The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-13 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS

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and cool, and fronting ethe week the weather has been dull
been just enough to 7:earetime some rain has fallen. It has
low crops, but it has not k!ile pasture and improve the fal-
wietoonterfered with the harvest, which
goes merrily, on, and
—Carlisle Patriot. n be completed in this district.
fluw..—There o
earn le ,
between Hull andis Beverstillley the ilt!he neighbourhood, and
ea were standing in the
fields on Wednesday, and some little
crops be damaged in this neighhotAronncut. Should the
it
1314, the farmers will
only have themselves to thank, as
carried some days ago.—Hull Packet. might have been all
Luntow.—The weather has continued
ofettea.t pleasure to
and beginning of this week, and it gives us great
fine the last
single field of
inform our readers that we do not know
grain within the neighbourhood that has not
carried home.—Ten Towns' Messenger. been cut and
BARNSLEY, Sept. S.—The harvest around Barnsley h
been well got in during the late favourable weathe ' and
, has
westward, towards the moors, the rural population are
very
busy in bringing their labours to a close.
PATELEY BRIDGE.—In this neighbourhood one of the
finest harvests ever known is hastening to a close, at an ear-
lier period than harvests generally commence.—Leeds .3fer-
curl,

BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE.—LittIe
Hertfordshire
is
ow left in the fields of Bedfordstlire, but in
he clearance of the crops has not been so forward. The
jeans have been unusually soon ripe, and got into stock.
The crops of turnips are luxuriant everywhere, and produce
abundance of winter food for cattle.—Bedford Mercury.
DURII,I26I.—In the northern and southern parts of this
county the crops are nearly all secured, in excellent condition ;
and though some are standing in the neighbourhood of Dur-
ham, and up westward, the fault is not attributable to the
weather, but to the farmers themselves, the crops having
been ready for the sickle for a fortnight. The weather up to
Friday continued highly favorable, but considerable rain fell
during the whole of that day, anti though it ceased during
the night the sky ell Saturday was dull and lowering. There
was, however, agentle breeze, which will prevent the .cornreceiving any injury. We had new wheat in our market on
Saturday last, which
was a good sample.,,though scarcely'.fit
for the miller, and which sold for about 4ds per quarter. The
green crops are extremely hem, the "
e potatoes are of first
rate quality.—Durham Adverii;e7

A Goon JOKE.—The Millerites are prophesying that the
end of the world is to be in April, 1843 ; and yet at the same
time, in this month of August, 1842, they are taking subscrip-
tions for a newspaper, for one year in advance! Not bad
that.—New York Herald.

Some light is beginning to break on the conduct of the
native troops in the disastrous march from Cabul, and
though it compromises to some extent their fidelity, yet it
must be recollected that they should not have been put to a
trial which few troops so situated would have come out of
untarnished. On the march the desertions were numerous,
but eonfined chiefly to the mercenaries engaged for Schah
Soojah. The Envoy's mounted escort deserted to a man, as
did all Alexander's Rissalah, and a large number of Ander-
son's horse. Of the sth regular cavalry several deserted, in-
duced thereto by the native doctor of the regiment, whose
loyalty gave way amid the sufferings he was exposed to. A
number of these deserters are, it is said, in the service of
Akhbar Khan and other chiefs, from whom, however, the
first shadow of defeat will detach them. From this and
other circumstances the loss on the march from Cabul must
have been considerably overrated, and it will, we trust, even-
tually turn out to be a third less than at first imagined.

THE MURDER AT QUADRING

ADDITIONAL PAP.TICULARS.
(From the Stamford Mercury.)

The bloody shirt of the murderer was produced on Wed-
nesday by his mother, and the other circumstances which
transpired before the adjourned inquest yesterday led the
jurors to return a verdict of " wilful murder against 'William
Howitt." The wretched being's motive for the murder has
not been clearly ascertained.

A letter from one of our correspondents contains some
additional particulars, as follows :—The young man who is
committed for the horrid murder has from his birth been
deprived of the power of speaking and hearing, but has been
long dreaded on account of his malicious disposition. The
day after the murder he was at work in a field close by the
house in which the mangled corpse lay, a mere wreck of
what it was only a few hours before, and he was observed by
by-standers satisfying his hunger before the door, (which
was wide open,) and while gazing on the lifeless remains of
his victim.

William
Howitt was at large until Friday evening, when
he was apprehended ; he had gone to rest for the night. The
box which contained his wearing apparel was examined, and
some of it, to all appearance, had been soaked in blood, and
afterwards washed, but not dried. With them was found a
knife, upon which blood remained, although it had evidently
been thrust in the ground. Howitt was at once taken by the
constable at Donington to residence, where he remained
that night. On the following morning the coroner's iaquest
was held on the body. The evidence was of so convincing a
nature that there is not a shadow of doubt the prisoner was
the murderer. James Howitt, the father, being questioned
with regard to the time his son was at home on the night of
the deed, deposed that William was at home in the afternoon
about four o'clock, took his tea, and about seven o'clock went
down the village. He was absent until some time in the
night, the exact time the father could not say, be having been
asleep. In the course of the night he heard the prisoner go
down stairs, he supposed to drink.
The mother was then called; her statement was similar to
that of the father.
Zachariah Dawson, a gardener of Quadring, was then
brought forward : he had been the last person seen in com-
pany with the prisoner : they separated. Dawson declared,
between 9 and 10 o'clock he was going home, and the pri-
soner either going another way, or staying near the public-
house in which they had been drinking together, Lad which
was near the place where the bloody deed was committed.
It being known that the prisoner had certain signs or move-
ments by which he communicated with those who was inti-
mately connected with, his father was desired to act as an
interpreter ; but the answers given by him to the questions
proposed led the jury to suppose they were not in accordance
with those of the son; and it was on this account that an ad-
journment of the inquiry before the coroner took place, that
an indifferent person might be found who was capable of in-
terpreting satisfactorily.

At this time also the shirt of the prisoner, in which the
foul murder was committed, was missing it was subse-
quently found under the bed in which he lay, and strong
stains of blood are on it, notwithstanding great efforts
I seemed to have been made to wash them out. There is little
doubt, flow the state in which the night-dress of the poor
murdered woman was found, (over her head,) and her body
being quite exposed, that a lustful purpose had been enter-
tained by the murderer, in resisting which she lost her life,
the cruel tiger by whom she had been assailed cutting and
mangling her neck and shoulders with various deep and
dreadful gashes, in a way the most extraordinary. One
wound extends from the upper part of the breastbone to an
inch behind and above the right ear, being 9 inches in
length, and completely dividing the integuments and muscles ;
the scalp is cut to the bone, the right carotid artery is
severed, as well as the internal and external jugular veins,
and there are two gashes across the windpipe ; the hands are
also cut to the bones ; and such a sight as the remains of the
poor creature present has scarcely ever before met the eyes
of humanity.

ORIGIN OF THE WORD " NEWS."—" News " is not, as
many imagine, derived from the adjective New. In former
times it was a prevalent practice to put over the N
periodical publications of the day the initial let-
ters of the cardinal points of the compass, thus : E---W
importing that these papers contained intelligence
from the four quarters of the globe ; and from this
practice it derived the term newspaper.
It is an old axiom, but very true, " when a nation abounds
in physicians it grows thin of people." We imagine this
may apply equally to surgeons, and to general practitioners.
A wiser head than mine once compared the medical public,
and not inaptly. to the British army in Caesar's time; for
some slay in chariots, and some on foot, some in cabs, some
in "busses;" if the infantry do less execution than the
charioteers, it is because they cannot be carried so soon into
all parts of the town, and despatch so much business in so
short a time. Besides this body of regular troops, there are
stragglers, who, without being duly enlisted or enrolled, do
infinite mischief to those who are unlucky enough to fall
into their hands. There are besides the above mentioned,
innumerable retainers of physic, who, for want of other
patients, amuse themselves with the stifling of cats in an air
pump, cutting up dogs alive, pithing frogs, or impailing of
insects upon the point of a needle for microscopical observa-
tions : besides those that are employed in the gathering and
collecting of weeds/ and the chase of butterflies ; not to
mention the cockleshell merchants and spider catchers. All
these different branches of the medical profession are filled
with multitudes of ingenious gentlemen that starve one ano-
ther. The question involuntarily rises in my mind,—` What
can become of us all ? " for our numbers are assuredly
swelling, and if the amount of population be in the same
ratio diminishing, we can only ask the question, and, like
Brutus in his speech to the people, "Pause for a_reply."

MEDICAL STUDENT

SCENE IN A GERMAN GAMING-ROUSE.—When we arose
and crossed the saloon to the right side, we were introduced
to a scene of horror, one feature of which I had never wit-
nessed before, either at home or abroad, and one feature of
which I desire not to witness again. But lam glad I have
seen it once, where and where alone it is to be seen in all its
satanic reality, more than in any part of Europe perhaps.
It was a suite of gambling-rooms, with roulette and rouge-
et-noir tables, where balls were rolling round, and heaps of
untold gold were glittering, and the lips not only of men but
of women were quivering, some in the intenseness of their
anxiety, and others in the agony of despair. Here was sel-
fishness, and avarice, and villainy, all personified in a thou-
sand fiends and faces. Here desperate adventurers were
staking their last ducat with calm and collected countenances,
in which there was just a perceptible agitation of the muscles,
indicative of the hateful passions which were boiling within.
In each of these side dens a single lamp with a circular re-
flector hung over a table which was covered with a green cloth.
On the one side of this table there sat, " in shape a beast,"
Beelzebub himself, with a heap of money before him, around
ball in one hand, and a small metal drag in the other. Like
others of the wicked, there was no rest for his hand, taking
and giving out money, and in keeping the untiring ball and
wheel in constant motion. Around him there were gamesters
of all ages and of both sexes, bending with horrid features
of anxiety over the square pieces of wax cloth, which were
chequered and numbered, and covered with many a gold and
silver coin, all of which were changing hands every half-
minute. The dull, dim, but steady light shone dismally
down on their dark, determined faces. All was silence, still
as the grave, but the monotonous call of the coupier, and the
rattling click-click of :the ball rolling and stotting round its
rim of ruin. 'We were walking along silently in a slow and
solemn pace, when a person who had come up the Rhine with
us pressed himself through the crowd with shame and con-
fusion of face. One word, and a point with his forefinger to
the gambling table explained the cause. There stood his
fellow traveller at one of the tables, cool and calculating as
Prince Metternich himself. A momentary flush had just
crossed his features, and twelve sovereigns were in the act of
being drawn from under his hand in a very common-place
sort of way, to the general treasure on the other side of the
table. In another moment fifteen were put down by him on
different corners of the oil-cloth. As if to prevent him from
.zig over the falls of the Rhine at Schauffhausen, all of us
the table
made a simultaneous rush round the table to the place where
he stood, firm from toe to top, and while he was in the act of
brought him to.h.
drawing in his •
from prize, we literally lifted him up and took him
and convicted of the A word or two of kindly remonstrance
is recollection, and to a sense of the danger
he was in of losing
danger of being in the every farthing he had. Thus humbled
with such objects of uwttaerrofdtemptation,
depravity, and convinced of the dreadful
away from the whole iniquity, and utterly disgusted
etestation, we all came at once
to my bed-room without even
and my friend led me home
ntgiving me a knowledge of the
fact, that a public ball was
the Sunday
with music and
dancing at ten o'clock, that is ofo
though tinday evening. "When
y very long Yl7
I got into the fresh, cool air,
paricnlefirly disposed to
was fully sensible I
I,,ought to have '
had not spent my Sunday evening exacltl
more
ek
Heaven, still taught to
says Francis
Head,dopneea,t .....y
,ea, tsi, i
tinnh
England
tnhnkeicaonnuder
vs ewe
never
are,
r i
felta,
ember that thou keep holy the Sabbath
bed
o n day."
what
re
I Forhad
do—rein
own part I reflected for an hour in
my
seep, and so far as may be judged from the feelings of a heart
which is well said to be deceitful above all things, it may be
believed that I fell asleep with sentiments more pious and
grateful than those with which I awoke in the haste and
anxiety of the previous morning. One other fact in regard
to the incidents of .this day. The Englishman afterwards
told me, that he had been a gainer to the amount of seventy-
five sovereigns. ,4 Aye," said I, " but remember that the
wages of sin is deatb."—,Eight weeks in Germany.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM..—Circulars have just been issued
from the British Museum to all the publishers in the king-
dom, calling their attention to the new Copyright Act, sth
and 6th Victoria, cap. 48, by which it is directed, under
certain penalties, that a copy of every book, pamphlet, sheet
of letterpress, sheet of music, map, chart, or plan, published
within her Majesty's dominions, shall be delivered, on its
publication, at the British Museum. The provisions of the
said act to be enfo:ced in every case in which any of the
above-named species of publication shall not be delivered as
the act directs.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following calculation of the
last weekly returns of 39 railways, 1,370 miles in length, will
be of interest :—Number of passengers on 24 railways,
299,400 ; consequently the total for the week must be about
500,000. The receipts for passengers on 38 railways,
£72,695 12s. ld. ; ditto for goods on thirty-three railways,
£17,893 12s. 9d. ; total £90,580 4s. 10d. This is an
average of £G6 per mile per week. The traffic, therefore, is
certainly at the rate of about £4,000,000 a year, and carrying
15,000,000 of passengers.—Railway Magazine.

ATTACK BY Wases.—As Mr. Wenham, landlord of the
Star Inn, Matfield-green, was lately passing through Par-
rock-wook, in the parish of Brenchley, he was attacked by a
swarm of wasps. Mr. Wenliem, in endeavouring to defend
himself, took off his hat to beat them off; hut the swarm in-
creasing, he was completely surrounded by hundreds of
them, and most dreadfully stung about the head and face.
Fortunately he was near a house, into which he fled for pro-
tection, and, with the kind assistance of the good woman, he
got relieved of his tormentors. Mr. Wenham had rec;ived
so much injury that it was with difficulty he reached home,
and still severely suffers from the effects of his alarming
encounter.—Sussex paper.

CHINESE BABARITY.—An unfortunate seaman of the
Cornwallis recently wandered into the hands of a party of
Chinese villagers, who immediately cut off his knee-pans,
made an incision round each wrist, and stripped the skin off
the muscles, up to the elbows, and down off each hand to the
finger ends, leaving it dangling. In this condition the poor
fellow was abandoned. On his being found, the village was
destroyed by the boats of the ship. The man is alive, and
slowly recovering.—Hampshire Telegraph.
A WHALE.—As the Lynn steamer was on its voyage from
this port, on Saturday last, about fifteen miles from the for-
mer place, a boat was descried going at a very quick rate
with something in tow, which turned out to be a whale.
When first observed, in two feet water, the man thought it
was dead, and fastened accordingly a rope to its tail—a ha-
zard which he would not have attempted if he had been aware
that it was alive. He ultimately succeeded, by the help of
two other men, in his capture the unwieidly animal being
left by the tide on the bank. It admeasured 47 feet long
19 feet idgirth. The mouth was 9 feet long and the tail 10
feet deep, and it is supposed that it would weigh 18 tons.—
Hull Rockingham.

THE FIRE AT HANIBURGH.—The committee appointed
to receive subscriptions for the relief of sufferers from the
fire at Hamburgh have just published their report, by which
it appears that the whole sum which has passed through their
hands is £27,567 19s. 7d., besides contributions made in
different parts of the country, amounting to about £13,000,
exclusive of clothing and other articles, and that the total
amount received by the committee at Hamburgh from all
countries, up to the sth of July, is .E 268,890. Great as these
subscriptions are, the committee remark, while expressing
their gratitude, that but little assistance has as yet been
afforded in comparison with the damage done.

IMPORTATION OF CATTLE UNDER THE NEW TARIFF.—
One of the most stirring incidents of the month has been
the introduction, by the new tariff, of live stock into this
country, from Holland. There are annually held, in parts
of
of f
these, in airs, which bulls
ofowerth only are
anl6oooft sold;
hoso amamnadlsat onewere
offered, in the neighbourhood of Bremen, one of our specu-
lators purchased nearly fifty of them, all of which were in
very poor condition, at £3 10s. each, while they were dis-
posed of in Smithfield with difficulty at £7 each. Latterly,
the receipts of beasts, not only in London, but also at Hull
and other ports, have exhibited a great falling off ; indeed,
they have been scarcely worth the necessary expenses of
freight, &c., leaving wholly out of the question prime cost.
The numbers of stock imported for the metropolis during
the month have comprised nearly 320, consisting of bulls,
oxen, cows in calf, and stores. And now the item of profit
presentsitself to our notice. From all that we have been
able to gather, we should say that a positive loss of quite £1
per head has been sustained by the shippers of stock to this
country ; still, however, it appears they are determined to
prosecute their enterprise. Let us take, as an example, the
fifty bulls above mentioned, which, by the way, were scarcely
fit for consumption, and we shall find that their owners suf-
fered in pocket severely by them, since the account in rela-
tion to them stands thus,—Prime cost, per head, £3 10s. ;
freight and other expenses to London, £3 ss. ; duty, £1;
expenses here, 17s. ; total, £8 12s. From the above it will
at once be seen that a loss was sustained of one pound twelve
shillings each. The result of our inquiries is, that large im-
ports may be expected from Germany and Holland, where,
it appears, there is a superabundance of lean stock ; but
from France little or nothing is looked forward to. A great
deal has been said respecting the superior quality of the fo-
reign supplies ; but we beg to observe that, having ourselves
tasted some of the Dutch beef, we never saw anything worse
of the kind brought to table.—Farmer's Magazine.

AN AWKWARD CIRCUMSTANCE—In consequence of the
quantity of base coin circulated at Bristol, the magistrates
gave orders to the police to be very strict in the apprehen-
sion of persons guilty of so serious an offence. In the dis-
charge of this duty a painful occurrence took place on Wed-
nesday. Mrs. Gregory, the wife of Mr. Gregory, solicitor,
went into the High-street Market, and having purchased
some fruit, tendered a sixpence in payment. When the coin
was in the woman's hand she observed that it bore an unusu-
al appearance, and Mrs. Gregory was about to give her
another when she was astonished to find that all the silver in
her purse had the same appearance. Upon this a policeman,
not in uniform, took her by the arm, put the money in his
pocket, and said " come with me." Mrs. Gregory, in a
terrified and fainting state, was taken to the station-house,
although an explanation as to who she was had been given, the
rules of the police requiring that a person once in custody
must not be liberated before being conveyed to the station.
On arriving there, the singular fact was ascertained that the
colour had been changed by mercury. which had escaped from
a thermometer which Mrs. Gregory had in her pocket, and
she was then discharged. In consequence of this occurrence,
her husband preferred a complaint against the police for
" excess of duty," which he was fully authorised to do by the
act of parliament. The magistrates, however, thought that,
under all the circumstances the police had only done what was
proper, and the complainant was dismissed. Mrs. Gregory
has ever since been confined to her bed by illness.
An amusing scene was witnessed, on Tuesday, before the
Tribunal of Correctional Police. A strong, healthy-looking
fellow, named Chamblant, had been arrested as a vagabond,
and, having been brought before the court last week, de-
clared that he had a wife who, although separated from
him, would, if applied to, engage to provide him with a
home. The case was adjourned to allow for the appearance
of the wife, who yesterday attended, and the following con-
versation took place :—President.—You come to claim
your husband ?—Wife.—Not I, indeed. I should like to see
him in prison for the rest of his life. I must tell you Sir,
that many years ago we were servants together in the family
in which lam still cook. lie spent his wages and my own,
and beat me into the bargain. One fine day he disappeared,
and went to live with another woman, and I had hoped that
I should never again behold his face. President.—But he
has told us that when he quitted you he made a division of
the property which belonged to you in common as man and
wife. Wife.—Did he? He carried off all the furniture, and
all my effects, and left me with our three children—if that is
what he calls a division of property. The prisoner here ex-
claimed, "Anastasia, you enjoyed my esteem, but you have
forfeited it from this day !" The tribunal sentenced him to
three months' imprisonment and five years surveillance of
the police.

BONFIRE ON THE Tor OF BEN NEVlS.—Although the
loyal inhabitants of Fort William and its neighbourhood
could not vie with those of many other parts of Scotland in
the extent and variety of their rejoicings, yet they resolved
to outstrip every other community in the loftiness of the pile
they should raise to welcome Queen Victoria's first visit to
this her ancient kingdom. Accordingly, actuated by a keen
spirit of loyalty, activity, and perseverance, tar-barrels and
other materials were, with much difficulty and danger, con-
veyed to the top of " Old Ben," the highest mountain in
her Majesty's dominions; and a bonfire there lighted up,
which, had the weather been propitious, might have slanted
down a cheering ray of recognition and welcome on Ben-
rnachdhu, Ben Lomond, the Ochils, or even Arthur's Seat,
and the castle of " Auld Reekie." While the bonfire
blazed on the mountain, a royal salute was fired from the old
castle of Inverlochy (now the property of the Hon. R. C.
Scarlett), around whose ancient walls an immense concourse
of people assembled to witness the rejoicings, and dedicate a
bumper of the real mountain dew (from the Ben Nevis distil-
lery, the most famed for its whisky in the three kingdoms)
to the health, long life, and happiness of our young Queen,
and a hearty welcome to her and Prince Albert on the shores
of old Scotia. Apart from the cause of our rejoicings, the
associations connected with the spot—the old castle, where
treaties are said, once on a time, to have been signed betwixt
3, kings of Scotland, with
thebattle-field Charlemagne of raneeand
betwixt
mtheon a
Montrose
reosrle and Argyll immediately
under its walls—the noble river and the wild grandeur of the
and gave no ordinary character to the pro-
ceedings of this eventful day. Notwithstanding the latter
or-
dinarysurro surrounding mountain scene, all combined to stir uu no
part of the evening was somewhat damp and hazy, still this
circumstance neither checked the ardour nor cooled the
loyalty of the Highlanders. At this moment the mist hung
in dense columns round the rugged sides of " the lofty Ben
Nevis," to within a short distance of its summit; over which
forthth Vesuvian
pile, which at intervals blazed
burning
gun, as it loomed forth its
that now rapidly set in, while each
splendour, setting at utter defiance the dark shades of night
thunder to the mountains, followed by the hearty cheers of
the multitude, made the wild glens of Locheil, Ardgour, and
Glennevis, echo back the chorus with enchanting grandeur.
Thus passed by a memorable day iu the West Highlands,
our regrets being loud and long that we had neither Royalty
to witness nor Christopher North to describe the magni-
ficence of the spectacle by which we were surrounded.--
Glasgow Paper,

SINGULAR PROFILE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.--
A correspondent of the Greenock Advertiser, in a letter
complaining of the present broken, dilipidated state of the
flag staff on Dumbarton Castle, adds :—ln reference to this
far famed rock, I may inform your readers that a very sin-
gular phenomenon (which does not appear to be well known)
may be seen on this ancient fort, viz., a profile of his grace
the Duke of Wellington, which is allowed to be an excellent one,
formed by the natural structure of the rock. and may be seen
in going out or coming into the river Leven. by passengers
on board the Dunbarton steamers, when betwixt Leven Perch
and the Castle, on the west side of the rock, looking towards
Greenock ; any of the captains or pilots of the Dunbarton
steamers will point it out, and it as only to be seen to be
admired. It is no hoax, I can assure you."
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—THE QUEEN'S
VlSlT.—Perhaps not the least remarkable effect of Her Ma-
jesty's visit to the metropolis was the extraordinary run of
passengers upon the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The
receipts, so far as can be estimated in the meantime, quad-
rupled those of the week previous, and the number of pas-
sengers was, consequently, great in proportion. The amount
of money drawn was about £6,500 ; this, contrasted with the
week previous, gives a rise of £4,882, the sum drawn that
week for passengers being only £1,618 2s. 6d. The passen-
gers for the same week (we mean the week ending the 27th
of August) amounted to 12,345. For the week just passed
they may therefore be set down at not less than 50,000. Add
to these the number who came and went by other conveyances,
and it is not improper, we think, to say that upwards of
100,000 per Sons from Glasgow and neighbourhood went to
Edinburgh upon this eventfnl occasion. The officials of the
railway at both deptits describe the numbers who travelled
with them as unprecedented on this line.— Glasgow Chronicle.

EXPEDITIOUS TANNING. —We have received specimens
of sole leather (which remain at our office for the inspection
of those who may feel an interest in the subject,) tanned by
one of Mr. Cox's patent processes, in the unprecedentedly
short space of from twelve hours to eight days. The quality
of the leather seems excellent, being completely tanned, and
of good colour and texture ; and one of the specimens is of the
extraordinary thickness of 6-10ths of an inch. Under the old
system of tanning, we believe, it would require from ten to
twenty months to tan an equal substance of leather to that
we have before us. We understand that Messrs. J. and G.
Cox are fitting up at their tanyard at Georgie Mills to tan
upon the patent system, by which they will save much time,
labour, and expense in the manufacture ; and, in a few days,
those who are sceptical of the success of the process will have
an opportunity of being -convinced by ocular demonstration.
The principle of the process depends upon a peculiar but
simple and effective method of causing tan-liquor to percolate
through the pores of the hides, thereby bringing the liquor
quickly and changingly into contract with every fibre, and
promoting the chemical combination of the .elatine with the
tanning.--Scotsman.

On Friday se'nnight a brutal and murderous outrage was
inflicted at Houghton,.near Stockbridge, on the person of a
beautiful young woman, named Elizabeth Roe, by a middle-
aged man, named James Sims, caused by her refusal to
become his wife. It appeared that he waited for an opportu-
nity, and met her in the high-road, and, after having made
some slight attempts to stop ber, she smilingly said, " Sims,
let me pass," when be struck her a heavy blow with a large
chisel on the back part of her head, which levelled her to the
ground ; he then fell on her, and inflicted several dangerous
wounds on.her head and face. After leaving her, as he sup-
posed dead, he repaired to the river side for the purpose of
putting an end to his miserable existence, but failed in the
attempt, and was immediately taken into custody, and is
committed for trial at our next assizes. He expressed his
regret that his victim was not dead. saying, " if she was, be
should go to the gallows happy." The unfortunate woman.
is lying in a dangerous state, and, should she recover, will be
disfigured for life.—Devizes paper.
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I
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY. The Bankruptcy
Amendment Act will come into operation on the' 11th of
November, and the Insolvent Debtors' Bill ten days pre-
viously. It is expected that these measures will diminish the
business in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and are viewed as
gigantic steps towards theabolition of imprisonment for debt.
By the Bankruptcy Bill single creditors to the amount of
£5O can issue a fiat, and that denomination of traders are
considerably increased, added to which the other proceedings
are very much simplified. The certificate of conformity is
continued, but will be withheld from persons who have been
guilty of any fraudulent conduct, or who have gambled or
speculated in stock-jobbing. Under the, other act parties
who have resided 12 months in a place can give notice and be
protected from arrest. Every publicity must be given by
advertisements, and at least a month's notice, before the
Court of Bankruptcy can entertain the application. It must
be proved that the applicant has not contracted his debts in a
culpable or fraudulent manner ; and, further, that he had
every reasonable assurance of paying them. He must like-
wise, state what proposal he has to make towards their liquida-
tion. Subsequently-acquired property is liable until the
whole debts are paid, and there is no limitation respecting
excepted property. It will be of course, in the power of the
Court of Bankruptcy to refuse the benefit of the act where
its conditions are not complied with, and to dismiss a peti-
tion after it has been filed, on evidence that the party lies
offended in the manner mentioned. By the act constituting
the Insolvent Debtors' Court every petitioner is allowed to
retain £2O worth of excepted articles, and can immediately
apply to that court, and those who can obtain bail may be
discharged in less than a fortnight. Besides, traders or non-
traders can apply ; but under Lord Brougham's bill, persons
who are not traders can petition, and only traders whose
debts do not exceed £3OO. It is observable that the distinc-
tion respecting future property'in bankruptcy and insolvency
is still perpetuated, giving a bankrupt freedom in regard to
his subsequent property on obtaining a certificate, whilst under
insolvency the opposite principle is enforced.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL•
SEPTEMBER. HOUR
14, Renny and Brown, (proof and div.) Mr. Atkinson's, 12
14, John Critchley, (proof and div,) ...... Clarendon Rooms, 12
14, S. and W. T. Clough, (audit) Ditto, 1
14, Joseph Spence, jun. Ist Ditto, 2
15, Robertson, Garrow and Alexander, (proof and div.) Ditto, 10
16, Robert Rollo, 2nd Bankrupts' Court, London, 11
16, S. Lennox, (proof and final div.) Clarendon Rooms, 11
16, John M'Gahey, 2nd Ditto, 1
16, John Haddock. 2nd
16, Bernard Sheridan, (proof and div.)
is, W. Jones an IJ. B. Windle (proof and div.) Ditto, 1
16, Jonathan S. Spinks (special; John Cornthwaite's, 2
17, William Haslett, (proof and div.) •• .. Clarendon RoomS, 11
17, James W. Bogie, (proof and div.) .... Ditto, 12

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, SEPT. 10

DISCHARGED

PRICES OF SHARES, SEPTEMBER 13.
Prices within the last seven days. This day
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices
Bolton and Preston
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 00 0 ....
Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 00 0 ....
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto, new, issued at £33 dis. .... 00 0 pm.
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares.... 66 8 719 2 ....
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto new shares 5 .... 54 0 ....
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 ...
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock as paid 0 0 0 .....
Half Shares 9•• . • 0o o ....
Glasgow, Paisley, Hilmar 1
150 paid 0 0
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction
Ditto half shares 50 .... 91 10 0 ex. 90 0 0
Quarter 25 .... 00 0 ex. 45 0 0
New ditto 7 10.. 0 0 0 ex.
Great Western 65 .... 0 0 0 ex.
Ditto new, shares 5O .... zy 10 0 ex.
Ditto Fifth Shares 4 .... 82 6 ex. 712 6
Great North of England lOO .... 00 0
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston .. :
Ditto Junction, new — .... 18 10 0 ....
Leicester and Swadinington 5O .... 00 0 ....
Leeds arid Selby
Liverpool and Manchester lOO .... 180 0 0 .... 19! 0 0
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares
London and Birmingham 9O .... 186 0 0 ex.
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto old, shares
Ditto new
London & Brighton
Ditto new
London and South Western
Ditto, loth shares
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 4O .... 00 0 ....
Ditto and Ditto Extension
Manchester and Leeds 7O .... 0 0 0 ....
Ditto half shares lO .... 0 0 0 ....
Ditto quarter shames
Midland Counties
Ditto, quarter
North Midland 110 .... 00 0 ....
New North Midland 4O .... 0 0 0 ....
One-third Shares
North Union
.... 75 „ „ 0 0 0 e.
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 68 10 o ...
Ditto quarter shares
'
Ulster
... 0 0 a ..
Paris and Rouen
South Eastern and Dover 0 0 0 •
New shares
York and North Midland.. 0 0 0
Half Shares o 0 0
BANKS
Bank of Liverpool .

50 paid
15 ....

Borough Bank
10
Commercial of Liverpool 10
Commercial of England. 5
East of England lO
of Manchester lO
M'chcster 2ir L'pool Dsct. lb
Northern and Central
North and South Wales lO

Royal of Liverpool.
South Lancashire

o 0 0...
13 12 6 ex.
O 0 0 ...
• 0 0 ...
o 0 0...
o 0 0 ....
O 0 0
o 0 0 ..-
5
O 0 0
O 0 0
O 0 0 •• •.
O 0 U CX.
o 0 0 .. •
O 0 0 ....

Albion
Liverpool Union lO ....
Liverpool Banking Co lO ....
Wilts and Dorset 7 los.
6AS, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings 4'loo paid 177 0 0
L'pool and Harrington WI/tor l Stock
Works
Bootle Ditto.
L'po3 Gas Li,,

0 0 0

0 0 0

O 0 0
O 0 0
O 8 0

7lit Company,
(Original Stock) 109
Ditto new Shares lOO
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. 1/100
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
M'cliestcr Assurance CompallY• 10 0 0 0
Liverpool Fire and Life........ 2 10s. 0 0 0
Ocean Assurance .......... 2 10.. 0 0 0
Liverpool Marine Assurance 110 paid 0 0 0 ...
Company ..............
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c.
Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ss. 0 0 0 ...
Rock Ferry 2O .... o 0 0 ...
Steam Tug Company 10 • •0 0 u
Harrington Docks lOO 0 0 0 ...
Apothecaries' Company 9 • . 0 0
Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 0 0 0
- (Polonceau)

The accounts from the manufacturing districts, though more favour-
able, are no, entirely satisfactory, . work not being as yet generally
resumed. The Trade having previously pretty well supplied them-
selves, having purchased very sparingly this week, and prices,
particularly of common and middling American, are again id lower.
Surat is offered more freely at last week's prices. For long-stapled
Cotton there has been more inquiry, at previous rates. Speculators
have taken 1200 American,and Exporters 1400 American, 700 Pernams,
260 Madras and 180 Surat.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
From the Ist to the gth instant, inclusive.

SALES OF THE WEEK

Prices paid I IMP(
in the week. This Wk.

210 , Sea Island Si 0 161'
60 Stained 5 8 1 225
2180 ' Bowed Georgia
1270 f Mobile
i Alabama and Tennessee 4 5 I ....
6570 New Orleans
4 i ,
j Pernambuco & Paraiba 6i 7,1 j ..
t ~
75„ - 1 Arieati and Ceara — —II ''
410 Bahia and Maceio .....
Maranham
f
400 5/ 6 11 2264
( 1 Sawginned

!this year

2E086
} 534605
} 13287

... i Minas
11
Para
.. Demerara, Surinam, &c —
i
610 Egyptian
• Barbados
... I Peruvian
• Bahama
▪ Laguayra
... Common West India, &c
• Carthagena
... Smyrna
.. Manilla
640 Surat ..
940 s Madras
▪ Bengal

10350
30657

5799

31 -
4990

14070 bales

1 8850

J
11117g7

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT

1001323

Excepting on Barley and Pease, the duties are raised this
week upon all foreign produce, viz., on Wheat to 145., Oats
to is., Rye and Beans to 9s. 6d. per quarter, and on Flour to
Bs. sd. per barrel. The only change in colonial duties is an
advance to ls. per quarter on Rye and Pease.
Since our report of Tuesday last the fresh arrivals of
Wheat from abroad consist of 6697 quarters, but with Flour,
during the same time, we have been very scantily supplied, a
few hundred barrels of Canadian comprising the only import
of the past three days ; those of other articles are also quite
insignificant, and though a week or two hence we may expect
to receive an increase of new Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal
from Ireland, produce from that quarter is so far coming
forward very tardily, and in limited parcels, which are taken
by the dealers, at pretty full prices, as they arrive.
There has been a fair disposition to purchase Wheats since
Tuesday, at the rates then quoted ; the disinclination of im-
porters, however, to meet the demand has prevented the
occurrence of business of any moment; we have also had a
good inquiry for Flour, but this article, for some weeks past,
having gone freely into consumption, fresh parcels are now
difficult to be met with.

In consequence of the millers having purchased rather
considerably of late, we had a slender attendance of buyers
this morning; and in the absence of any speculative inquiry,
foreign Wheat of all descriptions moved off sparingly, at the
current rates of Tuesday, the market concluding somewhat
less buoyant than it commenced. Of new Wheat from the
neighbouring farmers, a few samples appeared, the quality of
some very fine, others in soft condition, and may be quoted,
Bs. to Bs. 6d. for White, and Red, 7s. 6d. to Bs. per 70 lbs. ;
the value of Irish at the same time remaining stationary.
States and Canadian Flour, upon a moderate demand, fully
supported late prices ; and a little good Irish, new, realised
40s. per 2801bs.

Having no new Malting Barley at hand, no certain price
is yet established; meanwhile grinding samples remain dull
of sale on the terms last noted. Malt and Pease, exciting
little attention, barely maintained their former value.
Beans, although not readily disposed of, were the turn
dearer.

Oats, even upon a very limited supply, were in slow re-
quest at former prices ; and Oatmeal, being difficult to sell,
was rather depressed in value.

LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT.
ASHES (MADDER, * /Wt. S. d. S. d.
Montreal, Pot.. 26 9@ 2; 0 1 Dutch, crop 60 0 —7O 0
Pearl, new .. 26 9 —27 0 Ombro 50 0 —55 0
U. States, Pot.. none. O amene '32 0 —4O 0
Pearl none. Mull lO 0 —3O 0
BARK, Quercit. .. 7 0— 8 0 French, S.F.
Oak, 'I). ton .. £4 10 6 10 S.F.F 39 0 --
German 4 0 4 15 E.5.F... 46 0 --
BRIMSTONE, To ton E.5.F.1'.48 0 —5l 0
Sicily, &c 7lO 9 0 Spanish 4O 0 —56 0
Tuscany — -- MI/LASSES, 19, cwt.
CASSIA LIONEA, S. d. s. d. St. Lucia, &c..... 26 0 —2B 0
10, cwt. in bond 82 0— 86 0 Demerara, &c.... 28 0 —2g 6
CLOVER-SEED, p cwt. . Bar & Antigua.. 31 0 —32 0

American, red • MUNJEET, V cwt.. 14 6
Dutch nomina 011., Olive, v• 252 ;rails.
French & Germ. Gallipoli .k 54 d —55 o
COCOA, V eta. Trieste 52 0.-55 0
Trinidad 35 0— 38 0 Sicily 51 0 —52 0
Grenada ...,
}33 0— 36 0 Malaga 52 0 —52 10
Brazil Portugal, &c .... none here
COFFEE, V. cwt in bond. Levar.L 50 3 —52 0
Jama. triage ..
ordinary .... 140 0— 76 0 Palm, Vt" 28 10 —29 0
Fish, 19, 252 galls.
good& fine ord. 82 0-100 0 Seal, Pa-le 39 0 —4O 0
middling 102 0-118 U brown 35 0 —3B 0
good mid. .... 122 0-135 0 Cod 33 0 —34 0
fine mid. &c... 142 0-156 0 LtilsEim,l-, awl 33 0 —34 0
Dutch, triage.. 1
30 0— 60 0 Rape, pale do. .. 46 0 —47 0
ordinary .... Turpen. 13, cwt... 30 0 —3l 0
good &fine ord. 65 0— 75 0 RICE, V awl
middling BO 0— 90 0 Carolina, dress. 30 0—
good mid. 1 in bond 22 0
95 0-105 0
fine mid., &c. J Bengal, ord. do.. 9 0 —lO 0
Mocha
Ceylon
Java
Havana Jamaica,
good& fine ord. 40 0— 50 0 12 10 16 0. p... 3 0 3 3
St. Domingo 36 0— 40 0 stronger 3 4 4 0
Brazil 32 0— 35 0 choice marks.. 4 6 5 6
Laguira 42 0— 75 0 SAFFLOWER, V awl.
Dvxwoous, V ton £. S. £. s. Bengal,
Logwood, Jam... 4 15— 5 0 good & line.. £5 0 7 0
Hon. & Dom. 5 0— 5 I 0 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10
Campeachy .. 7 10— 8 0 Bombay
Fustic, Span 4 5 5 0 SALTPETRE:, V. cwi. s. d. s. d
Tampico • 6 0— 6 10 East India 27 0 —3O 0
Brazil
Cuba
NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 55 0 —6B 0
Rio de la Haclic liver and block 29 0 —45 0
solid
rough 6 0— 7 0 Neutria, V doz .. 6 0 —l2 0
small 6 0— 7 0 Chinchilli, do. .. 10 0 —25 0
Lima, solid l4 0 15 0 Seal, each
Barwood, Ango. A 7
f ~. 8 0 SnUAIAC, V cal.
Gaboon 4 0— 0 0 Sicily Q 0— 9 3
Camwood l6 0— 26 0 Malaga none
Red San. Wood.. 6 0— 6 10 Trieste ' 0
FLAX, V ton. Verona 5 6--
Riga. P.T.R. .... 40 0— 42 0 } Tyrolese
P'burg, 9 head .. 36 0— 38 o BOOMS, v. cwt.
Archangel ...... 38 0— 40 0 B. P. Muscovado
Dutch & Flem. .. 50 0— 80 0 moist brown 56 0 —5B 0
GALLS, V cwt. dry brown 59 0 —6i 0
Turkey, blue .... 45 0— 50 0 good & mid 61 6 —65 0
mixed 42 0— 45 0 fine &v. line'.. 66 0 —6B C
East India - 50 o—, 54 0 • Mauritius,

- 8 0

GINGER, V cwt. dabs and moist 42 0 —55 0
Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown & yel... 57 0 —62 0
Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 fine yellow .... 66 0 —6B 0
E. India, in bond 11 U— 15 0 East India, Bengal
Gem, v. cwt. Khaur 46 0 —52 0
Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 brown & yel. 54 0 —O2 0
East India. 24 o— 60 0 good and line 68 0 —7O 0
Barbary ........ 00— 0 0 extra fine 72 0 —74 0
Senegal 9O e— 0 o Manila, in bond 13 U —l7 0
IlEmr, 14. ton ,:e s. ,e s. Havana, do.
P'burg, clean 32 0— 32 10 brown ......
outshot 31 0— 31 10 yellow . ....
Riga, Rhine 33 10— 34 o white ord
outshot.. 31 10—
32 5 good & fine....
Archangel
Manilla. 23 0 —24 0 brown l3 0 —l6 0
Bombay
Jute
HIDES, OX and Cow, '4, lb good and fine.. 21 o —23 0
B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TALLOW, 19. cwt.
P'burgh, Y.C. .. 48 9 —49 0
inferior & mid. 0 6 0 0
good & prime 0 7 0 73 Odessa 48 6 —4B g
DO. salted .... 0 39 0 4;1 Archangel ..
N. Amer. salted 0 3 0 33 Buenos Ayres 40 0 -
Brazil
53 t, 6 Stockholm
dry salted.. 0
Rio, dry
Valparaiso, dry 0 o 0 63 Carolina
Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia
W. India, dry.. 0 si 0 7 TARTAR, 19. cwt
salted.. 0 43 0 ai Cream of Tartar.. 63 0 _64 5
East India .... 0 73 I 0 brown and yel... 48 0 —56 0
Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 83 TEA, 14 lb. in bond- '
Horse, d. each 7 6 —ll 0 Bohea, Canton ..
1/ORSE HAIR, I) lb. Fokein ..
Short
mixed
long tails 1 0— 1 6 Twankay, corn... 1 g— 1 9
combed
INDIGO, 71), lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 0 3 0
Bengal. • Campoi,
Pur. & violet
blue & violet
blue 0 0— 0 0 mid, to fine.. I 9 2 0
violet, g. & fine 5 9_ 6 3 Souchong,com... 1 10
1 11
ord. & mid. 4 0— 5 9 good to fine.. 2 0 3 o
Violet & cop.l 3 9 4 6 Pekoe, flowery .. 2 6 3 6
mixed .. I llyson, c0rn..... `, 2 2 4
cop. g. & fine. 4 0— 4 9 - fine.. 2, 8— 3 0
ord. & mid. 2 9 4 0 Young Hyson .. 1 8— 3 0
con, quality
Gude 1 6 3 9 Gunpowder,
Madras
ogao:
and
in bond.
b3ondo. 5 0
Guatimala, v. lb
Floras
Sobres 3 6 4 9 Stemmed. . 0 4 0 7
Cortes I 9 !. 3 Kentucky
Caraccas, Floras 5 3 6 0 Maryland
Sobres 4 5 5 3 TURMERIC, la, cwt. in bond.
Cortes 2 0— 3 9 Bengal 20 0 —23 0
LAC DICE, Volb. TURPENTINE, 33 cwt.
D.T. and prime. 1 4 1 9 American
mid, to good.. 0 6 1 2 VALONIA,I) ton. X s . 0
ord. & inferior 0 3 0 43 Smyrna, picked 1 I 0 —l9 0
MAnnEn, ROOTS, IP' cwt. Morea
Smyrna
Galipoli & Syria .. 36 0— 40 0 African 6lO 8 0
French 42 0— East India
Naples 35 0— 45 0 American 7 10 —8 10

16 0 -17 0
18 0 -20 0
24 0 -26 0
27 0 -30 0

-45 6

14 6 -15 0

10 6 -11 0

1 4 - 1 6