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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-08-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MARKET.f-THIS isldga vspel aArsaYtth haser k4,i.,repc,rtee`,;('e,d by continuous f4,)tis 4.2.1 irona other wet,districts i the kingdom, and th',l4.ta.o rlit,e',7 harvest are undoubtedly iruch less pro;.e_stieltsou., 82 ()with regard to tWheeat, that even with a leterll,4l'„ ea"..11: hm the presT-_itt ira. it is apprehended °arrrkt4t,Ltle q, a 174 of only will 11., l'ereable produee fall Th iv. and natural weight prove more or less aefire seems, therefore, to be .l'ttle doubt that 'ik,,,it,iL'elitoeulents of foreign importation will be consireatNmlitit,,B4l)Ply the void occasioned by a comparatively. Kl'ot Th" e 8 for the necessary purpose of. admixture, eogn't thn.; relgti',llo,atils after harveSt, with the grain ; tis was eeNiett-Yen with the, fine condition of lathyear's et ti)-1 t,A no mch strono•er prospective evidence areeeqlllll,ll-1 sw.tu—ff,ufor the the Continent purpose alluded the 4, are 1,5 is The report from tr.c:l4tBojf"tht4l4llter similar to our own,-and those of the N( rep., e napv e far from favourable, but the American. 114 ejifill,atteri,,est, now in ameasure realized, are mti -ritiBll c'ent character, great totht country we roark assistance. At the present moment, all irn,,'7,,PrevaPs ride exceedingly, dull, and low prices `4?. ltdjurts Mod supplies of home grown Wheat, blk'atermeinß ‘Ol.ll abroad, and the current range (f.value 1414,..411g; asst cautious plan of operations, which the OtiC'atli,i-,Prt of the season has no power to disturb: I,Vp 11,14 41e, it Owever, that, in the absence of such snstaming litt,ttlip„Nidn's Probable that prices would, by this time, have ,s4tll,,.`rably lower. The trade here has ruled very flat t,iltAntlli,',lnarket day, and both Wheat and Flour have 'cltthi4 e-?' 13, rather easier. Indian Corn, at the same l)e.°e• 1.'44 up a little in value, bat the transactions not IN? N 5 :oh; into this port,--during the week ending yesterLIN, :,1, consist of a-liberal supply of Wheat, chiefly NiLkfa,•;,ll4 Partly'froin Denmark, Genoa, and Egypt, in;l4,llslit 4 ~Ifn'Port of American and Egyptian Maize, nearly Spanish Flour, with several minor arrivals of °te4tl .ef 'f,„ In s, and Peas, as specified below ; while the 1111„1iltii`C., Flour, and Oatmeal, coastwise and from 14t,,,,T0rti Increased, and exclusive of about 8,000 quarters 1;:`11a, tishiPPed to Ireland, and 1,100 quarters of Oats to NLe exports of the week are trivial. ir L0..1 ~101.,;„maY was moderately well attended, and fai_r ',ll4','ti,voi.l„esB was doing in Wheat at a decline of 3d. ewertq 4 t ,dour there was a moderate consumptive de6d. less mone Of Indian' Coin little offerhe,.'" iroProvementyin value. Oatmeal. slightly tllttNt4t'r, s articles withouealteiation. IPIIN3' it) 171 C considerable ttel tA rumour has gained IN, Th!aicia,,to the effect that a, man named Fleetwood_g. tlealie,„'„about four o'clock this morning Ai 4tte suicide is reported to have been for a l__ong of Mr. Sandbach, of this town. We ton trace the rumour to any authentic • LERIc NTE !k
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-12-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—At the Bury pettz, sessions, on Friday, William Kershaw, acedllier, was chargednikit attemptinF toctomtnit suicide tpy hanging himself with a handker e Inef. 4On Wednesday night,: about eleven eldi&k, a police'beard a strange moieevp the entry near the Boar'sheet-;.and, on going up, he(fotvaa the prisoner suspended from Tome Iron bars, and on The ipiaat of death. tile was itnmedildblrout down, and life area restored. It was stated that 'the prisoner was sober st-thetime ; that he bad been in the 'employ of Messrs. Roscoe and Lord ; and was known to the I)elieepi child or two bariinebeen affiliated espcn him in that 'court. When asked wily he hs.d attempted at destroy himtelf,the said he had been 'hailing a little drink. He had done 'What 'he had under the z.infleence of jealons7,. Mr. Crook, chairman of the beno'h, (commented on the 'awful position in 'Whibh the prisoner bad ;Placed himself, self: dismissed him, 'ordering him to pay (expenses. "IVlre MEDICAL Passasecon.—On Thurs4l.-y a deputation from the Provincial Medical :and Surgical Association, con'slating of Sir Charles Ilatiangi, Drs. 1p aster, Wynter, O'Connor, and Henry, Messrs. Brady, M.P. ; Headlam, M.P. ; Uottomley, Lord Nutnulley,'&e. waited on Sir George Grey, at ' therilome-office, for the ;purpose of ascertainfag the intentions '2f,Jgovernment on the 4:11mb:on of medial reform. Mr. eadlam introduced the.deputation ; aftevitich Sir Charles 'Brlastings, M.D., laid beforeiger George Grey their views and '*ishes on the subject of medical reform *kith the Provincial 'Association are well lenown`lo entertain. 'ire Home Seere' tory, in the course of the linorview, repeatedly gave the dePotation to understandthat the government had no intention arid would not easily be induced to bring in a bill on the sublect;but recommended Ir.ißeadlam to reintroduce his bill, With such improvements .as might be respired, promising it la that case his indiVidusl-support, bnt nte,-, pledging that of the government. Mr. Heildlam said he-saw no chance of 'Carrying it, as he should 'be4certainly met with the objection ',that the subject was •one 'to be dealt with by government The-,members of the deputation were comptiled to retire from 'the interview without the eneOuragementnhey sought.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-12-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

AND JEN-NV L11413.-rhe two greatest lyrical artistes in the world are' at this.moment residing ivithin three doors of each other 'End at the Bedford notel, and Grisi in a mansion'olose to • her, 'where the latterliill remain till after her confinement, .the%accouchement or" La Diva" being daily expedted. Mario *.Teturned to Brighton from Paris on Saturday last, and isz ill here.—Brig7iton Gazette. AN INFontfulflLTE ReNK.—The North of 'England Joint Stock Bank which stopped payment in Newcastle in the early part of 1.147,:and the alkirs of which ha-re since been in course of settlement Under the Windingzup Act, has now nearly reached file end of that process. The Master of the Rolls, on Monday,. ordered aiurther return 'Of £5 per share, in addition to three several, calls of £3O, gig, and £l5, to be paid by such 'of thecontribttories as have ,n6t entered into saw compromise.  TIM LAVE lin.--2111r:Wahley, the.cmner, stated, arca inquest held last week, that his belief, and that of a mauler of his profesSion, was, that the Emperor'Xicholas committed suicide. ."Tis deatl.rvas put down tolpgralysis of the lungs and broncliiitis, which, -according to theaqmptoms desciiibed, was known %Ivo& medteal men to havekeen impossible. The official •doeument;,deseitbing the Emperor's death, atated`that at the la et he took ileswe of his family with a 'firm voice—a proceeding physically impossible if ho was suffering from the disease .gteted in the•tertificate of &db.."  PON= AIYrorSTMENTs AS A. NE WARD or METerm.—At the meeting of the Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution last week, prodded over...by the Dean ,ctf 'Hereford, the olairman read a letter from 'Mr. John Wood,. Chairman of the Inland BevermeCommisbion, authorising .64 Dean to offer,:as a prize to ibe conipeted Turin the Huddersteld Mechanics' Institution, a situation 'in ithelinland revenue, which the chairman will hold himself readyto provide yearly..—Manchester Guardian BaßlDElß(Catmauss' Rarzway.--LThe ceremeny,d cutting the tfire sod. of This railway was fly performed at Ilexham, ori Tuesday. 'The line commences at about a mile'from Hexnriiereit Will join the Newcastle and Carlisle:Railway ; it,crosses theriver, and taking the valley of North 'Tyne by Walk, 'Bedesmouth, Hareshaw Ironworks' Bellingham, arid Palstone, terthingtes in a valcialle mineral distsicts,ctilled the Plashetts.  Ear
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-10-02 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—At the Police-court, on Saturday, a respectable-looking young woman, named Jane Venables, was charged with attempting to drown herself ky jumping into the river from the south end of the Landing-stage. On Tues, day she was observed to go on the Landing-stage, where she rolled her shawl round her head and jumped into the river. Her clothes kept her above the water, and some boatmen rescued her before she had been in the water more than about three minutes. She was then conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where she remained until Saturdw. Mr. Wall, the louse-surgeon of that institution, stated that when she was received into the hospital she was suffering from the effects of an immersion and great mental distress. When in bridewell she told Mr. Parkinson that she came from Little Walton, about two miles from Warrington, where she had been in the service of a man named Joseph Long 'Shaw, formerly the driver of an omnibus. She left this situation in consequence .of his attempting to take improper liberties with her. Since then she had `been at Eastham ; and on Tuesday she returned to Liverpool, where she met with a woman who offered to carry her bundle for her. The bundle contained three dresses belonging to the prisoner, a shawl, and other articles of clothing, besides a sovereign of money, which was all the poor girl possessed in the world. After getting the property into her possession the woman made off with it, and left her destitute in the street. In a state of frenzy, and not knowing what she was doing, she then ran down to the pier, and attempted to destroy herself in the way described. As she expressed her regret for her conduct, Mr. Mansfield discharged her, and gave an order for her carriage to be paid back to Warrington, and 10s. to be given to her to purchase clothes with.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-09-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHIPBUILDING AT NEW YORK.—The total amount of tonnage on the stocks, including vessels just commencing, is something over 20,000 tons, comprising 18 vessels of all descriptions, and including two steamships, four ships, five steamers, four brigs and barques, and three schooners. The two steamships are'the Adriatic for the Collins line, and the Cornelius Vanderbilt for the Vanderbilt line of Havre—both of enormous size. At the Westervilt yard, there was building for the New York and Liverpool trade (Mr. Wm. Tyson) a ship of 1,600 tons. At Webb's yard, a ship of 1,400 tons for Williams and Guyon was building under the superintendence of Captain Edwards. Mr. Steers is proceeding rapidly in the construction of the huge steamship the Adriatic, building by him for the Collins New York and Liverpool line, and expects to have her ready for launching by the Ist or middle of March next. She is building under the superintendenee of Captain Luce. She will have oscillating engines of immense power, which are constructing in the Novelty Iron Works. At Green Point, Mr. Simonson is pushing forward to completion his great steamship called the Cornelius Vanderbilt, 3,600 tons burthen, for the Havre line. She will have two beam engines, which are building at the Allaire works. This vessel will be built with prodigious strength, and be finished in a style of elegance unsurpassed. SulclDE.—Mr. Matthew Wood, aged 42, has committed suicide by taking five or six ounces of cyanide of potassium, used by him for photographic purposes. The deceased, who had held a lucrative post in the mail department of the general post-office; had applied to be elected to the head of that department, which had become vacant some months ago. The result of the application was, that he was placed on probation for six months. During this period he became very desponding, as he found out that he was not fitted to fill the onerous duties of the situation. As the time passed on he gradually became more and more depressed, and several times exclaimed, "It must be either success or prussic acid." There was nothing beyond depression of spirits, however, that could induce his friends to suppose he would actually commit suicide. At the expiration of the probationary six months, upon going to his office, he discovered that he was not confirmed in the appointment, not being considered sufficiently competent. He returned home to his house in St. John'swood, apparently broken-hearted, and retired to his bed-room about half-past five. His non-appearance before eight o'clock ii,od a lnysiwn e on h ihsa id) etdh ei indoor oao rs ol epeepni en dg. posture, The dec ebauste dq uwi• at es induced his housekeeper to go up and call him, and, upon rect he ievni nfgo dead, life having been extinct some time. A small piece of paper was found near the body, on which was described the property of the deceased, and the money due to him by the Post-office. Verdict, insanity.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-09-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.—Mr. Matthew Wood, aged 42, has committed suicide by taking five or six ounces of cyanide of potassium, used by him for photographic purposes. The deceased, who had held a lucrative post in the mail department of the general post-office, had applied to be elected to the head of that department, which bad become vacant some months ago. The result of the application was, that he was placed on probation for six months. During this period he became very desponding, as he found out that he was not fitted to fill the onerous duties of the situation. As the time passed on he gradually became more and more depressed, and several times exclaimed, " It must be either success or prussic acid." There was nothing beyond depression of spirits, however, that could induce his friends to suppose he would actually commit suicide. At the expiration of the probationary six months, upon going to his office, he discovered that he was not confirmed in the-appointment, not being considered sufficiently .competent. He returned home to his house in St. John'swood, apparently broken-hearted, and retired to his bed-room about half-past five. His non-appearance before eight o'clock induced his housekeeper to go up and call him, and, upon receiving no answer, she had the door opened. The deceased was then found lying on his bed in a sleeping posture, but quite dead, life having been extinct some time., A small piece of paper was found near the body, on which was described the property of the deceased, and the money due to him by the Post-office. Verdict, insanity. THE MILITrA.—Two fresh returns have been published relating to the Militia, on the motion of Colonels Buck and Duncombc. The one shows that on the 30th of June, 1855, the strength of the English militia was 1,764 officers, 2,123 sergeants, 780 drummers, and 29,885 rank and file present, and 272 officers, 122 sergeants, 21 drummers, and 6,048 rank and file absent. The strength of the regiments on foreign service, on the 30th June, was 198 officers, 286 sergeants, 95 drummers, and 4,608 rank and file. This makes a total effective force of 2,234 officers, 2,531 sergeants 896 d reromes,. —.sm.,. bnows that the total number of rank and file embodied in England on the 14th of March. 1855, nninnntod to. A. 1,104; the total number embodiedon the 14th of April, 1855, to 30,945 ; the quota of volunteers to the regular army to 13,021, and the portion of the quota given by all regiments to the regular army to 11,268. In Scotland the number of rank and file embodied on the 14th of April, 1855, wa5.5,119 ; the quota of volunteers 1,693, and the portion of the quota given by all regiments to the regular army 886. In Ireland 15,119 rank and file were embodied on the 14th of April ; the quota of volunteers to the army was 4,736, and the portion furnished to the line by all the regiments, 2,353. Thus the grand total number of rank and file embodied ou the 14th of April, 1855, would be 51,183 ; the quota of volunteers to the line 19,450, and the quota furnished by all the regiments 14,507.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-10-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

REPLY TO A LAME REMARK. grandfather ran away with a lame heiress, I manage the matter well, my lord ?" says Castletown. "Ye did in troth, Mick—and great hit of it, if yer amiable lady was onl„ her pins." " Well, my lord," says he, divil matter if she is a wee bit lame. Does ship suppose that men marry wives to run them P"—Hector O'Halloran.  THE approach to Paris is more exciting the approach to London ; for London is business, Paris of pleasure—London the e sense, Paris of nonsense—London a wood timber, Paris a garden of every-varying flow don is the mighty throne where the world is Paris the graceful temple whence it is ' London is the stern and helmeted Pallas, many-hued Iris. London is, in short, the men, and Paris of women.  IN the meridian of his reputation, cessantly worried by Albina, Countess of 131 with cards for " coffee at nine o'clock," with an invitation for the more genial hour er which last-mentioned hour the dinner 01'09 ,4_ ship's table was most punctually served. tioo supposed that he never accepted the invita  it) IS`s"l' R the ge poet \, , says, °Ad. nt the el' ng 111) toast , bout, oe bile, elhe, anent' Flu" 1 dinego es los issed 000 L, of perwho, j, • suicide.•„lli verelY• he Y-wherel,-Oci; Itinbel~oi dog': . tttiti';tl,l6C ablt tfe tll3ll 0111(1 Cikk Wile 110"ocert! 11,11 hats 0.010re4o( hey a inn,ttoale;e4o4,e'lls:. ollowin-"• rte )f a notieed,? , k nit lurch oil Ito the toy, c is goin rder. t 4e ' be° tn.) took' f •o t 0 r. One iafsil was.• d, • , boie Gov( the a fere „ amed !cot policeDe L., ancl rer to the eLdk,el ,f• the ,Do,flie it's my c'rl h utl r sttrd,ttasselwioctvy°soSiitilessii.3:l):e'.iiho'kettti‘ tedietifi f tea iifihteti 't` lid )1(1, their SeleCt;lo, e _and ye• ,t, Is onlY rig he " w tP1131(? ' Does ) run race, thArt• na is he einporiti." rood Of tlifj, flowers t 7ra: ilditasiisi se , IC jel: 01 1 t , 1.5:f , io" H ° , boy 14 41) )f nue-, r ..;'( Ns, j' I hour (1)f 01t ,? el; lr on
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-01-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIZE 'AN AMERICAN CAPTITN.—A determined ,use of suicide occurred on board the American barque St. Lawrence, lying-in the Huskisson Dock, on Friday'maorning. 4-he .oßptain, -Charles Henry Webb, was heard snoring very eetoly at an vaily hour, and at a later period fro-called the ,u,rst-mate, :who .had only just joined the vessel,Land told him Pat he was going to die ; that' he tad 'beeie robbed on all :4 _0411113 by -his mates ever since he left America ;'lend that he ,401,4 •now no 'wish to live. A doctor was sent for, but the `kiteueased-said he did not want him. The -surgeon perceived that he:had:been taking laudanum, and ordere&strong coffee be .immediately administered, but the deceased would not aheit, neither would he allow himself to betrought on shore. se' died the mane morning. At the inquest,- on Saturday, it Was. proved• that, on coming into poet, 'the St. Lawrence came eollisiotrviith another vessel ; that he had-since lost a lawsuit, and: had become very much depressed.; that he had 'threatened: o -poison himself ; and that 'on Thursday night !le:drank-an ounce of laudanum. A verdict of " temporary Insanity",wes returned. The decessedhada son on board, a sharp' lad, -about thirteen years old, .hesides,whom he has left a Widow.nrid five sous and three daughters in America. Tin CniaroNET.—This beautiful and mostieffeetive military: musical instrument, after manyrears of tedious and wearisome: :experiments, by professional musicians of various nations, te'y aeeo, mplikiits structure and intonationi.has at length received' Vse 'coup ‘de grace to its completion. Mc. Wynne, of the Liverpool-Local Pensioners' band,.who has already made some kodifieations on the above instrument, has added another ditionaltley, which, from its position and construction,:produces "four perfect notes (semitones),ammely, the extreme P sharp,cr-E flat in the chalumeau, and A sharp, or B flat eu the centre of the stave - makingthe,cherd of E flat in the ejlalumeau complete, and the scale of the clarionet fully perfect in all: its chromatic tones, which comprise three and threequartersoctaves in the diatonic scale cf forty-six notes. The _nkk sharper B flat (on the stave) have been imperfect since the arst invention of the instrument, producing only hoarse, husky, uncertain notes, not being in unison with the rich and sonorous koheaLnataral to the clarienet. The.deficiencies in those four hotes. •have been most sensibly felt-in the solo, the pause, Slow movement. Now they have received the ne plus 'ultra to theirperfection. This instrumencan be seen in the shop Window. of Jordan's Military Musicallinstrument Manufactory. ~,:FiateintrAn v.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-02-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE OF MR. SADLEIR, MP.  The body of Mr. J. Sadleir, M.P., was found on. Sunda' morning on Hampstead-heath, at a considerable distance from the public-road. A .large bottle, labelled " Essential oil 0 bitter almonds," and a silver cream jug, both of which c°,,,,.11: tamed a small quantity of the poison, lay by his side. lt° body was at once removed to the workhouse, where it .% seen by Dr. Nichol a few minutes afterwards. A powerful odour of bitter almonds was perceptible at the mouth, so, tha there can be no doubt he died from the effects of this po°. He had, probably, lain on the spot where he was found durioll the greater part of the night, as the body was quite cold, en the rigor mortis completely established. It appears that Mr. Sadleir left his house (11, Gloncestet' square, Hyde-park) about half-past eleven o'clock on Satards,. night, and as yet nothing further has been ascertained respect ing his movements. Mr. Sadleir formerly practised as a solicitor in Dublin vritli great success, and enjoyed a high professional reputation. 11/ 1847 he entered parliament as member for Carlow, and sat for that borough until the dissolution in 1852. Upon the acces, sion of Lord Aberdeen to the Premiership Mr, Sadleir_M offered, and accepted, office as a Lord of the Treasury, and "continued a member of the administration for some month' In 1843 he became chairman of the London and County Joint' Stock Banking Company, and for several years presided 1, the affairs of that body with great ability. A few months since he vacated the chair, and, though his connexion with tia!,, company continued, he took no active part in its business. 11'1 occupation of the chair at the last general meeting was sinlol an act of courtesy towards his late colleagues in the directior' It is said that he was a purchaser to a large amount of lands sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland, and tbst,,t was extensively connected with various commercial not. takings of magnitude, but that he was under no heavy bilities to the..banking company to which we have alluded' and that .for the comparatively small account that remained open againsE him at the time of his-decease the company W guaranteed by ample securities.