The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-11 00:00:00

A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.—At the conclusion of a
tea party of Sunday-school teachers, at Zion School, Wibsey,
the following sentiment was proposed, " The Queen and the
Prince'of Wales,—may she prove a pious mother, and he an
affectionate son." The speaker paused, and then added,
" And may his father send him to a Sunday school."

The. tea trade was not much affected by the arrival of the
overlaid mail. It gave to a certain extent additional firm-
ness to prices, but the dealers were afraid to do an extended
business, since it appears there is a large supply ready for
shipment. It is the firmness with which prices are held at
Canton that induces a similar feeling here.—London Times.

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—Last week a very distress-
ing affair took place in the village of New Sauchie, near
Stirling. Two young men, who had been engaged in a shoot-
ing match, quarrelled about some trifling affair. One of
them, in a tit of passion, seized a gun, and shot his com-
panion. The unfortunate man was immediately carried
home, and, we are sorry'to learn, little hopes are expected of
his recovery. The other, of course, was immediately taken
into custody, and will, in all likelihood, be committed for
trial.

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MKTHODIAWL—The Wet.

leyan Methodists (as stated in out last), have lately lost
an able and talented young preacher, in the person of the
eldest son of one*,f their oldest and most highly esteemed
West Indian missionaries. The young man was educated
at one of their public schools, and subsequently became a
local preacher in the Macclesfield circuit, by which he was
called out by the Conference to enter on their itinerary,
and in which he has been occupied nearly four years. He
has had many doubts as to the scriptural authority of their
administration ; but after careful examination of their con-
stitutional government with that of the Established Church,
he candidly and straightforwardly declared that he would no
longer continue in the ranks of dissent ; but, with hearty
wishes for the real welfare of the Wesleyans, he would vo-
luntarily and conscientiously pass over to the one apostolic
and Catholic Church of Christ.—Staffordshire Gazette.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A LADY.—A painful sensation
has been excited in Bath by the death of a young lady, of the
name of Rathbone, who had, with her mother, been residing
in Henrietta-street for two years past. It appears that hav-
ing had a rash break out upon her person, she called in Dr.
Watson, who prescribed a saline or fever medicine for her,
and left the prescription at the shop of a chemist named
Watts, with directions for the medicine to be prepared and
sent to the residence of the young lady. The chemist's
assistant, named Collins, in making up the medicine, by some
mistake used the liquor of ammonia instead of the liquor of
the acetate of ammonia. The medicine ordered was compa-
ratively harmless, that given was a powerful caustic, which
caused such an irritation as to accelerate, if not produce
death. At the inquest held on the body of the unfortunate
deceased, Dr. Watson stated, that having been again sent
for, and told that Miss Rathbone was in great danger, " I
went as soon as I possibly could, and on entering the room I
found her mother in great alarm. Mr. Watts was in the
room, and on my asking what was the matter, the deceased
herself said, ' Oh, Dr. Watson, I am poisoned !' or words to
that effect. She was in a state of extraordinary excitement
and alarm. I turned round and asked Mr. Watts what had
happened? He replied that something had been given by
mistake. The deceased was vomiting large quantities of a
ropy fluid, streaked with blood. She was in exceeding dis-
tress from its constantly obstructing the breathing, and com-
pelling her to be constantly spitting and retching. On ex-
amining the mouth, I found the tongue, and, as far as I
could see into it, the mouth, as well as the external lips,
exceedingly red, and appearing as if deprived of their natural
covering. She complained of great pain in the throat, and
every 'attempt to ',swallow .the smallest quantity of fluid
created intense agony." The malady from which Miss
Rathbone was suffering was scarlet fever ; and the jury, in
conformity with the medical evidence adduced, returned a
verdict " that the deceased died from disease, but that her
death was accelerated by medicine dispensed by mistake."

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