The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

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BELGIVIL—It wan on the 3rd of Sep-
tember that w•e arrived at Dioatit—the hrst day of the
shooting season in Belgium—and it was not without diffi-

culty that we succeeded in getting an apartment, the house
being full of sportsmen. If we had not been told that
this was the case, we might have guessed it from the end-
less howling of the Chien de Chasse, who, locked up in
their master.' bed-rooms, gave utterance to every descrip-
tion of canine melody, rendering sleep impossible till long
after midnight. when the festivities of the chasseurs, no
less riotous than their dogs, broke up. If there is one
thing more than another that distinguishes a modern Bel-
gian from his kind, it is his excessive fondness for making
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The Hon. Granville Knox, sixteen years of age, son of
Lord Ranturly, was drowned on the 18th instant, whiht
bathing on the Devonshire side of the Saltash passage.
MURDER.—An agi icultural labourer, named Warman,
killed his wife, by heating her about the head, on Saturday
week, at Slandon, Hertfordshire, and has been committed
on a charge of wilful murder. The prisoner followed his
wife into the garden, where she had concealed herself
from him during a fit of angry passion, to which he had
given way, and then put into execution his oft repeated
threat of takivg her life.. _ _

EXTRAORDINARY INQUIRY.—The body of Lieut.-
General Dick, who died so far back as March, 1814, has
been exhumed, on the arrival of his son from India, in
consequence of suspicions that deceased came to his
death by foul play. The inquiry has resulted in the fol-
lowing verdict •—" That the deceased had died from an
inflammation of the stomach and bowels, but how this
was produced there was no evidence to show."
THK DANGER ov E STING MUSSELE.-011 Monday, a
man arid his wife, named Walters, residing in. Crown-at..
Soho. together with their child, were attacked with most
alarming symptoms, in consequence of having eaten pro-
fusely of mussels, their bodies and heads being swelled
in a frightful manner. Medical assistance was procured,
with the de4ired effect, to the man and woman ; but the
child, a boy about four years of age, is still in a precarious
state. '

RDER OP Er.izA GRINIVOOD.—A private
soldier of the 67th regiment, now lying at Portobello
Barracks, Dublin. being apprehended for absence without
leave, stated that his name was George Hill. was a native
of London. and con of a silversmith residing in Temple-
bar, in that city ; that he was the murderer of Eliza
Grimwood, whose death caused such a sensation in Lon-
don some years ago. On being taken before the magis-
trates he persisted in his statement, and stands remanded.
BONDED WII E a'r.—Lord John Russell has obtained a
Parliamentary document. showing the quantity of wheat
in bend on the Ist of July during the last eight years.
The paper shows that, on the let ult., there were 430.394
quarters of wheat in bond. The following is the account
rendered from 1838 to 1815 :—ln 1838 there were of wheat
and wheat lair in bond, 618.590 civarters ; 1839, 51,217 ;
1810, 569 952 ; 1841, 579,972 ; 1842, 1,253,436 ; 1843,
297.416 ; 1844, 604,122 ; and in 1845, 430,394.
A GOOD INVESTNIENT.—Mr. George Robins, who it
may be remembered purchased Brandeston-ball, in
Suffolk, purely as an investment, in July last, for 30,000
guineas, bas this week been tempted, for sundry very
weighty reasons, to transfer his contract to Mr. Austin,
the eminent couneel. The 01 eit, state, the pnrchase-

it 35.000 guineas, but, we believe, it is not quite
. The whole purchase-money will be only one
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IMPORTATION OF CATTLE,.—It seems by a parliamen-
tary document that in the last three years. ending in each
on the sth July, the importation of live cattle from
foreign countries was as follows : —1843, 3578 Oxen and
bulls, 1193 cows, 86 calves, 727 sheep, 12 lamhs, and 563
swine and hogs ; 1844, 1284 oxen and bulls, 531 cower 60
calves. 220 sheep, 12 lambs, and 322 swine and hogs ; and
in 1815, tinder the heads as stated in the first vear, the
respective numbers were. 6646 oxen and bulls. 2503 cows,
118 calves, 3969 sheep, Xl2 lambs, and 411 swine and bogs.

Mr. Green, who ascended in his balloon on Wednesday
night from Vauxhall-gardens, effected one of the moat
fearful descents ever recorded in the annals of aerostation ;
he became entangled with the netting, was dragged
between four and five miles in the direction of the river
Medway. but, by the interposition of Providence, his life
was miraculously spared. his only injuries being a few
severe bruises. The balloon, with all its apparatus, is
lost. The remnants of the balloon were picked up on
Thursday from the water off the " flats" or sands at Cliffe,
beyond Gravesend. It was torn to pieces.
HYDROPIIOI3IA.—A. voune man, named Arleden, at
Barking Creek, was attacked a few days since with this

►rightful malady. Upon bringing some water he exhibited
the most intense agony, dashing it from him, and fainting.
The usual remedies were applied with but little effect.
At one time it required the united efforts of four men
(although but 'l7 years of age) to hold him down. He
was finally fistened to the bed. arid at his own desire his
eyes were covered. as even the shutting of a door, or the
passage of sny one across the room, creating the slighiest
air, affecting him in a most frightful manner. He expired
on Sunday week.

A LUCKY SPEC.—A respectable farmer lately stated in