The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

GENERAL M ISCELLANY.

The Duke of 'Wellington, wl o continues in the erjoy-
m, nr of ecelterit health, will complete his 75th year on
the 1,4 ( f ate ensuing month.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel intend to receive a select
rirty of friends at Drayton Manor during the parliamen-
tary recess.
On Friday last, the ceremony of "drumming a man out"
of the Sixth Regiment took place at Chester, amidst a
large concourse of spectators.
In the Court of Bankruptcy, on Thursday, Mr. Chas.
James Mathews, the comeJian, obtained his final dis-
charge.
Mr. Jos. Skinner, whilst on his passage from Greenock
to Liverpool the other day, burst a blood-vessel, during
a fit of sea-sickness, and died almost immediately.
Since the commencement of the present year, the coro-
ners for the county of Middlesex, including those for Lon-
don and Westminster, have held no less than 22 inquests
on the bodies of children who have been murdered.
MURDER AT TIVERTON.—TWO men are in custody,
charged with having murdered a man by kicking him on the
head, at Tiverton, on Sunday night last. Another man
concerned in this brutality has absconded.—Bath Herald.
General Tom Thumb is said to be netting £4OO a-week
in the metropolis of England, a sum which must soon
literally make him `• worth his own weight (15 imperial lb.
only) in gold." Diminutive as the general is, he is said
to enjoy good health.
SUICIDE.—The inhabitants of Southport were greatly
alarmed on Wednesday morning, in consequence of Mr.
Labrey having hung himself in a room, which he tem-
porarily occupied over his livery stables in London-street.
There is no cause assigned for the rash act, except a little-
embarrassment of no great importance.
THE TEA TRADE, APRIL I.—The deliveries last week
were 352,6761 b., being again a falling off. Until the budget
is presented, the market is likely to continue dull, as there
is suspense respecting the duty, however ill it may be
founded. To-morrow a small lot of Assam growth will
be offered to public competition.
NOVEL Nu TCRACICERS.—A writer in the Bristol Times,
in his reminiscences of the churches of that city, relates
that one of those sacred edifices, having been built on a
bad foundation, had declined so much from the perpen-
dicular that it oscillated very dangerously, and that, while
the bells were being rung, it was not unusual for boys to
insert nuts in the opening crevices of the walls to be
cracked! Very cool this !
NOVEL IMPORTATION.—Amongst the importations by
the Little Liverpool, at Southampton, on Thursday, were
four sets of ribs of beef from Lisbon, weighing 17 stone.
It was in prime condition, and quite equal to our home-fed
English beef; indeed it was superior to most sold at this
season of the year. The duty on beef is Ss. per cwt., and
the freight of this lot was 7s. 6d. from Lisbon. The
Little Liverpool also brought over a quantity of green
peas.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident hap-
pened at the Nantyglo works last week. It appears that
four colliers were descending the pit in a bucket, when the
chain broke, and they were in a moment launched into
another world. No blame is attached to any person.
Two of the unfortunate sufferers have left wives and large
families to lament their loss. Several others were so
dreadfully injured that little hopes are at present enter-
tained of their recovery.—Monmouth Merlin.

EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION. —The following
appears in the Bristol Gazette, and if true, is one of the
most extraordinary facts of a similar nature on record :
The person, a cattle dealer, who was a minute too late to
get on board the Despatch boat, by the upsetting of which
in a squall, at the New Passage, all who embarked lately
perished—is the man who, on the Ist of September, 1839,
was a few seconds behind time to get into the Old Passage
boat, which then foundered, with an awful loss of human
life.

Mr. John Manning, Controller of Customs in the port
of London, is about to retire. This gentleman was for
many years one of the surveyors-general in that depart-
ment of the public service. He will be succeeded in this
very lucrative office by Mr. Willimot. Mr: M`Vicar,
landing surveyor in the port of London, has retired.
The name of this officer has recently been before the
public as a witness against persons charged with Custom-
house frauds. He is said to have been a very efficient
officer.—Observer.

REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—A very remarkable
occurrence took place at Dent Town, on Sunday week.
It appears that a party of men were drinking in a public-
house. One of the party, named Oversby, a tailor, had
been to visit his sweetheart the evening previous, and the
company were jeering him about it, when he swore with
an oath that he never had seen her on that occasion. The
moment he had uttered the oath he was struck dumb, and
was unable to speak again that day. He is now recover.
ing his speech again.—Blackburn Standard.

EAGLESHAM ESTATE.—This estate, which is one of the
largest and finest in the west of Scotland, has been pur-
chased by Allan Gilmore, EQq., Hazleden, Mearns, late
merchant in Glasgow. It has been long the property of
the Eglington family, and was sold, we understand, by
private bargain, at the upset price of X 217,000. The es-
tate extends to about 15,000 acres, and the present rental
ranges from £9,000 to £lO,OOO. The cultivated land is
very fertile and susceptible of great improvement, whilst
the remainder, for the most part, might be brought profita-
bly under the plough.

MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—OIIe of the Ojibbeway
Indians, lately exhibited by Mr. Catlan, at the Egyptian-
ball, Piccadilly, is about to enter into the matrimonial state
with a very pretty interesting young lady of English birth,
about 18 years of age. and of respectable connexions, resi-
dent in the neighbourhood of the New-road, Somers-town.
Crowds have been attracted to the spot during the past
week, to catch a glimpse of the expectant bride and bride.
groom. The Ojibbeway to be honoured with the fair
hand of the youthful maiden is named Nottenakm (the
strong wind), and is the one who acted as the interpreter
of the other Indians : he is tolerably well acquainted with
both the English and French languages.
APRIL FooLs.—About the middle of March, summonses
were served upon about forty of the inhabitants of Putney.
to attend the Kingston assizes, on Monday 25th of March,
in order to serve as petty jurors ; but at the foot of each
summons there was a notification to the effect that they
would not be wanted until Monday, Ist April. The do-
cuments had all the appearance of being genuine, and the
persons summoned having made their business arrange-
ments, packed off to Kingston, where, on their arrival,
they discovered to their surprise and annoyance that the
assizes were over, and judges, bar, and jury, all cleared
off, and there stood the forty Putneyites as a laughing-
stock to the town of Kingston, and the largest batch of
April fools on record.
EXECUTION.—On Wednesday last, at Edinburgh, the
last sentence of the law was carried into execution on

James Bryce, for the murder of John Geddes. The cul-
prit was very penitent for some time before his death, and
ascended the scaffold with a firm step, and evinced a total
insensibility to all earthly things. After engaging in
prayer for a few moments, he gave the signal, and the bolt
was withdrawn, when his death took place almost instan-
taneously. On Tuesday he made a full confession of his

guilt to the chaplain of the gaol, and acknowledged the
Justice of his sentence. tie attributed the commission of
the fatal deed to his depraved state of mind engendered
and confirmed by bis habits of intemperance, bad com-
panions, and Sabbath breaking.
ALARMING 'ILLNESS OF LORD ABINGER.—On Mon-
day evening, Lord Abinger, who was trying the criminal
cases at the Suffolk assizes, left the court at seven o'clock
in the evening, having at that hour passed sentence of
transportation upon three men, who had been convicted
of stealing a large sum of money from a dwelling house.
About nine o'clock on the same evening, the learned lord
became suddenly and dangerously.ill ; and, up to the latest
accounts, he is described as having remained in the same
alarming condition. On Wednesday, it is said, he reco-
vered his consciousness, and exchanged a smile with his
afflicted lady 'but he soon relapsed into his former pro-
found and motionless state of insensibility. The London
papers of yesterday. (Monday) represent his lordship as
still in a very dangerous state.

DEATH OF THE STAG AND FOUR HORSES WITH
THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—The run on Wednesday
last, which lasted for three hours and ten minutes, was
one of the severest during the present season. Upwards
of 400 were present at the meet at Salt-hill. The deer
(Sweep) was taken, dead beaten, at West Wycombe, a
distance of upwards of 25 miles from the kennel at Ascot,
and was obliged to be killed a short time afterwards. .A
fine horse, belonging to. Mr. Dyson, of Windsor, rode by
Mr. Jenner, and another belonging to Mr. Sharpe, of
Slough, dropt dead. A third horse died at the Crown
Inn, Marlow ; and another, making the fourth, at Bea
consfield. The pace was tremendous throughout. Not
more than fourteen, out of the large field, were up at the
finish.—London paper.
We are enabled to state on competent authority, that
Lord Stuart de Rothesay, her Majesty's Ambassador at
St. Petersburgh, sent in the resignation of his post to the
Earl of Aberdeen several weeks since, which being laid
before her Majesty, she was graciously pleased to accept.
The Hon. Mr. Bloomfield, in consequence of Lord
Stuart's retirement, is nominated Minister Plenipoten-
tiary at the Court of St. Petersburgh, where he has so
long resided in the capacity of Charge d'Affaires, and
First Secretary of Embassy, the functions of which office,
as latterly of the embassy, he has fulfilled with distin-
guished ability. It is not intended to replace Lord Stuart
by any diplomatist of the rank of ambassador, as the ac-
complished representative of Russia at this court, Baron
Brunnow, holds only the same diplomatic rank as the
Hon. Mr. Bloomfield is now invested with.
MR. COBDEN AT FAULT.—At his recent exhibition in
Gloucester, Mr. Cobden made use of the following observa-
tions :—" If there is anything humiliates me more than
another, as the son of a farmer myself—one whose fore-
fathers were yeomen of the soil—if there is anything that
humiliates me more than anything else, it is the political
degradation in which the farmers of this country exist.
(Cheers.) Why they are actually put up to auction.
(Cheers.) I have seen more than one advertisement by
that celebrated auctioneer, Mr. George Robins, in which,
after describing all the beauties of the lands and woods,
and streams, he adds, besides all this, there is the political
influence over 520 independent electors. (Laughter and
cheers.) Political influence over 520 electors!" (Renewed
cheers.) Nowconsidering that the advertisement to which
Mr. Cobden referred (though of course he was not aware of
the fact) was for the sale of Lord Ducie's estate at Wood-
chester, and remembering that the speaker was addressing
that noble leaguer hire elf, who was the chairman of this
meeting, this reference to the" sale of honest yeomen" is
about as good a thing as we have lately met with. Only to
think that M r. Cobden, who intended his remark to apply
to some overbearing tory landlord, should be all the while
speaking daggers to the liberal and league petronising earl
before him

APPALLING OCCURRENCE.—OnFriday evel;ri, week,
—.
during the performances at the Adelphi Theatre, in Glen'
gow, a false alarm of fire was raised,
dreadful panic. Several persons were seriously rf
man,They were taken to the Infirmary. One young:
William Wood, who, it is supposed, leaped from the
a.
gal-
lery, died shortly afterwards, of concussion of the br
a.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A THIMBLE-RIGIO
On Thursday, John Jones, on his return from NantY_g,',.
where he had been selling stockings, fell in with a Pa."Z
of thimble riggers, near Brynich-bridge, and being 4
duced to try his luck, speedily lost half-a-crown•
deterred by this, he took out of his pocket two soverel.fe.a
and twenty shillings, intending to adventure again, vit..
the man who held the board, and whose name is unkfic;i;
struck the money out of his hand, and picking it uP,133_,,h
off with his companions ; Jones followed, and at lenr:
got his cash returned ; but the man who had robbed 1,34
soon afterwards fell down and expired on the road. tPut,
companions tried to recover him by giving water,
afterwards left him, saying that they knew nothing of Wu'
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
THE WILL FORGERIES.—After the final extuninOro
of the prisoners on Saturday, Mrs. Dorey was taken, 10.,
the presence of her sister, and Sanders was subseVelll's
introduced to them in one of the waiting-rooms of rte
Mansion-house. The meeting of the sisters was stated
be very affecting. The son of Sanders and Lydia Sana*
which ereatuedlia.
a lad about 19 years of age, was present at the n301'14.'41
, interview and the father took the opportunity of ad is 0
him to endeavour to conduct himself in such a manner
not to run the hazard of suspicion in a world which /01,1
ready to attribute the basest motives to men. Sall;„ce
has declared that he has been comparatively haPPY 91-•
his apprehension, as he and his wife led a life of indescrir:
bable horror in endeavouring to escape detection. .1341,
ber speaks with greater confidence than ever of acquit[,
Mrs. Sanders has expressed her sense of the 11613317
treatment she experienced at the hands of John F011e54.1
BATTLE EXTRAORDINARY.—AS Mr. Comptonr..(4
Southfield, near Lea, Wilts, was walking through aY*
in the parish with his gun, his attention was engaged
hawk hovering over what he imagined to be a mouse'
After due deliberation, he suddenly made a dart at 1-6
intended victim, and which proved to be a weasel. a"
old adage " catch a weasel asleep " held good in this
stance ; the weasel saw his danger, and instantly sei:d
the hawk by the head. A severe struggle here ensue
but at last the hawk.succeeded in disengaging himself, ale
got away. Nothing daunted, however, he returned tot'
conflict as game as at the first, the struggle then ITO!:
meuced, and very soon after the -weasel was seen drag
the dead hawk towards the hedge, when Mr. Cromer
shot the weasel, and found the hawk as before describet
quite dead, and found his head bitten entirely througblw
several places.—Hampshire Advertiser.
THE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade seems to be Br
nerally improving. We learn from the Glasgow Citil
that great activity prevails in the iron market, 011.
prices continue to advance. The price of Welsh bar-ill:
is now .E 5 per ton free on board in the Bristol channels
and the makers having sold pretty largely at this 01'1
are not disposed to contract heavily without obtaining
even a higher price. Scotch pig-iron has again
vanced five shillings per ton-55s per ton for No*
being now the general quotation ; and upon Scotch tar
nufactured iron we believe an advance of 10s. per ton Mg
taken place. The Staffordshire and Shropshire ironlo
ters were to hold their usual meeting preliminary to 41
ter-day, on the 28th ult., when we understand they woo
declare an advance upon manufactured iron of at least 'PP'
per ton. From the immense consumption of iron at pr;
sent, and the very large quantity of iron rails which
soon be required for the various railways going on in tbr
country and on the continent, there is every reason itv
expect that the improvement in price will be maintained'
Mining Journal.

SAGACITY OF A HORSE.—The voluntary performances
„
of Mr. Lee's Jack at the Blackburn Steeple Chase,
Thursday, deserve to be chronicled as strikingly
tive of the sagacity which is universally accorded to that
noble animal, the horse. In starting, he took a WWI:
nent position among the first horses in the race, which h`
maintained for nearly half the distance round the course.
At this point, be unfortunately parted with his rider, but'
immediately recovering himself, be gallantly determine"
to have the race out on his own account. He according'
ly resumed the running and soon came to the front :
position which he occupied during the greater part Of the
race. In fact, he never yielded his place except when i. 6
felt dubious of the course, in approaching the fencel;
when he allowed Fair Penitent to show him the waYl,,,
For the last two or three fields, however, he appeared .1:
see his way to the starting post, and he rushed on in
liant style, showing how the successive leaps "might o,8"
done, ' and came in first to the winning post, amid the
loud acclamations of the assembled thousands, such l;
horse, in our opinion, is certainly "worth a Jew's Ole'
ed
BREACH OF PROMISE.-At the Sheriff's Court, - R
Lion-Square, London, on Thursday, before Mr gei
nedy, some interest was created from its being known ti?j,
the case of Lacy against Fenwick, for a breach of Prowler
of marriage, would be tried. The Court was crowded h_
an excess. The plaintiff Miss Charlotte Lacy, is (Dug
ter of Colonel Lacy, R.A. at Woolwich, and the defe,.
dant, William John Fenwick, is a gentleman residing at
_
Hayling Park, Croydon. The pleadings stated that
.2.1,
the 31st of January, 1838, he promised to marry the plain'
tiff, and failed to perform his promise up to the 2151:.‘,1
December, 1843, when he was reqnested to fulfil it, 1110 -
refused to do so. The damages were laid at X5,00°,1
the defendant having suffered judgment to go by -e The
the jury were empannelled to assess the damages of
of
venue was originally laid in Surrey, but in conseq7, gr.
the high standing of the defendant in that
occ'Odiese,x•
Justice Williams made an order removing i 1 'AA, ssing
.toe
After the Jury were sworn. Mr. Thesur' au—e Sur
Judge of the Court, said, he was happf--to relieve the 3
from further attendance, as his friend Mr. Sergeant Shy
and himself had agreed to take a verdict for the Plainu
for £l,OOO. fault,
the

MATRIMONIAL STRATAGEM.—SOMe little matter for
,
the recreation of the gossiping fraternity was occasioned'
at Mansfield during the past few days, through the follow 6
ing circumstance :—A person of that town; of the
of Crooks, anxious to secure a swain who would proMmy
to be a partner for life. by the means of fictitious letteral
representing herself as having a sum of money bequeathal!
by her uncle, a part of which was to be paid on the dal
°
of her marriage, so far succeeded in her enterprise as L
induce a you g man, named Leeson, to join her at the
hymeneal alter, which event took place about a week ag,e•
Prior to the day of her wedding she borrowed, ant;',,l
strength of her epistolary fabrication, upwards of £l:a
Mr. Penfold, miller, of that town, which sum she confide
to the care of the bridegroom, for the purpose of enabling
him to purchase a new suit of clothes, and defraying other
expenses, preparat ,ry to the event of,the interesting Ore;
mony. The congratulations of her friends on the occasi°
of her marriage had scarcely died away before the unfb.l,
'
tunate bride was apprehended and taken before the magls;
trates, and on Monday last she was committed to tar,
her trial at the ensuing sessions.—Nottingham Review'
CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.—At the Chester assi_.%e:
last week, Joseph Cook was indicted for marryinqS49
Mary Bradburn, his former wife being then alive. „16
prisoner was proved to have been married the first 1;6
according to the rites of 'he Roman Catholic church. Itis
prisoner, in a very ingenious defence, repudiated
eDni
former marriage, representing that they neither ef
considered the marriage contract binding.—Counsel too,
the crown observed, that all marriages in the presence
witnesses were legal, whether performed by a local priest
(which was one of the objections raised by the prisoner
or one only specially officiating.—Mr. Justice Maule sai
in the act of George IV., chap. 76, there was no mention
at all of Roman Catholics rites. Quakers and Jews well;
specially exempted. He should like to know what law
made a marriage of this kind valid ?—Mr. Temple was 01
opinion that a marriage by a Roman Catholic priest? i°
the presence of witnesses, was binding.—Mr. Justice
Maine thought, that as proper notice had not been gives
to the registrar, and the usual formularies required by t.4";,-
new registration act had not been complied with, the P"
Boner was entitled to an acquittal. The 'tn. therefore.
under his lordship's direction, returned aof 13(4
verdict
guilty.
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ENORMOUS LEGACIES.—The late Mr. John Malta
l
the celebrated merchant of Smyrna, has by his will, date
October 22, 1841, (which is now the subject of
ci,sPute,
7
the Ecclesiastical Court, Doctor's-commons,) bequeatl:
ed the following immeuce legacies :—to his wife, L. F.
Maltass, 600,000 Turkish piasters, and also .Z 26,000
his son , John Maltass, 100,000 Turkish piasters, and
(the son's) wife the same amount; to his three daughtegh
H. M. Abbott, C. Maltass and E. M. Wood, 300,7,1
Turkish piasters each ; to his son-in-law, R. B. WOo
150,000 Turkish piasters; to his son-in. law, C. W 0094
70,000 piasters; to his brother, Benjamin Maltass, 125, i 0
piasters ; to two sisters 100,000 piasters each ; to se
gitindchildren 10,000 piasters each ; to the British Cbagg,
at Bugia, 10,000 piasters ; to the Pests Hospital at
Rock, 10,000 piasters. He directs 10,000 piasters tol'i
divided among the servants of the house, according to 70
length of their services ; and the interest of 50,000 plash
to be distributed amongst the aged and infirm at Srersof
Various other legacies were given, but the above are
to
principal ones The residue of the property is given
f
his wife. The total of piasters bequeathed in the vvi" o
, j 0
2,550,000. The value of an Arabic Turkish piaster
ss. 6d..—Britannia.
raid
FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN LONDON.-011 Thth- 311
night, shortly before twelve o'clock, a fire, attended 020
great destruction of property and loss of life, broke otli,
the premises belonging to Mr. Williams, situate at fa*
Oxford-street, a•,d known as the Crown and Cpshion ^if
vaults. The premises were four floors high, and 000
considerable depth and frontage. The fire broke Ode
the counting-house, adjoining the bar. in which wasoble
posited a vast quantity of spirits. The police-coiiss, sl3°
on duty seeing it would be useless to try to extinguis'
lug
fire without the,,help of engines, immediately sprung At
rattle, which brought other assistance to !the spot'
that time, three children were sleeping in the uPPerbbree
of the building. There were also two female and
o'iod
male servants in the place, as well as Mrs.
her sister. Such was the fury of the flames, that 1"001•
0'
than three minutes they had extended to the bar au'
the spirits, which, once on fire, spread with the most 00:
prising rapidity to the upper apartments. The excite 000'
! which followed was most painful. At the second'
front, a young female, named Fritchby, made her st!p•
e:
ante; and with such fury did the flames travel, 1%., 513_:
fore sufficient time had elapsed to procure a ladder'
was compelled to throw herself to the ground
suffocation. Fortunately the only injury she receive
Aefl
a few burns about the knees. Several fire eng,"efOr;
speedily on the spot ; but it was a considerable tiolcfrirlfu
the fire was subdued. About three o'clock o_?..tb, ore
morning, the fireman discovered the body of a ruog t9t_
parently ab,iut twelve or fourteen year,. of age, afd ;
ruins. Three other bodies were afterwards (0'1! pct,
from the mutilated state of the remains, it was hasr:lo; AIN/
sible to identify them. It is said that six pel
gether have perished in the flames.