The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

An anatomical school is about to be established in
Worcester.

The Hull and Gateshead papers give
.encouraging ac-
counts of the prosperity of the shipping interest.
The contest for the office of Chamberlain of London
ended on Friday in the return of Alderman Brown.
Her Majesty has signified her intention to op:n the
Royal Exchange, London, in person, accompanied by
Prince Albert, at the end of next month.

THE HIGH EIGHTON MURDER.—A verdict of wilful
murder against some person or persons unknown has been
returned in this case.

Several parties connected with the grain and flour trade
in Douglas, Isle of Man, have resolved upon establishing
a weekly market.

A few days ago a salmon, weighing 511b5., in fine con-
dition, was caught on one of Mr. Allan's banks, near
New burgh.
Mr. Pritchard is not to be sent back to Tahiti, but is to
be, or has been, appointed consul to the Navigators'
Islands, a group considerably to the westward.
A clerk in the Bank of England, and another in the
Customs, have obtained a fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO
consols, with which they have absconded.
In the Peak, within a week back, some persons holding
a few acres of land, have been moving and shearing in
one field at one time—a very uncommon occurrence.
On Tuesday last, a weaver, of London, died of lock-jaw,
in consequence of having slightly punctured his great toe
with a needle, in order to relieve the pain of a gathering
or blister.

The London letter-carriers, Tapson, Saunders, Long,
Bell, Walker, Skinner, and Croskell, who had been in the
haLit of opening the letters of sporting gentlemen, have
been dismissed.

A war steamer, constructed of mahogany, and intended
to be the largest in the world, is on the stacks, and will
probably be launched in April next. She is to be called
the Terrible.

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The Standard positively contradicts the rumour, that
" the government has acceded to Captain Warner's pro-
position, and will moor a line-of-battle ship off the Good-
win Sands, for him to destroy."
The accounts from the collieries in the north are satis-
factory. The pits are all at work ; and though there is
some talk, there is very little fear of the men " knocking
off" again.
A painful degree of alarm has been created in some
parts of Bedfordshire, owing to the revival of those in-
cendiary outrages which spread dismay throughout the
district last winter.
We believe that in the
a beginningtghoa n
rath
otherwise.
o Orchard
rr
cohp a riOctobersdT nothe
Portman,
abun-
dant, quality
isba
ul i nnt
tended to call out the pensioners for training, but that
only two days, instead of five, will this year be employed
nfdoearia:r tthh,Teabat ptnutrroapntoii
rather
eek a hop-pingr.
fortnight
commencedtnig
favourable
will be excellent.

In consequence of the prosperous condition of the build-
ing trade in Glasgow, the master masons have unani-
mously come to a resolution to raise the rate of wages of
their workmen to 19s. a week.

The Pacha, an i:on steamer of 210-horse power, felt
from a building-slip at Cowes, last week, a distance of
nine feet, without receiving any material injury. A tim-
ber-built vessel would have been completely crippled by
such a fall.
At present there are practising in England and Wales
15,030 attorneys. The sum they have contributed to the
revenue in the shape of stamp duties on their articles and
certificates is calculatei: at £1,600,000, besides their an-
nual licenses.

T. Whitmore, Esq., of Apley Park, Salop, at his late
audit, granted to his tenantry not only compensation for
the injury their crops had sustained by the game, but als°
a full allowance for what each had suffered in his crops by
the long and excessive drought of the spring and summer.
A new and extraordinary disease, arising, it iA supposed,
from the drought which deprived the grass of its succulent
qualities, has arisen among cattle in some parts of t1;16
country. The animals are seized with delirium, and 1
many cases expire before the veterinary surgeon can sr'
rive. It is stated that the disease is not contagious.
at
SHIPPING TRADE, LEITH. —The docks are throngs[
present than they have been for more than a year.
great many arrivals from the Baltic, Holland, Dantzin.:
and other grain ports, have taken place within these few,
days; and one or two sugar and wine ships have add
to the general activity.—Scotsman.
MURDER.—SamueI Couchrnan' a Dover policernalli
was killed, yesterday evening week, in attempting to
an affray in a house at Charlton. He was struck, kiche
and stamped upon by the combatants ; and, at last, one
of them struck him over the nose with the iron-shod han-
dle of a broom, so that he died shortly afterwards.
EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF ADVERTISING.—A strung:
mode has lately been adopted by a tradesman in London
for making known the merits of his goods. At night 11e
sends men into the chief streets of the metropolis total
his name, address, &c. upon the public footpaths. It
done in the same way that the walls of a room are Wilt"'
cilled, and is almost indelible.
Of
THE COMET OF M. MAUVAIS.—A. correspondent
the Mercury says—" This comet, proceeding in its course
to its perihelion, which will take place on October 170,
has now become difficult to be seen, except with instal'
ments of great light-collecting power, and from favourabrn
situations. It is now about 180 millions of miles distant
from the earth, and about half that distance from the
sun."
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DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.—Last week as a number
of men were at work in a field on the London-road, Der-
by, a, storm came on, and two of the men took shelter
under a tree, where they bad been only a few minutes_
when they were both struck by the electric fluid. One
of them, named Sndars, was killed on the spot, and the
other, John Pegg, was knocked down and rendered in'
ensible, but was restored.
HooTox.—Sir W. Massey Stanley, But., arrived at
his seat, Flooton Hall, Cheshire, yesterday week, from
his shooting quarters in Scotland, where the worthy ba-
ronet, Lord Cosmo Russel, and Mr. John Stanley, have
killed 2583 head of grouse, 95 ptarmaean, 22 black cocks,
58 hares, and 10 snipes ; total, 2718 head. On the first
day 'Sir William killed with his own gun, in eleven hours,.
232 grouse.
LONG LEASES.—We have been informed that Sir Ste-
phen Glynne, Bart., M.P., has given instructions that a'
draft of a lease on the Scotch principle of nineteen years
shall be prepared, with the view of submitting it to W'
tenantry for their acceptance. We feel assured that if
corn rents are connected with it, a great boon will be
conferred on the tenantry, and a good example set to the
country.—Chester Chronicle.
GUANO.—The Amiens, Orange, which arrived at St.
Helena, from Ichaboe, on the 13th of July, reports 70
vessels to be lying there, and that, through a continuance
of bad weather, they were constantly fouling and seriously
damaging each other. It cannot now be doubted that
snore than a sufficient number of vessels to bring away
every spadeful of guano on Ichaboe have been sent out
The seventy vessels loading, or about to load there, two
months ago, will, by this time, have been replaced by at
least 120 more. Unless, therefore, some further dis-
covery be shortly made for affording freightage home t°
ships which have recently sailed for that latitude, late ad-
venturers will not take anything by their motion.
PREVENTION OF INFECTION FROM TYPHUS FE17140----
Dr. J. C. Smith obtained £5,000 from Parliament for the
following receipt :—Take six drachms of powdered nitre
(saltpetie) and six dra?hms of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol)
mix them in a tea cup. By adding one drachm of the od
at a time, a copious discharge of nitrous acid gas will toe
place. The cup to be placed, during the predaratiomo..ll
a list hearth, or plate of heated iron, and the mixture
stirred with a tobacco pipe. The quantity of gas maY'',,"
regulated by lessening or increasing the quantity of L"ii
gredients. The above is for a moderate-sized room ; h,Bl
the quantity would be sufficient for a small room. Av°'
as much as possible, breathing the gas when it first rises
from the vessel. No injury to the lungs will happen wh.e°
the air is impregnated with the gas, which is called Or;
ous acid gas, and it cannot be too widely known that
possesses the i roperty of preventing its spread.

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DUNFERMLINE.—COAL TRADE.—SOrne months ag.oci
previous to the strike of the English colliers, the detroalt
for coals in this district was quite inadequate to the greaA
number of hands employed, at the various collieries, anl
the stock of coals, especially at the Elgin and Wellwoo77,
collieries accumulated to a most enormous quantity. W.,,
have heard-it stated that at one time there was at the hill
of the Elgin colliery upwards of 20,000 tons, and for
some time the number of hands at the collieries wer.e,
kept on, at a very great risk. The strike of the Englig)
colliers, however, has had a very beneficial effect 1103
the coal trade here, and the demand for coals from the
Elgin and Wellwood collieries since the strike we believe
has been quite unprecedented. Their large coal stores
are now completely cleared; and of late the e has beep
some difficulty in fulfilling readily their orders, vessels
having to remain longer far their cargoes at CharlestoNo
than desirable. The colliers, availing themselves of this
large demand for coals. have obtained a small advance to
their wages—at the Elgin colliery an advance of Id per
bucket—Fifeshire Journal.
GOKSE.—Lord Kenyon has announced to the Duke of
Richmond, as Peesident of the Royal Agricultural Society,.
his intention to give a prize, of 20 sovereigns, at the ensu-
ing country meeting at Shrewsbury, in 1845, for the best
essay on the subject of gorse as food for.cattle, &c. The
following schedule of the terms and conditions of that
prize have been received from Philip Pusey, Esq., M•P•r
chairman of the Journal Committee :
" Twenty sovereigns, or a piece of phte of that value, offered
by the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, will be given, at the Anuaa!
Country. Meeting of the Royal Agriculural Society, to be held
at Shrewsbury, in 1845, for the best account of the use of gorse
for the food of cattle, horses, or sheep, founded on actual esPe"
rience.
Competitors will
of land o
ill berequirednhi
wtch h
to statete the following points
1. The quality
gorse is grown.
" 2. The age of the plant when cut.
" 3. The mode and expense e f cutting.

" 4. The mode and expense of preparing for food.
quantity
of
'' 1. The mode of feeding with the gorse, and qua
other food given therewith.
All essays competing for this prize to be sent to the Seer!.
tary of the Society, No. 12, Hanover-square, London, on or be"
fore the Ist of May, 1846."
A SERIES OF CALAMITIES.--The town of Whitehave
and its neighbourhood have been thrown into a consideir,
able state of excitement from having, within the last wee';
been the scene of a number of distressing calamities, a,.%
tended by a serious loss of life. On Saturday rnorninFic
a workman in the employ of Mr. Robinson, whilst at w°ll:,,
on board a schooner, was seriously, and it is feared fat" of
injured by the falling of a heavy spar from the rigging
the vessel, which fractured his skull and shat'ered his I` a
leaving but faint hopes of his recovery. On the aftern°o°4
of the same day, a sailing match with small boats t
finer
place just outside our harbour. The weather Was tg
with occasional squalls of wind ; by one of these two
bo
were upset, and the crews thrown into the water. e,
prompt assistance they were all rescued from their pas
rilous situation, but one, who expired soon after he of
brought to the shore. The deceased was a residenib
Parton, about one mile from Dublin, where he was 01°1,1
respected, having for some time filled the situation of
schoolmaster. On the same night, a roan of the naweio
Wright, in the employ of Mr. Hartley, of MoresbYt,d
company with another man and his wife, were return if
home from Whitehav n, where they had been makingit,bf
weekly purchases, when they were savagely attack
two men and two women, at a by-place on the Worlwe'o
ton-road, who, after seriously ill-using them, robbed tbi.s
of the whole of their marketings, consisting of butcheios
meat, groceries, &c. In the course of the next inolocl
the police succeeded in apprehending two men, wb°
been recognised, and found the produce of the robbetio,
their houses. The prisoners, who are colliers in full si
were brought before the town magistrates on Wednes,4o
but were remanded, Wright being dangerously ill
the serious nature of the injuries he received, and con
quently unable to attend. Lei'
THE MESMERIC INFLUENCE.—The wonders of
merism are not altogether unknown to the people of beo
cester, but a case has occurred this week whleb We
eclipsed all previous facts, either here or at a distance' 00
allude to the amputation of a limb on Thursday la,t. AOO
patient is a young woman of the name of Maryti of'
Larkin, 16, Fleet-street, in this town, who had bee ears'
flicted with a disease of the knee. joint for four yet it
The precise nature of the disease we do not know, b arta
was attended with enormous swelling of the Om,
' lice
with such excruciating pain as to prevent anythifif ar+
consecutive rest for a long period. By these rneallietonr
Want of sleep she had become reduced to a mere slteat be
and there was every probability that her life °Tstats
sacrificed, or the limb amputated. In this criticad that
of the case, about a month ago, it was suggest,eit ass'
Mesmerism should be tried on the patient, an: en'
found that its influence was of the most bene.f eesse'
soothing nature. Under its influence pain wouwhing
and the patient would sink into perfect and refres"eeined.
pose. As amputation of the deceased's joint wasd tble
essential by her medical attendant,
A was decide
eseri
the operation should be performed while in the 111_ worry
state. Accordingly, twelve o'clock on ThursdaY.
ing, was fixed upon for the operation to take Plocvng, the
Hollings was the mesmeriser, and Mr. I.°Ehavv,Blll,
operator, besides whom there were present Dr. mr.
Messrs. Paget, Seddon, jun., Downing, S,C*
as acc°°l:o
lings having mesmerised the patient, which s'
ceded
plished in about nine minutes, Mr. Tosswill Prcl_g• scithlP
perform the operation. The limb was takellev_A 0
five inches of the hip joint, the spot measu nI r
tation ..05
three inches in circumference where the alt,P° w o°_o
place, and which was effected in about tvroaamilibie gro,ps,
a half. During the operation an all but n
there VY3 te-
ing was heard, and a slight movement
perceptible; but as far as could be judged
by the cati..
entire absence of pain. 'I his was evinced,dity,
nance preserving throughout the greates lei
h Pensation. v,_„t
single motion of a muscle indicating sue s of vvnfo
being demesmerised, the patient was not awareattendance' jed
had taken place till infdroied by ffiese inhe
loins,
atteoto
the afternoon great pains were felt in t
traction --gort•
with writhing of the body from the contraction
but on rAe—ths
body and the contraction of the muscles,
gradually cease., 01
ing to the mesmeric influence these
_asted
an b
patient falling into a calm sleep. which I
had entif
elf
and forty minutes, and when aroused allpainnis case, 7:13 $,
left her, and has not been felt since. I
nature 1' -eg,
not pretend to decide anything about L...e
astoni'l°o(
•iQrri hut the prcceednuts are altogether so
_ee
mei , pre" 00'
anti at the same time so well attested, by the fest
'cal el° et'
several distinguished members of the meth_
e.c_6lo g
that no reasonable mind can reject then-1.-2. e
of the boclY,r,