The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

DIE PRINCESS ROYAL of Sweden has bad the misfortune
to break her arm at the baths of Sandefjord.
THE Rum AND COUNTESS or DERBY, the Hon. Frederick
and Lady Emma Stanley, are on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Malmesbury, at Achnacarry, Inverness-shire.
LORD PANMURE, the Minister of War, and Mr. F. Peel, the
Secretary for War, are to remain in London during the
autumn. _ _ _

IT IS UNDERSTOOD that a marriage will shortly take place
between the Hon. Francis Stonor, second son of Lord Camoys,
and Miss Peel, daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Robert
Peel.

A LETTER from Munich states that King Maximilian had
been attacked slightly with fever, which, it was thought,
would prevent his Majesty from being present at the opening
of the Chambers.

HER MAJESTY has presented the Rev. Dr. Hall, chaplain to
the British Embassy at Paris, a diamond ring, as a mark of
approbation of the manner in which he twice officiated in her
presence, at St. Cloud.
SANDON-HALL, in Staffordshire, the seat of the Earl of
Harrowby, which was burnt down about seven years ago, has
been rebuilt, and is so far completed that the noble earl and
his family occupied it, for the first time, on their return from
London on Thursday week. Its erection has occupied four
years.
MARSHAL RADETZKI last week feted his fiftieth anniver-
sary of his promotion to the grade of general. He is 89
years of age, and has served 71 years. In reply to an auto-
graph letter from the Emperor Francis Joseph, congratu-
lating him on the restoration of his health, the old general
has requested to be allowed to retire.
THE REV. GEORGE FARNCOMB WRIGHT, MA., fellow of
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the
mastership in Shrewsbury School, vacant by the preferment
of the Rev. A. T. Paget to the rectory of Kirstead-cum-Lang-
hale, Norfolk. Mr. Wright graduated in 1852 as seventh
wrangler.
His EXCELLENCY SIR RICHARD PAKENHAM, recently the
Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Portugal, left town a
few days back on a special mission to Lisbon, to convey Her
Majesty's congratulations to the King of Portugal on his at-
taining his regal majority, and to represent Her Majesty at
that sovereign's coronation.
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM, son of the Prince Royal
of Prussia, and heir presumptive of the throne, has gone to
Balmoral to pay a visit to the Queen. It is generally under-
stood that this visit is not without a particular object, which
it is unnecessary to explain more fully.
THE Bisnor OF LONDON preached again on Sunday week
at Erafrath, near Dusseldorf. He has derived so much benefit
from his stay at Dusseldorf both in his sight and in his gene-
ral health, that he will be able to proceed up the Rhine in the
course of a few days, making a tour into Switzerland before

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VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA TO PARIS.—The arrival
of the King of Sardinia in Paris is announced for to-day, ex-
cepting some extraordinary events prevent His Majesty's
departure from Piedmont. No feastings or rejoicings will
take place during his stay in Paris, on account of the mourn-
ing for his Majesty's mother, wife, and brother. The King
comes to see the Exhibition and visit the Emperor, his ally ;
his suite will be very limited : his official residence will be at
the Chateau du Compeign and the Tuilleries, while in Paris.
There will be only one grand review at the Champ de Mars.

STABBING.—There were two cases of stabbing at the police-
court, on Saturday. Catherine Price, the wife of a dock
labourer, was charged with inflicting a serious wound on the
cheek of a widow named Elizabeth Johnson, They are
neighbours, and lived in Gore-street, Toxteth-park. On
Thursday morning the prisoner went into Johnson's house,
and they began to quarrel about a shirt which the latter had
missed. During the altercation the prisoner called the other
"an old liar," when the latter struck her. The prisoner, who
at the time was opening a cockle with a knife, rushed upon
the old woman, and inflicted a severe gash on her cheek.
She was removed in a fainting state to the Southern Hospital,
where the wound was dressed. Mr. Garland, who had at-
tended her, stated that when admitted she was suffering from
an incised wound on the left cheek, which had been caused
by some sharp instrument. She could not yet open her
mouth. The prisoner was remanded. In the second case,
Louis Petrie, seaman, belonging to the American ship Milton,
of New York, was charged with stabbing Bridget Calligan, a
girl of ill-repute. The latter stated that the prisoner was in
her house on Monday, about midnight, in a state of intoxica-
tion, and that, without saying anything to her, he suddenly
drew his knife from his sheath behind him, and aimed a blow
at her throat. She tried to elude the knife, which caught
her in the neck, producing a slight wound. She gave infor-
mation to the police, which led to the apprehension of the
prisoner. She had never seen him before. Mr. Sayer, of the
Northern Dispensary, stated that the prosecutrix was brought
in on Tuesday morning. She had a wound, two inches long
and three-quarters of an inch deep, cutting through the super-
ficial fibres of the muscles. She would not be able to move
her neck for a fortnight. The prisoner declared he was never
out of his ship on the night in question ; and on sending for
the shipkeeper, and a sailor, his statement was fully borne
out. It being evident that the girl had been mistaken in the
identity, he was discharged.
AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—The Gipsy Bride, Captain
Murphy, of the " Liverpool line," sailed from Liverpool for
Melbourne, yesterday, with 250 passengers, a full cargo of
valuable merchandise, and a ship letter bag. The Royal Mail
ship Red Jacket, of the " White Star" line, went into the river
on Sunday, and will sail for Melbourne on Thursday, with the
mails for the Australian colonies. She will have nearly all her
berths full, and will carry about 300 passengers ; she has also
on board a large and valuable cargo of general merchandise.
The Monica, an extra packet of this line, will be dispatched for
Melbourne early in October. The mails of the 20th proximo
will be conveyed by the Mermaid, Captain Devey, which has
completed two very rapid passages to the antipodes. She was
to leave Melbourne early in July, and may be shortly expected.
The Indian Queen, Captain Jobson, belonging to the Black
Ball" line, went into the river on Saturday, and will sail in a
day or two for Melbourne, with a full cargo of general merchan-
dise and about 100 passengers. She will be succeeded on the
6th proximo by the Royal Mail ship Schomberg, Captain J. N.
Forbes, which will carry a full number of passengers and cargo.
Some novelties are introduced in the fittings of this celebrated
ship worthy of attention. Her 'tween decks are fitted up with
iron berths throughout, and have a very pretty and light
appearance. Her iron tanks are fitted to carry either water or
provisions, and, while they are able to bear any weight placed
upon them, they act as permanent ballast for the ship. The
fore-yard of the vessel is a hollow iron tube, made of i-inch
plates, and the invention of which is claimed by Mr. John
Clare, jun. The Emigration Commissioners have advertised
for vessels to carry emigrants to Melbourne and Adelaide,
each to be ready for passengers between the Ist and 9th of
November, as may hereafter be determined. The Fiery Cross
is now loading east side of Prince's Dock, for Melbourne.
This ship attracts considerable attention; she is, without doubt,
the finest modelled vessel yet built at this port. Her poop
accommodations are very elegant and commodious. The Fiery
Cross takes neither intermediate or steerage passengers, and
is under engagements to sail on the sth October.
LANCASHIRE BURIAL BOARDS.—Returns were issued on
Friday of the fees determined upon by each of the Burial
Boards established under acts of the last three sessions, for
burials in the consecrated and unconsecrated ground respec-
tively, with the manner of their appropriation. St. Anthony's
Cemetery, Liverpool, has not, as yet, been opened, and no
scale of charges has yet been decided upon ; and Toxteth-park
Cemetery has but just been commenced. The corporation of
Warrington have only very recently been invested with the
powers of a Burial Board, and their cemetery is not yet con-
structed. At Bury the subject of fees has not yet been con-
sidered by the Burial Board, as the Vestry declined to vote
any money for the purposes of a cemetery ; and the Lancaster
Burial Board have not yet determined upon a table of fees,
nor the manner of their appropriation. The Burial Board of
Preston, however, have adopted the following scale of fees,
which may serve as a guide in other cases :—The minister re-
ceives 2s. for reading the service, and 10s. 6d. extra if the per-
son buried has been brought from another parish ; £1 4s. for
the privilege of placing a stone over the grave, and £1 4s. extra
for a tomb : £4 for a single vault, and £lO for a double vault.
The clerk's fee is only 6d. The sexton receives 3s. 6d. for a
grave for an adult, and 2s. 6d. for a child's grave; and is.
when called upon to remove and replace a stone. There is also
a fee of is 6d. for tolling the bell. Irrespective of the preced-
ing, the following charges are made by the Board :—For a
general grave, ls. 6d.; for a private grave in perpetuity, £1;
for a single vault, £2 ; for a double vault, £4. These charges
are doubled in the case of persons not resident within the
township. The charge for the privilege of placing a stone
over a grave, we observe, in going through the returns, is un-
usually high, £1 ls. being the highest in any other place in
England, wherein a burial board has been established, and
half that amount being a nrlcb more usual charge,