The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

IT is stated that a new bank is about to be formed, called
the " International and London Joint-Stock Bank," with
branches at Paris, Brussels, and New York, and agencies in
many of the other cities of Europe and America. It is to take
the business of an already existing establishment.
LORD CRA.NBOURNE, who has been totally blind from in-
fancy, lectured, last week, at the Kilndown Reading-room,
Kent, on the " Crusades." Amongst the auditors were his
lordship's brother, lord Robert Cecil, M.P., and Lady Mildred
Hope, his lordship's sister ; A. J. B. Beresford Hope, Esq., the
Misses Alderson, &c. ; and the room was densely crowded.
The lecture excited much interest and attention.

TICE Morpeth Grammar-School, founded by Edward VI.,
has been in abeyance for the last twenty years. "It is said
that the bailiffs of a defunct corporation, who were the trus-
tees of the school, perverted their trust by granting a lease of
500 years of part of the school to the owners of an adjoining
estate, at the inadequate rental of £lOO a year. This led to a
Chancery suit, which became so venerable that it lasted nearly
three generations of men, but which resulted, a year or two
ago, in augmenting the revenues of the school to £540 a year."
Since then the trustees and the Charity Commissioners have
not agreed as to a scheme ; and the trust is once more in the
Court of Chancery.
- -

NEGLECTED LAND.—The Court of Queen's Bench was last
week called upon to decide, in the case of the Churchwardens
of Holborne v. Heaton, whether land allowed by the owner
to lie waste could be rated to the relief of the poor. The de-
fendant had appealed from the rating to the quarter sessions
of Stafford, where the rate had been. confirmed. The present
court confirmed this decision, with costs, Lord Campbell re-
marking—" I think if Only a part is rateable, the whole is
rateable. Part of the land produces grass or herbage, on which
cattle may be turned, or which may be mowed and employed
profitably. It is exactly the same as if the land grew barley
or wheat, and the owner did not reap it, but allowed it to be
devoured by crows and vermin. In such a case the property
would undoubtedly be rateable to the poor."
CAN 'TEID3 BE TRUE ?—The Inquirer newspaper of Satur-
day narrates the following:—" A lady in this country, who
has travelled lately in America, has issued a book containing
her impressions of what she had seen. She is not unknown
in 'this country for her sympathy with our white slaves, and
her name has an honourable place in the history of reforma-
tory schools. This lady, the Hon, Miss Murray, adopted in
the Southern. States the tone of 'the society she found there

and agreed heartily not only 'in what was-said of the white
slaves in England, bat also in what was said of the black
slaves in Carolina. She has, therefore, not hesitated to pub-
lish in her book opinions favourable to negro slavery, even to
the extent of dogmatically -saying that the Almighty created
negroes to live under restraint, and that slavery is a means
' designed by Providence for the making of some good 'Chris-
tian men and women.' As one of the queen's ladies-in-wait-

ing, Miss Murray wished to dedicate the book to Her Majesty.
It is understood, however, that on seeing the proof sheets, her
majesty not only refused the dedication, but required that
Miss Murray, if she published it, should resign her place at
court."

SHOCKING DEAnicBY FlRE.—Miss Caroline Luttrell, se-
cond daughter of Colonel Luttrell, of Kilve Court, Somerset,
died on Monday last week, from the shock and exhaustion
caused by accidentally setting fire to her dress while lighting
the tapers on ,a 'Christian tree. On Friday week, Mrs.
Luttrell entertained some friends at a family,reftmion, and one
of the amusements was to be the distribution of presents from
a Christmas 'tree. During the evening the deceased young
lady left the•eircle for the purpose of lighting 'the tapers on
the tree, and desired none of the party to visit the room until
she rang*thelzell. To insure that no intruders would enter,
Miss Luttrell turned the key of the .door, ;and commenced
lighting.uptthe tree. Unfortunately -she commenced lighting
the lowerlapers first, and then reaehing up to light those on
the higherlbranches, her thin evening dress caught fire, and
she was immediately enveloped iu flames. :She ran to the bell
and pullefl it violently, and afterwards unlocked the door and
proceeded towards the room where the company were as-
sembled. On meeting her surrounded With flame and smoke,
their:horror, it may be conceived, was extreme. Her brother,
assisted by others, with great diffietilty extinguished the
flame,lkut not until after receiving a-severe burn on the hand.
Medictil assistance was immediately-sent for. Miss Luttrelre
eyelids, face, and neck were found-toihave suffered most from
thetilunes ; but it was first thoughtthat no fatal result would
follow. The exhaustion, however,=and shock caused to the
system were too great, and on Monday she died. The deceased
was in her 25th year.

'EALWAY REFORM.—On Tuesday, a meeting of shareholders
-inkrailway companies was held at the London Tavern, for
;the purpose of taking intseronaideration the seriously depre-
ceiated value of their property, and especially to consider a
:Plan which it is believed willarrest further depreciation, and.
-speedily place railway propertyia a sound and healthy con-
After speeches from Malins, the chairman, Mr.
Vance, Mr. E. J. Herapath, Mr. Buller, Mr. Goetz, Dr.
Cowan, and other gentlemen, it was agreed to form an.
association, to be called " The 'Railway Proprietors' Associa-
ttion," the obiject being thoprettection of railway property and
;its restoration to a fair and -legitimate value, restricting the
'closing the capital account,sand the suppression of ruinous
'tariffs by territorial arrangements. In the coursed a short
r conversation, it was stated *that railway shareholders were
-under great obligations to the press generally for the able and
straightforward mannevin .-which they had defended their
-Tights, and made known ii-djuries inflicted upon them. A
-committee was then appointed, consisting of Mr. Leech, Mr.
Hoare, Dr. Cowan, and `Mrs T. Tegg, Mr. Buller, Mr. J. J.
Leon, Mr. Hobson, and:Mr:Mitchell, to carry out the objects
'of the meeting ; and the ,latter was adjourned to the 31st
instant, for the pursrsecfsenrolling members and for general
business of the association.
FATAL Boar ACCIDITIIT.—On Wednesday (morning, be-
tween nine and ten o'clocki the Alma shore boats about 17 feet
' long, left Mntton.cove, Devenport, for Her Majesty's ship
Exmouth, lying in the Sound. The boat carried twelve per-
csons :—viz., surgeon B. As:Anderson, paymaster Walter J.
Bateman, surgeon Charles Harper, Mr. Fielders, midshipman;
sergeant Stevens, marine artilleryman ; Mr. Best, wardroom
?steward; and Foyle andi Tdll, marines, all belonging to the
Exmouth; Matthews anclanother person in the service of an
isapholsterer at Plymouth, and,Fairfoot and Lamhle, watermen.
The boat had her mainsail, foresail, and mixen set, and was
-steered by Mr. Harper. Onamaring St. Nicholas Island, Dr.
Anderson proposed going-to the eastward, but the watermen,
:who were in the fore part. of the boat, said there was no
danger. She, therefore, keptsher course, and passed over the
.bridge of sunken rocks between the island and 'lltount-Edg-
scumbe. The wind was south'-west, not very strong; but the
sea rolled heavily and filled the overladen boat,svrhich conse-
quently went down. Thosesathocould not swim clung to those
who could. The boat rose keel ap, but soon sank- from the
- number who got on her. She again reappeared, gunwale up,
and was again borne -down. At length a boat approached
from the Sanspareil, in charge of Lieut. Pollard, arias rescued
six. The Sanspareirs gig saved another. The boatmen pulled
immediately for the Mutton-sieve Inn, where Messrs. Ander-
son, Harper, and Fieklen promptly received medical care, and
s are doing well. Best, the steward. is also recovering. Stevens,
Toll, and Lamble are injured. Air. Bateman and: the other
four were drowned.
EXTRIORDIBTASIT Acerazassr occurred at Bath early on
'Tuesday. A vat of beer, containing nearly 400' barrels be-
longing to Mr. G. Bracher, of the Portland-brewerysexpfoded
with such force and noise as to shake many of the neighbour-
ing houses, and induce a belief among the inhabitantsthat an
earthquake had taken place. Beneath the brewery-14a court
of houses running parallel with it ; and the floor-of the house
in which the vat was is considerably above the floors of the
houses in this court. Most of these houses were mono or less
injured by the shock, and the beeteferced its way through the
walls of three or four of them, the-inmates being startled from
their beds toy the noise of the explosion—which is described as
being likellat of a piece of ordnance—and the rushing of the
beer. One,of these houses, situate immediately contiguous to
that part oftthe brewery where theerat was, was oocupied by
.a man and his wife and ten thildrensthe whole of whom had
to escape into the street in their night clothes. Three a the
children indeed, who were sleeping in ,a turn-up bedstead in
the.kitellenswere rescued with same odifficulty, having; been
immersed, in the beer, which rushed through the walls, forcing
out large stones, and inundating the • room to the depth of
some feet. The house presented a most remarkable appear-
ance. Everything was saturated with :beer, the drawers of
the tables, the. bailer, &c., were filled with the same liquor,
which had overflowed all the furniture, and plaster and large
stones lay about the floors, which were .covered with thick
barmy -froth. The beer rushed from the'browery and houses
beneath into the street, which was completely flooded with the
liquor, and the scene presented was such -as is seldom wit-
nessed. The beer was of the best description, and had been
brewed about twelvemonths. The vat was blown to pieces.
FATAL eikBEIAGE.ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, as Miss Par-
nell, the daughter of Mr. Hugh Parnell, of .:Upper Clapton,
was proceeding in her father's carriage along Baker-street, at
the back of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, London,
the whole ofThe coachman's seat, together with the footboard,
suddenly gave away, and fell forward on the haunches of the
horses. George Jacobs, the coachman, and a footman were
on the box, and falling with it were unable to extricate them-
selves. The horses becoming frightened started forward at a
wild gallop into the Bagnigge-wells-road, until they arrived
close to the Howe of Correction, when, turning off on the
pavement, the animals dashed headlong into a shoemaker's
shop. The occupant-of the ship escaped by a back-door at
the instant, or his death must have been inevitable. The
horses and carriage were overturned, Miss Parnell was
thrown forward with great violence, her head going through
the front window of the carriage,the glass cutting her face in
a fearful manner. Thecoachman and footman were entangled
beneath the vehicle and horses. The latter plunged in a
frightful manner, and the men for-several minutes lay directly
beneath the animals' hoofs. Assistance having arrived, the
suffeners were quickly extricated and the horses set at liberty.
Miss Parnell; who was bleeding profusely from various severe
wounds about her head and face, was removed to her father's
residence. The coachman was most dreadfully injured; he
was removed to the Royal Free Hospital, where he expired
soon afterwards. The footman was not so severely injured.
Coulon* GEOLOGICAL Drscovassr.—The new dock at
West Hartlepool, which is approaching rapidly towards com-
pletion, has in its progress revealed several facts of great geo-
logical interest. Beneath the mud, sand, and silt of the "pool"
or slake—which has extended considerably beyond its present
boundary—there exist the remains of an ancient forest, with
its timber, trees, and other plants, as they grew and decayed
on the spot; forming an accumulation of vegetable matter of
considerable thickness. In this, besides the hazel nuts in
great number and perfection, we are not surprised to find the
antlers and harder portions of the stag—the hart of the olden
time ; portions of the skull of an ox have also been found. The
level of this forest is now nearly that of low water, conse-
quently below the present sea drainage. - Beneath the forest
and the blue clay (the earth in which the trees grew), there is
a thick bed of clay, sand, silt, and gravel—having numerous
imbedded boulders of waterworn stones, many of them of
several tons' weight. The whole bed is: the well-known
" alluvium," " diluvium," or " drift" spread over the country,
beneath the soil and above the stone. In cutting the timber
pond at the north-west angle of the new dock, which is en-
tirely in this "drift," a portion of the tusk of an elephant was
discovered some days ago. The fragment, which is about 18
inches long, is of that end which has been imbedded in the
jaw, and exhibits all the ordinary characteristics of such a spe-
cimen. This is the first instance within our knowledge of the
remains of elephants being found in the county of Durham,
but, curious as it is, it should not, as a matter of scientific in-
vestigation, excite in us any feelings of surprise, inasmuch as
this same "drift" has, in various localities on the Yorkshire
coast, produced portions of the tusks and grinders of elephants,
which are now preserved in the museums of York, Whitby,
and Scarborough ; and in the well-known cave of Kirkdale,
near Kirby Moorside, were discovered the bones of elephants
and those of various other quadrupeds in great abundance.—
Durham County Advertiser.

A TAVERN, at Bristol, was struck by an electric flash, on
Thursday, and much damage done. Two persons narrowly
escaped with their lives.
THE WILL OF THE LATE MR. THOMA.E3 CIIBITT is one of
the longest on record, and extends to 380 Chancery folios,
covering 30 skins of parchment. The personal estate exceeds
£1,000,000, and is charged with the highest amount in the
scale of probate duty, the stamp being £15,000. The widow
has an immediate bequest of £20,000, and an annuity of

£B,OOO.
MURDER OT A CHILD.—On Thursday evening a child
about three months old, named Wilfred Dakin, was murdered
at Sheffield by his uncle, a knifegrinder named James Hill.
It appears that Hill called at the house of the child's father,
who as well as the wife were out at work, and said he would
take the child out for a walk. In the house at the time there
were only the child in question, his two sisters, and two
neighbours' children. The uncle and child were seen walking
together. At night the absence of the child of course created
alarm, and, a search having been made, it was found in a
place known as the " brickkilns." The bead was nearly
severed from the body. The spot where the child was found
is only about 100 yards from the house of its parents. On
being asked why he killed the child, Hill said he did not
know. Some circumstances are mentioned which tend to

prove that he is insane. On Friday afternoon the prisoner
was taken before the magistrates at the Town-hall, Sheffield,
and, on being informed that he was ch)rged with the wilful
murder of his nephew, he replied, " Yes, I cut his head off."