The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

COURT"AND) FASHION.

TAN King of Pruciia.las - named Count Victor Scliweria
"Hereditary head c00k..-" Pomerania, to be a peer, or member
fcr life of the First Ch2.mber.

Tam Queen has created- the Earluf Kenmare, in the peoragl;
of Ireland,. a Baron cfahe United. Kingdom, by the title 011
Baron. Kenmare, of Cable:Bosse, in the county of K.3rry.
Isis. considered pros able thatTtilfrEmperor of Austria will
consent to be the godfather, by proxy, to the expected „heir to.
the French throne. An ,Austrion• miment is to bear :the.
norne.of the Emperor of;the French.

Tzz Qum/ has dirtedletters•patant to be passed ander-el'
Great Seal, granting- the, dignity of a Baron of the 17.niteu'
Kingdom unto Sir Girt . John Heatheote, Bart., and to lily
heirAmale, by the name,, style and. title of Baron A/eland of
Aveland,. in the county.. of Lum.oki— • _

Sta lIEIIRY &A.'s reeiguedhis•respensible post as prinriPal
librarian to the British, MUseum,.on: Saturday. The-raters",
has- served the publin•faithfully for more than fifty y33rsi
during which time he has--not merely filled his office with4atis-
faction to men of letters; but has.made important additions to
the-great body of doeim-tzutarTillustrations of Nnglishhiatell.
—Atienteum.

• FiLTI(.CE DE ToRELat4 .of Naples)_ after having, a fecvda9s.
since; passed the eveuing_at the.: house of one of his friend'''.
on. his. return home villa-found dead. is his carriage from su
attack >of apoplexy. 'The .-Princo.was the head of ona- of 'the
branches of the ancient house of Carracciolo, from which has
troseeded many illustiousvarriors, cardinals, and even Pope.

Am?noAcerrrG 111.atatister.N—A. marriage is arranged..?
take place early in the-spring between Sir Frederick Leupois.
Arthur, Bart., and Lakly.Elizabeth Hay, third daughter of .th°
Earli aid Countess of The marriage of Lady.. All"
gusts Hay, fourth daaghter.of.theKarl and Countess 0f.,104vi
noun;, with the Hon- John. Twislatou Fiennes, eldest, servo'
Lord Saye and Sele, willitaha tolaca-at the same time,

Da is rumoured that Lord,s.Combermere, Strafford; Seatooc,
aexi Cathcart, have heen....nanled as members of the. Goad o',
Inquiry about to assertible, to consider the Crimean. report
Fru, John M'lsTeill. As much.of the. subject in questi-at, relate'.
to' the cavalry, it is highly desirable that experienced. cavalry
officers, such as Go/tends Brotheeton, Lovell, Maelean;.BS"
should be associatelwith. the above• distinguished vaterans,o-
- them in theizrdaliberations.
Tits Queen held.tite first levee. of the season on Wednesdal;
in St. James's Palace. Her" Majesty wore a train of blue Ale'
white silk brocade,.. titimoical with white blonde ; and. a white
satin petticoat, trimmed with white satin ribbon aud-white
Monde. The QUMII wore • on, the head a diamond.: and rubi,
circlet. His Royal Highness. the Duke of Camhvidge
his Serene Highaess Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar were
present at the levee.•. The presentations were nurr_ecoue,

Os Tuesday morning, Her Majesty, accompanied .by Prince
Albert and a partyofladies,ana attended also by Lord Faun:lure:*
visited the Arsenal Lt Woolwi2h, for the purpose at inspect
the trophies hrouglit. from, Sebastopol, by the- RuCOPhalllsi
The principal object which. attracted the attentica of the re)?
party was a field-piece with a ball stuck fast alc the male
It is presumed, from, the peculiar position of the ball in the
gun, that the-14tter• was. struck by a shot from au .Engiis'
piece just as itt was discharged. The edge ot:th,e,.bore
thereby flatteued in such a manner that the hall, could 119_,
come out. litle royal party having stayed abouthroe,quartew
of an hour, r3tarned to. town, at noon.

The electionaor-Leomiuster terminated, on.Thesday,in tile`
return of the • conservative candidate ; the numbers, at tivl
close, beiagz—Hardy,. 179 ; Campbell, 101. Mr. Gathort°
Hardy staall for Bradford on the ConservatiVe side in,lB-1f:
along with, Mr. Wiekam, the present representative.. 1
father, ..30191 Hardy,. Esq., a great proprietor, of ironwork'
the town„represeated Bradford in two parliaments. The-soy"
G. HardYi.iS a rising man on the northern, circ,uit, and. tea;
second-class at Oriel College, Oxford, the year in which the,'
were only. one or two first-class men. He is a. man of latrr
fortune, though a younger son. His fatter left him £250.,0°"‘
His politics are decidedly conservative, but, moderate.
Ti,AE death of the Duke of Norfolk,. Premier puke, and
hereditary Earl Marshal of England, took place on Monday'
at Arundel Castle, after two years' gradual. declining healt
though it was only on the day of his death that serioo,
symptoms exhibited themselves. 7be. deceased Duke ws'f
born, on the 12th of August, 1791,. and. married 27th °,st
Deceraber, 1814, Lady Charlotte Leveson Gower, elde f
daughter of Granville first Duke of Sutherland, and sister 0,,
the present Duke. By that marriage the late Duke had Weil
sons and two daughters—namely,, the Earl of Arundel al3_4
Surrey (now the seventh Duke, of Norfolk, Lord Edvvo„l".
Fitzalan Howard, M.P., married to Miss Talbot, niece of tc
late Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Bernard Howard, who died
Egypt a few years ago ; Lady Mary, married to Lord F 015;
and Lady Adeliza, married last autumn to Lord Geor,,4
Manners, M.P. The late Mike, when Earl of Surrey, wt'il
the first Romanist who took the oaths and his seat
the House of Commons after the passing of the Romalln
Emancipation Act in 1829. The bill received the r05,.':,t
the
resignedl3th o f
bas.
April,s e
returned for that borough, and took his seat in the Houso.o
assent
H o r s h aotini , .
Commons on the Otb. of May following. He was ag.11,1
returned for Horslikun at the general elections of 1830 5111,
1831. At the next general election in 1832 he was retartle..l
ata,liadndMtheit.Ellarl HofurSsut,rrielf.vil;:f
in conjunction with Lord George Lennox, for the Westert'o
Division of Sussex, and continued its representative uP 5,3
1841, when his. Grace was summoned by writ to the 11°.1100
of Lords, during the lifetime of his father, by the qp.:
of Baron Maltravers, one of the ancient titles of the far°, 11:e-
-and on the 10th of March, 1842, he succeeded to the au
,ice
dom, on the death of his father. In July, 1839, his Gr",,de
was appointed Treasurer of the Queen's Household, and 11,''10
a Privy Councillor. On Sir Robert Peel's retirement fret
office in July, 1846, he succeeded the Earl of Jersey as 3135,0
of the Horse, which office he held until the formation of
Earl of Derby's ministry, Oa the Earl of Aberdeen tal'io
office, he was made Lord Steward of the Household, but 00
eep-
afterwards relinquished that place to Earl Spencer, in D'
ber, 1853. In politics his Graco was a Whig. He wash'-re"
incensed at the Romish aggression, and the same year.,rel).
flounced the Romish faith, and joined the Anglican Cli"
The deceased is succeeded in the dukedom and ancient
honours by his son Henry Granville, Earl of Arundel, oe
Surrey, born Nov. 7, 1815, and married on the 19th of JI:01
1839, to Augusta Mary, daughter of Admiral Sir Edf°
Lyons; G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterrallov
fleet, by whom he has a youthful family. The present Die'was formerly in the Royal Horse Guards, and on his re op;
ment from the army, in 1837, entered the House of Conlero'
as representative for Arundel, which he sat for in se' fei;
parliaments. He also sat for the city of Limerick for 500
months. The Duke is a rabid Romanist, and highly este; the
hy the Romish clergy. The late Duke was a Knight 0 ocie'
Garter, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and several others od
tics. The hereditary office of Earl Marshal, so long conti'froO, in the Norfolk family, is descended by the female side, AstiThomas De Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, the firs'
''fr,rslial of England..

FEBRUARY 26, 1856.]

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tuomes B. HORSFALL, Esq., M.P., presented a petition on
Thursday evening, from the Liverpool Young Men's Christian
4880cia' tion, against the opening of places of amusement, &c.,
°ll the Lord's-day,
FEMALE BURGLAR AND HORSE-STEALER.— At the
yaks
-petty sessions, on Wednesday, Mary Jones, who
yaks with a Welsh accent, and is apparently about 28 years
of age, was committed for trial at the assizes on a charge of
)ping) burglarionsly entered the dwelling-house of Mrs. Eliza-
-7_ol Brideoake, a widow lady, residing at Low-side, and
,l'ealing some bedding and other articles. She is also charged
iiith breaking into the stable at the house, and stealing a
4°lle.
-Ir.
Southampton Chamber of Commerce have pronounced
-Ir. Lowe's Local Dues on Shipping Bill to be bad in detail,
the
most objectionable in principle, not being likely to relieve
e shipping interest from any burdensome taxation, while it
Gould prevent, to a considerable extent, local improvements in
e4remercial ports and harbours, by removing local jurisdiction,
salld giving all power over to the routine and red-tapeism of
o Die Government circumlocution department to be created
,
the Board of Trade.

CnILD SMOTHERED IN BED.—An inquest was held on
Thursday, relative to the death of an infant, seven weeks old,
named John Dacey, the son of a labourer residing in No. 8
Court, Thomas-street, in this town. From the evidence of
the mother it appeared that after getting up on Wednesday
to Prepare her husband's breakfast she placed the child in bed,
ea vering up his head and body with the bed-clothes. When
she went to him afterwards she found him dead. The jury
returned a verdict, " That the deceased was accidentally suf-
focated in bed.
CHRIST Cituncir ScuooLs.—Messrs. W. Barnes, J. D.
Fil'osfield, and W. B. Jones, late pupil teachers at these schools,
York
succeeded in passing the government examination at the
rOrk College, and the former now holds a certificate of the
first division of the second class, and. the two latter third di-
visions of the second class. They have received appointments
ton the following schools, viz.: W. Barnes, to Christ Church
ochools, Liverpool ; J. D. Crosfield, to St. Thomas's Schools,
rrederick-street, Liverpool; and W. B. Jones, as assistant-
taster in the Wakefield Grammar School.
PA.TAL ACCIDENT IN NVAT2R-STREET.—An inquest was
held on Tuesday, on the body of Joseph Ashcroft, a labourer,
aged 35, who was employed in pulling down the buildings at
t,
.he corner of Rumford-street. Ou Saturday week, about
NJ-past seven in the morning, he had cut out some of the
uricks at the bottom, to throw down the wall, which was siiix
or seven feet high at that place, when the wall gave way and
fell upon him. He had been told just before to leave off
clitting, but continued until the wall fell. His legs were
seriously injured by the bricks falling upon them; and he
Was removed to the Northern Hospital, where he died on
Monday. Verdict, " Accidental death."
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DEATH moss Bunics.—On Thursday, an inquest was held
l'esPec ting the death of Elizabeth, aged 42 years, wife of
(I.atnes Davies, carter, of No. 10 Court, Pall-mall. A fortnight
knee the deceased was taken home in a state of intoxication,
an d shortly afterwards her clothes got on fire in her own
'louse. When discovered by the neighbours she was in
Llarnes, and had suffered severe burns. She was taken to the
Northern Hospital, and died there. The jury returned a
verdict to the effect that she died from the effects of burns,
but how- her clothes caught fire there was no evidence to
show.

, WEST DERBY GITARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of the
board was held on Wednesday, the Rev. W. Badnall in the
thair. The other members -present were Siddeley, Medcalf,
Vionntfield, Batten, Pickup, Heyes, Pitts, Shaw, Roberts,
_Abraham, Lunt, Edwards, Harrison, Whitby, J. Birch,
Knowles. The master of the hospital 'reported that the num-
-1;r in the establishment last week was 126; admitted, 6 ;
discharged, 16 ; dead, 2; number this week, 114; correspond-
Ing week last year, 86. The governor ofthe workhouse reported
that the number in the house last week was 728 ; admitted,
12 ; born, 2 ; discharged, 29 ; died, 1; number this week, 709 ;
hoard
week of last year. '785. The thanks of the
3oard were voted tnMessrs. J. Baines and Co., for taking a
soy, named Lythgoe, in their ship 'the Donald M`Kay, on the
recommendation of the governor. The governor was author-
ised to purchase store pigs to the extent of £25. After the
transaction of sOme routine business, the board adjourned.
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCUMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At the
Zleeting, on Wednesday, in the Royal Institution, Colquitt-
street Mr. Hartook the chair. lEr. Parker submitted some
beautiful specimens of mahogany, and the Secretary handed
round, for inspection, panels of veneer work, exquisitely
Wlought, the property of Mr. Ilausburg, of Church-street.
Mr. Hay read a paper on a recent trip to Scotland ; and sug-
gested that the 'plans for the new building for the Library
and Museum to be erected on Shaw's-brow, should be judged
;If by the competing architects, and that their decision should
be binding on 'the Town Council. This suggestion led to con-
siderable discussion, and it was finally agreed that the matter
should be submitted to a special.committee, who would report
to the next meeting of the soeiety, and, if found agreeable to
the members, a resolution would be forwarded to the Town
'Council requesting that bodrtoobtain the opinion of practical
architects before they decided on any plan.

PARROT V. PILKINGTON ANTI ANOTHER.—This action rue
tried -on Wednesday, in the Court of Exchequer, before 'the
Lord ChiefTaron and a special jury. The plaintiff sought to
recover damages from the owners of the ship Shalimar, 'be-
longing to the White Star line, for a breach of contract, by
which they undertook to convey the plaintiff, his wife, Sand
Child, from Melbourne to Liverpool. The breaches alleged by
the plaintiff were neglecting to provide sufficient and whole-
some food during the voyage, as advertised at Melbourne, for
omitting to employ a proper cook, and for a want of .cleanli-
ness in the-vessel The defendants paid £l2 10s. into .court
in respect of the first breach emplained of, and traversed the
contract:breach as to the second and third counts. After a
Mass of evidence had been adduced, from which it appeared
there had been a want of attention to the second and third-
class passengers on board the ship during the passage home,
the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £37 dOs.,
beyond the amount paid into-court.

. -
S.T. ellTriiosTom'sWomrpra-mrs's ASBOCIATION.—About
250 persona attended the tea-party in connexion with this as-
sociation, .on Tuesday, under the presidency of the Rev-3.
ArNanght, incumbent of St. Chrysostom's. The party was
held in the school-room, Mill-lane, Everton. Under the genial
influence of the rev. gentleman, aided by the perforenanee of
vocal and instrumental music, a few speeches from working-
Znen and ethers, and poctie readings by the chairman, the
evening glided away harmoniously. In his opening ad-
dress, Mr. M`Nanght said that the sin of the people was not
that they kad too much pleasure and enjoyment, but that they
called things pleasures and enjoyments which were not so at
all. St. Chrysostom's Working-men's Association was ,esta-
bliehed for the purpose of previding various amusement,•eom-
hilted with instruction, by lectures, &c., for the working
classes. He was glad to see -that there were a great many
such associations in the town,.and that more were springing
1113 on all sides, and he heartily wished such institution
abimdant seecess.

THE action brought by the fHon. F. H. F. Berkeley, 31. P.
for the city of Bristol, to recover compensation in damages
from Messrs. Beresford & Co., of Manchester, the publishers
of a weekly temperance newsraip7, called the Alliance, for
the insertion in that paper of a series of libels reflecting upon
the character of the plaintiff, came on for trial in the Court of
Exchequer, on Tuesday. The ,plaintiff's case having been
Opened, Sir F. Thesiger, for the. defendants, said his clients
had doubtless exceeded the bounds of fair criticism, and had
, imputed to the plaintiff it prope: conduct, alleging that he
Was guilty of.collusion with the licensed victuallers, and ex-
cess of partisanship in the discharge of his duty as a member
'of Parliament. The defendants were not justified in making
-those assertions, and .they felt board to apologise for them,
and withdraw the imputations. The attorney-general, on be-
31alf of the plaintiff, accepted the apciogy, and the jury accord-
singly returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £5 ss.

...THE WAGES OF SEAMEN JOINING HER MAJESTY'S NAVY.—
tIOGAN V. BAINES AND ANOTHER.— Dennis Hogan sued
*Messrs. James Baines and Co., sitip-owners, to recover
)I6 18s. id., wages due to him upon leaving the defendants'
Ship Lightning to join H.M. S. Fantome, at Port Phillip.
Mr. Forshaw, for the defendants, applied for an adjournment
4:f the case until the return to this country of Captain Forbes,
Of the lightning, which was expected here in about two
xnOnths. He said•this could make no difference to the plain-
tiff who was not in this country himself at this time, and, as
the defence to the .clalm was that the men had been forcibly
taken from the Lightning, by the captain of H.M.S. Fantome,
and not:that they had=volunteered ( as was .stated in a similar
case before the court a short time since), his Honour thought
that the evidence of Captain Forbes would not enable the de-
fendants to support the case they set up, but he thoright the
best way would be for the defendants to pa-y.llle money into
court, witlilliberty to apply for it to be paid over to the plain-
tiff, if he arrived before Captain Forbes, notice leing given of
Such application. Mr. Forshaw consented to this, and the
case was therefore allowed to stand over, subieet to those
conditions.

CDT AND CoSIE AGAIN. —A family residing at the north
end of Everton have been in the habit of keeping their sup-
plies of " the staff. of life" and " butcher's meat" in a small
outhouse in the back-yard of the premises. At the commence-
ment of the winter the consumption of food in the family
increased to such an extent that the head of the house inquired
of his " better half" the cause. She, good soul, supposing
that their appetites had become sharpened by the cold weather,
zemarked that she would rather have extra food to buy than
have doctors' bills to pay. Thus the " good man" was for a
time silenced. The consumption, however, still increasing,
Suspicion arose that all was not right. The loaves were
marked, and the "chops" counted. This soon revealed that
others than the family partook of the " good things" in the
Safe ; And the larger halfof a good-sized loaf disappearing in
One night, the neighbourhood was searched, when the matter
Was fully explained. Some hungry lade had been in the habit
of scaling the yard wall, and had judiciously helped themselves
to " butties" daily, varying their feed by occasionally taking
a slice of beef or a chop. So well had they done this, that
the robbery would not have been found out had their appe-
tites kept pace with their discretion. The safe is now
safely' secured, and no one laughs more heartily at the
trick than the injured " head of the house."
THE WIGAN MILLOWNERB.—HILTON v. ECICERSLEY.—
At the Exchequer Chamber, on Wednesday, Mr. Baron
Alderson delivered the judgment of the court in this case,
Whieh was a writ of error from the judgment of the Court of
Queen's Bench. The defendant, together with seventeen
ether millowners carrying on business at Wigan, in Lanca-
shire, entered into an obligation by bond, binding themselves
under a penalty of 000 each not to open their mills for a
term of twelve months from the date of the bond. This under-
taking was agreed to by the obligators of the bond for the
Purpose of defeating certain societies or combinations which
had been formed with the object of deterring persons other-
wise willing to be employed, by fear of social persecution,
from hiring themselves to work in such establishments. The
defendant, contrary to the condition of the bond, 'had opened
his mill, for which, it was contended, he was liable to the
Penalty of £5OO, be having contravened the condition of the
bond. The defendant, on the other hand, contended that he
Was not liable, and that the bond was illegal and void, being
rn restraint of trade. The case had come before the court be-
low on a demurrer to a plea, when the majority of the court
decided that the defendant was entitled to judgment, and that
the bond was void. With that judgment he, together with
the other learned judges who formed this court, fully con-
curred, as combinations of such a nature as this obligation
Was intended to effect were illegal, and contrary to public
Daley, being in restraint of trade. If they decided otherwise,
they would be giving encouragement to combinations of this
nature, which would have the effect of preventing persons
from carrying on their business to their own advantage, and
Would deprive the industrious workman of the means of ob-
taining a livelihood. For these reasons they were of opinion
that the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench was right,
and must therefore be affirmed.—Judgment accordingly.