The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-10 00:00:00

A porter of the name of Francis Cottam was killed on
Tuesday, at the Manchester and Leeds Railway Station, by
one of the goods waggons passing over him.

A correspon
lat Mr. Brat

Sent of a London paper proves satisfactorily
,am, the celebrated singer, is up Aards of 70
He gave a concert in London this week.

years of age

On Saturday, the magistrates of Surrey were engaged in
hearing the case of a man who was charged with setting fire
to a wheat stack and hay rick at Banstead in that county.
ORDINATION.—An ordination will be held by the lord
bishop, in the cathedral of Chester, on Sunday, the 26th in-
stant.

A cylinder of water may be converted:into ice by placing
it in slb of sulphate of soda, and 41b of sulphuric acid, at 30
deg. well mixed.

The Sheffield Iris intimates, that Mr. John Parker is about
to retire from the representation of Sheffield, and that it is
intended to put Col. Thompson in nomination.
The Leipsic Gazette states, from Vienna, that the govern-
ment is about to restrict the lottery system in the Austrian
territories, as a preliminary step to the total abolition.
The first volume of Mr. O'Connell's long-expected work
" An Historical Memoir of Ireland and the Irish," is said to
be nearly ready for publication.
T. C. Harrison, Esq., has been appointed to the chief
clerkship of the Treasury, vacant by the death of the late
lamented Mr. Drummond.—Observer.
At Dantzic, an iron lighthouse has been erected at the ex-
treme end of the east part of the harbour; it is 55 feet above
the level of the sea.

A young woman, named Hoffna, died at Lewisham last
week, in consequence of drinking gas water, which is a deadly

poison, as a remedy for worms

The Duke of Northumberland, it is not generally known,
is a freeman of the city of Durham, by patrimony. His right
is derived from Sir Hugh Smithson, who was admitted a mem-

ber of the butchers' company, A.D. 1700.
A requisition is now in process of signature in London, in-
viting Dr. Chalmers to come to the metropolis during the
sitting of parliament, and deliver a course of lectures on the
present position of the Church of Scotland.
OpPosiTtoN OF FANATICISM.—WhiIe Miller is proclaim-
ing the end of the world to be next year, one Dr. J. Smith
is lecturing at New York and telling the people matter is
eternal.

Rescues of cattle distrained for poor-rates have occurred
in many parts of Kerry. A man named Courtenay, from
Glanmon, was lately committed to gaol for attempting to
run the rate collector through wth a hay-fork.
Lord Jocelyn has resigned his situation as Steward of the
Household to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. Mr.
Seymour, who is married to Lady Emily Murray, the sister
of Lord Mansfield, will be his successor.

A female, respectably connected, and said to have an in-
come of £4OO per annum, has been committed for trial at
Southampton, charged with stealing three pairs of children's
Bail to the amount of £BOO was afterwards taken.

It appears that Miss Young, one of the recent converts to
the Church of Rome, instead of possessing£ls,ooo a-year, and
being a protegee of the Archbishop of York and the Duke
and Duchess of Hamilton, is entirely dependent on her
mother, a widow, for support.

Sir ROBERT PEEL.—The inhabitants of the town of
Greenock have prepared an address to Sir Robert Peel, con-
gratulating him on his late escape from assassination, when
it was the fate of the unfortunate Mr. Drummond to be
murdered by M'Naughten.

Mr. J. B. Butler, of the Ennis poor law union, asserts the
absentees of Clare draw away £200,000 a-year ; and he ad-
vises a charge of five per cent. on their estates, which will al-
most defray half the expense of the several workhouses in that
county.

LANCASTER BANKING COMPANY.—The sixteenth annual
meeting of the proprietors of this bank took place on Tuesday
last, when, as we are informed, the directors made a satis-
factory report of the state of the company's affairs, and de-
clared a dividend of 10 per cent.
The election of a member to serve in parliament for the
University of Dublin is fixed to take place on Friday (to-day).
No rival candidate appearing in the field, it is understood that
Mr. George Alexander Hamilton will be unanimously
elected.

REDUCED CHARGES TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.—
The inkeepers of Dorset and Devonshire have reduced the
price of oats from sd. to 4d. per quartern ; and beans have
been lowered in the same proportion. The charge for break-
fast is Is. 6d. instead of Is. 9d., with meat.
On Wednesday evening last some evil-disposed person set
fire to a straw-stack on the farm of Mr. Hall, of Frettenham,
tenant to Lord Suffield. The stack contained from 30 to 40
loads of straw, and was consumed, as were some bullock-
sheds, to which the fire extended.
The official account of imports and exports at the ports of
the Clyde shows a falling off of £22,228 9s. 2d. in the Cus-
toms' revenue on the year 18-12 as compared with 1841. This
may not be thought large, considering the amount of the
gross revenue drawn in the Clyde.
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The adjourned inquest on the body of the woman whose
trunk, so horribly mutilated, was discovered a few days since
in the river Aire, near Leeds, was held on Monday, and fur-
ther adjourned to the 20th instant. The affair remains veiled
in mystery.

The Courrier de Lyon has the following from the Gi-
ronde :—" La Reole has been completely laid under water.
This part of the country is a vast lake. The village of Baril
has almost disappeared. Only the steeple of the church re-
mains to show that it was an inhabited spot."
Mr. Speakman, the secretary to Earl Jersey, the Master of
the Horse, has decamped, and his defalcations, it is said, ex-
ceed £lO,OOO, though this is doubted by many. His net
salary was £7OO per annum, with perquisites. Mr. George
Lewis, lately clerk to the stables in the household of the
Queen Dowager, has been appointed his successor.
A new varnish, manufactured of naphtha, is in future to be
substituted for the paint now applied to the outside of the
iron water tanks of her Majesty's ships, the cost of which is
only one-fourth that of paint. The varnish has been well
tested, and proved to be perfectly efficacious, and is applicable
to all sorts of wood and metal.

Mr. Ellis stated at a Lyceum lecture in Boston tt few days
ago, that the greatest discoveries of future ages would pro-
bably be made by electro-magnetism—not animal magnetism
—that water could be seperated into its component gases and
burned to light our houses and cook our food, and then re-
combine and form into water again ! What wonders are we
to have next.

The Helvelie says :—" Whilst Mont St. Bernard and all
the lateral valleys are covered with snow, the Simplon is
almost free from it. and it is as easily passed as in the sum-
mer. So mild a winter has not been experienced there for
many years. The wind has, indeed, at times been very high,
but no calamity has occurred, no avalanche has fallen, and
no traveller has been impeded in his passage."

THE WEATHER IN ROME.—A letter from Rome of the
10th ult., published in the Journal des Debats, states that
tne cold increases daily, and water is frozen not only In the
streets, but in the interior of the houses. During several
days snow had fallen continually, and according to an old
custom, whenever this phenomenon appears, all the estab-
lishments for public instruction and the libraries are closed
until the weather shall have become more mild.

SECESSION OF THE NON-INTRUSION PARTY.—We re-
joice to understand, that arrangements are in progress for
immediately and universally commencing to make provisions
for places of worship and the support of the ministry, in the
event of the apprehended disruption; and that a matured
plan will be submitted to the meeting of elders, to be held on
the Ist of February.—Witness.—[The organ of the Scotch
non-intrusionists.]

FAILURE OF THE COLD WATER CURE.—A curious scene
was witnessed a few days ago in King's-square Avenue, Bris-
tol, which attracted a numerous crowd of spectators. Some
bailiffs who had to execute a distress warrant were seen to
stand under the windows of a house, holding umbrellas over
their heads, to shelter themselves from copious falls of water
poured from buckets by the inmates. They gained admit-
tance in the course of the day, " the cold-water system" not
having prevailed.
BANK OF ENGLAND.—Quarterly average of the weekly
liabilties and assets from the sth of November, 1842, to the
28th of January, 1843, both inclusive, published pursuant to
the act 3d and 4th Wm. IV., cap. 98 :
Liabilities.
Circulation £19,342,000 Securities
Deposits, 10,317,000 Bullion

Assets

£21,672,000
10,705,000

£29,759,000

£32,377;000

ASSESSING RAILWAYS FOR THE PROPERTY TAX.-At
the last general meeting of the Birmingham Railway Company
the report declared a net profit for the half-year of £242,260
15s. 4d. In declaring this dividend, the directors lost sight
of the income tax, which amounted to £7,096 19s. 4d., which
oversight exposes the purchasers of sharps alter this meeting
to be charged with the amount in common with the old pro-
prietors. The affair has given rise to considerable agitation
amongst the shareholders, and will no doubt act as a caution
to other railway boards.

NEWLY-INVENTED OPERA STALL.—The German papers
rage, that, at Feece, a fat English dilettante, not being able
to find a seat in the house unlet for the season, paid £lOO for
a chair, to be let down from the ceiling. On the first night
of his enjoying this privilege, the audience were lost in silent
amazement when he ,came down through the trap-door near
the lustre, sitting in state; bait when they found he had not
come there to sing, an uproar ensued ; and our British hero,
in his efforts tol resist being hoisteel back by the frightened
impresario, lost his seat, and fell on the beads of the audi-
ence ; for which divers injuries and actions for damages have
ensued.

THE LATE SIR CHRISTOPHER CODRINGTON.—The de-
creased only survived the death of Lady Codrington, his wife,
five weeks, her ladyship having expired very suddenly on the
Ist ult. He wes eldest son of the first baronet's second son ;
and on the death of the third baronet, in 1816, succeeded to
the title. The late Sir Christopher married, 15th August,
1796, the Hon. Miss Foley, only daughter of Thomas, second
Lord Foley, sister of the late and aunt o' the present peer,
by whom he had issue a large family. His ,eldest son, Mr.
Christopher William Codrington, M.P. for East Gloucester-
shire, who succeeds to the family property, married, Deeem-
ber 29, 1836, Lady Georgiana Somerset, second daughter of
Lbw Duke of Beaufort, by his first marriage. The deceased
represented Tewkesbury in the House of Commons for some
years, having been elected for that borough in 1807.
BAD MATCHES.—Mr. Bins was seized with a bad pain in
his stomach the other night, and got out of his bed to look
for his hot drops.. From the usual place on the mantlepiece
he took up what he supposed to be a row of matches, and
one after another he snapped them WI without effect, and as
he threw down the last he gave vent to his vexation, by ex-
claiming, pang it, these matches won't go." His wife
now came to his assistance, and upon the other end of the
mantlepiece found some matches, and having obtained a light,
the first object that met the astonished eyes of both was the
bead of her best tortoiseshell comb, with every tooth broken
out, and thrown upon the floor. As Mr. Bins stood looking
agast at the destruction worked by his own misguided hands,
Mrs. B. cast a reproachful glance at him, and retired to her
bed without uttering a syllable.—Boston Post.
ENGLISH GENEROSITY—GRATIFYING CIRCUMSTANCE.
—There is now to be seen at the shop of Mr. Rah, goldsmith,
Buchanan-street, a beautiful and richly chased tea and
coffee service of plate, together with a magnificent silver can-
delabra, presented with equal generosity and delicacy of
feeling to Mr. Alison, sheriff of this county, by an unknown
individual in one of the commercial cities of England. The
fo loWinf inscription is engravers on the tribute
To Archibald Alison, Esq.,
Author of the Histary of Europe during the French Revo-
Artion,

In testimony of the sense
conferred upon bis enterAiined
coup tr of the benefits he has
y !
From an unknown donor,

—Glasgow Mail.

Wheat
Barley
Malt .
Oats .
Rye ..
Beans

Qrs.
Qrs,
Qrs
Qrs.
Qrs

82 16
9 67
123 602

1 31

Shelled Barley . Qrs.
iodian Corn Qrs.
Rapeseed
Oatmeal .... Loads 1725 4.
Flom . Sacks' 930
Ditto Brls.l

Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Bar.
cy, qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 880 qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oat•
meal, 1392 Ids.; Flour, sacks.

XPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, 2 qrs.; Oats,
qrs. ; Pease, qrs ; Beans, 6 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oat-
meal, 1 load; Flour, sacks, 14 Orls.—lreland. Wheat,
qrs. ; Barley, qr.; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Indian
Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids. ;. Flour, sacks
Coastwise. Wheat, 62 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, 15 qrs. ;
Oats, 15 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ;
Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal, Ms.; Flour, 25 sacks 50
barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for the week endinz Feb. 4, 1813.
Wheat 488. Id. I Barley 275. sd. I Oats.. 16s. gil. I Rye.. 288. 2d
Beans.. 275. 3d. I Pease.. 295. lid.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat 48s. Id. I Barley 26, I Id. I Oats.. 17s. Od. Rye.. 293 3
Beans.. 275: gd. Pease.. 30s. Od.

Duty on Foreign Grain, Arc. this week.
Wheat 205.0 d. I Barley 10s. od. I Oats .. . Es. Od. 1 Rye.. 1 Is. 6d.
Beans 115.60.1 Pease.. 10s. 6d. 1 lnd. Corn Os. Od. 1 Flour 12s.Oid

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... ss. Od. I Barley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats ..2s. MI. I Aye.... 38. Od.
Beans.. 3s. Od j Pease.. 2s. 6d. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour 3s Od

Liverpool Averages, week ending Feb. 7, 1843
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 4y Beans. A
Qrs 1317 317 f 11
Prices

A SoebrEa's GRAVF.—A scene, not often witnessed in
Oswestry, took place on Tuesday. Private John Henderson
of the 73d Regiment, with two comrades, halted in the town
on Friday night, on their return from Scotland. Henderson
had taken cold on the passage from Glasgow to Liverpool,
and was very ill. On Saturday morning, quite conscious of
approaching dissolution, he requested to see a minister. The
Rev. J. Jones, of Trinity, immediately attended him, and at
two o'clock he was a corpse, and his companions on the
march. His remains were carried to the grave in military
parade, preceded by a fife and muffled drum, followed by a 1
coporal of the Guards, and a corporal and private of the 66th
Regiment, and twelve veteran pensioners, very respectably
dressed, and wearing hatbands. The procession was con-
ducted b y Mr. Smith, of the Police-office, formerly of the
Grenadier Guards,who was gratified in being enabled to bury
the poor fellow decently, by subscription, raised amongst a
few friends. It is a subject of bitter remark, that not one
comrade—no not a man—bearing even a button of the gallant
73d could be found in the mournful march, although a com-
pany of that regiment is now barracked within thirty miles of
Henderson's grave. An immense concourse of people at-
tended on the occasion, and many were the comments made
at the last scene of the strange soldier.—Shropshire Journal.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—NEWBURY, FEB. 7.—The whole
of the day this quiet little town has been thrown into a state
of the greatest excitement, in consequence of its becoming
generally known that a most determined attempt at murder
took place on Saturday evening, at the theatre of Mr. Oliver,
Bartholomew-street, Newbury. On inquiry it turned out,
that whilst Mr. H. Cuthbert, the leading actor in the com-
pany, was standing on the stage at the close of the perfor-
mances on Saturday evening, he heard a scream in the pit,
and, looking over the orchestra, saw Mr. Hall, the leader
of the band, stagger, and, placing his hand to his back, ex-
claim that he had been stabbed. lie immediately jumped
into the pit, where he saw Mrs. Hall lying on the floor be-
tween the seats bleeding profusely from a wound in her hand.
Imagining her husband had done it, he gave her in care of
some one on the stage, and returned to the pit, where he
found Hall lying across one of the benches, bleeding copi-
ously from two frightful wounds, one in the back and ano-
ther in the shoulder. He was taken on the stage, where Mr.
Hooper, a surgeon of the town, was directly in attendance,
and dressed the wounds. The unfortunate man was then
removed to his lodgings in a very dangerous state. During
the time Mr. Hooper was in attendance on Mr. Hall, the
her dear George." Mr. Hooper then dressed
the lrlfiwencgot wound wretched woman was in an alarmingly outrageous state,
calling
her only superficial. She was
y sober, and refused to give any account of the tran-
saction• On searching the pit, a large pigknife covered with
blood was
picked up near the spot. On subsequent inquiry
it was found she had borrowed it a short time previous of a i
butcher in the neighbourhood. Jealousy has been assigned
as the cause for the rash attempt. The wretched woman
has been ever since in a state bordering on insanity. She
pi dm i 4t; hand, which was
Miss Rogers, daughter of a provincial actor,
but lately married to Hull. Mr. Hooper sta-
iawenadds,hftharsamtbelierealndy the wound been any lower in the back, instant
death must have ensued.

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TELEGRAPH OFFICE, FEB. 9

Wind at Holyhead East, moderate at 8 a.m.; E.N.E. ditto at 1

at noon.
Off Holyhead, at 8 a.m. No. gas, South America, A.S. from New
York; 3402, Paramatta, Bk. for Lima 4081, Ocean, 8.8. at
a.m. for Rio de la Hache, and New York, A.S. at 5 p.m. yesterday,
for New York.
Off Great Ormshead, at 10 30 a.m. the Monongahela, A.S. for
Philadelphia. and several other vessels, outward bound, at 11 a.m,
No further communication for fog.

[MONTHLY REPORT.]
EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.
CORNER OF HARFORD-STREET, MOUNT-pLaAsANT,

Surgeons Dr. Edwards and Mr. Neill
Treasurer.... Henry CrDssfield, Esq.

EYE DEPARTMENT.
New Patients admitted in the month of January lB,
Patients prescribed for, and who have received Surgical as-
sistance during the month ofparuary B7

Total since the commencement .... 36,052

EAR DEPARTMENT.
Patients prescribed for, and who have received Surgical as-
sistance during the Month ofJanuury ..
Total since the commencement

DISPENSARY FOR CONSUMPTION AND
DISEASE OF THE HEART.

Trarren-street, corner of Russell-street.

AVERRLy ItßyoaT.—FirauArty 4.
Received Advice and Medicine • 262 cases
Relieved Spasmudic Asthma
Spitting of Blood
Intiamation of the Lungs
Palpitation of the Heart
Incipient Phthisics
Confirmed Consumption

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES

Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensarie,
during the last week:— _ _

North. South. Total

Received advice and medicine atthe Insti-
268 250
tution
Visited at their own houses and supplied
with medicine

Total at each Dispensary .
visixons.
North—Mr. C. Booth, Mr. Macgregor and Mr. J. A. Case.
Routh—Mr. Jordan, Rev. C. Morrill, and Rev. W. Parker.
J. W 1 HITBY WILLI WILLIAMS. Se 6, cretary. pro tern
Dispensaries' Office, , Fenwick-street, Feb. 1843.

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, FEB. 4.
[WEEKLY REPORT.]
DISCHARGED

ADMITTED

Cured
Attending as Out Patients
15 Irregular
Died......

Accident 5.................. 9
Medical and Surgical cases
Upon recommendation

............ 24
Rernainingin the Hospital.. 63

House Visiters, R. 13. B. H. Blundell and Daniel Neilson, Esqrs
Treasurer, g. W. Bateson, Esq.
Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Huglies.--Housg-Surgeo,n, Mr. Parker.

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOI,
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Wool), Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid
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