The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

March 19, 1844.

GENERAL MISCELLANY,

The New Royal ilxchanst,
`tined in June.
There is no truth in the story' of cO1n; having been
fount!. at Chatsworth td the acnouu..k of teri thousand
pounds.--kiun.
On Saturday lest. at Bradford, six persons by the bursting of the boiler of a steam-engine of tw,
horse power.
During the last week, in the Manchester cattle market,
there were exhibited a number of very prime beasts brought
from the vicinity of London
It is stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined
carry out his principle, that all cavalry regiments,
light and heavy, shall take the turn of East India duty.
In the British Museum are now to be found nine
thick volumes entirely composed of title-pages the col-
ctor of which destroyed thousands of volumes to obtain
them.

London, will, it is said, be

ire killed

At a church in Greenock on Sunday week, " the
prayers of the congregation were requested for the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway directors, and a blessing on
the opponents of Sunday travelling."
Stamford Mercury is one of the oldest nexvspa-
Pers in Great Britain. It has now reached its 149th
I°lutne, And, consequently, must have originated in
1695.

conOnfin Tuesday I;st, Edward Relph, a prisoner who waa
the
sed in Ai) 1e b ; Gaol fr oaching, by
wheel of the CrePadmils‘ striking him on thewas headkilled and frac-
turing his skull.
strawberries,
Ow
r •-,
- .. rtuay
bona r Covent-garden
French. beas, fnarket exhibited a supply of
iim house grapes, asparagus,
, oses, pinks, tulips,' nu'd other rare produc-
, never exceeded at th s early sea.,"".
BIRTH
%flares orEouxgThit,"RDlNAßY.—°n
I,...ionesa •
Few days at
wett...... nsday last, the
ir Wombwell's menaerie, staying' a ~
U y rnor i gave birth tot wo fine cobs. Op, Thurs.
of a
n'ng the cub w re placed under the cart
Wet nurse of the terrier breeed
tended Lord
the Morapsesitzli_e was in York on Wednesday, and at-,.
re-
markably well. .scourts.. His lordship. is looking re-
tii lordship was to preside on Saturday,
at the annual dinner of the St. Patrick's Benevolent
Society.
UEFA
SHIONABLE MARRIAGE.—TaIbot Clifton, Esq., one
he First Life Guards, eldest son of T. Clifton, Esq.,
Lytham-hall, Lancashire, is about to lead to the hyme-
neal altar the beautiful and accomplished Miss Lowther,
•eldest
dau hter of
Morning Post the Hon. Colonel and Lady Lucy
Eleanor Logwther.—.
-rrn R LATE ROBERT PHILIPS, Esc,- —i
'we have to announce the death of Robertt is with regret
rl'ehsiildiepnsc,eE:stqh.e,
'Oa the evenng
i of the 14th instant
his 84th , at
Park, near Manchester, in year. Most of._ our
readers will be aware that he was the father of Mark Philips,
Esq., one of the members for Manchester.
.A man, for a wager, appeared in Spalding market, last
the 'um:UV, with a paper i
on his back, on which was inscribed
liar!,
words " Henry Roberts, Whaplode, comm
It is said that he is to appear again in the same chnaracter
at Holbeach, on Thursday, and will then receive the re-
ward of a sovereign for his folly
R
BRIBERY.—At the Durhamassizes, last
.—Stamford Mercury.
ALLEGED
'week, true bills were found against Mr. Ward and Mr.
We
Bannon, :ft': r:t,hseolicitors of Durham, agents for Lord D -
defendant •
rnuon, for Having paid' " head money'', on the Bth May
the • eiection of his lordship fo_r that city. The
8 mtnaediat ly surrendered, and gave bail to take
their
trial at the next Durham (summer) assizes.
as A
r SAD BRIDAL MORNING.—On Monday morning,
Proceedingpally, a man about fifty-six years of age, was
with his intended across Hampton Common,
olundtdheenlway to get marred at Rodborough Church, he was
y taken in a fit, and died before medical assistance
could be procured; i fact, his death must have been
instantaneous, as he never spoke after the seizure.—
Cheltenham Examiner.
An inquest was recently held at Cassop, near Newcastle,
tohneymndieowoafythe body of Israel Fagg, aged 41 years, who on
morning had drank about two wine glasses of
brandy from a bottle which stood in the room in which he
slept, and from the effects of which, notwithstanding
Medical assistance was diligently rendered, be died the
following morning. The jury returned a verdict accord-
i.
Da t the assizes at Aylesbury last week, the Rev. John
T, clerk, was indicted for maliciously wounding and
otting' seven sheep that had trespassed on his premises.
ry acquitted him of malice, and the defendant was
discharged with an admonition from the presiding judge,
Lord
, Abinger, to apply some portion of his time inanadcqtuhie.
rights
some knowledge of the laws of his country
lights of his neighbour.
MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.—On
Thursday last a poor
woman, aged fifty-two, the wife of Mark Sherwood,
lyingherwo dead,
ad, on
with a p en-
sioner, residing at Newcastle,
er w
the floor of her house,throatasfound shockingly mangled,
several other wounds on her h
body, and evidence
she wasevidenceohfearepfatino-f
pain-
ful struggle having taken place before
life. The husband, adrunken brutal individual, who used
his wife very ill, is believed to be the murderer.
GENUINE BENEVOLENCE.—The
Rev. D. W. Marks,
minister
ovf the West London Synagogue of British Jews,
ed within the last few days from a Christian
lady,a ei
reucnder the initials " X. Y. Z.," for distribution to
the Jewish poor, 150 thick coverings for beds, 50 pairs of
stockings, and 25 pairs of sheets. The same benevolent
lady forwarded to Mr. Marks about this time last year,
for a similar purpose, 50 coverlets, 100 flannel petticoats,
and 200 pairs of stockings.
:public meeting, at which Mr. Oastler was the star,
asA held in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Wed-
b,„ea..daY evening, in favour of a ten hours factory bill for all
Vt,`,4rls above ten years old, the exclusion of children
esor that age, and the limitation. of the hours of labour
Per det, Persons between thirteen and
.twenty-one to ten
Alton; '`'r five days of the week, and eight on Satur. ay.
te_re the tbhe gentlemen who took part in the proceedings
-4,..matja,,,f 'ley. C. D. Wray, the sub dean, Rev. W.
_ Ilte`arl, and other clergymen.
week 41' HEAP BRIDGE.—At noon on Wednesday
14e0f-tri_
;hit,: fire broke out in the stock room of Messrs. Jas.
known and Son' paper mill, at Heap Bridge, near Bury,
11137:11. works es
oßnrlisd gae eHall Pa' er Mills. The hands had
f seconpds. About one-half of the
atetinder4,
got of the building fellw, but in about an hour the fire was
Nothing is known as to how the fire origi-
-4,o'si he
weddmages are estimated at from £3,000 to
and and understand that Messrs. James Wrigley
the Psett's are insured to the full amount.
STRANGE AFFAlR.—Another letter appeared in
else's mi! of Tuesday, relative to the female dressed in
thaaticthaettire at Ashburne, Derbyshire, in which he states
ti
mother
of the unfortunate young woman was a
ea eof Derbyshire. "The individual in question," he
Wales, has
' been travelling about England, Scotland, and
duct, se
the last three years, and, by her artful con-
behaifseerns to have engaged the interest of many in her
hasffondund Wherever she went." From police information
for
the son that in many places she successfully passed
(-:,. of the prime minister.
1 f 7 Isit:EA'r MEETING OF PITMEN.—Nearly 20,000 pitmen
‘,"18 district, members of the Miners' Union, met on
.o nation Hill, on Saturday last, and unanimously resolved
5.. continue and support their organization. Mr. Mark
the nt was
nin the chair. Among other decisions to which
meetig came, was one to the effect that the would
Conclude no agreements with their employers, until after
e Glasgow conference of the 25th inst. A petition to
Parliament was adted raying that Mr. Ryan's plans
;of ventilation be considered; that the use of wire ropes
oe prohibited ; that proper weighing machines he adopted ;
and that wages be paid weekly.—Gateshead Observer.
CHARGE OF MURDER.--A man named Edward Butler,
was, on the 23rd lilt, committed by the coroner of Tipton,
in Staffordshire, to take his trial for the murder of his
wife, a young woman, twenty-seven -ears old. The
brute, while in a state of intoxication, beat and kicked her,
as she sat with his child on her knee, with such violence
that she died a few hours after, in great agony. The pri-
soner was tried at Stafford, on Wednesday last, before
111 r. Justice Coleridge. The jury found the prisoner
guilty of manslaughter. The judge, after remarking on
the savage nature of the offence, sentenced the prisoner
'to be transported for life.
FIRE.—On Thursday night the building used as the
depository of the Christian Knowledge Society, in llidg-
field, Manchester, wasonll
in re. The floors of the build-
ing, which is three stories
height,svere very much
burnt, and the greater part of the staircase was con-
sumed, but the flames did not reach the roof. The fire
originated in a back room, which contained the most
valuable portion of the stock of Looks, the whole of
which are destroyed, together with the shelves and other
fittings in the interior. It is not known how the fire
originated. No one resided on the premises. The
damage, including the stock and building, is said to be
tfruoiniidio£Boo to £lOOO. The stock is insured, but the
g, which belongs to Mr. Edward Brown, is
not insured.
THE BRITISH CRITIC.—Next month the British
Critic is to be re-oroduced with a new title—namely,
enderezirr:glish Review." The Review is to be placed
charge of an original and active Tractarian—
biushopso seeks to establish claims on behalf of the English
sunaed ,and clergy, almost identical with the powers m-
ain:lila ny the Romish church, resting their claims on
plea aor,gr°Unds, and supporting them by similar princi-
tory pros" arguments. In a very brief and very unsatisfac-
Las Pec tu s , the church is spoken of as a female who
Nve propounded a theory, and to whom fidelity is vowed.
do_.eatract this profession of fidelity : Fidelity to the
itcitrir.les, ritual, and episcopacy of our national church,
the tlllng a desire to aid in carrying into practical effect
the ~..1. eery stiE has placed before us, and a recognition of
of tilo_terests and duties connecting us with other branches
pria,„?
.nniversal church, will be the leading theological
N 1 -ki P.r I_ e of the English Review.
ing of ti;t_(.IPOLITANT DRAPERS' AssoCIATION.—A meet-
the ta `1,13 Association was held on Tuesday evening, at
N'ellich s'ern Institution, in the Commercial-road, upon
reo4l, ?c.casioit Mr. S. C. Hall occupied the chair. The
4 grea.74lCh is a very large one, was crowded to excess,
ledies: Proportion of the audience were composed of
eessitThe object of the meeting was to show the ne-
e4rhe; °f the tradespeople closing their shops at a much
resoluti_unr than had been their custom. A series of
?end, weur?, with a view of accomplishing this desirable
t• Seeio.7 Pro Posed and seconded by Dr. Reid, Messrs.
°hell •' and S. Davies dissenting ministers, Mr.
avocatecie,vand other influential persons, all of whom ad-
;.Pealier
..".e cause in most energetic speeches. Each
Alritelleet.L.'rsed the great benefits, in a moral, religious, and
aZutlt toutaill:soeint of consideration, which could not but
for compel, . Young men and women who were at pre-
e_
atweiv_, :pc! to attend either in shops or closed rooms
til° ncipacti ixteen, ad even eighteen hours, a day, bv an
eY had e_° frooche lengthened drudger:- under which
ucen in habit of existing.