The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

We understand that Lord and Lady Francis Egerton
are passing the antuam at Worsley Hall.

The Stingo Brewery, situate at Paddington, London,
was partially consumed by fire on Friday morning last.
The damage is estimated at many thousand pounds.

Espartero, and the members of his late administration,
have been admitted honorary members of the Reform
Club.

Lord Stanley, it is said, is to " keep house" during the
vacation ; it being necessary that one of the principal
secreteries of state should be at the seat of government.
The average price of Wheat for the last six weeks hav-
ing reached 58s. 4d. the duty on the importation of foreign
grain last week receded to 14s. per quarter, below
which amount it is not expected to fall.
The Presbytery of Edinburgh have refused to eonsider
the proposition of the Town Council, to reduce the num-
ber of ministers in that city in consequence of the late
secession.

The Rev. Robert Aitkin commenced his labours at St.
James's Church, Leeds, on Sunday week, when he
preached twice to crowded congregations with his usuai
fervid eloquence.
We understand that Mr. J. W Allen, who has been so
popular with the Art Union purchasers, bas gone into
Yorkshire for designs for his next year's landscapes—
Atlas.

REORGANIZATION OF THE CHARTISTS.—A new Char-
tist convention, similar to that which existed in London
in 1839-40, is about being formed, which is to hold its
sittings in Birmingham.
MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.—The Anti-Corn-Law
League have served about 2000 of the conservative elec-
tors of Middlesex with notices of objection to their votes,
most of which are utterly frivolous and vexatious.
During the past week a venerable lady in the 97th year
of her age, of Epworth, was seen shearing in the hai;vest
field ; she cut two sheaves of wheat, and tied them tip in
a workmanlike manner.

Mr. Andrew Doyle, the barrister, who last week mar-
ried the youngest daughter of Sir John Easthope, Bart.,
M.P., is the new editor of the Morning Chronicle, (vice
Dr. Black,) of which the Hon. Bart. is a principal pro-
prietor.

The Rev. H. Caswall, author of the "History of the
Mormons," late of the Amercan Episcopal Church, having
been ordained under the provisions of a special act of Par-
liament recently passed, has been licensed by the Bishop
of Salisbury to the curacy of Downton Wilts.

On Saturday week in what is called a ladder pit, in
Moss Lane, Swinton, belonging to the trustees of the late
Duke of Bridgewater, a boy was suffocated by the car-
bonic acid gas generated there, and several others were
drawn up insensible, but recovered.
There is now growing in a most prosperous state a crop
of oats, beans, and potatoes, sown and set 12th of May,
upon a window sill in the Queen's Bench Prison, in a due
north aspect, forty-four feet from the ground, without a
particle of soil beyond tea leaves.
A regatta will take place at Lancaster, on the 12th of
September, under the patronage of Lord Stanley and J.
W. Patten, Esq., the members for North Lancashire, and
Thomas Greene and George Marton, Esqrs., the repre-
sentatives of the borough.

EARLY HOURS.—The linen drapers of London have
commenced closing their shops at eight, exact time, and
are about to make arrangements for closing at seven
during the winter months—November, December, Janu-
ary, and February.
The MARKET for METALS is generally firmer, but no
advance has been ascertained in any article excepting bar
iron, and it is only certain that a sale of 400 tons has
taken place by one of the great Welsh establishments at
£4 2s. 6d. per ton.—Birmingham paper.
A LONG SHEET OF PAPER.—Mr. Limbird, of the
Strand, has a sheet of paper four feet seven inches wide,
GOO yards long, and weighs 1371b5. It is of fine texture,
and has been made expressly for the purpose of taking im-
pressions of monumental brasses.
The sum of Xl,OOO has been gra:; tt. J by government, at

the request of the British Association, towards defraying
the expenses of printing the reduced catalogue of stars of
Lalande and Lacoille, purposed under the superintendence
of Mr. J. Baily and Professor Henderson.
THE LATE SESSION.—It appears, from a parliamentary
return, that from the 2d of February to the 17th of Aug.,
the house sat 119 days, and three Saturdays ; the hours
of sittings were 986 k, and it sat 1051 after midnight;
making the average time of sitting on each occasion 8
hours and 17 minutes.
COLLEGE HONOLRS.—At the recent commencement
of Transilvania university, the degree of D. D. was con-
ferred on the Rev. Beverley Waugh, Bishop of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, and the Rev. James Dixon, of
England, late president of the Wesleyan Conference.—
New York paper. _ _ _

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At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Monday,
Mr. Bernard Gregory, of the Satirist, was arraigned at
the prosecution of the Duke of Brunswick, and having
withdrawn his plea of " Not Guilty," was enlarged on
bail on two sureties in £2OO each, and himself in £4OO, to
come up for judgment at the beginning of next session.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.—The Congreve manuscripts, valued
at £2,000, were sold by auction on the 19th inst. at Iscoyd
Park, Salop, to Mr. Andrews, of Bristol, for £1 13s. ;
they were lotted in the printed sale catalogue " about 80
MSS. and black letter ditto, in vellum."—Keenes Bath
Journal.

THE TEA TRADE, Aug. 28—The market has been quiet,
but steady as regards the prices realized ; and the public
sales of about 35,000 packages to-morrow will probably
give it a tone. The deliveries were large last week, being
538,0551 b. Next week we may anticipate the arrival of
Overland express.
FIRST POCKET OF NEW HOPS.—The interesting event
to the hop trade of the arrival of the " first pocket" took
place on Wednesday. The price at which it was imme-
diately sold was £8 per cwt. It was grown by Mr. Reay,
of Birling. The duty is called £140,000, and business is
dull.—London paper.
On the night of Friday week, at Woodburn Terrace,
near Douglas, Isle of Man, Mrs. Stephen, wife of Mr. J.
Stephen, draper, was accidentally burnt to death by her
clothes taking fire from a lighted candle, which she held.
A servant who heard her screams, thought that the house
was on fire, jumped out of the window, and was severely
injured.
ANOTHER CONVERT TO ROMANISNI.—We can state it
as a fact, that the Rev. Daniel Parsons, curate of Marden,
Wilts, long known as a Tractarian, has seceded to the
Church of Rome. Private reasons will for the present
prevent his becoming a priest, but he is to assume, as we
are informed, the office of teacher in some Popish esta-
blishment.—London Record.

IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIP CABLES.—Amongst the pa-
tents granted in August is one to James Brown, of No.
2, High-street-place, White-horse-lane, Stepney, Esq.,
engineer for certain improvements in tackle and apparatus
for working and using chain cables in ships and otherwise ;
and also certain improvements in the tillers of rudders of
ships and other vessels.
FATAL ACCIDENTS.—Two terrible accidents happened
on the works of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction
Railway, near Darlington, on Wednesday last. In the
morning a boy was killed by some waggons running over
him ; and in the evening a married man of the name of
John Wright, who has a family, was killed by some earth
falling on him whilst at work.
The Bank of England has given notice that they will
" receive applications for loans upon the deposit of ap-
proved bills of exchange not having more than six months
to run, Exchequer-bills, and East India Bonds ; such
loans to be repaid on or before the 19th of October next,
with interest at the rate of £3 per centum per annum, and
to be for sums not less than £2,000 each., '
SINGULAR SIGN OF TIIE TIMES.—The clerk of the
Wakefield Gas Light Company tendered his resignation
to the directors of that body recently because he was un-
able to obtain the payment of their outstanding accounts,
without resorting to harsh measures which he was unwil-
ling to do. His resignation was not accepted.—Leeds
Mercury.
The Emigrant Ship Catherine, of Belfast, which sailed
from Scotland about six weeks ago with some 300 High-
land emigrants, after being many days at sea was obliged
to put. back, and has recently arrived at Belfast. Such
was her leaky state that after the crew had been knocked
up it became necessary to order both men and women
passengers to the pumps to keep the vessel afloat. •
The colliery proprietors of west Cumberland, understand-
ing that there Was a general strike agreed upon by their
workmen, to take piece on the first of October, last week
held a meeting, and came to the resolution not to admit
any one into their pits until he had renounced the union;
this brought on at once the stand out, and at present the
pits in the whole of the district are standing still.
WRECK.—On the 22d ult., as the sloop Good Intent,
burthen 47 tons, Captain Thomas Meverly, of Thorne,
was proceeding to Louth with a cargo of coals, she was
capsized by a sudden squall, and two men, with the cap-
tain's son, all the wearing apparel, and cargo were lost.
The captain's wife clung to an oar, and the captain hav-
ing reached some pieces of bulkhead boards, both were
saved.
A pugilistic contest took place last week, near Stratford,
between two young men named Beach and Gilson, and
which resulted in the death of the former a few hours
afterwards. The father of the deceased was severely cen-
sured by the coroner's jury for being present at the brutal
exhibition, and not putting a stop to it. Gilson and two
accessories have been committed on a charge of man-
slaughter.
A CONSIDERATE THUNDERBOLT.—We find the fol-
lowing in Galignani's Messenger :—" The electric fluid
entered a house, near Clermont (Haute-Marne), on the
20th, and went three times round the kitchen. It then
took off the cap of the woman of the house without doing
her any harm. Thence it passed to a stable, and killed
two fowls and a cow, leaving several other animals nu_
touched. It finally disappeared through a hayrick, but
not setting the bay on fire."
REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—The wife of a private in the
Scots Grays was in the Market-place, Bury, when the,
late fire broke out at the barracks; she hastened back on
learning the news, and .the first inquiry was after her
things. She was told the bed, &c., were quite safe ;
But where," she asked, "is my child?" The perm;
addressed told her he knew nothing about the child ; on
which she ran to the ridin.g-school, unfolded the bed and
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school.—Bury Post.

CONSISTENCY OF DISSENTERS.—The Town Council of
Stirling, almost all Dissenters, have declared, in ansv‘er
to applications from the congregations of the vacant
churches in that place, of which they are the patrons.
that they will pay no attention to the recommendation of
the congregations in the appointment of ministers, but
will fill them up on their own responsibility.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—AS the Forester coach was
passing along the road at Four-post on wednesday morn-
ing, a four-wheel chaise, in consequence of the horse
becoming restiff, was driven in the way of the coach, and
a collision took place, by which the chaise was broke to
pieces, and a lady, a relative of the Rev. Mr Poynder, was
thrown out and unfortunately had her leg broken.—Hants
Independent.
DISTRESSING EVENT.—On Thursday night a dis-
tressing event happened in one of our herring boats.
When about returning to land, a fisherman, named
Richard Robertson, while doing something about the
mast or sail of the boat, lost his balance, and, in falling
overboard, was caught hold of by another of the crew,
Alexander Baxter, but he was unable to save him, and,
in the generous attempt to do so, was also dragged into
the sea, and both perished.—Aberdeen Paper.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The inhabitants of North-
street, Lambeth, were alarmed on Sunday evening by
a loud noise, which was ultimately found to proceed from
the residence of a poor man, situate No. 4, James-place,
North-street, the ceiling of which, with part of the roof,
bad fallen into the bedroom. In bed was the youngest
child, which was miraculously saved. Had it been two
hours later, other branches of the family would have been
in bed, and nothing could have saved them from instant
death. As kis, the damage of the house, and the entire
destruction of the poor man's stock in trade, is the extent
of the loss.

THE LANCASHlREWHEELER.—OnTuesday,theLanca-
shire wheeler, from Oldham, undertook a journey from
Oldham to Liverpool, a distance of 43 miles, with his
wheel-barrow, containing a bag of cotton flocks, weigh-
ing 2381b5. He started from Oldham at ten o'Clock in
the forenoon, and arrived in Liverpool on the following
evening. There were hundreds of spectators present to
see him off; likewise in Liverpool to see him come in.
He was gaily adorned with ribbons all over his arms and
cap : he had a sign-board in the front, bearing the follow-
ing inscription :—Ralph Kershaw, the celebrated Lanca-
shire wheeler from Oldham, and carrier to all parts of
England."
REVISING BARRISTERS ON THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
—The following appointments have been made by Mr.
Justice Wightmau : —North Lancashire Boroughs,—
Stephen Temple, Esq. South Lancashire,—Henry Law-
rence, Esq. ; Richard Matthews, Esq. South Lancashire
Boroughs,—T. H. Marshall, Esq.; the Hon. Richard
Denman. Cumberland and Westmorland,—J. W. Har-
den, Esq. ; Frederick Pollock, Esq. Yorkshire North
Woronzow Gre), Esq. East Ridinji, —R.
Wharton, Esq. West Riding,—William Gray, Esq. ; Sir
F. H. Doyle, Bart. ; P. A. Pickering, Esq. Northum-
berland and Durham,—T. J. Hogg, Esq. ; W. Blanchard,
Esq. ; Deacon, Esq.
DREADFUL MILL ACCIDENT.—On friday a sad acci-
dent occurred at the Hollins Mill near Halifax, through
one of those machines vulgarly called:" the dule." I.t ap-
pears that a woman (who is a widow and resides at Elland)
had newly come to work at this mill ' • getting her meals at
a house very nearly contiguous. At five o'Clock the little
girl of this house (whose name is Harriet Bates) went into
the mill to tell the widow woman her tea was ready ; when
she was caught in" the dale." The woman boldly attem-
ted to rescue her from a dreadful death ; but " the dule"'
proved itself too strong. Both of the unfortunate females
were dragged within its iron teeth ; from which only their
lifeless bodies were afterwards rescued. So dreadfully
had the merciless engine done its horrid work that the
body of the girl could not at first be found; until it was
discovered literally doubled up in that of the woman.
FATAL RESULT OF AN AMOUR.—On Saturday an in-
quest was held at Knightsbridge, on the body of Mary
Edridge, aged 22. From the evidence, it appeared that
the deceased had been in service. On Wednesday last,
her mistress went out for a walk, but suddenly returned
in consequence of the rain. She had not been long in the
house before she observed the deceased to be much con-
fused, and to go several times up to her bedroom. Mrs.
Stafford thought her conduct strange, and was going to
the drawing-room when she saw a soldier standing behind
the door. She fell into hysterics, and upon her recovery,
the deceased was gone. On the following morning it was
discovered that she had thrown herself into the Serpen-
tine. Search was made for the body, but it was not found
until Friday.

THREATENED STRIKE OF THE SOUTH STAFFORD-
SHIRE MINERS.—The men have served notice on the
masters that they will strike work in 14 days, unless they
received 6d. a day additional wages. They are at present
receiving, on an average, 2s. 3d. a-day, while some few
superior workmen are paid 10s. The general opinion is
that the contemplated strike is at the suggestion of some
few wealthy masters, who have plenty of coal and iron
ready for sale, in order that they may reduce to insolvency
the small masters, and that they may thus avail them-
selves of the favourable change that has taken place in
the trade. Pig iron has been raised 55., and prepared iron
10s. a ton ; and the orders, especially from Liverpool, are
very brisk. In consequence of the stoppage of the Dud-
ley Bank, and the return dishonoured of many bills, all
sales are for cash.
LAMENTABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Friday morning
week two apprentices to Mr. Carter, grocer, of Cowfold,
Sussex, arose at five o'clock, with the intent of amusing
themselves previously to commencing business for the
day. One of them climbed a plum tree, for the purpose
of gathering some fruit, and, while seated on some
branches, was desired by his companion to come down.
He replied that he should not do so till he had gathered
some more plums. Upon which his companion put a cap
upon the nipple of the percussion lock, and, pointing the
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MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Friday, the 11th
instant, a distressing occurrence took place in the bay of
Portree, Skye. Two young men, named Nicholson and
Matheson, volunteered to ferry some individuals from
Portree to the adjacent island of Rassay. Soon after the
individuals in question landed on that island, the two
young men again set sail with the intention of returning
home to Portree. As the breeze was moderate, all sails
were set. Of a sudden, however, an unexpected squall
struck the boat. The main sheet had been foolishly fas-
tened, and in an instant the boat filled and went down by
the stern. Matheson jumped at once into the sea, but
Nicholson endeavoured to climb to the rigging, as the
boat was sinking. He got probably entangled there, and
went to the bottom, to rise no more in life. In less than
three minutes after the accident, a small fishing boat had
reached the place, and picked up Matheson.—Perth
paper.
DANGEROUS SITUATION OF A TRANSPORT-SHIP.—
The Tory, transport-ship, which left Woolwich on the Bth
June last, in company with the Angelina, for the purpose
of carrying certain companies of artillery to America, got
on shore on the Municonagan shoals, on the 26th July.
Fortunately, having outsailed the Angelina, the last-named
vessel came up on the 29th, and, after very numerous
efforts, succeeded in taking off part of the women and
children. While the latter were in the boats a severe
storm arose, during which the husbands and fathers on
board the transports, which were thirteen miles apart,
were in an agony of suspense. Fortunately, the five boats
conveying the women aed children reached the Angelina
in safety. Many of the women and children were under
the necessity of remaining on board the Tory, and, the
storm continuing, tne Angelina left for Quebec. On her
arrival the Unicorn, steam-vessel, was sent to the assist-
ance of the Tory, and succeeded in towing her to Quebec.
All the lives have been saved, and the Tory is not much
injured.
DEATHS BY LIGHTNING.—On Sunday night week a
very vivid flash of lightning was followed by a most tre-
mendous burst of thunder, as if the very cloud was falling
to the earth, shaking every door and window in the
houses. About the same time two lads, one eleven years
and the other fourteen, who were walking together under
an umbrella, on the road between Leake and Wrangle,
were struck by the electric fluid, and killed on the spot.
The youngest was very much scorched about the head,
face, and neck, and some parts of his body ; the buttons
of his waistcoat were all torn off and broken to pieces ; his
neckerchief and shirt were on fire, and burning fiercely
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scarcely a piece left, as also his stockings; his shoes like
the former.;—even the braces were torn from their backs,
and thrown some distance. His shirt was burnt in seve-
ral places into great holes, and yet their hats were not in-
jured.—Manchester Guardian.
EXECUTION FOR MURDER.—James Ratcliffe, who was
convicted at the late Chester Assizes, of having murdered
his wife at Stockport, underwent the extreme sentence
of the law in front of the city gaol at Chester at twelve
o'clock on Saturday. Several petitions in behalf of the
unhappy culprit, had been forwarded, during the week,
to the Home-office. They were, however, without effect.
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Rev. Mr. Eaton and a turnkey accompanied him in the
cart. When he approached the place of execution he
exhibited merely a nervousness which we understand was
occasioned by excessive drinking, but, after having entered
the condemned cell and engaged with the chaplain in fervent
prayer, he took off his clogs and stockings and lay down
upon the bed for about half an hour, during which he
slept soundly. When he awoke he asked for a bowl of
• coffee; but he was so nervous and his bands so tremulous
that the bowl had to be held to his mouth by a turnkey.
Exactly as the clock struck twelve he was pinioned and
led to the scaffold by the executioneer. All things being
ready, the fatal bolt was drawn, and he was launched into
eternity, amidst the shrieks of several of his relatives and
friends, who had taken up their position in front of the
a*.v. He struggled several minutes.