The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1833-11-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ASHFORD.—We are happy to record an act of benovence on the part of Mr. Knight, of Godmersham Park, which we trust will be followed by other wealthy individuals in the county.— Thirty-two acres find a half of pasture have been diyided amongst eight, and five acres of arable amongst twei've, industrious labourers of the parish of Westwell.—Dover Telegraph. The following case of extreme distress appears in a London morning paper of Monday, communicated by the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, of Stepney :—" The Paragon, a Stockton trader, on the 4th of November, at six, p.m., anchored in safety, near the Nore. About seven the captain discovered the half-deck to be in flames ; and, though every exertion was made to extinguish the fire, all their efforts were unavailing. The crew and passengers,- making sixteen person; saved their lives by taking to their boat; but not an atom of the property was rescued from the flames. The vessel burned to the water's edge, and then sank. By this calamity an unfortunate family, five in number, has been unexpectedly plunged into the deepest distress. Mr. Thomas Metcalf, with his, wife, two daughters, and a son, were taken out of the burning Vessel, in their night-clothes only, and were exposed to the inclemency of the weather, up to their knees in water, in an open boat, nearly three hours; and it was not until the afflicted father had arrived in London that clothing could he procured for his family. Ile was about to settle in London, and had embarked with his family, his household furniture, linen, &c., and all his property in money; and by this overwhelming visitation of Providence all has been lost, and he and his family are in entire destitution."  ATeociotis CliunLTy.=—lt is with pain that we relate the following act of cruelty, which was committed iu lioker-lane, near Pudsey, on Thursday se'nnight. About one o'clock on that. morning William Emsley came home; his wife had got his supper ready, and was sitting up expecting him. Ile threw the door open, and told her to go out of the house ; she entreated him to sit down and get his supper, but the brute knocked her down. She again invited him to get his supper, and then he placed her upon the fire ! She extricated herself from that dreadful situation without any serious injury; but as she wat getting over a wall, on her road to a neighbour's house, he lee loose a bull-dog at her, and, while the dog held her, struck her several severe blows on the head. Ile then asked her if she would ever run away again, and she promised she would not. She got away from him as tie was taking her back to the house, and ran through a gate into a field. He again set the dog at her, and while the dog worried her, he kicked and beat her in a most cruel and brutal manner. She cried out " murdrir," and man of the name of George Tordoff ran with a pitchfork to the place. When the husband saw him coming he left the woman, and slipped the dog at the man, but he-- beat the dug off with the pitchfork. The husband then left the unhappy woman, and walked away in the direction of his uncle's house ; but when he had got a few score yards he returned, to see if his wife was in the house, and swore that if she was not dead he would kill her! The neighbours, however, resched her front further violence. He went into the house, and declared that if any man went in or near Linn he would murder him. Mr. W. Hutchinson, the constable, came and charged another wan to his assistance to take him into custody. Ile knocked the assistant down, but was secured immediately, and delivered up to the constables of Pudsey, by whom he was conveyed to the lock-up room at Bradford, for the purpose of being examined- before the magistrates. The woman's jawbone is fractured, and her body nearly covered with bruises. Her lower extremities are dreadfully lacerated and mangled by the dog. ller life is, of course, in the greatest clanger. She remains at the house of her father, Mr. Stephenson, of Farsley-. We would fain hope that the 11154L4e.-I,edi Intalijuncer.  Emporto.