The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-09-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE H IGEI EIGHTON MURDER.—A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown has been returned in this case.  Several parties connected with the grain and flour trade in Douglas, Isle of Man, have resolved upon establishing a weekly market. A. few days ago a salmon, weighing 511b5., in fine condition, was caught on one of Mr. Allan's banks, near New burgh. Mr. Pritchard is not to be sent back to Tahiti, but is to be, or has been, appointed consul to the Navigator,' Islands, a group considerably to the westward. A clerk in the Bank of England, and another in the Customs, have obtained a fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO consols, with which they have absconded. In the Peak, within a week back, some persons holding a few acres of land, have been mowing and shearing in one field at one time—a very uncommon occurrence.  On Tuesday last, a weaver, of London, died of lock-jaw, in consequence of having slightly punctured his great toe with a needle, in order to relieve the pain of a gathering or blister.  The London letter-carriers, Tapson, Saunders, Long, Bell, Walker, Skinner, and Croskell, who had been in the habit of opening the letters of sporting gentlemen, have been dismissed.  A war steamer, constructed of mahogany, and intended to be the largest in the world, is on the stocks, and will probably be launched in April next. She is to be called the Terrible.  The Standard positively contradicts the rumour, that " the government has acceded to Captain Warner's proposition, and will moor a line-of-battle ship off the Goodwin Sands, for him to destroy." The accounts from the collieries in the north are satisfactory. The pits are all at work ; and though there is some talk, there is very little fear of the men " knocking off" again. A painful degree of alarm bag been created in some parts of Bedfordshire. owing to the revival of those incendiary outrages which spread dismay throughout the district last winter.  We believe that in the beginning of October it is intended to call out the pensioners for training, but that only two days, instead of five, will this year be employed for that purpose. The hop-picking commenced at Orchard Portman, near Taunton, a fortnight ago. The crop is not abundant, but rather favourable than otherwise. The quality will be excellent.  In consequence of the prosperous condition of the building trade in Glasgow, the master masons have unanimously come to a resolution to raise the rate of wages of their workmen to Ills. a week.  The Paella, an ii on steamer of 210-horse power, fell from a building-slip at Cowes, last week, a distance of nine feet, without receiving any material injury. A timber-built vessel would have been completely crippled by such a fall.  At present there are practising in England and Wales 15,000 attorneys. The sum they have contributed to the revenue in the shape of stamp duties on their articles and certificates is calculated at £1,600,000, besides their annual licenses.  Sept. 17, 1844.  T. Whitmore, Esq., of Apley Park, Salop, at his late audit, granted to his tenantry not only compensation for the injury their crops had sustained by the game, but also a full allowance for what each had suffered in his crops 13/ the long and excessive drought of the spring and summer. A new and extraordinary disease, arising, it is supposed, from the drought which deprived the grass of its succulent qualities, has arisen among cattle in some parts of the country. The animals are seized with delirium, and In many cases expire before the veterinary surgeon can arrive. It is stated that the disease is not contagious.