The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

MR. SMITH O'BRIEN has advertised a new book on politi-
cal subjects, the title being, " The Principles of Government,
or Meditations in Exile."

THE PRESIDENT of the Poor-law Board has appointed Mr.
R. B. Cane, one of the chief clerks of the Poor-law Office, who
has been in the service of the commission from its commence-
ment, to succeed Mr. Austin as Poor-law Inspector.
JOHN WORSEY, miller, of Brorasgrove, has been fined £5
and costs, for having in his possession 6001bs. of alum, for the
purpose of adulterating flour. The defence was that the alum
was used for mending holes in the mill•stones.
TEE LADY SPORTSMAN.—It will be remembered that an
announcement appeared to the effect that the Game-list for the
county of Leicester contained the name of a lady as being en-
titled to kill game. This week the fair one has had her
" lovely fingers" shattered by the bursting of her gun.—
Leicester Paper.
THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT, rather than interdict the
use of corn and potato starch in manufactures, which would be
to stop labour for the purpose of economising food, has offered
a prize of 10,000 francs for the discovery of a non-alimentary
substance to replace the use of starch in those industrial oc-
cupations in which it is now employed.
A WOMAN, aged 115 years, has just died at Oravitza. She
had preserved her vision almost unimpaired, and all her
teeth. Her husband, who died three years ago, had reached
the same age as herself, and both sank at last under the
burden of old age alone, for neither of them had ever
been ill.

PAHL, STRAHAN, AND BATRB.-It is stated that these crimi-
nals will remain in Newgate or the Milbank Prison until a
complete investigation of their affairs is made and a balance-
sheet in bankruptcy filed ; and that afterwards they will be re-
moved to Gibraltar for the remaining period of their sentence.
THE following is supposed to be the number of newspapers
in the world :-10 in Austria, 14 in Africa, 24 in Spain, 26 in
Portugal, 30 in Asia, 65 in Belgium, 85 in Denmark, 50 in
Russia and Poland, 350 in other Germanic States, 600 in
Great Britain and Ireland, and 2,000 in the United States, or
nearly twice as many as in all other nations.—American Pub-
Ushers' Circular.

THE ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM, the insignia of which
King Oscar has just sent to the Emperor Napoleon, is the
oldest and the most distinguished of the orders of Swedish,
knighthood. The escutcheon of each Swedish or foreign
kight remains for ever hung up in the Church of Beddarholm,
where the tombs of the kings of Sweden are built, and the
death of each knight of the Order is announced by the tolling
of the large hell of that church.
A REAL rara axis—a black swan—was captured Rif Ex-
mouth last week. It was poor in flesh, and evidently ex-
hausted by long flight, but showed by its plumage and other
indications that it had never been in captivity. It is sup-
posed that by a long succession of storms it has been driven
from the PftelfiC, its only known habitation. An 'equally rare
fish was caught at Gravesend on Friday, during the high wind
and tide—a sword fish of ift. bindles in length, and possess-
ing a sword of 2ft. 6in.

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of the L'Homme newspaper have been ordered to leave Jersey,
by Grder of the British government. Amongst the expelled
are Victor Hugo and his sons. The declaration referred to
contained the most unmeasured abuse of the Emperor Napo-
leon, and expressed bitter temptcon for England, concluding
with the words, " Now expel us, you choose."
MILITARY PREPARATIONS.—The Government has entered
into extensive contracts for the supply of MiniA rifles, rifled
-and Victoria carbines, revolvers, and cavalry ( heavy and light)
sabres. The number of firearms of all descriptions required is
upwards of 100,000 stand, and 10;000 sabres. The contracts
are divided among the gun manufacturers of London and Bir-
mingham, Liege and Nantur ( Belgium), and Boston ( United
States). The sword cutlers of Sheffield have taken the con-
tract for sabres.
AeouT seventeen miles below Gainsborough, on the right
bank of the Trent, stands the pretty secluded village of Bur-
ringham. The parish is without a church, and for some time
past efforts have been made to raise funds to erect one. The
following novel announcement, which has been circulated in
Brigg, looks as if it had been quoted from the Tablet : —" For
the benefit of Burlingham Church.—To be raffled for, at half-
past three o'clock, a.pure bred Skye terrier dog, direct from the
island ; twenty shares, at 55. each. Also, a pure bred terrier
puppy, four months old, same breed; twelve shares, at bs. each:,
Mu. Ftenaus O'Cormon's land scheme was wound up last
week, at Sheffield, before the commissioner appointed by the
master in chancery. The object the master in chancery has in
view is to ascertain bow to apportion the surplus assets of the
company equitably amongst all the accredited claimants. From
the company's accounts it appears that about £90,000 is the
whole amount which was subscribed, by about seventy thou-
sand persons. On the average, above one-third of the claim-
ants have reappeared, and about two-thirds of the amount sub-
scribed has been claimed.
ATTEMPTED MVRDER.—On the 4th ,ult., Thomas Franks,
residing at Nottingham, made a desperate attack upon his
wife as she lay in bed, inflicting several dangerous wounds
with a razor. He afterwards absconded from the town, and,
though active ‘efforts were made for his apprehension,
nothing was heard of 'him until Thursday evening last, when
information was sent to the
police-station that he was pacing
to and fro in disguise in front of the house
. inizhich his wife
still lay suffering from his cruel assault
were immediately despatched to the spot, and succeededoconstables
apprehending him in all , probability just in time to in
prevent
loss of life, for the man had a brace of loaded ' pistols, and
was, to all appearance, only waiting a favourable opportunity
to assassinate his wife, and to terminate immediately his own
existence. He 'vas placed before the magistrates on Friday
for a preliminary examination, and remanded until his wife
should be in a-state to give evidence.

Tun NEIGH-130U L% of a disagreeable inhabitant•of Manilla,
crescent, Weston-super-Mare, have made her out a legal nui-
sance, and the magistrates have ordered a summons to be
issued against the owner of the house accordingly. The sub-
ject of the complaint is a lady mamed Brown, of some property;
but, says the local report, "of a very excitable temperament,
and, from the evidence, it appeared that the most alarming
quarrelling, screaming, swearing &es, are going on at this
establishment daily and nightly. On Saturday and Sunday
nights last, the awful- oaths and dreadful imprecations which
issued from the house caused quite a terror in the neighbour-
hood, so much so that the residents adjoining could get no
rest, and several respectable families lodging near were about
to leave."

ATTEMPT AT MITIIDRR.—As Mr. Richards, a butdher of
Landrake, in Cornwall, was on his way home from the Cal-
lington Market on Wednesday, he was fired at by a person
behind a hedge. At the time he was leading his horse, and
was within about a mile of his home. On looking up he saw
the head of a man, and he cried out " Murder, murder !" No
one, however, came to his assistance, it being a very lonely
neighbourhood, and in his wounded state he was obliged to
return home unassisted. It was found that a large number
of small shots had entered his body, the charge having passed
over his shoulder and down his side. Although .at first oon-
sidered in danger, he is now, it is said, in a fair way of re-
covery. No clue has .keen obtained of his assailant.
MORMONITES NOW PROTESTANT DISSENTERC—At the
West Bromwich Petty Sessions on Monday, John Danger-
field and William Price appeared to answer a summons on the
information of Edward Hanham, of Dudley, descriking
self as a Dissenting minister, for that the said defendants, on
the 16th day of September last, in the parish of Tipton, did
unlawfully disturb a meeting and congregation of Protestants,
dissenting from the church of England, assembled for reli-
gious worship in a meeting-house there, duly registered pur-
suant to the statute. It appeared that the congregation in
question consisted of Mormons, or " Latter-day Saints," And
hereupon the magistrate said he thought the case must be
dismissed. He thought it a material allegation in the in-
formation that the congregation in :question was a congrega-
tion of Protestants, dissenting from the Church of England,
within the meaning of the statutes passed for their especial
protection. Referring to the statutes on the subject, from the
!first of William and Mau to those passed in the reign of
George 111., he could not at present see that the congregation
at Great Bridge Chapel of Latter-day Saints was such as was •
,contemplated by the acts of Parliament passed for the pro-
tection of Protestant Dissenters,. lie waald therefore leave '
.the complainants to their ordinary remedy at law.
IFLooDING OF A QUARRY.—During the severe gale on
Friday week, wheii the flood tide in the Firth of Forth was at
its height, the heavy sea effected a large chasm in the rocky
embankment protecting Grantor Quarry, and in the course of
a few minutes filled up its vast basin. This quarry, out of
which Granton-pier was built by the Duke of Baccleuch, and
from which a massive breakwater is in the course ofconstruc-
tion, enclosing the pier in a capacious .harbour, is situate a
mile westuf the pier, in an angle of the coast, two sides of its
embankment being exposed to the action of the waves. There
being, howev.-er, nearly 100 feet of rock proteetingit from tidal
inroads, no apprehension was ever entertained from its proxi-
mity to the sea. The tide of Friday mornine• was the height
of the stream, and a heavy gale was blowing from the west,
when, between three and four o'clock, about 60 yards 'of the
embankment en die west side was bodily carried into the
quarry, and the waves, rushing through the gap, filled it in
five or ten minutes.. Had the occurrence taker. place from an
afternoon tide the results might have been most dreadful, for
the 60 or 60 men daily employed in it would at once have been
overwhelmed. As it was, the household of the foreman of the
quarry had a most providential escape. They resided in a
house on the brink of the precipice, and so close to the portion
of the bank which gave way that the gable and doorway and
part of the roof and flooring were washed away, and the inmates
had barely sufficient warning to escape by a window. The
quarry, having been nearly exhausted, is not likely to be again i
used, as other seams of rock are understood to exist in the
immediate neighbourhood. The gale was not attended with
any serious consequences to the shipping in the Forth.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCROOL.—A large and fine
building, which has been erected dose to the Pinner station of
the North-western Railway, by the commercial travellers of
the United Kingdom, as a home and school for the orphans of
the less fortunate of their body, was opened on Saturday week,
by Prince Albert, the Lord Mayor also attending, to give a
commercial tone to the proceedings. These consisted of the
reception of the Prince, the children singing " God save the
Queen" and the Hundredth Psalm ; the presentation of a re-
markably appropriate address to his royal highness ; after
which, and a prayer by Dr. Vaughan, head master of Harrow,
the Prince declared the institution opened : and at the close of
all comes a banquet. In the address it was stated,—" Between
two and three hundred young persons, from seven to fifteen
years of age, have been or are now being carefully trained, by
this charity, for a useful and honourahle career in after-life,
who, but for this institution, might have been growing up in
neglect and indolence, contracting vicious habits, and maturing
in immorality. The Board of Management refer with much
gratification to the fact, that, so exemplary has been the con-
duct of the pupils of this institution during the location of the
establishment at Wanstead, that the clergy and gentry of the
neighbourhood have expressed, in the strongest terms, their
regret at the removal of the institution. It is true that this
establishment, from its very nature, can never be distinguished
in the higher branches of education and learning; still it is
hoped that, in all those qualities which constitute moral ex-
cellence, the scholars of this institution may vie in honourable
rivalry with the noblest in the land; and although this school
may never, like a neighbouring seat of learning, send forth
poets, philosophers, and statesmen, to give lustre to their age
and country, and to aid in the councils of their Sovereign, it
will produce, it is hoped, a succession of those hardy sons of
commerce, equally essential to the existence of a commercial
nation, and who, by their loyalty to the Monarch, their reve-
rence for the laws, and their industry and integrity, shall con-
tribute to the stability of the throne and the material welfare
of the empire."—The list of subscriptions, including one from
the Prince of 100 guineas, amounted to nearly £2,000.

THE ,MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

ON Thursday last, the annual election of sixteen gentle-
men, to serve as representatives of the different wards in the
Town Council, took place in accordance with the terms of the
act, and nine of the candidates were returned without op-
position. These were the following, viz.:—
Ward. Candidate.
Everton......Mr. T. D.Anders.on. Re-elected without opposition.
Scotland... -Mr. Richard Shell Ditto.

Exchange.... Mr. James Tyrer Ditto.
St. Peter's.. Mr. J. C. Fernihough Ditto.
Pitt•street... Mr. William Mann Ditto.
Rodney-st. Mr. John B. Branckner Ditto.
Abercromby Mr. Robertson Gladstone Ditto.
Lime-street.. Mr. Jas. A. Picton Ditto.
St. Anne's.. .Mr. T. L. Hodson Ditto.
_

Two of the elections resulted in very unexpected returns.
In Castle-street ward, a Conservative candidate brought late
into the field was returned by a triumphant majority : no
Conservative having on any previous occasion been returned to
represent the ward since the passing of the Municipal Reform
act. As a counterbalance to this triumph, the Conservatives
have to regret the defeat of Mr. Arthur Henderson, a long-
tried and consistent Conservative, who, for six years, repre-
sented West Derby Ward. -