The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

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THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—The Master of the Rolls, the Judge
of the Admiralty Court, the Right Hons. Holt Mackenzie and
H. Ellis, held a meeting as Lords of His Majesty's Most Hon.
Privy Council, at the Council Chamber, on Staturday morn-
ing, and heard appeals from the colonies.—The Attorney-Ge-
neral and Mr. Bickersteth were heard in the first cause, from
St. Vincent's. The second cause was an appeal from the
decision of the Court of Exchequer in the Isle of Man, by Mr.
John Burrow, of Douglas, in the Isle of Man, claiming the
restoration of 131 casks, containing 6166 gallons of foreign
spirits, which had been declared forfeited on the ground that
their importation was prohibited by act of Parliament. Mr.
Pemberton, King's Counsel, and Mr. Serjeant Stephen, stated
the appellant's case ; the Attorney-General and the King's
Advocate appeared for the Crown. The case was postponed.
The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Council in
waiting.
HOLSELESS Poon.—We understand the committee for ma-
naging this charity have been in active operation since the 12th
instant, and that the asylum in Playhouse-yard, Cripptegate,
was opened on that night, and upwards of 500 persons have
been admitted therein.

MURDERS IN YORKSHIRE.—It is an alarming consideration,
that within the last six weeks three most atrocious murders have
been committed in the West Riding, and though large rewards
(with pardon to an accomplice) have been offered, no traces of
any of the murderers have yet been discovered. The following
is a list of the victims :—James Benson, supposed to have been
murdered on account of his refusal to join a strike at Farsley;
Mr. Kay, butcher, who was killed as he was returning from the
market, near Sutton; and Elizabeth Baynes, who was mur-
dered in Clifton Wood, near Halifax, on Monday the 7th inst.
—Leeds Paper.
HUDDERSFIELD.—A meeting was held on Thursday, in the
Court-house, Huddersfield, to take into consideration the pro-
priety of raising a volunteer force, either of yeomanry or
infantry, to maintain the tranquillity of the town and neigh-
bourhood. After considerable discussion it was, however, de-
termined that Government should be petitioned to establish
barracks in the town for the reception of the regular military
force in preference to raising volunteers. At the same time a
committee was chosen to institute an inquiry into the conduct
of the constabulary authorities during the late election riots in
Huddersfield, and to report the result to another meeting.—
Leeds Mercury,
SPRING ASSIZES.—CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.—The Judges
assenbled on Thursday, at Westminster, and chose their cir-
cuits for the Spring Assizes. The following is the arrange-
ment :

NORTHERN Mr. Justice Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney.
MIDLAND Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Justice Bosan-
quet.
nom? Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord Lyndhurst.
WELSH . Mr, Baron Bayley, Mr. Justice Patteson.
WESTERN Mr. Justice Park. Mr. Justice Littledale.
OXFORD Mr. Justice J. Parke, Mr. Justice Taunton.

NORFOLK Mr. Baron Vaughan, Mr. Baron Bolland
HONOURABLE CONDUCT.-We feel gratified in announcing,
that on Friday and Saturday last, Lord St. John paid off the
whole of his father's debts, amounting to £40,000; it was inti-
mated that three years would have been a reasonable time to
have finally discharged them, but his lordship, much to his cre-
dit, preferred doing it immediately.—Camuridge Independent
Press.

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FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon, a man named
John Hughes, who was standing on a plank that crosses one of
the stone tubs at Hurlet, near Paisley, used for boiling alum,
misse his foot, and"dropped into the scorching liquid,- at that
time about 200 degrees of heat. The great specific gravaty of
the liquid threw him to the surface, when he succeeded in getting
out, and tore off his clothes. By this time his cries had brought
some of the other workmen to his aid, who were about to carry
him home, but he rejected their services, and actually ran
home, a distance of two hundred yards on his own fest! ! He
wos immediately dressed with oil and cotton, and every possible
care taken of him, but all proved vain. After lingering seven
hours in agony, he expired at half-past eleven o clock. His
wife died of cholera in April last, and seven orphans are left
to mourn this double bereavement.—Glargow Courier.
COMMITTAL OF THE KANTURK POLlCE.—ThUrsday, Wm.
Britt, Wm. Holmes, and Cornelius Donovan, the three police
were brought into this city under a strong escort of military
and police, and committed to the county jail to abide their trials
at the next assizes for the murder of three men on the sth inst.
Mr. Chief Constable Crossley, who commanded the police on
the lamentable occasion, has been admitted to bail by the,magis-
trates at Kanturk—the neighbourhood of which place is repre-
sented to us as continuing much dissatisfied and disturbed. As
they passed along from Kanturk the people were assembled in
vast multitudes, and observed, it is stated to us, a deep silence,
but exhibited sullen countenances. Mr. Crossley was missed,
and the people soon manifested indignation—they called aloud
for him, and it required the interference of several gentlemen.
to subdue their feelings. It appears, regarding Mr. Crossley,
that the coroner handed over to Mr. Dames his warrant to arrest
him, but upon his proceeding to the performance of his duty, it
was intimated to him that Messrs. Allen and O'Keeffe, magis-
trates, had taken his case upon themselves, and determined to
admit him to bail.—Cork Reporter.
EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MILL, AT DARTFORD.—On
Monday morning, at 10 minutes past 10 o'clock, the town of
Dartford, in Kent, was thrown into the utmost consternation
and alarm, in consequence of an explosion taking place at the
extensive powder mills of Messrs. Wilks and Co. It would be
impossible to describe the state of the inhabitants, who were run-
ning in all directions to reach a place of safety, expecting
every moment the large mill to blow up, and if such had taken
place nothing could have saved the whole town : by 11 o'clock
the town was nearly deserted, the principal part of the people
having gone to Crayford. The damage done for miles round
is immense, and in many instances, particularly the immediate
neighbourhood, in a number of houses not a whole pane of
glass is left : some idea of its dreadful effects may be formed
when we inform our readers that a butcher's boy belonging to
Dartford, and who was at Bexley at the time of the accident
for orders, actually brought home three of the cartridge papers
which were blown from one of the mills, and that the shock was
felt at Greeuwich, (10 miles from Dartford.) At three o'clock
Mr. Pearce, the son of the high constable of Dartford, arrived
at Mr. Carrar's, the coroner, and stated to that gentleman that
up to the time that he left Dartford, (half-past 1 o'clock,) seven
bodies had been found, but it was impossible to say how many
lives were lost, up to that time the ruins were smoking, and in
such a dangerous state that the workmen could proceed but
very slowly,. A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday, on view
of the remains of the unfortunate sufferers, which are placed in
a stable on the premises. On the door being opened, a look of
horror was pictured on every countenance, and it will be some
time ere those looks are fGrgotten by. all who witnessed them.
The bodies presented a most awful appearance, some of them
being as black as a coal, others drawn up in a manner not to be
described; but the most horrid 'sight of all was a boy named
Benning, the whole of his inside being blown out : part of his
liver and heart was picked up on the premises. The jury
having concluded that part of their unpleasant duty, now pro-
ceeded to the village of Hawley, to the residence of the mill-
wright, Powell, who died on Tuesday evening, at ten o'clock,
after suffering amputation of one of his legs. The jury af-
terwards returned to the Bull and George Inn, Dartford, where
the inquest proceeded. The premises are situate about half-a-
mile beyond Dartford, and extend over nearly 100 acres, but
the explosion was happily confined to aboutthree acres, and the
latter space is literally covered with tiles, bricks, immense pie-
ces of timber, corn from the granary, and other fragments.
There were fifteen pair of mill-stones, each pair weighing ten
tons, in nine mills, of which, incredible as it may appear, six
mills containing eleven pair of stones were blown to atoms
the dwelling-house of Mr. Wilks has not a window-sash kit
whole in it, and the house is literally shaken to its very base.
The clothes of the unfortunate sufferers were lying in alt direc-
tions, torn completely in ribands. It appears to be beyond
doubt that the explosion began at the packing-room and from
thence communicated to the other part of the premises. The
following are the names, ages, &c. Of the deceased :—William
Williams, 47, a packer; 'I homas Hawkins, boatman, who was
in a punt against the bridge ; Thomas Powell, 48, millwright,
who was working at the mill opposite the large house ; a lad
named Edward Benning, driver of the cart, who was turning
the horse and cart round at the door of the charge-house; the
horse, and likewise two other horses in another cart at another
Mrt of the premises, were killed on the spot; Sarah Venus, 30;
aria Harding, 51; Sarah Presatt, 49; and Sarah White, 59;
the females were employed in the packing-house. After hear_
ing the whole of the evidence, the jury deliberated a few minutes,
and then returned a verdict of Accidental death. There are se.
veral of the workmen more or less hurt, but all likely to recover,
except a sawyer, named Cook, who has received severe injuries
about the head. The unfortunate woman Venus has left three
orphan children to lament her untimely end. Powell has left a
widow and eight children: The remaining part of the body of
the unfortunate man Hawkins was found nearly half a mile
from the mills; one of his arms was found in the large engine-
house. Up to dark on Tuesday evening, the town was com-
pletely full of visitors from all parts of the country, and during
the day some thousands visited the ruins, which are still smok-
ing.—Mr. Wilks and his son had left Dartford but a very short
time previous to the accident, and had scarcely reached Lon-
don when the fatal news reached them.

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CLAREMONT, THE SEAT OF KING LEOPOLD.—Withill the
last few days, a correspondent informs us, a number of work-
men and first-rate artists have been employed inputting Clare-
mont, the seat of his Majesty the King of Belgium, into
proper repair.—Morning Chronicle.

THE PORTSMOUTH COMMAND.—Great diversity of opinion
prevails as to who is to succeed the late gallant Sir Thomas
Foley, as Port Admiral of Portsmouth ; the fullest expectation
was expressed that Sir Harry Neale would have had the ap-
pointment, but report now says that the Admiralty would not
consent, unless he gave up his seat for Lymington, for which
borough he is now member. Sir Harry declines to give up
his seat, and consequently gives up the lucrative and honoura-
ble post of the cammand at this port. Next it is said to have
been refused to Sir W. Hargood, and tke strife of interest now
lies between Sir C. P. Durham, Lord Amelius Beauclerc, and
Admiral R. Montague. One of the two;former will most pro-
bably.succeed ; we think the chance is in favour of the gallant
captain of the Anson, Defiance, and Venerable.—Hampshire
Telegraph.
THROWING ORANGE PEEL ON THE FOOT PAVEMENT.-00
Saturday an inquest was held at St. George's Hospital, on the
body of Mr. George Buxton, aged 32. The deceased, who was
a remarkably fine tall man, was a tailor, residing at 10, Queen-
street, Pimlico. On Tuesday week he was walking with a
friend, when he unfortunately trod upon a piece of orange-peel
on the pavement. In falling, the inside of his right thumb
struck against a sharp stone, and the nerve was completely
laid bare. The wound was dressed, and no dangerous conse
quences were anticipated; but on the Wednesday following
the thumb became stiff, an abscess having formed in the wound,
and a locked jaw came on. When the unfortunate man was
taken to the hospital a medical gentleman attempted to admi-
nister some medicine, and he had just succeeded in getting his
mouth open when the deceased was siezed with the most vio-
lent convulsions, and in this dreadful state he expired. Ver-
dict, " Accidental death."
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT FROM DRUNKENNESS.—On Satur-
day.morning last, o very melancholy occurrence took place at
Blairburn, parish of Culcross. John Malcolm, a labourer,
and his wife, had been drinking during a part of the night,
and did not return-home till about two o'clock in the morning.
It is supposed, that while kindling the fire, the wife's clothes
had caught the flame, and that neither had been able to afford
relief, for the unhappy woman was found next morning burnt
to death. It is somewhat singular, that both were among the
first who joined the Temperance Society of Torryburn.---
Glasgow Courier.
ORKNEY AND ZETLAND ELECTION.—The result of the contest
for the representation of this stewartry is, that Mr. Traill has
been re-elected by .a majority of eleven votes. At the close of
the first day's poll in Orkney, Mr. S. Laing had a majority of
35, which, on the second day, was brought down to 31. Thurs-
day being the day when the proclamation of the result would.
in ordinary cases, have been made, the poll books from Zetland
had not arrived at Kirkwall, the county town ; and the Sheriff
Substitute, as the returning officer, was thus placed in an awk-
ward dilemma. By the terms of the act, the Sheriff is required
to make the return on the next day but one after the close of
the poll; which in this instance happened on Tuesday se'nnight,
and consequently Mr. Laing and his friends concluded that the
Sheriff was bound to return him as member, without waiting
for the Zetland books. This, however, the Sheriff-Substitute
refused to do, and intimated that he had received a communi-
cation from. the Lord Advocate, that he ought not to make the
return until he was in possession of the poll-books from all the
polling places in the stewartry. On this, Mr. Laing protested
against the Sheriff's conduct; and holding himself duly elected,
was hailed by his partizans as the member. Forthwith he was
placed in a triumphant car, which had been constructed of wood,
the growth of Orkney, and dragged through the street of the
town with great eclat by a long tail in his interest. But lo
the steamer arrived from Zetland with the poll books from that
district, with a large majority there in favour of Mr. Trani;
and on the general casting up of votes, Mr. Traill was found to,
be the successful candidate ; and thus the cup has been dashed
from the lip almost in the moment of anticipated enjoyment,
and the laurel torn from the brow in the very climax of exulta-
tion. It is always dangerous to halloo before getting out of the
wood. There can be no doubt that Mr. Traill mil keep his
seat, although we have not yet heard of his chairing. There is
an imperfection in the clause of the statute as to the election ia
this district, but the rational construction of it in connectiolt,
with the other parts of the act, is, that the sheriff must be in
possession of all the polling books of his shire, and open the
seals before he can be in a competent position to make the
return. This, we have no doubt, will be the interpretation by
the House of Commons if Mr. Laing shall petition against the
return. The SheriMubstitute is placed in a very awkward
predicament, for his superior in office, we are informed, gave
him peremptory orders to make the return on Thursday lash
whether the Zetland books had arrived or not, and the Lord
Advocate's directions were of a tenor the very reverse.----
Edinburgh Observer.

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.—The proprietors of the Adelphi
Theatre either have applied, or are about to apply, for an ex'
tension of time. It is said in the dramatic circles that the
Duke of Devonshire, upon the principle of equality and " fail
play," intends to grant the same extension of license to Ma,
thews and Yates which has already been conceded to Mr.
Arnold.—Dun Quixote, as it is now performing at the Adelphit
is the most successful drama produced at that Theatre since it
came into the possession of Mathews and Yates. The nightly
receipts during the last fortnight have, we understand, exceeded
in amount, within the same period, the once popular burlettO
of Tom and Jerry.—The very amusing drama, entitled P. Q.,
now performing at the Olympic, is written by one of the authors
of the Rejected Addresses.—An Eisteddvod will be held in
London next May, under the patronage of the CambriaO
Institution, on which occasion Lord Kenyon will preside.---
Mozart's Dan Giovanni cannot be brought out at Dury_lane,
until the sth of February, owing to the provincial engagemente
of Mr. & Mrs. Wood.—Kenney has written an opera for Drury'
lane, which will include all the vocal strength of the company
The music will be by Bishop.—Neukomm is composing a nevi
Oratorio for the Grand Festival which is to take place at Bir-
mingham in the autumn.—Letters from Naples mention the
death of Signor Nozzari, one of the most celebrated vocal per-
formers. He first appeared at Milan, from thence he went to
Naples, where he sang for some years at the theatre San Carlos.
He has left a fortune of above 100,000 ducats.—Miss Kelly /0
obtained a license from the Lord Chamberlain for her moue-
dramatic performances in the Strand, but it extends no further,
the Duke of Devonshire having decidedly refused his sanction
to any thing resembling regular theatrical entertainments, ra,
of Miss Kelly's original plan.—Mr. Arnold's New English p
Opera House is to be up and ready for performance at latest in
July next. The cost of his theatre will not exceed £20,000.-
Sheridan Knowles' new play is to be called the Wife, or a Tabl
of Mantua. The story is pure invention, and the interest through'
out is concentrated in the hero and heroine. It will !le ready to
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be put into rehearsal before Easter, as only a small portion re'
mains to be completed by the author. The characters are flume'
ous, and the action busy.—Mr. Kean was to have terminated hie
provincial tour on Saturday night at Grantham; on Monday he
was to return to his engagement at Drury-lane, which does not
close until the 31st March.—Mr. Macready will proceed tt
"Modern Athens" in March, for the purpose of fulfilling al
engagement there.—The English company of comedians is stil
acting in Paris, to houses but ill calculated to raise either
wind" or their reputation. They are, however, about to get ul
Tom and Jerry, as the "Manager's last kick !"—The new fare'
to be produced at Drury-lane, called the Nervous Man, is froll
the prolific pen of Mr. Bernard. Power has an excellent Irish
man in it, and the nervous hero will be in the hands of Farrell
—M. Laporte has, we understand, engaged all the Corps dm
Ballet of the Italian Opera House to dance at Covent-gardel
theatre.

DEATH BY AN ELEPHANT—MDLLE. D'JECK.-011 the 2611 j
the two elephants lately seen at the Cirque Olympique, we.-
exhibited at Pacaudiere, in the department of the Loire, 11
France. Two Englishmen acted as leaders to these animal,
and at night they marched them off co La Palisse, a snial
town within four leagues of that village. The owner
observed in the eyes of one of these elephants, named d'Jeck,
it harboured some ill-humour against one of the other leadei
who had ill-treated it some days before, warned him of li
fears, and recommended him not to accompany the caravan.-,
This the leader did not attend to, but on the contra 7, affeettl
to be more severe than usual towards the beast. They hal,
however, scarcely travelled a league when the elephant, swig
by its conductor, who wished to force it on, turned rouni,
seized the man with his trunk, and lifting him off his
flung him several feet above its head. The unfortunate lead
having had his leg broken by the fall, was unable to escape, a 4
the elephant laying hold of him a second time, threw him in;
a ditch, and trampled him under its feet. The infuriated aik
mal then ran towards a carman, who was journeying along
road, seized him and pitched him into a field. The poor in
fortunately came off with a few slight bruises ; but his ho
took fright, and would have probably added to the confusi
had not the car Upset in a ditch along the road, where th
were compelled to stop. All these misfortunes would have b
but the prelude of others, had not the horses of the Paris in
coach, which was passing by at the moment, stopped in
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time, and the other leader, at the risk of his life, succeeded'
calming and securing the elephant. The unfortunate Englil(
man was conveyed to St. Martin d'Etreaux, where he expig
in a few minutes.