The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

GENERAL NHS( ELI ANY.

The Du':e of Wellington, w I o ccntinues in the et joy.-
nt of e xellent h. att.), will complete his 75th year un
the ist f .he ensuing month.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel intend to receive a select
party of friends at Di ayton Manor during the parliamen--
tary recess.
On Friday last,the ceremony of "drumming a man out"
of the Sixth Regiment t ok place at Chester, amidst a
large concourse of spectators.
In the Court of RanktuptcY, on Thursday, Mr. Chas.
James Mathews, the comeJian, obtained his final dis-
charge.
Mr. Jos. Skinner, whilst on his pa'sage from Greenock
to Liverpool. the other day, burst a blood-vessel, during
a fit of sea-sickness, and died almost imm, diately.
Since the commencement of the present year, the coro-
ners for the county of Middlesex. including those for Lon-
don and Westminster, have held no less than 22 inquests
on the bodies of children who have been murdered.
MURDER AT TIVERTON.—Two men are in custody,
charged with having murdered a man by kicking him on the
head, at Tiverton, on Sunday night last. Another man
concerned in this brutality has absconded. —Bat h Herald.
General Tom Thumb is said to be netting £4OO a-week
in the metropolis of England, a sum which must soon
literally make him ‘• worth his own weight (15 imperial lb.
only) in gold." Diminutive as the general is, he is said
to enjoy good health.
SUICIDE.—The inhabitants of Southport were greatly
alarmed on Wednesday morning, in consequence of Mr.
Labrey having hung himself in a room, which he tem-
porarily occupied over his livery stables in London-street.
There is no cause assigned for the rash act, except a little
embarrassment of no great importance.
THE TEA TRADE, APRIL I.—The deliveries last week
were 352,6761 b., being again a falling off. Until the budget
is presented, the market is likely to continue dull, as there
is suspense respecting the duty, however ill it may be
founded. To-morrow a small lot of Assam growth will
be offered to public competition.
NOVEL NUTCRACKERS .—A writer in the Bristol Times,
in his reminiscences of the churches of that city, relates
that one of those sacred edifices, haying been built on a
bad foundation, had declined so much from the perpen-
dicular that it oscillated very dangerously, and that, while
the bells were being rupg, it was not unusual for boys to
insert nuts in the opening crevices of the walls to be
cracked! Very cool this!
NOVEL IMPORTATION.—Amongst the importations by
the Little Liverpool, at Southampton, on Thursday, were
four sets of ribs of beef from Lisbon, weighing 17 stone.
It was in prime condition, and quite equal to our home-fed
English beef; indeed it was superior to most sold at this
season of the year. The duty on beef is Bs. per cwt., and
the freight of this lot was 7s. 6d. from Lisbon. The
Little Liverpool also brought over a quantity of green
peas.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident hap-
pened at the Nantyglo works last week. It appears that
tour colliers were desc,nding the pit in a bucket, when the
chain broke, and they were in a moment launched into
another world. No blame is attached to any person.
Two of the unfortunate sufferers have left wives and large
families to lament their loss. Several others were so
dreadfully injured that little hopes are at present enter-
tained of their recovery.—Monmouth Merlin.

EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION. —The following
appears in the Bristol Gazette, and if true, is one of the
most extraordinary facts of a similar nature on record :
The person, a cat►le dealer, who was a minute too late to
get on board the Despatch boat, by the upsetting of which
in a squall, at the New Passage, all who embarked lately
perished—is the man who, on the Ist of September, 1839,
was a few seconds behind time to get into the Old Passage
boat, which then foundered, with an awful loss of human
life.

Mr. John Manning, Controller of Customs in the port
of London, is about to retire. This gentleman was for
many years one of the surveyors-general in that depart-
ment of the public service. He will be succeeded in this
very lucrative office by Mr. Willimot. Mr. M`Vicar,
landing surveyor in the port of London, has retired.
The name of this officer has recently been before the
public as a witness against persons charged with Custom-
house frauds. He is said to have been a very efficient
officer.—Observer.

REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—A very remarkable
occurrence took place at Dent Town, on Sunday week.
It appears that a party of men were drinking in a public-
house. One of the party, named Oversby, a tailor, had
been to visit his sweetheart the evening previous, and the
company were jeering him about it, when he swore with
an oath that he never had seen her on that occasion. The
moment he had uttered the oath he was struck dumb, and
was unable to speak again that day. He is now recover-
ing his speech again.—Blackburn Standard.
EAGLESHAM ESTATE.—This estate, which is one of the
largest and finest in the west of Scotland, has been pur-
chased by Allan Gilmore, E q., Hazleden, Alearns, late
merchant in Glasgow. It has been long the property of
the Eglington family, and was sold, we understand, by
private bargain, at the upset price of £217.000. The es-
tate extends to about 15,000 acres, and the present rental
ranges from £9,000 to £lO,OOO. The cultivated land is
very fertile and susceptible of great improvement, whilst
the remainder, for the most part, might be brought profita-
bly under the plough.

MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—One of the Ojibbeway
Indians, lately exhibited by Mr. Catlan, at the Egyptian-
hall, Piccadilly, is about to enter into the matrimonial state
with a very pretty interesting young lady of English birth,
about 18 years of age, and of resi,ctable connexions, resi-
dent in the neighbourhood of the New-road, Somers-town.
Crowds have been attracted to the spot during the past
week, to catch a glimpse of the expectant bride and bride-
groom. The Ojibbeway to be honoured with the far
hand of the youthful maiden is named Nottenakm (the
strong wind), and is the one who acted as the interpreter
of the other Indians : he is tolerably well acquainted with
both the English and French languages.

APRs r. FooLs.—Alxiut the middle of Mira, summonses
were served unon about forty of the inhabitants of Putney,
to attend the Kingston assizes, on Monday 25th of March,
in order to serve as petty jur o;.s ; but at the foot of each
summons there was a notification to the effect that t •ey
would not be wanted until Monday, Ist April. The do-
cuments had all the appearance of being genuine, and the
persons summoned h-viog made their business arrange-
ments. packed off to Kingston, where, on their arrival,
they discovered to their surprise and annoyance that the
assizes were over, and judges, har, and jury, all cleared
off, and there stood the forty Potneyites as a laughin:4-
stock to the town of Kingston, and the largest batch of
April fools on record.
EXECUTION.—On Wednesday last, at Edinburgh, the
last sentence of the law was carried into execution on
James Bryce, for the murder of John Geddes. The cul-
prit was very penitent for some time before his death, and
ascended the scaffold with a firm step, and evinced a total
insensibility to all earthly things. Atter engaeng in
prayer for a few moments, he gave the and the bolt
was withdrawn, when, his death took place almost instan-
taneously. On Tuesday hr made a full confession of his
guilt t the chaplain of thit gaol, and acknowledged the
justice of his sentence. Ile attributed the commission of
the fatal deed to his depraved state of mind engendered
and confirmed by his I aki's of intemperance, bad com-
panions, and Sabbath breaking.
ALARMING ILLNESS Or LORD ABINGER.—OD Mon-
day evening, Lord Aliiirger, who was trying the criminal
cases at the Suffolk assizes left the court at seven o'clock
in the evening, having at that hour passed sentence of
transportation upon three men, who had been convicted
of stealing a large sum of money from a dwelling house.
About nine o'clock on the same evening, the learned lord
became suddenly and dangerou-ly ill ; arid, up to the latest
accounts, he is describ, d a. having remained in the same
alarming condition. On Wednesday, it is said, he reco-
vered his consciousness, and exehaneed a smile with his
afflicted lady ; but hr soon relapsed into his former pro-
found and motionless state of insen,ib,lity. The London
papers of yesterday (Monday) represent his lordship as
still in a very dangerous state.

DEATH OF THE STAG AND FOUR HORSES WITH
THE ROYAL ST ,LG HOUNDS.—The run on Wednesday
last, wh ch lasted for thr, e hours and ten minutes, was
one of the severest during th. present season. Upwards
nf 400 were present at the in-et at Salt.hill. The deer
(Sweep) was taken, dead bea-en, at West Wycoinbe, a
distance of upwards of 25 mil s from the kennel at Ascot,
and was obliged to be killed a -holt time afterwards. A
fine h belonging to Mr. Hys in, of Windsor, rode by
iir. Jenner, and ano her belonging to Mr. Sharpe, of
Slough, dropt dead. A third lior,e died at the Crown
Inn, Marlow ; and another, making the fourth, at Bea
consfi,ld. The pace was tremendous throughout. Not
more than fourteen, out of the large field, were op at the
finish.—London paper.
W e are enabled to state on competent .authority, that
Lord S uart de Rothesav, her Majesty's Ambassador at
St. Petersburgh, sent in the resignation of his post to the
Earl of Aberdeen several weeks since, which being laid
before her Majesty, sht was graciously pleased to accept.
The Hon. Mr. Bloomfield, in consequence of Lord
Stuart's retirement, is nominated Minister Plenipoten-
tiary at the Court of St. Petershurgh, where he has so
long resided in the capacity of Charge d'Affaires, and
First Secretary of Embassy, the functions of which office,
as latterly of the enib .ssy, he has fulfilled with distin-
guished ability. It is not intended to replace Lord Stuart
by any diplomatist of the rank of ambassador, as the
c-mplished representative of Russia at this court, Baron
Biunnow, holds only the same diplomatic rank as the
Hon. Mr. Bloomfield is now invested with.

MR. COBDEN AT FAULT.—At his recent exhibition in
Gloucester, Mr. Cobden made use of the followirtgobserva-
tinns :—" If there is any' king humiliates me more than
another,
as the son of a firmer my: elf—one whose fore.
fathers were yeomen of the soil—if
there is anything that
humiliates me more than anything else, Itis the political
degradation in which the farmers of this country exist.
(Cheers.) Why they are actually put up to auction.
C I have seen more than one advertisement by
t(liahtec'erl.)
el 3 rated auctioneer, M t-. George Ittlains, in which,
after describing all the hFauties of the lands and woods,
and streams. he adds, besi les all this, there is the political
the
fact)
Was for the sale of Lord Ducie
Pol‘,ical influence.. Oyer 520 electors !" (Renewed
Nowcon•idernig I hat the advertisement t) which
iiiflti,nce over 520 iodepen.lent electars. ( Laughter and
's estate at Wood-
iTr hem elf, aho was the chairman of this
she r:.)
rrCsHlthdeti referred (though of course he was not aware of
:I';hicsagreterrucc to t he '' sale of hottest yeomen" is
chester, and remeniliet log. that the speaker was addressing
t: at'o I a 'bite as we have lately met with. Only Si)
think that Mr CI.M• en, who i reactedu his remark to apply
to
0,,,,, nv, rheiiim2 t, ry !atoll rd, should be all the whie
si,e ,king d.egers to tot! liberal and league petrouising earl
before hint.
tanti:),a,
et, u
tin7Ogl

APPALLING OCCURREN,:E.—Uri ev"
during the rf,nriari es t Theatre, "
gow, a tale alarm of fire was raised, which created
dreadful panic. Several persons were seriuu,ly injured
They were taken to the Infirmary. One young
mangy
William W 4,0.1, who, it is -upposed, leaped from the gat
hry, died shortly afterwards, ut concussion of the brain.
AWFULLY SUDDE;s: DEATH OF A THIMBLE-RIGGe,II"
On Thursday, John Jones, on his return from Nantlt
where he had been selling stockings, fell in with a P
rtT
of thimble ripers, near Brynich-bridge, and being2,ll..,
duced to try his luck, speedily lost half-a-crown. FEY!
deterred by this, he tiok out of his pocket two soverei.gnia
and twenty shillings, intending to adventure again, vinei
the man who held the board, and whose name is unknag;
struck the money out of his hand, and pickingitaP,m,h
off with his companions ; Jones followed. and at lenge'
got his cash returned ; but the man who had robbed t2lm.
soon afterwards fell down and expired on the road. 11._ul
companions tried to recover him by giving water, &C.'?
afterwards left him, saying that they knew nothing of boa'
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
THE WILL FORGERIES.—After the final examinatiori
of the prisoners on Saturday, Mrs. Dorey was taken WE
the presence of her sister, and Sanders was subsequel%
introduced to them in one of the waiting-rooms of
Mansion-house. The meeting of the sisters was state-
to
be very affecting. The son of Sanders and Lydia Sandell,
a lad about 19 years of age, was present at the melancholi
interview, and the Lther took the opportunity of advisils
him to endeavour to conduct himself in such a manner .„
rnoteud tyo run
to a thettattribute
bhuazt
ea hazard
the b
o f saussepsitc i omnu itni v
ea worldstu
ta whicheu.
swasn
has declared that he has been comparatively happy
his apprehension, as he and his wife led a life of indesari"
bable horror in endeavouring to escape detection.
ber speaks with greater confidence than ever of acqultaL
Mrs. Sanders has expressed her sense of the howl"'
treatment she experienced at the bands of John Forrester.
BATTLE EXTRAORDINARY.—AS Mr. Compt..., Id
Southfield, near Lea, Wilts, was walking through a te",
in the parish with his gun, his attention was engaged -
hawk hovering over what he imagined to be a monk'
After due deliberation, he suddenly made a dart at„,",:,
intended victim, and which proved to be a weasel. "I,""
old adage "catch a weasel asleep " held good in this 1P;
stance ; the weasel saw his danger, and instantly seize;
thebut
at hawklas
last the
ethe a
whkeasdu.uueAedesde vieuredissetrunagag4ilen
disengaging himself,
seenifs,usenti
stmug
the
eut
utt
itweeuhadtaeayaw.ahs
neagd:Nas
mkveo
weasel, and
rhoyai
wannssagdo
ruoddftnoastuuabntnfehtdt
eeefirtdri
hist,
the hawk
dehottwwheweee,
kav
swsetaerrhsi,
ue
whbgnge :
Erptoa
quite dead, and found his head bitten entirely through, in
several places.—Hampshire Advertiser.lMfseoscrete e returnedndedsrca grti.obg e
nit
hechrorecow

THE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade seems to be ge-
nerally improving. We learn from the Glasgow Citises,
that great activity prevails in the iron market, gnu
prices continue to advance. The price of Welsh bar-iron
is now £5 per ton free on board in the Bristol channel;
and the makers having sold pretty largely at this rater
are not disposed to contract heavily without obtaining
even a higher price. Scotch pig-iron has again ad:
vanced five shillings per ton-5Js per ton for No. A
being now the general quotation ; and upon Scotch Ina'
nufactured iron we believe an advance of 10s. per ton has
taken place. The Staffordshire and Shropshire ironmas'
ters were to hold their usual meeting preliminary to quay'
ter-day, on the 28th ult., when we understand they won!"
declare an advance upon manufactured iron of at least 205'
per ton. From the immense consumption of iron at pre'
sent, and the very large quantity of iron rails which vl4/
soon be required for the various railways going on in this
country and on the continent, there is every reason to
expect that the improvement in price will be maintained'
Mining Journal.

• SAGACITY OF A HORSE.—The voluntary performance'
of Mr. Lee's Jack at the Blackburn Steeple Chase, on
Thursday, deserve to be chronicled as strikingly illustra-
tive of the sagacity which is universally accorded to tha.t
noble animal, the horse. In starting, he took a prowl'
nent position among the first horses in the race, which b 6
maintained for nearly half ihe distance round the course.
immediateAt th is poilny t he
r,
eeo unfortunatelyver inz
himself, ahrete d
gallantly ithhi sdrei
determined
ihntlteei
to have the race out on his own account. He according'
ly r"sumed the running and soon came to the front
position which he occupied during the greater part of the
race. In fact, he never yielded his place except when be
felt dubious of the course, in approaching the fencel;
when he allowed Fair Penitent to " show him the way.
For the last two or three fields, however, he appeared to
see his way to the starting post, and he rushed on in bra-
liant style, showing how the successive leaps "might be
done, ' and came in first to the winning post, amid the
loud acclamations of the assembled thousands, Such 11
horse, in our opinion, is certainly " worth a Jew's eye'
BREACH OF PROMISE.—At the Sheriff's Court, Red
Lion-Square, London, on Thursday, before Mr 'Cc'
nedy, some interest was c'eated from its being known that
the case of Lacy against Fenseick, for a breach of promise
of marriage, would be tried. The Court was crowded to
an excess. The plaintiff Miss Charlotte Lacy, is daugh-
ter of Colonel Lacy, R.A. at Woolwich, and the defen-
dant, William John Fenwick, is a gentleman residing at
Hayling Park, Croydon. The pleadings stated that 00
the 31st of January, 1838, he promised to marry the plain':
tiff, and failed to perform his promise up to the 21st °I
December, 1843, when he was reqnested to fulfil it, an
:i
refused to do so. The damages were laid at £5,000, 94.
the defendant having suffered judgment to go by defame
the jury were empannelled to assess the damages.
venue was originally laid in Surrey, but in conseqcver"
the high standing of the defendant in that county, ii,
Justice WiLiams made an order removing it to Middlese, _
After the Jury were sworn, Mr. Thesiger, addressihneg.Tf
r
sbee
for
Judge
i furthermo et
ihfe heCat
dot
euaergdt
r,eenseaedied,
t, lsl
his
kiwasse t
ihevahepdrpdmv,
cttro. relieve
nptlaintlff
for £l,OOO.

MATRIMONIAL STRATAGEM.—some little matter for
the recreation of the gossiping fraternity was occasioned
at Mansfield during the past few days, through the follow-
ing circumstance :—A person of that town, of the name
_
of Crooks, anxious to secure a swain who would prom
to be a partner for life. by the means of fictitious letters:
representing herself as having a sum of money bequeathal
by her uncle, a part of which was to be paid on the dal
of her marriage, so far succeeded in her enterprise as t
induce a you g man, named Leeson, to join her at the
hymeneal alter, which event took place about a week 04°'
Prior to the day of her wedding she borrowed, on the(
strength of her epistolary fabrication, upwards of £l2 0
Mr. Penfold, miller, of that town, which sum she confided
to the care of the bridegroom, for the purpose of enabling
him to purchase a new suit of clothes, and defraying other
expenses, preparatory to the event of the interesting cere-
mony. The con..ratulations of her friends on the occasion
of her marriage had scarcely died away before the unfor-
tunate hr de was apprehended and taken before the magis'
trates, and on Monday last she was committed to take
her trial a' the ensuing sessions.—. ollingham Review.
CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.—At the Chester assize
list week, Joseph Cook was indicted for marrying one
Mary Bradburn, his former wife being then alive. The
prisoner was proved to have been married the first time
according to the rites of the Roman Catholic church. TO
prisoner, in a very ingenious defence, repudiated blj
former marriage, representing that they neither of them
considered the marriage contract binding.—Counsel for
the crown observed, that all marriages in the presence of
witnesses were legal, whether performed by a local pries*
(which was one of the objections raised by the prisoner,'
or one only specially officiating.—Mr. Justice Maule said,
in the act of George IV., chap. 76, there was no mention
at all of Roman Catholics ritese.Qc
formulariesouma koelrsi e
riaenwcidiutihJr
with,
required
hsbeywpterhriee,
specially exempted. He should like to know what lalt
in
the presence of witnesses, was binding.—Mr. Justice
his Of
lordship's direction, returned a verdict of 1101
opinion made a mthaartriaagemoarfritahgise kbiynda valid
Roman?— McaribTaelimepplreiewsat!
Manic thought, that as proper notice had not been given
ea6gs entitled to an
ti sr
at rtai T; nancdt hadthe usualnot been
acquittal. The jury, therefore,
tsgnuo,
under
ehet
ryrer
e.
wrg

ENORMOUS LEGACIES.—The late Mr. John Malta
the celebrated merchant of Smarm, has by his will, dated
October 22, 1841, (which is now the subject of dispute 0
the Ecclesiastical Court, Doctor's-commons,) bequeath;
ed the following immence legacies :—to his wife, L. F. 7,
Mdtass, 600,000 Turkish piasters, and also £26,000 ;.,"
his son , John Maltass, 100,000 Turkish piasters, and Ow
(the son's) wife the same amount; to his three daughtelA
H. M. Abbott, C. Maltass and E. M. Wood, 300,u'a
Turkish piasters each ; to his sun-in-law, R. B. Wo°,,
150,000 Turkish piasters ; to his son-in-law, C. Woody
70,000 piasters ; to his brother, Benjamin Maltass, 125,0'
piasters; to two sisters 100,000 piasters each; to se/eo
A
eindcbildren 10,000 piasters each ; to the British Cher
at Bugia, 10,000 piasters ; to the Peste Hospital at
Rock, 10,000 piasters. He directs 10,000 piasters to re
lengtho
13
tdividedo
e among
distributed
thei
their
st
eh
raevmsi
ceoernsv
ga;
sntat
nts
hdoe ft
hat
ehg eei
ndhe,taeornuedsst
noafif crscmczoadoti
onsgpr tay
Various other legacies were given, but the above are W
principal ones The residue of the property is give t°
his wite. The total of piasters bequeathed in the will, sj:if
2,550,000. The value of an Arabic Turkish piaster is
ss. 6d..—Britannia.

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN LONDON.—On Thurs 46/
night, shortly before twelve o'clock, a fire, attended vrit•j;
great destruction of property and loss of life, broke out
the premises belonging to Mr. Williams, situate at 551,7,,,;
Oxford-street, a ,d known as the Crown and Cushion WAI".
vaults. The premises were four floors high, and ba"o
considerable depth and frontage. The fire broke on'„,
the counting-house, adjoining the bar. in which was fie
posited a vast quantity of spirits. The police-conststs
on duty seeing it would be useless to try to extinguish rig
fire without the help of engines, immediately sprung At
rattle, which brought other assistance to 'the spot. ort
that time, three children were sleeping in the upper Ere*
of the building. There were also two female anti t'lool
male servants in the place, as well as Mrs. Williall3Siestk
her sister. Such was the fury of the flames, that in.:ist
than three minutes they had extended to the bar scoop.
the spirits, which, once on fire, spread with the mOst,eet
prising rapidity to the upper apartments. The exclte`iioor
which followed was most painful. At the second or
front, a young female, named Fritchby, made her aPPebr
ance ; and with such fury did the flames travel, that arS
fore sufficient time had elapsed to procure a laddert_cn
was compelled to throw herself to the ground to ell 00
suffocation. Fortunately the only injury she renFrie oft
a few burns about the knees. Several fire engine before
speedily on the spot ; but it was a considerable tiranpridd
the fire was subdued. About three o'clock °n or,
morning, the fireman discovered the body of a youth'ni JP:
parently abut twelve or fourteen years of age, b 0",
ruins. Three other bodies were afterwards found'
,„ 00
fro rn the
to identifyri
ru
them.tilaredst l
ate theoft issaid b
remains, it
six itwapsehrasorans" site
sible
gether have perished in the flames,