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

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g the a
knife
ee
went STRtaoNcouet MondayACCIDENT.-r.i.—orOngoat last,
belonginga loonetentivi gelbi
falling
tLoiotnhelgnrno,uLndoow,iuthsin
climbing a garden-wall, a stone gave way, and ini oy
his band, his head came on the point, which Pierceoued.
gpraigsp-kedilling knife.
chin, and passed into his mouth, inflicting a large Wericieel
perpendieu ald
He bled very
aumch, but having received Cornwallt6 Rood
he is now in fair way of recovery.— `"
Gazette.
DISCHARGING A DEBT .—A debtor in Pen-n
e• st pe
gaol lately sent to his creditor to let him know, tb for
had a proposal to make which he believed woula;;bear
their mutual benefit. The creditor called on hilt tot it
it. " I have been thinking," said the former, 00 to
is a very bad thing for me to be here, and to eat
the expense of one dollar and 25 cents per "Wee"e'sineso
being so chargeable to you has given me great one' end;
—for
the
therefore what I would propose is this—you shall wno
let to
out of gaol, and allow me one dollar a week, and phiri
25 cents go towards discharging the debt.-Bet
Chronicle. '"
it.
A FISH RUN AWAY WITH A VESSEL'S A (-w t the
(From a Barbados paper.)—On the 22d of Augueseeer
pberirgfecßtloywecnalamw; als
dlyisictiogveirnedLatghueyrvaesltseoladusl,otihiet;ualeciemat
among the shipping. I could not conceive
the matter'. I gave orders to heave in and see
chor was gone, but it was not; but to my °Pie elof
found a tremendous monster entangled fast to t"
ta.
rope, and moving the anchor slowly along the hottilattillt
then had the fish towed on shore. It was of a
_hope,
shape, something like a devil fish, but very curions,f,, opo
being wider than it was long, and having two tas.a.. ae-
on each side of the mouth, and a very small tail 2:'iertail
portion to the fish, and exactly like a bat's toil. 11 lions
can be seen on board the brig Rowena. The digme,fle tail
of the fish were as follows :—Length from end at tg,
to the end of the tusks, 18 feet ; from wing to
feet ; the mouth 4 feet wide ; and its weight 3,0'
C. S. Dill.
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THE BANK or ENGLAND.—The following not' f the
issued on Friday :—" The Governor and ConnPan,e/n%edi;
Bank of England do hereby give notice, that, 20d' °I
mice to her Majesty's proclamation, dated the eon'
October last, they will, from and after the Ist of ite
next,. eut, break, and deface such. gold coin below tarred,
gal current weight as may from time to time be ten :Joe
to them. And further, that in pursuance of elire serf,
from the Lords Commissioners of her 3.lajesty'sTribee hit
they wile, up to the abovementioned period, viz..
verve
of January, continue to receive on acerount of the 'id coin
ment, at the price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce, V,' Note
below the legal current weight. Bank; a Englan"t
what ctvhe
atv
30, 18-13.".
Matt;
SINGULAR, DEATH.—On Friday evening week
thew Clift, aged 17, son of a builder, of Stroud, mein the
his death by falling into his father's limekiln, witeee fact
act of supplying it with fresh stone and coele• roller to
of his not returning home in the evening led. leis ,a` on
nd uP d
suspect that some accident had occurred to hem, a_ foe
examining the kilo on the following morning, lw,„teinf
the half-consmed.remains of his son lying on the ri oelf
fuel. So completely had the fire done its vvotlte tl head,
a portion of the body remained, the legs, arctiFrenLe reel'
had disappeared, the bone alone being left to tellitn orred
ancholy tale. The accident, in all probabilitYe°ceeover
from the inhaling of carbonic acid gas while stooP'%ala.
the kiln. The fate of this poor fellow offersanother
tary warning to persons imprudently venturing int'2hoot
atieins where deleterious gasses are being evolved v"
taking proper precautions to insure their safety.--"'
Chrorticle. 69°4
TILE. MURDERER tYl*' Firs CHILD.—At the , ,aged
Criminal Court, on Friday,.Edward " Dwyer, ba,er:leatit
25, who, it will be remembered, put his child t,"3t,tbe
some time ago by striking, its head violently egad'. that
counter of a spirit shop, was tried. It was swo;;fere
the prisoner was struck several times by his wife, wiled it
ced the child him : that she treated it ill, and e!t; that
hard names, while he on the contrary, fondled !.ti leggr
he, in a etate of excitementeseized the child by its erd.
struck its head against the counter, and killed 1,1, acs
that he sussequently said belied fulfilled his weirsangecit
they might, go to the Old Bailey and see him tero9r
jurye
msy
vadAtnolher druoro.
enbl
h3ref‘gt,
found
mnmxlnkLediehijeonti
stas
.tsr
iaelamotonnopti
Denman,
,ribaysi chogtan Tup,l
efeenri
rpstefsei
aga
iolpsut
prisoner,.
loysatprisoner,Eneeo edddfndr
tearsrm.
eweenscui
who appeared
dlmndaaoegubrnprf
ro,tpei
diuenb), iagetealiri
:de:at:host
where,
; lurtdt
es"
oceeirr
t
d
prisoner, and said that the recommendation to_ where
given by the jurywould be forwarded to the Crown,
it would, probably, be favourably considered.
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SALISBURY BiECTION.—The election for the jodi"
Salisbury, terminated in the defeat of the Leagueederia,g,
date by a majority of 37,—a large majority, co nt-iee pree
.
the smallness of the constituency, the total ne,n'itate th
led amounting to only 517. Did we choose to tallessiol
conduct of the Leaguers in reference to other °s
cab
we should vaunt this result as a glbrious tr oeverned .
t
radical succeeded a radical in Londn,- and
theY.her
radii
a great victory. Another radical succeeded anole
cal in Kendal; and that was a great victory too. geoseurfti
victory has been gained by the conservatives in ickS, au
But conservatives have no need of paltrY
oat) appear
noisy, clamorous boastings, to make their streaetentiou;
greater than it is ; and therefore we leave no jet in reality
represent the issue of this contest as being what btei
it is not. It adds nothingeo the former sere Dot 't the'
ministerial party in the house of Commons; upon 00
nevertheless inflicted a most damaging hie and
Manchester agitators. It has shown them, eh 01,1-0.
shown-the country at Large, that they have "%alley sog•
big talk than of real power. And what have ond n-tee
ings, and money—(if it be true theta
!dished ? What impression have their leotureaeon of "for
port' toyed
,s?
£lOO,OOO now raising in-Manchester yes en'P etect4o,
this patriotic purpose)—made upon the SelieturYmr. veer
Why, positively fewer votes were received °lnhere' "bee
verie than were recorded for Mr. Brodie,-the 41,
didate at the general election in 1841: In nt 'rare
the gross poll was less than on the Preset P-serg
aion, Mr. Brodie polled 293 votes?". pst -
the bre
than Mr. Bouverie. At the• first electionaft„er, Mr' tea
of the reform bill, when the gross poll.wos o.3l',erie
die polled 392 votes,-122 more than Me- 13°°'
flees
a.gross poll of 587. inatsbech
EXTRAORDINARY SAGACLTY.—Of the maYpeblis etin
of canine sagacity which have been known an f the°', 119
if any of them can equal, we are sure- none °,3 to uoodt
surpass the following, which we had morate gichl9rtaf
Robert Murray, shepherd to Mr. SafoueL YIL: the
Path of Candle, near Dunning, in Perths,llJ'h-eeP anther
had had purchased for his master four score' 0' 'top at hi°
last Falkirk Tryst, but having occasion to Stop
19 her
day, and confident in the faithfulness enclneove about
collie, which was a femaleehe committedtaesneeof ened,
care, with orders to drive them home, a'°,.',st. on the she
17 miles. The poor bitch, when a few ra"e- cbargiving
her tilio foe
dropped two whelps; but, faithful to' ewe, cuing
drove the sheep on a mile or two further;eee her
cmolillieesaignaina drveatnuereneodf
:for the
tebl'eloeTel
eTsdrg°rf;
them to stop, returned for her pups, wh'r Lea' e dr°""
aboutpu
pthe collie
them onwards a few miles. This . she ee tattle, of bee
alternately carrying her °WA young onee— items
of the flock, till she reached home. S'be.ltheredobserve
acting on this occasion was afterward.
ds ~go' had noel 1:
tshbeespeheexrdtraforordmina
various
proceedings-ofind individuals,. ual st,b:`;l,ohreehr
h sac
the road. However, when collie reache" two Pal; erm"
delivered her charge, it was found that' Vole Peot
dead. In this extremity', the instinat oishe vg:et 0111.
was, if possible. yet more rensarkable• dug „ sere
diately to a rabbit brae in ,the vicinite. and
sited °"", tiony
earth two young rabbits, which she dben"for sere a f".
straw in a barn, and continued to soc'!le let dc4nlsolje
until one of the farm servants. unlucki "old
sack above them and smothered them' the
in thl'ldletli.
mentioned, that on the, day following, thet.ere she..a.ailee
markable narrative, the bitch set of t°,wil: about
her master, whom shemet returning ere. woe°
on the road from horse.—Ca/echwani divavorWing
• 21fere rY
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—A most e"-tmier the iefea•
mistaken identity occurred, last week, ;..,'lenneens,t pool;
circumstances :—A carpenter, named `_.'e work of to°,
at Stonehouse, being: engaged on °Ten a eheg' eyer°':
cross farm, for accommodation had tale at Pei) his
uP
for a few days in the early paid of is- see againeeopei t.
thither. Having occasion to leave tptev-vie7k, lie Ior,„ re
suntool-chest and left it there, to be
,t_',riday he 11, ovrie
ing his work e going thither on 1 the A) to Slitinl;
chest had been broken:, and some o 1 reation:d garc
tor ,fi
away. On returning home he gave '
__ewer
ders, the constable, who immediatelYe"e",tiejeenneads.
for the tools, and he soon found that 81the yr'stre
a 0.. e the
preceding by Mrs. Penury, a hkonday e eon of
Clemmens identified the tools on Mr. Perim% tools sve.eo
day, Saunders, Clemmens, and , wheri,,, the peter
broker, aged 19, who was in the snoF
to see' tf R°'., ea,
the description had been purchaseodkaora, jo lore: Toes:
bought, proceeded to Pennycros!._.i. r. oo'
,hence f.
selling the goods could be
pressed the greatest confidence 1° „id where 1)1, at tl:e
ideptittreuhoneety.nat.6
but directed; the parties to the on looKm.le arts
were engaged in digging potatosso he, said was ,ets;
men, Peneey pointed out one, vih bought the °ith tby.
of whom he said rise mother lic__,,,ted to eh,. waft
but
_tovi'wrge
d, before gibe peeeo
man protested innce,
constable. That day he was ei
and both Mahe
trates at Stonehouse with the thefte,iitat he was
th c.
and her son unhesitatingly sw°/
bought, end 910 leott'tet
of whom the stolen property
egqi&itted for triatne- tee
dence then adduced he was e came into yab
diately after the committal, Mn. enistakee„Lej
and stated that there must be. sow he felt 5at''...90:0,,
t the citem w,teee_.
not left his farm on the day- and a om"'" OOP
these .
to have sold the tools ; and. under ot thud that
he ifie
identity, for the man now cow
security for the
he offered to become seem.) in Ply being
oseo the
On Thursday Mr. Rowe.
being
ere then beitlne.s. tiet,.oo(
two men (Tepper and Cumbes)
w from Pen !Iva
on a charge of stealing fowls, also
it imroe-etkne- e 'OO
Guildhall, went into the court, whenbetween crop conice of
him that there was a resemblance
his (3- 'he ce" the
man and Cumbes. He at once statedwea ° t aling
I it and Inspector Pry
with
ate a°
magistrates cler,c, wl ~d eel,
charged them
Tepper and Carnbes, and that theY e.hrinbro
tools, when Tepper at once said
enehous we°,
the S. rtY, be'
that Cumbes sold the articles near eied pa „oad
atu d r
whither they were accompanied
rehenee este- 0,
lie named, and who has since been apmpan, were II) Oro
and Tepper, with Mr. Rowe''
plemouth, wn: selb tf
brought up before the bench at , the pers
the peter,
Penury and her son identified Cumwea
witted,
wrong as to Re leet
the tools, and stated that they were The „Attie
110,
to whom they had before sw"nt.heY had ato
much distressed at the mistake
but is doe lit
position being sent off
to
Exeter'eat praise noti
e
master, Mr. Rowe, to whom the gr
tie GeV.
the interest which he has shown
victim of this awkward identity
Times, stands committed' hi of