The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

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Mr. Thomas Wood (late alderman) has been appointed
chief clerk in the Guildhall Police-court, London.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert have sent a donation of
£lOO in aid of the funds of the Ragged School Union.
On Wednesday Mr. Justice.Erle, in chambers, accepted
bail on behalf of the Chartist prisoner Vernon.
It is said that flour will be sent from New York in a
few weeks at four dollars per barrel.
One of the Paris journals states that about 1,000 Pari-
sian milliners have left for London,
On Friday last seven quarrymen were crossing one of
the lakes situate in the beautiful pass of Llanberis, when
the boat was capsized, and six of them drowned.
The office of Sheriff of London has been going a-beg-
ging. Several gentlemen have been proposed for thd
honour, but declined.

An old wedding ring, with some initials and the date,
1594, on the inside, has the following inscription :—" One
quyet, both happy."
The Irish ship Royal Sovereign, of London, from Ham-
burg to Quebec, foundered, on Friday morning, off Cas-
tlehaven ; captain and crew, 17 in number. were saved.
THE NORWICH RIOTS.—One of the constables injured
by the mob at Norwich, in an attempt to rescue some re-
fractory paupers from their custody, has died.
The sale of the magnificent effects at Stowe, the Duke
of Buckingham's seat, will positively take place next
month.

Mrs. Newlove, the old lady, who, with her son, was so
brutally injures by some burglars at Warthill, near York,
has since died of her wounds.

The British brig Brothers was wrecked on Tampico
Bar on the 3d of May, and it was feared would be a total
loss. Her cargo was valued at 150,000 dollars.
It has been remarked, that nearly all the Duke of
Buckingham's farms, which have lately been sold, have
been bought by the tenants who occupied them.
Mr. Macready has been engaged at the Birmingham
theatre for Thursday and Friday next, the 6th and 7th
instant.

A large fragment of an ancient canoe, measuring about
22 feet in length, and hollowed from the-trunk of a large
oak, has been found in the bed of the river Tay, at•Sleey-
less island.

A London cabman has been committed for trial, on a
charge of having forged one of the plates furnished to
hackney carriages by the officers of the hackney coach
department of the excise office.
The foundation stone of a new corn-market, in Min-
burgh, for. the erection of which a large space has been
cleared on the south-west side of the Grassmarket, was
laid on Wednesday.
A desperate struggle took place on Tuesday at Ports-
mouth between some smugglers and two government
officers, during which one of the latter was so severely
beaten that he was left for dead.

The Arbroath Guide mentions a boy of thirteen who
goes about preaching in the open air. The close of the
discourse is the most moving, as a collection is then made
for funds to complete the callant's education ! _ _

The Gipsey steam-ship was lost on a voyage from Lon-
don to Bahia, during a severe storm. The crew escaped
on board a pilot-boat belonging to the Scilly Isles, and
the steamer was seen to go down in deep water soon after.
DERBY SWEEPS.—I❑ the House of Commons, on Wed-
nesday, Sir G. Grey said that wha are called " Derby
Sweeps" are illegal, and that the Excise had received
instructions to put a stop to them for the future.
J. R. E. Holmos, EQq., of Llangoed Castle, Breconshire,
was drowned in the Wye on Friday week. It is supposed
that whilst fishing he ventured too deep into the water
and was carried away by-the stream.
Mrs. Thom, widow of the late bard of Inverary, died
on the 17th ult., of typhus fever, leaving her three chil-
dren, the eldest of whom is only four years old, now or-
phans indeed.
Ann Thomas, a woman living at Peterchurch, Here-
ford, has been committed for trial for the murder of her
illegitimate offspring, by burying it alive immediately after
its birth. _

A manufacturer of Birmingham has received an order
from Abbas Paella, grandson of Mehemet Ali, for chim_
neypieces, grates, tenders, ashpans, lireirons, &c., for
several fireplaces.
The Hull Packet mentions that during a thunder-
storm on Sunday week, the lightning entered a room in a
farmhouse near Brantingham, split the bedposts, and
burned part of the covering of the bed in which the farmer
was lying, but luckily left him uninjured.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.— A man at Netherton, Worces-
tershire, took three horses, riding the foremost, to drink
at a large pond ; the foremost horse walked out of his
depth, and in his struggles dragged the others after him ;
the man and all three horses were drowned.
SHOCKING DEATH. —On Monday, Mrs. Betts, of
Cainsby, destroyed herself by taking laudanum. The de-
ceased lady, who was greatly respected, is said to have
been driven almost mad by the misconduct of one of her
children.—Lineoln Chronicle.

Mr. Busfield Ferranti has again committed several par-
ties on charges of unlawful training and drilling to the use
of arms and military exercises. Both Keighley and Brad-
ford have been very peaceable since such decisive mea-
sures have been taken. _

On the 13th ultimo., six men disguised entered the
house of Mr, W. Cunnington, Shelton, Bedfordshire,
and whilst one stood sentry over that gentleman and the
other inmates with a loaded pistol, the others ransacked
the house, using the most awful threats.

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RECKLESS DRIVING.—In the Carlisle County-court, a
few days ago, Mr. Gawthorp, grocer, of that town, ob-
tained £2O damages, besides costs, against the Rev. Mr.
Huntley, vicar of Tharsby, who had driven over him while

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THE
IRON TRADE.—The iron trade of Rimingliatn-is
at the present moment in an extremely depressed state.
At the preliminary meeting of iron-masters, held at Stew-
poney on Friday, it was resolved to reduce the price of
iron 30.3. per ton.

The hi?:hest rate of interest charged on advances by the
Bank of England, since its first establishment, was in
October 1847, when it was.eight per cent. ; the lowest rate
was in September 1844, and March 1845, when it was two
and a-half per cent. ; it is now three and a-half per cent.
BOAT RACE.—The great match between the Shakespere
crew, of Manchester, and the Mazeppa, Durham crew,
for 1100, came off yesterday week at York. The distance
was tour miles on the river Ouse, from a little below the
bridge to a little below Bishopthorpe. The Mazeppa won
the race by a yard and,a half.
Sir John-Barrow (late of the Admiralty) celebrated his
84th birthday on the 19th ult., by inviting the Town.
Bank scholars, of whom when a boy he was one, to dine
at Furness Abbey. The Sunday-school children had also
a share in the afternoon's festivities. A new infant-
school was opened at Ulverstone on the same day.
An extraordinary instance of the rapidity with which
news is now conveyed is given in the Sun of Thursday.
The result of the race for the Northumberland Plate, at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which was run at twelve minutes
past four o'clock on Wednesday, was published by that
paper before five o'clock.
MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Tuesday, a meeting of the
Free Church Presbytery of Dalkeith was held. Among
the speakers at the meeting was Dr. John Browne, R.N.,
Musselburgh, who, on resuming his scat at the conclusion
of his- address, suddenly fell off his chair upon the floor,
and immediately expired.
A FAMOUS DIVIDEND.—The Edinburgh correspondent
of the Daily News writes that a.circular-has been issued
to the creditors on the private estate of Mr. Allison; iron
merchant and sole proprietor of the North British Mail,
intimating that a dividend has been declared of 7 15-16 d.
in the pound. If the rejected claims are appealed against,
the dividend will be 2 1-15 per pound.
Ati order in council has been issued, directing that all
vessels arriving in the United Kingdom from ports and
places in the Levant, not having foul bills of health, are
to be cleared immediately on arrival, by the tide-survey-
ors, and not to be subjected to a quarantine of the inte-
rim of return of post from London, or of medical inspec-
tion.

` At a marriage which was solemnized at Christ Church,
Bristol, a few days since, the officiating clergyman closed
the ceremony by raising the veil of the bride, impressing
a kiss on her forehead, and then blessing her from the
altar. This, which is said to be a revival of an old custom
in the church, excited some commotion among the nu-
merous persons in the body of the sacred edifice.
INDIA RUBBER PAVEMENT.—The court-yard of the
Admiralty, Whitehall, has been covered with a pavement
of India rubber. It is laid down in pieces about twelve
inches square and one in thickness. The quadrangle at
Buckingham-palace, formed by the erection of the new
wing, will also be covered with this material, which its
projectors have named " Kamptolite." Its chief recom-
mendation ia that 46 dcodena•att -,mural.- - '

The barque Commerce, 267 tons, Alexander Halliday,
master, of and from Galway, with 68 passengers, for St.
John's, New Brunswick, was totally lost on Port Mouton
Island, a little to the westward of Liverpool, Nova Scotia,
on the morning of the 31st May, and we regret to state
that eight of the passengers, and an apprentice belonging
to the ship, were drowned.
WASTE LANDS.—It is stated in " Fleming's Policy,"
that there are 14,700,000 acres of waste land in the United
Kingdom, viz. :—ln England, 3,454,000; in Wales,
530,000; in Scotland, 5,250,000; in Ireland, 4,600,000;_
in the British Islands, 166,006. It is believed that one-
fourth might be reclaimed for wheat culture. [Other ac-
counts state 25 millions.]
A lady has invented a new mode of teaching astronomy
by means of a parasol, instead of a celestial globe, and
terms this new instrument an astrorama. The silk of the
parasol represents the firmament, upon which the con-
stellations are pourtrayed. while a plumb line hangs down,
and when brought to the edge of the silk, shows that the
axis of the heavens, represented by the parasol stick, is
rightly inclined.
On Sunday week, about one o'clock at noon, the mill
of Messrs. Hirst, Day and Co. known as the Albion Mill,
at Dewsbury, was burnt to the ground. The damage sus-
tained is supposed to be from £BOOO to £9OOO. The con.
flagration is said to have originated iri' the spontaneous
combustion of some waste material. UpWards of one
hundred mill hands will be thrown out of employment by
this calamity.
A CIIRIOSITY.—In the forge of Mr. Wyatt, at the
Waterloo Inn, Oldswinford, there is, at the distance of
about half a dozen yards from the hammer and fire of the
forge, the nest of a robin, with young birds, being the
second brood hatched in the same spot this season.—
Singularly enough, the old bird remains in fearless security
feeding and tending her brood, while the workmen, who
are almost constantly employed, are at work quite close to
the nest.—Binningham Journal.
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION..—The steamer Neptune, be-
longing to North Shields, was off the port, a distance of
about six miles, on Wednesday in last week, when the
boiler burst, and the captain, named Benjamin Baxter,
was so severely scalded, that he died shortly after being
landed at North Shields. The fireman also, named Wm.
Robson, is not expected to survive the injuries he received
from the same cause. The steamer, it appears, had been
racing to secure the towing of a vessel into Shields.