The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

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DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—A few nights - so,
Ross, of the Victoria Inn, Bunbury, and Mrs:„.,nrors
the same village, (between whom it is said
intimacy existed), left the house of Mr. Ross, -°1.14,0P'
pose of taking a walk in a field, in which:a drewe.,:ciad
lately been sunk. It is supposed that the two inTincet
had been groping along the side of the wall, en„%otil
sequence of the darkness of the night, they fells
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together and perished.—Hull Herled.
CONFESSION.—During the last few days, Will'pot
drew, the murderer of Mr. Wm. Inchbald, of Lori.o
aforth. near Boroughbridge, under the instructions !0
Rev. Thomas Sutton, the Chaplain of York Casbqeisl
exhibited a greater degree of penitence than 'nig ife?
been expected after the indifference he has InBDce/bt
since his conviction. On Thursday last he made a. 111
confession, of which the following is the purpenioci
stated that a fortnight before the murder, Mr'
bald had threatened to have him transported forPeanot
before the expiration of three months, in consequeo
which, he (Kendrew) on the 28th of Septereber'i cet'
wait for Mr. Inchbald, and having arrived at the PI )!
scribed at the trial, he fired and hit him in the helot
Inchbald then turned round, when Kendrew disc
the second barrel, and wounded him in the left Innen•
being satisfied with this, he went up to the %°f° kit/
man whilst he was lying on the ground, and strrebbr
on the head with the butt end of the gun. 111 r. Ono+
then, allough so seriously wounded, got up and kill
Kendrew, who immediately went into the fields an
no more of the deceased.
MAMMOTH STEAM ELECTRICAL 0
afn l'tbreP,
hydro-electric machine of the most extraordiaeLirot
unprecedented power is now being constructed wail
United States. It will be able to produce a sPertottri
inches, to cast 3500 feet of metallic surface, in a
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of 48 Leyden jars, of 2 feet high by 10 inches in dia't
This shock would kill a thousand men in an instantvtip
were passed through such n chain ! This machine
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than four times as powerful as the one exhibiwto
the Polytechnic Institution in London, whose effeet:s
been witnessed by more than 300,000 persons wit"'o
last year, and is now by far the most powerful insliv
in the world. The expense will be nearly 450010,
with the apparatus for illustration. The name tijo,
leviathan machine is to be the " Benjamin Frankoi
and, as it will not be shown at all in Europe, Am
will possess exclusively this magnificent unequeliTi
strument. It will leave the manufactory for the vi
States early in the year. The action of the hydro•eird
machine is in no degree influenced by the state e`tv
weather, and the experimects are astounding in,.„fi
nature, both on account of their novelty and grog"'
Birmingham Journal.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE AO"
correspondence has been published in the Wateu
which is highly characteristic of his grace's atteun°o
everything which concerns the welfare of the aratl.,,
Rev. John Smith, a Wesleyan minister, addressed ale'
to the duke, complaining that he had been refused se;
sion to an hospital for the purpose of visiting a sell
ti
one of the patients. Mr. Smith immediately real!,
communication from Sir John Macdonald, the Adj4T
General, by his grace's direction, distinctly explaiy',l°,lo
regulations on this head. The letter expresses the 'ld
desire that soldiers should have the benefit of the sl'1"?
assistance of clergymen of their own persuasion, whe:lS
they might require it ; and states the established rOl
be, that every soldier is at liberty to choose its osillort
tor, with this simple understanding, that he 61181111 p
his wish, through the regular channel to his conlo3llolt
officer, who will give immediate directions for the a,
sion of the clergyman whom the soldier may have c't
as his spiritual adviser. Sir J. Macdonald adds, the
Duke of Wellington had commanded him to enteri,
this explanation for Mr. Smith's future guidance, 0_,,110,
prevent his being in future subjec'ed to any disaPr
ment.

CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES.-At this season of they
custom has ordained the production of panton3jaia
the chief feature of the theatrical representations, a° p
enumeration of those brought out in London Mai,
prove unacceptable to the reader :—At Drury Abe
Puck's Pantomime, or Harlequin Robinson CrusulrY
been announced ; at Covent-Garden, Harlequin Crow
and Quaver, or Music for the Million ; at the 11,8/Ce
ket, Graciosa and Percinet ; at the Adelphi, Cat °
tle, or Harlequin and the King of the Rats ; at WO
ceum, Valentine and Orson ; at the Princess's, Plei
, sr;
ler and his Men ; at the Olympic, Old Bogie, or , b
quin Lazy Dick ; at Astley's, Harlequin and °di
Gilpin's Ride ; at the Surrey, £ s. d. or Hari!lt,
Pounds, Shillings, and Pence ; at Sadler's Wells,,
quin Robin Hood and Little John; at the City °II,OO
don, Fairy Gnomes of the Golden Caves, or HflioP
and the lamp of the Golden Mountains • at the pa 8d
Harlequin Jack-of-all-Trades, and the 'Fairy BUSY 0 $,
at the Strand, the Chinese Exhibition, or the Fe° so!
Lanterns; at the Garrick, Smith, Brown, Joneylo
Robinson. the Four Naughty Boys, or Harlequin a„aecits
Tiddy Kill at the bottom of the Thames ; at the ura
Saloon, the Maid and the Magpie, or Harlequin Bacot!'
Magic Spoon; at the Victoria, Harlequin and 11°t frti
line, or the Little Old Woman and the Demon °

Metal Mines.
HORRID MURDER.—On Saturday morning Weekntt
peaceful town of Ulverstone was excited by a 11,7010
(which proved to be true) that an itinerant razoe-g'n';le
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had brutally murdered his wife. His name is Den;
but it apperred that he resided with his wife and jgbl
children in Heart-street Ulverston. On FridaY
week he returned home in a state of intoxication, V
quarrel ensued between him and his wife, which at lei 1
terminated in blows. The enraged man eventually se
the poker, and struck his wife a formidable blow ell 01
on the head, which completely shattered her skull; ~t)
must, it is supposed, have produced instantaneous °,t,rt
Not satisfied with what he had done, the enraged rninil,
commenced kicking the head of his victim, which hell
with such violence as to force one of her jaws enti7
from its place ; he then brutally kicked her on vale
parts of her body, which he dreadfully mutilated. 140
ing thus wreaked his savage vengeance upon his vie?
he stripped the poor woman's dead body naked,, d
threw it down stairs, after which he burned the virb°loll
her clothing. Having done this he left the houseyj
went to his wife's sister, and coolly told her that he trli
afraid that his wife was dead. In the meantime.?
children (a boy and a girl) awoke and witnessed the ce/or
and the neighbours, who had heard the noise, were t
alarmed by the screams of the boy, who called oup,
them that his father had murdered his mother.

wretched man was secured.
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IMPORTATION OF CORN.—The Board of Custorn-4,01
ing had under consideration a representation froniniayi
the out ports, with respect to certain post or second e"coro.
which have been accepted for sundry quantities of
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by which parties have been allowed to pay duty aelpeol,
to the rate chargeable at the time of passing the Pri,oool'
first entry, instead of that payable at the time the s'etict,;
entry was passed, and also the reports of the Piad,F,
officers at this port on the subject, and it appealp;.
a diversity of practice prevails in charging the aa
foreign corn on prime and post entries and the cot
being of opinion that the duties payable upon foreign,rei
under the provisions of the law, are regulated and o'oll
by the aggregate average prices of British corn at thettlif
of the entry for home consumption, have ordered 0900,,
duty due at the actual time of each entry of foreigV
for home use, whether prime or post, only be recellpoel
which the officers in London and at the several 00`te
tl
of the kingdom have had notice, with directions to Veil
themselves in future accordingly. This order is el"!
siderable importance to the importers of foreign diter
who are obliged in all cases of clearing the article pol,
from the importing vessel to pay a sum of duty, bY,e;
ing a prime entry, in order to obtain the landing ".00ig
article, and as it is in almost every instance impralhit,ir
to give in the first entry the exact quantity *al,
turn out, as it is termed, it of course becomes net;
to pass a post or second entry for the remainaerii
quently several days after the passing of the e''
entry.
HULL, BRISTOL, AND NEWCASTLE.—The titletO
so,i
considered the third port of the kingdom has bet ler,
posed to lie between these ports. Bristol takes the t°
in point of productiveness to the revenue, the anl7Bo'
custom duties collected at that port during the year 5 ill:
ing January 5, 1844, being £326,750. The custoirje,jii,
ties of Hull during the same year were £525,418. t•nciti
ference being accounted for by the fact, that the Pr.lcilt'
articles of export into Hull are not those on wha
heavy duties are chargeable, such as timber, linseeW,
while Bristol contains a considerable portion of her
India trade, the duties on the sugars, coffee, rue''
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which swell the revenue. We have reason to sub
that the customs returns for the year ending Jan.
will exhibit a less preponderating difference betwe
two ports in this respect, and will show larger conticri,
tions to the revenue from this port. In the 1105110
ships and tile amount of tonnage for the year ending s!ii
r
Hull has a decided superiority—the number of
which entered our port being 973 British and 945 Zeit
or 1.918 in all ; against 315 British and only 25 f IBS,
or 340 in all, which entered the port of Bristol 11.$01,
The difference in the total amount of tonnage is verY,ooo/
ing, being, Hull, 307,793; Bristol, 83,609. I he,h9e
of customs duties collected at Newcastle during "" oPoi
ending Jan. 5, 1844, is £494,524, being less 10 0011 i
Hull or Bristol. The number of ships and the t!ioli
of tonnage exceed, however, either those of Bri
Hull, being 1,676 British ships, and 1,143 foreige'
2,824, with a tonnage of 381,961.—Hu1l Herald.
NEW MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ACT.—On
(to. morrow) the New Merchant Seamen's Ant v/
ii,ets„ii
into force. From the Ist proximo no seaman can ofPt:
to sea without the requisite ticket, under a nenaltYistialei
The act is " to amend and consolidate the laws red
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Merchant Seamen, and for Keeping a Register
men." By the preamble it is declared that it is es god
to promote the increase of the number of seanleinq
afford them encouragement and protection ; anaseo
ther declared to be expedient to keep a register of
Agreements are to be made in " writing betweeri;gtb,o
and seamen, stating the situations, wages, and sea
service of the men. Parish boys may be sent to i!
their consent, or boys soliciting alms. No sea
be discharged abroad, nor to be abandoned or left 9
without the sanction of the consul of the plaeettbefi
mischief has been caused by such proceedings sae, y
,
men having been reduced to great distress, and too
cording to the language of the act, been temPte,, tts,l
come pirates. By the 64th section it is provide%c Oro,
any person being a Malay, Lascar, or native of
torities under the government of the East India 110.019)
to the United Kingdom on board any ship, shalte.of
or if any Asiatic or African seaman,
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to be in the United Kingdom in distress for wants of e,
clothing, or other necessaries, the commissioner__ooo,
admiralty may supply assistance to every such P,70
seaman and maintain him until he shall be sent shiPrti
some ship' to be taken to the place from which beA rosfoJ,
The assistance rendered is to become a debt, ae"n ba,lo
recovered from the owner or master of the shiP.°, v
whereof such person or seaman was brought to the
Kingdom from Asia or Africa." having beerue fel