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

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whiskey duty in 1839 was £1,510,092; in 1840,
1,0 j„ ; and in 1141, £964,711.
Last week a woman in the Old Guard Vennel, Perth, died
at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and six months.
She retained almost all her facultieseven to her latest breath.

The election of treasurer to the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum
took place on Tuesday last, when Mr. John Walker, of Lan-
caster, was elected.

A woman,. aged 103, of Frejenwalde, near Berlin, has
just contracted her fourth marriage with a man of 60 ! The
youthful bride has a son SO years of age.

The Courier newspaper, for many years the most flourish-
ing newspaper property in the metropolis, merged on Thurs-
day into the Globe evening paper.

COLONEL Sim ALLAN NAPIER MACNAB.—The friends of
British North America intend to give this gallant and disT
tinguished officer a farewell dinner, at the Thatched House,
next Friday, at which the Duke of Richmond is to preside.
Mr. John Rees, manager of the National Provincial Bank
at Devonport, destroyed himself on the 2d instant, by cut-
ting his throat with a razor in his bed-room at the banking-
house.

Measures are in progress for the holding of an Eisteddfod
in Carmarthen next summer. The Lord Bishop of St.
David's (Dr. Connop Thirlwall) has consented to become
the patron.
The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of Middle-
sex, has established a rule that he will not put into the
commission of the peace any gentleman who is engaged in
business.

REMOVAL OF FRANCIS.—On Wednesday morning, at half-
past seven o'clock, the above convict was removed from
Newgate, in the custody of Newman, one of the chief
turnkeys of the prison.
Thirty-nine indictments for wilful murder have been framed
by the crown in the police case for the Ennis Assizes, in
which each man of the thirty-eight committed is severally
charged us a principal, the rest aiding and abetting.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church for the
whole United States have just decided, by a vote of 71 to
11, that a man who marries his deceased wife's sister is
guilty of incest.
The following is among the unclaimed letters at the
Blackburn Post-office :—" Mester George Little, tailor, an
Skotshman, next door toth Union Brig, not him ats next to
Dokter Grimes, but him ats next to Brig."

A fellow, named Ford, undertook for a wager to eat forty
boiled eggs the other day at Morton, Lincolnshire,' and after
performing his disgusting feat, offered to lay another wager
that he could eat twenty more.

Lord Lowther is making arrangements in the Post-office
to despatch a morning mail by railroad to several places that
now receive only the evening mail, and to some that receive
a mail only once in two days.

A Goon HAUL.— On Saturday evening last, a house, No.
9, Chatham-street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, was burglariously
entered, and £O5 in bank-notes and a diamond pin stolen
therefrom. A reward of twenty pounds is offered for the
apprehension of the burglars.
REDUCTION OF NI; AGES—TURN-OUT.—AII the mills be-
longing to Mr. Samuel Ashton, near Hyde, have this week
turned out in consequence of an attempt to reduce their
wages. The number employed has been near, if not alto-
gether, 2000 hands.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—This company
have contracted for the supply of all their iron rails at £6
per ton. This is owing to the depression in the iron trade.
Many other companies have had to pay as much as £ll per
ton !

A movement is now making respecting the Chester Port
Improvement by a ship canal ; and we have seen a list of
names connected with the project, which, in all probability,
will be soon so largely encreased as to afford hopes of com-
mencing. this grand and national work.—Chester Chronicle.

A labourer, sixty years of age, at Down's Wharf, East
Smithfield, killed himself the other day, by sucking strong
whiskey, 30 degrees above proof, through a reed inserted in
the bunghole of a barrel. He fell down insensible, and never
recovered.

CRICKET.—GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. GENTLEMEN
OF KENT.—This match, which was commenced at Lord's on
Monday morning, terminated the following evening, when
the gentlemen of England were declared to have won the
game by a majority of forty-five runs.
On Tuesday week there were exhibited in Salisbury mar-
ket a waggon-load of rats' tails, consisting of forty-three
bushels ! They were the spoils of an individual rat-catcher,
who had for several years preserved the tail of every rat he
had destroyed, in proof of the veracity of his accounts of
his. feats, which had not been till then impugned.

THE MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD. —There is now
every reason to be sanguine of the early restoration to perfect
health of this amiable marchioness—an event that will be
the source of unmixed pleasure to all classes of the com-
munity. The latest account from Curraghmore is to the
effect that her ladyship had passed another good night, and
was free from pain or fever.

A day or two ago, Mr. William Footman, of Lutterwoqh,
who had been annoyed for several nights by a strange buzzing
under the floor of his bed-room, had the floor taken up, and
found, to his astonishment, that a complete swarm of bees
had colonised, and were hard at work there, having effected
an entrance through a hole in the mortar between the bricks.
This eccentric hive had already begun to form its ingenious
cellarage, a large piece of honey-comb having been tormed.
The swarm was secured and placed in the garden.
REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—About eight days ago
a swarm of young bees, from the stock of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stephenson, of Dalton-in-Furness, left the parent hive in
search of a new habitation ; and after flying about for some
time alighted upon a small bird, which was perched upon the
bough of a pear-tree, and which, strange as it may appear,
allowed itself to be hived along with the bees, and after
remaining with them a short time flew out of the hive,
apparently quite delighted with its novel adventure.—Lan-
caster Guardian.

A German journal gives the following account of the ex-
port and import trade of the port of Stockholm :—" In 1821,
the exports of merchandise of every kind amounted in value
to 12,161,000 rix dollars ; in 1840, the amount was 20,437,000
rix dollars. In 1821, the imports were 11,143,000 rix dol-
lars ; and in 1840, they were 18,308,000 rix dollars." The
same article adds, " The finances of Sweden are in a most
flourishing state. Paper is of equal value with silver, and is
even preferred on 'Change. The King, however, not satis-
fied with even this prosperity, is said to be engaged new
plans of finance for Norway."

CHESTER STATION OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAYS.—The Grand Junction Railway Company are about to
erect a station at the terminus of their line at Chester, in-
stead of the temporary one they at present occupy. It is in-
tended that it shall not only afford every convenience to the
public, but that it shall be an ornament to the city. The site
of the station is to be between the present offices and Flook-
ersbrook •, it will stand over the main line of rails • recessed
about 100 feet from the old road, and the whole dale space
thus left will be appropriated to the use of persons arriving
and departing both in carriages and on foot.
MEAL MOD AT DUMFRIES.—Rare as rioting is in Dum-
fries, a regular and formidable meal mob occurred on the
night of Saturday last. Without foundation the story was
bruited abroad that the grain dealers had entered into a
combination for the purpose of raising the price of oatmeal,
although we have heard it stated on good authority that
most of them, from particular circumstances, have been
selling of late at or under prime cost. At ten o'clock the
mob paid a visit to the shop of Messrs. Kelly, Bridge-street,
and commenced a regular assault on the premises with
stones, smashing windows and the panels of the door, and
exposing customers, as well as the inmates, to the greatest
bodily fear and danger. After wreaking their vengeance at
this point, the mob proceeded to the shop of Mr. Bell,
Church-street, Maxwelltown, and literally, it may be said
gutted his dwelling. A whole barrowful of stones were
pitched against the doors and windows, and it was observed
by Mr. Bell, jun., who was rudely assaulted, that some of
the rioters were armed with heavy sticks and bludgeons.
Some of the offenders are known to the authorities ; and we
understand twelve persons have been apprehended, who
are either in goal, or in the course of examination before the

sheriff and procurator-fiscal. To-day, shortly after one
o'clock, an effort was made to rescue a juvenile prisoner
by a great .crowd assembled in Buccleuch-street, but the
officers did their duty so well that the attempt proved abor-
tive. A report is current that similar outrages occurred, in
the end of the week, in Annan and Thornhill, but as yet we
have received no particulars, and are, therefore, unable,
either to confirm or contradict the alleged fact.—Dnmfries
Courier.

DARING HOUSEBREAKING AND ROBBERY.—The house
of Thomas Reyburn, the hermit, was entered last night by
two fellows, who took away every farthing of money the re-
cluse had in his repositories. According to the account of
Margaret Paterson, servant to the hermit, who came to town
this morning to communicate information to the procurator-
fiscal and the police, about twelve o'clock last night, one of
the windows of the habitation was violently driven in, and
two men came in through the opening, each with a pistol in
his hand. They immediately went to the hermit's bedside,
who, when he heard the crash of the window, exclaimed to
the servant, the only other inmate of his residence, " It is
all over now." The thieves seized Thomas by the throat,
presented their pistols at his head, and threatened to blow
out his brains unless he rose and gave them money. VG bile
the hermit was getting out of bed, the burglars coolly took
out a box of inciter matches, and lighted a candle which they
had with them. They confined their demand at first to one
pound, and the hermit gave them thirty shillings ; but, on
looking round the premises, and perceiving a large chest,
they compelled the hermit to produce tha key that they
might secure its contents. They then proceeded most deli-
berately to count over these stores of the hermit, which alto-
gether amounted to nearly thirty pounds, occasionally partak-
ing of a bottle of whisky which had also been an inhabitant
of the chest ; all the while venting the most tremendous
oaths at the hermit and at the servant-maid, threatening
what they would do if ever they told any person of the rob-
bery. At length having counted the money to the smallest
copper, they put it up in the bags, and, and, having spent
fully two hours in the premises, they rose to depart. They
compelled the hermit to open the door, and, to convince
him that the pistols were loaded, had the audacity to fire one
off in his presence in proof of the fact. These daring bur-
glars had the appearance of labourers, and were evidently
Irish from their dialect.—Kilmarnock Journal of Thursday.

, ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEAS.-At the London Central
Criminal Court, on Thursday, Michael Hanlon, 21, Robert
I Longman, 25, and Robert Welsh, 20, were indicted, for that
they, being mariners on board the ship Pioneer, did felo-
niously make a revolt in the said ship, upon the high seas,
within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. It ap-
peared that the Pioneer was bound from Liverpool to An-
cona, and on the 23d of February last, whilst in the Gulf of
Venice, was brought to for the purpose of obtaining some
water from an Italian brig; two kegs of water and two jars
of wine were sent by the captain of the brig, with a request
that some tobacco might be sent in exchange. The captain
(.1. Dunning) ordered the prisoners to take the water down
into the cabin, but Welsh interfered and said it should not
be taken down, as it was wanted for the crew. Butler, the
chief mate, insisted upon the captain's orders being executed,
upon which a scuffle ensued, during which Hanlon knocked
the mate down the companion-ladder. The captain then
went on deck, and Hanlon threatened to stab him with a
knife which he bad in his hand. The captain then ordered
him Ito the wheel, but he refused to obey ; another scuffle
then ensued, during which the captain was thrown down :
on rising he went into the cabin, and, whilst consulting the
mate, overheard a conversation on deck between the men,
who were debating upon the propriety of taking possession
of the vessel and killing all the hands on board. The cap-
tain immediately loaded his pistols, and went on deck accom-
panied by the mate, when one of the pistols accidentally
went off and wounded the mate in one of his arms. The
prisoner then wanted to hoist a signal of distress, but the
captain refused to let them have the flag for that purpose.
Upon the captain again going on the deck, Hanlon a second
time threatened to stab him with a clasp knife; the captain,
however, presented his pistol and drove him back to the fore-
castle, and obtained possession of the knife. The other pri-
soners were then called up to secure Hanlon, which they
did. It was further proved that while the captain and mate
were in the cabin, the captain's wife went on deck, when
Hanlon assaulted her, and tore the gown from her back, and
made use of violent threats. The jury found all the pri-
soners guilty of an assault, but recommended Longman and
Welsh to mercy. Mr. Baron Gurney sentenced Hanlon to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months,
Longman to four months, and Welslito three•months' hard
labour.