought f?r_70010
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The mystery which attached to the magistrates
.7.,00$
asure been
has in some me c awa a ittateT,t,
which appeared in the Tyneleared
y Mercury ofbY -TuesclaYder"-o‘l
That paper, after mentioning the great sensation Pr‘22ooll-
- the account of Mrs. Belaney's death, and the ex:: s have
nary circumstances attending it, says, "Two letthat Ws.
been received in North Sunderland—one stating te attend'
Belaney was very ill, and that two physicians wet th 11°W-
ing her, and the other announcing her death ; bo, that
ever, had been written after her decease. It is satc,, will
the body of Mrs. Skelly, the mother of the decease% tjo
be disinterred, as there are suspicious afloat :38
cause of her death, more especially from the stran_ge,7ley,
ner in which Chas (cast
was conducted. *rs. !2'2
llage, WA° A
te-
whose death has cast a gloom over the s't dor°
years of age, and beloved by a large number of , -ars.
friends. She was daughter of the late Mr. and '-
Skelly, of North Sunderland."