The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Yesterday week a labourer was kicked to death at Hud
dersfield by three men with whom he had quarrelled.

Lord Stanley is named as'one of the stewards of Good-
wood races next year. The Goodwood Stakes already
have 120 subscribers, the Cup upwards of 30, and the
March Stakes nearly 50.

There has been a very large importation of new pota-
toes this season from Holland, one salesman alone in
Spitalfields market having received as many as 2,103 bas-
kets during the present month.
Four men were drowned in the Humber this week, by
the shipwreck of a vessel called the Neptunus, to which
they belonged. They remained too long on board the
ship, and were drawn down by the eddy produced by her
foundering._

On IVlonday, at Bow-street Police-office, Patrick Lar-
kin, a letter-carrier, was fully committed for trial charged
with having stolen letters containing a number of bills of
exchange and other valuable securities, worth £782 7s. 6d.,
from the General Post Office. He has since been sen-
tenced to transportation for life.
A WEALTHY BRIDE.—The settlement made on Miss
Pierrepoint, by her father, on her marriage with Lord
Charles Wellesley, was £40,000. A similar sum was set-
tled on his lordship by the Duke of Wellington. On the
death of her father the lady is to inherit a further sum of
£120,000.

At the late Warwickshire Assizes, 'William Stanley
Warner pleaded guilty of having robbed his employers,
the Town and District Bank of Birmingham, of twelve
£lOO notes. Mr. Justice Coltman sentenced him to
be transported for fourteen years, observing that the
confidential nature of his service was an aggravation of
his guilt.
From the commencement to the conclusion of the late
session of Parliament, there have been no less than
eighteen changes among the representatives of the diffe-
rent constituencies ; of these eighteen new members,
thirteen are Conservatives and five Liberals ; but the ad-
dition to the Conservative party consists of one only, Mr.
Spooner.
SUDDEN CHANGE OF VALUE.—During the last week,
two rich and valuable veins of copper ore have been fallen
in with, by the workmen employed at Cockleybeck. If
these be as valuable as report represents them to be, the
shares will be shortly worth one hundred pounds each.
A share was bought a fortnight since for sixpence !—Xen-
dal Mercury.
The locksmiths of Walsall, Wolverhampton, Willen-
hall, and neighbourhood, numbering about 300 persons,
have turned out for an advance of five per cent. on their
wages. The prices paid to this class of persons are ex-
ceedingly low ; many of them, having large families, being
compelled to work 14 or 16 hours per day for ten shillings
per week.
FOREIGN FRUITS.—The imports into Hull of last
week have been rather small, comprising 570 baskets
of plums, apricots, melons, and currants, 50 baskets
cucumbers and girkins, from Rotterdam ; about 100
baskets pears and apples from Antwerp, by the Princess
Victoria; 50 baskets cherries, by the Helen M`Gregor ;
and 16 of the same fruit by the Leeds, from Hamburg.
STRANGE ACCIDENT.—A singular circumstance oc-
curred at Rivenhall on Wednesday ; afield of barley, ad-
jacent to the line of railway, belonging to Mr. Upson,
containing two and a half acres, was destroyed by fire,
which, it is supposed, was occasioned by sparks from the
engine of a train which passed just before the fire broke
out.—Essex Standard.
Viscount Cranbourn, eldest son of the Marquis of
Salisbury, accompanied by his doctor and courier, left
the Tower last week, by the mail steam-ship Coun-
tess of Lonsdale for Hamburgh. This young nobleman
is one of our greatest travellers, having visited all the chief
cities throughout the globe, and is now en route to China,
traversing the more remote parts of Russia on his way,
and returning by the overland journey to England.
THE SALE AT BRISTOL.—It was cheering to witness
the animated competition at the sale held on Wednesday
morning, at the Assembly Rooms, when a selection of
3,500 chests from the imports per Anna Maria, Eagle,
and Malacca were brought forward, and upwards of
3,000 chests sold at full prices. We observed several
strangers from the London and Liverpool markets
amongst the purchasers ; and, upon the whole, the result,
as a specimen of the revival of this important trade in
Bristol. is very manifest, and must prove gratifying to
the parties concerned.—Bristol Mirror.