The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

RAILWAY TUNNELLING.—At a meeting of persons
interested in the South Wales Railway at Cardiff, on Fri-
day week, Mr. Brunel stated that the Box Tunnel of the
Great Western Railway cost £lOO per yard; the White
Ball Tunnel on the Exeter Railway cost but £53 ; the
Cheltenham Tunnel, in connection with the Great
. Wes-
tern Riilway, was estimated at £136 per yard, and cost
but £34 per yard ; and to show the reduction in this de-
partment alone, he mentioned that within the last three
weeks he had contracted for tunnelling at £2B per yard.
GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND.—At a special general
meeting of proprietors held at Darlington, on Monday
last, a resolution in favour of the formation of a branch
from a point near Cooperhouse, Dalton, to Richmond, in
addition to the Harrogate and Ripon Junction, determi-
ned upon the 15th ult., was unanimously agreed to. The
chairman, J. H. Wilkinson, Esq., congratulated the
shareholders on the condition of the undertaking, and
said there was no foundation whatever for the rumour
that it was intended to lease the line to the York and
North Midland, or to any other company.
HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—A meeting of this com-
pany was held on Thursday week to consider the best
means of raising the additional capital (£200,000) requi-
red for the construction of the intended railway from Hull
to Beverley, Driffield, and Burlington Quay. The direc-
tors were authorized to raise the money by creating 8,000
shares of £25 each, one of which will be offered at par to
the bolder of each original £5O share in the company.
As soon as the new line is completed, these new half-
shares become part of the capital stock of the company.
The directors were also empowered to purchase additional
land and buildings for the purpose of enlarging the com-
pany's terminus at Hull, which is found too small to ac-
commodate the increasing traffic.
EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON
The directors of this greatly-needed railway have adver-
tised for tenders for the execution of the Edinburgh tun-
nel, which will be about 1,000 yards long, and extend
from the Cannonmills Station on this line to the stations
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and North British Rail.
ways. This work is certainly most extensive, but the di-
rectors, in showing their intention to complete it, have
only given another proof of the persevering enterprise
which has characterized all their proceedings, and without
which they could not have surmounted the difficulties by
which they have been surrounded. The extension by.
junction of all the existing railways on both sides of the
river Clyde with the Edinburgh and Glasgow, at Glas-
gow, by the completion of the tunnel at Edinburgh, be-
longing to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton line, will
form a most important feature in support of this very gi-
gantic undertaking, and will enable Scotland to vie with
England in theimmensityand stability of the works ontheir
lines of railway.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW EXTENSION RAILWAY,
&c.—The operations on this important line are going on
with a rapidity which is astonishing. One cannot view
the works in the North-loch without being astonished at
their daily progress. The first arch of the tunnel through
the earthen mound has been this week built, and the
embankment which the company are bound to form as
the compensation for the removal of the little mound,
which, commencing at the foot of Warriston's close, and
joining near the gate into the nursery on the north side,
is also coming fast into view. In fact the North-loch is
a scene of the most exciting bustle. At other parts of the
line, particularly towards the west end, the business also
goes on with spirit, although chiefly under ground. On
the east of the North-bridge, again, the workings for the
Edinburgh terminus to the North British Railway are
viewed with much exciting interest, and the Granton branch
of the Edinburgh and Leith Railway is making a progress
beyond what any one can conceive, except those who are
daily visitors to the works; and promises at an early pe-
riod to afford at least a communication between Granton
Pier and the station at the foot of Granton.street ; and of
course in time to connect that pier with the aorta of ge-
neral railway communication in the centre of the city—
that is to say, when the tunnel between Scotland-street
and the North-loch is completed, and which is now pro-
gressing. Caledonian Mercury.
LEASE OF THE SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.—The following
are the terms on which this line has been leased to the
Manchester and Birmingham and Midland Comnpanies.
The lessees pay all interest on loans (not exceeding
£700,000 in the whole), and all rents, rates, working ex-
penses, and other charges to which this company is or
may be liable ; that they adopt during the lease this com-
panies guarantees to the Barnsley, the Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire, and the Manchester South Junction and Al-
trincham Companies; and that they pay to this company
a valuable yearly rent, to be ascertained as follows, namely,
—A rent after the rate of 71 per cent. per annum on
£144,000, and 5 per cent. per annum on the residue for
the time being of this company (share capital), so as such
residue do not exceed £750,000 ; such rent to be payable
for such time as the gross traffic of this company shall not
fall below £2,500 per week, on an average of twelve
months ; and when such gross traffic shall exceed £2,500
per week on such average, then the rent to increase accord-
ing to the following rates, viz.:-1 per cent. per annum
on the whole of such share capital, not exceeding
£900,000 in the whole, when the gross traffic of the line
shall, on an average of twelve months, exceed £2,800,
but not exceed £3,000; a further 1 per cent. per annum
when such gross traffic shall, on such average, exceed
£3,000 per week, pnd a further increase of 1 per cent.
per annum for every £250 traffic per week, on such ave-
rage, beyond £3,000, until such rent shall amount to £lO
per cent. per annum upon the whole of this company's
share capital.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—On Thursday, a spe-
cial meeting of the proprietors of the South-Eastern and
Dover Railway Company was held in the large room of
the company at the London Bridge station. The late
differences amongst the proprietors in this company,
which have resulted in James MacGregor. Esq., of Li-
verpool, and Benjamin Harding, Esq., of Wadhurst Cas-
tle, being elected on the directorate, created an unusual
interest in the proceedings, more especially as some great
financial operations were to be submitted to the meeting,
as also very important announcements made regarding
the resolution of the directors considerably to shorten
the main line, by constructing a direct line from the
Bricklayer's Arms to Tunbridge and Paddock Wood,
whereby the distance to Dover would be shortened twelve
miles, and other questions of moment. The new mea-
sures were understood to be the result of the recent ac-
cessions to the board. Shortly before the hour an-
nounced for the meeting a large body of wealthy and in-
fluential proprietors were in attendance, and at one
o'clock the directors, preceded by W. P. Richards, Esq„
the deputy chairman, entered the room, and opened the
business. Mr. MacGregor gave a very lucid exposition
of the state and prospects of the company, and the reso-
lutions were all carried unanimously. They authorised
the creation of new shares, to capitalize the mortgage debt
of the company, and to provide funds for the formation of
the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate line. For this
purpose an additional capital of £1,400,000 is to be crea-
ted by the issue of 42,000 new shares of the annual value
of £5O each, to persons who shall pay for the same
£33 6s. Bd. Every registered proprietor of existing shares
on the 7th of November shall have the option, in respect
of every two such shares, of taking one new share, provi-
ded he shall declare such option in writing to the secretary
on or before the 30th instant.

CONVEYANCE OF FAT CATTLE BY RAILWAYS,—The
practice of driving fat cattle over considerable distances
was, doubtless, resorted to in the absence of any means of
conveyance whose cost was tolerable ; but that it should
be continued where railroad or steam-boat transit can be
employed must be attributed to neglect of the plainest
principles on which the profit of the parties concerned
depends. It is stated that Mr. David Martin, of Wain-
. fleet, sent five sheep to London to walk the whole dis-
tance on the road, and killed five others at home. The
two lots were of exactly equal weight (8581b5.) when alive.
The carcases were weighed when dead, when it was found
that the sheep which had walked to London weighed
4351b5., and their loose fat 60Ibs ; while the five killed at
home reached 4891b5., their loose fat weighing 7411b5.
Nor is this all. At the end of so long a journey the ani-
mal, unused to effort, is wearied and diseased, and its
flesh is, to say the least, less wholesome. There can now
be no excuse for the continuance of this practice. But
why should not the advance make another step ? Why
should these animals be killed in the crowded yards and
cellars of the metropolis ? The reasonable plan is evi-
dently to send, not live cattle but dead meat to great
towns and cities, and to locate in the country the pro-
cesses by which the various parts of the animal are ren-
dered serviceable to man.—Railway Bell.
SHEFFIELD, ASHTON, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
—On Monday last, a special general meeting of this com-
pany was held at Manchester for the purpose of consider-
ing the expediency of authorising a lease of the line to
the Midland and the Manchester and Birmingham Rail-
way Companies. The chair was taken by John Parker,
Esq., whO moved a resolution for leasing the line " for a
term of thirty years, to commence six months after the
opening of the line throughout, and determinable by either
party at the end of the first ten or twenty years, on three
years' previous notice to that effect." The resolution also
declared it to be expedient, that, under the lease, the
traffic of the line should be managed by a committee to
be appointed by the three companies, and to be adjusted
to the satisfaction of the directors of the Sheffield and
Manchester Company : and it deputed to the directors
full power to carry into effect an arrangement founded on
the preceding terms. A letter from Mr. Houldswor h,
chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Company, was
read. It was dated " November 4," and contained the
following offer :—" The Manchester and Leeds Railway
Company propose to lease the line and works of the
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lune, and Manchester Railway
in perpetuity, upon the following basis :—The lessee to
pay all interest to accrue on loans ; also the rents, rates,
working expenses, and all other charges to which the
company is liable ; and to pay to the shareholders six
pounds per centum per annum upon a share capital of
£756.000., and seven and a half per cent. upon a share
capital of £144,000; when the traffic amounts to £2,800
per week, on the average of twelve months, the dividend
to be increased one-half per cent.: when it amounts to
£3,000 per week, one per cent. ; with an additional in-
crease of one-half per cent. for every £250 per week,
until it reaches ten per cent. The share and loan capital
not to exceed £1,600,000. The guarantees of the stocks
of the Barnsley and Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways
to be adopted by the lessee. The traffic of the Sheffield
Line to be managed by a committee to be appointed by
the two companies; and the Sheffield Company to have
the option„ at the end of three, five, or seven years, of
associating themselves with the Manchester and Leeds
Company, on the same plan as that proposed with the
Hull and Selby Railway Company. The line to be taken
by the lessees six weeks after the stations and main line
are completed, and so repotted by the government in-
spector" Mr. Roberts moved an adjournment of the
meeting, in order to give time for the consideration of
-thq,Manchester and Leeds offer, which be thought the
better of the -tamp A long discussion ensued, and ulti-
mately the original motion was carried by an overwhelm-
ing majority.

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Sir William Nott is now much better.
The Royal Exchange, London, will not be opened for
public business until after Christmas.
The imports of cattle into Hull last week were 69
beasts and 40 sheep.
EXPORTS TO CHINA.—The demand for China (accord-
ing to letters from Manchester) is at the present moment
prodigious for shirtings. The export in this article alone
will, it is said, exceed that of last year by 1,500,000 pieces.
POOR LAW DIET.—A case is recorded from the London
Hospital, where the callus uniting a fractured femur be-
came partially absorbed, in consequence of bad diet in an
union workhouse. By the use of good food and tonics,
the patient recovered.—Medical Times.
BARNES, LATE CARPENTER'S MATE OF THE " RE.
SISTANCE."—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have been pleased to commute the capital sentence on the
above to two pears' imprisonment, and the culprit is to
remain on board the San Josef until further orders.
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—A dish of raspberries,
red and white, was picked in the garden of Bathwick
Priory, on Friday last. The fruit wes perfectly ripe and
of good flavor, and is a second crop, the canes having
borne well in the usual season.—Bath Chronicle.
The decrease in the stock of bullion in the Bank of
England since the first of the new returns on the 7th of
September. is about £1,100,000 ; and since the 30th
March, when the stock of bullion held by the Bank was
at its highest point, the decrease is about £2,200,000.
BIRTH IN A MAIL COACH.—On Saturday last a young
woman was proceeding to her home as an inside passenger
by the Oxford and Cheltenham mail-coach, and when
about three miles from Burford she was suddenly seized
with the pains of labour and safely delivered of a fine boy.
On the arrival of the coach, with this singular addition to
its load at Burford, the mother and child were kindly
treated at the inn, and both are doing well.
INDIA-RUBBER LIFE-BOAT.—A new material for the
build of life-boats has been suggested, and the launch of
one so formed took place at the square shot-tower, Wa-
terloo-bridge, London, on Thursday. The boat is made
principally of cork and caoutchouc ; is thirty-four feet
long, twelve feet wide, and four feet deep ; is fitted with
air-boxes ; weighs two tons ; can contain fifty persons ;
and drew fifteen inches of water with between thirty and
forty people in it. It was christened "the Kamptulicon."
PRESENCE OF MIND IN A LITTLE GlRL.—Last Sun-
day evening, two little girls were shut up in St. Michael's
Church, Aberystwith, having fallen asleep near the com-
munion-table. Upon awaking, and finding themselves in
the dark, the younger of the two began to cry, but the
elder, aged nine, immediately after she had pacified her,
succeeded in gaining the belfry, where she set to work
ringing the bell with all her little strength, and she did
not give over till the church door was opened for her re-
turn home.—Welshman.
IRON COLLIER.—Some curiosity has been excited, says
one of the London papers, by the arrival in the Thames
of a Newcastle collier, a fine-looking vessel, built of iron,
and fitted with a screw propeller, worked by an engine of
20-horse power. She is 130 feet long, 27 feet 6 inches
wide, and, when loaded with 340 tons of coals, her draught
is only 11 feet 9 inches aft, and 10 feet 3 inches forward.
Her hold is divided into water-tight bulkheads, and each
has an hermetically closed false floor, into which water
can be admitted by large taps for ballast, and when not
required is pumped out again by the engine.
SINGULAR ROBBERY AND RESTITUTION.—On Friday
the house of Mrs. Pepperell, a widow, residing in Ex-
mouth, was broken into, and 60 sovereigns and 6 guineas
stolen. By this robbery she has been stripped of all the
money she possessed excepting half-a-crown. On Satur-
day night a parcel containing 24 sovereigns, and on Mon-
day night a parcel of 12 sovereigns and guineas, were
thrown over the wall at the back part of her house, with a
request for her to pray for the thieves. One parcel of
sovereigns they lost, but expressed a hope to be able to
pay it in time with interest.—Devonport paper.
MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.—Last week, at the How-
den Horse Fair, the greatest, perhaps, in England, among
those present, strange as it may appear, there was a buyer
from the Emperor of China, in the person of one of his
subjects, attended by an interperter. Owing to the
scarcity of animals of every kind in China, where the
dense population exists altogether on vegetables and fish,
a horse is a great curiosity. We have no doubt that both
envoy and interpreter would be "done brown" by York-
shire kiddies at Howden ; but this is of no consequence,
the " knowing in horseflesh" in the Celestial Empire
being in a very small compass.—Tyne Mercury.
THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER AS OBSERVED BY TRCTA-
RIANS.—In no place within the metropolis are the saints'
days and festivals more strictly observed and kept than in
Margaret-street Chapel, and people are often reminded by
its bell of the return of one of these holidays. But those
of the congregation of St. Margaret's, who thought to
avail themselves of the privilege of joining in the prayers
and thanksgivings particularly appointed by our Church
for that day, had to regret that no bell sent forth its sum-
mons at eleven o'clock from Margaret-street Chapel ; its
doors remained fast closed ; and, people were prevented
from joining in the thanksgiving for the deliverance of
our Church from Popish tyranny and arbitrary power.'
St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, was also closed on the same
day.

FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER.—On Wednesday week,
at two o'clock in the morning, a destructive fire broke out
on board the steamer " Rapid," while lying at the steam-
wharf, at Berwick. It broke out in the engine-room, and
the crews of two of her Majesty's vessels soon afterwards
saw it, and hastened on board. They took with them one
of Earle's Patent Fire Pumps, which greatly subdued the
flames, but they could not extinguish them, and, as a last
resource, the vessel was scuttled, and soon afterwards
filled, and sank. The fire was confined to the engine-
room and the beams and deck above. No clue had been
found as to the origin of the fire: The damage is variously
stated at from £5OO to £l,OOO. The vessel was lot in-
sured, but, luckily, her valuable cargo had been landed the
day before.

AWFUL ACCIDENT : STX LIVES LOST.—A few weeks
ago the town council of Derby agreed to arch over the
Gitting mill-brook, in order to lay a large plot of
land to the cattle-market. One portion of the arch was
completed, all but removing the centres. About eight
o'clock on Tuesday last the labourers commenced remo-
ving this frame work, and whilst taking away the last prop,
the whole mass of material fell in, burying the unfortunate
men in the ruins. There was no lack of hands to remove
the material, but this was a work of time. The first body
found was that of the contractor's son-in-law, dreadfully
mangled. Five other bodies were afterwards extracted,
more or less mutilated, and it is supposed that these were
all the sufferers. It is thought the centres were removed
too early, the late rains having prevented the mortar from
firmly setting.

ATTEMPTED BURNING OF A CHURCH.—On Saturday
week it was discovered that the east door of the venerable
cathedral church of Haddington (Scotland) was burnt to
a considerable extent,and had fallen from its lower hinges.
A train of fire had been applied along the whole bottom,
and had penetrated the wood. Stones were found in the
passage within, which had been thrown through the panes
of glass above the door. Some inciter matches were also
found about the foot of the door. These circumstances
have excited strong suspicions of incendiaristn, and the
only other conjectures are that it possibly, though not
probably, has been the work of a drunken man, or some
wanton boys while at play. According to the last accounts
suspicion could be attached to no pr rticular party. As the
wind was eastwardly, the whole building would have been
destroyed had the fire not been opportunely discovered.
ACCIDENTS FROM THE FALLING OF CHIMNEYS.—On
Saturday week the chimney of the chemical works of
Messrs. Tennants and Co., low at Ardwick-bridge, came
down with a tremendous crash, breaking through several
buildings, and crushing the arches over the river, which
had been erected for the purposes of the works. The
damage sustained was about £l,OOO. The chimney had
for some time shown a leaning on one side, and the gale
on Friday gave an extra warning to the people in the
neighbourhood :—On Tuesday, as three men were engaged
taking down the large chimney, 40 yards high, at the
Churchgate factory, Stockport, which had shown symp-
toms of falling, the whole mass came down shortly after
they had commenced the work, and two of the men were
unfortunately killed. The third, finding the chimney
going, leaped off, and was followed by the brickwork,
which injured him so much, that he was insensible for a
considerable time.

DREADFUL FIRE.—On Friday week a fire broke out in
the quiet little town of Strathaven, in Lanarkshire, by
which upwards of forty houses, with a brewery and tan-
works, were burned down, nearly 100 poor familes thrown
destitute, and the annihilation of the town seriously
threatened. The fire began at the south end of the town,
where the houses, chiefly inhabited by weavers, are nearly
all thatched, end the wind being high, the flames spread
rapidly on both sides of the street. Besides the houses,
the brewery of Mr. Valance, and the large tan-work of
Mr. Semple, were burnt down, the loss of which is esti-
mated at £2,000. A number:of the inhabitants, headed
by the clergyman, Mr. M`Lay, formed two chains; and
passed buckets of water for some hours to the spot, but
this being ineffectual, they pulled down two or three
of the buildings in the line of street, which,
happily, had
the desired effect. The loss is great, and few of the suf-
ferers were insured. It is calculated that from 50 to 60
looms, with webs, principally belonging to Glasgow ma-
nufacturers, have been consumed.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN PERSPECTIVE..7Th most
interesting topics of discussion in political circles are
those which relate to probable vacancies and possible ap-
pointments before the meeting of parliament. A good
many of these are now freely spoken, of, though nobody
pretends to be very sure of the changes which will take
place. There appears to be more confidence as to those
who will go out than there is as to their successors. It
is very generally believed that three offices, all held at
present by Peers—namely, the offices of the First Lord
of the Admiralty, President of the Board of Control, and
Postmaster-General—will be vacated by their present oc-
cupants before the meeting of parliament. The first of
these offices most people concur in thinking will be filled
functionsvn et ne:
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by Lord Ellenborough. Lord Iladdington's health and
temperament are scarcely equal to the work which is now
required from the First Lord. of the Admiralty. The
Earl of Ripon,
.it is thought, is decidedly indisposed to
continue in official life, owing. to the. state of his health.
suc-
cessor, but some have conjectured that Lord Stanley may
which, for the future, will form
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Nov. 12, 1841

SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE Of MR. HURST,
m
Considerable excitement prevailed in this town (101'
ham,) on Tuesday week, on its being ascertained that ~
H. Hurst, Esq., our member, had left with his family tel
France, having previously discharged all his servan,ts.
_
It has long been apparent to the tradesmen that ttlf
honourable gentleman's circumstances have been much
embarrassed, but none were prepare I for his leaving the
place on so short a notice. Mr. Hurst's liabilities exe Fee
£150,000, and his son, Mr. R. H. Hurst, jun., has r•
of
come responsible for his father's ee'ats to the extent
£BO,OOO. The estates acquired by purchase by the
410
Robert Hurst are strictly entailed..—Brig
Guardian.
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TREASON TAUGHT IN CHAPEL.—The ber. High„g
Stowell, in the course of a speech delivered on Tuesday;,
the annual meeting of the London Protestant Association,
related the following scene :—" Not long since announce"
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ment was made in Manchester that high mass would be
SI10"2,
performed at one of the chapels there the following
to celebrate the release of Mr. O'Connell. About
men b, longing to one of the regiments stationed there
being Roman Catholics were accustomed to attend P°
s to
chapel, and one of the officers consulted the captain a,,ke
the expediency of their doing ,
so on this occasion. 176,
captain said they were to go as usual, but, the officer bt
to go with them, and if anything should be said they °ugly
not to hear, he was to march out with them. Accordf„nigest
the men went, and when mass was completed the P'e'on
ascended the steps of the altar and began to harang",,,,a,
the wrongs and woes of Ireland ; and, as be was infer— the
even went so far as to say that O'Connell ought to bre...sh
King of Ireland. At that juncture up started the 13 nit?,
officer, and called " Attetition"—(cheers)--,, Face abld
—(cheers and laughter)—" March"—(loud cheett),,„ no
with slow and measured tread, which could have eeThhe
very melodious music to the astonished iest or to
pr „,„1,
congregation, the soldiers were forthwith marchecr°%Bo
their barracks. This was a specimen of what the 11„,°,7ese
Catholics already ventured to do in 'England.
were specimens of what Rome was beginning to do.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH. —The quarterly returns obtain :I'
from 115 districts, 34 placed under the metropolisfl4,
the remaining 81 comprising, with some agricultural To
tricts, the principal towns and cities of England,
population having been 6,578,912 in 1841, show that thef
deaths registered in the last quarter, ending the 30th °
September, were 38,784, or 142 le,s than the desal3,
(38,922) in the June quarter, and 1.701 more than 370°0,..
the average of five previous September quarters. A,,ibe
ing for the increase of population, the mortality will
found to be about the average of the summer qUa r"d
(July, August, and September); thatq rter being a°,;,,'
the least fatal in the year. The deaths in the metroPe'"
amounted to 11,825, which are 354 more than were ago'
tered in the spring quarter, and 694 above the average er„
corrected for the inerease of population. The deaths
small-pox in the first week of the quarter were 36, in the
last 37; from scarlatina 58 in the first week, 85 in '—
last, and 99 in the tenth. Meazles was fatal but to 5
small extent; typhus showed a tendency to increase, fl
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fheavter,,,arau
is sometimes
to 424; while the average is 352. In the country al!i
tricts the most remarkable increase of mortality occur
in Cornwall, and the Redruth and Penzance districta;
Small-pox has been epidemic in many districts a11,.°1
the kingdom, and has proved fatal to great numne'ii,
whose vaccination had been neglected. The districts.:
which the mortality was greater than the mean mortality
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central districts of the metropolis, Norwich, Devise,'
Exeter, Basford, Stockport, Macclesfield, Great Bong
ton, Bury, Prescot, Salford, !Ashton, Sheffield, !I'
Sunderland. Tynernouth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Ponty-
pool, and Wrexham.
INFANTICIDE.—A shocking case of the depravity
young woman, named Fanny Thorpe, cawetoliglit onFou";
week, at Kirton-Lindsey, near Hull. Suspicion ha\l
arisen that she had been delivered of a child,
Aston, a sawyer, and a constable, went to her house "-t
g. 'e
make inquiries. They found her washing. Si at firs the.
denied having been confined, or having a child in a
house. The surgeon, on examination, found that she hat
been delivered, and she then confessed the fact, and WI
up stairs and brought down a full-grown female chi'? ,
quite dead. It appeared that she had been delivered 1.;
an outhouse, and that two children who slept in the r,°°..
„'.
with her afterwards heard a child cry, and on inquiring
Marl
what the noise as, was told by her it was only
Maws tom-cat." w
The noise was not afterwards heard.
The child had been borne alive, but had some discolours'
tion on one side, which might have been caused by crust-
ing or suffocation between two soft bodies. Under the
circumstances, the jury, at the inquest, returned a ver-
dict—that the child was born alive, but how it came by it.'
death there was no evidence. The coroner, from informn.-
tion received, had reason to suppose that in May, 1843 r
the prisoner had also been delivered of a child, and, on
taxing her with it, she confessed the fact, stating that it
was born before its time, and that she had buried it one,.
morning, early, in the churchyard. She also described
the spot, where she said a person had been interred the
day before. But it was found that that person had been
buried in the previous year. The grave was, however,
opened, and about a foot deep the bones of a full-grown
child were found. An inquest was held on these remains,
and a verdict returned—that she was the mother, but how
it came to its death there was no evidence. It was further
proved, that -about a year ago last May, one of the pri-
soner's neighbours saw her one morning trampling down
the mould in a certain place in her garden. The spot
pointed out was searched, and about a foot below the sur-
face were found some bones and a mass of something
that might be the decomposition of a child. The sur-
geon would not, however, swear positively to their being
human bones, but considered the mass might be the de-
composed body of a child in the early months of pregnancy.
Coupling this with the prisoner's statement, no doubt was
entertained but that she had buried the child in the gar-
den. She has a child living, four years old ; and accord-
ing to the above account, has had one every year since
May, IE4I. She was committed for concealment of preg-
nancy of two of them.

WRECK OF THE RUSSIAN BRIG DIANA, NEAR HORN"
SEA.—Loss OF LIFE, AND SUFFERINGS OF THE SUR'
ViV°RS .T
occurred during h iswa
was attended with melancholy and heart rending circuro;
stances. The vessel was from Memel, with a cargo 01
sotnhee of
gale
atllete n mostftha distressing2da and 3d
e and
k
that .
f
pipe staves and other wood, bound to London. She had
been out fourteen days, and was driven by the eastern,
winds on the coast of Yorkshire, near the small village 0!
Atwick. At day break on Sunday morning, the coast was
discovered under her lee, and to prevent her going
shore, both masts were cut away, and the vessel broughtio
up with two anchors about a mile from the land. 111 this
situation she was discovered about eight o'clock, en°ve,„.
Gale,
shortly after the rocket apparatus, in charge of Mr.
was on the spot, together with that at Hornsea, and Cal,,._'.
Manby's mortar. From this time until four o'clock, P.%
the gallant vessel rode out the gale most nobly, and it was
hoped and expected by the numerous spectators that sin
would be able to weather it. There were few who couitc:
imagine the dreadful state of those on board. The cargo
had had got loose, and breaking through the bulk-beads ef
dashed the cabin furniture to pieces. The only Pl?eeniy
refuge was the deck, and here the captain, who had
been fourteen days married, strove to protect his young
bride ; his efforts were, alas ; fruitless ; a tremendous ' ..
burst on the brig, and the ill-fated woman was, with
..
husband, crushed between some loose timber and the bull
warks, and received such dreadful injury as to herpreclud
hope of her surviving, and she shortly after expired iD :.f
husband's arms. The same sea proved fatal to the Pc'-yr
cabin boy, who was killed by it. The distress and agVet
of the unhappy captain may perhaps be imagined, .0
cannot be described. Wet and exposed to the inercitet
tempest, he still did all he could to save his' ship, but
the receding tide brought the breakers round her, raor
she began to pitch in a most fearful manner. About ' „t,.
o'clock the men were observed busy near the long-1041
which still remained on deck, and it was evident 0.70-
decisive step was about to be taken before the night setil,
Manby's mortar, directed by Mr. 0. Reilly, R• es..
and Mr. Carte's rockets, under his own direction,
era
sisted by the coast-guard with life boys, belts, Sze., Woel
now removed to the beach, and shortly after the °boat
parted, and drove in shore. Before she struck, the in
was launched with one man in her, but was stove
launching. The poor fellow drove through the ragtagv
surf, the boat full of water, his head only occasionallreo
sible, until he reached the shore, and was rescued ed a
his perilous situation by one of the coast guard jotelfB
sailor from Burlington, who with ropes and Life '''f all
waswennr emninuriwn
irctenaatrdinoi nende,stasonttdhoaa receiveonly
nt
nwh
aiomt e
r.
voecTaksehetel
s.
wanthot.iweienht igorn9,tlo rte
about 330 yards distant. Manby's mortar, and Cad to
annedarhera,pwpihlyichatw7as
rockets were soon actively at work, but it oPPeegfrect a
the bystanders that she was still too distant to towed,
rbb ringe
between
ebeenr
co
o'clock si nti ci paa
shot
struck ul d t a
the e i?
vessel'
they were reserved until the rising tide shoo'
hlaldanddriflt2edo:ncl,oacnkd.
by
yThthee mroopret,atrhesteilalp ctaoinnt,mll
t o fire'
one seaman, were brought on shore inmate, ``land
a the u'a and
bruisedstiiire-
dreadfully exhausted state. Two poor fellows without
mained on board, and several shots were fired bwuhicn- now
effect. The darkness of the night and the tidneecessary to
approached the foot of the cliff, rendered it
all further
remove all the apparatus to the beach, spa the tide re-
operations were obliged to be postponed
ceded. As soon as the moon rose
wyards of the cliff,
the vessel had approached within
40
arded by Lieut.
and at three o'clock A. It., she was Atwick,3 Air. Carte,
O'Reilly, the Rev. G. Brown, 0' : • pressible
their Ines
and two of the coast guard, who to
but almost in-
gratification found the two seamen aline, were instantly
They
sensible from cold and weakness.
received every care and
removed to Hornsea, where they
in addition to the
attention. It was now ascerta
and cabin boy, a seaman had,
loss of the captain's wife
leap
into the boat—none 0'
perished in attempting to
d The greatest praise
t been foun .
whose bodies have Ye the Rev. J. Brown, and Mr.
is due to Lieut. 0'
Reilly,
ll the gentlemen present for their
Gale, of Atwick, and :o.
The general exertions of these
udiscovered that
unremitting exertions. n ,
f I and all it was possible
gentlemen were not u
to save were rescued
recruit
could suggest was devoted to rec
inanity or science , irY
survivors. Ihe agents of that excsilent4 .
the exhausted
by them. Every attention that ho'
1eE1::i:mon
on
board,a
reception of the sufferers, who were provided_ ";,:
food and clothing, and their expenses paid to tiu'`
Mariner's ahraidn ehenst Fund,bath a tihne
readiness
for
passenger'
the captain and crew were all Russians.
EBTthyi t
erUterh::%,n. and
a' s t I Jen.
ivß oe Shipwrecked
na Beadle,

F

g4l.
;T,
(How
ked that R.
s family for
Is servants•
a that theh
)een uc
leaving the
ities exceed
has be.
;' extent of
by the 1
—Brighteit