The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-12 00:00:00

AN
U N SAFE BANS.-An old man named Rider, living
at Tenbury, a short time ago received about £4OO from a
gentleman in London, who had held the same at 5 per
cent. interest, but'who then had no further use for it;
the old man and his wife agreed it would be the safest
place to deposit the property in a small box, to be buried
in a deep hole in his garden ; this was accordingly done ;
but having subsequently found another customer to invest
the money with, the old man went on Sunday last to dig
it up, but found to his great amazement that the box with
its contents had vanished.- Worcester paper.
SALE OF TEA AT HULL.-The entire cargo of teas
brought by the Raymond, from Canton, direct to Hull,
was on Wednesday submitted for sale by auction. The
cargo consisted of 4897 chests of Congou, 200 half chests
Souchoug, 191 half chests Orange Pekoe, 200 half chests
Black-leaf Pekoe, 200 half chests Flowery Pekoe, 600
boxes, 1000 half chests Twankay, 150 boxes, 200 half
chests Hyson, 170 half chests Hyson, 165 half chests
Imperial, 204 half chests and 150 boxes Gunpowder.
Total, 8327 packages. Prices were expected to rule a
little below those now obtaining in the metropolis. They,
however, realised full current London rates, and in some
instances ruled rather higher, particularly Twarkays.
REVIVING TRADE .-Among the signs of reviving trade
and returning commercial prosperity, we may mention
that during the month of November last, the amount of
receipts at the National Security Savings' Bank, in Hut-
cheson-street, was no less than £20,970 19s. 10d., in
4,262 transactions •, while the amount of repayments was
only £14,131 18s. 9d., in 2,625 transactions. Consider-
ing that £lO,OOO at least of the repayments may have
been, as in previous years, for Martinmas and half-yearly
dwelling-house rents to landlords, the above simple facts
are peculiarly remarkable and gratifying. We learn also
that in the same sbort month of November, there were no
fewer than 669 pass-books opened to persons who were
never at the bank before.-Glasgow Argus.
THE COMET.-The new comet has been observed from
Paris and London. It is thus described by Sir James
South :-" This comet was observed here with the five-
feet equatorial, whose object-glass is 4i inches aperture,
about eight o'clock last evening [3oth Nov.] ; with the
large achromatic, of 11 inches 9-10ths diameter, its nu-
cleus, with powers of 150 and 300, seemed not round, but
elongated in the direction of the tail ; which latter, after
moonset, extended about 11 minutes. It does not bear
much illumination of the field, although it was easily
found with an achromatic telescope of 21. inches aperture.
At 48 minutes 37 seconds after midnight, its right ascen-
sion was about 5 hours 21 minutes and 37 seconds, and
its northern declination was about 5 degrees 34 minutes
and 32 seconds ; and it is very near the star a Orionis."
INCENDIARY FIRES IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE. -On
Wednesday and Thursday last two extensive fires oc-
curred on farms in the vicinity of Cambridge, and no
doubt is entertained that both were the work of incendi-
aries. The first was at the farm of Mr. Kirby, of Rox-
worth, and, notwithstanding every exertion that could be
used, the barns, outhouses, carts with manure, horses,
cows, pigs, &c., were destroyed. The loss exceeds
£2,000. Mr. Kirby is insured to the amount of £1,600.
The other fire occurred at the farm of Mr. Tyson, of
Fen Dutton, whose property, chiefly corn, to the valueof
£5,000. was destroyed. It was all insured in the Nor-
wich Union Office. It is believed that the authors of
these diabolical acts will be brought to justice.
MILITARY PUNISHMENT.-Monday morning, two pri-
vates of the Grenadier Guards, John Finnimore and
Isaiah Hawkins, underwent corporeal punishment in the
Sheet-street Barracks, Windsor. Parade was called as
early as half-past seven o'clock A square being formed
in front of the guard-room, the prisoners were brought
forward by a file of men and placed in the centre. The
sentences of the courts-martial held last week were then
read by the Adjutant to the following effect :-" That
John Finnimore receive 150 lashes, and Isaiah Hawkins
receive 120 lashes ;" the former for having struck his
sergeant, as he was coming off parade, on the back of the
neck with the butt-end of his musket, intending to have
struck him on the head. This man's offence was aggra-
vated by his afterwards having declared that he was sorry
he had not killed the sergeant. Hawkins's offence was
that of striking his sergeant whilst in a state of drunken-
ness. Finnimore was the first tied up, and he received
his punishment (which occupied about twelve minutes)
without uttering a word. Hawkins was then tied up, and
he also recived his punishment without flinching.
THE MAYOR AND THE MACE OF LEICESTER.-During
the Isineen's visit to Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke
of Rutland, on Tuesday last, Mr. Harris, the Mayor of
Leicester, waited on her Majesty to present an address
from the town council of that borough. One circumstance
attending this ceremony is deserving of remark. The
Mayor of Leicester appeared without a mace or any of the
u-ual insignia of office. It seems tbtt when the first
" reformed" corporation entered upon their duties, one of
the earliest acts which their wisdom dictated was to eco-
nomise in the expenditure of the town by disposing of the
mace and the other insignia of office. What made the
matter worse is, that this mace was originally the gift of
Queen Elizabeth, and, to crown the series of mai apropos
incidents, the mace was, when offe ed for sale, bought by
the landlady of a small inn, or shop licensed for the sale
of liquors and beer. This person, proud of her prize, not
unfrequently walks to church with her mace carried be-
fore her : she is, in short, a sort of quasi mayor on those
occasions. It may well be supposed that the Mayor of
Leicester must have been placed in no very pleasing situa-
tion when before Royalty in presenting his address, with
the full consciousness upon him that all these peculiar in-
cideq ere well known to many, however much his sta-
tion a character entitled him to respect.
THE TEA TRADE, DEC. 4.-The deliveries last week
fell off to 439,389 lb. We regret that we cannot notice
the least improvement in the demand. On the contrary,
on the quotations subjoined, a slight decline would have
to be accepted were sales to even a limited extent at-
tempted. Bohea, 4d. to Bd. ; congou, ord. to good ord.,
ls. • but mid., ls. Oid. to Is. ld. ; blackish leaf, Is. 4d.
to is. 10d. ; pekoe kind, 2s. to 2s. 4d. ; souchong, good
ord. to good mid., Is. to 3s. ; orange pekoe, Is. sd. to
Is. 11d. ; twankay, good ord. to but mid., Is. lid. to Is.
24d. ; mid. to hyson kind, Is. 4d. to Is. 9d. ; hyson skin,
ord. to good ord., 11d. to Is. ; hyson, good ord., ls. Bd.
to is. 9d. ; but mid., Is. lld. to 2s. sd. ; mid. to good
mid., 2s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. ; imperial, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 3d. ; and
gunpowder, 2s. 11d. to 4s. 6d. per lb. The stock of tea
in London on the Ist instant was 30,241,000 lb. against
26,705,000 lb. at this time last year. The recent arrivals
having been large, have again led to a preponderance of
stock now as compared with last year. The deliveries this
year have been 33,770,000 lb., against 32,478,000 lb., at
this time last year. The imports this year are 35,889,0001 b.,
and last year, to the Ist of December, were 29,421,000 lb.
The stock of Company's congou is 3,646 chests, and of
other congou, 21,219,000 lb. The stock of twankay is
2,159,000 lb. Both these are less than last year.
MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.-A brutal
and deliberate act of murder has been committed in the
neighbourhood of Stockport. The murderer is a middle-
aged man, named George Fox, a bailiff attached to the
Stockport Court of Requests, and the victim his wife.
The injuries which have caused the unfortunate woman's
death were inflicted on Friday night, at the Robin Hood
public-house, M'ddle Hillgate. Death resulted about
10 o'clock on the following morning. On this Fox imme-
diately absconded, but gave himself into the custody of
Mr. Sadler, superintendent of the Stockport police, at
the house of his father, at Maple-bridge, on Sunday after-
noon. The deceased was drunk at the time of the mur-
der, which had so enraged the husband, that he took her
round the waist and dashed her head violently against
the slop-stone, which immediately became covered with
blood. A person present said, " You have killed the
woman !" upon which the prisoner said, "If I have not
finished her, I will do so.' On being told that it was a
great shame to use a woman in that way, and that he
would be hanged for it, he replied, he hoped he should be.
The mother of the deceased stated, that the prisoner and
her daughter bad been married ten years. She was a

bonnet-maker. Witness on Friday nightWinnl;i home,
and found deceased pressing a bonnet. Prisoner came
home about half-past ten, the worse for liquor, and ap-
peared very fierce. He said, " Thou's been at the Robin
Hood this afternoon ;" and she said, " I've not." He
said, " Wilt thou swear it?" She said, " I will." He
went and fetched a Bible for her to swear it. During
this time deceased made her escape out of the house. He
said, " She's gone on no good errand ; she's a very
drunken woman." He then went to bed, and witness sat
up. Prisoner afterwards got up, and said that he would

go out too. Other evideiice was given, which left no
doubt that the prisoner had caused the death of the de-
ceased, and the jury at once returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder," and the prisoner was committed to take his
trial at the next Chester assizes.

THE COLLIERS.—On Monday week, the colliers of St.
Helen's and the neighbourhood presented their employers
a statement of the rates at which they demanded hereafter
to be paid. The present rate of wages, we believe, is
about 6s. " per work," and it is said the men now demand
10s. " per work ;" but of the correctness of this state-

ment we are not, as yet, fully assured. Another demand
of the miners is, that they only work five days in the
week. The coal proprietors of St. Helen's held a meet-
ing of their body on Thursday last, to take the demands
of the men into consideration. Some difference of opin-
ion was manifested ; but the general opinion seemed to be
that the increase demanded is too great, and that it can-
not possibly be submitted to under present circumstances.
The proprietors are of course extremely anxious to pre-
vent a strike, which, if it should take place, will be gen-
eral and not local, and must so largely enhance the price
of coal as to cause serious inconvenience in all those
branches of the manufacturing industry of the country
in which coal is largely employed ; 'but at the same time,
they are disposed to let the strike take place rather than
submit to what they consider an exorbitant demand.
The meeting separated without coming to any decision as
to the demands of the men •, but another meeting will
shortly be held to take the subject into consideration. 'We
are informed that the stocks of coal in the St. Helen's
district are now so reduced, that were there were 1,000
tons there are not now 10. This is owing to the colliers
having for some weeks past systematically carried out the
advice of their delegates so as to reduce the daily " get,"
that the stocks would be entirely exhausted previous to
the period at which the general strike, if decided on,
would take place. If the men should not lower their
demands, which is somewhat unlikely, seeing that they
are the result of the deliberations of the delegates of the
combined colliers of Great Britain and Ireland, and if the
masters, in the present state of the trade, feel that they
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cannot consent to those demands, the strike must take
place ; and as the most vigorous exertions would no
doubt be made to procure a supply, however inadequate
it might be, of a mineral necessary, not merely for domes-
tic purposes. but for the continuance of the. manufactur-
ing operations of the country, the result would be that
labourers would be procured from the general market and

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