The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

MONUMENT To HOOKER.—A proposal has been made
fo- the erection of a worinmetit to the memory of Richard
Hooker (author of the famous work on "Ecclesiastical
P litv"), on the 'ite of S . George's Chnrch. Exeter.
Th.. de,i n a Tud r n.ooomental cross, founded on that
of (I,u-en Ei .anor, and consi,ts of a figure in a richly cus-
pated and crocketed canopy. The figure, wit ch will be
7 feet huh, is proposed to be executed by Mr. Stephens,
sculptor, of this city, who is now engaged on a bust of
the lord bishop of this diocese. We are happy to learn
that our Hat reverend diocesan, and the Mayor of Exeter
(H. Hooper, Esq.), have herded the list of subscribers.
It may not be generally known that the celebrated divine
was a native of Heavitree, near this city.—Exeter Gazette
SERIOTTS ACCIDENr FROM THE USE OF NAPHTHA.—
On Sunday evening week, at Longsight, Mr. William
Holt, shopkeeper, was preparing to light the lamps of the
Independent chapel there, which lamps are fed by naphtha,
and for that purpose went into his kitchen, about a quar-
ter after 6 o'clock, and was pourine some naphtha from a
corked tin can, holding ahout a gallon of this inflammable
liquid, into a phial, to take with him to the chapel, and
his sister was holding a lighted candle, when by some
means the naphtha ignited and exploded with a loud re-
port, and the kitchen appeared to the brother and sister
to be in flames. As soon as Miss Holt recovered herself,
she found that her dress had caught fire, and that she was
in flames. Her brother attempted to extinguish them,
but in the agony of the moment she rushed into the lane
and called out for assistance. Some neighbours ran to
her, and the flames were speedily extinguished ; but not
until Miss Holt had been very extensively and seriously
burned, especially the hands, arms, neck, and face. Mr.
Holt was also much burned about the hands, and is con-
fined to the house in consequence. After his sister had
been attended to, he returned to the kitchen, and found
it on fire. With great presence of mind, he instantly re-
moved the tin can, which was nearly full of naphtha,
otherwise the place would in all probability have been
burned down. The neighbours, who were exceedingly
active and kind in giving every assistance, succeeded in
extinguishing the flames before they bad spread to any
extent.

SWINDLING.—EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.—At the
Borough Court, on Thursday, Mr. Superintendent Ber-
wick applied to the Manchester magistrates fos a warrant
against a woman !limed Ann Prescott, wife of Richard
Prescott, late of 28, Loom-street, but now of Liverpool,
on a charge of obtaining £l4O from Mrs. Hays, midwife,
of 18, -Spetol-street, antler the- following circumstances.
Prescott who was known to Mrs. Hayes, and had been
for many years, applied to her on the Ist of July, 1833,
for a loan of £5O, offering to her as security what she
called the deeds of conveyance of some houses which had
been left to her in Jersey-street. Mrs. Hayes knew that
four houses in Jersey-street had been left to Prescott,
and though unable to read, took it for granted that the
parchments offered were what they were stated to he, and
lent £5O upon them. On the 3rd of August, the same
year she advanced £5O more upon the same security, on
the Ist of January, 1838, she lent £2O more ; and on the
Ist of July, 1839, £2O more, making in all £l4O. The
interest on this money was regularly paid until about
1842, since which time nothing was heard of the parties,
except that they were living in Liverpool, and Mrs. H.
then applying to Messrs. Owen and Gill, solicitors, to re-
cover the principal was told that the parchments were
not conveyances but mortgage deeds upon the houses,
and upon which they had obtained £3OO, and they were
of no value whatever. She was directed to attend at the
Town•hall and bring with her all the documents. After
an examination of the deeds on Friday, the court decided
that a warrant could not issue as common caution had
not been used in the first instance.—Manchester Courier.

ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK.—A meeting of the
shareholders in this unfortunate concern 11,.s been called
in consequence of the injunc ion granted by the Court of
Chancery, and the directors have issued a circular, in which
they state the effect of this decision will be, in the first in-
stance, to sell up the property of every man who cannot
at once pay off his debts to the bank, whereby very large
sums which might otherwise be secured will be lost to the
bank, and numbers of individuals involvtd in ruin and
beggary. The voluntary subscriptions set on foot are
rendered of no avail, and widows and orphans, who by
that means contributed upon their shares without being
utterly ruined, will be compelled to give up every farthing
they possess, and be reduced to absolute destitution.
Many who, encouraged by the hope held out by the sub-
scriptions, were ready voluntarily to contribute to the ex-
tent of their means, being now driven to desperation,
will, it is feared, be led to do what they would wish to
avoid, and the remaining shareholders will have to bear
the loss. The position of the English shareholders is
tearful—each individually responsible for every debt due
by the bank ; it can hardly be expected that, now every
prospect of anything like an arrangement is done away,
the creditors of the bank will seek to prosecute their
claims in the Isle of Man against 123 partners by a dila-
tory process, when they can, by a very summary proceed-
ing, recover their d moods in England ; though some
will, no doubt, proceed to the Isle of Man. To the Manx
shareholders, the difficulty is equally increased by the
frightful expense which will be incurred upon every suit
that is brought in the Isle of Man.

DREADFUL AYH AIR.—For some days past much con-
versation has been occasioned throughout the neighbour-
hood of Kensington, in consequence of its becoming
known that a man residing at Earl's-court, in that parish,
had for a lengthened period been living in incestuous co-
habitation with his own daughter. Mr. Madden, the
relieving-officer for the district, ascertained that the man's
name was William Reid, sixty years of age, and that of
his daughter Elizabeth Reid, thirty years of age ; that
since the death of his wife, about eight years ago, he had
cohabited with his daughter, the result of which has b, en
two children—viz., Frederick, six years and a half old;
and George, an infant, eleven months old. On Mr. Mad-
den obtaining an interview with the daughter in the ab-
sence of the father, he found that, during that period, she
had been kept in strict seclusion by her unnatural parent,
who never allowed her or her elder child to leave the
house, for fear of discovery, so that she had only once been
out since the birth of the second child. She appeared to
be in a very bad state of health, owing to her confinement
and other causes, as did also the children, and she com-
plained that sbe was allowed beer only once a week, and
that when her father received his money lie generally got
(hunk, and then abused and ill-treated her. From the
daughter's statement, it appears she has a married sister
living
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circumstances, arising from her connexion with her father.
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whether proceedings will be instituted in the Ecclesiastical
privately tely knownre
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Court against the wretch of a parent.—Times.
THE FUNDS.—REDUCTION OF INTEREST.—An—An anxious
expectation exists
among the city capitalists generally of
some announcement from Sir Robert Peel relative to a
reduction of the three-and-a-half per cents. Most of
them have come to the conclusion that such a measure
will Corm a part of his financial policy for the present ses-
sion, and they are chiefly busied, therefore, in conjectures
on the manner in which it is to be carried into effect ; and,
as usually happens in similar cases, various reports,
founded on these conjectures, have found, their way into
circulation. The most plausible among them, probably,
because it seems to be the most simple and practicable,
for none of them are believed to rest on any authentic
foundation, is one that Ixoposes to give a three-and-a-
quarter per cent. stock, to merge into a three per cent.
stock at the end of ten years, in exchange for the three-
and-a-half per cents., without any other bonus or ad-
vantage. Others anticipate a neatly similar result from
the grant, by way of bonus, of an annuity of ss. for every
100 three•and-a--half per cent. s!nek during ten years, and
an immediate reduction of tt.e interest to tt ree per cent.;
but this is thought to be far less convenient than the
other mode, as it creates two descriptions of security,
when one would answer ail the purposes. It is useless to
refer to the additional rumours on this head which are in
circulation, and are obviously entitled to no attention
whatever. Perhaps the symptoms of approaching " pres-
sure from without" against any extension of the limit
originally fixed to the duration of the property and in-
come-tax. are connected more or less with these anticipa-
tions of a reduction of the three-and-a-half per cents. ;
for it is obvious enough, that unless the minister can see
his w :y to other revenue which may supply its place, the
maintenance of that most unpopular tax will become
identified with a healthy state of public credit.—Times.
THE LATE GALES.—The gales of wind which blew
heaviiy during the whole of Friday night and Saturday
morning week, from SSW, were, we regret to state, pro-
ductive of the most melancholy results along the coast;
several valuable vessels having been wrecked, and many
lives lost. At Scarborough, in Yorkshire, it was severely
felt, and the calamity that was witnessed at the entrance
of the harbour will long be borne in mind by the inhabi.; '
tants. It having been reported that several fishing yawls
had been out all night in the storm, and that fears were
entertained that they had been wrecked ; at an early hour
a great concourse of persons assembled along the shore,
inquiring into the truth of the rumours. Shortly before
nine o'clock a cry was raised that there were three of the
missing boats standing in for the harbour, which, as may
be easily imagined, produced no little degree of satisfac-
tion, and amongst the eager crowd could be seen the wives
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and families of those on board the approaching boats, in
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most painful and heart-rending description. The yawls
(fishing-boats of about fifty tons burthen) were the Wil-
ling Maid, of Scarborough, the Jerome, and the Emulous.
They were all apparently beating into the haven, the sails
tightly hauled in, and although the weather had not abated,
the wind still blowing heavy squats, with showers of snow
and sleet, it was fully expected they would reach the har-
bour in safety. Suddenly the wind increased, and in:the
next moment a terrible sea capsized the whole three ves-
sels, and they instantly sank, carrying with them the
greater part of their crews, with the exception of those
belonging to the Willing Maid, who managed to reach the
beach near the Spa. The sensation which this catastrophe
occasioned amongst the assembled throng was most in-
tense. Some of the ill-fated crews being observed strug-
gling amidst the waves, several boats put off to render
them assistance, but owing to the terrific fur} of the gale,
the boats were unable to gain the spot until the whole of
the poor fellows (14 in number) belonging to the Jerome,
Mr. Cammish, master, and the Emulous, Mr. Wyal,
master, had sunk to rise no more. Unfortunately, most
of them have left families to deplore their fate, and none
of the bodies have as yet been recovered. During the
height of the storm a brig was seen by the Coast-guard
Service near Cromer, in distress. She was about three
miles from shore, and in about ten minutes she sank
headforemost; the entire of the unfortunate crew, con-
sisting of six persons, perishing with her. At nine
o'clock on Friday night, a vessel was run down in Grirnsby
Roads, by a brig called the Prince Regent, of Sunder-
land. She proved to be a sloop named the John and
Hannah's Endeavour, belonging to Wakefield, and the
master and crew had a narrow escape from being drawn
down by her, They all luckily reached the brig in safety.

CORRESPON CE.