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.
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LORD CR4iI3OI7IME, 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, Rord 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.

TIIE Morpeth Grammar-School, founded by Edward VI., I
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 thew 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, iu augmenting the revenues of the school to £540 a year."
Since then the trustees and the Charity Commissioners have
not agreed as to a mheme ; and the trust is once more in the

Court of Chancery.
NEGLECTED LAN D.--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 net 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 Tnrs BE Turrn p-2 The Inquirer newspaper of Satan.
,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-

Cory 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, but 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 ilavery, even to
the extent of dogmatically saying that the Almighty created
negroes to live tinder restraint, and that slavery is a means
' designed by providence for the making of some good Chris-
tian men andwomen.' As one of the queen's ladies-in-wait-
ing, Miss Murray wished to dedicate the bock 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."
Sitercrrem- DEATH BY FlRE.—Miss ',Caroline Luttrell, se-
cond daughter of Colonel Luttrell, of Kilve Court, Somerset,
died on Monday last week, from the mock 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 ato family riunion, and one
of the Amusements was to be the diStribution of presents from
a Christmas tree. During the 'evening the deceased yo rug
lady sileft the circle for the purpose 'erf lighting the taperson
the tree, and desired none of the party to visit the room 'until
she Tang the bell. To insure that no intruders would enter,
Miss Luttrell turned the key of the door, and commenced
ring up the tree. Unfortunately, she commenced lighting
thetiower tapers first, and then treading up to light those on
thelsigher branches, her thin evening dress caught fire, and
Shewas immediately envelopedlintliames. She ran to the bell
' mid pulled it violently, send afterwards unlocked the door and
proceeded towards the room Where the company as-
eembled. On meetinglersurrounded with flame andsmoke,
*heir horror, it may be 'conceived, was extreme. Her;brother,
/assisted by others, v4th great -difficulty extinguished the
Mame, but not until after 'receiving a severe burn ontthe hand.
;Medical assistance was immediately sent for. Miss ILuttrell's
elids, face, and neck 'were found to have sufferedenost from
ikthe flames ; but it was -firstlhought that no fatal result would
tifollow. The exhaustion, 'however, and shock caused to the
hsystem were too great, and enlidonday she died. The deceased
:''was in her 25th year.
RALWAY REFORM -'On Tuesday, a meeting of shareholders
in railway companies 'was i held at the London Tavern, for
the purpose of takinginto consideration the seriously depre-
ciated value of their property, and especially -to<consider a
plan which it is believed willarrest further depreciation, and
speedily place railway propertyiin a sound and healthy con-
dition. After speeches from 'Mr. 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" Theltailway Proprietor? Associa-
tion," the object being the prbtection of railway property and
its restoration to e, fair and legitimate valueereitrieting the
closing the capitg.account,-and the suppression of ruinous
tariffs by territerM arrangements. In theeoureerff a short
conversation, it ,was stated' that railway -Shareholders were
under great obligations to the press generally for the able and
straightforward !stunner: in , Which they had defended their
rights, and made 'known i injaries inflicted, upon them. A
committee was then appointedetensisting of 'Mr. Leech, Mr.
Hoare, Dr. Cowen, and Mr. •T. Tegg, Mr. Buller, Mr. J. J.
Leon, Mr. Hobson, and Mr. Mitchell, to carry out the objects
1 of the meeting ;sand the latter was adjourned .to the 31st
instant, for the purpose of 'enrolfing members and for general
business of the SVOCiatiOn.
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.-'OII Wednesday• morning, be-
tween nine and tan o'clock, the Alma shore boat, about 17 feet
long, left Mutton-cove, Devonport, for Her Majesty's ship
Exmouth, lyingin the Sound. • :The boat carried twelve per-
sons :—viz., surgeon B. A. Anderson, paymaster Walter J.
Bateman, surgeon Charles Harper, Mr. Fielden, midshipman;
sergeant Stevens, marine, artilleryman ; Mr. Beat, wardroom
steward ; and Ppyle and Toll, marines, all belonging to the
Exmouth ; Matthews and another :person in the service of an
upholsterer at Faymouth, and Fairfoot and Lambleewatermen.
The boat had herenainsail, foresail, and mixen set, and was
steered by Mr. Harper. On nearing St. Nicholas Island, Dr.
Anderson proposed going to the eastward, but the evatermen,
who were in the fore part of the boat, said there was no
danger. She, therefore, kept her-course, and passed over the
bridge of sankenrocks between the island and Mount-Edg-
cumbe. The wind was south-westenot very strong; but the
sea rolled heavily end filled the overladen boat, winch 'conse-
quently went down. Those whocoald not swim clnngto those
who could. The ',boat rose keel up, -:but soon sank from the
number who got on her. She again reappeared, gunwale up,
and was again borne down. Atidength a boat approached
from the Sauspareil, in charge of Lieut. Pollard, who-rescued
six. The Sanspares gig saved another. The boatsnenepulled
immediately for the Mutton-cove Inn, where Messrs. Ander-
son, Harper, and Malden promptly-received medical care, and
are doing well. Best, the steward -teals° recovering. Stevens,
Toll, and Las:able are injured. Mr.l3ateman and the other
four were drowned.

Ax EXTELORDWIAT ACCIDENT occurred at Batir•early on
Tuesday. A vat of beer, containing, alearly 400 barrels, be-
longing to Mr. G. Bracher, of the Portland-brewery, exploded
with such force and,noise as to shake many of the neighlsonr-
-ing houses, and induce a belief among the inhabitants that an
=earthquake had taken,place. Beneath' the brewery is a-court
•of houses running parallel with it ; and-the floor of the house
.in which the vat was. is considerably dove the floors of the
houses in this court. Most of these houses were more or less
injured by the sheek,and the beer forcedats way through the
,walls of three or four of them, the inmates being startled from
their beds by the noise of the explosion—,which is describedas
t being like that of a piece of ordnance—and the rushing of the
'beer. One of these Louses, situate immediately contiguous to
,ithat part of the brewery where the vat was, was occupied by
La man and his wife and ten children, the whole of whom had,
Ito escape into the street: in their night-clothes. Three of the
children, indeed, who were sleeping in a turn-up bedstead in
tfue kitchen, were resoncd with some diffioulth having been
I immersed in the beer,,which rushed through the walls, forcing
out large stones, and inundating the roomcto the depth of
some feet. The house presented a most remarkable appear-
' ance. Everything was saturated with beer, .the drawers of
the; tables, the boiler, te„,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 brewery 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 hest description, and had been
brewed about twelve months. The vat was blosnitto pieces.
174LRAL CARICIA.GE Accumea.—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 baekof the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-roadoLondon,
the whole of the 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 wereetnable 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 House of Correction, when, turning off on the
pavement, the animals dashed headlong into a shoemaker's
shop. The •
.occupant of the shop 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 bead going through
the front window of the carriage, the glass,eutting her face sir
a fearful manner. The coachman 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 basing arrived, -the
sufferers were quickly extricated and the horses set at liberty.
Miss Parnell, who was bleeding profusely from .various severe
wounds about her head end face, was removed to her father's
residence. The coachman was most dreadfully injured; he
was removed to the Royal Free Hospital, where be expired
soon afterwards. The footman was not so severely injured.
CURIOUS GEOLOGICAL DlscovEnr.—The new dock at
West Hartlepool, which is appreaching rapidly towards com-
pletion, has in its progress reLealed several facts of great geo-
logical interest. Beneath the mush, sand, and silt of the "poop
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
andthe 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 abundanee.—.
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 OP THE LATE MR. THOMAS 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 OF 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 head 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 charged with the wilful
murder of his nephew, he replied, " Yes, I cut his head off."
He was remanded.

LIB PuttEs or BEAD.—A very interesting little sheet is
circulated by Samuel, Brothers, Ludgate-hill, London, showing
the highest and lowest prices of bread (best and seconds) and
wheat during each year for the last 21 years, that is from
January 1, 1835, to December 31, 1855. From it we find that
the lowest prices of bread were, in 1850 and 1851,—namely,
Id. per quartern for best, and sd. for second, flour being 40s.
to 325. per sack, and wheat 445. ltd. to 355. 6d. per quarter.
The highest price was in 1847, when best bread was Is. Oid.
per qnartern, flour being 755. to 445. a sack, and wheat 102 s. 6d.
to 495. 6d. a quartet. Taking the maxima of each, the price
of bread, flour, and wheat do not appear to constantly observe
the same proportion. Thus, in 1847, when wheat was 102 s. 6d.
a-quarter and bread ls. Old. a-loaf, flour was 755. a-sack ;
while in 1855, when wheat was 83s. Id. a-quarter, and bread
ls. a-loaf, both lower than in 1847, flour was 775. a-sack, or
2s. higher. Again, we find best flour quoted at 60s. in five
several years, with best wheat varying from 78s. 4td. in one
year to 60s. ld. in another ; 10d. a-loaf for best bread, how-
ever, invariably corresponding with the 60s. for the sack of
flour, The table altogether is of a very suggestive nature.
DINNER TO THE CRIMEAN CoREESPONDENT Or " THE
TIMES. "—A very gratifying meeting took place at the London
Tavern, on Saturday; when a dinner was given to Mr. William
Russell, the Times' correspondent in the Crimea, by about 50
of his friends, to which number were added a few friends more
or less connected with literature and art. The meeting was
strictly social, and, therefore, of course, I have nothing to say
of the proceedings, except 'that, as a journalist, I could not
but feel that the press itself, as an institution of the country,
was honoured in the person of a gentleman, whose celebrity
rests solely and nobly on his having done his duty as a news-
paper writer. General Sir De Lacy Evans was present; and
were it permitted to record his tribute to Mr. Russell's ser-
vices, it would be most pleasant to me. Let me say, too, that
a well-merited courtesy was paid to Mr. Woods, the accom-
plished correspondent of the Morning Herald, who was in-
vited to be present. Society was very well represented in the
muster which appeared upon this occasion. One story, which
I heard of General Shirley, I will add. During one of the
assaults, the general's eyes became choked up with the dust,
which the terrible bombardment brought in clouds from Sebas-
topol. He sat 'down in a hole, where a shell had burst, to rub
this dust out. Some 'lrishmen, hurrying past him to the
attack, took it into their heads that he was weeping, and
bawled out, " Don't cry, general dear, but stop there—sure
we're going to 'take the place for ye !"—Correspondent of the
Inverness Courier.

MURDER. —The Exeter police apprehended, on Thursday,
a woman, named Mary Weeks, on suspicion of having mur-
dered hereon. It appears that a few days ago the body of a
fine boy, agecl about four years, was found in the Exe river,
near Starcross. A black apron was tied tightly around its
face andlead, and there were indications that the poor child
had been tfoully murdered. Information was forwarded to the
Secretary of State, who immediately offered a reward of £5O
to any person who would give information about the child.
During`the past week a person residing in Exeter has COM-
muniegted with the police, and the result is that the woman
Weeks, who left Exeter on Wednesday for Plymouth, has
been apprehended. She appears to have lived as servant in
two or three public-houses in the city, and had an illegitimate
child df the same age, and having similar appearances as the
murdered boy. The child was kept by a person in Exe-lane
until a few days ago, when, in consequence of her refusal to
keepiit any longer, Weeks came and took her boy away, and
said -she would send it home to her mother, who resides at
Stioklepath, near Okehampton. ,One might, at nine o'clock, a
woman resembling the prisoner 'was seen, apparently weeping,
/bantling near the river Exe, and a.child's frock and another
article of wearing apparel were subsequently found near the
spot. It is, therefore, suspected that the boy was thrown into
'theeriver Exe, at Exeter, and that the black apron was tied
round its face and head 'to preventite3making any alarm and
to faellitate its death;and 'that the body was carried down by
' the current to the spot•near Starcross;where it was discovered.
Tun EMPRESS •OF 'WPM FEENCIL—The pregnancy of the
`Empress of the Erma is an event -scarcely second toany of
the present age in importance, not only to the destinies of
:France, but to the interests of Europe and the world at large.
'Sinister rumours have been set afloat in Paris brthose dis-
affected to the Bonapartist dynasty:: and it is in the 'highest
degree imperative that the gestation of her Imperial Majesty,
and the birth of &direct heir to the empire, should receive the
highest scientific attention, and be watched with the greatest
and most impartial assiduity. We alluded to this subject in
the last number of -the Lancet: and we are informed, on
good authority, that 'Dr. Locock wishes it to be mentioned,
that certain of the points referred to by our " Correspondent,"
are net entireirterrect. The Empress was in this country in
April 'last, andwe 'believe that Dr. Lecock was consulted at
that time ; and he was subsequently-summoned to the Palace
of thelTuileries. The Empress Eugenie did not become preg-
nant until the last week in June. Dr. Locock was first eon-
sultedtin this country, and he then attended a consultation of
distinguished physicians and surgeons in Paris before that
auspicious event occurred. Dr. Locock has not yet been re-
quested to attend at the approaching accouchement of the
Consort of Napoleon ;he has not, therefore, declined to
attend. There are reasons of state, in France, for and against
his attendance, but if his presence should be called for, we do
not seewhy Dr. Locock should refuse his services.—Lancet.
We read, in a letter from Paris :—" The Empress's secretary
is wholly occupied in replying to the expressions of solicitude
and good wishes which arrive from all parts of France, to-
getherorery often, with relics and consecrated articles, which
the senders believe will assist powerfully in obtaining the
desievelreault. Amongst the gifts, however, is one of a diffe-
rent kind, namely, a pigeon which was taken in its cage by a
voltigear, on the occasion of the assault, upon the Malakhoff,
and nponrthe very spot. The authenticity of these antece-
dents &the bird having been ascertained, the present has
been accepted and the donor rewarded."
BRUTAL MURDER :OF A WIFE ,AT BATlL—Between
twelveand one o'clock on Saturday night, the 19th instant, a
woman named Eliza Howell, living in Avon-street, was kicked
in the abdomen by her husband, and bled to death in about
twenty minutes. What renders the case more shocking is
that the unfortunate woman-was very near her confinement,
and the life of her child as well as her own has consequently
been saaitesed. The prisoner, James Howell, was brought
before the magistrates at the -Guildhall on Monday, when a
crowd assembled,in the Market-place. Howell,evho is about
thirty years of age, is a eostermonger, and is well known
about the streets as a hawker of oysters, nute,.&c., under the
soubriquet of." Ferret." His .wife also carried about turnip
greens, and was. about the same age as her husband. Four
children have been the fruit of the marriage, but they are all
dead. The principal witnesses .examined were is labourer
named John Brown and his wife, svho occupied two •rooms on
the garret floor, .adjoining prisoner's bedroom. From their
evidence it appeared that at about half-past eleven .o'clock on
Saturday night they heard the prisoner enter his room, utter-
ing angry exclamations, and threatening repeatedly that he
would kill her. About ten minutes afterwards the prisoner's
wife came up-stairs, rand when outside the door she said,
"Are you in Jim?" He answered " Yes, I am, you -
---- where have you been all night?" His wife said, " I
wasdooking for you, hot I could not find you." The prisoner
then appeared to come out of the landing and push her into
theroom. He pushed.her into the room, and the sound of
two'blows was then heard. After the blows something fell
heavily, and the prisoners wife cried out " Oh," and said,
"Jimaou have killed your child, and you have killed me:'
She then said, "Jim, look,abnut and see what you have done."
After she said that the prisoner ran down stairs as hard as he
could. Brown and his wife, entering the deceased's room,
found her king on the floor, which was covered with blood.
She said,. 'Jim has killed me," and died in a short time. Her
body. was.completely blanched, as was also that of the infant,
whose life it Was vainly attempted to save. It appears that
the prisoner.and his wife had been drinking together in the
course of the,avening, and had quarcelled at the Seven Dials
public-house, when the prisoner gave his wife a backhanded
blow in the face. He afterwards left, and the wife went away
with another woman.
Ax ELOPEMENT EXTEA.OEDINAIT. Harrogate was
thrown into a state of excitement on Sunday, by an event which
has supplied considerable food for gossip in the absence of more
profitable engagements. On Saturday a young lady, aecom;
panied by a gentleman considerably her senior, wearing a fine
enou.sta,che, and having all the appearance of a military officer,
arrived by the evening train at the
conve Brunswick Railway
Station, where they engaged a cab to y them to
White Hart Hotel. On their arrival at the inn, they repre-
sented themselves as a married couple, and, consequently,
suitable accommodation was prepared for them, All went on
smoothly and uninterruptedly until Sunday evening, when
the old .adage, that " true love never does run smooth," was
verified. About six o'clock that evening, two gentlemen,
with a hasty business-like air, made their appearance, and,
after making sundry inquiries about the railway station, pro-
ceeded to the residence of a police officer, to whom they con-
fided the secret of their mission; at thesame time acquainting
him that one of the mysterious strangers was a detective, and
the other the brother of the fugitive lady, who having, it is
said, just attained her majority, appeared to think that she had
no further need of parental care or restraint. On their reaching
the hotel, the "happy" Pair were at dinner, which they were
allowed to finish without interruption. When the repast
had been well discussed and dessert served up, the waiter was
requeited by the three pursuers to conduct them to the room
and introduce them by merely opening the door. The infu-
riated brother of the lady abruptly entered, and, like Hamlet'S
ghost, " made her blood run cold," She shrieked and fainted.
No time was lost in parlying. A post chaise being waiting at
the door, the lady was speedily placed inside, and hastily
driven of by the detective and her brother, and the gallant
Lothario was left lamenting over his fate to the remaining
policeman, who kindly advised him to take a comfortable
night's rest, and then depart by the first train in the morning.
The young lady is the only daughter of highly respectable and
wealthy parents, residing in one of the fashionable squares of
London ; and her seducer (according to his own statement) is
a married man, with half a dozen children, but is separated
from his wife, and holds a commission in the army. Until
recently he was admitted as a friend into the family circle,
bat his too close familiarities with the young lady hastened
his expulsion. By way of eluding pursuit, they had taken
tickets through to York, but left the train at Church Fenton,
for Harrogate. The party in pursuit, therefore, on arriving
at the former place, found themselves at fault, and the keen
perception of the detective enabled them to return to the latter
place and try Harrogate. The seducer had by him a pair of
loaded pistols, which, on his arrival at Harrogate, he took
from his pocket and deposited in his portmanteau.—Leeds
Mercury.