The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-25 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE REV. HENRY BLUNT.--On Thursday
morning, at six o'clock, the Rev. Henry Blunt, M.A.,
died at Streatham Rectory. The rev. gentleman was for-
merly rector of Upper Chelsea, in which benefice he was
succeeded by the Rev. Richard Burgess, B.D. Few cler-
gymen have been more respected than Mr. Blunt, whose
whole life was untiringly devoted to the discharge of his
ministerial duties.

TROTTING MATCH FOR £lOO A-SIDE.—On Monday
week, considerable interest was excited relative to a pony
race, which came off on the Eccles-road, about two miles
from Manchester. The ponies were each about 13 hands
3 inches high, carrying list. each, for a stake of £lOO
a-side. One belonged to a gentleman in the neighbour-
hood of Wakefield, and the other to the celebrated Mr.
Burke, of trotting notoriety. The gray pony frequently
broke the trot, but the bay continued steadily to increase
his advantage, and ultimately won with the greatest ease
by several hundred yards. The distance was eight miles,
which was accomplished in 29 minutes ; and, considering
the weights they had to carry, it may be classed with so me
of the first-rate performances of the day. The first two
miles were trotted in 7i minutes, and the last two in
minutes.

EXTENSIVE INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Thursday morn-
ing last, a fire was discovered upon a farm in the parish
of Trumpington, near Cambridge. The fire was discove-
red by a woman on the premises, it was soon found that
the extensive barn appeared in an entire blaze. The barn,
which with its contents was entirely destroyed, contained
between 130 and 200 loads of superior unthrashed wheat ;
a stable, with the whole of the harness, and a granary and
bullock-shed, were burnt :to the ground, as also a very
large stack of wheat straw, and the rnmainder of the nu-
merous buildings are materially injured. Some quarters
of good peas, and the fleeces of wool recently clipped
from 12 to 12 score of fine sheep, were also so much da-
maged as to render them all perfectly useless ; and a good
farming cart and a water cart were destroyed, and a drill
materially injured. The property was insured in the Sun
Office.

Cisurros: TO FARMERS.—A very heavy misfortune oc-
curred to a farmer in the neighbourhood of Kendal last
week. It appears that the farmer in question had occasion
to remove a number of young cattle from a pasture they
had been in for some time to another at a distance, and,
before driving them out of the field, he administered a
quantity of rock salt, mixed in water, to each—a pre-
caution which is usually taken when cattle are removed
to a different pasture, in order that they may be less
liable to suffer from any epidemic which may happen to
prevail in the neighbourhood. The cattle were then driven
into a brook, where they were allowed to drink their fill.
The effects of the farmer's treatment now became ap-
parent. He had given to each animal about two pounds
of salt—too much by half ;—this had necessarily made
them very thirsty, and the unlimited quantity of water
they were allowed to drink caused one or two to drop
down dead immediately—whilst yet in the brook; four
others expired soon after, and another in a few days,
making the total loss amount to seven head.—Kendal
Mercury.
CANINE AFFECTION AND SAGACITY.—The following
instance of canine affection came under our observation
at a farm-steading where we happened to be engaged :—A
colley belonging to the shepherd on the farm sppeared
very restless and agitated ; she frequently sent forth short
howls, and moaned as if in great agony. " What on earth
is the matter with the dog ? " we asked. "Ye see, sur,
Au drownt a' her wholps i' the pond the day, and she's
busy greeting for them." Of course, we had no objection
to offer to this explanation, but resolved to watch her
future operations. She was not long in setting off to the
pond and fishing out her offspring. One strong brindled
fellow she seemed to lament the most. After gazing for
a time on the dear remains, she again set off at a quicker
rate than military time, to a new house that was in the
course of erection, and scooped out a deep hole among
the rubbish ; she then, one by one, deposited the mortal
remains of her young in the grave which she had with so
much labour excavated, and covered them up most care-
fully. After she had fulfilled this most important duty,
she resumed her labours among her woolly charge in
quietness.—Berwick Warder.
The sale of the valuable collection of meerschaum pipes,
cigars, tobacco, &c., forming a portion of the effects of his
late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, took place last
week, by Messrs. Christrie. The late duke was passion-
ately fond of smoking, and the accumulation of his stock
of pipes, &c., during the last twenty years (chiefly pre-
sents from noblemen and naval captains) has been enor-
mous. The prices at which the pipes and cigars were sold
were exceedingly high. Among the cigars was a packet
of 1,000, presented to his royal highness by the Earl of
Mu 'grave, which sold for £23 12s. A box of 1,000 cigars,
presented by Lord John Churchill, realised no less than
£4O 19s. ; and 500 Woodvilles, presented by Sir George
Cockburn, £22 Ils. 6d. Three lots of cigars, of 1,000
each, were sold for £137. It is rather strange that some
of the rare lots among the cigars sold for more than 2s. 6d.
each ; and it is a remarkable fact, that three small parcels
of the same realised a sum exceeding that fetched by the
whole of the carriages belonging to the late duke, sold on
Monday week by Messrs. Tattersall.
DEATH BY A BULL.—A dreadful accident occured on
Thursday last, to a lad named James Williams, aged about
18 years, who was a servant at Upton Farm, near Bath,
He was, as usual, sent very early in the morning into a
field to bring home the cows for milking. The cows soon
came into the yard, but the bull was not with them, and
did not come in for nearly half an hour, and it was then
remarked that Williams had not come home. On exami-
nation, there were marks of lAmd upon one of his horns,
and on his forehead. On going into the field, various
portions of the poor lad's clothes were found torn to
shreds and scattered about, and on a further search was
seen the unfortunate lad lying dead in the middle of the
field and entirely naked—every article of dress having
been torn off his body except his laced boots. There
were violent bruises all over his body. There were evi-
dent marks of the infuriated bull having butted the poor
lad in various parts of the field. The bull was considered
a very quiet one, but it had been suspected from some
symptoms of aversion which the animal had shown to the
lad a few days previously, that he had been ill-using him.
An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of " acciden-
tal death," with a deodand of 2s. 6d. on the bull, which
was destroyed.
DARING ASSAULT OF A MONOMANIAC.—About twelve
o'clock on Thursday, Mr. A. Dick, a gentleman of the
legal profession, was severely assaulted in his own office,
in Queen-street, from the hands of a monomaniac named
Thomas Baird, belonging to Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton.
shire. Baird having entered the office, asked for the prin-
cipal, when he was admitted to his private room, and hav-
ing made some exclamation about a forged will, he knock-
ed him down, and broke a chair by the violence of his
assault, He then threw himself on the top of his victim
and drew forth a sharp instrument, with which he inflicted
two stabs on the right arm, and one on the left shoulder,
and was still continuing his assaults when the cries of the
wounded gentleman brought two of his clerks to his
assistance, who forcibly rescued him from the hands of
the infuriated maniac. The instrument is about 14 inches
in length, and has the appearance of a butcher's steel, or
a strong spindle set in a clumsy handle, and recently
ground to great sharpness at the point. From papers it
may be gnthered that the manaic entertains the idea that
a forgery had been committed on his father's will, from
which he was deprived of some property, and the legal
gentleman having at one time transacted business for
Baird's relatives, he must have mixed him up in his fever-
ed imagination as one of the parties who had injured him.
The prisoner was placed at the police bar yesterday fore-
noon, and was sent back to the cell which he had ocupied
the previous night.—Glasgow Courier.
AFFLICTING CALAMITY.—A melancholy instance of
bereavement has occurred within the last two months in
the family of Mr. Isaac Dixon, cow-keeper, of Harrow-
on the-Hill, four of its members having died from natu-
ral causes. A daughter of Mr. Dixon's was suddenly at-
tacked with illness, but her case baffling the skill of the
medical gentlemen, death put an end to her suffering in
ten days. Her parents, not apprehending immediate dan-
ger, did not see the (laughter till the day of the funeral,
and such was the effect on the mother that she returned
home, was taken ill, and died in three weeks. This sud-
den bereavement to Mr. Dixon produced such an awful
despondency, that on the day after attending Mrs. Dixon's
funeral, he also was confined to his bed, and in nine days
was numbered with the dead. A younger daughter, who
with her husband and family had lately taken up their
abode witn her parents, (and had given birth to twins but
two months,) was so shocked in mind and body by these
awful visitations, that ere her father's remains were taken
to their last resting place, she was confined to her bed,
and was added to the number of her departed relatives in
eight days. The family of Mr. Dixon having resided at
Harrow fora quarter of a century, great excitement was
manifested in the village as to the immediate cause of
death ; post mortem examination of the last body, there-
fore, was advised, which was performed by Mr. Blewitt,
of Harrow, and that gentleman pronounced it to be
pleurisy, with inflammation, accelerated by excessive
grief. By this awful mortality, five children under seven
years of age are left in an almost destitute state.
Mr. Green, the celebrated aeronaut, made a trip in his
magnificent Nassau Balloon from the Vauxhall Gardens,
on Monday evening. The arrangements having been
completed about seven o'clock, Mr. Green, accompanied
by Captain Corrie, of London, Mr. William Welch, Mr.
J. Barwell, of Church-street, and Mr. Humphrey Jeffries,
entered the car, and, the cords which bound the huge
machine to the earth having been previously cast off, the
balloon ascended majestically amidst the hearty cheers of
the multitude, taking a north-easterly direction. It soon
became evident, however, to the numerous spectators, as
well as to the aeronauts themselves, that the balloon was
not sufficiently buoyant to clear the trees by which the
garden is surrounded ; and the car came in contact with
one of the trees in the north-east corner, through the
branches of which it broke in magnificent style, after a
brief struggle, and emerged uninjured beyond the tempo-
rary obstruction, amidst the renewed acclamations of
spectators. The aeronauts continued their course for
about twelve or thirteen miles; and about twenty-five
minutes after their departure they descended in a ploughed
field, three miles beyond Coleshill, where they effected a
safe landing. The balloon is 157 feet in length, and
when fully inflated contains about 70,000 cubic feet of
gas. It was only abeut three parts filled when the ascent
took place. The whole weight of the apparatus, (in-
cluding the grappling iron 2711b5., the elastic cable
1221b5., and ballast 4501b5.,) amounted to I,Boolbs. If
to this is added 2,1b5., the estimated weight of the gas
when the ascent when the ascent took place, and allowing
7501b5. as the weight of the five persons in the car, being
an average of 1501bs. to each person, some idea may be
formed of the capacity and buoyancy of this magnificent
machine, weighing altogether 4,5001b5. The balloon is
made of strong thick Italian silk of the most durable
quality • and we are informed that in its formation up-
wards of a thousand yards, of three feet in width, were
used, being equal to 2,000 yards of silk of the ordinary
width. The price was 14s. 6d. a yard, and the total cost
was, we understand, £1,400.