The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

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DEATH FROM FIGHTING.—A fa
Sunday week, at the Mill Pub''
near Wreckington,. Northumber
named John Burns lost his life.
of pitmen, including the deceas
were drinking, when a quarrel tool,
in a fi

,ht, du-ring which Burns recei
cause his death in a
mitted for manslaughter
NEW USE OF WASTE STEAM
has a steam-mine, which dischat

7ew minutes

steam was introduced under the roc
the heat anal moisture united acted so po

ing exposediall day to the open air, assumen a neanny euu
agreeable taste, which rendered the fruit far superior to
those which had been ripened in hothouses.
CHARGE OF UNLAWFUL DRILLING.—At the Bradford
Court-house, on Monday, Edward Harley, a chartist ora-
tor, was brought up for further examination on a charge
of unlawful drilling, but, as the case was not made out to
the satilaction of the magistrates, the defendant was or-
dered to be discharged. Harley was, however, charged
with a similar offence committed near Bingley, v
in another division or wapentake of the West-
He wis conveyed away in custody.
A WIDE RANGE FOR AN ORATION.—At the examina-
tion of Dr. M'Douall before the magistrates, at Ashton,
on Monday last (reported in another column), on the
magistrates requesting Dr. M'Douall to confine his
remarks to the evidence adduced against him, " "'
P. Rberts, solicitor, said, " when a priso
thi,magistrates, there was no restraint tl

Riding

Mr. W
addressee
Lpon him

on recognised troy t

____ whatsoever, and he was at liberty to address the
court on any subject from the creation of the world down
to its destruction, if he could, whether it was relevant or
irrelevant to the charge." _ _

A FAMILY POISONED.—On Tuesday week, the wife of
a person residing at a place called Taynacurin, in South
Knapdale, was about to make some soda scones ; she
went to a drawer in which she kept various articles, and

turned out to be some poisonous stuff, with \V
made the bread, and gave some of it to her "
who were almost immediately taken ill;
died, two are now better, and one is slowly recovering
Greenock Advertiser.

four chi
one has

AN UGLY FACT.—The amount of hard cash paid for
intoxicating drinks in the metropolis alone is three mil-
lion sterling per annum. This sum, if spent in sewers,
would afford upwards of seventeen hundred miles, at
6s. Bd. per foot run, and of ample capacity for the largest
theroughfare, if the supplyof water were good. If the
„

we spend in_ London yearly, in intoxicating c

lu,ks, a sum

vhich would pay for the effect
Inch places as the ancient city

'oath of Towns

gazine.
A GOAT BArruE.--For some time backs the Lochcar-
ron plantation ran the risk of total destruction from the
depredations of a herd of goats, which the farmers had

wantonly, and against the estate law, let loose up(
After considerable remonstrance on the part of ti

keepers, they resolved to shoot them ; and, accordingly,
on Wednesday week, a dreadful massacree took place.
After the first fire, the poor animals did not attempt to
retreat ; but the bucks ranged themselves in front, and
kPnt the females and kids in the rear.—Ross-shire Ad-

vertiser

ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A large h was caught
in a very singulai manner on Tuesday, indred
yards below the Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 'roves,
of the Royal OA, and Mr. George Savidge, were lgling
for roach, when the latter hooked a large fish, which im-
mediately darted away and nearly ran off the whole of his
but. hcAnr- - • - ' he 0-1'

about a hundred

Mr. Groves

line, but, being a scientific angler, . with him as
delicately as possible, although there seemed but very lit-
tle chance of capturing so awkward a customer with such
frail tackle. At length the prize was landed, and was
found to be a barbel, which was hooked

the tail, a

weing upwards of 101 b ; he was hooked aC eight o'cl
and not landed until a quarter past eleven.—Notting

Mercury,

ridiculous report circulated in Birmingham that the guar-
dians of the poor were about to send a number of the
pauper children in the asylum to Australia, a large con-
course of persons assembled in front of that institution
on Wednesday week, and gave vent to great anger against
the parish authorities. They were repeatedly assured that
there was not the least foundation for such a report, but
the infuriated populace would not be satisfied, and the

dren, on the peremptory demand of their parents, have
been delivered up to them by the authorities, in two
days, thus considerably reducing the number of pauper
children in the Birmingham Asylum, which was much
over-crowded.

A BRIDEGROOM STRUCK WITH LIGHTNING.—The
tempest in Suffolk, on Friday, was unusually severe. At
Monks Eleigh, Mr. Thomas llaggar, wheelwright, had
married that day Mrs. Barnard, widow of the late Mr.
Barnard, shopkeeper, of that place ; and, as is usual on
such occasions, they were celebrating the event with their
friends. During the tempest, the greater part
_of the
company went outside of the house to view tl
which was awfully grand, and in a short time

lightnin,

was struck to the ground, apparently dead. Fortunately,
such was not the case ; but he had lost his sight, and for

assistance was

few weeks his sight may mt-Urn. A brother and a sister
of Mr. Haggar were also stunned at the time, having

SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.—A suggestion, for the
preservation of life during thunder-storms, has been
made by Mr. Isham Beggs, in the course of his lectures
upon the " Phenomena of Lightning," - being de-
livered at the Polytechnic Institution."

nov
" Those

the lecturer) who do not mind being drenched by rain,
may effectually screen themselves from the possibility of
danger, when walking through a town, or city, in a
thunder-storm, by holding by a lamppost—as the pipes
running under ground must necesarily carry off• the elec-
tricity, and thereby save the passer-by from destruction."

He challenged any scientific man to deny the accuracy of
this suggestion.
RESTORATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—In the early part
of the year 1846, Mr. Watts, builder, of Derby, proceeded
to Tamworth station, for the purpose of paying his men
engaged upon a contract on the Trent Valley line. In his
carpet bag were fifteen £5 bank notes, together with books
and papers. On alighting at Tamworth station, Mr. Watt,
•-Qed I immediately telegraphed

missed his carpet bag, an— -
fact to Wilncote and Birmingham stations, but nothing
was elicited to lead to the discovery of the missing pro-
perty until Sunday morning, when the Mayor of Derby
received a note by post, enclosing £75. Another note was
also sent to Mr. Watts, advising him to go and claim

money, and stating that the interest at 5 per cent. should
be also transmitted to him. Mr. Watts has received the

money