The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

Sept. 10, 18t4.

NAUTICAL ALVENTURE.—As E. Watson Lloyd, Esq.
was returning to Parkgate in the yawl Horatio, on Tues-
day last, on falling in with the Fairy, John Lloyd Jones,
Esq., a salute was fired from the Horatio, when. unfortu-
nately, one of the brass cannons burst into splinters with
a tremendous explosion. The sails were much cut by the
fragments, but although nine persons were standing by
alien the gun was fired, we are happy to state that no one
received the slightest injury.—Chester Courant.
A distressing event took place on Monday in the neigh-
bourhood of Wrexham. Four men were being lowered
into the pit of the Cheshire Vron Colli ry, Brymbo, near
Wrexham, the property of Mr. Moulson, when an explo-
sion of fire-damp took place. The shock was so great that
the poor men were blown into the air. The body of one
of them was picked up in four pieces, the other three were
taken up quite dead. At Cae time twenty-eight men were
employed in one part of the pit, several of whom are
dreadfully burnt, and are not likely to recover.
SUSPECTED MURDER AT. SMIDDYHAUGII.—A great
sensation has been excited in this village and the neigh-
bourhood by the mysterious disappearance and recent dis-
covery of a woman belonging to this place. She.has been
missing for nearly three weeks, and no trace of her could
be discovered until Thursday last, when her dead bodY
was found in a field of oats, and in a state of decomposi-
tion. She has had several illegitimate children, and some
circumstances connected with her course of life, combined
with others, lead to strong suspicions as to the manner of
her death. That it has been by violence of some sort, we
believe there is little doubt.—Perth Paper.
EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY PARCEL.—By the train
which left Glasgow last evening at half-past six o'clock,
reaching Ayr at half-past eight, a parcel arrived, consist-
ing of a white willow basket, with the lid closely sewed
down. As there is no delivery after that hour, the basket
was put along with other articles in the goods office, where
it remained all night. This morning the porter proceeded
to deliver the goods, and, on going his rounds, thought he
felt something stirring in the basket, and on lifting the
corner of the lid, discovered that his charge was a female
child ! The case is under investigation by the authori-
ties.—Ayr Advertiser, Tuesday.
FOREIGN PROVISIONS.—On Wednesday a sale of im-
proved American provisions took place in London. The
first lot was 975 hams from New York, of fair average
quality. These produced about 425. per cwt. ; a further
quantity of 3,025 hams from the same place sold for 37e.
The pork, which was a remarkably good article, not too
salt, and apparently well filled, fetched 30s. per cwt.,
whilst 100 kegs of ox tongues, good and well flavoured,
produced at the rate of Is. Ild. to 2s. each. The smoked
beef, very fair, sold for 395. per cwt., and 150 half barrels
of family beef, apparently well fed and sound meat but
rather too highly salted to please the majority
of English
,
eaters, found ready purchasers at 40s. per cwt. •
sse the sau-
sages fetched 9d per lb., and the undressed turtle ss. pee
pound. _

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taken a step which seems to have caused some astonish-
ment amongst those who thought that the separation of
the functions of banking and issuing would cause a pres-
sure on the money market and tend to raise the rate of
interest: they have reduced the rate of discount on three
months' bills from four to two-and-a-half er cent. In-
deed, we presume the directors will now proceed to em-
ploy the funds of the banking department in precisely the
same manner as the funds of other banking establishments
are employed, and will compete in the money mar,et for
bills, like other capitalists ; leaving the regulations of tilts
issuing department to govern the amount of notes in cir.
culation.

NARROW ESCAPE OF A CHILD BY THE SAGACITY Of
A HORSE.—On Saturday week a young child had a narrow
escape for its life, and was miraculously saved by the sit'
gacity of a horse. The child happened to be playing on
the street at the west end of Kirkaldy, when two carts
were passing under the charge of one man, he sitting in
the foremost cart, and holding the other horse by the
halter, a space being between the two. The child laving
run in before the hindmost horse, and the horse observing
the perilous condition of the child, refused to go forward;
and, though repeatedly urged by its less observant driver,
rather than do so, and prove the death of the child, which
would have been inevitable, he fell down on his kness and
lay till a young woman, who observed the perilous position
of the child, rushed out of her mester's house and snatched
up the child before the lazy driver had left his seat in the
cart, or any other person came to its rescue. The child
was carried to its mother unhurt.—Edinburgh paper.
ACCIDENT IN THE WATERLOO GALLERY.—An aeCi-
dent occurred in the Waterloo Gallery, Windsor Castle,
on Thursday last. Five massive chandeliers of ormolo,
and of exquisite workmanship, weighing several hundreds
of pounds each, were suspended from the ceilling, at about
15 feet from the floor. These magnificent pieces of Alf'
niture, which, it is said, cost from £2,000 to £3,000 each,
are considered to be the most rich and beautiful speci-
mens in this country. While one of the workmen %lig
enraged, mounted on the top of a high flight of stet's, in
preparing the chandelier at the western end for l'ghting'
the whole mass gave way, and fell oat the floor with a tre-
mendous crash, and breaking into a thousand pieces.
Of the several circles of cut plate glass, upon which were
elaborately engraved the star, garter, and motto of the
n orderlash
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escaped. The chandelier, it is stated, weighed upwards
of seven cwt.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES.—On Saturday week the
head gamekeeper of the Earl of Stradbroke, named Easy,
committed suicide at Henham Park,it is supposed in con-
sequence of tbe, annoyance he experienced from the fre-
quent acts.of poaching committed on his lordship's pre-
serves. From the. relative_ positions in which the body
and the gun were foundsit would seem that he had fixed
some of the eushes'apiesSa the two' triggers of bis piece*
and. foot upon the end of those rushes in such
a manner as itieriable him,-having put the end of the bar-
rels in his mouth, to fire off the gun ! The excitement
occasioned by this suicide had barely subsided, when the
neighbourhood of Henham Park was again astonished by
the self-destruction of a man named Cruxey, who held
the position of superintendent of keepers, horses, and
men' on
withocnontnheactteesdtate.This
the E
unfortunatear
Earl of Strad bnrioakee'ssh
on Sunday afternoon in his own house on tbe Par eetks tha ibmis f
scarcely twenty-four hours after the death of his fellow
estate,
servant.
LORD STANLEY.—It will be seen from our parliamen
tary report that Lord Stanley' has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds, and withdrawn from the Lower House of Par-
liament. His withdrawal from the scene of his triumphs.
and from the walls which have long echoed with his br!l
liant eloquence, and the enthusiastic cheers of his admir-
ing and astonished hearers, is only preparatory to his re-
moval to the House of Peers. Lord Stanley retains the
seals of the Colonial office, and his seat in the Cabinet;
and however severely his loss may be felt in the House of
Commons, his entrance into the House of Peers must be.
bailed with universal satisfaction. Indeed, the want of
speakers on the Government benches in the Upper House
has been strongly manifested since the death of the la-
mented Lord Fitzgerald, the absence of Lord Ellen;
borough, and the frequent indisposition of the Earl 0'
Ripon.—lt will be remembered that Lord Stanley's father'
the present Earl of Derby, was also called to the 1-ToPe
House, by the title of Baron Bickerstaff, during the life-
time of the preceding earl; and as the title became
ex-
tinct on his succeeding to the Earldom, no further addi-
tion was ultimately made to the House of Lords.
THE GAME LAWS.—The Leeds Times states that the
suicides of Lord Stradbroke's gamekeepers (noticed else:
where) were occasioned through fear of his lordshiP
anger that such extensive depredasions should have bees'allowed among his preserves as have lately thinned s
number of his pheasants, &c. There are other reportsl;
a similar effect, shoeing that the anxiety of mind wires;
ended in these unfortunate men destroying themse'',:a
was caused by their solicitude about the game they °'
to preserve. It is not long since another gamekeeper 0
this same Lord Stradbroke was murdered by poachers,
and, if our memory serves us aright, scveial transpoita-
tions beyond the seas were the consequence. Look, ale%
at the loss of life, the misery, and the expense to O.
public, that this single landlord's game may be preserved
Let it be held in mind that, during the last ten years'
some 30 gamekeepers have been murdered, and as trat",:
poachers hanged for the murds rs—that in one Yet'
namely_ 1843, 30 persons were transported, and 4,500 r°'",i
victed and sentenced to fine and imprisonment in Englanss
I alone, for infringements of the game laws—that the e°';s
of prosecuting the " criminals," and in maintaining thin
families when thrown upon the parish, amounts annus;".
to not less than £lOO,OOO sterling, not to speak of t°s
immense cost of maintaining those who are transported
beyond the seas, nor of the wreck and ruin of 'dame a!
happiness to tens of thousands, nor of the brutal ana 'ors
vengeful feelings engendered, and the desperate crirnia s;
who are brought into existence and fostered by these 10,4
and who shall say but that they are one of the greste-t
curses of our land, and ought, without delay, to be s's
from off our statute-book for ever?
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WITCHCRAFT IN 1811.—Not long since the res the
place of the dead at Phillack, near Hayle, was made tbe
scene of transac•ions which would have blackened
darkest ignorance of bygone ages. It appears that set of
rat persons afflicted with disease, and who, for want
moral courage, would not submit to the directions of Lod
medical advisers, very readily caught hold of and aPP,rtee
every nostrum that gossips made known. ExP,6l;‘seir
proving that the boasted remedies were of no avail, 'that
imaginations were put to the utmost stretch, in order 6 be
they might avoid the only method by which they o°°;seir
cured. Fortunately, a blazing light shot across 'Sted
darkened way, and their gloomy reflections were dissiP'ceil
by its brilliancy. It was a revelation ; and they (Wolin to
their ignorance, because they did not sooner find (311
~bed
cause of their malady. To believe that they were
was only the eork of a moment, but to discover a Pelbed•
who could break the spell was not so easily accomPPlbeir
Every thought and action was centered in attainingi,od
darling object. Finally, their wish was consum rated to
a scatterer of witch spells stalked forth from Ilelsto:o',lit
whom they disclosed every incident of their lives, Ifs vvss
with uncertainty as tending to good or evil. The u'i'sod°
chosen, the dreaded hour of midnight fixed, and the
eci 88
of the silent clod of all that once was living was 0°11306f
the place of assignation. The hour drew near, ha',sseies,
purpose became known by the impulse of their ees"`The
and their stealthy actions were closely watehed'sileoce
asked-for fee was immediately given, and, aftef,„,o the
was enjoined, he churchyard wall was dart,wsell-breaker commenced the mysteries of hi oY,tioss,
ing mysterious sounds and performing mysterious.acsosed
as he walked over the dead, hotly pressed by his frig,',, tbe
dupes. Having walked many times round the churcv,'„,ben
doors and windows opened and shut at his biddinge._ ".vvfre,
1 he commanded them to remain open, and, os
.t had
passed in succession, he brought th 9 persons fl
dissolved.wished the In
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speedily effected. Some days have sine n e t broke
ivenThtuhsatthet
either their faith:has faded, or the witch shell is nut of
for their disease still maintains its ground, the "
visible cause.— West Briton. there
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