The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

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WTNYARD CASTLE, NEAR STOCTON-UPON-TEES.--The
rebuilding of the Marquis and Marehione:;s of Londonderry's
splendid chateau is in a state of great forwardness.

The Paymaster-General has received, in an anonymous
letter from Bath, the sum of 4;500 to be placed to the credit
of the public.

Frederick 11 unt, a General Postotlice letter-carrier, was
convicted on Thursday of stealing two shillings from a letter,
was sentenced to be transported tor fifteen years.

Mr. Joseph, who is the sculptor appointed to execute the
Wilkie Testimonial, was recommended in 1823 to Lord
Byron by Sir Walter Scott, to take his lordship's bust.

Ten shopkeepers of Todmorden have been fined in various
penalties, for having candles in their possession short of
weight. Their defence was, they sold them to those who
wanted light.
Two ships of the line, one to be called the Prince of Wales,
of 110 guns, and the other of 90 guns, to be named the
Princess Royal, have been ordered to be built at Portsmouth
by the Admiralty Board.
At Cardiff assizes, on Friday, Richard Edwards, alias
Tamar Dick, was found guilty of the murder of his mother
in April last. Sentence of death was passed on the prisoner,
without any hope of mercy.
On the 20th ult. Marie Victoire Andre Jenaird, a maiden
French lady, of independent fortune, aged 6-1, committed
suicide, by tying a garter tightly round her neck, and stick-
ing a knife nearly up to the handle in the centre of her
throat.

THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER.—The Belgian specu-
lation of purchasing the British Queen, to run between
Antwerp and New York, does not seem to have attained its
object, the positive loss upon two voyages performed amount-
ing to £B,BOO sterling.
PROGRESS OF EPISCOPACY. —There are at present no
fewer than four places in Scotland, in which halls are used
as temporary places of worship, by newly formed episcopal
congregations, preparatory to the erection of permanent
chapels—Annan, Hamilton, Blairgowrie, and Helensburgh.
—Scotsman,

It is said that the Parliamentary Commissioners for inves-
tigating the late exchequer bill frauds have now brought to a
close the examination of wineise,s, and that it only remains
for them to prepare their report, which may be presented to
Parliament before the close of the stision.

At the London Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday,
Thomas William Neatheratreet, aged 19, was convicted upon
very conclusive evidence of having committed a rape upon
the person of Esther Maskell, a child only three years and
a half old. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported
for life.

It is stated in one of the daily papers, that " on the 24th
ult., an accident occurred on the Potsdam railway, which had
nearly proved ar fatal as that on the road to Versailles. The
sparks of fire from a locomotive set tire to one of the wag-
gons. The persons inside endeavoured to open the doors,
but they were locked. At length the conductors succeeded
in extinguishing the fire.
A railway has been projected on the south side of the
Thames, the object of which is stated to be to extend the ad-
vantages of railways which may exist in the south of Eng-
land, and to unite the government establishments at Dept-
ford, and ultimately those at Woolwich, Sheerness, and
Chatham, with Portsmouth, by means of the South "Western
Railway. It is at present in contemplation to form it upon
the American plan of piling, in conjunction with and upon
the bank of the Surrey Canal, which will then be completed
to Vauxhall, for the transportation of heavy goods.—Daily
paper.

MANCHESTER ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—EIRTH EXTRA.-
ORDINARY.—On Sunday last, one of the Chinese monkeys,
in the Zoological Gardens, Higher Broughton, gave birth to
a young one, which was yesterday alive and well. This is
rather an extraordinary event in this climate, which is gene-
rally found too severe for these little creatures.—Manchester
Guardian.

We have heard that it is the intention of the Bishop of
London to introduce into the House of Lords on the 12th
inst., a bill to do away with what are termed " Peculiars,"
by placing those hitherto exempted jurisdictions under the
care and control of the bishops in whose dioceses they are
respectively locally situate.—Devizes Gazette.
THE CHARGE OF SWINDLING AT NORWICH. -On
Thursday last, John Harvey, whose extraordinary case was
noticed in the Standard, being sufficiently recovered from
the effects of his attempt to cut his throat, was brought up to
the Guildhall for examination, upon the charges preferred
against him, and after the inquiry he was remanded. The
prisoner was still very weak.

NicoLns Suissa.—This person, valet to the late Marquis
of Hertford, and who was acquitted the day before of a
charge of embezzling £1,400, the property of his master, was
again brought up at the Central Criminal Court on Thurs-
day, to take his trial for stealing a number of French in-
scriptions and eJupons for the payment of French reutes, to
the amount of about £BO,OOO. The trial was postponed on
account of the absence of a material witness.

THE COINAGE.—As a great many questions have arisen
as to whether a sovereign placed on the balance ought to turn
it, it is important to know that the Bank decided, on Thurs-
day, that all sovereigns presented at their counters which
shall be on the balance, shall be taken as of legal weight.
The new silver coinage was issued to the public yesterday,
and it is understood that the Bank vaults have already re-
ceived large supplies from the Mint.

HANOVER, JULY 2.—Yesterday afternoon, about five
o'clock, we had a thunder storm, with torrents of rain, and
such a hurricane, that not only were the roofs of many houses
in the city much damaged, but the largest trees on the ram-
parts were broken, and a whole row of smaller trees were
torn up by the roots; all the booths and tents created for a
fete of the citizens to-morrow were levelled with the ground,
and the boards carried to a great distance.
FLOATING PIERS ON THE THAMES.—There are now
thirty-tree floating steam-boat passengers. The revenue de-
rived from these floating and permanent piers is not less than
£1,500 weekly, or £78,000 per annum, derived from a small
toll on passengers, which is paid by the steam-boat compa-
nies. The largest revenue is obtained at the London Bridge
wharf, and as much as 400 in one week has been taken there
for landing and embarking passengers.
On Friday, at the Hertford assizes, the agent for Lord
Listowel at the late St. Alban's elections brought an action
against that nobleman, which excited a good deal of interest
in the county, and in which it was expected that some curi-
ous disclosures would be made in reference to the proceed-
ings connected with those elections. After the counsel for
the plaintiff had addressed a few words to the jury, the mat-
ter was amicably compromised.
DRESDEN. JUNE 27.—1 n consequence of the long-con-
tinued draughts the Elbe is so low that our steamers cannot
move, but the Bohemia steamer, drawing much less water,
still continues to ply between this and Jenhin. Many ships
with cargoes are aground ; the Bohemian ships pass, but very
lightly loaded, and our vessels, laden with freestone, which
would meet with a good market at Hamburg, cannot come
down the river. This gradual decrease in the water would
have given a favourable opportunity to improve the navigation
of the Elbe. The commissioners who are to meet may con-
vince themselves by personal inspection that it is high time
to make every exertion to remove the obstruction to the no-
via.ation of this great German river, which is alone 700 miles
in length.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM. —M. Lafontaine gave another
lecture on this subject on Friday forenoon. The young lady
who accompanies him completely succeeded in magnetising
a young girl, on whom M. Lafontaine had tried an experi-
ment on Wednesday evening, but without success. After-
wards another female, about 25 years of age, was introduced
to M. Lafontaine, who put her to sleep in ten minutes;
needles were put into her, but she remained perfectly in-
sensible, until restored by M. Lafontaine ; her arms were
rendered quite stiff during the operation. A young lady
about 16 years of age was mesmerised, and put to sleep in
less than five minutes ; her arms were also stiff ; and on being
brought to a state of sensibility, she informed the company
that, at the commencement of the operation, she felt as if
about to faint, but that the sensation was rather agreeable
than otherwise.—Belfast Times.
CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION.—The entertainment at Tri-
nity, on Wednesday last, was on the largest scale consistent
with the capabilities of the noble hall, the most spacious of
any among the colleges. Upwards of 400 sat down to a feast
worthy of the hospitality of this ancient and renowned insti-
tution. The Master was, of course, in the chair ; on his
right his Grace the Chancellor, and on his left the Duke of
Cambridge. The head table included all the noblemen and
other distinguished guests, with the heads of houses, &c.,
and at five other tables were seated the members of the Uni-
versity, the whole company arrayed in full academical cos-
tume. A feeling of deep regret prevailed that the recent la-
mentable circumstances should have prevented the illustri-
ous Chancellor of Oxford and the High Steward of Cam-
bridge from being present. With only this alloy, however,
the greatest gratification and delight were manifested in an
assembly of men. animated, though in different positions,
professions, and pursuits, by the same liberal spirit of attach-
ment to science, to learning, and to art.
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF Fossms.—At the village of
Crowdicote, in the parish of Hartington, Darbyshire, about
six miles from Buxton, Mr. Daniel Harrison, a short time
ago, commenced opening a quarry or pit to try the quality of
the stone which it contained ; and, on cutting the rock down,
it was found to he a most beautifully variegated shell crystal
and strata marble, embodied with the prettiest crystallized
shells that nature or art could form, as well as other mineral
bodies. This wonderful curiosity of nature contains the fol-
lowing remarkable fossil bodies, encrusted all in one solid
mass of stone, and capable of being got up by art to the most
beautiful polish :—Of ornamental marble there is a variety
of white and brown, cockle shells, muscles, also plain and
fluted shells, the ammonite and nautilus shells, and peri-
winkle, snail horn. &c. The appearance of various kinds of
fish, which none but able geologists could interpret ; also
the antroco. The figure of this last remarkable stone, when
got up to a polish, beatifully intersected with variegated
colours of black, brown, white, and grey, and is a real
curiosity.—Sheffield Iris.
EDINBURGH •AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—An accident
happened on this railway on Tuesday, the particulars of which
are as follow :—The eleven o'clock train from Glasgow, and
the nine o'clock train from Edinburgh, had both reached
Cowlairs, and were slowly passing, each on its proper line,
when owing to the negligence of the pointsman in leaving the
points shut instead of open, the nine o'clock train passed
over on to the other line. The engine, in consequence, came
in contact with the second last carriage of the eleven o'clock
train, the buffer-rod of which was driven into the last car-
riage, which was considerably injused by the blow, and we
regret to state that a passenger inside had one of his legs
much bruised or broken. A passenger in the second last
carriage was also slightly hurt from being thrown forward
against the opposite side of the carriage. One of the guards
was thrown of the train, but was so slightly injured as to be
able to proceed on to idinburgh. The engine of the eleven
o'clock train was almost immediately stopped, but not before
one or two of the carriages had their wheels thrown off, and
were thus carried along the ground for some yards, though
without any injury to the passengers.
ANOTHER MURDER IN TIPPERARY.—A, respectable
young mon, named Samuel Hardy, who transacted business
in this town for Mr. Brindley, was the victim. After the
labour of the week, he went from here on Sunday morning,
accompanied by another young man, to spend the Sabbath at
Dolla, the residence of his father, which is about four miles
distant. When within a few yards of The house, a child on
the road apprised him that the parlour was full of men look-
ing for fire-arms. Upon hearing this lie ran forward. On
entering, one of the party, who acted as sentinel, attempted
to stab him with a pitchfork. Having parried the thrust, he
grappled with the ruffian, and succeeded in wresting the
weapon from him. Four men who were inside, alarmed by
the noise of the conflict, now rushed out ; but young Hardy
continued still to hold as prisoner the miscreant, from whom
he wrenched the pitchfork. While thus engaged, a blood-
thirsty wretch approached him with a large stone, and struck
him on the head with it. The blow was fatal ; for the brave
young fellow died of it next morning, leaving a large and
highly respectable family, with a wid circle of friends and
acquaintances, to deplore his untimely end. Mr. Cornell,
his companion from town, was also attacked by the gang, but
escaped without serious injury. At the inquest th follow-
ing verdict was returned—'We find that the deceased,
Samuel Hardy, came by his death in consequence of one
mortal wound on the left side of the head, inflicted by one
of the party who attacked the dwelling-house of his father,
William Hardy, on the morning of Sunday, the 3d instant,
of which mortal wound he languished until Monday, the 4th
instant, and then died at Dolla."—Nenagh Guardian.