The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

GENERAL NEWS.

REVISION OF POSTAL D7STRICTS.—The Postmaster-
General has ordered the whole of the districts of the rural
letter-carriers to be revised, in order that better accom-
Modation may be afforded to the public.
WINE AND SPIRITS.—On Friday the official accounts
of imports were printed. It appears that on the ten
months ending the sth ult. there was a decrease of 67,446
gallons on spirits entered for home consumption compared
With the preceding year, and a decrease of 84,042 gallons
on wine. This, of course, includes the whole time the
Great Exhibition was open.

SUDDEN DEATH.—An awful instance of the uncer-
tainty of human life occurred at Oxford on the evening of
Wednesday last. Lieutenant Hansard, R.A., brother of
Mr. Hansard, an eminent surgeon of that city, and son of
the parliamentary printer, had been invited to dine with a
friend; but soon after his arrival he was taken ill, and com-
plained of giddiness in his head, and in a very minutes he
was a corpse.
ROBBERY AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—A young
man of respectable connexions, named Henry Padwick
Butler, has been committed for trial on three separate
charges of entering the rooms of undergraduates at Cam-
bridge, and purloinirg a gold watch, a gold pin, gold
rings, and several other articles. The prisoner lodged in
Magdalen College, and was about to enter upon a situa-
tion at one of the metropolitan colleges.
STREET LIGHTS.—In street lamps of the common'con-
Struction there is a great waste of light. I would suggest
that the tops or roofs of these lamps which often measure
one-third or one-fourth of the entire surface, be made of
tin, to be kept bright in the inner side, or of glass, silvered
over like looking-glasses, so as to reflect the light down-
ward. I agree with your correspondent from Devizes,
that street lights should just be above the reach of um-
brellas, and no higher.—Correspondent of the Builder.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. —A fatal explosion took
place last Tuesday afternoon, at Dartford, at Mr Callow's
Manufactory of signal rockets, detonating powder, and
other combustible substances, carried on at a lone farm-
house, known as Joyce's, on the banks of the river Darent.
Pour men, two women, and a youth, engaged on the pre-
anises, were blown to atoms, so that only detached limbs
have since been found of some of the bodies. Two others
are so severely injured that they are not expected to re-
cover. One of the poor women was only married on
Sunday.

CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD.—In the Court of Queen's
Banal, yesterday week, three individuals, named James
Holder Alleyne, Alexander M'Geachy Alleyne, and Thos.
bopping Buchanan D'Arcy, were convicted of obtaining
the sum of £7,300 from Robert Blair Kennedy, an ensign
in the East India Company's service, by false pretences
and conspiracy. The money was obtained by means of
fraudulent bets upon horses, and other similar transac-
tions. Holder Alleyne was sentenced to two years' im-
prisonment ; D'Arcy, to twelve months ; and M'Geachy
Alleyne, six months.
A BLOOMER IN A DILEMMA.—On Wednesday, Mrs.
Pannel gave a lecture on Bloomerism, at the Cock in
Pits, in Tower-street, Chichester. The room was not
very fully attended, and the greater portion of the au-
dience consisted of females well known in that locality.
We are 'constrained to say that the cause of Bloomerism
did not gain much credit at the hands of the lecturer, for
lust as she was shewing off her costume to advantage, the
tape-string broke, and her gaudy short petticoats fell
tumbling about her heels. The scene that took place at
this moment was indescribable, but fortunately for the
lady, a gentleman ran to her assistance immediately, and
instantly covered her corpulent body with a white smock
frock, amidst the shouts of laughter from the audience in
attendance.—Portsmouth Times.
OPENING, OF THE STOUR VALLEY RAILWAY.--011
-Monday a very serious breach of the peace occurred at
Wolverhampton. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Company attempted to force a passage over the other
railway. The officials of the London and North-Western
resisted, placing an engine across the line for that purpose.
Several thousands of persons were on the spot, and the
Police were overpowered by the " navvies." At one
time a serious riot was apprehended, and some fighting
did actually take place. The authorities interfered, and
Mr. Baker, the engineer, and an engine-driver in the
service of the North-Western Company, were taken be-
fore the magistrates; but, after a lengthened hearing, the
case was dismissed.

IMPRESSION OF FOREIGN ARCHITECTS AS TO LONDON.
--At the opening meeting of the Royal Institute of Ar-
chitects, a few days ago, the Foreign Secretary said,—
" I am gratified in being able to state that the impression
on the minds of most of these intelligent and experienced
architects in regard to the state of our art in this country,
is extremely satisfactory. Unfostered as the English ar-
chitect is by the immediate patronage of the government,
generally limited in the means placed at his disposal, they
ave found that he has sought, and not without success,
to ennoble his conceptions, not so much by the refinements
of decoration or the concurrence of the sister arts, as by
the largeness of disposition, by simplicity of design, and
by the dimensions of his work. The noble—the useful—
the convenient—the necessaries and first wants of life
have been sought in all their highest development, rather
than the ornamental ; and success has to a great degree
attended this peculiar and sober treatment of architecture
in England. The variety and excellence of our materials,
now being fully brought into play by skilful adaptation,
also seemed to strike our foreign friends."—The Builder.
A LADY HER OWN BARRISTER.—The Lord Chief
Aaron of the Court of Exchequer wan occupied ou Mon-
day and Tuesday, and the greater part of Wednesday, in
hearing the case of Hoare v. Baldwin, which was an action
by which the plaintiff, Miss Sarah Mary Ann Hoare,
sought to recover compensation in damages for injury
aaid to have been sustained by the publication of a series
of alleged libels in the Morning Herald during the years
1845, 1846, and 1647. The damages were laid at £6OOO.
The defendant pleaded " Not guilty," and then a justifi-
cation. Miss Hoare conducted her own case in person;
and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill appeared for the
defendant. Miss Hoare, in a speech of upwards of two
hours' duration, laid her case before the jury. She then
proceeded to call witnesses and examine them. She also
cross-examined the witnesses on the other side. As may
be supposed, the questions put were sometimes not of the
most regular and proper kind, and the Lord Chief Baron
had to exercise considerable patience with the plaintiff.
The libels complained of were the reports of proceedings
at the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, upon the funds
of which society the lady thought she had a just claim.
The jury found for the defendant.

SHOCKING MURDER NEAR BATH.—A murder of a very
shocking description was committed yesterday week at
Priston, near Bath, on a poor man named George Bush,
a milkman by trade, who resided at Timsbury. It ap-
pears that on the day of the murder the deceased, who is
Unmarried, left his lodgings for the purpose of attending
a sale by auction at Priston, and took with him between
X. 4 and £5, observing to his landlady, Mrs. Flower, that
he should return the same evening. He was seen at the
sale, and afterwards he went to a beer-house at Priston,
called the Ring of Bells, where he staid drinking with
several persons. Shortly after nine o'clock some dispute
arose between the deceased and his friends about paying
for the beer they had, and he at once left, saying he
should go home. He was not again seen alive. Inquiries
Were instituted, and the poor man was found in a lonely
field near Priston Wood, with his throat cut. The pockets
Of the deceased had been turned inside out, and com-
pletely rifled of their contents. On the back of the left
hand, near the thumb, was a shilling affixed by the blood.
Two sixpences were also found in the grass under the de-
ceased. The poor fellow bore the character of being a
Mild inoffensive man. The police are actively engaged in
endeavouring to discover the perpetrators of this atrocious
Murder.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for the week
ending the 30th ultimo, on the undermentioned English
lines of railway, are as follows :

London and North Western.
Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire..
London and South Western
London and Brighton ......
Great Western South Eastern ...... .

£40,021 .. X 38,508
21,436 .. 20,235
16,251 .. 15,145
8,801 .. 8,575
8,210 .. 8,112
14,228 .. 13,119
10,238 .. 9,356
8,094 .. 7,427

..... ..... ........
York and North Midland
Manchester, Sheffield , and Lincoln-

shire . .......................... 6,830 .. 6,190
Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 12,078 .. 13,665
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 574 .. 529
Eastern Counties and Norfolk
Great Northern 10,360 .. 6,140
Chester and Holyhead
North Staffordshire
Leeds Northern l,OOB 832
south Devon
South Wales . ....... 1,334 .. 673
London and Blackwell
733 .. 744
The total receipts on the above lines being £186,801
against £175,557 in the corresponding week of last year,
the increase is shown to be £11,244. The number of
miles open was, in 1851, 4,158, and in 1850, 3,919;
allowing an increase of 239 miles. The general returns
nmst, therefore, be considered satisfactory. The particu-
lar returns of the week exhibit no feature which appears
to call for remark, for the race and autumnal fair traffic
does not affect the receipts so sensibly as was the case a
Week or two since.
THE TEETH.—A new and very curious invention con-
nected with dental surgery has been introduced by Mr.
Howard, of 17, George-street, Hanover-square, London.
It is the introduction of an entirely new description of
Artificial Teeth, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures.
They so perfectly resemble natural teeth as not to be dis-
tinguished from the originals by the closest observer.
They will never change colour or decay, and will be found
very superior to any teeth ever babre used. This method
does not require the extrietion of roots, or any painful
?Peration, it will 'teeda and preserve the teeth that are
'nose, and is gu to restore articulation. The in-
Yention dese es the notice of the scientific, and is of
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Pnportance to mall per ,
sons • and those who are interested
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,41 it should avail themselves of Mr. Howard's skill as a
dentist.

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