The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

PINNOCK, who murdered the old man at Rothwell, last
week, has been tried and convicted at Northampton, and sen-
tenced to death.
ONE hundred and two walking sticks were last week sold,
among the miscellaneous effects of a gtntleman, recently de-
ceased, at Lancaster.
Game TRADE IN THE DANUBE.—Letters from Constanti-
nople to the 28th of June report the arrival there, during the
preceding five days, from Brailow and Galatz of as many as
91 cargoes of grain, and the departure for those and other
Danubian ports, to load similar cargoes, of no less than 53
other vessels.
EVESHAM ELECTION: 1 UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATIVE.--
The nomination took place on Wednesday at the Town-hall ;
Mr. Holland was the only candidate, the two others having
previouslyretired. Mr. Holland was declared duly elected. In
returning thanks he said he was for a vigorous prosecution of
the war, and not only of the war, but of everything right and
just, whether at home or abroad. He was not a member for
any particular class of politicians, but for every class, for every
elector, and every non-elector,
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—Two young ladies, the daugh-
ters of J. H. Rees, Esq., of Carmarthen, were bathing, on
Saturday, on the shore, near their father's house, when, having
ventured too far, they sank in a pool about ten feet in depth.
Their governess, who was with them, rushed to their rescue,
and, failing to save, died with them. Mr. Rees was hastily
summoned from a meeting which he was attending at the
church, and on coming out, the first objects which met his
gaze were the lifelessbodies of his children and governess, which
were being borne along to his house.
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.—We understand that a
movement is now being made, with the view of gettieg up a
requisition, calling on Lord John Russell and Baron Rothschild
to resign their seats for the city. The ground on which Lord
John is to be called on to resign is, that he grossly misrepre-
sents the sentiments of his constituents on the question of the
war ; while the reason which is to be urged for the resignation
of the Baron, is, that he does not represent them at all.
There is, we are assured, a large and influential party in the
city, who are determined that it shall be hereafter efficiently
represented in the House of Commons.—Advertiser.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF THE CREW OF A STEAMTDG
AT SHIELDS.—The Welsh, a tug steamer belonging to Sun-
derland, brought a foreign schooner into Shields from sea on
Tuesday, and after seeing her moored, the master of the
steamer went on board the schooner to get his towage. He
had not been on board the schooner above a minute, and the
other two men belonging to her were standing forward in the
steamer, when her boiler exploded with fearful violence.
In an instant it blew everything in the cabin to pieces, and
forced out the stern and after deck. The boat immediately
sank, but, strange to say, the two men were rescued without
having sustained the least injury. The steamer hag since been
raised, and it is found that her engine is all twisted and de-
stroyed.

Tirosu who have implicit faith in the universal " honour
of the English Tradesman, and a fortiori of " the British
Banker," may be surprised to hear a story which is current in
commercial -circles, and is as well authenticated as it is gene-
rally
believed. A highly-respected London banker, on his
death-bed, called his chidren round him, and asked them if
they believed in his *reputed wealth ? They answered that
they shared the general opinion as to his large fortune, and
he then surprised them by the assurance that he had been
inse}'ent for the last thirty years. lie, however, entreated
them not to be depressed by the intelligence; but recom-
mended them to go 'to Doctor's Commons immediately after
his decease and swear his property under half a million. The
advice was taken. The customers of The house were agreeably
'edified on hearing of the enormous wealth of the late partner,
and the bank was firmer than ever, in the opinion of those
'who trusted their money to its keeping.
STOLEN' £5OO NOTE.-1 tommunication has been
Teceivedfromene of the jury who were supposed tohave given
a verdict for the plaintiff in the 'Court of Common Pleas, at
Guildhall, on Tuesday last, in an action brought on behalf of
M. St. Ilattl,,a money-changer inTaris, against 'the Bank of
England, tovecover a £5OO bank note, forming one of those
stolen from Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., to the effect that
the jury dill not intend to express, and had by no means arrived
at a conclusion favourable te'the right of the plaintiff. The
feeling Of'a large portion of 'them, at Jeast, is stated to have
beenthnt M. St. Paul, having received notice of the robbery,
and having wilfully disregarded it, or, at all events, having
adopted 110 steps to give effect to it, could not be considered to
have taken the note boaNde. The question is one of so much
moment as to make it important that the aw should not be
-settled on a _misunderstanding of the intention of the jury,
and hence it is deemed essential that their views should be
ascertained on the point more clearly than appears to have
been possible in the hurried manner in which their verdict
vraataken.— Times.

POLICY OP Priussm.—According to the Berlin correspond-
. out of the Times, the opinion prevalent in that capital is
"that the Prussian Royal Family and the Court are bound
hand and foot, and sold body and soul to Russia." He adds :
"The before-mentioned view is based on the fact of a Prussian
Princess being theAconsort of the Emperor of Russia who was
reigning at the time of this conflict being brought about by
'him, on the very strong presumption of there being a power-
ful party at Court here imbued with Russian sympathies, and
'the patent fact that Prussia has not'openly and actively joined
ma in the struggle against Russia. The three facts are cor-
rect, but the imputed cause of Prussia's policy is incorrect;
there are so many perfectly valid reasons, military, financial,
political, and economical, to withhold Prussia from taking a
forward part in the war, however ,convinced King, Ministers,
and people may be of the necessity of profiting by the present
opportunity of asserting the independence of the country, that
we have no need to suppose feelings of brotherly affection on
the part of the King, or political sympathies for Russia on the
part of certain members of the Court, to have been more than
subordinate accessories in deterniining the course that Prussia
has hitherto taken."
ANECDOTE -•OP xnu QUEEN.—A few days ago, in the
beautiful little cemetery of Rose Bank, our attention was
directed to a handsome monument of Aberdeen granite,
having the following inscription in letters of gold:—" Sacred
to the memory of Miss Ida `Benanomi, the faithful and
esteemed dresser of Queen Victoria, who departed this life
October 15,:14, in the thirty-seventh year of her age, be-
loved and respected by all who knew her. This stone has
been placed by-Queen Victoria as a mark of her regard." On
inquiry we found that one day, whether in the autumn of
1854 or at a former period we were not told, when Miss Be-
nanomi -was accompanying Queen Victoria in her morning
walk on Arthur's Seat, she called her Majesty's attention to
the beautiful, cemetery in the distant valley, and expressed a
wish that when she died she might be buried there. Last
year, when 'her Majesty was _going north, Miss Benanomi,
who, as usual,-was attending her royal mistress, became in-
disposed in Holyrood Palace, and .was unable to proceed fur-
ther. By order of Her Majesty, Miss Benanomi was attended
by an eminent ;physician, but she never recovered, and died
in Holyrood Palace. Her Majesty -was deeply affected by the
death, and, remembering the vvishof Miss Benanomi, ordered
the remains to he buried in Rose Bank Cemetery, and the
monument with the inscription quoted to be erected to her
memory.—Caledsnian Mercury.--tßose Bank Cemetery is
in a suburb immediately to- the south of Edinburgh-1
A REMARICA.BLE MAN.—This city-is now the home of one
of the most remarkable men of the age—a man who has tra-
versed the civilized globe, and established in almost every
country which he has visited the sale of his medicines for the
relief of human suffering, and which are a certain cure for
disease in all its forms. We allude to Professor Thomas
Holloway, of London. It is now several years since this
!benefactor of the human race first proclaimed to the world,
•through the British press, that he had, after deep research, pre-
pared a remedy that was sure to eradicate disease. Years of
patient investigation irate-the laws of human physiology which
,control our bodies in health and when diseased, led to the in-
vention and preparation of the world-renowned Holloway's
,Pills and Ointment. Nearly, if not quite, one half of the
haman race have taken his medicines ! His name is as uni-
versely known over the globe as that of Alexander, Napoleon,
or Washington, when in the height of their ambitious career.
if they conquered nations on the field of battle, Professor
Holloway has, with no weapon but that of science, conquered
disease in all its forms. His meritorious career is bounded
by no imaginary lines of latitude and longitude short of those
marking the confines of civilization itself. No isolated country
or nation was sufficiently extensive for the operation of his
enterprising and gigantic intellect. Wherever disease has a
residence, there he has penetrated with his medicines, and left
an enviable and enduring reputation. After enlightening
Europe, his fame spread over Asia, and the civilized portions
of Africa, and finally appeared in America. He has translated
the cures he has performed, and the virtues of his medicines,
into as many languages as the missionaries have the Bible.
Governments, otherwise the most despotic, have been forced
by the great value of his medicines, and their popularity with
the people, to remove antiquated and time-honored restrictions
upon the introduction of foreign medicines, and open their
custom houses to a free introduction to the Pills and Oint-
ment, of this distuingished man. Empires and kingdoms
removed the barriers of ages against the introduction and sale
of proprietary or patent medicines, and freely permitted Hollo-
way's medicines to become the physician of the masses.—New
York Dispatch.

TRIAL FOR MOBBING AND RIOTING.-At the High Court of
Justiciary Edinburgh, on Monday last, four young men were
placed at the bar charged with mobbing and rioting, and with
assault and injury to property, at Greenock, on the 2d of April
last, on which occasion a large mob assembled in front of the
Roman Catholic Chapel there, beat in the doors with a large
beam, broke the windows with stones, and committed other
damage to the chapel, as well as to the school and the adjoin-
ing dwelling-houses of the priest and teacher. In sum-
ming up the evidence, the Lord Justice-General laid down
the law as to participating in or giving countenance to
riotous acts. He said,— All those who were in the
mob and who took an active part in it were guilty of
the whole proceedings of that mob generally. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty of mobbing and rioting against
the prisoners, but not of participating in the acts of
assault and injury libelled. The Lord-Justice-General, after
stating that the Court were disposed, from extenuating
circumstances in each case, to treat the prisoners with leniency,
said,—" You must not suppose that you are punished because
of the particular object you had in view, as being connected
with any following out of the religious opinions which you
yourselves entertain in opposition to those of the persons
whose property was to be sacrificed by these proceedings. It
is not because you entertain particular, opinions, or because
you maintain those opinions with zeal, that we are going to
pronounce a sentence upon you, neither is it because of any
particular favour to the religious opinions of those whose
property has been assailed. In this country all parties, all
subjects of the Queen, all who are residing within the range
of the laws, are amenable to the laws, and entitled to the
protection which they afford. We know no distinction
of religious parties in any question of this kind. In
this country all persons are entitled not only to enter-
tain what religious opinions they please, but to profess
those opinions, and to worship according to their own
faith, whatever it may be. Be they Jews or Gentiles,
Pagans or Christians, Papists or Protestants, Episcopalians or
Presbyterians, it is all the same. The law says that they have
a right to worship after their own fashion, and that law will
protect them in the exercise of this right. Therefore you must
not suppose, and no persons must suppose, that we enter into
the religious question here; but while we hear rumours of
persecutions for religious opinions in other countries, and are
inclined to sympathize with the sufferers, and to feel indigna-
tion at the conduct of the oppressors, it would be very wrong
indeed if in this country which boasts of being a land of liberty,
where persons are entitled to freedom of conscience without
any restraint, except that which conscience itself imposes, any
proceeding which involves violence against parties on account
of their religious opinions should be permitted to go unpunished.
While the law permits them to have liberty, those who
administer the law must take care that that liberty is pre-
served to them, and not abused by the strong. It is because
yot have violated that law, and for no other reason, that we
now pronounce sentence of imprisonment upon you." His
Lordship then sentenced three of the riotere to Oa, and one to
three menthe imprisonment,