The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-12 00:00:00

SUICIDES FEOM WANT.—From " An account of in-
quests in the borough of Birmingham. in the year 1812,"
compiled from official documents, and just published in
the Birmingham Journal, we learn that during the past
year, there have been twenty undoubted suicides in that
town, and that of these fourteen belonged to the working
classes.

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Six general officers have been added by the commander-
in-chief to the list of those already in receipt of pensions
for distinguished services : they are Major. General Alured
Faunce, (late commander of the Bristol district,) Sir IL
Watson, Sir D. Hill, Sir R. Armstrong, J. Ferguson,
and T. W. Brotherton ; all of whom commanded regi-

ments during the Peninsular campaign.
SUICIDE FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest
was held on Friday, at the Falcolt* Inn, Little Bolton, on
the body of a pensioner, named James Harrison, aged 48
years. Having received his pension on the Saturday
previous, he commenced drinking, and continued in-
toxicated up to Thursday night, when he poisoned him-
self by taking laudanum.—Verdict, temporary insanity.
RETURN OF THE SOUTH SEA EXPEDITION.—Captain
James C. Ross has just returned from his voyage of ex-
ploration to the South Seas. He transacted business at
the Admiralty on Tuesday, having run up to town leaving

his ship at POrtsmouth. -the gallant sailor was in ex-
cellent health and spirits, and expressed the greatest sa-

tisfactiOn at the result of his voyage

Husit MONEY.—The new libel act will contain the

following excellent provision :—" That if any person
shall publish, or threaten to publish, any libel, or offer to
prevent the publishing of any matter, with intent to ex-
tort money, or to induce a person to procure any appoint-
ment, every such offender shall, on a conviction, be liable
to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three years."

THE PITMEN'S BARRISTER. —We inserted a para-
graph last week, to the effect that the miners' association
had engaged a barrister to give them general advice, at a
salary of £3OO a year. "Thomas Borrow, an operative
pitman." has written us to say that the gentleman (who is
a Mr. Boberts) is to have a salary of £l,OOO for the first
year, and £5OO annually hereafter.—Tyne Mercury.

SINGULAR TENURE.—Two farms, lying in the town-
ship of Swinton, in Yorkshire, which belong to Earl
Fitzwilliam, every year change their parish ; for one year,
from Easter-day, at twelve at noon, till next Easter-day
at the same hour, they lie in the parish of Mexborough ;
and then, till Easter-day following, the same hour they
are in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, and so alternately
(vide Blount's Tenures.)
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A very considerable body of the livery are, it is said,
anxious to re-elect the Lord Mayor for another year, on
the ground of the admirable manner in which he has dis-
charged the duties of the mayorality, particularly the ex-
ercise of its ancient, and in this case, highly honoured,
virtue of hospitality. Many are disposed to this step as
the most significant way of treating the claims of Alder-
man T. Wood.—Whig paper.
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MARRIAGES EXTRAORDINARY.—August the 28th, at
Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, Mr. George Cole, of St.
Giles's Hospital, to Mrs. Elizabeth Wainscot, both of
Hereford. The bridegroom is aged 85, and the fair bride
71 ; the latter, moreover, has been the mother of thirteen
children. At the same place, Mr. Cole, grandson to the
above Mr. Cole, to Miss E. Davies, both of Hereford.—

Staffordshire Mercury.
POPISH PRoPAGANDA.—By a return in the popish
prints here, we perceive that in less than one month from
the 7th of August to the 4th of September, the sum of
£534 6s. 41d. has been gathered up in Ireland for the
Propaganda, being at the usual average of about £7OOO per
annum. This export, considering the repeal rent, is pretty
well from the oppressed peasantry of the poorest country
in the world.
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_A-
WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.-011 Thurs-
day last William Wright, a shoemaker, of Manchester,
after dragging his wife from the bed, kicked her violently
from the top to the bottom of the stairs, inflicting an aw-
ful gash on the back of her bead. She died while a sur-
geon was dressing the wound. Wright was immediately
apprehended. Both the prisoner and the deceased were
addicted to intemperance.

THE LATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT DERBY.-011
Saturday week William Grocock was brought before the
magistrates at Derby charged with rape and attempt to
murder. The girl (Eliza Allwood) whom he had so bru-
tally treated was so far recovered as to be able to appear
against him. She described the injuries which the priso-
ner inflicted on her, and stated that before he struck her
he had violated her person twice. He was fully commit-
ted for trial.

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, a horrible
accident occurred to a man, whose name we were unable
to ascertain. He was standing at the mouth of a coal-
pit, at Thurstonland, near Huddersfield, when, by some
inexplicable mischance, he fell against the fly-wheel of an
engine, and his head coming in contact with the spokes
of it, it was completely severed from his body, which was
thrown on one side, and the head on the other side of the
wheel.—Halifax Guardian.
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BRISTOL PULLIC SALE OF TEAS.—On Tuesday last,
the first phblic sale of teas took place, and as this may be
considered the commencement of a series of importations,
it will be gratifying to the trade to know that it went off
with considerable spirit. The disposition manifested to
buy at the present prices, and to encourage this market,
will be seen from the fact that heavy purchases were made.
Out of the 4100 packages offered, nearly 3000 found buy-
ers, at prices in many cases below the London market.
DESTRUCTION OF MALDON POWDER MILLS.—On
Wednesday a terriffic explosion took place at these mills,
which are situated at the village of Maldon, near London,
and by which two powder mills, which are situated at one
extremity of the village, were destroyed. Upon the scene
being visited, nothing appeared but a ruinous heap of the
mills, of which only two remained. Everything con-
tained in them had been destroyed ; but, most provi-
dentially, no lives were lost.
CORN GRINDING ACT.—The Lords of the Treasury
have, by their order of 25th ultimo, allowed fancy biscuit
to be received in substitution for wheat, under the follow-
ing conditions :-1. That the quantity be higher than that
of the first class (captain's biscuit) named in tile act. 2.
That wheat be the main ingredient, and any other article
purely subsidiary in the manufacture thereof. 3. That
the revenue officers be convinced in each particular case,
as it arises, that there is no detriment to the revenue.
THE MURDER OF MR. DADD.—We have just seen a
gentleman from Calais, who states that the son of the late
Mr. Dadd passed through there three days since, en route
for Marseilles. The fact of the murder having been com-
mitted was then not fully known, but the passports being
all regular, he was permitted to proceed. The authorities,
however, set the telegraph to work, and on his arrival at
Marseilles, no doubt he will be arrested. He has plenty
of money with him.—Sun.
FATE OF DUCROW'S HORSES.—The company of eques-
trians under the management of Signor Hillier, who suc-
ceeded Mr. Ducrow, after having performed in the vari-
ous towns of England, Ireland, and Scotland, were in-
duced lately to visit Hamburg. After a few weeks' stay,
during which time their performances were very misera-
bly attended, the director has been compelled to announce
for sale the stud of horses, dresses, property, &c., to sa-
tisfy his creditors, and return with his company to Eng-
land.

Lord Ranelagh has written to the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don on the subject of his Lordship's invitation to General
Esuartero and his suite to partake of the civic hospitality,
in which the noble lord informs his lordship that one of
the generals composing that suite is named Nogueras, ex-
Minister of War, and that it was the same Nogueras who
ordered the execution of the aged and infirm mother of
Cabrera at Tortosa ; of which deed Lord Palmerston says,
in one of his dispatches, " It is impossible to express in
adequate language the disgust and indignation which this
atrocious crime has produced in the minds of all persons
in this country."
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IURN-OUT IN THE MINING DISTRICTS.—The mining
districts of the country are, and have been for some time,
in a very disturbed state, the miners, especially those con-
nected with coal-mines, complaining of oppression in the
shape of long hours of labour and scanty remuneration,
combined with the oft-execrated " track" system. The
colliers in the employ of the Earl of Lonsdale, at White-
haven, have issued an address to the "consumers of coal",
in which they state, that they are now forming a general
union throughout Great Britain and Ireland, the object
of which will be the shortening of the hours of labour or
increasing the rate of remuneration.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. A correspondent of
The Times announces the following novel experiment
made recently in Surrey :—" In July, 1842, Mr. A. Pal-
mer put one grain of wheat in a common garden-plot.
In August the same was divided into 4 plants, which in
three weeks was again divided into 12 plants. In Sep •
tember these 12 plants were divided into 32, which in
November were divided into 50 plants, and then placed in
open ground. In July, 1843, 12 of the plants failed, but
the remainder, 38, were healthy. On the 19th of August
they were cut down, and counted 1,972 stems, with an
average of 50 grains to a stem, giving an increase of
98,6001"

A NOVEL CHURCH-GOER.—On Wednesday, as some
butcher's boys were driving a cow from the market up
St. Peter Gate, Nottingham, the animal deliberately
walked into the churchyard, and was speedily followed by
her drivers. After perambulating the churchyard several
times, and performing several feats among the tomb-
stones, she bolted into the church just at the moment
when the congregation were assembling for prayers, and
it was some time ere the animal could be got out.
Various attempts were made by parties at the doors to
drive her out, but without success. The clerk himself
was amongst the first to set the example of fleeing from
his four-footed antagonist, preferring for once to be with-
out the pale of the church, whilst in the possession of
such a formidable mistress.—Derby Reporter.
THE TEA TRADE, Sept. 4.—The deliveries of tea last
week from the London warehouses again show a decline
as compared with the preceding week, being 441,776 lb.
The Overland Mail being expected, there is very little
business doing, and at the public sales last week only
7,000 packages found buyers at a decline, the present rates
being—for congou, ordinary to good ordinary, ls. ld. to
ls. ld, ; rather blackish leaf, ls. 4d. to Is. 7d.; pekoe
kind, 2s. to 2s. sd. ; souchong, good ordinary to but mid-
dling, Is. to 25.; middling to good middling, 2s. 10d. to
3s. 3d. ; pouchong, 7d. to ls. Id. ; twankay, good ordi-
nary to but middling, ls. 3ell. to ls. sd. middling to
hyson kind, Is. Bd. to 2s. 2d. ; hyson, good ordinary,
ls. 10c1. ; middling to good middling, 2s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. ;
gun; owder, 3s. to ss. ; Canton kind, ls. Gd. to 2s. per lb.
A large supply is expected this season, and this keeps
prices down. The stock is 25,774,000 lb., against
31,274,000 lb. at this time last year. The imports this
year have been 22,294,000 lb. against 24,932,000 lb. to
September, 1842, and the deliveries 24,434,300 lb. against
23,485,000 lb. to the same date last year. The imports
and deliveries of congou have increased in nearly epnat
Proportion this year, but the stock is less by upwards of
2,500,000.