The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-03 00:00:00

June 3, ISIS,

FOREIGN SEEDS.—From and after the Ist of June, tb'
duties now chargeable upon the importation of the follorov,
ing foreign seeds into this country will cease, viz., fort;
ty
gardenani seed
übnoennnuemt ,ercaotleedh)i clue
nn3t,i
ecs lettuce,min feltilnusgereecd rack,
and
seed, lupine, maw, millet, parsley, quince, shrub or tr'',
and worm.

DECREASE OF MARRIAGES.—It is a curious his
fact that
the number of marriages in England and Wales jo
greatly decreased of late years. though the population/
annually increasing. Thus, in 1833, there were 120,1;
marriages in England and Wales ; in 1834, 121.8,84; itt
1835, the number fell more than 2.000, being 119.5vn':
1836 they rose again to 120,849 ; but in the 1011047
rt
year decreased more than 8,000 being only 112,72 ho i'
1838 there were 113,123 marriages; in 1839, 116'''tiat
and in 1840, 115,548. The number of burials in 1837, la
336,994 ; in 1838, 292,650 • in 1839, 286,855; 2°' ai
1840, 304.407. The number of baptisms in the latr"
year was 364,440, some 5,000 fewer than in 1823. ter
CONDITION OF LABOURERS.—A case at the
sessions gives some insight into the mode in which lo
cultural labourers are " managed." The ample° ji
farmer
beener
by
y" t h
e parishallotted" at
vestry,th e
beginning
a t ll
three of last winter
e rivl:o.
9s p AO
wages, and he had so worked for him till a few tfe back. Three shillings per week was the price put on at,•A
single men at the said " allotment."—One of the nit
gistrates thought such wages temptations to crim,4o:o4,
was not enough for a man to live on, and he was on rt
that or the poorhouse.—Complainant :—" I'd ratberWetet•
at low wages than go into the house."—Maelstt4l;.
" There is no wonder at workhouses and gaols being 1100
you drive people to crime—you hold out a temP`
to it."
• betU
Moans; LAL.—The services of this diatingll6l.„„:
moonshee, who, it will be recollected, was the chief lie
strument of effecting the restoration of the cantlo644ati
tamed by Akbar Khan, have been honourably recogura'j
by the East India Company. On his return to Inn's.
donation of 15,000 rupees will await his acceptanee;,„
addition to a personal allowance of 6,000 rupees Per
Airtbs'
num, commencing from the date of his quitting, „aa,'
nistan. He is already in the receipt of an al10115,.,,"0.(
amounting to 3,810 rupees annually, and this he will :fa.
tinue to enjoy so long as he shall remain without trov,;-01,,
meta -employment.- - The additional and larger ners",,do'
allowance is granted absolutely, and will be drawn in
t te dition to the emoluments of any public emplo'rnen.
which his talents and character may recommend 111°'
Allen's Indian Mail.
Two OXFORD STUDENTS' DROWNED.—On Tuesda
evening, James Frederick Ede, 8.A., scholar, sod mop
ward Harris, commoner, proceeded in two light skilfa et
the Cherwell, as far as. Islip, where they were to haveTaa
two fellow collegians. They did not appear at the P'
appointed, and search being made for them• w and .t
11.. b,
two miles of Oxford the two boats were found, one wi
ars4
broken oars and one doubled up. It is supposed tbat,9ba
having broken his oar, had joined his companion 1n.t00.,9
other boat, and that, the night being stormy, darkness
i 0
around them, and the stream rapid, they l'°„„
some cause or other, being unable to avoid a tree, Pr ;(4
jecting partially across the river, were upset ; ands the
water being very deep, Mr. Ede, unable to swim, and
unfortunate companion trying to assist him, both weit
drowned. The bodies were found next day.
Ale
RARE COPY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.—At a 5 last week of a portion of a nobleman's library, at Fleteh,
0
er's rooms, Piccadilly, an edition of the Holy Sail:ol4%a
of exceeding rarity was sold. It is thus described in,,ida
catalogue :—" Holy Bible, in which is contayned the '-'„to
and Newe Testament, truly and purely translated hirs
English by Thomas Matthew, black letter, morocco e%
gilt edges, by Clarke; 1537. The real name of the Lean„
.'tilator was John Rogers, who was the first Martyr
Queen Mary's reign. The present copy is perfect,
the exception of the following defects, a letter or two e't,
off at the bottom of the first title, the title to the Prophe,4B
is repaired at the bottom, two leaves in the table and t";
imprint are in facsimile by Harris, the corner of Gqw,
torn off, and a few leaves repaired." It was purchase"
Mr. Thorpe for 105 guineas !
RESULTS OF SABBATH OBSERVANCE.—At the anno
meeting of the Lord's Day Society in London, last weeks
,
G. Burns, Esq., of Glasgow, said, that for more
twenty years be ad been connected with steam naviP.',
tion. It was nearly as long ago that he and his brottL;
were engaged in the management of steam-vessels P1Y,41
between Glasgow and Belfast. In the process al:mil"
some of those vessels they discovered that the partiesiBr
Belfast intended to select Sunday as one of the regn
days of sailing; they immediately entered their Prett
against that arrangement, and retired from all connes'ag
with it, stating that although they could not hold inte(l'„ek,
as proprietors they were willing to act as managers, vr)
ing from Monday morning to S iturday night as vier he
ously as the other parties pleased. There they left toe
matter, and their services were dispensed with. friteeet
course of a few years events occurred which had the euds.
of placing almost the whole concern in their own ben•
and he attributed that circumstance to the Divine blessin
resting upon their declaration of principle and adhere°ce
to it.
pole
SOMNAMBULISM.—A rather singular occurrence tet
..
place, early on the morning of Thursday last, to a resPe
able cowkeeper, living in the neighbourhood of Chester
field. The servant bay got up between four and
rthe' :,to'
o'clock with a view of going to milk ; on going into` alc" 4,11
kitchen he was much surprised in not finding the 01
cans. The lad then went to the stable to see if the Pi 1',4
was there, but it was also missing. He then proceeS,
to the field some distance from home, when he was 11147,74 ,
ably surprised at fin4ing his master in the act of driv,4
tl
all his cows into a corner, as he supposed, for the purl"-
of milking, the pony standing at a distance with the
cho.ol
and other missing articles on its back. On approa' o
his master, the lad thought he looked " very clueer4 ;4:
which terrified him so much that he was afraid to go ne.:44.
but, having at length got the better of his fears, he ael jog
his master by the arm, and so awoke him from sleep
in
in that state he had been busying himself as before statle",
The same individual, some years ago, when in the servcer
of a gentleman, got up in his sleep, harnessed the 110,r:or
and put it to the carriage, and drove it to the front au
' before he awoke.—Derby Mercury.
n,
Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, Piccadilly, LonJo hi
was totally destroyed by fire last night week. S° rap
was the progress of the flames, that Mrs. Round, w',.
Mr. Round, M.P. for Maldon, Mr. Raggett, the pr 0•00.4.
for of the hotel, his daughter, the nursemaid of Lord Pass ,
tingdon and three others, lost their lives. The '4'o
wasveryitifieulslsatththeeptirmawe,inagn_drosoevineroanl pTaurteisedsayha,vieg °a's
up to w fears 0,
entertained that probably there may be other bodies the
ried in the ruins. Mrs. Round was not undressed at
eej
time of the calamity. The pecuniary loss will °eit-
£3o,ooo. On Thursday, while the firemen were end has
vouring to discover the body of Mrs. Round, whin,l),, to' I
not yet been done, one of the toilet-bases belonging, ,
the Countess of Huntingd :n was discovered, contain a r 4
jewellery of the value of £250. The box was burnt ea, -
cinder, but the jewels were very slightly injured. A n..tr
her of diamonds and jewels belonging to the late unto
nate Mrs. Round were also discovered. A large ollestbe •
plate belonging to Mr. King was also found amongst d.•
ruins; but just as it was about being removed, the lai"fre •
lord, a Mr. Abbott, appeared, accompanied by a sr.,lle„rastt
officer, and after stating that the deceased Mr. lobo
owed him four years rent, amounting to £lOOO, refuse
let the chest of plate go. The jury, at the coroner 6
quest, returned a verdict of accidental death.
4. has
DISTRESSING ELOPEMENT.—Great excitement ht
been produced by an occurrence which has been br?';ears,
under magisterial cognizance, in Norwich. In conga vie
Lion for the feelings of two highly-respected families, °-
shall not name the one party in the transaction, but.t.',eet
tent ourselves with stating, that Frederick FyddY"'on
Wells, aged twenty-five, late in the service of a gentle the
of rank, in this county, was on Monday, remanded bYor,
city magistrates on the charge of having obtained 3 010
riage license by means of perjury. Wells has, till vicevaso
the last three weeks, been in the service of the ge,nt,„iag
in question, who is married to a widow lady, ose'f ger
daughter by a former husband, only sixteen years Lon'
a ward in Chancery. The family are at present "'„atrf:
don, but the young lady was at the mansion in the °°"yerto
and Wells has been observed to visit the house on seeisr•
occasions. On Sunday morning, having procured the
riage license, he by some means contrived to ta'''' St'
young lady to Norwich, and they were married ,std to
Benedict's Church. After the ceremony they rePaltoal
a low public-house, called the Two Quarts, but the Ice ol
lady having been missed from the hall, and interne° lice
her route being obtained, they were traced to their Poet'
of retreat, and, the fact of the marriage having'been dthe
trifled, Wells; was lat once taken into custody, "n 44( bet
young lady was conveyed back to the residence

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stepfather.—Bury Post. 4 Of
NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIETY.—The annual meetihn,7p 4
this society was held on Wednesday, the Archliroteo
Canterbury in the chair. About thirty childrent.,.7,7olt
in the schools were examined by the Bishop Ors4u.-,410°

and showed great proficiency. The report, after 00-0 to
to the want of skilful teachers, stated, " that
£2,000 was set apart for the purpose of providing 8:e
tions for eligible young women, to be educated at t"b0o0
stitutions of the society and the diocesan training I' or
upon condition of taking charge of schools in those golf
ters for which the special fund was intended. BY 'le'd t°
of these exhibitions, many young women accustoreior2
the manufacturing and mining districts have been inu..nder,
to become candidates for admission into training iiooo.
the Society at Whitelands, and under the Chester tit
at Warrington; and there seems every probabiatlere are
they will prove valuable teachers. Your comeonittadrol
happy to report that the model factory school at '"„LjOiaent
is proceeding entirely to their satisfaction. The for ,"A
extract from letter of the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, `1,70 OA"
Bradford, contains some striking facts relative,. ',rill
educational means provided for that large mane far giber
parish by the society and the vicar, assisted Faring
friends of sound education. On the 26th of rering
last Dr. Scoresby writes as follows :--` In Prep me
report of our parochial schools. I have obtained °noss,..ee
teresting returns of all the children that have the
through the schools at Stott-hill, Eccleshill, V4ll, ar-
model school. The numbers to December 31, 25413!
at Eccleshill, factory children, 220; day schnier-i,33'"
total, 478. At the model-school, factory childreetetorfi
day scholars, 270; total, 2,602. At Stott-hill, u` trotl)3o
children, 1,765 ; day scholars, 1,030 ; total, 2.79,5;it
of the whole entered at the schools, of which eu°, wbtld
remain, 5.875. Adding the school at Manningbe. operlei
under my charge, at New Leeds, and at Daisy-bil':,teach 4
a few months ago, the whole amount would re'ars atiof
believe, to about 7,000 children in about three Y corit
a half.' On the 23d of this month, the entire ar°,lo 00
the special fund was £151,985, of which al s7sAbe
£116,500 has been paid to the the treasurer, and e. 'de
have been expended and voted by your commit.te.,s utam
whole amount of the proceeds of the collecii, froTo
riven 9 249
ipol ascpeoso.
under the authority of her Majesty was X32‘.' Olaf
i a 1I nd
donations
£33,383." t 0
00
ttpires,fothoed
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