The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-04 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

It appears by a parliamentary return, that in 1942 the
profits of the London Gazette amounted to £10,532 6s. 6d.
The York Minster great bell is to be ordered forthwith.
The amount of subscriptions exceed £17,000.
ANOTHER FOREIGN MANURE.—A vessel is now taking
calm from Swansea to Barbadoes, for the purpose of
burning the coral there into lime for export.
An offer has been made to have London letters deli-
vered in Newcastle in twelve hours and a half from the
time of their leaving the metropolis.
Although great industry has been used to obtain signa-
tures to a petition in favour of Barber, the will forger,
only six names have been appended.
At the Grinshill Quarry, near Shrewsbury, the week
before last, between two and three thousand tons of stone
and earth fell with a crash that was heard three or four
miles round. Fortunately the quarrymen were absent.
Lieutenant Cuddy, one of the seconds in the late fatal
duel, has published a letter, in which he flatly contradicts
several of the statements of Mr. Munro respecting the
late Col. Fawcett.
The cradle for taking the Great Britain through the
dock-gut is fast approaching completion, and the projec-
tors have no doubt of being able to carry her safely into
deep water.
At the late Eton montem, two youths drew the swords

which they are permitted to wear during that festival, and,
while playfully fencing. one, whose name is Fox, received
the point of his fellow-pupil's sword in his right eye, the
sight of which is entirely destroyed.
On Sunday afternoon a fire took place at the Queen's
Ferry, about six miles from Chester, by which an exten-
sive warehouse, stable, four fine horses, and a large quan-
tity of other property, have been entirely destroyed. The
estimated damage is about £3,000.
A very elegant piece of plate, weighing upwards of five
hundred ounces, purchased by subscription of numerous
noblemen and members of the theatrical profession, was
on Wednesday last, presented to Mr. Bunu,. in the saloon
of Drury-lane Theatre.
BEAR'S GREASE.—AII the brown, black, and white
bears in the world would scarcely yield a month's supply
of genuine grease for the polar consumption of Great
Britain. To " slaughter a bear" is a byword among bar-
bers for opening a bladder of lard !—Mysteries, of Lon-
don.

Messrs. Grote, Prescott. and Co., the bankers, have
put down their names for £lOO towards the national fund
which the Chartists are about to raise for the purpose of
purchasing an estate for Mr. Thomas Duncombe, as a tes-
timonial of their sense of his services to their cause, both
in and out of parliament.—Sun.
Mr. Moon, of Lancaster, has lately paid a second divi—
dend of a quarter of a farthing in the pound.—Mr. May-
hew, of Camberwell, has paia a halfpenny in the pound ;.
and in another case the creditors have received five-
eighths of a penny !—ln the case of Clarke, Mitchell, and,
Co., of Leicester, thecreditors, who have received nothing,
will probably have to pay the expenses of the commission.
A curious proposal was made in the course of the last
week to some of the principal Life Assurance Companies_
It was for an insurance• upon the life of the late Mr.
Crockford for four days only from the day on which it
was proposed, so as to carry the risk over the Derby.
The proposal was declined •, but had it been accepted, the
insurers would have suffered no loss, Mr. Crockford hav-
ing lived six days.

GAMING AT RACES.—A letter was received on Thurs-
day morning by the Mayor of Windsor, from Sir James
Graham, stating that it was the determination of her
Majesty's government to suppress every description of
gaming at the various race-courses throughout the king-
dom, and calling upon the authorities of Windsor to
render all the aid in their power during the ensuing races
at Ascot.

HONOURABLE CONDUCT..—Mr. Ward, of Honduras
Wharf, who stopped payment some years ago, and paid
10s. in the pound, having through his exertions recovered
himself in business, has lately called his creditors toge-
ther and paid the remaining 10s. Sohighly gratified were
these parties with the honourable conduct of Mr. Ward,
that, at a dinner which they gave him on Wednesday last
at the Brunswick Hotel, Blackwell, they presented him
with a piece of plate valued at 100 guineas.
SUSPICIOUS CASE.—On Tuesday night some neigh-
bours of Charlotte Hall, wife of a plasterer, at Wimble-
don, heard screams of murder. Next morning the poor
woman was fgund apparently strangled in her bed, and
the husband had absconded. An inquest was held on the
case on Wednesday, when it was concluded that the un-
fortunate woman had died from natural causes, and a ver-
dict accordingly was returned. The police are, however,
still on the look out for the husband.

THE PITMEN OF THE NORTH.—The pitmen have not
yet returned to their work ; and the colliery owners are
gradually obtaining fresh men to supply their places. We
are informed that certain disclosures, implicating the cor-
duct of the executive, are about to be made, the effect of
which will probably be to break up the union, or at all
events to give those a good excuse for withdrawing from
its ranks, and we believe the number is not small who are
heartily sick and tired of the strike.—Newcastle Adver-
tiser.

It is rather a remarkable coincidence, that the late Go-
vernor-General of India, Lord Ellenborough and his suc-
cessor in that distinguished appointrent, Sir Henry
Hardinge, Bart., K.C.8., are both brothers-in-law of the
Marquis of Londonderry. Lord Ellenborough married,
in 1816, Lady Octavio Stewart, who died in 1819. sister of
the Marquis of Londonderry; and Sir Henry Hardinge
married in 1821, Lady Emily Jane James, widow of J.
James, Esq., also sister to the Marquis of Londonderry.
GAMBLING BOOTHS.—The report of the committee of
the House of Commons on the laws respecting gaming,
which was presented on Monday, recommends that all
gambling booths on race courses should be entirely and
universally put down. As Mr. Mhnners Sutton, the
under-secretary for the borne department, was a member
of that committee, we have no doubt that the gambling
booths and tables at Epsom, like the recent simultaneous
entrance of the 17 gaming-houses in.the neighbourhood of
St; James's-street; arose out of the inquiries and recom-
meJdations of the. committee.
THE DERBY AND LEGER LOTTBRIES.—It is the in-
tention of Government to adopt measures for the imme-
diate suppression of the above speculations. Arrange-
ments are about being made with the magistracy to carry
this intention of the Government into effect; for which
purpose the police authorities wareceive instructions to
give notice to publicans that if they, for the future, per-
mit " lotteries" or " sweepstakes" to be held, they will
not only subject themselves to heavy penalties, but by
permitting them to take place on. their premises, such an
illegal proceeding will endanger the licences of their
respective houses.—Morning paper.
THE SLAVE TRADE.—The Rapid, 10-gun brigantine,
doubts of the safety of which have lately been expressed,
was left by the Rattlesnake, on the 25th March, refitting
at the Island of Ascension—all well. She had been ac-
tively employed on the African. coast. On the 15th Fe-
bruary, she captured, with her boats, a Spanish slaver in
the river Bimbia. The boats had to sustain a long fire of
musquetry, but courageously boarded her. One man was
killed and two wounded. The Rapid has been on the
coast for two years, during which she has captured seven
slave vessels, containing 1,288 slaves. The description
given of one of these vessels, from the poor creatures, men
women and children, being. stowed together in a bulk, is
horrifying. Several were found dead. All the other ves-
sels captured were more or less in the same condition.

SHOCKING BARBARITY.—At the Clerkenwell Police-
office, the other day, Mark Noed, a gold-cutter, was
committed for trial, charged with brutally flogging, starv-
ing, and otherwise maltreating his illegitimate son, a boy
of fourteen. The instrument of punishment was a clumsy
stick,, two feet long, with six knotted India rubber cords
fastened to the end of it; and the boy had been kept tied
up in a darkened room, and fed on bread and water fort.
days together. The boy was desired to remove the upper
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covered with
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was contused ; there were two ortther7.
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PASSENGER ON SEIM'. FELLS,—
On BY A COACH
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last,
a.respectable-looking gentle-
. Passenger on the London mail-coach
going southwi
his throa •
Shap Fells, on the north side of the Hucks
steep hill on
about eight miles from
Kendal, the gentle-
my opinion, he deserve
public-house,
man said
thathe would walk down the hill behind the
coach, and get up again on changing horses at the Hucks.
The horses being changed, and the mail ready for a start,
he did not come up. However, he was seen to go a little
off the road, not far from the public-house, when a person
was sent to the place, and, lamentable to relate, the gen-
tleman was found in a sand hole a short distance from the
road, weltering in his blood, with his throat cut almost
from ear to ear. As a matter of course, the mail drove
on, and he was removed to the Hucks, where he. lingered
in great agony for little more than two hours, when lifc-
became extinct. On searching his pockets a few invoices
of one Autirew Gibson, whisky distiller, Paisley, were
found,

June 4, 1844

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Half-past Ten o'clock.

THE STATE TRIALS.

Court of Queen's Bench, June 3.

Yesterday (Monday) Mr. Whiteside applied to the full
court that the traversers should be at liberty to inspect
the indorsement on the back of the indictment, and for
list of the witnesses' names. The application was
grounded on an affidavit of Mr. Ford, that such an in-
spection was necessary in order to the preparation and
speeding of the writ of error.
The Attorney-General said he believed that there was a
concealed object in every one of these applications, and
according to the practice of the court it should have been
stated specially what the errors were that were assigned.
Let the traversers assign any just reason why they should
inspect the indorsement, and their application would not
be resisted.
After a number of remarks between the Court and the
counsel for the Crown and the traversers, the Attorney-
General suggested to the Court themselves to have the
record sent for, let them examine it, and if their lordships,
on looking at the endorsement as it appeared on the back
of the indictment, considered it Aecessary that the traver-
sers should inspect it, or if they thought the application
on the reasons now, for the first time, truly assigned,
reasonable and good, he would not object to its being
granted.

The Court intimated that they considered this course
.he most advisable, and desired Mr. Bourne to procure
.he record for their inspection.

The record was soon after brought into court and
handed to the bench—their Lordships perused it carefully
for some minutes, and after a short consultation
The Chief Justice said that he did not think any good
reason had been made out for establishing this as a pre-
cedent, and in this case no reason had been assigned why
the record was wanted' The application could not there-
fore be granted.

Judge Burton differed from the Chief Justice, and said,
that the record being for the benefit of the prisoner as-
well as the crown, the application was perfectly fair and
reasonable.

Judge Crampton said "This application is grounded
on an assertion made in the notice and affidavit, that in-
formation is required by the traverser's counsel on certain
points. Now the notice states only that they wish to in-
spect the back of the indictment, while the affidavit sets
forth that they desire a perusal of the record ; this is a
very different thing—the record is a history of the whole
proceedings, from beginning to end; and it is necessary
for a party to have a fair and full inspection of this prior
to his instituting ulterior inquiries, and for alleging error;
a copy of the record, therefore, he is entitled to see.
Now, this is offered to the traversers' counsel by the
crown; but they are not content, they demand an inspec-
tion of the indictment itself, and especially of the endorse-
ments on the back of the indictment.• The court would
not be warranted in granting the application."
Judge Perrin saw no substantial objection to grant the
application.

The Attorney-General--As two members of the Court
are of opinion, that the application should be granted, I
shall offer no further objection.

The record was accordingly handed by Mr. Bourne to
Mr. Ford ; Mr. Whiteside, after cursorily glancing over
it, asked the Attorney-General if he would not also give
tbem a copy of the names, which, being answered in the
affirmative by that gentleman, the different parties left
the Court.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting
took place yesterday in the Conciliation-hall, which was
very much crowded in every part. Mr. W. S. O'Brien
and Mr. D. O'Connell entered the meeting about one
o'clock, and were received with long-continued cheering.
The chair usually occupied by Mr. O'Connell J remained
vacant during the proceedings. An address of condolence
and sympathy to Mr. O'Connell, on his incarceration.
was agreed to. The rent for the week, including large
sums received from America, was about £lBOO.

THE LIBERATOR AT MASS IN HIS PRISON CELL.,-..
Mr..O'Connell's chaplain has published an account of the
agitator's first prayers in prison, from which we extract
the following :—" I have just returned from celebrating
the divine mysteries for O'Connell in his prison cell.
You will not be surprised that my heart is overflowing
with emotion ; with emotion, however, in which there is
not blended the slightest tincture of sadness or despon-
dency. Never have I beheld the Liberator in a sublimer
attitude than this morning, as he knelt, I may say in fet-
ters, before the altar he himself had freed. It was a
spectacle of much grander import than even that of a
' just man contending with adversity ;' and if those who'
have been labouring so long, ' per fas aut nefas,' to affiict
his spirit, to embitter and disgrace his declining years,
could have beheld the joyous serenity of his coun-
tenance in receiving the divine communion, I will
not say they would have been sorely disappointed ;
but, for the honour of human nature, I shall per-
suade myself that it would have repented them of their
intent in seeking to fix the brand of a felonious con-
spirator on such a man. No, O'Connell is not sick ;
he is not sad ; let no one believe it. I was beside him in
the court—l accompanied him to the prison ;. it is scarce
an hour since this hand that writes was grasped in his;.
and I aver upon this knowledge that he is in rude health,
unshaken in his purpose, and undismayed as when he de-
nounced the Union on Tara or Mullaghmast, serene in
the spirit of his mind, and full of buoyant vigonr. He is
proud of his present position, and looks back upon the
past with triumph, and never were his hopes of the future
brighter than this moment, or more aki❑ to certainty."