The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—The London morning
papers now occasionally reach Brussels on the evening of
the day of publication.

Stanley .Varner, a confidential clerk of the Birmingham
Town and District Bank, absconded, on Thursday, with
twelve £lOO Batik of England notes.

About a thousand claims have already been prepared by
the working men's committee in Birmingham, and will be
put on the parliamentary registration list, under the four
shillings a-week rent decision, before the 20th of August.
In the House of Commons, on Saturday week, Col.
Wood boasted, that, in the poor-law union of which he
was a guardian, a schoolmaster was employed in the work-
house, and that they gave him twenty pounds a-year.

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Pine apples are now exposed in barrows, and hawked
through the streets for sale, in the same mode as it is cus-
tomary to see cherries, with the extraordinary cry of
" pine apples, a penny a slice."—London paper.
DANGEROUS AMUSEMENTS.—On Friday week, the
servant of a respectable tradesman of Greenock, while
swinging in the garden with a child, was flung to the
ground by the breaking of the rope, and the child was so
bruised and injured that it died on Saturday morning.
WHIMSICAL ALTERATION.—At the Lincoln Assizes,
last week, an action of ejectment was tried, in which the
plaintiff was styled Lemuel Gulliver, as being a euphonious
improvement upon the old John Doe, who, we presume,
is supposed to have had law enough.
MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—During a storm of

thunder and lightning which passed over the neighbour-
hood of Gloucester on Thursday afternoon week, an old
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On Saturday last, as the bellman was parading the
streets of Huddersfield, announcing to the inhabitants
that, in consequence of the continued drought and scarcity
of water, they would, in future, be limited to two days'
supply per week, the rain fell in torrents, and literally
drenched the poor bellman.—Leeds Times.
The Tablet (R. C. Paper,) in a long article, acknow-
ledges the advantages which literature has derived from
Protestantism ; and bewails the inferiority of Roman
Catholic translations from Scripture, when compared with
the acknowledged correct and sublime pas Sages in the
English Bible and Prayer-book.
At the sale of Bibles and Testaments of the late Duke
of Sussex, the number of lots was 2074, and the number
of Bibles 1009 ; of these 294 were English, 259 Latin, 79
French, 26 Greek, 80 German and Flemish, and 176 in
various languages. The number of New Testaments dis-
posed of was 610; of these 227 were Greek, 73 English,
61 French, 51 Latin, and 198 in various languages.
THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY AT BRADFORD.—The sen-
tence of the five men who stand convicted of the man-
slaughter of Benjamin Gott, at Bradford, in May last, has
been postponed. An objection has been taken on the
part of two of the prisoners, that the indictment as con-
cerns them was insufficient, and the judge has fixed to
hear the arguments on the point in London.
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.—On Wednesday morning a
fine young salmon, weighing between 81b. and 91b., was
gambolling in the Severn, a little above the English-
bridge, Shrewsbury, and happening to indulge in an extra'
flourish without ascertaining where he was, he fell plump
into a boat, and, after several violent efforts to regain his
native element, he became a passive captive in the hands
of a labourer.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—The grow-
ing importance of this body is not generally understood.
At the Selby anniversary last week, where Dr. Hook of
Leeds preached, himself a brother and warm friend of the
order, it was stated after dinner, in his presence and with
his concurrence, that the funds of the order consisted of
upwards of one million of money l—the supposed in-
come £230,000. The increase of members for the last
year had been 25,000!
MonTALyrlts• TAILORR.—In the registered causes of
death of 233 persons, entered during 1843, in the eastern
and western unions of the metropolis, under the general
head of "Tailor," no less than 123 are registered as hav-
ing died of diseases of the respitatay organs, of which 92
were of consumption; 16 diseases of the nervous system,
of which 8 were of apoplexy • 16 of epidemic or contagious
diseases, of whom 11 died oityphus ; 23 of diseases of un-
certain seat, of whom 13 were victims of dropsy, 8 of di-
seases of the digestive organs, and 6 of heart disease,
whilst of the whole only 29 died of old age.

THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—The strike among the col-
liers of this district still continues without prospect
of its terminating speedily. indeed there seems no
reasonable hope that the old pitmen will ever resume
work in the places where they have turned out, as they
are daily being superseded by others, brought from a dis-
tance, many of whom are now introduced into a mine ot:
the first time in their lives.—Newcastle Journal.
THE LATE THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER.—On
Wednesday last, the proprietors of the late Manchester
Theatre-Royal, who are holders of the Royal patent for
that town, held a meeting when it was made known that a
settlement had been effected with the insurance offices
and the money paid over. it was resolved, that the land
and remaining warehouses and buildings be forthwith
offered for sale, by private contract or by auction. If a
beneficial sale cannot be effected, it is said the proprietors
will erect a new theatre, on a smaller scale than the last.
If this course be not taken, the proprietors are prepared
to dispose of their patent right to any new body of pro-
prietors who may be disposed to erect a Theatre-Royal.
MODEST ASSURANCE !—Sir Robert Peel lately in the
House of Commons narrated the following facts in con-
nexion with a most aggravated case of murder, which
occurred during the time the Right lion. Baronet was
connected with the Irish government. A man of the
name of Baker was the victinr!: the person who engaged
the parties to commit this crime was the individual who
subsequently came forward and gave the principal evi-
dence in the case. This 'man did not fire the shot. A
reward was offered for the conviction of the murderer,
provided the party giving evidence did not actually fire the
shot. A villain who had instigated the murder, came
forward, gave his evidence, and convicted the prisoner,
and received the £2,000 reward which had been offered.
This fellow had the assurance to bring an action against
the government for not giving him more !
ARSON.—At Ipswich, Ann, the wife of Benjamin Man-
ning, aged 32, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a
dwelling house, in her own occupation, the property of
James Ruthven, at Wangford, on the 25th of June last.
The prisoner is the wife of a labouring man i❑ the parish
of Wangford, who, at the time of the commission of the
offence, was a prisoner on the treadmill, under the game
laws. Just before the commission of the crime for which
she stood indicted, her landlord (the prosecutor) had dis-
trained on her goods, and swept the cottage in which she
lived of everything on which the law could take hold, and
she was in a state of great destitution and misery. She
was found guilty. A memorial was presented in her
favour, and Baron Alderson took time to consider the
verdict.

RURAL AFFAIRS IN THE FYLDR.—The hay harvest iS
being busily proceeded with, though some few farmers
have not yet commenced mowing. The weather has been
generally very favourable for making hay, and securing it
in good condition, but the crop on most lands will scarcely
be half an usual average. The weather on the whole has
been much too dry for vegetation, the rain of the 13th
instant and two succeeding days, having been dried up.
Pastures in some places, are again becoming quite parched
for want of moisture, and the second cop of clover, the
after grass, potatoes, and turnips grow but slowly.
Wheat is likely to be well fed; that on the marshes in
the southern part of this district is, in general, likely to
be a heavy crop ; a lot now growing on Newton marsh,
having recently been sold for £2B au acre, of eight yards
to the rod.

ACCIDENTS ON THE THAMES.—On Sunday week, no
fewer than four fatal accidents occurred on the Thames.
A cutter in which were five persons was run into, at 11
at night, by a steamer, and the whole party were thrown
into the water, by which a Mr. Thwaites and his son
were drowned. About the same hour, and at a short
distance from the same spot, a skiff with seven persons
got too near to a barge, when one of the party, in endea-
vouring to push her off, fell into the water and was
drowned ; and another who attempted to save him nar-
rowly escaped. The third accident was to a little girl,
named Clarke, on board a Woolwich steamer, who, while
playing in presence of her parents, fell overboard from
the gangway, and sank before assistance could be ren-
dered. Same night, the mate of a collier, in going on
board, missed his hold, fell into the water, and, being
dragged by the tide under some barges, was not after-
wards seen. Another man also lost his life under some-
what similar circumstances.
THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—This boasted method
of providing religious instruction for the people is not
always so productive as the dissenters represent it. In
proof of this, there is an appeal in the Patriot of Thurs-
day, the 18th instant, signed "J. Drew, pastor," of the
Baptist chapel at Welch pool, Montgomeryshire, in which
he says—" We are £3OO in debt. Last year we had 1,000
circulars printed, and addressed to our churches [dissent-
ing congregations,] containing a plain statement of our
affairs; the case was represented by eight ministers of
the first standing ; and was sent out to 1,500 churches.
Besides these we have written and forwarded to ministers
upwards of 2,000 letters, and appealed to the friends of
Christ by advertisement ; and the result of all has been
responses to the amount of about one hundred pounds,
exclusive of expenses, which, on account of printing and
postage and advertisements, will be a considerable deduc-
tion." By the time the expenses are paid, the balance
will most likely be on the wrong side of the account.'

A WATER SPOUT.—On Wednesday a most extraordi-
nary event was witnessed at Sandwich. About noon a
whirlwind arose attended by what is called a " water spout"
which passed within half a mile of the town. It came over
a nay marsh, where some men had just commenced stack-
ing the hay. A cart standing close by was carried the
distance of three 'or four rods, and some of the hay as far
as three miles, towards Minster. Some boys who were
in the Marsh were taken off their legs, and thrown to the
ground with great violence and covered with hay. The
haymakers, who were sitting quietly at dinner, were, of
course, greatly surprised and alarmed; and still more so
when one of their baskets was borne off like a parachute
to a considerable distance, and lodged in the river. The
water-spout in its course, sucked up every pond, and in
crossing the river the water rushed up,like a fountain.
The phenomenon was exceedingly alarming, and we expect
to hear of the terror created at Minster, where it appa.
rently burst.—Kenlish Observer.

THE STADE DUES.—This question has, at length, been
settled between England and the King of Hanover. " The
principle established by this convention," says the Times,
" will substitute a uniform and moderate tariff of dues for
those numerous, excessive, and ill-regulated charges which
have so long been a serious burden on British shipping in
the principal commercial outlet of Northern Germany ;
and we trust that this arrangement will terminate, or at
least reduce to their just limits, those restrictions which
have so long frustrated the intentions of the treaty of Vi-
enna, and interfered with the navigation of the Elbe. We
believe that a reduction of not less than one-third has
been effected in the duties on the most important articles,
and that the settlement of the Stade fees and charges has
been embodied in a general treaty of commerce and navi-
gation with the kingdom of Hanover."
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last, as the half-past
three o'clock train from Bolton to Manchester, on the
line of railway from those towns, was approaching the
tunnel between the Moses Gate and the Stoneclough sta-
tions, Cooke, the guard, applied the break in order to
slacken the speed of the train, as is usual, when the train
is proceeding very rapidly, just before entering the tunnel.
For some cause or other, he put his head out at the right-
hand side of the carriage; the passengers supposed that
he was looking to see whether the break operated ; but,
unfortunately, the train at that moment passed under the
bridge by which the Kearsley and Ringley road is carried
over the line ; this bridge is supported on wooden pillars ;
and the head of the deceased came violently in contact
with one of those pillars. The concussion was such as to
deprive him at once of life. His body was drawn into
the carriage by the passengers, who at first supposed that
he was only insensible ; but on the train stopping at Stone-
clough, he was removed, and it was found that life was
extinct.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—It is expected that the regu-
lar business of Parliament will have been disposed of by
the end of the first week in August. The parliament will
not, however, be then prorogued ; but the session will be
continued by adjournment to the 25th of August. The
purpose of this arrangement is to afford time for receiving
the reports of the judges, and making up the judgment of
the House of Lords upon the writ of error brought by
Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners.—Ministerial
paper.--The Standard, of Saturday evening, says, " The
judges will not be in town until Friday, the 23d of August.
Their lordships shortly afterwards will have a meeting to
consider the questions propounded to them by the House
of Lords, and it is generally expected that judgment in the
case of Mr. D. O'Connell and the other traversers will be
given either on Thursday 'the 29th, or Friday, the 30th of
August. When the public business of Parliament is brought
to a close, both houses will adjourn from time to time
until the judgmeat on the writ of error is pronounced.
There will be no formal prorogation until that question is
decided.
ASSIZE INTELLtamsCE.—At Chelmsford, William
Saxby, an urchin of nine years old was convicted of set-
ting fire to a barn at Ramsey, with a Lucifer match, by
which damage was done to the amount of £4OOO. The
sentence was deferred.—Henry Herbert, aged 52, was
convicted of a felonious assault on his own daughter, a
child of fourteen, and sentenced to two years' imprison-
,ment.—At Huntingdon, Samuel Baxter, a boy of ten
was convicted of firing four straw stacks, and sentenced
to transportation for 15 years.—At Oxford, Fanny Ruth-
erford, aged 15, was convicted of arson, and sentenced to
15 years' transportation.—At Lincoln, Eliza Joyce. aged
31, who was tried at the last assizes for the murder of
one of her own children, by poison, and acquitted, on ac-
count of some legal flaw, was convicted, on her own con-
fession, of the murder of one of her own children, and
of two children of her husband by a former marriage, and
sentenced to death.—At Cambridge, Mr. John Garland,
a surgeon, aged 60, was convicted of manslaughter, for
having by negligence or want of skill, occasioned the
death of Mary Dent, a married woman, whom he was at-
tending during child-birth. He was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment.
MANSLAUGHTER BY A BOATMAN.--OD Wednesday,
r.n inquest was held before the borough coroner of Man-
chester, touching the death of Thomas O'Donnell, a boy
about 11 years of age, son of a labourer residing in
Wood's-buildings, Oxford-road. It appeared that on
Tuesday morning, while the deceased and some other
boys were bathing in the Rochdale canal, near the Ox-
ford-road lock, a boatman, named Edward Maylett,
brought his boat into the lock, and after opening one
pannel of the lock, he was proceeding to open the other,
when the deceased met him on the lock, and Maylett laid
hold of his arm and threw him into the water above the
lock. Deceased sank, was drawn through a hole at the
bottom, and was not found till fifteen minutes afterwards,
when he was quite dead. Maylett tried to find him with
a boat-hook, but the body was not found till the lock was
drawn off. The prisoner said he had no intention of
drowning the boy, but the jury brought in a verdict of
manslaughter, and he was committed for trial. It was
with some difficulty that the police could prevent the
crowds assembled round the court from inflicting sum-
mary vengeance upon the prisoner.

ASCENT OF ANOTHER MONSTER BALLOON.-011 Mon-
day evening last Mr. Hampton, the aeronaut, who, it will
be recollected, about five years since made perilous de-
scents in a parachute at Chelsea and Cheltenham, ascend-
ed from the Vauxhall Gardens, Birmingham, in a stupen-
dous new balloon. The machine, which is the sole inven-
tion of Mr. Hampton, has been constructed in an entirely
novel manner, both with respect to the valve, shape, and
car, the silk of which it is composed amounting to several
thousand yards, being manufactured by Spitalfields wea-
vers. -it -is nearly the size of the great Nassau balloon,
being 67 feet in height, 24 feet in circumference, calcu-
lated to contain about 24,000 cubic feet of gas, and the car,
which is capable of holding six persons, being five feet in
diameter and of a circular form. Considerable disappoint-
ment was caused as the time drew nigh for its inflation,
for, by that period, the machine was found not to be one-

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third inflated, and the gas of so inferior a description that
it soon became apparent that it had only ascending power
enough to take up the aeronaut by himself. Every en-
deavour was made to further its inflation, but to no effect,
and at seven o'clock, being liberated from the earth, it
rose almost perpendicularly from the gardens. The at-
mosphere being very clear, the ascent was beautiful in the
extreme, and after the aeronaut had gained an altitude of
two miles, he effected a safe descent at Shear's-hill, near
Wolverhampton.

THE KING OF SAXONY AT KESWICL.—His Majesty
the King of Saxony has everywhere evinced a strong de-
sire to witness whatever may be novel to him, and as he
approached the town of Keswick a wish was expressed by
his Majesty to witness the process of pencil-making, for
which that town has been so long famed. He was ac-
cordingly conducted to the black-lead pencil manufactory
of Messrs. Banks, Foster, and Co., who, since the visit
of Queen Adelaide to Keswick in the year 1840 have en-
joyed the distinguished honour of her Majesty's patronage.
The King and his suite were met at the manufactory by
Mr. !clanks, who had the honour of showing his Majesty
every operation or process in the construction of a pencil,
from the act of cutting the scantlings of wood of wl:ich
the pencil is made, out of the under plank to its comple-
tion at the stamping engine. They consequently witnessed
the whole of the simple but effective machinery of that
establishment in operation, which, during the summer
months, is annually seen and admired by hundreds of
tourists, but by none more perhaps than by royalty itself.
It was astonishing with what quickness his Majesty, in a
mechanical point of view, entered into the merits of the
different operations, and particularly expressed his ad-
miration at the simplicity, yet efficiency of the grooving
engine, but most of all the stamping engine, and at the
rapidity with which that operation is performed. Stamp-
ing the name upon the pencils appeared to amuse the
royal suite, and on his Majesty again expressing his ad-
miration and astonishment at the manner in which the

operation is performed, he was solicited to try the opera-
tion, which the royal visiter at once agreed to; and on a
dozen pure lead pencils being placed in his hands his Ma-
jesty passed them through the engine with an expertness
and tact that would have done credit to a more experienced
workman. The royal suite gazed with admiration upon
the handiwork of their sovereign, and whilst thus examin-
ing the pencils on which his Majesty had performed the
finishing operation Mr. Banks begged as a favour that the
royal visiter would do the company the further honour
to accept the pencils which he had placed through the
finishing engine. His Majesty was graciously pleased to
accept of the present, and judging from the evident
pleasure with which they were examined by the royal
p arty we may venture to state that an infinitely higher
price is placed upon them than they would realize even in
the hands of the best salesman.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meet-
ing of this society took place last week at Southampton.
On Wednesday, not only Southampton, but all the neigh-
bouring villages, were filled with guests, many of them
highly distinguished. The Duke of Cambridge arrived
on Wednesday morning, and was received with a royal
salute from the battery. One of the principal features
in the proceedings was a meeting for the purpose of es-
tablishing an agricultural college. It was stated, that
the project had been taken up by many of the leading
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one year ; but if they found it to pay one year they ought
to repeat the experiment the next season. The health of
the president was most enthusiastically received ; and
Earl Spencer, in returning thanks, said he was overpowered
by the reception he had received. Numerous other toasts
were given and responded to. The cattle-show and grand
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