The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-05 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

The new organ for Chester Cathedral, which arrived
on Monday last, per railway, is said to weigh six tons.
The total sum realized for the orphan family of the late
Mr. Elton, who was drowned in the Pegasus, is £2380.
It is said that the Hon. Mrs. Norton, daughter of the
celebrated Brinsley Sheridan, is about to emigrate to
America.

Seven persons were burned to death in a farm house,
which took fire on Wednesday, in the village of Millery,
Gloucestershire.

N. C. Brown, Esq. has been appointed to the collect-
orship of customs at Beaumaris, vice William Hughes,
Esq. retiring.
The Lord Mayor of York has ordered the police of that
city to apprehend all boys or others guilty of whistling in
the streets !

According to Murphy's weather almanack for 1844, the
coldest day in the year will be the 7th of January, and the
hottest will be the 2d of August.
A Mr. Swinburn of Ardee, has contrived a table fitted
with a peculiar description of vice. which will enable shoe-
makers to work with great facility in a standing position.

The Chester town council have sanctioned the line pro-
posed by Mr. Stephenson for the Chester and Holyhead
railway, in preference to that recommended by Mr. Walker.
The Lords of the Treasury, on the recommendation of
the Board of Customs, have raised Glasgow from being a
second-class p ort to a first-class.
Raby Castle, the magnificent baronial seat of the Duke
of Cleveland, in Durham, is about to be enlarged and
otherwise improved by Mr. Burn, architect, of Edin-
burgh.
On Monday information was received in town of the
destruction by fire of Rowcleas, the mansion of Lord
Nugent, near Exeter, on the morning of Thursday last.
The damage is stated to be at least £3,000.
Two or three buiding yards in Sunderland, which have
been unoccupied since 1840, have been taken for the pur-
poses of ship-building, which will shortly be in full oper-
ation there. These signs of reviving trade, however small,
are gratifying.
PLEASANT PROSPECT FOR MR. O'CONN'ELL.—Fear-
gus O'Conner, in his Northern Star of Saturday, in a
letter addressed to Mr. O'Connell, tells the great Agitator
that either repeal will be carried, or his head laid on the
block by the Ist of April next.
A Sunday or two ago, during the asking or publication
of banns, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, the con-
gregation were not a little astonished at the forbidding of
two of the intendem marriages. The non-age of the par;
ties (ladies) was alleged as the cause.
The appointment of the Chief-Judgeship of Welling-
ton, New Zealand, has been conferred upon Mr. H. S.
Chapman, of the Inner Temple, who has sailed in com-
pany with the new Governor, Captain Fitzroy, late Mem-
ber for Durham.

THE LATE FATAL DUEL.—The trial of Lieut. Munro
and Lieut. Grant was on Saturday postponed until the
next session of the central criminal court, in consequence
of the former gentleman being confined to his bed with
typhus fever.

The Northampton Herald, of Saturday, reports a
speech delivered, on Tuesday last, by Earl Spencer, at a
dinner given by the Mayor of Northampton, in which the
noble earl explicitly avowed himself an advocate for a
total repeal of the Corn-laws.

INHUMAN CoNnucT.—A young woman, named Ann
M'Cormick, the mother of three illegitimate children,
was brought up at the Manchester Police-court on Friday,
on a charge of attempting to murder her infant child five
months old, by administering poison. She was committed
for trial at the assizes.

A Goon LEAP.-011 Friday last, during a trial in some
fields near the Terminus of the Great Western Railway,
the steepje-chase horse Pilot cleared a space of 30 feet
10 inches, in a leap over a brook, with a high bank and
rail on one side of it, carrying a groom of 12 stone, be-
sides the side, &c.

A Goon ROUND FAMILY.—An old woman, named
Susy Haigh, who lived at Sones, in Sowerby, died on the
16th instant in the 88th year of her age, having lived to
see the fifth generation of her family, which numbered,
exclusive of herself, 170. She had nine children, 48
grandchildren, 111 great grandchildren, and two great
great grandchildren.—Halifax Guardian.

CHESTER CATTLE FAIR.—At the November fair, on
Thursday, the show of all kinds of stock was deficient,
and business was extremely slack. Calving heifers were
somewhat enquired after, and were worth from £8 to £ll
each. Some inferior Irish beef was shown, which sold at
about .51d. per lb. and sink. Fat pigs were worth 3d.
per lb. Very few sheep were shown.

CFIESTER CHEESE FAIR.-At the fair, on Wednesday
last, upwards of 300 tons were piled for sale, and about a
third of which went back unsold. The sale was very flat,
and at reduction of 3s. to ss. per cwt. from the last fair.
Prices ruled generally from 455. to 60s. The increasing
yearly importations of American cheese seriously affects
the English cheese trade.
MOST REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.-At the summing
up of the poll books at the late election at Salisbury, it
was ascertained that from the three wards into which the
borough is divided, Mr. Campbell received from each ex-
actly 106 votes, the whole amount of his poll being 318.
Perhaps a similar kind of coincidence is not to be, nor
never will be found in electioneering annals.
On Tuesday last Mary Ann Lacy, a young and fashion-
ably dressed female, wife of a respectable tradesman, was
brought up at the Marlborough-street Police-office, Lon-
don, and committed for trial at the Central Criminal
Court, for having stolen a piece of silk handkerchiefs,
while pretending to make some purchases at the shop of
a silk mercer.

ThE WHITE QUAKERS.—A deputation from this body
has just visited London. They have been extensively
engaged in placarding the walls and boards at the west end
of town during the last week with some of their fanatical
effusions, denouncing vengeance on all but the favoured
few. Their appearance in their singular garb excites
much curiosity.
No less than three fires, to a more or less serious ex-
tent, occurred in the course of last week in Manchester.
In one case property to the amount of upwards of £lOOO
was destroyed ; and in the other cases, had it not been
for the timely arrival of the fire-brigade, the destruction
of property must have been enormous.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO KNUTSFORD GAOL.—On
Monday night, a most daring attempt was made to gain
entrance to the treasurer's room, in Knutsfoi d House of
Correction. At the adjourned sessions it is usual to pay
all accounts belonging to the county, and, no doubt, the
burglars were acquainted with the fact, naturally expect-
ing that .there must be a large sum of money deposited
there.

TIIR TEA TRADE, Nov. 27.—The market has been
heavy again since our last, and public sales being pressed,
are not quite supported. The consumption goes on
steadily nevertheless ; but it is the expectation of very full
supplies that keep down prices. The stocks at the out-
ports are much larger than at this time last year. Last
week the deliveries were 470,781 b.

EXTENSIVE FAILURE AT FORFAR.—It is our painful
duty to announce the failure, on Thursday week, of one
of our most extensive manufacturers, in consequence of
which hundreds of our townsmen have been thrown out
of work, with little prospect of receiving other than
partial employment for some time. The other manu-
facturers in town deserve great praise for the exertions
they have made to meet the present emergency ; but it is
impossible that nearly 600 weavers can be employed until
preparations are made to receive them, which will require
time. The bankrupt's debts, it is said, amount to up-
wards of £27,000.-Illontrose Review.

SUICIDE BY A CHILD.—On Friday last the neighbour-
hood of Ketley-town was thrown into great consternation
from the following distressing circumstance :—lt appears
that a little girl, daughter of James Colley, was sent by
her mother to get some coal from one of the pits, and being
gone longer than usual, she was met by her brother, who
told her that she would catch it when she got home. The
child, it seems, dreaded the thought of going home, which
she did not like, because her mother, she said, was not kind
to her. She threw away her bonnet and pinafore, con-
trived to creep to the edge of a pit, and threw herself into
it. The pit was 200 yards deep. When her body was got
out it was in an emaciated state.—Shropshire Journal.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND INCENDIARISM AT MAN•
CRESTER.—On Tuesday evening last some desperate thief
or thieves obtained access to a warehouse belonging to
Messrs. Lea, Birch, and Co., Barton's-buildings, Man-
chester-street, and, having forced open several drawers,
in which, however, they did not find any booty, they set
fire to a quantity of cotton twist and departed. The fire
must have been discovered immediately after the villains
had decamped, for it had not extended beyond the twist ;
though, as the flames were raging beneath a wooden door,
the whole premises were in imminent danger. The ware-
house had been secured by the persons belonging to it
only forty minutes before the fire was discovered. The
flames were quickly subdued, and but little damage was
done. The police are actively engaged in the investiga-
tion of the affair.

ARTESIAN WELL.—The Artesian well at the Royal
Hospital, Haslar, sunk by Mr. T. Docwra, manager of
the large Artesian well now in progress for supplying
Southampton with water, has resulted in producing a
most abundant supply of water, which has been analysed
by order of the board of admiralty, and is found to be of
the purest and softest quality. What is most surprising
is, that the water rises through 125 feet of shingle and
running sand, which is full of salt water, being affected
by the tides. The trouble and difficulty in stopping the
salt water out has been entirely overcome. The quantity
of water that Mr. Docwra guaranteed to obtain was
12,960 gallons per day ; but the actual quantity obtained
from the spring, 156 feet deep, was 59,328 gallons per day.
This quantity can be pumped every day without reducing
the water in the well more than about forty feet from the
surface.—Hampshire Independent,
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.—
The annual meeting of this company was held on Tuesday
last. The profit and loss account showed a balance in
favour of the company.of £75,300 13s. 11d. to the 30th of
September last. From this sum was deducted £14,955
13s. 6d. for the amount of the March dividend of 34 per
cent., leaving a disposable sum of £60,345 Os. sd. The
usual dividend of 34 per cent, was declared for the six
months ending on the 30th of September, and the remain-
ing undivided profits, amounting to £44,845 Os. 5d., were
carried to the reserved fund. The proposal of the com-
pany to carry the Indian mails is,according to the report,
now under the consideration of the government and the
East India Company ; but in the event of not obtaining
the mail contract, the directors state there is little hope of
a regular monthly communication between Calcutta and
Suez, as the passengers' intercourse would not be suf-
ficiently remunerating during the monsoon season.

Dec. 5, 1543.

ivre.e...;
ori:
1'
DENT. —CT------Monday last,
STRANGE
Ac c I
went to cut ivy I,..ivss for a goat belonginga to t 6
Lion Inn, Loo, using a large pig-killing knife' facing
climbing a garden-wall, a stone gave way, and in -1 is
to the ground with the knife grasped perpendicular/las
his hand, his head came on the point, which Pierer cad.
chin, and passed into his mouth, inflicting a large we_Aal
gaoDllslactraelnynseenlNt GtoAhDisznr
He bled very much, but having received prompt sow it/
he is now in a fair way of recovery.—Cornteall fleY
Gazelle. Penns}
sois
know doe ~
had a proposal to make which he believed would b
hear
their mutual benefit. The creditor called on bin, too it
being so chargeable to you has
tii
sth.ea
very
rplye hnhasaevdeotfbh been
ge
ftodhroi nlmikaeirntgaon, 'hd'
es2ahsi
here,
rcete,hnaet
and
df former, epr
u, '
It no: 0.
jot;
creditor A t
doe b
lettorhiimn Penns•lct be
per week. '''
—for heaven knows what it may cost you in the 00
therefore what I would propose is this—you shall leti the
out of gaol, and allow me one dollar a week, anLlhiri
25 cents go towards dischargingthe d bt --Pe."'"
e .
Chronicle. 1 ,ergoilP
A FISH RUN AWAY WITH A VESSEL'S .1.,•-- t tile
(From a Barbados paper.)—On the 22d of Angesstber
brig Rowena was lying in Laguyra Roads, thewe„hoal
perfectly calm ; I discovered the vessel moviidhe
among the shipping. I could not conceive what 040,
the matter. I gave orders to heave in and see if °Ass 1
chor was gone, but it was not; but to rarY 01310
given me great uneas,sod;
found a tremendous monster entangled fast to the /
rope, and moving the anchor slowly along the bottorntio
then had the fish towed on shore. It was of a fisbaae,
shape, something like a devil fish, but very curious° crois
being wider than it was long, and having two tuskseo,
on each side of the mouth, arid a very small tail itil.el"tse
portion to the fish, and exactly like a bat's tail. yr%ioaS
can be seen on board the brig Rowena. The &OP- tail
of the fish were as follows :—Length from end of tibe 0
to the end of the tusks, 18 feet ; from wing to ~,,r14;.•••
feet ; the mouth 4 feet wide ; and its weight 3,5""'
C. S. Dill.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following • Ints
issued on Friday :—" The Governor and ComPanY °betli-
Bank of England do hereby give notice, that, iota of
ence to her Majesty's proclamation, dated thei`-uarf
October last, they will, from and after the Ist 0J81.3_ 0•
next, cut, break, and deface such gold coin below te.e.o
gal current weight as may from time to time be tendered
to them. And further, that in pursuance of direct:lvry,
from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Ithe 11
they will, up to the abovementioned period, VIZ 113.
of January, continue to receive on account of the 1 coio
ment, at the price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce, gel '
d 1"
below the legal current weight. Bank of Englan I
30, 1843." •
k 39
S - INGULAR DEATH.—On Friday evening wee t with
thew Clift, aged 17, son of a builder, of Stroud, treinthe
his death by falling into his father's limekiln, eih„,ileh -fact
act of supplying it with fresh stone and coals. !ler to
of his not returning home in the evening led his tatoporr
suspect that some accident had occurred to him, an food
examining the kiln on the following morning, he„,,,tiog
the half-consined remains of his son lying on Wit's", 0011
fuel. So completely had the fire done its work, °atar',
a portion of the body remained, the legs, arms, an pored
to
had disappeared, the bone alone being left to tell theeurrej
ancholy tale. The accident, in all probabilitY, oce over
the kiln. The fate of this poor fellow offersiinfooei
from the inhaling of carbonic acid gas while stoopiag.„to.
tary warning to persons imprudently venturing int ithoag
ations where deleterious gasses are being evolved no)
taking proper precautions to insure their safety. -"
Chro 4 icle. tral
jury
wholeadt hnoeduyb harmlesst
to i
found be Ce°., cl
THE MURDFRER OP HIS C / n ..-.At t
tc he
ed some
pther tisi 0 locnhe
prisoner
alrdgwohaibsmys
struck
rtutr
chi striking
that
Criminal Court, on Friday, Edward Dwyer, hawker's;seth
25, who, it will be remembered, put his child t? "t
"the
counter of a spirit shop, was tried. It was sall'oear-
hard names, while he on the contrary, fondled 1
.ts legs,
gsehv eei trsat
treated head violently
bit rh'l his wife'
ag
a 1 ns
that
he, in a state of excitement, seized the child by 1... and
struck its head against the counter, and killed tii, 80
that he subsequently said he had fulfilled his ril'angea•
mighthei
tsthghs
aoleaotnotiphOkt
irysii
looking
chogoenTupe
person,
rseslegdolpunrwißi;
sat, asoyshi
prisoner,
aeeeoddyr;remwenasiudlrscsiri
dosdaeget
iprertp:berirf,in
Iyahotusi he
intTratobbtea roe:
Mr. Wilkins, on behalf of the prisoner, labouren ,te quiet
strong excitation at the time, and recommenne,. on the
mercy. Lord Denman passed sentence of, death ford
prisoner, and said that the recommendation t° where
given by the jury would be forwarded to the CrolVo,
it would, probably, be favourably considered.
, eitY of
SALISBURY ELECTION.—The election for tue -00,
Salisbury, terminated in the defeat of the Leagtleiderrn,g
date by a majority of 37,—a large majority', "iler po'
the smallness of the constituency, the total nu° • tetbs
led amounting to only 517. Did we choose to imltesiog,
conduct of the Leaguers in reference to other cc° A
. mph. ~
we should vaunt this result as a glorious to° called l'
radical succeeded a radical in London, and they . rtll'
a great victory. Another radical succeeded anothesioilst
cal in Kendal, and that was a great victory too. Aishat9;
But conservatives have no need of paltry victory has been gained by the conservatives in I,_ as
noisy, clamorous boastings, to make their strengtnotion t.,,i)
greater than it is ; and therefore we have no in t% gal
represent the issue of this contest as being whet lb of the,
it is not. It adds nothing to the former strettC„t it '''
ministerial party in the House of Commons. 1,00 !..
nevertheless inflicted a most damaging bloW 1 it PI
Manchester agitators. It has shown them, alli more °
shown the country at large, that they have ra° ace°llv
big talk than of real power. And what have the'', poet.
plished ? What impression have their lectures, than, the
ins, and money—(if it be true that a portioinoivea for;
£lOO,OOO now raising in Manchester was enIP eiectoo"
this patriotic purpose)—made upon the Salisburt,r. Dow
Why, positively fewer votes were received by ..)Lerai beg
verie than were recorded for Mr. Brodie, the ~11g4j, vibe"
didate at the general election in 1841. In t ere
the gross poll was less than on the Preseb 01,1
sion, Mr. Brodie polled 293 votes, the" pass'
than Mr. Bouverie. At the first election after sior;
of the reform bill, when the gross poll was_s3.l,:erie UP°
die polled 392 votes,-122 more than Mr. I°°`-
a gross poll of 587. v instsbncel,
EXTRAORDINARY SAGACITY.—Of the mendboblis-: a
of canine sagacity which have been knowne'''. ' in -9 , the bf
if - any, of them can equal, we are sure none or .0 to i
surpass the following, which we had narraterla.thoon
Robert Murray, shepherd to Mr. Samuel l'AtarT6
Path of Condie, near Dunning, in Perthshire. p st ter
had purchased for his master four score of 'be„e arro,h.
last Falkirk Tryst, but having occasion to stefitv of ter
day, and confident in the faithfulness and sag,s__'„,', to
~g
collie, which was a female, he committed the otrye of shoe%
care, with orders to drive them home, a dista%
e the to I,3'e
17 miles. The poor bitch, when a few miles on toe,. sop,
petit
dropped two whelps ; but, faithful to her„,,, allO'afoit
drove the sheep on a mile or two further-AT,. carve bet
them to stop, returned for her pups, which s"Tesving„ove
about two miles in advance of the sheet,. •"-stid u' jo,
pups, the collie again returned for the sheeye.a to
_,„,
them onwards a few miles. This she contn,urfigebagi
alternately carrying her own young ones and 01'
,ner ft the
of the flock, till she reached home. The tiered u! fed
acting on this occasion was afterwards ga,:d obs'rt 00
shepherd from various individuals, who l'i; anii° ad
these extraordinary proceedings of the dull" honletore
the road. However, when collie reached her ups 0
delivered her charge, it was found that the tw°pPeor Ile'
diately to a rabbit brae in the vicinity,
dead. In this extremity, the instinct of ,t,h,e weot il die
earth two young rabbits, which she
was, if possible. yet more remarkable. °le out ;oars
deapnodstitregasowone
gitipiale,
then .:b she i° straw in a barn, and continued to suckle letfr slowniso be
hu
enrt:
master,
mentioned,aste thatwliilo mfoanrsahtsiei
esmederavtyarnefttousnroniilngugcw,k the / Y sbo u l a °hi c ee:
sack above them and smothered them' t4r,t in i,"„alel:
markable narrative, the bitch set off to whereot 13
on the road from home.—Caledonian itleref,4ol;ary case
der u" rest,„4
mistaken identity occurred last week, un ~e1:01 Thom,
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—A most extr]nr"ll, f°ist;
circumstances :—A carpenter, named Cletmerk st Atoora
at Stonehouse, being engaged on some °chest lyeroe
cross farm, for accommodation bad taken
at Pen Ted n?
thither. Having occasion to leave the ..1°" he 10°bis re"
for a few days in the early part of last wnsio on a tbea
his tool-chest and left it there, to be os,e,"Ne feuejlarrie
surfing his work • going thither on Fo"hie tool Saae.
chest had been 'broken, and some of I" ado to
away. On returning home he gave inforif„,nced!werit3B
ders, the constable, who immediately eon'it cies i3OcTriesdal
for the tools, and he soon found that °roe S ee.streer'
the description had been purchased in ..Sl.OO ll;
preceding by Mrs. Penery, a brm'ea;y; a° 000 Of t
~.
Clemmens identified the tools on M°l'fietterl' toolS we:
day, Saunders, Clernmens, and Mr. ~e 0 the nartief
broker, aged 19, who was in the shoe sl' e if theßowe eP'
bought, proceeded to Pennycross, to, se Mr. (his toen,'
selling the goods could be identifieaLnesty °'„boureC„
pressed the greatest confidence in the
whereP his '''. at the
but directed the parties to the field looking ..,,rtl
On s the r the
were engaged in digging potatoes. _id wa ~ ois ; 4
men, Penery pointed out one, who he '-t then'l3 with t''
of whom he said his mother had bougicil to g oail•
man protested innocence, but consente,eme the roan
1 constable. That day he was charged, i',oolVirs• polo.
traces at Stonehouse with the theft, an'. ~, was °e.t.a OP'
and her son unhesitatingly score that a ana on the
of whom the stolen property was boo trial. cbotro
dence then adduced he was committed
rne into out tb:
diately after the committal, Mr. Rowe emistalre.esea, he_A
and stated that there must be soceehe felt satin stet_sc'
identity, for the man now committed, time Ise We toteee'
to have sold the tools ; and, under theeltta of the
oi te•
not left his farm on the day and at the "e 61.010 asalli
he offered to become security for tb u
PI 1310t1Ihr I'6lool
On Thursday Mr. Rowe, being in --Y being el at th
on a charge of stealing fowls, also frotnimr`
Inedrateleietre
Guildhall, went into the court, when Ittween the F , to the
him that there was a resemblance bee . ,„ opiailoo cot 0,
two men (Tepper and Cumbes) were thetnny,sres,sioro_,
man and Cumbes. He at once stat a u''
wept to t ,;,g tl,t
magistrates' clerk, and Inspector Pry_ with ateto;o,. Oa
Tepper and Cumbes, and charged them did htltigt
tools, when Tepper at once said a'.
third ParWetinibe;
whither they were accompanied by
_,ended.
__war%
he named, and who has since been aPFarenu, were beat go%
that Cumbes sold the articles near
and Tepper, with Mr. Rowe's ,„,P _outb, jr 0 „,eirr,
brought up before the beach at rtYw the perso sell
ns „to the isere
Penery and her son identified Cumberre tot)" -..messe9 00
the tools, and stated that they we The w de a
to whom they bad before theysworn.
had n'°d. the i's
much distressed at the naiatake ._ol,itte ; 1,1 b
~
victim of this awkward identity stands G.
but is bailed airefrft
position being sent off to Exeter
ea_st
praiseoooo
master, Mr. Rowe, to whons the enr tu
the case. f
the interest which he has shown i
Times. ttlibeaStonebouse- who.:

-2 6 'S
e

".;,.,t-•
I g

•V
re

.9., ' oa .i;,