The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

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The Welsh hills are now covered with snow.
Numbers of Irish paupers are now being passed from
Hull to Ireland.

Nine ilex houses are about to be commenced upon the
Castle Lawn, Douglas, Isle of Man.
The slate trade in North Wales is in a depressed state
owing to free trade. The export of iron ore has alto-
gether ceased.
Prince Louis Napoleon has retired from Paris, and ar-
rived in London. The French provisional government
did not wish him to remain in that country.
The importations of cheese from foreign parts into this
country for the year 1847, were 355,253 cwt., for 1846
they were 341,682 cwt.

House bread is now selling in London at 42d. the four
pound loaf—the lowest price at which bread has ever been
sold in the metropolis.
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The French residing in London have resolved to pro-
ceed in a body to the French Embassy to deposit the
manifesto of their adhesion to the Provisional Government.

Mr. Sampson, a young farmer at Hillsley, near Wotton-
under-Edge, a few days since, quarrelled with his family
about a very trivial matter, and in consequence of the dis-
agreement left the house, wished the family " good bye,"
and shot himself.

At Winchester, last week, Mr. Bishop, the manager of
a branch bank at Christchurch, was convicted of embez-
zlement. The deficiencies are stated to be .0,000. There
was also an indictment for forging an I 0 U for £8,470.
He had been engaged extensively in railway speculations.
An affray between five poachers and three keepers took
place at Cadland, near Southampton, on Sunday morning
week. One of the keepers, named Payne, had his skull
fractured by a blow from one of the poachers with the
butt end of the gun, and he expired on Thursday.
CHLOROFORM.-Dr. Simpson has computed that of 300
operations performed with ether and chloroform, fewer
proved fatal than is usual in the same cases without these
agents. Of 1,088 cases of amputation of the thigh, with-
out an anaesthetic agent, 44 in 100 died ; out of 135 ca es
with ether or chloroform, 33 only died—or 24 in 100.
On Wednesday week, Frederick Douglas, aged 26, a
coalheaver, at Richmond, whilst attempting, for a wager
of half a gallon of beer, to carry a red-hot poker between
his teeth round the room, slipped, and drove the poker
into his throat. The poor wretch died next day in excru-
ciating agonies. _ _

,
CHEAP GAS A PAYING CONCERN.—Notwithstanding
the Whitehaven Gas-light Company thought fit to lower
(some two or three years ago, at the positive request of
the consumers) the price of gas in that town, from Bs. to
4s. per 1000 cubic feet, the directors, at their last half-
yearly meeting. held on the 18th ult., made a favourable
report.
THE ROBBERY OF DR. BOWRING.—At Swansea, on
Tuesday, John Lloyd and Richard Mahony pleaded
guilty of the robbery of Dr. Bowring ; and Evan Evans,
weaver, and Richard Thomas were convicted of feloniously
receiving a portion of the property. Lloyd and Mahony
were transported for life ; Evans was sentenced to 18
montns' imprisonment.

The friends of Mr. Buckingham are raising a testimo-
nial fund for the purpose of building a public room
in London for the advocacy of temperance, &c. It is a
very appropriate and delicate way of testifying to Mr. B.'s
labours. Amongst the subscribers are Prince Albert, the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Earl
of Devon.

CAMBRIDGE.—A tradesman of the town, a hairdresser,
perfumer, and printseller, has just been discommuned for
a month by the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses,
for taking legal proceedines for the recovery of a debt
against abachelor of arts of two years' standing, of Trinity
College, without first giving notice to Mr. Thompson, the
Tutor of the College.

SHOCKING BRUTALITY :—KIRKALDY.—A train of cir-
cumstances has led to the discovery of one of the most
horrible instances of the depravity of human nature with
which we have met. A boy of the name of Fife, of weak
intellect, has been found living in an old press, lying
amongst rotten straw in a state of filth almost indescrib-
able. The inhuman parents have been apprehended.
A SIMPLE PROCESS OF FILTERING RIVER WATER.—
A process is described by Mr. John Aird, of Greenwich,
in the Builder, as in use on the Thames. It consists
merely of a cylinder or well, without bottom, but with a
close covered top, sunk into clean sand and gravel, within
about twenty-five feet of low-water mark, and containing
the end of a suction-pipe leading ashore to an engine,
through which an almost continual or inexhaus

le sup-

ply of clear filtered water is said to be got
The Leeds Intelligencer mentions that, on Wednesday
week, a man who was drinking in an alehouse at Nether
Thong, near Holmfirth, quarrelled with another man, and
swore that he would place him on the fire, which was
blazing on the hearth. He rose to fulfil his threat, seized
the other man, and after swearing a disgusting oath, was
in the act of lifting him from his seat, when his hold sud-
denly relaxed, and he fell dead on the ground.
Between Saturday evening and Monday morning week,
the premises of the Worthing branch of the Joint-Stock
Company's Bank were entered by thieves, who carried off
£6OO or £7OO in notes and gold. Several trifling articles
were also taken, and a ledger weighing about 251bs. It
seems probable that this was taken on the supposition
that it contained the numbers of the notes. and that all
clue to them would be thus removed. The number, how-
ever, of every note has already been made public.
_ _

ABERDEEN.—More than ordinary interest was excited
at the election of Lord Rector for Marischal College this
year on account of the students having nominated two
gentlemen of high literary ;pretensions, Lord Robertson
of the Court of Session, and Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P.
The election took place on Wednesday, when Lord Ro-
bertson had a majority in all the nations." Lord
Robertson has promised to deliver his inaugural address
to the students at his installation at the end of this month.

FOREIGN GRAIN.—On Monday and Tuesday last up-
wards of 14,500 bags of wheat alone were exported,
chiefly from Hamburg into Hull, besides sundry parcels
of pease, beans and barley. The amount of duty saved
by the importers, in consequence of those cargoes being
entered previous to the Ist of March, would exceed
£2250. The duty was levied on Wednesday, the Ist
March, was for wheat 65., and barley, oats, rye; beans
and peas, 2s. 6d. per quarter.
I Y A 'd of six --

m per cent. was declared at the annual
meeting of the London and Westminster Bank, held on
Wednesday last ; and the report stated, that with the
exception of the outstanding instalments, amounting to
£3273, the paid-up capital of the bank is now £1,000,000.
It was explained that the reason of the bank's profits not
being sufficient to pay a bonus, besides the usual rate of
dividend, arose from a loss, to the extent of £20,000,
occasioned by a sale of Government Securities during the
" week of terror" during the autumn of last year.

MARK OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—A public
meeting was held lately in the Savings' 'Bank News-
room, Poulton-le-fylde, by the friends and admirers of
the Rev. Mr. Bateson, curate, (who for some unknown
reason has been unexpectedly dismissed from his curacy),
for the purpose of showing their respect for him, and their
esteem of the zealous performance of his ministerial duties.
The meeting was attended by the resident gentleman ;
and a handsome subscription was commenced, which will
be followed up by an active canvass, in order to present to
Mr. Bateson a suitable testimonial, on his removal- to
another sphere of usefulness.
DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH IN LONDON.—It iS
reported that there are in London twenty thousand
tradesmen, &c., who pollute the Lord's-day by following
their worldly occupation. There are about 1200 shops
open every Sabbath at Westminster, and thousands of
public-houses likewise I We feel disposed to ask the
Commissioners of Edtwation what reason they would as-
sign for this ? Is it because the " people are ignorant of
the English language ?" [Yet those who want to have
the day a little better observed, and so to give numbers
of persona the rest of which they are now robbed, are
termed " Sabbath-howlers," " Mawworms," " fanatics,"
and " hypocrites !"] •
THE ' ISLE OF MAN COMMERCIAL BANKING COM-
PANY" suspended payment on Wednesday ; their issue
of local notes are known to be large, and their other
liabilities are also, it is feared, very considerable ; while
nothing satisfactory has transpired as to their assets.
This is the second and sole remaining Joint Stock Bank
in that island which has exploded. srs. Henry
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Holmes, Sons and Co., are now the only aukers in the
island, and they are said to have declined receiving new
accounts. Hence every way the private .as..well as the
trading and lnining operations of that island are reduced
to a deplorable condition.

A HEAVY ASSIZE !—Looking at the amount of crime
in other counties of England, we were rather struck with
the following intimation in a country paper respecting the
Westmorland Assizes :—" The criminal business is unu-
sually heavy, eight prisoners committed for trial."
TRIAL OF ANNETTE MEYERS FOR THE MURDER OF
HENRY DUCKER.—On Friday at the Old Bailey, Annette
Meyers was put on her trial for the murder of Henry
Ducker, a soldier in the Coldstream Guards. She ap-
peared but little agitated when she took her place in the
dock, but became more affected as the trial proceeded.
It is unnecessary to re-state the evidence. She was found
guilty. The jury strongly recommended her to mercy,
on account of the extraordinary provocation she received.
The judges then put on their black cap:, and the Chief
Baron passed sentence of death in the u•ual form. The
.prisoner was then removed from the dock without uttering
a word. She looked very pale, and was seated during the
trial, and kept her handkerchief to her face nearly the
whole time, and appeared to be crying.
A HEALTHY DISTRICT.—The parish of Romaldkirk,
North Yorkshire. is the largest in extent in the kingdom,
with the exception of one other. It contains a population
of 2379 persons, and within its wide circuit are the town-
ships of Cotherstone (from which Mr. Bowes' celebrated
race horse received its name) and Mickleton, which has
likewise given a name to that gentleman's racer, the
Mickleton Maid. For the last six months only sixteen,
deaths have taken place, and not a single case of influ-
enza or fever has occurred. Amongst the deaths were
very old people :—one died at the age of 101, another 94,
another 92, another 84, and two 79. Although sanatory
regulations are required in many parts of the country,
our friends in the district we have named appear free from
all disease, and to die only of sheer old age.
WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF HARROWDY.—Probate
of the will of the late Right Honourable Dudley Earl of
Harrowbv. of Sandon-hall. Stafford, and Grosvenor.
square, London, was granted on the Ist instant, to his
son, the present Earl of Harowby, (heretofore Viscount
Sandon,) the acting executor, a power being reserved to
his son, the Honourable Granville Dudley Ryder, to prove
the same hereafter, being also an executor named in the
will, which bears date the 10th of July, 1843. The per-
sonal property was estimated for duty at £60,000. The
manor and lordship of Harrowby. in Lincolnshire, and all
his messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, with the
lands and woods in Harrowby, Somershy, Grantham, and
Ropsley, all in Lincolnshire, his lordship has devised and
bequeathed to his son the Earl of Harrowby, subject to

two contingent annuities of £2OO each to two of hi
danzhters.

TH E APPROACHING COMET.—The following particulars
respecting the portentous visitant of the solar sr
were delivered by Mr. 11. Althans, before the Haat._
Literary and Scientific Institution, at the Mermaid
.
Assembly ooms. Thp - -

stranger took place on the stliof Mareh, 1556. From I
the left wing of the sign Virgo, it passed by the constel-
lation Bootes, and ascended to the northern pole of
ecliptic ; thence, by Andromeda, it came to the
Fish, where it was lost. In its middle sour,- -
swift. running through fifteen degrees dai'
motion was retrograde—at last direct.
sented the appearance of a bright glob(
to a half-moon, but the rays ani colt
The tail was rare and thin, casting f
than ruddy light, narrower near the
westward. At its former appearac
three months.
M U-

first its I

-..LEETING OF THE iNEMPLOYED.--i
ing of the unemployed working ,
held on the Green, in pursuance to int ~.
bill. The number present might he about
The speeches and resolutions bore refe,
part. to complaints against the Relief C
account of the rates of wages allowed for thi
had been tendered. In the course of the proce
M`Douall, from London, delivered a low); Ci.
rangue. After the meeting, from 1,500 to 2,000
in procession through the streets to the office
Treasurer, when a deputation was appointed to
with that gentleman as to what was to be done in
to the urgent necessities of the unemployed. We ui
stand that at the moment he was engaged in is,
circulars for a meeting of committee (all the rnagistm
being members of the same) with a view of consulting
to the state of matters. This seemed to be satisfactory 1
the deputation. who announced the same to the assem-
blage, and advised them to depart quietly, which they
did.—Glasgow Paper.
APPREHENSION BY A FEMALE.—On Tuesday a fellow
was seen near this town to go up to the cottage of a
poor woman, and soon after a shirt was missed. Sus-
picion falling upon the stranger, a woman named Martha
Bartup, living next door, immediately started in pursuit
of him, and after a two-mile chase came up with him.
Sh 'tared '

She then
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,ne immediately coi, mm, and having unbuttor
coat, found the shirt concealed on his person.
led her prisoner back to Takely, but unfc
arriving there found that. the constable was at
attending the sessions. Determined not to giv,
captive until she had safely handed him over to the law,
she started with him for Dunmore police-station, a dis-
tance of four miles, and had marched him a great part of
the way, still holding him by the collar, when a waggon
came up, and the driver put the fellow into it. The wo-
man, with meritorious perseverance, walked behind to
prevent him from escaping ; but before they reached
Dunmow, a police-officer drove up, and the thief being
given up to him, was safely lodged at the police-station. I

On Friday he was committed for trial—
A MAN MURDERED BY HIS SISTL__
week a man named Harris, along with a r
named Mary Hoom‘r, went to Honiton-n

cartload of hay to sell. This.they effected, and then went
to a public-house, where they partook of some refresh-
ment. and deceased became inebriated. Instead of tak-
ing the cart home themselves, they sent it home by
another person, the deceased imagining that the walk
would enable him to get the better of the drink he had
taken. The moment after _he commenced walking,

however, he stumbled and fell down in ihe-road.

sister came to him and persuaded him to get up, but he
was unable to do so. She then flew into a violent passion,
struck him several times with her fists without being able
to rouse him, when at length she kicked him in
brutal manner over the head and face. I

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caked m

and the head terribly mangled ; so much so, that death
ensued. A neighbouring farmer found the unfortunate
man deluged with blood, and scarcely able to articulate.
Mary Hooper was committed to the Devon county gaol
on the capital charge.
An extraordinary degree of excitement has been pro-
duced at Aberdare by a report of the state of society in
that parish, written by the Rev. J. Griffith, the Vicar,
and printed in one of the Blue-books of the Commis-
sioners on Education. The report states that drunken-

ness is very prevalent at Aberdare, that the men are des-
titute of decency before women, and, vice versa', the
women of feminine modesty before men, morality being
at a low ebb with both; that workmen in many instances
live in dwellings too expensive for their station in life,

On Wednesday night a crowded meeting was held in Siloa
Chapel, Aberdare, when, although it was admitted that
there was drunkenness and immorality in the parish, it
was contended that the general body of the inhabitants
had made as much progress in improvement as those of
other places. The statement about the luxurious dwell-
ings was also denied ; it was complained that Mr. Griffith
had made his report within one short month of his com-
ing to reside in the parish. Resolutions to this effect
were agreed to ; the objectors, however, disclaiming any
personal towards the Vicar, or hostility towards
the Established Church.
MISTAKEN USE OF CHLOROFORM.—A few days since

a female of Hereford being in a delicate state oThealib

intended to take a composing draught., but by mistake a
bottle of chloroform was given to her, of which she swal-
lowed only a tablesnoonfol as it stooped bor 1-wpnth Tn

a few minutes she be

on to feel greit

attack) the gruel she had recently taken, smelli__,,
of chloroform. After this the prostration became extrem(
so that scarce any pulse could be felt by those about her ,
and she then fell into a tranquil sleep. As soon as she
felt herself ill, the bottle was examined and the medical
attendant sent for; but before his arrival she began to
mend, though still sleeping: her pulse had become stronger
and beat about 80 in the minute ; and she could be roused
to make brief replies, by dashing cold water on her head

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