The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Knutsford was lighted with gas for the first time on
Tuesday evening last.
The annual accidents from the making of fireworks have
commenced. A man and his wife have been killed by an
explosion of squib. composition at Camberwell.
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BELANEY.—This individual visited Durham, a few days
ago, for the purpose of proving the will of hisunfortunate
wise in the Consistoriul Coutt of Durham.
The match at chess between Mr. Staunton and M. St.
Amand is postponed sine die, in consequence of the severe
and sudden illness of the English champion.
The nett con.ervative loss at the various Registration
Courts for the West Riding of Yorkshire, according to a
statement agreed upon by all parties, has been thirty-
five.

The good olden times of the year 1800 are again revived
at Eye. Our bakers are now selling four hot rolls for a
penny, (we sufficient for a reasonable man's breakfast.—
Suffolk Chronicle.
Mrs. Charlotte M'Lelland, the wife of a literary gentle-
man, residing at Islington, London, destrnyed herself on
Monday by swallowing a quantity of oil of almonds.
Pecuniary distress, and the dread of a seizure of their
goods for rent, led to the commission of the act.

SUDDEN DEATH.—A commercial traveller of the name
of Sammell, died on Tuesday last, whilst seated in the
Haverfordwest coach. He had transacted business during
the day in apparently good health, and was only twenty-
six years of age.
On Wednesday night last, about nine o'clock, an ex-
plosion took place in the colliery of Mesrs. Alickleth-
waite and Co., mar Wakefield, at which: time three men
were at work in the pit. Two of the men were killed by
the explosion.
0,1 Wednesday morning, a dreadful fire broke out at
Blackwaa. in the bar of the Britannia Tavern, and spread
with rapidity. No impret.sion could be made on the
flames till property to the amount of at least £lO,OOO had
been destroyed.

Martineau, in a letter to a friend, states that she
has been decidedly bentfithd by submittng to the mes-
meric process. She states that though confined to her
room for a long period, "she can now walk three miles
at a time with relish.

HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday week a coal
dealer, named Young, living at Chelfenhat;‘, rose in the
night and stabbed his wife whdst asleep in bed, and after-
wards cut his throat with a knife. Both are yet alive, but
the wife is nut expected to survive lorl.
On Sunday last, three engineers, who have been em-
ployed by Mr. Billingsley in erecting a steam-engine for
the purpose of manufacturing cement at Harwich, took a
small sailing boat with an ictentiou of visiting Ipswich,
by the river Orwell, but the boat was upset, and two of
the men were drowned.

INCENDIARY FIRE.—OD Sunday week an extensive
fire took place at Exiling, near Bury St. Edmund's, when
four hourses were burnt to death, and sacks of corn, barn,
and their contents, stables, out-huildings,a nd agricultural
implements—in short, everything, with the exception of
the dwelling-house, was destroyed.
THE MERTHYR IRON TR IDE.—The Merthyr Works
exhibit considerable activity, and notwithstanding our
reduction in price, and in the teeth of the Germanic im-
position of 50 per cent. on British iron as compared with
that of Belgium, the works here at least are carried on vi-
gorously. The Victoria works are likely to be put in
operation again.—Wrlchrai4n.

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EXETER COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—On Timisday the
Commissioner committed to prison a bankrupt, named
Hutton, a lime-burner, for giving prevaricating answers.
A linen-draper, named Gooden,ugh, late of Newton Ab-
bot, had the consideration of his application for a cert!fi-
cate adjourned for four years from the date of the fiat, in
consequence of attempted fraud.
The Tablet (Romish newspaper) announces the admis-
sion into the Romish Church, at Bruges, on the 7th in-
stant, of Mr. George Tickell, 8.A., of the University of
Oxford, and late Stowell Fellow of University College.
We have also beard that one of the students of King's
College, London, has similarly apostatized within the last
few weeks.—Becord.

ICITABOE.—Extract of a letter, dated August 1, 1844
from Captain Murray, late of the Seagull, of Kirkaldy
who has resided at Ichaboe several months,- as a shipping
agent :—" The guano on Ichaboeis going fast away ; and
you may inform any one interested that there is little risk
to ships at Ichaboe. Anchors and chains, indeed, are lost
every week ; but now the winter is nearly over, and no
serious ai cident or damage has occurred, except the loss
of one brig about two or three months ago."—Glasgow
ConsWutionac

THE WEAVER.—The project for limiting the sacred
day of rest on the River Weaver navigation to twelve
hours is for the present averted ; and the proposal now
comes in a very modified form, inasmuch as application
is only made to the trustees for permission to run the
boats till two o'clock on Sunday morning. There is no
fear, however, that the by-laws will be altered.
THE CHURCH OF Romx.—There are now throughout
the world 147 Catholic archbishops, 584 bishops, 71 vicars
apostolical, nine prefects, three apostolicals, and 3,267
missiDnaries. The number of faithful may amount to
+200,000.000,000. In the course of the present century
(from 1800 to 1842) forty new episcopal sets had been
created.—Time:.

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING
CLASSES.—A public meeting in favour of these establish-
ments was held on Wednesday last, in the Mansion.
house, London. The Lord Mayor presided, and amongst
those present were the Bishop of London, Archdeacon
Wilberforce, Archdeacon Hale, Sir G. Larpent, Sir 1. F.
Goldsmid, Sir W. Clay, Mr. Byng, M.P., Mr. Colqu-
houn, M.P., Mr. Solomons, &c. The resolutions were
missed unanimously.
VOIDING AN ALDERMAN'S ELECTION.—The election
of Mr. Salomons, a Jew, as alderman for the ward of
of Portsoken, in the city of London has been declared
void, by a court of elderly', n held on Tuesday last, in
consequence of that gentleman's refusal to make the de-
claration, which he is required to make " on the true faith
of a christian," previously to his taking upon himself the
duties of the office to which he had been appointed. Mr.
Moon and Mr. Bousfield are candidates for the vacant
aldermanship.

COLLISION AT SEA.—During Thursday night week, a
collision, though not attended with loss of lite, took
place off Whitby, at about eleven o'clock,. The brig
Normandy, Mr. Smiles, master, while nu her passage
from London to Stockton, was run into by a vessel un-
known. Both met with consider able force, and the Nor-
mandy sunk soon afterwards in deep water, the crew
saving themselves by taking to the long-boat. fhe ocher
vessel having bore away, her name could not be ascer-
tained, nor what injury she had sustained.

CAUTION.—The Chester Courant very properly can-
' tions the inhabitants of the Principality against au edition
of the New Testament in the Welsh language, lately pub-
lished by Mr. W., Bayley, of Wrexham. It contains
foot-notes to each page, one of which on Rocuabs xiii. 1.
' 2., being literally translated, runs thus—" Circumstances
are very often met with, vehieb make lawful a rebellion
against the authorities of the country." Mr. 13,.,1-y is
of the sect called Anabaptists; a promoter of the " Bri-
tish School" at Wrexham. and other kindred institutions
for disseminating tlac"prineiples of liberalism and dissent.
BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH REGISTRATION.—GREAT
DEFEAT OF LEAGUERS AND CRAUTISTS.—The revising
barrister, Mr. J. D. Bur,,aby, tartoinated his labours on
Saturday. The result of ti.e tevision is, that of U e 1,439
claims made by the leaguers and chartists, there have
been admitted in the parish of Birmingham 13 only; in
the parish of Aston there were 291 claims made by leaguers
and chartists, and 35 allowed ; t(lal 49, leaving 1.681
claims disallowed ! The leaguers and chartists made ex-
traordinary efforts to support their " claims."7-Birwarig-
ham Advertiser.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—On the 1611 i nstant, an
inquest was held at Alpraharn on view of the body of
Elizabeth Astbury, a married woman, aged 39, who was
killed by the early train from Crewe, on the previous
Tuesday. She was a native of Stoke, and had been to
visit her friends at Manchester, which she left, in de-
pressed spirits on the previous day. She was found dead,
and the body dreadfully mutilated, on the rails at Choi-
mondeston, by an engimer of the Grand Junction Com-
pany. The jury rerun ed a verdict of •' accidental death,"
and imposed a nominal deorla-nd on the train.

DEATH OF A POACHER —On Sunday week a notorious
poacher, of the name of Joseph Henshall, aged 25, was
killed by the accidental discharge of his gun whilst poach-
ing at Northen Etchells, in Cheshire. The family of
deceased have suffered considerably in consequence of
offending against the game laws, a brother of deceased's
having been hanged at Chester about fifteen years azo for
an attack on one of Lord Stamford's game-keepers at
Dunham Massey. It appeared from the evidence that
none of deceased's family were in the habit of attending
a place of worship.
APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, a man named
Hardford, bring engaged in brewing for a gentleman in
Slone-street, London, aid in the act of pouring some
boiling liquor from he copper into the mash-tub, the
stand on which the tub stood suddenly broke down, and the
tub, which contained between 80 and 90 gallons of boiling
liquor, was precipitated forward, knocking the untoru-
nate man down, and the principal portion of the liquor
flowing over the lower part of the unfortunate man's
body, scalded him in so shocking a manner, that on re-
moving his clothes, large pieces of flesh rolled off A st-is-
tance was immediately rendered, and he was removed in
a deplorable condition, and enduring excruciating suffer-
ings, to the hospital.

DEATH FROM DRINKING.—On Thursday Mr.Wakley,
the London coroner, held an inquest on the body of a lady
who had been found dead in her house at Hammersmith,
where she lived by herself. Her husband, a su. von, said,
that soon after their marriage be had found her dreadfully
addicted to drinking, and they had in consequence sepa-.
rated. A girl, who had been her only attendant for some
time, said she was constantly drinking spirita, and would
send out for a quartern perhaps a dozen times a day !
The coroner observed, that the husband should have put
her under restraint, as the unfortunate woman was tvi-
dentt>- acrabged. 'Fho verdict was, " Died from CALC3*
sive drinking of ardent spirits."
COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Another colliery rxplosion,
but happily without loss of life, took place at Cox Lodge,
near Newcastle, yesterday week, where the underground
workings arc extensive. Two shifters had gone in to a
part of the mine called the " gold." with a naked candle,
to see if the place was safe for the hewers; the g,s fired
by the candle, and the shock of the explosion was felt
throughout the mine. Several of the men made their
escape. One of them was much burnt, but not di,abled,
and reached the shaft in safety. Others were injured by
being thrown down, and one had his thigh bone broken.
Two of the men were in the mine two hours before they
could be extricated, and withstood the killing effect of
"choke-damp." Two, Collins and Brown, (the latter
"deputy" of the workmen) were so dangerously injur d,
that it is apprehended neither of them will survive. It is
the third time the pit has fired within a month, and on
every occasion with fatal or serious injury to a few.
IMPORTANT DECISION AT THE WESTMINSTER RE-
GISTRATION COURT.—On Saturday, Mr. Moylan, the
revising barrister, decided a case upon which no less than
400 claims depended. It appeared that in the parishes of
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, many of the
houses are farmed, or, in other words, that the landlord
is rated, and the occupiers are charged in their rent for
the taxes. These occupiers have claimed to be rated, but
the overseers have refused to do so, because it would give
them a settlement in the parish. Mr. Rogers, the vestry
clerk, however, entered their names in the rates bock in
red ink, under the name of " owner," which is the second
column, instead of that of the first, as " occupier." This
he said was not intended to be a rating, but merely as a
note that they had made a claim to be rated. The revis-
ing barrister, however, was of opinion that it was a rating,
and allowed the claim upon the decision of which so many
votes depended.

DISSENTERS' DIFFERENCES.--OD Sunday last, a some-
' what novel scene took place at the Westgate Chapel, in
Wakefield. It appears that about six months ago, a few
' of the trustees of that place of worship, from which the
major part of them had absented themselves for the last
four or five years, gave the minister of the chapel notice
to leave. This was opposed to the wishes of the congre-
gation, who entertained the highest respect for their pastor,
and were, therefore, anxious for him to continue amolig
them. The notice expired on Sunday week, and on ?hit
day a paper seas placed on the doors of the chapel, inti-
mating that it would be closed on the following Sunday.
On the congregation assembling on Sunday morning last,
they found the gates of the chapel-yard and the doors of
the chapel locked. The keys were demanded of one of
the trustees, who had them in his possession, but he re-
fused to give them up. In consequence of this refusal the
doors were broken open, and the service took place in the
morning and evening as usual.—Doncaster Chronicle,
MR. CAMPBELL'S ALLEGED LUNACY.—The verdict
has startled the public. It is, we believe, the first time
in such cases that the jury have decided in the teeth of
every opinion, medical, or non-medical, pronounced; yet
we are not disinclined, from the review of the evidence as
it has been placed before us, to think the verdict a proper
one. That the evidence was sufficient to establish tolera-
ble proof of insanity on some former day, we are by no
means disposed to dispute. But this is the most we can
concede. As the conduct of Mr. Campbell approached
the period of the inquiry, the weaker were the sympt, ms
of insanity deposed to. And when we consider, on the
one side, the harmless eccentricities into which a sensi'ive
nature, and rather imaginative mind, necessarily impel
their possessor; and, on the other, the tendency by habit
and interest of one in Dr. Allen's position, to see madness
in every dtiviation, from that certain jog-trot course,
within whose narrow limits he is accustomed to confine
the existent - of sanity, we cannot but conclude that the
jury did well to give full force to the good sense of Mr.
Campbell's exposition, and to deride that he was scarcely
less fit for society than the rest of the foolish and eccentric
people who compose its moiety.—Medical
JEWEL ROBBERY.—On Wednesday, a fashionanly
dressed young man was brought before the Brighton ma-
gistrates, charged with attempting
ro a
to steal t. 27 diamond
brooches brooches valued respectively at £2.)
pins value £lB and £l6. The prisonere m
ein,,toterdedro Mr.bo
Cochrane's shop, in that town, and said b
them for the Countess Rivolski, staying at the York Ho-
tel, Mr. Cochrane and he went in a fly to the York.
They entered a sitting-room on the first floor,
prisoner knocked at the door of an adjoining
appeared to listen, and then went in. In a few minutes
he returned, said the Countess was unwell, and in bed,
and that she wished bim to send in the articles for inspec-
tion. Mr. Cochrane, however, refused to part vri!ti the
jewels, whereupon the prisoner again entered the cham-
ber, and on returning the second time, said, the Countess
would not detain them a minute, as she merely wished to
see whether the butterfly-brooch was the same that she
had seen in the window. Seeing Mr. Cochrane hesitate,
he told him he was sure he could get £220 for the butter-
fly, but that, in that case, Mr. Cochrane must make him
a present. Mr. Cochrane then intrusted him with the
articles, with which the prisoner twain entered the bed-
room. Mr. Cochrane waited his return for a couple of
minutes with great anxiety, and then opened the passage.
door, when he found the prisoner, who had passed through
the bedroom into the passage creeping stealthily past the
door. Mr. Cochrane seised him, and recovered th:
jewels. The prisoner had hired the apartments about a
hour before, for the Countess Rivolski, who, be said, w
related to Count Nesselrode. Tue prisoner was co
mitted for trial.

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Having a good portion of her cargo engaged, will meet
with quick despatch.
For HONG KONG and WHAMPOA,
The fine British-built Barque
HESPERUS.
:111 k JAMES KILLEY, Commander;
(Who is well acquainted with the China seas:)
A 1 for twelve years ; 330 tons ; coppered and copper
fastened, and a remarkably fast sailer; is well known as a
most eligible vessel in the trade, having just delivered a
cargo of tea in first-rate order.—For terms of freight or
passage apply to Messrs. GLADSTONE and Co. or to
J. J. STARKEY.

To be despatched on the 25th instant.
For MACAO and CANTON.
The first-class American Ship LUCAS,
JAMES MILLER, Master.
Having the greater part of her cargo ready to go on board
will be despatched as above, and take goods at 40s. per
too freight. The LUCAS was built for a packet, sails re-
Iparkably fast, and has superior accommodations for pas-
angers.— For further particulars apply to Capt. MILLER,
qn board, Waterloo Dock, or to
BROWN, SHIPLEY, and Co.

LINE OF PACKETS FOR CALCUTEA,
To sail on the 20th of every Mouth.
7b siii/ on the 201 h November,
Afirst-class British-built S H I P.
Fur further particulars apply to

W. and J. TYRER.
The ENNER DALE will be drspatched immediately,
and positively first ve;sel : east side Prince's Dock.
(One interest.)

All goods to be alongside This Afternoon.
p For BOMBAY,
The Ship LINTIN,
JOHN GILLMAN, Commander.
For terms of freight or passage apply to Messrs. BAR-
TON, IRLAM, and HIGGINSON, or to
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER,
4, India-buildings.