The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-28 00:00:00

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and Southampton was upset about two miles from this latter
town, and the coachman, bailiff undermost, was killed on the
spot, his head being literally split in two.

MRS. WOOD, ALIAS LADY WILLIAM LENNOX.—The
York Courant of Thursday contains the following:—" A
paragraph is at present going the round of the London and
provincial papers stating that Mrs. Wood has returned to
her husband's residence at Woolley-moor. This we are en-
abled and authorised to say is not correct. Mrs. Wood has
left the convent near Micklegate-bar, in this city ; but, in-
stead of returning to her husband, she has retired to a small
secluded cottage near Barnsley, where she intends to pass
the remainder of her life, free from the cares and anxieties of
the world, in order that she may have more leisure to devote
he: self to the duties of religion. We are also informed, on
the best possible authority, that since Mrs. Wood's conver-
sion to the Roman Catholic tenets, she has not acknowledged,
and cannot recognise or consider Mr. Wood as her husband,
the church to which she has allied herself not allowing of
any divorce ; and, therefore, that she at the present moment
considers herself in strict equity as Lady William Lennox ;
and under these circumstances, as we have just stated, she
never can again associate with Mr. Wood. She would not
have left our convent, but she could not be allowed to join
the sisterhood so long as her husband survives. What she
may do in the event of Lord William Lennox's death, of
course we are not in a position to say." With reference to
the above the following letter appears in the Wakefield
Journal:—" Sir,—ln answer to a paragraph in the York
Courant of this day, I beg to state that Mrs. Wood is now
at her home at Woolley-moor. In thus troubling you I a
actuated by two motives—first, a desire to bury in silen e
the painful circumstances to which that paragraph alludes ;
and next, to assure my friends that my wife is now at home,
I hope in the enjoyment of that happiness which I feel it to
be not less my duty than my pleasure to afford her.—l am,
sir, yours truly, JOSEPH WOOD.—Woolley-moor, April 20,
1843."

THE TARIFF AND FOREIGN MEAT.-At the meeting of
the Dumfries agricultural association last week, Mr. Pagan,
who is described as an extensive cattle dealer in Liverpool,
made the following somewhat humorous remarks on the new
tariff beef. " He was sorry times had been so bad for the
farmer, There were several causes for this. Among others,
was the depression of the manufacturing interest, which
led to a diminution of consumption ; and the great supply
of stock, stimulated by a series of good years. But he was
not one of those who despaired. As for the operation of the
tariff, he had seen no reason to change his mind. He never
could believe it would seriously hurt our farmers ; though it
had done them some hurt in the first instance by the panic
it had caused. Only look at the importation of cattle for
the last six months. Why, it had been injurious to all who
had tried the trade : and absolutely ruinous to some of
them No such trade could be carried on, unless we were
at famine prices ; and if we had really reached such prices,
why then we might well be glad that we could import. John
Bull was not easily pleased in his meat ' • and there were some
things he would not eat, however cheap they might be.
Spanish cattle seemed to be a commodity of this kind. He
would just tell the company the history of a cargo of
cattle from Spain :—He knew a person in Liverpool who
imported seven of them. He killed two of them, and lost
£3 a head. This would riot do. So he sent the other five
on to Manchester, and his loss was two pounds less. They
were bought by a water-drinking, and therefore clear-beaded,
tee-totaller. who had them killed. The thing would not do
—it was a dead loss. Mortified and vexed, our worthy tee-
totaller burst through his pledge ; and ten days thereafter
was found out by his friends in some place or other, broken
down with dissipation, and—with Spanish cattle ! (Laugh-
ter,) As the quality of the commodity, try your grinders
on a piece of bend leather, then speak of Spanish bullocks!
Nor had he (Mr. Pagan) any fears from the importation
of Salted meat. They might bring it from the Brazil, or
they might bring it from Canada ; but he could bring it from
Ireland just as cheap, and five or six times better. No, no;
he was not afraid of that sort of thing. He believed more
could be gained by exporting from this country, than ever
could be gained by importing into it. He trusted they would
all live to see he was a true prophet : and that this Society
would all help the fulfilment of his phrophecy."