The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

An anatomical school is about to be established in
Worcester.

The Hull and Gateshead papers give encouraging ac
counts of the prosperity of the shipping interest.

The contest for the office of Chamberlain of London
ended on Friday in the return of Alderman Brown.

Her Majesty has signified her intention to gm the
Royal Exchange, London, in person, accompanied by
Prince Albert, at the end of next month.

THE HIGH EIGHTON MURDER.—A verdict of wilful
murder against some person or persons unknown has been
returned in this case.

Several parties connected with the grain and flour trade
in Douglas, Isle of Man, have resolved upon establishing
a weekly market.
A few days ago a salmon, weighing 511b5., in fine con-
dition, was caught on one of Mr. Allan's banks, near
New burgh.
Mr. Pritchard is not to be sent back to Tahiti, but is to
be, or has been, appointed consul to the Navigators'
Islands, a group considerably to the westward.
A clerk in the Bank of England, and another in the
Customs, have obtained a fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO
consols, with which they have absconded.
In the Peak, within a week back, some persons holding
a few acres of land, have been mowing and shearing in
one field at one time—a very uncommon occurrence.

On Tuesday last, a weaver, of London, died of lock-jaw,
in consequence of having slightly punctured his great toe
with a needle, in order to relieve the pain of a gathering
or blister.

The London letter-carriers, Tapson, Saunders, Long,
Bell, Walker, Skinner, and Croskell. who had been in the
habit of opening the letters of sporting gentlemen, have
been dismissed.
A war steamer, constructed of mahogany, and intended
to be the largest in the world, is on the stocks, and will
probably be launched in April next. She is to be called
the Terrible.
•

The Standard positively contradicts the rumour, that
" the government has acceded to Captain Warner's pro-
position, and will moor a line-of-battle ship off the Good-
win Sands, for him to destroy."
The accounts from the collieries in the north are satis-
factory. The pits are all at work ; and though there is
some talk, there is very little fear of the men " knocking
off" again.
A painful degree of alarm has been created in some
parts of Bedfordshire, owing to the revival of those in-
cendiary outrages which spread dismay throughout the
district last winter.
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We believe that in the beginning of October it is in-
tended to call out the pensioners for training, but that
ofonrlythtawtopduarypso'seinstead of five, will this year be employed
.

Thearcommenced at Orchard Portman,
abun-
dant, but rather favourable than otherwise. The quality
near airriPto-Pni,ckamfgortnight ago. The crop is not
will be excellent.
In consequence of the prosperous condition of the build-
ing trade in Glasgow, the master masons have unani-
mously come to a resolution to raise the rate of wages of
their workmen to 19s. a week.
The Pacha, an is on steamer of 210-horse power, fell
from a building-slip at Cowes, last week, a distance of
nine feet, without receiving any material injury. A tim-
ber-built vessel would have been completely crippled by
such a fall.
At present there are practising in England and Wales
15,000 attorneys. The sum they have contributed to the
revenue in the shape of stamp duties on their articles and
certificates is calculated at £1,600,000, besides their an-
nual licenses.

T. Whitmore, Esq., of Apley Park, Salop, at his late
audit, granted to his tenantry not only compensation for
the injury their crops had sustained by the game, but also
a full allowance for what each had suffered in his crops bf
the long and excessive drought of the spring and summer'
A new and extraordinary disease, arising, it is supposear
from the drought which deprived the grass of its succulent_
qualities, has arisen among cattle in some parts of
country. The animals are seized with delirium, and 13
many cases expire before the veterinary surgeon can sr-
rive. It is stated that the disease is not contagious.
SHIPPING TRADE, LEITH. —The docks are thronger fit
present than they have been for more than a year.
great many arrivals from the Baltic, Holland, Dantlict
and other grain ports, have taken place within these fel
days ; and one or two sugar and wine ships have adde
to the general activity.—Scotsman.
MURDER.—SamueI Couchman, a Dover policem°l;
was killed, yesterday evening week, in attempting toque,'
an affray in a house at Charlton. He was struck, kicked,
stamped upon by the combatants ; and, at fist, °n3
of them struck him over the nose with the iron-shod hap'
die of a broom, so that he died shortly afterwards.
EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF ADVERTISING.—A strange
mode has lately been adopted by a tradesman in Lohclua
for making known the merits of his goods. At night he
sends men into the chief streets of the metropolis to tri,rari,
his name, address, &c. upon the public footpaths. It-
done in the same way that the walls of a room are gee-
cilled, and is almost indelible.
THE COMET OF M. MAUVAIS.—A correspondent Of
the Mercury says—" This comet, proceeding in its court°,
to its perihelion, which will take place on October 17tu
has now become difficult to be seen, except with instal'
ments of great light-collecting power, and from favourahl3.
situations. It is now about 180 millions of miles distal'
from the earth, and about half that distance from the

sun."
DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.—Last week as a number
ire
of men were at work in a field on the London-road. Der'
by, a storm came on, and two of the men took shelter
underenHsjohoiaeT,ot
brileu.etiwws3ihsre :We/
t.tohreeyd
wefhetiniemth,enyamweerdesbiontdharsst,rwucaks
kbiyiletdheeneletcteriepfletu,idae. d One
the
other, John Pegg, was knocked down ands rendered in
seat, Hooton Hall, Chesil
his shooting quarters in Scotland,' yesterday
the worthy ba-
ronet, Lord Cosmo Russel, and Mr. John Stanley, 110
killed 2583 head of grouse, 95 ptarmagan, 22 black cocker
58 hares, and 10 snipes; total, 2718 head. On the fili"
day Sir William killed with his own gun, in eleven hour.'
232 grouse.
LONG LEASES.—We have been informed that Sir Ste-
phen Glynne, Bart., M.P., has given instructions that!.
shall be prepared, with the view of submitting
draft of a lease on the Scotch principle of nineteen Yea!'
tenantry for their acceptance. We feel assured that 1
corn rents are connected with it, a ereat boon will be
conferred on the tenantry, and a good example set to tbe
Stanley, Bar t . ,waererki v, efdr 0
oaf
country.—Chester Chronicle.
GUANO.—The Amiens, Orange, which arrived at
Helena, from Ichaboe, ca the 13th of July, reports "
vessels to be lying there, and that, through a continuen_,eB
it to
of bad weather, they were constantly fouling and serioul
damaging each' other. It cannot now be doubted ths
more than a sufficient number of vessels to bring Oa/
every spadeful of guano on Ichaboe have been sent ot
The seventy vessels loading, or about to load there, ttet
months ago, will, by this time, have been replaced by.'
least 120 more. Unless, therefore, some further di':
covert' be shortly made for affording freightage home 'r
ships which have recently sailed for that latitude, late
venturers will not take anything by their motion.
PREVENTION OF INFECTION FROM TYPHUS
tt FEVER'
Dr. J. C. Smith obtained £5,000 from Parliament for toe
following receipt :—Take six drachms of powdered ni,o
(saltpetre) and six drachms of sulphuric acid (oil of rite'en
mix them in a tea cup. By adding one drachm of the ;
at a time, a copious discharge of nitrous acid gas will te,4o
place. The cup to be placed, during the preparation,
a list hearth, or plate of heated iron, and the mix
stirred with a tobacco pipe. The quantity of gas of ;0,..
regulated by lessening or increasing the quantity 0'41.1
gredients. The above is for a moderate-sized roomd.
the quantity would be sufficient for a small room. Av°o'es
as much as possible, breathing the gas when it first rhen
from the vessel. No injury to the lungs will hap Pen
n
the air is impregnated with the gas, which is called
teat :t
th
ous acid gas, and it cannot be too widely known
possesses the vroperty of preventing its spread.
DUNFERMLINE.—COAL TRADE.—Some months Lig%
previous to the strike of the English colliers, the dement
for coals in this district was quite inadequate to the grey
number of hands employed at the various collieries, and
the stock of coals, especially at the Elgin and Wellw.;
collieries accumulated to a most enormous quantity.
have heard it stated that at one time there was at the hill for
of the Elgin colliery upwards of 20,000 tons, and
some time the number of hands at the collieries I:6
kept on, at a very great risk. The strike of the Engl
colliers, however, has had a very beneficial effect upn.
the coal trade here, and the demand for coals from
Elgin and Wellwood collieries since the strike we belies,
has been quite unprecedented. Their large coal stores
are now completely cleared ; and of late the e has been
some difficulty in fulfilling readily their orders, vessela
having to remain longer for their cargoes at CharlestoWn
than desirable. The colliers, availing themselves of aser
large demand for coals, have obtained a small advance in
their wages—at the Elgin colliery an advance of id Per
bucket—Fifeshire Journal.
al SocietY,-
Richmond, as President of the Royal Agrieultur
at the
his intention to give a prize of 20 sovereigns,
8 for the best
ensu-
ing country meeting at Shrewsbury, in
cattle, &c. The
essay on the subject of gorse as food for
of that
GORSE.—Lord Kenyon has announced tcithe Doke of
following schedule of the terms and conditions ,
prize have been received from Philip Pusey, Esq. 111
chairman of the Journal Committee :
" Twenty sovereigns, or a piece of p
at the Annul.
by the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, will be given, . _ weld.
Country Meeting of the Royal Agrictiturat Society, to mie.,
at Shrewsbury, in 1845, for the best account of the use of e
for the food of cattle, horses, or sheep, founded on actual
rience. oinis:
Competitors will be required to state the following P
" I. The quality of land on which the gorse is grown.
" 2. The age of the plant when cut.late of that value, offerel

1' 3. The mode and expense ( f cutting.
"4. The mode and expense of eparing for food. Aty
. The mode of feeding with the gorse, and quan Of
-
other food given therewith.
tar"yAolfl
tehsesasyosocieory,pNetoin. gl2f,orHtaloilosvporri-zsegotaoreb,eLseonotdotoo,thoen area"
fore the Ist of May, 1846."
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A SERIES OF CALAMITIIS.—The town of Whiteka
and its neighbourhood have been thrown into a eaust.d ey,
able state of excitement from having, within the last 7.t,
been the scene of a number of distressing calamitieu,in°%,
tended by a serious loss of life. On Saturday luericori‘
a workman in the employ of Mr. Robinson, whilst a, toy,
on board a schooner, was seriously, and it is feared rBO
injured by the falling of a heavy spar from the rigg! %
the vessel, which fractured his skull and shattered lus 000
leaving but faint hopes of his recovery. On the aftel'ioolc
of the same day, a sailing match with small boats niter
place just outside our harbour. The weather Nosbosto
with occasional squalls of wind ;by one of these two 81
were upset, and the crews thrown into the water. pe'
prompt assistance they were all rescued from thelrot
rilous situation, but one, who expired soon after 'leo of
brought to the shore. The deceased was a resiueol)o,
Parton, about one mile from Dublin, where he vras.o";
respected, having for some time filled the situatl,e of
schoolmaster. o:nie.withe same night, a man of the nib"; it,
httWright,ohonempreoo
fal ie:
nnws
,tuhhc:ech,
after
employefdtheeadry siennr ooawfupi
rang
two men and two women, at a by-place h
company with another man and his wife, were retuvair
ywphuorlceh purchases, st
meeeant ,r groceries,e
co g nised when ernn a
rtkh
ee
tyi
ng weres,
consistingsavagely
on t
oea
ftm,tbaceucirk:t
ob. pie!!
bf
ryireerih.itelh-nieuidysai
irnhntgagl Hartley,
bw,
them,eoeo
been
nrAeolnabo:briween
b
wofeethkel
, &c. In
flonu ntdhethceopurroseduocfetohfetnileexrtolubb,;::
their houses. The prisoners, who are colliers in fe11:01,31:
were brought before the town magistrates on Weagc(few
but were remanded, Wright being dangerously r,ose
the serious nature of the injuries he received, sou
quently unable to attend. f
THE MESMERIC INFLUENCE.—The wonders f lid
merism are not altogether unknown to the peoplek?cb
tester, but a case has occurred this week v"le, be
eclipsed all previous facts, either here or at a distavek. 114P0
allude to the amputation of a limb on Thursday_,l3 Pp
o
iptlr
newtvoaet
hsnait.s:uncegurrgYietet:cfeudisioo:
patient is a young woman of the name of 131%0 te.
Larkin, 16, Fleet-street, in this town, who had iY
flicted with a disease of the knee-joint for feu` /but 3
The precise nature of the disease we do not knoig.„,'h„le
gbme pain
amputated.c onmthe aas reducedgot
was attended with enormous swelling of the l'huing 11.3
wswo
afaictntrhthi
fiesocufeccdsahl,seeoee,
par catsrbhhuoeecuilhati
had
excruciating
consecutive rest for a long period. By these reciolorbo
and there was every probability that her life rial oast
Mesmerism should be tried on the patient, arigeial e,
found that its influence was of the most benerd eele
soothing nature. Under its influence pain sc,uoing ed
and the patient would sink into perfect and rerreo jeettlp
pose. As amputation of the deceased's joint osided ,cto
essential by her medical attendant, it was deemes,l3"ra,
the operation should be performed while in the Aor ra°,4e,
state. Accordingly, twelve o'clock on Thurto,
ing was fixed upon for the operation to take 175willt 90a
Hollings was the mesmeriser, and Mr. _T° shacqui•
operator, besides whom there were present Pr' Air. 'O,
Messrs. Paget, Seddon, jun., Downing, &e. , see°, to
lings having mesmerised the patient, which wtoreecie,'oo
plished in about nine minutes, Mr. Tosswill p of{'
perform the operation. The limb was talceo_„,/ t 131001;.
five inches of the hip joint, the spot tneas,Ntron Loa
three inches in circumference where the Wl' 'intites
place, and which was effected in about two Eedible g
0,0
a half. During the operation art all but u
inathe buadigs 511
ing was heard, and a slight movement f
0d there -ante"
perceptible ; but as far as could be judge_ ,he 00,4 a
entire absence of pain. 'this was evinced bya_4ciity, nvots
nance preserving throughout the greatest Pel__'satioo.,bst
single motion of a muscle indicating such Far „re of r
being demesmerised, the patient was not wf.darioe-,
had taken place till infdrmed by Mose in atteltbo
the afternoon great pains were felt in the ur
I°l ctior, °f oft'
with writhing of the body from the contraut
res the
body and the contraction of the muscles, ceased fight
ing to the mesmeric influence these graclutlY
sted ord/
patient falling into a calm sleep, which
.0 t_ad ea _ jo
and forty minutes, and when aroused all pain "05e,
left her, and has not been felt since. In tun's,..re of ro,
not pretend to decide anything about the u';',stonisPe ol
merism, but the proceedings are altogether "
the Prese°- lerj.
a.nd at the same time so well attested, by t. rofessie
several distinguished members of the medic
Leieestir
that no reasonable mind can reject them.