The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-09-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

POWDER. MAGAZINE in the neighbourhood of Otschakow,.in•Russia, in which about-16,000 kilogranunes of powder wore deposited, blew up a short time since-with a terrific explosion. A soldier who 'was on guard was knocked -to pieces, and an old man who lived in a'house near the place. was killed by the falling. of a stone on his head. The -roofs of the houses and the churches in the town were seriously injured by the falling stones, and an • immense number of windows were broken. A JEWISH CoLolcv is described in the Jewish Chronicle as having lately 'been discovered at SingapOre. They claim to be descended from the exiles of the-first Babylonish captivity, and are 'ignorant of the second dispersion. They embraced a European ,3ew visitor as a brother, and were glad to find thattaconld converse with them in the Hebrew language. On his attending divine service, he was called to the reading of the law from a heautiful.scroll, the rollers of which were of .silver, ornamented with filagree work.  THE INHABITANTS OF HOLYHEAD have presented a petition to' her Majesty, requesting that she will be g.ra.ciously pleased to allow the -new harbour to be called the " Royal Victoria Harbour." it is a magnificent place, and would afford accommodation for 100 sail of ships, and forms a perfect basin, where ships can at all times lay in perfect security. THE FOUNDATION STONE of a new building for the Athemeum, at Melbourne, Derbyshire, has been laid by Lord Palmerston, who followed up the formal ceremonial by an address on the advantages which such an institution was capaide of conferring. The building, which has been commenced, is to be erected after designs by Mr.' Stevens, of Derby, at an estimated cost of about £7OO. It will provide accommodation for an Infants' School, a Mechanics Institute, and a Savings Rank. LORD LONDESBOROUGH, it is said, has completed the purchase of the Selsby estate for £270,000, from the Hon. Mrs. Petre, widow of the Hon. E. Petre, of Selby; Mrs, Petre, who was left sole executrix to her husband, with the property at her own disposal, has taken the veil in France ; and the whole of her property will of course go to the funds of the nunnery which she has entered. A SINGULAR SUICIDE occurred last week in the coffeeroom of the Cathedral Hotel, London. A young man named George F. Stanley Smith, who was shortly to have been married, swallowed prussic acid, which occasioned his death. From a paper found in his pocket, it is inferred that he committed the fatal act, in consequence of feeling an inferiority of merit, in himself, to whom he was about to be united. A TRAIN on the York and Scarborough Railway was, the young lady with on Wednesday last, discovered to be on fire. On this line, it seems, luggage is carried on the roofs of passenger carriages, and on the occasion referred to, it is presumed, a spark from the engine had alighted on a pile of luggage, and fanned by the current of air induced by the motion of the train, speedily involved the pile in flames. Fortunately the fire was discovered, and the burning luggage removed, before any very serious damage took place. Several of the passengers, however, were seriously alarmed by the occurrence.