The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-30 00:00:00

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AFirliC*NG SCENE AT THE BOMBARDMENT OF NINGPO
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Thirteen families have been thrown on the parish of St.
James's, Clerkenwell, for support, within.the last few days,
in consequence of the male parents having deserted them.
The authorities of the parish have offered a rewardsof 13
guineas for the apprehension of the deserters, some of whom
were tradesmen in comfortable circumstan
For

Le con-

EITURE OF A RAILWAY.—OR Wednesday the 21st
st., Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart., of Wingerworth Hall, pro-
ceeded, along with Mr. Brown and other witnesses, to take
possession of the branch line of railroad leading from Hopton-
bridge to Timber-lane (known as the Duke's line,) which
the North Midland company has forfeited to him under cer-
tain arrangements.—Derbyshire Courier.

Loss OF AN AMERICAN SHIP.—By the packet-ship In-
dependence, which arrived from New York on Sunday last,
accounts were brought over announcing' the melancholy loss
of the Ameriean ship Milwankie, which occurred, on the
morning' of the 18th ult., on the beach two miles north of the
mouth of the Kalamazoo. There were of officers and Seamen
fifteen in number, out of whom only six were saved : these
swam aisbore.

A MURDERER'S SCRUPLES.—MonteIy, the murderer of
the messenger of the Orleans Bank, is now quite recovered
from the effects of his late attempt at starvation. He takes
his meals as usual. Last Saturday, as his breakfast, con-
sisting of eggs and a cutlet, was placed before him, he ex-
claimed, " What ! eat meat on a Saturday ! Not so bad as
that !, Give me the eggs." Montely's scruples call to mind
the conduct of the Calabrian robbers, who kill a man with
one hand, and make the sign of the cross with the other.
The trial will, it is supposed, come on next month.

EXTORTING -A CONFESSION.-111 Calvert county, one
night last week, a free negro man went to the house of an
elderly lady in the absence of any male member of the
family 3 and after violently beating her, robbed the house of
about 500 dollars in specie. He was apprehended a day or
two after, and after having been hanged up by the neck four
or five times, until he was nearly dead, was induced to
confess his crime, and the whereabouts of the largest
portion of the money. He had secreted it in different
places. The lady did not recover until the next day, and was
then unable to give any definite account of the matter.--New
York paper.
THE HOLYWELL-STREET NUISANCE,—The man Patter-
son is at length driven from his lair in this street, the person
from whom he rented the shop having given up possession
to the head-landlord, a gentleman residing in Chancery-lane,
who immediately, and to the great satisfaction of the He-
brew residents, bundled out the boy who carried on the busi-
ness, papers And all. The shop therefore closed at five
o'clock on Wednesday, and shortly after that time a friend
of Patterson's, by edme means or other, gained admission,
and threatened the man who was left in care of the premises
with violence if he did not leave at once. The man, however,
sent for a policeman, and charged the intruder with btirsting
open the door, whereupon the latter left the shop, and took
to his heels; so that the public may now pass through a
convenient thoroughfare without having their eyes and
understandings shocked by the emanations of this daring
bliisphemer.

DARING ATTACK AT TENNYPARK.--011 the morning of
Wednesday, between the hours of one and two o'clock, an
entrance was, effected, by three men, into Major Keating's
house Tennypark; near this city, by removing, by means of
a crow-bar dr some such instrument, the grating (which was
leaded into cut stone) over the basement story, and raising
the window of the servants' hall. They then proceeded to
the apartments of the two servant men, and, having pre-
sented a pistol, demanded their fire-arms. There were none,
hOwever, in the house. Having left one of their number on
guard, to prevent any resistance from that quarter, the re-
maining two proceeded to the room of the servant-maid, and
sent her to Mrs. Keating to announce their intention of
waiting on her, and immediately after entered her bedroom.
The lady, greatly alarmed, of course, asked them what they
wanted ? upon which they replied that they wanted her
money, and told her not to be alarmed, as she should not be
molested: She said they should have all the money in the
house, and then gave her maid the keys to give it to them,
which mounted to £ll. The party then left the house. One
of these robbers had on a mask. another had his face
blackened, and the third was muffled in a riding-coat. Al-
though Mrs. Keating's gold watch was lying on the table,
and one of the party actually had it in his hand, yet they did
nos take it, nor anything else, though there was a large quan-
tity' of plate and other valuables in the houae.—Kilkenny
Journal.

The credit of the United States is no more. It is worth
a moment's inquiry to ascertain the causes of its fall. We
need not delay the investigation by following the President's
attempt to distinguish between the credit of the Union and
the several credits of the different states of which it is com-
posed. The Union is afirm, the several states are the part-
ners in that firm, and whether we regard the causes that
have led to the general loss of credit as founded in dishonesty
or insolvency—and they must be assigned' to the one or the
other—the effect must be the same. If the bankrupt mem-
bers of the firm are mere:y dishonest, their dishonesty must
reflect upon the whole company, which wants either the will
or the power to restrain its members from the commission
of gross frauds, and which may, therefore, be expected to
imitate, in its collective character, the same fraud when oc-
casion shall arise. If, on the other hand, the repudiating
states can plead insolvency. the Union must be regarded as
insolvent, unless it can be shown that some of the states are
rich enough to make good the defalcation of their partners.
We take, however the charitable hypothesis—we believe the
repudiating states to be really insolvent ; that it is " their
poverty and not their will consents" to the cheat by which
creditors suffer. These states have borrowed more than
they are able to pay—more than they ever will be able to
pay. This casts a useful light upon the future, as well as
upon the past, of American history. If the republicans have
been borrowing more than they have any prospect of being
able to pay, they have been all this time living upon the
money and the industry of strangers. All the prosperity, all
the improvement, all " the going a-head," which they and
and others have been fond of ascribing to their democratical
institutions, have been fallacious at such a proof, because
they have been the fruit of a robbery—it may be, and we
are willing to believe it has been, an undesigned robbery—of
the people of countries that are not democratical. The in-
ference as to the future is gloomy enough. If, with an un-
impaired credit. with a land-fund difficult to exhaust, with
that prosperous use of both which has been the subject of
so much exultation, the republicans have not been able to
avoid bankruptcy, what may they anticipate with_ these re-

sources cut off, and in their bankrupt condition ? It is no
pleasant prospect to look upon, the retrogradation in civili-
.

zation and happiness of so many millions of our kinsmen,
but we confess that we cannot see any other prospect except
through an essential change in the constitution of the repub-
lic—a change, perhaps, extending to a dissolution of its
union.—Standard.

DREADFUL CATASTROPHE IN GALWAY.

, Disc

nd so great

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF

THE MURDER OF MR. SCULLY.—The amount of the re-
ward offered for information respecting the murder of this ill-
fated gentleman considerably exceeds £2,000 including
£l,OOO from the Kilfeacle family, and £2OO from govern-
ment, with what ultimate prospect of leading to discovery,
time alone can tell. There were nearly £6,000 offered in the
case of the late Earl of Norbury.
On Saturday week, an old man at Chilliniton, Sussex,
82 years of age, hanged himself in a hovel near his house,
having previously dedlared to his wife that " He could not
be saved ; his sins would not he forgiven him ;" and on
Monday evening, an old woman of 70, in St. Luke's, cut her
throat in despodency, brought- on by distressed circum-
stances.

On Wednesday last, a poor fellow, named Rowbotham,
40 years old, who had for 20 years earned a subsistence by
sweeping the crossing of the Strand, opposite Waterloo
bridge, was locking up his room to go out for the day, when
his landlady came up stairs. He remarked to her, " This is
the shortest day God has permitted us to see ; but God only
knows who will live to see the longest one ;" when he in-
stantly fell on the floor, and expired. Surgical aid was pro-
cured, but without effect.

NOCTURNAL ASSEMBLING OF RIBBONMEN.—On the
night of the 22d of December instant, the Ballinagh police,
under the command of Serjeant Spinks, came up in the
towniand of Shannon, parish of Ballintemple, county Caven,
with a large party of men amounting to at least two hundred,
who were marching in regular order, five deep, accompanied
with music, several of whom were armed with either guns or
large poles, carried on their shoulders like fire-arms. They
were under regular command. The police, who had con-
cealed themselves behind the fences, heard the word " halt"
given, The police jumped up, challenged them, and receiv-
ing na reply, seized seven, one each, who are now in Caven
gaol. Parties similar to that mentioned have been frequently
met on the roads in this neighbourhood after night. Balls,
as they are called, are held in different houses, from which,
women :being excluded, there can be no doubt that mischiet
in some form is intended. Great praise is due to Serjeant
Spinks and his party for their exertions on many occasions;
they are a most respectable and active body of men, esteemed
by every well-thinking person in the community--Evening
Packet.

BIGAMY—A FAMILY COMPLAINT.—A young man named
William'Bowlen was brought before a county magistrate, on
Tuesday, at Stockport, on a charge of bigamy. It was proved
that he was married to Mary Holland, at the parish church
of Ashton-under-Line, on the 17th of May, 1835, and in July,
1839, to Betty Holland, at Almondbury, near Huddersfield,
both of whom are now living. He was committed for trial ;
but on the application of Mr. W. Vaughan, who appeared on
his behalf, bail was accepted for his appearance at the assizes,
Strangely enough, the prisoner's mother, Hannah Bowden.
who, on bearing of his apprehension, had come to see him,
was also taken into custody, under a warrant which had some
time been out against her on a similar charge. She was also
brought before a county magistrate the same day, when Mr.
J. S. Barrett, deputy constable, stated, that a few years ago
the prisoner was married to a person named John Smith, of
Stockport, her first husband, Joseph Bowdtn, being then and
now living at Sheffield. Smith is also living at the,present
time, but the prisoner and he had separated some time ago,
and she had lately been residing with a man named Joseph
Lockett, near Huddersfield, to whom it was supposed she
had also been married. She was remanded.
FREAKS OF A MANlAC.—Tuesday forenoon, an Italian
of the name of Scale Della Dominica, recently an officer in
the army of Mehemet Ali, made a most singular attempt to
disable himself by cutting off his toes, to overcome he said,
" the charms of the priests, who wanted to get rid of him."
He had lately been lodging in Stafford-place, Pimlico. and
though considered to be of weak intellect, was known to be
able to take care of himself and his property until the event
above alluded to occurred. At two o'clock, Mr. Turner,
surgeon, of Coventry-street, called upon him, according to
appointment, to transact some business in which they were
mutually concerned, and was surprised at seeing as he en-
tered the room, a pool of blood upon the floor. The lunatic
(for he is now called one) was sitting on the carpet grasping
a razor, round the handle of which he had bound a towel,
and again covered it with string, saying, as he pointed to his
feet, " You see what I have done." His friend remarked
that he had severed one of the toes, and that blood was flow-
ing copiously fromithe wound. Ile then said that he would
cut off the other, but before he had time to carry his threat
into effect the razor was taken from him, and he was prevented
from doing himself further injury. Ile gave as a reason for
his strange conduct, that he knew if he cut off both his little
toes it would put an end to the charms of the priests, who
wanted to get rid of him. The blood having been stanched,
he was taken to St. George's Hospital, but it is feared that
lock-jaw will come on. Mr. Pollock, the house surgeon,
under whose care the man now remains, has no doubt of his
insanity, and, in the event of his recovery, intends to send
him to Bethlem

MURDER AT SPERNALL, NEAR REDDITCR.—We have
the painful duty, this week, of recording another murder,
which was committed, on Sunday last, (Christmas-day,) at
Spernall, near Studley, in the county of Warwick, by a young
man, named James Crowley, the son of a respectable farmer
in that village. It appears that his father bad two sons, of
whom one was dutiful, affectionate, and industrious, whilst
the other (James) was wild, idle, and dissipated, though
possessing considerable talents. He had often threatened to
beat his father, and had carried his unnatural violence so far
as to menace his life, and had, consequently, been bound
over to keep the peace towards him. The father, however,
at length became so terrified at his desperate behaviour that
he was compelled to have some one to reside in the house
capable of protecting him from the violence which he appre-
hended, and the party selected for this duty was one of his
labourers, a fine young man, named Titsley, standing six feet
in height, though not more than twenty years of age ; and,
in order to give him additional authority, he was regularly
sworn in as a constable. Mr. Crowley did not, however,
enter into these arrangements without making conciliatory
overtures to his son, who was to receive an allowance of X 1
per week, together with a saddle horse, and keep for the
animal, on condition that he resided away from the farm-
house, and did not come to annoy its inmates. As the pre-
sent festive season approached, the prodigal, not content
with his punctually-paid allowance, demanded more money
of his father, to spend in folly and riotous living, than he
chose to provide him with, upon which he gave vent to
his passfon, and swore that he would shoot him. On
Sunday last the unhappy young man proceeded from his
lodgings in the neighbourhood to the farm, apparently
with the intention of carrying his awful threat into effect,
as he took a double-barrelled gun with him. As he ap-
proached the house, -the inmates, apprehensive of a dis-
turbance, locked the door and went up stairs ; and the
young man, finding that he could not gain admittance, began
breaking the windows ; upon which Tilsley, and two others
descended, and Tilsley told him that if he did not desist he
should take him into custody, and convey him before the
magistrates on the following day ; and on his approaching to
arrest him, he suddenly turned round, and, fiercely ex-
claiming " D—n your eyes, I'll shoot you !" raised the piece
to his shoulder, fired, and in an instant Tilsley fell to the
ground a frightful corpse, the contents of the gun having en-
tered the skull at or near the eye, and the blood and brains
being scattered about the court-yard in all directions. As
soon as he had consummated this appalling deed, the mur-
derer walked round the mangled body of his victim, dared
the bystanders to come on and receive the contents of the
other barrel, went to his lodgings and untied his horse,
mounted the animal, rode off in the direction of Coventry,
and has not been heard of since, though every exertion has
been made to trace him. As soon as assistance arrived, the
body was conveyed to an adjoining building, to await the
coroner's inquest, which was held yesterday (Tuesday), by
W. O. Hunt, Esq., of Stratford-upon-Avon, one of the
Warwickshire coroners, and a respectable jury. The public
sympathy is increased by the fact that poor Tilsley, though
so young, was a married man, and has left a widow and two
children to lament his untimely end. It was stated at the
Bromsgrove Petty Sessions yesterday, that the murderer had
been apprehended, but our latest accounts from the scene of
the tragedy do not confirm the statement, and the last re-
port received at the County Police Station, in this city, also
states that he has not yet been taken.—Worcester Journal,
Dec. 29.

25.—One of the mot melancholy cir-
on record occurred here this, morning at six
sh chapel of St. Nicholas was, as is usual,
rer classes of persons to hear first mass.

person in the gallery broke one of the rails, which
led the rest so much that a rush was made down the

le for freedom that thirty

persons were. actually suffocated- by the numbers literally
lying over them. While I write this the dead are passing on
doors carried by their friends. In fact, the whole town pre-
sents a melancholy spectacle, the friends and relatives of the
unfortunate sufferers running here and there in a distracted
state. When I went to the spot the scene was awful; the
large temperance room next the chapel was full of the unfor-
tunate victims laid out in rows, waiting some friends to re-
cognise and take them to their dismal homes. Several
medical men were in attendance, but all they could do was
to open a vein in each, which had no effect. I next went to
the watch-house where several lay in the same state. How-
ever, one man who had been bled recovered ; alsg two
women ; one of the latter cannot survive long. I was in-
formed by the apothecary of the dispensary that he had
succeeded in recovering five who were brought to him in
time. Several more,are despaired of.
Since writing the above a gentleman has called on me,
who states he was in the gallery at the time, and that it was
the ladder used for lighting the candles, that fell from the
place where it was hung, that caused the first alarm. How-
ever, it matters little what caused it—the numbers stated are
dead, and many are not expected to live the day.

At this moment (two o'clock) thirty-five persons are dead,
and it is supposed that from ten to fifteen more will shortly
be numbered among the dead. There are a great many, be-
sides, maimed. They are all of the lower classes, inch as
poor tradesmen, labourers, and servants—no respectable
persons among them. There was no danger at all of the gal-
lery giving way ; it is very strongly built, and would bear
four times the weight that was on it at the time. There
must have been between four and five thousand people in it
at the time.—Dublin paper.

PRESERVATION

ROSCREA, TUESDAY, 27th DEC., 1842.—Having just read
in your paper, of Monday, a distressing account of a most
dreadful calamity which happened on Christmas-day, at a
chapel in Galway, in which, at least, thirty-five individuals
were crushed to death, I thought it would be well to mention
a very extraordinary event which occurred, the same day, in
the parish of Corbally, near Roscrea. There is no Pro-
testant church in the parish ; but the people have, for some
years, assembled in the lofts of a mill. They had latterly
been transforming this mill into a church, but divine service
was still conducted there. On Christmas-day the congrega-
ton was unusually large, every corner filled to suffocation,
several hundreds crowded together. Service ended, sermon
closed, and the clergyman having sat down in the pulpit,
(waiting until the people would separate, that the commu-
nion might be administered,) a crash like thunder was beard :
then shrieks, groans, and cries of the most appalling nature ;
and, lo ! the greater-part of the long loft on which the people
were crowded, in the act of going out, was seen sinking ! A
beam had given way, and all—men, women, children, forms,
' beams rafters, commingled—were crushed into an under
story, lately excavated, twelve feet deep, and covered with
stones and rubbish. It was, indeed, the most horrible scene
I ever witnessed : nothing was expected but a sight of human
death and suffering such as the mind shudders at the contem-
plation of. It is calculated 150 went down, nearly one-half
the congregation But here came the cause of ,
here the subject of praise to every tongue : not a man, wo-
man, or child, that I can learn, was killed, nor a bone
broken ! A. few had scrapes, some clothes were torn, and
bonnets and bats broken. It, certainly, is a most astonish-
ing instance of providential interposition. Boards were torn
to pieces.

gratitude,

boards rent and wrenched, rafters and beams
broken, immense spikes and nails standing out in every di-
rection, through which the people were precipitated ; and,
yet, so did He give his angels charge concerning them, not
one individual was seriously hurt. It is worthy of observa-
tion, that the service was completely finished before this
catastrophe took place; and that the part of the floor on
which their plain and humble table was laid for the com-
munion, was left .untouched: so that the event afforded a
grateful restorative to those who, through terror or the shock,
had fainted or were indisposed. I may, perhaps, also add,
that-in that spot, on which a church had never been erected,
surrounded by those hundreds of poor Protestants, the
clergyman is now endeavouring, by private subscription, to
erect a permanent church, and that any benevolent indivi-
dual who sends a subscription to the curate of Corbally,
Roscrea, will aid and encourage a labour in the Lord's vine-
yard.—Dublin paper.