The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

-the New Royal Exchange, London, will, it is said, be
opened in June.
faand
tThere is no truth in the story of coins having been
aChatsworth to the amount of ten thousand
Pounds.—Sun.
a„ On Saturday last. at Bradford, six persons were killed
horse power. Y the bursting of the boiler of a steam-engine of twenty-
there
During the last week, in the Manchester cattle market,
were exhibited a number of very prime beasts brought
from the vicinity of London !
It is stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined
to carry out his principle, that ll cavalry regiments,
light and heavy, shall take the turna of East India daty.
thLonor tolife British Museum are now to be found nine
1e k volumes entirely composed of title-pages ; the col-
them. which destroyed thousands of volumes to obtain
rAt a church in Greenock, on Sunday week, " the
apers of
, the congregation were requested for the Etlin-
tillgu and Glasgow Railway directors, and a blessing on
e oPPonents of Sunday travelling."
PaThe Stamford Mercury is one of the oldest newspa-
rs ill Gre
'ooltae, and ,at Britain. It has now reached its 1-19th
1695, consequently, must have originated in
confine
On Tuesday last, Edward Relph, a prisoner who waa
w d in Appleby Gaol for poaching, was killed by the
tuhreinegl of
is the treadmill striking him on the head and frac-
skull.
°ll Friday Covent-garden market exhibited a supply of
strawberries, French beans, hothouse grapes, asparagus,
cucumbers, roses, pinks, tulips, and other rare produc-
tions, never exceeded at this early season.
Brazil EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last, the
finaersessbionrVvon'ogbna,bwell's menagerie, staying a few days at
gave birth to two fine cull On Muss-
-44 nurse the cubs were placed under the care of a
arse of the terrier breed.
Lord m
at
anrtcliikeidbairynfrPeth was in York on Wednesday, and at-
uoalaisisize courts. His lordship is looking re-
iiS lordship was to preside on Saturday,
Society. Inner of the St. Patrick's Benevolent
-FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.—TaIbot Clifton, Esq., one
of the First Life Guards, eldest son of T. Clifton, Esq.,
of Lytham-hall, Lancashire, is about to lead to the hyme-
neal altar the beautiful and accomplished Miss Lowther,
eldest daughter of the Hon. Colonel and Lady Lucy
east
Lowther.—Morning Post.
.w.I',HE LATE ROBERT PHILIPS, ESQ.---It is with regret
..e.",u,ave to announce the death of Robert Philips, Esq.,e
°.rss; the eveni of the 14th. instant, at his residence, th
Park, near Manchester, in his 84th year. Mostofour
readers will be aware that he was the father of Mark Philips,
one of the members fur Manchester.
srilik Man, for a wager, appeared in Spalding mar.ket,.lbasdt
te-esdaY, with a paper on his back, on which was insclriarre.,,
;me wordsappearßorts, Whaplode, common
aatt soalibdeatohbat,
ohne 'syt
Ward of a sovereiginTfhoourrirdipsayfo, folly.—Stamford
receivefercit,hrye re -
of
weAekL,LEtrGnEeD, BRIBERY.—At the Durham assizes, last
Wilkinson bsoililisoitwo•errse
ofo übidoraigthamin,st Mr. Ward and Mr.
agents for Lord Dun-
last, for having a'id `h head money", on the Bth May
Ida_eseftei,nadfatenrtstlire election of is lordship for that city. The
Immediately surrendered, and gave bail to take
their trial at the next Durham (summer) assizes.
apsroreehSeCklinn osMORNING.—
On Monday morning,
suddenly • a man about fifty-six years of age, was
g with his intended across Hampton Common,
on the wyafyaktoengeint ma arried at Rodborough Church, he was
couldnstat he fit, and died before medical assistance
instantaneous ;in fact, his death must have been
Cho_ . .as he never spoke after the seizure.—
enuam Examiner.
°ll
An inquest was recently held at Cassop, near Newcastle,
4. view' of
the body of Israel Fagg, years, who on
bland°lldaY morning had drank about two' wine glasses of
tfrom a
ale bottle which stood in the room in which he
medical
alaild from the effects of which, notwithstanding
folio assistance was diligently rendered, he died the
• folios Morning. The jury returned a verdict accord-
ingly.
..„At the assizes at Aylesbury last week, the Rev. John
lluaY, clerk, was indicted for maliciously wounding and
I, fling seven sheep that had trespassed on his premises.
earY acquitted him of malice, and the defendant was
anatged with an admonition from the presiding judge,
ord Binger, to apply some portion of his time in acqui-
rights of
ring some
h knowled e of the laws of his country and the
is neielibgour.
wiiuituon AT NEWCASTLE.—On Thursday last a. poor
"ab, aged fifty-two, the wife of Mark Sherwood,
lg mangled,
residing at Newcastle, was foundkl n dead on
pen-
the floor of her house, with her throat shockingly mangled, a
pain_
several other wounds on her evidencebodyaml
before she was bereft of
ful struggle having taken place
the murderer.
life. The husband, a drunkenbe brutal individual, who used
Lis wife very ill, is believed to
GENUINE BENEVOLENCE.—The s l'he Rev. D. W. Marks,
Synagogue of British Jews,
minister of the West L
Las received wit.hniintiatlhsue last few days from a Christian
" X. Y. Z.," for distribution to
lady, under the
the Jewish p00r,1150 thick coverings for beds, 50 pairs of
stockings, and 25 pairs of sheets. The same benevolent
lady forwarded to Mr. Alarks about this time last year,
for a similar purpose, 50 coverlets, 100 flannel petticoats,
and 200 pairs of stockings.
A public meeting, at which Mr. Oastler was the star,
vas held in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Wed-
nesday evening, in favour of a ten hours factory bill for all
Persons above ten years old, the exclusion of children
tiluder that age, and the limitation of the hours of labour
ble,.eallug persons between thirteen and twenty-one to ten
Wee' uatt for five days of the week, and eight on Saturday.
I,,,Trrtgv•St the gentlemen who took part in the proceedings
l'inaii,"e Bev. C. D. Wray, the sub dean, Rev. W.
l'isetttn, and other clergymen.
ly•eoae.h. ,litap BRIDGE.—At noon on Wednesday
e" rigleas —e, broke out in the stock room of Messrs. Jas.
ftwa'h,a Son's paper mill, at Heap Bridge, near Bury,
th the Bridge Hall Paper Mills. The hands had
roof of! works only a few seconds. About one-half of the
got 12 the building fell, but in about an hour the fire was
tated"
e Nothing is known as to how the fire oriel-
•t4,00(1 The damages are estimated at from £3,000 to
and e"' ,iind we understand that Messrs. James Wrigley
es are insured to the full amount.
the RAGE AFFAlR.—Another letter appeared in
mail'?'rtes of Tuesday, relative to the female dressed in
that .8, attire at Ashburne, Derbyshire, in which he states
eati.‘ae mother of the unfortunate young woman was a
says, "e of Derbyshire. "The individual in question," lie
Vales, "has been travelling about England, Scotland, and
tia!les, for the last three years, and, by her artful con-
bei'Veeras to have engaged the intere?t of many in her
has f'o`...Wierever she went." From police informationfor
the son that in many places she successfully passed
n of the prime minister.
af tirtits4?r MEETING OF PITMEN.—Nearly 20,000 pitmen
ShadowDillict, members of the Miners Union, met on
to co , on Saturday last, and unanimously resolved
continue
Dept w
and support their organization. Mr. Mark
sheas in the chair. Among other decisions to which
COO meeting Came, was one to the effect that they would
elude no agreements with their employers, until after
()Parliament
Glasgow conference of the 25th inst. A petition to
of was adopted, praying that Mr. Ryan's plans
f ventilation be considered that the use of wire ropes
be prohibited ; that proper weighing machines he adopted ;
and that wages be paid weekly.—Gateshead Observer.
CHARGE OF MUUDER.—A man named Edward Butler,
Was, on the 23rd ult, committed by the coroner of Tipton,
io Staffordshire, to take his trial for the murder of his
wife, a young woman, twenty-seven years old. The
brute, while in a state of intoxication, beat and kicked her,
as she sat with his child on her knee, with such violence
that she died a few hours after, in great agony. The pri-
soner was tried at Stafford, on Wednesday last, before
Mr. Justice Coleridge. The jury found the prisoner
guilty of manslaughter. The judge, after remarking on
the savage nature of the offence, sentenced the prisoner
to be transported for life.
Frut.--On Thursday night the building used as the
depository of the Christian Knowledge Society, in liidg-
field, Manchester, was on lire. The floors of the build-
ing, which
h is three stories in height, were very much
burnt, anthe greater part of the staircase was con-
sumed, but the flames did not reach the roof. The fire
originated in a back room, which contained the most
valuable portion of the stock of hooks, the whole of
which are destroyed, together with the shelves and other
fittings in the interior. It is not known how the fire
originated. No one resided on the premises. The
damage, including the stock and building, is said to be
from £BOO to £lOOO. The stock is insured, but the
building, which belongs to Mr. Edward Brown, is
Hot insured.
THE BRITISH Carrtc.—Next month the British
Critic is to be re-oroduced with a new title—namely,
The _English .Review." The Review is to be placed
under the charge of an original and active Tractarian—
toun who seeks to establish claims on behalf of the English
a„Llit' ,Ps and clergy, almost identical with the powers as-
scri,V bY the Romish church, resting their claims on
pies r grounds, and supporting them by similar princi-
and area
tor 6 ments. in a very brief and very unsatisfac-
has the church is spoken of as a female who
e extract this
pro Pettus,
a theory, and to whom fidelity is vowed.
profession of fidelity :—" Fidelity to the
s:etrines, ritual, and episcopacy of our national church,
"Vietheory SHE has
_ eluding a desire to aid in carrying into practical effect
placed before us, and a recognition of nirinterests and duties connecting us with other branches
grin Universal church, will be the leading theological
'le2Ple of the English Review.
Ina :,,TROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.—A meet-
tbe this Association was held on Tuesday evening, at
whietastern Institution, in the Commercial-road, upon
root, Occasion Mr. S. C. Hall occupied the chair. The
g
a r which is a very large one, was crowded to excess,
ladies proportion of the audience were composed of
tesait— Ihe object of the meeting was to show the ne-
earneY (if the tradespeople closing their shops at a much
resohirf.limir than had been their custom. A series of
end, Itlos, with a view of accomplishing this desirable
G. swere proposed and seconded by Dr. Reid, Messrs.
th and S. Davies, dissenting ministers, Mr.
Roberts and
cater' t other influential persons, of whom ad-
Sptake he cause in most energetic leespches. Each
tetelip urged the great benefits in a moral, religious, and
tesult-tua.l Point of consideration, which could not but
font "' those, young men and women who were
_at pre-
"raPell
r twel eu to attend either in shops or closed rooms
elhati • ve' sixteen and even eighteen hours, a day, be an
they halPe,tion to
the lengthened drudgery under which
Li peen in the habit of existing.

SNOW IN SCOTLAND.—The severe weather of the last
fortnight has been attended with a very heavy fall of snow
i❑ Scotland. Nearly all the roads have been impassable
from snow in the highlands ; and in Ayrshire and other
parts of the west, the coaches have several times been
forced to turn back. James Cooper, the well-known dri-
ver of the Glasgow and Carlisle roan, died at Glasgow last
week, in consequence of the exhaustion produced by his
exertions to bring along the mail from Carlisle. He suc-
ceeded in reaching Glasgow, after having been exposed for
17 hours beyond his usual time to bitter cold and great
fatigue, but died an hour or two after he reached that city.

REMARKABLE TROUT.—The largest fish of the above
dascription taken from the Thames for some years past,
was capeured by a gentleman on Friday last, whilst cast-
ing his line upon the waters of Hampton. This prodigi-
ous fish measured 2 feet 6 inches in length, and weighed
131 b. 2oz. The successful party submitted their prize to
Mr. Groves, fishmonger at Charing-cross, for public in-
spection, with the artificial fly with which it was hooked
infixed in the creature's mouth, cut off the line for that
purpose. The class of fly it was captured with was that
denominated by angler's the "red palmer." Had the
above fish been in full season, it is considered by piscato-
rial judges that it would have reached the enormous
weig lit of 151 b.
THE COLLIERS IN THE POTTERY DISTRICT.—It iSeX-
pected that a considerable number of colliers will strike,
or in other words, cease from work after this day (Satur-
day), in accordance to notice previously given to their re-
spective employers. The strike is under the direction of
the National Union of Colliers, from whose fund, it is
said, the turn-outs expect to he supported whilst they are
out of work. The demand of the collier is, that the daily
hours of labour be reduced from 10, 11, or 12, hours, to
8, and the days wages be 3s. in order, as it is affirmed,
that there may not be so many men unemployed. The
masters generally, we are told are determined to resist
this demand. A large meeting of colliers at which about
1,500 persons were present, was held in the field of Tuns-
tall, on Thursday afternoon. it was also stated by one
of the speakers, that the consolidated union now consisted
of 100,000 members ; and that in the district of North
Staffordshire there were 4,000 persons belonging to it.
There are Military stationed in the district, and others at
hand.—Shropshire Advertiser.
ADULTERATION OF TOBACCO.—The excise authorities,
under the immediate direction of the hon. chairman, Mr.
Wood, have recently been very active in putting down
the adulteration of tobacco by special inspections, and
prompt prosecution and conviction when the frauds have
been detected. The following cases have been brought
before the local judicial authorities, within the last few
weeks, and the parties have been fined in the sums named
—viz., Mr. Tickle, of Bolton, £150; Mr. Laffer, of Liver-
pool. £3OO ; Messrs. Nichols and Gough of Chester, £300;
Messrs. Wood and Son, of Doncaster £150; Messrs.
Garton, of Lincoln, £250; Messrs. Gamble, of Gains-
borough, £6OO. The case at Gainsborough, last referred
to, occupied the magistrates the whole of Thursday and
Friday last . and was conducted by Dr. Bateman, of Lon-
don, for the excise; and Mr. Cartwright, of Bawtry, for
the defence. One of the witnesses for the Crown was
Professor Graham, of the London University, was proof
of the analysis of the adulterated tobacco was complete
and conclusive.

HURRICANE AT GLASGOW AND THE NElGHBOUR-
noon.—Glasgow and the neighbouring country were
visited with a hurricane on Saturday morning week. It
began about seven o'clock, was at its height about nine,
had moderated at eleven, and with occasional gusts gra-
dually subsided : at five in the afternoon the weather was
beautifully clear and serene. During the height of the
storm persons were raised from the ground and violently
thrown down ; chimney pots were strewn about in all di-
rections ; the roof of a house in the suburb of Tradeston
was blown off ; the roof of a church in Duke-street (Mr.
Graham's) was forced in ; and the shipping suffered much
damage. At Paisley, a tall chimney at the shawl manu-
factory of Messrs. Robert M'Arthur and Co., 130 feet
high, was broken in half, carrying away in its fall a build-
ing three stories high, and another one story high. Two
children in the highest story were thrown out unhurt;
three persons saved themselves by clinging to a part of the
wall that remained standing ; but one woman was hurt
and another was killed. The storm was also felt in
Edinburgh, but less severely.
SEIZURE UNDER THE INCOME TAX.—The firm of
Messrs. Fielden Brothers having returned their profits as
nil for the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, during which years,
instead of making anything, they suffered severe losses,
having been surcharged to the amount of £350, being
7d. in the pound, on an imaginary income of £12,000 per
annum. Messrs. Fielden having sworn to the correctness
of their return. and refused to pay, their warehouse in
Peel-street, Manchester, was seized by the Government.
The sale took place on Monday last. Forty-one bales of
goods were sold, at rates a little below the market prices,
and realized £407 13s. sd. ' • and this being sufficient to
cover the demand and costs, the sale was closed.—On the
same day there was a sale at Rochdale of 3cwt. 2qrs.
201bs. of wool, belonging to Messrs. Rouse and Son, seiz-
ed for the sum of £l2, which those Gentlemen refused to
pay, on the ground that they had made their return at
Bradford, where their chief establishment is, and paid the
tax there for the Rochdale branch. This auctioneer was
asked to give a guarantee for the articles as stolen goods.
The only bidder was a bailiff and a gentleman in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Rouse, to whom the wool was knocked
down at 13d. per lb.
MURDER OF THE CHIEF OFFICER OF POLICE AT
BRIGHTON.-011 Thursday last Brighton was thrown
into a state of great excitement, at a late hour, by a report
that Mr. Solomon, chief officer of police, had received a
blow with a poker from a prisoner, who had been brought
to the office on a charge of felony. On inquiry we learned
that the report was too true. Solomon was stunned by
the blow. He lingered in a state of insensibility during
the night, and at a quarter past ten o'clock on the follow-
ing morning he died. Solomon had filled the situation of
chief officer of the Brighton police, which is under the
control of local commissioners, for twelve years, during
which time he has been frequently complimented by the
judges and others for the active and intelligent manner in
which he has discharged his duties. He was of the Jew-
ish persuasion, and has left a wife and a family of eleven
children. The prisoner has been committed for trial for
the murder. He had contracted habits of dissipation, and
had been reduced to the necessity of obtaining a pittance
at Tunbridge-wells by selling soft water, which is scarce
at some parts of the Wells. He states that he had been
in Brighton for some months, and although he is unknown
to the police, he is able to address all whom he has seen
by name. He states that he bore no enmity to the de-
ceased, and that his only object in striking the blow was
to commit an offence which would cause him to suffer
death. _ _

STRANGE IMPOSTURE.—There lives in a secluded part
of the village of Tetenhall, just behind Miss Hincke's
mansion, a small but honest farmer, who has jogged some
70 years through life, and is precisely the last person to
whom any romance was likely to occur; but three weeks
since a middle-aged woman, entered his abode, and asked,
" Did he originally come from Nant-y-Glo ?" The
question was answered in the affirmative; she was the
herald of great tidings. An uncle had just arrived from
India, aged 101 years, and had deputed her to search out
his relations. There awaited £15,000, for the happily
discovered nephew, and a handsome sum for each of his
sons and their sons. Prudence took wings and fled ;in
vain more cautious neighbours suggested doubts. and the
policeman wished to put his finger in the pie, The wel-
come stranger was feasted for a fortnight, and newly clad,
(the stupid railway people having lost her trunk), the ad-
joining banker was seriously asked what "use" he would
give " for two or three thousand," and many future plans
were resolved to wondering friends. And at length the
time arrived for the family to proceed to Nant-y-Glo,
and on Wednesday last they departed themselves (father,
sons and daughter), on the Slag coach, from this town for
that purpose. Alas ! that such happy visions should be
doomed to disappointment; but on arriving at the inn
yard at Shrewsbury, the impostor suddenly disappeared,
leaving the farmer and his family to trudge home again to
the continued care of cows and swine. It is not either, it
seems the first time that the artful siren has practised a
similar trick, and found persons credulous enough to be
so duped.—Wolrerhampion Chronicle.

ATROCIOUS CASE.-At the Aylesbury assizes, on
Wednesday last, three men named Terry, arid three
others, Hale, Spratley, and Adams, were tried before
Lord Abinger,—Hale fur felonously assaulting a married
female, named Anne Pepper, and the others for aiding
and abetting. him in the offence. Many of the facts are
unfit for publication, and are omitted in this condensed
account of a transaction perhaps unparalleled in atrocity.
The prosecutrix and her husband picked up a precarious
subsistence by travelling from place to place, attending
fairs, &c., with small articles on sale. The prisoners
were all agricultural labourers, residing in Tingewick,
near the town of Buckingham, and all very young, with
the exception of one, aged 38. It appeared that the 7th
of August last was the annual fair of that village, which
the prisoners attended, and joined the dance on the green.
They afterwards went (at six o'clock in the evening) to
the White Hart public-house, and sat drinking for some
hours. In the course of the evening, the prosecutrix and
her husband, with one Raymond and his wife, and a man
named Noble, came to the inn and asked for beds, but all
the beds being eagaged there, as well as at all the other
public-houses, they all left and went to a cow hovel to
sleep on some bay. In the course of two hours they
were disturbed by the entrance of three or four men, who
enquired for " the women." Pepper told them there
were none but his wife and the other man's, and one of
them replied " Women we came for, and women we'll
have," and they all rushed upon the party. Pepper and
Raymond each took his wife in his arms to protect them,
and after a struggle the assailants left the place. In ten
minutes after six men entered, and at once rushed to
where the travellers were standing, and commenced a
fierce attack upon them. Pepper again caught up his
wife and attempted to escape with her, but was felled by
a blow on the head, and she was taken from him. Mean-
time, Raymond and the other two got away. The pri-
soners carried the prosecutrix away, across several fields,
and threw her down in a place where some pigs were
sleeping. One of the party immediately perpetrated what
was formerly a capital offence, and his crime was repeated
by the other five in succession. Hale then raised the
prosecutrix, and finding she could hardly stand, observed,
"The poor devil is well nigh done up," and let her fall.
Her husband at this juncture came up, and the ruffians
made off. Raymond brought a constable and other
parties to the soot, but they had then gone. Pepper
took his wife on .his back to the White Hart, when she
was put to bed and surgically attended, when it was
found that two of her teeth were broken in the struggle,
and that she had been subjected to the grossest insults
and illusage. One of the prisoners ran off into Warwick-
shire, and was not heard of for some weeks. Three of
them enlisted in the 28th regiment, and were ordered to
India, but were traced to Woolwich, and apprehended
before they embarked. The prisoners were all identified,
and the jury found them all guilty. His lordship„ in an
impressive address, sentenced them to, be transported,
each for the term of his natunl life..

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