The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

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MISCELLANEOUS

LIONDED CORN.—By the official account, just published
it appears that the total quantity of wheat imported into
the United Kingdom during the month ending sth instant,
amounted to 154,646 quarters, of which 1,776 quarters were
received from our colonies, and 152,870 quarters from foreign
countries ; within the same period, 10,347 quarters of the
former, and 5,584 quarters of the, latter, were entered for
home consumption ; and there remained under the Queen's
locks on the sth May, of colonial wheat, 3,572 quarters, and
of foreign, 801,753 quarters making a total of 805,325 quar-
ters. The stock of flour in bond on that day consisted of
367,132 cwts. the whole of which, with the exception of only
59,617 cwts. from British possessions, was of foreign manu-
facture. The imports of tlpur during the month appear to
save amounted to 29,789cwt5. ; and duty was paid, from sth
219 cwts.-11fark Lane Express.

of May, on 87

—A private, named Henry Scond, in the 15th
COURT-MARTIAL.—SINGLLAR APPREHENSION OF A
foot (now in garrison at Windsor) was permitted
rDegEiSmEeßnTtEonf.
to leave on furlough, before the regiment left Woolwich, to
visit his friends at Reading. Having long exceeded his time
of leave he was advertised in the usual way in the flue and
Cry, as a deserter. In the mean time, however, he gave
himself up to the officer in command of a recruiting party
Reading, where he was
.then billeted, and the case reported
to the commanding officer. Before a reply was received he.
again absconded, robbing the landlord of the house he was
billeted upon of property to the value of between £5 and £6.
From thence, it appeared, he went to Shrewsbury races.
where he enlisted in the marines, receiving the usual bounty.
He was from thence ordered to proceed to Portsmouth, there
to join that division of the regiment ; and while en route, his
road leading through Windsor, he very unintentionally (never
having been in that town before) passed by the infantry
barracks in Sheet-street, when he was recognised by Sergeant
Doyle, who happened to be standing at the barrack gate, and
was immediately apprehended. It appeared that the deserter
was not aware that the 15th had left Woolwich for Windsor.
DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA..—We have seldom been
called on to record a more melancholy event than the fol-
lowing, which occurre4 last week at Durnconner, parish of
Auchinleck .—lt appears that, about six weeks ago, Mr. John
Boswell, farmer there, had in his possession a dog, which
manifested strong symptoms of madness ; and, while in a
rabid state, had bitten one of his daughters, a girl of fourteen ,
on the lip, soon after which it ran off; but, the alarm being
given, it was pursued and destroyed ; not, however, until it
had bitten several individuals, and also cows, in its course

towards Galston, where it was killed. Some of the cows
have since died, exhibiting every, symptom of having been
affected with hydrophobia, leaving no doubt whatever on the
'minds of those who saw them, of the real nature of the dis-
ease. The girl's lip began to fester shortly after it received.
the wound, and in a short time healed up. Last week how-
ever, some symptoms of the terrible malady became apparent'
greatly to the consternation of her friends, and, indeed, of
the whole neighbourhood. These were every day more and
more confirmed in the altered manner of the poor girl; and
the unfailing indications of this most lamentable and distres-
sing malady manifested themselves so prominently on Mon-
day, that the paroxysms were awful to witness. The cries,
and sufferings of the patient were such as might well draw
pity from a heart which had never felt its promptings •, and
could sympathy alone have procured an alleviation of her
sufferings, it would have been well with her; but, alas! the
devoted girl was destined to suffer ; and, after the endurance
of the most excruciating torments, she found relief in death
on Tuesday morning. The state of mind in which this un-
fortunate and lamentable event has left the relatives of the
poor girl is such as cannot be described ; while the excite-
ment caused by it is unparalleled in the neighbourhood in
which it took place. If the public mind is not made up
against the occurrence of such events, this, we think, ought
to form a strong inducemont. The many idle and useless
dogs found prowling about the country at large, show a
highly culpable carelessness on the part of their owners, and
call for the intervention of some means,
.stronger than any
heretofore in use, to protect the public, and rid the country
of so dangerous a nuisance.—Apr Advertiser.

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF A SOCIETY CALLED
THE GENERAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—A meeting
of a body styling itself by the above name was held at one of
the rooms of Exeter-hall on Friday week, the proceedings at
which require publicity. The platform was tilled by fourteen
persons, calling themselves the missionaries of the society,
who appear to be totally unknown and unaccredited to the
public, and who have been at once the committee, ma-
nagers, auditors of accounts, and in fact the entirety of a

£970 within the year. It further
appears, from questions put to the chairman and his coadju-
tors, by the Rev. R. Ainslie, Drs. Campbell and Matheson,
and several other well known ministers, who attended the

meeting for the purpose of inquiry into the suspicious cir-
cumstances connected with this society, that six of these mis-
sionaries, who are irresponsible' and appoint one another,
have been collecting in London for the institution by means
which have very much the appearance of fraud. These agents
carried with the words—" The General Home Missionary
Society " printed upon them, but the word " general," dis-
guishing it from the old institution founded in 1819, was
printed in such faint characters as to be scarcely visible.
Besides resorting to these sufficiently equivocal means, the
agents went further, and, according to the testimony of the
Rev. Mr. Ainslie and the Rev. J. Archer, were accustomed
to ask for contributions in behalf of the Horne Missionary So-
ciety, but if the party applied to had already subscribed to that
society, the applicant in that case appeared for the General
Home Missionary Society. A vast amount of the money ob-
tained in this notable way was collected in sixpences and shit•
bugs, the expenditure being, in some places, greater than the
receipts, and .000 a moderate per tentage in collecting £9OO.
These remarkable accounts, it was announced to the meeting,
amidst much laughter, were audited by the missionaries so
employed. These are but a few of the facts which came out
at the meeting, of which we bad prepared a full account,
which is unavoidably postponed till next week; the fact that
a similar system has been carried on at Liverpool renders a
full investigation necessary. The upshot of the proceedings
was, that a resolution was carried by a large majority, declar-
ing the society, as at present constituted and managed, to be
unworthy of the public confidence.—Times. [The agents of
this society " tried it on" in Liverpool some time ago. We
exposed their manoeuvres, and cautioned the public against
them.—En. L. S.]

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—It is painful to
us to relate one of the most distressing gig accidents which
has lately come under our notice, and which occurred to Mrs.
Hazlehurst (widow of the late Thomas Hazlehurst, Esq., of
Runcorn) and family, on Thursday. It appears that since
the death of her husband, in February, she has been nervous,
low-spirited, and unwell; and in fine weather has occasion-
ally took an airing in a pony phaeton for her health. On the
evening of that day they left home about five o'clock, the-,
party consisting of Mrs. Hazlehurst, Miss Mary Hazlehurst,
Mrs. Greenwood, (a sister-in-law,) and Mr. Thomas Hazle-
hurst, who drove. They returned at seven, and in going
down Bridge-street, the horse took fright at a linen garment
blowing Off a clothes line into the street, and became per-
fectly unmanageable, dragging the phaeton violently down
the hill. With great exertion Mr. Thomas Hazlehurst suc-
ceeded in bringing it partially up, by running its head to the
Town-hall railing; but before assistance could be obtained,
it glanced off there, one wheel coming in contact with the
rails, when Mrs. Greenwood was thrown out, and her clothes
hooking to the step, she was dragged a few yards, and much
bruised; the horse then galloped down Mersey-street, di-
rect for the pier, where the steamers land their passengers;
sfith, enandtbnyf
and when the frightful, apparent and irremediable death stood
so horribly pourtrayed before them, the feelings of the mother
for her two darling children were overpowered ; she had pre-
viously screamed for help, but she now swooned, and fell on
the dash-board. A rush was made at theinhotrhsee'
two young men who were providentially standing on the pier,
and by forcing him against the crane, theyni snteanid,alliniankmtande
career, and secured him from doing further mischief. Mrs.
Hazlehurst was conveyed home, but still
which she could never be rouseitdshss,he:iarindadipreeywdriiatrhot oauzusitesPuueraastkti
situation
annoodrt
being conscious for a moment,
same evening. Mrs. Greenwood was much hurt, but
is re-
creocveeirvienga.nyMbor.diTlyhoinmiausrya,n but
the melancholy death of their mother, have preyed upon their
minds so;
much that they are both very onweli.__chester
Courant.

HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.--A gentleman of fortune,
residing in the neighbourhood of Hampstead, and who for
some time past has been sojourning at a distant part of the
country, returned unexpectedly to his house at Hampstead
on Thursday evening last, and on arriving at his residence
was surprised at perceiving lights issuing irom the windows
of his best apartments, whilst shouts of merriment, railed
with the mnsical sounds of a harp and other instruments,
broke from the interior of the mansion. M.---at
first con-
jectured that he must have made a mistake, and that hehad
in a temporary absence of mind wandered to the residencei
of a neighbour. But no, to relieve his doubts, Saac
yard dog came bounding towards him. He was at the
at home,
and the
and feeling curious as to the cause of all this revelry, be
house having been left solely to the care
of theesr
cautiously made his way into the premises thrag
_ding round
entrance, and succeeded in gaining a balcony Tien
command a
the windows of the first floor, whence be could to his, sur:
view of the interior of the drawing-rooT, biro.
.A‘ "of
prise, he beheld a scene that quite bewilderedi every vat;Ysies,
merous party was assembled, dressed , , j
a o' - "litiglea to-
a back
costume, representing a motley er_., an cocer
most . .
Turks, sultanas, sailors, soldiers, &C:' off
ehre,,iug prat_
gether I
these
gether in chaotic confusion, and
other. gne, the gentleman
tical jokes imaginable, on eae his bahitarno
a_
h d " borrovked"
strange visitors located within or neightt;', dress ball ; and he
conceived that some friency
for thespot"".' to make inquiries
was rooms on an emerFrrn_ from e
believe his eyesii,htl
was on the point of reti
._tg.
c___ld h
u" a Turk, with a luxur'iant
of the servants, when,
eiaof a gran . .
t d the r 7-
.n the costume
,it ha" exci e _ envy oi ati no
bedecked i
of beard, that mewl
ik a from amongst the crowd in the
display
bas
baw ,
forth sta' le a personage than Sam, his under
fidemck drawing-room
irr toy by the " blushing 'his
Sally
leading unin de cuisine and femme de mansion of
footman, the pale
attired and Susannah, , both ladiesafter a fashion that
his tablishmen'd the united conclave of antiquarian
es
puzzled dames
would have gaz entire kingdom to have defined. The ap-
pearancethroughellot, out, and his smirking " handmaids" at once
d we
mystery. Mr. -- sprang through the open
elucidate.„to the room, when a scene ensued that beggars
description. '-- twi ,ic Hord "
•-' The ci,
Master !" never procured
nsternation amongst a tof urchins engaged '
greater co se
hool-r •
the revel of
.a sc . 00t11 riot, than did that exclamation
from the united voices of Sam-, than
and Susannah roduce
on the motley set assembled in the d '
drawing-room aforesaid.
Sauce qui pout was the order of the night. A rush was
made for the doors. The crowd, in their eagerness to escape,
blocked up the head f the
ostaircase, and the efforts of those
in the rear threw the foremost of the group off their legs.
The mass gave way and Jews
sailors, soldiers,
, Gipsies, and Turks, sultanas,
cum multis aliis, rolled headlong down the
stairs, amidst the screams of the women 'and the frantic
struggles of the men. The intruders were bundled:out of tbs
house sans cerentonie, to seek their respective domiciles es
best they might, and the servants employed in the establish-
ment received notice to quit forthwith.