The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-09 00:00:00

tititiefatAthi, tile, the gOiatittiat Lite tordefrid pert,
Mona of 00 a tear each on the four dat ghtera of the late
Colonel Dennief of the 1311.F00t, who clAs killed at Jellala-

he commanded the soilie.—London paper.

Rugby School re-opened on the 28th ult. under the new
head master, the Rev. A. C. Tait, of I3aliol College, with an
increase of thirty boys. It is stated that there are now up-
wards of 400 boys in the school.

One lady died on Saturday in consequence of the injuries
received at the fall of the scaffolding at Edinburgh during her
Majesty's passage through the city, and one man is so
seriously hurt that there is no chance of his recovering. Six
others are in the hospital.
H o ITAM.—We hear with much pleasure that the present
Earl of Leicester is not likely to tread in the political foot-
steps of his father. It is rumoured that the young peer has
already discovered the folly of liberalism, and is likely to be-
come a staunch conservative.—Standard.

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The largest sheet of giass in the world has just been finished
at the works of the Thames Plate-glass Company at Poplar,
and may be seen at their warehouse in town. It is 15ft. Sin.
long by SAft. wide, and will, no doubt, be placed in some
public building, as there are few private residences in this
we fixed.
On seamen belonging to the
country
o n whereeMonday
da y it could
evening, b
Peace and Plenty of this port, at preset lying at Petty, were
returning in their boat, from amusing themselves by fishing,
the boat upset, close alongside their vessel, when both men
sunk, and were drowned, nothwithstanding the efforts made
by their shipmates to save them.—lnverness Courier.
The shareholders of the Aylesbury Railway held their
half-yearly meeting on Monday last, when it was determined
that they would forego their present dividend rather than let
the debts of the company remain unsatisfied. The £3OO
applicable for the dividend is, therefore, to be disposed of in
that way. It appears to be the wish of the shareholders that
either a sale or a perpetual lease of the line be made to the
Birmingham Company, who are the present renters of it.
RETIRING FROM THE TURN.—The Earl of Chesterfield
has directed the whole of his valuable breeding stud at
Brethby-park, consisting of brood mares, stallions, foals,
and yearlings, to be brought to the hammer next week.
Lord George Bentinck and Mr. Bowes, whose stud will be
sold at Doncaster, in addition to the Marquis of West-
minster's, are about to reduce their racing and breeding
stocks.

A CLASSICAL HORTICULTURIST.—At Sutton, near
I
Abingdon, Berks, a board s fixed up on a small cottage at
the end of the village, with the following unique announce-
ment : " Thomas Cullum, arborist, florist, horticulturist,
propagatory of culinary and esculent vegetables, indigenous
and exotic trees, shrub, and plants ; budder, grafter, pruner,
and trainer of standard, espalier, and mural fruit-trees, and
operator of every practical branch of the horticultural
geoponics.—N.B. Plantations laid out on the most pictur-
esque, geometrical, and scientific principles, on the shortest
notice.

Some of the newspapers mention the fact of the Emperor
of China having left Pekin for Tartary, and speak of it as a
flight to avoid the British forces. If we are not mistaken,
however, the emperor every year spends the summer at
Gahol, a town of Tartary. about 150 miles from Pekin,
where he has a magnificent palace, and where he received
Lord Maeartney's embassy in 1793. We imagine that the
supposed flight is nothing more than the usual migration of
the court to avoid the summer heats of Pekin.
THE LATE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER.—This valuable
preferment, which has become vacant by the demise of the
very Rev. Dr. Ireland, on Friday,' at his residence in the
Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, is the most lucrative deanery
in the church, its revenue, we believe, exceeding many of the
bishoprics. The late dean was dean of the order of the Bath.
The senior prebendaries, the Rev. Dr. Causton and the Rev.
W. N. E. Bentinck, administer the affairs of the deanery un-
til the appointment of the late dean's successor.

The Hull and Selby Railway Company have declared a
dividend of 10s. per share, a smaller one than appears to have
been expected from the traffic returns. The cause of the
dividend being less than anticipated is said to be the extra
expense to which the Railway is subject by the running of
mail trains at different hours to those despatched on ordinary
business. A resolution was also moved empowering the di-
rectors to apply to Parliament for power to raise £250,000 by
a further issue of shares to pay off the debts of the company,
and leave a surplus for the efficient working of the concern.

RUN FOR Gor.D.—Some ludicrous incidents arose out of

the withdrawal from the banks of the money belonging to
several sick and benefit societies. One case has been men-
tioned to us in which the members drew between £3OO and
£4OO from the bank, and resolved to place it in the hands of
the landlord of the house at which they hold their meetings.
The landlord, having no use for the money, and finding it
would add to his cares, determined to place it in a bank, and
actually deposited it the same day in the very bank from
which it had been taken. The members of another society
having withdrawn their money, were divided in their opi-
nions as to the disposal of it. It was proposed to place it in
the landlord's hands, but that was opposed, as were several
propositions to place it in the hands of trustworthy mem-
bers, and to divide it, and they ultimately agreed to return
with it to the bank from which it had been taken.—Bolton
PresB.

It is said that the government has decided that the Rev.
Robert Daly is to be the new bishop, and that the delay in
making the official announcement arises from the necessity
of having the judgment of the Prerogative Court, pronoun-
cing the reverend gentleman as the duly-elected Dean of St.
Patrick's confirmed by the Court of Delegates, to which
Doctor Wilson has appealed, preparatory to Mr. Daly's
elevation to the bench. This would give government the
nomination to the deanery, which in that event would be-
come vacant. It really does look as if this were the case, for
nothing short of such an arrangement being in contempla-
tion could justify the extraordinary delay that has taken
place in making the appointment.—Dublin Evening Mail.
BANKRUPT GAMBLERS.—For the edification of these
gentlemen, we give the following clause in the New Bank-
ruptcy Act, which comes into operation next November:—
" No bankrupt shall be entitled to the certificate under this
act, and any such certificate, if obtained, shall be void if such
bankrupt shall have lost by any sort of gaming or wagering
in one day twenty pounds, or within one year next preceding
his bankruptcy have lost £2OO by any contract for the pur-
chase or sale of any government or other stock, where such
contract was not performed within one week after the con-
tract, or where the stock bought or sold was not actually
transferred or delivered in pursuance of such contract."
STATE OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.—There
is no material change since our last, in the relative positions
of the workpeople and their employers in the county about
Manchester. To the northward of the town, both spinners
without
s o stilln a
ba tl
e a
prospect st a d, and,of a
and weavers are at work at the old prices ; whilst to the
southward and eastward,—especially at Ashton, Stalybridge,
aGslofasrsoaps,
wHeycdaena
speedy resumption of employment- In Manchester, the
spinners are all or nearly all at work, whilst the weavers are
as generally idle. Altogether the number of power-looms
now standing is supposed to be nearly 60,000.
AWFUL THUNDER STORM.—On Saturday se'nnight the
towns of Looe and neighbourhood were visited with a terrific
lneda r Stockport,—all por t l
any a
reasonable
thunder storm. One man was killed. The electric fluid, after
forcing out the crown of his hat, descended in front of his left
side occasioning a complete lontitudinal section of his shirt
and trousers, and shattering the stout half-boot of his left
foot into fragments, which were scattered to a considerable
distance. The only external injury was a flesh wound, about
an inch long, above the left ear. On East Crinnis Moors,
several children, who were gathering blackberries, took re-
fuge from its violence in a building erected for a stoppage •
but the lightning passed down the chimney and killed two of
them, both girls, on the spot.—West Briton.
withwen
Wells,
a untimelyjeweller, eonfd
45,in theimu
Museum-street,
presence.s
tre
ootf,
Bloomsbury,
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uy,
A melancholy- occurrence took place at Gravesend on
Sunday afternoon, in the highway between Springhead and
Perry-street, by which a respectable married women met
wife
boappearsoii for that
someM
eMsatragyairnegtt Wells.awith h rthfea
iJngohonf
omily, cfonMsi consisting has
t
two daughters and a son, in lodgings in West-street, Graves-
end ; and on Sunday afternoon, in the course of their cus-
tomary walk, they purchased some plums ; and as Mrs.
Wells was in the act of eating one, the stone got into her
throat and choked her. A messenger was immediately des-
patched to Dr. Russell, High-street, Gravesend, and that
gentleman promptly attended the unfortunate woman, but
before his arrival she had expired, to the horror of her three
children.

ANNUAL RATES OF MORTALITY.—The following is given
in the tables of mortality as exhibiting the mean annual rate
of mortality in the years 1838-40 :
Annual rate of Mortality per cent., 1838-40 :
Mean mortality of males
and females.
Liverpool ............................3,581
Manchester
Bristol
Leeds-.
Birmingham 2,718
Metropolis
Brighton
Isle of Wight 1,647
Read thus :—Of 100 persons living in Liverpool, 3,581 died
annually ; or, without decimals, of 100,000 persons living
(50,000 males and 50,000 females), 3,581 died annually.
THE QUEEN'S MOVEMENTS.—Her Majesty's journey in
the north is likely to be more extensive than was at first
anticipated. The Duke of Argyll is making large prepara-
tion at lnverary Castle, embellishing his beautiful residence,
and forming a new approach. It is probable. also, that her
Majesty will visit the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, in
the " far north," at Dunrobin Castle, the oldest inhabited
mansion in Great Britain. When her Majesty was informed
that there was no good landing-place at Dunrobin, she replied,
" Oh, I can land anyvvhere that the Duchess can." If the
weather be propitious, and her Majesty's usual health con-
tinue, we believe both these visits will be paid. The clan
Campbell arc in high excitement, and will pour down from
all the hills to Inverary. We hope its most illustrious mem-
ber, the author of the Pleasures of Hope, will string his lyre
on the occasion, and greet, with one of his deathless songs,
the arrival of Queen Victoria among the scenes of his ances-
tors.—lnverness Couricr.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday week, the Rev. S. R.
Carver, the minister of Stannington Church, with his wife,
were leaving their house in a vehicle commonly used by them,
when the horse suddenly became unmanageable and ran away
down a steep road toward the Loxlev river. On coming to
Malin Bridge, the two individuals, who bad both until that
moment kept their seats, were thrown forward with great
violence on the ground, the horse and carriage being like-
wise overthrown. An individual, who was near and saw the
accident, immediately ran and held down the horse's head,
so that be was secured on the spot. Mr. Carver and his
lady were presently taken into the nearest public-house, and
medical aid sent for; but they were quite insensible, and so
much injured by the fall that no hopes were entertained of
their recovery. He died on Wednesday morning ; the lady
lingered in a hopeless state, being sadly injured, and *holly
insensible, until Friday afternoon, when she expired. The
rev. gentleman, who was a !native of this town, and highly
respected by all who knew him, had not been married more
ce
rules,
l woulde downs
,or
than about eight months; his lady was the daughter of the
One man trimmed his stock,
Whether
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this
is another.exceeded
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late Joseph Ilarris, Esq., of Cambridge.—Sheffield paper.
PAINTING THE FACES of SHEEP.—At the late meeting
oEfsgth.,eef NorthHants
Shotesham,
N a Agriculturalrfolk, g a
ve Society,thi
e fe i
e w Henrya g Faeml 1 oaws
amusing
account of the tricks practised to show stock to advantage.
very closely, and he believed that some shaved them.—
(Muchhiceh wassti.
ctioduieist.,
laughter.) Such was the zeal of some parties, such
the knowledge of the importance of evenness of appearance,
that it had come to the knowledge of the committee that
some individuals bad actually painted the faces of their sheep.
in a drawing-room.-
-(Much laughter.)
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committees
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perhaps
so
tahffierymd;idbui
it.--
(Laughter.) II
pulated that all sheep stock exhibiltdedafsokr premiums should be
properly washed. Now he would whether this meant
the proceedings at
that they would wash their .
fut
by
reed that ram stock should be
thinking it " when unadorned,
practise had been introduced by
painted sheep had not only de-
t(aLiredgh, teaard.)thlatt was an opinion which he had long enter-
Overton Fair,
phrey, and all
the society's
adorned shown i nthietsnanoastty,al
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de-
ceived common observers, but even the scrutinising eye of
tthhaet
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premiums in triumph.