The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

ACCIDENT ON THE MOORS.-Mr. Morton, of Glenroy Lodge,
who has for many years been in the habit of visiting the high-
lands, met with an accident the other day which is reported
to have proved fatal. Mr. Morton had strayed from his party,
and. it is supposed, had his gun slung across his back, when
the contents were accidentally discharged, and lodged in the
back of his head. A whole night elapsed before the spot where
the accident occurred was traced.—lnverness Courier.

QUEEN MARIA CHRISTINA, whose ordinary residence in
France is Malmaison, left for Dieppe some short time before
the arrival of the Queen of England in Paris. The Queen
Mother, no doubt, remembered her own visit to England some
years ago, when she had not the advantage of seeing the
sovereign, who was unavoidably, but most conveniently, absent
in Scotland. Maria Christina returned to Malmaison after the
Queen's departure. The Duchess de Rianzares acted with her
usual tact on this occasion.—Times.
DERIVATION OF "FILIBUSTERS."—The title of Filibusters

is a mere corruption of the English word freebooters—a Ger-
man term, imported into England during the Low Country
i wars of Elizabeth's reign. It has been erroneously traced to
the Dutch word jiysotzt ; but the Jesuit traveller, Charlevoix,
asserts that, in fact, this species of craft derived its title from
being first used by the Filibustiers, and not from its swiftness.
This, however, is evidently a mistake, as Drayton • and
Hakluyt use the word; and it seems to be of even earlier
standinc, in the French language. • The derivation from the
English freebooter is at once seen when the s in Eli-
bustler becomes lost in pronunciation.
A FRENCH PROTESTANT PARENT AND HIS CHILDREN.—
An important case is to be brought on the 27th before the
Civil Tribunal of Orleans. A counseil de tamale (or all the
members of a family legally assembled, to discuss matters
relating to minors, management of property, &c.) has just
deprive a• father of his lee-al right to be a guardian of his
children, and even to have their persons under his control, on
the ground that he has embraced the Protestant religion, and
that he wants to educate his children (one aged eight and the
other six) in tenets of that creed, they having been born of a
Romanist mother, now deceased. The legal ground cn which
this decision is founded is, that by Art 4 of the Code Napo-
leon, persons whose management yestion) shows incapacity,
or dishonesty, may be removed from the exercise of guardian-
Sh:p ; and it is argued that gestion applies to moral as well as
pecuni 7-y- interests, and that infidelity has a similar applica-
tion; i.: is further urged that the change of religion contem-
plated by the father in the present case would be an insult to
the memory of their mother, and estrange them from the rest
of their family. The father having refused to submit to the
above decision, the matter has been brought before the
Tribunals.—Galignani's Messenger.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL.—A frightful accident
occurred on Friday afternoon to Dr. Collins, of Regent's Park,
London, while travelling from the city of Wells to Bristol.
He and his lady have been for some weeks past on a tour in
the west of England, and intended to return to London ; and;
while proceeding to the Bristol Railway station for that pur-
pose, they had to descend a very steep hill, at the top of which-
the horse they were driving, a very spirited animal, took
fright, and ran furiously towards the site of the bridge that
fell with a fearful crash a few months since, and which is now
being re-erected across the tidal river Avon. On reaching the
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A LETTER from Berlin states that Count Nesselrode has
addressed another despatch to the Russian embassies, in which
he repeats the desire of the Czar to accept honourable propo-
sitions for peace.
AT a recent sale of the Marquis of Exeter's stud, Lord Lon-
desborough purchased Stockwell, the winner of the St. Leger,
for 3,100 guineas ; at the same sale Nutwith was sold for
1,600 guineas, and Ambrose for 790 guineas.
A LADY named Moore, who for some time has exhibited
symptoms of aberration of intellect, precipitated herself from
one of the upper windows of her house, Arlington-street, Lon-
don, on Saturday. She has suffered some severe injuries, and
lies in a most precarious state.
THE REPRESENTATION OF TYNEMOUTIL—It is confidently
stated that Mr. Hugh Taylor, of the Coal-Exchange, London,
will contest Tynemouth at the next election in the Con-
servative interest. Mr. Lindsay will thus have a Conservative,
and a Liberal Conservative, Captain Linskill, to oppose him.
A LETTER rsom ROME mentions some fresh discoveries of
antiquities, among which are two columns, one of alabaster
and the other of marble, both of admirable beauty, dug up in
the Via della Scrofa, and a granite column twenty feet long,
with a well-preserved Corinthian capital of marble.
FEARGUS O'Cormon died on Thursday of paralysis. For
the last two years he had been under the care of Dr. Tuke,
at Chiswick, but about a week ago he was removed by his
sister, Miss O'Connor. He was of an ancient Irish family,
which has been for many years settled at Fort Robert, in the
county of Cork.
GOLD.—The advices from Melbourne furnish the quantity
of gold shipped by the following vessels, the arrival of which
may be daily expected :—The Eagle, 13,979 ounces; Essex,
44,121 ounces ; Boomerang, 16 747 ounces ; and the North-
umberland, 63,148 ounces and 20,500 sovereigns—making a
total value of £572,900.
MORTALITY or CHILDREN.--At an inquest in London on
a child, the coroner remarked that it was lamentable to find
that people paid more attention to their colts, pigs, cows, and
other animals than they did in many cases_to their children.
In this country the mortality among children from curable
diseases was twenty to one slave child. The reason was that
the slaves were purchased to be made useful, and their owners
took every care of them. In the case before them the poor
woman had done all she could with her limited means, but the
marvel was that any of the family were alive.
LIEUT. GILBERT PICKERING, aged 30, who appears to
have been in monetary difficulties, shot himself through the
head last week, at his lodgings, in London. The coroner's
officer produced three letters which had been found, one of
which was addressed to Messrs. Cockburn, his agents, to the
following effect :—" Dear Cockburn,—Pay the lady (his land-
lady) the £25 for her apartments. When you receive this I
shall be no more. Do not fail, or the eternal curses of a dying
Iman light on you.—G. PICKEE/NG."
LAMENTABLE EFFECT OF MISCHIEF.—A boy named Alfred
Cox, 14 years old, has been sentenced by Alderman Finnis to
three weeks' imprisonment, for throwing a handful of lime
into the face of a girl named Margaret Grant. There was no
provocation for the act, which appears to have been one of
wanton mischief. The poor girl, who was of attractive ap-
pearance, has lost the sight of an eye and is disfigured for life.
The mother of the boy came forward, and in the most piteous
accents begged the Alderman not to send her son to prison,
but to inflict some fine. Alderman Finnis said that 21 days'
bread and water and hard labour would do the boy more
good, because, supposing he inflicted a fine, the prisoner would
not suffer for it. The lad, who cried bitterly, was then re-
moved.

ABSTRACTION OF LETTERS FROM THE NEW STREET POST
PILLARS.—In consequence of numerous complaints relative to
the non-delivery of letters put into the receiving-boxes of the
post pillars, inquiries have been made on this subject ; and it
would appear that a system had been adopted of robbing
these, as also the general receiving-houses, by a set of persons
acting in concert, by means of some adhesive matter being
placed on a small thin weight, which descends to the box
where the letters are deposited, and then drawn quickly to
the top, the letter attached to the adhesive matter is easily
withdrawn. A plan, it is understood, was some time since
submitted to the Post-office authorities, which would effect-
ually frustrate all such attempts ; but this plan is still only
" under consideration."

MATERIAL FOR THE WAR.—The Low Moor Iron Company,
at Bradford, in Yorkshire, have for several months been em-
ployed in making material for the war. "The passing rail-
way traveller," says the Bradford Observer can hardly
have failed to notice from time to time huge piles of shot and
shell or rows of ordnance awaiting transmission to same Go-
vernment arsenals. Every now and then we hear rumours
of some new missile of astounding ponderosity and homicidal
power which is being manufactured at these works, but
few particulars are allowed to transpire. We understand,
however, that of late many workmen have been engaged in
making shells of enormous size, weighing more than 26 cwt.
(exclusive, of course, of the charge) and about 3i inches in
thickness. When these formidable engines come to be em-
ployed against the Russians, whether in the Baltic or the
Crimea, we shall, doubtless, hear of some startling effects being
produced. Hundreds of tons of war material are now weekly
forwarded from Low Moor to the order of the Government."
THE JEWISH MODE OF SLAUGHTERING REASTS.—A
summons against two slanghtermen of the " Israel" slaughter
house, but virtually against the Jewish Rabbis, for cruelty to
their animals in the process of slaughtering, led to proceedings
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the ordinary cruelty practised by the Jews in the case of this
animal, but that the question was to involve the general prac-
tices of the Jews, which have prevailed amongst them from
time immemorial.—Mr. Sampson Samuel, solicitor, instructed
,by the Jewish authorities, applied for an adjournment. He
had had an interview with Mr. Forster; who.had consented on
the part of the Royal Society he represented, to allow the case
to stand over for a month. During that time a meeting should
take place, at which the whole' question should be discussed.
Ifit were found that on the part of the Jews there were any-
thing wrong in their mode of slaughtering, inhumanity should
henceforth be avoided. If, however, what the Society com-
plained of involved a question of religions observance, it might
be necessary that the Jewish body should defend these rites,
had no objection to the postponement —The case was, there-
fore,which had been maintained for znany ages.— Sir R. W. Carden
adjourned until the sth of October.
SUNDAY DESECRATION.—The cause of Sunday desecration
by authority prospers in the hands of the new Commissioner
of Woods and Forests. The statement about the opening of
Kew Gardens during the whole of Sunday has, it is true,
been contradicted, but on the other hand we are furnished
with an official account of the numbers which attended the
performances of the band in Kensington Gardens on Sunday
last, and which according to the report exceeded 61,000
persons. The demeanour of the crowd was, according to the
promoters of this movement, above all praise ; and the
occasion was graced, moreover, by the presence of the great
man himself at whose bidding the divine sanction of the
Lord's day is pro lanlo abrogated. " Sir Benjamin Hall," we
are told, " was seen moving about in the crowd, arm
in arm with the Dean of Durham, apparently enjoying the
scene." What business the Very Reverend Ecclesiastic had
to parade himself and his Order on this occasion, is a ques-
tion which obviously suggests itself. The Dean is as secure,
however, "from any correction" from his Diocesau, as from
his own conscience. Meanwhile the Cathedral Commis-
sioners had better take notice of the fact that a Dean
has leisure to promenade among the holiday folks in London
while divine service is being performed in his Cathedral at
Durham.—John Bull.
SECESSION FROM WESLEYAN METHODISM.—We under-
stand that the Rev. R. M. Macßrair, M.A. late of Cambridge,
has resigned his appointment into the hands of the President
of :the Conference, and withdrawn from the Connexion, ex-
pressing his dissent from some parts of the Wesleyan economy
and discipline. Mr. Macßrair is a native of Scotland, and
studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he gained some
imortant prizes, and obtained his degree of Master of Arts.
He afterwards went abroad and studied modern languages.
Having offered his services to the Wesleyan Missionary So-
ciety, he was sent to Western Africa as linguist, to grapple with
one or more of the negro tongues. He soon succeeded in
forming a grammar of the Mandingo, and translating the
Gospel into the same language. He also drew up a sketch of
the Foolah language (the most difficult of African dialects,
and previously unknown to Europeans), which has lately been
published by the Admiralty. Mr. Macßrair has also written
some books in English, contributed to various popular perio-
dicals, and was one of the originators and editorial committee
of the well-known " Bulwark," or Scottish Reformation Jour--
, nal. Of his qualifications for the pastoral office, it is not ne-
cessary to speak here in Cambridge, where so many of our
readers have personally experienced and fully appreciate
them. He took leave of his late congregation, in Hobson-
street Wesleyan Chapel, on Sunday Evening last, where he
preached an excellent sermon from the text, " Thou shalt
guide me by thy counsel,"—Ps. lxxiii. 24. The reverend
gentleman confined himself strictly to the subject of his dis-
course, making no allusion to any events that have occurred
during his residence in Cambridge.— Cambridge Chronicle.
GAS ExpLoseoN.—On Saturday morning, a fearful explosion
of gas took place at the mansibn of Mr. Temple, situate at the
corner of Chapel-street, Park-lane, London, which created
great consternation. Mr. Temple, who has recently laid out
£4,000 in repairing and beautifying the building, and which
was said to contain pictures of the estimated value of £30,000,
had quitted town for Cheltenham, leaving the mansion in
charge of the housekeeper, another female servant, and the
footman. Some time after retiring to rest the housekeeper
smelt the escape of gas very strongly, and having aroused the
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the house that was not destroyed or seriously damaged
females Were rescued,. and placed in an adjoining The
house for
safety, and the house is momentarily expected to fall the gas mains been fully charged, nothing could havein. Had
a similar catastrophe to that which took place in averted
some few years since. The loss to Mr. Temples Albany-street
nearly £40,000.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.--At th
of the Royal Agricultural Society, at Carlisle, 9 recent meeting
reaping machines, after but a partial experiment the trial of
was postponed until harvest, at which upon rye,
were to meet again on the farm of the President period four machines
Mr. W. Miles, M.P. for East Somerset, of the Society,
Bristol. These machines were Crossl
f at Leigh Court,
see, Burgess and Key's McCormick, and Forbush
Dray's Hus-
American machine, with Palmer's English • orbush and Co.'s
improvement. Ac-
cordingly, on Wednesday morning these four,
known as Lord Kinnaird's, commenced with a fifth,
Court Farm, in the presenof the
ce
the trial on Leigh
the Carlisle show, Messrs. Husk' judges of implements at
Scott, accompanied by one of the stewardsissen, Grainger, Read, and
together with the President, Mr. W. Mr. Fisher Hobbs,
1% W. Miles, NI .P., and select
. a
party of scientific agriculturists. After a trial of several
hours, the judges awarded the first
and Key's McCormick, and the prize of £3O to• Burgess
Mr. Dray's machine
was highly commended. On the follow-
ing day a public trial took place in the presence of ral.hun-
dreds of the leading agriculturists oftheconntysevewho ex-
pressed themselves highly pleased with the operations. On
proceeding from a field of wheat to a field of barley, a serious
accident happened to McCormick's machine ; the principal
wheel of the machine, which was composed of cast iron, in
passing over a stone, snapped in several pieces, whereby the
reaper was rendered perfectly useless for the remainder of the
day, showing that it is essentially necessary. that wrought iron
should be substituted for that of cast, as in all farthing dis-
tricts the machines would be liable to cross rugged roads
in passing from one portion of the estate to the other. The
operations of Dray's and Forbus '
h s in the barley field, where
the corn wag laid, were greatly approved, and fully satisfied
those present that any description of grain
could be cut by
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