The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN WILSON GAggr4.

November 14M, 1844.

DREADFUL CASE OF STABBING AT SEA.—CODS/derPt
ble sensation was created in this town on WednesdaY Isg
by a rumour (which proved to be true) that CaPta'i
Launcelot Reed, of the ship Sir Charles Napier (714 ions„ii
had been maliciously and dangerously stabbed by one
his crew, on the high seas. The ship left St. Stephen_
for Liverpool on the 25th of last month with timber, cos'
signed to Messrs David Cannon and Co., of South Cot"'
street. On the morning of the 16th instant she was over'
taken by a squall in lon. 26 W. The captain ordered the
turn to take in sail, but perceiving that one of the cte,a't
Samuel Brown, was tardy in his movements, he gave b
a push, when Brown made a plunge at him with sv-h
7t
-s
turned out to be a sheath-knife. The captain gave Inui,r,
blow in return, which threw him against the long-°,lO
and then seized him to put him in confinement.
removing him he made several attempts to stunt) CIIP‘,e
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Brown with the knife, though without effect; but, "40
near the mainmast, gave a stab in the abdomen.
captain only now became conscious , f the deadly ills"'
went with which he was assailed, and call, d out to the
mate that he was murdered. The mate and others Onr;
cluditng Mr. Porter. the supercargo, and son of the oW"e,
Mr. W. Porter, of St. St, phen's) ran to 11,s assisla.n„c,'
and he was removed into the cabin. It was then tih"b"e
vere d that a portion of his hotels protruded from I_4
wound, which was sewed up. He had also received VA
°tin r stabs. and no fewer than eleten cuts in the kc „,"(
he wore. From that tine the captain was incapableia,
removal from the cabin floor, and suffered extreme. fa
Blown was put in irons. The vessel arrived on Wetir,..
day, and the captain wes taken on shore, and the cold
lodged in Bridrweil. The case was heard cn Thur.'
and Friday before Mr. Rushton and Mr. S. Perci'..l,.;
when these facts transpired. The captain admitted tiTa
he first struck the prisoner, and one of the mateg ss
that the prisoner, when put in irons, stated, on h,mt
qnestioned, that he was in such a passion at the time
he did not know what he was doing. The prisoner, roe
made no defence, was committed for trial at the ass'
0,
for attempting to kill. The captain is a married 0801.,
twenty .nine years of age, and belongs to Livers St,
Brown is twenty-four years of age, shipped from "
John's, New Brunswick, and is a British subject.
CHESTER CHEESE FAirr.—At this fair on Wednes' '
%ler only a small quantity, about 140 tons, was piled for
and it was principally of a comnion quality. The Noliire
bar fair is that at which the buyers from the Y"rkshase
and Lancashire manufacturing districts come to porue,.ng
their " Christmas or winter stock." The quantityLus,
Small, and the buyers from those districtsnwr",(.llst
caused the sale to be brisk at fully 3s. to ss. above the ire,
fair. Prices ruled generally 465. to 58s. There 1/..e,
however, some few exceptions above or below these_clAs.
tations; and we have heard of one dairy that realised
erg
Several dairies were taken away unsold, as the farm
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woulnot take the oers:fr the.
The DECAY of the TEETH arismes from various colsli
hut, principally, it may be attributed to early neglect'
col
miner
and or the use of Tooth Powders containing 'n.of
and other deleterious acids, which give a momeni I
whiteness to the teeth, while they corrode the enanleo
The extreme prevalence of this last cause is too well 10,1,u_ 0,
to need comment. To this fact, indeed, is principally co
be attributed the long botanical research, which W.!: t 0
terminated by the meat felicitous discovery ever give' ,1
the world for the Preservation of the TEETH, GlJBlalFli
Ilits:A•rn, viz.—ROWLAND'S ODONTO. or PEtttio,
DENTIFRICE : this Powder now occupies aPa
,he
guished place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns an and
Nobility throughout Europe, while the general den,
fur it at once announces the favour which it is universe
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held.—Ste advt.