The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-15 00:00:00

THIRD RESOLUTION

That tbe duties imposed in the foregoing, schedules on ar-
ticles other than spirits and timber shall be respectively sub-
jest to the charge of five per cent. imposed by an act passed
in the 3d year of her present Majesty, cap. 17 ; and the du.
ties imposed in the foregoing schedules on spirits shall be
subject to the additional rated charge laid on spirits by the
said act, and the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules
on timber to the additional charge irriposed by the act 3 and
4 Victoria, cap. 19.

Mr. Hughes Hughes, the Hon. Secretary to the Times
Testimonial Fuqd, a barrister, and formerly a member of the
House of .Coinmons, is .a candidate for the office of town-
clerk of the city of London, with favourable prospects of
success.

THE BANK PARCEL ROBBERY.—Moody and King, the
two men who stand charged with stealing upwards of £lOOO
in notes from the Perseverance Bury coach, were brought up
for examination at the Mansion-house, London, On Friday,
and again remanded, Superintendent Berwick, of the Man-
chester police, having gained •some important information,*
but which lie could not at present distinctly prove.. It has
been ascertained that King left London on the 2.lith Feb.,
and returned by one of the early trains from Leeds, accom-
panied by a-female, who brought d painted deal box, sup.
posed to contain the stolen property. Bills have been issued`
offering a reward to any person who will give information as",
to where the prisoners had been lodging, for the last four of
five days previous to their apprehension.
BRIGHTON, MARCH 10TH.—The wrecks in the Clantnet.
we are afraid will turn out to be very numerous. At present
we' have beard of two, and in one of these cases, the whole of
the crew, 8 in number, and 2 pilots, who had gone on board
to conduct the vessel into the harbour, have unfortunately
met with a watery grave. The vessel was the brig Economy,
of Littlebampton, belonging to Mr. Thomas Isemonger, of
•Littlehainpton, laden with coals from Sunderland, in burden
about two. 2511 tons. Four or five other coal vessels were,
yesterday, in the Littlebampton roads, and all succeeded in
making the harbour. The Economy, however, .drew too
much water, and was obliged to remain in the roads, waiting
for the next tide. In the evening the hurricane, as we have
stated, sprang up; and, notwithstanding the efforts of the
captain and crew, the vessel has gone to the bottom, and not
one of the crew was able to reach the shore. The master of
the vessel was Captain IsetnOnger, brother of the owner. The
second case occurred off Brighton, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
A shooner wcs seen in the Channel, in the morning about
10 miles at sea. A Shoreham life-boat put off to her assist-
ance. At 3 o'clock the life-boat could be .discovered return-
ing, but no trace of the schooner was visible. . It is con-.
jectured that the crew have been taken into the life-boat, and
that the vessel has gone to the bottom. The life-boat is at
this moment returning, and is now (4 o'clock p.m.) 8 miles
distant from land. : -

ALARMING FIRE.—We stop the press to announce, that
this morning at half-past three o'clock, a fire, which threatens
most extensive conflagration, broke out in the drying-room
of the extensive tobacco warehouse of Mr. W. 0. Brigg, on
Welch-back. The fire-engines were rapidly on the spot, and
were plied with incessimt energy by the firemen and the
police ; but such was the mass of burning matter seated far
in the rear of the building, that the flames are at this moment
raging with fearful fury. At the moment we are writing the
bells of the churches are giving the alarm, and the utmost
consternation prevails for the safety of the adjacent premises.
Half-past four.—The fire appears to be got under, and hopes
are entertained• that the adjacent houses will be saved.—
Bristol Journal, Saturday.

USELESS KNOWLEDGE, OR EDUCATION WITHOUT RELI-
GION.—In the Central Criminal Court, some time since, two
young men, John Wingfield and William Kennedy, the for-
mer 22, and the latter 24, were tried for a most extensive
robbery committed by Wingfield, on his employers, aided by
Kennedy, who received and disposed of the stolen goods.
Both were young men of most respectable connections,
(Wingfield heir to a considerable fortune,) both persons of
genteel manners and appearance, both what is called " well
educated ;" " but," said the recorder, in passing sentence of
14 years' transportation on each, " this is a melancholy case,
affording another instance to those already, unhappily, so
very numerous, that education, mere intellectual educatipn,
WITHOUT A MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ONE, has very little
hold upon the human mina."

BURGLARY AND SPICIDE.—We have been. favoured ,by
the Rev. George Beadon, vicar of Axbridge, with the follow-
ing particulars of an awful catastrophelhat occurred in his
house a few days ago :—" On the evening of Sunday last, a
light was perceived in the parsonage-house, when it .was sup-
posed that it would be empty, by the clergyman and his ser-
vant being at the evening service at the church. The neigh-
bours, with a kind promptitude, came to the door, and rang
the bell, &c., and in a short time entered the house, both at
the back and front. Before "any one was seen, the report of
a pistol was heard, near the front door, and, on reaching that
spotia yourfir-trarrr; well knoWn to all, was found lying dead,
with a discharged pistol in his right hand, a loaded one in his
pocket, and a stick, with lead at both ettds, by his side, and
an iron instrument under the front door. It was concluded
that, seeing escape to be impossible, he had shot himself.
Not an article in the house was missing, or seemed displaced.
No accomplice was discovered. An inquest was held on the
body, and a verdict of self-destruction by a pistol returned.
No ball was found in the other pistol. The body is now be-
ing privately buried in the church-yard. The young man
was James Headford, about nineteen years of age, an appren-
tice of a smith residing in
.the town. On his person were
a life preserVer, eleven keys, a ' jemmy,' made on the best
principle, one 'skeleton key, and picklocks of various descrip-
tions ; also the key of the front door, which had been lost
about five weeks before, and by which no doubt the entrance
was effected."—Bristol Journal.

. • SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE.—The Rev. Mark Clarke, •on
Tuesday, received a letter from the Rev. Mark Galway,
Rector of Clonbeg, requesting him to inter a protestant pa-
rishioner of his in the churchyard of Latice, of which parish
the
.Rev. Mr. Clarke is curate, under the Ecclesiastical Com-.
missioners. Mr. G. stated in. his letter, that deceased (who
was in his 84th year) had been a strict protestant, and that
he attended him in his illness, and that in consequence of
his having married a Roman Catholic, there had been a schism
in the family, and that ia his last moments when he was in a
state of insensibility, a priest was introduced, but his son.
a prOtestant, requested that his father should be interred by
the Rev. Mr. Galway. - Immediately on receipt of this let-
ter the Rev. Mr. Clarke went to Latice, and met the funeral
at the churchyard gate, headed by three priests from the
parish of Clonbeg. When Mr. Clarke began the service,
one of the priests commenced reading also ; however. the
former persevered until they came to the grave, though an-
noyed and interrupted in every way possible. While the
grave was digging the priest came up to Mr. Clarke, and said
he was surprised at his interfering, as deceased was a Roman
Catholic. The rev. gentleman's reply was, " I attended in
consequence of Mr. Galway's letter, stating to the contrary
and am determined to do my duty:" Well, said the priest,
you must take the consequences. " Boys (addressing the'
crowd), I have done my part." The priests retired. When
the coffin was place(' in the grave, immediately on Mr. Clarke
resuming the service, he was set on tiy.a ferocious mob, who
made a rush at him, and he was precipitated headlong into a'
gravel-pit, on the brow of which the churchyard'is situated!
lie was then obliged to retire, amidst the shouts and hisses'
of the people, having received some bruises, but he is thank-
ful to.the Almighty, for having escaped with his life.—Lime-
rick Chronicle.