The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

COIL in large quantities has been found in Lyttelton, New
Zealand, and is now selling at Christchurch, and at the plaina'
in that province, at £slos. per ton.
A LETTER from Vienna says that the new Concordat will
set aside no less than 21,000 Aulic decrees which have been
issued at various times to complete or explain the application
of the civil code in matters relating to the Church.
Vex DIEMEN'S LAND exists no longer, the Queen having
been graciously pleased to accede to a petition from the colony
praying that the name of Van Diemen's Land should be
changed to that of "Tasmania."—Australian and New Zea-
land. Gazette.

ME. ROBERT FEAST has prepared and shipped, partly by
the Osprey, and the remainder by other vessels, some 2,000
plum-puddings for the army in the East, the whole of which
will have ample time to arrive before Christmas.
THE Times has authority to state that "the missing cler-
gyman" from Gloucestershire, acting under the impulse of an
unaccountable illusion, has gone over to America, where he
now is.

LAST WEEK, the births of 828 boys and 787 girls, in all
1,616 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1845-54, the average number
was 1,415.

TH!: sword about to be presented by the people of Glasgow
to Sir Colin Campbell will be a Highland basket-hilted dress
one, and will cost £2OO, of which 8110 has been already sub-
scribed in shillings.
BURYIN( a WHOLE Penrsm—The sexton of Collumpton;
in Devonshire, who died a few days since, bad buried upwards
of 4,000' uersons, while the population of the town is only
3,655. It is said that the sextonship had been in his family
for a period of 200 years.
THE NEW FRENCH ADMIRAL. —Rear Admiral Count
-Boult-Willaumez has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of
the French naval division in the Levant, and of the expedi-
tionary corps in Greece, replacing M. Jacquinot, who is ap-
pointed Vice-Admiral. Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly is
named member of the Council of Admiralty, replacing Vice-
Admiral La Place, called to other functions.
THERE has been a sale of the beasts of the Surrey Zoologi-
cal Gardens, the present proprietor contemplating a total
change of enertainment. The lions were knocked down at
a price far below their value ; the celebrated large elephant
was sold to Mr. Batty for 320 guineas; the bears to Messrs.
Ross, the barbers.
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ON Monday, a deplorable accident occurred in the Woolwich
Arsenal, by the explosion of a quantity of powder in the
rocket-making sheds. The sheds were blown into the air, and
nine men dangerously injured, three being in a dying state,
and one died on Tuesday. The accident was caused by sparks
generated through friction in rnealing, the powder.
THE omnibus proprietors who are opposed to selling their
business to a French company, have appointed a committee
to investigate the improvements which have been made in
the Liverpool and Manchester vehicles, so as to give those
public advantages to the metropolis. Mr. H. Gray, chairman
of the non-sellers' society, has already made improvements
as to ascending the roof ; and Mr. Hicks has placed divi-
sional arms to the inside seats of his Camden-town omnibuses.

THE grand terrace of the gardens of the Tuileries is to be
exclusively reserved for the Empress of the French and the
ladies of her suite, until her Majesty's confinement has taken
place. This terrace was, in analogous circumstances`, put to
the exclusive use of Ann of Austria, in the days of Louis
XIV., of the Empress Marie Louise, the Duchess of Berri
(mother of the Duke de BordeaUx), and the Duchess of
Orleans.

OFFICIAL RETURNS show that the number of foreigners
and provincials who visited Paris during the Exhibition
amounted to 579,549 persons-410,945 French, and 168,604
foreigners. In this total are not included the visitors who,
from their fear of not obtaining lodgings at Ptyris, took up
their residence at Versailles, St. Germain, and other places in
the environs of the capital ; nor those who arrived in the
morning and left at night.
THERE was a court-martial at Chatham, on Wednesday, to
try Dr. Robert Wallace, late of the James Watt, for being
drunk while on shore at Gothland, in August last, and also
for treating with harshness some invalids under his care about
that time. The first charge was found to be fully, and the
second partially proved, and the doctor was sentenced to be
dismissed the service.
THE Morning Post, in noticing the arrival of the guests
at Guildhall, London, at the entertainment to the King of
Sardinia, says—" First came Admiral Sir Charles Napier, to
gratify the excited expectancy of the company. His entrance
was loudly cheered, and celebrated by an outburst of music
from the band of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, in the
gallery facing the vestibule. Perhaps a moral lesson was
intended by their choice of a tune, which was ' Steady, boys!
steady !"

A PARISIAN CAB-DRIVER, of the Rue Rumfort, was found
last week dead, having hanged himself behind the door of
his lodgings. He had written with chalk on the door the
following words :—" What I have now done I have intended
effecting sixteen years ago, but then my children were too
young. To-day they can do without me. I am wearied of
making the daily circle of the same occupations and annoy-
ances without any object in view that I can understand, even
if one exists. My absence from the world will not be re-
marked or felt. Adieu, then, my friends I"
AT a court of the governors and almoners of Christ's
Hospital, on Wednesday, the proposal that at Easter next no
presentations be granted, except to her Majesty the Queen,
his Royal Highness the President, the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, and the governors made in respect of the speciality of
their donations up to the Court in March, 1856, was-adopted.
This recommendation was made, it was stated, in consequence
of the present position of the funds of the institution, by
which it appeared that the expenditure had, for some time
past, exceeded the income by between £3,000 and £4,000
a-year.

Inn Clerks in the customs- at Hull have adopted a uniform,
and the idea has been started of a uniform for the whole of
the civil service. The Hull uniform is of navy blue cloth—
frock coat, with silk collar, double breasted, buttons finely
gilt, with the crown on them; sleeve braided round the cuffs,
with gold braid. Waistcoat single breasted, to button, to
throat, or nit, at the option of the wearer. Trousers with a
blue cord down each side. Cap blue, with a gold crown in
front worked on a silver ground, in a gold circle.
THE partners in the firm of Martin, Pillans, and Co., at
Calcutta, (founded on the ruins of Cockerell, Larpent, and
Co., who were found insolvent in 1847,) have applied for their
discharge in the insolvent court there. Mr. Martin obtained
his discharge ; but Mr. Pillans was refused, in consequence,
as stated by Sir Lawrence Peel, who sat as commissioner, of
a breach of a deliberate engagement with the North-western
Bank, to the hypothecation of some indigo upon the renewal
of a bill by the bank in October, 1854.

THE director of a company cannot, it appears, recover of-
them his fee for attendance at board meetings. At the Lord
Mayor's Court, Mr. Bentley, a director of the South Essex
Gaslight and Coke Company, sought to recover of the com-
pany 21 guineas for so many days attendance at the board of
directors, the board having passed a resolution giving each
director £1 ls. per day for so attending. Mr. Locke said it was
a well-known principle in law, that a plaintiff could not recover
against his partner in trade. A director was in the same posi-
tion, and could not maintain an action against the company of
which he was a partner, for services rendered as an officer of
the company. The recorder considered that the action would
not lie, and the defendant was nonsuited.
FRATRICIDE.—One of the most shocking murders that has
occurred for some time has just taken place at Clayton West,
about five miles and a half from Barnsley. The perpetrator
is a strong young man, about 36 years of age, named James
Wharam, in the employ of Mr. Joseph Norton, of Clayton
West, as a worsted dyer, and has a wife and four children.
The young man murdered was Jeremiah Wharam, 29 years
of age, and brother of the murderer. The two brothers were
at the Commercial Inn, in Clayton West, in company with
several others, on Saturday night, and some difference arose
between the two on going but a little after 12 o'clock. James
called out to his brother, "Go home, old shoddy." This, it
seems, was something ofensive, and had reference to deceased's
wife and a shawl. He replied, " That's enough to turn back
for." He did so, and going up to his brother James, a scuffle
ensued, and deceased was stabbed in the left breast and side
in ten places with a knife, which has not been found. De-
ceased, on being taken away to his own home, said, " I am a
dead man." He died almost instantly. An inquest was held
upon the body, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder."--,Heeds Intelligencer.
A DEPUTATION from the religious societies of Great Britain
was introduced to the King of Sardinia, on Tuesday, when
Sir Culling Eardley read an address of congratulation to his
majesty. The deputation consisted of Sir Harry Verney,
Rev. C. J. Goodhart, Rev. P. Latrobe, Rev. Dr. Beecham,
Rev. J. Howard Hinton, Mr. James Lord, Mr. G. H. Hewit
Oliphant, Mr. John Bridges, and Mr. Edwin Hough. The
address was signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Presi-
dent of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; the
Earl of Shaftesbury, President of the British and Foreign
Bible Society ; the Earl of Harrowby, Vice-President of the
Bible Society and Ohurch Missionary Society ; the lion.
A. Kinnaird, Vice-President of the Colonial Church and
School Society; the Bishop of Melbourne, Vice-President of
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Bible Society,
; F. E. Vernon Harcourt, Vice-Chairman of the Council of
the British branch of the Evangelical Alliance; Sir Culling
Zardley Eardley, President of the British branch of the
Evangelical Alliance; M. General Alexander, life governor
and member of the committee of the Church Missionary
Society; Peter La Trobe, Secretary to the Church and Missions
of the United (or Moravian) Brethren ; Edward Steane, D.D.,
Hon,Secretary to the Committee for the Promotion of Relic
gious Liberty ;' and also by a number of other gentlemen con-
nected with various religious societies.
A SYSXRUATIC BURGLARY. Two ticket-of-leave men,
named William Renton and John Clarke, were examined at
the Leeds Court-lionse on Saturday on a charge of burglary
and robbery. •committed in the house of Mr. John Haines, of
Knostrop, near Leeds. Mr. Haines is an ironmaster, residing
at Tipton, Staffordshire, but has a house at Knostrop, at
which he sojourns when he visits the neighbourhood of Leeds.
Bet Ween 2 and 3 .o'clock on the morning of the 21st of
August last, while Mr. Values was in bed, awake, at his
house at Knostrop, his bedroom door was opened, and a man
entered with a lighted candle in one hand, and a bludgeon in
the other, and his face browned, The burglar advanced to
the bedside, and, seeinc, Mr. Haines awake, said, "Be steady."
Mr. Haines asked what he wanted? The Burglar —" Your
money." Mr. Haines—" Be a man, and I'll give it you."
Burglar—" Where is it ? Mr.. Haines—" In my trousers'
pocket." Burglar—" Have you no money in the room ?"
Mr. Haines —" I have not." Burglar —" Are you not the
landlord of the house ?" Mr. Haines—" No ; lam only a
lodger." Burglar—" Are you sure of that ?" Mr. Haines—
"On my honour, I'm not; there is my portmanteau. You
may look for yourself, and you will see that I am a
traveller." Burglar—" How often do you come here ?" Mr.
Haines—" Once a-month, or two months, as it happens."
Burglar —" Now, are 'you sure you have no more money ?"
Mr. Haines —" I am sure I have not." Burglar—" Where is it
then ?" Mr. Haines—" In my trousers' pocket; give it
you." Mr. Haines then reached his trousers, and took out 9s.
or 10s.' a knife, and some keys. Another burglar who had
entered the room during the conversation took up the money
at the request of the other fellow, who then said to Mr
Haines, Now, no noise ;" to which Mr. Haines said, "Not
a word ; retreat in peace." Both men then disappeared, Mr.
Haines soon afterwards awoke the man and woman who
had charge of the house, and, on examining the premises, it
was found that an entrance had been effected through the
breakfast room window, and several articles of provisions
had been carried off. Renton, who was positively identified
by Mr. Haines, was committed to the assizes ; Clarke was dis-
Charged.

REVOLT OF THE RIIRDS.—The Russian journal the Cau-
casus states that General Lonsdoff had been obliged to send
a detachment of troops to Van, beyond Alladagh, against the
Kurds, who had revolted against the Russians.
LIEUT. HILL, the governor of the Middlesex House or
Detention, who was suspended for showing undue favour to
Sir John Paul and his partners, has been restored, after an
admonition.

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Mn. ROBERT STEPHENSON, C.E., has undertaken to dis-
charge one-half the debts of the Literary and Philosophical
Society of Newcastle, which amount to £6,200, if his fellow-
members will subscribe the other portion.
THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have decreed
the restitution of the proceeds of the Danish ship Franciska,
captured on the 22nd of May, 1854, by her Majesty's ship
Cruiser, for a breach of the blockade of Riga, condemned by
the Admiralty Court, and sold. The reason for the restitution
was, that a'notification by Sir C. Napier, dated 11th of April,
1854, that " her Majesty's fleet had sailed to take measures
for putting in a state of blockade all the Russian ports in the
Baltic," was not a notice of actual blockade ; and that though
the Franciska had touched at Elsinore after the date of this
notification, and must have learnt its purport from general
notoriety, it was not consonant to the law of nations that she
should be confiscated for a breach of a blockade which had
only been announced as intended.
SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.—A tragedy occurred
near Franklin, Tennessee, the week before last, which, for
finished brutality, throws the recital of " Uncle Tom's Cabin"
altogether into the shade. A woman, named Ellen Burden,
having had her jealousy aroused by some unexplained conduct
of her husband, seized one of her negro slaves, and, after
fvine her up, and whipping her until weary of her work,
poured boiling water over her abdomen and legs until the skin
was scalded off, and the fatty tissues cooked, leaving the
muscles bare. The poor victim was then locked up in a smoke-
house, where she remained over night, and the next day was
strung up by a rope attached to one of the smoke-house joists.
When her dead body was taken down, it was found that, in
addition to the other cruelties inflicted upon her, her skull had
been fractured by a blow on the temple with some sharp-
pointed instrument, which penetrated to the brain, and that
two other gashes had been made with the same instrument-
on the back part of the head. The woman Burden made no
attempt to escape, and manifested the utmost indifference as
to the affair.—Toronto Globe. .

AT a meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company, on Wednesday, Admiral Thornton presiding,
a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, exclusive of a
payment of 30s. per share from the underwriting account, was
agreed to, and the report was adopted, There was a length-
ened discussion on the position and progress of the company,
which are regarded as satisfactory ; but an exception was taken
by some shareholders to the appropriation of £lOO,OOO at the
present moment, in liquidation of the debenture debt. 'lt was
explained, however, that the profits of the year having enabled
the directors to adopt this course, it was considered preferable
to paying an enhanced rate of interest. In answer to questions
it was stated that the highest offices in the company are ob-
tainable by merit, and that part of the supplies of coal for the
vessels in the East continues to be obtained from Labnan.

A SURGEON AND APOTHECARY in the Westminster•ro id,
London, sued a man named Reid, a supernumerary in the
Post-office, at the Lambeth County-court, for £1 155., the
amount of his bill for attending the defendant's wife. Reid
said all his wife had was two bottles of medicine and two pills.
The plaintiff had only visited his wife three times, and had
charged for five visits. He had charged 2s. 6d. a bottle for his
"stuff," and 3s. 6d. for each visit, at the rate of £2 2s. a week;
and how was a man who only earned 19s. a week to pay such
bills ? The Judge : "This is a ridiculous bill, and a down-
right imposition. Medical men cannot charge for visits when
they charge for medicine. There is ss. for an operation, which
I shall allow, but I shall strike out the whole of the visits and
the overcharged mixtures; and as the plaintiff has acted so
dishonestly, I shall not allow one farthing of costs. The
judgment will be for 14s. only. How can you pay it ?"—Reid:
One shilling a month, your honour." (Laughter.)

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. W. H. Brandreth, Rector of Standish, Lancashire, to an
Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral of Manchester.
Rev. W. C. Evans, to the Perpetual Curacy of Skelbrooke,
Yorkshire.

Rev. J. T. F. Hicks, to the Vicarage of Ampleforth, Yorkshire.
Rev. W. C. King, Rector of St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham, to the
Vicarage of Norharn.
Rev. F. W. Kingsford, to the Curacy of East Dereham, Norfolk.
Rev. S. Meadows, Vicar of Chigwel!, Essex, to the Rural
Deanery of Rumford
Rev. Dr. M. O'Sullivan, Rector of Tanderagee, Ireland, to be
Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Manchester.
Rev. E. Richardson, Incumbent of Trinity Church, Louth, to
be Chaplain to the County Prison in that town.
Rev. J. W. Rumsey, to the Curacy of Grays Thurrock, Essex.
Rev. H. T. Salmon, to the Curacy of Twickenham.
Rev. J. Taylor, to the Curacy of Bredon, Worcestershire.
Rev. H. J. Walker, 8.A., to the Rectory of Burythorpe,
Yorkshire.
Rev. F. P. Willington, M.A.;to the Curacy of Trowel!. Notts.
Rev. E. Eardley Wilmot, Vicar of Kenilworth, to the Rectory
of All Souls, St. Marylebone.