The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

The Queen has granted the widow of Colonel Stoddart
£l5O per annum.
The Barking fishermen have returned to work with one
or two of their grievances redressed.

There are five Jews on the list for high sheriffs of
counties in England this term.
A fire broke out in the steeple of Sudbury Church on
Wednesday week, but was speedily extinguished.
The Duke of Noi:olk is about to present fifty acres of
land to the people of Sheffield for public pleasure grounds.
The poet Camr bell's pension of £lB4 a year has been
bestowed upon Mr. Patrick Fraser Tytler.
Only four lives were lost by the explosion at Cwm Avon
Colliery near Bristol.
It is expected that the new Manchester Theatre, which
is to cost £23,000, will be opened in March next.

The Northern Star, Feargus O'Connor's paper, has
removed from Leeds to London—a sign of the decay of
Chartism.
The Rev. Dr. Adler has been elected Chief Rabbi.
He obtained 121 votes ; Dr. Hirchfield 13 ; and Rabbi
Hirch 2.

Lord Ashley has written to the Short-time Association,
saying that it is his intention to 'ming the subject of the
ten-hours bill before the 11 ou se early in the session.
COMMERCIAL CURIOSITY.—A gentleman near Ayles-
bury has in his possession a Bank of England note for
sixpence, issued in the year 1700.
Richard Dadd, the parricide, having been removed to
a Lunatic Asylum, by order of the Secretary of State, will
not be tried for the murder of his father.

The Leeds magistrates have decided, by orders of the
law officers of the crown, that all officers on horseback;
in uniform, or otherwise, are not liable to pay toll for
turnpikes or bridges.
The current rate of discount on first-class bills by the
joint stock banks and large discount houses in London is
2 per cent., just to cut in below the terms of the Bank of
England.
UNCUT OATS.—In the parishes of Eckington and
Whitwell, in the county of Derby, there are many fields
of oats yet uncut, whier would require three weeks of
good harvest weather fit them for the reapers.
Mr. David Irwin, for upwards of forty years editor of
the .Norfollc Chronicle, and Mr. R. M. Bacon, editor of
the Norwich Mercury, both died suddenly a few days
ago.

The London Gazelle of Tuesday night contains a trea-
sury warrant, fixing generally at fourpence, the tate on
all East India and colonial letters, of not more than half
an ounce weight.
In the Court of Queen's Bench, Jenkin Jones has been
sentenced to a year's imprisonment, for undertaking to
procure Charles Bolson a place in the office of the Poor
Law Commissioners for the sum of £l5O.

A young ruffian, at Leicester, last week, in the hope of
getting possession of a sum of money coming to him on
the death of his mother, attempted to poison her, and in
doing so had nearly poisoned the whole family.
Chess players will be glad to hear that the celebrated
player, M. Kieseritzkij. will visit London early in the
year. A match of 21 games is arranged to be played by
him and Mr. Staunton, at the St. George's Club.
The Cambridge Advertiser mentions the recent case of
a young woman, who, being frightened by a companio❑
who appeared suddenly before her in a hideous mask, fell
into fits, became a lunatic, and died in a few days.
Four persons were killed at the Beaufort iron works, by
a mass of earth eight yards above their heads falling upon
them, and crushing every bone in their bodies. Two of
the party were girls of 18 years of age, and the other two
young men of 18 and 21.

On Tuesday, at her Majesty's dock yard, Woolwich, a
scaffolding gave way, and killed one man, and very seri-
ously injured several others.
Five casual paupers in the Eton Union Workhouse
have been committed for trial on a charge of attempting
to set fire to the building.
An explosion took place at Seghill colliery, near New-
castle, on Sunday evening, by which two of the workmen
lost their lives.
A most brutal scene was exhibited in the streets of the
Cathedral city of Durham, on Tuesday last, when a man
in a state of intoxication, named Stellia, was attempted
to be dragged to prison at " a cart's tail."
On Wednesday evening last, an incendiary fire took
plafle at Watton, Hertford, on a farm occupied by Mr.
Kempton, and belonging to Mr. Abel Smith, M.F. The
damage is estimated at £2OOO
On Tuesday week a female lunatic leaped from a car-
riage on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, while the
train was in motion. She miraculously sustained no
injury.
On Thursday, at York, Mr. Justice Coleridge, in most
affecting terms, sentenced a young man, named Potter,
to death, for having set fire to a neighbouring house
whilst the inmates were asleep at night.
ANOTHER ATTORNEY TRANSPORTED.—Thos. Field,
alias John Easterfield, has been transported for seven
years, at the Central Criminal Court, for having obtained
two half-crowns and a sixpence from a party, under false
pretences.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, a fellow
uamed Ward was indicted for extorting money from Mr.
Mieville, a member of the Stock Exchange, by threatening
to charge him with the commission of an abominable
offence. The scoundrel was sentenced to be transported
for life.

BRIEF FELICITY.—In a rural district, lately, a boy
and girl, aged, respectively, nineteen and sixteen, were
married on Wednesday, spent all the money they had
(fifteen shillings), on Thursday and Friday, went to the
union workhouse on Saturday, and were then passed to
their respective parishes.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, as the
head groom to Earl Bathurst, was standing in the stables,
patting one of his Lordship's horses, the animal suddenly
snapped at his hand, and bit one of his thumbs com-
pletely off above the nail. The animal must have swal-
lowed the precious morsel, as it could not be found.
A RICH VAGRANT.—Mary Jones, with her son, a lad
about 10 years of age, have been committed to Carmar-
then gaol for vagrancy. On her person was found the
sum of £6 Is. 10d. In cash, and promissory notes from
the Glaraorganshire Bank, and from several tradesmen,
to the amount of upwards of £3OO,
PRIZE FIGHT.—On Tuesday a pugilistic contest for
£lOO, took place between Maley, of London, and Mer-
ryman, belonging to Nottingham, about half way be-
tween London and Nottingham. The fight commenced
in good earnest, and continued for about one hour and a
half, when night made its appearance, and it was found
that darkness must stop the affair.
THE MURDER OF AN ORANGEMAN.—OD Thursday
at York, John M`Cann, 29, was indicted for the wilful
murder of Benjamin Gott, at Bradford, on Whit-Monday,
the 27th of May. There was another count in the indict-
ment charging the prisoner with the manslaughter of the
said Benjamin Gott. Before the case had proceeded far,
Mr, Wilkins said he could not resist the minor charge,
and the jury found a verdict of manslaughter.
A BRIDEGROOM SHOT ON HIS WAY TO CHURCH.—
On the 22d ultimo, as James Cockburn was on his way to
the church at the village of Presson, near Kendal, where
the bride and her party were waiting for him, a man,
named Johnston, a " hind" to the bride, fired at from
a wood, and wounded him, it is feared fatally. Johnston
was instigated by disappointment. He has been com-
mitted.

THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The first examination
for the Fellowship of the Royal Collego of Surgeons took
place on Tuesday and Thursday last, when out of 30 can-
didates the following had the honour conferred on them :
—Mr. Ward, Huntingdon ; Mr. Rix, St. Neots ; Mr.
Sodon, jun., Bath; Mr. Boil, Arundel; Mr. Cotton,
Lyme ; Mr. Cheeseman, Sheffield ; Mr. Rumsey, Glo,
cester ; Mr. Ellison, Chester; Messrs. Robarts, Smith.
and Barrow, of London, with three others.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—On the 22d ultimo, a
farm servant named Cockburn, residing near Dunse, in
Scotland, was fired at while on his way to be married, and
in company with another man. He received about 160
slugs and shot in his back, and is not expected to survive.
A man named Johnston, who lived servant with Jean
Rankin, to whom Cockburn was to be married, has been
committed for trial, be having shortly before borrowed a
gun, and having enteitaiaed a bad feeling to the injured
man.

CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.—Twenty
cottages are in progress of erection by the society for the
improvement of the condition of the labouring classes, on
the estate of Lord Caithorpe, within a few perches of the
Clerkenwell Police-court. They will be inhabited each
by one labourer's family. They will be fitted up with the
greatest regard to the comfort and cleanliness of the occu-
pants, and will cost £3,000. The main object the so-
ciety has in view by the erection of these 20, is that they
may serve as a model for such buildings to the aristocracy
who may visit the metropolis.—Globe.

ACORNS.—Curiosity has been rife in Godalming during
the last four weeks,to account for the very extensive de-
mand which has taken place for acorns. One individual,
it is said, has been commissioned to buy up no less than
2000 bushels, at ls. per bushel, and so great is the com-
petition for the article, that pig keepers are quite unable
to keep pace with the rise in price. Some suppose that
they are wanted as a substitute for bark in tanning lea-
ther, while others, no less wise, hint that they are wanted
for the adulteration of coffee. They at. Au ...t ofd' as
quick as purchased, to London, there to be made use of.—
Sussex Express.

ALLEGED THEFT BY A LADY OF RANK.—Mrs. Tyr-
whitt, the lady of fortune, who was charged with stealing
a microscope OR the Bth of September, at the Soho Bazaar,
London, worth half a crown, was tried at the Middlesex
Sessions, on Thursday, and acquitted. A number of
persons of rank and title were called to speak to charac-
ter. The jury were absent two hours and a half. The
prisoner, who was supported by her husband, was most
deeply affected, and said, in a feeble voice, " Gentlemen,
you have acquitted me. I thank you ; and I here declare
my most solemn innocence of the false charge that has
been brought against me." She then sank down over-
come by her feelings, and was carried from the court.
STRANGE DISCOVERY OF A MURDER.—About five
years ago, a packman was known to have entered a cot-
tage in the village or parish of Kirkcolme, and was never
afterwards seen or heard of. Shortly afterwards the
neighbours remarked that the occupant of the house was
much better off in worldly circumstances than before,
and therefore could not help regarding him as having
dealt the packman foul play, but nothing ever transpired
that could positively justify the suspicion. The man died,
it is said, about twelve months ago, and the occurrence
ceased to be talked about, if it was not entirely forgotten,
until last week, when some men, while making altera-
tions about the cottage, came upon the remains of a man
buried underneath. Of their identity with the packman,
the people entertained no doubt.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A short time
ago, a fine strong pig, about a year old, was missed from
the farm of the Rev. T. Cator, at Wath Wood. The
other day, on removing a large quantity of straw, the pro-
duce of a wheat stack which had been thrashed out for
seed, the poor animal was found at the bottom, still alive,
having been buried under the straw for a period of seven
weeks all but two days. The straw, it appears, as it was
thrashed, was carried from the barn, and thrown over the
wall of the fold-yard. The pig, it would appear, had been
underneath the wall, and no doubt, liking the warmth of
the straw, had laid under it until it had so far accumu-
lated that it was unable to get out. The poor animal
had eaten a large hole into the earth, and apparently had
subsisted on no other food than what the ground afforded.
Doncaster Chronicle.

EXTTRA ORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—In our obituary
will be found the death of G. Durant, Esq., of Tong
Castle, and we here mention a rather singular circum-
stance that took place on the occasion. In the year 1820
Mr. Durant took legal proceedings against his first wife,
and in consequence of the jury having decided in his
favour, he erected a monument on an eminence on his
estate at Tong Knowl, to commemorate the event. The
monument was a conspicuous object from the road from
Shiffnall to Wolverhampton, and resembled a church
tower. Immediately on his death being known to his
family, two of his sons, accompanied by twenty-nine
labourers, went to the place, and commenced excavating
round it to the depth of six feet, after which they made a
hole in it, and placed fifty pounds of gunpowder, in a
cask, and twenty pounds in another package, under the
monument, and at three o'clock on the morning of the
LOth ultimo, a fuse was fixed to it, and set fire to, and in
a few minutes the monument was laid flat on the ground,
without any accident. The eldest son, and heir to the
estate, died some years ago, and on his death-bed he
requested the younger branches of the family that, as
soon as their father was dead, they would cause the mo-
nument to be blown up, that it might cease to exist with
the founder, that the memory of the scandalous cause fur
which it was erected and he might perish together.—
Shrewsbury Journal.

TURN-OUT OF COAL-MINERS.—Very great excitement
prevails at present amongst the colliers in the district of
Wigan. Meetings are holding every week, in various
parts of the districts, at which resolutions are always
adopted unanimously, to the effect that their labour is not
sufficiently rewarded, and that it is desirable to join the
union, and collect funds to enable them to stand a strike
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in the event of its being necessary. Mr. 117 .P. Roberts,
solicitor, from Newport, commonly called the "Miners'
Saturday
Attorney General," has taken offices in Manchester,. with
a view, it is said, of being en the spot to give such legal
advice as may seem necessary. Delegate.
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masters a written application demanding an advance of
twopence upon each shilling they now earn. Should their
demand be refused the result will, of course, be a general
strike. On Monday several meetings were held, and, as
far as it was possible to ascertain, there was not a coal
mine at work in the whole district. Two of the most im-
portant of these meetings were those held at a place called
Bardsley. between Oldham and Ashton, and the other in
the village of Lammerhead-green, about two miles from
this place. At La!nmerhead-green a delegate meeting
was also held, at which delegates were present from every
coal-pit in the two counties,
except those in the neigh-
bourhood of St. Helen's. The public meeting at Lain-
merbead-green was attended by about 3000 persons.

Dec. 10, 1514.

RATHER GREEN.—At Manchester, last week, a young
man, being determined to ascertain for himself whethir,
the sensations of persons hanging are " most pleasing' ,
as Mr. Wrakley says they are, made the experiment, and
had a most narrow escape from being suffocated in ear
nest.
SHOCKING DEATH.—Last week, two women bad oc-
casion to go up Llangattock mountain (Breconshire), Oct
one of them took her little girl with her, who unfortu;
nately got separated from her mother, and, on account
of the density of the fog, the night passed without all
trace of her being discovered. On the following moat.
ing she was found, in a sitting posture, quite dead.
THE LATE BANK ROBBERY.—III consequence of A
letter addressed to the banking-house of Messrs. Rogura
and Co. by their solicitor, Mr. Hobler, suggesting a mod
of cancelling all the Bank of England notes which have
recently been stolen from that firm, and thus rendering tnha
property taken valueless to the robbers and their
federates, some some of the parties of the banking- the
baya
had an interview with the Secretary of State upon Oa
plan proposed by Mr. Hobler, and the matter is nor
under consideration with Sir James Graham. If so,
vier
are quite sure the public will be glad to know that a
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THE MURDER AT DOVER.—Jam s Clark,
met with their match.
and William Smith, were indicted at the Maidstone assizes
for the murder of a policeman. The facts, which via_
published at the time, will be in the recollection of our
readers. On the Bth of September, the prisoners and
number of idle disorderly persons had been drinking duty'
gether, when the deceased in the execution of his duty'
blur(
interfered, and in doing so received a tremendous
with a stick, which felled him to the earth. It was Jig.
Clark who inflicted the blow. The prisoner Smith,
deceased was on the ground, jumped upon his body, all,
exclaimed, " There, you —; you've got it : you ate
riu
there
good." These facts we re proved in evidence, but rs
was an absence of any distinct proof that the prisoneo
were actually present when the blow was struck-
wm. Clark,
jury acquitted the prisoners, after a consultation 01 "-
hours.