The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

There are seventy prisoners for trial at the York assizes.
Of these five are charged with murder.
Of the round number of barristers attending the Pres-
ton sessions, seven were fast asleep in court at the same
time, the other day.
A lady residing at Stamford, received last week through
the Post-office, a gooseberry pie, sent to her from a friend
at Cambridge.—Stamford Mercury.
Passengers are being conveyed by the splendid steamer
on the line from Hull to Hamburg for 55., the charge for
the saloons being only 10s.
The Wesleyan conference commences its sittings at
Birmingham on the 31st instant. The Rev. Dr. Bunting
is expected to preside.
The will of the poet, Mr. Thomas Campbell, was proved
on Saturday. by the executors, Dr. Brittle and Mr.
Moxon. The personal property is sworn under £2OOO.
The will and a codicil are dated 1842.
An arri.al of 2,000 pine applt s from the Bahamas is a
new feature in the fruit trade, the sale of those brought
over la•t season having encouraged the importation by the
merchant;.—London paper.
A coal vein at Beaufort iron works, Ahergavenny,
recently ignited, and is now on fire to the extent of three
miles! Many fatal accidents hare already been the con-
sequence.

THE FISHERIES.—Large quantities of mackerel con-
tinue to be brought in daily. They have been sold a• low
as Bs. per 100, and ►etailed in the street 10 and 12 a
shilling. La-t Friday morning upwards of 50,000 were
landed.—Brighlon Paper.
On Tuesday last, during the sale of the surplus properly
of the N, rthern and Eastern Hallway Company, Mr.
Ralph, a gentleman or tot tune, entered the room, and was
proceeding to a seat, when he tell down and expired. Toe
blither sale was immediately post pi ned.
Mr. John Groves, a lar4e landowner in the neighbour-
hood of Ayle bury, last week sent his tenant-tartners
their half-)early receipts, at the same time telkig them
no! 10 trouble themselves in sending the money, but to
keep it in their pockets.
At a meeting of " the soap trade" of Glt.gow and
Paisley, last weak, it was unanimously agreed to advance
the price of soap to the following rates per cwt. :—White,
53-. ; pale, 485.; second, or br,gbt, 465.; yellaw, 42s.—
Edinburgh Paper.
It is said that a new use has been discovered in the ar-
ticle guano, which was never anticipated. Hitherto it
has been merely looked upon as applicable t i agricultural
purposes, but now the tumour goes that it may be em•
vloyed in the manufacture of a certain colour.
Works for a new harbour at Aberdeen have been con-
tracted for by Messrs. Oldham, builders and rid way
contractors, of Cheltenham. The sum is £99,C60. Wi.en
corrinteteit, the new harbour will be one of the most com-
modious in the kingdom.

A dacovery was made at Buckingham Palace on Thurs-
day morning, that a man en p'oved in the upholstery de-
t artutent a the Lord Chamberlain's office had commit-
ted suicide in one of the store-rooms. The deceased was
of regular and sober habits, and the cau,e which led to
the sad catastrophe was unknown.
GREAT DEPRECIATION.—The ingenious Model of
Venice, reeen ly rah bited at Pall-mall, and very poorly
patron.zetl, was sold. on Wednesday, by auction. It is
said to have occupied several artists fourteen tears in
prndne nrr it. at en expense of nearly £2,000; but it was
now sold to Mr. Tyler, of the Surrey Zoological Gardens,
for thirty-one guineas I
Tea IRON TRADE.—As an instance of the increa‘ing
briskness of the above trade, we may mention that the
shipping agent at Newp9rt of a large establishment on the
Mills, in one day last week received, by post, advices of
chuter parties for cargoes to be shipped amounting to
3,000 tons of railway iron. The rails are chiefly for
Soath Carolina.— Worcester Paper.

On Wedneiday morning an unusual number of letters
and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office by the
ordinary ma'ls from Egypt, Greece, India, the lonian
via Southampton. There were 52 boxes of
letters, containing together upwards of 12,000 single
packers, and five bags of newspapers, most of which were
in perfect files.

DIVORCES.—The total number of divorce acts passed
by the legislature in the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843,
amounted to 27 ; making an average of nearly seven per
annum. The total amount of fees was, in 1840, £605;
in 1841, £4OB ; in 1842, £768 ; and in 1843, £589 ; making
altogether, £2370. The average expense of each divorce
act amounted to £l7 16s. 10d.

The House of Lords have decided against the claims of
Sir Augustus d'Este, in the Sussex peerage case. They
have decided that the marriage between the late Duke of
Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, however valid in every
thing essential to a marriage as such, is against the pro-
visions of the Royal Marriage Act, and is therefore not
considered a marriage by the English law.
ASSIZE TowNs.—By a recent return it appears that
there are 66 assize towns in England, 34 in Ireland, and
only nine in Scotland ; total, 109. Of these towns in
England, seven of them are in the Home Circuit;, eight
in the Midland; seven in the Norfolk ; seven in the
Northern ; nine in the Oxford; nine in the Western;
seven in the North Wales and Chester; and seven in the
South Wales Circuit.

GLAMORGANSHIRE Assizes commenced at Cardiffee
Monday last, before Baron Rolfe. At these assizes, Ann
Williams and John Rees were sentenced to transportation
for life for attempting to administer poison to Thomas
Vaughan and Mary his wife. It appeared that the female
prisoner (an illegitimate child of Mrs. Vaughan before her
marriage,) was about being married to the other prisoner,
and expected, by causing the death of the Vaughans, to
come into possession of their property.

• • -
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 12.--We have expe.
rienced rather more inquiry for sugars this week, and
although the transactions do not exceed 400 hhds. West
India, still there is evidently a better feeling respecting
this article, with an impression prevalent that prices have
reached the lowest point. In Bengals and Mauritius
there has been rather more business doing at steady
price 4. Ruin is in fair demand at the former value.
Gazetted average price of Sugar, July 9. is 335. Bd. pa
owl.

MURDER.- On Friday a sheriff-officer, mined George
Murdoch, weir, in the course of his duty, to Lave an ar-
restment of wages against a man in the the-works at
Govan, when, as is said, he was rouchly used. On the
following day, however, he proc,eded to lift the s,im which
had been so arrested, when, according to our informa-
tion, the work-people threw the officer down into a vat,
and struck and stoned him, in con,equence of which he
died on Sunday morning.—Glasgow paper.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.-Mr. Jeffreys, a
farmer residing at Great Bartford, on the 20th ❑lt., while
his neighbours were sowing barley, cut and carted a
quantity of the same grain. The barley in question was
the produce of a field that had been severely injured by
the hail-storm of last year, and the occupier had had it
ploughed up for the purpose of sowity, it with wheat, but
observing a good deal of grain growing, he allowed it to
stand, and the result has been that he has obtained an ex-
cellent crop.—Bri,tol Journal.

CONVICTION FOR ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
—At Lewes Quarter Ses-ions, on Wednesday, James
Simmonds, of Maresfield, shoemaker, aged 75, was in-
dicted for unlawfully attempting to hang himsrlf by the
neck to a tree. He pleaded guilty. A Mrs. Hartfirld
ran to the spot and cut him down. He was black in the
face, and insensible for an hour. The Earl of hiche-ter
('•hairman) asked the prisoner if he was seasible of the
enormity of his offence ! The prisoner replied that he
ads. His lordship sentenced him to six months' impri-
sonment.

AN "ARTFUL. DODGE."—In the Exeter Court of
Bankruptcy last week the bankrupt under examination,
an attorney, named Drake, lately in exten,ive practice at
Barnstaple, stated that it had heen his practice to carry in
his pocket-book a blank cheque-book of each of the local
banks; and the reason he assigned for this practice was.
that sometimes people would say, `• Dear me, it I had
my cheque-book I'd pay you." "Oh ! you would,
would you ?" "Yes, certainly ;" whereupon he was
down upon them with a blank cheque, and the transaction
was closed.

RIVER WEAVER.—The yearly survey of the River
Weaver took place on the 26th and 27th ult., and the an-
nual meeting was held on Thursday 1 ist, at Northwich.
Egerton Leigh, Esq. of Jodrell Flail, retired from the
Trust, and his son, Egerton Leigh, jun. Esq. of High
Leigh, was elected in his stead. '('his %ear's tonnage o-
duced £38,308 ; miscellanies. £425. The expenditure :
general repairs, £7204 18s. 744. ; incidt-nts, £3629 15s. 2d.;
Weston new entrance, £4529 Os. Oid. ; W,nnington new
lock, £3444 14s. Bd. ; new churches, £2302 13s. 3d.—
Total, £21,114 Is. 9d.
CURIOUS LOCALITY FOR A NEST.---A steamer,
the Clarence, lies at Ahrtan Waterloot, and plies be,ween
it and Port Carlisle, in the way of lugging vessels. A pair
of swallows built their nest last year under the sponsons
of one of the paddle-wheels, not more than three feet
abaiiithe water, and succeeded in bringing forth their
young." There they are this summer again. During neap
tides the Cierence plies every other day, and often every
day. When she leaves the Watet foot, the birds leave her,
ann keep on the Scotch side ; and then when she returns,
and is nearing Annan, the swallows invatiably meet her,
and accomratly her to her berth.

GRAND CHRISTENING AT BLENHEIM PALACE.—The
infant Earl of Sunderland. the first born of the Marquis
and Marchioness of Blandford, was baptised at the palace
chapel, Blenl.eim, last week. The Marchioness of Lon-
donderry presented the child at the font, who was named
Gt orge Charles, the names of his paternal and maternal
grandfathe, s. Besides the sponsors, there were also pre-
sent the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Spen-
cer Churchill, Lady Caroline Stewart, Lord A. Churchill,
and Lord Seaham. The font, richly embossed silver gilt,
was presented by the Marquis of Londonderry to the in-
fant earl, his first grandson.

DISGRACEFUL ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.—On Thurs-
day, a man named William \ hite was brought before
Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged
with an indecent assault on a lady named Cartwright, in
Great Ancoats-street. It appeared th,,t the prisoner had
twice knocked her down without the least provocaton,
and that he and another man (not in custody) had at.a,kei
a number of (Aber females, lilting their clothes, throwing
them down. and assaulting those who came to their as-
sistance. The prisoner was fined Z 7 10s. for the two as-
saults proved, and, in default, to be committed to hard
labour for two months.

FATAL ACCIDENTIN A STONE-YARD INMANCHESTER.
—On Tuesday last, while a man named Gay 1.,r a as engaged
in Mr. Routledge's ,tone-yard, Trafford-street, Albion-
street, in turning a large block of stone, by means of crab
and chain, on a temporary railway, the stone went down
on its side with greater force than was expected, forcing
out of his hand the handle of the windlass, which struck
him violently, so that he fill amongst some other large
stones, had his skull fractured, and died instantly. The
machinery was stated to be good, and had deceased held
the windlass handle with both hands, he might have saved
himself. On the inquest the jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

Four:. LIVES LOST.—On Monday last very great ex-
citement was created in the neighbourhood of Beauf trt,
by a report that a great many miners had been car, ied
out of the " old coal " mines in a state of suff cation,
caused by the noxious effluvia emitted by the subterra-
nean fire still burning in the workings, in spite of the
efforts made to drown and smother it; but its further
progress has by these means been considerably checked.
On inquiry it was found that the whole had been reco-
vered, with the exception of four individuals, who had
been so long exposed to the deadly influence of the gas,
as to preclude all hopes of saving them.—Hereford paper.

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—The following
was the verdict returned at the inquest. "We are unani-
mously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget
Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by the explo.•ion
of the steam .boiler at Mr. Brook's mill ; that the said
boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too
great; and that George Branscome has caused the explo-
sion. We are also of opinion that due care has not ben
used in the general superintendence of the steam engines
and boilers." George Branscome was therefore com-
mitted to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription
was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families
of the deceased, and the sum of £8 10s. was handed to
the coroner as the commencement of a subscription for
that purpose.
The b•,y Jones (the interesting ch;mney.sweep, who so
ingenkusly contrived to secrete himself to the private
apartments of the queen at tiuckitrgha•n Palace), now a
first-class boy on boat d H. M. S. Warsait.e, when between
Tunis and Algiers, was la,t month rtscue.d, late at night,
from a watery wave I y the lye buoy. The ship's crew
are of opinion that if it. ha I been a rough night Jones
would not have None overboard at all ; they think th it lie
jrunped overhoarl, for no other ourpose than to see the
uoy ligt t burtnn2, ant it is is in some measure con-
firmed by the fart of hi, haw l,ng out when falling "man
ovetb turd," arid again, whr-ti immersed, " let go the
life-buoy.

Tuft WrtoNG Box —On Sunday week, three drunken
soldiers, intent on i y tlenominsted " a lark,"
stopped a cab in I it rip. o'-to Mane; es er, imi:ted on
the otiver turnit g r nt it e nutty:duals wino were its:ide
and carrying them to b•,r, ticks. declaring their colonel
h td etven orders th,t Ih-y shoal t ride home a hen
cared. T 1 ,e cabomn rrmoustrate,l, the soldiers were
violent, and the pollee grab. red at the spot. Su 'deftly
one of the g-n lemen inside vat. his band out of toe win-
d w and arm h .ti•atively ordered the poltcern-n to take
I ha- ge of the st,Liers till be sent a piquet for them, It
was no other th m the colonel himself. The coast. rnation
of the drunken soldiers may be conceived.

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PUBLIC WALKS WARRINGTON.—It is currently
iirnifrrtbolt Ba.
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rumoured in the town of Wariiiiwon, that arrangements
Ida the seat of Jahn Wilson Patten, Esq.. M.P.,
for
are
Noah Lancashire,
sore g,cmod, fur ttie-u,e of the inhabitants of the town
and nefithbourhood. It is sail that Mr. Patten has con-
sented to give .€l.OOO towards the iliject. and that about
an equal cum is to I e advs. ced out of the government
fund available for the purpose, the remaining part t f the
purchase money to be raised by private subscription.
The name of Mr. Beaumont, whose liberality on other
occasions is well !mown to the town and neighbourhood,
is intimately connected with the scheme.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—A most heart rending and
fatal accident happened on Monday to a lime-burner em-
ployed at the Southwick litne-kilns, near Sunderland.
The poor man. whose name was Bell, went on to the top
of one of the kilos when it was burniog. When stand-
ing on the stones, about the centre of the kiln, the burn-
ing mass beneath him suddenly gave way, and lie sunk up
to the shoulders in the " furnance of fire". In this po-
sition he remained for a short time in the greatest agony,
till his limbs and body were so burned as to cause
his death. A rope having been fastened round the
Upper part of his body, he was with difficulty dragged
out, when his mangled remains presented a mo-t horr,ble
spectacle—appallicg even to contemplate. The wifor-
tunate man has left a widow and large family to mourn
his truly melancholy death.—Durham Advertiser.
BIRMINGHAM ELEcTroN.-01, Friday he nomination
for the representation of Birmingham, vacant by the
death of Joshua Scholefield, Esq., took place. There were
three candidates—Richard Spooner, Esq., on the con-
servative interest; Mr. Wm. Scholefield, son of the de.
ceased; and Mr. Sturge, the " Complete Suffrage" ad.
vocate. It is known that Mr. Sturge has already been
twice a candidate for that town ; and conservatism has
been so much on the increase there that the liberals well
knew Mr. Spooner (whose minority at the contest of
1811 was a very small one) would have gained an easy
victory over him. The son of the deceased was therefore
hurried into the field with something like indecent haste,
in the hope of gaining over some of Joseph's friends.
The whole of the three gentlemen were proposed, and
the show of hands were in favour of Mr. Sturge. On
Saturday the voting took place, and the state of the poll-
ing each hour we give in a leading article, where the
voting in this and previous years is compared.
Our readers will scarcely give credit to the revolting
fact which we now disclose, and which mertts the strong-
est condemnation. Frequently since the establishment of
the low rates of postage it has been found that letter bags.
on being opened at the Post-office, emitted a stench
scarcely endurable, but as nothing appeared on the face
of the letters or parcels to account for this strange cir-
cumstance,_we the cause remained unknown until withinnad few
days back. The discovery took place in this
waywas
ahave positive authority for staling the fact : packet
A llondon,
posted in a country town, addressedto a surgeon
in
General Pos t -
the envelopes of which, on its arrival at the G
office, having been almost destroyedbayma quantity of blood
having oozed out, it wipt carefullyeX
ined and found to
contain a portion of a humen bo
d.evidently forwarded
for the purpose of dissection.the art noon of the
authorities was immediately called ti the shucking fact,
and we understand that measures have since been adOoted
to prevent any recurrence of so di-gusting an outrage 01
public feeling, and an gross an abuse of the facilities of
.
communication afforded by
ded the post-office.—Observer.

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-office, 7hree o'clock.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—This DAY.

A very quiet market to-day; demand will rot ex-
ceed 1200 or 1,-.00 bales, at yesterday's prices, with a
dull and heavy feeling.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCEIANGE, THIS DAY.

<From Messrs. 1?. Makin & Sons' Circular.)

The receipts into this port Coastwi.e and from Ireland
furnish a moderately fair supply of Grain and Flour ; and
united to considerable arrivals flowing in daily from
abroad, especially of Wheat and Flour, the total imports
since this day week amount to 23,307 qrs. of the former,
with 6,788 sacks and 38,034 barrels of the latter ; besides
3,384 qrs. of Barley.
Occasional showers in this district in the course of last
week, a copious steady rain for about ten hours on Satur-
day, and more again yesterday morning, followed by a
brisk drying wind, have proved a seasonable relief to all
the growing crops ; which are greatly improved. and if
favoured with fine weather, promise a much more pro-
ductive harvest than was previously anticipated. These
superabundant accessions, and a return of fine clear
weather, have produced, not only increased dullness at
this day's market, but a further decline in the value of
most articles of the trade. Having few millers in attend-
ance, and those exercising caution, the sales of Wheat
were very limited in amount, and all descriptions of Eng-
lish, Irish, and Foreign receded 2d. to 3d. per 701bs. from
the terms of this day se'nnight.—English and Irish Flour
in consequence, being more difficult to at-11, an abatement
of 6d. to Is. per sack was submitted to ; and Canadian
barely supported the reduced rates of Friday.
Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to be
nearly without inquiry, and were offered, with very little
effect, at a decline of fully Is. per quarter.

Oats, parricipating in the general I inguor, were Id. per
45 lbs. cheaper, and small retail sales only practicable.
Oatmeal was also 6d. per 2401b5. lower, at which, how-
ever, about 3,000 loads were cleared off by consumers.

ARRIVALS OF CORN.
From the pth to the sth July, 1814. inelush,e.

IRE- COAST CANADA TO-
LAND. WISE. REIGN. TOTAL.
...---- ----.—•--
Wheat .. ... Ors. 1520 I 283 4425 17079 233,7
I Barley Qrs. l4 i 3370 3354
Malt Qrs. 65 3011 3,76
Oats Qrs. 4700 710 5411
Rye Qrs. 4 4
Beans Qrs. I 150 20 170
Pease Qrs. I 20 112 132
Shelled BarleyQrs.i
Indian Corn. Qrs. I 15; 155
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads I'ls 3 1918
Flour. .... Sacks 6735 53 6788
Ditto Brls. 93 j 60n63 22798 38954
In o Runcorn, Ireland an 4 Coastwise.—Malt, qrs. ; Oats,
qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, sacks.

ire.—Malt, —qrs.; Oats,
sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats,
qrs. ; Pease. qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal,
loads ; Flour. 771 brls.--Ireland Wheat, 45 qrs. ; Bar-
ley, qrs ; Oats. qrs : Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, 20
qrs. ; Oatmeal. 240 Ids; Flour, so sks, hrls.—Coa,twise.
Wheat, 58 qrs. ; Barley. 29 qrs. ; Malt, qrs ; Oats 119
qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 20 qrs.; Oatmeal, 6.1 loads ;
Flour, 445 sacks 836 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 6. 1414.
Wheat 555. Bd. I Barley 345. sd. I Oats .. 225. I'd I Rye 355. Od.
Beans.. 38s. 2d. I Pease.. 365. 6d.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat 55s Btl I Barley 32s 6d I Oats 22s sd. I Rye 34: Id.
Beans.. 36.5. I Id. j Pease.. 3 is. 11d.
Duty on Foreign Grain, Ric. this week.
Wheat] 7s Od I Barley 6s Od I
Oats .. . 6s Od Rye.. Ss 6d
Beans 6s 6u I Pease.. 8s 6d I Ind. Corn Os Od Flour Its lid

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.. Is. od. 1 Parley.. os. 6th I Oats ..Is. 61. 1 Rye.. is 6cl
Beans Os. 6d 1 Pease us 6d. Ind. Corn os. od. I Flour.. Os 74d

Liverpool Averages, week ending 11th July, 1844.
Wheat, 641 qrs., price, 475. 4d.; Barley, qrs., price, Cs. Od. ;
Oats, y 7 qrs., price 2os. 4d, ; Beans, 20 qrs., price 37a. Od. ;
Pease, qr., price i s d.
Duties paid in Liverpool. for week ending 11th July, :854.
Frireign—Wheat, 438 d qrs.; Barley, 53 qrs.; Beaus, 1058 qrs;
Pease, 137 qrs. ; brls.
Colonial-0 heat, Wheat, 4250 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads; Flour,
i 0,032 brls.

THE INDIGO SALES.—The quarterly sale of Indigo
commenced on Tuesday. The quantity declared, includ-
ing 999 chests of goods left over from former sales,
amounted to 15,146 chests. The qualities of the Bengal
are in the proportion of two-thirds good and middling.
and one-third fine and ordinary, being in t!ie whole 11,587
chests. The attendance from the continent was more
numerous than usual, and very fair also from the manu-
facturing di,tricts. The bidding soon became spirited at
from 3d. to 61 per lh. lower titan the April sale prices
for Bengal; 2d. and 3d. for Madras and Kurprih, and
abtmt the April prices for Oude; 875 thefts passed the
sa'e, and of which 51 were withdrawn, and only 25 chess
bonAt in be lhe exposers. At the Indignl sale on Wed-
ne-day. 1,085 chests were gone taroueh, making a total
of 1,950 chests, of which 52 have been withdrawn. and
118 boullit in. Prices rul d much the same as on Tues-
day, excepting for the batter q. &Wes, which were rather
lower. At the sale on Thursd ,y 802 chests were gone
through at the prevous day's t nets, making a total to
this time of 3,859 chests, of which 195 have been with-
drawn. 192 bought in, and 3,485 sold. The sales were to
be resumed again yesterday, and continue about a fort-

Honsy: FAIR TRictc.—At the late Chester fair, the
servant man of Towoshend Ince, Esq of Chr
was sent by his ma-tet to the lair to sell two horses; the
prices being about £lO for one, and £l5 for the Other.
biking out fir a customer, a strat:ger came up to
him kod " Oh, yoo have two horses to se 1, I sup-
pose ; what's the price?" Tie s-rvant man inf .rite-1 him,
upon which tie stranger replied that he had a very good
carriage horse to di-pose of, for which he had just been
bidden £3 1, but for ceitain reasons he did not wish to
transact business with ihe bidder. He off: red, however,
to make an excha• ge with the servant m:mn, and give him
£2 tor his trottimle. Having stepped aside. atimher fell mw
then came up, and asked if he was gOing to exchange his
horses for the one belonging to the mtn wh m had just lett
biro ; and taiog him also that if such were time case he
would give him £3O for the horse. In the course of avm ry
short time the exchange was mmmde, and the three pro-
ceded to the Swan public-house to close the s de for time
single horse. Alter they had conversed a short time, this
shaper suldenlv recoll,cted that he had not a recept
sta.') in his pocket. and requested the servant man to go
out and fetch one. He accordingly did so, but it is al-
most heedless to say that when he returned the toree
rogues were gone, leaving a poor old hack behind them
hardly worth a groat.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP.—An in-
quest was held on Friday list, before the coroner of
Hers, on the body of a child of t,nder age named James
l)sce, who was suffocated in one of the kitchen flues at
Goldings.the sect of Lord ltetty, near Hertford. It ap-
peared that the father of the deceased had been emp oyed
to clean the flues by the machine; but having experienced
some difficulty in treeing one of the flues from the soot,
made the child go in to clean the soot from the ledges.
After the boy hat b. en up some minutes he called out. to
Ifs father V:at he could ascend no hither. The father
t ild him ta go tip t i the top, and he would Linage fgo up
the great kitchen chimney and bring him down. The
poor little fellow then found that he could neither ascend
nor &seen I, and his pit-ous cries induced the servant: to
send for a bricklayer. A breach was made in the wall, at
the spot whence the sounds proceeded, but upwards of
four hours el rpsed before the flue was discovered. The
child was then quite dead. The child had got into a
shaft, not intended for a flu', having no outlet, and to
which no fireplace was attached. It was presumed that
he had slipped into the aperture, and was suffocated in
the soot. The coroner told the father that be was at
first disposed to treat it as a case of manslaughter, and
undoubtedly had the child been compelled to enter the
flue by threatsit would have amounted to that offence.
The father had, however, rendered himself liable to a fine
of £lO for an iticingement of the act of parliament; a
punishment wholly inadequate to the offence. The jury
returned a verdict of Accidental Death.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A SHOOTING GALLERY.;
On Saturday week, a respectable-looking young W.aos;
aged 22, who gave his name as the Hon. William
Touchet, was charged, at the Bow-street Ptolits Aliegch
with shooting Thomas Smith, a gunsmith,
are that
Holborn, with intent to murder him. • appearedtry the back
the prisoner had gone into a shooting gallski the latter to
of Mr. Smith's shop, where, after
having
bad two shots,
build, and, while Mr.
he, without saying a word, turneirwt
lax his back towards
Smith was loading another itt and wounded him in the
shoot with him at the target, and
him, he fired the pistol ate
bad done it for, but no answer
ol)ied that he was shot in the back,
'la prisoner was taken into custody by a
was given. The
omhe said lie was tired of his life,
police-officer, tor. W
54 Smith on purpose, as he wished to be
and had shot Mr.
This be repeated to another party, adding that
Mr. Twyford, the sitting magistrate '
animosity to Mr. Smith. In reply to ques-
tions bore no
alhonaidnngsa:sdk.ledi rp.rSimsointehrewxclati
, prisoner
thbayt the witnesses spoken truly, and repeated
had
had done it in order that he might be hanged,
adding that he lived in lodgings by himself in Weymouth-
street, Portland-street; that he was single,, had enough
of money, and had not been ill or had fever, but, for a
variety of reasons, was very unhappy,
alt-rwards found, is a It was directed
that inquiry should
hbelealwleirlonooapop,
be made respecting him, and, as it
colnnstta
was certified that Mr. Smith was not out danger, he
accom-
panied dA
buyd ltehye.
was remanded for a week. The prisoner, it was soon
thatst ittoitin sh
e
younger brother of the present
rLehoerndeeAdudtilieev,praicsoconetnr:
arrived at the court, evidently much affected at the ac-
count he had received of his brother's conduct. He en-
tered into a long conversation with Mr. Twyford on the
bench, the par iculars of which did not transpire. Mr.
Smith is still in considerable danger, and M.. Touchet
has been further rr mended until tne unfortunate gentle-
man is able to appear.

July 16. IS-44._

I METHOD OF CURING OBSTINATE iIORSE.I fel
days auo, as a ea t •r eots tiroceed ne or, tie York "(la;
nstemitardelniu,ntco.i,s.tearn,dwrAealusatt,ll,:aefveonf
whipping, to poweed. A gentleman t 11 the o.lll'll
cm ter lie must not beat him any mare. " Wieit static!,
do ?" the man '' my la irse has wood here upwarto
of at, hour ; shall stand here ell day ? ' " Ott
horse must go, but you must not beat him any 01,,R
Get me a rope twice as lone as the horse." The Otei
asttto,tre sa. I,l,isoaltierusieint;:f.
jut
was obtained, secured to the hors-'s rail, and thee 1,:50,30
between the legs forwards, after a slight put' tif
given. The animal was frightened, and showe I sull,
symptoms of kicking, but the pulling was ()mina!,
Suddenly he started forward, and went off eitoout
more beating. The g'-ntl,man said he had seen the saw,
method tried, with a similar effect, on tee most refrselT,
asses ever bred. If this fact is di:puted by those 11.1,
have obstinate horses or asses, 1 A them try the ex periateu
elufo
DISAPPOINTED Love AND RE%ENGE.—In the -- ee,
of the past week the imprisonment of a young, handsow:
and accornpl shed lady of 21 years of age, tarok place Oa
der the following circurns•aoces, and that on the stePso,
the house of one of the h ghest law officers of the ern fat
This well born and highly educated young woman ba',o,6
three years, exercised her musical talent. for the pall if,
eo :
of aidinz in the means of supporting her mother and se,
ters, whose fortunes were lost by their father's unsuc
fel speculations. A music seller from rime to time stir;
plied her with music for her professional uses, hut al'l,
sent much more than was desired. The personal ehate
and talent of the lady ha I attracted the us •c seller's °1
rice, and he avowed nimself, to her great a-tan,shinella
her admirer; hi: suit was calmly rejected, the lady bet
engaged to an offieer of rank. Oa hearing this, the 0491
seller demanded instant payment of la's money, accomPoe,
nying it with a writ. Expostulation was used. the Ow
cessary part of •he music seer without orders offered t 0
returned, and the remainder pad fen During this cof
_5,
respondence the action was continued, judgment obtaia,,
execution against the person issued ; and the young lady
taken from the steps of one of the bight-sr law officersol
the crown, where she was about to attend her piled'. p,
carried to is spone.ng house in Chancery-lane, and her°
the affair could be settled three days elapsed.—Tintes.
• fad
The new chatter of the Bank of Eneatid will be In
operation in the course of a few weeks from the 10°1-
time. The part of the bi'l which trio-4 engages the atlas'
Lion in the monetary circles is, that more ban seven rO,
lions of Bank of England notes are to be cancelled onv;
before so early a time as the 10th day of October; f°l2
though notes are to he allowed to be i-sued in the proPo;
tion of two-thirds to the amount of bullion, the amen!'
so issued may be very insufficient to counteract the viltIl;
drawal of so immense a sum on the securities, as nit%
circumstances may occur to diminish extensively bet
that time the present amount of bullion in the bank.
dependence on the amount of bullion for all Batik of gPilsi
land notes beyond the small arid entirely insuffic'e•
amount of £11.000,000. with tile additional restraints°,
the provincial bankers from issuing notes for the suePt
of the trade of the country, and filling up the chaste;
the circulation, is viewed by many parties : s full of 11.4
certainty in its operation, for the present excess!"
amount of bullion appears to have been relied upon as r;
pable of permanency. or that permanently £10,000,S
can be retained, the sum aimed at by Sir Robert Peel, Poi
though the public witnessed, in 1836, the withdrawal 01
bullion so rapidly, and in defiance of all the exertion°,
the directors, that only about one million of sovereirt
remained in the Bank. It is not &tutted that the 4.'7,
of such a dependence must produce great irregularitio;
the price of commodities, when the bullion may veil '0
amount from £16,000,000 to £1,000,000, and no Peril
perceives any power in Sir Robert Peel to keep the anatls
stationary et £10,000,000, as he has promised the 140•
of Commons within the last few days.—Midland Corral„'e
Herald.
THE NAVY.—A discussion was last week excited ip
the House of Commons by the Prince de Joinville'S fib
brand pamphlet, addressed the other day to the wtr-Pee°
in France. Sir Charles Napier, Lord Minto, and Ph."
r ii
Shiel, roundly rated the government for maintaintn
inadequate naval force. This on the part of the whiga.o
passing strange and not a lit tl- impudent. The comPlaeo
l,‘
against the Whig government in 1839, was, that theY P
no vessels in reserve ; and that the dock-yards werete
such a decayed and inefficient state that no addition e,
the force afloat could he made in any reasonable Olio
Now, however, it would appear "27 sail of the line 80
actually ready for service, and independently of the`'
sail of the line, of which six are three-deckers, and tPO
of 92 guns, complete for comenissioning, without the ',I
of a shipwright, and irrespective of the frigates 81:0
smaller vessels, altogether 50 sail, we have in two Of °Ol
ports no less than three 3-deckers, one 84, three 78'5,1,0,
five 72's, 13 sail of the line, four 50-gun frigates, ten 4if
three 26's, and a dozen sloops of war, which would I'o
require docking, to be coppered, and small repairs, t°.„ol
ready for sea." The complaint against the whin'
"
not only that the vessels afloat were only half tnanij,4ol
",
and badly " found," and that there was no adequate F.`,„.4
vision for a reinforcement in an emergency, but it Alp
alleged alleged against them, and proved too, that in no sin 7,
department were the dock-yards in an efficient stao,
The staff of artificers had become incompetent throlgc;
reduction or the appl'cation of a pinching economy, Vii4nt,
occasioned able workmen to abandon their ernploYtnet.4l
The store departments were reduced to such a sate, l.eg
at one time there was not sufficient timber and materi;
on hand to build and fit out one ship. With regard
the number of ships in commission at the present tint
"
compared with the number in 1841, the close of micro
we find that, although at peace, we have more 50-g
ships, and more of each of she other classes of frigates;
whilst we have nearly 20 more steam-vessels of a supernif
class. As, however, the comparison in the House °e:
Commons. on Monday, was chiefly between the fir-
and French forces, we may state that all the French
of battle ships note in existence amount to but /wen"'
llf
WRIT OF ERROR.—On Tuesday morning Mr. Kee
resumed his address, which lasted till four o'clock. „,
concluded by saying that their lordships would not Is%
mit the provisions of an important act of parliament' a",
der which the jurors were chosen, who were to try a mac,
it might be, for his life, to he violated, but they wind',
`el,o
qu're it to he strictly complied with. He sehmitted,
their lordships upon this ground, as upon all the otho
grounds mentioned in the course of the argument, the
defendants not having had that to which every Brl`i,lll
subject was entitled, in every trial, civil or criminal-to
is, rot having had a fair trial by law—were entitled b,
cl dm the benefit of the error upon the record, and tooe,
mit to their lordship, that this judgment (malt to b
versed. Tuose were the grounds upon wh eta they rub,
witted that this judgment was erroneous ; and they 'lles
mittetl, wi:h all confidence, to their lordship:, that
till, or some of them, the judgment must be rever,eo,l
(This closed the case for the traversers.) After it sh 0,
consultation between their lordships, they adjourned 1110
til six o'clock.—At a few minutes past six o'clock'
judges having taken their seats. counsel an I agents a'coj
again caned in.—The Attorney-General, on the part
oat
the crown, addressedyears ot
fl
age,e e,
ar court,
irrt,i:addtcessiSexafil,pa,ioeldrrte,t,eeihescrnsseelpriaaiellsitanee.,ntrdtiOT
dawt
fhi,sieg:lirApPeofelpro#o7.o4o.o,,
at which the r lordships adjourned till Tuesday.
ptsbwh 'fu
laaole}amriruytaseideoitlas,nroyuotsbhahjmetuee.nrcdotre.scueihnaAelg the Attorney-General continued.
dii,:snyssttantiteeet
hteor,
arguments, and concluded at two o'clock, by mah.ta'Pi.
that the judgment was correct and legal. The Att "°e",l
General for Ireland (Mr. T. B. C. Smith) followed,
spoke until a quarter-past five. An a joernment
place till half-past six, when tlie counsel tor the plailit!erl
Sir T. Wilde, Mr. NI. D. Hill, and Mr. Kelly, °re
heard in reply. The latter had not clused at ft"'
past e'everi, when their lordships adjourned to W,dar /le
morning, when Mr. Fitzroy Kelly rtsuir,ed his argnracil
a-id concluded his address at a (pouter before three 0c1°,4
by stating that his clients felt s oisfied that h-ir lord--'ht
decision would be founded on justice. The Atter"fo
General said, he bel-ved the Crown had the right °he
final reply, but he would not press it on this oce,isiotiire
wished, h wever, that it should not be drawn into se,Pat'
cedent. The Lord Chancellor then sa:d. that in conrrel
Cori with his learsaebewsedotda.:
walked
eeti
adi
edsanarihnodreo:hle friends, he had prellee
certain questions for the opinion of the Queen's .o".,gtic°
which his lordship banded to "the Lord Chief d tk°
Tindal. Lord Chief Justice Tindal, cm the part of aril
judges. asked time to consider the question:. Tile till
Chancellor: " Most certainly, you must he allooroiel
reasonable time to consider lour decision." Tile P`'
immediately afterwards adjourned.
01
APPALLING MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIP":114
A tragical occurrence took place Saltord on Sulialef°,
night last,—the murder of a female by a man, with '''te°
she had been on the point of inarri,ige, and the attenWso,
self-destruction of the murderer. The name of the a 1
fortunate victim was Alice Nolan, about thirty year'sbit
age, who supported herself by working as a reeler. tbl
was, we believe, a native of St. Helens. The name o'lol
perpetrator of the horrid deed is Thomas Stew. a 'Ai
about 29 or 30
ten o'clock at nil?
vtlliteloorc.cutip
,bhteitaneasr
the
lipiaternteei
iddioeii:on,:usfesns
Naaovni
:11.i:egret
ditto. navigator," ohaep
pilelfeee
natwpic,rhs.oCnhensiteurtuo
th.
apparently on friendly terms, he accompanying her on
t
tabßhgareati lig°bugans
tsa-natsstdtrohoefeoe Briggs-street, taiewnrprthlo'
when
ngwßehhoiccarkhnl
throat
hfilteto:ea:Sttar
weyheaatsd,
but for some
adnladot
Sunday
lodgings.
pgbaases.ttewrae
The
thatadtni asdchk
discovered
hvneemryi
eunods
ut Pnt urgt}1,5:;:0111000:
time ; and on Sunday they were heard conversing °not/
by a young woman named Mary Barlow coming f 0
noticed that she staggered, and had her hand placed
lAnnaaslharomckwinagsmeavnenne:a,ntdhesebvleoroadiflpoewrsionngstrroamn
t.tohdettbhwee:-#009"641
Shepherd, to f the
et
to render assistance, but she died in about ten Witt Ogg
without being able to speak. The young womanbat
first saw the deceased perceived no one near her ;
very short time elapsed before all doubt as to the vist
trator of the murder was dispelled, by the attetoPlC ire
cide of Stew, the man who had accompanied be.rbe !kid
Shepherd's house. It appears that after cutting loon
ceased's throat, he returned back to the house whe ot Pr
had spent the day ; and, on arriving at the door,it
own throat, but not so as to occasion death. Sorg.,,e4„
was procured as soon as possible, and he was con'''lem
the Royal Infirmary, where he now lies in a verforte
rictus state, the chances of his recovery being el
doubtful. We understand that his windpipe is coil:lir/0,
cut through, hut the large blood vessel was not , oh
He has never been able to speak since, and at firs'bitlfs
nately refused to take food, though he afterwards c
in that respect. A razor was found near the doocoviiti
house where be cut his throat, and the razor 118seaS
been identified as one which he borrowed on ba,'l
afternoon, under pretence that he wanted to 5b5„,-orsvol
self. He was not intoxicated at the time of the .I,t, fol
and, from the facts which hive so far come to actrestLi
motive can he assigned for the commission of th,e,.oisetoi
acts above described, except the refusal of toe ue" strfr
tit
marry him. A verdict of wilful murder seal
against him at the coroner's inquest.
neatwril the deceased
yards
and