The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-08 00:00:00

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MURDER AT CARDIFF.—James Lovnes, a well-known
" bully," of a house of ill-fame, at \Whitmore• lane, Car-
diff. has been fully committed to take his trial for the
wilful murder of Giuseppe Samucow, an Austrian seaman,
by beating his head in with a poker.
The glove-makers of Derby have been reduced to such
extreme distress, about five-sixths of them having been
out of work for the last three months, that they have been
compelled to make a public appeal for relief to their fel-
low-townsmen.

Since our last, says the Hereford Journal, the weather
has been everything that could be desired for haymaking,
and a great breadth of grass has fallen under the scythe;
the crop is everywhere both excellent in quality and heavy
in swathe.

TYNE SniewurunTs.—ln consequence of a consider-
able number of Shields shipwrights having now remained
for some weeks unemployed, a distinguished firm of ship-
builders have, we understand, generously offeted to set on
a new vessel immediately if the men will consent to take

48s. per week.
A MODERN GONEREIL.—On Monday an old man,
named Cross, formerly a farmer, being destitute, went to
the house of a daughter, at Warton, Westmoreland, to
ask for a home under her roof. She refused to receive
him, upon which he left the house and drowned himself in
a canal.
Mr. Caudwell, of Oxford, who fired at a student as he
was attempting to remove a cannon planted near Mr.
Caudwell's house, has been committed for trial at the
assizes for wilfully shooting with intent to do harm, &c.
The windows of his house have beensmashed by the under-
graduates.
SECULAR EDUCATION.—Mr. Oastler, in his admirable
periodical entitled " The Home," says, " let once the
restraining influence of religion be got rid of in the
training of the youth of this country, and the rising
generation will grow up a money-loving race of cunning
infidels."
BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The twenty-first annual
meeting of the British Association for the Advancement
of Science commenced at Ipswich on Wednesday. The
proceedings of that day were of a formal nature, and
" business" was not thoroughly entered upon until Thurs-
day, when Prince Albert paid a visit to the savans.
Several French vessels, wheat laden, have been d's-
charging their cargoes at Exeter during the past week. A
large vessel, 200 tons register and upwards, has been dis-
charging her cargo, consisting of hides and horns, in the
same city this week. This is the first time the Brazilian
flag has been seen flying from a merchant vessel at Exeter.
At the Essex Sessions, on Thursday, Walter Smith, a
child, between nine and ten years of age, was indicted for
wilfully placing stones upon the Maldon branch line of
the Eastern Counties Railway, thereby greatly endanger-
ing the lives of the passengers. The prisoner was con-
victed, and sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment.
John Payne, only twelve years of age, has been com-
mitted for trial for wilful murder. It appears that,
without any provocation having been given, he stabbed a
boy in the side with a knife at Horsham, and the unfor-
tunate youth, whose name was Wm. Gibson, died from the
wound inflicted. The deceased was eleven years of age.
A meeting has been held at the George Hotel, Ship-
ston-on-Stour, to ascertain the amount of injury sustained
by the sufferers from the late destructive storms resident
in Shipston and the adjoining parishes, and it was found
to amount to £20.000. Several of the landed proprietors
of the neighbourhood have stated, with great liberality,
that the losses of their tenants shall he made up to them.
DRUNKARDS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.—Mr. Neison,
at the Statistical Society, lately gave an estimate of the
number of drunkards in England and Wales, from which
it appeared that the number of males was 53,583, end
females 11,223 ; making a total of 64,806, which gives one
drunkard to every 74 of the male population, one to
every 434 of the female, and one in 145 of both sexes.
Early on Tuesday morning last a frightful explosion of
sulphur occurred in a pit belonging to Mr. George Dud-
ley, at the Five-ways, in the neighbourhood of Cradley.
It appears that the men had descended to their work, and
the doggy was absent trying the sulphur in a siding, when
the explosion took place. Eight men and a boy were
killed, whose bodies await a coroner's inquest.
At the Coventry Sessions, on Wednesday last, Grey,
the notorious horse-stealer, previously convicted at Not-
tingham, was brought up by writ of habeas corpus to
take his trial on a charge of stealing three horses. He
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen years' fur-
ther transportation. His confederate Varley, alias
Fletcher, was also convicted, and sentenced to fifteen
yettrs' transportation.
The annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist
Preachers will shortly be held in Newcastle-on-Tyne. Its
sittings will commence on Wednesday, the 30th instant.
The celebrated Dr. Bunting is expected to be present rind
take part in the proceedings. It appears that the Con-
ference will not be allowed to pass away without some
efforts on the part of the expelled and separated reformers
to come to an understanding with the Conference, and to
such terms as will allow them to unite with the present
body.
EARLY CLOSING AND CHRISTIANITY.—On Sunday
last, the object of the Metropolitan Early Closing Asso-
ciation was ably advocated at many of the parish and
district churches of the metropolis, the subject announced
to be preached upon being " The late-hour system the
great enemy to the spiritual, mental, and physical
improvement of the commercial classes." Amongst the
texts selected by the different preachers were the
following :—Galatians vi., 2 ; Luke vi., 31; Exodus v.,
part of verse 16 ; Proverbs iii., 27 ; James iv., 17 ;
xii., 15 ; Matthew xviii., 33.
DEATIig FROM STARVATION.—By the Registrar Gene-
ral's last return we are sorry to perceive that deaths from
sheer want continue to increase, and swell the lists of
mortality in the metropolis. Two persons have recently
died from absolute privation at the east end of the town,
the particulars of whose cases are as follow :—On the
21st of June a labourer, upwards of 60 years of age, was
taken by the police from Angel-alley to the Whitechapel
workhouse in a most dreadful state of emaciation—in-
deed, to use the words of a spectator, his appearance was
truly horrifying. His case was at once seen to be hope-
less, arising entirely from want of food, and after linger-
ing a short time he expired. At the London Hospital,
on the same date, another labourer, aged 42 years, died a
sudden death accelerated by want. An inquest was held
in this case, and a verdict to that effect returned. The
return contains the deaths of two children from wapt of
breast milli or inanition.