The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-15 00:00:00

THIRD RESDIXTION

That the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules on ar-
ticles other than spirits and timber shall be respectively sub-
ject to the charge of five per cent. imposed !•,y an act passed
in. the 3d year of her present Majesty, cap. 17 ; and the du-
ties imposed in the foregoing schedules on spirits shall be
subject to the additional rated charge laid on spirits by the
said act, and the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules
on timber to the additional charge imposed by the act 3 and
4 Victoria, cap. 19.

Mr. Hughes Hughes, the Hon. Secretary to the Times
Testimonial Fund, a barrister, and formerly a member of the
House of Commons, is a candidate for the office of town-
clerk of the city of London, with favourable prospects of
success.

THE BANK PARCEL ROBRERY.—Moody and King, the
two men who stand charged with stealing upwards of £lOOO
in notes from the Perseverance Bury coach, were brought up
for examination at the Mansion-house, London, on Friday,
and again remanded, Superintendent Beswick, of the Man-
chester police, having gained some important information,
but which he could not at present distinctly prove. It has
been ascertained King left London on the 26th Feb.,
and-returned by, one of the early trains from Leeds, accom-
palled by a female, who brought a painted deal box, sup.
posed to contain the stolen property. Bills have beea issued
offering a reward to any person who will give information as
to where the prisoners had been lodging, for the last four or
five days previous to their apprehension. , •
. BRIGHTON, MARCH 10TH.—The wrecks in the Channel
we are afraid will turn out to be very numerous. At present
We have heard of two, and in one of these cases, the whole of
the crew, 8 in number, and 2 pilots, who had gone on board
to conduct the vessel into the harbour, have unfortunately
met with a watery grave. The vessel was the brig Economy,
of Littlehampton, belonging to Mr. Thomas Isernonger. of
Littlehampton, laden with coals from Sunderland, in burden
about two 2.50 tons. Four or five other coal vessels were,
yesterday, in the Littlehampton roads, and all succeeded in
making the harbour. The Economy, however, drew too
much water, and was obliged to remain in the roads, waiting
for the next tide. In the evening the hurrieane, as we have
stated, sprang up, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the
captain and crew, the vessel has gone to the bottom, and not
one of the crew was able to reach the shore. The master of
the vessel was Captain Isemonger, brother of the owner. The
second case occurred off Brighton, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
A shooner wcs seen in the Channel, in the morning about
10 miles at sea. A Shoreham life-boat put off to her assist-
ance. 'At 3 o'clock the life-boat could be discovered return-
ing, but no trace of the schgoner was visible. It is con-
lectured that the crew have been taken into the life-boat, and
that the vessel has gone to the bottom. The life-boat is at
this moment returning, and is now (4 o'clock p.m.) 8 miles
distant from land.

ALARMING FIRE.—We stop the press to announce, that
this morning at half-past three o'clock, a fire, which threatens
most extensive conflagration, broke out in the drying-room
of the extensive tobacco warehouse of Mr. W. 0. Brigg, on
Welch-back. The fire-engines were rapidly on the spot, and
were plied with incessant energy by the firemen and the
police ; but such was the mass of burning matter seated far
111 the rear of the building, that the flames are at this moment
raging with fearful fury. At the moment we are writing the
bells of the churches are giving the alarm, and the utmost
consternation prevails for the safety of the adjacent premises.
Half-past four.—The fire appears to be got under, and hopes
are entertained that the adjacent houses will be saved.—
Bristol Journal, Saturday.
USELESS KNOWLEDGE, OR EDUCATION WITHOUT RELI-
GION.—In the Central Criminal Court, some time since, two
young men, John Wingfield and William Kennedy, the for-
mer 22, and the latter 24, were tried for a most extensive
robbery committed by Wingfield, on his employers, aided by
Kennedy, who received and
.disposed of the stolen goods.
Both were young men of most respectable connections,
(Wingfield heir to a considerable fortune,) both persons of
genteel manners and appearance, both what is called " well
educated ;" " but," said the recorder, in passing sentence of
14 years' transportation on each, " this is a melancholy case,
affording another instance to those already, unhappily, so
very.numerous, that education, mere intellectual education,
WITHOUT A MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ONE, has very little
hold upon the human mind."

BURGLARY AND SUICIDE.—We have been favoured by
the Rev. George Beadon, vicar of Axbridge, with the follow-
ing particulars of an awful catastrophe that occurred in his
house a few days ago :—" On the evening of Sunday last, a
light was perceived in the parsonage house, when is was sup-
posed that it would be empty, by the clergyman and his ser-
vant being at the evening service at the church. The neigh-
biitrs, with a kind promptitude, came to
,the door, and rang
the bell, &c., and in. a short time entered the house, both at
the back and front.. Before any one was seen, the report of
a pistol was heard, near the front door, and on reaching that
spot, a young man, well known to all, was found lying dead,
,with a discharge) pistol in his .right hand, a loaded one in his
pocket, and a stick, with lead at both ends, by his side, and
an iron instrument under the front door. It was concluded
that, seeing escape to be impossible, he had shot himself.
Not an article in the house was missing, or seemed displaced.
No accomplice was discovered. An inquest was held on the
body, and a•verdict of self-destruction by a pistol returned.
No ball was found in the other pistol. The body is now be-
ing privately buried in the, church-yard. The young clams
was James Headfurd, about nineteen years of age, an appren-
tice of a smith residing, in the town. On his person were
a life preserver, eleven keys, a jemmy,' made on the best
principle, one skeleton key, and picklocks of various descrip-
tions ; also the key of the front door, which had been lost
about- five weeks before, and by which no doubt the entrance
was effected."—L'ristol Journal.

SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE.—The Rev. Mark Clarke, on
Tuesday, received a letter from the Rev. Mark Galway,
Rector of Clonbeg, requesting him to inter a protestant
pa-
rishioner of his in the churchyard of Latice, of which parish
the Rev. Mr. Clarke is curate, under the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners. Mr. G. stated in his letter, that deceased (who
was in his 84th year) had been- a strict protestant, and that
he attended him in his illness, and that in. consequence of
his having married a Roman Catholic, there had been a schiSm
in the family, and that in his last moments when he was in a
state of insensibility, a priest was introduced, but his son,
a protestant, requested that his father should be interred by
the Rev. Mr, Galway, Immediately on receipt of this lbt-
ter the Rev. Mr. Clarke went to Latire, and met the funeral
at the churchyard gate, headed by three priests from the
parish of Clonbeg. When Mr. Clifrke began the service,
one of the priests commenced reading also ; however, the
former persevered until they came to the grave, though an-
noyed ' and interrupted in every way possible. While the
grave was digging the priest came up to Mr. Clarke, and said
he was surprised at his interfering, as deceased was a Roman
Catholic. The rev. gentleman's reply was, " I attended in
consequence of Mr. Galway's letter, stating to the contrary
and am determined to do my duty." Well, said the priest,
Cou must take the consequences. " Boys (addressing the
rowd), I have done my part." The priests retired. When
the coffin was placed in the grave, immediately on Mr. Clarke
resuming the service, he was set on by a ferocious mob, who
made a rush at him, and he was precipitated headlong into a
gravel-pit, on the brow of which the churchyard is situated!
He was then obliged to retire, amidst the shouts and hisses
of the people, having received some bruises, but he is thank-
ful to the Almighty, for having escaped with his life:—Lime-
rick Chronicle. ,