The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-09 00:00:00

MiBCtLLANLOUS,

The Bishop of Londoti arrived iti the City of Dui•harh, on
Saturday last, on a visit to the Bishop of Chester,

The Emperor of Russia has released from Siberia ail Prus,
sian subjects condemned for crimes of contraband.
The Debals says, " the works on the Paris and Brussels
Railway are at last on the point of being commenced."
Lord Ashburton is expected hourly from New York. His
lordship says in his last letter that he expected to arrive at
Portsmouth about the first of September.
A labourer at Marden, Wilts, last week died almost im-
mediately in consequence of drinking cold water whilst at
work in the fields during the extreme beat.

A SLIGHT MISTAKE!—What a vast difference does the
mis-spelling of a single letter cause! The Nottingham Re-
view of last week, in noticing Mr. H. Farmer's concern, says
that Miss Rainforth is a pretty sinner !" If our contempo-
rary does not " correct the presS " better, it will be having
an action brought against it for defamation of character.
On Thursday morning, a young man, the nephew of Mr.
Frank Sleddon, of Preston, was found shot on Preston Moor,
Whether it was his own act, or the act of others, we have
not heard.

LAMBS AS CHEAP AS BENS.—A woman from the neigh-
bourhood of Beady went on Friday to Inverness with 20
hens, with the price of which, on her• return, she purchased
20 lambs at the Muir of Ord Market.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
FIRE INSURANCE.—The total amount of property insu-
red against loss by fire in England Scotland, and Ireland,
during the year 1841, was £735,000,000, of which scarcely
more than £50,000,000 was in Ireland. £30,000,000 of
insurance was effected in Yorkshire. The gross amount of
farming stock insured is £50,000,000.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MEASURED BY
PENCE.—If the sum of money expended in making the Lou-
don and Birmingham Railway was turned into pence, which
measures I'4 inches wide, and placed in a line, one touching
the other, the length of that line would be 31,915 miles, or
considerably more than the circumference of the earth.
LEEDS AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly
meeting of this company at Manchester, on Thursday, a divi-
dend of 2i per cent. per share, was declared clear of the income
tax, from the working of the last six months.
PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—The general meeting of
the shareholders in this undertaking, was held in Paris, on
Tuesday last. It appeared that 29 millions of francs had been
received, and 21 millions spent, up to the date of the meeting ;
and that only 94 shares have been forfeited in consequence of
the non-payment of calls.

The opening of Covent Garden Theatre has been postponed
from last Saturday to next Saturday, the 10th instant, in con-
sequence of the increased indisposition of Miss Adelaide

Kimble.

A most daring burglary, near Southampton, was committed
on Thursday last ao the residence of Lady Lisle, at Millbrook.
A valuable set of jewels, a large sum of money, and several
articles of plate, altogether worth £2OOO, were stolen.
Two young gentlemen, of the ages of nineteen and twenty,
were drowned at Sharpness Point, on the banks of the Severn,
on Saturday week, whilst bathing.
The Archbishop of Canterbury continues daily to make
some progress towards a restoration ; and, if the right rev.
prelate happily escape a relapse, he will, ere long, be in a
state of convalescence. No more bulletins will be issued.
Two remarkable bankruptcies follow each other in Friday
night's Gazette; they are that of a noble lord, Huntingtower,
and Goodered, the keeper of the notorious saloon in Picca-
dilly.

An awful thunder-storm was experienced in Cornwall on
Saturday se'nnight. Two little girls were killed by the elec-
tric fluid at East Crinnis mine, and a bargeman at Trenant
Park was also struck dead.—Bristol Journal.

The collector of the poor-rates at Andover, from whom no
sureties had been required, has absconded with the proceeds
of the last rate. This has occasioned a fresh rate to be le-
vied upon the inhabitants of Andover to make up the defi-
ciency, amounting to several hundred pounds.
The Great North of England Railway directors have de-
clared a dividend of 255. per share, regretting that the
depressed state of trade did not allow a larger payment. The
accounts showed a balance of profit in the half-year's work-
ing of £9,503 Bs. 9d.
The stoppage of the old and highly-respectable firm of
T. W. Smith and Co., in the commission trade, was announ-
ced to-day, and is said to have arisen from their having given
too extensive credit to a party speculating in corn, though
they themselves were not engaged in the same speculation.—
London Times of Monday.
Sidonia Parkin has been committed to Lincoln Castle,
from East Ferry, in the parish of Scotter, and in the parts
of Lindsey, for the wilful murder of her own son, John
Parkin, an illegitimate child, aged seven years, by giving
him poison in some apple-pie. It is said tbat she did it to
prevent the boy being taken to the union workhouse.—
Boston Herald.
Boole SnEavlis.—To give some idea of the extent of the
new portion of the library of the British Museum, it has, as
a point of useful information, or perhaps also as a matter of
curiosity, been ascertained that the whole length of the
shelves, which hold 260,000 volumes, was 42,210 feet, or
eight miles. The length of the shelvesin the library at Munich,
containing 500,000 volumes, taking the same proportion, will
be fifteen miles and two-fifths. The king's library in Paris
of 650,000 volumes, must by the same calculation have not
less than twenty miles of shelf !
POLITIC ',..1. STEAM RACING.--WHIG v. TORY.--Two
Lancashire engines, employed on the Stockton and Darling- 1
ton Railway, have performed the following surprising feats
during the year ending the 30th June :—The Whig engine
travelled 21,757 miles, the Tory travelled 21,759 miles ;
multiplying the miles by the tons—Whig carried 1,072,079
tons over one mile, Tory 1,077,287 tons, during twelve months'
regular work. Tory travelled two miles more, and WM°
carried (over one mile) 1792 tons more than Tory.—Leeds
Mercury.
The Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company have declared
a dividend of £8 per cent. on the whole of the shares of the
company, one half to be paid on the Ist of September next,
and the other on the Ist of March next ; both payments clear
of the income tax. The directors' report showed an increase
in trade during the past year of £5,108 17s. 2%d., and in the
pa:roitss,of
25.£2 ,441d2.
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Among the other business transacted it was agreed to raise
£52,250 by the issue of new shares of £25 each, to pay off
part of the outstanding loans of the company.
Two THOUSAND POUNDS STOLEN AT PRESTON GUILD.—
We have been informed of a serious loss sustained by Mr.
John Marquis, of Accrington, at Preston Guild, on Monday
evening last. It appears that Mr. Marquis some time since
sold property to Mr. Hargreaves, of Accrington, for £lO,OOO.
a portion of which, to the amount of two thousand pounds,
he happened to have in his pocket on Monday evening last
in Preston, whither he had gone for the purpose of amusing
himself at the festival of the Guild. Mr. Marquis had dined
with Mr. Grundy, machine maker, and after dinner sallied
out to look about him and see the wonders of the Guild.
This was about eight o'clock in the evening. Sauntering
along the street Mr. Marquis was accosted in an affable
manner by a respectable looking person, with whom be
entered into conversation. Their intimacy, although so sud-
denly created, and without the usual ceremonial of introduc-
tion so generally required by John Bull—more particularly
than by any other national gentleman—seemed to grow
rapidly in strength ; for the stranger took Mr. Marquis by
the arm, and thus united they proceeded to admire what was
going on round and about them. They had not however
made much progress in their friendly promenade, when they
were met by a gentleman and lady, who appeared particularly
anxious also to scrape an acquaintance with Mr. Marquis.
Shortly after Mr. Marquis discovered that his pocket book
had besn taken away containing nine one hundred pound
uotes, and two five hundred pound notes, all of the Bank
of England, together with about one hundred pounds in gold
and silver. Mr. Marquis naturally looked about for his
friend, but he had cut his acquaintance. No clue to the
thieves has as yet been discovered. The numbers of the
notes however are known, and unless paid by the Bank of
England previous to yesterday afternoon, will be of no use
to those who stole them.—Blackburn Standard,
FALL OF TWO HOUSES.—SHOCKING MUTILATION.—Be-
tween 7 and 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning the inhabitants
of the village Marden was alarmed by a loud crash, the cause
of which was ascertained to be the falling of two houses
situate in the village. Nearly the entire population of the
place congregated round the spot, and the crowd were
horrified at- hearing the most heart-rending groans issuing
from the ruins. A number of men were speedily at work in
clearing away the rubbish, &c., and in a short time the body
of an old man, named Roberts, who followed the occupation
of a rick-thatcher, was dug out frightfully mangled, both legs
being broken, and the upper part of the chest compressed,
whilst several of the ribs protruded through the skin ; not-
withstanding which injuries, the man was taken from the ruins
alive, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. Two child-
ren were next found—one of whom had its right shoulder and
arm dreadfully crushed ; the other child escaped with com-
paratively but slight injury. The next person dug out was
a woman, the mother of the two children last named, and
daughter of the old man, Roberts. The poor creature was
enceinte, and a fallen beam of wood had been thrown across
the lower part of the unfortunate woman's stomach with such
violence that a premature delivery has been the result. The
child, quite dead, was discoverd near the mother, who,
although labouring under the most acute bodily pain, is ex-
pected to recover. The above persons were the entire inmates
occupying one of the houses ; the other being unoccupied.
Both tenements were deemed in an unsafe state, and Roberts
has had repeated notices to quit the premises. The escape
of the inmates with life is singularly providential. A dog be-
longing to the family was found crushed quite flat on the
hearthstone, and a couple of pigs in a sty adjoining the house
were killed on the spot. From the statement of one of the
children, it appears that they were in bed up-stairs with their
mother at the time the accident occurred. Their grandfather,
Roberts, had gone down stairs to light the fire. Suddenly a
part of the flooring gave way, and their mother was thrown
violently out of bed through the opening in the floor, and
immediately afterwards the bedsteads on which they were
laying fell with the rcmainer of the floor, and in its descent
the bed and bedclothes were thrown over the children, which
doubtless prevented their receiving greater injury. The
houses were only cnmposed of one story, or more fatal
results might have ensued.—Bollon Chronicle.
DARING OUTRAGE.—On Monday last a most violent
outrage was committed by a gang of the Claddagh fishermen
on Mr, Dudley Persse, under the following circumstances :
—Mr,. Persse, accompanied by some friends, went out in his
fishing-boat on the above day, but, being aware of the vio-
lence and intimidation practised by the Claddagh fishermen
on any who are hardy enough to fish in the bay, and thus
dispute the monopoly of these daring legislators, took the
precaution to arm himself and his friends. When about
three miles from Burrin, they discovered a fleet of large
sailing-boats leaving Galway, all formed into a regular line
of sailing. They immediately knew who were approaching
them, and got in readiness to return back as fast as they
could, to accomplish which they had to pass through the
entire fleet, which was formed in different lines, to prevent
their escape. They were furiously attacked by the boats,
sticks,manned with
stones,
to
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hatchets,
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tion. Several of the boats made an attempt to run them
down, the crews continually using the most terrific language,
threatening them with death, and telling the steersman,
whom they knew, they would cut his throat with a knife,
which one of them brandished, and hang him up at the mast
if he did not heave to. They would positively have sunk
the boat but that Mr. Persse and his party were so well
armed, and showed such determination to resist. His boat
hmenostthveioylernatnmhearnn7r.shmorye:
' being a very quick sailer, arrived close to the harbour about
and effected a landing, while they pursued closely, yelling'
dye minutes hetflokrreeattelnieinligeient
'the
the boats were moving up and
up a position behind a wall ,to
touching Mr. Persse's
Psprotect''''er:sllsien i andutgli'e andl
nhsi es 1 I fatty andto otkh e boat, which lay underneath.
Such a sight way never seen ;
landed, wading up to their necks in water;
down every now and then, almost
hundred of them
still Mr. Peruse and his men did not fire; they attempted to
surround them, but on every side the little party were pre-
threatened to fire if they came on. At last, a
pared, and Currenrue, a lace a
small party of police arrived from .
t. P bout
three miles off, and on the leaders being questioned by the
serjeant as to the cause of their outran eo conduct, they
replied, that if Mr. Persse attempted to fish_e Illegaari(l,onfe.ither
his boat nor- his crew would ever more b
showed and
after this notice they went off. Mr. Persse the
scene.—Dubtin
greatest forbearance
,throughout this trying
Evening Mail.