The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-09 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Steam-tugs, with screw propellers, have been success.
fully introduced cn the Union Canal from Glasgow.
At the present time passengers are actullly being con-
veyed from Newcastle to London, by steam boat, at the
rate of two shillings per head.
The clear profit of the late ball given for the benefit of
the Polish refugees, after payment of all expenses, ex-
ceeded £l,OOO.

Mr. t-igh, a gentleman of fortune in Herefordshire,
has joined the Church of Rome, and removed his son
from one of our leadirg public schools to Oscott.

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Two extensive fires occured in London, on Friday night.
One of them destro‘ed the premises called Grange-house,
Grange-road, and the other .consumed the house and
stock of a pawnbroker in Whitechapel.
POST-OFFICE COMMITTEE:'--The secret committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the regulations of the Post-office
met on Friday morning at twelve o'clock. Sir James
Graham was in attendance.

There is at present in the possession of a greengrocer,
named Robinson, residing at Windsor Bridge, Manchester,
a white mare-pony, which has attained the remarkable
age of forty-nine years.

In the case of tobacco smuggling invested at the Man-
sion-house, London, last week, it was stated that
20,0001b5. had been lately cleared out of the Custom-house
in Dutch cheeses.

CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At this fair, on Thursday,
the supply was 150 tons. As is usual at th's advanced
period, the demand was very brisk, at an advance on the
last fair of 7s. per cwt. Prices ruled generally 555. to
655.

CURTOUS.—During a thunder-storm, at London, on
Monday evening, the l'ghtning struck the clock of St.
Clement's Church. in the Strand, and sent the minute-
hand, which was at ten minutes past six o'clock, back five
minutes, when the clock stopped.
GREAT FOOT RACE.—On Monday last the great foot-
race, for £5O a-side, between William Jackson. the
"American Deer," and Thomas Maxfield, the " North
Star," was run at Peckham, and terminated in favour of
the former, who beat his opponent with the greatest ease.
The Pope is abort to canonise the late Princess Bor-
ghese, the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, who died
four years ago. She cannot, however, be recognised as a
saint until half a century has elapsed from the time of
her death.

COOPERS' STAVES.—Mr. Gladstone, in the House of
Commons, on Tuesday, said that after obtaining the
fullest information on the subject, it was not the inten-
tion of her Majesty's government to propose any reduc.
tion of duty on coopers' staves during the present session.
THE PRIZE GLEES.—The King of Hanover having
offered a premium of 30 guineas for the best glee, and 20
guineas for the second best, the adjudication took place
on Tuesday, at a meeting of the Catch Club, when Mr.
T. Cooke and Mr. J. B. Sale were the successful candi-
dates, of whom there were five.
ARCHERY.—Above 100 gentlemen, members of various
a•chery societies in England and Scotland, have entered
their names as competitors at the Grand National Archery
Meeting which is to take place at York, on the Ist of
August nest. Prizes to the amount of about £l5O will
be shot for, at a distance of sixty, eighty, and one hundred
yards.

THE BERTHDDIJ ESTATE, LLANWRST.--Last week this
fine estate was sold in lots by the celebrated George
Robins. The rental was estimated at £l7OO per annum ;
and the price realised was upwards of 70,000 guineas, ex-
ceeding on the average forty-two years' purchase. I' is
stated that another large estate, of the value of £150,000,
will speedily fall under the same hammer.

In the case of Lane v. Ironmonger, tried in the Court
of Queen's Bench, the other day, the jury refused to make
the defendant responsible for an extravagant milliner's bill
incurred by his wife, whom the plaintiff had supplied with
ten new bonnet., of which nine had been afterwards
altered, and with forty-three pairs of gloves in seven
months.

OPENING LETTERS AT THE POST-OFFICE.—The
Morning Herald says :—We do not see why we should
disguise a truth openly confessed within this fortnight, in
the most august presence in the country, that all Mr.
•O'Connell's letters were opened and read by his Whig
friends at the very time when they held office by favour
of him and his tail."

BOAT DESTROYED BY A WhALE.—Last week a boat
belonging to Orkney, engaged in the herring fishing at
the Lewis, while proceeding to sea for the prosecution of
the fishing, was struck by an immense whale, and so much
shattered, that she almost immediately sunk. The crew
clung to the mast an oars, and were taken up by another
boat.—John 0' Grad Journal.

DREADFUL DEATH.—On Sabbath last, as a coach was
proceeding towards the village of Green end, a boy, about
twelve years of age, leaped up on the back, and by the
force of the spring he made, his head got jammed between
the hind wheel and the body of the coach. The coachman
was quite unconscious of the accident, and had proceeded
about 500 yards from the place, when he was called to by
some persons on the road. On the boy being taken down,
he was found to be quite dead. —G lasgow Na lional.

WINDOW DUTIES.—A correspondence has lately taken
place between the Metropolitan Improvement Society and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a proposed modifi-
cation of the window duties, for the purpose of insuring
a better mode of ventilating the houses of the metropolis,
the result of which is, that Mr. Pressley, of the Stamp
and Taxes Office, has been authorised to explain distinctly,
that every aperture admitting light, however made, and
through whatever material, whether in a cellar, water
closet, &c., of a house, is liable to the window duties ;
but if holes are made for the purposes of ventilation only,
and not for giving light, then they are not liable to the
charge.

LAMENTABLE IGNORANCE.—A singular circumstance
arising out of a man's ignorance of any difference between
theoand
recently
Old
held b
New Testament,
ivtarnier. nt,Hoigcgcst7 whereated on
aceoroner's
inquest,
of the
jurors summoned was of the Hebrew pursuasion. Jews
are, of course, always sworn upon the Bible, and the
coroner ordered a man to go for a copy of the Old Testa-
ment After some delay the man returned, and it was
stated amid the laughter of the. Court, that he bad been
looking for a literally Old Testament, namely, a copy of
the Scriptures, published some time ago, and one which,
from its ragged and worn appearance, afforded proof that
it was an old one.—Landon paper.

A LARGE CHIMNEY,—There has just b:Tn completed
a chimney of unusual height and magnitude in Manches-
ter, et the works of Messrs. Sterling and Beckion, Loner
Morley-street. The base of the chimney is 21 feet, its
form octagonal, and its hekht 76 yards, or 228 fret. The
number of bricks used in its conatruction are said to be
nearly half a nullion ; and its probable cost aid exceed
£l2OO. Tweety-one persons dined in its caracious well
on Saturday evening last, at the cost of the spirited pro-
prietors. 140,000 bricks were consumed in ra sing the
foundation to the level of the greund.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY s.—We have still a
very heavy sugar market, and purchases continue to be
made for immediate wants only. The transactions since
our last report are something under 600 casks Wert India,
chiefly strong pan qualities and good bright grocery de-
scriptions; but for the lower kinds—of which the suptly
on show principally consists—there is scarcely any de-
mand. Prices are much the same as last week, although
in some instances the turn has again been rather in favour
of the purchaser. No sales are reported in IVlauritat,, and
the transactions in Bengals are unimportant. Rum is in
fair demand at the former value. Gazetted average price
of Sugar, July 2, is 34s lid, per cwt.
CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL PROTECTIVE SOCIETY.—
The divisional committee for South Cheshire assembled
at the Royal Hotel, in Crewe, on Friday week. In the
unavoidable absence of the noble chain, an, Lord Corn-
bermere, Randle Wilbraham, Junr., Esq., was called
upon to preside. Rep its from various district cammit-
tees were presented and discussed, and other business was
transacted. It was also agreed to recommend to the
general committee, that a grant be made to the Agricul-
tural Protection Society established in London ; and that
a petition to parliament be prepared, praying for a revi-
sion of the import duties on cheese and other dairy pro-
duce, with a view of securing to the firmer a more
adequate protection against foreign competition. The
committee adjourned till Wednesday, August 21.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Ori Thursdry atternoon Mr.
Samuel Johnson arrited at home, in Redeross-street,
Southwark, to dinner from Billingsgate-market, at which
place he is a salesman, when he found his wife inebriated,
and no dinner provided for him or h's family. He re-
monstrated with her for her conduct, and was about to
leave the house, when his wife, in a state of frenzy, seized
a table-knife, and stabbed him in the back of the head,
just below the scalp. He was taken to Guy's Hospital,
a here it was ascerta'ned that the knife had entered with
great force between the nape of the neck aid the skull-
bone, against which it had struck, and that. little hopes
were entertained of the man's recovering. The wife was
taken into custody.
LONDON Doexs.—The half-yearly meeting of the
London Dock Company was held on Monday. The
Dock returns dwing the half-year ending the 31st May
last were £173,888 Bs. 5d., including the profit on the
sale of London Dock stock hsld by the company; the
nett revenue from the business transactions during the
halayear being £160.169 ls. id. Important improve-
ments had been effected in the warehousing and other
departments, especially in the West Qua), where four
separate warehouses -were available. Owing to the in-
creased operations of the company, the directors were
enabled to recommend a further augmentation in the di-
vidend, viz., to £2 ss. per cent., for the half-year, and
which would still leave a balance in favour of the company
of £420.
ROASTING A BAILIFF.—It was asserted in the courtat
Dudley, some few weeks back, by one of an ill-used fra-
ternity, that "it was quite a common thing for bailiffs to
be ripped up and stuck !" The gangs of ruffians that
frequently appear before the Courts, both et Stourbridge
and Dudley, upon similar charges, would make it appear
less of a joke than at the time we were inclined to treat it.
On Wednesday last, Bennett, the deputy-beadle of the
Court of Request, charged Joseph Mills, Martha Heath-
cot, and others, with attempting to put him on the fire, at
a house called the " Little Pig," kept by Mr. Watts. It
appeared that Bennett went to serve a process upon one of
the prisoners, when he was attacked by the whole of the
parties then before the bench, with others who had not
been apprehended. It was clearly proved that the officer
had been in danger of burning. The prisoners were fined
10s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment; they were
locked up in default of payment.—Worcestee paper.
INDOMITABLE PERSEVERANCE.—SOIDe two or three
years ago it was stated that Mr. Fitzgerald, the o vner of
extensive property at Pendleton, near Manchester, had,
at an immense outlay, sunk two coal-pits at the extra-
ordinary depth of 425 yards, and at which depth he had
what is termed in the north " won the mine ; ' a mine of
seven feet in thickness, besides having passed through
three or four other considerable beds of coal at an easier
depth. It was also subsequently stated, that all the im-
mense outlay was rendered useless by a sudden and over-
powering irruption of water, which even the cast-iron
tubbing, with which the pits were lined, could not with-
stand, and that the mine, in consequence, was so com-
pletely inundated that to work it was impossible, and that
the works therefore for the moment had to be abandoned.
Mr. Fitzgerald, however, is not the man whose purposes
are to thwarted by trifles, nor even by difficulties, that to
most men would appear insurmountable. He has de-
termined to use three steam-engines of, in all, 450 horse
power. These are in preparation, and will be set to work
with all possible celerity.
DIALOGUE ON DIVORCE.—At a certain board of guar-
dians, in Glamorganshire, the following dialogue took
place between one of the guardians and a pauper named
John Williams, better known by the sohriquet of Will
Bright, one: of the class on whom the usual test" of the
house had been ',sorted to in vain .—Guardian—" Well,
John, the board are of opinion that yourself and family
have been sufficiently long in the horse. and that you
ought t., go and seek employment." Pauper—" I am
very willing to work, and with the permission of the
board will leave on Guardian—" Accompanied
by your wife and family." Pauper, looking seriowdy—
" I have got no wife." Guardian—" No wife!" Pauper
—" No wife: it is true I once had a wife and children,
but"—Guardian (interrupting) —" Is she not your
wife who stands by your side ?" Pauper, surveying the
woman—" She was my wife, certainly ; but when we came
into the Union we were then separated by law." It is
needless to add, that the board did not altogether coin-
cide with this Bright, though perhaps not very novel,
interpretation of the New Poor Law.—Welshman.
THE AFFGHAN MASSACRE.—A handsome tablet has
been erected in Alverstoke Church, near Gosport, to the
memory of the officers and soldiers of the 44th Regiment
who fell in the Affghan war, over ‘hi h hang the colours
of that ill-fated regiment. The following is the inscrip-
tion :

" Sacred to the memory of Colonel T. Mackrell, A.D.C. to
Her Majesty; Major W. B. Scott, Captain T. swaine, Captain
R. B. M'Crea, Captain F. R. Leighton, Captain T. Robinson,
Captain F. C. Colli 5, Lieutenant W. H. Dodgin, Lieutenant W.
G. White, Lieutenant W. G. Wade, Lieutenant H. Cadett, Lieu-
tenant S. Swinton, Lieutenant F. J. C. Fortye. Lieutenant A.
W. Gray. Paymaster T. Bourke, Lieutenant and Qu rtermaster
R. B. Halah in, Surgeon J. Harcourt, Assistant-surgeons W.
Balfour arid W. Primrose, and 645 r on•cornman ing officers
and soldiers of the 44th Regiment, who fell upon the field of
battle in the disastrous Affghan war of 1841 and 1812. They
sank witl• arms in their hands, unconquered. hut overpowered
by the united horrors of climate, treachery. and barbarous war-
fare; their colours, saved by Captain J. Souter, one of the few
survivors, hang above this stone, which is erected to their me-
mory by the Officers of the 44th Regiment. —June, 1844.
" And if Thy people Israel be put to the worse before the
enemy, because they have sinned against Thee; and shall re-
turn and confe s Thy name, and pray and make supplication
before Thee in this house; then hear Thou from the Heavens,
and forgive the sins of Thy people Israel.'-6th chap er of the
second book of Chronicles, 24th and 25th verses."

A SHARP Alen A FLAT.—Our horse fair last Monday
was not very prolific in acts of swindling; or if it were
but few of them have been brought to light. One little
case, however, has reached our ears, which we record for
the warning of the credulous portion of the public. As
the tale goes, a respectably dressed man, with a tidy-
looking nag for sale, accosted a farmer of this neighbour-
hood in the fair on Monday, and after some preliminary
confab told our unsuspecting rustic that he had been
offered a reasonable price for his horse by a dealer; but
he could not accept it, because he was the son of a clergy-
man, and had made his papa a faithful promise to have no
transaction in the way of buying or selling with any mere
horse-dealer. A man standing near was pointed out as
the dealer referred to, and this clergyman's son said the
offer made for his horse was £4O. Now, he was very
anxious to get rid of the animal, and generously offered
to give his conscience the go-by, and put a couple of so-
vere,gns into the farmer's pocket at the same time, by
selling him for £3B the nag which he might immediately
dispose of for £4O. The farmer seized the bait and struck
the bargain at once ; but not having any cash in his pocket,
he walked with the conscientious clergyman's son up to
Messrs. Foster's bank, and there drew a cheque for the
money, which he handed over to the stranger, in exchange
for his £4O horse. Thus far all seemed fair and above-
board ; but on returning to the fair for the purpose of
pocketing his commission of £2, the farmer looked in
vain for the dealer : he and his friend were missing. This
excited suspicion, and now for the first time the horse
was examined : like some other cattle, he was all outside
show, and his blemishes, skilfully concealed, were found
to be so numerous, that £5 was his utmost value !—Cam-
bridge Chronicle.
THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—The pitmen's strike has now
continued upwards of three months, and is yet without any
certain indication of its speedily terminating. The coal
owners are unanimously determined to resist the unrea-
sonable demands of their late workmen, and, at a delegate
meeting held in this town, on Wednesday, it was resolved_
unanimouslylonger," in
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supply the places of their late workmen, bylhinridreds of
other parties from a distance, and severa
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luded have been imported into the district. hardships,
" turn-outs" are suffering the greatest_
d the neighbouring
and the pawnbrokers' shops in this an
or two
towns are daily resorted to. At
onewe have seen several
broking establishments in this town,
neighbouring collie-
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cart loads of furniture arrive from
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charged with riot and assault, and these warrants
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treat of the rioters, in d
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severe blows on the head from an adze and an iron lever
cutlasses, rushed forward, and a desperate conflict ensued.
Greenwell, who wielded the crow bar with furious energy,
was overpowered after he had received five dangerous
wounds about the abdomen and chest, and the whole gang
were ultimately captured, after wounds and bruises had
been plentifully distributed on both sides.—Newcastle
Journal.

July 9, igiL

THE LATE STEAM SHIP MANCHESTER.—By the
Hamburg, Captain Brown, .re learn that the engines of
the Manchester had been found upon the Ressen sand.
about tour miles north of the entrance of the Elbe, and
al-out one mile south of the entrance of the Elder; they'
were in two fathoms .water at low water. pn Sunday
week the body of a lady was picked up, he'? linen was
marked M.A.S. or H.A.S. Nine waggon loads of bale
goods was picked up on the sands between the wreck and
Holstean, and had been landed at Cuxhaven, where they
were advertised for sale. Further accounts from Cuxha-
ven state that large quantities of the cargo of the Man-
chester'continue to be found.
ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—On Sunday week two
young men were in a boat on the Thames, near Westmin-
ster-bridge, when the Thunder,. a river steamer, ran into
them at the top of her speed. One of them was whirled
round by the paddle-wheel and was seen no more. lie
must have been dreadfully mangled, as parts of his gar-
ments adhered to the wheel. The other passed under the
paddles, and was immediately after picked up in a state
of insensibility, about one hundred yards astern of the
Thunder, which passed over the boat with such force as
to cut the handle of a mop in two as if it had been done
by a hatchet. He lingered in great agony until next
morning, when he expired.
HORRIBLE DEATH.--In the village of Ensham, Ox-
fordshire last week, a wild young fellow slightly stabbed
two men in a drunken quarrel, for which he was put in
the cage; he begged he might not be locked up alone, and
offeted money to any one who would sit up with him,
but in vain ; they locked him in, end had not left him in
long when they found the cage was on fire. It was some
time before the constable who had the key could be found,
and when the door was at last opened, the flames rushed
forth to such a degree that they could not get the poor
wretch out till water bad been thrown in to extinguish
them. The maa was then dragged out quite insensible,
though not de d, and dreadfully scorched. Dr. Hitchinet
from Oxford, arrived just in time to see him expire.
THE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT WORCESTER.—The
miserable man, Jabez Hooper who, the week before last,
at Worcester, took away the life of his nephew, and then
attempted self-deAructinn, died on Saturday week from *
the effects of the wound in his throat. He had not exhi-
bited any symptoms of insanity, but appeared anxious to
know the result of the inquest on his nephew. It seems •
that Jabez Hooper formerly kept a draper's shop at Ab-
berley, and is respectably connected ; but about twelve
months ago removed to Worcester, and has been living at
his brother's, in Pheasant-street, in that city. There •
does not appear to have been the slightest ill-will subsist-
ing between him and his brother's family: on the contrary,
as was stated by the mother of the ill-fated deceased on
the inquest, he was rather fond of her children, and they
were equally as fond of him.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--On Sunday, a Free
Church congregation in our neighbourhood was not a little
surprised, during divine service, by the appearance of a
pigeon in the church. The innocent intruder came in at
one of the open windows, and after flying round the church,
made fir the pulpit, and alighted on the clergyman's right
arm, who being somewhat annoyed with his freedom, made
a slight motion with his head, whereupon his antediluvian
friend again made the circuit of the church, and perched
upon his left arm ; but being again removed from this po-
sition, the bird rested on the Bible. Forced to remove
from the sacred volume he seated himself upon the rev.
gentleman's head. Being again driven from his high es-
tate, he could find no resting place, till the c:lurch officer,
after several fruitless attempts, succeeded in securing him.
This circumstance has put the superstitious in the parish
to their wit's end, in corning to a just conclusion for the
appearance of this emblem of peace. What is not a little -
remarkable, the bird was a wood pigeon.—Rossshire Ad-
vertiser.

STRANGE CASE.—A very singular action-at-law is
going on at Leicester, it is said at the suggestion of Mr.
Muggeride. A master stockinger, named Cummins, hav-
ing charged high rent, is now sued by one of his journey-
men for all the frame rent be has paid for the last six
years, the commissioner having given it as his opinion
that frame rent cannot be legally stopped without a special
written agreement. It is a matter of great interest to this
&strict, as it involves a question as to the value of stock-
ing frames which certainly cost more than £600,000. The
commissioner has been noticed going to Tamworth and
London, apparently to confer with ministers; and, there-
fore, it is but fair to supp ,se that this action, which has
for its tendency the abolition of frarze rent, has the coun-
tenance of the Cabinet. Should this take place, one house
in Nottingham will lose an income of more than £2,000
per annum. To us the action appears more than absurd,
as it has been the castoff' of the trade to pay frame rent
for more than a century and a half. The holders of
frames (not being hosiers) are extremely numerous, and
the abolition of frame rent would reduce many of them to
penury. It is suspected by many enlightened workmen
to be a free-trade snare.—Aoltingharn Journal.