The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Accounnya, to the Vienna journals it is in contemplation to
have a universal exhibition in that city in 1859.
SOUTOWARY ELECTION.—Sir Charles Napier was elected
31. P. for Southwark on Tuesday, without opposition, in lieu of
Sir W. Molesworth, deceased.
TRH directors of the Northumberland and Durham District
Bank have ordered all their employe's who adorned their face
with a moustache to shave or resign.
Jr is rumoured in circles likely to be well informed that
there is a probability of the youthful Prince of Wales becoming
a member of Oxford University.
SIR Jena .Jarvis.—The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas is so seriously indisposed as to prevent his
attention to his. judicial duties.
THE house of a pawnbroker in Glasgow was broken into a
few nights ago, and jewellery carried off to the amount of about
one thousand pounds.
THE Globe states that the government has given orders for
the immediate prosecutson of those persons who were engaged
in the late ease of Bible burning, at Kingstown.
THREE youths, each under fourteen years of age, garotted a
youth, also under fourteen years of age, in Glasgow, one even-
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ing last week, and robbed him of E 2.
IT is stated that there are-200 iron gun and mortar boats
building, or ordered to be built, by contract, for the Crown, by
British and Scotch shipbuilders. They will be all steamers, and
the mortar boats 411 be so built as to form pontoon bridges.
A PIKE which destroyed property worth about £15,000
occurred at the extensive soap and oil works of MeSsrs.
George Hutchinson and Co„ Port Dundas, Scotland, on Satur-
day week.
THERE are now under government contract as war ships
about 240 steamers and 200 sailing ships.. The maximum
price paid by the government for the hire of these vessels is
£2 15s. per ton per month, and the minimum price is lOs. per
ton per month.
TILE Patric, says it is informed that the difference between
Waigland and the United States, although not definitely ar-
ranged; is in a way of settlement; and that the efforts of the
American ambassador in London have contributed to this
:happy result.
,Q3l- Sunday evening, a gentleman residing in the neighbour-
hood of Knowle was reading something rather amusing to his
wife, which caused her to laugh so immoderately that she
burst a blood-vessel, and was a corpse before medical as-
sistance could be procured.—Bristol Times.
P,MWSHMENT FOR PASSION.—A jury, at the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, have made a gentleman, named Tichmarsh, pay
dearly for getting. in a passion. Mr. Tichmarsh engaged a
Miss Melville as governess ; and, his wife dying, retained her
in charge of his house. After. some three or four months he
found fault with the lady on several occasions, and one day,
while they were at tea, he suddenly got up and . rang the bell,
for the servant, and told her to turn the table to Miss Alice
(his daughter), for, he said, " I won't allow such a fiend as her
there ; she is a wile wretch ; let her go to the kitchen, it is
too good for her.; :she is a she-devil, she is a wolf in sheep's
clothes," and used ,other offensive language. The defendant
admitted most of the slander, but said that he was worried
and irritated. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for
£75 for the slander., besides £2l damages for abrupt dismissal
before the termination of their contract.

GREAT FIRE IN Pinls.—On Sunday week, a furious fire
burst forth in the large government buildings at Chaillot, in
the Quai de. I3illy, where a large quantity of grain and. flour,
for the supply of the army in Paris, is kept. The fire was of
so alarming a character that at first it was supposed by spec-
tators at a.little distance that half Paris was in flames, and
the excitement was intense. The houses on both sides of the
river, from the bridge of Jena to the towers of Notre Dame,
were crowded to their summits. The bridges became impass-
able, and the excitement; especially while apprehensions for
the Fine Arts building, and even for the Machinery Gallery,
remained nnallayed, was great as it was excusable. The Con-
stitutionnel says the building (which is destroyed) cost two
millions of francs, and that the materiel and flour it contained
were worth fully that snm. The Moniteur says the damage
has proved not to be so great as at one time was feared. ;Only
one storehouse of corn has been burnt, the immense supplies
of corn and flour remaining almost untouched.. A young man,
at great peril, made his way through the flames to the engine
boilers, and blew off' the steam, when they were almost at
bursting point. Two English non-commissioned officers also
rendered valuable service. Stores were kept on the preMises
to supply 40,000 men for three months, and upwards of 40,01/490
rations were prepared there the day previous to the conflagra-
tion. The flames originated in a flue running from the
granary to the steam-engine, caused by an accumulation of
soot, and the granaries being built of deal, rapid combustion
ensued. The Emperor was on the spot from half-past eight to
ten o'clock, accompanied by eeveral. State functionaries.

A PABIS correspondent says :—" The apartment destined
for the future offspring of the Empress is already prepared.
It is close to the Emperor's cabinet."

THE Journal de Bruxelles says that the King of Belgium
will farther decorate with the order of Leopold those Bel-
gian exhibitors who have done honour to their country by
gaining prizes in the Paris Exhibition.
AccouNTs from Holland, Belgium, and the seaport towns
of France, state that there is a general rise in sugar and
coffee, and large purchases have been made on English
account.

ON Monday, a seaman, at Greenock, while quarrelling with
his wife, struck her on the head with a stick, which tore the
outer portion of one of her ears completely away. The ruffian
has been arrested.

FRANCIS BAILEY, residing at Kensington, London, while
in a state of somnambulism, the other day, got out of his bed-
room window, and fell to the ground beneath, a depth of 30
feet. He died shortly afterwards.
ADULTERATION OF COFFEE AND PEITER.--A return is-
sued on Thursday states that in the half-year ending the 30th
June last, there were 43 cases of adulteration in coffee, and 10
in pepper detected: 31 of the former, and 7 of the latter were
prosecuted to conviction, and the penalties paid.
THE Journal de Constantinople says that M. Meynadier
will open a theatre at Sebastopol in the spring. At Constan-
tinople also the same director is about to establish a French
theatre, where farce, drama, opera, and even the ballet, will
be produced. .
THE fortifications of the Germanic Confederation, at Ulm,
on the Danube, are nearly completed. This place, famous in
the last war for the surrender of a large Austrian army to the
French, will be one of the strongest fortresses in. Germany.
Form, different attempts to set fire to Mr. Hartley's pre-
mises on the Dublin Steam Wharf, Lower East Smithfield,
London, were discovered on Wednesday, but they all failed.
A large reward has been offered for the discovery of the in-
cendiaries.

Two boatmen on the Regent's Canal have been committed
for trial on the charge of manslaughter, for having dragged
and towed through the water a young woman, whose life
would have been spared had they rendered her proper assist-
ance after she was discovered in the water.

A RUSSIAN PRINCE was recently assassinated in open day-
light by some recruits from his villages, who afterwards at-
tempted to fire his chateau. When, at nightfall, his family,
anxious at his prolonged absence, sent in quist of him, his
body was found seated in his carriage, with his head on the
seat beside it.

A FIRE took place on board a ship in the harbour of White-
haven, on Monday week. One of the apprentices had t
extinguished the light on turning into his berth, and during
the night it was upset and ignited the bedding. Before the
lad was awakened by the flames, the greater part of the hair
was burned from his head. There was no serious amount of
damage done to the vessel.
A FEW days ago a workman employed on the North Staf-
fordshire Railway fell asleep on an upturned wheelbarrow
placed across the rails. While he was in that condition a
train approached at a rapid rate, and the engine struck the
barrow, and threw it and its slumbering occupant completely
off the line. The man was severely bruised, but not per-
manently injured.
THE Times exclaims against the expense. to which the
country will be put by an extra assize at twenty-eight places,
and, looking at the inconvenience to grand jurymen, petty
jurymen, and officers of all kinds, suggests, though in a
crude way, whether arrangements might not be made with
the railways for bringing all the prisoners for trial to the
Central Criminal Court.

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•THE PRESS IN PRUSSIA.—At Coblentz there is published
the 14th Herald.
ane
inform their subscribers that the Government had caused to
be intimated to them its decided disapproval of the tone they
had taken in discussing the events of the day, and had
Rhinethe
their
nisdsu ilefOosre /t/he H
threatened them with strong measures. The committee of
the paper announce that, as they cannot belie their principles,
the journal will, on the 31st of December next, cease to appear.
A similar threat on the part of the Government, not long
since, destroyed • the independence of the most influential
newspaper published on the Rhine.
DANGEROUS SHOAL IN THE CHINA ROUTE.— Captain
Irvine, of the Cairnguorm' just arrived at London, from
Canton, reports that, whilst standing to the southward, the
ship one evening suddenly struck three times' on a reef or
shoal, situated in lat. 1 10 S., and lon. 100 54 E. The ship
was backed immediately, and soundings were taken, but no
bottom was found at '2O fathoms, and there was no appearance
of shoal water near. On the passage out, Captain Irvine saw,
at Anjer, a notice left by the American ship Celestial, of her
having tacked-within 15 feet of some rocks above water,
in lat. 1 18 S., lon. 106 50 E., which are not laid down in any
chart.

SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—According to an
arrangement come to at a general meeting of the enumera-
tors and members of committees, held in March last, the
estimates of the' average produce per acre for the whole of
Scotland are now being taken, the period then fixed having
been between the 15th and 30th November. This plan has
the advantage of getting the estimates taken about the same
time, instead of, as last year, running over a period of three
mouths. It must be obvious that these estimates, however
correct, cannot be used until the returns of acreage are all
made. The returns of acreage and stock for twenty counties
are now complete, not a schedule having been withheld, and
there is every reason to expect that within the next fortnight
the remaining counties will be equally well brought up.
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES.—During the past week exca.
-cations have been made in the gigantic tumulus at Veryan
Beacon-Jll-,CArnwall. Great expectations were entertained by
the people in Itiz neighbourhood that " the golden boat and
and
silver oars" which traallates to have been buried there
been :::uesdnhewAnltlrloocukgsh,
central cavin of stones a
withnot s
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this respect,
wooll.,piced ;Cc
in iht-I....s.xplorors found under the
about four feet six inches in length, two feet in LM,YItP,,
two feet six inches in depth, which, no. doubt, contained
ashes of the ancient Cornish king. Other discoveries of in-
terest were also made. Had a sepuleharal urn been found, it
was intended to inter the ashes in Gerrans Church, near which
King Gerrans is said to have lived and died ; but, as the ashes
were mixed with charcoal, earth, and stones, and what appear-
ed to -be the dust of rotten wood, ll it was determined to leave
the grave in the same state as it was found, and it will now be
restored to its original height and appearance.

IRISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—The Registrar-general
has addressed fresh circulars to the Boards of Guardians of the
several unions in Ireland, soliciting their assistance in com-
piling returns of the rates of produce for the year 1855 of the
various electoral divisions. Government being desirous of
ascertaining the quantity of food produced iu Ireland during
the present year, have directed returns to be collected showing
the extent of land under each description of crop. These re-
turns have now been received, but, in addition to the informa-
tion which they afford, it is most important to ascertain as
near as possible the average rates of produce of each crop.
To accomplish this object forms have been prepared, dividing
each crop into classes, and an assumed rate of produce is
given to each class. These returns, if completed, will be of
vast public importance, and the assistance of -country gentle-
meh is requested by the Registrar-general in making up the
returns.

TnE SUGAR QIIESTION.-At the time when the emancipa-
tion of the slaves was in agitation, a great number of indivi-
duals totally abstained from the use of sugar, with the idea
that they would thereby diminish the receipts of the slave-
holders. A similar movement, though from a totally different
cause, is now fast gaining ground, and already we hear that
thousands are denying themselves the gratification of their
•palates, among both high and low, to bring down the present
exorbitant price of sugar. In the manufacturing districts
especially is this the case. Many thousands of the mill hands
have voluntarily taken the sugar pledge, and, should this
agitation spread generally among the working classes, who
consume vast quantities of the juice of the sugar canes it will
soon produce its effect on the market, beneficial to the Ceti,
sumer. We understand that the great rise in price has sen-
sibly- diminished the receipts in the grocery shops, and it is
feared by the retail trade that the consumption of tea and
coffee will also suffer diminution.

A NEW LIFE BOAT.—A successful trial of the qualities of Mr.
T. C. Clarkson's patent cork life boat was made on Tuesday, at
Portsmouth. She is constructed of alternatelayers of sheet
cork, canvas, and thin wood, adhered by adhesive substances,
which give elasticity, with greater strength- than ordinary.
wood. She was launched from :the dockyard wall into the
harbour, having on board the inventor and four others, volun-
teers from the ships in the port. The height of the wall
from the water was ten feet perpendicular, and being plunged
from the edge of the wall without anything to guide her or
keep her upright, she entered the water safely, MI figniing
herself, from her buoyant qualities, and not having shipped
much water. She was then capsized. but .immediately
regained her proper position ; and in two or three other trials
of placing her on her beam ends, appeared to possess so great
an amount of buoyancy as to render upsetting almost impos.
sible. There were also a number of contrivances displayed
for clearing her of water in the event of shipping a sea. By
taking portions of her to pieces, a raft was formed, capable of
buoying up 10 or 15 persons. Altogether, in cases of emer-
gency, the boat and her fittings was represented to be able to
support 200 persons, though only 27 feet long, and 7 feet d
inches beam.
DARING BURGLARY.—A few evenings ago a most daring
burglary was committed at the house of the gatekeeper at.
Burton Railway Station, near Nottingham. Three men, one
wearing a mask,
_and the others having their faces blackened,
about midnight awoke the wife of the gatekeeper (her husband
being from home) under the pretence that they wanted to
cross the line with some horses. The woman hastened down-
stairs to open the gates, when they rushed into the house,
and one of them, presenting a pistol at her,
.threatened her
with instant death if she did not deliver up her money. She
gave them a shilling—all the cash she had, and the two rob-
bers who were disengaged proceeded upstairs and ransacked
the drawers
might her plßaceeisngwdhisearpepoihe
it
liva4si sltitphpeoir7lidtitzhzatt
money
they secured a quantity of clothing, and took even the bed-
,
ding upon which the children were lying at the time. Having
gt beand secreted.ot
bcollected
eads
themselves
easl v
est hteoy couldwhet preoaviinrsyi convenientlythe rob-
bers
the house afforded,
and deliberately walked away.
IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS AND UNDERWEITEES.—In
the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, the case of "
Willis
v. Cook and others" was heard and decided. The action was
brought by the plaintiff, the owner of an emigrant ship,
against the defendants, as underwriters on a policy of insu-
rance for freight. It appeared that the vessel on her passage
to Boston met with some injuries which it became necessary
to repair, and accordingly she put into Fayal, in the Azores,
for that purpose. She was detained 'there, however, for six
weeks; and then proceeded with her passengers to Boston.
The plaintiff sought to recover the expense of maintaining
the emigrants at Fayal during the progress of the repairs,
and the action was turned into a special case' for the opinion
of the court,
whether the underwriters were -liable to those
expenses.—Lord Campbell now delivered the judgment of the
.elled to victual the emigrants at a special rate during the
period court. By the contract entered into the owners were corn-
P
voyage and during the
of detention. In this case the
49th section of the Emigration Act did not impose on the
master any duty to forward the passengers in any other vessel
-
to their original destination, and lie would have been guilty
of a breach of duty if he had not maintained them during
the term necessary for the repairs of the vessel at Fayal, and
had not then carried them on to Boston. For the loss in-
curred by this detention the underwriters could not be held
liable. If t
ahe owners of emigrant ships wished to protect
themselvesagainst such prolongation of voyages, they must
resort to s)me other form of policy. In this case the judg.
ment of the court would be for the defendants.—Judgment
accordingly,

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EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., EVERTON-
VILLAGE.
By Mr. J. HEYES,
On THURSDAY next, the 29th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely,
on the Premises, No. 3, Everton.village,
THE excellent HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and
other Effects, the Property of a Lady declining housekeeping,
comprising Sets of Mahogany-framed Chairs, in Hair Cloth, Sofa
with Loose Cushions and Bolsters in Hair Cloth, capital Maho-
gany Pedestal Sideboard. Pembroke, Card and other Tables,
Chimney Glasses in Gilt Frames, Brussels Carpet, Fenders, Fire
Irons, &c.
The CHAMBER FURNITURE will include Mahogany Fourpost,
French and Camp Bedsteads, with appropriate Hangings, prime
White Goose Feather Beds and Bedding, Mahogany Wardrobe,
Painted Chests of Drawers, Mahogany Night Commodes, Venetian
Stair Carpets, Fenders, Fire Irons, &c. ; also, a Capital Eight-day
Clock and a very excellent Ancient Clock, in Mahogany Cases ;
together with the Kitchen Utensils, Portable Weighing Machine
and other Miscellaneous effects.
To be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may be
had on the Premises, and at Mr. J. HEYES' Offices, 20, Dale-
street, Liverpool, and Great Crosby.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.
BREWERY AND FIXTURES.
By Messrs. BYFORD and SON,
THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 27th instant, at Six o'clock in the
Evening, at the house of Mr. Edward Ford, " Swan Inn,"
London. road, in Liverpool,
APiece of Freehold LAND, containing 356 square
yards, with the Brewery and other Outbuildings thereon
erected, situate in Islington-row, Wilton-street, Liverpool, now
in the occupation of Messrs. Forshaw and Renshaw, together with
the Steam.engine, Boilers, and other Fixtures and appendages
thereunto belonging.
The Premises are capable of Brewing 80 Barrels, and may be
inspected any day.
For further particulars apply to Mr. J. C. GRocorr, Solicitor,
8, Basnett-street ; to Mr. GEORGE DODD, Solicitor, 5, James-
street; or to Messrs. BYFORD and Sort, Auctioneers, Clayton-
square.