The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-07 00:00:00

LG0.41, NEWS.

COMMON CouNcrr. —Wednesday last was-the day of meetlfig
of the Common Council, but twenty-tour meMbers only were
present; in consequence, We Mayor' has summoned a special
council for to-morrow, to transact the necessary business. _
Halley's comet will, it is said, be. visible this evening, after
an absence of seventy-five years, and will not disappear until
the 7th of February next. In these seventy-five years many
:extraordinary events have occurred. What will the comet
think of the railrOads, and the revolutions that have taken place•
in this world since its last appearance?
ASSAULT UPON A WATCH/4A N.—TWO men bearing the names
of •John Queen and James Adams, were, on Monday, placed•
before the .Mayor and Alderman Leyland, charged by -Barnett,
of the nightly watch, with having committed .a violent assault
upon him. I-re had encountered the prisoners in Norfolk-street,
When he was going his rounds at ten o'clock on Monday night.
One of them brandished a short poker, with which he threatened
to hatter Barnett's skull, the other with a shoemaker's knife in-
flicted a wound on his neck: -Barnett called a young female
who corroborated his statement. The Mayor reprobated the
conduct of the prisoners in severe terms. lie ordered that each
oFthe prisoners rhonld be held to bail, themselves in £5O, and
two sureties in £25 each, that they should-appear to answer the
charge at the sessions.. ,

STREET 13EGGEWG.—A great- number of men, women and
children have been brought before the magistrates' daring the
past and present week, charged by the police-officers with-hav-
ing been found begging-in the streets. Some of them were or-
dered to be sent. to Ireland, while others, who have long infested
the Streets of the town, and have been known professed beggars
and vagabonds, 'were sent to.the.House of Correction for fifteen
days.

PATENT.—A very interesting report has just been
presented to the Hour° of Commons from the commissioners
appointed by the Lords Conimissioners of .the Admiralty for
inquiring into
.the efficacy of Mr. Kyan's process fur tlw pre-
vention -of dry rot in timber, &c.; and, believing that the
efficacy, permanency, and perfect safety of the tneans- he has
employed are now established beyond the reach of doubt, we
hope-that the time is not far distant when this•destructive foe to
t!tte durability of our navy and domestic architecture will have
received a coarde grace. •

GAGE'S TRIGONOMETRICAL': PLAN , or'LtvEßroor,.—After a
labour of abOuteight years' duration, Air: Gage .has compfeted
ftis.map,of the town and•port of LiOerpool,.which is now ready
for publication.: The acute angles, Curves, ;and other irregular
eintraes of the streets, the exact position of every public
house, warehouse, garden, and wall, is accurately described, and
the lene•th of each street, taken from actual arimeasurement, ig
given in yards.j This will be fonnd very useful in caleulatini
.distjances in order to ascertairLthe proper charges. for cartage;
coach-fares, &c. The map includes the whole line a.f,ducks, ex-
tending to a considerable distance beyond the Clarence DoCk
down the North Shore, and takes within its range the environs
of Kirkdale, Everton, Edge hill, and Toxteth-park.
Within this range there are lines describing the municipal and
parliamentary boundaries of the borough. The scale
,of the
plan is nineteen inches and a half to the mile; its size five feet
live by thiee feet three inches; and the survey has been com-
pleted to the first of August, 1835. As a topographical work,
whether we regard the laborioni minuteness and accuracy of its
details, or its eng,raving as a. beautiful specimen of that art, we
can only speak of it in terms of unqualified praise, and as richly
deserviug of the patronage-of the public. •

CAUTION TO WastiErtwomEN.—A very wrctched-looking
woman, named Mary Shaw, was on Monday last placed at the
bar of the police-court, before Alderman Leyland, charged, by
Hannah- Yorley, with havinii stolen a shirt front a line on Which
it had been !Mug to dry. - '1 he complainant said, that she was
a washerivontan, and the shirt was the property of a gentleman,
who had given it to her for ablution. The prisoner had been
seen to take it from the line on which she (the washerwoman)
had hung it to dry, on some vacant ground nea• the Borough
Gaol. The charge was fully proven, and the prisoner was com-
mitted to take her trial at the borough sessions.

Loss OF TUE WALTER SCOTT.—This vessel from New Or-
leans and on her voyage to Liverpnol, was struck by lightning
on the 21st June, off Charleston. The crew took to the long-
boat and landed at Not folk. The ship, together with her cargo,
consistinz of upwards of 1703 hales of- cotton, were entirely
consumed by the fire. The value of the cargo is estimated at
about £4,000, the whole of which was insured in Liverpool.

JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.—STEALING 1318 LES.—A boy named
Sohn Kinsley, aged about eleven years, was on Monday last
placed at the bar of the police-court, charged by Ashley, of the
nightly watch, with having stolen five bibles from St. Jude's
School. Ashley said, that he had discovered the prisoner on some
steps in Mar bone, reading a bible. He accosted him, and per-
ceived that he was seated upon four other bibles, all of one edition,
and similarly bound. The hesitating manner of the boy roused
suspicions in Ashley's mind that he had not obtained possession
of the books honestly. Ile immediately took him in charge. On
the Wit': to-hridewell the lad confessed that he had stolen the
bibles from St. .Tude's School. The master of that institution said
that they had missed a great number of bibles from time to time.
Mary Spite and Mary Smith, the former a pupil the latter a tea-
cher at St. Jude's School,- identified the books found in the pos-
session of the prisoner. and proved that seven bibles had- been
missed from the school-room on Wednesday last. The prisoner
was committed to take his trial for felony.

LivErtroor..Woot. SALE.—The sales of wool in Liverpool,
which some-time since were comparatively insignificant, ate be-
coming larger every year, and, seem .likely to form a very val-
uable addition to the trade of the port. So far as the Yorkshire
manufacturers are concerned, Liverpool is a very convenient
depot for the raw material of the woollen manufacture, almost
as convenient as Bristol is for the west of England; and the
great foreign trade of this. port with all parts of the world, will,
no doubt, have the effect of bringing larger quantities of wool
to Liverpool every year, and consequently of rendering it a still
better market. We understand, that the sales last week were to
the amount of about 100,(k On Thursday and- Friday, ab,ut
1600 bales of Australian and Tasmanian, and 3000 bales; cons-
-prisingrsPortnal., -Spanisb, German; OderdirPeirtiViaii; and va-
rmui other descriptions, were brought to the hammer. The at-
tendance of buyers was greater than at any form( r period, and
the biddiogQ, particularly for the Australian and Tasmnuian,
spirited throughout :of these sorts every-lot was sold.-- The col-
onists have-been favoured with a' good'season, and they richly
.deserve the praise of having bestowed great-pains in getting up
their wool; with a few exceptions the' 'different- parcels were
in fine condition, and the prices obtained will, 'we trust, amply
• remunerate them. The first sale of Australian offered consisted
of 1,(5J6 bales, of which 801 bales brought 2s. 2d. to 2s. 'lO,l.- ma-
king an average of 2s. ,Iri„ per lb.; IE6 bales sold from Is. 61,1.
to 2s. 10. and 16 hales, in the grease; at Is. ,r.rid. to Is. 74d. ;
producing for the entire lot 2s. 3,1. • per •lb.; The second sate of
Australian comprised 300 hales, which sold, from Is. 6id. to 3s.
averaging 2s. 0-id. per lb. The .third sale comprised 106 bales
Australian and 157 Tasmanian : the former sold at Is. 9d. to 2s. '
54d. averaging 24. 2-id. per lb.; and•the latt.,r at Is. 7d. in 2s.
3d. averaging Is.-1040. per lb. Three hales, in the grease, sold
at Is. lid. to ls. 2d. pet lb. We may remark that, in compari-
son with the first cargo sold here, in Jime,: 1831, of the former
clip, the prices realised are; in most instancesilid. teT2d. per lb.
higher; but the condition of- that clip was decidedly inferior.
For the, gond and fine clothing sorts, rind -for the strong com-
bine' descriptions, there was great competition, as also for the
middling sorts; the prices obtained are considered Id. to 2d. per
lb.! higher than the late large sales in London—in some in-
stances even more ; and no greater proof can be widuced 'of he
present healthy stale •of trade in the manufacturing distric' s.
Of the various other descriptions offered, a fair proportion tined
buyers. For the coarser sorts there was a very limited demand,•
and the sales effected were to a trivial eEtent.

DoE A mil, Co.tcn ACCIDENT.—A frightful accident happen-
ed on Monday evening to the Telegraph Worcester coach. As
it was proceeding out of town, about seven o'clock, when near
-the,oach and Horses. at the bottom of the hilt leading from
Hanwell to Southall, the fore axle-tree broke, awl the coach up-
set with a tremendous crash. Spiltnan, one of the Bow-street
mounted patrol, and several persons passing; immediately ran
to the assistance of the passengers, several of 'hum had sustained
most severe injuries. The coachman, who was a very len tly
man, having received severe internal injuries, was conveyed in-
to the coach and Horses, as were also the whole of the passen-
gers, where they received every attention front Mrs. Batty, the
landlady,,and 'Mr. Abingdon, a surgeon of the neighbourhood.
Ott examination, two ladies were found to be so much injured
that it was considered. necessary to have them conveyed imme-
diately to St. George's Hospital, where they remain with little
hope of recovery. A gentleman, whose collar-bone was broken,
was compelled to proceed to Worcester, after it was .reset, by
another coach. Three of the passengers still' remain at the inn,
who, as welt as the coachman, are in a most dangerous state, and
several others have been conveyed home to their residences in
town.

ANCIENT MARK OF EMPIIAsis.—In a toll case, tried at Bed-
ford'on Tuesday week, Mr. Devon, who was brought from the
Record-office to produce sOnie translations -from "Doomsday
Book," stated in his evidence the singular fact "that in many
old manuscripts, when particular emphasis was given to a wino,
it was customary, instead of underlining It 7 at the present day,
to run the pen completely across the word -in the same manner,
as we now erase theut." This informatiOn is worth unending
to by antiquarians.
.STAavirco, RENT Scrtscatauits.-If there h anything
that could add to out detestation of the Tail, and the heartless
individual who ranks as its head, the conduct of the gang'on
the occasion of Sharman Crawford's elpo'st of the Appalling
distress in Mayo would effectually sicken us. Will it be belieVed
that the base demagogue and his satellite who who live by the ac-
Cumulation of-pence torn, from the rel•Actant hands of the
wretched.peasantry of Ireland, heard in eallouS sileoe the hor-
rible detail of the :wholesale 'inhuman starvation of the very
classei froth whom their unholy support i$ derived ! Not a word
in pity or in supplicatieti, did O'Connell utter for those a
from the want of that of Whieh..he had ruthlessly
despoiled them. The money that Would hide bought thein pig
tatoes, lay in his pockets—and what cared he.—.. 46. • •'
DOINGS OF A RADICAL CommirrEE.—The Hull election
committee baying come to a decisiai on the.third'llay, respect-
ing one of the votes for Mr. Thompson which was objected to
by Mr. Mildmay, the 'petitioner withdrew his opposition. Mr.
Mildinay had succeeded in destroying his opponent's majority
on the scrutiny. before the committee, but • after their untoward
though not unexpected decision.it was useless to proceed. Mr.
Bannerman was chairman, with seven congenial spirits ; and
only three- conservatives. When we saw this, we thougt of
Jeremy Bentham's ideas of men's conscience, and wished Mild-
may " as much good as it might do him," as old Jerry 'used to
sac. Really, when we see the way in which these election
matte's are settled in the house, we think a few of our hints
ought to be adopted.—Aye.
lloierrceviuriE.—;Tbis season and neighbourhood seem to be
most propitious for that valuable esculent, the cauliflower—one
of which has•just been presented to Drummonds' Museum—
produced in the garden of Mrs. Edmond of Comely Bank. and
reared h Wm.-Moir, gardener—the . head or flower of which
measure 30 niches in-circurnference,•while the foliage covered a
space of ground 18 feet in circumference—the whole weighing
l 2 lbs.—being one of the largest and. heaviest rlared in this
neighbourhood.—Stirling Journal.

PERTHSHIRE.—The following report of the crops on both
sides of the Tay and the Athole district above Dunkeld, has.
been handed us by a gentleman who travelled that beautiful
country last week :—The hay crop is nearly secure, and is not
near an average crop. COrn on light land is looking miserable,
but upon old leas that have been pastuied for several years they
look strong and healthy. The barley crop is not near an aver-
age—it is very thin and -sickly, wait a very small head; but
where the chevalier barley has been sown, it-promises well, and
will be a full average crop. The green crops are in a backward
state fin want of moisture. The potatoes are much stinted, and
ire many cases a complete failure; they will be a third deficient
of last year's crop. The turnips are at least three weeks later
than last year; the grub is busy at work, and should this valu-
able crop not fret rain soon, it will be a complete failure. I. ob-
served a fine held of wheat at Wester Logierait, which is equal,
if not -superior, to any in the country. he green- crops and
chevalier barley upon the farm of Castle 14lenzies are excellent,
and the same may be said of these crops on the farm of Knock-
intober. Should there not be a chailge in the weather soon,
there will not be any of the clops ready for -cutting before' the
ewl of September. •