The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Two young fishermen last their lives at Margate last
week by the upsetting of their boat in a squall.
The Times states, that it receives on an average 130
letters a-day,
The River Weaver Trustees have declined to comply
with the request of the Anderton Carrying Company, to
allow traffic on the river ou Sundays.
FOREIGN CATTLE.—The week's arrival have been
seventy-nine head of oxen and cows, and fourteen sheep,
from Hamburg and Rotterdam.—Hull Packet.
Three carriage dogs of great beauty, presents from
Queen Victoria to the King of Prussia, are at present in
Hull, for shipment to Berlin.
The young surgeon about to marry Miss Burdett Coutts
is a Mr. Brown. of the ho use of Tapper and Brown, Bur-
lington-street. He is to take the name of Coutts.
Two brothers quarrelled, at Road, in Somersetshire,
on Tuesday, and went into a field to fight, when one of
them received a blow which caused instant death.
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—There will be a total and
visible eclipse of the moon late on the night of Sunday
the 24th, and early in the morning of Monday the 25th
instant.
It appears, that, fifty years ago, the celebrated Lord
Stanhope used a screw as a means of propelling a vessel.
The celebrated Brindley absolutely used a paddle-wheel
on the Duke's Canal about the same time.
CAMRRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY.—At a General Meet-
ing on Thursday last, it was announced in the Report that
the Society would no longer be responsible for the Eccle-
siologist.
Considerable importations of onions are taking place
from the continent to Hull. The Emerald Isle landed
on Wednesday 624 (bushel) baskets, and the Helen Mac-
gregor 75. The other Hamburgh steamers lately arrived
have brought parcels of onions and also of potatoes.
The Board of Guardians of the Anglesea Union, by a
majority of 40 to 3 have negatived a proposition to build
a new Union Workhouse, though strongly urged by Col.
Wade, the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, who at-
tended the Board.
A report has been in circulation for some time that Mr.
R. Scott is about to retire from the representation of
Walsall. In the event of this retirement, Mr. Forster,
the banker, will be the conservative candidate, and Mr.
Littleton, eldest son of Lord Hatherton, will represent
the liberals.
LIVES OF THE ENGLISH SAINTS.—We are requested
to state that Mr. Newman is not the editor of the series
of Lives of the English Saints now in course of publica-
tion. His responsibility as editor ceased with the two ,
first numbers, as he expressly stated in the advertisement
prefixed to them.--English Churchman.

DRE 4.DFUL CASE OF SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning an
old man, at Dalkeith, nearly 80 years of age, formerly a
miller, cut his throat from ear to ear, completely dividing
the windpipe. The only reason assigned for the rash act
was the intemperate habits of his wife, a woma❑ 70 years
of age.—Caledonian 21Iercury.
HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN THE FRITH OF FORTH.—
The proposal of a Harbour of Refuge for the shipping on
the east coast of Scotland, to be situated in the vicinity of
Granton, has been for some time under the consideration
of many influential parties in that quarter. The project
has been received in the most favourable manner.

DREADFUL SUICIDE.—A wretched individual, of the
name of James Smith, who carried on apparently an ex-
tensive business as a flesher and ham curer, at Paisley,
succeeded in putting a period to his existence on Tuesday
last, by shooting himself through the head, in a shooting
saloon in that town.

THEFT HY A LADY.—Mrs. Jane Tyrwhit, the wife of a
gentleman of extensive estates, residing at No. 1, Charles-
street, Berkeley-square, London, was on Satnrday last
held to bail at Marlborough-street Police-office, on a
charge of having stolen a microscope, value 2s. W., from
the stand of Miss Lewis, at the Soho Bazaar. In anothec
part of the Bazaar, she had paid £9 for a grey parrot.
ANOTHER STRIKE AT STOCKPORT.—On Monday week
the factory workers at Stockport struck for wages, and not
less than sixteen large mills were at a stand. The men
having submitted to a reduction of wages during the re-
cent period of manufacturing distress, think they ought to
partake of the profits of this season of prosperity. The
spinners ask for 10 per cent., and the self-acting piecers
for 20 per cent. advance on their wages. The masters
have offered 5 per cent.

CHILD KILLED BY A FERRET.—A child about three
years old, named Charles Flitton, was killed by a ferret
at Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, last Sunday night. The
mother occupied a room in the old workhouse, and left
the child asleep in bed about seven o'clock in the evening,
at which time a ferret was in the room in a box, through
the lattice of which he could pass. On her return about
a quarter past nine o'clock the mother found her child so
wounded by the ferret that he died a little before three in
the morning.
RURAL SIMPLICITY.--Last week a farmer's wife called
her servant girl, 13 years of age, and gave her a watch,
bidding her take it and boil an egg four minutes by it :
she shortly returned with the watch (which had been pur-
chasA only a few days before for £8) on a plate, well
boiled, instead of the egg, stating she had boiled it exactly
four minutes by the clock. Another servant stood by and
saw her place the watch in the pan, and said it was wrong,
she was sure, but allowed her to proceed. All the parties
reside in Bewdon.—Blackburn Standard.

LOCAL LEGISLATION.—The Gazette of Tuesday night
extends to the extraordinary length of seven sheets, and
is almost entirely occupied with " notices" for Railway
Bills; among which some others of greater interest are
not likely to escape observation. The New Zealand
Company are to apply for enlargement and amendment
of the powers conferred by their charter and for the
granting to them of " further and other powers, rights,
and privileges; " and also " for regulation of the convey-
ing of lands in the colony to and by the Company."
THE HOP DUTY.—The return of the hop duty on this
year's growth was issued on Saturday. The total is
£265,240. 15s. 2d., of which the old duty amounts to
£140,322. 17s. 21d., the new duty to £103,716. 17s. lid.,
and the additional duty of five per cent., per Act 3d
Victoria, c. 17, to £12,201. Os. Old. The chief districts
are fixed as follows :—Canterbury, £38,637. 15s. 6d. ;
Hants, £11,083. Bs. 114 d. ; Hereford, £25,142. 3s. 11!,d ;
Isl of Wight, £7,296. 17s. Bd. ; Rochester, £113,960.
18s. Od. ; Sussex, £49,857. ss. 21d. ; and Worcester,
£5,265. 17s. Ild.

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HAND-LOOM WENVERS.—The following statement may
smivpelatoinil
facturers of Wigan have been in the habit of making check
cuts, 67 yards long, 44 nicks in the inch, for which they
paid the weaver ss. 6d. Out of this he had to pay 104 d.
for winding. Thus he had to throw his shuttles 106,128
times, at the rate of 1105 times an hour, for six days to
the week of 16 hours to the clay, for the small remunera-
tion of 48. 7id. Deduct Is. for rent, 6d. for fire, and 6d.
for tallow and candles, and then you have his net weekly
income for the support of his family.—Halifax Guardian.
VILLAGE MISERY.—A case was brought forward at
the Bicester Petty Session this week which displayed the
wretchedness of agricultural dwellings. A young woman,
of the name of Biggs, was charged with having left the
service of a farmer, who did not attend to support his
charge. From the young woman's statement, it appeared
that the wife of the complainant had used her in a fair
proper manner. The Rev. A. H. Matthews, one of the
magistrates, advised the young woman to go back, and to
stay if possible, as he knew how distressed they were at
home. It appeared that two families of eleven persons,
male and female, slept in one and the same room !
SHAKESPEARE.—A curious and interesting discovery
has recently been made, which will probably throw con-
siderable light on the text of one of the most popular
plays of our great dramatist. A contemporary manu-
script of Henry IV. has been found in the archives of a
family of title in the east of England, and it has been
most liberally placed in the hands of Mr. Ilalliwell for
the purpose of publication. He understood that this
unique relic, which contains numerous important varia-
tions from the play as we now have it, will be shortly
printed by Mr. Halliwell, under the auspices of the.
Shakespeare Society.

EXTRAORDINARY SPORT.-011 Tuesday week, in a
small cover called the " Links," near Newmarket, his
Grace the Duke of Rutland, Colonel Anson, Mr. Stanley,
and Mr Farlie, with only four hour's shooting, bagged
the extraordinary number of 714 head of game,—namely,
hares, 336 ; pheasants, 265 ; partridges, 33 ; rabbits, 80
and the following day upwards of 50 hares, pheasants, &c.
(wounded the previous day,) were picked up. Out of the
four hour's shooting, two of the parties were absent an
hour and a half, attending a meeting at Newmarket,—
namely, his Grace the Duke of Rutland, and Mr. Farlie.
In the evening a considerable portion of the game was
distributed to the tenantry, tradespeople, &c.—Leicester
Journal.

Nov. 19, 1841

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—The Rev. Rowland,
Hill, who has been residing at Bowness, Wre
indermeifor
the last three months, was suddenly taken ill in the shop
of Mrs. R. Barrow, draper and grocer of that plase,..'
about half-past twelve on Thursday, when with great clu_
ficulty he was carried into an adjoining room, and 13e Vif
attended immediately by two medical men, but expired I-5
about half an hour.
WRECK AND FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Monday night
during the tremendous gale, the smack, " Jane alio,
Lennn wasy,
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She had on board twelve persons, the majority of whom
were passengers from Ardglass, Ireland, to the Isle of
Man. It was about high water when the vessel came ne'i,
and she grounded within about ten yards from the sh°ru,
to get from the wreck forthwith got into a small boat, and,_
in consequence of the heavy surf she was instant,
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when four passengers, three women and one man, anxios
swamped, and the four ill-fated-individuals were drowned
the. remainder who staid on board were all saved. it:
interred
were subsequently found on the beach, and were
interred at Bispham, on Wednesday last.
RECOVERY OF TREASURE.—America is no longer
safe place of refuge for swindlers and robbers on a largS
scale. Burgess, a clerk to the Bank of England! 34.14
Joseph Elder, who assisted him, not long since, n;.,'t,
fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO stock and obtaining go"' a
that amount from the Bank of England, were eaPturkee4
last month, in Boston. It appears, that, having pack
their ill-gotten gold in a portmanteau, they came to
Liver-
pool by railway, and went immediately on board the .1?r
tannia steamer, which set sa 1, in a few hours, for Hablaii
Forrester, the officer, was soon on their track. He set n
by the next steamer, (the Caledonia,) and traced the fug
tives to Boston, New York, Buffalo, Canada, Niagara'
and hack to Boston, where he found that one of them
lived in a house which he had purchased, and the other ma,
an inn. Elder was immediately taken into custody. an
£7,000, which was lodged in a, bank to their credit, was
claimed on the part of the Bank of England. Elder scacl
taken before one of the tribunals for examination, an
was remanded. In the course of the night, however' s
hanged himself with his pocket handkerchief. Burgess
contrived to escape by running out at the back door of
inn without hat or coat. He got into a boat, and managed
to get away. Upon Elder were found 400 sovereigns,a"
amongst the papers of Burgess were found 200„niore.
THE LATE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.—Since the
particulars of the recent forgery of notes belonging to the
Stockton and Durham County Bank appeared four iPer-
sons, whose names are Henry Russell, formerly a 5600';
master ; Matthew and James Watson, (father and sna'„
brewers and cornfactors ; and David Buglass, spirit dealer'
have been, after an examination which lasted several days;committed to Durham gaol for trial at the ensuinz \Vint",
Assizes. On. the last day of the examination Russell made
a full confession, and gave a statement of their operationh
He said they commenced forging in May, he being the
sole originator of the proceedings. Tha- tvo Watson'
assisted him, and the plate from which the notes were
printed was engraved by the electro-magnetic process;
with the exception of the managing director's name, the
name of the person entering the dates, and the numbers;
which were atterwards supplied by the pen. They wer
printed at Watson's house, on paper which he had per
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chased for the purpose, by a small press like a linen pre!'
—4O had been printed, but they had only succeeded la
issuing 20. Buglass was in company with the Watt,tieng
when one of the notes was passed. Only eight of
notes have yet been found, and they were all passed in the
neighbourhood on the two days preceding their appre-
hension.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—The Bank of England 4,i,, '
about to charge a commission on the sums remitted
various parts of the country by means of its branches.
First, with respect to remittances.—All sums advised
the credit of a person leaving a drawing account at the'
Bank, or a branch, are to be subject to the charge of 6°'
per cent., the minimum charge to be Is., and every frac-
tion of £lOO to be considered as an entire £lOO. T"'-'1
£2OO will pay Is., and £3OO will pay Is. Gd., £4OO w''
pay 25., and so on. Secondly, with respect to payment'
—Where neither party lodging the money nor the par ."
receiving has an account, the charge will be per cep.,!
'
on sums not exceeding £5OO, the minimum charge
2s. 6d. On sums exceeding 1.500 but not exceed
£3OOO, the charge will be a per cent. on the first £s"'''
and per cent. on the remainder. When the sums
ceed £3OOO, there will be the above charge for £3000,39,
Is. Gd. on the excess. If, on the other band, the patty
lodging the money have an account, the commission a`,.,'
sums under £lOO will be 2s. Gd. per cent., the min"guee,
charge being Is. On sums of £4OO, and under £3OO, tkua
charge will be 4s. Gd. per cent. ; on sums of .E3CO3 3n
not exceeding £3OOO, it will be Is. Gd. per cent. ; and 00
sums exceeding £3OOO, it will be Is. per cent. The
mee-
sure will, it is understood, come into operation 10'1"'
diately.

FOREIGN FRUIT.—An experiment of considerable icr.;
portance is about to be tried in the fruit trade. The
Eleanor, Captain Wickham, from Fa -al has, it see?'"
made the passage to Southampton in eleven days witl
ed
cargo of oranges. Arrangements have been conchu
with the dock and railway companies, in virtue of which
the said cargo will be landed there, despatched at once.
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London, and deposited in the warehouse of the broker
charged with the disposal of the consignment. Inbbay,ly,
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or otherwise adverse weather, it is no uncommon oc-„
,„
rence for vessels to be many days beating round to
port of London, which, with cargoes of a perishable na
ture, is a matter of serious moment. By the discharge
at Southampton nearly the whole of this time would 10e
,
saved, and vessels employed in the trade may be dismiss"
without an hour's delay for fresh supplies. Three voyages
will, on the new system, be effected, where hitherto onlY
two have been practicable, a cbange which secures a sav-
ing not in point of time alone, but in port and dock dues,
lights, and insurance also. The Eleanor made her ap-
pearance on Saturday at Southampton, between twelve
and one o'clock, and by the hour of six in the afternoon,
her cargo, consisting of 96() boxes, had been landed, and
despatched to town ; so that, but for the intervention of
Sunday, the brokers might have been proceeding with the
sale of it in London twenty-four hours after it was landed
at the out-port.--London paper.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—An inquest was held on
Friday in the Borough, London, on view of the body of
John Thomas, lying in Kent-street. The room in which
it lay was one of the most horrible dens that ever met the
human eye—almost denuded of furniture, and full of filth
vermin, and cobwebs. The body presented a dreadfully
emaciated appearance. Ann Nash stated that she had
lived with the deceased, (as his wife, but not married) ha
was a shoemaker, for 12 years ; and that be always pleaded_
extreme poverty, although she knew him to be in receill
of 15s a week from his friends, who were respectable, an
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lived somewhere near Newmarket. He was of filthy
habits, and would never allow her to wash his clothes, is
which he always slept. She had had a child by him, "vi
ten years old. She and the boy over that long a
Peri°
frequently tasted no food for two days together. Whelic,
he took ill, (from shere want) she called a surgeon w"
paid him every attention, but on returning from porches;
nag some articles ordered, (for which he reluctantly gay
her 6d.) she found him quite dead. Four shillings w,..ee_
then found on the table, and four half-crowns and a 5",
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ling in the bed—his last weekly payment. There was -
doubt "but that the final disease of deceased, (hernia, 13-
which inflammation and mortification ensued) had bee
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caused by want, through his penury and habits. Theiar'
found a verdict accordingly. The Coroner and jail el./co;
pressed their surprise that any woman could subreitche
so long a period to such privations and wretchedness. She
stated that he would never permit her to apply to
parish, or to call in a doctor when he was ill. _ _

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A NEWLY-.),
RIED MAN.—On Wednesday week, Joseph Ames, Aid,
has been for some years a bookkeeper at the Bull, -"
gate, was joined in wedlock in Whitechapel Church, bye
young woman, several years his junior. On leaving, to
church, Ames, addres,ing his bride; said, " You rant to
go to the west-end of the town, don't you? But ni-t,c
and be back in an hour, and then perhaps we may g°
together." The bride promised to comply with his re,
quest, and was about to part with him for an hour, w"e
her husband, as if recollecting himself, said, " Here, ta,r,
care of this, you may want it, and it may be of some
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vice to you ;" and at the same time handed her a u
containing 120 sovereigns, and also the marriage
certl!'o,
cate, observing that the latter might be of use to her al'ia
Mrs. Ames proceeded to the west-end of the t0wn9,3.1
returned within the specified time to a public-house volol
her husband had taken, and in which they were to ee eit,t
mence business on the following day ; when, to her Plea
surprise, she discovered that her husband had not 14;..
there. She remained for some time in the greatest Post
:b'
ble anxiety for his arrival, when a messenger br0e,,,,,
her a note, written evidently in much haste by her onic,
band, informing her that there was £l3O in the 13,-,3n
which she could have, together with some more wleil
in his trunks, and stating that she might have all, °old
as his clothes ; and that, in all probability, she word,
never see him more. It seems that he has kept his sc_ea,
for up to yesterday no trace of him had been discovei
—Times of Thursday.
DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION.—Na— saol
SONS KILLED.—A frightful accident occurred on Te,e-au-
evening last, off Blackwall, on board the new iron sLe-oclo,
boat named the Gipsy Queen, built by the firm of San?. the
and Co. (the senior of which' is the chief victim), for ter
creek about half-past three o'clock on Tuesday
Waterford Navigation Company. It appears that, f the
a partial trial in Bow-creek, the vessel came out c on,
aftell'aeoh
under the command of Capt. Price, and, with Mr- Jines,
Samuda, the constructor of both the boat and the ent the
and a friend or two, made her first trial trip dos;,,locli,
river, as far as Woolwich. She returned at five c!_ of
and was moored to the buoy off Blackwall, the r'sb-oarcl.
this trial having been satisfactory to the parties onFas
As soon as the vessel had arrived at Blackwall,. Vibe
determined to try the boilers at a pressure of 251b(-3t tbe
it is said the safety-valve was set accordingly, n con'
least danger being apprehended, as they had been:oeh-
structed to bear a pressure of -101 b. on the squa!-esi foe,
Mr. Samuda, with the engineer, the foreman of 1),Iot in
tory, and a number of fitters and others, were pr,_eosut ten
the engine-room to see the operation, when, aU troPlic
minutes after five o'clock, the unfortunate catl_ were
took place. The vessel having been boarded, ne,,,,0t
found on the deck dreadfully scalded, and their state the
was that they had escaped up the ladder at the time the
explosion, and had left several of their companion
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engine-room, amongst them Mr. Samuda, Set]. " 4
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hat place was sufficiently free from steam for theoF„
..evp
on deck to descend into it, it disclosed the bodies of %ad,
men in the most ghastly condition. They were qa.l,t
wuetild
and lay in various positions. On examination, of
appear that the accident was caused bys the bursting,i,
the steam from the main pipe, at a joint. The te
its course, it is evident, must have found vent here;
an It
without any warning, must, in its bursting out, nay in',he
u;e,
the disastrous consequences which the floor of the el ,
room presented. The injured persons were taken_ to
a„er,
London Hospital, where two of them died shortly "
wards, making nine vicims in all.

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