The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

INCONVENIENCES AT THE POST-OFFICE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Stu,—May I take the liberty of requesting you, to bring
the following under the notice of the public, by giving it a
place in your journal, which will make them aware of a re-
mediable inconvenience which the merchant's post-office
clerk is daily subjected to in this town. The annoyance to
which I allude is that of there being only one small window
at the Post-office for receiving the payment of letters, al-
though there is another near it, which, however, is only
occasionally used, and, even when it is in use, the benefit
derived from it is comparatively small to what it would be if
further separate from the other, and from this cause the
usefulness of both is materially diminished. At the despatch
of the London mail, and much more particularly the over-
land mail to India, there is always a great crowd, and those
who are unable to get forward, long before the box doses
for receiving letters by these mails, are .almost invariably
-under the necessity of paying their letteri late, Irma the'
crowd being so great as to reader it impossible to get for—
,ward and thooe who do get forwent. in'tline snsust AttlYg-reat'
chance of being hurled to the bottom'of the flight :of steps
close to the paying window, losing-pocket handkerchiefs, Sm.
But, in order to answer the object I have in view,--namely,
that of the probability of this paragraph coming under the
observation of -some of the' authorities, and consequently
being the means of leading to an improvement in the place
at present used for receiving payment of letters, in that
otherwise admirably-conducted establishment, our Post-
office,—l think it quite unnecessary to occupy your space
further. Suffice it to say, that this is no exaggeration of
what is constantly taking place ; and it is not until I have
repeatedly experienced the inconvenience, that I have at last
resolved on addressing you, which trouble please excuse.—l
am, sir, your obedient servant, G.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT STOKESAN

(Abridged from the Salopian Jonrnal.)
On Monday last, a man of the name ofJoues was brought
before the magistrates at Ludlow charged with attempting
to murder Diana Briggs, who lives in a lonely situation near
Stokesay.

The prosecutrix detailed with great clearness the circum-
stances of the affair. She said that the prisoner called at her
house at midnight on the 9th Feb, •He asked' for a drink,
and as he was known to her, she told.one of her children to go
down and let him in and give him a drink. Wheu the priso-
ner got into the house, he, in the most brutal manner, and
with horribly disgusting language, attempted to violate the
person of Mrs. Briggs. The following is her description of
of one part of the scene :—" The little girl stood at the room
door, and ran dowu stairs to try to get out, when he followed
her, and said—`Go up stairs, or I 'll stab you ;" all this I
heard, and when he came up I saw the knife open in his
hands : she came shrieking up stairs, he drove up before him.
then I saw the knife in his hand : I then shrieked put, and
he came and struck at me several times with the knife. I
begged for mercy, and said Lord have 'mercy upon he
said—' B—t your eyes, I'll stab you all : ' I had the blade
of the knife in my hand, as he was striking at me different
times : I caught at it to save me : I had hold of the sleeve of
his frock with one hand and the blade of his knife in the other,
to the best of my knowledge : it was a pocket clasp knife or
a shut knife : after he had struck at me and after the children
saw me bleeding they went screaming into the other room, some
on the floor and some on the bed : there were seven of them :
he shook the knife at them, and said—' 13---L-t your eyes, if
any of you say a word. I'll murder every .of you.'"
After the prisoner had proceeded with some further bru-
tality and indecency, he missed the little girl, and the testi-
mony of the prosecutrix, as to the concluding part of the
affair, is as follows:

"I said 'She is up in the other room :' he said 'She is not:'
I said She is in bed or under the bed:' he took the candle
in his hand, went into the other room, looked into and under
the beds: she then ran down stairs, and called the girl by
her name, 'Sally,' as she was going down: when he got
down he threw the candlestick out of his hand and ran out
of doors : I followed him to the door, and bolted it as soon
as he was out: I was afraid he would murder the child in
the road: I was also afraid to follow him out, and ran to the
window to hear if I could hear her cry out: I hearkened a
bit, and I thought she was got safe from him : she did not
cry out: I got the little baby out of bed, and thought to dress
myself, but I was so exhausted with fright and bleeding that
I could not stand : I then went to bed to the child, and in a
minute or two the little girl brought down James Perry, a
neighbour : my niece went down stairs, opened the door, and
let Perry in : Perry staid a little while and then went for his
wife, and she staid with me the remainder of the night :
the prisoner had gone away, and I have not seen him since
till now•."

The witness's evidence was then corroborated by two of the
children, and the prisoner was committed for maliciously
stabbing Diana Briggs, with intent to do her some, bodily
injury, and also for an attempt to committ a rape.

COMPARATIVE EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED
COTTON IN THE YEARS 1840 AND 1811.

(Extracted from " Burn's Commercial Glance.")

Descriptions of Goods,

. —...—.
Cotton yarn .... in lbs. weight.. 107,456,575 115,665,483
Cotton thread.... do. .. 2,876,709 4,915,109
Dimities.
Quiltings and ribs
Lawns and lenos
Calicoes, printed and dyed d 0... 253,671,143 278,748,275
Calicoes, plain
Cambrics and muslins do... 55,105,473 55,118,166
Cotton and linen mixed
Ginghams and checks do... 2,448,956 1,903,462
Printed shawls,handkfs.&c. d 0... 377,071 454,868
Nankeens - 816,016
Velveteens, cords, &c.... do. .. 3,259,194 2,019,895
Lace, net, &c.
Ticks, checks and stripes . d 0... 157,105 87,550
Damasks and diapers .... d 0... 19,146 7,49,1
Counterpanes & quilts, in number 70,680 71,045
Shawls, handkfs., &c., plain.doz.. 127,387 88,797
Tapes, bobbins, &c do... 51,304 69,831
Hosiery
.. d 0... 447,]93
. 437,982

Unenuinerated cotton goods, value £136,251

£116,823

OXFORD, FEB. 20.—The Rev. Mr. Garbett. the newly-
elected professor of poetry, delivered the first Bampton lec-
ture for the present year, at St. Mary's church, this morning.
The church was crowded in every part. Mr. Grant, com-
moner of St. John's College, has followed the example of
the Rev. Mr. Sibthorpe, and several others of the junior
members of.the university are expected to secede from the
establishment.
DETERMINED CASE OF SUICIDE IN AUNIONWORKHOUSE.
—A very considerable sensation was created in the town of`
Chatham a few days ago, owing to a report that an inmate of
the Medway union-workhouse had destroyed himself, by seve-
ring his head from his body in one of the wards of the estab-
lishment. Upon inquiry, it was found that the man had
been an inmate for some time, and confined to the sick ward,
as he was labouring under affliction and diseaSe, which, from
the nature of his complaint, occasioned him to be irri
table. The ward in which the unfortunate man was placed.
was about 12 feet square, and had in it 12 sick men, the
whole of whom retired to rest at the regulation hour.
About 12 o'clock, one of the inmates was awoke by a
strange noise in the room, and he immediately raised ait
alarm, and it was found that the deceased, Joseph Ander-
son, had cut his throat in such a determined mariner," that
his head held on only by the back of his neck. The body
was found outside the bed on the floor, in a bending position,
with a case-knife lying by its side, covered with blood. _

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S STEAM-FRIGATE :11E:4 -
NON.—On Tuesday morning, at a quarter past nine o'clock,
this splendid vessel, of 1,100 tons burden, mounting two 64-
pounders, and four 32-pounder guns, and having them and
all her shot on board, with about 300 tons of coals, and a
heavy cargo sufficient to test her capabilities for a long voy-
age, was loosened from her moorings at Blackwall, and pro-
ceeded doWn the river in excellent style, for the purpose of
ascertaining the efficiency of her engines and sailing qualities.
The Memnon was built by Mr. Fletcher, and the engines, of
400 horse power, were constructed by Messrs. Maudslay,
Sons, and Field, with copper boilers and change eater appa-•
ratus, which keeps the salt water below a certain point, anti
by that means prevents any deposit taking place, so that a
vessel might proceed to India without incrustation to the ex-
tent of the thickness of a sixpenny piece. The cylinders are
double, on the expansion principle, and the consumption of
fuel can be regulated to suit any circumstances of slow or
quick sailing; she has also disconnecting gear to work one
wheel without the other, if found necessary. On arriving at
Long-reach the full power of the steam was applied, and the
engines worked with a beautiful motion, the vibration being
scarcely perceptible: and the large wheels, 26 feet in diame-
ter, entered the water with such effect as to propel the vessel,
with her heavy cargo, at the rate of 111 miles per hour, 81.-
fording the greatest satisfaction to her commander, Captain
Powell, and,all the gentlemen present.—Londonpape:::, of
ELOPEMENT.—On Monday morning last the ta
6: , '"Lii,
Mr. , residing in the vicinity of Ite.gent's-park,
Iheciuuud-
were thrown into a state of great consternation Y
tt
beauty
den disappearance of Miss J., a young lady '''t. greB A letter
and accomplishments, and the' ward of Mr. ----:
eto
was found on the dressing table of the absentee,
_d adds
oted `her
her guardian, in which she stated that she ha a u
present line of conduct
• ess in ' . •
calculated to insure her future havoc]
containing a ca.
quickly ascertained that a chaise arid four,,,cin_ty
i at an early
under the full impressioln
valier, had been seen in the immediatee , it
a.
. , b t the fair fugi-
fethatiitt ~'as
hour in the morning, and it was suspec,; -
company with the
gallant-looking occupier of the,aPrd, a 'somewhat ditlerlit
tive had flown " on the wings of love,
post-chaise,
s t.c,ii:i :en
,Inwhichi
.it
was
discovered had proceeded ente"d by parties under similar
exertion it was aster_
route to the one generally adapted
circumstances. After considerable
left
town by the whitechaper.
arced that the chaise a
11 immediately commenced by the
road, and a .pursuit.
was
scompanied by his nephew. As the
young lady's guardia,ra,n,, of a five hours' start, the our-.
runaways had the. ad.. L. 6
bi distanced in their endeavours to•
but after journeying some 50 odd'.
overtake the
fugitives, t an extraordinary speed, they reached the,
miles, nerformedianin
H g ford, within 18 mile: fii S F .
the parties they were in pursuit of were.
suers were consitdi
'., o ury t. Ai-
little village of
mun ,
" just as
sitting down to dinner. The with-
outpursuers, 'the
• rushedinto room
any ceremony, and proceeded to,
take possession of the lady vi et armis, but the disappoint-
ment of the worthy guardian may be imagined, when it WP,..;
intimated to him that he might have spared himself
poonlittheelypoint of
the trouble and expense of the journey, for that the '`twain"
before him had been united in the indissoluble bonds of
matrimony some six weeks previously. After a scene of
mutual recrimination between the parties, the lady's guardian
refusing all overtures of reconciliation, returned in doleful
mood to town, accompanied by his disconso:ate.nephew,,
who, it appears, is n (I;
-- a disappointed suitor of the lady in ques-
tion, who will, on attaiiimg her 21st year, become entitled to,
a fortune of nearly X.A0,000, there being barely three months
to expire before her minority will be completed.—London.
paper.